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AMERICAN HOTELS. SOME STIRRING FOX HUNTS. IDLE RICE FIELDS. CURIOUS CULPRITS. IIott Pennsylvania Do9 Ilave Circum Auathemas of the Cliarch Against 3Ios OjLARBM An English Tiew of Our- Boot-Blacking and Washing.

Much has been said of the American hotels, on which of course we have based our modern English hotel system, says Mr. Clement Scott There is much to admire in both, no doubt There are certain details of American hotel life which would be intolerable to the average English traveler. I don't think that the men would like to black their own boots or to have them blacked on The Weekly Woeld Eenews Its Contest ofLast Year. qultoe unci I History supplies many instances of curious culprits. Vermin have in ail ages proved devastators.

It was the custom in medheval times for suf-1 ferers by their depredations to have 1 recourse to the church, which in due time, fulminated anathemas against the culprits. The procedure in such cases resembled that in vogue in the ordinary legal tribunals. The plaintiff appointed counsel, the court ac-corded one to represent the defendants, and the eccleciastical judge summed up and gave sentence. Bartholomew de Chasseneux, a noted lawyer of the sixteenth cen- i tury, was a great authority in this department of law and custom, be- ing author of an exhaustive treatise 1 on the subject, said to combine remarkable skill with vast erudition, i He was also a successful advocate in i these peculiar -trials. On one occa- A Voting Contest Inaugurated Tented ITlly Reynard.

Philip P. Knox's greyhound, Mouse, had a lively race after a cunning old she fox on Mr. Knox's farm in Forest Lake township a few days ago, says a special to the New Tork Sun. Clarence Ilolbrook's hound, Gato, was baying on the fox's tracks off on East Hill, and the fox ran down into the valley, crossed the road near Mr. Knox's houso.

nd steered for West Mountain tlw-ough a twenty-acre field. Mouse spied her before she got to the middle of the lot, and away he went over the fence after her. He gained on her fast, and the fox, seeing that she was being hotly pursued, legged it for the rail fence at the top of her speed. Mouse was almost on her when she reached the fence and crawled between the rails. He leaped over and the fox, instead of running" on.crawled back.

Mouse climbed fence again, and the fox got on the opposite side once more. She kept the hound bounding backward and forth until Cato came baying down tho other side of the valley on her track, when she cut across a corner of the field, darted under the fence, and made for a piece of woods fifteen or twenty rods to the south. Mouse raced after her, and before And will be conducted for three months, ending Aug. 1st. Plenty of Suitable Land Ready for Cultivation in t-outh Carolina.

The principal cause of the abandonment of so much rice land in South Carolina is the lack of capital, due to heavy losses sustained by the planters during the late war. They were left without working capital and the means to employ labor, and freshets had broken the dikes and filled up the canals and ditches so that it would have required a con siderable outlay of money to have put the rice plantations in their former condition. There is no lack of the best rice lands in the state, with good water facilities, which can be purchased for a merely nominal sum. Another reason why so much of the rice land has been abandoned is said by the Boston Herald to be the scarcity and inefficiency of the negro labor, the good labor having been drawn away by other industries which afford better pay. There is every opportunity for the introduction of improved machinery, which would do away with much of the inefficient labor in the building up and repairing of dikes, canals, and machinery could also be used in the preparation of the land and the cultivation and harvesting of the crop.

It is not unusual to find plantations of 10,000 acres, with perhaps half of this amount of land available for ric6 culture, in a narrow strip along the river front a half mile to a mile in width, and it is quite possible for any one starting in with sufficient capital to secure the finest rice lands at a very low price, and by the introduction of improved methods, and especially by the introduction of improved machinery, to be largely independent of the scarcity and inefficiency of the labor. The cultivation of rice is a very expensive undertaking, and, as a rule, it can be carried on much more economically on a large scale than on a small one, and probably for the their feet coram populo in the basement; but there is not a woman in the kingdom who would not weep with joy when the washing basket came home with the clean and fine linen washed and finished as it is in California. No washing in Paris or Brussels can compete with the art of linen washing as shown in 'Frisco; and yet Chinamen do it all, so they 11 me. At least, I see them taking ie washing home attired in pot hats and pigtails! Here is a distinct instance of Western civilization. In Hong Kong and Canton your native, homebred Chinaman beat my shirts into fragments and my silk hankerchiefs into rags.

