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The Delta independent., 1889-07-23
He Couldn't Strike.

He stood on a step-ladder trimming
the dead limbs out Of a fruit tree, when
q man came along with some tools in
his hand and stopped and asked:
"How many hours are you putting
in for days work?"
''rm busy from daylight to or 9
O'Clock at night" was the reply.
'.Don't you know that nine hours Is q
days workp"
i've heard so, but he won't let me
of at that
Then strike on him!''
II can't very WE'LL"
''Dasn't you kickP"
''It wouldn't do any good"
.'Some rich old cuss who wants TO
grind you into powder, ehp"
''Well, he keeps mo at work. be-
lieve / put in thirteen hours every
day."
Then you are a fool!"
"Maybe so."
"He ought to be talked to-"
..Yes."
''Why don't you quita"
6! would. you see, but am the sold
cuss' you are talking about, and though
my man can get his day OF nine hours
have to put in three or four more OF
things will get behind. d."-Detroit Free
Press
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23
The weieht OF IndixIdusls.

The average weight OF n boy at birth
is seven and that OF n girl little more
than six pounds. When they have at
tained the full development OF man or
womanhood they should weigh twenty
times Us much as they did at birth.
This would make mans average
weight 140 and a woman's about l25.
The hight OF male at birth is l foot
8 inches and that OF a female foot 6
inches. Fully grown, q mans night
should be about three and half times
greater than at birth, or s feet 9 inches,
while q woman should be feet 5
inches. The weight OF individuals
who are developed and we'll formed,
however, varies within extremes,
which are nearly as to 2. while their
hight varies within limits which at
most are as l to 1-3. Taking 200
pounds as the maximum OF a mans
weight and S5 as the minimum we
would have the average OF 1422 pounds.
Placing the maximum weight Of woman
at lS5 pounds and the minimum at 20
pounds. and we get an average OF 1874
pounds-Philudelphia Record.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23
KeIIer.s LUCK.
Lamar (Ao, Dcmocrss, June u.

Lamar CAoJ Dcmocrst June H.
Having been asked many times regarding
my fortunate Investment in tho Louisiana
State Lottery, 1 do mot object TO making u
statement concerning It, said A. Keller, az
our reporter asked for statement. Some
time since was member Of club for
one month and sent couple Of dollars TO
tho Louisiana State Lottery, but without
drawing any prize. This time sent one
dollar in my own nnme and received ono
twentieth Of ticket No. 34,2Si in return.
This ticket drcw tho third capital prize OF
$4,000. I sent my ticket for collection and
within hve day received q draft ON the
Bank Of Commerce, at st. Louis for ~ 300.
l have not used the money yet. nm we'll
pleased with my Investment Of one dollar.
OF course was delighted. have deter.
mined this money In real estate, and hope
AND hope 70 double @ y oy smother fortunate
tsinlydeait fairly with mo, and shall pat
ronise them again.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23
s.no.wh.. Too witty.

Chicago NaA
It's q great thing to be ready witted;
I saw an instance OF 1t the other day.
Over at the Union Depot, in Canal
Street, they have an '.information bu-
reau," and q neat sign over the open
window announces the fact. It's very
clever idea, since a great many peo
pie frequently want to know something
about the town or about trains, but il
is the only ono in town and it strikes
sophisticated folks as very queer.
saw very flip young fellow lool.
at the sign the other day and smile.
Then he went up to the window and ]
knew he was going % try to be funny
at the bureau mans expense. l edged
up carelessly and heard him ask:
"What kind have you gotp"
ssKind o. whatP" asked the informa
tion man.
"Kind of information, said the flip
young man.
The bureau man s.tumbled" in sec
ond. He saw he had run against a
Joker, but he didn't show it in his
manner. He Just said, in business
like tone and with a perfectly straight
face:
'All kinds"
"Does 1T come with or Without"
.Both ways. Which will you have
itp"
"Got any cut biasp"
.Plenty and stripes down the side.
"Is it red, white and bluep"
at is; and shot with stars; also
fringed. How much'll you have?"
The humorist seemed to be disap-
pointed in some why, for he mumblet
something and sneaked away. looking
as crushed as banana peel under {
20O-pound mans boot. asked the
man at the window II he had many
customers Of this kind. He laughed
and said that the travelling men usu.
ally had fun with him when they had
time.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23
The Railroad Of the Future.
hsw Orleans P,csyuns.

