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Hennessey Clipper.
'l_ O MILLER, Editor tnd Publisher.
C. H. MILLER. Proprietor.
HENNESSEY,
OKL \nOMA.
NOVEMBER—J 6?9. t
War Office in London Dees Kot Cre
Rumor of the Surrender of
Whit; to the Boers.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
Thr full name of Queen Victoria is
Alexandrina Victoria Weltin. II. I. is
the abbreviation for regina imperatrix
(queen empress).
If ihe disinherited Vanderbilt invests
what he g«'ts out of the estate at three
per cent, his income will be 8195,000 a
year. His hard luck story has a silver
lining and gilt edge.
Card playing has increased of late in
Great Britain. The number of new
pack-* brought into use last year ex-
ceeded 2/250,000, an increase of 250.000
on the year before, and of 300,OoO on
1800.
It is stated that some American
farmers last year realized as much from
cornstalks as from the ears harvested.
The by-products of maize, like those of
coal and cotton, are an important in-
dustrial development.
Tli* grave of President John Tyler,
in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond,
Va., is at last to be marked by a monu-
ment of granite and fittingly inscribed.
Only a handsome magnolia tree at its
head now marks the grave.
Itr.n j a win Franklin'a mother-in-law
hesitated at letting her daughter marry
a printer, as there were then already
two printing offices in the United Mates,
and she was uncertain whether the
couutr}' would support a third.
Admiral Dkwky, who is a member
of St. John's Episcopal church in
Washington, handed around the col-
lection plate last Sunday. He ha* had
a seat in the church for years and will
probably be elected a vestryman.
Bkkcher: It is not work that kills
men; it is worry. Work is healthv;
you can hardly put more upon a man
than he can bear. Worry is rust upon
the blade. It is not the revolution
that destroys the machinery, but the
friction.
Tire auditor of the postoffice depart-
ment doesn't overstate the facts when
he describes the postal service of the
country a.s the greatest business insti-
tution in the world. With an annual
Income of §040,000*000 from 75 0 1,1 post"
offices, the figures are something al-
most appalling.
Buffalo is to have a Pan-American
exhibition in 1001, with a local sub-
scription of 92.500,000, S'JOO.000 from the
state and 8500,000 already appropriated
by congress. The grounds will include
a part of the park system and COO acres
in the vicinity. Exhibits will be eon-
fined to the products of the western
hemisphere.
Onk of the great features at the Pari?
exposition will be an immense aqua-
rium, in which the spectator seems to
be surrounded by the depths of the sea.
The supports of the great glass tanks
arc to be concealed under rocks and
*ea plants of every description, and
there will be icebergs, walruses, divers
and a steamer that has gone to the bot-
tom.
Rev. Henry Moli.kt, the rector of
the Church of the Holy Communion,
New York, thinks that Sunday school
teachers should be paid for their serv-
ices just a.s the teachers in secular
schools. He proposes to create an en-
dowment of 8100,000 for the purpose of
remunerating the instructors in tho
Sunday school of his own church, but
has only succeeded in collecting 5151.5)
to start the fund.
CrMl Ilritaln Arcm*« th^l IfJoobfrt Had
Kralljr C ipturrd Ijidiikillh II** Would
Only l e Tootitad to K/purt It. f« thr
Mural t Ifect *u« h 4 Victory Would
llave ou thr Mar.
London. Nov. 5.—The following offi-
cial annonncement has been made by
| the war office: "No news has been re-
! ce;ved from Lady smith up to two
o'clock th.s afternoon. We therefore
pre time that the wire is still inter-
rupted." In spite of silence the ottl-
cials of the war office do not credit the
various rumors as to the position of
the garrison and no grave anxiety is
felt at present regarding the ability of
lien. \N hite to hold li s own.
The fact that the British war office
has received no news of the situation
at Ladysmith seems to effectually dis-
pose of Yesterday's contingent rumors
of ( en. White's capitulation and kin-
dred stories, a4-, if the general had sus-
tained a severe reverse? there is no rea-
son to believe but that (Jen. Joubert
would be only too glad to forward Gen.
White's olli' ial announcement to the
nearest telegraph station, while, it is
added, had news of such a serious char-
acter reached a foreign government in
cipher it would undoubtedly have been
prom oily conveyed to the British gov-
ernment.
