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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
HELP wANTED-FEMALE-Con.

(T9IS offce opens s 30 q. M. closes $3.50 p m. }
pastry cook for large place. $40 month.
no room: must work from TO 8 each day.
Apply MISS PLUNKETTs 425 sutter st,
near Powell.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13

wANTED-Traveling statesmen to take patent
ed article: just out; sell to jobbers only On
commission: good opportunity; letters conf
dential American Improvement Manufactur-
ing Company. Chicago. Ill.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
EMPLoYmnNT wANrED-MALE.

STAIs office opens $3.50 am; closes $3.50 p.m)
a outer with good references from last place
wants a situation IN city or country; Will be
ready on the 18th OF March Address or tele-
Sutter St. near Powell.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
sUPERsTITIoUs RUSSIANS.
Peasants We're Frightened Because
the Wind Blew Over Sa-
cred Image.

The peculiar nature of the Mus.
coyite that lends itself so readily
to superstition is shown in a re.
cent cyclone that devastated Mos.
COW.
BY a strange stroke Of fate the
cyclone caught the carriage and
horses in which the most sacred
emblem in Russia, the "Iversky
Mother Goddess" was being car.
ried. The horses were blown
away from the carriage, the roof
Of which was torn off, and the
driver and the image, along with
the priests who accompanied it,
were pitched into the dirty road.
The image was recovered, but
the Russian, who venerates this
emblem above all Others, sees in
the accident the most evil omen
1t has had a very distressing effect
upon the peasants, who regard il
as possessing supernatural pow
ers.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
ORIGIN OF THE VAUDEVILLE
Name of Variety Performances De-
rived from Ancient Village
in Normandy.

The word vaudeville" which
now means a play in which songs
are introduced, is a corruption
of Vaux de Wire, the names of two
valleys in Normandy. A fuller in
Wire in the fifteenth century com.
posed some humorous and satiri
cal drinking songs which were
very popular throughout France
under the name of their native
place, "Vaux de Wire" The terms
seem to have been corrupted into
voix de vile. A collection OF
songs was published at Lyons in
1861 entitled "Chansons VOix de
Vile" and another at Paris in
1871 called "Recueil des Plus
Bellies ChansOns on Forme dea
VOix de VILE" Both these pub.
lications were probably reprints
Of the original songs. Atany rate,
the name vaudeville" has in some
way grown out of them.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
CHANGE IN a GOLF CAMP.
How It Was Carried and Paid Out
by a Miner of "a in the
Transvaal.

From far away Ohio comes
news of the death of one of the
original pioneers of the Trans
vaal gold fields when these we're
what may be called rediscovered
in the early SOS. Every man who
visited Noodles in 1884, says From
South Africa, will remember the
quaint dispenser of timed prOyi-
sions, sugar and whisky, in his
Bucksail establishment, consist
ing of canvas and pole framework.
When you got anything from him
over his rickety counter you did
not get ordinary change for your
sovereign. Dust currency was in
fashion.
If you would not accept gold
dust for your change you had to
wait till silver was flush. If you
accepted the dust, "Yankee
Moore" would take a thing like a
small screw of tobacco out of his
waistcoat pocket and hand it over
to a man standing at a little pair
of scales. The precious packet
would be opened, the amount OF
dust wanted to make up the
change weighed scrutinizingly off,
the screw would be twisted up
again and placed in MOOre's waist.
coat pocket, while the customer
walked off. Moore dealt in the
gold at f3 los. an ounce and got
E3 lbs. Cd. for it at Maritzburg
And now Moses Moore is dead.
Moore had a very adventurous
career, being born as far back as
August 3, 1922. He had been OF
most of the gold fields of the worlt
and landed at Cape Town in 1888:
without a dollar. He managed
to scrape a few dollars together
and started a refreshment stand
doing all his own cooking ano
serving. When he had accumu
lated ESQ he went to the Trans
| vaal, which he left in 1889 wit
a fair competence.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
sIoHTsEER's HEADACHE.
Result Of Strain from Constant Look.
ing at the Elevated
Objects.

