THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 7 , 1902,3 . . | IKE'SOXEN _ * How Ho Trained Thorn Nautlo- 4 ; ally and What llapponod In Consoquonoo. Among his neighbors Job JInlncs vrns considered a pretty fair sort of man. lie bnd settled In n little town In the southeni part of ICnrtsaw , where lie lived na nu lininlRrant from New Hampshire , nnd he brought hla Yan kee sharpness with him , but as ho 'dealt fair and attended to his own business ho passed , The only member of the family besides Job and his wife . was Ike , a nephew whom Job had tak en to bring up , as ho bad no children of his own. Iko was a typical New England boy about fifteen years old. He had been brought up In one of the coast villages of Maine and had a great f 1 love for the sea. Job , like the majority of Yankee farmers , was n firm believer In cattle and did most of his work with oxen. One day he said to Ike , "Ike , If you'll take that pair of yearling steers and break them to work , you can have them. " Ike was exceedingly well pleas ed at that and at once assumed clinrgo of his new possessions. If ever n pair of young oxea were well taken care of , they were. lie groomed them ns care fully as the horses , so that their sleek coats shone ns glossy as silk , and he , vas so kind with them that they were as gentle ns sheep. He named them Jack and Kllly. In his western homo Ike never forgot the farolt ocean. It had been the ouo hope of his life to bo a sailor , but his Lclug sent west had destroyed It. iWhcu his uncle gave him the steers to break , the Idea came to him that though ho could never expect to tread the deck of his own ship he could use eblp phrases In the education of his oxen nnd thus always be reminded of his own home beside the sea. Thus It was that Jack and Hilly were educat ed to work , "broken , " totally Ignorant of the usual commands by which oxen arc managed. "Gee" and "haw , " "git up" nnd "whoa" bad no meaning for them whatever. It Avns "haul away" and "port" and "starboard" and "bo- lay. " "Stern all" was back. The oxen grew nnd waxed strong , and his uncle ft. often remarked that he never saw a ft.p > - team that could do more work than r those oxen and Ike. No one but Ike ever - er thought of handling them. The nearest neighbor to the Ilalnes' iwns Deacon Mcrwlu , a good man and pillar of the church. The good deacon saw that Ike's yoke of oxen were Workers , nnd n desire came over him to possess them. lie offered to buy them several times , but Job always Bald that they belonged to Ike and Jvvere not for sale. The deacon asked Iko If he would sell them , but met with such an Indignant refusal that he felt angered , but did not give up the Idea of possessing the cattle. Finally lie went to Job nnd said : "Neighbor Ilaiues , If them cattle'll work good every way I'll give you ? 400 for 'em. They're too much prop erty for a boy like Ike to have , nnd It Is apt to create in him n bad sperrit and make him feel above his elders. " "Well , I don't know , deacon. The boy sets a deal by them cattle , and a prom ise Is a promise. I gave them to him If he would break 'cm , nnd be has , so I'm bound to keep my part. " "That's all true enough , Neighbor rtnines , but Ike's only a boy , nnd then , remember , $400 ain't offered every day for n yoke of cattle. Why not sell mo these nnd give him another pair to break ; that 'ud do him jlst ns well ? " The deacon's $400 and persuasions finally weakened Job's scruples , nnd ho gave In. The deacon was to try them , nnd If they worked all right AvnS to have them for $400. How to tell Ike what ho had done was a poser to his uncle. Ills aunt declared It n downright mean piece of business nnd told Job plainly what she thought of him. It was flnnlly decided not to say anything to Ike until after the sale had been made and the cattle gone. In or der that Ike might not be on hand to BOO his pets sold ho was given n holi day and sent to spend the day at a neighbor's , n couple of miles nwny , where there was a boy of his ago who was a sort of chum of his. The next morning Ike was off bright nnd early , and the deacon was on hand shortly after. It would not be far | t0 j0i ) to say that he did not have any misgivings. He would have back ed out of the bargain at the least chance , and he really hoped that the deacon would not be satisfied with them. The oxen were brought out nnd yoked to the cart without difllculty , though