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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-10-25
WHAT THE GOOSE BONE SAYS.
It viii Dc an Open Winter, II There's Any
Truth in the Bones Story.

It VIII De an Open Winter, IL There's Any
Truth in the Bones Story.
Henry Stillman, of Woodstock, is the
goose bone prophet of eastern Connectl-
cut. He gets his bone from goose that
is Matched in May, and when Henry
Stillman is bending over his goose bone
to read the future each fall all Windham
county is hushed, and it hearkens to the
prophecy. Virgins and De Voc, and
even Uncle Daboll, of Groton, who has
been getting out "almanacks' yearly for
the past III years, may do very well
fumbling with the weather during the
rest of the year, but the first fall
wind comes piping over the hills, and
the "frost is on the punkin," then Henry
Stillman sits down with the goose bone,
and something happens that is 'tolcrabf
sartin."
Mr.. Stillman consulted the bone last
week, and his prediction has been pub
lished orally all over the eastern end OF
the state. Prediction is weak, narrow
word to apply to the proclamation, for
Mr.. Stillman doesn't predict; he deter
mines. 1t is going to be an open winter,
he says, and that settles it, says Wind
ham county.
The magic bone, hanging by the side
of Mr.. Stillman's kitchen chimney, and
by which he ciphers out the season,
shows a row of dots around its shank,
and those dots announce what the tenn
perature is going to be. The darker the
spots the colder the weather is the read
ing of the bone. Then there are circular
marks which divide the bone into the
three winter months, December occupy
ing the space between the first partitions,
January the next apartment and Febru-
airy the remaining one. Mild, regular
weather will prevail in all the months,
and it will be mildcr than even that of
last winter. There will be few days on
which running water will freeze. The
coolest weather will be in the latter half
of January, when there will be some
frosts of considerable severity.
"Near the point of the bone" says the
seer sis Il marked discoloration, indi-
eating that the first day of winter will
give decided intimation of the seasons
change Christmas will be a green one,
but it will be wet and cold. January
will step in warm and sunny, but soon
it will turn cold, though not very cold.
The coolest day will be Jan. 81. There
is going to be "reg'lcr old time JIM
wary thaw," and February will have a
''thawy SPELL" too. October will be a
cold, disagreeable month, with heavy
rains and SHOWS. There will be an early
spring, but February will melt into
March in disastrous thaw, in which the
features will be swollen mountain
streams and terrible floods.
Faith in the goose bone is inyincible
in this part of the state, and each year
many farmers are wont to take one from
the May goose, and it is dried and hung
in the front hall or against the chimney
in the kitchen. There it bangles until
spring in the next year. The best bone
is taken from a goose that has trace Of
wild blood in its veins. But not every
one can read goose bone as Henry
Stillman is able to do it.-Willimantic
Comm Letter.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-10-25
Stripping the Ocean Greyhounds.

The recent order of the British admit
rally directing that all the subsidized
merchant steamers intended for use in
time of war shall strip themselves of
yards has been complied with by aN the
subsidized vessels sailing out "
York. Not only the British YES, 81, but
those of other nations, are accepting the
new order of things, and all appearances
point to the doing away with spars of all
descriptions aboard the great liners. The
vessels entering the port of New York
coming under the recent order of the
British admiralty belong to the White
Star, Cunard and Inman lines.-Phila-
delphia Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-07-26
How to Do Business.

One of the largest, wealthiest and
most successful manufacturers in the
East remarked the other day upon be-
ing rallied on account of his liberal
and extensive advertising patronage in
newspapers. a would sooner take my
sign down than discontinue my ad-
yertising. You must catch the public
eye in a well-displayed advertisement
II you expect to catch the public purse;
and the standing newspaper advertise
ment, when changed frequently. is'bet-
ter, cheaper and athousand times more
effective than reading notices or cir
culars. There is no business so high,
SO strong or so exclusive that 1t can
not be benefited by advertising. l
would as soon think OF doing business
without clerks as without newspapeE
! advertising. ."--Age Of Steel
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-07-26