As the Mozambique cable is still
broken, it is impossible for any un-
censored messages to reach Europe,
with the exception of the dispatches of
foreign governments, and in view of
the fact that an important victory
would be of the greatest moral assist-
ance to the Boers it seems obvious that
the Boer sympathizers would make
such an event known as quickly and as
widely as possible. The war office
here is making every endeavor to com-
municate with Ladysmith, so news
may arrive at any moment. In the
meanwhile, the best opinion is satis-
fied that if lien. White keeps strictly
on the defensive he will be able to hold
his own. The British experts smile at
the Boer plan of campaign, which con-
templates seizing Durban in order to
prevent the landing of Briti.^i troops
there.
J. B. Robinson, the South African
millionaire, writes that Gen. White
i will be perfectly safe if he sits tight at
I Ladysmith, refusing to be induced by
j the usual Boer tactics into being drawn
#i.i. , . - i • V* t. n > ti' • t ( i.ifli.ati i . • n . I .. f . . .. .
While the market is overstocked
with typewriter girls, girl stenogra
pliers, saleswomen and seamstresses,
there is a scarcity of competent women
teachers. The reasons for such scarci-
ty are not far to seek. The occupation
of teacher is a most wearing one; and
the pay of women teachers, especially
in the most important department of
primary instruction, is not much better
than the pay of a chambermaid or a
cook.
Truancy is hereafter to be dealt with
after a drastic manner in the Chicago
schools. Habitual truants, thoso who
repeatedly refuse to remain in the
schools when placed there by truant
officers, will be taken before Judge
Tuthill, of the juvenile court. The
fact of their incorrigibility in this mat-
ter being established, they will be
given a last chance to go to school,
with the alternative of being sent to
the John Worthy school at the bride-
well at the next offense.
The Illinois supreme court decision
ji the glucose case shows how far, and
under what circumstances, a state may
strike a blow at an industrial combine
which is chartered by another state.
The Glucose Sugar Refining company,
a New Jersey corporation, bought ol
the American Glucose company, also
a New Jersey corporation, the plant
owued by the latter at Peoria. That
sale the supreme court has set aside.
The supreme court holds that the Amer-
ican Glucose company has violated the
anti-trust laws of Illinois by combin-
ing with other plants to establish a mo-
nopoly of the glucose business,
out with a view of inllictiug a defeat
on the Boers.
Next Saturday Maj. Gen. Buller's
troops will begin to arrive in South
Africa, and whether he decides to be-
gin an invasion of the Orange Free
! State through de Aar junction and
send troops to co-operate direct to Gen.
White, the situation will immediately
be relieved.
The dispatches show that the forces
of the Orange Free State at length have
prepared to invade Cape Colony. These
forces are not overwhelming, but the
I Dutch in the neighborhood of Coles-
burg and Burghersdorp are exeeptiou-
, ally pro-Boer and their support is evi-
dently expected.
ItfitlOi lliiu* Kvaeuated Colen*o.
London, Nov. 5.—It is officially an-
nounced that the British have evacu-
ated Colenso, south of Ladysmith.
Another "Hitter 1*111*" for London.
London, Nov. 5.—News that Colenso
has been evacuated was another bitter
, pill for the British, and is arousing
j fears that the continental statements
! of a second serious defeat of Gen. White
may prove true. A significant fact is
that the war office does not say when
Colenso was evacuated, so that this
statement, which emanated Thursday
from Dr. Leyds, the diplomatic repre-
sentative of the Transvaal, who is lo-
cated at Brussels, that the Boers had
occupied Colenso, was possibly true.
There is much apprehension that the
war office is suppressing bad news.
Mav Overrun All Natal.
London, Nov. 5.—Advices from Cape
Town show the people there are now
realizing the seriousness of the situa-
tion in Natal. The merchants are ap-
prehensive of the Boers overrunning
the entire country and it is reported
that many of them have instructed
their representatives to leave Pieter-
maritzburg. All this in spite of the
hopefulness of the military men.
WILL SIT WITH CONGRESS.
Hen. Jo*e|>h Wheeler Write* That lie Will
He In Wii hliigtoii When the Na-
tional LejgMator* Meet.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. <>.— A special to
the Times from Nashville, Tenn., says:
Judge W. J. Wood, of Florence. Ala,,
has received a letter from Gen. Joseph
Wheeler who states that he will resume
his seat in congress when that body
meets. Gen. Wheeler does not say
when he will return from the Philip-
pines.
