Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, June 26, 1902, Image 7

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Costly and elaborate Instruments for
Metrical treatments, but to people
Who cannot come to our office fur treat
ments, we furnish an electrical batt -ry
to be used under our directions by the
patient at home. It Is not a belt, but
scientific Invention of great value
Score of patients testify to Ha rura
Jlvi i rower. It in pr-K-rlhed with or
Without medicine, a each rase de
mands. Thla electrical battery Id Invaluable
U the treatment of diseases of women
Btrvous diseases, weaknesses of men
heart diseases, stomach diseases, liver
and kidney discuses, rheumatism, deaf
naaa, etc. W also furnlnh our patients
ur new Oione Atomizer for home use
In tha treatment of lung and catarrhal
alaeaaea.
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On the lines of the Milwaukee Rail-
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places In the world to spend a summer
vacation, camping out or at the ele
gant summer hotels. Boating, fishing,
beautiful lakes and streams and cool
weather.
Okobojl Is the nearest of these re
sorts, but all are easily reached from
Omnha. and the round trip rates this
summer are lower than ever before.
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Vol. S, No. 26, 1902
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Pile'SaS-Cured
Mi mthna iii absolutely reliable. D
I do not ACCEPT ONE CENT OF PAY until a care is ef lsetud, and VOU decide whon VOt
are cured. Cnnnultatton and examination free at office or by mill. I will tell you Jus:
what it will cost you to be cured, and how lorn: it will take to curs you.
I For particular.!, or any informatiou, address,
OR. B. E. NEAL, Omaha, Neb.
Revma 30, 31 and 32 Douglaa Block, S. E.Cor. Ifllh and Dodge St. -
The Rosebud Mian Reservation to be Opened
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i HALF I1LL10H ACRES OF RICH LAKDS
TO BE THROWS OPEN.
riNiwr grazing and karminu i.anos.
JDIBECT JMILBOAD HOW Bl ILDIMJ
Tba new extension now being built
br tha JVorth-Weetern Lino to Uone
tool, & IX, brinira to mind tha treaty
noMtty mado with tho cbieft of tho
warUko 8toax br which tho unsliottod
kadsof UMfmooiioaebud IteMnr-
Obtoaa-o Tribune: "t haven't seen a
good short story for months. What has
kaootne of all the writers of Action r
"Don't rou knowT They are all at
work writing attractive little pam
phlets for the proprietors of summer
hotels."
OsorgM Leysuea, tha French minis
ter of publlci Instruction, having re
formed French spelling and syntax by
official decree, is going to Iraue an offi
cial French grammar, which will be
tha only on used In French school.
PERONAL NOTES.
Senator Lodge la a connoisseur on
shirt deslgna. The other day he ap
peared in Washington with a shirt and
v.-at ol the same material, a delicate
purple, which was woven especially for
him.
The tablet which la to mark the
bulnpluce of George Peabody, tho
Darker and philanthropist, will be un
veiled by the Peabody (Mass.) Histori
cal n oely on June 16. The tablet is of
brass and has the following Inscription
In rair-ed letters: "Birthplace of
George Peabody, February IS, 171(5.
Placed by the Peabody Historical so
ciety, June 16 ,1S02." This tablet will
l3 bo'.Ud to a rough BiGne post five
feet out of the ground, to be set two
feet inside the fence, directly In front
cf the old part of the house in which
Mr. Peabody was born.
It will pay those who are afflicted
with piles, fistula or any disease of the
tectum to read Dr. Meal's ad. in this
paper. He guarantees a cure.
Somerville Journal: Chicago Girl
How high is the thermometer anyway?
Boston Girl The thermometer Is about
five feet from the floor. But, perhaps
what you wish to know Is the altitude
of the mercury. It stands at 87 de
grees. The well-posted druggist advices you
to use Hamlin's Wizard Oil for puln,
for he knows what it has done.
The British treasury is cheerful and
hopeful. Next year's revenue, it Is es
timated, will come within J120,000,0to
of meeting expenses, and the rest can
be easily borrowed.
Philadelphia Preps: "Of course," said
the church trustee, "we realize that
you are a good preacher, but" "But,"
Interrupted the minister who was un
able to collect his salary, "I appear to
be doomed to be good for nothing."
