THK NORFOLK NEWS : Fill DAY , M\Y 1 , 11)0 )
Norfolk Severely Treated by
the April Blizzard.
CROPS ARE HURT ; WIRES DOWN
Storm Developed Into Raging Pro *
portions Last Evening Fruit Crop
Is Gone Stock Injured No Com
munication With World.
[ From Thursday's Dally. ]
The most extraordinary blizzard of
yesterday , coming at the last of April
nud continuing practically two days ,
nooms to have struck Norfolk with its
maximum seventy and hus loft the city
iu a badly demoralized condition today.
While the storm , as will bo scon 'from
dispatches , wns very general through
out many Htatffl , the worst of it evi
dently struck Nebraska nud this pirt of
Nebraska particularly.
Very rarely indeed has so frightful n
storm prevailed ovou in tho. dead of the
winter nud it in probably safe to assort
that uot in twenty yearn 1ms so much
damage been done by a freakish notion
of the weather. Fruit has suffered
tremendously , garden stuff that had
peaked out of the ground wns laid low ,
crops may bo injured nud it is not at
nil unlikely that there will be n great
loss to stock , especially young nniumls ,
since summer pasturing had been begun
without protection , in many instances
Communication with the outside world
wns entirely cut oil from Norfolk , both
by telephone nud telegraph , nud wires
nil around the city are still down.
Yesterday afternoon nud evening
brought the worst phase of the storm's
bitterness , wheu the suow that had
boon falling all day began to blow iu n
driving wind from the northwest and
for several hours n furious blizzard held
the boards. During the night the wind
fell , the nrea of low pressure passed ou
southward nud this morning's sun cnmo
out bright nud early to molt the drifts
of whiteness that hud been stacked up.
Tbo worst immediate effect of the
storm seems to bo iu the network of
wires that had connected points iu this
part of the state. Of eleven toll lines
that run into the Norfolk telephone ex
change , not oue is in working condition.
Between here and Battle Creek poles
are completely down nt oue stretch forever
over a mile nud botweeu hero nnd Stanton -
ton more than fifty poles are gone. The
lines that ruu north nud soutli nre not
hurt but tboso running east nud west
are damaged. Wayne reports show that
the Hue is down for six miles enst and
much of it west. Emerson has no lines
working , whatever. The Wisner line is
gone and so it may bo seen that the
entire northeast section of Nebraska is
very seriously damaged. Manager
Sprecher sent five men out ou ttie
Omaha line this morning to repair the
damage but is unable to say how long
it may take. Mauy wires in Norfolk
are down nud with one man left for the
L
city , the manager does not expect to
v ? . get them in working ordei at onco.
The poles snapped off under the strain
of ice and wind.
On the telegraph circuits , ouo line
north wns clicking this morning ; others
were silent. Telegrams from Omaha
yesterday were mailed to Norfolk.
The weather predictions wore among
the messages delnyed.
' For crops it is considered a fortunate
thing that the snow came yesterday
That part of the growing grains which
had come up was in a way protected by
the blanket of snow that dropped upon
it yesterday. With the heat of the
earth thus hold in , the ice that had
first frozen in a layer , was gradually
melted away.
All business was practically at n
stand still yesterday and the streets
were whipped bnve of people.
While the sun shown brightly today ,
the wind continued from the north and
the sun is not likely to warm the air to
an extent that another freeze up or
heavy frost will be improbable tonight ,
finishing up the damage that the sleet
and freeze of last night ( I'd ' not accom
plish.
From reports that have gone into the
weather bureau at Lincoln , it appears
that the storm of yesterday was very
general iu its character , covering the
states of NebraskaSouth Dakota , North
Dakota , Wyoming , and parts of Iowa
and Colorado.
The entire western portion of Ne
braska suffered with the blizzard , and
this seems to have been the center of
the storm. Telephone and telegraph
men in Omaha and Sioux City state
that the greatest damage to their lines
was done in this part of Nebraska.
Shorn sheep suffered n great loss in
Wyoming. In tbo southeastern portion
tion of the stnte the storm wns iu the
shape of a drizzling rain , mostly. It
covered many states.
