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PICKED UP EVERYWHERE.

A WESTERN man has invented type
writer that will keep books.
I A SOUTH AMERICAN paper says there
is wide difference of opinion among
importers as to whether it pays better
in the long run to bride the officers or
pay the duties
The province Of Buenos Ayres is in
solvent; it is being sued for debt of
$50, 900, which has been owing for four
years. The budget Of 1898 has been
put in force for 1894.
AN international journal for African
languages has just been started in Ger
many, aided by liberal subvention
from the government. The secretary
of the Colonial society is editor, and six
parts are to appear each year.
In recent legal proceedings in Lon
don regarding the noise and vibration
caused by a neigh boring factory, a
photograph was used to record these
noises and reproduce them in court, at
the suggestion of Prof. s. P. Thomp-
son..
A SCHOOL district in Grant county,
Kan, contains only one fam.
ily The father, mother and eldest
son have elected themselves trustees
and appointed the eldest daughter, at
thirty-fve dollars month, to teach
the younger children.
A DIseUsTED girl dwells in Elkton,
Ky. She had on her bureau box con-
tanning charcoal powder. Her lover
called at.dusk, and in the gloom she
hastily seized her puff, and thonght-
lessly dabbed. it into the charcoal, and
applied it to her face. She spent two
hours with her lover, and after leav-
ing him glanced in the mirror. Fancy
her feelings.
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SIMPLE WAGON BRAKE.

Its Inventor Considers 1t q Good and USE
full Continuance.
I have made brake like the one. il
lustrated, and it is such a good thing
that think it my duty to show it to
others. The iron pieces can be made
by any blacksmith. The wooden
lever ~ should be made of some
tough wood, about three inches at the
thickest part, shaped down as shown,
to one and one-fourth inches thick.
The ratchet can be put on by means
of bolts, one at z and one at Y, which
holds the rack pieces together. The
chain should be ten or fifteen inches
long, with an open link to shorten
with if necessary. If you have not q
chain suitable, you can use a piece OF
wood by boring several holes so as to
bring it to the right place. The hole
CD in the wooden lever should be
about ten or twelve inches from the
end iE). Use half-inch bolt to put
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CENTS ARE LEGAL TENDER.

In Amounts of Twenty-Five or Under They
Will Go Anywhere in This Country.
/ There is one story SO utterly ridicu
lous that it seems incredible that it
should ever have been printed, which
in one form or another makes the
rounds of various newspapers of the
country annually. Look for it and you
will sooner or later see it crop up again.
This tale is always based upon the un-
popularity of the one-cent pieces in the
extreme west and southwest In it's
most common form it tells of some east
ern traveller who attempts to dispose of
hundred or so one-cent pieces in San
Francisco, Ell Paso or some other place.
The tradesman is always represented
as looking at them curiously and de-
Ginning them.
The writers of these senseless tales
may have been in the west or they may
not. 1t matters little-their story is
pointless. They seek to brand the
mythical tradesman as of the same cat
egory with themselves.
The cent is a legal-tender in amounts
of twenty-five and less. If an eastern
man in San Francisco or anywhere else
owes a debt of twenty-five cents, and
tenders twenty-five one-cent pieces in
settlement, the courts will sustain him.
Of course, the coins are not popular
in the extreme west and south, but no
one need carry a hundred of them in a
cigar box or anywhere else as useless
metal. If you are in a city that has a
United States sub-treasury, go to the
post office, dump in twenty-five cents
and see if you will have any difficulty
in obtaining stamps or postal cards OF
like amount. If one is refused, a let
ter Of complaint to the postal authori-
| ties will soon work the removal of an
employee who would discredit United
States money.
1t is well to bear this matter of the
legal tender of a cent in mind. No
one for spite can make person Jake
more than twenty-five of them in any
single transaction involving the settle
ment of a debt. One need have nc
fear, then, of receiving one hundred
dollars in cents from some embittered
debtor.-N. Y. Herald.
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The Hen as . Money Maker.

