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NEAR TO NATURES HEART.
Out of the depths of nature
Sweet thoughts at times will start
That rise, like a fragrant incense,
Cheering the downcast heart.
The chirp of the bird or the cricket,
The fluttering leaves of the trees,
The odor of woodland flowers.
Wooed by a southern breeze?
.
The warmth of the summer sunshine,
The lowing of kine on the hill,
The silvery sky hung crescent,
Or the cry of the whip-poor-will.
Btings back to the heart t lint is brooding
Some ha; py dream that i* parsed,
To :iiul chter. for the moment.
Thouirh tliu joy is tuo suvet to la-t.
As :i child to its mother turning
Finds ever a tjiiick relief.
So ourc >mnu)ii mother. Nature,
l." Gives solace for every grief.
?.hum's L'hireiicr Ihit'Vi'tf*
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A SKATK 101! Mi l-;,
tee
ilJube Wexford ought to have been a
K* happy fellow. He was certainly eon
sidered one on the day when Kate
Wilde became his bride. He was the
envy of every young man in the rude
western hamlet where the ceremony
took place, and many were the goo I
wishes showered on the heads of the
newlv-we-hied pair for their future
happiness and prosperity. still there
Iwere those who not only insinuated
but boaste 1 that the helpmate of her
8? choice was unworthy the woman he
\ had won. Kate's father and mother
.were particularly opposed t? the
match, and did all in th?-ir power to
7 prevent it, but the girl, boide her unwavering
love, possessed a determined
L> will which, when once aroused, carri.
d much before it. IJube Wexford
was never accounted a strictly temperate
man. Indeed, there had been
times before marriage when he was
for days under the inlluence of liquor,
and Kate had seea him in this state,
and therefore knew fully the extent of
his weakness. Uut the woman loved
the man, and within herself resolved
that his reclamation should be her
duty. That success must crown her
efforts she little doubted.
Autumn drifted away, the crops had
bes-n gathered in. and all the indications
pointed to an early and severe
winter. Itube's sprees continued. No
wind was too cold, no snow too deep
to keep him from Washburn's, a not
distant tavern. One evening in the
latter part of December he took down
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ins leggings una guu iroui uic |>rg
where they hung and was preparing to
go out Kate went to him and said:
* Rube, you must not leave me toll?.
night, (.'ive in to me this time and
"I am only going for a jaunt," lrc
replied, "I'll be back soon."
"Xo, you are going to Washburn's.
To-night you will, you must gratify
me. 1 am afraid to remain here alone."
? "Afraid?" he answered. Such a
thing as fear was almost unknown to
She clasped her arms around his
neck, whispered into Iiis eir, her
cheeks flushing brightly, then sat down
in the rocker and cri<(i as if her heart
would break. Kube stood the gun in
a corner, threw a ide the leggings, and
The next morning when the winter
sun beamed upon the cabin the little
log shelter held three souls instead of
two. A wee stranger had come in the
night, a bright-eved baby girl, iier
weak cry seemed t> move all the better
parts of the husband's nature, and his
wife looked on with a new-born confidence
in her face. After a week,
when Kate was able to sit up, Kube
went to relate the happy event to the
grandparents. It was thefirst time he
had visited them for some months.
Yer\ early in the morning lie started,
and when the alternoon shadows began
to lengthen Kate looked up eagerly
for his return. It was toward daybreak
when he appiared, liis hands
and feet almost frozen, and liis senses
stupefied by liquor. The wife's new
hopes were destined to he short-lived.
Freshly male promises marked the
morrow, but days went by only to see
them unfulfilled. Now there was a
new torture. Kudu had forsaken
"Washburn's and made his visits to
J* Pineville in>tea i, where Kate's father
and mother lived. It was almost
more than the woman's nature could
bear to know that her parents were the
frequent witnesses of her husband's
disgrace. This was a sort of thing
which she could not and would not
long brcok.
Little Kate, the baby, was a month
old to a day when Kube made pre
parations one morning for a trip to
Pineville. Kate looked on silently for
It#'-1 a few moments, and then said :
" Where are you going?"
"Onlv to Pineville."
"What forV"
js ?"To see about some powder and
staff."
"That is untrue. You are going to
spend the day with worthless companions
and you will comeback stupid
with liquor. Kube, l sten to me. I
have stood all which it is possible for
me to endure. I have prayed and entreated
you to abandon a habit which
has disgraced us both. My pleadings
have brought nothing. I cannot and
I will not have our child grow up to
know a father who is a drunkard. If
you refuse to stay at home 1 1 ave said
my last ?>ay. <io to Pineville if you
;"V insist on doing so, but if you are not
here sober by sunset I shall go with
Kv the baby to father's, and in this house
I will, never set foot again."
"That's all talk," Kube answered in |
I a rough, joking and half-serious I
fashion. " Why, it's fifteen miles to
Pineville."
"No mutter," \v;is the rejoinder, "I j
will make the start if the child and 1
freeze t > death by the way."
"Look out for wolves," Kube laughed
again. "There have been half a dozen
seen here lately. It lias been a hard
winter for them, and they're almost
starved."
L "Wolves or no wolves," muttered
Kate, "I'll go."
Kube hung about the house uneusily
B * for an hour or so, then silently rigg?i|
llilllM'lf .'lit, |, 11; i. 1 i .;it, -r(lr.
and all. Kate work'd away and said
never a word. He op'-ncdtue door,and
Hj without looking back, remarked:
"111 be back by sunset."
"Seethat you are," was the reply.
"If you come here late the house will
The wife watched his form across 1
the clearing and saw it disappear in the
heavy timber which circled the cabin, j
R!s oneiurneu to ner nouseuoiu uunt s, nut
had no heart for tlicin. Well sheknew
| that Hu)?e Wexford would break his
I last promise, as be had broken others
' before it. If so he must abide by the :
result. She was determined.
The day went 1 ?y at a snail's pare,
and the afternoon seemed never ending.
