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The Chandler News.
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VOLUME 3.
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5,1894
NUMBER 15
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INDIAN AND OKLAHOMA TEE'S,
CONGRESSIONAL AND GENERAL.
Items Pertaining to Work-
in gn of Ooncrevi, Councils and the
Territorle* In U«ii«ral.
1 he $(^,040,000 dollars in bonds which
t ' I'nited States promised the Chero-
i u for their title to the Strip contin-
ues to be a matter of grave contention
between the two political parties of
the Cherokee Nation. During-the first
part of this weelc it was reported that
the executive department and legisla-
ture had come to Some understanding
nd had the airents provided fin* by
mncil commissioned without any fur-
her friction. This feeling* of hope
as brought about by Chief Harris
himself, who promised the agents that
} would recognize them, but when
they made application he refused to
furnish them with their credentials.
The agents then reported to the legis-
lature that it would be impossible for
them to*effect a sale of the bonds with-
out the proper authority from the ex-
ecutive department. The action of
Chief Harris in refusing to carry out a
law passed by the council was sufficient
.•eason under the constitution for im-
peachment. This morning a member
of the lower house from an Illinois
^ strict introduced articles of impeach-
/•Ut. charging < hief liar is with mis-
demeanor and malfeasance in office.
The charge met with very little oppo-
sition, and after a short debate the
house passed them by a two-thirds
vote—2'! to 10. The senate will be
notified of the action of the house on
Monday, It then will act as a tribunal
and Chief Harris will be notified that
charges are made against him, and to
appear and make his defense.
A tragedy was almost enacted at
10:30 o'clock Wednesday night at Guth-
rie in the saloon conducted by Andy
Seaholm on Oklahoma avenue. About
that time Attorney Charles Freeman
happened i%to the saloon. He was
several sheets in the wind, and soon
after entering Seaholm's place, it is
alleged that he was drugged. Then,
it is alleged, Seaholm assaulted Free-
man with a club or poker, and came
near pounding the lawyer's head to a
jelly. 11 is face and body were terribly
cut and mutilated, and blood gushed
in copious streams from the wounds.
Seaholm was arrested shortly after by
Sheriff Painter and locked up. He vig-
orously denied assaulting Freeman,
but said that the bloody work was
done bj' a stranger in the salo. u who
ran out after striking the attorney.
Freeman was conveyed to a hotel,
where his wounds were partially
dressed. His conditio** is regarded as
dangerous.
Excitement was intense at the vil-
lage of W aukomis. the first town north
of Hcnnesey on the itwck Island llail-
way. in the herokre Strip, Saturday.
People from all over County O Hocked
into the town, and about noon the fun
took place. The immense throng
Jumped the claim of Ned Riley, of
.Kingfisher. ;in<l st iued it out into town
lots. (Jray-haired men almost too
feeble to walk, women with babies in
their arms, the professional jumper
with bluff in his eye, booted and spur-
red cow-punchers and bloated money
lenders, all jostled and fought each
other in their anxiety for a town lot
Kevolvers and Winchesters were cocked
and an ever ready finger nervously
clutched the triggers, but not a shot
was tired. Several fights with tists
and clubs took place, and many heads
are bandaged up this evening. I here
were at least 2000 people at the little
town to night, and Waukomis in a few
days will be a thriving city populated
in a single day.
11. Ij. Norton of Chicago and James
II. Ralston of Denison. 1'ex., were in
consultation at Guthrie Monday re-
garding some mineral leases worth
millions of dollars. Some months ago
Mr. Ralston, as president of the Stone-
wall and Greenwood Mineral company,
told to Vice-President Peck. Land com
missioner Frost and Attorney Asp of
the Santa Fe railway, leases on im-
mence deposits of coal, iron, magnesia,
and oil in the Chickasaw* nation, south-
east of here, for 87f>0.000 and an agree-
ment to put u branch railway there
from the main line at Dougherty. 1. T.
