Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 39, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 September 1899 — Page 7

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CARRIES MEALS TO WORKMEN. How an Enterprlsiug I'ennsylranla B07 la Making Ilia Fortune. From the Philadelphia Record: Thos. Müntzer, a 11-year-old lad of Consholiocken, is probablj the most energetic youngster lu Montgomery county. Through his own devices he earns $15 a -week and only vorks on an average of six 'hours a. day. His business is meal carrier. About three months agy Tommy called on the employes of tha different mills and offered to carry their meals for 15 cents a week. As many of the mills are running night and day his offer Included suppers as "well as dinners. Most of tbe employes were paying 23 cents a. week for the same service, and the boy's offer was promptly accepted. At first Tommy was able to carry the dinners in a large express wagon, which was hauled by a goat, bat as he steadily gained customers it bf.came necessary to get a large push cart, which he fitted up with shelves. His business finally increased so much that he nad to hire a horse and wagon. His customers now number 130. In order to give general satisfaction Tommy starts out with the dinners at 11 a. m. and delivers those that are farthest away. He then makes a second collection at 11:43 o'clock, and, as these customers work in mills near their homes, the boy manages to iave all the dinners delivered by 12:03 noon. His weekly collections average $19.50 and as he pays $4.30 for the use of the horse and wagon it leaves $13 clear, which is more than some of his oldest customers earn in the mill.

A Shining Kxample. Philadelphia North American: "I'm in favor of holding all we get," said the statesman. "Do you think that a good national rolicy?" "It's the principle on which, I may say hem! my success in public lifo is founded." KilrlwrN and Oilier. "What is your impression of Chicago?" asked the 31st street man. "It is, indeed, a garden spot," responded his eastern cousin. "Ah, I am flattered." "Ye: so many beer gardens, you know." General Manager Underwood of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, has a plan to unify and simplify the titles of officials. Several of the officers ha-e duties to perform which are not shown by their official designation, and on July 1st the tallowing changes will 'jq made: Harvey Middleton. now general superintendent of motive power, will be mechanical superintendent in charge of all shops, and the construction of and repairs to locomotives and cars. Dav.d Lee, engineer maintenance of way, lines west of Ohio river, will be superintendent maintenance of way, trans-Ohio division, and D. A. Williams will be superintendent of stores. The earnings of the Chicago Great Western Railway, "Maple Leaf Route," for the third week in August, 1S99, show an increase of $7,440.52. Total increase since beginning of fiscal year (July 1st) to date, $111.200.07. Mr. C. A. ChristorTerson is appointed Signal Knsineer, with headquarters at St. Paul. Charcoal is the great Italian fuel. Naples alone consumes 40,000 tons of wood charcoal, at a cost of from $16 to $20 per ton, the national consumption being 700,000 tons. If your dnifrtrist doesn't keep Coat's Headache Capsules have him order them for you, sent bv mail on re ceipt of. price, 10 and 25c. IL H. Coat, Mason City. 111. The cheerful live longest in years and afterward in our regards. Bovee. rieasant. l'alsitable. Potent. T.asy to buy. easy to take. eay In action. eay In rtv niltCit-t'afets randy Cathartic. Ideal liver regulator aud intestinal tonic. All omelets, 10c, ilc, rOo. Perseverance often succeeds where luck has made a failure. FITS rermanently Cured. Ko fits or nerronsness aftef first day's Ii of Ir. Kline's (in-at Nere HeMorer. Seiul for FKKK trial bottle and treatise. lfc. R. II. Klin e, Ltd.,9öl Ar:h St., 1 hiladelphia, Pa. The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. Napoleon. My doctor said I would die, but Pico's Cure for Consumption cured me. Amos Keiner, Cherry Valley, H, Nov. , '13. Self-reliance and courage go a great way in human affairs. Hall's Catarrh Coro Is a constitutional cure. Price, 73c. It is selfish people who discover the selfishness of others. When All Else Fall. Try Ti-KI. Cnw Corns and Bunions without pain, verfall. Drug stores or mail lie. yi Klto-.Crawfordsvllle.lnd. The better wit i?, the more dangerous is It. Landor. Coe'g Cough Ralsara H the oldest and best. It will break up a cold quicker than anything else. It 1 always reliable. Try it. The receipts of Suez canal in 1S98 were $17,581,500. Mrs. Winslow'd Soothing Syrup. For children teethlnjj, soften the gums, reduces InCammatlon, allays rain, cures wind colic 25c a bottle. Sweet mercy ie nobility's true badge. Shakespeare. Sick headache. Food doesn't digest well, appetite poor, bowels constipated, tongue coated. It's your liver! Ayer's Pills are liver pills, easy and safe. They cure dyspepsia, biliousness. 25c. All Druggists. Want your mount o he or beard a beautiful brown or rirh black? Then use - BUCKINGHAM'S DYE MSrV CANDY CATHARTIC

