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If yon hnvo money to invrst in a gold
mlno put It Into Nebraska dirt
Now lfl n good time to bruin snving
those Fiinuncr wages for next winters
oonl bill or liqmdnting thoso of last
winter
Bland np for Nebraska Sho has fonr
nml a half millions invented In interest
bearing securities for tlio benefit of tho
permanent school fnnd
Tho Chicago Intcr Occnn thlukB tho
Volunteers of Amorien are not very fur
ont of tho way when they declnro that
nlvntlon follows tho flag
Tho snltnn of Turkey is now sick be
yond a donbt ind his ikoi1o aro some
what Manned probably more bo than
tho peoplo of any other country
v Over 8000 miles of steam railway will
bo constructed in tho United StatcH this
yoar Tho inllncnco of tho iron horse is
following tho general trend and is ex
panding
Tho Age of Bcnnmont Texas is of
tho opinion that Mr Bryan will become
a very old man if ho lives long enough
to ntone for tho injury ho has done tho
democrat lo party v
Oole Younger 1b now librarian at tho
Stillwater penitentiary Wonder if ho
has a snpply of thoeo books popular
noveral years ngo in which Jcsso James
aud hiB gang wcro leading characters
If tho prevailing prosperity had been
ephemeral or a delusion tho recent Wall
street panic would havo canned tho de
lusion to disappear with a rupidlty sur
prisingly swift to other ephemeral
things
The fanners of Kansas are looking for
harvest hands In Nebraska They had
better Btny at home Nebraska needs
hands herself In tho beet llelds that is
if tho water will BOtnetlme admit of
work being resnmed
If President McKinley had been first
consulted this third term ngitation
would hnve died early Ho positively
refuses to bo a party toward changing
tho onstom of tho country since Wash
ington regarding third tcrniB
Chairman H O Lindsay of tho re
publican state central committeo has iB
Bticd a call for a meeting of tho commit
oo to bo held in Lincoln on tho 27th for
tho purpoBo of deciding the timo and
place for the stnto convention
Tho Americau Medical association in
session at St Paul unanimously adopted
resolutions favoriug tho army canteen
There aro many who believe with the
association that the canteen was highly
preferable to tho joints patronized by
ttio soldiers since the canteens abolish
ment
Senator Vest thinks if tho present
prosperity continues up to the next
election there will be littlo need of hav
ing any democratic policy in 1004 It
therefore stand every good domoorat
woll in hand to do what he can for the
return of calamity before election time
approaches
Farmers with fifty cent corn live cent
hogs hundred dollar horses and twenty
dollar calves are ordinarily not wasting
their lung energy in demanding a re
turn of democratic times with com at
ten cents hogs being given away and
and horses and calves scarcely worth
their keep
The compositors work may look easy
but ho has to keep a moviu An ex
change has figured it out that in set
ting and distributing type a compositors
hand travels on the average of eleven
miles a day Leaving Sundays and holi
days out of account thiB means about
3000 miles a year
A Oreston youth who desired to sover
his relations with this earthly globe
mixed his strychnine with chewing
gum but is said to be still able to chew
gnm If there had been n coroners
jury one of its duties should havo been
to decide why he didnt take it in ice
cream or Btrnwberry shortcake
If people would spend one half the
energy at preserving tho song birdB
from destruction aud aiding their propa
gation bb they do in destroying insect
pests their object would bo much more
quickly attained One song bird or
dinarily destroys more insects during a
summer than the nverage gardener can
hope to deBtroy by the best meanB at his
service
Seven states bold elections this year
and seven democratio platforms will
have to be written Tho men who un
dertake the job with an endeavor to
have them harmonious will have agony
enough for a lifetime Perhaps the en
tire set will be edited at the Commoner
office This would be an easy solution
and Mr Bryan has a reputation for cre
ating issues that should not be over
looked
The Homestead recommends that
farmers maintain cold storogae plants
if not individually at least on the co
operative plan and believeB that they
would realize handsomely on the in-
vestment Many of tho products of tho
farm could bo Indefinitely preserved and
kept in a mnrketablo condition by cold
storngo and the suggestion is certainly
worthy of consideration by progressive
ngrlcnlturallsts
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1 Sterling Morton thinks that every
railroad company in the rountry should
utilize tho minsod parts of its right of
way for aboricnltnre and believes that
in twenty years they could roiso enough
cntalpa ties to almost supply thornm lves
Tho proposition has Its good features
but what would tho pahscnger who
