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A Story of George Bowie.

Cleveland Leader: A story I heard
last night relating to George Bowie, the
inventor of the bowie knife, COR the Ar
kansaw toothpick," as it is also called.
1t is said that Bowie was as gentle and
chivalrous as he was brave and regard
less Of human life. One night, years
ago, while riding in a stage toward Ohio,
on the old national pike, q poorly.clad
old woman and her little boy of about
ten years were for miles the only other
passengers. Bowie did not speak to them
but wrapping hlmselfup IN his own coat,
slept as we'll as he could under the Jolt
ing Of the stage. An hour later a big
burly German entered the coach at a
way station, and Immediately took out
a clay pipe, which smelled as though it
had been smoked since the days of Sir
Walter Raleigh. This he filled with to-
bacco of the vilest brand, and began to
smoke. The stage was soon filled with
his exhalations and the smoke began to
make the old lady sick, and she opened
the window and sought relief from the
fresh air which poured in. But the
weather was bitter cold and she had to
close it. She then asked the boy to beg
the man to stop smoking. This he did,
but the German loudly said: eff the old
oma don't like it she can get out. I
paid my passage and 1 will smoke what
I please" In the meantime George
Bowie had awakened and had
seen the whole procedure. AS the
German uttered these words Bo-
vie put his hand at the back
back Of his neck, and drawing ont one of
his famoue bowies said coolly: You
are mistaken about your smoking. You
will put out that pipe at once and keep
your mouth shut, or, by the eternal, 1
will run you through the hearth / would
have you understand I ain George
Bowie, and George Bowie means what
he says!" With that he slowly began
to advance his knife toward the Ger
mans stomach, and the latter frantically
threw his pipe out of the door and
begged for his life. During the next
half hour the German said nothing, but
looked pale. As Bowie thought over
his action and noted the sickness of the
old woman he grew still more angry,
and at the next station he forced the
smoker to get out of the stage and ride
with the driver for the remainder Of his
journey.
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Broad and Narrow-T,red Wagon.

Mr.. j. W. Sanborn, of the Missouri
agricultural college, has, with usual
good common sense, been making some
experiments to demonstrate the va Iue O
good roads and broad tires on road and
farm wagons. He says that the condi-
ton of the country road is one of the
surest indications of the civilization of
the people. The trials were made with
a carefully tested dynamometer; the
loads drawn were 1865 pounds each,
and the felloes and tires were II inch
and three inches, respectively. The
first test was on Blue Grass sward
somewhat moist, though it had not
rained for two weeks. The average
draft of the narrow-tired wagon
was 439 pounds, while that of the
wide-tiredw was 80 pounds-a difference
of over Al per cent. in favor of the wide
tire. Assuming the wagons to weigh
1000 pounds each, the same team could
draw 3,24S pounds on The wide tire as
easily as 1000 pounds on the narrow,
and besides this, the wide tires did not
cut through and injure the turf as the
others did. In a further test, on a par
TALLY dried dirt road, the broad wheels
showed a draft of 81 pounds to AL for
tie narrow, being 1877 per cent. in IA
vor of broad tires, so that with the same
wear and tear of team, tho broad-tired
wagon could carry 331 pounds per ton
load. more than the other. Although
these differences disappear on hard
well-made roads, he concludes that every
farm should have one or more broad
tired wagons, and says the transfers on
the College farm always prefer such for
use about the farm. We have long
known the value of a broad tire for
farm wagons, and have such a one for
all work OF raw ground or meadow
land. 1t costs very little, if any, more,
and soon pays for itself by saving the
team.
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There
ueacon's;

