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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13
FORGETFuL PATRONS.
They Sometimes Cause a Good Deal of
Unnecessary Annoyance.

They Sometimes Cause a Good Deal OF
Unnecessary Annoyance.
ut is strange how unreasonable
some people are" said the proprietor
of a downtown restaurant recently.
"People who leave articles, or think
that they do, are the greatest nuisances
on earth, however. Here is sample
case. The other day man rushed in
Where's my um brella? he asked
Il don't know know anything about
your UNI brella, sir.
"'You don't, eh? Well, you ought to-
1 leftit here
"'If you had left it here, sir, should
have found it,
We'll, left it here, anyway
"At this l got mad and exclaimed:
DO you mean to say that have stolen
your UNI trella?' If he had said yes,
blood would have been split then and
there, but at this he became confused
and said that he did not mean to imply
that was a thief, but that he thought
his UNI brella ought to be there. Well,
would you believe it, two days later he
strolled in with the umbrella and
smiled as swe ct as could be-.
'''Found it, you see, he said, in a
ocular manner, as though that would
wipe out the insult he had offered me.
However, said nothing. He had left
it in cigar store. Only to-day map
came in.
i left my rubbers here
1 think not, SIR
Are you sure?'
Eyes
They must be here
"'At this stepped from behind the
counter.
Look at my feet, sir, and then look
at yours Your feet are about twelve
sizes too large for me. would slip
all around in your rubbers. Look al
my feet, Sir, and then tell me if you
think would steal your blamed rub
bers.' At this he apologized. This kind
of people makes life burden. DE.
troit Free Press,
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Alphabetical.

Authors have been known to say
that it is easier to write a book than to
find title for it, and one man goes SO
far as to declare that happy title is
given only by inspiration. So it seems
to have been in this case. A gentle
man living near Plymouth had valua-
BILE and handsome horse which he had
named Ajax. Last season, by great
good luck, he came across an excel
lent mate for il. and purchased it at
once. Then the question arose what
to call it. There was some delay in
finding name in every respect salts
factory till, after day or two, on 90
ing to the stable, the gentleman found
that his groom had solved the din
Guilty. Over the stall Of the old family
favorite was painted his name, Ajax;
and over that Of the newcomer the
hostler had printed in big chalk letters
s'B jax. =" Yankee Blade.
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path to the beaten track stretching
away into the great beyond

She had gone but little way when
bark! What was that sound which
sent the blood from her cheeks and e
cold SILVER through her little frame?
All! too we'll did she know the whirr
of the rattlesnake.
Her frightened gaze fell upon little
bunch of white lying beside the road
a short distance away. 1t was Martha.
fast asleep. Her hands clasped
bunch of wild flowers, while few
feet distant was coiled a rattlesnake.
its ugly head waving to anu fro, the
forked tongue playing rapidly.
In an instant Sallie realized the stu
alton. Here was her enemy-the girl
who had causelessly made life bur-
den, and had really driven her from
home-about to receive her just re
ward. Soon the serpent would strike.
burying its fangs in the arm that had
SO often been raised to strike her; and
then-Martha would awake to find
herself in the coils of the snake!
Oh! It was, indeed, just retribu-
ton, and Sallie drew back, but sudden
ly there awoke within her better ma.
ture that had been so long subdued
She forgot her injuries, the insults
she had received, and even the loss OF
her home. Her mind was centered Cd
but one thought-a human life was IN
danger.
The snake was on the point of strik-
ing when, quick as a flash, Sallie
sprang forward, catching the reptile
around the neck. Immediately her
body was cncircled by the hideous
folds, which twisted and writhed; but
with both hands sallie grasped frmer
the Shiny object
Down the beaten track came the
sound of horses hoofs. Three riders
were rapidly approaching, and they
were almost upon her when Sallie sud-
denly reeled-cverythin turned black,
and
''There is no question:" said voice,
that is our Marie"
Sallie opened her eyes and looked
into those of lady bending over the
couch.
"Where am l?" she murmured.
'Your are in our home-your home
where you will remain" replied the
voice. Darling, ten long years ago.
while we were visiting in this part of
the country, you were stolen by a band
of Greasers, in hopes of obtaining a
reward. A reward was offered, but
the man who had concealed you was
killed in a skirmish with the sheriff,
and your hiding-place was unknown.
l am your mother, and the gentleman
who found you grasping that horrid
snake is your father
AS he bent over the couch. Sallie
threw her arms around her fathers
neck, saying:
"Oh, papa! If I hadn't caught that
ugly snake, you would never have
found me!'
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THE DlMPLE IN HER CHEEK.

