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Its very curious remarked n s,--u.
IAtor. tho other day. what n strong In.
dnencc little things exert over somc men.
Now. thcrr Ia Charlie -. OF tho board
VI tradc. one Of tho sharpcst traders on
tho floor; a man who sells by the hundred
thousand. and buys In the sam. cx;ravA.
giant quantity. know for fact that for
years past hc has mndc II n rulc TO sell
short on wheat every spring. and sell big.
tor. But he never changes from tho bear
80 tho bull aide until hc sccs certain
lilac bush out on tho west side burst into
bloom. Tho very first day he secs q flower
out on that particular bush hc goes onto
tho door and sells right and left. and
keeps II up. This he has done so rcEu.
larly for some years past that Il Is a CON.
mon rcmark on change at these times
that Charles lilac bush Ia in bloom
What Is moro curious. too. Is that lie
hasn't raAdo mistake for years past. It's
been . perfect mascot for him. No, I
won't tell you whcrc tho bush Is. but hc
passes by II crcry day on his way down
too. Lots Of the boys have tried TO find
out WHERE II is located. but there are hun.
drrds Of lilac bushes along the street. and
he isn't fool enough to give 1t away.
And l know OF another queer case.
too" continued the spcculator. MY
typewriter. woman of about 10 years Of
agr. has some particular thing that she
watches on her way down town In tho
morning, and, a. . curious matter of fact,
that woman will walk into the office. sit
down At her desk. write out a prediction
Of the course Of the days markets. and
then put 1t away. It comes true. TOO
that's tho curious part Of 1t. She will
not tell how she does IL. but for weeks
past she named the market crratic course
accurately. DO ever trade on her pre-.
dictionY Well, not often. You know I
don't believe in tho-e things. Bu. It's
mighty curious, TO lay til. least, ism. itI''
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A Bal,imorcan. writing from Dresden
TO friend In that city. Rays. 1T was
hero that | saw tho best managed stree,
car lines. Tho hill boys nro men. and the
'jadcd' ILL horses arc fiery s,ccds; all
the company's employees are uniformed,
and such uniforms arc not on our police;
they look morc liko our military dFcss
Tho cars nrc spotlcss, Goublo dcckci. first
and second class. roof cheaper; first class
fare IL pfcnnings. or less than 4 cents
from end TO end Of tho route. and 10 pfcn.
nings for shorter distances Tho horses
II like race horses. and Grc evidently not
overworkcd. There o Whiting rooms at
numerous crossinE1 ng the route. and
tho morning papers .. kept on the racks
two papcrs 10 cseh car. = Chicago
Herald.
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in. navo grit. can stici, to job Of
work .aud when eight always intend 10
win. Dat wish were also plucky. Do
we not generally admire what We Lavo
not. and rather depreeiate what wo havf!
admire pluck. and don't know whether
admire grlt or not havo q little frienl
who IL little over four feet tall. and 10
las little head and little features. bit
hc brisiles up at u touch. or a word. or ~
Imagination. II he fancies slight. In 4.
moment he snsrls. and jumps. and show
ho Isn't afraid of uli creation. SO no II
not, lis Is brimful Of pluck But
lacks grit. lie pitches in and then sneai1
ont. Of two generals you will bo sure
find ono good at an assault. tho othJ
good TT Siege. Sometimes ono is mol
useful. boin-times tho other.-M. Had
rice. NJ. d., In Globe Democrat.
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THE HERALD. Ncckcr, Colo.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
HUMOROUS.