Owning to the stringency of the money
Inarket they have failed to build tic-
road. and they fear they will be com-
pelled to give up the leases. Over $-10,
O00 have been spent in developing the
mines, which are very rich, and
Norton, who has a second option, is
anxious to secure them for an lilinois
company.
A man nwfeed John Foster was
mrested Tuesday nioruin • about six
miles \vest of Carney, charged with the
murder of a man named Bryant at
Derby, Perry county, Ind., about four-
tc t months ago. Foster was identi-
ty by a man passing through that
v .ntry as •lames O. Can*, for whose
arrest a liberal reward had been
offered. Correspondence was had with
Sheriff Conway of Perry county, and
c. hen the man was properly located
ti a d; Hubbard, deputy sheriff of Blaine
p- unty, made the arrest and telegraph-
ed the sheriff from this place Tuesday
night, Foster will be held until the
O . eers arrive, and if identified will at
0 e be taken to Indiana.
i he < hoctaws have begun to realize
the change in their government is
bound to. come and are preparing to
Ineet it. Gov. Jones has issued a proc-
lamation calling the people ot' the
• lmctuw Nation together on January
f. t!• dismiss the advisability of chang-
ing the-land tenure and abolishing
their tribal government. Me will call
1 special session of the Choctaw Coun-
:il in a short time to take action, and
It is believed they will agree to the
shtinge.
The question of first and absorbing
importance to the citizens of Oklahoma
at this time, and for months past, is
that of statehood. The casof okla-
homa and its demand for local sov-
ereignty has no parallel in the history
of American territories in their tran-
sition from the wilderness into inde-
pendent states. As to the latter; the
process has been slow aud tedious, the
consummation being ti lly reached
through years of deprivation and toil
and suffering by uihe hardy pioneers;
whereas. Oklahoma, surrounded by
states and established civilization and
itself traversed by the highways to
these attainments, and its settlement
being out of the transfer in a day of a
i population from old, organized com-
munities, well equipped and fully com-
petent to at once assume the duties
and responsibilities of government, so
that to-day the territory of Oklahoma
is lacking in no essential feature prece-
dent to assuming position in the union
<if states. It was announced from
Washington, Saturday, that a plan of
procedure had been agreed upon by
the friends of Oklahoma looking to the
admission of the territory at once, in
connection with the other territories
now well advanced. The plan is to
leave out the five Indian tribes, but in-
cluding all the balance of the old In-
dian Territory. This change from
the original plan is made to remove
the objection raised by Chairman
Wheeler of the committee that will
pass upon and report the bill to the
house, i. e., that the difficulty in the
way of the Oklahoma bill is the Indian
opposition to statehood as a part of
Oklahoma. Cnless Mr. Wheeler and
the committee are moved by other
considerations it ought to be an easy
matter to bring them to favor the
single statehood idea and the early
passage of the bill. The Indian oppo-
sition is not worthy to be seriously
considered. There is nothing to it
beyond the cupidity of a handfull of
scheming tricksters who can never be
satisfied nor gotten rid of except by
summarily sitting down on them. The
best interests of Oklahoma and of
Indians can only be served by the ad-
mission of the territory as a whole to
statehood and at the earliest date pos-
sible. To delay the matter can serve
no good purpose, but would seriously
impede the progress of the territory
; and hamper tin* prosperity of its peo-
j pie.—Wichita Eagle.
There is considerable interest mani-
fested to know what will be the course
of the senate with reference to the
territorial bills which are coming from
the house of representatives. The
senate territorial committee has not
held a meeting during the present
congress. Inquiry develops the fact
that the committee probably not take
THE FARM AND HOME.
GRASS AND MEADOWS DE-
MAND ATTENTION.
Mtadowi That Will He I'ermaneut Are
of UreutfHt I in port wnce to Furiiieri —
The Cow for Kvery Family—Farm
Notes uutl Home lllut*.
(ir M it in! Aleailown.
