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VOL III.
CANADIAN, HEMPHILL COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1889.
NO. 9.
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L E. FINCH, President
HENKY HAMBURG.
F. 8. lord, c: Shier.
THE TRADERS' BANK,
Capital Stock, - - - $50,000.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Collections Promptly Made and Remitted. Correspondence Invited.
The Interests of customers are closely guarded, andevery facility compatible with
principles of sound banking freely extended.
Correspondent-—National Park Bank of New York, National Bank of Kansas City,
Mo.# Merchants and Planters' National Bank, Sherman, Tex. *
Directors—Henry Hamburg, Judge 1: rank Willis, Robert Moody, L. E. Finch, O.
H. Nelson and Fred S. Lord.
THE TEXAS HOUSE,
Clarke & Courts,
-¡INCORPORATED!-
STATIONERS,
Printers am Lithographers
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
H. W. WILLIAMS.
C. S. WILLIAMS.
BRINK MORRIS,
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H. W. WILLIAMS & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Druggists.
PATENT MEDICINES ÍT KAHUFATURERS' RATES,
HjeiprtrtSHOWCASES, PAINTS OILS,WINDOW GLASS,k
1010 and 1012, Houston Street,
FORT WORTH, - - TEXAS.
CANADIAN!
THE COUNTY SEAT OF
Hemphill County,Texas.
The úeutQr of trade and largest town on the Santa Fe
railway extention. Grandly located, the town views the
Canadian river, and the beautiful valley of Red Deer.
Hemphill county contains 900 square miles, and was
organized July 5, 188T. Canadian was voted the county
seat on July 7, 1887, and now contains a $10,000 hotel, the
largest in the Panhandle. A $3,000 temporary court house
two newspapers, a bank with $50,000 cash capital, fine de-
pots[and the largest stock yards in the state.
$150,000 WORTH OF LOTS ALREADY SOLD.
t^~See Business Houses Represented in this Paper.
Th3 town of Canadian is destined to be one of the best
in the 6tate, being favorably located in a rich country, with
an inexhaustible supply of pure water easily obtained. Its
geographical situation is such that it will command the
trade of an immense area of the best country in the state.
It is situated at the junction of the Canadian and Red
Deer Rivers, on the
Mai Line of tbe Santa Fe Railway,
which will soon be open for business from Chicago to Cali-
fornia, with its branches throughout Kansas,
Lots on Sale on the Town Site Only.
L. E. PINCH, Manager.
THE FREE PRESS
WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH.
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A TRAIN ROBBERY.
Road Agents Board a Santa Fe Train
Near Crowley and Rob the
Express Car.
PASSENGERS AND MAIL UMM0LESTED.
A Farmer Near Brenham Has a Terrific En-
counter With a Ferocious Animal but
Finally Escapes.
HORSES SUFFER FROM LOCKJAW AT GREENVILLE
The Salvation Army Pitch Their Tents at Sulphur
Springs—Impressive Ceremonies at Huntsville.
Arm Amputated—Crop News.
IS NOW PREPARED TO DO
ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING
Crowley, Tex., Sept. 24.—Just east
of this station the north bound * Santa Fe
train, due here at 1,0:20 p. m., was robbed
by three highwaymen, and no doubt a
large amount of money was-obtained. The
robbers took possession of the engine and
express car and ran them a half mile or
more up the road, robbed the express car
and left, g ing in a southeasterly direction.
It was currently reported on the train
that the Wei Is-Fargo Express company,
running 01 this 1 ne, had $60,000 when it
left Galveston this morning, and as the
robbers left three bags of silver on the
ground after the robbery, it is presumable
they got enough notes to satisfy them.
The passengers and mail were not mo-
lested, and after a delay of an hour or
more the train arrived here.
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The mail agent states that several men
got on the train with Winchesters. Two
or three men got on the tender, and
the engineer and fireman thinking they
were tramps, and discovering their pres-
ence just after leaving Crowley, tried to
drive them off with shovels, when the rob-
bers covered them with revolvers and
directed they should stop the train at the
first milepost.
"We do not know where that is," said
the engineer.
"We will show you," said one of the
robbers and they did.
The robbers had their horses hitched
there, and after taking what they wished
from the express safe, which they forced
open, they left. There were several sacks
of silver they refused to take. They told
the mail and baggagemen to keep quiet
and they would not be disturbed, and they
both obeyed orders, and thus, though
there was a large registry, the mail was
not disturbed.
