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The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
HE FIGURED IT OUT.
Why John Cracker Desired to Be Kicked
 All over south Carolina.


 While we were smoking on the yer anda in front of the hotel a native in backwools dress came up and Sat down on tho steps without addressing any one, and during the next hour he seem ed to be asleep, When he reused up it was with an exclamation of "lun' and he danced around so lively that the Colonel asked him if he'd been stung by an insect
 No, sah-no sah!' was the vigorous reply
 >.Mo lways wake up that way?'
 'No, sah, but 1 olDu f-7gcrcu 'tv out and l want to ba kicked"
 What IS it2'
 Last April \ said the man, as he turned to us, II was a-driyin' my ole mcwl and cart along that road down thar, and when We come to the railroad that mewl quit on me- He iist stood right thar and wouldn't pull q pound. "
 Fl sec
 "l heard the train coming and I pulled and pushed and whipped, but it was no use. lte stayed right thar and lct the injinc hist him half mile high.
 "Wcll, what have you figured out?"
 "Why, sah l orter ouhitched that mewl and driv' him off the track, and then backed the cart olr l hev felt all along that l skipped a cog somewhar, but 1 couldn't tell whar' sca M nov kinder fell into 8 doze as sot thar, and it cum to me like q flash. Thar | stood with mouth wide open and my legs a-shakin' and saw $75 mcwl flung sky-high, to cum down among the splintors Of a $50 cart, whom l might a-saved both as easy as mud Gentle men, please excuse me. I'm a-going around to the co't-house to find an onery nigger and give him that mewls harness to kick mo all over South Caro-. ina! Detroit Free Press.
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
HAPPY ATHENiANS.
How They Enjoy Themselves and What
 It Costs Them.

Nowhere. outside of France, can be seen a moro striking sort of boulevard life than in Athens. The numerous cafes. situated on the principal streets and squares, spread out many dozens of small wooden tables on the sidewalk every afternoon, and these are soon filled with people, principally govern ernment employees. Every one is read ing a newspaper. and has before him 2 small cup of black coffee, the price of which is three cents. All the neccssa- ries of life have increased in price in Greece, but the price of q cup of black coffee has remained stationary. It is the national beverage, and any attempt to increase its price would cause indig- nation meetings and the boycotting of the establishment which had the te
 merity 10 defy public opinion 'cctly cotfee-house keepers are "o ever at- aware of this. and no.nlll to the price
 temptod flo add eve, but the difficulty of the denise diminishing the size of
 was solved Ilch now really do not con-
 tha cu,,~- than three mouthfuls of the
 tai-Ious beverage.
 ] With this outlay Of three cents for cup of coffee, Government cmploves, the politicians and impecuniou, youths can sit for a couple of hours in a cafe, look at the passers-by, read the even- ing editions of the papers, discuss poli- ties and critcise the course of the Gov ernment- An unsophisticated foreigner would take them for idlers with a solid income. It is wonderful how easy these people of the eastern part of Europe can take life, and what a little satisfies them Then, the buying capacity of money is double here what it is in America. You can buy three pounds of delicious grapes in their season for two cents, and your wife can hire a really fine carriage to make her calls Tor hlty cents 'Fjh nour The best ices and ice-creams in tho fashionable cafes do not cost more than eight cents, and in the minor establishments six cents. But house rent is comparatively high, and clothing Is dcor, on account of the heavy import duties which Premier Fri coupis has been obliged to impose 10 enable Greece to pay punctually the in- terest on her enormous national debt Cor. N. Y. Commercial Advertise"
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
DISEASES IN BOOKS.
How Boston Will Guard Against Them
 by Quarantine Measures.

