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Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10
RAPID TRANSIT.

fhis mornin', worlin' along the edge
O the river road, trimmin' hedge,
see fcller ridin' in sight
Straddle o. some ethfn' strange an oGEAts
With his feet worRin' up an do'Sn
An the wheels q spinnln roun' and roun'.
Till the spokcs jest flashed like i.icles-
Twas one O. them there bicycles.
Wonder how o critter feels
Straddle q pair O. buggy wheels,
Travelin' like the deuce, you know,
Anywhere he wants to go!
Now days, t keeps a mortal movin'
Watchin' how the worlds imp-ovin'
Keeps 'cm kind o. plagued an vcxed.
ponderin' wkatll men do ucxt.
I remember a few years past
Thought Is travelin' purity fast
On the railroad; mercy sakes,
'Iectric cars amt no great shakesi
Twort be morc'n 4 year an hall
Till folks II so by telegraph
Bumpin' over the mountain peaks
An keepin' up with the fghtnin' streaks.
Some day some blame silly cuss
L git the world in the derndest muss,
BY maxim q tarnal fool machine
To serve rs . sort o Ro-bctween
From this ere globe to the stars r moon;
n else he II rig out o big balloon
With revolving paddles-an' travel plumb
From Halifax to the Kingdom Come!
Oh. people are gettin' too pesky smart
An one day they'll jest take n star.
An harness the earth to u passin' breeze
An natcherly travel where they please;
They II get to soarin' higher an higher,
Till they strike the sun an ketch ahrc-
II they IL slip cog an jump the rail
By trippin' up on n comets tail!
$ @. Lapius, in Ohio Farmer.
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10

s8naang. Every time he sloshed mo
down in the creek the water flew up
three feet or more, and kept going up
and coming down over us like foun-
tain in steady play, so rapidly did the !,
buck keep up the churning.
"Addel to this ducking and tossing |
that the buck, now mad as fury, was
treating me to, he was able to give me
q dig every now and then with one OF
his shar1, fore feet, catching me at the
shoulder and slashing it down almost
the full length of my arm. This soon
removed what cloth there was between
his hoof and my arm, and then he be-
gan on the hide and flesh. didn't
know that dared let go of the buck.
for his dandcr was up 90 far that ne
would have come at me with both
hoofs and his horns Us we'll, was we'll
aware, and l was well enough ac-
quainted with deer to feel that he
would probably have me down and
spiked and punched full of holes be-
fore I cosld get up the bank. The
| reason I didn't know that l dared let
90 of the buck was that didn't know
that Laroy Lyman had arrived on tho
sceuc and was peeking out from be.
hind big tree, enjoying himself
enough to burst at the way l was
| whipping the deer. VI course, IL hau
| Jumped away from The deer and the
deer had jumped after me, Laroy
would have put ball through him SO
quick that he would never have known
what hit him. hut didn't know Laroy
was taking Buck and me in from be.
hind the tree, and, consequently, held
on for dear life and felt around in my
pocket with ono hand to find my knife,
for If that fight was to be ended In my
favor it had to be done before the day
light was churned out of me.
II found my knife, opened il with my
; teeth, and with all the deliberate cal
culation l could command under thu
circumstances, being up in the air ont
second and under the water the next
felt for the bucks jugular. When
. thought had the keen blade just right
; plunged it into the deer's neck. Bu
my calculation was trihc off. thrus
r in the knife clear to the hilt. 1t strucl
S against a bone, and the blade snappe'
S off close to the handle and stayed il
e the wound. But the sousing and toss
S ing and raking with the bucks shar
3 hoof kept right on with steadines
y and regularity that would have mad
: the walking beam Of stc"mhoa
o ashamed of itself. My shoulder an
e arm were tolerably well gouSed an
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10
HONEST UNTIL DEATH.
asd flixht of . Little Edinburgh street.
fiaua4n.


