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HUCOtO TO DEATH.
LMtta stay Mh4 r
Mar hik
hH HI NM
Tobw Waeley, of Twlfrs fount.
, Wwat k Mason few days t-u lo buy
coffin for his 7-yrar-oM son, who
U ernahoj to death I'jf ahukT auakr,
Hm boy had fona to the field with bis
saiher, ami while Um lather was mi
swW(f wandered off short dUtno
413 rtlaibej muscadine viae, as vu
eUsaablt. On b'Inf unable to Hod
fca bof when b isd finished work
""iilbout lumlown, the father mtui to tb
kou-a, aspecting td find felid tbere.
ewys the Augusta Chronicle, but M
u Informed by hi wife that the boy
bad not been homo since he left the
house with hi father. Keeling do un
"aslaeas, Wesley, knowing tho habit
pt tb boy, went back to the f eld,
which u on the of den
swarcp, bordered with , ttuaoJliiae
vinos, and bcjU tCttPlBjf the vines
where he had ra-t wen the boy. By
looklof up the vine he wa not long
tm tinting him, but when he called the
woj failed to answer.
After calling two or three time and
receiving no answer, the father shook
the vine, and. to hi horror, saw what
he supposed to bo one of the branch
of the vine that wa supporting hi
on, begin to unoolL Realising- that
hi on wa in the coll of a huge
aake, Wesley atood rooted to the
pot, and before he could recover hi
eases the snake completely uncoiled
and the boy full to the ground. Wee
ley picked the boy up and ran from
tnder the vine to the clearing.
nere hi worst fear were realized.
The child was dead. On being car
lied to the houso and furtbor eiam
laaUon made, it wa found that tho
"ahlM's breast had been crushed and
that Lis tongue and eye were pro
truding as though he had been choked
to death. Wesley 1 of the opinion
that the boy was asleep when the
make colled about hire and gradually
crushed hi life Out Wealey does not
know what kind of a snake it was, as
a did not see it after his son fell.
Varsf alaeA LaacaafM.
Toung people are prone to form lan
guages for their own use; and of 150
specimens of the kind published by
the "Am Ur-quell," a German folk lore
Journal, a large proportion are those
f boys and girls; while others were
eoUected from thieves, peasants and
ores societies. For example, there
to "medical Greek," used by medical
students; "dog latin," or the spoech of
ft baby learning to talk; "crane lan
guage," used la Denmark; sa-la lan
guage," used in China; "robber lan
guage;" "B-languaire;" "language of
the cat's elbow;" and so on. Many of
them are the ordinary language of the
neighborhood, moditled by the in
sertion of syllnbios, a plan which
aohool-boye often follow. A case in
oint is the "gibberish, or hog latin
f American children;" for instance,
"Willus yoovus govus wlthusmoevus?"
Itr "Will you go with raoP" Others
again are formed by replacing the let
ters of a word by others, as in the
"tut language" of Texas, and the
"guitar language" of Hungary.
Victor Imnuul'i Pretty Wit
. King Victor Emmanuel used often
to tire before the termination of )
day's sport, and mules and horses be
ing out of the question in the precipi
tous mountain paths, he would mount
a the back of his chief huntsman, an
Alpine Hercules, named Borretta.
One day Borretta, having the king on
hi back, was crossing a torrent. The
king having raised his foot to avoid
kit gaiter being wetted, the sudden
Movement almost capsized Borretta,
Unmindful for a moment of the rank
of his burden, he growled out: "Tent
au, bourlo" ("Hold steady, you jack
ass"). Without manifesting the least
irritation or surprise, the king re
plied: "You apparently ignore,
friend Borretta, that the jackass is the
ne who carries the load," and noth
ing more was said about the matter
Argonaut
Aa Effective Feaoe.
- An effective and simple fence pro
tect the riverside roadways along
ertain parts of the Housatonio in
Western Massachusetts. Posts are
sunk as in making an ordinary fence;
along the tops of these are placed
whole trunks of trees, varying in
length from thirty to fifty feet, the
butts being from six to ten inches in
diameter. In each butt a longitudinal
hole is bored, into which the tip of
the next tree is driven. Thus a fence
is soon built, as long or as short as is
needed, practically without any break.'
with very few joints and as strong as
necessary.
Railroad Mileage.
The total railway mileage was at the
end of the year 1892 406,416. The
American continents have more than
one-half of the railway mileage of the
world, and the United States comes
pretty near equalling Europe, Asia,
Africa and Australia combined. The
total capital invested in railroads "at
the beginning of the year 1893 was, in
round numbers, $32, 150,' 000,000 an
average cost a mile for the entire
world of a little mora than $79,000. 1
A lical lafereaee.
Kitty Winalow I wonder who
braided up those curtain-strings.
Tom DeWitt A woman, probably:
Kitty Winslow Why a woman?
Tom DeWitt They are generally
skillful in upbraiding.
Traataaeat,
'This," remarked the poet blithely.
"I consider a gem."
"Uncut," muttered the editor, after
a cursory glance, and reached for hit
blue pond Detroit Tribune.
Tolling Too Jtaeh.
New Minister Does your father go
to church regularly f ;
Mttlo Girl Tea, indeed. Mamma
'would give hia fit U be didn't
just pegged on.
Aa DM Mae Who rtu It Iwt Work to
IHoto. Kaaaaa.