There is no wire working this side of
Wiener. Telegrams to Norfolk this
morning wore sent there and mailed to
this city. The weather report came that
way today.
Aftermath ot the Storm.
The coal man aud ice man drove along
the street this morning , side by side.
"Did yon get your cutter out ? " ho
asked the liveryman.
"No , I out 'er out , " the man replied.
b Daring the night the excavation for
the government building was converted
into a skating rink. The rain nnd snow
and sleet filled it with water and this
morning it was covered with a heavy
coating of ice ns were the numerous
other lakes and ponds in and about the
city.
city.As
As the sun melted the ice from the
foliage this morning the leaves gave
oat a smell like that following the first
frost in the fall , only more pungent ,
owing perhaps to the tenderness of the
growth. After the ice molted off the
leaves wore not long nt turning limp
and b'nok.
This is the flr < t time since Tint NKWS
has been receiving the weather fore
casts that the weather man nt Chicago
hus failed to got the mcssago through on
account of storms , which is an indi
cation of the severity of thu blizzard the
last of April is able to furnish once in n
lifetime in Nebraska.
It wns qnlto n sight to BOO the ice lot
loos.i of the telephone nnd telegraph
wires in Norfolk this morning. As
the nun warmed the wires long strips of
the Ion broke away nud fell through the
nir in silvery strips to bo dashed into
fragments ou the ground below , The
exhibition continued for some hours.
It is somowhnt disheartening to rend
the crop bulletin issued from the Ne
braska weather bureau ou the 28th ,
which shows that with the exception of
the weather being n little dry the crop
prospects were fairly good. Two days
have served to ohango the whole hit-
nation nud the coming report will show
nu entirely different condition.
The NKWS' wonthor forecast , duo yes-
tesday morning , was received this
morning , having 001110 by mail. It
predicted , "Suow tonight and possibly
Thursday. Colder southeast portion
tonight. High northerly winds. " All
was realized ns predicted for yesterday ,
but today shows n slightly batter con
dition than was said to bo n possibility
by the forecast.
The temperature was but OHO point
above freezing at ouo time during the
twenty-four hours ending at 8 o'clock
this morning. The minimum record
during that time was 18 , or 14 degrees
below the freezing point. The snow
fall was about an inch , nud the precipi
tation of moisture about twenty-bun-
dredths. This shows wiutorish condi
tions that would bo qnito severe iu Feb
ruary , but eutiroly out of place iu the
last days of April.
One of nerriniinii'H TrlivU * .
Kot many months before his death
Alexander Herrmann , the magician , was
a guest nt the famous but now defunct
Whltechnpel club , the rendezvous of
Chicago Bohemians. On the night Iu
question n venerable Japanese priest
was present. In the course of a few
tricks Herrmann picked up a deck of
cards and asked some one to select a
card. The SCVQII of clubs was the card
drawn from the pack , and It was shown
to the spectators , but not to the magi-
clan. The card w s replaced in the
deck , which was shufllcd nnd then
handed to one of the spectators.
"Look through the deck , please , " said
Herrmann.
The bolder of the cards did as re
quested.
"Is the card that was drawn in the
pack ? " asked the wizard.
"No , sir , " answered the spectator.
"What wns the card ? "
"The seven of clubs. "
' "Well , gentlemen , " snld Herrmann ,
"if one of you will kindly unlace the
prelate's shoe you will llnd the card
that has vanished from the pack. "
After n smiling protest the Japanese
priest unlaced his shoe , and there , to
the amazement of all , was found the
seven spot of clubs. Rochester Post-
Express.
Spider Fancies.
An elderly lady who lives in her own
house at Buttes Clmumont , Paris , has
discovered that spiders nre peculiarly
appreciative of music. She has made
great pets of them , and her house is full
of spiders of all kinds , on whom she
spends her time and fortune.
Her proteges are lodged In n large ,
airy room , where she has provided ev
ery necessary support for their differ
ent webs. Her great favorites nre Im
mense black spiders , which , with their
hairy legs and great bodies , look very
repulsive to others.
