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, 1890-04-17

Babies wanted for crocodile bait.
VIII be returned alive, says a Ceylon
paper. If newspapers abounded in
Ceylon as much as c~rocodiles do, ad-
vertisements worded like the foregoing
would be ommon in their want col
umns.
As it is the English crocodile hunter
has to secure his baby by personal So
licitation. He is often successful, for
Ceylon parents, 5 a rule, have un-
bounded confidence in the hunters and
will rent their babies out to be used as
crocodile bait for a small considera-
ton. Ceylon crocodiles suffer greatly
from ennui; they prefer TO lie quite
still, soothcd by the suns glittering
rays and while away their lazy lives
in meditation.
But when a dark brown infant with
curling toes sits on a bank and blinks
at them. they throw off their cloak of
lazincss and make their preparations
for a delicate morsel of Ceylonese hui
manity. When the crocodile gets
about half way up the bank, the hun
ter, concealed behind some reeds, opens
fire, and the hungry crocodile has his
appetite and life taken away at the
same time, the baby being brought
homc safely to its loving mamma
Ccylon Catholic Messenger.
, 1890-04-17
THF BEST WAY.

The unanimous action of the city coun-
Gil in deciding to plat the city land lately
offered for sale created a great deal OF
discussion yesterday. While there were
a few who believed that Mr.. Kslley's bid
for the land should have been accepted
the vast majority were of the opinion
that more money could be realized to tue
city by plating the property and selling
it of in lots.
ltw as argued in some quarters that
not nearly SO much money can be realized
by the latter method as by selling 1t as
acreage property This is ridiculous on
its face. The chief object in buy
ing acreage property in the sub
urbs is to sell it of in lots
and thus realize a handsome profit.
This is undoubtedly what Mr.. Kelley in
tended to do with the property and he
showed commendable shrewdness in pre-
senting his bid. Mr.. Kelley undoubtedly
saw his way clear to making considerable
money out OF the deal or he would never
have entered into it. If Mr.. Kelley could
make monsy out OF it why can't the city?
There are SO many public Improvements
now contemplated that the city will re-
quIre every dollar thatit can possibly raise
from these lands. We believe the coun-
Gil has adopted the best method to Sc
cue the largest results.
, 1890-04-17

During the time that Frederick
William III was at war with France,
and while his army was in a bad con
dition, he dreamed one night that
three mice came into his room, of
which one was lean, another fat and
the third blind. The next morning
the king related this dream to his gem
erals and expressed the wish that SEINE
one would interpret for him.
One of the generals replied that
there was a soldier in his regiment
who was accustomed to interpret
dreams. The king allowed the soldier
to come and then told him his dream.
The soldier appeared very much
frightened, and begged to be excused
from interpreting this dream as he
was afraid to offend his majesty.
The king, however, urged him, and
really wished to know the meaning of
this dream. The soldier then explain
ed it thus. 1.-The lean mouse signifies
the Prussian army, consumed with
hunger; the fat mouse signifies the
army contractors. who enrich and fat
ten themselves with the kings money,
but the blind mouse signifies yourself,
who sees neither of the two"
And whoever knows the history OF
that campaign is aware that the Prus,
sian Joseph interpreted correctly
Exchange.
, 1890-04-17
ONE NER L4ND 0EELCE

The Sundance Gazette says: Sun
days Cheyenne papers say the land Office
bill creating three new districts in Wyo-
ming had on the day before been intro.
duoed in the senate. Sundays Omaha
Bee, however, says the bill had passed
both the house and senate, and awaits
the presidents signature. The Bee goes
on to say 10 a matter-ot- fact way that it
will be interesting to many Nebraska
people because one of the new districts
is the Newcastle land district, at which
town the land Office is to be located. 1t
seems that the present bill leaves the
the name Of the district blank and also
the place Of location. which are to be des
isnated by the president. All the
former bills introduced for a land district
in this region named it The Sundance
Land District, with Sun6ance as the site
for the office. What induced Delegate
Carey to have this change made at this
late day. after the people Of Crook county
have worked ami waited Tor years TO Sc
cure it, is not apparent on the surface and
is not explained by his friends in this
county. As one strong Republican said
TO us the other day, If the land office
goes to Newcastle it will be a disgrace to
the administration and an outrage Upon
the people of Crook county, and Judge
Carey ought to know it The Judge will
probably make some such discovery up
this way next fall"
, 1890-04-17

