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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1898.

Germany is gradually slipping-dow-

from her high pedestal on ex-

clusion of everything - American.Perhaps Uncle Sherman has givena hint that retaliation Fsf a gamethat two can play at

Senator Feltz, of Keith countywent to Lincoln yesterday wherehe will prosecute a complaint of exorbitant rates against the telegraph J--

companies. Iike all other goodpopulist patriots, the Senator traveled on a railroad pass.

The so-call- ed "400" of New YorJ

society are croin to have a "veta Mp. Aunt-- f " where the different

vegetables are characteristicallyrepresented. This is no travestyon the 400 dudes and dudesses, a

bigger lot of cabbage-head- s willnever come together again on. onedancing floor,

Unless the Union Pacific re-o- r

ganization committee stands readyto bid in the full amount of the gov-

ernment interest in the Kansas Pa-

cific forclosure sale today the salewill be indefinitely postponed bythe government, or until such timeas may be apparent that a higherprice can be secured,

A delegation of New York busi-

ness men presented a memorial tothe oresident, citing" that the timehad come to end the war in Cuba,and establish peace in thaf unhappyisland so that commerce may againassume its course and bring pros--!

perity to the Cubans who are nowcompelled to live on charity fromthe American people.

The termination of the Clarkcase in favor of the defendant hasrobbed the ooDulist oartv or an im--

mense amount of political ammunition. The rapidity with which theiurv arrived at a verdietr can --betaken as evidence that the chargesagainst Mr. Clark were trumped up

political purposes largely; andthe tax-paye- rs foot the court costs,

Office does not seek the man asviciously and persistently in theoooulist oartv as it did some halfdozen years ago. At present thereare six candidates in the field forthe gubernatorial nomination, exclusive of our own William Neville,and everv one of them has his coatoff and sweating like a laborer in ahav field. There promises to belots of fun in the populist state con- -

vention this fall.

The Tribune did not expect toentirely suppress gamblingNorth Platte, when it made the attacks onthe dens several weeksago It said that -- 'gambling as atpresent conducted must cease," andit has the satisfaction of knowingthat the places are no longer

wideopen." There are professionalgamblers in town who will alwaysmanage to run a game on the quiet;no matter how vigilant the oiheersmay be.

The movement to reduce taxation is strongly opposed by some ofthe leading: populists of NorthPlatte, and they will probably at-

tempt to capture and run the meeting" at the court ,house this eveningto suit themselves. The fact is thepopulists are afraid that this move- -

ment will lead to investigation of- county affairs, and this the popu

lists do not wish they are afraidot the record they have made. Butwe can assure them that the move-

ment to secure a reduction of taxa-tion w ill p-- o forward notwiihstand- -- oing their opposition.

Sheridan asd the Joke.swirtan. himself a brilliant orator

r well as a shrewd observer, was one

rfav .asked how it was he got on so wellUa Wrmen nf nninmOUS: "Well." he

cairL "I soon found out that the major- -

itv were fools, but all loved a jokerndI determined to eive them what theyliked.1 The great advantage of a jokeis that it nuts the speaker at once on

"r.nnA forms with his audience. Hencenicero recommends it for an exordium.A common way of winning the good

will nf ail audience is flattery. Whenthe Jews brought down the orator Ter- -

.tullas to accuse Paul, TertulluB began

his speech with flattery of King Agrip-p- a,

"Since by theo we enjoy," and so

on. Another --way, a subtle, form of flat-ter- v.

is to describe yourself as a nativehlflrie or county as those

you are addressing. The forensic forniu- -

la. the fasten apostrophe to the 12 intelligent and patriotic and high mindedlaea- - whom the. rhetorical Buzfuz sees

- "before hini. is played but, but it has itsmodern eaivakte: WeetsaiBStcr Be- -

MYSTERY OF THE SEA

STORY, Or A GHOSTLY MESSENGER

IN A GREEN SOU'WESTER.

Hew Captain Benner Camo Tory NearBeing Put Ia Iroas by His Crew ForChanging the Ship's Course The FortShipwrecked 3Ien In a Boat.

At a dinner in Creole lodgings, inJamaica, some three years ago, the conversation turned upon subject ofghosts and apparitions. A person present quoted the Tvordstjf Professor Proctor, "There may be some means of com-

munication, under special conditions,between mind and mind at a distance,though no one may be able to explainhow such communication is wroughtabout." One of the guests present madea reference to a tale of a mysterious apparition, at sea, adding:

Tf Trva otroT moftfc Hnnfcain Rlsrffc nfjw rBlank line, ask him to tell tho

story. The incidents Happened to a reia- -

tiv6 of his. He-ca- tell them better thanI and will vouch for their truth."

