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KCYA PAHA COUNTY, NEB.
I'opulatlon 3,100.
This county once comprised a part
of Brown County, but In 1S84 was cut
out of Brown County on the north.
The Niobrara River In the southern
boundary. Cherry County the western
boundary, Kock County the eastern
boundary, and the Sioux Reservation
in South Dakota the northern bound
ary, making an average of about
twelve miles north and south and about
forty-flve n:!!(fs east and vest.
The principal towns of the county
re Springview, the County Seat, lo
cated about the geographh a! center on
a beautiful plateau. I'opulatlon about
ZOO. On the west Is the small but live
ly town of Norden, also situated on a
plateau about twenty miles west of
Pprlngvlew and twenty-five miles north
of Johnstown Station, F., K. c M. V.
R. R. Its businesses comprise three
general mei (handlse Htoi.-s, batik, ho
tel J1.00 jer day, two livery barns,
blacksmith shop, one drug store, post
sfflce, church and public school.
The county Is settled by Germans,
Welsh, Bohemians, Swedes and Amer
icans; the chief products are small
grain, corn and live stock. Cattle In
dustries take the lead. Soil varies from
I sandy loam to good stiff clay. Hay
and grasses of all descriptions grow
In aboundanee, hay being offered free
ly at $3.00 per ton. The climate is
Unparalleled lu the northwest. Water
pure and in abundance.
While Keya Paha County is some
what remote from close facilities to
railroads, yet, since lHi.'! the K K. &
M. V. K. R. Stations, Aalnsworth and
Johnstown, have afforded railroad fa
cilities. Good, Improved farms can be pur
chased at from t'..00 to $S.OO per acre
and cattle ranches from $-.00 to Jj.00.
If you are seeking homes In a wealthy
climate with pure water, good timber,
good soil and good grazing, see Keya
Paha County before you buy elsewhere.
A certain medical expert once said,
If his patients would eat a couple of
good oranges before berakfast, from
February to July, hi practice woulj
be gone. Ailing folks ought to try the
experiment. The price of the oranges
would not amount to one-fourth of the
physician's bill.
Why suffer yourself or let others suf
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AH rivera of Africa have a marked
peculiarity. They seek the ocean far
thest from their source.
The possession of great means oftn
produces great meanness.
Judge William Cole Talcott of Val
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and Is to be read by Judge William
Johnson at his burial.
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The attempt of a Ml. Joe man to mo
nopolise womankind sadly tamlali-a
Ilia halo as a matrimonial hero. Had
he contented himself with twelve wlip
he might have lived happily, but iu
making the number thirteen the fafs
mot him hip and thigh. His amiiKlng
Stock of nerve wilted In the presence of
the fatal number.
Oraaahnppera are so great a plague
I Hay, N. 8. W that(they obscure
All the ptreel lamps at night, leaving
Um town In total darkness,
800 REWARD,
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Nebraska City, Neb., Mar. 12, 1902.
Prof. Theo K haras, umaha. Neb.
Dear Friend: As much as I dislike
to have my name In print, I feel It my
duty to let people know of my former
condition, and my cure. About three
years ago I was suffering from lung
trouble. Our best ductors said I had
consumption, and gave me less than
three months to live. Almost without
hope I sent to you for treatment and
when you said 1 could be cured it was
hard for me to believe it. i had coughed
until I had no strength left to uuugh
any more, but Just simply had to turn
on my side and let the blood and cor
ruption run out of my mouth, not be
ing able to spit it out. 1 had one hem
on hage after another, and those con
tinual and distressingifight sweats un
til I was almost lifeless. In this'con
dltion 1 began taking treatment of you,
after trying our leading doctors and
several kinds of patent medicines,
which gave me no permanent relief, as
I continually grew worse instead of
better. It Is useless for me to try to
describe my cure. I got belter right
from the first two or three treatments,
and In less than three months instead
of being dead as our family doctor said
1 wouud be, I was perfectly well. My
lungs are perfectly sound now, and 1
can take In more air now in one breath
than I could in a dozen before.
About a year ago our oldest daugh
ter, Nellie, was troubled with St. Vitus
Dance caused from a menstrual disor
der, she being Just fourteen years of
age then. We had to take her from
school, but she kept on getting worse
and worse until It Just seemed that she
couldn't live. One night she was so
bad it took four of us to hold her in
bed, and then we telegraphed for you.
and you came down from Omaha ami
stayed about eight hours. She slept
soundly after you first put your hands
on her head, and Improved from that
very minute. We a:e confident you
saved her life. She is In the best or
health now, but was given up by the
doctors and our neighbors, as well as
my husband and 1.