When she Is inclined to show off their
capabilities for music , she surrounds
herself with a circle of water to keep
off their too delicate attentions and
plays slowly , softly nnd in n minor key
on the harp. From nil corners of the
room the spiders run toward her , lis
tening with evident pleasure , but should
she strike up a noisy , gay , Inharmoni
ous strain they scamper back to their
holes as though disgusted.
A curious fact In connection with this
story is that the lady bears the birth
mark of n spider.
MUtletoe.
The mistletoe comes chiefly from
Brittany. Some 700 tons of the charm
ing white berried plant are exported
from French ports yearly. This mis
tletoe Is to the Breton what the pig Is
to the Irishman it pays the rent. The
peasants of Normandy aud Brittany
cultivate the parasite on their apple
trees contrary to popular belief , it
rarely grows on oaks nud it forms
their most profitable crop. A few
years ago the French department of
agriculture decreed the destruction of
nil mistletoe , on the ground that it in
jured the apple trees. The peasants ,
however , denied the impeachment , and ,
ns the order Is not enforced , they grow
nnd export more "gul" than ever for
the Christmas cnllvcnmcut of English
nnd American homes.
Inndnct Stronifer Tbnii "Will.
A curious story is told of Darwin nnd
snakes. He used to go into the Lon
don Zoological society's gardens , Re
gent'a park , and , standing by the glass
case containing the cobra do capello ,
put his forehead ngulnst the glass whllo
the cobra struck out nt him. The glass
wns between them. Darwin's mind was
perfectly convinced as to the Inability
of the snake to barm him , yet ho would
always dodge. Time after time he
tried it , bis will nud reason keeping
him there , his instinct making him
dodge. The instinct was stronger than
both will and reason.
Three Men Thought They
Would Souzc Officer ,
NORTHFORK NEARLY QOT HIM ,
But Ho Turned Out to bo the Wrong
Ono They Were After the Fish
Warden Trio Were Seining In Millrace -
race Last Night Ho Had Hook.
[ From Wcilnemlny's ' Daily. ]
Something of n now turn wns taken
in regard to the fish nut sltuntion in
Norfolk when three men made up their
minds last night to toes the deputy , J.
Uninoy , into the North fork. The fol
low taken for tli9 warden , however ,
proved to bo another man and the witter
wasn't ' stirred up.
Along in the evening n fisherman with
hook nud line wont to the dam for sport.
Iu the mill race throe men were seining ,
It is said. When they saw the individ
ual with n polo they took him for
Hainoy nnd made ready to throw him
into the stream , Ho persuaded them ho
was the wrong man nnd wont away.
Shortly after ho knocked nt llainey's
door nud told the deputy Ills story. The
oflloinl dressed nnd made plnus to go
after the law breakers. First , however ,
he secured n ride , then ho tried to locivtii
Chief of Police KIUIO , who was bui > y.
Thou ho searched for another policeman
and finally persuaded two men to go
along , When they reached the milldam -
dam , however , the banks were clear ai.d
thu men had gone.
"You see , " fluid Halnoy , "I didn't
want to go down there alone with three
men waiting to throw mo in. "
At Pierce the other day n farmer
wautod to have lliduey arrested for
carrying concealed weapons. When ho
found that the man was nn oillcer of the
law ho changed his mind.
A JAPANESE GARDEN.
Fallow Thin Ucclpe mid You AVill
Have One CoiiipN-lo.
The classical garden , like a sonnet , N
governed by special laws of harmony
and rhythm. It must have UH ( he
hills , Its ten trees and HH fourteen
stones. You can got along without the
hills , and you can get along without
the trees , but you cannot get along
without stones. Indeed the perfect
type of the Hat garden Is nothing but
an archipelago of rocks in a sea of
white pebbles. The stones must be
the foundation ; the rest are mere ac
cessories. Speaking stones nre what
Is wanted stones that suggest moods
nnd passions for the Japanese recog
nize that there arc sermons in stones.