There is no poetry in our makeup.
but when pleasant truth is presented
in pleasing language we can overlook
the fanciful description and see the
solid facts beneath. So in the follow
ing from the Fanciers' Review, the
plain statement that there Is money
in keeping hens is dressed up: The
best money-maker on the farm is the
hen. She turns grass into green backs,
grain into gold. and from the sand and
gravel she coins silver. There is
nothing else on the farm to compare
with her. The horses and cattle are
heavy consumers, and to get their
value we must part with them, but not
SO with the hen. In her small wa y
she is gold mine on the face Of the
earth, mill that grinds that which
others overlook or refuse.
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LOVER OF FLOWERS.
Ar. Buppum Dilates on the Advantages
-. EloXerS In the House.

Flowers in the House.
FLOWERS are very beautiful in q
house," said Mr.. Buppum, but they are
useful, too. Now my wife had last
winter several pots of plants in our
dining-room. These pots and those
flowers were invaluable to me.
''The butts of my cigars, placed care
fully in the pots, am certain keep in
sects away. Many and many a time
have ! half emptied my glass upon the
flowers, that the qualification of my
liquor should not be too great.
81 would sharpen my pencil over the
flowers, knowing that the chips would
not fall upon. the floor. If my pencils
were missing from my desk had only
to take stick from flower pot,
knowing that Mrs. Buppum's plants
had supporters which they could some
times 60 without.
II am not saying" concluded Mr..
Buppum, ''that my attentions were
good for the plants; but they saved me
much trouble, and I shall cooperate
with Mrs. Buppum in keeping flowers
in the house this winter."-N. Y. Sun.
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a MACHINE NO USE
Better to Keep Rife Handy While jim
Bolton Lives s.

Bettsr to Keep Rifie Handy While Jim
Bolton Lives.
One day stopping at a house for din
ner IN the Kentucky mountains, I lis
tened to an agent trying to sell the
head of the estab lishment a sewinr ma
chine.
Now look here" said the agent.
you ought to do something to help your
wife, oughtn't you?''
She amt objectin' to my style, I
reckon" said the mountaineer.
That's because she's good, kind, un-
complaining sort Of a woman, and it is
the very reason why you should do
these little things for her.
But / can't afford it" protested the
mountaineer.
afford it nothing!" exclaimed the
agent. You could afford 20 buy that
Winchester sitting by the door, couldn't
you?''
Eyes" he said, laying It across his
lap, but needed it,
Not as much as you: wife needs Z
sewing machine
More, I reckon
"Of course that isn't so. How could
you? Now tell you what I'll do. If
you will buy "a machine Cor your wife
I'll take the gun as part pay
reckon not
"Call your wife out here and ask
her what she thinks about it. I'll bet
hat she'll jump at the chance for
such an exchange"
1.-THE mountaineer smiled and called
the s'old woman out. He stated the
proposition to her, and the agent be-
!! gan to feel sure Of victory.
''If Jim Bolton wasn't livin' we
might" she said. after moments
/ thought.
| What's he got to do with it?'' asked
the agent in provoked way.
"a heap sight. You see,' she went
on. my old man an Jim amt on good
terms; that's why he got the VIM
chester. Now, eff Jim knowed we only
he'd a SEWN machine, it wouldn't be
no time tal wuz a wilder, an 1
reckon I'll do my SEWN by hand.
S'pose you come round after JIM
fxed," and the agent gave it up and
agreed to come around after James
had been disposed of.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
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A UNIQUE RECORD.
How q Maine Woman Kept Tally on Her
Numerous Children.

low q Maine woman Kept Tally on Her
Numerous Children.
There are many ways of keeping run
of things The ancient Peruvians used
braid made of number of cords to
count the passing years. Quite as orig
inal as that and fully as handy is a
Dexter woman's family record. Attic
last election question came up wheth-
er one of her sons had attained his ma
jority. The father didn't know how
old anybody was, and the investigators
called on the mother. She had large
brood. and it was no wonder. as she
could not write, she was puzzled to
keep track of them all.
The officers made known their err
rand, and the woman, going to the
cupboard, took therefrom lot of bot
ties containing varying quantities of
peas. There she placed in order from
the one containing one pea to those
that had lots of peas in them. Then
she picked out one bottle as that of the
boy whose age was wanted, turned out
the peas and told the officials to count
for themselves. She said she had a
bottle for each member of the family,
and every birthday she put in pea to
keep the reckoning. Lewiston (Me.)
Journal.
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Forgotten Quotations.

