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Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-03-08
The Capitol.

Neest place In the city. n. \. E"ndall enc
successor io Kendall \ tNrpenlct
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-03-08
FORFEIT MONEY POSTED.

CoIbett Announces Hi, Desire 4" Have
eco" with sullivan.
NV YoDE, March s-W. A. Brady,
manager for james j. Corbett, has put up
forfci, Of 5000 in this city and issued q
challenge 70 John l.. Sullivan 10 nght for
$1,000 a side and ,he largest purse that u
,luh ,,iiI yiva a a.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-03-08
The l. aud q Cigar.


81. cent cinar made. Sold by Ms iealer
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-03-08

rIeasHptest 100, IN Biilpni
AflOts ir the STATE tthe woofbine.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-03-08

AZ the Capitol. H. \. Kendall. suscessor TO
Kendall n Carpenter.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
Snnttiny il Smell.

He was walking along Olive street the other afternoon, when he suddenly stopped and sni1fed the air in all dircc- tions. His nose had found a familiar odor, and pretty soon he traced it to a certain chimney and asccnded the steps of a house and rang the bell.
 Excuse me, ma'am," he said to the woman who came to the door, but do you keep a cooll?'
 ''Yes, sir" she replied as she looked at him in a puzzled way.
 ''Is she in at the present time?"
 ''Yes, sir, but she doesn't want so see no agents"
 "Oh, I'm no agent, ma'am. You just call to the cook through the speaking tube that the water has all boiled out of her potatoes and that the said pota- toes are burning. Smell 'em very plainly in the street. Happens every day at my own house. Cook is probably reading a novel or got a cold in the head. That's all, ma'am-no trouble at all-good evening. "-N. '. World.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
A POINTERS GREAT LEAF.
He Jumped from 2 Flying Train After a
 Rird.

He Jumped from tlylnfs Tram Alter a
 Bird.
 i August Osthof, of Frankfort road, has pointer dog that a few weeks ago he valued at two hundred dollars at least, says the Philadelphia Record. To-day it would take one thousand dol lars and more to win the animal. And the reason for this jump in value is not l far to seek.
 A few days ago Mir. Osthoff was bound out of the city Cn the North Pennsylvania railroad for a gunning trip, accompanied. as usual. by his dog. He was sitting by al open window in the smoking car. while Count Beaufort crouched calmly at his feet against the side of the car. As tho train started away from Edgehill station the sports man leaned forward to talk to some friends in the seat ahead. The speed of the cars was increasing fast, when some boys that were shooting black birds in field near by discharged a gun. Count started up and put his paws upon the windowsill. MT. Osthoff' s friends saw the dogs intent eye and ear and one of them for fun said: ''Go fetch it.
 Count knew what that meant. In an instant, before his master or friend could move a muscle, he gave a spring, and while the train whistled along at a -fTe-mile-an-hour gait went fly ing out of the window.
 MT. Osthoff drew a quick breath as he saw his spendid hunter jump to certain death. He leaped to his feet and seized the bell rope to stop the train. His hand was dislodged by the conductor, who said no dog would be allowed to interfere with ''schedule.'' Osthof stormed and fumed and said it was worth one hundred dollars to him to get his dog at once. But argument availed nothing, and he was told to wait till the next station was reached, when he could telegraph back for the animal.
 Itwas mile and 8 half before the next stop was made, and the sportsman alighted, expecting to walk back and find his dogs scattered remains.
 He started along the rails and then stood amazed. Three hundred yards down the track, like a shooting ray of sunshine, something was scudding toward him. The stretch was covered in few instants, and there at his feet panted Count, his tail wagging, and in his mouth the blackbird that was brought down by the boy sportsman's gun. Count knew his business, and so does his master now. That dog can't be bought for love nor money. -'
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
ennko Diet for Catfish.