ACADEMY" or "sightseer'sn
headache is one of the numerous
ills of modern civilization. There
is reason to attribute it, in part, at
least, to strain on the muscles
that elrnthe eyeballs upward, says
LOndo0 Hospital. A lady who
Adnd no Inconvenience in visiting
the theater when she sat in the
dress circle always suffered from
severe headache when she sat in
the orchestra, where she had to
look up. The same effect is pro.
duced in picture galleries, espe
cially in looking at pictures hung
above the line. Cyclists who lean
over the handle bars and turn
their eyes up to look ahead have
the same trouble, and so do com.
pOsitors and people in many other
occupations requiring continued
use of the elevator muscles. The
eyeballs move from side to side
with less strain and discomfort
than up and down.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
HAIRPINs OF OLD ROME.
They Are Much the Same as Those
Used by the Women of Mod
ern Times.

Women used to lose their hair.
pins thousands of years ago much
in the same way as they do to-
day. That, at least, is the impress.
sion one gets from the antiquities
found during the last year at the
Silchester excavations. The most
interesting discovery was the
building which formed apparent.
ly the principal bath of the Rom.
an town. The exploration of the
baths yielded a number of archi
tectural fragments, inclupding a
small altar, portions of capitals
and bases, part of a large basin OF
Purbeck marble, and some singu.
lar pieces of metal. In a flled-uI
hypOcaust were found, at least,
100 bone pins, which had evidently
been used to adjust the back hair
OF Roman women who used the
baths. Probably they had been
dropped in the way woman
throughout the ages has shed pins,
and were collected by the keeper
of the baths. Some of them are
quite three inches long, and would
make passable hatpins for the
present fashion.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
TIME THE 0 R OVER.
What People Are Doing in Various
Places at a Stated Hour in
One Place.

When LOndOners are getting up
at eight in the morning, they are
dressed and taking nine o'clock
breakfast in Venice, Naples, Nal
Ia and Copenhagen. Al Stock
holm and Cape Town those who
begin business at ten n on their
way to their offices. At st. Peters
burg the banks, if they open at
ten o'clock have just swung back
their doors. AT Odessa the bank
clerks have hung up their coats,
and at Suez they have probably
dipped their pens the third or
fourth time.
At Bombay the bells for one
o'clock luncheon are ringing, and
the residents of Madras have got
half through that meal. Those
who dine at two o'clock are just
sitting down to table at Singa.
pore. They are halfway through
three O'Clock dinner at Canton,
and beginning to think of after.
noon tea at Calcutta.
At Sydney the greater part Of
the workers are on their way
home, and late diners are feeling
hungry. At Jeddo a large part
of the population is in its frs
sleep, the theaters are very neal
closing, and many people are un
dressing and going upstairs will
candles. The people of New York
Boston, Philadelphia and Balti
more are in the middle of theil
nights rest; and in Galveston
New Orleans and Pensacola tn,
cocks are growing.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
DUELs BARRED IN FRANCE.
May Be Fought with Swords or Pts
tolls, But Not with
Knives.

1t appears from a decision Of
the French courts that a man may
fight a duel with pistols or swords,
and if with fatal results there is
no penalty. But if one cannot af.
ford these weapons and fights
with humber means there is no
such immunity. Two men Of Cha.
rome have been prosecuted in
consequence of having a duel with
knives. Both men were wound.
ed and it was admitted that every.
thing had been done fairly and in
order, and, though counsel for the
defense pleaded eloquently for
the application Of the same Law
to his clients as is applied to duel
lists of higher social position,
sentences Of four months impris.
Onment were passed.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
The skipping Curo.u

skipping teas" to which guests
Of both sexes and all ages must
bring their own skipping ropes,
are mentioned in the columns Of
The Lady, a London fashion paper
Skipping is to be the fasbiOn4las
roure."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-29
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AN OLD SOLDIERS SPEECH
Thrilling Word Picture of Civil War
Battle Won Over Mis-
souri, Jury.

