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The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-09

Edward Atkinson, who. after 60
years of work, has made a trip
across the water for recreation,
finds that there is no difficulty in
smoke prevention where municipal
authorities insist upon it,
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-09

William J. Haynes, n st Louis
engineer, who will be l0i years old
Christmas day, is n soldier of three
wars, with a record for bravery in
each of them, and he was the en-
gineer Of che first steamboat up
the Mississippi and of the pioneer
locomotive on the Missouri Pacific
railway. Until two years ago Mr..
Haynes followed his trade regularly
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-09

Sullivan, Gilbert, and Carte
up 10 the time Of dissolution Of part
nership, made about $4,000 apiece
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-05-28
An AnCclo,e of tho Emperor william.

An AnccIotc of tho Emperor William.
The forces behind William II are such
as have never been cultivated in Russia,
whose car lives in hourly dread of as
sassination. and whose people are so
many items of en- official budget, 80
many units in q military report. The
German emperor walks about the streets
of his town as fearlessly and naturally
as any other man, although the. life of
his grandfather was twice attempted
One day, in November Of 1891. LIE
was walking with a guest through the
narrow and crowded thoroughfare OF. q
city mot far from Berlin. The side
walks were narrow and as the emperor
is fast walker. he frequently had to
step ont into the street to pass other Pc
destrians, md especially clusters of pco-
Pie who stopped for chat.
His companion. who had been in Rus
sia, was struck by the democratic man
Merlin which the German emperor rubbed
in and out among porters, fishwives,
peasants and the rest of the moving
crowd. chatting the while and acting as
though this was hisss1sual manner of
getting about. he was struck still more
by the fuct that ito precautions against
possible ipurderous fanatic appeared
to have been taken and ventured TO
speak of this. The emperor laughed
heartily. and said, "Oh. if had to stop
to think of such things | should never
get through with my days work.
Poultney Biselow in Century.
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n1nkinc The,n Young.

There once lived in the City Of Mexico
q Frenchman known as Otavito dittle
Octave), whose rngueries kept the town
in d ferment. AT ono time he claimed
tn have discovered Il specific for the re-
1uvenescence of women. and by means
of sensational advertising he succeeded
in gathering Il clientele of forty or fifty
ancient danes, who were assembled, on
a certain day. III long sala, tricked ont
with astrological symbols, crucibles,
alelnbics and all the parapherqalia Of
charlatanry The conjurcr presented
himself before the ladies and addressed
them in h;unl,oyant language. ending as
follows: "!And HOW. senoras OF my SOUL
it is needful that the mystic ceremonies
before us he opened by the oldest one
among you.
Then. addressings her whose appear
nnce seemed to indicate priority, he
asked her age. Thirty seven Years,
senior" simpercl the beldinne, who was
at least in, the seventh decade. And
YOU, senora?~ "Thirty-six.' And soon.
until he had got them down to de-
claretl ago of twenty years, with maxi
mum of thirty-seven. We'll, ladies' all,
Won perceive that without further pro
ceedings the miracle is accomplished,
said Otavito, "for the least gallant CT
men could not call her aught bat young
whose Years are but thirty-seyen-and
YOU see for yourselves that is the age OF
the oldest among youl'-San Francisco
!. Argonant.
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p-orls,ons for n Siege.

The French government, in conjunc-
ton with the Paris municipality, arc
considering7l scheme for the erection Of
stores for preserving supplics of frozen
meat, to he used in case Of another
siege. Paris in time Of war needs eco
tons of meat day. At this rate all the
focl1s of sheep and herds Of oxen that
could he brought together at the last
moment would last but a few weeks.
and it might be impossible to feed them
The stores about to be erected will
contain even in time Of peace large sup
plies of meat, and Immediately upon a
declaration of war will receive 10000
tons of beef and mutton. This repre-
scnts fifty days full rationsyor 100 days
half ratiuns. The forts around Paris
havo sufficient food to last three years.
No war is likely to last this length Of
time.-Echo.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-05-28