Young men are respectfully in
formed that when the young lady's
father stamps his foot, he is preparing
to send it through the mail.
PHOTOGRAPHER (who has been sum-
moned to photograp h dying many
Now, then, all ready! Wink all you
want to, and look pleasant ii Judge.
Through the efforts of a public
spirited Mr.. Bones, an Adirondack
lake is to be stocked with trout. The
eternal fitness of things would have
been better exemplified ii Mr.. Bones
had devoted himself to shad.
First Coal Merchant Say, L saw
man in very moderate circumstances
walk into a coal Office to-day, order
two tons and plank down the cash. y
Second Coal Magnate my gracious!
We must raise the price at once
Actor (to friend -ssDidn' t it strike
you, Charley, that a large number of
the audience were considerably moved
over my soliloquy in the second act?''
Friend--..O, yes; / noticed quite a.
number got up and moved out. -
Epoch
sunday-school Teacher touching
her bosom - Johnny, don't you feel
bad in here when you have been doing
wronge" Johnny (bashfully N In,
ma uses the back of a brush and takes
me over her knee. Burlington Free
Press.
Sir. = said she, do you expect
me, a saleslady at Tapely & Jaxon's
dry-goods emporium, to marry a com
mon clerllp' 4 I'm not a common
clerk he answered; ..I ain a sales
gent. She fell into his arms and
murmured II am thine. ''-Terre
Haute Express.
Mrs. McCorkle--.John, dear, the
Doctors sermon this morning was
from the text, .Ye are the salt OF the
earth. Where do you suppose I can
find the passage?'' Mr.. McCorkle-
81 should thinky you could findit in the
!. Psalter. :" brakes Magazine.
Butler (after the Queens Mate
has been rendered eour times and re-
peat - Ere's a dollar, an th' mas
ter says would you kindly move hon?
e's hillr Leader SchwanenAugel- ~
dot vost a square mans, felIers. We
him blay der .Det March in Sauls,
oud ohf condiments. . Puck.
Red-headed girls don't tan, chi p''
said Poots, scornfully, as he laid down
the newspaper in which he had been
reading a statement to that effect.
Well. when I was boy there was a
red-headed girl teaching our district
school, and she tanned SO much that i
haven t forgotten it to this day, . and
he rubbed his shoulder ruefully with
the thought. Texas Siftings.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
The News Briefly Cnronlcled.

Peter Simonson Young. a man about
twenty-five years Of age, was found dead
E IN his bed at st. Peter the other morning
His death was caused by the rupture of a
blood vessel His home was in New Swe.
den, and he had been attending the college
at st. Peter.
Peter Sauller, foreman of a stone quarry
at Long Lake, fell from a sleigh the other
night and when his companions reached
him he was dead. The cause Of his death
was thought to have been heart disease,
superinduced by heavy drinking.
The wall Of the opera house at Duluth,
which was burned the other morning, fell
soon afterWard, crushing the building
which stood next TO it, and burying the
owner, Elmer E. Chamberlain, in the
ruins
F.zJ. Marshall formerly cashier Of the
Northern Pacific Express Company. in ST.
Paul, was recently arrested on the charge
OF embezzlement. He confessed to a short.
ag ofsss2, 5O0 which came from falsifying
tho records.
Charles Anderson an insane man, was
found by police the other day roaming
about the streets in Tower, and was sent
to Duluth. He is a Scandinavian.
a prominent farmer named Ole Larson,
seventyfour years Of age, and one of the
pioneers Of Dodge County, was burned to
cinderby the burning Of his residence
three miles from Kasson the other after.
noon.
Mrs. johnson. of OWatonna, who was &C
cidentally shot a few weeks ago by her
little grandson, boy about fve years old,
died few days ago. Her left limb was
4 amputated. and the effect caused her
death
The salary Of treasurer Of Pipestone
County has been fixed at ninety Eve dcl.
\ lars per month.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

= 80
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher writes
at small, business-like desk, with q
photograph OF Mr.. Beecher standing
On it.
Mrs Burton Harrison, the wife of
Jefferson Davis former secretary, is a
Virginian, and one OF the most popu-
lar literary women in New York.
The late Hiram Prentice was one
Of the Oldest journalists Of Now York.
& he vas eighty-seven years of age, and
was the principal writer Of the cute
sayings of children in the New York
papers.
Mrs. Gladstone's social, educa-
honal and charitable projects have
always been seconded by her husband,
who is more proud Of his wife than
any thing else in the world. not ex-
cepting his own honorable and brill
liant career.
- The Pilgrims Progress has
been translated into the language
spoken in Zanzibar, a tongue called
Swahili.. It was found necessary to
make an adaptation rather than a
literal translation A part Of the YER
sion was prepared BY the late Bishop
Steere.
Marie Henriette, Queen of the Bel
gians. has started a magazine called
La Jeune File. The Queen and her
daughter Clementine are the editors,
while the Queen of Roumania will
write a poem for each number, and it
is expected that the Crown Princess
Stephanie,. Of Austria, will do the
pictures.
When Miss Faweett, daughter of
the late Postmaster-G General of Eng
land, applied to a famous mathemat-
ical coach at Cambridge to be taken
as his pupil, she was rudely repulsed,
and the ungallant tutor remarked that
he s.Would take no tabbies.'' This
same Miss Fawcett has been system
atically beating the best man of her
year in the Trinity College exami-
nations, and will doubtless be senior
wrangler for the ensuing year.
On one of the shelves Of Mr.. Spur
geon's library is that precious copy of
one of Mr. Surgeons sermons which
was found in DR.. Livingstoue's box in
Africa, after the great missionary ex-
plorer's death. 1t was brought to his
daughter, who, thinking Mr.. Spurgeon
the most suitable possessor, sent it to
him. The paper is brown with age
and travel and climate, but on the top
OF the front page can be seen the
words, Every good-D. LIZ in faint
pencil.
George w. Childs, of the Public
Ledger, Philadelphia, walks daily to
his Office from his home in Walnut
street, distance of over a mile. He
passes along Philadelphia's chief thor
oughfare-Chestnut street partakes
of the nature of a public reception
and many are the greetings, mods and
hand-shakings to which the g first citi-
zen Of the Quaker city, is subjected.
His constant companion is Anthony j.
Drexel, the well-known banker. and
their daily walk has become so prom
inent a feature of Philadelphia life
that the spectacle is Familiarity dubbed
the parade of emo and Tony
The Progress., 1889-02-16
The Skating Recor,, Broken,

