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7) lEUALl) ILATTSMOUTIf. NIOIiSHAKA, TUESDAY, JANUAUV 8. 1S. 1 ln tthen. . w precious doud t A wary course, m If doubt blurred his ken. So. cvfr near to the Belf name .pot. II .rl meaK of my .wectheart true. II. r cc.url.-r wtnt, rejoicing In I.U lot To havo tor li.aren8 eye. of tender blue. An. b..art of mine: s. hero' a tiny blot-c,,-'uJ f"f blin a U)n.,.r t,"or for you. Frank beupHter Siiermun In Outing. HIS LAST RACE. Aessom, jes' about de W way to go to do debhil. quick nnd shore, is on de bark ob a hoss. Dut fur all dat. I'so pulieckly sartaiii dat do I.awd called tne once to run a boss race." "Called to run a horse race. Uncle J'.rnstusl You, a deacon In the church? 1 thought you gave up the world, the llth especially horso flesh and the devil w hen you I tecaine con verted." "Dat's jes do way it wus, ma'am; when I got 'ligion I was done shore dat do Lawd infant I bhould run Ma'shun ness in do lies' race ip at Sheldon." ".Marchioness that was tho name of the horse, I MiptKjse?" 1 ossein. Ma shunness was her name, an d r wa'n't millln in I'ocomoko county J keep alongside o dat tuare ef she wuz handled ri-ht. But hhe wuz dat ticklish and purvuss dat miflin on top o' disyere ftit.sio.il could make her go if she didn't want l r. In f;:c", she wuz a woman and Iwhmi' to do jes' as ,he pleased. !) l-wd"rt ways are cur'us an pas' findin out," legaii Uncle Kra-stus as a port of text to his discourse. "1m wuz jes after do wah and I lived with young Marse Georgoon de olo place down in I'lX'uinoko countv. Do ole inan-e wiu dead an' gone. Neither held lush-ad upafter do 'mancipation prooki' inati:ri.' S.m.1 ho didn't want to lib no ino sirtt-r dat, an ho jet' went to Inil and died. IV.it de young Marse George wuz gay .'.:" liU ly, an' when be cum home from d; wah oix-rvting about do place wuz t'il broke down: de ni 'irahs had riiim: dat i: he ! l :. wav. an vounir marse ho 'lowed wa 11 1 no place turlum nohow, an 'no goin' up norf to study law. ho sav to mo one dav, 'deso bosses are jes' a ruinin' oh me, an' I'm a-goin to sell cIktv one n em, only fust I'll run Ma'shunnos in do ne' race up at Shel don. I'd lack her fur all I'm wuf 'gainst Dare.iebbjl dat wuz Cap'n Hinckley's trotter ai make live thousand dollars. Now. dat yero Cap'n Hinckley wuz an almighty smart man, an' he had a good li.a.H. Ik-re wuz only one udder boss in do hull state dat c'u'd get oler de track like iJ.iriUeOl.il, anl uat wuz Jla'sLuniuss, if fcho wuz a mind ter: 1111" dero wa'n't no one who c'u'd i.i i!;o her a mind ter Vent dat got into tne nga,,., Bpokfcght out of my mouf and said: 'All right, Cap'n Hinckley, I won't go near dat hoss race nohow. Jes' den dero wuz a tremenius clap o thunder outside, an Drudder Iunklin got tip to open do fiuvvessos wid Iirayer. Nobody paid much 'tention to Jrudder Dunklin. He wuz a nice, mild ole gen'leman. not a bit b"W K.I.Ior .Tr. kins, an he prayed jes' as ho alius did, fur God's ieoplo eberywhere, an' fur le sistah chu'ehes, an eberyt'ing else ho cu'd think oh. 'IJout etx;ry udder minit Cap'n Hinckley would lean over an say in my ear: 'Now is yo' time, 'Rafitiis, an 'member yo promise. I lruddcr Dunklin got to do 'amen at jas.an r.iuer tuenezer Jawkins got ui. xio wuz a tan, powerful man, wid hair dat fttood up straight from his neau uko npiKes. lie looked all roun on tie congregation fust, as if he wanted to spy out de bigges sinner among us, an' eo resieu on me. l.r el.lK-r a m:in carry do day oh jedgment in his face dat man wuz Khler Jawkins. Den der wuz a Hash an a crack outside dat almos' split do window. All ob do breddern an sistaits wuz Bniilhn' an groan in' by dis time, an I felt suah dat someting terri ble wuz comin'. Do elder oiK-ned de iilo lerry slow an said: 'My text dis c!enin' will bo foun' in do 'pistlo ob de nostlo 1'aul to de C losshurns, "So run dat yo may obtain," whertfo', my be lubleil breddern, let 113 run wid nasliunce uo race uat is set oeio us. "(jord a'mighty ! dat wuz meant fov me slio. Jo run dat yo may obtain.' I iieuuer iiearu noimn 1110 00 tlat sermon uan do tex, fur I did run most a'mighty quick fur do doah. KU-ry one looked 'roun at mo 'btoni.Jied, an' I heard Elder Jawkins call out, 'Bring dat sinner back! ioni let tie ttebuil hab him!" Ilut I knowed letter dan Elder Jawkins which way do deubil wuz com in', fur ho fol lerel mo all de way fru do woods, an' to do cemetery. 