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The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-22
kpsLL OF MERRY CHRIST
MAS.


time Of year for the loving cup
,.s. from hand to hand.
~ sounds OF wassail and revelry
-ehoing DER the land.
orth where the skate skins the
eo1,h where the red-birds sings.
n cheer TO the waning year
uerry Christmas brings
time OF year for the open hand
the tender heart and true. l4l Z
m of heaven has, cleft the skies
~ saints are looking through.
me leaps high where the hearth
ns drear. ----a
,orrowful eyes grow bright,
message dear that all may hear
borne on the Christmas light.
n time Of year for the cordial
ord
the grace OF the lifted load.
bother to come to brothers help
he rough and stony road
me to bury the ancient hate.
TO make the quarrels up: &.
|udge has room where the roses
Noon
Ina the Christmas loving cup.
he time Of year for children's joy,
all in a scarlet row
bookings hang in the ingle nook,
the dreaming faces glow.
be children turn and laugh In sleep.
morrow will be so gay.
here never is mirth In this queer old
farth,
the mirth OF Christmas Day. -
he time of year for the sweet sur
prise,
the blessing we did not see,
|kh straight from the Infinite Love
bf God
Jas coming TO you and me.
The time for seeking once again
sheen OF the Bethlehem Star,
for kneeling fain. with the age-long
brain.
|ere the Babe and Mary are.
ohe time oi year for the loving cup,
|en the holly berries shine.
with shout and song of man and
1naid
cedar and fir we twine.
pass the cup from the frozen North
the South where the robin sings.
pulse OF cheer to the waning year
Merry Christmas brings.
Margaret E. Sangster.
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vout Mussulman. converted his slave to
the principles of Islam. samory dis
tinguished himself as a soldier, TIL he
quarreled with his master and left
senancoro TO return to Blssandugu. BY
1870 he was chief OF his native town.
and soon defeated a rival claimant.
His fame began to spread: men fiocked
to him until he was strong enough to
attack his old master. and after siege
OF six months captured Senancoro,
where he established his capital.
In 1881. when the French for the
first time pushed across from the sene-
gal to the Niger, they sent emissaries
to samory; but he refused alliance. and
in 1883 attacked them on the west bank
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two holes in the helmet near the upper
portion. s
In the cavity of this bar are placed
two cartridges. run on grooves made in
the carved bar and attached to long
curved needles. In the helmet are two
holes fitted with disks which can be
made to reyolve until they come into
opposition with the eyes of the victim.
The apparatus is In communication
with battery on table near by which
causes the cartridges TO revoiye and
at the same time to plunge forward and
bury themselves deep in the frontal
lobes CT the brain. destroying Instant
ly large portion OF the white mat
ter OF the ceFebrum.
Death is instantaneous and painless.
and only a simple prick at the snu.s
of each eye shows how the dead man
passed
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nay being New Year day she was
devoted In her attention. Her
never wandered from the face OF
preacher, the face that had been
sunday study for thirty years. She
nve years old when she began the
y. The face had never grown any
10 her. There were the same
semi-circular wrinkles under the
oi the ear nearest her. which she
Always seen. and the devious
ses above the eyes continued al
OF the same elevation, except
tney had grown inwards, tending
'ne horizontal ripple above the
and deepening at that point.
ne sermon. to the mind of Olive
mpson, was more beautiful" on
particular day than had ever been
os h we see through a glass dark
oul then face to face" he said.
e mists OF our present condition
~ our view; stormy days have sent
ana sleet against our windows
=, ior the dimness of our glass,
.annot see the sky"
1--WE Ihompson's eyes filled with
-. one remembered the dust and
81 OF weary years. How the storm
ea'ned upon the windows of her
" turning into frosted tablets what
blight. " avenues ior
Dr,a a.e neart' the preacher went on.
'""s Gays are coming when the
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Has Ravaged the Interior of Africa Ruthlesslv.
But He Met His Waterloo.

One by one the great centers OF pure
~ African power are falling. In 1898
me Congo States forces under Baron
phanis smashed up the Arab traders
ana their rule at Nyangee and Kason-
90. bohanzin in Dahomey fell in 1894.
rrempeh In kumasi in 1895. Six weeks
ago the Khalifa's power was finally
broken. And now Samory ends his
long career as a captive. The black
Napoleon" as he has been called. will
40 doubt find his st. Helena.
samory, like so many other African
lotentates-for instance, Rabbeh. now
'uier OF Bornu. almost the last sur
'iyor of these great predatory chiefs
began life as a slave. His father was
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The J. H. Montgomery
Machinery Co.
l2l6-12oO Curtis st., Denver, Colo.