A few days ago a fisherman by the nanc of Thompson, living near Swallow Rock, on the Big Muddy river, caught a catfish weighing siXty-two pounds. When he hung the fish up to clean he noticed q snake stick it's head out of the fish's mouth and then dart inside again. When the fish was cut op9n the snake was found comfortably coilcd up in it's stomach and seemed to have made this its permanent home for some time. The snake was Q water mOccasin and meas urcd twcnty-seven inches in length. Ills snalzeship did not like the idea of g'v:;.g up his comfortable quarters and showed q disposition to fight, Whereupon he y-cs quickly dispatched.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
FACE MASSAGE.
How Traces of Age and Care Are Re-
 moved from the Features.

How Traces of Age and Care Are Re-
 moved from the Features.
 ''I had you shown right up here. !" said a woman the other day who was receiving a friend in her bedroom, be cause, as you see, l am in the midst of it." ''It' was an hour in the hands of a professional face masseuse, says the New York Times. The caller had ar rived at critical part of the operation, when the face having been thoroughly washed in water as hot as could be borne to open the pores and get the skin in the most pliable condition, the rubbing or smoothing process had be- gun. With quick, light strokes of the fingers away from all lines the opera tor swept the countenance before her, leaving ''rosy tingling," according to the patient, when she had finished this part of her work. It was further eX- plained to the interested onlOol1cr that this was ''dry massage" Some mas seuSes use a soft emOllient, but this par ticular professor preferred to do with out it save in exceptional cases. The slight hollows at the temples were next treated, and later the upper neck be- meath the ears, which the plumpness of first youth is apt sooner to forsake. When the rubbing was over the face was bathed Tn water with a dash of alcohol and subjected to a hot vapor bath whose ingredients were trade secret of the professors. Last the soft est of cloths were used in light drying and the ceremony was completed, lcav- ing wonderfully freshened complex ion in its wake. ''I found some crows feet the other day." said the hostess when the masseuse had packed her little bag of implements and departed, ''and flew to this relief. It is sure to do wonders, and presently I shall learn the knacll myself, so as to be able to continue the treatment after course with this professional.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
CAN'T UNDERSTAND AMERICA
Novelist IIoweE'S Amusing Experiences
 with an Official in Venice.

Novelist IIoweE's Amusing Experience
 with an Official in Venice.
 The ways of English and Americans are still appalling to the more indolent and less clearly southern nations, which have had for many decades large opportunities for studying these race peculiarities, and yet have never ceased to wonder, says Youths Companion. When ". D. Towels was consul at Venice an attempted burglary in the palace occupied by him gave occasion for the following suggestive incident:
 In my account of this affair to the comnissary of police l said that the burglary occurred one morning about daylight, when I saw the head of the burglar peering above the window sill, and his hand extended to prey upon my wardrobe.
 ''Excuse me, Signor Console, inter- rupted the commissary, ''how could you sec hin?"
 "Why, there was nothing in the world to prevent me. The window was open"
 'The window was openr' gasped the commissary. Do you mean that you sleep with your windows Open?"
 Most certainly"
 ''Pardon," said the commissary, sus- piciously, do all Americans sleep with their windows open?"
 T may venture to say they all do in summer,' answered. At least, it is the general custom"
 Such a thing as this indulgence in fresh air seemed altogether foreign to the commissary's experience, and but for my official dignity l am sure should have been cffectaally browbeaten by hin. As it was, he threw himself back in his armchair and stared at me fixed 1y for some moments. Then he recov. cred himself with another ''Pardon!" and, turning to his clerk, said:
 Write down that, according to the American custom, they were sleeping with their windows open"
 But I know that for all his politeness he considered this habit a relic of the time when we Americans abode in wig WamS.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
A Rovnl Beer.

The best beer in Europe, and in the world, it is said, is only to be had at dingy little tavern in Munich, called the Hofbrau Haus. Here Emperor Will helm, during his recent visit to Munich, went to get bis tipple, conforming to the customs of the place, and waiting his turn to get his mug filled, standing in a line of generals and coloncls, chimney sweeps, scavengers, Jew ped dlers and students. It IS said that one draught of beer will explain why pcO- pie of the highest station will undergo so much discomfort to obtain it. There is nothing in the world to equal it. It is manufactured Gt a brewery estab- lished in 15S9 by Duke Wilhelm of Bavaria, according to a recipe obtained by the founder from the famous brewer, Degenberg, and kept profound state secret. It is sold only at retail and drank on the promises, and the net profits of the business for the royal house of Bavaria are said to be about one million dollars year.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
No Tlmepieces in Libe ia.

