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Nineteen Reason.

A great many people cannot under
stand why the female portion of the
community prefer sober men. The mat
ter Is simple enough:
L. Wives like sober husbands because
they can reason with sober man.
2 The sober man is more companiona-
bic.
3. Sober men have pride, and pride is
a woman's main hold.
4. Sobriety means comfortable
S. Good clothes for mother and child
S. 4 house of your own.
n. Evenings at home instead of in q
bar-room.
g. Better health and the enjoyment of
life. ~
8. An elevated view of life and sense
Of your responsibility.
To- You are credit to your wife and
children.
II. People who once despised you will
now bless you. II ~ FN.%sx
12.kYonr word viii be .gauged. as You
resist the tempter.
10. Young men viii pattern after you.
IA You will be an ornament to So
ciety and the whole town in which you
live --s- s
Is. The whole community will take
pride In you and wish they had more
like You
Dc. Your family andfriends will appre-
ciate you.
17.-Your enemies will. admire. your
path of sobriety.
IS. Scoffers will be disarmed by your
works. ks
TO- Your many qualities will grow
with your years
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HICKMAN FULTON COUNTY. KENTUCKY FRIDAY JUNE %,

objectionable Anything you could saw
to me would not be hard enough. /
Will go on my knees for your forgiveness.
II you will only grant it Did you know
half the misery I have suffered, 1 am
certain you would"
I'm not SO sure that I shall. .
What shall die if you throw me
| over like this-I shall, indeed p
- Oh, no, you won't-not little bit r
says Miss Bohun.
But L assure YOU viii !" exclaims
Disney. Life would be impossible
without you I"
!" Well but you see 1 have promised
Mr. Ponsonby
To be his wife ?"
| NO; not exactly that"
Speak quicklyi" he says In low
tone. Suspense is maddening.''
Il have promised him to become a
member of the Archaeological Society, p
says Dorothy.
Aud couldn't you have said so be-
fore? says Cyril, with deep sigh of
How could 1 when you were going
mad % .
Darling can you forgive my folly o.
coming still nearer to her as he speaks.
There's such great deal of 1t, isn't
there 2" says Miss Bohun. lit will
take me all my time, won't it ~
mot at all. 1 trust. Spare me a
trifie, and shall be more than con-
tent. .
dearest Cyril, she says mischiev-
ously, with quick glance from under
her long lashes, and q relapse into her
rehearsal tone, "my heart has long
been IN your keepings and-if you wish
it, it is yours. -
My love-my darling p murmured
Cyril, passionately-.a ~ =
And so, 81
Soft eyes looked love to eyes, which spake again.
Ana all went merry a marriage bell -
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The Oyster.

The oyster is a very fortunate creature,
if il be fortunate to be much mentioned
in history. People who have swallowed
an enormous number of oysters figure IN
anecdote, and are considered to have
done something meritorious. The Roman
who first formed oyster beds, which he
did at Bai@, is known to have been
named Sergious Orata, who had the hap
piress to live to the time of Augustus,
and who is known to have made great
deal Of money by the exercise of his IN
renuity. To-day it is mentioned IN the
encyclopedias that Apicus, contempt
rary of Tralan, was the first who taught
the world how to pickle oysters. His
fame rests upon that fact. There was
another ApicrIs distinguished for his love
of Holsters; there was another who set
up school of cooks; but the oyster
picking Apicus has distinct fame, and
survives freshly In classical dictionaries.
When George /. came to England from
Hanover the royal cooks could not please
the royal palate In the matter of oysters
until it was discovered that his Majesty
liked them stale, as he had always been
In the habit OF eating them. When Mr..
Thackeray first came to Boston certain
of his admirers asked him to supper.
There We're, among other delicacies, gu
qantic oysters. The novelist could not
comprehend that he was to swallow one
Of these In an undivided state, but, being
shown the way and having accomplished
the feat, he observed that he felt I" as i
he had swallowed baby"
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Devices for the Deaf.

