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Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24
AWOman EOrger.

PROVIDENCE, r. I.,-Nettie Clark, the
young women who forged note for
5000 on the Mechanics savings bank
of this city, was brought here from New
York last night and arraigned before
Judge Cook in the Sixth district court
this morning on charge of uttering a
forged note with the intention to de-
fraud. She waived examination and
was bound over in $1,000 for trial in the
September court of common pleas.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24
Why We Are Right Handed.

Primitive man, being by nature a
fighting animal, fought for the most
part with his teeth, nails. and fists; un-
til in process of time he added to these
early and natural weapons the club or
shillalah. He also fought, as Darwin
has shown, in the main for the posses
sion of the females of his kind against
other members of his own sex aud
species. If you fight you soon learn to
protect the most exposed and vulner-
able part of the body, or, if you don't,
natural selection manages it by seeing
that you are killed off as an immediate
consequence.
To the boxer, wrestler or hand to-hand
cOmbatant the heart and the pit of the
stomach are, without doubt, the most
vulnerable parts of the body. A hard
blow on the left breast will stun the
strongest man and sometimes even kill.
Hence from an early time in his history
man has used his right hand to fight
with, employing the left in protecting
the heart and stomach from stunning
blows, and when weapons of defense
were invented it was the right hand
that was used to grasp the club, spear
or sword, while the left was employed
holding shield over the heart and
other exposed parts.
From this simple origin, then, the
whole vast difference in right and left
hand in civilized life takes its begin
ming. At first, no doubt, the superior
ity of the right hand was only felt in
fighting. but this alone gave it ad-
vantage, and paved the way for SUI
premacy elsewhere. When weapons
came into general use, the habitual en-
plOyment of the right hand to grasp
club, spear, knife, or sword made the
muscles of the right hand more Obedi-
ent to the control of the will than those
of the left. The dexterity thus &C
quired by the right hand made it quite
handy for the savage to employ it
preferentially in all the manifold ac-
tivities of life.-COmmoner.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24
Will Resign.

LoNBoN, July 10-The Times Berlin
correspondent says that Baron Wissman
has intimated his purpose Of resigning
in the event of the government adhering
to the proposed changes in the admins
tration of african affairs. He considers
the policy sought to be pursued as be-
ing unfavorable to his claims.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24
Strike Again.

SCrlA0 AS0aA
BosToN, Mass, July 9.-Yesterday 9. at
ternoon forty-six bricklayers who had
returned to work for Norcross Bros on
the large building on State street, struck
again, asserting that Superintendent
Clark had not set Italian tile-layers to
carrying.hod as had been agreed. Sub
sequently large meeting OF blicklay-
ers was held and it was voted to call all
masons off of Norcross Bros jobs
in Boston. Officers we're instructed to
request Secretary Odea of the brick
layers international union tot have all
bricklayers on Norcross Bros numerous
jobs called out. The firm is stated to
have large jobs in nearly every state,
and a strike of their employees might be
of national importance.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24
ThG DakOt3s.

OAAOeBSs
A license fee Of $500 per anun is now
required for the privilege Of handling
original packages in Sturgis.
Three of the original package houses
at Aberdeen have been closed by the
sheriff on injunciions issued by Judge
Campbell ct the circuit court.
A tragedy was enacted at Standing
Rock agency the other day which ma.
result in the death of one OF the most
widely-known Sioux braves in the wes'
second only to old Sitting Bull 1t ap-.
pears that Chief Rain-ln-tbe-Face and
his squaw, q handsome yong woman.
quarreled about another woman 70
whom the chief had been paying undue
attention to the neglect OF his wlfe.
Tho chief left his tent and withdrew TO
another part Of the camp. That night
his Eife entered his tent while he!ay
asleep and plunged knife into his
chest and side, making several terrible
wounds. She then gave herself uR
saving she vas sorry she had not killed
him. She u now kept under Q strong
guard, awaiting the outcome Of her has.
0ondS wounds, and great excieemens
prevails at the agency. Rain-in-the.
Ence = the Indian Who boosts that =
vas By his hand Custer met his dsetA'
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24
Using The Teeth.

