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THE WAY OF IT.

How . Great Many Fraudulent Assign
ments Are Caused.
Grocer Chase lived in little house at the
rear OF his store, and was interrupted one
morning at breakfast by the clerk who
usually opened the store.
awe were robbed last night, Mr.. Chasel
We were robbedn'
Robbed! robbed! you don't mean itf"
"Yes, I do. Somebody entered the store
last night by the front door, and took
every cent there was in the till."
"Great heavens, I'm ruinedl But stopi
John, how much money was there in the
till last night?"
Fourteen dollars and thirty cents"
"John, go to the police office at once,
and enter the report on the records that
I've been robbed of twelve hundred dollars,
and that my family narrowly escaped be-
ing butchered. Meantime, I'll drop down
to Lawyer Huckford's, and have him draw
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A Queer Church Comedy,

A few days ago lady from the Nort'ts'
ern part of Bart Township called on n
lady at Georgetown. Shortly after her
departure the laly missed a fine gold
ring, and, suspe ting it had been stolen.
put a nImbsr of amateur detectives to
work, composed principally of young Ia
dies. On Sunday evening fine ring was
displayed on the finger Of the lady re-
ferred to. After a number of dextrouS
maneuvres on the part of those detec-
tives the ring was restored TO the ownsr.
The entire case was worked up while Mr.
Bradley was preaching, and although
those interested were scattered over the
large church, the organization was so
complete and the signs so well under.
stood that the whole transaction ~as
done without interrupting or in any way
disturbing the sermon.
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A Good-Humored Girl.

Miss Esmeralda Longcoffin is what
might be called chronic giggler. A few
evenings ago at a concert she giggled in
cessantly, so much so that Gilhooly, who
was her escort, was scandalized.
Excuse me for laughing-te, he, he-but
tie, he, he-I have-te, te, he, te-to laugh,
you know-te, he, he-every time 1 say
anything foolsh-te, he, he"
mo wonder you are always in a good
humor II you laugh whenever you say any
thing foolish, replied GiIhooly, getting up
and going out to get something to brace
him up.-Texas Siftings.
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Meteorological Information.

Prof. Snore, of the University of Texas,
and Kosciusko Murphy met not very long
since, and both of them being very intelli-
gent they talked about scientific subjects,
and among others about eclipses.
"Did you see the total eclipse of the sun
we had in Austin about four years ago?"
asked Murphy.
"No," replied Prof. Snore 81 didn't get
to see it. was out at my ranch five miles
from town, and when got back it was all
over. r."-TexaS Siftings.
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woman's Discernment.

Easygo Husband-I think, my dear, that
Mr.. d Orsy is quite good match for Mi
randa.
Keen-sighted Wife-No, he isn't. His
means are exceedingly limited.
"Why, how in the world did you discover
that"
II heard him say that diamonds are
vulgar. His criticism wasn't prompted
by refined taste, but by his inability to
purchase any. deIphia Gail.
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A Copyrighted Joke.

Says an exchange: IN. Pasteur's father
was a tanner" We always had an idea
that the old man must have had something
to do with bark. because his son is SO
familiar with it. Hal ha.--ha! Don't you
see the point? Nos Why bark. don't yo6
see, dogs bark-tan bark, ha, ha, hs, k$f
ha. ha. ha, ha. copyrighted. l-fssfS
SILL
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vi.
AFno,Iy Conver.atiop.

John-Clara, must correct your state
ments. You are entirely wrong. There is q
lack of verisimilitude-
Clara-Now, John, you are getting out
OF your depth. Are you sure you know
what you are talking about?
John (hotly)-You talk as il you thought
was a big donkey.
Clara (coldly Now, my dear, you are
unjust. never thought you were big
Philadelphia CsH
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NO. 80 MEDICINE LODGE BARBER KAs FRIDAY FEBRUAR
Hitting the Barber.

There is a colored barber in Austin who
can talk as much as three ordinary BARRIERS.
Just hold up, viii you, for moment"
said Hostctter McGinnis, who was in the
operating chair.
"Yes, sab, take pleasure, sab, in"
"Well, now just keep quiet long enough
for me to ask you a question, only one lit
tie question"
''Yes, sab, it win afford me pleasure, sah,
de greatest pleasure in de world, sah-"
II want you to shave me after am dead.
Win you do it?"
II WILL boss"
"You see don't want to be buried alive.
/ want to be sure that / am dead before
am buried. Texas SHtings.
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HER BIG SISTERS BEAU.

