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q BIT t rau be .,paGc ia three
OH & moItns>hy any oae Ui 'iilicr sex
Ia any pat al the cpuntrt "hu l.
uiliii,y TO work s.csti " al the tntpl slaett hat
We furnish. So Per week IL v',uy own town
You need not hr away fSIm home over ui.ht
Yor can give yuur Wall, tin,r to tie wOik. or
o..y y.,sr spare moments. He Live Grri'is
NM .trc making aver 81, pee aa,. All who Gu
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
STAT: UiitL %.

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/. ,Jahn H. 'DrfrS.. i& Cos. drug
store j. the hea'igrar'rr, Tor tho pc
cigars AZ! ri.csi';g iui,fvco.
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Laws Governing Subscribers

i.rb,cri.,c-. or,,cr Ne dI.cc-:'naanrc 81 Ai'h
sss,arer.. the publisher u.,y coa!is dc 10 sc.'
them lp;il al arr'ara-cs aie'p..d.
(; Ii A.b, -ri,er, nc,,cc, or ufs-c to tate ihcir
s~wsp~p.,s from 'hci' "sie' I" "h'eh t's! nj
directed, thry are he.a re-ia'sio'c nnth '"r,
have s.tIlva ,aeir t.l. and Ordered tie !'"i H''
con !nas
Itsab.cr,bcrs move to other plss-s "i'ioui in'
fornai,s tAs pro:ishvr, .ht nca -is?eT- arc .th'
Q ts- .rn,rr direction ;hcy ar~ held rsspor,ihe
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Local Column
MASONIC

The stated Communications ~ Osceols Lodge
NJ. e 4. a 4. NJ. Win be ,ld the saturdays
on or lexi b to $, each full Hiuin. VIZ jGu.
u Feb. - March ID. April Is May II 4, Juie
June "a July 10, Aug. 10, sept !, o,t~ 3.
No.. 2. be T. lrc =.
ST. J..hh Ihr Eyat.,Ns1
7 The j a',rs, ore ,plerci TO- sttrnd in accor'l-
eac w'fi ihr iiy lass
All Mu-t.r Md--us ~ g"o.i .ta n,irg are cJs,.i
ally Invited to sit.nd. Ry o.rer.f
J.K p fthIE. " u.
% cL.cHwonp. >-tgs
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o. Our Epars cAsps, n. two s,xks. ~s.hI
S'easss 70 ci.., r..-.s'l. FELLOWS ~ u
xsssh ceasA4 -, ~
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EHnGEu,el

F,o.,'',, Eco, hg, and Cnutt! vicik'
D,,tE.i, -. ls'5.
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t.?* .."",:c:S.
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= Ono OF ,i,o blessings bestowed
upon man 10y a boun,i!al cre;'ior
;o,' prre wa,er. Ths ra" be oh
.unei in any conn'ry- hi'h, the
srr,d renuwHri Grrat. II caier;,
We'll Adsen ~. .s"Tan'ced to
tor, ,Aroast any,kina Of 'a:'h or
-ul! rock a;,d any 4ypia required,
See advertisement in auo,..er col
uma.oi this PAGER. j. II .
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Tho crazy wom.n who escaped
from h,r kvrper, soina tea or
.srl'c days ago. turnch W on
thrspn's Lake. A. no ci,rrt has
.,crn mais ~ the a,i:h,r,,i". 10
.fins .irr back anl ;asc care OF
her, il j, i.o.'e! ,lc ci. zcn- o; HAT
- r,l.urlood wiii ,shr care o' her
uniI .soa,e,i.i'g can BE- u ne to
aa., IiJr,!c her ri;mble couil;irn,
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yra,ihs that Il is currently re..., .eo,
generally believed there, that Osman Pasha /
will pe tried by military court martial OF
he highest jurisdiction for the slaughter OF
he wounded after the great battle of July
81, the fight before tie Grivtza redoubt on
September ~, ara several other minor en-
'tcoveries made by the
ltra.,;ik Eing the fortitcations
UNI" S,sns 70 gained from Turkish
rs;ssSs & ass sSi,;:s ss:s
,rsst 10 ,ud ysments, leaving no rea
fS. psit 6yss \ 5Vurks under Qsman
4 ps,os tne wss w deeds which will
s.s!' s,s~p" f0rsverinfan0u'.
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cation between the rock and the main
Land was cut off, and in the following
month the fortress was completely
blockaded. The besiegers brought
TO bear all the resources of war, by
land and sea, and their operations
we're directed by the ablest French
and Spanish englneerss powerful
feet anchored in the bay, and for
three weeks an incessant lombard
ment was kept up from eighty NOR
tars and 200 pieces of battering can
non. The garrison made sortie on
November 81, 1871, and destroyed
the enemy's works, but the allies
soon reconstructed them and brought
100 pieces of artillery to play against
the fortress, an army of 10000 men
the meanwhile besieging it by land,
while torty-seven ships of the line,
and a great number of smaller vessels
menaced it by sea. Admiral Rod
new having succeeded in throwing
relief into the fort by defeating the
French fleet, the garrison was greatly
encouraged, and, by discharging red
hot shot, silenced the enemy's enor-
nous floating batteries and burned
many of their ships. Nine of the
batteries were set on fire. About
400 of the crews were saved by the
exertions Of the British, but the rest
all persisted by the flames, explosions,
or drowning. Soon afterward the
besieged were reinforced, but they
had only lost sixteen men throughout
the attack. These little excerpts
from history are not very encourag-
ing to Spain in her aspirations for the
recovery Of Gibraltar. Washington
Post.
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He Took a Liberty.

