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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-24
Coai-nincr. FIRM.
nav ,elegraph % ne pisua,cn.

fby telcgfHph 70 INC Ulspatch-I
PfTTsBuRGH, Pa. January s3.-The No.
pong ahelariyer miners, at = meeting held In
Monougshela City last night. resolved TO
stand out against the reduction from to
q and "a cents per busbel until the ope-
rators agree to pay the old rate. Another
meeting was appointed for the 2atn instant
10 ratify this action.
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Carried OF

rByAnglo-Americsn cable % the Dispstch.l
LONDON, January pa dispatch from
sydney, n. ;. w., SAYS that the German gun
boat Olga has taken Mahetor, the eX-king OF
Samoa. To Marshall Island.
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~ ucne,un thc Decree.

lBy Anglo-Americsn cable to the Dispatch.l
PARIS. January 23.-Premier Floquet has
informed Senator Renault IN confidence OF
the Governments intention TO resclnd the
decree Of exile against Due PArgyle.
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n. lav came h recognize insanity As an ex-

the law came 10 recognize insanity rs IN ex-
cuse for crime. Had 1t been otherwise,
Pierce would probably never have been sem
fenced 10 prison for life. but would have
been placed In an asylum, for there Is no
doubt but his crime wss that OF an insane
boy. he served twenty years In the prison
and was transferred TO the asylum on March
9, 1859, few DAYS after It was completed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-24

IBy Angio-American cable to the Dlspstchl
ROME, January 23.-The Italian Govern
ment has decided 10 augment the Italian
naval force on the Red sea on account oil
the AschinoH Mission.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-24
PakAiEe POLICY.

fBy Anglo-Americsn cable to the Dispatch.l
Sr. PETERSBURG, January 23.-The car
has decided toabolish the Office Of Governor
General OF the Southern Provinces, much 10
the delight Of the people. This action is
considered the first stroke OF q passive
ynlfav
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

(By Anglo-Ansrican cable to tho DIspatch.l
BREMEN HAvES, January 23.-The naval
reinI0rcements for the German fleet now In
the samoan waters left here to-day on the
North German Lloyd steiner Nuremberg.
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bulIA end mixed. a. eas3 10 Tsxss cstslA (1:1s
Sasa Hoxn--kscsips. 1000; sbipssnt< xeU:
markss sIos. cio-iax Sc. lower; mifs1. 49,:
Gl9a sbsep-Kscs.pts, 400: shimeotsv ApD;
MARI ~ stsady; natives. y. gose western corn
fed. toat.s,; Texans. Ss3I0: lambs ~
*
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ALFMESD.--Di q, GordeasvIre Va; We'd.
nesday mornins. January -. 1853. ALICE
WOMBLE, widow OF Frank III. Alfriend.
Funeral from Monumental, church THIS
AFTERNOON Of 40 O'Clock. frioads and sc-
QAlDtsnc.s are respectfully invited 10 attend.
cHEsKEY.--Disd. q, ,hs residence Of fnomas
Hirscb, 81 east Cary street. 81 O'Clock yesssr-
morning, OTTO eHkskEl: twenty-five yeAfs
old.
prscio1 one from Ne has gone:
voice We loved 10 ssiiled-
place u vacated In our homo
Which nevof can De f1lsl.
Ths funeral win take place nom g. hasys
church THIS Qh1rsdayl AfTkk>OpN 90 >
O'CLOCK. Friends and scquaintsnees arc respect
fully inyitsd 70 attend
MfTCHELf.--Died. TUESDAY, January sei. st1
c'ciocf. SAMUEL CHAkLzs AifNhELi< yoans-
ess sou q Charlotte hi!chsli; sssd sssasy-e'rss
ysAfr-
relatives 70 mourn their losA -
Hn funeral VIII tsse place THURSDAY kve.
MING a. So o'clock from NE Ftfss bapass
church coiared1. rrivlds apd acqu6anianese g
ne family are invited % attend.
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To Re Amuestied.

tBy Anglo-American cable 10 the Dispatch.l
MADRID, January 23.-The Government
has issued decree granting amnesty to all
the press and political offenders and to the
soldiers vino took part In the rising in Madrid
in 1886,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-24
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.

