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The courier., 1898-11-12

During the summer months, as was
to be expected, the music dropped down.
There were half dozen bands OF small
caliber and the exposition chorus sang
their old songs and hymns. Better was
not expected.
But with the advent Of cool weather
something different was expected. 1t
was supposed that new hymns might
have been learned by the chorus and
few new songs added to the repertoire.
But they were not.
1t was also expected that the last
month would equal the first in musical
splendor. 1t did not.
There were no great oratorios. no ad-
vent Of musical societies from other
cities. Nothing was heard except the
exposition chorus 10 its Nearer My
God to Thee" and annie Laurie"
Both are good tunes. but people grow
tired Of them"
The courier., 1898-11-12
CALIFORNIA
GREAT
ROCK
ISLAND
ROUTE

Low rates on our personally conducted
tourist excursions
Leave Omaha every Friday via Colo
RADIO Springs and Scenic Route.
These excursions cars are attached to
fast passenger trains and their popu-
larity is evidence that We offer the best.
Write f)r handsome itinery which
gives full information and new map,
sent free. For complete information.
rates and berth reservations, see your
local ticket agent or address E. E. Mac
Leod, A. G. p A, Topeka, Kan.
JOHN SEBASTIAN. G. PA.
Chi"sgo, iii.
The courier., 1898-11-12
Chi"sgo, Ill.

Student-Suppose a burglar should
break into lawyers house and get of
with some OF his stuff.
Professor-lt is supposable case.
Student-Could the burglar be con-
victed OF receiving stolen goods!
The courier., 1898-11-12

Lest Saturday morning an informal
djncing party was given BY the Phi
Kappa Psi's to the N. N. Ms in Turp-
ih's dancing academy.
Dentist Hill. over Miller 4 Paine.
Nr. and Mrs. Charles Keefer enter
tainsd . few friends ut dinner on We'd
nssdy.
Ma W. W. Hindman has gone to
Kobsos to visit her parents.
Mn. A. e. Becker OF Omaha 10 the
guest Of her sister. Mrs. A. G. Davis.
Ms. and Mrs. c. e. Yates gave . din.
nef party Thuysday night.
Mrs. Irving Chapin entertained the
L. A. @. F. club on Monday afternoon.
Mn. n. T. Riordan entertained few
friends informally Thursday afternoon.
Mra Irving G. Chaplin entertained in
formally last evening.
The courier., 1898-11-12

The time has come to lay
in your WINTERS COAL
and wood. See Gregory,
corner Eleventh and o, be-
tore buying.
The courier., 1898-11-12
LIFE,

Friendly Il stands. yon Inn upon the plain,
And keen th< lamps burn through the eryp-
te night.
How joeund sound the voices, and how
bright
The cheer, how warm the hosaing fsom
the fainl
The traveller once arrived forgets the long,
Blank journey leading thithe; al the dim,
Mysterioss days are nothing now to him,
Seated amidst the food and wine and song.
Bot WHEN. the reckoning paid, hs eomraaes
fled;
He steps upon the road and moves away,
His soul s puzzled sore he cannot say
What Inn II was, OF by whom tenanted.
Richard Burtoo in The Cosmopolitan.
The courier., 1898-11-12

I have had three unfortunate love
affairs.
What were they?
My first love entered q convent anG
ny second married another man.
And your third?
My third? Oh! che is now my wife.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22

Cannot Sue the United States.
The United States cannot be sued
without their consent.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22
A Mimic Sea.

