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Evening star., 1901-07-13
Shuttle,
From the Detroit Journal.

From the Detroit Journal.
Perceiving now that the block was tnevi-
table, the noble prisoner bethought him of
suicide.
Shall I shuttle off this mortal co:I?"
unused he.
But the executioner. being a man of some
wit withal, OWNED his thought.
you shuttle after l cut!'' uuoth this
functionary, briefly
The duke was silent al this. 1t was not
his grace's wont to handy words with ono
from the commonalty.
Evening star., 1901-07-13
Result of Their Neglect.

From the Chicago Post.
"Our milk urged the agent, 'is steril-
ized."
The housewife laughed scornfully.
There is lot of foolishness about ster-
ilization and all sorts Of health precau-
tions these days." she said. ST don't take
any stock in 1t myself. Our ancestors
didn't resort to any such methods"
True" admitted the agent, land look
at the result. They are all dead.''
Evening star., 1901-07-13
A Dianitary ReIaxes,

From the Chicago Tribune.
What is your manner" asked the city di-
rectory enumerator.
Cotton" answered the man Of the house
"Any children?'
eleven"
Il suppose we shall have to let 1t 60" said
the enumerator, putting down the figures
but it looks like padding the census,
Evening star., 1901-07-13
Suitably Attired.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Mrs. Chatterton-"Henry for goodness
sake, don't wear such short trousers! Give
them to the rag manT'
ChattertOn-"NOt muchi You women
haven't got any patent on the rainy day
costume idea These are my rainy day
trOusersr'
Evening star., 1901-07-13
At the Sanitarfum.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
That nervous lady stayed only three
days"
Didn't she like the place?'
Yes; but the other patients wouldn't
stand her canary birds and monkey.
Evening star., 1901-07-13

tions and products abroad? HOY about
those who have come for a good reason
and met With unexpected losses?''
Well. I suppose the good people do not
think about them. The idea seems to be,
1 don't travel why should you2'''
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04
WAR IS%%
<%COSTLY

One of the sources of expense in
of material. In the bombardment of
Alexandria, between a. m. and 4:30
p. m. the British fleet in a somewhat
vigorous fashion deposited 3,165 shells
upon Egyptian soil and about 500
Egyptians were killed. This was I'M
the fact tnat it took the Germans,
when besieging Mezieres in 1870, at
the rate of three and one-half shells
a minute, $4,000 large projectiles to
kill 800 people, that is to say, CAB
shells a head, and that the Beers, in
the earlier stage of the present war,
dumped $3.50 shells into Ladysmith
and only killed eight persons. In the
Crimean war the total number of
combatants was 1,4G0,500 and they
fired S9,000,000 shots, with the result
that 51,945 soldiers were killed in bat
tie of 66,397 died from their wounds;
therefore, to all intents and purposes,
11S,342 bullets found a billet and SS,-
8S1 ,658 were wasted. In the Franco
German war, where the weapons used
were of superior quality, especially
as regards precision. the victorious
host Of Germans fired off 10000, 900
small-arm cartridges and 1863 900 rounds
OF artillery, with the result that IT,
900 French troops were killed outright
or died from their wounds. The
wastage, therefore, on the German
side amounted to 30,2S6,000 shot and
shell, and that on the side of the
French would amount to quite as
much. The ordinary man will now
have an inkling where money goes in
war time.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

with forty horses in his stables. some
better, of course, than others. When
traveller came to request mount he
was obliged to take the steed that
stood nearest the door, although there
were so many others advertised as Tor
hire. If the traveller objected to that
mount, all he could do was to wait
until some other traveller had come
for one, and so removed this, and left
it's next door neighbor nearest the
stable door. by hook and by crook"
is an illusion to an ancient manorial
custom, which permitted the neigbbor-
ing poor to take all the wood that they
could reach and pull down from the
forest trees, using only their shepherds
crooks. Even the well-known saying.
so simple to understand, that is nuts
to him." proceeds, so authorities say,
not so much from the pleasure we may
all be supposed TO take in the flavor
of nuts, as the fact that the Romans
always partook of them at dessert, and
considered them fit toys for children
A very common phrase is pay the
piper" Only the other day traveller
by train was protesting loudly to his
companion, Il soon got out of it when
I saw that l should have to pay the
piper!" Was he thinking. | wonder,
of the famous Pied Piper of Hamelin,
who, after freeing the town of rats and
mice, was refused payment by the citi-
zens? ITO take her down peg is
nothing but a sailors direction as to
the lowering of the ships colors. Put
that into your pipe and smoke it, is
an allusion to the pipes of peace or
war that are solemnly smoked by some
American Indian tribes; while to get
the sack" is a fate that sometimes
overlook inmates of a certain sultan's
harem, who were put into a sack and
thrown into the Bosphorus when he
desired to be rid Of them.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04
RAISE CITY'S LEVEL,
Plan Proposed to Guard Against Rep
of ia

