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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-05
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-01-25


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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-06-15
DO SOMETHING.

Do not spend your precious time
in wishing, and watching, and wait
ing for something to turn up. If
you do, you may wish, and watch, and
wait forever. Things don't turn up
ofthemselves;you must turn them up.
You can do it if you will, but you
must put forth the effort. Idleness
and indifference never accomplished
anything. 1t takes energy and push
to make Roadway in the world. And
an active, energetic, persevering man
is sure to succeed. If he can't do
one thing he will do something else
IF he cannot succeed in one direction
he will in some other. He will not
waste his time in idleness. There
is no lack of work, no lack of oppor-
tunities. Do what comes to your
hand, and do it well. True progress
is from the less-to the greater. You
must begin low if you would build
high. Work is ord narily the meas
ure of success. Quit resolving and
resolving. and go and do something.
Methodist Recorder.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-06-15

INV ENTION has revolutiOnized the
world during the last half century. Not
least among the wonders of inventive
progress is d method and system of work
that can be performed all over the coun-
try without separating the workers from
their homes; pay liberal: any one can do
the work; either sex, young or old; no
special ability required; capital not
needed; you are started free. Cut this
out and return to US and we will send
you free, something of great value and
importance to you, thatwill start you in
business, which will bring you in more
money right away, than anything else
in the world. Grand outfit free. Address
True & Co., Augusta, Maine.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-06-15
MAI. STEDMAN SPEAKS.

The Wilmington pape-s give &C.
counts OF q serenade rendered Mai.
Chas. Nj. Stedman in that city on
L hur sday night. which was responded
to by ringing speech from Maj.
Stedman. He created much enthusi.
asm and urged his friends to vote for
Judge Fowle and the remainder of
the State ticket.-Ex.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-06-15
NEWS BV MAIL.

Court was held this week at Eliz-
abeth City
Judge Fowle will probably an
nounce his regular appointments
next week.
Hartford county Superior co1rt
convenes on Monday the 18th inst
with Judge Montgomery on the bench.
The proposition to nominate Gov.
Scales for Congress in the 9TH dis
trict is meeting with favor, and it is
thought the scheme will be consum-
mated.-Ex.
The Sea board Reflector is no more
1t was recently sold out to the Roa
noke News, published at Weldon,
which paper will fill all Of the Refec
tor s contracts.
A severe hail and rain storm Wis
tied the Aulander section in BERTHE
county and also the Southern part OF
this county last week, seriously dam
aging the crops.-Murfreesboro In
deX.
Prohibition elections were held in
several towns in the State Oh Monday.
Prohibition was defeated at Raleigh,
Pittsboro, Warrenton, Charlotte,
Statesville and AshevIi!e Prohib i
ton was carried at Durham, Concord,
Monroe, Keyser and Washington
Index.
It has been definitely decided tn
have tobacco exposition IN Durham
during the month of September. One
of the most interesting features viii
be the presence OF many Of tie sur
v.vors Of the 9th North Carolina
regiment which figured 80 gallantly
Ut the first battle of Manassa.-E
The encampment at Wilmington
has been named "Pender," in honor
Of Edgecombe' lamented and gallant
son, Gen. w. d. Pender, who was
killed at Gettysburg. This revives
the sad fact that his remains rest III
Calvary church yard unmarked witt
commemorative slab. Where else
would this be permitted?-SoutG,
erner.
A meeting of the citizens Of Muir
freesboro and vicinity was held June
lst, for the purpose Of securing
daily boat line from Murfreesboro TO
Montrose on the Chowan river. rof
J. B. Brewer was called to the chair,
and Mr. j. A. Maddrey was appointed
Secretary. Several resolutions were
adopted and it is now thought that
boat, with the speed OF Il miles al
nour, will be put on the line from
Marfreesboro to Montrose early in
July, to make daily trips The
Steamer will be passenger, freight
and mail boat.
Some of the papers in the State
think that crime is on the decrease.
We will not pretend to know any
thing positively as to the matter, but
from what we can CLEAN from the
papers themselves recording crimes
that happen in every portion Of the
State, it looks very much like it is
on the increase. In Cumberland
county it seems that crime is on the
increase constantly, especially that
of larceny. At the term of court just
closed, there must have been st least
twenty-fi five cases on the docket for
this offence.-Fayetteville Journal.
DO SOMETHING.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09
Sam Jones Nuggets.

You pack your preachers in an ice house
ind abuse them all the year because they
don't sweat.
Many of us are too decent to be religious.
| never call names, but every fellow
knows his number when | talk
know in one church where twenty we're
praying for the millennium and two hun
dred were playing for the BOBBY prize in
progressive euchre. Such Christians as
that would not be in heaven six naIpths be-
fore they would be gambling for each
others. crowns.
| am a Methodist till l find something
with more get-up- and-get about it.
/ never became satisfied in Georgia till
we put legs on all the barrels and demi-
Johns in Atlanta and moved them away
from our boys.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09
The Wood Buffalo.