She was young lady from Duck
water and had enjoyed her visit to
the Base Range metropolis immense.
~ She was pretty and piquant, and
one OF our well known eailants had
done his level best to make it nleas.
ant tor her during her stay. The ey.
citing cause of the following. was an
attempt on his part to snatch a kiss
from her pouting lips. Then she rose
in all the dignity Of offended maid.
enhood, and said, "See here mister
Jest don't set 'em too fresh. You've
done the handsome thing in circuses.
Ice cream, candy and SIGH. but Won
can't take no liberties. NV Jake,out to
the creek, he's got quit-claim deed
to the premises, and don't YOU for.
get it. You can't squat on his loca.
ton, and you'd better hunt for a onsr
ter section in some other direction
where you can get better title and |
gather your own crop" The vounc |
man recognized the force of her ar
gument and hunted.
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PhilOpena in Germany.

The German method Of managing
the pleasant ply of philopena, is as
follows:
When couple meet after eating
philopena together, no advantage is
taken of the other until one of them
pronounces the word "philopena."
This is the warning; now the sport is
to begin.
Let us suppose that, gentleman
calls upon lady. She invites him
to walk in, and at same time
speaks The talismanic I'D. C1t he
SeeSpssfh she s asks hin to tAke off his h hat
he must resolutely Ike p it on; if to
be seated, he must stand or if at the
table she should hand him any article
which he accepts, she wins the forfeit
During all this time he endeayors
to take her by surprise, for the accept.
ance OF any offer from the other wins
the game. Both are CONSTANTLY exer-
cising their wits to prevent being
caught, and the sport goes on all the
evening.
Perhaps the gentleman brings a lit
tie present, and says =" knowing that
l shall lose my philopena, I have
brought it along; here it is.' If she
is caught off her guard by til. smooth
speech, she loses, for he Immediately
claims the forfeit.
Ii neither wins at the first Meeting,
the sport is continued to the Iecond,
and 1T may happen that half adozen
parties meet at the same the, all
ANXIOUS to win of their phppena
partners, so that the scene oftn be.
comes ludicrously amusing. 1t is |
diamond cut diamond" intvery |
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Retaking Gibraltar.