Five thousand people witnessed the
twenty-mile skating race for the cham
pionship of the world at the baseball park
in Minneapolis the other day between Axel
Paulsen. Of Norway, and Rudolph Goetz
OF Milwaukee. 1t was easily won by Paul
sen, who made the twenty miles in one
hour eight minutes and thirty seconds
breaking the worlds record
The Progress., 1889-02-16
Crushed to Death.

Albert BIemer, q bachelor living near
Witoka, Winona County, drove to Winona
recently with load of wood Returning
home in the afternoon he whipped up to
pass other teams when his horses got be-
yond control, throwing Bremen over the
side of the sleigh. A moment later the
horses surged to the SIDE of the road, the
sic gh striking a stump and crushing the
unfortunate driver so badly that he died
soon after.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
The Best
Spring Medicine.

I'm the spring Of 1857 was an run down. 7
would get up in the morning with 50 tired q
feeling, and was 80 weak that / Icould hardly get
around. Iboughta bottle OF Paine's Celery Com
pound, and before had taken 1t week felt
very much better. I can cheefully recommend
It to an who need building up and strengthen
ing medicine Mrs b A. Dow, Burlington, vt.
The Progress., 1889-02-16

JACOB KNAPP, editoro the Read ingfpa.1
Times. died on the 29th, aged seventy one
years. He was the Oldest editor III Penn
sylvania.
JAMES II. LAMBDEN, the celebrated por-
trait and landscape painter, died suddenly
on train in the suburbs Of Philadelphia
on the s1st ult. he was eighty-two years
Of age.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
zAxp. Pri1nus, s. C.

Spring NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. enow-a- days than II
didten years ago The winterof 1883 50 has.eft
the nerves GZ1 tagged oaA The nerves must be
strengthened, the blood purified. liver and
bowels regulated. Paine's Celery Compound
The Spring Hsedioisss Of fto-daS- does all this,
as nothing else can Prescribed b. Physiciaas.
Recommended BY Dsuagists, Endorsed BY Minister'S
Guaranteed BY the Mans1defnrevs te bs
The Progress., 1889-02-16
Paine's
Celery Compound

ts q unique tonic and appetizer. Pleasant to.
the taste. quick In Its action, and without any
which makes everything taste good. 1t cures
dyspepsia and Kindred disorders. Physicians
prescribe 1t. $1.O0. Six for $500. Druggists.
WELLS, RICHARDSON q Co., Burlington, vt.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
Shut tho Door Gently.

Mrs John Brown, Of Mannanah, was
killed III a peculiar manner the other day.
A shotgun hung on the wall from two
nails. As the woman was passing the gun
her son slammed the door. knocking the
weapon from it, resting place and dis
charging it, the charge taking effect in
her thigh and causing her to bleed to
death
The Progress., 1889-02-16
Miss Carleton's Misfortune.

Miss Emma c. Carleton, Of Minneapolis,
was recently ordered sent to the insane
asylum. Her case is peculiarly sad one.
She was engaged to be married. to most
worthy young business man. who died,
having been taken sick on the day set for
the wedding and dying a few days after
ward. The shock unsettled Miss Carleton's
mind, but her cond ltion was not considered
serious until recently. She has become
possessed Of the idea that she owns all the
property in thu city and that her enemies
are preventing her claiming her own.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
Arrest of an Embezzling Cashier

@ j. b. Marshall, erstWhile cashier of the
Northern Pacific Express Company, left
st. Paul last fall under cloud and with
$4,000 of the company's funds in his
pocket. Recently he returned from Chi
cago, where he had resided for four
months, and was arrested on charge of
embezzlement preferred by the company
Marshall is a native Of Wisconsin, and his
father, who is reported to be wealthy, was
expected to come to the front and settle
the prodigal sons shortage
The Progress., 1889-02-16
Pitlful Plight If a Young Father.

