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VOLUME IV,
HILLSBOROUGH, N, M.V SEPTEMDEU 18, 188(5.
NO. ao.
AT THE MATINEE.
J saw them nt the matinee;
In front or me they nut;
Their nerc attentive to the play;
Each wore u low-crowned bat.
Yea, low-crowned hats that did not bids
The actors from tny view;
W:lh wonder I sat Rlupcttod,
For the' were silent, too.
Tltey were two maidens yonnjr and fair,
Two nialilcnn fair were they.
And 1 lif'tti'td them fitting there
Attentive! to the play.
And then to think that I could c
The fftaire! "I'wkm all 111 v ew,
'Twas such a (frem surprise to me,
1 Scarce knew what to do.
They did not chillier. Neither spoke
Ho sii-ioirc it all did Refill 1
J ttiouv lit tiut just then 1 awoke.
And found it wan a dream.
lloHtim Cnmir.
ESTELLLNE'S SEKPENT.
Terrific Adventure With a Prodigi
ous Reptile.
The calm ntitl thoughtful editorial in
last week's Hell warning the business
men of Estelline that unlcsslhey speed
ily discovered a sea serpent in the
neighborhood or hin d some reliable
person to do so tlmt 1 he place would
lose trade, had tlie desired effect. It
will be remembered that the Hell
poinicd nil t the fact that we hail waited
long enough for a serpent to conic in
ami ask to bo discovered mid that it
was time lo go out and discover one
whether it wanted to be discovered or
not. Wc directed attention to how by
inaction Kslellinc failed to get the cap
ital but allowed it to bo thievishly
stolen by a base and spoils-fattened
Hrmarck ring reeking witli the
rankest corruption (we quote from a
Yankton author) and how we were
again getting left on the serpent
racket; how W'aleitown, Devils Lake,
Aberdeen, Sioux Talis, Fargo, Pierre,
Dead wood and other Dakota towns had
font their lending citizen out gunning
for serpents and they had been success
ful and how Estelline should net
promptly ami yank out a serpent by
w tail from some place before it was
7o everlastingly late. The remark of
the Hell bore good fruit and this week
we are enabled to announce. Iho dis
coven of the snakiest serpent in seven
Mates.
Knrly Thursday morning Estelline
dcrided lo make tho discovery. A team
ami wagon and hay rack were secured
for the trip to Luke Poinsett where it
was decided to find tho monster. A
careful selected party was made up
consisting of Frank Wevgant, John
Dunn, 1'. E. Lallv, J. 'W. (.'alien,
Prank Parsons, John Hriar, Jack
Karnes and the editor of this hearth
stone companion. F.ach was selected
for Ins special litness on some
point, as for instance it was thought
that Wevgant might conic in handy to
step on the critter with his luxuriant
growth of feet should it act cross and
charge the party, while Dunn was ex
pecting to use his ample, and unani
mous laugh to lure it from its hole,
while Jack Ilarncs was.of coiirso.takcn
as chief discoverer. The others were
also added for some good point they
were supposed to possess for searching
for snakes. A large demijohn of the
serpent bait used so successfully at
Valcrtown was also taken and loomed
tip in the back end of the wagon like
the smoke stack on a soap factory.
The trip lo the lake was made with
some dillicnlty. The hot and scalding
tun shone down through the (dear,
thin air with terrible intensity. There
was no cloud to break its force. The
intense and withering heat warped the
boards of the rack and they rolled up
like aiilunm leaves. The tires dropped
off the wheels and horse after horse
of Ihe team fell, cut down by the fur
naee like heat. When the party at last
reached the lake, every member was
unconscious but happy in tho thought
' that the serpent was about to be dis
covered. We arranged ourselves around the
Inke and began to look for the serpent.
We all remained in this position for
ome tinic, straining every nerve to
discover the monster and stirring up
the water with sharp sticks. It was a
trying time the flower of Kstclline
was there and determined to pull a
ixlv-foot snake out of that lake by the
roots or bust. The search was kept im
for about two hours when it was decid
ed that valuable time was being wasted
tad that the best course would bo to
send a boat out fo the middle of the
hji' and discover the scaly monster on
t, native heath and jab a pitch-fork
intuit, .lack Harncs.t aptain Lallv and
Frank Parsons were accordingly sent
out in a small boat. They had rowed
about two miles through the boil
jpi' and bubbling water when the
boat was suddenly struck from below
bv some superhuman and unseen force
snd thrown into the air over sixty
feet. It fell baok into the hissing and
teair.iiijr water with a loud report and
the thru serpent discoveries imme
diately Rot out over tint tlda and
wsikod to the land. They said tbey
ioew when tbey had enough.