by Quarantine Measures.
 A new departure which tho Boston | health authorities hayo made as q meas urc for preventing the spread Of dis ease IN so palpably wise that other cities will doubtless be quick to adopt it. It has long been recognized that library books of the circulating description were an admirable medium for conyoy- ing contagious and infectious com plaints from house to house. When people are sick they can only amusc themselves with reading, and no sooner 'n ihag gfal i'll than tha nearoc-', ris. -, | IS drawn upon for volumes of entertain ing fiction, etc. During their perusal germs of q dangerous nature set a1oat by the patients breath or otherwise, are apt to lodge between the leaves, to be taken in by subsequent readers Some Of these obnoxious bacilli retain their vitality for quite while, So that one can never bo sure when he takes out library book that he is not making bid for a variety of physical ailments iiblll Nttl l't ltNCI lO Iltulll l'S4 AS 6t partial precaution against this the Bos- ton Board Of Health will hereafter cause tho public library card in each family where communicable dis ease is found to exist to De stamped, so as to indicate the presence Of in- lection or contagion there. The libra ry will thereafter allow no books to be taken out Oil this card until the trouble is officially reported as gone. Further more, when books are returned from a house where such disease has appeared they will De carefully disinfectcd before being reissued. This system is expect ed to reduce the number of deaths from diphtheria and other complaints of the sort by an apprecabe percentage an nually; for this is tho greatest reading community in the world, and it is sup piled with books mainly by the public library here which is a gigantic insti- tuition with branches in every part of the city.
 In other ways, too the library board will do its best to keep its books in healthy condition as soon as it's new building is ready for occupancy. The stack system" will Do used there By it no display at all is made of the vol umes, which arc simply placed on iron shelves, back to back, with just enough room between the bookcases to make a narrow pas sage-way. The offices and reading rooms will be in another part of the building. and no heat will be admitted, winter or summer. to the apartments where the books are kept. Thus they can be kept cold, with plenty of fresh air Both these points are desirable, for heat makes books decay and bad air causes mold and rot. Being on iron shelves they can not we'll burn. Books of themselves can not well be set afire; they will only smolder. It is likely that the Governor of the State will caE on the militia to execute the colossal task Of transporting the 500.000 VOL umes from the old libraryto the new. Boston Letter.
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
OLD AS THE HI S
The Drop-a- -Nickel-in-hnvention.
 Not ModeSlblishod hv Heron

Not M"deiblishcd by Heron The Spiritaljn century, contained an exposure of many of the frauds of tho Egyptian hierarchy. In this wort win hc found description of a device for the automatic dispensing of the purify ing water bY the worshipcrs on their entrance 10 the tempe. By d strange coincidence five drachmae were rc- qnired to operate the apparatus IL appears that heathen priests made Water for absolution source Of rev enue. The vessel containing lustral water was not always open for public use free of charge. but closed, and like child money box provided with slit at the top, through which a certain sum of money was e bc put before the donor could receive any of the purify ing contents. The device is worry neat specimen of religious ingenuity, and the more so since it required no attending minister to keep it in play. It consisted of a vase which contained at one Of its inner sides cylindrical vessel of water. "A small tube attached 10 the bottom was continued through the side of the vase, where the liquid was discharged. The inner orifco of the tube was formed info the seat of valve tho plug of which was fixed on the lower end of tho perpendicular rod whose upper end was connected by bolt to the horizontal lever or vibrating beam One end of this is spread out into flat disk, and so arranged as to receive on through the slit The lever turns on pin Or fulcrum very much like a pump handle. As the weight of the rod kept the valve closed while nothing rested on the broad end Of the lever, no liquid could escape; but if d number of coins of sufficient weight were dropped through the slit in the lid of the vase upon the end Of tho lever the valve would then be open and a portion of the liquid would escape. Only a small quantity would flow out, for as tho lever became inclined from it's hori- zontal position the pieces of money would slide off into the mass accumu- lated below, and the influx would as quickly be stopped. Tho apparatus would then be ready to supply the next customer on the same terms. This in teresting apparatus has just been de- scribed in the Electrical World by tho distinguished scientist Prof E. J. Houston,
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
GROWTH OF IOWA.
The Population of the Territory in IS4O,
 and That of the State in 1889.