-. 80 ASAk DAtt 81 F'@'
MI. William Jones, while walking on
the beach of the Mar iva Cocal, noticed a
bottle which had been washed ashore by
the waves. lie opened 1t and found it
to contain = scrap of paper, which he
FORWARDED to the Office of this paper.
The following was written in German on
one side, the other having written across
it Che date - September 1889" and the
signatures I, Schlin-er and Aust LIGHT
maruse:
''The German bark Joseph Haydn,
Capt. II. Plieger. from Bremen, finds it
self today in south latitude : deg. IS
min. a.ri west longitude - deg. 45 min.
where the crew has thrown this bottle
overheard on the Sedan day, 1889. All
on LoIrI we'll. On the voyage from
Singapore to Marseilles. . September
1889"
The writer or writer's were evidently
patriotic Germans, from the use OF the
anniversary OF Sedan as n date. They
have, however. rendered n greater serv-
ice to science than TO national feeling, IS
the point in the South Atlantic whcre
they threw the bottle was not far west
ward from the Island Of Ascension.
Inns AlpNo iliA 90 bNtsAil
bore it along over well nigh 4 1000 miles
In five months, and laid it gently with
Its message on u eastern coast, must
have travelled at the same rate (nearly
thirty miles II day. rs the equatorial cur
rent flowing above the West Indies from
the Gulf Of Mexico eastward to the At
lantic. The direction of the current from
the South Atlantic which carried the
bottle here was, therefore, northwest.
rrly .-Port-of-Spain Gazette.
, 1890-04-17

Some Cold Philosophy Concerning a uni
yersaI Bankin Rule.
An honest man was recently refused
payment on a draft drawn ON the Oma-
ha National bank for $500, the draft
being on Paymaster Wilson. 1t was
on with "a great deal of difficulty and
personal Inconvenience to the mar hat
he secured the necessary Identification
and got his money. The circumstance
recalls another which recently DC
CURED in one of the st. Paul banks.
A man entered with the check of a
well known wholesale firm for $50.
You will have TO get some one to
identify you" said the cashier.
who shall | getf" inquired the
man.
ANY one whom we know"
Il must get somebody whom you
know and who knows me at the same
timer"
YES; that's it exactly"
well who do you know
"Me2 o, l know several hundred
people in the city.
DO they know met"
How should | known"
How should l know whom you
know1 That's n fair question"
We'll, l have got no time TO waste.
The rules of the bank are that you
must be identified before / can cash
your check"
why sof"
For the banks protection"
Yes, but what protection have l
gotf'
What do you mean2'
Il am the rightful owner of this
check. IL is indorsed by the party
from whom | received it. 1t is my
property, aud it calls for $50 in your
hands that you refuse to give me be
cause you do not move in my circle of
society and have never enjoyed the
honor and pleasure of my a~cquaint-
ance. Very good | retire without my
money, and in the course of the day
lose my check. 1t is found by some
II whom you do know; he presents
it, draws nay $50 and skips. Is that
fart What protection does your con
founded red tape rule afford the honest
customer of your bankl None at all.
This check may be presented by a
thief, but If you are personally &C
quaintcd with him you are obliged to
give him my money. | think at the
next national convention of bankers
you would do well to bring this ques,
ton up and secure some kind of
equitable legislation to protect the
holders Of checks as well as the banks
The man went out directly follow
ing this philippe, and returned in
ten minutes with "A gentleman high in
financial circles. Thereupon the check
was cashed.-St Paul Pioneer Press.
, 1890-04-17

