A MEXICAN FRAUD.
I Scheme Exposed ami his Prosecu
tion Expected.
dispatch from Wamego, Kas.,
morning gives an account 01 a
Cn bv which a uumber of farm-
jB that vicinity hare been de
MOISTURE IN HOUSES.
How Thousand of lollars Worth of XfU
Papers, Etc., Are Ruined.
It is stated that the sudden change
of the weather recently from cold to
warm and damp, bus caused thousands ,
of dollars of damage to wall papers :
and others articles in houses. Of i
course it has. and it is so simple be- ,
cause many people do not study the !
plainest common mii.sc principles in !
in amounts varying from I airing taeir nouses.
one evening' lately, people went to
bed with a hunt for extra blankets be
cause of the sudden and severe chill
in the atmosphere. When they rose
in the mora in? their bedrooms, par
lors, dining rooms, etc., were yet
chilly from the cold of the previous day,
while the outside atmosphere had sud
denly became not only warm, but hot
and oppressive with dampness.
Inconsiderate people open their win
dows and doors because the weather
was warm, forgetting the excessive
moisture in the atmosphere would
rush in with the warm air and swiftly
to $400 by a Kansa City firm
mi 1 i
doctors, lne ecneme is to visit
fcnntr, a member of whose family
jflictid with some disease of long
ling and enter into a contract
fleet a cure for a certain sum, on
no-cure no-pay plan. A contract
JC this effect is drawn up and sign-
lbut the smooth tongued physi-
jm explains that be must nave some
annates that he will get his money,
jjjtlie honest granger is talked in-
him his note for the amount
rfANCY M'KENZIE'S BEAR.
A naif-Breed Diana Whose Rifle ISrlnga
Death to Brain.
While at Chewela recently I met
Nancy MeKenzie, a noted half-breed
woman, who is known throughout the
far Korthwest from Montana to Puget
Sound. She is a large-framed, tall
woman, about sixty years of age, who
takes more after her Indian mother
than her Scotch father, who, as an en
listed man in the service of the Hudson
Bay Company, left his home in the
I Orkney Islands about seventy-five years
ago, and sought wealth and adventure
in the untrodden, unknown regions of
the Northwest Nancy grew to wom
anhood under his tutelage and around
i his camp fire, following him in his mi
j grations from the bufl'alo hunting
! grounds of Montana to the salmon
j creeks that empty their waters into the
great Columbia, and to Paget Sound,
I where the wandering tribes of savages
would congregate at certain seasons to
enjoy a time of indolence and mirth,
living on the water fowls with which
the inlets of the sound abounded, the
OPEN
lajable at some time during which
JCIUC ID V " w
'or explains that by virtue of the
ontract the note is worthless unless
LiTfl is effected. The doctor takes
$e note and th farmer the contract.
flienote is sold as soon as possible
9 some innocent purchaser. The
Joctor Bends the patient medicine,
bat it does not appear that it ever
I effects a cure, and the farmer is sur
prised to see the note turn up for
ayment.
1 The doctor referred to in the dis-
pitch has an office or "health insti
tute" in a prominent building. On
la circular there is a cut of the
building labeled, "Medical Dispensa-
1 It is said that he has been
forking his scheme for two years.
Dae of th leading physicians of
Kansas City in speaking of the mat-
'3 said: "He is a regular graduate
has been working the scheme
tar long time, and he generally has
weraluien working for him. He
lag the thing dowu so fino that I
iiink he would scarcely be held un
Jer the law, but I know that at sev
eral other places where his victims
kre started to prosecute him he
btt returned the amount of the
joUb. Wheu he first started in he
could sell the notes at par but as he
beeame known he could not get so
luch and I understand he now dm
dobcs of them at 25 cents on the
Mai-."
The scheme seems to have been
operated very extensively, and has
been complained of by many Kansas
papsrs. The Wamego victims have
dubbed together and secured legal
itpressntation in Kansas City and
intend to prosecute. K. C. Star.
deposit itself on the cold wails, furni- i s;lt water iish that could almost be had
ture, etc, and penetrate wall papers,
curtains, bedding, and every thing
within reach that presented a surface
colder than the air that carried it into
the house.