& Z j
She sat by the hearthstone knitting: her gown
was nun-like gray;
And the glossy bands OF her chestnut hair were
soberly smoothed away.
With nimbly flying fingers, and eyes demure
and meek,
There was no sign Of mischief-save the dimple
in her cheek.
He loved her from a distance, but thought her
cold and prim,
The crown Of ches tnut tresses. the fingers white
and slim.
He loved, but his devotion he did not dare to
speak,
Because he CHANGED to overlook the dimple ir
GC2 shack.
And 80 the years were passing; month after
month they sped;
And still they found him single, and she re-
manned unwed
His love he hid securely, for fear Of slight and
Scorn.
Until he came and found his fate that frosty
winter morn.
She knitted on demurely, he stood beside the
door;
The ball of yarn fell from her lap and rolled
upon the floor. ...
He fastened to restore 1t. up sprang the kitten
fleet
To chase the ball, and soon the yarn was wound
ABOUT MS leet.
lie colored in confusion, her eyes OF mirth were
full,
She slyly laughed: "You're caught" she said,
within q web Of WOOL
Then down the curling lashes dropped; her eyes
again were meek,
But in fash he saw it then-the dimple in her
cheek.
His heart grew bold within him; the ice was
fairly broken:
And in tho twinkling of an eye the earnest
words were spoken
"Oh, Gladys. dearest Gladysl now listen, pray,
tome
A lifelong captive in your web-how blest the
fate would bel"
The pretty fingers trembled; the chestnut head
bent low;
Unchecked, the kitten rolled the ball and chased
it to and fro.
Although the family smiling lips no syllable
would SPEAK,
His suit was won-he saw it by the dirnple in
her cheek.
Hattie Whitney, in Brandon Banner.
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HE MADE FEW SALES.
But When They Were Figured Out They
Were No Trifies.

But When They Were Figured Out They
Were No Trifies.
''You meet on the road" said com.
mercial traveller ''men representing
many kinds of business and it is not al
ways easy to classify them. once
met, for instance, on train in the
south a calm, polite, agreeable man
who, / was sure, was selling some
thing, but couldn't even guess what.
l learned in the course of conversation
with him that he was selling railroad
cars. At first that may seem like a
strange sort of business to be In, but
there isn't anything very remarlza BILE
about it after all. The car builders
keep track of railroad news of every
sort-projected new roads. extensions,
branches, new connections, proposed
new equipment, everything that indi-
Gates present or prospective demand
for cars-and they send out men to
look after this business as occasion de-
mands.
Speaking OF man selling railroad
cars, reminds me of story Tread once.
There we're lot of travelling men sit
II
sleeping car after dinner smoking and
talking. A quiet man who sat in a
corner said that he had made only one
sale in six weeks. Some one ventured
in a friendly interrogative sort Of way
to say that he hoped that that was q
good bill. The man said: Well, pref
ty fair; it was a little over three hum
dred thousand dollars And when
somebody asked him what he was
selling the man said he was selling
railroad bridges, and it appeared that
the last one he had sold was double
track steel bridge something less than
mile long. Nobody evinced any sur
prise at this, but they all agreed that
a man couldn't expect to sell bill like
that every day. IN. Y. Sun.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13
Delicate Children.