There was no a buttonhole unf rayed. But in 'Frisco the civilized Chinaman, give me shirts so glazed and white that they might be taken for mirrors at the dinner table; and then there is the suite of apartments, or "outside room," in an American hotel that commends itself sincerely to the English traveler. When we are going round the world we are inclined to long for our metropolitan caravanseries or, best of all, the warmest welcome of an old fashioned Emgiish provincial inn. But if the art of waiting was known in Amer sion no was appointed counsel for the defense in a case where a horde of rats were sued for devastation committed in the harvest fields of a large portion of the province of Burgundy. Chasseneux's defense in this important trial was considered very clever, although to modern ear3 it sounds like a tissue of consense.

He showed tnat the rats had not received formal notice, says the Chi- cago Times, and obtained a pro- nouncement that the persons of the aflHcted parishes should announce an adjournment and summon the defendants to appear on a certain day. On the adjourned trial he complainer. that the delay accorded his clients To the most popular young lady or gentleman in the territory occupied by the Weekly AVo ld outside of Lawrence will be given a $50.00 scholarship in the Lawrence Business College, and to the second most -popular, as de termined by the votes oi sub scribersy will be given a $40,00 scholarship in the same excellent institution. This contest will be in the Weekly "World only and will not apply to daily sub scribers. A ballot "vill be printed in each issue of the weekly edition.

Cut this out fill in properly and send to this office. The complete list up to Wednesday evening will be published each week. Below will be found the certificate of the proprietors of the Lawrence Business college hich attests the genu ineness of our great offer: she had got half way to woods he was so close that the fox wheeled like a flash, leaped over him, and got a good start down the hill before he could turn. The greyhound flew after the fox again, and the fox jumped into a hollow stump and gave battle to him till his nose was bloody. Mouse yanked the fox out of the stump and she slipped away and made for the creek, where the greyhound caught her on the run and Hung her in the air.

She flew at Mouse fiercely when she landed, and she fought so hard and fast that the greyhound failed to get a toothhold in her hide. The fox stood her ground bravely against the greyhound until Cato's cry, as he followed the hot trail, sounded loud at hand, when she stopped fighting and took to her legs. Mouse quickly overhauled her again, and while she was trying in vain to steer clear of him, Cato dashed at her wTith a triumphant yelp and soon shook her to death. Owen Martin's foxhound, Dan, chased a jaded fox so hard in Jackson townshio that the fox sought safety in a ledce of rocks. Martin ica winch it is not there would be few fair comparisons made with the hotels at 'Frisco; the art of waiting is not a lost one; it is an unknown one in America.

You dine at the hotel restaurant, and you have to wait half an hour for the first course, and on the average 15 minutes between every other one. On a certain occasion we stopped at the best restaurant in San Francisco, and the supper, good as it was, and the company, charming as it was, were both ruined by idle, haughty, and indifferent waiting. If the servants are too fine to wait, let them say so and go. But why should they condescend to wait and spoil our dinners and our suppers? Let them give it up and call on the faithful Swiss, the industrious German, and, if needs be, the patient Chinaman. The modern Englishman and American cannot wait Let them own it, and retire to other duties which they can fill infinitely better.

had been too short to allow of their appearance, in consequence of the road being infested with cats. He succeeded in obtaining a second adjournment, and finally a verdict was given. In early times there was a superstition that cocks laid eggs, and that from these eggs sprang basa-lisks, or horrible winged serpents. Gross rolates that in 147-4 an abandoned cock in that town was accused of having laid one of these eggs, and was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. The culprit was delivered to the executioner, who burned it publicly, along with its eggs, in a place called Kohlenberger, amid a large concourse of people, assembled to witness such a ludicrous execution.