Of course the moisture loosened and
discolored pa;or; mndo curtains as
limp as a was brag; made beds damp
and musty, and generally spoiled every
thing that water eould spoil: but all
could have been avoided by following
the plain common-sense rule of not
opening houses suddenly to suddenly
changed atmosphere, carrying an ex
, cessive quantity of moisture.
A pitcher filled with cold water and
placed in a room in summer will
"sweat'' at least that is what it is
commonlv called. The pitcher does
not sweat, becau.-o it is not porous and
can not sweat; but the cold water in
side of it chills the outer surface,
and as soon as the outer surface oi
the pitcher becomes cooler than the
atmosphere in the room, the moisture
of the air will be precipitated upon the
pitcher in drops.
This simple illustration should teach
all housewives to avoid suddenly open
ing rooms in a house when the outside
atmosphere is warmer than the temper
ature of the rooms and full of moisture.
In all such eases the wall paper, furni
ture, etc. .being cooler than the outside
air will speedily have the moisture of
the atmosphere precipitated upon
them, and it will require davs to re
store the house to the dry condition
that is essential to health.
There are no arbitrary freaks in the
laws which govern the atmosphere
surrounding us, and there is nothing
abatruso in mastering them. Warm,
damp air will ever precipitate its
moisture in houses or elsewhere vvhen-
1 ever it comes in contact with any thing
! !! a - i , i
for the picking up and the clams that
were then and are still to he found in
great shoals on every sand beach. In
her younger days she must doubtless
have been a model for the sculptor in
physical development, for, though aged
and wrinkled, she is still nearly six
feet in height anil straight as the typ
ical Indian, with strong and deeply
penciled features.
I was told a little story concerning
her by a physician who lives near by.
He said that a few days before he was
out in the swamp back of Ins house
hunting pheasants, when he heard the
sharp crack of a rille near at hand.
Thinking that it was one of his neigh
bors who had scared up a deer in the
swamp, he hastened to the spot, and
found Nancy McKcnzie with a smoking
gun in hand peering toward the roots
of an upturned fir tree. On asking her
what she had shot, she replied in
French for she only speaks Indian
and French that she had shot a bear
standing against the root of the tree,
and was not certain whether or not she
had killed him. The doctor admitted
that his knees smote together a little
when he looked in the direction indi
cated and saw a great shaggy object
rolling about on the ground. Nancy
said she was out of ammunition and
asked him to give bruin a parting shot.
The. doctor was a frank man, and he
again admitted that he shot and that
the bear died, but on examination it
was found that he had not touched a
hair. Cor. Birminghan (Ala.) Herald.
SECURE FOOD FIRST.
To THE PEOPLE:
Fkasz Beknuakdt's stock of lioli
day goods is unsurpassed, and Ins prices
are the lowest to be found in the city. If
you intend making presents see if you
won't save money by buying there.
SANTA CJjAUJS.
Washington, Dec. 10. George W.
Jtinison, of Parisville, Pa., became
bane on account of the death of his
wife last summer. He sought the
ministers to ascertain why God
ihould so afflict him. Being unsat
ified by their answers he came here
Bid persistently sought an interview
with the president to ask him the
wl and taken home.
A email man with a long
overcoat on, affects an
not hit due.
tailed
importance
chilled by a cooler atmosphere, and
that is the whole story. The only
thing to bo added is, that when people
have thus ignorant;- or negligently
allowed their houses to become damp,
they should light tires and dry them
as promptly as possible. Philadelphia
Times.
A learned bootblack thus explains
the scientific reason for a "shine :
Diamonds are nothing but crystalized
carbon. Blacking, which is bone black.
is little more when moistened than
carbon paste, and the friction of si hair
brush being one of the most efficient
methods of generating electricity has
the effect of crystalizing the carbon of
the blacking. As soon as this is done
the boot is covered with millions of in
finitely small diamonds, and of course
begins to shine as a mass of diamonds
would. K T. Tribune.