In the course of a sermon to children
In Westminster Abbey, Dean Stanley
told the following story of an Edln- !
bureh street Arab: ''Not long ago. in
Edinburgh, two gentlemen were stand
ing at the door of a hotel one very cold
day when 4 little boy with a thin, blue
face. his feet bare and red with the
cold, and with nothing to cover him
but a bundle Of rags, came and said:
sPlease, sir. buy some matches.
"'No; don't want any, the gentleman
! said.
".But they are only penny box
the poor little fellow pleaded
eyes; but YOU see we don't want
box the gentleman said again.
Then will gle ye twa boxes for q
get rid of him the gentleman who tells
! the story says, 4 bought box; but
then found had no change, SO said
I will buy q box tomorrow"
"'Oh, do buy them tonight, II you
please the boy pleaded again; I will
run and get ye the change for am
vera hungry
80 1 gave him the shilling and he
started away. 1 waited for him, but no
boy caine. Then ! thought had lost
my shilling; still there was that In tho
bows face I trusted, and did not
like to think bad of him. Late in
the evening I was told a boy wanted
to see me; when he was brought in
| found it was smaller brother
of the boy that got my shilling; but. 1t
possible, still more ragged, and poor
, and thin. He stood q moment diving
into his rags as if he was seeking some
thing, and then said: Are you the
? gentleman that bought the matches
= frae Saadis"
, eyes
, "'Weel, then, here's fourpetice out o
your shilling; Sandy cannot come; he
very i'll; a cart ran over him and knocked
, him down, and he lost his bonnet, ant
t his matches, and your sevenpence, AM
{ both his legs ARE broken, and the doc
k tor says he'll die, and that's a. An
d then, putting his fourpence on tn
n table, the poor child broke down int
+ sobs So fed the little man and wen
p with him to see Sandie. l found tn
IS two little things lived alone, thei
c father and mother being dead. Poo
vt Sandie was lying on a bundle OF shay
d ings. He knew me as soon as got II
d and said: Il got the change, sir, an
was coming back; and then the hors
knocked me down and both my les
were broken; and oh, Reuby! itt
Reuby! I am sure I am dying, an
who will take care of you when 1 a
gone? What will we do, Reuby?'
"Then 1 took his hand and said
would always take care of Reuby. r
understood me, and had just streng'
to look up at me as if to thank me. al
n. Y. TedSesirno dsin' ''''' OF MS oiue e'es'
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10
Tho Way of the Transgressor.

Jepson had married his wife for no
other reason in the world except tnas
she had money, though he lied to her like
a pirate, and she thought it was love
match. Naturally welded lif" was not
sweet, and Jepson was getting the bit
terest end of it. One day ne met
friend.
by George!" he exclaimed that
wife of mine will drive me crazy.
whats the matter now? inquired
the friend, consolingly.
You know my wife has sl5o,ooo, and
YOU know married her for it and got
Il. There is no use of lying about that
any further"
The friend bowed in acquiescence.
"well, do you know that she has di.
| vided the whole thing up into sums OF
| s1eo each, and proposes to have me ar
rested 800 times for obtaining money
under false pretenses? Think OF 'hae
will you? Did you ever hear OF such
woman?" And Jepson went into
spasu. Detroit Free Press.
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10
Personal AND ,MPERsoNAL

