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How People Drown. HARD LINES. Wind City paper. Camping Out. "Camping out" is for the most part becoming merely a name for moving 'out of one's permanent habitation and dwelling for a few weeks in a well-built lodge, smaller, perhaps, than one's own home, but as comfortable and almost as convenient; with tables, chairs and crockery, carpets and curtains, beds with sheets and blankets on real bedsteads, a stove and its full outfit of cooking utensils, wherefrom meals are served in the regular ways of civilization.

And so, living in nearly the same fashion of his ordinary life, except that he wears a flannel shirt and a slouch hat, and perhaps fishes a little and loafs more than his ordinary custom, our "camper" imagines that he is getting quite close to the primitive ways of hunters and trappers, that he is living their life with nothing lacking but the rough edges, which he has ingeniously smoothed away. But he is sistent with public order, and are opposed to all sumptuary and police legislation. Resolved, That we are in favor of home rule for Kansas as well as for Ireland. Resolved, That as the democratic party has always been the champion of the people of all classes, and especially the wage -earners, and a foe to monopolies, that we hereby most heartily reaffirm those time-honored principlss. Resolved, That we heartily endorse the administration of Grover Cleveland and pledge him our support as our standard-bearer in 1888." The following ticket was nominated: For judge of the 29th district, W.

S. Carroll; for register of deeds, A. A. Lovelace for treasurer, Martin Stuart; for sheriff, Thomas Bowling; for clerk, Frank Mapes for surveyor, Frank Brigham for coroner, J. J.

Beman for commissioner of the 1st district, Stephen Sharp. As members of the county central committee are selected: Kansas City, Kan. First ward, Jerry Grindrod Seeond ward, Everett Walker; Third ward, John Lane; Fourth ward, James McOarrick Fifth ward, Thomas Abraham; Sixth ward, A. E. Wagner; Seventh ward, John Dugan; Eighth ward, Harry Leonard; Ninth ward, Ed.

Daniels Armour-dale, J. B. Prentiss; Argentine, H. M. Herr; Rosedale, H.

F. Chick; Delaware, J. L. Buck-land; Bonner Springs, W. P.

Harris; Edwardsvllle, Robert Duncan Maywood, Dan Grintner; Muncey, Sant Haff; Quindaro, Ben Thayer; Connors, J. H. Hollin gs worth Six Mile, J. K. P.

Baker; Prairie, S. W. Holyfield; Stewart, 8. S. Sharp; White Church, W.

H. MeCamish; Junction, George Thiret; Pacific Place, Sam Church; Newton, G. J. May. Councilman Joe Peavey informed us this morning that his committee had succeeded in compromising the suit of Moss Wiseman against the city for the sum of $1,000.

The committee deserves well of our citizens and tax-payers for its efficient work. Women drown quicker than men remarked the life-saver at one of the beaches near New York to a Mail and Express reporter the other day. 'Much quicker." They are not so strong as "1 know that but there is another reason. They keep their mouths open when under water. They fill their lungs with water and lose their senses in half the time a man does.

They are hard to save, too." "I should think they would be easier. They can't hold on so tightly, as men, can they?" "A woman can cling to a man much closer on land than a man can. and the rule holds good when they are under water. A drowning woman makes a clutch for a man's hauds the first thing, and she sticks to them as long as she can. I can't account for it any more than I can for other similar actions on the part of drowning pei'sons.

If it is a law of nature, it never has been laid down in books. I would rather save twenty men than one muscular woman." "What other singular actions do you allude to?" Council Proceedings. Regular meeting of the city council, Tuesday evening, Oct. 18th, 1887. Quorum present.

Mayor llannan presiding. Bids for grading 7th street from Minnesota avenue to Granuview avenue were opened and the contract awarded to D. Finacum at 22 cts. per cubic yard. The contract for grading 7th street between Wabash and Euclid avenues was awarded to M.

A. Lawler at 21 cts. per cubic yard. The contract for grading Splltlog avenue between 6th and 7th streets awarded to M. Cahill at 22 eta.

per cubic yard. Th. McCauley was awarded contract for building sidewalk on Minnesota avenue between 8th and 9th and between 8th and 10th streets at 43 cts. per lineal foot. The contract for building sidewalk on west side of 7th street between court house and street is awarded to John T.