We are prepared 10 buy individual rnachinery or
entire plants IRON tin ~ tiD.Op. sill sell the
szfne Tor you on commission
We will niso exchange larger machinery for
encc In sine.
We have the largest stock Of rentted machinery
In the Wcst--frntten means thoroughly overhaaied
and put In nfst-cinss repair.
Head tho foilo~inx and mediate. but don medl-
tate TOO long. for II ypu 40 some other fellow may
etli and take The vcry snap you were thlnking
about. Just liaten at these genuine snaps.
Easffunu Kodak hnlfahla FOR mine wurz. .. u. as
aud lot of chemicals, In fact, a. uheis assay
ontnf complete gls.
tccker Button balance and uelEbts.s...--..... Is
boiler and rock drilling plant aud enough pipe
tunnel sig feet 10
L1incf rock drill. new is
lotion fhfrbnnks wagon scale Is
W wood split pulleys iD0 feet steel line shaft,
10 hsnEers, 3ug feet plpf IN peffec. condition.
VALVES and nftlnxs Of eli kinds.
lathe. lv-nrh swing 3lfnch centcrs.4.......s f5
ssp tsiion No-ri tank ~
power plpe-cutfff ......-.-............... In
Feeders cach ... 20
%gnf.yins % ~ ~ -
Enaines and boiler. all sixes aud pricea
lgravel diEginE and conveying machine. half prirc
pumps etc. f2lr0
diamond drill. $50 rods. tE1.
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rhe we.la.. snppl, et wn....

An English expert claims that the
wheat producing soil OF the world IL
unequal TO the striiin that will be put
upon II. Even now when the food sup
ply Is ample. thousands die because
their dlsordered siomachs fail to digest
the food they take, Iiosietter's Sfom-
nch Bitfers strengthen and tone up the
stomach nnd digestive organs.
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There is more. .CatArrh Tn this section OF tho
country than MI other discusses put together,
md until the last fow years was supposed to be
nounced II n local disease. and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
Science has proven cafarrh to be a constita-
tionai disease. nbd therefore requires eonsti-
tutionaI treatment Halls Catarrh Cure, man
IA the only constitutional cure on the market
It Is taken internally in doses from 10 drops TO
. tenspoonfuL- u acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces o9 the system. They oTer
ono hundred doilnrs for any rase II fails 70 cure
Send for cire ulars and testimonials Address
+. J. CHENEY A co.
Toledo Ohio.
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The University OF Colorado has jmsl
received from the bonrd OF award OF
the Trans. Mississippi Exposition II
beautiful gold medal and handsome
dlDlomn of award, The exhibit OF The
University was pronounced OF The
first order In point of neatness aud
general excellence. a
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Christmas Eve
BY Mary N presco,,

hfArthtas I've
By Mary N. Prescott.
Christmas eve the wide world over
And Christmas chimes are sounding.
Christmas trees their buds discover.
With Christmas gifts abounding.
The moonbeams on the snow-drifts
shed
Strike out sudden eplendor;
And all the heavenly fields are spread
With starlight bright. yet tender.
The window-panes are white with
frost.
In tracery of flowers.
Bringing again the summers lost
To bloom through Christmas hours.
0, happy night. whose blessed days
Across the ages shine.
Lighting the darkness of our days
With promises divine,
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roo nrs.t a nI,k 70 Run.

mo" said the old politician, Il don't
go to the theater." But don't you
think IL is well for you to get your
mind off your business for a few
bours?v mot for a minute. The OPP
position has been waiting for years for
some such -aanee. Washington Star.
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A Covert rbr..t.

crstomer-''I zee signs up around
The yoom. II you fee the walters you
viii be elected" Waiter-"Yes. sab,
1eeln' US Is risk now. sab. but
othin' venture. nothin' have, you
xnow "--New York Weekly.
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Advertisements on swedish Currency.
The latest development OF the art OF
advertising has not appeared in Amer
lea. as we might have expected, but In
Sweden. The advertisers have actual
ly captured the backs OF the Swedish
national bank note.
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rney Have Their Price.

Tho London Critic has compiled a
list OF 60 noblemen who are directors
of 1870 companies. with capital OF over
ss4 900. 900, the greater part OF which
has never yielded penny OF dividend.
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Mu.n.. Y.pse. Too Much.

