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HE SAW blue TOADS.
Blue Sure Enough. but He Was Relieved Q
Find That They wers Real Toads.

BIue Sure Enough. but He was Relieved %
Find That They were Real Toads.
Charley Makepeace. q well.known guide %
Greenwood Lake. was in town the other day
calling upon some summer patrons, when one of
them asked:
Got any blue toads up your wayf"
81 guess they're all holed up now." said
Charley. but wasn't that one Of the funniest
things that ever came OFT"
"What was III never heard of it," said one
of the group.
at was this way. / was tending bar for Tom
Storms on the island ono morning when a fell
low named Harris or Harrison-I don't just re-
member which-came In, rushed uD to the bar.
and asked for .whiskey quick. His eyes were
the stun. He had been batting, pretty heavy
for several days. and was quite shaky. but that
didn't account TO me for the scared look on his
face. He glanced around the room, and then
Say, Charley, are there any light blue toads
OH this islandi Did you ever see any
81 told him that tho summer before. when i
was lushing 1t pretty heavy. ! had seen pink al:
~ligators. green mice, and purple monkeys. but I
had never seen any blue toads.
"'Come here be said, grabbing me az Tom
came, in. Come out here with me-. and fol-
lowed him up the shore where he pointed out to
with blue. ! was puzzled for a moment, but
then recognized the color and / took
him further up the shore 20 my boat which
had Just painted light blue. II was ON
were two dozen little toads In IT., beside q lot
more hopping around the shore, all touched up
with the blue paint. 1t looked as II every toad
on the island had been in or up against that
mcnsely relieved and said:
"'I.ct's 20 right back and take a drink on It,"
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~nter-Count NuptiaIs.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta ConSfffutfon.
RALEIGH. n. c., Jan. Dan odd marriage ceremony
was performed near this city to-day. X. 7. Stewart
Of this county was sick, but what made matters
worse he was engaged to get married, and the we'd
ding day was drawing near.
His bride. elect. who lived in Harnett county. q
beautiful and determined young woman with a soul
as full OF romance US q veritable Juliet. learning OF
her lovers dangerous illness. determined to hasten to
his bedside and marry him at all hazards.
When she arrived on the scene she made haste TO
declare her Intentions, and would listen to no pro-
posals or suggestion as to procrastinating the con-
sum so devoutly wished. The license was
procured and the preacher was brought in right
speedily. but another serious difficulty arose when It
was ascertained that the license was for Harnett
county and tho residence OF the bed ridden bride.
groom was across the line in this county. The
preacher said he could not perform the ceremony
outside OF Harnett county, and was about to leave
the disappointed couple when suddenly the bride.
after inquiry. declared that she had mastered this
obstacle.
The county line was Just in front of the house. 70
the couple stood on the porch and the minister was
placed across the county line, where he loudly shouted
the marriage vows and listened while the asserting
echoes came back to him.
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From the Minneapolis Trfbu

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
SCRANTON. s D., Jan. ION the assurance OF an
expert that they were physically and mentally adapt
ed to each other. John Ward Ellis AMI Mics Matte
Weaver were married recently after an acquaintance
OF less then an hour, Both were present not long
ago at a lecture by Prof, william McShane on 4" Love,
Courtship. and Marriage" Tho Professors conten'
ton was that men aud women pay too little attention
in choosing life partner, to similarity OF teuIpcra'
nent. taste. and education. lie urged that these CON
siderations be made paramount in the selection OF
husbands and wives rather than mere blind passion.
To illustrate his theory he picked ten young ladies at
random from the audience, defined their character
istlcS and explained why they should wed husbands OF
such and such dispositions aud habits, Then he made
selections for them from among his male hearers.
Ellis and Miss Weaver were among the ideal couples
pointed Gus thuS- Neither had ever seen ths oSAaS
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SELLING Es.
Tho Useful Little Net with which They Arc
Dipped Up Out OF the Tank.

