The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 23, Ed. 1, Friday, April 11, 1890 Page: 2 of 4
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N
School boys genera ly sympatBBTwith
one of tneir number who is subjected to
the tea hrr s rod but in a school at
Marysville Cal the other day a lad
undergoing punishment struck the
teacher a woman when the other boyt
pounced upon him and gave him a severe
drubbing
When someone mentioned the name of
Boulanger in the presence of Henry jr
Stanley the explorer asked Who is
Boulanger I never heard of him before
This illustrates how brief a career some
noted men may have Stanley was in
the wilds of Africa for less than three
yearr and in that time Boulanger rose
from obscurity to the greatest notoriety
in France ITdropped back to hii
original obscurity again Well might
Stanley ask the question
A Missouri Judge has made the sur-
prising discovery that in order to be
eligible to jury duty in Missouri it is not
necessary that the party summoned should
be twentyone rears of age A gentle-
man whose son aged twenty was in-
cluded in a list of persons eligible for
jury duty went to Judge Withrow o
St Louis In his behalf when the Judge
said that if he were but nine years of age
and possessed of the requisite intelligence
he would be obliged to serve
The value of hand grenades for the ex-
tinction of incipient fires has been abun-
dantly demonstrated and they are to be
found in corners and corridors of many
of the public buildings and private houses
There is however no necessity for pay-
ing fancy prices for this useful and in-
dispensable article A perfect substitute
for it is to be found in an ordinary bottle
filled with the solution The solution is
composed of one pound of common salt
and one halfpound of salammoniac dis-
solved in about two quarts of water
From the latest source of information
the personnel of the Brazilian navy con-
sists of 1 admiral 2 vice admirals 10
rear admirals 20 firstclass captains 30
frigate captains 50 lieutenant captains
170 first lieutenants 170 second lieu-
tenants 3153 seamen 346 marines 500
apprentice marines 230 engineers and 80
members of the medical staff Cadets
ester the Imperial Naval School of Rio
Janeiro between the ages of twelve and
fourteen The preparatory course is di-
vided into three yearly periods and the
final course compricsfoui
ihat the influenza now epidemic in
Europe and parts of this country is com-
paratively harmless in itself is well es-
tablished Yet the reports of many
deaths of invalids or aged persons who
had contracted the malady show very
clearly that such classes of people cannot
afford to disregard its early symptoms
Their feeble frames and low vitality may
not be able to resist the assault of a puny
enemy Nothing short of a physicians
care therefore shonld satisfy them if at-
tacked by the disease Persons in robust
health can ignore the approach of the un-
pleasant epidemic if they like but those
to whom existence at best is a struggle
cannot take too great cans of themselves
at this time When the candle is already
flickering it frequently takes only another
capful of wind to blow it out
As was to have been expected by
fir the greater portion of the time of
the maritime conference was given up to
devising precautions against collisions at
sea Their deliberations on this matter
observes the Commercial Adtertuer are
not only timely but were imperatively
demndedby the exigencies of the sit-
uation The oceans are no longer the
solitary wastes that they once were but
hare become notably the Atlantic fer
rytracks swarming with craft And to
such perfection has the building of ships
been carried that it may almost be eaid
that in midocean at least man is able
to defy nature It is man alonc that we
have to fear man moving in an oppo-
site direction from ourselves The new
regulations devised by the conference
are not only fuller but more intelligi
ble and definite than those they super I
cede and will no doubt render less fre-
quent disasters from the now most
dreaded source of disaster at sea col
ns
TjTTT given of 1he industrial
Pnfritc7tbfortle P5 Tcar
rum ib
u miiiig repid
Only tbo Forest Th
to tho Jobbing Trade
Tradej
j and mining
We K V jTeST and 1S7S
ESPAgCIltS Jumber of new in
at organized in the
the last four years or
1 1886 is over 13700
dividedas follows Iron furnace com
panies 126 machine shops and foundries
411 agricultural implement factories 65
flour mills 545 cotton mills 267 fur-
niture factories 220 gasworks lOlwaW
works 331 carriage and wagon factories
178 electric light companies 475 min-
ing and quarrying enterprises 1601
lumber nills including sew and planing
mills sash and door factories stare fac-
tories 3036 ice factories 293 canning
factories 425 stove foundries 25 brick-
works 565 miscellaneous iron and tteel
works rolling mills pipe works etc
184 cotton compresses 114 cotton-
seed oil nulls 143 miscellaneous enter-
prises not included la foresolnz 4415
GOOD OLD FASHIONED
FOLKS
k the people of today aint as they
e obe
i pretty sure theyre not the
4 many just as good as those
id to know
cores and scores among them that
only so and so
Lid to always take a man exactly as he
said
ut now its safe to take him just the other
way instead
D does my heart just lots of good to meet
once in a while
K > of those good oldfashioned folks so-
p nearly out of style
P Udnt say the world in honesty is slipping
back
irouldnt say that Christians hunting grace
f hare lost the track
I wouldnt say that men today are less the
friends of truth
Because they seem to differ from the ones X
1 knew in youth
Those statements I refuse to make but this I
frrelysay
Those people please me quite as well as those
I meet tcday
Their hearts and hands were honest and their
lives held little guile
Did those oldfashioned people now so nearly
out of style
