Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1902 — Page 7

«r<rTroy xiarrun. ** «T. ZZ. nonpar* HARRUFF ALENHARt Real Estate Brokers, whose 0 age ®'f thirty days time can place your property Wore 100 000

IMa 4 —looacre farm, three mllos southeast Itj a* Sboaluri on gravel road. Eighty-five MN* Cleared and ten,-ed into six ttelds .gooi. fences; balati'' timber land; oak. walnut G and other timber Soil biack. sandy, river aottotn loam, very pioducilve House ot RC»en rooms, one and one half story solid frame, we'l built and tn good shape; also "1 frame house of six rooms.one story. In good •<* condition, Frame bank barn, 32x.’>u feet; stable under whole barn, and all In line shape; "ribs, granaries and other out build i mgs, Driven well with iron force pump, can not be pumped dry; first-class water: also dug well of good water. Orchard of fine , gjt fruit; thrifty trees Thia is a tine farm and has been well cared for and is a bargain. IS -lprice. W.7W ou NO. ft.—Goo' 40 acre farm in Lorain county, I Ohio.'four miles south of Grafton Station, I and four miles southwest of Uelden Station, tngood neighborhood. near to school and I ohuroh. Bouse of eight toon,a in good repair; good barn, horse barn, granary cribs and other necessary out-buildings Two good, never failing wells, good cistern; orchard of bearing trees-apples. pears.peaches, small fruits, <tc Land all cleared and all under good cultivation. Ten acres creek bottom and balance fair clay soil, all in good condition A desirable small farm. Cheap at ll.ffiO 'O; one-third cash, balance in payments to suit purchaser, at 6 per cent, interest. NO B.~ *o Berea of good unbroken prairie bad tn judder county. North Dakota, situ ated four tn lies t rom Dswson. on Northern Pacific railroad and twelve miles from ~ Steele, the county seat of Kidder county. Church and school near to land. This land will make a flue homo for the right party. ■;l If you are tn want of a cheap home and a ]|ood farm. It will pa» to investigate this offer. Will exchange tor small house and toiiu Decatur. ■JU very cheap at *SU\OO. ' NO. 8. SO Bore farm on good gravel road tunning from Union City to Fort Recovery OMn. thrpe- icarters of a mile from school. Mar to church. and good neighborhood Btxtv-flye »cres cleared and fifteen acres in ©fitaber—ma-jli>. oak, etc. Land well tiled, fences in fairly good repair, frame house ■y mts pod one halt stories, six nice nsims and | Mllar, all in g, set shape frame barn, shedk 4sd uu three Bides for stables, two gixsl I walla, never falling, ard good cistern-al-ways plenty of water. Good bearing orchard ofall Varieties ot fruit. This farm lies nine miles from Union City and six ami onehalf mile* from Fort Recovery, and one ■lie frem,pos (office with dally mall. Fries, fßflO pei acre, .Mp. 12—N acres of as good corn land as there ■ln Adams county. mile from school (« ■He from gravel road, 66 acres cleared and acres ot good pasture, all well fenced, hew, d log bouse, comfortable, large farm barn, new granaries and cribs, good orchard, driven well with iron force pump. Thia is alhblack soil, and Head-, miles southwant of Monroe. 7 miles from Bluffton, 10 salies from Berne and 13 miles from Dec at4»r. in a German neighborhood. No open <hfcb on the farm. Price *4.5®. *2.500 cash, balance to suit purchaser. N*.13.