grew-and enlarged until it became a
tree and split tho marble to pieces,
There can be no eternalization of any
thing earthly But foreverl Will you
and live as long as that? We are apt
to think Of the@grsye as the terminus.
We are apt to think Of the hearse as our
last vehicle. We are apt to think Of
seventy OF eighty or ninety years. ard
then cessation.
Intead of that we find the marble slab
of the tomb is only u milestone, mark
ing the first mile, and that the great
journey is beyond. We have only time
enough in this world to put on the SAN
dals and to clasp our girlle and to pick
mp our staff. We take. our first step
from cradle to grave, and then VIC open
the door and start-grcat God, whittier?
The clock strikes the passing away Of
time, bnt not the passing away of eter-
nifty. Measureless, lneasureless! This
Selah of perpet,ity nlakes earthly inc
qualities SO Insignificant, the difference
between scepter and needle. between
tAl0Illl OTd ttlu iIltb, GCIWttH CllhL iOI Uutt
cart. between throne and crrbstone. be-
tween Administer md hare floor, between
eatin and sackcloth, very trivial. -.
This Selah OF perpetuity makes four
getting ready so>j portaps. For.st1ch
prolongation Of travel what outfit Of
guidebooks, of passports and of escort?
Are we putting out on desert, simeon
swept and ghoul haunted. or into re-
gions of sun lighted and spray sprinkled
gardens? Will it be Elysiyl1n or Ge-
henna2 Once started in that world, we
cannot stop. The current is so swift
that once in no oar can resist it, no helm
can steer out of it, no herculean or
titanic arm can battle it. Hark to the
long rdsounding echo. "foreverl" Oh,
wake up to the interest of your death
less spiritl Strike out-for heaven. Rouse
ye, men and women for whom Jesus
died. Selahi Selahl Forever! Forever!
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-05-28
AM Ens.er scene In Athens.

For some time before Easter the city
If Athens wears picturesque aspect.
This is due in great part to the number
of shepherds who. with their fiocks,
have come down from the mountains
and are camped in every available open
space, engaged in selling their lambs
There is no family SO poor as not to
break the kong Lenten fast with an
Easter lamb, the yalue of which is about
dollar, and veritable massacre of the
innoccnts is going on.-"Customs and
Lore of Modern Greece"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-05-28
.ro,,lng pbotograpbs by Balloon.

! 1t is proposed that balloon photogra-
ply should be used in sieges by the be-
siegers. One plan is to start a s1naIl
balloon, loaced with camera, to wind
ward Of the fortress, the plates being
exposed by means of clockwork arrange
lment or slow match. These, of course,
are adjusted to tie time which would
elapse before the balloon will reach the
point or points where the exposures are
to be made. The gas escapes, and the
balloon desccnds on the farther side Of
tine fortress, within the bcsiegers' lines.
New YORK Telegram.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-05-28
PAY .EE0UGHl

Some people are too anxious to save
when buying a watch, thinking that
a cheap one will do as we'll as q god
watch, and that all the difference in
watches is in the price. May be it
requires moral effort on your part
to pay us $1,000 for plain looking
but honest tiine-keeper, when some
body else generously offers you a
gold watch for $3.50 and-just for
goodness sake-throws in a gold chain
and charm. OF course it is all q
tame schwindal," as the Jew said
when he went up in u balloon and
couldn't find the silver lining of the
cloud. 1t happens every now and
then that q person sends OF for such
gold watch, gets it, and then loses
faith in watches and humanity for
ever and ever. and ever. We think ii
would pay you to call on us and see
if we have what you want, and if VIC
can't suit you, at all, out of large
stock Of fine watches, why-it is time
enough then to send out Of town fOr
$3.50 gold watch.
w. j. NEVILLE, JR.,
-JEwELER-
Ooonooc1> Ua
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Old Towers IN ireland.

The oldest and most noted remains Of
religious architecture of Great Britain
are the round towers of Ireland, Of
which 1lS are still to be seen. They
are all built near churches and n,oras-
teries, and in time of danger were used
as strongholds. When bells were intro
duced many Of them were used as bell
to,yars -Phiiadelphia Ledger.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-05-28
A Surprised Omciat.

The following story is credited to Con-
gresham Boutelle, of Maine:
There was once a secretary of the navy
from all interior state. He had never
seen ship before arriving in Washing
ton Some weeks after his induction
into office, he visited a ship of war. AT
ter landing OF the main deck he looked
down the main hatch and seemed great
y astnnishc,l. "fjevcr dreamed" lie
said, that the durne.l thing was hoI-
OW."
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AN ELOQUENT pERonATloN.

a skeptic, desiring to show bus con-
tempt for the passing years and to show
that he could build enduringly, had his
own sephlcher made Of the finest and
the hardest marble, and then he had put
on tho door the words, For time and
for eternity" but it so happened that the
seed of a tree somehow got into an un-
seen crevice of the marble. That seed
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-05-28
MAJESTY AND NIGHT.
THE TREMENDOUS SIGNIFICANCE Of
THE WORD "SELAH."

