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HEPUBLICAN STATE CON VEISTION.
The republican electors of the
Hate of Nebraska are requested to
nend delegates from their several
counties, to meet in convention in
Hie city of Lincoln, Thursday, Sep
tember 21. lS'.U, at 10 o'clock a. in.,
for the purpose of placing in nomi
nation candidates for one associate
juHtice of the supreme court, and
two members of the board of re
gents of the state university, nod to
transact such other business as
maybe presented to the convention.
THE APPORTIONMENT
The several counties are entitled
to representation ns follows, being
based upon the vote cast for Hon
Geo. II. Hastings, for attorney-general
in l.SlKl. giving one delegate-at-Inrge
to each county, and one for
each 150 votes and the major frac
tion thereof:
vr.l
(cni'NTlKS. VKU
Adam
Arthur.
Antelope...
Ilaiincr.... .
Boyd
Hlnlne
Hoone
Hox Hutle. .
.11
.... I
.IoIiiibou ..'
Kearney 0
Keva t'alu .1
Kellh 2
Kimliall U
Knox S
i.uiii'axter Uti
1.1 coin
LoKan 2
.... ti
.... .'I
... 1
.... 2
:::: ;
Ilrown.
Bnltiild l'J
Loup 2
Mailisnn 0
Mcl'itemon 2
Him lor 7
Hint.,
Cum n
(Vdar
Illume ;i
t'lieyenne .'
Cherry....' r
Clnv M
Cnltax. 1
OltniiiK 7
Cui-ler l'J
Dakota ..
Duwrn 7
Merrick
Mince 4
N'emahn ,
Nuckolls 6
Otoe
Pawnee 9
Perkins !
Pierce 3
Pllel'is
Platte 4
Polk t
ItiwHim 7l!eil Willow
lleucl
Dixon
HodlTH
Douglas
Dundy
Klllinore....
Franklin...
Frontier ...
Kmmn. .
liau.f
tiarlleld...
Miwper
Oram
4ireely .
Hall
Hamilton...
Harlan ....
Haven
Hitchcock..,
;t, KteliardMiu H
. ti Kock
.11 Saline H
.itisarpv 4
, :t S" Milder!"
. i! co t' lllult !i
.. Mew nl.
10
....
3
2
i
K
... 2
4
4
. 7
4
.... ftl-neiitian
.... fi Slieruian....
....piislcux
... siiuitou
. .. L'lTliayor
.... 'JiTiionuiH
.... li'TlniMon....
. .. HjVallev .. .
.... mi Washington
.... 4V:ivne
. ... 3' "''efiKter
4 Wheeler
Holt x,
Howard 4
Hooker lii
.leHeraon w
York
12
.545
Total-
No vote returned.
It Is recotnended that no proxies
be addmitted to the convention,
and that the delegates present be
authorised to cast the full vote of
the delegation.
It is further reconiended that the
state central committee select the
temporary organization of the con
vention. John C. Watson,
Walt.M. See LV, Chairman.
Secretary.
THE COUNTY CONVENTION.
The county convention is called
for September l!th. ISM at Louis
ville. The primaries tire to be held on
the 12th day of September.
The basis of representation is
based on the vote cast for attorney
general at the last Mute election,
one delegate for every ri'teen votes
and major fraction thereof, and one
at large from each ward and pre
cinct. Liberty and Kock Bluffs precinct
was given their usual vote as no
fair basis of appointment could be
had on the division.
Helow will be found the place and
time of holding the primaries and
number of delegates entitled to rep
representation.
rRKOINCT, TIMK VI ACK PKL.
Halt ('re k pre. at "T in. tireenwood 7
Hoiltll Hclid nt 1 p II) South HhkI 4
Louisville, at I p in uawiHMiiir nu
Kiiiht Mile Crove .Ho 4 p 'it Hill wliool lite .
J'lattsinoiith lire 3 p in l avlm clnwl house .
4,reenwoot 7 p In town lixlt
Klniwood 7 p m Centre hHhioI limine
('enter. 3 pin. M mli y nchool lunne
Wt Plea.sant. H p in uflinor school housx ...
Kock hll, 4 p m Miiiixv cftoal hon e
Tipton, ft p in Tidtta l .V 1'iillers ofllce Kaijle.
Ktove Creek. 7 pin ' A U h ill Klniwood ....
V V ore. 1 to3 n m Caca V school hou-e. .
