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Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-12-20
Roller SA,as

A little steamer of 100 tons Is ss
present. according to press dispatches.
being constructed at Argenteril, as-
oording to the invention of m. BaEin,
which consists in rolling the ship ovsr
the water instead Of forcing it through
as at present To this end . number
OF enormous copper cylinders are fixed
to the vessel, the speed attsined de-
pending upon the speed Of the mstal
cylinders, and it il computed that
thiftY-one knots an hour can Be easily
Wade.-AslAnts Constitution,
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-12-20

''Well, said the rural landlord,
"whstY ron have for breakfast"
'T think / would like . fat rabbit, .
replied the guest
'.An right. Hare, Johni You dad
burned losfer, youi Grease my gur
and csll the dogsl"
why" exclaimed the guest. ''whs,
are you going 20 doT
'What am I s-gwine tst dop
"Yes."
''Gwine out ter hunt the rabbit
that's what.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-12-20
Hot Bran for Fur. ,

Fur after some years' wear win lool
much improved If cleaned With new
hran previously heated in the oven.
Rub the hot bran wall into the fur
with piece of flannel, shake the fu,
to remove all particles and then brush
thoroughly. The fur viii clean moro
easily if the lining and wsdding are
first removed. but such removal il NOT
sbsolutely n9edfuL The fat, oily look
which mars the appearances Of the neck
portion Of fnrs long In 1se 10 mostly il
not wholly removed by the means OF
hot bran. Rub the fur the wrong
vay.-New York World. -4ne 1ss'
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-12-20
Jobs Record Brolsen.

Mr.. Justice Hawkins, when presi.
ding at the trial of q Jury case, bore
with admirable self-restrsint o lone
and somewhat irrelevant cross-sxami.
nation. At length he seized sheet
of paper and wrote rapidly the follow.
ing memorandum which he handed
down to one of his friends ut the In
ner Bar: ''Prizes for Patience: Mr..
Hawkins. second Job, longo proximul
intervals. "-Wsstminster Gazette.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-12-20

trial purgsfory foR many. To enjoy lffe's
pleasures, to have q soand body. vigorous
mind. IL Is necessary for the digestive powers
priceless blessing Of aDod digestion are re-
commended 90 Tyners Dyspepsia Remedy. IL
is the best Of al medicines for digestive
troubles, Relievcs Indigestion ae once. and
cures worst cases o. dyspepsia II faithfully
used Tor sale svcrywhqrs.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-12-20

Though the minis have for tEo months
past heen coming pennies at the rate Of 150.-
vD day they are not able to meet the de-
m2nd- The amount Of cents now outstand.
ine = reported 7e0, ooo, 900. but many moro
ars needed
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-12-20
TAsir Fsrs. Q..rrsl.

She-Strange how married people
can quarrel, isn't Il, desrf Here
we've been married two whole weeks
and not "A unkind word has passed
between us.
He-We shall newer quarrel, dar-
ling, until you begin il. ! never
She That's Just like . man. I
know you'll be the first to quarrel
He-Now don't be unreasonable,
dear. You
She-You never used 20 think me
unreasonable. Why didn't you and
that ont before you married me7 Eta,
etc. etc. Tears and door'slsm. ~ Boz
ton Transcripts
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-12-20

FITS stopped free By On. Kbrxa,s GRRA1
NRRvR REsroRKR No hts aeker first DAYS use.
Marvellous cures Treatise and g. 90 trial bot
tie free- Dr.. Kline, sa1 Arch St. Phila-. Pa
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-12-20

lam entirely cured OF hemorhags Of LUNGS
by PisoS Cure for Coas1mptio0--LouTEA
LdNDAMAN, Bethany, Mo-, JAMS. -. Fl.
Evening star., 1895-09-16
The Riter BIZ.