You are my sisters new beau, are You,
The one she caught at the ball?
heard her telling my mamma 90,
Just as came through the hall
She says you are awfully stupid,
And you can not dance at all:
Its just because you are rich. guess,
Made you the "catch" at the BAH.
And she says that when you are married
She II teach you thing or two:
/ don't think I'd be taught by q girl
If were a man like you.
What! Not going already. are your
Jack never hurried of so:
Sister viii be down in q minute
And be real angry, / know.
Atlantic Constitution.
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an assignment. I've been waiting for this
for years"
"An right, sirl" (Exit.)
"Maria, give me the fourteen dollars;
you may keep the rest. Tid-Bits.
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THE BLIZZARD.

The blizzard came down like q thousand OF
brick:
His breathings were cakes of ice four inches
thick,
And his hair streamed far out in stiffness
that bent
With the swirl and the speed of the pathway
he went.
His beard that found roots to the lids of his
eyes
Hid his face in a hairy, unp:erced disguise.
And spread out In iee-lke rigidity far
From his one eye that flashed like q pivotal
star.
Unseen was the rest of the demon-like form
Or the swdtmoving blizzard. the god of the
But the presence was felt of an unconquered
For the .fast-runniDg rivers stood suddenly
still.
And ttrsa1 the noses of people who travelled the
Turned white with alright, and the hurrying
Were stung as with sting of a hundred bees,
While the blood crept away and allowed them
to freeze.
Columbus Dispatch.
BOY, CAT AND PAINT.
Thrilling Story, without Words, In Six
Chapters.
CHarper's BaZar.1
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am informed that we left the track about
five miles back. We are now running on
the county dirt road and il we don't meet
a wagon Wen be all right. You see that
there is a big bend in the road back here
and we save time by taking a short cut."-
ArkansaW Traveller
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LUCK AT GAMBLING.
Superstitions ofProfessionalP Paste-
board Manipulators.

Wearing Old Clothes and Old Hats to
Make Them Win-A Gamblers Warm
Ing to Those Who Expect to Win
Success at the Gaming Table.
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A Friendly Tip.

Bagley (confdentially to pick-pocket on
the back platform MY good fellow, wish
you wouldn't try that.
Pick-pocket lin great trepidation)- III, sir?
Why, L
agley (soothingly) There there; don't
apologize. You've been trying to pick my
pocket, and / think it my duty to tell YOU
that the wallet you're lingering is filed
with bills which I've been trying to collect
for six months, and don't believe you can
do any better.-Phhad deIphia Cali
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A AvIng Marine Telescope,

al can't let this girl travel over this road
on that halffare ticket" said the new con.
ductor to the Widow FiOpiack.
"Wh, not? what is the matter with nv
little girl?"
She is no child. She is more than half
grown"
"Well, ii that don't beat everything, then
III give il up. Here poor little Mamie has
been travelling over this road on child $
ticket for the last ten years, and now all at
once you say she is no child. That's a new
way to worry the travelling public"
She paid full fare, and then the diminu-
tive girl in the corner pulled herself out, so
to speak, like marine telescope.-Texas
SHtiHgs.
A short Cut.
The other night on an Arkansaw railroad
train passenger called the conductor and
asked:
"Are we on timer"
Eyes"
"Glad. Are we on the track"
81 don't know, but I'll go forward and
ask"
He went away and, returning, said: "I
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A Fierce right iu Mid-Alr.

