The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1890 Page: 2 of 8
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.
lb. tfCTpt tae ssmgumh oeetl
patiom
kkta-
acs mostly superseded the Frew
ITHa.
1 7-Th precise nsnbw of police
meaia
Jfingland is S? M. Of simple eon
tables
mere are 30000 of detective
bffieecs
611; there are 3.SM sergeactK 1
MSin-
apoctors 596 superintendents and
167
borough head constables.
Bermuda finds a readj market in
the United States and Canada
lor all
the vegetables she can grow in
1 tiding
poUtoes and tomatoes. The totril civil'
i?n population o the island is 19534 of
which 9379 are colored persons.
In a year Loados folks (wallow
down .500000 oxen 2000000 she p 800-
000 calves 300000 swine 800000 head
of fowls 500000000 pounds of fif h 500-
000000 oysters 200000000 lobs era is
that enough to figure on?
The German naval authori ies are
said to have been making expe iments
lately with a torpedo boat built f com-
pressed paper. The vessel is ele en feet
long and was found to shov great
trengtb and more elasticity when
rammed by another boat.
The number of field officer in tbe
Japanese army is 3.085 includin r 1 Gen-
eral. 12 Lieuteuant-tJeneral 1- Major-
(icnerals 69 Colonels. K Liei tenant-
Colonels 295 Colonel-Major 1.1KJ4
Captains 1.1X9 first-class wibA aptains
and 1.005 s-eond-clas sub- antains. The
number of non-commissioned oflVers and
file is 214.204.
-An enormous fish about twelve feet
in length was found by some fishermen t
liru.se a village on the Frene
i coast.
The animal was dead. but. being
eonsid-
orei still fit for human lood. wa
taken
te the- shore. When opened tin people
who had crowded to the bea h were
amjid at thy dg"ht erf a man's h.idy and
los the feet only hemp missin
--Irrigation is conductd on a large
scale in Japan and dates from ong be-
fore the Christian era. The irrigation
works are massive and costly and from
a distance look like double track rail-
ways. These are the large reservoirs
and main ditches besides whirl mount-
sin streams are utilized in tl e uual
Imanne-r.
European countries are consuming
large quantities of horse flesh and the
quantity is increasing as a enea wr meat
for the poorer classes in cities. 1 : i Franc'
xIh- horse butchers have their sirns out.
m-luch thev are compelled bv law to
liave. to designate their shop a id meat
from the other shops that s( 11 beef
mutton and pork.
A stamp-collector ninety years of
aire named 1'oster. who lives in Ledpsic
u . usd up ha.OeJO stamps from itll parts
of the world which it took h m eight
years to collect in arranging tbeiu in
touch a way that they represent jortraits
of Kraperors William and Frederick Bis-
marck King Albert. Pope Le o XIII.
and ticr)nania guarding the Rh ne. The
portraits are said to lie excel nt like-
nesses and are now exhibited n Leip-
sic. WOMEN
AS
i
4-
COLLECTORS.
4L New AreftMe f Kmfttarment O
petted to
tim Weaker Sex.
The avenues of employment for wom-
n are constantly incrtasing. Already
she has proved herself a good clerk a
good book-keeper and a good ty ewriter
sad the latest is a female collector. At
le.4 a dozen houses in Kansas City are
employing wo;uen in this capa'-ity. and
bXhejr nHltlHT seems to be con- mtlv '-
A v.-nan may 1h a book-ker pr ur a
typewriter and yet lie the mot euunine
creature imaginable de.spit1 1 er busi-
ms.s notations but the femab dunner
would seem to lie another kind of busi-
ness woman and she brings forward
ery promptly thequestion of liow much
diHinciion must be made between a
-woman and a man in the same msiness.
One thing is certain one can n t kick a
liidy collector out of the office.
The female collecUws an for the most
part young women and. according to
their employer they are as rirsistent
and. as successful in their m incss as
men Their mode of operati n how-
ever is somewhat peculiar an I they do
not m'oi to go about the colle tion of a
bill the same way as a man. A reporter
happened in an office yesterday where
nfkH'ja or twenty young men m n work-
ing. While he was talking with the
manact'C a well-dressed youn r woman
walk'M in and inquired for o ie of the
young men. He was pointed- o t to her
and while the whole office wa ched her
she walked over to his dsk an I !gan a
foil -rf.a tion with him in aKn so low
that ni on' could h-ar. Alft r talking
for a U'v: moments she ti'rned uo.and
racing In r oiee. suid:
" f ou don t come in and 4-;
around again on Sati.ria."
When she was gone trie yi
came jn for an unmercifi.l gu
ie nibc
mir man
ing. and
rate ef-
it 14 sale to sav he maoc a w-si
fo-t io pa the bill lx-fore
uturdav.
Jiiie wa the collector for a j-w
lr firm
thj- new-
said: VI
risunt
A ii.eichant who had adopted
wheMie was asked about iu ant
find that m l:.dy collector isp
fai'hfu! and trustworthy annl i
ias great
ucieH m matvinc snnu very litntcolMV-
b
iu -A1 I lin? m u-Iit- a l'jjf .li.ktilH
. VMV't . .h . ... t. . . .. .raw -..iVPAft
I Hot ! permitie! to ask for tlu
a. iiient
of : bill if she can do almost ejcry thing
1m about an otHrc." Kansas
j lty btar.
WHAT WOMEN CAN
DO.
gunir TUiijrs Tle Caw lrftrm Much
lttttr Tlian Men
I Oh. ves. undoubtedly there 'ir" things
that a woman can do better th m a man.
