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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-11-05

Some very curious electrical ex.
periments have been made at the top
of the Eiffel tower, and many pheno.
mena new to scientists have been
brought to light. The atmosphere
at the summit of the tower is free from
all influence of the soil. as would be
the case at the top of the mountain,
and the air is in an extraordinary
state of electricity. The tower will,
it is said, be the most perfect con.
ductor of electricity during a storm,
and all within it will be in a state of
entire immunity sgainst all danger
from lightning. New York Telegram
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-11-05

for navigation as ever and that boats
carrying freight at one-half the prices
charged by railroads could make
good profit on the investment.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-11-05

401 WEST SECOND STREET.
A full stock of lumber, lathes, shingles,
lime, plaster, cement, posts and all build
ing material. As cheap as any house in
Central Missouri. 6-2ld&wtf
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-11-05

uIan}nd ssle.nea; Newest and Choics<t FruiseN
VUt1tOu a. free No. NURSERY CO., LOaisisra- Me-
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

The determination of the Argentine
Government to withdraw its fractional
paper currency from circulation and to
replace it with an equal amount of coin
will open the way, announces the New
York Nail and Express, for the resump-
tion of specie payments. and thus do
much TO relieve the fevered and I'M
healthy condition of financial affairs in
the chief and most rapidly growing re-
public of South America.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

The Enei;'h company who are work
iHg the NacCochec minc in Georgia took
out the o;her lay a nuSge. Of gold weigh
ing 1899 reanyweights, and valued at
$500. Not long ago they look one mug
get that weighed thirty pennyweights,
and another of 507 pennyweightS. Such
finds rs iEcsc. muses. the New York SIM,
are calculated to make 4 fellow feel rich
streaks run up and down his back.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

big, brawny, evil-looking fellow; the
other was lame"
"This lame man, was he old Or
young!"
cold, signorina, with one shoulde,
higher than the other."
"Paolo." said Natalia, under he,
breath "my intuition was right. ca
on-what happened them"
"The big man began climbing thu
ladder. 1 thought it all looked sus.
picious, and slipped out of my room
to give an alarm. 1t was dark as pitch
in the corridor, and l fell down stairs
giving my head furious blow on the
stone stairs. l was wild and wandering.
like till yesterday, because of this
wound on my head. To-day l remem.
Der everything. and thought it right to
tell the signorina contessa.
With all possible haste Natalia dis.
patched a man of the law to Libro
Aperto, to question Paolo, the farm.
servant. PaolO was accused of the theft
frightened into full confession of his
guilt, and the greater portion of the
money was recovered.
Philip, upon his release from prison
learned from Italian friends the history
of the Roselli family.
The young contessa was considered
little less than an angel by those who
knew her well.
"Poor child" continued Philips in.
formant, "she hasn't friend or pro.
tector on earth but that faithful old
nurse, Giacinta. Her uncle is hard.
cruel man, and the rest of the family
are all gone. There is barely enough
money left to keep this young contessa,
the last of long and noble line, from
actual want. The big paLazzo has the
name of being haunted, and they can't
get tenant for any OF the scores of
rooms. wish some prince would fall
in love with the contcSsa and give her
the surroundings she deserves.
Il wonder if n poor artist would do
instead" thought Philip, as he be:ook
himself to the Pa!azzo Roseli.
A week later the POOR artist, poorer in
his own estimation than in reality,
offered himself heart and soul to the
beautiful patrician.
My darling Romeo, could not live
without you," was her shy response to
his pleading Frank Leslie's.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

The year 1889 IS the tifticth anniversary
of the establishment Of the penny post in
England. 1t was in 1883 that COM
mittce Of the House of Commons reported
favorabiy upon Sir Rowland Hills
scheme for the establishment of cheap
postage. The bill received a majority of
100 votes aud became law on AUGUST
II. 1870.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
RAVENOUS SHARKS.
Remarkable Capacity of the Ocean
Tiger.

