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He Humored Him

A New York stock broker, who was
on his way to Buffalo last week, OBJ
served that one of his passengers was
closely regarding him, and after time
the man came over and asked:
Didn't l see you in Chicago in
1892"
The broker wasn't in Chicago that
year, but, thinking to humor the
stranger, he replied in the affirmative.
Don't you remember handing poor
devil silver dollar one night in front
of the Tremont?'
Il do
''Well, I'm the chap. 1 was hard
up, out of work, and about ready to
commit suicide. That money made a
new man of me. By one lucky shift
and another am now worth S25, ,00O"
''Ah! glad to hear it. :"
"And now l-want you to take S. in
place of that dollar. l can't feel easy
until the debt is paid"
The broker protested and objected,
but finally just to humor the man he
took his $50 bill and gave him back
Sl5S The stranger soon withdrew, and
everything might have ended then and
there if the broker, on reaching Buffalo,
hadn't ascertained that the twenty"
was counterfeit, and that he was SIS
out of pocket Val Street Neaos.
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The After Midnight Elbow Die,

1t was after midnight, writes Bill Arp
in the Atlanta Constitution. About the
time deep sleep falleth upon a man,
but not upon woman. for Mrs. Apps
ears are always awake it seems to me.
felt a gentle dig in my side from an
elbow. and whispered voice said:
William, William, don't you hear
that?" "What is it?" said l. ''Some-
body is in the front piazza. said she.
Don't you hear him rocking in the
rocking-chair?n And sure enough |
did. The chair would rock awhile, and
then stop, and then rock again. lis
the gun loaded?" said she. ..They are
robbers, but don't shoot, don't make
noise, can't you peep out of the Win
dow? Mercy on us, what do they want
to rob US for. Maybe they come to
steal one of the children. Slip in the
little room and see if Carl is in his bed.
Don't stumble over a chair; maybe
somebody is under the bed" The
rocker took new start, and l had an
other dig in my side. ut is the wind,'
said l. mo, it is not" said she.
There is no wind; the window is up
and the curtain don't move. They are
robbers, l tell you. Hadn't you better
give them some money and tell them
to goP'' 81 haven't got any money"
said L. 'It's all goae." Lord have
mercy upon u.s." said she. William,
get your gun and be ready"
gently slipped out of the bed and
tiptoed to the window and cautiously
peeped out, and there was the pointer
puppy sitting straight up in my wife's
los bo
would lean forward and backward, and
put it in motion. whispered to Mrs.
Arp to come and see the four-legged
robber, which she did, and in due time
all was calm and serene.
Last night there was another sensa-
ton in the back piazza, and it was sure
enough feet this time, for they made
racket on the floor and moved around
lively, and the elbow digs in my side
came thick and fast. 1t took me q min
ute to get fairly awake, and after list
ening awhile, l exclaimed in audible
language, ''Goats; Carl's goats" and |
gathered broom and mauled 'em
down the back steps Il told you, my
dear" saidI, ''that those goats would
give us trouble; but can stand it if
you can"
Carl and Jessie have been begging
for goats good while, and | was hos
tile, very hostile to goats, for l knew
how much devilment they would do;
but the little chaps slipped up on the
weak side of their mother, and she fin
ally limited that children were children.
that old folks had their dotage and
children had their goatage and her lit
tie brother used to have goats and so
the pair of goats were bought and
Ralph worked two days making wag-
OH and contrived some harness out of
old bridle-reins and plow lines and it
took all hands to gear 'em up and at
the first crack of the whip they bounced
three feet in the air and kept on bounc-
ing and jerked Carl rod and got
loose and run away and turned tb-.
wagon upside down and they ka,ai o,,
leaping and jumping until th11.v oot oil
the harness broken up End Cot awav
1t beat monkey ssnow. We ali LAUGH
ed until we cried, but the little chaps
nave reorganized on more substantial
basis, aud there is another exhibition to
come off soon.
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found tongue, ''but we thought you
were. 1t said so-the telegraph did.
We came up to the funeral!'
And so, between hysterical tears and
laughter and questions that nobody
pretended to answer, they unloaded and
got into the house. At least Mrs. John
did. The two brothers sidled off be-
hind the barn. There John got hold of
brother Samuels hand and shook it 81
lently and solemnly, while the strong
tears ran down both their rugged faces.
Neither offered or asked explanations.
In that moment their hearts spoke
plainly enough. This my brother
was dead and is alive again"
In the house they went to work more
reasonably to unravel the mystery.
Mrs John showed them the telegram.
81 see!" cried one of them, with a
sudden light, "there's Samuel Mackle-
fresh down at the Four Corners, and |
did hear he was very low last week.
He's got brother John, too, but didn't
know he lived in your town. Now he
won't get it. Amt that too bad?"
The brothers now came in wiping
away surreptitious tears with their
coat-sleeves. They sat talking over the
curious event. when the village post
came rattling by, tossing the mail at
them as they sat at the window. Some
one rushed out to get it, but seized with
q sudden impulse John Macklefresh
dashed past him and secured it himself.
Hastily glanciDg about him he stuffed
one thin epistle into his own pocket. 1t
was the ''cutting letter"
"That'n keep to the day O. judg-
ment," he muttered, rejoicingly. 'I'll
write him receipt in full for the two
hundred-seein' I'm deacon and q
Shristian. ."-Portland Transcript.
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WHOLE NO. 1911.
Disasters of One Year,

