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tention to the window, ana there saw q
stalwart fellow eudeavoring to pry open the
lower sash with chisel, and knew that in
very few minutes he would effect an
entrance. With q gun or pistol ] could
have killed him without rising, but as had
no weapon except the bowie knife, had to
decide instantly upon some method Of
thwarting his purpose, for felt that if he
once gained admittance he would kill me if
he could
Getting out Of bed into a dim corner as
quietly as possible, and armed with the
bowie knife, crept along the wall on my
hands and knees until l was fairly under
the ledge of the window sill Then care
fully rested ON one knee and prepared for
an attack. ] had no sooner done so than
the lower sash yielded and was care
fahy raised and wedged with the chisel
Then heard the fellow cambering in. As
he gained the sill, barefooted, he paused
an instant to reconnoitsr, and lightly leaped
int the room
This was the most critical moment lad
ever experienced As he sprang fren the
ledge suddenly rose and plunged the bowie
knife into his breast, and he fell dead, pros
trating me with the force OF his fall In a
second was up again and looking out of
the window to discover his confederate, II
he had one, but all was quiet in the alley,
and no one was visible.
AS l turned to light lamp and gain a
better idea Of the position, / felt the warm
blood of the burglar laving my feet.
There he lay, as dead as Julius Caesar, q
big, burly negro, holding in his stlffened
grasp a bowfe-knife much larger than
mine, and / was very, very thankful that
he had found no opportunity to use it
upon me-
dressed myself hurriedly, with nerv-
GUS tremor that had not noticed until then,
and hastened to open the front door Of the
store. The street was bsthed in moon
light, and midnight silence was over all
Again and again shouted the name Of the
patrolman on that beat, with whom had
an intimate acquaintance, and in few min
utes he came, running, and quite excited by
the novelty Of being wanted.
After a brief relation Of my adventure
and a closer examination of the dead
burglar, the guardian of the night identi-
fed him as an old offender, a desperate VIII
lain and well known to the police.
More officers were speedily called in, and
the body, with the negro's bowie-knife and
chisel, was removed.
spent an unquiet hour, trembling with
nervous excitement, in washing the floor
and closing the shuttered window. Then
walked the floor another hour to soothe my
rebellious nerves and then / went to bee
and slept the sleep of the just until day
| light.
This was my last encounter with {
burglar. The sport is too exciting for fre
quent indulgence or for enjoyment.
1 may say, in conclusion, that this ad
venture paved the way for my entrance in
to the firm as partner. My ''pluck," ant
possibly a serviceable supply of assurance
| besides my constant fidelity to the interest
of the business, served me in lieu of capital
Mat Hawthorn, in Chicago Journal.
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UnintentionaI Apostasy


An old clergyman used to relate the fol
lowing anecdote with great glee: Once
when preparing his parishioners for the
solemn ordinance of confirmation, he found
among them An old woman so excessively
ignorant and stupid that, for some weeks
prior to the time, he was obliged TO have her
come to his house every day in order TO in
struct and catechise her. At length be be-
gan TO hope that his time, patience and zeal
had not been enterely bestowed in vain, a
few bright flashes of understanding having
burst from the old danes clouded intellect
Tie important day arrived. eNow, my
good friend said the worthy pastor lust
previous to the commencemento of the cere-
mony, g as this is the last moment in which
shall have an opportunity of conyersing
with you, let me ask, do you thoroughly I'M
derstand and believe all the articles of your
Christian faithl'' AYE, yes, sir, thank
'ee,n replied the venerable pupil, with q
simper, and dropping one Of her best
courtesies: 81 does, indeed, now; and,
thank God, heartily reroursess 'em all
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Magnitude OF the Earrn.

According to recent authority, the Cir
cumference of the globe is twenty-five thou
sand and twenty miles. 1t is not as easy to
comprehend so stupendous circle as it is
TO put down its extent in figures. 1t be-
comes more palpable, perhaps, by compari-
son, such as this: railway train travelling g
necessarily night and day, at the rate Of
twenty-five miles an hour, would require
six weeks to go around it. The cubical bulk
of the earth is two hundred and sixty thou
sand millions of cubic miles. If the materi-
ais which form the globe were built up in
the form of a column, having a pedestal of
the magnitude of England and Wales, the
height of the column would be nearly four
and half millions of miles. A tunnel
through the earth, from England to New
Zealand, would be nearly eight thousand
miles long.
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AnvESrrRE 20 Q

