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EDGEWOOD.
Mesdames H. F. Beyer, 0. H. True
and A. Pert were in attendance at a
W. C, T. U. convention at Fayette last
Friday and Saturday.
Myron Alger, Will Sackett, John and
Tony Fonk, Henry and Charles Keener
and Will Kramer, of thiB city, and Hon.
P. W. Conley, of Elbport, were land
•eeken in S. Dakota last week.
Mrs. Abbie Coolidge departed last
Friday morning for an extended visit
in the west. She stopped at New
Hampton for a few days visit with her
daughter, Mrs. D. Nichols, and will
then leave for Qreat Falls, Montana,
where she will remain for several
months.
Clyde True gave a party to several of
his young friends at the pleasant home
of bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. True,
northwest of town, laBt Thursday even
ing, Sept 4th. Light refreshments of
icecream and cake were served the
vlsittrB during the evening, and a very
enjoyable time
WBB
Manchester, Tuesday morning, where
P&i she had been caring for her daughter,
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Mrs. W. Wilson, who lives near there,
DYERSVILLE.
Ed. Krapfl and Art Holbrook re
turned from a' hunting expedition
Minnesota, last Snnday morning.
JakeEngler, of Southfork, was
this city, Sunday.
Miss Theresa Scbultz, of Bremen
townBhlp, was here last Friday and
took the train to Parkersburg to visit
for a few weeks witb her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Scbultz.
Mike Even, Fred Daniels and Mfss
es Margaret and Mary Even, of Man-
Chester, visited friends In this city last
Sunday.
Last week the farmer's Union held a
meeting at New Vienna. Clemens
Boeckenstedt was elected president, B.
...ll Kerper, vice president F. H. Kloster-
'v/-,*" mann, secretary and Joseph Gebhardt,
treasurer. This society is organized to
promote mutual interests and good
fellowship among the farmers.
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Henry Boeckenstedt, Barney Vaske
and F. H. KloBtermann, of New Vien
na, are In Dubuque on a business visit.
Mr. Boeckenstedt is one of the pio
neers of Dubuque county and fifty-four
years ago drove an ox team into Du
buque. At that time the business pBrt
of Dubuque did not go above Third
street. Where the town clock now
stands was then out in the country.
Mr. Boeckenstedt
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had by all. —Journal.
RYAN.
Jno. Dolphin and C. E. Worley were
connty seat visitors last Monday.
Miss Ella Lyness Btarted teaching
the Duffy school, Monday, and Miss
Agnes McCaffrey in the Elliot district.
Miss Ella Lyness arrived home Sat
urday from a visit with friends in S.
Dakota.
Miss Anna Beatty has been confined
to her home witb illness during the
past few days. Mrs. Alvah Miller is
filling her place in the school.
Mrs. Lafferty and sister, Miss Hooker,
of Manchester, were guests at the Ly
ness home here, Saturday.
The Misses Annie Summers and
Maggie Dolphin left Monday morning
for Dubuque, where they will attend
school at the Academy of the Visit*
tlon during the coming year.
We are very sorry to say that Mr,
and Mrs. I. W. Swlsler have both been
quite ill at their home in Dubuque.
Their many riendB here will be pleased
to learn that they are both improving
•t this writing.
COGGON,
Mrs. Carl McDonald is visiting her
parents at West Union,
David Patton is taking a course of
study at the Cedar Bapids Business
Kj- College.
Mrs. Bragdon and daughter, MIEB
Bragdon, and Mrs. A. H. Scofield, vis
Ited relatives In Manchester, Tuesday
Miss Lizzie Beddy returned to Des
Moines, Monday morning, where she
will again engage in teaching,
D. Carrudus, of Sliver Creek, visited
his daughter, Mrs. T. Swann.laBt week.
Mrs. Aldrlch returned from a visit
with relatives in Hazel Green, Sunday,
and is staying at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. N. A. Green.
'•j, Mrs. Godfrey Dolley returned from
t"
$?: -a
still hale and
hearty.—Commercial.
HOPKINTOK
A. B. WheelesB and wife came home
Tuesday from the western part of the
state.
Miss Claire Dunlap left this morning
for Strawberry Point, where she will
teach this fall.
Mrs. W.J. Breed and daughter Lottie,
ofEdgewood, were gueBts of C. H.
Ricketts and wife a part of the past
week.
Mrs. T. V. Hunt, of Delhi, was in at
tendance at the misBlonBry convention
last week.
L. J. Stanger, Andy Ferguson and C.
E. Green departed Tuesday for Motley,
Minn., where the former will look af
ter property which he already owns
there, and the others will look for farms
if the country suits them.
house on the Elibu Todd farm
In UriI5ft= township was burned to the
ground yesterday afternoon, together
witb most of the contents. The fire
originated in a defective chimney and
spread so rapidly that the building was
soon enveloped. The farm is rented by
a man by the name of Flemming.