Front Kill* Yellow Fever.
New Orleans, Nov. 5.—The report of
frost throughout the country con-
tiguous to New Orleans has practically
wound up the fever situation in Louisi-
ana for the present season. Ice and
frost and temperature as low as *28 de-
grees was general along all tliciailroad
lines running into this city.
The President Will Vote.
Washington, Nov. 5.—The president
Will go to Ohio to vote. He will leave
on Monday evening, arriving at Canton
about noon and probably will leave
Canti n for the return journey the same
evening, reaching Washington Wednes-
day noon.
Fire In a Mlnaonrl Town.
Sedalia, Mo., Nov. 5.—Early Satur-
day morning fire destroyed the post
office, John Mather's store and Mrs.
Carpenter's residence. Loss, 50,000.
FOR AN "OPEN DOOR."
ahSrgrum from I .on don S\j% the (*nltted
State* Have Made a Kt-que t of
the Fow r*.
London, Nov. 5. — A special dispatch
rom Washington asserts that the t
Vmerican state department recently j
isked France, Germany and Russia to
five written assurances regarding the
Reservation of the "open door" in j
hina, being dissatisfied with mere oral
insurances and rejecting a proposal
hat the United States should seize a
x>rt and establish a sphere of influence
n China. "If these assurances are de-
fined," says the dispatch, "the I'nited
States will insist upon China observing
ihe strict letter of the treaty giving
he United States equal rights with
>ther powers in China.''
The Daily Chronicle, commenting |
ni i tori ally upon "this new departure
n American policy, which w 11 be fully
ipproved in England," dilates v. on
■ts "immense importance" and suggests
:hat it *inay affect the international
x>litics of Europe in a very remarkable
degree."
WAS A GAY DECEIVER.
Han Who Represented That He Had Money
and !.and« *arre««fully Duped a
Wealthy Ml oorI Widow.
Cnionville, Mo., Nov. 5.—A man
lamed Asbin recently visited eastern
Putnam county and met Mrs. Sarah
Alexander, a middle-aged widow in
**ell-to-do circumstances. He repre-
>ented h mself as a single man and
he owner of valuable farming laud .n
Macon and Linn counties. A marriage
followed a brief courtship. Asbin ap- i
reared devoted to his wife and they ;
frequently went to neighboring towns '
>n shopping expeditions. A few days
igo he drove over to Green City in his
.vife's carriage behind a handsome pair
jf bays. In addition, he had charge of
ier well-filled poeketbook, so it is
aid. On arriving, he helped her out \
it one of the stores while he drove the j
team to a stable. Husband, team and
poeketbook faiied to return, and the
leserted wife had to depend on friends^
to assist ber home.
Gold Supply in the Treasury the
Largest in the History of the
United States.
A BIS INCREASE DURING CCTCBER.
Gold Cola to the Value of • 7.300,000 Filed
I p. while Neu t.old Hullio* Reached
• 7.286 66S-lnerea lnc tHe Supply of
Sob«lulary Silver The New SIO Silver
Cert Urate Chance for loiMlor*.
—The billion-
passed in the
THROWS LIGHT UPON IT.
I'rtvate Campbe'.I, of the Thirteenth Min-
nesota, Tell* of the I>e ecrat«on of
Lhuree* In the l'hllippknefr.
Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 5.—Thomas
Campbell, late of the Thirteenth Min-
nesota regiment, says the controversy
between Gen. Funston and Archbishop j
Ireland regarding church desecration |
in the Philippines is based on a xnisun- j
derstanding of the facts. lie says that J
he himself is a Catholic and that there
was a score or more Catholics in his
company, all of whom had as many
church relics as d.d their Protestant
comrades. The reason, he says, is that
the Filipinos themselves had desecrated
the churches before the United States
troops came. The buildings were
looped-holed for small arms and used !
a.s store houses and hospitals, so that 1
the destruction of the buildings became
a strategic necessity. The parapher-
nalia either had to be taken awav or
suffered destruction with the building.
Deal* Wl'h Trunt* arid ImperlalUin.
Chicago, Nov. 5.—The first number of
the Democratic National Bu letin, the
weekly publication of the democrat'c
national committee, will appear to-day
under the auspices of its new editor,
Sam H. Cook. It will be chiefly remark-
able for its failure to discuss the silver
question, except in one or two unim-
portant paragraphs which were in-
serted to justify columns. The articles
which it will contain will deal alto-
gether with trusts and imperialism.