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THE BOOBINGLES.

"My dear." said Mr. Boobingle.gla'.icing up from his paper, T remark a considerable decline in the stock market. If this continues much longer, you will have to dc without your new bonnet." "Indeed. I shall not, Mr. Boobingle," rejoined his wife, "for the last four years you have remarked the very eame thing at just this time when the spring styles commenced to appear.and I have made, unmade and remade ray old hat times enough. This time I must have a new hat." "But you look so charming in that one. it becomes you so well." said Mr. Boobingle, .having as usual recourse to flattery to gain his point; "and I am sure you never can find anything half as suitable for your style of beauty." Mrs. Boobingle appeared touched by this delicate compliment, remembered. j however, that she had been caught by such remarks on several previous occasions, and resolved therefore to be wary. "Thank you, my dear, for the compliment." she replied, sweetly, "but I really think I can find a bonnet that will look just as well and at the same time be new. I am sick and tired of that old thing." "But. my love," exclaimed her husband, "when you bought it you said It was perfectly sweet." "So it was at that time," replied the spouse, "but we must change our ideas with the times, and when I was in town today I saw some real dears of bonnets." "I presume you call that frightful monument the minister's wife wore last Sunday a real dear," said Mr. Boobingle, sarcastically. "The price of it may have been high enough, but it obstructed my view to such an extent that I could not se the front part of the church at all." "I hope I have tetter taste than Mrs. Goodman," replied Mrs. Boobingle. modestly. "It really is pitiful the way she dresses." "How much do you think you would need for a hat that would suit your ideas?" asked Mr. Boobingle, seemingly submitting to the inevitable. "I think I could get along with $33," she responded, laying down her needleIIIS BREAST SWELLED WITH CONSCIOUS PRIDE. work, and preparing for the stru gglc which she knew was sure to come. "Thirty-five dollars! My dear, do you think I have been up in the Klondike or used to be cashier in a bank? Thirty-five dollars, indeed! Why, my hat never costs over $5." "Yes, but your hats have no trimming on them and therefore are not eo expensive." "Well, I should say not. Great Joseph, $35 for a hat!" And Mr. Boobingle blew a long whistle to signify his surprise. "Now, dear, you know I paid $40 for my last bonnet, which you like so well," replied his better half, thus turning his own weapons against him. "and besides I must tell you what Mr. Neighborly, who lives just across the street, said about you, dear Blodgett. Mr. Neighborly said he thought you were- the best man to your family he ever saw." Mr. Boobingle appeared nonplused for a moment, but soon asked timidly: "Don't you think, darling, you could get along with $10 this time and next fall you can find just the prettiest hat you can find?" But his wife was resolute. Only too often had she looked forward to that fallacious "next year," only to find that when it had at last arrived it was still next year, and did not produce one of those round pasteboard boxes, which usually contain some "creation" dear to the feminine heart. "What an idea!" she exclaimed. "A fine hat, indeed, I would have if I had to buy it with that sum. Why, you would be ashamed to be seen with me attired in such a rig. No, sir, I must have $15 or nothing. But understand, Mr. Boobingle, that if I cannot have a new bonnet I shall insist upon your resigning from the 'Hearty-Eaters club and saving your dues, which, as I understand, amount to $50 per year." This club was composed of a lot of convivial spirits, who, in their younger days, had belonged to an association which rejoiced In the euphonious name of the "Bowler Bachelors." The Bowler Bachelors' club had been started by a man named Bowler, and each member, before being admitted to the club, was obliged to take a solemn oath never to marry and to forswear all intercourse with the gentle sex. For about two years the "Bowlers," as he town people dubbed them, thrived, and the dearest wish of each sprouting adolescent was to become a member of this celebrated organization and thus enjoy the luster which it lent to all who belonged to it. All went well with the "Bowlers" until one day an awful event occurred, an event which brought a bltwh "f shame on the unsullied brow of every member. This blow came wrapped up in a pure-white envelope and read as follows: "Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sweetyouth invite you to the marriage of their daughter, Susan Sweetyouth, to Mr. Buncombe Bowler, Feb. 11, 18S ." Buncombe Bowler to be married! Betrayed by their president! Such were the thoughts that traversed the confuted minds of the Bachelors, each one of whom had received one of the hand-r-nely engraved invitations, and one '. id all they hurried to the house of ae founder of their anti-marriage club. Here a jumble of reproaches, appeals and threats fell upon the dazed head of

