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VOL. XXVIII.
LIBERTY, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1831.
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OARDS-PROFISSIONAL. (to.
GEO. F.WEBB,
Attorney at Law,
Oflrosl the Butler Building, Liberty,
Aawte County, Miss. ll--o"
D. C. BR AM LETT,
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WOODVILLE, Ml SS.
Will practice In all the Conrta f
Amite tad adointngcountiee, tad ta ta
hupremt Court at Jacksoa.
theo. Mcknight,
Attorney at Law,
' SUMMIT, MISS.
Will praoiios la all tba Court at
File sad adjoining counties, and ta
tba Supram and Federal Court at
Jackson.
J. R. GALTNEY,
Attorney at Law,
LIBERTY, MISS.
All business confided to bit atra will
receive prompt attention.
E. H. RATCLIFF,
Attorney at Law,
. GLOSTER, MISS.
W1U praetlc In all tba Coert mi
Anita and adjoining countie and la ta
tMipreate Court at Jackson. IK.
E. H. EiTturr,
tJloster, Miss.
3. B. WeBB,
Liberty, Mis.
BATCLIFF & WEBB,
Attorneys at Law,
LIBERTY, M1S8.
Will practice In all the courts of Amite
and adjoining counties and in the 8a
preme Court st Jackson. .
IV. E. CILL,
Attorney - at - Law,
LIBERTY, MISS.
Will practice in all tba eourta mi
Amite and adjoining counties, sad la
the Supreme Court at Jackson.
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t. Louis, Missouri.
ff. B. McDOWELL, : :
Amite Count, Miss,
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Awl Liverj Stable,
USXBTT, KISS.
Tba aaierslgned tteirt to anaonaoo
tiat be it nov prepared to raaaiva
boarden and entertain tba trayeHna;
aablio. Fare tba best the market af
fords. He it alto prepared to meet tba
wanta of tbe publio in the way of feed
ing, stabling and grooming stock whtob
ataj be entrusted to hit eara. Chart)
aaaosable. Give ma a trial.
TIIOMABWAIUSO.
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Far away la tba gray eotmtry, la hi
gray, windy eeatle, lired Father Time
wik hie three daughters. Past, Preaeot
aa4 Futura.
Past and Futurs wer so beautiful
that it dazzled the eyea to look at
them; but Preaeat was made to work
all day la tba kitchen, and her bands
and faca were dusty with ashea.
Una day a prince cam ndin? no to
the castle, aeeking one of Father
Time's daughters for a wife. So a
greet feast waa prepared for him, and
Tail and Future sat, the one en the
Priuca'a right band, the other mi bl
left but Preaeat, who bad cooked tbe
feaal and spread the table, waited oa
tbeia all; and the princa paid no heed
to her.
"And now," wld Father Time, after
the feast tfaa ended, "which of my
daughters will you choose for a wife?"
The prince looked at Fatura and he
looked at Past, and It teemed to him
that Future was tha mora beautiful of
the two.
"And what." said be to her, "can
you do that ia worthy of a prince'a
wlrr
"1 ean make beautiful clothes," said
Future, "fit for a king to wear; and 1
make them out of nothing at all
"Then," aald the princet 'If you will
make ma such a suit of clothes before
morning, I will take you for my queen
to bra with me all my life."
80 that olrhl while, tha brlnca slept
Future made rttfal clothes out of
nothing at all, and In the morning the
suit was done, It was mada of ailb
that shone a different color for every
way that U waa turned, and crusted eo
thick with precious stones that one
txehi hardly see the cloth beneath
them.
"Yes,' said tha prince; "that Is In
deed a suit of clothes tt tor a king to
wear. ihen he lifted Future upon
the horse in front of him, and they
rode away from Father Time's castle
toward th prince's kingdom la the
east; bat the way was long, 'and the
sua shone, hotter and hotter, and the
Jeweled clothe weighed heavier and
heaTirr until the sweat' rolled down
the prince's face. At last, just as night
was, falling, they reached a great city
where tho prince thought to rest for
awhile; but vrbea they rode into tha
streets, the people began to shout aud
point "Look -lookl" they cried. "See
the beggar on horsebackl"
The prlnue looked downward at his
clothes, and then he saw the false jew
ela bad melted In the sun as though
they were drop of tallow, and tha fine
clothes were ao spotted and smeared
that they were hardly III for a beggar
to wear.