Two years later was sent to Savannah,
Ga, by my employers to open and manage a
branch store in that city.
] was yet unmarried. The store had q
bedroom in the rear, adjoining the Office
and there i lodged. In it was one large
window, which opened upon an alley, as did,
also, the rear door of the store, in the ad-
joining entry. At night all the doors were
locked and barred The bed room window
had tight, heavy outside shutter, made Of
boards and battened, which I could close
and fasten inside. The window sill, with
its broad ledge, was fully four feet above
the floor.
One moonlight night, when 1 had been es-
ta5ished in business for several months,
the weather being very warm, left the
shutter Hnclcsed and lowered the top sash
few inches to admit fresh air had not
been disturbed by nocturnal intruders
since NY arrival and had, owing to the
heat, become quite careless. Besides, kept
within reach from nv bed a formidable
bowie-knife
About midnight awoke The room was
dark, although the moon was shining
brightly. A slight noise attracted my at
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DENVER, Col, will soon have one OF the
finest Masonic temples in the West, costin z
not far from $250,000 II Will be seven
stories high, with frontage of 125 feet and
depth of 100 feet Every girder and beam
throughout the building win be Of iron, not
even a wooden step or staircase being used.
THE corn crop of this year Is without
doubt the largest ever raised. The yield of
oats IS also the largest on record, while that
of hay and potatoes is excellent 1T Is safe
to say" says reliable authority, ''that this
years agricultural produce will represent
at least $l0O,000,0O0 more money than last
years, at average prices for both"
THE London Times is said to pay to its
Paris correspondent III. de Blowitz) S16,-
0O0 year; TO it's Berlin and Vienna repro
seutatiTes, $12,5O0; to those in Rome and
| St Petersburg, $4,000 and house. Smallez
places get less for their representative
men, Senior Diaz, at Madrid, 5000; Herr
| julius Lax, IN Brussels, $500; and HE
Heinrich. at Christianas ti.25a
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FUNNY HIBERNICISMS.
Specimen Gems Of Irish Wit, Humor o
Bright Repartee.

Specimen Gems OF Irish Wit, Hum0r and
Bright Repartee.
Stories of Irish wit and humor are like
good wine-they mellow and acquire deli
cacy Of flavor with age. They are ever
green, preserving their freshness like the
verdure of the Emerald isle of whose blessed
soil they are racy Hibernicisms never lose
their sparkle and mirth-compelllng quality,
"age can not wither nor custom stale their
infinite variety" we never tire of telling
or listening to them, and nobody but a
Scotchman with a corkscrew would be like
ly to get the idea into his head of speaking
Of them as chestnuts. We are indebted to
the American Review for making coIlec-
ton of the rarest gems, from which we Gull
as specimen jewels Of the first water the
following:
pat" said field officer, Ego to your Cap
tam and tell him you're the LATEST rascal in
the regiment" ''Plaze, yer honor, wud We
have me go to the Captain wild lie in me
mouth!n
A pauper woman, who was being commls-
Grated in having lost all her teeth: "Shoor.
an isn't 1t time to lose thin, whin I've
nothing for thin to dot"
An Irish woman, unlimited to wake
''Well, well, I'll have corpse of my own in
my house some day, an thin you'll see
who'll be invited"
"Arrah! Where will you find modern
building that has lasted as long as the ouId
want"
II am writing with sword in one hand
and pistol in the othern
Mr. Speaker, would give half of the
oonsutution-nay, the whole of ito save
the remainder
Single misfortunes never come alone
and the greatest of ali mlsfortunes is usual
ly followed by a greater
"a great many people are dying this year
who never died before
A party at cards One player remarked
Here Is shilling short" who put it in p
asked an Irishman present
"Sir, IL you come within a mile of my
house hope you will stop"
Hes so thin I'd hardly know him
You're thin, and I'm thin, but he's thinner
than both of US put together"
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RHYMES WITH A RELISH

As tho Years Go by.
Babes and their mothers lullaby;
Children at their daily play;
Maidens hearing their lovers sigh;
Women brave n the worlds way
Are of what we see and hear, dsaet
AS the years go By;
Hear, dear,
AS the years 90 BY.
How tender is time, withal,
How kind to the good and true,
So gentle to me, withal
So gracious and sweet to you,
This is what we see and hear. deas.
As the years go by;
Hear, dear,
As the years 60 by.
Times flnger-marks wrinkles are
Gray hairs its frost and decay,
young heart has kept you far
From age marks and frost away.
tits what we see and hear, dear.
As the years 60 by;
Hear, dear,
AS the years go by.
Time from your face stays Sadness
Leaving the bright sunshine in;
Kisses your eyes in gl0dness,
Leaving the sweet loveiight In
Oh. this do we see and hear,
AS the years go by;
Hear, dear,
AS the years go By.
Sweet, let your birthday come aud go;
Put your hand and love h mine.
You are young for loving sof
Hive because am thine.
All this do we sec and know, desr.
AS the years 60 by;
Know, dear,
As the years GO by.
Eugene Field.
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The Mexican Onyx.

