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Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17
Small Fortune Under Her M.,,,...

Mary Connolly, Ga years old. was found
dead recently in the small rear room in
which she lived for the last three years
ON the first floor of 80 Baxter street. a
lofty tenement house known as the '.Ker-
ry Flats"
Under the mattress of the bed were
found three bankbooks showing depos-
its in the Bleecker Street Bank Of Saw
iDgs, the Immigrants Industrial and the
Bowery Savings banks which amounted
to $3,25s..O There was also found a
purse containing Sl02.l1.
Cornelius Sullivan, who keeps saloon
in the basement, was told by his wife
that one of the windows of Marys room
had been open all the preceding day, and
the lonely occupant had not been heard
stirring around. Sullivan called in Po-
liceman Brophy.
Brophy entered the rear room through
the window. As his feet reached the
floor he stumbled over the old woman .
body. She had evidently been dead for
several hours. The corpse was in a
cramped position between the wall and
small table. with her chin pressed rig
idly down on the breast. Ii is supposed
that she became ill and was opening the
window to obtain air when she fell back
either unconscious or dead from heart
disease.
She was rather eccentric and persisted
in living alone. She was never married.
For several years she was employed as a
scrubwoman in Chambers Street hospi.
tai, but recently she had lived upon what
money she had saved. Her nearest rela-
tives are two first cousins-one living in
Jersey City and the other i'll Port Jervis,
n. Y.-New York Herald.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17
Dutch Workmen.

In an interesting and comprehensive
report Of no small literary merit fur
nished to the labor commission and just
presented to parliament Mr.. Geoffrey
Drage gives the results of his mission of
inquiry in Holland. The Dutch work
man," he writes, lis thorough and steady,
but not remarkable for speed in his
work. Hence the long hours Of labor
which prevail in most occupations are
not felt to be burdensome, provided that
the laborer may work in the leisurely
fashion that suits him best"
InfreQuency of strikes is attributed
partially to lack Of excitability and to
STEADY common SENSE. which prevents
its possessOrs from being led away by
any schemes not Of distinctly practical
kind" The people generally have been
slow to recognize or require state inter
ference in labor questions, but during
the last 90 years laws have been passed
in regard to the employment of women
and children which have turned atten-
ton in that direction. London News.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17

The labyrinthodon, huge creature re-
sembling u toad or "A frog. and which
lived III the earlier periods of our planets
history, has been found in surprising
state of preservation in the mari beds of
HuezelweitL. Hungary. All species of
this gigantic frog are now extinct and
are known IL the naturalists only through
the Investigations of the geologists, who
have often found parts or entire fossils
of the monster III strata of the triaSsic
portion of the mesOzoic period. South
wick mentions il III three line entry in
his ''Quilzism aud Key under the head
"A Frog rs Large as AN Ok, and in
Barnett's theological Epochs' it is con
sid-r-d i'll u chapter Oh Huge Froglike
Creatures of the Mesozoic Age"
The specimen unearthcd III the Hun
garlan mari bed Is entire with the excep-
ton of the left forearm and the lower
jaw. The skull measures Is inches be
tween the eye sockets and weighs. ex
elusive of the missing underjaw, 3l2
pounds. The bones which have been dis
covered up to date (and there is still
hopes of finding the missing parts. with
the adhering matriX. weigh .s60 pounds,
almost ton. ST. Louis Republic.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17
ODD. kfsO E;iDS.