Kate fondled the baby, listened |
to her erow and cry, and led her a
j??.r> dozen times. Then she prepared supper,
and sunset came when it was completed.
Uut it brought no Kube. An-1
other hour and still Ik; was absent. So j
* the moments pas'(I until the clock j
struck ten. The baby was fast asleep.
Kate rose from a chair at the cradle's
side, a look of lirm determination on
IP her face, and, opening the cabin door,
v peered across the clearing. Not a soul \
was visible, she closed the door, j
p:' - went - to the chest, and took
from it a pair of old-fash- j
joned skate?, whose steel runners
gleamed in the firelight. . She laid
them ready for use and proceeded to j
wrap herself as warmly as possible.
Then she bundled the baby in the same j
i manner, lifted her tenderly in her .
arms, and with the skates slung over
I' her shoulder, started across the clearing.
After reaching the timber she
left the beaten path and made for the
>; river. It was coated heavily with ice
I'. and the strons? winds ha I blown it al
Bj^r moit entirely 1'ree from snow, leaving
1^' a nearly naked surface. Kate laid the j
baby down for a few moments while j
- she fastened on her skates. Then she
gjtvlifted her baby once more and started
for Pineville, fifteen miles away. The
moon shone brightly, she was a wonderfully
rapid skater and she knew no
slightest suspicion of fear.
'' "ube Wexford sat near the warm I;
r ^' lire which was surrounded by a dozen
| men beside himself. lie had been
| there for hours listening to anecdotes i
p;:V % ?' (hunter's Uvea, even aldtng to the i
general fund with some of his own ex- ]
periences, but though his companions
coaxed and persuaded, they could not
prevail upon him to taste liquor. This
was something so entirely new that
many a laugh and jest was had at his
expense, lie answered all persuasions
to imbibe in the same way, saying
only, "Not to-day,boys, not to-day."
When sunset came he was still in his
, scat. lie wanted to go home, wanted
to keep his promise, but he thought he
I would wait awhile and start later, so
that it would not look to Kate too
much as if he were giving in. So thinking.
he went to a quiet corner by himself.
and had not been there long before
he fell asleep. It was 11 o'clock
when he awoke with a start, and said
hurriedly:
" What is it, Kate?"
A loud roar of laughter brought him
to his senses, and a rough voice cried:
" Kubc, guess you have been dreaming!"
Yes," he replied, foolishly; "I
thought my wife was calling me."
lie glanced at the clock and said:
' l?oys, I must go."
' Have something before you leave,"
was the general cry.
' N'o. no; not to-night."
Then he was gone. His conscience
smote him as lie trudged through the j
snow. It would be after 1 o'clock |
when he reached home. One thing j
consoled him somewhat; lie was sober.
1 hit would Kate be in the cabin when
he returned? Of c >urse, she must b".
Nothing short of madness could tempt
her t? keep the rash vow she made in
the morning. So thought ltube. This
was because he was incapable of estimating
the great suffering which he
had caused his wife. On, on he went,
until through the stillness of I
the night was home to his ears the |
s nind of falling waters. It proceeded j
from asp t which marked the half way |
between I'ineville and his own home. I
and was caused by the river tumbling j
down a steep descent of fifteen or j
twenty feet of rugge.l rocks. 11 is road I
at this point lay close t<? the river bank, I
and soon he was in full view of the
cascade. As he passed it he noticed. I
with a suit of shudder, how cold and J
d;irk the water looked as it tumbled
down. Tor thirty feet above the f.-ills
there was no ice. It broke off abruptly,
and the current rushed from beneath
t?rrii,io vninnitv. Hpvond. in the '
| moonlight, glistened an unbroken surI
face of dear ice for fully half a mile
before there was a bend in the river's j
bank. The sight was an old one to
Kube. and he paid little heed to it, but!
stalked on silently, still thinking of j
Kate and wondering If the cabin would j
be tenantless. Suddenly he stoo 1
stock still and listened. Many an ear i
would have heard nothing but the I
sound of rushing waters. (Cube's [
acute and practiced hearing detected j
something more, and he felt instinct- i
ivelv tor his ammunition and looked to i
the priming of his rille. Then from a |
distance the sound came again?a }>e- j
culiar cry, followed by another and an- j
other, until they ended in a chorus of
unearthly yells. Kube muttered to j
i-: ?wnlvdc?nnrl I
I JllllJSeiL U11C )>UIV? |
j strained liis eyes in the direct'on of j
the curve to the river's edge.
The cry proceeded from that direction 1
j and grew louder every instant. lie- J
l ore he could de ide on a plan of action
there shot out from a bend in the river
what looked to liiui like a woman carrying
a bundle and skating for dear
j life. She strained every nerve, but j
1 never once t ried out. Xext came a
wolf, followed rapidly by others, j
| which swelled th" pack to a dozen, all I
ravenous, yelping, snarling and gain- j
j ing closely on their prey. Hube raised J
J his rille, lired, and began to load as lie ;
I had never loaded before. The cries j
j came nearer and nearer. (Jreat (Jod !
j the wolves were upon the woman ! It!
I oo H' ,1/1 nnrfhlv' liruif rnulf! i
.icriucu <v"? i* iiv \ ?ii w?.^? ?v^v
I save her, when, quick us an arrow from |
| a bow, she swerved to one side, the ;
1 maddened brutes slid forward on fch-ir J
| hind legs, and she ha I gained a few |
i steps. Again she flew < nward. and 1
! again she tried the ruse of swerving
i aside, the man on the bank in the
| meantime tiring rapidly, and picking
i oil' wolf by wolf. A fresh danger
j arose. The woman evidently did not
! see the abrupt break in the ice above
j the falls, and the dark, swift current
j which lay beyond. Perhaps she was
i too frightened to hear the rush;ng ]
i waters. < >n she went, making straightj
for the falls, the wolves almost on her j
; heels, and the man's voice crying in !
terrified accents, as he dropped on his
j knees in the snow :
' Kate ! Kate! My God, save her!" j
; The woman was on the brink of the
ice, when she made a sudden sweep fo !
| one side. Xearly the entire pack, un- ;
..Kb, nk/ Al? flwilr mn*l fliffltf. ltlnnrrnrl i
tlUlU l/U tlt'Ji* II1M.-4 mjji'w, |/4.u?0vv
1 into the water, which carried them
1 swiftly over the rocks, and Kate Wexj
ford was flying toward the river bank.
| where she fell helpless in the snow,
i her baby in her arms, while 1 lube's
| rilie frightened the remainder of her
I pursuers. It was s?me time before
j she could answer her husband's voice.
