LEXINGTON WEEKLY BUDGET.
VOL. 2.
LEXINGTON, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY SEPT. 25, 1890.
NO. 52.
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LEXINGTON, OREGON.
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ticut. JVRANK KBLLOOGr,
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Money ta loan on Improved farms. Office In
first National Bank.
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Notary Public and Conveyancer,
ALPINE, OREGON.
Deeds, Mortgages and all others Legal Instnl
metits carefully drawn. Applications for Stato
and school Lands made, and Pensions obtained.
pRANK H. SNOW,
Land Agent and Notary Public,
LEXINGTON, OREGON.
Filings taken on government land. Real
estate advertised and sold on commission. New
t'omera are invited to call and be tilled full of
nolld facts about the advantages of Morrow
joutitry. Office houis from 7 a. M. to midnight,
Bi'i.our building.
R. LIEUALLEN,
General :-: Blacksmith
And Horseslioer,
13 ALWAYS ON DECK AND PREPARED TO
i do anything In bis line In a neat and work
manlike manuer. Burses shod with care and
accuracy.
Shop on C St, Lexington, Or.
O. W. BROCK,
Wagon and Carriage Maker.
REPAIRING DOME.
Arcade Street, Bet. C and D,
Leilngton. ... Oregon.
New York Working Girls.
Many columns, says a New York
letter, have been written about the work
girls of New York. They have been
((escribed at one time as the most op
pressed people upon the face of the
earth, submitting to every condition of
hardship, and again they have been
described as the underpaid hirelings of
. cruel jaoitalists, and all that sort of
thing. The average working girl in
New York is very different from these
descriptions. She is a cheerful sort of
being, who gets up early, works late,
look healthy and complains very little.
Sometimes she seems a trifle gay and
often she is lively. 1 recall just now
one instance of absolute cruelty on the
part of her employer, and that is in
the case of a rich dry goods firm which
compels ber ta stand during all the
hours of tha day, with a short respite
at noon of thirty minutes for luncheon.
As an offset to this cam I may, I think,
properly mention the rules of an ex
tensive retail establishment up near
Twenty-third street. The salaries of
the saleswomen tji this place are very
liberal, indeed, and while all the girls
are compelled to be on time in the
morning there is fp vtein of fines. A
mere reprimand usually serves all the
1 ends desired. la' summer every sales
woman is allowed two weeks of loca
tion oti full pay., .rwid during the dull
season She may ;.ke as many more
without salary. But in no case is she
compelled t do- a amount of work
that is calculated to iujure her health
or to interfere vt-itli her enjoyment in
the evenings, except on Saturdays
Does she flirt on tb street? Well, if
she dills a little and it does not inter
fere with her work in . the store the
proprietor is no wiser, or, if be knows
it. ha savs notbinu-.
Illegitimates In Russia.
Some time ago a midwife of Warsaw,
Sktiblinsknya by naino, was brought to
justice, with several of her coadjutors,
for the crime of killing illegitimate
children. The woman and her helpers
called tliemselved "The Society of
Angels," and engaged in the atrocious
work of "despatching the little ones to
heaven," of, course for a certain con
sideration paid them by the unfor
tunate mothers or their friends. This
fact aroused a discussion in all the
Knssian papers on the fate of illegiti
mate children in that country. The
mortality of such wii'fs was found to
be over 80 per cent, even among those
in the Government asylums in St.
Petersburg and Moscow. Those asy
lums keep the children for only a short
time, and send them to villages be
raised in tlm fundies of peasants.
