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The marriage of Miss Cornelia
Roosevelt Scovel, daughter of Cheva
lier and Mrs. Edward Scovel. and a
niece of President Roosevelt, to Count
Ricardo Fabbricotta. was solemnized
in St. James’ church, Florence, Italy,
November 25.
Miss Scovel is a niece of Frederick
S ove! of New York and a grand
daughter of Mrs. Brooks Whitney.
Immediately following the wedding
ceremony p.n elaborate reception was
given at Villa Terrazza. Viale Macchl
avelli, the beautiful home of the Seo
vels, who have resided in Italy for
many years.
The marriage makes the second one
of the president’s nieces who have
married titled foreigners, the first be
ing Miss Cornelia Roosevelt, who mar
ried Baron Von Zedlitz several years
ago at St. Thomas' church, New York.
SHE FONDLED A SNAKE.
Little Child Played Peacefully With a
Deadly Copperhead.
Horror-stricken. Mrs. Edwaril Al
paugh of Washington. N. J.. fainted
when she went into a neighbor's yard
and saw her little daughter, Ruth, 5
years old. feeding a copperhead snake
three feet long.
Mrs. Alr.augh took her little daugh
ter with her when she went to make a
call on Mr°. Richard Valentine, one of
Iter neighbors. Little Ruth went into
the yard to play. After a while she
was missed and the two women went
to look for her.
Ruth was finally found seated upon
the ground in a patch of sunflowers.
In her lap was the snake with its
body coiled and its head standing up
close to the child's face. She was
handling the reptile, unconscious of
danger. Mrs. Alpaugh screamed
affrightedly anti fainted.
Mrs. Valentine, more composed, ran
to the woodhouse and got a hatchet.
The snake, which had tteen quiet be
fore the commotion, started to get
away when Mrs. Valentine approached.
She plucklly attacked it and chopped
off its head.
SAVED BY HIS TROUSERS.
Painter's Fearful Fall Ends Up In
Hysterical Laughter.
George Sotelous, a young painter,
sat in a swinging chair painting the
city water tower at Vineland. N. 135
feet above the earth, while a big
crowd watched him. Suddenly the
crowd sent up a cry of dismay. One
of the hooks which held the painter's
flimsy seat broke and let him slide
down with sickening rapidity.
The spectators turned their heads
to shut out the sight, but they were
aroused by a loud hysterical laugh
from Sofelous. In his descent the
seat of his trousers caught in the
sharp prongs of an iron railing which
ornaments the outside of the tower
about half way up, and there he hung.
Wriggling about gingerly, the young
man managed to pull himself tip to
the railing and make his way to the
ground.
‘‘I certainly thought 1 was done for
that time,” said he as the crowd con
gratulated him on his escape.
After repairing his chair the young
painter resumed his work.
RELIC OF EARLY REPUBLIC.
Bronze Button Thought To Be Sou
venir of Washington's Election.
Walter Foss, an employe of the
state house at Augusta, Maine, has a
most interesting relic of olden times. It
is a large button of bronze, about the
size of a half dollar and perhaps half
as thick. In the center of the button
are the initials "U. \V.," and above
them, in a scroll, the words "Long
Live the President."
The button was found near the Tat
tle Kennebec river, in Machias. The
stream is so-called because settlers
from the Kennebec went there and es
tablished their home during the war of
the revolution. Among them was Ben
jamin Foss, grandfather of the owner
of the button, who built a log cabin
over the spot where the button wa;;
found. The button is probably a sou
venir of Washington’s election as
president, and, as far as is known, is
the only one in existence.
THE BENEFIT OF WHISTLING.
Writer in Medical Journal Advocates
Making of Melody.
When the throes of indigestion and
the qualms of dyspepsia are making
your life miserable, just purse the
lips and whistle a brisk, merry tune,
says Medical Talk.
Not a muffled, doleful, half hearted
whistle, but a whistle so deep and
voluminous that the whole house will
| he Ailed with the sound.
Don't he afraid somebody will hear
you. Let them hear you. It will do
them good. It will enliven and cheer
them while it cures you.