the deacon remarked that they did seem "kinder stoopid. " Job nnd the deacon climbed up Into the cart. "Gee up ! " The oxen turned their big eyes round Inquiringly. "Gee up , there ! " repented Job. But they did not move n hoof. "That don't appear like good break ing , " remarked the deacon. "They're broke nil right , " replied Job. "Come , gee up , there ! " At the enme time he gave each a prod with the gond. In response to the prodding the cattle walked off toward the open gate , In which direction their bends happened to bo turned. Job did not want them to go In the road , so.he . shouted out , "Hoy , hey ! " to turn them nround ; but the oxen had no Idea what "hoy" meant , nnd so kept going straight ahead. Job shouted louder nnd struck Billy with the goad. They quickened their gnlt Into n trot and turned out Into the road. Then Job Hhouted , "Whoa , whoa ! " But they did not mind that either. "They don't appear to be ns well broke ns I reckoned on , " remarked the deacon ns he stood In the cart and viewed the proceedings. They're broke well enough , " replied Job , rather nettled , "but I'm strange to hem. Nobody but Hut ever drove them. " "Well , turn them about , " nnld the lea con , But they paid no hood to any com mand , and finally , exasperated , Job struck thorn both with thu goad , and they started at a full run down the road. Clattery bang the cart went , nnd both Job and the deacon were compelled to hold on the cart stakes to prevent being bounced out of the cart. "Stop 'em ! Stop 'emI" shouted the deacon. " 1 want to get out. Whoa ! Whoa I Wboa , you varmints ! " But thu oxen only tossed their heads nnd the faster. " . 'cm ' " ran .Stop , can't you ? Job watt downright mad by this time. "Stop'em yourself , you old fool ! " snap ped he. "You know ns much how to stop 'cm ns 1 do. " "We'll bo chucked wit mid killed ! " shouted the deacon as the cart banged over n stone. The oxen were now thoroughly frightened and running awny for fair , and both men were badly scared and holding on for dear life. All nt once nn Idea struck Job. "Say , deacon , can't you talk some sea talk to 'cm ? That'n what I've nllers heard Ike talk to 'em , " he called out as the cart bumped along. "Brother Unities , such sea talk ns I've heard ain't proper fcr a pillar of the church to repeat , and I'll call meet- In * on you for this If we git out nllve , " replied the deacon , with as much dig nity ns ho could nssumo while holding to the stake. "Do try , deacon ! " shouted the terri fied Job. "It may save our lives. " Just then the cart gave a fearful lurch , and the deacon banged his head against the stake ho was holding to with considerable force. This made him boiling mad In addition to his fear. "Splice the main brace ! Shiver my timbers ! IMpo nil hands to grog ! " and then , ns that had no effect on the.fran- tlc team , "Boat ahoy ! " nnd then , losing nil control of himself : "Ahoy ! Ahoy ! Drat you , yon blnnkcty blank brutes ! " nnd the deacon let out such a string of profanity that Job turned a shade or two paler. While this was going on the oxen had got over considerable ground. The people along the road gazed In open mouthed astonishment to see two such staid citizens going along so furiously with nn ox team nnd Avere terribly scandalized at their apparent hilarity. Ike , totally unconscious of what was : olng on nt home , Avas plodding along toward his chum's Avhen he heard a fearful clatter coming behind him. lie turned nnd could hardly believe his eyes. There came his pets Jack and Billy at a furious pace and his uncle nnd the deacon In the cart. "Stop 'em , Ike ! Stop "em ! " shouted his uncle Avhcn he stnv Ike. Jko stepped to one side of the road , and ns the cattle dashed up called out : "Belay , Jack ! Belay , Billy ! " At the sound of the familiar A'olco and com mand they stopped nt once nnd went quietly up to their young master. "I'll have the IIIAV of you for this , Job Ilalnes , " snarled the deacon ns he painfully descended from the cart. "And I'll call church on you ! " retort ed Job ns ho rubbed his bruises. "I Avon't belong to any church with a man that kin swear like you kin. A purty deacon you be ! " "If I had a brat like that , I'd skin him nllve ! " roared the deacon ns ho glared at the bewildered Ike. "Isaac , take them cattle home nt once , " said his uncle. "As for this wicked man here , I shall never notice him again. " Ike took the -cattle home. His uncle walked. Ills aunt told him about the contemplated sale , and , though ho ex pressed commiseration for his uncle , It Is doubtful If ho felt any. His aunt said It served them just right. Ike kept his oxen. Cnrlylc and Boron. Whether Carlyle Avas a dead failure or not is a moot point , but he certainly did not know IIOAV to put up with bores. "The art of being savage to those people" or "such things" ns he would have designated them which Scott so signally lacked , AVUS possessed by him In Its perfection. What he could "least endure , " AVO nro told , Avas being bored. "The anathemas Which ho heaped on unfortunate bores exceed Ernulphus' In exquisite variety. " A whole museum might be filled with Carlylo's bores alone. He obtained ac cess to the Immortals , nnd they bored him. To his acrid humor Charles Lamb was something less , almost , than n bore. Coleridge , whom he had not been disinclined to revere , was a bore of the most oppressive kind. "He hob bled nbout with us , " Avrttes the Ir reverent Thomas , "talking Avlth a kind of solemn emphasis on matters Avhlcli Averc of no interest. Nothing came from him that Avns of use to me that day or , In fact , any day. " Oentns Tlmt Will TCln. A certain hardware store In this city employed ns clerk n genuine eighteen carat genius. They did not know It nt the time , but they are firmly con vinced of It noAV. One day a country customer came in to buy some powder to use on a huntIng - Ing trip. The HCAV man waited on him nnd , not being thoroughly "on to the ropes , " gave him blasting poAvdcr by mistake. The next day the purchaser brought back the lumpy blasting powder to ex change for what he originally asked for. Here Is where the new clerk's genius displayed Itself. Instead of tak ing back the blasting powder on the spot he tried to argue the country cus tomer Into buying n coffee grinder , with which the blasting powder might be ground to Uio requisite fine ness. Sad to relate , he failed , but he made n great hit with his employers never- thelees. Syracuse Herald. WINE AND WATER , A f < IniiI < Mttlc Trick nt Oner Er- ( < > ot > mill M > NfrrliMm , lllrtv Is a trick that ! H always effec tive , and , while It Is very simple In deed , mill It Is bound to appear JuM a woo bit mysterious , and many , espe cially your little brothers nnd slstora , will be unable to explain It. Take two ordinary claret glasses and (111 ( one to the brim with claret and the other equally full with clear water. Cover thu top of the glass containing Avatur Avlth an ordinary visiting card BO Hint there are no places around the edge uncovered by the card. Turn the glass upsldo down and place It on the top of the glass containing claret and adjust the glasses so that their edgeu moot exactly all the Avay around. Now move the card slightly to one side so that there Avlll bo a little space nt one side of the glasses Inside uncov ered by a card. At once a thin stream of clnrot will begin to rise through this space , not mixing with the Avntcr nt all , but UB edges clear and sharply de fined. The water , too , Avlll begin to do- sccnd Into the glass containing the claret , a pure , glistening wlilto stream against the ruddy red. The stream of claret , too , rising through thu sparkling wlilto of the Ava- ter presents n beautiful effect , nnd In a moment the claret Avlll begin to spread nbout the top of the upper glass like the unfolding of n rod rose nnd the wa ter Avlll spread In the bottom of the leAver glass. The two HuIdH will not mix , but will present n delightful con trast of red and white Avlth sharply de fined edges. In n very short tlmo the claret nnd water Avlll have changed places , the claret being In the upper glass and the Avnter In the lower. This Is due to the difference in Avelght of the liquid1 * ; AVII- ter , being the heavier , forces Itself Into the lower glass , and a portion of the claret Is moved up to take the place of the descending \vater.