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Spectator.
KICHAKD MAUZY,
and I'roprleton
«S.OO A. YEAR.
If discontinued before payment, the rate of
3 per annum will be charged.
8»- Remittances should be made by check,
iraft, Postal order, or Registered letter.^
(HES.IPE.IIiE &JHIO RAILWAY.
JF. »• "V*.
(Fast Flying Virginian.)
VESTIBULE LIMITED,
Solid, with Dining Car, between New York,
Washington and Cincinnati.
VESTIBULE SLEEPER BETWEEN
WASHING fON and LOUISVILLE,
OLD POINT and CINCINNATI
Schedule In Effect March 2d, IS9O.
• No. 3. No. 1.
WESTWARD. !F. F. V. Clncln
: Vestlb'le Express
i Dally Dally.
Lv New York i sCOpm 12 15 n'gt
Lv Philadelphia . ;710pm 7 20am
Lv Baltimore jlOlO p m 945 a m
Lv Washington.. . :ll 25 p m 11 21 a m
Ar Charlottesville, :305am 315 pm
LvNorfolk,"™'.7.™ ■Tt4o p iii 715 a m
Lv Old Point :4 00 pm 740 am
Lv Newport News,: 440 p m 8 15am
Ar Richmond j l> s"> p m 10 50 a m
Lv Richmond, ...'.: 10 45 o m ii oil a m
Ar Charlottesville, :3 15 am 335pm
Ar Wayuesboro' J:4 16 a m 432 pm
ArStaunton :441am 500pm
Ar Clifton Forge _! 7 00am 715pm
Ar Covington :.._ 741pm
Ar Ronoeverte :835am 900pm •
Ar Hinton : 8 50 a in 10 25 p m
Ar oarleston :1245pm 148 am
Ar Huntington....; 2 10pm 330 a v,
Ar Maysviile _.: 420pm 533 am
ArCineinnati 1620pm 7 30am
Ar Ind lanapolls ...; 10 55 pmlooo a m
Ar Chicago ! 730 am 500 p m
Ar St Louis | 705 am 600p«i
Ar Cfxiiigi'in _.! 6 20pm
Ar Louisville : 9 opm 11 35 aro
Ar IsTaslivlll", :050am 500pm
Ar Memphis ! 240 o m 5 15am
ArNew Orleans,..': 7 00a m 12 40 n'n
Note. -Toe arrival a'- r.ou svllle and South
for tram No 1 Is via Cincinnati (Newport).
Trains from Lynchb irq Lexington. Va.,
-'Daavilte, Va , c.a. connect at Hilton Forge.
• N0.2. :
! No. 4 : Wash.. :
EASTWARD P. r. V.i&Old Pi;
: Vestb'le' ; Express ;
Lv Lonlsville ': 215 p m;
LveCincinnatl • 6300 m: 7. r ioam:
Lye Huntington...: 12 25 a ml 2 60 p nil
>Vr Charleston : 14« am; 428p m;
Ar Hinton • 4 48 a m; 5 55 p m:
Ar Ronoeverte ; 559 aml 930p ml
Ar Covington I :1052 pm:
Ar Clifton Forge-.I 733 a m:ll 55p m:
ArStaunton. I S36a m- JtSan..
Ar Waynesboro JullOm am; i w'a m;
Ar Charlottesville! 11 55 a m: 300 am;
Ar Washington. ...: 2 35 p ml 7 03 a m|
Ar Baltimore 3 50 p m; 8 20 a m:
Ar Philadelphia . I 6 15 p m:I0 47 am:
Ar New York ; 920 Pml 120pm;
Lv Cn'arrottesvlTl'e'lll 05 a iS\ 3 fiti a mi
Ar Gordonsvilie... 112 05 n'n: 4 57 am:
Lv Richmond : 300p ml 910 am:
Lv Nnwi'ort News! 6 00 p m:ll 05 a m|
LvOld Point Com; 6 35 p m:ll 40 a m:
Lv Norfolk _ : 7 00pm!l2 05 n'n;
Arr Lexington, Va: 415pm;.■ :
Ar Lynchburg,.. . 1155 am: :
Ar Danville : 820p ml .:
Ar Greensboro 110 37 p m; ■
Nos. 3 and 4, dally, F.F.V. Limited, run sol-
Id between New York aul Cincinnati with
Vestibule Sleeper between Wasnlugton and
Louisville and Old Point and Hinton.
Nos.l and 2 have Pullman Sleepers between
Cincinnati and Washington. Solid train be
tween Cincinnati and Old t*oint dally.
ACCOM VIODVTION TRAINS.'
Richmond Division.—No. 7, dally except
Sunday, leave Richmond 50) 0. m. No. 8 ex
cept Sunda?, leave Both well 6 25 p m. Arrive
Richmond 7 25 p m.
Huntington Division.—No. 13, leaves Cllf
ton Forge dally 830 a m , arrive at Hunting
ton 7 00 p m., arrive CUftpn Forge 5 30 p in. No
15, daily ex;ept Sunday, leave East Sewell at
600 a m., arrive at Huntington 1100 am. No
10. dally, except Sunday, leave Huntington at
3 00 p oi, arrive Ea-it S9weii 8 05 p m.
Cincinnati Division.-No 17 daily except
Sunday, leave Rmseii (fronton) 6 a ra, arrive
Cincinnati 11 30 a m. No. 18 dally except Sun
day, leave Cincinnati 2 00 p m., arrive at Rus
sell 73J p m. No. 19, dally except Sunday,
leave Maysviile! 43 a m, arrive ac Cincinnati
8 21am No. 20 dally except Sunday, leave
Cincinnati 5 05 p m, arrive at Maysviile 730 p.
m.
Through tickets and baggage checked to any
destination. Apply to any C. it O. Ticket Agt
for full Information and tickets.
GEO. W STEVENS, H. W. FULLER,
Gen. Snpt. Gen'l Pass'r Agent.
■ BIIAH WALLET RAILROAD
S. W. Tyler, Receiver.
Fable In efloct Feb. 9th, 1890.
„_ Dally
IRD. Daily. except
me. Express. Express.
dian. No. 3. , No. 1. loc. Ace.
I. No. 5.
7.25 a.m. 11.15 P.M.
Antietam 7.59 " 11.43 "
Shepherdstown.. 8.05 " 11.48 "
Shen. Junction... 8.18 " 12.00 ng't
Charlestown 8.30 " illl a. m.
Rlverton 9.43 " 114 "
Luray 10.55 " 2.15 "
MUnes 11.40 " 3.00 "
Elkton 11.52 " 3.12 "
Grottoes 1227 P.M. ... "
Waynesboro Jane 1.15 " 415 "
Buena Vista,.... 2.52 " 5.39 "
Loch Laird .. 254 " 541 "
Ige... US " 6 (15 "
4. '0 M 637 •*
5.00 " 7.40 "
11.20 p.m. 1210uoon
6.50 A.M. 7.40 p.m.
6.30 p.m. 6.35 a.m.
2.05 a.m. 310 a.m.
12.3' Ip. M. 52a A M
7 05p.m. 300 a.m.
7.00 4.M. 12 lOnoo-
'.-, Pullinau Palace Sleeping Car
a New YorK and Philadelphia via
o Chattanooga aud Memphis,with
•
2tion at Hagerstown with fast mail
ore.
es close connection at Waynes
a with 0. A O. Railway west
s
brough connection from Piiiladel
iirisbur »od C. V. Itailioad, alsi
nan Oar from Phil
ia Harrisburg, to New Orleans
nge
CONNECTIONS,
town, Md., with tbe Western Mary
id to and from Baltimore, Kreder
littsburg, Gettysburg, Penuuar
a. Pa., and points on the Westerr
ailroad aud branches.
