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Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
English Postomice Rules.

In the postothE;ce during illness the
female clerks, like the male staff,
are paid full salary in illness during
the first SIX months and half pay
during the second portion Of g.
years absence The other ladies EN-
ployed behind tAe postal counters
are paid their s.ac,.aa if the illness ex-
tends to week; If it is a small
affair and they are able to be back
again in day or two a deduction is
made from the salary for the time
of their absence This is an evident
inducement to sufferer to persuade
herself that week at home will be
better than a day or two.-London
Tit Bits.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
A CROW THAT COULD TALK.
He Was Hatched by a Zen, Raised by
Hand and Taught to Tell Time.

Hand and Taught to Tell Time.
''When was living at the foot OF
Pinxter peak I had a tame crow thai
was worth considerable to me- said
a Loyalsock man The way came
to get the crow was little singular
One Of my boys was flying his kite
early in the summer, and when il
had sailed high up over a piece OF
woods on my place the string broke.
and the kite lodged in the top of q
hemlock tree. The boy bawled about
the loss Of the kite, and had to clint
the tree to get it for him.
"A crow flew off her nest near the
top of the tree while ] was climb
ing up, and when l reached the
nest I found one egg in it. After
had unloosened the kite and let ii
drop I placed the crows egg in my
mouth and kept it there until | had
backed down the tree, and then ran
to the barn and put the egg under 8
hen that had been setting a day CT
so. The old hen offered no obiec-
tionsss and several days before she
came off with her chickens she
hatched out the liyeliest little crow !
ever saw.
I'VE began to raise the baby crow
in the house When he was big
enough to run around on the floor |
named him Kite. He learned to say
a good many words by the time he
was a year old, and one morning that
summer | heard him yelling down
the unused chimney at a lot Of swal-
lows that were nesting in it. The
swallows were making great racket,
and Kite was singing out, Hold your
tonguel' as loud as he could yell
Kite could tell the time Of day by
the clock, and when the weather
was cloudy used to send him to the
house from the field to see what time
it was Instead Of asking my wife
the crow would look at the clock
without saying word to her and
then sail back to the lot and sing it
out to me. When the sky was clear
| could tell By the suil within ten
minutes what time it was, and the
crow got so that he could guess al
most as close as | could. Cne sun
shiny afternoon | told Kite to fly to
the house and bring me tie time
The crow cooked his head to one side,
glanced up st the sun and said, It's
five minutes to II, johnr | told
him it was later than that, and he
few to the house and back and said
It's two minutes to lit and be was
right.
1.-THE crow got feeble the winter
after he was ) years old. He couldn't t
stand the cold, and I kept him il a
box half full Of shavings behind the
stove. He lost his appetite soon after
New Year s. and one night when /
had got ready to go to bed he called
me to him and said, John, Kite'll be
dead in the morning fused over
him and told him he was good for
another year, but | couldn't make
him believe it. Ny bed was near the
stove, and ia the night the crcr,
crawled out Of his box and asked me
to take him in bed with me- Kites
almost goner he whispered, and whom
| awoke he lay dead Oil my breast. :
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
An Awkward Nom ant.

It was on the avenue. 4 young
Harvard man walking rapidly down
from the new bridge overlook a pret
ty girl he knew. The two walked on
together toward the shopping region
of the city. The girl had to stop to
inspect a fat in a new building, an
errand for her father, and the young
Harvard man stopped with her. But
they got through the e1Tand in no
time at all, for the janitor asked
them how large their family was and
how soon they should like to move
in. And now this girl makes her
father inspect the flats in his new
buildings himself. = Boston Tran
script.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
The Small BOYS Protest

A young lady travelling in a Main
street car the other day was ap-
preached by a conductor in q weak
moment and with most disastrous re-
suits.
Not five yet, is he?" queried the
knight of the fare register, referring
to the young eha--z,s by the lady's
side.
Not quite replied She, grasping
readily at an idea.
why, yes I am too. Tn nearly
seven" rejoined the youngster ro-
ferred to, with injured pride, and no
amount Of expostulation could change
the reply. So two fares We're col
lected where otherwise there might
have been but one, and the people on
the car enjoyed the joke. Buffalo
Courier.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
VoIume of the Gu1f Stream.

