Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 14 March 1895 — Page 3
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Money Loaned on long lime on Heal Estate Commercial Paper Bought and Sold.
If you want to buy, rent or sell a house or farm, call and see us and we can suit you.
BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE.
No. 40. 25 acres good land with fill requisite improvements, miles southeast of Philadelphia, at. s:$7 per acre.
No. oO. 12 Mores fine bottom land on Blue River, one mile from Marietta, Shelby county. !)0 acres in cultivation. House, barn, well, otc., at $34 per acre.
No. 51. 42)4 acres best of land, well ditched, fine improvements, on pike, 2% miles from McCordsville.
We have a number of other farms and tan suit yon sure. We have some fine city property for sale, nu Main, Walnut, State and North Streets, and almost all other streets. Call and see us before buying.
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Mrs. Florence Howe Hall, daughter of Julia Ward Howe, is called "the woman humorist of the country," and whether in conversation, lectures or essays sho is always lively and witty.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox is an untiring patron of manicurists, givers of facial massage, chiropodists and shampooers. Sho says she believes, on principle, in being as good looking as she can.
The last daughter of Betthia von Arnim, the friend of Goetho, died a few days ago in Berlin, aged 77. She was married to Count Maximilian von Oriola and was a great favorite of tho poot in her youth.
Mrs. Louisa R. Iiohie, a granddaughter of General John Stark of Revolutionary fame, is still living in Manchester, N. H., at tho good old ago of 85. Sho is in excellent health and in possession of all her faculties.
Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton was one of four young belles who rebelled in 1882 against the autocracy of tho lata Ward McAllister and organized tho "Cotillons," a series of dances which have been kept up ever since.
Mrs. Rebecca Twining of Bonsalem township, Pa., celebrated her ninety-lifth birthday anniversary recently. Sho is remarkably active for one of her years and is creditod with having regained her sight after having onoo almost lost it.
Kate Chase Sprague, who JO years ago was a reigning belle, is at the lowest ebb of poverty. Hor home has been sold as well as all hor household goods. Her eldest daughter is on the stage at a miserable salary, and she and her youngest daughter are living on tho charity of a friend.
Miss Londonderry, the American lady who is going round tho world on a bicycle without money, has left Paris for Marseilles. During her stay in tho Fronch capital Miss Londonderry earned 490 francs by tho sale of pins and other souvenirs, which sum 6lio remitted to New York as part of tho 25,000 franos to be gained in hor long voyage.
SHOT IN THEIR CELLS
Two More Italians Killed Watsenburg, Coloraclo.
While the first two men covered Farr and Smith with their pistols another pi-ked up from the fable the keys to the cell and unlocked the door where lay the now trembling Italians.
The masked men turned their pistols loose on the Italians, who shrieked in agony as bullet after bullet was sent tearing into their defenseless bodies. One of the first shots must have brought relief to Lorenzo, whom the men seemed to regard with especial hatred as the officially declared murderer, for their leaden balls were sent into his brain.
Rochetto was not so fortunate, one bullet passed through his head and two tore great holes in the thoraetic cavity, but instant death was not to be his good fortune for he writhed and groaned in intense agony for as much as 21) minutes. Wheu the vigilants felt that their work was surely (lone they turned away, leaving their victims writhing in their own and in one another's blood.
When the last bullet had been fired that was thought necessary to avenge one death with six, the men, who had the latest piece of killing, walked out from the jail into the dark night. A moment or two later the keepers of the two guards backed out through the door and closed it behind them. Farr and Smith now picked up their own revolvers and fired five shots through the heavy wooden door after the retreating men.
Summoning up courage they peered out themselves in a few seconds and seeing six or eight men making off on foot across the railroad tracks, they shot at them until their pistols were emptied, but without effect. They gave the alarm, but before sufficient men for a pursuit had gathered the men who had done the latest deed were safely away, and Farr and Smith could give no description in detail.
The trouble is believed to be over and excitement i.s fast subsiding, except among the Italian miners of whom there are about 1,200 in the district, who are congregating terror-stricken at Brunnelli's saloon.
The Italian consul at New York has wired Joe Moran, inquiring into the killing, but it is doubtful whether complications with Italy will arise, since three and possibly four of the dead men liad renounced their allegiance.
