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Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

little kinduesses for people and he was gen
erous to a fault. His chief failing was that
he did not know the difference between
mine and thine and it was this that led him
into the trouble that l am about to describe.
One day he went to Philadelphia and while
he was there he saw many fine buildings.
Now the little town where he lived, up
among the mountains near Plainfield, N. j.,
did not boast of a building more pretentious
than a wooden house and so these great
stone buildings seemed to him like fairy
palaces and he determined when he returned
TO Mullinsville to build a handsome library
and present it to his fellow townsmen.
1t is proper at this point to say that while
Aminadab did not boast any acquaintance
ship with the fairies, he did have a
strength that was little short of super
natural. He was so strong that he could
pull young saplings from the earth with one
hand and could raise a Compound bag Of
meal as easily as you could handle a five
pound bag of salt. Beside this he was re-
markedly handy. He was own cousin on
his mothers side to the boy who made a
trolley car with a jackknife as his only
tool.
Now, if Aminadab had possessed a good
moral sense he would have gone to the
proprietor of some stoneyard and would
have said, 81 want enough stone to build a
very handsome library. have not the
money to pay for it today and l may never
have it, but if you will trust me and my
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years later. He is now the sole surviving
member of the first Australian Parliament,
James Wood of Portsmouth, n. H., cele-
brated his 1V3d birthday on Saturday, De
ccmbcr 9. lie was born in England and is
believed to be the Oldest resident of New
England.
William Dickey, who died the other day,
was a member Of the Maine legislature for
firty-nine years and is believed to hold the
record for such service. Though a democrat,
he always voted for Senator Frye.
After seeing the latter end of two cen
turtles. a privilege that Is not granted ia
many persons, John NJ. Brown brcathed
his last at Mercy hospital, Chicago, last
Sunday evening. He was in his lO6th year
and had been a pensiOncr in the institution
for the last twenty years. The decedent
was born i'm Ireland i'm 1894. His chief dis
tinCtiOn was that he took part in the Ma
polconic wars, and especially was he proud
of the fact that he was with Wellington
at Waterloo.
Benjamin f.. Odell. mayor of Newburg,
n. y. is now in tle last month of his
thirteenth consecutive term. MIR. Odell, who
is over 20 years old, positively refused 10 be
a candidate again. otherwise he would GER
taiuly have been elected to succeed himself.
For continuous service y. T.. Burr of the
Hartford CONN., Times, is probably the
Oldest editCr in the country. on the LIST OF
January next i. will he siNty-one years
since Mr.. Burr purchased an interest i'm the
Weekly Times. Two years later he turned
it into a daily paper. He is still in active
service, though 81 years old.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
CATARRH OF THE STOMACH.
THE MOST COMMON or DISEASES
CURED ny = SIMPLE REMEDY.

There is no disease so common as catarrh
OF the stomach; in fact, SO CONNER are its
symptoms that people charge the whole to
INDIGESTION and dyspepsia.
Catarrh Of the stomach makes Itself
known by a feeling of exhaustion, hCayi-
ness in head, severe headaches, discomfort
at stomach, l%oathing OF food, nausea ana
vomiting, bowels constructed, breath
offensive, bad taste IN the mouth, latu-
lency, eructions Of gas and sour, acid,
watery substance.
A simple cure for catarrh Of the stomach
Is Gauss Catarrh Tablets, They are taken
internally and they positively cure, not By
the digestion of food, but by ieutihcaJly
allaying the Inflammation and swelling OF
the mucous membranes OF the stomach,
thus allowing the steady flow OF The gastric
juices.
Gauss Catarrh Tablets are invaluable in
any catarrhal affections Of the throat, nasal
cavity. liver, bladder, stomach and dis
eases Of the lungs. They are found At
most druggists or will he sent by mail, soc
a package. Our little book on catarrh
sent free to any address.
c. Il. GAUSS, Marshall, Mich.
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black walnut would do just as we'll. / helped
myself to them, and didn't suppose you'd
miss them"
Didn't suppose that I'd miss them ?
Hoity toity, am ] so old that ! cant see
when my front doors are gone? However, l
am glad to see that you are so public spirited.
and II YOU and the officer will come inside
oat Of the draught ia like to talk to you"
Aminadab motioned to the officer to 20 In
and then he placed the door In position and
put back the screws. Then he came inside
and sat down in the old gentleman's draw
ing room.
Now, sec here, young man. where did
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