There still remain some of the wood
buffalo. This is an animal larger than
the American bison of the plains. Thew
are larger, coarser-haired and stronger
horned. ! mention this popularity Of
difference in the horns because it is be-
lieved that the shape and the broken
and the crooked nature of the horns of
the prairie buffalo has been caused BY
the habit of digging into the gravel,
whereas in the more northern species
they had to contend with other con-
ditions, where straight horns would be
OF more use, for instance, they use them
there for clearing aside from their path
way the brush and luxuriant under
growth. These animals would weigh
at least $50 pounds more than the buffalo
of the Saskatchewan plains.
In the northern regions the vetches
and grasses are so high, and the snow
falls not being unduly heavy, they have
not had to paw and break the crusted
snow. as was the habit of the buffalo,
and that may account for their superior
size. In the country where these are
found horses can not be used in pursuit,
and they are stalked in the same manner
that the moose and the other large
animals are. 1t is difficult to form an
accurate estimate of the number of
these animals that may yet lie left, but
perhaps investigation may show that 500
or 600 may yet remain in scattered
bands. Owing to the fact that the horse
can not be used in pursuit, it is more
difficult for the Indians to hunt them,
and, indeed, to find them. than it was
in the old days of hunting upon the
plains.
So rank is the underground of this
rich country, and so difficult is it for
the Indians to get at these animals,
that perhaps Just now any attempt on
the part of the Government to afford
protection to them would be useless. If,
however, some regulation would prevent
white sportsmen from deliberately COM
ing into the country to hunt these ami
mails for mere pleasure it might result to
advantage. At PIE ent it would be
yexatious to the Indians. and of no great
use, as the animal has become in its
habits so much like the moose that he
Is liable in a great measure to protect
himself.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09
CHAPTER XXX.

BUCKLEY PLAYS A DEEP GAME
1t was quarter to nine when Buckley
entered the house in Beresford Grove.
lie was resolved to get his life on good
terms-that is TO say, he hao resolved to re-
store Ada to Will, and to carry away with
him as much money as he could lay his
hands on.
( There was as Buckley saw it, only one
way of doing this: and, like what other men
have often done before. he was about to
commit second crime to escape the conse-
quences of the first
Will had promised TO keep the police in
the dark, and it would be quite as difficult,
Buckley reasoned. for those gentlemen to
| find him for two otfenses as for one
Having passed into the house, Buckley
closed the street door. Graham, from the
dining-room, called out nervously: "Is that
you?' Buckley answered yes" and en-
tered at once
Jack was seated in an ordinary chair on
one side of the fireplace. Opposite to him,
on the other side, was an empty arm chair
which had apparently been prepared for
the reception of an invalid, for on it's seat
were placed two cushions, over its back u
handsome Indian shawl, and at it's feet a
footstool.
Between the occupied chair and the
empty one was the little circular chess
table with its red covering On the dining
room table, which was too ponderous to be
wheeled efficiently near the fire for the in
valids comfort, was a tray containing a
cotfee-pot, milk jug sugar basin, and plates
full of light biscuit, etc.
On the chess table were two white cups
and saucers. Each cup was full of coffee.
One OF them only-the one intended FOR
the person who should occupy the arm
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09
fnd invisibly to Jack moved its defective top

fand invisibly to Jack moved its defective top
about an iuch to the left
! Governor said the ex-beggar, seriously,
rveting Graham's eyes on his own, SO that
he sIpuld not see the slow, noiseless move
menpof his hand on the chess table. whose
top as We have said, revolved like music
stool. Governor" he went on, you ought
to put another thousand on my share.
You're in my power, you know. Suppose /
was to say, Give me the money lent you,
out of the money you got of Mrs. Worth
ington, or I'll put your wife and the police
up to your game, what would you say2"
He had moved the top of the chess table
half round, when he had come to the end
of the last sentence. He knew that threat
ening words only would fix Graham atten-
ton and arouse his indignation.
Course you for knave!" Kissed Jack.
staring into Buckley's eyes. Don't you
try that game on with me. I'm coward.
as far as killing her goes. but I'm not afraid
OF such a sneaking cur as you. / should
tay, Not a farthing. Remember your po-
sition-contrast it with mine who would
believe you? Once for all threaten again,
and I'll give you nothing breathe word
against me when it's all over, and I'll clear
myself in this way, I'll give you in charge
for numbering her. Now you understand
/ me.
Jack lowered his eyes for the first time
since Buckley had said: Look at me, gov
'rnor," and of this the ex- beggar had taken
advantage.
Under the guidance OF his hand, the top
of the chess-table had performed-un
tced by Graham-a perfect revolution. car
rying, of course, the two cups with 1t. The
poisoned cup was now on Grahams side,
while the appearance of the table remained
the same.
well, I'm hanged" Buckley laughed.
You was sold that time, governor; was
afraid you would null the business thong h
funking and so l tried you-that's right.
You've got lots of spirit left yet, and you IL
want it. l don't stick out for mere coin I
was only joking. Honest! You're as
plucky as"
Hush interrupted Jack. turning pale
and leaving his chair. THE time has come
1T last. She is here"
AT that moment the dining-room door
was opened. and Mrs. Worthington and Ada
entered
tTo BE CONTINUED
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09
Force Of Habit

