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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1901)
Custcr County RepuUican I > . m. AM.sHKitKV. Killiiirntiil I'nMtMtar KN How , Some men . . .1 . > i t < i > . i * " ! ' > " * Imposed upon by l > e ng disagreeable. Why should the I'h'ldren put In long , tedious hours M inlying grammar , If the doctor can tlx them up ? Hank burglars are entirely too Ini'st- ' cnt upon pnrllHnatliiir in the gcnernl proHpcrlty of the country. It's all right to cull a vniidovtllp ncior a. "ham" wlien lie Is mind niched In be tween two who nro hrtier bred. Ono of these days the joke will be on the Bulgarians. They will kidnap sc mo American refugee not worth ransoming. M. Snntos-Duniont IhrentPUB , to Hy tcross the Atlantic Ocean. Ho will find plenty of soft places onwhichHo , light , uiywny. , > Tlio Cswir has become a catiilimcd cigarette Ileiid. The Ultolllst nny now lay nsldo , his bomb. ft' nm.v i - it bit quicker , but not much , A Now York girt lias wo.i a I through her cooking. It would be d til- cult lo convince her that the kitchen Is not the very bonrt of the home. It pcrlwp * h.-iHii't occurred to the for eign iloblcnifii who has consented to marry the daughter an American tradesman that ho Is doing a bit of trading himself. A Londoner who hns written a book on UKS subject of egotism says every genius has It In large quantities. Ho doesn't go HO far , however , as to Insist that every egotist Is a genius. A gambler , speaking of the percentage - ago allowed the house by the slot ma chine , remarked : "It's better than rob bery. " A sure thing by machinery la * nice game to piny one's coin into. They started lo , examine the books of n. South Carolina bank and the cashier "turned up missing. " The local paper in commenting on the incident said : "He stood so high In Iho church that the worst IH feared. " Senator Ilnnim's secretary says that' since ISIKi 500 children have been named lifter his chief. At $100 per child , the customary donation , this ' means a distribution of $ f > 0,000. ' Grunt- ness Is an expensive pnstlnio. A Kansas iiinn complains that seeds ent out by the Agricultural Depart ment at Washington labeloil "cabbage" are Just as likely as not to come up beets. The fault-finder evidently falls to comprehend the government's In genious methods for promoting diver- Ity of props. He hasn't got down to the rout of the matter nl nil. i It Is noteworthy that .of the men and women mentioned In the recent edition of "Who's Who In America , " fill per cent of those A\ hose education IH known arc college graduates , and 70 per eeut entered college. Thus although college graduates are barely < uie in a hundred of the total population , they number about one-halt' of those who have at tained distinction. AH the Philadelphia Press remarks , "The odds of the battle of life , so far as vNlhlo success Is con cerned , are a round hundred to one on tliu man who gets a college education. " In giving organs to three hundred and flfty churches In .Scotland at a cost of jparly u million of dollars , Andrew Cur- negl has but followed a hint given by two famous Americans. When Moody and Sankcy first went to .Scotland , the novel feature of an evangelist singing to a Hiimll American organ created much comment. So simple and catch ing were Mr. SanUoy's tumw , however , Hml they were resung In every village 'rom Kirkmaiden to , lohn u'tironrs. and the call for small American organs on which to "try the tunes" c.tiuo t.y the hundred. It Is Interesting to add that nearly thirty thousand dollars in Brit ish royalties on the Moody and Mrinkoy hymns being rofiihod by the evangel- bin , the Scottish committee turned U over to the Moody church In Chicago. AH n Hootch-American to Scotchmen , Mr. Carnegie has certainly repaid Iholr | ust generosity. Whether free rural mall doll very can be made to pay the cost of maintenance or not Its .success ns a prncieil ! : oxten- lion of the postal * .orvico has been dem onstrated beyond all controversy. There