A f6W days ago Captain Blank waafound on board his "steamer. He is notonly a skillful seaman and navigator,but -- also a very courteous gentleman.Although about to sail, ho took timo totell the following:

In the early thirties Captain Benner,eranduncle of the narrator, commandedthe brig Mohawk of New York, thenengaged in tho West Indian trado. Afterleavincr St Thomas, her last port ofCall on one voyage, the brig was steer-ing a northwesterly course, homewardbound, heating up under snort canvasagainst high winds and heavy seas fol- -53!!S!y!2Sbefore. Her cantata, who had beensome hours on deck, went below at midnight after directing the first officer,who' was on watch, to keep the course"then steered and to call him in case ofany change for the worse in the weather.He lay down upon a sofa in the maincabin, but, as the brig's bell strucktwice, became conscious of tho figure ofa man, wearing a green sou'wester,standing beside him in the-di- light ofthe cabin lamD. Then he heard thewords:

"Change your course to sou'west,captain."

Captain Benner got up and went ondeok, where he found that tho weatherhad moderated and that the brig wascarrying more sail and making betterheadway. He w-k- ed the mate on dutywhy ho had sent down to call him, towhich that officer replied that no badnot Jono so. Tho captain, fancying thatho had lcn dreaming, wont back to thocabin, but was disturbed soon again bya second visit from the man in thegreen sou'wester, who repeated his previous order and vanished up tne companionway. The captain, now thorough-ly aroused, jumped up and pursued theretreating figure, but saw .no one untilhe met tho mate on watch, who insistedthat ho had not sent any messenger below.

Mystified and perplexed, CaptainBenner returned to tho cabin, only tosee his dngular visitor reappear, tohear him repeat the order to change thecourse to sou'west, with the warning,"If youdonot, it willsoonbe toolate,':and to seo him disappear as before.

Although a cool headed Eeaman, fairly .proof ogainEt superstitions, the cap-

tain was nevertheless deeply impressedby theso happenings and determined tosee wuac meaning waa muuen m mo ui- -

der of his midnight visitor, boing ondeck, he gave the necessary orders forthe change in the ship's course to southwest. Tho officers or tne orig were notonly surprised but also indignant atthis sudden and to them unreasonablechange of course- - The new coursebrought the vessel at a right angle toher proper direction and if persisted inwould strand her on tho coast of fcantoDomingo. Meanwhile the weather hadmoderated still more, additional sailhi hppn ?nfc uuon the vessel, and she

hemg driven still farther from herdestination.

Her impatient officers had finally determined to seize Jtheir captam and puthim in irons, when, soon after daybreak, the lookout forward reportedeome object dead ahead. As the vesselkept on it was made out to he a ship'sboat. As it ranged abeam it was seen to

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contain four men lying unaer irathwarts, one of whom woro a greensou'wester. The Mohawk was promptlyhove to, a hoat lowered, and the castaways taken in. The castaways provedto be the .captain and three men, thennlv Knrvivors of the crew of a vessel

h-c-h had eono down in the hurricane,

and they had been drifting helplesslywithout food for five or six days. Theffre.pn Rem wester was the urouerty ofthe rescued captain. A lew days later,when he had recovered sufficiently to boable to leave his berth.Tie was sittingone day in the main cabin of the brigwith Captain Benner. He suddenlyasked his host whether be believed indreams.

"Since I have been here," he continued, "I have been thinking how familiar this cabin looks. I think that Ihave been here before. In the night before you picked me up I dreamed that Icame to you here in this cabin and toldyou to chango your course to sou'west.The first time you took no notice of me,and I camo the second time, in vain,but the third time you changed yourcourse, and I woke to find your shipalongside of us.'

Then Captain Benner, who had noticed the resemblance of tho speaker tohis mysterious visitor, told his ownstory of that night.

Captain Blank could not recall thename of the wrecked vessel, but saidthat all the facts were confirmed by thelogbook of the Mohawk, even to the detail of the intention jof the officers otthe brig to put their commander inirons. The story is an oft repeated onein Cautain Blank's family and is wellknown in the locality from which hehails. Hew York Sun.

Try Grain-0- ! Try Grain-0- !