McCauley at 32 cts. per lineal foot. lleeport of county treasurer was read, ordered spread upon the Journal and referred to auditing committee. Report of city engineer and communication of the president of Metropolitan Street Kail-way Company were filed. Report of city engineer stating that J.

T. McCauley had completed contract for laying sidewalk on east side of 10th street was approved and amount of bill for work, $241.68, ordered to be paid in sidewalk bonds. The citv engineer asked for and was authorized to purchase a transit instrument for his office. On motion of Councilman Joe Peavey the committee on claims and accounts, with city attorney added, was empowered to settle the claim of Jay. To the same committee were referred all other damage suits against the city, with instructions to report at the next meeting.

Petition for sidewalk on Jersey street was read, prayer of same granted and city attorney ordeaed to draw ordinance. Petititition to improve Emerson street was read, prayer granted and preparing of necessary ordinance ordered. Committee on claims and accounts reported favorable on bills in amount of $411.00, which were ordered paid. Miss L. Donahue was allowed $30 for work in city attorney's office.

On motion of Mr. L. F. Martin, the city attorney is instructed to prepare appropriation ordinance for pay of police. Bills in sum of $900 are allowed.

The bill of the K. W. and N. W. R.

K. for the transportation of paupers to poor farm in sum of $1.39, was ordered sent to county mistaken. In ridding himself of some of its discomforts he has lost a great deal of the best of real camp life, the spice of small adventure, and the wood sy flavor that its half-hardships and makeshift appliances give it. If one sleeps a little cold under his one blank "I couldn't begin to tell you in a TXT I A rlnTT v. A l.JS-.

West Point and Its Cadets. And so here I am, in the heart oi "Rip's" country- his very "stamping-ground," i. Highland Falls, with ita Dutch gables and dumpy cottages, lolling lazily in" the sunshine almost beneath the window where I write. Irving indicates a spot somewhat lower down and on the other side of the river as the scene of that long and dreamless slumber. But I am sure "Rip" has danced many a me on the hillslopes hereabout, and had many a carouse in the old tavern down by the water's edge.

From the east portico of Cranston's may be seen the roof of a house which witnessed a transaction second only to the betrayal of Christ. Within that house, whilst "Rip Van Winkle" lay asleep upon the mountains. Benedict Arnold sold his country for a price, and from that housu John Andre proceeded across the Hudson and down the Tarrytown to his doom. The world was going very ill in those days, particularly for the American patriots. It is going better now, bless God! If there be anything in Christendom more picturesque than the views about West Point, the place is unknown to me.

Surely nothing in Alpine scenery can surpass them. But they are summer not winter pictures. Here Shakespeare's "brownies" had found a loveliness far in excess of their Warwickshire, and Drake's "fays" made such revels as had given a new conception of fairyland to "Puck" himself. The forest of Arden was not richer in woody virtues than these deep greeneries; the River of Crystal that flowed through the gardens of the Enchanted Palace gave back no such reflections as the Hudson, nor bore upon its bosom freights so precious. Far be it, however, from this old gray ofoosequill of mine to plunge into the descriptive, I mention the ciruutnstance to mark a very striking contrast, which mav be observed, between the cadets at West Point and the grandeur of the topographic setting in which they appear and to which they seem its chief animation.

There is nothing, I am sorry to say, very imposing about them. They are a sad-eyed, pale-faced, stumpy set of lads. Old Winfield Scott, who lies over there in the churchyard nearly seven feet in his skeleton must go back to his coffin from his nightly rounds, sick at heart, to see these meagre striplings and to consider the future of the army with them as its et on his bed of evergreen twigs, though he does not take cold, he real OFFICIAL. First published October 20, 1887. Registration Notice.

City Clerk's Office, Kansas City, Kansas, Oct. 19, 1887. To the Electors of Kansas City, Kansas: You will take notice that the Poll Books are izes in some degree the discomfort of Boone's bivouac when he cuddled be Shocking Life Led by Laborers on trie Panama Canal. Robert L. Knox, who has been connected with the Panama railway for the past six months, was a passenger on the steamer Acapulco, whih arrived here Sept.

