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Of Andrews' ' Stock , Southwest Cor , 15th. and Dooglas Sf ,
To Accommodate Those Visiting the City , and Residents Who have not Yet Made all of Their
Purchases , We Have Decided to Keep Open during FAIR WEEK , .
And with this end in view have placed the balance of our stock on the Main Floor , At Prices Virtually Your Own ,
Never Before has Such a Retail Sale been
have the People C1
Sale Begins Monday Morning , Sept , 3d , Lasting Through the Week , Come Early or Late ; You will Find
the Crowd at Our Stand , Honey Catches Flies , Low Prices Attract Sensible
ni for Our F
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15tn and Douglas SJre'ets , Omaha , Nebraska ,
SOME STORIES OF ANIMALS ,
AHorso That Pumped Water for the
Oows.
FISH LIVING IN BOILING WATER.
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A I'ct Sen ! uiul Ills Antics A Pnlr
of Wrens in 'n Coffee Pot Tlio
lloninntio Courtnhlp of
the Katydids.
Fifth Ijtvlng tn'Hot Water.
Silver State : There is a pond on the
hay ranch at Golconda xvhich is fed by
the xvatorfa from the hot springs. This
pond has an area of txvo or three acres ,
aud the temperature of the xvator is
about 80 , and in seine places xvhero
the hot xvator bubbles up from the bottom
tom the temperature is almost up to the
boiling point. Recently the discovery
has been made that this xvarm lake is
literally alive xvith carp , some of which
nto moro than a foot long. All efforts
to catch thorn with a hook and line have
failed , as they xvill not touch the most
e mpting bait. A foxv of them have
been shot , and , contrary to the general
supposition , the llesh xvas hard and
palatable. How the fi.sh got into the
lake is a mystery unsolved. Within 100
feet of it are springs xvhich are boiling
hot , and the ranchers in the vicinity
use the xvator to scald hogs in the
butchering teason.
A Pet Scnl.
Portland Press : A seal about txvo
months old was soon x'ostorday on the
deck of the schooner Arizona , which
xvas moored at the Commercial xxherf.
IIo is the skipper's pot and a great
favorite xvith the croxv. The captain
baid : "I have had the liltlo follow about
hix wcoka , having caught him at Stable
island , lie xvas asleep xvhen I came
upon him and before he know it I had
him in my arms. In throe days from
that time ho xvas as tnmo as a dog , and
will now follow mo all over the vessel ,
hi the morning rt about ! ' . o'clock the
heal takes his position over the hatch ,
tind there ho will cry until some ono of
'
the crew jroos on d'cck and foods him.
"When xvo are outside [ throw him over
board and lot him swim until ho is tired
nnd then ho is only too glad to bo taken
nn board again. " The little fellow
poomod to enjoy himself on the vessel's
deck and xvas very fond ot the caresses
of the croxv. .When he saw one of the
men approaching he would hobble
lovvnrd him and tease for a mouthful of
llbh that was generally forthcoming.
WrciiH in n CoffeiM'nt.
A most peculiar bridal homo , wherein
to UNO for a season and train up children ,
, is that described by a correspondent of
the Forest and Stream. Ono day two
wrens onton'd his Texan cottage and
liogan exploring it , evidently intending
to build a nest there.
They pooped into every corner and ,
finally wont axvayxvith the air of would-
be tenants xvho say "they xvill look else-
whoro. " but in half an hour they re
turned , and the inmate of the cottage ,
xvishing to furnish them with a res
idence all their own , hung an old colliic-
put on u tree near the door tying it
hocnroly , that the wind might not
bhako it.
The xvrons presently diccovorod it ,
cntorodaiid xvero apparently ilollghtcd.
It was evidently just the sort cf a house
xvhioh they had boon looking.
The "next day its furnishing was quite
finished. They had lined it xvllh bits
of feathers , shroxvds of wool and doxvny
vegetable growths , and it was soft as
velvet. Then one egg appeared , and
then another , and the little dumo began
bitting , while her husband , perched on
tbo branch above the oolToojtot , poured
forth song after song , flying away at in
tervals to bring her a fat worm.
When the little ones came , both
father and mother began to feed them.
They usually started from the nest to
getherbut seldom returned at the same
time.
