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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-04-21
STOLEN COMFORT,
By BHLLA.

You have read, I know, Of many q blade.
Damascus and Tolodo-5till
l sing Of one surprising all:
lis not The Sword of Bunker Hill. ,
No, mol It thrills me more each day,
As on this blade | stand and look;
More ease of soul, more comfort find,
Thon e'er ! cleaned from any book.
A shining length of glistening steel;
! oWn ii not, but often p
The case where it is laid away;
1t gives me comfort, case and hope.
My conquerorl my Williams blade!
1t makes me bless our home of love,
This peerless, shining friend he owns,
And handles as he would a dove.
lie strokes it fondly back and forth,
And often swear5 and wonders why
The edge he finds so fearful dull;
Then looks a. me- drop my eye.
never told my love" and vet,
The rest find is more than meet,
For corns and bunions sadden life,
Aud how that blade does ease my feetl
And William swears! but SIS his spouse,
III share that razor and his woes,
And though it hacks and hurts his chin,
1t smoothes and soothes my little toes.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-04-21
WHAT HAPPENED TO LoRD LOVE.
ELL

Lord Lowell he stood at his own front door
Seeking the hole for the key;
His hat was wrecked and his trousers bort
a split across either knee:
When down came tie bcautius Lady Jan,
La lair white drupcrec.
20, where have YOU been, Lord Lowell
she said.
Where have you bccn2' said she,
q" have not closed my eyes ia bed.
And the clock has just struck three,
mo has been standing on your head
In an ash barrel, pardcc?'
81 am not drunk, Lady Shane" he said;
And SO late it Canuot be-;
The clock struck one as | entered
heard it two times or three,
II must be the salmon on which ! fed
la been too many for me-
IT .;as not the salmon, Lord Lowell"
she said,
With some asperstee.
"NoI have looked on the wine when II
was red,
Or on the eau dcyie.
0, woe is me, that / ever we'd
\ man vino goes on a spree"
You arc young. my dear" Lord Lowell
he said,
As he had a bright idee.
know in the papers YOU must have read
or the steam Heat Compance,
Whose pipes beneath the streets arc laid
That's wash the MARI with met
Along the street as ] swiftly sped,
Eager for home and thee,
a pipe beneath me- exploded,
Most uu'spcCtcdlce:
Ny eyes wore BACKED and my nose it
hled-
a plague on the companecl
" Most pitSbly were my troV;scrg shred
10! view them ut the kneel
And l lay in the puddle like o gone
dead,
Till officer SAG
Happened along and rescued
Ne from my miscree."
Go tell your taic, Lord Lowell" she said,
ITO The maritime cavalree;
10 your grandaln OF the hoary head;
To any one but me.
The door is not used to he opened
With It cigarette for a keyi'
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-04-21

Stage drivers among the Rockies
and Siorras learn to lie as perempt-
Dry as they are daring, and probably
from the same necessity. They
will have their orders obeycd.
We passengers were exceedingly
annoyed by the persistence in
which young Foss, Ghe driver, de-
mapded hat the stage doors be
kept closed, particularly when their
being opened caused an apprecia
BILE circulation of air.
just rs we were narrowing q pc
culiarly narrow turn in the face of
the cliff. Foss noticed that the in
side door was again being held aiar.
Promptly putting on the breaks
and bringing his horses to a halt
he descended.
"Do you see that rockl" he said,
pointing to a boulder ahead that
barely left room for the stage to
pass.
What of it,"
"Only this; Last season a stage
was passing that rock, when some
body opened the door. The door
caught on the rock, and as it open
ed further, just pried the door and
whole business over the cliff. That
little speck way down there is one
of the hind wheels caught on a tree.
Nowwill You keep that door shut!'
1t took halfan hour to get that
door open when we got to Calls
toga, every individual on board
having separately tied it shut with
his handkerchief.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-04-21