Plan Proposed to Guard Against Rep
etition of Galveston's Woe.
The most promising proposal that
has been made for the protection of
Galveston appears to be the sugges-
tion that the general level of the city,
or some part of it should be raised
to level above that attained by the
waters in the recent storm Such a
work need be by no means prohibitory
n expense, provided it were done on
a new site, as yet unbuilt upon. To IL
lustrate this: An acre of land con-
tains 4,S40 square yards. To raise
sand from water of moderate depth by
hydraulic dredges and discharge it
through a pipe line delivering on
shore can be accomplished for from
three cents to fifteen cents per cubic
yard. Taking ten cents a cubic yard
as fair figure, we find the expendi-
ture to deposit a depth of ten feet of
sand on an acre as only $1,613. The
water was from three to ten feet in
Galveston when the storm was at it's
height. If the general level of the
city were raised ten feet, therefore, all
that part SO raised would be secure
against the dangers of the high tide
which accompanies these great gulf
storms. At this rate the expenditure
to deposit ten feet depths of fill over
square mile would be only a little
over 100000.
These figures indicate very clearly
the estimating its cost, but it is at
least plain and protection of low
lying tracts of land. The local condi-
tioEs at Galveston will, of course,
need to be considered in formulating
any plan for protecting that city from
further disasters through ocean storms
and estimating its cost, but it is at
least plain that il the city desires to
save itself from repetition of the
recent calamity it is quite within the
resources of engineering to furnish the
desired protection. - Engineering
News.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04
An Inkling of
Where Cash Goes
in War Time-SSS

1t iE fortunate in view of the fact
the trenches in some places were knee
deep in cartridge cases, that cartridges
are not very expensive, costing the
Royal Laboratory, in the case of 1903
inch cordite cartridges with bullet for
small arms, about 500 a thousand to
make, price somewhat suggestive of
fees. In this engagement one bat
TALON of grenadiers fired so 900 car
tridges (say 81 ,040 WORTHY and a bat
TALON of the Coldstreams 126 900;
wholesale value, $3.50. With regard
to other weapons, 303-inch Maxims
are quoted at about S425. without ex-
tras, by the Royal Small Arms Fac
tory at Enfield, while a handy Gard
ner-Gatling chamber gun runs to
about 1922 when taking a quantity.
The 63,712 Lee-Enfeld rifles turned
out at the same factory cost 1880
each; SS,S53 sword bayonets, s17O
each; lances cost $6 each, without
their flags, which run to II cents each,
and cavalry swords entailed an ex-
penditure of over 81. One interest
ing item in respect to the panoply of
war refers to the most of the curass
the backs are priced at Steps, the
fronts at $14,25 each; but in addition
to these there are rivets for the
shoulder straps at 13 cents a hun
dred, shoulder straps at los 3Ad each,
and various studs and washers to be
bought ere the Lifeguardsman receives
his gorgeous steel overcoat, which he
leaves behind him when his etrans-
port is on the tide"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04
IN FAMILIAR SLANG.
COMMON PHRASES HAVE CLAS-
SIC ORICIr..
While There Is Slang That Is Vulgar,
There Is Also Slang Which Is ''of An
Client and Honorable Origin" - Many
Examples Arc Given.

