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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-08-02
What They Think Of Il.

The New York Herald has formed a
consensus Of foreign opinion about the
Worlds fair by saaking a collection Of
extracts from newspapers abroad. They
are chiefly frotn French. German. and
British papers. though one bitter COM
plant comes FROM, Bombay. India. that
the fair managers themselves TRY to
make ~ much ofthe almighty dollar as
they can and squeeze it out of the un-
fortunate people who have unoonsciously
placed themselves in their clutches" On
the other hard, the correspondent Of
the London Globe declares that one Of
the biggest Of the big things in con-
nection with. this fair is its deadhe;sd
list and that on u certain Sunday there
were not less than Al, 900 admissions to
the grounds on passes. A Berlin COR
respondent affirms that the manage
ment Of the fair would be glad to sell
the prizes to the highest bidder.
II is q pity whe q woman writer is
caught deliberately lying. It somehow
goes against all newspaper women! We
regret, therefore. to see that the. letter
Of the lady correspondent of The London
Hawk is one tissue of spite and false
hood. She tells her paper, does this We
racious lady" that Mrs. Potter Palmer
regularly dresses in purple velvet and
wears diamonds to breakfast; that the
husband of this lady. who "leads .sas-
siety' here in Chicago" Is man that
Keeps drinking bar and hotel" By
the way. we wonder IL II Is any worse
for an American millionaire to keep q
hotel than for noble duke to run line
of cabs in London or for titled lady of
the British asissocrscy b draw her In.
come from millineE shopr The woman
spealrs of Mrs. Palmsr's funny "en-
deavors to ape the manners Of the, Brit
ish aristocrscy.." II Mrs. Palmer had
no better manners than many OF the
British aristocracy have. her country
men wouldn't own her. fa
The morsel Of truth and decency that
Is found In the criticisms seems to be
that there was In the beginning lack
Of tho organization and foresight neces-
sary to conduct the fair in the best man
ner. Tho direet9yy had q greater thing
than they realized at first. But it is Ger.
tain that this lack is already made mp.
Another cEitlcisln. and . just one, ives
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
Tho Use OF "Buxom."

When we now speak Of buxcm per-
son we think of such a one as Mrs.
Lupin. in Martin Chuzzlewlt, plump
mlddle-aged, goOd-looking, good-nat-
ured, kind, agreeable woman, says the
National Review. We do not usually
apply the term to thin woman, or to q
Young girl, or 10 an Old woman. AS
suredly we should never think of call
ing man or boy buxom. The word,
however, one really meant pliable or
flexible, and afterward obedent. 1t is
the same as the Anglo-Saxon bocsum,
or the High German beugsam, from
beugen ito BEND, which root appears
in Dough and bou Gin all its meanings.
In the Salisbury Manual the woman
at the marriage service promised to be
"bonair" and ~buxom," which is ex.
planned in the margin to mean meek and
obedient We are hereby reminded OF
Millions line in the most beautiful OF
all odes, so buxom, blithe, and debon-
air.. This original meaning OF the
word appears in Chaucer's Merchant s
Tale" Zine 1859: For who can be so
buxom as O wifep" The word, in it's APP
plication, was not limited to women. In
The Clerks Tale dine S062), we are
told of men, "And they with humble
heart full buxomly." In Henry Ccch-
rane's Dictionary "a. D. 1925, buxom
is defined as plant. obedlent-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
Easily Accounted For.

A young husband, finding that his
pretty but extravagant wife was con-
siderably exceeding their income,
brought her home one evening neat
little account book, beautifully bound
and looking very attractive. Tnls
he presented to her, together Win
twenty pounds.
"Now, my DEAR" he said, Il want
YOU to put down what l give you on
this side, and on the other write
down the way it goes, and in a fort
night | will give you another supply
A couple of weeks later he ask d
her for the book. =,
"Oh, l have kept the account all
right" said his wife, producing the
little leather volume; see, mere II
is" and on one page was inscribed,
"Received from Algy, twenty pounds,
and on the opposite the comprehenS
i've summary: Spent it all"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
A BABES ROUGH RECEPTION.
Born During Cyclone and Then Car
ried Mile.