DO You see those two soldiers com
ing up the street," asked q military
man OF reporter the other day.
"Those fellows belong to the regular
army and if you will observe me- closely
you i see good illustration Of tie forco
OF habit and results Of strict disipline.
You notice that they keep perfect stop
and walk erect, as though in the ranks.
Now watch them. y.
When the two soldiers arrived oppo-
sue the speaker, he suddenly said, IL :
brisk, sharp tone:
by the left flank, march!'
- IN an instant the two men turned 70
.ne ielt, and had taken several steps to-
ward the gutter before they were awar.
OF 1t. A loud laugh resulted. ana tbs
Two confused-looking defenders 81 tbe
nation increased their pace without
looking back. 4
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

The Chicago Herald remarks that
pennsylvania is said TO have been the
first State to break over the old and
well established custom of hanging
murderers only on Friday. Many other
States, Illinois included, now depart
from it. There WIS never any good
reason for itanyway, and as there arc few
States that do not need a hanging every
day in the week, it is well to do away
with it altogether.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

M. Paul Leroy Beaulieu, French
scientist, gives figures showing the
quantity OF tobacco consumed in the diff
ferent 'countriesof Europe. The rate per
100 inhabitants is, according to him, a,
follows; Spain, 10 pounds; Italy, 1873
pounds; Great Britain, 1888 pounds;
Russia, 1872 pounds: Denmark, sa4
poundu; Norway, sa9 pounds; Austria,
s273 pounds
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

Proceedings in the New Mexico courts
OF justice are usually conducted in the
Spanish language, records the New
York World, and it very often happens
in trial, it is said, that not single
juryman can speak English. The two
lawyers who stand at the head of the
criminal bar in the Territory owe their
success almost entirely to their fluent
command of Spanish.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

A discussion is going on among som
sof the Eastern papers as to what howcr
should be chosen as our national EN-.
sblem. The Chicago Herald thinks that
the blossom most emblcmatic of modesty.
the distinguishing trait of American
character, is undoubtedly the shy and
shrinking violet.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

!, Empress Victoria, of Germany, has
turned inventor, remarks the New Or
leans Times Democrat. She drew plans
from which writing desk has been
manufactured, which enables the EN-
peror to write whether lying in bed or
standing up. 1t is available in any posi-
ton, and the mechanism employed is
said to beintr.cate and remarkably effec.
tive
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

Chicago police justice has made a
funny legal blunder. He has built a
fine house on another mans lot, and the
man will neither buy it nor let him re-
move it. The surveyor got the wrong
line, and the owner Of the property
wasn't saying word.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

There is said to be one house in Chi
fcago which maintains seventy CONNER
cial travellers in single State and whose
yearly expenses were made $4,000
greater by the passage of the Interstate
Commerce Law.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

Since the organization of the New
York Cremation Society, three years ago
1856 bodies have been incinerated there
1913 males and 81 females Interested
people declare that cremation is gaining
ground, and this New York society has
now begun to pay expenses.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

1t is not an uncommon thing for emf.
grants to land at Castle Garden, New
York, with families of nine or ten
children, and recently husband and
wife, with thirty-two children, disem.
parked there.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09
Rows Together.

Wife (retrospectiyelyj IT can 70.
member SO well. Johu: how fond you
and my first husband were OF each ,ther.
You were boys together and your
friendship lasted to the end .
husband sadly yes, poor
.elow his death has been a sed blow
to me p -HasYer's Baxar.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

After all, Buffalo Bills visit to Eng
land was not without substantial results,
declares the Atlaata G nstiu 'ion. He
claims that he introduced pop corn into
that country, and it is now very popu-
lar. Atone of Buffalo Bills exhibitions
10000 balls Of pop corn were sold, and
even the royal family munched this
delicacv
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

The interest taken IN art in Franc.
vas shown this year by the crowd of
people present at the so-called private
view OF the Salon. So great was the
anxiety not to miss the spectacle that
10000 people gained admission.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09
TOO MUCH.

