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WIT AND WISDOM.

GIRLS should not wear these wide
belts in the house. Hugging through
a six-inch strip of leather is cold, at
tenuated fraud.
As THE Ulster covereth the old clothes
of the seedy swell, so the long wrap
will hide the shabby waist of the am
bilious but poverty-hit girl of the pc
Rod.
ONE of the discoveries made by the
latest Arctic explorers, is that the
length of the polar night is 142 days.
What heavenly place that would be in
which to tell n man with bill to call
around day after tomorrow and get his
money.-Hask-eye.
We always have sympathized with
Queen Victoria in her efforts to econ
omize and sew up the patches in the
children's clothes; but now it fairly
makes ones heart bleed to read the an
nouncement that she's limited by Par
lament to beggarly pittance ofSS,27O
per day.
THE late DR.. Norman Mcleod used
to tell this story as specimen of q
boys theology: j." Mamma says
that good angels keep good boys"
Aunt" Shall | leave the candle burn
ingP Are you frightened?" j." Yes
-no-yes; leave it burning" Aunt
"What are you frightened for?" j.
Rats" Aunt" Think, dear, about
the good angels" j." Can they Kill
rats?"
In Ward No. 5, few evenings ago,
a fond mother undertook to teach her
little boy the Lords Prayer. The little
fellow repeated the words after her I'M
til she came to: "Give us this day our
daily bread" Then he paused, and
seemed to be thinking very hard. At
last he said: "There amt no use ask
ing God for that bread. You can't
humbug God that way, ma, for He Is
everywhere, and He knows we have
done eat supper, and He must have
seen that big plate full of biscuits in the
safe, and if we try to fool Him He'll
catch US out on the fly, first OPP
| San Antonio Herald
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A Stage Fire.

In piece by Victor Sejour, entitled
ala Madame DIES Roses" there was
shown a spacious hall in palace, with
q terrace and staircase at the back,
which were consumed in the flames.
The effect of the servants and others
flying through the flames to make their
escape, of the falling rafters, the sparks,
the lurid red which filled the whole
scene, was so complete that the specta-
tors rose from their seats in alarm
Nothing was more simple than the
agency employed. The ordinary lime
light, turned on to the full, sufused the
stage with a flood of light, and seen
through crimson glasses impaired a
fierce glow of the same tint. Any va
Dor of the whitest kind moving in such
a medium would at once give the no.
ton of volumes of lurid smoke. Ac-
cordingly, few braziers filled with
powder known as '1ycopodium" are
placed at the wings, each fitted with
sort of forge bellows, each blast pro-
ducing a sheet of flame and smoke.
The lights in front being lowered, rows
of little jets, duly screened, are made
to follow the fiues Of the beams, raft
ers, ETC., and thus make these edges
stand out against the fierce blaze. The
view, therefore, from behind, has thus
an almost prosy and orderly aspect
but the effect is complete. There is all
the literal form and surface, as it were,
of fire, without the material of fire.
Neso Quarterly Magazine, ,
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Good Wine Needs No Bush.

The following true adventure had its
foundation in the waggery of gentle
man who may he called Mack, and &C.
Cured few days since in a drug store
not far from the Public Square:
Entering the drug store Mack winked
at the clerk, and at the same time took
from the counter a two dollar and q
half bottle of wine, which he slipped
under his coat. Approaching the pro
prietor he said: 81 was compelled to
take lot of wine on a bad debt the 9th
er day, and came in to see if l couldn't
sell you three or four dozen"
"Rather doubtful" said Mr.. Pro-
prietor, ''as there isn't much call in that
line just now. What kind of an article
is it?"
"Here is a sample" said Mack, hav-
ing deprived the bottle of its label while
under his coat. ''Try it."
Mr.. Proprietor shook it, looked at the
light through it, and finally pulled out
the cork for a taste. Making some
thing of wry face, he said: 81 don't
know about that, Mack, it hasn't just
the flavor l like. l couldn't get over IS
cents a bottle for it,
"Don't 90 too fast" said Mack;
"before you pronounce an opinion you
ought to get better acquainted with it. "
"All right said Mr.. P, taking the
hint; "come into the back room"
So into the back room they went, sat
down socially at table, and began to
canvass the situation in remarkably
friendly manner, while a couple of
clerks outside enjoyed the situation
amazingly. The wine all gone, Mack
arose to go as the druggist said: "Sev-
enty-five cents bottle would be all |
could get for that, but ifyou're minded
to bring down three or four dozen, I'll
give you 40 cents per bottle for it."