1t was reported the other week that
sailor. engaged in scraping the sides Of
q troop ship in the harbor of Sierra
Leone, was drawn into the water and
promptly dcyoured by a shark. This is
not an uncommon experience, and
boatnan has been bitten in the short
time it took him to dip up a pitcher Of
water, while his craft was under full
sail. We are assured that it is nothing
uncommon for the rayenous fish to
spring foot ont of the sea in order to
secure their prey. For miles they will
follow Il vessel, On the lookout for any
stray unfortunate who may tumble or
be thrown overheard, and so deep do
they swim under the surface that it re-
quires the practiced eyes OF the natives
to detect their presence. Many of the
West India harbors are so haunted by
the white and hammer headed sharks
the least amiable OF the 80 different
kinds known to zooiogists-that it is
dangerous to battle even a few yards
from the shore without an outlook being
posted
Yet the West African negro has been
known to face the brute not only with
lmpunity, but even to come off as victor
i'll the end. All Int amphibious, the
swimmer cautiously approaches his
enemy, and then, Just at the moment
that the great fish turns over to seize
him-his mouth being so placed that it
is necessary-the daring black plunges
hi: knife into its white belly. The
+ 'arl divers are also sometimes success.
in their attacks on sharks which try
ne them, though, il is needless to
such mode OF combat is possible
when the monsters do not come in
/ 'bers, and under the most favorable
cr instances requires GOODNESS, q
dc 1tv and a courage which are not
to 'cI Tired except by long experiences
in sac. pt Tlous encounters. AS a rule,
howevG, it is seldom that man who is
SD luckeAs rs to drop among sharks ever
appear again. There is q shrek,
white tltloJk is seen under the surface
and . q above it, redeemed crest tops
the mex swell which breaks against the
ships SHE, and the horror-stricken sea-
men kow that their messmatc will be
seen nomore.
Itisi well-ascertained fact that the
skeieN1s Of sheep, pigs, dogs and cattle
Which ave fallen or been thrown over
board ave been recovered many days
spbsef,ert to their being swallowed;
and =. LOn record that in the stomach
OF shrk killed in the Indian Ocean 0
lady s xork box was found, while IN
anothr the discriminatory papers which
had ben thrown away by hOtly chased
slaverxcre recovered from the NAV Of
an inyluntary witness thus curiously
broutat into Court ON the barb OF o
pork ,oited hook.
| Rysch, one of the most Trustworthy
OF To old naturalists, affrms that man
In lnil-homo loricatus, he calls him
waYsund in the stomach of a white
shiJ; and it is recorded by Blumen-
bal that.in one case a whole horse was
fold. It is undeniable that many
has been killed with ample capacity
tf9such undesirable contents; and Basil
Aall tells of one ont of wrich was taken
the whole skin of buffalo. besides
host Of other triAes which had been
dropped astern in the course OF the
prsviouy week. - Nashville (EnSJ
Chronicle.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
3toetrn anh NlisrrlIann.
A NATTER OF TASTE,

Says the peacock to the rabbit,
"Who's your tailor? tell me, pray;
For good sir, he's cut your coat-tail
In most old-fashioned way.
Look at me,
Would yon see
What n stylish tail should be-"
Says the rabbit to the peacock,
who's your barber? tell me pray,
For his shears have shOrn your ears, sir,
In most old fashioned way.
Look at me,
Would you see
What stylish ear should be-"
Esther d. Tiffany, in st. Nicholas.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
A BRrEF INTERMIssION.