Mr. Swlnney works In the B. & M.
roundhouse here, and has for eleven
ears, so we are ipjile well known.
You may publish this letter, and you
will always find me a warm friend of
your excellent work. Wishing you suc
cess, I remain. Yours very sincerely,
.MltS. ANNA SWINNEY,
Kearney Addition, Nebraska City, Neb.
NOTR'K We have the original of
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All our remarkable cures are made
without medicine.
Address Prof. Theodore Kharas, 4lh
Floor Uee Bldg., Omaha, Neb.
Philadelphia Press: "How devout
Mrs. Ayens Is becoming," said he; "I
notice she stayed In church today for
some time after the services ended."
"Yes," replied his wife, "as her pew
Is near the door the only opportunity
to show off her new bonnet was when
the people filed out."
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for each and every case of Catarrh that
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II ill's Family' Pills are the best.
South Dakota has more Indian
(II. 00") than any other state. Of th
territories, Indian Territory has 56,0mi
and Arizona L'j.oih).
The Alps cover a space of 90,it'KI
square miles. In I hem rivers have
their source, flowing Into the North
sea. Mack sea anil .Mediterranean.
The ocean used to be considered
about as deep at lis deepest as the
i highest mountain are high. It has
i .
now been proven to oe nair as nep
again, that is. -tn.U.'iS feet.
Stop guessing: Try a certain cure for
all painful ailments by getting at once
a bottle of Hamlin's Wizard Oil.
The population of Polynasla at the
present time is said to be about ti&I.OW.
of whom are Chi 1st la ns. This is
ihe result of a single century of work.
The world needs kindness of heart
more than keenness of head.
The Mlstlt lithys luzolienxls of the
Philippines averages half an Inch In
length. This fish is scoop-d up in
quantities and ud fd. It '
longs to Ihe goby family.
I There are between l.JitO.OW and 2s-
taw brands of cigars sold In this country
land your average smoker thinks that
every bland means a different kind of
tobacco. As a matter of fact, J.V) Is
an outside eatlmate of the different
kinds of tobacco that can be procured
from nil some s, and even eprts can't
tell some of these upart.
Hrookln Life: Estelle Ho says he
believes III Ihe equality of the sexes.
Alice Well, he won't bt so conceited
after he gets married.
Her Lover in the West.
Tha girl he left behind him, ah,
how
sad she looked that day;
He saw her wipe her brown eyes when
the train wa whirled away;
He turned to watch her standing there,
and Joy was in his breast.
Whose course waa o'er tha prairies
where the sun sinks In the west.
He saw the girlish form grow dim and
pass at last from view,
Ha thought of her last words to him
and of her last look, too;
"The way is long, he said,
"That stretches out ahead,
But I shall win where glories are and
bring them back to you."
The girl he left behind him, ah, she
sadly turned that day
And went to sit alone and weep her
new Iwirncd grief away;
She felt his kiss upon her lips the flr'sETUe.
he dared to claim
And every soand she heard appeared,
somehow to form his name.
A feeling thai was strange and new lay
deep within her breast,
Her fancloa all went winging to this
golden-tinted west;
That night she watched the sun
Go down and prayed for one
Whose plea she might but yesterday
have answered with a Jest.
The girl he left behind him, ah, she
wiped her tears away
And later blushed to hear the words
another had to say;
The golden-tinted, glorious west lost
all Its former charms;
Bha levied against another's breast,
held by another's arms.
And he that Journeyed bravely where
the world was rich and new
Found one who waited for him there;
her soulful eyes were blue
"Poor girl!" he sighed. "I know
You wait back there, but, oh,
The lover whom you saw depart can
ne'er return to you."
S. K, Klser In the Record-Herald.
The Storyette.
mr. dan'Tcaller.
The door creaked very slightly, but.
It Jaired on Jasper Dane's nerves.
He looked up with a frown.
"Is this Mr. Dane?"
A young woman was framed In the
doorway.
Jasper's frown slightly faded as lie
caught sight of her. She was a pretty
young woman and charmingly gowned,
and she wasn't more than one and
twenty. Jasper avoided the woman's
page of his paper. He couldn't have
told what the young woman In the
doorway wore, but he recognized the
fact that it was a combination that
seemed to be Just suited to her.
