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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25

Tho question I. asked, "ought women
Ca pfopossr' Why not ask, "Does ripe
peach beg Ca be- satssf'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25
Palm and dread attend il,c nee of M.

Some men buy umbrellas, some men
achieve them, and some get act aud
sWear.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25

IL L. a prrity dificuli thing for the
msn ~ho hasn't anything To .ay Ia knos
Iu.t how to .ay u.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25

n you have % many friends az John
sou's Anod, ne IIniment YOU are a for
tunate person.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25

In every town where SAvExA y intro-
dnesi the sale y larger Than AZ otleS
uashing comp0unds.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25
M. SEQ. Sh.r..ie.
No ssi.-Esig~s-

No. sti.-tais~s-
A terrible fellow am .
spcAk. and pcOpls die
Take me % pisces. Clsavs me Asapdss.
Thsn I'm do. AMI al.o ~onssr.
Part ms again Ia member. thr~.
Then a vel linri seat In church Jon 80.
Wlth LITTLE sorl that = hAri Ca sg-sk.
And whAi will cur, the ill and ~eAk-
Scatter ny l.tisr. again. my dear.,
AMI yuu will Ind,
II you'Ss mind.
What a woman may ts. and that sss
wear.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25
4 WISHED I WAS DEAD.

Aman asks a woman's love before he
marie. her; AFTER marriage he demands
her gratitude
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25

A Useful Present In every package
sAvuA, The best washing Povdss.
Sold b. Tocers-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25
No. ana rr.,.ss ii'.s,r..>a.

40. ssp.-E.., D,sms.a sss usn sa.s5..
1 \ con-sasnt. hurt to hs.isn. ,o at
tempt. q cou.onant
2 a raso.l. horn % the new moon. .
rptlls. abhrs,iailou % an Engltsh title: .
lsftsr
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25

Texrsr. "Piease, cir, give me . few
pennIcs. Ny vife u dad" Nr. iien-
prvk. "Nsn alive! What more do yoa
xanty'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25

To men a,-sut a. .,rIl.--ilc .nr, you're
right. then pius- Tor reflection.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25

.Be flrtuoas aud you viii bs happy"
- the youug lady rmirked to her
friepd,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25
HOMEMAKRRS COLUMN.
BAGS.

L.sv.cs..s.s. q ssvlc. e ,ssss.:.s y .. ls.,..
Coluns. Usfori i'rwesrsi. raFss, hAiss.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25
Doors, windows and Blinds,
C.L. Hathaway's,
NORWAY.
NOTICE.

An y@r..a. set ssfy-ss.,ica. I. 49, Fsxtss say
- 49, 81 ~ ~ tsstsistisa sskrt az hsfyhf
nallA--t. that g-,itlsa siii - ps..s.t~i - III
ssst ts.t.laisrv 20 - stale "a Naias ~ thf
ssisf.'ss~l. - .hish ~ iSiA'sins 10 . u~s
rvpY
Nsis.. sssi y e,s.sss 90 ~ hF-s wednesday "
Jsaasfy 4 u. lsst
Tiss sa.ls sxssi g~sfxs n iissfvs ~ issi.
tsa sst ChsfAs. 4. wiissa - ,sissfs. bah IN
H. Casuty ~ Naifs.g<gia aat >tAis sfof,ssit.
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sraal D. massive an lhrtf ss.Etair. Q rhsf
y fsf s.sspssfniisa sith I-sser ~ i@pryfe Ne
faslrtis. faf t,ssiias ssi fsanlsE hsss, iss,isf
sni ss-si fruss Well rssvs fshAAs ,gssyf
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4 suhagr. % all toanfY ~ ffsnkhs. sst IVA
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tsftsi &c haitiiaf ali Ian. AL natiAs ssit
10 gry,smsnts ,ai-sa aaliRf iss osmYfssaiisa
thss.fsr ~ o.a.r. tlusftsf1. a sni ssllsst
t.sil. uI-sa al iaaatsf Issslax gssr 80 thfvash
all tiafns az I lnspTsfvmsnts, sRsi haze hsh gn
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tAla.. ssts..sfy antssassaistt Zoe III pafpo-s.
sfsfs..i q Issvtlsr ~ith Ssh I-s~srs. pfisiisse-
sci ls,aa snls- o. srv ssaaiif lhftisut % o"f
l-sf.fisn - q sis,lt.f r.afsstef,
psis-i a i.ssttoa, Ngtss.l~f ~, go
GtD o. nIAHll.
cuAhLtst. wlIsps.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25
IL, a. IN. r..,i.,