From Pearsons Weekly.
In a Pullman car on the Manchester
Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway the othe]
week young traveller noticed an old white
bearded gentleman trying to get into a Iigh
dust coat. The young man rushed to hi.
assistance, and in helping him with the gar
ment noticed good-sized whisky flask pro
truding from one of the pockets. Being o.
waggish nature, he appropriat ted the bot
tie, helped the stranger on with his coat
and then pulling out the flask said, .Wil
you take a drink"
The old man did not recognize the bottle
and drawing himself up remarked ra thel
severely:
No. sir, 1 never drink"
1T won't hurt you," insisted the wag
''its the best"
Young man." said the old gentleman
speaking loud enough for all in the carriage
to hear, "if you persist in drinking whisky
you will be a ruined man at forty 1t is the
curse of the land. When I was a boy my
mother died, and the last thing she did was
to call me to her bedside and say: John
promise me that you will never touch q
drop of liquor
"oh. well, in that case" said the Joker
II must drink it myself" whereupon, suit.
ing the action to the words, he pulled the
cork out and took a good drink.
A moment later he dropped the bottle with
an exclamation which certainly didn't sound
like blessing, and yelled out: Ugh. ugh
my mouths all raw!'
Then it was the old gentleman discovered
his loss. and to the amusement of the other
passengers said: "Ah, young man, you Will
be careful in future before you take other
peoples property. l am DR.. - and that
bottle contained some Quinine and iron for
one of my patients"
The young man got out at the next sta
ton.
Evening star., 1895-09-16
How to Ent Corn Mt Table.
III the Philadelphia Inguirer.


The old point of etiquette about the
proper method of eating corn is involved
this year with the question as to the COM
paratve wholesomeness of the various
ways of consuming the delicious and nour-
fishing grain.
The old trouble about eating corn from
the cob has disappeared. Nearly every
body is agreed that there Is no other way
to eat it. Those persons who at one time
thought they could not overcome their hor-
ror of the spectacle presented by another
person holding an ear of corn with two
hands and biting out the grains from the
space between the hands are now content
to insist only that the ear shall be held
with but one hand at time. The conces-
sion has been forced by the nature of the
sweet or sugar corn, a delicate article of
diet. which undergoes great changes in
flavor when removed from the cob. There
are sections of the country where it Is
maintained that the should not be re-
moved from the huslls, but that after be-
ing stripped of the silk, should be rebound
and cooked in its natural protector, and
that thus prepared the grain possesses
deliclousness unknown when cooked in any
other manner.
The hygienic problem produced by the
consumption of table corn grows out of
the indigestibility of that hull of the grain
which Is removed in the making of hon.
my from maize. The daily papers contain
numerous letters from physicians and
other correspondents giving suggestions
for the overcoming of the toughness of the
hull. One recommends thorough mastica-
tton of the grairs, which. breaking the
hullS, permits the digestive Juices to per-
form their work. Stomach and bowel dis
turhances following the consumption of
corn are attributed to the passing into the
stomach Of grains whose hull has not been
broken by the teeth.
A certain method of breaking the hull Of
each grain is to pass knife from one end
OF the cob to the other along each row of
grains. Old people can still further i'm
prove upon this device by screping the
ear gently with the back of the knife after
each row of grains has been cut. The
scraping will squeeze the tender part of
the grains out of the hulls, leaving the
latter clfnsing to the cobs. BY using one
or another of the methods described sugar
corn can be consumed with safety and
comfort by almost any person in ordinary
good health.
Evening star., 1895-09-16
: ALCOHOL AND LONGEVITY.
On the Face of Them Statistics Do Not
Give Much Comfort to Abstniners.

On the Face of Them Statistics Do Not
Give Much Comfort to Abstainers.
From the Boston Transcript.
We have not the figures at hand, but 1t
was shown by life insurance statistics pub
| lisbed in Great Britain few years ago that
| total abstainers from intoxicating drinks
were shorter lived than the moderate drink
| ers among policy holders; and now comes the
International Medical Association with sta
tistics in the same direction. but more
startling The association has made care
| full inquiry into 5.234 cases of deaths of
| persons of over thirty-five years of age.
and of all callings, which were divided into
| five groups - total abstainers, moderate
| drinkers, drinkers who were careful not to
| drink too much. heavy drinkers, and ex-
cessive drinkers. The investigation showed
| that the age reached in these five classes
was always the shortest with total abs tain
| ers; that they were shorter lived even than
| the excessive drinkers. With regard to
| wine drinkers the results were: Moderate
| drinkers. 63 years; heavier but careful
| drinkers, 5S years; Incorporate drinkers, IS
| years; excessive drinkers, 50 years; alb
StainerS, so years.
1t has been said that statistics can be
| made to prove anything you want to prove;
but IN this instance. as well as in the in
surance figures, they seem to prove what
those collecting the statistics had no inten-
tion or desire to prove. 1t does not neces-
sarily follow, however, that the use of in
toNicants, even moderately, is conducive to
longevity. The statistics only show that,
with a good constitution at the outset, one
may attain to more advanced age than is
reached by person of feeble physique
though the latter be a total abstainer; fer
We think it will be found from observation
and inquiry that a very large proportion
of the ahstainers are abstainers because
they in early life that they We're not
physically strong enough to wrestlc with
King Alcohol, and another large class Of
Ecn-drinkers are the of drinking
parents, whose sins, we'll as their de-
terring example, have descended to their
children. and so shortened the latters lives.
The statistics quoted are misleading, in
asmuch as they do not show what the state
of the health of each class was in early
life, and especially because they do not
tell anything as to the habits of the
parents of the individuals in the several
classes. A man may drink to excess may
be intoxicated regularly every day. and
yet live ito be an old man, but it will gen.
orally be found that his offspring are
feeble. If not sickly, and of short life, not
withstandng they never drink drop Of
intoxicating liquor from first to last.
Statistics are potent helps toward the
solution of great social problems, but when
they seem to prove what is against COM
mon experience and against common sense
1t is best not to trust in them too conhd-
irgly.
Evening star., 1895-09-16