They were seated in the parlor and he
was declaring his love in fervent tones.
All at once she stopped him with an i'm
perious gesture and look of pain over
spread her countenance
"Waitl waltz she exclaimed in short,
sharp tones.
! In moment the snecze came, and
Heloise, looking tenderly up into his
face, said; las you were saying, Georger
Judge.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

The reduction of the death rate for
England and Wales from 20.5 to lS.S,
which has been effected between 1881 and
1887 Dy the progress OF sanitary science,
means ssaying per aanum of S3S, 49,
00O This, ii seems, is the money worth
of that amount of human life, at an aver
age value Of r.95 per lie.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

"Why, Giacinta what does this
mean! My desk wide open, and all the
papers scattered about. Oh, madonna
mia the money from the Libro Aperto
vineyard was there-fifteen hundred
francs" The young girl flew to the
desk and plunged her hand into draw
cr at the side. "Gone Giacinta, we
are robbed" and she buried her face
desrairingly in the cushions of the
nearest sofa.
Heaven grant you are mistaken,
carinar"
81 am not mistaken, alas In that
drawer | put the money while Paolo
waited for the receipt. | remember
doing SO with painful distinctness.
Paolo sat there in the blue ottoman. L
let him sit down because of his lame
foot. He went quietly away after get
ting his receipt, and | locked the money
in the drawer as usual"
Giacinta fumbled wildly about among
the papers, but all t. no avail. The
money was certainly gone.
"And he with face like the blessed
San Michele" she moaned.
"No, no; you are mistaken, AMIGA,
mia" cried the contessa, reading the
suspicion in the old wOman's ewes. 81
would as soon accuse you of robbing
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

The Gillian Government has engaged
many railway engineers from this coun-
try for the building of its new roads
some 25G0 miles in length-from coast
cities TO the interior parts.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

A project IS being considered for add,
ing $50, 600 acres to the irrigated area in
Egypt, Tie water being taken from
point 50 high up on the Nile that the
canals shah never run dry.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

ri, Z. y. SouthTorth, who has been
made as,!s.an; mycoloSist at Washington,
is said to DC the first woman to receive an
appointment 10 Il scientific post at Wash
ington. Ilcr speciality is fungold growths.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

The Prince of Thurn and Taxis has
taken MS place among the comparatively
limited number Of royal patcntces. This
entcrprisiEg potcntatc has Invented yet
ano..cr method OF making paper.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

The New York Heroid states that Grace
and religious prejudices are making pc.
litical conditions in Canada that appear
to threaten the disruption or the Domin.
ion."
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

Jerusalem seems nov to be rapidly
growing city. This is due to the great
number Of Jews who are fiocling there
yearly. They now number 30 more
than the Moslem aad Christian population
nmiN;rnl
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

As & New York World correspondent,
looking from the vantage ground of the
Isthmus of Panama itself, sums it up
that 20 eco lives and 500, 600, 900 have
been thrown away on the grand DeLes-
seps ti.Sco.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
A MODERN ROMEO.
III LUCY BLAKE.

HE ball at the
Villa Borgh c 5 e
was over, and
Philip Leighton,
one of the guests
who felt the even
ing well spent, was
goin g leisureIy
honcward on foot.
1t was n clear,
moonlight II iG II t
in the bonny
month of May, and
such Il night III
Florence, with its
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
THE EIGHTH WONDER.

Gus-''Frank is an original man"
Joe-''How 500"
Gus-''I met him. He was seedy and
l offered to lend him $50"
Joe-.'Well"
Gus-"He said $40 would do."-
Epoch.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

Port Allegheny, Pa. man who was ti.so
out Ola sleeping car berth by jolt OF wv
train, exclaimed, in an unconscious way.
Don t-don't-fll get up and light the n'e'
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

According to the Prairie Farmer "the
Farmers Alliance is actively at work in
the West and South fighting obnoxious
trusts and other monopolies.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
Che neeklp Hlesserger.
Publish ed Weekly
AT
ct NJ artinsviIIe, L q.
BY
EAsTIN l. sIENvEMU.

Under the sceptre Of the Car of Rus.
STA live thirty eight different nationalities,
each speaking its own language, which is
foreign TO all others.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
Heath Of Wowse Mofhe,x.

