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, 1880-05-03
Nicotine In Her SIt1Ack.

tFs. UaFTlto0 n Eh4 SsInStaF1aH.
wonder how any woman who bus over kteSc1
kissing tobacco -chewer. Did yuu ever eco une
suffer tho pe,laltyf 7'h!s IL how she loes 1t:
Thcro u u preliminary shsldder. u1,d thon she
sets her truth bard, holds her breath, aud makes
little pxeou. dig vt the foul lips Of tho grinninx
bca4t. aud then, palo with horror, tles to the
kituhen. whore. II you follow her. you will iud
hor dlantsctInK with soap aud water. Many ii
tho blessed little hypoerlts pretend that thuy
like taq sgqli Qf eiga1, but eYcQ hyPQcgisy 4
, 1880-05-03
CREMATION AND SUICIDES.

dpFFt08 pHP0FEH 70 7H CHssuV0 1f1oH"sR
P1TytHuh0, Pa, May a.-0ne' Of the Trustees
Of the cro1natory At Washington. Pa, says tho
body at Charles @. Pootz, which was placed Ia
vauttiu Evergreen Cemetesy, Now York, last Au.
gust, will not ho crcmstod in tho Lo AoyRo fur
naoc, as reported. The Trustee says 1t IL not tho
intention to cremate the bodt0a Of suicides or
others who do not do Of natural causes, nor
bodies that hnyo ,een interIcd. unless such do.
si1e ts oppressed tn the vii nf ihs doceasod,
tho other being that Of = suicide, also Of Now
York.
, 1880-05-03
NOTES AND NEWS.
CfoAN-BQX FRAUDS.

r,..-, :. =. -.
Special Dhrdfeh to 5ne cheaeo Tribune.
WAst1S0ToN. D. O., afny 2.--Tho joint COM
mtttao to investigate tho alleged frnufls Ii, tha
nolec,,on NJ ~ orn,t.ravcn1o nv M 81 cicn1s t
o~"neesoa ~ w. .u.oA !'a.. euu. - W cts"4o
!.1e1 Win 'ao ~ omtuua9 "t.4 ".
dealers from violating tho law, which, as 1t
is Mt present administered, would seem 10 bo
utterly irnpossible. Emnlt dealers. 1t has been
fourd ora In tho bnhit ~ ron,cn,shInr tho
....1- !. t.~s. ~, .v,,I.h A.. ....,,.. ~, ,,s..
sa,as " trs. ~ - "..;,., -, S,na srna H., so",a-
ee!Su' tae san uhss W uoue m "aun tao ucate!
Is also tnauulac1ueer IN sihall WaS. eeFesal
propositions hAy0 been nndo with ytcw tn
check this abuse, In an examination of 10000
ctKnr manufacturers and dcalera, aa5G, 900 empty
ctgor-boxcs wore found on which the stamps
"crn not cancclod.
, 1880-05-03

PATERSON. N. j., May 2.-Tho German So.
ctety Of Paterson this morning went ur'to tho
top Of Garrott Mountain to gree" tho rising of
tho sun, as usual on tho first Sunday In May.
4 purity uf young mon, among thom Joseph
Van 1loutcn. stcpson Of Aid. Swift, OF tho Pater~
son Municipal Board. attempted to cross the
lands Of palzol. a farmcr owning property on
tho mountain top. They wore forbidden to
trcspnss, b,lt persisted, md young vnn IIouton
WIS shot dsad hy pa1zell. Tho party thon p.tr.
sued pnlzell to bis house. where tho police wore
and hnIlse, and, when he came forth. sexcd him,
aud woro nbtiut to hang him "a a troo. tho rope
being nlready In position, whon n reinforcement
Of policemen, arrlvod, and Dalzell ard his son,
who wIs n!so implicated, wero resc4o4 from tho
crowd and taken to Newark.
, 1880-05-03
OBITUARY..


ELDER Il, HENSON.
Speetas Dhp4teh to The chieaao Tribune.
DECATUR, ILL.,, May e.-unc Of tho oldest
ministers Of tho Illinois Eldership, Church Of
God. has been called homo. Eldur r. Hcnaou,
aged 80 years. died ut bis late home, west OF
Decatur, on Arril %, and was buried on tho .0th.
The funera1 was conducted By Ellers Jackson,
Reynolds, and Itchmond.
, 1880-05-03

ROUMAN1A.