A NUMBER Of young ladies have deter
mined 10 girlcott the dudes who drink,
The true northerner., 1886-02-25
His Opiniop of UEliv -

"EAi Perkins lectured in Little
Rock some time ago. When he ar
rived at the Opera House he found four
victims who were willing TO listen to
him.
II don't know whether to lecture or
not" said Perkins. However" he
added, I'll leave it to you," address
ing an old fellow who had come down
from the hills of Washington County.
"Come, nv friend, what do you say"
Il say go ahead"
IAN right"
Perkins ascended the platform and
began to deliver his lecture. The old
fellow did not smile When tire per-
formance was over Perkins" ap-
preached the old fellow and asked:
"Well, how did you like my lee
tureT
@You want my honest erpinion?"
"Of course. Out with it"
wall, you left it to me, didn't you?"
Eyes"
"Wall, 1 am blamed sorry now that j
didn't say no."
Il am sorry that failed to interest
Won. will return the money"
Never mind, podner. I'd give that
much any time to be reminded o. what
fool am. ."-ArIdnsa,ctTrdreier
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

THE devices OF newspaper correspon-
dents of Washington to obtain news
are often ingenious and sometimes dis
honest. Back of the House and Senate
galleries there are large rooms, with
tables for writing and telegraphic facil-
tiles for sending dispatches. The cor
respondents do much of their writing
on these tables, and one of them who
had been a telegrapher sat and listened
to the news of his competitor as it went
clicking over the wires. The striking
similarity of his dispatches to those OF
other correspondents soon exposed the
trick, however, and change was made
to thwart him. This lazy, but smart
correspondent, however, got the news,
and his opponents we're at a loss, for a
long time, to find out how he did so.
They finally set watch upon him, and
found that he was in the habit of going
up over the House, where the telegraph
wires ran. He had fine sense of touch
and was so good telegrapher that he
could read what was going on over the
wires by wetting his fingers and placing
them upon them.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25
Arab Women as Fighters.

The women of the desert tribes were
once as celebrated for their skill with
lance or bow as for that bronze beauty
which the composers of the quasidah
or the moallakat were never weary of
describing. Before Islam it was the
boast of many Arabian tribes, as it was
afterward of certain Tartar hordes,
that their women could fight as well as
the men; the Himyarites were among
the most famous of these. All through
those ancient Arabian poems, to viii h
Mohammed is said to have referred as
final authority for the meaning of GER
tain words or phrases in the Koran,
one finds legions of Arab girls cele'
brated for their equestrianism. their
dexterity with the scimetar and even
for the number of men they have over
come in single combat Islam, by sub
ordinating the woman to the man. and
destroying the idea of male and femal le
equality, did much to extinguish the
warrior spirit of the fair sex throughout
the greater part of the Orient.-N. o.
Tim es- Democrat.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25
Logan "a Crack Shot.

Gen. Logan is very fond of outdoor
sports. He is an admirable horseman
and swordsman, and knows how to han
die rifle. He is one of the best pistol
shots in the country. He has the hand
soonest dueling pistols in Washington.
But he is the last man to brag of his
strength or skill. When down at the
Hot Springs of Arkansas few years
ago trying to throw off a peculiarly Sc
we're attack of rheumatism, he aston
ished the pistol experts of that pistol
ing country.
On one occasion dozen young men
were practicing from the piazza of the
Generals hotel at bottle laid on the
broad crotch of distant tree. The
bottle was round. Unless it was hit
plump in the middle it spun round
and round like top. The young men
were good shots, but now and then they
would miss the somewhat difficult
mark. Then the invalid Senator would
chaff them. The young men finally be-
came irritated and asked the General if
he could improve their skill. After a
little more chatting the General said
"I'll tell YOU fellows what I'll do.
There are twelve of you, but I'll prom
ise you each box of cigars every time
YOU hit the bottle if you'll promise me
box every time / hit it,"
The boys accepted the proposition
instantly.
"I'll shoot first, and, if hit, I'm to
shoot again and again until miss"
They had no OF. ection, so the Gener-
al fired twelve consecutive shots, each
time breaking a different bottle, while
the young mems eyes opened wider and
wider,
"Do you want any more?" he asked,
after the twelfth shot.
"No," said the young men, hastily,
Il guess not
"You can send those twelve boxes to
my room whenever you are ready, gen.
tlemen," said the General, as he
lounged away. "Someday when have
more leisure I'll give you an hours in
struction in target shooting"
But the boys never held him to his
promise. They paid their bets, how
ever, and after that did their practicing
when the General was not around
UdshinQtOn Cor Chicd0O Ne1rs.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

Men of Note of Muscle.