Indigestion and dyspepsia always
make one feel gloomy and depressed
and morbid and gloomy. Everything
seems to go wrong and doubtless you
won t feel one bit like whistling. But
no matter, whistle anyhow.
If possible, go out into the fresh
air and do your whistling. If you can't
go outdoors, just open the window
wide and whistle with all your might.
Any old tune will do, so you put life
| and vigor into it.
Whistle, whistle, whistle. Keep it
going. Don t get tired. Go on with
all your might. Harder, harder.
The first thing you know the stom
ach will have righted itself, the liver
wil! be working good and strong, the
blood will be bounding through your
veins, your brain will be clear and
vigorous, and you wiii feel twenty
years younger.
“SECOND" SICHT AT 94.
Almost Blind. Aged Mrs. Pratt Sud
denly Finds She Can Read.
_ Mrs. Sally K. P. Pratt of Derby,
Conn., who for twenty five years has
been scarcely able to read with the
strongest glasses, owing to her ad
vanc'd age, has suddenly found her
sight restored in ner ninety-fourth
year. She had become almost blind
of late, being forced to abandon sew
ing and all reading but the coarsest
Print. She was preparing to end her
j years in blindness.
A few days ago site picked up a
newspaper to read the large headlines.
Continuing down the column, she was
surprised to notice that the fine print
looked large and blurred. She re
moved her glasses, and to her joy
tound she could readily distinguish the
type.
After several days’ practice sH.> can
now read the newspapers and her tine
print Bible with ease, and has dis
carded her glasses. She also threads
needles with thr- naked eye.
Doctors pronounce the case one of
the rare instances of what is termed
second sight. They say ft occurs
only with persons whose age is close
to the century mark.
Popular Arkansas Baptist.
Ex-Gov. James P. Eagle of Arkansas
was elected president of the Baptist
state convention recently held in Kit
tle Rock, a position whic h he has tilled
for twenty-one successive years. He
was chosen by acclamation. The con
vention was the fifty-fifth annual ses
sion of the association and there were
over 1,000 persons in attendance. One
pleasing incident was a reception ten
dered to the venerable Dr. It. H.
Graves and his wife. Dr. Graves has
spent forty-seven years as a mission
ary in China.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF NEBRASKA.
The Vote in Dcsail for Supreme Judges, Regents of the University
and Fifteen District Judges.
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Adams . 1.047 1.050 1.029 1.686 1659 1611 1612 J 5:43 ino 97 87 a~
Antelope . 1.325 1.068 1.312 9'9 1351 1215 10U9 927 10" S3 •>■> 67
Banner . 117 05 146 85 119 104 56 4; 7 « *r. "A
Blaine . 197 75 91 52 115 112 64 57 5 5 3 "
Bootle . 1.244 1.166 1.277 1.107 1333 1287 1079 1055 65 86 1S 15
Box Butte .. 477 472 574 391 509 4S9 425 4.91 22 33 15 14
Boyd . 995 734 671 586 234 8'2 677 <,(6 65 54 45 43
Blown . 392 292 393 363 427 411 247 3f4 9 9 14 15
Buffalo . 1.763 1.599 1.702 1 179 f-.S 1345 1399 134.x 86 78 76 77
Burt . 1.359 760 1.412 764 }||* J232 674 646 37 37 11 11
Butler . 1 314 1.713 1.135 1,744 ‘2S“ 3225 3 3322 1612 99 h4 U 13
Cass . 2.225 1.923 2.219 1 s5l ::2S 1839 38:31 322 105 111 112
Cedar . 1.350 1.344 1,227 1.260 1222 1227 3282 3 242 54 46 S 12
Chase . 286 345 2.7 256 223 -’2# 17 16 2 2
Cherry . 712 4«9 72S 7,03 l23 6.0 434 394 33 26 22 20
Cheyenne .... 593 430 637 4 2 b7b ,®22 ,fs? 223 28 24 12 13
Clav . 1.351 1.6-8 1,79.4 1 432 1'3‘ 36*« 34s> 3478 82 44 24 32
Colfax . 811 1.B.7 SIS 1,15.1 ,'n7 824 394b. J85 2« 22 21 18
Cuming . 1.170 1 401 1.136 1.31.1 -"I3 ,3.'- 3»j* j1® 27 38 23 23
Custer . 1.910 1.856 1.-95 1,779 1 1 !22 3 ,b'’ 1632 113 12s 62 67
Dakota . I..10 692 68! (',92 Jf!* JJJ «28 57 V 25 29 27 28
a z: inns iiS 1.17a ».Im ™ 38 $ i\ 84 8 I!