Tho whole party was by this time
considerably excited as each realized
that the slimy and awful reptile of the.
unexplored tlecp had been found. All
rathercd around the demijohn for
(safety. We had searccl y done so when
ihe hideous head of tlm unknow n nion-
. . . i . .i .i.
t r
l:i 'Cl out (.'l inu r.nier wnu a
idii'.j,'. likki'iiiiijr sor.nJ, only about
rr:ii'bt'-j
-u ,.r a Tn.iri iroiti mil mu.ii'm
'J jit! !'', fPff
tb la ?
frround with horror, overcome bv
-strange, unnatural feoling never before.
a... I 'IM. . ..!- I
r xjuti ii-uueu. i no ciy nil seeim-u
loaded wttli poisonous vapors and the
tirecze itself Mad a sharp metallic feel
Ing as It struck against the face in litful
gusts. The landscape grew lurid and
the trees waved with a dizzy, uncertain
motion while hundreds of fishes, eels
water snakes and other strange, ill
shaped deep-water reptiles struggled
up the .bank of the lake and wriggled
across the sand and among the party of
discoverers. Many of these ill-shaped,
repulsive creatures had never been
seen by human eye before, but revolt
ing and unnatural as thev were as they
made clumsy efforts to move outside of
their clement, they were nevertheless
attempting to escape from that dread
ful monster in the lake which even
they cared.
'ihe head of the great reptile had
been darted out of the water with
lightning-like quickness and was sway
ing and turning on a slender and
slimy neck thirty feet long. The head
appeared to be' much larger than a
barrel and it constantly changed its
shape though it somewhat reseiiilil
both that of a rattlesnake and a sav
age bull dog. It moved back and forth
with great rapidity as if about to strike
at some unseen obiect in the water.
'The mouth was open and disclosed
row after row of crooked and de
formed fane's and two and sometimes
three knotty and distorted forked
tongues were thrust out in all direc
tions. J he third one was divided in
several forks and each had what
seemed to be a hook on the end. One
of the creature's eves appeared to be
red and the other a glistening and
changing green. ' he preen one pro
tuded much farther than the oilier and
seemed almost ready lo brca"k away
From its distended nostrils, whicl
were just below its eyes, a yellowish
vapor shot out when the breath was
expelled which, instead of rising
seemed to settle and spread over th
water. Xo ears were visible. In color
the head was for the most part black
There were some scales and bunches of
hair and the skin was broken in many
places and pieces of flesh bitten out,
perhaps in some terrible combat with
another monster. A slimy, greasy
scum spread over the water and hun
dreds of dead fish floated about, evi
dently killed by the presence of the
poisonous, upas-like reptile.
All of this was observed bv tho ex
ploring party from the shore in about
two minutes while the serpent was
surveying the scene. All at once it
threw its head twenty feet higher and
uttered a deadly, rasping, ghoul-like
cry, half human, half fiendish, which
made the waters of the lake quiver and
chilled through and through the
hearers on Ihe beach. At the
same insf ant the water was
agitated over a mile from tne
shore and suddenly its tail
raised above the surface at that dis
tance and a second later the whole
body appeared with a snake-like mo
tion and the head was thrown forward
and it- started for the laud. It was
now nearly all visible and more than
a mile in length. Its body varied
greatly in size and color and was
shaped in the same horrible, unnatural
form as the head. There were a score
or more of legs and hundreds of long,
flexible arms, each ending in a sucker
like a devil fish. These death-dealing
arms reached about and writhed
about in a disgusting manner. Some
parts of Ihe body seemed to Ileal in
the water and other walked on it with
the aid of the legs and suckers. This
was all observed in a few seconds as it
was rapidly approaching the land.
Just as the monstrosity began to come
up on Ihe shore like a great, hideous,
sickening vampire of the sea, the party
of discoverers turned and fled. A dozen
slippery, grasping sucker-arrayed arms
reached far before the head and the
last of the party just escaped. It ut
tered a strange, hollow cry of baffled
rage and seized upon the team which
it crushed in a clasp of death. The
wild, fierce cry of the horses and
wagon as (hey disappeared within the
jaws of the reptile will never be
forgotten.
