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T«E Huai lek of Rome is the people’s paper
—all home set matter —and if youjwant to reach
‘Vhe masses as well as the classes new is the
me to plant you advertisements.
Toni Watson refuses to cut bait
—he wants to fish.
_A woman’s age is said to be one
of nature’s profound secrets.
Precedent is certainly a good
thing to follow —as long as it gives
us th 1 advantage.
Had Jerry Simpson lecated in
’Tndiaiia he would have been a
ockless Hose-ier. S ?
Because all cranks are r< vein-\
tionists, is not conclusive evidence
that all revolutionists are cranks.
X See?
There are some people who are
not crazy, but at the same time
thev haven’t a nickle’s worth of
sense.
It is now in order for ‘'common
lierd’’ oi Mongolians to speak of
cld Li Hung Chang as the Yellow
Jackaster.
In ilecorati'ig Kate Field for her
services to literature,France proves
4hat h t famous politeness is not
Nvhc'.iv a local issue.
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Soino white folks and a few ne
groes are like hogs—squealing an 1
grunting when they wish, but nev
er giving anything away.
■China has bought quick firing
guns. She needs them if she wants
lier soldiers to fire at the Japs be
fore they take a new start for Pe
kin.
s . Lei se is to start a newspa-
|>er i K;U £8 to be called the Agi
| <at '. Mr. Lease will neither defy
|.the Agitator nor defy the agita
I tint).
J . A good deed may need no ap
plause but if the man who com
mits it gets an encore he is more
than a i>t to do it again at the next
performance.
-Prof. Lowell informs the public
‘from t.ie observatory at Flagstaff,
Ari., that the canals in Mars have
begui. to double. —\\ under if extra
mules have been put on the tow
paths. ■
Bn Hagg«rd’s latest novel.
4 ‘l'he People of the Mist,” does
.<jot, its name implies, dial with
the Populists. The Pops are not
even listed, then bow could they
■-.ever be miss’-d?
James B Corey, who ran for
| Governor of Pennsylvania on the
promise that he would serve for
halt -als r y, received 103 votes.
Pennsylvania never did care much
for ecoucmv i-t Harrisbuig.
* It is hard to tell yet how much
,-credit ought to attach to the re-
Sport that the new Czar will enlarge
the latitude given the Russian
Press and will abolish the worst
■ of police espionage uni
*rn ilitbiy terrorism. The world can
nH :s > | »<• f< >i lorget-
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THE HUSTLFR OF ROME FRIDAY NOVEMBER, 23 1894
In the Maine woods, f where he
goes for sport and recreation, they
call Governor Greenhalge “a
durned good fellow.” The Gov
ernor takes great pleasure in out
door exercise, and while lie was
the guest of the Wild Goose Club
on Moose Lake recently he was
rarely indoors except for meals
and tor sleep. Yet the Governor i
not a sportsman. Ail the shooting
he did was at a mark and he can s
Outside of New
k, howi v< r, they generally g<
armed with a jug when hunting
tile deadly tiger.
Os the Harvard faculty Presi
dent Eliot is never seen at an in
■ '< iate contest. Prof. Janies
I>. Ames is seldom absent from
one, Dean Briggs may always be
seen at an important game. Prof.
Sumichrast never misses a football
game, Prof. Sanderson is equally
fond of the sport and Proi. White,
who is now in Athens, used to be a
prbmprominent figure at all the
athletic meetings.
Wells Goodwin of Newberry
Center, Vt., celebrated his 100th
birthday last Friday. He is a vete
ran of 1812. drawing a pension for
a wound received at Niagra Falls
July 25th, 1814, in a skirmish be
tween the 11th UnHsd States ii ;
fan try and the Glengarry regiment
of Highlanders. Mr. Goodwin cast
his first vote for President Monroe
and his last one for President
Cleveland.
The Kaiser’s fondness for mud
c mposition is not a new fad
Jt seems that he Studied music
industriously during his youth,
while he. was a s‘ud Q ntat the Uni
versify of Bonn he learned to play
the vio in as a surprise for his pa
rents. His father was so pleased
with bis skill that he declared him
“worthy to be a kapellmeister.”
Jean de Rei-zke recently won the
prize of 10,000 roubles offered by
the Czar for the best stud farm in
Poland. Last year Count Putocki
took the prize. The tenor has long
been known to be an enthusiastic
breeder of race-horses, and it is
said that he now has forty-five an
imals, mostly bred from English
stock, ou his farm near Warsaw.
Henry Keeney who died at
Hartford recently at an advanced
age, leaving a fortune of more
than a million, had several strekrs
of exceptionally good luck. Oim
was his investment of $260 in the
stock of the Hartford Fire Insur
ance Company in 1842 This stock,
after y ielding Mr K> eney sl2l
864 in cash dividends, is at
present worth more than SBO,OOO
The Republican victory has
opened the way to the Senate for
a procession of plutocrats, of whom
Steve Elkins, of West Virginia,
and Sewell, of New’Jersey are lead
ers. Elkins is still smeared with
the grime of the star-route frauds
of 1882, but this fact does not dis
qualify’ him for a high place in the
Republican sanctuary.