iEtt ,Si ;;2 ,.£• £ * ® Ul 93 73 £
Dodar . 1 89S 1.9*4 . 1.722 2,192 ‘"4" 3 988 18"2 3728 83 73 49 50
Douglas ....8.639 >.691 9.334 7.6 -i 9h2 b94J 31632 228 223 1567 1575
Dundy . : 2 > 2.31 289 259 3-| 20h --<* 215 17 14 9 9
Fillmore . 1.60S 1.473 1.71 1 1.603 3*'23 364« l4"2 1393 49 47 80 31
Franklin 879 955 859 931 8‘6 85,1 853 833 53 51 28 29
Frontier 72 4 CM 683 526 '“•* 3!®» 561 552 36 30 45 40
Furnas . 1.026 1.020 1.132 994 ,a82 llj13 283 933 <'.4 57 11 9
Gage . 3.030 1.716 3,188 1.591 3011 2945 1587 1511 241 228 50 63
Garfield . 256 216 251 212 268 255 197 185 9 6 8 9
Gosper . 409 435 388 442 412 395 413 4 )S 31 31 4 4
Grant . 89 79 80 45 26 #1 65 63 3 3 1 1
Greeley . 519 79s 490 779 “23 506 .92 672 18 16 9 10
Hall . 1.753 1.288 1.638 1.313 1S«« 1S10 1316 1261 73 65 112 111
Hamilton* ... 1.427 1,343 1.323 1.235 1472 1475 1.322 1295 79 68 18 16
Harlan . 819 783 797 7s6 823 783 764 727 81 81 55 67
Haves . 272 231 297 208 285 273 229 204 8 6 19 IS
Hitchcock .... 440 424 389 361 342 419 .397 277 1 1 11 9 9
Holt . 1.2 6 l,C?i I,?;; 1,75i 1254 1271 1561 1513 110 Ins 63 6G
uookcr . S3 l*i •!') 32 52 42 "9 8} 3 l V 0
Howard . Tie 1,w.a S75 1.094 856 857 10a4 li>72 41 42 2« 27
Jefferson _ 1.497 1,046 1.595 1.174 1198 1473 993 967 60 62 44 42
Johnson . 1.252. 944 1.312 937 1287 124 4 912 882 87 82 6 5
Kearney . 908 934 952 883 952 91 4 847 819 59 49 25 26
Keith . 227 211 225 202 229 215 1S8 184 9 8 4 4
Kevu Paha... 266 291 341 231 309 357 285 268 29 27 21 23
Kimball . 105 59 120 51 108 41 40 4a 12 7 3 8
Knox . 1.477 1.1 0 1.31 7 1.134 3 ’>4 1427 1123 1066 64 64 29 25
Lancaster ... 4.897 2.793 5."55 ",95t r>-"> 5174 2349 2303 346 228 39 44
Lincoln . 1,143 784 1.170 975 1123 1981 702 657 SO 75 78 79
Logan . 82 79 93 85 '8 > * 82 74 8 7 7 5
ISHIP . 168 l-'l 153 123 109 161 122 1 IS 00 00 8 8
McPherson .. 74 .31 56 25 69 b3 27 24 2 4 3 3
Madison . 1.786 1.425 1.640 1.370 1.04 1S74 1276 1314 4.. 40 is 17
Merrick . 8 73 834 990 850 668 957 722 711 86 86 12 14
Nance* . 847 676 912 705 931 905 60S 581 3.6 33 4 4
Nemaha . 1 508 1.167 1.5S6 1.279 3j76 3543 3 325 3«90 75 73 36 38
Nuckolls . 1.231 1.110 1.27.3 1.194 1253 1217 1091 1"T0 40 36 9 9
Otoe . 1.953 1,384 2.133 1.759 2"51 1941 1503 1399 92 82 63 57