Grass is the most important cfc all
farm products. It is the principal
food of all the farm animals. If we
count up the gross value of all the
products that are derived from the
grass, we shall find it to amount to
a lurger sum than that of all the
grains grown, and perhaps mope
than that of every other farm crop
tako together.
This shows the importance of
giving the grass the best possible
cultivation and the enormous losses
that result from the general care-
lessness with which farmers treat
this great product
There are a great many kinds of
grasses. Some are annuals; that is,
they grow and mature their seed and
then die. Others are perennials,
that is, they go on growing year after
year for a great many years, and if
well fed with manure and fertilizers
they will go on growing and support-
ing cattle and sheep for hundreds of
years. In England, whore the
farmers give more attention aud
care to the meadows, there are fields
that have never been plowed for
hundreds of years. And such fields
are so highly valued that no tempta-
tion in the form of money would in-
duce the owner of the land to break
up those meadows and destroy the
grass.
The perennial grasses are the
most valuable and are mostly grown.
The farmer has little use for any
kind of grass except one that will
occupy the land for two or three
years. Rut yet there is reason to be-
lieve that more attention might be
given to the more permanent grasses,
that would make meadows that, by
the right treatment, would last for a
great many years.
The common practice is to sdw
grass with clover, or grass alone, for
two crops of hay. and one year of
pasture and then plow the land for
wheat or corn, or some other crop.
This is a very good practice, beoavtse
the roots of the grass and clover,and
the stems and leaves afford most
valuable manure for the crops follow-
ing. It has been found by accurate
; up any of the bills for serious con.sid-I measure and weighing that one
eration prior to the Christmas holidays. I square foot of the sol of a grass
A committee-meeting will in all proba- j field, shaken free of the adhering
soil, weighed two pounds. If wo
take the number of square feet in an
acre-of land and multiply it by two
wo shall find the total weight of the
sod of an acre of laud at this rate to
equal more than eighty tons. And
all this matter is worth quite as
much as the best manure is as plant
food, so that by plowing under a sod
of this kind the farmer may add to the
land such a large quantity of food for
crops as would be worth fully $100
It is only reasona-
ble to believe that such a valuable
crop as grass must need the very
best preparation of the land. An I
this is a truth that unfortunately
few farmers realize as they should
do. The land must bo well plowed,
thoroughly well harrowed to make it
fine for the very small see I, and it
must be well manured to feed the
bility be called for some day next
week, and it is possible that the matter
will be taken up and there will be a
general exchange of opinion among
the members of the committee, but as
the holidays will be so near then it is
sate to say that the entire question
will go over until January. The pre-
vailing opinion among the members of
the commit! *c is that the committee
• will bv* found to be generally favorable
to the bills for admission; but there
I are almost sure to be some disagree-
1 ments on minor points. There has not
yet been a bill introduced for the , f°r every acre.
i admission of Oklahoma, but there is
no doubt that' the senate will pass
upon a bill for Oklahoma's admission
at the same time the other bills are
considered, and t is probable that a
i bill for Oklahoma's admission will be
attached to one of the other bills,
probably that for the admission of
j Utah, for the sake of expedition.
1 The usual serenity of the sessions of , 9 that it may gIW Btron? and
the Hoard of Indian Commissioners,1 T, , •
which has been in session for several I thickupon the «round, it iscoum.I-
,la VS. was shocked to-.lav l v the re-' ered host b.v, good farmers t, plow
| eei'pt of a letter from luther Stephani, ' the land 111 the full, turning under
i of the Catholic Indian Missions Society,
i in which 1iq vigorously assailed the
I Protestants and their work among the
: I dians. When the public conference
of the Hoard of Indian Commissioners
; opened reports were presented by rep-
resentatives of various Indian associa-
tions showing a fair progress in the
work. Commissioner of t ndinn Affairs
Browning made a short address, and
stated that he would apply the spirit
, of the civil service law t<> the agencies
• in appointing only those interested in
I Indian work. ( ivil Service Commis-
sioner Roosevelt made an address advo-
cating extension in civil service re-
I form to all agency offices.