Avoea, 3 i in Center hcliool house
Ltlerty,spin t'-'ion scnoni nousit n
rrsT im v i n ri n
lot ward, eonneil chamber 8
2d ward school Imu-e H
.lid ward, Klelievi luinlier olllce 11
4li ward.Wettcmi'iri ptilork V
Mil ward Huhool house 4
WKKI'IMl XVAIKKCITT
1st ward. 5 to H sei'iol li nise f
' aid ward. to e,.ni;eii ciiamtier 8
Jrd ward. 6 tox n in. lii'l'all ,t- "ullersofflce . 3
t otal iiuniiii'rnf deh'trateH 152
plattsmouth City primaries or
dered to be open at 'i o'clock m and
continue open until 1 p. m.
Cjuiltingand piecing, comforting
and crazy patch work and carpet
rag sewing satisfactorily done by
Mr8.Vroman,.")i: North Sixth street,
riattsinouth. Nth. tf
New Coods arrivtng every day at
JOE'S the one price clothier. tf
We've got 'em on the run.
Keakney i talking f a cotton
palace for next year.
K'EI'Ll'UCAN primaries next Sat
urday. Kemember the date.
KVEK'Y republican should attend
the primary at his ward Saturday.
KX -I'khSIDENT HAI.MACF.DA of
Chile is. still in his hiding place.his
whereabouts being unknown.
"KEEl in the middle of the track."
Hetter make a sneak for the
woods. - Ohio, Pennsylvania and
New York.
K.U1I day without frost is benefit
ing the Kansas farmers to as great
an extent as 1'etfer's talking is
harming then).
Tin: farmers are too busy gather
ing their crops over in Kansas to
heed or believe the calamity
shriekcrs this year.
THE shortage of tne grain crop in
Kurope will very likely do more to
avert war in that section than any
force likely to be exerted.
- JL.J1
Stnong hopes are entertained
that Chile may be induced to enter
into reciprocal trade relations with
this country, ere long, thus benefit
ing herself and at the same time,
help create a demand for Uncle
Sam's products.
Senatok I'kkfek, the noted
calamity howler from Kansas, is
quoted ns indicating that a mem
bership in the alliance is of more
value than a membership in the
church.' Doubtless we shall soon
hear that Peffer has superceded
Jesus Christ.
Under the operation of the Mc
Kinley bill the revenue duties have
decreased nearly $70,000,000. It will
doubtless be remembered"that the
reforuiers fr) scattered broadcast
the claim that the effect of the bill
would be for money to accuinniu
late in the treasury. Thus the bill
is gradually vindicating the claims
of its author and obtaining favor
with the people.
CiOVEKNOK IloiES i u genial fel
low. In his New York speech he
was a calamity howler and slan
dered the Iowa farmers to a won
derful extent, simply because it
pleased the New Yorkers; but now
the scene is changed, as it is the
Iowa farmer whom he must please.
Unfortunately for the governor, the
farmers read the papers, and his
political tactics " fail this
inning.
THE Cleveland Plain Dealer asks:
"Major McKinley, why are you try
ing to dodge a discussion of the
McKinlej- tariff':"
Now is't that nerve! Dodge! With
Campbell too sick to come to time,
a ud not a foeinan worthy the steel
of protection's gallant champion
winthin shouting distance! Dodge!
Discuss! Where in inunder are your
discussers? Inter-Ocean.
The IIekald should like to know
what act was done or proposed by
President Cleveland, during his
four years of office, that conferred
one-half the benefit upon the Amer
ican people as the reciprocity treaty
which the present administration
has formed with Spain has bestowed
Let us fall in line with that party
which has a record worthy the
admiration of any people and yet
one that takes aggressive Meps to
ward improving the condition of the
people,
IK we pass the proposed free-coinage
law, granting to the silver bugs
100 cents for 80 cents worth of silver
why not bestow upon the copper
men the same favor. As the law
now stands our government buys
all the silver produced in the Unit
ed States at the market price, but it
retains this bonus for seigniorage
Kather than buy all foreigu pro
duct at 20 cents above the market
price better purchase from our own
people every possible substance
that can well be converted into
money, thus favorimr our own peo
pie, if any class of legislation at all
is granted.
I Vkafikks of the Hlade will re
member how vigorously this paper
disputed the assertions of the free
traders that the new tariff law
would restrict our foreign trade.