DR.. Tulmngo's Eloquent Discourse Ise55
gardIng IN OCT Rcpentod Yot Little U,-
derstood Old Testament Expressions
Practical Lessons for Christians.
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(IKJD CHIIIlsN u Kt<tF-3'
Wemust pause and ask for more light
We must pausc and weep over our sins.
We must pansc and absorb the strength
of one promise. sometimes hear peo-
p,c boasting about how many times they
have read tie Bible through, when they
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
CASE OF SMALL BOY.
She Now Wishes She Had Not Encoul
aged Him.

She Now Wishes She Had Not Encour-
aged Him.
One of the women who always make
the acquaintance of children on the
train and otherwise show their broad
spirit was coming in from Hartford the
other morning.
So was rosy-cheeked boy rejoicing
in the name by which the father of his
country was known; also the lady
whose position in life is mother of the
lad.
He and the other woman soon became
acquainted, and she asked the usual set
of questions in regard to his name, age
and tastes. Suddenly he retaliated.
Have you got mother?' he asked,
CHANGING toward his own maternal rel
alive.
No" said the lady.
'Hu-um, " said George. meditatively
Then he inquired hopefully:
Have you got any little boys?" and
again the lady answered no.
The pause was longer this time, but
George finally bethought himself of an
other relationship.
Have you got a nus band?" Aud once
more the answer was in the negative.
George pondered silently awhile.
well" said he finally, will you tell
me what you have got?'
And the lady meekly murmured
Nothing. N. Y. World
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

and her lips had an overmastering
tendency to tremble; Mr.. Morris, to
relieve her, looked as little as possible
in her direction.
But finally there was an end to
apples and oranges, toys, strings of
popcorn and candy, and the rest of his
ing his throat, and looking hard at the
ceiling, he said:
MY wife thought the incest thing
for the mother would be ton of coal
and barrel of flour"
Poor Mrs. Hill-poor Mr.. Morrisi for
it was almost as trying for one as the
other; he walked to the window and
examined the frost-work; it was so
thick and fine that he glanced at the
stove next, and then at the empty wood
box and scuttle. The table, with its
dim light, row of spools and scissors,
with the unfinished coat in the chair,
told the story plainly.
Mrs. Hill looked up at last, and tried
to thank him; and Mr.. Morris said how
happy they had all been in answering
Arthur's letter: and he looked so happy
as he said it, that no one could have
doubted him. Then he opened the
door and man set large basket in
side and went away directly.
81 shall see you again, Mrs. Hill,
and hope you and Arthur will both
have very merry Christmas. Good
night" and he had gone before Mrs.
Hill could speak He went directly to
a coal dealer and ordered bag of coal
and basket of wood sent at once, and
seen them on their way.
Mrs. Hill was still sitting in the chair
where Mr.. Morris had left her when
the heavy step of the men with the
coal and wood, and their loud knock at
the door, reused her from her reverie.
The first thing she did after they had
gone was TO make a rousing fire. How
it cracked and snapped and she bent
over the stove and rubbed her stiff
fingers in the genial warmth. Then
she took Arthur's stocking, with the
yawning toe, and quickly mended the
big toe and put the toys in. The candy
bags and strings of popcorn she hung
around it, and piled the apples and
oranges in plate on the shelf above,
and stood the shining new sled beneath,
with the skates, mittens and wooden
scarf hanging over it.
What fine show it made! and how
she longed to catch Arthur out of bed
to see it, but she wanted the room to
get warmer first: and then there was
the basket to be unpacked.
She folded away the coat-not fin
ished, but that did not matter now
and smiled brightly as she picked up
her spools and scissors and thought of
the day of rest before her.
There was everything in that basket
at least so thought Mrs. Hill. Two
pies; loaf of cake: another of bread;
little heart-shaped cakes, sugared in
pink and white; plum pudding; but
ter: tea; coffee; sugar: cranberries;
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
"MAYOR WANTS TO SEE THEE"
His Word Not Doubted. Iiut His ability
Was Recognized.