'Come back! he said; 'como back, 'Ilas'us!' But 'Itastus didn't even Icxk back, fur he knowed well enough whoso voice it wuz, though it miuikicu uko iap 11 iiiiicuiey s. it was raiiuii an lightening an de thunder wuz roarin"; once a big tree blow down right lemnd mo in do woods, an' I shuck all oier when I heard do crash, only I wished dat Cap'n Hinckley wuz under it. So run dat yo may obtain, wuz boundin' in my ears. 'Kun wid pashunce do race set lefo 3-0 ,' an I kei right on fru de cem t-tery, lightnin' blazin', grabestones bust in', thunder roarin' roarin' in mv ears TALKING MACHINES. THE GRAPHOPHONE IN ACTUAL USE AND DOING GOOD WORK. Hie Opinion of a Gentleman Who Em ploys One at Ilia Work It la Superior to the Stenographer in Some Cases How It Is Itun Six Minutes' Solid Talk. do tex' ob do 'postle, 'So run lat ye may obtain. When I did get home to do little room ober do stable where I slop' I jes went down on my knees in do straw an' say, 'Oh, J jiwd, 'IJastus is a pore, mis'hlc, sneakin no 'count little niggah. but jes' let him lib until to-morrow an he'll run dat race an' obtain it, too, fur .Marse Ucorge. "De nex' mawnin' early Cap'n Ilinck icy roue up to uo gato ana uowca very iierlito to Marse George. I wuz standin' Any one who doubts the usefulness of tne phonograph or graphophone, both devices now being under tho same man agement and both presenting the best icatures or the separate devices of Bell anu txiison, needs but to wander throu a few Wall street law offices in order to be convinced that the talking mophinn by whatever name it is called, has come to 6tay. It is in daily use at the oflice of i.ray ton 1 ves, tweet & Co., Haines Bros., anu 111 many oilier less prominent houses. Tho real business in talking machines, uunvtcj, n.ia uoi. yei oegun. smucIi in struments as are to be found in use are owned by ersons interested in the com any. None are to bo sold. They will be rented at $40 a year upon tho same 3ystem as that adopted by the telephone KH);lo. NO MORE PCKCn AND JUDY. "There you see it," said this gentle man, lifting a cover about half tho size of a sew ing machine cover from a cor ner of his desk. "It takes up 110 room and is always ready to take dictation." "1 lie graphophone is about the sizo of a sewing machine, which it slightly re sembles. A cylinder of hardened wax is revolved by a small electric motor cou iiected with a battery if there is no elec tric current at hand. In the Mills build in;' the motor is run by a wire from the electric lamp, with which the ollices are supplied. The principleof the apparatus is still that of the old Edison nhonoeraDh of 1875. The sound of the voice causes a uunuto diaDhrairm bearinc a. fin needle iioiiit on its under side to vibrate. As a wax cylinder ten inches lonar and two inches in diameter revolves, the needle oint indents the wax according to tho vibrations of the diaDlirairm. making u long spiral line arounu the cylinder, which, as it revolves, travels from richt lo left. In order to ret a renroduction of sound a siecies of sounding hoard ia iiujusieu, anu tne neeaie is made to pass again over tho indentations it has made. As it scrapes aloncr the "sound ino-" dia phragm gives forth a reproduction, more or less ierfect, of the original words talked into the instrument. In the first Edison phonograph of twelve vears aco luaiuuutui giive out a caricature or what was said to it; if one knew what had been said or sung into it it was easv enough to make sense but of the phono graph's Punch and Judy talk, but not otnerwise. 