They may 1k small matters but they
xist and a woman can readi y teat a
man doinir them and she she uld have
the credit of it
in the first place she can war a pet
- ticoat- and not take it up on
ler neeis
when she walks and
we doubt if the
widest man m mg can accomp
lish that
little feat eon after a good m
u-ying-
inv times
jhe can lo-k sweet as scsar whi-n she
fo4'ls crvs enough to behead :omebody.
h can W- such e.vcelent friends with
rival and help do up her lack hair
wjhen she hates her so that sh would le
elad if she caught the Final -pox and
fnl her face carved into the emblance
of a rhmct eabmet.
h" can soia tK'ttr than any man
li- i Mf. Ste can thiik of 'm ro airra-
i-:ii!Ti-r thint's vo sav in one In ur than a
man no
Ui utter how many c dleges h
liaj. rraduated from and 1 ow many
dictionaries be has disre-ted. can think
of ui six months-
She can crv. when she ca i not gain
her point any other way. audit is pretty
tough work for the average
ii
an to crj-
and not make a mess of it.
She can spank a baby be tier than a
anan. She feels that it is hr right to"
lo It and a man always goes jthout it as
if he was aliamed of it. and as if he
didn't know exactly where ti begin or
-where to leave off.
v i
She can drive hens out of tm gardes
ia naif the time it will' take- s man to do
it. It is bo use to swear at l ess. They
do not uadecstasd prof&nliy but the
swishdf s skirt and the flaarish of
sua-banaei are arguments t ley can not
withstand.
A w man can find somediing to talk
about when a man would be dead broke
for a topic
She caa manage to keep you waiting
while she rets ready to go somewhere
longer than five men could unless ifcey
were youths In the clutche of a first
love and had to struggle w ith refract
ory neck-ties.
A woman can get more randies to-
gether in half a day's shoj ping than a
man can Carry and she can buy goods ! the floors or walls of their dwellings for
ten per cent cheaper than he can be- j the purpose of introducing steam or
cause in the first place she always i water pipes. The climate of England
asks every body what they laid for ev- j is damp and cold buC tie almost nni-
ery thing and is thoroughl; posted on versal way of wanning is by open fire-
prices; and in the second pi ace she has places of soft coal which usually de-
the infinite patience to stand and talk j velop much moro smoke than heat
to the clerks and wheedle; and coax Ilot-air or steam furnaces are prae-
and bargain until in the sHeer despera- tically unknown and tbe only means
tion of uter soul-weariness! thev take of heating railway carriages is
off two ceints a yard and
bink them-
selves lucky to escape so w
11.
A woman can be patient i .hen the fire
doe-sn't burn. She can look serene when
the coffee won't .settle sh can refrain
from mentioning the Evil One when the
bread is heay. She can control her-
self and not go into spanc if her col-
lar is not ironed to M;it her.
She doesn't ro to Europe or take to
drink w len Tom jros hick" on hr r.
She do-s a more s-nsilH thi'isr. e
accepts Uiek. and shows Tiiiu that sue
didn't caire a fig for him.
Woni"h are the ln-st pa
We all know that. The o
ridicule tlhem all they pie
t of creation
her sex may
ise. but they
wouldn't have women aKlih'd for the
world! There would be rofiody to sew
on buttons. Nobody to nmi fault with.
Xobody Uj raise mustaches for. XoUhIv
to feel an inU-rest in you cold and to
put catnip poultices on jou when you
had the qoofhacbe. Nolx k .y to buy ice-
creams fbr. Nolxjdy to love. Noljoly
to hug. Xobodv to kiss! for it is a
spectacle! to make angels weep to see
one man kiss another. I
And soj in spite of the fact that worn
en are tl' weaker sex. let n
s have woni -
en right along. lecauM th
:v rn thimrs
that th-v can do be
Y. Weekiv.
U'r than m n. X.
A THIEVING SQUIRREL.
How a llKnsholft Mstry V sulretl in
mi rnxpeetcd Manner.
"A mystery in our house ld has just
be-n rather curiously solved." said a
gentleman yesterday morr ing on an in-
eoming suburban train. "I au wmc-
thing of a dyspeptic and tie only bread
stuff I eat is tbe bard-walcr biscuits a
supply of which is kept or band for my
us. As 'they are not kept t the illage
store I snd them out fro n New York
by the box and ray vife reserves
them for me. For a week or ten days
past these biscuits have disappeared in
p
the most unaccountable manner. The
little biscuit jar on the sideboard would
be filled after I left the
morning and there would
houoe in thA
not he one in
it bv luncheon time. My i
if natnrallv
thought the servants took them
although they are not ;n especially
toothsome dainty and she spoke to
them alMiut it. They both jisserted they
never took one. the cook tosseni her
head and assuring her mistress they
were too much like the steerage biscuit
r h;.VU4& 25v.uS?tfiyirjnaKfit
cut his cracker tevth and there's no
one else in the-house liesides the servants
and ourselves it was puzzling to whom
to trace the theft. Yesterday morning
however as my wife sat klone reading
in the sitting-room which adjoins the
dining-room a slight clink of the glass
and silver on the sideboard attracted
her notice. liaising her eyes but not
moving she saw through the open door
a small red squirrel skilfully threading
his way among th tumblers and tea-
pots. He reached the cracker jar and
seizing a biscuit was out of the window-
in a trice. Within two minutes he was
hack only to get anotlw r biscuit and
vanish as he tore continuing tlje pro
ess until the jar was emptv. As
took the last one my wife t
tole
quietly alter him and saw him run
along the grass to a low appl tree elojw
to the house and run up the trunk to an
interdicting branch when he disap-
peared downward. Investigation later.-
with the aid of a chair divlosed a deep
hollow in the tree where. l actual
count we found forty-M-ven bwuit
carefully stowed awav. Well we b-ft
buiinv iiis hoard but we have Taken
means to discontinue
N. Y. Min.
furth r.suj.nhv.-
DIVISION OF TIME.
Why Sixty e .ii1 Vtke n Minnie
H1II
Sixty iiuiit-s an Hour.