I When strength enabled her to do so
' she arose feebly in the snow, her resolution
to go t ? her father as strong as
i ever. Uube took her hand, knelt
down and said:
" Kate, bear with me for the hist
I time. As Cod is my judge, I shall
never again taste liquor. This night
has taught me a lesson which I cannot
forget."
Kate believed him and accepted his
promise. Then they started for I'ineville,
Rube carrying the baby and more
I than half carrying his wife. When
, they arrive 1 there Kate told her par1
ents she had been dying to show them
the baby, and, taking advantage of the j:
moonlight night, had made the journey '
on skates.
Rube kept his vow, the roses bloomed
on Kate's cheeks, and to-day a
happy family of b >ys and girls feel no
touch of shame as they look up with
pride to their father.
A Blacking Mine. 1
It will be strange it' Xevadi does ]
not yet turn out to be the boss producer.
She has already shown that ]
her mines are numerous and rich, and '
alni.?t every Kind ol' metal has been .
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* I ID* 'UlUM \Wllllll IH1 I/' * 11 IX' Mill v I). I?1IIphur
in lies, inicu d: posits, suit and.
b>rax marshes luive also been discovert
d, hut the latest discovery und the
one which will throw all others in the
shade, is a Mucking mine. In the
lower part of Mason valley there is a
small lake, known as Mud lake. The
reason the lake was given this name
is liecuuse there is hardly ever any
wuter in it, und the bottom is soft und
muddy. When there is any wuter in
the pond, which is in the' curly spring
of the year, it has been noticed that it
was very bla-k?about the color of
black ink?and the people have often
wondered what was the reason of this.
Last week Albert Thompson, who has
been a resident of the valley for some
years, was passing the pond, und noi
iced that it was dry, the warm weather
having evaporated all the wuter. lie
noticed that the ground tliut had been
covered by water was very black, and
thought it a good time to examine
into the mutter und see whut color, d
the wuter. Taking his shovel he broke
the crust that had formed on top, and
found beneath a soft, jet black, doughy
substance, lie dug a hole a few feet
deep, and was convinced the stuff
went down. Upon leiving lie took
with him a chunk of the clay to experiment
with, and molding it into
small cakes set, it in the sun to dry,
thinking it would make usort of black
chalk. When dry the cukes very
much resemble those small cukes of
stove blacking that are sold in the
stores. In fact they resembled the
blacking so strongly that the man wet
one of the little bricks, and rubbing it
nn the stove, anolied the brush. The '
efl'ect was marvelous; and with a slight 1
amount of labor the old stove was 1
made to look like a new pfcce of furniture.
* Mr. Thompson has made ... loca- (
tion of the lake, and is making pre| a- ^
rations to put up a small dry kiln, f
The manner of preparing this black- f
ing will be similar to that of brick- c
making.?I.yon Countu (Ner.) Ttints. s
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Diana in the Schoolroom. r
Miss Fuller is a schoolteacher in fc
(irand Marais, Northern Michigan. E
She i.s also an admirable shot with the r
rifle, and. after school hours, goes hunt- \
ing in th i neighboring woods. The c
family with whom she boards are kept t
well supplied with game, large and t
small. She is the admiration of the
county, and all the young .men are in
love with her. u
PERILS OF THE RAPIDS.
THRILLING INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
OCCUBRED AT XIAOABA.
I'roplo Who have Been Swept to Deaili Over ,
ibe Fall*?<01110 Fearful Adventure* an?l |
Narrow Fg:'it|ii'Ki
There were daring men before Captain
Webb and, of course, they found
t.ln'ir wav tn Niacrara. savs the New
y O" ' V
i ork Times. One jumped from the
bridge, l!?2 feet, into the swirling current.
Kor fifty feet he fell like a
plummet. Then he turned over twice.
At last he struck the water with an
awful slap. This man died, probably
before lie reached the water. And yet,
perhaps, that idea, too. has gone to
meet tin; explo led legend of William
Tell. J Jut such little accidents only
stimulate the reckless Another
jumper soon appeared, as soon another
swimmer may. lie wore a harness
over his shoulders. To it was attached
a wire, running loosely over a cylindi r
on the bridge. That kept his feet
stright toward Davy .Jones' locker, and
he survived the leap, to his considerable
personal profit. From bridge to
the water he went in four seconds?
the only time on record.
of accidents some very strange
ones are recorded, one lady stopped
for a cup of water, lost her balance,
and was out of reach and over the
falls almost before her amazed husband
knew what happened. Another
lady stooped to pluck a flower on the
brink of Table bock. She was taken
up dead from the rocks below. In
i>Vo an ai'Ciuent erjuauy sau ami mulish
occurred. An engaged c mple
went behind the fails, into the Cave
of the Winds, without a guide. The
lady jft tually sought to baihe in a ]>ool
which even the guides never visited.
Her lover lost his life in trying to save
hers. Perhaps the most dramatic accident
was the following: A playful
young man caught up a cluirining
child who was watching the tumbling
waves. " Now, Lizzie, 1 am going to
throw you into the water,'' lie said,
and swung her back and forth. She
screamed, struggled and slipped from
his hands. lie gazed after her, realized
what he had don?-, and leaped. Rescue
was helpless, l'erhaps he did not deserve
death, and at least censure may
die with him.