There is only one hindrance to the
Spaniards taking Gibraltar, and that
is that it is impregnable. Three of
its sides are so steep and precipitious
as to be wholly inaccessible, and the
fourth side, sloping down to the wa
ter, is protected by about 1 200 pieces
Of artillery. The Moors were finally
expelled from the fortress by the
Spaniards in 1852, and the latter
then greatly strengthened it, and
supposed they had made it impreg-
nable, but it was captured by few
British sailors, under Sir George
Rookie, in 1904 and the most desper-
ate and most persevering efforts have
been unavailing to retake it. In 1713
it was confirmed to Great Britain by
the treaty of Utrecht. The Span
iards attacked it with a great force
in 1927, and in 1879 the assault was
renewed by combined French and
Spanish fleet. This latter siege lasted
three years. BY June all communi-
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means of access, are improved, it will
be the resort of wonder seekers from
the four Quarters Of the globe. The
project OF a railway from Omaha,
however, is almost chimerical. The
distance is at least 500 miles, and
while the route up to the Niobrara
valley nearly to the Wyoming line
is practicable, the remaining half of
the distance is largely a wild, noun
famous, barren, unpeopled country,
through which railway will be, for
decades at least, only a dream. 1t is
not supposable that the projectors of
the " Omaha g. National Park rail-
way" think seriously of such a des-
tination as the name indicates. The
National Park, however, will, before
many years, be accessible without
difficulty, as the proposed line Of the
Northern Pacific railway runs up the
Yellowstone river through Montana,
to within so miles or so of the Wyo-
ming line, and the prospects for the
completion of that great enterprise
now seem encouraging.
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LGRICULTURIST.
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'ofethe married man; and lastly, he
has become welded to material COM
fort. No human being is so selfish
as a selfish bachelor. If a man reach
es forty without being married, his
Judgment has matured, and his impul-
ses have slackened. He can there
fore, "think" whether he will marry
or not. 1t may be true, that the
woman who hesitates is lost; but it
is not true of bachelor, The more
he "thinks" of marriage perhaps,
the less he likes it. Whether he
changes his opinion at fifty, is another
question. But repentance then comes
too late.
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Proposed Railway to Yellowstone
Park.

The Railacay Age looks with dis.
rust upon a project mooted in Oma.
"a; A company has been incorpora
a IN Nebraska with the ambitions
gect of building railway to he
yed the Omaha q National ParL
way, from Omaha via the Niobra-
a ~ to Yellowstone park. This
81 national pleasure ground, if
mb be necessary to remind our read
WIS in the northwestern corner of
1 !" rdding Territory, and is tract Of
c cent? 65 miles in extent, near the
i Iene't which lies the Yellowstone
Sc I2dy of water 15x22 miles in
ohoyo an elevation of 1927 feet
has wis sea- This region, which
for the o. been set apart by congress
most en- ic, comprises some Of the
features e and astonishing natural
and in tb3e found on the earth.
purse of time as the |
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Fraternity.
EBEN SMITH.

EBEN SAlITi.se..,ia 81
In unity let brethren live,
And mutual health and comfort give.
No Joy we covet ever thrives
In callous hearts and selfish lives.
Beheld the rocks in yonder wood.
How happy in their brotherhood!
The hOcks that DER our pastures stray,
How blest in their fraternity.
Observe the hive, where winters hoard
Foresight and industry have stored
How light the burden of such toll,
How rich the sharers of the spoil!
AS trees with which the steam is decked,
Each other shelter and protect;
A shield from all the ills we see,
Let brother unto brother be.
A single brand the gust can quench,
And black it lies in smoke and stencil;
But many brands together glow
More brightly, should the tempest blow.
From land to land let love extend,
As freely as from friend to friend
Our names and nations differ may,
But are we not one family!
From breast to breast let feeling How
Aud keep the warmth of life aglow;
From hand to hand let help be given,
And earth will soon resemble heaven.
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The COntented Bachelor.

Strange as it may seem, thereex-
lists a class of men who are not 1nhe
least affected by the charms of
women whose winsome ways areh-
tirely wasted upon them. The CT.
tented bachelor simply sees WON
as trees walking. His rooms are
model OF creature comfort, and b
lavlshes as much affection on an oil
meerschaum, as a young mother on
new baby. He is very particular
concerning the cut of his coat, and he
retains enough of the natural infrm
itles OF human nature, to keep his hat
wen brushed, and to obiurgate freely
if his boots have not a dazzling pol
ism. Such a bachelor, moreover, is
generally found Sin the pockets . o.
several fair and interesting creatures
FOR all that he holds out. What is
the reason? Something no doubt
must be attributed to habit. He has
grown accustomed not to be married
ana so he remains single from sheer
By degrees, too, il
becomes matter of honor to him
not to surrender; and herhaps, ends
,py prldlng himself on his invulnera
piiity' He has seen many fellows
succumb; but he is still erect. Their
TOO his social power is greater thar
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East Indian Thieves.

