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3 V l v ge a.ndj n cr easing cikculation. "TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." an excellent advertising mediv VOL. 17. SMITHFIELD, N- C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1898. N0 33 - - .'"'"''" 1 o;ococ : wit. rork' Hif"a, and J iiu'iol i re' .r or DOCCCOOOOOOCXXOCOCX? FLIGHT A0 115.95 IS V L IT COSTS. 9 j-pccc ptrlor V mMr -r how c.i pari' anv. n "r- I in O iJipetnr. J- 1 1 and ,ut- O in th-? i.vi-1, Jtu 05 O and frrfifHt puj v iavhert on O eri . Such a Ktriia as this O fure fMvtrr X vrr r. no chi a r c , O ikt -rw. 11 J .iar i, Q pi o bly, Q if TU O r--h ih O rent iry O opc you will Further comment is O unnt rsar-r. - ept that if von wart lo know of r(M i.li tf h bargain, ciij U 9 cur i6o-ra;ff furniture ct tlogue. an-1 if yon want carp-rt at tch price a most t'aler can t buy tor, -en i for ur ten-.cfor htbrerafhetl cartt catv g w, ami wh.it you'll ti-'vl in th e two O hook wiH texch tmi something that you'll O wint t temem!r r many a dav. rlemesnber t CtrtHi i- comirr, a .J sensible people five O &eni''lc gifis whi h sen hie people most p- i pre--ie. SomrtSin? for the heme w the Ket O of a!l present, and o.r catalogue will iitget O to ou what is best. Address (exactly as bkw S JULIUS IIINH & NON, y. IV-pt. . HILTMnRr, ND. o ooccocoooooooiooccooooo iSJii The Citizens and People OF JOHNSTON COUNTY Will take notice that I hare no connection with any other busi j- "as ness store in smithneid, as I bare positive proof that a cer tain merchant wishes to gain the patronage of my friends by representing bis business in con nection with mine. So in order not to delude my friends and patrons I hereby insert this notice. Thanking too for your past favors, I remain Yours to serve, S. COHEN, Smithfield. N. C. I also wish so notify my friends that I have just arrived from the NORTHERN MARKETS and have bought a complete stock of Men's, Youth's, and Boy's CLOTHING. A LSI . A Full Line of Gents Furnishing Goods. Bv giving me a call and get ting prices you will be convinced what bargains I have in store lor you. Again thanking my friends and patrons of Johnston countv, I remain Yours truly, S. COHEN, Smithfield, N. C. J M BEAT Y. S. S. HOLT. Beattj folt, REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Town and Country Property Sold or Rented. Rents Collected Promptly Tour Patronage is Solicited. SAM T. HONEYCUTT, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, 8MITHFIEO, N. O. Special Attention Paid to Collection of Claims and to Settlement of Estates Office Opposite Court Houe In offlct of Ed. 8. Abel!. T. M. HMM05S. EDWARD W. POU. JAMES H. rOC. A. D. WARD. SIMMONS. POU & WARD, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS-AT-LAW, 8MITHFIELD. N. O OFFICES I COCRT HOCSS. (Offices also at Raleigh. N. C, Lum den UuihHnic. opposite Market, Fayette ville Street, and in New Berne. N. C.) Practice in all the Courts. CLAIMS COLLECTED. ESTATES SETTLED. MONEY ON HAND TO LEND. Dr. E. A. BURTON, rENTIST,- SMITHFIELD. - - N. C. Best Work at Moderate Prices. The patronage of the public Is solicited. Office in Smithwick Building on 2d St. T. C.JORDAN, SMITHFIELD, VTCtiXUXE3 JEWELER. REPAIRING DONE. ATI ACTIO GUARANTEED LrfM-ated la n' building ocenplwl bT 4 . r II r'l K ) I I'J O COM PA N T. Floyd H. Parrish, SMlTflFIELT, N. C. Fresh Meats, Beef and Ice. Highest Prices Paid for Hides. BEEF CATTLE WANTED. What a Piece of Work is Man! Human beings are of all