There they die in large numbers, tint
the number of such" children as are
"despatched" directly by professional
murderers like Sknblinskaya can hard
ly be estimated. Only about three
weeks ago asimilar"Soeiety of Angels"
was discovered in Vilna. The fate of
the unfortunate infants has raised
the question as to the causes for the
prevalence of such a crime. The
papers bint, as broadly as the strict
ness of the censor of the press allows,
that the cruel laws with reference to
waifs are at the bottom of the whole
trouble. An illegitimate child iu Rus
sia, if it ever grows up, has no stand
ing before the law. No matter what his
abilities or virtues, if by chimed or by
natural endowment, he happens to be
possessed of any. there is no hope and
no prospect for him to do any good in
the world or for himself. The law will
not recognize him as a member of so
ciety, and lie is tossed about and buf
fetted until he finds his way into some
gang of criminals passing their lives
iu a mine in the Ural mountains. In
view of these facts it is no wonder that
sinful mothers regard it as a benefit
for their children to be "despatched
to heaven" beforo they grow up to live
in ignominy and suffering on earth,
and that ' angels" like Skublinskaya
should be found who have no scruples
to help sinful mothers ridding them
selves of their children.
Preparation for Foreign Travel.
For a traveling dress, a good Eng
lish serge is best, gray, or else black
and white mixture. It will not tumble,
will not show dirt nor dust, and will
wear two years, if necessary. Let this
be made as plain as possible, short
enough to clear the ground by two
inches (Italian slreels are iwj dirty),
and h-ive a good, hig, strona; liuen
pocket. A soil felt hat is the best
head-gear. A traveling rug or good
shawl is a necessity, also an umbrella,
both are bought to better advantage
iu Loudon, (iet boots before leaving
home, it is hard litting an American
foot abroad; and be sine to take rub
ber overshoes, they will be often needed,
especially in (iermany; ami there they
weigh four times as much and cost ac
cordingly. It is not necessary to take
a quantity of underclothing; it can be
washed anywhere in 24 hours. Warm
er underclothing will be needed than
at home. It is well also to take an ex
tra dress of some dark silk. Soft surah
is preferable, made without many
"furbelows," that may pack well in a
valise. This is to wear at dinner.
As for purchasing abroad, almost
everything can bo bought somewhat
cheaper in London, but not so much
cheaper as people imagine. Prices
are higher than in New York, with the
exception of kid gloves. One can get
them made to order at a little shop at
232 Rue de Rivoli in Paris for about
75 cents a pair for four buttons, and
from that up. Florence is the best
place to buy jewelry, especially tur
quoise and mosaic. The Florentine
statuary is very cheap. It is safe to
offer about one-third the original price.
Naples is the only place for corals
and cameos. Don't buy lace in Brus
sels, as it can be got in London much
cheaper. London is the place to buy
books also. Of course I ranee is the
place for pictures, and a visitor should
be there iu May or June to attend the
Salon exhibition.
In traveling on the continent, get
Bedaeker's guide-book. Look up the
hotels, and, if intending to stop any
place for several days, write ahead for
terms. Ask for a price including light
and service, as they are always extra.
When the price does not include lights,
take candles along. The charge for
lights is 50 cents a night for each per
son, and a dozen cnndles cost but 20
cents. Soap is always extra, except in
England.
Those who ask for anything not on
the bill of fare will pay handsomely
for it. In all the Paris restaurants
they charge for the table-cloth and
napkins, to begin with. The Paris
edition of the New York Herald will
give a good deal of information. Be
daeker's gives a list of all the hotels
and pensions, also cab fares, etc. The
second-class, except In the matter of
style, are much cheaper. They are
generally more comfortable, and the
cooking is just as good. A little
knowledge of the language of the
country goes a "teat ways, and reduces
expenses wond ufiilly. Keep on hand
a large stock of patience and all the
Christian virtues, and bo very wide
awake all the time. Good Housekeep
ing. The mayor of Plainlield, N. J., baa
an umbrella that he has carried for
thirty-five years.
An effort in the United States senate
to prohibit the sale or drinking of liquor
in committee rooms of the senate wag
voted down Aug. 28. Drinking by sena
tort in committee rooms was declared
to be a great and growing evil.
ARE YOU A DOOR-BAN CER7
Don't Say Su" Too Quickly, Hut. Just
Think Over Y.Mir Sins.