Gored by a Bulk
Brenham, Tex., Sept. 23.—Joe Sch'ller
an 1 Frank Marek report that a man was
badly gored by a bull this evening about
four miles south of town. They were
driving along the road when they saw the
man inside a pasture holding to tlii horns
of the animal with both hands. They ran
to his assistance and succeeded iu ty.ng
one end of a rope to the bull's head and
the other to the fence, when the man made
made tracks as fast as possible. He had
a bad cut in th * side, his clo lies were torn
to tatters and he was bleeding at the
mouth, from which two or three teetu had
been Knocked.
The Army Moving.
Sulphur Springs, Tex., Sept 23.—
The advance guard < f the salvation army
arrived in the city Saturday, and to-day
the remaining members, who have been
doing Greenville for some time, came over
and to-night commenced a series of meet-
ings at the Methodist church. They have
a fine field for work, ani if they can work
up much interest here they will have done
well. Great curiosity is manifested as to
the way they will take hold of their meet-
ings and the outcome of the same.
German Farmers Welcomed.
Wharton, Tex., Sept. 22.—A large
number of German farmers are settling on
the west side of the Colorado river and
"Shanghai" Pierce has opened his lands
to settlement. These excellent people al-
ready are assured that if the commission-
ers' court will build á bridge spanning the
river at this point they will guarantee
next year 1000 bales of cotton.
A Splendid Crop.
Terrell, Tex., Sept. 23.—The crop of
oats which was reported all destroyed
from one or another cause turns out to be
a splendid crop. This is about the way
the crop failures turn out in th s county.
Among other fine-blooded work is the
heavy purchases recently by Terrell peo-
ple in fine hogs. It is proposed to have
none but the best breeds.
More Hope'.uL
Wharton, Tex., Sept 22.—Cotton is
coining in very slowly at present, bnt
since the storm spent its furv and changed
into a norther people look more hopeful.
A few weeks of bright weather will put
many dollars into the pockets of the fann-
ers.
A Horrible Fate.
Galveston, Tex., Sept 20.—This
morning an unknown man was found
dead upon the Missouri Par :%e'track be-
tween t{* union depot rr.. j Jie Stock peas.
After persistent inquiry the officers suc-
ceeded in ascertaining that a colored man
had been literally cut to pieces by a pass-
ing train. His body had been divided into
four sections, the wheels of the cars i
bavin? crossed his form, severing the
shoulders, the trunk and the lower portion
of his body. The mutilated remains were
gathered up by one of the attaches of the
stockyards and were placed in a presenta-
ble condition. The face of the deceased
was about the only por. ion of the body
not mangled and by th's means he was
identified as Henry McDonald, a colored
man about 23 years of age who ad been
employed as a car porter.
They Will Do It.
Gn and view, Tex., Sep*. 22.—Georgia,
the 13-year-old daughter of Rev. Berry,
who lives about two and a half miles from
Grand view, while attempting to build a
fire by using kerosene, was burned almost
into a crisp, from which she died in about
four hours afterwards. There was some
little fire in the stove, and when pouring
oil from the can the blaze puffed and ig-
nite I the oil. which caused the can to ex-
plode, throwing the burning oil all over
the room and the child's clothes. No one
was présent at the time except the mother,
who did all possible to extinguish the
flames, but. before she could tear the
.clothes from the body the injury was as
above stated.
Charles B. FarwelL
Senator Farwell said to a Chicago Her-
ald reporter that he did not care to talk
on the results of the senate committee's
investigation of the
d iessed beef business;
that the committee
was to make a report
and it would not be
just for him to an-
ticipate it in an in"
terview. Howevei,
he stated that at
Kansas City the big
packers responded
c. b. farwell. promptly and testi-
fied freely except upon purely private
matters. 4'Mr. Armour," he said "when
questioned as to the profits of his business,
said that he was perfectly willing to sub-
mit his balance sheet to the committee for
ts private inspection, but when Senator
Vest stated that if submitted at all the
facts must be published Mr. Armour
stated lie would put his balance sheet iu
his pocket, and he did. I think he acted
properly, too. No man would want his
private business made public property."
The senator thinks that over-production is
the cause of the depression which the
committee were investigating.
Live Stock.