Why enir hour is lniil-d into six'y
n'intiws ami each minute into si .-
onU is explained by Prof Max M'llh r
as lK-rntr iMvausc in Kabylon there ex-
istesl. by the sitb of the decimal ssrr.m
of notation another .yst m. the scx-
agsimal whie'i counted 'by ix!les.
Why that number should have ln-en
chosi-n is clar inough and it spaks
well for fhe practical sen of those
ancient Babv Ionian merchants.
There is no numler which has .
many divisiors as sixty. The Babylon-
ians divided the sun's daily journey into
twenty-four parasangs. or 7-J0 sta-iia.
Each parasang or hour was HulMlivided
mtosixty minute. . A parasang is a'out
a German mile and Babylonian astron-
omrs compared tne preigress made by
the n during one hour at the time of
the equinox to the progress male by a
f good walker during the same tune. loth
accomplishing one parasang. The whole
course of the sun during the twenty-
four etjuinoctial hours was fixed at
twenn-four parasanjs or 7'i0 stadia or
Zii deg.
This M'stem h:s handel down to the
(tre-eks. and llir; an bus the Gnek
phihisophor. who luei alnut leO B. t.
intrel'.s d the Bjlvhnian hour into
Euro'K. Ptolimv. who wrote about 140
A. !.. and whesenatM till lives in that
of tin I'xoli :ii.iic .s-.stcm of astrei.omy.
gave Mill wul'T ti:-:-eiH-y t the lJa!v-
lonian v.4y of r cliomnsr tune. It was
arrie.l alemg on the quite stream of
fiii'h nil kno-..-!ii-r through tn" Mii-(i!--
Air s. and. sr.;r.--e o sav. it sailed
down safi'Iy oer the 2via:ara of tho
Frer-h n vol.iti.n.
The Fjrvncb. when revolutionizing
weights measures coins and dates and
subjecting all to the tleeimal system of
reckoning were induced by some unex-
plained motive to rspect their clocks
and watches and allowed the dials to
remain sexagesimal or Babylonian each
hour consisting of sixty minntes.- Here
again see the wonderful coherence of
the world and how what we call knejwl-
edge is the reul. of a." unbroken tradi- .
tion descending from father to aon .
I Jewelers' Weekly
THE AMERICAN HOME.
The Many Respects In Which It Is Superior
to the European Uoase.
nothing strikes an observing Amer-
ican upon bis first visit to Europe with
greater force than the lack of those
com forts and conveniences in the dwell-
ings of oven the wealthiest classes
which in his own country are considered
indispensable necessities. We are quick
to seize upon the latest discoveries in-
solence and the arts which can in any
way render our homes moro attractive
or the cares of housekeeping less burden-
some whilo the more conservative Euro-
peans are content to livo as their fathers
did before them and would consider it
a sacrilegious extravagance to tear up
by cans of hot water placed
upon the floor. Under favorable cir-
' cumstanees. these will sometimes pre-
I vent the soles of one's feet from frees-
ing. but their influence rarely extends
any further. Only the very wealthiest
persons abroad allow themselves the
luxury of a private bath-room and the
idea of set bowl with hot and cold
water faucets in a sleeping-chamber is a
refinement of effeminacy and extrava-
gance at which even a monarch .would
hestitate. The houses of London are
provided with a tank into which the
water is allowed to flow for a certain
length of time every nay after which it
is turned otf. and there is no moro to he
had until the visit bf the water com-
pany's official the nekt day. The led-room-
candle' to. which such constant
allusion is made in foreign novels is no
figure of speech but a very disagreea-
ble reality for gas is rarely or never in-
troduced into sleeping-rooms. A mod-
dern American house with all the re-
cent improvements is a most wonderful
affair and an inspection while being
constructed gives one a good idea of the
extent to which the arts and sciences
are applied to minister to our comfort.
The space between the walls is crowded
with tubes and pipes -of every descrip-
tion. "Steam ga-.. hot and cold water
are carried to all parts of the building
speak ing-tuU's and ventilating-shafts
are conm Med with eery room while
great cal!i s of insulated wire as large
as a ships hawser illustrate the mani-
fold us. - 'o which electricity may !
put. i all-bells automatic gas-lighting
and ir.' tndeseent lamps are only a few
of th si- amplications and the day is not
fardis-.mt when some simple form of
electric motor to run the sewing-machine
and furnish a supply of power for
many oher purposes will 1m found in
every lirst-elass dwelling. As regards
sanitary and drainage arrangements.
their construction has leconie a science
in its If. Take it altogether the Amer-
ican householder has no cause to regret
his lot. A recent writer has said that
' n somo things we are measurably be-
hind the huropeans. but m many tumps
we are immeasurably ahead of them
and in no respect is this more true than
in eur domestic arrangements. It may
bo safeH -aid that there is not a royal
palace in ail tireat Uritain or Europe
which is as luxurious or even comforta-
hie. as ihe house of the av rage Ameri-
can of mixlerat" means wt i ' - """
i c. oiiu is me greatest blessing
-of !;f" a happy and comfortable homo
- so readily within the reach of all as
in ourownlund. Popular Science News.
STARTLING THEORIES.
A rjilliolclphla Studont J'rnnruinrrs Kloc-
trlcltv the Vital Spiirk.
"How are we made and what aro we
h re for' "
Man is an inquisitive animal and
thesi-two question have Ixthered him
du-mg all time and will probably ion-
nr.i.e to lo so until the last trump
so'jnd. To rind out how h- is made
man is fond of probing himself and cut-
'm ut. his fellow -men. and in all ages
n w ideas arise as to the principles
wlit h make up and govern the human
system.