E : - -
What do we owe to Beaumont and
Fletcher Homely proverbs in plenty,
from "Beggars should be no choosers''
to Discretion is the better part Of
valor," though whether they or Shake
speare has a prior right to the latter is
uncertain. From them also we inherit
many prettily dressed bits of philoso-
ply in Our acts our angels are, for
good or i'll" style and many stirring
tags like Deeds, not Words" and
Lets meet and either do or de- Burns
uses this phrase in his great war song,
and Campbell, who gave us Distance
lends enchantment,'' "Angel visits, y
"Meteor flag of England" and "Com-
ing events. ETC." places it in Gertrude
of Wyoming. "-Cornhill Magazine.
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He WILL LIVE on.
The Applicant Changed His Mind Abo'
-. Committing Suicide.

; ~ / I.
Tho Applicant Changed His Mind Abodt
Committing Suicide.
A man who had just dined at Wood
ward avenue restaurant the OTHER even
ing was picking his teeth in that self.
satisfied way so aggravating to hum
cry person when he was accosted by
pedestrian, who promptly introduced
himself as follows:
'Deevening, sir. am bum. My
name is Dawson. Iwant to ask favor
of you.
81 swore off long ago" replied the
diner as he carried the toOthpick over
to his other jaw.
"You mistake my object, sir! am
not asking you for money to pay for
drink, lodgings or food. ] do not want
to go to Toledo, Buffalo or Chicago IN
fact, sir, do not want money to live
on, but to die on. .
Gum! Want to die. eh?"
ST do, sir. This is my last night in
the beautiful city of Detroit and also
OH earth. BY midnight my soul shall
have winged it's weary flight to that
mysterious realm.
s'Going to commit suicide?'
81 am. have cody and calmly fig
ured it out. Life has been a failure.
1t is not worth the living. In that 9th
er land can perhaps become success
full vag."
But why should dying nan want
money!"
81 owe q man in this town twenty
five cents. He is good man, but poor
He lent me the m oney to keep me from
suffering, and won't be mean enough
to die and leave him to whistle for 1T.
/ want to put that quarter in his HAND
and say to him; Jim, old boy, | am
going hence, but before go want tc
square up. Here's your quarter and
may Heaven reward you for your
kindness That's what want to say
sir, and now ask you for the COIN"
Eyes. You are sure to die"
my mind is irrevocably made up"
"And j i'm must have his quarter?''
''He must"
''Ill do better than that" said thu
man, as he pulled out book and pencil
Give me Jim's address and I'll cal
around in the morning and break the
sad news of your death and hand him {
half, What's the full name, please?"
'sThe full name? Sir, you are evident
| ly a heartless humanreptile, and wan,
nothing more to do with you. Keel
your money, sir-keep your money, an6
I'll be hanged if commit suicide No
sir-no, sir. When see such evidence:
of the cruel heartlessness of the worlc
it decides me to live on just as long az
can and be just as mean as can
! Consider our interview at an end. Good
1 night, SIR"
And he drew himself up and stalked
| off through the darkness, and left ths
man to chew his toothpick and look
after him and regret his unjust suspi
| cions.-Detroit Free Press.
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He Would Live Always.

A man who was deeply in debt was
sick unto death
:" All" he sighed, "if could only live
until / had paid off my debts
e umphr' sneered the doctor, blunt
", you want to live forever, do yonp''
Texas Siftings.
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Some other Girls in Luck.