News reached Vinita that impeach-
ment proceedings against Chief Harris
were in progress at Tahlequah. The
1 charges of impeachment were sustained
in the lower house by a vote of Ti yeas to
j H) nays. Advices from different points
in the Cherokee nation indicate that
j the action of the council is being gen-
erally understood that the chief was
the principal obstacle in the way of
i lie sale of the strip bonds and a largo
j per capita payment. .
A number of Christian ladies of
(Jutlirie are raising a fund to enable
John Dossctt, under sentence to be
hanged January K, to appeal his case
J to tlie supreme court. Dossctt. who is
a quiet, well behaved youn"1 man. was
sentenced for the murder ot Sherman
Long f>n January 1 last, because of
jealousy of his attentions to < lemen-
tine Denago. an Osage Indian girl,
j I he evidence was wholly circumstan-
; tial.
A report comes from Washita. 1. T.,
that Deputy I'nited States Marshals
Lawson Pierce Johnson and ti. \Y.
. Oiddens. while attempting to effect
i the arrest of two men in the country,
were fired upon. Oiddens was killed
outright. Johnson was shot in the
hand and Lawson in the s|omaeh;
wounds not serious. 'I he meu escaped.
plenty of manure and then sow
wheat, seeding with the grass at the
same time. This is done because the
grass is very weak at first, and it is
fea> ed that a few dry days in the
spring might kiW the young weak-
plants. And thisr does happen at
times, but if it does, the reason is
that somemiistake has bi en made.
We have learned that young
plants tirst live upon the fo >d that
is stored in the seed, but that as
soon as this is exhausted, the roots
get the food from the soil. To do
this it is necessary that the roots
should bo in the soil. Hut unless
the seed have beon sown in the soil
the roots will not be in, but onlv on
the soil, and thus, if a few dry days
come after the grass s-eeds have
sprouted, the tender roots will be
dried and killed and the expected
grass will not be seen. Doubtless
this is the reason for much disap-
pointment among farmers who do
not sow the seed and at once cover
it, as all seeds should be
This goes to show that the newly
sown grass seeds should be covered
by the soil, by means of a light har-
rowing, as soon as the sowing is
completed. Then there is no risk of
damage by dry weather, for the roots
will be ab'o to gather food and sup
port the v oung grass. But this cov-
ering should be very light, on ac-
count of the smallness of the grass
seeds. And for this special work
light grass seeding harrows are
made, or should be for this use.
Some farmers use a plank or two, or
three, or more of them for this work,
and a drag of this kind is made by
fastening the planks together by
y-hort cl ains so that they may be
J"ag^«d >ver the land aud so cover
Grasses are what are called
sociable plants, that is, several
kinds grow together better than one
alone. Thus, when several kinds
are thus sewn together, they grow
quite clo ely and soon make a thick
mat or sod, and this helps to pre-
vent the escape of moisture from the
soil, as mi it happen if the land
were partly b%i o aud exposed to the
sun aAd wind. There is another
reason for this mixing of kinds of
grass; this is, that some grow faster
than others, and some start to grow
later in the season. This will in-
crease the quantity of feed from the
grass, because there is a continuous
growth of fresh herbage all through
the season. And while the earlior
are recovering from the pas-
turing of the cattle or sheep the
later kinds are coming on and
furnish feeding. Some kinds of
grass have what are called fibrous
roots, that is, the roots spread from
; the bottom of the stoin in a bunch of
! long, slender fibers. Hut others
have so-called creeping roots that
run along just under the5
surface, and being furnished with
buds or eyes, now sprouts
grow from these and make new
! plants. It is easily soon how soon
the land may become quickly covered
with plants of this character, and in
a few years there will bo a dense sod
that will completely cover the ground
and make the best of pasture. All
: that is wanted then to have a perma-
nent growth of grass year aftor year
is to furnish ubundance of food for
grass and sow fresh seed in places
where it may be wanted, and then
I keep the land in a meadow as long as
may be wished. To do this the
1 farmer must study the nature of the
various grasses, so that ho may
choose tho right kind for this use.