'i 'h n 'is a man in this citv who
lai'iis o have made some novel anfl
-t.i" .'iLr discoveries in human phvsiol-
rr '" have plain"i manv m stories
tl. f ip I'.miiib and docttirs havi u-
; lovrr centunes. and ab"e all to
1 iM i!se.ii red he true s ;.t and nat-
l '' ie soul. This man is l- A II.
S-' Mil an I all Ills d.scovei: are
m 1 : I'M i 1( efiel'V as t'i" pri'Mi- le-
in
nt ! - -ain nr life.
I .1 i - s-n' thirtv
- ars n the
as )iiii' .1 to
t . ns to a
l'i
T l
l -I
I -.
Of
n. l
th.
' 1" . "n ! M "' r!'" i
an i h. -.I !.
' " V !! l-.i t
no -.!' u likiii t.nn ai nis
!P' "11 liinn
ii liinn st -t "Tli' old
soiii.er. Thah s wj . w is on.
. !. il.
'.s (lis.-orr-rs of eh tncily.
.n iit'Tcsimg exper.i n nt-anil
t.n- fluid ver st-. sfnllv in
' i . i i of certain 1h.1iI i'. ;.:-$.
i !
tn
.so 111 i
peo;1!"
Tut u
not.-
by w ' .
.to at
t.e .gnorant and s:ip-rstit.ous
f tils iime rere.l bun .is a god.
::i fiat tune to tl'is irv littb
lias 1 i-n tak'n of ele-tricity
i r on ana: .my an l ph;si-logy
int if tin ir i'ii .aiiio of th first
prin' p-i's and law
that govern eioc-
tnci'v.
-I.h-c'ncitv is eti-rv where. con-
timn i f fie dot tor. "Kverv sjm-. snae
and .it ii. :i the nnsvrsi is filled with
it. At i'm rj breath we inhale a large
quantity of it The food wo eat and
the water we drink are charged with it.
The .so-aHed oxygon of the-air is. only
electricity inetasod in tiny vehicles of
water."
One of Dr. Stevens most neeuliar
theories is regarding the circulation of
the blood which he believes to be ef-
fected in a way undreamt of in the phi-
losophy of eld school doctors. "The cir-
culation of the blood is not effected by
the pulsations of the heart" he said
"but by means of the positive electrici-
ty of the atmosphere which is taken into
the lungs at every inspiration. The ordinary-sized
man contain two or three
eallvins of blood which performs its
circuit through the system once in every
two or three minutes so that fifty gal-
lons or nearly two barrels pass through
the i.xly everv hour. N- we are told
that ti move this blood through th" sys-
tem requires 'motive power of fifty
ten. or 1 00. 000 pound. preasure. which
is exerted by tho suction or hydraulic
power of the heart a littlo organ or
muscle weighing leas than one pound.
I say the- heart can not perform such
a stupendous work and that a more ab-
surd idea than this never obtained a
foothold in science.' A score of the most
ingenuis inventors of the world could
not. with all their combined skill invent
amachineofthes'trongestmetal the size
of the heart that wouia not do torn to
atoms before it could sustain even a
aundreth part oi tu great pressure.
The motive power -which sends the
blood ooresing throsgh the body is oleo-
trislty. The lungs are kept continually
positive by the oxygen or electricity of
the atmosphere and the impure Hood
coming from the extremities of the sys-
tem in & nogative condition is made
pure and positive but as the law of
electricity is that two positives must re-
?: r"Jr
.t a S 3 M xL
the heart and thence over tho
system. Tho hert regulates the
circulation but gives no motive
power precisely as the pendulum of &
clock regulates tho movement but
gives no power to tho works. When the
blood reaches tho oxtremitiei it i3 im-
pure and in a nogative condition and is
accordingly attracted back to the posi-
tive lungs thus completing tho circuit
of the system."
The soul Dr. Stevens thinks is locat-
ed in the corpus oallosura a littlo
spongy body situated at tho buso of tho
brain which has defied tho efforts of
tatai its uses in the human anatomy.
"The eorpus callosum" said the doctor. I
"istheseatof the' imperLshable mind J
and is the great reTervoir and 8toro. j
house of electricity which is abstracted !
from the blood in the arteries and cok-
veved through the nei-vos up the spinki
cord to the corpus caHosnm.-Philadc 1-
corpus
phia Inquirer.
OUR NATIONAL WEALTH.
Tlie U n pH mil pled Muterhil Progress oftuo
I' lilted States.
A glance over recently-published sta-
tistics shows us that the progressive a
vance of the United States during tho
past century has been almost fabulous;
and unless some immediate means so
.. if T.
found of increasing the population and
... c. ft i.J ...
wealth of Europe as rapidly as those bf
the United States do the American N
tion will in no distant period become
foremost in importance and political in
flue nco a mon? the troverments of- tl e
globe. The United States of Americ
which separated from England in-177
and elected their first President in 17Jr
now consist of forty-two States six Ter
ritories and one Federal District. Tl
Ci
area of the Union including Alasktt
about .1.U05.000 square miles. In lif
years Creat Britain's population has i
creased 10000.000: France's. . 000001
and that of the United States 37.00000;
:;
Since 170 the population of Norsh
America has doubled about every
twenty-six years in 17W) the pop
lation of the Union was not -1000.-000:
now it exceeds 02.000.000 in-
habitants. If a corresponding in-
crease continues in seventy yea r.s
more the United States will be as popu-
lous as Europe. ' Four-fifths of tho pre s-
ent population consist of Americans
of Lnghsh origin and tho other
fifth consists chiefly of Germans.
The French. Italians and Spanish
r "- V ; ? ; A.
paratnely few that they aro swallowed
up in the immense mass of Anglo-Germans.
As for the financial conili-
tion of ourcountrv.it is with its fdrt-
s-. nnn uui .1 . if
lss. the richest country in tho world.