Too often parents and guardians are
ct q loss to know what to do for their
delicate" children. One sees that a
child is not strong; she looks pale;
seems to be weak and SO quickly ex-
hansted upon every slight exertion;
possibly the appetite is miserable, and
either inability to sleep, or too great an
inclination to Sleep are prominent and
distressing symptoms. Oftentimes these
symptoms are forerunners of q fever or
some other grave disease, but more
frequently they indicate the need at q
change from indoor life tosthat Of liv-
ing in the open air. The best mode Of
living out Of doors is to fand some work
better than keeping within doors Medi-
cinea do little good where nothing but
fraility IS TO be tysated-G Good House
keeping.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13

Great Britain, European Turkey,
Switzerland, Denmark, Portugal and
Palestine could be placed within the
territorial limits of Texas and with
plenty of room to spare. Belgium Hol-
land and Greece do not contain as much
territory as Arkansas, while Spain co.
incides in size with Mississippi, Ala
bama and Georgia. Italy and Florida
are of one size and Germany is the same
as Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and
North Carolina. France is identical in
space with Pennsylvania, New York
and New Hampshire, and Norway and
Sweden cover the same ground as Ari-
IONA and New Mexico Japan and Cali
fornia are the same in geographical
miles and China is identical with Idaho,
i1evada, Utah and Wyoming. All New
England could be accommodated in
space in the state of Washington and
Massachusetts is not one-fourth the
size of South Dakota. Chicago, Herald.
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shranl closer to the sand hill behind
which she was crouching, while the
little frame shook with convulsive sobs.
I--1-doan care" it gasped. "She
called me frowsy, and said I was a
pauper." Again the little face was
buried in the ragged dress, and again
the sound of her name came ON the
breeze.
This time she arose and dried her
eyes, with the firm resolve that "she"
at least should not enjoy the traces OF
recent sorrow, turning the tear-staiaed
face toward the homestead.
"Wal, ye lazy little shote, whar hev
ye been? Hyer I've been a-yellin' my
self hoarse, and ye out on the prairie
snivelin'."
''But, marin, it was only for few
moments
Bound gals, as is taken from a
workhouse, hez no right to snivel."
sob! marin, Tommy and Martha were
50 cross; and Martha struck me with a
stick when said"
Talked back to my children, did We
-ye, vulnerable waif l took from
charity. Starved We right if she had
a beaten ye black and blue. Now go
out inter the kitchen and peel them
Eaters, and if I ketch We snivelin' or
calm my children names I'll wallop
We myself"
Out in the kitchen a stray sunbeam
shone through the open window, CLINT
ing the frowsy head that bent over a
pan of half-peeled potatoes; the shift
ing rays causing hecks Of gold to
dance from the auburn locks, while an
occasional teardrop rolled down the
mobile features and fell with splash
into the pan of vegetables.
Suddenly in at the open window
peered the face of girl about Sallie's
age, and a voice said: Thought ye'd
tell ma and get me licked, Ell? You
nasty old tattletale!'
Martha, you know I'D not said
nothin' agin you for the world
"Yas, you did, too," shouted the irate
Martha. II was at the door and heerd
ye tell ma struck you. ND after all
ez mother md I hez done for q poor.
house gal!'
oval, why didn't yer let me stay in
the poorhouse? wuz treated decent
there; and here IL druv around like a
dog Oh! I wish | wuz-" but before
the sentence could be finished the
kitchen door opened with q bang, and
the angry face of a woman appeared.
II heered ye, Sallie Martin, abusin'
those ez he'd befriended We, and
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13
A Pleasure Trim

Spoiled by sea sickness is woeful disap-
pointment. This should be guarded against.
The preventive is Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters, which, whether on the broad Atlantic
or some land-locked bay, affords an efficient
protection against or remedy for mat de ,ner
to the .voyager. Emigrants, tourists, com
mercial travellers find 1t a useful compan-
kidney irregularity, and rheumatism.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13
ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE

:" Nv 1t 1 x111tT AxASE,
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery purif1es the blood.
By this means, it reaches,
builds up, and invigoratee
every part of the system.
For every blood-taint and
disorder, and for every dis
ease that comes from an mac
tive liver or impure blood, it
is tho only remedy so sure
and effective that it can be
guaranteed.
II it fails to benefit or cure.
you have your money back.
These diseases are many.
They're different in form, but
they're like in treatment.
Rouse up the torpid liver into
healthful action, thoroughly
purify and enrich the blood.
and there's a positive cure.
The Discovery does this
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar upon a cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13
The Skill and Know,adra