A party composed of R. G. Crawford
and wife, Mrs. C. E. Merriam, C. E.
f?« Merriam jr. and wife, J. S. McConnell
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jfe, J. J. Klrkwood and wife,
Rev. Mackintosh, wife and two daugh
ters, Mrs. B, N. Hooking, Finley G.
Mackintosh and W. B. Guthrie, drove
to the government fish hatchery near
Manchester yesterday for the purpose
of a day's outing. They report an en
poyable day.—Leader.^,
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County Correspondence.
Wstsli^
GREELEY.
F. A. Irish was re-elected on the
board of directors for the Inter-State
Telephone Co.
Born to
Mrs. Louie Taylor nee Strong,
of Salt Lake City, Utah, a girl. Con
gratulations.
Mrs. S. S. Langford nee Barroou, of
Craig, Neb., Is here, the guest of rela
tives and friends.
Mib. D. ThomaB haB added to our
vegetable display, a pair of carrots, that
for size and form are beautiful.
Mr. and Mrs. O. Wilcox were called
to Wisconsin, Tuesday, by the sudden
death of their daughter.
Mrs. Wm. Hockaday and daughter,
Miss Nettle, will leave on Tuesday for
Minnesota, where Mra. H. will visit
her children.—Home-Press.
EDGEWOOD.
Mrs. John Scbacherer, of Dyersville,
visited her son and family last week.
Miss Leora Breed commenced ber
school last Monday.
School opens-Monday.
Arthur Breed spent last Thursday In
Lamont.
The clasB of 1901 picniced at MoBBy
Glen last Saturday.
Mrs. Abbie Coolidge left last Friday
for an extended visit in the west.
MrB. Breed and daughter Lottie, vis'
ited Hopkinton relatives last week.
Miss May Peck, of Strawberry Point
spent several days last week with Miss
Ethel Piatt.
C. B. Story IB visiting his son Albert
Story at Iowa FallB.
Rev. Wolcott, who has been the pas
tor of the Methodist church of this place
has moved his family to Fayette.
•The house, commonly known aB, the
"Bee Hive" is under going repairs.
0. M. Eaton, who resided south of
town had the misfortune to lose one of
his work horse.
LAMONT
Miss Quigley, of Oelweln, came Sat
urday to viBlt ber counsin Mrs. May
Penbertby.
Alfred Anderson and son returned
Friday from Dakota.
Mesdames Clarence and John Flau
cher were Manchester vlBitorB Tuesday
September 9.
MeBdames Young and Simpson were
Oneida visitors Monday, September 8,
Harry CowleB waB at Oneida Wednes
day,
A large number of our people atten
ded the fair at Strawberry Point Thurs
day.
Ed. Bolf went to Busbnell, III., last
week to visit.
Fred Field went to St. Paul last week
on busineBB.
Mrs Field and son went to Straw
berry Point to visit ber mother and at
tend the fair.
Ed. Brown returned home from Big
Bed, Montana, where he has been for
several years on a rancb.
George Bracber and John Elliott
went to Idaho to look at the country.
Died—the youngest child of Alfred
Anderson, Thjirsrt
ay^f.n art' --Batarday
She remitter daughter much better.
rranillu, Hie. it. Bi fenw •at-alyl!ltiC6*at the Free Baptist churcb,
man and the Misses Cora Hanna and
Carrie Franklin attended the connty
meeting of the Christain church at La
fayette, Saturday and Sunday.—Moni
tor.
rp-Av:
The community sympathizes with the
bereaved parents.
Miss Blache Bush and Wm. Flaucher
and family and several others attended
the Van VorB and Sill wedding Monday
September 8,1902.
Chesley Durham returned home from
Dakota, Wednesday, after spending the
summer on Hoyt's rancb.
Hon. E. P. Seeds and wife, of Wash
ington, D. C„ are viBiting bis daughter,
MrB. von Oven.
Jack and Edna Musical Comedy en
tertainment at the Opera House, on
September 26.
MASONVHXE.
H, H. May took his departure for
Dubuque Monday returning Tuesday
to his old home at Cascade where he
spent the remainder of the week visit
ing old friends and taking In the JoneB
Co. Fair.
Miss Katie O'Hagan went to Du
buque Monday where she will attend
school.
Mrs. J. Spang, Mrs. J. Morris and
Mrs. M. Maroney were callers at Man
chester Thursday.
Richard Coil and Wm. Schall return
ed to their
homeB
In Cascade after a
pleasant visit with relatives and friends
here.