In store window in Broadway, where
a dazzling collection of spectacles, va
riety of ear trumpets and several dozen
opera glasses are displayed, a number OF
ordinary looking canes and a common
placelooking umbrella stand In the cor
ner A placard affixed to one of the
canes designates it as an acoustic cane.
Another placard on the umbrella conveys
the information that with the assistance
of the acoustic umbrella deaf person
can hear conversation, when the person
speaking is at distance. A second in
spection of the canes, after reading the
placards, discloses the fact that they
consist of bamboo, sticks with vanished
black metal top and very small hori-
zontal piece for handle.
A salesman in the store exhibited
cane to Tribune reporter, and, twisting
it In his hand, disclosed a row of holes
encircfing the black metal. Placing the
small horizontal piece in his ear, in the
easy and natural way that some men put
the handle of a cane in the mouth, he
assured the reporter that his voice was
SO loud that he could scarcely endure
it. He then showed small aperture
through the horizontal handle. This
| connected with an ear-trumpet ingeni-
ously arranged in the top piece OF the
cane. The reporter then held the han
die of the cane to his ear. Tt sounded
as a seashell would. When the salesman
spoke his voice was increased several
times in volume. The chief value of the
invention lies in the fact that the cane
or umbrella may be used without be-
traying the fact of the owners deafness.
at is wonderful" continued the
clerk, &" how much people dislike to adj
! NIT that their hearing is defective. They
! come IN and ask to look at ear-trumpets
for friends. We know that they want
them for themselves. People who are
! hard Of hearing are Just as numerous as
persons who are near-sighted. If the
! wish to ignore deafness was not so pro-
nounced, ear trumpets would be as COM
mon as spectacles.
owe have sold. thousands of these,
continued the store-keeper, showing a
miniature silver ear-trumpet, calculated
to fit inside the ear. "They are pop
ular, because they can -be used without
exciting remark"
Another miniature ear-trumpet was
shown, made from two metals, the union
of which produced electricity, intended
to have vivifying influence on dead or
| dying nerves These appliances for the
relief of deafness are all costly. The
canes are $50 apiece, and the miniature
ear-trumpets IS pair. ~. J. Tribune.
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Only the General Manager.

At a<station -, 49, - a. -o;,.o.a.
leading out Of Detro, i'o AZ ~ t t,. haS
,.;ved and departe5 AZ - H. -,
the station agent yh tle bo5 o bea,, ~ - .6a
,1Ioca al5ont three ma,o i,s, en - ;.,e
for ca every hour TO- con- come st to Detroit Detroit
and take charge of the line, was an
, preached by QUICK w sg dAI m an
smoking cigar Who SD $3.50 --'-'''
Keep you pretty busy here %
{. Yum, was the ;erlry renlv
- Business on the increase %
"Yuin, again.
"Do You run this station %, asked the
o,,iet man. after a tnrn on the nlatforrn
Nobody else rms IL % orowled the
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How Light Affects the Blind.

An interesting account has been lately
furnished by NJ Plateau, the eminent
Belgian physicist (who has been blind
nearly forty years., of the sensations he
experiences in his eyes, He has no
sense of objective light even when turn
ing his eyes to the sun. But his visual
field is always divided into spaces, some
of which are pretty bright and others
somber or nearly dark, and which merge
into each other. Their general tint al
ternates, In time, between gray and red
dish. The relative arrangement of those
different spaces is always the same, but
the intensity of their tints varies. The
central space seems now rather bright,
now very dark; above and below, and on
the left to the limits of the field, there Is
sometimes brightness, sometimes dark
dess, but on the right there is generally
a vertical band, nearly black, and beyond
this a space which Is nearly always
bright and reddish. These appearances
follow all the movements of the eyes,
which probably do not participate in
the same way in the tints, but M. Pla-
teau can not distinguish what belongs
to one from what belongs to the other.
\ No connection of general tint with the
work of digestion is observed. The
author states that he became blind from
| looking fixedly at the sun for some time,
with view to observing his after sem
sations. It was not till about fourteen
wears after this that Inflammation of the
! choroid set In, destroying vision but
| during the interval, he often saw colored
and persistent halos, round flames, ETC.,
and he advises those who have such
vision to consult an experienced oculist
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poland Becoming Germanized.

