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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06

To extract grease spots from books or
papers gently VAIN the creased or spot
ted parts of the book or paper aud then
press upon it pieces of blotting paper,
one after another, so as to absorb as
much of the grease as possible. Have
ready some fine, clear essential oil of
turpentine, heated almos. to boiling
state; warm the creased leaf little, and
then with clean brush wet with the
heated turpentine both sides of the
spotted part. By repeating this appli.
cation the grease will be extracted, ac-
cording to the Publishers Weekly.
Lastly, with another brush dipped in
rectified spirits o. wine go over the
place, and the grease will no longer
appear, neither will tue paper be dis
colored.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06

A most extraordinary discovery has
Just been made by the police on the
Boulevard Ornano, Paris. Two police
men on night duty followed several sus-
picioDs looking individuals who were
carrying large parcels aud were aston
ished 10 see them disappear, as if by
magic, into the glacis of the fortifca-
tions. They went up to the spot and
saw ray Of light coming up through a
crack and heard sounds of lauy glitter.
One OF them went off az once for reiu.
forcements, and as soon rs other officers
had arrived they raised heavy trap
door and went down staircase cut into
the earth into a large chamber, thickly
carpeted, where five men and three wo-
men were carousing. The gay company
were captured and taken before the com
missary Of police, who soon learned that
they were professional thieves and
that they had lived quietly for six
months in the cave which they had dug
in the fertilization. An immense guam
tity Of stolen property was found
Gahgnani's Messenger.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.

JACOB BEARD, aged u years, of Steelton,
Penna, was drowned while skating on the
Pennsylvania Canal at that place.
DR. A. b. BRADBURY, prominent ply
siciAn, was killed by trnin while driving
across the railroad near Muneie, Indiana.
BY collision of two sections ola Santa Fe
freight train, at Clements Missouri, a man
named Moorehead, Of Kansas City, was
killed.
Two officers and half of the crew Of the
revenue steamer McLane are sick in the
hospital at Key West, Florida, with the
grippe.
ANOTHER body found in the ruins Of the
Surgical Institute, nc indianapolis was
identified as one of those before reported
missing.
The new draw of the double-track railroad
bridge in course OF construction over the
Mississippi river, at Burlington, Iowa, is In
imminent danger of being swept away by ice.
THE town OF South saltwater, Minnesota,
was inundated by the backing up Of the
waters Of Perros brook. owing 10 the solid ice
&C the outlet. Considerable damage was
done.
BENJAMIN McCARTER, Assistant Fire
Chief OF Topeka, Kansas was fatally injured
BY the overturning Of hose reel while on the
way to fire, Fireman Nels Anderson vas
also seriously injured.
A LANDSLIDE at Cornwall, New York,
carried away trestie bridge and a portion OK
the track on the Ontario aud Western Rail-
way. A freight train plunged into the hole.
Engineer McElhone had his arm broken.
A PASSENGER train from Chicago, on tho
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
was ditched about IA miles from Chicago, by
the spreading of the rails. George Patton, OF
Butte, was fatally injured and several other
-.I l. =
wreck took fire ant was entirely consumed.
AN Idaho despatch says that thousands Of
cattle are slo sly starving TO death IN the hills
OF Southern Idaho. the grass being under
from 70 to 90 inches of snow. rigorous
season was not anticipated by ranchers aud
they delayed bringing the cattle to the low.
lands.
THE steamer Marcia, which arrived at the
New York Quarantine Stati Il from Braz Ian
ports, reported having lost Captain MeiealG
Chief Officer Andrew Smith, Fireman Alex.
ander Mcdonnell ami Third Engineer John
Anderson by yellow fever since November
Both. Three of the victims Of the disease
were buried at sea.
FREIGHT train on the Philadelphia
branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
was wrecked on the Principle Hill grade, in
Cecil county, Maryland, by the collision Of
two broken sections. Three OIL tanks ex-
ploded. and the entire train was burned,
blocking travel for several hours.
FRANK BROWN and his wife, Of South
Boston, Indiana, were kicked to death by a
stallion. Mrs. Brown was milking a COW,
when the horse, which was standing in a stall
near by, kicked her, killing her instantly.
Brown, missing his wife, went 10 the barn to
look for her. As he was Ia the act Of raising
the PROSTATE form Of bis wife the horse kicked
him on the temple, inaicting fatal injuries.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06
FATAL FIRES.