No satisfactory motive for the wholesale killing can be learned except it be that the Italians are always hated in western Colorado, and added to the illfeeling by killing a very popular man without apparent reason or eauae.
TAX CASES.
What Will Happen if the Law Is Declared Unconstitutional?
WASHINGTON, March 14.—It is expected that the supreme court will take a recess next Friday and, after two weeks of consideration, will render a decision in the income-tax cases.
If the internid revenue receipts continue to fall off as tlioy are now doing and tho income tax is declared unconstitutional, the situation for the treasury will be critical.
It is no -onder, then, that tho cases now being argued in the supreme court there attaches an intense and anxious interest.
Convicted of Kobbery.
FOUT SMITH, Ark., March 14.—Columbus Rowe and John Mowoill were yesterday convicted in the United States court for robbing a store and the postoffice at Calconda on Doc. 10. Rowe plead guilty and said the third member and leader of their band was Jim. French, who was killed at Catoosa last mouth.
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WORK OF REVENGE COMPLETED.
The Jail liroken Into l»y a Mol ami No Jlt'rcy Shown the Murderers of Abner
Mixon—The United States May Have ail International Complieat ion Over the
J'loody A Hair.
WATSHNHL'KD, Colo., March 14.—Four dead bodies arc n\v in the hands of the coroner of Hueriano county, as the result of tin* vengeance wreaked Tuesday nitrht on the kalian mi tiers who were chained with the killing of Abner Hixon in a most brutal manner, at House, last Sunday night. by beating li.iiu over the head will) a club, and two more Italians have unquestionably be-a riddled with bullets uy friends of the popular saloonkeeper.
A lew hours will almost corfainly bring the discovery of the corpses and every man against whom there was rue slightest suspicion of coaipiicitv in tho killing has met with summary and frightful punislnneiit. Three of the are those of ilium's alleged four bodi. ri I )0 the he
assailant^ the four!h is that of AYeJsby, ho was (hiving four of Italiai.s to jail in a wagon, wheu met his death. The dead are:
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The iirst four being in the hands the coroner: Antonio Lorenzo, declared by the coroner's jury to have struck the blow which crushed Hixuu's skull and caused his death, 24 years of age, unmarried, an Italian citizen.
Stamslau Vctrari, 30 years old, married, wife and three children in Italy, intention of becoming an American citizen declared.
Francisco Panchetto, 27 years old, unmarried, intention of becoming an American citizen declared.
Joe Welsby, 23 yerrs old, unmarried. Pietro Giacabino, :54 years old, young son living here, said to have taken out first papers.
Antonio Apetto, 24 years old, married, wife and three clnldrcn in Italy, first papers taken out.
When the Italians at Bear- creek bridge had been killed, the small but determined mob waited for the excitement to subside and then came to the county jail here and a few minutes before 1 o'clock in the morning completed their work of revenge.
Penchctto, who had been wounded in the breast at the Bear creek trouble, was found asleep in the calaboose with Lorenzo. The guards placed at the jail, William Smith and Henry Farr, were playing cards when a raj) came at the outer door of the jail, when they asked "who was there, they were told it was Sheriff O'Malley. Without a moment's hesitation they unbarred the door, and instead of seeing O'Malley, they looked down the barrels of two revolvers in the hands of two masked men.
FIRE IN A FOUNDRY.
Five Men Friglitnilly Ilurned, On© of I Tlietii Probably J'alally.
I SHARON, Pa., March 14.—By tho flashing of flames from the door of an annealing furnace in the Sharon works late yesterday afternoon five employes were frightfully burned. The burned are:
John Strauss, burned about the face, arms and body liis condition thought to be serious.
Emanuel Brandt, burned about the arms and loirs. Arthur Bailey, burned about the arms.
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Thomas Boyd and George Storm were sliiriitly burned. When the flames burst forth from the furnace the men who wore standing near wore completely enveloped in fire. »Stran:s seemed to lose all reason and I began running through the mill, his clotiies all aflame. He was eaughr by the milihands and their (prick work saved him from being burned to a crisp. I
An Aillictcd Family.