If the little man came first , ho soon
grew impatient , and after delivering
his ofloring would begin calling nor ,
loudly and musically. Evidently her
name was uTitty-too , " for ho cried :
"Titty-tee ! ah , Titty-tee ! " repeating
the note until she arrived.
Like the hero of "Never Too Late to
Mend ; " he could not bear to enter his
lonely dwelling until his wife appeared.
Courtship ol * Katydids.
Chataquan : In the twilight of an
eventful August my attention was drawn
to quite an unusual syllable sound ka ,
ku , kat , ka write Mary Thoat. The
repetition was sharp and incisive indi
cating that the musicians were young
and full of life , and why they did not
complete the sentence Katy did , Katy
did it aroused my curiosity sufficiently
to incite an investigation of the matter.
Stepping out on the veranda I boon
found Miss Katy on a vine which ran
over the piaz/a. surrounded by a group
of gallants. Whether she was a sad
llirt and had brought the infliction on
hor.iolf of bo many callers , or whether
it was her own inherent lovlinehfi and
beauty that atfr.iolod so many at the
same time was not for me to know ; I
could see only the result of some law or
katydid etiquette which was inexplic
able to mo.
There xvoro five of these young suit
ors looking precisely alike , and , so far
as I eould * > co , no preference was shown
to ono moro than to another by the fair
Katie , who was seated on a spray of
honey-suckle and embowered by an
overhanging cluster of belated Ilo'woiv .
Her visitors walked around her in a
slow , courtly manner , with their long
antontiio lying straight back ever their
wings. But ovori little while ono and
then another of the number would po-
itoly salute her by bringing forward
his antenna ) and gently waving it over
her ; then would como the sharp chorus
ot voices ka kat , kat all talking at
once , when the suitor would subside
and ronlaco his antuniuo over his back
and tall into rank with the others.
llapponjng to know that another female -
male was not far away , [ secured her
and placed her near this group , think
ing thereby to dixide their attention. I
put her below them , knowing her ten
dency would bo to to wall ; upward rather
than. down. She no f-oonor reached the
party than the first Miss Katy began to
rise up until nho stood on the tips ot her
toes , looking like a young giantccs , and
all the time waving her .uitonnaj as if to
dismiss her , while the sharp click of the
jnales resounded on ox cry side , as if as
suring her of their entire devotion , and
that they would not bo swayed in their
loyalty by this unbidden guest. She did
not tarry long , however , but walked
away with a single follower , and only
ono ot the gallants saluted her as she
passed , touching tier with his antonnx.
The mode of communication among all
insects is with these organs , and for
aught wo know tlmir Ian gang omay bo
as perfect with them as ours ia with us.
A Homo Unit I'liiupod Water.
Giobo-Domocrat : J. T. 13. Steele , of
McLoansboro , 111. , was not long ago the
owner of a most intelligent horeo. The
animal was of the Morgan stock , and in
color xvas coal b'nck. ' Tim judge board
ed with a gentleman and kept his
horse in the latlor'n barn. The judge ,
xvhile extremely fond of the animal , at
times neglected to care for him as well
as the horse perhaps thought he should
and "Old Charlie , " as the black xvas
alloctionntely called , xvas consequently
compelled to hustle for himself , and he
displayed wonderful ability to get xvhat
ho wanted on those occasions.
In the lot which surrounded the barn
was a pump with a long wooden handle ,
and under the spout was usually a
bucket. One evening as the judge's
landlord came home bis wife asked him
to go out to the lot and ho xvould ace
something funny. IIo wont. Ho saw
the judge's her o drinking from the
bucket at the xvoll , and'then , when the
bucket was emptied , he saw the animal
grasp the long handle in his mouth and
pump the bucket full.
The horse was not given any more
water that night , fand when ho was
turned out the next morning ho was
xvatched by the people of the houso. Ho
trotted out to the pumpand , finding the
bucket empty , proceeded to ( ill it in the
&amo niannar as ho had on the previous
evening. At other times , xvhen the
bucket had been removed , lie xvas scon
to give the long handle u few vigorous
jerks and then quickly put his mouth
under the spout and drink the water as
it fell. Ho repeated the performance
until his thirst xvas satisfied.