To "Lottie Tile course Of
true love is often blocked by an
onion.
To IS, Front Street Don't
let your uncle have your o%vercoat
yet awhile.
To "Geo. I'd Wagner
wrote music that no hand organ
will ever be able to play, so per-
haps We ought to be glad to bail it
as ''thc music Of the future"
To "Helen R."-The Arab
horse is not broken until his fourth
year. That's where they differ
from tea-cups. But then Arab
horses are not washed by the ay-
cragc kitchen girl. +.
To 81. NJ. Conc reason
why woman does not succeed so
well in the various walks of life as
man is hat when she once gets in
to the walks one hand is generally
occupied in holding up the skirts
Of her dress.
To "Chas. O'Neill. The song
Owe Never Speak When We
Pass By is said to have been sug-
gestcd to the author whilo he slid
past his tailor with his hat pulled
down over his nose and coat collar
turned up to his eyes.
To "Ellen"-Now's your time.
Lent being over there's no good
reason why he shouldn't do the
proper thing. Don't be slow about
giving him The hint, or he may
slide off the hook and some other
girl may jerk linn in.
"Oh, give me the maid who is blithsome
and gay,
Whose smile is as sweet So the sunshine
of day,
Whose voice is like music, whose touch is
50 light
That she knows how to turn q buckwheat
cake right"
A College Graduate writes to
inquire if we understand "the
generic importance of the term
fragment 2" We do. We look
upon the word as the biography of
the first man hat ever attempted
to trim the tail Of a mule.
1t takes twenty blows of a ham
mel in the hands of a woman to
drive a tenpenny nail three inches.
She misses the nail twice where
she hits it once. How many blows
does she strike in all, and how far
can her voice be heard when she
strikes her thumb?
&C. w. d." R~oxborough,
writes to inquire what is meant by
passing the Rubicon. The Rubi-
con was kind of large, black bottle
holding about a quart. In the
days Of Julius Ceser it was the
proper thing to say: "Pass the Ru-
bicon," or ''shove the Rubicon
this way"
els it true that beautiful iellies
can be made from the Feelings of
pumpkins, bananas and apples ?
Maggie b." We don't know about
the pumpkin and apples, Maggie,
but we have seen several beautiful
.iellies made by throwing banana
Feelings on the sidewalk. The
the man, the bigger the
Jelly.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-04-21

To "Frank"-When nurse is
out of the room tie a white silk
thread tightly around baby's leg in
a crease Of the fat where it will not
show. In a few minutes baby will
set up a howl, and neither nurse,
nor mamma, nor sister Helen, nor
grandma, nor yet sister Kate will
be able to find where that drafted
pin is. Of course when the doctor
finds the thread, you can either lie
out Oft or prove an alibi.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-04-21

A servant girl who had been ad-
monished by her mistress to be
careful in ''washin' up" the best
tea-thing, was overheard shortly
aftcrward indulging in the follow
ing soliloquy while in the act of
washing the sugar basin: IF l
was to drop this basin, and was to
catch it; | suppose l shouldn't
catch il but if | was to drop it
and wasn't to catch it, l just guess
| should catch it,
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-04-21

A little four-year-old, whose pa
rents reside on Corinthian avenue,
upon retiring the other night, be
gan to say her evening prayers as
usual, and after repeating eff l
should die before | wake" paused
a moment and addee, What a
rumpus there would be in the
house !" Then she recited the
concluding lines and scrambled in
to bed.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-04-21

Full many a man will daily, Ger and
Ger,
Drink foaming sChooners in r frenzied
way,
Full many maid, nineteen years or more,
Win wear red hose upon Il windy day.
And while that maid, with moisture in
her eyes,
Win watch the faltering motion Of his
feet,
so win that man with look of glad sur
prise
Get on hose, a-twinkling up the street. Z"
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-04-21

To"Jas. n. K."-Old tomato
cans always look best in your
neighbor's back yard.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21
QUEENS NSWARE.