Were wiser than they used to be we m y be
weaker too
And good old homespun honesty may less our
hearts imbue
These later days we all are bent on getting
rich so fast
We havent time to think of things they
thought of in the past
Were wildly striving after gold we rush and
push and crowd
And after while well each be wanting pock-
ets in his shroud
But none of us can eer outrank within the
afterwhile
Those good oldfashioned people now so
nearly out of style
Chicago llerald
UP THE DRAW
BV THOMAS r JIOBOAN
The gang at old man Sigsbys com-
bined saloon postofSce and general store
hid waited for the coming of the mail
carrier ever since the saw mill shutdown
at sunset The time was passed in curs-
ing the tardy Government official imbib-
ing Sigsbys villainous whisky and dis-
cussing the occupant of the little log and
slab shanty half a mile up the heavily
timbered draw
They looked a hard crowd and
their characters did not in the least belie
their personal appearances The scum
and offscourings of many communities
they were held together by their cause
against the common enemy the United
States Government The sawmill deep
in the wilderness turned out great quan
tities of lumber from trees cut from Gov
ernment land and its owners in their
their employers illgotten gains
Old man Sigsby was the worst man in
the whole gang that seemed composed
of the champion profane shockheaded
tanglebearded and desperate men to be
found in seven States They growled at
the generalities of life cursed each other
and drank great potations of fiery whis-
ky and Sigsby growled the loudest
cursed them all individually and collec-
tively and drank oftener than any other
of his customers
The matter had been canrasscd thor-
oughly and the opinion was general that
the occupant of the shanty up the
draw was none other than a GoTero
ment detectire
Wal growled big Jim Teniae
Im yen to say that hi3 storya purtV
zWjJwynrtiBgo oui on the prair Uke
a wife man stead o comin up yere whur
squatters haint wanted now say
The question was addressed to no one
in particular but Sigsby took it upon
himself to reply that he didnt know
an didnt keer a cuss
Wal you neednt be so brash re-
torted Big Jim with an oath I
A clatter of hoofs interrupted him
The door was flung open and the tardy
mail carrier threw the wrinkled pouch
into the room
Then Sigsby distributed the mail
This was done by opening the pouch
pouting its contents in a heap on the
floor and with several forcible epithets
telling the company to drive in There
were few letters but a bundle of news-
papers provided nearly every one with
somtthing to read
When each had got his own and the
wrangling had ceased one letter re-
mained It was addressed to the occu-
pant of the cabin up the draw
Wal remarked Sigsby that cuss
gits entirely too many letters for a squat-
ter One every week or oftener An
uv all dadblamed directin this beats
any lever seed
The address was printed in straggling
irregular characters and with shocking
disregard for capitalization Several
examined the rude characters and all
were of the opinion that they were
traced in that manner to disguise the
writers chirography
Lea open it cried Perdue
Not much objected old man Sigs
by Nobody opens any letters in this
yere postofSce but me Understand
Thd postmaster mentally resolved that
while the gang might do as they liked
outside of the office he was not going to
allow them to commit any act within the
office that would incur the wrath of the
Government
Perdue rose cleared his throat and be-
gan
We all know that this cuss is
You bet interrupted several voices
Yes wal we know what happened
to ihe list feller that come a spyin
round whuf he had no call to be
Wo have a idee said a voice
WJiLshall he have the same was
Big Jims pertinent question Without
a moment s hesitation came the almost
unanimous verdict that lie should have
the same There was a prolonged
wrangle as to ways and means much
drinking at old man Sigsbys bar and
then the gang departed for the great
boarding shanty to prepare for the
nights work up the draw
After they had gono Sigsby tight-
ened his revolver belt Then he looked
at the queerly addressed letter and mut-
tered
Wonder why the cuss dont come to
git his letter Ncrcr missed bcin on
time before Blicve Ill jest sorter tike
it up to him Might be handy forme to
git the lay uv things in the shanty Git
the edge on the boys by knowin whar
the valuables is
He extinguished the light and locked
the door with the utmost caution
Jest as well fcr me I reckon ho
muttered if these boys think Im sick
and gono to bed or < umpin If any-
thing was to happen cuss was to plug
one or two ur em they mought low Id
sorter warned him if they knowed Id
ben thar
He reflected grimly that in such an
erent he was very liable to receive the
same sort of treatment that was meted
out to the last man suspected of spying
Loud words plentifully interlarded
withoath reached his ears as he passed
the big boarding shanty keeping well in
the shadow of the trees His progress
over the rise and up the draw was
almost noiseless and rapid in spite of
the dense darkness beneath the great
tree3
Presently Sigsby knocked at the door
of the log and slab shanty As there
came no reply he knocked again and
fancied he heard a faint response
Some trap to ketch me like as not
he muttered suspiiously but Ill
risk it
His revolver was ready for instant
action as he raised the latch and entered
the room which was wrapped in dark-
ness
Hello thar Sigsby saluted cau-
tiously Dont be quick with no guns
Letter for you
A faint moan replied from somewhere
in the darkness Sigsbys suspicion of a
trap was strengthened and he meditated
whether it was better to fire his revolver
in the direction of the sound or to run
the risk of having the trap sprung on
him The moan was repeated
Whats the matter pardnerl he
asked moving silently to one side as he
did so
soWallHlrcsk