She "Good gracious! How dark
it is. lean hardly find my mouth."
He "Allow me. Miss, to assist you in
searching for it."
JUST OPENED
- J' - " t.
A New and Fresh Line of
QROOERIES,
CAN GOODS, &C
My stock has just been opened up
and is new and fresh and you will
find everything usually kept in
the grocery line.
.PRODUCE OF ALL KINDS WANTED.
The Public is Invited to Call and see me,
A. F. HICKMAN,
Three Doors South of Bates County National Bank.
HIDING THEIR MONEY.
How ltepresentative of Various Ktiropean
Nationalities Do It.
The peculiarities of the people of
different nationalities in their way of
carrying money formed a topic of con
versation at Castle Garden the other
dav.
"Most of the English immigrants,
said one of the money changers, "ear
rv their coin in a small case in which
their sovereigns or shillings lit snugly,
and have the ease attached to a chain,
which they keep in a pocket as they
would a watch. An Irishman always
has his little canvas bag in which he
keeps gold, silver and notes all to
gether. But a great many of the Irish
girls have their sovereigns rolled up
and sewed on the inside of their dress,
very frequently, too, inside of their
corsets, and often have to borrow my
pen-knife to cut them out when they
come to get them changed.
"I have seen some nld (Hermans who
would pull off from around their body
a belt that I am sure must have cost
forty or fifty marks, and lish from it
three or four .narks in silver to have
changed. The French mostly carry a
small brass tube in which they can
place forty or fifty twenty-franc pieces,
and remove them very handily one at
a time. There are very few Italians
-who don't own a large tin tube, some
times a foot long, which they have
hung around their neck b- a small
chain or cord, and in which they keep
their paper money or silver coins.
Swedes and Norwegians are sure to
have an immense poeketbook that has
generally been used by their fathers
and grandfathers before them and
which will have enough leather in it to
make a pair of boots. The Slavonians
or Hungarians generally do not carry
pocketbooks, but they lind more ways
of concealing what money they may
have than any class of people I know
of. Their lonr boots seem to be the
j-
favorite place, and in the legs of them
they also cany the knife and fork and
spoon with which they have eaten on
the way across. But I have seen them
take money from between the lining
and outside of their coats, which they
would get at by cutting into a button
hole. Some of them use their caps and
very many use their prayer books,
placing the paper money on the inside
of the cover and pasting the flyleaf of
the book over it But I think more of
that nationality stow away their change
inside their stockings than any other
place, and don't take their stockings
off from the time it is put there until
they want to change it" X I. Com
mercial A.crtiser.
SELECTING
How to l'ick
TURKEYS.
Some people are discontented even
when you give them more than thty
ask for- The man who asked for a
quarter on the street complained loudly
when the police officers gave him
quarters in the police station. Somer
viHe Journal.
Out l'rime and Tender Birdi
for KoHstinqr-
Experienced marketers know that
prime food of sill kinds looks well
while uncooked; this is specially the
case with poultry; it is carefully
plucked without defacing the skin,
which looks soft and clean, and shows
layers of yellowish fat and light-colored
or whitish flesh beneath. When
poultry is dressed with the head and
feet on, it is easy to select the best;
the eyes will be full and bright, and
the skin and joints of the feet soft and
pliable; in stale and poor poultry the
feet are dry and stiff, the skin hard
and discolored in spots, the eyes dull
and sunken, and the flesh dark under
the skin, almost purple in very poor
birds. When there is any greenish
discoloration of either flesh or skin,
especially about the rump and vent,
the poultry is upon the point of spoil
mg. l ne ouor oi goou Diras is per
fectly sweet and clean. If birds have
not been properly fasted previous to
killing, the undigested food in the
crop and intestines is apt to impart
a disagreeable smell to the entire bird,
especially in warm, damp weather;
they should bo shut up without food
for at least a half a day before killing,
but should have water to drink. When
they have not been fasted they may be
drawn as soon as they are killed and
plucked, but there is an objection to
this method, especially m summer; tne
action of the atmosphere upon the cut
surfaces, which are exposed by the
withdrawal of the entrails, favors
rapid decomposition, and consequently
the poultry will not keep in good con
dition as long as it would if no air
could penetrate to the interior; there
fore, if poultry has been drawn, and
gives forth the least unpleasant odor,
it should not be used. Reject that
which has a thick skin and long hairs,
because it will be too tough for roast
ing; a male bird which is plump and
and full-breasted, with yellowish fat
and white flesh showing under the
thin skin, and smooth feet and legs,
will be excellent," either roasted or
baked. Hen turkeys are smaller and
shorter, of less fine flavor, and better
suited for boiling or boning. Young
turkeys are tender and delicate, but of
less intense flavor than full-grown
birds. Housewife.
