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WANV SCHEMES EMPLOYED FOR
CONQUERING INSO?wNIA.
'I'ic I Us. Splili.-.l SUai.l-i f tiroivt illirnk
T! II i rillovv nf Our rrefiithcm A
rian That Won til Cuiimi Arcliil. !
TimiM. Wt-l the H.'iut.
If :;tiy unusually acute inventor could
tt 11 us of j:u infallible contrivance for
to:;:: to sleep just wlion we wisli to do
so there c:;:i be no doubt whatever of the
sulsfamial benefit which would thereby
bc-ocurel form.ttth-ind. Some fortunate
individuals, like Napoleon I, can coui
utiiiul sleep the moment they lay their
heaJs on the pillows, others find thorn
selves all through life Bleeping the sleep
of the just every night, without difficulty
being experienced as to occasional wake
1 u I ness, except w hen illness happens to
supervene.
The I hike of Wellington, w ho always
slt.pt on a tramp bedstead, had a liiaxim
that when a man turned in lxtl it was
time to turn out: and hero it may lo re
marked '.hat great soldiers appear to 1-e
; oiiliariy constituted in their power to
summon bleep at will. 1'os.sibly this may
l-o due to ihe habits of discipline w hich
they have learned. They r.ay to their
bruins, "Ho to -leep," and at once the
word ol command is tilieyed.
WITH liltAIM TO THE NOt'TI!.
We are all familiar w ith the stt-reo-typed
advice i'l cases tf this hind to
turn the pillow," to "thin!; of some
thing .Is -," or to imagine and count ;i
number of moil main sheet i going through
a gate. Many a time and oft has the tor
wakeful brain worker attempted tocarry
these and similar prescriptions into prac
tice, usually with results. iisproitortioiiate
to the ciiorts involved1.
It may he said without much exaggera
tion t'l.'.t tiie man who can first imagine
a Hock cf t h-ep. thena half open gate,
::nd ili -i! can force his hypothetical sheep
t.i 'vi through one by one without crowd
ing r do Iging or turning tail, is lit for
treason, stratagems or writ it::; the sub
liu. est poetry, lie is i;o ordinary man.
a:i I it is for ordinary individuals that
the saving prescription is re paired.
Among prescriptions of a mote or !e.-s
pc:i I. in i w hich L-.vo heeti at various
tiaavi propoimde 1 and act; tally put into
use for inducing sleep may h( mentioned
t!u imp piil , in which t::r forefather.-,
had coi:- iderable fait h, the narcotic es
sential oil which produces the hop scent
lieiu;' supposed to he CXC'cdm-jIv sopo
rific Th" !. -p pillow was used by ( .eorgo I II
habit-:;:-!;,- v. h-n that i::o:i:::'i'h sulTcred
fr.i.:i i'i--iTimia. Then S. A. F.ilis long
ago r.nnoance d as a grand tiiscovery to
the Scottish t'tirative Mesmeric associa
tion that ! 'cp was :.!! a matter of which
! 'cp was
Lead poi
aiu dire:
'.ay one
in a
io:i tho electricity f
r.ttp!Hst'd t How best-
i a Ion g the hodv.
! jovmt-tit of reiHise.
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It'll is
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f.vi en t!ii- p..!
and mi ten '. . t
Persons v. : 'a
must therefor
toavoiii t,l--t -j 'i "S!-. nights
.' Mr. niisadvi ed.alwavs
sleep s Kl ll hv li rtli. it!i their head:
o;i'! in t'.i lr latter direction, j:i;d
tliev must t::o : r li'iou: !y avoid a'tempt
i to himlicr if their 1 etj lies ea.-t ;md
V.e-t.
