Tlno
yVilson A.civemoo.
I.50 A YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE.
LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, -BE THY COUNTRY S, THY GOD S, AND TRUTH S.
THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM
VOLUME XXII.
WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, N: C.,' DECEMBER 8, 1892.
NUMBER 47.
se;
in
bi
v
as
d
ii Catches
lie Bams !
S rts Xmas
n Display at
Presents
Racket Stores I
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
HAS HIS (iRITMitl.K BUT CONCLUDES
WITH 111 VNKsfJIVING.
There : Nothing
hearted Rich
to Strikers.
so Admires as a Big-
Mim-ime Good Advice
he
ippe
teg
al to your own
ment if it is" not
in your Xmas
liases low
day you delay brings
er and nearer to that
Xmas Week Panic,
clerk can wait on
factorily, and when the
ill or Present you had
heart on getting Had
up" bv some
There are so
bled
nu.
ons vj'hy you should
The "jam'.' of last
aid be a lesson to all
off - buying. Our
are stocked with all
lings for the children
the grown people,
prices well !truly
Ltches the Bargains."
t i 0 ft V
VjlLOJi x;
WILSOj
icket Stores.
fi N. C,
id Goldsboro Streets,
il, LEATH, Mgr.
jnntj Insurance Agency,
. JORDAN, MANAGER,
MILL, - - - N. C.
And now let us all give thanks
sure enough thanks and try to be
grateful whether we feel so or not.
The turkey is one thing and thanks
another. In fact they are no kin.
One is lor the stomach and the other
for the heart. One is corporeal and
the other spiritual. But the heart
and the appetite are very close to
gether and sq I reckon we can eat
turkey an I be thankful for the turkey
if for not h v - f w;..h th 1: :vcy
fam-iiy hsu r. I am jr-Njg to
see that "one lamily does. If -ever
there was a time when we ought to
be grateful it is right now. Even a
Republican who has lost his bet on
Harrison ought to be thankful that
so many of his fellow citizens are
happy. "Rejoice with those who
rejoice," saitb. the good book. A
half million majority is enough to
convince any Republican who had
nothing bet on the election that we
were right. Then let us alL.be thank
ful thankful that-Ve are at peace in
the world and especially in the land of
freedom. l-Now put your hand in
mine, honey" as uncle Billie Rey
nolds used to say. The good old
man loved everybody and a little
whiskey too, ever and anon.
What a change a few days can
bring about. A month -ago there
was a general feeling ot depression
prevading this whole Southern coun
trv. 'It did look like we were down
at the bottom financially, politically.
and commercially, but now the peo
ple have brightened up and every
thing seems conscious that a new era
has dawned upon us. The election
of Mr. Cleveland and the sudden rise
in cotton from 7 to 9 cents were both
possible, but neither seemed proba
ble, and both coming together was so
much more than was expected that
our people can hardly realize it and
they arc not calm and serene. They
are hilarious and over-joyful and
they sang songs on the train yester
day, and' the Kimball House was full
of roostCi S,-xvnd they crow and crow;
and the Democrats are wearing new
hats and new coats, and Tom Lyon
was strutting around m a fifty suit
that he won from a Republican in
our town, and Ish Dunn said he bet
von them all, and
' them in the femi
i Chess " 'Howard is
I fashioned coi n
smiled oh me affectionately, arfd was as the sparks fly upward. Some are
just beginning his discourse when a born sickly, and some deformed, and
newspaper man assaulted me with some are unlucky, and they have
malice aforethought and wknted to just as much reason to curse God
know the state of my feelings and die as the average ooor man has
"Georgia," said I "of course," said to abuse the rich man. But still, if
he, "but how about the great land the rich man is selfish and unchari- :
-j-slide, the avalanche, the cyclone, the table I have no respect for him
upheaval." "Where is it atS?" said There is nothing I so admire as a
I, for I really thought it was another great, big-hearted, rich man. I wish
earthquake in the Piedmont escarp- that the world was fullof them. But
ment- When he explained himself let us ail be thankful.
HE QUIT FOR GOOD.
1 begged his pardon and said the
victory was too great I would like
to give them fellers back some votes.
