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Telegram-herald., 1890-03-20
MRS. MARY BOOZER'S WILL.
The Deceased Medium Leave But Litue
Property 10 Her Husband.


The VIII of Mary A. Boozer, the
spiritUahst medium, who died IN the
city last week, was filed for probate
yesterday. The Michigan Trust Com
pany : appointed executor. The panO
belonging TO deceased II left - Charlie
Shepard, son OF Dr. Charles Shepard.
The balance OF the personal property
goes e. the WidOwcf, Henry ". BO0zer.
She directs that hcrrc3i estate Doe sold
and the even thousand, of dollars rea-
lied from the sale ba iuyo ,cd u safe
security. Any fractional part of 5000
left over Is bequcatl,e 10 the husband.
CA her husbands death, She directs
that family monument. worth from
500 20 $1,000. be placed over their
graves, and that tine estate bc turned
over 20 her sister, Bctsey Is. Chase. 81
Artcsan, Dakota. Tie personal estate
is worth about Sl2o0. and luc real estate
$1,000. Il is provided in the instrument
that n case her husband should become
50 lll a. 10 bee unable - work. that tho
executor shall see that hc j. comfort
ably supported.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-20
A NINE FIRE.
FIve Tiners >uGocsted At Ironwood-
Their name.

IRoxwoon. Mich, March l9-Firc
broke out at midnight in No. shaft OF
Germana mime. The shaft-house was
burned and other adjacent buildings
Iu0Crt led. Five miners were utfOCatCd.
Their names are James Thomas, Joseph
Thomas. Hugh Miller. james sullivan
and William Banks The ere i now
under control.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-20
WINDOW SHADES!

We arc hea54aafters lor everythug
in tho Shade lue. on EMPIRE HAND
MADE OPAQUE ha. 1stanood 81 COM
p tton. Wc mon all shades on the
bo.i Spring ll-irr the world. ard
We guarantee p rfaat v0rs'ng and
satisfactory shade 70 every in-tsnce.
our HrImon Ihn1uIEs enable us -
offer tho
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
A FOOD OF TIE FUTURE.
Possibilities of the 'POssum as a substirusO
for Beef and Pork.

Possibilities Of the 'POssum as substlfurO
for Beef and Pork.
Chicago HeraId.J
In the early days of Chicago an opossum
was occasionally seen hanging in front Of .
store where game was sold. Being curiosity
it attracted attention and served the pur-
pose of sign. II it ever found a purchaser
it was a negro, who secured the animal at
the cost of few cents. But times have
changed. The opossum has come to be
classed among the articles Of luxury that
only the rich can indulge in. 1t is the
dearest kind of food in our market. u
brings higher price than can7asbaek duck
or woodcoek. The favorite food of the negro
of slavery days has become a dainty for the
rich epicure. It has a conspicuous place
on every table spread for a game dinner.
Roasted in true Southern style, garnished
with parsley and served with fried sweet
potatoes, it is considered a dish fit to set
before king. The despised 'possum is at
last appreciated.
And now people remember that Henry
Clay, Alexander H. Stephens and other dis
tinguished men of the South preferred pos
sum to any kind of flesh, fish or fowl. They
think it strange that our market is. not well
SuPpllou VIII Ghis uSllSaSJ' 4Hoy pISuAcha
most brilliant future for the very interesting
marsupial that is only found on this conti-
nent. Now that the deer and prairie ehick-
en- are disappearing they are glad that there
is something TO take their place.
The opossum is easily domesticated. All
you have 20 do to render it tame is to give il
enough to eat. A Georgia farmer who had
ruined his land by raising continuous crops
of cotton allowed it to grow up to pawpav
trees, surrounded it with a fence made Of
woven wire and stocked it with opossum.
He now gets good crop every year without
the employment of commercial fertilizers.
He anticipated the coming demand for pos
sum and proposed to supply it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
MEN WHO sCOFP AF scIEEcE.
RIdIcule and scorn Oftsn the Reward %
Patient InvestIgarOFs.