of Modenstein saw this, hesitation and
mercy passed out of his heart, and though
of sparing him TO more than he would have
spared any cruel and savage beast; he
drove his sword into his body, and the
count. not being able to endure the thrust
gave way before it. Then came from his
lips a loud cry Of dismay and despair. for
at the same moment that the sword was in
him he, staggering back, fell wounded to
death through the open window The bishop
looked out after him, and Princess Osra
heard the sound of a great splash in the
water of the meat below. For very horror
she sank against the door, seeming to be
held up more by the sword that had pinned
her hair than by her own strength. Then
came up through the window, from which
the bishop still looked with a strange smile,
the clatter of a hundred feet running to
the gate of the castle. The bridge was let
down; the confused sound of many men
talking. Of whispers, of shouts and of cries
of horror, mounted up through the air.
For the counts men in the hall also had
heard the splash, and run out to see what
it was; and there they beheld the body of
their master dead in the inoat; and their
eyes were wide open and they could hard
ly lay their tongues to the words as they
pointed at the body and whispered to one
another, very low, 'The bishop has killed
him-the bishop has killed him" But the
bishop saw them from the window and
leant out, crying:
Yes, l have killed him. So perish all
such villaips!''
And when they looked up and saw In the
moonlight the bishops face, they were
amazed. But he hastily drew his head in,
so that they might not see him any more.
For he knew that his face had been fierce
and exultant and joyful.
Then dropping his sword, he ran across
to the princess and drew the counts sword
that was wet with his own blood out of
the door, releasing the princess hair; and
seeing that she was very faint he put his
arm about her ard led her to the couch,
and she sank down upon 1t, trembling and
white as her white gown and murmuring.
Fearful, fearful!' and she clutched his
arm and for long while she would not
let him go, and her eyes were fixed on the
counts sword, that lay on the floor by the
entrance of the little room.
(To be concluded on Tuesday,
Evening star., 1895-09-16
IN ALEXANDRIA
A Narrow Escape Of a Young Horseback
Rider
Other Local Notes of General and
Special Interest-In the Mayors
Court.