\ metal that will mcltat such allow
temperature as 100 dcgs. is certainly Il
curiosity, but John T. White. of SYRIA
cusc, n. Y, has succeeded in producing
it. 1t is an alloy composed of lead,
tin, bismuth and cadmium, and in
weight, hardness and color resembles
type metal. So easily does it melt that
If you place it on comparatively cool
part of the stove with n piece Of paper
under it. it will melt without the pr
per being Scurchcd. Another pcculi-
nrity about it is that it will not retain
heat, and becomes cold the moment it
mclts. 1t is used in the manufacture
Of the little automatic fire alarms for
hotels. They give an electric alarm
when the metal melts owing 10 the
of the temperature by fire.
Washington Critic,
, 1890-04-17

They CoaId Drop = Nickel in the slot an,
Get KIcked S~onndly.

Get Kicked soundly.
Il have a scheme said a stock
speculator the other day, for making
a heap of money. For years and years
I've heard men complain down here
and declare that they ought to be kick
ed. ! don't know how many hundreds
Of times, when I've been standing
near a ticker, I've seen a man drop the
tape and exclaim, angrily, I'm an
idiot ought to be kicked /; Or per
haps he would announce his intention
to kick himself full of holes. Unfor-
tunately-or fortunately-his friends
don't feel like accommodating him,
and as to the other plan nature has
prohibited that Ny plan is to have
built a number of lay figures, with
interior mechanical arrangements,
which would put a wooden foot into
action upon the dropping of a nickel
into the slot. They could be placed
in convenient localities.
Thus these grumblers could crafty
their wishes to be kicked. The man
who bought stocks and lost his money
when he knew he ought TO have sold
and their number is legion-could
go TO one of the figures. drop a nickel
in the slot, and get kicked. II one
kick didn't satisfy him he could invest
another nickel and get another kick.
The worst grumbler in the street could
crafty himself by the outlay of fifty
cents. 1t would be a boon to the man
who had n straight tip and didn't take
it. and to the man who knew kala-
mazoo preferred was going up, but
didn't buy it If all these fellows
down here who are continually talking
about kicking themselves would put
their threats into practical form a com
pany formed for the manufacture OF
the machines would grow rich in no
time.
Yes" said another speculator,
that is a good idea. 1t would pre-
vent a repetition, perhaps, OF al un-
fortunate occurrence which l recently
witnessed. one of my friends, ordi-
uurily a very peaceable man, lost sew
crul thousand dollars by the rapid de
cline Of "A certain stock. He declared
that he had bought it against his judg
meut. He was 50 upset that lac flew
out Of the brokers' Office IN a terrible
frame Of mind. On the street lie
looked around for some way to get
even He saw AN innocent man hay
ing his boots polished. He rushed up
Ia him. kicked the bootblack's box into
the middle of the street, and gave the
gentleman "a sounding smack on the
cheek.
'Confound YOU he said, you're
always getting your boots BACKED. y
New York Times.
, 1890-04-17

The shop of a Dublin to]bacconist by
the name of Luudyfoote was de
stroyed by fire. While he was gazing
dolcfully at the smoldering ruins, he
noticed that his poorer neighbors were
gathering the snuff from the canisters.
He tested the snuff himself and dis
covered that the fire had largely in
creased its pungency and aroma.
Here was "A hint worth profiting by.
He secured another shop, built a lot of
ovens, subjected the snuff toa heating
process, gave the brand n particular
name, and in a few years became rich
through an accident which he at first
thought had completely ruined him.
The process of whitening sugar vas
discovered in n curious way. A hen
that had gone through n clay puddle
went with her muddy feet into a IL
gar house, She left her tracks on a
pile of sugar. 1t vas noticed that
wherever her tracks were the sugar
was whitencd. Experiments We're in
stituted and the result was that wet
clay came TO be used in refining sugar.
Cleveland Press.
, 1890-04-17