Each stone has Its name and relative
place In the composition. There 1 *
the guardian stone in the center and
opposite it the bellevlew stone. Across
the cascade Is the moonsbade stone
and so on.
The hills unmask each other by rule.
The principal hill has its two foothills ,
Us spur hills , its distant peak , seen
through a valley , and the low bill that
must stand on the opposite side of the
lake.
As there are a principal stone nnd n
principal hill , so must there be a "prin
cipal tree , " the shojln boku , around
which the Tree of Perfection , the Tree
of Evil , the Tree of the Setting Sun ,
the Tree of Science and the Tree of
Solitude bow their lesser heads.
These are the essentials. Now , add
one pond , one Island , two stone lan
terns , three bridges and mix thoroughly -
ly , garnish with lotus nnd serve with
goldfish and mandarin duck. There is
a recipe for n Japanese garden. Wil
liam Verbeck hi Country Life.
A SMALL LIBRARY.
The Principle of Selection on 'Which
It Should De Ilaicd.
I think that a limit of three books
will usually allow a very fair repre
sentation of a novelist. For instance ,
Thackeray Is very fairly represented
by "Vanity Fair , " "Henry Esmond"
and "Pendennls" and Dickens by
"Pickwick , " "David Copperficld" nnd
"Martin Chuzzlewlt" Walter Scott
would not suffer by ono choosing
"Ivanboe " "Tho Bride
, of Lammcr-
inoor" and "The Heart of Midlothian. "
"Tom Jones" would suffice for Field
ing and "Pride and Prejudice" for Jane
Austen , "The Mill on the Floss" for
George Eliot nnd "The Ordeal of Rich
ard Fevcrel" for George Meredith.
Taking only the great outstanding fig
ures , Tolstoi need only be present with
"Anna Knrcnlna" and "War and
Peace" and Emlle Zola with , say ,
"Drink" and "The Dream. " "The Three
Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte-
Chrlsto" would sutllcc for Alexandre
Dumas nnd "Los Miscrablcs" nnd "No
tre Dame do Paris" for Victor Hugo.
It is harder'to sny of the vast mountain
range of Balzac on what particular
peaks our choice should fall , but prob
ably here again the most popular books
will prove the most typical "Le Pcre
Gorlot , " "Eugenie Grnndct" nnd "The
Ass' Skin. "
I nm not. It must be understood , mnk-
Ing n list of books "without which , " ns
the booksellers sny , "no gentleman's
library Is complete. " I nm only taking
few standard authors for the purpose
of Illustrating a principle of selection
which must perforce operate in a small
library. If our library does not or cnn-
not contain the best books , It must cer
tainly contain some of them , and , how
ever Idiosyncratic of Its owner , It must
bear the stamp of n general distinc
tion. Hlclmrd Le Gnlllcnnc In Success.
Foretell * Death by .Seime of Smell.
There's nn old superstition that n
howling dog In front of the house of
nn ill person portends death. Ono
prominent physician believes absolute
ly In it This physician has a wonder
fully acute sense of smell. Frequent
ly , I io nays , lie ran foretell the coming
of death within forty-eight hours of n
pntluiit'H demise. Within two dayii of
death , bo Bays , a peculiar onrtby odor
becomes noticeable about a person
about to die. Ho tells of ono canu
whcro bo became a warn of tint pe
culiar odor while talking to an ap
parently healthy man. That night tbo
uian dropped dead of heart disease ,
The physician Is far from attributing
thu peculiar manifestation to other
than physiological reasons. His own
Benne of Hindi Is abnormally acute.
New York Press.
SUDDEN DEATH.
It In Itnunllr the llmiilt of I.OIIK
Icut to Uicrolnn.
Ill almost every dally paper nre to be
seen Heveral aiinounecmciitH that porno-
body has died suddenly. These midden
deaths nre more liable to bo men than
women. Mr. So-nnd-Ho fell dead on the
street or In bis olllce while writing let
ters or preparing a Hermon or doing
something or other. "Found Dead In
Ills Hooiu" In becoming a very com
mon headline. Them ; den Urn are hard
ly ever accounted for. Generally Home.-
thing IH said about the heart Home
Vague Insinuation that the heart was
not acting In a proper manner-but , as
n rule , no explanation which Is really
rational IH furnished.