glory OF the inhabitants of Mullinsyille, only
oae man refused to let Aminadab keep whal
he had taken, and that one was an old fellow
who had miles on miles OF stone fences, and
from whom the boy had taken one stone, He
insisted on its being returned TO him, ana,
as it was the bottom stone in the foundation
wall, Dabby had a hard time getting it and
plenty OF time to reflect on his misdoings.
II is a singular fact that after the library
was dedicated there was no one who spent
so much time in 1t as this old man, who hal
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

you get the rest of the material for your
library"
81 got the stone from the stone walls
around the country"
And did you have permission %
why, no." said Aminadab, wonderingly.
whats a stone out of a wall here and
there"
The policeman looked at Mr.. Strawbridge
or Mr.. Lippincott or whatever his name was
and shook his head, sadly. To him the
boy seemed pretty bad and II he had had
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health does not give out l will pay you be-
fore l die" Most any stone seller would
have given him ut least enough for a base
ment. Then he would have said practically
tho same thing at the pane OF glass factory
and the store where they sell planks Of
wood and the nail baZar and the paint depot.
But he did none OF these things. He said
to himself: Here | am going to give my
fellow townsmen a fine library. am 60
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

81 am indebted to One Minute Cough Cure
for my health and life. 1t cured me Of lung
trouble following grippe Thousands owe
their lives TO the prompt action Of this never
failing remedy. 1t cures coughs, colds,
Group, bronchitis, pneumonia, grippe and
throat and lung troubles. It's early use pre-
vents consumption. Ii is the only harmless
remedy that gives immediate relief.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Nn mnncst Mcdicinc rnr Ln Grinnc.

George W, Watt q South Gardiner, Me,
says; Il have had the worst cough, cold.
chills aCl grip and have taken lots Of trash
OF no account but profit to the vendor.
Chamberlain Cough Remedy is the only
thing that has done any good whatever. |
have used one bottle and the Chills, cold
and grip have an left me. / congratulate
the manufacturers Of an honest medicine"
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donkey. The milkman or milkboy perches on
top and passes around from house to house
serving customers. By the time the milk
has been out a few hours in this hot
climate it is pretty well shaken up, almost
butter, and very warm. But milk in Cuba
is always served hot, so that the Cubans
don't mind.
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what a mortgage is?
I Tommy-Yes'm. It's something the villain
foreclOses on the heroine's father at the end
Of the second act, so he can marry her.
Tommy who has just been to church for
the first time with his mother)-Is church
always like that, mamma?
His Mother-Yes, dear. WHY do Won ask 90
Tommy-Why, | didn't see anybody asleep.
I'm afraid, Freddie" said a mother to
her 4-year-old, that when your father
comes home tired out from his work and
learns what a naughty boy you have been he
will punish you"
We'll" replied Freddy, II hope he will
be so tired he won't bother about it,"
Can your baby brother talk W." asked
a visitor of 4-year-old Clara.
Yes" she replied, "he can say scme
words real we'll"
Indeed! And what are they" asked the
visitor,
81 don't know" replied Clara. They are
words l never heard before
Willie, aged ., had been imparting to the
minister the Information that his father had
got a new set of teeth.
Indeed" said the good man patronizingly
land what is he going to do with his old
oncs?"
oh replied Willie, II s'pose mamma will
cut them down and make me wear them +"
Mamma, can / have another piece of
pie?" asked small Bobby.
why, Bobby" said his mother. why do
you ask for another piece when you haven't
luigh1I tho riapa Won hu,r.. 80, ,,a,, 49, o,t
Because" answered the little diplomat,
IF l get another piece I won't eat the crust
Of this"
United States Senator John C.. Spoonor of
Wisconsin has ideas Of domestic discipline
as well as foreign relations. Several years
ago his young son, aged 6, impcrtunei him
for money, after the manner of small boys.
What do you want to do with it?" asked
his father.
you have plenty Of spending money, and
! buy you everything you need or ought to
want. Unless there is some special reason,
| caa't let you have it. There isn't any
reason, is there"
mot exactly, but I want 1t. You know
how II Is, papa; you were a little boy once
This appeal failed to move the senator's
heart, and a silence followed that lasted an
hour or more. During this time the father
read and the son thought, 1t length he
said:
Papa"
Yes, my son.
suppose I was to meet a highwayman on
a lonely street late at night"
Yes, my SON."
And suppose he would pull out a pistol
and say, Little boy Your money or your
life What could I do?'
Ten minutes later the senator's son was
wh!stling 10 his chum outside his chu,m's
window, with a new silver half-dollar in his
pocket.
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PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