The accession of such a man as Hon.
W. W. Corlett to a party Is at any time
an important event; but his accession to
the ranks of the Democracy at this time
is of peculiar significance and carries with
it a farreaching influence which can
neither be underestimate nor passed
lightly over.
For many wears Mr., Corlett has occu
pied an absolutely unique position in
Wyoming. lie is confessedly the leading
lawyer OF the territory and undoubtedly
the peer Of any man in his profession IN
the West. He Is man OF broad culture
and a wide range Of information. He
has always manifested a keen interest in
public affairs and his comprehensive
grasp of tie deep national questions
which agitate the people show him to be
a mar of statesmanlike capacity.
1t is a matter of no surprise to those
who know Mr.. Corlett to find him where
he is today. The strong centralizing ten.
denotes of the Republican party, the
pernicious tariff legislation which is rap
idly making the nch ri.her and the poor
poorer, the fostering of m%OnopOlies and
overriding the rights OF individuals have
awakened in him the l~iveliest apprehen-
sion and he has naturally arrayed himself
with the party of the people in the con
test which is nov on.
The Democrats throughout the terri
tory will hail with the same delight Mr.
Corlett's accession as did the Democrats
nj the Rawlins meeting.
, 1890-04-17
TIE RAWLINS MEETING.

The hospitality of the Rawlins people
must be experienced to be appreciated.
Their reception to those who attended
the Jefferson meeting was extremely cor
dial The committees were t~ireless in
their endeavors to contribute to the com
fort cfthe visitors. VIM. DAILY, R c.
Mayor, c. f. Blydenhurgh, Mr.. O'Mal,
lev. Mr.. Dodge and a score of others
were constantly on the alert and any
thing that failed to occur to them which
might contribute to the comfort Of the
visitors was not worth thinking Of.
Among those Sho were present from out
side of Rawlins were: A. V. Quinn,
DR.. W. A. Hooker, Joseph 4.
Csshin, Judge Corn, A. 6. Rex,
Eugene Go.der. D. Hamilton, John
Stone. P. ". Mcclure, C. G. Epperson
and Sheriff Ward of Evanston Col. w.
d. Pickett of Big Horn; VIII. Holiday,
c. T. Gale, Dan Breese, Nellis Corthell,
F, W. OFT, G. L. deuel., II. c. Bernard
Laramie; G T. Beck Of Buffalo; T..
Sheldon. Andrew Faddis, John Faddis,
James Il, Hood. Joseyh Burton, j. w.
Sammon, Almv; 7. $. Taliaferro. Green
River; Robert Smith. Richard Keenan,
and Louis J. Palmer, Book Springs; c.
Z. Clay of Douglas; Major Baldwin and
Sheriff Sparhawk Of Lander besides the
m-oana jalegation which consisted of
, 1890-04-17

1t is a prime necessity of health that
the action of the bowels should be kept
regular. But the way to overcome a
temporary fit of constipation, or TO rem
edy chronic costiveness, is not to deluEe
the stomach and drench the bowels with
purgatives of violent and painful action.
The happy medium between al inopera
tive and violent cathartic is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. which acts Just sufi-
GENTLY upcn the bowels to relax them,
without pain, and which being a whole
some tonic, as well as aperient, has the
effect Of Strengthening both them and the
stomach and promoting the well being OF
the whole internal economy. The re
moval OF bile from the blood, increased
activity of the liver, usually dormant in
cases of c%ostiveness. and sound digestion
follows the use of this beneicent medi-
cine. as thorough and genial in its effects
as it is safe and pure in composition.
Rheumatism, fever and ague kidney
troubles aud debility are also reme1ied
by it.
, 1890-04-17