The law of deterioration from disuse
obtains with the teeth, as well as with
other things. The constant and regular
use of them in masticating hard food
tends to make them continually grow
harder and stronger, and better able
to resist the influences that make for
decay, while on the other hand, living
on soft food and neglect of masticatiOn
makes them tender, softens the enamel
and renders them easily susceptible to
corroding effects. This is sometimes,
especially shown in the case of people
after long illness, who find their teeth
tender and sore when they begin to re-
turn to diet of solid hard food. A
dentist, speaking on this subject, says:
''Some men have healthy teeth all their
lives, because they were given good,
hard food during infancy. That is the
period to begin to save the teeth.
Mothers and nurses give children soft
food, utterly ignorant in many cases
of the result Crusts and hard stuff
should be given to children as soon as
they can eat them. In this way the
teeth begin to grow healthy, and
gradually harden with time and use
The chewing gum girl gives her molars
plenty of wholesome and unwholesome
exercise. But chewing gum is not
healthy, because only part
of the teeth are used. 1t is jaw exer.
else more than anything else. But in
eating hard, wholesome food all the
teeth cone in contact with the sub
stance Tobacco chewing is not healthy
for the teeth, because the tobacco
is generally placed in one location, like
chewing gum, and there remains, un-
til thrown out The Southern negroes
have better teeth than most any race,
because they use them from childhood
up in mustieating hard f0Od"-Good
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24

w. H Doane, the hymn writer, Il
manager of an iron foundry In Cincin-
natl. He can superintend the making
Of big casting and then cast himseh
into religious frame and east on .
hymn that win heing him 81.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24
Few Signs Needed i'm Writing.

Few Signs Needed in Writing.
Rev. David p. Lindsley, the author
of ''Takigraphy," says that 80 English
words make about 60 per cent of al
ordinary forms Of literature or orai
speech; that twenty words-"the, I"
Aand," 4of," to- 81" that" '.in," 'it,r
"you," "a" '.is," mot" ''be," '.for,'
"have," @but, "they," 'shall. "as, ahe,'
One-third of our common liter
ary language, and the first ten Of these
about one-fourth- So that with the use
Of only $50 word signs the labor of writ
ing is diminished about one-half, even
when all other words are written in
long hand; while the use Of from ten to
twenty such sighs would reduce the
labor Of writing . little over one fourth
and Writer.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24

tOrenanQ.
A NIGHT SERVICE.
"The service is very striking. Catho-
lies themselves, having no books to
guide them, and unable to hear more
than word here and there Of the voices
lifted in prayer and praise, are unable
to follow the service, but the scene is a
very impressive one, for one can only
just discern in the dim light of the
choir athwart the interstices OF the
heavy screen which separates it from
the nave the outlines of the white rot,es
worn by the monks, there being only
one lamp to every three decterns, upon
which the books of chant are placed.
This service lasts for two and q half or
even three hours, summer and winter
alike. The cold must be piercing in
the winter months, for even in the lat
ter part of April, which was the date of
my first visit, it seemed to rise up from
the stone pavement and pierce the very
marrow of ones bones.
yet the fathers arc in this ehspel
tn in the morning, day after day,
week after week, year after year; and
thsy have to recits few prayers to the
Virgin upon Eeturning to their cells.
and b in the chspel fer what in the
Engiish church would b called early
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24

While shouting the jubilee of FREE dom
at Auburn, Thomas Ditton, a harness
maker, had both hands blown off by the
premature discharge of q cannon, and il
is believed he will die.
The city authorities of Hastings have
closed negotiations for forty acres OF
land three miles northeast of town for 9
sewer farm and outlet. The farm gives
ifty-eight feet Of fall in three and q
half miles.
According to the Fender Republican,
there is over 100000 acres of rich soil in
Thurston county which the plowman't
share has never ctirred, but which il
held by few Indians whose principal
occupation is feasnag on the grub fur.
nished them by Uncle Sam.
A dieconsolate individual tried to OBJ.
tain poison at the several drug stores in
Seward, but suspicion was aroused by
his manner and finally at the last place
when he was refused the desired drug
he sat down and cried bitterly.
S. S. Spires, Of Odell, who owns one Of
the finest herds OF Merino sheep in the
state has finished his shearing with
these results: Thirty OF his ewes aver.
aged Wpounds Of wool each. One two
year-old ram sheared thirty -nine poun Il
two others thirty-six pounds each, sn.
othac thirty-four pounds, and still IN.
Lother thirty-fouf and . half pounds
The entire lock Of 200sysraeed eightssu
pounds q Woel each.
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Two Remarkably Mean Men.

