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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05

And why should a stoopid boy want to
go to college?'
Mrs. Bixby had already heard that
remark a good many times; she was
afraid she would hear it a good many
times again before she gained her
point. Mrs. Bixby rarely set her mind
on anything. but now she was deter
mined hat her son Jim should go to
college. So she said for the twentieth
time:
Not stoopid, pa, he amt. Jest slow,
which he can't help. 1t takes him a
long time to learn his lessons; but he
does learn 'em, even if he don't ever
have a very high place in class. Once
he gets a thing he remembers it, too.
They had some questions in school last
week, and Jim answered best of all
The head teacher, Mr.. Blake, told me
SO. Jim'd never say a word himself.
Yes, he's Slew, but sure"
81 need him round the farm
grumbled Mr.. Bixby. Its beer more'n
! wanted to do to let him go even so
far as he has in school. l never
counted on sending him to college. l
can't spare his work and the money
it'd take to send him. both"
Mrs. Bixby's usually submissive
brown eyes flashed. Pa, / amt ever
spoke so before" she said, sharply;
but 1 shall say something now. You
could afford to send him to college if
you wanted. That's your one fault
'closeness. For the rest, there
amt a better mann you anywhere.
Don't you think it shows there is good
stuff in our Jim when he walks four
miles to school every day, and -four
miles home. and does chores for you
as we'll? Mebbe he'd have a higher
place in class if he had more time to
spend on his lessons, stead of using it
up working around the farm. There's
Raymond, he hasn't as good land as
.you, but his boy has no work to do
after school. Now, I've done my duty
by you for years, given you all the
butter n egg money, and l ask as Z
kind of proper pay to me that Jim can
go to college"
Mr.. Bixby looked overwhelmed when
the vigorous speech closed.
well, ma" he remarked, Il guess l
ought to know what's best for my son.
If Jim gets the history prize this
March, why, I'll let him go to college
for one veal anyhow. If he gets it,
I'll know he has a little in his head
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05

FATuER-"I do not require that the man
who marries my daughter shall be rich. All
that l ask is that he be able to keep out OF
debt" Suitor-"Would you consider a man
in debt who borrows money from his IA
ther-in-law2'-Life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05

"WERE you left much in your uncle's
willr' ''Yes, confound it; completely
Brooklyn Life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05

Beauty is the mark God sets on viz
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1895-06-30
DOLRTIN ,HKRCANYIL DE PURRYO-RICO.

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TERESES NACIONALEs aN AMERICA. ORGANC
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CONDlCIONES GENERATES acord0d0s pOr Ia Dirscci6a
para t0da cLase de remitidOs 0nuncos -
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1895-06-30

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Nm. AMEDEE PRINCE & Ci', qui
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TABLA EXACTA
De CUENAs FoRMADAs

DE CUEN FORMADAS.
aplcables al cobro de iorIa
les, faccionados est5s en- c,
'tayo de dfa, princlpiando pc.
IN cuarto y terminando en- Z
dfas, con precies escalonadcs
desde un real fnerte hasta tire,
pesoD, y cxpresando cana fre
ci6n su valorintrfnseco en- Pc
SOS, centavos y c6ntimos ID
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1895-06-30

Aqua ydea aran az amara en- forma escudo
POI n l31tl 70 Fabrcs white Rose
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1895-06-30
ENCUADERNACION
DEE "BOLETTN MERCANTILE,