WallHlrcsk it he muttered us
another moan answered him
He scratched a match and held his
half closed hand in such a way that a
single ray of light was flashed in the
direction from which the moan had
sounded The moments light revealed
a face aglow with fever lit with eyes
bright with deliriums glare
There was no need for caution now
and Sigsby speedily had a light burning
He eriined the sick man more closely
Putt bad off he muttered Haint
eaten fcr days like as not Its tough
shoreWall
Wall he added presently one is
bout as shore as the other If the boys
dont down him the fever will Mount-
ain fevers first cousin to the grave-
yard
The sufferer moaned and tossed feebly
in his delirium and when Sigsby held a
tin of water to his lips he drank with
almost frenzied eagerness
Dryern a bone remarked Sigsby
Wal the boys 11 soon ease his misery I
reckon Pore enss Hes in a hard row
o stumps but now hes come out here to
hunt the boys he ortn t to kick if they
hunt him
The sufferer rolled his head slowly from
side to side and moaned
Do your groanin now remarked the
visitor grimly fer the boysll deprive
you uv that privilege soon TharU be
detective on tree for breakfast I reckon
Wal I must be agettin Dont seem to
be nuthnworth packinoff By George
I mighty nigh fergot his letter Ill jest
see what orders his bosses has sent him
Mought do me some good and they never
will him
He opened the oddly addressed en-
velope and slowly spelled out the epistle
it contained When it was done he
spelled it clear through a second time
Wall Im blabbergasted he ejacu
lated as he laid the letter face upward
tebTeTtv 7hort
Eastern homes knew little and cared less i message and
rough men whose toil increased
fashion
eccentric
ws printed e me
as the address
Wal Tm blabbergasted old man
Sigsby repeated Plumb blabbergasted
Some how that minds me uv
He paused
Presently he said slowly
Prays fcr him every night an
mornin Names Bessie Minds me uv
never mind He shook himself
fiercely
Deserves all he gits he said
hoarsely Didnt he come yere to hunt
the boys Yer bet yer life he did
He answered himself with fierce
energy shaking his fist at the moaning
figure on the bed Tien he turned to
lcae the shanty but paused with his
hand on the rude latch
Ill i lie L tu homebody ort to
write an tell her when hes downed
I
He took a step toward the letter that
lay face upward on the tible The
quaint characters seemed staring him in
the face
Prays fer him he muttered slowly
Names Bessie Minds me no Ill
111 do it Doit crdrop atrying he
cried with fierce energy
The sick man moaned again
Her dad Bessies dadl old man
Sigsby muttered and laid his cocked
revolver on the table beside the letter
Then he took down the sick mans
repeating rifle from the will and placed
it near the other weapon
Likes not Ill groan like him purt
soon he said with a nod toward the
bed The boys mean business
They mean business he repeated
presently So do I
There was a noise outside and a
knock at the door
Come cried Sigsby
The repeating rifle in his hands and
the revolver beside the letter were both
cocked and ready for instant use As
they threw open the door and ushered in
Big Jim Perdue and the rest of the
boys found themselves looking into
the muzzle of a repeating rifle held by a
stemfaced man who stood behind the
tableUp
Up with yer hands cried Big Jim
sternly as he burst across the threshold
There were exclamations of surprise as
the gang recognized the holder of the
rifleWhat
What dye mean Sigsby What are
you doin yere demanded Big Jim
Nuthin returned old man Sigsby
doggedly
Whur s the cuss
Thar answered Sigsby moving to
one side that the light might fall on the
sick man Thar an thar hes coin to
stayMountain
Mountain fever some one said at
sight of the deliriumflushed face
Big Jim and the gang glared at old
man Sigsby and the rifle muzzle that
stared them in the face
What docs all this mean Big Jim
demanded with an oath
Nuthin the old man replied
Yere s his ciders from headquarters an
Im acarryin them out
He flipped the letter toward the group
and Big Jim picked it up When the
big man had silently spelled out its con-
tents he handed it to the next man
From one to another it passed till all
had read Bessies letter
No one made any remark but there
was a dimness before the eyes of several
that made the muzzle of old man Sigs
bys repeating rifle looking less formida-
ble
Wal questioned Sigsby
Wal Big Jim returned in an accent
less voice
Prays fer him every day the old
man said as if addressing himself
An taint no good prayin fer dead
men Jim returned in the same accent
less voice Hunting us Wallmount
ain feverll do the work if
Bill he said suddenly interrupting
himself didnt you low you seed n fel
ler sneakin round the storehouse as we
come by
Bill replied promptly that he had
lowed so and several eager voice
chimed in with the information that it
was dangerous to allow tho feller in
question to continueto sneak
I reckon that thara the detective
Big Jim hazarded
There was a unanimous expression of
belief that such was the case Then led
by Big Jim the gang filed out into the
darkness
Ole man said Big Jim slowly as
he turned to go if you need any help
tendin to any sick men anywhere around
ytre send fer me-
An me I cried several voices
An if ho gits well tell him a story
bout a little gals letter that saved a
fellers life If you do mebbyhis sick
nessll sorto make him fergit all about
whats happened in this section an that
anybody on Govment land
Ive heerd uv sech cases answered
old man Sigsby
When they had gone Sigsby stood for
many minutes staring at the letter before
him
Der papa it read mama and me
lias been looking for a letter from you
for awful many days We are fraid your
sick an we want to sec you awful much
Ole Bose is dead I pray for you night
an mornin A hundred kisses from
Bessie
Names Bessie old man Sigsby mut-
tered Minds me uv