The enormous volume Of the Gulf
Stream has long been a subject cf
curious investigation. The latest cal
culations on the great ocean river"
informs Us tha - least 80, O09, O00. 900
tons of water pass Cape Florida every
hour. If this enormous amount Of
sea water could be evaporated the
residue would be a quantity Of i'm.
pure salt SO large that all the ocean
vessels now atloat would only be
equal to the task OF carrying the one
hundredth part Of it. And all this
vast amount is held in suspension
and passes a given point i'll a single
hour. st. Louis Republic.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
Salaries of Cabinet Officers.

Cabinet officers are not to be con
sidered as well paid officials when the
expenses which the requirements Of
their posts call for are taken into
consideration. They receive IS, Coo a
year, the same as the vice president
but the duties of a cabinet chief are
onerous and protracted, whereas the
vice president has very little to do
He has few responsibilities, and has
besides always the possibility OF sue
cession. New York Sun.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
Ecsanca End Industry.

Scientific research has contributed
much not only to the saving Of hui
man life, but to the accumulation of
wealth and the diffusion Of comfort
Millions Of francs are saved annu
ally to the French nation by the al
nirable investigations conducted in
the interest Of her wine industries
by NJ. Pasteur. There was a time
when the wines Of France were
liable to turn bitter or sour Nc o,le
could tell whether the wine oi 3
given year would turn out good oi,
bad Ruin threatened the whole
grape growing district of France
Pasteur discovered that the wine
find in it certain micro organisms.
He proved that it was these organ
isms which destroyed the wine by
producing certain kind of fermen
tation He next discovered that they
could be destroyed by heating to a
temperature not at al harmful to
the wine itself By this simple proc
ess the grape growers have since
avoided the degeneration of their
product.
The silk producers Of France and
Italy also owe to Pastel1r their pres
perity. The silkworn15 became af
ficted with a parasite which killed
them before they had spun their
silk. Through unceasing study, com
bined with remarkable insight, t,
Pasteur discovered just at what stage
Of the life Of the s1li.wt1'm tee para
site might be destroyed. YOUTHS
Companion
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
Thousands of IutOxicants,

There are no less than G,O0O in
toxicants Of different kinds known to
the custom house officials, said an
attache of the customs collection de
partment. "Ninetyfve per cent. of
the foreigners in this country drink,
and none of them has ever heard of
total abstinence They have all their
native liquors, which often cannot
be procured in this country, and they
soon make arrangements to have
their fayorite tipple sent to them. In
this way the custom house people ac-
cumulate very wide knowledge of
fntoxicants. .'-Philadelphia Record.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
Reading and Thinking.

The things one merely reads about
never stick. Those on which one
thinks become permanent acquisi
tions. Hence the man who is not
afraid Of thinking and who does not
dread that cursed hour in the dark, :
is at distinct advantage on every
ground He passes the time without
being bored, and he strengthens his
mind. To say this may no doubt
sound slightly priggish but it is none
the less true. The man who can en-
Joy and make use of his own thoughts
has a heritage which can never be
alienated Even blindness for him
loses some Of its terrors. London
Spectator.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
HEARD At TIE HOTEL.
She Had Things All Her Own Way Until
isoarder Interposed.