On other occasions ho pumped xvator
for the cows when there was no ono else
to do it. _
A FnmoiiH Kesort.
Globe Democrat : The club house is
still ono of the institutions of Saratoga.
John Morrissey has passed away'but
his partner does business at the old
stand. Public sentiment has been
crowding the old gambler further and
lUrther westward. Ono city after an
other has put the seal of condemnation
upon "the layout" and banished it. To
find the gambling house run \vldo open
Mid without fear of police interference
it is necessary to go to the frontier , to
the mining camp or to Saratoga. Now
York has a gambling luxx- almost astringent
tringont as that under which "tho in
dustry of chance" xvas paraly/ed in Mis
souri. Hut somehow it doesn't roach
Saratoga. Here is all the license of
Monte Carlo.
It is the policy of the Saratoga public
to say little and do less about the club
house. "Wo recognize. " said a staid
and entirely respectable old resident
when pushed for an explanation , "that
the pjoplo xvho como here and spend
their money must bo permitted to in
dulge in this diversion if they desire ,
and it is the understanding that the
club IIOUHO shall not bo Interfered with. "
"Thon the law in violation of which
the club house exists and does business
is ignored by the authorities ? " xvas
aikcu.
"Yes , " ho replied. "Wo fool that
the situation here is a little different
Irom anywhere else. The club house
meets a xvant , and xvo don't dispute it. "
"Those of vou xvho liavo interests
here see to it that men are put in otllco
xvhovill enforce the law "
\ not , was sug-
ge.stod.
"Woll , " replied the resident , as if
the discussion of the subject was not
pleasant , "public sentiment hero is in
favor of the club house , and it runs. "
Popolo xvho are curious about the ef
ficiency of the laxv xvhon public senti
ment docs not back it up ought to visit
this Saratoga institution. The build
ing , three stories , of pressed brick with
btone trimmings and solid ornamenta
tion , stands on a cros- . street just behind
Congress halland , looking in to Congress
spring park. Stone stops load up be
tween lions couchant. What xvas the
designer thinking about that ho did not
substitute tigers rampant ? The heavy
double-door , xvith its ground glass front ,
stands ajar. If the visitor pushes it
farther open it swings back not shut ,
Injtubout half-way and there it stands
to the next comer. Youxvalk
into a hallway pared with tessellated
marble , past the dignified darky in
sxvalloxv-tailwhtto tie and pumps. Then
your shoes sink into the velvet carpet ,
and you are in the lair. There is nc
xvatchxvord , no scrutiny through a
wicket , no rattling of chains and draw
ing ot bolts , no outside or inside senti
nel. The club house is ono of the few
places a Saratoga visitor can enter with
out paying. But it generally coals some
thing to got out.
THE SLANG SHE SLUNG.
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r < ; ! ( ( JiftJi Oiiip/rml fu A'cio V > iA Hipper.
She xvas a Hosto-i nnild ot high degree
With eves tfi.it shoiio like incandescent
lights ,
Ynd just such pouting lips as seems to mo
The Idas invites.
mot her on the omnium's grassy sod ,
Near xvhcro the fountain plays la stjuiitivo
mood ;
She stood reflective , while a plastic xv.id
Of gum she chewed ,
'It ' docs ono peed to suok this spot , " said I.
"When xx'eory of the city's hum iinil buz , "
She ceased her xvaxlc pastime to reply :
"Tlmt's xv.iat It dotM. "
'This sylvan si > oti' then softly I averred.
"Tho foot of mini seems almost to dottle. "
Her voice came sxveet us notes of woodland
bird :
"Woll , I should smllo. "
"The balmy breezes whispering overhead
With such enchanting softness kiss the
brow I"
[ n touts ot liquid melody she said :
"You're shoutin' now ! "
"And have jou noticed , fair one , how each
bird *
Seems here to choose its sweetest vocal
goml"
C dwelt In rapture on her every xvord :
"I'm onto thorn. "
'And how the loaves like moving emeralds
scorn
When in response to the sweet breeze they
shake. "
Her voice came soft as echo from a dream :
"They ttilco the cake. "
"And do you catch the ( lowers' fragrance
sweet
From jondor gat den , xx-hero the soft wind
blows ! "
She answered , as she viexveil my rugged 1'ect :
"You bet your hose. "
"Dost xvundor often to this sylvan spot , .