His voice died away and for a long-
time he seemed wrapped in thought
Only the faint moan of the sick man
broke tho silence at the shanty up the
draw
A month later littlo Bessies heart was
gladdened by the coming of the papa
for whoa she had prayed night and
morning
No report of illegal timber cutting in
the region round about the cabin up the
draw reached headquarters Perhaps
his severe illness had impaired the de-
tectives memory Sea Tori Mercury
WORDS OF WISDOM
The man who follows the advice of an-
other is just as sure to stay behind as he
who dares to be independent is to get
ahead
Selfknowledge is that acquaintance
with ourselves which shows us what we
are and what we ought to be in order
to our living comfortably and usefully
here and happily hereafter
You cannot beautify your own garden
merely by destroying your neighbors
To steal tLe choicest he has is a crime
To destroy only to gratify your sectarian-
ism ignorance and prejudice is to de-
mean yourself
It is not work that kills men it is
worry Work is healthy you can hard-
ly put more on a man than he can bear
Worry is the rust on the blade It is
not the revolution that destroys the ma-
chinery but the friction
New strength can often be gained by
changing the surroundings the compan-
ions the everyday influences and bring-
ing to bear others of a different and bet-
ter type What cannot be done by di-
rect volition can often be accomplished
by indirect means
Nothing sinks a young man into low
company both of men and women so
surely as timidity and diffidence of him-
self If he thinks that he shall not he
may depend upon it he will not please
and a degree of persuasion that he shall
it is almost certain that he will
He that will not permit his wealth to
do any good to others while he is living
prevents it from doing any good to him-
self when he is dead and by an egotism
that is suicidal and has a double edge
cuts himself off from the truest pleasure
here and the highest happiness hereafter
The fruits of the earth do not more obvi-
ously require labor and cultivation to
prepare them for our use and subsistence
than our faculties demand instruction
and regulation in order to qualify us to
become upright and valuable members of
society useful to others or happy in our-
selves
White is tho mourning garb through-
out the far East The Hindoo son whose
father dies must not shave or wear shoes
or shirts or anything except a piece of
white cloth during the period of mourn-
ing You see Chinamen dressed in
white moving among tho gaylydressed
throngs of every Chinese city And
when a Chinaman is in mourning he
braids white silk into his hair and has
even the soles of his shoes painted white
He entirely discards for the time all
things of red color and he takes the red
coloring off the furniture of his house
Red is the color of prosperity in China
It means lucky and the ordinary Chinese
visiting card is a strip of red paper as
long as a Government envelope While
in mourning he prints his name on white
visiting cards and he does this for three
years At the end of thattimeheputson
garments of a modified color and writes
on his visiting cards the word tarn
which means My grief is not so bitter
as before Chinese and in fact all
nations of the Orient arc more rigid as
to their terms of mourning than we are
The Chinaman who would not put on
mourning for his father would be ar-
rested and in Corea a man is expected
to clothe himself in yellow sackcloth and
trot around the country under a hat as
big as a dishpan holding a fan before
his face for three years after the death of
any near relative During this time he
can do no business cannot engage in
marriage or attend any festivities China
men do not go to any theatres during
their mourning period and the law to a
certain extent regulates the mourning
customs of Japan During mourning tho
leading officials of many of the ceuntries
have the right to resign and not long
ago Li Hong Chang the great Viceroy
asked to be excused from his duties as
Premier of the Chinese Empire in order
that he might go off and mourn for his
mother
i
A Joke on the Bishop
Here is a good story about a bishop
indeed it would be a very good story
even abont a dean Bishop was home-
ward bound from the United States
traveling luxuriously in a double cabin
with Mrs Bishop It wa3 a very hot
night thunder in the air and the Atlan-
tic liner slipped through the water do
ing her eighteen or nineteen knots an
hour the cabin being lit up with the
lightning flashes 3lrs Bishop could not
sleep for the heat Bishop appealed to
lumbered out of his berth and opened the
porthole
Suddenly there lobbed in through the
porthole a wooden ball attached to a
string Bishop was perplexed but he
tied it up coiling the string by a nail in
the wall and then retired to rest The
ball was an apple of discord in that peace-
ful cabin for it hit against the side ol
the vessel as she lurched and Mrs Bishop
grew querulous and disturbed Up
started the poor Bishop again and tc
end matters he uncoiled the cord and put
the ball safe and sound under his pillow
There was a heavy thunderstorm but the
Bishop slept soundly that night Next
morning at breakfast the captain presid-
ing he told the talc with a good deal ol
Episcopal solemnity and detail
Thi captain laughed immoderately
Bishop laughed too thinking his story
a good one Then the captain told him
that the ball was the end of the lightning
conductor Bishop that night looked
under his pillow before going to bed and
slept with a closed porthole Pall Mitt
Gazelle
A Chestei Yt woman dislocated her
shoulder in making her bed
BUDGET OF FUN
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROSt
VARIOUS SOURCES
The Miss of a Miss Pleasant for
Auntie A Common Feature
Very Ridiculous Indeed
Cause and Effect Eta Etc
A maiden stood with a snowball
Her sweet face all aglow
She waited and she waited