The handsomest and lowest-priced of our
ornamental stones, and one which has been
introd iced most extensively, Is the so-
called Mexican onyx or tecalli, as it was
first called, from the town of that name In
the State of Pueblo, Mexico, where 1t is
found. The deep colors are richer than
those of any marble known, and its wayy
stalaGmitic structure and the high polish
which it can take, have made it popular
throughout tn. whole civilized world With
metal mounting the effect Is greatly
enhanced. 1t occurs in almost unlimited
quantities, and fully $4,000 worth has
been used in the United States for table
tops, mantcls, vases, etc.
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A Legal LorOP.

Before the waltz was over quite,
They sought a moments brief respite
Out of the whirl and where the hight
Was soft and mellow.
And there in happiness alone
They sat until the flute had blown
A trill TO drown the final tone
That filed the cello.
Outside the window they could see
The snow upon the winter tree,
Whose twigs once tremblcd with the CLEO
OF summers swallows.
And while upon this scene intent
They gazed, ray of sentiment
Appeared, and conversation went
Somewhat as follows:
'tOarissa' here he paused awhile
To contemplate CIarissa's smile
And polish up his verbal style;
She, lightly drumming
Her fingers on the window, lest,
Embarrassed, he forget the rest
Gave him a chance, and meanwhile guessed
Just what was coming
''Clarissa"-here he took her hand
To help his rhetoric to land;
She let him hold the fingers, and,
By squeeze judicicus,
And gently turning OF her head,
She punctuated what he sad
An action which, interpreted,
Meant: "How deliciousr'
'Clarissa, darliny'-after these
He suffered an emphatic squeeze
81 love you"-here upon his knees,
In true devotion,
He knelt before Clarissa, who
Was all uncertain what to do;
Her heart seemed practicing new
Eccentric motion.
Then, like fervent worshiper,
He Told his beads OF love to her;
Said he: 'NCIar ssa, prefer
To make Life's journey
Along the paths of Pard se."
He said that sentence over twice,
And thought 1t sounded rather nice
For an attorney.
'Tm poor" he said Q1ove's truest art
Makes this soto U0es part).
''But II you'll promise me your heart
In sweet surrender,
We shall not want for sordid gold;
Clarissa you are wealth untold
You are''-the metaphor was bold;
my legal tender!''
Frank Dempster Sherman, in Life.
Is MARRIAGE failuref the bachelor cried
And the youth who 10 counting the girl re
piled:
T Te never been married and can not gaess
But courtship know IS a big succeoa"
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Love in a Restaurant.

Neat and natty and pert was she,
(Ham and eggs and bread for oneO
And winsome her smile as smile could be-
PORK and beans-have the pork well donel
Her dainty hands brushed the crumbs away,
(Both kinds O. sauce on that apple dumpD
And my beating heart quick owned her sway
(Pertaters and green's along o. that rumpD
fumbled the bill but nothing could see;
C(Roast turkey and stun-dark meat, second
jointD
My eyes were on her and hers were on me
plumb pudding another, and plenty OF oInte
"What viii you haver' she broke the spel;
"a cup Of tea and O coffee withoutD
I blushed and stammered, my eyelids fell
PORK and sausage and sauerkrsutD
Then seized her hand and whispered low;
Cabbage soup and a corned beef hashN
'Get out, you fool! Come, let me got"
Onions stewed and potato mashD
Boston Transcript
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CHURCHES.

DAPTIST.-pr reaching each sunday at ~ a.
DIN. and at 80 q. IN, at INC courthouse. sun
day school a. ~ O'Clock, nj. Prayer meeting
Wednesday eve I'nk OF each week. Eev: W. a.
Cain, Pastor. Residence on NorSh Walnut 81.
OHRISTTAN.-Preac every Sunday at
~ II O'Clock, a. m, n ~ 1902. IL, by elder
David Jat'On. 1'aver meeting every we'd
nesdBv higr,. Suddav school al 10 o'clock a. m.
every Sunday.
METHODIST A EPISCOPAL.-Services every
EN4 Sunday al IL 100 a IN. and Z 30 p. IN. sur
day school every Sunday at lOa IN. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening at 1;3J.
Strangers invited. X. SANDERsoN, Pas'or.
DEESBYTERIAN.-S every Sunday at
Z IL a. III. and 80 p. m. Sunday School at
IOam. J . B. NORTH, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services on IND
Sunday Of every month al Sherlock's hall, at
1000 A. M lev. GIT~ER Pasto:.
GERMAN BAPTIS't BRETHREN-Holdr reg
" uln, services Il, Mingona, Barber coun,y,
the second and -four Al Sundays in each month.
At Forres, school house on the second Sunda! ;
Cedar Cree6 school house on the third SOnday.
BY Eide s sShamberger, Smith and Neher.
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Dxsneptlc Philosophy.