Dr. C. M. Headrick, 308 New York
Life Building, Omaha, has iin estab
lished reputation for successfully treat
ing nervous, kidney and liver, stomach
and other diseases, including rheuma
tism, by electricity. You do not 1 .ve
to leave home to get the benefits of
his treatment. See his advertisement
elsewhere.
A thousand miles of the Honolulu
cable are ready to be uncurled. At this
rate it will take considerably more
than forty minutes to finish that gir
dle 'round the earth.
Read Dr. Neal's ad. in this paper. lie
guarantees to cure any case of piles,
and does not accept one cent of pay
until the patient is well.
Queen Wilhelmtna, when in health,
insists upon knowing the contents of
every document she signs.
The late General Charles H. T. Collls
mad'? the bequest in his will that his
two regimental flags be deposited in
the tomb of his old comrade, General
ClyBRcs S. Grant.
Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnslow's
Soothing Hyrup the best remedy to use
for their children during the teething
period.
Christian Smith, the oldest locomo
tive engineer in the country, lives
near Harptr's Ferry, Md. He ran the
first engine on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad at a speed of from six to
eight r.!!es an !'.!, which was con
sidered rapid In those days.
Pain Hamlin's Wizard Oil. Use the
last on the first, and you will neither
have one or the other.
TiffliaWtmc-' '
Under a
Poaltiva
Cuaranlaa
not use KNIFE, LICATUPI or CAUSTIC.
tion are to bo turned over to the govern
ment and one more of the few choice
tracts of ptiblio lands now remaining',
be thus opened to settlement.
The land in question lies between the
Missouri and Niobrara rivers and is
well watered and fertile. Farm lands
near the Reservation are selling at from
3 to 35 an acre, grazing lands at
from W to 815.
The country Is level or slightlT roll
Intr. constating of black loam with clay
subsoil, making the very beat of farm
ing land. It seems to suffer exception
ally little from drought.
Chicago Poat: "Tea, I think the gov
ernment should own and operate all
transportation lines." "Do you think
the alieplng car porters would permit
It?"
Chicago Tribune: "It's dlff runt with
a volcano," reflected Uncle Kph'm. "It
kin cough Hs whole blame head off an'
still keep on coua;hln',"
The Chinese, according to Pearson'!
We. l:ly, fear ruin, believing that th
rain drops breed vermin.
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MONEY IN GRAPES.
The writer has recently visited the
fruit growing districts of northern Ohio
and western New York. In Chautau
qua county. New York, on Lake Erie,
long known as a dairy region, the most
successful farmers had built up their
comfcrtable homes and had achieved
their prosperous condition by dairy
ing. The first efforts made in the
growing of the grape in commercial
quantities were a partial failure. Grow
ers now reason that In their former
work the vines were not planted deep
ly enough to have the roots withstand
the extreme cold of trying winters and
frequent failures were met with In Uie
first plantations. The varying expe
rience of a large number of planters
ultimately led to the selection of such
soils as were best suited to grape pro
duction and to such methods of plant
ing, cultivating and training the vine
as led to the successful growing of the
grape in commercial quantities.
Not all of the soil, and really but
a small portion of the land In Chau
tauqua county Is suited to the proflf
able production of grape. The foeel
soils are gravel loams. It is a common
saying that the grape succeeds as far j ire worth J100 to 150 per acre. Vine
from the lake as you can Bee the lake. , yards planted, trained and l.i bearing
That. Is, the influence of the lake It. are worth from $200 to $300 per acre,
felt from the lake out to and on thi 'During the fall of 1901 the average
sides of the Chautauqua hills. From ; price received for the crop was 10 cents
the hills to the southward the ameiior-' per basket.