delights in viewing tho landscape
think about it if his view was obstructed
by continuous rows of trees along tho
tracks
Swim steamship Hues havo ndopted a
novel method of ridding themtelves of
tho age controversy regarding children
nml announce that hereafter children
under two feet toll go freo Those
between two and four feet pay half faro
aud thoso over four feet in height pay
full fare It is to bo hoped that tho
mammas who hno heretoforo prevari
cated concerning tho orcs of their child
ren will not now adopt means to stunt
their growth to Ravo faro
Tho now woman is something of a
terror in Kansas according to tho Atchi
son Globe which relates tho following
A woman stopped a man on Goinmer
oialHtrect this morning and after talk
ing with him for some timo invited
him to go buggy riding Lady said
tho man drawing himself up to his fnll
dignity I nm a married man It is
tho second timo tho man has been in
sulted lately Tho poor man should
not venturo out hereafter without a
good strong lady as an escort
Tho Daily Nobraskan Is a now publi
cation iBsned from the University of Ne
braska Sterling II McCaw is editor in
chief John A Kecs business manager
and J A Manning nBBistant manager
It is announced that tho Daily Nebrnskan
will be published regularly hereafter
during tho college year The publica
tion 1b tho development of a monthly
which becamo a weekly and will here
after be issued daily Friends of tho
university nud tho management will
wish tho Nobraskan muoh success
A Neligh paper states that a note for
f 05 and H7 in cahh woro stolen from F
F Doming recently whilo ho was en
gaged in breaking prairio for J W
Getchell in tho southeast part of the
county Tho timo is undoubtedly at
hand when the farmer needs some
sort of protection for his wealth They
should either carry a time lock 6afo in
which to placo their money and securi
ties or hire a body guard of some sort
Meantime tho thief and burglar will bo
devoting moro of his attention to the
plutocratic farmer and tho merchant
and hanker will suffer less from their
depredations than formerly
Mr Bryan recently said in an inter
view Present prosperity is a delusion
or at least au ephemeral Ho should
know ero this that tho peoplo enjoy
such delusions nud most of them aro op
timistic enough not to worry nbout the
ephemeral nature of the delusion so
long as preseut conditions nro satisfac
tory Thero are n great many people
who believe that Mr Bryan could make
a much moro favorable impression by
admitting things that nro as plain and
easily comprehended aB that prosperity
prevails When he can convince people
thnt the grass is pink it will bo in order
for him to prove that prosperity is a de
lusion
The first edition of tho Croighton
Mail published by O J Stockwell
formerly of this office is out and that it
does credit to tho town and county does
not tell half the story Those who
know Mr Stockwell know him to be a
No 1 printer capable of handling any
department of newspaper work As it
writer he is vigorous and fearless aud it is
believed by his friends that tho first
number is but a slight indication of
what iB to follow The paper 1b a 7
column quurto with two pages of home
print and starts out with a liberal ad
vertising patronage Mr Stockwells
Norfolk friendB will wish him abundant
Buccess in his new venture
John O Yeiser of Omaha haB again
got tho floor long enough to make the
assertion that Nebraska has no governor
and to make the prediction that the
fusiouists will have a candidate in the
field for that position thlB fall He
buses his opinion on the fact that the
statutes seem to provide that the office
shall be filled by the lieutenant governor
if for any reason the office of governor
becomes vacant but do not specifically
state that the lieutenant governor shall
be advanced to the position for the un
expired term Mr Yeiser and hiB fel
low partisans believe that the republi
cans will maintain that Mr Savage is
the duly qualified governor for tho un
expired term
Of all the horrible things told of tho
steel trust this from a statistical journal
iB perhaps the most awful and should
convince nuyone that a trust is to be
despised and spat upon Fusion jour
nals will undoubtedly copy it ex
tensively It is estimated that the
men employed in the different concerns
composing the United States Steel corn-
THE NOKFOLK NEWS FRIDAY JUNR 131 1K1
ac
pany nninhor I8i000 receiving 115000
000 a month in wages This wonld bo
an averago of 80 a month each or 2CC
per day Unt thiR only represents thoso
directly employed At least half a mil
lion aro employed in dependent indus
tries averaging probably 2 per day or
000000 a year Even this does not
include tho mauy thousands engaged in
transportation nor does it include tho
thousands of managers and clerks whoso
salaries amount to many millions of
dollars more Hero nlono is a purchas
ing power of onormons strength which
traverses every channel of Industry