19. says The San Francisco Examiner. He was braking on the railway, and resigned his position several weeks before sailing. 'l left Baltimore last winter," he said "to look after work. I had been idle for some time and didn't care much what I took hold of.

I got an offer to go to Panama and brake on the railway, and thinking of what I had been told of the climate, and being glad enough to get an opportunity to go to work, I accepted the offer. "I arrived at Panama in due season, and was about to begin work two days after leaving the steamer when I was seized with a terrible fever. The air is thick and unhealthy, and I could scarcely breathe. I was convalescent at the end of a week, but I had something of the appearance of a skeleton, being only a ghost of my former self. 'It's not necessary to relate my own experience; what was mine was that of everyone who goes there to stay.

"Panama comes nearer being Hades than any place I was ever in. In the rainy season the colored people die off like a herd of cattle when disease spreads among them. On one place on the line daily funeral trains are run. The cemetery is fourteen miles from Aspinwall. and in the rainy season I have seen five trains drive down there.

"They have a curious way of burying people there. When the train reaches the graveyard the corpse is thrown into a hole two or three feet deep, and the coffin is taken back to carry some other poor unfortunate to his last resting place. "I went down one day to see the canal laborers at work, and I never will forget what I saw there. About four hundred men were at work in this one place. Every nationality was represented.

There was the Scandinavian toiling in his mechanical way, the Hibernian was joking while he shoveled, the African negro, the Jamaica negro, Mexicans, English, French, Russians. Turks, all were there, and the John Chinaman, with his natty cue, worked in a broken hearted manner, sighing for the Flowery Kingdom which he left, hoping to better his fortunes in a foreign country. "Where the men were at work the ground was soft, muddy you would call it here. When it is muddy there the ground is like mush two feet deep. side his hounds to keep from freezing and feels slightly heroic.

His are seasoned with dreams of the now open for registration and will close according to law on Saturday, the 29th day of October, at 10 p. being 10 days before election. Citv clerk's office will be open evenings wild woods, as the balsamic perfume of his couch steals into his nostrils; his from 7 until 9 p. from Monday, 24th Octo ber, until Saturday, tne 29tn octoDer, iaav. companions' snores invade in his drow ICapUIIUCU LUC lllt)-BIlVCI.

"I believe I can tell just by the clutch 1 how many times a drowning person has been down. If it is the first time it is a strong, determined grasp. The second trip causes a shakv, uncertain grip, that is easy broken, and the third time it is a convulsive catch." "That is the best time to save him, then?" "The very worst. Few swimmers can save a man who has come up the third time." "Why?" "He invaribly makes a dive for his preserver's legs. I never knew this to fail.

If he catches' them, the chances are that the swimmer will have to cast him off to save his own life. Strange, isn't it?" commissioners. Adjourned until to-night. sy senses as the growl of bears, and the thunderous whir of grouse bursting out of untrodden thickets. When he awakes in the grav of early morninsf Administrator's Notice.

First published October 13, 1887. THE STATE OF KANSAS, Qs Countt of Wyandotte. he finds that the few hours of sleep In the Probate Court in and for said county In the matter of the estate of John S. Tennis. Deceased.

ss. have wrought a miracle of rest, and he feels himself nearer to nature when he washes his face in the brook, and when he rinses off his sleepiness in bowl or basin. The water of the spring is colder and has a liner flavor when he drinks it from a birch bark. cup of his Notice is hereby given that letters of Administration have been granted to the un dersigned on the estate of John S. Tennis, late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court, of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 4th day of September, A.

D. 1887. Now, all persons having claims against the said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same for allowance within one year from the date of said letters or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate, and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said letters, they shall be, forever barred. H. N.

TENNIS, Administrator, Of the estate of John S. Tennis, deceased. Wyandotte City, Oct. 12, 1887. 3t own making.