'ihe changes have been in the direction of improving tho quality of mo bouiiu anu its uisunctness, rather than volume. As it may be heard to- lit tk niggah 'llastus. I wanted 4 Jiarsi George to win tlat money, only I dida't want him to go 'way. Marse George an' i:ie we'd jes' le'n brought up togeoder liko bruddt-rs; hunted do hull country oix.r fur coons when wo wuz Imys, an" knowed each other ebler sence we knowed anyt'ing. Den Cap'n Hinck ley ho wuz alter do 0I0 place to buv it, fur der wuz only Marse George an" his sister left dat wuz Miss Grace an' she wanted to go norf, too. Ef Cap'n Hinck ley get do place an ebbory ono goned away what would 'come of 'Rastus, only a pore nnio ingg-in uat uiun t Know nut lin ? Cap'n liinrkley Towed he wouldn't hab no l.tzv black loafer like him aroun, an den I j. s Vpised dat Cap'n Hinckley anyhow: wa'n't nobody an nurrLn' befo' de'wah hut iiore, mis'able white trash. Well, or.'- day I met Cap'n Hinckley, an he luk at in; awful grave an solemn like. ' 'Eastus,' ho savs, 'I hope you'se a goin to 10 ui yo eon ways wnuo aere s time.' Now, dero wa'n't no bigger sinner in de state of Mississippi dan Cap'n llincklev, dough he b'longed to dechu ch nn trieti to make our uat tie tiaon t nui lin to do id ltrttm an horse racm. But cbberylxxldy knowed dat Dare debbil wuz his hoss, dough she wuz en tered hi Jiiu Stack pole's name. "Dero wuz a big revival all fru Poco moko county, and de Kov'rend Ebenezer Juwkiiis, from eastern Jorja, was ox Isortin' at do meetin's mos' powerful. All do niggahs wuz a-chasin' roun' after him tintjin' an' shoutin' an havin do mos' tivmenjus snerences. en Lapn lliuckley spoke to me I wuz all down in d.- mouf tliinkin how Mars George wuz gcin 'way. Den do cap'n ho lower his Voice 'wi-.y down an' 6peak soft in my ear: T.;u-tus,' ho say, 'you'se too likely a voiiMg x:ia:i logo totlo debblo on de Lack oi r. hoss. Don't you rido Ma'shun ness r.t !e nex trot nnd I'll gib you lifty Iollnr".. Now. mind, yo' must promise!' So 1 thought an thought. Dere waz Jii'ty ii'. i!:!r. an' if I runned Ma'shunness an" we vo;i dj live t'ousand dollars Mars' George an' M La Grace would take dat monev g nor, and do olo placa woulJ he solo and 'i"astu3 wouldn'"f. frr t no fifty dollars nor nullin. De deb h;J jus" got into mo dat day, an Cap'n liini liiev said, 'All right, 'Kastus; I only wa;.t t."!;ei'i you from temptation. Fifty d )linr.i in yo' ban deday alter do race f yo" don't run Ma'shunness." i- nex mawnin I went up to de Lou.-e i::id tolo Marse George as how I . . -1 A 1 1 T WUZ ring 13 gio up iroiuu , uecuio x thour;.'.! it was tinful.and I couldn't ride Ma'i;h:;:ir.css i:or no udder hoss no mo", 3Iar.-;c. j.-s" iHk at me and didn't say a word :-t iust; don he put his hand onto (,!.(: l.L-r a.n-1 byme-bye he said: tir.. doi; t to member ue lust coon we c::u ;lit togt.tl.Ier. Vo' isn't poin Laclf on Ge s ..o c'ij li:::e. is yof I jes left do room v. i.Iout sjyiii a word. Miss Grace, too, spoke so nice when 6he see me in de trci t dt if it hadn t been as how l pup my pos.!r made up my min dat hoss races vrv.z ivk'ketl, and if I Itadn't met Cap'n liiiic'-lev jes' after dat, who kep tellin' mo not "to forgit my promise to him, I fhc.f.Il j.i hab risked my soul on "Ma's-hunness back de bery nex day, Dero wuz a bi meetin dat night ober v.t iorks, an' do Rev'rend Ebenezer Jav. kins wuz a-'oin' to preach. As I tralkcJ fru do woods to Little Zion church, where do suvveses wuz held, de air wuz smellin' of gunpowder and do fcky olxr Blue Top lulls cracked open wfil do lightenui. I had to go fru Moun. itain Hide'ce-mcUry, too, an' i felt pretty iskittih when do thunder come roh . in from way oil Blue Top, an' do light " enin' seem to bring up de grabestones from among de dead men's bones like ghosts. De chu'eh was packed to de do'ah, but bein pretty slim in doso dayg - I sr jueozf d my way almos up to de front, an' wuz wait in fur do meetin' to begin, when como one touched me on de back. It looked aroun', an' dere wuz Cap'n Hiiicklev scttin' up all straight an sol ium. 