Patron-But the picture doesn't look
at all like my wifel Artist-ExcuRc
me. sir but l am an artist, not pho
tographer
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80 you with to marry my dnuehtarz''
Yes. SIR" welt can you support her
In that condition of idieness TO which she
has always been ocepstomedy
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FITS Permanently Cured 1ont- or sf,~,
hrst dsSs of DIR. kHnsfs Gfs.x S.<ve Hsstofsr
send Tor FREE eS.OO trial battl- snd treatise
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GLASS DARKLY." )"
bance from a New Years Sermon J

LIVE THOMPSON
sat in her low un-
cushioned seat in
the little country
church. pay n 6
strict attention to
the New Years SER
mon. 1t was her
habit to pay strict
attention to the
regular Sun d a =
sermon, but this
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Sold by Druggists. 53c.
Halls Family pills arc tho best
no CURE a coLp IN oNE pAY.

- have saved a lot OF money I'm
What way Lost my job Just before
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To He Expected.

you have given me the hal hal" he
hissed. "of COURSE" said the manager,
In mild surprise THE villain always
has to have ha ha or two."
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Harry .IIiggIns ls either very fond OF
his wife or very close -nsted.'t why =
He goes Christmas shopping with, her.
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Henry. 7 wish you would let me give
you your Christmas present now" Why
clara ID I'm worn out changing M
mind about u. "a
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Talk about a horse, Ny wheel saved
my life last werk' ''IIow2" ~ sold ii
and bought winter fisnneis."i
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Love may not make the world go
rornd hut il makes young mems arms
20 around waist places
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~ always want introducfions TO long
what subjects they are foolish on" =
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Denver Directory.
HARNESS.

The best 800 dou-
bile Concord Ifar-
ness In Colorado
for SIS. with
brecching. $40; SIS
double team hRr-
meas. with breech-
Ing. SIS. SIS steel
horn stock saddle
for SIS; SIS single
buggy harness for
1870. DO not DO
deceived by worth.
less imitationr.bu but
order direct from
US and get the
lowest wholernio
prices. Catalogues
4. FRED NUEl-
nenrFr CoiofnIO.
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Mrs. Winsiow.s soothing syrup
Yor hidr~s 1eethinx .spfsers the gums lam
silays pain cures wind collie. IS bsttis
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How did stubbs poem get such fameg''
hnd snatched II from the waste basket
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-22

Take Laxative Bromo Quinlne Tablets. Al
druggists refund the money II II falls 70 cure
zac. The genuine has L. u q, on each tablet
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When a man has nothing to do he
always attends to 1t personally.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-22

After leaving college 1t would be a
good idea for some men to go to scnooi'
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-22

We will forfsit si 900 u any Of our pub
lished testimcnials are proven to bo not
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-22

Diamond &c" Soap does not shrink
fannels and It leaves all fabrics in
the most desirable condition.
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ktooa ,ew months later Olive Thompson
kry making apple pies in the PAN
III III. me pantry window was up and
OF birds came In. Also there
nan N the voice of Joseph. the hired
5ra, VINO was coaxing the new calf to
rake it," he was saying to
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. FIRED M1i3if
Denver. Colorado
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25

much into use OF recent years because Of their
accuracy and cheapness. Not yet have they been
put into private residences. but commercial New
york, as well as other cities. uses them large
ly. Years ago It no uncommon thing for a
great firm to pay 800 or $l25 year for the
regulating, winding. etc. Of its office clocks.
Cases have been known where as much as $25
month was paid. If you get a synchronzed
clock today you incur no outlay at the start
RENTING OUT CLOCKS
You do not have to buy clock at all. One IL
rented to you, and all charges for rent and keep
ing in order run from 81 to 81 50 a month, the
latter for the largest sizes and with second
hands.
Very simple and compact is its mechanism.
1t has spring and pendulum. and its automatic
winding apparatus consists Of two cells Of a wet
battery and their wires. At the end Of each
hour tiny piece Of metal slips down and com
petes the circuit Presto the spring is at once
wound up-it never has the chance to get loose
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25