And then she made thd throw
But did she hit her object
Well no I grieve to say
She only broke a window
For her neighbor oer the way
VEBY KIDICULOUS INDEED
A very ridiculous story was circulated
about me last week Did you hear it
What was it
I was said to be suffering from an
overworked brain
I heard it As you say it was very
ridiculous Society
PLEASANT FOR ABNTIE
Johnny waiting for his plateful of the
turkey Mamma youve put the mus-
tache cup at papas plate
Mamma lluih Johnny that is all
right
Johnny Why no it isnt Aunt
Jubilee needs it a good deal more than
he does dont you auntie Chicago
Tribune
A COMMON FEATCHE
Hows the world using you
Badly
Lost money
Yes Im the victim of Browns fail-
ure
I didnt know Brown had failed
Yes he failed to pay me 25 that he
borrowed six months ago Washington
Capital
CArSE AND EFFECT
Mrs Crossgrain during a squabble
T flatter myself that what I say is gen-
erally true
Mr Crossgrain Yes Maria you
have said a few good things When we
were engaged for instance you said that
you couldnt imagine what I saw in you
to lore Hi there help Dont tear
my hair all out Laxcrence American
ACCOUNTING FOR THE STICKINESS
I observe tne Twistem girls are very
lofty in their manner quite stuck up
since they have got into society re-
marked the Judge
Well thats all right and perfectly
natural replied the Major
How sol
Old man made his fortune in the mu-
cilage business you know Pittsburg
Chronicle
WHAT MAKES FIGS TAILS CCBLT
It was little Dots first visit to a farm
and she went with her aunt to see how
the pigs were fed The little one gazed
in astonishment at the young porkers for
a moment and then placing her hand on
her curly hair she said reflectively
Auntie
Yes dear
Does oo put all the piggies tails in
curl papers TidBits
JUST HIS MISFOETUNE
The astonished surgeon explained
My good man I am here to save your
life
Thats just it shrieked the wounded
man Ive been paying premiums to an
icciilcnt insurance company for fifteen
years and now when my estate has a fair
chance of getting enough to pay all my
debts you want to rob mvcrcditorjof
WilC
J 3T i J
injour body London Tit Bits
rKOVED IT BEYOND DOUBT
Gracious Henry said the doctor s
wife where on earth did you get that
black eye You look as though you had
been run through a threshing machine
One of my patients
Who
Jinks He broke his arm and I have
had it in a sling for the last two months
He insisted that he was well and I said
he wasnt
What then
He went to work and proved it
Washington Capital
KITCHEN DIPLOMACY
Lady of the House Rosa who is
that dragoon you had here in the kitchen
yesterday
Servant Maid Ah That was my
sweetheart but I shant have anything
more to do with him because he is al-
ways making remarks about everybody
Only yesterday he said Rosa your mis-
tress is the handsomest lady I ever saw
What business has he to talk about you
in that fashion
Lady Still he seems to be a very
decent sort of man and I don t see why
you should jilt him
She was a young woman of an inquir-
ing turn of mind on her way home from
college and during a delay at a station
she walked up and down the platform
calculating the probabilities
I wonder she said to her papa
what is the weight of this train
Really my dear I couldnt say
but
I know what it is interrupted an
impatient drummer its about four
hours and a half
Then the girl went in and sat down to
think awhile Washington Critic
TIME WOBKS WONDEKS
Husband married three months
Goodbye darling Do you wish any-
thing from down town Any gloves
feathers flowers
Wife Nothing dearest
Same Husband oae year later
Whats that you want
Same Wife Ten centsworth of hair-
pins please
Same Husband Great heavens It
seems to me you are always wanting
something You must think Im made
of money Epoch
SLIGHT FAVORS ETC
Have you done anything for me
asked the condemned man in pitiful
tones as his lawyer entered the cell
Yes indeed said the legal gentle-
man gleefully
Oh what is it demanded the mur-
derer A pardon
No
A commutation of sentence
No
Then in mercys name what
I have succeeded said the lawyer
in having the day of your execution
changed from Friday to Monday Fri-
day is an unlucky day you know
Yankee Blade
HE ELUCIDATED
Room 03 said tho fresh hotel clerk
as he tossed a key to a very unassuming
individual who had applied for accom
strange misconception of things 1
might if so disposed blow out the flame
caused by the igniting of the aeriform
substance used for illuminating purposes
but as for blowing the gas out I fear it
would be too much for ordinary lungs
Good night young man Merchant
Traiclcr
EAST ENOUGH WHEN HE DIDNT TItT
Driving over the hills of western Jer-
sey last week a reporter stopped at a
lonely little cabin in front of which an
old man was chopping wood and in-
quired the distance to Anthony The
lank and aged citizen straightened up
and attempted to reply He got as far
as
Tttttttt when his face grew
red and his grimaces became distressing
He stopped took a full breath and tried
again with no better success He was
thoroughly mad now and his distortions
were really suggestive of an attack of
apoplexy The old fellow suddenly gavo
it up and broke out without any diffi-
culty
Consarn ye drive on and yeli git
there afore I can tell ye
The reporter drove on Sew YortSun
FORGOT SOMETHING
Now youre sure you have everything
in the trunk my dearasked Mr Young
love before beginning the backbreaking
process of roping his wifes trunk when
they were about to start for a little trip
westYes
Yes dear she said Tve every sin-
gle thing in
Well be sure now I wouldnt un
rope and rerope this thing again for a fifty
dollar bill And half an hour later
when he was lying on the floor panting
and gasping from his efforts Mrs Young
love said sweetly
There dear I have forgotten somc
tning after all How careless of me
Would you mind opening the trunk
dear and putting in my dressing sacque