"Allright," said Mack, "you just
look for me around some of these
days"
1t is needless to say that he did not
come. 1t is also needless to say that
the druggist is anxiously looking for
him, ready to give him reception far
more full of esprit" than was the
wine.- Cleveland Leader.
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ner was drunk, and had forced bis way into
Capt. Hazrodt's residence, from which Hos
ford elected him.
A wagon containing Sc people, who
were going TO attend German wedding in
the vicinity OF Cincinnati, on the night of
the 18th, was driven of bridge, % feet
in height, and all were precipitated to the
rocks beneath. Three Of the party were
fatally injured, and nearly every one was
more or less bruised.
By a collision at Sparksville, Ind,
on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, on
the night Of the 18th, Frank Albert and
Lucas McClelland, brakemen, were scalded
At Davenport, Iowa, on the night of
the 18th, some miscreant threw a six
pound explosive shell into the residence Of
Mr.. VIM. II. Price, son Of the Hon. Hiram
Price, Congressman elect. The missile
exploded with great violence, SCATTERING
the windows and doing much damage to
the furniture in the room. Fortunately
none of the inmates of the house were in
jured.
The Santa Fe mail-coach was stopped
10 miles north of Las Vegas, New Mexico,
on the night Of the Goth, by four masked
men, who, being well armed, compelled
the driver and messenger to alight. They
took from the mail pouches and express
boxes every thing of value except some sill
yer bricks, which they said were too heavy.
They cut the telegraph line before taking
their departure.
A maiden named Emma Jared, about
is years of age, living with her parents, five
miles north Of Keytesville, Mo-, was shot
and instantly killed at her home by young
man and former lover, named Joseph b.
Brown, on the evening Of the Goth. After
killing Miss Jared, Brown shot himself
through the head with the same pistol, and
died in a short time. Miss Jared's parents
objected to the visits Of Brown TO their
daughter, and she had therefore dismissed
him short time before.
1t was reported on the 23d that bands
of Sioux and Arapahoes were raiding among
the cattle ranches along the Western from
tier and killing cattle by wholesale. The
settlers were gathering at Wallace, Kit Car
son, and other points on the railr DAD, for
protection.
Mullins and Hughes, the two men ar
rested on the charge Of attempting to despoil
the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, have been
indicted by special Grand Jury Of Sanga-
mon County, ILL.,, for two separate crimes
attempted larceny and conspiracy-and
each was committed In default of bail in the
sum Of ST., 200.
A dispatch from Raleigh, N. c., says:
DR.. A. j. Glover, Supervisor Of Elections
at Swan Quarter, Hyde County, N. c., was
drowned on the night of Nov. 6, with Re-
publican tickets for that county in his pos
session. The body was found some days
after hearing evident marks of violence,
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The Betting Mania.

The New York correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune writes: OF all ths
utterly disconsolate men in the world,
those fellows in this city whose money
is tied up in the pools sold on the cleo
ton results are the most miserable.
Those who bet on the Republican side
will not give up, while those on the
Democratic side who imagine they are
winners are unable to secure their win
nings. 1t is estimated that there is an
aggregate of g, 500, 900 held in the pool
boxes, of which John Morrissey holds
S1,250,000. The feelings of those who
have made investments in the pools
may be imagined when a report was
buuetined and extensively circulated
last Saturday night that one of the pool
sellers had absconded that day with
over a half-million dollars of pool
money. All day Sunday inquiries were
made among the booksellers as to the
truth of the story, and not until Sun
days papers definitely cOntradicted the
rumor did the excitement finally sub
side.
1t is related of a Republican politician
who has wagered heavily in favor Of
Hayes and Wheeler that he lamented
on the morning after the election that
he had lost. To console his wife, who
looked daggers at him as he confessed
his folly, he said: "NOw, my dear, l
had intended if l had won to eXpend it
all in buying you a magnificent pair of
diamond solitaires, the very thing
you've set your heart on" She could
not smile even with this explanation,
but, woman-like, bore the inward pain
without an outward murmur. The next
night the husband came home in hap
Ply mood, exclaiming as he entered the
house, "It's all right, my dear; Hayes
is elected-the latest returns make it
out a sure thing; and l have won my
bet" The wife smiled this
time, but said nothing. She
read the Times in the morning
with great glee, and her husband in
sisted that it was all true. The next
Saturday the wife quietly proceeded to
Tifany's and selected a pair of soil
taires worth $500. Still she said moth
inc, but on the next Qas) Monday
evening her husband and herself were
to join a theater party to see the
" Shaughraun, when she surprised her
other half by wearing the diamonds.