Ask vuur crrocer today to show you apackage of Grain-O- , the new food drinkthat takea the, place of couee The chil-dren may drink it without injury as wellas the adult All who try it, like it.GRAIN--0 has the rich -- ea brown ofMocha and Java, but it is made-fro- m

oure erains, and the most delicatestomach receives it without diPtp-R- .

the price of coffee. 15c and oc perpackage. Sold by all grocers.

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Trausylvanian railroad employes havebeen notified by the Hungarian gnvern- -

m&nfc that unless tfae.v Majryarize tueirnames UieewHl be discharged.

MISER GENIUSES.

Mes Wke Have BedHced Money Sarinsta a Fascinating Art.

The fascinating- - study cf financialgain amounts almost to genius in some.Avarice was the inspiration of one ofour own great men, Franklin, whosememory is debased by his reputation as"Poor Richard. " The masterpiece ofBalzac is his novel "Eugenie Grandet."The hero, old Grandet, is a miser whosefinancial genius amounts to the sublimoand which Balzac contrives and succeedsin making almost picturesque.

Among the most distinguished miserswas Daniel Dancer. Upon the death ofhis father Dancer came into the estate,which yielded a good income. One ofbis sisters lived with him and imbibedthe miserly teachings. Dancer was remarkable for the style of his garments.His coat was made of pieces of everyhue and texture, collected from thestreets and ash heaps. His garmentswere held together by a twist of hay.He and his sister lived happily in ahovel, the paneless sashes of which weredarkened with hoards, rags and papers.Soap and towels being expensive, Mr.Dancer occasionally washed in a pondand dried himself with sand. Threepounds of coarse beef and 14 dumplingsformed their menu for years, exceptupon one occasion, when Providencechanged the course of these viands.

Mr. Dancer, walking one day insearch of bones and other delicate offal,found a dead sheep and carried it homein triumph. His sister received it as animmediate gift from heaven. Timewent on,and the maiden fell ill. LadyTemple, a generous, neighbor, was sokind that Miss Dancer determined toleave her 2,000, but she died beforetho will could be signed, and her brotherclaimed her fortune as the orico of herboard for 30 years.

He constantly guarded against thievesand concealed his gold and bank noteswith the spiders among their cobwebsin the cowhouse and m the holes inthe chimney, covering them with ashes.The light of generosity, however, penetrated one chink of his miserablo soulhe loved his dog, and while denyinghimself bread ho allowed his dog a pintof milk daily with other delicacies. Mr.Dancer's delight in life was to visit theholes where his wealth was kept andcount it.

In his seventy-eight- h year Dancerbecame violently ill, but refused to seea physician. Again Lady Temple playedthe good fairy at the wretched -- hovel,attending him to the last and was gen- -

erouslv rewarded by his immense fortune, which ho left to her.

It would not be a difficult task toshow the influence of avarice upon nations: the evils of society, the corruptions of religion and tho tragedies ofwar have often been instigated and supported by this base passion. DetroitFree --Press.

WEIGHTED SILK.

Sometimes Ninety Per Cent of tho Material Is Foreign Substance.

At the present day the practice ofweighting silks by means of astringentextracts, salts of tin, silicate and phos-

phate of soda and a variety of othersubstances, all more or less injurious tothe wear of the fiber, has reached sucha" height-- that it is seriously affectingthe trade. This is especially the case asreeards black silk, but fabrics of othercolors suffer m the same manner.

It used to be remarked that a silkdress or a silk handkerchief would lasta lifetime, and. this is almost true forabsolutely pure silk. But in much ofthe fabric sold at tho present day thereis not more than 10 or 12 per cent ofreal silk, all the rest being extraneousmatter applied to the fiber in the deceptive process of "weignting."

Pure silk, when burned, leaves aquantity of ash which is always considerably less than 1 per cent, but the ashleft by some weighted silks has beenfound to amount to as much as 48 percent of the weight of the fabric.

The extraneous substances to whichwe have alluded are caused to adhere totho fiber by passing the skeins throughhot baths of tannin extracts, tin salts,salts of iron, antimony, potash, etc.,and it has been found that when a silkmuch charged with such substances isheated it will not burn with flame, butwill only smolder away, leaving a verylarge amount of ash behind.

But these weighted silks are, how- -m a t V a J.1 A.ever, or so comousciDie a nature mat

some have been known to take fire spontaneously, a result due to tho gradualdecomposition of the substances usedfor weighting, and disastrous fires havebeen traced to this cause. Spontaneouscombustion is liable to break out moreespecially in black silks that are storedin warm, dry places. Chambers' Journal.