"Are you a door-banger?'1 asks a
writer ill the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
This question, addressed to every
person with whom we come in contact
would probably be met by an indisr
nant negative, yet if they paused to
glance even half-way backward they
would instaut.lv regret that involuntary
lib.
The art of door-banging is one that
apparently conies by divine right to
every human being, ' and that art is
more carefully developed thau many
other natural gifts that would, with
proper cultivation, enable the happy
possessor to make quite as much noise
in the world and with less inconveni
ence and annoyance to others.
Most bouMis art:, peculiarly sdrU't.M..2!Hm J '.IT'1' ; ..
for the display of the door-banger's
ceaseless activ ity, a fact which the man
who set the fashion for portieres had
doubtless in consideration when he
first made up his mind to introduce
that innovation. To him, indeed, we
should be very grateful, for the fewer
doors there are the less likelihood of
and opportunity for such Wagnerian
discord.
The man or woman who would not
take your life under the greatest pro
vocation, does uot hesitate to imperil
your hearing, and the worst of this
sort of thing is that we meet with it
generally at the hands of those who
are nearest and dearest.
The relative who is up first iu the
morning wejl, that's the one who
has the best show at the door, and the
arms of Morpheus must exert a double-horse-power
pressure if they would
guide your slumbers successfully
through that reverberating bang. It
is true that in sickness an effort is
usually made to subdue this peculiar
instinct, or to repress this native taleut;
but behold, when the sufferer is con
valescent, the pent-up energy once
more displays itself in the direction
from which it momentarily lapsed,
and the music of the present once
more offers pdds to any that the great
German masters cau originate.
People who are evolutionists cau
doubtless trace the early development
of this historic disposition to bang.
They will point to far-off ages when
man iu his natural state used to close
his jaws with a far-echoing snap upon
the human flesh he devoured; to a
little later period, when, in a more en
lightened state, lie swung heavy prison
doors upon his captives; to even a later
age, when, his first musical inclina
tions beginning to blossom, lie herald
ed to his victims their approaching
neatn iiivougii tne en iivemug strain s'u.
the tom-tom.
Now in this age of seeming cultiva
tion, the foregoing methods of pro
claiming our immediate personality
ale happily forbidden, but there is no
law. written or unwritten, against that
evil which is apparently inherent and
irradical. But perhaps that Utopia,
toward which present writers declare
we are progressing, will be a laud iu
noceut of other than tent-like accommo
dations for family life, where, conse
quently, the restlessness which has
hitherto found vent iu door-banging
may spend itself in pursuits which will
be beneficial, uot annoying, to the
human race.
The Human Face la the Senate.
The absence of strong faces is even
more noticeable in the Senate than it
is in the House. The three most strik
ing faces nre those of Gorman, Cul
len, and Carlisle, more strength of
character being found iu Gorman's,
than all the rest. His is really a re
markable face, iu striking contrast to
the rest about him. A stranger in the
gallery would pick him out at once as
a statesman of the highest type, but
suspicion would be raised by au inde
scribable trace of cunning, as in the
face of Talleyrand.
Edmunds has the face and head of
the philosopher and sage. Sherman,
Teller, Faulkner, Spooner, and half a
dozen other belong to the alert type,
representing in the House by Dingley,
Holman. Greenhalge, and tho like.
The weakest face in the Senate is prob
ably that of Mr. Hoar, and the vast
majority are of different grades in his
class, such as Dolph, Hiscock, Hale,
Mitchell, Ransom, etc. Washington
Letter,
The Growth of Trees.
The correlation that for a long time
was supposed to exist between the num
ber of "annular" rings formed iu the
trunk aud the age of the tree has been
refuted on the best of evidence. M.
Charency, the French explorer who
visited tbo ruins of Plenque, Mexico,
In 1859 and again in 1882, and there
fore at an interval of twenty-two years,
found that trees that had been cut by
him in the first-named year bad, in the
short space of less than a quarter of a
century, grown new trunks which ex
hibited no less than 230 of these so
called "annular rings." an average of
nearly ten a year.