JAsUARY 23-under the stimulation Of the re-
cent advance Ia prices tho receipts haye con-
siderably increased. HE sales This week have
been largo AZ tho folio ding quotations; Prime.
Jac extra prime. 5sc. fancy article would
readily bring 5Id. spanish nntA &c.hsl mo
literal sales Keep tho STOCK In Tie hands OF CON-
mission merchants quito low.
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Dc Ies.sp. Entsrtaias General Bou-

fBy Anglo-Americsn cable TO tho Dispatch.I
Pans, January 3.-De Lesseps gssesdin-
ner party tonight 10 honor OF bouisnger.
The General eonyersed much and With great
interest with hls host on the subject OF tho
Panama canal. aud expressed hope for the
.uctess OF the eatsgprlse.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-24

35h old do. g.. iifl bid Baltimore and ohio
STOCK, VI. Northern Central -; Cincinnati
Washington aud Baltimore lists, 9J's s9i; DO. It's,
8jaf3; do 3Is. on. Consolidated gas Don1A,
uJallQA, DO. stock, A.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-24
TIE sENATORsHiP.

At noon The Senate met with the House,
Lieutenant Governor Holt presiding, and
compared tho vote cast yesterday In each
house for senator. The official declaration
was made that Matt W. Ransom was duly
elected.
Among the bills passed were the follow
ing: To incorporate the Merchants and
Planters Bank st Milton; 70 amend the
laws regarding compulsory pilolage.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-24

The ex-Coniederatc Pensioners AssOcil
ton met again this morning In Metropolitan
Hall and organized the Confederate Nete
rams Association OF North Carolina. About
three hundred were present. Julian s. Carr
Of Durham, was elected president, and vii
liam G. Stronach, OF Raleigh, secretary anC
treasurer. The veterans will organize n
each county in the STATE, aud the heads OF
these county organizations will be er-C1iciC
yice-presldents OF the state Association
An executive committee was chosen com
posed OF W. +. Besslcy. oxford, chairman (;
Cyrus b. Watson, W. II. 5 BurRwyn, Rev,
Ii. w. futile, and Thomas l.. Emery.
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,r, sslsrrapa % the psspssch.l

NksavrLLH, TENN, January ga meet
Ing Ell aiIers Of Southern Indiana. Ken.
fuckv. Tennessee, and the states south OF
Tennessee was held st the Msrehants Ex-
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Death or q Congressman.

fBy telegraph 10 the DISPATCH
WAsHISGroS, January "a Representative
Burns, Of Missouri, died shortly before l
o,cioek this morning.
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cArrLR nARKrr.

. CHICAGO. January x2--caltle- hscplpts. e,3m
hssd; snipznsnt.. A0Do; marxst sssAdy, cioeed
weak. choice beuye< t4A$I6o; stestA o4oos
SaD, stecxs1 asd fesdsrx txSne&Di ceuA
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A Ly.chinx Deaisd.


NEW ORLEANS. January s3,-A dispatch
from Raysille, La, eontradiets the alleged
recent lynching Of Hopkins and jenkins, the
coiorcd labor agents Of Yicksburg.
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Opsalat 9igAsf. c.s.lr
REyIEw oF 90 cnIcleo MARKEr