Mauy of these men own stock in tho
great concern or loan it money fiom
which thoy receivo dividends or inter
est
Tho following from tho Worlds Work
gives a wonderful insight into tho
growth of wealth in this country Tho
wealth of tho United Stoics is computed
every ten years from tho census returns
The total wealth in 1850 waB put at
17115780228 or 108 per capita and in
1870 at 100C8518507 or 780 per
capita This amount roso in 1880 to
f Jlfl42000000 or 870 per capita and
again in 1810 to 05070lllll7 or 1 081
per capita Fxpert statisticians estimate
that the amount for 1000 will bo at
least 0000000000 or nearly 1200
per enpita When it is considered that
tho latter amount represents accumu
lated savings of fl00 or nearly four
tiinos tho average of 1850 for every
family of flvo persons it iB evident that
tho world is growing richor at an aston
ishing rato nnder the operation of
machine production
Tho now game law for Nebraska gooB
into effect on the first of next month
and the woxdeuB aro preparing for a
rigid enforcement of its provisions
Under the terms of the law the open
season for prnino chickens and grouse
is from October 1 to November 80 for
ducks nud other water fowl from
Soptember 1 to April 1C for wild
pigeons doves and plover from April
15 to October 80 Tho amount of game
which may be killed according to the
law during the open season is limited to
ten geese or brants and twenty five
birds of any other variety The open
season for fishing under the act is from
April 1 to October 81 except for trout
tho open season for which begins June
1 and ends October 31 Restaurants
and hotels are prohibited from serving
protected gamo during tho open season
and tho plncing of names of gamo on
tho menus will be taken as evidence of
a violation of tho law Shipping from
the state is prohibited under any cir
cumstances
The proposition of the city council to
adopt a meter water rate will receive
tho hearty approval of water consumers
without exception The present rate is
manifestly unfair for both the small
aud large consumer of wnter in that they
nre compelled to pay the same rato and
the small consumer is over chnrged
while the lnrge consumer is not allowed
to use tho water he requires without
conflicting with the water ordinance
With a meter rale tho uso of wnter
would be much more satisfactory to
both tho consumer and tho city The
former would feel free to use as much
or ns little as he desired and the latter
would not experience the difficulty in
extravagant use as heretofore As the
law now is the small consumer un
doubtedly exerts himself to get his
moneys worth and tho largo consumer
uses various methods to get the water
ho needs The meter rate to he fair
should bo based as nearly on the average
consumption ns possible and if this can
be nsfprtained the majority of consumers
will undoubtedly adopt tho new system
If an American workman is dissatis
fied with his condition he would find it
of much benefit to compare his surround
ings with those of the workmen of other
countries Eltweed Pomeroy who haB
observed the condition of British work
men gives the following description to
the Boston Transcript regarding wages
A London manufacturer told me he
could easily get good men for twenty
five shillings a week or about 0 From
what he said I donbt if ontside his su
perintendents nnd foremen there is a
man in his employ who gets over thirty
shillings or 1750 a week and 1 think
tho average would be nearer twenty
shillings or 5 than thirty shillings
He employs girh at from four to eight
shillings or 1 to 2 a week and boys at
from two to six shillings or 00 cents to
160 a week but it 1b only fair to soy
that the boys and younger and lower
paid girls are probably half timers
That is for one week they will work in
tho mornings nnd not in the afternoons
usually going to school in the afternoon
and tho next week they will work in the
afternoons and not in the mornings
At Cadbnrys cocoa woiks it was men
tioned with great pride that the girls
and many of theso were mature even
elderly women averaged sixteen shil
lings or under 4 a week aud there
were over 2000 employed there And it
was said that in Birmingham at the pin
works many women received only from
seven to niue shillings a week or fl75
to 225 a week Of course amid such a
multiplicity of employments and with
many conditions different from ours it
iB difficult to make an exact comparison
but I should estimate that English
wages are about two thirds of ours
The drouth crokor has been converted
into a flood croker in Nebraska but oven
ho may bo disappointed
Revenues of tho Philippine islands
havo increased ti1001C for tho first
quarter of 1001 aa compared with the
first quarter of 1100 and Undo Sam is
just beginning to oxort hiB influence for
the benefit of thoso islands
An Ohio man In a spirit of bravado
swallowed a quantity of broken glasB
and is now in tho hands of tho under