"Mr. Dane, the editor?"
Jasper, pencil In hand, bowed again.
The young woman advanced into the
apartment.
"You are much younger than I sup
posed you to be," she said.
Jasper's eyes opened wider.
"I am not quite sure that I ought
to take that as a compliment," he said.
He even smiled. Then the pressing
character of his work reminded him.
His features stiffened. He raised his
pencil again, and looked at the girl
severely.
"It's the very first time I was ever
In an editor's sanctum," she said as
her glance took in the dingy walls
and the littered desk.
"How can I serve you madam?" In
quired Jasper.
The girl looked ut him and she looked
at the chair beside his desk.
"Thank you," she said, and sat down.
Jasper sighed and stared at the half
written sheet before him.
"Ate you sure it is the editor you
want to see?" he asked. "The society
editor Is at the lower end of the hall
So are the musical editors and the art
department. So is the dramatic ed
itor." "I came to see you," said the girl.
Jasper slightly flushed.
'Thank you," lie said. "I am on ex
hibition at all hours. Is that all?"
The girl shook her head.
"Do you own the paper too?" she
asked.
Jasper frowned.
"No," he replied. "I believe It s
generally understood that Mr. Unas
I.amson Is the paper's owner."
"The railway president?"
"Yes."
"Has he any children?"
"One."
"Boy?"
"No, a girl. A little girl who Is
studying abroad."
"How oitl?"
"I don't know. Mr I.anson speaks of
he as his little girl." Jasper was get
ting fidgety.
"1 beg your pardon," he said, "but
you have not told mi how I can serve
you."
"No," she said, "I haven't."
A brltf silence followed.
'Am I to Infer that you are getting
up a society rectory?" Jasper Inqulr-d
with a slight flavor of sarcasm.
"No." Suid the gill, "the Inference
would be wrong. Nor do I want my
portrait on the socli ty page. No. I .
have no tickets to sell and no subscrlp-
tlon paper to sign. 1 came here to see
you. A dear friend said 'You must see
the editor of the Dispatch. He's well
worth your while."
Jasper couldn't help flushing again.
"Am I reckoned among the leading
sights of the town?" he asked.
"No," Ihe gill gravely replied. "You
com? between the geyser fountain and
the xoo."
Jasper laughed.
"And do you come up here to tell
me that?" he asked.
"That for one thing," said the girl.
"I don't suppose my presence here
bothers you In the least, does It?"
".Madam," said Jasper, "I am a reck
less user of the truth. Your presence
prevents me from attending; to my du
ties." "Perhaps this Is your busy tiny?" said
the girl Innocently,
"Thi n, of course. It Is Just as con
venient for me cull today as any other
day," said the girl.
Jasper looked at her with a comical
fxpraslon. He was allttlene&r-slghted
and aa was his custom with callers,
he had scarcely given her an appreci
ative look when she entwred. Now, at
shorter range, he saw that she was
much prettier than he at irst supposed.
Sha certainly was a very harming girl.
A troubled look came into Jasper's
ayes.
"I beg your pardon," he said, "but
may I remind you that you haven't
statwl your business with me?"
The girl looked Into his eyes with a
clea. frank gaze. Then she slightly
smiled and slowly removed an elastic
band that held the small package she
bore in one neatly gloved little hand.
Jasper took quick advantage of her
averted gaze to pull down his cuffs
and make a quick pass at his twisted
"I have written something," she said,
"and I want to submit it to you."
Jasper feit himself weakening. Or
dinirily, he would have taken the man
uscript, and hastily scribbling the
writer's address on it, would have
tossed it aside with the remark that
he would communicate with the writer
by mail concerning it and then he
would have resumed his work. Now
he hesitated. Ills pencil dropped from
his fingers. He straightened up a
little.
"What Is the nature of the article?"
he asked, In what he fancied was an
Indifferent tone.
"It isn't an article," said the girL
"Do I look like a person who would
wrlta an article?"
She seemed to challenge his scrutiny.
Jasper couldn't resist the temptation.
He leaned a little farther back.
"It isn't always possible to Judge by
the appearance," he said.
"But I fancied article writers were
always old, and and fussy, and and
cranky," said the girl.
"There are exceptions," said Jasper.
"There must be exceptions."
"I suppose you know," said the girl.
"Hut It isn't an article."
