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The indicator., 1897-11-06
THIS AND THAT.

The common house sparrow flies at
the rate of seventy-two miles an hour.
Canada has given more than $685.
900 for the relief of the plague and
famine sufferers of India.
Governor Barnes, of Oklahoma, was
a telegraph operator at Leavenworth
when the war broke out.
Persia exports every year about
5000 boxes of opium, each containing
1870 pounds. About the same amount
is consumed at home.
There is a fifteen-year-ol widow at
Covington, Ky. The girl was married
year ago to nineteen-year-old boy,
all the parents consenting. Her hus-
band died few days ago.
The latest Maine sea serpent proved
to be pig wading near the shore after
dark. A man on shore hit him on the
head with a brick, and he rolled out
into deeper water and fed the sharks.
McLubberty (who has picked up part
of laundry check)-Phwat's this
quare mark on this PAIGE av paper!
Officer O'Haggarty-A Chinese char
acter, OF behave. McLubberty-Thots
dunn loi. TIL Choinase nov no char
acthers, begorra!-Judge.
Switzerland, though she spends only
half a million dollars yearly on her
army, can turn out 100000 trained men
in two days in case OF need, and has
reserve of 100000 more and a Land
sturm of 1000. The army maneuvers
this year will be held in the noun
tains of the Engadine.
I.arrikin, famous Australian
steeplechaser, fell in the grand ma
tional hurdle race, near Melbourne,
breaking his neck. AS soon as the
race was over the crowd broke in and
began to cut up the dead horse for
relics. One man took his tail. another
The ears, and others the teeth and
hoofs.
The indicator., 1897-11-06
RAMS HORNS.

1t is only when the Lords forces
are divided that the devil comes out
ahead
Holding on to any kind of sin. will
sooner or later cause us to give up
Christ.
Every step a good man takes, tellf
some sinner that he ought to behave
himself
A good man will not camp all night
on ground that he does not know to
be safe.
People who have never found out
that they have any faults have no
true friends.
Every man should remember that
other people are setting their watchea
by his clock.
One way of hiding your light under
a bushel, is to keep your church letter
in your trunk.
Not to preach so that somebody will
rant to know Christ, is to fail 10
preach the gospel.
If men had the power to call for fire
from heaven, the world would have
been destroyed long ago.
God does not trust important mat.
ters to people who have no business
of their own to attend to.
Gods law is, tha' rnless man will
do good with his mohey, he cannot get
any lasting good out OF 1t himself.
Don't expect much from the man
who is always talking about how much
he would give, If he had some other
mans purse.
The devil has never yet taken q
prisoner who had on the whole armot
of God, and was armed with the
sword Of the Spirit.
When Elijah said, 'If the Lord be
God, follow him." not soul responded
But when he said, Fill four barrels
with water" what crowd stepped
out.-Ram's Eorn.
The indicator., 1897-11-06
SWEETS SIFTINOa.

How to serve a dinner-eat.
TIE needle manufacturers are giving
the people points in steel
The rain falls upon the unjust, but 1t
does not make n clean man.
They are called racing tips because
their patrons are so easily upset by
them.
The man who robs Peter to pay Pau
should at least remember what is Deu
teronomy.
Lost by nose-the man who didn't
get the position he sought because his
Droboscis was too red.
The swallow is a bird of easy flight.
That is why a man is flighty when he
has taken several swallows.
Some one says that liquor strength
ems the voice. This is a mistake: II
only makes the breath strong.
With an iron constitution, etee
nerves, brass cheeks and a silver
tongue. man can line his pockets with
gold and tin.
A correspondent asks to know whe1
gloves came in. Gloves came in when
sparring matches with the bare fists
were forbidden by law.
II there is anything that worries u
man who wears patent-leather shoes. II
is to have bootblacks try to convince
him that he wants a shine.
The telephone is about to be intro.
duced into China, and the Chinese
might as well make provision for ad-
dltional insane asylums at once
There are lots of men in this world
who are born to rule. but the other fel,
lows are such pack of ignoramuses
chat they can't be made to realize 1t.
A magazine writer has been discus.
sing the question, will the coming
man read books?" Not If he has to
nurse the baby while his wife attends
woman's rights conventions.
"The Boston bicyclist never taket
a header" says the Transcript. Blu;
II asked II he ever has projected from
the periphery of his circular steed.'
CLEAN of int ence overspreads his
face.-Texas -er.
The indicator., 1897-11-06
CURIOUS FACTS.