At that time the fortune of Great Brit-
II
ainwas estimated at S-J50O00000O0t
of
France. alout 510000000000. and of (Rer-
manv. ?-2..flOO.OOO.OK). The United
Matcs are al-
mense .sacrifi
o. notwithstanding the im-
es made during the war of
rerx'hon. in tjhe most prosperous
flaan-
cial situation
of an-s. in the world. !Tho
frtny tnnnii.
Aftierica.aooik
im-rt3 amt exportK or
i 1.50U.009.iKH) per annum.
dnot come i
0O0.000.o00 1
p to those of England-I-S3.-
ut they nearly equal tjliose
of France an
marine of th
I Germanv. The merchant
Repuhlie ranks nekt to
and. Tho United States
that of Eng
possess the
system in th
unost ox tensive telegraph
worm anu tno American
postal-service
velopment.Tl
exceodsallothersinitsdo- j BPac0 in tho annual report of Brigadier-
ere are 57376 post-olllcas in j Uoncrnl Bonot Chief of Ordnance to tho
thel'nitedSt
:tes. and over 2-!0.000 ' miles
of tstai route; whilo the nearekt an-
proaeh to thi i are tho 1S.SSS postJofflces '
of Germany vhioh has 51000 miles of .
nnstal frniiu T.ast. vpnr mnm tiint '
:i.57r.oot.0'0 letters and printed docu-
ments of ail J inds wero sent by Ameri-
can post-oflie es. costing S50.00O.O0O for
the postal operations. Such prosperity
t 'I . 9 . m
mav easily explained by the fact of
the great areas of the country which
are ho fitted to receive a dense popula-
tion: and by the consideration that so
man of the American colonists are re-
cruited from the most enterprising and
courageous of Europeans. Another fac-
tor is the lesser military budget wHeh
tne I'n.ti d Mates is required to support
and tin- ft-w men kept from th" pursuits
of i ace m the maximum of their
?'i iirU'. The somti military systems
of th" .d World which for -e innumer-
able uiiii.'irra-its to leave are not ne-ci s-
sary V r. for we have not. like Hi;r -p
..-i .l.i'mns. had ra-i struggles to es-ta'.i.-'i
ii'irx-hcs in new territories
Peace has lro iht us prosperity ana
let us hope that our eontiii'.od prosper-
ity wiU continue to bring us peace.
ik'inorest Montnlv.
WEDDING ETIQUETTE.
Mow to Conduct Tiling" Acciircllnjj to th
Latest l)icrc" f Fashion.
The l.cst man and the groom awai?
the bride in the chancel. Thoy as well
as the ushers wear Prince Albert coats. ders originated like many other inven-u-
dress suits. After seatinir the jniest tions. in America only to be brought to
the bride's family and friends in the
pew s on the left side of the middlo aisle
the irrooni's friends and fapiijy on the
rijrht sub the ushers walk up the aislc-
in a 1m1. preceding the entire bridal
party. The maid-of-honor comes next
As it is her duty to hold tho bride's
bouquet during the ceremony she may
or many not carry one of her own but
her hands should he free in any event
to assist the bride in taking off
her ;
glove for the ring.
The bride walks in immediately after -
the maid-of-honor there being no '
bridesmaids. If there wero bridesmaids !
they come after tho maid-of-honor and
and before tho bride. Tho bride.
leans on the arm of father. .
brother or mother if the forniei
two relatives are not living oi
she may come up the aisle entirely
alone as the daughter of a Bishop did
recently. Her father was to perform
the ceremony and so awaited norm tho
chancel with tho groom and best man.
This young laely did not carry a bou- j
quet but an ivory prayerrbook held in i
both hands. If she wore a bouquet at
all. it was suspended at her side by a
ribbon ur chain which would be a good ;
device where the bride desired to. hold
the flowers during tho reception. Dross
suits ace nott seen at a wedding break- .
fast nor at any wedding that occurs be
fore six o'clock in tho evening.
The best man wears evening ""dress;
the brotihor of the bride (who is not tho
best man if he bakes the brido into the
church) wears ovening dress. Thoro ia
no difference at any wedding between
the correct dross for the usher and these
other functionaries at an evening wed-
ding. Philadelphia Ledger.
WONDERFUL CUCK
Cost Fertaaes Restored t Tarfe
In &traa Ways.
The paymasts? of a rsUreadooatpsnj
fiavJLstg' its hea4qairir3 ia Bostoa ynm
ontomo&a occasion with $0J to pay
off Its employes. Tks money ws os
ricd under his sr wrapped np la &x
old newspaper. Be stopped at a little
I ' iWfi
ysIdeeaUmr-honse for dinns ssAo
going away in a ft oZ abseafc-ainded-ness
loft the money lying e a chair.
Ho had not gone many miles from the
place bofore he missed it and hisdis-
may ra discovering; its loss caa welijbe
Imagined. Almost despairing of re-
covering the package left in so public a
place he hurried back.- and with
trembling voice asked the woman in
charge if ' she had seo& the parcol.
"There's a bit of paper on tho ohair be-
yant" said she; 4tprhap8 that's It
which it proved to be. and tho gontlo- j
man returned a happier and a wiser man.
A man in the same eity lost a roll of i
bills amounting to 10000 whioh also
J ?V? ". a lt
a1fflond of ?f ' and th ad
de him describe ail the ground ho had
been over since he had the monoy. The
l1 Paf mentioned was the postHsffieo.
Th nif h uwet andfsl"shy
I u""Bt - """ 4" - t"-"-"-.
I nd P1 to H1 Spf werolJ? aan
I mm oeen ssnuuing uoj iuuu vwu ur
; three bits of torn newspaper. It was tho
same. They looketi lurtner ana at last
found tho lost treasure. It had boon
kicked in turn by every one who camo
into the office and when found was un-
tlod and completely soaked with water.