ta no longer any question about IH v al so to rural" communities or Its accept- nice by them as a welcome Institution ( or bringing them In closer touch wi\h \ the centers of Industrial and eduentlon- tl .Interest. No department of the Fed eral service luis had such phenomenal growth or such prompt manifestations of popular appreciation. A Washing ton dlvpnlch recalU the fact that the first appropriation to Inaugurate this pxporlment. which was only $10,000. was made five years , ago , the mute run ning froui Charleston , W. Va. The ap- proprirtt'on for tu ! serviceduring ihi pruBt'iit y ur N ! . * ( ' . < i UOO , and the Post- miiHtor Ooucral will ask Conuress to al low fQ.t&MuMi for next year. On the Jlrsi of ue.xi month there will be (1,0(10 ( ( routch In openitiiin , one carrier to each route , and each carrim- serving an aver age of Uixi portions. If the present ( id- Icy of the ( Jovornment In the matter of free rural delivery extensions Is main tained Ion ? ouoiitrh It Is only a question of time -\leii M \ \ I1 cover a m'l Ion iqunru nidi's of turnlory and \\.11 si > i'\t > j-iMiniioOO p"rsont , As nn . i 'l ' somlnntlon of populnt lii.dli . ri in-e iii rnnil communities and ( or jno , irit.nf ; ihe irood ro.ids movcmont free nnal niBil delivery l one of the inowt grniir.iing acIdevonictitH of the docnde and merit * nil | > nbe : ! oncour- ngemeflt. The Poitofllce DepnrliiM'iit ulioiild luclpf an n high standard of ! > < ( rends an n n million precedent to the extension of the free rural delivery. ChoprlttK iniclllgoaoo oomw from Ber lin thnt F r Krnest hlpbtnnnn , a nerve upedallHt. iiiw di'--ovpred the bncllltiM of iiiiporfoct o.vntiix iind a mpthod of dpftruying tha' ' dl-tto Kliig creature. Aftw long mid iiulusiaklng research he hns found th.it Hie disregard for fitting tonnes , cornet cards , and proper pro nouns * wii cii is no general , Is a dlaoiiso ns susccpi.Mo of diagnosis and as possi ble of cure as strict ft-vor. Wiih "a little lir'iwn mixture , a tnbl < poonful tliroe times n day , " a pprson who Has . victim of "It's . " and b.-i a n life-long UK ? "In- done It. " nml "them's utn.'Acan le reformwl and brought to a condition of gramma. ! leu I corrMsinp s as healthy as vvn-s that of old Llndley Murray him self. It Is always well to cntch your piltlent young and Dr. T.Ipt > matin rocog- Itlxes the desirability of doing no , us bin observation * have bop-n ninoug children of tender nse. ; Xay clone ob-eiver will have noticed thnt ihe chl'd , ns soon as It linn any comprehension of words and their HXOM , invariably puts them togeth er ungiiiiiiimtlcnlly. Its verbal doprnv- Ity Is minll'i'st nt every turn. It pre fers MM MI ; to polite langunup , and w > mo- tlmi'H e ( ti nii'il forms of profanity. It will | v II u nmgly Instrnd of claht'y. ; It will -Init i.s lesson Instead < if reading It. It \ \ ' 1 do everything l > n : the right thlii ! ? . iirammnr and bad -pell UK are unlvor : il chnraeterlstcs ! of weak hu man nature. Pcrhnp l.lob.unnn's "little brown mixture" nuy bo > lncn- cloiiH for bnbos just beglnii n-r to talk and may ( Mart thpin in the right direc tion , but thnt It will hplp old offenders overtaxes credulity , In the opinion of the Chicago Tribune. The adult who H ungrnmmatlcal will be ungrammnt'cal still. No brown mixture will "minis ter to a mind diseased" or "raze out the written troubles of the brain" which de fective syntax hns planted there and which have grown with the growth of the brain until they have become per sonal chnravtorlstlos. If Dr. Llohnmun can cure Imperfect syntax there Is no reason why hocannot nNo cure imper fect orthography , poslhly weak etymol ogy and prosody , nud ev ii crooked chlr- ogrnphy. Hut bad spelling Is Just as common n disease as bad syntax-and Its effect Is quite as lasting. People are born with a genius for It as for disre gard of tenses , and there Is some excuse for them , ns they usually spell n word as It sounds. There are great possiblK Illos In Dr. Llebmauu's discovery , pro vided It Is not