Tho Newest Button.The newest buttons, says a New York

fashion writer, are shown in three distinct sizes for the jacket, skirt and bodice, ifany of the smaller buttons areveritable jewels in their artistic beautyof color and design, and many are set,like actual gems, in low mountings ofcut steel and silver or pure gold. Jet,nnal. nlomb colored enamel and old

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bronze buttons set in riveted points,framinc dainty miniatures, medallions,etc.,. are familiar styles, but many oithe expensive jet and cord passenienteries have buttons to match, which arenot intended to have any strain uponthem, but merely finish strap ends,mock buttonholes on skirt fronts, etc.When used upon the bodice, they aregenerally fastened on the outside or veryoften in the center of handsome jeweltrimmings en applique, tbe bodice clos-

ing with strong hooks and eyes set upona fly underneath.

Color Effect.Mt. Murrav Hill It is odd what

queer effects colors have upon persons.Mr. Point Breeze What ofiects are

you thinking of?Air. Mnvrav Hill On a cray day I

am always blue. Pittsburg Chronicle- -

Telegraph.

About 45.000 Bovereicns pass over tBeBank of England counters every day.

Himv to Remember History.Teacher With whom did Achilles

fight at tho battle of Troy?Pupil Pluto.' Wrong. Try again. ' '"Nero.""Nero? How do you""Then it must have been Hector. 3

knew it was one of our three dogs."Loudon Fun.

FRIENDLESS COYOTE.

TRICKS OF HIS ENEMIES TO-MA- KE

MONEY OUT OF HIM.

A County That Paid Beasty Twelve Times

on the Same Set of Seal In Spite ofWholesale Killing, the Peat PeM NotAppear to Decrease.

The one friendless, hunted Ishmaeliteof the plains, against whom is everyman's hand, is the prairie wolf the

If he is adapted to any spnereof usefulness on earth, nobody has yechfien slirowfl enonch to find it out; if hehas ever done a respectable deed, it hasnot vet come to light. The jack rabbitwill at least furnish the basis lor asavory stew in case of need, the buffalowis valued for its hide, the rattles ofthe rattlesnake are worth preserving forcuriosities, but there is yet to be discovered a method of utilizing any portion of the coyote from his snarlingmouth to his" ragged tail except as afertilizer. The short grass country ishis home, the high prairies where thogray, hairliko vegetation that is calledpasture blends with the dirty coat ofthe vandal. Through it he sneans anaruns, now aaunt figure on the horizon,now an uneainlv shaue near at hand.He is without acquaintance with anything that is alive, usually solitary, always with a criminal aspect, as if hohad just done something to be ashamedof or was cdntemulatint? a deed of thesort at the earliest ODDortunity.

Once the coyote had the whole IndianTerritory to himself. He could snarl

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and fight to his heart's content, andthere was none to say him nay. Butwhen the lauds were opened to tettle-me- nt

and a family took its place on every quarter section there was less iroomfor the wild creatures of the plains whohad before been undisturbed. Then thecoyote had to go out among men, and hefound that he was a very unpopular im-

migrant into any of the communitiesthat he-favor- ed with his presence. Andho earned tho right to so bo consideredhonestly. Ho robbed the sheepfolds,stole the chickens and made the travel-er afraid all without any equivalentin service. Furthermore, he is essentially a coward. The men of the frontier have a sort of respect for the bravecreature that defies them or for thecunning one that outwits them, butthey can never forgivo the tremblingone that is alarmed at their very appearance, co, irom tne iarmer s son wnoblazes away with his old- - shotgun at theprowling coyote behind the barn to thecity sportsman who wastes a cartridgeintended for a prairie chicken or duckin ending the life of a wolf trottingalong the hedgerow, there is a ceaseless,unrelenting war waeed acainst tholuckless wanderer.

Since the immigration of the wolvesfrom the territory into the farming andstock raising states to the north therehas been more than a desultory warfare. The farmers have banded togetherto protect the flocks and herds andhave offered generous bounties for thescalps of tho creatures, a proceedingthat has resulted in the slaughter ofthousands. Yet the supply seems nonethe less, and all the sharpshooting isbut a waste of powder and balls. Yearafter year there are reported from 1,200to 1,500 sheep killed m Nebraska andKansas by wolves, and the hundreds ofdollars speutfor bounties have producedlittlo diminution of the plague.