m
The ancients believed that the
world was square. Evidently the
ancients never were called upon
trust each other a great deal.
Eight Short Fashion Notes.
Large velvet collars are a conspicu
ous feature of the winter wraps.
But few of the corsages of the pres
ent time show a visible fastening.
Handsome cloth costumes are made
with a Directoiro redmgote or one
color opening over a skirt of another.
Quaint Gretchen cloaks for little
girls are in fashion.
Favorite designs in the new bro
cades are leaves of every possible
shape conveniently arranged.
Persian cashmere silk with an imi
tation astrachan border is convertea
into novelties.
Dainty little caps of embroidered
silk are taking the place of the lawn
caps worn by the babies during the
summer. Wide strings of hemmed
and embroidered surah replace those
of lawn.
Some of the most elegant of the win
ter cloaks are very long, and are made
of the new cloths matelasse, velvet
or plush . World.
Some of the Had Hesults of Obtaining To
Much IJvStok.
The majority of persous who open
up new tarms invest most of their
money in stock, 'fhey think that th
animals will grow and multiply while
they are improving their places and
raising food for them. Many find at
the end of their first year's operation
that they have nothing to feed their
animals except wild hay and a little
sod corn. They have several littrs of
pigs, but next to nothing to feed to
them. They can manage to keep their
cows and steers on poor hay, but they
will come through the winter in bad
condition. Their horses will loso flesh
if they do not have some grain, and
they will need oats or corn to enable
them to work in the spring. It seldom
pays to purchase corn to feed to hogs,
and a new farm U the poorest 'of all
places to try the fxperimer.t withhope
of success. If a man has good build
ings and lives where corn is plenty he
may make money iy buying it and
feeding it to hogs. With poor build
ings and a scarcity of corn the pros
pect is good for losing money.
All kinds of farm animals will de
preciate in value if they have nothing
but wild hay to eat. If they have
been accustomed to better living they
will not be like'y to breed. Cow will
fail to give much milk, and young cat
tle will gain very little. Hordes must
be well fed, especially when at work,
or they will fall off in condition. Ira
proved stock of any kind run down
very quickly when taken from the
comfortable quarters of a breeder to
the place of a farmer who has poor
buildings and no stock food
but wild hay and a little sod
corn. They are accustomed to
warm barns, good care, and the best ,
of food. If deprived of them they at
onco begin to lose flesh and vigor and
in a year they begin to look like
scrubs. No farmer should take fine
animals to a pliiee that is not pre
pared for them. Their superior con
dition when he buys them is partly
owing to good blood and careful breed
ing, but more is duo to good quartern,
careful attention and excellent food.
Like their former owners, they have
been accustomed to good food.
The farmer who has warm shelter
for animals, a small field of timothy
and clover, a thousand bushels of corn
in crib, and an equal amount in oats,
is prepared to keep stock to advantage
and with a good prospect for making
money. He is prepared to bridge oyer
an unfavorable season. IIo can stand
one bad year for crops. He will not
bo obliged to buy food, to stint his ani
mals, or to sell them at a sacrifice.