The princa was so ashamed that.
lired and hungry as he was, he turned
his horses head and nerer stopped un
til he waa back in Father Time's castle
again. "For," aald he, "one who makes
clothes that fall Into rags with one
day's Journey is no wife for me.
But there In Father Time's castle an
other feast waa served for tbe prince
even finer than the first bad been, and
again Present waited upon the table.
Then the prince turned to Past "And
what" aaid he, "can you do that la
worthy of a prince's wife?"
"lean aing such beautiful songs,"
ssld Fas, "that he who listens to
them will feel neither cold nor weari
ness nor hunger, but think only of what
I ting."
"Then," said the prince, "I would
rather have you for a wife than Future;
tor it Is better to sing such songs as
Ihst than even to make beautiful
clothes out of nothing at all."
80 the next morning he called for
his horse, and be and Past rode away
off into the world together. But when
the sun beat down like tiro upon his
hesd he began to grow sick and weary,
and then ha asked Past to sing to him.
Fast laid her upon his shoulder and be
gan to sing, and her song was so sweet
that the prince forgot everything else.
lie dropped bis rein on his horse s neck
and left It to pick Its own way, and
whither It went he neither thought nor
cared.
hut even Past cannot sing forever.
After awhile she stopped, and the
prince began to look about him again.
Then he found they were in adeep black
chasm; he could not tell how they had
oome there nor could he tell how to got
out again, tor everywnere mere were
great rocks and stones, and cliffs upon
either hand, and tt was growing darker
and darker.
Then the prince cried: "Sing, sing
again, Fast sing us out of this black
chasm," but that Past could not do;
she only wept and wrung her hands,
and begged to be taken home. Then
again the prince looked around upon
all sides, but he could find no escape.
and be and Past might hare died in the
black chasm had he not heard Present
calling the cows home far away. The
prince followed the sound of tbe voice,
and before long he saw a path open be
fore him, and there stood Father Time t
great gray castle, and as soon as they
bad reached It the prince lifted Past
down. "Never again," said he, "shall
you ting me Into such a black chasm as
thftt"
Then once mora, for the third time.
the prince sat down to supper. "Tell
me, eald ne to rainer lime, nave
you no other daughter than these
two?"
Yes." said Father Time. "1 still
have one daughter, and 'tie the who
has cooked tha feast and waited upon
you." Then he called Present up from
the kitchen; she was dressed In her
sister's cast off clothes, and her hands
were red and rough with work.
Then tald the prince: "what can
you QO tnat is wormy 01 a prince
ife?" ' - -
'Kot much." said Present "I can
cook and keep the house clean, and I
can spin."
"That Is not much lor a prince s wi. e
to do," said he; "but better these than
to bring one to shame or to stnsr one
thoughts away." --
HothtBfJrtreffilPRlli prince tcoit
I'mfiiMisv.mbis lw, tliff rode
away without turning back unta tbrv
came to his own kingdom.
But the prince had been aar so looa
that bis oi people eo longer knew
him, and tha old king bad died and the
false minister bad seised tha kingdom.
So nothing was left for tbe tree prince,
but to serve as goose herd. i.very day
the prince drove the gees out ia the
meadow, but Present stayed behind ia
the gocwe herd's hut and cooked bit
dinner and made the house neat All
she asked of tba prince was that aa be
followed the geese, h should gather ap
the feathers that fell from them and
bring them borne to her.
The prince wat willing eaougb to do
that for h had nothing else to do all
day long but tend the geese and watch
the clouds Boating in the tkyi so every
day ha brought ber home a handful of
feathera These Present kept and at
night while the prince was asleep, aha
rose and worked in tbe moonlight until
at the end of a year and a day abe had
made for herself a pair of great gray
lnga.
Then at night when the prince waa
fast asleep. Present rose up and took
the great gray wlnga and fastened
them on her shouluera Bhe opened the
door very softly, and, spreading the
wings she had made, she flew away and
away under the atars until she came to
the castle where the false king lived.
