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Now in the time for the demo
cratic prt'H to crow. The beloved
Hritish have captured Canada, and
the democratic party over the line
have cleaned out the republicans.
Hurrah for Jackson, Cleveland and
tree trade!
How the reciprocity treaty with
1 brazil convulses Ihe democratic
diaphragm! "Kngdish interests will
aufler and we must help those who
help us," remarks a free trade press
unanimously that has felt the value
of British $rokl.
Mr. Isaac Pollard
Saturday feeling in
was in town
trootl humor,
and Diibliclv admitted that the
county commissioners had the law
and the riirht on their side when
they refused to call a county seat
election recently on the showing
that was made before them.
THE Haglet, f Feb. '7, prints a
clear, concise and unanswerable
tetter in favor of IM.ittsmoutli for
the county seat. It will be good
reading for some of the westerners
who have heard but one side of the
proposit ion.
The movement in Cuba for recip
rocity with the I'nited States is re
ported to be fast assumingthe char
acter of a unanimous appeal to the
home government at Madrid, and
there i little doubt that it will soon
lie. an accomplished fact. So does
the great American policy flourish
and bear fruit.
"Fimmv Horn" must iro. The
"World-Herald artrument that a
Hritish subject can gain citizenship
in this country !y coining over nere
and ruiminir on the democratic
ticket for evcrv office in sight, from
il.x- nolter ui to irovernor. is too
Tastlv vn-t for any intellect save
that of the U.-1I. readv stra'Nller.
Hut don't be misled. Mr. Boyd;
ruiniing for office is not the way
aliens get onto our books.
STK'iKTKhr. the Illinois labor can
didate for the L'nited States Senate,
received his full party strength (.'
votes) yesterday and every republi
can vote but five. It is said that
these live republicans wiil be
brought into the cam) next week,
which will defeat the democratic
combine for General Palmer and
elect Mr. Streeter to succeed Far
well. .V NEW paper was born last week
in Saunders county, which has been
christened the Cedar Bluffs Opinion.
The editor says he is not in it for
political purposes but to advance
the interests of his town and county,
consequently the paper will have
110 political predilections. The first
number is a neat well-edited paper
-and gives evidence of being in good
li.irids. We wis-.li the editor a full
mead of siici-css.
Tin; democratic press is howling
about th-- extravagance of the last
congress. The press does not. how
ever, mention the fact that it took
an appropriation of the princcl
sum of :r7 '..( MM) to pay the deficit
that had been made by the pretend
ed economy of the former demo
cratic congress. In other words,
the democratic congress, on tin
false claim of economy, lacked 7t,
dOO.fX) of appropriating enough to
pay for the usual running expenses
of the government; consequently,
the succeeding congress must be
called extravagant for remedying
the neglect of its predecessor.
Time is money - then go to toGer
5ng A Co. to buy wall paper.
Onlv President Harrison' Aiirna-
ture is required to make the direct
tax bill a law. The conceded effect
of the bill is to take from an already
depleted treasury the tmm of $17,
SOO.OOO and pay back to the respec
tive states the amounts they paid
more than twenty-seven years apo
upon a direct tax levied by the gov
ernment for its defense. Two years
ni-o President Cleveland was con
fronted by a similar measure and
promptly vetoed it. Omaha World
Herald. The fable of the ass in the lion's
skin is constantly emulated by the
democratic press. A loyal man
ought to be ashamed to oppose the
return of the money to the loyal
states by the general government,
which was raised by a direct tax in
these states to help defray the ex
penses of the war. Years of demo
cratic misrule had not only left the
National Treasury empty, but what
was worse, it left the government
without credit; and had it not been
for the action of these states where
! the democrats were in the minority,
there would be no great popula
government known as the United
States of America on the map of the
world today. Kvery loyal man be
lieves that since the national gov
eminent received and used this
money to defend our homes andna
tional honor, it is but simple justice
that the money should be returned
from whence it came. Those who
sympathized with the Southern
Confederacy and cried the war was
a failure all along from '01 to '65, to
gether with a class of later wean
lings domineered by Southern pred
judice.we should expect nothingbut
hostility to this righteous measure
On the contrary everj' citizen of the
republic that really loves his coun
try and believes it the best, deems
it but tardy justice that money so
long withheld and used in so noble
a cause, should be paid back now
without question.