Profanity may not be characteristic ot the royal family, but some breezy day you ought to go out into the kitchen and hear the quesnsware.-Burington Hawkeye. The surviving friends of the hero of Long fellows ''Excelsior" did not get any damages | from the company, as at tho time of his death he was travelling on pass.-Rochester Post Express.
 Perhaps the worst pun ever made: A mar I two bouquets to-day?" he asked. ''No sir. , ] 'sWhy can't you?" Bouquets haven't got ! lem; that's why. .''-Merchant Traveller. 'tAlice," said Mrs. Petulia, in . subdusd l tone, to her little girl one evening at supper, ''yoa must eat bread with your jam" 'tBut mamma" protested Alice, '.it's plenty good enough without bread. ."-Harper's Bazar. Only thrice: ''This is tho third time you have called me @ liar, sir!" exclaimed an ex- cited man. ''That so2"replied the aggressor. l ''Only three times? Then I fear that have not discharged my duty. Tray I eler.
 A New York girl committed suicide by hanging herself in the garrst, because her 1 mother wanted her to assist in the house ! work. The girl appears to have been toe | thigh strung''-both before and after death -Norristown Herald.
 'sTke bridal march was played by Will Cor. l ley on harmonica. The groom was attired I in hickory stripe shirt and copperas-oolored pants, and on his RKm was gently suspended | his bride, like clear rib side of bacon or 1 bushel of meal.'-Yonkers Record. 1 One of the conductors on the Auburn road | tells a good story on himself. 4 passenger recently rendered him Q trade dollar for fare. l The conductor examined it and remarked, "1 1 don't want that piece of money" "Wen, l give it to the company then," replied the l passenger.-Elmira Free Press.
 Our married masculine readers will be in | terested to learn that a woman out in Ohica- l go has obtained divorce because her hus- l band, after promising sealskin sack, tried | to compromise on a fur lined circular. It is ! understood this wave will reach here about ! the 18th day of fDecember.-New York World.
 s'How long have you been married P l asked the clerk at the hotel desk, as the l elderly bridegroom registered: ''Two weeks, ,
 replied the happy man. 'tFFentl" cried the clerk; ''show the gentleman to parlor B
 S15 day. sir. :" s'Third wife." calmly said 1 the guest. "Oh, excuse me. Fronti show the gentleman to SPA, back. Take the elevs I tor. Four dollars week, sir."-Burlingtor Hswkeye.
 A surprising glimpse of Boston lifs-"PoE
 honor, Clara, you look good enough to eat. ' I '.Do I, Freddy 7'' replied Clara. t'Wen, SC do you but it wouldn't do for me to eat you
 because, yeu know, couldn't have my cake and eat him, too!" '.Bah Jove!" exclaimed
 Freddy, "what girl you arei I'd never
 thought of that, because I never think ot | anything, you know."-Boston Transcript.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21
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AN invaluable tonic for the nerves. muscles, and digestive organs, producing strength and appetite, is Browns Iron Bit ters. .<S
 Rev. ". B. SMITH, Grafton, Mass, says: II have derived benefit from using Browns Iron Bitters for a low state of blood" --f;
 FLORENCE, GA.-Dr. W. B. Prather says: "Brown's Iron Bitters has given satisfaa tion in every instance have known 1t used."
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21

Mr. Isaac H. Bromley as editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser will doubtless add to the excellent reputation which he has
 already obtained. Under his management
 the Commercial Advertiser will be readable and powerful
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21

We publish this morning another letter from our correspondent who is travelling around the world. It will be found interest ing by our readers.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21
WHAT ABOUT IT?

Thomas Eclectric Oil, the Jumbo of Medicines, Heads the column. Of unquestionable Merit, At swords points with pain. Saves from serious suffering. Especially esbeeMGI carae.xe.T Fa Causes construction to quscks. Lameness leaves whsn 1t is applied. Earnestly reccm nended to our reaCe.Es hsers the children-cures croup. Take it for asthma. Removes rheumatism Yeudily. IncomparabIs in it's specialties. Certain and complete cure for catarrh. The Original and only. Try 1t for
 Lumbago TIptop for toothache and Headache. We cannot Err In our Judgment thousands testify to these truths. Unequsled by anything of it's kind in the Market For Bruises, burns and bites 1t is excellent. Operates benefcfal'y On all wounds. Finds favor in every family. Manufactured in honesty. Enterprise and Deep study have made 1t what it is. Cures colds and coughs almost invariably Keep It in the household. Neuralgia never stood before it. Easy to e-econoInical-reliable. Staple as salt. Sold everywhere.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21

James Cooke Van Bensehoten. professor of Greek in Wesleyan university, has been ap- pointed director for the coming year of She school of Athens, an intercollegiate school of Greek at Athens, Greece. Prof. Goodwin of Harvard was last years director. Prof. Atwater is preparing articles for both French and German scientific journals relative to his recent experiments on foods, and his experi- ments for finding the sources of nitrogen in plants.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21

''The citizens" are active in some cities. Last evening there was a convention of citi- zens at Fremont temple in Boston to nomi- nate candidates for mayor, aldermen and members of the school committee. In Springfield ''citizsns movement has been started. Where are the sfcitizens" of New Haven
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21

strength of the earth's magnetism, show that the same causes which originally magnetized the earth are still at work; and, strangely enough, these changes do not occur at long intervals in the course of centuries, but are going on from day to day, from week to week, and from year to year.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21