"You arouse my worst fears," said
Jasper as the girl spread out the man
uscript. "I think I understand what you
mean," she said.
"I'm glad you do," said Jasper.
"And I'm afraid your worst, fears
are confirmed," she said.
Jasper sighed. x
"Then it is verses?" he said.
"I supposed it was poetry," said the
girl.
"They always do," said Jasper.
The girl looked up at him with a
pretty grimace.
"You are not a bit encouraging," she
said.
"It's the better way," said Jasper.
"And yet you write verses yourself,"
said the girl. "And get them printed,
loo."
"Perhaps It Is because I haven't a
friend honest enough to dissuade me,"
said Jasper. "1 have had no time for
that sort of nonsense lately, however.
"That's a pily," said the girl.
"Don't think to soften me In that
way," said Jasper.
"I like those lines beginning 'She
came upon me unawares,'" said the
girl. "I know them by heart. 'She
came upon me unawares, I turned and
she was there.' "
"I beg your pardon," cried Jaspr.
"It is your lines that are under con
sideration. Pray produce them,"
The girl gave him a .sidelong glance.
"Did she come upon you unawares,
Mr. Dane?"
Jasper caught the glunce and slightly
flushed. His look grew troubled again.
"I live In hopis," he suid.
"That's enigmatical," said the girl.
"It shows you are not sure."
"1 must object to your manifest in
tention to throw me into a sensational
mood," said Jasper. "It will not help
you."
The girl laughed and passed the man
uscript to him.
"1 know you will like it," she said.
"Why are you so certain?" Jasper
asked.
"Because I haven't will ten on both
sides of the paper," said the girl.
Jasper bent over the manuscript to
hide his smile. Then his look changed,
The smile faded, lie read the lines
with great care. Presently he looked
up.
The girl had been regarding him in
tently. She met his eyes with an In
quiring glance.
"You want me to be frank," he said.
"Of course."
"The lines are quite too sentimental.
They are of the old school where senti
ment reigned. Nowadays we bluntly
call il gush."
"But It's not all had. Is It?" queried
the girl.
"Ry no means," replied Jasper. "Th
execution Is good. If Ihe fripperies and
affectations were dropped It would be
very passable. If you would heed my
advice they never do I might be
tempted to ask you to try again."
He folded Hie niiiniisci Ipt and handed
It to her.
"Thank you," said the girl.
"I am sorry If my Judgment seems
harsh," said Jasper.
"It doesn't," said the girl.
"I have tiled to tieni you as an hon
est friend should," said Jasper.
"Thank you again," said the girl. "I
win admit that I lioS-il to see my
verses In your paper."
"Try again," said Jasper.
The girl himsc and pui out her dainty
hand.
"1 am glad to know you, Mr. Dane,"
she said. "I have a very dear friend
who has sung our praises until 1 am
quite Jealous. I was leally anxious to
meet you. lloodhy." Then she swiftly
lidded with a charming smile, "I tun
sure we shall meet again."
The smile and Ihe words quite over
came Jasper.
"I I hope so," he fairly stammered
us he arose to his feet mid watched
her flutter from the room.
As he resumed his scat a card upon
the floor drew his attention. The girl
had dropped it. He picked it up and
caught sight of the name, and at one
recognized the angular liand'iting.
Then he read It aloud:
"Dear Dane This is my daughter
Ionle, Just come home from abroad.
What she writes goes, of course. Yours,
LIXAS LA -M SON.
Dane softly whistled.
So this was Lamson's little girl, this
splendid young woman! How charm
ing she was. and how friendly. Had ha
hurt her feelings? What a brute hi)
was! It would have been such a sJmplu
thing to publish the verses. And shu
newr showed him her fathei's note.
That w as noble of her.
He picked up his pencil and bent
over his work. And piesently he softly
hummed:
She came upon me unawares
L.turned--aiid she wijs there
W. R. Rose In Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
How He Fought an Eagle.
Denver, Col. (Special.) Charles T.
Magagnus, an oil inspector, had a des
perate encounter with a large eagle
the other night. How or where his
feathered antagonist came from, h
does not know. He is convinced of a
thrilling battle, however, which cost
him many visible scratches and a full
hour's work in the dark.
Magagnus came to Denver from
Deadwood In search of information re
garding oil. He went to the Boulder
fields and started on a prospecting
lour, over the mountain supposed to
contain great deposits of red sand,
camping out enroute.