No IN Numerical Enigma; DO good
Whenever you can. ani forget L.
No az. Word SquArcs
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25

Ne. sss.-A w.ra % rvs s,iiss's&
Ny ar,t IL bright. my second u bright.
anil my whole " bright and consists es
nine letters
2A4-A name fos sailor.
ASSt-Ths dwelling place Of Wild
animal.
i.aaA&-A means az asc~nt
Cats e-whAt all our actions ought
10 be.
sAL.s-The vverss % low.
T,GAs-A smsii liquid measure.
LA "a tear. Q Narrow opening
Ne. ssf.-A Rhssssid.
Acro--s I. To shipe. q A southern COO
s,ellstlon. a A bower. 4 a vessel with
on. mast & A city mentioned In ths
Bihle
Down~Ari I. In DAngor. . An en-
slagnAiion. q An spssh- 4 Tunc~ J. An
old word. meaning to wrap the bead OF 10
Q Lood a A portion of The day. !. u
perch. = A river Ia Italy. y In isansos'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25

III. Que of the y,-cuisrliIes Of coming
men that they don't seem To arrive.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25
caHMlsslesE Rs. ssTlCE.

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SIss Jyiss ~ Pses.s- f.r Bl-< lssss, u ga fsri.
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l.ss: = 's, q. 81. e. - - 'I,
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sssa Il sks ssllsvi.s plsns eel t.<. fsr ~ Per.
ps>s % F<~isiss ~ ss.s. via - ~ s1nse II
4. \. ilssrkiss g sah nssS..sd. - rs>siay, ~
srrssd DAP u Osremhss. a. y. irn. AL -
rs~stay. sise thiI!s.sth DAY ef January. a. ID.
Dsspd skis twslish Day sfNsse..sy. 4. D. -
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25
PUBLIC SAFETY


That saly hasrss AMI rviiahis nrdieinss
sh,.,Li h. pise>i upoa The nEzfkst u can
pof. therefore, h. stated too smphstissny,
ns wr>sie.i t.s sfisn. hal ell viss arr IN
need 9 q sessiss nis~A psssnes should
b. snIr and Ask lYf
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-30
CHERWOOD.

- HERWOOD.
> Old POINT COMFORT, VA.
Mnch improved. Electro bells. hot and
cold baths Terms $40 per week ana up-
waiu~. open al tine year. GEORGE
BOOKER, owner and ropI.clor. Ap~9-5mf
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-30

Nessrs Baldwin and famum telegraph
o. Thoma. Branch & Co.. Us follows:
CHICAGO. May M.-Whcat opened WEI n
Corr active and lower oats AIRY acliNe.
Provisions steady. Closing prices: Wheai
June. 81: July. 9ll<c. Cofn-June, $50;
July. 8s5xc. 0t3ic. Oats--June. NE; jay,
ajs5 m2G5{c. Pork -Jsnc. $i3.2k[; July,
SIo.4O. Lard June. 800; July. S6.lIH;
Septembofs 3634L. short fibs--JuDe,
Sj.lsX: July, $3.50; September 500.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-30
THE BRINTON HOUSE,
ASHLAND, Va.

