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, 1891-02-25

The Wellsvillc u. " Reporter is au-
thority for the following: Mr.. Asher p.
Cole has shown Us "a trout with two
heads, two sets Of gills, four eyes. two
mouths and but one body. The heads
unite just back Of tho gills. Each head
works independently Of the other. If
meat be placed before the creature both
heads proceed to devour it, the two
mouths taking food at one and the same
time. Al Of the Gills are i'll good work
ing orler. Such a freak Of nature is, we
believe, entirely unprecedented The
little piscatorial rarity seems rs lively
and healthy as any of his single headed
brethren.
, 1891-02-25

Say, girls" said one of a trio of young
ladies, lets go up on this car. The walks
are very slippery"
'Oh, | prefer the exercise of walking"
answered n of her companions.
"Well, l don't" said the remaining
one, a tall blonde, I'm going to ride"
With little parley the three boarded
the car. They conyersed pleasantly un-
til near Pearl street, when, as the con-
ductor approached for their fares, two Of
the girls began ~nervously unbuttoning
their gloves.
Blanche, will you please pay my
fareF' said one, turning to her neighbor.
81 can't. l have only ten cents. But"
said she, turning to the imperial blonde,
will you pay for usy'
II haven't a cent" sententiously re-
piled the blonde. And with burning
cheeks the young ladies signaled the con-
ductor and stepped silently but thought
fully from the car. Their liabilities ex-
ceeded their assets.-AIbany Argus.
, 1891-02-25

Speaking of music, here is a true story
of a well known and greatly esteemed
Boston journalist to round out with:
The journalist is so far from being a
musician that he is accused Of being des-
titute of the sense of tune. One time he
was rallied on this point by a lady of his
acquaintance, who asked him point
blank:
SIS it true, Mr.. A, that you don't know
one tune from another"
at is a fact" he said, that 1 can't
readily distinguish tunes apart, There
are only two tunes that 1 really know
WE'LL"
What are theyT"
"Old Hundred and the long meter
DoIologyT-Boston Transcript.
, 1891-02-25

Dave Crosby has purchased the old
sleigh of the Bonanza company. This
cutter has probably carried more wealth
in its time than any other runnered We
hicle in the world. 1t conveyed in the
winter season al the bullion in the
palmy days from the mills of the com,
pany to the assay office, and thence tc
the place Of shipment. 1t has been il
active service as bullion carrier for up,
ward of twenty years. The precious
metal it has transported, if coined into
money, would carpet with metallic cur.
rency a ten acre lot, with a residue sufh-
cient to furnish half n dozen seats in the
United States Senate.-Virginia Nev.l
Chronicle
, 1891-02-25

Cheese parings-are they worth hoard
ingl Certainly not, and yet thousands
find in them an interesting occupation.
1t is a singular fact that there are many
persons who spend all their time in pc
nuriously saving scraps. the accumu-
lated value of which is of no consequence
whatever, yet who will now and again
give away large sums of money. Some
even will regularly subscribe to charita-
BILE objects sums a small percentage of
which would alter all their human rela-
tons, and make a number Of fellow NOR
tails who come in contact with them
happy day by day. Which is the wiser
to endow a Charity with a capital @,
mind for strangers or to show charity
at home?-New York Ledger.
, 1891-02-25

As a result of the revived interest in
hypnotism caused by the Eyraud-B Bonn
pard trial in Paris some experiments in
hypnotism were made at the Hotel
Kaiserhof, Berlin, Monday, when some
startling results were produced. One
subject in a hypnotic condition showed
that it is not always possible to suggest
to a ~hypnotized person to perform acts
which are absolutely contrary to that
persons natural inclinations. The sub
ject in question was n sportsman, who
was successfully made TO believe that he
was present at n horse race at which he
had backed the winning horse, but when
it was suggested TO him that he should
divide his winnings he awoke with a
Btart-Pall Mall Budget.
, 1891-02-25
Two RsmarL.bls women.