The party did not stop running till
it reached Estelline. The demijohn
was brought back in safety, though
empty. No one has been out toseethe
creature, but Mayor Lally is in con
stant telephone connection with it and
has secured its consent to give one of
its unparalleled performances daily
during the next four weeks. A horse
and wagon will groan as they disap
pear at each exhibition. Now is the
time to visit Estelline's unsurpassed
summer resort. Estelline (O. T.) Ikll.
m
Sitting Crossleggcd.
Men generally cross their legs when
there is but little pressure on their
minds. Yon will never find a man
actually engaged in business with his
legs crossed. The limbs at those times
arc straightcr than at any other, be
cause, the mind and legs work togeth
er. A man engaged in auditing ac
counts will never cro.s big leg; neither
will A man who Is writing an article,
or who is employed in any manner
whore his brains are actively engaged.
When at work la a sitting potture bis
limbs naturally extend to the floor in a
perfectly straight line. A man may
cross his legs if he is silting in an office
chair discussing some business propo
sition with another man, but the in
stant he really becomes in earnest and
perceives something to be gained his
iuubi uncross quick as a flash, be
bends forward toward his uoljfhbor
snd begins 10 Ms Id htpN,-r. .
lit ruht,
FAMILY CRESTS.
Valuable Information Coiirerninp; Tliess
I'sefol and Ornamental ArtieleH.
Through the kindness of the author,
and the I'. S. muil, I have to-day re
ceived, after paying sixteen cents due
for postage, the advance sheets of a
valuable work entitled, "How to select
a coat of arms," or "Every man his own
pathologician," by Prof, (iideor (Jood-
kind, Ph., D., LL. 1)., of London,
Out. A careful perusal of the intro-
ductory chapters of this highly inter
esting book letuls me to tin1 conclusion
that no well regulated family can
afford to keep house without at least
one copy in the pantry, containing as
it docs in addilioil to the usual index
thirteen different receipts for curing
bad breath. Some people, it is true
have dragged out a nflserablc existence
with nothing approaching a coat of
arms nearer than a wood saw rampant
on an old pork barrel.
In the preface to his work the profes
sor calls attention to the many advan
tages accruing to the proud possessor
of a family crest and Ihe desirability of
all people who have any pretentions lo
aristocracy to be the owner of at least
one coat of arms, even if thev eanl
trace their ancestor further back than
the war. A type-wrilcr circular cn-
losed states that Prof. Coodkind, upon
receipt of any man's full name, and a
live-dollar bill, not necessarily for pub
lication, etc., will scleel and forward
postpaid, a handsome design for an
tppropriale and durable coat-of-arins,
fully warranted and copyrighted ac
cording to law. The price is certain
ly reasonable and within reach
all. Some of the illustrations ac
companying Ihe work are worthy of
more than a mere passing; notice, typ
ifying as they do in the wild and un
tutored West. The lirst represents a
portly man, murlmnl, under a horse
trough, on a field of red, with gulls
running traversely across Ihe horizon
against which a spiked-lail hog stands
out in bold relief, and bearing this in
scription: 'llhtf hoc or (. " This was
originally intended for a wealthy Chi
cago pork packer, who went short on
a rising market to redeem it. On ac
count of it being a second-hand article,
the professor has marked it down to
four dollars and seventy-nine cents,
with thirty per cent, oil' for cash. Hero
is a splendid opportunity for some
young couple, who have got
married on forty-five dollars per
month and slight liopes of a raise, to
get a lirst-class eoat-of-arms at a little
over half price, satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded.
It. would be a handv thing to have
in the house. If properly constructed
it makes an excellent butter pat uud
can be used with equal success in
molding the succulent lish ball of
commerce, or when heated to Ihe
ight temperature will do lo brand the
brindle cow on the runip.thus affording
a readier means of idonlitieation when
the Short Line, Limited, knocks
her outside of the right of way.
Another striking design represents
the figure of a man rampant, ex-
cuted in bas-relief under a Taniarae
tree. lo the left are shown several
men on horseback. They are vigilantes
and have just executed the man in bas
relief and good faith. To the right ap-
icars on a held of green, a number of
bars running perpendicularly and oth-
rwise across a stone window frame.
I'll is was where the man was located
irevious to the little misunderstanding
has ills! had with the vigilantes.
The design is handsomely linished, and
as a work of art it would be hard to
equal, but for obvious reasons is not
destined to become popular.