Senator Henderson, when a plain
Ohio youth, came to Washington one
day and got a scat in the senate gal
lcry.
lie had been tramping around in the
=et aud his stockings were saturated.
His boots were tight ana his feet felt
sore, and as the night session wore on
lie took them Off and sat in his stock,
ing feet.
The air Of the senate was very warm
and the tight boots SHRINK. At the
adjournment he found to his horror
that he could not get his boots on. and
he had to walk down to his hotel on
Pennsylvania avenue in his stocking
feet, carrying his boots. Frank G..
Carpenters Washington Letter.
, 1890-04-17

A Russian newspaper is responsible
for the following interesting item from
Orel, a town not far from Moscow,
Russia; There arrived last evening at
the Hotel de Europe the widow of a
merchant of the neigborhood for a
short s~ojourn in our town, accompa-
MED by her only daughter. Asked by
the obliging clerk to put her own with
the young lady's name on record
among the lists of guests, she added
after her own signature: Merchant
widow from Dmitrowsk, accompanied
by her unmarried daughter, Jasha, 10
years of age, 10000 rubles dowry, of
fair complexion, with light hair and
blue eyes, turned up nose, dimpled
checks, No other bodily defects or spe,
cial marks"
, 1890-04-17

A rate of one unlimited fare Tor
the round trip is authorized from
all points in Colorado, ~Cncluding
C%heyenne), to Fort Worth on the follow
ing dates:
May s, IL, Is, 20, %, and &c.
Tickets must be limited to continuous
train passage, both on going and return
ing trip, and bear a final limit to June 8.
1890.
The Texas Spring Palace opens Nav
10 and closes May 81. 1t is pronounced
to be the most unique and attractive ex-
h,6,t ever presented to the public. The
palace Is constructed, ornamented and
decorated entirely with the products n,
Texas Q. w. SWEET. Agent.
, 1890-04-17

DR.. Pablo Patron mentions in the
Peruvian journal La Cronica Medica
that a rabid dog having bitten n boy in
Ayacucho, the boy, notwithstanding
that the wounds had been we'll cauter-
lied, began in IA few days time to show
unmistakable signs Of having hydro
phobia; and one day, when no one
was watching him, he ran away into
the fields and gathered some leaves of
the American aloe (agave Americana)
and sucked them. After this, the
symptoms of the disease began to
abate, and the boy recovered. The
American aloe is very common in
some parts of Peru and Central Amer
lea, and the MeXicans are said to be
very fond of a tea made from the
leaves. The plant is also used for
poultIces, and forms a tolerable substi-
tute for soap. DIR. Patron has been
induced to publish this case through
having read in some Spanish medical
journal Of a somewhat similar occur
renee.
, 1890-04-17

While in southern California |
found that there were many men work
ing singly in placer mines under most
adverse circumstances, and obtaining
very small remuneration for their toll.
Some of them succeeded il washing
out but - or So worth of gold dust per
day, while n few OF them occasionally
washed out as high as $40 worth per
day. Many of them remain a very
short time in the diggings, but others
work away year after year in the hope
of striking it rich some duv,-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
, 1890-04-17

The cocaine habit takes its place he
side the morphine habit with symp-
toms Of mHrasnus, delusions and hal
fluctuations Of frightful appearances
and small living things creeping on
the skin, together with insomnia aud
loss of appetite. The symptoms of co
came poisoning are more obstinate
than those Of morphine, and may last
for months after the cessation Of the
drug. Cor. Washington Star.
, 1890-04-17

One of Lord Bacon's parliamentary
anecdotes, though 300 years old, may
be quoted with effect in these days
when legislative bodies sit long and do
little.
Mr.. Poplam, speaker of the house of
commons, had one day au audience
with Queen Elizabeth.
Nov, Mr.. Speaker, said the queen,
what has passed in the house Of com
monsl"
Seven weeks, if it please your ma
iesty, answered the speaker Youths
Companion.
, 1890-04-17

Jewelry is constantly being twisted
into all sorts of odd shapes and STYLES.
One of the latest is a bar pin, repre-,
senting a caterpillar, being formed OF
cats eyes. The main part is a fuzzy
substance held in place by a slender
gold chain, twining round and round
and round between the stones and Civ,
ing the most lifelike appearance to the
creature. The head is of beaten gold
with ruby yes.-Exchange.
, 1890-04-17