'Eastus, be say. i xouowea ycr U'hia' do shed, all dressed in my jockey day the phonograph's message or repror uuciiou is more uistmct than one from a telephone in first class order and under favorable conditions. And when the telephone "talks" well it talks very woll. COMPARED WITH STENOGRAPHY. "That Instrument has been there nearly a month," continued the lawyer. "It has saved me days of labor. When I am ready to dictate a brief or a con tract, I touch tins little 6pring, which sets the machinery in motion; but so noiseless is it that unless you put your ear close to the motor you cannot hear it at all. I take this phone or mouthpiece and talk into it just as I would do with a telephone, using my natural voice, and talking just as fast as I please, which you cannot do with a telephone. If the machine is allowed to run, the pylinder will bo used up at the end of six minutes', but whenever I come to the en of paragraph I want to think- a moment,- or whenever I am interrupted a touch "tops it. In this way a eHr.er nlt. fnl! L'6olitr' talk, or about . Ul US. J. IIO WOrlT Of raittiniy nr "-- v , imutj itvs.es aoout a Becond, emu men X can go on. When my work is done my typewriter takes my cvl- wrem uu uis pnonograph urn "uui me uicianon, mat ing the instrument go as fast or as slow as he wishes. "s'ow as to tho advantages of the ma. came over a stenograpner, in the first place no stenographer can go as fast as I ufc.e to taiK; i have to wait at every sen tence for the stenographer to catch up. Sometimes the stenoeTanhpra nrA Kna-r The phonograph is always ready, an4 does not mind any rate of spee'dthe laaiti mo uener. xn tne next place even a good stenographer, especially if hur ried, makes blunders, substitutes one woru tor another which looks like it, or skips words. The phonograph repeats every syllable just as you gave it. The typewritten transcripts of my phone grapu uiciauon are more perfect than when my typewriter had to use his own notes. Ut course, there are some disarl. vantages. When you wish to change a "u oi a sentence you nave to give the necessary direction at the end of the message; it will not be long, however, ueiore some method pi erasing will be devised. As comnared to dictating vtiicuj iu mo i jpe writer operator, you can speak three times as fast and not eo loud, for you do not have to be nearti aoove the rattle of the typewriter. One little point will show vou how vnln- uiu giapuopuone win oecome. i have a machine at my homo in tho coun try. In the evenincrs I do a crreat deAl of work in my library, and very often I have to make long quotations from books wmcn i nave at home, but of which X have no duplicates at the office, f.'onsfi. quently, before the graphophone came, I had to indicate in my brief where 1 wanted the quotation to berin and end. and then I had to carry these books down to the ofrice for my operator to copy from. With the graphophone it is so easy to rattle off a page cr two of print that J do so and avoid taking my books out of my library, In five min utes I can dictate to the trranhonhono what it would take me a cood hour to write out in long hand." New York Star. suit, will my cap and whip, "Do cap'n ho spake berry perlite to de young marse and say, 'Who's goin' to run Ma shunness to-day, sence yo' niggah, 'Kastus, had got Tigion and hab done gib up hoss racin r 'f Jonrfo livil.-r'il milif mn on I.,-ol dat dese black niggaiis alius tuk in deir rum an hgion at de wrong time. " 'Well,' says Cap'n liincklev, 'it's de bes t ing, after all. Jockeyiq' ;s a loy down, onchristian occupashun. Still, as long as Ma'shunness is booked, I know a rcllow, Joo fciiully, who would ride her, an' I'll send him over right away. Now, I knowed dat Joe Snilily wuz de mos' niis'able, sneakin' cuss dat ebber 6old out a rr.ee on do Sheldon track, an' jes' as Cap'n Hinckley turned to go I cum out from behin' de shed. He looked 'bout a$ kind as an ax would at a choppin' block, but I took olf my cap an' made him a berry low bow an' say: 'Skuse mfl, Cap'n Hinckley, but yo" needn't