Teacher-Now Tommy, can you tell me
what a mortgage is?
Tommy-Yes'm It's something the villain
forecloses on the heroine's father at the end
Of the second act, so he can marry her.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Tommy who has just been to church for
the first time with his mother)-Is church
always like that, mamma?
His Mother-Yes, dear. Why do you ask ."
Tommy-Why, l didn't see anybody asleep.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
TALES or YANKEE ENCHANTMENT.

Amihadah Skcleh and His Free Library-The Story OF a Really
Good Boy, with n Detective Moral Sense.
by Charles Battell Loomis.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

I'm afraid, Freddie" said a mother to
her 4-year-old, that when your father
comes home tired out from his work and
learns what a naughty boy you have been he
will punish you"
Well" replied Freddy, 81 hope he will
be so tired he won't bother about it,"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-29
SPECTRAL BELL.
That Alarms sanormsn Along the Coast

That Alarms salormen Along the Coast
 of the Gulf.
 The tolling Of Q spectral bell Is one Of the familiar superstitions of the sea, and especially is the illusion com mon along this section of the Gulf coast. What causes 1t nobody has ever learned, but there is hardly a luggerman from Mobile to the passes who has not, at one time or another heard the sound. They describe the note as extraordinarily sweet and clear, rising and falling in solemn ca denee and always seemingly close at hand. It is entirely different, they say, from any other noise of the ocean, and they scout the theory that it could possibly be produced by waves. 'It isn't water, said an old seafaring man the other night, "and for that matter it's sometimes heard on land. ] know, because I've listened to it my self Back in TT, if you care to hear the story, 1 quit sailorhing for 8 while and went out west and tried mining. l had a partner named Whicher, and away up in the Sierra Madre range in North New Mexico we found an out cropping of rotten quartz that showed gold. It looked so good that we start ed to sink a shaft, although it was the most God-forsaken spot you ever laid eyes on. It was in a little canyon, a thousand miles from nowhere, ugly black peaks all around us. and lonely! well lonely is no name for 1t! One day. while Wbicher Nas in the hole, and me at the windless, he heard the bell. It was clear as my voice, and seemed right over mountain spur, where we knew there was no living being for three days travel It rang a while and then stopped. Next day it rang again, slow, solemn and plainer than ever. It was broad daylight, and that made the thing all the wo.@s, which sounds funny, but it is true. We stood it four times, and then Whicher climbed out of the hole and said. Let's go was willing. I be- 1ieve we had a good thing, but that belli-it was too many for us! It makes my flesh crawl to think about it even now"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-29
oAY EuNERALs IN RRAzIl.
Death l. Not a solemn Affair with Rio
 JaneirIans.

One Of the first things that strike the eye Of the stranger in Rio de Janelro are some odd-looking carriages, You think tAere must be a circus in town, but on inquiry are told those are hearses." Owing to the climate a corpse cannot be kept over twenty-four hours, nor will the law allow it. and so many have their clothes made and funeral invitations printed before they are ready to de. They dc not regard | death as seriously in Rio as We do in North America, but lay great stress on 1 che outward show. Even infants are put into mourning for their forty-see- ond cousin, poor and rich alike. re ceived an invitation to the funeral of child Of a friend It was printed on white paper having a scarlet border Scarlet is the color used by the Bra zilians for the funeral decorations of the young, while violet is for adults. The invitation has not only the names Of the parents of the child, but the grandparents. uncles. aunts and cou- sins. l was supposed to bring wreath or othe" emblem of artificial flowers (rea1 ones are seldom used1, and drive to the mourners' house. There was met by an usher, who took the wreath and led me into the chamber of death, where the mourners and priests were praying for the departed soul. Every article of furniture, pictures, knieknacks, etc, had been removed from the room. and the coffin was placed in the center upon bier draped with scarlet cloth, around which the wreaths, etc, were put. When the prayers had been said the father and brother carried the coffin to the hearse The hearse was also scarlet and gold. but oh! so shabby, and so were the two men on the seat, who were dressed from head to foot in the same bright eolors, and looked more like organ monkeys than men. 4 closed cab led the procession, in which sat the priest in all his bright robes; then followed the hearse, after which, in open car riages, the male relatives and friends tho women attend any funerals).- Philadelphia Inquirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-29
Paim frees in Cuba.