-New York Hor- ald. CURE FOR CATARRH. A Remedy Which nil Olil Vlrfflnluii Snyii IK Iiifnlllhlc. An old Virginia horse breeder who la visiting In New York claims to have an Infallible cure for catarrh. "It seems to me , " he said "that JK ) per cent of the people of NOAV York city suffer more or less from catarrh. If they Avlll do as I suggest , they can cure themselves In short order. "A friend of mine Avho used to live In Yonkers had such a severe cane of catarrh that ho Avas compelled to give up his business nnd go to Colorado. The doctors told him that the high alti tude of that slate would benefit him. He remained In Coloindo nearly n year and then found himself ns badly off as Avheu he left Yonitcrs. After he had made up his mind that nothing could cure him and that be might as well die nt homo as among strangers he mot nn old tinker , Avho gave him the reme dy , which cured him In three months. "Dissolve a little pOAvdered alum In a pint of cider vinegar. Use the solution ns a gargle three or four times a day. It Avon't do any harm If you swalloAV fcome of It. TAA'O or three times n day , but particularly just before going to bed , dip n chicken feather In vaseline nnd stick the feather up the nostrils. I suppose any contrlvnuce bought nt a drug store for the purpose Avlll do just as Avell ns a chicken feather , but the old tinker Insisted that there Avas some medicinal virtue In the feather. "The gargle clears the throat nnd the lower portions of the air passages from the nostrils. The vaseline heals the dis eased condition of the affected parts. In n week the sufferer Avlll feel better , and If he will keep up the treatment he can be assured that he Avlll be cured. " NCAV York Mall nnd Express. A It la sold that n foreman stereotype ? In n London printing Avorks has had a curious Avlndfall. Going to n sale of musical Instruments , ho purchased an old harpsichord for 20 shillings , be cause , having n hobby for fretwork , he fancied the wood of the front panel. When he got bis purchase home , he dissected It. He then discovered that the harpsichord had a double back , nnd presently between the boards he found very old Bank of England notes the total face value of which amount ed to 30,000. _ Preferred to Have Her Talk. They Averc exchanging reminiscences of a pleasant evening. "And Avhat did your wife say when you got Homo ? " asked one. "Nothing , " nnsAvered the other. "Nothing ? Well , you Averc In luck. " "Oh , I don't know. I'd rather dodge words than some other things. " New York Mall and Express. Fraction ! Application. A certain minister during his dis course one Sabbath morning said , "In each blade of grass there Is n sermon. " The following dny one of his floclr discovered the good man pushing n laAvnmoAA'er nbout his yard and paused to say , "Well , parson , I'm glad to see you engaged In cutting your sermons short ! " Chicago NCAVS. ro ill > le Explanation of It. "I wonder what's the matter with Willie Jenkins ? lie's been getting into all sorts of mischief of late , especially Thursday afternoons. " "Oh , that's easily explained. That's the afternoon Mrs. Jenkins goes to a mothers' meeting to discuss the proper method of child education and disci pline. " Chicago Post To Swallow III * Own Advice. "I had n horrible dream last night , " finld Huddlcston Avhen he came down to breakfabt the other morning. "What was It ? " asked his Avlfc. "I dreamed that I AVOS In purgatory nnd Avns made to do all the things I had told my friends I Avould do If I were in their places. " Brooklyn Life. Iituit-li I'rlrr * mill IMiiurr 1'rliirn , Any one who will take the trouble to compnio iho lunch nnd dinner menu aids of mime of the loading restau rants of Now York will mnkt * a rutlier mirprlslng dlt-covcry. llo Avlll ascertain hut the prices on many dishes are cut on the dinner card from 10 cents to " 0 cents. A gentleman whoso curiosity Avna aroused by this singular practice- the ixtent that ho wont to the head waller 'or a inori satisfactory reason than the able waller could advance wan given Uls ' explanation : "You sco , " said the waller , "tho gon- erallty of men don't care for n heavy nncli. One dish and n glass of milk or n cup of coffee , with broad and bultor , nro sulllclont for thorn ; consequently to prevent them from getting off too cheap wo have to put up the price of single dishes. At dinner tlmo It Is dlf- 'erent. A man wants a number of dish es for dinner , and so wo can afford to unite our moats and llnh cheaper. " "But do you think that IH exactly" "Honest ? Why not ? It Is ahvayn lonoHt to take Avhal people are Avllllng to pay you for what you have to soil , IB t notr Now York Times. Why Illinium Don't ( Jo Mnil , Why nro there so few lunatic nsy- utns and so small a proportion of In sane persons In India ? That Is n ques- Ion Avhlch many a traveler has Avon- lorlngly united. The Hindoos regulate tholr lives en tirely In accordance with tholr rollglon hat Is , tholr Avorklng , eating , sleeping , nn well as what we usually regard as inr "life" In the religious sense of the word. Everything Is arranged for thorn , md they follow the rules now Just as hey did 12,000 years ago. This constant ) bnomineo of the same rules for IAVOII- ty centuries has molded the brains of the nice Into one shape , ns It were , and ill hough tholr rites are queer enough , vet there Is but an occasional o.