Mn L He from Kitnwa1*.
Manila, Nov. 5.—Chase's troops of
the Third ei%valry and Iiiver's troops
of the Fourth cavalry swam the river
and surrounded the garrison at Bong-
Bong, entering the town. The enemy
escaped. Six rifles and a quantity of
ammunition were captured. Castner's
scouts had a skirmish with the insur-
gents near Aliaga, killing five.
Klghty-l'onr Cane* of Smallpox.
Springfield, Mo., Nov. 5.* There were
84 patients in the smallpox camp yes-
terday morning, i>4 white and 50 ne-
groes. Of this number 20 were dis-
charged before dark, leaving in the
camp 04. Two new cases were re-
ported yesterday.
Hnrned Property Valued ut 940,000.
Kansas City, Kan., Nov. 5.—The
plant of the Creamery Package Manu-
facturing company, at the corner of
First street and Reynolds avenue, was
destroyed by lire last night* The loss
on the building and contents is placed
at $40,000.
A In nit 1,000,000 Feet Short.
Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 5.—White
pine will end the year about LOOO,OOC
feet short of the stock on hand Decem-
ber 81, last year. This year from most
careful estimates the stock will not
exceed 1,720,870,000 feet, leaving a dis-
crepancy of 1,001,050 feet.
The Singer lleeame Insane.
St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 5. —Enrice
Diamanti, the baritone, with the Lam-
bardi Italian Grand Opera company1
became insane suddenly last night and
is a raving maniac. He will bo seifl
to the asylum.
Opiate* Caused lllm to Sleep.
Paterson, N. J., Nov. 5.—Vice Presi-
dent Hobart had a comfortable night,
the hours passing without incidenl
while the invalid slept under the in
fluence of opiates.
The postmaster general has issuec
an order forbidding postmasters in tin
United Statt s to collect postage due ic
excess of the domestic rate on any let
ters sent by soldiers, sailors, marine!
or other persons in the United Statei
service in Guam and the Philippine is-
lands.
The proposition for a national uni-
versity at Washington under govern-
ment auspices was negatived yesterdaj
by the committee of the National Edu-
cation association, which has beeu ic
session at Washington the past tw<
day Si
Washington, N v
dollar point has b:
supplv of gold money in the t nited
Hiatus rbta i thi flrst IUm -n the
history of the c >untr that so larj-e a
supp.v f g >hl. in uey has. b. en shown,
but the e.reuia:ion statement for No-
vember shows Ss7; . r>0,999 in gold coin
in the treasury or in circulation, and
S Sv. 17 v. ngold bullion in the treas-
ury. making a total of $i.014.4«">>.o49.
This is the d stiueily m >neuiry sup-
ply of goli in the country, and does not
include ore and bullion in private
hanus. or in the custody of jewelers
an i manufacturers. The totals on
Ok ..her 1 were SsoT > '.173 in gold coin
and?! 1.7 J.2 n gold bullion, falling
a little short of the bill ion-dollar point.
The increase in gold coin in the coun-
try during the month has beeu about
$7.r Xl. v i. and the increase in the bul-
lion in the treasury has been $7,2315.003.
The gold has been the eaief source
from which the circulation of all forms
of in ney has been increased. This
circulation increased $15,012.IW2 during
I r, and stan Is at $1,968.716,14&
The circulation p r capita increased 15
cents during October, from $25.45 to
$2"> OX Most forms of money, except
gold and gold certificates, showed small
reductions dariBf October, and the in-
crease of $2.0J6,407 in standard silver
dollars will be more than offset by re-
quirement of $5,177.042 in silver certifi-
cates.
The mint bureau has been working
hard of late to increase the supply of
subsidiary silver and the amount in
circulation showed an improvement of
$2.1.7,402 during October. This was a
trifle less than the coinage of small sil-
ver at the mints which was SMM.5G9 in
half dollars. $s94,000 in quarters and
$425,000 in dimes. This work upon the
small pieces compelled the reduction of
the silver dollar coinage to $1,000,000
and the conversion of such gold as was
coined into double eagles to the amount
of $7.960,COO and eag.es to the amount
of S-'Xi.OOO. None of the smaller gold
pieces were coined. Tne total coinage
of the month was 22,4S9,139 pieces, of
the value of $11,8^9,109.