Essential to the production Of the most per
feet and popular laxative remedy known
have enabled the California Fig Syrup Co
to achieve great success in the reputation
of its remedy, Syrup of Figs, ns it is con
ceded to be the universal laxative. For salt
nv AL druggists.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13

WHEN the crinoline comes there will still
De plenty OF room at the top. But men, un-
fortunately, cannot walk on the ceiling
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13

"D1D Goithard inherit anything from his
fatherW II guess he did. He says he was
born with an appetite for hQuor.''-N. Y.
Press.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13

A VERDANT OLD -She-ssDid your
grandfather live to green old age9" He
| '.Well, should say sol He was swindled
three times after he was seventy."-
Yankee Blade.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13

''THERE's another unconscious humorist,''
remarked the footpad. as he sandbagged
the punster.-Washing Star.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13

as nothing else can. Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Biliousness; all Bronchial, Throat, and Lung
Affections; every form Of Scrofu}a, even
Consumption Tor Lung scrofula> IN its ear
Ger stages; and the most stubborn Skin
and Scalp Diseases, are completely cured
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13

ONE Of the brightest ideas of the century
is the electric ight.-Glens Falls Repub-
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13

If you will be truly happy keep your blood
using Beecham's Pills. IS cents a box.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13

A WIDOW is one who has buried her hus.
band; a grass widow is one who has simnlv
mislaid hlm.-St. Louis Globe.
TRAVEL may broaden the mind; but, oh,
how it fattens the pocketbook!
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13
The Argument Used

e. :;;::: :; :: :; : ::: Fl: f.:
they cost less than Royal and afford
the dealer much more profit.
But you, madam, are charged the same price
for them as for the absolutely pure Royal which
is perfectly combined from the most highly refined
others is caused by the cheap, impure materials
used in them, and the haphazard way in which
they are thrown together.
Do you wish to pay the price OF the Royal
for an inferior baking powder, made from i'm
pure goods of Fl per cent less strength? If
you buy the other powders, insist upon having
corresponding reduction in price.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-13

"L1GHTs Out''-the abscondlng CASHIER
Puck
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-07
How to Prevent Accidents.

A large decrease in the number of acct
dents has resulted from law in Germany
relating to shops in which machines are
used. Under the law the manning of a
workman entails upon the proprietor the
payment of doctors bills, life pension
to the employee in case of permanent dis
ability resulting from the accident, or,
in case death results, pension to the
family of the deceased The effect of
the law has been the general discharge of
careless help and the shielding of such
parts of the machine rs are ordinarily
dangerous when left exposed, and these
measures are said to have produced re-
markable diminution of casualties in
the use of machines. 1t would be wise,
in the absence of such a law in this
country, for proprietors to instruct super
intendents or foremen that carelessness
on the part of workmen as to their per-
sonal safety will be Immediately pun
ished by suspension or discharge More
accidents result from heedlessness and
recklessness on the part Of the employees
than from all other causes combined. 1t
is probably no mistake to attribute the
decrease of accidents in German work.
shops more to the elimination of careless
operatives than to the boxing in of the
dangerous parts of machines. Willing
| World,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-07
The Diamond Cutting Business.

1t was in 1856 that the cutting of dia-
monds into regular forms first began to
be practiced. The business is now most
extensively carried on in Amsterdam,
although in this country, at the present
time, are many excellent diamond cut
tiers whose services are highly valued
Of more than 80, 900 Jews now living in
Amsterdam it is estimated that at least
$4,000 are directly or indirectly depen-
dent upon the trade of diamond cutting.
In that city such labor is poorly paid,
although the greatest skill and severest
honesty is requisite. Diamonds are cut
in three forms, namely, the table, the
rose and the brilliant. The last has
superseded the first two except for in
ferior stones. The brilliant is double
pyramid or cone, cut off at the top to q
large plane or table, and at the bottom
to small one, called the collet. As for
the weight of diamonds, it is calculated
as follows: Four grains equal one carat,
141} carats equal once ounce troy. From
this it may be seen that diamond grain
is less than an ordinary troy grain-five
diamond grains are equal to four troy
grains. Philadelphia Times.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-07
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.