The idea li ts's M)t:e FiipporttTS nowa
ilays. hat the eonvi jliences of its t:niver
: d pr.'vcleiicj v.oul 1 lead to t xtraordi
l. i 'e:.:i!ts. Tor example, aivhiucts
w..'.il i !::.: .-ivatcr ei.':!"ul;ies i:i l.uild
i'l.i; saitahle livat:1 r.'.-i 1 r.Ci s tha'i they
i:h'h'.!:,!i'I' evca now, if they v.vr.j ohliucd
tip.t i!n ir doors r.nd I'r eplaces o that
everv anart'nei'.t would :.!low of a hed
! via,; situated in e?;aetly the same posi
tion all over the house.
l,i t imagine silso a counliy house,
iiel." tile elillemcn nil retired to Led
i.!kiii; 1.' tclock, the ladies having tle
paited to re.-.t lot:; licforc. V,"h: t a ru le
av ak'-t'l!! would e.n-tie for the latter
w le u t hey were sti-!de:i!y rou.,'ed hv hear
iai; hoi i il l M iiml.hn-; ; as of th.i:u!erin
the rooms on every side, ::nd ahovethem!
They woul I think it was an earthquake
without doubt; whereas, sis a mere mat
ter f fact, it would le only that each
e.nes. w as f imtdtnneously altempiiic to
hliti'i I. is four poster into consonance
it li the teachings of elect lie:: I seience.
a I'itot oi'ND s;:c::i;t.
Thtre w:u, moreover, a London '-enlle-man
who yens a ;o really lielievctl he
had found an absolutely certain i esen'i
tioti for hauishini; wakefulness, mid he
was willing I i impart hii l.nowled;;e to
others for a handsoaie fee on the express
rendition that the information should
;ro no further."
When the sleep practitioner died one
of hi.; patii'e'.s informed an rxpectant
world that the ."rand secret wti.; t imply
this: A person h. in.; i i bed ::nd rtti-mp-lin
to tleep usually Lrer.thcj t!iroti;;!i
his nostrils. ;m 1 the breath so emitted is,
in cell wcathi r, tpiito vLible.
All that has to l3 done is for the Mii
ject t think of his own breather.,', to
imagine that he sees every breatli that
issues from his no: trils. and in a moment
or two he will fall into a refie.-hia;
slumber. There may he tome virtu" in
this prescription, though common set:.nj
would Ik; inclined to tsuepja.? that t'l"
mere bother of itiiainin.'jiiuythin;': what
ever wo.dd be bo tiresotno ;;s to ( xcitL
the brain and banish -deep much farthei
o'.T than ev ::
iknwi p.T.. ins, however, testified to the
complete etii.-aey of the brealhin;; pl..:i.
Alfred iSmec, the author of "r.lementsof
Klcctro-Uiolojjy," also attempted tosolve
tho puzzle why sleep, when much needed,
is often nl: yether dcnietl. He refired
tho whole matter to tho region of "tlio
Lio-dynamic cireuit," but ti;c practical
rrescriptio.i w:u to wet the top t.f the
ie-.ul with cold water, and ho asserts
t;iat lie 1;:j thus often obtained for a
ni.Terer r -.t when every o".:sr meat:?
livc failcil.
AH these fpiiitcd endeavors are w orthy
of uiucli TiraLsc: but jvrh.-.ns the bert
ircscTs'itiou for avoiding clecphvj i.-.-Iits
t:r pr.rta of nights is l.ot to take lie.vy
jdxrjncrs, to go Li for excrchs ai:d not tc
tit up Lite, exciting tho brain. London
Standard.
A MODKKX CLKOI'ATKA.
GI5EAT AND EVIL FORTUNE OF PAU
LINE BONAPARTE'S N!ECE.
lie. ail i I ill ami AsrrruMf. She It Surrounilfd
l.y Hit- Wise, the W itty ninl the roner-ful-A
;rr:it Sorioiv That t ame Through
Her Idvc Tor Wer I.itOc Il.iuhter.