trouble yoV-lf to sen' ober Joe Sniftly; I'll ride Ma'ohunness myself today." "Marchioness won, of course; but tell me, uncle, did you never feel called to run another horse race? "robber nebber since dat day did I t'ink de race track would lead to hebben.' "ilut didn't your master, George, give ou anj muig ior winning tne race tor mua: lessem; 31a rse ueorgo give me a hun Ired dollah bill befo ho cum away ":-'o you were all right, after all?" 1. V I . -1 lesscni; out no good seems to cum out ob dat kind ob monev, somehow "1 iowlo you mean? Did you lose it?" "No, ma'am; not 'zactly dat is, right a we. Yo see, habin' got Tigion I got marrieu jes alter oat, an l savs to niv seli": 'Ilastus. dat hundred dollah bill 11 A T . 1 , ' u .o.igs 10 uo xawu, anu as 0:0 conjrrcea- tion at East Pocomoke wants to build a new chu'eh, 3ou"d bet tab hand dat hun- dre. 1 ober to help 'em long. But Jemima do fust Missis Johnsing, dat is she wu.: a master hand at dreamin' ob policy nu;.iben an' she insis' dat I should buy do tickets wid dose numbers, an' so make uve nunqreu uouahs tq gib de church, an p raps keep a hundred iur myself. U ado Erastus produced from a much w. r:i wallet tho little green tickets which faiied to answer the expectations of Mrs. Johnson No. 1. Possibly those pieces of . . 1 - . . 1 . . . INti-.oiHMtru mignt navt) brougiit uown iiitu u icciuro uou me sin OI 101- trt.-.Manu gamblmg generally, had not M..;. Challoner just then driven up and engaged mv attention in a project for a -..:.. . 1. -.: r - 1 . -, - ii. u iu gieu ior mo ocneuf 01 u 1-1: -.w! :u;d Peathers Charitable association. b.;.' put my name down for ten tickets. whk-'i came pretty high $2 apiece but then each one carried a chance in a rallle for a grand piano. J. C. Joy in New "ioik Mercury. The "Turned Areas4M Mtery. One or the annoying thing of life h wliat is known as being "turned around" that is. confused as to the oints of the compass. Probably nearly every ono has had something of this experience, but it is much more vexatious in somo cases than in others, A friend of the writer thus describes his experience: "The onlv plaeo where I have leen thoroughly and persistently astray 111 this matter is Poughkeepsie, which I have had occa sion to visit a few times in tho course of my life. Everybody has heard of the orator who, in an impassioned moment, exclaimed: I know no north, no south, no east, no west.' Well, his condition was greatly to be envied by tho man who thinks that west is east and north is south, and who cannot rid his mind of tho idea. "Tho lirst time I went to Pouerhkeepsie. somo fifteen years ago, it was lirmly im pressed on my mind that tho city was on the west bank of tho Hudson and that the principal street, which runs directly back from tho river, went in a direction exactly west. Passing Poughkeepsie on one of the river steamers, I am well awaro that it is on the east side, but the moment my foot is set on the shore a de mon takes jKissession of me and my no tions of direction are all awry. I am even in doubt when the train enters the station whether it is crointr north or south, and if left to myself I should prob ably take tho train bound for Albany when I wanted to go to New York. "The other ninht I had to wait half nn hour ior a train there, and during the interval I made desperate efforts to set my mind right. On the newsnn ner in my hand I drew a mental map of the xiuuson. anu men. starting with tho as sured fact that Pouglikeepsie is on the east bank, I tried to convince myself of the true state of things. But my mind refused to stay convinced. As I tl link nt Poughkeepsie now, Main street, as you Fo up it from the river, runs just west, wish somo one could explain this rhv nomenon for me. One part of my men tal make up knows positively w.Wh direction is north and which is south, as weii in rougukeepsie as elsewhere, but the other part (and the one which is con trolling) refuses to accept this knowl edge. Why is it? Where is the philoso pher who can explain it?"