LACKKI,. Del.. .Marcli 14.—The eondition of Governor .Marvin is greatly improved. His only brother died Tuesday from paralysis. Tho governor's favorite son and partner is dangerously ill of pneumonia, and his nephew and secretary is convalescing from recent illness. The family affliction, coupled with tho death of his great friend. Benjamin Fooks. recently, has greatly undermined. the frail constitution of the governor, but he is not thought to be in any immediate danger.
Mexico Stands Firm in Hev Demands.
(JITv OK MKXIOO, March 14.—Minister Mariscal has just completed consideration of Guatemala's last note, and has informed Guatemalan Envoy De Leon that Guatemala must, recognize that indemnity is due Mexico %)r property c.Jstroyed during the raid on Agua, Azul, Egispo and other ranches where M^tricans were cutting and who were driven out by Guatemala's soldiers or peasants disguised as such. Mexico will not recede! one ioto from the stand originally taken.
I5 irtender Fatally Stabbed.
Iuoxwoon, Mich., March 14.—Alfred Starr, a Finland bartender in Ole Skamfer's saloon, was fatally stabbed by Gust Clemola, another Finn, yesterday. Cleniola and a companion had been making a night of it in the saloon. About 8 a. m., Starr, after repeated attempts, succeeded in forcing them to leave and was locking the door when Clemola came back and attacked him with a knife, inflicting terrible wounds.
Wants to See Gresham.
WASHINGTON, March 14.—General Barrios, the special envoy sent by the Nicaraguan government to London to Secure an amendment of the treaty between Great Britain and Nicaragua respecting the Mosquito reservation, has arrived in Washington, and is stopping with Dr. Guzman, the Nicaraguan minister. If possible he will have an interview with the secretary of state before he returns to Nicaragua. ......
After the Championship IJelt.
Nicw YOKK, March 14.—A1 Griffiths, better known as "Young Griffo," has issued a challenge announcing his intention of contesting lor the lightweight championship of America. This is regarded as a challenge to Jack McAuliffe, who holds the belt at the present time. I
The Same Old Story.
DOVER, Del., March 14.—Five ballots were taken yesterday for a United States senator without result. Each ballot was as follows: Higgins, JS Addicks, Massey, 4 Woleott, (5 Tunnell, 4. Seventy-live ballots have thus far been taken.
Charter For New Itoads.
IYXOXVILLK, March 14.—Application was made Wednesday for charters for the Ohio iiiver, Knoxville and Tidewater railway, and the Knoxville Junction Terminal and Belt road. The survey for the Belt line will begin next week.
The Deadly Wire.
BALTIMORE, March 14.—One white man and a colored boy were instantly killed late Wednesday afternoon at the corner of Eutaw and Saratoga streets becoming in contact with a fallen electric wire.
Child Perished in Flames.
ROUSSEAU, Out., March 14.—Henry Sirrett's residence in North CordweU was destroyed. His 3-year-old son perished in the flames and the father and mother were both severely burned.
Iti.shop Coxe Victorious.
ROCHESTER, March 14.—The vestry and members of the Church of the Good Shepherd have given up their fight against Bishop Coxe and have abandoned the church.
liHlicucions.
Fair weather and cold with a cold wave north winds.
THE MARKETS.
Review of the Grain and Livestock Markets For March 13.
Pittsburg:.
Cattle—Prime, £5 25@5 50 good, $4 80@ 5 10 good butchers, $4 20@4 (30 rough fat, ?3 50@4 20 fair light steers, $8 2o@ 8 (50 fat cows and heifers, $8 00@8 80 bulls, stags and cows, 00(«3 25: fresh cows and springers, $15 00@40 00. Hogs— Philiulelphifts, $4 55(rf4 K5 best mixed, |4 45(($4 55 Yorkers, $4 30@4 40 pigs, $4 15®4 30 rough, $3 00@4 00. SheepExport wethers, $4 50@4 70 extra sheep, 14 20(^4 40 good,. $3 80@4 00 fair, $2 50® 3 25 common,..$1 00f£2 00 best lambs, $5 50@5 80 good .lambs, $4 70@5 20 common to fair luiub.4, $2 60(?4 30 veal calves, $4 00@5 50.
Cincinnati.
Wheat—55@5ftJ4c. Corn—45@47J^c. Cattle—Select butchers, $4 05®5 00 fair _o good, $3 80(^/4 60 common, $2 75(«i3 75. liogs—Selected and prime butchers, $4 *0 @4 50 packing, $4 25($4 40 common to rough, 83 85@4 20. Sheep $2 00®4 ). Lambs—13 00(e£5 25.