There wat a window wide open, and
into It Present flew. There lay the
falsa king, fast asleep ia bed, but
1 "resent went by him to quietly that ha
never stirred, and she opened dour
after door until she came at last to tha
room where tha royal robes were kept
bhe put them under her cloak and
then she flew away home again.
There tba bid her winga and the
royal robes la the closet and lay down
again beside tha prince, and all tbe
while he never stirred nor woke.
The neat evening when tbe prince
TURKEY COURSINa IN MEXICO.,
t.tfht With Df as Lartet After mm
Kicuiac Chas
A writer rive the following bright
picture of a wild turkey hunt in Mex
ico. He ia the gueat of aa eid friend ia ;
the Saa Bernardino bottoms, and from
his hacienda they thus sally forth fur
their sport: : ' '
"We are into saddle at daybreak,
for the turkeys eome down early to
drink and feed in the open vegaa, or
parka The greyhounds, which hava
not been fed since sundown, have aa
eager, hungry look about them that
presages a keen, nuick run when the
game ia found. " tt ia a gathering ea
famille. Tbe young Jadiea are mount
edone on a Stylish-looking pinto; the
other oa a flea-bitten roan, w ho is bet
ter than be Jka.. You are surprised
to see them astride and' in semi-mascu
line costume; but no matter. You will
aee riding to-day, and of a kind that
disbars the use of a babit And then
who could expect to use the riata in any
other position?
The Don on hi big black, and Pedro
(the peon) on his clay bank, leading a
pack mule, bring up the rear. For our-
selvea we have a pair of iron grays well
inured to tha business, and at each
pommel hangs a light buckskin lariat
made especially for this work. Pedro
alone carries my Winchester, in caw of
emergency, or on the chance of big
game, and with the hounds In leash,
we head for the mesa, near Flint creek.
We are on the ground now, in the
shelter of the timber, and every eye is
strained for the sight of the game.
Dolores points quickly toward a mov
ing object In the edge of the woods.
two hundred yards away, and you ut
ter an exclamation of astonishment
tor, there, with an undulated sweep
like a wave on the sea beach, you see a
line of glossy plumage surge out on
tha open stretch. Ten, fifteen, twenty
came home ha said: There ta a great . minutes pass, and still they come. Then
stir over at the castle, for thievea were . the last straggler has entered the
there last night and stole the ktng't chaparral, and we uncoil our lariats.
royal robes.'
"What is that to us?" aaid Present;
'you had much better alt down and eat
your supper while It Is hot" So tbe
prince sat down and ate and drank,
and after supper be fell fast asleep.
Aguln Present took out tha wing
and fastened tbem to her shoulders and
flew away to the palace, and thia time
she brought back with ber tha false
king 1 golden crown,
bit deep in tout aaddle now and ride
aa you never rode be (ore 1 The air in
front of you It black with rushing
forma, but their flight will be short.
' and there it open ground ahead. The
I thorny chaparral tears at your legs,
and you know now why the senoritas
ride astride and eschew riding habits.
Mark them in the van, with lnssos
playing a rataplan on their horses'
I flanks, and their hair streaming in the
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Steamed Batter Padding. MsVe a
lif at dough, rather atiS, a for bi
tuits. bur cranberries iato tbe batter
and steam two hours Serve with
liquid or hard sauoa--iloed Housekeep
ing. -,
Spauisn Cream. One-half box e
gelatiue, one quart ct milk, yolks of
three eg.-, ose cup f sugar: soak the
gelatine in tba miik for one hour, put
on the stove and stir aa it warms; beat
tha yolks and sugar together, and stir
into tbe boilinf milk; flavor with va
nilla extract , Pour into mold tod
serve wan cream. rsrm, t ieia aa
Fireside.
To took drv peas, seatt theat well
over night and ia the morning pat
them in fresh, cold vster acid bnsg
them slowly to a 001L Boi-tiU tender,
adding water It necessary; but they
should be nearly dry when done. Cut
an onion fine and fry in two teaspoon
tula, of butter till quite brown. Drain
the peas and pour tbem into the spider.