!. Grocer-How is it, Mr.. Swartman.
.llae you are 50 particular 70 my ca1R
nowadays. You used to run ! wes3Iv
customer know / did. Snd yjouI
woula always give me cigar whtx I
Groceries.
Customer-W Well, il was amoa. i, :, =. .A
cigar that impelled me 10 pav AMI - !
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

The whole number of Christians in
China is now over 80, 900, while those in
Japan are over 10, 900. In each country
over 1000 were added during 1887.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

A hushel Of corn costing forty cents, makes
four gallons Of whisky worth SIG That isn't
enough profit. however, and so they make
tour gallons of whisky out of acids and drugs
which cost only twenty eight cents.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

The rate of mortality among the In
dians increases about ten per cent. a
year. The more they are civilized the
faster they die
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

During the last fifty years the climate
has so changed that man can now live
at an altitude of tenth of a mile higher
than before.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

Governor Waterman, of California.
will not permit paid attorneys to appear
before him in the interest of those seek
ing pardons.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

The American system q ambulance
service has been introduced in Paris.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-08-09

The Michigan University has hired a
professor to teach the students the art
of dramatic writing.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-10-26
Gastronomic Possibilities.

There is one aspect Of the question which is
OF such extreme importance that it should
have received attention long ago. 1t is pos
sible TO combine vegetable and animal favors,
and thus produce an infinite variety OF new
havors. do not refer to the combinations
made in the kitchen-aS in stewS and vegetable
soups-but 10 far more subtle and delicious
combinations in the living animal. Il IS well
known that many birds and beasts are I'M
palatable at certain times Of the year, owing
to the food they eat. On the other hand. it
Is proved that the canvasback duck, the
most delicious morSel known to mortal palate.
owes its exquisite aroma entirely to the so
called Wild celery on which it feeds In the
Chesapeake bay; for IL the same bird Is killed
in the state Of New York or in New JERSEY
Its flavor IS not superior to that of other
ducks. Again, the flavor Of Congo chickens
Is described by ON African tourist as being Of
peculiar excellence, and he adds that these
chickens are fed almost exclusively on pine
eppleS
Why should not the principle here involved
be applied in O systematic mannerl BY rear
ing poultry and other animals on food of q
special fragrance this quality might be im
parted to their meat, and the producers, like
certain winegrowers, might make fortunes by
securing an international reputation for tbs
excellence Of their special brands" Such
original nuances Of favor would not only de-
light the epicures, but stimulate anew the
tagging appetites Of invalids, prove potent
weapon IN combating the most prevalent Of
modern OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES open
ing wide leld for the exercise Of human in
genuity and creating O new industry
Contemporary Review
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-10-26
THE DAYS OF GIANTS.
No Important Difference In the Size of
Primitive and Modern Men.


No Important Difference In the Size OF
Primitive and Modern Men.
An opinion was current, in the last century,
that our ancestors, at some time in the past,
wero the EQUALS or superiors in sizo Of the
largest men now 20 DO found. NJ. Henrion
presented 70 the Academic des Inscriptions,
IN his, a memoir on the variations III the
size Of man from the beginning Of the world
till the Christian era, in which Adam was
given 195 feet inches and Eve lis feet 9A
inches. But after the first pair the human
race, in his imagination, suffered regular
decrease, so that Noah was only 100 feet high,
while Abraham shrank down to % feet,
Moses 20 IL feet, the mighty Hercules to 10
feet 8 inches and Alexander the Great TO a
bare Ga feet. The communication, it is said,
Yves received with enthusiasm and was re-
garded, at the time, as a wonderful dis
coveryN and sublime vision.n
The complaint about the degeneracy Of the
human race is not new, but dates as far back
as the tiIno Of Homer, ct least; for the men Of
his day were not like the heroes Of whom he
sang. It is not confirmed, but contradicted,
by al tho tangible facts, and these are not a
few. Human remains that are exhumed,
after having repoSed in the grave for many
centuries, as in the catacombs of Paris, have
nothing gigantic about them The armor,
tho cuiraSseS and the casques Of the warriors
ofthe middle ages can DO worn by modern
soldiers, and many Of the knights suits
would be too small for the cuiraSSiers of the
European armies; yet they were worn by the
selected men, who were better fed, stronger
and more robust than the rest OF the popula-
ton. The bones Of the ancient Gauls, which
are uncovered in the excavations Of tlmuli,
while they are Of large dimensions, are com.
parable with those Of the existing populations
OF many places in France.
The Egyptian muInmies are the remains Of
persons OF small or medium stature, as are
also tho Peruvian and Mexican mummies and
the mumInies and bones found in the ancient
monuments Of India and Persia. And even
the most ancient relics we possess of individ-
uals OF tho human species, the bones Of men
who lived in the tertiary period, an epoch
the remote antiquity Of which goes back for
hundreds Of centuries, do not show any i'm
portant differences in the sizes Of the print
tive and Of the modern man.-Popular
Science Monthly.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-10-26

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