Leaves that litter the faded lawn,
Failing dead spent desire.
Clouds that blush with the flush Of dawn;
Gray as an opal that S lost its fire;
Hawk that swoops on the song birds quire
Singing that ends in doubt and tears;
Broken string in well-tuned Tyre
All will be one IN q thousand yearsl
Mounting hope to the earth down drawn;
Eager feet that are soon to tire:
Brain that waits for the will of Drawn;
Rose-tree Offering only briar;
Plain worth trudging afoot through mire;
Preaching that falls on needless ears;
Prayers that linger below the srire;
All will De one in a thousand yearsl
Men who f1atter and cringe and fawn;
Women who play with disaster dire;
King neglected to save pawn;
Writers writing their es for hire;
Knight forgetting his trusty squire;
Faith in humanity paid in jeers;
Cupid turned to common crier-
AL will be one in q thousand yearsl
ENVOY.
Ye who tremble 'twixt grief and ire,
Smother your wrath and forget your fears;
Fare we all to the final pyre-
All will be one in a thousand yearsl
w. S. Moody, Jr., in Harper's BaZar.
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History and Mystery.

History and mystery.
The fellows that cling to Old Darwin assert
That nature in each single case.
According to what is required Just thea
Adapts ev'ry thing to its place.
For instance, the duck: IL was split-toed -
first.
But living deal In the wet
It's feet became webbed in the very same style
That is seen on its pedestals yet
It may, or may not, be true as fact
In spite Of denials or 1ihes-
That small legislators, perchance, now and
then
Are bought up and paid for by brioes.
But when, as oft happens-hands crossed at
their backs,
The oped palms turned upward-they're
seen.
It's funny, the habit and one must ask
"What-
In Darwinian sense-does it meanT'
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Barber County Cheers.
Medicine Lodge Omcers.
SOCIETIES.

SOCIETIES.
a AT. & A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. II
"a Regular communications, nrst ana
Xxx third Saturday r. eyeRInss yeRnSsx N " eacn
Nv. STOUT, Seccc, a-y.
CYPRUS CHAPTER No. SO, R. a. NJ, meets
in Masonic Ha evecy I'd and 4th Thursday
p. A. SIMMONS, Fl. p.
II. sANDERsoN. sec'y.
n n q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 30.
w. Ii Os Regular Communications, first
and third MoldAy evenings in each month.
Ms. EVA l.. MERUELL, W. M.
DIR. II. YAST, Sec.
DELrnIA LODGE, No. 40, K. Of p, meets on
Monday evening OF each week, at ODD Fellow
hall Visiting Knights in good sanding nv nv
IA. A. GRowN. X. of r. rs.
o. O. F. Pioneer LODI
AS No l79.-Regular meetings
~ ~, every Tuesday even.ng.V .
SSD ing cordially inv' ted.
RM WOODWARD, N. G.
in. DEAL. Sec.
ENSIGN ENCANPMENT No. 81, !. o. o.
Meets nrs, and tiird F.iday or each monln
Vsli2g PP,farcas Gordi9ly invite" nn ~, = p
l.. v. H. 3BARD. W. Y. JOE ~ 'lrNN, ~ :,
8. l.. ALLgN, =. W. W. l. hoosE' .,
NAoM, No. 81, EEBECCA DEG REE, 1. o: OF
Meets the I'd and Alb Friday nights, eacn mon'n ~ ~
EN-. BYERLEy, secy.
n D ELDRED POST, No. 174, meets
OF the court house in Medicine Lodge, at Z p. NJ
All comrades cordially invIed.
LOREN EDw ARDS, POst Conmander
JOHN MCCOY, Ad1utanI.
4 o. U, W. E'S;,;', ES$s; e$Sss TSss0 n e.
j. W. SINGER. Recorder.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6. 1889.
TOWER OF LONDON
Historical Facts That Escape
Superficial Observation. !!