Mr. Goodwin and family moved to
Manchester Thursday, we are Borry to
loose Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin from our
midst.
John C. PuchB, of Dubuque, was In
our city in the Interest of the Dubuque
Telegraph Herald on Saturday.
Mrs. Hugh Kelly and sister, Ella, of
Wlnthrop were visiting friends here
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Fee were Manches
ter callers Monday.
Mr. John Spang has rented the John
Mulvehill farm for the coming year.
We understand that Mr. Mulvehill and
family will occupy their Masonville
residence,
We understand that Jas. Turley has
bought the Atwater hotel and IntendB
building a four story brick on the
grounds (look up boys.)
Dr. Harry Bradley and wife were
Masonville caller Friday,
The pleasant countenance of J.
Williams was seen In our city Saturday.
Our city school will commence on
Monday with Mr. Hennesy of Straw
berry Point aB principal and Miss
Mayme McMahon as primary teacher.
John Murtaugh, and Lewis Mulvehill
took up their studies -at St. Josephs
college
thiB
week.
Mr. and Mrs. T. ISulllvan and Miss
Nellie Fober were Manchester callers
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Hogan and Mr.
and Mrs. P. McGrath were in Manches
ter Tueeday where Mrs. Hogan under
went a surgical operation which
skillfully performed by Dr. Bradley &
Son. Mrs. Hogan Is getting along
nicely.
Mrs. F. Anderson, of Independence
claled on friends here Saturday.
STRAWBERRY POINT.
Born: To Mr. and Mrs. L. Streeter,
Thursday, a baby boy.
Miss Lutie Davis, who has beaM&'t
Ing near Edgewood, return*
Friday. p,7.
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Miss Lucy Appleby was an over Sun
day visitor with friends and relatives at
Greeley.
Prof. Fogg of Mt. Vernon, was in
town Monday, the guest of Mrs. West
fall.
E. E. Lang was in West Union,
Thursday, acting as judge of cattle at
the fair there.
Mrs. II. Alderson was called to Du
buque, Sunday, by the severe Illness of
her sister, Mrs. Ewlng.
Dr. C. W. Dorman and daughter Miss
Eva, of Manchester, were here, the
guests of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Dorman,
last Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. D. C. Hlndal and daughter, Fern,
returned home Saturday morning, from
Iowa Falls, where they had been the
guests of Mrs. Hindal's sister, Mrs. Ma
bel Horsetail, for several days past.
Kev. and Mrs. H. E. Newton who
have been visiting at the home of Mrs.
Newton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Barnes, returned to their borne at Au
gusta, Wis., Friday, going by way of
Elkader.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Barnes and sis
ter, Mrs. Wm. Martin, came over from
Stanley, Sunday, for a few days visit
with the ladles' father, B. F. Gaylord,
Mr. Barnes returning home the same
evening.—Mail-PreBs.
COLESBURG.
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[Too late for last week.]
Nice refreshing shower Monday
morning.
Corn In this locality looks fine and
bids fair to be a good crop, but needs
two or three weeks of warm dry weath
er to mature.
R, H. Bush of Osterdock was In the
city Saturday shaking hands with old
friends and transacting business.
J. K. P. Boislnger is in Strawberry
Point this week attending the fair and
running a refreshment booth.
Colesburg schools commenced Mon
day. Prof. Still, principal and Mrs,
William AdamB, primary department,
John Brown intends to move onto his
farm north of town In a few days.
Lightning struck the residence of
James Prentice during the storm last
Friday. It tore off the chimney and
damaged the roof badly. Mrs. Prentice,
the only occupant of the house at the
time, escaped with a
Blight
shock.
Ed Potts, Amos LivingBton and W,
S. Page returned from N. D., last Sat
urday. Page and Livingston invested
in some of the N. D. dust while gone,
Elder Peterson of the Latter Day
Saint faith is conducting a tent meeting
here at present.
Clem NehauB of Dixon Settlement
took home a line new buggy Monday
purchased of A. M. Ilea.
S. P. McMahon and wife and JameB
McMahon and wife
attended the funeral
of Peter Flaherty at Elkport Monday,
Henry Vorwald of Dixon Settlement
has rented his line farm for a number
of years. Henry will retire from farm
ing and enjoy a well earned rest the
balance of his days.
PRAIRIE.
Mrs. Duncan and daughter of Water
loo, are visiting at the home of J. Car
radus.
Miss Loretta Barry 1B teaching in the
Stewart district, this fall.
Messrs. J. Devine and A. LynesB of
Ryan vUlted friends here Sunday.
Mr. and Mra. H. Bushnell are visiting
friends in Chicago.,
Mr. Henry Carroth^n departed for
Epwortb, Monday morning, where he
will attend school.