-Fif ty acre farm, one-half mile west if Pet Mann. Indiana, forty acres cleared, balance In t.mber. building timber to build bonne or barn, sown to gras" and Is good pasturefclun i mostly black soil and is all well tile* fences in good repair, and land has been Well kept up. log house, can tie used for dwelling for years with little re- ■ pair, barn room for eight horses and room above for live to seven tons of hay. corn crib and wagon shed at side of barn, granary and Bh>si built seperate trom other buildings. wood house hog pens, smoke bouse, etc . good bored well, never fails. Won force pump, good bearing orchard of Vwonty-lve to thirty trees. This farm Iles teas than one quarter mile from stone road, one-half mile from postoilice and general Store, and a s goo 1 grain market ns there Is ta the county, one and one half mile from churchanil ine-halt mile from graded school. Thia farm should be seen to be appreciated. Price. K «k> ■ ; *400.00 cash; balance to sul' purchaser with interest at six percent, paid annually. Np.l4. -One hundred and sixty acre farm, -tve mil* northwest of Decatur, on good gvavs! road, one hundred and tire acres olea'Wd. Bftv.flve acres in timber and woods pastureaome good timber, frame bouse of six rooms n fair condition, good cellar, frame bar 4ilxso feet, corn cribs, wagon •bed. rra ary and other outbuildings, young near ng orchard of apple, pearand eherrv Bees. grape arbor and other small fruits; (op partly black and parily clay, fairly wall tiled, and has been well tarmed . A bargain at * ,o per acre 1 NO. Ift.-Six •two acre farm one mil* north* WMidEDevatur, on gravel road. 50 acres beared an*: under cultivation, balance small timber gn<l woods pasture, f« nces fairly ■Ood, Oae st >ry 1 ran.v house ot tour room* and butter. wood house and summer kltch i. fntfM barn, stable room for tour horse*. | room above so- hay. wagon sh <1 and corn erib attach<l to side of barn hog pens and EBRfeerout buil<linirt<. driven well with iron . force pump partly black «*oil. and partly light Band) dav loam land la new anil proand h a bargain at pur acre One third cash, balance on easy terms. i ' NO. 16— Eighty acres, seven and one half miles northeast from Decatur, about 411 aorea Clear 1 ind part has been farmed, balance in small timber, good rich land, rnoetlg biaru soil sotnt* tile, good outlet for tinaf,panic fenced with fair fence*, frame bouse of four rooms and kitchen, small frame barn , room for four horses and hay above stable, abed and crib lor corn, smoke •route. nxxl bored well with Iron force pump | t’neawlone-foui th miles from post office | ] tad country store, one and one-half mile to •robool. and same distance to chinch, in good | 4 . ’ | 1 rase IW.OO per acre, one third cash, balance to tuit purchaser. No. 17/""Kk) acres one-half mile south of Dr catur. op good gravel road. hII cleared but about 15 acrob. which is small timber; land e an allbe farmed but about • arrea which is

REMEMBER, that if you want to sell your real estate we can find you a buyer, and if you want to buy real estate can sell you. NO COMMISSION UNLESS SALE IS MADE. HARRUFF & LENHART, - DECATUR, INDIANA.

Hmvjt Meiurn* I ' "What business brings the heaviest ■ returns?" asked the man who wanted fc Utßow. 'lh lltorary business. ' sighed the | •tTOggllng author ns tic opened a two if atmod reject 111 book mmnwi I|it -Phil I •dclphia Record. Apiarv and Ape.. ■lot—Now Hint you’ve seen tb» house and the stable. I wnnt to show Fou our apiary. ■ Old Gentleman—Well. 1 s'pose I'v< •Ot to, but If there's anything I hat* «• monkeys —San Francisco Chrou I Glorious Rover... |ji® r * l "' ~rf,fl’ s s,ir ''buries, here * a telegi am—nn explosion in youi J ""Oratory, and the place Is wrecked! I Professor t'hank heaven! Then that •aptriment wan' i, success after ail!— New Y w u Times.