Colorado, Tex, Sept. 21.—A. B. Rob-
ertson bought 200 young steers from
George Evans to-day, paying $7.50 for
ones and $11 for twos. Martin & Ernest
Bros., shipped twelve carloads of beef
steers to Chicago to-day, using the stable
cars. A clip of spring wool sold here this
week at 15 cents per pound. The fall
clip is beginning to come in, but it will be
very small in thTs section. Fifty head of
California merino bucks were sold here
this week at $20 round. Our sheepmen
are all stocking up with fine bucks as fast
as they are able, and there will soon bo a
marked improvement in the quality of
wool and mutton raised in west Texas.
Crops at Fiatonia.
Flatonía, Tex., Sept 23.—The pleas-
ant dry weather during the past week has
been of great advantage to the farmers.
Cotton is being gathered rapidly, though
pickers are rather scarce. With a con-
tinuance of good weather the crop will be
fully as large as was expected in this
vicinity. S me fells that have been
picked over twice are still white with the
staple. There have been shipped from
here to date about 3500 bales. Several
hundred bales are on the platform.
Died from Lockjaw.
Greenville, Tex., Sept. 22.—A far-
mer living near Campbell drove to town
yesterday and hitched his team under
some shade trees about noon. About 4
o'clock both horses took the lock-jaw. One
of them died in about two hours. The
other will probably leeover. The cause
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is unknown unless they were over-driven
in the heat They were both very fiue
looking animals.
The Pecan Crop.
San Angelo, Tcx., Sept. 20.—j. W.
Black, cook for Prof. Cummings, state
geological surveyor, lias captured and
caged nearly twodozen wiid animals, birds,
snakes, etc., for the Dallas fair. Pecans
are coming in lively, but there is no mar-
ket here yet for them. L st year over
$10,000 worth of them were sold here, and
it is estimated that the crop this year is 50
per cent better than last year.
Fvcrything Lovely.
Ennis, Tex., Sept 20.—The bright
days have brought new life and energy to
every business in ti e city. The sound of
moving wagons freían ted with cotton,
cotton seed and corn is heard on all the
business streets. Cotton is selling at from
9# to 10 cents per pound, seed at 40 cents
per 100, corn by the wagon load at 25
cents per bushe1.
Badly Hart.
Houston, Tex., Sept 20.—To-night
Prof. Morse, a school teacher from one of
country precincts, was run over by a street
car on the Travis street line and his arm
was so badly crushed as to necessitate am-
putation. He was otherwise injured. The
full extent of his injuries is not known,
but it is feared they may be very serious.
Only an Accident.
MARSjfALi, Tex., Sept 22.—While
handling a 9&-eaUbn Smith 6 Wa—on pia-
tol early this morning Sid Perry accident-
ally shot himself through the left hand.
The wound is not a serious one, being
only a flesh wound. He discovered it was
loaded.
Newspaper Chans*.
Wharton. Tex., Sept. 22.—The press
and type of the Independent published
here for the past four years, was shipped
to Brazoria this morning. The Independ-
ent is an old Brazoria institution and goes
back to the home of its birth. It will be
conducted by the founder, Mr. Oscar O.
Nation, who left this morning for that
place after visiting Houston and Galves-
ton. Mr. Nation has been a zealous advo-
c te of this section and his departure was
very much regretted by Wharton people.
Probably a Sensation.
Vanhorn, Tex., Sept, 20.—S. H. Allen
has just returned from the Rio Grande
river, and reports that the Mexican citi-
zens had a desperate battle with Mtxicau
officers and soldiers in Mexico, in which
400 are reported killed, jt seems that
the citizens succeeded in routing the sol-
diers, after which the governor appeared
to assist in quieting the rebellion, but he
was forced to leave or lose- his life. The
trouble seems to be over the collecting of
enormous taxes.
Conldn't Catch Him.
Paris, Tex., Sept 22.—Capt Gunn's
bloodhounds were put into actual service
for the first time yesterday evening. Jim
Dupree, a member of the cha'n gang at
work at tbe poor farm, escaped. Consta-
ble Good gave chase, as soon as he could
be notified, with the hounds. The old
dog, which was leading the younger ones,
became overheated at the end of four
miles trail and the chase was given up.
Hands Needed.