ating influence of the lake being cut j In picking and packing the fruit only
off, grape growing Is not sufficiently ' tha better class of the grapes are
successful to justify large planting. ' . packed In bankets for shipment; the
In selecting vines for planting the j second grade Is taken by the wineries,
flrst-clasa yearlings are preferred. The i In the fall of 1901 5,035 cars of fruit
plant Is cut back to three buds. A j in baskets were shipped from Chautau
vlne of thut character has two seta of qua county, addition to this nearly
roots; it is planted at such a deptt j 10,000 tons of grapes or nearly 800 car
that the upper set of roots should b' ' loads were converted into wine and
six inches below the surface when th: grape Juice. The grapes sold for wine
vine is properly established. Th( are sold by the ton, the buyer furnish
vines are planted below the generainc the crates and paying an average
level of the soil. Cultivation the firs', lot 14 pet ton for the first quarter of
season earths up toward them, so, ; the season and from that to $25 to $28
that at the end of the first summer! per ton at the close of the season,
the upper roots are sufllciently below (About one-fifth of the grape juice ex
the surface not to be Injured by winter's ! pressed is for fermented wine. Re
cold. Cultivation is such as shall keep cently improved processes, notably the
the soil loose and open during the jOleason's, enables the manufacturer to
growing season. express the Juice from the grape wlth-
TBIMMING. out its coming In contact with the
Trimming ia a modification of th' lair. It is stored In sterilized carboys,
Fuller and Arm systems. One cane ii ! bottled in sterilized bottles without the
trained each way along the lower wire; ! mixing of any salycilic acid as a pre
buds growing from these ai ms are .servatlve. This grape Juice is absolute
trained and tied to the upper wire. 'y pure and is rapidly gaining its way
To a western man the pruning looks or use in hospitals and sick rooms,
to be very short, leaving less wood intimately grape juice handled in this
than our growers are in the habit of. way must be within the reach of every
leaving, yet at the end of the season Line and furnishes a way of working ur
the wires are reported as well covered land making useful a large proportion
with canes and foliage. The intent ir ! 'f the crop. These methods, wher
trimming is to have the largest num more widely known and utilized, will
ber of pounds that can be usually ! furnish an unlimited market for the
grown on each vine in the Rmalleet grape grower. The use of the surplus
number of bunches. ' apea for such purposes gives steadi-
The average annual product is frcrijn ss to the market and has helped tc
ten to twelve pounds to the vine. V.r- j place the planting and growing ol
ceptionally favorable land combined 1 grapes on a solid financial foundation
with very careful care sometimes in- Oko aged, wealthy grower, who now
creases the average yield of 6.000 li:is a number of farms ail earnec
pounds to the acre to as high as 10,000 within the county, declares he car
to 12.000 pounds per acre; ibU, however, 1 make money in growing grapes at
is extreme and exceptional cawes. cents per eight pound basket.
Pirr.fi vr. AMn PACK'lNf! ! Western growers with our more fer-
The picking and packing of more
than 5,000 car loads of grapes In Chau
tauqua county alone requires a great
many jnore jwwmle than reside within
the county. For
a hundred mllis!"' ordinary tarn crops, me ....
around many families regard the grape
picking season as the one outing of
the year; whole families move to the
grape growing districts. Many of
them are accommodated In tenant;1"'"" V"'"J' "c """
houses, seme In temporary shelters and times and yet find a growing and re
others in tents. munerative market.
Each Individual grower, whether be I N fc " F- ST KI'HKNH.
has five acres or as many as 300 acres, '
mdi.avors to keep In touch througr
the year with us much help as he wll
require; and long In advance arrange:
for their assistance at the proper time
In each neighborhood there is llkel.
to be dancing floors erected, attract in.
the young people. They work in tin
vineyards through the ciay and an
S. X
,
A great boom h.ia sprung up in lame
nt eel, to which point Tho N'orth-Western
Line ia building. Last fall there were
fifty settlers there. To-day there is a
town of 900. Ninety days fmm now
there will probably be 8,000. 1'lve real
estate offices have opened, and town lots
are selling at from 8300 to f-SOO each.
The Reservation will probably be
opened by a plan, such as was mode use
of in the recent allotment of publle
lands in Oklahoma. Fifty thousand
people are expected to take part in the
drawing for the land.
To enter a homestead of Iff) acres
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson la
In Ht. Louis, Inspecting work that has
been In prograaa for three years on th?
Investigation of the causes and reme
dies for decay In lumber.
Carl Fa ber of Munich, son of the
'ammis pncll manufacturer, has given
tSfiO.OMi to the Germanic museum st
Vunmnerg and to tho Bavarian J,'a
ionnl museum at Munich.
An Iceberg In the pulpit cannot kin
lie fl (lie In the nev.s.
drawn by the music and Jollity to the
dancing platforms until midnight. It
Is not possible fo keep any domestic
help during the picking season, In
Chautauqua county, since no girl In
domestic service can resist the tempta
tion of earning larger wages In the
picking season and of engaging nightly
In the fun and amusement In progress.
The average cost of picking and
packing the grapes is from one to one
and one-half cent per basket. The
larger portion of the grapes are picked
by the women and girlB. The packing
of the baskets Is done by the piece.