Of escapes, there are one or two
narrow almost beyond belief, and
which involve stories of skill and
bravery well worth telling. Not many
years ago a painter wa3 at work on
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Second sister s isianu, wueii nu jcu
into the water. lie was old and weak,
and while his position was not very
dangerous at first, lie soon floated down
and toward midstream, when, just as
he seemed hovering on the brink, and
exactly forty feet from it, if contemporary
records are to he believed, he
caught on a ruck. How long would
his muscles endure the strain? And
who would rescue him, and how?
The crowd was helpless until a guide
appeared with a coil of rope. ()ne end
he left in trusty hands and with the
other he plunged into the boiling tide.
When he reached the poor painter the
old man still held in his hand the putty
knife with which lie had been working.
Hi; shifted the knife to his
pocket, tied the painter to the rope,
and they reached the shore safely.
In another ease a boatman was
crossing the river above the falls
when a fog suddenly came up. lie
lost his bearings and know he was
drifting to death. His cries alarmed
the village, and bells were rung for
him to row toward tlieni. Then an
oar broke. Ilis only hope then lay in
a paltry little anchor and a common
runn. which was. moreover, much
worn. IIo examined every foot, nay,
every inch of it: he tugged at the knots
sit eaeli end. Time anil space were
precious but he could not afford to
make a mistake. Then he threw it
over. It humped along the stones,
and his heart heat each time it failed
to e.tlc'.i a grip. At 1 ,st it naught and
brought the boat up standing, while
the tense string throbbed like the bass
gut of a harp. For the moment it
held. IIow soon would it part? He
shrank from feeling along the strands,
lie was more afraid not to lest he
should r. ad his fate in th- twine tense
and twanging under the current. Inch
l>y inch his lingers traveled to his
arm's length. So long as it held there
he was safe. Time and time again
through the long night he. did this, but
never, he said, without a heart like
lead and hands quivering like a
leaf. When m ining dawned, as at
last it did, he was easily saved. In another
case the danger to life, though
considerable, was not imminent. A
tug was t iwing three scows, when one
went adrift. With admirable promptness
and address the captain of the tug
cut loose the rest of his tow and
steamed aiiead of the drifting barge.
There lie neiu ic i>y steam power, anu
when the others came along a line was
passed, the throttle was thrown dead
open, and it was sought to make way
up stream. But they had drifted fairly
within the grasp of the spirit of the
waters, and for a time it seemed lie
woidd not let go his own. Finally a
foot was gained, in a few minutes another,
and then the tug of war was
virtually over. An ''escape"of another
sort was that of a murderer. The
sheriff was behind him, the river in
front, and only the wires of the old j
bridge at Lewiston to help him across.
Hand over hand he began his passage.
Ilis hands quickly blisterel, and then
they bled. Again and again lie rested
his arni3 by hanging by his legs. At
last he reached the opposite bank and
lay panting full an hour before lie continued
his flight. The feat was certainly
a remarkable one for an amateur.
A Youthful Mathematical Pro.liiry.
Little Morris Castle, aged not quite
live, is a very remarkable child, as
children average, lie has never been
to school a daw nor has he ever been !
taught at Inand yet lie is ;i better j
mathematician than two-thirds the j
[jrown people a year out of school. The I
Dispatch man asked Master Morris if j
tie could count a hundred.
"Forward or backward?" asked the
joy", looking up quickly.
" Either."
Morris chose the latter, and rattled j
)1T the numerals from 100 to 1 in bet- j
:er time than his questioner could j
ivere he to be^in at one.
"Twic:; sixty?" ask-d the Hispa'<h \
nan, and Morris answered yo quickly i
hat his father volunteered to select,
problems equal to the boy's abilit/. I
" How many feet in a mile?" asked
us father.
" Five thousand eight hundred and
twenty," replied he, without the least!
Iicsitation.
" Twice 770;|?" was asked him.
" 1,541.1," he replied, almost before
the quesiion had left the speaker's j
Hps.
Then followed questions and answers
involving both memory and calculation,
and within a reasonable range
lot a problem puzzled the boy for an j
nstant. lie would look up with his:
pretty blue eyes, move his lips slight-"j
ly, a> if calculat-ncr to himself, and
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jive out the answer in a ltusinc.ss-l.kc 1
way that was simply astonishing. lie
;old readily tlu; numlicr of feet in a
rod, hours in a day, days in the year,
mnces in a pound, twice -MO, three ;
hues seventy-two, and four times j
;hirty-one. lie repeated tlie "threes" !
n the multiplication table, and could j
uive gone on to the end for aught the
Oi.s/ialdi man knows. Mr. Castle said
hat noeiiort whatever ha t been made i
;o teach the child, ami that lie had ol> i
aim d his knowledge of mathematics
v his own exertions, and up to within |
i few months ago his parents knew i
lothing of his precocity.?Erie (l>< nit.) '
Dispatch.
Home is sometimes thought Hat and
lull, and too < ften made so, just from
he want of recognizing what it stands
or. The relations of life that go to
orm the household are the source not
nly of life's richest joys and most
acred memories, but also ol s ;me of i
he finest and noblest characterise sof j
nan. The love, the fidelity, the for- j
learance, the self sacrifi e that are j
tourished by family lile are among the j
ichest possessions of human ty. Such I
ife can never become wearisome or
ommonplace, ?ave to tho e who fail
o comprehend its meaning or refuse i
o act in harmony with it.
In England over f>,000 bicycles are ' j
ised in the mail service.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. |
The complete destruction of the carcasses
of animals that have die! of
contagious diseases is recommended by
M. Girard. lie would dissolve the
bodies in cold concentrated sulphuric
acid.
Professor Vogler considers that a
part of the duty of observers at
meteorological stations should be to
ascertain the quantity of oxygen in
the air from time to time, as he believes
that the percentage of it varies or is
i intimately connected with barometric
i changes.