We are startled frequently by the
most appalling disasters that could be
imagined. We are Mortified at their
shocking details. But the events pass
quickly from our minds and we go on
merrily with our routine of labor or
pleasure. as though no calamities had
occurred.
But when we make a summary of the
number of dreadful disasters that haze
occurred during given period, we re-
alize more fully the insecurity of life.
The following list of a few casualties
during one year will cause you to be
thankful that you have not been among
the sufferers.
First in order come the great floods
of Europe, which destroyed many lives
and vast deal of property. Shortly
afterward this country was shocked by
the occurrence of the burning of the
Newhall House in Milwaukee. The
next horror was the burning of circus
at Breditchey, in Russian Poland, when
800 lives were sacrificed to the flames.
A few days later the ocean steamship
Cimbria was sunk by collision, and 400
found watery graves. The above chief
catastrophies occurred in January, but
there were many minor ones which
cannot be recorded in this article. In
February occurred the panic in New
York school when fifteen poor children
were sacrificed. Then came the Brook
lyn bridge disaster when dozen peo-
pie were killed. Next the Sunderland,
England, disaster, when 200 boys and
girls were killed. Then the caving in
of a mine near Braidwood, Illinois,
killing 20 miners. An explosion in a
powder factory near Rome, killing 40
people, and another explosion in
powder magazine at Scutari, Turkey,
killing $50 people. By the laundering
of the steamer Navarro going from
Copenhagen to Leith, 65 persons were
lost. The burning of the Grappler on
Puget Sound cost 20 lives, and the cap
sizing of the Daphne on the Clyde add
ed $50 to the list. BY the burning of
the theatre on the shore of Lake Como
AZ lives were lost, while in the giving
way of a rotten pier near Baltimore 65
excursionists were drowned.
But these catastrophes are nothing as
compared with the Ischia earthquake,
which swallowed up 5000 persons.
Soon after occurred the volcanic
eruptions and earthquakes on the Island
OF Java. when $4,000 people went to
their deaths.
But the half is not told. -EEevated
Raita0ay Journal.
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A Word to the Girls.