He can buy young animals of bin
neighbors who have not food to keep
them and can purchase improved
males to cross with them. A farmer
who collects a considerable number of
animals and has not a sufficient
amount of (suitable food for them run"
a great risk. Ho is likely to lose
financially. He is also likely to in
flict cruelty on his animals. No hu
mane man will be guilty of attempting
to keep stock over a winter on insuffi
cient or unsuitable food. A farmer
who wishes to raise stock should firrt
provide food and shelter. Chicago
Timet.
There is a story now circulating
to the effect that a good man living
not a hundred miles from Belfast at
tempted some missionary work Sunday
on a few wicked horsemen who were
speeding their trotters on the track.
He drove out to the race course and
found these Sabbath breakers engaged
in trotting one of the liveliest heats he
had ever seen. He was interested in
the race, but his zeal in saving these
lost sheep was unshaken, and he drove
on to the track to expostulate and
nlead with them. As they didn't
evince any desire to stop and talk
when they came round he started in
pursuit, and, having a good nag, came
into the finish a close second. We
have been unable to get a summary of
the subsequent races, but, according
to a Belfast horseman, the good man
proved himself a cool driver and an
opponent to be dreaded in a horse race.
Bangor Commercial.
Magistrate (to prisoner) "It's
some time since I saw you here. Uncle
Rastus." Uncle Rastus (virtuously)
"Yes, sah, Ise been quiet an' law
abidin' since de larst time I was up
oefo' yo an' dat were more'n six
months ago, yo' honnab." Magis
trate "Ah, yes, I remember; I gave
you six months for stealing a bam.
It's a year this time, uncle."
An applicant for naturalization,
was asked: "Were you ever intoxi
cated?" He answered very truthfully:.
"Nein, but I top waceinated last
week." He is now a citizen. Buffalo
j Express.
to There is a remarkable case oi
S heredity in San Francisco. The
! ,lttrhtpr of a policeman there fre-
quently siepps meite ujj '
-Minntapolii Tribune
The prisoner being asked whether
he struck the man in the beat of pas-
... . X r V ! I. . In fYi
ision. repueu: -vo, i "
! pit of the stomach." Colonel.
THE PENN STATUE.
The Figure That la to Surmount I'hlladti
phia'a City Hall lower.
Mr. Calder's model of the gigantie
statue of William Penn which is to
surmount the tower of the new City
Hall is at length completed. Mr.
Calder's original sketch model of the
figure was made as long back as 1876,
and was thus described in the report
of a committee of the Historical SoCW
ety of Pennsylvania: "It represent
Penn in the full vigor of manhood and
in physical proportions which would
render possible the traditions of hi
outdoing the Indians themselves in
some of their feats of activity. His
face is taken from the original paint
ing presented to the society by bis
grandson, Granville Penn, and hi fig
ure corresponds with Dixon's descrip
tion: 'Erect in stature, every motion
indicating honest prfde; in every limb
and feature the expression of a serenr
and manly beauty. His age i about
thirty-eight and his costume that in
vogue during the last year of the
reign of Charles II., the date of hi
first visit to this country. The figure
is in speaking attitude, and the.
left hand is represented as holding the
original charter of the city of Phila
delphia. The statue being intended to
represent him in his relation to our
city rather than to our State, this wa
deemed the more appropriatMHiblem,"
Some modiScation hare been made
in the figure in working out the fuil
I sized model, but the general design ha
not been changed, me tgure s
feet high, and when cast in bronze will
weigh about 30 ton. It i to stand
upon the summit of the dome-like
apex of the great lower at an elevation
of 500 feet, making the total height to
the top of the figure 537 feet 4 inches,
thus overtopping the famous spires of
Cologne Cathedral. The tower has
now risen to a height something like
300 feet, the point where the msnonry.
stops, the superstructure oeing de
signed of ircn. Further work on the
tower baa been suspended for ibefire
ent until the interior of the building
shall be completed, and thr-s is thus
no Immediate prospect that the great
Penn will emerge from the dark pre
cincts of the modeling room where be
is now to be B'.-en. PhiiaJelplda Tuna.
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