the "Bowler" chief, but all in vain. Under the hypnotic spell of Susie Sweetyouth's mystic charms Buncombe Bowler remained steadfast and persisted In staining the fair name of the organization which bore his name. The Bowler-Swc etyouth nuptials took place with great eclat and the dishonored Bachelors attendrd in a body. After the ceremony they betook themselves to the clubrooms, where they held a solemn autopsy over the remains of the Bowler Bachelors' club, now only an all too prominent mark for the jokes of the village wags, and disgraced in the eyes of the world. The oiub only survived the blow for a period of two weeks, when the treasurer eloped with a deacon's daughter, taking with him the funds of the club, amounting to $6.75. and all the table linen, which shortly afterward graced the table of the happy pair. The Bowler Bachelors' club was no more. Gradually and without apparent heed to the solemn vows they once had taken, they succumbed one by one to the charms of the maidens of Lowdown Heights, until finally they had all united their budding destinies with some one of the sex which they had previously feigned to s?orn.

It was at this criticil juncture that Buncombe Bowler again roe to the occasion and suggested reforming the old club on new lines. Forgetful of the perfidy of their former chief, the now staid benedicts allowed themselves to be induced into joining the new organization, which was called the "Hearty Eaters' club." in honor of their president, Mr. Buncombe Bowler, whose talents in the gastronomical line were without rival. There was one thing, however, which the members insisted upon and that was that their old treasurer, who had lately returned to town, bringing with him his wife and the table linen, be blackballed, for. while they could pardon a m.in for running away to get married, they could not overlook his using the sacred anti-marriage table linen of the "Bowlers" on his bridal table, and Mr. Quickaway was therefore refused admittance to the new club. All these thoughts came to Mr. Boobingle as he meditated over the ultimatum of his wife, and he decided finally that, rather than abandon the "Hearty Eaters." he would yield his point and allow his wife to have her new bonnet. "My dear," said he. wishing to appear magnanimous rather than beaten, "while it will be quite a struggle. I feel that I must keep up the reputation of my famil3- in all matters, therefore you may have your hat." "Oh, you dear, good Blodgett!" cried Mrs. Boobingle. rushing into his pudgy arms and embracing him. "I knew you would let me have my bonnet, and I promise you it will be a 'dear.' " And it was a dear, as Mr. Boobingle learned to his sorrow. When on the following Sunday he accompanied his wife to church, his breast swelled with conscious pride as he observed the effect of Mrs. Boobingle's "creation" on the female portion of the congregation, but his pride turned to dismay when he received the next day a bill thus worded: "For one hut, $."0; paid on account, $35. Please remit balance." And that evening, after a rather stormy interview with his wife, as Mr. Boobingle slowly wandered toward the Hearty Eaters' club, he thought to himself that everything was costly in this world, even a "dear of a bonnet." SLOT MACHINE SUPERSTITIONS la New Orleans Trying Your Luck Is Almost a Craze. The slot machine habit has become next door to a craze in New Orleans, and it is interesting to note the many odd superstitions it has developed among the players. Almost every dealer who has one or more of the devices in his place can tell numerous stories along that line. "One of my customers," said a tobacconist the other day. "never plays anything but nickels of even date, and examines every fivecent piece he gets with that end in view. I have known him to go to some pains to get coins exchanged in order to try his luck. Another imagines that he is especially fortunate with nickels that were minted between 1S70 and 1SS0. and will put no other in the slot, 'and still a third has the same peculiar idea bout nickels of the COs. It'ö very absurd, of course, but no amount of laughing will shake them, and almost every house has similar patrons. I have noticed that a belief in the good luck of "V" nickels is quite prevalent among sloi-machine votaries. 7 refer tri the coin that has a letter in place oT the head. Whenever one is received in change it is almost certain to go into the box. A confirmed slot-machine player," continued the dealer, "is always on the lookout for hoodood, and U quick to jump at the conclusion that this person cr that is 'a Jonah to him.' One of my customers conceived such an idea in regard to a very nice little fellow who works in ?n adjoining office and comes in here frequently to give the machine a spin on his own account. By an odd coincidence the little fellow gradually got the same notion regarding the other fellow, and the consequences were amusing. They would often walk in by different doors at alnicot the same time and make a beeline for a machine. Then, when they would catch sight of one another a look of mutual disgust would overspread their countenances, and they would scoot for the sidewalk. I tried to persuade them that by playing together they would 'kill' the hoodoo.but they wouldn't listen to me." New Orleans Times-Democrat. Not Tlielr Language. Dorothy was greatly surprised tu loam that one of her grandfather's bens had hatched out a brood of goslings "I I shouldn't think they'd mind her very well," she exclaimed slowly, "for how can they ever understand her dialect?" Judge. . - or Am' trout Itirtli, A prince of Walej is of age from his birth, and a chair is placed for him on the right of the throne in the house of lords. Philadelphia Record. Up In n Italtoon. The occupants of a balloon a mile high command a radius of nlnety-sii miles.