b r °kcn up by ditch, but is excellent pasture ±v M | tO ttereß b,ack ,and - fiance sandy c lay loam easily farmed and all v< rv productive fences 1 airly good; south half of land has one and one-half story frame house ot i rooms, m good repair, summc- kitchen and dug well, plenty ot water, new 150 barrel cement cistern, frame barn 40x80 feet stable room for eight horses, granary and crib In barn, hay fork, with hay carrier entire leng hos barn; also small one story frame house and small stable on north halt of land. This Is a very desirable farm, close to oounty seat. Price MO.OO per acre, onethird cash, balance In payments to suit purchaser, at six per cent interest. This land can be sold in parcels to suit purchasers on same terms as to each parcel, if whole tract is sold at same time. No 21. M— B4 acres 2 miles from Vera Cruz and3miles trom Linn drove. mile from gravel road and sam« from school. 40 acres black soil balance slightly rolling but good sod. 20acres small timber, good 6 room house, good cellar with steele water tank in cellar, summer house barn 40x70 feet, wagon shed and granary, chicken coop and large workshop new steele wind pump and water tank water can be forced from well to cellar direct, driven well, farm well tiled and Is a very desUable farm Price $3200.00, S3OOO 00 case, balance to suit, with interest at « percent. NO. 22 M Eighty acres one mile'westof Honduras. Indiana, eight miles from Bluffton, Indiana, and eleven miles from Decatur. 1 nuiana. on stone road, one mile from church. Fcbool across from house; all black ground and all well tiled and fenced, small frame hous- and small trame barn, good driven well and steel windpump. Price $1,700; $2 000 cash, balance to suit purchaser. N 0.24 F arm of 142 aerva. 1-2 mile from west corporation line of oecatur. Indiana, on good gravel road all cleared but about 15 acres, which is timbered. 35 to 40 aures creek bottom, balance sandv loam, fenced with about 200 rods of wire fence, and balance of fences board and rail, over 450 rods ot tile and splendid outlet, two-storv brick Route of 6 rooms, large cellar with brick floor and plastered walls, .ummer kitchen, woodshed, smokehouse, good cistern, driven well, wind pump, stock in barn yard, barn 40 by 5H feet, needs some renalr. new gran ary 16 bv 24. corn cribs, wagon shed, hog pens, young orchard of 160 trees, bearing two or three years, apole. plum, p«ar and peach trees. This is a fine farm close to town. Price S6O per acre. $3 000 down, balance In annual payments of *SOO at 6 per cent. NO. 25 — 4O-acre farm 6 and S miles from Decatur, Ind.. mile from school, 1 aud S miles to church, all black land, well tiled, fences fair, 1 and S story frame house ol 7 rooms, in good repair, summer kitchen and wood house, good open well and cistern under roof; small log barn, room for four horses granary and corn crib, good bearing orchard, grapesand other small fruits This is an excellent small farm, and cheap enough at *I,OOO cash. NO. 27M —ll6 acres one-half mile east of V era Cruz. Indiana, on grav» 1 road, six and one-half miles from Bluffton, Indiana. 10 acres in small timber, land is rolling but productive, about 60 acres now set in blue grass, fences fair, fine new house of 6 ro ma. large cellar, good summer house of 2 rooms, fine well and wind pump with stock tank at barn. One bank barn 4UalO" feet, in good repair This farm lies in a food neighborhood on a good road, near to postoffice, school and church Price SO.OO per acre, one third *a h. balance to suit buyer, with interest at 6 per cent. NO 28M —l6O acre farm. 5 and one-half miles from Berne, 3 and one halt miles from Linn Grove, and same distance from Vera Cruz. Wells county, all black soil and every foot of it tiled and well fenced, large house of 8 rooms in good condition two fine cellars brick smoke house of two rooms, nice summer kitchen 20x30 feet, almost new; fine wood house, ice house, large bank barn 10x 80 feet, newly painted; second barn 20x40 feet. new. built last summer, wind break of sheds on north side, all new; driven well with steel wind pump and shed for tank, all new; 40 acres large Umber, timber worth two or thr-e thousand dollars, school house on southeast corner of tarin. This farm lies only one mile from a good gravel road and i« one of the most beautiful farms in Adams coun’y Prh e, srto 00 per acre. $4,600.00 cash, balance to suit purchaser at G per cent interest. NO. 29M—80 acres all black land. 2 miles from Vera Cruz. Indiana, tnree miles from Linn Grove, on good gravel road, rural mail mute, land well fenced and tiled, two story frame house 30x36. story and a half kitchen 16x16. cellar under main house, first-class, good well, bank barn feet, wagon shed, corn crib- and other out buildings. Land all cleared but 18 acres, which is in valuable t.mber—timber could be sold for froms6oooo to $800.00; good orchard and plenty small fruits. Price $4,300.00. one-half cash balance to suit at 5 percent NO. 30M Farm of 140 acres, two miles southeast of Vera Cruz. Indiana on rural route, gravel road, all good black land but about 20 acres, which is good olav soil, and mostly in timber two story frame house with slate roof. rt/orns. 2 cellars under house, summer house of 2 rooms, bank barn feet with new red cedar shingle roof, good driven well and steel wind mill, water piped to tank at barn, under shed, wagon shed*, corn cribs and other outbuildings, tw > orchards of tine fruit This is a splen did hntneand must be seen to be appreciated. Price $7 UUO.UO. $3 000 00 cash, balance lu Sr>UO.OC$ r >UO.OC payments yearly at 5 per cent. NO. 31. •'! 120 acre farm, two and ore half miles southwest of Berne. Indiana, onehalf mile from atone road, fO rods to school close to church; 100 acres cleared, balance In timber, good soil, will produce any kind of crop suited to the ciimat*. well ditched and well fenced, good orchard 1 ad line vinyard; large log house of four largo rooms.