His name IL r. j. Mckinney; his
residence 10 Woodbury., Hill county
Texas; his statement May, 1889: MY
little son was cured by S. 5. 5. OF
bad sores aud ulcers, the result OF
A general breaking down ofhis health
from fever. lie was considered IN
curablc, but two bottles OF Swiits
Specific brought him out all right.
Mr.. John King, of Jackson Miss }
says that he was cured of rheuma-
tism In his feet and legs by taking
Swift's Specific. This was after ne
had tried many other remedies, both
internal and external, and paid many
doctors bills.
swift's Specific has .ved me I'M
told misery by relieving partial pal
alysis in my left 'i'le. This was a.
Ter had been treated by best physi
clans IN St. Louis and Chicago. TIT
trouble was caused by some d. r'nge
ment of my blood and has been cor
rected by s. S 5.
II. A. SnEppART, Sherman, rexas'
DO. Gillett,, of Purdy, Mo- say
swift's Specific cured him of Eczem
on his limbs and body. lie TOOK oh'
two small bottles.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-07-26
HAUNTING DEAo-BEATs.
Boston's Debtors Pursued by Counterfeit
Corpses In Grave-Clothes.

poston's Debtors Pursued by Counterfeit
Corpses In Grave-Clothes.
The courts here decided. day or
two ago, that the law could not permit
a local collecting bureau to persecute
delinquent debtors by sending after
them agents gotten up as corpses IN
burlesque grave-c!otbes. The notion
was not only ingenious but humorous
as well. conveying cheerful sugges-
ton OF pursuing the dead-beat even TO
the tomb. But some OF the victims did
not enjoy being followed around by
imitation cadavers, and so the busi-
ness was put stop to.
Imagine how unpleasant 1t must
have been to be called on by person
of cadaverous demeanor, attired in
costume becomingly combining In its
makeup suggestion of the shroud
with the front half OF a dress-suit and
the usual accompaniment OF dickey,
shirt-cufIs. and ready-made satin tie,
such as the average undertaken
considers essential to what he
would call n refined gentleman's ap-
pearance in the coffin. This is an
eight condition OF man. as he appears
In public for the last time before his
final relegation to the tomb, which
Shakespeare forgot to add as T. 5. to
| his Seven Ages" Add to the above
description OF this new style OF col
lcctor, II you please, u countenance
artiflcially whitened and a voice thai
appeals for cash in tones suggestive ol
the sepulcher Then you have piot
ure OF visitor whom you would no
feel Ii agreeable 10 receive in youl
business or TO find ringing your door
bell at all hours of the day. especially
when the nature OF his mission ha
, become generally recognized from hi
. extraordinary get-up. undeniabiy
the corpse system was found to worl
admirably, and many unfortunates
hitherto regarded as well-nigh hope
less, paid up to escape being haunte
y in this public and dolefully ludicrou
II manner. But complaint was mao
# that it was technical blackmail, an
h thus it is that the dead-beats OF Bosto
nj are no longer followed about by CO.
a lcctors fresh from Hades. -Bosto
Letter.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-07-26
FULL OF FUN.

Good women arc the salt oil the
earth, when they are not too fresh =
N. o. Picayunc.
Somebody says u man can get
roaring drunk on water. Well, 80 no
can on land. nd.-zRochester Post-Express'
or all the dirty families
In this blg world OF sin,
The dirtest has Just moved out
OF the house you've Just moved liz
-Danville Breeze.
Ticket Age,lt (at railroad sta-ion)
al wish some way could be invehted
to keep men Away from the laaies'
window" By-standcr-"Easy enough
Put the sign, For Ladies Only on the
other window. IN Y. Weekly.
Mrs. Gadd-"That now family
next door to you must be purity well
of; they've got pianer." Mrs. Gabb
-"Hush They don't own iti it's rent
cd" GLOW dye kuow" "By the
way they bang on it. it."-Philadelphia
Record.
Artist (holding out a photograph
-"Don't you want your picture takenF
Three for a quarter" Shabby party
"No. don't care for any. My brother
had his taken three times, and he was
innocent every time but once, Texas
Siftings
-Diner-out-"Waiter, how's thisP l
have Just discovered collar-button In
nv SOUP" Waiter-"Yes, sab, you's
de lucky man. We has prize soup
Mondays an Wednesdays. A harm
some gift in every twentieth plate
sab. "-Once a Week.
-Jones-"Skiplcy, the cashier, is
practicing good deal OF self-denial
lately.n Brown-"How's thatP
should think that he could get on COM
fortably with what he took to Cana
da." MAY be. but he travels
under an alias. Isn't that self-denialP"
Judge
--El2erly spinster Tin upper berth oil
sleepiug-car peering over)-"Excus'
me. SIR" Man in lower berth-"Cer
tainly, madam. What can | do FOL
youp" Elderly spinster-l was look
ing to sec If there was man undel
my bed. That's all, sir. IN. \. Sun
-"Johny," said the father, severely,
'are you still reading that history
ayes, father" "Well. you drop II
pretty quick, and hustle out with youl
baseball bat and go to practicing' l
you ain't careful you never will get u
be famous. Merchant Traveller.
Young man (applying for situa
tion)-'I have had considerabletexpe
rience as u commercial traveller. sir
Would you not like to engage me i
push your products?" Manufacturer
.Your services will hardly be re
ouired. There are already about q
600. 900 men engaged in pushing ou
products in this country. We manu-
facture baby carriages. ."-Burlingto
Free Press.
"A fool, n barber, and bald-heae
ed man were travelling together, Lo
, ing their way, they were forced
sleep in the open air, and to avert da
ger il was agreed to watch by turn
$ The lot first fell on tho barber. VIII
for amusement, shaved the FOOLS hea
while he was sleeping. He the
awoke him. and tho fool, raising h
hand to scratch his head. exclaime
{ Here's n pretty mistake! You ha'
awakened the bald-headed man Il
stead of me!"-N Y. Ledger.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-07-26