What Knowing Visitor May SEQ and
Learn II He Keeps His Eyes and Ears
OPon-The White Tower and It's
DuDgeOns-Anue Boleyn's Bones.
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TOO LArei TOO LATE,

Thsy stole all my lightning before il strdeA
And bottled my thunder before IL oursts
eHskespeare and Plat o and Kant were in [ueE,
T6sy were born, they were BON the nrsti
These Is Honer, TOO, has been highly praise4
For writing ny thoughts before w@ born
he R1is the Trumpet q Fame upratseo,
I the nstle end Of the horni
And the world unites 70 praise Cicero
The while they laugh my conceits 20 soorn.
And Montague, and Chaucer, and PindAr ana
Poe,
whorsbbed me before was born
They spoke before had ever chance
These pirates who scuttled my songSnips
grand
And boarded my triremes of gay romance
Before could take command
They wrote my thoughts and were covered with
praise,
They spoke my thoughts and men caliedt them
great;
waae laneuish unknown in these subsequent
days
Aman who was born too latei
s.. W. Foss in Yankee Blade.
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Five Ways TO Stop a Cold.

/. Battle the feet In hot water and drink
pint of hot lemonade. Then sponge
with salt water and-remain in warm
room. 2. Battle the face IN very hot water
every five minutes for an hour. 3. Snuf
up the nostrils hot salt water every three
hours. 4. Inhale ammonia or menthol. 5.
Take four hours exexcise in the open air.
A ten-grain dose of quinine will usually
break up a cold IN the beginning. Any
thing that VIII set the blood actively in cir
cuIaticn VIII do it, whether il be drugs or
the use Of buczsaw. But better than all,
II your cold is inveterste or serious, consult
your family physician, and at once.
NOTWITHSTANDING his misfortunes, Presi-
dent Grants family have been made
wealthy by the sales Of the book which he
wrote.
VAN BUREH, who was worth 5000
never drew his salary as President tall tho
end Of his term, when he took out the whole
El0l000
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MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS WE

]. p. HALL, As'I. Cashier.
c. B. CURElE. I'd Vice Pres't
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ES 7ABLIShED IN 1880

G. Q. CHANDLER, President.
X. c. THOMPSON, Vice PIcs't.
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a A.F.& A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. II
"a Regular communications, first and
y third Saturday evenings in each
. month. G. Y. FREEMAN, W. Nj
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-03-27

The Washington correspondence in
Sundays Sentinel contains the following
on the subject of the policy of the new
administration on appointments:
A rather interesting question has been
raised here since the inauguration, and
one that is troubling the Republican SEN
ators not little, because they are constant
| ~ in receipt OF letters from persons asking
the question, and there has as yet been
no general understanding what the policy
of the administration will be in the mat
ter. The question is, Shall the terms of
Democratic postmasters be understood to
begin with the removal of the Republican
pos master or at the time the present
temperate postmaster was confirmed
! This is quite important, because the word
appears TO have been passed around that
no Democi attic presidential postmasters
shall be removed, except for cause, and
that all Democratic pOstmasters In these
hgh-grale Offices will serve their terms
out undisturbed by such sentimental or
hypocriticai charges as offensive partisan
ship. This being the case, the query pre-
SCENTS itself: What is to prevent one party,
in the event of change Of administration
every four years alternating, holding the
post, ffices all the time. This can be
done, as it was practiced 10 some cases
the lasf few weeks OF the late Democratic
administration (or was attempted to be
practiced and was shut off by the senate
refusing to confirm such appointments,
by the Democratic postmaster reslgniDg
shortly before March 4, and having IA
friend appointed to succeed
Or, IN the care where Republican
postmaster was removed few weeks after
the Democracy assembled to power. This
apbOintee the senate refused to confirm
and the time run on tor months, when
another appointment was made aid COLI
firmrd. The last postmaster so confirmed
now has from a year TO two years and
one-half to serve. And all the time am
bilious Republicans are standing around
watching far his scalp and wondering
why Democratic reign in the postotfice
does not cease as soon after March d. as
did Republican reign in the same Office
four years ago.
There are many such cases, and they
cannot be attended to without removals.
1t ia believed here among the most intiu
entail Republicans that where there is a
glaring case of this kind, or where it is
quite clear that the first Democrat resign
ed to see the second snugly ensconced in
office, few removals would be the proper
thing. In other words that in all cases
where the Republican was not permitted
to serve cut his term. short work should
he made of the Democrat now in the
postoffce
This may net sound like civil service
reform. but it is exact justice.