A Crazy Man Burned to Death Over His
Parents Heads.
About 10 o'clock the other night the resid-
ence of r. F. Bell, eight miles from Nash
vile, Tenn, was burned to the ground. A
life went out in the flames.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bell were awakened by the
screams Of their 21-year-old son Thomas, who
occupied the room just above the one they
we're in. For some time Thomas has been
demented, and his parents thought the
screaming was due to the rawlings Of his
mind.
Then the crackle Of flames reached them
followed by flames reaching down drought
the ceiling. Mr.. b III hurried his wife out OF
danger, and rushed to his sons room. As he
opened the door the floor OF the room tel
through and Thomas Was burned n death.
The house was destroyed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06
The Grip.

Dr. L. i. Seaman, of New York, saws
in the Tribune, apropos of the grip:
"Whether or not there is wave which
sweeps around the globe cannot be stated
with any certainty, but there was very
extensive outbreak in China during the
summer, and now it is appearing here
again. From a particular army post on
tue frontier, which came under my OBJ.
servation, it can be said that among these
men of unusually robust health and con-
stitutlon, the consecutive attacks of pneu-
monia were fatal in fifty per cent. more
of the cases than IS usual among men of
average health and strength.
1.-THE treatment is now better TN ler-
stood by the profession in general, and
an attack would be handled with more
intelligence and success than two years
ago. Neither the chemist nor the mi
croscopist has as yet discovered the pres
ence of any microbe TO which the com
munication of the trouble may be ascribed,
50 the precise way in which it i2 COM
municated cannot be stated definitely.
SIT is now generally admitted by the
medical profession that the grip,
Chinese, or 'Blitz- Katarrh, is a specific
infectious self limited disease, spreading
by atmospheric influences and due to the
presence of micro organism. Patholo-
gists are not yet agreed as to the exact ma
ture of the bacillus, notwithstanding tho
elaborate researches of Pruddcn, KIebs
and Others, but it is to be hoped it will
soon be definitely recognized. All, how
ever, are agreed that it is specific germ.
Altitude and temperature seem to have
little to do with its development, though
humidity has marked influence One
of its appearances this year was in the
table lands of the Rockies, at Denver,
where it has been prevalent for mouth.
No one is exempt from its attacks, but
those individuals whose occupations keep
them in the open air seem susceptible.
Witness its severity in the army, the po-
lice force and among horse-c car conduc.
tors
"No, it is not considered dangerous,
unless complicated with pneumonia, or
when attacking patients who are suffer
ing from some facilitating disease, as
consumption or Bright's. Thea the NOR
tality runs high. The President OF one
of our largest life insurance companies
told me this morning that the list OF
death claims for the last week almost
broke the record. Grip, however, was
not assigned rs the cause, but it unques-
tionably had its influence. Preventives!
Avoid excuses and exposure, hot Gro wded
rooms or meetings-especially night air.
Dress warmly and live well. If tho
disease makes its appearance and you
will not be left long in doubt on this
subject-send for your physician"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06
Yosemite VaiIeT.

Yosemite, or, rs it is also called,
Yohamite, is situated in the eastern por-
ton of California, and is from eight to
ten miles long and little more than n
mile wide. 1t has pine covered noun
tains, towering with very steep slopes to
the height Of $500 feet, precipice in
one place rising perpendicularly 30S9 feet
above toe valley, waterfalls pouring over
its sides from heights of 700 to 1000
feet, aud one great waterfall, broken in
TO three leaps, but of which the whole
height is 1850 feet. Of the other water
falls on the sides of the valley the Phono,
or Bridal Veil, is remarkable for its
beauty as well as its height, which is
80 ieet an almost unbroken. st.
Louis Republic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06
MARKETS.