CHICAGO, January y Wheat opcnei weak,
ba.c. lower. and with somo huctuatens de-
clined ihc. more and then rallied Ne. but again
ruled weak and declined iAc, closing 2hc.
lower than yesterday. Speculative offerings
we're heavy, and 'argo lines ~ long whest which
poured in on the Market wefa the prtncipai
causes ~ tho decline. Corn opened quiet, boz
came fairly active aud nrner and closed p Axe
higher thGn Yesterday. Oats opened easy ~ 80
decline Later 0rmer feeling developed and
May advanced haisc. The break In wheat ma
tho last hour produced n heavy feeling and tho
advance vas lost Pork opened al ~ So de-
cline. but rallied quickly % SAKE. Later q weak
feeling set ia AMI prices reacted at 25a25hc
With little more inquiry from short, the mar
ket rallied igAal5c Toward the cloae tho mar
ket ruled easlor and prices settled back l0a
Exc, closing quiet lard opened about sSc
lower aud advanced gas thi- was soon iost.
however, aud the market cioscd steady. short
RIBS ruled al 5a1kc lower and closed etaady.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-24
OUR MARKET REPORTS
AND IN coHsEcrfos rHERswIrH TIE
WEATHER INDICATIONS
Record Of tho New York and Richmond
stock yxchsngss-firain. Flour, Cot
ten, Meat, and Other Quotations
nv telegraph % the DIspateh.l

- WASHINGTON. January % For yir-
,gnia aud North Carolina. threstening
RAln weather. with rain. warmer. northeast
WV" erIy winds, becoming brisk to high on
k----Sthe coast
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COTTON REP0AE

We quote: Fine s2S)ss2l5. supernus. s2.75A
$40; oxlra. sL5)tsL75; fanly, Sia1L5l. pAtsa.
family, county, si75zslS
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eRAIH AND COTTON ExcYaues.

kican0SO January %, 1881
OFFgaIS3s.
WHKAF.-3293 bushelA
CORN.--lGH bushels.
OAr5.-2.gO0 bushels.
SALgs RsPOsrsD TO SECRETARY.
WHEAT-Longie cry. 30 bushels very good
southern at gl.09. shOrtberry, - bushels good
southern az 800; bushels common southern
at Nc; 1909 bushels good western at eoc. Total
sales II wheat. rs bushels
COKN.--Whits. 20 bushels very good at 49, go
bushels very good a. 49,: "a bushels good az 4sc.
Total sales VI corn. 35f bushels
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-24

After diphtherIs, scaret.feyer, or ppeu-
,,.aa,s uoad,s sal saparllia will give strength
70 the system and sxpsi all poison from 'ne
blood.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-24
Everybody Can Drtns Tea View.

You can get at julien Biniords, 1907 eae
Naln street, one pound OF very fair Tea and
TWO pounds OF Graaulated sugar all tor 40
cents.
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xAnxrrs BIT rrLxoaAra
NEW YORK.


NV Yosx. January q Cotton steady; sales,
SO bales: up1nds. sJ.c.s Orleans johd: nss
receipts nj all ports. 22.7p0 bales. exporfs-so
Greas Bfitsia. 30ls bales; 10 the Continent p.0S
bales: sto.k. 10000 bales. southern nonr
moderately active. Whesi lover: No red,
93xe95c. IN elevator: options closed sAst,se.
undcr yesterday No. AIRED. January. p3sc- FEB
rusry. exc: May, sskc. Corn weaker and Nc.
lower; No ? t3at3,,c. Ia elevator options lower
apd weak: January, &c. February. f3,sc. Nay,
43i.c. oats weak ana lover: options castor
January, 3ic.: February. 3i1c. Nay. &tc.:
No 2spo1 Slaslkc. Hops arm and quiet Cof-
tee Optioas closed steady st about last Nights
prices; February. SO f3a3i0O; April and Nay,
siAssaSiA45 spot Rio tism 81 si7.s0 sugsr-ffav
nominal: refined quiet and steady. Nola~ses
quiet Rice quiet aud nrm. Petroleum steady
and quiet: refined here, 81 ~. Co;ton-sesd oil
weak: crude, t,c. yellow, 5la52c. kosin duiL
Turpentine nominal. southern eggs. iGsisac
Hides steady aud quiet Wool quiet and steady.
Pork more active: Lew meas, ti375ssit Reef
duh beef hams active. Tercel beef dull Cut
mesJs quiet ma les quiet. shortclesr, y7.io
Lard lover: western steam. E.G y sG.40 spot;
January. s7.3s: May. t1SI. freighis nrin; cot
ton, i-5td grain, lt{d-
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BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET.