It IH a well known fact that the heart
Is n muscle. If the muscles of the body
are allowed to become llabby , tbo heart
also becomes ( tabby. A llabby heart
may ) > o trusted to pump the blood
through the system ordinarily , but n
sudden fright or emergency , a sudden
expenditure of energy , IIH In running
up Hteps or any other unusual exercise ,
Is liable to overpower the heart. It
suddenly stops , and the man fallHdead.
Tobaeuu tends to produce a llabby
heart ; whisky tends to produce en
largement of the heart ; lazy , Indolent
ImbltH weaken the heart and thin the
ventricles. That man who Indites edi
torials , dictates letters , but takes no
muscular exercise , IH In danger of fallIng -
Ing dead. The life Insurance man bet
ter steer clear of him. It Is of vastly
more Importance to know what IIH ! hab
its are with reference to physical exer
cise than to know whether bis grand
mother died of heart disease or his
grandfather bad rht'iinmtlsm. The doc
tor might a great deal better Interview
his wife and discover bow the man be
haves himself than to examine tbo
blood for microbes or the urine for
urate crystals.
If a man must be Htretiuous , let him
be strenuous all round. He should take
n little strenuous physical exercise ev
ery day an well as strenuous mental
work. It IH even dangerous to neglect
to take dally physical exercise. Fatty
degeneration IH killing more men today
than Is smallpox. Medical Talk.
MUSINGS.
Wit that wounds Is the cruel surgery
of speech.
Heaven help the man whose friends
are all enemies.
If yo"u must refuse a favor , learn the
art of being polite about It.
The money that makes one marc go
often makes the other mare stop.
You have not lost your fortune ns
long ns you have not losl your life.
Make chums of your wife aud chil
dren and know the whole charm of
home.
There Is no such thing us ease within
the belief of men and women whose
hearts arc unselfish.
Men of small minds arc slow to see
In any man more than they are capable
of seeing in themselves.
You cnn bet your boots , my boy , your
boss knows what you arc nbout. You
don't fool him ; you fool yourself.
To be Important Is one thing ; to look
Important is another thing , but to feel
Important , there you have the fellow
who really enjoys his own society.
Schoolmaster.
I < "lnnliih Grammar.
Finnish grammar is of a difficulty
absolutely repulsive. None of the oth
er langunges of the same group is half
BO hard. Hungarian nay , even Turk
ish , despite tbo vexatious initial im
pediment of the Arabic alphabet is
easy in comparison. The syntax is nt
once provokingly elaborate nnd per-
plexlngly obscure. It possesses fifteen
distinct cnses and four and twenty
differentiated infinitive forms ; but , on
the other hand , there Is no real dis
tinction between nouns , ndjectlves , ad
verb's , prepositions , infinitives nnd par
ticiples , so that the student must not
be startled by finding infinitives regu
larly declined like nouns , and nouns
taking upon them degrees of compari
son like adjectives.
Bpnnllii.
Spnnlels , of which there nre many
breeds , nre supposed to have first come
from Spain , from which circumstance
is derived their distinctive name.
Charles I. was an ardent admirer of a
small variety of this nnlnml , nnd from
that arose the designation of his pets ,
known the world over ns King Chnrles.
Blenheim or Mnrlborough spaniels ,
which greatly resemble tbo latter in
form and general appearance , get their
English name from Blenheim palace
iu Oxfordshire , where the breed has
been preserved since tbo beginning of
the eighteenth century.
Knew What He Meant.
"That grocer of ours speaks the most
fragmentary English of any ono I ever
heard , " said Mr. Precise.
"You mean 'broken 'English,1 my
dear , " corrected Mrs. Precise. "You
kuow bo is n German. "
"I menu fragmentary , " repented Mr.
Precis * . "The mnri stutters. " Judge.
ISnemlei.