A despatch from Oklahoma, says Tine
total number of persons who met death In
the storm now reaches ninety and the In
jured number about two hundred and hity'
about ten per cent of them being fatally in
inred. One of the greatest scenes OF desoia-
lion in the devasted district is at the home
Of John Mullenix, in Payne county. The
completely gone and the farm is stripped do o.
Mr.. MulIenix is fatally injured Mrs. Null
Ienix and her new born child were carried
mile and laid all night on the 9 rain in soaked 4e1
bother MRS oliver. and her brother, Davis
Oliver Oliver were both killed, as was her ten-yea,r,
old son. The babe that had just arrived in
the world however survived S its 6ve FOgg6 Ts
has already been subscribed as a relief fund
to aid the Survivors and to bury the Dead
and the amount will be doubled.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
Too Ouch Money.

A leading paper IN a New England
State, discussing corrupt election
practices, strikes at the root OF the
trouble when it says:
1.-THE fact is, both parties have too
much money"
What is admitted of that State is
unfortunately true Of many others;
namely. that shameful or rather
shameless, use of money has come to
be a part of every general election"
The same writer sadly puts the sug-
gestive question: '1fvOtes are worth
$40 each, provided man has no
character; if work is scarce, crops
door. and children plenty and hungry,
what is going to become of his char
acter?"
The story is told that at a recent
election one of the parties polled in
a certain town a much larger vote
than usual. On inquiry it was found
that some honest men in the party
who disliked the doubtful methods
of the official committee had quietly
dDpOlUU6Q du uHpdIU OOhAhAVUNN W
watch the other, to discOuntenance
bribery, and to do legitimate election
work.
The amountof selling out" was
greatly reduced, and the issue showed
that in politics, as elsewhere, honesty
Is the best policy.
A noted example of the danger OF
s'too much money" is given by the
Panama Canal scandal. OF nearly
three hundred million dollars received,
O fraction only reached the men &C
tually at work. Corrupt politicians,
contractors, newspapers, and officials
absorbed the rest II the sum spent
in bribery could have been spent in
work, the canal would have been
much nearer completion to-day.
We are proud that the United
States has had no such gigantic
scandal as that now CONFUSING
France; let us take care that "to(
much money" in politics does moi
lead us in that direction " outh'
Companion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
NO MORE DRINKS FOR HIM.
A BibuIous Husband Cured by Crooked
Mirror.

A RibuIous Husband Cured by a Crooked
Mirror.
Asst. Paul lady has made temper
ate man Of her husband in a novel way.
For two or three years he was a good
deal OF O lark. Night after night he
came home saturated. At length one
night he reached home 80 drunk that he
went to bed with his boots on. She re-
solved now to euro him at any cost, and
coon had her plans laid. The next
niqht he arrived home very drunk. The
following morning he arose and looked
in the large mirror in his room. His
mouth was drawn out Of shape, one
cheek was a good deal higher than the
other, and both were swollen; one eye
was popping out Of his head, and the
other was sunken and drawn TO twice
its natupal length; one ear sat on MS
neck and the other was split and stood
almost on top Of his head.
Such hellish picture as that never
saw before" muttered he.
Then he looked at the mirror to see
that It was the came he had always
used. 1t was the same frame, and, as
It was built In the wall, it could not
have been changed. He called his wife
into the room.
For Gods sake, Mary, what's the
matter with that mirror" he said.
"wby, nothing that I know OF, dear. y
Just look in it! Seel"
She looked in 1t, and declared that
she didn't see anything the matter with
It.
MY God, I've got en-" shouted he.
Send for doctor!"
The doctor arrived, pronounced 1t
clear case, and prescribed. The hus'
band was placed in his wife's bed in an
other room, and lay there day or two.
Before the physician permitted him to
be out again he pledged her he would
never drink again.
This was FIVE years ago, and he has
kept his pledge faithfully. But it is
doubtful if he knows that the mirror
which frightened him so was an imper'
feet glass, which had been put in the
frame in place of the plate glass, and
that while he was lying in his wife'e
bedroom the plate glass was restored
to its place.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
A Guatemala Betrothal Custom.