Cumberland Valley Railroad toand
isburg, Carlisle, Shlppensburg
irq, Mercersburg, Martinsburg, anc
c Cumberland Valley Rail road and
d from Pittsburg and the West and
and Boston, New York, I'iiiladel
c North and East,
idoah Junction, W. Va., with Mali
imore £ Ohio Railroad to and fron:
iro Junction with C. & O Ry. East
sound trains.
Lialrd, with Lexington Branch o
i Alleghany Railroad,
lan with Main Line ol Richmond
7 Railroad.
r.e, with Noi folk 4 Western Rail-
TAGE CONNECTIONS,
for Millwood and Winchester. Va,
iile for fiucastlo.
IRD. DAILY. except
me. Express. Express.
iian. No. 4. No. 2.
oke. 7.05 p.m. 6.00 a.m.
........ 8.0(1 " 6.59 "
dge... 5.32 " 7.30 "
8.58 " 7.56 "
* 9.00 " 7.58 "
lane. 10 31 " ».40 "
11.01 " 10.11 "
11.37 " 10 52 "
11.55 " 11.10 "
. 12.37 P.M. 11.53 "
1.46 " 12.56 P.M.
2.29 " 1.37 "
1 2.58 " i.. : ''
10n... 3.10 " 2.15 "
)wn.. 3.23 " 2.28 "
„.. 3.31 " 2.35 "
i_ 4.05 " 3.10 "
gton
R. R. 7.10 A.M. 3.05 P. M.
ore,
R.R. 8.20 '■ 5.20 P.M.
ore,
R.R. 11.10 " I 6.30 p.m.
town, 4.15 a.m.: 4 OOP. M.
mrg, 640 a.m. 7.00 p.m.
R.R.
lphla 10.29 a. M.I 10.55 p. m.
irk... 1.20 p.m.; 3.50 a.m.
Ties Pullman Buffet Sleeping Car
m Memphis to New York via Ha
:d Harrisburg.
es through connection via Shenan
on and B. A O. R. R. for Washing
il tl more, and at Hagerstown with
larylmd Railroad for Baltimore,
rland Valley Railroad for Harris
illadelphla. Also carries Pullman
)t, Sleeping Car from New Orleans
>hla via Hagerstown and Harris
it change.
O. HOWARD ROVER.
Gen. Passenger Agent.
'. FLICKWIR,
lperlntendent. Roanoke, Va.
ERER,
.Kent. Hagerstown, Md.
or^ : »_r-» <<**' v ''■'■■ \ rSa , (1
Ittutuofi liilil§ swccittiPi*
VOL. 67.
I > A I. Tl llOSti; A OHIO XiILIKIAD.
THE ONLY LINE RUNNING SOLID
TRAINS TO BALTIMORE VIA
WASHINGTON.
onnectlng at Harper's Ferry for all points
West. Northwest, and Southwest.
Schedule In effect Dec. 29th. 1890.
I i I
I 118 \ No. 444. | 442.
NORTHWARD. IPass.ex.: mixed ; mixed
[Sunday.; ex. Sun. j ex. Sun.
Lv. Lexington j 5 "(Jam 1115 pm: ....
" Staunton I 724 am: 4 30pm: 4 45pm
" Harrisonburg..; 8 29 am: 655 pm: 700pm
" Mt. Jackson : 927 am: 839 pm:
" Woodstock ! 955 am: 928pm:
" Strasburg 10 23 am i 1016 pm:
" Capon Road,... 10 32a m; 1040 pm;
Winchester 1115 a mil 55a m
" Stephenson 11 21 am:l2 11 a m ...........
" Charlestown ... 12IH pmi 116 am:
Ar.Harper's Ferry 12 25 p m.: 155 am:
" Washington.... 225 pmi 3 511 am:
" Baltimore 315pmi450ami ....
" Wilmington „ I 705 am: _
" Philadelphia.,.; 550pm: 740 am:
" New York | 825 pm 10 55 am
417 . : No. 441. i 443
Pass, ex.: Pass : mixed
SOUTHWARD, j Sun. j mixed. |ex. Sun.
;ex. Snn. j
L,v. New York :12 night : i 5 00pm
jv, Phllaielphia...: 815 a m|.... : 730 p m
'Wilmington....: 8 46am: j 8 05pm
' Baltimore : 9 15am! ~„ :1010pm
" Washington....:lo 30a m; :1115 pm
" Harper's Ferry: 115 pm: j 125 am
" Charlestown....: 139pm: : 3 31am
" Stephenson....: 216pm: „ i 327 am
" Winchester....: 2 30pm: j 3 4Sam
" Capon R0ad,...: 311 pm: : 4 53am
" Strasburg | 320pmj ; 503 am
" Woodstock : 350pm: I 5 57am
' Mt. Jackson j 420p m: l"*) 42 a m
' Harrisonburg..: 53(1 pmi 420 am: 900 am
" Stannton „.; 635pm: 635amil058am
Ar. Lexington- 8 15pm 950 am
CONNECTIONS.
Train No 418 connects at Harper's Ferry with
Fast Limited Express Train leaving at 12.55 p,
ru .arriving at Pittsburg at 850 p, m.. Colum
bus at 3 25 p. m,, and Chicago at 10 55 a m next
lay.
With Vestibule Limited leaving Harper's
Ferry at 4 39 p. m., arriving lv Cincinnati at
7.35 a. m. next morning; St. Louis at 6 50 p.m.
next evening, aud with train at Wasnington
Juuction. Arriving at Frederick at 2,15 p m.
ti. A O. Palace Sleeping Cars lire run tnrougti
o Pittsburg, Cinelnnattl. St. Louis, Cnlum
ous and Chicago, All feat trains run through
i' above points without change of cars.
l-'or tickets and further inlormatlon apply to
:■'.. v O. Agents, or to
0. IE. DUDKOW, Tiavelins Puss. Agt..
Winchester, Va. .
Chas. o. ScuLi.,Gen'l Passenger Agent.
J. T. Odkll. General Manager.
OOHER 15. ATKINSON,
Attorney-at-Law,
29 South Augusta Street,
sep 25—tf STAUNTON, VA.
rpIIOMAS C. KI.\SEY,
Alluriie.v-al-I.nw,
23 South Augusta Stbeet, Staunton, Va .
Room No. 3, Up Stairs.
wil receive prompt attention,
sep 25—11
J 31.
. ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
leol7.'SO U Staunton, Va.
W. E. CBAIJ, CHAKI.ES CURBY.
U. a. Dist. Att'y.
CiitAiu a iiiua,
/ Atcuruej-8-at-l.aw.
BURNS' BLOCK, AUGUSTA STREET,
2nd floor, street Entrance No. 1011.
aug 7—tl
Gl KO. S. I.IUIII 'Hiiiß,
r ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Staunton, Va.
Helerences:—Gen, Joseph B. belh. lion. J.
Frank Turner, A. A. Pubcault, Esq., Easton,
Mary land
Oince—ln the room now occupied by Hon.
bid ward Echols, and adjoining the office ol
Craig <£ Paul, dec 11 '07
DU. 11. 3k. PATTUUOS oilers his pro
fessional services to the citizens ol staun
on. officii, No. 14 East Main Street. En
lauce one Bitot tafet ol Glaoke's btore.
lihAllK F. WHITB. A. C GORDON
WHITE sK UOBIION,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Staunton, Va.