a Boarder Interposed.
She had kept it up for two morn
ings. She had been harping on the
same old subject, the thousandth va
ration Of the old theme, and both
mornings / had been awakened at
o'clock by her high pitched voice
My room adjoined hers in the ho-
tel, but the other part of the dia-
logue came in such mufled tones
that l could only guess at the re-
marks made by her husband from
the drift OF her own conversation.
''You know he didn't treat me
right" she began again. He at
least should have deferred to my
opinion and not have spoken up as
he did before all those people,
A muff1ed answer.
Provoke nothing! My reply was
all right Of course it is just as l
said. The guitar is
How do know2 How do know
anything? How does anybody know
anything anyway2 Why silouldn' !
it be2 Of course it is. The very
idea!
whats that you say2 lie meant
no insult2 Meant! 1t was apparent
enough to me what he meant and
should think that you as self r.
specting man would resent such an
afront . your wife. Eut you don't
Any husband
"A friend of yours? And he didn't
mean any ythina, and | don't under
stand, and you cant see what I'm
making such a fuss about2 Any maa
with common sense could see that
You h;> no spirit, John, absolutely
no spir4,, or you'd never let anybody
treat your wife like that it was an
insult-his swapping me up SO, ali be
cause said a guitar was musical
instrument Of course it's musical
instrument. I'd like to know what
it is I've been playing on all these
months if it's not an instrument
What does that fellow suppose it is?
A machine, an agricultural imple-
ment or a piece Of Grlca-brac. I'd
like to know what it is il it's not an
instrument
Il didn't understand what he was
driving at, and l don't want to under
stand A man has no more sense than
to say that the guitar isnot ali ins:',.
ment. But it isn't that am object
ing to. don't care whether he
thinks it an instrument or not.
didn't like the way he snapped ME
up. That's what I'm furious about.
And to think you would sit there
calmly flirting with another woman
while that man was insulting your
wife. Why, he the same SIS told NE
dldn have any sense"
whats thatl You guess lie was
about right!' Here she fairly
screamed. You 10, do you: !
should think you'd be ashamed Of
yourself to talk like that To think
| ever married you--a man that -
Here the conversation was brought
to short stop A door across tie
hall opened and al angry voice tllun
dered:
For heavens sake, make that .
serial New York Herald
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
Nfiite Faxes.

A Vancouver fu1iivr Ess1 ! .:.e.
ing a short time ago x .,s.: 4.
to be the pelts Of Eve IL .s@s.-
The man is al expert nGts;1.,,:i,-. all
has been dealing III iuis Ia til-
northwest for forty years. lie says
these are the first white fo1es llc
ever heard OF, but he IS t,;,5olu:elv y
sure the pelts are genuine foNsh.ns
The conformation has been carefully
preserved, and the E53 lrush is OF
course attached Illu Ilir is snow
white, spotless and beautifully soft.
The furlier bought them from q seal
hunter, who caught the foxes at the
last station to the north cf eastern
Siberia, several hundred miles north
Of Petropauiovshy Rochester Her
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
NATURES SWEET EEsTOREE.
Sleep Comes to One and All as Peace
ful MESSENGER OF Oblivion.

Sleep Comes to One and All as Peace
full Messenger OF Oblivion.
The great hotel is falling into ST.
lence The last of the dancers came
up nearly an hour ago. The loud
voiced man across the hall inter
mitted his talk for time and then
left off altogether; the click Of the
billiard balls stopped few moments
since; only an occasional voice or
step is heard in the corridors; the
little dying bahy in the next room
has ceased to moan and sleeps for a
space, hope.
The two who have come at last,
through weary ways of doubt and
uncertainty, to SO full and sweet an
understanding have separated with
many whispered farewells and kisses
in which the long repressed yearn-
ing of each heart met with answer
ing love. Their sweet remembrance
melt softly into the margin of sleep
and shine back again FROM its nifty
depths. tender, etherealized refiec-
ton
The foolish boy who lost his ali at
the gambling tatie no longer cudg-
els his weary brain for some pos
sible plan to recoup himself and es-
cape disgrace. His years are 1T a
child's years; the tired young body
and brain rebelied and claimed their
need Of rest. He sleeps with 4
grieyed look about his mouth that
used to tell Of sclne baby sorrow,
and the little drops beading his forS-
head where the pretty young mother
used to lift away the soft hair 1o
kiss.
The woman whom folly and van
lty counseled to listen to words she
dare not remember afterward, ben :
ing over her little sleepcrs, has
cooled her burning cheeks, thrust
back the fear, regret and remorse
that crowd upon her and kept
trembling beneath the blessed cur
tain of oblivion.
The morrow will awaken them all.
The mi1'th pauses, the scourge is
withheld. the menace staid for mo-
ment. JOY rests her futtering wings.
pains sting is Withdrawn. and sor.
row knows brief surcease.
The door next mine opens silently.
| hear the mother sobbing as the
nurses footballs die away down the
corridor. So If was to,,i,~ht fO1. the.
baby instead of tomorrow And for
the others, not tomorrow perhaps
but next year or another they shall
fall upon that sleep which has no
dreams. Alice MACEDONIAN in Snort
Stories.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
Safe and Sound.

so you are really engaged to old
Miss Flypp, are you, Charley?"
Il suppose So
How the dickens Gid you happen
to get tied up like that1"
"Oh, | was too blamed smart.
thought the comet was going to wipe
US all out and proposed just for fun.
The comet didn wipe, and I'm land
ed. Buffalo Express.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
An Old Trick f,cxivcfl.