taker Thero aro somo good and in
telligent men in Ohio but tho stnto also
appears to havo its Bhare of fools
Pennsylvania fishermen who have
heretoforo been prohibited from fishing
on Snndays will now bo allowed that
privilego under tho now gamo hw
Thero would bo a mighty roar from Ne
braska sports if they wero prohibited
from hunting nud fishing on Sunday
Fremont proposes to celebrate the
Fourth of July besides entertaining
tho state firemens tournament during
tho snme month and in addition pro
poses to provide iomo sort of open nir
amusement for tho peoplo Inter in the
season Fremont certainly gives every
indication of n hnstling city
Another leading English newspaper
man haB come to America to obtain
pointers in regard to what a real live
up-to-date uewspnper should be Amer
ica is not only sotting tho stylo for
newspaper work but nlong many other
lines of business activity The time
may not bo far distant when my
ladys toilet will be adapted from that
of her American cousin
The Omaha board of education has
put a wet blanket on any matrimonial
inclinations of the school maams of
that city and has ruled that any of them
who marries Ioscb her job instanter
Perhaps this iB just a bluff to nttract
attention to a job lot of old maids as
they at once suspended the rule and
elected seven married women who have
not been on the permanent list
H Gaylord Wilshire of Los AngeleF
Cal iB so anxlouB to meet Mr Bryan on
the trust question that he has leased the
Oliver theatre in Lincoln and will at
tack Mr Bryans position at his horr e
city He states that his offer of 10OC0
for a joint public debate with Mr
Bryan is still open Mr Brynn un
doubtedly feels that he iB receiving his
share of prosperity without going to the
trouble of nccepting Mr Wilshires
offer
Politics may admit of an independent
paper or one of the opposite party sup
porting a certain pre convention candi
date and then after convention support
ing another named by the opposite party
but it does not look exactly squnr a
the endeavor is usually to select a weak
candidate for tho opposing nirty
Whatever may be thought of it by con
scientious people that method of politi
cal warfare seems to be getting more
popular each year
The Lincoln library board is now of
tho opinion thnt Audrow Carnege put a
burden on their shoulders instead of
making a handsome donation when he
gave 75000 for a new library building
The board finds that the funds at their
disposal yearly will scarcely serve to
pay tho librarian and other salaries
and keep the building running without
supplying books and papers It might
be a scheme for the board to dispense
with the latter features
It is said that an excellent building
material can be made of coke ashes
which have been reduced to a fine pow
der and mixed with a tenth part of
slacked lime and mixed with water
The composition to be kneaded into a
stiff paste then molded and Bnn dried
In this age of the world many materials
thnt were formerly considered waste
are converted into important uses and
the time seems to be approaching when
no 6uch thing as waste will be known
The Bradshaw Republican would like
to have any fusion editor answer the
following question Where can a
man go in all thiB vast universe to find
more freedom freedom of thought
freedom of speech freedom of press
and liberty of action than under the
American flag wherever it floats
Now come Mr Kicker specify the
name of the country that is better than
our own and there will be or should be
a grand rush of emigrants for the
paradise at once
Iowa populists have indicated their
true standing as fusionists and express
their determination to abide by what
ever action the democratio party may
take They thus cast aside whatever of
party or principles they may have had
aud acknowledge themselves the willing
political slaves of the democrats and nre
bound to support that partys candidate
even though it be a yellow dog Surely
the Iowa populists are ready to acknowl
edge that the day of democratio im
perialism iB at hand
After the sowing broadcast by the as
sociated preEB dispatches of the timothy
of truth and the clover of logio gleaned
from the measureless thought fields of
the peerless citizen of Lincoln how
vl
can thojndges of tho supreme court fall
to resign liumedintcly How dare they
cumber tho seatB of tho mighty nny
longer Has not tho unfailing prophet
spoken Has he not with a single
cyclone from his vast knowledge of tho
needs possibilities economics subjuga
tions nnd crown threatening which
encompass round about tho plain peo
ple erased obliterated pulverized and
blown away tho mental microbes of that
judicial antiquity Whnt do they sig
nify now of laws or of tho constitution
sinco their master has spokou
Couservntvo
General Grosvenor now gracefully
withdraws and leaves tho full burden of
tho third term suggestion for President
MrKiuley rest on the shoulders ofSenn
tor Depow Tho general states that ho