Inc mountain region of Thibet is
one OF the few places on the earth
where polyandry still prevails. A wife
Is regarded as property, and is SO ex.
pensive that only wealthy man can
nave one all his own. Ordinarily a
woman becomes the wife of several
husbands,
In India there are one hundred thou
sand boys and $4,000 girls under the
age of fourteen who are legally mar
RED. while 5000 boys and $4,000 girls
VINO have not attained the age of four
are under marriage bonds as arranged
Dy their parents.
Inc empress dowager of China sent
10 queen Victoria as a jubilee gift a
picture painted by her own hand, on
roll IL feet long and five feet broad
1t consists of an expanse of rocks and
trees, with storks wearing red crests,
tie emblem Of Longevity.
The fruit-eating bats do not live on
insects, nor attack animals and suck
blood, as do the vampires. The vam-
pire is small bat. with exceedingly
sleeper's leg and sucking the blood
Ihey are seldom dangerous to human
beings. but are to cattle
Greenland boys are great egg col.
lectors. AS soon as the gulls and
other birds that nest in the far north
appear in the spring, the work begins.
No boy who has not practiced a great
nt pIi
sides and creeping over the glaciers is
allowed to venture on the perilous
task.
The prevailing impression that the
famous soap of Marseilles was made
from the pure olive oil of the south of
France has been swept away by the
fact that the soap factories have been
obliged to close because of the quar-
antine against India" says the Medical
News. 1T appears that for twenty years
the manufacturers have been supply
Ing the market with an inferior pro-
duct made from common linseed oil
imported from India"
1t is said that there are no remain
ing public lands in any of the states
or New England, in New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia, North
Carolina South Carolina, Georgia, Ten
nessee, Kentucky or Texas. There are
25O00,0 900 acres of public lands in Ohio,
37000000 in Florida, 100000 in Ala
bama 2S.00O,OO0 in Louisiana, 36,0O0.-
900 In Michigan and 340O0000 in Wis
consin. The other public lands are in
the Western states and the territories.
The indicator., 1897-11-06
MISCELL ANY.

Nearly 10000 tons of corks are need
ed for the bottled beer and aerated
waters consumed annually in Britain
He-Give me bite of your candy,
nlease. Flossie? She-No; but you may
kiss me while my mouf is sticky
Life.
John ]. Ingalls, daughter Constance
ran an electric street car in Atchison
during one evening in place of the reg
ular motorman.
Swarms of grasshoppers, looking
u,se streaks of silver in the air, have
passed in northeasterly direction over
Wilbur. Wash, lately.
Rread as a daily article of food is
rsed only by about one-third Of the
1 500. .OOO,O people that constitute the
present population of the earth.
The Absent Minded Professor-Do
vnn know, my dear, l was so busy re-
m am herring what you asked me to buy
vnu that | forgot to stop and get 1t
Truth.
AIewiston (Me.) man, who is only
aftv wears old. has ten children work
lnS in the mills, and all of them turn
their pay over to him every Saturday
night.
pedestriAn-Have you NO occupation?
p.~rar-Yes, sir; I am collector OF
~ coans. You haven't got spare
sn-oolIar sold-pisce about you. have
IHaf-Philadslphia Record.
The indicator., 1897-11-06
HERE AND THERE.

There are in round numbers about
1000 professional cyclists in this coun.
try.
A horse in a little New jersey town
dropped dead when 1t heard the local
band play.
Vast quantities of American canned
salmon are to be shipped to England
this year.
1t is said that fully 20 per cent OF
the men employed in the merchant
marine service are unable to swim.
The ordinary speed of house-ny is
25 feet a second; but when chased ii
often attains a speed of 16O feet sec
ond.
Germany has 20.700 university stu
dents this term, the law students out
numbering those studying in any othe
faculty.
Two English bacteriologists conclude
that an average of 1,500 microbes must
be inhaled into the nose every hour.
while in London the number must often
reach $4,000. The organisms are
caught by the nose and pass to the di-
gestive organs, which In health destroy
them,
The indicator., 1897-11-06
BLIND BUYING FOR BLIND.
Man with n Wonderful Touch Work
for MIND ImnInAcr