Sometimes the bounties are not whatthey are purported to be. The people ofn western county found once that theywere being taxed very heavily for thopayment of this sort of expense andthat certain hunters were buying newfarms out of the proceeds of their prowess on the plains. An examination followed, and it was found that there wasin existence an endless chain in comparison with which the Greenbacks andgold reserve make but a feeble showing.At the rear of the county clerk's office,where the redeemed scalps were thrown,was a convenient opening in the wall,and through this the scalps were pulledin the night, to be presented at thecounter in tho morning for anotherbounty of S3 each. It was estimated thatthe county had paid for one set of scalpsnot less than 12 times, and the emptiness of the treasury was explained. Thesaddest part of the happening was thatthe Echemers saw the investigators atthe hole and became bounty jumpers atonce iumuiuK the. county for saferclimes.

Another curious circumstance wasnoticed by tho officers of two countiesadjoining in central Kansas. The officersof one were paying out money everyday for wolf scalps while the others seldom had any demands for the reward.Each of the hunters was compelled toswear that he had killed the wolf insidethe boundaries of the county where thesenln was presented, and there was noreason for doubting the truth of the testimony. But what could be the reasonof the disparity in the claims? One daya settler's son was questioned:

"Where did you kill this wolf"Down near the edge of the county. ""Are coyotes very thick there?""Well, rather, though not so thick as

they are farther south."Over in the other county?""Yes. there are more there.""But they do not kill any there.

Why is it?""The other county only pays 1 for

scalps and this pays 2. So we drivethem over the line before wo shootthem."

The county officers at once readjustedthe scale of rewards. Chicago TimesHerald.

Cork Rope.A cork rope is made of Email corks

placed end to end and the whole coveredwith a braiding of cotton twine. Overthis is a coarser braiding in heavystrands. Tho rope will stand a strain of1,000 pounds.

Knightly lances were from 12 to 20.feet. Ions, the heads 4 to 8 inches broad

nd from 12 to 20 inches long.

There is a Class of Peoplewho are injured by fhe use of coffee. Ke-cent- lv

there has been ulaced in all theurocerv stores a new preparation calledC5RAINO. made of oure erains, thattnkea the Dlace of coffee. The most del- -

mnto stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffeeTfc does not cost over as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15cts. and 25 cts. per pacsage. xry it.Ask for GRAIN-- P.. Fainne an-La- Dronounced "fawn yein lay" and meaning the MDawn of Day,'

is .the title of a new weekly printed inIrish that annears at Ath Cliatb, theoriginal name of Dublin .

AwardedHighest Honors World's Fair,

Gold f.ledai, Midwinter pair.

CREAM

BAKINGPOWDER

A Pure Grape Creta of Tartar Pewter.

40 YEARS THE STATED ARD

MONKEYS AT FOOTBALL.

They likewise Flay Cricket, hut Not According to Rule.

Travelers in South.Africa have notedthe faot that where monkeys congregatein large numbers they also indulge ingames of a certain kind. Two of thesegames seem to resemble cricnec anafootball. . -

The cricket is of a primitive order.About a dozen monkeys stand in a circle or whatevens akin to. the simian.idea of a circle. Two of them advancefrom different extremities of tho-circl- e

and stop about 15 yards apart, facingeach other. Tbe monkey at the southernend of tho circle has a cocoauut m hishand. He is the bowler.

The monkev at the other end doesnot, as you .might suppose, wield a fullcane bat His business is to dodge thococoanut which the bowler aims at hishead. The delivery of the ball is tre-

mendously fast, full pitched and fraughtwith dire results it it "toucnes ruespot." When it does happen to touchthe spot that is, any part of the mon-

key's body that monkey is very muchout and doesn't even stop to dispute thoquestion.

Another monkey takes his place untilhe. too. receives his dismissal. It waspresumed by the travelers that the gamewas finished when a majority oi mon-

keys lay nursing their wounds underthe friendly shade of a neighboringpalm.

The football is of a more advancedtvue. It is also played with a cocoanutThe game, if anything, is undoubtedlythe "socker" game and is played wituthe feet. Of course there is no goal norany tactics to speak of, the object ofeach animal beins to keep the tall tohimself as much as possible.

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Still the competition to get tno canmakes it resemble a-re- al game of "foot- -

er, ' anu tne dexterity exmmtea uythese peculiar amateurs is surprisingand wonderful.

In an evil moment somo ambitiousmonkey may elect to play the .Bugbyname bv suatchiue ud the ball and0 -

making off, but tho gamo then developsinto war, in which life is sometimestho urize.