Courts.—Augusta and adjoining counties,
"ederalCourt at Harrisonburg, Court of Ap.
of Virginia, at Staunton. feb2l-tl
WH.LA.tt fAmil'U,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
B'ijsu'MOH, Va.,
Will practice In the Courts of Augusta and
adjoining counties. Special attention paid to
cjllections. mayß 'SO-t
IIHOJIAr, I>. BIP.SO.V.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Staunton. Va.
J fiers his professional services In the County
md Circuit Courts of Augusta, and in the Hus
ings Court and the Court of Appeals held in
Staunton. Will also prosecute claims else
where through legal correspondents in this and
ither States. may 30—ly.
PRESTO". A BAYLOR, .
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
And Solicitor in Chancery, Staunton, VA.,
radices in all the Courts of Acgusta and ad
oiniug counties.
Office—The same formerly occupied by his
ither, Col. Geo. Baylor, deed, on Augusta st.,
pposite the Court-house no 21
VST"M. 55. IXcALLISTEB,
YV ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Warm Springs, Va.
Courts—Alleghany, Bath and Highland, Va.,
nd Pocahontas, West Virginia.
*S-Speclal attention given to collection of
ilaimsand proceeds promptly accounted for.
dec 13—tf
GEORIiE 55. HARBISON,
ATTORNEY AT-LA.W,
Staunton, Va.
Offers his professional services to tbe public
generally. Will practice in all the courts held
in the city of Staunton and Augusta counly ;
attend regularly the Circuit Courts of Rock
bridge and Alleghany counties and practice
in the Court of Appeals at Staunlon.
d»e2s—
uwfißi\r X £ k&fa&H.-* solid fcOkb
filj agjjA ■^Mffn''''' 1 '■'■" i rltLbß
valuable lineof Household
"nriT,l '~r<lT.'-i J t^Sampl <-' s. These samples, as welj
aa the watch, are free. All the work jou
r.i i. ■! do is to show what we send you to those who call—your
friends and neighbors and those about you—that always results
in valuable trade for us, which holds for years when once started,
and thus we are repaid. We pay all express, freight, etc. After
yon know all, if you would Uke to po to work for us. you can
•am from IKSO to !sflO per week and upwards. Address.
Stinson <fe Co.. Box ©1 %., Portland, Maine.
dec 4—ly
HENRY L. LANG,
(Successor to Biakle & Lang.)
JEWELER,
8 E. Mam St., Staunton, Va-
Watches, Cloclts, Jewel
ry uud Silverware
Of every description. I keep everything
usually kept In
A FIRST-GLASS JEWELRY STORE
•S* My line of SilS Umbrellas with Gild and
Sliver bandies are all warranted.
Wnlch,clock anil Jewelry Repairing; is
a Leading Feature or my Business.
ALL WORK WARRANTS!.!.
PRICES jALWAYS KEABOXABLE;
43* All purchases engraved free of charge. *se
oct 80—Gm
VTSnCC- Tha undersigned bave associa-
led themselves together as partners in
thy nam--and Btyie oi J <feJ.L. Humgabdnkb,
Auoineys-al-Luw.
We will practice in the courts of the City of
Stauntouand the counties of Augusta. Rock
ingham. Rockbridge, Highland and Bath. All
law business entilisted to our care will be
promptly and falthfullv attended to.
JAMES BUMGARDNER. Jr.,
J. I.EWIB BUMGARDNER.
July 10— tl
2PLOOD, BOS.! AND FLESH FERTILIZER^*
Is tbe Best on tbe market
T—FOB—
SPRING CROPS.
Call on REEVES CATT A CO.
war IB—tt 12 J obn.on S
The Safest
AND most powerful alterative is
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Young and
•old are alike benefited by its use. For
y the eruptive dis
<Bk eases peculiar to
' * Two physicians
attended him, bat he grew continually
worse under their care, and everybody
expected he would dw. I had heard of
the remarktihle cures effected by Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, and decided to have my
boy try it. Shortly after lie began to
take this medicine, the ulcers com
menced healing, and, after using several
bottles, he was entirely cured. He is
now as health,', and strong as any hoy
of his age."— William F. Dougherty,
Hampton, Va.
"In May last, my youngest child,
fourteen months old, begun to have sores
gather on its head anil body. We ap,
plied various simple remedies without
avail. The sores increased in number
and discharged copiously. A physician
was called, hut tne sores continued to
multiply until in a few months they
nearly covered the child's head and body.
At last we began the use of Ayer's Sar
saparilla. In a lew days a marked
change for the better was manifest. The
sores assumed a more healthy condition,
the discharges wei- gradually dimin
ished, and iinally cased altogether.
The child is livelier, its skin is fresher,
and its appetite better than we have ob
served for months." —Frank M. Griffin,
Long Point, Texas.
"The formula of Ayer's Sarsaparilla
presents, for chronic diseases of almost
every kind, the best remedy known to
the medicai world." —D. if. Wilson,
M. D., Wiggs, Arkansas.
Iyer's Sarsaparilla,
PREPARED BY
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Frio. $1; six bottler, $5. Worth $5 a bottle.
seplS—ly
FOR PITCHED
Castoria promotes Digestion, and
overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour
Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness.
Thus tho child is rendered healthy and its
sleep natural. Castoria contains no
Morphine or other narcotic property.
" Castoria is fo well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me." H. A. Archer, M.D.,
82 rortland Aye., Brooklyn, N. Y.
" I use Castoria in my practice, and find it
specially adapted to affections of children."
Alex. Robertson*, M. I).,
1097 2d Aye., New York.
The Cextacr Co., 77 Murray St., N. Y.
dec 19,V88-2y
OLIVIER'S
BOOKSTORE
We wish to present to your notice the book
you must read in order to keep abreast, of the
times. Every one is reading it. Gladstone
says It is "a book without a parallel."
MARIE BASamTSEi F,
The Journal ot a Yonng Artist.
The Prie In Paper is only 50 Cents.
Sprang wlli soon be here. That means House
c.eanlug and Renovating. Don't .'orget that
we carry the largest stock of
WJA.LL. PAFEKB
In Staunton. You can suitboth eye and purße
All grades from thecheape.-t to the best.
W. lv. OLIVIER,
25 W. Main Street,
mar 26-
Cream Balm^S^fP^r^v.
Oeansea the lOTfr&M E-%.£
IVhsu 1 Pa*iNa»es. Efi
H ea, Sth e 9 „rc ß .&F EVE^^
Restores the jssa.* / U§
Sense of i n.le his S •«'is?sf ; v
null Smell. 'B»Wk -^K^,,*?*
TRY THE CUKE.
— HAV-HEVEri
A particle is aoplledjinto each nostril and is
agrenable Price 50 cts at druggists ;by mall,
registerad. 60 cents.
ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St., New York
aug 7—
"^MOTHERS
Hr wl IH Ifti Si
LESSENS PAINJcdTO LIFE n*
DIMINISHES WfgS™™ °>
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA g^
BLUDBYALL DRUGGISTS. a "
oct 23—ly
Only $20. FAVORITE SINGER,
"j? ''mm Drop leaf, fancy cover, large
thai -lag drawers'- nickel rings, full lineat-
CJsLaJbS ; tichments. Sent on trial. Buy of
jSjK^»N|I Manufacturers to get new ma
chines. Warranted 5 years.
CO-OPERATIVE SEWINQ MACINE CO.