Within the past week two old women
whose infancy was spent upon the banks
of the Yough, while the country round
about was a vast wilderness, have died.
The first, Grandmother" Grim, who
was born in Ssltlick township. in 1908,
when that township embraced one-
fourth of the total area of Fayette coun-
ty, died at the home of her daughter in
Vanderbilt. Her remains were inferred
from the Mount Olive Brethren church,
at Detwiler's Mill. The old lady was
the mother Of eleven children. At the
time of her death she had ffty-six grand
children, one hundred great-grandchiI-
dren and t~hirty-two great-great-grand-
children, making a family living at the
time Of her death of 1876 persons. The
Buttermore, Ridenour and Grim fami-
lies are the descendants comprising this
large family. Mrs. Grim was the widow
of John Grim, who died ten years ago.
Her sole surviving sister is Mrs. Mary
Buttermore, widow of John Buttermore.
The second woman whose death Is
noted was Mrs. Sarah Rush, of Browns
vile. She was the daughter of James
Frey, the first regularly installed pastor
of the Connellsville Baptist church, and
was born in Connellsville in 1903. She
was the mother of four children-two
sons and two daughters. The daughters
are Mrs. DIR. Brashear. of New Haven,
and Mrs. Shedrick Holt, lately of Sharps-
vile, but now of New Haven. She had
been a member of the Baptist church for
stxty-seven years.
The combined ages of these two reached
ia years, and their death removes the
Oldest representatives of the pioneers of
Connellsville. Both funeral sermons
were preached by Rev. R. G. Morgan, of
Conceivable -Connellsville Courier.
, 1891-02-25

The greatest feat of reporting that has
ever been performed by the official re-
porters of congress- was that of preparing
the senate report for The Record Wed.
nesday night, Jan. "A. The chief re-
porter was sick, and but two men were
available to do the work. The senate
was in session for fourteen hours, all OF
which time was spent In an active dis
cussion of the silver bill. 1t was after
i2 o'clock at night when they adjourned,
and during the session they had talked
over 100, 900 words. Two stenographers
took the report, and, by debating their
notes into monographs for typewriters
to trapscribe, they had all the copy ready
for the printers by 8 o'clock in the morn
ing, aud The Record was on the desks
of the senators when congress convened.
Washington Cor. Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
, 1891-02-25

Miss Taylor, of the China Inland mis-
sion, is about to attempt a journey
through Thibet. This singular and in
teresting country, always jealousy
closed against the outer barbarian, has
again and again thwarted the we'll laid
plans of some of the greatest men tray
elers of our time. AS the members of
the inland mission wear the Chinese
dress, and observe the Chinese customs
in their daily walk and conversation. 1t
is thought not improbable that Miss
Taylor may succeed in adding her name
to those of intrepid ONE travellers
Harper's Bazaar.
, 1891-02-25

We started in to get out our first edi.
ton a week ago yesterday, and the fol.
lowing ire the hours kept by one mar on
the paper:
From - noon Thursday to : a. m. Friday.
From i2 noon Friday TO 1850 p. IN. Saturday.
From 1890 A. m. sunday to : a. M. Monday.
From 10 noon Monday to 2 a. m. Tuesday.
From 1880 a. m. Tuesday TO 8 a m. Wednesday.
From ll;45 a, m. Wednesday to $50 a. M. Thurs
day.
Total number of hours at work for The
week amount to 129 hours As minutes.
Average, 1s hours 80 minutes a day
Newburyport Standard.
, 1891-02-25

while His Loving Mother Waited and
Watched in Vain for Him.