Blobbs Wlgwng boasts that bo baa
never made an enemy.
Blobbs Perhaps enemies nro born ,
not made. Philadelphia Record.
OLD RELIABLE
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
THERE IS
Superintendent Williams Ar
rived From Chicago.
WILL BEGIN BUILDING AT ONCE.
Mr. Williams Cnmo Last Night nnd
tbo Materials Will Arrive This Week.
To Employ Norfolk Laborers When
It Is Possible.
[ From Moudny'H Dully. ]
G. K. Williams , Huperlntendent of
the Congress Construction company ,
arrived in the city from Chicago last
night nnd was on the ground bright
nnd enrly this morning to look over the
situ of the nuw federal building which
ho will watch go up during the next
year.
"Tho matoiials for woiking , " said
Mr , Williams , "nro now on the way
and will begin to arrive this wnt-k
The reason for our not starting until
now is that we like to have everything
ready to go right abend when wo do
begin , nnd much of the material IIQH
to bo especially prepared for use ahead
of timo. "
Asked iu regard to men , Mr. Wil
liams paid : "Wo want to hire just as
many of the laborers ns wo possibly can
right hero. Wo will likely Imvo to
bring in n few skilled mechanics nnd
the like , but want to employ Norfolk
people where wo can. "
"Tho " ho Fnid "will
building , , move
along fast when it is ouco started.
BACK FROM THE FIRE.
Hlic llonHMVitrd Trip UN Viewed From
( lie IlurNu'N Standpoint.
And after It wan all over when the
red and yellow ( lames had ceased to
dance in the empty window spaces ,
when only the white steam mnokc
rolled up through the yawning roof
boles the ladders were roshlppcd , you
left the purling. cnglneH to drown out
the liint hidden spark , and you went
prancing back to your bouse , where the
lonesome desk man waited patiently
for your return.
No loping rush was the homeward
trip. The need for haste had passed.
Now came the parade. You might toss
your head , arch your neck and use all
your fancy steps. The driver didn't
core. In fact , he rather liked to have
you show off a bit. The men on the
truck , smutty of face nnd hands , Joked
across the ladders. The strain was
over. It WIIH a time of relaxing , for
behind was duty well done.
Then came the nice accuracy of
swinging n sixty foot truck In n tlfty
foot street nnd of backing through n
fourteen foot door wheels which span
ned thirteen feet from hub rim to bub
rim.
rim.After
After unhooking there were the rub
bing nnd the extra feeding of oats that
always follow n long run. How good
it wan to be bedded down nftcr this
lung stretching , leg limbering work !
Sewcll Ford in "Horses Nine. "
A Queer Moiinment.
Standing In Mount Hope cemetery nt
Logansport , Ind. , Is one of the queerest
monuments ever erected to the mem
ory of any Individual. It Is over the
grave of William II. Heighten The
statue part of the monument represents
Mr. Hclghtcr as he was nttlred when
stricken with heart disease. Mr ,
Itelghter was n ditch contractor nnd
prominent In bin locality. It wns on 11
rainy day that death came , nnd ho was
well prepared for the weather. He wua
wearing n broad brimmed hat , n mack
intosh over his suit of clothes nnd his
trousers legs were In his rubber boots.
The members of the family , wishing to
remember him as he looked when last
he bade them goodby , employed n man
about the same size and build as Mr.
Hclghtcr to have his photograph taken
in the clothes last worn by the de
ceased , nnd when ho had cnrrled out
the Idea they replaced the head on the
photograph with the head of n likeness
of Mr. Hclghtcr. This picture wns sent
to a sculptor in Italy , with the request
that n life sized statue be made from
It in Italian marble. The statue Is true
to life. It cost $5,000.
Where Drum * Came Front.
Drums are probably an eastern idea
Introduced by tbo Crusaders Into Eu
rope. They nro frequently mentioned
In the accounts of the first crusade.