I don't want everybody to jide us so
sudden we haven't got room for
them. The solid South is capturing
the cream oi the North. The lung
suffering South is in the saddle, ; i
the G. A. F ' tol ! . : k -Xc s
back seat. " Their leaders have done
more to keep up the hatred ot the
sections than all the othep-causes put
together. They have bjeerfc, waving
the bloody shirt and demand
more pensions ever -smce the war.
You will find them in every town in
the North sitting around a county
hospital playing cards and drinking
beer, and living oft of their pension
money. The country is too full of
associations anyhow loo many
leagues, and knights, and clubs, and
unions, and secret political organi
zations and
The conductor sakL"all aboard"
.and I hadjio leave before I ventilated
myself. I have received vai iqus
letters from the telegraph operators,
who seem indignant about what 1
wrote about the strike in Texas. I
have one this morning of thirteen
pages defending the strikers, and the
writer devotes most ot it to a pitiful
recital of how they are ground down
by the railroads and the plutocrats,
and how dependent the world is upon
them and their faithful work, etc.,
etc., and he says their only n
is to strike.
The letter is 1I0 answer to my com
plaint. I saw in the Dallas News a
statement of several columns, giving
the wages of these very operators,
Bill Arp,
IK. SCOTT'S FCNBK.VL.
The Interment to Take Pine?- This lorii
ing at Washington, Pa.
-in
uie
ver
il ser-
of the venerable
services were sim
Dtv
Washington, Dec. 1 -F
': room of the White
where only five weeks ago
funeral rites were held c
daughter, Mrs. Harrison, tuner;
vices were held this afternooi
the remains
Scott. The
Besides the President and other rel
atives of the dead man, there were
present several hundred persons,
mostly personal friends of the de
c tsed. The services began with
prayer by the Rev. Dr. Hamlin, of the
Church of the Covenant, after which
a quartette from Dr. Hamlin's church,
stationed in the Blue room, sang,
'Rock of Ages." Dr. Hamhn then
read selected verses from the Script
ures and delivered an address m
bfe of Dr. Scott. The quartette sang
"Ash ep in Jesus," after which prayer
by Dr. Hamlin closed the services.
This evening the body was Dome to
the - Pennsylvania station by the
ushers of the White House, and
about 7 o'clock a special Irani con
'veying the President, Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Jtarrison, Mrs. McKee,
Lieutenant and Mrs. Parker, and
Ku
SEEING THE SIGHTS.
sell Scott accompanied
is to Washington, Pa., w
the
ere
he
interment will take place to-morrow
morning. The funeral party will re
turn to this city at once.
hr
eight hats
had - to tSifo
nine cender
to have a big oh
shucking on Iiu i trm
pile, and have a jug
down -at the hotter
to be toted around
. and divide the
or two hid away
, and then he is
to the tune of
'Away down m sliinbone alley," and
the b:g suppe? with p?g,
tnen comes
P
and possum and taters, and turkeys
ncy has been in successful
or about three years, and
r has paid out thousands of
eneficiaries ; and his cotn
in trust millions more to be
hie. The manager is mak
ers to make Snow Hill the
ble and cheapest place for
o get insurance.
u want to carry an accident
:an get as liberal policy in
iund company as can be
v where.
ive a Cotton Gin, Store
Stock of Goods, Steam or
. Dwelling, -Barns or other
rty, you wish insured, you
heap rates from the Greene
irance Agency as can be
. where, in first-class com
as and cotton a specialty,
r attention paid to corres
? if you desire insurance
mager and your wants
.JHCJ.
Thirty day's credit given
hen desired.
Yours to Please,
W.J.JORDAN,
re Co. Insurance Ag'cy.
So. s, Snow Hill, N. C.
S. ANDERSON,
n and Surgeon,
lson, n. c. -
e Store onTarboroSt.