sizes, hut the tall man is less common than tne short; only one in every exceeds tne Detent oi six feet. Por evrry toot ol stature a man should weigh Irom twenty six to twenty eight pounds, t proportion that is not the lot o all in these hurrying, scurrying days. An average-sized man weighs 14-0 pounds; a woman 125 pounds. Curiously enough, tbe mean weight and height ot lunatics are below those of sane people. Ano her unexpected thing in this respect is that egro skeleton weigns more than that of an Englishman. The vitalizing, power is the blood, a drop ot which takes but thirtj-two seconds to go the round of the body. There passes through the heart once every three minutes an amount of this precious fluid equal to all that is contained in tbe body. The mileage of the blood circulation reveals some astonishing and undreamed of truths. It is esti mated that, assuming the aver age speed of the btart to be sixty-nine beats a minute, the blood travels 207 yards in sixty sec onds; in other words, seven miles an hour, 168 a day, or 6,320 per year. Ii a man of 84 could have one single blood corpuscle floating in his blood all his life it would have traversed in that period no less than 5,150,808 miles. The brain of an adult male ayerages three pounds eight ounces, ol a female two pounds four ounces The woman's brain begins to dt-cline in weight after the age ol 30, the man's not till ten years later. According to high au thorities the nerves, with their branches and minute ramiBca tions connecting with the brain. exceed 10,000,000 in onmb.-r. The palms of the hands and soles of the feet are composed ol cushions of fat, in order that sudden jolts and violent blows tnny be successfully resisted, and no injury done to tbe mus cles and bones underneath. Tbe muscles of which the tongue monopoliz-s eleven -and bones of tbe human structure in com bination are capable of more than 1,200 different motions. Tbe teaching of experience in dicates that accidents are far more likely to occur to the right eg and arm than to tbe left. Further advice of this fact is sup plied by the makers of artiBcia! irubs they dispose ol many more appendages to the right side of the body than to tbe other. Statistics show that in fifty-four cases out ol a hundred the Iclt eg is stronger than the right. If a man could move bis legs proportionately'as fast as an ant be would travel not fartrom 800 miles an hour. London Mail. Appetite of a Goat Is envied by all poor 'dyspep ics whose stomach and Liver ire out of order. A 1 such should mow that Dr. King's New Lile Pills, the wonderful stomach and ver remedy, gives a splendid ooetite. sound digestion and a l w regular bodilv habit that insures perfect health and great energy. )nlv 2oc. at Hood iiros. drug tore. A Clean Sweep. We North Carolini ins thought we did pretty well on the 8tb ol November, but it was not a marker compared with the clean shucking in Florida. In that State 32 Senators and 68 Kep resentatives were elected to the Legislature, and every single one of the 100 is a Democrat. That was doing business right. Charlotte Observer. Storv of a Slave To be bound hand and foot for vears bv the chains of dis ease is tbe worst form of slav ery. George D. Williams, ol Manchester. ML'h.. tells how such a slave was made free. He says: "My wife has been so help less for five years that she could not turn over in bed alone. A'ter using two bottles of Electric Bitters, she is wonderfully im proved and able to do her own work." This supreme