The dreamy sotiso of quietude to seek ! "
Soft purleil her answer : -'Well , I take u trot
'Bout once u xx-cok. "
'In converse sxveet I lingered by her side ,
And felt that there forever I could dwell ,
Ami as I loft her after mo she cried :
"So long , old fell"
I xx'ns not captured by her x-oico so rich ,
Nor with her lovely face so fresh and
young.
But by the sxx'eot dexterity xvith xvhlch
Her slung she slung.
SlNGUIjAIUTlKS.
A calf xvith a human head attracts atten
tion In Mouioo township , Ohio.
Georgia has on exhibition at the Cincin
nati exposition a potrlllod watermelon ,
A IJridgeport noxvspaper says that a cat
xvus caught liv a loeomotivu the other day
and cut In two by u xvhcul xvhich passed over
the body back'of the shoulders. "After the
locomotix'o hadjiassed , " says the pu | > cr , "the
forxvtirdpatts of the cat's body dragged
themselves to the homo yard , two or three
rods dibtant , tunl taere the little life remain
ing flickered oat in a few seconds. "
There Is xx-onderful mirage In Glaclet
Hay , Alaska , rotlectod from the glassv sur
face of the Pacific glacier. It is said thai-
last after the change of the moon In June ,
soon after sunset and while the moon Is
climbing uhove'tho ' sky , a city appears nbox-o
the glacier.IV Is so distinct that u photo
graph Is said to have boon made this season
by n resident ot > Juneau , who learned of the
mirage from tho. Indians uud has scon it ap
pear and disupjiuar for four years.
While walk ins nlong a street In Uohton a
Chelsea ( Mas * . ) woman xvas struck behind
the ear xvith u base ball thrown by a boy.
The bloxvxjis asovero ono , butfho felt uo ill
effects until she reached Chelsea , xvhen her
memory entirely deserted her. She xx'on-
derod ulinlosslyimbout the streets , and xvas
unable to tell persons whoso attention her
queer actions attracted where ttho lived.
Uvcntuiilly an acquaintance chanced to como
along and took the unfortunate woman homo.
Her physician thinks her memory xvill re
turn in u few days.
The chief steward of the steamship Clrcas-
sm , xx'hlch arrived at Noxv York lately from
Glasgow , exhibits a curious lish thut xvas
captured during the X'oyogo xvhen about mid-
ocean. The specimen is about six inches
long , xvith a silvery body , blacken top , and
"a oonv peak xvhich resembles the sword of
a sxvordnsh. " The struggle incident to the
capture xvas between the head cook and the
fish on the deck of the Circussiu. A heavy
sea had been shipped forward , and as it ran
nft in the seup ] > ors the little llsh xvas seen
try ing to maku its escape into the t > ca. This
tlio coolf succeeded In preventing.
One tr.orr.lng , while the street gang under
Mr Dau Shcefmn xvua cutting some xvocds la
Messrs. Fowler & Morrison's lot on Water
street , savs tlio Wilmington ( tf C. ) Messen
ger , they came across two beautiful sjmlor
xvebs , xvhieh xvas inhabited bv four very
large yellow spiders When the woods had
been cleared nw.iy so as the xvebs could bo
plainly seen , the discox'ory was made tnat
each had the xvords "Wilmington , N. O , , "
printed across the face as if photographed
there. Hx'eryotio xvho saw the curious spect
acle xvus strucK with wonder , uud at least
txvetity-llvo people , xvhite ami black , gath
ered around to get a glimpse of thocurloslty.
The xvords xvoro aufllclontly plain for ouch to
readily BOO them , anil ono of the xvcbs ,
xvhieh was placed on u sheet of piper , re
tained the outlines for a considerable length
of time. The txvo xvobs xvoro about five feet
apart xvhon discovered , and wore of n gauyy ,
fan-like apncaranco that made them things
of beauty ,
"A most singular scene , " says the Hart
ford Times , "xvas xvltncssed on Long Luke
during iv recent storm. The lake is three
miles long , and is divided Into three bays.