When Edward III. of England and bis
queen made their triumphal entry into
CalulH In JIU7 , "tambours" or drums
wore among the Instruments which
were played In their honor. Another
of Iheiui WUH called u "nucalro" or ket
tledrum , taken , together with Its name ,
from Iliu ArabH. The poet Ohinioer
a I HO iiiciilloiiH thin liiHtruinent In bin
description of the tournament In "Tho
Knlglil'n Tale. "
The king generally kept a troop of
thcHO Imiidmiu'ii or minstrels In his em
ploy , ami we read thlit Edward II. on
ono orcaHlon gave a mini of (10 ( Hhllllngti
to lioger , the trumpeter ; .lanlno , the
nakorer , and others for their perform
ances. Another mlimlrel was called
tbo "cbeverutler , " or player on tbo bag-
Pi ! " ' .
TinSulrldn of Ilnnnllml.
Defeated at Xamii , Hannibal lied to
the OMH ! to avoid falling Into the hands
of the Itoimiim and found temporary
HocnrllyIn the dominions of Mlthrl-
tlnles. Ho incited thin monarch to en
gage In a Unman war , and , bin advlco
MH to1 HH conduct being rejeeted , thu
war proved nnsnceeHsful , and Mltlirl-
date.s WIIH required a oue of the con
ditions of peace to deliver up Hannibal
to hln enemies , the HoiniuiH. The un
fortunate Carthaginian heard of his up-
proachlug fate , nwallowcd the poison
which for years ho bad carried about
blH pei-Kou and expired just an the an-
voy arrived to take him hi charge.
The Wiiy She Worked It.
"Of course- yeti can't take n hint , "
Hbo said , looking at him thoughtfully.
He couldn't , and she knew It , and
that'H why nho said It. It wouldn't
have been necessary otherwise.
"Of course , " bo replied. "Have you
been hinting at anything ? "
"Ob , clear , no , " Hbo answered , with
suspicious baste. "I was Just thinking ,
yon know. "
"Thinking of what ? "
"Why , suppose you suppose , you
know Unit I was nthint. "
After pondering the matter deeply for
several minutes be decided to take her.
New York Times.
Sure.
"How did tbo doctor tell you to tak
the medicine , Larry Internally or or *
tcrnally ? " 'j
"Nnytbcr wan , nor. "
"But It must have been ono or tbo
other. "
"Dlvll n bit , sor. Nayther wan. "
"Hut look here , Larry ; that's absurd.
It must have been one or the other , you
know. "
"Nnythcr wan , I tell ye. Ho tould mete
to Biiuff It up me nose. " St Louis Re
public.
.
WWHV VKHKM. |
A Satirical Ilevrard.
There was perhaps more satire than
(
gratitude In the reward bestowed by a
French lady on n surgeon for bleeding
her nn operation In which the lancet
was so clumsily used that an artery
was severed nnd the poor woman bled
to death. When she recognized that
she was dying , she made n will In
which she left the operator a life an-
nulty of 800 francs ou condition "that
be never again bled anybody as long
as be lived. "
The Second Fiddle.
"Mr. Hcnpccque , let me Introduce you
io the Count do Dieppe. "
"Ab , cet ccz zo honor to meet n musi
cian. I bear , sar. zat you an" your
family play ze music. "
"Why , 1 don't know the first thing
about music. "
"But 1 bear eet nil around zat you
piny second fiddle to your wife ! "
She Tipped Him Off.
Mrs. Meeklns What n frightful brute
that Mr. Blood must be ! Ills wife tells
me that her mother Is nfrald to open
her mouth In bis presence.
Mr. Mcekins-ls St possible ? Why , ho
must be n regular terror. ( Musingly )
I wonder bow the fellow manages It.
Kansas City Journal.
To Say Nothing of Powder.
Gernldlnc Women are Just as honest
ns men.
Gerald That isn't so. A man will
put up n sign. "Look Out For Paint , "
but did you ever know a woman to do
U ? Brooklyn Life.
HAS. A. MoKIM , M. D. O.
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist.
Graduate Chicago Veterinary College.
Assistant State Veterinarian.
Offloo : Branson's Livery , South/Third
Street. 'Phone 186.