NeH Orleans Picayune.
The practical use Of electricity as 9
motive power during the pastfew years
has demonstrated that IN the no dis
tant future it will, to d Considerable
extent, supplant steam as the princi-
pal agent in maintaining and fostering
human industry: Although electricity
is still but partially understood, and
is far from being under thu complete
control Of those who use it. still the
knowledge Of its powers has reached q
stage where they can BE successfully
put to q Thousand uses.
Electricity now moves all classes OF
small machinery such as fans. eleva-
tors, printing presses, street cars and
other mechanical chef d'oeuvres OF
mans ingenuity. Judging from the
progress steam has made since its In
PRODUCTION less than one hundred
years ago, there is every reason to
believe that electricity will reach an
even greater degree Of development.
As matter OF fact electricity when
It shall become thoroughly subjugated
70 mans will, will render possible the
accomplishments OF things that are
now mere fanciful dreams. When
Jules Verne, that inimitable creator
OF fantastic things, wrote his "FOrty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
and described vessel that travelled
beneath the waves by the aid OF cleo
trical machinery and was illuminated
by electric light, he little imagined
that the time would 80 soon come
when his purely fanciful romance,
concocted merely to please the lovers
OF fiction, would become possibility.
The invention OF tho storage battery
and the perfecting Of the electric light
seem to indicate that the submerged
ship OF "Verne" is now no more IN
impossibility.
Modern invention has opened up
tho possibility Of electric motors to
do the work OF the "cannon BALI
time. That the competition Of electricity
in running railway trains is looked for
In the near future is proven by the
actual existence OF companies con-
trolling patents that are expected to
put electricity in service on railroads.
Steam seems now TO have almost
reached the limit OF its power in In
creasing the speed Of trains and en-
gines have grown in consequence to
proportions that In reason permit OF
but little further increase; but cleo
tricity, setting ut nnught as 1t does
all questions Of bulk and weight,
promises TO do in an unknown de-
gree what steam seems incapable OF
doing. The powerful agent that an
initiates space and carries our
thoughts To the ends OF the earth In
\ an instant may we'll be capable Of
transporting freight and even passen-
gers long distances In an incredibly
short time. -
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23
rHr OFFICE BOY.
How That important Functionar,
Was Crushed by tho Elevator

How That important ,Functionary
Was Crushed by tho Elevator
Boy.
Next In importance to the office boy
In the publication of metropolitan
daily is the elevator boy, says the New
York Times. The latter lacks the
stately carriage and dignified mein,
the air Of responsibility and general
unapproachableness OF the former,
however, and despite himself can not
emulate his superior. Only one at
tempt is recorded wherein subordi-
nate had the temerity familiarly to ad-
dress his superior and that was when
first the office boy and elevator boy
met In the big building OF the Times
soon after its completion.
The 'cage," as the elevator is famil-
iarly termed, had descended from its
lofty height, passengers had alighted
and others had taken their places, the
elevator boy had passed his customary
remarks concerning the mutability OF
human affairs, and propounded his
usual query, "Going upP" aimed at a
timid man in the corridor, and was
about to pull the rope, when, with
head erect aud with slow, measured
tread, along came the Office boy.
.Going up" shouted the elevator boy.
No response; no break in that measur-
ed step.
When Ske Office boy at length stood
In the cage the boy at the rope looked
at him intently for moment and then
turned away. There was hard, cold
glitter IN his eye. Up went the cage
In its flight skyward. The timid man
convulsively gasped for breath and
shuddered as he gazed upward. ..Fifth
floor" said he,. nervousiy. "Ninth." !"
said another. "Torial rooms!" COM
manded the office boy, haugh lilly,
never once raising his eyes from a
newspaper article concerning judges
charge to a jury In the case Of q man
charged with usury. The elevator
boy breathed hard. shot the cage past
the editorial rooms, and brought it up
with jerk at the top fioor-that OF the
composing room. Then the indignant
voice Of the office boy rang out:
II said 'torial rooms young feller!
Why didn't you stop, eh!''
The last passenger alighted, but
turned quickly as he heard the re-
sponse, which came with crashing
force:
"W-h-a-t. 'torial rooms? Why.
fought you was one o. dem printer
'prentices on der top floor. l didn't
tink-"
Tho visage Of the office boy was
study. His face blanched, his jaws
dropped. and his eyes started from
their sockets. Rage, wounded pride.
scOrn, contempt, unutterable loathing
all were depicted for one brief mo-
ment, and then the cage passed from
view.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23
Tho Late Mrs. Hayes.
New York World.