Space forbids mention of I no rest of
the illustrations, millicc to say they all
approach the high standard of the two
have attempted in mv feeble way to
describe. 1 hope the professor will
kindly remember to semi inc Ihe re
mainder of the book as it conies out, as
the illustrations properly fastened to
gether and riveted to the window side
of my hennery, afford pleasure for the
hens and prolit for myself.
Personally a family crest has no
charms for me, and I should consider a
mistit coat-of-arms of no more value
than the paltry sum it would realize if
sold for old junk. As a design for my
tombstone I favor one showing a bro
ken backed humorist in his shirt
eeves, with the inscription: "lie
Jarket in Hoc" the meaning of which
would be obvious to all. I rrk
Not Her Experience.
Mrs. Bagley (at the Academy ball)
Such a delightful evening Miss Sower.
Miss Sower (gloomily) I suppose
so. 1 am a little interested in these
gatherings. Indeed. I expected this
very night to be in Madagascar, labor
ing with the heathen, and would have
been so had I not missed the vessel.
Mrs. H, (lightly) Well, you know,
"man proposes."
Miss S. (more gloomily) My expo,
rience, Mrs. Haglev, is that he doesn't.
Philadelphia CaO.
An Engliih paper tells an anecdote
of an American lady who was Invited
by the Prince and Princess of Wales to
a garden party, excusing herself from
attending on the ground of a previous
engagement, ana it sneers at the
American lady for not knowing that
royal invitations in England are com
mands. ' "This," says Vanity Fair, "is
all rubbish. The only royal invita
tions that are commands are Ihoso,
of the sovereign herself. The sover
eign alone can only command her own
subjects. Her power to command dots
i.ot extend u on Amerlepil fj any
other pnriiiW'f,
ROUGH AND READY.
Ho it
.rnnl Taylor llftinlrd Two ml
d'neral .1ii(U.'m Npie.
(lelieral Talor, when he wou his
victories in Mexico, did not look much
like a hero. He was somewhat below
medium height, was short and ston'.
in fact, uas what one would call
dumpy. He wore a straw hat, an old
linen dusler flint looked as, if it might
not have been washed since he fought
j the battle of Palo Alio. His pants
were large and loose, and he wore
coarse soldier shoes, tieneral Shield
used lo narratK an interesting incident
that occurred one day when he was a
guest of "Old Hough and KcadyV
table at dinner, with Colonel Bliss and
a son of Henry Clay. Just as they
were finishing dinner, u guard liled in
with two prisoners that had just been
arrested. The men had been for two
days peddling oranges through Ihe
camp, ami by accident t one of the
soldiers had discovered that under
their coarse garments they wore the
linest, linen. So the two were arrested,
and caret ii I ly concealed about their
persons ha-l been found papers con
taining very valuable information con
cerning the American camp, the num
ber of men in arms and the best points
for attack. These papers were handed
over to tieneral Ta lor. and after read
ing them he passed litem to Ihe rest of
us. They were unmistakable evidences
that the two men were spies. "Call
my inlerperler!" demanded (iencral
Ta lor. The (iencral could not speak
Spanish. 'The only Spanish word ho
knew was 'ranio," and he used it oil
all occasions. Whenever he invited
the Mexicans into camp, he said
"I'tfmcM," and whenever he ordered
them out of camp, he said "iviwo.v.
The interpreter having arrived, (ien
cral Taylor said to him: "Ask idem
who they are!" The prisoners replied
I li:il they were Mexican soldiers.
"Humph! Thought so. Now ask them
what their rank is." They looked at
each other a moment, as much as lo
say, "We inighl as well tell Ihe truth,"
and answered that they were Colonels,
one of them Chief of Ihe Engine. T
Corps at Monterey. "Aha,'' said ( Ien
cral Taylor, "so much the worse. And
now ask (her.' who sent, them here."
They replied thai, they had come in
obedience to the orders of (iencral
Apudia. "(iencral Apudia sent you,
did he?" roared old "Hough mid
Heady." "Well, I say (iencral Apudia
is no gentleman, of he would not have
sent you here upon Ibis sneaking
errand, to spy about our camp. 1 say
he is no gentleman!" The prisoner
had just begun to understand thai Hie
man whom they were before was the
American (iencral, and when be ut
lered this hasty opinion of llu ir chit I
Ihey bowed very low. (iencral Taylor
asked them if fiiey knew the penally ol
their crime; if they knew that, as spies,
they ought to be shot. At once Ihe
prisoners drew themselves up proudly
and said Ihey knew the penalty, but if
they Were lo die Ihey trusted they
would meet their fate like brave men.