Wire rope must not bo coiled or uni
coiled like hemp rope. When mounti
ed on a reel the latter should be turned
1 on a spindle to pay oil' the rope. When
forwarded in a coil without reel, roll
it over the ground like a wheel and
| run it off the rope in that way. All
: untwisting must lie avoided.
j Two German investigators, Herren
i Ton roe and Schmelck, have a certaine I
j that f.lie composition of sea water is
j very nearly the same in all places and
at all depths. I'nequal dilution with
: the fresh water constantly being a Ide I
I to the sea causes the specific gravity to
j vary homewhat, but the r.*p ctive proportions
of the different s.ilts hcl I in
j solution always remain the same.
Hi-rr Schell, of (!rund, Germany, has
reported that in the course of mining
operations in the Hart/, mountains the
sounds made by the iiring of shots in a
cross-cut were audible through the
r< ck at a point i'il feet distant in a
horizontal dire; tion : and the dropping
<>f a 330-pound stamp on the surface
was heard in a tunnel through 571
feet of rock, the tunnel being 5^8 feet
below the surface and under a point
j distant horizontally 187 feet from the
stamp mill.
I Rolling < old iron is the result of the
{ merest a-cident. A loundryman, a
workman at the rolls, neglected to
take liis tongs from a bar of iron in
time, and they were carried through
the rolls. Much to his surpris", the
tongs, instead of lieing broken in passing
through the rolls, were reduced to
the same guage as the heated bar, and
shone like steel The workman called
the attention of the superintendent to
what bethought was merely a " funny "
circumstance; but the superintendent
jumped at the conclusion that if it
were possible to roll iron cold once it
could be done again. lie commenced
to experiment, and had not gone far
before lie discovered that cold-roll< d
iron was in every respect the equal of
steel for shafting purposes, and in
some respects is superior, jis it is more
t.nrncd to anv desired size than
steel.
WISE WORDS.
As the light goes out with the exhaustion
of the oil, so fortune fails
with the cessation of human endeavor.
Poetry is the only verity?the expression
of a sound mind speaking
after the ideal, and not after the a]>parent.
A loving act does more good than a
fiery exhortation. What mankind
needs is not more good talkers, but
more good Samaritans.
| I"pon fate and human endeavor is
| suspended the issue of every under|
taking; but fate is plainly only the
I conduct of man in a former existence.
The eyes of men converse as much
j as their tongues, with the advantage
I that the ocular diale:t needs no dic1
tionary, but is understood all the world
over.
Every ship that comes to America
got its chart from Columbus. Every
novel is a debtor to Ilomer. Every
carpenter who shaves with a foroplane
borrows the genius from a forgotten
nventor.
Men's thoughts arc much according
to their inclination ; their discourse
and speeches according to their learning
a .d infused opinion:;; but their
deeds are after as they have been accustomed.
Adopting a Grandpa.
i An old man. not raircred. but clad in
old and faded and time-worn garments,
1 and moving with feeble steps and
weary air, sat down under a tree, on
.John U. street, the other day, to rest a
bit. Three or four children were
playing in the yard at his back, and
directly a miteof agirl looked through
the fence and Jisked:
" Would y..u hurt a little girl?"
"lilens me, no!'' he replied. " Why,
' I'd even step aside to pass a bug or a
| worm! >'o, child, I wouldn't hurl a
j hair in your he;id for all the money in
the world."
"Are you anybody's grandpa?" she
i inquired, as the other children crowded
up:
" Xo, not now, cliiM. There was a
time?dear me! but it hurts my old
heart to remember it?when children
called me grandpa. It was years ago
?years and years, but I can almost
hear their voices yet."
" He you crying?"
"X-no. The tears will spring up as
I recall the past, but I'm not crying,
j There are days when I can't keep 'em
I back?nights when 1 am a child, but
I'm trying to be strong just now."
"I guess I'll come out and see you.
Mv doll's broke her neck and is 'most
dead."
"Come right along, child! I used
to mend legs and arms and necks
when the children brought their dolls
to me."
The little one passed through the
gate and sat down beside the poor old
man, and while he sought to save the
life of the "'most dead" doll by the
means of a stick and a string, the
child observed:
" You must be quite old, grandpa;
you are all skin and bone."
"Old? liless you, yes! I was
eighty-one only a week or two ago.
Yes, I'm poor in flesh as well as in
purse."
"So your grandehiMren had dolls,
eh ?"
" Yls, de;ir?dolls and toys and line
clothes and books, and everything
they wanted. 1 was rich then."
" And did they comb your hairV"
' (Hi, yes.''
"And sing to you?"
" Yes."
' Well, 1 guess I'll sing you a song,
for I'm going to ask ma if I can't
adopt you a< my grandpa You must
excuse my voice, l'or I swallowed a pin I
the other day and ma expects it to I
work out of my shoulder this fall. 1
guess I'll sing about the three little
" linn'l-. lnriU' jit. inn or I sIi:l11
l'orget."
And in a, fu'l voice of chil?lisli quavcrs.
and frequently stopping, as if to
swallow sonic of the words she sung:
' Hud ran elm t o t ire little graves?
l udo thy sjd my (h Id on dm e:
The yt'.HB may p ss. but mv ho irt will j,'i i vo
And s .now will ever r< st with ire.
Un<'er the elm 1 wulKed to-Jay,
Ilooko 1?"
" ^'iy. grandpa, tin? tears are just
running down your cheeks!"
' V*yes, child?1 can't help it! My
poor o!d life is full of grave; and
griefs !"
" Is your wife dead?"
" Long :igo, child."
" An I a!l the children?"
.. H- . i _ ?i'.? i i in nil nliinn
j^Uci'i or >u<n M*i i* a inn i?.x
"Well, that's funny. You can wipe
your eyes on mv apron, if you want
to."
" Here's your doll?good as new."
"That's nice. If I should adopt
you I'd keep you mending dolls a'l the
time. Ilave you got over crying?"
" Yes, child."
#Wei!, then, you must be hungry.
1 in always Hungry alter ;i g? uu n>.
Wait u minute."
Shu ran into tlie house to return
with a generous slice of breid and
butter and a j?it*ce of meat, anil as she
handed the food to the old man, she
said :
"I've got to go in now, but we'll
remember that I've adopted you as my
grandpa. Don't cry any more, and
come back to-morrow. Good-bye grandpa
!"