He asked her where she obtained them,
and when she explained that she bought
them at Tifany's upon the strength OF
his statement that he had won on
HAYES, he was inclined to retort. "But
my money is tied up in one of those IN
fernal pools, and it may be months be-
fore l can get it out, and perhaps
never" But he did nothing of the
kind. He informed her that the next
time she bought any thing OF that sort
she had better do it with cash in hand
she might make a better bargain
that's all!
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Old-time Emigration.

Emigration in these days of steam
boats and railroads is comparatively a
trihing matter. But hundred years
ago, when oX-teams and saddle-horses
were the only means of conveyance, it
was quite serious matter. Then when
a party of emigrants started from New
England village for interior New York
or the Ohio River, they assembled on
the church-green, where religious serv-
ices were held, and the venerable pas
tor commended them to the special pro-
lection of Almighty God.
An old gentleman, who when but four
years old was carried by his father from
Vermont to the interior of New York,
tells some interesting incidents of pio-
neer life in 1890. A cart, two wagons,
two yoke of oxen, four horses, few
sheep, hogs and cattle, and little
household stuff, formed their worlds
wealth. They rode in wagons until the
roads became so bad as to force them to
journey on horseback. The wagons
were left behind until the roads settled
The father rode one horse, the little boy
was placed on pillow tied behind the
saddle, with strap under his arms
buckled around his fathers waist. The
little girl sat on the pommel, supported
by her fathers arm; larger girl rode
on the horse which carried the bed and
bedding; yearling colt tagged after,
and the rest of the party drove the live
stock.
Some of the privations were ludi-
crous. The family had arrived in the
country before strengthening, and the
boy needed clothes. Not until next
spring could cloth be made. His moth
er cut up an old cloak, and from it
made a little coat with pockets. His
grandfather got a sheepskin, out of
which he made the boy a pair OF
breaches. He took off the wool, rubbed
it, pulled it, and then nailed it to the
wagon-box to dry. It was very poorly
tanned, but the boy was cased in a pair
of sheepskin breeches. The skin was
dry, and ratified like parchment, and,
owing to the small size of the skin, the
breaches extended but little lower
than the knees. In dry weather the
breeches ratified; in wet weather they
would stretch and become iabby. When
they dried they would be shorter and
harder than ever. Thus pantalooned
and coated, he spent a very pleasant
season, until, sheep-shearing having
come around, he got pair of wooden
pants.-Youth'S Companion.
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TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

During an Episcopal Church enter
tainmeni at HIPS Hall, PerryvilIe, Madi-
son COuaty, n. Y, on the evening of the
18th, the floor gave way, precipitating over
30 ladies and children u feet to the floor be-
low. Several ladies were seriously, il moi
fatally, injured.
Oshwold and Ryan, convicted of the
murder Of officer Brock, at Newark, n. j.,
have been sentenced to be hanged Janu-
ary5.
Thomas Ellis, the defaulting Teller
Of the National Park Bank, New York. has
been arrested at ST. Johns, New Bruins
wick.
In the Admiral Porter prize.money
case the Court decided that the captors were
entitled to but half OF the proceeds of
prizes.
Terrence Mullen, proprietor of a
Chicago saloon, and Jack Hughes have been
arrested as the parties who sought TO steal
the body of President Lincoln. They were
AIKEN to Springfield.
Nine prisoners in the county jail at
Columbus, Ohio, overpowered the Sheriff on
the night OF the 18th and escaped. Four
were afterwards recaptured, but the leader
of the gang was shot twice by the Sheriff
before he would surrender.
An accident occurred on the St. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad,
near Malvern, Ark, on the 18th, caused
by broken rail. Twenty-eight passengers
were wounded; none killed.
AT Custer, D. T., on the night of the
18th, Vim. II. Hosford, Deputy Collector
Of Wyoming, was fred on twice by Chas.
Lightner, Of Omaha, neither shot taking
effect, when Hosford drew revolver and
shot Lghtner, killing him instantly. Light
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Miscellaneous Notes

The official vote of Maryland is: Tilden,
81, $50; Hayes, 71,9S1. Democratic ma
iority, 10, 799. Congressional msjorities:
First District, David NJ. Henry, 1882;
Second, Charles B. Roberts, 3,019; Third,
William Kimmell. 1859; Fourth, Thomas
Swami, 1858; Fifth, Eli J. Henkle, 2, 7S1;
Sixth, William Walsh, 14-all Democrats.