High Arm 269 S. 11th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
8-.J.-..00 I *»-Vie Pay freight.-%»
Jan 2»-Sm
STAUNTON, VA.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1890.
THE OLD HOME.
It stands upon the hillside, with the tall elms
bending o'«.r It,
The homestead, with the lilacs by the door,
And the quaint, old-fashioned garden, gently
sloping down before it,
I see It Just as In the days of yore.
I remember how the sunshine fell across the
golden meadows.
Beyond the wooden doorstep, old and worn ;
And how the cummer cloudlets cast their
quickly fleeting shadows
On distant fields of rustling, ripening corn.
In the peasant, roomy kitchen 1 see my fath
er sitting.
"With leather-covered bible open wide;
While my sweet-faced mother listens, as she
lays away her knitting.
And rocks tbe old red cradle by her side.
Three brown eyed little children, with tangled
golden tresse3
When evening prayer in simple words Is said
Come clinging round her neck with loving,
soft caresses,
Then merrily go tripping off to bed.
O, happy years of childhood, with thoughts so
true and loving,
And sweet and guileless days bo full or rest!
Our old hearts love to linger, after nil our years
of roving,
And clasp lond mem'ry's plelure to our
breast.
Shall we ever in that country, the bright and
glorious heaven.
Win back the simple innocfnce and bliss
We knew when In our childhood, in the dear
old home at even,
We received our angel mother's good-night
kiss,
— Emily G, Welherbee.
BONGS UNSUNG.
Sweet the song of the thrush at dawning.
When the grass lies wet with spnngled dew,
Sweet the sound of the brook's low whisper
'.MM rei-ds and rushes wandering through;
C!e«r and pure Is the west wind's in::rmur
That, croons In the branches all day long,
But the songs unsung are th« sweet »' rausl;',
And tbe dreams mat die are the sonl ofsoua
The fairest hope is tbe one which fj? I;
Tne brightest leaf Is the leaf which fell;
The song that leaped from the lips of sirens
Dies away in the old sea-shell.
Far to the heights of viewless fancy
Tbe soul's swill fli?hl like a swallow goes.
For the note unheard Is the bird's best carol
And the bud unblown Is the reddest rose.
Deepest thoughts are the ones unspoken,
That only the heart sense, listening, hears,
Most great Joys bring a touch of silence,
Greatest grief is In unshed tears.
What we hear Is the fleetest echo,
A song dies out, but a dream lives on;
Tbe rose bud tints of the rarest morning
Are lingering yet in a distant dawn.
Somewhere, dim In the days to follow,
And far away in the life to be.
Passing sweet is tbe song of gladness,
Tbe spirit ebant of a soul set free
Chords untouched are the ones we wait for.
That never rise from tbe heart unstrung;
We turn onr steps to the years beyond us,
ADd listen still to the song unsut g
JUDY FiLPOT'S DILEMMA.
Mark Ramsey and Job Trotter were often
seen at the house of old Squiie Filpot.
These visits were not due to any regard
vhich Mark and Job may bave had for tbe
Squire, bnt were clearly traceable to the
love which they bore his daughter, Judy.
Tbe two young men were so much alike,
physically,tli..t they might have been taken
for twins. They were tall, strong, and
well built; they were black eyed and long
haired, sun burned and hardened by expos
ure to all sorts of hardships. Their resemb
lance even extended to mental peculiarities
Mark did not know long division from short
comings; neither did Job, Mark given the
freest exercise of his arm, could not, with a
charred chunk, have written bis name on
the gable end of the bain; neither could
Job. Being so much alike physically and
mentally, it was small wonder that they
loved Judy,who. by ibe way, was ihe hand
somest girl in tbe neighborhood. She was
more than merely handsome; she was
bright, quick to learn, and flattering gossip
declared could knit a pair of yarn socks or
snatch the feathers oS a chicken as quickly
and as'flectually as any grl in the com
minity, regardless of educational advan
tages. Judy loved Matk and Job, but she
could not decide which one she preferred.
This inability gave her great concern, and
often at. night while patching her father's
browu jeans, or at evening when crouched
in the slowly darkening gold of a dying
day, milking the muly cow, she would shut
her eves, brire up the faces of her two lov
era and attempt to force herself into a de
cision, but iv vain;for when the gold of the
evening had darkened into tbe charcoal of
night, wh«*n old muly stood patiently with
one foot in the p;iil of milk, Judy's love re
mained in equal division.
Old Filpot liked the bnyg, but, to have
saved his life, be could uot bave told which
one was his favorite. He was willing sbe
sbould mairy one of them, it made no differ
euce wbich,and he secretly wished that one
i f them still no matter which, would die,
so that the remtiuing one could make his
daughter happy.
Neither one of the young men was ever
able to >c.c the gill alone, foi they kept so
close a watch npon each other's movements
that one making bis appearance at tbe
'Squire's house waß sure to be followed
immediately by the other.
One morning, just as the 'Sq'iire and
Judy had arisen from the bieakfast table,
voices in the eitliug ro«m announced, to
well-accustomed ears, the arrival of tbe
lovers. The old man and bis daughter
went iD, and following along the worn
habit cord ally shook bands wiih the
visitors aud bade them feel perfectly at
home
• "We havo come," said Mark, "to see if
we can't sorter make some arrangemeuts."
"Tha'.' l what we bave," Job put in.
"I want Judy,"Markadded.
"So do I." said Job.
"I lovo her powerful," Mark observed.
'•I lovo her just about the same," Job
dec! and.
"Gentlemen," said tbe 'Squire, perplex
edly stroking bis whiskers, "I don't see
how we are going to i.x this affair. Judy,
don't you, arter all, love one just a little
better than you do the other?"
"I believe I do, pap " she answered.
"Thar, we are gittin' at it. Now which
one is it?"
"That's what I kaint tell, pap."
"Thar it gees again, an' we are jest as
fur off as ever. Mark, ain't you got nothin'
to Buggest?"
"Don't believe I have. Job mout have."
"No, I ii.iint, lessen it is that sbe marry
me an' bedone with it."
"Yes; aud I reckon I can make sich a
suggestion in favor of myself," Mark re
plied, and then half musingly added: "I
do wish this thing was ocr with, far I am
behind with my crap an' my farm's run
nin' down, for I have to watch Job so close
that—"
"Jest the same with me," Job broke
in.
"Wall, now," said the old 'Squire, 'sut
bin has got to be did, and did at once, fur
I'm tired of this h':re feverish condition, as
the feller says. I have hearn my gran'dad
dy talk about cases like this that took place
iv the old times, and they never failed to
get at a settlement somehow rather. It
mnst have been by a match of some sort—
foot race, rasslin' or sbooliu'. I don't know
exactly bow, but near as I can ricol'.eck the
way that gran'daddy told it. they alius left
it to be decided by some 'speriorty that one
hel' over tbe other."
"I'm morn willu'," Job declared.
"What do you fay, Judy?"
"Suits me," the jirl answered.
"All right," said the old man. "We ken
now begin to B"e our own way c'l.r; shul
it be rasslin'?"
They agreed that it should be wrestling,
and, going out into the yard, gave them
selves up to the contest, but the fatal simi
larity again assorted itself, for tbe two
yonng men were of equal strength and agili
ty. Then they tried foot racing, they were
of equal speed; rifle shooting, they were of
equal skill.
"Wall, this do beat, and beat it peart,
too, anything I ever seed," the old 'Squire
declared. "Spossn yon fling up a chip wet
or dry?"
•'Don't believe I like that idea.fur it onl?
shows luck wilho-t 'sperioritv," Hark an
swered "'How is yo' pulse beaiin' on tbat
p'mt, Job?"