Nero vas not the only famous man
addicted TO fddle-playing at critical
moments Immediately after the bat
tie of Polotsl< the great French general. |
Eaiut-Cyr, shut himself up in jesuit
convent and fiddled for two days But
lie had won the battle.
"A practical joke caused the reform
alton of a topper in Peoria. When no
was in a drunken slumber, his partner
entered his room and filed the oeo anu
his pockets with living horned toaos.
Half an hour later he saw the topper on
his knees, praying, and vowing that NO
would never touch intoxicants again
Mr.. Gladstone's maternal grand
father provost Robertson) was at one
time chief magistrate of the ourgh o!
Dinrwall, and Mr.. Gladstone hlmsen
till lately owned quaint one-stor1eo
house opposite the Bank OF Scotlano'
of which he granted the town the free
u.e as an almshouse. The building,
however, was sold and removed IN 1850
to make room for a new block OF snope
and Offices known as the Olaos0ono
buildings
-.sThe old William said Prince BIS
! marck recently, twas not, 1t Is true'
great statesman, but he was man o,
mature and sound judgment he "oolo
never act without consulting one or
more of his counselors- Then ne was
u nerfect gentleman I was deeply at
tached to him The Emperor + freoerlck
was a noble man. He was not perhaps
. man Of great sire n 9Th, yet he was one
IT considerable perception, discretion
and tact. He was a sharp sword with
a short blade"
| fen. Easement lives at Painesville.
O.. now. but is well remembered west
of the Missouri as the builder OF the
Union Pacific railway, which he Pusneo
at the rate of five miles day-a pre-
yiously unprecedented achievement.
The general was an intimate friend O,
the late Sidney Dillon, whom he charae
+erizes as ''warm-hearted, hones'
Irishman, true to his friends, plain II
his WAYS, and Indifferent to show.
, plain, blunt man to whom many mil
> lionaires of to-day owe their fortunes
' Col. Hodgetts, who died recently II
\ Canada at patriarchal age, was tn
e last survivor of the Mahratta war O
q 1s17-'1s. He was probably the oldes
officer in the British service, for, aftc
n having served for many years In Tn
ranks, he was promoted from sergeant
!. major to ensign and adjutant OF tn
d Twenty-fourth regiment In 1e'o' IL
;e was staff officer at Drogheda for severs
N wears, and in 1851 he went to Canad
% on receiving the appointment OF sta
4 @ficer of pensioners at London in ths
- ard :, ,1bemarle told Mrs. Beech'
s. Stowe, when -. was IN Eng Mlu;u iano, W
story about the n-- Oh "s -..hn ~ -.
n Sitting next a lady az d.,.: 70 ,.; =,
a India. ladies put muskrats into ''ss
,e smelling bottles" They must be vel
K small rats, then" the lady observe
I'd "Not at all-about the size OF Lnt.is t.n
~ rats.- .Thcn their smelling bottl
,n must be very large" Not at all,
ed bigger than yours" When the gent
- men entered the drawing-room, Lo
Fitzroy Somerset whispered 70 the lao
You now sec the sort OF difficulties
o. have at the Horse Guards; we are
no ouired to put very large rats into We
,er small bottles"
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10
wATER-A MINekAL.
.,aJtIs the Most Useful One Found In ths
World.

And 1t Is the Most Cseiui ohe H' " "
World
=. ann ,,..re TO ask his friends what
,,,;,,.r,, we are most familiar with and
,nost commonly used as food, the an
.,,e,s would probably be both varled
ord amusing. Salt would. fancy, first
sue,pest itself to many, and to those
whose training in physiology and
br9iene has not been neglected, no
ao,,ht the claims of lime, and iron and
.,,.hon. which in one form or another.
,~e use with food to build up bone ana
b,.,wn. would be amply urged. But
,ftar all II is water, for water is MIN
a-.l-. fused mineral. You will find 1t
a.scrihed as such along with quartz
- top,- and the diamonds IN Dana
NJ;,aralorv or in other treatlses on
stones.
we usually think of minerals as SOLID
things. such as metals and rocks ah'
| towels and various chemical salts bu
when we consider the matter l1ttl'
| we see that all these things II melte'
| ~ stronp heat are minerals stu, DOL.
! .hev are now in fluid instead OF soIi'
! .+,te The difference between thes
minerals and water is that water get
e,id at a lower temperature than the
DO and. like quicksilver stays melte
at ordinary living heat. But In thos
Gid ice ages which, one after anothel
have swept now over the northern an
now over the southern hemispher
bringing ruin and desoiation' TT
,a,nral and common condition of wat'
, vas that of a solid-ice-as it largely
today out-of-doors in winter when n, n,
; kept fused by the stored-up heat OF II
soil nud rocks, or is melted by the su
IT. Mitchell Pruiden, in Harper
] Magazine,
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10