I entirely forgot it and I really cant
get along without it And heres my
box of handkerchiefs and my slippers
are here in the closet and oh here are
my cuffs and collars and my little shoul-
der shawl I believe I left my box of
ribbons in the drawer yes here it is
and my common fan too and one of
your shirts Heres my rubbers and
waterproof and my little black turban
and the basque to my blue suit and my
watered silk sash and my little workbox
that 111 be sure to need before we get
home How careless I am anyhow
Hurry and open the trunk dear its
most train time Detroit Free Press
Points About Peru
Mr William R Grace exMayor of
New York has been writing for publica-
tion and this is what he penned of Peru
Let us take a peep at Peru our lively
southern sister Blessed with a climate
almost perfect where the heliotrope
grows wild on the hillsides and flowers
bloom all the year round there is no more
kindly hospitable people on earth Lima
the capital is renowned for the beauty
and grace of its ladies and the children
are like animated Christmas cards There
is no jealousy of the foreigner He is
welcomed entertained and treated kindly
and fairly by the Government and the
people Life in Peru a of a quieter
gentler character than as we know it in
the hurry and rush of our business eager-
ness and one who lived among them and
learned to appreciate their lovable quali-
ties will often send back a grateful
glance of retrospection
Among the AngloSaxon dwellers in
Peru Santa Claus is not forgotten and
the approach of Christmas is looked for
ward to with eager expectation in many
The fabled shoe of the
trials and triumphs of the Sleeping
Beauty are as familiar to them as to our
little ones Perhaps some who may read
these lines may remember a dozen years
ago to have seen the parlors of one of the
leading foreign families in Lima filled
with a delighted audience to witness the
debut of the daughter of the house as
Cinderella the beautiful child bearing
herself with as perfect selfpossession as
the bride of the prince as she afterward
showed when at the drawing room of
her Majesty in London she bowed before
the Queen herself the fairest among them
all
As the season rolls on apace and the
sacred anniversary draws nigh one of the
largest rooms in the Peruvian house is
set apart and a stage improvised on
which is built up in varying degrees of
detail according to the ability of the
family a representation of the scene at
Bethlehem with all its surroundings
faithfully shown In the distance are the
shepherds watching their flocks the wise
men of the East in royal robes bringing
gifts from afar and in the foreground tho
humble manger with the Holy Family
grouped around the cradle while the
star of Bethlehem shines brightly in the
sky above Gold silver and jewels are
lavished on the decoration of the scene
days are devoted to perfecting its smallest
detail and on Chrismas Eve and for
days thereafter friends and visitors aro
admitted to gaze and admire
A Unique Banner
A Kansas City lady has a most unique
banner It is as beautiful as it is unique
and is prized by its owner for its beauty
and oddity It is made of the skin of
an enormous rattlesnake with a back-
ground of plush The snake skin was
sent the lady by a friend who lives in
Texas It is beautifully tanned the back
being colored and covered with spots re-
sembling small scales which on the back-
ground of plush look for all the world
like mosaic The skin is over five feet
long without the head and tail and four-
teen rattles denoted its age In the widest
part of tne body the skin is nine inches
in width thus showing in life that the
rightful owner of the skin which now
adorns the ladys parlor must have been
an ugly customer A letter which pre-
ceded the present states that belts made
of rattlesnake skins are much worn by
the young ladies of Texas and are a
common article of a belles apparel
The iTory Prodnction
There are annually killed in Africa a
minimum of 65000
elephants yielding a
production of a quantity of raw ivory
the selling price of which is some 4
250000 This quantity is shipped to
various parts of the world to the Amer-
ican the European and the Asian mar-
kets A large quantity is however kept
by the native Princes of Africa who are
very fond of and as a rule very good
judges of ivory Tho production out of
Africa is only insignificant India is the
largest consumer of ivory and China is
also a good muket
Fossil Footsteps
A great discovery of fossil footprints
has just been made at Bosworths quarry
at Holyoke Mass Here is a clean sur
face of shale about 100x10 feet on
which are seen about two hundred tracks
Nearly all of them are in rows the long
est one containing seventeen tracks The
tracks are from six to eight inches in
o
modations Dont blow out tho gas I length and were probably made by a
plea > e reptile that if it had front feet seldom
Dont do what I used them This is without doubt the
Dont blow out the gas i largest uncovering of tracks for many
My young friend you huve a very years
WOMAFS WOKLD
TIiEASAXT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS
a new cjCALrrr op bengaline
The Dry Goods GhronicU says that s
new and very heavy quality of bengaline
has made its appearance but its thick
cord while rendering the fabric remark-
ably handsome prevents its draping as
gracefully as some of the lighter varie-
ties It will however be much admired
for in plain undraped arrangements its
effect U very rich The principal shades
in which it is offered is oldrose serpent
very dark blue emerald goldenbrown
seal dove and putty The darkblue
browns gray and putty are used for
long wraps upon which are placed hand-
some decorations of fur and passemen
terie Court or full long trains on even-
ing gowns are elegantly made of this
heavy silk
A MAGNIFICENT COSTUME
The Empres3 of Russia has just been