1t is thought that the w. C. T. U.
will take some measures to erect a
memorial to Mrs. Hayes because OF
the stand she took In regard to the
use OF wines and liquors In the White
House during her husbands admins
tration. It has not, of course, been de-
cided as yet what form this memorial
is to take, but many suggestions have
been made by various temperance peo-
pie all over the country, and tho feel
ing OF the w. c. T. U. women is that
it should take some form Of usefulness
to other women. as being moro in ac-
cord with Mrs. Hayes own character
as q woman who was practical and
simple, and very averse to useless dis
play. The first suggestion was the
erection Of q plain white shaft over
her grave bearing on It an inscription
setting forth the reason for its exist
ence; but others, who have been nearer
to Mrs Hayes and more familiar with
what her wishes on the subject would
very probably have been, have sug-
gested that the money contributed for
the memorial may far better be spent
in the support Of some woman who
would devote her whole time and at
tention to the work Of teaching and
preaching temperance to the younger
generation, since Mrs. Hayes was al
ways a warm advocate OF the theory
that It was only through the children
any definite and lasting reform could
be worked, and that the energies OF
the prohibitionists should be princi-
pally devoted TO reaching those who
were to be voters within the next ten
or fifteen years as the most likely way
Of securing the legislation they wished
and Of seeing 1t enforced. She herself
had not for twenty years touched any
wine or liquor, nor have any Of her
children eyet tasted It In their lives.
Mrs. Hayes always declared that q
perfectly adequate substitute for liquor
when needed as a stimulant could be
found in hot milk, and after any cold or
wetting she gave them this III place OF
the wine or whisky which others would
have considered necessary. This is, by
the way, custom OF Mrs. Cleveland's
also, who discovered after the fatigues
Of the many long and weary receptions
she wis obliged to go through. stand
ing for hours on her feet and shaking
hands with hundreds Of people. thai
nothing would restore her so quickly
as q cup full Of boiling milk brought
TO her by her maid, and which she
drank In little sips us hot as It possibly
could be taken. The Washington girls
caught the idea from her, and finding
how quickly 1t helped them after a
hard day Of calls and social duties they
began to substitute It for the various
malt preparations they had been in the
habit Of taking, or the hot wine and
water which their maids usually ad-
ministered whom they came In too tired
out to dress for their next engage
mont.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23
Venus and Our Earth.

While watching these graceful
windings OF the planet we naturally
inquire as to Its real condition, says a
writer in Chambers journal. Readers
are familiar with the idea that it is
world like our own earth, travelling
In ] smaller. but otherwise almost
similar orbit around the sun. On more
minute inquiry we find that the like
ness between it and our earth is In
some points very grcat--greater, In
TACT, than in the case of any other
planet In the Fundamental element
OF size they are almost alike, our ,rth
being 1900 miles In diameter and
Venus 1900. The force OF gravity on
the surface Of the latter is very nearly
nine-tenths Of what II is with us. Its
density is almost the same fraction Of
that OF the earth. These facts show
that II transported to the surface Of
Venus we should feel more at home, 80
FAR as some essential features Of ex-
perience are concerned, than on any
other planet known to US. We
should weigh just about nine-tenths
OF our present weight, and should find
distances bearing much the same ratio
TO our muscular power Of walking than
they do In this world; while in all
probability the surface rocks and earth,
II such be formed there. would be COM
pacted and constructed like those we
see around us. This would not be tho
case on planets 80 much smaller than
the earth, as Mercury or Mars. or SO
much larger. as Jupiter, Saturn or
Neptune. Again. the year on Venus
would be about 225 days in length, a
good deal more like what we have on
enrth than is tho case on any other
planet In the length Of the day we
should find n still more home-like ex-
perience, as the difference would be
imperceptible except to careful obser-
vatiOn. Venus rotates in % hours 21
minutes 20 seconds, and the earth in
% hours 56 minutes seconds. The
day. OF course, depends little on the
notion OF the sun In the sky, but the
difference between this as seen on our
earth and from Venus would not appre-
ciably affect the similarity OF the days
in each. These likenesses to the
length OF our day and year and to our
worlds density would cause similari-
ty, in all probability, in the important
matters OF mountain form and OF vege-
tation. In fact, 20 far Venus is nearly
the twin sister OF our world.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23
Tough on His substitue.