About U : 13 a vivid flush of lightning lighted
up thn scenery , folloxvoa by a terrific peal of
thunder. The wind by this time was blow
ing xvith cyclone force. Suddenly there came
a roar , and far down the lake a huge flame
could bo soon. The xvator for yards ahead
xx'us parted as though by u gigantic plough ,
uud the billows scorned to mo at the side of
the furrow for fullv twenty feet. The ball
of lire appeared to force the xvater aside , and
so deep did It go that the bottom of the lake
could almost be soon as it passed through the
narrowii. The parted xvuters.xvith the singu
lar propeller , advanced towards the head of
the loko xvith great rapidity. When within
100 yards of the shore there came another
Hash of lightning , and the fire disappeared as
suddenly us it had come. The residents
along the lake xvho xvitnessod this strange
phenomenon wore greatly alarmed. They
insist ttiat the ball of lire xvas ftill.v ten feet
long , and half of the muss appeared to be
bin led In the xvator of the lako. It xvus many
hours before the waters of the lake became
calm. "
bDUOATIONAL.
A Catholic lady iu New Yorlc has just
given .550,000 to the American Catholic uni
versity.
A sou of President Tyler has been chosen
president of Willla'n and Mary College , at
Williamsburg. Va.
Mommscn , the great German historian , de
clines an honorary degree offered him by the
University of Hologna.
Dr. Ernst Uaukc , brother of the eminent
historian , Leopold x-on Kanke , died recently
at the ago of 71 years. He XXMS professor of
theology nt the University of Marburg.
The late Henry Wlnkloy , of Philadelphia
loft $ . -,0,0 > K ) to Williams collepo.S.'Kyxx ) to Am-
hcist ( in addition to sr,0,000 given during lift ! )
jJ5XH ( ) to Hanger Theological Seminary , and
iS-JOKX ( ) each to Dartmouth , Howdoin , lOxoter.
Amlox'or , the American Hible society , and
the Philadelphia Y. M. C. A.
President Hyde of Howdoin college , the
youngest college president in the country ,
graduated from Harvard in 1870 , and u fo'.v
year * Inter from Andover theological somi-
nary. Ho xvus recommended to his present
position by Prof. Egbert Smyth , to xvhom it
xvus first offered. President Hyde is thirty
years old.
Mr , Scott , of Mobile , Ala. , xvho has been
appointed professor of mathamatlcs and
English In the National collejro at Takash-
Ima , Jap in , is only twonty-tlvu years of ugo ,
but has demonstrated his ability a& an in.
structor by txvo years service in the Univer
sity of Alabama. He is a step on of Collec
tor Clack of the Port of Mobile.
The records of all the men at Cornell col
lege xvho have bceu engaged in inter-colle i-
utu contests since the opening of the institu
tion have ocen examined to BOO xvhat effect
the pursuit of athletics haduwn scholarship.
It XXMS concluded thut the scholarship nud
athletics did not affect each other. Crew
men averaged 70 per cent , ball player * 73
per cent and track athletes 70 per cent In
scholarship for the year. Seventy per cent
xvas necessary for graduation. There are
other colleges xvhoro devotees of out-door
sports do ox-en bettor than this.
The Indian school at Carlisle , Pa. , has the
oldest pupil of any educational Institution In
the United States. Ho Is more than sixty
years of ago. Crazy Head is his name , uml
ho xvas once chief of ttio Crow nation. Ho
xvas u bold xvarrlor and an able ruler. He is
anxious to learn the ways of white men , and
is noxv receiving instructions in blacksmith-
ing. During the coming winter ho will at
tend school. He la a man In vigorous health ,
and has a more refined face than Is often
found in bin raco. Ho is doolie and patient ,
and there is snmaUiing almost pathetic about
his longlug to learn tao custom * of civlllia-
loa before lie die * .
UlCLiIGIOUS.
The rapid groxvth of the Methodist Episco
pal church in the south is shoxvn by the fact
that more than four thousand churches have
been built in sixteen states since the xx'ar.
The first unmarried colored woman sent
out bv the American board of forolgn allu
sions is about to start for southeastern
Africa Shu Is a graduate of Fisk uuix-ersity.
The Advance , it Congregationullst pnnor ,
says : "Nino hundred Congregational
churches last year did not gix'o a dollar , and
made no contribution to our Homo Missionary
society. "
In St. Andrew's Episcopal churchyard , at
Mt. Holly , N. J. . Saturday , at the funeral of
a prominent Odd Kolloxv , the directors of the
cemetery declined , It is said , to allow the
coromoules of the Odd Fellows' or Musouio
lodges.