ueacon's;
milking"
.en went into the
-neu the Goals and covered
a. IN up for the night. / fancy that he
did so that L might not discover his agi-
tation.
He never writ to u.s." he presently
resumed, "but Joe Wheeler did, and
when that letter came which told us
how Harry-our little Harrv-had been
put in jail for O crime, it broke poor
mother down. But we never knew
what came OF him. Thar was nothin'
we could do; we were far away"
ooh, uncle, and you have never seen
him since that time?" I asked feeling
o great lump in my throat.
Seen him. Davy? Seen him? The
world is wide and the years have been
long, but Davy-"
He turned away from the forge and
came near to me.
.Dayy, I seed a face last night out
on the road thar that KEEP me awake
till the light came in my winder this
mornin'. 1 seed a face that's a bin
CROWN and a CROWN on me; it t'want
a ghost, Davy, but it was him. him! nv
Harry!"
It was dusk when I left JJncle Stan.
ton that evening. / heIped him close
up the blacksmith shop and walked
with him down the road 10 Joe Wheel.
er's old house, where Uncle Stanton
boarded. and when 1 started hack AGAIN
to nv own humble home I remember
that I was go full Of tbou0ht that moth.
er who waited me anxiously. said:
nDayy. I didn't hear vonr bannv
whistle as you came along: what makes
you 90 late. child?"
How well / remember ne.t dav with
its drizzlinr rain and the wat laaves ~
the big maple tree which were tossing
against nv little window when T awokel
Ihad slept very late. and while T made
nv hasty dressing mother called mo
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-04-10
ESPIONAGE IN FRANCE.
How tbs Paris Police Watch Ev. , Class
Of Society.


The secret agents of Paris are pro-
vided with cards. which, in case of dan
ger, will insure them the protection of
the regular police. They are strictly
forbidden to show these cards to II
n save to state officials of high stand
ing (when the indirect services of such
officials are required), or the s~ergents
de viles to whom I have just alluded,
and under the circumstances referred
to. They frequent clubs and other
meetings, the VINE shops of the exter-
Tor b~oulevards, and houses and streets
of ill fame, and also attend at the SEN
ate and Chamber Of Deputies during
the parliamentary session. In the
morning they prepare their reports,
generally speaking, at the Prefecture,
iii the archives of which is to be found
detailed accounts of the career and
character of hundreds and thousands of
individuals in France. These records
form colossal pyramids in the lumber
rooms. and are alphabetically arranged
according to the names of the persons
whose histories they chronicle, so that
when any one suddenly to the
front, or is compromised in any GRIM
inal affair, the librarians can have no
difficulty in laying their hands on the
official summary of his or her antece-
dents. So complete is the collection
that the name of the most obscure rag
picker in Paris is chroniclei as well as
the President of the Republic.
In regard to these secret agents OF
the second category, M. Andrieux is as
he is indiscreet. "a mans coachman,"
he says, u mans mistress, a mans
barber, a mans valet may belong to
this battalion" Many sa~loonkeepers
and houss-porters are actually compell-
ed, under pain of forfeiture of their IL
censes and positions, to act rs the spies
o. tho prefecture. Several journalists
who are the bitterest political oppo-
nents IN opposition newspapers Of the
powers that be, and not a few frantic
orators who do" the stump at Social
lstic gatherings and denounce the crim-
inality of capital amid the cheers of the
working men, are in the pay of the no.
lice authorities. The high-born and
respectable Imperialist, who mixes in
Prince Napoleon's society and calls him
my Lord, !" Your Majesty, and sports
Q violet in his button hole on the occa-
sion OF the anniversary mass for the re-
pose of the soul of Napoleon Iii. at the
Church OF st. Augustine, keeps up his
gorgeous equipages aud pays for his
Bonapartist dinner out Of the public
funds.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-04-10
NEW USES FOR WOOD,
Some Curtosities Manufactured Out of b
Fibre of Wood.