and wolves than any other man IN
Pennsylvania, thought he'd give the
game a rest for n day and go chestnut
ting over on the head of Cards brook.
/ knew something OF the lay OF the
country around there, and I concluded
to go chestnutting with Laroy, and
rugged up for the nutting by picking out
one of his guns and turning one of his
best dogs loose When | joi-".3 the
old hunter with his gun over my shoui-
der, he wanted to know of me:
--"sWhat are you going to do with that
gun?'
81 told him tn ought might maybe
see {. chestnut that nothing but rinc
could reach. just then his dog came
trotting up.
..Who united that dog?' he asked.
"'I did said I.
".Well,' said Laroy, you'll got him
all full of hedgehog quills aud spoll
him. You'll have to pay for him; that
alp
II didn't say anything, and we went
on tow ard the place where we were 70
do our nutting. Jonathan Card and
somebody else were along. We got up
on the hill, near the head of the creek,
had cut down a chestnut tree and had
only lust nicely begun to pick The
burrs off, when suddenly Laroy Lyman
jumped up, turned round like a Hash,
grabbed the gun that had set against
a tree near by, aimed toward a cluml
of high bushes, and blazed away.
hadn't heard anything, and didn't see
anything but bushes where Laroy shot
but when the gun cracked out Jumped
a big buck, and went off down the hill
He was hit, of course, and Laroy sale
to me:
".Eo for him! He's our meat!
.Now, in those days l thought
wasn't much of a trick for me to do t
outrun the dogs when l took after
deer. and started for this one. 500
passed the dog, and chased the deer
the bank of the creek. The dog ha
gone up over point of the hill: di'
covered the buck in the creek lying !
@ deep hole. There was a pie OF orr,
lumber in the creek below him and til
bank was quito high. I started towar
the deer and he rose to his knees
knew something had to be done rlgl
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10

,vav or the buck would get out OF
tbere and make trouble, SO L plckeo up
a big three-cornered stone and hnrleo
;t at him with both hands 1t struck
him on the head, and down he Went
He was up on his knees again in sec.
o,d though. and | downed him with
,notber stone. But still he wouldn I
st,v down. and so l made up my mind
&, wouldn't do to take many more
ohsnces with stones, and pitc he'd into
.ha creel, to settle the deer there.
sliced him by one horn with my hands'
nnd, placing my foot on the other norm
rreparsd to flop him over and drown
him. Well, for the next minute Oh
two that buck churned and sousea " me
nm and down in that creek as II ne wa
a washvomau and ! was Deoquile
aud he was giving me an ail-perSsa'as
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10
IN GLOUCESTER hAR1oR.