" (Jood-bye!"
And mm who passed by saw an old
man with his face in his hands tD hide
his tears, and when they asked the
matter a child who stood by explained
:
' Why, sir, lie's crying because he's
all alone in the world, and a little girl
has adopted hiui!"?Detroit Free Press.
.
THE RAVAGES OF CHOLERA.
A DOCTOR'S RECOLLECTION OF AN
EPIDEMIC.
IIlA Exporicncc With tlic Urend In Iln.t^ln
Crnphlcally Hencrllicd?PreonntionM the
IVoiilc or America Hliould Take.
Dr. C. II. Van Klein, of Hamilton,
Ohio, is perhaps the only physician in
the I'nited States who went through
the terrible cholera epidemic in Russia
in 187S-9. Dr. Von Klein was a surgeon
in the Russian army in the war
between Russia and Turkey, and was
the only American physician in the
Russian service proper. The unfortunate
Dr. Lainson was appointed by
tlie Knglish lied Cross and was assigned
to the Armenian troops, where
he served with distinction, and was
afterward decorated by the Princess of
Armenia. Dr. Von Klein has a very
vivid recollection of the dreadful
scenes. When lie was mustered out
of tin- service :it the close of the war
the c holera was raging at Astrakhan
and other smaller towns on the line of
Siberia. People were (lying by the
hundreds, and a semi-panic had taken
possession of the inhabitants. They
were lleeing from town to town and
finding relief nowhere. Astrakhan is
a city of about 10.000 inhabitants, and
adjacent to it were a dozen villages of
from 3,000 to 0,000 each. In all of
these cholera had been prevailing for
some months.
1 r. Von Klein was one of a stalT of
army physicians who were requested
by this government to go into the infected
region and break np the
epidemic, if possible. When they arrived
at Astrakhan the mortality was
great and all kinds of business was
practically suspended. The local physicians
were all dea I or powerless to
help the people. Burials were made
in the night-time and the dead were
hurried out of sight, sometimes three
or four in one grave. Every measure
was taken to stop the spread of the
disease, but to no purpose. The towns
were put in as good sanitary order as
the means at hand would admit. Tar,
sulphur and juniper trees were burned
in the streets, the burning of the
juniper giving the most satisfactory
results. The disease had taken such
complete hold of the towns that nothing
could be done, and, after a eonsul!
tation with the government, it wasdei
cided to burn the infected villages that
were past hope. Astrakhan was
spared, but five other towns of consequence
were obliterated by fire. The
inhabitants were removed to the
country, the aillicted taken to hospitals
and then the torch was applied. The
towns were tired at several piaces, and
one by one were speedily blotted out.
In this way the scourge was checked
after eight months. It was heroic
trnaf Iiinnt lint I )r Vr>n k'lcin t.llOilcrlit.
llVMVUIViiM, wuw "" T n
it was the only thing to do, seeing that
the whole country was threatened.
Eight thousand persons died during
this epidemic in a very small area.
In the event of the disease reaching
our shores the doctor recommends that
every family should take great precaution
against it. and it would be better
if this were done right away. Cellars
should be kept clean and dry, and yards
and alleys put in the best condition
possible. Tar should be burned about
the house and inside of it. The wood
of the juniper tree, or juniper berries,
he regarded as even better than tar
for this purpose. Hither or all of these
could be burned in the house. As to
| food, oatmeal, craeked wheat and
sweet milk are good. Eat sparingly
of meats. Fowl and game are less
I hurtful than beef. Vegetables increase
j the temperature of the body, and
! should lit; avoided as a rule.?L'iinUnna!i
/iir/nirer.
Guardiiiif the Uold.
Kvery morning except Sunday an
Adams express wagon, loaded with
bags of gold and silver, sL.rtioul fivm
' tin* Adams Express company's o.'lice to
| deliver the precious coins to its dill'er]
ent owner.*. The gold and jilver,
j which is made up of all denominations,
J comes principally from New York,
| Washington and S;in Francisco, and is
consigned t> the different harks and
broker*' ollices about town. Some
bags contain twenty-dollar gol 1 pieces,
j while otlier ba^s are simply idled with
I copper pennii s.
The wagon starts out about 0 o'clock
! in tlin linirriirwr :tnil liV 10 o'nlnck its
treasure has all been delivered. The
lloor of the wagon is generally covered
with the bags, and the springs are
borne down to the axles with tue precious
weight of the much-coveted
metal. The route is down Chestnut
street; all the banks along the street
are visited, but the majority of the
gold is unloaded after the wagon turns
into Third street. In this way millions
upon mill ons of dollars are carried
every year from the express office
to the bankers and brokers, without
any apparent guard against loss. The
men who ride about on the wagon
every morning are the trusted employes
of the company, who have be
come so accustomed to jerking bags of
gold about that they handle it much
i the same as they would a bag of salt
or :i box of merchandise.
The expn ss company uses tlie ut
most precaution to guard the precious
treasure. Four men are in charge of
the wagon ; one man drives and two
sit on the seat with him. They are
j armed to the teeth, and always on the
| alert for highwaymen. The fourth
j man sits on the tailboard in an apparently
careless manner. lie is also
I armed, anil sees everything about him.
I Beside this guard two detectives fol
I low closely behind the \yagon, and
! watch everybody who attempts to
"dog" it. When the wagon stops to
deliver a portion of its load of gold
the detectives are not twenty l'eet
away.
One man carries the bags into the
bank and the detectives guard him,
while the driver and the two other
men remain quietly at their posts on
the wagon to keep oil" thieves. Expert
thieves, the boldest in the country, are
continually following this wagon, trying
to devise some plan to rob it of
the fortune it carries, but the precautions
of the express company have
proved too much for the daring of the
boldest highwaymen.
