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THE HUSTLER-COW MERCIA
EHUSTLEROFRO ME
KatablUhud, IW*.
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Established. ISVu.
»vtd every eveaiug •swept Satuiday.
Suadav aud weekly.
PHIL G. BYRD,
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
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The latest Chinese puzzle is a
royal mix.
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Some of the military heroes
are civil ones.
No, Jane, dear, two half-hose
don’t make a hose.
, 1 .HAIM.
Many a “forward” fellow is
very shy—of cash.
Hobson seems to be equal to
a navy yard and a pair of dry
docks.
Because a soft hat is becom
ing to some men is no reason it
fits a soft head.
The Philadelphia night schools
have reopened with an enroll
ment of 12,000 pupils.
Now is the time to buy Christ
mas presents —to sent to your
relatives in the Philippines.
The Pillagers drank too freely
of fighting whiskey—and of
course became not less than half
shot.
An Indiana man has married
his stepmother. Let his name
be written theae when the hero
roll is called.
Yellow Jack had the best of
the sixth round, but Jack Frost
is confident that something will
drop in the fourteenth.
The eldest unmarried daugh
ter of Capt Sigsbee, Miss Mary
Ellen Sigsbee, is doing good
work as an illustrator of maga
zines.
So long as Spain’s “new” na
vy rides at anchor on paper it
will not become subject to the
Schley-Dewey sinking spell epi
demic,
If the South can operate a
cotton factory in every county
she will never lose money by
raising 5 cent cotton.—St.Louis
Republic.
And now the chaplain of an
Ohio regiment has turned up
with two wives. This war has
thoroughly demoralized the
chaplains.
In a hot night, says a London
paper, Paris consumes 55,000
quarts more water than when it
is colder. In cool weather some
Parisians evidently do not bathe
at all.
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.1. Zangwill, the novelist and
critic, has had himself photo
graphed while in the act of stir
ring the ingredients of a cake.
Israel, like the rest of us, needs
the “dough.”
Gen. Blanco’s order tnat no
body wearing the Cuban Uni
form shall be permitted to enter
Havana, will keep out American
editors and tramps —and other
excentric people who persist in
wearing rags.
Gen. Lee will have several
regiments of regular United
States cavalry at his back when
he goes to Cuba. The Seventh
and the Eighth United States
cavalry have already been des
ignated as a part of the expedi
tion to embark at Savannah in
the near future and other regi
ments may be named.
Mrs. Juliette P. Mara, of New
York, who recently received a
decree of divorce from her hus
band two days after he had died
at Montauk Point from wounds
received at Santiago, has decid
ed that she does not want such
a decre after all and has had it
canceled by the court. The dead
husband, John J Mara, was a
member of the Seventy first reg
ment, New York volunteers. He
was promoted from the ranks to
be a sergeant for meritorious
service on the field of battle.
Mrs. Mara would not live with
the man had he remained in
life, but she is keen to live on
his pension now that he is gone.
None of the audience at Wal
lack’s theatre in New York, last
Tuesday night recognized Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee in a box, until, at
the end of the first act, the star
actress of the play received
some flowers, and, rushing over
to the box, thrust them into the
general’s hands. Then everybody
saw who it was and the demon
stration which followed was
equal to anything of the kind
that has been seen in a theatre
since the beginning of the war.
Gen. Lee was not kissed.
Emperor William is taking
to Jurusalem with him Leonard
Ehmka, the largest soldier in
the German army. He measures
6 feet eleven inches and weighs
296 pounds. The Kaiser, it is
said, wants to impress the Ori
entals with the fine physiqe of
his soldiers. Billy is so much
of a freak he naturally takes to
freaks. If he were an American
citizen he would either be oper
ating a dime museum on ths
Bowery or a mortgaged farm ia
Kansas.
Gen. Joe_Wheeler’s testimony
shows that he is no grumbler
and is above political spitcful
ness. As a democrat he might
have sharply condemned Alger,
to the advantage of the party.
He is a little man, physically,
this Alabamian, but the Ameri
can people love him as if he
were a giant.—Mexican Herald.
News from the bedside us Mr.