Mr. London was a Ryan caller,
Wednesday.
A. Keiser arrived borne Tuesday
morning from South Dakota, after an
extended visit with friends.
MrB. R. Ilaenig and son, J. F., visited
friends near Ryan, Sunday.
Miss Grace Annis is teaching in Dis
trict No. 3, this tall.
Mr. Ratchford of Independence made
a busineBB call here, Tuesday.
Messrs. F. and A. Durey and families
attended the Strawberry X'oint fair
Thursday.
Misses Julia Mullen and Marguerite
lloney of Dubuque, are gueBts at the
home of the former's uncle, J. Welch.
Mrs. C. Carrothers arrived home,
Thursday, after visiting with her par
ents at Lincoln, Neb.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Eicbocker visited
friends at Ryan Sunday.
Mr. Harte Davis recently purchased
the Cooley farm, consisting of 200 acres
south of Manchester consideration,
$12,000.
Mesdames Anderson and Graham of
Ida Grove, la., are gueBts at the home
of their mother, MrB. Ann Carrothers.
Miss Edith Cowles of Freeport, 111
visited friends here, Friday and Satur
day.
Mr. J. McGuire and family visited
friends in Masonville, Saturday.
Miss Mame Annis is teaching in the
CarrotherB district.
Mr. John Mulvehill, having decided
to quit farming, rented his farm to Mr.
J. Spang last week. Mr. Mulvehill and
family will make their future home in
Masonville.
Howard Allyn is attending school In
Manchester.
Miss Nellie Sullivan spent Saturday
and Sunday with her parents in Man
chester.
The peach sociable at A. Reiser's,
Friday evening, was largely attended
Mrs. J. Mulvehill and danghter, Miss
Daisy, viBited friends In Middlelield,
Thursday.
Itoy Delf visited friends at Sterling,
111.,
laBt
week.
EARLVILLE.
MrB. ChaB. Staehle, Mrs. Geo. Hunt
and Harry Staehle, who had been out
nutting, had a runaway Saturday after
noon, throwing them out and breaking
a bone in Mrs. Staeble's wrist, but not
hurting the others. The team ran into
J. M. Dunn's, breaking a buggy that
waB there.
Wm. Fuits returned from hiB visit at
S. Wayne, Wis., Saturday.
MIBB Alice Irmscher was visiting
friends here last week.
WBB
Rogers' and Soper's nines met on the
ball diamond, Friday afternoon to play
for the championship, which was won
by Rogers' nine.
While Geo. Davey was cutting corn
In his field Wednesday, be found a bad
ly broken bicycle, which was proved to
be the wheel that was stolen from
John Volt a short time ago.
A. M. Cloud went to Dubuque Wed
-esday.
T.
L. Cruise and MIBB Mae FOB-
jpp«"wi~«t
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ter went to Farley, Wednesday.
will attend the Cascade fair befoi
turning.
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lefora re-
Geo. Staehle, sr. went to Dubui
Wednesday to attend the Democrl
conference.
Burt Millen left Monday for
Vernon to attend college.
Mrs. Geo. Staehle jr., and daughb
Caro, went to Dubuque Wednesday^
where the latter will remain and take a
course in college.
J. C. and W. F. Wood left Thursday
for Hartley.
Miss Mary Bichardson, of Epwortb,
arrived Saturday for a two weeks visit
with her siBter, MrB. W. D. Millen.
\V. D. Millen went Tuesday of this
week to Ashland, Wisconsin, on land
business. He was accompanied by
Henry WeBCbe, James Bramley and
Anton Westmeler.
Sanford Smith of Greeley had bus!
nesB in town Saturday.
F. L. Carpenter and wife and Wm,
Smock and wife of Almoral were in
thiB
neck of the woods Monday.
Michael Putz of Petersburg came
down Monday to make bis final report
as administrator of the estate of I'eter
Knittllng! deceased.
J. U. liector had business in town
Saturday.
Dan Carpenter bought a farm in
North Dakota last week.
S. W. Klaus and W. 1. Millen had
business In Bremen towuBhip Friday.
A.chinese lady will lecture in the
Methodist church Thursday evening.
MrB. Clara Gould and baby of New
tonville are visiting relatives here.
Mrs. John Oaker spent Saturday
with friends here.
J. Diamond had a sale of his farm
implements Saturday.
The Vlcloom Lnttn Quarter*'
'After two years of life In tlie Quap-
tlcr Latin," siiys Charles Theodore,
Murray, "where I got my studies ofi
Frcm-li character for 'XUlo. Fou
cliette,' I may freely say that It Is
the worst place in the world to send
a young ninn or woiuan If you enter
tain any hope of meeting him or her
In heaven.