Stir well and serve. Field and Farm.
Orange Layer Cake. Two teaeup-
fuls sugar, one-half teacupful butter,
one teacupful milk, four teacupfuts
flour, four eggs, one orange, and two
teaspoonfuls baking powder. Cream
the butter, add the sugar, the well
beaten yolks of four eggs, milk and tbe
grated rind of the orange, sifted flour
and baking powder and whitea of three
of the eggs beaten stiff. Bake la three
layers. Filling: To the beaten whit
of one egg, add one and one-half tea
eupfuls pulverized sugar and orange
Juice to make tbin icing to pot between
the cakes. Frosting: Add one-halt tea
cupful sugar and orange juice to filling
to make frosting sufficiently soft Or
ange Judd Farmer.
Rich Mince Meat Three bowlfuls
of finely chopped meat tlx bowlfuls of
chopped apples, three bowlfuls of
sugar, one bowlful of chopped suet
one bowlful each of molssses and cur
rants, one and one-half bowlfuls of
raisins, one-half bowlful of chopped
citron, two tablespoonfult each of cin
namon, allspice and cloves, on tea
spoonful of nutmeg, three enpfuls of
grape jolly, one-half cupful of vinegar,
grated rind and Juice of one lemon,
salt Mix all together welt leaving
out the raisins, and heat Place In a
stone crock, and cover with ao inch of
molassea This will keep all winter.
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The next evening when tha prince "tad. Sow we,have reached the open
csme home he said: "Tho thieves were ground, and already we aee the lead
in the palace again last night and now era drop to the ground and break Into
It la not only the royal robes but the a run. The hounds are closing up mp
golden crown that la gone." I Idly, aud in a moment will be upon
"What it that to us?" said Present; them- A rntlc Sobbl,e of terro,r' nU
"come and eat your supper while It la th hindmost springs Into the air, but
still hot." 80 the prince sat down at hu M Wy n" been over-nurtured by
,k. t.hi. .a -fi; h. i.ri ..t., h. the abundance flf mast and the take-
threw himself upon the bed and fell olt ls ,,ow- A feak of tan-colored
again Into a doep alecp. '' "Pia P fter " nd ,n,
k ,., ,,. ,m,j tim. tJ.-r.-t flf. other second we hear the champ of the
ted the wings to her shoulders, as she
bad before, and flow away to the falsa
Liner's Daloce: and this time it waa the
royal scepter itself that she took. I '
jaws as he rolls him over in the
loose soil. Another leap through the
cloud of dust nfl the other hound is
fast to a magnificent gobbler, which
still kicking as we ride up.
l'h.n lm..nl M.ohM .Ha mAU.
herd's hut again the dawn wat Just i . , ft "r"1 m T, TB
breaking. She hid the acepter In the ' A,tor. 1th19m! J"1" ievn the d'
closet with the royal robea and th ,n? for Pedro to plck up, we fly
crown, and then the woke tha princa fn"ard ,n V"4 Pu't a. "" tim"
and bade him come to breakfast I lhul Pd. bt the 1 flights are get-
... it . . v , . i.l ting shorter, and now the hounds kill
Aiwr me prince nan eaten, rresent ... - , . . T.
rose from the table. "And now," aaid
she, "tbe time has come for you to go
to the false king's palace and claim
your own
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rl.Ter iw4 a aet of
p'i'i'icJ tr.''-'' ' 'i '- - '
fwe up oa '.. u e at t 4 - '
him. lhess twrsir vl o ci.:'
knowa as his nejrertn.-M.-' l
the f 'it :' t-jt u c-n of 1 " r
era ssu ; " t. t a 1 1 f t. d 1
person at hit Wt counts of B e
from hi phi U of tit'rtv-flv r.
eeis to r ijV t'letn 1 ne rmsi t
the fl, 't it be ao s.e, is r !
center of Ui Ur'.e. if of i. "i 1
value it is v!aced faca an m f
of hiin. If the next eaivt be t to -!