"They have a queer betrothal Gus
tom down among the common natives
or poems of Guatemala, said Alfred
Thompson, which is scarcely romantic
for the girl. was passing the hut OF a
native on the finca or coffee plantation
one day, when I saw an old woman be-
laborlng her daughter with a good-sized
stick. which she applied vigorously
across the shoulders and body OF her
beloved offspring, who set up walls OF
woe and pain, though l fancy her tears
were quickly dried, for it was signifi-
can't event for her. This is the way
the old lady gave her consent to the
marriage of her daughter. The natives
receive but little cash during the year.
The priests charge what is there con-
sidered a good sum for performing a
marriage ceremony, and the natives Of
the lower classes dispense with 1t. The
mother beats the daughter, there Is a
feast OF frijoles and tortilli cakes and
the dispensation Of unlimited quantl-
ties of native whisky, everybody is hap
Nv and drunk. and that constitutes the
marriage, which singular as it may ap-
pear, is regarded and observed as rule
faithfully. Washington Star.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
A BIG PLUNGE TO DEATH
One Killed and Four Fatally Injured
nv q Buildings Collapse.

A partition wall in the electric light puliu-
ing now being erected at the southeast cor
ner of Hunt street and Broadway, Clncih-
natl collapsed precipitating fourteen worh,
men into celler, a distance OF forty iee'' Az
the time of the accident there were nearly
Gtv men. including carpenters, brickiayerS
and laborers. at work in various parts Oh inc
building, a majority of them being on the
fourth floor. .io.od bct
the nortItlon walls had just begun to peep
over the fourth floor. The centre secuon
cave cave wav, carrying the workmen with IL,
John Hull. married man, 55 years ola, was
instantly Killed. The fatally injured are - -
Frank Weinewuth, head crushed EDWARD
Weinewuth. crushed about body A. Scnu-
mast. internal injuries Elijah johnson, III
ternal injuries. nho,,neon
Seriously injured-William thompson
aged AZ. back crushed john RoTman, nead
ont John Fox, head cut.
All are brickiayers and helpers. 1t is sup,
posed the accident was caused by weak
foundation
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
Settled by Arbitration.

The outline of the postoffice had
become indistinct in the gathering
darkness and the streets in the.
vicinity were filed with people hur-
rying homeward, when the reporter
observed man with stubbv beard
who with some difficulty was holding
a position on a corner, sOlemnly shak-
ing hands with a line of newsbOys
Some of the passers-by, discouraged
IN their pedestrian efforts for rapid
transit, stopped to watch the pro-
ceedings for the sight was unusual
Had some local celebrity chosen this
time and place to hold reception?
1t might appear so but for the small
number Of guests.
The true significance OF the little
scene, however was understood only
by those who were earlier on the
spot.
There had been fierce alteration
between the man and one Of the boys,
and the companions of the latter,
coming from all directions, tell upon
theman with so vigorous an onslaught
that an old Irishman said afterward
that he thought they'd murder him
from head TO foot. But just as thl;
outcome of the affair seemed probable
ragged little fellow appeared on the
scene and ruled the proceedings out
of order.
"Youse fellers amt givin' de bloke
q SQUARE DEAL" he said. "There
wouldn't 81 been no scrap If Joe
hadn't cheated" and he followed
with an argument that was evidently
convincing, for when he finished his
burst of eloquence with what proba-
bly, was a borrowed phrase, Eyer
oughter 'pOlogize," the boys did,
actually.
Each side conceded something and
the handshaking followed; and al
though couple Of idlers moved away
somewhat reluctantly disappointed
in not seeing d fight, and while some
of the spectators laughed at the lit
tic pcacemaker, the last in the line,
extended grimy little hand to be
clasped in the larger one, half score
OF hearts beat lighter because OF his
plea for Justice. Boston Journal
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
When Travelling

Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take
on every trip bottle OF Syrup Of Figs, as il
acts most pleasantly and effectively on the
kidneys, liver and bowels. preventing fevers,
headaches and other forms of sickness. For
sale in 50 cents al 81 bottles by all leading
druggists
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
SPRING MEDICINE

Is needed by nearly everybody to purity the
blood, cleanse the system of the winters accu-
mutation Of impurities and put the whole
body in good condition for the summer. such
universal satisfaction has
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
Hoods SarsapariIIa

given for this purpose that it is the most sue
cessful and most popular Spring Medi-
cine. If you feel weak and tired, Hoods Sar-
sapariIla is just what you need to restore your
strength and make you feel perfectly well.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

Halls Catarrh Cure is liquid and is taken
internally, and acts directly upon the DO "a
testimonials. free Sold by Druggists, l5c.
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, U.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

MANY persons are broken down from over
work or household cares. Browns Iron Blu
tiers rebuilt Is the system, aids digestion, re-
movrs excess of bile and cures malaria.
splendid tonic for women and children
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

Ladies needing a tonic, OF children VINO
want building up, should take Browns iron
Bitters. 1t is pleasant to take, cures Malari q
Indigestion. BfIiousness and Liver Complaints
makes the Blood rich and pure.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

Work for workers! Are you ready to work
and do YOU want to make money? Then write
to B. F. John on & Co., of Richmond, Va, and
see if they cannot help you.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
Only One WaY.l

It takes a small boy to express a
thing with unconventional force and
accuracy.
1.-THE water in this spring is awful
good" said a little boarder from the
city.
nIs it?" answered his mother.
"Then I'll take some. Where is the
cup?"
"There isn't any. You have to lie
down and drink uphill. D. Good
News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

Sleep is the honey in the comb OF healthful
labor.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

Thunder is the bass drum in the music OF
the elements.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

THE girl who drops her eyes al
ways picks them up again but the
novelist usually neglects to say SO.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

A laugh is worth hundred groans in any
market.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

A man does wrong for the same reason
that wolves steal sheep.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

1faf1icted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp
cons water Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

poocbam's Pills with drink Of water morn
beecIRS epecbam's-no others. rs cents box.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

Some hearts wither before they bloom.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

The downright fool doesn't now it.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

If YOU can be silent keep silent.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

Drop a sentiment IN inc 8IOV uIlO 9'' '''''''-
coraeld Tea-The leading Spring Medicine
ruocrorce is what the flower thinks.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05

church Let that be my new departure as
naetor Svmpathy Gratitude to Col de-
hands that this morning l mention the
fact that during all these 2l years have
missed but one service through Sickness
When l entered the ministry was SO dell
cate | did not think would preach tnree
months. but preaching has agreed with me,
and think the healthiest thing in all the
earth is the religion of Jesus Christi Bless
the Lord. o my SOUL WHAT ingrates we
are in regard to our health
must. in gratitude to God, also mention
the multitudes to whom / have been per-
,mitted to preach. 1t is simply miraculous,
+he attendance morning by morning, night
nv night. and year by year, and long arter
it has got to be an old story. Know soma
people are dainty and exclusive in their
tastes. AS for myself, like big crowI.
I would like to see an audience large enough
to scare mel 1t this gospel is good, tne lnore
that get it the better.
MANY have received the gospel here but
Others have rejected it. Now, l tell you
what am going to do with some OF my
dearest friends who have hitherto rejected
the GOSPEL. You are not afraid OF me, and
am not afraid of you, and some day, /
brother. will clasp your hands together
and I win turn your face the other way
and will take hold of your shoulders. an.
! while YOU are helpless IN my grasp WI
rive YOU one heailong push into the king
dom of God. Christ says we must compe
YOU to come in. will compel you to com
in. Can | consent to anything else Will
these men, who are as dear to me as my owl
soul? will compel you to come IN.
Profiting by the mistakes OF the. past,
must do better work for you and bette
work for Cod Lest might. through som
sudden illness or casualty, be snatched away
before have the opportunity of doing so.
take this occasion to declare my love TO
you as a people. 1t is different work if
pastor is placed in a church already bull
UP. and he is surrounded by established cir
cumstauces. There are not ten people il
this church that have not been brought int
the church through my ministry. You ar
nv family. feel as much at home here a
I do in my residence on Oxford street. Yo1
are my family-my father, my mother, IN,
sister. my son, my daughter. You are m
jov and crown, the subject of my prayers.
Your present and everlasting welfare
the object of my ambition. l have n
worldly ambition. had once. have no
now. l know the world about as well a
any one knows it, have heard the hand
clipping of it's applause, and | have herr
the hiss of its opposition, and | declare t
YOU that the former is not especially to b
sought for. nor is the latter to be feared
The world has given me about all thu com
fort and prosperity it can give man, ana
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-28
BEGINNING OF The END.