"I liave had much experience In the
role of journalist and have investi
gated the slums of London and Liv
erpool, know the 'Tenderloin' of New.
York and the 'attractions' at Berlin
and Vienna, but for downright Satan
ic ingenuity of viclousncss and gilt
edged debauchery you must go to tho
Quartier Latin, for it is hero that im
morality Is accepted as a virtue, and]
real virtue has no line of demarcation!
to distinguish it from immorality.
"No young man or young woman can,
survive such environment untarnished,
and many are ruined for life. That
which, like London slums, is repulsive'
Is not dangerous. It is attractive vice,
sugar coated Immorality, which Is
dangerous, and that is what young,
men and women find in the Quartier
Latin."
Ilonr Coal
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Fir.t Xlimed.
Curiously, tho word coal was ID uso
long before as well as long after the
commencement of the cool trade, with
a meaning quite different from that
which it now has. The term originally
belonged to wood fuel and was applied
in particular to wood which had been
charred, or what Is now called char
coal.
When the trade In mineral coal be
gan, this was usually distinguished by
the singular name of sea coal. It
would seem that from having been
gathered In early times on the sea
sliol
land, along with si5?..-cco—
wreckage east up by the 'wnve?'to jjn ^merits
peculiar substance was
supi°ac
Making: It Plain. V-
A writer in the Lancet, says the Chi
cago Record-Herald, generously sets
himself tlie task of giving out valuable
Information as to the amount of food
one should cat. He proceeds to make
the matter plain to the masses by say
ing:
"If you desire to know how much
you ought to cat per diem, you must
tirst determine whether you are tem
peramentally anabolic or katobolic.
Then, taking into account your age,
sex, size, the amount of exercise you
get and the temperature of the atmos
phere, you should calculate the amount
of food necessary to maintain the min
imum weight of the body consistent
with the best health of which you are
capable."
Hereafter there should be no excuse
whatever for overeating or undereat
iug.
The DiMcovery of Florida*
Juan X'once de Leon, sailing from
Porto Itico in search of new laud, dis
covered Florida on March 27, 1512. He
landed near St. Augustine, planted the
cross and took possession in the name
of the Spanish monarch. In 17C3 a
treaty ceding east and west Florida
to Great Britain, in exchange for Ha
vana and the western part of Cuba,
was ratUied. lu 1781 part of Florida
was receded to Spain, and in 1783
Great Britain ceded east and west
Florida to Spain. On Feb. 22, 1819,
east and west Florida were ceded to
the United States by treaty and pur
chase, Spain receiving $5,000,000.
The Way lie Gloated.
Two buses were traveling down Re
gent street in close proximity when
the conductor of the foremost one took
off his badge and dangled It in the air,
to the obvious annoyance of the rival
driver.
"What did you do that for?" asked
a passenger.
"Why," said the conductor, pointing
a derisive thumb at the infuriated
driver, Ms father was 'ung."—London
Tit-Bits.
Appetite and lluiiffcr.
"Most persons do not discriminate
between hunger and appetite," said a
doctor of long experience. "Appetite
is what makes a man drink or smoke
and what makes most mi'ii and wom
en oat. Many go through life never
knowing what hunger really is. I
often fast sixty hours and never feel
the worse for it. A friend of mine, a
physician in Brooklyn, goes without
food sixteen days at a stretch and
keeps up his work meanwhile. There
isn't an or '.'-'*' that ea:i contract any
disease 'von lack of' food. Most of
thein do heccme diseased through the
efl'ort to take re of lo-j inuc-h food.
They are all in belter tone after a fasti}
Another thin", l.un or is felt only in*
the mouth «:nl li-roat. That gone feel
ing that many complain of is not hurt*
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The Greateat Mon.. /.,
It would be a difficult task, if not nil
impossible one, to persuade any half
dozen men casually brought together
into unanimity of opinion concerning
]the greatest man who ever lived. Most
\f them would agree no doubt with
&rd Brougham that .lullus Ctrsar was
tllo greatest man of ancient times,"
but how many of the six would accept
Professor Gardiner's estimate of Crom
well as "the greatest Englishman of all
times?" Each of them, we may be
reasonably sure, would accept Shake
speare as the greatest poet, yet Lord
Lytton once spoke of Milton as "the
greatest poet of our couutry." And
where will be found two mon out of
Scotland to agree with Charles Mackey
when he says of Burns that he was
"the greatest poet —next perhaps to
King David of the Jews—whom any
age has produced?"—Leslie's Weekly.
PortMmontli llarlior.