RIdIcule and scorn Often the Reward %
Patient InvesiigatOrs.
Boston Courier.1
It is remarkable how often ignorsncs al
tempts to cover itself with shield of con-
tempt, and this is nowhere more frequently
noticed than in connection with scientific
inquiry. 1t is the almost inevitable result
of calling the attention of a practical man
to scientific discoveries which are not Of i'm
mediate practical importance that upon
them is called down the scorn of the man
of affairs.
The difficulty is that these men do not an
preciate the fact that as all truth is related
the isolation OF any bit of information can
be but apparent. The rest Of it, its related
facts are not found, but they will be some
day, and then the significance and import
ance of the whole and OF its parts will b
manifest. Every fact brought to light is 20
much more capital for the future student
The advance of knowledge is really slow.
although there are times when il seems to
go onward with amazing rapidity. In the
intervals when progress seems TO be small
the slow accumulation of detached facts in
going on, and when the time comes that 30
many have been collected that the relation
between them may be established, then an
in moment science appears to take an
enormous stride.
Of course there are hidden things which
are merely euriosities. and to investigats
these is simply to waste human life and
time. 1t is seldom difficult to distinguish,
however, between the real and the false in
this respect, and the genuine seeker for
truth is seldom befooled by being led upon
a worthless line of inquiry, however he may
be baf1sd in his search. The desire to find
the truth is generally sufficient talisman 70
guide one in Its search.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
PREACHERS WITH BELL PUNCHES.
College Graduates and TheolORues as
Srrnar GondnnFora

College Graduates and TheolORues as
Street Car Conductors.
asked Senator Stanford, says the Chicago
Ne1US Washington man, if his wife was cor
rectly reported in a public interview the
other day when she said that he had college
graduates driving street cars for his COM
pany in San Francisco.
"No." replied the Senator, that is not
quite accurate. havea very wide acquaint-
ance throughout the country, and there is a
popular impression that anyone can get
work in San Francisco. NV friends, know
ing that 1 employ $1,000 or 20,0O0 men,
assume, of course, that I can give employ
ment to everyone that comes, and therefore
they send out to me from the East all sorts
ofpeople with letters of introduction.
"While it is true that employ a great
many men, make it rule never to put a
man into a position be is not qualified to
fill have no work for college graduates,
nor do need any preachers, although al
ways pay nv share toward supporting the
church to which belong and in assisting
other churches that need financial edcour-
agement So when these people come out to
me am compelled to tell them that have
nothing for them to do.
"Afterward, when their means are ex-
hausted and they come to me again 1 say to
them that certain positions are vacant and
let them select for themselves. They in
variably prefer positions as conductors on
the street car lines to manual labor, and are
of course, better qualified for them, and so
it happened that at one time 1 had FIVE
college graduates and three young preachers
in my employ They did not re-
main long, however, because, all of
them having good manners and more than
ordinary intelligence, they were able to
make acquaintances rapidly and soon found
other and more appropriate positions"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

Young Ladies' Who Collect Hairs From
Mems Upper Lips.
Boston Globe.I
The girls have new fad. It would be
extremely difficult to guess what it is, for it
is destined to cause young men with hand
some mustaches no end of trouble before it
runs its course.
The novelty seems to have originated with
the young ladies of Manchester, N. H., and
consists Of collecting a hair from the hirsute
adornment of young mems upper lips
as a token of remembrance, but it is
feared that it is really collection of mus
tache hair properly labeled and classified
by young ladies that they may show to
their lady friends and by the display of the
favors received at the hands of many gen.
tlemen acquaintances create jealousy in
the minds Cor hearts, of their less fortunate
sisters.
All the available young men are solicited
to part with just one single hair from their
upper lip to swell the collection, and it is
indeed hard-hearted swain who will refuse
a pretty girl this small favor. The hairs
are stuck on large card with.a white wafer,
on which are placed the initials Of the
donor.
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the flowers gathered around her to
see if she was injured. They were
all so kind, and especially the flower that
had occupied her bed. They thanked
Sophie for her kindness, saying that it was
through her generosity that they were able
to attend the bali. Sophie then offered her
bed for the next day; but the flowers CRATE
fully declined, saying, 1--WE have not long
to live, and tomorrow we shall be dead.
Tell little Ida to bury us out in the garden,
and next summer we shall appear again
more lovely than before"
At that moment great crowd of flowers
came tripping through the hall door. There
were the two great roses whom, by their
golden crowns, she knew to be the King
and Queen; gillifowers, carnations, and
many others from the Kings castle. After
the newcomers had been received with
honor, the flowers lost no time in joining the
dance. They had brought their music with
them, and the poppies and peonies blew on
their peapod trumpets till their faces were
crimson, and the snowdrops and lilies of
the valley rang merrily.
At last the flowers said goodnight; and
in a moment no sign was left of the gay
scene which had just been presented. Little
Ida crept back to her bed; but early the
next morning she went into her playroom,
where she found the flowers just as she had
lett them. She said to her doll Sophie, "Do
you remember what the flowers told you to
tell me?" But Sophie gazed at her stupidity,
and did not say a word.
You are very unkind, Sophie" she said;
"but heard their message, and shall grant
their request" So taking a small paper
box she laid the flowers carefully in it, and
buried them in the garden beside her pet
canary. PAYSIE.
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THE FAIRY FLOWERS
WRITTEN FOR THE PIrTsBURG DISPATCH