Journals of Prussian Poland lament
the rapidity with which the country is
becoming Germanized. Language, prop
erty and population are all falling into
the control of the dominating Teutons.
The Polish peasantry is immigrating,
large proportion coming to the United
States, and German farmers and handi-
craftsmen are being sent to take their
place. This, together with the fact that
German is the official and Judicial Ian
guage, is enough to crowd out the orig
inal vernacular. AS to the landed
estates of the old Polish nobility, they
are fast being bought up by German
capitalists. During 1881 nearly seventy
five thousand acres of land were sold by
Polish owners to German purchasers.
In the past four years nearly one hun
bred and thirty thousand acres went in
that way. Polish patriots endeavor IN
vain to stem the tide. The dream OF a
restoration of the old nation is fast
! fading.
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Etiquette in Writing.

With regard to writing letters, none
but school girls cross and recross a sheet
of writing paper, two sheets of paper
are invariably used, if one sheet of pa
per will not contain all that is to be
said. If half the second sheet of paper
is left blank, it. is not torn off, whole
sheet being more convenient to hold and
to fold than. is half sheet of paper.
If few last words are necessary to-
complete a letter, they are written on
thu the margin, not on the writing across
envelopes the address should be written
legibly In the center of he envelope
and not run off into corner. leaving a
third of the envelope blank. Many
people write their initials or name in
full in one corner of the envelope; this
is quite a matter Of inclination. Home
Journal.
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A Wild Boy in Texas.

Mr.. Ed Good writes that he found a
sswild boy" last week at the Sulphur
Springs, Tex, about fourteen miles
north of Jasper de describes him as
appearing from his size to be about ten
or twelve years old, hair rather q light
color and hanging below his shoulders,
and his body in perfectly nude state
not a particle of clothing of any kind
about him. he was picking and eating
berries when seen. Mr.. Good approached
within q few rods of him, by moving
stealthily, before the boy perceived him.
The latter fed precipitately. Ed be-
ieves it to be veritable "wild boy. !"
If that be so he might be captured and
the mystery of his life unrayeled.-
Detroit Free Press.
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Man that is married to woman is OF
many days and full Of trouble. In the
morning he draws his salary, and IN the
evening behold it is all gone. It Is tale
that is told, it vanisheth, and no one
knoweth whittier it goeth- He riseth up
clothed in the chilly garments OF the
night and seeketh the somnolent pare
goric wherewith to heal the coiicky
bowels of his offspring. He Imitafetn
the horse or OK, and draweth the chariot
of his posterity. He spendeth his shekels
in the purchase of fine linen and purple,
TO cover the l,osom Of his family, yet ne
himself Is seen at the gates of the city
with one suspender. He cometh forth
As 4 flower, and is cut down There IL
hope Of tree when il is cut down that
the tender roots thereof viii sprout again,
but man goeth to his home, and what u
be then Yea, he is altogether wretoned'
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The Oriental Jews.

Before the Crimean War the Jews were
afraid to venture into Syria, and suffered
from great disadvantages under Moslem
rule; but since British protection has
been extended to them, they have begun
to increase SO rapidly as to threaten Ii
time to become masters of Palestine.
They have almost closed the gates of
Jerusalem to the native peasantry by
establishing outposts on the main roads,
where they buy at enormous discount
the produce of the country, which they
retail to the citizens at profit of 100
per cent. They have instituted mon
etary cufReino5 of fllkszE q
of dirty fragments of paper, with He
brew inscriptions, promising to pay the
sums of from one to four pennies In
notes they have forced the peasantry to
accept, and they will rarely redeem them
except at discount. The Oriental Jew
is not lovable character To those who
know the refinement and education
which exists among European Jews, or
who have been acquainted with the true
Jewish aristocracy which is to be found
among the old families of Spain and Mo-
rocco, it is hard to believe that the Ash
kenazin can be the same race with the
Sephardin. The distinction of charac
ter is broad as that of physical appear
auce and costume. The tall, black
bearded Spanish Jew, with his aquiline
features, his large brown eyes, his flow.
ing robes, and the black turban which
Hakem imposed on the race nine centu-
ries ago, is the very opposite of the
dwarfish Pharisee from Poland or Ger
many, with his greasy "love-locks," his
dirty garbadine, white stockings, and
furry cap-his face wizened and greedy,
his gait cringing and subservient, his
religious ideas confined to the senseless
repetitions of Talmudic ordinances, and
his soul filed only with the desire OF
money. Those who know the Ashkena
Yin best, have but one opinion of their
ignorance, fanaticism, selfishness and
immortality; and the tales which circu-
late among men quite free from any anti
Jewish prejudice, concerning the filth
ness of the domestic habit of the Oriental
Jew, will not bear repetition or even
allusion. 1t is with such specimens OF
the ancient people that the four holy
cities of Palestine are becoming rapidly
filed, while the richer and nobler Jews
of Western Europe, appear to take, as
yet, little interest in the home of their
forefathers. -Btack,0ood's Magazine.
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Glanced 1t.