It was all there however and the
friends returned to their hotel and spent
several hoars cleaning and drying it.
The gentleman was so grateful for tho
.7 . . . .
! sensible advice which had saved him
. .. . . . . .
j from serious loss that ho took out his
lnenu and bought him tho Handsomest j
gold watch chain that he could find in I
tho city. j
A still more remarkable incident is I
related of the finding of 180000 lost by '
M. Pages in the Northern railway sta- i
tion in Paris some ten years ago. As '
one Exelot a French soldier was walk-
ing with two comrades through tho sta-
tion they noticed on the floor a small !
package wrapped in a nowspapor. Thoy '
kicked it along before them for somo )
distance and when Exelot was getting
into tho train going homo on short j
leave one of his comrades picking up
tho package thrust it into tho canvas
forage bag slung at his sido Eaolot go-
ng on. his way without having perceived
tho little pleasantry. Arriving at Xen-
illy where his parents lived Ezelot's '
mother emptying the forago bag dis- j
covered the bundle bitt thinking it a j
roll of old newspapers put it on the t& j
bio in tfio kitchon. Thoro it remained ;
for four or five days till a married sister
calling in and seeing tho package was
moved by an unwonted curiosity. Open
ingit she discovered documents repre- i
. . .. lncfl . wlllftfcr .
I ft7l4Val W ww tasw vsJ w ww .w -- j
Pages had advortised throughout Europe.
'ev.rt cnliltAi unJ Vito naranfs VirfctvnT.nT 1
" . . m .AlTtI . .i
I had not soen the advertisement and not
ltia.tii
t-nnivln what elsn tn iln. had roeourso '
....... 0 . --
to tho mairo. This functionary com- I
municating with Paris speedily brought
down M. Pages who gladly paying tho '
promised reward of 1000 went oft j
with his oddly-rocovored treasure. It ;
would ho an interesting supplement to
the narrative if wo could have a record j
of the feelings of the soldier who thrust
this unexpected good fortuna upon
Cl.fc I.... 1.- l..l l.- muuvlvt 11
little joke. Cincinnati Enquirer!
SMOKELESS POWDER.
The Subject I)lsciisol liy General IJenet
Chief of Ordaanoc.
Tho subject of smokeless powdor for
military uses occupies considerable
secretary ot ar. lie says:
I "An tno aesenco or a suitable sraall-
arms powder thero has boon no sub-
stantlal progress in tno matter of a
small-caliber rifle beyond what has been
norotoiore reportea excopc m tno nega-
llvo e"n rcsuiung in ino apparent
abandonment or tendency that way.
abroad of all powders but the so-called
ctn lnl ?3 "l is nVin n fvn e -! em -l n
OUIURtJTOO. XI1WWI.I1SW jinuimia U1U
return to a grained powder is if per-
' manent an appreciable gain for all in
economy and eHiciency of tho product in
the i manufacture of small-arm cart-
ridges and may have been brought
about as much from the difficulty of ob-
taining uniform and satisfactory results
in tho way of velocities and pressures
with the compressed powders as from
tho more valuable properties of the
smokeless. No American has yet sub-
mitted for trial a smokeless powder and
experiment with compressed powders
has shown the same eccentricity as de-
veloped abroad tending to destroy confi-
dence in the final production of a serv-
iceable compressed powder-cartridge.
AH effort official or otherwise to date
to obtain a smokeless powder -has been
abortive and American powder-makers
and chemists have' not yet awakened to
the lucrative opportunity presented to
them. There is reason to believe
from an application maelo to an officer
of the (Ordinance) department moro
than ten years ago. that smokeless pow-
tho attention of the world in foreign
countries although in this instance tho
person concerned met with encourage-
ment of which he did not avail hiaisclf.
"in view of tho present status of the
powder question it is not deemed ex-
pedient to produce a small caliber rife
for compressed-powder cartridges. Such
a rille however excelont in itself would
be inferior to foreign arms using srooke-
less powder and consequently unsatis-
factory to the army and tho country at
large. It is believed however that all
the elements entering into the problem
except the powder aro ready for use the
moment this powder is obtained
A 80-caliber rod-bayonet Springfield
rifl0 has been made and a rod-baronet.
S0-caliber magazine arm is now in pcog-
'. ross of construction in anticipation of
' the final acquisition of the much-needed
powder so that no time may be lost in
presenting for trial both single-loading
ana magazine small-caliber
rifles."-
Washington Letter.
-
- A queer decision by a Kow Jersey
justice of the peace is reported. John
Wolf put a stuffed woif at the door to
represent his name. A dog destroyed
the sign and the justico holds that as
the stuffed wolf represented John Wolf.
the dog is guilty of biting the man and
his owuftr must pay 25 damages.
a m
Among the Uhmoso no relics art
moro valuable than the boots that have
bw.' -
the gates where his boots are drawn off j
withgroat oaromony to fa preserved in I
i t.ji .tUi.iin t 1
UW Uii . I1WUWW ! J
our tocmciEiSL:
Mnnw Mwqiwp. m
TWO UTTUE OOWHIS
... H.-... .
A'XcUMi'VtMii j
Atf thy Hlnwtialnmft Wwtf '
Aan fray aHy fiafjHi9iii8rt
Xa)-tk-pBdMuia nitnslttf;
Tkey mtminnd nwy a wuktet r.
Wh cnkatiMivwe r44UH gftfciv
AalaiM4: -WtB-jraatwaJHiT stay
In aaah ! ns fceaMiy aes ?
"Weftitr4efWtsJa:r'Wia
A4 Mty KrrtwatlMr
We vtat to be a Qneen a4 a King
Asi live in tat tegstltarr .
Whr. taa." she && Htfce twt hesi
tktag;
IfantttolMlyTQB aaaVwreir I ..