A celebrated writer has decided that
while there is slang that is vulgar
there is also slang which is "of ancient
and honorable origin" The latter kind
is represented by words or sentences
that formerly referred to some legend
of classic interest, which legend has
ere this passed into oblivion for all
but those persons who like to be ia
quiring antiquarians. An example of
this is the slang expression, Il must
cut my stick" meaning, Il must de-
part" From time immemorial the
Irishman, before leaving for some for
eign country. has cut shillelagh to
bear him company, while it was the
custom Of pilgrims to the Holy Land
to cut each palm stick as proof that
they had accomplished their purpose.
So we see that the saying, He has cur
his stick" is not as vulgar as it
sounds. Again, the exclamation, "Oh,
cut it short alludes to the mytholog-
ical legend of Atropos, one of the
Three Fates. who cut the thread of
life spun by her sister Clotho. How
many of us who use or hear the fami-
liar expression, 1T was Hobsons
choice" are acquainted with the real
sort of selection that Tobias Hobson
offered his guests? This is the genuine
version of the tale: The said Tobias
Hobson was a Cambridge fnnkeeper,
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04
capturing a Bear and a Bride.
BY WILL S. GIDLEY.

Copyrighted, 19oO Daily Story Pub Coz
In the first place, began Joe.
want to say that there never was a
purifier gal in Pike county than Ma
tilda higgins an no worse old crank
than her father. Well. l s'pose / kin
overlook his failin's now that I'm a
member of the family, but it looked
one spell as though | never would be.
and then is when l discovered his
crankiness-hull streaks of it, with
mighty little film in between.
When l asked him if might wait on
his daughter Matilda with the prospect
OF marrying her in time he grunted
once or twice to himself an then said
sarcastic-like
"Ye kin-pervded l don't ketch ye
at it,"
This was a back handler an sorter
staggered me fer a minute, but when
l come to ag'in | spoke up an sez:
What objections have ye ag inst me
as a suitor fer yer daughters hand,
Mr.. higgins? Hain't | as likely a
young man as yell find about these
parts.
'Mebbe ye air." sez he, shettin' one
eye an squintn' with the other.
Mebbe ye aic, but ye don't vote the
same ticket | do, an besides yer ia
ther shot a dog wunst that belonged
to me-"
Well sez l. ''if the dog didn't de-
serve shootin apologize. First l ever
heard of it anyhow, an l don't know
that ye kin blame me fer what my IA
ther done without askin' my advice or
consent"
'Mebbe not" sez he, but all the
same I've alters noticed that tricks of
that kind run in families, an as l said
before. yer politics an mine don't
hitch"
Hang politics." sez l; I'll let Ma
tilda do the votin' after we git mar.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04
SHAkESPEARE'S MANUSCRIPTS
70 One Knows the Fate of the Poets
Priceless Writings

Priceless Writings.
Where are Shakespeare's manu-
scripts? Nobody can tell. Could any
one discover them and offer these lit
erary treasures for sale million of
money would readily be offered not
only by private collectors, but by the
various national libraries and muse
ums eager to obtain relies of such i'm
mense Importance. Apart from the
historical value they would possess
Shakespeare s manuscripts would have
another supreme interest They would
no doubt assist in settling the disput-
ed authorship of the plays, says the
Newcastle (Eng.) Chronicle. They
could be compared with the existing
specimens of the great poets hand
writing. Would they show the same
calligraphy as that of the signature of
Shakespeare's will, on the Blackfriars
estate deeds, and the copy of Florio's
Montague possessed by the British
museum? AS to the latter being in
the actual hand of the master some
ooubt exists, but the authenticity of
the former specimens has never been
questioned. Shakespeare's manu-
scripts have vanished, disappeared as
though they had never existed.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

The search for convenient ways Of
transportation by which the products
OF the Sudan may reach the outer
world has called attention to a re-
markable phenomenon of vegetable
life on some of the headwaters and
tributaries of the Nile. This consists
of enormous growths of papyrus and
other plants, completely covering the
streams and forming carpets Of vege-
tation two or three feet thick, beneath
which flows the water. Navigation by
small boats is. Of course, entirely in
terrupted by this obstruction, which is
in places supplemented by vines and
clinging plants which arch the streams
from bank to bank. Heavy floods oc-
casionally sweep away the accumula-
tons of plants, but they are quickly
reformed.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