Says the New York World: A
single New York bank drew out
$9(X),000 in gold from the Treasury’
yesterday. Tins was perfectly prop
er, especially as it wished to be in
a position to show its patriotism
by promptly’ subscribing for the
new bonds which are being sold to
replendish the Treasury gold re
serve.
W AITE’S PROCLAMAT'ON
Probably the governor feels that,
he has very little to be thankful
for.—Boston Journal.
Gov. Waite has issued a thanks
giving proclamation. He is willing
that Colorado citizens should eat
turkey, But he surrounds the bird
with a sauce which suggests crepe
on the door.—St. Paul Globe.
—■ 1 ' 11 _■
The Thanksgiving proclamat ion
issued by Gov. Waite of Colorado,
is as si u as an old maid’s emih .
The trouble is that Waite Jets
th? sms and shortcomings of hu
rnanitv weigh too heavilv upon his
own meagre little soul.—Kansas
I City Times. ,
FITZSIMMONS FPF
The Coroners Jury Investigates
and Makes a Verdict
THE KILLING ACCIDENTAL
Dr. Tolman Swore that Fitz- 1
jimmon's Blow and that
alone, caused the death
of Con Riordan. All
Parties satisfied.
Syracuse, N. Y., Novi inker 22. —
The inquest touching the death < f
Con Riodan, who was k lied in
sparring with Robert Fitzsimmons
" 11. R. Jacob’s opera house Inst
Friday night, was held tonight be
fore Coroner Roberts and a jury.|
The jury brought in the following
v -rdict after a long wrangle.
“We find that Cornelius Riodan
came to his death on the evening of
Friday, November 16th, from an
accidental blow delivered by Rol -
ert Fitzsmmons while engaged in
a sparring exhibition on the stage
of 11. R. Jacob’s opera house. We
exonerate Robert Fitzsimmons
from all blame. ”
- Strong testimony against Fitz
simmons was given oy Dr. D. M.
Tots an, who attended Riodan. He
tspt died that the blow delivered by I
Fitzsimmon alone caused death.
The House judiciary commi'tte
has decided to report t’avorsb'y the
bill of Mr. Wrigbt, of Floyd county,
which provides for a better exami
uatieu of applicants for admission ■
to the bar and raises the standar . j
Ihe bill is 8n excellent on?, and al •
lawyers, or at least almost all oi i
hem seem to be very enthusias’je j
in i's support. They say there h r
boeii o much looseness in the ex
aminatiun in the past, end that it
is hisrh time for iinprovemeLt
Griffin Call.
COMICAL FANCIES.
Visitor —Have you any new
studies this term? Boy—Yes’m;
I’m studying yellocution. —Good
News.
Attorney (badgering witness) —
Now. sir, would you like to swear
Witness —Yes, 1 would. —
Plain Dealer.
There is no work so hard as try
ing to keep up the impression that
you are a good fellow.—Atchison
Gio e.
Man—The prettiest girls always
many the biggest fools. Maid--
Mr. Snoopenhauser, 1 esteem you
highly, but it is useless to carry
me off of my feet with glittering
general ties. —Detroit Tri I nine.
“Prof. Von Gookenheimer, they
say. is a most marvellous mind
reader and hypnotist.” “Yes; he
claims he can attract the attention
of a restaurant waiter by men y
looking at him steadily for han
an hour.” —Life.
Mrs. Houser—Tne paper says the
party leaders are arranging to get
together. What is that for, 1 won
der? Houser —Hump! 1 suppose
it’s because they ain’t satisfied
»ith what they’re getting separate
ly.—Butfa o Courier.
“Brother, do you feel sure of
your ground now?” asked the evan
gelist of the new convert. o, I
i can't say that 1 do,” replied the
i honest young farmer. “They's a
morgidge on it for putty nigh all
it's worth.” —ii d anapolis News.
"Is lh<u>-« Denmciiiiic part;,?
a I-r- IheNe A Y"I k 1 ribllUt*, W 111)
- meiiiios ot ilie glee of iheghoul.
Theo- i-, oust assuredly, undpvrat
is more, u i« ju«i m big, so t.ir as
us can see, and just as capable of
carrj iug sit ct lou, as it Was tv> o
y id's .1 go wb* u n triumphantly i
pm iis ciiiuiduie into n.e wl.i e
house and a h.i je majority into
< o igr- s- . The on y difli-rcee is
t'lst t* c usiuerabi- portn li o!
th- poly, ti r ieasoi.B sati-tMCtor
io itself, hasn’t been doing its
usual voii g this vear.
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