remedy for female diseases qu'ckly cures nervousness, sleeplessness, mel ancholy, headache, backache, fainting and dizzy speHs. This miracle working medicine is a godsend to weak, sickly, ran down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 5o cents. Sold by Hood Bros., druggists. MUTUAL I7EIHZEED STATEDEIIT OF THE BY THE Board of County Commissioners FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DEC. 5, 1898. COMMISSIONERS. J T. WH1TINGTON, CHAIRMAN B C C. December, 1897, two days and eighty milts January, 1898, ODe day and forty miles. February, March, " April, May, lune, Joly. August, September, " October. " November, " one day and forty miles three days and one hundred and ten miles. one day and forty miles one day and forty miles two days and eighty miles two days and eighty miles one day and lorty miles one day and forty miles four days and one hundred and filty miles. one day and forty miles one day and forty mile? 8 00 4 00 4 00 11 50 4 00 4 00 8 00 8 00 4 00 4 00 15 50 4 00 4 00 21 days and 820 miles ..$83 00 AQUILLA PRICE. December. 1897. one day and twenty-four miles $ 3 20 January, 1898, one day and twenty-four miles 3 20 February one day and twenty-lour miles 3 20 March. ' two days and sixty miles... 7 00 April, " one day and twenty-four miles 3 20 May, ' one day and twenty four miles 3 20 June, " one day and twenty-lour miles 3 20 f uly, " one day and twenty four miles 3 20 one day and twenty-four miles 3 20 August, " one day and twenty four miles 3 20 September, " three days and eighty our miles 10 20 October, " one day and twenty-four miles 3 20 November, ' one day and twenty-four miles 3 20 June 6. E F Wraver, repairs on Lee's b-idge 27 47 M G Gullev. repairs on Little Creek bridge.. 5 28 f T Atkinson, rafts from Richardson's bridge 6 25 I W Rose, h ttiog and receivirg Lee's bridge 2 oo July 4 Addison Lee, part pay for building Ballenger bridge 21 65 August 1. L W Starling, repairs on Atkinson's bridge 23 75 A bin, raits Irom Wilson's Mills bridge lo oo J T Atkinson, rafts from Richardson's bridge 6 25 September 5. J J Lf e, repairs Buffaloe bridge A M binders, letting and receiving Buffaloe bridge C M & W G Wilson, repairs River and Sulivan's bridge G Lj nest, letting andreceivnig River and Sulivan's bridge W 1 tailings, repairs oo Stalling' bridge 6 66 2 oo 2 oo 7 65 1 oo 1 75 13 oo 2 oo Makes the food more delicious and wholesome KOVAt BAOTWO POWOC CO., NEW VOK. 5 16 2 oo 175 44 3 oo G Gull y. letting and receiving Stallings' bridge.. Ma5sergill, repairs Stone's Creek bridge December, 1897. fanuary. 1898, February, " March, April, May, June, luly, August, September, October, November, 16 days and 408 miles $52 40 GEO. W. MASiENGILL. two days and fifty-six miles $ 6 80 one day and twenty -eight miles 3 40 one day and twenty-eigbt miles 3 40 three days and ninety miles. 10 50 one day and twenty-eight miles 3 40 one day and twenty-eight miles 3 40 two dnys and fifty-six miles 6 80 two days and fifty-six miles 6 80 one day and twenty-eight miles 3 40 one day and twenty-eight miles 3 40 four days and one hundred and fourteen m. 13 70 one day and twenty-eight miles 3 40 one day and twenty-eight miles 3 40 21 days and 596 miles $71 80 JAIL EXPENSES. Dec, 97. F.J. Williams, $ 81 80 Jau.. '98, Feb, Mar., Apr., May, June, Inly, Aug., Sept., Oct.. Not., 44 37 80 63 35 61 80 76 61 42 85 42 75 17 85 17 0O 45 85 59 00 93 51 $640 17 COUNTY HOME EXPENSES. Dec , '97 Geo. S. Wilson, $ 76 76 Jan , '98, Feb.. Mar., Apr., May, June