?.'evc r say that tine U fortnnato till "OU
witness the closo tf Ids or her life. You
must have seen in your diplomatic wan
derings in Paris, Turin, Florence, Rome
and Madrid that worthy nieco (in regard
to beauty and 60 on) of Paulino Bona
parte, Marie Luetitia Bonaparte-Wyse,
successively, by her marriages, Comtesse
do Solnis, Signora Hattazzi and Dona de
Rut.
Wa9 there ever a human being whoso
life seemed so rosy as hers, cr whom
nature had made more proof to the vex
ations and troubled which lie heavy on
most daughters of Eve? In many re
spects this fairoffshoot of the Bonapartes
atrorded a parallel to Cleopatra, who.
Mis. Jameson says, was Uuvitchinj; to
the last U-catise she exercised the sor
cery of jrood nature. Like Cleopatra,
Marie Bonaparte-Wyso was sparkling,
.'enial. magnificent, of a liappy-m-lucky
tenixr and Iiohemian, if one looks upon
Bohemiaiiism as emancipation from cant
and mind crippling prejudices, wine of
which, I own, may have their social
I'SCS.
itr.it ;n:sTs at the "koi.i.y."
She hal alwa s in her train the most
eminent men of tho thlM-rent capitals, in
winch she; turned tin periodically toshine
out for a short iim in splendid U'lonv;
iiies and . iiri'omidiii.'s. She also shone
as a muse, whoso lingers were never
soiled with ink. and who stole from
Venus Uer girdle and cortege of graces.
Her hoii-.e, or palace, or chalet, near
Aix, v. as in the daytime cjven up to
aul hor.-diip, editorship and preparation
for festivity, and to elegant revelry in
the evening. The lady of the house when
she saw company (and nolxxly ccr knew
when s!ie . as not seeing it) was in rai
ment ol ! i-: '.iing U'.;uty. But :he looked
in it and in her wondrous jewelry as
ple:.Mtl as a child in a pretty Sunday
tri ck, ai.d courted admiration in a way
that enhanced l r stacery.
1 ip-icr saw l. nlv I lesi:igtoii, she hav
ing been long before my lime. But 1
fancy that there must have been points
of similarity In-iucon her tiore house
pal ties and tiio.e of t he particular great
niece tl the croat Napoleon of whom 1
spi.ik. A more pe tiuesipie tjr amusing
salon than that of Mine, iiuinzzi de Bute
nobody could fancy. She was eon.,lant
t.i oi l i'i lends, was ;.lwa s recruit ing new
ones, and v. ;;;s hospitable to :.ll. Old
iliunas i:s d to copy mam'seripts J.nd
help to coo:; her dinners, which wire
served on eiiiioil plate, with the iuiie
ri.il crown ami t ai'ie engnived on them.
A few w intrrs ago she enterU'ini-d font
prime ministers. Baron von iU'iist, lie
l's.-,eps. Casii-lar, and bards from all
pails, at a joyous dinner at Troiiviile.
The most hw ate .base of her life was
alliiclh til d'Aomla. which she after
ward sold to Mrs. Mackay's sister. She
was then for throe or ftiur years the
widow of Sig. Ilattazzi. and then the
bride of a quit young Spanish deputy,
Bon Luis do Bute. The Hotel d'Atpuila
was a "folly" of the uncle of the ex-king
of Naples. ho ruined himself in build
in.: it. and was litted up by Mine. Bat
taz.i a"cor ling to her Clcopatrau taste
for ele:;ant magnificence. The hall was
Minouud "d by marblo btists ::ntl statues
of the Bonaparte tauiay. ; tiJ lacing the
emperor was or:e of herself letting fall
an armtVI of roes.
tit.: -.iMiiifew t:!at came.