HuCAAHEsr, April 16.-The Rononul makes an
Important statemcnt tn the effect that the re-
puted unhealthtness Of tho Dohrudta has no
foundation; that, on the contrary, tho climate is
vary salubrtous, and, moreover, With all tho ex-
psnses Of the annexation nnd administration,
the tevenuo from tho province has exceeded tho
expenditure hy .N,000f.; and, Notwithstanding
the loss OF 160, ,10Uf. Of revenue By freeing tho
rosts Of Kustenjo and Tuldtu, tho surplus for
tho curront year will be nt lcast 400, ,000f.
, 1880-05-03

Special pApateh to Jhs Chicago Tribune.
MENDOZA, ILL.,. May 2.-Nearly all tho colored
residents OF Mendoza assemblod this avontug at
the resdopoo OF Dun Cheen. An alterun ton
spr.ngEng out at what is said to be an old feud
hetwecn Tom Wash. an oftca janitor, and GAbo
stnith. TIT Within u fow days since head oook at
tho passcnger-h ht,lae, Wash drew a royolvcg, and
arm him. the pistol went o1 aud Wash was a
cofpso In less thun two minutes. Tho deceased
svas Industrious, and bore Ropd character gcn.
esally.
, 1880-05-03

CHAMBER DISSOLVED.
Roxr, May 2-Tho King hsA siRn0d the decree
dlssolytng Tho Chamber Of Deputies. Tho oleo-
vii meet May 4.
, 1880-05-03
GERMANY,


4sfeIs*stak0N q F@lA44UHs
LoFooa, May ga Berlin dispatch says: Ow-
Ing to Blsmarck's nervous systom being much
overutsalned, tho physicians Of his family urge
hts Temporary retircment from state Affairs.
Andi IL expected he will tako a long leave of
ShseQce.
, 1880-05-03

4 pigeon n-shootlug mitch for 800 side, 100
single brtis, thirty yards rise, from ground
traps, uto ot both barrels allowed, was shot at
". Louis last Saturday between A. \. uoRar!ua,
Erb. Of VI: LoAis. Uogardua won caally by
9ooFo OF 80 to u.
, 1880-05-03
OIIIO.


spteta1 Dspateh to Ths Chicago Tribune.
F1snLAY, uancock Co., May 2-Whcat looks
AZ we'll ns lust year, except where tho drought
killed 1t last fall. Look for good crQr Of wheat
, 1880-05-03
ALABAMA.

MONTGOMERY, Aln., May l.-Crop- reports from
tho State nre to tho effect that thcy are scycrnl
weeks behind lust year, Tho weather Is still un-
sc1sonahlc.
, 1880-05-03

THE HON. w. w. WARREN.
nosToH, ttnss, Mny 2.-Ex-ConRrnssma
William VIII Warren died In this city tonight
Of pnenmnnta. Io waa d dolcEate 10 thu Nh
t1onnl Democratic Convent ton III 1868 and lBd7,
aud has nlled several prominent ol!ciui posi-.
tons Ia this state.
, 1880-05-03

year, recurring 8i01.000 ties In their constrne-
business Is Immense. snmo Of the rnflrf,nd
Gnrnp9nlcs have begun the work Of reatnrnt'on.
Sides Of tho track. bit they hnro planted sec
unns and quarter sections, 80 thnt at future
dny their own Forests would supply ties for re"
nGWAl.
, 1880-05-03

a colorcd man ploadcd his own case With
mnrked SUCCESS 10 Dallas, Tex, weox ago.
Ha Wa$ accused OF crime ~ grave as uuytrr.
and bad heun convicted. The Judge denied thu
motion for new trial and pskcd tlla customary
, 1880-05-03

Eptetal Dupateh to 1he chftaoo 7Ffbunss
ELIZA, Lnpccr Co.. May 2.-Wintor wheat does
not promise as well US In 1870. Largo aroas are
entirely killed out. Late sovere weather did
great injury to tho wheat. About % per cont Of
tho old wheat yet In farmers' hands. Has been
So wet TINT oats nro not NIL sOwn yet Fruit
promises we'll
, 1880-05-03

OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.
NEW Yonx, May 2,-Arrtyed, City ot noElin,
Liverpool.
LoHpoN, May 2.-The steamships st. Laurent
aud Lcsslns, from Now York, and tho 6ardiniau.
from Baltimore have arrived out.
, 1880-05-03