Dipped Up Out or the Tank.
In a store where home aquarium supplies are
sold there are. besides the usual varied assert,
ment OF glass globes, a number Of larger tanks
Of various shapes and sizes, in which stock is
kept for sale. The tanks themselves are, of
course, sold II there is a demand for them.
Lying across the corner of the largest Of these
tanks Is a title net. the hoop no more than Ave or
six inches in diametcr, and the handle about n
foot long. This is to scoop up the goldishcs when
they are sold. When a new outfit is sold COM
plete the fishes are delivered In the globe or
tank. 1t often happens. however. that the per.
son already owning u globe wants to replace
fish that have been lost, or to add to his stock.
and he goes TO the store where such things are
sold and buys one or more gOldfishes, just as no
would buy any merchandise, except that in
stead of sitting down at IA counter to make his
selections, he lends over II tank and indicates
among the fishes swimming about the ones he
wants. AS he makes his selections the dealer
scoops them out with the little net. and as
likely as not the purchaser carries the fish no
has bought. a single fish or half n dozen, or
whatever tho number may be-, right away with
Iim in n tin ptil.
Little goldfish OF the commoner kinds can be
bought for n few cents apiece. Some of tho rarer
varieties cost dollars,
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SOME QUEER FEEDING STORIES.
Two Hearts Made TO Beat as Ono Through the
Agency OF Measles.
From the Gldsoo,p Neus,

From the Glasgow Netrs.
IT was called upon In 1878 to defend q man who
was charged with the most unusual misdemeanor
ever heard of any clerk entering on q court calen-
dar.' " said o lawyer from the mountains. "A young
farm hand came to me at the hotel where I was
stopping. my homo being in another town, but my
practice extending to the county seat I was then in.
The swain told me that he had been charged by Q
girl. to whom he had been paying attention,
with giving her the measles. she claiming
that the disease. which had been epidemic
in the neighborhood. had been communicated
to her by kissing her repeatedly while
the defendant was recovering from the measles. The
girls father had sued the badly alarmed defendant
for $50 damages, claiming that he had expended that
sum In doctors bills for the afiicted daughter. My
client pleaded guilty to kissing the plaintiff. but said
he couldn't o hope It Of he'd ben a.mind ter and in.
sisted that he had never had measles. l tried the
case before n kind .heartedo old Squire. and after the
court had heard the testimony he delivered q long
opinion. In which he held that q girl as pretty as the
plaintiff would make q boy risk measles and even
dumb chills.' The Judges Jolly put both sides in q
good hnmor. and the defendant. two weeks later.
married the plaintiff and settled the costa OF the suit
to appease the wrath of her father"
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walter scott Rurton'. second Venture.


from me SoltrSft EfDOrfsf.
Mr.. Walter Scot; Burton, the young man who
manipulates the rollers for the ReDorter. and Miss
Elizabeth Hudson, q beautiful and charming young
lady OF the Fishing Creek neighborhood, were married
at the residence OF George Poison on Christmas Day.
This Is Mr.. Burton's second venture on the troublous
sea OF matrlmony. and. being only 10 years OF age, 1t
is safe to say that II he perse'eres at this pace he
will be n world beater before he reaches the age OF
maturity. At the time Scott made application to the
Clerk for q marriage license the usual question OF SIS
this your first marriage - was asked. He rep led:
"oh. h-l!no. / just gave up a blamed good mule to
get u divorce from the other woman IN order TO marry
this enc"
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LESS S~EAsICKNEss NOW.
Discomrorts OF Ocean Travel Overcome by the
Zig. Fast TwIu-scrsw Liners.

bt oCFNu bFAstt ~ W u
Zig. Fast TwIu-scrsw Liners.
The surgeon of a great liner, who has been ten
years in the North Atlantic trade, said the other
day that the modern big ship has decreased sea.
sickness tremendously. Not . per cent. of the
cabin passengers on "a first-class twin screw are
Ill during oven tho toughest winter voyage.
Bilge keel and the great length Of the new liners
lessen. to u large degree. their tendency to roll
and pitch. A passenger on a short. slow'going
ship Of fifteen years, ago. the surgeon said.
needed a pretty good stomach to stand the
mighty shaking up he was sure to get in a win
ter storm.
There was no iufallible remedy for seasick-
ness. he said. II could BIO relieved. and oven
prevented. in persons who were not of a Squeam-
ish disposition. Persons OF different tempera-
ment required different treatment. What was
good fora bilious patient might not be good for
one who was not bilious. Acid and effervescent
drinks were remedial. and a bandage on the
abdomen also helped. But, the surgeon finally
said, the time was near when there would be no
seasickness, when the sO0-foot ship. with lots
Of beam and deep bilge keels, would make
voyaRlng in the most tnm1ltuous weather
almost as comfortable as stay Ing on shore In
Jour parloT.
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before. but so deep an impression did the Professors
words make on them that o brief consultation be-
tween them followed Immediately after the lecture
at which they determined to act on the speakers
suggestion. It was already so late that 1t was neces.
sary to drag the Clerk OF the Court and Justice Of
the Peace from their beds to issue the license and tie
the hymeneal knot. Prof. McShane appeared rs Q
witness at the ceremony and emphatically expressed
the opinion that a union SO wisely formed could noe
end otherwise than happy.
Ellis is a young farmer near Scranton. His bride Il
the 22.year-old daughter OF q merchant of the town.
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All the Minister Had TO DO.
From the Cincinnati Commercial Trtb