At Thir,y-lInc River an adventure ~ a diff
built TO float down the river. Vest stayed IN
shore 10 line the raft down and ns companion
vas aboard IT,. The ice At one place vas
not strong enough 70 support Vests weight.
and he was forced - lot the line -. The rlit
was spinning DOWN the river at fearful rate.
the anxious owner running along shore - keep
up with II. Suddenly rock trimmed win leo
appeared IN the track II the raft. In moment
the rat had iiyed under the ice. the rider had
Jumped for his life 10 the rock and the largo
had spilled in 10. stream. TIL" stove ana tent u
the men sank bar The sacks Of eggs went float
ing DOWN the stream.
II was bitter cold bat The situation vas dHs-
pcratr. Vest lii not pcnlcr long what II 10.
He plunged into the stream ana pulled out ths
sacks one AZ time. 70 ID this he had % run
along and into ihc stream fer milo ami a hui
Ills clothes fruI. to aim. hut me saved his egg.
Then he vent back 10 hs ,'mplnou md threw
out 9 rope aul lowed him ashore. Three men
who happened % Do camping n"nr hy gave The
two not men III liter until hey dried and
warmed themselves.
Sixty-hye miles further down Vest reached
the Biz salmon where Major walsh vas camp
ing Major Walsh wanted supplies. and he
bought Vcsis e@gs at 81 / dozen. The eggs
Yielded j2ll. which, added to the Sl.llO,
amounted to SG.23l az the total product OF
Vests undertaking.
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and let the clock. therefore, run sIow-and the
ring Of bell announces that the winding Is
completed. II this bell does not sound on the
hour the renter knows his clock has gone wrong
These clocks are regulated within three or
four seconds. The electric regulation. which
takes place every hour Is only adjusted TO cor
rect to nfty-fve seconds, fast or slow.
The first public synchronize1 clock for New
York is now being built II will be illuminated
and will be on the towers OF the new Grand
Central station. literally three clocks. one for
each tower.
pendulum that makes a contact with the
wires from dry battery is the principle Of the
electric clock There are wheels, and the
pendulum moves the hands directly. The con-
tact is made about every four minutes. and the
pendulums are thus continued indefinitely. no
winding being necessary
wATER-POWER CLOCK.
The "water clock" runs. as its name implies,
by water power There is one in the tower OF
the Newark Custom House. 1t keeps excellent
time. though it is always possible that the valve
may get closed up.
Water clocks are by no means common. nor
are pneumatic clocks Air power for the pur-
pose Of time telling is somewhat problenatical
as yet and active experimenting Is stu going
on. There was an air clock in the big hotel at
Rockaway that was burned
Electricity. air water-whatever the new-fan-
gled power may behave not driven the clock
winder to despair There is one man in New
York who makes daily tours. winding 80 pub
lie and office clocks week. Probably there are
several clock -wnders that have as good rec
ord This man. however has the clocks OF great
est interest He winds eighty clocks in the Post
office sixty in the Public Stores. and the clocks
in the towers Of Old Trinity. st. Paul's and st.
Johns. St. Paul's is the oldest public clock in
New York 1t dates back to lI9S st. Johns
was put up in 1872 and old Trinity's In 1916.
All are English timcpieces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
"THE FROZEN EGG MAN,"
A FORTUNE MADE BY AN INGENIOUS MERCHANT
In ALASKA.
IN ALASKA.
From The Seattle t-Intelligcncer.

IN ALASKA.
From The Seattle Post-Integcncer.
Nearly every man who has come out OF paw,
son during the last two months or more mas nau
something to say Of the frozen egg man
They met him ut various points between the
Chilkoot summit and the Yukon River. truhg-
ing along with one companion ana f0ur hogS'
pulling 4 cargo OF frozen eggs bound Tor the
Klondike Eggs AT Dawson are worth 81 or
more each. and this high price proved such an
incentive 10 Portland man that ne resolved
To freeze q lot Of them and take them there.
The egg man has been the source OF no niue
amusement for the Kioudikers who have come
out They have frequently laughed al ms foo-
hardy speculation. ana often predicted ms lai-
ure. H. has been prolific landmark, anu one
IF the stock gu. -tiOns which klou illerS nave
asked zach ether here has been Where did You
meet III" esg man
eggs and returned With 4 sack Nhi"i many 4
KIonIikrr might wei. envy. His name IS charles
Vest Yes, left Portland last october on ne
steamer Elder Before leaving hc obtained Az
dozen eggs. ~" broke ana packed them IN TN
cans holding one gallon each, ur SIS dozen ! n,
cans were sealed. frozen and put On Ice. 1h'y
weighed 2O2J pounds in cold storage.
with one man 10 help him and his dogs. Vest
hurried th" eggs up ~ Sheep camp and buried
them ir ID" snow. IL pat four cans in a sack
and u.I the .ltk over tie dogs backs. Each
log carried twenty eight pounds IN this way.
once over Sine summit the cans We're piled IN
sl'is pulled DIS th- dogs and the journey wa
continued
pauion on the way. December II they stopped
AZ 4 cabin AMI bought supper AMI lodging
They bought som" mo''dsin- ~ ONE Z ihrir
hosts I'm the moaning one can u eggs, I'D" 10,
coming .nofa lui mon. precious. was gone. Ncse
hat DIS suspicious. but had 10 evidence" lie
asked h.4 host an'It ih" missing can. nut got
no satisfaction. although his sGslicln were
confirm 3D. tn p" W"r" others camping 1t the
cabin. IuI from th"-" tgso lr three days later
Vest Obtained corrohnratige evidence as - the
guilt " tho suspect. The thof hld gone toward
. .uf l.4I and lyl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25