it is p'aced on the s-s-; if net, l'i r M
of him and so on tultho five e
played. Each player can only he
one row of five cards in front
of him at any time. Tbe
ace i thea built upon up to the
king. The person who pisys the king
make a "book," aud is given a chip or
button. The 00 who gets Blue cliipf
and who baa disposed of bis "despefa
tioa"wius the game. Each player ooutin
uea to take five cards from the pack,
places each ace in theeenterof the table,
builds on it from hie "desperation"
from the cards la front of him or from
those InhUhsnd, which are always held
face down. The desperation ia always
played first aa the object ia to always
get rid of it and it often happens that
several cards are played from it one
after another. Each person pisys as
long a be can build and until his five
cards are exhausted. If ho overlooks
a card, and it It to tht advantage of the
next player to have him play it, he ean
so order binv
When each player has disposed of bis
thirty cards th dealer gathera up the
"books," which have been placed in
front of him, shuffles, and deals each
player in his turn fir card This he
continues until some one has secured
nine chips and disposed of his "despera
tion," When two or three perBom
compose the players it frequently hap
pens that the thirty cards are exhaust
ed before a "boob" hss been mule; in
that case each player la hie turn moves
the cards in the five rows In front ol
him one to the other until he exposes
card be ean play. Ha baa only one
move, but If he by that one move is
Add raisins as the pies are baked. tble to play several cards he ia entitled
Housekeeper. to do to. The moving of cards ceaset
Beef a la Mode. Take tbe bona M soon as a book la made, the
from a round of beef, fill tbe space with cards then being dealt from the
a forcemeat made of crumbs ot a stale thirteen cards which form the book.
loaf, four ounces of marrow, two heads I The rreater the number of players the
of garlic chopoed with thyme and pars-1 larger the number ot cards the dealer
ley, some nutmeg, cloves, pepper and 1 has to handle. When starting a new
salt; mix all to a paste with the beaten I game the person who sits next to the
yolks ot lour eggs, tjtun- tne lean part person who played jhrst in the preceed-
of the round, and make balls of the re-1 iBg game is the starter, and the person
maimler. Sew a band of strong cloth,
wide enough to keep the meat round
and compact; set in a vessel sufficiently
large to hold it; add a pint of red wine;
cover, set in an oven properly hoated,
and bake three hours. When done skim
the fat from the gravy, thicken with
at hia right it the dealer. Tbe game is
a moat interesting one and oftentimes
lasts an hour or two, according to tbe
number of persons playing. In placing
the five cards in a row as they are laid
dowa at the left of tha "desperation,"
it ia advisable to keep the face cards
brown flour, add mushroom and walnut I expoeed, the kings being placed togeth
catsup, and serve it up garnished with I er, the queens and jacks likewise. This
the force-meat balls fried. It is still I glret a player an opportunity to fill out
But how can I do that?" (aid the
prince. "No one would know me, and
they would all laugh, at they did when
I first came home, if I were to go in
my goose-herd's dress to claim the king
dom."
Then Present brought out the royal
robes and bade him put them on.
The princa looked at the robes and
wondered.
"These were once mine," tald he,
"and never did I think to wear them
gain. Whence came them?"
"They came neither by land nor tea)
but as they once were yourt, to are
they now," replied Present
The prince clothed himself in the
royal robes, and there ha stood as
stately and noble as any lord. "But
how shall tbe pec pie know that 1 am
Indeed a prince." said he, "when I
have no crown to wear?"
Then Present brought forth the
golden crown from the cupboard where
it lay hidden, and placed It upon hia
head, and then in truth he felt himself
a prince once more.
"Hut," said he, "how can a king gov
ern a kingdom with no ecepter to show
bis royal power?" .
Then Present brought forth the
royal scepter and placed tt in his hand,
and now at last he looked the king he
was.
"And now come," said Present "and
together we will go up to claim the
kingdom that is yours." Then even as
she spoke Present cast aside her rags,
and lol she was clothed all in cloth of
gold and jewels so radiantly bright
that the whole hut shone as though
with sunlight
The prince gazed at her in wonder
and awe. "Who art thou? be cried,
for it teemed as though a cloud had
dropped from before hia eyes.
"Tha tame I always was," taid
Present "Only now atlast you tea me
as 1 truly am.
