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How the World Went Right Along.

A bear who had made himself believe
that he had the worst luck Of any animal
IN creation vas crawling through the wood,
one day when he met a serpent who in
quired. (Which way now, my friend z"
lin gong 70 find some spot where | can
retire from the world. The world has not
used TIE right, and III revenge viii desert
il. II wouldn't DO that" But Will
can no longer trust ANYBODY. have been
cheated. lied To and misused until have no
faith left. will now retire within myself,
and If any cUnVulslon of nature takes place,
the country must not blame me for It.
have borne all that one bear can be expected
to put up With.
Bruln went ms way until he found lone
Is spot, anu then he crawcd into hole and
began listening for the crack Of doom. 1t
made HIM feel good To think the world was
turning itself 5ottom-side up because he
had aD,ented himself from sight and search.
and he Vas determined not to weld until
after several thousand terror stricken people
had come To him with tears IN their eyes.
Much 10 bruns surprise, the night passed
liAe all other nights. No one appeared
during the forenoon to plead with him,
and the afternoon passed without an earth
quake or tornado. Tie momentarly expect
ed the advent of crowd 10 plead with him
TO come back to the world, and have faith
and confidence but the crowd didn't show
up. After long and hungry night brun
began to weaken. After much argument
with himself, he crawled out Of his den
and was sneaking through the woods when
he met a hare.
''ls the world yet standing ?" asked the
bear. Certainly; never more solid since
| can remember And is any one search
ing for ME z" Not that know Of" Every
thing goes on just the same, el !" just
the same And didn't YOU hear that
had lost all faith in human nature, and re
tired from the world 2" Never heard
word of it. Tra-la, old man. I'm of. "
The bear sat down on a thistle, and
thought the matter over for few minutes
and then arose and made bee-line for his
usual haunts, telling every animal he met
on the way that he had been off on fishing
excursion.
Moral-Ihe cynic who farters himself
that he is reyenging himself on the world by
Withdrawing his company forgets that he
will be Obliged TO associate with himself.
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Vol. xxx Whole No. 1853 No. |.
Matrimonial Yarns.


ado you pretend to have as good judg-
ment as have ?" said an enraged wife to
her husband well, no." he replied de-
liberatey ''our choice of partners for life
shows that my judgment is not to be com
pared with yours" In matters Of contro-
versy. however, the woman usually has the
best Of it. A witty old author advises men
to avoid arguments with ladies', because in
spinning yarn. among silks and satns,
man is sure to be worsted and twisted E; and
when man is worSted and twisted he may
consider himself wound up. The above re-
tort might be matched by dozen others
culled from domestic controversy, in which
woman has come off triumphant "Really
my dear, said friend OF ours to his better
half You have sadly disappointed me. |
once considered you Jewel of woman, but
you've turned out only bit of matrimonial
paste" Then my love- was the reply,
console yourself with the idea that paste is
very adhesive and in this case will stick to
you as long as you live"
See here, said aut-fnding husband,
I'VE must have things arranged in this
house 50 that We shall know where every
thing is kept with all my heart sweet
ly answered his wife, land let us begin with
your late hourH' my love. should dearly
love to know where they are kept. lie
let things run on as usual II is not often
however, that one comes across such
touching retort as that which a Sheffield
husband received from his wife the other
day, through the medium of the public
press. He advertised in one of the local
journals that he, Thomas A, would no
longer be answerable for the debts incurred
bN blS IL, Nyho sppOs a hay. hpar, a trI1lN
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hand. a, articl. nI,i,I, w,;,i.n ,ronar
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properIy made, and Al occasional noini 10
Guide him through ,he lopy sentences Il
that ne may know TIE meaning at A yIanr,
and thu> save mucb t,m. ana annoyiny nar.
pIexity.
4 gr.a, many n,onla know tho nri,c,nla.
of neat penmanshlp. but few there ar, who
practIce il . and !, !, IN he regretted that so
many peonle make II a pofnt IN write
,crawling hand When such nm article i
r.f,rr.d b,ck ~ tha autbor ard ID !. j
or,red v, assi., II d,rinbariny soma word
Horace Gr.ei,, and N, noror,ous nenman-
,nlp Are immediately mal. N. >uhi4ct of
comment buI i should H.. remepbe2ed thai
Horace Greeley d,d not win his fame b, be-
,ny a noor n.nman His fam. was won
through the Efforts nf a few pI,ckv prin,.rs
who but his Id.a. into nr,nt 90 linn I'M.
ma.,r, could r.ad thrm
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Interesting Facts About Hair.
-pr wildrr III Medical Tribune.