Time That Wasn't Money. t The Grafter—Hustle Gage, the mil J Ilona ire, is not a man of bis word. His Friend—How do you know? i ‘•Well. 1 asked him if he’d give me e a minute of his time and lie said h» • would. I’d figured it out that his in come was s4t> a minute, but at the en<; of tlie minute the old skinflint showed me the dooft”—New York Times. i . * Overdoing It. Horus (who has just submitted man t uscrlpt)—You don't like It because it’s t somewhat facetious. You forget that t "a little nonsense now and then ii relished by the best of men.” Naggus—Yes; but. blame it, Borus > thia Is all nonsense!— Exchange. True it Is. and always has been, that I cheerfulness is riches that cannot bi . taxed.- Ladles' Home .Journal.

large, cedar airanged for cooking in. summer house, large log barn new. good granary with blns for 1.510 bushels wheat, hog pen. hen house, etc. Driven well and wind pump. 2 {sterns This is new land and is a rare bargain at $13(0 per acre. $2.5(M) cash, balance to suit purchaser, at 6 per cent interest. NO. 32 >1 Eighty acroß, three and ono-hal ml es uorthwest of Keystone. Imiiana. on mile west and one-half mile south of ■ hester I'M ? I'X'iHiia. i» oil fields, wells within .IX) tint otline of land, framehouse, six rooms; barn 40xS0 feet, wajton sheds, cribs and other out-oulldimrs, wind pumo and rood orchard: ten acres tlmbe-. ten acres wheat, balance in praes, land level; uice farm and cheap. I'rlce, *.» 00 per acre, »2.500.(» cash, balance in three years at five per cent interest N m;,i 3 . 3 ~ loo s! lCl ' e . f J i ‘ r " 1 10 "eo'lon Hartford township. Adams county. 3'. miles southwest of Linn Grove, 7 miles northwest ot Herne, on gravel road, mile trom sehool. 1 mile from church, about 50 acres . la ] ld balance suirar tree land, all well tiled and well fenced, rood frame house of 6 rooms, frame barn 36x75. corn cribs, granary waron shed and Implement building, outtuii dnißs all nearly new. 2 never tailing 7rn f ß ’*mm llo r nt w “l er; flllr orchard, good fruit. This farm should be seen to be appreciated. K Price wo.oo per acre: one-third cash, balance to suit at 6 per cent. No- 100.—A fine residence property in Decatur. Indiana, six suuares from business center. on a stone street; corner lot 83x132 feet. Iles high and dry. tine maple shade trees next lostreets; bearing apple and pear trees and grape vines in gtxid bearing condition One ami one-halt story frame noise of ten rooms, well built and in good reus Ir. piped tor gas. well of good water with iron pump, under roof, good dry cellar, good barn with stable room for six horses; also a large building which has been used for a carpenter shop, can < e arranged tor dwelling house with small outlay. A very desirable restdene- property. Price. *2.1100.00. one half cash, balance in one and two years at six per cent. No. 101.—Five room house on Ninth street, norm of Monroe, Decatur, lot 66x132 feet; house in good repair, except needs painting outside, well finished inside, gas plptd for two stoves, good well of splendid water, good cistern, forty-five fruit trees on lot, apple, pear, plum and peach trees, grape arbor, currant and gooseberry bushes. Tills prep erty will make a tine home for the right man. Price, JflWi.OO. NO. 105.—Good residence property on south Ninth street. Decatur. One and one-half story frame house, six rooms and summer kitchen; house newly papered and in good condition; piped for gas; good tank cistern; about thirty bearing fruit trees apple, pear, cherry. This will make you a nice home and can be bought on easy terms. Price. *1.010.00. NO 108. R 'sidence property, two and a half suuar-s from court house. Decatur. Ind . frame house of seven room- two closets and pantry.bouse needs painting outstde.ln good condition inside,barn sixteen by twentyfour feet, wood house and other out buildings. House piped for gas. good well and cistern, pair cherry and peach trees.grape arbor, ail situated on inlot No 277 and south half of inlot No. 278. on a quiet street in a good neighborhood, near to business center Price *2000.(0; one half cash, balance in two equal annual payments No. 109.