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Wheat—No. 2 red, (K)J^c. Cornyellow, 48£o: No. 3 yellow, 48c
No. 2 No. 3
corn, 47%c. (iats—No. 2 white, 35^c No. it oats, 32c. Cuttle—Unchanged. HogsPigs, good to heavy, $4 30@4 65. Sheep— $1 50(^4 15 lambs, 15 00@5 75.
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Chicago.
Hogs St'acted butchers, $4 40@4 50 packers, $4 40. Cattle—Prime steers, $5 75@0 10 others, $3 75(&4 05 cows a bulls, |2 00(§4 75. Sheep $2 50@4 50 lambs, $3 25Q5 50.
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Cattle—7S@5 35. Sheen—13 50@4 75: lambs, $3 75(0G 00.
WINTER.
Old Winter i.i a sturdy one, And lasting stuff lie's made of. His flesh is firm as iron stone.
There's nothing lie's afraid of.
Ho spreads his coat upon the heath,
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Nor yet to warm it lingers. He scouts tho thought of achinq teeth Or chilblains oil his lingers.
Of flowers that bloom or birds that sing Full little cares or knows he. He hates the lire and hates the spring
And all that's warm and cozy.
But when tho foxes Lark aloud On froKoti hill and river When round tint fire the people, crowd
And rub their hands and shiver
When frost is splitting stone and wall, And trees come crashiiiK after, That, hates he not hi loves it all
Then bursts he out in laughter.
His home is by the north pole's strand, Whero earth n:ul sea are frosen. HIH summer house, we understand, iA--?
In Switzerland he's chosen.
Kow from tlit north he's luthor hied To show his strength and power, And when he coinos wo stand aside
And look at hnu and cower. —American \Vonian's Journal.
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An air of gloom pervaded the store. .Outside the rain camo pattering down. It ran in torrents off the porch roof and across the entrance made a formidable moat, which had been temporarily bridged by an old box. It gathered on the limbs of the leafless trees and poured in steady little streams upon tho backs of tlie threo forlorn horses that, shivering under waterlogged blankets, stood patiently, with hanging heads, at the long hitching rail. Within everything was dry, to bo sure, but the firewood, which was damp and would not burn, so the big egg stove sent forth no cheerful rays of heat and light. Out from its heart camo tho sound of sizzlo and splutter as some isolated flame attacked a piece of water soaked hickory. It seemed to have conveyed its ill humor to the little group around it.
The Tinsmith arose from the nail keg upon which he had been seated, walked disconsolately to tho door and gazed out through tho begrimed glass at the dreary village street. Pie stood thero a moment and then lounged back to the group about the stove, and as he rubbed his hands on tho pipe in a vain effort to absorb a little heat he grumbled: "This here rain's upset all my calkerlations. I was goin ter bilo termorrer, but you uns don't ketch mo makin cider on sech a day as this. Mo wecmen say'd tliet they'd hev th' schnitz done up terday, an wo could start th' kittles airly in th' mornin. Now, all this time is loss."