Jiy. Aue., Sept , Oct., Nov , 4 44 44 44 44 44 4 44 ( 44 4 44 44 44 4 44 44 44 84 77 72 77 78 27 105 04 80 50 68 60 72 85 74 67 67 77 47 52 59 17 $888 69 BRIDGE EXPENSES. December 6, 1897. M G Gulley, Repairing Clayton Iron bridge $ 42 87 W T Parker, repairing Buffaloe bridge 26 58 A M Sanders, repairing Middle Creek bridge ; 7 00 T H Stephenson, repairing Big Branch bridge 3 00 Walter Rand, repairing Black Creek bridge 62 20 W C Lassiter. repairing Black Creek bridge 7 08 I I Murphey, repairing Buffaloe bridge 58 46 j R Jordan, repairing Hannah's Creek bridge 35 53 V. m j i 'J . r- a (J Lawnon, repairing Knoaes onagr u uu W A Sanders, letting and receiving two bridges 4 00 f R Barnes, letting and receiving one bridge 2 00 D T Wellons. letting and receiving one bridge 3 00 T Parker, letting and receiving one bridge 2 00 J T Parker, letting and receiving one bridge 4 00 W W Nichols, raits from Wilson's Mills bridgs 3 75 I R Deans, repairing Faulks bridge 75 32 lanuary 3, IS 98 M Oliver, repairs Swamp and Raccoon bridges 3 25 J M Oliver, repairs Raiford bridge 13 10 A W Capps, lumber for Raiford bridge 18 88 Massey Bros., lumber for Raiford bridge 34 79 E S Turlington, repairs Turlington Mil! bridge 14 47 Ino W Creech, building Moccasin bridge 19 75 Jno D Eason letting and receiving Moccasin bridge 3 00 Fcbruar y 7. T Parker, letting and receiving Faulks bridge 2 00 C F Kirby, repairs Haymen Road bridge 6 oo J T Atkinson, rafts from Richardson's bridge 4 97 March 7. A M Sanders, letting and receiving Williams bridge..., 2 oo J I Lee, repairs Williams bridge 17 o7 D H Bagley, repairs Bagley bridge 48 oo J W Rose, repairs Simmons bridge lo 61 I D Jeffreys, repairs Reedy Branch bridge 12 75 f R Barnes, letting and receiving Reedy Branch bridge 2 oo j O Johnson, Lumber Ditch bridge : 6 57 April 4. I T Parker, letting and receiving Bagley bridge 2 oo W. R. Long, repairs White Oak bridge 41 56 M G Gulley, letting and receiving. White Oak Bridge 2 oo W D Phillip, repairs on Brown bridge 9 5o J M Oliver, repairs on Brown bridge 3 65 J W Rose repairs on Simmons bridge , 6 08 Walter Rand, repairs on Smithfield bndge....V. - 184 89 D J Wellons. letting and receiving Smithheld bridr 2 oo . May '2'. C F Rirbv. repairs Bu Jaloe bridge..... I W Rose. letting and receiving Stone's Crey bridge Cader lernjgan, repairs Stone's Creek bridge I M Oliver, letting and receiving Moccasin bridge 2 oo johnson & Pratt, lumber repair Craswell bridge 5 oo 5 oo 2 oo' 19 75 MG i A Mussergill, repairs Stone's Creek bridg llred Pearce, repairs Oliver's bridge V fred Pearce, repairs Pearce's bridge T T Oliver, lumber to repair Pearce's bridge W N Rose. jr.. repairs Mill Creek bridge j W Rose, letting and receiving M il Creek bridge L H' Atkinson, repairs Richardson's bridge 5 29 T H Atkinson, repairs Richardson's bridge 5 5o j M Oliver, repairs Richardson's bridge 2 25 October 3. j D Eason, building Princeford bridge 3o oo f L Creech, repairs Creech Mill bridge.. 4 5o j Z jones. repairs Buffaloe bridge 22 o7 jno W Wood, footway lumber Simmon's bridge 4 35 W If Phillips, repairs Brown bridge j.. .3 55 j G Edgerton, repairs Brown bridge 2 oo j M Oliver, letting and receiving two bridges 1 oo j W Rose, letting and receiving Williams' bridge 2 oo N W Smith, repairs Williams bridge a 3o 4o E j Holt, repairs Holt's Mill bridge 15 oo November 7. j T Parker, letting and receiving six bridges 12 oo P G Ward, repairs Beulah bridge 3 23 j j Massengill, repairs Massengill bridge 7 oo A M Sanders, letting and receiving Middle Cretk bridge... 