The threat foreshadowed in the
W.-II. of Omaha, that the democratic
party in the legislature will join
the alliance and throw out all the
stale "officers elect if the supreme
court should upon trial find Boj d
ineligible to hold the office of gov
ernor of this commonwealth, is too
puerile and offensively childish for
consideration. Truly the demo
cratic party is a great organization
in this state as well as in the nation.
It is organized for office. It is will
ing to ride in the republican judicial
chariot just so long as that vehicle
runs in the Boyd rut; and it shouts
itself hoarse over the righteous
judges when a decisioti is made
which gives the Omaha gang an
advantage; but it threatens, if the
court does not continue, right or
wrong to decide in Boyd's favor, it
will commit hari-kari and join the
pesky alliance procession. The su
preme court has not yet decided
the Uo3'd -Thayer contest. It has
only out of a decent respect for
itself and the people, ordered the
democratic governor to answer as
to his citizenship. Surelv no de
cent democrat ought to object to
that. It is a matter the people have
a right to understand, and if the
old bull-nozing party, made famous
by its light on the side of treason,
now wants to join the alliance on
this account, no one will suffer ex
cept the alliance.
The threat is tantamount to say
ing the present state officers can
control the supreme court and keep
Boyd in office wrongfully. Jt is in
order for the IlEK'A i,i to say right
here, that the supreme court of Ne
braska is not controled by any gang
of politicians, be they alliance, dem
ocrat or rejmblican. If that tribu
nal makes uj its mind that Jim
Boyd is not a citizen, it will say so,
and there is no power on earth that
can avert it. Play ball, gentlemen,
and don't cry before 3-011 are hurt.
THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF THE Mc-
KINLEY BILL.
.Messrs. Hind iSc Harrimau.auother
plush manufacturing firm from
Kng-land has located at Clark's M ills.
Oneida county. New York.
Clevet & Co., pearl button manu
facturers of France, have trans
ferred machinery worth ifT.'i.OoO to
this country. It was the only win-
in which tlH'3- could hope to hold
their American trade.
Two of the latest linen mills to
purchase machinery extensively
and embark in the manufacture of
II kinds of linens, is the KauCIaire
Linen Mill.--, Minn., and Sioux Falls
Mills at Sioux Falls. S. I).
An extensive plush factorv is go
ing in at I'tica. New York, while an
other one has moved over from
Manchester. Kngland. and is ready
to begin operations at Bridgport,
Conn. The McKiiiloy bill isgetting
in its work all over the I'nited States
and by the time it has been in force
two 3 ears. all the powers of Hades
will be unable to dislodge it. The
McKink'3- bill has come to stay "d
its practical workings are proving
not only the wisdom and patriotism
of the republican part3', but it is
starting such an era of industrial
activity and development, that two
years of democratic misrule will he
unable to stop our national pro
gress. 1
.A J A ilea, ea.itptw 1 cotisinieucy
and to show that the average demo
cratic editor does not believe half
that he says himself, and of course
does not expect his readers to be
lieve much of nii3'thing that he
prints in the way of political notes
and news, we append the following,
which appeared the same day and in
the same column of the Plattsmouth
Journal:
"The rule of Boss Reed closes to
morrow noon. It has been most
disastrous to the treasury of the
people, and not even the palm)' days
of Biaine and the Credit Mobilier
jobbery succeeded in using up the
surplus with such recklessness.
"The gangs of fellows who have
been depending upon the republi
ran tnaioritv in both houses toooen
j y A
the doors of the treasury for their
benefit are meeting with many dis
appointments. It is pleasant to
discover that the staunch body of
democrats, with the help now and
then of a minorit)' of the republi
cans, has been able to protect the
treasur3' against such bare-faced
steals as the Hawaiian cable subsi-d)-.
As it was the(republican)house
sat down upon the plan by a UNANI
MOUS vote."