"Beatin' low down in the siade, fur I
don't like tbe idee."
"Wall," said the old man, "let's go in
the honse and si" down; might as well be
resrin' wbile we're thiokiu' up so' thin'
else. Helioa! yander comes Parson Briddle.
'Light, parson, and examine your saddle,"
be added, as the parson drew np at the
gate.
The parson dismounted, and, with the
old man, followed the lovers into the
house.
"Is it possible, "said the preacher, in res
ponse to a declaration made by the old
'Squire,'that you cannot, evou by the most,
persuasive npp=al to sentiment, settle this
extremey eccentric courtship?"
"Can't do it, one way nor tuther," tbe
old man lejoiued. aod then quickly turning
to the girl, he added: "Judy I've got an
idee."
"What is it, pap?"
"Well, i-s this: Parson Briddle here
ha« seed a good deal of the world—w'y,
you've been 'way down in Robinson conn
ty, haven't you, parson?"
"Yes," tbe parson answered proudly.
"Thar, now,"cnn!it.ued the old man, "be
has even b: en 'way down in Robinson
county, aod is fvom the fack that he has
seed a good deal of the world a fair jedge
of a man; so now, Judy, an' yon willin' to
leave it to the paison and take tbe one he
picks out?"
•*Y«p, I'm. williu'," the girl answered.
"I'm willin', tn*>," Mark qu.ckiy snoke
up, "bnl I want to tell tbe paison right row
ef be decides) agin me I'll whup him till the
folks 'ill think te's been chawed np aud
i-p ■■ run by a ihreshm' machine."
"And as for me," said Job, "I'm mo'n
delighted with the idee, but jest let me say
tbat ef be decides agin me I'll wallup bim
till yon'd bave to get him together with a
bay rake."
"Gentlemen," the parson remarked, "I
shall render no decision. lam very well
satisfied with my position in life; my oir
cuit is comparatively smooth, and I have a
pretty good hcise; my salary is lagging,but
the B ; sters have given me ninety eight lin
sey shirts and calico kaudkercboef* enough
to oover the rock of ages; so, taking it all
into consideration, I do not care to be food
for a dyspeptic threshing machine or to clog
the teeth of a hay rake."
"Oi, Lawd," sighed the old man, 'the
end ain't no nearer in sight than it was at
fust. Jndy, fetch ont tbe jug," he added,
as the preacher said something in an un
dertone, "Now, boys," he continued,
when the jng had been brought, "be'p yo'
selves."
The boys, being mighty partial toward
liquor, began to help themselves. The old
man took a few pulls and the parson damp
ened bis pucker, bat the boys drank reck
lessly, and afier a while they were gener
ously intoxicated.
"Job," said Mark, "I'm tbe best friend
you over had. You may have Judy."
"Mark," Job responded, "you ain't no
better friend to me than I am to you, so
you take ber."
"Won't do it; you've got to lake her."
"No, you've got to."
"Now, we cm call on the parson to de
cide," the old man delightfully exclaimed.
"That's what we can," said Mark. 'Par
son, you pick out one of us to ba tbe hus
band of Judy, here, and I want to say right
here that Job's my friend, aod that if yon
decide agin' him I'll larrup you till you'd
run through a sif er."
1 Parson I'm in favor of yonr making a
decs on," Job declared, "and I am willin'
to leave it to yonr jedgsmen'; but let me
tell you right now. Parson, if you decide
agin' Mark. I'll wbala you till all that is
left nf you would ocza through a tow
sack."
"Gentlemen," said the peacber, "as I
just now remaked, I am not at a'l dis
pleased witb my cicuit. I am attached
to my ninety-eight linsey shirts, and bave
bee roe smitten with my calico handker
chiefs I shall make no decision."
"Maik and Job began to stretch them
selves' on the floor. "Let them sleep," said
the old man. "Ho, me," hesighed,"l don't
i-ee-no w iy outen this trouble."
"I do," the preaober answered,"step out
d >ors with me."
When returned the old man said:
"Judy, a decision bas been made. You
must marry me preacher. Hold on, now
don't fly off. He'd do better by you than
either one of tbe boys. Why. jest think,
he's got calico ba dkerchiefa enough to
make more bed quilts than you could stuff
into a hired man's appetite, and every wo
man in the community would be "
"Petrified with envy," tbe parson sug
gesied.
An expression of delighted resignation
shone on tbe girl's face.
"I will make out the license aud do the
marryin' myself," said the old man. 'Oh,
don't be skeered now; I'll fix the boys all
right."
Mark awoke, and getting up, aroused
Job. "'Squire,"said Mark,"we got a little
too much of your ltcker. Where did you
get v? '
"That preacher that was here sent it to
me the other day."
"Wall, he knows what strong lickor is,
dou't he, Job?"
"That's what ho do, Mark." Job added:
"I don't know bow wo air goin' to fix np
this love business."
"Neither do I. Where's Judy?"
"It's well yon may ask whar she is when
you dnv'her off that way," answered the
old Hi Ml.
"Who driv her off?" Job exclaimed.
"Why, you an' Mark thar, wnen I beg
ged you not to drink so much, but. didu't
pay no attention to me. You swore—both
of you—that ef I didn't staid up hare and
marry Judy to the p'eacher you'd kill all of
us, and I just had to do it, aud then you
diiv'the bride ..nd gioom away, and jou
ought to be ashamed of yo'eelves."
'Mark and Job remained silent, sitting
over the fire for an hour at least, aud then
Mark, looking up, said:
"Job, I don't believe there's but one big
ger fool than I am ''
"Who's that, Mark?"
"Both of us together."
'You air right, Mark. Spozen we saun
ter on downyanderau' fall offen the bluff."
— Courier Journal,
The Dest Thing lie Ever Saw.
The following is an extract from a letter
written by Mr. D. A. Raynolda, editor and
proprietor of the "Herald," Lyons, Mich.,
under date of January 11th 1890: "You
will observe that I have given your adver
tisement position os the first page of tbe
Herald, wbile other proprietary medicines
have had to take the run of the paper. The
reason for doiug this is,that upon receiving
your ''copy - ' auumber of the cures effected
seemed similar to tbat of wbich my little
son was suffering, a case of bio 'd poison,
or irritable sore breaking out all over his
body. To-day be is entirely free from dis
ease, and one bottie of Swift's Specirlc (9.
S. S.) did tho woik. Now this is the rea
son for giving you tha position.as I consid
er Swift's Specfic (S S. S.) the best med
icine I ever saw. I wish you unlimited suc
cess in jour business.''
The above is a sample of letters which
are coming to us all tbe time. S. S. S. is
nearer infallible than auy remedy made,
and probaby ba* done more good than any
medicine to maukind.
B3F* Treatise on B'ood and Skin Diseas
es mailed free. Swift Specific Co ,
Atlanta, Ga.
. s> »
Every mm has a lor, in life and a gait to
it.—Bi. guamton Leader.
BLAZE AT BOOMERAKGBURG.
' GREAT DISPLAY OF ENTERPRISE
' AND A VAST OUTPOURING
I OF CAPITAL.
THE SOIL OF OLE VIBGINNY BOOMS, BLESS
> YE, 'SAH—TOWN LOTS SELLING BY THE
INCH—BANKS, RAILROAD* AND HOTELS
FLING THEIR BANNERS TO THE BREEZE —
GREAT EXCITEMENT OVER THE COMING
' WEALTH OP GOLCONDA.
Special correspondence of Tbe Sate.