DISOWNS OUR FLAG.

AND SWEARS BY THE EN3IGN OF GREAT BRITAIN. vTIiy William Waldorf Astor Had a Uncus Pedigree Manufafturel for Himself aud llcraiue an lnglishxuan. William Waldorf Astor claims to trace his lineage back 9C0 years or more. This wonderful pedigree, which Is given herewith, is pronounced fraudulent by no less a person than Mr. Lathrop Whittiagton. who is an eminent English heraldic authority. Mr. Whittington has gone through the French archives and other original sources of Information and found the pedigree to be a collection of nonsense, containing several falsified date3 in order to make it seem probable. The alleged Astor ancestors are as follows: Tedro d'Astorg (of Castile) Followed Raymond, Count of Toulouse, to France after the war in Spain. 10S5. J against the Moors, who were commanded by Ynsuf Tashafin, Moslem king of the Almoravids of Morocco. Receive-' a grant of land from Count Raymond, whom he followed as a crusader to the Holy L.and, where he was killed at the taking of Jerusalem, 1100. A ! Spanish queen granted to one of his ancestors the arms of a falcon argent on a gloved hand in acknowledgment of the capture of her favorite falcon. The recipient adopted as his name the Spanish word Azor (the goshawk). WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR. Pierre d'Astorg Served under Simcn de Montfort, Compte de Toulouse, at the battle of Maret, 1213, in which the King of Arragon was killed. Bernard d'Astorg A crusader serving under Alphonse, Compte de Toulouse. Guillaume d'Astorg Preeent at the Foi et Hommage rendered May,1221, by Mainfroid de Chateauncui. Pierre d'Astorg Seigneur de Noaillac, Limausin, in 326S. Adhemar d'Astorg Served in 129S in Gascony and Flanders. Bernard d'Astorg Served against the English. 1339 and 135. Pierre d'Astorg Seigneur de Montbartier, Guienne, 1390. 1435. Jean Jacques! d'Astorg Married Anne de Montclair: served j.gainst the English in 1440, '42, '50. Jacques d'Astorg Seigneur de Segreville, married Jeanne de Beaufort. Jean Jacques d'Astorg Married Jeanne de Verdale. Jacques d'Astorg Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Antone d'Astorg Baron de Montbartier (Haute Garonne). Served in Italy under Francois Iier. Married Marguerite, daughter of Roger, Baron of Montespan, Dec. 10. 1505. Antone d'Astorg Seigneur de Montbartier and Governor in the Diocere of Toulouse. Married Gabrielle de Goiren de Lux in 1553. His will is dated Feb. 27. 15S7. The Chateau de Montbardier. Guienne, was destroyed by the Ligue In 1571. Joseph d'Astorg Marquis de Rouquepine. Married Miremonde de Mun. Nov. 10, 1592. Compte d'Aubarede Bigorre, by gift of Raymond de Goirans. his aunt. Dame d'Aubarede. Paul d'Astorg Seigneur de Aubarede. Governor of Sedan. Marechal des Camps. Married Gabrielle de Mauleons, daughter of Giraud de Mauleons. Baron de Barbazon, July 31, 1629. Jacques d'Astorg Comte d'Aubardede.Baron de CONVERTED