One of the richest men in Louisville
some time ago rather reluctantly gave
his note of hand at six months time for
the sum of $500 to aid in the establish
ment of most worthy charity, The
time has not Yet expired, but the 1nsti-
tuition was pressed for funds and the
managers asked the millionaire to anti
cipate the maturity of his note and help
them out. Much TO their surprise and
disgust. he complied by diseounting the
paper for tifty-iive days interest. The
transaction got out on the street and
has been talked about for the last few
days.-L0ulsriitc Commercial.
Talk about closeness and calculat-
ing stinginess, said a downtown busi-
ness-man Saturday TO group OF
friends, Il used to know citizen of
this community, who was just about as
near a person, as the Yankees say, as
ever met. | give you my word that
this old codger, who was in the drug
business on prominent thoroughfare,
used to 90 to popular saloon where
an elaborate free lunsh was set out
every day at just noon. He would walk
up to the bar, buy fve-cent cigar
which he invariably put carefully away
in his pocket, then he would tackle the
lunch. Aud my. how he would make
the soup, the cold meat, the salad, the
cheese, the pickles disappear. For full
ly fifteen minutes he would minister to
the needs of the inner man, then would
wash his hands and return to his
apothecary shop as well satisfied as
most men would feel after dinner ut
Delmonicos. But what do you THU K
he used to do with that five cent cigar
for he never smoked? Sold it to the
first customer who came in for 10 ce'.ts. )
Detroit Free Press.
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The Use of CoTee.

1t is asserted by men of high profes
sional ability that when the system
needs stimulant nothing equals cup
of fresh coffee. Those who desire To
rescue the drunkard from his cup will
find no better substitute for spirits
than strong, new-made coffee, without
milk or sugar, Two ounces of coffee.
OF one-eighth of a pound, to one pint of
boiling water makes first-claSs bever-
age, but the water must be boiling, not
merely hot. Bitterness comes from
boiling it too long. If the coffee re-
quired for breakfast be put in granite
lied kettle over night and pint of
cold water poured over. it can be heat
ed to the boiling point and then set
back to prevent further ebulition. when
it will be found that, while its strength
is extracted, its delicate aroma is pre-
served. As our country consumes
nearly ten pounds Of coffe per capita it
is pity not to have it made in the best
manner 1t is asserted by those who
have tried it that malaria and epidem-
les are avoided by those who drink a
cup of hot coffee before venturing into
the morning air. Burned on hot Goals
it is disinfectant for sick-room. By
some Of our best physicians it is con-
sidered a specific in typhoid fever
Eptcmre
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ThacIzcray's Great-Grandmoth