The office of governor must be a
momentous atlair with the demo
cratic ringmasters who threaten to
turn around and join the alliance if
Boyd is not kept in office. We will
wager a red apple that the alliance
managers are too particular about
the company they keep to consent to
such a proceeding. It would be a fine
exhibition of principle. "The re
publicans have acted in bad faith,"
say the Boyd advocates. Who has
acted in bad faith? The court, if it
ousts Boydr We reckon the demo
cratic machine will not have the ef
frontery to say it had any under
standing with the supreme court.
WHO PAYS THE TARIFF?
We are indebted to the New York
Press for the following:
Thee lawn, an the r
One of the heaviest im
plain and primary ef
fect, raise the price to
coi sumern of all arti
c's imported and sub
Ject to duty, by pre
finely the sum paid for
such duties. drover
porters or woolens in
isosioii states that as
soon as ins itreent con
tract with forei-ni man
ufacturers expires, he
nas ueen prom sea a
reduction in prices to
meet the advanced
Clevtlnnil'a me-nntiae an
President of the Unitcri
rates of dutv now au-
f-tnuf in t.onarest. on
Iplicable to the mer
ttui reiHxiun of th t tariff
chandixe of his impor
tation. Itimtim Com
law, jjce. c,
mercial JhuUiin, Feb.
WORLD-H ERALD ROT.
"Woman possesses above all other
things, an instinct to protect her
children and her home. If she had
for the last ten years had the right
to vote she would not have sustain
ed in power the part)- which has re-
ducedthe western frontiers to pen
ury. Her instinct would haverefut-
eu uie specious arguments ot re
publicanism for a high protective
tariff. However, without the aid of
the women, the reform has set in,
and the ladies have been politely re-
mseu ine privilege ot tne ballot in
considerate legislative lauiriuiDe-
not that the legislators loved the
ladies any less, but that they loved
ActirapKa more.
W e supposed the drouth and hot
winds was what ruined the western
part of the state, but now that it is
proven by so eminent authority as
v. Hitchcock, that the McKinlev
bill is the real cause of all the suf
fering, and would have blighted the
crops any way if they had not had
anv hot winds, we must strike here
after at the root of evil. Have Kntr-
Itsli free-trade, have our trousers
made in Iondon and transfer the
bulk of our business to the other
side. Its very vulirar. von know, to
be a tradesman, so let us have a
wider gap between the wealthy and
the poor, like they have in Knirland.
Hid then those who inherit fortunes
would be appreciated as the)- should
be.
REFRESHING "FRESHNESS."
1 o unseal Hoyd 1-r the inirposeof
restoring to power a corrujt joliti-
al ring ot railroad tools would be a
heinous political crime. -World-
Herald.
And again, the same oriran savs.
Hut the railroad pet need not sup-
ose lor one instant thai r. l!.nr
se is in danger. K'ailroad tools
mil liovil is a cood subject for edi-
orial discussion, but Mr. Hitchcock
wantonly insults the intell iirence of
his readers when he nroteiids llmf
Ir. Hovd was not the most abiectof
ail road tools. His bii- vote in
Omaha was largely received by the
irganized ellorts ot the railroads.
mil no one knows that better than
tin- li)-)ocritical sniiiler on the
World-Herald. When we hud life
long republicans from the V. I', and
li. A: M. camp in Omaha and Lincoln
spending money ami doing all in
their power to elect Mr. Hoyd, we
naturally infer that he is a very sat
isfactory man for those people.
Hut to hear the "Omaha Straddler"
try to work the alliance as though
they were born chumps, by placing
H..yd antagonistic to the railroads
who.-e inlluence made him govern
or, is altogether too fresh for men
oi ordinary intelligence.
Tin: last act of the exjiiring legis
lature of .North Carolina was tiPre
district the state so as to make eight
demorratis congressional districts
and one rejmblican district. And
the saddest feature of the occasion
was the fact that they could not di
vide uj the counties'so as to make
the districts all democratic.