M. O. WAGGONER.

Lawyer M. O. Waggoner of Toledo, agnostic and infidel converted to Christianity by sacred music issuing from a talking machine, and who is going to burn his library in that city, is the recipient of manj letters. They come from men in every walk of life. The majority of them are from curious individuals, inquiring If it is true that he has been converted from a scoffer to a believer. Many of them are from infidels, who call him a fool, and one man 6ays he must have been under hypnotic Influence. One enterprising book hunter in Cincinnati has written him offering to purchase his library at a good figure. As it has become known thai he Is to burn his books he has received numerous letters from persons who

Barbaren, Seigneur de Thuy.Mory Ginden and Belmont; married ililaire de Busca, daughter cf Baron de Peyrusse, Feb. 2. lC:-2. Jean Jacques d'Astorg Born in France, Jan. 2S, 1CG4. Fled to Germany upon the revocation of the edict of Nantes in 1CC5. Married Anne Margarethe Eberhard in 1C92. Died in Nussloch, near Heidelberg, Baden, April 2, 1711. Felix Astor Son of the foregoing, born at Nussloch, 1693. Married Eva Dorathea Freund in 1739. Died at Walldorf, near Heidelberg, Baden, Aug. 10. 1705. Johanne Jacob Astor Born July 7. 1724. Married Marie Magdelene Vorfelder, July S. 17GG. Died at Walldorf. April 10. 1S16. John Jacob Aster Bern at Walldorf, July 17. 1763. Removed to America in 1784. Married Sarah Todd, Sept. 19, 17S5. Died in New orfc. March 20, 1S4S.

THERE IS NO GRETNA GREEN. Place Where Komanlic Marriages Take Place Has 'o Insistence. From the Genealogical Magazine: The novelists have woven a romance about Gretna Green and its village blacksmith which will last for all time and which for all time will supply a denouement to the wares of successive professional story tellers. The sordid facts of Gretna Green marriages and the still more sordid details of the Gretna Green registers are widely different from the picturesque romance which we associate with the days of postboys and the mad racing and chasing through Carlisle. The history of Gretna Green and its marriages rests upon the abominable marriage laws of Scotland. We call them abominable, for they aie the cui&e of the Scottish genealogy. The marriage laws in Scotland were and are (for they remain unaltered) atrociously simple, and therein lay the temptation and attraction of Gretna Green. Probably the novelreading public will be shocked to hear that there is no suc h definite place as Gretna Green; the name applies to a district comprising some number or villages or hamlets some miles apart. All that was necessary was to get over the border into Scotland and there make the necessary contract before witnesses. The blacksmith's shop on the high road north from Carlisle was the most easily accessible and was probably the best known, but there were some houses just over the border which kept witnesses at hand and retained a register of the contracts entered into. The registers were a secondary matter and the foes demanded were frequently large and, where secrecy was an object, txtortionate. Those Gretna Green marriages still occasionally take place, though now only between residents in the neighborhood, but as similar ceremonies take place all over Scotland there is nothing especially distinctive about the contracts made at these Gretna Green marryingshons. But unless an actual and proper ceremony takes place we believe these Scottish marriages are not valid upon persons where both are of Eng lish domicile, though to those intending to elope we can offer the consolation of the fact that the preliminary residence and advertisement necessary in England are net compulsory in Scot land, and a marriage in a Scottish church is binding. So a couple of return tickets to Scotland may still carry matrimonial advantages. The British law attaches great weight to domicile and, provided domicile be established, a marriage legal under the laws of the place of domicile is held to be valid in England. Th(ir I'avorite Colors. The Sultan of Turkey's favorite color is dark red. The German Emperor likes his uniforms blue and red, and covered with gold embroideries. The King of Greece, who dons his uniforms as seldom as possible, has a marked preference for light colors. The Emperor of Austria has a preference for gray, while the Emperor of Russia likes dark green uniforms, and the King of Italy, excepting the rare occasions when he appears in a general's uniform, generally wears black. BV MACHINERY. wish to buy certain volumes. He has received hundreds of letters from clergymen from all parts of the country, congratulating him on the stand he had taken in the matter. One professor of an Ohio college wrote him to postpone the burning of his books for just one month and reflect on the matter. Mr. Waggoner has been busily engaged recently in answering these letters. The men who have written him kind words he thanks, and those who have essryed to criticise he endeavors to show the error of their harsh words. Several agnostics have visited the city and called upon him. Long interviews have been the result, and the men who came to denounce him have gone away In a thoughtful mood.