Berlin papers are full Of the doiilgs
Of a certain crafty clothes haa ls,1l.
who is in the habit Of sticking pu;;ss,e7a
into the pockets of his stock ii. trade
by way Of tempting unwary custom
ers into buying worthless article at
a fancy price. No fewer than 1Gt
dozen purses We're lately bought BY
him for this purpose. The story may
be true, but it certainly is not new.
as a similar device Was adopted years
ago by an old clothes dealer in til.
arcades of the NIuilendanm.
This honest trade5lnan used to sew
odd coppers into the lining OF his
coats, etc, hung out for sale, and
when showing the garments to bis
customers he did it in sJci, a way
that the latter could rot fad u d4teut
the hidden treasure, ano o. .i-ss...1Z that
the said coins could be nothing ltss;s
than FredericIls dor Or Louis d ol
they took the bait, paid heavily 70.
their purchase and went of icjoit.
ing -Allgemeine Leituag
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
Why the Sea Ebbs and Flows.

Do you know why the sea ebbs
and fows2 Tis this: The army OF
drowned twice daily gather their
forces at the bottom Of ,.le deep and
march toward the four points Of the
compass to lay their weary bones on
earth and escape from their watery
tomb. You can hear their trafnDing
they call it sea moaning-ands sec
the waves being pushed on before
them in great water hills which
dash against each other in their furi
GUS flight from the escaping host,
and when they break and hu1I
clouds of snow white spray high i'll
air it is caused by the lashings
from the swinging, bony arms of
the army drowned And did you
ever listen to the weird noise as
these mountains of water leap up on
each otherf
That is tie cry of the victims OF tie
sea.
On and on the waves are driven;
farther and farther they e,croach on
land, and the feet OF the mighty body
can be heard scraping for foothold on
the smooth, shifting pebbles Only
another incoming wave and escape is
theirs but it is just too late; the re-
acted undertow sets i'll and you hear
their bony feet Slip from under them,
and back they are carried, the se@e
holding them tightly in its arms, ex-
hausted captives.
Then look when the tide has run
far out and see the prints of their
feet, and you will know why the sea
Gibbs and flows. New York Herald
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
A British Treasure.

In the jewel house of the Tower
Of London, the place whore the crown
and other royal insignia are kept,
there is a hook bound throughout in
gold, even to the wires of the hinges.
It's clasp is two rubies set at opposite
ends OF four golden links. On one
side there is cross of diamonds; on
the other the English coat Of arms
set in diamonds, pearls and rubies. =
St. Louis Republic
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
What Mil Feared.

John Stuart Mill could get little
pleasure from music in the later
years OF lis life because his over
strained mind reasoned that music
was only q combination OF notes, and
fundamentally considered the time
must come when all such possible,
combinations would have been ex
hausted."
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
The S,ss,s's Pine ct S;tSto.

Somebody has seen and gioIiied BY
an adnlil'irg description the ''lzzal
Ian, or pipe Of state. which the shah
Of Persia smokes Oh high imperial
occasions. 1t is vet with diamonds,
rubies and e.1eral(ls Of the ccstEest
kind, and is stated to be worth as
much as !sGo, eco Such q pipe is POS
sihle enough in an eastern palace,
since not only may tie nlolltnpiece
and the upper ard lower portion Ct
the ''snake" be Of pure gold. ena1n-
eled and set with The finest gems, but
the water bowl and pipe bowl might
be equally splendid and rich with
lavish jewel work
The sha}l's pipe Of sttate, however,
is only a tl.ifia to tie treasures IL pre-
cious stones which his imperial maj
esty possesses III the palace at Tehe.
ran He has a paii, OF large globes,
terrestrial and sidereal. wrought en-
tirely Of jewels upon a gold founda-
ton, The terrestrial globe shows all
the countries Of the Garth done III
differently colorea gems, the seas and
oceans being Of sapphires and tir
quoises. Persia is all made Of en-
eralds and England Of rubies, Eus-
sia OF malaciljte and aSs;!tas, and Sc
on. The sidereal sphere repressn Is
the CONSULTATIONS in diamonds and
brilliants, upon q ground Of dark blue
enamel London Telegraph
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
Honest Advice,

Young Mani should like to ask
your advice, sir, as to whether you
think your daughter would make me
a suitable wife.
Lawyer No, ! don't think she
would. Six and eiShtpence, please.
London Iit-Bits.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
Few Eclipses in London.