BOOMERANGBURG CHOCKTAWANA, April
1, 1890.—Boomerangbure! Where's that?
'Go and see! I c looks broad and expansive
ou tha map.
How far are we from Boomerangburg?
"R'ght yondab, Boss. De buss m• is dyab.'
' The "bu*s" was the skeleton of what
seemed to have been once an army ambu
lance and which was now rattling its bones
' over the county road that leads to Boom
erangburg, "Whoa," and tho mules come
to a halt. "Winsir Hotel, Boss. Dis way
to Fith Avynoo," is cried out in lusty tones
by two sable attendants in tatters witb
metal bands on their ops, wbich bear tbe
translation of their thick and gurgling ut
-1 teranccs. "Fith Avynoo. Dis de ole li'ble
house. Kunoel Sioson keep it. He's
quality. He kuow bow ter keep it."—
"Winsir, dats hit. Yoo peen stile. Dat
what " The door of the ''Winsir" lay
nearest and n we went. Bnt before we
did we gazed around upon the rugged hill
side with its barren surface spreading as
tar as eye could reach. There were two
hostelries—hotels, ah save the mark. One
' a long piank shanty with a tin roof—"the
Fith Avynoo" and the other an o'd-fash
; ioned log bouse, iron-gray -vith age, "de
1 Winsir. sab." The host of the latter
' made his appearance with bald head and
1 fringe of grizzly hair under his chin," but
with a good humored twinkle in his eye
and a right cheery tone when be said,
"L'ghl, Rtranger, and have a warsh and a
bi r e." "What is that sound?" I asked, as
' I heard ii. om, boom, boom thundering in
the air. Oh, that's the boom he replied
with a smile. Tbe real estate agents
brought a musicianer witb tbem. He's got
a big drum aud booms the land sales for
'era every cay.
This was a novel instance surely of the
literal boom, bnt I was content to be
charmed by the music till so long as tbe
booming would last and tbe head not break
in. Just then there rattled round a bend
in tho road a swift procession of single
' buggies and spanking nags. What's that,
I said. "Oh, that's t'ae grand entry and
' daily parade of tha re»l estate agents. They
haven't got any houses y.t to live in or to
' sell, but they are just tenting on the old
• cimp ground and sleeping under the little,
red wagon. Are they busy? Ob, yes.—
1 They aro fine carvers and ars busy all day
' slicing tbe red pie of this old mountain
and selling it off piece by piece. They are
" not roubled with large wardrobes, and the
; outfit of most of tbem is a pack of business
cards, with reversible pictures of diamonds
and spades, wbich are the trade marks of
wealth and labor in these diggings. They
wear Dunlap hats and diamond rings and
the piriß in their shirt-fronts look like loco
motive headlights, casting a warning to
' clear the track. They are fine singers, too,
, and they have a chorus that can beat the
minstrels. Tbeir favorite song is, "Oh,
save ra a piece of tbe golden fleece." And
| the? get ir, too.
Yon see that little place that looks like a
chiirch with a cupola on top? Well, that's
the champagne bath. Tho man that washes
in that sp*oklin', frothy creek gets rid of
all ihe pain and misery in bis limbs.—
' Yondah wha' you see that smoke curlio',
they are grindin' out, Bilver dollars by the
' bar'l, and you can go over into tbat sf.raw
" berry bed and pick gold dollars off the
j plants by the peck. The people here who
1 own lots won't eat off nothing but gold
and silver, and Ihey saya as how they
5 sweeten their liquor with pearls.
Oil, I hurt my feet. What is this I stum
1 bled over ? Why, that is ore ! I.'s just full
1 of gold, silver and diamonds, and pearls,
' and ismothvsta and all sorts of things. The
preacher was talking about it last Sundiy
. and the people tbat go to chinch up here
•won't bear anything else. They don't
J want to hear about nothing but precious
stones, and tbey won't pay for nothin' else
' What is this hog-patb, and where does it
go to I Oh, tbat is the and this
street crossing it is Lafayette avenoo ; and
' o"er yonder where you see that jug o'
moonshine settin' on abox.thar' is the pcs
' tal for the Ben Butler monument. It looks
a little shaky, j '.at like old Ben bissclf.
"Do you own any land here ?" the ge
nial host was asked. "luoose I do," was
' the reply. "'How much is your tract and
1 what is it woitb ? ' "Well, I got about S
acres, hut Lawd knows what its worth. We
1 was sellin' it by the frout foot, but we're
' gettin'it down to inches now. I guess I'll
' bave enough to buy out old Vanderbiltand
dres9 my wife iv lindsay woolsy the rest cf
' heer d '.ys. Tbem real estators calculate
on being worth pretty soon a hundred mil
lion a pieca. They'se migbly sharp crowd,
and they'll be rich some day if they doa't
1 cut one another's beads off. "What's that
land over yondor worth?'' "Oh, that aiu't
J for sale. They're going to build the Grand
| Central depot, here, and over yonder we're
'• going to have the Grand Upeera-House,
wiih a w: ole lot o' furriners tootin' and
baugin' from moruiu' till night, hee ! hee !
' Down yondah 'bont a hundred yards in the
1 holler, Uncle Sim is going to pitch h 8 ten*.
It'll be the postifflce and infernal revenoo
' house.and it'll cost millions o' dollar*. You
see that swamp yondah. Well, that's the
1 river an' harbo improvement, and prepara
tions is been made to make that stream
• deep enough for big flghtin' shipi to git up
' ho c. They're spendin' heaps o' money ia
puttin' fish in thar, too. There's nothin'
thers but miunys now. But I reckon we'll
' have whales for tbe next bobbycue, when
' Capt Jim Sniffles runs for Congress, hee,
hee, hee." "What is that wooden box over
there with six padlocks on it ?" "Oh that's
' the National Bank of Boomerangbnrg.
' Bill Jack Ay vers is tho President aud Toni
| my Gilpin cashier.
f Judge Coke-ore-Little-ton—mark tbe sol-
id aud compact metalic mineral significance
1 of the name—all raw materal a yard wide.
1 He is engaged in extending old fashioned
Virginia hospitality to a northern capital
• ist, shaking bands across the bloody chasm
' ana blessing him as he welcomes him at
the doors of bis palatial mansion and his
' royal estate of Sidge Field, on the banks
of the beautiful Lake Opossum, along
whose banks the red man pursued the fu
rious mosquito and shed his scalp to cover
i the aching void of sotno future bald-headed
Virginia farmer.
Tbe Judga is of noble descent, being de
scended paternally from tbe Pats of Oyster
Pattio aud materually from the Kid Gloves
—cousins by marriage of the late lamented
Captain William Kidd. He was once a
prince in wealth—a centurian, which ii the
absolute owner of one hundred swarthy
slaves. All is gone now but his bonab.
His honab, sah, whic a be is prepared even
now to defend with tbe deiioacy of the hair
trigger.
He is a porterly looking gentleman. His
corporosity resembles a globe of the earth,
and the Judge is said to have made such a
close study of the territory of Boomerang
burg tbat the globe is tatooed all over with
red lineß of demarcation, tbe whole mass
having been expftlled from the system of
tbe Judge by the intensity of his cogitations.