pouSpERIRs OF oUR ARID REGION.
Thla preliminary work OF irrigation
seems likely TO occupy much OF the aeeeh-
tIon ofsthe Fifty first Congress, Ct seq.
Accompanying this letter Is a map
roughly giving the east and west bound.
aries Of the arid region OF the oniteu
States.
A dark haired woman. with dencate
features and fair oval face. with respon-
Jve eyes. sensitive mouth and quiet
direct. gracious, cordial speech, an inch or
two taller than the average OF her sex
tbis ia the woman whom Senator Sabin,
of minnesota, has divorced for confirmed
inobriety.
The mystery OF the cnso is how a woman
conld have possessed such vices as are
assiuned to her, aud have lived such lie
ns hers is described to have been during
the last winter, aud, ut the aame time,
have ahone throughout the social season,
and have successfully imposed on scores OF
,yomen who knew her intimately and
thousands who knew her socially. all OF
whom believed her TO be OF exemplary
principles aud habits.
am not prepared to say that the charges
made aga'nse Ni's onon ,arTdo,ot
even that they are exaesera..u' W. =. ssnaio,
know the facts W 'ne oas'' S ] sr,anS.
Sabin aud ms ir'enaS , ana ne ,ham ~
must Know tnem ,,,,ss Du, ns,us .a,an. snd siilj
e aa,,nn a~ % y nsr, constitnte a mystery that
Is almost = nl,race ... v,ou hav,
Inc wlvesol snree ,,'.s ss""..,"aamos oom" hutths,
seen are stunned 'n.o acqu,.seuuv,s "s,.sss sS,
say what Iohsumna.s sum sns,s a''' ssr mos
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-07-26

"How is that butter sent you - askeda
Warwick grocer OF a transient customer;
'Butter, than sEi gainsstrenRth everyday
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-07-26
WHOLESALE DAMMING.
Plans for the Irrigation OF Arid
Lands in tho West
Major Powell, Ha, n Big Task on Hand
Corporal Tanner aud His Charming
Private Secretary The Mystery
Concerning Mrs. Sabine.


Concerning Mrs. Sabine.
COPYRIGHT 1880 II
The work OF damming half a continent
has fairly begun. It will not cease TIL
ten thousand sturdy dams have been
built across ten thousand gorges OF the
yast arid West, capable OF imprisoning all
the overiiowing water and discharGingt IL
in timely and stimulating seepage 10
the thirsty barrens below.
The arid plains Of the United States
nearly half OF our entire
domain. and they lie between the line oil
twenty iuches OF rainfall aud the Phcihc
Const. This zign,g line OF twenty Inches
rainfall, running from Bismarck, DaKota.
TO Corpus Christi, Texas. has been nained
by Prof. Willets, Assistant Commissioners
of Agriculture, "tho Powell Meridian" IN
honor OF the public officer TO whose hands
the work OF directing irrigation has been
committed by general consent.
"Down with the surplus" exclaims
CORPORAL Tanner, referring to money
needed by soldiers; ''dam the surplus"
exolalms Major Powell. referring TO water
needed by settlers.
The work Of damming the surplus water
will not be prosecuted by the government,
but accurate and elaborate surveys wiii
be made leading up TO Il, so that the prac-
t,cal business OF erecting dams and exca-
waiting aoqueducts can be begun and car
ried on by States or territories, or by set
| tiers themselves
Congress last winter authorized the
seouestrntIon OF reservoir sites and their
withdrawal from pre-emptioa and settle
ment and hundrc,ia OF these catchment-
basins have already been wiped OIL the
hooks OF eligibility. A prominent mem.
her OF Congress tells mo that. ON the re-
ponyening OF that body. he will offer
bill temporarily withdrawing from settle
mept the whole arid region that IL
irrianble-not lcss than 100000 square
miles of land--far more than the entire
cultivated area Of the country.
This, Of course, will be withdrawn only
10 be given again TO the people, when II
shall havo been put iu state to be rem
derea fertile by water. When Majo'
Powell, and his lieutenantS. Capt Duttoi
and Prof. Thompson. have determined
aud indicated on maps Just where th'
Irrignble lands lie, and tho limit oil tn,
entehmept- basins. and the amount ant
"duty" OF the water falling within them
then settlers will probably be once NOR
nIlowed TO take homesteads within th'
charmed area. and mortgage them TO
their inodicum Of fertilizing water
Whether tho hard work Of building TIL
dams where the Geological Survey ha
outlined them and of enclosing the canal
of service, shall I've done by municipalities
or by corporations. Is. OF course. US ye
unknown.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-07-26