Then, stUl wondering, the prince
took her hand in hia, and they went
forth together; and all the people when
they saw the prince knew him, and the
gates flew open before him. 80 the
prince and Present passed through the
gates and on up the stair and into the
palace; and when the false king taw
them he waa seized with fear and
trembling and fell down before them;
but all tbe people shouted aloud for
joy because the true prince had come
back at last to claim his own. Kath
erlne Pyle, in N. Y. Independent
them on the rronnd. They scatter
confusedly, and Dolores swings her lar-
iat over her head. Z Ip! and there is a
laughing ery of triumph as the flying
noose encircles the head of a big gob
bler and doubles him up with a broken
neck. WhizzI and my own lariat crosses
Conehita's, at we both pull our birds
np standing, and rapidly haul them in
hand over hand. A blow on the head
from the loadod end of our Cuertas
(whips), and we leave them where they
lie, and coil our ropes anew. Hut you
have not been idle. Well thrown, my
friend I Hut your loop was a tri fie large,
and the outstretched neck is very long
and thin. The noose catches him
around tho body just in front of the
wings, and he will be loose immediate
ly. Turn your horse now and gallop
like mad through yonder clump of
greasewood, dragging him through it
where he shall catch and break his
neck In the branches. "Bucno! Ami
go," and you have roped and killed
your bird In gallant style. But see
vonder! ror the third time tha old
Don is coiling hit rope on the run. A
huge turkey leaves the ground in a last
spasmodic flight but the big black is
almost on him as he raisea Once, twice,
thrice the old man's arm whirls
above his head: thea tho slender
coil leaves his hand In an unbroken
circle, and, gradually diminishing as it
goes, falls in an eight-inch ring direct
ly in front of the turkey, who drives
bit neck into it with a thud which is
distinctly audible from where we ait
watching that superb cast The train
ed black wheels instantly, and in a
cloud of dust and glory, with his prize
bounding like a huge rubber ball at
the end of hit taut rata, the old va
quero comet galloping np to us, bow
ing to hia pommel in graceful ac
knowledgment of the enthusiastic
praise we shower upon him
We literally choke off tha dogs now
and assist Pedro in picking up and
packing our game. We hav eighteen
turkeys in tbe panniers, and only stop
long enough to let you try your hand
again on one old fellow of alder manic
proportions which we rind skulking In
tha brush. Amid a running Are of jest
and laughing raillery we run him to a
standstill, and, after a score of futile
attempts, in which you successively
catch your hat, your horse's neck, and
innumerable mesquite bought, your
rope settles down fairly on bis bronze
neck, and he is hauled out amid a mim
ic thunder of applause. Shooting and
Fishing.
better eaten cold with salad.
Bazar.
PAID FOR HIS FUN.
Cicero waa the greatest book col
lector of antiquity. One of his lettera
is extant in which he urges Atticna, a
loarncd friend who was compelled
from poverty to sell bis library at auc
tion, not to dispose of the books at
public salo, but to keen them until
the writer Is tble ti parch a them,
Cicero tuMiis;? ilifst lw is saving ail his
fCtlti! tV U"U t '""".
Heat and Appropriate.
"Can yon suggestan inscription togtf
over the new eemetery7" asked the
clergyman of the editor.
"Let me see," replied the editor.
"How would this da 'We have come to
stay." Texas Sittings.
A Mjriterr Exjiittln.ri.
Oiles How did Cobwigger come to
fill up hid diary in three days?
Merrill He had a bad colli and !.
bitp-nn crwinsr down tha sure cwjva hi
Joker Who Simulated aa Attack of tkst.ra
to (let sbavad Qalcklr.
At a barber shop in London recently
most laughable trick was played off
on some neighbor.
The room wat well filled with cus
tomers, and the chance of getting
shaved In a hurry waa out of the ques
tion.
A small man with a waggish look
came to the door, and after surveying
the crowd walked in and took a seat on
the table.
' How far is it to a doctor's?" asked
the strange gentleman.
"Just across the way, replied one 01
the men.
I feel bad," said he, and at the same
time a spasm took him and his hands
clinched and his lega drew up in a per
fect ball.
At last he rolled off on the floor.