and That of the State in 1889.
 The growth of the Stat, of Iowa in population, in wealth, and in all ele- ments of high civilization and prosper ity, from the period of it's admission in- to the Union, or rather from it's organ ization as a Territory, is almost un- paralleled. For a period of twenty years, from lS40 to 1860, probably no State ever exceeded that of Iowa in the rapidity Of it's increase If you take another short period, from the census of 1850 to the census of 1870, and con- slider that this included the time of the civil war, both the ratio of the growth and absolute increase is wonderful Tho census of 18i0 represents the Territory of Iowa as having 43, 1l2 souls, and that of 1850 gave her 192, 2l4 At this latter period she was the twenty-seventh State in the scale of popuatio and in 1860. numbering 674, 913, she was tho twentieth. In 1870, with population of l,194, 020, she was the eleventh.
 By the census of 1880 she was tenth in the Union, with population of 1. 624.- 6l5. And the State of Michigan, which was ninth, and Kentucky. which was eighth, had only eight or ten thousand more than the State of Iowa
 There are no means at hand of as- certaining with precision the present population of the State, but taking such evidence as there is, it may safely be estimated that it is in excess of 1,S50,- GOO, and that the census of 1890 will show that over 2,000, 900 of people in- habit the State of Iowa. This growth is the more remarkable because it was unaided by any adventitiou5 circum- stances. It was the regular overflow of the population from the States east and southeast of Iowa Like all new Northern or free States bordering upon the Southern or slave States. and es- pecially like Indiana and Illinois, Iowa received large -accessions to her popu- lation from these bordering States, and from Kentucky, Missouri. Virginia and Tennessee, MT. Justice Miller, in Harper's Masaz ae,
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
WIT AN5N "'o4o'."
isn't so bad to be disappointed in

Ut isn't so bad t5 be disappointed in love as in marriage
 If n,ar calIs ou a fool, don't ask him to prove it. IF may uo It.
 He is truly gI eas I"a' lS ilt'le m himsaIf ,nd that nkaketh no account of any height of honor
 Soro naonlo n, ake dollars worth of tronbIe in accontplishing five cents worth of crood A,ehisOn Globe.
 The b,,r,an ra ..c is divided into two cIossos +boso vho go ahead and do sometbinc ord t,Iose who sit still and inquire; Why 'w"Sn IL oone the other way. -Ol-Vcr Nendeil Holmes.
 Ali ,nor.-.Aave their frailties; and whoovo.. looks for friend without inn pcrfcctions will never find what he seeks. We love ourselves notwithstand- ing our faults and we ought to love our friends in like manner. Cyrus
 If man has quarrelsome temper, let him alone. The world will soon find employment He will soon meet with some one stronger than himself, who will repay him better than you can. A man may fight ducls all his life if he is disposed to quarrel. Cecil
 Infinite toll would not enable you to sweep away a mist but by ascend ing little you may overlook it alto gether So it is with moral improve ment; we wrestle liercely with a vicious habit which would have no hold upon us if we asccnded into a higher moral atmosphere. TIA. Helps
 In the constitution both of our mind and of our body, every thing must go on right, and harmonize well to- gother to make us happy. But should one thing go wrong, that is quite enough to m kc us miserable; and, al- though the joys of this world are vain and short, yet it's sorrows are real and lasting.
 Lives of sluggish ease bring dis content. The more we arc rocked on the stormy waves and tossed by the winds of adversity, the stronger we grow. Indeed, some natures never de- velop Tn the sunshine; like tho plant that only blooms at midnight, some souls are matured in beauty only through long hours of darkness. St. Louis Magazine.
 Results ought to be labored for be- cause they will be valuable; but no re- suit is valuable merely because it has been labored for An author finds it hard to throw away sentences that have cost him nights of thoughts and days of labor -even though he sees how the value Of his work will be in- creased by this rejection. The only way is to work for a good result, and not to depend upon results being good simply because it has been worked for -S. $. Times.
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
FACTS WORTH KNOWING.
The Relative Digestibility of the Leading
 Articles of Food.