But four days more remain in which
land grant claimants will have an oppor.
tunity to file their claims for settlement
in the court of private land claims. After
March the effect of the law will be to
clear up title to very many thousand
acres OF lands heretofore in dispute for
being held under color of some so-called
grant. To some it may seem a hardship,
this feature of the act act which fixes
inexorably date for fling these claims
but in reality it is not; the government
has, if anything, been too lenient. For
forty years the progressive element of
New Mexicans have striven to have these
land claimants come in and place their
claims of record in the Encouragement S
office. Failing by this means to bring
about settlement of titles and recog-
nizlng the burden which the very name
of bad titles had eversbeen upon the ter
ritory, it was sought to have the land
court bring relief and this provision as
to the period for filing all claims was
insisted on by the friends of progress.
The time is now up. Ample opportunity
has been given; those who failed to take
advantage of it must suffer, for their neg
lect; the good of the masses demanded
the limitation. The end of the land grant
incubus is in sight. Happy New Mex
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-28

There was no hard and fast line of demar-
cation between rival parties. but the
divisions arose out of the merits OF each
case presented. The finance bill in so far
as it deals with the fiscal necess ties of
the people is model, and Messrs. Hope
well, Hinkle and Clancy, the committee
who principally drafted it, deserve great
credit. No better criterion of the non
partizan character Of the legislature can
be found than in Representative Hope
wells report from the committee to in
vestigate the auditors and treasurer's
Office. The books were found straight
and the report says so in strong, straight
forward language, and Mr.. Hopewell also
secured to the auditor the long-needed
clerical assistance he has requested. On
the whole it was one of the cleanest
bodies that ever sat in New Mexico. 1t
is probably true money was used in some
few instances, but the bribers found that
it did not further their cause as much as
common sense and sound argument, and
if about half dozen of these mon can be
persuaded to take seats in the next house
the Doodle influence will disappear as a
factor in New Mexican legislation.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-28
1T Will DO Good.

The Colorado visitors to New Mexico
have an opportunity to study that terri
tory, which it is to be hoped they will
take advantage of. The more the people
of this state learn about New Mexico the
better 1t will be for Colorado. II will en-
courage commercial intercourse, which is
especially desirable, for several Colorado
cities have lost through the diversion of
New Mexico trade to Kansas City and
other places in the east. New Mexico is
country of great resources, but with
strange Inconsistency some Colorado
people have been inclined to doubt this
because of its arid appearance. Colorado
men protest when eastern visitors, judg-
ing by the general appearance of aridlty,
express some doubt as to the value of
the country. They should learn from
this error of eastern critics not to apply
the eastern standard to New Mexico. If
New Mexico is to be judged by appear
ance, so should Colorado, but since this
is an erroneous way of judging Colorado,
it may be so also in the case of New
Mexico. People who live in New Mexico
know that it is erroneous. They know
that their country is rich in its agricul
tural and fruit lands and its stores of
gold. silver, copper, iron and coal. New
Mexico is a region which should be cult
waited by Denver mon, and all the more
SO because it has been SO much neglected.
Denver Republican.