BALTIMORE, January 2l.-There Is rather .
large Offering this week. the pamoer being
slightly IN excess Of hose Of last veex Prices
are NOS quite a. high a. they we're then. few
hogs nOw selling a. a shade over cents. hcst
sales Of good nsht hogs &C ss4e7c. Common hogs.
AMI, indeed eli kinds. are slow o. sale. sales OF
heagy, rough hogs are made es low ~ &C. net
Receipts. $40 head against :. 100 for last week.
cLAKzNosr LIVESTOCK sARKsL
Receipts this week. a,7D5 head against a60s
head lat week. light hogs selling st $50:
heavy nogs selling At $40; rough hogs selling
al t47A
calves, l,776 sheep. 7.54S h0Ss, 50 horssz
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BALTIMORE


BALruoKs. January g2-Flour dun; prices
IN buyers fAyor. Mheat-~outhern quiet AMI
easier; FultE AMI Longbeuy. g0Iafl.OS. no.
southern, Slafi0i: Western steady 90 de-
elmo 10 2wintsr red. spot AMI January, aka
9i4' Correspondent scarce ana nfm white,
40aiic. yeiloH, 4Oas3, Oats quiet and steady
graded so. white, 3}l askcd. Rye fat a.
5DaC0c Hay steady prime % choice timothy,
fl,ail7.5O. Provisions qulot. Butter stoady
Western packed, lGn2oc creamery, cpa2ic.
Eggs sieady ~ i5aitc. Petroleum quiet rofined.
n. Coffee quiet t; Rio carg0es. fair l9hRi7Sc
sugar quiet. A sofL &C. Whiskey irm NJ
Sill. freghts % Liverpool per steamer nrn.
cotton. 1-r,d nour, va grain, 5ks5l: corn
for orders, 6NAjs. 81. SAies-Nntat eu,0D
bushelA. corn l52Oo1 bushels.
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mAsINs ssrELLIaENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. JANUARY q lisa
schooner Jesse MardOo1, Phlaney, Sew York.

Schooner Jesse Murdock, Phianey, New York.
light TO load coal
A,hconer Maud Seward, Penton, Baltimore.
grain Gallego NILS
sklLzD
steamer Ariel. Deyo, Norfolk. msrcSsndise snd
passengers: L B. Tatnm. agent
Schooner Warner Moore. Clockett. New Bed
ford. pig-iron; j. y. Gordon. agent; vessel Cur
It's 9 Parker.
schooner ida B. Gibson. Falkonbssr, New
YORK, pine wood, II. l. hicnArdson; weasel. Cur
ssnooner il. B. Gibson, Frank, Nansemond.
manure.
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JAsuARY 23-Market steady and rood sales
reported at quotations. Prime. 49, exus
prime, b.. fancy. 5kc. common. 2<s3tc:
shsiled, gkaskc. factory hand picked. oaS4e.
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roEr OF NEWPORT NEWS JAsuArr IS 1889.

Pokr OF NEWPORT NEWS JAsuAEy Is, 1882.
!By fslegrapni
AERfyxD.
Steamship siscard, Charleston, 70 coal.
Steamship Asysgnss. Galveston. 70 coal.
Schooner A "A. Howe. Now York.
schooner Fortuna. Besssn-
skiLka
Steamship Duchess. Liverpool. coaied.
Steamship Cs<tlianc. Liverpool, coaled.
steamship Avalon, Bromen, cualed.
Schoonsrs Bertha Dsan- bosron; SIZE Williams.
New yoEk -bokh win osAL
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CnfnldA .IannaYY

Cgrclao January al--Cash auo,stions we're:
Flour quiet ana unchanged. No. spring snd
No srei wheat @sSNsaSc Corn, 4k- Oats,
2f%as4kc. Meas pork. flG Lard. tAO. short
ribs. fk3l Shoulder sGat6.@A shor-eear,
S. 621ati1a Whiskey. si.0R
Thelsaitpg flt ires ranged a. follows.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-24

Lssr. srnAysn. ASp ssyxss !.
CTRAYED, FRIDAY. JAN.rnn
- UARY 18TH, nun NJ plsss "a
ths brook uzrpplks. ND OK.
Esvsra VII = edsssd fsr ~ ~
turn - c,Aw~n
1a3triv soaS :. eAAvsS
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-12-06
A Steamship Stoker's Life.