BpettaI Dtspaleh to Tbs Chicago Tribune.
BLOOMINGTON. Monroe Co., May ADO not
think winter wheat will nuke M fine crop as
In 1870. Tho Old wheat ablut sold.
, 1880-05-03

MILWAUKEE EE WANTS a RAILROAD.
Tho Milwaukee fi'hto'tsfn states that thnre Is
9ood deal Of speculation Just now whether
that giant corporation, tho Chicago & North
weatern Railroad Company, will terminate ono
Of ita trunk lines Ia this city. Tho fnai deter
mlnatton Of this question Ia considered OF vast
moment In securing tho future growth Of Sill
wau&ec Tho people Of Milwaukee have been
so often disappointed In expecting this grand
contamination that nothing will bo bnlleved un.
I'll Il is officially announced that some linc Is TN
der ACTUAL contrnct Il IL Gnnccdcd TINT ot tho
TIM hitter will bo by far Of tho m0st value. MS 1t
wttl bring the i}araboo Vnl'oy In direct connec.
ctln be known Of tho purposes of tho Directors.
hut 1t Ia huted by persons who affect to know
that, when tho ultimate rOpto Is announced. It
wilt be tha most imprtAnt ral1rrnd connection
which has been formed With Milwaukee during
the pnst seventeen years. and hecaube It proves
that. III spite Of croakcrs In thcit midst. the
groat capitalista nf New York and Chicago arc
convinced that there IL q ycrr large future In
storo for this goo1ly city.
, 1880-05-03

1&e u Cxk1t1' EN- I1Itt
Speetdt ptira!th to The Chicago T1buns.
DECATUR, H., May 2.-Tho Town of Ccrro
Gort1o. In this county, was much excited last
evening over tho sudden death by sQftocatiou ot
n harncssmakcr named A, G. Carpenter, ngcd
10 ycara, leaving vito and aercful children.
, 1880-05-03

I'll N1I Ely T z&*
CHESTER, Pa, Mny e.-Tho residence and bnru
OF Sir. Dornndcau, Mt Clnymont, Del. were de-
stfnycd BY fro this morning. Ayoung girl, servant
iu the famfty, WAS hurncd to death. and the
nurac md three nf Dcrnadcnu's children mar
rowlr escaped. Loss heavy,
, 1880-05-03
TURKEY.

LONDON, May IA telegram from Constants
nope announces TINT the Ambassadors demand
Ae removal Of lzzet Pasha from 6cutarl tor
, 1880-05-03

PATERSON, N. J., sfay :.-Gruco Methodist
Episcopal Church, on Water street in this city,
was destroyed by fire to-day. 1t is supposed to
hava been Of tnconsllary origin, as the edince
was fired few months since. Loes, <1e,00Q
, 1880-05-03

LONDON. May "A Paris dispatch says: The
eaHnllle at Aabervisllers have been destroyed
py nrs. Immense stores Of timber wore
, 1880-05-03
RUSSIA,
:" "-%+ = 1
4 DENIAL,

u. PerEHznUnu. May 2.-Tho Ogsctdl Ntssc,,-
Ing With tho Poles.
, 1880-05-03

THE HON, CHARLES KlRTLEY.
LovfsyILLE, Ky, May 2.-Tho Hon. Charles
K!rtlgy, prominent lawyer and Republican
politician, dtpd suddenly at bis home In BIT.
Vernon this afternoon, aged % yoars.
, 1880-05-03

hc teaves homo on important occnstons. Old
membeta nf the Commons straightcn their backs
and get ready for 'IArks' when they see Giad-
6t0ne come in with his hair smooth md flower
In his cont
, 1880-05-03

4 DfOB'S VICTIM,
CINCINNATI, May a-The Gazetee's New Albany,
Ind, special says; Henry Long. who was fatally
shot by mob at Esquire Hoston's otloa, In Blue
Ntver Township, IiaFrtsou County, was buried
this afternoon. IIe made = dying statement,
naming hls tnurderer and eleven pthers Ia the
mob, all Of whom wilt be arrested.
, 1880-05-03

CINCINNATI, Nay s.--Adam Waggope., II old
man living on farm Ia 0ailla County, OhIo,was
shot and killed In bis 1e!d yesterday, By hls
ncphew, Philip Wa8goner. Thoy had quRreeled
about lands. The murderer escaped.
, 1880-05-03

IOWA,
Special 7tspatth to he Chicago Tribune.