:AiT ANDERSON,
an and Surgeon,
WILSON, N. C.
door to the First Nationa
K. WRIGHT
eon Dentist,
I LSON, N. C.
ently located in Wil
professional services to
Central Hotel Building"
iioa
1
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V
and chickens, and
aancing, ana toe u
the' pigeon wing,
ope to the tune
1 rAiniH a ' ' and""
on,". and au to wj
dance all night ty
then fiddling and
mble shuffle, and
and the buzzard
if " Bui y in the low
lolly put the kettle
id up with, "We'll
till road daylight and
he gals in the mom-
think that this
and it averaged seventy -five do!
per month, and it is light wor
easy work, work under shelter,
good fires, work that a woman
do and that hundreds of them wt
be glad to do at the same
But these railroads are not plutocr
nor trvants. I
THE VOTE OF OHIO.
irs
7'an(l Woald Probably Have ;arried
.lie Stnts Except for the 'ew taw.
Cleveland, Dec. 5. It n
aears as thoueh Ohio may have i
nor money kings,
en them have so much to co;
with that they could not meet
the hai
obligations and are in
Me
and
fine in days "when j In fact, labor is capital, the
but I haven't been to a
r in o years, and I don't
enjoy
it
He
is about as anti-
is trying to
go home
in 2." We used to
was fine fun, ver
niggers was,'
corn abucktn
?-?cktn Chess will
thinks he will, for r
quated as I am.
play young, but he can t. Oiu Anno
Domini has got him by the beard.
Fie can't dance nor prance except
the buzzed lope, for that was made
for" an old '.nan with rheumatism in
one leg: and St. Vitus' dance in the
other and Chess walks like he had
a touch of bot4C I'm so glad to see
him failing for he is about my age,
and we usee! to adore the same
-Is when we went to college to-
. i.i r . I J u d t;f
getner, anu nicy iooieu us mrcri auKc,
and all our promenading and sere
nading was wasted. We used to
toot on the flute, and Ben Mosely
and Dick Farmer went along with
their fiddles, and away in the dead of
night we would play under the cham
ber windows, and sing, "Oh lassie,
art thou sleebinp- vet." Those were
. . -p
T It
receivers. iNot a stocKm;
ueffijvesa dividend, and
noiaer nas to wait 101
est. What with wrecks and
and lawsuits and outrage
vefdicts and freshets
unfriendly legislation, it is
that a new one is ever bui
they don't strike and - tc
week or two is another u
ally speaking they have .
right to strike as their 1
The obligations are muhui
com pan y can't turn off the
the engineer should not v.
company. All these lab-,
are based upon the idea l
is more sacred and has me
than capital. This is a
One is just as good as t
but
halcyon days halcyon, which means erally the way. A few h
L2 Grange and de-
c-eiass turn-out for
ediate point, come to
; stables. Good teams,
rivers and reasonable
have made special ar-
nts with the oroorietor
patrons to 'Seven
avne county's fa-
1
ealth rgsort. Call on me!
W. H. HARPER,
LaGrange. N. C.
ER MARBLE WORKS,
; and 115 Bank St.,
CIOLK, VA.
stock of finished
tits, Gravestones, &c.
idy for shipment.
tea. 5-T4-iy
the days when the eider clucks mate
on the cliff by the sea; but there
were no ducks or mating there for
Chess and me, and so we waited
later, and fared better, and-no loss on
our side, and none on theirs, I reck
on. I think of this when I see Chess,
or when I feel him, for he always hits
me on the back by way of salutation,
and he always invites me to go down
to his plantation on Flint river and
spend a week with him. He has a
home in Atlanta, and if he had in
vited me there I would have stayed
all night and seen the Carnival, but a
new omnibus invited me to the Par
agon, and I stood around for 20 min
utes, waiting for a room, and they
finally told me I couldn't get any.