Nightfall found him several miles
away from habitation and in the midst
of a severe wind storm. An abandoned
hay barn, enclosed on all four sides,
proved desirable shelter, and into the
loft of this Magagnus crawled. He
dropped the trap door through which
the wind came in gusts and as he did
so, was knocked off his feet by some
thing feathery which struck him a
violent blow on the chest.
"I didn't know what hit me," de
clared Magagnus, "and I didn't have
time to find out. The trap door was
closed, but I tried to open it in a hurry.
Just then I got another bang which
was a peach. I grabbed at the thing
and caught hold of what I now know
was the eagle's wing.
'With the other wing I got a great
bunch of short arm jabs in the face
and scratches on my face and hands
from the talons until I was obliged to
let go. I tried again to get out and
used my pocket knife to lift the trap
door. I had Just raised it when the
big bird came at me again in the dark
ness. I stabbed it twice with my knife
and the second lime the blade broke
off in the eagle, which took a peck at
me that tore my coat off my arm.
"Then 1 tried to climb down the lad
der, but slipped. I grabbed the eagle,
still lighting and the two of us fell to
the ground below. I turned as I fell
and threw the bird under me.
"I guess 1 knocked all his wind out
of him when we struck, but I didn't
wall to llnd out. I was mad then and
I jumped on him with my hob-nailed
sho-s until I was pretty sure he was
dead. Then I struck a match to Bee
what kind of a bat had tackled me
and was paralyzed to see a big eagle,
still kii'king.
"I killed and In the morning skinned
it. I didn't lind oil, but I had a beau
tiful scrap In the dark. I'd have drop
ped dead with heart disease had I
known what I was flgting."
The eagle measures five feet two
inches from tip to tip. It is apparently
of the bald variety, more generally na
tives of Californina and sometimes
seen In the Rockies. How it came to
be in the barn is a mystery, unless It,
like Magagnus, sought refuge from
the w ind storm.
Short Fashion Notes,
A new and dainty effect In floral gar
niture consists of rosebuds formed of
the palest shades of rose-colored chif
fon. These are small In size and worn
In clusters of all sorts on light pons
and hats.
Some of the most beautiful outer
skirls for summer are of wash fabrics
trimmed with flounces of fine embroid
ered muslin. They ate pretty for use
with shirt waists.
In skirts for street wear or visiting
the narrow labller effect Is noticed.
The tabller may be of material 'o
mutch the dress or of any novelties,
such us velvet, satin oi silk veiled luce.
A popular article of Jewelry is the
pear-shaped pearl, which is worn sus
pended In a short neckchaln, and ap
pears In connection with every kind of
gow u.
It Is the f:id of the moment to put a
touch of lace trimming on every article
of clothing, and up-to-date stockings
have a lace Insertion finish woven In
the design.
Corsets are more elaborately lace
trimmed Mum formerly. Corset covers
are made almost entirely of the flim
siest lace, with Just a little silk or other
material.
White fans, with slicks of flneiy
carved Ivory, are fashionable for even
ing use, and the most beautiful designs
In lace are hi Ightened up colored span
gles in the smaller size. Butterfly ef
fects are especially atlructlve.
Straw fcr.l ' for wear with tailored
suits are nf ihe wile hi I lor shape, with
til :i y ii Hi d In nn anil low crown,
ti InniM d wl h a sll!; n'rf. Ihe ends
of which hang In sireiimeia H( n
hark.
i t t-1 bugx are preferred to mnny of
Ihe chatelaine bags fastened to Ihe
bell. New effects are constantly In
troduced In the former style, and enn
be obtained to blend with till shinies of
material used for street wear.
-;- FRILLS OF FASHION.
The designs of embroidery .in whiia
linen frocks are distinctly Kgyplian.
Sailor hats retain their old time ptqi
lllarily and the spring iesigrr are no
ticeable for lliiir simplicity and style.
With the while blouse the nndi.-h ac
companiment is a white kid b -It heav
ily stitched and fastened wiUi brass,
kid or pearl buckl-.'.
The chinchilla dot, a combitiatioa of
black and white cher.ille, is seen on
some of lb new vails with foundation
of gray, white or black mesh varying
from fine to course.
A prttty little stickpin has t,'o tiny
Faster bells, with clappers, with pearja
on the ends, A nother jln has ji singl
and less natural bell.