while His Loving Mother Waited and
Watched in Vain for Him.
The Western and Atlantic train left
the. track last night at McIyor's, and
Richard McClain, fireman, was killed"
That was the message, almost brutal
in its brevity, that was flashed over the
wires from Atlanta to Brunswick. BE
was only n fireman, of small conse-
quence to this matter of fact world, with
its rush and hustle, and 50 a three line
paragraph in the morning papers vas
his obituary.
But back of this bare notice of Nc
Claims death is one of the most pathetic
stories in the history of railroad acct
dents in Georgia. The dead man had q
mother and family who lived in the val
ley of the famous Chickamauga, and
about them centers the pathos Of the
story. But let Engineer Adamson, who
stood weeping over the body of his
friend, tell it:
HE was a good boy" he said; Zone of
the best hearted men in the world. And
he loved his family sol Every night
when he would run by his home his
mother would put out a light to let him
know that all was well, and he would
answer with a light. Last night she
may have watched all night, for he
didn't pass, and no doubt she was trou-
bled with the thought that something
was wrong"
And something was vrong.
While the faithful mother, with her
lamp Of love a-lame, was straining her
eyes through the darkness of the night to
catch a CLEAN of the flashing headlight
that announced calls we'll with her son,
that son was stark in death.
The eyes that had watched for the
light in the window that told Of the
safety of mother and kindred were glazed
by death. No more would they strain
through the dusk OF the valley for the
red ray which conveyed to him a mes
sage of love from home.
Richard was dead by the track
The loving mother, what of her?
Through the dark watches she waited
at the window, in her hand the beacon
that assured Richard Of the well being
of the jewels of his heart.
But the rush and roar of the engine,
and the flashing of the headlight through
the swart reaches of the valley never
came.
The minutes licked slowly by.
Richard is late tonight" thought
the loving woman. but I'll wait a while
longer. 1t is almost like a visit from
him to catch a glipse of the headlight"
So she waited till her eyes grew heavy
with sleep.
And Richard was dead by the track
Finally she said:
"Tn leave the lamp in the window
and lie down a while. 1 can hear the
roa of the engine in time to wave the
light"
Slumber came unconsciously to the
loving but tired eyes. When she awoke
the sur was shooting his silver arrows
through the chinks of the room. The
faithful heart turned toward the win
dow. The lamp was extinguished. The
mother sat up with great eyes staring
at the darkened lamp. A shadow of
woe came darkling over her, chilling
the warm love currents of her heart.
For-Richard was dead by the trackl
Light and love had died together
Brunswick CGa.) Times.
, 1891-02-25
ouEsTIoNINos.

n at the last after long, weary years
OF lonely wanderings DER desert ways.
We could clasp hands and say, thro' happy tear.
Together we will spend LIES autumn days"
How GLADLY would we bid the world pass by.
And live a life alone. Just you and II
We could afford. for such brief happiness,
To toll, unrecompensed. thro' youths bright
spring.
To miss the summer flowers and skies OF Bills.
And wait the fruitage that LIES fall viii bring.
But oh when winter comes, with dArkenlng sky.
How can we live asunder, you and II
Fate lays her hand on the rebeEious heart,
And whispers "PatienceF' to the ardent soul;
Bids US accept our lot to dwell apart.
And trust his goodness as the slow years roll
Oh. dear one, shall we know, before we die,
That life OF love together, you and II
Z A. MatthaNa In Ono. a Week.
, 1891-02-25

An uptown manin ten weeks has paid
1856 for ginseng roo taken from the
Catskill mountains. This root is used
principally by Cinnamon, who consider
it a valuable medicine capable of curing
all diseases, 1t is exported in large guam
titles. The root hereabouts is dug up by
boys, who in this way make considerable
money during a season. The merchant
referred to is extending this business,
and next year expects to secure at least
$1,000 worth of the root.-Kingston
Freeman.
, 1891-02-25