MIS- NJ A. Theatro, Minneapolis Min,
Peruna Medicine Co., Columhu. !
Gentlemen-"As a remedy for y .
tarrh I can cheerfully recommsna !
runa. have been troubled !,
chronic catarrh for over six va,,
had tried several remedies witbous
lief. A lodge friend advised mo !" /
Peruna, and l began to use II 4
fully before each meal. Since n.
have always kept it in the hons
am now in better health than n
been In over twenty years. and 7
sure my catarrh is permans'
cured"
Peruna cures catarrh wherevs,
Gated. AS soon as Peruna rem,
systemic catarrh the digestion beco
good, nerves strong, and troubIs !
1shes. Peruna strengthens
nerves, not by temporarily sH'
lating them, but by removing
cause OF weak nerves-systemie
tarrh. This is the only cure
lasts. Remove the cause: mature
do the rest. Peruna removes the d
Address Tho 2eruna Medicine Q,
psny, Columbus, Ohio, for q
treating of Cafarrh In Its din.1
phases and stages, also a boot
titled "Heaifh and Beauty" m
especially for women.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

A facetous paragraph writer suggests
tAat 1t will soon be necessary for some
one to start daily geography in order
to keep up with the changes going on
in the world. He might with as much
justification have said that we need
daily history, or daily textbook In
natural philosophy, for the same rea-
son. Events now move so rapidly that
any book of information gets out OF
date much more quickly than at any
other period in the worlds history. For
the present, however. it will be the
daily lesson in geography rather than
the daily geography that will chiefly
concern the rising generation.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

friend of her grandfather Harriet
Revere. Paul Reveres granddaughter,
was her favorite schoolmatae. Revere
himself, she says had dignified air,
but genial and kindly face. He was
then an old man of medium stature.
with snow-white hair, knee breeches
and buckles, and ruffled shirt. Some
times at home he wore dressing
gown of a large and conspicuous flow
er pattern that greatly impressed her
childish mind.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04
At It.

ried if that'll suit ye. Anything fer
the sake of peace in the family
] thought this would fetch him; but
1t didn't. He hemmed an hawed
around a spell, an finally he thought of
suthin' else in the objection line an
he spoke up an sez:
There's a mortgage on yer place,
hain't they?"
Il reckon there is" l acknowledged,
but l dunno that it's my fault. l
found it there when the place come to
me after my fathers death, but I've
been hackin' away at it an cuttin'
good slice off from it every year, an
expect to have it all paid up inside of
the next three years."
DO, eh?" he grunted. well, ye're
smarter'n l thought ye was, if that's
the case"
so it is all right about Matilda
then, I spose?" said |, eagerly.
If ye did ye s'posed wrong" he
growled, jest like ye've heard dog
when he thinks another one is goin' to
git bone away from him. Yes, Stree,
young feller, ye s'posed wrong
haint gointer give no man quit claim
deed, mr. even first mortgage on Ma
tilda, till he proves himself to be "a
man. Did ye ever kill bear?"
He roared out this concludin' ques-
ton at me in tones that fairly made me
jump. l felt fer minute almost as if
l had been shot or blown up with a
bomb or suthin' of that sort; but when
l found it was only conundrum he
had fired at me, l rallied an said:
We'll, no, l can't say that l have
ever killed bear. but if that is one
of the requirements before l kin git
hooked up in double harness with Ma
tilda, all ye've got to do is to bring on
yer bear an I'll massacre him fer ye
in hurry"
Il don't doubt in the least that ye
would" sez old higgins, sneeringly,
"pervided some one would ketch the
bear an tie its legs together an bring
it to ye so all ye'd have to do is to
knock it on the head with a club an
kill it without any exertion to speak of
or danger to yerself. Anybody could
| do that. But when ye go out an meet
yer bear, face to face, in the woods,
| same as | used to do when | was a
young man, an down him in fair
fight an bring him into camp-well.
yell find that's different. Now, | don't
s'pose ye'd knuckle under fer a wood
chuck or raccoon, mebbe, but it takes
man to face bear"
An when I've bagged one 1 get
Matilda, do r." sez l.
Yes, stree, young man; I think I'm
purity tolerably safe in promisin' ye
that. But ye've got to kill the bear in
a fair rough-an' '-tuiible fight-no
shootin' at 1t from behind a tree OF
stump. When ye do that an deliver
the carcass at my house, in good order
an condition, as the bills of ladin
Say. I'll own up that yer a man, an be
keady to talk hizness to ye."
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

very popular Israelite died in the
Tenth ward of New York city last
week, and a number of mourners fol-
lowed his remains on foot to Grand
Street Ferry, intending to cross to
Brooklyn and ride to the cemetery in
the trolley cars. The gate keeper
found seven thrifty gentlemen in the
curtained hearse, serenely seated on
the coffin smoking cigarettes They
had adopted this means to save their
ferriage.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