n. p. Willis, poet and editor, profit
ed by attention to physique.
Greeley's farm life helped to give
him Drawn to aid his brain. II he had
rival it was Charles A. Dana, and he
sleeps every night on farm and ex-
ercises daily. He is a man of muscle.
Bayard Taylor, whose books of travel,
whose fiction and poetry interest so
many was noted stickler for outdoor
exercise
Washington Irving had grand and
generous muscle. His mind was not
the most brilliant, but he worked hard
and his muscle gave him the founda-
ton to do it on. He leaves works
priced by the nation.
Hawthorne had grand intellect and
a giant frame.
Kit North, whose dainty essays had
pleased so many, was a great pedes-
trian.
The philosophers were all men OF
Drawn, from broad-shouldered Plato
down to Mill and Hamilton.
In point OF intellect the greatest
men of Germany are Bismarck, Won
Moltke, and the Kaiser. They stand
exactly in the same ratio in Drawn, all
being large, muscular men.
Only two Pres dents Of the United
States have been city bred. All the
rest had country brawn and brain. The
successful Generals of the late war
were all men of Drawn. Sherman was
tall and wiry, and Phil Sheridan lacked
only altitude, and made that up in the
saddle.
Byron, who had the grandest imagin-
alton of any modern writer, in spite of
one foot being deformed, was daring
horseman, good swordsman, and q
wonderful swimmer.
William Cullen Bryant maintained
that exercise was essential to brain
work.
Dickens, who has peopled the earth
| with thousands of his characters, left
his city drudgery to go on a farm, and
was great pedestrian. as were also
Thackeray and Victor Hugo.
Goethe the paragon of strength and
beauty, had muscles of iron. and came
from a race of mountaineers and black
smiths.
William B. Astor is one of the noted
walkers of New York.
Cornelius Vanderbilt and his son.
the late William H., had in their time
performed absolute drudgery, and the
latter, when the largest estate under
the management of any one single man
fell upon him, took his exercise with
horses. The same may be said of
Bonner and Frank Work. -Philadel-
Dhid NelUS.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25
Woman's Faith I'm Man.

Men come home utterly discouraged
their lest efforts have failed; self-es-
TEEN has sunk within them until hope is
quite extinguished. What does wo-
man do under such circumstances ?
Just what she ought to do. She re-
wives his waning manhood by praise.
She shows him every particle of her
own loving recognition of all there is
in him. She who knows HIM best of
any, whose love has never admitted the
existence of his faults, tells him in her
own way how good and how truly great
he is. He may be neither good nor
great, except as her love and confidence
endow him with goodness and great
ness, but the endowment is genuine
the man arouses to find himself the
po SCISSOR of gifts he hardly imagined,
and, with newborn strength, goes to
work in a way that conquers obstacles,
and makes his life a success.
Gloomy indeed must the household
be where woman's divine faith in man
is imperative; where it fails to infuse
and inspire him with the courage that
makes him feel himself the peer OF
other men.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

The Dublin Freeman says: "The
Princess Beatrice is beginning to derive
some little benefit from her marriage.
Up till now she has never been per-
mitted to pay visit on her own ac-
count to any house-not even to her
own relatives. 1t seems, however, she
is to be allowed to go to Sandringham
with her husband and spend few days
with the Prince of Wales. But the
festive Prince is very catholic in his
sympathies, and society at his house,
though delightful, is little mixed.
Prince Henry of Battenberg, being q
person of dubious birth, is naturally a
fearful stickler for etiquette and stands
on his royal dignity, now that he has
by marriage attained some in England,
in the most amusing manner. He has
accordingly demanded that before his
wife is allowed to visit her brother a
list of all the persons who are to be in
the house during their visit shall be
submitted to him. You see some artist,
or actor, or literary man, or odious
middle-class person might be there
and come between the wind and the
morganatic nobility of the youthful
Battenberg."
The true northerner., 1886-02-25
A Girl or Violent Temper.