A Vermont girl corresponded with a
stranger in California, made marriage
engagement, and went across the con-
tinent to get, as she supposed, young
and wealthy husband. She found, in
stead, gray and ugly crank, whose sole
property was leaky hut in lonely can
yon His neighbors offered to pay her
fare back home, but she declined it, and
married him.
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EoEcF WARREN. Editor.


Ali dear eve were young so long,
1t seemed that youth would never go,
For skies and trees were ever in song,
And water in singing flow,
In the days we never again shalr know. .
Alas, so long,
All thdn, was all spring weather.
NRyi but we were young and together.
Ali dear one, I've been old so long,
ItScems that age Is lsth TO part,
Though da - and years have never a song, .
And, oh have they still the art
That Vaymed The pulses Of heart to heart?
10 Alas 50 long asoi ~
Ali then, was il all spring weather.
Nay; but wewere young and together.
Aht dear one, you've been dead so long
How hong until we meft.again,sr
Where hours may never lose their song,
Nor flowers forget the rain,
Iuglad moonlight that lever shall wane?
G@AN EAlak, so long Be
,Ahishall ii he spring weather.
NAnd all shall we be young togetherl
ID, q. ROsscfti.
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Meteoric Stones.

The meteorites In the British Museum
are arranged thus: /, aerolites, which are
rocky masses composed principally of
silicates with isolated particles of nick
al;ferons ironsand troilite interpreted
aerosiderites or siderites, masses of
native iron containing phosphides of
nickel and iron, troilite and occasionally
carbon: siderolites, which partake of the
character of both aerolites and siderites,
being porous or spongy masses OF nick
eliferous iron with silicates in the cayi-
ties. OF these three classes the
FIRST is the commonest, the number of
specimens possessed by the museum be-
iIsg 211s the largest of which weighs 134
pounds. OF siderites there are ia spec
linens in the collection, the largest
weighing over three anda half tons and
of siderolites there are twelve specimens,
the weight of the largest being nearly
sixteen pounds. In 1864, Paoio Maria
Terzago, an italian physicist, surmised
that aerolites might be of selenic origin.
Olbers, liz 1875, without any knowledge
of this. conjecture. investigated the
amount of the initial tangential force
that would be requisite to bring to the
earth masses projected from the moon.
Laplace, Blot, Brandes and Poisson also
took up the problem. Oilers, Brandes
and Chladni decided against the view of
selenic origin; but Laplace seems to
have inclined somewhat to that hypoth-
esis. 1t was then believed that active
volcanoes existed In the moon but that
idea has been abandoned and the lunar
aerolites with it. At the present time a
number of eminent men who have stud
led the subject of meteorites, think that
they must have been elected from volca-
noes on some celestial body, probably
the earth at remote period of its phys
ical history, This may be the true the
DRY, but facts are wanted to confirm it,
and until those are discovered it is not
safe to pass judgment. ISnsleys.
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OLD lady (apropos of why and ancient
leg OF mutton) -" Dye mean to say that
this Is lamb ?" Butcher" Certainly,
Mum : Maybe it was once you and
! Was lambs about the same time. -
London Judy.
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Commercial Agents.

Tt is estimated that there are 240, OO9
commercial travellers In the United
States. Each is supposed to go over nus
route five times year, and to carry duI-
ing that time a ton of baggage. ms
baggage being generally bulky, 1t woui sa
require "a, 600 ten ton cars to transport
the trunks and outfits of these mobliizeo
gentlemen. The commercial traveller y,
therefore, factor in the transportation
problem as well as the strictly COM
mercial transactions of the country.
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GuiIeless Innocence and Jack Pots.