10 start an aquarium sounds rather
formidable undertaking from a fnan-
cial standpoint, says a writer in Har-
per's Round Table, yet it costs moth
ing to collect the treasures Of the sea,
and once intelligently collected months
of pleasure are secured. The expeE-
sive glass globes called aquariums are
not necessary, nor even desirable. A
top will live in a bottle, and a sea
garden grow in preserve jar. In
stead, substitute small, new tub,
unpainted inside, or a glass box made
of window panes set in framework
of wood and cement. Into this tank
put two inches of well-washed sea
sand, avoiding all worms and feas,
which would die and poison the water.
This layer of sand is for the benefit
of the crabs and burrowing snails.
Then, with small, clean stones, free
from all vegetable growth, and little
cement, build mimic arcade in the
centre of the tank, which will provide
shade, without which your sleepless
fish will soon die. Little Jumps of
cement, stuck irregularly about the
sides of the tub, afford root room for
weed, and so vary its monotony.
Having prepared the tank, fiji it
with deep sea water, to guard against
the possible impurities of the shore.
AS this water evaporates renew with
fresh water, since the original salt
never evaporates. The tank must be
placed where it will have plenty of
light and air, while guarded against
heat and dust. Sunlight is necessary
for the plant life of the aquarium, but
if the water ever becomes tepid the
fish will die. Now deposit in the
tank half dozen stones or shells, to
which are attached the finer varieties
of growing weed, as sea lettuce and
ulvae. 1t is we'll to first wash these
carefully, lest decayed matter lurk in
the fronds.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22
Auctions Mt Home.

I'm q family of my town" said a
Western woman to New York friend,
there is little custem which is Of
ten amusing, and which is, 1 think.
quite original. The father is a mil
lonaire, and, unlike many rich fathers,
he leaves his checks blank when he
signs them, and never asks any ques-
Itions. One result of this sometimes
is thoughtless expenditure. l won't
say extravaganza, because the daugh-
ters would not willingly disregard
their privilege. But when one makes
a purchase which she afterward re-
grets, instead of returning it as most
women do, an auction is held in the
household, and the article is sold to
the highest bidder. The auctioneer
Is the original purchaser.
Sometimes the auction is very
amusing, and the manner of the sale
shows a woman's cunning. When I
was there last a dress which cost $500
was knocked to one of the sisters for
S15. There were no other bidders.
The 'auctioneer' was slightly disap-
pointed, but she didn't know that the
purchaser had entered into an agree
ment with her other sisters not to bid
against them on other articles if they
wouldn't bid against her on the dress.
New York Sun.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22

Of ell the pets 1 ever had, which
were many, 1 never found one so
knowing or 50 full of mischief as a pet
crow, which was given me when I was
a girl of twelve. When he came to
me he had been slightly wounded in
one wing, which at first disabled him,
but from which he soon fully recovered.
At first he occupied cage made by
mailing some Stats across the open end
Of small box, and this box always
remained his headquarters. A hand
full of corn and dish of water was his
daily ration. When he became suffi-
GENTLY tame to be trusted to go and
come as he pleased, he undoubtedly
foraged for such tidbits as crows are
said to be fond of. jim Crow $50
named) never seemed to care for the
society of other crows, otherwise; it
may have been that his black brethren
did not care to associate with one
cowardly enough to submit to cap
tivity; at all events, they were never
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22

seen together. Jim's boon companion
was large house dog When the
dog was told to go after the cows,
which were pastured at least quarter
OF mile away, Jim Grow always went
with him, flying slowly q couple of
feet above the dogs back, and fire.
quently riding homeward on the back
OF COW. Some young men were at
work at carpentry that summer on my
fathers barn, who never tired of
teaching Jim tricks, and they often
declared if Jim's tongue was only split
he could be taught to speak like a
parrot.
Jlm's powers of imitation we're verv
amusing; if one bowed to him. he
usually returned the compliment in
polite manner. AT other times he
would scratch in the earth and call
like hen who was scratching for q
brood of chickens, initiating every
motion as well as the hens voice. /
have seen him pick up pebbles and
drop them in the bung holes of an
empty barrel just for the report the
pebbles made, and, ~hen tired of this
mischief, he would put both legs into
the bung hole and whirl round and
round, as if his legs were an auger
boring hole, in imitation of the car
penters who frequently had Jim as a
spectator while working in this line
of business. But Jim's proclivities
for mischief brought him into dis
repute with our own family as well as
our neighbors. A washing spread out
on the bleaching yard was sure to be
visited by Jim, who would fly off to a
mud puddle or the COW yard, and
when his feet were fully saturated with
filth he would walk over the clothes
until his footprints resembled Egyp-
tian hieroglyphics. This trick cost
him his life, for he was undoubtedly
shot by neighbor. Gentle
man.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22
A Duel in BIfdland.