Mr.. Manypops- (excitedly)-Mother
! just saw that George Bonds kiss our
Mary out there behind the ferns.
Mrs, Manypops- Oh, you must he
mistaken! There stands Mary over
there, and she hasn't been out of my
sight the whole evening.
/ Mr.. Manypops-Confound it! Just
as soon as the least spark of hope
springs up in my heart, you quench it!
/ - - ~.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-08

Celebrated Man on Celebrated Railroad.
Gen Lew Wallace, the renowned soldier,
statesman, traveller and author, pays this
compliment to the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railway in the St. Paul Evening
News Record Oct. 6, 1S94:e
81 have travelled all over the United
States and Europe, but never before have
seen such magnificent train service as en-
joyed on The Milwaukee, between Chicago
and st. Paul. The private compartment
ever saw
The trains referred to by the author of
"Ben Hur' are vestlbnled throughout,
heated by steam, lighted by electricity and
arranged with the famous electric berth
reading lamp. j. T. CoNLEY,
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A RARE CASE.
The Heroic Deed of Bad Man In the
Southwest,

The Heroic Deed of q Bad Man In the
Southwest.
1t isn't often that one finds among
the mountaineers of the southwest a
hero of the highest type, but they do
exist, and a year or so ago met one.
| had beeen in his neighborhood for
three months, and I knew that he
kad killed d man or two and had the
reputation of being the earnest man in
the mountains. He was extremely
handy with gun, too, and everybody
gave him a wide berth whenever there
was prospect of row. One day,
however, he got into difficulty with
man from an adjoining county, and
when the shooting began he cut and
run like a whitehead, leaving the
field in possession of the other party.
Two days afterwards met him on the
road and we talked about the late dis
turbance.
was rather surprised at the way
you acted, I said as mildly as could,
for even. then had no wish to stir him
up.
II reckon most folks wuz," he re-
piled briefly.
Il know they were, and they don't
understand it. Neither do 1. .
WELL" he said, half apologetically,
II reckon l jist run, and that wuz all
thar wuz to hit. !"
There was more than that; you lost
your reputation by it."
'Mebbe did, colonel" ano he swal-
1orr 4.
thar Teller had seven little children de-
pendin' on him, an I kinder had a idea
jist afore pulled trigger that mebbe
could git along better without my rep
pertation than they could without ther
daddy, so / run.''
He stopped as if uncertain what to
say next, and took him by the hand
and shook it with vigor that I knew
he appreciated by TIE look that came
into his eYeS.-DetrOit Free PraSc
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other side. The top Of the nests slopes
to keep the hens off and projects over
the front to keep the nest as dark in-
side as possible. A narrow alighting
board is placed below the entrance,
while a door let's down in the rear,
by which the eggs can be gathered
from the outside room. II the fowls
can be fed and watered through the
partition below this hinged door there
will be very little need of entering the
poultry house at all, since the small
door that lets the fowls into their
yards can be opened and closed from
the outside room by cord and pulley.
Keeping the nests as dark as possible
will prevent the hens from breaking
and eating their eggs Farm and
Home.
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Modern improvements,

School Boy (wearily)-What's the
use Of learning all this stuff?
Teacher-It is chiefly to cultivate the
memory.
School Boy-Don't you think it would
be more sensible to buy photograph?
Good News.
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SMALL, BUT WIDE AWAKE.
The Little Lady Did Not Take Kindly ia
Being Questioned.


She was cute, pretty little thing,
so small that her feet didn't touch the
floor of the car. It worried her, too,
for occasionally she impatiently
tugged away at her skirt to hide the
display of silken black hose. At the
Seven Corners a large, mouthy, self.
satisfied man took seat beside her.
ION your way home, little grip" he
asked.
She stared an instant. then smiled
and replied, precociously:
.Oh, yes, SIR
''Been shopping?"
"Oh, yes, sir" she said, with an awk-
ward little jump.
"What have you in your bundle?"
asked the inquisitive man. Some
thing nice for lunch, dare say"
''Oh, yes, if you please, SIR" she said;
Il have some tea"
isn't your ma afraid to let You go
down alone?" he asked after a pause.
Sin daytime?" she said, in surprise.
"Oh, no, sir. The fact isl she said, as
the car stopped and she arose, mother
died three weeks after my marriage,
and she doesn't care whether go out
at night or not. The chances are that
hubby would kick if went out alone. .
And then as she looked him square
in the face, he noted with astonish-
ment that her hair was just turning
gray.-St Paul Pioneer-P Press.
No Use for Soul.
Katherine, aged eight, sat long
time at the side of the fireplace gazing
at the dog which was stretched out at
the other side. The mother, hard
worked literary woman. was writing
at her desk.
Mamma, dogs have no souls?'' she
asked, with a fling of her long legs.
mo, dear.
"They never work, either"
mot very often, dear"
ut would be much better to be a
dog, I should think. never have
quite made up my mind as to the good
of souls, mamma. They seem to make
people work much more than is right.
You know you are full of SOUL
Womankind. S
-Navarette was deaf and dumb. He
was so fond of cats and dogs that he
introduced them into his pictures.
When making a contract to paint a
series of pictures for the Church of the
Escurial it was specially stipulated
that he should not Introduce any cat
or dog into the paintings.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-08