One Of the saddest petit larceny cases
ever heard in the municipal court at Min,
neapolis was that heard the other morning
in the trial of young man named John
Bassford. He was caught stealing ten cents
worth Of wood from Stevens yard. An
officer had been set to watch the yard, and
caught Bassford in the act. Incidentally it
was learned that Bassford had been mar
ried about year ago. and that his first
born was dead in his house, where it had
been for a week because its parents were
too poor to bury it.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
War on Sunday Amusements.

Axel Paulsen and Rudolph Goetz, who
skated twenty mile race on recent
Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis, were ar
rested few days ago, and with W. W.
Wettelson, manager Of the affair, fined
fifty dollars all around for violation OF the
Sunday ordinance. Several newspaper
reporters were also arrested. but secured
suspension Of sentence. This was said
to be the beginning OF a war on Sunday
amusements. The word had gone out that
the theaters must be closed on Sunday.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
barrett Brothers Must Hang.

The Supreme Court handed down de-
cision at st Paul the other afternoon that
seals the fate of Tim and Pete Barrett, the
murderers Of the street-car driver, Thomas
Tollefson, of that city. The Barretts were
convicted Of the murder, which was COM
mitted July ~, 1887, and sentenced to be
hanged. For eighteen months the case
has been fought in the courts, and the de-
cision of the Supreme Court reafirmin g
their conviction robs the murderers of th @
last hope but that of a pardon from Gov
ernor Merriam
The Progress., 1889-02-16

: lHE Maine Legislature in joint conYen-
tion on he 2Sth elected George L. Beal, of
Norway, State Treasurer, by vote Of 112
o,3.
F. B, PosEY (Rep.) was on the Goth
elected to Congress from the First Indiana
district to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation Of General Hovey
IT was stated in Washington on the 2gth
that Fresident-elect Harrison hal decided
to make the following Cabinet appoint
ments: Secretary of State, James G.
Blaine, of Maine; Secretary of the Treas
urY. William B. Allison, of Iowa; POST
master General. John Wanamaker, OF
Pennsylvania; Secretary of War, Russell
A. Alger, of Michigan.
JAMES H. BERRY (Dem.) was reelected
United States Senator on the goth by the
Arkansas Legislature.
Mrs AMY KIRBY Posi-, the noted woman
3suffragist and abolitionist, died at her
home in Rochester, N. Y, onsthe 10Th,
aged eighty six years. She maintained an
underground railro station in times of
slavery, and had as many as thirteen run
away slaves in her cellar at one time.
A DISPATCH of the 30th ult. from Wash
ingtnn states that lead ng Republicans,
after hearing from President-elect Harri.
son, had decided that an extra session Of
Congress could not be avoided, and that
the date Of assembling should not be later
than April /.
E CAPTAIN JoyuAM BRADBURY, a veteran
the War of died on tho 31st ult- at
! Farmlnsten, Me, ged ninety -eigh ht years.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-07

ing nini1lst or tramp,pr whether the house
was really full, don't know. Nye insisted.
Haven't you any thing at alli 1 don't care
much what 1t is so that it has a bed in il, ,
pleaded Nye.
1.-THE clerk said there was one small va
cant room on the fifth floor.
''Nye said that would do.
"The clerk, still suspicious, said the ele-
vator was not running.
"Nye said he didn't care for that. He
could climb.
1.-The clerk had one more show to turn him
out He sprung it: You will have TO pay
in advance he said.
"Nye said that was all right, and was
told in reply to his question that the tariff
would be ESQ
"Nye reached for roll and threw out q
500 bill The clerk stammered. seeing that
he had made the mistake so often fatal IN
this country. Then he said he had no
change. Nye pulled back the tlo0 bill and
threw out o $50 The clerk managed TO
break that one, and as he did so the lines
of good nature expanded ali over his face
and tickled the roots Of his hair. He had
been entertaining an angel unawares. Eye
gazed at this auroral display Of humor on
the clerks face and said;
"'You remind me OF Clay
1.-THE display Of vanity and good nature
on the clerks front would have been worth
q good price as an attraction in q window
al that moment
"'Indeed. he said. Henry ClayP
"'No,' replied Nye, Just the common,
everyday, mean, yal!er clay, out of waich
they make bowls and pia.tsrs il . country
pottery
"And then be sought his couchn