Felix Melle-olus relates that proceedings we're in- stituted at Mayenco, in tho thirteenth century, against some offending, mos-quitos, and states that the judges before whom these unwelcome insects were tried pronounced sentence of banishment against Snails wero sentenced in a case at Macon, In August, 1487, whilo in 15S5 a plague of caterpillars suffered the penalties of excommunication. production oi no otner purely agricultural crop are capital and strict business methods so necessary for the production of rice by the method of water culture, of which there is an abundant supply, which comes down laden with the most iertile portions of the soils of the up country. It would seem that here was a fine field for the employment of dor mant Northern capital, which, if rightly applied would bring in large returns. jr if i 4 found Dan yelping at the hole in the fa valid Chairs. Josiah, in front of a second-hand store Mandy, how do you reckon they kin ever sell sich broke-up chairs as them? Mandy Law, Josiah, I suppose them's the invalid chairs we've heard about, and they hain't no trouble giltin rid of 'em to folks that's able to take car- of them Three Kinds of Vegetarianism.

A French vegetarian society has Lawrence, Kas. April 2G, 1893. This is to certify that the oiler made in today's issue of Lawrence Weekly World is bona fide in every respect and that we will issue tuition certificates in accordance therewith. Coonkod Smith, Proprietors Lawrence Business College and School of Shorthand and One become divided in three parts. Her Wedding Anniversary.

When I got back from my last trip, says "A Drummer" in the New York A Tree That ilmits Light One of the most remarkable tree wing call 3 itself cerealite, to indicate that itbelieves'only in eating cereals; another will be known as fruitarian, because it thinks fruit the only proper food, and another has been dubbed tuberile, because it believes in eating roots. Each wing thinks that the happiness and stability of the human race depends on the adoption of its views. ledge, and put a pocketful of brimstone on a Hat stone and set it on fire. Then he went to pushing the stone into the hole with a stick to smoke the fox out. Before ho had poked the stone in as far as he wanted to put it the fox darted out, leaped over his head, knocked his hat off and dashed down the hillside.

The hound collared the frightened fox, and the fox turned on him and fought like a whirlwind for about two minutes, when Dan broke its back and killed it. In Forkston township, a few days ago, Abel French's hound Poker nabbed a fox within ten feet of a burrow that the fox was steering for. The fox was a first-rate fighter, and it made Poker yelp several times while it fought him off and worked toward the burrow. Poker saw what the fox was up to, and seized it by the neck, backed toward the burrow and guarded the hold with, his rear. The fox broke away, and when Poker sprang at it it dodged and dashed into the hole.

Poker caught it by the rump and scratched it out, threw it against a stump and quickly shook the life out of it. Tribune, I went homo at something after 9 o'clock in tho evening. There was my house lighted up from top-story to basement; carriages were leaving tho door, and affairs seemed to be going on inside on a large scale. I let myself into the basement with a latch-key and walked into the dining-room. Strains of music came from tho back part of the hall, and the mingled laughter and conversation indicated a host of guests.

Presently my wife came into the din-ing-ioom dressed like a princess; she ran up to me, saying: "Oh, Jack! I'm so glad you've come homo so early." "So'tn said "what's the racket surprise-party?" "Surprise-party?" she said, with a pout; "no indeed, it's the anniversary of my wedding." "Tilda," I said, "you're off; you're way off! This is the month of March it, was in summer we were married!" She serenely replied: "I know that very well; this is the anniversary of my nrst. marriage. Go put on your dress-suit, dear." Equine Triplets. A mare owned by Herman Colby of Sanborn, N. recently gave birth to triplets.

