THE NOUFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , APRIL
Two Bullets Went in Direction
of Intruder.
HE TRIED A HOME IN HEI3HTS.
Mrs. D. D. Hall , Corner of Ninth and
Hayes Avenue , Had a Scare Hurry
Up Call to Police Man Had
Gone.
[ From Wednesday's Dnlty. ]
It wan u uoiso nt the front door and n
burglar who made it that caused Mrs.
D. D. Hall to tire pair of bullets nt n
man last night and to ooml n hurry up
call to the police shortly after. It was
the successful got nwrty of the intruder ,
also , that cnuEod Olllcurs Kana and
Koch , when they did nrrivo , to search
the neighborhood tvrouml Hayes uveuno
and Ninth street for several fruitless
hours looking for the ono who inndo the
disturbance.
At just about 10 o'clock , when the
neighborhood in the Heights was quiet ,
the uoiso nt the front door oumo and
gave Mrs. Hall n scare. Slio und boon
ill before it , nnyway , and that , with the
fact thitt there was money in the house ,
tended greatly to Intensify the alarm.
After the cull had boon sent to Chief
Kane , Mrs. Hnll went ont to look nronnd
the house. In the shndow of the night
he thought she saw the figure of a mnn.
So she pulled thu trigger twice nnd two
little bulls of lead- wont whizzing
through the air. They whizzed through
nothing more , for the man failed to
drop. The police arrived shortly and
began a searoh but no trace oonld be
found.
ERROR IN THE INITIALS.
Was Mrs. D. A. Hall Instead of Mrs.
D. D. Hall.
[ From Thursday's Dally. ]
It was not Mrs. D. D. Hall who was
scared by n burglar Tuesday night , bnt
Mrs. D. | A. Hall , who lives on North
Eighth street. Mr. nnd Mrs. D. D. Hnll
live at the corner of Hnyes avenue and
Ninth. D. A. Hall is a traveling sales
man for the Chicago Portrait company.
RASTUS WAS LOCATED.
Oxnard Hotel Cockrel Spaniel Puppy
s Found Through News.
[ From Thursday's Dally. ]
Rastus , the little ten-weeks-old cock-
rel spaniel puppy that had been stolen
from the Oxnard hotel , is now safely
returned to its owner , Mrs. O. H. Vail.
Shortly after TIIE NEWS came out last
evening , several persons called at the
office with information regarding the
pet. They had seen it near the river in
possession of a family who live on First
street. A messenger was immediately'
'
sent to the house where nny knowledge.
of the dog was denied. Strenuous in-
eistance , thowever , developed the fact
that they did have Rastns and that the
boys were even then tossing him into
the Northfork , just to watch the little
fellow swim out again.
Rastus was glad to get back to the
hotel. As he was being carried away
from the boys who had thrown him into
the water , Rastns gave them a bark that
I . they might float , instead of himself.
And that is the tale of the little hotel
dog.
SPRINKLER HAS BEGUN.
Streams of Water Play Along the
Avenue For First Time.
[ From Thursday's Dally. ]
Today for the first time this season
the street sprinkler started on its rounds ,
shooting streams of water along the
dusty parts of Norfolk avenue and
bringing relief to people in the business
portion. Nor , indeed , was the water
too soon. With the fearful wind that
swept into town this morning and
nearly blow up a number of the business
houses , besides taking a tear ont of
every street it struck , the eyes of Nor
folk were getting pretty full of little
grains of dirt and the disposition of the
city was getting pretty much "all in , "
as well. So completely was the driving
dirt whipped into place , however , when
the said " ! " that
sprinkler "Charge persons -
sons now walk ont just to enjoy the
dnstless breeze.
HOGHZEIT TODAY.
Herman Welch and Miss Lydia Kaun
Married This Morning.
[ From Thursday's Dally. ]
At 10:30 : o'clock this morning Herman
"Weieh and Miss Lydia Kauu were mar
ried in the Christ Lutheran church of
this city , by the pastor , Ri v. J. P.
Mueller. After the ceremony the
wedding party drove to the home of the
bride's parents north of the city and
had a big wedding breakfast. A great
many Norfolk friends attended and the
hochzeit has been the occasion for a
jolly celebration among the guests all
day.
day.SHERIFF'S
SHERIFF'S ' POSS DISAPPEARS.