Whether thu hair should be cut | never
could quite satisfy myself. \, physioIog-
zeal practice | seriously doubt the pruprlety
Every eating is wouudng, and there i
some sort OF bleeding IN consequence, and
waste Of vital force. think It viii be
found that long lived persons most frequent
Is wear the hair long
The cutting Of the hair stimulates ID new
growth ~ supply the waste. Thus THE euer-
y required To maintain the yigur Of the
body IS drawn off to make good the wanton
destruction. 1t is said. | know, that after
the hair has grown to certain length it
loses It's vitality at the extremity, and splits.
or "broom> up" Whether tins would be
the case If the hairs should never be cut
would ike to know. When il il cut i fluid
eXude>, and forms 4 scab or clcltriX at each
wounded extremity, indicating that there
has been injury.
Women and priests have generally worn
long hair. never could imagine why this
distinction was made. The ancient priest
was very often un>eXed or devoted to a vow
Of cellhacy, but cannot surmise whether
that mad anything 70 DO with it. Kings
wore their halr long, III imitation Of Samson,
and the golden Sun-Dog MlthIas. >us-
pect from thI, that the first men shorn we're
slaves and labOrers that freedmen wore
their HAIR unmutllated as the crown Of
perfect manhood and manhness. If this
be correct the new era Of freedom, when ii
ever shall dawn, will be characterized bv
men unshorn as well as women unper,erted.
wish that our science and our civllza-
ton had better devices for preserving the
ip,Agrif, AZ IN. b.ir RaIdp.xs I.tnrr,
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Oyerfamiliarity.

The approaches to overfamilarity are
most insldious. SO must they come in dis
guise. The enemy may not be known until
within the walls. The first entrance lies IN
some form of expression denoting lack of
respect for the opinion Of another.
There may be too much familiarity in tone
and gesture as well as in what are termed
more demonstrative acts There is per
ceptible modulatlon and intonation Of the
voice, which conveys an extreme Difference
from that OF the mere unconsidered, every
day manner. There are infections for CON
veying extreme interest, or mere interest,
or partial indifference, or Indifference and
from thence down to contempt.
OF which one or the other of many mar
ried and minated couple are but too well
aware. 1t is a bad symptom, and the first
faint precursor of the cooling of the lovers
ardor when tine husband, with more or less
of irritation in his voice, bids the wife
hurry up" be the hurrying up in the pro-
cess OF dressing for the theatre or the as
censon of the Il" road stairs.
The nearer, the more tender, the more
delicate the relationship between parties,
the greater care is demanded in avoiding
that overfamliarity which expresses con
tempt tor opinion. Be the opinion expressed
by another entirely wrong. be it even no
opinion at all, but a sentiment or assertion
based on dishonest tinent, there should be
the greatest care before it is met with
sneer. Respect and dignity on one side be-
get respect and dignity on the other. The
reverse is also, unfortunately. true. When
a conversation degenerates into squabble,
both parties suffer common damage in loss
Of respect for each other.
But in numberless instances, and espec-
tally in the marriage relation, after a little,
the man has little but sneer for the opiu
ion Of the woman. Unconsciousy he falls
into the habit Of deeming his opinion on
every possible subject to be superior to that
Of his partner, and the only region in which
h- may allow her to express herself ''un-
snubbed" is in that regarding matters he
holds in contempt as belonging exclusively
to the woman's world. His sneer may be
veiled, but it's none the less sneer. There
is the afectionate sneer, the patronizing
sneer, the superior-being sneer, the half
plying, Embarrassing sneer; and behind
these the darker, heavier and blunter sneer
the sneer of indifference, of irritation, of
contempt.
Familiarity breeds contempt" An old
adage but none the less applicable to new
generations.
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A SOLUTION.