BALTIMORE -Flour--City Mills, super. 50. M
63.l2 Wheat-Southern Fultz, 93Ga /. ia
Corn-Seuthern White, 5lt@52e., Yellow,
52653c. Oats-Southern and Pennsylvania
37M3s4e. Rye Maryland and Pennsylvania
95(d96e. Maryland and Pennsylvania
$l3.50@i4.n0. Straw-Wheat, d.536sO0.
Butter-Eastern Creamery, 3l@32c. nearby
receipt 23G124e. Cheese-Eastera Fancy
Cream, 12al21e., Western, s(994c. Eggs
M24e. Tobacco, Leaf-lnterior $1OJG1 [. 30
Good Common, Si05@5.0O, Middlins, 500
Gs.00, Good to finer red, so.009l1.00 Fancy.
sl2.O0@13.o0.
NEW K-Flour-Southern Good 10
choieeextra, s3-59(g4.15. Wheat-No. White
10lS@1024. Rye-State 1.o5@ .G6ic. Corn
Southern Yellow, I9Gg494c. Oats-White
State 35(a3sc Butter State, 17a26c.
Cheese-State. 1l@1l4e. Eggs-26i@27c.
PHILADELPHIA - Flour -- Pennsyl vania
Fancy, $3.50@375. Wheat, Pennsylvania an /
Southern Red, 993@Ie0 Rye-Pennsyl-
yania, 95@g9sc. Corn-Southern Yellow, Ash
@4Slc Oats -39G39Ie. Butter-State, 2S@
2gc. Cheese New York Factory l0t1ly.e.
Eggs-State. 2i925e.
CATTLE.
BALTIMORE Beef sL5 q L71 Shee,-
s.. 50(96.o9. lIogs-S4 40@ 400.
NEW YogK-l Seef-SIl9450Q Sheep
81. @5.e2A. Hogs-i.lct9 i.G0.
East LIgERrY- Beef-si.75@5 90. sheep
s3.v0t55.Oes Ilo,s-' 81. p(9 i7u.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06
RESCUED BY WOMEN.
Young noonshIner Taken from Onicers
by His Sister and Mother.

Young moonshiner Taken from oficers
by His Sister and Mother.
A despatch from Atlanta, Ga, says Deputy
Marshals Burrell and Reynold, arrived here
after big haul in Rabun. The deputies
raide,l three stills; seven men we're captured.
On the way from the place Of capture 10
Gainesville Deputy BurreIl was some distance
behind Deputy Reynolds Reynolds had four
Of the mo0nsbiners in charge and Burreli had
three. Two Of Burreips prisoners we're hand.
euifsd together. while the third John Lowell,
marched in front If Burreli Suddenly two
rsofnen sprang out from the bush.
One Of them was aged, but the other was
about Is years. They were the desf and
dumb sister and mother Of young Lowell.
Mrs. Lowell quickly grssped Deputy Burrell
around the body. pinioning his arms 70 his
side, while Lowell cut for the wood. Rey
nOlds shook Mrs. Lowell Of, and would have
fired atIthe Tetreaiing moonsbiner had not the
sister sprung between them. The young iel-
low made his escape, and The women were
allowed to depart.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06
One Mans Food for a Day.

Professor Huxley's food table tells how
many grains per day each average man
of 154 pounds weight should consume
of solid food. Of lean beefsteak he
should have 5000 grains; bread, 5000
grains; milk, 1000 grains; potatoes
5000 grains; butter, 60) grains, and
water, 22,000 grains. A man of the
weight mentioned above will have sixty
eight pounds of muscles and their ap-
purtenances; his bones will weigh twenty
four pounds; skin, ten and half pounds;
fat twenty-eight pounds; brain, three
pounds; thoracic vlscera, three and u
half pounds; abdominal viscera, eleven
pounds; blood, seven pounds. Chicago
News.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06
WORDS Of WISDOM.