a'Take. " If he has found the germ of bad grammar and the anti dote for It ho should continue his Inves tigations and Iliul the germs responsi ble for bad spelling , reading , writing and "rlfuietJc , " and prepare a little brown mixture which will do the busi ness for all of them. Administered at the proper time to babes and tender youth the subsequent work of the schoolmaster would be greatly simpli fied. In such case future generations will bo eminently proper In the use of words , but will they be as happy ? Per haps Dr. Llobnmnn may yet discover the nerve of truth and how to treat It. Hut would the world be so Joyous whun not given to libblug ? Cow Sported Pnlso Tall. A cow with a false tall figured the other day In u biilt for damages before Aid. William A. Means , and because the tall was bogus the suit was with drawn and the costs wore paid by the prosecutor. Charles Campbell , of ilohler street , entered suit against lloiu-y Mellor , of Wheeler street , for damages alleged to have boon caused by the ravages In Campbell's garden by a cow , which was said by neighbors to belong to Mailer. It was Campbell's own cow , but ho did not recognize It without the. tall. The ease wan to have come to a hem-Ing one morning , but nt the ap pointed hour Campbell appeared , with drew the ault and paid the costs. Ho then explained the reason to A.U1. MoaiiB. Kurly Inthe week Campbell bought a cow from John MoUulre , who. ho said , llvtw In Frauktituwn rond. He brought the cow homo and turned her IOOMO In his garden , but wax astonished Thnr day morning to tlnd what appear ed to be a Htrnngp cow In Ida patch. The animal hud no tall. He was told by some neighbors that the animal belonged - longed to .Mollor , anil tho. same morn ing ho entered suit before. Aid. Means. Ho also ciiased the eow'owt. When he returned to iljruro up the extent of dniu- ago done In liis iftirden ho found u cow's ( till with bits of rawhide ijtldt- Ing to u. This iind other Information con-tnced Campbell that the cow was the one ho had bought and which had switched olT her bill. For this reason ho withdrew thi > suit. - Piltaburg ChronielO'Telpgrnph. Paris is now oixvtlng along its prin cipal streets "Pharos do Soeours. " They are large lamp posts provided with a box containing a stretcher , dressings for wound * and a telephone connecting with iho nearest ambulance station. On the outside Is a barometer and a letter box. Since ISli the Kothb-htld family hns raised for Grout Britain 51,030.000,000 , for Austria $ U.V > ,000,000 , Germany V-200,000.000. Italy ? mn ,000,0X ) . and large mime for other countri n. After a nun nwchen W. a year eeiu to b about three w eKe. OUIl BUDGET OJ ? JfUN. HUMCWOUS SAYINGS AMD DOINGS - INGS HERE AND THtKE. Jiiken nut ! jnitelot * tlmt tlilllivc ( It-en Recently Horn - Hylilt ! i mid 1'biimn ttiat Afo OUli turioiiK BUI ! j- TIioVeek' Humor * ThenIH ptirournKOincnt , it not poet ry , In the following from a singer : I v , niggled up I lie mountain , I'xit U-ll to en nil , kiT-Hop ! I * : iiil in pain , " 111 to lunln , " Am ) fin.tllv reached the toji ! Atlanta Constitution. "lit in Visit orOnl.v . one mnttross in tbe houwiVliy. . w lint nin I to sleep on ? ChildOh , maw Is going to make olio soon. Vltdlor How long will thnt be ? Child Just until paw can have his whiskers cut.Chicago News. Peed A iv oo. f i -yr "I'vo n deuced licadnchc , old elm ] ) . " " \Vhy don't yon have It flllod ? " The tnf-Mit IINtory Inn' . "What did the Greeks row tliolr gal leys wHh ? First Httlo boy. " "Hroouis , " "Brooms ! Doesn't Iho lessen say tlmt It was swoops ? " "Ain't them brooms ? " Cleveland Plain Denier. I'roof. Mr. Crimson bpak--Do you bollevo the world IH getting better ? Mrs , Crlmsonbenk I certainly do. "What makes yon think so ? " "Well , here's u pnrngrnyh In this pa per which says the postal receipts this your will reach $ J 11,000,000. In 1SUO they were only $00,000,000. " "What's that got to do with It ? " "A good dcnl. It shows that there nre fewer husbands now who forgot to