presented with a Circassian national cos-
tume by the wealthy Princess Gussatowa
This magnificent dress consists of a
pointed cap of black velvet shot with
gold and edged with a broad border of
silver embroidery Over this is spread a
white gauze veil speckled with gold stars
The robe is of garnetcolored velvet
with short sleeves and lined with lilac
silk It is heavily embroidered with
gold and both sides of the bodiceedged
with gold borders are ornamented with
a row of starshaped silver buttons from
which hang gold tassels To the dress
also belongs a short jacket of skyblue
Atlask with gold embroidery which is
fastened down the front by twentythree
pairs of golden clasps over one inch
wideand heavily studded with turquoises
There further belongs to this magnificent
costume a rosecolored chemisette of At
lask embroidered with silver The gir-
dle is of garnetcolored velvet with gold
embroidery and is fastened by a broad
silver clasp of exquisite workmanship and
studded with turquoises The loose wide
Circassian nether garments are made of
creamcolored striped Atlask and em-
broidered with silver Finally the shoes
of ponceaucolored Morocco with silver
laces have high heels made from rare
wood and the latter are covered with
purple velvet ornamented with gold
The whole costume needless to say is
exceedingly gorgeous and costly and it
is an exact copy of an ancient Circassian
regal dress It is said to be the work of
the Princess Gussarowa who herself pre-
sented it to the Empress enclosed in a
satchel of heliotrope with her Majestys
initials and the imperial crown1 in gold
London Life
LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
If the numerous women of America
who crave a change of place with the first
lady of the land could for a few hours be
ladened with her weight of responsibility
and experience the utter lack of privacy
or home comforts in which she live3 the
wish would soon have a monument
Life in the White House i3 like a resi-
dence in a public hotel parlor for even
in the boudoir of the Mrs President there
is no relief from the too frequent
doorkeepers stewards housemaids
housemen reporters and the erstwhile
rat Mrs Harrisons capacity for mar-
shaling forces and keeping hertemper is
greatly to be admired forherlifeis equal
to more than one herculean task
I find that many people labor under
the delusion that existence in the Whito
House is a fairy ball on rose leares
Why good people you could not guess
V °
childish heart
a fi plu cethereJo tmr
ancient qamewith her numerous Progeny mImsrrrcsIiIeiit never accept in
vitations and their own entertaining is
limited to formal receptions and dinners
The only real enjoyment to be gleaned is
from the impromptu dinners to visiting
friends their box at the theatre and the
beautiful conservatory Every night at
dinner a mass of flowers adorn the dining
table and are sent later on to one of the
many friends who are grateful indeed for
this sweetscented remembrance This
privilege of giving pleasure at least once
in every twentyfour hours is one com-
pensation for tho sacrifice of ones home
and friends which seems incumbent upon
an occupant of the exalted position To
avoid becoming lacrymose over the most
envied station in our United States I shall
return to tho prospects for a gay season
One thing in certain that the gala time
is to be short therefore much will be
crowded into little Union Transcript
FASHION NOTES
Whito cloths are effectively trimmed
with black braid and edged with dark
furs
A Swiss bodice of the same color 03
the skirt is much seen in ball room cos-
tumes
An unusual number of crepe do chine
dresses have made their appearanee this
season
Silk muslin is decidedly a fasniouable
fabric of the season and those fond of
net will still adhere to it
Handkerchiefs follow the lead of
dresses and mantles and have long and
sharply intended trimming
Some of the brocades worn are very
beautiful especially in combination with
tulle and other filmy materials
A late novelty consists of having a-
long ostrich feather curled around the
arm at the edge of the short sleeves
Those who can afford them favor cos-
tumes of velvet simply made and edged
with Russian sable and other rich furs
Lilac and pale mauve are favorito col-
ors for evening gowns Tho favored
materials are velvets and satin brocades
Heavy beaver cloths in diagonal de-
signs are made up into long wrap3 and
make very handsome and serviceable
wraps
Light colored velvets with linings
of white Thibet goatskin are more than
ever used for elegant mantles the present
season
There is a decided reaction in low cut
gowns A revival and also a pretty
innovation is the use of the lace bib in
low cut bodices
Novelties in black crepo do china
show tufts and ring3 of black velvet
also embroidered floral designs in effec-
tive arrangements
Black lace gowns are mounted on black
areophane with a petticoat of black
satin Sometimes the entire underdress
is of pure whito velvet
Handsome costumes of dark velvet
have round skirts edged with blue fox
and left open at two seams to show un-
derskirts of light brocaded satin
It is predicted that long gloves in black
Suede will be the prevailing fashion in
the spring and the demand is said to be
so sudden that it is not yet possible to
fill advance orders
V Corn Competition
J E Bradley of Northborne Mo
offered a 35 sewing machino for the
best twelve eats of corn that were
brought to him The corn was weighed
and EH Circles of Carroll County won
the machine his twelve cars weighing
eighteen pounds and eleven ounces It
was pronounced the best corn ever raised
in the county
crowing old j
Tm growing old they tll me
They say Tm getting gray
And that my face has not the gno
It had once on a day
And in my gait I show it
That I am growing oil
Hurrah I wouldnt know it
If I was never told
Im growing old theyre having
Hurrah They do not kn > w