Don Luis de Ih'tu was a nephew of
l!is, the Spai.i.h 'iliera!. a man of
many ;.ceo:i;plihsi!-iit.s. ;;n,J the unde
idalib? count ryman of Bon Quixote. If
ever a loan v. as held in willing Uinlage
ny a woman, be v. as by his wife, of
whom be was the devoted, humble ser
anl. ueer seeLing to curtail her liberty
or objectiu ; to any of hcl frieluis. The
gkimour .- lie cast tion him w hen he first
saw her as a muse at Madrid, surround
ed by a court of bards and statesmen.
novo
his
r faded from his ee.s. She valued
lootioa toher and to a beautiful
daughter whom she hail had by liattazai.
i.ial iK'came deeply in love with him.
Mine, de Bute presented hi r husband
with twins, one of whom !ied at its
birth. The surviving one was called
I).. lores or "Lola." 2l seemed ;. ridicu
lous loi.iiiomer. All that was joyous
and rosy in the mother's life appeared
to be incarnate in the child, which was
a paragon of infantile beauty and pre
cocious w it and intellect. I Mores lie
eanie the idol of the household, and w:is
as sunshine wherever she went. People
Used to say w hat luck her mother had
to bo bu blessed in her maternity. But
wait a bit. The luck was to bring forth
,.ii eternal Might and sorrow upon sor
ro.v. Lla was playing in her mother's
grounds at Aix. A horse near w hich she
ran lashed out and kicked her on the
forehead. Tiie child was taken ill dead
to father and inothir, w ith her brains
oozing out through a gash. I could not
have conceived the latter broken hearted
and utterly crushed had 1 not seen her.
Since thi.-. calamity she look no interest
in anything but portraits and busts of
l.la, which she tried to paint and model
from memory. The unfortunate Do
Bute said to me: "The least thing would
now kill me. Since Dolores was taken
from me I feci an old man. though not
yet forty-five. The gashed forehead of
the little beauty is always present in my
mind. It's a misfortune to have a ten
der heart, because heart Buttering aro
so excruciating." 1 see in the Jipcr3
that a small tiling did carry olf this dis
tinguished and amiable Spaniard. lie
caught a cohl at Granada, w hich devel
oped into ii'.llaiuiuatioii of the lungs and
killed him. lie died w ith a cross in bis
hand in which a l..k of the child's hair
was set, and which he cut oif when she
was brought into hitu lifeless. I wonder
which is the more to be pitied tho em
press of Austria or poor 5Ime. Battazzi
tie Bute? Paris Cor. London Trullu
MAMMOTHS IX ALASKA.
ALMABLE DISCOVERY MADE 3Y THE
ALASKA FUR COMPANY.
!;iw.lfr t'inituiri. Tr. -nly !'. Hii: '"!
1 l-.ii ty I i-.-t in leniit!
zr.t fotiiKN-t;.o ii.ii
clem M:!i! l.y si.le.
"Alaska is a fount ry t.f paradoxes!"
Tl,- t i, uh:.t Mr. Cola F. fowltr.of;
the Ala,ka'Fur and Coimnercial con,
panv, sal I in answer n uio ijuesii.ni
a .n... ter kv pectins his late held of
Oieratioli:l.
"During all that time, up to two
mor.ths ago. when I resigned ali'l starteti
for home." said Mr. Fowler. "I have hail
mv hLlimarttls ut Kodiae, which is the
most northern station occupieii i.y ngt-.us
of our couirnnv. We have ot.r head-
"1 - ,,
quarters in San Francisco, ami trailing:
1 .. . . i, t. c. 1 ..to-- !
S atlOB I. urn . i-u; ; ' -
chase. As vet Alaska is almost a teir.i
incoimita. the count rv immediately stir-
rounding some of the pi iiictp.il nveis.
like the Yukon, Snake and Stickeer has
been explored, and a few miles inlan-l
from the coast line, but tho great in-
. :. .1 4 .,L. .-- VVI.Mt we
i.'i lor is ...t.e'.-,b ...in - -
h ive learn.-tl of it is a surprise, and was
the foundation of my answer to your
tjtlestloli.