1 h«- New filO Silver Certiorate.
Washington, Nov. 5.—An unusually
attractive back of the new $10 silver
certificate has been prepared at the bu-
reau of engraving and printing. The
design is in the form of three graceful
arches, with a female figure standing
under the central arch. This figure
will represent the genius of the Amer-
ican republic, holding her scepter over
the globe, which lies behind. The
figure is almost completely robed in
loose fabrics, and with the right hand
draws the robes over the breast. Amer-
ican agricultural products spring up
from her feet and make a tasteful set-
ting for the globe, which typifies her
interest in two hemispheres.
Chance for Inve«tor<t.
Washington, Nov. 5.—It is asserted
that as a sound and promising invest-
ment for American cipital it would be
difficult to find any industry in the
Philippines that could beat the cultiva-
tion of the rubber plant. Indeed, with
proper time and attention devoted to
it investors are bound to make the
pleasing discovery that the land has
not, as yet, given forth any product
that can vie in rapid yield and heavy
profits with rubber.
URGED TO SUPPORT PAINE.
Gold Democrats of the Hay Slate Think
the Money Question In Secondary to
That of the I'hlllpplne Issue.
Boston, Nov. 5.—A number of gold
democrats of this state have issued an
address to the voters of the state call-
ing upon them to support Robert Treat
Paine. Jr., democratic candidate for
governor. The signers of the appeal
say that while they do not agree with
all the planks in the democratic plat-
form, they believe "that it is of su-
preme importance to make clear to the
president and to congress that a pol-
icy of criminal aggression in the Pnil-
ippines does not receive the support of
the country."
FUNSTON AT HIS HOME.
tola and Allen Comity Cilve a Clre*! Ova*
tion to the t *-neral and Other "twen-
tieth Kansas llojk
Iola, Kan., Nov. 5.—Ten thousand
persons from all parts of Allen county
fathered here Sa un ay in honor of the
returned soldiers. Long tables in the
public square w ere spread and soup,
meat, bread and coffee was served to
ihousands. In a tent the 25 Iola boys
who were in the Twentieth were ban-
queted by the ladies of the Woman's
Relief corps. The Iola and Humboldt
bands led a procession of 5.000, in-
eluding the lodges an I school children,
to the train to meet Gen. and
Mrs. Funston and Gen. Hudson. Capt.
li. A. Ewing, for the city, Gen. Fun-
ston. Gen. Hudson and C. F. Scott made
thort addresses. Quartermaster Hull
will present to the city a brass cannon
which he brought from Manila, ami it
shares the honors with Gen. Funston s
51.000 sword which is displayed at the
post office.
SHARKEY IS EITTER.
TucllUt Who l.o«t Friday Nleht*# Battle
Call* J« ffrie* a KWI and Say* the Hat tie
Wan Stolen from lllm.
New York, Nov. 5.—Referring to the
contest Friday night wherein Jeffries
was given the decision, Sharkey said:
"Jeffries didn't win that fight. Giv-
ing the decision to him was the rankest
kind of robbery, and Jeffries was not
the only man who was in on the deal
either. It was the rankest kind of a
steal. Why, that big stiff was laying
all over me half the time, and fouling
me time and again. I asked him to
break away, and he wouldn't. It was
more like wrestling than anything
else. Jeffries is a big kid. All he's
got is strength, lie doesn't know any-
thing about fighting at all. He hasn't
got the least bit of science. He knows
how to wrestle and that's about all he
does know. He can't fight and I'll bet
he doesn't hold that belt a year."
Former MUnourl Frearher Suicide*.
Fort Worth. Tex., Nov. 5.—Destitu-
tion drove J. W. Hayworth to suicide
here. He quietly left his home in his
night clothes, went to the river and
leaped off a 35-foot bridge into the
stream. When found he was dead,
lieing a consumptive, he was physi-
cally unable to provide for his family,
and in a fit of desperation and despond-
ency killed himself. For many years
Hayworth was a prominent Campbeli-
ite preacher in Missouri.
Wamego Gave Them (iold M.-<:*1«.
Wamego, Kan., Nov. 5. —Wamego re-
ceived the 10 members of the Twen-
tieth Kansas regiment whose homes
are in Pottawatomie county yesterday.
The returning soldiers were met at the
station by the town officials, a band
and a large crowd of people. The ex-
ercises in the opera house included the
presentation to each volunteer from
this county of a gold medal. A bau-
quet and ball followed.