A skillful packer can pack from 120 to
200 baskets per flay. Green and de
fective grapes, that Is, auch as are
burst by sap pressure and accident,
must be removed. The grapes carry
better and keep longer If they can be
wilted for twenty-four hours. Wilting
lessens the weight, toughens the stems
and the fruit stands up better. Each
basket to pass inspection must contain
eight pounds of fruit; the basket
weighs one pound. Until loaded in
ihe car the fruit Is kept in cool pack
ing houses.
From statistics supplied by Captain
;j. H. Pratt of Fredonia, we note:
LandB well suited to vineyard work
tile soil, needing little aimistance fron
fertilizers should find the growing o.
the grape for our western market:
much more profitable than the raisin
, Icare n;id 'ill ivation of the vine is no
so dlf'ttvilt as to be beyond the at
tainnient of any bright and activi
farmer. The vineyards in the Mis
Philadelphia Press: Htinjay 1 lov
did you like that cigar I gave you
It was an "Admiral" you know. Sharp.
What n appropriate name for It
Th'ie'.i something about that tiga
tu;rgpytive of an admiral. Kllnjay
Wliat's that? Shiirpe It's lank.
for Settlement
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one must bo the head of a family o;
have attained the ape of twt-uty-om
yean; a citizen of the United .States
or one who has filed his declaration fx
become such. To establish a title U
the land, residence must be maintained
thereon, improving and cultivating the
land continuously for five years,
With the completion of the North
western Line from Verdigra to the
denervation boundary at Hones tee L
there will, without doubt, be a tremen
dous influx of homestead or as soon a
the President's proclamation seta a
date for the opening.
Itfiron Henri de Rothschild, who Is a
distinguished physician and a special
ist In Infantile diseases, not only
drives motor cars, but manufactures
them.
I'rof. Michael I. Pupln of Columbia
university, Inventor of the ocean tele
phone, began his career In Amerlc.i as
and attendant In a Turkish bath par.
lor ir, lirr.oklyn.
To put out another's sun will not in
rrpniie your own.
Mi
THE STEAW
Bummer days
Are coming in;
Every fellow
With a crin '
Togs lilmtelf
In this and that.
Proudly dons
A new straw hat,
I.ast year's clothes
May last a while,
Last year's shoes
Are still In style,
Cut a man
Would be a flat
Who would wear
A last year's hat.
Every year
The fashit-ns change
In a wide
Fantastic range,
Last, year's hat
Provokes a smile,"
It's so badly
Out of style.
Broad and narrow
Braids and mats.
Run the fashions
Of the hats:
But they all
Observe the same
Style of melting
In a rain.
A MERE INCIDENT.
BY JULIA TRUITT BISHOP.
(Copyright, 1901, by Authors' Syndicate.)
OFFICER O'FLYNN, whose beat
took in the park and many out
lying squares, found his soul
troubled within him because of
the Rtrbmer.ced tenth who came and sat
on the park benches when his back was
turned, in fuH view of the palaces of
the rich.
"The town's that full o' dirty hohos,"
he grumbled in bitterness of spirit,
"that they sets down in de park like
lords, an' de grass is wore off all 'roun'
the benches wid (is bis feet o' them.
An' when they see me comln' they take
a walk, an' the minute I'm gone there
they are back ag'in, setting there like
Jay Gould hisself. If I had my way
they'd be run out o' town tonight, bad
l'ick to 'em an' me gettin' raked over
de coalis all de time for not keepin' de
tramps out o' de park."
And then, going with a reserved and
dignified gait along his beat, and glanc
inn Lack as he went, he had the mor
tification to see the Jay Goulds of the
park benches lounging aimlessly in
from the adjacent streets as though
it had Just occurred to them that here
was a park where one might spend a
pleasant half-hour away from the noon
neat. or no matter what mean3
might be used by the powers that were,
the hobos were never run out of town.
llitferent parts of the park were un
der the tacit control of different groups.
Wandering Bill Wiggins held his crew
spellbound on and about the bench
near the fountain, where he told them
stories of the road and of men and wo
men, for lie had seen many lands. Fur
ther down, toward the end of the park,
were Dave and his coterie, who smok
ed and talked and watched the gay
world riding or driving by, and made
safe reflections on life and prosperity,
ana the people who had temporarily
managed to get on top.