Their bravery pleased the bind' old
soldier, and after a moment's thought
he said: "Well, 1 II let you go tins
time, but if I ever catch you spying
here again, I'll have you shot, shot
like Mexican dogs! Now, rumim!
vamos! And tell (iencral Apudia that
when he wants lo find out about our
army, he may send a delegation of his
officers here and I will escort them
about myself and order a review of Ihe
troops for their especial benelit." The
liberaled men scampered oil' briskly.
Shortly after that, tieneral Taylor, at
Ihe head of his victorious legions,
marched ill and took possession of
Monterey.--)(. 1'crlei i'oore, in Hus
ton llmltft.
WEARS A NUTMEG.
How Senator tlornmn Cured a Severe At
taek of Neuralgia.
United States Senator Gorman, of
Maryland, always wears a nutmeg upon
a string around his neck, the reason of
which he thus explains:
For many years he has been s sufferer
fruin regular attacks of neuralgia. On
some occasions he has been conlincd lo
his home a day or two, so intense was
the pain. An old lady friend once
called upon him while he was suffering
from one of his attacks. She displayed
so much sympathy that she almost for
got lo inline Ihe fequest she had to
make but she. did not. I'pon learn
ing that the Senator was troubled w ith
neuralgia, she volunteered to give him
an infallible remedy, provided he would
promise not lo laugh at her or accuse
lier of being a believer in conjuration,
spells, etc. The Senator, in a good
natured way, informed her that he was
under treatment from nn eminent phy
sician, who sometimes afforded him
temporary n.ln I. 1 he, oid lady loi.iiiy
prevailed upon the Senator to give her
remedy a fair trial, whereupon shesug.
gestcd that he should get an ordinary
nutmeg, drill a hole through it, attach
it to a piece of siring or riblsjn and
wear it around his neck continually.
The beuator. while suffering one dav,
determined to give the nutmeg remedy
a trial, lie followed the old lady's di
rections, and in a few hours fult greatly
relieved. He has worn the nutmeg
since, and if seldom troubled witii
neuralgia. Ho has consulted several
physicians on the subject, and they
slate that tho nutmeg possesses cer
tain virtues which may have effect on
neuralgic pains. CiU 'to Journal.
Among a number of tramps "run
in" by the Dallas (Tex.) police the
oilier ('ay w s found au e-enpod mur
dewr fur lii),n rnpturi there was t
tiiit'l'lig cffiT nf w i"Msid d!iitr
OLD
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
All the ex-Governors of Oregon are
slill living.
Vermont farmers are ship
ipping
South
a large number of sheep to
American ports.
The London Truth advises those
who arc ulandcrcd not to niiiiil; it will
all conic oil' when it is dry.
An Amador County (Cal.,) man
has applied for a patent on a process
for making butler by boilinglhe cream.
A large amount of fencing and
many growing crops belonging to the
Indians about I'matiHa, Ore.; were re
cently destroyed by a prairie fire.
Climbing the Catskills, Ihe Huston
girl will say, "the exertion essential to
ascent causes me to excessive fatigue,"
whereas the Chicago girl exclaims,
"Great Scott! I'm done up!" Itoilies
trr Democrat.
According to Ihe creed of Theo
sophy, each man "is his own absolute
law-giver, the dispenser of glory or
gloom lo himself, the decrees of his
life, his reward, his punishment.
Chicnijo Ilrralil.
It isn't often that a melon seed
thrown in Ihe street begins to send out
shoots, but one did so in New York Ihe
other day from between two paving
stones. The curiosity was plucked,
however, and its growth interrupted.
.V. y. Sun.
-An automatic attachment for loco
motives supplies a novel construction
whereby certain devices upon the loco
motive may be operated by a person
on the track or at a station lo signal
the engineer or stop the locomotive.
Chiraiju Time.
The 'uittiitlitlt Hrrirw says brail)
work should be forbidden after dinner,
and the interval between it and bed
time devoted to reerealion and amuse
incuts. Them's our sentiments, only
we want Hie dinner hour lixed at noon,
sharp. Free Vc.is.