This is about a blind man who works
for a man Who is also blind and does
work for which men who can see are
well paid. The blind man who doe.
the work does it as well as man wita
eyes, and lie never makes a mistal.e,
He depends entirely on his sense OF
touch which is extraordinarily well de
veloped.
Away back in war times T. j. Lock
wood went to the front. He was good
soldier until he lost his sight. \ rifle
bail put out one eye and the shock and
cuuuussiou so affected the other that
it was destroyed. Totally blind, Mr..
Lockwood came back to his old home.
and for a time was discouraged. Then
he decided that there were things that
he could do 10 earn livelihood. He set
up store and dealt in mems merchan-
disc at Buda, III. Fate was kind Ia
him at last and he prospered Time
went on and his employees were faithful
to the man who had lost his most pre-
cious sense while fighting for a most
righteous cause.
The man who was the buyer for Mr..
Lockwood was and is J. Oechsley. He
worked for Mr.. Lockwood for many
years, and was one of the most impur-
tant of his employees. But one day
misfortune came to him. Oddly enough
it struck at his eyes. He was laid low
with a nervous affection, and when he
was able to be told of it the doctors
announced TO him that he was TO go
through life in the same condition as
his employer. His sight was gone and
never would be restored.
Finally Mr. Oechsley was able to leave
his room. He was not rich, and the i'll
ness had made deep hole in his store
of savings. The old problem of keeping
the wolf from the door was to be mel
once more, but this time under terri
bic handicap. In the hour of his mos
trying experience his old employee
came to him and the men Went 10 the
cid store. Mr.. Oechsley know the place
by heart. He was at home there. even
il he could not see, and as the days
went on he realized that all was not
gore, even if his light was lost. He
found that he could tell as of old the
differences that lie in materials.
His hands seemed to have been given
an extra share of cunning and in a
measure became his sight. He prac-
ticed and grew more expert His whole
energy was thrown into the work he
had put himself to do, and in a short.
time it was found that as buyer OF
goods he was almost as good as before
the calamity overlook him.
The merchants and jobbers with
whom Mr. Oechsley deals know him.
They would not take advantage of him
even II they could. And they all admit
tLat they could not if they would
The hands of this man are as good and
better in their way than the eyes of
most men. He tells all about piece
of uoods. no matter what ii is, by feel
ing the texture and finish He is con-
siLered to be first-class buyer, and
when merchants say this " him they
aud that they do not take into consid-
Grafton the fact that he is blind in pass
ing their judgment Of his ability.
The other blind man-the employer
lis thoroughly satisfied with the work
done by the one who sees with his
hands. The store is prospering. and tn,
men who play the biggest part iu it
are happy.-Chicago Times Herald.
The indicator., 1897-11-06
Music in the Air.

The following is an exact copy Of a
letter received by young lady. who,
possessing a piano and being about to
move to a small country town, adver-
tised for room and board with fam
lily "musically inclined"
"Deare Miss, we think we kin suite
you with room and bord II you prefer
to be where there Is muslck, play the
fiddel, my wife the origin, my dotter
julie the akordion, my other dotter the
bango. my son Hen the gittar, my son
Jim the foot and koronet. an my son
Glen the base drum. while all of US
sings gospel hims in which we would
be glad to have you take part both
vocal or instrumental II you play on
anything. We play by ear an when
we all git started there Is real musick
In the air. Let us know II you want
to come here to bord."-Harper's Ba-
Ear
The indicator., 1897-11-06
GEMS IN LATE SERMONS.

Old Glory.-Our flag is the symbol
of intelligence, equality, freedom and
Christian civilization.-Rev. j. o. Will
son, Methodist, New York city.
The Fountain.-The glory of the
fountain leaping in the sunshine is
that 1t sends forth stream refresh
ing and delightful.-Rev. Charles
Stakely, Baptist. Atlanta, Ga.
Amusement.-A certain amount of
amusement is absolutely necessary to
health and happiness. 1t is the spice
of life. 1t gives zest to labor.-Rev.
NJ. Benham, Presbyterian, Pittsburg
Pa.
Mutual Help.-The nations go far
and best when they are mutually help
full. Wealth or power gained by crush
ing or cheating a weaker is no gain,
but loss.-Rev. E. s. Todd, Methodist,
Baltimore, Md.
Brotherhood.-In true religion the
open sign of fellowship is well doing.
and the servants of humanity, what
ever their varying names and tongues.
are brothers.-Rev. N. M. Mann, Uni
tartan, Omaha, Neb.
Cultures Enemy.-Cuiture and ig-
norance from time immemorial have
been at war. The one elevates and
emancipates while the other degrades
and enthralls.-Rev. G. c. Houshton,
Episcopalian, Hoboken. N. ].
Human Creation.-We might as well
try to stop the incoming tide as to
try to alter the generally accepted fact
that the law of human creation was
by development.-Rev B. E. Warner.
Episcopalian, New Orleans, La.
Profanity.-America are said to be
the profanest people In the world The
men swear, the women swear, and
children with the lisp hardly out of
their speech, swear.-Rev. F. NJ Good
child, Baptist, New York city.
Woman's Way.-The best service to
any woman, however richly lowered,
is TO do womanly things In a woman
ly way, thus illustrating in her life
and character the loftiest type of
womanhood.-Rev Arthur Little, Bap-
tist, Dorchester. Mass.
The indicator., 1897-11-06
MISSING LINKS.