Tea made in a frying' pan has an aroma never known to such poor mortals as brew their tea in a teapot, and no mil ever ground such coffee as that which is tied up in a rag and pounded with a stone or hatchet-head. A sharpened stick for a fork gives a zest to the bit of port "frizzled" on as a rude a spit and plattered on a clean chip or sheet of bark, and no fish The Land of Rest. Beyond the valley lying low Through which our feet sosne day shall fro Beyond the hill's so purple haze That stretches far beyond our gaze There is a place, so happily blest, Which here we call the laud of rest A land with hills and valleys fair, And many of our loved are there; So silently and one by one They went the lonesome journey on All, with white hands upon their breast, Went out into the land of rest. I long that happy bo irne to see, I long to know how it will te When first these eyes of mine behold The land of which the prophets told. Of my inheritance possessed, When shall I reach the land of rest? blessed land time so slow I Not with reluctance I sha'il go, But on my lips a happy song.

That it, the day looked for so long, Has come to take me to the blest. That peaceful land, the land of rest, Helen Manville. was ever more toothsome than when broiled on a grid.ron improvised of green wands, or roasted Indian fashion, in a cleft stick, OFFICIAL. First published October 6, 1887. City Clerk's Office, Kansas City, Kansas, Oct.

6, 1887. Notice to Contractors. Sealed proposals will be received at the city clerk's office until 5 p. m. Tuesday, October 25, 1887, for curbing and paving Oakland avenue (north side) from Fifth street to Seventh street, according to plans and specifications of city engineer now on file at this office.

Each proposal must be accompanied by one hundred dollars in money as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into contract if the same be awarded to him. The council reserves the right to reject any or all bids. P. S. All bids must be addressed to the mayor and council.

J. J. MOFFITT, 3t City Clerk. What can make amends for the loss of the camp-fire, with innumerable pictures fflowino- and shifting in its heart and conjuring strange shapes out of captains. lhe competitive examination demagogy, 1 fear is doing the business for the com ng crop of martial heroes.

They are to be a race of scholars, not soldiers. The boy who can get the most medals at a public school does not thus signalize his fitness for a military career. It is exactly the reverse. But the competitive system is popular, and as long as it relieves conjrressmen from the embarrassment of making selections, it is likely to send to the military academy studious milksops, who, answering well enough the needs of these piping times of peace, are no more meant for war than thesh-ed straw for ramrods. What the army wants are men, not book-worms.

Henry Watterson, Courier Journal. the surrounding gloom, and suggesting unseen mysteries that the circle of darkness holds behind its rim? How are the wells of conversation to be thawed out a black stove, so that tales of hunters' and fishers' craft and adventure shall flow till the measure of man's belief is overrun? How is the OFFICIAL. First published October 6, 1887. Declaratory Resolution. Resolved, by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Kansas City That it is necessary to curb and pave with cedar blocks on concrete bottom Sixth street, north side, from Minnesota avenue to Armstrong street, and that said street be first graded, the entire improvements to be paid for in the first instance from proceeds of improvement bonds to be paid for in installments as may be provided by ordinance.

5t J. J. MOFFITT, City Clerk. congenial spark of true companionship to be kindled when people brood around a stove and light their pipes with matches, and not with coals REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION. Last Saturday morning the delegates elected at republican primaries in Wyandotte county assembled at 11 a.

were called to order by the Hon. T. C. Foster, chairman of the county central committee. C.

Patterson read the call. Mr. B. Schnierle was elected president pro tern and G. Fouche temporary secretary.

The usual committees were appointed and the convention adjourned until 1 p. m. When the convention reassembled the reports of all committees were adopted, except the report of the committee on resolutions, to which the editor of this paper objected but was speedily squelched more on another page of this issue. The temporary organization was made permanent and W. S.

Beard added as assistant secretary. Following is the platform of the republicans of Wyandotte county as promulgated by its delegates: The republicans of Wyandotte county, in convention assembled, again proclaim to the world their enduring faith in the eternal principles of the grand old republican party the party of Lincoln, Seward, Chase, Grant, Garfield, and the hosts of statesmen and patriots, whose love of country and party wrested this government from the misrule of that enemy of progress known as the democratic party, more than one-quarter of a century ago, and placed it first among the freest and best governments the world has ever seen the party of progress and intellectuality, whose every milestone in the path of its history is emblazoned with the deeds of our country's heroes, and whose every act has been for the amelioration of the condition of our whole country. Resolved, That Ave denounce the Democratic party in unmeasured terms for the many flagrant violations of its promises and pledges to the people, and its hypocritical and contemptible conduct towards the old soldier element of our country. Resolved, That we especially denounce the administration of Grover Cleveland as being unstatesmanlike, and in every sense an administration known for its weakness; an administration of spoils in direct violation of civil service laws of national importance. Resolved, That we indorse the national republican platform of 1884, and affirm that the principles therein stated are the principles of progress upon which the affairs of this nation may be administered for the welfare of the whole country, and that a violation thereof by any party would be ruinous to the interests of all people.

