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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-05

What an admirable place for the cheya-
liors of industry Of all kinds must Tunis
bel A lady having had a dream there that
whoever drank OF the water In her cistern
would escape cholera, 90, 900 people PASSED
through her premises--at penny bead
In coupleof days o Sanota simplicitas!
what town that must be for the conf
dence trick aud all the other littleswindles
that have fallen under suspicion elsewherel
What place, il not 20 dream Of, 10 dream
in!--London Illustrated News.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-05

The common opinion is that animals do
not know enough 10 be superstitious, but
the indianapolis journal records a posi-
bic exception.
81 tell you what, said Mr. Watts, Il
saw a remarkable exhibition OF animal in
telligence todayn'
"What was thatfn said Mr. Potts.
why, n bridal party started from the
house across tho street from where live,
aud one Of :be horses threw a shoe. Now
what do yoa think OF thatlp
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-05
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med IRON Il.l.- To-

hirh gOOA v.nrraut
10 ~ yon RrcE 4 a'ith,
"A re cc,ild do notn I6 sJo vo,i
R5. ne ca ibSm? You should
II no house answered
y q a2 re Old cracked pieces
twfltpsiiip left -. tbov o."
what u ''''
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n t afatked ana io un more
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4 va assented. no" ali MOI
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tsopld not have Nt' ,.,,',I n me-,
ny ~ ,t. he has influence.
h be can not uSe n.t uo ,rs
4 terms Vii ST." ',.., .rs,,..rs5
.ny ,h, q everything
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s l Tsst is Is my policy E s,'t...Ih We
~ ssTIccsIiSEi eencralship. but
\ ysriN believe you would be
E ,sllows M the market p.d'e
saiTi. Come. far COUSIN lg
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@hr LET us oui Icy Vs 60
g5 a, our conquest nn1 le'ilNn
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licked al me Kindly ana
I'M sSe asseuteI. and my
zone. turned and saw
$rra gliding 10. she ald not
~ but came toward me as
III nav OF coming close ur nu-
ia II had more lhlu once
3rN Il did 50 now.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-12
ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY
ONLY Four Minutes Ride TO Center
Street.

u Property within the city limits is
too high-priced to be utilized as resi-
dence property, when better and more
comfortable homes can be secured in these
beautifully situated additions at a small
cost. The man who cares to investigate
the future growth of Phoenix and vicin-
ity will readily come to the conclusion
that within the next six years its popu-
lation will reach 10000 OF 10000, and in
order to accommodate this pushing, bus
Ting throng business houses, as we'll rs
residences, will seek the additions here
mentioned, and their cash value thereby
be enhanced tenfold, The
Arizona republican., 1894-12-12

These lots will be offered for sale on
terms and at prices within the reach of
every homeseeker. These additions are
on the finely equipped
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
A Warming Wave of the Hand.

Four boys sat in a row on the tail OF
big four horse truck, with their legs
dangling off in the usual way. The
truck was going down Broadway. To
avoid something ahead the driver had
turned from the west side Of the road
way along which he had been moving
up into the down track of the cable road
There it was still slow going for him,
and a cable car that was coming along
behind closed up pretty close. AS the
Car neared the truck the gripman mo-
toned to the four boys. They all looked
at the gripman intently, but at first
they didn't understand at all. The grip
man motioned again, and this time the
boy on the left as you looked forward
from the car understood. He shifted
back on the truck and drew his feet up
so that they no longer projected. Then,
one after another, in quick succession,
the three other pairs of legs went up.
They all understood it now. In the
days of the horse cars the horses were a
sort of buffer between the car and the
truck. Sometimes they put their noses
over the boys shoulders sometimes they
swung off to one side OF the other, but
they gave margin Of time in which to
scramble up, and often margin in
space in which to stop the car. But the
cable car, with it's natural habit Of keep
ing well closed up and with nothing to
serve as buffer, is more likely to come
in contact with truck ahead, especial
ly if the truck should be halted unex-
pectedly or forced backward, and any
pair of legs that should be caught be-
tween the end of truck and the rigid
projecting frame of cable car would
be pretty sure to be broken.
Hence the wave Of the gripman's
hand.-New York Sun.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
CheerfulneSS.