Explorer Buttikoffer says that a clock is rarely seen in the farmhOuses of Lii beria, and many of the town residents have no timepiece of any sort. He adds that there are few civilized countries where a timepiece can be dispensed with so conveniently. The sun rises at six a. ID. and sets at six p. m. almost to the minute the year round, and at noon it is vertically overhead. Many of the people become so expert in telling time by the sun that they are rarely more than a quarter of an hour out of the way. In place of alarm clocks they de- pend upon the growing chanticleer to arouse them in the morning.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
NEWS FROM HOME.
It Proved Slightly Embarrassing to a
 Young Lady in the City.

It Proved Slightly Embarrassing to a
 Young Lady in the City.
 A bevy of fashionably dressed young ladies boarded q Park avenue car, says the Rochester Herald, and were fol- lowed by a lady of. advanced years, who wore q dress of the Samantha Allen style and . bonnet that bore evidence of having been trimmed by Mother Eve's milliner. The girls. giggled con- siderably till the lady before mentioned happened to recognize one of them and addressed her with: ''Why, Sissy! How nice you be dressed since you came to the city. If you haven't got on the same gown that your Aunt Sophronia used to wear, but it is made over so good that I shouldn't hardly know it. :" The young lady blushed, but the speaker kept on: ''Your pa has got his potatoes most dug, and he says that when he gets through with them he is going to drive out and take you home for a few days. He has got a top buggy that he bought at Bill Smiths auction. He says he couldn't afford to have it, but it was going so cheap that he took it." Here the car stopped and the young lady got off, saying something about having to stop in and see her aunt. When last seen she was calming her agitated nerves as she gazed at the placid surface of the brick pavement.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
A TAME ELUEJAY.
How He Amuses Himself and Gives
 Amusement to His Owner.

How He AmuseS Himself and Gives
 Amusement to lis Owner.
 Among the birds which my children raised this year is one which gives us more pleasure than I ever expected, says correspondent of Forest and Stream. It is bluejay, and he is the most cunning -plumed fellow you can think of. l had to clip his wings be. cause he would not stay in cage, but liked to hop and fluttcr around the house. He is not afraid of the dogs, will hop around and about them, sit on the head of a big bloodhound and yell at the top of his voice just for mischief. He deies all the chickens if they try to take some feed away from him. I sus- pect his terrible war cry scares them. hands and beg for food, but as soon as his appetite is satis- fled he takes what more is offered him and hides it away in some nook. Sometimes he will put it down in my vest pocket or under the collar of my outing shirt. Water he likes exceed ingly well, and shows signs of disgust if without his regular bath; and To, how he will jump in when the ,dishpan is filled with the fresh, cool liquid drink, dive, splatter and yell for joy. Then out he goes to the sunny lawn and lies down on the one side first, spreading the opposite wing; then he turns over to spread and dry the other one. He will also take dry sun baths in the same manner. If nobody is around he will perch on a chair on the porch and sing; and he can sing right well in a low voice, initiating other birds. His efforts to talk are also re- marl1able. Everybody in the house loves him, but we have to keep ont Of his reach everything that glitters and is not too heavy for his strength. This, of course, is the inherited vice of the corvine tribe, and the only complaint can raise against him. But taking it all round, can highly recommend to lovers of pet birds to raise and tame a young bluejay, as it will certainly be a source of great pleasure to them.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
A SUDDEN TRANSITION.
Diary Of a Boys Voyage Across the At
 lantia.


