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SETTLED FOR The DRESS.
No Claim Was Made by the Farmer fl
His Wifcss broken Limbs

No Claim Was Made by the Farmer TO
His Wifc's Broken Limbs.
Just settled the strangest claim for
damages that ever had" laughed the
railroad claim agent. Il was called
down the road the other day to look up
an accident that we had. We had run
into an old farmers wife. breaking both
Of her legs and an arm and using her
up generally. | received orders from
the general manager to so post haste
to the point of the accident and settle
for it on the best terms l could get.
Just before left the manager hand
ed me letter and said with a smile
that l had better look into that, too,
while l was about it, as it would not
take me out of my way. When l was
settled for the journey l took the letter
out of my pocket and looked it over
1t was claim for five yards of Calico
which the threat that If we didn't settle
for it Immediately suit would be COM
meneed to compel US to. The claim was
very vague, no reason being given why
we should pay for five yards of calico,
and resolved to look the matter up to
satisfy my own curiosity if nothing else.
However, the other case was more
serious. so | looked that up first, and as
| entered the house the old man. whose
wife had been nearly killed. said
grimly:
: So you're here ter settle that thar
claim fer damages? Wul, ii is mighty
lucky that We have come, for | waz
goin' ter start suit again We right away.
My wife hadn't worn that thar dress
more'n twice an it waz jes' ez good ez
new
Like a flash it dawned upon me that
the two claims We're Identical / manag-
ed to settle with the old man without
falling dead, and when left be shook
hands with me cordially and said that
he guessed all this talk about robber
railroads was mostly newspaper gas for
political effect. Detroit Free Press.
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train for Greenville, where the station
agent told him Pelzer was about twenty
miles distant
Never been there myself" he re-
marked, but I've been tod it's quite
place Queer folks. but they're all
light."
The lecturer settled back in his seat
He believed he was-in fora dismal talk
10 forty or fifty persons; a dingy hall
with smoky lamp aud rickety chairs;
badly paved streets and no cab at the
depot to take him to wretched hotel
BE made up his mind that he would
have something unpleasant to say to
shat advance agent when he saw him
again, When he reached Pelzer he
thought he had made mistake. There
was roomy, well-llghted railroad sta
ton, and a gentleman who introduced
himself rs the Democratic postmaster
OF She city was there to meet him.
How does 1t look for an audience?"
Inquired the lecturer, with an anxious
eve TO business.
ooh, very good. think you will have
at least 600 persons out to hear you"
.'Wh-wh-a-t? How large is your
town.
'M-m. About 1000. More. perhaps"
Night had come ON and the lecturer
looked around on well-lighted and we'll
paved streets. He saw no corner loiter-
ers. In fact. most of the shops We're
shut He had comfortable meal at the
hotel. The postmaster left him to him
self, as he had to 60 home TO take his
folks to che lecture. An hour later the
lecture hall--roomy. bright and cheerful
SIS the usual Y. NJ. c. A. halls he had
been speaking in elsewhere-was well
allied with attentive and appreciative
listeners What the lecturer old say
20 his advance agent when he caught
up with him was that it was one of the
most charming stopping places on his
route, and that he wanted to so there
again.
There were no reporters at the leg
cure to take the synopsis that the
speaker bad prepared for them, and
there was no newspaper account OF it
next morning because Ruler Smythe
viii not have a newspaper published
in the town. Editors and reporters are
forbidden to live there.
1--WE have no mayor" said resident
Of the town. NO necessity for one.
We have no aldermen, no courts. no
municipal councils. no police. The
residents keep the peace and get along
comfortably without any buncombe of
tbaS sort. We have no drunkenness
because we don't permit liquor within
the city limits. and drunkenness fur
nlshes more than half the business Of
a police force"
What IS your objection TO newspa-
pers?s
Nothing personal. only the residents
seem to think we get along better with
our them. Local papers publish lot
OF local gossip. and gossip is always
likely TO do more mischief than good.
~But your cltizeps must read what
IS going on in the sorlds"
surely. We are not billiards. They
buy newspapers from everywhere,
north and south. But they get them
by mail 81 their homes and see them in
the public library"
~Whae about lawyers
s<Well We have no business for them.
A lawyer would starve TO death here
Il he depended on an income from his
business"
aHow about Doctors
I'VE must have doctors. OF course.
We have two Of them and one dentist
we haya four preachers. ell picked
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and are reflected in coat fashions. where.
in the fronts-of n different fur from the
body-wave in somewhat the manner of
last years cloth coats. Russian sable
was the fur of this cape. and in the coat
seal was finished with chinchilla front.
The fur automobile is a sumptuous
garment that should be useful for a
great many seasons in spite OF changes
OF style. 1t is made generously baggy,
IS lined with satin or silk, has a lot of
pockets. which often are faced and lined
with cloth. The coat may be to the
knees or TO the heels. The knee length
either in cloth or fur is the more prac-
teal, bat the heel cloak is 4 luxury of
elegance. Sleeves are large, square coat
models. Shoulders are square. but not
built up. Sealskin and Persian lamb
are the only furS for such cloaks. and
Persian IS the more generally practical
bile. IL is not so warm or so heavy as
the seal, and is less conspicuously a fur
coat. In other words, it may be worn
earlier and later in the season than would
look well for the seal.
About this time, according to the false
prophets of year ago, fancy waists
should &c entirely out of fashion. The
fact is that there We're never so many
pretty fancy waists. About all the fan
cy waists that ever were in style are
still in line, though the sleeves Of all are
modified. a group OF new models is pic
tured herewith. OF other sorts the plain
waist of silk, satin or cloth covered by
all-oyer lace still holds its own. Nothing
is more becoming to the figure than the
lace covered plain bodice.
The shirt waist of cashmere colored
silk. made with stock and fringed tie to
match, is an excellent choice Cor general
wear. For dressy use nothing just now
is accounted so beautiful as a panne vel
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GERMAN COLONY in eRAzlL.
Twenty Per Cent. of the Population in
Certain Parts of the Republic.