was not qnoted in full After admit
ting thnt ho Bald There is no time in
our history when conditions wonld bo
justify tho election of n president to a
third term as in tho case of McKinley
Grosvenor wishes the public to rend
The child Ib not born who will ever
live t s e a cundidato for the presidency
nominated fur a third term Mr
McKinley in my opinion wnnld refuBe
to consider the Bnbject Mr McKinley
can scarcely hei bat consider the third
term proposition as a cmplimnt but
there are mnuy who believed with Mr
GroBvenor that he would not accept
The Swift ptirk packing concern iB
doing t ometbing useful for tho world
besides canning tupe and pickling pigs
feet It issued a sensible order some
time ago forbidding the smoking of
cigarettes by its workmen It did this
probably not out of purely moral im
pulses but because men aldicted to the
taking of poison curtail their usefulness
to their employers They get their
nerves jangled and their heads confused
and their hands lose their ennning Ab
a consequence their days work is re
duced and the firm Buffers financially
while the employes are Injured physic
ally and mentally Now this packing
company has extended its dictum to
6wenring which is put under the ban
with cigarettes Swearing it holds is a
wanton waste of energy a yielding
passion that destroys the manhood and
impairs the usefulness of the swearer
Blue streaks will no longer be sworn on
the Swift premises There will be the
groans of dying cattle and the squeals
of expiring pigs but no more articulnte
imprecations There will be tho smell
of blood and singed hair but no more
the baleful presence of cigarette smoke
Indirectly some of these great coinmer
mercial concerns nre doing much for
the morals of society while selling
canned roaBt beef at a living margin
Fremont Tribune
A DauKiioiu llullucinutloa
I saw a shrewd and buceeo ful gen
tleman who on my being introduced
said he was glad to have a talk with a
nerve doctor for he thought there was
something wrong Then ho told his
tale which was that ho was pestered
by gangs of gypsies who appeared ev
erywhere He paid that lifcftSul Just
come in from chasing them In his gar
den for wherever ho looked out ho
saw them pulling up his shrubs
I bald But tho shrubs aro not re
moved How do you account for
this 7
Ho said Well It Is hard to tell but
I still feel they do it and when I wake
In the morning I see the same gypsies
using my toothbrush and my hair
brushes I jump up only to find they
havo disappeared He admitted the
absurdity of the whole thing but yet
he eald he felt It was true and ho
must act upon his belief
Whnt might have proved a serious
loss followed the persistent hallucina
tions for before 1 Insisted on his with
drawing from all business he had on
ouo holiday gone to his office to look
through his private safe with its very
valuable securities Before leaving he
thought ho saw his son In the adjoin
ing office and told him to put the things
away and to lock the safe Tho son
was a hallucination and It waB only
by accident that the son discovered tho
state of affairs before othera arrived
next day London Lancet
A Loil Klnir
In olden times when European king
were as plentiful as Kentucky colonels
are todny It was not an exceptional
occurrence for a king to disappear and
never been heard of again In nncient
times however the people havo been
more careful of their kings
So when King Sebastian of Portugal
disappeared In battle July 20 1578
while fighting the Moors at Alcazar
there was great commotion Tho Moors
surrendered to the Portuguese a body
aid to be that of the king but It was
rumored that the Moors had the king
alive in custody
Tho surrendered body was burled
with royal honors at Belem but the
faithful Portuguese persisted in wait
ing for the return of their king Long
after he would have died In the course
of nature his countrymen longingly
awaited his coming
Even up to this day tho legend of the
return of King Sebastian is believed by
many and on stormy nights credulous
Portuguese cltlzeus will wrap their
cloaks about them and go outside and
watch the storm thinking that the
king may appear In a cloud of fire
again to rule
An Example and a Warnfn
Im afraid snld the patient wife
that yours will be the fate of Abel
Why what do you mean asked
the astonished husband
Well she replied Abel was killed
by a club and your club will be the
death of you If you dont come home
oftener Chicago News
NOT MUCH OF A LIFT
Blorr at n Trenh Vnnnc Mnn Wli
ItlltMl ii Farmer
Fnrrrcrs even those who arc consider
ed nigh In other respects are usually
quite willing to give foot passengers a
lift but they like to be asked for tho
favor politely A native of lllllvllle was
returning from the county fair at Brook
by with an empty wngon when he over
took n smartly dressed young man who
wns plodding along with the disgusted
air of one unused to country ronds and
Bandy coll