Some of the free trade organs took
occasion to abuse us for this, and
to declare that our position was
incorrect when we said that the
forciirn buyer bouuht where he
could buy cheapest of the goods he
desired, and that our exports would
sell, irrespective of what duties
might be levied on imports. The
proof of the soundness of our posi
tion is shown by the official report
of the Statistical llureau of the
Treasury department. During the
seven mouths ending August 1, the
exports of the United Statrs gained :
$.'0,01X1,0(10 over those of ; the cor
responding seven months of the
year 1N00, while our imports gained
$ 10,000,000 over our imports for the
same period. We refer to the facti
not in a spirit of vain glorious boast
iner. but merelv to show that the
Wade's position is soun'J on the
tariff quost ion.- Toledo Hlade.
THE Journal grows frantic and
strikes viciously at THE IlEKALD,
for giving credence to the state
ment as circulated in the great
eastern dailies in r gaid to tne
probable contribution the Cobdeu
club would make toward the defeat
of McKinley. Evidently the shoe
pinches the toe of our brother, but
we wish to remind him that there
will be others fully as hard to "lit"
before the close of the campaign of
'i'2. Yes, it is reasonable that the
great English monopolists were in
terested in the downfall of the great
apostle of Protection and conse
quently we may safely reason that
they would contribute liberaly to
that end. Yes, we are "damphool"
enough as is the "Inter Ocean" and
Globe Democrat to give credence to
a letter published by Mr Dudley to
the effect that he attended the meet
ing and was eye-witnrss to the pro
ceedings.
THAT SPEAKERSHIP
The fight for the speakership be
tween the Northern and Southern
factions of the Democratic party
may hardly be declared on, yet the
sparring lias commenced quite
earnestly. The south presents two
candidates Messrt-Crisp of Georgia
and Mills of Texas. Naturally
enough the northern Democracy
are opposing the electoin of either
of these two gentleman, claiming
that the office should go to a north
ern man. It is not for the repub
licans to decide, neither should they
urge the combatants to action, but
remain, as they doubtless will,
quiet, innocent spectetors.
llut while the wrangle is proceed
ing the northern faction should not
forget the former slave holding
states always have had and today
furnish, largely, the vitality and
voting power of the organisation.
In addition to cheapening the
article to the consumer, the advo
cates of protection assert that it
will furnish additional incentive to
discovery, thus paving the way for
more effective work with the expen
diture of less energy. Each of these
claims has been verified time and
again. In regard to the latter claim
the following clipping from the
Toledo Hlade is the latest:
"Yankee imrenuitv is proverbial.
Already we are beirinninu: to im
prove on English methods in the
manufacture of tin plate. For cen
turies the English tin makers have
used tallow largely at one step oi
the progress. An American manu
facturer Has toiimt that cotionseeu
oil is preferable in many respects
to tallow. CottonseKU oil is
cheaper, and its use in the tin in
dustry now growing up in this
country will make an additional
market lor this important southern
product."
MEXICO'S NEW TARIFF.
Mexico has just adopted a new
tariff law. It is more protective
than her previous tariffs, in that it
imposes a higher duty upon all
competing products that is, those
foreign ones which comes into
competition with Mexican products
This new tariff has been levied (is a
preliminary to th . adoption oi re
ciprocity with the United Stutes,
The Huston Truiucript, whicli is
decidedly free trade, finds difficulty
in comprehending this idea. It
says;
It is a novel way to cfo at it: you
want to exchange products, and as
a preliminary step pass a rigid law
excluding them.
Perhaps a very homely illustration
which the editor of the Transcript
may be'able to understand, is the
following: Farmer A has a tract of
land which he proposes to rent ufe
pasture to certain prospective cus
tomers. C onsequently he enclose
it with a good high, strong fence, to
keep other cattle out. The Trm
script seems to think that as a re
liminary to leasing pasturage ' lie
should tear down his fence and ttitti
his pasture land into common.
That would be the free trade wajf;
but it would display a sad lack of
of gvod sense. Toledo Hlade.
WORKS BETTER THAN PROMISKS
It is amusing to notice thctrtnJ
of so'.ie of our democratic nevv
papers concerning the attitude
4
the party" in the approaching stu
campaign. The wheel-horses arenn
content to come before the pep.
upon the record made by the u'irtt
during its lease of power injthil1
state, but as usual, they advi ati'
the drafting of a platform, reird
less of the past record, that will
catch the vote of the indepenij nts
as nearly as possible. They rea
lize that were they to come htfore
the people upon their reiird,
they would go down in humiliiing
deieat nt the polls in Novettier.