Tin: Omaha Iiee jmlls off the thin
disguise under which it has been
sailing ami comes out today in a
labored editorial explaining why
and how Governor Uoyd is a citizen.
Mr. Koscwater. or "Bilgewater," ap
pears 1o know more about it than
Uoyd himself, as is evidenced by
the fact that Uoyd swears on last
December that he was an alien and
takes out final papers before Judge
Dundy.
e want everybody in the county
to-see our stock of wall paper before
purchasing. Gering &;Co.
A DlkaioBt Tfclf Trapped.
The manager of on of the largest
jewelry stores in the city was speaking
of some experience he had had with
diamond thieves. Snid he:
Of course we are familiar with the
fixes of a great many of the most expert
thieves who pick op diamonds and
jowelry while examining them under
' pretense of buying, but naturally our
J knowledge is limited, and great care is
erercised when exposing precious stones.
I keep all the loose diamonds in my pri
vute office and attend to their sale my
self, but this is rather a dangerous jxdicy.
Quite recently a man came in and asked
to see some unset diamonds, and with
out the slightest suspicion I brought him
in here and spread out a number of pa
ters of very valuable stones. I was seat
Oil in a revolving chair, and had occasion
to turn my back on him for a moment,
and when I looked around again. I dis
covered that two valuable stones were
missing.
Very quietly I folded up the papers,
leaving the one from which the stones
had been taken until the last. Then
saying carelessly that I had something
else to show him, I turned to a drawer
in my desk and got my revolver. 'This
is what I wanted to show you, and now
just put back those two diamonds,' said
I. lie looked at me for a moment, said
something about insulting a gentleman,
hut ho saw the revolver looking very
dangerous, and finally produced the
stones from his vest pocket. Philadel
phia Press.
V!ier Nature In KfVfmfd.
Yuma! What recollections the name
itself brings up! Yuma, where they dig
for wood and climb for water. Where
there are more Mexicans than Ameri-
cons, ana more Indians man euner.
Where the "thermometer "seldom gets
above 1 18 in the shade," and where the
wicked Yumaite in school sent home for
his blanket. Where the seat of honor is
the left hand, and the railroad hotel
gives the traveler tender beefsteaks.
Where the river is the color of the earth,
and the earth the color of the water.
Where steamboats run comfortably on
moist sand, and the prisoners in the peni
tentiary keep store in the prison yard.
Whore the girls are "tough" and the
boys are "gentle and refined." Where
they eat strawberries in January, and
where the desert blossoms like the rose.
Where the rainfall is less in a year than
it in New York in a day, and where
the old men pitch pennies and fly kites.
Where the Indian warrior is practically
peaceful and clean, and where the entire
world seems topsy turvy
Such is Ynuia, a picturesque town sit
ated in the heated corner of the world
wlicre Arizona, California and Mexico
u.v;et. Omaha W orld-lierald,
Sport That Is Rather Cruel.
The scorpion is a bad bedfellow, and
ii." has a mean trick of hiding m your
boots and stinging you when you put
t:ie:n on. But you can have fun with
lum alter a fashion. If you want to
br'ug out the best qualities of a scorpion
m:ui a little corral ot ory leaves or
-:.-r around him and set firo to it at
11 oints. Make the circle about a foot
in diameter, so that the flames will not
touch vour prisoner. When he sees the
rln j of fire the scorpion will try to es
nrst at one place and then at au-
Ot;i'.T, out tne names will urive him
back every time, and when he realizes
th;:t he is completely surrounded he will
retreat to the center of the ring and de
liberately commit suicide by curling his
tail over and stinging himself in the
back. So you see that nature sanctions
suicide under some circumstances in
spite of what the preachers say about it.
The scorpion teaches a lesson that a man
had better remember if he finds himself
in the center of a gang of Apaches. San
Francisco Examiner.
Tiro Singular Showers.