There has been but one total ec1irse
of the sun at London since the year
114o-that If l7l5, and according tc
Professor Holden, there will not be
another until after the opening Of
the Twen1y-first century, st. lo2,.
Republic.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
A Souvenir Spoon Collector.

A western Traveller has large col
lection of souvenir spoons which he
secured III a peculiar manner. Al
every hotel and restaurant he stopped
at he has made it point to ''hook" a
oon.--Philadelplia Ledger.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14
Ouick!I Learned.

Little Johnnie-Foll1s say you can t
teach an old dog new tricks. | taught
your dog one today.
Aunty-Did you, really2 Whit
was it,
Little Johnnie-I taught him to sit
up at the table and eat eff a plate
Good News.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14

Ice gorges in the Ohio river at Cincin-
natl have done great dsn}age-
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14

Henry Clay Evans of Tennessee was
confirmed as essi' tant postmssts gener~
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14

Gov. Ilewling, the populist governor
of Kansas, has been inaugurated.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14

Ths national quarantine bill has baeu
favorahlv reported to congress.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-01-14

The enemies of silver are trying to re-
peal the Sherman law.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-06
A Judge on Labor Organization.

A number OF Lake Erie aud
Western strikers, at Muncie, Ind
were before Judge Baker. Of the
United States district court, charged
with contempt, in having interfered
with the movement OF trains alter the
court had enjoined them from such
action.
The court adjourned for week. In
announcing this adjournment Judge
Baker addressed the prisoners for their
guidance in the meantime He said
lin this case the evidence shows that
there are q number of men who belong
to secret labor organization, whose
,amiicstions reach not only over the
entire extent of the United States, but
into Canada as well. 1t has kindred
assc Citations by other names in Europe.
"All these organizations have the
same general aim, and that is, by
force, violence and terrorism to com
pei their employers to submit their
business, their property their means
of livelihood, to the arbitrary demands
OF these associations.
'In their secret, oathbound assemb-
lies they determine for themselves on
what terms they will work tor others.
They refuse those who are not mem
bers Of their association the opportu.
nifty to labor when they desiae to do
SO. Those who will not submit to
their exactions have no more option
about carrying on their business than
has the belsted traveller when the
highwayman presents revolver and
bids him submit. If they compel
submission it is robbery. These com.
binatious Infinitely worse than isolated
violations of the law, in that they
teach general disro gard and contempt
of law.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-06
Higgins to the People Of Waco.

Three years ago today, we moved
into the store we now occupy. We
told the people of Waco
Trading Co.-with handful Of
second hand goods, what was left from
the furniture, we could not sell at
auction of the Pacific hotel, and what
we could not get even an offer on.
We asked Messrs. Mann Il Rotan for
six months lease. These gentlemen,
as we see now, wisely insisted upon
us les.sing for one year. We, with
hesitation, did so. Then before the
year was out we asked and obtained
five years lease. Then double
the store room was needed and obtain.
ed. The fact looked us in the fuce,
that Waco was the best supplied town
in Texas with furniture, having about
NINE places where furniture was sold.
The prices was the lowest and the
profit the least, SO travelling men said.
Now, three things presented them.
selves:
Let the people know where you
are and what you have,
2. Buy the goods SO cheap as to
always meet competition and undersell
it possible.
3 "Trade In everythiDg.' Give
the people chance to get something
for what they had and did not want,
and upon such terms as they could
afford
With these three propositions we
turned our throttle loose, with an up.
h'll grade.
Today we announce the same old
doctrine. Today we add: We can
furnish your home from kitchen to
parlor. Furniture, carpets, stoves,
cash or installmen.s, fine or cheap.
new or second hand.
Trade in every thing
WACO TRADING co.
j. w. RIGGlNs, Proprietor.