The legislature last winter pased
the Newberry freight bill and Gov
ernor Boyd, true to democracy,
working in the interests of the cor
porations, vetoed the bill and
placed thereon the stamp and "seal
of his party. Now the wheel-horses
see that that course is not popular
and they advise that "the party" as
semble in convention and "whereas"
and "resolve" in order to obtain
favor with the people. Rut the peo
ple are alive as to the stability of
democratic promises. They are
very reasonable during the cam
paign, but no sooner does the
smoke of battle clear away and
they are given the reins than the
promises are forgotten and ig
nored. Gov. Hoyd vetoed the bill and the
democracy upheld his action; when
his eligibility to the seat as gov
ernor was questioned the democ
racy was loud in lauding the man
and never dreamed of assailing his
record. "Hy their fruits ye shall
know them."
THAT RECORD
The Journal of yesterday says:
"The records show that America
has 1,000 millionaires. Prior to
INK) one could count them on his
lingers. Republican legislation
has given us 1,(1(10,000 tramps and
rendered a,(XX),(KJ0 of men out of em
ployment." We shall presume that the Journal
is not speaking at random this time,
but is quoting from authentic
sources, even though the editor
does not designate his authority.
The IIekald infers from the first
statement that the Journal would
charge the republican party with
creating millionaires, but he does
not proceed to show wherein the
mistakes have been made. We are
aware that since the republican
party has practically had control
of the government since 1S0O that
those opposed to its policy will
charge them as directly favoring
or causing ever existing evil. But
how unreasonable it is to make this
charge! Any reasonable man
knows that there is not a shadow
of truth or reason in the statement.
If the charge is true why is it that
the millionaires of our country do
not, as a rule, affiliate with the re
publican party? The Vanderbilts,
the Jay Goulds, Calvin S. Brice, and
the Wall street magnates the
wealthiest and most conspicuous of
our millionaires always have been
earnest supporters of the demo
cratic party. Why, Brother Sher
man, have these men antagonized
the republican party if it was favor
able to their interests? Why did
they contribute so freely toward the
nomination of Grover Cleveland in
'Hi a man hardly known outside of
Wall street? These millionaires
whom we have mentioned secured
their wealth, not from the demo
cratic party, but through specula
tion. It is no uncommon thing for in
vestors in real estate to become
enormously wealthy in a few days.
But we are informed that prior to
18tX) there were no millionaires. Sup
posing that there was not a single
one. We wish to remind our friend
that the resources of this country
has practically been developed
since then, hence men had not then
had the opportunity of becom
ing wealthy as they have sinoe.
The record -not assertions
prove conclusively, that the
party actions prior to that time may
be referred to with anything but
credit to the organization.
First, we refer, briefly, to the wide
spread financial panic caused by
the democratic opposition to the
U. S. bank. During Van Buren's
administration, as recorded, by all
historians, money matters were
never in a more unstable condition,
nor business failures more frequent-
We find in perusing the pages of
history that revenue tariff en
acted in lS4tt-such as thereformers
(?) now propose toestablish closed
our industries, threw thousands of
our laborers out of employment,
and created monopolists in Great
Britain. In proof of the first clause
of our assertion we quote
from President Buchanan's
message communicated to con
gress: "With unsurpassed plenty
in all the elements of national
wealth, our manufacturers are sus
pended, our public works are re
tarded, our private enterprises of
different kinds are abandoned and
tliNiisands of useful laborers are
thrown out of employment and re
duced to want." This comes
from democratic source, simon pure.
The result of this democratic
legislation was that England
forced our manufacturers to shut
clown, our laborers began farming
because they could fare better than
when laboring on a par with Euro
pean workmen, and our consumers
were rendered dependent upon
Great Britain. She forced the
prices of her commodities as high
as possible, and not until the coun
try called the republican party to
its rescue did the people prosper.
We submit this portion of the
record of that org;,.ii..;iiion prior
to I'M) to our readers and for our
' brother's consideration, beirirmir
leaveto refrain from discussing that
portion which should bring a blush
of shame to every patriotic mem
ber of the party.
Concerning the charge as to the
tramps and the3f.D,C33 men without
employment, we cannot conceive as
to how the conscience of the author
will allow such a statement, as
there is not one ioto of foundation,
forthe assertion.The republican par
ty points with prideto the fact that
its great aim and its great work has
been to provide employment for
our laborers at remunerative
wages. The Journal is aware of
this and it knows also that the
tramps we have to-day could find
employment if they so desired, and
we venture the opinion that they, in
a ma jority of cases, were rendered
so by their own dissipated habits.