Feared That Smugglers Have Cap
tured Their Pursuers.
TacBon , Arizona , April 23. Special
| to The News : It is feared that the
sheriff of this county nud a posse under
his command have been captured by n
gang of smugglers which they were
pursuing. A relief posse has been
formed nnd will follow the trail
taken by the sheriff and will at
tempt their rescue if they find the
situation as they fear.
RACE DISTURBANCE KILLS MANY.
Thirty Jevvs Dead and Three Hundred
Injured Today.
Kishmoff , Russia , April 23. Special
to The News : In n sorloim nntt Semitic
race distilbUK ) o huio tills morning ,
workmen attacked the Jewish quarters
nnd killed thirty of them. Three him-
dred were badly injured ,
It is fonrod there nniy bo more serious
results still.
'
EXPLOSION IN MILL.
Minneapolis Has DnJ Accident , Fire
and DC * hs ,
Minneapolis , April 2 ! ) . Spcolnl tn
The News : The mammoth North
western mill has just exploded in this
city , with terribly disastrous results.
Fire la raging floroly through the
entire buildings.
The plant is totally destroyed , parti
ally covered by Insurance.
Two men are killed and seven miss
ing , thus far.
LORD ROBERTS WILL COME.
Ho Will Represent British Govern
ment at St. Louis.
London , April 23. Special to The
News : It is announced in ofiloiul cir
cles this morning that the government
will send Lord Roberts to represent
England at the St. Louis exposition.
THE AMERICAN SAILOR.
lie Worka and I'lay * Hard and Splni
Great Yarn * .
The sailor's life Is not altogether one
of hard work , and on thu whole ho has
a very good time. Dancing , gymnas
tics , fencing , boxing and boat racing
fill his leisure hours. Ills natural fond
ness for pets Is proverbial , and there
are few ships without a mascot , be It
a goat , dog or Dennis the pig , which
serves to lighten thu hours of .tlie < l H
watches at sea. Many stories are told
of thu prowess of ships' pets at night
on the forecastle , when the hammocks
are down and the pipes lighted. One
man spins a yarn of n cat that was
born in an old boiler , cruised 60,000
miles in onu ship , established a great
reputation as a tighter In all parts of
the world and finally ended his adven
turous career on the coral reefs of Sa
moa , says a writer In the World's
Work. Another tells of a monkey
without ears or tall , with which he
sailed in the China seas , whoso fond
ness for liquid paint produced period
ical attacks of blindness. Theru is a
story of a dissipated dog who never
lost an opportunity to get drunk and
who always recognized the bugle call
for the gfg and Invariably ran to the
gangway when it sounded to go ashore
with the captain. But the best of all
Is the one of the pet.bear AVho chased a
young oflleer up the rnizzen rigging.
Fortunate indeed Is the animal that
falls Into the hands of n sailor.
"The sailor man has his vagaries , "
once said the bishop of Shanghai over
the coUin of a sailor who had taken his
own life , "but he is the teudcrest heart
ed creature into which God ever
breathed the breath of life. "
A Powerful lllver.
"Should one be asked at random to
name the most powerful river In New
England that Is , the river yielding the
most water power and doing the most
work he would be likely to name the
Mcrrlmac , " said M. S. Kdgur of Port-
laud , Me. "He would have In mind
the great manufacturing city of Low
ell , und the answer would be a natural
one. It Is surprising , therefore , to bo
told by the United States geological
survey that the most powerful river In
New England Is the Audroscoggin.
Yet the surprise abates when the facts
are recounted.- There are nine or ten
developed water powers along the riv
er , and It appears that they furnish to
tal power equal to 73,000 horses. The
falls at Brunswick yield 7,700 horse
power ; at Lisbon Falls , 1,025 ; at Lewiston -
ton , J2.GOO ; at Llvermoro Falls , 3,000 ;
at Otis Falls , 8,000 ; at Jay's , 3,700 ; at
Peterson's Itlps , 0,000. At Rurnford
Falls there Is a potential of 30,000
horsepower when the resources at that
place are fully deyeloped , and that Is
altogether the greatest water power in
New England. " Washington Times.
Cheece Dlnlici.
Cheese is ono of the most concentrat
ed forms of nitrogenous food and as a
food well adapted to the laboring man
or those working in the open air. When
properly cooked , cheese Is probably
more easily assimilated by the ordinary
stomach than eaten raw , and bard , un
cooked cheese should bo served grated.