Us now orcn for tbe reception of guests It is
especially suited 10 those vino doing business
90 the city. desire also the beneut oil country
ulr during the summer
For terms, DC, address The undeis gned.
-. \. GAY.
vs.. GAY,
nyZ2-lw sole Managers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-30
SUMMER I,Es0RTs.
EKTHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,

immediately on the O.. and %. Railway. The
Grand Central Hotel and one hundred cot
taecs al this great health and pleasure Zee
soft. with % WcIl-caiDed rcuu.at on of d. Gene
iUry for the Medicinal Virtues ID tuc Waters
and Fine summer Climate. oltnHieo u.-n np
in the ALlLGilANil~, 1000 fees above ltr
i.-NaIo OF Tie sea. and Surrounded lE noun
iafrs 800 feet hirhcr, nre NOW OPEN toN
THE SEASON. Cuisine uu GO ihe Dbl hcsi
standard. Many Improvement, have ID cn
msGe suce JAS. season lucandese ut lights
introduced. Improved Railroad Service uith
the Finest NcstiUUlc Trains pass our doors
daily f0r lle Npriu, south, laat and West
For informant. n enquire 40 all General
my2l-lmO superintendent
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-30
ID OBERTSON HOTEL,
Ia
M. ROBERTSON. Proprietor,
EUgKvILLE, Va.

Now being rchitcd and painted. Every
thing frst-class. Under ncw management.
fable unsurpassed. The commercial men :
my7I-im
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-30

Electric LIGHT Plant Splendid Fire Department, New
WOODEN Mills, largest in he.State Knitting Mills Ian
Factory large capacity Wine Cellars Slate PEI
Factories; odlg Works. three Cigar Factories; Steam Laundry
successful operation and several others under contract
the lands Of this nearly half OF its
New Legislative Charter has been obtained and compa
mineral district minerals inside page and the j
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-30

Lawn movers. Latest and best. Noise
less and self-sharpenjng. Prices reduced
a. Il. CLARAE 4 Bon, l03O Main street.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-10
HE'S A NEGRO PROPHET.
And Georgia People Think His Quaint
Observations Contain All Wisdom.

Smithville, Lee County, Ga, boasts
colored philosopher named John
Spradler, who is known to his ac-
quaintances by the familiar title of
Uncle" He makes a great many
startling and sensational observations,
some of which have been thought
worthy of place in print. Here are
a few of his quaint assertions from the
Louisville Times;
doan know eff dis worr is fren' to
grace or not, kase | know some folks
dot don't say grace at all.
De sayin' is, you mus make hay
while de sun shines, en- dat's why
dere's sech scarcity of hay. Folks
don't like de sun, you see.
Religion is great blessin', but sum
folks have call to plow, en- tink it is
call to preach. Dat counts for de
scarcity oh farmers 'mong de cullud
race.
! doap b'lieve in findin' fault wild dis
heah worl'. kase it's dc best WorP
1 was ever in, an it's a mighty long
ways to de next one.
De Bible tells de slu@gard to go to
de ants, but some O. desc ants would
mex it so hot for him dat he hab to
git up and hustle.
It's long lane what amt got nc
turnin', but tex care he don't turn too
short and turn de wagon over. Sc
don't drive too fast.
Dis race question is mighty easy to
settle. Let de white man keep on be-
in white, an de niger black, an
foller de mule faithful. an quit loatin'
round de kentry, an hit'll settle jis
like coffee,
When see man goin' home wild a
gallon oh whisky and pound oh meat
know dat dere's peck oh misery to
cherry pound oh happiness in dat house.
hold.
Dere amt no use in grievin' over
split milk, for ten to one de milk was
half water, an dere's plenty mo- wells
in de kentrV.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-10
MISSING LINKS.