"Alaska is certainly a country of par
adoxes. You who live here ill the states
look upon it as a laud of K-rH-tual ice
an. 1 snow, an-1 yet you would be aston
ished if I told you that 1 grew in my
garden at Kodiae abundant crops of rad
ishes, lettuce, carrots, onions, caulifow
ers. cabbage, peas, turnips, potatoes,
lieets, parnips ami celery. Within live
miles of this garden was one r tie- larg
est glaciers in Alaska, and between Un
fertile coast i liptttid the interior is reared
along the entire sea boundary a contin
uous mountain of perp.tu.il ice ami
snow.
"Daring your twelve years' resid'-tic"
in Alaska w hat was the most wonderful
thing you ever saw or Ic ard there-: '
Mr. I owl r smiled at this iiestion,
and. alttr a moment's hesitation, said:
"Two years ago last summer I left Ko
diae for a trip to the headwaters t.f the
Kuaku river, where our traveling :ig. nts
had estahlisiie-.l a trailing station :.t an
Indian vi!l::-e. The chief of this family
of I ii ii ii it .-- was named To-let-ti ma. and
t him I was well r-t omm. :aled. lie
received me hospitably, and I at one.'
began negotiations f,.r tin' purcha ,e of a
big lot of fo,sil ivory which hiitrf.c
had cached Hear the vill e.e. Hi; lot
vvcigiietl several thousand pound-;, ntid
was composed of the principal and infe
t i.,r tusks of tiie man: moth, the remams
of thousands of v. hi-.-'i piantie anim.-.ls
:ire to be found in tiie bids if ititcri. r
Alaskan water course ;. I sub jected the
ivorv loa rigiil inspection, and ution two ;
, , ... ,1
ol lae larg' -"- u.si.-s i i:scovere.i iresu
1 lood tract .,' ;::;d tlio romai.1::! of partly
decompii.s'. d f.esh.
"I (piestion. .1 To-li c-ti-ma. ami he r.s
sllletl me that less than threo i.ionths
lit foie a party of bis young men had n
coanlered a drove of monsters about
lifty miles above w here he v. as then eu
camKsl. anil lad succeeded i:i 'killing
two, :.n old bull ; ml a cow. At my re
ijtiest ha sent b.r the h ad. r of the bunt
ing arty. ;; vor.ng and intelligent In
dian, and I t'.i. -t iouet! him closely almt
his i'.d'.t ntitre among a race of animals
that the seie::'. iiic pcr-p!c claim are ex
tinct. He told;. str;jghtfoi ward ttory,
and I have no reason to doubt its truth.
Kti.i.iM; a monsik;:.
"He mid his band vv. rei caiebing a',, .ug
a dry water course for ivory, and had
found a considerable iptantiiy. One t f
the bucks, win) was in c.dv auce. rushed
in upon tie main U.!y on tnortang
with the startling intelligeiice that at a
spring ti vv ater aln.ut a tn:!e :.l ove where
tiicy th. :i were he had discovered tiie
sign' of scvvral of tiie "big teeth.' They
hatl come dow n t ihe sprit: ; to drink
fmii a lofty plateau fart hi r inland, and
hatl evidently fed i.i the vicinity of the
water for Mime time. The t bi. f imme
diately called :.l.,;'t l.im his warriors,
ami the party, tinder the 1. ! i ;,1 of
the scout, approached the stream.
"They had nearly reached it whc.i their
ears were suddenly saluted by a chorus
of loud, shrill, trumH t like calls, and an
enormous creature came crashing toward
them through the thicket, the ground
fairly tivuihhng U neatli it:", ponderous
footfalls. With v. iltl cries of terror and
dismay the Indians lied, all but thechief
and the scout who had lilst discovered
the trail of the monsters. They were
armed with large calilx-r muskets and
stood their ground, opening (ire tin the
mammoth. A l-ullet must have pene
trated the creature's brain, for it stag
gered forward ami fell dead, and subsc-
ouentlv, on their wav back to theircamt)
I - - . . 1
irround. thev overhauled am 1 killed a cow
" . -i ,i-.l
Olli lev. II, Mill... ,. .i.,v . ...oiat ... i.i.hi:
.
ol I ho Inst one l.lileo.