Tho lad departed. Tho chronic loafer leaned back on two legs of his chair and said, "Fpeakinof apple butter hilin remin's mo of a good un I lied on mo missus las' week.' "Et allser rennn me," interposed I tho tinsmith, "tliet 1 met Abo Scissors up ter preachin last Sunday, an ho was wond'rin when you was goin ter return his copper kittlo. "Abo Scissors needn't git worrit
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his kittle. I've a good un on him as well as on th' missus. His copper"—
The farmer, who was almost hidden from view by tho stove, at this juncture leaned forward in his chair and interI rupted: "But Abe Scissors ain't got no kittle. Tliet there' "Let him tell his good one," cried the teacher. "He's been trying it every night this week. Let's get done with it. "Th' missus mado up her mill sh.e'd bile apple butter this year despitoall ine objecti'ns, an two weeks ago this comin
Soturday sho done et. They ain't no trees on our lot, so I got John Longnecker ter give me six bushel of pippins an York Imper'als mixed on condition I helped with his thrashin next month. I give Hiram Thompson thet there red shote I'vo ben fatten in for a bawrl of cider. She'd cal'lated ter put up 'bout 14 gallon of butter. I said et was ail foolershnoss, fer I could buy et a heap sight cheaper an was gittin tired of Pennsylvany salve anyway. Fer all year round, zulicks is 'bout th' best thing ter go with bread." "Mentionin zulicks," interrupted tho storekeeper, "remin's me thet yesterday I got in a bawrl of th' very finest. Et's nono of yer common cookin m'lasses, but was mado special fer table use. "I'll bring a tin down an hev et filled, continued the loafer, "fer there's nothin better'ii plain bread an zulicks. But she don't see things my way alius, an there was nothin but fer meter borry th' storekeeper's horse an wagon an drive over ter Abe Scissors' an git th' loan of his copper kittle an stirrer. "But Abe Scissors ain't got no copper kittle," cried the farmer vehemently. "He sayd et was his copper kittle," the chronic loafer replied, "an I didn't ast no questions. He 'lowed I could hev et jest as long as I didn't burn et, fer he claimed ho give $25 fer et et a sale las' spring. Hevin made sa'sfact'ry 'rangements fer th' apples, cider, kittle an stirrer, they was nothin left ter do but bilo. Two weeks ago termorrer we done et. Missus invited sev'ral of her I weemon frien's in th' day before ter help schnitz, an I tell yer what with talkin 'bout how many apples was needI ed with so much cider biled down ter so 1 much, un how much sugar an cinn'mon orter be used fer so many crooks of "butter, them folks hed a great time. When they finishod their cuttin an parin, they wasawashtubanahalf full of th' finest schnitz you uns ever seen." "Borryed my washtub still," exolaimed the shoemaker. "Next mornin wo was up at 6 o'olock, an hed th' fire goin in th' back yard, an th' kittlo rigged over et, an hed begin ter bile down thet bawrl of cider.
Bilin down ain't bad, fer they ain't nothin ter do. Et's when yer begins puttin in th' schnitz, an hes ter stir, ketches you. "I didn't 'low I'd stir. Missus, when th* cider \fas all biled down tor a kittleful, sayd I'd hev ter, but I olaimed thet I'd worked 'uough gittin th' things. Besides I'd a 'pointment ter see Sam
Shores, th' stage driver, when he come through hero thet afternoon. Missus an her weemen frien's grumbled, but begin dumpin tli' schnitz with th' bilin culer an ter do thoir own stirrin. I como over hero an waswaitin fer Shores ter come. After an hour I concided I'd run over ter th' house an git a drink of cider. I went in th' back way, an thero I seen Ike Lauterback's wife standin alono stirrin. Missus hed jest dumped th' las' of thet tubful of schnitz inter th' kittle an was in th' house with th' rest th' I weemen. "When Missus Lauterbach seen me, sho sais pleasantliko: 'I'm so glad you come. Your wife and th' rest of th' ladies hes made a batch of cookies. Now, you jest stir here a minute, an I'll go git some for you. "I was kinder afraid ter tako holt on thet thero stirrer, so sayd I'd git 'em meoelf, but-she'sisted she'd be right out, an foolish I tuck th' han'le. Well, I tell yon regret et th' minute I done et.