In combination with certain food mate
rials cheese Is valuable , but when used
In this way should form the staple dish
of the Jnnal. Macaroni and cheese , rice
cooked In stock and then baked with
chees * } or cooked with It , ns in the form
of risotto , should be used in the place
of meat. An ordinary dinner menu of
meat , potato , macaroni and checso is
not properly arranged. Macaroni and
cITcese should be used for a luncheon
dish , nnd a green vegetable should be
served with meat and potato.
Wo aid Try to Prevent It.
"What a fine little fellow , " said the
patronizing old gentleman who had
been elected representative for four
successive terms from his congressional
district. Ills remark was addressed tea
a kind hearted lady holding in her
arms a little fellow who blinked grave
ly at all that was going on.
"Yes , " replied the lady. "Ills father
and I set a great deal of store by him. "
"Well , bo's a bright looking little fel
low. Maybe he'll bo a congressman
some day. "
"Maybe ho will , " said the mother.
"But " she added "I'm
, earnestly , going
to do my best to raise him right"
Youth.
Ilovr They Are Kept.
Miss De Style He said I was a little
flower ; that he Intended to keep me.
Miss Gunbustat-r noticed him press
ing you. Smart Set.
. V. , 1
Is a Great For the Platting of
Trees.
NORFOLK BANKS ARE CLOSED.
Schools 'Have Half Holiday This
Afternoon Children Were Dis
missed nt Noon for the Rest of
The Day.
llirom Wednesday's Dully , ]
This is Arbor day nud n grunt day it
la. The twonty-Hocoml of April suu has
never shown brighter and warmer nnd
the trees hnvo uovnr grown faster.
DOZOIIB of them are today being planted
in Norfolk.
There was n light froet tha | morning ,
but vegetation IB not so fur advanced
that nuy dnuingn was occasioned.
Fruit not ynt being in bloesom , it is
believed that no dnmngo wns unstained
by it , Tlio temperature has wimnrd
materially during the day , and ouo of
the most beautiful spring days im
aginable has prevailed ,
The day is legally n holiday and the
banks nro closed. Business otnorwisu
is pretty fnlrly notlvo.
The public schools of the city closed
nt noon for n hnlf holiday this after
noon.
[ From Tuesday's Dully. ]
Tomorrow is Arbor day in Nebraska
nnd preparations nro being made over
the Btiito to properly nnd fittingly ob
serve tbo occasion made niomornble
through the efforts of the Into J. Ster
ling Morton , by planting trees. Norfolk
has always taken n great deal of pride
in her trees nud probably no avenues
more prettily lined with foliage nro to
bo found in n Nebraska city of its ngo.
This year is to bo a great year for this
city in she way of improvements nnd
for that reason , especially , it is consid
ered tlmt nu unlimited number of now
trees will bo put into Norfolk earth to
morrow.
On account of the day nnd whnt it
moans , Mayor Xoeuigftoiu has issued
the following proclamation urging thu
citizens to clenu up the yards null alloy
ns well as plant trees :
To The Citizens of Norfolk :
Tomorrow being Arbor day , a day on
which nearly everybody stays nt homo
either to plant a tree or to attend to
rtueli other odd jobtt as may ho around
the place , it is requested tlmt nil the
citizens of Norfolk uiako it n point to
thoroughly clean up their i remises ,
especially the alloys , placing all rei'uno
in such shape that it can bo easily
hnnlod away the following day.
Business men are especially requested
to clean up nil rubbish nt the back of
their business houses. This is i pt only
necessary for the health of the city but
also ns guarding ngninst Ore. I trust
that all citizens will take int < rest in
adding this to their Arbor day duties.
DANIEL J. KocruasTEiN ,
Mayor.
CURIOUS BLUNDERS.
The Anacliroiilnma That Crowded n
Once Fainoun 1'oeiu.
The mediajval romances are full of
blunders , making contemporaries of
men who were separated sometimes
by hundreds , sometimes by thousands ,
of years , but as historical criticism had
not then a being and the general Information
mation of the age was not superior
In any particular to that of the novel
ists , their plans do not amount to
much from a literary point of view.