The little old house was as pleasant
within as without; big blue china pots
stood in the corners of the sitting
rooms and CT The carved staircase with
its lew steps. In the low-pitched front
parlor hung the pictures Ca Sir Joshua
Reynolds among themO of generations
not SO far removed in my childish days
as they are at present, being now
buried away by succeeding lives-'ou
sous son pere on retrouve encore son
pere comme ronde sous londe dams
une mer sans fond"
My fathers great-grandmother. Mrs.
Becher, had sat to Sir Joshua in her
youth-she died in 1925 at eighty-nine
years of age. Her name, which the
writer has inherited was Anne Hays
ham before she married. and we have
co9y of the Sir Joshua portrait, rep
resee ting a stately dame in the flowing
ctrapcries IF the period She lived in
the Old house at Fareham, after her
husbands death; she was the mother
of many daughters and tempestuGus
sons. The sterner rule of those Spartan
times did not always quell the wild
spirits of their rising generations. My
grandmother has often told me that
Mrs. Becher never called her eldest
daughter anything but Miss Becher;''
her little granddaughter was Miss
Nancy" She used to come and 90
leaning on "a beautiful tortoise-shell-
headed cane have played with the
cane though It's owner died long be-
fore | was born; as for the grcat-aunt
| remember her perfectly well, little
old lady in a tlaxen front with apple
checks and a blue shawl. holding out
her welcoming arms to the third gen
Grafton of Ecr brother Johns descend
ants. When she died she left her
brothers picture out of the parlor to
my grandmother, his only surviving
daughteF, and nnW In turn it hangs
with its red coat upon our parlor wall.
We are all very fond of our great
grandfather, with his nice coat and lace
ruffics He is, in the portrait, Young
man of some twenty-five years OF age
with an oddly familiar face. impulsive,
inquisitive-so he strikes me at least
His name was John Harman Becher,
and he too went out to India and did
good work there, and died young, as
did so many others-in those days.
He was born in April, 1854, and died
about 1900,
Fapeham Itself, with It's tall church
spire and peal of Sunday bells across
the coWslip meadows. was a Miss-Aus-
ten-like village, peopled by retired
naval officers and spirited old ladies
who played whist every night of their
lives and kept up the traditions of En-
gland, not without some asperity, as
well remember, Among other things
which my grandmother has often de-
scribed to us was the disastrous news
of Nelson's death. coming to them all,
in that same little parlor where, a few
years after, little William Makepeace
Thaekeray sat, laboriously writing To
his mother in India-Anne Ihackerdy
Richie, IN 81. Nicholas.
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years gone by--tn s%ii:i. 1t seemed
almost madness to think of trusting
himself to such current, but there was
nothing else to be done.
The light was nearing him more
swiftly now, although it was apparent
ly long way of vet. He bravely
leaped into the surging water and
struck out for the shore.
Something below the surface of the
waves caught him and dragged him
swiftly down the stream. He struggled
with all his might to get away but in
vain. One of his legs was held as in a
vice. His head whirled.
Then flash of light fell upon him.
In another moment strong hand
grasped his arm. The rays of the
lantern lighted up the face of his
reScuer.
1t was Nan!
Joel awoke the next morning with a
delicious sense of peace.
There was no pain anywhere. A
woman's hand was on his forehead. He
was in a woman's room. He lay with
his eyes closed and tried to put things
together. Then he looked up into the
face of Nan.
Don't speak, Nan! Let me lie still.
If this is dream / don't want it to
endw
But it isn't It's real and | thank
God it isn' said Nan, reverently.
Joel reached up and drew Nan down
toward him and their lips met.
so do l." was all he said.-E. L..
Vincent IN n. Y. Weekty.
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Take a Day in Bed.

There is no better preventive o.
nervous exhaustion than regular, un
hurried, muscular exercise. II wa
could moderate our hurry, lessen OIL
worry. and increase cur open-air exer-
else, large proportion of nervous dis
ease would be abolished. For those
who can get a sufficient holiday the
best substitute is an occasional day in
bed Many whose nerves are constant
lv strained in their daily avocation
have discovered this for themselves.
A Spanish merchant in Barceloaa told
his medical man that he always went TO
bed for two or three days whenever he
could be spared from his busi.:ess, and
he laughed at those who 81 1t their
holidays on toilsome MOUNTS. One
of the hardest-worked WON ! in En-
gland, who has for many ,eass CON.
Quoted large wholesale lasiEicss, re-
tains excellent nerves at Al advanced
age, owing, it is believed ID her habit
OF taking one day week in bed.
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He Served His Time.

In one of the Indiana prisons is
convict who is serving a life sentence
for the commission of one of the most
horrible of crimes, says the Indianap-
oils Ne1Cs 1t has been said that no
man is so bad that he has not friends.
The friends of this man from the be-
ginning of his sentence have never
ceased to work for his pardon. In
fiuential citizens ard public officials
have been induced to write personal
letters to all the governors who have
i held Office since the term of confine-
ment began. Petition after petition
has been prepared and hundreds of
signatures secured.
1t is related that at one time gov
ernor was almost persuaded to pardon
the man. The sentiment in his favor
seemed fairly overwhelming. As y
last precaution he sent for his private
secretary to talk over the whole case
with the prisoner himself. The pris-
oner told his story forcibly, but so
glibly as to indicate that he had care
fully prepared it and committed it to
drew photograph of a beautiful
young NOflldI lIOil HIS pOChcl.
The first thing | shall do when am
released will be to marry this girl he
said.
Who is she?n asked the visitor
'.She is Miss NJ" he replied,
land is the daughter of one of the
richest and proudest families in the
city of -. She will marry me the
minute | am free"
How do you happen to knew her?r
''Oh, that's all right. She visited
the prison one time aud | got acquaint-
ed with her, She fell in love with me
at first sight. Don't worry about me.
I'm solid with her.
The secretary looked at the photo
graph again. The face shown there
was delicate and refined, and every line
indicated the confiding trustfulness of
innocent girlhood He looked at the
prisoner. In his eye was wicked leer
of triumph. Evil and sin were stamped
upon every feature. When the secre-
tarv made a report to the governor he
told the story of the photograph. The
chief executive pondered over it awhile,
then, bringing his fist down upon his
desk with force that set all its furni-
ture to rattling, he said;
The photograph settles it. That
sweet girl and the happiness of her
home and friends must not be sub
jected to ruin and misery by any act
of mine. The prisoner must serve his
time
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A Small Boys Heroic Independence.