The soft tint of tan recognized a
biscuit, combined with baby blue, U a
modish combination for spring wear,
A touch of coral is occasionally intro
duced. Belts of knitted silk, with clasps ot
silver, art nouvaeu gold or gun metal,
are admiring adjuncts for the spring
shirtwaist suit or walking skirt and
natty blouse.
There is but little change in th
shape of new dress skirts, but as to
the fabric, it would seem almost im
possible to make a mistake in its fash
ioning, as the choice is now practicalljr
without end.
A number of charming rosaries ar
to be seen, the beads and semi-precloua
stones of different kinds, only on
kind for each set of beads, however.
Combinations of many colors go Int
the neck chains.
Some of the new canvas weavaa
which are so much fa vored for spring
ind summer gowns are brightened and
embellished by hand embroidery in ar
tistic designs executed with colored
tapestry wools.
Parasols, which are plain and y
effective, are of silk in light shades.
blue or pink, with the edge outlined
with a narrow line of black chenllla,
w ith a black dot of the same material
a.t the end of the rod.
A double-breasted blue suit has tw
rows of cabouchon-shraped buttons of
filigree work down the front, and frcm
the center of each there fall three lit
tle cords of gold, each finished with a
ball. It gives a long tassel-like finish,
lo the button.
Selecting the silk tor gowns neces
sary for the summer wardrobe is la
'.hese days an artistic pleasure, whea
extiles, qualities and designs make tha
jnmade fabric a thing of beauty.
There is this year shown a wondrous
:hoioe of taffetas, India silks, crepes
ie chine, Louisine satin, and satin
,'oulard. All these are seen ia every
:oloi- of the rainbow, and a great many
more colors that were never In tha
rainbow, while even in the black and
vliite melanges alone are exhibited,
lovelties and effects innumerable.
For and Abont Woman.
Mrs. C. H. Spurgeon, widow of tha
jreat preacher, and who has edited
ai.s publication, "The Sword and tha
Trowel," since his death has relin
juished the task to Rev. Thomas Spur
teon. Miss Furness, who unveiled the taa-a
et on the steamship St. Paul, present
;d by citizens of Its namesake recently,
s a great granddaughter of Alexander
Xatnsay, the first territorial governos
)f Minnesota.
Mrs. Bailey Slade, who died in 'New
port, R. I., on Monday, was a linesd
lescendnnt of Mary Clifton, the firs!
a omaii to set her foot on Plymouth
tock on the landing of the Pilgrim
rom the Mayflower.
Miss Kllcn Frothingham, the weB
cnown (lermitn scholar, died In Rnstoa
ust week. In 18t!7 she made a German
:ranslalion of Lesslng's "Nathan, th
A'ise," which is considered the best
.ranslation of the work ever made.
Miss Palma, a niece of the president
if Cuba, is visiting an aunt in Milwau
kee. With her uncle, the president, sha
ivill sail for Cuba from New York
March 22, and will arrive In time for
:he Inauguration, which takes placa
pril 1.
Miss Julia Black of St. Louis Is tha
rity weigher the only one that tha
payor Indorses. During the last year
die has turned in $S13 profit from her
icales to the city treasurer, while aH
he other weighers reported that they
!onld barely meet expenses. Miss Blaca
.vorks ten hours a day and has held
.h position through three administrat
ions, in spite of many competitors.
Th Wrong Foot.
South Africa would not seem to sub
test anything like a comedy of errors,
yet It does. It was in that haplesa
land, and on a sleeping cur, that
etilnl bachelor whs traveling lately.
Just across from l.ls berth was a
handsome little woman and her three-reur-old
boy. Karly in the nioinlng tha
two were laughing and playing togeth
er, und the good naturcd bachelor smil
ed to himself as he rose lo dress. Sud
Iriily a little fool peeped out from th
:overlig on the opposite berth, and.
ivlth a (winkle iu his eye, the bachelor
grubbed the plump toe, and hejran:
"This little pig went lo market, thai
little-1 "
"That Is my foot, sir!" U'gan tha
Indignant voice of a woman,
The silence which followed could b
heard above the roar of the train.
An American ludy has at her ow
xpense planted roses, properly fenced
In and protected, by the side of t h
Hew road between lb" village of NUoa
Htnl Willi well, Isle of Wight.
Wireless telegraphy Is to be inml la
enable Ihe meteorologist slutloucd at
the top of XaiespltX, Ihe highest sum
mit of (lei many, lo communicate wilt
(he postoftlce at Klrlsep, 6,7a feet ba
low.