Two of the foals were about the size of kittens, and the third perfectly formed and pf normal size. The mare was bred to a Percheron stallion weighing pounds. or shrub grows near some springs about twelve miles north cf Tusca-rora. It is about six or seven feet high, with a trunk, which, at its base, is three times the size of an ordinary man's wrist. It has numberless branches and twigs, and resembles somewhat the barberry.

Its truly wonderful characteristic is its lu-miniosity, which is so great that on the darkest night it can be plainly seen a mile away. A person standing near could read fine print by its light. Its foliage is extremely rank, and its iaves resemble somewhat those of the aromatic bay tree in shape, size and color. The luminous property is due to a gummy substance, which can be transferred to the hand by rubbing, and with the transfer the phosphorescent light, while that on the leaf disappear.5". The luminosity is thought to bo due to a parasitic form.

The Indian regards it with superstition, and will not come near it even in daytime. They give it a name which mean3 "witch tree. Horticultural Times. HOW HE SLEPT. A City in the Mountain Side.

The city of Banian, in Great Bucharia, is cut in the side of a mountain. There are 12,000 artificial caves, some very large, and two statues, one ninety, the other twenty feet high, each hewn from a single stone. The Country Dude's Experience With a Folding Bed. The hotel clerk was talking to the drummer. "You see a good many funny things in your travels," he said, "and occasionally I see one or two, and stay at i A FOUNDED BY A MACCARTHY.

i Blarney Cistle and the Famous Stone "For instance?" inquired the drum Kiiffer to Condense. "I 1 must not listen to you. Mr Caphead," protested the blushing girl, with eyes downcast. "You are only trifling and and," besides, it is gettJhg late." "Please hear me out, Miss Helen!" pleaded the infatuated young reporter. "I'll cut it down to 250 words!" mer nonchalantly.

A9 Eflect Follows Cause. First Landed Proprietor Do you have good police protection out your way? Second Landed Proprietor Do we? Well, rather. We have the pretties I hired girl in the cltj. DeWii Tribune. Which Imparts Persuasive Power.

Blarney castle founded about 1450 A. D. by Cormack MacCarthy, aurnamed "the Strong," the lord of "Well, day before yesterday we had a country dude stopping with us over The prizes will consist of two scholarships in the Lawrence Business College, equal in value to $50.00 and 40.00 respectively. The first will be the first prize and the second the second prize, The Lawrence Business College was established in 1869 and has been in success fill operation ever since Under the enterprising man agement of Coonrod Smith it is easily the leading school of its km tne west. Last year tho Wold had a similar contest and everybody in the county knows that the offer we made was not only lived up to in every respect but actually added to.

For the present we receive subscriptions at 50 cents per year and will a How one vote for every cent paid on subscription. This applies to old as well as new sub3cribars. There are no strings tied to this. You can vote for whom soever you please. Send in the names of your friends.

The $50 worth of tuition would pay for 36 wees in the business department or 36 weeks in shorthand depart ment or 36 weeks in the pen manship department, or fift 'dollars worth of tuition in an course desired. The forty dollars worth of tuition will pay for 24 weej3 in any one of the above departments or forty dollars worth of tuition in anv course Yote early and often. Unearthing Excavations are the l'ast. now being made 1: Muskerry and chief of a younger branch of that great McCarthy fam-: ily who once ruled a1 Cork and for many years waged a fierce but, according to the Pittsburg Dispatch, not always successful contest for itt possession with the Saxon invader. In tho struggle the lords of Muskerry took an active part and shared both the triumphs and defeats- of their illustrious kindred their stronghold of Blarney being several times night, lie had on store clothes and a blue necktie, and what he didn't know wasn't worth knowing.