An English bishop - rr, erly ad-
dressed as my lord.
The word captain. so often used in the
Billie, simply u cans officer.
I he shah Of Persia pretemds to date
his title back fer IA Thousand years.
The most ancient title Is that Of king.
Ii or its equivalent Is found in every
known language.
In formal letters TO IA duke il is eti-
quette to begin. My lord duke may it
please Your grace"
The holy Roman empire has but three
genuine landgraves, those of Thuringia,
Lower and Higher Alsace
Ten million packs of playing cards are
used IN the United States every year, and
that is one to every seven people men.
women and children.
In the days of the Emperor Diocletian
house painters wages were 80 cents u
day, while schoolmaster received only
go cents month for each pupil
A curator was a Roman official in
charge Of various departments of the
public service. The title nearly CORE
spends Ia our word superintendent.
The fashionable end of Fifth avenue,
in New York. Is disfgured 10y free
lunch saloon. 1t is the only place of the
kind IN stretch of four or five miles.
The Greek emperors of Constantinople
called themselves holy" and one of
the official titles by which they insisted
ON being addressed was your holiness"
The sticky, sweet. high smelling fluid
secreted by the honey ant of Mexico is
used as food and also for medicinal pur-
poses, especially tor diseases Of the eye
and ear.
The title of illustrious was never form
ally bestowed as title of honor until
the time of Constantine and was then
gwen to such princes as had distin-
guished themselves in war.
The only genuine sheik is the gov
ernor of Medina. His Office is said to
date from the time of the prophet. 1t is
now generally applied as an honorary
title to the head man of an Arab village.
All hearses are provided with lamps.
There are probably very few city people
who ever saw a hearse with lighted
lamps. That would not be so remark
able sight, however. i'll the country,
where hearses go long distances
Market rights in Brussels and through
out Belgium are vested by prescription
III communal councils. which have power
to establish markets ON public or private
property and can increase or diminish
them according to their appreciation of
the wants of the community.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17
Mails Prom Abyssinia.

An unexpected item of news which
has just transpired will delight the heart
Of every philatelist. The king of kings,
the successor of King Solomon, has writ
ten TO the Universal Postal association
at Bern. announcing his intention to
enter the Postal union. We shall conse-
quently have Abyssinian postage stamps,
for the king of kings Is none other than
King Menelek of Abyssinia. Many
things will doubtless happen on the
banks Of the Nile before the first post
Office opens in Abyssinia. But we live
in strange times. when savages are boz
coming civilized and civilized nations
are becoming savages. European Her
alb
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17
COLONEL PHILLIPS specTAcLes.
Story ut 1h.ir u. "a Related by the Bis
Hairy Man From TIA. Prairies.

bt"lS at ihetr "a a. Related by the bik
Hairy Man From TIA. Prairies.
The way You Chicago people Look at
things reminds me of my old friend,
Colonel John Phillips"
The speaker was large. hairy man,
with big slouch hat and IA voice evi-
GENTLY better adapted to the acoustic
properties of the prairie than the smok
Ing room. lie appeared To realize this
d. lie glanced around and saw every man
la the room looking toward him. some
smiling some scuwling
Tell US about Your friend, the colo
nel. suggested Il real estate agent who
had the hairy giant on the string for a
biz cash trade.
Why" continued the big man with
thr prairie Voice, Phillips saw every
thing that belonged I" him big and ev-
erything belonging 10 lie small -
That's human nature -" the agent
was suggesting but the prairie man in
terrupted with:
No, 'twan't no human nature. Twas
spectacles! He got elm made in this
town. believe You people all wear EN-
too.
What peculiar properties did Your
friends spcctacles "pssess:' asked a Gu
rious listener
just us I've said. They made his
property loom up in regular Chicago
Worlds fair fashion. but squashed other
peoples stuff wOrse'n a ZiInri Dwiggins
bauk"
How could he do this"
w hv. the blamed lenses worked On
IN aXis and showed things telescope fash
ion. You know. S'pose there was IA horse
trade up; he'd let yon look at Your own
horse through the ordinary little end of
his glasses. hut when You came 10 look
ht his he'd get AT his specks again under
some preteXt just Tipping ein over the
magnifying way ana you'd STE a mag
uificcnt animal. IL Was the same way
with houses, tracts of land. wheatfields,
changing money anything. once YOU
looked through his glasses at anything
You We're his victim. for you felt as if
you couldn't live until you'd traded just
as Phillips wanted You To. But he met
his reward He tried bluff game Oh
big Buffalo Jones of Arizona. To whom
hc had by that spectacled jugglery sold
100 jackass rabbits for burrows, and
looked at big Jones six gun through the
little end of his glasses. trying to put
him down small. You know. But, alas,
it didn't work
What happened:' asked the agent.
Big Jones gun Went off repeatedly
Just as Colonel Phillips was adjusting
his glasses 1t was "a well perhaps, ="
continued the prairie man, dropping his
voice 81 low that the believing of tugs
in the river and lake could again he
heard, for my friend had acquired
such habit of trying 10 talk up 10 the
magnifying side Of these glasses that his
long enjoyed reputation for veracity
was entirely spilled. We buried him at
Big Jones expense. and Ia prevent a re-
currence of such IA tragedy took pos
session of the spectacles. and
Whatever became of them: asked a
hungry looking man who had gone broke
OH d World fair hotel scheme
Il now wear EN- myself, said the
big. hairy prairie inan.-Chicago Trio-
une.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17
Had Dined and Wa. a Man Again.