Spseiat Tfspatth to NE Chteaso Tribune.
ArLAtrtC. CHss CO.. Mny 1.-Ground ttry. No
rain thls Rprlng. H0yo had constant windy
weather. Spring whcat has been lnrgcly blown
out Of the ground With sprouts two inches long.
Acrcngo onc- third more thnn Inst year. set think
tho crop will bo loss. Two-th!rtls Of the corn
rn1rklfCtl.
Special Dspaseh to The Chteaoa Tribune
AtttIA, Monrnc Co., Aiay 2.-Acrengc Ut spring
wi,cnt lnercnHefl. No wheat for shipment. Win.
ter whent killed. Corn attnit I'LL marketcd.
Srfetai D!spdteh 10 7ht Ehteas7 Tribune.
menccd 10 plow for corn. Very largc acrcnge
Of lux sowr. AcrcnKe Of .arrtng whcnt iu-
crcascd. Old wheat nearly all sold,
Spttiai Dtspatth to The thieIgn Tribune,
MANCHESTER, Delaware Co., May 2,-sprtrg
whcnt Inns feen much retarded by cold. wet
weather. 0ats not nll sown yet, Farmers
old wheat for homo use.
, 1880-05-03
ADJUSTMENTS.
GERMAN THEATRE.

Mr. H6castcrs German company appeared
at MoVicker's Inst evening In Welhrnuch's old
and wcll-worn singing farcc. I,or Aaschinen-
bauer Tho Machinlss}. Mother from a tlnan-
cinl nor artistic point OF v1ew Was the perform
nnce SUCCESS. tho house being BY fas the small
cat Of tho season, and tho playing about tho
worst. Tho plny has no intrinsic value whit
ever, and tho jokes and runs arc we'll worn, yet
II tho plnyts in the hands Of Qrst-cln cotnn-
dlans, un1 a good souhrct who cnn
esnE ns we'll ms act, It never fnEls
70 rteusc. Mr.. 1Iichster's company. however,
does mot contain the comesiiuns and soubreta
With which 70 lrlng out successfully slngtug
fnrcD Of this description. There arc no singers
In the company, aud but nnc comedian. ii 10,
therefore, not Mt all strangc that the perform
anco tGll Gat and most penple went away dts,
quito well, considering tho circumstances, but
there was 50 1a!eh por acting on tho part Of
Next SundAy evening Miss Spahn has q benctit.
On this occasion Schiller's = 'Hnbbcrs" will be
produced, with Mr.. Carl Helmer rs Franz Moor
and Mr. Emil lIUchster as Carl Moor.
, 1880-05-03
IN CHICAGO.


Tho alarm from Dox k,B, at BAT last evening,
Was caused b. the explosion of gasoline lamp
nt No. GU West Like street, occupied by Robert
6uell. Damage tvtdlnG.
, 1880-05-03

Gust Neichart, author "0eutscheu VatarlRnd." !"
plays I'LL Anerlcun plano, tho uallet, Davis Co.
, 1880-05-03
KANSAS.

Special ntspateh 10 Tbs Chicago Tribune.
KrnwIx, Phillips Co.. May a.-wintcr wheat
nearly nil gone up. Spr'nR wheat hns been
sown largely, hut looks very fcehIc. No
ran since November. Prospects every day
growing worse with the high. drying vi nds.
whcnt nearly nil sold. Not enough Lett to nup-
nly tlet1nud nf new settlers In the cnur,tcs
west and southwest that come here for supplies.
From Ter, tn twelve tcnt,ls cHch t]ny leave tlcrc
Counties loitlcd With corn. nn1 sonc with flour.
Special Dtspasth 10 Tie Chlaleo TrtLnne.
TOrEKA. ehnwneo Co. May 9.-fTnd flne
min Friday. tInst welcome ht'on. Corn ptant-
Ing gning on extensively. L.ocal demand fnr
old corn large. All kinds Of fruit PROMISE well.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-08-27
Some True Stories About steepIes,