So much depends upon a woman's
health that 1 wonder young wives do
not consider it more. Let your physi-
col well-being be n chief consideration.
Let nothing deter you from taking your
daily walk. Have plenty of sunshine
admitted into your home. Spend as
much time as possible in the open air.
While generally speaking early rising
is healthful, yet if you feel that you
cannot get up at the regular hour, do
not do so. Nature never makes mis-
takes, and if she demands another hour
of slumber you will be the gamer by
yielding. Have your meals ut proper
times. If your husband is detained at
his shop beyond the regular dinner
hour, let no sentimental consideration
induce you to wait for him beyond fif-
teen minutes. BY adhering to this you
will develop in him n remarkable
punctuality. Above all things keep
cheerful. Do not let trifles rutfie your
serenity. 1 I'M satisfied that cheerful
ness does more to promote health than
, nil other efforts.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11

with their hands as being sungenteel.s
The clerk who copies letters for a dol.
lar a day, with no possibility of ever
rising to higher work, is nearer their
ideas OF a gentleman" than the
mechanic who designs and originates
work. who controls other men, ard to
whom n wide path to- usefulness and
ucces is always open, or the farmer or
ranchman, whose work demands all the
forces of his mind and body, and brings
him into contact with nature and his fell
low.men.
Among more thoughtful people, this
silly prejudice is fast disappearing.
Hundreds of thoroughly educated men
are now hearding sheep, or growing
wheat in Texasan Dakota. The SOM
of ex-pfesidents, bishops and the fore.
most professional men in the country.
having finished their college course,
are now working ut FORCES, or in mines,
Size by side with day labores, fitting
themselves to be prastical electricians,
and mining and mechanical engineers.
1t will be long, we fear, however, be-
fore all the boys of Republican Amer
lea recognize the fact that it is not his
occupation which gives u man his true
place in life, but something for which
the occupation is but an outer garment.
The real nobleman is never denied
his rank, no matter how coarse his coat
may be.-Iouth's COMPANION.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
THE CHILDREN.
Some Pleasant Stories for the
Amusement of Our Juven-
lie Readers,
AS. WELL AS OLDER FOLKS.
ssStretch it a Little''-Don't Waste Your
Tme-Ray's Bank-Facts
for Boys.
"S,re,ch tia Li,ne."

One of our children's papers tells a
story of q little girl and brother, who,
some time since on a frosty morning,
were going IN an errand. They were
both poorly dressed, but the little girl
had a coat over her which she seemed
to have o%utgrown. AS they walked
briskly along, she drew her little com
panion close up to her saying: Some
under my coat, Johnny"
at isn't big enough for both,' he re-
piled.
II guess / can stretch it q little" she
replied, and they were soon as close to-
gether and as warm us two birds in the
same nest. How many of the sorrowing
and destitute might he relieved if only
those who are in circumstances of COM
parative comfort would try to stretch
it u little!"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
Just LIKE a Man,

Many pairs of eyes have opened very
wide in amazement at the sight of q
b~lack-eyed and bright-faced young
woman in the engine room OF the
steamer Ocean City, which plies on
Great Egg Harbor Bay. between Long
Port, Ocean City, and Somcrs Point,
N. j., and when passengers see the
ease and familiarity with which she
handles the wheels and levers of the
engine they hold their breath for u few
seconds to see what stranger things can
happen. The young lady is Mrs. Nora
Buck, and she makes as efficient an as
sistant to her husband. the engineer of
the Ocean City, as any man who could
be put in her place. She is skilled in
the management of the machinery, and
presides over the engine room with per-
feet confidence and c%omplacency.
Mrs. Buck is the granddaughter Of
Com. Lavelette, and the daughter of
the founder of Lavelette City, n. j.
upon the water she is always ut home,
and a handle an oar OF sail q yacht
like an expert. She is 10 years old.
and a perfect picture of health, weighing
about 100 pounds. Her hair and eyes
are black, and her Tam O'Shanter hat,
cambria dress and big checked apron
are a pleasant sight to the people who
patronize the Ocean City. Aside from
the novelty of her position in the en-
%gine-room, her bright face and pleasant
manners have made her n great favorite
with people who visit Atlantic City and
other neighboring places along the
shore. philadelphia Record.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
bort W'astr l'omr Y3me.