From observations made by M.
Boussenard it would appear that
equatorial plants often form no less
than twelve concentric growths in the
space of a year, two of which are
usually much more developed than the
remainder, which appear to correspond
to a period of maximum circulatory
activity. St. Louis Republic.
A Model Young Man.
There is a youth of 21 near Via,
Irwin county, Georgia, who was never
Intoxicated, never spent but 10 cents
for drink (aud that for lemonade for
bis sweetheart), never used au oath,
never carried a pistol, and Defer
sparked but one girl.
HOW TO PACK A TRUNK,
Advice on a Matter Tliut I of Munli
portance Nowaday.
Onir grandnothers would have open
ed their eyes' at the thought of a pro
fessional trunk-packer. And yet the
fancied and real ':ikts of modern life
are such that the acking of one's
wardrobe for safi'ftansportution is
no'w a days oue of l fae arts.
(Every young girl .ake special
paring aud learn unt s.Wt only for
hui- own comfort,
theWby help her
, isne can often
llu.ls.-W , be the
la weary
'Minws to
"goon! Samarn,
iuvaliM, write!
tlm VmMi's f!
Order 'iv .,.,.!.
that is siwciaU:!.!'.
fingers, for met,
in is needed b..,, .... ,. ,
H'elT article, ami squ i.f tne bundle
into corners, and put tho heaviest ar
ticles on top.
Before starting on a task that will
require a long time, and will demand
much thought and planning, tho pack
er should go from room to room, from
closet to closet, from bureau to bureau,
aud select exactly what she intends to
take with her. This is the only man
ner by which everything will "be se
cured and nothing mislaid or left bo
hind. It is a good plan to do your packing
in a lower room, as it is much easier
to bring things down than to carry
them up, nnd then it. is not so hard to
lift the truuk when filled, nor so dif
ficult to get it out of the house. Nearly
all staircases bear honorable scars that
have been won in a battle betweeu
trunk and porter.
When everything has been collected
and the time of the journey draws
nigh, the truuk should be "brought
down, its interior dusted, and all its
broken straps, corners, locks, etc.,
carefully mended. The heavy articles,
shoes, books, underwear, iu short,
everything that will bear pressure,
must be placed in the bottom. Over
these fold a layer of newspapers or a
soft old sheet.
In folding dresses if the trunk is too
short to admit of the skirt lying full
length be sure and fold it carefully
over a little at the top. All strings at
tached to steels in gowns -'lould bo
united. Tissue paper sho' a bo placed
between the folds of good dresses aud
also over passementerie or jet trim
ming. T s lessens the danger ol
creasing and keeps dust and lint from
settling there.
Dress waists should be laid smoothly
in long shirt boxes. All the col
lars, laces, ruchings, ribbons, and
?A k,ifcjkere!iieff -should be placed in
uutiui i.,.r.T hum JJrti n;u 1111
ciothiug on each side so as to keep
them steady.
Hats and bonnets are the most dif
ficult to manage unless there are spec
ial compartments for them, and of
these there are never enough. 'They
should be wrapped each aloue in tissue
paper and then covered with stiff
brown paper, which should be pinned
firmly around them. They should then
be placed iu boxes just large enough
to hold them and packed in the middle
of the trunk, where they can be held
tcady by the clothing around them.
Do not place your jewelry and money
in your trunk. A far better plan is to
make a stout bag of chamois skin,
place your valuables in it, aud fasten
it securely inside your dress waist
or any other portion of your attire
most convenient. Above all, do not
place your valuables iu a hand-bag,
lo that von will lay it down on the car
teat or hotel table and leave it there to
be lost forever.
All garments that are liable to crush
ing should lie placed iu the very top
of the uppermost compartments, and if
they are carefully laid they will be
subjected to but little pressure.