—One story frame house of five rooms, buttry and closet, on Second street, one square from business center, house needs some repairs, lot 66x132 feet, some fruit, nicely located, good cistern, barn on lot. good sidewalk, improved street and Is a very desirable location. Price *1.450, one hall cash, balance in one and two years at 6 per cent. No. 110.— House and two lots on north Fifth street, one story frame house of six rismis. suo mer kitchen and wood house all in g >od repair, good driven well, good cemented brick cistern. Lois aie nicely situated on stone street, good sewers pain out. lots well tiled and set out in fruit ire. s. apple, pear, peach and plum trees, nice grape arbor. Priee, *1.050.W lor bouse and two lots, or will sell house and one lot for *750.60. Terms cash. NO. 11 1-F ine resl lence property on cor □erof llth anil Adams street*. Decatur. Indiana, brick house, one and one-half story b rooms, rooms nicely papered and la nice shape to live in, good barn 20 hr 24. sided with drop siding room for two horses, room above for three tons ot hav large wood house, city wafer piped Into lot and piped to barn, good cistern, plenty of fruit, pears, cherries, plums, grapes and other small fruits. This is a verv pleasant location and a nice residence property, and D a bargain. Price SIXOO. half cash, balance 1 and 2 years at 5 pt r cent. NO 1 12-r gOtand six room house, nnrtb herring street in the town ot Berne Indiana known as the Donehy home: house has 3 rooms below and 3 above, cellar under the entire house, with cement floor two good cisterns, some bearing fruit trees, shade treeson ea**t and south sides. This is a bargain and will sei! for S9OO 00. one third cash balance to suit buyer at 6 percent interest. NO. 113-House and four lots on Line street. Deoatur. one story frame house ot 5 room* and pautrv. solid frame, needs some repairs such as painting, etc. is warm house, cellar 12 by 16 feet.summer kitchen with c.stern in it.wood botise.good tank cistern outside, some small fruit trees. These lots art* nicely located, and are easily worth the money asiced for them, Price for all sllsO 00 or will sell either lot separately at a proportionate price. NO. 1 14 —House anil lot on north Decatur street, one and one-half story frame house of 6 fooma, buttry and 2 closets, good cistei" house plpi i foi gawood ho . •••. chicken park, good barn, room for 4 horses HEd about two tons hay. wagon and buggy sb< d attached; lot is about 70 bv iro feet, lies nicely and is fine for gardening. A deslr ’ble piece of property and cheap. Price $850.00. One-half cash, balance to suit buyer. NO. 115 —House and lot on Gay street. Ft. WHMie, Ind. one spuare fiom str<»t car line, size of lot 58 bv 160. Water piped in house. Good sewer connections. Very cheap at 11.000.

Wsthlnir to Be Sold. “My wife always lets tne have Ui« last word,” remarked the meek look ing man. "Indeed?" exclaimed his friend it tones which implied a doubt of Um other's veracity. "She does, really. Whenever I say, ‘Yes. my dear, you are quite right, she stops talking immediately.”—New York Herald. The Doctor's Calls. Hunt—l have seen Dr. Pellet’s car rlnge nt your house three or four timet lately. It has alarmed me greatly. Turner—Nobody's sick. I’f'llel merely called to collect a bill. Nothing sori ous,. L assure you. Hou inn San mothers tie red ribbon* around the ankles of their children t< keep them from harm. ♦ ♦ *

SPLENDID BLUNDERS. Some Error, Tlnit Have Been Perpetrated by the Type*. Errors of the press often begin with errors of reporters vv ho have misunderstood spoken words. The rule of follow copy compels the compositor to repeat the exact words written by the reporter, and the following blunders are the result of obedience to this rule. A speaker made this statement: "In these days clergymen are expected to have I lie wisdom and lemming of Jeremy Taylor." Hut the reporter wrote and the compositor repeated "the wisdom and learning of a journeyman tailor." Another speaker quoted these lines: Oh, come, thou goddess fair and free, In heaven yclept Euphrosyne. They were printed as written: Oh. romp, thou goddess fair and free. In heaven she crept and froze her knee. Another orator quoted this line from Tennyson's “Locksley Hall:” Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. But the