The royal palm of Cuba consists of B tall, straight trunk of very fbrous nature, and supports a cluster of ten- hated leaves like bunch of plumes on a long stick. The leaves are large and leathery. These leaves continue to grow from the center to a great length. When the leaves cannot grow any more they drop to the ground from the bottom of the cluster, thus making room for the new ones, which are always coming out of the center. It also yields, in the proper season, yellow flowers. The fruit cannot be eaten.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-29
AEARp wHEN You aNErzr.
Ejaeuiations in Many Languages to Ward
 or Coming Danger.

or Coming Danger.
 h many a family, particularly in New England, a sneeze Is generally fol- lowed by a hearty God bless us. though little thought is ever paid to the meaning of the phrase or why it Is used. curious explanation of the origin of the phrase is given 1t seems that several centuries ago an epidemic like our present influenza became rife all over Europe. the first symptom of which was violent sneezing The pope at that time prescribed prayers against the epidemic and recommended cer- tain short calculations, to be made when anyone sneezed in such q way as to show signs of having contracted the malady. Hence all over Europe we have these calculations, practically of the same character. Italy: "Dio VI benedieal' in Germany "Gott segne dichln talso Gesundheitr9 in France. "Dleu yous henissel' among the Span ish speaking people of New Mexico, Jesus te favoresca1l" in Arizona, "Je- sus to oyade!' The English, God bless you." or God bless us, corre- spends to the Gaelic, 'Dia linn," God with us!3 Sometimes the response, "Agus 1lulret" and Mary" Is added, and in violent attacks, "agus Eoin Baiste,. and John Baptist" Tn New Mexico they say to children sneezing: "Dios te haga creeer," God make thee growH An equivalent expression Is used in Gaelic as a thank phrase, and have heard people say in Ireland to child sneezing, God bless you, child. you're no fairy!" semi-serious allu- sion to the possibility of children be- ing changed by fairies, as the old leg end had it.-Donahoe's Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-29
MAGNIFICENT LAzlNEss-
achievement of a Tramp Which Holds
 the Record for Ease.

the Record for Ease.
 At about noon yesterday a fat and healthy looking but phenomenallv tat tered tramp sat furtively dozing on a Abench in Lafayette square. The nearby ftablet of the geodetie survey an. uonneed that he was in exactly latt- Jude 20 degrees, 56 minutes and 59 sec ends. and longitude go degrees. 4 min ates, and g seconds, but the fact dis turbed him not Leaning back nx- uflously. he appeared to be bursting rom every seam of his diIap.dated at 'lre, and as he passed in and out of cat maps he nodded solemnly. lie a porcelain mandarin. His legs were crossed and his suspended foct was in- eased Tn shoe from which most of the forward portion of the sole was miss ing exposing his bare and dirty toes from below. It was held to his foot by string tied around his insten. in Isct, he was literally "on his uppers." circumstance which evidently both- cred aim as little as the geodetic tab Iet' Presently, in one of his waking intervals, he espied half-smoked ci- Ear stump lying on the pavement, aooat yard from the bench. For moment he surveyed it calmly. dispas- flonately, almost judieially Then he executed a remarkable strategic move ment. Without stirring the upper DOT t7on of his body, he slowly uncrossed @ls legs, lowered his foot accurately and deliberately over the treasure grove, gripped it in a convulsive clutch sf ms toes, reversed the motion. raised BE loot, carrying with it the stump. crossed his legs, languidly stretched forth his hand and secured the prize. 4 gouty clubman, who was out for constitutional, and who had watched the proceeding from another bench, was lost in admiration. "Why, the aaan is Wander!a he exclaimed to friend. There is something magnif- cent, almost supernatural, in such lazi- ness as that! He has elevated 1t to an art, to a-but sold it would be thousand pities if he were disturbed for . match ] must offer him one!" The gouty elubman arose with difficulty, bobbled down the walk, and, drawing silver match case from his pocket, ex- sended it with polite bow. The tramp manifested no surprise, but slowly ex- tTacted match and ignited the stump.
 anks," he murmured, and closed his eyes. He is superb!" said the cIuh- man when he rejoined his friend. "He is a record-breakeri He is the laziest man in the worlln'-New Orleans Times Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-29
Mlse That Manufacture rhrsaa.