The stokcrs on one of the greet ocean
steamers work four hour at stretch,
in temperature ranging from 12J tc
160 degrees. The quarters are close,
and they must take care that while
feeding one furnace their arms are no
burned on the one behind them.
Ventilation is furnished through shaft
reaching down to the middle of then
quarters. Each stoker teads four fur.
nace5, spending perhaps two or thre'
minutes at each, then dashes to the aiz,-
nine to take his turn at coo ing oil, anc
waits for another call to his furnaces.
When the watch is over, the men &C
perspiring through long, cold passages
to the forcastle, where they turn in foi
eight hours.
Oae man. twenty-oight years old,
who was interviewed by reporter, hac
been employed at the furnaces since he
was fourteen years old. He weighed
$50 pounds, and was ruddy and SEEM
lngly happy. II confessed that th'
work was terribly hard bit sit can't
hardest on those who did not follow it
r quarry. But if we get plenty toeat,'
he said. "and take care of ourselves we
are all right. Here's mate Of mine
oearly seventy years old, who has beer
a stoker all his life and can do as gooo
work as can. "
s.okers never have the consumption,
and rarely catch cold. Their grog had
been knocked off on the English ant
American lines because the men go
drunk too often, and the grog did then
much harm.
"When / cd to take my grog fC
work Just like a lion while the effec
lasted I'd throw in my coal like .
giant, and not mind the heat a bit
but when it worked of, as it did in .
very few minutes, | was that weak that
A child could upset me. Take a mai
dead drunk before the fires, aud thu
heat would sober him off in half a
hour or give him stroke OF apoplexY.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-12-06
What Produces Death.

Some one says that few men die Of
age. Almost all persons die of disnp-
pointment, personal, mental, or bodily
toll, or accident. The passions kill
men sometimes even suddenly. The
commo1 expression, ''ehoked with pas.
sion," has little exaggeration in it, for
even though not suddenly fatal, strong
passions shorten life. Strong bodied
m often die young-weak men I've
longer than the strong, for the strong
use their strength, and the weak have
none to u-e. The latter take care of
themselves, the former do not. As it
is with the bodY, so it is with the mind
and temper The strong arc apt to
break, or, like the candle, run; the
weak bL.h out. The inferior animals.
which live temperate lives, have gener.
ally their prescribed term of wears,
The horse lives twenty five years, the
OK fifteen or twenty the lion about
twenty, the hog ten or twelve, the rab
bit eight, the guinoa-pig six Or seven.
The numbers all bear proportion to the
time the animal takes TO grow its full
size. But man, Of all animals, is one
that seld en- comes up to the average.
He ought to live hundred years, ac-
cording to The physiological law, for
five times twenty are one hundred; but
instead Of that he ,clrcely reache, an
average ef four times the growing
period. The reason is obvious-man is
not only the most irregular and most
intomperate, but the most laborious and
hard working of all ANIMALS. lie is
always the most irritable of all animals,
and there is reason to believe, though
we cannot tel what an animal secretly
feels, that moro than any other animal,
man cherishes wrath to keep it VAIN,
aud consumes himself with the fire of
his own reflections. -Scten tifc Ameri.
| cIH
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-12-06
The Human Family.

The human family today consists OF
about l, 45O. 600 900 individuals. In
Asia, where man was first planted,
there are now about 500 600, 600; on
an AVERAGE 12O to the square mile. In
Europe there are 800, 600, 900, averag-
ing 100 TO the square mile. In Africa
there are 21o. 600, 900. In America,
North and South, there are 40, 1000. :
600, relatively thinly scattered and
recent In the islands, large and
small, probably 10, 600 900. The ex-
lremes Of the white and black are as
five to three the remaining 700, 600, 900
being intermediate brown and tawny.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-12-06
Cleanliness a Modern Virtue.