Wilt be tf4v yc ars Qb am& Kbtf-
T7 wnt try nt & te-aMrrev.i
Taea mwrt nan grew Vwy indeed
Te preiHue for a Rfaa4. avattea;
Ah4 th MlsMrora wr MUM te (MM wita
Trwwnw tas ceteaaooa.
Site nawte the ewsraa C t9W ot jwW
Art. a Uumm wttX a arimea cover.
Awl Ara9ea tkm fa rebw taat ww feM oa
Of ttjsl and tef aM ever.
Sneplaoes ok lite clwn- &tQf a &
Aa ia XanTs hsn a fatar:
Yoa vrvwld aeTer hav gpHMO & Jaay
Wlr
Aatl Mary Mcrriweatnor. '
i
There never ware kart wore ad awl yay
Thaw tnelrs wImb t;hir-sad0 ccewaaid
them:
Tfcere never wre Bosareas more pre4 thsa
they.
Wiea taetr sahjeeta naett aravad them.
"LonsMvo teQce! LocnvetleICIcl
Lor reiipi they bet Together!"
Crtos nu sural Jolty miner VTIeg;
AmI nuneer MerrlweatJMtr.
Then aft ef their frieatU see hoawopeld
Aed gave them reepeet 90 dnly.
They qvAUt foctfot tlmt Vaey eufy played.
And thenght they wene relgwiiif truly.
.Then they sat In tbe purler beers oach day
' While ether chll tro were plarlas
And they bowed aad sjaMed Sa the stateliest
way.
At the detl tfctags people were Mytag.
Aed both of their papas were aobtes great.
Who came with others heafcte
Aad they sat and talttea et aftalrs ef state.
Till tbe children neatly cried.
So It alt vent ea from day te daj.
Till of siltia around they were tired?
They were weary of clothes se sUC and gay
Aud they dreaded lobe admire!.
Thy rede ia a carriage till they were sick;
They hated tbe eoaspeny aae;
Aad they wished for & bowl of bread aad
milk
"When asked upon dataties to dine:
Well. Mary's mother came m oaeXlay
"VVrth some royal Rnesta from the lawn:
Ami "Tour Majesties'' she was gemg te say
But the King- aad Qaeea were gone.
The splendid coat the sbtotag gown
Ia a corner were thrown aside;
A vacant throne and a broke h crown
Were the only things she spied.
Batla calico dress and an old straw hot
Ialthe vreod-y-ard soon wore soea:
"Awl vfftat" she orted. lie you mn by
that.
And vrhero aro the KSag and Qesear
Then tbe answer came from Mary's lips .
As tby stood with downcast eyes:
"Why. Johnny Is going te plek sp chips
And I am to make mud pies.
"We are -tired of being Qeeoa and Klpg
We are aolcg to quit together;
We want te be Jost Johnny Wiag.
And Mary Mrrtvreather."
Anna B. Hnlenn. In Wide Awaluv.
"THAT JIM."
ITow lie wan Caught at Oho of Ills Jfany
Thieving: Tricks.
"I've lost my pepper-pot said Deho-
.ah looking sharply about tho kitchen.
"I wonder if you've been up to any of
your tricks Jim?
.11m gave no answer oxcept a toss of
the head as he slowly walked! across
the kitchen: but Deborah's quick) ears
caught a little chuckle as he went .out
the door. '
"I'll give it to tqu some day you
jms vi(
if jfou carry away my
things!" went on Deborah shaking hor
fist at the little fellow.
"What's the matt r Deborah?" aaked
her mistress coming into the kitchen.
"Oh it's that Jim! He's always np to
mischief. It corneal natural'to that gip-
sy ish sort to bo tricky and sneaky and
there's no such thing as gettin' 'cm out
of it"
"If it's natural to them we ought to
make some allowance for it." said Mrs.
Graham with a smile as she helped
Deborah to hunt for the missing pepper-
pot. "No use a-harhorin' such seems to
me." said Deborah.
"May-be-so." said Mrs. Graham "but
none of u.s. some how. seem to have the
heart to drive him away."
" have! said Deborah very decided-
ly. "I.ook-a-there now a overlastin
tease!"
The two watched Jim as with roguish
twinkle in his small black eyes he made
his way to where old Carlo was taking
his morning nap under the lilac bush
and gave him a sudden poke. The dog
raised his head with a growl but Jim
stood at a little distance with a grave
and innocent look .at something on the
ground.
Carlo settled down again and quick
as lightning. Jim gave him another
poke. Up jumped Carlo with a savaee
look at his tormentor; but Jim stood in
the same place half asleep and Carlo lay
down again -with a long-drawn sigh.
Jim kept it up until the poor dog went
to find a quieter place.
"I've seen him do that a dozen times"
said Deborah laughing and I know he's
hidden my pepper-pot. Why it ain't so
long since I read a story about one o'
that set must V been first cousin to
Jim I reckon that stole a elegant
breastpin and it was laid to a poor young
girl that worked in the family.- She was
disgraced and turned off and ever so
long after it was found out that that eree-
tur'd been the thief. I've no use for
sorb!"
And so every member of the family-
could have declared but no one would
be the one to say that Jim
must go. In the course of a-
long drive over country roads through a
heavy storm the farmer h?d found Jim j
drenched and hall starved. Uf course
he brought him home and after being
warmed fed and made comfortable the 1
wild-eyed dark-looking little vagabond
had wisely settled himseljf in such good
quarters and had since showed no desire i
to leave them.
"You can coma and iheip peel the
poaches now Marian" eapad Mrs. Gra
ham to her daughter.
Marian came leaking
adnrfrfaglv at
the oasKefc. of rosy-eheoked downy
.