the windows. At the piano sat large
yellow lily, which Ida had seen in the
garden the summer before. This flower lady
nodded her yellow head, keeping time to the
soft, sweet music she was playing, A blue
crocus jumped from the;stable and Joined in
the sport. Soon the curtains were pushed
aside from the doll bed, and the "sick'
flowers sprang forth seeming as gay as the
others. Then a small wax doll slipped from
her place in the corner and danced ma
zurka with an oxeyed daisy. Sophie's
slumbers being disturbed by all this gay
ETY., arose from her resting place, saying,
"Why the bail is begun; why did no one
call me?'
"Win you dance with me2" asked tiny
violet
-"No, indeed" was the reply; "you are
entirely too small" And the little flower,
very much offended, turned away, while
Sophie seated herself in an easy chair, hop
ing that some of the dahliss or other large
flowers would seek her for the dance. But
no one appeared to notice the large doll, and
she soon grew so weary watching the others
that she dropped asleep and fell from the
chair with such noise that
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

aud geraniums which stood on the window
''Good night; I know you will 90 to the
ball soon. Couldn't you have it here7 I
should so love to see you" But the flowers
answered never word, though Ida was
perfectly sure they understood her, For a
long time she lay awake thinking how beam
tiful it must be in the kings castle. Then
she fell asleep, only to dream of roses. yio-
lets and hyscinths circling about her. After
several hours she awoke. The house was
very quiet. The full moon looked in at the
window, making the room look almost as
bright as day. 81 wonder" thought
the little girl, "if those flowers
are still on Sophie's bed. or if they have
gone to the dance. I should like to run in
and see; but fear it would disturb mamma.
She sat up, and tried to look out into the
other rooms; and after listening intently for
8 moment was sure she heard someone play
ing on the piano, but so softly and very
sweet. 81 believe they are going to have
ball, she said; land must see them" So
clipping out Of bed she glided noiselessly
past her mothers door into the sitting
room. There was no light burning, but
the moon beams pouring through
the windows disclosed to the little
girl very beautiful sight; all
the tulips and hyscinths were arranged on
the floor in two long rows waiting Tor the
dance, while the empty flower pots stood in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

be seen. What has become of them? saw
so many in the summer time"
They are in the castle. As soon as the
King and all the court people have returned
to the city, the flowers leave the garden,
and are very happy In their winter home.
You should see them; two of the
loveliest roses, red and white one, take
their places on the throne. They are the
king and queen; two red poppies stand near
and act as pages; then the other flowers
come until great company is assembled,
and the dancing begins. The blue Yiolers
dance with the hyacinths and the crocuses,
who pare the young ladies; the tulips and the
large red lilies are the elderly ladies and act
as chaperones."
"But," asked Ida, "does no one ever dis
turb the flowers when they dance in the
Kings castle?"
'Oh, yes; sometimes old Walter goes
about at night; but he cannot see very well.
and always carries his bunch of KEYS. As
soon as the flowers hear the KEYS Jingle thev
hide behind the heavy curtains and keen
very quiet, Often old Walter SAYS: Il
smell sweet flowers; but do not see any,
Then the little flowers almost betray them
selves by laughing aloud
'How I wish 1 could see them," cried
Ida; ''if they could only have ball at our
house some night"
All day Ida pondered over the strange
story which her brother had told her, that
the flowers were tired from dancing the
night before; and she thought they must
certainly be i'll. She carried them to her
play room where, on a toy bed, Law her
large doll Sophie. Sophie" she said,
You must give up your bed to-day and be
contented to sleep in the drawer, for the
flowers are very tired, and 1 think they
might rest better on vOur he'd -
She then took up the doll, and very care.
fully laid the flowers in the little cradle
drew the covering over them, and told them
to be very quiet, and maybe they would be
well by the next day. Many times Ida
slipped into the room to see if the flowers
were rested; but they lay very still, and
showed no signs of life. When bed
time came the little girl could not resist
whispering to her mothers tulips
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he WAS IN NO HURRY.