Hard Life OF the Fishermen o" '"@ A |
and the Georges.
Tho fsherman's life on the Banks ana
the Georges in winter is q very hard one,
though they live we'll on bonrd-oetter
than on shore. They have to, that they
NAV stand the excessive cold; ana theiT
nav is like their lives, a floating DOUBT
The VOYAGE is made on shares FROM
the gross profits of the catch are oe-
Quoted the cost of bait and ice. and one
fourth of one per cent. for the WIDOWS
and orphans fund Onc-half OF the ne1
| ..stock," as it is called, goes TO tne
owners of the vessel, the other nan 10
| the crew, from which is deducted eacn
mans share of the crew S expenses; tha'
| is, cooks wages, water, medlcihe ches',
etc. They sail away full of hope ana
Nth n full larder. Arrived on the
| grounds, they anchor in about forty or
| fftv fathoms, and set their travis.
These are long lines, anchored on tne
bottom and extending out from tne
schooner many hundreds OF yards. 10
these. at intervals of a fathom tthe
distance varies for different hshl, arc
attached shorter lines. These lines
+ have to be attended in dories, each con
tanning two men who haul, bait ano
land the fish in the boat to be trans
, ferred to the schooner. Herein lie th'
, danger and the hardship, for the stronf
| tides of the Banks and the shoai "ats
I pile up great combing seas. Inc co,'
a Is cruel. and the work hard. Sudde nj.
t down comes fog, not the soft mist
!. summer or autumn, but a thick, heaV.
RI hank. soaked through with the pene
Z trating cold OF the icebergs 1urthe
a north. Horns are blown from the YES
sell but every year many dor'es ar
y lost. One would think that coInho
d sense, if not law. would make eac
e. dorv carry breaker of water ana Pho
AZ bread: but none do. and either eNPer
r ence does not teach or the hsherine
II like such chances for year after ye;
t. comes the same old story of lost aoi
ly and two men starved or dead OF thlrs
ip When the fog lifts they are many 1nll
I'd from their schooner. and arc earned
to the swift tides they know not whith'
,r Then come days of hunger and tnls
ho hands are frozen to the oars; maane
at haunts them; and then-death. Son
times they make land or are picked
by a passing vessel, in which case Tn
often return before their own schoon
no but that great happiness is rare. IN
lat their vessel. which SO gayly sailed {
i<e past the light, comes home with
we flag at half-mast-R. Cleveland Co
io1 in Century.
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10
CHANGED HIS MIND.
Dave Calkins Found One Deer He
Couldn't Whip.

: ever a man got
a rattline. up by
q deer tn at man
was me-" said
Dave Calkins,
0 I Frs h j n &
Creek, who has
had a good deal
to do with deer
and bears in his
time. at was
when deer were
n II m e r o u s
around on these
hills. One day
in the fall La
roy Lyman, who
had killed more
deer and bear
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10

There has just died at Berlin an
old man who for the past ffty-hve
wears has kept diary of his daily eS-
nenses. From it these facts are gath
cred: He smoked during his life 62s, -
cigars. of which 43,O We're presents
and the remainder cost So, 166 francs; he
wore s5 pairs of trousers, which cost
9. 3o5 francs; "A coats and vests, which
cost 1855 francs, and 81 pairs OF Shoes
which cost 1858 francs; he drank DUR
ing the past fifteen years IS, 1856 glasses
Of Munich beer and 36,osl glasses OF
cocnac and other spirits, all OF whlcn
cost him 26,T5 francs, and his tips u
walters amounted to 5, 525 francs.
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10

MIR. Jones-"My boy has begun to
,,1xe music lessons Mr.. Brown
o;yhat,s he taking music lessons for"'
NJ Joucs-"For a dollar and half an
hour, mostly. At least, l can't discover
anything else in it"
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10

The beauty of the new electric
dance is that there Is no danger of any
one but the dancer being shocked.
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10

I-OTICE HEREBY GIVEN THU hi.tions ~
n ING on the Rosale and Iin%ood nrs viii be
=; ,,;nsnarish ;ss is prohibited NlolSIors VIII ~
rosncufed II, ,, TO the full extent Of the Iawv
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

My girl just dotes upon ice e-crea"'
withal she has heart-
To help me save, she saln: NO" on"'ie'
Do get it by the quart! p,.
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10
eTsIRNJ9'
Livery. Feed and Sale Stable.

Eeot Of The hill St francisvilie-
rIssls aad double teams ana saddle nSsSos
Ssy weak or month. The best grade OF ssoos
~ salo Stable on Sun street.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-09