Fibre of Wood.
From the New York Mail and Express.
Have you seen my cabinet of Gu
riosities ?" asked a fruit dealer of a re-
porter for the Mail and Express, as he
led the way into his office. On the wall
of his office was arranged a black wal
nut cabinet with well filled shelves.
Taking from n of them a piece OF wood
SC pierced with holes that it seemed a
wonder that it held itself together at all,
the dealer continued: "This piece
comes from Mexico. A contract
or who was building q railroad
across q salt marsh had occasion to ex-
anime some of the piles which had been
driven into the water, twenty-six days
after the work had been completed.
What was his establishment to find that
everyone Of the hundreds Of piles which
had been driven was pierced with holes
and had been made utterly worthless.
He found an immense number of small
worms in the wood.
zone of the most wonderful things in
the collection is a piece of the tree from
which this is taken" continued the mer-
chant, taking up what appeared to be a
piece of plain meshed lace of fine quail
ty. "The lace-bark tree from which
that is taken grows in Jamaica. Il sea
captain, in whom | have an excellent
friend, brought me this halter and whip
made from the bark of this tree. When
ever a native wan a whip he cuts down
asmall sappling Of the right length, and
begins beating one end of it with a hea-
Wy piece of wood. The fbers soon sep
arate, and by careful manipulating the
lace structure of the wood soon shows
itself. When sufficient wood has been
beaten to form the lash he braids the
strands, and 'crackI his whip is made"
The natives use the lace cloth OF fiber
for the manufacture of articles of cloth
ing. The wife of an English officer
who visited Jamaica, was SO struck
with the wonderful properties of the
tree, and the beauty of the lace which
was made from it, that she constructed
a bonnet with admerable skill entirely
from the material, and sent it as a pres
ent to Queen Victoria. The Queen was
so well pleased with the curious gift,
that she sent a personal letter to the
officers wife, thanking her for the
present and expressing great surprise
that a thing OF such beauty could be
made from the bark Of a tree.
This" remarked the speaker, taking
up a big pod at least a foot and a half
long and q inch or two wide, ais the
famous storm-bean OF the East Indies.
| sent half way around the world to get
this specimen. These pods, which con-
tain a number of beans, when dry hang
in great numbers from the trees on
which they grow. The least breeze
passing through the branches sets the
beans a-rattling in the pods. When a
tornado such as frequently visits the
tropics comes tearing throug h the forest,
the noise of the rattling storm-beans
becomes terrific. The natives are often
frightened at the unearthly sound, and
believe themselves in great danger from
the evil spirits who are said to inhabit
the jnngles."
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A Model Church.
From the Toronto Globe.

from the Toronto Globe.
The Church Of the Holy Communion,
New York, sets an example worthy of
all imitation as a working church. It
has 900 communicates on its roll.
These keep in operation q baby shelter;
an industrial school, registering 354
names; an employment society, furnish
ing work to sixty poor women each
week, a workingmen's club whose men,
bership numbers 203, whose income
last year was we 81, 800 and which
has in connection a literary club and a
relief association; a special club for
boys;a home for aged women, which
had last year fourteen inmates, and
provides this year for twenty; a shelter
for respectable girls, which has never
less than thirty inmates; a Summer
home at Hastings-on-the Hudson, where
last Summer more than 100 persons
were entertained; and a coal fund, by
means of which Door people are able to
obtain coal at greatly reduced rates. It
may readily be conceived that a church
whose members thus devote their ener-
gies to works of practical philanthropy
is not likely to have either time OF in
clination for the numerous entertain
ments' which seem the best expedient
most modern churches are able to de-
wise for promoting social intercourse
and good will. We venture to say the
loss is not felt by the members Of the
church in question; and that its methods
ine Tradition to all the material and NOR
al benefits they confer on outsiders,
will be found much more conducive
to brotherly kindness, aud much less
fruitful of idle and mischievous gossip,
not to say back biting and slander, than
those of the churches SO much given
to s%ocials Of the tea-drinking and speech
iication kind.
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When Drunkenness Was A Virtue.

The reign of Geroge Ill. of England
was the most openly dissolute period
in the history of Great Britain. State
officials who had required regulations
for drunkenness were then the most
popular. 1t was then that govt at
tanned its highest degree of perfection.
A man who did not wear asplit shoe
was only under protest admitted into
the circles of polite society. Sir Philip
Francis, upon awakening at night and
finding himself sober, would immedi.
ately get out of bed and proceed to get
drunk again. Lord Weymouth. after
spending a%fortune and becoming utter
ly worthless, was appointed Secretary
OF State in recognition of his abilities
as a drunkard.
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He Wasn't Sure.
Tennyson cries.

sOh, for a touch OF a vanished hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still"
but the sentimental young man who
boosted that he would know the touch
Of the hand anywhere, and identify the
owner without the voice, was farther
along" in such matters than the tender
STRIPPING who is described below as do
ing escort duty:
Robert, q bashful lad, recently sum
moned up enough courage to escort a
young lady home. At tho breakfast
table next morning his father said,-
well, my son, did you go home with
any of the girls last night?"
YES" said Bob.
"Who was she?"
Robert hesitated, but finally blurted
out, II thought it was Annie Warren,
but when we got to the turn OF the road,
she went into Ellen Hams house."
"But I should think You might have
told by the sound of her voice." said his
father.
Neither Of us said q word, said Bob,
blushing and stammering.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-04-10
The sunaower in the Arctic Circle.