\amplo of that striking deviation from thu common which Is called Insanity In countries Inhabited by the AVhlto raco. They are fatalists too. With thorn It Is n case of "what Is to be Avlll be" carried to the extreme. This has In .line given them the ponvcr to take all .hlngs calmly and so freed thorn from .ho anxiety that drives so many while men Into the lunatic asylums. Met llln Match. That well known historical person- ige , Augustus the Strong , doctor of Saxony , has furnished the subject for nany n tnlo of his wonderful muscular lower. We need icfer only to one characteristic story In which , however , 10 met his match. On the occasion in luestlon ho entered a blacksmith's shop. To shoAV his suit IIOAV strong ho was , picking up several horseshoes , ho iroko one after the other , asking the .ilacksmltb whether ho had no bolter. When It came to paying the bill , the Elector Augustus threw n six dollar piece on the anvil. It Avas a very ihlck coin. The blacksmith took It up , urokc It In half , saying , "Pardon me , but I have given you n good horseshoe , nnd I expect a good coin In return. " Another six dollar piece Avns given him , but ho broke that and live or six others , Avhcn the humiliated elector put nn end to the performance by handing Llie blacksmith a loulsd'or , pacifying him by saying , "The dollars Averc prob ably made of bad metal , but this gold- IIece , I hope , is good. " SenrchlnK For a. Soal. Before the astonished eyes of n num ber of Parisians a singular funeral cer emony took place the other day. A resident property oAvuer In the Hue Mnlte-Brun had Just died. On the even ing of his death , when darkness had fallen , his relations , five or six In num ber , each provided with a lantern , slowly made the circuit of the garden , ns If they wore searching for something In the Avnlks. When they came to a large heap of stones , they turned each one of them over nnd then re-entered the house. This curious procession is nn old Nor man custom. The dead person was a native of the country near Gisors. Be fore Interring the dead It Is necessary , according to the tradition , to Investi gate and see that the soul of the de- censed Is not concealed In n corner of his property or under some rubbish. A I.lvlnnr Emetic. A servant who did not find her way very promptly to the kitchen one morn ing was visited by her mistress , Avho found her In bed suffering from pnln and violent sickness. She explained that she had a cold and had taken eomo medicine Avhlch had been recom mended for the children. "IIOAV much did you take ? " asked her mistress. "Well , mum , I went by the directions on the bottle. They said , 'Ten drops for an infant , thirty drops for nn adult and n tnblcspoonful for nn emetic. ' I kncAV I wasn't nil infant or adult , so I thought I must bo nn emetic , nnd the pesky stuff has pretty nigh turned me inside out"-Mcdlcnl Brief. rntriutitortliy Man. Mabel I must say that for absolute untrustwortblncss there's nothing like a man. Kate Why , what makes you say that ? Mabel Well , you remember when 1 rejected Mr. Bullfinch about three weeks ago ? Kn'tc-Ycs. Mabel Well , he said he should cer tainly pine awny and dlo nnd I should be bis murderess. Now I just met him in the street Avnlklng Avlth another girl , and actually I believe the fellow has gained tAventy pounds in Avelght. Ex change. Going night Ahead. Alphonso Gwendolyn , why are yon so cruel as to keep me waiting for my nnswe"It Is now ten minutes slnco I asked you to bo my Avlfe. Gwendolyn Ob , pardon inc. I for got 1 was simply choosing my brides * uuIds. Brooklyn Life. < YOU MUST NOT FORGET Thai , wo u ro coMHliml.ly growing in Ilio url of milking Pine IMioloH , awl our products will : il- wuyn bo found to oinbruco the and Newest Styles in CardH and Kininh. Wo also carry a line line of Molding * ) Kiiilahlo for all kinds of framing. 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