On Saturday, Xov. 11, 1882, there was
a sliower of peculiar shaped seeds over
in area of several square miles in the
ieinitv of St:itesbur:f, S. C. The shower
c;;!i;i ab.ut 1 1 a. m. , and was noted
for twelve miles in one direction and
ub i:t seven and a half in the other. In
the center of the district over which thev
fell the ground was almost covered, the
noise made by them us they fell on the
leaves much resembling that made by
e sleet. When examined rmder the
microscope these see i. like granules, ap-i--.ii'v
wholly diileieiit from any seeds
known to botanists of that part of South
Carolina.
lu the following month. December,
18n, Huntington, Ind.,and vicinity was
treated to a shower of strange worms.
They were only about the fourth of an
inch in length and about the diameler of
a s-m ill sewing needle. In some phiees
they fell in such abundance as to cover
the ."'-11' w and ice to t he depth of ne.arlv
half an inch. St. Louis Iiepublie.
New Moons.
In former years the night watchmen
of European towns, as thev went their
rounds, called out tha hour and the state
of the weather.
ThcM- watchnier. were generally old
men. whose mummies, rather tnaa tueir
fitness, made th-m guardians of the
ni.ht. Of one of them, a warchmau of
Canterbury. Cooper, the English artist,
tells a story amusingly illustrative of the
mental dullness of the class.
- One night it had been raining bet ween
the hours of tiie old man's rounds, a fact
of which he was ignorant, having snoozed,
as usual, in his "watch box. When he
started on his next round the rain had
ceased, and the light of the moon was
reflected in many pools of water. As
tlv old man went along he was heard to
call out:
Past 1 1 o'clock, a wet night and more
moons than usual!"
Patriotic.
A young lady of Seattle, who has been
forwarding very interesting accounts of
her travels in Europe to her friends at
home, sent her last letter froih Paris.
She was enthusiastic over the French
capital, and after saying everything else
that she could in its fvor, rapturously
joclaxtnl, "To ut j mind it is the Seattle
of Eunie Albany ArfftM.
Wi ll V7
Spring Plattsoiotitli 9
We are now opening our Spring goods and beg to inform the Ladies
that there is an entire change of style so varied as to become every form
of face and complexion. Such is the advantage of the
NEW CLKOPATRA
that everyone can be suited. On Saturday the 14th we shall be prepared
to show the newest styles made up as well as large assortment of fchapea
Flowers, Ribbons, etc.
GIVE U S -A.-N"
DAWSON
ROOM 3 RILEY BLOCK,
FREE LAND COMES HIGH.
Twb Lota Given Away, but Thr Arm
Expenses Attached to Them.
I heard about the man who was giving
away town lots free, and one day I left
the train at a small station and hired
man to drive me over to the site of the
future great city. I found a sixty acre
farm staked out into lots 20 feet front
by 50 deep, but only one house and one
person were in sight. The house waa a
farm cabin, and the iterson waa the
owner of it and the one I wanted to sm
"Come for a lot?" he asked as we drove
up.
"Yes, in case my information is cor
rect. Do you give them away free?
"I do."
"I had heard so."
"(Jo right out and select any one you
like. Those selected are marked with
red stakes, those not yet taken by black
ones."
I took a walk around and made a se
lection, and he found the number and
said:
"You want an abstract of title, of
course. Here it is, and the fee is $3."
When I had received it he hunted out
a deed already signed, and filled my
name in, called in the teamster and his
wife for witnesses, and said:
"Here is your deed. I ll have to charge
$4 for that."
I paid the sum named, and he then
got down a big book and said:
"You want it recorded, of course. I
arn the county clerk. The fee for re-
cording is $3,
I had it duly recorded, and just then
dinner was ready. He invited me to sit
down, but when we were through he
said:
"My charge for dinner is seventy-five
cents. The taxes on your lot will be due
next week, and you had better leave the
money. The amount is $1.75. ami my
commission for receipting will be twenty-five
cents."
I paid him the sum named and was
about to get into the wagon, when he
said :
"The charge for bringing yon over
and taking you back is Half belongs
to me, as I own tin; wagon. One dollar,
please."
"Can you think of anything further?"
I asked, as I handed him the dollar.
"Well, you'll have to stop at the junc
tion about four hours before the eastern
train comes along. I own the restaurant
there. Please eat all you can."