If you are going to a place remote
from drug stores.or where the services
of a physician will be hard to secure,
it is best to provide yourself with
1 few simple remedies, lot you may
luffer under some eniergenev. A Lot
tie of Jamaica ginger, cxliacl ul ham
amelis, sonic camphor, some prepared
mustard plaster, ami a few soft cloths
for impromptu bandages would be
useful companions when away from
home.
Some of our favorite toilet soap will
take the place of our bad-smelling
stuff so often found in hotel toilet-
xuuLsTho bottles should be plainly
labeled, firmly corked, wrapped first
in cotton batten, and then in paper,
and placed in boxes. Ink and shoe
polish should never lie packed in a
trunk. It is better to buy such things
when you arrive at your journey's
end.
If you are packing for children be sure
to remember their little playthings.
Make a place for dollie and her ward
robe, pack a small box with odds aud
ends of silk and cardboard, embroidery
needles, transfer pictures, scrap-book,
and other Ihings, so small iu your es
timation, so necessary to their hap
piness. When the little creatures are lakeu
aay from their family surroundings
and deprived of the toys and games
tney love, it is no wonder that they go
into mischief and are a uuisance to all
akout. In short, it is in packings
trunk, as in everything else. It re
quires thoughtfulties", good judgment,
unselfishness, and a sincere desire to
oblige others to make your work a
SUCOCiS.
Criiiiiiiiuii In Paris.
it i now possible to U cremated in
i'sris for tib cents.recent improvements
having greatly reduced the cost. Near
ly nil lliu cremations, however, consist
of llie remain of persons disputed of
al the public expense.
KINCS OF THE SULKY.
fntarestlug tiosNlp About Remarkable
Trotters of the Fast anil Present.
The question, "What show would
the horses of twenty years ago have
with those of the present day?" was
put to Doble.
"I consider Dexter and George M.
Pafchen the equal of any horse now
living, if we take into consideration
the tracks, vehicles, aud manner ol
handling then iu vogue."
"Yes," said Splan, "the blanketing,
drawing fine, nud work which George
M. Patchen had to undergo was terri
ble. At one time, matched to go
under saddle, he was reduced forty
pounds in one week, nnd on the day of
the race did not have, as much flesh "ns a
canary bird carries. You rode him in
that race, Bud; he was drawn so line
that his sides wore glued toother. He
was on tire at trie end of the lirst heut
and much distressed, but he had won
derful recuperative powers."
"He and Dexter were us game as
any animal that ever lived, aud what
horse of the present time could stand
the gruelling they wore giveuP" asked
Doble.
The triumphs of queen Maud S. were
then touched upon. "I knew of no
animal possessing her stamina," raid
Hickoff. "Well, I often thought Blair's
handling was injudicious, but after I
got to know her 1 believed that in
ninety-nine out of a hundred cases
killing work was just what site needed.
Iu the warming up before she accom
plished the feat which hung her shoe
over the entrance to Cleveland's track
Bair gave her a mile in 2:12 1-2 and a
repeat in 2:11 3-4, and I would have
given but little for her chance. In the
drive when passing tho three-quarter
pole she swerved, and Bail', reaching
for the whalebone, gave it to her. I
thought all was up, and that she would
go into the fence, but her nearness to
the fence is what saved her. Summon,
ing up nil her powers into one mighty
effort she went straight and truo. You
all know the result.
"She made me hold my breath with
painful anxiety the time she started
against the present record." continued
Kickok. "I had quite a little wager
up that she would not beat her record,
nnd when site wont the three-quarters
in 1:85, a runner's gait, I made up
my mind that my money was burned
up. but a break settled it in my favor."
The prospects of tho 2:00 horse were
discussed. Doble had not much faith
in his coming, although he had driven
Johnston a quarter in 27 1-2 seconds.