Whoever said. Laugh and the world
laughs with you; weep and you weep
alone,' was indeed wise, for no truer
sentiment was ever written. There is
nothing so certain to make you disliked
as to tell your troubles to friends. Pros
perity means friendship. You are well
come everywhere. The world laughs at
your witty sayings and makes merry
with you. There comes time when
you are downhearted and fortune ceases
to smile on you, and you look for SYM
pathy from the dear friends who have
shared your prosperity; but, alas! you
look in vain, and there are some who
kindly vote you a bore. People prefer
amusement, and the sight Of a forlorn
countenance is not pleasant. The best
thing, when you can force yourself to it,
is cheerfulness 1t is great tonic. 1t is
light and air to our moral nature. To
be without it is to be without something
that answers to the mind as clothes q I'd
shelter to the body. = Minneapolis
Housekeeper,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
The Cars Daily News.

It is useless for Russian editor to
put any jokes in his paper to please the
GEAR, because his majesty never reads
them. There is an official known as the
censor, who gets up very early in the
morning, SO that he may read advance
sheets of the various journals and select
such matter as may be best calculated to
please the czar and give him an appe-
tite for breakfast. These siiftings are
then copied on sheets Of fine paper and
are deposited on his majesty's table for
his perusal. Nothing about bombs or
dynamite meets his eye, no comments
on his tyranny, no remarks about Siberia
i'm fact, the car is kept in total igno-
rance of his real position and how he is
regarded by the world at largest
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
The Duty of RESIGNATION.

People in affection say queer things,
and it is wisely provided no doubt that
at such times they are not considered
strictly accountable. There is certainly
a peculiar flavor in remark made by a
middle aged widow who had just buried
her second husband. AS is usual in such
cases, interested friends were making
such consolatory remarks as occurred to
them, dwelling, after the regulation
fashion, upon the duty Of resignation
under the circumstances. "Oh, yes, -
the weeping widow murmured. 81
know ought to be reconciled, but am
not. I can t feel reconciled at all-not
a single bit. Maybe I'll feel reconciled
in few months, but Of course can't
promise. louisville Courier Journal.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
Storms on the Sun.

The velocity with which solar storms
move is very great, and they sometimes
extend over q space several times as
large as the whole of the earth's sur
face. In common parlance they are
called "sun spots,'' but as they are
known to have a rotary motion exactly
similar to terrestrial cyclones they may
be regarded as true solar storms. 1t has
been computed by eminent astronomers
that these sun storms move with the
astonishing velocity Of 1870 miles per
second, and we can best form an ade-
quate conception of what the force of
such storm must be by comparing IT
to an earth storm moving at 100 miles
an hour, which is indeed terrible hur-
ricane. Darlington and Hodgson, the
English astronomers, describe a sun
storm which Travelled 35, 900 miles in
five minutes, and in 1871 Professor
Young of Cincinnati witnessed one that
travelled 1865 miles per second for 45
minutes and constantly threw sheets of
flame and fiery matter to height OF
not less than 200, 900 miles above the
SUMS disturbed surfaceESt. Louis Re-
public.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
And She Never Sent Them to School.


They say that the school attendance
officer in a thriving provincial town,
which shall be nameless, was recently
the victim Of a practical joke.
He received an anonymous letter in
forming him that at a certain house
were 1.-TWO kids who were not attend
ing school. He at once started for the
house indicated, and i'll reply to his Of
fetal knock came the good woman of
the house.
'You have two children who do not
go to school, said the officer.
Children" said the woman. "We've
no children
ooh, yes, you have!'' said the officer.
The woman stepped back and called
her husabnd:
''Here, John, here's a man says we
have some children and they don't go
to school,
John came forward.
.'You are mistaken, sir, )" said he
-ssRsut read this,,' persisted the officer.
The man read, at first with a puzzled
expression, and then light broke over
his face.
eyes" he said at last, ct suppose I
must admit My kids don't attend
school, certainly, because really don't
like to send them.
cit doesn't matter what you like.
They will have to CO." said the officer.
''Let me see themP'
The man meekly led the way to an
clubhouse, where, calmly reposing by the
side of an old nannygoat, were the two
veritable "kids. London Tit-Bits.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
ONE OF LINCOLN'S JOKES.
A Visitor Who Was Terribly Scared During
Call at the White House.