The greatest remedy for anger is de-
lay.
Apologies only account for that which
they do not alter.
Consider not what people say, tut
what they think.
Fine sense and exalted sense are not
half SO useful as common sense.
To hear complaints is wearisome alike
to the wretched and the happy.
Conditions are pleasant or grievous tc
US according to our sensiblities.
Only those too young to know what
happiness is are never unhappy.
We are all so tragic in our thoughts
so commonplace in our actions.
A man would be much happier if he
could only think of the future and forget
the past.
There are too many young girls in the
world who haven't an ambition that
hasn't man in it.
The wisest mau in the world is the
man who knows his weakness. A fool
knows his strength.
Cheerfulness, the character of common
hope, is, in strong hope, like glimpses of
sunshine on cloudy day.
Though people are too modest to ad-
nit it every man is his own hero and
every woman her own heroine.
Ca!amties that seem insupportable
when looked at from distance lose half
their power if met and resisted with for
titude
There isn't any hope for man when
he reaches the point where he is not
ashamed to have his m1ther know of his
meanness.
Blessings may appear under the shape
of pains, losses and disappointmeuts, but
let him have patience and he will see
them in their proper figure.
Equality is the life of conversation,
and is as much out who assumes to him
self any part above another as he who
considers himself below the rest of So
ri of
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06
Mr. STURGEON Is DEAD.
Govt Ends the Life Of the Great London

Gout Ends the Life Of the Great London
Preacher.
Mr. Sturgeon, the great London preacher
died at Mentone, Italy, shortly after ii
O'Clock P. b.. aged fty-eight years. He
suffered for many years from govt, which
finally went to his head lie had been
unconscious since morning. He did not recog-
nize bis wife aud daughter. He refused ali
food. and milk that was forced down his
throat was not retained. A host Of kilograms
Of sympathy were received by members Of the
dying pastors family. In hs illness, which
began seven months ago and passed through
many vieissitudvs, he has had worldwide
sympathy. and his devoted congregation in
London have been nntiring in their petitions
% the Lord for his recovery.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06

There arc 800, 900 Mohammedaus in
Austria, and their women will re ;eive
only women physicians. This has led
the Austrian minister of finance to recon-
mend to the Government that women be
allowed to practice medicine generally.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06
FOOTPRINTS in the Sand.
By FLORA HAISEs LoUGaEAD.

E did not notice
them at first,
They were such
tiny footprints
and there were
places where the
wash of the waves
had Ealf efaced
them. And he was
a man dis.raught
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-06
VOL. XI.
a HAUNTING THOUGHT.

a. I'M ~ ~ A1NAT i L.
IL the wind is the breath of the dying,
As ancient legends say,
What rebel soul, defying,
Sweeps down the storms to-dayi
What fruitless, mad regretting
Uttered that lingering wall,
What life of storm and tempest
Is spilled upon the gale?
If The wind is the breath of tia DYING.
Across the sea of light,
What sanity soul, replying,
Goes out to God tonight?
Whom does this moonlit zephyr.
Uplift on its white breast?
What spirit, pure and patient,
In rapture sinks to rest?
Elizabeth Stuart rneIps.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-09-05
LOCAL ADVERTISING.