In his recently published book on Farm Fsnces" Professor Scott estimates that five dollars is invested in fences for every acre of enclosed land in Great Britain and Ireland, and that the annual maintenance of fences costs about seventy five cents an acre. The total capital thus invested in the United Kingdom must be, at this rate, nearly $25O,- 900. GOO, and the annual outlay about $32,- 900, 900. Professor Scott believes that q great deal of fencing might be dispensed with to the positive advantage of agriculture, and that the general introduction of wire in- stead of wood would effect great additional saving.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21

DELIVERED Bz CARRIERS IN THE CITY, IS CENTS A WEEK, 70 DENTS MONTH, $500 THAR: BY MAIL, IN ooUET4, IN ADVANCE, S7.Oe AT EXPIRATION, S750 OUT OF COUNTY, IN ADVANCE, $7.6O, AT EXPIRATION, SS.o0
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Nothing very melancholy" about the last three days.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21
PROCTOR, NAGUIRE < CO. Terrific Mark Down iD Dress Goods

backward state of this branch of trade decided make the following terrific mark down, wing and present prices of these goods: wool, 62 inches Wde present price yard
  @1 present price 75c per yard Wide @2.5O; present price $1z5 per yard
  former present price $2 per yard 10 wid price $4 yard Small S2O present BIO. Silk Embroidered $15 ushR RObes $46; present price $22. Braided
   all the possible shall
  NECESSARY IS TO COMPARE
  sreprent rre
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21

The Boston banks are working to make an improvement in the matter of country collec- tions. The present system, by which each bank does It's own collecting, ia an expensive and troublesome one. Some seventeen hun dred collection letters are sent out by the Boston banks evsrys day, but as there are only two hundred and seventy-seven towns in New England which have national banks, two hundred and seventy seven letters might do all the work if it were properly concen- trated One proposition is to select one Bos- ton bank as a collection exchange. Addi. tional clerks would be necessary, but the saving of time, postage, laber, etc., would be considerable.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21

In lecture at Glasgow. by Professor Thompson, he stated that the magnetic pole Is at present near Boothia Felix, more than a thousand miles to the west of the geographi- cal pole In 1857 the position of the needle showed the magnetic pole to be due north.
 It had been eastward before that; it then be- gan to point westward, and this westward va- riation continued to increase until 1916, when the maximum was attained, it has since steadily dimiRished, and in 1876 it will again point to the true north. Professor Thomp- son says that the changes which have been observed, not only in the direction but in the
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21
FUL-CoMFoRTINa EPPS1S COCOA.

ssBya . thorough knowledge of the natural laws hich govern the operations of digestion and nntri tiop and by careful application Of the fine proper flea ef well selected Cocoa, ME. Epps has provided nur breakfast tables with delicatey favored bov- craze which may save us many neayy doctorg billn n iS by the malicious of guch articles of diet that
 coustitution may be gradually built up until strong snouqh to resist every tendency to diseAse Hundreds oF subtle EnAlAdtes hoating around ug ready to af4Sek wherever there is 6 weak point. We may cape many shaft by keeping ourselves well for tined witt pure blOoz and properly nourfshed fTsT7- e u--gipiI sSerDice Gazette
 Mad slnapIy with boiling water or milk Sold in tins only (H ID. and ID by Grocers labeled thus:
 JAMES EPPS CO.,, Homeopathic Chemigts
 RuJ tueg&Rod 1y Aonaons syaGAnoS
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-21

wheat,
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-06
THE WRONG GIRL.
RaseaIIy Effort at Abduction
JhNArtcd.


