, 1890-02-27
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w III JsNAlhhA y - - - A'Nh'i bt lllt
beginning of the twentieth century,
or will January I, 1901? l. qucs.
ton hat L. now bothcrlnls the col.
lcgc professors In the Enst.
In Maine spruce gum now brings
to the men who gather II from
$50 10 $50 barrel, according to
quality. 4 barrel weighs about
10 pounds,
Tweuty-one tranps met in De-
catur. Neh., and ordered meals ut q
restaurant. After they had eaten
theN compelled the proprietor to ac-
cept 10 cents ~ payment In mll.
A burglar ut Cincinnati who re-
mainUd curled up under a bed for
hours waiting an opportunity to rob
the house, was obliged to snecze,
when hc was discovered, pulled out
aud handed over to the police.
The authorities ut West Point
have grown tired of having soldiers
widows on the military reservation
and an order has been issued cvict-
iny them. In other words the
widows of soldiers have been
"hrCd.'
A man in Saratoga, n. ", who
fought IN the war without being
regularly enlisted, now finds his
name on the list Of dcscrter4. The
congrD Dssmin from his district has
introduced a bill TO relieve him Of
the stigma.
An entirely new rose, called the
Ill 4 l.
recent flower show In san Francisco,
and received the first prize. 1t IA
small. Of delicate shade Of rose
pink, with darker bars running
lcngthwisc of the petals.
Thcrei IL n terrific now going on nt
the Thoatcr Francois, aud though
the management Is doing all II eau
to keep II dark TtmOrs of II keep
leaking out. The other actors aru
disguised that Coquclin has been
taken baCk. They say that lac IL
50 intolorably concclicd with him.
self thAt 1t Il impossible for them to
play with him.
Two lovers Of young woman In
Birmingham. Conn, got into a
quarrel the other day and went TO
Naugnt uCk river to settle IL. one
hit tho other u stunning blow un.
der the car and then pushed him or
the bridge into the river. The vie.
tor barely had time To step aside 10
let freight train 10 by.
Henry Stanford, Of Kingston,
Ont, has received IL letter nom
England which went into the sea
whom the steamship Oregon was
wrecked aud sunk In 1888. The
letter In question was found buried
In the sands uf the beach near Cape
lIat,eES. y. G.. The mall hag con.
tanning the mi-siye driftcd 100 miles
lIom the scene OF the wreck.
There Is no country like France
for starting journals. During 1850
no less than $50 new newspapers
werr brought out, Of which not one
remains In life. On the other hand,
the Petit Journal now claims "a cir
culatlon Of ,O95, ,OO0 copies. During
the same period there were printed
In Franco over 1900 new hooks,
including 1000 new musical pieces.
Many a Clergyman who can preach
a ltal sermon Is very unhappy Us
Y speaker out of TIE pulpit The
Philadelphia Times hns heard OF
clergyman whose duty It was to In
troduce 10 an audience u missionary
frou 'cylnn and did so ~ follows:
"This faithful missionary of tho
eros comes from Ccylon, II land
when, a- you all know, every pros
pect plcasrs aud only man is vllc.'
james Collins, who lives near
Gnlcsburg, H., whilc searching for
hogs n the woods Tuesday, noticed
hers lying around "a sycamore troe.
securing help hc chopped the tree
down. As strmiscd, II turned out
10 lie "a bee tree of the richest kind.
II was n mere shell, and when IL
struck he frozen ground split open,
shpwlngn section of honey thirty
feet long. In all he secured 100
pounds, Mr.. Collins Thought tho
bees would have He'd II large barrel,
but he hud no way Of hiyiug them.
Wintcrand early autumn Joined
hands when Philip Shook, aged 80,
resi1lng near tho clt.y, welded Sarah
n Wars, aged 55, at her home In
Hoyaltnn, y. Y, Tho bride was
gwen AWAY by Judge Arnold, while
Two ministers We're required to per-
FORM the ceremony, both contracting
parties having their preferences. MIR.
Nh0pH isns hale and hearty as n boy
ol ~, and his actions are more like
one Thc bride mustered up Il blush
Wllri 'llc clergyman kissed her ut
tlt earnest solicitation of the groom.
me couple are going in for a whirl
ol social Raiely. Both have plenty
OF money.
Amherst college lsmalSlng move
which will bc watched with great
Interest by the Other colleges, The
SUDDEN! 3 have placed their athletics
III thG hands of un advisory board
consisting of ten members, mnde up
oi the professors of physical educa-
ton; tho presidents 0f tho base ball,
loot bal and athletic associations,
three alumni not members OF tho
faculty, ana Frederick B. Plat.
ihe two members of the faculty and
thTee alumni members viii lie mp
pointed by the college senate Tho
n,hlelic policy of the college aud
inc hnaHccs connected thcrewitlt
WIN he completely controlled by the
new board.
There Is u lesson in perseverance
to be learned from u woodpecker
that makes an annual visit to . cel-
tain stceple In North st. Joseph
every spnng. Although this church
s,eeple Is completely covered with
,lh, ne puts in hls appearance ~ tho
early morning, and pecks and peclts
throughout the entire day. Last