2 oo j H Smith, repairs Middle Creek bridge 4 12 O R Rand, jr., repairs Smithfield bridge 1 92 john Herring, repairing Cox bridge 61 15 j W Rose, letting and receiving Cox bridge...... ... j W Rose, repairs joyner's bridge j R Deans, repairs Little Creek bridge j M OlivirTTetting and receiving Little Creek bridge. O R Rand, jr., repairs on Turner's bridge 2 oo 9 5o lloc5 2 oo' 3oo oo $1,699 61 OUTSIDE POOR Atkinson .Ellen $ 6 00 Atkinson, "Calvin and wife : 18 00 Atkinson, Sam 6 00 Atkinson, Dolly 9 00 Atkinson, Cornelia 3 00 Atkinson. Catherene 4 50 Adams, Calton 24 00 A vera, Juda 3 00 Bell. Phereby 24 00 Bell, Mathaney 12 00 Bell, Anarchy 6 00 Barbour, Jesse 15 00 Barbour, Joanna 3 00 Batten, Piety 18 00 Batten. Elizabeth 12 00 Bras well, Mary 3 36 Benson, Curtis 12 00 Baker, Delia "Clayton"... 18 00 Baker, Delia Four Oaks... 9 00 Barefoot, Burtney 15 00 Bridgers.Eugia 18 00 Bryant, Siddy 15 00 Be ck with . Katie lor Proc tor child 20 00 Barefoot. M H 1 00 Capps, Mrs. L 9 00 Coats, Patsey 13 47 Carson. Jno 12 00 Cooley, Ephraim 18 00 Denning, Susan.... 36 00 Dupree. Margaret 18 00 Deans, B H 30 00 Dixon. Marsden 12 00 Davis Sarah et al 36 00 Doublin, Henry 12 00 Doublin, Yeney 12 00 Edwards, Zilphia 12 00 Ellis. Polly 24 00 Earp, Jerusha 13 47 Earp.J H 15 00 Earp. Emily 15 00 Ellis. John 7 00 Graham. Alex 9 00 Giles, John and wife 30 00 Gay, Creasey 7 50 Heath, Bob 3 00 Hix, Michael 20 25 Harper. Frances 6 75 Home, James 13 47 Howell, Peninah 12 00 Harper, Millie 3 00 Harper, Dorothey 3 00 Horton, Alsey 18 00 Heartly, Nancy 12 00 Hargroves, Nancy 19 00 Hocutt, Wm 7 00 Hogan, Polly 6 00 Ingram. Helen 9 00 ones, Daniel 3 00 Jones, Cullen 24 00 Johnson, Susan 9 00 Johnson, R H 3 00 toyner. Anarchy 9 00 Joyner, Clem 12 OO f ones, Timmie 2 00 Lee, Kincheon 6 00 Lockhart. David 6 75 Lane. Tempa 12 00 McGee, Martha 6 00 Massengill. Phereby 24 00 Mitchell, Polly 12 00 Oneal, lane 2 50 Oliver, Chillie 36 00 Oliver, Gatsey 18 00 Oliver, Lougenia 8 00 ALLOWANCES. Pearce. Harriet 6 00 Prwe, Katie..- 18 00 Price, Willie 2 25 Pulley, Staring 3 75 Peoples, Civil 26 00 Peoples, Edith 10 00 Pool, James T 9 00 Peacock, Peter 4 00 Richardson, Gaston - 6 00 Richardson, Isaac- 6 oo Ryals, Alfred 21 oo Sanders, Virfl 6 oo Sanders, Dolly 6 oo Stancill, Sally 9 oo Stancill, Mary 12 oo Stancill, Talitha 24 oo Strickland, Polly A 4 5o Strickland, Ransom 22 5o Surles, Penelope 9 oo Smith, Julius 12 oo Stanley. Jesse 12 oo Stanley, Polly 3 oo Suggs, Haywood 4 oo Thornton, Mary 12 oo Thornton, Sarah 9 oo Turner, Needham 12 oo Tiner, Abe 9 oo Thompson, Susan 8 oo Talton, Deb 14 61 Talton, Arcada 13 49 Tart. NL 13 47 Temple, B E 20 25 Wilder, Green 6 oo Wilder, Mary 6 oo Wall, James 12 oo Wall, Nancy P 24 oo Watkins, Q 15 75 Warrick, Barbour 9 oo Walston, Amherst 13 oo Watson, Dorcas 12 oo Watson, Nazro 12 oo Watson, Guilford 12 oo Watson, Castilla 12 oo Watson, Violet 12 oo Wilkins, J R 18 oo Woodard, Sally A... 15 oo Wiggins, Delphia 12 oo Whitley, Betsey 2 oo Whitley, Lugenia 4 oo Wilkins, J R Jr 1 oo Watson, Eliza 4 oo Z oo l oo $1504,59 The following special orders were made to poor outside of the county for 1898: Tan 3, Betsey Whitley,. $ 'Z oo Feb 7, Haywood Suggs... 