Historic CoNuNDRUM. - Boston Girl
s'Why was Shakespeare like Queen Eliza
betha" They Alive give itup.' Boston
Girl-uHe was the greatest wonder.of the
age and she was the greatest Tudorln And
slowly the pun percolated their craniums.
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A Novelty Indeed.

"All weddings seem Just alike" ex-
claimed one girl. They are frightful-
~ commonplace"
Eyes. When Herbert and are mar
ried we have resolved on startling
departure
What is that?"
''We will have wedding which
won't be described in the society coll
umns as quiet Washington Star.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-08
In OIden Times

People overlooked the importance OF per-
manently beneficial effects and were salts
/ fed with transient action, but now that it
is generally known that Syrup of Figs will
permanently cure habitual constipation,
well-informed people will not buy other lax
atives, which act for time, but finally In
jure the system. i.-s.s..
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A Natural Result.

Superintendent (moodily)-We will
have to abandon our trolley to Branch.
vile.
President-What's the natter
superintendent - No passengers.
The people living along the line have
all been killed.-N. Y. Weekly.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-08
Al the End of the Season.

''This, I suppose said the senti-
mental.maiden, leaning pensively back
in the little boat, lis one of the last
rows of summer"
But the unresponsive young man
went away from the watering place the
next day and left her blooming alone.
Chicago Tribune.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-08

Mr. B1LK1Ss-sWhat sad face that
woman has" Mrs. Bilkins- Eyes, poor
thing. She has either loved and lost, or loved
and got HMM. Y. Weekly.
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SAILOR (defantly) will take more
than you to hold me, I'll tell ycu.'' Canni
bal Significantly, -"Oh, shall invite few
friends .n-Detroit Tribune.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-08

THE Hungarian novelist, Maurus
Jokai, expresses his Indignation at the
recent report that he had attempted
suicide.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-08
Unaccountable Ignorance.

Cnaccountable Ignorance.
She-What do they plant in the sea,
Tom?
He-Nothing. Why?
she-Then why do they speak Of
blowing the seas?--Truth.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-08
Don't You See 2

That vapor creeping up from the marshy
lowlands It is ladened with the seeds Of
chills and fever. Do you think you can
breathe these without danger2 Not much.
Protect yourself with Hostetters Stomach
Bitters and you will be safe. Or if you find
dyspepsia, rheum atism, inactivity of the kid
neys or liver, or constipation coming on
apace, use this thorough and benefcentsafe-
guard
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-08

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon . cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure In one minute.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-08

ONE Little Girl in the Slums-seWot yer
say she died OFF,: The Other One-ssEating
tuppeny ice on the top of 'ot pudden'."
death" -TitBits.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-08

THERE is only one way to live without
work, and that is to prey without ceasing.
Galveston News.
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s'EF you wanter fattah er mans vanity
good,' said Uncle Eben, "teIl i'm he amt got
none."'1 Washington Star.
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An Inquisltlve Young Woman

An Inquisitive Young Woman.
so this is your studio, Mr.. Dobb?'
Eyes.
'And these are your brushes?"
eyes. .
And where do you keep the trowel
with which you lay on your colo?
Judge.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-08

DON'T talk about yourself when you want
to be interesting Horn.
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NESTS FOR THE HENS.

An Arrangement Possessing Number Of
Advantages.
The cut shows plan for nest ar
rangement that possesses number Of
advantages. A row of nests are made
along wall Of the poultry house to
which access can be had upon the
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-08

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-09-07

THOS. E. WILLIAMS,
Clerk County Commissioners,
Prince Georges County.