"That's a cholera case," aaid one,
and he took hit hat and left laying
he'd got an appointment
This was the signal, and all followed
suit except those undergoing the shav
ing operation.
then the spasm seemed to subside.
The stranger's arms and . legs
stretched out at full length, and the
patient lay prostrate on his back.
ipe off tbe lather," said the fat
man next the door; "I'll come In again;
I can't stop now."
Just then another spasm struck tha
stranger, and by some movement ha
bounced upon the bench without any
apparent effort flat on his back, aa he
lay on the floor.
He rolled up in a ball again and
rolled backward and forward on the
bench in a style that would have dona
credit to a circus man.
This was a finisher.
Those that were shaved left and those
not shaved didn't stay.
The men looked at one another in
astonishment
The cholera subject nncoiled himself
when his turn had come, when be took
his seat and had a good shave. -
"What's the charge?" asked the
stranger.
"Three-and-slxpence," said the bar
ber. "Yon see' I've lost twenty-one
customers through you antics."
Then the joker paid up and left a
sadder but wiser man. Boston Post
Juvenile Darwinian.
A great newspaper report not only
the affairs of nations, but the doings
and sayings of those Infantile American
sovereigns whose very namea are un
known to the public. Here, for ex
ample, is a news item:
Mary, the nurse, came ia from a turn
In the park, carrying the pride of the
family, a young gentleman some four
teen months old,
"Oh. ma'am," she said, "George spoke
IhiR afternoon for the first time "
"Keally! What did he say?"
"Why, I was phoSnir him the ani
muls and he mailo mo stop before the
cjreof ttwnkey, and fc ctoppel hit
hiiiitin Mill mills Tapftl r.. , ,;' . rnl
Harper's a book," which he would be unable to
do if hia face cards were hidden. In
laying a card dowa on another it must
be placed so that the under card can
not be teen that in the event of mov
ing the player oannot know just which
card will expose a desirable one. Phil
adelphia Ledger.
Aa Etoqn.nt Sermon.
A malady which during the coming
holiday season should be conspicuous
for it absence la "the blues." We are
all, at times, subject to this mental de
pression, but we should try to fight
clear of its dark moods, and be careful
not to Impose our troubles upon othera
"One of the simplest methods of dis
persing them," says Womankind, "is to
tret into God's tunlicrht and breathe
tba fresb air of the country. Another,
and one more lasting in it effects, is to
do something for tome one more
miserable than yourself. Forget self
In aharing trouble of othera. It will
always bring a tweet peace to your
soul, What is your transient trouble
compared to the anguish of that
mother who sits over the coffin of her
dear little one? What it your down
hearted ness when contrasted with the
condition of that wife deserted by her
husband, and .left to find her
way to the hospital, there to
face a terrible Illness without a cent to
defray her expenses or to unlock the
door of the future? Your blues should
change to brightest ruby when you
think of your mercies, comfort, and
loving dear ones." There i an elo
quent aermon in this little suggestion.
Detroit Free TVess.
Heavier Walking thMm.
American women are wearing heav
ier walking boots, and it is quite Eng
lish to have one's calfskin boot look as
much like a man's as possible. Lace
shoo now are just about as popular as
button. A water-proof seal heavy walk
ing boot ia a new thing, to ia a cork
soled shoe made as dainty at one with
out the cork sole. Formerly the cork
toe wis quite conspicuous, owing to
its width, but now a very thin sheet is
used which is hardly noticeable. A
new tad is tha seven-button shoe, the
fastening being accomplished by seven
big black buttons instead ot the usual
number. Many women prefer patent
leather for their walking shoes. The
care of one's shoes it even mora im
portant than care in selection. A good
boot can be kept for a long time in
good condition if it ia nicely put away
instead of being thrown down with
other shoes. No matter how elegantly
a woman ia dressed, if ber shoes are
not in keeping the effect is spoiled.
Never probably was there such an as
sortment as to-dsy of elegantly finish
ad, nice-looking shoes for all occasions.
Brooklyn Eagle.