1 5o March 7. W E Grantham, 2 oo Apr 4, Haywood Suggs... Apr 4, J R Triton Apr 4. John Ellis 1 lo May 2, Haywood Suggs, 2 oo May 2. John Ellis 1 5o May 2. J M Holland 3 oo June 6, Alice Price 1 5o June 6, Needham Parnell, Aug 1, Catharine Everett, Ang 1, Haywood Suggs.. Sept 5, Joe Deans Oct 3. Joe Deans .... Nov 7, J S Deans 2 oo Noy 7, Emily Holmes 2 oo 1 5o 15o 2 oo 2 oo 2 oo The Cause of Jamaica's Stagnation. In 1834 alavcfy was abohnhe 1 "i-v act ol Parliament," and . idespread ruin enveloped Ja mi ica The six millions sterling h d to tbe slave-owners, many I them living in princely style, .i compensation for the destruc i -n of t eir slave propei ty and otal loss of income, only accen u. i ted the misery. In times of prosperity money :ind been eas ly borrowed and the interest as easily paid, but now ruin overshadowed the planteis, the borrowed capital had to be paid, mortgages cleared, and very little of the ix millions remained with those for whose benefit it had been voted, for it only sufficed to meet tbe liabilities incurred in the earlier days of improvident lux ury. Immense estatts lapsed into waste land "ruinate," as the pathetic technical term is ad wild vegetation re-entered into possession of tbe broad acres which a century of slave labor had cot quered from it. It had been 'roped that tbe freed negro would continue to work, but unfortunately the "nobility" v hich other races see in "work for work's sake" does not come within the scope of negro vision. He only works for others under compulsion. So, . having ob tained bis freedom, he t-quatted on bis late master's estate and was idle. Food was in abund ance around him, and he needed little more. And so it is to day. Tbe curse of a great nomadic ne grp population refusing to un dertake regular agricultural la bor lies like a black cloud blight upon the beautiful island, and until that curse is raised by strong and wtll-entorced va grancy acts, the prosperity which is Jamaica s natural right is impossible. The population to-day is about 800,000, and out of these only one in a hun dred is white. Five hundred thousand are pure blacks, and in some inland districts tney are, at this very day, morally retro grading towards aboriginal sayagery. Tne obeab-man is a power in the land, and voudoo- ism is a religion. Matrimony as an institution has been aban doned, nearly every black being of "illegitimate" birth, and ex cept that he has acquired some of the "peculiarities of civiliza tion," the freed negro is to-day little better than the African of the Congo. Harper's Weekly. Advertised too Late. Exchange. There was a man who into business went And said, "For advertising I'll never spend a cent." Nobody knew he had a thing to sell, Until, to sell him out, the sher iff adyertised him well. Brought Closer Together. Mrs. Hayricks. It says here in the paper, Silas, that this war has served to bring the people of our country closer together. Do you think there's any tiuth in it? Mr. Hayricks. Yes. When 1 looked into the parlor last night Lieutenant Striplings and our Annie was sittin' a good deal closer together than I ever seen 'em before be went away. hx. Remarkable Rescue. Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plain field, III , makes the statement that she caught cold, which set tled . n her lungs; she was treat ed for a month by her family phvsician, but grew worse. He told her she was a hopeless vie tim of consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption; she bought a bottle and to her delight found herself benefitted Irom first dose. She continued its use and after taking six bot tles, found herself sound and well; now does her own house work, and is as well as she ever wa. Free trial bottles of thif Great