Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 21 June 1900 — Page 6

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S JUr. Allaferro Taliarerro. “I suppose,” said a government clerk to the man across the,.fable, “that you have heard of the Virginia family of Derby whiqh spells Its name JSm-r-o-u-g-h-t-y, ns-< well As the Cbufflleys .of Engine 1, but 1 jau e tti£ other day that I'll bet a bat you never heard of. The subject of thh sketch writ" a Virginian or claimed that he was, and he was so youthful and unsophisticated that I guess he was telling the truth. Children and fools, you know, have a weakness in that regard. ‘‘l met the young fellow on a train between Richmond and Petersburg, and we struck up quite an acquaintance. He told me bls name was Tolliver—Oliver Tolliver -and I very naturally asked him if be spelled his name as did the famous F. F. V. Taliaferrcs, and he said b<- did arid seemed to be proud of it. 1 was rather proud to be frWndly with <ltie of the name myself and made myself extra agreeable. “H’hen be left me at away station and bade me goodby, he tendered iue his card and told me he .hoped I would not /"rget him. I didn’t look at the card till be bad gone, and, would you believe it. the young fellow had bls name spelled to mab h, Sa it were, and It appeared thus, ‘Mr AUafeHfo Tal.aJerro.' which, in my humble opinion, was getting Oliver Tolliver <JOwn pret ty fine. Don’t you think so too?”— Washington Star.,

Vampirem XWt Bloodunckera. Mr. James RLeu, who is in a spe>- : a1 'study ot bat . says that it*ls a Mallacy that the vampire is a bloodsucker Travelers and story writers are responsible for the story of the terrible bloodsucking ‘vampire bats of South America. Nearly all general ■Krtters on this subject :i?tee with them t» to its criminal record, and tSey all concur In laying the blame on a large grotesque looking bat with an enormous leaf nose, the Vampyrus spectrum. Tbli bat is common in South and Central America and, from his great' size, being about two feet across the outspread wings, is a suggestive and repulsive enough object to impute the blood loving liabit to. As a matter of faejt, this is a somewhat useful animal and is totally fnno- , cent of these cblfrge, the bloodsuck* ers being two much smaller and rarer bats. The front teeth of these two latter are enormous lancets occupying over half the tooth row of the animals and possessing very sharp edges, which can easily penetrate the human skin. The teeth of the big vampire. on e the other hat*, are simply adapted for a diet of Insects and fruit The true bloodsucking bats are mmfti rarer than the vampire.—l'bifadelphia Record. In Kew York'* New litch Society. A salient feature of the reign of the new rich Is the habit ot estimating a man’s success In life solely by the money he has acquired. There are gatherings of society In New York where if the question were asked about a fellow citizen. “Has be been successful" the " answer would be In the negative had the person Inquired about not accumu lated wealth. No matter whether he had served his country as a soldier, statesman or philanthropist, had led the bis generation as a college president, had been an educator of the people In school or pulpit. Iffld achieved wide renown as a jurist, bad written a great book, had held multitudes enthralled by his poetry, had noble pictures, had advanced science or surgery, bad created a leading newspaper or magazine! Nothing of all tfcls tells. <le is not a "success” because be has not piled up dollars to flaunt In the world’s face!-Saturday Evening Post.

Malvins Ilia Compunctions. Promoter—l called to sec you about ttflh bill, the derails of 1 wrote you a few days ago. •Legislator--Excuse me. sir. but I not lend my Influence to any such scheme ns that. Promoter—Who has asked you to lend your Influen*? I have come prepared t<> pay you well for It—Boston Transcript. "The girl that carries off the young man the easiest.” said the corn fed philosopher. "Is the one that knows enough not to know too much.”—lndiana [tolls Journal. All the men who wreck banks and run away with money seem to be "nice fellows.”—Heston Journal. Kind words are benedictions. They are not only Instruments of power, but of benevolence and courtesy, blessings both to the apenker and hearer of them —Frederick Saunders.