What made them send down the om
nibus to the'depe-t and yell for passen-n-prs
T don't know. They had me
of capital, tor it tanes no ris
has nothing to lose. The
be wrecked and the engic
but the pay of the crew go
The engineer takes his place s
pay with perfect freedom. If h
not like it he can quit and g
body else a chance. There
compulsion and the world is v
like these brotherhoods tha
one another and insure tee
and help one another's famili
these strikes, and this war
"scabs," as they call ujem, ;
wrongs A scab is a man whe
work and is waitme for
would take it il the strikers would let
him. I traveled the other day with
a striker from St. Louis. Fie was
going to Tuscumbia for work and
had his family. He said he didn't
want to strike but he had to, for the
head men had ordered it, and couldn't
support his wife and children decent
ly by doing nothing. That is gen-
t headed
mad and precipitate a
the quiet, conservative
eo to nave gone ior irover tte
d The State statistician in Col urn
3 last night completed the election 1
count upon individual" Presidential j
arsv. It shows that Vickers, the j
Republican elector for the Eleventh
district, is defeated by Seward, whose j
ise appears nrstontne nstoi .0-....
ocratic electors. Seward received
44,115 votes, and Vickers 402,399
: is thought the reason why Seward
obtained so many more votes than
his Democratic fellow elector lies in
the Australian ballot in use in 'Ohio.
To vote a straight Democratic tic. '
under this plan, formerly, it was n
u y only to place a cross opposite
"the name "Democratic ticket." at the
i of the list of candidates.
i his year, the law was
ct that the crosses for stra
ti Is must be placed in c.i
. eel for that purpose at the
e ballots. It was feared at
many would neglect t t.coo
: the new- regulations.
election is taken as evidei
rror was made by many vot
; Ohio, j It is areued that the
is placed beside his name by
to supposed they were voting tl
; straight Democratic ticket, ii
the fact, though it never can be
1 ed, enough voters in Ohio de
sired to vote for Grover Cleveland
jto. carry the State hy the plurality
: that Seward got.
A Sensible Man Who Knew It Was Timer j
to Look to His Home.
"No, boys, I am going to quit this
time for good," said a melancholy
young mch. to a crowd of cronies as
they stopped him in front of a saloon
and asked hirn to "take- something."
"You know I have been with you for
years, and , the 'painting' we have done
has given this town a vermilion hue.
Eat I must quit now. It may go a lit
tle hard with me at first, but in a short
while I cuess 1 will be able to rid my
self of nli desire for those jolly rants
and revfs that we have had together.
Yes, the resolution is a sudden one, but
it is none the less firm.
"You see, after I was married 1 quit
you fel or.s for a long time
pra vital f back to you. It was not that
v . : r . .C- tv thi Imw. 1 i 11st cot
eareleas and thoughtless. Somehow I
i an d to think that since I was pro
' vidfiag her with all the material luxuries
I of life she ought to be satisfied. 1
1 didn't intend to neglect her, you know,
I and, thought she didn't care jf 1 did
j come down town occasionally at night,
j "Since these r.octnrnal absences from
! home have become so frequent I notice
j that a chang e has appeared in her nature.
Her sparkling vivacity that used to
I charm and electrify me commenced to
I wrme. Still she strives hard to appear
! happy. ' But she is nit the woman she
used to be. Her face has grown wan,
I her cheeks sunken, and the merry gleam
s has left her eye. When I arise in the
i morning with reddened eyes and no ap
I petite she looks at me pityingly and hugs
j the baby closer to her bosom than I ever
noticed her do before,
j "No, she has never spoken to me about
i it. Yon see. that's the devil of it. If
i she would just pitch in and give me a
tongue lashing her sorrowmg look
wouldn't make me feel so like a dog.
She just looks that's all! Oh, no, she
doesn't fear for herself except as 1 am
affected. That look tells me plainer than
words that she feels I am killing myself
and will soon be lost to her. This morn
ing she told baby to kiss papa goodby.
There was a strange pathos in her voice
when she spoke the words that I never
heard before. And then she turned
a way and broke into low sobs that she
tried to hide from me.
"Good God, boysA I didn't think those
things ever existed out of the novels or
oil the stage! That's the reason I tell
you that I have quit. I like you all,
know you are splendid fellows, and that
you are my friends. But but er she's
the best friend I ever had or expect to
have, and and well, I'm going to be
her friend too." The crowd dispersed.
Nobody "took anything." St. Louis
Chronicle.
The President of Andorra Pays His First
Visit to Paris.