Fom the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
PARKERsBuRa. w. Va, Jan. s.-The immediate
friends of Miss Nettie Morris Of Montclare. Harrison
county. and Mr.. Edwin Williams OF Louisville. Ky,
were invited to attend he wedding Of the couple on
Tuesday last. at the home of the brides parents. and
q Especial train was chartered to convey about twenty.
five or thirty prominent clarksburRers to the nup.
tials. When the wedding party gathered in front OF
the minister he surprised all except the principals By
reading a marriage certificate showing that the
couple had been married at Nashville. Tenn. on Aug.
81. a few days after meeting for the FIRST time In the
Exposition building,
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Nearly 100 Selections from the
WORKS OF WAGNER
have been published for the EoIian.

Flying Dutchman Overture.
Flying Duechman Spinning Song,
Flying Dutehman. Act ARIA; Through
Waves That Rage.
Observation-Disclosures ,5Ssrture,.
Qotterdammerune-Terzett der Rhein-
tochter.
Observation-Disclosures.
Wedding March.
Solo and Chorus-"FarowoI,
Dear Swan,
Finale, Act Q.
Finale, Act /.
Act 2, Scene 4.
Act 3, Scone 2.
Act 3, Lohongrin's Herkunft
In fernem Land"
Act I. Scene 3-Praycr. 20,
Hohven, Thine Aid Seek"
Act 3. Scene 3-March,
Act 3. Scene 2-Duo. Elsa and
Act 2. Scene 2-ElsN's Bal.
cony Song.
Swan. the Swan"
Preludio. Act 3.
MoiStersingcr. Die-,yorspiel toyertnrel.
-Einlcitung, Act 3.
Am stillen Heord.
Introduction. Act. 3.
Choral and Love
"-pe seSeS:i Address.
-Wnlther'e Examine
tion Song.
Eva and Pogner.
THE Fragrant Elder
Blossoms.
"-Sach's Cobbler'e Song.
"-David's st. Johns
Sachs Monologue..
"-Eya and the Cobbler
Grand Quintet.
"-Waltz.
Chorus. Awake"
Parsifal-vorspiel (overture).
-HerZliede.
Der Schwan.
Act !, l s.. .rsh and Conservation
Act 2-Scene Of tho Flowers.
Acknowledgements (overture).
siegfricd-EorEInE Of the Sword.
Potpourri.
Tannhauser Overture.
Wolfram's Song when
for the Palms"
Act 2-Aria-In Minstrel's
Duo o Blessed
Sone-Evening Star.
Pilgrims Chorus.
Duo-Act 2, Scene 2.
Act l. Scene 4.
Act 3-Prayer Of Elizabeth.
Act 3-Duet: U Blessed
Hour.
Tristan and Isolde-Iorspiel !overture).
Potpourri.
Isolde's Love-Death.
Walkure Die Siegmund's Love Song.
Magic Fire Scene.
The Ride of the Walkures.
Act 3-Wotan's Farewell.
Act Sire Scene.
"Ring of the Nibelung."
Part Tho Rheingold.
Part 2-The Valkyr.
Part 3-Siegfried.
Part 1.-The Dusk Of the Gods.
Rienzi Overture.
Warriors March.
Tannhauser-The Shepherd and the Pill
grims.
Wolfram's Appeal to Tam
hauser
Elizabeth's Greeting.
Eliza beth's Intercession
for ~Tannhauser.
Introduction to Act 3.
Tannhauser's Pilgrimage.
Finale - Tho Defeat of
Venus.
Fine Faust Overture.
Observation-Disclosures to Act 8.
Das Rheingold
Finale
Entrance of Guards into walhalla.
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UnIyersu,s Club ut Harvard.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Jan. ia mass meeting
OF the student body at Harvard University will
be held on next Tuesday, in the FoRg Art Mu-
scum. TO discuss the propose University Club.
To-day's Crimson comments editorially on the
coming mass meeting:
EARLY In the fall a great amount OF discussion
took place as TO tho merits Of the plan proposed
several years ago for a university club. There
was a very general expression OF opinion by
individual undergraduates and by club resolu-
tions. and In every instance the plan received
strong support. In fact IL Was "a very difficult
matter 70 discover amy opposition"
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Married Three sisters,
From the Baltimore america,