Bkother Rosewatek's hired
men have begun to belch forth
their vituperation again Judge
Cobb. It will be remembered that
Judge Cobb ousted Kosewater's pet
from the gubernatorial chair. That
explains the cause. It is about
time the republican party set down
on men of Kosewater's ilk. Ne
braska City Press.
ELM WOOD ITEMS
i'KOM THE EC HO.
The Echo still lives, and will be
on earth when some of the chronic
kickets are planted under the sod.
Miss Sadie Bird commenced the
fall term of school eight miles
north of Elmwood Monday morn
ing. Miss Bird is right at home in
in the school room and will give
good satisfaction.
J. G. Tate, grand master workman
of the A. O. U. W. will be here Fri
day Set. IS, to deliver a speech upon
the benefit and working of the
order. He is an orator of wide
reputation and draws large crowds
where ever he goes. It will be a
public affair and everybody in
vited. But few, if any towns in Nebraska
the size of Elmwood can boast of
as much good substantial sidewalk
as this town can. By actual
measurement there is to-day in the
village of Elmwood 19,175 feet of
walk. This is equal to two miles in
length, or an aggregate of 50,875
square feet. Until we hear from
some other part we shall claim to
have the most sidewalk of any
village in Nebraska.
A Newspaper that takes any in
terest in politics is expected to do
all the dirty work for the party it
advocates, and receive all the
abuse and loss of patronage on
account of its manifestation. When
the battle is over and the victory
won the newspaper man is lost
sight of and is not remembered
until another campaign begins to
boil. This thing of being yanked
around by political bosses is too
old a song for this advanced sea
son. New Kngllsh Invention.
Judging from the gradual and steady
increase in the number of applications
for patents each year, the inventive
genius of England Is being maintained.
According to the report of the London
patent office the total number of appli
cants for patents made during the year
1890 amounted to 21,307, being an in
crease of 300 as compared with the ap
plications of the preceding year. Of
these 14,000 emanated from personB re
siding in England and Wales. The ap
plications for designs and trade marks,
amounting to 22,235 and 14,258, were
respectively less by 135 and 18 than
the- similar applications in 188i). New
York Telegram.
A Rnmnrkalile Canadian Family.
The Rev. Abbe Plingnet, cure of Isle
3n Pads, who died a few days ago, was
the son of a French Canadian farmer,
who had thirty-five children by two
wives, the first of whom gave birth to
twenty-seven children and the other to
eight. Abbe Plinguet, was the eldest
child by the second wife, and was eighty
one years old when he died. One of the
daughters by the first marriage reached
the age of ninety-four years. Of this
large family there is now but one sur
vivor, Mr. J. A. Plinguet, of the stamp
office in the magistrates' court, who is
seventy-two years old. Montreal Wit
ness. Haclllua of Leproijr.
It is announced that the members of
the leprosy commission, who are now
pursuing their researches in Simla, have
made the important discovery that the
leprosy bacillus can be isolated and cul
tivated artificially. A rabbit was inoc
ulated and killed after some days, and
distinct leprous nodules were found in
the body. It is stated that the bacillus
has never before grown outside the hu
man body. New York Telegram.
A Belfast (Me.) young man met an ac
quaintance on the Btreet one day last
week, and assuming a savage look, said:
"Ten years ago you licked me. I have
always remembered it, aud now I am
going to return the compliment." He
had hardly got the words out of his mouth
before he landed in a heap in the gutter,
while the other fellow walked off mut
tering something about waiting twenty
years for the next round.
Alligators have made their appearance
in the Missouri river. One of consider
able size wss seen the other day follow
ing the steamer Benton while passing
Rocheport, Boone county. They have
been seen as high up as Miami.
HYDBOPIIOBIA A FAKE.
SO SAYS SUPERINTENDENT HAN
KINSON, Of TtE A. 8. P. C T. A.
Ha Know a Good Deal About Doe; and
...li - .... Xf m !...
Go Mad Hydrophobia I Imagination.
Soma of ill Experience With Cane.
"Can a man scare himself to death
after having been bitten by a dog which
isn't mad?" 1 asked Superintendent Uan
kinson, of the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, one
day. as he sat in his little office on Tweu-ty-second
street.
Mr. Hankinson is a good natured
looking man with reddish hair, who L
afraid of nothing and nobody; certainly
not of hydrophobia quacka.