Little Willie Brawner, son of Mr. VIM.
Brawner, had a very narrow escape from
death yesterday; near the intersection Of
King and Peyton streets. He was out ex-
ercistng a horse and stepped near that
point to converse with a friend, when his
horse became frightened at a passing
carriage and wheeled and started to run.
Brawner lost mis- balance and fell from the
horse with his right foot caught in the
stirrup. Fortunately Officer Lyles was
standing about thirty feet off and right in
the horses course. He grabbed the bride
and jerked the horse up and extricated the
boy from his perilous position. Brawner
escaped with a few bruises and badly
twisted leg, but was extremely fortunate
at that. as hundred feet further, had The
horse not been stopped, his brains would
undoubtedly have been dashed out on the
rough cob5le stones.
Death of q Clerk.
Mr.. w. T. Kimmell, who has been a clerk
in the Southern railroad office for some
time, died at his residence on Prince street
yesterday, after q long illness of typhoid
fever. Mr.. Kimmell was about twenty
eight years old and had made many
friends during his residence In this city.
He was a native of Winston-Salem, N. c.,
and his remains will be carried there for
interment.
Mayors Court.
Mayor Thompson disposed of the following
cases this morning:
John and Coleman Cashen, VIM. Thomas
and William and Arthur Jackson, small
colored boys, were charged by Joseph Moore
with assaulting his little son. The Jack
sons were dismissed, and Thomas and the
Cashens were fined $3.50 each.
Daniel Girts, colored, was charged by
ifh hroo lr rir,oy int har h
late Saturday night and attempting to as
sault her. He was fined s. for each offense
and costs. amounting in all to S12, In de-
fault of which he will go to the chain gang
for ninety days.
young man named Downey was charged
by Jas. Cliff with assault Cliff did not
appear and the case was postponed until Z
o'clock tonight.
naintaining nuisances on their premises.
Most of them had had them remedied since
they were summoned on Saturday, and the
others were ordered to do SO at once.
Vicious Negro Boys.
Mr.. Joseph Moore carried his family out
for a drive yesterday and his little son ac-
companied them. mounted on a pony. AS
they came down Franklin street. on the
edge of town, the little fellow rode some
distance ahead of the carriage, and several
negro boys. evidently thinking he was alone
made an attack on him with sticks and
stones. The pony was badly frightened at
the licks he received, and as the boy
whipped the animal up to get out of reach
he had a narrow escape from being hit by
a stone thrown by one of the negroes.
They were arrested, and this morning three
Of them were fineI by Mayor Thompson.
Notes.
DR.. Laurence Stabler is expected home
from Europe the latter part Of this week.
Mr.. Lysle Gillis has accepted a position
in the Roanoke machine works and left last
night to take charge of 1t.
Mr.. Wythe White of the Bell Telephone
Company is in Occoquan on business.
Evening star., 1895-09-16
How He Made Bells Ring.

From Tid-Bits.
Recently. at one of our large hotels, while
a party were holding sn argument on the
subject of spiritualism, one young fellow
expressed his belief that there was some
thing in 1t. as he himself was a sort Of q
medium"
How a medium?' inquired one of the
speakers.
why" replied the wag. 'I can do a
good many mysterious things; for instance,
1 can make a bell ring without touching
it."
The other offered to wager that he
couldn't. The wag persisted. and said that
he would lay him five pounds he could
make at least a dozen Of the bells in the
passage ring within two minutes, without
leaving his seat.
Done" exclaimed the skeptic, and the
money was staked.
The young fellow turned round on his
seat. opened a closet door, and turned OF
the gas from the upper part of the build
ing. In less than one minute half the bells
In the passage began to ring violently, che
persons above having lost their lights
And SO, Of course, the money was fairly
won.
Evening star., 1895-09-16
ABOUT THE FIREPLACE,
The Symbol of Hospitality and =
Various ExprcssfOns.


Various Expressions.
From the Ladies' Home Journal
The motto, whose revival is noted, is the
expression in architecture of some senti:
ment suitable to the place to which 1t is
applied and eternal in its significance. 1t
is more frequently and more noticeably in
domestic architecture than elsewhere that
the motto is found. Scarcely country
house of sufficient size to boast hall and
fireplace but announces in script or text a
welcome to all guests or some appreciation
Of the comforts of its four walls. The IA
vcrite place for this motto is over the fire.
place, either above or below the mantel
shelf, and Of all the old ones, East or
west, home is best" with its variety Of ex-
pressions, is the favorite. "a mans house
is his castle;"
Home Is the resort
OF love- of joy, of peace;"
"A mans best things are nearest him.
Our house is ever at your service;" You
are very welcome" Take the goods the
as appropriately welcome the stranger as
the friend.
BE thou familiar" is striking welcome,
and the first phrase of Captain Cuttle's IA
is also inspiring.
1t is said that in the hall of Mark Twaln's 8
home at Hartford, Conn.,, the following is
craven over the fireplace: THE ornament
OF house is the guests who frequent it."
The scriptural, 80! We fire and heat bless
ye the Lord has been used also over a
fireplace with appropriate effect
Latin phrases are frequently used. A
great favorite is: "Omne meum est autem
tuum," which is easily translated as "All
mine is thine
Deus npbis haec otia fecit" is also ap-
propr1ate-"God has given us this case"
adf aoff k.N1n I,,1,,
dior"-"No place Is more delightful than
ones own fireside"-is equally effective.
The space over library doors and win
doWs, as well as over the fireplace. Is also
used for the inscribing of suitable senti-
ments. Some few that are appropriate for
this purpose are: There Is an art of read
Ing" The monuments of vanished minds" ;"
''1n:inite riches In a little rcom," Some
books are to be tasted. others to be swal-
gested."
The inscription, .iMedicine for the SOUL"
which was found over the door of the IL
brary at Thebes. should be used over the
entrance to every library. Over the fire.
place might be edlwith effect:
"Old wood to burn.
Old friends to trust,
Old authors to read"
Another favorite place for such inscrip-
t1ons Is the nursery fireplace. Mother
Goose rhymes are frequently used for this
purpose. Pope's familiar couplet,
Behold the child, by Natures kindly law,
Pleased with rattle, tickled with a straw"
is also successfully used.
God rest We, little children" and "a child
In house is a well spring Of pleasure" are
also favorites. d
Over dining room buffet there has been
engraved, Now good digestion wait on ap-
petite" In a music room the walls bear,
Music is said to be the speech of angels"
THE hidden soul of harmony and count
less other suitable devices.
And so it goes-scarcely a room in any
house but might properly bear some senti-
ment of welcome or advice.
Evening star., 1895-09-16
MIR. HARDIN OF TEXAS.
Preachers Son, Bnd, and a Very
Straight Shooter.