The other morning tall stout man,
with scraggly, half grown beard and ev
cry indication of poverty i'll his apparel,
entered the Riggs House and approached
the desk where Proprietor de Witte was
standing.
Il have not had anything to eat except
q sandwich yesterday morning for two
days" he said III Il Voice that trembled
with weakness. Cant You let me have
something
Mr.. de Witte gave him IA card to the
steward. and pretty soon he was vora-
ciously disposing of a plentiful break
fast. When he had finished. he uncon-
sciously dipped his fingers in the water
glass. passed them over his lips. and dry
ing them on the napkin arose from the
table. Drawing himself up. he smiled
with satisfaction, and putting his hand
into the pocket of his tattered vest he
drew forth II dime and proffered it to the
astonished waiter. When the latter re-
fused the tip. the man appeared 10
awaken from u dream. and with redden-
ing face he muttered something and hur-
riedly went out
His gait, bearing, manner and poise
generally were those of u man who had
known better days. and the unconscious
recognition of the waiter showed that
the power of habit acquired in the days
of his prosperity had asserted itself when
the momentary pleasure of IA square meal
had caused him to forget his present
plight Washington Post.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17

The numerous experiments made by
balloonists have proved that pigeons are
incapable of flying at any great height.
Birds thrown out at d 1000 meters fell like
dead, and even at the moderate height of
800 meters pigeons liberated by the bal
loonist CASTOR Tissandier approached
the earth in a spiral course 1t is evil
dent, hence, that they are not guided
wholly by sight. To bring a point 800
miles distant within the range Of vision
it would be necessary Ia i.scend nearly
2O.O00 meters. The carrier pigeon. start
ing on such journey. must consequent
~ start with faith in the unseen.-Phila-
lelphia Press.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17
Cutiin Two!

Yes that's il right here in the mid
Ile of the Winter AMI offering YOU
these great bargains al halt their value
We are over stocked with gloves. un
derwear aud all kinds "f heavy Win
ter wear that must be sold Ia make
room Tor our Spring Stock which will
arrive ia few days. Look at these?
Mems hog skin mittens line,l with
natural wo"l. reduced from sl.00 to
30 cents. mems Buckskin gauntleis
that were 81 % now - cents, mems
Scotch We've gloves from 30 cents 10
% cents. Mems driving gloves re-
duced from 30 cents Ia 30 cents and
dog aud other kinds that go the same
way. Womens all wool mittens that
were % cents now - cents, Others
from > cents Ia 10 cents Dark out
ing flannel that was 10 now cents,
heavy oil grain Women> lace shoes
reduced from 81 90 To 80 cents. We
offer YOU these exceptionally low prices
for 30 Days only Come in and ex
anime.
HARRISON & PARSONS.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17
The Jury suited Tia. LAWYER.

a Chicago attorney. somewhat noted
for his sharp practice. sent his client one
day 10 watch the case Word came to
him that his case Was NJ on the docket
and he hurried over la lind the opposing
counsel already beginning. In vain he
looked for his client. He was nowhere
to be seen In vain lac asked tor delay,
but the court told him that the careless
hess of client would not allow such u
thing. At last he glanced into the jury
box and saw his client there.
The stupid man had thought he heard
his name called and had marched in
with the rest. The OPPOSING counsel was
30 anxious to hurry the case along that
h. neglected 10 examine the jury See
ine the thing was i'll his own hands. the
Chicago attorney turn-d 10 the court.
Il withdraw all objection. he said Il
have my client where want him. y"
Green Bag.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17

The current of the Mississippi river av-
rrag,.s from :. To miles an hour in We
locity but steanboatman on the Mis-
souri would be pretty apt to call this still
water. as that stream bowls along under
ordinary circumstances AT the rate of 5
and 10 miles an hour. and on state occ l.
sions it develops the speed of an ava
lanche Engineers consi Ter bridging the
Missouri difficult accomplishment a
the swift current is So versatile in it
course and ruinous in its velocity that !.
is impossible to predict where the chan
mel is liable to drift.-Alton Sentinel
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17
Guaranteed Cure.

