The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 4, 1891, Page 2

aeons =k Naa hia EE AN OBSTINATE OLD MAN. An old man |. ail slone. ali alone, And a jolly old man was he. He wa i tand sleck 39a rat, round, his liver was sound, hispelfs tr Sue an Though his coffers were fuil of gold He had money in chest, in trousers, in From his por big dollars r He owned mile And in bank uf land and palaces g 4 thousands untold, So he sang all the while, with a confide smile ‘Oh, hot I'mal v , ba Such a merry and brisk old man‘ His brother And for years | ween a 8 They would meet each day and pleasantly say: “The old man is right at Death's door. ‘Then the first vtand he But he laughed and sang the And he gayly cried when the} “Ob, ho! and | Ah, ha‘ igorous, sound old man waited and longed in vai I'm a health Such ay Each night his nephews 2 ces dreamt Of how rich they were going to grow loved to bint We will never stint yar ship comes in, y: eto tell, he kept While the years went dragging slow, And he cackied loud o'er the last one’s shroud: | ‘Oh, ho I'm a hardy and stout old man, Ah, ha! Such a lusty and tough old man.” And he is living yet all alone by himself, This man I am singing about, Oh! his eye fy bright and his step is light And his voice is cheery and stout: His cheeks are red and he holds up his head In a way that puts death to rout, So I can't sce why he should ever dic Oh! dear. healthy and Ah! me, Such an obstinate, tough old man! —George Horton, in Chicago Herald. Such a loid man, JOE'S PARTNERS. He Takes Ono for Life After Hav- ing Lots of Trouble. From the time he settled in the camp he was forever picking up the strag- glers whocame along, no matter how ill-fayored or unsavory they appeared, giving them work on his claim, and now and then taking one into partnership— generally with the result of finding himself cheated and deserted within a fow weeks’ time—but just as cheerfully trying the cxperiment over when the next tramp me along, notwithstand- ing the remonstrances of his friends. “Some of them toughs‘ll cut your throat one of these nights for the sake of the dust you've got,” they predicted. “No need of that, when they're wel- vome to it without,” answered Joe. He was an easy-going individual, whose work only sufficed to keep his wants well supplied, though there were men who declared that if they had Joe's claim they would grow rich from it. The wonder was that no one of his partners had stuck long enough to test the fact. “Joe's too confounded lazy hisself to get down to solid business with his pick and shovel, and them vagrants—thar's no good in the whole kith and kin of them,” the camp pronounced. ‘They never calkilated to do nothin’ but im- pose on his good nature; and I tell you what, boys, it’s no credit to the camp to have them hangin’ round. and I pro- pose, if he don't let up on his promis- cuous charity, to be one of the commit- teo that'll ‘warn him to get out. He may be willin’ to run the risk of bein’ robbed and murdered hisself, but ‘taint fair to ask ail the rest of us to do the same.” ime enough to tall when some- body's been robbed and murdered,” said Joe, when the speech was vorted to him. And it was not more thana week later that news went around that Joe had taken another partner. “Nigher to bein’ a cadaver than a live man, to judge by his looks,” declared the infornrant. “I reckon that Joe at last has got holt of the angel he’s been lookin’ out to entertain unawares. He'll be goin’ to jine ‘em afore long, anyway. Do to start a graveyard with, seein’ as Tipsy Bill disapp'inted us by jumpin’ into Deep river when he got the jams and Big Saul was run out of camp afore he killed his man. Be to our credit if we get a nateral death to start with.” This favoring view of the case was helped along when they found Joe la- boring alone on his claim a day or two afterward. “Pard’s laid up to-day,” he “Got the consumption, boys, and “Is "most gone with it. Coughs dreadful of nights, an’ has a bit of a girl wife waitin’ for him to go back to her. I'm a-goin’ to work double turns to make up his pile for him, and if any of you-uns wants to help, here’s the chance for you. Tain’t axin’ it out of your pocket, inderstand, but in work on the claim.” And Joe got the promise from every man present to do his share. Was it any wonder, then, that their indignation rose, on their return to camp, to find their cabins rifled of their ready dust and the consumptive gone, leaving no trace behind him? Joe was the most crestfallen man of the lot. “T wouldn't have believed it,” he de- elared. “If you can make up your losses out of my claim, boys, I'll be glad to have you