Don't consider it waste of time to memorize the fouoN ins- lntss5t' q relative digestibility of foods:
 Easily digestible: Arrowroot, aspar- agus, baked apples, black tea, allow able only when the patient is accus- toned to taking it; caulifower, foun- der, fresh fish, grapes, grouse, had dock milk, mutton, partridges.
 Moderately digestible; Apples. ap- pricots; beef-rare, but not raw; beets, butter, cabbage, celery, cod, duck; eggs, boiled for three minutes or half an hour; jellies, not made from gela- tine; lamb, lettuce potatoes. puddings. rabbit, raspberries. raw or slightly stewed oysters; real soups-not arti- ficial ones; snipe spinach trout. tur- nips, turtle, woodcock, young pigeon.
 Difficult to digest; Buttered toast carrots, cheese, crabs. custards. fresh bread, goose liver, halibut, hashcs, herring. lobster, mackerel, butter, mushrooms, nuts, oil, onions, peas, pineapples, salmon, shrirnps, salt meat, sausages, turkey, peaches, pheasant5, rice, ripe oranges, roasted oysters, sago, stale bread particularly the Ger man rye bread, not pumpernickle strawberries, sweatbreads, tapioca; venison-like other meats should not be eaten tainted. young chicken, young turkey.
 When patients are incapable of talk ing even the lightost of the foods on this list. as in cases of tropical dysen- tory and other severe diseases of the intestinal canal, I have found that they could retain to advantage the white of eggs beaten up in water.-From "A Doctors Donts."
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
BABYS BIRTHDAY.

On rainy day in June You were born, you little loon You did nothing else but cry Through the hot month of July. August brought no fun or frolic For all through it you had the coll September nearly saw you of With a fit of whooplng- cough Crazed with watching in October, Father seldom came home sober. Through November, dull and dreary, You contriycd to make us weary, December brought no Christmas joys, Instead of peace, twas noise, more noise. January's ice and thaw Found you yelling maw and nav. February being short, We were mt bored as much, thort. March came in with a noisy whoop, Then, of course, you had the croup. April came with ftful shower, How your lungs increased in powerl May was worse than any vet Cutting teeth had made you fret. Now you i've come to June once more. And although you 've vexed us sore, Still on this your natal day, l drink your health, and hope you'll stay
 -Chas R. Loomis. in Puck.
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
ANTIQUITY OF SHOES.
Thebes an Ancient Shoe Center of Great
 Imnortance.


 The furtherest historical search, in regard to shoes, informs us of some sort of clothing, either of woven mats, slippers or sandals, for the human foot. Dating back to the earliest vilization, lashes, thongs, scraps belts and strings were the common fastenings of tho primitive shoes then worn by the peasantry of Egypt, also by the Greeks and Hebrews, while more gentcel styles and shapes were worn, especially by the ladies, and also by the rulers of men in those days. Fifteen hundred years before Christ shocmaking had become great and distinct trade under the reign of Thothmes H., and this IS the time of the flight of the lsraelites. Shoes were constructed from a we'll known vegetable plant called papyrus, which was used by the inhabitants then, not only for the manufacture or shoes, but for many other purposes, such as ropes, boxes headgear, boats, 1 papers, etc At the above date tho ancient city of Thebes was great I center for tho manufacture ot shoes and sandals, straps and thongs, and all the appliances then in vogue for the protection and comfort of the feet, when in the flush of her glory, instead of going after her enemies as Pharoah went for the Israelites with GOO char iots, Thebes sent forth an army of 20,- 900 war chariots against her foes, but Cambvses, the blood thirsty Son of Cyrus, at the conquest of Persia sub dued Tyre and Cyprus, demanded and received Sl000O, GOO as tribute from Thobes, destroyed it's monu- mcnts, its towers and public buildings, broke down it's political influence, and soon it's glory and grandeur began to depart, while Cam byses becoming dissipatod. cruel and tyrannical, died in Syria, while march ing against his foes In those days the shocmakers of Thebcs and the sur rounding cities were in the constant practice of tightening the thread in tht sewing of shoes by their teeth How differently the adjusted needle an( shuttle tighten the thread to-day pro pelled by steam! In ancient Rome th' streets were crowded with small stallt on the corners and in alleyways where sandals and shoes were made, anC from scripture accounts much attention was then paid to the adorning of th' feet, especially ladies feet hence w read How beautiful are thy feet witt shoes" "Over Edom will l cast ou my shoe We learn from scriptur also. that servants were required to un loose the thongs and lalchcts from tn shoes of their suporiors. So iron Ruth iv: we learn that a tcstimonia in ,srac was to pluck off a shoe am hand to a nciehbor, and from these am many sayings of like nature may hay sprung the custom throwing worn-ou shoes after newly married couples fror the marriage ceremony to their futur homes: and here lot me say, if any ( the good people of our city are mindo to search the scriptures sufficient they will find that slavery and scrvitud . were symbolizcd by the unloosing ( sandals and shoes from the feet. Sho and Leather Review.
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
pOr~~
.or Country Boys Just Stepping In
 to Their Fathers shoes.