Such an instance is the case of Ariosto ,
who might be supposed to know some
thing at least of the truth of history ,
but whose once famous poem , "Orlan
do Furloso , " Is a tissue of historical
absurdities from beginning to end.
In this poem Charlemagne and his
peers are Joined by Edward I. of Eng
land , Itlchnrd , earl of Warwick ; Clar
ence , and the Dukes of York and
Gloucester. Cannon are employed Hun
dreds of years before the time of Monk
Schwartz , and the Moors are repre
sented as established In Spain , in spite
of the historic fact that 300 years
elapsed after the death of Charle
magne before they crossed from Africa.
In one place Prester John , who lived
400 years after Charlemagne , nnd Constantine
stantino the Great , who died five cen
turies before him , are Introduced njid
hold familiar converse with the great
Charles , while In another Sulndln and
Edward the Confessor are joined by
the Black Prince.
A Lincoln Story.
The spirit In which Lincoln Joined in
his famous debate with Douglas is best
Illustrated by an anecdote which Leon
ard Swett related to Augustus C. Bu-
ell. "I believe , Abe , you can beat Doug
las for the senate. You can carry the
legislature if you make the best use of
your opportunity , " said Mr. Swctt to
Lincoln on the eve of the first debate.
"No , Len , I can't beat him for the senate -
ate , but I'll make him beat himself for
the presidency. " Leslie's Weekly.
Inconsistent.
"Here , you ! " cried big Mrs. Cassldy.
"Sthrolko or no sthrolke , Ol'll not hov
ye standin * round dolu' nothln' . "
"Well , oh , well , " meekly protested
little Cassldy , " 'tis the most onral-
Bonln' woman yo are. Last wake ye told
me If Ol didn't behave mesel' ye'd
make me stand round , an' now that
Ol'm doln * it ye're klckin' . " Philadel
phia Press.
Governor Bliss Will Not Interfere.
Lansing , Mich. , April 22. Governor
Bliss gave notice that ho will not in
terfere in tlio matter of Sunday base
ball In Detroit and the local author
ities will have to settle the matter
on their own responsibility. "I be
lieve , " the governor said , "there are
better places for the people to go on
Sunday than to the baseball grounds ,
but there are also worseplaces. . "
STANTON'S IRISH STEW ,
A Story of ( lie < IITII | Wnr Ncorotiiry
an Told tty HIM Ilinlvunuril ,
All attempt by Secretary of War
Btanton to cook an Irish slow whllo
holding thu war department olllco
against the vnuival order of President
Andruw Johnson Is onu of many anec
dotes related by Louis Koorth , at the
period mentioned the great war secre
tary's bodyguard.
Feb. 11 ! , 181)8 ) , President Johnson ap
pointed Uencral Lorenzo Thomas sec
retary of war ad Interim , but the pow
er of removal having bran taken by
tlio tenure of ofllcu act from the presi
dent , Mr. Stanton refused to resign or
to vacate tin1 olllco of secretary.
llo camped In the olllco , determined
to hold it until the result of the Im
peachment proceedings against the
president , which were then pending In
the senate , should be determined. For
ulxty days Mr. Htanton held "tho fort , "
and during that period his faithful
bodyguard , ox-Scrgcai t Louis Koorth ,
then In thu United States general serv
ice , assigned to the war department ,
kept him company.
On thu day In which Mr. Stanton re
ceived the olllclal notification of his
removal by thu president he made im
mediate preparations for a slegu. llo
dispatched Sergeant Kocrth to Mrs.
Stanton for blankets and pillows , but
that lady refused to scud them , Insist
ing that thu secretary should como
home and give up the olllce.
Mr. Stanton smiled on receiving her
message and simply said :
"Koerth , go to your own house nnd
bring blankets , pillows and such cookIng -
Ing utensils as we may need. "
The Irish stew was the first effort
of the secretary and his bodyguard.
Kocrth , being a Uennan , needed In-
Btructloim In thu mysteries of prepar
ing the savory stuw , and the secrutary
munevi MJC vf , * i > ) ui > l' . > vV.\K"ius , wiiicn
he ordered thu servant to purchaso.
Both men had spout a busy and la
boriously exciting day , and both wcro
tired out when thu pot was put on thu
firu to cook the stew.
Thu consequent. ! ) was that thu great
war secretary and his bodyguard fell
asleep. Thu secretary was thu first to
be awakened by thu smell of thu burnIng -
Ing stuw. .