No mention is made of a referee, butif there is cue about, like a wise andprovident monkey, he is probably up atree. Brooklyn Times.

' SHE BETRAYED HERSELF.

Dipped Her Spoon In the Milk Beforethe Itlush.

The woman mentioned in this littlestory will be called Mrs. Haughty, butshe is known in almost every community by other names. She is inclined todo all she can to make other peoplo believe she is somebody and that sue isfitted for a higher sphere than the oneshe is forced by adverse, circumstancesto live in.

A short time aco Mrs. Haughty calledon a neighbor and accepted an invitationto stav to supper. Mush and milk waathe principal supper dish, and Mrs.Haughty declared with sundry ejacula-tions tbat she had never eaten tho de-

lightful compound. The steaming platter of mush was set in the center ot tnotable and a bowl of milk placed beforeMrs. Haughty.

'Just help yourself, Mrs. Haughty,"remarked tho hostess.

'fieally, I do not know how to be- -

gm, " said Mrs. Haughty as she pickedup her spcon.

Mrs. HauEhtv made a move, and cuoof tho children at tho tablo leaned overto her mother and whispered :

Sho said she never ate musn andmilk, bnt she dipped her spoon in thomilk before she dipped it into themush."

That little movement rave Mrs.Haughty away, for every lover of mushnud milk kuoAVS that if tho epeou isfirst dipped into tbe milk the mush willpot stick to it. ;niaha wjici-iicrai- u.

Twisting a KwbblU

The wretched raLbit U first driveninto a hollow I03 cr tree or bede, astho case may be. Tben the twister cutsand trims n supple gart oi suitaDJOIpnerh. inserts it into the retreat andpokes about till Aus feels the rabbit. Thogad is then withdrawn, anu li s ten iqone that a hair or two clinging to thoend will prove that the rabbit has beentouched. The twister now manes a spuein the end of the gad, feels for the preyagain, and when tho split is in tno inrrnrna the cad steadily in one directiontill a firm hold has been taken of thefur. The rabbit is then dragged out anddisnatched. if everything works nustright. Too frequently things go wrong.A rabbit's SKin is very tender, and arough handed twister may twist off

inches of skin and wads of fur beforehe thinks tbat ho has secured a properhold. Not seldom the agonized rabbitresists so strongly. tbat .tho. skin is, tornnff durimr the pulling process, xnewhole business savors too much of flaying a beast alive to be worthy of fur-

ther discussion.But in one instance the rabbit did

not suffer. A clever youth found a holeunder a stump and decided lo twist thohidden rabbit. The tick took hold inexcellent style, tho rabbit -- struggledbravely, Gut a powerful pull brought itforth with a bounce. It was a very curious rabbit in :fact. the only one onrecord which woro a long, bushy tailand a black and white coat, anu, judg-ing by the odor of it, it must have beenin that hole a very long. time. Edward W. tSandys. in Uuting.

(Mara tAYnifPfilVl iWell. 7.T&TM. 'Old

count ask you .for me today?Mr. Millyuns Ask me for you? Nawl

Be told me if I wanted to put up mar-

gins enough he'd talk business. Chisago News.

JOHNSON'S QUICK WIT.

HowtTie Ei-Preaid- Displayed It e tfcSt-sru- la Teaaeaoee.

" Thera is -- in the city of Memphis aprecinct known as Pinch, in which amajority of tho voters were Irish. It sohappened tbat Andrew Johnson and hisopponent for tho United States senate,Gus Henry, were to meet In joint de-

bate in this precinct The evening came,and hundreds of blue Irish eyes were ontho two speakers as they ascended therostrum. Henry opened, and as a bidfor the Irish vote he told in witheringterms how Johnson, when in congressbefore, had voted against a bill for anappropriation to assist Ireland during atime of famine. Ho himself had doneyeoman work for the passage of the bill,while this other man, who was nowasking, their support, had dono every-thing possible to defeat it. It was a finepoint, and the speaker made the mostof it, burning before it the lamp of hiseloquence until tho crowd were wildwith excitement. Then Henry sat down,and Johnson got up amid catcalls andscoffs to answer him.