doit. I've got to give itup now; you was right and I was wrong ‘bout pickin’ up strar way.” “Then let it be a lesson te you, Joe. We'll forgive no more about it, if you won't t any more pardners.” And Joe sised readily Amon t by. d th he appeared before them. “LT want vou to let me off imparted. noone day word, oO ¢ on dices they ho searcely ched their ing of pity, and favorite among looked » warm heart he spe any service | | unload or was he to render nee about so willing rto be of the men, the camp. whose time » his pipe than to b Hie was as good asa ared. which e men decl ie -| r pardne i you ae yourself, you kn ‘ you | foolin’ around o xe chap d we'll do w n in his b i what had ned hi | “Andy!” he called. with hi thumping strangely. No answer. Andy wa bunk, but his place there not in his $s Warm. ' what, Joe ie le as Le was—- | half-dressed t and makir no sound, came lc moved from one cf the “Twas awake and him at job!’ a m low lared ¢x- citedly. (‘d left a light burning, as I didn’t feel well and I swar it was Andy I was too thunderstruck to say a word Slippery little rascal! But when he lit out, Ifollered. He took up the hill towards Beagle vache, and I routed you'uns out so you could see for your- selves. We'll be in time tocateh him if we hurry up.” But the unseen hstener was quicker than they. Running lightly, he came first upon the boy and caught him by the arm, dragging him along. “They'ce onto you, Andy: you'sl have toskip! What did you do it for? But thar, make tracks; for they'd be hard on you, th fooled so often. They're ¢ run, and Pi cover your trai Panting all sas they ran side by side, Joe gave the boy a push at the last, and himself turned in the diree- | tion of his cabin, showi self to} the pursuers just enough to draw them | upon his trail. ' But he halted at his own door and faced them, saying: | “Now, then, what is it you want?” om a group that cabins. tho saw n's voice n now. oe} “You. Joe—twan't you baek t Re ‘Course not. It's Andy we want, and don’t you stop us.” : : | “It was me you run down from! Beagle’s cache, if that’s what you mean,” | declared Joe, coolly. ‘You've poor eyes | if you don’t know mo from Andy, even} s dark.” tacties did not work, however, for s honesty was too well known to be doubted. *shaw, boys, he’s givin’ you a bluff! Andy I seen. Outof the way, Joe, or this here’ll speak!” | “Let it from Joe. | Then there wasa seuffle, cut short by a revolver shot, for the miner who had seen himself robbed, as he believed, was now thoroughly roused and careless as to consequence There came a cry ness: “Don't you hur Joe had started and staggered back, leaning a, the wall, but now he} groaned, less from pain than at finding Andy beside him. “You'd orter ‘a got. can't save you now.” ‘ from what, Jo: I've dons nothing wrong. You men, what is it] you think?—that I've been robbing you? Go home and look at your dust. You'll find more there than you had of your own, for I've been paying back as I can what was taken from you by Joe's last partner. I did it in this way because I didn’t want to tell you that he wes my— my—” “Treekon we know,” broke in one of the men, quicker witted than the rest. “Mebby your name's Annie, instead of Andy. See here, boys. I believe this is all right, but one of you go look to make sure, and I'll ‘tend to Joe while you are gone.” It wa not serio rom the near dar hoot! Fm here. Oh! Joe, are mst I'm afeard I ll right, and Joe’s wound was and some time afterward this news was passed through the camp: | take? “Joe's took a life pardner this time. One he tried before. so he knows what he’s about. She's a brick, that Annie. Paid back every stiver of the dust, in spite of us. “Soon for a weddin’? Not, considerin’ that she scarcely knew number one at all. He wasn’t so bad a feller, either, to up an’ marry her out of pity when her daddy died and left her alone; then sot out to look fur work and went off with quick consumption, like we know. Can‘t say I blame him for cribbin’ the means to git home to her first. he’s made a better choice this time, for Joe ain't lazy any more; has some- thing to work for now, he says. Teil you what, boys, come to the last, Joe's made a ten-strike in his pardner!”