Duelling between men has lone
gone out of fashion in England. and
1t is left to nations and lower animals
to settle their differences by an appeal
to arms. In Kew gardens, in the
presence OF considerable number of
spectators, an affair of honor was
settled between q pelican and a duck.
The birds had had words together. so
to speak, and the pelican determined
that the next best thing to making the
duck eat his words was to eat the
duck. 50, after little thrust and
parry on the water, he made for the
smaller bird and snapped it into his
pouch. Then battle-royal began in
side the pouch of the pelican. The
duck struggled, kicked, quacked, and
occasionally managed to get leg or
wing outside, while his captor threw
his beak high in the air, then dipped
it into the water and kept ii there, as
If trying to suhocate OF drown its
eremy. From the elook of the agisated
Touch it seemed as if the contest WIS
by no means one-sided. hat Jnat the
pelican was having rather rough
time. At last the duck got his head
and one wing out, and then, with a
magnificent effort, managed to get en-
tirely free. Once again on the water
the duck declined further combat and
fled, while the pelican remained, look
ing as if honor was thoroughly salts
fed. London Telegraph.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22

Sleep, refreshing sleep, has a Won
derful influence. 1t is the time which
the vital force uses to repair the sys-
tenn, to assist digestion, and to prepare
the the whole being for the labors of a
fresh day. Even forty winks" in
many cases is a great benefit, end in
many cases of fever and nervous
troubles patients should seldom be
aroused, unless it is absolutely neces-
sary, to administer medicine. Oplates,
when given, frequently but mock the
patient with seeming relief, only to
result in some aggravation of the
trouble; they more or less paralize the
digestive organs, prevent vital repair,
good the brain into feverish dreams,
and leaves the nerves irritated and fin
ally depressed rather than rested
New York Ledger.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22
NO. 18.
ABOUT HARNESS REINs.
Made From the Stoutest of Leather-A
Word About Handholds.

made From the Stoutest of LeRther-A
Word About Handholds.
The reins of a single set OF harness
are each about thirteen feet in length;
those of double harness about fifteen
feet. For business harness, reins are
made of leather, tanned black; the
reins Of carriage harness are made Of
russet-colored leather.
Reins require to be very stout, and
they are almost always made of steer
hide, the leather of which traces are
made, these. however, being Of more
than one thickness. Occasionally
lines for light or for cheap harness
are made of cowhide, but not often:
as rule the best of leather is used for
the reins, even in cheap harness.
There can be obtained from the hides
OF leather suitable for reins strips
from seven to nine feet in Length. SO
that relna a1e always ~ 4-lass.5y
mad in two pieces.
The loops OF Llndhoids, often seen
on the reins OF lIacA or road horses
are commonly made of lighter leather
stitched together and then sometimes
stitched to the reins, but more often
secured to them in such manner that
they can be shifted on the reins to
suit the convenience of the driver. The
three-loop hold, which is called the
Boston handhold, is com monty used
for track driving; the single loop is
the one used by most drivers on the
road. There are patent handholds
made Of metal. The wooden buttons
sometimes seen on reins, used as
handholds, are made in pairs, one
button of each pair having a stem
with thread cut on it which goes
through the rein and is screwed into
the other button of the pair on the
opposite side.-New York Sun.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22

"There is rich family named Loft4
ing in England" said a dealer III
fancy articles, "the fortune of whose
house was founded by SO apparently
il:--;gniicant little little thing as thd
thimble. The first thimble seen in
England was made in London less
than 200 years ago by metal worker
named John Lofting. The usefulness
of the article commended it at once to
all who used the needle, and Lofting
acquired large fortune and great
fame in the manufacture of the new
accessory to tho needleworkers art.
The implement was then called the
thumb bell, and was worn ON the
thumb. This clumsy mode of utiliz-
ing it was soon changed, but when
and why the name thimble was given
the article does not appear. lettings
thimbles, and, in fact, all thimbles,
were made of either iron or brass, and
specimens of them extant, many of
which are preserved as heirlooms, are
crude and clumsy-looking things COM
pared with the commonest thimble Of
to-day. although their cost was mauy
times as much, New York Sun,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22
WISE WORDS.