Why n Small Boy Would Defer Bis VIsll
to Heaven.
Philadelphia Record
At Sunday school Christmas entertain.
ment few days ago one of the speakers
depicted the beauties Of heaven in Lam
guage suitable to be digested by the in
fantile heads around him. He told them
how the operations of factory inspectors
law there made it impossible for
children to perform any greater labor
than that required In eating candy, "and
now," he asked, chow many little boys and
girls in the infant class want to 60 to
heaven?" All hands went skyward but
one. "Why, little boy, don't you want
to go?" "Yeth, thir, he said as he glanced
at the pile of candy yet undistributed,
"Yeth, thir, but not for few minutes yet. ("
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
The Eufure.


What may we take into the vast ForeYer2
That marble door
Admits no fruit ri all our long endeaVor,
No fame-wreathed crown we wore,
No garnered lore.
What can we bear beyond the unknown portal?
No gold, no gains
OF all our toiling; in the life immortal
No boarded wealth remains,
Nor gilds, nor stains.
Naked from out that far abyss behind rs
We entered here:
No word came with our coming to remind rs
What wondrous world was near,
No hope, no fear.
Into the SILENT starless night before us
Naked we glide:
No hand has mapped the consultations Ger rs,
No comrade at our side,
No chart, no guide.
Yet, fearless toward that midnight black and
hollow,
Our footsteps fare:
The beckoning Of Fathers hand We follow
His love alone is there,
l-Eds0ard RoVIand SRI
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
874-TELEGRAM CoNDENsING.

A real estate agent desiring to send tele-
gram to one of his customers instructed his
clerk to prepare the message. The clerk soon
after submitted the following:
THE tenant has moved from the house.
There are twenty-eight thousand. eight hun
dred sheets of paper on the ground floor. Do
you wish US to attach these goods ? Send your
instructions by telegraph"
There, SIR" said the clerk. 81 think that
covers all you wish to say"
''Yes," answered the real estate agent "but
you have taken 80 words to say what should be
said in 10 words to come within the limits Of
telegram. See If you cannot condense the mes
sage to that length without sacrificing any of
the sense or clearness."
ut can't be done, sir" said the clerk dogmat-
icalIy.
"%ell, let US see about that" replied his en-
ployer.
Five minutes later he had condensed the tel
egram to 10 words. Can you do it?
J. H. FEzANDn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
THE FIRESIDE SPHINX
4 Collection Of EHigmaHGal Nuts for
Home Cracking.
address Communications for this department
TO z. r. CHADBoURN. LesSistor, Maine.
872-ro BEGIN WELL.

G3-AN UNSEEN CITY.
There Is city Of which I've read
In Webster's lexicon;
You, also, must have heard OF It
In days that are bygone.
A ''talkatiYe' CITY It trulyls,
A fact youcannot doubt;
Though citizehs, it has not one,
Oft from it comes a shout
Although by man twas never seen,
lis heard by many each day:
With some it stays through thick and thin,
From childhood till they're gray.
FRANK
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
A WOMAN'S ECONOMY.

Spent 10 Cents and Lost an Hours Time TO
Save n Cent.
New Haven Palladium
Some women have queerideas of economy.
A lady went TO State street drugstore with
parcel for which she desired postage
stamps. The postage was Z cents,
and the proprietor had nothing
but 2-cent stamps in his shop. The
lady refused to give the extra cent to Uncle
Sam, but boarded street car, rode down.
town, paid cents for seven one-eent stamps,
returned to the car and went home, having
expended 10 cents in cold cash and having
lost half hours time to avoid paying more
than the exact postage rate.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
Baby Clothes.