From the Baltimore American
LEXINGTON. Va. Jan. Gin the Presbyterian Church
here this morning Mr.. Thomas T. Calbreath was maF.
ried TO Miss Sarah Brownlee OF Roanoke. Va. Q
daughter of the late Mr.. James C. Brownlee OF Ne.
tural Bridge. Va. DR.. Thornton Whaling oficiated.
Only q few friends were present at the wedding.
This is the third sister of the same family that Nc.
Calbreath has married.
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( The accompanying list comprises
{ the works of Wagner that are included
s in the Eolian music catalogue. Other
{ selections are now in preparation,
( and it is only a matter of time when
{ all the works of the great composers
s will be obtainable for the Eolian.
) 1t is a significant fact that among
} the owners of Eolisns Wagner is the
) most popular of all the composers, and
5 of all the pieces that have been pub.
} lished for the instrument the Tam.
} hauser Overture has had the largest
; sale.
) These facts are significant because
{ they testify to the fact that the Eolian
I appeals especially to lovers Of high
( class music. The men and women
: who understand good music imme-
5 diately appreciate the Eolian. Those
|, persons who ask to hear the Eolian
) play a popular song are often hard to
!, impress. but the ones who wish to
! hear a Bach Fugue. a Tschaikowsky
( symphony, or q Wagner Overture are
I easy converts. s4.
} The Holian not only satisfies tho
{ critical taste of the unsteady cultured
>-it c%ultivates and educates those who
! are generally considered unmusicaL
} It can be played by any one who is
} without a technical knowledge of
{ music, and it frequently happens that
s such people are naturally better mu-
, %sicians than those who have acquired
!, the digital skill necessary to play the
! piano or kindred instruments.
|, All Wagner's music is explained
for Eolian players in the Eolian Quar-
! terly by Mr.. Henry T. Finck, the IA
! nous authority on musical subjects.
! The Princess Eolian. SIS.
! Other styles up to $3.50.
EoIian OrchestreIIe. 1880 to $500 y
; EoIian Pipe Organs and EoIian Pipo
: OrchestreIles, from $500 upward.
!, Aotians are exhibited daily.
5 The Eolian Company,
s 10 West 2sd ST. New York.
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NV on their arrival at the house on this au-
in,r mr." AFTERNOON Mrs. Bank chose tho bedroom
dS@u'"teiy of the sitting room as hers. Her
foos SHIer chose the rear bedroom on tho second
nsSn me maid, Sally. was assigned TO tho up
"out room. and old Peter. tho MAJ servant.
onons S''Gncd to the rear room. The linen closet
'DShed out Of his room,
49,, "ohrder' who WIS the ghost OF this
""' already been Introduced. Old Peter
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
CURED.

An oil physician. retired from practice. had placed
In his hands by an East India missionary the formula
OF q simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and per.
mancnt cure OF Consumption. Bronchitis, Catarrh.
Asthma, and all Throat and Lung Affections. also 2
positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all
Nervous Complaints. Having tested Its wonderful
curative powers IN thousands OF cases. and desiring TO
relieve human suffering. | will send free of charge to
all who wish IL, this recipe. IN German. French. or
English. with fun directions for preparing and using.
Sent by mail. by addressing, with stamp, naming this
paper. W. A. MOVES. $50 PoweTs' Block. Rochester
N. Y.-Adr.
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the floor behind her. There was q spat! as II
something had struck the paper. Nobody was
near enough to touch 1t. The conduct Of that
paper was extraordinary. 1t simply went up.
over, and down.
"why, mamma" exclaimed Miss Bank.
"Why, sister" exclaimed Mrs. Bank.
"You stop a-pulling my leg" snorted Master
Bank.
81 hain't a~-pulling your leg" answered the
companion. who really wasn't-and then fol-
lowed silence.
Miss Bank and Mrs. Bank stared at one an
other. They were about as uncomfortable as
two women could be. They went off and had a
conference together. They said:
Its the boarder."
mrs. Bank. Mrs. Bank" called tho voice.
"what is 1t. Sally r. asked Mrs. Bank. But
Sally didn't answer. In fact, she wasn't In the
house.
So the weeks passed. Tho invisible presence
was always there. A month after the return TO
the house Mrs. Bank was taken Ill. She was
lying In her room in broad daylight, the sun
streaming In at the windows, everything about
her bright. when she saw distinctly arise from
the floor, slowly, a yelled woman. Up. up. up
she went till the head touched the chandelier,
and then down again. Up and down. up and
down she moved from the floor to the chande-
lier. Mrs. Bank was speechless a moment; then
she cried: "Sister! Sister! Como quickl"
As she did so the yelled woman went as she
had come, down, down. down. disappearing
inch by inch until she had gone. just at the mo-
ment when Miss Bank entered the room. This
time Mrs. Bank was really frightened. She told
what she had seen.
Mamma" said Miss Bank, you didn't see
1t, II wasn't there" But 80 convinced was
Mrs. Bank that what she had seen was real and
was flesh and biooi that she made the daughter
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-30
CHOW DIS AT OLD POINT.