— Bert L. Thompson, in Philadelphia Sat- urday Night. Round to “lake Millions. American Business Man—*Now, sit, you have all the details of my new man- turing scheme. If we succeed we'll millions.” Tim if we should fai ss Man—*Fail? f American en no such word as fai ever a thing i i Capitali: » there's when- of Butter. zest | aped by cook j other jeould vot well afford to incur his dis- | pleas Brummeil, however, like | ther royal favorit fell into | j| were retained by | A Professio A FAMOUS FOP. The Beginning ana Ending of Beau Bram- mell’s Career. Who was ‘Beau Brummell?” is a ques- tion frequent'y asked nowadays. “Beau Brum as many know, was fop ose dence m a time with court people impe- a favorite elega IV. of fashionat tastes and mon » the great- est extravagances in dress. In the earl of his mmell dre bedeck t ed variety stowed upon < beyond wear the zenith o: manifested mony in colc latter days of t among exq wore jewelry in y very young lead ing that br on he was a on, but ob wer was equally om an. f with a bunch of seals, key, gold shoe Kles. The acir persons v ing gems, a of England t tious to lead, setan of d.coration in strong contrast lavishness of the f which he had at first undertaken to re- vive. Such influence did Brummell ex- ert on the dress of the King and his retinue that he was often consulted by the ruler concerning his costumes, and | such was his impudentiy-assumed dig- nity taat the King did not summon him j to the palace to consult his tastes, but | was obliged to visit dandy in his | chambers, and was generally induced to | stay and to pay for a superb dinner for thetwo. A similar exercise of his inde- | pendence, his dig and his wits upon the King’s court enabled hi ally live without an incor out means of self-support - obtained ered easily ors. and whose business it was to execute ed jewelry, and y in this sort to the betban period nplic 1 toeventu- | and with- because nis ti the people of consequence | disgrace and was banished to France. He get in debt whenever he could in Calais and Caen, and finally landed in He was insane near fe and died in extreme ving dish of silver, a gold ring and several silver spoons. xcept the miniature, which was delivered to the English Viee-Consui, these articles Brursmell’s landlord in liquidation of an unpaid balance.— Chicago Evening Journal. TURTLES FOR SOUP. i Gives a Short Open: Air ure on the Manner of Killing Them. A big turtle aff Le ed the usual amuse- ment for men and boys in front of a M son street restaurant. Anon-looker raised up his voice and said he woeld | bet a dollar that no one in the crowd | could tell the process by which a turtle | is killed. Whether knew, or no one } Whether the crowd had been caught in | \ the Baring Brothers’ rl, is not | known, but the bet remained open. The | man lowered it toa half. and it still re- | | mained ‘on the tat After he had deyarted another man, a little fellow without any overcoat or shirt-collar, said: “If Thad had any stuff I would ave tak that bet. Tam a_profes- | sional turtle killer. The business is aj profession, and isn’t picked up in| a das Now, I will explain | to you gentlemen how to kill a] turtle. I know none of you could do it | after I tell you, but I want to show you thatthe duffer who biuffed the crowd doesn't know it all. See? Now pay | attention. First persuade your turtle | to stick out his bead, and when he does | you cut his throat. Ifhe gets obstinate and refuses to stick out his head, it may be necessary to grab the head with a pair of strong nippers, and hold the head between them until the throat is eut Then you cut the muscles that connect the body with the shell, and leave the turle to die. Now, how many of you can tell me how long that will None. Of course not. You don’t know. Well, about twenty-four hours. ‘There is a gooddeal of the hu- man about a turtle. It likes to hang on, the turtle dues. If I had had the stuff, I could have won that bet.” A philanthropic man in the crowd, who said he was fond of turtle soup, tipped the man a quarter and passed on.—Chi- eago Tribune. A Wasp-Nest Ventilator. An English gentleman lately took a small wasps’ nest, about the size of an placed it in a large case inside of his house, leaving an opening for egress through the wall. Here the nest was enlarged to a foot in diameter, holding thousands of wasps, and he was able to watch their movements, and noted one new fact—namely, their systematic at- tention to ventilation. In hot weather from four to six wasps were continually stationed at the hole of egress, and, while leaving space for entrance or exit, the exceedingly rapid motion of their |wings. After a long course of this vig- | orous exercise the ventilators were re- jlieved by other wasps. During cool | weather only two wasps at a time were usually thus engaged.—Golden Days. —Old Moneybags (ber father)—‘*Look | here, you young scoundrel, if you had any money I'd sue you for libel! But ama Lone year has : ds record was held b 938 Landseer’ Morrow, « aville, Tenn. D. F. | h 2 | you out of the house?” I'm going to thrash you within an inch jof your life!’ Young Billikins— | “W-what for, s-sir?” ‘Didn't you tell “| several people that I was a regular old | pirate?” ‘No s-sir, ‘pon my word.” | “What? After the night when I kicked “N-no: I said you were a freebooter, and you did boot me pretty frealy.”—Boston Traveller. | vitality is nz four to six ounces | @ man, and if that he a proper standard | of comparison, then woman is the supe- | cation is desirable. | its natural tense supports of their in- | amination of the best pictures yet tak- apple, and, after stupefying its inmates, | created a Steady current of fresh air by | THE CIVILIZED WOMAN. ; Extract from a Lecture by J. H. Kellogg. M. D., Battle Creek Sanitarium. | Among savages th > woman is just as | healthy ast Considered as an animal from physiological stand- | point, a wo apable of more hard work, of : privation a an wil < down entirely. is not weaker vesse certal constituti respects a woman is Out of an equal yer of male and female | infants there will be found at the end | of the fi large supe ty rst year of life a considerable number of girls alive than boys, ing > statistics. Y continues up to the age or sixteen, when the mortality becomes of forty or fifty the death rate is about | equal in be estin h sexes, and final tant is ai sa We constitutional fund of y greatest | showing that ta tis somet is na cause the es argued that a woman | ally weaker inferior be- | average weight of brain is from Ss than thatof the 1, that th 1 158 as well as her physical. when the size of a woman's brain nsidered in comparison with the t of her body, it is evident that a woman has more brain per pound than her intellec rior. The woman should be eased than a man. e is no physical reason why a more feeble or dis- Yet the women are the supports of the doctors. If all the women in the ¢ try would get well, ginety-nine physicians out of every hundred woud Lave to seek some other employment. ‘*Woman, the chief sup- port of the doctors,” is a toast very fre- quently given at the close of the med- ical convention. Stanley was furnished with two hun- dred negro women to carry his stuffinto the interior of Africa, and he found | them the best porters he had employed, although ho felt very doubtful about ac- cepting their services when first pro- posed. The Mexican Indian woman is able tocarry her household goods on her back and two or three babes on top of her burden when a change of lo- Meanwhile her hu band trudges bravely along carrying his gun. On the continent of Europe most of the heavy work is done by wom- en. At point I saw a three-woman team with a man fora driver. In Vienna, women and dogs are frequently hitched together, and sometimes a woman is yoked with a cow to draw a load of produce to the city. Once in Italy I saw such a team hitched to a plow. Many of these peas- ant women will carry upon their heads a load of vegetables that few American men could lift. These women nave the muscles of the waist and trunk thor- oughly developed. Despite their hard- ships, they do not suffer from the back- ache or displacements or other ailments which the women who dress fashionably are constantly afflicted with. The civilized- woman with muscles so flabby that they afford nosupport to the nternal visce traces the starting point of her ill health to some trifling one | cause, like a jump from a carriage. Or perhaps her back gave way when she lifted a pail of water or her baby. Or perhaps stair climbing brought about | the direful calamity. 1 am not saying that these may not be actual exciting causes of serious de- rangements when :here is no muscular development, but what I wish to em- phasize is that women are to blame for not cultivating their muscles, and more to blame for deforming themselves so | as torender the large muscles of the body so nearly useless. The ordinary woman has bones of steel and whalebone to brace her up, but instead of affording any real support, they destroy the nat- ural curve of the back, rob the fig- ure of much of its beauty and also rob tegrity. Shall these things be counted as less than criminal and dare one say that the punishment which outraged nature metes out is too heavy ? When the civilized woman cultivates her mus- cles systematically she will cease to be an invalid, and not till then.—Reported by Helen L. Manning. Astronomical Photography. Prof. Holden gives an interesting ac- countof photographic apparatus and the work done in astronomical photography at the Lick Observatory. He states that the negatives taken there bear easily anenlargement of 570 diameters, and even double thatamount. 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