.Corporaln Tanner keeps "open house
at the Pension Onlce, and makes isa pune.
tilious duty to $50 all who call and ae1
ruAnd an Interview. TAiskasnA AinA AzaiBi
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-07-26
PHOTOGRAPHS!

before you have your picture taken come
he satisfIed that my pictures are equal TO the
heat city work. Special attention given TO
watine Mes Portraits by the new Bro
mide Process. Fine line OF Picture Frames
xs{n street. HoPKINsviLLn, kr
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-04-25
HERE AND THERE.

The Cuban sugar crop is reported short.
The fruit crop in Georgia promises to be
prolific.
The Pope is represented to be a very fine
chess player.
California has promise this season Of the
greatest fruit yield on record.
The Eiffel tower of skeleton iron work, a
novel feature Of the Paris exposition, is
LIS feet high-more than double the alti-
tude of the Washington monument
A Louisville company has bought the
Home Steel Works Of Pitisburg and will
move the plant to Lousylle-there 20 make
refined steel by process that increases the
duciilty and tensile strength Of steel very
greatly" and will revolutionize the manu-
iacture Of high grade work.
Messrs Alger Foraker and Blaine have
bought 900 acres in Tennessee and on
900 acres three veins Of fine bituminous
coal have been developed The product
will be shipped to New Orleans ria narrow
1uage road and the Tennessee riyer-the
aim being to supply the entire region south
Of the Gulf.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-04-25

Congressman Allen, Of Massachusetts,, Is
one Of the few men who are turning to some
account the monotonOus moments in the
proceedings Of the House. Armed with his
ket camera, H. saunter. idly 10 and fro,
watching the while with keen eve for
subject, and when this presents itself, he 10
quick to catch the situation. In this way
be j. getting quite a collection Of the more
prominent members in attitudes which they
will cordially repudiate. To-day he follow
e for 4 long time the only Tom Reed, and
at last caught a view Of the back Of hi head
as the member from Maine was sitting be-
size Oregous lone representative. There is
much curiosity rs to the ultimate purpose
he has in view in making this collection,
and several are inwardly trembling lest
they find copies Of bis work circulating In
TIER districts. A. he never warns his In
tended victim to Took intelligent" and the
absolute truthfulnrss Of the views could not
be satisfactorily explained away. there will
be an intense feeling Of relief when the lit
te leather box disappeares from his desk.
In the meantime, he is the recipient OF
courtesy from his fellow.members which is
as agreeable as its object is obyious.-BaAi-
more american.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-04-25
POETR Y.
ALOVER'S QUARREL.

Was it all mistake? All. fold your arms closer,
And press my head nearer your breast;
For my brain has grown weary with thinking
and weeping,
And my sad heart is longing for rest.
Was il al n mistake when within your dear
hand
You clasped mine with quickening breath
And vowed before God that, forslking all 9TH
ers,
You would love me and keep me till death ?
Was it all a mistake? Is there any one dearer,
For whom your mans heart cries aloud?
Is there any sweet hope living dead in your
bosom.
That your marriage vow hides like shroud
Was it all q mistake when | thought could
cheer You,
And brighten your pathway through life?
Do YOU dream of a face that is fdirer than my
face?
Ola name you hold dearer than wife?
Was it all mistake? Are you longing for free
dom?
All. | pray that release may be near:
That deaths arm may take me and bear me TO
heaven.
To await-what was that? Not a tear
All my own, You are weeping You're sorry
you said 1t:
Twas anger that made those words fall.
Then take me yourself dear and don't let
death have me.
For don't want TO die after all.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-04-25