Advertisements and notices, as prone
nades, shows and other entertainments Will
be published under this head for ttco cents
word for first insertion, one cent word there
after. We. shall run no advertisements
among local items. Cash must accompany
the order. No CHARGE WILL BE MADE OF LESS
rFAN FORTY CENTS
Will pay q cts a doz. for fresh eggs.
Geo. H. Davis.
WANFED.-A girl for general house
work, in a family of three. Good
wages and steady employment. Mrs.
III. c. Cleveland, Coventry, VT.
N. NJ. Scott will pay cash for good
maple sugar Office and store room
in the Mrs. Stone building, formerly
S'Cheney Clothing Store" If
To LET.-Pleasant rooms in Ovens
Block, suitable for dressmaking or for
office of any kind.
J. n. Webster will furnish excursion
tickets on the steamer, Lady of the
Lake, from Newport to Magog and
return, also tickets from Barton to
Magog and return for small or large
parties at reduced rates, also mileages
on the Boston & Maine, Central Yer
mont, Concord & Montreal, Montpe-
Iier & Wells River railroads
Barron & Hamblet will pay 20 cts.
per dozen for eggs. Barton, Aug. p.
A G. Fisher, veterinary surgeon,
treats all diseases of domesticated
animals. Dentistry specially. Office
American House, Barton, VT.
WANTED-This week, so trunks of
print butter, for which we can pay
fancy price. o. D. Owen.
New Fall Hats at Mrs. E. L. Bars
tow's this week. Ovens Block.
See ad. Barton Pant and Remnants.
For SALE.-At the Liquor Agency,
a lot of empty barrels, half barrels
and kegs, suitable for holding cider.
DR.. E. G. Stevens has returned from
a three weeks vacation at Montpelier,
VT, and has reopened his office for
business, where he will be pleased to
see all his old patients and as many
new ones as may see fit to call.
LosT-Between Glover and West
Glover, wallet, Aug. D. Return the
same to G. P. Fisher for reward.
WANTED.-One hundred girls fif-
teen years of age and upward to work
in our new factory at Barton. Ad-
dress Peerless Manufacturing Co.,
Barton, VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-09-05
TIM & T a g L E.
Passenger Trains Leave

Passenger Trains Leave
NEwPORT-SoUTH -6:55 a. M; Sis q. M;
1905 p. m; 400 p. m; 7:10 p. M; II 100 p m !;
1910 a. m. NoRTH-3:45 a. M; $50 a. M; l;3o
~ m; 9:45 p m; 500 p m.
-SoUTH-7:O5 a. M; 4:09 p H.
NoRTH-12:25 m; 6:10 p M
BARTON LANDING-SoUTH-7:15 a m; $3.50 a
IN; 4:20 p. m; 7:40 p. M; II: p M; North
$50 n. M; 4:40 a. m; 12:15 p. M; 6:oO p.
m; 9: Is p. m.
BARTON-SoUTH-7:3 a m; SAB a M; 1873 p.
m; ABA p. m: sos p. M; 1880 p m. NORTH
-4:26 a. m; 1900 m; 4:0S p. Ms 5:46 p m;
sos p. m.
SOUTH RARTON-SoUTH-7:4 m; 4:45 p. M
.NoRTH-11:49 m; 5:35 p m.
SUTTON-SoUTH-s:O m; 500 p. m. NORTH
lis a m; 5:19 p m.
WEST BURKE-SoUTH-S:0 a m: 9:10 a. M;
SIP D. M; 9:O5 p. M; 1900 p. m; NORTH
1856; a. M; IL 81 a m; 5:12 p. m: 1913 p. M
LYNDONVILLE-SOUT :18 m; $50 a. M;
9:25 a.. M; 2:14 p. m; 5:33 p. M; $40 p. M;
1920 a. m. WORTHLESS a. M; $40 a. M;
II:1O a. M; $3.50 p. M; 4:55 p. M, S:18 p m.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-09-05
Barton.

Barton.
Edie Dewey is home from Boston
on a short visit.
Rev. A. B. Blake and family are Wis
iting in this place and vicinity.
Clarence Fisk has moved to the vii
lage from the east part of the town.
Mrs. Emily Stiles of Boston is in
town visiting her daughter, Mrs. H.
P Coburn.
Complaint is made that the potato
crop is almost failure on many farms
hereabouts.
Do not fail to attend town meeting
state ticket.
Mrs. Jennie Stiles Kimball and
family of Lowell, Mass, are in town
visiting friends.
The son of Judah Brooks, so seri-
ously hurt by the kick of horse, has
nearly recovered.
T w. Drew and wife went to Bos-
ton last week to attend the funeral of
his brother, Silas Drew.
The ballot clerks selected for this
town are I. D. r. Collins, N. M. Scott,
O.. 2. Jenness and II. p. Cook
MIR. A. D.Fisher, who is at the Amer
lean House as veterinary surgeon, re-
ports a good start in business.
The regular meeting of the w. r.
c.. will be held at their rooms on
"Wednesday ne2t,sa5 3 o,eleck p. m.
9E.sH. Stone of st. Johnsbury is ex-
pected to begin on the jobAof moving
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-09-05
St. j. 81 l.. C.. II. r..
Passenger Trains Leave