Pawnee . 1,240 695 1,391 8.;; 1253 1243 683 657 108 104 14 13
Perkins . 155 184 175 Ml 156 152 169 168 4 4 00 00
I help* . 963 764 1.056 815 993 937 66.3 657 75 61 29 62
pierce . 822 791 753 7*» 832 784 7.31 713 35 S3 13 13
IDt'.e . 934 1.966 1.011 1.963 1209 11 12 1670 15SS 62 48 20 17
leli; . 844 1,"86 992 1.133 87.3 848 1044 1022 86 80 24 25
B»'d W' Jiow. .. 1,010 655 958 677 1054 997 603 567 63 47 41 32
Ri.'hardson •• 2.123 2.009 2.215 1.933 2191 2156 1963 1933 60 61 61 53
Rook . 378 256 435 210 410 402 >'11 224 40 37 3 3
Palin' . 1.789 1.677 1,891 1.603 1628 1758 1470 1418 102 100 44 45
Sarpy . 6S9 788 685 807 723 707 741 704 39 37 28 30
Saunders _ 1,999 2.109 1.925 2.006 2118 2067 1918 1913 129 108 38 29
Scott's Bluff.. 381 209 362 244 388 .267 185 171 26 23 64 68
Seward . 1.635 1,583 1,657 1.561 1701 1657 1545 1517 67 60 7 8
Sheridan .... 602 4 14 640 550 491 464 407 385 45 40 11 11
Sherma-I . 518 630 414 628 5/16 498 600 567 33 13 38 37
Sioux . 147 149 154 165 164 149 144 127 1 1 8 7 7
Stanton . 623 678 637 654 636 600 671 638 19 17 4 4
Thav'r . 1.403 1,163 1,560 1,171 1423 1.398 1098 3070 80 77 14 14
Thomas . 62 75 86 70 69 65 63 59 3 3 00 00
Thurston* ... 562 51*3 703 396 578 547 581 550 JO 9 20 20
Valley . 828 676 730 761 863 820 61 4 5*9 48 47 15 15
Washington .. 1.303 1.087 1.376 1.061 1328 1302 963 925 54 47 110 83
Wayne . 1.011 sot 474 824 1036 9,’7 726 665 13 12 11 13
Webster . 1,170 1.023 1.227 1 102 1187 1131 905 966 66 64 14 13
W heeler . 125 166 122 17 * 136 127 149 143 2 3 20 21
York . 2.011 1.523 2,060 1.565 2085 2067 1465 1437 171 167 9 8
Total .16.091 S7.S64 98.933 86.321101J95 982S2 79811 77361 5197 4762 3823 3850
The Judicial Vote.
First District.
Coun A. H. <\ 1’. W. 11. R. O.
ties Bab- R»s- Kelli- Kivt
oool:. \ts. g. r. singer
Gage _ 322* 252* 204* Mil
Jefferson 1537 1351 1103 1097
Johnson 1212 Hot) 1122 Ml*
Nemaha 1 177 1292 1785 1.112
Pawnee 1191 1021 912 *05
Rich'dn 1935 1795 2450 2M4
Totals .. 102* 1 9107 9400 8237
Second District.
Counties. Paul Jt ss»n.
Pass . 31*1
Otoe. 2944
Total .. 0125
Third District.
I., Fryst . 0103
K. P. Holmes . 6043
A. J. Cornish . 0027
Fcurth District.
n asn
Durt Hong- Sir- ing- Tn
las. py. ton tal.