Circuit Judge N. M. Shelton, of Ma
and effective addresses to jury he ever
heard, relates the Kansas City Journal,
was delivered by Colonel-now Judge
Trimble, of Bloomfield, Ia, at the trial
of man named Niblick, in Schuyler
county, Mo-, in 1880 Niblick was
charged with having murdered a man
named Towpsman as Coatesville, a tiny
village just south of the Iowa line. 1t
was alleged that Niblick premeditatedly
stabbed Townsman to death when the
latter was unarmed. Niblick had been
captain in Col. Trimbles regiment
and as soon as Trimble heard of the
trouble his former comrade had got
into he hurried to Missouri and took
charge of his defense. He was aided in
the defense by Judge Shelton and Judge
Edward c. Higbee, While the prosecu-
tion was conducted by Charles e. Vroo-
man, now of Washington, and "Riley"
Hall. afterward congressman from Mis-
souri,.
"Mr. Trimble," Judge Shelton tells
Macon paper, was allowed two hours
to close for the defense The first hour
he consumed in reviewing the evidence.
He paused moment. or two before be-
ginning on the second part. There was
new note in his voice, and he spoke, as
l recall it about as follows:
Citizens, Jurymen: Let me bring to
you a picture of battle-the last real
one that | ever saw, for | was among
tIo ~ hot oria oj
there 1t is far down in the southland,
where grow the cotton and the date
palms. In the morning twilight the
union army is aroused by the crash or
musketry and the solemn roar of can
non. Gen. Van Dorm, with 10000 south
ern soldiers, has leaped upon Gen. Cur
tbs, who has less than 10000 to stand the
shock. The army in blue reaches for
its musketS, its sabers and its fighting
harness. Swift with
1.-THE morn the marshaling in arms-the
day
Battles magn!icently-starn array!
1.-The smoke rolls high as the forces
meet in charge and countercharge. AS
look across the battle line and see hat
less captain, with raised sword and hand
pointing to the enemy.
Come on, boys!' cried the captain.
The mimic balls sing whirling
dirge and the sulphurous smoke blinds
and strangles. Cannon drawn by leap
ing horses crash over broken boughs and
dismantled fences in hot haste to reach
their front. Stern fighting men drop
here and there to rise no more till Ga
briels bugle call.
"'"Close up, boys!" cried the cap
tain.
The captain, with powder black
ened face, hair and whiskers all awry,
treads down the path for his men to fol-
low. Over the corpse-filling field they
sweep to meet the red, withering blast
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-29
A MATTER
OF VALUES
BY FRANK H. SWEET
Copyright, 1904, by Daily story Pub. Col

A FLASH across an open space, so
~ quick between cover and cover as
to leave only an impression of bushy
tail and pointed nose, and then wild
chorus of discovering yelps, accompanied
by a dozen forms plunging frantically
across the open space and into the chin
capin bushes beyond.
But so yards farther on was an out
cropping ledge, broken by crevices and
tunnels into a natural and safe hiding
place for the hunted. From the time the
fox had been started, an hour before, its
winding and doubling course had been
gradually tending toward this asylum
Rs though with an idea that after play
Ing with the dogs until weary of the
sport, or perhaps feeling the need of
rest, it could whisi into safety. A few
minutes after the fox dropped lightly
into one Of the crevices, two horses with
their riders crossed the space and came
to stop among the dogs.
Il am glad he escaped, even if it isn't
sportsmanlike," laughed one of them.
''I felt sure the dogs would get him at
the open back there, they were so close.
1t was a narrow escape"
I'm not so sure of that, Miss Bristow." "
the other answered. I've an idea the
fox had his plans all laid regarding this
Hedge, and was only playing with the
dogs. Shall l call them off and start
them in search of new scent? Nothing
can draw the fox from his stronghold
now" .... -..
mo, wait until papa comes. His fall
Ing behind meant that his horse went
lame, and he has probably gone back to
the stable for another. He will join us
before long"
She touched her horse lightly, urging
him to the top of the ledge from which
they could look down into the valley. Her
companion followed her closely.
at is one of the most beautiful spots
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-29

had some comfort He was tall man
and knew how it was himself.
But things improved as the war went
on. Invent into the battle of Stone river
with a new suit on. new bU. short and
tight. The fight called for hard work,
and | forgot all about my clothes. AS
we retreated | stopped to help some ar
tillerymen lift a cannon out of a tight
place. l was a good litter, but when
lifted | split every doggoned garment
had on me except my overcoat. Then for
spell l did my best at running to keep
ahead of the confederates, and when
got to the new line l was a sight to be-
hold.
Just as l had opened my overcoat to
show the boys what a wreck was, Gen.
Rosecrans rode among us, smiling, and
l thought he was smiling at me. He
wasn't. He was smiling to make the
boys believe it wasn't much of a show
er. He caught sight of me, however,
and asked what was the matter. | drew
my overcoat back, showed him what
had happened, and cussed the quarter
master about the clothes. Old Rosy said
it was too bad, and he would see about
it. | don't know whether he did or not,
but | do know that after that the higher
privates in our regiment had longer
clothes"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-29
HIGH PRlvATE'S HIGH RIG.
He Was n Tall One and Uncle Sans
Clothes Were Somewhat
Brief for Him.