Mexia, Tex., Sept 23.—Trade is aplen-
did in all lines. Cotton pickers are in de-
mand. They struck for higher wages to-
day. Some good, steady farm hands and
rtn ers are needed. Farmers complain
that i is hard to find good renters for their
surplus land. Renters that have energy
generally make enough here iu a few
years to buy a little place of their own.
To be Resurrected.
Denison, Tex., Sept. 22.—It is said
that Ernest Farker, an old attache of the
Sheiman Evening Register, will resurrect
the McKinney Gazette about the 15th of
October. He will be associated in the ven-
ture by Clint Thompson, editor and propri-
etor of the Gazette prior to its destruction
in a fire about two years since.
Assaulted.
Big Springs, Tex., Sept 22.—C. C.
Slaughter was assaulted by Tom Fletcher,
a cowboy, while superintending the load-
ing of some cattle and was knocked down
though not seriously hurt Gieat indigna-
tion is felt in the community at this at!air.
Fortunately assistance was at hand before
any serious damage was done.
Prosperity Everywhere.
Mexia, Tex., Sept 21.—Cotton receipts
yesterday 300 bales, to-day 360 bales, to
date 4514 bales. Farmers are settling
their accounts well aud are putting the
balance in the bank. There is more
money in the banks deposited by farmers
so far than has ever been the case in the
history of our town.
. Immigrants.
Childress, Tex., Sept. 21.—Collings-
worth county on the north, and attached
to this county for judicial purposes, is
being fast settled by a good class of citi-
zens. The entire county is receiving a
great amount of immigration, but slill
there is room for many more.
Impressive Ceremonies.
Huntsville, Tex , Sept 23.—The cor-
ner stone of the new Sam Houston Normal
school building was laid in the presence of
a vast audú nee this evening at 3 o'clock
under the auspices of the Grand Masonic
Lodge of Texas with impre sive ceiemo-
nies.
New Birmingham's Boom.
New Birmingham, Tex., Sept 21.—
Two carloads of machinery for the New
Birmingham Iron and Land company of
20,003 pounds each arrived to-day. Addi-
tional machiuery will be received daily
until the furnace is at work.
Arm Amputated.
Houston, Tex., Sept 23.—Last night
about 9 o'clock a man was run over by the
Santa Fe train near the stookpens. He
was taken to Stuart & feoyle's infirmary
and ab >ut 12 o'clock last night his right
arm was amputated.
Cattle and Cotton!
Wills Point, Tex., Sept 23.—One
hundred and thirty-nine cars of stock
ha e been shipped from this place since
January L Cotton is coming iu very
s owly.
A Healthy Climate.
Aurora, Tex , Sept 20.—Triplets were
born to Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Watson, Jr.,
yesterday evening. They are all girls
and are all living and doing well. They
weighed 3>£, 4 and 4 pounds.
Business Lively.
Forney, Tex., Sept 21.—Business has
been very lively here to-day. Over 159
bales of cotton were sold. The cotton
crop is yielding more than was expected
Cotton pickers are in demand.
Bound Uver.
Laredo, Tex., Sept 2L—E. 6. With-
ers, the alleged bigamist from Louisiana,
was bonnd over by Justice Foster in a
bond of $200 to «wait th& aation of the
grand jtaj.
THE GREEN DRAGON.
The Mock Parliament That Holds
Its Sessions There.
A walk of two minutes down Fleet
street brings us to a tall new freestone
building1 labelled on the lamp "The
Green Dragon," and wearing the ap-
pearance of a public house and t iveru,
which it is. Across the window is in-
scribed in permanent letters: "The
Temple Discussion Forum. Establish-
ed 1667." And underneath is posted
up every morning a paper announcing
the subject of the evening's debate,
and inviting strangers to enter and en-
gage in the discussion. This is the
oldest, by more than a century, of the
existing discussion forums, and until
recently Was the most crowded ani
most interesting of them all. It is no
longer so resorted to by the debaters
and habitues of the old type, their fall-
ing off is probably duo to two causes:
first, the recent death of Mr. Ross, the
chairman who had watched over its
councils for more than twenty years
with great ability; and. secondly, the
modernizing an i be tutifying of their
assembly room ha?, perhaps, caused
the old habitues to feel themselves no
longer at home under the old roof.