Preachers Son. Bnd, and n Very
Straight Shooter.
Il Paso Letter to Globe Democrat.
Constable John Sellman, who pu. an end
last night to the earthly career of John
Wesley Hardin by shooting the latter
through the head, had a preliminary hear
ing this afternoon. when there was a clash
of authority between Justice Howe and
City Recorder Patterson. Howe had heard
the testimony. but Recorder Patterson's
officers had charge of the prisoner and
turned him loose on his giving bond in the
sum of $4,000.
Hardin was one of the most notorious
characters in the vest. He was born in
ktmball county, Tex, in 1852 His father
was Baptist minister, and lived for many
years at Comanche. Tex. Young Hardin
at the age of seventeen allied himself with
the Taylor brothers in the famous TAYLOR
Sutton feud, which originated in 1865 in
De Witt County with the killing of old man
Sutton by the Taylors. Hardin was a leader
OF the Comanche county contingent of the
Taylor gang. The counties of Comanche,
De Witt and Gonzales were the stamping
ground of the two factions, and they had
many bloody fights. resulting In the killing
9f forty men between 1868 and 1874. Har-
din IL credited with having killed sixteen
or the Sutton men in hand-to-hand COM
bats at different times. In 1S74-5 Hardin
and his gang Of outlaws terrorized Com
s>'i~hS Souhty. ihcy WOulu Tfue the
town of Comapche every night and 'sloot
It up" In the fall of 1874 Deputy Sheriff
Webb of Brown county. Tex, went to Com
anche to arrest one of Hardin's gang and
Hardin killed the officer and defied arrest
He went to Jacksonville, Fla, in the fall
OF 1919. and was doing a prosperous mar
ket business there, under the assumed
name of Swhane, when he was captured in
the spring Of 1876. He was brought back
to Texas. and sent to the penitentiary for
twenty-five years for killing Webb He
was pardoned out by Gov. Hogg in Feb
rrary, 1894, and Immediately went to Pecos
City and became mix ed up in the Frazier
Miller fights, and came to Ell Paso as at
torney for Miller, Hardin having studied
law while in jail. He has been into numer-
Gus rows with the officers in this city
Hardin always wore mall shirt and was
the quickest and best stot in the west
with pistol. and always carried two The
officers feared him. and the citizens of El
Paso held him in dread His body when
undressed by the undertaken showed the
scars of ten old bullet wounds and two
knife wounds. Constable Sellman, who
Killed Hardin, has been an officer on the
border for many years. and has put an end
TO the career of six tough characters. Har-
din was buried this afternoon. The wives
of Alderman Whitmore and Chief Pow
ers of the fire department, this CITY, were
cousins of the dead man, and he has a
son somewhere in east Texas John Wes-
ley Hardin was known to every body who
mas Lived in Texas and New Mexico during
the last twenty years.
Joe Hardin. a brother of the man killed
last night, was lynched by the citizens Of
Comanche, Tex, in 1873, for being a brother
OF the desperate.
Evening star., 1895-09-16
From Tid-Bits.

frOin 1iu-bltS
his head clerk and said:
John, I owe about 10000. and all pos
sess Is $4,000, which is locked up in the
safe 1 have been thinking that this is the
right time to make an assignment, but
what plausible pretext can give my cred
itors I know not. You have plenty of
brains; think the matter over, and let me
know your decision in the morning."
The clerk promised to do SO.
On entering the office next morning the
merchant found the safe open the money
gone and in its place letter, which read
as follows:
II have taken the $4,000 and have gone to
South America. 1t is the best excuse you
can give your creditors."