‘Widow. nnd a Salted Mina, A Jmod is told about how two salted a mine in the , Galena district in order to rob a couple of rich widows, which resulted in the aforesaid widows becoming much wealthier. The spent their last cent in digging a hole in the ground to the extent of (50 feet without striking yello'Vflay. But one of them knew of two rich widows who ! were Just spoiling to have< elr money spent nights in salting their Hine. They badn t to buy some paying dirt, but they stole this from a neighboring mine and hauled a lot of it over to dump into their mine. Wilien several tons of this “paying dirt” hail adt'umulated in the bottSin of their mine, tint’.widows were sent fofc, and while one .was talking about the increasing value of the district the other was dumping out all kinds of lead and zinc ore before their astonished eyes. The widows bought a half Interest in that tide la tire ground for 81,500. The next day there was no more ore in the shaft, and the fellows declared they would dig nslonger Then the bought the half interest at a total I cost of $2,000. and the men hiked out ! tor Missouri, laughing in their slocvM Uut tbo woWien, blindly believing that there must be more© ore, continued with the digging and at a depth of ten additional feet struck the richest vein of the whole belt, realizing $75,000 In less than one year's time,—Kansas City Journal. ®

Duties of a Missionary In Africa. lie is a teacher, but he mint also be a builder, for houses, cattle pens, stores and outhouses have to be constructed by the missionary. He must also be a doctor of medicine and • dentist He: must dose the sick natives, who will I trust him implicitly to cure them of even leprosy, and he must be able to draw the most solidly rooted loujar that ever grew In the skull of s a black man. More than this, be mu« be his own cobbler, and when his boots wear out he musF be able to fesole them with good understandings and must be content sometimes witlt nothing D'A a few French nails and a piece of cowhide with which to accomplish it? His own socks he must darn and ktep bis temper while be does it He mu'st be his own carpenu* and house decorator as well as furniture maker But be must also be bis own lawyer, accountant and bookkeeper, and when the currency takes the form of cowrie shells, as ft does in la. where 300 tiny cowries make a shilling, it is not easy to keep the accounts right. He must marry and divorce. give Judgments and baptize. Be must be gar-, dener, ccKfk and dairy maid, grow bis own food and look after liis live stock. In addition to all this be Is the parish minister to help and comfort all who come to him.—Ft u> “In Dwarf btnd and Cannibal Country,” A. B. Lloyd. s A flint to Letter Writerg. The practice of writing private letters from the first to the third page of a letter sheet and then Arning back to the second page Is a matter of taste, but ft will not do to follow that course of procedure in writing legal docu meats. The New Tork courts have disallowed the provisions of a w ill written in this way. The testator wrote the will cn three sidgs of a folded paper, commencing e* the first page and coqjinuing on the third page, at th#' top of which was writtg: “second pSge." and completing and signing the instrument < 1 a page marked “third page,” which, in fact, was the second page of the sheet. The court held that the will was not signed at the physical end, as required by the statute. The law does not contemplqje going backwaft in order to get forward, and the will was refund probate. The New York court of appeals sustained the decision tßiowlng out thlg form of vtßlh—Boston Herald. A Dlaeouraglntr Entry. The performance of the Shakespearean drama of “Hamlet” was dragging itself slowly along. A The tjpie bad come for the appearance ot the ghost. There was a slight delay owing to the tardimt-s of the ghost In responding »> Its cue. The profound stillness«hat followed was broken by a loud voice in the front row of the main balcony: “Mamma, there are 37 men down then with round wlMte spots on top of their beads.” And no<itagc ghost pearance under more discouraging auspices than tft arffior clad phantom that came stalking upon the stage at this moment.—Chicago Parrot! Natural Gymnast!. o TTjp curious gymnastic feats which pUtTOta sometimes perform In their cages have been ascribed to the desire of the birds to vary the monotony of their life In captivity. That wi< the opinion of Mrs. Mandsley, the wife of the Central American explorer, until she lived In the forest region nrat Copan, where she saw the parrots m a state of perfect freedom indulging In all the feats prfrtlced by their cafled cousins. How They Lost Her. “Why did your cook have so suddenly?" “She baked two cakes last Saturday, one for us nnd one to take to her married sister. When she wasn't looking. 1 exchanged them and took for our own use the one she had Intended to give away.”—Chicago Times-Herald. Law Is like a sieve. A man may see through it. bnt if he gets through It he will find himself much reduced.—Chicago News. A girl can't speak of any one being In Jove without using the word “desperately Atchison