The annual consumption of coffee
in this country fell off from .ri72,'.'2-',HG
pounds last year to ,'i;",(iU'J,'.'(ii pounds
in INN.j-li. Our consumption is about,
ten pound 4 per capita, at a cost ol
more than forty million dollars per .!
num. A'. Y. ihrulil.
Most metals and alloys shrink or
contract on cooling, lint nn alloy
which w ill expand on cooling may bo
made of lead nine parts, antimony two
parts, bismuth one part. I his alloy
can be advantageously used to till small
holes and defects in iron castings.
Ilostim liutlgel.
A farmer had taken off his coat
one warm spring morning and thrown
it across the crotch of a low cedar tree,
when noontime came an industrious
pair of robins had collected In the ex
posed armhole the foundation of their
nest. The coat was an old one and the
farmer tender hearted, so the birds
were not disturbed. Chicago Mil.
A stray cur recently walked into a
Tombstone (A. T.) doctor's office and
by signs made it known that something
was ailing with one of his feet. Tho
doctor examined it and found a large
splinter, which he extracted. Since
that time the dog has constantly fol
lowed the doctor on Ihe street and
camped on his doorstep when at home.
Florence Schuster and Frank
Hooper live in St.. Joseph, Mo., and are
both popular! Florence went visiting
in Leavenworth, and Frank went over
losee her. He asked her lo take a
walk and before Ihey returned the two
were married. The next day they wc.i't
home, and, as the ai count says, "were
warmly welcomed by hosts of admiring
f riend s. " ( 'hicaio ill ra Id.
Major I. MacHay, who "points
with pride" to himself as a lead
ing physician of Portland, Me,,
announces that he has located the
Captain Kidd treasure, and proposed
shortly to unearth 7,(KHl,(R)0 of it.
The value of his discovery is somewhat
damaged, however, by tho fact, as he
asserts, that whenever he begins lo dig
for it the treasure is surreptitiously
shifted by the malign inlliicnce nf the
spirit of the defunct pirate. llo.itoii
Journal.
Even the horse jockeys in Hoslon
are epigrammatic. It is related that a
gentleman who was trying a horse in
company with a jockey noticed, after
having driven him a mile or two, that
he pulled pretty hard, requiring con
stant watching'and a steady rein, and
inquired: "Do you think it is just the
horse for a lady to drive?" "Well,
sir," answered the jockey, "I mint say
I shouldn't want to marry the woman
who could drive that horse." .Son
Fmwisca Arqtmuttt.
A bricklayer, who had come to his
death by being bit on Ihe head with a
brick, was the subject of eulogy by Iho
members of a fraternal society. The
desire of the orator to be solemn and
itnplosivc w .is 1'ealer t.iSii his alo.1'1
lo impress the few ideas that be had.
"My friends." be said, "1 looked out
once on the beauties of nature, and all
was e-a-a-l-m. Our deceased friend hero
waa layln' a brick. I looked once
more; still all was c-a-a-l-m,but our de
ceased friend was no more. He was
lay-in' a cawpse." Toledo lilajc.
About eighty miles off the island of
Monte Cristo, and thirty from Kiba,
Ihe Italian cutter San Carlo, from
Genoa, with about three ton of dyna
mite on board, was recently blown up
by an explosion, the captain and
crew, noticing a little smoke issuing
from a crack, at once took to the boats
and thus saved their lives. They had
rowed nlHiut a mile from the vessel
when it blew up, with a report that
was heard at Elba. Pieces of the
wreck fell in the boat. A botaiiut,
t'Hihi riiiit lii'ibi iitMont Crista, was
iiKit it ih ffi4n fy Uf lpr-;
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
Hen Hullcr banks 912A.OUO a year
from his law practice lloitou l'ot.
A young lady In Chamliersburg,
Pa., shows her fondness for pels by
bringing up a pet pig. She feeds the
little porker candy, and often when he
is lying asleep the young lady isns mm
to soothe his slumbers.
Thomas Conway, a Hallimore
youth of seventeen years, took poison
and died because his father, a steam
boat engineer, told him he must go to
work and earn a living. He said he
would die before he would go to work.
The world will not miss such a cbarae
ter. llaltimore Sun.
Rich men have peculiar character
istics, writes a Nashville (Tenn.)
correspondent. 1 saw Judge James
W'hitworlh go to a hotel counter in
Virginia to buy postal cards and pay
twice the price, and when the return
change was given him replied: "I
thought they were two cents apiece."