There has existed a harbor at Ports
mouth, England, resorted to by fight
ing ships from the most ancient times
in our history. The Romans undoubt
edly used it when they had their
stronghold at Portchcster, and they
appear to have named it Portus Mag
nus, or the Great Port. The footsteps
of the Roman provincials and of the
Baxons and Normans may be traced,
and from these times onward the name
of Portsmouth occurs frequently In
our history. The place had attained
some measure of Importance In the
reign of Henry I. Richard Cri-'ur do
Lion set sail thence when last he left
the shores of his kingdom, and in the
time of bis successor a naval estab
lishment existed at the port.—London
Globe.
Prnctlcnl Inquiry.
The town couucll of a thriving burg
in the west of Scotland recently ac
quired a piano for their town hall and
appointed three of their number to in
spect and report on the purchase. Tho
councilors were not musical experts,
but one—a joiner—bending down and
applying his eye to the several corners
of the Instrument, remarked, "I'm nao
Judge of music, but I'll warrant ye a'
the boards are plumb." gj
So Satisfying Her.
"Women are hard to understand."
"Think so?"
"Yes I told her she carried her age
well and she was offended."
"Yon don't say!"
"Yes and then I told her she didn't
carry it well, and she wouldn't Bpeak."
—Philadelphia Record.
Profanity of His Profe«»lon.
"Who is that scientific gent in room
15?" asked the scrub lady.
"I dunno," answered the broom gen
tleman "but he's a funny one to
swear. You ought to hear him. When
he saw a lot of mold on top of his
ink, he said, 'B'clllus!' just that way.'
—Chicago Tribune.
The Orlffln of Many Kuinea.
The popular terminations of pet
names in earlier times were in, on, et,
kin, cock and others. Emma was
shortened to Em, and for love's sake
it became Emmott or Emmet. Matilda
waB first Til, then Tillot. Bartholomew
was Bart then Little Bart or Bartlett.
The popularity of these pet names is
seen in the great number of them
which eventually became family
names.
The Tlllotsons, the Emmetts and the
Bartlctts are numerous in England and
[ea^ although few dream that
and
urnames. lierore the use on^,
ily names it was often neccssary to
that
the sameiMMWWK^nfrequently
given to two or three children of tho
same family. The original of the sur
name Robinson Is the pet name of
Robin or Little Robert.
,.nR Uieir Hi
of murine origin. not sun
stance and its resemblance
coal in color and burning propertiesir
obtained the name of sea coal, by
which it was so long and so widely
known. Then In the course of time,
as the new fuel gained upon and su
perseded the old, the simple name of
coal becamo universally transferred
to It
As Germans of today add chen to
children's names as a term of endear
ment, making Anna Annchen, Eliza
beth Lischen, so our English ancestry
used the equivalent kiu. Watkin was
Little Walter, Slmkin Little Simeon,
Perkin Little Peter. Terminations in
kin and cock were in use among the
lower orders—that is, among the An
glo-Saxons—while the diminutives in,
on and et were more aristocratic and
used by families of Norman blood.
Ran Airay From Doctor.
Tho family hope and pride, five years
of age, was out of sorts. He dldn'
eat well, and he had a slight cold.
Mamma thought the doctor should be
sent for, and papa concurred. The doc
tor looked at the little chap's tongue,
felt his pulse and left some little pills.
The next day he came again. The boy'
cold hung on, and so did the doctor.
At the end of the sixth visit, however,
the father thought the patient well
enough, so he paid the doctor off with
the understanding that he need not
come again. Nevertheless, the next
day saw the doctor arrive, and the
day following. Not wishing to offend
him, the family thereupon bundled up
the boy and went away for a visit.
Tho doctor could not charge for a visit
to a locked up house, and tliat was an
easy way to escape his attentions and
his bill.—New York Press.
Hope Spring* Eternal.
The patience of fishermen wno reauy
love the sport Is the theme of many
stories. One Is told by a man who,
traveling on foot through part of Eng
land, came upon a solitary fisherman
who looked as if time and the world
might pass away without disturbing
liis content.
"Have you fished long in this
stream?" asked the traveler.
"Eighteen year," was the calm
sponse.
"Get many bites?" was the next
question.
The fisherman scarcely turned his
gaze from the rod in his hands.
"Five year ago in this very spot
had a fine bite," he answered hope
fully.
lie Wnn Only the Master.
"George," exclaimed Mrs. Ferguson,
with flashing eyes, "am I the mistress
of this house or am I not?"
"You certainly are," replied Mr. Fer
guson, with alacrity. "What's the mat
ter now?"
"I've discharged that impudent hired
girl, and she refuses to leave. I want
you to go to the kitchen and bundle her
out, neck and crop!"
"Settle it between yourselves, Laura,"
said Mr. Ferguson weakly. "I won't
have anything to do with it. I'm only
the master of the house."—Chicago
Tribune.