"This ain't a good seat, Dave it's
too bunny," one of the contingent re
marked one day when the sun was at
its Lest. "Let's go an' rout Bill's gang
away from that fountain. They didn't
have no call to rush in there an' git
the best place before we foun' out what
ve wanted blame pigs!"
This place suits me," said Dave, ly
ing back on the bench and staring at
the network of blue through the leaves
oveil.rad. "You don't know when
o!T If this ain't good enough for any
hobo on earth, he ought to go to the
pen. Carpe diem, Roadsy which is
Latin for 'take the goods the gods pro
vide.' "
After that his name was changed
to "Iatin."
"You don't appreciate your priv
ileges," he moralized, gravely, one day,
as he trimmed the fringes from his
coat sleeve with his knife. "Here we.
arc facing a row of houses where live
tho truly elegant. Out in the world
they wouldn't recognize our existence,
Roadsy except perhaps to stare at us
haughtily and auk the polseman why
he didn't make those people move on.
Hpt. we have orchestra seats for every
performance. They come to the win
dow, and we look at them, and see how
they are dressed, and note the easy ele
gance of their white hands on the cur
tntn. They come oof for a drive, and
vvn mentally appraise tho value of their
horscr and carriages and estimate about
what they pay the coachman. Next
to being rich oneself this is perhaps
the greatest pleasure life gives. The
world, Roadsy, is made up of two
classes those who are rich, and those
who acquire brain fag computing how
much the rich spend on foolishness.
And when these people come out for a
walk we are the privileged class who
sit, here at our ease and see them
trip lightly-down the steps, and itemize
thel' frocks and shoes and gloves and
p.irasols, as though we were a Sunday
paper. In the evening they sit on the
porch, with all of us in our orchestra
chaira looking on; or perhaps they en
tertain, and we see the halls the halls
of feltal Joy, and fond memory brings
the light of other days around us. You
are Ignorant, Roadsy. You don't know
vhen you are in Paradise."
"Is that what you set herp the whole
hloomln' day fur?" asked Roadsy In
deep disgust "Jest set here to watch
b'okes wlri money havin' a good time?
You're gittln' awful tony all to onct,
I-atln."
"The result of association." said Lat
lu, with a smile. "When I am on the
park bench, opposite Rome, I Instinc
tively do as Rome does. And when I
am out on the road with you, Roadsy,
and with Tike and Sam there, I do as
yon all do which Is wby the officer
who Is Just coming around that corner
regards me as a hobo."
They arose with great promptness
and strolled away In different direc
tions, and Officer O'Flynn swore to
himself at the mark of the feet that
were wearing off the park grass.
When they strolled hack again, a few
minutes later, Roadzy had matured a
grlevan e; and reclaimed it grum
bling. "Talk about wo all makln' hobos o'
you," he Raid, "you wa'n't any bloom
ing' gentleman when we first seen ye,
as 1 known on. It wmn't us that made
ye drink like a fish, was It? You'd
larned that 'fore ever we seen ye. Well,
then? What ye got to say about
that?"
"Not a word, Roadsy," said Latin,
placidly, staring absently at the house
across (he way. "Not a word. You
are a pkllosophcr, Roadsy bcslde
having a pooii memory. Be sure to
make that consoling statement when
you write my obituary: 'He was bis
own worst enemy," is a gentler way of
putting it than 'he drank like a filsh"
and is more soothing to the survivors."
'Blame!" was the sole remark of
Roadsy.
"Now, for instance," murmured Lat
in, without taking his eyes from the
door of the house ocross tie way, "It Is
the hour for the afternoon drive. The
coa. hitian is at the door with the neat
and unpretentious surrey a very mod
est ecju ppage. I have noticed and in
a little while the lady will come forth
and go for her daily drive."
Latin was holding a match to the
cigarette between his teeth, but as
his eyes were still fastened on the op
posite bouse, and as his hand trembled
with, the nervousness of the road and
of that which brought him there,' the
matcn was nowhere near the cigarette.
"Them folks is real swell nabobs,"
said Roadsy, appreciatively. "When
thein winders is open you can see mar
ble Etaioos an things an books to
burn. One night I seen that woman
cryin' or prayin' or somethin', wtih her
f-ice ag'ir- a little marble statoo with
wings an' a bow 'n' arrer.'"
"Oh, Cupid, Cupid that it should
come to this!" said Lain, absently.