Fnniiton to Vlult Kannan City.
Kan as City, Mo., Nov. 5.—A banquet
in honor of Gen. Funston, Gen. Met*
calf, Col. Little and other commis-
sioned officers of the Twentieth Kan-
sas regiment will be given next Friday
night by the Knife and Fork club.
Funston, Metcaif and Little promised
last night to attend. Theodore Roose-
velt, governor of New York, has been
invited as a guest and his acceptance
is confidently looked for.
lF?k Can't Citch the
j Wind in a Net.
I Neither CJt yoti can catarrh by local j
J .-r.-.'.CJf: is. It is a constitutional dis- ,
• ease, ar.d is cvrcj by Hood's Sarszpi- <
T rtfU because it is a. constitutional reme-
I dj. It expels from the b'ocd the im- <
J purify •which causes the disease, &nd\
rebuilds the inflamed membranes.
THE ICE MACHINE'S PART.
At I^a.t Tlicrr Ila. Ilcen a Sfw Fi-a-
tore Introduced Into Unclc
Tom's Cabin.
There is a nrw wrinkle in "Uncle Tom's
Cahin'' theatrical companies. One of them,
which is ransacking tne state of New Jer
ley for audiences, has hit upon the device of
buying a refrigerating machine and using
real l/.ocks of ice in the scene in which Kiiza,
pursued by a pack of harking mongrels,
cros««« the river carrying in her aims a
Etc ti ed doll.
The ieemaking machine has proved an
enormous success. At the Ridgewood opera
house, where the ice machine played a ftw
r% n ngs aso, a ti intic crowd fougnt its way
through the doors. At the first perform-
ances the ice machine was kept in the back-
sround. Several cakes were manufactured
before the performance and placed on the
green baize river. They were carefully sand
ed on the surface, so that when Eliza made
her grand dash for liberty she would rot
turn undignified someriaults. The ice ms
chine, however, had been so largely adver-
tised that yokels wanted to see it. They
sat in their places after the curtain de-
.<• ended upon the solemn death of Little
Eva and howled for the ice machine to come
out and show itself. The i-t;ige manager
and a couple of deck hands had to carry it
down to the footlights. Then they turned
the handle and, amid uproarous applause,
the machine produced a cake of real ice.
Since then a part has been written in the
play for the ice machine. When the river
scene opens a couple of southern speculators
are discovered experimenting with tho
machine. They produce their ice, and not
having any immediate use for it turn it into
the river, and it sits upon the river surface
at propt-r intervals to accommodate Iviza'
footsteps. A colored man comes out and
sprinkles sand over the ice in full view of
the audience.—Chicago Chronicle.
GRADUAL PROGRESS.
A Thousand Mexican Calves for Iowa.
Iowa City, la., Nov. 5.—One thousand
The Doy find a Situation and the Fa-
ther Wns Going to lie an
An rlculturlat.
"How's your boy doing?" inquired the
man whose business takes him occasionally
to a rural community where he knows all
the inhabitants.
"Fine."
"lias a good job, has he?"
"He ain t got a job no more. lie's got a
situation. lie staited in with a job, where
he didn't get nothin' but wages—four dol-
lars a week, liut he done good that they
boosted him right along, so that now he s
gettin' ten dollars a week. That there ain't
wages. That's salary."
"How are your own affairs prospering?"
"First rate."
"Still pursuing your old business?"
"No. I'm a farmer rww."
"Why, isn't that what you always were?"
"No; sirree. 1 don't fool myseif with no
flatferin' notions. Up to a little while ago,
when the wave of prosperity struck. I
wasn't nothin' but a common cracker, nut
j I've bought an extra piece of ground an'
I lifted a couple <>f mortgages, an' now I'm
a farmer. Ki the luck hoids out I'll have
some money in the bank in a few years.
Then I'm goin' to buy a three-minute hoss
and a buckboard and mow the gra.^s in front
of the house and be an agriculturalist."—
Washington Star.
Blatter of Loupth.
"How long should mourning gowns be
worn by a widow of 22 .'" was the question
that came sobbing through the mails. Now
it chanced to be the spoiling editor's day
and 1L tua,UL'U lo *-iit' sooiung euuors aay
, ,, , . -i off, and the religious editor, therefore, was
calves from Mexico have just arrived | 6Uending t0 the side Talks with Young
Persons. "There is no hard and fast rule,
wrote the religious editor, confidently, "but
they ought to come down to the boot tops, at
least." This incident illustrates the occa
here in charge of two stock raisers.