A BITTER BOYCOTT ST. LOVIS STREET CAR TROVBLE PROMISES TO EXTEND TO OTHER INTERESTS. CAPITAL AND LABOR STRUGGLING Movement to Bring the Inmience of the Whole Body of Organized Labor In America to Bear Upon the Long Sustained and Strained Situation in That City. St. Louis. June IS.—The long drawn out controversy between the St. Louis Transit company and its striking employes lias now simmered down iißo a struggle between capital and labor along the lines of a boycott. Tie submitting ut the question of the reinstatement of the former employes to arbitration has been the bone of contention in the recent negotiations for a settlement of the strike, but like all former contentions it lias resulted in nothing, the railway officials demanding an unconditional surrender on the part of the meh. As a result of the compands action President Gotupers of the American Federation of Labor, has declared that he will dijjfill in his power to bring the Inference of the whole body of organized labor in America to bear upon the local situation in an effort to win the strike for the union. Mr. Gornpi?rs urges the strikers to lie law-abiding. The boycott to be declared, strike leaders say, will apply not only to the St. Louis Transit company, but to every person, every business man. every association and in fait any corporation or individual favoring it in any way. The Situation Strained. St. Louis, dune 19.—The strike situation is now more strained than at any time since its inception owing to the prospect of failure of*a settlement. The Transft officials say that as far as they are concerned the strike is over. wh% the men. backed by the Federation of Labor, declare they will tight to the bitter end. The latter has practically given up their*efforts to secure a complete restitution of the striked to their old places.

Fatal Twas Affray. Nacogdoches. Tex.. June 19.—David and flatty Knob are dead as the result of a tight following a quarrel. Henry Thomas was shot in the leg- • * LOOkTlTke' ROOSEVELT Much Interest Cen luring Vpon Vice Presidential Contest. s Philadelphia. 4une IS.-The attention both of delegates and other visiting politicians is concentrated upon the movement in the interest of Gov. Roosevelt as a vice presidential candidate. The Pennsylvania delegation met early Sunday aiftl it was soon announced t#at the state delegation had taken a positive position for the governor for the second place on the ticket. This announcement vwts soon followed by the statement, which was made upon excellent authority, that Col. Quay and Senator Platt and others in sympathy with them had held a conference and had decided upon u plan of campaign which was intended to bring Roosevelt to the front, stampede and force his nomination upon the convention. The managers are claiming the votes not only of the New York and I’tnnsvlvanla delegates, but of Califot nia. Kansas. Nebraska, Colorado, Indiana and Illinois, as well as of many others AU this of course is u|>oii the supposition that favorite sons will be eliminated the fight. It Is accepted by the leaders that Roosevelt sincere in his emphati decorations that he would not accept ajjd was not a candidate, but he now realizes that the popular and political movement to force the nomination up on him has reached a point beyond bis control. With doubt as to the choice of the administration and with the desire to make New York safe, with a belief among many delegates that Roosevelt was the one man who would add streugih to the ticket east nnd west It was not difficult to start the stampede It sis-ms to Is- generally accepted that the national Republican ticket will be McKinley and Roosevelt.

The Working Force. Philaiff-lphia. .lune IS. The Republican national committee lias made otticinl announcement of the selection ol teni|s ary officers for the national convention ns follows: Temporary Secretary—Chillies W. John son of .Minnesota. Temporary of the Couventlou•nator F O W"! «'t of Colurn.Li. Aa.ls'-int SeerMurle- -John It. Malloy of Ohio. John 11. Benin of New Jersey, Lucien Oray of initials. Gardner P. Stickney of Wisconsin. James I-'. Burke of Peuinylvn •ils. W. B. Buchanan ot Tennessee, Warren Bigler of Indiana. John c. Boyce of Kan aas, F. H. Gaylord of Connecticut. Beading clerks Itinuia E. Alwnrd of Michigan. E. L. Lampoon of Ohio. (Read lug clerks , f house of representatives.) Clerk at President's Desk -Asher Kinds of .Maine. Olllclal Reporter M. W. Bltinienlmrg ol Columbia, official reporter of the senate. Tully Clerks J. Herbert Potts of New Jersey, George It. liutlln of Nebraska. Senator Foraker of Ohio, who Wils chairman of the committee <>u resolutions. and placed McKinley in nomination four years ugo, bus been selectisl lignin to nominate McKinley this week and also to be chairman of the resolution committee. The Dynamite Fiend. St. Louis, June 111. The dynamite tiemlwiis ulu id again last night and at midnight five mote or less disabled cant attested to his skillful placing ot the explosive. No one was Injured.