The East Indian thieves are the
most expert in the world. The quar-
termaster-sergeant Of regiment at a
certain station was very corpulent
and heavy man. One night his house
as entered by robbers, who not only
cleared it of everything portable that
was lying about, but absolutely stole
the very bed-clothes from under the
fat sergeant himself and his sleeping
family, without disturbing one of
them. When they awoke in the
morning, they were lying on the bare
mattresses. This is a common trick
with East Indian thieves, and the way
they manage it is this; The robber,
before he enters house or tent, first
strips and annoints himself all over
with oil-which is done in order that
in case any person should be awake
and seize the intruder, he might be
enabled to slip like an eel from his
grasp. Thus prepared, he creeps into
the dwelling as noiselessly as possible.
The nights in India are generally very
close and oppressive, and the sleep OF
most people, although heavy,is uneasy
and disturbed. OF this the thief
takes advantage. He quietly crouch
es down under the bed, and with a
feather gently tickles the nose of the
sleeper, who, half doing, rubs it and
turns on his couch. While he is do
ing this, the sheet on which he is ly-
ing is withdrawn little from under
him by the thief. When he is fast
asleep again, second application of
the feather, causes another turn, and
siae, and the tftbf e SBest s0 is
tlnued until the sheet is completely
W!thdrawn from under the uncon.
sclous sleeper. The operation takes
some time, but is always so nicely
managed that there is no case on rec.
ora OF the slumberer being awakened
whlle the robbery is going forward.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-10-16
Ny Tramp.

1fOnU porch tHlHhluS' Hetu JN'O
married, and in the overflow OF my
ioy l wished all the world well. |
was thinking of tramps. A curious
subject for a man just married to
think about. was thinking OF the
various causes and circumstances that
led q man to become q tramp.
wondered whether some of them
may not have been born tramps'
Then thought how some OF them,
perhaps, had once occupied an i'm
portant place in the world. lmpor-
tant as compared with their present
occupation of tramping, l mean
How by adverse fortune some OF
them had been driven from aff1uence
down through the various grades OF
l ana circumstances, shabby gentll'
tramps. WhIfe 1ntil they become |
beheld a specimen Of thvs.engaged
was the subject Of my thoughts ab.l
preaching the house, He was appar-
emily about twenty-five years old,
tall, broad shouldered and with a
physique that seemed capable OF en-.
during an endless amount st fatigue:
sn me- would 50 willingly disFe gafa ner
1rindness. He opened tn ting gaze WIN
ngnronrietary air, that tllSea me WIN
aSpr0 ,'isa and admirasion combined,
supra sun talked to acre | sat; about
two spaces ia evening, returned ned
wished msand inquired his business
his sadness consisted of the same
His>Gd oft repeated formula. Try
4fo get work. Had walked many
miles and had had nothing to eat
since the day before. Could I give
him a little something to help him
along. My experience with tramps
was then somewhat limited; since
then, however, [ have learned that a
little something" may mean a great
deal of anything according as you
are deaf or listen to the opportunities
Of the tramp. The fellow told his
story so frankly, so candidly, and
with such an evident desire to con.
ceal nothing, that I found myselt
growing interested in its conclusion
Bidding him be seated, went into
the house.
Dinner was just over; and going
to the kitchen / got the cook to give
to me bowl of soup and large
slice Of bread; passing through the
dining room, picked up a spoon and
put it in the bowl. 1t was a large
silver tablespoon, solid; one of a set
OF six given my wife at her marriage.
Going cut on the porch again, 1 hand
ed my load to the tramp, lntimating
that he might satisfy his hunger He
took the bowl with a hungry, thank
full look, and for few minutes seemed
only intent on breaking his en-
forced fast. He ate as only a really
hungry man can eat, and handled the
spoon with marvellous dexterity.
Suddenly he paused in his labors, and
looked at me fxedly. Don't get
the likes of this very often. 'Speci-
ally round here. This here's the
poorest town for tramps the whole
way from Pittsburgh to Chicago"
This was said in an aggrieved tone,
as though he felt himself a much in
jured person.
Eyes ?" I said, with. just shade
Of curiosity in my voice.
Yes" he said, this used to be
boss place for tramps but the boys
got to cutting up, and so the folks
got shy of us. l guess I'm the first
ones been here this season"
I told him I thought he was.
Il didn't come here, either" he