--New York Tribune. & Word to the P eon The motto, '.What is Jluino without .h Moll tfr, exists in many happy mine in ihis city, hut the t llect of what is 1 101110 without the .Local .Newspaper is smlly roali.e.I in many of these "I Plattrinouth. 1 a ionics in THE HET&ALB Is steadily fiiuling its wny into these homes, sunl it. a I way k comes to stay. Tt ma'ces the family eir cle more cheertnl .inl keeps itf readers "up to t'ie times" in all matters of impoi tance ut home ami abroad." During the Year 1889 She Painted Her Lips. A very funsy accident happened at a reception where a bright woman, who was out for the first time after a long illness, was tho victim. Just before she left home some one said that she had better put some color on her lips, as they looked perfectly blue. A serpent in the shape of a charming girl volunteered her mixture, one of carmino and glycerine .'which, if any is to bo used, is most de sirable), and she carefully painted t'p invalid's mouth, putting the moss color in the centre, to give it the desired rose bud effect. Tho newly painted was warned that she could eat or drink any thing cold, but of anything hot she was to beware. Rememberinn' thia d.- declined going into the supper room, and was the center of a croon nf mn and having tho largest kind of a time' wnen an imp or darkness, in th fmn. a footman, came along with a tray on men were cups of coffee and glasses of punch. Without a thought thn i,i fairo" took a cun of coffee: ha ttmi w slowly, and then, horrors of horrors made bad worse by wioiner her month on a tiny napkin which had been given her. She soon saw surnriso rim fn of some of the men. One glance at the damask in her hand told her what was the matter, and with provident in 1 t-.t- enceof mind she put it un to hiinc again, leaned on the man nearest to iuoreu in nixiined tones thp Bhe "' ill and must o home. - , ",.T.J w-j she got on her wraps, ."d w she was helped to her carriage ii iiuu oeen ucr stand by could not resist telling her that he was bujro sue must be ill because her lips had grown bo pale. However, the men were goou ieuows and they never told on her though she swore by every one of the Buddhist gods and all of the Chinese devils that she'd submit to green lips nr"iin . .1. i i . . . . . ""un.- duo wouiu get in such a fix. Bab in Philadelphia Times. Kve. Tuk JIki.'ai.d available means will be Used to make the columns of a perfect storehouse from which you can obtain all in formation, and will keep up its record Medium for all purpores. as beino; the best Adverti.- ing T"! . .1 I xnis paper lswitiun ine reach or ai dress in the city or sent by mail. PER WEEK II, and will be delivered to any d- Powcr Tor a Carjo rtoitt. T"v , ....... ii. Lvniounn nas calculated that a cargo boat driven by a triple expansion ci;u:o ii by far the most economical of all i :tans of transport. It carries 2,500 tons of coal and goods, consumes ten c:ui " no half tons of coal in the twentr- fci r !:ours, and catily makes eight and or..'-::uir knots an hour. Thus, eleven gi -r.ivmes, or not one-half ounce, of coal i i.ur.k ieiit to develop tho power necessary t j curry a ton at the rate of four and onc Iiili meters, or fourteen feet per second. Ar.ol.'ier calculator ha3 computed that a ha I! iheet of note pn per will give, when Lurr.t, enough heat to carry a ton a mile m iui Atlantic shin. The Engi Buylns Historical Chairs. An incident of Gen. Sheridan's visit to Europe uunng tne i ranco-Prussian war is omitted from lus article in the Novem ber Scribner's, perhaps, through ignor ance of the facts. When the general reached Berlin he asked tho American minister to recommend to him some young American, who could speak Ger man fluently, to act The minister recommended Jlr. Charles . iVlaclcan, better known to New orkers as a police commissioner than as an interpreter, and ho followed Gen. Sheridan through tho campaign. The ora" leiaiea 01 ocrioner s . now Uis- marck the great and Napoleon the littlA sat on rude wooden chairs in front