A child born to an Albany, Ga,
couple had at birth two teeth.
A nine-year-old buchanan, Ga, boy
sets over column of type day.
A new thing in peuwipers is a silver
pig whose back is thickly covered with
natural bristles.
Many of Georgia's new legislators
cannot spell or write the English Ian
guage or any other.
Berlin drank in 1889 269, 247. 100
quarts of beer-that is about $50 quarts
to every man, woman and child.
Emigration from ireland, though
greatly diminished, still continues at
the rate of more than 10000 persons a
year.
A peasant woman near Nantes,
France, recently gave birth to five
children, who were still alive at last
report.
The wood pulp mills are ravaging
the Adirondack forests, and the state
officers are trying to put stop to the
vandalism.
At the funeral of an aged lady at
Woolwich. England, her seven sons,
all clergymen of the Church of Eng
land, were present.
Iowa physicians are interested in a
| dropsical patient who has been tapped
141 times and goes about the household
duties Notwithstanding.
The population of London can be
best estimated by the not generally
known fact that it is greater than that
of Norway and Sweden combined.
There has been erected the first and
only modern windmill in London. 1t
is placed on the top of warehouse,
and has wheel thirty feet in diameter.
A lump of coal sent from the Roslyn
Mine to the Spokane Falls exposition
measured II IL feet long. 1-2 feet
wide and 2 1-2 feet thick. The weight
was 1-2 tons.
The Al, 100000 gallons of spirit made
in the United Kingdom in 1889 were
mostly used in England, and nearly
three-fourths of this vast quantity wa:
drank as beverage.
The Independence was the first
steamboat to navigate the Missouri
river. She left st. Louis May 10, 1919
and stopped near Boonville, where ;
great banquet was rendered:
Mr.. Shelton, of Hart county, Geor
gia, owns a hog fourteen months ole
and weighing 525 pounds. 1t is sever
feet seven inches long and its back 'i
almost as broad as barn door,"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-10

Who is there in this great metropolis
that isn't acquainted with some one
named Smith? asls5 the n. Y. Times.
And yet there are not so many of them
as is generally believed. If one were
asked to guess the number of Smiths in
the city it would be quite natural to
place the figure as high as 10000. To
be sure, the new directory devotes
thirty-tive columns to the distinguished
family, but there are only 1924 of
them. OF these ll3 are plain John
Smiths and 122 are Johnwith-an-
initial Smiths. The Browns number
1859. and there are eighty Brownies.
This is decrease of seven compared
with last year. when there were eighty
seven. The decrease may be taken an
Indication that the final c is going out
of fashion.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-10
A Barrier Between Them.

A little British expedition recently
steamed up the Benue branch of the
Niger River in a small steam launch
and finally entered a tributary of the
Benue and explored a region which no
white man has ever visited before,
The most interesting thing about theiF
Journey was the curious experience
they had with the natives.
They had been passing for good
while through a region that was ip-
habited by Moslem blacks, fruits of
the rather severe methods of CONVEX
sion employed by the Arab invaders
of the Soudan. The country was very
fertile, and the people were numerous;
but all of a sudden, though the coun-
try still wore it's usual aspect and the
soil was apparently rich, population
apparently ceased. For stretch of
over twenty miles not hut was to be
seen. nor was single sign of human
life anywhere observed. The expedi-
dition wondered at this remarkable
state of affairs, for the country was
certainly inviting, and they could not
imagine why it had no inhabitants.
All at once. however, as they round
ed bend in the river, they saw big
crowds of natives rushing down the
slopes of the hills to the banks. They
brandished their spears at the white
men on the little boat, and told them
to go back for they wanted no Moslem
in their country. There was an in
terpreter on the vessel who succeeded
in convincing the natives that the WIS.,
itors were not Moslems. and thereupon
the people became quite friendly.
Then the reason for this curious lack
of population was ascertained. When
the tribe who had been converted to
Islam found that the natives near them
were just as strong as they were, the
spread of their religion in that direc-
tion abruptly ceased, but these heathen
people and the Moslem converts near
them could not live at peace with one
another. 1t was finally decided that.
as they could not be good neighbors, a
stretch of country should be placed
between them where no one should
live. and in that way they expected to
get along with less bloodshed. So all
the people who inhabited this fertile
region. about twenty miles wide, pack
ed up their little belongings and
moved away. and this stretch of coun-
try thus came to be without a single
inha bitant. To-day it is No Mans
Land, and the only reason is that the
people who are neighbors there cannot
live on friendly terms. and. having
tired of fighting, have put this barrier
between them.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-10
Cork Rope.