His Word Not Doubted. Iiut His ability
Was Recognized.
\ young man had been to sea. and on
his return was narrating to his uncle
an adventure which he had met with
on board ship.
~ was one night leaning over the
taffrail, looking down into the ocean, "
said the nephew. who was called Will
liam. "when nv gold watch fell from
my chain, and Immediately sank out of
sight The ship was going ten knots
an hour, but, nothing daunted, l
sprang over the rail. down, down, and
after long search found the watch,
came mp and chased the ship and
climbed back TO the deck without any
one knowing l had been absent
"William, said his uncle, Il believe
thee. but there's many Il thousand that
would not?"
What" exclaimed William; you
are politely insinuatiuG I'm liar"
william" said the old man, gravely,
thee knows never call anybody
names; but if the mayor OF the city
were to come and say: Josiah, l want
thee to find the biggest liar in all
Brummagcm,' | would come to thee
and put highland on your shoulder and
say TO thee: William, the mayor wants
to see thee Boston Globe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
The Small Boys Protest.

a young lady travelling in a Main
street car the other day was approached
by a conductor in Il weak moment and
with most disastrous results.
Not five yet, is he?" queried the
knight of the fare register, referring
10 the young charge by the lady's side.
Not quite" replied she, grasping
at an idea.
why, yes l am, too. I'm nearly
seven" rejoined the youngster referred
to, with injured pride, and no amount
of expostuIation could change the re-
ply. So two fares were collected where
otherwise there might have tcen but
one. And the people on the car en-
joyed the joke. Buffalo Courier.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

The church bells rang merrily, and
the organs deep note peeled forth upon
the night winds: lights streamed from
the windows and through the doors as
they swung to and fro, while softly on
the listening ear stole the sound of
voices singing of "Peace on earth, good
will toward men,"
But the peace and warmth and glow
had not reached French street, first
chimney, two flights down"
There was little fre-just enough
to give it the name-but it seemed an
empty title.
The curtain was not drawn-what
need of that? since the frost had
worked so thick screen that not even
loving star could peep in with hap
py Christmas greeting. Mrs. Hill. with
an old shawl over her shoulders, sat
close TO the table, with dim kerosene
lamp beside her.
She was blue with the cold, and her
fingers were so stiff that the needle
went laboriously through the heavy
seam. Her tired eyes filed with tears
now and again, but she dashed them
away-every minute was precious; for
if the coat was not finished tonight,
and taken back-there was sorry out
look for tomorrow. And the thought
of the empty larder and coalhod nerved
her to frantic efforts at faster work
ing; and when the clock outside told
the hour of eight, it sent colder thrill
through her frame.
Arthur, in spite of the cold, had
pulled off one of his stockings, and was
looking ruefully at large hole in the
toe.
''Lool1i" he said, holding it up before
his mother, with a comical expression
on his little notified face.
80, Arthur, how you do wear your
stockings out! | mended them all up
last Saturday night"
But it coined right through again.
and Arthur glanced from the yawning
stocking toe to his mothers tired face,
then back again to the stocking.
DO you s'pose the presents will come
through?'
mo, 1 am afraid they won't" she
said, half bitterly.
but don want EN- to- and he
looked up with perpleXed expression
at his mother, who was afraid his pres
ents wouldn't come through.
He examined the hole again. taking
its dimensions by thrusting three
fingers through it and stretching them
apart.
Yes, there was no doubt a good
sized toy could squeeze through that
hole.
Can you mend it, mOther?"
so, Arthur, don't ask me to do any,
thing!" she answered, fretfully, and
Arthur moved away a little; for never
in his life before had he heard his
mother speak like that.
But the next instant she reached out
her arm, and snatched him passionate
ly to her heart
Arthur, dear, mother is sorry that
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