I stirred an stirred, an .Mrs. Lauterbach didn't come. Then I hear th' weemen laughiu in th' house like they'd die. I "Me wife she puts her head out th' windy an sais, 'Jes keep on stirrin thero an don't you dast stop, fer th' butter'll stick icr th' kittlo an burn et if you I does.' "Down went th' windy. I was jest
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thet hoppin mad I'd a notion ter quit right there an leave th' olo thing burn, but then I was afraid Abe Scissors might kerryon if I did. So I stirred an stirred an stirred. I tell you I don't know any work as mean as tliet. Stop movin th' stick, an th' kittle burns. If you ever done et you'll know et ain't no man's work.'' "Tli' weemen alius does et with us, said tho Tinsmith in a superior tone. "I cal'lated they was ter do et with us," the Chronic Loafer continued, "but I mistook. I stirred an stirred an stirred. Th' fire got hotter an hotter an hotter, an as et got warmer th' han'le of th' stirrer seemed ter git shorter, an me face begin ter blister. I kep' et up fer an hour ana half, tell me legs was neargivin 'way under me, me fingers was stiff an achin, mo arms felt like they'd drop off from pushin an twistin thet long stick about th' pot. Tli' apples was all dissolved, but th' butter was thin yet, an I knowed et meant about three hours before we could take th' kittle off th' fire. "Then I yelled fer help. One of th' weemen como out, an I was jest thet mad I swore, but sho laughed an poked some more wood in tli' fire an sayd ef I didn't push tli' stick livelier tli' kittlo'd burn. Th' fire blazed up hotter an hotter, an et seemed me clothes'd begin ter smoko et any minute. Me arms an legs was achin more an more, an me back was almost broke from mo tryin ter lean away from the heat. Me neck was 'most twisted off bo me 'temptin ter keep th' blaze from blindin me. Et como 4 o'clock, an I yelled fer help ag'in. Th' missus stuck her head out th' windy an called, 'Don't you let thet kittle burn!' "I was 'most desp'rit, but I kep'stirrin an stirrin an stirrin. I don't know how I done et, fer et seemed I'd hev teastop et any minute. Et come sundown an begin ter git darker an darker, an th' butter was gittin thicker an thicker, but I knowed be th' feel thet they was a couple of hours yet. I begin ter think of lettin th' ole thing drop an Abe Scissors' kittle burn, fer I held he didn't hev no business tor len me his copper pot when he knowed well enough et 'ud spoil ef I ever quit stirrin. Oucet I was fer lettin her go an slippin over here ter th' store, fer I heard sev'ral of th' fellers drive up an hitch an th' door bang shot. But when I tried ter drop th' stirrer I jest couldn't. Me fingers seemed ter think et wasn't right an held ter thet ole pole, an me arms kep' pushin et, though every motion give me an ache. I jest didn't dast, but kep' stirrin an stir'-in an thinkin an wond'rin who was over here an what was doin. An as I kep' on pushin an pushin thet pole an thinkin an thinkin, I clean forgot meself an all about th' apple butter. "I come to with a jump, for some un hed me beth' beard. When I looked up, I seen th' missus an her weemen frien's standin around me, gestickelatin an talkin. Tli' missus was wavin what was loft of th' stirrer. Et was jest 'bout half as long as when I begin with ot, fer th' crosspiece thet runs down inter th' butter an th' biggest part th' han'el was burned off. Seems I'd got th' ole thing clean out of th' kittle an hed ben stirrin et 'round th* fire." "Reflex aotion exclaimed the schoolteacher. "Th' butter was fairly 6mokin, an th' kittle—well, say, if thet there wasn't jest as black on th* inside as ef «t was iron 'stead of copper. An wasn't them weemen mad I Maybe et was reflect act in they done, as the teacher sayd, but whatever et was et skeered me considerable, they kerried on so. But final I seen how funny et was, how th' joke was on th' missus who'd loss all her apple butter, 'stead of on me, an bow I'd got square with Abo Scissors fer lendin me his old copper kittle, when he knowed et 'ud burn if I ever stopped stirrin. An I jest laughed.
The chronic loafer leaned baok in bis chair and ohuckled loudly. The farmer aroso and walked around the stove. "What for a kittle was thet?" he asked in a low, pleasant tone. "Was they a big S stamped oil th' inside, up next th' rim?" "Thet's th' one, he, he!" cried the loafer with great hilarity. "S fer Scissors an"— "S stands fer soda too. My name's Soda, an lent thet kittle ter Abe Scissors three weeks ago," yelled the farmer.
The loafer gathered himself together and arose from the muddy pool at the foot of the store stops. Ho gazed ruefully for a moment at the closed door and seemed undecided wliother or not to return from whence he hud been so unceremoniously ejected. Then tho sound of much laughing camo to his ears, and ho exclaimed, half aloud: "Weill If thet ain't a good un!"