The match had burned out, and be
threw it away.
hpre she comes," said Roadsy,
idly. "Fust time I ever seen 'er face
good. Gee whiz!'"
The woman stepped into the surrey,
and then remembered something, and;
sent the coachman after it. While he
was gone she sat holding the reins and
looKing away down the BtreeL Even at
the distance of the park- bench one
culd rote that she did not see the
street, nor anything within the line of
physical vision. She was looking at
something very, very far away.
Perhaps it was the look on her face
that made Latin take off his hat. With
a hurried glance, Roady followed' his
example. It was so distinctly foolish
that he feigned to be looking for some
thing In the crown of it, which he failed
to find. And thus it was that for the
moment he missed what was coming.
Aroiind the curve of the park came
an automobile, its bell clanging, and
swept close by the side of the surrey.
The startled horses made a spring to
one siJe in terror, and the reins held
so ioosely were snatched from the wo
man's hands.
The surrey ran on two wheels as the
horses turned and fled, but it righted
itself and shot within a hair's breadth
of a city cart meandering around tha
roudway. The woman sat still, holding
to the stanchions, but making no out
cry, and with no added whiteness in
the face that was already white.
"This is the end," she whispered to
herself, and smiled.
Woking neither to the right nor to
the left, she could not see the flying
figure taking a short-cut across the
curve, and Just catching to the back of
the surrey. She was sensible, present
ly, that some one was climbing over
the driver's seat and out on to the
pole, with a hand on the horse's back
on either side. At the end of the pole
be did something she did not know
what but the horses were checked.
And then she saw him go down.
Other people were there then crowds
and crowds of tnem, snatching at the
bits and Jerking the trembling horses
to a standstill, but they had been there
soon enough to prevent the last few
starts and plunges. Everybody knew
beforehand how it must be with man
they dragged out from under the
horses' feet.
"Ring for the ambulance!" shouted
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hither and thither, sickened and pallid.
But the woman in the surrey was down
In the crowd, pushing them aside.
"Wait!" she cried. "Wait! This
man will be taken to my home."
And then they paused, while she
bent over him and lifted the coat some
one had thrown over his face.
Those who had heard it will never
forget. It was like the hurt cry of a
child, except that a woman's heart
break had crept into it. She was on
her knees, for a moment, down in the
d:ist of the road.
' Paul!" she cried. "Paull"
That was all. Then she stood up,
and looked into the faces around her
workmen, boys, millionaires and ho
bos unutterable.
"tacntlemen," she said, quietly, "will
some ol you take my husband home
tc my house?"
The face she had uncovered had one
eye left, and it glittered upon them with
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"Strang!" he said, with rattling ut
terance, "how getting frightened play
people out. Never saw her before, give
you my word. Just a tramp, gentle
men -nothing but a tramp."
And as they lifted him tenderly, even
while he waved a Jovial hand at
Roadsy, agonizing on the outskirts of
the crowd, the tramp went out on the
long trail the out trail that trail that
Is always new.
LIGHTNING AND WATCHES.
Timepieces Seriously Affected by,
Electrical Manifestations.
Washington Star: "An electrical
storm seems to have a peculiar effect
on some timepieces," remarked the ju
nior partner of a big downtown Jew
elry firm. "Every time lightning and
thunder get acttve in this vicinity one
one of the results Is that our watch
repalrlng department la overworked
for several days thereafter. Tbc dam
age wrought chiefly consists of broken
mainsprings.
"When business gets dull with ua,"
added the Jeweler, jokingly, "we re
quire all our employes to pray for a
thunder storm. Failure to comply with
this order Is considered sufficient eanae
for discharge. 1 am unable to maka
clear the whys and wbeWfbrea. bat it
Is an established fact that after the
lightning has frotlcksd awhile ta somes
the watches with mainspriags wrack
ed." When Judge W. W. Henderson was
elected judge of the probata eourt of
8t- Louis, three years ago, the oompen
stlon was changed from the fee systsa
to a salary of 13,500 a year. Slaoe tho
he has refused to draw hie salary,
claiming that the act was unconstlta
tlonal. He brought suit against the
city for fees amounting to 186,000, and
won his case In the supreme court
It Is Coming.
If a few more KlondTkea shall ha
discovered Alaska will be In good
shape to put up a fight for statehood.
St. Louis -OIobc-Democrat.