A cork rope is the latest invention.
1t is made of small corks placed end
to end, and the whole covered with a
braiding of cotton-twiue; over this a
coarser braiding in heavy strands, Ae-
cording to the inventor a rope one
inch thick will stand a strain of LOCO
pounds.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-24
HAVE WOMEN ANY SENSE?
This Writer Says Newspapers
Don't Seem to Think They Have


This Writer Says Newspapers
Don't Seem to Think They Have
a Bit.
Business Woman's Journal.
One of the clevereSt newspaper
women l know confessed to me recently
that she had become an utter pessimist
in her opinion of newspapers and
of the stuff they print. Her
writing is principally along the
line of specials supposed to be of
general interest to women, and adapted
for the columns or departments de-
signed for the feminine mind. She also
handles for her own paper most of the
Out-Of-town exchanges. and she has
found it, she says, to be an almost in
variable rule that the silier and more
trashy OF her Screeds are widely copied
in the newspapers, while those which
are of a better sort, in both subject and
treatment, are left unnOted.
The fact is" said she, ''if / should
write as we'll as l can, so that l really
could take pride and pleasure in it, |
should very soon lose my situation. Ii,
on the other hand, l could bring myself
to write the perfect trash which | see
is most popular L could double my i'll
come. As it is l reconcile my. self-re-
spect and my pocketbOOk by pursuing
a medium course"
have talked with many experienced
newspaper women on this topic of late,
and their testimony is invariably like
that quoted above. Many, however,
unite with her in drawing from these
facts an erroneous conclusion to the
effect that the women readers of the
newspapers do not want good things,
nor even know them when they see
them. The contrary is proved by
the success of really frst-class peri
odicals designed especially for Wom-
en-. such as Harper'S Bazaar, the
Woman's Journal, Good Housekeeping,
and these newer claimants of popular
favor. the Business WOman's journal,
the Woman's Cycle. and the like; while
the high-class monthlieS confidently
count on three-fOurthS of their readers
being women.
The fact is that women have no voice
and choice as 10 what shall be set for
their peruSal in the newspapers.
With two or three notable eXcep-
lions among our large newspapers.
the WOmen'S departments are edited by
men. The stuff furniShedsby the syndi-
Gates comes next: and the articles to be
used are usually chosen by men who al
most invariably select the most fantastic
andI Improbable, the Slangiest and loud
est. When paper has women writers
upon its staff even, who are expected to
furnish original articles for the wOman's
column, they seldom have much liberty,
writing usually only what is ordered,
while the final authority which accepts
or condemns remains a man, who knows
nothing about it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-24
A PARROTS FRANKS.
Mysterious REGULATIONS Traced to
an InnOcent-Looking Bird.