A Lewiston little boy declared
philosophic independence and accept
ed the consequence in so matter-of-fact
a wa.T last week that it may make a
story. even if it is not so very funny.
His mother dressed him up in flannel
shirt Friday and sent h;m to school,
The shirt irritated his cuticle, or, in
other words. he itched. When he came
home that night he was cross and very
cross for so small a boy and he declar-
ed that ne and the flannel had parted
company for ever. The next morning
as his mother prepared to dress him
for school the boy drew the line at the
shirt. NO said he. Il don't wear
that shirt A brief debate ensued, in
which the boy appeared to have FORM
ed his opinion and decided to stick to
it. The question when put to the
house, was carried by the boy, who
would not don the shirt. IF YOU will
not wear it, said his mother, Il shall
send you back to bed Back to bed
he went He got no dinner. After
noon came. A neighbor went in to SEQ
him-his mother telling her that she
had a bad boy up stairs. The boy lay
there in bed wide awake, his little
cheeks flushed with the situation but
showing no sign of change Of heart.
Don't you want to go to schooI?"
asked the neighbor. 'Schoolpn was
tho reply, Il shall never go to school
again" Don't you want top Eyes,
but [ can't. I've got to stay here
"All your life?" ''Yes'm," " was the re-
ply, ''all my life, | shan't ever get up
again prob'ly." What could a moth
er's heart do against so philosophic an
acceptance of the termination of a life
career as this? What but kiss him at
tea-time and 90 down and buy the lit
tie bunch Of pluck some downy little
undershirts that should never tickle
him even once!-LeWistoR Journal.
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Four Billion Cigars.

-Four billion OF cigars? Yes, sir;
that's the annual consumption of the
lovers of the weed IN this country.
Just think how huge pile of tobacco
that would make. Why, it would take
half a dozen expert counters three
years to count 'em, And yet-weil
they are not what they should be, and
the smoker has himself to blame for
it,
The speaker was T. II. Dclano, the
editor of Tobacco.
Themselves to blame?n was incred-
ulously asked.
Precisely. Half the number of
smokers who use cigars smoke to
please the eye rather than the lips and
the palate. They. prefer q nice, smooth.
sllky-iooking wrapper on their cigars
10 a rough and apparently coarser
wrapper, and they make the choice If
respective of the smoking qualities of
the TWO, for it often happens that the
handsome wrapper eonveys to the
mouth metallic taste which is al
together wanting in the other. The
preference. which amounts TO a hobby
with some people, has had a curious
result. 1t has set domestic cigar leaf
tobacco away In the background and
given the lead to an importation which
is finer i'll fiber, lighter in color. and
mere attractive to the eye, hut not so
grateful to the appetite. Had it not
been for this whimsical taste OF the
American smoker the native leaf
would still hold the place it occupied
ten years ago as the almost universal
wrapper TOR his weed and the fragrant
filler as we'll Now it is only the filler" :"
- f.
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What She Wanted.

She didn't want corner lot way out in Kansas
City.
She didn't want a Turkish rug:she didn't think
them pretty.
She hadn't any use for oil, for chromos or for
waters:
She stuck her nose up at the dresses worn by
Jones daughters.
She just detested diamonds, and thought
jeNelr vulgar:
She had no love for ornaments, ROumanian or
Bulger.
She wouldn't drive in coach and four. although
she might have had em,
But trudged along the street as did her great
forefather, Adam.
She didn't ike the drama, and she thought the
ballet horrid;
She didn't like the weather cold, nor yet so very
torrd;
She didn't care for household work and had no
love for dishes:
She let her mother darn her hose, for she de-
tested stitches.
She didn't care for isms, and she never wrote a
letter
To the papers telling how she'd try to make the
Whole world better:
She lived in Massachusetts,, she was freckled
DER with tan,
And all on earth She wanted was a marriage
able man.
Plumber