Twenty Per Cent. of the Population in
Certain Parts of the Republic.
Consular reports of recent date de-
scribe the German colony in southern
Brazil-in Parana, Santa Catharina and
Rio Grande do Sui. where the climate is
bracing and the conditions favorable 10
the vigorous growth of Europeans. The
Germans here number 100000 out of q
total population of 100000. They do
not intermarry with the other inhabit-
ants, or take any part in national
politics. or, in anything emanating from
the surrounding native element" In
financial and commercial Importance
the German element is strong out of
proportion TO its numbers, but it prefers
to live apart.
"They thus. says the consular report,
create for themselves n condition of
isolation which has often given rise to
the suspicion that they were endeavor-
ing to establish a political common
wealth for themselves. Nothing could
be more erroneous than this SUPPOSE
tion. The great difficulty of mastering
the Portuguese tongue, in sound and
construction so utterly different from
their own, and of ass,milating with peo-
pie of the Latin race, with whom they
have so little in common. is the cause
of their isolation. so often commented
upon. They have great difficulty in
increasing their ranks from the old
country. inasmuch as. for economic and
military reasons. the German govern
ment does not favor emigration, and
there are at present very few Germans
DESTROYS of emigrating." Southern Bra
iii has become a large feld for the in
vestmentof German capital Baltimore
Sun.
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men. and one photographer. You IN
derstand, our town aims at an IDEAL
and we must be careful. The record
of every person who wants to live here
or who comes here to seek employment
is carefully investigated. His antece-
dents must be good or he cannot come.
His conduct while here must be good
or he cannot stay. He cannot own any
real estate. The company leases it to
him for limited period on certain CON
ditions. It is therefore no trouble at
all for us to get rid of a disagreeable
person. These nice stores and the
handsome residences for the managers
were all built and are leased and own
ed by the company. 1t controls every
foot of land and everything there is on
it,"
One Of the first things to strike
visitor is the absence of negroes. Not
one of them is allowed to live within
the city limits. A few of them live just
over the line and are given homework
to do by some residents of PelZer. But
Capt. Smythe, while not absolutely for
bidding this, is doing his utmost to
discourage it, 1t is his policy TO do
away with all household servants as
much as possible and make everybody
depend on themselves.
The public library, with free priyi-
leges to all residents. is we'll stocked
with upfo-date literature. conveniently
catalogued and capably managed. The
cotton mills are a marvel. The ma
chinery in them is operated by cleo
tricity, generated at waterfall two
miles from the city, on the Saluda
river. There is no coal and no steam.
The employees go from one floor to an
other in express elevators. Some of
them are not more than 10 years old,
but their work is easy and healthy.
Their hours are short. They have light.
airy rooms to eat their luncheon in.
No grease is used in the machinery
The hot air is cooled by huge fans run
by machinery.
At definite periods these children are
required TO leave the mills and go to a
school belonging to the company I'd
ucation is compulsory. In one of the
schools there are 300 pupils, from pri-
mary to the average high school grades.
Pupils who SHOW unusual ability are
selected fo- a higher course of educa-
ton. But while a young man or
young woman is getting this education
they are also becoming proficient in
trade. In no event that can possibly
be foreseen are they likely to become a
burden on the State.
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FURs THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY THIS WINTERS