INTERIOR OF CUBA.

VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE SEACOAST CITY VIEW. OaiiSlitfrs Sold ly Taronts Tli Kurla'. Customs Seem Shockingly Brief and Coldblooded to au American Havana's Highly Ornate Hearse. So much has been written concern ing Havana and Santiago, and so little said of other large town?, the impression has been conveyed that there are but two cities on the island. Such is not the case, however, for feme of the provinces, especially the western prov inces, are densely settled, says the Washington Post. The province of Havana alone has nearly a hundred large towns. Those who have vicitc-d or.iy tne seacoast towns have seen The worst, and in fact a very small portion, cf Cuba. Over two-thirds of the island is just as healthy, even diiring the summer months, as any part of the world. Two distinct classes of prop'.e live in Cuba. The people who live in the seacoast towns may be placed in one class, while those living in thinterior towns form a distinct and very different type. These people differ greatly in their wave and ru-toms. The coast people are more enlightened, the reason, perhaps, being that they intermingle with other classes of people. which partly proves that one gnat need of Cuba is the immigration to its shores of other races who will import vitality and enterprise. Naturally the seaocasjt towns have developed more rapidly, and the laws of civilization are more readily obeyed. In the interior towns, where other races of people have seldom been, the people in general are very ignorant. All class?-; of people in the interior are early risers. "Early to bed and early to rise" being their motto. As soon as darkness comes every place is closed up and quiet prevails. At o o'clock in tlumorning all the places are opened and business is resumed. They have no: yet learned that Sunday is a day of res: and worship. All business piaces are kept open all day, and an many transactions take place as on any other day. Cuban men rarely go to church. Rut of the women it may be affirmed that they are very devout, and early in the morning they rill the churches. What strikes one forcibly is the great spirit of democracy that exists in the Cuban churches. Many of the negroes are very devout, and they go to church regularly. They are not relegated to the galleries or a few back seats, but may go anywhere. It is not an unusual sight to see a beautiful girl of haughty Casiilian features telling her beads beside a rough-looking negro with only a dirty, everyday shirt between himself and the outer world. In the interior of Cuba the marriage laws need much mending. Few Cubans are lawfully married and many of them have seven or eight wivi-i;. This is not only tolerated, but rather encouraged. Men will go around brag ging about the number of mojers (wives) they have, and as the Cuban marriage laws are worse than the Mov mon laws of Utah there is nothing to prevent a man from having as man:. wives as he wants. Courtships, as a rule, are cf short duration, many not lasting longer than a week or ten days Girls marrv very young. Many are wives when they have attained the age of 12 or 13. and some even marry at 10. When they marry so young it h not always their desire to do so, but because they have been sold by the: parents. Like our Indians, the Cubans especially those living in the moun tains, believe in selling their daughters. Whenever Cuban children arc baptized the name of both parents are used. If Juan Rodriguez marries Ma ria Lopez and they have a child say a bov when he is christened they ehocse for him the name of Francisco, then his full name will be Francisco Rodriguez Lopez, the mother's maiden name being added, which explains the causo of so many long names among the Cubans. Hearses in Cuba are very rare. Diir ing all my travel I saw but one and ill .if n-!j in IT iv nun Tf i n TVTTfiiflcent aiiair, urawu ij ma. jei-m horses. Two men in red uniform: trimmed with vellow sit on the box . i-l' 1 1 1.1.1 s. ! Such guy uniforms at one of cur funerals would perhaps be regarded aout of place. The well-polished bra--that adorns its sides, and the kneeling angel on the very top. seemingly so eager to fly, greatly enhance the spectacular appearance of the hearse. Six men, three on either side, in black uniforms trimmed with yellow and wearing red-top boots, act as a body guai d. Every time this hearse turns out the owner receives $250, so it can be seen that only those belonging to the upper ten can afford to be driven to their graves in a hearse. The lower class makes use of all kinds of vehicles to convey their dead to the cemetery. I have seen a coffin laid acro.-c a heavy-wheeled cart, drawn by lour oxen, off to the burying ground. Now we get to the interior where little or nothing is known of civilized customs. Rodies are often buried when they are still warm. All kinds of rough boards are used to make coffins. The old boards of a battered blockhouse near a little mountain town furnished several coffins during my stay there. Yet a coffin made of old boards is better than none. Some of the natives bury their dead in their back yards without even putting them into a box. Rut this is an exception to the rule, as is done by people living in the mountains, where there are no cemeteries. Every town has one or more graveyards, bu: a queer custom prevails. Lots arc not sold, as in our cemeteries, but instead are rented by the year, and at the end of the lease the rent must be paid for another term in order to krep the corpse beneath the earth. In cases where it is not paid, the grave is. dug up and the bones go to the bone pile. To look into each corner of the different cemeteries means that one must gaze upon huge piles of human bones Snail Kooil In lr!. Parisian gourmands devour 100,000 pounds of snails daily. "She devoted her life to Christian science." "Indeed. What did she die of?" Brooklyn Life.