When he started up to his room at night I told him there was a folding bed in it, and, if he wished, the bell boy would show him how it worked. But not much; he didn't want to be shown anything. He knew a thing or two about the city, he did, even if he did live in tho country. So I let him go and the next morning he raid his bill without a word and went i i in the famous two-headed hill mentioned by Virgil, about eight miles from Tunis. Many interesting remains have already been unearthed, the largest being tho famous temple cf Baal Saturn, in which the Cartha genians worshiped.

tr AC inn lost and retrained bv them. It waa Truths Sick. bout noon I happened to be captured in 1602 by Queen Elizabeth's away. 1 For those DEATHLY B1L10U3 SPELLS depend on Sulphur Bitters; it never fails to cure. 1 DO YOU SUFFER with that tirod and all-gone feeling? If so tise Sulphur Bitters it will cure you.

1 on tnat iioor. ana a cnamoermaia called me to take a look at this room. And what a sight met my eyes! The bottom drawer of the bureau was pulled out as far as it would come, and in it were all the rugs in the room, with a toAvel spread -ore? one end for a pillow. Evidently he had tried to sleep there, for pinned up on the glass was a sarcastic little legend, reading: troops, but was restored to its owner, McCarthy, who was created Viscount Muskerry. In 1642 the earl of Orrery captured and retained it until 1658, when the then Lord Muskerry, who had been rr irl of Clancarty, received it ba last earl of Clancarty espoi.

le cause of the Stuarts, took up arms in behalf of James I and followed that unhappy prince into exile, after his defeat I Don't be without a hot- TRY IT. XL will not resret it I pi XV. 4 The I of a fair face is a beauti- lui skin, fcuiphur Bitters 'Gol dern vore fold in' beds Why Je possessions being forfeited, Wil- vrvn imnnfiriTViln I The Jerusalem Artichoke. The Jerusalem artichoke has no connection whatever with the holy city of tho Jews. It is a species of sunflower and gets its name from girasole, one of the scientific names I that genus of plants.

Cave Dwellers of British Columbn. There is a curious tribe in British Columbia known as the Snuswap Indians. These Indians have given their name to one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. Tho trains of the Northern Pacific travel along its shores, and as the engine follows the winding banks its head is turned to every point of the compass. Dr.

George M. Dawson, of the geological survey of Canada, has recently written a paper on these Indians. He says their winter dwellings are partly subterranean, and that in parts of their country there are hollows marking the former position of houses whose underground portions must in some instances have been twenty-five feet in diameter. Excavations are made on sheltered hillsides, which don vou make 'em longer and put suffer from RHEUMATISM, use a '4 of Sulphur Bitters; it never is to cure. Lro you CONSTIPATED? If so, fi A.

uu. more kivvers onto urn? Mebbe you expect a man to stand up and sleep in your durned old cubberd.1" The drummer laughed. "The 'durned old resumed the clerk, "was one of our best wardrobe folding beds," and then thev both laughed. A Sulphur Bitters is just what you need or, weak, and weary mothers UA15Z PUNY. PINDLING children.

liam of Orange granted the estate of Blarney to a Sir George Jeffereyes, In whose family it still remains. As stated previously, the castle was erected in 1150, the date being inscribed upon a stone in the wall of-the tower near its summit. The Btone also bears the name Cormack MacCarthy the founder of the 'fortress. This is the stone known to fame as the "Blarney stone." Its supposed power of imparting the gift of persuasion and facility of language to any person who shall kis It, has been often described and extolled in prose and but it? Origin is not known to a certainty. Pif Wflr mm biilplnir Bitters will make them strong, hearty, and healthy.

ii i mr i i mm mum Cl.nse the vitiated blood when '3 you see its impurities bursting ijirouninesinn i The First to Fall. Pagnier, the first French soldier killed in the war cf 1G70, has new a handsome monument erected to his memory in the cemetery of Meider-bronn, near Strasbourg, on the initiative of the patriotic association called the "Souvenir Fraacais." BLOTCHES A Bitters and health IKin RflRFR are covered with wooden framework brush, and upon these a covering 1 ill J.UJ1U 644 Massachusetts St cf earth is spread. New lork bun. "Send 3 2-cent stamps to A. P.

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