"What my opponent has told yon istrue," he said. "Ireland was suffering,and I voted against an appropriation forber relief, for the money which it wasthus proposed to givo away was notmine, but yours; yours because it wasin the public coffers. I refused to giveaway mouey which did not belong tome, but I went down into my own pock-

et and out of my own private fundswhich I had a right to bestow I sub-

scribed $260 to the relief fund which wasbeing quietly raised. How much of hisown money did Mr. Henry give? Not acunt: He was" too busy trying to giveaway yours. Now, gentlemen, which ofus two did the better part by sufferingIreland;" The effect of this was magical.The catcalls were now for Henry andthe cheers for Johnson.

Thus the campaign went on, endingin a victory for the ex-tailo- r, who oucomore took his place among the statesmenof the land. But his term was a Ehortone, for death soon claimed him. Buthe left behind him a reputation as a"stump" speaker which- - abides stillupon the hustings down in Tennessee.

Chicago Times-Heral- d.

NEW YORK JUSTICE.

A City In Which a Kival Ia Not Held InGreat Esteem.

As is generally known, it is a pun-

ishable offense in tho state of New Yorkfor any person to attempt to take hislife, although it is not so if the attemptbe successful which makes self murdersomewhat different legally from theother kind. As is also very generallyknown, New York, individually andcollectively, is disposed to forever pointthe finger of scorn at her largo andgrowing neighbor, Philadelphia.

Not long ago a prisoner was before aNew York judge charged with attempt-ed suicide,, and the judge, being a manwho lived on Easy street, where it wassunny in winter and shady in summer,frowned fiercely on the culprit becauseho couldn't understand how any manwould want to quit this life until hewas forced to do so.

"YouriSwat. beaded the culprit,looking into thox- - Jjfaof justice, "there were mitigatiiTP!

Tho judge frowned more fiercelytho thought of offering an excuse forsuch a crime and said nothing.

"But there were, your honor," insist-ed tho prisoner. "The firm I am work-ing for informed me last Saturday nightthat I would have to go to Philadelphiato live, as they wero compelled to makea change."

Tho judge's entire demeanor under-went a rapid transformation.

"Great goodness!" he exclaimed in ahorrified tone. "The prisoner is acquit-ted and tho clerk will please make outa warrant for the arrest of the firm forassault with intent to kill. " Washing-ton Star.

A War Belle.George M. Millingtou, a veteran of

the Seventeenth regiment, while visit-ing his brother, the Rev. Richard Mil-liugto- n,

at Cccnrod, found among thelatter's war relics a poster printed oncloth calling for recruits for the Seven-

teenth Michigan infantry. The posterreads as follows: "Seventeenth regi-

ment, Michigan infantry. One hundreddollars' bounty! First month's pay inadvance! Rendezvous, Detroit barracksFifty recruits wanted to fill up a com-

pany in tho new regiment, to servo forthree years or during the war, unlesssooner discharged. Recruits will receive

13 per month, with board, clothingand medical attendance, to commencefrom the Oay of enlistment, and a boun-

ty of 100. Apply to Alfred Abeel, firstlieutenant Seventeenth Michigan in-

fantry. Recruiting office opposite Rath-bu- n

House." Tho poster also bears thepicture of an eagle, with spread wings,bearing in its mouth a streamer on

which are the words, "Michigan trueto the Union." The Rev. Mr. Milling-to- n

gave tho poster to his brother, andtho latter prizes it very highly. RomeSentinel.

iTree In Spito of Hinueif.Under tho first French empire tbe ad-

ministration of the prison of SaintePelagic was so loose that it was not rarefor accused persons to lie there sixmouths without knowing tho causo ofthfiir incarceration. Tho following adventure, narrated in "The Dungeons ofOld Paris," discloses tlio tact mat re-

lease under similar conditions of igno-

rance was not impossible:The doctor had given to a prisoner

who was slightly ill an order for thebaths. Not knowing in what part oftho prison the infirmary was situated,he presented his order to a tipsy turn-key, who opened the outer door of theprison.

M. Guillon, a Tree man without beingaware of it, took the narrow street to bo

a sentry's walk and went a few paceswithout finding any one to direct him.

. Returning to the sentry at the door, heinquired where were the baths.

"The baths?" said the sentinel."The prison baths.""The prison baths," said the sentinel,

"are probably in the prison, but youcan't get in there."

"What I can'tget into the prison?Am I outside it, then?"

"Why, yes, you're in tho street. You

ought to know that, I should think.""I did nofc know it, I assure you,"

said M. Guillon, "and this won't suitmo at all."

He rang tho priEon bell and was re-

admitted, and his recital of his adven-ture restored, to sobriety the turnkeywho hactciven him his freedom.y

FEATHERY. -.