The official vote Of Virginia, with the ex-
ception of York County, the returns from
which are imperfect, is: Tilden, 139, 512;
Hayes, 90, PCS. Democratic majority, A.
PA.
Complete returns from all the counties Of
Illinois give Hayes majority over Tilden
of Is, 0lS.
The oficialvote of Ohio is: Hayes, $50,
sos; Tilden, 1913, 1872; Cooper, 3,057; Smith,
1885. Hsyes's plurality over TiIden, -
SIC.
The official vote of Pennsylvania is:
Hayes, 3S4, 14S; Tilden, 366, 204; Cooper,
1924; Smith, 1872. Hayes's plurality,
II, 94.
The official returns for Minnesota show
Hayes's majority to be "a ,00S. The three
Republican Congressman are elected by the
following msjorities: Dunnell, S,945; Strait,
4, 100; Stewart, 2,040.
Wisconsin gives Hayes a majority Of
GIL. Owing to a mistake in printing the
blank returns, the majority for Downs, one
of the Republican Electors, is only 1900.
The official canvass in New Hamp-
shire gives Hayes Al ,522; Tilden, So, 449;
scattering, "A. Hayes's plurality, 3,073.
Aldrich, the contesting Democratic
Presidential ElectOr in Vermont, has served
upon the Governor protest against the is
suing Of certificate to Sollace, alleged to
be ineligible.
Gov. Charles X. Ingersoll, who heads the
Democratic Electoral ticket in Connecticut,
holds the office Of Commissioner Of the Cir
cult Court Of the United States, and the Re-
publicans will contest his election on the
grounds Of ineligibility.
The official canvass of the vote Of Missouri
gives the following totals: Tilden, 202, =
6S7; Hayes, IA, 1913; Cooper, 3,498. Til
denis plurality, IS, 2S9; majority, "a, 791.
A San Francisco dispatch of the oath says
that Pacheco, Republican candidate for
Congress in the Fourth District, has l ma
jority.
The official canvass OF the vote in Arkan-
sas gives Tilden IS, OS3, Hayes, IS, 1863, and
Cooper, 2l1. Plurality for Tilden, 10, 414.
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THE MARKETS.
ST. LOUIS. November IS, 1915.

ST. LOUIS, November 25, 1915.
BEEvEs-Choics, s4.i5s So Good 70 Prime,
e. 40 q 4.CO; Cows and Heifers. tz.Z0eS.so
Corn Fed Texans, s2.tO54.CO.
HoGs-Packing e5.60sS 30. 49,
SHEEP-Common TO Fancy, e2-5 4.ei5s
Lambs, per head, sl.OOsS.25. 90.
FLoUR-Choice Country s5-Soso" w AAA'
WHEGT-Red. No. 2. t1.26HsI.2Shi No. D.
CoRsoNo Mixed. 43Xe44H.
OATs-No. 2, 32g52Hc.
RYE-NO. 2, 65 601sc.
TIMOTHY sEED--PIime. tl.o5sI.7e.O ~.
ToBACCo-Planters' Lugs, t4.OOs6-OOi Ne
dium Shipping Leaf, tS.O0s 9.OO.
HAT-Choice Timothy. sl2 Oeg 1880.
BUrTER-Choice Dairy, 25e2oc
P P-fsS Mess, els a5sls.5O
WooI-Tub- washed, Choice. Al Q n1oi sn-
washed Combing, 3Oe3lc.
CoTTOH-biddllDg. ia
NEW YORK.
BEEvEs-Native Steers, tS.25e 1885, Colorado
SHEEP-COmmOn 70 Cnolcss t4.V8Os1OI
Lambs, t5.OJe6.75.
HoGs-Live, $6.oOg6.25.
FLoUR-tiood 10 Choice, s5.60a5.7O
wHEAT-.No. Chicago, New, sl.zse sI.So.
OATs-Western Mixed, 50 45e
PoRK-Mess, 1850 Gl7.OO
CoTToN-Middling. 12;.
CHICAGO
BEEyEs-Common 70 Choice. % sOs6 45.
HoGs-Common to Choice, s5.GJso I-74-
SHEEP-s2.I0B4.5O.
FLOUR-Chcice Winter 90 9 l. =oi Cnoice
Spring Extra, s5.75e6.25.
WHEAT - Spring No ? Gle . tA-Iza
sprlDs. No. 8, sl.C6zei.t6H
CoKN-So. 2, 44s44Hc.
OATs-No. 2, 32es21c.
RYE-No. 2, 66He SIC.