The tfouthire.itern Christian Aden
cute says: "Hishop W. II. Miles, of the
Colored M. K. Church of America,
weighs three hundred pounds, wears a
suit which costs him from four to
seven dollars, carries a pair of old
lime red leather saddle pocket, and
is worth $'.'(I,ikk) in money and cily
properly. He is self-made; but ho is
made."
The Altoona (Pa.) lieqifhr says:
"John K. Harclay last week took an
appeal lo Ihe Supreme Court at Phila
delphia from a decree for the payment
of ffl7,IHKl entered against him by
Common Pleas Court No. 4 in an equity
suit brought against him twenty years
ago by his brother, Charles liarclay.
The two brothers have been in litiga
tion for nearly a quarter of a century,
ami are said fo have spent li.VysX) in
lighting each other in the courts."
Stephen Girard, whose lump of
gold more than balanced his weight,
left the bulk of his 7,(H),tKsl estate lo
charities in and around Philadelphia
and for other good purposes. The
Aslors gave to Asior library l,(KlO,000;
John Hopkins gave $:i,UW,000 to found
a ureal school: Lcland Stanford $10,-
0Xi,Wmi for a similar purpose; Ezra
Cornell e..r00,000 to Cornell univer
sity; J. C. Green l,f(0,0(H) to Prince
ton College; James Lick 4.(HK),(sKI in
the name of benevolence, and James
II. Koosevelt spent 1,(HKI,(KK) in Roose
velt hospital in New York. Phila
delphia I'ress.
Hon. William W. Chapman. Ihe
first delegate In Congress from the
Territory of Iowa, forty-nine years
ago is slill living in Portland, Oregon,
in the enjoyment, of excellent health
and in the practice of his profession.
Soon after the expiration of hi Con
gressional term, which expired March
3, 184 1, Colonel Chapman, with his wife
and children, in an emigrant wagon
drawn by three yoke of oxen, drove
across Ihe plains and mountains, occu
pying nearly live months' time, to
(iregon, of which he was one of the
earliest pioneers.
A LITTLE NONSENSE."
The eyes of poisonous snakes have
been found by Dr. Ilenjamin Sharp lo
have elliptical pupils, while in the
harmless species tliey are circular.
Hoftvn Rndtjrt.
"Hobby, did you thank Mr. Fealh
erlv for giving you the penny?" In
quired his mother. "Yes, ma'am."
"What did you say?" "1 said encore."
A'. 1'. Time.
A Lcipsie paper contains the fol
lowingadvertiscineiit: " The telescopes
of my make will even bring a fly, at i
distance of two miles, so near that you
can distinctly hear it buzz."
Summer Theatricals: "Do yon
pass the peresh?" asked a seedy indi
vidual of Ihe door keeper of the thea
ter. "What is your profession?" 'I'm
a tramp." "l'nss right In. You're
one of us, I see." Tiil-llitt.
"What a bad complexion Miss
Sloaper has." "Well, she ought lo
have. She s all the lime Honoring it.
Actually, she puis sulphur on her
face." "Sulphur! W hat s sulphur
good for?" "Mulches." Life.
In a Rtore: Lady lour store has
lecn recommended to me as having
some very nice silk parasols. Clerk
You pel've has got 'em. Our new
parasols throws evcrydings In dot line
in de shade. From the Herman.
An orthographical oddity
A south who was tern bin the dumb
To read, and I" write, and to tumb.
Fell Into ditgraee
Ami lot a itimhI place,
lljr brius too fond of hi minti.
Huston Courier.
Editor Yes, vonr poem will have
to lie returned. The idea is very good
but Ihe verses limp somewhat.
Springbsrd. Well. I can account for
that. 1 had a very bud ens of rheu
matism when I wrote them. Chicago
Kmntiltr,
"Pa, Jimmy Tuffbov ssysl needn't
hold my head' so high jiisl because
you're an Alderman, lie sys my
grandpa was hanged." "He lies, the
little ix-ggar, he Ties; yon can tell him
so! Your grandpa died In j:iil, and I
can prove it." A'. Y. Ttltgmm.
Waiter girl to (eomnierolal trav
eler) There's roaat beef and roast
duck. Commercial traveler (Janvat
back duck? Waiter girl Yea. Com
mercial traveler (facetiously) Is It
shirred down the front with 1ace enffs
turned Lick over the sleeves, Mary?
Waiter girl The same. Commercial
traveler I will try some of it, I guess.
Waller girl Very" well, sir; will you
have it wilh or without? Commends.
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