All About a Signature. Tellers and clerks of savings banks have a rare opportunity to study human nature. All sorts of people, with many strange notions of the methods and purposes of come befoii them. A teller ot a Boston savings bank tells a true story of a good Irishwoman who came to the bank to open an account. @ ® “i'Wse write your name off that line,"said the c.fljeial. pushing toward the woman a book and a pen. “Do yez want first name?" she asked, taking the pen in her hand. “Yes. your full name and midule initial if you have any.” “Do yez want me husband's name? “Yes. his last name, but your own first name.” “Oh, me name before I was married ?” ®“No, your given name —Ellen or Bridget”— «, “Sure, then, me name is nayther wan o' them!” “Well, what is it then?” “Sure, it's Mary.” * “Very well. There are othersAvait Ing for you. so please ljurry and write your name.” “Ah, sure, do yez want the ‘Mrs.?* ’’ “No, never mind that. Now go ahead.” # “Ah, sure, mister. I would, honest, but ye see I can't write!” —Youth s Companion. He Saved the Bridge. “At Harpers Ferry on one occasion the flood In the Potomac was so great that It threatened the destruction of the costly railroad bridge, which was seen to shake in its unsteadiness." said former Governor Thomas G. Jones. “When everybody present was looking each moment to see the bridge go down. President John W. Garrett of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad arrived upon the s?ene. Appreciating the necessity of instant action, he gave an abrupt order for a loaded train of freight <:irs standing on a- ■ tr:n l-; to be run with the locomotive on to the bridge and kept there. ‘But, Mr. Garrett, that is a trainload of silk,’ said the local superintendent, s "‘I don't care; run out the cars.” commanded the great master of railroads. 'lt would be easier to pay for the silk than to build a new bridge.’ “The ‘silk train’ was run on to the bridge, and the structure was saved, i The silk was being sent by rail across the continent from San Francisco, at which port it had been received from China and Japan. Garrett was a man. one of the greatest of thdge who haieaidjd in the material development of America. In emergencies be was very resourceful, as was demonstrated in perhaps a small way by the liarp> rs Ferry incident.” — Birmingham Age-Herald.

A banxerous Hallucination. 1 saw a shrewd and successful gentleman who, on my being introduced, said he was glad to have a talk with a ne»< d tor. for he thought there was something wrong. Then he told his tale, wl •' w ■ s that lie was pestered by gangs of gypsies who appeared everywhere. He said tlijt be had Just come iu from chasing them in his garden, for wherever be looked out he saw them puiling up his shrubs. I said: "But the shrubs are not re ; moved. How do you account for this?" He said: “Well, it is hard to tell, but I still feel they do it, and when I wake In the morning 1 see the same gypsies using my toothbrush and my hairbnubea. I jump up, only to find they have disappeared." He admitted the absurdity of the s wbole thing, but yet he said he felt it®was true, and*he must act upon his belief. M bat might have proved a serious I loss followed the persistent balluciua- | tions, for before 1 insisted on his withdrawing from all business he bad on | one holiday gone to his office to look | through his private safe with its very valuable securities. Before leaving he thought he saw his son in the adjoining office ami told him to put the things away and to lock the safe. The son was a hallucination, and it was only that 1 be ■ >■ din oveted the state of affairs before others arrived next day.—London laineet. 4 A y?ung marnea*iauy nau just acquired a new coach nnd e a new footman to match. "John,” she said one day. "v.e will d' ive make a few calls. But I shan’t get out of the carriage. You will, therefore, take the cards that are on my dressing table and leave one of them at each house we stop at." “Very good, ma'am,” answered John and he ran upstairs to fetch down the cards. * | After they had driven about a con- I siderable time, nnd cards bad»ieeu left I at a large number of houim, the lady remarked: "Now wo must call on the Dale*, the Framptons and the Clarkes." “We can't do it," here broke In the footman. In alarm. “I've only the ace of spades and of clubs left ”

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