call sit the White House.
Colonel Clark E. Carr of Galesburg
who was minister to Denmark under the
Harrison administration, was in Wash
ington one day when Lincoln was presi-
dent
"I'm going to the White House to
see Abe" said Owen Lovejoy to Carr as
they met in front of the treasury build
ing. Carr went with him. They were
shown into the presidents working
room, and soon after Lincoln came in
He wore long garment which might
have been cut from bathroom pattern
Or the cover of a prairie schooner. His
hair was more frouzeled than usual,
and the carpet slippers were worn down
and without heels. The condition and
appearance of the presidential no
Eiery were such as would have made
Jerry Simpson envious, provided the
stories they told on Jerry were true,
which they never were. The president
gave his callers an Illinois greeting
and then showed up one Of the sleeves
Of his curious garment and pointed out
to his visitors the inf1amed condition Of
his arm.
"You knew had the smallpox, - said
Lincoln in cold blooded manner. Love-
joy said yes and proceeded to talk about
other matters, while CARTS few hairs
had inclinations to stand up, and he
moved about in his chair as if it con-
tanned dynamite. The visit over, the
caller passed out Once in the air, Clark
asked Lovejoy:
"Did you know the president had the
smallpox when we went THEREOF
Certainly, )" was the answer.
"You id scoundrel!' shrieked
Carr. "Why didn't you say so?"
"I've had it, (" replied Lovejoy, "and
supposed you had. -
"Well, I never had it!' roared Carr
''But if I do have it now want you to
give me a certificate that I caught the
disease from Abe Lincoln. That will be
something
But Lovejoy had no occasion to do SO,
as Lincoln had the varioloid only.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
A Generous Husband.

The miller's wife was just breathing
her last, the family and neighbors were
praying, while above the soughing of
the wind could be heard the husbands
fervent 'FAmen'' each time neighbor-
ing widow repeated 80 Lord, thy will
be done"
The wife turned to the sorrowful
members there and said: "I'm dying,
but before I go, Reuben, remember I
want you to promise me you will put a
little flower on my grave Will you,
dear?" The miller looked at the hand
some young widow and replied, my
dear, don t worry or let that detain you,
for you sha-shall have IA bu-barrel of
the best brand in my mill every sum-
mer!'' She recovered. Arkansas Tray
p1or
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
MAGNETIC, nERvINE
Guaranteed Cure.

We authorize our advertised druggist to sell
Or. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, upon this conditions: If you
areafflicted with Cough, Cold or any Lung
Throat or Chest trouble, and will use this remedy
as directed. giving it fair trial, and experience
no benefit, you may return the bottle and have
your money refunded We could not make this
offer did we not know that DR.. Kings New Dis
covery could be relied on. 1t never disappoints.
Trial bottles free at Hughes & Bells Drug Store.
Large size SOC. and $1.0O.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
A Leader.

Since it's first introduction, Electric Bitters has
gained rapidly in popular favor, until now it is
clearly in the lead among pure medicinal touics
and Notwithstanding nothing which per-
mits its use beverage OF intoxcant, 1t is
recognized as the best and purest medicine for
all ailments of Stomach, Liver Kidneys.-It
will cure Sick Headache, Indigestion, Constipa-
ton, and drive Malaria from the system. Salts
faction guaranteed with each bottle OF the mon
ey will be refund. Price only SOC. per bottle.
Sold by Hughhes & Bell.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
A PiOus Wish.