If the Adams Express company
send a man upstairs in their own
building with a package of money or
a l>;ig of gold a detective is at his heels
to prevent a robbery. Oftentimes the
man with the money doesn't dream
that the man going in the same direction
with him is one of the company's
detectives.?l'hUudd i>hUi Xcrr.s.
I
Female Iron Workers in England.
The Wolverhampton (England)
! "renin(j Star, in referring to some
observations recently made by Mr.
Samuel S. lialdwin, relative to female
iron workers in liritisli iron districts,
says: " We may state that representatives
of this journal have recently
made diligent inquiries, have visited
the*homes' of the people and conversed
with them about t heir work and
their earnings, and have, recorded
their experiences, which arc practically
the same as those of Mr. lialdwin.
We rather think, indeed, that that
gentleman nas overstated inu gross j
earnings of a family of nail or chain
makers Instead of $1.50clear weekly
in'-ouse, would be nearer the
mark, and the prospect for the future
points to a still further reduction.
Our Ulack Country female slaves are
engaged in a hopeless struggle with
machinery, the price of hand-made
chain and nails naturally sinking as
machinery improve--. Vet, with the
prejudice :hat is bt rn of an hereditary
connection with the trades, they cling
to the forge and appear to regard
hovels <i.s their natural homes, blacksmiths'
work as a p-rfeetly regular
female employment and starvation
wages as a fair remuneration."
Among the precautions against
cholera, says London Truth, it is suggested
that, as workers in copper in
Hungary, ;um muse eiigugru in im:
manufacture of brass and copper
articles elsewhere, never seem to catch
it, a tliin disk of pure copper, about
two and a half inches in diameter, j
should he worn next to the skin, over i
the pit of the stomach, and suspended
from the neck by a cord.
The "Thirteen club,"' of London, at
a recent dinner had the menu printed
on little collin-shaped cards.
HEALTH HINTS.
Don't sit or sleep in a draught.
Don't go to bed with cold feet.
Don't stand over hot-air registers.
Don't lie on the left side too mnch.
Don't inhale hot air or fumes of any
acids.
Don't lie on the back to keep irom
snoring.
Don't eat what you don't want, just
to save it.
Don't bathe in less than two hours
after eating.
Don't eat in less than two hours
after bathing.
Don't sleep in a room that is not
well ventilated.
Don't eat the snuillest morsel unless
hungry, if well.
Don't eat anything but well-cooked
and nutritious food.
Don't start to a day's work without
eating a good breakfast.
Don't take long walks when the
stomach is entirely empty.
Don't forget to take a good drink of
pun: wat||r before breakfast.
Don't jump out of bed immediately
on awakening in the morning.
?? * * 5? 1 IS?1 -i.
JJon C wear linn nose or iigui-auiL-u
shoes in cold or wet weather.
Don't strain your eyes by rea ling on
an empty stoma -h or when ill.
Don't sing or holloa when your
throat is sore, or you are hoarse.
Don't eat between meals, nor enough
to cause uneasiness at meal time.
Don't forget to cheer anil gently
amuse invalids when visiting them.
Don't sleep in the same undergar
meats that are worn during the clay.
Don't forget to rub your.-elf wdl all
over with crash towel or hands before
dressing.
Don't try to get along with less than
seven or eight hours' sleep out of
twenty-four.
Don't try to keep up on coffee or
alcoholic stimulants when nature is
calling you to sleep.
Don't call so frequently on your sick
friend as to make your company and
conversation a bore.
Don't make a practice of relating
scandal or stories calculated to depress
he spirits of the sick.
Don't drink ice water when you are
very warm, and never a glassful at a
time, but simply sip it slowly.
Don't ruin your eyes by realing or
sewing at dusk by a dim light or Ilick
ering can lle, nor when very tireu.
Don't fill the gash with soot, sugar,
or anything else to arrest the hemorrhage
when you cut yourself, but
bring the parts together with strips oT
adlusive plaster.
Don't call on your sick friend and
advise Iiim to take some other medicine,
get another doctor, eat more, eat
less sit up longer, go out more frequently;
stay a week and talk him lo
death before you think of leaving.
And lastly, when about to leave, don't
say "Well, I guess it's about time I
was going;" and then hang around half
an hour before you know how to get
away. Say "Good-night," and go and
done with it.
Not Such a Fool.
i\. nunci supcistii/iuua ^uuug muu vl
this city, who is fond of quoting fag
ends of wisdom in old sayings and
maxims, was recently sitting by the
girl of his choice trying in vain t>
summon up courage to pup the question.
Every time he plunged in and
said something approaching the subject
he would be seized with a spell of
badifulness and would contort h sface
as if about to have a fit. One day he
bad proceeded as far as?"Supposing
a young man should ask you to--"
Then hj wrinkled his nose, and became
silent.
" What is the matter with your
nose?" asked the young lady solicitously.
" Tickles; I nlust be going to kiss a
fool as the saying is."
The girl smiled into his face with
sweet innocence.
"Mother says I look^Jike a fool
sometimes," she said archly.
TT_ U.J
no IlilU scuau cuuugn icuvi/iiu^iviv
the opportunity, and now he says that
actions speak louder than words, and
are better, too.?Detroit Pout.
Riding1 Through Fire.
Recently a train oa the Xoithern Pacific
railroad found its way apparently
barred by the furious heat of burning
wood-ricks along the track. The train
stopped, the rails were examined to
see if they had warped, and then it
was decided to run the gauntlet. A
passenger thus described the passage,
which was made at the rate of seventy
miles an hour, to a reporter of the
Portland Oregonian: We shut down
the windows and closed the door tight
just before we started, but the a;r inside
the car was like the breath from
a furnace and the whole train seemed
to be on lire. The flames licked the
window glass savagely, and, although
it lasted only a few moments, it was
an experience I shall never forget and
never again wish to undergo. I can't
help but think of the terrible danger
.,1 4-U?anTf aho roil aF 4-Via
WC JUWM'U uiuuugu* jll unv nw* \ji wuc
track beneath, having been warped by
the heat, had given way, we woufl
every one of us have been roasted
alive. It make me shudder even now
Poetry of the Railroad.