of a cottage near Sedan, discussing the situ ation, and there is a picture showing tho two men. ono triinrinhant. tJm downcast, in the peasant's garden. A few days later Gen. Sheridan dined with Bismarck, who beeran to talk of th tmr. render. "That meeting," said the Prus sian chancellor, "will be historical. I sent over yesterday and bought those two chairs from tho oeasant fnr tan francs apiece; now 1 have them as mementoes; and I suppose," ho added, with a laugh, "the English will go on buying those chairs for vears to nrrm " There was a general laugh at this re mark, but one officer had mora to l.uir-h at than tho others, and gave his reasons to Jlr. MacLean afterward. "You see," he said, "I knew as well as Bismarck that the meeting would be histnn" onl ci-k me ery nexivoay i rode over myself and got tho chairs for five francs for the pair. San 1 rancisco Argonaut. Is tho Iet Coi.nfy Xewspip;r in old Cass, and this has been well proven to ns by the many new names added to our list dnriii"- 1888. Special merits for the W i.kki.v are all the county news, six (olnmus of good Republican Editorial, News Accounts of ant political or business events, one half page each week a choice mece ot ocal or I n.t rn moil ti .1 AfiiT-. .1. c l ii-ih, V lltH C SCICCIIOIIS OI all iinport- containino- Miscellaneous Keaf i:.... iit" Matt er. Ad vertisinrr it it b rin'rs profitabb returns. Our job epartmen t rineer. The Coat of Arms. Coat of arms, in the military trappings cf tho middle ages, held the place c paludanicuiimi of the ancient Konia captains. It was a coat worn by princes and great barons over their armor, and decended to the knee. It vai made of cloth or silver, of fur or of velvet, and lioro armorial insignia. The "coat of r.mis," as understood by heraldry of tho present day, is nothing more than a relic I.pok Out for the Buzz Saw. A folded sheet iron newspaner rimitn. tiou). designed for thos diilionest iersons who stpal nnnt-a io- do not Ulong to them, is an innovation that will be hailed with delight by all honest newsdealers. The paper contains a rat trap attachment and a buza saw, which is worked by concealed mnchin. ery, duly and properly wound up in the morning. A tramp or dishonest person lxmncinjr on the newsnaner nta th ma chinery in motion; tho iron jaws T , - is equal to any, and does work to the eatisfacti from all over the county, and receive orde which are promptly liiled. . i . . i -i . ... W IIT. I ft .1 II Til'. 1.1... ....!!..... . I . uir.y iivin im iir. in cilllllljr cam 10 "Work neatly and promptly executed ion of patrons by mail from a distance, e have facilities for doing all kinds of to co;oj'el work- lio.iL'2 o..l i.i. .... .,-,yjn..-i UIHI Oii irire 1 alik'S. stock kept on hand. Leru blanks for sale. cf the ancient armorial insignia, divested Jv I A. . , . . . . . . . i, . r V . . AX1 heahon puppus to see dat yo join yo seir r. 7-w I rr, v , UU"PVJ lamuy.' Cham tc JioSwd-people X?W tr-0,dcred--- ..1 b..iowi:: .. . ;,.,. The Scent of Bloodhounds, Some people doubt the nossibilitv of dogs tracking a criminal through the streets and lanes and busy thoroughfares oi a great city, uney speak of cross they do7ounStanrso0wdl as-the bloodhound does. He has got the right fiV-T V.?i:5? n3 work with scent at the right place, and if he is the right sort of dog, be will etick to that and no other, Ueaides, It lias been tithe over and over again. Whether to the bloodhound nose every human being has a different scent I know hq, but it would really seem so, pjse how can the animal follow his man so directly, and singtd him out amonir even a crowd others at a publio housa hr nr i tho Vi:1 ,uaraging effect on the -"t'-jiiac.-San ! rancisco Argonaut. Why It Wont Owl. "Keep your seats, please, ladies and gentlemen," said a theatrical manager, "there is no trouble whatever, but for some inexplicable reason the gas went out," Then a boy shouted from the gallery: "Perhaps it didn't like the play.R New York Sua. feio Bros Office Cor. Vine and 5lh, a9 Telephone 38.