There died dewa la the Neosho
valley not long ago a tnaa known fot
miles and Miles around a Old Joe
Kirapkia. says the Kansas City Jour
nal Old Joe ram to Kaaaaa la
1856. lie brought weak lung t with
him from the agr" swamp of In
diana but he plugged along and wee
ailing off and oa for a number of
years wrea ne was iook aown
With lung lever. Jt went into q oleic
OontumptloB) ' lusgs was
000 before he ii?" Jt Tn" doctor
him on an.l didn't think he
eould live through the ",n.Ur- B"
he just plugged altfof aM allowed
he'd pull through somehow. .
The children were little tot thV
and Joe bought a bunch of calve
that spring and laid be guessed he'd
have them anyhow for the children
to go to school on. 11)0 doctor told
him he couldn't possibly get through
the next winter, and he made his
will He hung around in the house
and coughed most of the time, and
the children helped him about the
chores In cold wealher. He had his
spell, and everybody . thought be
would die, but Joe be just plugged
along and allowed he'd pull through
somehow.
The neit year and the next and the
next be bought calves and steers and
pulled, through sombhow. Summer
afternoons he used to sit In front of
the long, low farm house, built of ad
dition oa addition, thinking and
coughing- absent-mindedly. He was
a Democrat and hi Chief dissipation
was his attendance on the county
conventions every year and tho state
conventions when they came. He got
to be known as a large cattle buyer,
and strangers who saw htm would
look and wonder which - undertaker
would get htm. But old Joe used to
take grim delight in counting up the
doctor who had given him up and
who had since died of natural cause
themselvea Every winter he would
have bis spoil and every winter he
would tell the doctor between hi
cough tha he would just plug along
and pull through somehow. ,
- He had attended the funerals of ten
doctor whose bill he had paid for
pronouncing him beyond hope and
for tiptoeing into the room to tell him
they feared the worst, lie had a bad
spell the last winter. They said It wa
the grip combined with the old cough,
but old Joe K imp ton didn't say any
thing, though he took their medicine
with the old. reproachful look, as if
to say the old worda Old Joe wa
63 year old when he died. He was
62, and most of the time enduring
constant physical suffering. Yet he
seldom complained. All over Lyra
county and Morris county, where the
old man was known and lived, he
Is missed. His peculiar case may
pass into tradition, and child stories
may grow from it about the kind, grim
old man who couldn't die.
BY A HAIR'S PHOTOGRAPH.
On Man Liberated and Another Convicted
of M ardor
In Chambers' Journal 1. G Hep
worth writes an interesting paper
upon the detection of crime by the
aid of photography, as exemplified in
the experiences of Dr. Paul Jeserlch
of Berlin.
The first case mentioned is one in
whieh the liberty of the suspected
man 1 terally "hung upon a hair. " for
by a single hair wa he tracked. The
ease was one of assault and two men
were suspe ted of the deed.
A single hair w.is lound on the
olothing of the vktim. and this hair
was duly pictured in the form of a
photo micrograph.
A, one of the suspected men, had a
gray betrd. and a hair from his chin
was pbotogmphed and computed with
the first picture taken. The differ
ence in st. ucture. tint and general
apj taranoe was so marked that the
man was at once libe: ated.
The hair of the other man, B, was
also examined, and bore little re
semblance to that found on the victim.
The photograph of the latter clearly
showed for one thing that the hair
was pointed. It had never been out
Gradually the conclusion was arrived
at that it belonged to a dog. wn old,
yellow, smooth-haired and compara
tively ebort-ha red dog."
Further inquiry revealed the fact
that B owned such a dog. a fresh hair
from which agreed In every detail
with the original photograph, and the
man was convicted. He subsequently
confessed that he alone had committed
the crime.
v
The Time fixed.
Miss Twilling." said Mr. Call
oway. glancing down at his polished
boots with a self-satisfied air. "don't
you like to see a man looking as if he
had stepped out of a band box. his
clothes nicely brushed and everything
about him indicating refinement?"
"Yea Mr. Calloway, I do," re
plied Miss Twilling, glancing at him
significantly. " I like to see such a
man as you have described about once
a year." Clothier and Furnisher.
Oh, It's not Difficult t
Xabsley Now, Mudge, you know
I am your friend, or else I should not
peak so plainly to you of your faults.
Mudge But if what you have been
saying to me is true, I can not see
how you can be my friend and retain
your self-respect Indianapolis
Journal.
How She rpeada rocket noway.
A New York lady has a weakness
for murderer She spend all her
pocket money on bouqueta which
he carries to the cells of the con
demned and presents them to the oc
cupants. A HairHeart4 KObrt.
Daughter Tea I know Mr. Stay
late comes very often, but It Isn't my
fault I do everything I can to drive
him away. Old Gentleman Fudge!
I haven't heard yon ting to him once.
New York Weekly.
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john w. McDonald,
Sheriff of Douglas County, Nebraska.
W. A. Saundera. Attorney.
Keeier vs. Linton, at ai. .
Doc. M; No. 179.
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By virtue of an alias order of u
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at ten o'clock a. m. of said day, at Use
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Lots (37), (38) and (40) in Luke Temple
ton's addition to the city of Omaha." aa
surveyed, platted and recorded. ii fa.
Douglas county, state of Nebraska.
Bald property to be sold to satisfy Walter
B. Keeier, plaintiff herein, the sums aa
said lots as follows, to-wit:
On Tot thirty-seven the sum of t9.ll
On lot tblrty-elght the sum of $u.7 and
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Douglas county, at Its February term. A.
D. 1897, In a certain action then and there
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Omaha, Nebraska. February 18, mg,
JOHN W. M' DONALD.
Sheriff of Douglas County. Nebraska.
W. A. SAUNDERS, Attorney.
Keeier vs. Johnston, et aX
Docket 67. Na 101.
Ex. Docket T, page K5.
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