Philadelphia Times.
For some months past the family of
DIR. l.. l.. Mayderry, a dentist-surgeon
Of Reading, has been greatly puzzled
and lnconvenienced by the disappear
ance of one small article after another.
A servant was at once suspected
Of the thefts and sent away, but
finding that they still continued
she was taken back, and the mystery
remained as profound as ever. The
pulling part of the matter was the
articles selected, for the thief would
often pass over more valuable things to
purloin trities of no worth. Spools of
thread. thlmbles, pair of gold eye
glasses, pens and small coins disap-
peared from under their very noses un-
til, the family say, they were beginning
to suspect magic.
AT last DR.. Mayderry missed a valua-
BILE shirt button, and, concluding the
affair had gone far enough, engaged
detective to ferret out the thief, but,
after weeks work, the officer con-
fesSed himself baffled However. acct
dent solved the mystery few DAYS ago,
when Mrs. Mayderry detected her green
parrot in the act of carrying off breast
pin. She watched the bird, which
looked carefully about to see whether it
was obserOed or not, hop with it's prize
to a large knot-hole in a corner of one
of the rooms and drop the breastpin in.
She called her daughter then and en-
plOyed small boy to creep under the
house, which sits close to the ground.
and bring out whatever he should find,
which proved to be miscellaneous and
remarkable collection of small articles.
comprising all they had missed. The
slyness of the bird in purloinlng the
things had heen marvellous, and since
she has found that she is detected she
has made no further attempt to steal.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-24
EVEN WITH THE FAMILY.
She Knew Their Record and
Didn't Hesitate to Tell 1t.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
Now. madam" said the attorney for
a little, wiry, black-eyed, fidgety woman
who had been summoned as a witness
in breach of the peace case, ''you will
please give your testimony in as few
words as possible. You know the de-
feudant?"
know whO?"
"The defendant-Mr. Joshua Bagg?"
''JOSh Bagg! L guess | do know him,
] don't know nothing to the credit of
either of 'em and l don't think
I'VE don't want to know what you
think. madam. Please say yes or mo-
to my question"
''What question:"
DO you know Mr.. Joshua Bagg?'
'.Don't know i'm, though? Well, I
should smile! You ask Josh Bagg if he
knows me. Ask him if he knows any
thing bout tryin' TO cheat pore wild
der like me out of two-year-old steer.
Ask him if"
MADAM, I"
ASK him whose land he got his cord
wood off of last spring, and why he
hauled it in the night. Ask his wife,
Betsey Bagg, if she knows anything
dDOu5 Silpplll Ill IL uclS nUOr y DdStcC lou
and milking three COWS on the sly.
Ask
''See here, madam"
TASK Josh Bagg about that uncle of
his that died in penitentiary out West.
Ask him about lettln' his pore ole
mother die in the porehouse. Ask Bet
scy Bagg about putting big brick into
a lot of butter she sold last fall"
madam, tell yOu----''
':See if Josh Bagg knows anything
about feeding ten head Of cattle all the
salt they would eat, and then letting
them swill down all the water they
could hold just fore he driv them into
town, and sold 'em. See what he's got
to say to that!'
THAT has nothing to do with the
case. l want you TO-"
"Then there was OLD AZrael Bagg,
own uncle to Josh, got rid of his native
town on a rail tween two days. and
Betsey Bagg's own brother got ketched
in neighbours hen-hOuse at midnight.
Ask Josh"
madam, what do you know about
this case?'
''I don't know the first livin' thing
bout it, but I'll bet Josh Bagg is guilty,
whatever it is. The fact is I've owed
them BaggseS grudge for the last fif-
teen years and got myself called up as
witness on purpose to git even with
'em. and feel that I've done it. Good
BY"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-24
COBBLES SHOES.
A Woman Has So Much Work to
Do That She Has Hired Man


A Woman Has So Much Work to
Do That She Has Hired Man
Assistant.
WILKEsBARRE. Pa, Nov. 23.-Mrs.
Pollock is the name of woman who re-
pairs boots and shoes at Pittston. A
year ago her husband, VINO was first
class mechanic, died, leaving her alone
III the world to provide for housefnl
of young children.
At first Mrs. Pollock proposed to go
out washing for living. but she began
to figure and came to the conclusion
that she could make more on the
''bench." She had not mastered the
trade completely, but had general idea
of repairing, as she assisted her hus-
band in his work when he was hard
pushed. She threw her single to the
breezes and waited for customers. AT
first business was rather slack.
The women in the neighbOrhood
started the story that Mrs. Pollock was
daft trying to do mans work, and
that if she had the interests of her chill
Gren at heart she would go out to work.
Mrs. Pollock paid no attention to the
fault-finding. She was determined to
succeed as ''cobbier." A friendly
heighbOr suggested it would be good
idea if she would invest in little print
er's ink. Mrs. Pollock thought the idea