elites in these accessories are many. One
stylish sort starts with velvet collar
topped by an inside collar of fur that
flares high about the face and fits up al
most to the hat edge at the back of the
head. The velvet collar has a fringed
tie of velvet 20 match. The same idea
with yoke of velvet made in one with
the collar is even prettier, and is used
as top to gowns as well as a cloak fin
ish. Yokes of fur are made so cleyerly
that they can be adjusted to 4 garment
and seem to be part of it. They are
all fitted with the high, close collar, some
times Of velvet outside of which the fur
collar rolls loose. again of velvet inside
of which is shaped a still higher and
closer collar of fur. The latter style is
very bad for the throat, but it is becom-
ing.
Almost all fur boas are rather fiattened
out and end in head and collection Of
tails. The round fur boa of some years
ago is seen, but is hardly as new as the
other. Stone marten, silver fox, ermine,
sable, mink and all the rest are used.
Sable is the fur of the season, however.
Ermine is less worn than for some years,
though in combination with Persian i
makes handsome black and white modes.
Persian covered with tiny ermine tails
is distinctly modsh. The boa has reach
ed proportions that were not thought of
a few years ago. This is in answer to
the fashion for stole ends with tail finish,
and it goes to such extremes that a styl-
ish boa Of fine fur costs almost as much
as does fur coat An example of this
form of neckwear appears beside the in
itial. With the muff it was of blue lynx,
beautifully soft and fluffy Its blush
gray is one Of the handsomest shades to
be had in fur.
This winter has brought new meaning
to the word "set" This now means hat
boa and muff, or hat, muff and jacket.
AS a rule, hat, boa, muff and jacket
collar are sable, while the jacket is Per-
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can dodge rapidly from tree to tree in
the woods, but they offer such fair
mark that these tactics hardly ever
save them.
The hide of the animal is its chief
article of value. No wonder that the
bullets often fail to penetrate this skin.
for it is from three-quarters to an inch
thick, and as tough rs it is thick. The
skin, when cured and tanned, makes
excellent leather for certain purposes.
The Beers make riding whips and san
dais out of the skins they do not send
to Europe. The bones of the giraffe
have also commercial value. The leg
bones are solid instead of hollow, and
in Europe they are in great demand for
manufacturing buttons and other bone
articles. The tendons of the giraffe are
SO strong that they will sustain an
enormous dead weight which gives to
them pecuniary value.
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Boomerangs.