, . . ,
"I asketl toe liunter to oes rioe the,
.... , . , ,
monster, and. taking a s l.ar;i stick, lie t
. . ,
drew mo ii picture of the male .Mutual i
in the stift clay. According to his de
scription it was at least twenty feet in ;
height and thirty feet in length. In
general shape it was not unlike an ele
phant, but its ears were smaller, its eyes
bigger ami its trunk longer and more
slender. Its tusks were yellowish white
iti color and six in number. Four cf
these tusks were placed like those of a
Uiar, one on either side in each jaw; 1
they were about four feet long and came
to a sharp point. The other two tusks
he brought away.
"I measured them ami thev w t ie over
fifteen feet in length ami weighed tin- " ., , .
wards of sV.Opoun.lseacli. Thev gra.h'i- " a rakl nf; ,Mf- J'-'I.vns,- re
ally tapere.1 to a si.arp point ami curved. tlio object of his devotion. "I am
inward. The monster's l-odv was cov- a little afraid to trust you. ou have
-.. . , . ,. , broken vour word a half dozen tiine in
v. ci ...... .utii,, .iai nt; i..in tit u I cou.Sii
dun color. I took a copy cf the rud
sketch made by the Indian.
"By the way, our late governor, the
Hon. Alfred 1. .Swineford, lias pretty
carefully imef tigated tlio matter, an.l ho
i.i certain from a thorough Rifting of na
tive testimony that large herds of thr-so
reortsters are to he found ca the high
plateaus in Interior Alaska niio'.it the
headwaters of the Snake river." rhila
dolphla Press.
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Willi t : s: : . i: ! t ..e . n;v !: m::i :.ii t t -
ba.-il . 'T1 !'T 1. t.i ....y.Sl.l.. e;;;..s Is C I
.o. S - V '
-f..n.l.i;i M;.-.ii
Ttie t'lM-Mr !t:iu!; ( rislilf-r.
It v. as ii. iiidiauapoirs. or sornrv. here
: aroan.i tier--, now;., a -raie.i t utk,
j i,i tiie I ana. v. itii all lis- iual Hun. ley
j - ehot.l etiUIIeeJ (, i; , ;:., religious re'-nt i-
I lion. It v. a . .a ' i!g b.ie :". wii.-re t he ti.i i -
j t. .rs took : '.-ial note of character. The
caslii. r ii -1 cii'i ihey gave l.iai theva-
j cant po-'.. ! ' v i.s a ;h..:i of feeling ami
I had a I'eat d.-ai of i-try Mi l l ivinality
1 be-i.!, .-. tie wa deeply touched by !ii -
: lie.lt 1 of I is i i id. VV iil.sC place ,c tl !..
I e i ie- too!; a page of th" r;:-h hot:!; v. here
his friend's account . close I. ruled it.
in :-rti.--!testv lev. it.i broad l-atai-
'..'.' , ,
lilac:;, an. I I i t!
I:.- -..-r.-le a
t .! .1; u ev .
of th-t
llirel'tOls.
d. Bat-r
beautiful. 1 HI. bili.,, po.-i ie
whieli broug':'. tear, to th - t
pre.-itlenl atul ilif board .
Thev wer:- deeply knpres..
there came a lilt le di-pttte U-t-veen the
boar.', and himself touching an extraor
dinary ttiiU fence in the balance In twet il
what they thought it oi ;ht tube a i.. I
what he found it was. 11,- left, and they
turned back to n ail that tieautiful obit
uary again. )pi.sifo that fis-lin-; tribute
they found on the lirst page of hr career
two "mistakes" which wo: e much against
the bank and t th' cashier's advantage.
San Francisco ('htouicie.
liilnt Ion1. I.il.1- a lWi.