The emperor once stood before the
magnificent tomb Of the Duke Rudolph
Of Swabia. Some Of his courtiers were
of the opinion that he ought not to al
low his mortal enemy to have SO SPLEEN
did monument, but that he should
have his body exhumed and buried else
where.
ooh, let him lie where he is, said
the emperor. IT only wish all my en-
emies were as splendidly buried. ALE
zeiten und Landen.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06

morrow, and L will show you. That
will be better than telling YOU" he
added, with a broad smile.
He gave the address of his Office,
which was still connected with the po-
lice, and called there Oh the following
morning.
After few minutes conversation on
the subject of the war and our expert
ences in connection Herewith Colonel
Gutsmicht remarked:
''But you wish to be enlightened in
regard to the attentions people paid to
you when you first came among us?'
I replied that it would crafty me
very much to be enlightened Oh the
subject.
He thereupon unlocked drawer in
his escritoire, and after little search
drew forth small bundle Of papers
tied together with tape. Undoing these,
he handed to me photograph and said:
''That, think, is your photograph,
Mr. PIP
At first thought it was, but on look
ing second time I saw that it was not
and said:
"No, colonel, that is not the photo
graph gave you a year or more ago,
but it seems to me it is SO much like
myself that it might very well pass for
me-
81 beg your pardon. This, then, will
be yours. -
He handed me another, which was
the real one I had given him.
I compared the two and was really
astonished at the resemblance they bore
to each other.
"Can you wonder, asked the colonel,
''that we took you for some one else?''
II can't" said. s'But who was the
some one else, and what did you want
him for?"
''This individual replied the col
onel, taking the photograph of my dou-
BILE and speaking with great delibera-
ton, "this individual was an Alsatian
and was wanted as spy. He gave us a
great deal Of trouble-he was SO clever.
We took you for him. We were almost
certain you were the man, although we
were considerably nonplused by your
apparent innocence Of all knowledge of
arms and military matters. But though
we had QUIZ doubts you would probably
have suffered had we not found the
right man in the nick of time -
"Suffered?" said l. ''In what way?"
"In this way replied the colonel,
and he made as though Tightening a
rope beneath his right ear, at the same
time emitting a sound like the dropping
of a catch Or bolt.
I comprehended his meaning 1 had
very narrowly escaped hanging as a sup
posed spy. It was gratifying, but made
my blood run cold.
"We were much troubled with French
spies about that time and had to be Sc
we're with them, - added the police Off
cial, with shrug of the shoulders, as
he put away the papers and photographs.
"You now know the reason of the little
attentions we bestowed upon you. -
Alfred J. Story in Million.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
THE TYPEWRlTER's WORK.
Your Wife May Think She Is Only Orna
mental, but She Is Not.

meHtdls Dut olfC Is NObs
Few people imagine the amount Of la
Dor involved in days typewriting or
realize the distance the hand travels in
that length Of time.
The highest rate Of speed ever attain
ed is 200 words minute. This is sup
posed to be the result Of the most rapid
movements the human hands are capa-
BILE of. The person making this record
maintained this speed for only four con-
secutive minutes and has never been able
to exceed that limit.
Assuming the words averaged six let
tiers apiece, 1900 letters a minute were.
written.
It is estimated that to make each let
ter the fingers are raised to q height of
two inches from the keyboard. Two
inches added for the descending move
ment make the fingers travel four inches
before each letter is struck. So this ex-
pert's hand in writing these 900 words
Travelled 4, 800 inches 400 feet during
the minute in which she wrote the 200
words
But this is unusual, Of course. Very
AdPiN WAioAAiSo 10 es St1OOei VI ~ w VI No u
minute, and this rate is too fast for COM
fort. Practical work is 10 pages of legal
paper an hour. Each page contains 800
words.
Six hours steady writing can be re-
garded as an entire days work. This is
a speed of SO words minute, and the
practical worker writes during the day
60 pages-1S, 900 words, or 1903, 900 let
ters
If her fingers travel four inches to
make each letter, during the day they
travel 1872, 900 inches
This provides for the perpendicular
movement only, and it is fair to increase
this distance by one-third to estimate
the distance the hands travel over the
keyboard in a horizontal direction.
The total sum in inches is SIC, 900.
This is equivalent to As, 900 feet, OF a
little over nine miles day.
In week the hands can cover 81
miles; in a years steady application to
business over 2, 800 miles. -Bookkeeper
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
IMMENSELY OF THE HEAVENS.
A Peep Into Space That Fairly Dazzles tn
Imagination.