by Jinks." said the high private, ac-
cording to the Chicago Inter Ocean, II
wish | had thought of that scheme of
Franks when l was in the service.
was the highest private in the company,
and, as the man coming next to the or
derly in line, | ought to have been the
best-dressed man in the company. In
stead of that | was the worst, and at
my best looked more like a scarecrow
than any other man in the regiment.
81 had long legs, as well as long arms,
and everything in the clothing line was
too pesky short. The bottoms of my
trousers were always two or three inch
es above my shoe tops; my blouse
wouldn't meet my trousers; my shirt
was always working cut between blouse
and trousers, the ends of my sleeves
were nearer my elbows than my wrists,
and l had the appearance of an over
grown boy squeezed into clothes three
sizes too small for him. Lordy, lordy,
how | did cuss Uncle Sam about them
clothes. But cussing did not good, If
had written to Old Abe might have
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-29
WSound as a Dollar.v

Monticello, Mimi, April 25th.-Mr. j.
w. Moore of this place stands as living
proof of the fact that Bright's Disease,
even in the last stages, may be perfectly
and permanently cured.
Mr.. Moore says:-"In 1893, three rep
utable physicians after careful examina-
ton told me that l would die with Bright 8
Disease inside of year. My feet and
ankles and legs We're badly swollen; l
could hardly stand on my feet and had
given up all hopes of getting cured, when
travelling salesman told me that he him
self had been cured of Bright's Disease
two years before.
He said he had taken to his bed and
expected to die with it, but that he had
been cured by remedy called Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
Il commenced taking them at once and
l am thankful to say that they saved my
life. After short treatment, l was
completely restored to good health and
am as sound as dollar"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-29
I'M S'I5eRjY. 4 . ! .TElleS
z
BABY TROUBLES.
ont you:

Don't you cry; now don't you. don't you
There are thorns on ev'ry rose;
Come TO dad and let him kiss 1t;
Dear, that's how the Old world goes;
There are drawbacks to all pleasures,
Storms come after cloudless skies,
Let me kiss that baby finger,
Come to dad and hush your cries.
rIt was botay for papa?'
Never mind, dear, just forget;
Papa don't care much for roses,
You can pick a violet
And can pick some green leaves with H.
Where they snuggle wet with dew;
Pop likes violets the best, dear,
They're so like the eyes o you.
And to-nigh, you watch your papa,
You can watch beside the gate,
And I'll see your tangled tresses
And your blue eyes where you wait,
hnd I'll call and you must run, dear,
And, I'll tell you what you do,
Just reach in my pocket, baby,
Therell be something good for you.
Something good, something you'll like
dear,
So forget the roses thorn;
Let me kiss the baby finger
Where the cruel point has torn,
And be sure, dear heart, to meet me
Watch for me beside the gate
There'll be something in pops pocket
That will make you glad to walt.
~. NJ. Lewis, in Houston Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-29
WHAT AILS THE cHINAMAN.
Formation of the Morbid
Mongolian.