Resolved, That we demand immediate legislation that will better protect the laboring Interests of this country and Insure to the wage worker a just, full and adequate compensation for his service and the rigid enforcement of all laws for the protection and betterment of the condition of children wage workers, and legislation that will amicably adjust all differences between capital and labor that may in future arise by just rules or arbitration. Resolved, That we are proud of the record of James G. Blaine, our standard bearer in 1884, and we commend him to the people of the country as an eminent statesman, a true American citizen, a faithful servant and gentleman whose honesty and integrity are both alike, unimpeachable. Resolved, That we indorse the sentiments expressed by Hon. John James Ingalls, in his recent senate speech on the fisheries imbroglio with Great Britain, and that we commend him for his statesmanlike bearing in demanding the immediate and unconditional release of our fishermen heretofore held by the British government.

Resolved, That we admire the noble efforts of Parnell and Gladstone, in their heroic efforts to better the condition of the people of Ireland, and that we extend to the Irish people our heartfelt sympathy for their long suffering condition, brought upon them by unjust and inhuman misrule. Resolved, That we denounce the tory government of England as being unjust and Inhuman toward Ireland, and, also, the tyran-ical sentiments of the London Times, in its infamous malice and hatred toward the Irish race. Resolved, That it is our wish that our delegation in congress put forth every effort to secure for us a custom house, of adeqxiate size and dimension, and also secure an appropriation of an amount of money sufficient to protect our levees and improve our rivers. The following are the chosen candidates: For Judge of the 29th Judicial district, O. L.

Miller; for county surveyor, J. H. Lasley for register of deeds, G. A. Dudley for treasurer, J.

C. Boddington county clerk, W. E. Connelly; sheriff, T. J.

Enright; coroner, Dr. II. M. Downs; county commissioner, 1st district; C. Bohl.

The central committee was elected as follows: First ward, J. A. Kinsella; Second ward, James Phillips; Third ward, William Alexander; Fourth ward, C. Patterson; Fifth ward, E. Berge: Sixth ward, J.

J. Maxwell; Seventh ward T. C. Foster; Eighth ward, A. Chad wick; Ninth ward, Joseph Varner Newton, D.

G.Taylor; Quindaro, T. E. Moody; Six Mile; C. Dew; Tiblow, D. B.

Hiatt; Delaware, John Purtee Rosedale, D. E. Jones Pomeroy, W. II. Young; Kerr, John Textor; White Church, G.

U. S. Hovey Muncle, John Caskey Argentine, J. H. Work Stewart, D.

D. Hoag; Edwardsvllle, H. S. Hilbert; Hester, George McDougall Maywood, Pratt Connor, Ole Johnson Pacific, P. W.

Servlsa Junction, John Gibbs, and Prairie, D. A. McKenzie. The committee then elected Ben Schnierle chairman, and C. Patterson secretary.

snatched out of the camp-fire's edge, or with twigs that burn briefly with baffling flame? Yet, let it be understood that make-believe camping is better than no camp ing. It cannot but bring people into It was soft that day and fifty or more fresh colored fellows had been brought in. In the afternoon the heat and the air had their effects upon them and one by one they fell. I saw one man hit on the head by the excavating machine. He was killed.

The body was immediately hoisted into the dumping tube, sent through the machine, and that was the last seen of him. You can see some shocking sights down there. "At nightfall when the men are through work for the day they begin a night's debauch on whisky smuggled into camp. Whisky is not allowed around, but it is impossible for the superintendents to enforce the rules. The men will drink.