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The great blocd TWO Week's purili r Zacgels Treatment Free. of Lifo 5s to 1(C jj-ivon away fre to rca tiers, of this paper. Thk medicine cures Rheumatism: Momacli. Liver and Uowcl Complaints, hit n mori ii't tlisriise germ from the bhii.il. Hundreds of letters like the almve on UK" in our oflice are proving" this every day. A reward of oUO JhtHnrs !n ilnhl will be g-'iven to anyone who can prove that they are not genuine. A book telling all about its wonderful cures and a free sample. ';trre enough to convince you of its merits will be. mailed to all who write toM. R.ZALCLL A 0. V. (. IIox 31. Mu-1 .oygnii. Wisconsin. A '.'. stamp should be ellclosed in your letter to pay the postage on this free sample Sfiur' f M. Zola's Work. The .-eizure of Kmile Zola's works in Heidin, whieii has rec-ei.tly iiccn reported, was not instituted by the (Ionian goveriniK r.t authorities or bocause the books theivir-elve.s were objectionable. The government censor had nothing to do with the matter. It was simply the result cf a quarrel between publisher.-', cuipha.-izcd by the judgment of a Stuttgart court. It seems that the German library at Stuttgart and the Grimm library of Ruuapest had hojh secured from M. Zola the right of initiating his novels into the German language, the one for Germany and th other for Au.-tro-Hungary. It. now appears that the Grimm library, getting out its edition first, immediately placed the boo Us on sale in the Rerlin book-shops. The publishers at Stuttgart, cm being informed of the matter, at or.ee- instituted proeeedings, and. aecording to the judgment above noud, an ord r was given to seize all of Rrnite Zol.Vs works in Germany that had come from the Rudapest publL-hers. To Kt-mow Scnrdifd Spot. Here is a valuable rocipc wLi-h every careful housewife should preserve if she would have beautiful 1 liens. Take the juice of two peeled onions and put into half an ounce o finely cut white c:-:ilc soap and two ounces of e;i:th from the drugs:i't: mix together and -tir hi one cup of vinegar: stand over the tire and let it boil thoroughly. Let the mixture cool before using. Wl rr. linens are badly scorched spread the juste over the brown snot and ;eave uil dry; then wash out the Iii!-n atier whieh operation the sr;i bed spot will be 'ounj to have disappeared. it His Obsequies. Old Gentleman (to little boy who 5t smoking a cigarette) "My boy, don't you 1 now ;pat every one of iIiomc filthy weed.