En.esta secci6n de la casa, montada. con
t0dOs. los elementOs neceSarlOSy y prOvista de
materiales de primera clase, Sc hacen encua-
dernaclone> en- hoiandesa, cartOn6, pasta es-
paflOla, plel de levante con relieves, t0dO
perfecto J precl0S reducidOs
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-06

up, join the circle, until thousands of
them are in the mad whirl. At 7.l5,
with no apparent signal, they begin
to pour into the chimney like water
from a pitcher. Down they tumble,
thousands OF them, until one wonders
if there is m underground outlet to
the chimney, which hardly seems large
enough to hold them all. In few
minutes they are out Of sight.
After all are in, come few strag'
glers who attempt to enter the Chin
ney also. These are driven away by
the birds inside. Then the stragglers
fly up until they reach the spot where
the general whirl commenced, and
they, too, fly around the circle several
times and then dive into the chimney.
There are always a number OF curl
GUS people in front of the building
watching the birds. One old colored
man is there every evening. He says
he has watched the birds for several
years in this great act of chimney fill
ing. They always choose dead chin
ney somewhere about the city for
their lodging house. Last year they
occupied a large brick chimney on
Main street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-06
Subject to Electric Shocks.

Mrs. Archibald Rankin, living in
Hickory Township, Penn, two miles
east of Sharon, was subjected to an
electrical shock last Friday that par
alyzed her left side, and she IS IN a
critical condition. Her case ls phe-
.nomenal, says the New Orleans Ilmes'
Democrat. She seems to be human
attraction for electricity, and IN every
electrical storm she is more or less
shocked by lightning. About ten
years ago she suffered shock from a
bolt of lightning that rendered her
powerless. Every year since then she
has suffered, and it is a common oc'
currence for physicians to be dis.
patched from Sharon to revive her. SO
regular has this phenomenon become
that she has been provided with
chair that rests on glass insulators,
commonly used on telegraph poles.
Mrs. Rankin considers herself free
from danger in the chair, where she
remains untilthe storm is over. When
she suffered the shock on Friday she
had abandoned the chair, not suspect
ing that she would be subjected to
another shock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-06

plain toilet a very attractive one
are the white collars and cuffs which
at present are in such high favor.
They are worn all the year round
Sometimes there is only the narrow
edge of the cuff showing from under
the sleeve, but the wide ones turned
back over the sleeve are worn the
most. They are made of the plain
white linen or the yellow, and some
are edged with different colors, and
others are in stripes or figured.
Daintier ones are Of linen and edged
with embroidery and rows of insertion,
and others are of the finest cambria
and the most costly lace. With all of
these they have collars to match, and
all of them are turned over. We have
not yet come to the plain little stand
up collar, which shows just the edge
above the neck of the dress. No,
they are wide and deep. The sailor
collars are very popular and are made
in dozen different ways. There are
square ones in the back and front,
square ones in the back and pointed
in the front, and those that reach
clear to the belt, and some forming
wide revers, and then some cut in
points all around and cut square in
the back and front, and with points
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-06
HATS OF FELT OR VELVET.

Hats of felt or velvet are to be al
most exclusively worn this winter.
The shapes are large or else quite
small tonnes. Picture hats OF black
velvet are proEusely trimmed with os-
trich feathers. Black cocks plumes
are very fashionable. They are pref
ty, too, with their shimmering CLEANS
of dark green. besides being suitable
in all weathers.
A charming black velvet hat for the
an tumn is raised at one side with q
bandeau of steel studded with emer-
aid cabochons, while knots OF black
satin ribbon rest upon the hair.
The curved brim edged with mar.
row line of steel shows a lining o.
emerald green velvet. To the left o.
the crown cluster outstanding loops OF
satin and q wealth Of black ostrich
feathers. Green flowers composed OF
silk and velvet are the latest idea IN
Paris.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-06
CURIOUS FACTS.