 Iantia.
 4 boy of twelve, who went from New York to England with his father on short trip, was asked by his mother to keep diary of all he saw and heard while gone. Below is given an extract relating the incidents while on ship board:
 June Left New York at noon and am having a glorious old time. Have been all over the ship and have got ac- quainted with the captain and the mate. But I like to sit on deck best and I am going to sit there most of the time. It's grand to be away out on the ocean out of sight of land. They've splendid things to eat at the table and I'm having such q good time I wouldn't care if we'd be a month reaching Liver pool. I'm glad I could come. It's glorious. June 2-Sicl1. June 3-Siclz- CT. June Awful sick. June 5-Still sick and I don't know as I'll ever live to get home, and don't care if I don't. June 6-Some better; ate a cracker June Pa helped me up on deck, but ain't well yet. June S-Maybe we'll get to Queenstown tomorrow. I wish we were there now. Am going to bed. June 9-We can see the Irish coast. wish I could walk home or else stay abroad forever. I've had a terrible time.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
BEAUTIFUL AND BRIGHT.
How Pretty Girl Got Rid of the swain's
 Annoyance.

Annoyance.
 One Lewiston girl believes that prayer meetings are not the place for flirta- tions and pairing off, says the Evening Journal. She has known what it is to expect one of two young men waiting at the church door every Sunday night with the question whether CT not he may go home with her. Sine had deter mined to rid herself of both, and prob ably has. She went to the cake walk in Lyceum hall Saturday night and during the evening both asked permis- sion to escort her home. She said yes to both. They both waited for her on the landing, and when she came down. stairs, she smiled and took one of each young mans arms.
 At first they hesitated little, but then went down the last flight of stairs at jerlzy gait. At the foot of the stairs they both let go her arm and walked up Lisbon street looking ugly at each other. She entertained them both with lively stories of the evenings entertain ment. Each thought that the other would drop off at the head of the OtASCO ctAAtl 14C hOO1d fO IlOll4C " IC-A O1lS pretty girl; but no, they both went on up Main street, wishing in their inmost hearts that they were out of it. What a fool the other fellow was! Why didn't he leave?
 In the meantime they went past cor ner after corner where each thought surely the other would say good night, for had not the girl said he might go home with her? So on they went until the gate was reached and, with pret- ty thought about the effect of the moon on dry leaves in the gutter, she asked them both. in. They both said it was late and looked nervous. Can't you both come up and see me Thursday evening"" she asked. Mamma would be pleased to meet you"
 One said he had an engagement at the store that night and the other said he was going out of town Thursday. After a moment, during which each thought it time for the other to move on, the young lady said good night and went up the steps. No one annoyed her Sum day night when she came out of prayer meeting.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
Hrilliancr of the Moon.

The astronomer royal for Scotland states that when the moon is half full its brilliancy is not nearly One-half as great as when it is quite full lie at tributes the brightness of the full moon to the bright strcaks which are then seen over the lunar surface. starting from the craters. He supposes these to be convex or concave, and largely in- ly illuminated when the sun shines full upon them.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
ArAhic Music.

The pasha's daughter treated me to a specimen of Turkish, or rather Arabian music. Seated crossleggcd on the ground she ''twanged the light guitar, g only instead of 2 guitar it was an in- strument called, I think, the oude, which very much resembled banjo. There was neither beginning nor end to the air. It entered without any prelim- mary into a monotOnous variation. more like that of weak bagpipes or the trump eting of Q band of expcctant mosquitoes than anything can think of, writes an English traveller. By and by she sang an accompaniment, but the song was of piece with the music-a cease,ess rep etiuon of the same nasal dr,n.ng in winch there was ncv, ..eIesS some thing incistent and plaintive.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
Mixing It P.aln.

The London Spectator tells story of a clergyman who was once addressing an audience of children. "Now, chil- dren," he said. II propose to give you on this occasion an epitome of the life of St. Paul. Perhaps some of you are too young to understand what the word 'epitome' means. 'Epitomc, children. is in its signifcation synonymous with synopsis" Having made this simple and clear explanation to t!.e cE..dren, the speaker went on with his story.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31
GEN. GRANTS WAR CRY.
How a Stranger Won q Salute from the
 silent Warrior.