innII their wives' letters. " Youkers Statesman. Symbolic. The Cheerful Idiot I notice our laud- lady I.up on football. The c.luomy Sago How so ? The Cheerful Idiot Why , she serves her plo In "hollow wedges. " Brooklyn lOaglo. All Actors \Vitnt It. "There's a man out In the waiting room , " said the great man's Secretary. "I think bo's a bum actor. " "Why do you think so ? ' "Ho HH.V8 lie's anxious to get an audi ence. " Philadelphia Press. Turtinu Since. Edith Why did you break off your engagement with Mr. ( ioodhcnrt ? Hliuiohi' Ob , ho got Into that state that he'd rather sit at home and hold > uy hand than take me to u theater. Nevr Mndo Ilia'KU'ort. Muggins Do'you believe that a wom an can't keep a secret ? UuguliiN--I don't know. 1 don't be lieve a woman over tried. Philadelphia Ueeord. An Allr-tetivn Flct.1. I'liM Politician - It seems that Porto HIn Iuis no 1 > 'idofi or floating debt. ft- i .ul PoHtli inn You don't sny so ? Porto Klco has a great future h-'oro U ! Puck. s fiaa cm go MjH "Sny , Hilly , it ain't do proper ting t' near a coat like dat wld a silk hut. " " 1 know It ain't , .lltmnie ; but soino- bodyV got to sot do style , ain't dey ? " A ntnrul lnrorence. "Her tlrst name Is Lily. " "Uood gracious ! is she ns fat ns ail Uut' . ' " Harper's Haznr. 1'llKl lit Ollt. When fortune U nocks at our door wo ; iiv ton often over at our neighbor's toll- lug hard luck stories.-Philadelphia Couldn't IU0 Him , Cholly8o you think I nm too slow for any Use ? shuYiw. . You Uou't oven mnke the nl her young men jealous.- Smart Sot. "Mr. .lolmsing. yo' piny classical music V" "No. sah , I don't play In no class ; I I'luvs solos.Brooklyn Life. t'onliln't Ho l.\it-Meil. | llowcll No. I won't give you a cent . : a\i > you n nickel yesterday. lU'UBtir-l know you did , sir , but I iind t' simply Impossible to llvo 01 - i , , i\\u , iui line half cents a day > at * ug-un. Phdndelphlu Record ' Truiuied , She They used lo any marriage n lottery , but Uncle SHIII doesn't BOCIH lo look nt It In that way. He- Why ? She Ilo doosu't bar It from the uiti Us. Then there wns absolutely nothing left for him but to propose. Chicago Hocord-Ilernld. _ IllOv Mil I ! < Towne Do I understand you to sny that Spender's case was really a fultU cure ? Browne YPS. You see , the doctor nnd the druggist both trusted him. I'iillndelphla Press. Ill * on rimy. "So you won't chop the wood ? " "I'm nfrnld , ' replied Meandering M'lko , "dnt de exercise would start an appetite dnt 'ud trespass on your bus- pitnllty. " Washington Star. I , If ' 1,1'tiu "Are you getting ready for winter ? " "Oh , yes ; we've had our last scrap vitii the I co man and have begun to juarrel with the coal man. " Detroit 'ree Press. Ills Occrp itlnu Clone. "Dis 'Stralian ballot system hcz tc- otully rulut me , " said the colored cum- wigncr. "How Is that ? " "I wuz do champion voter In the ounty ! " Atlanta Constitution. Conl ! n' rll to Him , "I hnvo my opinion of j-ou , " sarcas- Ically remarked the lawyer. "Well , you can keep It , " holly retort- el the client. "Tho Inst one 1 had of on cost me $5. " Philadelphia Record. VM Aokunw o -m-Mit. I . "A. inan , sometimes attaches n great deal of Importance to himself , " re marked Mr. Meckton's wife. "Yes , " answered Lcouldas , with a Chesterflcldiun air , "especially when he gets married. " Washington Star. He ICur-iv I'lint. Father Whatl You'vo resigned your oh ? Son Yes , sir ; It wns too hard , "Too hard , oh ? Don't you know that no job it ) perfectly onsy ? " "Yes , Hir ; that's why I want no Job. " Philadelphia. Record. The "Pasliy ilo \\Hlu\\s wear mourn ing V" "To let men know they nre single iignln. " Tint " "ay Uc It. Hunker Why is the Horse Show so luipulnr with the girls ? Spntts- IH so suggestive of bridals. - Philadelphia North-American. Why Sli 'She llnds fault with her husband's salary , they say. " 'Yes. she says it Isn I llko her father used to miiko. " Philadelphia Itullotln. A Tlj > In Time. § lie Do you know , I am llxing to fall In love wllh you ? Mho Well , bis careful. The man I marry will have to be pretty well flxcd. - Smart Set. Ciirlc His Daughter 1 can't fcfo therewith- out u chaporon. Mr. Struckoyle Well , you got it , whatever It is , and lot 'em send mo the blll.