quotation was written and printed: Better fifty years of Europe than a circus in Bombay. One of the worst perversions of a hackneyed quotation, incorrectly given by the speaker, is this, which seems to be tiie joint work of the zealous reporter and the equally reckless printer: Amicus Plato, amicus Socrates, sed major veritas. I may cuss Plato. I may cuss Socrates, said Major Veritas. —“The Practice of Typography,” T. L. De Vinue. Meanness Saved Him. A prominent clergyman used to tell of one of his parishioners who had been very sick. A physician had given him some medicine and told him lie could go out. but under no circumstances was he to get wet. The man went out on the farm, and a shower of rain came up suddenly. There was no shelter near, and to save himself he crawled into a hollow log. The action of the rain caused tiie log to shrink so as to endanger his life. Ho could not move, mid, being brought face to face with death, the whole of his past life came before him as in a panorama. He remembered the days of ilia childhood, his entrance upon life, his successes and bis sins; then he remembered, last of all, tliat when he left borne that morning lie refused his wife, when she asked him, for 5C cents for the church, and the thought made him feel so small that be Imd nc dithculty in getting out of the log. How Leap Year Started. Hampson, in bis “Medii (EVI. Kalau darinm,” quotes the following quaint tradition from an old Saxon treatise: “Some assert that the bissextus or leaf day comes through this, that Joshua prayed to God that the sun might stand still for one day’s length, that he might sweep tiie henthen from the land that God hail granted him and his followers. It is true that the sun did stand still for one day's length over tiie city of Gebaon. but the day went forward in the same manner as other days. And tiie bissextus is not through that, as some do think.” In France and some parts of Spain and Portugal there exists a tradition known as “tiie ghost of leap year.” Believers in this say that a marvelous monster annually appears on leap day and disarranges human affairs for the remainder of the year. Wniblnir Away the Earth. A French geologist has made a careful calculation of the amount of solid matter yearly carried off into theocear by the action of the rivers of the world and other causes. He estimates that the reduction of tiie average height ol the surface of the solid land is .00t inches each year. Making allowance foi the corresponding rise in the bed of tht ocean and taking no account of tiie oc currence of volcanic and otiier excep tioniil phenomena, tiie general tenden cy of which is to hasten tiie process of disintegration, the period at which the solid land will have ceased to exisi and the surface of the earth will b« covered with water lias been esti mated. As. however, that period is 4,500.000 years distant, the predictior need cause no immediate disquietude. A Curloaa Apache Helle*. Tiie Apache Indians’ religious beliel prevents them from committing mur der in the dark. If a dozen Apaches should discover a man sleeping by his camptire at night, no amount of monej would hire them to attack him unti the sun came up. They believe that b they kill a man at night their owi souls will walk in eternal darkness for ever. Knowing this curious supersti tlon, hunters, scouts, trappers and oth ers traveling through tiie Apache na tlon in the old days moved about dur ing the night and lay by in some saf« retreat during the day. Introspection. “Perhaps you wrong inc,” said Sena tor Sorghum mildly, “when you cal me a practical politician." “But you take n very bttsinessliki view of affairs.” “Exactly. I have certain politics ideals, but I don't devote too rnucli time to them. I hiu a theoretical poll tlcian and a practical business man.”— Washington Star. Itnilrondin*. “There is a heavy draft engine tc this train.” said tiie young man wb< wanted all to know tliat lie understood railroad terms. "A heavy draft engine?" echoed tht old lady by Ids side. the Idea of running siicli tilings this weather We shall all take cold.” There are lots ot men wlm shouh never leave a town of tiie size where II attracts attention when u man vainti his barn.—Atchison Globe.