In order that any of our young friends
who are indulging in day dreams of ga
career upon the stage" may gain hint
of the measureless price to be paid for
success as an actress, we submit the
following extract from bit of Maggie
Mitchel's experience as given by her.
self to the North american ReUielU.
Maggie Mitchell, the petted and sue
cessful ''Fanchon" of years agone.
writes:
1t would be bold for me to pretend to
descry the chances of success for the
actresses of the future. 1t is a lottery
this profession of ours, in which after
all, even the prizes are not very consid-
cradle.
My own days, spent most of them far
away from my children and the COM
forts and delights of my home, are full
of exasperating labors.
Rehearsals and other business occupy
me from early morning to the hour of
performance, with brief intervals for
rest and food and little sleep.
In the best hotels my time is so in
vaded that can scarcely live comfort
ably, much less luxuriously. At the
most, existence becomes torment and
a burden.
l am the eager yet weary slave of my
profession, and the best it can do for
me-who am fortunate enough to be in
cluded among its successful members
is to barely palate the suffering of a
forty weeks exile from my home and
family.
For those of our calling who have
to make this weary round year after
year, with disappointed ambitions and
defeated hopes as their inseparable COM
pany, | can feel for from the bottom of
my heart.
Each season makes the life harder
and drearier: eace year robs it of one
more prospect, one more chance, one
more opportunity to try and catch the
tieeting bubble in another field.
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1t is estimated that in $500 of the
5000 bar-rooms in Philadelphia free
luncheon is provided. The quality of the
food varies according to the location of
the bar-room, from the soup made of a
half-pickled beef bone, q few scraps of
fat and lean meat, a small measure of
potatoes. turnips and tomatoes, and
two gallons of Schuylkill water, to the
spread consisting of Boston baked beans,
boiled and baked macaroni, broiled
reed birds in season, choice breakfast
bacon. land a variety of other dainties
that would probably cost from 40 to 60
cents were the patron to get the same
thing in regular restaurant. The
daily cost of providing the luncheon
grst described is only few cents, while
the barkeepers who go to the other ex-
treme expend about SO day for food
which is free to their customers. The
hotels generally refrain from infringing
upon the domain of the dining-room by
offering their customers in the bar room
any food more tempting than stale
crackers and dried-up cheese.
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A Milwaukee gentleman is the nos
SCISSOR of parrot endowed with won
derful powers of elocution. IT. talk is
ceaseless, and as consequence its yo-
cabulary has grown WONDERFULLY large.
AS Milwaukee bird il has added to
its lingual accomplis .iments rernarka-
BILE capacity for the absorption of lager
beer. Given tin-cup full of the foam
ing beverage it will carry it to its beak
without delay and swallow the malt
moisture with satisfaction. One drink
IS always insufficient, and the cup is re-
turned to the donor with impatient re-
quest for ''more beer! more beerr'
Sometimes its appetite in this regard is
humored until the copious libations be-
gin to tell on Polly's brain. The CAGE
is opened and the maudlin bird stalks
across the room with stiff dignity. Find
ing locomotion impeded, for reasons
known to the laughing spectators, it
lays its head backward, and, giving
sidelong leer, cries out whats the
matter with my legP What's the mat
ter with my leg?" On being told that
1t ls drunkenness the staggering bird,
with evident evaporation, cries out
You're a liari You're a liar!' The
actions of the parrot while under the in
fuence are so amusing that it is often
indulged to the point of inebriety for
the purpose of exhibition, and Polly
evidently likes both.
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Enterprising Girls,

Now, as regards the gentler sex who
came here to ''hoid down. their claims,
says Dakota letter to the Cinoinnat
Commercial Gazette. All over tS,a tar
ritory you will find these litt'1a sbanties
In many of them styI'-Ln and nrnttT,
young ladies take up a nights lodging
once every n'..onth or oftener. l have
sseh nuD'l oers of misses from the east
ern S.ates who are out here holding
Gown" o quarter section. Others who
live nearer, as in Iowa, make monthly
pllgrlmages to their ranch, or, more
likely, 90 once in two months and re-
main two nights, endure this sacrifice
to their comfort and the shock to their
nerves few times, and become owners
of valuable real estate. A Dakota girl
that isn't ''holding down" a claim or
two is curiosity. The only drawback
to the eastern girls is the fact that they
must publicly declare that they are over
Il before they can file their application.
One hundred and sixty acres of land,
you know, is not much of an induce
ment to an eastern girl for such an ad-
mission. But out here it is altogether
different, for it only lasts six months,
and at the end of that time the young
ladies 60 right back to 18 and 20 again
Indeed, it is looked upon as really ro-
mantle, despite the fact that wolves
howl around at night and gophers play
hide-and-seek through the shanties like
rats.
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The Society of Children.