Creed has no respect for law.
Faith is the mother of courage.
Error always stubs its toes on fact.
Sentiments may change, but truth
does not.
Man magnifes his miseries aud
minimizes his mercies.
Regret is the compound interest we
have to nav on hate.
Some losses are true gain; the gold
gains inf rhst Il loses u dross.
The m,.'---t.I -4-v ma. the noise,
but the 8ate- does tleVor,
rely to asl e.. -sa-y people WIS
the offsnring OF tie 'latLsi 81 ais.
Talk about looking for oppor-
tunities Of doing goodr' We may as
well talk about looking for fre-wood
in forest or for water during food.
The world is full of such oppor-
tunities. Rams Horn.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22
BIRDS OF PASSAGE,

When the naples 1ame with crimson
And tho nights are still with frost.
Ere the summers Turing beauty
Is in autumn glory lost.
Through the marshes and the forests
An imperlous summons flies,
And from all the dreaming north-land
The wild birds flock and rise.
From streams no oar hath rippled
And lakes that watt no sail,
From reaches vast and lonely
That know no hunters trail.
The clamor Of their calling
And the whistling of their flight
Fill all the day with marvel,
And with mystery, the night.
AS ebb along the ocean
The great obedient tides,
so wave on wave they Journey
Where an ancient wisdom guides;
Although the haze of autumn
They vanish down the wind.
with the summer world before them,
And the crowdlng storms behind.
p. Macarthur.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22
CHILOREN'S COLUMN,
willy Whites,

Willy Witless.
1t was an ancient timepiece,
Il set the ancient sun
When it said four o'clock A. NJ.
The night its course had run.
When it chimed six PM.
The sun went straight to bed,
Nor dared so much as from its couch
To raise its auburn head.
Till Willy Witless hid within
The depths of it's great case;
Then grave old Time began to spin
A frightful rapid pace.
AT two A. M. proclaimed twas four
AT six p NJ. cried Eight"
Then insolently to the sun
"Why are you up so late2"
1t reused the maids to milk the cows
While hight still lowered black;
1t stopped the dance upon the green
Whlle day was young -alackl
Oh, Willy, Witless Willy, mani
Just see what you have done
BY hiding in the old clock case
10 have 4 bit of funl
New York Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22

The first attempt to manufacture
watches or clocks on large scale in
America was made by Eli Terry, a
Connecticut Yankee, who invented
wooden wheels for clocks in 1892. In
1887 Chauncy Jerome, of Massa-
ohusetts, first applied machinery to
the making of metal-wheeled clocks,
and, as result, drove the wooden
wheeled clocks out of the market.
The manufacture of watches by ma
chinery, which has since become such
an important business, was begun at
Roxbury, Mass, in 1850, and was
continued there until 1854, when the
works were removed to Waltham.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22