His backer is his mother in-law, whose long
bUck stocking is choked with shekels and
who owns as much well salted real estate
as L >t's wife. His secretary is that little
speculated weazel over there. He was once
scizzors grinder to the Zoar of Rooshy, and
I tell you he's a sharp one Oh, we're all
experts here. Wo have men wbo can pull
the piags out of your teeth and you would
not know it. Tbat man witb the sand stone
nose is a sampler. His pockets are full of
rooks and dirt, and be can tell good land by
tas ing it. He is an Irishman by birth and
' he holds tbe British lion io suohdslike that
■be paoked the bold of the vessel be came ■
over in with Irish earth and swore tbat he
would never stand on British soil. He" ex
amines high-priced land with a telescope.
Tbis is the Chief of Polic3 of Boomerang
burg. His name is Capt. Dauiel Boone,
and be fit tbe Injuns—Tammany Savages—
and all. He ; s bravely pertectin' two north
ern Cap'tilißts who is being persued by real
estate agents. Oue of ihem money-holders
is named Isaac; and tbe fellow that's on his
track—be bad to be left out of the picture
on account of h's boots being too big to get
in—is named Isbmael. It's an old story,
but some people never get tired a play in" it.
"What place is tbat over there? It looks
like a cirens ring. It reminds me forcibly
of the dimensions and extensions of the re
nowned Campus M:rtius in Rome upon the
seven hills?" Oh that's tbe bull-ring char
tered by tbe Legislature.
"It's the tiga and bull yar whar General
John L. Sullivan is ?oin' to wipe ont ihe
color-line with Tobe Jackson, wbar belong
ed to old Mabs William Ropah." Since de
State of Firgicny wint into deshow bizaess,
de day iscnuiti' whin we gwine make our
fawtune and pay de Sta"te debt. Do prices
of lots is great aud boomin'. Prices is risen
to the sky, and tbe hungry people air
lookln' now for a shower of quails. Boom
erangburg ia getting on a boom. Boom!
Boom! Hurrah for Biomerangburg and ber
infant induss-ries! Boom! Btom!! Boom!!!
Thb Baron Munchausen.
•
How IHgli Protection ''Uenrfits" a Kansas
Farmer.
[From the Northampton, Pa., Democrst.]
Near Topeka, Kan., Jin. 24, 1890.—Mr.
Editor : I often wonder bow your North
amptoj farmers get on on our high old
protection laws. Out here we suffer pretty
badly. Let me give you something from
my own experience.
Just before Christmas I drove into
Topeka to get some clothes for myself and
a dress for my wife. I bought an entire
ready-made suit for myself lor $20; an
overcoat for |lQg derby bat, $2; worsted
shirt and cotton stockings, $2; cotton shirt
and cravat, $1.00-total, $35 50. Woolen
dress fo my wife, $10; total, $45 50.
I made a bargain with the merchant to
take bis pay in corn at its market price on
January 23d, 1890, delivered to him in
Topeka, 1 living four miles ont of town.
Well, yesterday being the day fixed, 1
went in town to see how much corn I must
deliver for my clothing bill of $45 50. I
was toll tbat tbe price was 15 cents per
bushel, aod tbat I mutt bring him 'V)'-'.\
bushels of merchantable corn. I was
scraewbat surprised, bnt as my neighbors,
who hadn't indulged ia any new clothing,
were burning their corn for fael, I bore the
news cheerfully, and went home to arrange
about getting the corn delivered.
Last night, bo-vever, I took my Phila
delphia Record Almanac, wbich I bad just
received, and which had a tariff bill in it,
and thought I would see jußt how much of
my corn had gone for "protection" and the
support of the Government. I found the
duty as follows :
On my ready made suit, cost $s;0 1 duty
56 per cent., $11; on overcoat 55 per cent.
($10) $5 50; woolen shirt and cotton socka,
75 per cent. (S2) $1.50; derby hat $2, 75
per cent., $1.50; cotton shirt and cravat,
$1.50, duty 44 per cent., OG cents; on my
wife's dress, cost $10, duty 70 per cent.,
$7. Amount payable to protection and
tho Government, $27 16.
Then I soon discovered by a very simple
division that protection cost me 181 bushels
of coin for a moderate suit of clothes for
myself and wife, whilst the whole cost to
me without protection, would have been
only 122 bushels of my corn, and I would
have had the oiher 181 bushels to sell and
help pay off the remaining mortgage on my
farm. But your monopolists in tbe East
won't permit it, and I am sorry to see that
so many .armers In my old State haven't
got their eyes open yet. But the time is
ooming. I pee in your papers farms ad
vertised at Sheriff's sale. Yon didn't use
to see that in old times; bat times aie
changing. Blizzards blow hard and strong,
but they have rever blown strong enough
to blow these mortgages off our farms, and
I don't believe they will ever blow bard
enough to do the same in old Northampton.
So let yonr farmers 1 >ok out when the
bell rings. The monopolistic managers of
our Government are having their own way,
aud after awhile they will bave all our
farms, and we will be bnt a duplication of
o'd Ireland, with her riots and murders and
bar persecutions.
This advice is to my old friends from
way back; they would better take it and
down humbug protection.
A. W. Brunner.
Keely's motor motes at last. His much
laughed at mysterious force has been tested
by renowned scientists and pronounced to
bs something startling and wouderful.
Prof. Leidy, of tbe L'aiversity of Penn
sylvania, known all over tbe word as a
scientist of great repute, was prerent at a
private exhibition given by the inventor in
New York last Saturday, and at its closo
said to tbe press representative: ''You may
aunonnce to tbe world on my authority
that John E. W : Keely has discovered a
new and wonderful force." From the des
cription given it appears tbat this new
force is vibratory, causing waves of sound
and air which ultimately set in motion heavy
bodies and, as one of the persons present
expressed it, overthrow all existing ideas
about the law of gravitation.
"eJonieday," said Prof. Leidy, 'I sup
pose a young lady will be able to play on
tbe piano and set ber father's mill to grind
ing. I see no possible source of deception.
Tbere is no explanation of the effect thus
produced, except by a vibratory force, such
as Keely assigns as the cause."
And thus tbe world stauds again on tbe
threshold of a discovery the perfection of
which may revolutionize all motive force
and bring into action agencies hitherto un
dreamed of. Keely's invention is a joke no
longer. It is a serious and important faot.
— Petersburg Index-Appeal.
"Get Back in de Rj3bbr."—The pre
vailing floods recall to mind a humorous
incident of the great flood of 1882, which is
good enough lo repeat, says the Nashville
"American." A certain boat coming up
the Mississippi lost her way and bumped
upagaineta frame house. She hadn't more
than touched before an old darkey rammed
his head up through a hole in the roof
where Ihe chimney onoe came out and yell
ed at the Captain of the boat: "Whar de
hell is yer gwine wid dat boat ? Can't you
see nuffin? Fust thing yer knows yer gwine
to turn dis house ober, spill de ole woman
an' de chil'en out in de flood an' drown
'em. What yer doin' out here in de coun
try wid yer dam boat, anyhow ? Goon
back yonder froo de corn field and get into
the ribber whar yer b'longs. Aint got no
business seven miles oat in de country
foolin' roun' people's houses nohow !"
Aod she backed out.
Sad Havoc is Created
Among the tenants of the mouth by allow
impuruies to collect upon their surface or
in their interstices. SOZODONT removes
every vestage of tartar from the teeth,and
renders their premature decay impossible.
It not only imparts to them whitene9* and
vigor, but communicates hardness and ros
inesa to the gums. Tbe breath acquits a
most acceptable fragrance from its use • it
is a purely tetania liqoid, and it may'bo
rcli«dou to accomplish its beautifying ef
fects without injuring the enamel like a
gritty too h paste.