Redlclc .1435 9826 761 13:4 133*51
8*ars .1447 *'.174 734 1310 12107
Sutton .1396 9411.1 7*1 1311 12S94
Troup .1397 91"- 727 1331 136:16
Baxter .1766 14756 1257 1*52 19431
Day . 1763 ’4689 1773 1900 19425
K*t( Up .1779 14941 1256 1918 19894
Ferguson . 581 7895 716 931 1012S
Fage . 537 7353 691 914 9375
Dickinson . *36 8504 707 1058 1 1105
Read . 650 7796 70S 32S 10036
Duane . 2311 2065 1 16 344 2S55
Wiper . 276 21 10 134 .106 2.836
(inter. 15 1534 45 71 1668
Duller . 1 1 1517 38 76 1642
Jacobson . 12 1571 3s 82 1703
Miller . 11 1557 86 7"i 1682
Moitan . 9 1504 40 79 1831
Nicholson . 10 1483 39 7» 1611
Spencer ....... 9 1 179 37 76 1601
Fifth District.
Sorn
Countles. Kvanp Smith. Good, bergcr.
[hitler _ 1611 1324 1770 1 190
Hamilton .1406 1485 1 142 1152
Folk _ 892 842 11 17 1108
Saunders .1941 1*9:4 2371 2243
Seward" ...1689 1633 1659 1403
York .2122 2"27 1665 1491
Totals ...9069 9164 10072 9387
Sixth District.
Conn- lice- Still- Grim- Hollen
tiee. der. soil. ieon. book
Colfax . *45 705 1243 1 1 75
Hodge .....1779 2155 1741 2157
Merrick ...1067 923 752 842
Name . 961 87* 5H4 655
I’latle . 1507 1034 1512 1734
Totals ...0149 5685 5S52 6565
Seventh District.
Counties Hurd. Stubbs
(‘Jit y ...1 ti i.» 1484
Fillmore .1450 1605
Nuckolls .He* 1 397
Saline .1*05 1743
Thayer .1413 1270
Tot pi 3 .771S 7601
Eighth District.
Counties. Robinson. Graves.
Cedar .. • • ■ 1547 1333
Cuming .H91 1502
Dakota . 67* 774
Dixon . 1112 960
St anion . 645 742
Thurston . 383 875
Total# .... 5556 6146
Ninth District.
Counties. Boyd Cones.
Antelope .. 16.15 88’J
Knox .1629 1200
Madison . 1842 1190
Fierce . 828 913
Wayne .1083 *«l
Total* .7016 529#
Tenth District.
Kver
Countirs James. Adams, son.
Adams .17S1 1714 34
Franklin . 877 1051 32
Harlan . 743 959 70
Kearney . 810 1111 31
Phelps . 938 925 22
Webster .1155 1171 10
Totals .0304 6934 129
eleventh District.
Thomp- Arm
Counties. Paul llama, son. strong
Blaine _ 121 86 109 64
Boone .1367 1295 1179 1134
Garfield ... 292 263 217 161
Grant . 92 84 98 67
Greeley_ 541 845 753 420
Hall .1810 1718 1713 1431
Hooker .... 48 44 69 34
Howard .. 997 841 1153 1030
Loup . 180 157 141 124
Thomas ... 73 66 77 51
Valley . 913 823 695 567
Wheeler .. 15S 147 184 146
Totals ...6592 6389 6377 5229
Twelfth District.
Counties Hostetler. Hand.
Buffalo .2215 1388
Custer .2019 1913
Dawson .1394 1191
Sherman . 566 622
Totals . 6194 5114
Thirteenth District.
Counties. Grimes. Parson.
Banner . 156 53
Cheyenne . 545 361
Deuel .463 136
Keith . 284 182
Kimball . 139 57
Lincoln .1311 860
Logan . 110 IT
McPherson . 108 25
Perkins . 168 178
Scotts Bluff . 438 243
Totals .3922 2172
Fourteenth District.
Coun- R. C. .T. L.
tics. Orr. White
Chase . 314 235
Dundy . 363 223
Frontier . 755 667
Furnas .1144 1026
Gosper . 426 433
Hayes . 362 206
Hitchcock .f. 61« 406
Red Willow ..1039 740
Totals .....4919 S926
Fifteenth District.