Why didn't they name me Trouble?
But no; here 1 am yellow puppy
and they call me Dewey. Of course
with that name you'd naturally think
l would be expected to show a very
warlike disposition, so T lark furiously
O.. passing teams, m3Ie brave dashes
a womon's si|t-c stirts and gay
co.5red ribLcns t. other dav
made 3 cLgR .a. chickens that
Was s.
A very melancholy ,,oi-;u- ,i..l.
yellow dog crouched il the 3 r.as+
corner OF the cavernous space under
the front steps of the great house.
''It seems as though | were brought
into the world for the sole purpose of
being nuisance. The little dog was
scared and out of sorts generally
there was no doubt about it, and
he had good reason for his frame of
mind, as the following soliloquy will
show:
81 was making the feathers fly and
the chickens fly when swish-bang
came broom after me with nearly as
much force as a cannon ball. And q
voice said, 'Oh, you good-for-nothing
dogr
''Now what am L to do? If they
wanted a quiet, sober little dog of me
why didn't they call me Flossie or
Fido or some other soft-sounding
name?
"But to call me Dewey and then
expect me to do nothing rough, why,
it's perfectly absurd.
Yesterday L was having such a
nice, quiet time, and I thought no one
could possibly object to my innocent
amusement. After breakfast 1 walked
into the parlor just to see if couldn't
find something to do. On the couch
there was a white object with black
feathers sticking out of it.
'ChickensP L growled under my
breath, but straightway thought, No,
Dewey, you mustn't chase chickens,
so 1 dropped down on the floor with
a sigh and began watching the object.
Well, it didn't move, and the more I
looked at it the more 1 thought it
would do no harm to play with it, So
1 jumped up and dragged it under the
couch, and the fun l had with that
thing would have made you laugh. 1
pulled the feathers out / chewed
and ripped great punches Of soft
gauzy stuff off of it, and just as I was
making the feathers fly to the right
and to the left Mr.. Edwin Macarthur,
my master, came into the room.
''He didn't say word
''He picked me up, and really be-
heve if l wasn't a born soldier and
didn't bear soldier name wouldn't
be telling this story today.
"Air. Edwin Macarthur ought to
have gone to war, for if he could whip
Spaniards the way he can whip dogs
he would be wonder.
"When ladies call on mistress now
she shows them the object thought
looked like chicken, and they give
little screams and say, 'Oh, Sara, your
new Paris hat! Can it be repaired?'
They never ask if Dewey can be
repaired.
81 know I'm a good-for-nothing
dog, but l believe that mistress loves
me after all, for last night she took
me in her arms and said: Dewey, you
cunning thing, l forgive you for ruin
ing my Paris hat, you showed such
good taste in selecting mine when
Cousin Nell's lay right beside it. T
always told her she had no more taste
than a dog as far as hats were con-
cerned.
''Listen to that, now, and thought
it was chicken. Chicago Record.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22

LID School District
No. 10, over in
McComb County,
had the reputation
of being a very
rough place for a
young teacher, and
no place at all for
an old one.
E v cry n 9 W
teacher was per-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-08

st. Joseph. Mo-, March z.
With the death of Thomas Il.
Redd, in the Buchanan county
poorhouse yesterday, a roman
tic life is ended with a snap.
Redd had barely reached the
meridian, but his had been the
pace that kills. Gray and bro
ken, he was taken from the
tenderloin district two weeks
ago and sent on the lonely trip
lover the hills" No friend
stood to succor him; all were
gone, and yet less than ten
years ago the check of Thomas
FL. Redd would have passed at
any st. Joseph bank for $780,
600 without question. He was
a dashing business man then.
Disappointment in love turned
him to the recourse of many
other hopeless men-drink. 1t
was the same old story. For
the last year he had been de-
serted by even old friends. Few
knew of his fate until today.
but today the stream that passed
through the morgue testified TO
the remembrance of him in the
old days. Wealthy relatives in
Kentucky will care for the re-
mains.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-08
CHELSEA cHOwDER.
JUMPING LOTS IN THE NATION

JUMPING LOTS IN THE NATION,
Chelsea, 1. T., March z.
Word comes from Blue Jacket,
IA little town on the Frisco rail-
road north of here that there is
great excitement caused by
non-citizens jumping vacant
lots owned by the Cherokee ma
tion. The impression seems to
be that under the Curtis bill al
vacant lots become the property
of anyone who jumps them
first. The white are taking ad
vantage of the clause.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-08
WHAT A FIGHT.

Chelsea, /. T., March Cap
tain j. S., White, an old vet
eran of Vinita. IS preparing for
war with Spain. He is organ
izing q company of sharpshoot-
ers from the Indian Territory,
and will ask to be placed in the
front ranks. Captain White is
a deputy marshal for the north.
ern district, and his company
will consist of the bravest mar
shals in the Territory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-08

When bilious or costive, eat n CAS-
caret, candy cathartic, cure guRran-
teed, 10c. CSC.