Many good men have delighted in
passing their hours of relaxation in the
company of children. This betokens a
pure and loving nature. Richter saws
the man is to be stunned who does not
love the society of children. Henry
~. was passionately fond OF them, and
delighted in their gambols and ca
prices. One day, when crawling around
the room on his hands and knees with
the Dauphin on his back and the other
children about him urging the King to
gallop IN imitation of horse, an Am
bass ador suddenly entered and sur
prised the royal party in the midst of
their fun. Henry, without rising to his
feet, asked, "Have you children, M.
Ambassador"
Eyes, sire.n
"ln Tat case I proceed with the
spoIIt," remarked the King.
Napoleon used to take the infant
King of Rome in his arms, and, stand
ing in front of mirror with him, there
make the oldest grimaces in the glass.
At breakfast he would take the child
upon his knee, dip his fingers in tho
sauce, and daub his face with it.
The child's goyerness scolded, the
Emperor laughed, and the child, almost
always pleased. appeared to delight in
the rough caresses of his father. Those
who, on such occasions, had a favor
to solicit from the Emperor, were al
most always sure of being favorably
received.
Cato, the Censor, no matter howso-
ever urgent the business of the Repub-
lie, would never leave his home without
first having seen his wife wash and dress
the baby.
Cicero, after having put the finishing
hand to his orations, called in the
children, and had joyous romp with
them.
A great diversion of the Emperor
Augustus was to play at games with
little children, who were brought from
all parts for this purpose, Moorish and
Syrian children being his favorites.
There was one little fellow of the name
of Nucius, who stood only two feet
high, and weighed only seventeen
pounds, but who nevertheless had a
prodigiouS voice. He was an especial
favorite
Rousseau said that nothing gave
him greater pleasure than to see little
children making fun and playing to-
gether.
81 have always" said he, stopped
IN the streets to watch sheir frolics and
sports with an interest which | see no
other person take in them"
1et-inconceivable inconsistency
Rousseau sent his own children to a
founding hospital, and never owned
them. Bells.
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Willing to Come Down.

a resident on Woodward avenue who
had advertised for man to take care
of his horses had an application from a
colored man who seemed fitted for the
position, and a bargain was made. AS
the new employe was backing out of
the Office the gentleman said:
''Oh, by the way, what name shall
call you by?''
''Well, sab, my letters am ginerallv
directed to de Hon. Boswell Green. but
lie perfectly willin' you should call me
Mr. Green when you has occashun to
dress men'
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WELLREWARDED

A liberal reward will be paid to any
party who will produce case of Liver,
Kidney or Stomach complaint that Elec-
tric Bitters will not speedily cure.
Bring them along, it will cost you moth
ing for the medicine if it fails to cure,
and you will be well rewarded for your
trouble besides. ALI Blood diseases,
Biliousness, Jaundice, Constipation, and
general debility are quickly cured.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money re-
funded. Price only fifty cents per bottle.
Fog sale by Robinson & Hinrichs. 5
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CAUSE OF FAILURE. of conf
dence accounts for half of the business
failures of to-day. Emil Fischel or F.
@. Buerstatte the Druggists, are not
liable to fail for the want of confidence
in DIR. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup,
for he gives away bottle free to all who
aresuffering with Coughs. Colds, Asthma,
Consumption and ali affections of the
Throat and Lungs. q
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An American lady, who had reached
an old inn in Normandy, could not
make the clerk understand her French
nor could she understand the clerks.
At last, in desperation, she said with
great distinctness: "Do-you-speak
He frightened at once,
and said: Land sakes! / guess do;
| was brought up ten miles from Ban
cor. Mainer'
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The great statue of William Penn in

The great statue of William Penn in
Fairmount Park has been sadly disfig-
ured by idiots with penchant for cut
ting their name and initials in pub
lie places. The rear of the figure is de-
faced to the greatest extent, but the
front has not escaped, and the sides
show signs of the vandals knife. Not
only are the initials of the guilty parties
carved in the base, but the limbs, head
and even face have been scotched and
furrowed. The initials of several part
les are carved on the cheeks of the fig
ure in wide, deep letters that rob the
face of its designed expression and
make it ridiculous effigy. The news
papers have published the names that
are carved on the statue, and four of
the guilty parties have been arrested.
Mr.. q. w. Moore, of Kaufman, Tex,
weighs 105 pounds, and has six distinct
and well developed toes on each foot
and five fingers, exclusive of the thumb
on the left hand. His stature is pretty
much in keeping with boy of his years.
The popularity of his dimensions. how
ever, is not attributed to his being so
fat, but to the enormous size of his
bones, which are much larger than
those of an ordinary man. Mr.. Moore
says that the unnatural growth of his
son began when the babe was three
months old, and that when only three
years old he tipped the scales at seven
ty-five pounds. The lad is intelligent,
in good health, and his father says he
was never sick day in his life.
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BARBER SHOP.