A cheerful mind Is not the kind
To any oiler grow
The worlds as bright as ever
Im happier each daT
And Ill feel young fore i er
No matter what the ay
Hurrah for growing uldvr
And better all the while
No look ahead to when I m dead
Will take away my smile
That bravely will be showing
And lighting up my face
They think Tm older growing
Hurrah I Ifs not the case
HI C Dodge in Detroit Free Fifs
PITH MD POINT
The sailors accounts are cast up by
Rights and lefts The
outs
X
F
in and tl
Spoiled children make bad men and
women
Ma the minister is coming What
makes you tfiinkso Did you see html
No but I saw pa take the parrot aod
lock it up in the stable
Nations are like individuals says ar
orator Not much You never
individual complaining about tho siz of
his surplus Boston Courier
Lawyer Your opponent will have to
pay the amount but you will have to
stand the costs Client Will you
please tell me have I won or lost
Lancaster I hear thit jou hive been
burning the midnight oil What study
interests you so much Forrestir
How to get the baby to kep Time
Although they went to school t rhr
And grewup children side by nle
He never dreamed how rmnh he l < > ed her
Until her wealthy uncle died
Hat per > an
How hard some men will strusirle to
build a little reputation aud n ill it ouce
give up the the ghost when it ioms < to
building a kitchen fire c < ri < y I nftr
prist
Some one was saying before Join > that
thebestmethodofrestonn thoi wuohad
been frozen was to roll them in the snow
That may do well enouh in winter-
time but what yer goin to do in sum-
mer when there ain t no snow i cim
mented that cheerful idiot Jndje
Dont waste thegas the Uighiir edgas
Now nights grow long and dre ir
When comes to pass each pre iou = U > s
Expects her sweetheart Wr
Twould be quite right to quenh the light
When dudes as green as graN
Make their tongue run on wuat th1 e done
Theyll furnish all the ga =
huiije
A number of children er makm a
good deal of noise and their mother
after rebuking them several times at
last said If I have to speak a ua I
shall punish some of you At thu tho
youngest child rolled off the la and
after gravely reflecting awhile aid
Then mamma Id advise you nut to
speak She didnt
The Strong Man Bnsiness
Francis Semmelmann the Bavarian
Hercules who claims to be the trong
est man in the world is notm tin pro-
fessional line now but i opiTatinjr u
silver mine in Colorado He sud tj a
Chicago Herald reporter rece nlj
x ueie i3 gioni > tlCTti of liumlui in that
strong man business litre for in-
stance is n favorite trick with tUe ort of
strong man who exhibits himself v the
dime museum ne takes a bur of iron
apparently solid but in reilitj hollow
This bar will have a look of fnoruious
weight and size To sec a man t iki this
and then strike it aeross tin mw les of
hi3 arm or thigh in sui h i u i i > to
bend it looks like a terrible nchitiemint
But it isnt By strikin thi > h ir o that
one end overlaps the arm by a ct rtain
length proportioned to itscntiri li r th
it takes but moderate strength to m ike
it bend as it is the bar s own Tei ht
which bends it not the heft nt the bl aw
struck Simplo as the tn < k i it is
nearly always very succe ifu with tho
crowd and to do it propcrh n juj es
too considerable practice inn epi nr i e
To break strong iron hams il < wire
ropes is another favorite tru i f the
professional strong man In he
doesnt do it all No man not < < i he
strongest possesses musculir power
enough to rupture the links ol i strong
iron chain or break a stout ire
rope Yet to all appearances this islne
The way of it is this Lying on tho
ground at the Samson s feet are otlier
ropes and chains These are hollow or
have a weak spot due to some judieious
filing or to special manufacture ind it
is one of these the strong man in re ility
breaks after perhaps having the duoy
chain or rope tested by the public or a
committee of experts and the public
doesnt become aware of tin clever de-
ception since the chains and ropes ire
to all appearances identical in eerv re-
spect with those shown i = the first pi ice
All the seemingly superhuman fejts of
the strong man are managed in this or in
a similar way and the adnurin md
befooled public hardlyevcrbeeomeiware
of the fact There are times tloiuh
however rare when the Irani ea
apparent I remember a cis oi tlat
kind in London some six years a o nn
I happened to be a spectator Tlu kilw
who posed there as the stron et n in
on earth was so impudent and ui lent
about it that I thought Id teach hun a
lesson So when he was in the midst of
his performance I leaped into the nag
seized a genuine and a bogus bar ol
iron he was exhibiting with and de-
monstrated right before the eyes of the
public wherein the deception lay The
fellow sued me for damages subsequent-
ly as it broke up his little game at the
time but the British courts kicked him
and his case out
The Lads or Lisbon
The lads of Lisbon the Portuguese
capitalare a curious feature of her motley
population They seem to hare < oase
crated the bloom of their youth to the
sale of lottery tickets for the benefit of
the church and may be seen everywhere
hawking halves and quarters of tickets
shouting Today the wheel goes rouad
When not engaged in this pursuit these
yoong hopefuls take to selling crickets
which arc confined in smill wicker ages
The crickeU ara
three inches square
caught and sold for sporting purposes
Cricket fights are as pepnkrand arouse
as keen passions as cock fightsin P1
Mail and Express
An Odd TTill
Caplain H Smith of Dsserstown
handsome
Md who died recently earing
h wBl that
directed in
some property
ceed
iU not
tt <
his funeral expenses
eusW to
30 and that his renains be
wap
the burial placeinasprm
directed < hat bit body
tM
Im a
cloth packed munslaeked
n i
some <
5 be set aside for
cremated
tl
water into his coffin until
mated tho body
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