I'm The most tropical part of the Arc
tic circle, said the Lieutenant, grows
q creeping willow. When it is very
large and luxuriant it is two feet long
and the stem is as big round as my
thumb. Oscar Wilde would find his
dear and esthetic blossom, the sunlow-
er, there, but in q snubbed condition.
only a few inches high and shorn of
much Off its glory, the rayipg disk dwin-
died and the number of PETALS diminish
ed until he would hardly recognize it.
The dandelion and the buttercup are
also to be found"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-04-10

The seacoast of California has been
visited this season by several varieties
OF birds which have never before been
known to leave the mountains. This
has generally been supposed to indi-
cate a severe winter, but, according to
science, the migration is more proba-
bly, due to the prevailing scarcity of all
kinds of seeds in the mountains this
season.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-04-10
ter r. ort.

tntic for March.
we found an ex-
Diego, directly
| the railway sta
was a German, and
ntry about thirty
was q one-story
ound a large court,
3 upon o tile-roofed
court was a tall date:
IS Of rich, orange-hued
lg among its graceful
k green.
s.pected to meet in m OBJ
AN town a party of Ameri-
IS passing the time in placid,
'they might be encountered
IS inn at some Alpine valley.
untered at the San Diego a
,htful company of u compa-
One, an eminent artist, who
something of an invalid, was enthu-
slastic over the delicious air and glo-
rlous scenery o the place. These win
ter days in Cuautla were all like our
ideal Juno weather at home, he said.
There was no intense heat, while cold
and chilliness were absolute strangers.
Mexico he regarded as superior to Flor
ida as a winter refuge. In these warm
lands, besides the endless scenic varie-
ty, there was an ~unchanging climate all
through the winter; at least on the Pa
rltj1 s1Ia nf fla r,N,,,,, ~ A..
Gulf slope, as at Orizaba, there we're
occasional fogs, rain and raw northers.
And then there are no mosquitoes
here" said another friend. ii have
never seen a land so free from them.
The few insects one meets here are really
contemplate; [ feel inclined to pity
them for their feebleness."
1t is, indeed, o great mistake for peo-
pie to come to Mexico from the North
in the winter, and con6ne themselves to
the capital. They experience the chilly
weather which now and then visits the
high regions Of the central tableland ut
that season, and with the abrupt tran
sitions of cold and heat from morning
to noon and night they at times teel
more discomfort than in their wintry
Northern homes, where genial hearth
fires glow, until at last they perhaps
leave for home in disgust, anathematiz-
ing the whole country.
All this is mistake, when on every
hand are pleasant places like Cuautla,
within easy reach of the capital by rail,
journeying to which might fill many
weeks with around of pleasure, novel
scenes greeting the eye everywhere.
There is much of the great interest to
tourists to be seer in and around the
capital, but there are %pleasanter winter
abiding places near by. It is, however,
q good central point from which to
make agreeable tours all over the coun-
try, Now that railway communication
with the United States is completed,
there will be many pleasure travellers
to Mexico. When they come they
should remember that there are rich,
warm valleys down below, close at
hand, where simple existence seems a
luxury, amid the delicious airs of gem
uine tropical surroundings.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-04-10

Gen. c. F. Hatch of Minneapolis was an ear
lly schoolmate and friend of Gov. Cleveland.
It is animated by his friends that this early
intimacy is going to be worth a postofice to
him now.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-31
4 WOMAN.


from the Atlanta constitution.
My name is Mary Chapman, ana live at
the corner of Williams ana Cox streets. A.
lanta. / have been a dreadful sufferer from
scrofulA and running, eating scIofulous III
GERS for * year. Have been waited upon
during the time by seven Atlanta Physicians,
but they failed to cure me. | also used va
rfOIs advertised remedies without the least
benefit. while being thus treated, I grew
worse all the time. $crOTuiOus swciiiuEs on
both sides of my necI-which became run
ming, eating sores. affecting my throat mouth
and nose. The eating sores on nay neck were
uia>~ OF corruption almost down t. the
bones Siy throat became 50 much LHacl-.i
that | could scarcely swallow, my food lodg-
ing in portion OF nay throat. lost my ap-
petite entirely, lost my flesh, and was reduced
10 90 pounds wcight-heing a mere skeleton.
My whole system became terribly poisoned,
and in fearful condition. In this condition
I commenced the use Of b. Il. b., and found
great relief the first bottle.
''When | had U.Ji ave bottles my health had
so much improved that he ulcers were all
healed, the swelling subsidized, my ap petite re-
turnc ' my skin became active, my strength
returned ana gained A pounds OF flesh.
am now healthy, fat and hearty, and am able
to 40 much work "a any woman. AMI feel
happy rs a iar X. =
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-31