Then ho must tako care to prepare
the land in tho best manner at the
outset, and sow sufficient seed to
cover the ground, allowing for any
loss by imperfect seed, us is always
to bo guarded against, and, when lie
has made a good beginning, to keep
the grass growing by feeding it lib-
erally with manure or fertilizers as
may be required.
A Family Cow.
In the articles for the press it is
usually presumed that the writer is
addressing those who have dairies,
and the man with one cow is over-
looked, and in this connection we
here givo^the views of A. I* Crosby
in the matter, a man in every way
competent to give advice in tho
keeping of one cow.
Every family in moderate circum-
stances Uving in the country, needs
a good family now; and if tho family
include children, the need becomes
almost a nocessity. The great ob-
jection urged .against keeping a
family cow is the expense, which is
supposed by many who are unac-
quainted with the facts to heavily
overbalance tho income. But tho
reverse can easily bo shown to be
tho truth, taking into consideration
the difficulty of buying good milk
even in the country, tho c >st of the
same, and often the disappointment
in not being able t > get it
just when most needed (all moth-
ers appreciate this) I think
when the account is footed up, it will
be found that the family cow will
prov herself to be a money-maker.
Hut right here «comes the point
which decides the question of profit
or loss in keeping a family cow, and
that is. the kind of cow kept. There
can he no question as to whether or
not it will pay to keep a poor cow.
for it will not; but as to keeping a
good cov* there is no doubt as to its
being a profitable business from a
dollar point of view, aud the Jersey
cow answers this purpose admirably.
The family cow must not only supply
the family with milk, but with but-
ter. also, and this the Jersey will do.
And Jersey cream being easily
churned, it is an easy matter for
those comparatively ignorant of but-
ter-making to manage it in a satis-
factory way. This point is too often
overlooked, but il is a very impor-
tant one and should be better known,
as also should the fact that Jerso.
milk is easy to cream, tho cream
rising under very adverse conditions.
The Jo sey is a hearty feeder, and,
as a family cow will learn to eat
much kitchen waste.— Column's Rural
World.
The brood sow should have range
* so she can exercise.
Feed more and more as long as you
see more milk coming.
When ground is well prepared less
cultivation will be needed.
Shorts, bran and corn meal is a
go d food for the sows and pigs.
The pigs should be pushed from
til'1 start aud sold at eight or t n
months old.
Home Mints
Never nut salt on a steak until
after it is cooll ed.
Mend the tom pages of books with
white tisiu ■ ] aper.
Mot tar and paint may be removed
from lass with hot, sharp vinegar
In j urchaslng canned goods It is a
sate ule to observe whether tho
head >f the can is concave, i bulging
appearance being indicative of de-
coinp siitlon
LOBENGULa'S tiny foe
THE FLY WHIOH DROVE BACK
. THE AFRICAN KINO.
Though the T«et*e Fly ]« Only n Shade
I..-trger Thmi Our Common House Fly
Its lllte It Certain Death to Cattle.
Horses, vhe«<|> and Dog*.
Probably never until ne Matabel
war was the flight of an army, a na-
tion and a king from a victorious en-
emy effectually stopped by a fly. Nor
is tho fly, which barred tho path of
Lobengula and his people, very largo
or very formidable looking. Of about
the size of the erdinary American
house fly, this African tly seems to
have peculiar functions, one of which,
at that particular time, whs to stop
tho flight of tho defeated Matabele
from the pursuing British. How this
happened constitutes an interesting
story.
When Lobengula was defeated in
the great fight at the laager ho re-
treated with the remains of his force
to his capital, Buluwayo. Being
sharply pursued by the British ho
lied thence northward with nearly
the entire Matabele natfou. It was
his intention to cross the Zambezi
river and take refuge in tho swampy,
miasmatic country thereabouts, says
tho New York World.