The citizens living just below Belpre, o.,
were thrown into quite state OF excite
ment Friday night, says an exchange, by
the abduction of young girl employed as
a domestic in the family OF Mr.. Parker
Lewis, q we'll known wine merchant who
lives about five miles below Parkersburg on
the Ohio side. 1t seems that about O'Clock
Friday night au unknown man went to the
house of Mr.. Lewis, and, knocking at the
kitchen door, was answered by the servent
girl. The man informed her that Mss
Hunter was outside aud requested 10 see
her for few moments. The girl silpPed
out of the kitchen door, and no sooner had
she done so than there was an apron or a!
cloth of some kind thrown over her head,
and she was picked up by the man and car.
red short distance to where another man
wGs standing by a buggy. The two
scoundrels hurriedly put the girl in the
vehicle and drove rapidly away. There
was no violence offered, and no harm vas
done the victim except that she was rough.
ly held prisoner so as to prevent an ont
cry. When they had driven over mile
FROM the house one OF the men asked her
ii she was Miss Lille Lewis. She OF course
replied in the negative. Finding they
we're mistaken, the horse was stopped
and the girl Immediately released.
She wandered back home nearly frighten-
ed 10 death, and told the inmates OF the
house. She stated that she was under the
impression that the cloth which was
thrown over her head was saturated with
chloroform. Excitement reigned su-
preme, and the superstition is that as Mr..
Lewis is quite wealthy, the men thoaght
that by abducting his daughter, Lille. a
large ransom would be paid for her. She
is TO be congratulated upon her lucky es-
cape from the clutches Of these unmitiga.
ted scouDdrels, as her fate may have been
worse than death, and the girl whom they
did take should congratulate herself that
she was not Miss Lewis.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-06
DIED IN IHE FAN WEST.
Death OF Prof CrenshRw, Formerly Of
Bethany College.

netnhuy eOiieke.
Word hiss reached here OF the death, at
Sen Francisco, Of Prof. Julian b. Crenshaw,
which took place last month, OF hemor.
rhage OF the lungs. Prof. CrenshaT Was
well known in this vicinity, from having
held one OF the chairs of Mathematics At
Bethany College, for some time, and which
he was compelled to vacats on account Of
bis dissipated hsbits. He graduated At
Bethany and ence took a position ss
teacher at Pittsburgh, where he rap
idly rose, and was afterward given
a position in the faculty at Bethany
c ,lleee On quitting there. he entered upon
the study OF the law at Washington, Pa.
Before he was fully established in the law
he was called 10 q lucrative position in
Southern college. but the wearing duties Of
the school room bad already begun TO tell
seriously on his health, and in hope OF re-
gaining his vigor lie sought the milder
climate OF the Pacific Coast. For a time he
seemed 10 have fully recovered his health,
and resurned his chosen work OF teichng.
He taught with much success in San Fran.
c. co, and soon won a high position among
tie edit catoIs OF the State, and many
friends and admirers, both in the East and
West lsnent his untimely loss. He was q
born teacher. He possessed the rare
faculty of seeing things clearly and i'm
parting knowledge in the clearest way TO
Others. A scholar and lover OF books, he
was not, however, a pedsnt or recluse.
Brilliant in the school-room, he was eq IalIy
brilliant in the social circle. Endowed
with considerable executive ability, he
took the lead in whatever he undertook,
and With his pleasing address and charm.
ing personal qualities, made hosts OF
friends wherever he went. HIS convivial
tastes, while they made him popular,
barred his way upward and he presented
the oftseen spectacle, OF a brilliant mind,
handicapped by bad habits.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-06
THE COAL OIL CAN
Will Help q Fire. but IL Generally
DfSasfrOus,

Will Help q Fire. but IL Generally
Disastrous.
Yesterday morning, about o'clock, an
alarm OF fire was turned in from box ),
United Engine House, occasioned by
Dominick Oberfeld's saloon, just north OF
Twenty fourth on Chapline street, being on
IRE. The department responded and e1-
tinguished the names in less than twenty
minutes. The origin Of the fire is the came
old thing, starting fire in the stove With a
can of coal oil. Mr.. Oberfeld, about 5
o'clCck, attempted to start a fire in the
stove in the saloon, and while pouring coal
oil on the wood ii ignlted, causing the can
OF oil 10 explod and splitting the burning
fluid over the floor Mr.. 0berfeid and
family attempted to extinguish the fire,
but finding they could do nothing with il,
sent word to the United Hose House and
the alarm box pulled. Mr.. Ed. Lsrkin
owns the building and be estimates his
damages at $500 This includes the loss OF
500 worth of French glass front. Mr..
Oberfeld's damages will foot up about 800.
The building and goods are fully insured.
The iremen are very much worried over
the report in circulation of their not get
ting 10 the fire in good time. They claim
no better time was ever made IN this city
in responding TO an alarm. The Hook &
Ladder truck again came to grief, near the
corner OF Twenty-second and Market streets,
by breaking the front axle. This old rattle
trap, or man killer, should be run into the
river, as il costs the city more in one year
for repairs than new one would cost,