A Scottish artisan has conceived the ingenious and economic idea of em- ploying mice in the manufacture of thread. The small quadrupeds are made to turn a wheel with their feet, &nd in this manner, and by means of . simple mechanical contrivanee, they are able to make about 2,800 reels of l37 yards each daily. To produce this quantity it is estimated that they cover s course of 1s.0O0 yards.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-29
Queer Coincidences.

There is a little world in which we live and the people most certain of this are these who have experienced strange eoineidences which seem al- most impossible The New York Tel egraph relates some cases which are authentic. Harry Bradshaw, executive librarian of the Cambridge university library, had strange adventure in the Paris library A book had been lost for nearly a century, and MT. Bradshaw went over to see if he could discover it. Search was fruitless, though there was 9 strong presumption as to the part of the library where it would be found. He stood one day in one of the reeesses of the library, describing it's probable appearance to the libra rian, about the height, thickness and similar binding to this" said be, talk ing book out of the shelves.
 It was the missing book.
 The stories of strange coincidences in the matter of the recovery of lost property are legion. Two years ago a lady staying at Long Branch lost a  gold ring while bathing A reward was offered and all the boys of the place raked the whole shore up in search of it. But it was never found. The next year the lady was at Long Branch again. and while reading on the shore, never looking for the ring or thinking of it. she turned it up accidentally with her parasol.
 A woman out bicycling lost a ieweled scarfp'n, which she much valnel. She did not v 'ss it till the end of her jour- ney, and as she had ridden 20 miles the prospect of finding it seemed small She, however. gave notice of her loss to the police. On her return journey when about mile from home, she punctured the tire of her machine, and on dislnountiHg to discover the cause found the pin sticking in the tire.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-29
The Trekking Wagon.


 The South African wagon is a long. heavy cart mounted on four wheels, as rule. with sort of canvas tent over the back half, leaving the front cleaY to carry the miscellaneous furniture of it's owner, drawn by sixteen, eighteen or twenty oxen, curiously flerce-look- ing with their immense spread of horn. sometimes as much as eight feet from tip to tip and rarely less than six. but in reality as patient and hard-working beasts as one could wish to find. Their mode of progression is certainly slow. but there is strangeness and a fas- cination about it which may draw men 10 Il almost as the Alps draw their devolees. In front there marches the voorlooper, generally a small boy leading the two foremost oxen by A rein or rope passed through their nos- trils. The driver walks alongside with the long and terrible whip he uses so unsparingly, or else sits on the front of the wagon and gets off occasionally to lash up the whole team with unfafl- Ing impartiality. The travelling ia all done at night, starting a little before sunset and marching until perhaps II or F o'clock; then there is halt till a little before the first signs of dawn. when they go on again till the sun be- gins to get hot overhead, and then they, lie for the ay.-Gentleman's Maga. zinA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-29
Cheerful.

She-Ah. how heavenly! I always love Wagner so much. Where is the band located?
 He-Madam. that is not band. The machine shop and blaming mill around the corner are merely running night turns, owing to the revival Of busi- ness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-29
The Hest Remedy For Flax.

Mfr. John Matthias, well known stock dealer of P1laski. Ky. says: After suffering for over week with flux, and my physician having fail- ed to 'elieYe me, was advised to try Chamberlain Colic. Cholera and DiarrhOea Remedy. and have the pleasure of sta ting that the half of one bottlecHred me. For sale by ". L. Dewoody & Co.