If they did not I believe they would go crazy. When they become intoxicated nothing will satisfy them but a fight "If they would fight with their fists it would not be so bad, but long sharp knives are drawn and are red with blood before sheathed again. Sometimes the most horrible butcheries are committed, and while one man is being stabbed and hacked to pieces, the others stand off and jeer, and comment on the beauty of the contest. "In a big city you can see human nature in bad forms, but the worst forms of vice practiced in New York and London and Paris are nowhere when compared with what can be seen every day on the isthmus. "After one of the contractors on the railway shot one of the canal-workers who attempted his life, they are very careful how they treat the railway hands.

The latter go well armed, and more intimate relations with nature than they would be if they stayed at home, and so to better acquaintance OFFICIAL. First published October 6, 1887. Declaratory Resolution. Resolved, by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Kansas City That it is necessary to curb and pave with cedar blocks on concrete bottom of six inches deep Sixth street from south line of Oakland avenue to north line of Washington avenue, north side. 5t J.

J. MOFFITT, City Clerk. with and greater interest in the mother who deals so impartially with all her children. Forest and Stream. Choice Meat in Maracaibo.

Going ashore early, before sunrise, our first visit was to make to the market-place, to see what Maracaibans live upon. A better and a cheaper market would be hard to find. Excellent beef, goat, pork and fowles averaged ten cents a pound, and all vari-ties of tropical fruits abounded at correspond ng prices. Tied together in bunches with great, green lizards, two or three feet long, with brown warts all over them, and vicious black beads of eyes. They snapped at us like dogs as we passed, and when teased with a stick, clung to it like bull terriers.

These were iguanas, whose delicious white flesh is eagerly eaten by all classes. It tastes like chicken, but is delicate. Of course, considerable hunger would be needed to make them appetizing to a stranger who would recognize themin a stew. Farther on, an animal with head and tail like a rat, feet like an all gator, and a coat of mail like an ironclad man-of-war, was tied to a post. Upon receiving a poke it rolh-i itself promptly into a ball, head and all being quite covered by its plates, and thus defied further attack.

This was an armadillo, also a tid-bit when properly stewed and roasted. Monkeys were scarce in the market. Dr. W. F.

Hutchinson, in American Magazine. Reformatory Punishment. By the arm of the law, relentless and Sketches in Oil. A couple of dudish looking fellows went into John Parks' hardware store and, dancing up to the desk, asked of Mr. Parks: "My deah sir, may we inquiah what a cant-hook is?" "Certainly," said Mr.

Parks; "a cant-hook is a thing to roll logs with. We have a great sale for them in this lumber country." "You are whong, sir," replied one of the dudes; "dead whong. That is not a cant-hook." "Well, what is a cant-hook, then?" "A cant-hook, sir," said the dude, edging toward the door, "a cant-hook is a muley cow. Te-he-he-he," and the two gibbering idiots were gone. And this suggests another hardware joke: "I thought you said the cook stove I bought of you was so constructed that it would drive the smell of the cooking into the chimney." "So it will," said the stove man.

"So it won't, all the same," replied the customer. "We have just cooked dinner at our house, and your stove --a es i CO 525 p-t cc pa OX) es S3 S3 es FN S3 i 6 on the first motion made by any of the PS to (-1 SS to to rude he was sent off to prison, for ep stealing food, where they made him make shoes that were full of holes and bottom them off with pasteboard soles; make oleomargarned butter of fat that es 3 was taken out of a soft soap vat; make Talking Humorously at a Wedding. I was walking down street with Jawkins the other day, when we met the Reverend William McSwagely. The reverned gentleman, it is unnecessary to remind those who are acquainted with him, has a big brain but a diminutive body holding it up. Quite recently he had united himself for more or for less to a buxom widow.

Mr. McSwagely blushed a little as he passed; so I asked Jawkins the reason. "Well, you see," he said, "we had a tea fight at McSwagely' shortly after he was married. I was called on for a speech. You know you are expected to be humorous on such occasions.

So I referred in a casual way to Mac as the widow's mite. He has acted strangely ever since." Grip. What Ailed the Worm. A father had been lecturing his son upon the evils of staying out late at night and getting up late in the morning. "You never will amount to anything," he continued, "unless you turn oter a new leaf.

Remember that the early bird catches the worm." "How about the worm, father," inquired the young man, borrowing the old sarcasm, "wasn't. he rather foolish to get up so early. My son, replied the old man, solemnly, "that worm hadn't been to bed at all. He was on his way home." Youth's Companion. What Pa Noticed.