"Kcr h , Koerth I Wako up , mnn I"
Bhouf . Mr. Stanton. "Tho stew Is
burning ! "
Koerth sprang to his feet , but , alas ,
too late to save Mr. Stanton's Irish
stew. It was burned and smoking ,
while the pot was a glowing red. Hue-
fully the secretary rolled himself up In
his blankets on the sofa and went to
sleep for the night suppOrlcss. Wash
ington Post.
lllnzrd Her Way.
There Is a story about Alaska and its
people In which Is mentioned a man
who chose a bride from among some of
the Indian tribes up toward the Chll-
coot pass , lie took her to a largu city ,
Montreal , perhaps , and left her In a
splendid hotel while he went out to see
some one about a dog. She missed him
sadly. She sat at the window looking
out on the street four stories below.
Solitude became Intolerable. She de
cided to find her husband. There was
on elevator , but she didn't care for It.
Softly as moccasins could carry her she
Issued forth. When she had gone out ,
a bellboy saw queer marks on the bal
usters and doorcaslngs. The Indian
bride had blazed her way with a toma
hawk so that she could find her way
back. The Indian bride was merely
living up to her education , for It Is very
necessary to know how to blaze a trail
In Alaska.
Men Crotchety at Dreakfait.
"If waiters had their way , men would
not be permitted In a restaurant before
the dinner hour , or at least before
lunch , " said the proprietor of a cafe on
upper Broadway. '
"Why ? Simply because they are so
cross at breakfast. No , It Isn't the
question of tips altogether , although I
never saw a waiter refuse a quarter.
But the fact Is men arc crotchety be
fore they get their breakfast If they
have to wait five minutes , it seems an
hour to them , and even the morning
paper HOOIUS to lose Its charms unless
breakfast Is on the table. There is no
meal In the day where the waiters get
so many 'kicks' as they do at break
fast , and the men are always more HI
tempered than the women. " New York
Press.
LoremakInrr In Slcxlco.
In northwest Mexico the courting Is
nil done by the lady. The young people
meet at the feasts , and there the dam
sel who 1ms fixed upon a member of
the opposite sex whom she wishes to
become her husband tries to attract his
attention by dancing before him , per
sistently keeping her back turned to
ward him. Eventually she may sit
down near him nnd pull bis blanket
and sing to him In a gentle , low voice.
When she desires to bring matters to n
focus , she begins to throw pebbles at
the chosen one. If he throws them
back at her , they are betrothed.
Eye * With Donblo 1'uplU.
Cicero says that "the glance of all
women with the double pupil In the eye
IB noxious , blighting and withering. "
Cadmus tells us that such persons
would not diown. Still others say that
If they did drown the body would nev
er sink , neither would It decay. They
could cure the disease of the chest-
consumption by rubbing their perspi
ration on the affected parts of the Indi
vidual , and In case the double pupils
were red instead of black they could
euro the lepers and the blind.
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It * l sclnlvent-in'it Charm.
"What la the object of your society T
said the serious little woman.
"Why , * ' answered Miss Cayenne , "tho
same as that of nny other society to
enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that
there are a lot of people who want to
get In nud can't'-
can't'Washington Star.
Agricultural People Follov
Spirit of Season.
PLANT ORCHARDS AND TREES ,
Improvement ! ) to Add to the Appear
ance and Pormnnoncy of the Com
munity Materials by The Wnp&on &
Land Doing Hnulod to the Country.
[ Prom' Tlmrmlny'H Dally. ]
Thu town pcojilo nru not Iho only onro
who am making and planning Improve
ments in this vicinity this your. The
farmers are in the huslnimu of improving
prouonnoodly , and there nro few who
are not adding to the pornmnonoy , com
fort and bounty of their country environ
ments. Almost every farm wagon that
loaves the city contains nome sort of
material that will go towiud the im
proving of property , nnd much of the
material is of u olmrnutor tlmt indicates
permanent nnd extensive betterments ,
Brick , rock , dimension timbers , lum
ber of nil kinds , posts nnd wire for fund
ing , nnd other like materials nro being
curled to the country by wagon load ,
Many of the wagons tlmt lonvo town
this spring contain fruit nnd forest trens ,
Khrubbery , nnd other products of thu
nursery tlmt will go toward the better
ment of the forming country , nnd will
In future yours produce fruit , fuel nnd
beauty to the advantage of the owners
nnd nil who observe their thrift.