Folding the seams
And measuring bands,
While the swift needle CLEANS
IRher diligent hands
Skirts and yOkes and waists,
Ribbons and buttons and bows
Patient she sews and bastes
Fashioning baby clothes.
There by the light
She musingly dreams,
And her fancies unite,
AS do swift-meeting streams
Then to work once more,
And busy she bastes and sewg
Dreamily as before
Making the baby clothes.
Shipping the threads
z The scissors divide.
And the loose ends and shreds
Fall unheeded aside
Here plain edge meets
Embroidery furbelows,
AS still she hens and pleats
Shaping the baby clothes.
spotless as snow
The soft linen lies,
In the lamps mellow glow,
Yet there comes to her eyes
"A wrath, a fear, a cloud,
That suddenly dims and goes,
Will it be dress or shroud,
What are the baby clothes?
-ES1test McG10ey, in Inter Ocean.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
Indigestion

Is not only distressing complaint, Of
L itself, but, by causing the blood to
become depraved and the system en-
feebled, is the parent of innumerable
maladies. That Ayers Sarsapari1la
is the best cure for Indigestion, even
when complicated with Liver Complaint,
is proved by the following testimony
from Mrs. Joseph Lake, Of BrockW4S
Centre, Mich /
oliver complaint and Indigestion
made my life burden and came near
ending my existence. For more than
four years suffered untold agony, was
reduced almost to a skeleton, and hardly
had strength to drag myself about. All
kinds of food distressed me, and only
the most delicate could be digested at
All. Within the time mentioned several
physicians treated me without giving re-
lief. Nothing that took seemed to do
any permanent good until commenced
the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla, which
has produced wonderful results. Soon
after commencing to take the Sarsapa-
rilla could see an improvement in my
condition. My appetite began to return
and with it came the ability to digesS
all the food taken, my strength i'm
proved each day, and after q few
months of faithful attention to your
directions, I found myself a well
woman, able to attend to all household
duties. The medicine has given me .
new lease Of Ife."
Ayers SarsaparilIa,
PREPARED BY
D.. J. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, MasSt
frice 81; six bottles, So Worth IS bottIs-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
S76-ANAGRAM.

SeeI he writes q page shorteT'n" mine,
But there's more containedi in one line
Than in many which may write.
And 1 think that such expert men
Use some kind of short gear pen"
1t flies DER the paper so light.
CHAs- ]. HOUSTON.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
HE MADE NO BLUNDER.

She Thought the Joke Wns on Arthur, but
Was Mistaken.
Chicago News.I
Extract froma novel by that gifted author,
Fanny Selmington Usgirls: "While the
Christmas festivities were in progress there
came from the dimly lighted hall low,
delirious sound suggestive of osculation.
Then followed gurgle of laughter and
Miriam's voice, which said: That's good
joke on you, Arthur. It's holly up there
and not mistletoe.'
"But Arthur didn't seem to regret the
blunder at all.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
A Boon 10 Lanndrxmen.

Philadelphia Record.1
A prophetic downtown gentleman says:
"Within the next ten years. If the Gulf
stream continues to approach our coast with
its hot water, we'may see the Atlantic beach
lined with Chinese laundries.''
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
Keen Tbom Iu ,be Nuroery.

Hamburg Figs should be kept in the nursery,
constipation or indigestion, as they are liked
by children and are prompt and eficacious in
action. % cents. Dose, one dg. Mack Drug
Co, n. z. ZTsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
ANSWERS.

863-Happy New Year.
s65NI. Honesty. 2 Incivility.. g. Integrity 4
Calamity. d Humidity. g. Dignity. Z. Fri
ssE1. sault q Sioux. g. Sue. 4. Sou.
S87-Cataracr.
S6S-Dude.
S69-Son-net.
sS7O-"Turn backward. o Time, in your
fight"
S71-Carriage. Pavements.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
AN OLD IDEA IN A NEW FORM.

Modern Modification of n Combination
Settee and Table.
The first cut shows a very prettily de-
signed and stylish combination chair and
table that is just now coming into vogue;
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S76-DIAMOND.

i. A letter. 2 4 soft food for infants. 8.
Foundations. 4 One who sewers. 5. The pits
of theaters. 8. Ridges on the shoulder pieces
to turn the blow of lance. ]. Machines used
by the aneients for throwing stones g. Crowded.
g. Advised (Obs.) 10. Half of senses. II. A
letter, PHIL o. SoPHER.