Among the more or less distinguished
persons now visiting Paris is Senor An
tonio Moles y Pallares, president of the
little republic of Andorra, situated be
tween the French department of the
Arege and the Spanish province of
Lerida. This is the first time that the
chief of the little state has set foot in the"
metropolis. As he pays a tribute of 900
francs every two years to the French
government, and another to the Spanish
bishop of Urgel, the senor is not quite
his own master. He is a Liberal of the
fii-sc water, and being the head of a re?,
public inclines more to Franc ! than to
Spain. His objsct in coming here . in to
protest against ' certain insinuations
and then-4 made in a newspaper to the effect
that he had favored Spanish contra
bandists to the prejudice of the French
customs. President Carnot has received
his humble colleague and tributary with
considerable pomp, and lias allowed
him to defend himself thoroughly from
the attacks of which he complains.
Senor Moles y Pallares is naturally a
plain, blunt agriculture-1, iifcl'e versed
in the ways of cities. In Ins soft felt
hat and Sunc y :. dies he looks rather
out of his element, but i ; far more pre-,
sentable than the two councilors gen
eral who accompany him and persist in
wearing easquettes or cape, which re
spectable Parisians hold in detestation.
The Andorran magnates have a nom
inal address at the Grand hotel, but are
really located in il cheaper hostelry in
the Gobelins district, not f;ir from the
railway station, where they can hud a
train to conduct them in the direction
of their native valley after they have
transacted their state and otfcer business
in Paris. Paris Cor. Loudon Telegraph.
Just Opening Elegant
Line Shoe Samples !
ed
v
. 1 ,
COlUL
e ward's
that this
IS II!
Ci''Jo?
nanv
A Yankee's Stratcgem.
"Yes," said an old tinier to Jibe Man
About Town, "these steam laundries are
a gree.t convenience. They have revolu
tionized th washing business, and in
y have thrown many a poor
old negro woman out of a job. In a little
town of north Alabama not many years
ago," ho continued, "a couple of China
men came along and opened a laundry.
They did a thriving business for some
time, and until an enterprising Yankee
bl w into the town one day and con
ceited the idea of establishing a steam
lahndrv. The competition between the
two became great, .and the price of
washing was lowered to almost nothing.
The Yankee had' money, and gave it out
that he would keep the price list lowered
unul the almond eyed sons of China
threw up the sponge. The Chinamen
were fiually forced to live on rats. In
the rear of their shop they lufd scattered
all-around the yard lots of cheese and
01 her dainties to entice the rodents.
"One day there appeared an advertise
ment in the local paper for 1,000 cats to
bo delivered to the steam laundry. The
next day the air around tho village was
alive with mews and caterwauls. They
discovered tho Chinamen's back yard,
end. the game was soon up with them.
The next day, with pipes and pack, they
were seen for the Lest time walking up
the railroad track. Tho Yankee was the
conquerer, and his laundry is now with
OUt competition in that neighborhood."
St. Louis Republic.
The Mud Hen's Nest.
The mud hen's nest is a weed-, reedy,
fibrous structure, compossd mostly of
dead gray ends of tules and miscellane
ous matter, and is usually placed far out
from shore, without anchorage, where
it drifts to. and. fro, cradling its eggs
easily. It presents to the eye simply
the semblance of a mass of wasting
vegetation. One who knows birds well,
and who has made them a study from
these same trees on the laguna's hank,
tells me that ho has many times waded
out to search for a nest and espied it
only when sweeping away with his hand
what he supposed to be aceUniUlabid
rubbish of leaves, but what proved the
cradle's counterpane,' with which th
careful mother had shielded her ti -a-ure.
Hero eggs or young, deposited on r lie
bottom, were usually half submerged,
the water oozing through every inter
stice as through a sieve, and no sign of
a-parent bird near. Retreating to a dis
tance, it was often necessary to watch
closely and through a glass, when pre
ently the mother grebe might be dwoov
ered sailing up swiftly, uncovering the
Seating cradle ard shyly estitif fo-;-
to breast its contents. When they evi
dently were sufficiently warmed she
covered them again tiare fully with more
debris and sailed away as swiftly among
the water weeds. San Diego Cor. Chi is
tian Union.
AT AND-
Below New York Cost!