A HORSE AT THE SHOW.
Blory of it illlilionVliuilna I'Vom nil
IGllllll > VIlMVJIollll.
Ono of the popular features of the
annual horse show In New York Is the
squad of park police homes that Is al
ways entered. The winning of a blue
ribbon by ono of these police horses Is
told In "Horses Nine , " by Sewell Kord ,
from the viewpoint of the horse. The
author says :
So It happened that ono morning
Skipper heard thu sergeant tell Iteddy
that he had been detailed for the horse
show siiiad. | Heddy had saluted and
said nothing at the time , but when
they were once out on post he told
Bklpper all about It.
"Sure an' It's app'arln' before all the
swells In town yi'll ha , mo b'y. Plmt
do ye think of that , ch ? An' mo.bbc
ye'll be gcttln' a blue ribbon , Skipper ,
me lad , an' mebbe .Mr. Patrick Martin
will .have a roundsman's berth an'
chevrons on his slucves nforo the year'u
out. "
The borne show was all that Hcddy
had promised , and more. The light al
most dazzled Bklpper. The Hounds und
the smells confused him , but he felt
Iteddy on his back , heard him chl rup
softly and soon felt ut case on the tan-
bark.
Then there was n great crash of
noise , and Skipper , with some fifty of
his friends on the force , began to move
around the circle. First It was fours
abreast , then by twos , and then n rush
to troop front , when , In a long line ,
they swept around as if they had been
harnessed to a beam by traces of equal
length.
After some more evolutions a half
dozen were picked out and put through
their pnrps. Skipper was ono of these.
Then three of the six wcro sent to Join
the rest of the squad. Only Skipper
and two others remained In the center
of the ring. Men In queer clothes ,
wearing tall , black hats , showing much
white shirt front and carrying long
whips , came and looked them over
carefully.
Skipper showed these men how ho
could waltz in tlino to the music , nnd
the people who banked the clrclo as
far up ns Skipper could see shouted
nnd clapped their hands until It seemed
as If n thunderstorm had broken looso.
At last one of the men In tall hats tied
a blue ribbon on Skipper's bridle.
When Hcddy got him Into the Btnblo ,
he fed him four big red apples , ono
after the other. Next day Skipper
knew that ho was a famous horse.
Reddy showed hJm their pictures In
the paper.
Eatlnic a 1'rlckly I'ear.
My first snd experience of the Af
rican prickly pear was gained on
visit to the market place of Algiers.
The fruit was handed to us , politely
peeled by the Arab dealer , and thus as
we made acquaintance with Its de
lightful coolness no suspicion of its'cvll
qualities entered our minds.
A few days later , adding the excite
ment of a little trespassing to the
more legitimate pleasures of u country
ramble , wo came upon n well laden
group of prickly pear bushes and could
not resist the temptation to help our
selves to some of the fruit. The result
was woeful.
Concentrated essence of stinging net
tle seemed all at once to bo assailing
hands , lips and tongue , and our skin ,
wherever it had como in contact with
the ill naturcd fruit , was covered with
a thick crop of minute , bristly hairs ,
apparently growing from It , and ven
omous nnd Irritating to the last degree.
Our silk gloves , transformed sudden
ly Into miniature robes of Nessns , had
to bo thrown away , perfectly unwear-
able , and the inadvertent nsij of our
pocket handkerchiefs before svo had
fully realized the extent of our mlsfor-
tune caused fresh agonies , In which
nose ns well as lips participated. For
many a day did the retribution of that
Uicft haunt us In the form of myriads
of tiny stings. "Homo Life on an Os
trich Farm. "
Hyphen Succeeds Hymen.
The Professor They have traveled
nfcly along the happy Journey until
now their hopes are about to bo re
alized.
Mrs. Malaprop Yes , Cupid , the god
of love , must now give way to Hyphen ,
the god of matrimony. Kansas City
Journal.
THE OLSS
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
liiHniin on On Point.
Iflrsklnn mi'iilloiw a CIIHI > where n pcr-
oii who had .been confined In 1111 asy-
iini pro'tcciitcxl IIH ! brother nnd tlio
miprinlor for Imprisonment and false
luroHH. The prosecutor , hlmsi'lt' n wlt-
irSH In support of Iho Itullcttnont , wna
nit Into Ilio witness box and examined.