A GREAT many years ago a hurricane
occurred in Utica, New York. just as
it began it was noticed that a heavy
swing-sign in front of store was held
out in a horizontal position for some
time.
Before long the force of the wind in
creased to such degree that several
houses on Genesee Street Hill were un-
rooted, and the spire of the Second
Presbyterian Church was thrown to the
ground.
After the storm was over it was dis
covered that the rod holding the wealth
er-vane on the top of the tall steeple of
the First Presbyterian Church was bent
so that it became nearly horizontal. 1t
was unsightly; but how to repair the
injury was the question. 1t would be
no easy task, as there was a large ball
or globe on the rod below the vane. AT
ter while a sailor offered his services.
He assembled the steeple and climbed
the rod until he came just beneath the
globe. Then he threw the rope out a
good many times, until, after while,
the end loOped around the rod above
the globe long enough to reach him.
Twisting the rope together, he let go of
the iron rod, and trusting himself to
the rope, swung out free. By climbing
it he now managed TO get on the top Of
the globe. Standing there he succeed
ed in Strengthening the rod that held the
weather-vane.
Now how was he to get DOWN. Again
trusting to the rope that was fastened
TO the rod above the globe, he swung
free at great height from the earth (;
then lowering himself, and swinging
back and forth, he managed TO grasp
the rod beneath the globe, and soon
reaching the spire, descended.
The steeple of Salisbury Cathedral is
the highest in England, and next to that
of Strasbourg Cathedral, the highest in
Europe. Every year man climbs to
the top to grease the weather-vane.
This is done by ascending the inside as
far as possible, and then going out of a
man-hole and climbing the rest of the
way by means of the brass staples fast
ened on the outer wall.
Once on festal occasion, when the
King was present, reward was offered,
as usual, TO any person who would as
cend and attend to the weather-vane. A
sailor agreed TO do it, and assembled in
the way have told you, until he came
to the copestone, when, to show what
he could do, he stood on his head. Then
performing the task he was sent to do,
that of greasing the weather-vane, he
descended and claimed his reward. But
the King was so eXasperated at the sail
or for needlessly frightening the people
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-08-27

by standing on his head at such a great
height, that he would not allow him TO
be paid.
A long time ago, in the town Of
Northam, England, the steeple Of the
church was found TO be unsteady. IL
swayed back and forth whenever the
great bell struck, and continued TO
sway thus, until, as it leaned over on
one side, II opened large cracks on the
opposite.
II was not long before the boys of the
town found this out, and the bright idea
entered the head of one of them, and
was by him told TO the others, that it
would be a capital place to crack nuts.
So, boy-like, they had 10 try it, and
standing at the base of the spire, would
fill the cracks as far as they could reach
with good English walnuts, and then
stand back for the steeple to return to
an upright position, cracking the nuts.
As the great clock in the tower struck,
the jar caused the spire to lean in the
opposite direction. The boys now got
their nuts, and then put in more, that
the operation might be repeated, for
they considered it rare sport.
But in the course of time the people of
the town who had such matters in
charge decided that the steeple was un-
safe, and strengthened it with bands of
iron but this not proving satisfactory,
after while each stone was numbered,
and the steeple taken down and rebuilt
in the old style. And from that day to
this, to the regret of the boys, it has
never been known to crack nuts.
Durinur a great fire in Nav York q
few years ago, one of the buildings de-
stroyed was a church having a very tall
steeple. The flames ran up inside this
steeple, and, bursting out at the top,
melted the zinc and copper about the
lightning-rod, so that they fell in show
ers of green, gold, and crimson fire, pro-
ducing a spectacle of most wondrous
beauty.-Harper's Young People.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-08-27
Young America and Old England.

SOCIETY in England is, to use an
Americanism, "all tore up" over the an
nouncement which is made to-day upon
the highest authority, that marriage
contract has been signed, sealed and de-
livered between the famous Baroness
Burdett- Coutts and young Ashmead
Bartlett. Some of the journals had pre-
viously made such an announcement, but
it was emphatically contradicted.
There is no room, however, to doubt
the truth of the present statement. The
date of the forthcoming marriage is not
given, but it is understood that the cere-
mony will not be long deferred. Young
Bartlett is of American birth, but has
been naturalized in England, and has a
brother in Parliament. He is but twen-
ty eight years old, while the Baroness
has reached the ripe old age Of sixty-six.
BY the terms of the will under
which she inherits much of her property
she will sacrifice by this matrimonial
venture about S500,0O0 a year-a heavy
sum to pay for husbandJ even though
he be young American.-London Cor.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-08-27
Action Of Light Upon the Eye.