My knowledge of the plaee, even
from tradition, does not .¿ro beyond the
period when Mr. Ross, the veteran
chairman, guided its councils. "Old'
Ross," as he was affectionately called
by his disciples, was a remarkabe.
man in many ways. Not only was he
an admirable speaker, but, as chair-,
man, he possessed great tact, discern-
ment and coolness, which were so.ne-
tiines put to the severest tests, as I
shall presently show. Hi was a man
of profound and varied knowledge,
one of the best Greek seculars in the
kingdom, a strong and graceful writer,
and a contributor to save ra I of tli3
leading periodicals of Loa loa, iaelul-
ing, I think, the Tim is. With all
these qualities he possessed another
that eminently fittel him for his post;
he knew how to combine the easygoing
ways of the Bohemian with the refine-
ment of a gentleman, to be genial
and responsive yet dignified and firm,
to the most motley assembly, it seems
to me, that was ever gathered together
in one room.
It was quite by accident that I dis-
covered the place one evening many
years ago, when .I dodged into aa open
doorway to escape a sullen shower.
Down a long passage was a leather
padded door with an oval gl iss win-
dow in it marked "Discussion Forum."
I shall never forget my -surprise and
delight when I found myself within,
seated upon a bench of adamantine
hardness and looked about on the
quaint old room. It was Ion;* and
narrow and low between dee'.cs like
the cabin of a ship, and also like a
ship, it had forms, or settees, along
each wall behind a row of mihoganv
tables, and above, near the ceiling,
w s a row. of square port holes for
windows. Two centuries of soot and
tobacco smoke had dyed the floor, the
walls and ceiling, the wooden battomed
chairs and forms, to nearly the same
color as the rude old fireplace, At the
top of the room, on a great mahogany
and horsehair throne, sit the ch-.ir-
man, Old Ross, in his long gray beard
like the figure of Father Time, bat
with a glass of steaming toddy before
him intcad of the tr iditional hour
glass and a very large pipe between
his te-et'i. Oa the wall ;ib)ve Old
ilo.ss hung a quaint old mirror, flank-
ed by a fiue portrait of George W ;*.sh-
ington on one side an J on the other by
an elderly gentleman in the costume
of 1830 and wearing various jeweled
orders and decorations. The further
decorations of the wall were limited to
framed pi icards with various tempting
inscriptions. Here «ale and stoat were
served in huge pewter tankards, spirits
in glasses, hot water in antique m ;tal
pots with lids, replenished now and
then from a steaming kettle on thehoh.
These delicacies were distribute 1 by
two perspiring waiters in draggled
evening dress, who flew about balanc-
ing trays of glasses and pewters in a
wonderful manner, and mumbling
in undertones to their customers: "Two
of Scotch for you, sir. Thanky, sir."
"Pint of bitter; sir. Tuppence change,
sir. Thanks." "Hot water, sir? Yes,
sir"—all in a breath. Everything in
the room spoke of a bygone age, when
the world was not so rectangular and
commonplace as it is now.
But if the room was fascinating,
what shall I s:iy of the people who sat
smoking at a score of tables, waiting
ior the debite to begin? It was a com-
pany that would have delighted Ho-
garth and thrown Lavater into a fren-
zy. Such variety of heads, of physiog-
nomy and make up, such strongly
marked character and clear cut indi-
viduality and wonderful clothes, one
might go far to see. Here a swell
from My fair cheek by jowl with a
bargeman from the doeks, a colored
student from the Temple, a prosper-
ous merchant; opposite, a Strand shop-
keeper, a printer, a journalist a law-
yer. in a row. The same diversity ex-
tended all round the room, and there
seemed to be no two mea alike. As at
the Congers', there were always many
elderly men who looked as if they had
passed their whole lives here, and
much of the speaking was by them.
Old Ross used generally to make the
opening speech himself at 9:30, and at
10 o'clock there vas hardly a vacant
seat in the room. Later than 10 one.
could not expect more than standing
room. Hrid I b ive known many to
stand contentedly for half the even-
ing listening to the stirring speeches
made by these veteran statesmen when
it happened to be a "field night," fop
the debates were * often brilliant in
those days and would have don#
honor to the House of Commons at its
best >
After the coup d'etat of 1851, and the
sudden leap of Prince Louis Napoleon
into tbe throne of France, the occu-
pant of the famous horse hair throne
in Fleet street called upon his little
Parliament to consider what should be
the attitude of England toward the new
Emperor. Their deliberations, which
lasted for several evening.*, and were
conducted with a good deal of acrimo-
ny, came somehow to the ears of the
Emperor, and he considered the mat-
ter sufficiently important tobe referred
to in a diplomatic communication to
the British Government The joy of
the "House" when this news became
known may be imagined. It was a
proud day for Old Ross and his follow-
ers, who never tired of alluding to it
in their speeches in after years, aud
the tradition of it will be handel down
as long as there is a Green Dragon.—
John Lillie, Harper's Magazine- *
In the Light-House.