Those who read the reports of the
war closely noticed that Lobongula's
fight was1^topped suddenly by his
arrival at tho "tsetse fly country. "
Probably ho knew*of the tsetse lly,
but in his hurried^ flight forgot
ubout it.
The tsetse tly belt extends through
tho Zambezi country. Tho tsetse is
found among bushes or weeds, and
never in tho open country. This
particular bolt of territory it never
loaves. Its bito or sting is certain
death to the cattle, horses, sheep,
and dogs. It has no harmful otYcct
upon men, mules, and goats. Loben-
gula and his people could have
passed safely through the tsotse lly
country, but ho would have boon
compelled to leave his cattle behind.
Thou most of his people would have
starved to death, as hunting was out
of tho question as a moans of furn-*
ishing food for so many Nearly all
the South and Central African negro
tribes have large herds of car-tie, the
milk and flesh of which constitute
their chief sustenance. So when
Lobengula and his men camo to the
tsetse fly country the promised haven
of refuge was cut off. There was
nothing for them to do but to turn
back and attempt another sta. d
against the British or surrender.
Tho formidable tsetse .s a shade
larger than our ordinary bouse lly.
Its head is a dirty yellow color and
it has largo eyes. The thorax is a
chestnut red. with longitudinal black
gars. Tho abdomen is a dirty yellow ,
with black bristles above: the first
segment has a round black spot on
each side, and the four following
have a broad, dark br#wn band, in-
terrupted in tho middle. The wings
are considerably longer than the
body.
The organ with which tho tsetse
slays its victims is a Ion horny, pro-
boscis. It contains a compound brie-
tlo.or two needle-like piercers. These
piercers communicate with a poison
bulb at the base.
The tsotse flourishes best in very
warm weather. Iu the cool of the
mornings and evenings it is sluggish.
But when it throws off its* sloth,
with the coming of the heat, it is
very active and cannot be caught.
It makes a loud and peculiar buzzing
noise. Oddly enough, this buzzing
does not alarm the animals for which
its sting is fatal.
The tsetse lays no eggs, nor has it
any stinjpin its tail. It thrusts its
proboscis into tho animal's body and
then pumps tho poison through its
veins from tho bull) at the base. The
tsetse s sting produces no immediate
etfect, but in a few days there ap-
pears an exudation for about half an
inch around the punctures.
The eyes and nose begin to run.
Tho skin quivers, as if with cold,
and swelling under the jaw occurs.
The animal grows thin and weak,
until it is but little more than a
skeleton. It may livtf in that condi-
tion for months, but death always oc-
curs eventually.
It is a peculiar fa t that the
stronger and healthier the bitten
animal is the sooner iis death will
result fro il the tsetse's sting. The
very strong animals are also afllicted
usually with staggering and blind-
nehs Sometimes swarms of tie -e
flies attack a horse The horse
usually dies within a week, and if
the body is opened his blood Is found
much reduced in tjiiantity an i there
are signs of disease in the lungs and
liver.
■ ..IHat on f<.
munity enjoy 3d by n an the mule
and the goat from the p< ison of the*
tsetse's sting Nor do wild animals
suffer from it.
No roraedv for th tsetse s poison
■has ever b ••• > to ind, although the
natives have ri. d all sorts of decoc-
tions of herbs and roots The tsotse
country is at present uninhabitable
by man, unle?i he dispenses with all
domestic aniiaals, except the mule
and the goat. The fly lives on wild
animals, which, as has been said, its
sting does not harm It is thought
that after awhile, when the game is
exterminated, tho tsetse country may
become inhabitable.
HERMIT AND MISER. B
• lame* I.uoan, Whov IHcUeo* I'lotured
In •>Tom i'lildlt-r't Ground."
Among tho landed properties
brought to the hammer within the
last few days in England was Elms-
wood, in Hertfordshire. In a small
house, now demolished, on this es-
tate, lived for many years James
; Lucas, the "Hertfordshire Hermit,"
whom Charles Dickens made the
I subject of one of his ( hristmas
stories, "Tom Tiddler's ground."