--IJrooklyn Life. Iti the IlnU-o "Dear me. " Bighed the bread dough , "I would lJa n raise. " "All risi > t , " sufd the yeast cuko , wult minute . and I'll set you to work. " PbiUdclphiu liulletln. n tli Vcnr 0t)0. first ultixuu It's a sbnmo Unit tlioso airship compaulos haven't moro ro' gard for public comfort. Second Clti/.ew Yes , indeed ! 'They should at least put on moro airship : ) during the rush bourn. Puck. In i roil : Luck. "Su you went limiting ? " "Yos. " ! "Have any luckV'M "Some. I didn't gpt shot by any of the other peoplu who \vcro bunting with me.- Washington Sthr. 'triclly C "Yns , Indeed , Mistah , Thompson la very musical. HO'K Jest jlned do now drum corps dat doy'vo nV'guinlginl down to ilo Hollow.-'leveland Plain Dealer. \ \Voold Kntlit-r Lose tunu Win. lie had bet on Hie race a.vd won. "Unw Jovel" ho said as flio looked at the money ; "ye know PmVwry about that. " V "What's the matter ? " he wys asked. "Why. cahu't y * stv , " he iu > yied , "that when a fellah hots and loses it's a gen tleman's siHH-i , but when he\bets and wins It's too much like busliu feti , dou'j I j know " Chicugo Pout , GOOD Storie $ jj P.ishop Phllpotts , of Exeior , mirfi Went to stny with a friend in Devon shire. "It's a beautiful place , is It not ? " remarked somebody upon bis return. "Yes , " said the nislion , "it Is a beauti ful place ; If It were mine , I would pull down the house mid (111 up the pond with it. That would remove two ob Jcctloim. " Attorney Isldor Unynor , 0110 tit Hour- Admiral Schloy's counsel In the court of Inquiry , was once Interrupted by Thomas Ii. Heed , while making a speech In favor of a reduction of the tariff , with the remark : "Did not the gentleman hoar my speech Saturday ? " "No , " replied Ilayner , "I was at homo preparing a speech of my own. " it is related that Fechter was mp.ro than once the victim of an outspoken London gallery-god. On one occasion , in a melodrama , the tragedian was slowly paying over a sum of money to the villain. Everything depended upon whether ho had sufficient money for bis purpose , and the paying out was most deliberate BO deliberate , indeed , that n member of the audience , wearying of the scene , enlivened the proceedings by yelling : "Say , Mr. Kcchter , give him a check. " Once , when the Secretary of War , Ellhu Hoot , hud approved n punishment of nn oH'onder In the Philippines with ii severity which seemed somewhat dis proportionate to the crime , a visitor ventured to ask him whether he did not consider such n penalty a peed deal like the old law of England which hanged n man for stealing n sheep. "Certainly , " was the answer , "and wo Impose it In the same spirit , not tis an expiatory sacrillce , but us a preentivo. . The thief was hanged , not because a stolen sheep was regarded as worth a human life , but In order that more sheep should not bo stolen. " When President Roosevelt wns a po lice commissioner of New York , In ISO. , Dr. Ahlwardt , the antF-Semltlc agitator from IJcrlin , visited the 'me tropolis. Not a few of the New York nutl-Semites came to Itoosevelt In alarm lest the Jews should rise and mob the orator on the night of his tlrst address. The commissioner's response was to select from the whole police force a squad of Hebrews whoso physi ognomy bespoke their race most con spicuously ; these olllccrs he placed In charge- tbe hall where Ahlwardt waste to appvir , with n reminder that In this country of free speech they could show their good citizenship In no more strik ing manner than by protecting the very man who had come to hurl contempt' ami a bust' at their people. The effect of this bit of comedy was to make Ahl wardt ridiculous , and cause his whole crusade to fall pitifully flat. A wealljiy Ajucrlcun who took the waters at Cnrlsluid this summer wns given minute