The light in the light-house tower
Goes round and rounl íind round,
Like a fiery.ej*e which searches
For tnat which is never-found;
The sea, on the rocks beneath it.
Calls still for what does not come;
While the heart of the light house keeper
Yearns ever, but ever is dumb.
The sea-birds dash on the lantern
And fluttering, die in the night; *
In useless, vaiu endeavor
To reach the beacon light
i The wiuds cry out forever
i For t hat which no quest may reach;
! But the keeper s strong desire
Is far too deep for speech.:
Night after nigat in the lantern
He sets the li?ht aglow;
Night after night complaining j
He hears the waves below.
He hears the wind's fierce crying
And the sea bird's death note shrill;
But the pain of his love's denial
He suffers aud is still.
—Boston Courier. .
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Another Sort of Thing.
Miss Arabella Liepycr—"I do not
mind your poverty, George. Until
your fortunes mend, I could l>e happy
in your wealth of affection, and in some
vine-clad cottage—
Mr. Ward off—"Pardon me, dear;
you know I am only a poor city clerk,
and cottages are out of the question.
Do you think you could be happy in a
third-floor-back furnished room, with
a sewing machino buzzing overhead;
and some fiend below cooking cutí- *'
bage?" '
"Miss Arabella—"May be, George,
dear, we'd better wait, after all."—
Puck. • _
The Toothpick Habit
1 he great American habi j¡ of tooth*
pick chewing is responsible^for a very
large number of human ills. Of
course I refer more particularly to the
practice of chewing wooden tooh picks.
And when I .modify my statement in
this way I don't have any hesitation In
reiterating that the wooden toothpick
is an engine of destruction. If you
have ever noticed these things much
you have observed that a good m\ny
people who take their meals at restaur-
ants or hotel cafes and rush o'ut.im- .
mediately afterward to business snatch
on the way a toothpick, sometimes sev-'
erai of them, and thrust the little
wooden spears into the mouth. Tu
nine cases tfuf. of ten they don't use the ,
toothpick quickly and as a m itter of
business, but they retain it iii the
mouth after all necessity for its func-
tions has ceased. They chew oa ' H
and wobble it about under the jaws,
and finally the piece of wood is reduc-
ed to a ragged pulp, and then it is
usually cast away. Very frequently
small particles of the wood are swal-
lowed and I know one man* who
was in tbe habit of eating his
toothpick. I became acqu tinted with
him because he wanted me to givb
him ¡something to heal his slompcli,
which was reelly in a lacerated con-
dition. Ihe email particles ot wood
that are swallowed frequently lodge in
tbe walls of the stomach somewhere
and induce gas'ric disturbance, I know
several c sea which proved fatal. A
man may go on chewing toothpicks for -
fifty years nrd never suffer a / -ill *
effects, but his less fortunate neighbor
may chew them for a few days and die
on account of it I tell you a' fact
when I say that lots of troubles With
the digestive apparatus and. lots of
móre serious ailments may . be, and
have been by me in many instances,
traced to the use of .toothpicks as-.I
have pointed out. Tbe habit I notice,
is one that is growing rapidly, and.
• side from the fact that it is an illbred
and rude Custom, it is to be detested
on hygienic principles. I found tlie
other day that some rest tu rants dip-
their toothpicks iu some aromatic
fluid, like cinnamon, r.nd 1hU tends to
cause a big spread of the toothpick
chewing habit The person who puts
one of these prepared sticks in his
mouth could hardly resist the tempta-
tion to chew on it It's an awful habit
and I'd like to see people stop it—
Boston He laid.
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A (tuestioa of Slippers. .
Bobby—Ma, Tro pretty. near oijt-
grown my slippers, havn't I? ^ ..
Mamma—Yes, Bobby.
Bobby—Aid say. ma. how loig fill
it be before I <*itgrow your slippsr *—
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