Il don't pretend to know much about
lAs railroad business, said the superin-
tendent of one of the great rolling mills
Of the Illinois Steel company. but /
don't see any necessity for the diversity
Of the steel rails in use by our railroads
today. The fact is, each road or system
Of roads has its own particular form of
rail and will use no other kind. You
can readily perceive how this handicaps
the rolling mill men. Part Of our works
are shut down at present because we can
not safely go ahead and make a stock of
rails to be sold in the future, If there
were but one standard of rail in use we
could do this, because then there would
be a market for our products at all times
if n road did not want our surplus
rails another would.
Il have talked to a half dozen railway
magnates Mt least, and every one of them
holds precisely the same views that l do
Upon this subject. But no one seems
able to suggest any practical solution of
the difficulty. Each Of them said: 1
heartily agree with you. There ought
TO be n uniform rail in use throughout
the country. And our road has the best
rail that has been invented, too. !
would like to see it adopted rs the stand
ard rail. OF course our rail is fully pro
tected by patents, but for a proper con
sidoration We would permit other roads
to use it,
|"FheEaitisi in a NUTSHELL Every road
wants a uniform rail; every one wants
its own particular rail adopted; every
n hopes to grow rich by its patent
rights If a uniform rail is to he agreed
upon, 1t Is impossible, l think. to estab-
lsh a uniform standard. But it would
prove n good thing for all parties if it
could be done. Rolling mills then might
be busy every working day in the year"
Chicago Mail.
, 1891-02-25

Mrs. E. n. Stevens has been librarian
of the agricultural department at Wash
ington since 1877. She is most efficient,
and has a remarkable knowledge of the
numerous technical works included in
the eleven divisions of her department.
Previous to her appointment in the agri-
cultural department Mrs. Stevens was
employed on French and Spanish trans
lations in the patent Office, and she may
be said to have founded the important
desk of Scientific TRANSACTIONS" Her
salary is 1900, and that of her assist
ant, Mrs. NJ. D. Newell, 81, 40o.-Wom-
ans Journal.
, 1891-02-25

Rev. F. NJ. Shrout, pastor United
Brethren church, Blue Mound, Kan,
says: Il feel it my duty to tell what won
ders DIR. Kings New Discovery has done
for me. MY lungs were badly diseased,
and my parishioners thought | could live
only a few weeks. l took five bottles of
DR.. Kings New Discovery and am sound
aud well, gaining 26 lbs. in weight"
Arthur Love. manager of Loves Funny
Folks Combination, writes: After a
thorough trial and convincing evidence, l
am confident DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, beats EN- all and cures
when everything else fails. The greatest
kindness l can do my many Thousand
friends is to urge them to try it" Free
trial bottles at B. B. David's drug store.
Regular sizes SOC. and $l.O0.
, 1891-02-25

The Woman's Legal Education soci-
ETY. of New York furnishes an example
which might be proitably initiated in
every town of u country. Its object
is to give women information of special
interest to them in legal matters. The
initial lecture of the winter course was
lately delivered in the parlors of Mrs.
Abram S. Hewitt, with the subject
why Women Ought to Know the
Laws of Their Country" The lectures
are under the patronage Of some Of the
best known women of culture and fash
ion in the city.-New York Ledger.
, 1891-02-25
ARE You GOING EAsrt

II so You will ask for tickets via
WABASH LINE.
WHY Because in the first place it il
to many Of the principal cities of the East
the
SHORT LINE, and because on al
trains there are, free to all, new and ele
giant
RECLINING CHAIRS and. from
points in the Rocky Mountain region, OF
all through trains,
THROUGH PULLMANS, and, to car
the climax Of luxury, all trains are fed OF
DINING CARS.
G. NJ. HAMPsoN.
Commercial Agent, Denver, Col.
1927 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-02-25

A western Nebraska farmer, having
no corn to feed them, loaded up a wagon
box full of shoats and took them to
Broken Bow to sell. No one would take
them, and he turned them loose. The
marshal told him he would arrest him
unless he took them out of town. He
then drove home and was going to kill
them when some one told him that he
might be arrested for cruelty to animals.
He hardly knows what to do.-St. Jo-
seph News.
, 1891-02-25