Harrlrg- West
Counties Fisher. Wills. ton. over.
Box But'* - 445 345 6C7 579
Boyd . 742 986 834 8ill
Brown . 409 424 287 307
Cherry . 658 fior, 479 636
Dawes . 696 556 505 563
llolt .1239 1200 1778 1668
Keva Paha .. 367 355 311 330
Rock .361 357 SiO 314
Sheridan . 438 338 479 716
Sioux . 142 139 164 242
Totals .5197 6305 5804 6168
Paralyzed by Cigarettes.
NOKKOLK—A 10-year-old lad in
this city, named Rainey, came very
near to death's door during the night
because he had smoked too many cig
arettes. Contrary to the statutes of
the state, he has been able to buy the
| things and was practically paralyzed
for a while. After the care of a phy
sician for several hours he was finally
revived and his relatives intend to en
force the law of Nebraska hereafter
. vorv rigidly.
| MORMONS BUY JAIL IN WHICH
J JOSEPH SMITH WAS KILLED
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An interesting landmark, the scene
oi historic tragc !y. has In n sold to
ihe Mormons. T1 is is the old jail at
Carthage. Illinois, in which the Mor
mon prophet Joseph Smith and his
brother Hiram were killed by a mob
in June. 1S44. It is built, of sandstone
and is well preserved., it was then
the sheriff's residence, it stands on
an acre of ground well improved. The*
property was sold to iho Mormons for
$1,000, $1,000 under its real value.
A. IT. Woodruff of Chicago negoti
ated the purchase of the building for
the Mormons. It is reported that the
building will be remove d to Salt Lake
City, to be se t up there as a memo
rial.
CART. CARTER IS RELEASED.
Military Peculator Leaves Fort Leav
enworth Penitentiary.
Oberlin M. Carter, ex-captain of en
gineers, U. S. A., has left the United
States penitentiary at. Fort Leaven
worth. Three years and seven months
,is the actual time Carter served with
in the walls of the penitentiary, lie
was sentenced to live years' impris
onment by a court-martial for alleged
frauds in connection with the Savan
nah harbor improvements. According
to the federal statutes a government
prisoner is allowed two months off
each year for good time, ten months
in Carter’s case. He was held seven
months in confinement at Governor’s
Island. X. Y., before he reached the
penitentiary. By the military code a
prisoner's time commences from the
day his sentence is approved, which
with Carter was Sept. 28. 1899. He
was aide to keep out. of the peniten
tiary until the following April 27, sev
en months, through applying for new
trials, appeals and the like.
Carter is in excellent health and
weighs twenty pounds more than
when he entered prison. He is 47
years old. but during his confinement
aged rapidly, his hair now being near
ly white. He was first assigned to
duty as doorkeeper for the tin, shoe,
tailor and repair shop. He did this
work quickly and spent most of the
day brooding over bis troubles and as
a result became extremely nervous
and was on the point of breaking
down.
The prison physician recommended
outdoor exercise and lie was put in
charge of the flower garden and lawns,
where he pushed a law mower. Later
on he was placed in the hospital,
where ho acted as a nurse and kept
the records. He soon became an effi
cient nurse and for the last year has
been teaching the new convict nurses.
Carter has never associated with
any prioner aside from Capt. Dent
ing. another army officer, who was re
leased on habeas corpus. But he has
been kind to those injured or sick. By
living at the hospital he obtained bet
ter food than that furnished to pris
oners in the construction gangs. He
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Capt. Oberlin M. Carter.
has been a model prisoner from the
first ami has the respect of the prison
officials. He lias talked to the officers
about his suit for the property in
escrow, and most of them believe that
he will witi It.
Another civil indictment is hanging
over Carter in connection with the
cases against Gaynor and Green, but
he does not fear arrest on his release,
as his military trial and imprisonment
for this same offense bars any further
criminal action against him. It is said,
however, that he is willing to assist
the government against Gaynor and
Green, who, he feels, mistreated him.