"A Ieep 1uCO space lndb Il dATAy D"AAAoo OAAo
Imagination.
If our sun were removed to the
pleiades, it would hardly be visible in
an opera glass, with which nearly 100
stars can be seen in the cluster. Sixty
or 70 pleiades surpass our sun in bril-
iancy, Alcyone being 1000 times more
brilliant, Electra nearly 500 times and
Maia nearly 400 "Sirius itself takes a
subordinate rank when compared with
the five most brilliant members OF
group, the real magnifcence OF which
we can thus in some degree apprehend.
If we seek to know the dimensions, not
of the individual stars, but OF the Gus
ter itself, we are met with many d1fh-
culties, but on the assumption that 1t
is approximately spherical in shape we
can calculate it's diameter to be over
$1,000, 900, 900 miles, SO that light
would take seven years to pass from one
extreme to the other. If we think OF the
dimensions Of our solar system by them
selves or in relation to terrestrial mat
tiers, they appear stupendously enormous.
Neptune, the most distant known
member, has an orbit over 5, 600, DOC, 600
miles across-a distance that ray OF
light would travel in T q hours-but the
solar system is to the pleiades but as
Lillipution to Brobdingnagian-is but
as microbe to a mountain, for sphere
the size of the solar system would, il it
were spherical and its diameter that OF
the orbit Of Neptune, be relatively SO
minute that it could be contained more
than 400, 900, 900, 900 times j., a sphere
the size of the pleiades-in other words,
the limits Of the pleiades could contain
$50 solar systems as many times over
as there are miles between Neptune and
the sun.
1t must not be forgotten that, al
though there are 2, 800 stars in the clus-
ter, yet with such dimensions for the
entire group vast distances must sepa-
rate the stars from one another. In fact,
1890 spheres, each with a diameter OF
5000, 900, 900 miles, could be contained
in the limits assigned to the group, and,
assuming equal distribution of the stars
in the group each would be at the CEN
ter of a sphere 5000, 100000 miles
across and therefore light journey Of
1877 days from it's nearest neighbour
Longman's Magazine.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
PIERCE an sss,- CURE
or MONEY RETURNED.

For over a quarter of century, Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has been eHecting
cures of Bronchial, Throat and Lung affec-
lions The makers Fave such confidence in
the :. Discovery " for curing Asthma, Bron-
chitis, and incipient Consumption, that they
can afford to guarantee il.
Mrs. IaAAG LOTHIAN, of 1faant0eU, De!dapGre
Ga. Pa, writes as follows:
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06

The British museum has books writ.
; ten on bricks, tiles, oyster shells, bones
and fiat stones, together with manu-
scripts ON bark, on leaves, on ivory.
leather, parchment, papyrus, lead, iron,
copper and wood. It has three copies of
the Bible written on the leaves Of the
fan nalm
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
Pleasing the Teacher.

Teacher-Why was Solomon the wis
est man in the world? .
Boyle had so many wives to advise
him.
Teacher Ia strong minded female)-
Well, that is not the answer in the
book, but you may go up head.-Good
News.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06

DIR. R.V. PIERCE, Ruff
falo, N. Y: "Dear Sir
! wish to write you of
my brother, Harry G.
Troup, who has been
sick for ten years with
asthma. He has been
treated by ten different
physicians, who have
said lie could not be
cured. He had to sit
up at night, he got SO
short of breath; he suf-
fered with fearful head
aches and had a bad
cough. After taking
Doctor Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets, he did
], ana can sleep all night, !"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
Ammonia and Arsenic.

The effects of ammonia upon the
complexion are directly opposite to those
Of arsenic. The first symptom of am
monia poisoning which appears among
those who work in ammonia factories
in discoloration of the skin of the nose
and forehead. This gradually extends
over the face until the complexion has
stained, blotched and unsightly APP
pearance. Medical Journal.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-06
The Mothers Tenderness.

''Poor Tommy is in disgrace" said
Mrs. Figg to the friend Of the family
who had dropped in. IT have just had
to give him whipping. You can have
no idea how much I hate to do such a
thing. I am so tender hearted. /"
81 wish,' sobbed Tommy, 'that you
was tender handed stead of tender
hearted, ''-Indianapolis Journal.