The Australian aborigines are not the
only users of the boomerang, nor We're
they the first TO use that missile. The
Egyptians knew all about it, just as
they seem to have known all about ey-
cry Ching else. At the present day the
boomerang is used by some American
Indian tribes and by the Dravidian
races of the Indian Peninsula. The
missile used by the last named differs
in that it is thicker than the usual form
and does not return to the thrower The
return of the boomerang is due to the
action Of the wind, the shape of the
weapon and the manner in which it is
thrown
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Great quantities Of crabs and HOLSTERS
are annually canned IL Russia. yet lob
sters are in little favor, and frogs legs
are regarded with horror. 4 woman
who sold large quantities Of crabs. upon
being asked for some frogs legs, replied
that she would not touch one of the
h0rrid things for a ruble,'
Wherever there is water in Russia the
frogs abound in such quantities. that
one is reminded OF the noblemen of 9th
er days who used 10 send their slaves
cot TO beat the marshes, SO that they
could sleep
Russians never eat rabbits, as they
say they nest with rats. nor will they
touch snails or turtles. which are found
in great quantities all over the coun-
try. Only the aristocrats eat kidneys.
and then only those Of the sheep or
lamb. Goose flesh is little esteemed.
though the fat is used for culinary
purposes.
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vet waist. These are made either very
plain. depending only on the beauty OF
the material, or they are elaborated with
lace and chiffon The style which appears
to be blouse set over an underwaist Of
chiffon and lace is still favorite. AS 9
rule these garments finish at the waist
under belt, but in few cases the
straight front extends in a scallop. Panne
velvet is made up also in combination
with cloth. A lovely one of rose color
made on a yoke of white cloth was elab
grated by applications Of Irish lace.
Cnnrright. 1892
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TIL, Z. vi struck Home.

This happened to the wife of a well
known merchant, who is rather con-
spicuous for his devotion to the church
His spouse, dressing one recent Sunday
morning, got into a shirt waist that
more than put Reuben's coat in the
shade. She was conscious OF the color
scheme but decided to ask her hus-
bands and her fathers opinion before
wearing the garment to church They
agreed-poor men-that shewas delight,
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Benefta of Cold weather.

The present cold weather is giving the
loggers an opportunity to do good work
in the pineries, and judging by the mum
Der of men being sent to the camps daily,
they are taking advantage of it. The
swamps which were unfrozen until quite
recently are now frozen solid, and it is
possible to shorten the roads. In some
localities leggers who have large hauls
are wishing for more snow. Those who
have shorter hauls are making ice roads,
which serve as well as snow roads.
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Newspapers, Lawyers or Saloons
Negroes Are Positively Not Admitted.
Pelzer. South Carolina town of 1000
population. is probably the queerest lit
tie city in the United States. 1t has
existed for twelve years and has never
had mayor, municipal government,
courts, police or newspapers. The town
mas four large cotton mills that employ
about 1900 operatives and consume
10000 bales of cotton each year. In
one Of these great mills there are 10000
spindles at work in one room. all run
ny electricity. In the working equip
nent all that is old is discarded; all that
is new and progressive eagerly vel
coined, no matter what the expense.
Managed by one corporation on thor
aughly altruistic principles, hundreds of
children who work in these mills earn
from 2 to GO cents day. and certain
portion Of the machinery is shut down
at stated intervals each working day
20 allow them to attend school,
Obedience is the constitution on
which the government of the town
rests. The word applies to only one
1hing-the will and wishes of Capt.
John Smythe. His edict rules the city
as absolutely as the famous by order
Of the Gar rules the Russians, and the
moral persuasion he exercises over his
population can be compared only to the
Difference shown to Dom Paul in the
troubled Transvaal.
This kingdom-city is within from one
10 three hours railway journey of At
lanta, Greenville. Charleston and
number of other prominent Southern
cities involved in close business rela-
tions with it; it has large export trade
in special cotton stuffs TO China; it is
constantly purchasing raw material,
everywhere. Yet If you ask az man who
thinks he understands the South pretty
we'll, who lives here, and who imagines
ne knows all that is going on here.
where Pelzer is, he will not be able to
FELL you
The recent experience Of a rowing
lyccum lecturer is interesting. He was
making tour Of the South in the hands
az an advance agent and found the
name Pelzer on his list He asked the
hotel clerk In Atlanta about it.
Never heard of it, said the man
who generally knows It all.
The lecturer consulted a map and
could not find it. Finally he took a
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fully dressed. and that the waist could
hardly be improved upon. So they went
TO church, tie wife with secret mis-
givings, which as the case turned ont,
were well enough founded. for they
were no sooner seated in Grace Epis-
copal church than the Rev DR. Worth
ington gaze out the text.
we viii read. the reverend gentle
man said. from the gospel Of st. Mat
thew. the sixteenth chapter and eighth
verse. To what purpose is this
wasteT
The good woman collapsed in her pew
and never raised her head during the
remaining portion Of the services.
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Hold-Un Men - milwaukee.