--The art of embroidery is of very
ancient onirm, and was brought to
great perfection by the women of Ni
and Greece. It whs extensively pi
tloud in medimval times in 1 tin
The wonwn of some bstrbor ' 1
,(,''! tt 1 1 1
U-...1 eft
t ' ' t "
ernuwi-t U- ; 1 .
y of W s- -. "
U ns cf ti e c
mm apnrCTwu-n ff t
year Ivi to
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l-h Cr. !; 1;:-)S i
TSoMis'-ii i1 n 'i
tr'C Co. ia I 'i .' '.
bat relumed from .1 ;
ing re:gotd his r "
that though the war in
Ir.tei'erei ,'ul i
great future for t! !
Ameru-an reput.-.;; '
American eleclri' ul e
find it a productive 1
It appears tbiit t .
Traction ta of ew V, 1 .
a prise of I VV'9 f t f f
system of uiolne ( 1 '
way cars deui'in-iu 1 ' '
or equal to tha ovemead ti
It is rumored, shvs t
World, that the act 1
to obtain an unii. . s ,
tem to replace the .:
use by this comppy, ami ' -be
established in ti e
without requiring mvf
fication of tSiese.
"The great growth of r
ment in favor of mum. ,
lighting ptauts," s s
World in it la.it is' e, ' -in
our electric light pen r
which for several minima
teeming with annmm--..!.-.
nicipal lighting pr.ijwts.
towns snd cltiM c '
West where the idea of pii"
ship Bems to have rj" i
before it It is too soon t i tt
conclusion as to the nu! -t! '-
but the reports thus ! -
favorable toward muu
ahip."
A hand-power dyiifm 5 '
phase which has been s 1"
trie generator It is m '
pany ia Elbridge, N. Y. v
are told, water may be l
candescent lumps l'.-r"t,
magnets charged, email mi i
and a multitude of other s
experiments performmi. V
Diary battery of from tne '
cella, thia dynamo iimr a!si !
a motor, thut furnifihi-,; ;
light machinery tiu-h as - .
chines, fans, etc. 1 he n
said, waa designed es11'
use ot schools and tin 1-t.i f
lty, and to them, it is cl -
prove of great use, since it
the theorv of the mod-m
and followe in con.it rued m .'
found In large dynau 3- -little
machine, it wouid a -the
suggestion of a p"
might niaka it of gremt i"
Might not a larger form v. .
would give a man pood ev
enting it to produce rnrrn, '
L&d ia connection wim sum -eerumulate
electric ene'j- -.:
answer for lighting one or 1
through incandescent la;. 1
boon such a machine woul it?!
thousands who are It'.. .3 a . -tic,
for want of ft"'"' " ' ;
plethora of rich food! The i
euch a combined aystem of 1 '
erator and etoraire baiter r --"
more for public health tnnn i
doctors accomplish.
rl
ONE OF YHE BLESSINGS CF 1
It It the Pretty taea tap W ' h i-
ted ta Gray Hairs.
An optimistic young wimai
that tbe compensatiot s ci 1
far more than its trials. Ami c
her Hst of reasons why one t-
come gray hairs and bailor.
Joy is tbe lace cap.
The lace cap of this sea' n 1
this claim made for it It is I' z
est bit of headgear shown in " -
nery shop. It is airier than t,f ,
theater toque ever mane, and
delicate than the finest und win
babies' hoods. It la a L:.tei "fn
lace, with a bunch of fuux n
somewhere near the fiopt st 1
lace butterfly rising finm t, .
be-ftiiumiuK concoction OT m
lavender silk, with r""1" " "
two looking as though sr' -member
of the family In I .
flower on "grandma's" Y
delicate shades that i ' :.
beauty of eoft gmy I" - "
combination with t""
clever needlewomsn r- 1
an hour.-N. Y. World.
Too ?urh Tretr
"I would rather play a p
through than to pisy a 6 -ber,"
mid a violinist who r
orchestra during a prw..-;-tional
act:V r.-r- -
week. "Whv, H t;iV..- . 1 1
die than any ac'ro 1 1 !;
I wouldn't mil"! 't I 1 '
pelled to p'iv 'tie- .
during the entire ei. :
eight. bar r- '-';, f
'tremolo,' fur 1 w f 1 '
Is much
inir the
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