silent Warrior.
 When Gen. Grant was making his second presidential tour throughout the country, says the Chicago Times, he ar rived in the course of time at Aurora. A deputation of citizens was at the de- pot to meet the train. One of them, a Scotchman named Bruce, who is now 8 prominent retired merchant tailor in Aurora, offered to bet that he would make Gen. Grant take off his hat to him. The bet was taken right and left, and Bruce put up his money like royal duke. When the train arrived the pres ident was on the end of the platform of his car surrounded by his intimate of ficial and personal friends. The crowd cheered and the general stood and bowed and smiled all round. Suddenly MT. Bruce broke his way through the crowd and faced the president, shout ing at the same time in a stentorian voice: ''Stand fast, Craigcllachie!" For an instant, just for an instant, Gen. Grant looked puzzled, and then he made a salute and stood with his hat uplifted, afterwards shaking Mir. Bruce's hand warmly.
 Of course Bruce won his bets, and no- body knew the secret until he explained that it used to be the custom for every Grant, when he heard the battle cry of his clan, to doff his cap and remain standing until the salute was returned. The incident showed that Gen. Grant was fully conversant with the customs of the famous Scotch Highland elan to which his family must have originally lnnlnncrnI
The St. Johns herald., 1892-03-31

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-04
TOLD OF TWO MURDERS.
a Prof gate Confesses His Depravity
and Dies Among Strangers.

a Prof gate Confesses His Depravity
and Dies Among Strangers.
DETROIT. MICH. July 3.-Before dying
at the Harper hospital In this city yesterday,
Alexis Romero, a Mexican victim of the
morphine habit, confessed the murder of a
girl in San Antonio, Tex. four years ago,
for which Santa Roderigo, a renegade
"greaser !" was hanged by the cowboys about
twenty miles from chat place shortly after
ward. Romero, as he gave his name. came
to the hospital about two months ago total
wreck as a result Of the excessive use Of NOR
ghine. He said bis home was in San Antonio,
Tex, and that he had come north
for his health. This afternoon
it became apparent that he
could not live. and he called one Of the hos
pital staff to his side and told him that he
wanted to make confession. About five
years ago, he said, while in Monterey,
Mexico, he met and loved very beautiful
Mexican girl He promised to marry her,
but becoming prohigate did not intend to
keep bis promise. He suddenly left and
went TO San Antonio without telling her
where he was going. Several months passed
and he was surprised late one night at the
dance hall and hotel where he stayed by
the appearance Of the girl. She seemed as
loving as ever, and was content to live with
him. She soon became favorite around
the place, but one night, he says, she tried
to kill him while he was asleep He killed
her In self-defense and then threw her body
into the court. Then he stole a knife from
Santa Roderigo, a boarder at the hotel. and
stuck it into her breast. In the morning
Roderigo was gone, but the cowboys, who
supposed the girl to have been virtuous, fol-
lowed him and strung him up. Romero
will be buried by the city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-04
Exactly

EXACTLY"
"I b'leeve you're rigg!n' me. but I'll have
t go you" said grandfather. "Ef you fool
me. I'll cut you of without shillin'.
These things is all alive, mindl No pammy-
rammy business. l don't mind so much eff
Their taggers, an elephants. an rangy tangs.
an other animiles is sick an laying off that
day, an Of you lied about the girls, but you
show me ennythink like circus an a
pantymime bulged inter one an I'm your'n.
But hol' on How much is all this goin' T.
cost an who's going ter settle TIL billP'
How much did the show cost you, grand
dadP'
"'Bout 81. peanuts, lemonade, Ministries,
an all, but spec this'll cost UT 10, an |
don't meanter be robbed"
"Well get in all right told friend OF
mine who is connected with the show that I
was going to bring you down and guess he
won't charge you anything"
li"And do you know a man connected with
such a shows"
Eyes"
"An' can he see all them things every day
without payin'!"
"Of course"
''rd ruther be him than the President of
the United States. D. y spec he'll shake
hands 'th me7"
Certainly. And perhaps he'll introduce
you to the man that owns the whole show"
BOY If you fool me in this thing I'u
never speak to you again. It'd break my
heart. pH shake hands with him with nv
glove on an save Their glove m put it in a
glass case"
And the good old man hurried bedward
to dream OF the circus of the present day.