Protecting Tracks from Drifting Snow.
The Delaware and Hudson railroad
has adopted a novel means of preventing
the snow from drifting back on the tracks
after it has once been removed. In those
places where it is most likely to drift
back to the rails banks or walls of snow,
some twenty feet to one side of the road,
are erected. The blowing snow comes
to these walls, is arrested in it's flight and
sither stays there or just drops to the
other side of the wall. The snow wall
affords much protection from drifts. The
wall is formed of that snow which has
melted enough to cake.-New York Tele-
gram
, 1891-02-25

Mrs. Parkhurst, e1-president of the
Pacific Coast Woman's Press association,
in a recent address on THE Work of
Some Pacific Coast Writers stated that
there had been over 1900 books pub
hshed by Pacific coast writers within
the last twenty years, and that eighty
five books had been published by MEM
bers of the association during the Last
three years.-Current I literature.
, 1891-02-25

Walter NJ. Leman. a veteran actor,
who had played before Gen. Jackson,
Davy. Crockett, Aaron Burr, Charles
Dickens and other celebrities, some of
whom he knew personally, has just died
at San Francisco at the age of 70 years.
, 1891-02-25

A gentleman in Union county, Mo-,
who is too modest a man to have his name
mentioned In the newspapers, was cured
of rheumatism by Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, after trying other medicines and
treatments for thirteen years. SO cent
bottles for sale by A. Z. Roedel.
, 1891-02-25

A 1~4-year-old cat belonging to Mrs.
Bradley, of Westport, Conn. recently
died. 1t was given an expensive funeral
The remains were placed in a handsome
casket, and a granite slab is to be erected
over his grave.
, 1891-02-25
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECES.

MIS-, John Curtls OF Feoria, III, Whites:
"Ufel enc box of Usage Pills previous to
second confinement; they worked like
a charm. Would pay 800 for a box
rather than do without them, as they
have proved a Godsend to me-" Write
Usage Medicine company, Wichita, Kas.,
FOR particulars. and their book to wives
mailed free. Sold by druggists. Sold by
W. N. Hunt, Cheyenne.
, 1891-02-25

Apropos of the amusing baby bunco
game by which a number Of leading
United States senators were feeced, it is
said that over five hundred real or al
legged infants have been named after
Chauncey Mitchell Depew.
, 1891-02-25

King Kalakaua's most intimate friend
in this country was Claus Spreckels, the
big sugar r%etiner, whose advice the king
always asked for and usually followed
in emerpenciea
, 1891-02-25

We have some very desirable lots in
all parts of the city that we will sell as
cheap as can be had and on the most fav-
orable terms, monthly payments if de-
sired. Call and get prices before buying
elsewhere. RINER & JOHNSON, :
1921 Ferguson st.
, 1891-02-25

What in the world are you doingg"
yelled Cumso to his youngest, when he
caught him pounding his papa's watch
with a hammer.
KILN time," replied the precocious
infant.-Harper's Bazaar.
, 1891-02-25

A Good Record. Il have sold Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for ten years"
says druggist f, B. Legg, of Vail, Ia,
and have always warranted it and never
had a bottle returned. During the past
ninety days | have sold twelve dozen and
it has given perfect satisfaction in every
instance" 1t does not dry up a cough,
but loosens and relieves it, 1t will cure a
severe cold in less time than any other
treatment. so cent aud 81 bottles for
sale by A. r Roedel
, 1891-02-25

Ed Knapp as receicing
fresh oysters and CLAIMS ia
the sheH direct from " enc
York erery other day. at
his resi- aurdRt on Sta
EeeHth street. supplying
of families "a specially.
, 1891-02-25

A hotel where you can get solid and
substantial value for the money expended
is the Occidental Good table board 25
cents per meal, or 81 per week.
Board aud room 81 per day.
The Occidental has good rooms and Is
well and comfortably furnished through
out. Visitors to the city will find the
Occidental a good stopping place. 1909
Themes street.
, 1891-02-25
ARNIcATEp EUREKA CREAM