The gl,ss mouse trap has not proved
success.
Georgia has 1921 pensioners within
her bounds.
There are no fewer than eight print
ing shops in Jerusalem.
The first books printed on this con-
tinent were made ir the City OF
Mexico.
Daniel Webster is said to have been
able to repeat the most, if not all, of
"Paradise Lost"
Granny Davis, who died recently in
the County Infrmary in Muncle. Ind,
was said to be 104 years old.
Lieutenant Colonel Craigie Halkett,
an English soldier, has not drunk q
drop of water for twelve years.
York County, Maine, farmers are
telling of a snow-white deer that has
been seen in that region several times
of late.
Three hundred years ago all the
men wore baggy bloomers, only very
short ones, coming to the middle OF
the thigh.
The Japanese method of lacquering
is said to be at least 1000 years old.
Pieces made ten centuries ago are still
exhibited. -~
The British Government has given
81 apiece to some native Indian soldiers
as reward for Conspicuous gallantry
in the late campaign"
According to the dictum of art. the
Grecian nose is the most beautiful;
but a fine psir of eyes will lend beauty
to any nose or any face.
The heaviest man whose weight is
recorded automatically was Miles
Darden, Of Tennessee. He weighed
little less than 1000 pounds.
Fully two wagon loads of straw and
trash were found between the roof and
ceiling of the old Lancaster Methodist
Church, which had been carried there
by sparrows.
John B. Curtis, of Portland, Me-, is
one of tie largest land owners in Ne
braska. He has one pasture under
fence which is eight miles long and
five miles wide.
A woman with apparently lots of
time of little value, IN Ransom, Mich,
has Just completed the sewing OF an
even II, 900 little bits of cloth into a
patchwork quilt.
Winderford, Klavirta and Vleckdora
are the names of three children OF.
George Frye, of Kansas. When asked
where he got the names OF the chill
dren, Mr.. Frye said his wife chose
them from among those of various
brands of collars.
It is said that New York policemen
may be swinging rubber clubs before
long. The Commissioners are consid-
ering an invention of Connecticut
doctor, who says that the rubber club
has all the stunning effects of wooden
weapons and will not break heads.
Litmus is produced from lichens
which grow on the shores of the
Mediterranean. The lichens are
ground, moistened and treated with
potash, lime and ammonia, and con-
verted into dough. It is then fer
mented, and afterward mixed with
plaster of Paris, and dried and
pressed.
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hair and other stiff stuffs, yet do not
answer the skirt or even the bodice OF
the dress, but are made OF another
stuff aud color. The sleeve is sewn to
an underblouse of q perfectly differ
ent hue, or blouse shape draped in
various ways, or round or fichu col
lar is put on. The latter form will
probably take a prominent place in
the fashions for winter, either as a
cape with long scarf ends, widening
the shoulders considerably or fitting
close to the same, 80 that the puff OF
the sleeve is slipped nearer to the ell.
bow in the Marie Antoinette style.
A new style of bodice has appeared
for the evening. This is slashed
blouse worn over another blouse OF a
light thin material and in different
color. Some of these elegant blouses
are trimmed round the slashings with
tiny buttons, beaded bordering, or
passemeterie, and the chiffon, lawn or
lace of the underblouse pufs out
through the openings
Dark wooden dresses are made up IN
the same way, only that the founda.
ton bodice must be of light colored
silk, and the slashes trimmed with
black or dark braid set on plain, as
also in a small fancy design; indeed,
the idea is excellent for remodeling
corsages of all kinds to be worn with
plain skirts.
Eton jackets have made way for the
half-wide-opep jacket with small
pockets, and close-ftting backs fin
ished off with very short circular
basque, the top of the shoulder being
cut out in a long or rather epaulet
point.
A dainty model of this kind has the
back and epaulets made entirely Of
one piece stretched across.
Another palmer jacket is embro1d-
cred except the sleeves with cord Of a
dark color sewn on in close rows on
one side, and the hem OF the skirt or
namented to answer with border q la
Grecque.
The fashionable skirts which are
cut so immensely wide are beginning
to lose their plain appearance, the
hem is stitched out two or three times
with silk in O contrasting color, or q
border answering the trimming on
the bodice is worked in chain and
fancy stitches halfway up to the knee.
The skirts Of handsome walking
costumes are also trimmed to match
the broad pointed epaulets and lower
tight-fttins part of the sleeve. A
pretty costume for young married
ladies to be worn in the country is
made Of dark cloth, and has the skirt
and loose, double-breasted jacket
ornamented with appliques OF light
cloth OF the same color.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-06
The Youthful King OF Spain.

Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, was
born in Madrid, and proclaimed King
on May II, 1886, about six months
after the death of his father, Alfonso
XII, who died at Ell Pardo, q royal
domain in the vicinity of Madrid, on
November 25, 1885. The young King,
whose portrait is here given. is we'll
grown for his age, and IN good health.
He is fond ofoutdoor sports, rides and
rows we'll, is an expert bicyclist, and
a good gymnast.
While at Madrid, during the winter
months, he takes long walks and drives
around the hills of Ell Pardo and its
picturesque avenues. The summer is
passed with his mother at Miramar,
which is finely situated in the beauti-
full bay OF San Sebastian, where he en-
joys ba.hlng IN the sea and the invig.
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A Lifetime OF Railroading.

There was a certain poetic time
illness in the death of Joseph Bell,
which occurred in London few days
ago. he was eighty-tbree years old,
and had spent most Of his life as
locomotive engineer. He was still
hale and hearty, and, except for fail
ing sight, might still have been in the
engine.cab. His death was caused by
an accidental fall. The incident o.
Cured Just after the e1traordi. ~
performances of railroad trains, in
Great Britain between London and
Aberdeen, and in America between
New York and Buffalo. Between those
achievements and his death there was
no connection; but the coincidence
was remarkable and suggestive.
For Joseph Bells life spanned the
whole railroad history of the world.
He was, in his youth, the engineer of
the first locomotive ever constructed
George Stephenson's famous Rocket.
For half century his place was at
the throttle, at first of the little slow
going engines of the Rocket type, and
at last of the monsters which outstrip
the whirlwind. he had seen and
had personal experience of every
change and development OF the carry
ing industry which has revolutionized
the world. He heard Stephenson's
audacious prophecy that a locomotive
would attain speed of ten or twelve
miles an hour. He ran the Rocket at
fourteen miles an hour on the average;
and made on one occasion the be.
wildering "world's record" OF twenty.
nine miles an hour. And he lived to
see trains run for hundreds of miles at
more than q mile minute, and for
shorter distances at the rate of more
than 112 miles an hour.
1t has been given to few men to wit
ness and to participate in such trans
formation scene as that which began
with the Rocket and ends, for the
present, with No. 939. But what a
sense of the rapidity of modern prog
ress it gives US to think OF all that
being included in single lifetime;
and what field for prophecy of what
some lives, now just beginning, will
see if prolonged to the years OF Joseph
Bell New York Tribune.
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A Good Turk.

1t is said the Sultan of Turkey is
impressed with the idea that to him
have been conided by Allah the keys
of Europe, and his nervous tempera-
ment leads him to feel most acutely
the responsibility of the charge. No
man works harder than he. He rises
with the dawn, takes but few hours
sleep, sometimes, with pen in hand,
writing the whole night. He studies
every question, knows all about every
thing, reads everything which GEN.
Germs his business, and ever since the
affairs of the Turkish Provinces have
occupied the foreground he signs
every document presented to him,
from the appointment of Governor
to the nomination Of the lowest Office
of the police. New Orleans Picayune.
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The Early Birds.

It's the early birds that catch the worm.
saith the proverb, but what foolish worm
it is to get up so early and be caught. Some
of our farmers are the early birds. They &C
forth at dawn to catch up, as they call it,
and they catch something else. Tramplng
through wet grass and stuoble on eola,
damp. frosty mornings like these, and going
thus all day thereafter. brings 10 scores Of
them what they were not looking for: They
come home in the eveningt 10 suffer all night
with rheumatism. Now. while men must
work, they need not suffer. Why should
they when bottle of st. Jacobs Oil will keep
them all right? A good rub at night with it
will so strengthen and heal the muscles they
will resist the influence OF the cold and
dampness, and man will be cured before he
knows it. Let this be tried for while. and
If the man is not cured it is only because ne
hasn't the patience TO rub the pain out.
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Highest of all Leavenng PowerLatest us Govt Report
F>{!>><A! = g! RskasSl! Rsk!aRS
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Blind Age Weds Youth.