"I have," I said, after a little figuring,
"paid you $b'!.75 for a lot yon advertise
to give away free. J low much do you
call this land worth an acre?"
"All of six dollars, sir. I've been
offered five an 1 word la't tal:e it."
"Then I've paid you more than the
value of two acres to get a lot large
enough to bury a couple of cows on!"'
"Exactly, sir exactly, and I congrat
ulate you on your bargain."
"Then you don't call it a swindle?"
"No, sir! No, sir! A man who will
kick on buying a chunk of the glorious
west for h-ss than 11 isn't straight, and
Mr. Tompkins, I'd advise yon to keep an
eye on him going back and see that he
doent jump out of the wagon and bilk
yen out of your dollar." Wilmington
A ews.
1'iivate Interview.
hie in;;;. ::om tiMies be made to see the
us lessnes.-of a foolish habit by being
n;de the ictim of similar behavior on
the part of another. Here is an example
of being paid "in ones own coin:"'
A landlord in a country village was
bu-ily employed at his desk when a
fa"ier came to the door and asked to
see mm.
The man was asked his errand, but he
persisted that he must see the hotel
keeper alone. The latter stepped out
sidi-. when the farmer motioned him to
oiiow and walked around to the rear
of the hotel.
When thev were well around the cor
ner the farmer stated that he wished to
buy a cow and had heard that the land
lord had one to sell.
"Come on," said the other, and led the
way through a garden, a patch of pota
toes, and after climbing a fence, through
a muddy barnyard and into the hotel
barn.
Wh--n they were inside the landlord
put his mouth near the other's ear and
whispered:
.Say. neighbor, I've sold my cow!"
Yo'.'.t h's ( . mpani( n.
Nicknames at College
With students the range of sobriquets
is wide and varied, a condition due to the
close relations between the nicknamer
and the nicknamed. Some well defined
rules obtain, however, which show there
is some method in this phase of under
graduate madness. Surnames often
carry the same nicknames, although the
persons may not be related, and may be
separated by live or ten years in the time
of their residence at college. For in
stance, Jones, '79, is dubbed "Buck,"
and th- chauces are excellent that Jones,
'fj, will receive the same nickname.
Why, no one knows, but it is a curioua
instance of persistent personality. Again,
nicknames received previously at school
or at home count for naught, for the
collegian is no respecter of traditions
outside of the college world. So Billy"
becomes "SLster," "Jack" u transformed
into "KVdJf," "Joe" i elerated into
"Sanator." vw
IE .A.
& PEARCE.
N 6th Street.
PROBATE NOTICE Final Settlement
IN THE MATTEK Of THE ESTaYTK OF
1 Spencpr Hiliin. lect a.l.
In ili countv court ofl.'rtHH county. Nbra i.
Voile l H'p by t!ivr that the tieir ot ta
Spencer H. Billiin.' deras"l has in d appli
cation for final nettl-iamt. a d iliiit ald couse
is ct for hearing ai m v rH-e a I'latt monttt
ii t' e3NMlay I M rch A J 1891. at 10 (.clock
a in on nald day : at which time and place, all
crsniis iuiere'tcil in iy be pirn, nl and cxm-
i.e thB TCoiiiit of r I hi M. Spncr. exwuplx
ot the last will and tMHiii"'t I said d' ce .sed
Ii, h. Im Ki, Couity Judge
rialtKmouth. March 10, 191. 61-St.
Sheriff's Sale.
liv virrun of an execution Issued by"
c.
Sliow.ilier. clern of ibe district court winiin
and for Cass counry. ftebrimka. and to rue
directed. I will on the 30th day of March, A. .
1H1, at 1 o'cIock p m . of salil day at the south
door of I he court house in tli- city of I'IhIU
mouth, in faii couniy. well at public auction,
the following real state to-wit :
f.ot t hundred an I seventy-two (JT2) in the
trilhiRe of (ir en wood ; lot thirty-two 32) :nd
thirty-three (t2) Jones' Second Addition to tha
village of (ireenwood. Ca-s cou :ty, Nebrasi-.a,
together with the pri liege. and anpurten :.n
c s thereunto belonging or in anywise apper
taining Vhf. same b ing levied upon and
taken as the property of Josiah (Uiue. defend
ant to H!i- tfv -A itidmiient of -id court recov
ered by Jospn T. Uoyd. plaintiff against caid
defencfan's.