Thousands of People See the Warships
in Hampton Roads.
Thousands of people visited Old Point
sunday to see the large fleet Of naval
vessels lying in Hampton loads. Icx-
curslon parties. numbering several hun
dred each, came from Richmond. Nor
folk. Crisfed. Md. Salisbury. Md.
and other points. During the afternoon.
while the dock was thronged with men
women and children. an intoxicated eX-
cursionist. who came down from Girls
held on the steamer Eastern Shore.
started row with four of the Mary
land volunteers by calling them ugly
names. One of the soldiers promptly
Knocked him down. but he quickly
arose and. whipping out revolver,
threatened to shoot. Before he could
do so. however. he was seized and car
RED back to the steamer. In the mean
time detail was sent from the camp
OF the Maryland men and all soldiers
on the dock We're forced to leave Had
this not been done it is probable that
the 5elligerent eXcursionist would have
been roughly death with. The purser
and other officers on the Eastern Shore.
stated that the soldiers We're in no way
to blame for the trouble. which grew
out of the abusive and indecent utter
ances of the citizen
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-30
MORE SICK ARRIVE
Thirteen Carloads Brought
from Tampa.
SAD SCENES AT THE FORT
The Sufferers Borne rr"m the Cara to the
Hospital ON Litters. Typhoid aud
N1aiariai Fevers tho Pre-.
vaiHEs Disease.

Thirteen car loads of sick soldiers
representing many regiments. arrive
at Fort Monroe at an early hour yester-
day morning. They came from TAMPA
Fla. ana many OF them are in /, most
ritiable condition. The diseases from
which they are suffering are typhoid
and malarial fever. the first in ,u1ncr
Gus instances. it is said, being of II
most malignant type. Although TIN,
train is a very large one it broush, but
elShtN-tiHc patients. Accomnoda tiotis
might easily have been provided FOR
nearly a hundred more had the men
been brought from the battlefield but
the number was limited in order to in
sure the comfort of the fever-stricllcn
warriors.
The work of removing them to the
hospital was commenced early. The
train was stopped on the highway, a
snort distance below the Chesapeake &
Ohio crossing, and the sick soldiers
We're tenderly borne on cots by Mary
land volunteers to the hospital The
duty was one which they would gladly
have escaped. not because it was labo
riouS. but for the reason that the sight
of the emaciated and helpless forms
stretched on the canvass filters made it
intensely painful to them. The thin
pale faces of the sufferers. some of
whom viii! be carried from the hospital
to the cemetery. We're enough to excite
the highest point Of sympathy Of
those who behel,i them. The scene in
spired visions of dcsoIation in Il land
upon which the whitening hand of
famine and devouring pestilence had
fallen. but from which. despite the
deadly blight that caused it, these poor
fellows With sunken eyes and burning
brows and hands like those of sllee-
tons. had been rescued Put these
We're not the only sad thoughts if call..6
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-30
BRIEF I'HISNTC

Many of the men on the auxiliary
warShips are anxious to be discharged
IN order that they may return to thei,
homes. They complain that they arc
not we'll treated by the officers over
them.
A car on the electric railway jumped
the track ut Gatewood's corner SUNDAY
evening. but did no serious damage
Mr.. Henry Schmelz. Of this city. stop
ped runaway horse attached tn Il light
buggy. in tn" East End. last Saturday
ana saved the life of a boy who was
driving the vehicle.
The Rev. Mr. keiff. Of Norfolk, has
Just closed n successful revival meeting
ut Little Bethel in this county
Miss ELLA Gertrude Hagedorn. aged
Il. died at her home on Washington
street last night at 10 O'Clock of typhoit
lever. The funeral Will take place to-
morrow morning ut 10 O'clock Miss
flagedorn's brother also died of fever
y few days ago.