Infant ancl Children Shoes lower
than ever. Keystone hand
made children shoes, Ziegler
Brothers ladies' fine shoes all at
reduced prices. -.
. Burt and Rockland's home-made-shoes
at cost at Young Brothers,
Oui? immense stock of Over-
coats is being reduced every day
and if you want a fine Overcoat
at half price, no)v is your chance
not many left,
Ladies' Cloaks are still being
sold regardless of cost. Ladies'
Dresses ready-made at $1.50 to
$2.50., Hardly enough to pay
, for the work of making them at
Young Brothers,
you want a nice Lady's Hat
fifty cents? You will be
Do
for
ce ana
eet
leaders
strike, and
men are drawn into it and sufie
La
it, and
work.
find
is a
the
7
nese
and
lei's.
have to move away to
What the world wants
more friendly feeling between
empolyer and the employed. T
strikes make capital insecure
unnrofitable, and then labor su
The more strikes the
will be built.
These telegraph operators harp
upon the inestimable value oi their
service to the country, and how trade
and travel and traffic would be par
alyzed if they were to quit for any
length of time. Just so, exactly, and
that is what all these unions say.
Even to the Farmers' Alliance, or the
People's Party. "What would the
-world do without the farmers?" they
say. Why, we would all perish of
: :! Their At ;i ..
.tor Plumb seldom played
-even euchre, tho only g.
b kn w. Ho was a hard wo
h i could have some fun,'" lie
on one occasion. "I'd g i :
dth my wife. Only the :
e iui ted ma that we had r .-
: C ai tour. Yvlum we r.ir.
eni ,o Kar.sas we were 1
ii-'ed her a wedding trip as
c uld s-fford it, and she liv
r ?;.: -e for -thirty years. 1 we
it before long and have $
; srcod time." And just a
le died.
t evening I met Plumb's last
!, Sen::! or Peffer, and ask (1
his : onrces of amusement w
..ii," Le said, "negatively 1
1 I heaters or baseball or
er cock fights or horse me
. lay earns. I don't play biliii
ij ht t ok in his hand as uui
aril as he could grasp and a
a minute: "I get the mos
n marina with children v.
astonished to see how nicely it is
trimmed at Young Brothers.
Our immens stock of young mens'
knitted shirts is being rapidly re
duced and if you have not bought
. one, you had better buy now, and
if you have got to buy your boy
a suit, save your money by buy-
YO
TT
1
I never go out Walkii
children at their j;
me join in to a certa
re is an abandon am
heir fun that you ne
ti of folks that are c
nsciousof their dignity
g vn
ansei
in e:
hauled up there to tell me they naa ; course. And what would the larm
no room for me. Then I had to tote ers do without the ploughs, and hoes.
it
an
the way down to the j an(i wagons,- and house
mv yrio
Kimball I didn't suppose there was i and threshers, and machines t
any rootfi for me there, and 'mechanics make and build?
that's why I went to the Paragon, : would they get shoes, and bv
hnr Mr. Kimball said he mifirht pos- ! clothes, and knives and lork
em
and
and
sibly have room lor me by 3 o clock ; axes and saws? Why, they core t
or later, and advised, me to register plow a furrow il- it wasn't for the
which I did. My folks had ordered j mechanics. They couldn't mend a
me to buy some more shoes -they broken arm without a docs
alwa-vs do and by the time I had ail a mistake. We are rou
bought the shoes, number 2, 'letter D, pendent all around, anclit beeo
it was nearlv train time ana so many Us to acknowledge it ar:
old friends slapped me on the back - Some men make more money than
and said, "Hurrah for Cleveland,'" or others, and it has been so since the
"hello, Bill," that I got alarmed and world began ; but they can't eat much
went to the depot. Col. Ayery was ' more, nor wear out many more
there talking direct trade, and he clothes. Some are born to trouble
t IS
de
mies
feel it.-
A Stylish Corpse.
"She was the must stylish corpse,"
beard a woman remark the otln r d
in speaking of a leader of fashion lut
deceased, and prompted bycuriosity
mqnired what went to make up a "s:
ish corps,"
"Oh," replied the gusher, with
hesitation, "she wore a blac!
gown with point lace trimmings'- i
her eyebrows penciled and cheek
ii ; rouged, besides having herb urd
in the u osl deiigthful fashion po
Pusiti ' ly to be such a beautiful cor
a worth d3ing for."