Uickok, wlule lie liad seen Johnston go
in 30 seconds nud St. Julien iu the
same time, said they were the only ones
iu his experience, and thought the time
was yet far distant. Splan was more
sanguine, anil considered that when
you got a horse with the perfect gait of
Axtell and the endurance of Maud S.
doing quarters in 28 1-2 to 2D seconds,
the 2:IK1 Hotter was a fact. "1 con
sider Axtell to lie the best-gaitcd home
living; his gait is the poetry of trotting
action. The man who could ever
watch the bend of his knee, the fold of
his fetlocks, without being awakened
to a sense of perfection of movement
unsurpassed has no perception of the
beauty in art or nature," mused Solan.
"His gait is of that smooth and
frictiouless sort so hard to diwerilie
and judge the rale of pace," stated
Doble, "and while I lirst thought ho
was going away from the w ire when
he made his record belter than a 2:30
rale, it is barely possible that he was
going as fast as 2:25 but surely no
faster." The Horseman.
Dogs In Warfare.
Experiments iu training dogs to act,
in time of war, as scouts, messengers,
and sentinels, are being carried on
with success in most part of the in
fautry regiments garrisoned iu Franco.
The manner iu which they are edu
cated is curious. Wheu a dog is to act
as messenger two men are detached
from a post and walk about a mile, the
animal being led by the collar. One
man remains stationary, while the
other returns to his starting point.
On being set loose the dog immedi
ately sets in pursuit of tho latter and
finds its way to the post with unerring
regularity. To insure the delivery ol
dispatches, a smalt bag of dark ma
terial is strapped on the animal's back.
As a sentinel, tho dog will scent a
stranger at a distance of one hundred
yards, and will commence growling,
barking or evincing disquietude iu
somo other manner.
In order to accustom them to scouts'
duty the dogs are encouraged to search
a lield or a thicket in which soldiers,
wearing foreign uniforms, lie in am
bush. As soon as the animals perceive
the latter they retreat, running to the
soldiers who accompany them, and
thus announcing the presence of an
enemy. Their instinct seldom mis
leads tlietii, and they have been found
very useful as a means of communi
cating with patrols and detachments
on outpost duly. In time of war they
are also intended to search for wound
ed soldiers and oiterers, ns well us to
carry provisions and ammunition to
outposts.
An interesting sight, savs a corrcs
uondciit, is afforded by tfie spectacle
of these four-footed soldiers at drill
under the command of a sub-lieutenant
and surrounded by no admiring group
of vagrant curs w ho do uot enjoy the
distinction of Iwitig enrolled under the
French Hag. ami who contemplate
their four-footed brethren with evident
euvy.
There is a plague of locusts iu tha
roviueeof Giziiii iu Egypt. In five
Jays the authorities destroyed six tons
l them, in plowing, quantities ol
iheir eggs are turned up. Exposure to
;ho suu destroy the eyj,.
NECESSITY MADE A TONGUE.
The Stor of the Invention of the Kplieiu-
erai i iiiiiook Language
Out of the necessity of a universal
language for commercial transactions
has been evolved the harsh, discordant
Volapuk, yet uot generally accepted.
Its only charm, if it possesses any, is
in the simplicity of its grammar. It
has no horrid irregular verbs, like the
terrible aller which" is the bete noir of
all students of French; nor has it that
awful subjunctive mood of our own
language which the average Kansan
ana Missourian, instead of letting
severely alone, has laboriously wrestled
with until they have constructed ono
or two veritable provincialisms and
which sound, when heard by the culti
vated ear, like an epitaph in a York
shire country churchyard.