"About t t i.ty-f.ve yi ai's a 'o I w i'i
Bo-tt.n one tiav. i:i a book stori a
w retched day. rainy, sloppy anil muddy
when 1 savv the striking feme of a
little man. we::! ing a sloi'c-ied l.r. I::
ai. talis. ns roll
ladiiag al.
street, lie lM.ked as iiitle like ;i ; ... t a
a man could. 1 turned to th t'.x.i.-ell.
ami aslo-tl him who that wa-;. 'That i
tjiiver Wendell Holes s.' I:eaid. Y.-e:l.
1 want to know that tnati": im i I -ot !
know him. and we have t een the 1 1 -t cf
friends . v sr since. A :::of.- e.!i...J. et:-
nil, e. deli. 1 1 1 fill man aisl a bin r com as -
sationaii.-t I never knew. A copy of
The Autocrat of the Hr -aktast Table."
which he s nt me. oeptainsan iuterertiug
letter. ai ing bis reasons f..r begin-
ing the j ..in. is in the Atlantic Monthly,
w hich m.iga.me ne s.iv s he nameit.
"As I sja': a thousand faces pa .s
It fore lie. Nt ne more g.titlo au.l Lml
than that of Knierson. ile visited me.
with his dii.ighior: a tr;.ntiiil. lovable
man. and be w rote me letters. It is a
pity, by the way, that I failed to pre-
serve my correspondence; much of it.
doubtless, would be now of considerable
interest." (Jeorge Y. Chil ls.
. I i.lsi- 1 isli.-i-iiiiiii.
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t .- " ' ' . ". .-
. im.s. ..f l.sbe.i" e:.l.ie to baa:t a t lel'.-iL
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' "1st week, v. lien a lel.'ow went .i.-huig
. , , , .r .
! oow n on v.uui crecK. Alter selecting
. ... i , , ,, .
nice, shatlv olaceand a comloi ta.t.Ie seat.
. ," . , , - , ., . .
he threw his hook into the stream and
. , , , . , , ,
link frtmi his pocket a newspaiH-r an.l
. , - .' , ,u.
his cork began to bobble, then a strong
imll from the water cause.! t lie cork to go
tlcar under the water. Deliberately lay-
ing his paper aside, he picked up his ole
and, as he began to wind up his line, re
marked that a man couldn't fish in peace
there, and he was going home. Macon
U:l.) Telegraph.
Not u Man of His Wort!.
"Vv'-w-will you b-l-lie m-minc, Miss
"Laura. C-can't you t-trustme th-through
1-life, my angel." asked the stuttering
. . , - .
ine last two minines. terra liauteJtix
press.
Tho nickels of the patriotia school
and coming from 20.00vchi?dreirin sixtv'
fliilttren ol Jvausaa, aggregating Sl.lRJO.
three counties and 203 schools, the sauiu
Udng contributed to the Mount Vernon.
TV- . , ,
Ladies association, are to be used tore-
build the old servants' quarters attached
to tne historic mansion of the rotoiuac.
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: .veil v.'ilh the U:;l ::..:. '
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t , i ! i r : r I'p t b" ! .11:. rs. Vv'.-c: '
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to: icanee. vv nor: t ii" 1
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toui.in't be bi en i.ig'i t
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ask. it l :.::i.: r:.'i.
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next I ra'-jy. a:...
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i ai:d. at much iro.i! le :
i ;: i r.'.ni ed matters s "1
j ;he ioo.i I'oiks of I .of1
; u v ti.e more oj pi rt
j fhe Ai !...!'s.s Tra a .
Friday cam" : l-i
! leaking a long jap. a
j ' o'.-hv.-!.. As it v. a- t
wo bi.rri d to tie- ope
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mil;.' t . .