The shipment made a full train and is
composed of choice specimens of the
Hereford, Shorthorn and Aberdeen
breeds. During- the long journey the
calves were twice unloaded and given
exercise, with the result that not one
was killed or injured while en route.
I.mltow Coming froin IIstTana.
Washington, Nov. 5.—Brig. Oon.
Ludlow, governor of the city of Ha-
vana, cabled to-day to the war depart-
ment, stating that ho would leave for
Washington to-day, and asked that ar-
rangements be made to avoid detention
in quarantine in New York. The com-
ing of Gen. Ludlow at this time is un-
derstood to involve more than usual
interest and is likely to have consider-
able bearing on the question of ap-
pointing a civil governor for Cuba, or
a successor to Gen. lirooke as military
governor.
It Wan a Costly Joke.
Sycamore, 111., Nov. 5.—What started
out to be a practical joke is likely tc
end seriously. Fred Gaver, who is em
ployed at the bar of Clark's hotel,
poured alcohol on Ben Bonville's boots
and touched a lighted match to them.
The result was the man was nearly
burned to death. lie is alive, but in 8
precarious condition. A damage suit
will be instituted by his friends for
810,000 against Joel Clark and wife,
proprietors of tho hotel, and Gaver.
Y"Uth Killed with a Hall Rat.
Mountain View, Mo., Nov. 5.—While
playing ball Avery Smith struck George
Humphrey in the head three times with
a bat. Humphrey died. Smith has
been arrested. Both were about 16
years of age.
Krfltor Klllott Fined.
Troy, Kan., Nov. 5.—Frank W.
Elliott, editor of the Troy Times, was
fined $100 and costs in the district
court on a charge of criminal libel.
Elliott charged Albert Perry with
using his position as chairman of the
county democratic central committee
to aid Cy Leland and the republicans.
Perry had him arrested and the trial
resulted in a conviction.
Young Cilrl Betrayed Her Trn*t.
Macon, Mo., Nov. 5.—Jessie Howe, a
girl of 17, was brought in from Ard-
more and placed in jail on a charge of
burglary. It is charged that she prom-
ised to look after the house of a neigh-
bor during her absence, and she, while
acting as custodian, it is alleged, broke
in at a window and stole ail the jewelry
aud wearing apparel she could find.
Schley Warmly Greeted.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 5.—Rear Admiral
W. S. Schley was enthusiastically wel
corned to Atlanta. The early hour ol
the arrival of the train prevented a
larue crowd from being present at the
depot but the reception was none the
less warm. In the party besides the
admiral was Mrs. Schley and Gen. Felix
Angus.
Fortnne for a Kaima* Woman.
Atchison, Kan., Nov. 5.—Mrs. J. L.
Bliss, owner of a local jewelry store,
has just received word that she has
fallen heir to $150,000, mostly in four
per cent, government bonds, by the
death of Benjamin Pierce, her father,
at Spafford, N. II.
Flair taw Declared Invalid.
Chicago, Nov. 5.—The Illinois flag
law, which has provoked litigation
since its passage last winter by the
legislature, and has led to numerous
arrests, was declared unconstitutional
by Judge Gibbons in the circuit court
Reward for Rank Kobhcrn.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 5.—The Mis-
souri Bankers' association has offered
.1 reward of 8100 for the arrest of the
men who tried to rob the bank ol
Amity, Mo., November 1. The bank
has offered a like amount.
At Philadelphia on the 4th Harvard
defeated the Pennsylvania university
football team 10 to 0.
s nal aw kwardnc ss of a n< wspaper standing
as a bulwark of morals to the exclusion ot
everything else.—Detroit Journal.
A Dear Little Darling.—Wigwag—"My
wife is the dearest little woman in the
world." Watson—"I don't know about
that. How much does she cost you?"—Phil-
adelphia Kecord.
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COLDS
COUGHS
SORE
THROAT
GRIPPE
CROUP
IHOARSE
GENERAL JOE WHEELER
Says at He rung: ••/ Join Sena-
tors Sullivan, Roach and Mc
Enery In their good opinion ot
Pervna as an tttectlve catarrh
remedy."
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