Here is case for careful treatment
Il have kept company with young
lady for about ten months. and, believe
me, am quite fond of her. L have
taken her to balls, parties and the
opera several timen; have also made her
some valuable presents. In short, all
our acquaintances are sure it will be q
match. Now, know her to have a
violent temper, and she doesn't take
much pains to conceal il. / would like
to marry her, but believe she would
make me miserable afterward. It will
cause me many pangs to give her up,
yet 1 silently believe that it will be best
in the end. / have come to the conclu-
sion to quit calling on her altogether,
beginning from the next outburst of
her temper. Iwouid like to act honor
ably in leaving. 1 would rather stay,
but believe it best to go and wind it
up without delay. Will you please
give me your advicel"
II is rather late in the day for you to
talk about retiring, when both the girl
herself and all your friends are so sure
that it will be a match; for we assume
that she has given you reason to sup
pose that her heart is yours. Long
before now you must have found out
the frailty of temper of which you are
so fearful, and yet you have gone on
paying attention to her, keeping COM
pany with her, until an engagement is
almost foregone conclusion.
Perhaps your hesitation about COM
ing TO the point and making O square
proposal of marriage has irritated her.
You have kept her in q state of I'M
certainty for ten months, meantime
putting yourself forward as her suitor
have been convinced that she is ready
to give you her hand. and yet have
never said the word which pledged
yoL to take her as your bride. You
have given your common acquaintance
tho impression that an engagement is
sure to result, and that virtually,
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

though perhaps not formally, the mar
riage has been determined upon
1t may be, therefore, that she has
grown impatient over your dilly-dally-
ing and has become nervous and fret
full An engagement which lasts long
subjects the temper of the betrothed
to a severe test. They are apt at times
to be critical of each other, to be too
exciting, and to presume on their
familiarity. Intimate as they may be,
they are still apart, neither is fully
known by the other. there is a conven-
tional barrier between them, and now
and again one or the other may exhibit
in a moment of irritation. or when off
guard, traits of character or defects of
temperament previously unsupported.
The intimacy may ior the moment
tempt one or the other to overstep re-
straints of courtesy and careful regard
for individual rights, which are the
more necessary the closer the relation
ship.
and as mere acquaintances, failures In
that respect are of comparatively little
account. You can guard yourself
against the rudeness or lack of proper
consideration of one yon are thrown
with only casually by refusing to him
an opportunity TO disturb you with his
ill-breeding or deficiency of fineness Of
perception. But one who is near TO
you, who is in constant association with
you, must be more careful to avoid Of
Tense against true courtesy and against
your self-respect; and you must, on
your side, be equally solicitous not to
make intimacy an excuse nor use it rs
an opportunity for neglecting what
makes huHaan intercourse delightful.
But young woman who has not her
temper under control is, assnredly, not
we'll fitted to be a wife. If, even when
she is striving to make her best inn
preston on man she Is willing to
have as a husband, she cannot restrain
outbursts of anger and rebellion, she is
likely to have still less guard over her.
self when she becomes wife. She be-
trays a disposition which promises to
bring unhappiness to herself and those
who are near to her, no matter how
strong her affection for them may be.
a girl may have all other charms, and
yet, lacking amiabilty, she is without
what will make her desirable as wife
and capable OF rendering home peace
full and attractive.
If you are satisfied that this girl has
not such amiability, but is the victim
of temper she cannot or will not curb,
you will be wise in dismissing the
thought of marrying her. If you can
not get along together now without
fighting, you may be sure that as man
and wife your battles will be pretty
| hard. .-NelC York Sun.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25
New York Women Win at Poker.

The desire to win dollar or two is
as strong in the belle whose allowance
of pin-money is hundred month as
in one to whom the loss or gain Of a
trife is of consequence. A tough old
clubman, notably a stickler for exacti-
tude in his play, was brought one night
into direct antagonism with bewitch-
ingly beautiful maiden. He held three
kings; she had cards which, according
to Hoyle, couldn't have won the pot or
anywhere near it. and yet he pushed
the chips over to her after moments
hesitation.
"What under heaven did you do that
for?" a friend who saw both hands
afterward asked.
Her two pairs beat my three of a
kind" he replied.
"But she didn't have two pa RS.
ooh, yes, she did-a pair of aces in
her hand and pair of eyes in her head
blue ones, with tears in them. THEY'D
beat royal flush if held it. "-Ne'c
York Cor. Pittsburgh Post.