1t was during the first week of school
in September that Walter Morse was
on his way, with his books slung over
his shoulder, whistiing Il merry tune,
when lie met Arthur Pearce.
Hurry up, Arthur" said Walter,
cheerily; lit wants only ten minutes to
nine"
II don't believe I'll go to school to-
day." said Arthur. discontentedly.
Not go to-day? What's the matter
sick?"
NO." laughed Arthur, mot sick; Just
tired"
what makes you tired-vacation?:"
asked Walter, jestingly.
We'll, yes, it was vacation, if you
must KNOW said Arthur, the discon-
tented look drifting over his face again.
"When Il fellow has had ten weeks OF
boating, fishing, and a good time gem
orally, it's pretty hard to buckle down
to books again."
ooh, Idon't think sol" replied Wal
ter. After u fellow has a good rest
he ought to be able to work all the
harder"
Work! That's just what it u.s." said
Arthur.
"Of course it is work." replied Wal
ter; "but it's pleasant work."
u don't see it,"
Don't you want to be educated?"
"Of course do, and / expect l will
be. But there's no Use making a slave
OF oneself. I'm going fishing to-day.
There's never much done in the first
week anyhow. Mont you come along?'
NO, thank you. The fact is, lam
too fond of IL good time to stay away
from SCHOOL,
"A good time? You're joking"
NO, I'm not. Its just this way, Ar
thur: When l have amy work to do, I
have discovered that ii L stretch out an
hours job until it covers the whole af-
t%ernoon, 1 lose at least three hours fun.
Now, it is that way about schooling.
Both you and 1 expect to go through
the grammar school ut least, and ii we
don't miss promotion, that will make lis
! go to school until we are sixteen. Now,
that's the work cut out for lis, and if we
dawdle owe it we will have to work a
year or two longer. Now, 1 don't want
to work any more than ] a help, SO 1
mean to pitch in and have it over as
soon as possible
Il never thought of that said Ar
thur, musingly. Come to think of it,
a fellow has to go through a certain
amount of schooling unless lie wants to
grow up an ignoramus."
Certainly he does. And who wants
to be going to school with the boys two
or three Years his juniors?'
81 DON'T said Arthur, dcterminedly.
"Hey, Walter, there's the second bell!
1 believe I'll postpone that fishing trip
until Saturday.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
Woman in Command.

Capt. H, S. Lubbock, Superintend-
ing Inspector of the First District, re-
turned recently from a tour of inspec-
ton of steamers in the Portland dis
trict. Since his arrival here his atten-
ton has been called to an article lately
published in regard to lwhat women can
do and are doing in the way of earning
q livelihood. The article spoke of a
lady who wa engineer of q steamer ON
the Columbia River, and, thinking that
n history of the fair one might prove in
teresting, a Chronicle reporter called
on Capt. Lubbock with a view of learn
ing something of this paragon. She is
not IN engineer, as was stated, but is
master of the vessel. There is but II
other lady captain known in the United
States, who has a masters license on
the Mississippi River.
The lady commander of the Colum-
bin was born in Albany, Oregon, in
1865, and lived at that place until o
short time before her marriage with
Charles Hill, which took place in 1883.
Mr.. Hill wa at that time purser of the
steamer Joseph Kellogg. He continued
in this position for three years, being
assisted in Ills duties by his young wife.
Living economically oil this time, they
managed to a $1,000. With this
money they purchased an old schooner
and converted her into a trading boat,
putting a small engine into her. Mrs.
Hills next step was to take out IL Sec
ond-class masters license. She had
studied navigation, and had thoroughly
learned the Columbia and Willamette
Rivers while assisting her husband, and
she passed her examination without
any trouble. Her husband obtained
an engineers license in December,
1866, for the steamer Minnie Hill to
run from Portland to Astoria, q dis
lance of ITO. Then they brought a
stock of goods on credit and launched
into a trading business ut the various
points on the Columbia River.
Their venture was crowned with sue
cess, and in the second year their bust
ness had assumed such proportions that
they were obliged to get . larger
steamer. for which they paid $1,000,