And he ambled off home to the
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Enterprising Citizens I'and Together Var the Community's IJeneOt,.
sfofSoa Cliff, N. Y., has set an example that may bo followed in our own community with beneficial results. A village improvement .society has been organized that has for its purpose tho improvement of the village, as its name indicates. Membership fee is 25 cents and monthly dues 10 cents. It is controlled by a board of liiuo managers. Tho board has appointed 19 standing committees for tho year, consisting of three members each, whoso duties will cover a wide range of village matters, including those of legislation, orditaxation, appropriations, assesssowerago, gutters, bribes, sidehighways, lamps and lighting, wafer, fire department, nni-i-anitarv, police, improvement, frees, etc. v-*
As an outgrowth of this orvanizatiojx a free library and public reading room have been er-tabli.-hed. A handsome suit ot ro.ims, consisting of a largo library and reading room, a ladies1 parlor and two recreation rooms, has been secured in tho central part of tho village.
A committee of ten has been appointed by too improvement association to proline v. ays and means for tho support ot tho„iibr.aiy, ..to,solicit subscriptions, etc.
Desidos the advantages of a free reading room tho young men of tho village have been offered an excellent opportunity for freo instruction in freo hand and perspective drawing.
The improvement association has a I.so been the. means of starting an electric light company in the village, tho capital stock of which, §20,000, is nearly all subscril
Tho association has also begun to agitate the matter of sewerage for tho village. A sewerage committee has been appointed which is made up of mombers of tho association, with a joint committee from the village board.
1TYPHOID FEVER GERMS.
Transmitted Through Water and Emanations From Cesspools and Sewers.
Tho investigations of tho transmission of typhoid fever by air mado by Dr. Licard of Beziers have attracted considerable attention. His plan of experimenting was to have patients sufforing from this disease breatho through tubes into water that had first been sterilized. Specimens of water thus treated were frequently found to yield tho bacilli under cultivation, and though tho bacilli wero not always found this was regarded as only in keeping with the fact that the most eminent bacteriologists fail to find them under conditions strongly suggestive of their presence. Dr. Licard's results were, however, sufficiently uniform to warrant an inforenco that tho expired breath of typhoid patients, like that from those having typhus, may servo as a channel for fever infection. Dr. Licard remarks that, though tho vast majority of typhoid infections have their origin in a contaminated water supply, every observer has been puzzled more or less by cases of tho disease which have arisen apart from any known inculpation of tho drinking water—cases which, though of obscure origin, may be con sidered to arise from two causes whoso bacillar contact is atmospheric, not simply by means of the breath of tho sick, but also by emanations from sewers, cesspools and other receptacles of typhoid dejections.
LONESOME TOWNS.
England Contains Three That JUavo but One Inhabitant.
In Panaria, one of tho smaller islands of tho Lipari or ^Eolian group of islands in tho Mediterranean, all tho offices of tho community inhabiting the island aro united in ono person, Padre Michelangelo, who is priest, mayor, harbor master, postmaster, master of the marine tolograpli and official general.
At tho revising barristers' court, held on Sopt. 4, 1S94, at tho Castlo Eden inn, Castlo Eden, in tho county of Durham, England, it transpired that, in the township of Nesbitt, Georgo Brown, farmer, was the only resident, and thereforo filled all tho public offices. He levies the rates upon himself and pays them himself.
Tho township of Birches, in the division of Knutsford, Cheshiro, has only one occupier, John Holland, farmer. He is both guardian and overseer, makes his own ratos, collects and pays them and looks after the compilation of the parliamentary register.
Another liko township is that of Wallerscourt, in the parliamentary divisionof Eddisbury, whero another gentleman, the only occupier, fulfills tho duties of all the public offices connected with the township.
Land Booming In Patagonia.
I went ashore to see the settlement called Santa Cruz. It contained nine houses, of which one, a pink frame, was a hotol. Horo a young man sproad a blue print map beforo me, a map of a great city with plazas, avenues, boulevards, streets and street car routes. This was tho city of Santa Cruz as surveyed —the city to grow up there on the desert plain aud spread up over tho dosort hills. It was enough to make one gasp to hear of the shipments of wool made from that port, of tho cheapness and excellence of the pastures thereabouts, of the gold finds at tho head of the creek, of tho experiments to be made in wheat culturo, "which will doubtless succeod," and so on. Neither in the outskirts of the Yankoe metropolis nor1 among tho vinos of California oould tho boomer havo told this story in bet--ter form.—Scribnor's Magazine.
Talk Through tho Home Paper.
Local papers are good advertising for local merchants, evon though their circulation be small and their oditorials* weak. You can't talk to as many people about your goods in six months as yoa can in one day in your home paper.— Printers' Ink.