Thomas R. R. Cobb, who is now
at Colorado Springs, causes
much grave apprehension on
the part of his relatives and
Mr. Cobb is slowly
growing worse and hope of his
recovery has almost been aban
doned.
LAI ILL J. „ J _
It might be well if Hobson
would defer raising any more
ships until the peace commis
sioners have finished their la
bors, otherwsse Sagasta will
further complicate matters by
putting in a claim for the ships.
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The Chicago millionaire who
paid a widow $105,000 for the
return of his love letters is in
position to appreciate the wis
dom of Dion Bjucicault's cau
tion : “Never kiss a lady through
an ink bottle.”
Mrs. Amanda Purcell of
Portsmouth, N. H., is the only
woman who hired a substitute
to fight in the civil war. At that
time she was a widow’ and her
sons were too small to fight, but
siie believed she would send
someone and so paid SBOO to her
nephew to go.
The only military company
composed of Chinamen that ex
ists outside of the Chinese Em
bire has been formed in Port
land, Oregon. It has 37 mem
bers, all full blooded Chinamen
of American birth.
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Life insurance is ago thing
but health insuranc' keeping
the blood pure v- th Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, is stil
HE EICaXENCE W SHUT « RB
to not only to the m*
simplicity of the combination, bat alas
to the ears and aklU with whiah H to
manufactured by eeienUfla
known to the Cxuroaxia Fie
Co. only, and we wish to impress wpsß
all the importance of purchaaia< ths
true and original remedy. As tto*
genuine Syrup of Figs ia manulkstnrod
by the Calixohmia Fig Brave Os.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one tn avsidiny the worth lao
imitations manufactured by other pa*
ties. The high standing of the Cau
ronviA Fig Svmup Co. with the asedi
eal profession, and the saliefaettoa
which the genuine Syrup of Fl<e has
Sren to millions us families, makes
a name of the Company a yuaraaky
of the eaoellenoe of its remedy. It to
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidaeys, liver saaf
bowels without irritating or woatesa
ing them, and it doos not yrips nor
nauseate. In order to pet its bonsAoial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
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J. J. Curtin is the name »f a
New York policeman who found
a valuable diamond in Central
Park, returned it to itg owner
and then refused to accept a
proffered reward of SIOO, saying
he was paid for his work by th,e
city. He will be tried for lunacy
and sent to the asylum.
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The first news of Don Carlos
in a long time is to the effect
that he has gone to London tc
raise a loan. What the loan is
wanted for it not stated. Per
haps it is to pay taxes on hie
$30,000,000 worth vs property ;
perhaps it is time for an upris
ing ou which he does not want
to spend his own money.
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Howard Gould, who, accord
ing to his “father’s will, has just
given up $5,000,000 in marry
ing Mies Katherine Clemmons,
the actress, is the third eon of
the late Jay Gould and the sec
ond of them to take a bride from
the theatrical profession. He is
28 years old and.a keen business
man, so that, having still some
$5,000,000 left, he will propab
ably be able to worry along with
his young wife .
One of the complaints eaid to
have reached the Wa r Investiga
tion Commission ia that Capt.
Alger, son of the secretary, was
financially interested in the
tract of laud on which the Fer
nandina camp was located, and
also in the land which formed
the site of Camp Alger. This
may be the reason the Commis
sion wanted to learn from Sec
retary Alger how and by whom
the camp sites were selected—
questions which have not yet
been answered to the entire sat
isfaction of the board.
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A NARROW ESCAPS.
Thankful words written by
Mrs. Ada B. Hart, Groton 8. D.
“Was taken with a bad cold
which settled on my lungs;
cough set in and finally termi
nated in Consumption. Four
doctors gave me up, saying I
could not live but a short time.
I gave myself up to my Savior,
determined if I vould not stay
with my friends on earth, I
would meet my absent ones
above. My husband was advia
sd to gst Dr. King’e New Dia
covory for Cotoeumption,Cougha
and Colds. I gave it a trial, took
in all eight bottles. It has cured
me, and thank God lam saved
and now a well and healthy
woman.” Trial bottles free at
Curry-Arringtoa’e. Regular sis*
50 cents and SI.OO, guaranteed
or price refunded. 1
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