There was party of 'Milwaukeeans
ont in Iowa shooting chickens, and they
made their headquarters at little Iowa
town, where their special car was side
cracked, and where the visitors became
great fayorites for their generosity and
good -1lzfztre Eheir evenings wsrs'
Esely spent. in the perusal OF the re-
sised edition Of Hoyle, and they had
many discussion over that chapter of
he book of Poker, which in the re
vision makes straight flush an inspira-
hon which knocks the everlasting spots
out of a full hand. There was a very
deserving, pious old lady living in the
town who was poor, and to make up
purse for her the boys decided that
every time they achieved jack pot the
winner should chip In a quarter for the
old lady. During the week the jackpot
fund acquired great proportions, and
when they came to leave pious young
man of the party was detailed to deliver
the money to the good old lady, which
he did He left her the money with no
explanation except a card. ON which
was written the legend, sc From Jack
Pot" The good old soul took the money
with many thanks. and asked the young
man if his name was Mr.. Pott. He said
that it was not his name, and ON being
pressed to tell something of the good
Mr.. Pott, he said it was the earnest
desire of the donor to remain 1ncog
and. pressing the old lady's wrinkled
hand, he went away with tear in his
sunburnt eye and another coursing down
the side of his nose where the. skin had
peeled off, and left the old lady shower
ing Heavens choicest blessings down
on the head of the good and pious Mr..
]. Pot. She insisted to the citizens
there that Mr.. Pot must be a banker,
or a wheat dealer, or railroad man,
ard claims that if she does not meet her
benefactor ON earth she is sure she shall
meet him in heaven. Milwaukee, Sun.
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SLIGHTLY dead: We de undersigned
bein' a coroner's jury to set on de body
of Sambo, now dead and gone afore, hab
been sittin' on de said niger aforesaid,
and find dat de same did ON de IA day of
Jinerwary come to death by fallin' from
de bridge ober de riber and broken his
neck whar we find he was subsequently
drowned and afterwards washed to de
riber whar we supposed he was froze to
death.
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HYDRoPHoBIA is said to be least known
IN the warmest climates.
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BULL-FIGHTING IN Ell PAsO.
D1.susted Texan Suggests That n Cow
Would Offer Better sport

lLeayenworth Tmes.l
After long waiting bugle is sounded,
tne doors are thrown open, and five
snorsemen enter the ring, one conveying
:: stout pole, with a prod in the end of
~ Next come four bull-fghters on foot,
WITH stick about four feet long and
arty red cloth about the size of small
taDle-cloth, and they scatter themselves
around behind the several blinds. Now
the excitement is at fever heat Guada-
loupe smiles, the bugle sounds, the
doors are thrown open, and IN comes a
little, stump tailed bull or stag, with his
horns sawed off. The horsemen ride
squt and all IN turn get the animal to
chase them around. and the footmen
Venture out from their respective places
- safety in like manner, and this per
5sormance is kept up until the speed and
motion of the animal is reduced to a
| certainty.
| The footmen now became quite bold.
| They string their cloth on the stick in
/ front Of the bull, and he rushes for it
with al the speed he has left. The
man holding the cloth springs aside, the
| bull passes to the next man, and SO on.
Next comes sticking the little spears in
the animals neck These are little
sharp pointed rods, with wooden
handles, ornamented with tissue paper,
tin rings, etc. You will Remembers
| that it is the cloth. the bull is fighting
| all the time. One man attracting
| the attention of the animal, and another
approaching him from the rear at full
speed the animal turning his head to
look ont for the new danger, the man
plunges the spear In his neck and passes
on They now know the exact speed,
and the fighters will in turn allow the
animal to chase them around the ring.
This is kept up according to the nerve OF
the bull.
Next and last comes the killing with
the sword. The fighter has the cloth in
his left and the sword in his right hand;
now appears the bleeding and exhausted
bull, which plrtnges away at the cloth,
and the fighter prods him in the neck,
and perchance kills him; yet 1 saw them
try five, and none were killed. They do,
however, manage to mangle the poor
animal horribly about the neck This is
all there is In bull-fight, and the whole
matter was explained by Texas cattle
man who sat next me and remarked
why don't the - towards turn a
COW In and try her ?" A bull, when MAX
ing an attack, always shuts his eyes, and
does not open them until the object he
assaults ceases to be resistance. while
the mad COW never does, and follows
the object up. Hence, fighting mad
bull is much like fighting blind ami
NAL, and, upon the whole, gigantic
fraud, and any nationality that sanctions
such cruel treatment of dumb brutes
ought to be blotted out.