every traveller WHO stops at Paris
lodging house laughed a woman the
other day, "has candle story. aud hero
Is mine; We were served with two
candles every morning. which we never
half used up. these would be taken ont,
however, and fresh ones appear in thclr
places Knowing that we were being
charged for every candle we determined
at least 10 onioy added illumination, and
my husband looked around for place TO
hide them during the daily doing up of
the apartment. On the top shelf Of u
cabinet arrangement Ia a corner stood u
large Japanese vase, wide aud deep. Up
70 this Air. ---- climbed, TO discover that
wo had been forol,alled, for IN IT, capa-
ciaui hollow We found seventeen can.
dies, every ono burned down perhaps an
inch.
"Somc former lodgcr had resented
tho candle swindlc liko ourselves, aud
had put his daily allowance where 1t
would do the proprietor no good. That
MIGHT brilliant illumination OF nineteen
candles, each sot In It's own greate on
the marble top table, gave us something
like light, During our stay we hid aud
accumulated candles, ~ that we had
always enough 10 read by, and WHOM we
left We deposited our ovcntock IN the
vase for tho bOueHt Of some searching
successor. New York Times.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-09

In the country tho farmer s. now sup
Piled with blowing aud foaping ma
chimes, binders aud grain sewers. A
man with team Of horcs or yoke Of
oxen did good work once In blowing five
acres Of soil in two days, Now the three
gang or doubl, furrow plow does the
same amount of work in ono day. The
steam plow has IN some cases superseded
the double pillow, and made 1t possible
FOR one man TO DO In one day what he
formerly did in thirty days, or, In other
words, one man plows FOR thirty.
Once the farmer sowed the seed while
walking from sido 10 side across tho
newly Ilowed ground; tho seed is now
placed in n hopper on wheels, child
mounts the box, manages the team, and
In one day as great quantity Of seed Is
scattered over the surface as II formerly
required ten men TO SOW. All the way
through, from one end OF tho farm to
the other, machinery has lightened tho
labor OF those who work the farms;
planting corn, sowing grain, planting
potatoes and gathering tho harvest is
now done by machinery, st. Louis Re
public,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-09

There /. an interesting collection OF
cats In the cellars OF cold storage ware.
house on Front street. The temperature
Of these cellars varies from IL to 30
dogs. Fahrenheit. and the rats and mice
were so destructive that three years ago
twelve cats We're caught and placed In
them. At first they had 10 be closely
confined, but they soon adapted them
selves to their now conditions Of cold
and darkness, and now seldom venture
into the light and warmer air. VIM
brought up they at once attempt to re-
turn TO their cold quarters.
Five OF tho original twelve remain.
Their hair has grown very thicl; aud ro-
mains without change through the year.
Two Filters OF kittens have been born IN
successive years, all having very thick
hair. The room where they We're found
was at temperature Of 81 degs. -Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-09

The late Nine. Bartholdi was no ordi.
nary person. and on her nineticth birth
day slo looked so full Of life and besmed
90 with mental vigor and heartiness that
wonder she did not live TO u hundred.
She was left u widow early, aud devoted
herself TO the education Of her sons and
the stewardship Of their paternal prop
critics, which under her management
were increased to fortunes. Though so
well endowed with .hc money making
faculty, she was person Of a generous
disposition and given to hospitality.
In youth sue was rcputcd tho hand
soonest girl Ia Alsace. As an old woman
she was more than handsome. The pure
outlines remained aud the fire Of the
kindcst. quickost and most lambert pair
Of eyes imaginable wis never quenchod
20 long as life remained. The son must
have had her in his head, a. be rcmcm.
bered her In her younger daya, when be-
WIS sketching the design Of the statue
" Liberty Enlighiening the World
It WAS her idea that Liberty should not
be- On pate dc guimauve, but Of grave
and severe aspect. Liberty was the bot
OF all conditions, she used 10 say, FOR
those who were severe upon themselves,
and the wort for the self indugent.
One never saw q trace Of self righteous
har-hncss in the old lady. She was very
iudulgent toward tho orring; but that
grace, she said, came With the wide eX.
porionco Of old agc. II was u source Of
enjoyment 10 her 10 drive to the Isle Of
Swans, IN the Seine. and look at The re-
daccd cory which was set up there few
years ago Of the famous statue which
now stands ut tho entrance Of New Yorl;
harhor. one OF her sayings WIS, "Do
not ropros ba!ncss; crowd it out with
good ideas. london Truth.