Plmttsmouth.Neb.. Feb. 25th. A. l., isai.
U I LI. I AM TlOIIK,
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HherlffCass County, Neb.
lilack and ureen romm.
Generally speaking, all teas are di
vided into two colors green and black.
Japan is tho only country which pro
duces green tea only, while China ia the
only land where both colors are pre
pared. India, Ceylon and Java send
forth bhack teas alone, on the principle
at le.a.st in India that adulteration of
green te4 is too easy. It is worthy of
mention in this connection also that
until within a few years all the teas of
Japan have been black, and this waa the
case when in 18."G the first importation
of fifty half chests reached this country.
The venture was immediately success
ful. The flavor of the Japan ea pleased the
American palate. It was spoken of as
a black tea with green tea flavor," and
as the leaf was dried in tho natural color
it was believed that it must be free from
adulteration. Tho importation for ti
the third year the amount arose to 1,100.
But it did not by any means stop there,!
rising rapidly till the yearVy tota
leached the wonderful amount of 20.0004
000 IKJlinds. Good Ilousekeeninir. N
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i:apn for the Uallery. '
An old time theatrical advance aijent
. 1 CI. F
told me this amusing incident which o
cui i f d in London, England, ut thu first '
production of the opera "Faust" in the
Ui 'ury bane theatre: "The original Faust
was taken sick in the evening and could
not aptear in the title role. An under
study, whose name was not revealed,
was chosen for the part. lie was a first
class tenor, but was a very stout man,
weighing about 240 jiounds. In the last
act, where Marguerite lies dead on the
floor, and Faust descends through a trap
door amid lurid flames, the trap in this
instance, being very small, was not large
enough to let the under study through.
ilie stage hands underneath pulled tbr:
utmost on the legs of the substitute, 1
to no avail. There was breathless silei
in the audience at the awkward pan
winch was soon broken by a voice in
gallery exclaiming m a shrill tone, -Hi
rah, fellows! We're safe! The hut pi j
is lull already!"' .New York Star.
Kelsons for a hivur.
The Druses sometimes divorce i-S
wives for apparently the most
causes. Thus a ma.n named So
Attala had a wife, Isbakyeh fG
woman frequently worked for
on several occasions I had to i ' '
that she talked too much hik1
too little. At length I was r01
tell Soleiman that, owing to
laziness, I could employ her ' "
Shortly afterward I went trvJ J I
On my return after a couple
absence I was surprised to'"NTJpr .
Soleiman had divorced Isbakyeh, and hi i"- '
already married another woman. On
inquiring from him the cause of this he
replied, "Your honor told me that you
would not employ my wife again, so I
mongnt i would get rid of her and
lloston'H Oldest House.
What is generally lielieved to be th
oldest house standing in Boston has been
transferred from one estate to another I
for the first time in over 200 years. The
property is known as the Wells mansion.
Ihe sale was made bv the Wells estate'
to Mr. A. Rat.-hesky, a Hebrew million
aire. This interesting relic of the colonial
period, now used for a store and tene
ments, bears a strong resemblance ia its
tyle of architecture to the old Dickens
house in London. It is a two story frame
structure, very substantial and likely to
last anot ner generation, if not torn down
to make room for a modern building
The striking peculiarity of its eiUrior is
that its sec -sd story projects six Inches
or more beyond the walls of the first a
freak of construction that cannot be ac-
counted for on any known emu ml r..
practical use or ornamentation. Th'"
title was examined into by John T. HaJ
sun. who discover! that it had not rre
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V1UH.-JV utxn inquires into since lixsl,
when it came into the possession of th
forefathers of the present coinntrollera
of th Well aaUte. Bern tan Post '
i "uuiu gci nu or ner and 'ill
marry another woman whom you would f,
employ." Blackwood's Magazine. 1
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