Discovery at Hood Bros drug store, large bottles An Economic Discovery. Meandering Mike was dis posed to be chattv as he ac companied the cflicer in the workhou-e. He was not indig nant over bisarrest for vagrancy. Tbe weather was getting chilly and be appreciated the prospect of warmth and shelter. "Ic aint in de way its arrestin' 'oiks datdegoyernment'smakin' itself unpopular," he remarked. "It' de way people is taxed. What was it made dis continent git a divorce from Great Britain? It was de cjjm stamp tax. Dai's what's chewin' up de savin's of de middle classes an' makin' handouts scarce. I heard about de hull business from a feller dat was talkiu'on de street corner, an 1 t ought I might as well give you a tip, cos if dis gov r ment ever r uts you II probably lose yer job." He continued to discourse on the philosophy of taxation until tby got insjde the station bouse. What's de nex' thing?" he aslud, apprt liensively. I'll show you." The officer took him to a door and shoved ic open. It opened into a bath room, and thete was a candidate . for cleanlines just ahead of them. The man who making ready to plunge was conspicuously decorated with a large porous plaster. Mike gazed steadfastly at the plaster for several sec )nds, and turned to leave. "Where are you going?" asked the policeman. "Back to de office. 1 ain't got a cent, an' I don'c s'pose I kin git tick, but J-ll try. But it proves what I was tellin' you. You want to look out. De gov er'ment is overworkin' a good t'irg. It's bad enough to com- jel dese peaceable citizens to stick 'cm all over insurance poli- a cies an promissory notes an bank checks an' other necessities of Ire. But when it comes to a point where a filler can't take a bath without puttin' a stampon hiself de scheme passes delimit." Washington Star. What Paul Said. Guests had arrived unexpect- edlv at tbe country parsonage on Sunday morning. The week ly supply of butter had run short, so the hospitable host dis patched old Joe, the colored man, to his neighbor, Mr. Paul, whose dairy always boasted a surplus. The parson proceeded to church with bis well prepared set mon on some of the best say ings of tbe great savings of the great apost'e ai d was well under way with it when old Joe, returning empty handed, con cluded he would quietly slip in and hear his master preach. Just as he entered, tbe preacher stretched forth his hand in a mofct impressive interrogation of voice and manner and called out, 'And what did Paul say?" Distinctly sounded through the church old Joe's reply. "He says, marster, he aint coin to let you have no more butter till you pay for dat last you got. Short Stories. $30 60centsand $1. oo "Do you think a peace proto col can be brought to success?" inquired the Russian diplomat. "It can," answered the Eng lish statesman, "provided yon are prepared to back it up with guns and ammunition enough." Washington Star. He Fooled The Surgeons. All doctors told Renick Hamil ton, of West Jefferson, O, a'ter suffering 18 months Irom Rectal Fistula, hs would die unless a costly operation was performed; but be cured himself with five boxes Bucklen's Arnica Stive, the surest pile cure on earth, and the best salve in the world. 25 cents a box. Sold by Hood Bros, druggists. What do you think of Spain's peace commission?" "I don't know?" answered Senator Sorghum, who was thinking about something else; "how much commission is it and who gets it ?" Washington Star.
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