To oar prosaic mind the indemnity
d atli seemed to have been robbed of
ita grandeur and force by tl;e ariiii-
Helpings and adornment of tl.
. ii sion specialist, yet in this age
fcbe time is not far dff v h. u jn.
i prices may be expected, for if
- the pace there wiil be, h e
ii.. :ish foilies, fads in funerals ti
probably be even more ridieui
the utLit-rs. Philadelphia Tim
we
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A Telltale Garter.
It is the privilege and misfortune of
the feminine world to lose garters, etc.,
at inauspicious moments, but it re
mained for a Detroit beauty to discover
the most unique manner, and time. That
she did not do. it. on purpose was the
trouble, but came across it accidentally,
like all great discoverers, and altogether
it was rather awkward.
t he is a great horsewoman, and was
taking a morning gallop in Belle Isle
park when she met a close acquaintance
on his wheel. She dismounted, and they
chatted gayly until interrupted by a
sharp little click, at which they looked
down, and tlnyo on the ground Ia5T a
hateful little yellow baud, with the
gleam of a valuable buckle. Of course
it was not going to do not to notice it,
on the buckle's account, so ho bravely
picked it up. It would not have been so
baa, since men may reasonably be sup
posed to be accustomed to picking up
garters by this time, if the buckle had
not proved a setting for a tiny likeness
of the man in question, who handed it
back to its furiously blushing owner,
con si der ably s t artl ed.
Now he is getting gray wondering
'what fellow's likeness she lias ensconced
in the mate to the telltale jewel. De-,
iroit Tribune.
Prevalence of Insomnia.
la the opinion of many eminent, mem
bers of the British medical faculty the
torment of insomnia is far more preva
lent among certain classes of English
folk than was the case even a quarter of
a century ago, and its. rapid increment J
of late years is attributed to a variety of j
causes. . '
Among these is the greatly augmented j
severity of Ihe "struggle for life," J
due to a rapid increase of population, !
accompanied by a heightening of the j
educational standard that necessarily
intensifies competition by adding largely j
year by year to the number ot per
sona qualified to earn a living by pur
suits of a more intellectual character
than mere manual labor.
Another alleged cause of insomnia is
the growing habit, common alike to vo
taries of business and pleasure, of keep
ing late hours and minimizing the time
allotted to slumber, which, thus arbi
trarily dealt with, becomes recalcitrant
and will not come when it is most urg
ently needed. London Telegraph.
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,V Long Drop.
Wliat Ailed Them.
Mrs. Upton "Who are those men stag
gering along?
Mr. Upton Mr. Richmann and his
coachman, Mike.
"What ia the matter with them?"
"Mr. Richmann has evidently been
dining, and Mike has been drinking."
New York Weekly.
"Talk about a parachute drop!" re--
tnarked Detective Lonergan to a re- j
porter. "I had an experience in Detroit
the other day which completely throws
the parachute out of consideration. I was; j
Wailing to meet a man who was engaged j
upon a tall office building in process of
construction. Several workmen were
testing the passenger elevators. The man I
who had the work in charge asked me if
I would like to take a flying trip with
hfaa. He assured me that there was not
the slightest danger. The air cushion
at the bottom of the shaft would stop
our descent so gradually that there would
be no jar whatever. I thought it would
be a novel experience, and stepped into
the car with him.
"We were upon the seventh floor. As
I saw an attendant clamber up above
the car with a sharp knife in his hand, I
began to get nervous and asked what
was to be done.
" 'Oh, he's going to cut the rope that
holds us here and let us'drop,' cheerfully
answered my companion.
" 'But say,' I cried, 'I don't care about
taking such a drop as that. Not by
a" 1
"It was too late. I fclt-the car quiver,
and as it shot downward I gave an up
ward jump. I didn't touch any part of
that car until it reached the second
floor. I wasn't hurt. But when I left
j the car my hair stood up in true pompa
dour fashion. 'I've sworn off' I'll never
touch another drop like that." Chicago
As Bad as Could Be.