THE. SOLDIERS.
Rub-a-dub-dub! The soldiers come,
With sword and banner and rafting
drum,
With feet that tramp and heels that
stamp,
They march in line from the nursery
camp.
Oh, stiff and straight, with rum tiddy-
UNI,
The soldiers come!
Rub-a-dub- dub! With stripe and star
Their beautiful banner shines afar.
Their bright eyes flash with courage
rash.
Their General struts in scarlet sash.
Oh, bold and brave, with proud Drum,
The soldiers come!
Rub-a- dub-dub! In tones severe
The General utters his orders clear.
They march, they wheel, they run,
they kneel,
With ring of pewter and clash of steel.
They aim, they 6re-look out! Bum,
bum!
The soldiers come!
Rub-a-dub-dub! The pattering rain
Beats aloud on the window pane.
Who cares for that! With paper hat,
A stick and pan and rat-tat-tat,
In rain or in shine, sword, banner and
drum,
The soldiers come!
II Margaret johnson in the Nursery.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-07
THE WAY HE GETS SUGAR.

Babykins can pile up his blocks and
make tower of them, or he can put
them in row and play they are choo-
choo cars. There are pictures on one
side of them, and letters on the other.
Babykin knows what some of the
letters are, although he cannot say their
names.
He knows that NJ stands for mamma
and P for papa. When he finds M on
his blocks he will point to mamma, and
when he finds P, he will point to papa
He knows that N stands for nursie, and
d for doctor, and best of all, he knows
that S stands for sugar.
Babykins is fond of sugar, and wishes
that he could have the sugar bowl and
eat all he 'santed to, instead of having
little tiny bit.
One day when mamma was helping
him build his blocks, he looked around
for the sugar bowl, but nursie had taken
it downstairs. So Babykins took block
with the letter S on. mamma, +" he said,
and pointed to S, smackiny his lips as
he did when he had some sugar.
Mamma kissed him over and over
again, for being SO wise. Now Babykins
believes that is the way for little boy,
who cannot talk, to ask for sugar.
lBabyland.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-07
AN OWL In THE STOVE.

"For several days it seemed to me that
| heard something move in the stove,
but paid no attention to it. One night
as l was going to bed the noise in the
stove was so plain that was sure there
was something in there. l started to
open the stove door, but it occurred to
ne that it might be big snake, so l
went and called my father He came in
with cane and opened the stove, and
saw big pair of eyes glaring at him,
out it was too dark to see what they be-
longed to. He dropped small piece of
burning, paper in the top, and put in
his hand and drew out great big owl.
His lordship looked at US & wise as if
he knew everything in the world, but he
acted very stupidity. After he had
winked at us few times, as if he was
asking, We'll, what are you going to do
with me" we opened the window for
him, and he hardly knew enough to fly
)ut.
''Well, when that excitement was over
| made a fresh start for bed Some
looms in Florida have carpet on the floor,
and some don't, but most don't. My
Dom didn't have any, of course. sat
down on the side of the bed to pull off
my shoes, and heard something break.
thought it was the side piece of the
bedstead. It's the climate said to
myself; it's made me so fat that Pm
breaking the furniture Iheld the lamp
down and looked, but the bed was all
right; SO sat down again, and the
minute touched the bedstead the crack
ing began again. go it, said l, and
we'll see what will happen The crack
ing changed into crash, and bang went
one leg of the bedstead right through
the floor. In those houses the floor above
is the ceiling of the room below, so part
of my bedstead stuck through into the
parlor, and they picked the castor off
the parlor floor. 1t was dry-rot, that
was all. In that climate the dry-rot
works away at the inside of board, and
eats it all away but little crust on the
outside; so the board looks perfectly
sound when it has no strength at all,
and as soon as any weight is put on it,
it breaks. VI Harper's Young People.