A Huddhist priest xvho came to this coun
try to bog money to build a Huddhist tem
ple has gone back to Japan xvith empty
pockets , having discovered that it is no time
to talk religion In this country during n pres
idential campaign.
The Iloman Catholic priests of Lawrence ,
Mass.bavo boon working hard to pay pff the
depositors In the Augtiatin hank , whoso sus
pension live years ago created such a sensa
tion. During the past two years $51,000
have been paid to depositors , and it is hoped
that every cent xvlll bo cleared otT.
Daniel A. Umld , a colored newspaper man ,
who snokc at the Cincinnati mooting of the
Cat'iollc ' Voung Men's National union , said
that the number of negroes la this country
xvho are "pr.wtical Hoinin Catholics" Is
J0.,000 ) at leait. 8ovar.il no rees tiavo been
ordained , and several bright young colored
men are studying for the priesthood.
U9V. Dr. Harris , of San FrancUco , who
has just rotui netl from n visit to the Japanese
Methodist mission In Honolulu , Informs the
Chronicle that nit active revival Is In pro
gress there among the Japanese , and says the
conx'orts do not consider themvjlx'cs nt all
safe until they uro baptised. The moment
that Is dnnu they are all right One of them ,
instead of eating his communion bread , asked
that It might be sent to his relatives in Japan
for their spiritual good.
Twenty- live years ago Peter HastnUHson
came from Norway to this country. Shortly
after his arrival ho was conx'ortcd at a re-
vlx'al in the First , Gorman Methodist church
in U iltlmore. Hn then vowed that if God
xvould bless him in business and give him
oinougli money to entitle him to go back to
Norway and preach the gospel to his coun
trymen xvithout pay ho xvould go back and
proacn Ho did prosper in business , and has
just sailed for Norway xvith his family , in
tending to go among his countrymen as an
ovangclUt.
Hostoa Is supposed to bo the strongest
Catholic city In the country. The Catholics
there lutx-o almost , undivided control hi politi
cal and educational affairs. Hut the Hostou
Pilot says that Now York is ono of the
strongest Catholic citias In tlio xvorld. It lias
7"i 8lparish chtnchcs , 40 chapels , 1)00
prio , .s , 3iX ) brothers , 2,000 religious xx'omcn.
IO,00U pupils in its colleges , ncadamlos and
parochial schools , and 15,000 poor or sick or
orphaned cared for in Its homes , hospitals
and asylums. Fully § 30,000.000 are invested
in Catholic churches and institutions , and
there are 800,000 Catholics xvithln the city
limits. According to Chancellor Hortsman ,
of thenrchcllocosoof Philadelphia , the Cath
olics of that city number 182,000 , , and la the
archdiocese 400,000.
Evangelist Moody .advises young men xvho
doiilro to bo rovivalUts to start out us book
agents and study human nature.
A minister down hi Georgia has baptized
Uls oxvn xvlfo. This Is said to lie a case uovor
before hoard of outside of nox'cls.
Peter Ambrson recently dlod In Finland
and loft his estate , by xvlll , to the Dovll.
Anderson's mother xvill contest the xx-111.
"Pete , dear , I xvondor xvhat wo shall look
like In heiwen I" Ho : "Wo nhall doubtless
bo very beautiful , duckio. " SIis ( inno
cently ) : "Why , how shall xvo know each
other ! "
A Nexv York policeman xvhoso house xvua
overrun xx-itli bugs , refused to use insi-ct
powder , but trlod the faith cure. They all
vanished. If this style of tr.iitniont will
do for bugs miy It not bo suousjiif ully trloJ on
democrats !