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up nil th jsafi. M4 flsnf W.eet $
tnejlsa." ' "
With Virs ia er y Main ?
to ta lot 1n wkieh t4 jf$iteir ktft
and searched eagsfly. Bwt the urns tors
had ana4e tjaiek work 2 their Inseleue
uxmU aad no. ring ws tDj he fenad.
Mere slw3y she went heek and looked
abet the kitiehieat it & forlorn hope
thai tfes ring mht hAvn eeoaped. But
Defeonth's scrapinf n4 hson viforons
and she jsat np-atnfea again irjrtk & won
begono Iopic
SheTs a drfteld clos little
pi see" an d. Dehocan leokis r after her.
always a-leavin'hw things Tosnd But
I ain't a-g in' to say it to hrnewsheT&
a-feeHnsbed.n
4Ha! h
l-
yoa tkievin :ascall IVe
oanght you at last aint If
Mrs. Grnnara and Marian hurried- ot
atsonad 6t Deborah's sxci ed voioev to
ses Jim struggling in her grasp. He
was uttering sharp angry c: ies aad do
ing his berit to free himself.
I was hist a-washla'my d shea" erled
Deborah twnen this limb come a-poek-
j in an' a-pyin' 'round. I mlatrunted He
was up to somethin an I cep my eye
on him an4 seen him pfak n i one o' my
teespoons and sneak off witi .it. ij took
after himfsnd just got hold of him Tight
here seej Be was jnst a- lippin that
spoon into! that hole for to hkelo itl"
Mrs. Graham looked ourJ jisly at the
hols a small one near the! ground in
the weather-hoarding of the spring-
house i I
"Bring ' an axo and kne sjc that off
Deborah'1 she said.
Deborah did so and thj j three beat
over whatj thoy saw. I
Tm blessed ii thore aint y pepper-
pot exclaifmed Deborah. j j
Moro thait tho pepper-pot fwas tier.
Keys nals screws a but tbn-hoolc &
gimlet ad as they torso i them over
Marian jfaye a scream of delight and
snatched jup her pearl rimg. t
Then she made a quick riMfh for Jim
and hugged and fondled him until he
bit her to make her let him go whon he
flow to tlje top of the sprinj '-house and
stood thcjro chattering his dl Content at
such rouh handling.
"You (ear old crow" exclaimed Mari-
an. "If I you hadn't stolenilmy ring oft!
the table that day I never should have
seen it I again. O Doborshv you have
pulled out half his tail-feathers." '
"Xevdr mind" said Doborih "they'll
growjagivin." Sydnoy Dayrolin YouthV
Companion.
TWO KITTENS
Car el eg? Papa llrowa and ho Empty
Basket.
I wish to tell a story about two little
kittens named Sunshine ajnd Shadow.
Sunshine was yellow all over and
Shadowj was all black and th )y wore the
babies of a Mamma Kitty w bo was yel-
low and black and white anc was called'
a "calico cat" but was named by hB
littlo mtistross Purr because she would
sing and purr so prettily. Now Purr. t
was very proud of her children but -Horo
the big black dog did not like to
havo so many 'kittens around. lie
thought they got too much petting and
he felt rathor hurt about it. 1 He seemed
fond of Purr and willing tlo share his
home with her; but whon Sunshine and
Shadow wero born ho thought there wero
too many oats and he would f ten growl
if tho kittens played too n ar or tried
to climb on his back.
So it happened that little Hattio the
owner of the family of pets decided to
part with tho kittens to Maud and Harry
Brown who lived on a farnva little way
off. Mr. Brown passed by Ilattie's on
hiB way home from work every evening
so It was decided to let him take the
kitftons home in a covered bat ket. Hat-
tie put them in the basket ai A handed
thorn to Mr. Brown. Then she started
into tho house to get a string o tie tho
cover to the basket lest tlje kittens
should got out. "Never mind about the
j-string" said Mr. Brown "I will keep
my hand pressed down onl the cover." j
So all he started in the gr wing twi-.
light thankful for the warm ilster that
was wrapped around him jor it was
nearly winter and warm clothes felt -nice.
- ""'
! But alas! M Brown though one of
the lies ppas in the world; was very
forgetful and this time he forgot to
keep his hand on the cover of te basket;
and when he got home and) Maud and
Harry met him with laughs and shouts
a-tid inquiries about tho kittens ho
opened . the cover of the basket and no
kitty vvas to he found in ire
"Wl y thoy must have got out on the
way!" exclaimed Papa Brown; and then
such a noise as there was i for a few min-
utes! Maud began to cry and. Harry de-
clared tho kittens would freez to death
while mamma suggested that they light
tho la; item and go and search for them.
So par a took off his big ulster and hung
it up and put on an oljd coat that he
kept to wear around the farm amt do
chores in and they took the lantern:
and alji started off after tho missing kit-
tons. They hunted up and' down the'
road dad oven over the! walls and into
the woods and inquired at Uattie's
house to seo if the kittons had found
their way back to their' old home. At
last tliey had to givo it up and go homo
withottt them.
"Ntjvor mind" said papa tei the now
sobbing children I will get 'you somo
more kittens. '
"Bilt I want those kittens." said
Maud!. "Thoy are the loveliest kittens
I ever saw."
Butj something very strange happened
whoa they got home and opened the
door for -there was Shadow climbing on
a chhir. and Sunshine peeping out oi
pepajsi ulster pocket- So now they knew
that the kittens wero not lost but had
only crept into the- pocket out of the
basket when Mr. Brown was coming
hom4 and hero thoy were aU safe and
roadv for a frolic 34aud and Harry
cbaaged their signs Tor shrieks of langk-tar.-f-Bmma
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who ie exposition is one of the "original
Jdeafi"ihat has been suggested for t&e
WorMfs Fair. A1 umbrella that; nobody.
can steal would indeed be something
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Lowry, James A. The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1890, newspaper, March 14, 1890; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth330016/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.