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j curious, an. i that vv ..s tl
i ..i' pet .pi..- o:i t!ie sir.- : .
j woman or oh I v...s m
! tow u s i :n .1 Ihe- a .it
j v. hi u I bad uat a.ahv I ...
j a gehi I. i gl '. "f. s
j pr euei.adia.: up and .:
j tract ai d Cory seat i'i
b lore our s tai.al
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, v Hal i I ie i.i a. , t l -..v.. v. e. i
,,,:,r .,. voii ware ing ;.!::::: rt .!.,
sam toy tui : ais star,
". by, Mr. t hanfran. r pli. d t.
local dir. et 'i. "we p. -tp-i ti. h a
ing for a'ioth. r mo..;h.' itcstoii l i! .:
Kv.-iiiie-; llr-.-ss.
A g-iitieman riding a lorn.: a country
n rd after a heavy rainfall, came to a
li kctv oi l cart and a bor.-e to mat - h
the v. iiit le stuck. last in the mud. The
oriv.-r was an
el.ler.y tt. l.y I.i. -
sat his vv ifc. .md behind them w.-re s.
or eight little pickaninnies of all a
. - v
All w ere necked out in a y r.-at ar:
of faded and si cotio Laud lint rv . but
W TO 1 an footed.
Tiie man stoo.l op ai.il I i labored,
pout tad Is isc. urgiag i: on to the
v i :i
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ty
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the
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,,ossMta-,' i,e -i--l..c-.rr,.ieol
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then. i.e.
"i lie horse can i ' u i tiie w;j;o:i v.!...e
all of yon an- i.i s;.i,l the g t:tl -m.;:
" Ir." tlon t von a t out and ir;lii n ii.
l-'adr-'
" -:.us,-, sr.h. w as toe reply, -w.-
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I IT t ect W as I !' 1 ; v . till' l'il-iil,
(. ( ... ,, . , t , . ( ,J
Cn, on U-kin' iikl' nobotlCr-CoutiV
t'ompanion.
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vv e re... I 'i'.'a. la s -.- r
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In as.a.e st. a., i lii
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eiii. n i ..-:.. i u ,iai . .-. s i-. . .
.r.lil and w . ,t l.-g.r g .; . a
and barn, t . o aa..:.. I"'-
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should .'!-.;' -i.y
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m. 11. Uiieihgelit ft-Id tits. "..
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;l. :..s, h, s j;, le-:...r l .::.! t
ia eths shut, agre- d oa .-:..
tie- sv-ietli of 1 1 : ksi . : re -in.
ii-tr.n;s and i : i pt;: tis t
ih,. ext.-nt: t.iat fr.uti u. u ,
; i.a tit e.l upo!i ii.e i .-V - -ch.el'.V
toe I i g.t.UI .! , !l.;
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1... I 'ii.ii ;.s ll. !.. tls w ;;s i.e.
w : lii. - c aial e;t.. a s. ..
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lag li! :h. r r -,. '- t
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i.s v aha- or tie- ; . . i
one v foan. i. i. at .' 1
I.:, at ales VV ' 1 i .
i.s it,;. sh.- ,!;:: ctlv
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a -'
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to ti: ' h'
with w !. ips
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1 hi ti. nl ii r bane, a
: at.ier. being a s. !.
:.p lo th.- Sara, a 'is 1 ...i
a':, i rrand N..iie. : -
i .- ..-. . v ed scia H..,l:.a'. 1
:: a' i 1: 1:1:1 who a. i
pr- u : y and ,.s . . i : .
,.m 1 I.,.- d lie I .: '. . r -'
fat!-, r r '.at-' I to I.i a, !....v
to i e ;it ti.e Sal e'.-u's h i
r the It. ti: . l:
hoi. is Ni, ;.:-' h 1 ;
! e 1 . st.-rui. that ! - .'
-1 I tii. inn. v. .: a . .-
b. iieiuug S pi. or-', ia..'. t
had such an of:. ; 1:; a t h
its to deprive lui 1 of r .-
Mrs. Sipieers d;ed of air.
Temple l!ar.
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