The san Francisco Chronicle offers the
following solution Of the story Of the Lady
or the Tiger: Now here the story closes.
Whether the lady or the tiger was behind
the door is not told. The question. the
author tells Us. demands for IL, solution a
knowledge Of all the intricate mechanism of
human affection, barbarian rs well as civil
llzed. Love ard hate, trust and jealousy.
seltishness and selt-ahnrgation. must all be
weighed. measured, and put into an equa-
ton Of two Or more unknown quantities be-
fore any decision fairly ma, be reached.
| ntil put INTO action, wumaus idea OF
good or Ill are always unknown quantities.
So It seem, idle to seek 10 determine whether
the princess would have counted the agony
OF seeing her lover welded 10 another less
Or greater than the horror Of seeing him
torn INTO sanguinar, tidbit. BY properi,
ra,enous tiger. So much may Be said on
both sides that one is reminded OF the
famous problem of the owl: Did the
first owl come from the egg, or the first egg
from the ow ?" Manlfestly II would have
been unjust to rest the solution of so PEI
pIening study upon anything 50 Intang.-
hie asshe analysis Of ~oman's reasoning,
Fortunately there Is no need. William
ANibE, Ol TINS tIt, a gentleman PROFOUNDLY
veT~ed in the folk lore Of India has un-
eafthcd the following sequel to tie story 50
eNa>peratingIl broken off IN the paraphra,e
of Mr.. Stockton. Without the slightest
hesitation he went TO the right-hand door
and opened ID" He aid not know that ms
ROYAL sweetheart had threaded all the dew
on mazes n passion" ere she arrived al
her decision. He believed that she Knew
that life AT the price named would not be
worth the having. SO he believed that be-
hind the right hand door lurked the tiger
He opened II and there stepped forth the
lady. he lover looked al ms sweetheart
responsibility, at her rival respectfully, but
sadly. Then he turned away walked rapid
n u the eft-hand door and opened that.
! here "as bound. roar, >Ickening
Weller Bat il was not the lover whose
mangled limbs the "a, age beast va, tercty
CrunCh!ng. With the untaiIIng accuracy Of
discrimination, which j. trait of roya
lineage, the uger had chosen the lady for
his repaSt, and the lover stood uu>cathed
Hr would have been unworthy Of immortal
IN Il he hal not taken the largrss OF
fate AZ IL face value. lir did, lie passed
through the door and closed Il. The pr.n-
ces, tainted, the King reIen,ed
the lovers we're we'd, and in lieu Of
trial by blind chance the generous mon
arch instituted :he system of al elective
judiciary
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and wife before her very eyes and when
she had seen them walk away together upon
their path of flowers. followed BY the ire
mendous shouts of the hilarious multitude,
in which her one despairing shrek was lost
and drowned
Would it not be better for him to die at
once, and go TO wait for her in the blessed
regions OF semi-harbaric futurlty?
And yet that awful tiger, those shrieks,
that blood
Her decision had been Indicated in an IN
stant. but it had been made after DAYS and
nights of anguished deliberation. She had
known she would be asked, she had decided
what she would answer, and, without the
slightest hesitation, she had moved her hand
to the right
The question Of the decision is one not
to be lightly considered, and It is not for me
to presume to set myself up as the one per
son able to answer it. And so | leave 1t
with all of YOU: Which came out of the
open door-the lady, or the tiger?
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Women and Whistling


If the mere act of whi>tlins can help and
cheer a man so much, why should II be de
med to a woman? If whistHmg will drive
away the blues and be COMPANY for lone
some person, surely women have much more
need Of ITS services than their brothers, for
TO them come many more such occasions
than TO men. There are many who have not
the gift Of song. Why should they not
whistle as they rock the cradle or perform
their household duties or accompany them
selves on the piano? But there Is a r!!.,,i-
cal or hygienlc advantage in whistllng winch
should excuse it against all the canons of
proprlety or good form"
1t is often remarked that the average girI
is SO narrow chested, and in that respect
compares so untayoraDly with her brother
May this not be due in some measure to the
habit of whistling which every boy acquires
as soon as he arrives at the dignity of
pants, and girls seldom do? Let any one
try, for five minutes, the inhaing and ex-
hallng OF the breath as II occurs in the act
of whlstllng, and the effect on the lungs
and chest cannot fail to be noticed. A
daily practice of this kind would be of more
benefit than all the patent inspirators and
chest eXpanders in the market.
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HumOr In the stomach.