Vhon HrHklno canin to crofw cxamlno
dm , bo tried to discover some lurking
nlloiiiillon of inlnil , but during a crown
oxainlnatlon , conducted with all th
Hklll and sagacity of which h wan
mister , for nearly an hour lie wan
completely foiled.
Hut n gentleman who had coino nccl-
doutnlly Into court whispered In 15r-
nklno'H ear that tlio wltneHH thought tin
waH the Saviour of mankind.
On receiving ( ho hint Krsklno niiulo
n low how to tlio proHucutor , addressed
dm In terms of ircat reverence , re
spectfully bogged to apoloKlzo for the
incoremonlouH niannur In whichhj }
ind treated a pornon of lilH sacred
Imractor and called him by the naiun
of CftrlHl. The man Immediately mild :
'Thou luiHt Hpoken truly. I am tba
Christ. "
TinOrlulnnl C'nrimllnn. ,
The original earnatlon was a llvo pet-
nled bloom native In the Mouth of Italy ,
t wan Imported Into Hnglnnd about
he tltno of thu Normnn conquest AH
arly IIH Kill ) horticultural works gave
nlnute dlreetloim for the cultivation of
.he llowern In winter. The carnation
ndustry has risen to coiiHlderable 1m-
lortance during the last ten yearn , ac
cording lo Town and Country. An
2,500,000 of young carnation plantn iiro
Hold each year and florists produce an
equal amount grown by theniBelvea
which are not Hold , tlio entire produc
tion of yon MX carnation planlH approxl-
matcH 5,000,000 and upward n year ,
i'liene pliintH are grown under glasa
during the winter time for cut ( lower
purposes , producing an annual average
of moro than 100,000,000 blooms. What
ItecomeH of this enormoiiH number of
llowcrH IH Homewhat of a mystery.
They arc put to Innumerable uses.
Tlio "llnnlnniiin'n Crip. "
The "huntsman's cup , " or pitcher
plant , IH conceded to bo one of tlio ear-
llOHt , If not the earliest , of the wild
flowers of America to become known
to Europeans. References occur In re
lation to It as early nt 1570 , when n
Lisbon physician named Luunanua
sent It to a contemporary as the leaves
of the frankincense1 tree. It appears
tlmt two Bailers brought the curious
leaves with some resin from the pine
trecH growing near , nnd Lannanus sup
posed they belonged together. Much
confusion occurred nnd much wonder
ment was expressed as to what curious
tree with mich leaves could bo found
In America Riving nuch "swecte odouro
when the gum was burned , " and ,
strange to say , most attempt * to deal4
np the mystery resulted In greater ob
scurity.
Uemole ICln.
Kind Lady How many are there la
the family beside yourself ?
Little Ainle Four ; mamma , papa ,
olotcr and a distant relative.
"That Is only three. The distant rel
ative Is not a member of the family. "
"Oh , yes , he Is. He Is my brother. "
"Your brother ? Then he Isn't a dis
tant relative. "
"Yes , ma'am ; he Is In the Philip
pines. " Kansas City Journal.
Would Avoid the Trouble.
"I suppose you'd like to be worth a
million dollars ? " she suggested.
"No , mum , " replied the tramp. "It
'ud bo too much trouble looUln' after
the money. All I want Is that some
feller what's worth a million dollars
shall provide for me. " Chicago Post
' An Cvcr.
BIzzlbodle ( dlscotmiKedly ) I did ev
erything In my power to make those-
two young people see that they wcro
not fitted for each other
Wyzacro And when Is the wedding
to occur ? Baltimore American ,
Why He Wan There.
Teacher I notice that you are never
nble to answer any of the questions.
How Is this , little boy ?
WHllo Dullboy-Well , If I know , dad
wouldn't go to the trouble of sending
mo here.
The Victim * .
"Did Ayrekastll tnko In n partner
when ho started his newest get rich
scheme ? "
"No ; only the people who bought the
stock. " Cincinnati Tribune.
HAS. A. MoKIU , M. D. O.
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist.
Graduate Chicago Veterinary College.
Assistant State Veterinarian.
Offloo : Branson's Livery , South Third
Street. 'Phone 185.
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