that he thought he could see some slight
improvement in the last twenty-five years.
Who were Mormans? The white folks.
Who were bigamists? =? The white folks
Who were embezzling from banks, steal
ing from postoffices and flching school
money? The white folks. All the sedi-
ton was uttered by white men. Alltrusts
and monopolies on the one hand, and all
the strikes and violence on the other In
cluded only white men. 1t was his con-
viction that white folks were bad lot,
but not quite as bad as they used to be.
Samuel Shinn arose to remark that he
had seen good deal of white folks. and
had been brought into collision with them
more or less every day for yeaIs. lie
couldn't say as beginning that he liked
the color. 1t was not fast. 1t ran all
the way from the color Of an old roam
horse turned out to fresh snow, and he
could never be made to believe that
straight hair was of any good except in
the case of a wolf. White folks had
cheated him, lied to him, stolen his wood
and poultry, and he had come to disirust
the race. He didn't doubt that there was
some slight improvement, but even sava-
ges are compelled to improve. lie be-
leved the time was near at hand when
black would be the popular color around
and when the man with the woolly head
would step to the front.
"Gem'len," seid Brother Gardner, as
he arose, ode queshun has no doubt bin
decided in de negative, but we shouldn't
bar down too heavy on de white folks
Dey has had heap of tribulashun, es
peshuly in dis kentry. | fur one hex
great an abidin' faith in de iucher Of dc
white man. He is gradually learnin' tC
speak the troof, an to keep his hand of
Of odder folkses' chickens Time vii
make him fear or respect the law, brusl
up his manners an compel him to realiz'
dat buildin' big skull houses doan' make
manners or bring bizness. Let US gin
him far chance to show de stuff he ar,
made of. De answer to de query vii
darfo be: He ar improvin' mighty slow
but expects Il change of fodder will MAKE
him hustle We will now dispel de
meetn' an adjudicate homewards.' %
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-04-25

An item Of especial interest to tie medi.
cal practitioner and well worthy Of preser-
vation during the coming summer is that
reciling the case of an Ohio farmers son Of
hydrophobia The boy, aged IL, lives
northeast of Worcester In 'S2 young
Barkley was bitten through the upper lip
by pet dog having dumb or paraytc ra-
bies. This last February the boy expert.
enced his first hydrophobic attacks, compris-
ing the usual symptoms. The physician
regards the disease as a nervous affection
and believes its poison seflimiting. Act
ing on such theory he endeayored to keep
him alive until the action Of the poison was
spent. Large dos of fluid extract Of aeon
ite were prescribed to blunt or semi-para'
lyze the sen,uary nerves, hydrate Of chlorai
to produce sleep and salicylate Of soda, in
big doses, to give ferment to the poisons
action. Satisfactory results followed. The
boys paroxysms gradually abated and he
is now nearly we'll His legs are slightly
paralyzed owing to the strong medicines and
he is sen.itive to the touch of others. Be
yond this he is O. X.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-04-25

"To what church did you go my dear p
said the teacher of Brooklyn select school
the other day to the year-old daugh
ter Of Wall street broker. Il don't 20 to
any was the reply. "We'l. to what de-
nomination do your parents belong p The
little maid thoughtlully pur-ed her lips -
moment and answered: Il don't know
about mamma, but I've heard papa say he
is mugwump."
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-04-25
awhat did Cain do?7 asked The sunda!

"What did Cain do?7 asked the Sunday
school teacher. "Oh, nothing much" re-
piled q timid boy, with his fingers in BIZ
mouth. "He killed Abel, didn't he 2" con
tinued the teacher. Where's my hats?
asked bad boy, rising to bis feet. " What
where are you going?" stammered the a.
tonished teacher "Papa's Democrat, and
lie said for me to light right out whenever
anybody begins to wave the bloody shirt
Gimme my hat and I'll CO."
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-04-25
Caution TO Mothers.

Every mother is cautioned against giving
her child laudanum or paregoric; il create
an unnatural craving Tor stimulants which
kills the mind or the child. Acker's Baby
Soother is specially prepared to beueii
children and cure their ptins Il is harm
less and contains no Opium or Morphine
Sold by G. Frank Jones & Co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-04-25
Pimples on the Face

Denote an impure state Of the blood and
are looked upon hy many with suspicion.
Acker's Blood Elixir will remove all i'm
purities and leave he complexion smooth
and clear. There j. nothing that will a
thoroughly build up the constitution. puri y
and strengthen the whole system. Sold and
guaranteed by e Frank Jones q Co.