Much of the distress and sickness attribu-
ted to dyspepsia, chronic diarrhea and other
causes is occasionsd BY humor in the
acteristics of the complaints, have been
cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla. Other cures
effected by this medicine are SO wonderful
that the simplest statement of them affords
the best proof that it combines rae curative
agents and whes once used secures the con-
6dence Of Ne people.
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kostyy.
The Snow Witch.

The old, old woman IN tlt clouds
Looks out io-ngnt. s,.u whisrer> low.
The poor hlack tayth duih -hlv'rirg shake;
I'll make her n ~ her ioh- e -no".
Her quacAing geese III ctl|tih home.
Nnd soon the T. aihcl> .otly 'Nil,
Aud ete tht morning rar NaA',
tarih's covered n alh snow flake pail.
80 BILE SCd snow, q >wc''. whi'e snow.
That VA meth u u ID, COD. bleak world;
Beneath thy mantle. tine aUd cold.
\ Thousand secrets nrrr ae turled.
We !. ar the >now-,irup T'ik Ael bell,
Although She >lceI,ih out OF sigh;
The yellow rocu> wakes nd stir,
Aud sir, che> upw w.rd 3 the light.
The old. old woman iH ile clouds.
All hld lcn in her Aoddfl gray.
LOoA- down upo, he >.ioN clad earth
TIL >pring-i mr w - the snow away:
And letting AT hrr 4 ackitg ge =.
She bid- them other a.ail = grow,
Then shuts the door, -al g,e- g >l'ep
MI inc uuCc nor -rld a. >nnN.
Hdrper', Bdzdr.
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A young lady in one of our rural dis
tricts was escorted home from an evening
party not long since by young man to
whom she was not particularly partial. On
taking leave he remarked, Il guess I'll come
and see you ag'in next SUNDAY night"
"Well, Jim," replied the lady, 'syou can
come as friend, but not as fellar." Re-
port says that Jim did not 20 either way
| Miners Journal.
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-"Widder Jenkins" said an Ohio farm
er as he hustled into hel house one morn
ing, Il am man of business. am worth
$4,000; and want YOU for wife give
YOU three minutes in which to answer" II
don't want ten seconds, old man." she re-
piled, as she shook out the dishcloth, sim
a woman Of business, worth $4,000, and
wouldn't marry you if you were the last
man on earth! give you minute and
half to git"
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ILLUSIONS !-McStaggert ton his way
home, having jumped over the shadows of
the lamp-posts, etc, brought up by that of
the kirk steeple.) "E-h." (Pauses.l Ne
mind 'Sh no help for it, Pulls up his
pants.) "Shall have to wade thish r.
Punch.
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1t was before they had reached the
wine. The waiter poured for him glass of
water. "Take it away" be said, Pve got
magnificent thirst and wouldn't spoil it for
$5.n-German Joke. +
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-20

The postoffice at Roekland, Henry county. has
been discontinued.
According to the new city directory the popu-
| lation of Lafayette Is 24,748, al increase of
1,754 over the estimated population from the
| directory OF tN years ago
| John r. Brattan, the farmer and stock dealer
who mysteriously disappeared from Hope last
| week, has returned, but refuses to give any in
| formation as TO his whereabouts during his alb
sence.
Burglars entered the residence of r. NJ Shoe
| ing, OF Connersville, on Sunday morning, and
secured small amount of money, overlooking
$500 i'll cash that was lying on the floor OF a
closet.
Mrs Nellie Adamson, of Covington died on
| Sunday morning of typhoid fever. Mrs Adam =
| son was great favOrite in society," and her I'M
timely death is much deplOred She q niece
OF Hon. j. E. Mcdonald, of Indianapolis.
Charles Matthews, who has been working near
| Columbus, became intoxicated on Saturday.
Returning to where he was employed he built a
| hre in the way. laid down by IL, and he was so
| badly burned that he cannot recover.
Ten temperance ladies' of Richmond including
several dressed in Quaker garO, visited variety
show on Saturday night for the purpose of in
| fuencing young men to absent themselves from
such places. The ladies. propose continuing
| their visits. t, ,.r
! The Merchants Exchange at Lafayette has
resolved that the Improvement and placing in
/ navigable condition of the Wabash and Erie
canal are necessary to cheaper transportation,
| and for the retention OF foreign market for the
surplus products of the Northwest, and such i'm
| prOvement should he made by the national
government with the least possible delay. The
resolution, with Others, are TO be forwarded to
Hon. Thomas b. Ward, to be presented to Con-
gress
Alton, small town on the OHIO river in Perry
county, is going through the excitement of a
crusade against liquor-sellers. strong organ
ization of women, backed by men, has been
formed in the town, and on MONDAY last they
opened the war by calling at the saloon of John
Atwood, and requesting him to sell out to them
his stock of liquors and sign a contract to sell
no more IN the town, or take the consequences.
He sold out to the women and signed the con;
tract, and they poured the liquors into theEiver
-four barrels in ALL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-20