Just now, with things so stirred up
in the far east, it may be interesting
to know these few simple facts about
the yellow races, things that are prob
ably not realized by the most intelli-
gent Chinese laundryman of Brooklyn
who has never missed a session of his
Sunday school:
The Mongolians have always been
septentrionally inclined, says the New
York Sun.
The Mongolian hair is the most lio-
trichian known to man, but his skull
is yperbrachycephalous with a cepha-
lie index that beats 81.
This, of course. is the extreme limit
if brachycephalism. 1t makes the face
look like lozenge, while the orbtal
apophyses connect with the cheek
bones.
No less interesting is the fact that
the Mongolian skull is generally phae-
nozygous, with it's zygomatic arch
more or less convex. Nevertheless,
comparison of the nasal and maxil-
larry dimensions suggests a platyrrhin-
ian. ...s
Although the dental arch is hardly
what you would call prognathous the
mandible has very angular symphy-
sis.
1t should be borne in mind that
while, as stated above, the Mongolian
skull is neutrality-suspicious. the
Turks head is only sub-brachycepha-
lous.
Because of intermarriage with the
Hos the Tonquin people are tall and
mesaticephalous; but the skull of the
ordinary Chinaman who comes to this
country, so far as its index is con-
cerned. falls down to the grade Of sub
dolichocephalism.
Not so much is known yet about
those other yellow people, the hairy
races of Kuriles, nf Saghalien and of
Yaso.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-29
SPRING OF STRONG WATER
How Gen. Bragg's Mandate Against
Whisky Was Respected by
Confederates.

Gen. BraXton Bragg was so utterly
opposed to having his men become
crazy drunk" by his vile stuff pur-
chased from camp followers that he is
sued a general order strictly excluding
liquors from the camp or any place
within the distance cf ten miles in any
direction" Nevertheless, the soldiers
employed their time and talents in cir
cumvening this order, and they were
generally successful, says the New York
Tribune. 1t is matter of official record
that when Gen. Bragg's confederate
command was encamped near Mobile
there was a certain spring from which
the men obtained their drinking water.
AS it rose from sandy soil in which a
pit could be easily excavated, one of the
men hit upon the happy eXpedient of
burying a barrel of whisky near the
spring. 1t was only natural that in that
warm climate the soldiers should go
often to the spring, but in a few days it
was observed that the water had a
strange effect upon them, and many
ended the day and spent the night in the
guardhouse while they sobered down.
1t was not until the command got
marching orders" that the trick was
exposed, and only then by one of the SOL
diers telling Braggs orderly how the
whisky barrel was kept close to the
spring, and, with plenty of straws at
hand, when seeming to be drinking from
the spring they were, in fact, sucking
from the whisky barrel.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-29
SUFFICIENT IDENTIFICATION.
Woman After Pension Gives Personal
Peculiarities of Her Sol
Sler Father.

Representative Cowherd of Missouri hsE
. constituent, an aged woman, who has
been trying to get pension because her
father had been soldier she was not
sure in just wha war. At first, says the
Washington Post, she was inclined to be-
lieve he had fought in the Mexican war;
then she dropped back to the Seminole
war, and finally decided it was in the war
of 1912 he had served. On muster roll
of the latter war she found name that
corresponded with that of her father, but
tive means of identification. P
Mr.. Cowherd notified his constituent
that it would be necessary to identify her
father before pension could be granted
and in response the soldiers daughter
wrote:
MY father was of medium hight, had
black hair and eyes. He could not close
one eye without closing the other, and
didn't know anything about music.
think that ought to be sufficient idcn
tification for O pension"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-29

ever saw" he said, as his eyes swept over
the broad, fertile acres of the farm to
the lofty ridges that enclosed it on every
side. mo wonder you and your father
are so happy here"
His eyes left the valley and came back
to her with an expression in them that
made her turn away with half smile.
Allan Tisdale was a younger son, and
had come from England year before,
with an income of 900 and an idea of
making living with it in America. He
had been in the valley two months, and
in that time had learned things that
had not hitherto entered into his plans
for a livelihood. His hand trembled
slightly as it checked the restiveness OF
his horse.
Yes. 1t is beautiful here, and we are
very happy" she answered.; but there
was trouble in her voice. Then with
sudden raillery, you ought to be happy,
too, Mr.. Tisdale. We had letter from
brother Emmett yesterday, and he writes
glowingly of your mine, and" looking
lat him inquiringly, "he writes as though
he might purchase an interest in it,"
"'pe hol' qulchly' IKE Emmet
too wei! to wish him such bad luck. 1t
was ne who got my invitation down here
from your father. He broached the sub
ject of the mine to me before left, but
/ put him off. Emmet's great fault is be-
ing too sanguine. though" with grim
ace, II was somewhat that way myself,
suppose"
"The mine hasn't paid. you mean?"
cit has cost me thousand year SO