AT a meeting of the Buffalo Micro
scopical Club, Dr. Lucien Howe pre-
sented the subject of the undulations of
light and their perception by the eye.
Mention was made of different theories,
accounting for the phenomena of optics
previous to the present century. The
difficulties of this subject were first
solved by Thomas Young, who satisfac-
torily explained the undulatory theory
of light. He showed that what we call
light is impressions produced upon the
retina by the wave-like motion of the
particles of matter. Subsequently the
lengths of these waves were measured.
1t would take 36,92S waves of red light,
or 64,63l waves of violet light, placed
end to end, to make an inch. From the
known speed of light, it is proved that
four hundred and fifty-one millions of
millions of these minute waves flow into
the eye and dash against the retina in
each second. DIR. Howe, in a deserip-
ton of the microscopical anatomy of the
eye, more particularly relating to the
"layer of rods and cones" stated that
these were in reality the terminal fila
ments of the optic nerve. These are
shaken or acted on by the waves of light,
and it is especially these with which we
see.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-08-27
Harper's Hammock.

GIVE been fool!" growled Harper
yesterday as he united a parcel in his
front yard and shook out new ham
mock. "Here I've been Topping around
all through this Internal hot spell when
l might Just as well have been swinging
in hammock and had my blistered
back cooled off by the breezes."
Any one can put up hammock. All
you've got to do is to unite about 500
knots, unravel about 500 snarls and
work over the thing until you can tell
whether the open side was meant to coup
or down. This puzzled Harper for full
twenty minutes, but he finally got it
right and fastened the ends to two con-
venient trees.
Then he took off his hat and coat and
rolled in with a great sigh of relief. No,
he didn't quite rollin. lie was all ready
to when the hammock walked away
from him, and he rolled over on the
grass and came to a stop with croquet
ball under the small of his back.
"Did you mean to do that" called a
boy who was looking over the fence and
slowly chewing away on green apples.
"Did IP of course | didl Git down
off'n that fence or III call a police
man!n
The boy slid down and Harper
brought up a lawn chair for the next
move. It's the easiest thing in the
world to drop off a chair into ham,
mock. Lots of men would be willing
to do it on salary of $40 per week
The trouble with Harper was that he
didn't drop all his body at once. The
upper half got into the hammock all
right, but the lower half kicked and
thrashed around on the grass until the
small boy, who didn't mean to leave
the neighborhood till the show was
out, felt called upon to exclaim:
You can't turn handspring with
your head all wound up in that ere net,
and I'll bet money on it."
Harper suddenly rested from his
labors to rise up and shake his fist at
the young villain, but that didn't help
the case bit. lie hadn't got into that
hammock yet. He carefully looked the
case over and decided that he had his
plans too high. He therefore lowered
the net to within two feet of the ground,
and he had it dead sure. He fell into it
as plump as a bag of shot going down a
well. He felt around to see if he was
all in, and then gave himself a swing.
No person can be happy in a hammock
unless the hammock has a pendulum
motion. This hammock of Harper's
was just getting the regular saltwater
swing when his knots united and he
came down on the broad of his back
with such a jar that the small boy felt
called upon to observe:
"That aint no way to level lawn
you want to use regular roller!'
After the victim had recovered con-
sciousness he crawled slowly out, gently
rubbed his back on an apple tree, and
slowly disappeared around the corner of
the house in search of some weapon
which would annihilate the hammock at
one sweep, and though the boy called to
him again and again, asking If a min
strel performance was to follow the
regular show, Mr.. Harper never turned
hls head nor made sign.-Detroit Free
Press.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-08-27
The Elk Couldn't Wait.

The following satire on the practical
uselessness of the present method of
rifle shooting is good:
A man belonging to a village rifle
team was recently out on the plains of
Wyoming Territory looking for game.
Finally the party sighted an elk at 800
yards and prepared to shoot him. He
was noble buck. The member of
the rifle team put blanket down
among the sage brush and artstically
placed himself upon his back, with his
left arm like figure 2, supporting his
neck, and his right arm, like figure Z,
supporting the aft end of the rifle. The
measure of the wind was taken, and the
sights were scientifically adjusted, while
the expert made figure eight with his
legs and rested the rifles bow between
the toes of his shoes. The measure of
his fore-linger was now taken by pat
ent machine, and the trigger was filed
off slightly on the near side in order to
be adjusted to the weight of his finger.
Two men were then sent out to put flags
each side of the elk to show the bounds
outside of which the rifle teamster was
not to fire; but the elk thought it had
waited long enough and ran away