Instructions by his phy sician , who dismissed him witii this In junction : "As for smoking , you must limit yourself to three cigars daily ; three light cigars and no more. " After a few days , the patient visited his phy sician , who asked : "Well , and how nro you ? " "I should be nil right , " replied the patient , "but your orders about smoking are dllllcult to follow. " " 1 am sorry , " the doctor said , categorically , "but no more than throe cigars a d.iy. You must Just put up with It. " "But , doctor , it really Is au awful business. Wouldn't two a day do ? I fool 111 every time I Hiuoke. " "Why , man. what In i the world do you smoke for at all , If Unit is the case ? " the doctor roared. "Hut , doctor , wasn't It you yourself iwho sold 'three cigars a day and no more ? ' Of course , I thought they wore part of the cure , and began upon them , though I never In my life smoked bc- 1 fore. " _ _ MENDING POCKET KNIVES. Sentimental Kciiaans Unit I.c u ! I onplc to the Ciitler'n Miop. A man of an Inquiring turn v , ho had road on the front of a cutler's shop the sign , "Pockt-t KnivesUelil d 'd and Ko- Imudled , " and who. recalled ihe fact that , when he was a boy , he used to get n new blade put in sometimes when he broke one out of Ids knife , found , ! upon inquiry , that boyu still yet new blades put hi knives UK they used to , but that , as a matter of fact , the peo- , pie who have pocket knives repaired are mostly older persons , and that the knives arc likely to be valued. for their associations. j "I've carried that knllV fur llfty ' 'years , " snys one gentleman , and he hands over n knife that he's curried since ho was u boy , and that he'd hate to lose. Many "knives brought In for repairs aru prlxed because they nro irlfls ; m- they wert > bought In some foreign coun try. or they Just suit the hand of the man tlmt usws thorn. There are various more or loss sentimental reasons why u man may prefer to Uoup the old knife { rather than discard It for a new one. | Then it may be that In some other ' . -uni'.s the knife IK too valuable to bo thrown away. So that tlrst and lust and for one reason and another out of the vast number of pocket knives car , 'led u good many come In to he mended. j The repairs made to pocket knlvi. " * ( ire of a varied character. They may L-ouslst , for example , in Ihe puiiini ; < > ii M' ono new pearl side on n pcnrl-hnii Jled knife to replace a side cracked or Hawed. Wllh long use the bluilo at the 'hinged ' end or the sprint ; In tin- handle or the rivet by which the Made Is held may cot worn so that the Knife blade won't close properly , or nun IIP n , , . Airing Is no longer as It li. > ui. | i , , . tutdi with the back of tht ktuft in fut u gr ( at u"i , r-nn happen to a pocket kntii.i . . ' < ounw > the more blade * ilu MI V i 'ims * can happen , biu the tutlpf repnin tii-m all. The phriut * * "rrhl .il.'d and rehniidled1' suKttfeBtctt. of cotlfw , ! ie Idea of a com plete renewal , and the inquirer won- durod If ! might nor he ptumlMc that with tbf H-pnlr , f H kudo in OHO part and nnotl.cr such a renewal might oc cur. And the cutler nld that not only was it possible , but thnt soiiieiniies it nctimllj did happen that with micecs- slvo renewals of Hs various parts th > i whole knife cnnie nometlmcs to be en tirely renewed , mid there was left of the original kuife nothing , Jjouniinjc Smokeless Gun * . The linglinh war < > ttlce's new Mchouur for the titiluln , ; of Tommy Atkins in maneuvers emliitu-es many novi-lncu , which will ih due course nee the I nht of practical demonstration. Among these none N more lutttivsting < > r fraught with greater pos.slbili'.cs tliau the dpvk'ii to Draining holdioru to lo cate gnus firing smokeless powder. Arrangements nro being made lo carry out experiments In this direction at Aldcr-diot , , and the sappers have al ready < on8tructed an ingenious battle- Hold upon Ash Knuges , which will make hold tiring very realistic. In iho trial to come nn Infantry force will approach the ranges , and