MAN AND HIS LEGS. The Nether Limbs uh an Index to the Scute of the Mind. , There are many indexes to tiie mind, but I learned of a new one the other day wlien I called to see a busy man nt his office down on Broad street. When . I entered the outer office, it was quite i evident tlnit lie was in, for 1 could sei 1 him through an open door leaning over his desk quite intent on papers tliat lay in front of him. I spoke to the clerk in attendance; whom I know real ■ well, and asked tliat he announce me. I He glanced into the other room before speaking. "Wait a minute or two,” he said. "It will lie better, for lie will have you come in tiie moment I say you are here.” I didn't quite understand what be meant, but I took a seat to wait a minute or two. I waited live of them and 1 then spoke again. | "Wait until lie crosses bis legs.” an- ' swered tiie clerk. I “What has that to do with it?” I 1 asked. I “Everything.” he replied. “He doesn’t 1 . like to lie disturbed when he is busy, I and I know lie is very busy because 1 he lias his legs out straight. A man 1 never thinks hard with his legs cross--1 ed. As soon as his mind lets up a little, then be straightens, crosses his i legs and is ready for visitors and a chat. When his legs go down again, it is time for the visitor to take his leave. Just bear that in mind and see if I am not right.” As he finished speaking up went the legs, and I was announced and received at onae.—New York Herald. I — | Mrnln In Ranula. ! Among the common people there is , no fixed time for eating meals. The Russian cats when he is hungry, and j this is about six square meals a day. > He has at least a dozen lunches, a lit- ) tie liit of salt fish or some caviare or a , piece of bread and cheese, washed ! down with a nip of fiery vodki. He ( never passes a station without a glass of tea —marvelous tea, with a thin , slice of lemon floating in it. You get a J fondness for Russian ten and focj swear bemilked decoctions forever. , The table manners of the Russiansuch as you see in hotels and buffets—- ( are not pleasing. He sprawls with ( outstretched elbows on the table and I gets bis mouth down to his food rath- , er than raise the food to his mouth. . He makes objectionable noises in his , throat. He has a finger bow! and rinses his mouth as the rest of us do when (leaning our teetli in our bathrooms. Then be squirts the water back into the bowl. In time one may get I used to this. The Civil Wnr Mortality. Commenting on the less of life in the civil war from various causes. General J Francis V. Greene says in Scribner’s ‘ Magazine: 1 “How paltry seem the 5.000 killed and wounded in the wnr of 1812 or 1 the war in Mexico or the war with Spain compared with the 14,000 at Shiloh, 15.(100 at the Chickahominy, 1 13,000 at Antietam, the same at Fred ericksburg. 10,000 at Cliancellorsville, 23,000 at < lettysburg, 16.000 at Chick1 amauga, 37.000 in the Wilderness and JI 26.000 at Spottsylvania! The grand aggregate of destruction fairly stag gers tiie imagination, accustomed as we have been for more than a genera1 tion to tiie figures—93.ooo killed by liuilets. ISG.OOG killed by disease. 25.00 C dead from other causes, a grand total of 304,000. or about one in nine of ev ery man who wore the uniform.” BHrayed 11 In Ignorance. “I wish to get a position as brakeman.” said the caller respectfully. 1 The great man sized him up. “Um. Ever have any experience?” 1 "Sir, I have been a railroad man for eighteen years.” Tiie great man reflected some. ‘‘Um.’' he said. “Er—would you kindly close the door? I seem to feel a draft.” The applicant arose and closed the 1 door gently. 1 “Huh!” snorted the great man. i “Thought yon could impose on me, eh? Get right out o' here! A railroad man would have shut that door so hard it would have jarred my false teeth out!” Tiie great man was right.—San Francisco Bulletin. I Strno lirrricH. Why are they called “straw”-berries : Smart men differ on that. Some say it is on account of their hollow, strawlike > stems. Others think it is because they have to be covered with straw or simii lar protecting material in winter. The most classical explanation is Hint out Anglo-Saxon forefathers used to raise them and they gave them this name because the berries nre generally on the ground—that is, “strewed” oti “strawed” around. Pcrhapa. Mr. Clubman—l see by tiie paper* that a poor young man who lost both bis legs while saving the life of a beau tifnl heiress ata railway crossing ts to marry the girl. She dismissed all salt ora and offered herself to him. Mrs. C. (meaningly)—Very senslbl* girl. ,‘Hie'll know where her huebanc is nights anyway.—New York Weekly. Making It Kiialer to Bear. “Charley, dear," said young Mrs Torkin, "do the baby's cries annoy you?" “Terribly.” "Well, i’ll tell you what to do: Mak* i believe baby is at a game of bascbul and lias just seen a home run.’"—Ex change. XhHolniely OrlainaL "All.” said the great singer. "I have hit on n plan which will indeed bring me distiiiHlon. I "What it is?” asked n friend. II "I shall make a farewell tour, nndI 1 shall not go buck.”—Answers.

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