Joseph King, blind veteran of the
Civil War, and a familiar figure in the
streets OF quaint old Chelsea, Mass,
has caused a sensation by marrying
young Miss Ada Swain, who has pilot.
ed his unknowing footsteps through
the city for ten years. The BRIDE
groom is sixty, the bride only nine.
teen years old.
Everybody knows the strangely as
sociated couple, who always were &C
compained in their walks by small
terrier, and who were presumed to be
father and daughter. The girl has
lived with the blind man ever since
she was q child. Sne has developed
into one of the handsomest young
women in Chelses. She is tall, ex-
cellently proportioned and has great,
sparkling black eyes. She Is always
attired in the height of fashion,
New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-06
Manhattan.

Speaking OF Indians, should like
to ask how many New Workers know
the origin of the name of this island.
There used to be a nomadic tribe
called the Man-u-tans, I am informed,
who used to live in Jones's Wood,
hunted in the forests OF Central Park
and fished in the waters OF the East
River. What We now call He'll Gate
was O terrible whirlpool then, known
of the Indians throu yhout all the coHa-
try. Man-o-tan means the "pcop.e
who live by the circling WATERS The
Man-o-tans were evidently - brauc:i ol
the Algonquins. New York Press.
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THE VEIL.

A part of ones costume which is by
no means unimportant is the veil.
There is a something about it which
provides a very pleasing finishing
touch to the toilet. The handsomest
new wells are OF rather light net with
real lace design covering the entire
surface. They are very pretty in the
hand, very costly and very unbecom-
ing, which will render them unpo2u'
lar, as their damaging effect upon the
ewes is inconceivable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-06
NEW FASHIONS.
THEY ARE RAPID, FANTASTIC
AND CHARMING.
Skirts Are Immensely Wide-SleeVes
as Voluminous as Ever
Styles in Cuffs an
Collars.

~ ALIENT alterations in shapes
~ and outlines do not take place
~ in the middle of a season, and
at present changes are chiefly
seen in matters of detail. People OF
good taste who wish to be nicely
dressed and exercise little economy
would do we'll to occupy their time in
renovating their dresses OF last year
to make them smart enough for every
day wear at home, or out OF doors IN
the morning.
Evening toilets, says the Season,
should also pass review, and may be
freshened up in the most charming
styles, now that fashions are so rapid
and fantastic.
Sleeves appear as voluminous as
ever, and are still set out with horse
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on the shoulders and extending over
the sleeves. Some of them have ruf-
fies around the edge and some have
lace and embroidery and insertion,
and some are scalloped and button.
hole stitched. Then there are others
which are entirely of lace, varying
from very pretty but quite cheap ones
to those of Irish point and Duchesse
lace, costing a fabulous amount and
only to be looked at by the little wo.
man with an unlimited amount Of pin
money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-06
England'S First Cup OF Tea.

In all probability the first cup Of
tea made in England was drunk upon
the site of Buckingham Palace, st.
James's Park for the Earl of Airing.
ton took the first pound of ten to
England, having bought it in Holland
for sixty shillings, and at this time
the Earl resided at Arlington House,
which was taken down to make roon
for Buckingham Palace.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-06
A Celebrated Gypsy.

One OF the most picturesque figures
in England is Lucy Lee, the now
wealthy and celebrated gypsy, who
lives near Brighton. She has told the
fortunes of all the members Of the
royal family and most of the nobility.
She is remarkably intelligent, dresses
neatly and lives in house during the
winter season. She is si1ty-two years
old and has eleven grown-up children.
New York World.
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Grating breezes. During recent trip
taken by the Royal family of Spain,
in the cruiser lsla de Luzon, on the
coast, near Biarritz, the boy King
fred off his first cannon with a sang
froid and decision which will no doubt
make him the idol of the army and
navy, for both Of which professions he
manifests great enthusiasm.