A Hartford clergyman tells this
anecdote: Early in life, while occupy.
ing another charge, he invited clergy.
man whom the eunregenerate would call
conceitcd and dull to preach in hi,
pulpit During the sermon our Hart.
ford preacher dozed away in the sweet
old way until he was suddenly called
on 10 conclude the service with prayer.
Accustomed TO regard himself as the
humblest OF his Creators instruments,
nnd forgetting that he had net deily.
cred the sermon. he began with: I'VE
beseech Thee to accept the weak and
focbis efYor. that has been addressed v
Thee, and moro richly 70 endow Thy
servant In the gracss hs % greatlj
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

Inc Of tho boston clubs is an old and
notably fine painting, "Ths Boar Hunt"
AZ dinner the other evening the conversa-
ton turned on one Of the other clubs, and .
witty doctor remarked, easing abstractedly
NJ the picture, "Well. there's no need to
hunt boars In that tclub."-BostonGazet
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

We desire again 70 call attention TO the
advertisement OF the Interstate Town a
23d OF this month. A more delightful sum
mer trip for the money cannot be imagined
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

}. 8. PARKER, F'rcdonia, N. Y, says /:
"ShAll not call - you for tho 500 reward,
for bellcvs Halls Catarrh Curo will cure
any csse Of cstsrfh. VISA worry bad !"
Write him for partacuiars. Sold ~ Drug
gists, ia
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

For Constipation or Sick Headache, use
DR.. Pierce's Pellets; Purely Vegetable.
Ono d6s6.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

II would he we'll for some of our base ball
teams to initiate the example OF the modest
unassuming hen, who never scores goose
egg.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

Isejoicc, o young man, In the days OF thy
youth, but rcmembcr that, big - he II. the
whale does not blow until he rNches the
top.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

Ei6el Is said 70 have gained ths nrst idsa
o. the tower which beass his name from
sitting behind ~ Anesicaa Wpmau IN n
A1nosieaA tAeatsr,-Liea
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

II is easier for New York people 10 Sc
lect tho site for monument than TO secure
. sight Of the monument itself.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

"How long do mosquitoes livei' asks a
correspondent. That depends good dcal
on tho kind Of fellow they light on.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

II afiicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.
Isaac Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists
sell it 25 cents.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

No matter how timid tailor is natu-
rally, he has one advantage as wooer over
other men-he can always warmly ana CT
fectually press his suit.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

Tho report that the Rochester policemen
are laying in a stock Of seventeen year 10
Gusts is denied.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

Don't you ,pant to sape noncy, clothes,
time, labor, fuel, and hcalthi All these
can be saved If you will try Dobbins, Elec-
trio Soap. We say "trlh" knowing II you
try it once, you will always use II. Have
your grocer order.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23
Satiated.

Youth's Companion.
Willie johnson" said the teacher.
"if you had Eve doughnuts and your
mother were to give you four more,
how many would yotr havei"
Willie twisted the corners OF his
jacket, moved his lips and tried To
think, but he couldn't.
aDon't count 'em up" said the
teacher, stell me right on.
sI should have-a-a-a-a"-
sWell how many?"
"Huh! sh'd have 'nough,1 guess'
said Willie, grinning broadly.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

you'd better let your wife have charge
Of things. That darley couldn't have
bamboozled her that way."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

Almost everybody will ngroc that the
American flag is daisy. II so, then VIC
already have National flower.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23
We recommend .'TansIlrs Punch" Cigar.

Quite naturally II Il the man OF seasoned
intellect and ripc experience who docs not
seem fresh.
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23
Our Girls.
Kitty Il witty,
Nettic II pretty,
Lutte 10 cute and small;
Irene 10 Q queen,
Annette II . pet,
Nellie Ii the belle OF tho ball
nnuthn Ia ssvaaIthy

Bertha 10 healthy,
And health Il tho beat Of all.
Perfect health kccps her rosy aud fadi-
ant, beautiful and blooming, sensible and
sweet II Is secured by wholesome habits
and tho use OF DIR. Piercc's Eav0rito Pro
scription. Bertha takes II, and sho also
'takes tho cako." The only guaranteed
cure for those distressing ailments pccul.
lar to women. Satisfaction or your money
returned
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

"Sce hero! The calico you sold mo won't
wash" ut won't, ehi Thcn let me sell
you Q wash machine"
The Delta independent., 1889-07-23