^c" '"lui'va (•cueroaitr*
Iu ISuj LW/.i on a tour in the
French provinces, lie arrived at the
little town of to give a concert,
"iimouncr-d. iwtt ibe inhabitants
appeared to take but little interest in
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ger tliat Is a rorm of G'isonse. tr per
BOIIS would eat only when they were
hungry and only as much as bunker,
not appetite, culled for—well, we doe
tors would have to fast."—New York
Pres9.
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The offer was unanimously accepted,
and Liszt treated his guests not only
to a splendid concert, but an excellent
supper into the bargain. Next day,
when the illustrious virtuoso appeared
to give his second concert, the hall
was not large enough to contain the
crowd which claimed admittance.
The Profcaaor* the Lady and the Cow.
It is told of a certain professor whose
absentmlndeduess about equaled his
learning that he was one day, crossing
the college campus, absorbed to such
degree in a book of his that had just
been published that he was loBt to
everything else. Suddenly he bumped
up against an object, and looking up
he saw that he had collided with a
cow that had rudely strayed In his
way. "Get out of the way, you cowl"
he exclaimed irritably, prefixing an Im
polite adjective to "cow."
Tho next day as the professor was
again crossing the campus, immersed
in his reading, he again ran into an
object "Oh, that confounded cow!"
he exclaimed. Then, hearing an In
dignant "Sir!" bo looked up hastily to
discover that this time he had come
up against the wife of a fellow pro
fessor. It hanlly made matters better
to assure her that he had taken her
for a cow, and It required the good
offices of the entire faculty to restore
an era of good feeling.
A Lndlcroaa Word Ttrlater.
Professor William Archibald Spoo
ncr of Oxford university has become
famous as a ludicrous word twister.
Once at a special service, seeing some
women standing at the back of the
church waiting to be seated, he rushed
down the aiBle and addressed the ush
ers as follows, "Gentlemen, gentlemen,
sew these ladies into their sheets." Be
ing asked at dinner what fruit he
would have, he promptly replied, "Pigs,
fleas." This is the way in which Dr.
Spooner proposed to his wife: Being
one afternoon at the home of her fa
ther, Bishop Harvey Goodwin of Car
lisle, Mrs. Goodwin said, "Mr. Spoo
ner, will you please go out into the
garden and ask Miss Goodwin if she
will come in and make tea?" The pro
fessor, on finding tho young lady, said,
'Miss Goodwin, your mother told me
to ask you if you would come in and
take me."
A Soft Answer,
Dibbs (rather shortsighted, overtak
ing total stranger and slapping him
on back from behind)—Hello, old fel
low! How are you? So glad to see you
again. Who'd have thought of meet—
Stranger—Confound you, sir! How
dare you strike me in that blackguard
ly manner? You ought to be more
careful -that you've got the right per
son.
Dibbs—Really, sir, I must apologize,
but I took you for the Earl of The
likeness is really won—
"fpur-1"
jy'y
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UTusicai matters, for Wttcn tne musi
cian appeared on the platform he found
himself fade to face with an audience
numbering exactly seven persons.
iszt stopped very cnliuly to the front
and, bowing respectfully to tho array
of empty benches, he delivered himself
follows:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I feel ex
trcmcly flattered by your presence
here this evening, but this room is
not at all suitable the air Is literally
stilling. Will you be good enough to
accompany me to my hotel, where 1
ill have the piano conveyed? Wo
shall be quite comfortable there, and
will go through the whole of my
programme."
Somehow, people never act as yon
think they should.—Atchison G*olp..
Mrs. Dozzle—And will you love me
when I'm old and unlovely?
Doozle—I suppose so. You see, I'd
be old and daffy then myself.—San
Francisco Bulletin.
Work Is the inevitable couditlon of
human life, the true source of human
welfare.—To
1 to I.
The Fairy Lnmpllffhter.
Affection often inspires Ingenuity.
In a life of Joseph Severn the narra*
tivc of the artist's care of the poet
Iveats In his last Illness includes a
graceful incident. Severn, worn out
with watching and tireless service,
would sometimes drop asleep and al
low the candle to go out, thus leaving
the sick man In darkness, which he
dreaded. Realizing that this was lia
ble to occur, Severn hit upon a happy
devlco to keep the light still burning.
One evening he fastened a thread from
the bottom of the candle already light
ed to the wick at the top of another
unlighted one set ready near by.
Not being sure the experiment would
succeed, he had not mentioned it, and
when later on he fell napping as the
prst candle was burning low the in»
valid was too considerate to awako
him, but lay patiently awaiting the ex
tinction of the fluttering flame. Sud
denly, just as he expected gloom and
blackness, *he connecting thread—too
fine and distant for him to see—caught
fire, and a tiny spark began to run
along It. Then he waked the Bleeping
nurse with an exclamation of joyful
surprise.