"Have you got So in your vest?" asked
a constituent of a congressman.
mo, | must confess hat | haven't"
and he turned away and felt happy be-
cause he always carries his money n his
trousers pockets. Washington Post.
, 1890-04-17

~ was agreeably surprised, Mr.. Brief,
at your bill"
''rm very glad, sir"
YES; | was told you were a consum-
mate swindler, but l don't think you are
any worse than the ordinary bunco
man."-HarDer's Bazaar.
, 1890-04-17

Experiments with a new explosive
called ocrasite, which is to dynamite as
100 to 20, have recently been made in
Austria, and are said to have succeeded
so well that the invention has been pur-
chased for military purposes exclusively.
Christian at Work.
, 1890-04-17

Hitherto Patient BOarder-Mrs. Starry
EN-, l can stand hash every day in the
week, but when on Sunday you put
raisins in it and call it mince pie draw
the inc.-IIarvard Lampoon.
, 1890-04-17

If you want a nobby shoe or slipper
call on s. Bon, his store is loaded with
new goods at Eastern prices.
, 1890-04-17

1t is said of Richard Watson Glider,
the editor of The Century, that he can
reject n manuscript so gently that the
disappointed author travels 300 miles to
see him and stay TO dinner.
, 1890-04-17

Fancy flannel shirts iH
large cariefy and at pOPH-
lar prices at III. .Mdrks,
Eddy and Serenf zenith
street,
, 1890-04-17

Are you hungry? If so call on j.. r.
Kelley, BOG West Sixteenth street. where
you can get fresh groceries, fruit, candy
aud nuts.
, 1890-04-17

g. Bon has received a complete assert
ment OF latest styles in gents and ladies
fne shoes and slippers.
, 1890-04-17

All kinds Of Job Printing neatly and
promptly executed at the Leader Office.
, 1890-04-17

"Nolapuk is eleven years old"
1T will never be old enough TO
speak. Chatter.
, 1890-04-17

We haze the prefttest and
best ttsee OF carpets fss fhe
city. .aleE TSNrSsbssu n Co.
, 1890-04-17

Groceries and provisions
at the fOUeSt cash prices at
II. q. .UcGregOr'S. CRY
and country orders at
10 promptly.
, 1890-04-17

Tphsisfering and mat
freSs making sCtfh a fstU
lime of Hph0tStering goods
ri .ffe.T. TvrrnbHH y CO.'S.
, 1890-04-17

Milk shake at Towslee's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
THE ABBEVILLE CHURCHES

"Charity suffereth long. and Is kind; char.
ity envieth not charity vaunteth not itself
"Doth not behave itself unseemly. seek eth
not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh
"Rejolceth not in inequlty, but reJoiceth in
the truth;
"Beareth all things, believeth all things
hopeth all things" ~ Cor. Kill Al.
at the Presbyterian church, took Love- az
his subject.
The preacher held that nowhere ia found q
more glowing description OF this grace than
In this chapter. 1t Is the grace OF all graces
and contrasted with eloquence. faith, knowl
edge, and prophecy, love is greater than al
these, and even greater than sacrifices; and
that the text gives an analysis OF this grace
the properties Of love being patience. endur
ance, kindness, magnanimity. humility, cour
tesy Tor self-denial0 good temper, sincerity
and finally, the power OF love, proving tina,
the love that moves most OF all-the only
complete models the Loving Christ.
The Doctor developed each head OF bis sub
tentive congregation to follow the example o.
our Saviour in "going about doing good"
Christianity, he said, makes the highest
type OF gentleman:
Services were concluded by singing:
Let love In one delightful stream,
Through every bosom flow;
Let union sweet, and dear esteem,
In every action, glow.
Love Is the golden chain that binds
The happy souls above
And he's an heir of heaven who finds
His bosom glow with love-