will imme diately lie flrcd upon by distant gnus. Endeavor will bo made to locate the Held pieces and the Infantry will move forward In cover. As they advance surprise targets representing cavalry and mounted infantry " "ill spring upon flank and front , an armored train will run out , and all the features nf a mud- em battle-fleld will be represented against the advancing fen e. This method will call for great initiative ) from commanders , and the targets will be so made that good'shooting will bo recorded by the targets beiiiji knocked over. As nn Inducement to make Infantry take cover a new device has been adopted. Artillerymen nro to accom pany the advancing columns , and when n distant gun tires its dummy shell they will produce a correspond ing explosion among the attackers by means of n small mortar thus tcach- ln the lesson of cover and ci'Utinn na no other means short of live shell could do. London Express. Shadows of Coming Invents. Strmjgp lower * are possessed by the mind susceptible to outside impres sions. Talleyrand was walking with an intimate friend named Leaumota when the Impression came that he was plotting his death. Talleyrand boldly faced him , charged him with it , wheu he stammered n few incoherent words , burst into tears , and confessed. " 'Tig true , 'tis true , uiy friend , " and then he acknowledged how he had been haunt ed with this diabolical suggestion for days , and had boon vainly battling with it. But Talleyrand's outspoken accu u- tion had broken the spell , and ever alien ho was absolutely froc from It , and ; remained u true friend to the end of hla life. A physician who was wept leal concerning all such premonitions was told by a friend 0110 night that lie was sure President Lincoln had been mur dered. In a few hours the news was flashed into the town , and the sceptical doctor was convinced but dumfoundud. The same thing is said to have oc curred when President ( Jarflold was assassinated the wife of a New York clergyman having said some hours be fore -the news came that she saw him wounded and dying In u railway sta tion , some ladies standing by and watching. The story of the Corsleaa Brothers was founded on an Incident of this kind. One of the ISlanc family was sitting ut dinner In Paris ono day wheu suddenly lie sprang to his feet , put his hand to hlR side , and exclaimed , "My poor brother Is hurt. " UN brother wai many miles away , but his words piovcj to bo true , and from the episode sprang , the celebrated drama. Train's Whim. Before we left the ante-room , writes u contributor to Harper's Mag.-r/.ine , ( jeorgo Francis Train particularly re quested mo not to introduce him to the audience , and I told him ( for he called it "a whim of his" ) that Ids little whim should be respected. When we reach ed the stage | liegun , after a while , to feel not a llttlo norvoim for fear Hint ho would never introduce himself. l'\ \ & ho at lust arose , and taking a bond. circular nvvcep to the left , and then proceeding In the from , opened some thing like this : "Ladies nnd .ieiitlqnien : I-have { * lectured-many--yearn , and in many - towns.- large and small. I have traveled- north south east nnd west. 1 have-mot many grout men. Hut - I - have - never - yet in - - all - my travels - me6 the - president of a country lyceum - who could Introduce mo to - an uudicnoc. with that ( liHttnguiHued consideration - which - uiy merits deserve. " After this deliverance the liou-e , which had stared at mo for seven ! mlnutns with vexed Impatience for " 't "pressing the button. " was ronvnl J at my expense , nnd gave him um > < t- tlng attention to the end. t.'lrdlo r Wet ) . Twenty-Jive thousand miles of > p vveh , enough to glrdlo the earth , \\ftiid weigh eight ounces only. In thl * town there is a mother who Is very proud of her daughter , but tho- ; diuiKutor is always saying to her inti mate frauds that her home folk- * are mighty tni-ky. ! lrh. don't gel discouraged. Naomi M . 'isii yt-iire uld when she took unto mHi a hinuand for better or for