! s s* •
The "Monroe Guards" are making prep
arations to attend tbe nnveilingof the Lee
statue at Richmond on May 29rh. We on.
derstand that tbe "R mceverte Guards'*
also expect, to go, aid that Col. J. W. A.
Ford, of Levisbuig, will probably take
command of the bat.tallion. Troops from
all over the bouth wi'l attend these ceremo
nies, and the occasiDn will also bring togeth
er the largest number of Confederate Veter
ans which have assembled since Appomat
tox.— Monroe ( W, Va.) Watchman.
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NO. 35.
BOWSER'S CHARITY.
One day I noticed that a gentleman de
tained Mr. Bjwser in front of the house for
a quarter of an hoar or more, talking very
earnestly, aud, naturally suspecting some
new departuro, I asked as he came in:
"Was that some one who wanted to sell
you a horse?"
"No, ma'am," was his curt reply.
"You arc not thinking of running for
office again?"
He made no reply.
Wheu be got se.ted a' tbe dinner-table
he queried :—
"Mrs. Bowser, whit bave you done for
oharity this fall?"
"I bave sent about 1100 worth of money
and clothing to our poor relatives in Ne
braska."
"Humph! I said charity."
"Well, if ymt mean how many old tramps!
I have fed, how many beggars' baskets I
hay filled, and how many quarters I bave
banded out to frauds. I can answer you that
tbpy are very few. What has started you
on the subject of charity all at once?"
"All at once? Tbe subject "has alwayi
been cf the deepest interest to me. I have
always felt sorry becanse I had so little to
give."
"What you have given bas only helped
some fraud along."
"What ! What's tbat ! Mrs. Bowser, 1
wouldn't have your heart for all the money
on earth! Yon suspect and mistrust every
body. If ycu had your way you'd hang or
drown all the poor and lowly simply be
cause they hadn't money. It's no wonder
that poor men and women avoid this street
or shiver with fear as they hurry past cur
bouse.
"Mr. Bowser, you have a project on
hand."
"I have."
"13 it connected witb charity?"
"It is."
"Very well, you will do as you are a
mind to, of course, but it will come ont like
your other philanthiop'.o manoeuvres. You
nev "
"When did I ever make a move that
didn't come out all right?" he interrupted,
waving bis knife in one hand and his fork
in the other.
"Oh, well, let's gay no moro about it!"
"You bet we won't! I was going to ask
your assistance in a matter which would
have gratified and pleased yon all yonr life,
but now I won't—not by a dozen jugfuls!
You look out, old lady. Providence will
put some awful pnnisbment on yon to pay
you for the way you act. I shouldn't be a
bit surprised to wake up some morning and
find you cross eyed or tongue-tied."
We said no more about it, but I took
measures to discover what he was np to.—
He owned a lot with an old, dilapidated
and untenanted house on it. He was in
tending to give tbe house to any one who
would tear it down or remove it. bat a
humanitarian advanced a brighter idea.—
He also cwoed an old house, but it was oc
cupied by four or five famil.es. He could
gel no rent, disliked the notoriety of
ejecting them, and so he suggested to Mr.
Bowser that our old shanty be put in re
pair for the reception of tome poor and
worthy people he knew of. Mr. Bowser
fell into the trap. He bought lumber,
hired carpenters, and bad paid out $200
before tbe house was habitable. He tried
to keep it from me, but I kept posted on
the work, nevertheless. When everything
was ready, four families swarmed into the
house and blessed Mr. Bowser. When he
came homo tbat nigbt his heart was full,
and after skirmishing around be said :—
"Mrs. Bowser, something happened to
day to molt my heart."
"Yes. What was it?"
"I let four poor families move into our
old bouse over there, rent free, and you
ought to have heard them asking heaven to
bless me. It made me feel liks a woman—
like a child. I wish 1 was rich enough to
help ten thousand poor folks."
"Well, 1 hope they will appreciate what
you have done."
"Why, of course they will! Any one of
tbem s."uid crawl ou his bauds and knees
for me."
I "But will they be satisfied with what
I you have done?"
"There you gul If you had your way
i about it you'd lock the doors and bnrn 'em
\ all up. BnAisCVd! Of cnurpe they will be
and are—more than sat "
The bell rani; and tbe giit said it was a
I man to sec Mr. Bowser. He went to the
I door, 3nd the caller said: —
"Had a d 1 of a time to find yon,
i old chap, but I've finally hit it. Say, do
I you kuow my wifje feels imposed upon?
Yon gave tbat Clark family tbe best rooms
in the house and they aro no better than we
are. I'll do my best to coax the old woman
to behave herself, however, but you will
I have to come down with some tin. I want
, $5 for grub and fuel."
Mr. Bowser gave it to him and hurried
. him out of the house. I pretended not to
, have noticed anything, but he n titmoJ to
i look anxious until bedtime. Yi'e we.<* nst
i through breakfast tbe next rx ... won.
j a woman came to tho door aad Icqain
s Mr. Bowser. As he went into the hall she
, said :—
i "And is this the way you treat a poor
. and unfortunate family?"
, "M> good woman, what is it?"
| "A good deal, sir. Only one peustock
, for four families to get water at, and there's
5 rats in your old shanty, sir—rats! And do
j you know wo have no wood to burn?
Tbiok of a Christian man expecting to get
. along this weather without wood!"
, He gave her some money and hurried off,
. and they gave him a rest for two or thre«
days. Then two women, who had evident
, ly been pulling hair all the way over,
[ reached our house as Mr. Bowser came up.
They wanted something settled. They
, wanted it settled then and there. They
f didn't care so much about tbe absence of
. the doorplate, out as one cf tUem de
. manded :—
, "We want to know, sir, who owns then •
front doorsteps, and whose children hay*,
the right to knock out the window glass?"
I don't know how he settled it. When
~e came in he looked so uncomfortable that
I did not ask any question*. Next day
1 there was a man to nee him, and on the day
1 following a woman came to make oom
i plaint, aud for six weeks hardly a day
1 passed that some of his free tenants did nos
show up on one excuse or another. The
I last one came from a whole family—hus
| band, wife and five children. We were in
bed when they oame. They pulled the
■ bell until Mr. B iwser raised a window and
1 asked what was wanted.
i "We want you to oome dowo!" replied
1 the man.
| "Aod give an account of yourself !" ad
-1 ded the woman.
Mr. Bowser went down. They gave him
- fits about the water, ihe stairs, the front
' gate, the wood sied, the cellar and the
1 ceilings. They wanted all the other fami
lies turned out, the street paved, the house
painted and the rooms papered. Tbey
were out of meat, wood, potatoes and flour.
He argued and discussed, and finally told
tbem to go to the county house. At this
. they all jumped at him, and nothing but a
> strong door saved him from violence.
i "Was it some one who wanted the doc
[ tor?" I asked, as he came upstairs.
"Mrs. Bowser, do you hear me?" he re-
I plied, as be struck an attitude under the
dim gaslight.
"I do."
'"Then in', me warn y >v this has zone far
> enough! I dooe witu charity 1 If yon
ever get me into another snob scrap., you'll
bear from my lawyer as soon as I oan file a
bill."
"But I didn't get "
" Tbat'H enough! You'd squirm out of a
knot hole. I'll go over and set fire to tbe
wh ie business to-morrow."
But tbat very night tbe old house burned
to the ground, aid Mr. B iwser didn't ex
press his grit fication that all the inmates
i escaped in saicy.— Detroit Free Press.
. s» »
Pater—My boy, I was your age I
was at my desk at 7on '>n tbe morning.
The Bon—That r ' "-now tbe
business is per.'cci)
•tm while.la awa

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