We authorised our advertised druggist
sell DIR King New Discovers for ConSmm
tion. Coughs and Colds. uron this concitic
Ii YOU are afflicted with Cough, Cold
auy Lung. Throat or Chest trouble. and
use this remedy rs directed, giving il f.
trial. and experience no hcniit, Won IN
return the hottle and have vour money
funded. We could not make This offer
we not know that Dir King. New Di>cov,
could he relied on. II never di>sapoin
Trial bottles free at 4. ID. Cottinshnm {
Dru. Store Lar.c size 50c and 81 90.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17
A Venerable Man

1t may not he generally known that
one of the oldest living Englishmen is .
native of Stafford and has been residel
there from his birth. His name is WI
liam HaInpson, and he lives in DuI
street, near the Gravel Lane Wesley.
schools. He is believed 10 he ia yea
old, and he distinctly remembers, as
boy, seeing John Wesley and heariI
him preach at the Stafford Cross
Greensgate. After preaching Wesl.
walked ON to examine the then part
risen ediiice of Gravel Lane chapel Tn
was in 1880. and Hampson recalls the ci
cumstances VA every detail Man, host
Monthly.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17
SOUTH AFRICA.
Beware Of ID. Those Who
Have been There are not
EaVOrably Impressed.
COlORED PEOPLE Do THE WORK
Hundreds Of Foreigners are
Leaving South Africa for
Want Of Employment.

| sailed from London Jan. ~. 1898, tor
Cape Town. returning the latter part of
May. and was only too glad when |
reached the States AGAIN Miners think
ing of going 10 Johannesburg would do
better by STAYING at home, even if times
are very quiet here. The average of
miners landing III Cape Town is about ~
weekly. and they are nearly all from
England. They nearly all branch out
for Johannesburg, and naturally the ell
ployers prefer an Englishman before All
American, and YOU will find this in all
branches of business, professional OF
otherwise. The colored people do all
the laborious work in the mines, and as
for the positions the white man would
take suppose there are about so wait
ing for one opening. y good miner can
earn $25 week aud | think a good
miner can earn more here. and then
again he can live considerably cheaper
here. He would have 10 pay for board
in johannesburg about $40 weekly. This
is speaking of board alone.
When left Cape Town last May. there
We're hundreds Of men i'll Cape Town
from all parts of South Africa looking
for employment. Lots of them manage
to get down from the interior, and the
first chance they have of returning To
England. either working their passage or
otherwise, they accept. The boat came
back i'll To London was the Tartar, and
ii worked their passage home, and hav-
ing SO many applications the captain had
- f1rs a Sc
q common occurrence.
Board in Cape Town is So % week,
and if you wanted position as clerk,
bookkeeper, telegraph operator, etc,
they would offer you what they call "a
start" That is 10 say, it doesn't matter
how competent you may be. you have to
commence with s. or So a week, and you
think yourself lucky if you can get that
There are on All average hundred ap-
plications for each situation.
took my brother in-l law from Eng
land with me. He was earning there
$40 IA week. and lac tramped around Cape
Town seven weeks and finally got a po-
sition, and have just heard from him,
and he is at present earning So week at
the same place.
As many people are returning from
South Africa as there are going that is,
between 100 and 500 weekly Men that
do get positions. after they have saved. if
ever they do. $500 to $i00. return to Eng
land for good.
Employers will not accept IA diploma
from the United States of any kind-it
doesn't matter how high the reputation
of the college may be-and any one head
ing there will only be too sorry he ever
left home, as it costs more to get from
there than it does TO reach there. The
whole thing Is there is too much Eng
lish about it all around, and after hav-
ing the freedom of this country you will
find great difference between South
Africa and here.
There are two or three prices ON some
of the necessaries III Cape Colony, and
this Is the cheapest place to live: House
rent, from s. weekly; flour. q cents per
pound; potatoes. 30 pounds for 81; but
ter. so cents 10 15 cents per pound; ba-
con, 35 cents per pound. Seattle Post
intelligencer.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17
a Brave Little Girl.