EVANSVILLE, Nov 19-John Dillon, 10,
from Ireland, Dubois county, went to Hunt
ington, this morning, and while drunk be-
gan disturbance Marshal John Morgan,
with the assistance of citizens whom he
called upon, attempted to arrest the men.
Thirty shots were fired and a number Of
brick were thrown, and Morgan had a
finger shot of, and one of his assistants was
shot through the leg, Beatty was badly in
Jured in the head by being struck by a
brick, and several Others were more or less
injured The young men escaped on foot,
leaving their horses behind.
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Brief Mention.

The Urbana butchers have agreed to keep their
shops closed on Sunday, and sell no meat on that
day.
Company d, of Lincoln, will have their uni
forms and will give dress ball on Thanksgiv-
ing eve.
At present the Indications are that there will
be more cattle fed in Morgan county this winter
than during any previous winter in its history.
Farmers near Morris complain that the re-
cent cold snap greatly damaged their crop,
while the farmers near Henry say the cold was
worth millions to them.
George Barnstahle, wealthy farmer living
near Wankegan, has been sentenced to four
years in the penltenttary for an assault COM
mitted upon his niece, domestic in his family.
One of the rules of the board of school inspect
Ors OF Joliet is: "That no teacher VIII be al
lowed to accept present by donations and con-
tributions of the pupils of any of the public
schools"
Mrs. David Kennedy, of Bristol, had over 800
fine ducks, mostly white ones, corraled on the
river bank and when the recent big rain came
they all took to the water and went down to
Yorkville, some going on further.
Quite number of damage suits against De-
catur have recently come to light. Captain
Schlosser, of Cerro GOrdo Mrs. Bridget Flynn
and Ira KrigDaum each want So, 900 for injuries
received by reason of alleged defective side
walks,
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ILLINOIS.
Mooney Tells How He Became a Mollie
Mcguire

Mooney Tells How He Became a MOllie
Mcguire
JoIET Nov. 1S.-A decided sensation was
caused yesterday morning by the report that
Mooney, who lies in the county jail in this
city, had made a confession to his attorneys
of his connection with the murder of An
derson, and that for this reason the defend
ing lawyers had filed affidavlts of his insan-
ity pending the argument of the new trial.
The doctors who examinined the murderer
say he is insane and was at the time of the
murder Mooney talked freely of his past
life and gave detailed description of the
events that had TRANSFERRED while he was a
member of the Molle Maguires In his mar
rative he gives the following account of how
he became a member of that gang. He was
first taken to a cabin, where he was kept I'M
til night When darkness came the entire
party left the cabin, and in
three miles to cave on the
side of a hill where door opened to receive
them. The view that came upon them when
they entered was singular and unique one.
In front of them, lying around on the floor
and on benches, were twenty-five or thirty
of the roughestooking customers that a
person would see in a lifetime, and around
the wall were firearms of different patterns.
Two demonstrating men sat apart from the
others, and were evidently victims for nitia-
ton as we'll as Mooney, for that individual
was sent over to sit by them. When the
time came it was explained to those assem-
bled that there were several persons who
were DESTROYS of joining their ranks, and
they desired to take the oath of allegiance
that evening A whispered conversation
followed, and in few moments large, full
whiskered man who seemed. to be the ring
leader came over to where the tenderfeet, as
Mooney stated it, sat- He took them over
in front of the reclining outlaws and stated
to them the objects of the organization
they were combined together for the
purpose of having their rights enforced
and to see that each of them got square
deal from the moneyed corporations which