Three hold-up men introduced novel;
ty in their line of work at Milwaukee.
They entered the saloon of Caspar Wag-
ner ana presenting revolvers ordered the
Wagner, instead OF doing SO, at once be-
gan TO throw bottles and glasses at the
heads Of the robbers. Instead of shoot
ing back the highwaymen in their turn
produced stones and hurled them at the
saloonkeeper with such accurate aim that
he was knocked off his feet. They then
robbed the till and escaped. Later one
of the robbers was captured The sa-
loonkeeper was seriously injured.
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An English tourist. driving along a
country road In Ireland, drew the driy-
er's attention to a wretclIed tatterde-
malion. What a shocking thing it is
said he. "to see @ man ia such rags and
misery" "Begorro, thin yer homer"
replied the driver. with the character
istically Irish desire to put a good face
on everything. that's not from poy-
erty at all. at all. The truth is that
the mans so ticl1esome that sorra a
tailor in the country can attempt to
take his measure
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The invention
inquiries his wonderful machine of
but the dvue
made
the the
disclose but
invention of machine
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NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEKS RECORD or STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Race Riot in Lumber Camp Novel
Hoid-Up in Milwaukee Logging
Business Boonrs Wild Man Is Cap
tured Death of Hon. Michael Griffin.

A riot between Poles and Frenchmen
kirby-CarDenter Company near Pembine.
Several Poles were badly wounded. One
of them, John Kosta, OF Menominee,
Mich. was chased four miles down an
icy logging road in his bare feet. Frank
Joswoski, also of Meuominee. was pound
ed into insensibility. His hands and
fingers were bitten and his face and
body terribly disfgured Kosta may lose
both OF his feet and Joswosh is in a Sc
rious condition. The leaders of the riot
ware half breeds, John Parlex and John
and Cotaud Perry.
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watchman Hangs Himself.

Christian Thompson, night Waterman
OF the Northwestern Lumber Company,
committed suicide at Stanley. He was
found in a barn hanging from beam,
frozen His neck was broken. He was
a well-known man in that part of the
State He was 40 years old and single.
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Ex-Congressman Michael Griffin.

Ex-Congressman Michael Griffin, head
of the State Tax Commission, died sud
denly of apoplexy in his office at Eau
Claire Mr.. Griffin was one of the best
known Republicans in the State, and had
been mentioned frequently of late as q
candidate for Governor He was chair
man of the last Republican convention
and served in the last Congress.
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Wild Man Caught i'm Woods,

Undersheriff Pierce captured wild
man in the woods four miles east of Bar
ron The man lived in a small cave on
the bank of river He gives his name
as Owen O'Sulliyan and claims to hail
from Ishpeming, Mich. He talks ra
tionally, but tells various stories as to
his recent whereabouts. He has lived in
the cave at least four weeks and possibly
all summer. He was nearly starved
when caught
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Mighty IA I'd.

She-"I trust, Jack. our marriage win
not be against your fathers Will"
Jack-I'm sure hope not: 1t would
be mighty hard for US IL he should
change t."-Brooklyn Life.
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The beauty Of being poor. said the
rich man, is that you have chance to
start al the foot of the ladder and work
your way up"
And the advantage Of being born
rich. replied the POOR man, rs that you
start at the top Of the ladder and slide
down without an effort San Fran
cisco Examiner.
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NEW IDEAS IN FURS.
BEAUTIFUL STYLES FOR THIS
WINTERS WEAR.
Most of the Later Fancies Appear in
Collars, Berthas, Tiny Capes or Little
Shoulder Wraps Larger Fur Capes
and Automobiles.

. OSi OF the new
er fancies in Win
ter furs appear
in neck wear,
which is lucky
for those who
cannot afford a
line coat or cape.
A collar and a
pair OF long tabs
of fur is as be-
b c c o m i Il 6 as
a cloak, and does
not overweight
one. l n d e e d,
many women who
have made up
their minds that
fur garments are
of little use are
unwilling to give
up fur altogether.
The result is that
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Ia these days man niarries for n
home and finds be las great trouble In
finding a boarding house that win take
women.
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they select berthas. tiny capes. collars,
or little shoulder wraps These viii set
off the skin by coming close and high
aboat the face, and vet will not add too
much to the warmth of the cloak. Nov