PORK-Mess, al5.g0s l5-9).
LARD-Per cIt.. e9 s5s9 90.
KANSAS CITY.
BEEvEs-Native Steers, t2.75s4.25i Naive
Cows. e2.O0E2 90.
HOGS-s4 sos SD.
SHEEP-Common 20 Extra. eI.75e3 Is.
MEMPHIS.
FLoUE-Choice, e6.5Oe5I.N.
CozH-Mixed, 435 5Oc.
OATs-In Store, Agio
COTTOs-Middling. lllzc.
NEW ORLEANS.
ELOUR-Choics Family. SI.OOal-zi
COKs-White, s3a 54c-
OArs-St. Louis. $50 acc.
HAY-Prime, sl4 O00i5.Oo.
PORR-Eew Mesa, eli .508ls.0O.
BACON-7%s9Zc.
COTTOs-a iddEnz. Ike.
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The Eucalyptus tree is doing Won
ders in purifying the pestilential Roman
campagna. This tree grows 10 or 20
feet high, the wood is hard, and the
leaves have a most remarkable absorb
ing power. 1t originated in Australia,
and both there and in many other parts
of the world where it has been cult
waited, malarial fevers have been entire
ly destroyed by its action. An elixir
has been prepared from it which is a
remedy for fever, and it also exempts
vineyards from the attacks of noxious
insectS-not from the Phylloxera, how
ever.
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A dispatch from Tallahassee, Florida,
18th, says: Both parties still claim the
State Democratic estimates based on I'M
official returns gives Drew and Tilden both
a clear majority. The Republicans claim
that, even admitting this, they will
be able by proving frauds to over
come this prjBd Jdcie majority
and establish the State for Hayes. The fight
before the State Board will be very bitter.
The Democrats, besides defending their
majority for Tilden, will attack the returns
in Jefferson, Alachua and Leon counties,
which are Republican strongholds.
II was intimated on the 10Th that the
Governor Of Florida would assume the sole
right OF canvassing the vote Of that State
for Presidential Electors, on the ground
that the act creating the Returning Board
does not use the word ELECTORS" in Civ
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The New York Sun of the 23d, in an
article in reference to the st. Louis
Whisky Ring, publishes what purports
to be a copy of an Endorsement by
President Grant on letter from Joyce
to Avery, asking for information as to
certain Investigations then pending,
which reads as follows: "Joyce and
Mcdonald are reliable and trustworthy.
Let them have the information they
want. U. S. Grant" A Washington
dispatch says that the President pro-
nOunces the Endorsement utterly false,
adding that if there be any thing in
existence, of which that is copy, it is
an unblushing forgery.
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THERE are four States in each of
which two United States Senators are
TO be elected this winter, viz. Colora-
do, Louisiana, Tennessee and West Vir-
ginia. In Louisiana, a successor to
MIR. West is to be chosen and vacan-
cy to be filled. In Tennessee, Mr..
Cooper's term expires, and Mr.. Key
holds by appointment of the Governor,
thus necessitating an election of one
Senator for six years and another for
the unexpired term of the late Andrew
johnson; while in West Virginia, the
term of Mr.. Davis expires and the va
cancy occasioned by Mr.. CapertoR's
death is to be filed.
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A LONDON telegram of the 21st says:
The Foreign Office publishes a dis
patch in which Lord LOTUS, British Am
bassador to Russia, reports in detail
what passed at the audience he had
with the Gar Nov. ?. He reports that
the Gar said he had sent the ultimatum
10 the Porte because he feared the dis
oomfture of the Servisn army might be
followed by atrocities. The Porte had,
by series of maneuvers, frus-
trated all attempts at pacifca-
ton. The present state of things
was intolerable. Unless Europe
was prepared to act firmly snd ener-
getically he would be obliged to act
alone. He regretted to see that invet-
crate suspicion and continual fear of
Russian aggression still existed in Eng
land. The Gar reminded Lord Lotus
that he had on several occasions given
most solemn assurances that he desired
no conquest. He had not the smallest
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DURING a performance at Moore's
Opera-house, Sacramento, Cal, on the
night of the 18th, the floor suddenly
gave way, precipitating the whole audi
ence to the floor below, which was used
for a livery-stable. Seven persons were
taken dead from the ruins, while about
one hundred others were crippled and
wounded, many of them seriously.
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A TELEGRAM from Calcutta states
that 10000 persons persisted during
the cyclone which passed through East
ern Bengal on the 31st of October.
The Government is taking active steps
for the relief of the distressed popu-
lation of the district.