"Why, certainly," he said, with de
cision. "That man down in Asbury
Park who was bitten by a cat was
scared to death. He never had hydro
phobia. He died of nervous prostration
brought on by worry over an imaginary
danger. His friends were all pitying
him aud hoping he wouldn't die, and
phrophesying that ho would, aud he was
a man of nervous temperament, as edu
cated people sometimes are, and it sim
ply killed him. I suppose he read up in
the books about hydrophobia and it
turned his head. That's all there was
about it. Do you remember what a
great howl there was about those New
ark boys who were bitten by a 'mad
dog,' and who were sent over to Pasteur
to be 'cured?' "
"Why, of course; who doesn't?"
'Well, it's quite easy to cure a disease
that never existed. Those boys never
had hydrophobia and never would have
had it The dogs didn't have it. Dur
ing that excitement we went to Newark
and found a lot of dogs shut up. We
asked to be allowed to take thorn away
to our stables, but the people wouldn't
have it. Do you know what was done
with those dogs? After the excitement
was all over they were given back to
their owners, every one of them. Not
one was killed. Not one of them had
anything worse than a fit Why, our
men are constantly handling dogs, get
bitten again and again, but they never
dream of having hydrophobia. It's a
myth. There isn't any such thing."
A CASE OF IMAGINATION.
" Then you don't believe in the exist
ence of such a disease?" 1 asked, think
ing that, as Mr. Hankinson probably
knows more about animals than any
other man in America, be must be good
authority.
" No, I don't. There may be such a
disease, but I don't believe it I never
saw a case or knew of one positively."
" How about these doctors who cure
it?" I aeked.
" They don't cure anything. I asked a
man who makes a specialty of treating
hydrophobia, as he calls it, if he ever saw
one single case of hydrophobia to which
he could swear. He refused to answer, but
he told me this story: 'A man came to
him one day in terrible distress. He had
been bitten by a dog; he feared madness;
he could not sleep at night and was
afraid he was going to die. He begged
the doctor to treat him. The doctor said
it was too late; the period of inocula
tion had passed, and it would be no good
now. If he had hydrophobia there was
no way to stop it'
"The man went away, but came back
the 'next day nearly frantic. He hadu't
slept a wink and begged the doctor to do
something for him. So the doctor took
the man into his operating room and
gave him a hypodermic injection of
water just pure Croton water. He
went away, slept for the first time in
two weeks and came back the next day
for more water, and again the next, and
was soon perfectly cured, The doctor
told me that himself, and he professes to
cure hydrophobia.
6HE WAS MAD.
"Why," continued Mr. Hankinson,
"I've had a woman in hysterics right in
that chair you're sitting in because a dog
had bitten her. She wanted me to kill
the dog. 1 wouldn't do it Then she
screamed in a terrible way. When she
stopped 1 said to her: 'Madam, you ought
to be ashamed of yourself. A woman of
your intelligence! You've interrupted
the business of the office and drawn a
big crowd under the window to listen to
your yelling, and all for a whim. Some
body told you you were going to go mad,
and now you think you ought to go mad
and you'll be mad if you don't go mad.
You just go home and say nothing aliout
it and you'll be all right' And she did it
"Another woman brought her boy in.
He had been bitten by a mad, dog, and
she wanted it shot, she said. The boy
looked perfectly well.
" 'Now, look here,' said 1, 'you've been
talking a good deal to the boy about
this, haven't you? And the neighbors
have too? And you've been telling him
that he's likely to have hydrophobia,
haven't you?"
" 'Yes, of course, we've talked about
it,' said she.
" 'Exactly,' said I. 'You've been tak
ing the precise course likely to drive
him mad or make him think himself bo.
You have been trying to scare him to
death. If he were to go crazy it would
be your fault. How is it, bub, said I,
turning to the little fellow. 'You don't
expect to go mad, do you?"
"No, he didn't think he should, he
said. He didn't fuel any different He
was a brave little fellow. So 1 sent
them home, too, and that was the last 1
heard of it. The dog had had a fit, that
was all. It's a shame the way people will
shoot valuable dogs just for a fit that
might easily be cured or avoided."
New York World.
A surgeon reports that a young lady
swallowed a hairpin while dressing.
Three doctors said it was only imigtia
tion on her part. The hairpin wan
eventually found to have become lodged
in the buck part of her nose.
It is stated that the flesh of animals
killed by electricity is much tenderer
than if the animals are killed in the
ordinary way. This is especially th
case in regard to fowls.