"Pa," said Lucy, "Charley has a horse that he says is good for a 2:30 gait." "Yes," was the reply, and speaking of gaits, I noticed last night that you and Charley were both good for a 11:30 gate." And Lucy changed the subject Merchant Traveler. coats of cloth eaten up by the moth with the most economical shoddy cloth. 5 2 co When he'd staid there a year, it was very sad, his morals were irretrievably bad; and he who had only stolen before to keep the ravening wolf from the door, came out from his term of im blacks the pistol is drawn. If the conductors were not careful and fearless the trains would be held up frequently. "The American government has not the name that England has on the isthmus of Panama.

"One reason is that the United States does not protect her citizens in a foreign country. If the conductor who shot the native last winter had been an Englishman there would have been less Proof Positive. Inquiring youth "So, you are the great patent medicine manufacturer and patron of astronomy?" Rochester doctor "I have the honor." 'I have called to get a few points on the subject of debate at our club. The question is, Was the moon ever inhab-itedP" It never was." You are sure of "Certain. I have examined its rocks with the most powerful telescope and haven't struck a liver cure advertisement yet Rochester Express.

prisonment brief a very successful professional thief. Yankee Blade. won't drive nothing." "What did you have for dinner?" "Roast pork." -Great guns! Don't you know you can't drive a hog?" Oil City Derick. A Remarkable Case. A case of somewhat remarkable character is at the present in the London Temperance Hospital.

A girl, aged fifteen, had the last molar tooth in the lower jaw on the right side removed about six weeks ago. No anaesthetic was administered. She was in perfect health at the time. Half an hour after the eperation she began to yawn, and has continued to do sc since. One yawn succeeds another without interruption, and with an interval of two or three seconds.

Galvanism has been tried without effect, and other remedies previous to admission into the hospital. Three days afterward the yawning changed to sneezing, and recently she has suffered from constant and rapidly succeeding tits of sneezing, each of which paroxysms appears to begin with a yawn. She seems to have no power of control over herself, or only to a very slight extent; and if she attempts to do so the next sneeae is more violent London LantiL So He Lett Him "a Loan." Colonel, can you loan me "No, sir: I can't. And if I could I wouldn't. I have been loaning you iPAPiff? A bok 100 pages.

lTri3ll The best book for an money ior a year, ana you xuaKe no effort to return it" mm nTinillKalt be he expert enced or otherwise. The democratic convention of Wyandotte county, held last Tuesday at Bonner Springs, was called to order at 11 A. M. and organized by the election of Jerry Grindrod as chairman, B. E.

Rlvely as secretary. After the usual committees had been appointed an adjournment was had for dinner. Upon reassembling It was found that 118 delegates were present and entitled to seats In the convention. The Hon. Sant Haft was elected temporary chairman and Nicolas McAlpine, EbPm secretary.

Mr. M. J. Manning, chairman of the committee on resolutions, reported the following platform, which was adopted unanimously and with a hurrah "The democrats of Wyandotte county are nroud of being citizens of the smallest though wealthiest county In the state of Kansas, and for the purpose of maintaining the prosperity of our city and county we ask the suffrage of the people. Therefore be it Resolved.

That the course of the last re- frabllcan legislature deserves the conderana-lon of the people for lto- incompetency, hypocrisy, unnecessary, and un-American That the democracy of Wyan-dctts county to this year, aa in all years, are ff toe larjaat individual liberty con' But I wanted to know if yoa wouldn't loan me And I tell you before hand that 1 won't." Well, then, don't. I wanted to lists of newspapers and estimates of the cost of advertising. The advertiser who wants to spend one doDar, finds in it the information he requires, while forhim who will invest one hundred thousand dollars in advertising; a scheme is indicated which will meet his every requirement, or can be matU to do to bp lUahs change easily arrived alt by cor retpondtnc. 149 editions have been issuer Sent, post-paid, to any address for 10 cent 1 borrow your fountain pen to make c-V a check for what I owe you, but you're in no rush I'm not." Eztrc' Bismarck is now compelled to wear glasses, bat he can see through things as well as ever. JfaltUnor American.

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