OARL. PANGBURN'S Barbershop. in Barnes
Oblock on North Eighth street. Work done in
good taste. Particular attention paid to Ladies
aud Childrens hair cutting and shampooing. BY
ali means call and see Carl.
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Summer Changes.

Sang the lily and sang the rose,
Out OF the heart OF my garden close,
80 joyl o joy Of the summer tidel'
Sang the wind, us it moved above them.
" Rose were sent for the sun to love them.
Dear little buds in the leaves that hidel"
Sang the trees, as they rustled together,
" oh, the Joy of the summer weather!
Roses and lilies, how do you fare?'
Sang the red rose, and sang the white:
g G lad We are of the suns large light,
And the songs of birds that Dart through
the air.
Lily and rose, and tall green tree,
Swsying boughs where the bright oiruS nestle
Thrilled by music and thrilled by wings,
How glad they were on that summer dayi
Little they thought of cold skies and gray,
And the dreary dirge that storm-wind
sings.
Golden butterflies gleam in the sun,
Laugh at the flowers, and kiss each one
And great bees come with their sleepy tune
To sip the honey and circle round
And the flowers are lulled by that drowsy
sound,
And fall asleep in the heart of the noon.
A small white cloud in sky of blue
Roses and lilies, what will they do?
For wind springs up and sings in the
treesl
Down comes the rain-the gardens awake,
Roses and lilies begin TO quake,
That were rocked to sleep by the gentle
breeze.
All, roses and lilies! each dclicste petal
The wind and the rain With Gear unsettle.
1hls way and that way the tall trees sway.
But the WIND goes b., and the rain stops soon
And smiles agair the face of the noon,
ana the Movers are glad in the suns warm
ray.
Sing, my lilies. and sing, my roses,
with never dream that the summer closes;
But the trees are old, and fancy they tell.
Each unto each, how the summer flies;
They remember the last years's wintry skies,
But that summer returns the trees know
well.
Philip Bcurke Marston, in st. Nicholas for
0cloSer.
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Rev.Dr. Sauveatuno was sneakinq q

Rev.Dr. Sauveatung was speaking of
the plaques of Egypt. The children
of Israel" he said, ''were repeatedly
on the point of manumission, but at
the very last moment the Lord afflicted
Pharaoh with auricular ossifcation.
1t is the opinion among the ladies of
his flock that Mr.. Sauveatung is a
splendid preacher He uses such beau
tiful language, YOU know.
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Plantation Philosophy-A white frost
is de gray hairs OBJ de season. De man
what sw'a 'ars dat he wouldn't hab of
fee is de berry man dat is hurt when
he's beat People what always looks
on de dark side should recolleck dat
natur' furnishes as much honey as she
does gall. | doau have much conf
dence in de loud-talkin' man. De blum
derbluss is louder dan de rifle, but it
amt half as true, Der ole sayin' dat a
miss was good as a mile amt true. A
feller shot at me once an missed me,
but he skeered me nearly ter DEATH
Arkansas Traveller.
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FROM Col. Q. FL. Mackey, 33d Iowa
Infantry: ''To persons afflicted with
Catarrh, 1 would state that 1 have
derived more benefit from Eiys' Cream
Balm than anything elec 1 have ever
tried. [ have now been using it fo,.
three months and am experiencing no
trouble from Catarrh whatever. I have
been sufferer for twenty years. @. Ell,
MAcKEY, Sigourney, Feb. %, 1882.
have used Elys' Cream Balm for
Hay Fever, and experienced great relief.
l most cordially recommend it as the
best of all the many remedies L have
tried. L, B. JENKs, Lawyer, Grand
Rapids, Mich. Price SO cents. 2E
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FRED. SEEGER,

OFFERS TO HIS FRIENDS AND THE PUB
" lie generally, choice selection of Fresh
Meats, Salt Pork and Beef Smoked Beef and
Hams, Shoulders, Sausages, Tallow and Lard at
the lowest rates. Market on Commercial Street
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WILLIAMS HOUSE.

A d. SMITH, PROPRIETOR, CORNER OF
N. Eighth and Franklin streets, Manitowoc.
4 irst-class American Hotel, centrally located,
offers every inducement TO the travelling public.
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Robert Comwell. of Henrietta, N. Y,
had an accusing conscience. His wife
unsuspectingly joked him about his
fondness for the hired girl, and he.
thinking she knew all, eloped with the
young woman.