Is the finest and most effectual lotion fol
chapped hands. rough and sore skin. es'
p~ecially prepared for this climate and
pleases everybody. Try it. Twenty FIVE
cent bottles. Druggists.
, 1891-02-25

] lie LARGEST stock of fine br1ndies. old
whiskies, choice Hqueurs and superfine
cigars At GEORGE Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1891-02-25
FEW REASONS

Why you Should ny the celebrated Dr.. n.
Wagners methods OF cure.
o. S. FOWLER,
The Great Phrenologfst-
2 "You are wonderfully proficient in your
knowledge Of diseases and medicines"
DR. J. MATTHEWS.
B. Few can excel you as a Doctor"
4 THE AFFLICTED md ready relief in your
presence" DIR, j. SIMMs.
s. "Dr. H Wagner Is n regular graduate
nom Bellevue Hospital, New York City; has
had very extensive hospital practice and Is
thoroughly posted on all branches OF his be
loved science, especially on chronic diseases"
g. "Dr. Il. Wagner has immortaIized himself
BY his wonderful discovery OF specific RENE
oles for private and sexual diseases-"-Vtr
gtnia City Chronicle
a. Thousands OF invalds flock to see him."
San Francisco Chronicle.
D. THE doctors long experience as a spe-
etalist should render him very successful.h-
Rocky Mountain NewA
, 1891-02-25

\ Brooklynite worth $4,000 has for
several years been borrowing his car fare
from m acquaintance and never paying
a cent. The other day he was sued for
S27, and the creditor brought his book
into court with the date of every nickel
he had lolaed. He said his limit, even
to n friend, was S25-Detroit Free Press.
, 1891-02-25
ICE

Delivered to any part of the city
and in any quantity by the Cheyenne
Transfer Company. Sixteenth and Eddy
, 1891-02-25

The senior proprietor OF this paper has
been subject To frequent colds for some
years, which were sure to lay him up il
not doctOred at o1ce, He finds that
Chanberlain'z Cough Remedy is reliable.
it opens the se,retrons, relieves the lungs
and restores the system to a healthy cou-
dition. II freely used as soon as the cold
has been coutrtgtsd, and before il has be
come settled IN the system, it greatly
single day what would otherwise have
been a severe COLI -Northlccstern Hotel
Register, Dps Moines. Iowa. so cent
bottles for sale by A. Z. Roedel.
, 1891-02-25

Wisdom's Violet Cream will keep the
skin proof against the effects of severe
weather.
, 1891-02-25

Abner Little and Nancy were married
in Hollis Jan. 20, 1902. AT the time Of
mis- death, in 1868, at the age of 50, ten
of their thirteen children were living,
the mother dying sixteen years earlier,
at the age Of G5. OF these children five
have li,ed to celebrate their golden wed.
ding-nnmely, Elizabeth CLittla) How
ard, Caleb Little, Henry Little, Ruth
Littlel Nevins and Caroline Lit:lc)
Hnrd-EoIli. MInssl Ti1nes-
, 1891-02-25

Take your pictures 10
Tttr-nbaH aud hare modern
frames 11t aNte.
, 1891-02-25
CHRONIC COMPLAINTS REQUIRE
ZINE FOR IIR z

Persons at a distance who wish to be treated
by DIR. Wagner need not feel backward be
cause OF inability to visit him II hey will
write TO tho Doctor he will send them a list OF
questions which enables him to send medi-
cines, counsel and advice to thousands he has
never seen. He has patients In every city,
town and station throughout Colorado, as we'll
as all over the United States. See his address
In his advertisement.-Denyer Tribune.
, 1891-02-25
PLAIN FACrs PLAINLY sPoKEN.

At one time a discussion OF the secret vice
was entirely avoided by the profession. and
medical works OF but a few years ago would
hardly mention II.
To-day the physician is OF a different opin-
Ion; he Is aware that 1t Is his duty-disagree-
out gloves, and speak plainly about 1t and
Intelligent parents and guardians will thank
him for doing so.