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You've kcard of the girl im tke GaiwfeMS

With.itsfdHSKScf snovry white?Rove, I kaow a WomLsiakteK icore artless tfeaa

that,.With feathers as black as nigh,

A pltuae lactea hafcSvith an Hpturasd rimAnd a red rose, liko her checis.

The tall ponr.poas nod, and tho talvety rimShades a face Madonna aaeek.

Is it true that "a kiss is far better than that?"I'm dumb as I win her smile.

Tho feathers nrc beckoning, while pitapat .

My heart keeps throbbing th while.Ten tips gently nodding, and each oae

'rl

'I votv I am dizzy with blis3l ".

'Tis an audacious hat ; she's a mute, modest

I woo with words or a kiss T

Now, tho lass ia tho Gainsborough hat who'1was kissed

By the poet in tho sensSimply looked" so coquettish he could not resist.

But this lassie might think it wrong.Still, 111 follow his method of courting and try

To steal a draft from her lips.-Sh- e

is ti'nitt'and chaste and alarmingly shyThe girl with bold ostrich tips.

The chapcan, top heavy, almost hides hr eyesO fond, forgetmenot blue.

Oh, will sho be angry or show sad surpriseWhen I dare begin to woo?

Heigho! something soft swept my cheek, I de-

clareAnd ray yet innocent lipsl

But if it wero kisses I'm qlte unaware;,I'll swear 'twas only tho tips!

New Orleans Times-Democra- t.

V1THE SERVANT QUESTION.

Eow' MBch Worry and VexatioR May BetSaved tho SUstreM.

"Much of the cry against the tyrannyand impudence of servants comes frpm-tbos-

who exercise their 'authority in adisagreeable way and who do not knowthe first principles of successful man-

agement," argues Jane Lowry Cum-

min gs in a thoughtful paper on "Man-aging the Servants," in The Woman's'.Homo Companion.

"Every woman has her own theoryof how the housework should be done,but it is not always necessary to insistupon having it done in her way provid- - --

ed it is done satisfactorily in anotherway. Bridget may come well recom-

mended and be discharged at the end of --

a week or a mouth because her methodis not what her mistress considers theproper one. Wherever she goes she is

"likely to bo confronted with new meth- -ods and blamed for doing her work aft-

er a system which she has laboriously ,

acquired at her last situation. She is a .

machine upon which each succeedingmistress imposes her own pet theories,to the exclusion of all others. Withoutroference to results she is compelled tochange her method of handling thebroom, building fires, attending to thebedchambers, etc., and because she isawkward at doing things in a new wayshe is probably upbraided and told thatshe does not know her business. IfBridget is quick tempered, she may re-

sent this injustice, and then she is dis-

charged without a 'character,' and herlate mistress has another opportunity ofconfiding to her friends her troublesover the everlasting 'servant girl prob- -.

lem.'"But Bridget is the one to be pitied.

She is confronted by the more difficult --

problem of how to conform to the rulesand whims of every new mistress underwhoso orders she may find herself. Sheknows how to do her work if let alone,and she proves this if she is fortunate.enough to he employed by a housekeeper

ho is broad minded and tactful enoughto eive her a'fair chance. The womanwho does not interfere unnecessarilywith the work of her servants whojudges their work by results, who speaksto them gently and treats them withconsideration seldom has trouble imgetting faithful servants and keepingthem. The display of a little tact, a'ifti.tie judgment, a little kindness, will of-

ten save tho housekeeper much uselessworry and vexation of spirit."

Pure Water and New Boilers.The corrosive power of pure water oat;

new or unsealed boilers was well illus-trated in the city of Glasgow when anew water supply was introduced from)Loch Katrine, one of the purest waters,in the world which are available forcity consumption. The former supplyhad been poor and calcareous, and oldboilers were much coated with limescale. To the dismay of the users thosewho had put in new boilers or newtubes found them rapidly corroding,while the old scaled and coated boilersremained as before. Those, too, whohad removed every possible trace of oldincrustation from their old boilers bymechauical or chemical means, intend- -' '

ing thus to get, as they expected, thefull benefit of pure water, wero also,badly troubled by corrosion, and oventhe old boilers as the scale was gradual-ly removed by the unvaryingly soft andpure water from tho lake wero more orless corroded when no means were taken

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womanly way is making big drafts on heraccount with the bank of health and will-soo- n

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For all disorders of this nature Dr.Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the best ,

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