Beginners, especially young begin. ners of limited means, should go slow in making experiments. Fabulous ac- counts of new oats, potatoes. etc, arc hcralded yearly through the country to the no small loss to farmers Enthu- siasts will do well II RRs4RIsre ordinary peo. al. e!G !i-l-e. .-l' A glowing account of wo- mans success with bees was given some time since, but "the other side" has been presented and it looks very diff ferent. "SeDf-distrust is the cause of most of our failures. In the assurance of strength there is strength, and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or in their powers" Very much indeed of loss and disaster comes of our own neglect, carelessness, imprudencc. But, after all, there will be failures, and labor and toll are the lot of all, intended by a kind Providence for our discipline, de- velopment perfection in patience, etc. It is patent and notorious that nearly all great men and women come up from the lowest rounds; and also that their successors very often descend Most young people try to get away from work, looking upon 1t as an evil They should be early taught the wholesome ness, dignity and necessity as well, of labor. and be led to it reasonably from their earliest years.
 Show them "t'other side"-the worth lessness of idleness; the failure and ru- in it brings. Most farm children arc attracted more or less by work appa- rently easier, pleasanter and more re- spectable, l contend that farm life may and ought to be one of tho mosta tractive spheres of existence. Would 1t not be greatly to the advantage of all concerned if one fourth more of our people were cultivating our immense unoccupied territory l am getting oldish, and sometimes think will leave the farm and go somewhere, but when l ask myself ''where9n l al ways conclude to stay where am. Two farms near me, the former owners hay- ing died, have gone down badly, as the boys left them to strangers to rent. One has been sold at great loss; the other Is for sale cheap, If one of tho boys had stayed and cultivated the places thousands of dollars would have been saved to them. May these in- stances be useful and timely illustra- tions to many other boys just stepping into their fathers shoes Is it not wise to keen the old homestead for it's precious memories. and for many other reasonso-S NJ Palmer, in N. Y. Tribune.
The Springdale news., 1889-08-02
FUNNY MARK TWAIN.
Anecdotes Showing That His HumoF
 Not Confined to His Writings

Not Confined to His Writings.
 Mark Twain at home is not more serious than his writings would lead one to expect. He has always been fond of perpetrating jokes for whlch his wife has only of late years, through practical education, been able to pre- pare herself
 When, for instance, Mir. Clemens, on the lecture platform, once drew out a dilapidated handkerchief, worn to shreds, and after gazing at it in an as tonished fashion, apologized, saying that he had been obliged to borrow one from Mr. --," nam ng some inn portant parsonage of the town hls wife, sitting with q friend in the audi ence, has turned to her neighbor in the most distressed way and said:
 People will think do not properly take care of my husband clothes.
 It is true that NIr. Clemens has nc tendency toward dudishncss, and that he sometimes appears in costume more beftting a poor author than publisher-millionaire; but every body has his taste! He is careless and ab sent-minded, and sometimes forget> some of the requirements Of the age tol the establishment of mankind
 At any rate, he is said 10 have called upon Mrs. Harriet Bcccher Stowe with out a necktie one day after her return | from the South When he came back ! from his visit he hurried to his wife tC \ tell her how their neighbor had with \ stood the journey and of the prcsen condition of her health. But he wa stopped in the midst of his story by th' mortified look in his wife's face
 You don't mean to say that yo' have been to sec Mrs. Stowc?" sai' she. 'Why, you haven't got on an, necktie"
 He professed great chagrin at hi carelessness and rushed up stairs ap parcntly to remedy the defect in hi toilet When he came back. som time later. he laughingly tossed hi wife letter and nccktie.
 It seems that Mr. Clemens had writ ten 10 Mrs Stowe in his own inimita ble fashion that as he had found he ha committed the unpardonable crime ( calling on her without a necktie h now sent her one, hoping to mitigat the sentence which she would pass upo him for his carclc,sncss. The not which he handed his wife was q clevc reply which Mrs. Stowe had sent bac with the nccktic. Toledo Blade.