Chicago harbors about sixty thou
sand Hebrews
A cattle dealer of Maitland Nc, is
named Goodposture.
Jefferson City, Mo, has come to the
front in season with a Courthouse
Watermelon club.
The number of recorded suicides in
the United States last year was $3.50.
Of whom 1,ii2 were females.
The returns of the dog taxes show
that there are 100000 dogs In France.
The taxes yield s.sOO.O00 francs year
Sweden is too cold for grapevines,
but much wine is made there from
various kinds of berries, including
cranberries.
Verdi, according to the London Daily
Chronicle. is amusing himself ut
Montecatini by writing the requiem for
his own funeral.
The Passamaquo Idly (Me.) Indians
are leaving for the summer resorts.
where they make large money selling
their baskets, chairs, etc.
Two Chicago women have recently
opened an agency for furnishing to lit
erary clubs, schools or private individ-
uals facts on any subject desired.
London has $4,000 policemen, Paris
has 5000 policemen, New York has
$500 policemen. The ordinary arrests
in New York in year are $4,000, in
Paris 100000 and in London 100000.
She-What do you think OF the prop
osition to tax bachelors with view
to encouraging matrimony? He-l
think it would be much better to give
a bounty with wives.-Truth.
After barn had been set atire by
lightning at Chambersburg, Pa, WILL
hanson Leisher, twelve years old, en-
tered it and cut loose three OF his
fathers seven horses and led them
safely out.
Grasshoppers Of Jackson county.
Michigan, have undergone change OF
appetite, and have been eating the
binding twlne from the bundles of
wheat, causing farm hands the extra
labor of rebinding.
The indicator., 1897-11-06
QUEER LAKE SALAWIk.
Its Waters Grow Warm in Winter ma
Men Can Fish There with Clubs.

Men Can Fish There with Clubs.
The rich placers of Klondike are not
the only curiosity Of the country trav-
crsed by the Yukon. Not far from Daw-
son there is in Alaska really eNtraor-
dinary lake which was named Salawik
by its discoverer, Rev. p. 1'osi, mis-
sionary among the savages.
This lake, which is 90 miles long and
about Is miles wide, is perhaps the
only one in all that extreme northern
region which does not freeze over dur
ing the winter. No communication has
been discovered between it and the
sea, nevertheless, at high water upon
the coasts of the northern ocean, the
level of the lake rises, and it falls again
at low tide.
This sympathy with the sea does not
extend TO the point of making Salawik
a salt lake; on the contrary, its waters
are good to drink. But another of its
peculiarities is that its temperature
rises in winter and falls in summer.
When all the water courses of the neigh
boring country are completely frozen
over, Lake Salawik becomes so warm
tEat it is really pleasant to battle in it.
On the other hand, in the summer time
the water is extremely cold.
This popularity makes it in the win
ter time a Mecca of fishermen. The
abundance of fish in the lake is so great
that a person can almost catch them
with the hand. and can kill large quanti-
ties with club. Here for the miners
is a source of food supply which GER
tainly will contribute to diminish the
cost of living, especially during the win
ter, in that inhospitable region. In
an hour man can get enough fish to
supply himself for month, and of the
very best quality, including salmon,
ranging from 20 to 80 pounds in weight.
1t will not be astonishing if some fine
day we may see upon the shores of Lake
Salawik one of those fashionable hotels
which are the glory of American water
ing places.-Republique OF Lewiston,
Me.
The indicator., 1897-11-06
A TRAVERSITY,
Tho Fierce Cowboys Disappeared Be-
fore Mickey and His Gnne