- you smoke is a nail in your coffin ?" "Well, 'taint uonv of your funeral, is it?" Life. The Jewish community of Athen-, consisting of e-iphty families, has taken steps for the erection of a synagogue. "MC n f WILL KEEP YOU DRY. Don't N? f.l-j with a mackintosh 5 Wt5l or rutNr coat. If yti uantacoat 1 tttat 111 ket'p you dry in the luriest storm buy the Pish BranJ Slicker. If n'otfjr sale In your town. wri f.r ca'alue tt A. J. TOWER. U ston. Mass. at Tr-", ' W. L, DOUGLAS S3&S3.50 SHOES ? Worth $4 to $6 compared aifi oilier makes. Indorsed livnvrr 1,000.000 W':trT8. ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES 1 Hi: MM INK bat V. I. linuKlat,' name and prlre taiarl rn linltom. Take n suMtiit ciltnol to ! as pm. Lurtf-t iii:k-i if ansl $:I."l lix'f. 1t Ihn r!;I. Your dealer et''! k 'i Ihcm 1t int. w i will M ii.1 v..i a iMiron r 'pi of it1t. state timl of h'atlier. ami wliltti. i!ula or tap tuii. Catalogue A Free. IV. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO.. Brockton. Mass. BATTLEofMAMILA Waba9h Ave., S. of Auditorium. Chicago. A wniuU'rl ill rejinxluci f.n .f tho cr")tt'Kt tiioul victory In tr.Mory. li'wcVv yacfnin ll.-rc Kn; itic Hie t'liiin'HO s';u A t ri'pli-al simnrt. Trihtih'm typh-.Htn at tiilit villi - and Hartl'i j clcftrleal vrleets. Tin Am"' lean flii t m-aclnc tlift Spanish tiiit'rl' ut flu rtnra-' of Muni! '.. T h ltay Of .Manila t Tiio..iiMulit. The w.n.lTfnl llhtmir rffcrtfi lu OKI M .in i lu an. I t'nTiie at niplit. Tn;l.nl Minri. Tlic Iii- m y ami -mt'!Me ltrin-t ion of Xlie Spanish fleet utlt He. Oieulroin a., to lor.x. W fl MTICrt AGoodBusiness Kan or Woman to m:iTi;ij- the- sale of " r J t f . I f in e;u-h tinw.uk-.-! mv- vA T U J N U f lion in the WM. K'npM s;I.s in manv svti.ns. Many an maUin,' lrm f:m to AKi j r nxnith. Ollu rs inu. h :n rv. Ct-f..:! t t i itry tx f.r it is all taken. S ttl fr rat;il:;u' :ml t niiv. lleware .f imitalmns. UK. II. sANt lli; & CO.. ö State Mrert. C liicao. III. IUI DO DlRECTFROM THEGROMER. llvnIII UiJ t'inlle-. Tulip-i. CtiM'tK. .li!itjui's A ti-ir..i .. Katii'iuTil,i;.l.iliums. :ialioli. Amary Iii, t 'v l:mi"i.l ris.lxiav Oxalis, Convallat ias. Spineas. A aleus.KruKl.nt.-t tlron. 'l'niati. Kux- ni,l all kiinK f tniv- Hatxvtis ltv 'a. Uoot ami Plant. -oy t our new ta!l atalo.UCM'Ilt frrr. AdtltVs Hu!m-Ik- Bn,l m :r4,.i ärter'sümk: Too m I atitl Tiv t lvap t lo with, ut it. 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