A desperate attempt To wreck train
was made at the little town of McComb,
10 miles northwest of Findlay, o., few
nights ago. The attempt was made
the fast express east bound on the Nick.
Plate. y pile of ties were placed ON IT,
track half mile west ri town The ol
sf'--- - " ''s""v-r., lV u liftl.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17

Mrs. Emily Thorne. who resides at Tcle
Washington. saws She has never been ahl,
procure any medicine for rheumatism. II
relieves the pain 50 quickly and cifcctua
rs Chamberlain Pain Balm. and that /.
has also used il for lame back with gr,
success For sale hs DIR. {. +. ". Hall.
Democratic messenger., 1894-03-17

My new grist mill is doing the
best Of work Turning out 60 to 80
bushels Of fine meal per day Half toll
for feeds. III. T. Tilghman, Wilton.
Nd. q.
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A Florida w edding.

The deputy clerk in the marriage
bureau at Jacksonville was very,
very busy. Without looking up
from his work he knew there was a
colored couple looking around tim
idly near the door and occasionally
peering over at the desk where he
sat writing.
This lasted about half an hour,
when, becoming annoyed, he sud-
denly leaped up and demanded;
swell, well, want to get married;
why don't you say so?'
They grinned at each other, then
grinned at the clerk. Then the
man faltered:
"Ya-as, sir"
"Got license?"
Ya-as, sir"
"Got any money!"
"Ya-as, sir"
"How much?n
"Two dollars"
"Hand it here"
He slowly, almost painfully,
counted out So in chicken money.
The clerk grabbed it. Join
right hands," he said.
Then faster than a thunder
shower can patter on tin roof he
ratified off the following:
"By vitchof tortiof State of
Floridin me vestedinow declare you
manwife. Gitowder here!" and they
went, still grinning.
Next day, while the bridegroom,
was laying track for the new cleo
trio car line, he was heard to say:
"Mr. Charlie Verelst is de smart
est white man in Jacksonville
marry you in a mint! Golly! l
specks to git him to marry me every
time. Florida Hustler.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-02-07
"Wrong? Oh. no."

"John, ] am sorry you told that
story, because / never went to a
picnic with you before we were
married; and / never refused YOU"
my darling, you must be wrongr
81 am not wrong, Mr.. Smith. |
have a good memory, and, although
we have been married twenty-five
years, I'D like to know who that
mink was. You never told me
about her before"
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A Silver Wedding Surprise.

They were celebrating the silver
wedding, and, of course, the couple
were happy and affectionate.
"Yes," said the husband, "this Is
the only woman / ever loved. !
shall not forget the first time pro-
posed to her."
"How did you do it?" burst out a
young man who had been squeezing
a pretty girls hand in the corner.
They all laughed, and he blushed,
but the girl carried it off bravely.
"Well, l remembered as we'll as
if it were but yesterday. It was at
Richmond. We had been out for
a picnic, and she and l got wander
ing alone. Don't you remember,
my dearp"
The wife smiled.
1--WE sat on the trunk of tree
You haven't forgotten, love, have
you?"
The wife nodded again.
"She began writing in the dust
with the point of her parasol."
"You recall it, sweet, don't youP"
The wife nodded again.
"She wrote her name, Minnie,
and l said, Let me put the other
name to it. And / took the para
sol and l wrote my name, Smith,
after it. And she took back the
parasol, and wrote below it, No, l
won't Then we went home. You
remember it, darlingp l see you
do"
Then he kissed her, and the COM
pany murmured sentimentally.
wasn't it pretty"
The guests had all departed, and
the happy couple were left alone.
Wasn't it nice, Minnie, to see
all our friends around us so happy"
"Yes, it was, John. But that
reimbursement
"Ah, it seems as if 1T were only
yesterday"
Eyes, dear; there are only three
things you're wrong about in that
story"