bag of sweet potatoes: a squash: a tur-
nip; two glasses Of Jelly, and a turkey.
The little table was loaded; it had
never groaned beneath such weight
before.
Mrs. Hill hung the holly wreath,
which had lain on the top of the basket,
in the window; then opened the bed
room door.
Arthur" she said, softly, bending
over him: but Arthur did not move.
She kissed him on the lips; he puck
cred up his mouth, opened it, and
closed it again, with deep breath, and
was as fast asleep as ever.
Arthur, do You want to hear about
and he rubbed them with his little fists.
.'W-h-a-t?''
Il thought you would like to hear
about Santa Claus; your presents have
come"
Arthur was wide awake-as what
boy would not have been-aud sprang
ont of bed.
Didn't he come quick?" and he stood
in the bedroom door. his eyes still
blinking. licking from the chimney to
the table, and from the table back to
the chimney, and then up to his
mothers face.
She drew him to the stove, and sit
ting down took him on her lap.
Il didn't 'spect so much!' he ex-
claimed. finding his tongue at last;
but amt it jolly-jolly." and clapping
his hands together he threw his arms
so tightly around his mothers neck
that he nearly stopped her breath and
gave her a sounding kiss.
1.-The stocllin's full-an' you mended
the hole" and he got down on the floor
and peered up under it. Its all seved
tight" Then he pulled down the sled
and skates, tried on the mittens, wound
The scarf around his neck, scraped ac-
Guaintance with the candy, and took
tie out of shining apple.
Words! words We're weak for the ex-
preston of his satisfaction; so he
danced up and down the room, and
clapped his hands, and laughed and
whistled, and finally turned a somer-
sault, in the intensity of his JOY.
Then he and his mother had their
Christmas supper in the warm room,
with the freight shining through the
cracks of the usually grim old stove.
And they talked of this glad evening
for somehow the bitterness of its be-
ginning had passed from the mothers
mind, and the old carol which sings
that might is passed." most fifty ex-
pressed the thought of her thankful
heart
Il can see a start Arthur cried, and
sure enough, the frost had melted a
little, and a star was reeping in; Oh,
more than one! two, thre.-yes, several
shining down on the pcoS little home,
as they had shone, long years before,
on lonely Juda, and telling again the
old yet ever new story of the Christ
chIld's birth, and of love and peace on
earth.-Annie ]. Holland, in Household
Monthly.
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FOR THE CHILDREN.
A Building to Be Erected for the
Little Folk at the Worlds Fair.
Some of the Besetting Difficulties of the
Columbian Finance Committee-Noble
Efforts of the women in Be
half of Their Sex.
Especial Chicago Correspondence

When a few noblemen who were dis
satisfied with the manner of their
treatment by the king of Spain set
about starting a revolt in the Neither
lands, then Spanish dependency, they
thought they would just brighten the
Spanish government bit SO that they
might gain the personal advantages
which they sought. When they had
gained their point they thought it
would be an easy matter to stop the
movement So the revolt was started,
grow to such dimensions that no one
could stop it. Even the armies of
Spain, then the greatest power of Eu-
rope, were powerless to subdue the lit
tie country. From that time dates the
independence of the Netherlands.
So when Chicagoans conceived the
idea of worlds fair it was intended
that it should, indeed, be bigger and
better than anything that had gone be-
fore, as it would be, in the natural
course of events, where every new eX-
position must mark an advance over
the preceding ones if it is to be of any
note at all They thought then that
$40, 900. 900 would be ample to build and
operate the fair. Even that amount
was enormous as compared to the
finances of any previous undertaking
of similar character. But it was not
within the power of the projectors to
stop the movement when it had reached
the desired extent. The American PEG
pie, the people of the world, in fact,
to ok up the idea with such enthusiasm
that it grew End expanded entirely be-
1t became popular movement and it
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
THROUGH EUROPE.

SPAIN produced 54O.OOO,O goo gallons of
wine last year.
THERE are 1892 clubs in France, with
total membership of 9.277. $50.
A BIRD in the London Zoo, a she'll
drake, has apparently committed sui
eide on account of the death of its mate
DENMARK allows every subject. male
or female, who is sixty years of age. a
small pension. Only criminals are ex-
cepted.
TELEPHONE operators in Belgium are
required to pass an examination IN
French, German, English and Flemish
and to be able to draw a map Of
Europe.
GERMAN piano manufacturers are re-
ported to be in great distress. Former
ly they sold many instruments in Rus
STA, but the present duty of 500 on a
grand piano and $50 on an upright has
almost put an end to the export of
pianos.
II is stated that new departure is
about to be taken by the Bank of
France with regard to the material of
of it's paper issues. The notes have
hitherto been made from the best rags,
but ramie fiber is now used, and it is
not only stronger, but lighter.