ScTONhiys my OOys repueO MIR.
Bowser, you'll find It In tho back
yard"
When he had gone l observed that
him, and that / should not dare trust
him, and Mr.. Bowser turned on me
with:
'What do you know about reading
charactorP There never was more
honest man in the world. I'd trust him
with every dollar / have"
In about half an hour Mr.. Bowser
began 10 get uneasy, and after waiting
few minutes longer he walked down
to the corner. No black man. No
lawn mower. BY inquiry he learned
that tho borrower had loaded the
mower into a hand cart and hurried
of. It was n clear case Of confidence.
'.Wellp" / queried a5 Mr.. Bowscr
came back with his eyes bulging out
and his hnir standing on end.
'Its--its gonem he gasped.
II expected 1t. Tho longer some
folks live, the less they seem to know.
II somebody should come and want to
borrow the furnace or the bay window,
you'd let 'em go suppose ;"
'But he-hc--"
"But what ofitp You had no bust.
ncss TO lend that lawn mower, Mr..
Bowscr. You'll never get over your
countrified ways II You live"
He would listen no further. He
rushed out, sailed around the neighbor-
hood for two hours, and the next
morning got the police ut work, mud Il
was three days. before he would give
up that he had been "horuswagglcd'
ms one Of the detcctlvcs put It. Then
70 add to his misery, tho offlccr said:
Wen keep our eyes open. but thore
isa't 80 ehanee = go Aftse Ill
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gehr risfant in Der Shat.

IS lit in her That duberit Instant, iu6 lber Spnlptrnle
biumes,uieeen, peI6e auf elm eutitebenpe5 RterenletreH
binreiien; he n6tbtse ResuIiruns Der 9arnprsane aud
nur fur turBe 9eit auBer adt gu lanen, penn ibre even
tuele untbdttsteit auf tAre pauernee SnotSpofttpn
i6liebeu ldbt, bic IN rieiem Sale fat tets per9aneen
lit. Dies tit lehp4 elm 6iiitc, has piele Seute lauten
uno baburG her Bright den Nterentrantbetti eem 9las
fentatarrb, her 3uderrubr II. I. II. sum Opfer fallen.
Mp6ten rod aIe, bic hie5 leien, nafeenten unc nd
bic aus her Griabruns seiGoptten 3etren ~ Nuse ma
den, pelde ibnen Spitetter's Wasenbitters ais pot5l9s
lt6tes 9arnres ulirung smittel empfeblen. IS 9tbt feline
9batia6e, bic BON Ten MerSten unb hem gublttuln i'm
Gusemeinen tereitpiuiser iuseitanhen nurpet ais ete
ieiner pprSl9li6en Birtiamfeit CUR Berbntun9 ppn
befineltden Stimulantten hieier Nrt %reastren. rte rein
ie aud sebalten nereen mb9en, i6aelt6 aui bic Ntez
rem, menu h~ieieiben untbdtis fnp. OaS Sttters ubers
trdlist Walariu, @erItcpfuns UNI RbenmattsmuS.
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gaffaae tad @nrppa.

Die Ngenturen Beg 9errn %. s.
Ooung, No. l Commerce SttaBe,
San antonio, unb go. SOB Mains
StraBe, DALLAS, bertreten nur Die
anertanat beften europdii9en 9ampferz
2inien. 5err Oouns 1T i'm Stanos bic
billie # en- Raten gu seben, err
tbeilt bereitmilig iebe getplni9te Nusz
funft uub beiorgt febr prompt ale ibm
iibergebenen Nuftrdge. Wer mad GU
ropa gu reiien miinf9t, ober 0erpanOte
beribertommen laRen mill, tpsnbe fi6
an trgenb cine ber eenanrten Mgenturen.
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Gite ieltete @elegenbeit+
Ausperfauf zines 9rofen 11lobel=
layers gu billi9em pretie.

9err 5, W. 9onnig, Der bas
ar6bte uub eleganteIte M6be[ager i'm
Staate bat, 1T ge5mangen, iein ieBiges
@ef6dftsIotal a~uf5ugeben unb bat f6
oesbaIb enti9loKen, gang aus benz Sc
iddft aus3utreten. I'm Bis gum l. So
tuar nit bem8orratb ponM6beln, Sep
pi9en, Meatten, GuBbeden &c. sdn3li6
gu rdumen, Derfauft er gum uni unter
oem Goltenpreife. Ser angegebene
@runb lit fein 0orpanb. 9ie Waoren
inb bo@elegant unb 9ewdblt. SEPT
ma9t Cure ginfdufe, no bic M6bel &c.
minbeitens Inn 20 prosent biliger iinb,
nie file lie in San Nntpnio perfauft
nurben.
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Warauns. ltmterseibmet fetne ssOtem

Sdnoler unb N9enter, mel6e goten
fit elm auf Nb3ablungen ~berfauftes
BianO ODER Orgel p~erlangen, ~berfaufen
ober i%beriragen biefe Noten an Nnbere,
unb I'M Sale bet ni6t piinttli9en Sab
lung III bds Snffrument fopie bas be-
reits gesablte @eIh fiber perIoren.
Sbos. @ogGan & bros, 2O8
Commensurate, San Nntonio, pertauz
fen pianos uno Srseln an leidten Nb:
sablunsen obne Noten un6 3infen.