We find = Il. y z pc Il lars f
sho murder commit. ed by London Viii
i'amS. mentioned in yesterdays paper as
. opa"ly working his way in this direc-
ION, n the Ocala Fee Pres. The off
els here are keeping a sharp lookout
0r the rimin"l. and : he comes INTO
heae ports he viii probably be arrested
Tine peaceful and quiet neiGhborhood
he Pyies' settlement. six mics south of
Ocai7, ": > thrown mo considerable ex-
te .ynt Friday night over the wholesale
sh,n,ing by one London Williams. The
: occurred ct = Il. e, where Viii
!; ms became boisterous, and was told to
l.ap, ,uiet. This he refused TO do, where
upon the men attempted to put him out
SIDE the building. Williams remons-
t-a:ed, end in he scuGie shot William
ChaDpe, in the stO.n2ch. and Foster
right in he bowels. James Galloway
&c e;ved q 9:.Glt wornd IN the leg. Will
liairs empiieu five loads mo the crowd
cnd then escaped. William ChappeI
81 from lhe wounds eleived on Sun
~ aG'c,noon, end l'oster Wright is not
.oec'c'j 10 live. Tie pistol u-e.I was n
-nh & Weeson Improved, ana the shots
we 4 ,ed 2, fas- ) fingers could pull.
4, y .-er. The V hole affair occurred
; 'Guic.,lv aid caused so much excite
Dent that tie mJI deer rhuGo good his
.scape, hvt an a emp, WIS mace to cap
.rre him wi:hout eucce-s. Officers wcg,,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-31
Kidney COMPLAINT.

FOR ovt.r six years | have been a tcrriple
suffer, T frona troublesome complaint .cr the
relief OF which / hasc>.,Cn- over $50 with
out enefig. the most note! zo-caiiyd rcmld:c5
proving failures. The usc Of one single boz
tie of b. Il. T.. has been maTyeioTs, giving
more relief than all other trcd -ment COM
Lircd- 1t is a quick cure VII Ia others. ii
they cure III all. are in the distant future.
4 a kDBEHT>.
Atlanta Water WORKS
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-31

Mrs. Nj. y. Odetl has leased the form
er residence of Ju,.2e James Burt. on
Water street, near the Florida Southern
passenger depot, and will run it as first
class boarding house. The house has
been newly and neatly furnished
throughout, and Mrs. Odell promises to
use every endeavor TO make it as home
like and comfortable as possible for her
hoarderS
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-31

Mrs. j. S. Spooner, of Philadelphia,
has taken the handsome residence of 1lr.
DeWestOn among the orange groves IN
in the southern portion OF the city on
Emmet street, where she is now ready
to receive guests. The house is elegant
ly furnished, and will hereafter be
known as West End, and the only rec
omendation necessary is to state that
Mrs. S. is proprietress of one the finest
summer houses on the Jersey coast.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-31

A Cos. age and four beautiful residence
lots attached for sale at a special bar
gain. Inquire of j. II. Hibbard, Trans
fer Office, cor Lemon and Front streets.
o29-tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-31

4 SPECIAL We mean the large
and varied stock of Carpets, MattinGs,
Oil Cloths, etc, just received at the Dry
Gooiis House OF I. jacobson. tie makes
a speciality OF of this line OF goods, and
his stock comprises as fine and cheap
goods as ever shown in Palatka.
o21-Gt
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-31

SLEEP WARN, and the best way to do
so is to lay in a supply of the elegant
Blankets and Comtorters on sale at L.
Jacobsons Dry Goods House. o2I-6t
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-31

The office of the Palatka Transfer Co.
is removed temporarily to MOragne &
Kersting's corner, where all Oruers writ
ten on the call board will be promptly
filled as usual. O294U