Hello hayseed 1 cried the foot pas
senger tinning round as he heard the rat
lin f uMii fin u IipiIr nnd ktniidllic ntlll
niiitll the fanner drove up Can a fellow
get n lift to Scomot r nnd wiiiinut wnir
ing for n reply he vaulted Into the wagon
1 might us well ride with you ns walk
I guess Now then stnrt up your nag
The fanner looked at the young man a
little sharply but snld nothing beyond a
Git up addressed to his horse
After two or three miles had been
traversed the young mnn pausud for n
moment In hla Inconsequent chatter nnd
remarked
Its more of a distance to Sconset thnn
I supposed
It Is quite n dlstnnce responded the
farmer In a noncommittal tone f
Another 20 minutes passed nnd then
the young mnn Inquired
About how far Is it to Sconset
Well replied the farmer kcepln
straight nhend the wny we nre goln
naow 1 shd say twould be a matter o
25000 miles or so but cf so be you wns
favorable t gcttln nout o my wagon an
boofin It back It aint much nbove eight
miles
Tho young mnn got out with great ce
lerity nnd proceeded to hoof It in the
opposite direction
I calclate snld the farmer telling
his wife the story afterward I calclnto
his mode of nddresein the next man ho
meets will be some different Christian
Observer
Hott Par Apart Did They Live
I waB at the capltol one day Bal
a Boston lawyer In attendance upon
a committee having in charge a bill In
which my clients are Interested On
the long leather covered Bettee near
me two southern members were smok
ing and conversing The following
words were jotted down by me vers
batlm I
Majab I wns down among youhj
people last summer nnd I wanted tOi
find Genal Bloods plantation but I
got off my road Where does ho llv
from youh place majah
Why colonl he lives near me j
right smart piece south on the river i
Does he live a right smart smart
piece or a right smart right smart piece
south majah
Well It Isnt as far as either ofl
those pieces Just a right smart picceJ
colonl
Then that must be the reason II
missed It I went too far around thO
river bend
Now these gentlemen understoodi
each other beyond a doubt But wbnt
I want to know Is how many miles
was It from the majors plantation to
the generals And for the life of mo
I cant solve the question It hauntedj
me so that I stumbled two or three
times when subsequently making my
argument before the committee cCj
which these two members formed a
lit v f iaillllU JIU1 -
Sapphire Not All nine
It Is commonly believed that the
6npphlre Is known only as a gem of a
rich velvety blue In color observed an
experienced dealer In precious stones
to the writer the other day As a
matter of fact the sapphire occurs In
various hues In Ceylon for Instance
where the finest specimens of this gem
are found It ranges from the soft vel
vety blue to the peacock blue gradu
ated In the hitter to an almost faultless
white It also occurs In whites greens
and yellows the latter shade being
known as the oriental topaz and thej
green the oriental emerald
The white sapphires are often found
clouded or streaked with blue bo that
many specimens are cut which are
white when looked at transversely but
having a bit of fine blue tint on the un
der point Then there Is the red sap
phire or Ceylon ruby It Is valued as
highly as tho finest Burmese rubles
Those most highly prized are of rlchj
pigeon blood or rose red color i
Some very fine snpphlres have been1
found In Montana during the past ten
years The American gems are light
blue blue green green and pink but
the deep blue and red stones which aro
chiefly In demand as Jewels have so
far never been discovered In any part
of this country Washington Star J
The flooHter Was Game I
A Rockland young man Is the owner
of a smart rooster nnd has long enter-
tained suspicion thnt tho bird might
have inherited gamy characteristics
from some long forgotten ancestor To
apply this theory In an actual test ha
went home tho other night surrepti j
tlously conveyed the parlor mirror lnto
tho hen pen and held It before the gaze
of the wondering rooster i
The young man wns not kept long in
Buspense as to the birds fighting qual
ities After a brief Incredulous glanco
at the proud retlection In the glass tho
rooster descended upon the object with
spurs set and wrath gleaming from
each headlike eye There were a crash
a smash and a clatter and when the
dust and feathers cleared away the
young sportsman stood a dismayed
spectator in the center of a pile oft
ruins formed of broken mlrrort slata
and pulverized plate glass j
He Is now satisfied with the roosterj
but how he squared himself about the
broken mirror Is not known Bangon
Whig and Courier m
Satan Got Behind -
Mother So you havo been at th
Jam again Adolphus
Son The cupboard door came open
of Itself mother nnd I thought
Mother Why didnt you Bay Get
thee behind me Batan
Son So I did mother and he went
up and pushed me right In I Brooklyn
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