gone into force in South Carolina but it haa
very little practical effect a custom had al
ready worked a separation Of the races on rail-
road trains.
Still the law is a good thing. for it provides.
as does the Georgia law that the accOmmoda-
lions Tor whites ard blacks must be equal. This
species Of legislation seems to be perfectly salts
factory To the great majority Of negroes II IS
very rare thing to find negro in Georgia VINO
insists upon taking a seat in a white car,
though the car Cor the people Of his race is just
as good There is growing among the negroes
commendable spirit of se!f-respect which detcr5
them from the effort to force themselves where
they know they are not wanted.
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YELLOWSTONE BEARS.
REAL AND IMAGINARY-THEIR THIEyING PRO
PENsITIES TURNED TO GOOD ACCOUNT.

REAL AND IMAGINARY-THEIR THGEyING PRO
PENsITIEs TURNED TO GOOD ACCOUNT.
Among the stories which Horace c. Du Val
brought back from his trip to the Pacific Coast
vas ore about Larry" the proprietor Of the
luncheon station at Norris. in the Yellowstone
Park. which everybody will appreciate who
knows the witty freshman. and few people have
made the "trip in the last few years to whom he
is unknown.
THE Park is full of bears. cinnamon and sill
yer tips" said Mr. Du Val. and The after-din-
ner hour At the hotels is always spent by the
guests in watching the big clumsy brutes come
numbering out Of The woods to feed at the ref
use heaps. Larry's is only a luncheon station
big tent. At which tourists stop in The middle
of their days journey FOR rest and refreshment
All Larry's supplies come from The hotels. and
one Gay, a short time before our visit. ia"
luncheon hour had almost arrived. and the
bread wagon from the hotel had not made US
appearance There was not slice II bread in
the tent. Larry is very proud IF th" reputation
OF his table: something has TO be done. and done
at once Already he hears the rumbIing of the
wheels and the hoofheats Of the horses that
tell him that his guests are At hand.
AN inspiration comes 70 him. He hastily
summons his entire force. walters. cooks. scu!i-
ions and all. and Tparts a few "ords III IN
structions. AS the coaches draw up at the ffon'
Of the tent out lashes Larry at the other emo
shouting At the top u his lungs, oui comes the
table and kitchen force at his heels waving
tabecloth. napkins anything At hand. and scat
tering IN all directions. There he goes" yelis
Larry Head him Of. Kill The murthrrin beast
Oh the thief Of ne world. There he Is behind
the corn now Wen get him down by 'he f"nc"'
and away they al! 50 flashing about IN al I'rec-
tons. he MAID guests still sitting In the
coaches and wondsrins what II is all about.
one by one I.arrys people return Larry Al their
head-hot creslflllen
..Och. whatever shall DO says Larry. The
thiey.n' OWLS. sorra crumb OF bread barr.n'
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crackers have I in the place. the brutes have
stolen the whole Of it. The guests assemble
around him with words OF comfort. but II IS long
before Larry will D.. pacd.d. Hen have the
life Of ,ha Whole tribe whether the Government
protects them or not Shure how an b. set
decent table If the black marauder5 steal II all
Little by little the guests calm him DOWN They
ril,o orack.rs they wouldn't eat any bread II
they had it,
Larry had gained his point. ana hld'e'l'
had been furnished for IN adventure u 10 u
nary kind ana ~ any members u me parry WI"
doubtless entertain thei- friends win me story
" how the bears stole their bread al Larry ).
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25

20 and fro between the high northern Lake Of
Wettern and the South German Lake Of Con-
stance This bold conclusion has been partly
justified by the appearance Of exactly the same
fauna and even Of the same animal life. in the
Swedish and the Swaban inland seas. 1t Is
even asserted that whenever there is storm
on the Lake Of Constance the Lake Of Wettern
begins sympathetiCally 20 roll and swell. and
that the southern lake is similarly moved by
any agitation in the distant northern lake The
"Kleine Zeitung" soberly declares this sympa-
thetic phenomenon to be a known fact. but con-
sidcrately adds that we have to wait some time
for the rational explanation Of ii.