fore Mickey and His Gang.
With whoop and roar half
dozen small boys, the Oldest not more
than 8, came bounding down Kennard
street to Euclid avenue the other evon-
ing, says the Cleveland PLAN Dealer.
They were on their way to see the
parade and although they were on
hand good deal too early they lined
the curb in eager expectation. Some
loving fingers had adorned the outer
outer seams of their blue overalls with
heavy fringe. they wore soft hats and
belts and at distance presented quite
a cowboyish appearance One of them
had revolver holster fastened to his
belt, with toy pistol projecting from
1t. Occasionally they would give fair
imitation Of an Indian warwhoop, and
two of them danced around in true
aboriginal style. With their delicate
faces and curls they presented COM
ical travesty on the frontiersman.
While they were waiting on the curb
one of them suddenly cried:
Say. look out! There's Mickey ana
his gang!"
A decidedly tough-looking youth,
with two equally tough and ragged
companions, was saunterlng up the
roadway. Instantly the cowboy con-
tingent was plunged into confusion.
There was a scurrying of little feet, q
hasty movement to the rear and mo-
ment later six befringed youngsters
lodged around the nearest alley.
When the dreaded Mickey gang had
disappeared they stole out again one
by one.
The indicator., 1897-11-06
SCRAPS S.

Reporter-Are you willing to tell me
your story? Convict-Yes; but I'm
moi at lioerty.-Truth.
Out of about 1000 pictures exhibited
this year at the Royal Academy, 1SO
have been sold for about $4,000
A canary that has just died of old
age in Sanford Me-, had this obituary
He sang cheerfully for twenty-five
years
Railways in Holland are so careful
ly managed that the accidental deaths
on them average only one year for
the entire country
"Is yor clearinghouse up with the
times?" NO; when We have water
melon they cut it in strips instead OF
In wheels" Chicago Record.
The porter of the Paris Bourse re-
Gently died leaving fortune of $780,
600. He had been employed thirty
years at salary of $24O year. He
evidently got rich on tips"
A Hardwick (vt) man stood within
six feet of the sixty-horse power boiler
which exploded there a few days ago.
but suffered only few bruises and
was able to walk out In day or two.
The most noted man in Auburn, Me-,
is man who is publicly known to
have worn the same straw hat twenty
six summers and the same cloth cap
forty-two winters without break for
repairs or renovation.
One OF the surgeons Of q hospitail
asked an Irish help which he consid-
sred the most dangerous Of the many
cases then in the hospital THAT, SIR
said Patrick. ~ he pointed to q sass
Of surgical instrumsnts.-1 Dits.
The indicator., 1897-11-06
PEN POINTS.

Education, like varnish, II put on toe
thickly is apt to crack.
Bolts are sometimes useful, but 1t
needs solid planks to build ship OF
state.
The candidate airs his views before
election. After that he lets US view
his airs.
1t is we'll to keep cool In politics.
Bribery only comes when the barrel
has lost Its head.
The truly proud man would rather
wear last years clothes than ride on
a secondhand bicycle.
The man who straddles the plank
this summer may find It's like riding
4 rail On election day.-Truth.
The indicator., 1897-11-06
Why Cat. Fall on Their Feet.

Why does cat always fall on its feet?
This is question that has recently
absorbed the earnest attention of the
French Academy of Sciences. The
problem is clearly n difficult one, for
that learned body of savants has so far
failed to offer final solution. NJ.
Marcy, distinguished professor who
has made a special study of animal
movements, claims that the body of a
cat is composed of two parts, one of
which acts as a pivot for the other.
Upon dropping, the cat, it appears,
paws upward, and then by series of
convulsive movements, it gradually
rights itself and reaches the ground in
an upright position. The whole
process of turning is accomplished be-
fore the animal has fallen a yard.
Without a fulcrum, without something
to lean against, the cat certainly could
not accomplish the feat. NJ. Marcy
declares that the animals limbs act
upon fulcrum which its own body pro-
9vides.-Detrnit Free pres-
The indicator., 1897-11-06
Low Rates to Nashville Tan
neSSee,

neSSee.
On account of the Te
tinnia1 & International +
the Missouri Pacific Railway will
sell round trip tickets from Pueblo
to Nashville, Tenn, at S55. 20 for the
round trip. Tickets on sale every
day from May Goth to October 18th.
with final return limit of Noyem.
Der 7th.
The Missouri Pacific Goverpment
Fast Mail Train, consisting of Pull
Palace Buffet Cars and Free re,lip-
ing Chair cars, leaves Pueblo every
day at 1920 p. m. arriving in ST. Lon
is New Union Station second morn
ing making direct connection with
l.. d N. Trains arriving at Nashville
Tenn. sos p. m.
See that your ticket reads over the
Missouri Pacific, as this is the onlv
line running through trains and
over its own rails, Pueblo to st. Ion.
Is. For further partlculars-Time
Tables and tickets, call on your d.
4 R. q. Agent, or q
WIN. Hoao,
Agent Missouri Pacific Railway
100 South Union Avenue, Pushlo
Colorado.