"Severn! Severn!" he cried. "Here's
a little fairy lamplighter actually lit
up the other candle!"
But it was only the good fairy of
many sickrooms—loving forethought—
that bad lighted the candle.
*•-4.
Stranger (greatly mollified)—8ay no'
more, sir, I entreat. I quite see how
the mistake occurred. Magnificent
weather, isn't it? Good morning to
you good morning.—London Answers.
Took It Calmly.
A Baltimore physician was" once
called hurriedly to see the sick child of
colored parents In the vicinity and per
ceived at the first glance that the in
fant had but a few hours to Uve. Ex
pecting an outburst of anguish, he
broke the truth as gently as possible
to the child's mother and was met with
the sterling rejoinder, "That's all right,
doctor there's plenty of room for him
up yonder, but we're dreadful scroueed
down here."
She Was Blaster.
Father (left In charge)—N v, uu vtui'
not have any more cake. (Very seri
ously) Do you know what I shall have
to do if yon go on making that dread
ful noise?
Little Girl (sobbing)—Yes.
Father—Well, what is that?
Little Girl—Give me some more cake!
And she was quite right.
Hurrah.
"Hurrah!" It used to be "Hurray!"
and the cry is as old as England. It
is the battlecry of the old Norse
vikings as they swept down to burn
and murder among the peaceful Brit
ish. "Tur, ale!" was their warcry,
which means, "Tbor, aid!" an appeal
for help to Thor, the god of battles.
Left Helple«a.
Mrs. Brown—So your girl has left
you? What for, for mercy's sake?
Mrs. Black—Absolutely for nothing,
Mrs. Brown—Oh, that's it. I remem
ber you told me she wouldn't leave
you for anything.—Boston Transcript
Row tb® PrMldent la Paid.
In the apportionment of the salaries
of all United States government em
ployees the year is divided into quar
ters and each quarter subdivided ac
cording to the number of days in each
month, but the president receives prac
tically the same amount every month.
Thus, if a president should die at the
end of February, after receiving his
salary for that month, his successor
would in reality receive less than the
full amount due him in March because
his predecessor had, in effect, been
overpaid the prior month. Inasmuch
as the president's salary may not be
divided Into exactly equal parts, it is
necessary to pay the chief magistrate
$4,100.66 on some months and $4,166.67
on others. On one occasion during
the Oleveland administration a mis
take was made, and there were sent
to the chief executive three successive
warrants for $4,166.66. When the
error was discovered, the treasury de
partment hastened to dispatch to the
White House a warrant on the United
States government for a cent, made
out in Mr. Cleveland's favor, though
the president never cashed this check.
—Argonaut. y,--
The lights in the theater set the men
a good example they seldom go out be
tween the acta.
A Terrible Threat*
Customer—That tea service costs 50
marks. That is more than I can pay.
His Wife (whispering)—If I should
have a fainting spell among all this
china, It would cost you fa»* more
Fliegende Blatter.
Wisdom.
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lowing what conduces the most
tainly to our lastlug happiness and
true glory.
lmp«ovciuti.t of Corn,
Uncle Heory" Waiiaee.is ot-Noimg a
fcpod deal of space in his paper al
iac%s' Farmer to the improvement of
lowUCoru. JJ© calls attention to the
t«ct tMauwhile the Iowa Farmer has
been improving his live stock ior twen
ty years aud more he has given very
little attention to the great Iowa crop,
con.. Among the many articles which
have appeared in Wallace's Farmer on
this subject has been a eerUa by Prof.
Shamel, of Illinois, the corn expert,
and these are illustrated by a number
of photographs Fhowing different va
rieties oi com, perfect and imperfect
ears, the most proUtable to raise, etc.
The average Iowa farmer thinks he
knowB as much about corn as anybody
does but we miBS our guess if he can
not learn a lot from these articles in
Wallaces' Farmer.
In this connection we wish to cay
that Wallaces' Farmer 1B one or the
best agricultural papers that comes to
this office. It Is handsomely printed on
paper of fine quality, filled with at
tractive Illustrations, and addition
to its regular features, Its editorials by
"Uncle Henry," its departments of
Dairying, Horticulture, the Hog and
Poultry, Its Home Department, for the
women contains full reports of the
leading fairs, live stock Bhows, an(*
sales, agricultural meetings, etc. It
published weekly at Des Moines, lov
at $1.00 a year, all subscriptions pi
able In advance Bnd the paper st
when the time is out. We cau sfjjgf
Wallaces' Farmer and the l)emo^
both one year for only 2.25 and you»v
one of our nice premiums. App!
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