Profanity is always unpardonable, and
yet so many, many men are prone to it.
If they cannot resist t he temptation to
anathematize they should" at least be
careful when in the presence of chil
dren, for, oh, the little ones do learn to
swear so readied Strange as it may i
seem, there is something very cute at j
times in the actions of the little ones
when they imitate their unworthy ex
emplars in this bad practice. Perhaps
it is the very incongruity of tho thing
the contrast between their innocence
and the evil theyareindijhgingin. There
is a gentleman in this city who does not
take exactly the sauie view of the case
that I do though, and upon reflection I
almost believe he is right. His little
boy, a mere baby, Was talking to hi3
mother some time ago, and she asked
him if- one of his playmates was a bad
child.
"Bad!" replied the little boy. "Why,
mamma, he's awful. He cusses like
h 1."
The switch was used that day, and
some big teardrops fell. Richmond Dis
patch. Gould Alone Kicli Enough.
"I must make a million dollars by next
July," said the Wall street speculator.
"I have use for every penny of it then."
"Suppose you mean to buy a country
place and retire? ' suggested his part
ner. "Not a bit of it," was the reply. "I'm
' going out to Chicago to the World's
fair."
Some people, by the way, fear that the
crush in tho Windy City during the fair
will be something awful, but the know
ing ones assert that prices have risen so
much that Jay Gould will be the only
New Yorker rich enough to go. New
York Herali.
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tor
Bat Some 'Woman loves Him.
The bathing suit of the day for men is
ten thousand times more suggestive and
vulgar, if you please, worn by them
than it would bo worn by women. The
average man is coarse and brutish at
best, and who wants to see him display
: himself, all hairy and raw boned, with
nothing on but a few thin stripes and
some of them not reaching He should
traa.r skirts made of ernnnv aack'
Germany Canning Goods.
! Germany intends to have ipure and
. cheap canned goods for her soldiers and
i sailors, and in order to attain that end
j has concluded to go into the business
Separating Man and wife. , j herself. The government has expended
Several prominent leaders of society ' $400,000 in building a factory at Span-
Tue Trust They Like.
A beer combine is the latest grinding
monopoly. Consumers say that they
would rather have trust for
than a drink trust. Qmi
i.eru!u.-.
lie drinks
a World-
tu 1
al
A
A.-i tell ;
teDiitaovett
ic itself!
CO
I'OMitive Science.
on that mathematics is an
rertible science; in fact, it is
3lf! For instance, suppose it
m m twelve days to build this
a twelve men can finish it in
in London have inaugurated a rather
startling custom, which is being widely
discussed in Mayfair and Belgravia.
They have decided never to invite hus
band and wife to the same dinner party,
rightly concluding that a married couple
see quite enough of each other in their
own home without wanting to be chained
together in public
dau for the preserving of all kinds of
provisions for the army, and about 550
operators are to be regularly employed
there.
B. C
hat w ui
ns than
inlv. Therefore, 288 in an
17,280 in a minute, and if 1, 0416,800
set to work the wall would be nt
in a second i. e., before a single stone
can be got into its place. Loudon Tit-
ft
men
doubtedly more attractive to the mala
guests, displays more elan and verv6
when free from the restraining presence
of herdord, and is consequently a more
useful guest so far as success of the
function in question is concerned. The
man, on the other hand, never talks bet
ter, is never more original or more en
tertaining than when his better half is
absent, and consequently unable to take
mental notes of his remarks, on which
to base an ominous cross examination
later on. Exchange.
Spopner and the liailroad Men.
Years ago when Senator Spooner was
in tho emnlov of the Omaha road as
The woman is un- itg attorney he discovered that the rule
of that corporation that every employee
who had been garnisheed three times
should be discharged was being .ken
advantage of by blackmailers. He went
before the officers of the road and threat
ened to resign if the rule was not re
voked at once. It was revoked, and the
man who had thus demonstrated hi3
friendship for tho boys was enshrined
in a warm place in their hearts, which
he has retained ever sia. Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
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