During the last year Carter has been
studying mining engineering, and if
he is kuecessful in the trial will spend
considerable of his time in Arizona
and New Mexico, where he and his
iinol<\ 1-. D. Carter of Danville, III.,
have extensive mining interests. Car
ter has been forward lg directions to
the employes at. the Arizona mine as
to the proper manner of developing it.
The winning of the Chicago suit, in
which $7f.3 0<><) is involved, is a matter
of supreme iniftortance to Carter, a
in case of a favorable decision ha will
claim a vindication from first to last.
He lias held that he was the victim
of prejudice on the part of several
officers who were members of the
court-martial.
QUEER CAUSE OF LAMENESS.
Result of Living end Working in a
Hilly Country.
There is a hilly and Indefinite local
ity on the boarder!and of Poland and
Raymond known as Uiackcat. Tradi
! tion says that this name was bestow
j ed on the locality because in prehis
| toric times a wandering hunter from
the coast settlements came upon a
j gigantic black wildcat and had a ter
j rifle battle with him somewhere in
| these hills. In course of time the
\ country became settled, but the recol
lection of this battle clung to the hills
and so we have the name of Blackcat
to this day.
A man traveling th's section a year
or two since observed that all the in
habitants wore lame, or seemed to be
and even the cows had "a slouch iu
their gait.” This so impressed him
j that he asked a native whom he met
the cause of it. The native looked at
tne stranger and then at the surround
ing hills and tiien answered. “Wall,
you see. ther folks have ter work on
er side hill all ther life. They begin
when they’re cliil’un and pick berries
an' keep it up ^1011 they grow older
an’ plant taters an’ cut hoop-poles on
ther hills. Yer see one leg has ter
kinder stretch down ter git er footin’,
and tother kinder shrinks up ter 'com
modate the first 'un', so yer see its
r. at’ral ter go one-sided."—Portland
Advertiser.
Editorial Consolation.
I Senator Cullom tells of an amusing
' incident that occurred in the editorial
j office of a paper published in Bloom
ington. Hi
The senator bad d rped in for n
friendly chat with his friend, the ed
itor, and had hardly seated himself
when there appeared a well-known
character of the town—a type of in
dividual common to every locality, the
man who knows “how the paper ought
to he run."
Without noticing the presence of
Mr. Cullom the man launched into a
complaint that the paper had not
printed certain articles Le had written
for it.
“Why," said he. "I gave ’em to you
months ago! What have you done
with ’em?"
The editor smiled sadly. “I’m hold
ing them,” he replied. “And they
serv c a very good purpose, too. Now
ai. d then I get to thinking that per
haps we are not offering the public
as good a paper as wc ought to. At
such times I look up your articles and
see how much worse the sheet might
lie. So I become real cheerful again!
Please don't take them from me!”—
Boston Post.
"Rebel Bishop's” Biography.
The family of the late Episcopal
Bishop Richard Hooker Wilmer of
Alabama has selected Rev. W. C.
Whittaker, rector of St. Andrew's
Episcopal church, Jackson. Miss., to
write his biography. Bishop Wilmer
was the only southern bishop of his
church elected and consecrated during
the civil war. He was long known as
the “rebel bishop" because lie refused
to pray for the president of the United
States when Gen. Thomas and his
army were occupying Alabama. At
the close of the war Bishop Wilmer
said that he had no regrets and was
making no apologies and the northern
church finally agreed to accept him as
the bishop of Alabama.
Thought Jefferson a Failure.
Not long ago Joseph JefTerson took
part in a benefit in aid of a New York
hospital. He opened the entertain
ment with a short talk, other noted
players crowding at the wings to hear
his remarks. Just then two highly
rouged girls of the song and dance
persuasion came down the winding
staircase from their dressing room.
One of them came over to the wings,
listened a moment and went back to
her companion. The latter said:
“Who’s on now?” “Some old guy
doin' a monologue,” was the reply,
“and. say, he’s doin' fierce. Been on
ten minutes and ain't had a laugh yet.”