The e glish upper classes are clean,
but cleanliness Of any high degree is
very modern virtue among them. 1t is
an invention of the nineteenth century.
Men and women born at the close of
the eighteenth century did as French
people do today; they took a warm bath
occasionally for cleanliness, and they
took shower baths when they were pre-
scribed by the physician for health,
and they bathed in summer seas for
pleasure, but they did not wash them
selves a'loves every morning. How
ever, the.new custom took deep root in
England because it became one of the
signs OF class. 1t was adopted as one
of the habits of a gentleman. .-PalI
Mall Budget.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-12-06
HUMUROUS.

OF interes.-A pawn ticket.
Without culture-Wild flowers.
Food for the blind-Sea biscuit.
A hen is conscientious. Her chief
object in life is to fill the bill.
'1've had great many trials in my
time, " remarked the veteran criminal
sadly.
The average college oarsman is no
chicken; no, not when he ia in his
shell.
Table luxuries are those things which
the more they go up the less they go
down.
Crusty-Be careful, waiter, your
thumb is in the soup. Waiter-I don't
mind it, sir, I'm used to it.
Il will toss coppers with you" re.
marked one steer to another as they
made for a couple of policemen.
Three-year- old Georgie was with his
papa in til burn. Seeing a pitcfork,
he said: Papa, is that what horses eat
hay with2"
He Qondling her hand)-Your little
hand is never happed. is it' sh
(coyly)-No; wish it might be. And
then he popped.
81 do like to hear Mr.. Jaysmith
talk" remarked Mrs. Lrkin. "Hr
face lights up so" Yes assenteo
Lar&in, 'he's hntern jawed."
Speaking of the hopei-for rise in tn.
American merchant marine, it is in
order to remark that a little smack
often develop INTO cOurt-ship.
The burglar who was caught ir
shoe store after midnight asked to b.
discharged BY the judge on th'
ground thst it was AEssttiis y plseS sss e. g
everybody.
Don't wash in that pail" said tn,
hotel proprietor "That is drinking
water" "Well, answered the guest,
''if it is drinking water, l guess it il
clean enough for me to wash in. ar
not very particular.
The Toronto Globe tells of man who
has cooked his own break fast for fifteen
years. Apparently he has no regard for
Shakespeares famous receipt: 'If il
were done when tis doac, then 'twere
well it were done qaickly."
my lad, rem,rked Judge Spencer
to the little boy who had jlst taken the
witness stand, I'D you understand the
nature ofan oath}" "Yes, sir; was in
pap's office yesterday when his coal bip
was presented" "Mr. Clark, enroll
the witness.
Car crowded. All fat people, very
fat. Car stops, very thin man gets in,
Has great diff u'ty in squeezing himself
into BIT of a seat lie gets angry an}
says, cPeope ought to pay fares ac-
cordin to weight Fat neighbo'
answers, IF they dill, the car wouldn'i
stop for YOU
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-12-06
A Man Who S!eens for Years

Twelve years ago Herman Harms emil
grated to Utica, MINI, from Southern
Illinois, where he had long suffered
with fever and ague. Shortly after
ward he found it impossible to keep
awake. He slept continuously day and
night for nearly nine years. Three
years ago he reused long enot gh to work
in the harvest field part of the season,
when the lethargy returned. At the end
Of three more years he again awoke for
a few days, and again relapsed. Each
day he returns to consciousness, for a
brief season, but the spell of sle.pi-
ness at once exerts its sway again, and
the man Is as obIivieu, as though he
was dead. He has been treated with
tonics, qIinine, and even strychnine,
but without effect. Two years ago his
eldest son. discouraged at the dark
prospect on the farm, committed sui
eide, and littl9 later the second boy
died. -Boston Budget.