"My bolox-od brethren , " said a I ) tkota
preacher from his pulpit , "on looking- over
the collection of lust Sabbath morning you
can imagine my pleased surprise to discover
therein a blue chip. Our dear brother ,
Deacon Uaivritn , kindly cashed U in , The
Lord lovctti a cheerful fiver.1' '
A dUtliuruUliod Baptist preaebtr , who hi
recently returned from n pastorate In eastern
Virginia to one In southxvestcin Virginia ,
muile his debut in his present Hold. A great
croxvd xvas present from the region around to
greet the new pastor. An old Ptfdobaptist
preacher was called upon to make the open
ing prayer , and ho did it iu it most earnest
uud fervid xvay. Among his petitions was
1 this : "O Lord , lot It never come to pass
during this brother's ministry hero that ho
shall do anything that may cause him to bo
hung us high as Human. "
IMU'l'UllftllNT D11OP8.
Banana skins ami careless people contlnuo
to throxv each other on the pavement.
The reason Mohummcd refused to go to the
mountains xvas because the hotel rates xvero
so high.
The first assisted Italian emigration ta this
country xvas a person named Chlsiophor Co
lutubus.
Judges are the ones xvho lav doxvn the laxv ,
and xvhen It Is nicely laid doxvn the lawyers
jump on it.
You can toll when a dog Is xvann the same
as you cau tell n dude when you moot him ott '
the street by his loud pants.
Mr. Soup is going to keep hotel at Union-
town , Dakota Territory , and his patrons hope
there xvlll bo no flics about him.
When young men nnJ maidens go out ca-
nncmg together their thoughts are sailing
to tlio port of cnnooblal felicity.
A boy's ambition Is to go back to school In
the fall all tunned up. The schoolmaster's
ambition is to tan him up sumo moro.
The present scarcity of sea-serpents may
have some connection xvith the fact that all
the liars have been engaged for the campaign.
We pity the young fellow who wants to
vote , but xvill lack a day of being twonty-ono
on election day. Ho must feel lack a-day-
slcal.
slcal.North
North Carolina's tobacco crop has suf-
feicd from drought , but the crop of "honor-
ables" lying around loose doxvn there Is
simply appalling.
A Kentucky physician 1ms discovered that
St. Uouis Is built on the original site of the
garden of Eden. St. Louis people will have
to dress differently , that's all.
Such Ix the effect of the cllinato In Ken
tucky that even the ladles , when cutting a
drcsH , gives special attention to gore.
"Robert , " said his wife suspiciously ,
"xvhcro have you been t You're late to din
ner. " "I've been assisting in a humble way ,
my dear , toward Improving the breed of
horses. " "O , I xvas afraid you xvoro at the
races. "
When a freight agent tolls you that your
trunk Is xvaxing shaky , and needs a strap ,
nsk him If ho lias any straps for sale. If ho
has you may rest assured your trunk is all
right niul doesn't require ono , any moro than
country dentist needs a diploma.
' Aunty , " said a little Now Jersey boy who
xvas on a visit , " 1 thought you said you didn't
have any mesquites In this part of the coun
try. " "Wo don't my dear. " "Hut I can
hear thorn singing just as they do Jit homo. "
No , Tommy ; that Is a Raxv-mlll you hear. "
Elcolrlo Note * . j |
Prof. Gray's telautograph , with xvhich 1
telegraphic messages are to bo aont in 1
one's own handwriting , is said to bo I
based on a newly discovorcd electrical II
principle , and la also reported to work 1
so accurately and rapidly as to give I
promise of being commercially success1
ful. Several attempts have been made
to dox-iso apparatus of this kind , and { ]
Edl-on had so far succeeded six or eight 9
years ago that at Menlo Park , with labU
atory apparatus , autograph messages
wore sent with entire success , so far as I ]
the reproduction of the message nt the | |
other end of the line was concerned. It 1
worked at a fair rate of speed , hut not I
as rapidly us xvas desired. Edison's I
other xvork droxv him axvay from this I
apparatus at a time whun it scorned to I
bo approaching perfection. Prof. Gray I
has no doubt reached the sumo end by I
other means. I
The limited train of vestibulcd cars 1
on the Pennsylvania railroad was light" I
cd by electricity for the llrst tluio lost I
week and the innovation is giving ex- } |
coUunl satisfaction. The Pullman com-
puny has boon busily engaged for some < l
time iu making a combination bagguga |
car iu which P. dynamo to bo run by 1
steam U placed. Electric lights and the I
noeesstiry xvlros have been placed In all 1
I the car * . In ona corner and promoted i
I by * wire grating ia a small dyno.m "I
* , tiiut supplio * th caUre train , > |