A new needle, which must be a de-
light to housewives, has been invent
ed in Germany. 1t has prolongation
behind the eye of smaller diameter
than the bored para of the needle, with
groovs in it to receive the thread The
object of 1t is to facilitate the passing
Of the needle through the holes in but
tons, when sewing them on The
thread lies in the grooves, and hence
the needle passes much more easily
and rapidly.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04
Each Seeking His Like.v

Put any company of people together
with freedom for conversation and a
rapid self-distribution takes place into
sets and pairs. The best are accused
OF exclusiveness. 1t would be more
true to say, they separate as oil from
water as children from old people,
without love or hatred In the meter.
each seeking his like.--Socisty and
Solitude.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

The people of Swarthmore, Pa, have
decided to erect a monument to Benia-
min West, the celebrated painter. West
was born in Swarthmore 1852 years ago
and became the painter to George III
of England and the greatest English
painter of his day. He lies buried in
St Paups Cathedral, in London, be-
tween Sir Christopher Wren and Sir
Joshua Reynolds. Nothing has ever
been done to honor his memory in Am
erica
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

Henry Miller, the inventor of the
steam and air brake for steam rail-
roads, has died at Chappaqua, N. T.,
in his S0th year. He studied out his
Invention after the great Norwalk
drawbridge accident in 1854. and It was
patented in 1855. but Notwithstanding
successful trials on the New York,
New Haven and Hartford and Michi-
ran Central railroads In the two fol-
lowing years. it was twenty years be-
1ofe It was adopted into general use;
III euch brakes now In use were nat.
ne1st upon his Invention.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

Lo, the poor Cherokee is in the lat
est fall fashion He has been defraud-
ed in the auditors office of the terri
cory to the extent of about $194O0O
The auditor seems to have lived up to
his somewhat limited opportunities.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

Monsieur Danysz of the Pasteur In
stltute in Paris has discovered a mi
crobe which breeds pestilence among
rats. He has had cultures containing
tho rat-destroying bacilli tested on
farms and in warehouses with much
success. In half of the cases the popu-
lat1on OF rats was completely destroy
ed; in other cases the number was
greatly reduced
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04
She Knew Paul Revere.

Miss Rebecca Smelling Lash, of
Chelsea, Mass, who recently celebrat
ed the nlnety-seventh anniversary of
her birth, is fond of recalling her fire.
Quent visits in her youth to the home
ee Paul Revere. who was q great
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

The British naval authorities are
reported to be making experiments
with a new submarine boat, which, ii
Is stated. will be able successfully tc
encounter the largest battleship
afoat.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

According to the views of British
sea captain, who was in the Gulf OF
Mexico during the Galveston tempest,
the disturbance was partly volcanic.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

Henry Graham gives the following
dates regarding the introduction OF
trees into Scotland: The lime, 1864;
the laburnum. 1904; the larch, 1927.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

Said an Irish judge to prisoner:
GU are to be hanged by the neck
until dead-and l hope it will prove a
warning to you
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

If expectations Are realized, the out
put of copper for 1900 will reach 1885,.
100000 pounds, valued at s42 900,
the largest on record
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04
THE MARBLE TIMES
AND
CRYSTAL SILVER LANCE
MARBLE. COLORADO.

Happiness Is about the only thing "
man continues to search for after lie
has found 1t.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

1t is easier to preach than it is to
practice, therefore it must be easier
to be a clergyman than physician.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

The air is so clear in Zululand that
objects seven miles away can be dis
tinctly seen by starlight.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-04

A woman never knows what she
hasn't found till she knows what shq
bias lost.