Me was a woll-educa* mi man who
inherited tho estate of his father, a
prosperous West India merchant
I lis eccentricities are summarised in
the "Dictionary of National Biogra-
phy." which says: "Ho refused to
administer his parents1 wills, defer-
red for throe months (when the sop-
! ulture was enforced) tho interment
of his mother, and barricaded his
' home at Elinswood, in the kitjhon of
| which he took up his abode. Ho ex-
cluded furniture, abjured washing,
slept on a bed of cinders, and clothed
himself in a loose blanket. Ilia skin
grew ingrained with dirt, and his
dark hair long and mattod.
"His dietary, besides bread and
penny buns, consisted of cheese, rod
herrings and gin, and he protected
his food from rats by hanging It in
a basket from tho roof Lucas en-
joyed tho society of tramps, always
putting them to a series of questions,
and rewarding satisfactory answers
with coppers aud a glass of gin. He
thus attracted all the vagabonds in
the kingdom and had to protect
himself by retaining two armed
watchmen, who lived in a hut oppo-
site the formidable iron grille a%
which ho received visitors. These
included Lord Lytton," Sir Arthur
Helps, John Forster nd Charles
Dickons. This ecconjPlp person
died of apoplexy in 1 n74#'ittd wii'
buried in Hackney chui - lijNird.
I «iuai to tlit* Oocnnton.
••Why ao you wish ine to be your
wife?"
* "Because 1 love you love you to
distraction.
"Did you say that to Mamie Jones
j when you proposed to her "'
"How could I.
"Why couldn't youP" ♦
"Because sho lias neither beauty,
I dignity, grace, amiability nor refine-
ment. These are the qualities that
in pire ardent attachment, and you
i are the only girl I know who pos-
| Mosses them in a supereminont degree.
Need I say more?"
' He had said enough.
The (Irowth of a Word.
Tawdry came from St. Audrey. In
old times there was an annual fair in
j several cities of Europe oil St. Att-
: drey's day. Incautious persons wore
frequently imposed upon at these
fairs by worthless tinsel jewelry,
I hence the saying. "Bought at Au-
drey's" was equivalent to show with-
I out value. *
ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR PHRASES
! 'The unspeakable Turk.—Carlyle.
A tempest in a teapot.—Montesquieu.
1 We are in the same boat.—Clement I.
< orporations have no souls.—Coke.
New brooms sweep clean —Lord
j Eldon.
s life, there's hope.—
war.
-Wash-
, friends.—Marshal
petrified music.—
• last ditch.—YVilli-tm
Europe —Nicholas
but death aud
While ti
Cice ro.
In peace pre pa
ington.
Save me from n
Vi liars.
Architecture is
Goethe.
1 will die in the
of Orange. ,
The sick man of
I of Russia.
Nothing is certain
ta\cs. Franklin
'The English arc a nation of Shop-
keepers. \anoleon.
Straws show which way tho wind
blows John Seidell.
( all no man happy until his death.
Solon, spoken to Croesus.
W hat ever is worth doing at*all is
worth doing well. Chesterfield.
\\ hen in Rome du as the RoiDantda
st \mbrosc to St. Augustine.
•yooil Americans when they die, go
to Paris Thomas C Appleton.
i'• trine is nothing but the skin of
truth set up and stuffed -Bee'her.
A great unrecognized incapacity.—
Spoken of Napoleon 111
nonkeys: they always re*
f pool** relations -Henry
Bismarck.
I dislike
mind mc
Luttreil.
1 can drive a coach and six through
every act of parliament. - Daniel
(onnel 1.
Put your trust*!n God, but be sure to
see that your powder is dry. Oliver
Cromwell
Life would be qulter tolerable if it
were not for its amusements.—Sir
(Jeorge Lewis.
It does not signify mu li whom one
f marries, as one is sure to find the next
morning it was sor.i 'one else. -Jvaiu-
uel Rogers.
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