Passenger Trains Leave
HARDWICK-EAsT-7:27 m; 1880 p m; 7:4O
m. WEsT-9:O2 m; 4:4S p m; 9:34 p m.
EAST HARDWICK-EAsT-7:3 M II SO p m;
1919 m. .WEsT-8:53 m; 4:39 p m; 9:25
D m
GREENSBORO-EAsT- a m; I'LL p. m;
500 D m. WEsT-S:45 a m; 4:3O m; 9:16
p
ST. JOHNSBURY-EAsT-s m; 2:1s p m;
sos m. WEsT-7:35 m; 800 m; sos
N m
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-09-05
PROBATE COURTS.

Probate Courts will be held on the second
and fourth Fridays of each month at the Pro
bate Office. in Newport; and on each THURSDAY
preceding the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, at my Office in Barton Landing,
and at F. w. Baldwin's Office in Barton on the
second Monday of each month.
O. H. AUSTIN, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-09-05

Advertisements and notices, as prone
nades shows and other entertainments Will
be published under this head for ttco cents a
word for first insertion, one cent word there
after. We shall run no advertisements
among local items. Cash must accompany
the order. No CHARGE WILL BE MADE OF LESS
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17
For Over Fifty Years

MRS WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used by millions of mothers for their children
while teething. If disturbed at night and
broken of your rest by a sick child suffering
and crying with pain of Cutting Teeth send
at once and get bottle Of "Mrs. Winslow,s
Soothing Syrup" for Children Teething. Il
will relieve the poor little sufferer immedi.
tely.. Depend upon it, mothers. there is no
mistake about 1t: 1t cures Diarrh@a. revn,
ntes the Stomach and Bowels. cures Wind
ton, and gives tone and energy to the xuhni..
system. MRS. Winslow's Soothing SWIM"
for children teething 10 pleasant to ths tal, f.
and is the prescription of one of the oldesI
and best female physicians and nurses In the A.
United States. Price twenty-five cents bot
world. Be sure and ask for Ms VIZ.
lows SOOTHING SYRUP"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-17
A Painful Operation.

A farmer shaving is one Of the most
painful sights ever witnessed outside
downright butchery. For some reason
beyond the present depth Of knowledge
the man who "beards" in the country
always has q beard like q new hair
brush, and he can never learn how TO-
sharpen razor. He gets on the back
porch with his shaving utensils, and
after rubbing the razor over the strop in
an awkward fashion until whatever
trace of edge it may have had has been
destroyed he hangs up his broken glass,
and takes a position alongside the
kitchen door, where the old lady will be
sure to jostle his arm when she goes out
to empty her dishwater.
With brush that has but little handle
remaining he manages to stir up lot OF
lather from soap that would raise Bills
ter on the bottom of a boys foot, ana
with this he coats his face till nothing
but his eyes and the back of his head are
visible With his thumb dipped in
warm water he goes over the stubble
again with vigor that makes his flesh
creep, until he feels that all reasonable
precautions for comfort in the subse-
quent operations have been taken.
Taking the razor and looking at it sus-
piciously over the top Of his glasses, no
runs his thumb along the edge, fails to
draw blood as he had hoped, and then
with sigh grabs himself by the nose,
shuts his eyes and gives a scrape that
makes his hair stand on end, as bunch
of bristles seems to come out by the roots
But, once at it, a terrible desperation
seems to nerve him, and, with his teeth
set, he goes right on with a determine
ton to get the agony over as soon a.
possible.
Howls of woe break from him now
and then as an expression that poisons
life steals over his face and stops there
till the last nerve has been pulled ous
Of the socket by that terrible razor and
the last bit Of stubble has been laio
low.
Then. and only then. with . sigh OF
relief. he strikes up q hymn Of thanks
giving and joyfully throws his shaving
paper into the ash pit near by.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.