But years ago, in the early par of
the century-, the traders of the Hudsou
Bay, the Northwest, and other fur com
panies manufactured a jargon out of
the English, Indian, and French lan
guage as a means of communication
between themselves aud the various
Indian tribes, whose tongues and dia
lects were like a sealed book. The
Chinook enabled them to converse with
the white men, and, converse, also
among themselves. It is not a lan
guage, because ll has no grammar; it
is more euphonitis than Volapuk, but
that is admitting little in favor of its
euphony. Oue word, like the French
on or faire, has a dozen different mean
ings, depending upon its relation to
another word, easily guessed at in Chi
nook, but uot so easily in French if
one adheres to tho irrevocable lint of
the "Academy." Although I have
had no use for Chiuook these twenty
five years, I have not forgotten it, and
presume I could carry on an ordinary
conversation without difficulty. To
give a specimen of its character I here
present tho little nursery prayer of
"Now I lay me down to sleep:"
"Al-ta ui-ka nieosum, ni-ka tick-ey
Sah-a-le syee, close nan-age ni-ka turn
turn. Spose uika mnm-e-loose clip ni
ka mit-whit to-molla, ni-ka ticlc-ey
Sab-a-le syee qual-lsum is-cuin, ni-ka
tum-tuin."
Literally: "Now I sleep, I want the
Great Spirit to watch my soul. If I
should dio beforo I got up to-morrow
I want tho great Spirit to forever keep
my soul."
During the early days of the Penin
sular campaign a certain officer of high
position nud rank sent a telegram to an
other officer stationed in Washington,
who, like myself, had been "hived" iu
one of the posts on the Upper Pacific
for years aud understood Chiuojk, iu
which jargon the message was wiltutw
Of course it was intercepted, as were
all suspiciously worded messages, and
brought to the" great War Secretary's
office, where cipher experts perspired
aud grew desperate over it, but could
make nothing out of it. its capture
created a terrible commotion; nnd
awful was tho mystery surrounding it;
a plot against the Government it must
be, and no effort was spared to trace
it to the sender. At last this was ac
complished, nud its liarnilessuess clear
ly established; the weary officer before
Yorktown had simply nskod his old
comrade to send down at first opportu
nity some bottles of good whisky.
Stanton overlooked it, but warned the
principals not to indulge In such dan
gerous pleasantries again. Kansn
City Wiir.
Forty-Two Unities and a Button.
Robert Jones, a colored man who
lives near Henderson, in Houston
county, told the Herord about a big
rattlesnake he killed a few days ago.
He relates that he was in the field near
his house at work. His dog uear by
was barking at some object, and as lie
turned to look he saw his dog jump at
least three feet iu the air then yell as
if paiufully hurl. The dog started to
him, and when within a few feet be
gan to reel and fall, and iu five min
utes he was dead. The face of llie dog
was skinned from above the eyes down
to the nose by the fangs of the mad
dened serpent. He told his boy to go
to the house and get his shotgun aud
pistol. When t lie boy returned they
started to look for the snake, but
could not locate him for some time, as
the rattle sounds us though It was in
every direction lit the same time.
Tho snake was found and the con
tents of the gun tired into him at short
range, while still in his coil ready to
strike again. The load did not stop
him from rattling, and the pistol then
put two balls through his body, but it
did not diminish tin! singing the least
bit. They limtlly got two poles aud
had to strike him at least a dozen
hard blows before lifu was extinct.
His body was as large as the crown of
a Derby hat, live and a half fuet long,
aud hail forty-two rattles and a button,
making it 48 years old, His den was
under a large rock, and Jones thinks
there are a great many more of them
in the den. It is tile largest snake
killed in tlds part of Georgia. Afonfe
zuma Itcionl.
IjNiiiiuiie of the World's I'opulul Ion,
The Mongolians lead with about 630,
000.000, ami tho Aryans, which com
prise practically all the people of
Europe, four-fifths 0f those of the
American continent, ami all of the
civilized residents of Australia, come
next, with 015,1X10,000. The negroes
are put at 150.000,000, the Semitic peo
ple at 65,000,000, the Malays and Poly
nesians at 33,000,000, and the Indian
of North and South America at 15.000,.
LAW.
Again the laineiil it heard that tb
sweet, low English voice i becoming
hlijh-pitclic I, l,nll. and haiwh.
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