If you wish a spectacle of surpass
ing picturesqueness tako post upon a
railroad, at a safe distance oil' the
track, of a dark night, about the time
a train is expected to arrive. First
you he;ir a low thunder reverberating
among distant hills; anon a bright
point of light appears, like a star on
drapery of evening. It grows with
astonishing rapidity, and now itglares
like the fierce red eye of a monstrous
demon, becoming larger, redder, fiercer
every moment, while the roar of the ;
' en<jin<i it heralds bccoines more up- '
j palling as it approaches. An earth- j
quaKe?a wiunwiiui?ii Hiiowrr o l
lire?and tiie train is passed. If there; !
be not more poetry in this tlian in an
old night-coach, with its dim lamps,
drowsy driver, piled-up baggage rack,
snoring passengers and weary cattle, 1
then we give up our point. To us a 1
railway train is a realization of t'le <
wildest fancies of Kastern romances, <
the lireman an Afrite, the conductor a ;
magician, the brakeman attendant 1
genii.?JiuHon (ibtbf. t
i
The Paper Future.
A Louisianian writes: The time 'r
will soon come when, in our damp ,
climate, the lloors of all the stores in |,
New Orleans ami in other cities in the
State will be built ol' strong, waterproof
and indestructible paper tiles.
The dampness permeating our dwellings
will bo counteracted by paper material
of a suitable character. All our
city cars will be built of paper. The
wheels of these will be made of paper.
The rails of our street cars and even
the crossties, so liable to decay, will all
be removed in the course of time and
be replaced by paper material, suitably
treated to remedy existing evils. N'tarly
all tho furniture of our dwellings,
so liable to swell or shrink in our
damp climate, will be in;inufacturcdin
an elegant and artistic style by means
of paper stock capable of resisting effectually
the sudden changes of our
temperature.
SlioM*un and Fish-Hook.
The New York Forest awl Htr-um, j
which is a weekly journal devoted to
shooting iind fishing, has been review-1
ing the growth of these pastimes in ,(
America during the last ten years of j
the paper's publ cation. The editor
claims that anglers and hunters have
increased in a ratio almost incredible w
to those who are not familiar with the !'"
subject; and that these pastimes are h
held in miieli Midier renute than for
mcrly. The use of rod unci gun is no
longer an indie;ition of sliiftlessness. 1
Tlic Forest and stnain says that its
corrcspondents and contributors are i>;
largely distr.butcd among the professions.
Clergymen, lawyers,physicians, ^
editors, teachers, business men, farm- *
ers, and, in fact, all classes of the in s<
telligent and indus'rious workers of i:
the day are fall ng into the very commendable
cmtom of taking a week or J]
two off in tin woods every summer.
AN ANSWER.
If all the yearB were summer-time, j
And nil the aim of life M
Was just to live on like a rhyme, N
Then I would bo your wife. ^
Itlie days were August dnys. ?'
And crowned with go'den weather, y
How happy, then, through green-clad ways tl
We two could stray together. n
Bl
If all the nights were moonlight nights, t<
And wo had naught to do
But just to sit and plan delight', j
Then I would wed with you. n
If life was all n summer fete, n
Itss )bere?t placa the " glide," a
Then I would choose you for my mate,
And keep you at my :-id s. ^
But winter makes full half tho year, ^
And labor half of life ; u
And all the labor and good cheer I
Give place to wea and strife. !j
Days will grow cold and moons wax old; ,
And then a heart that's true r
xj* nuut'r uir inan ^liiuu ur ^uiu,
Atid ho, my love, adieu !
I c umot wed with yuu.
?Ella Whrr'er.
HUMOR OF THE I)AV. ]
Ilard-solod?The barefoot boy.
Woman's sphere?A ball of yarn.
Adam was not a polvgamist, although
in his day lie married all the
women in the world.?HostonJiuUeti.ii
'Tis now the sons of Italy
Da kiTos. ne their crunks
And l;ore the public faf ally
With tl.eir hurdy-gurdies' yan . t
?.Witi York Journfil,
Decatur county, Tex., has a family
of bobtail < ats. A bobtail cat is
easily acquired, but has anybody seen
a cat with a bobbed olT howl ??Hart. (
ford Pod.
' l'leaseto give me something, sir?''
said an old woman. " I had a blind
child; he was my only means of subsistence,
and the poor hoy lias recovered
his sight."
"Cyclones are after circuses,' says j
111 e 2s'e\v Orleans Pica>/uni. It must
be mighty poor picking for the cyclone
where the circus has gone before.?
Boston Transcript.
The reason that a woman never
puts on the gloves in the ring is probably
that it would take her too long,
she would always demand a size
smaller than she could wear ?Boston
Bnd'jit.
Mrs. Homespun, who as a terrible
time every morning to get her young
brood out of their beds, says she cannot
understand why the children are
called the rising generation.?Jioston
Transcript.
The quantity of beer produced in
the I'nite l States last year averaged
more than fourteen gallons for every
inhabitant of the country. Somebody
has played a wretciied mean trick on
us, then.?Burl ins/ton Free Press.
When the weary granger sits down
in the lipid to rest him. and suddenlv
jumps up as though an electric current
had traversed his system, it is not
always a shock of wheat which he experiences.
Sometimes it is a hornet.
?]lurl inn to n Fro; Press-.
A news item says that the brain of
a circus employe, found dying near
Middletown, " weighed titty-six ounces,
the same size as that of the first Napoleon
and of Daniel Webster." of
course, he was the man who wrote the
circus advertisements. ? Norristoim
Herald.
The whistle of a locomotive is heard
3,300 yards, the noise of a train 2,800
yards, the report of a musket and the
bark of a dog 1,800 yards, the roll of a
drum 1,GU0 yards, the croak of a frog
900 yards and a cricket's chirp 800
yards. The cry of the next door neighbor's
baby can be heard more'n a mile.
?Troy Times.
"Please, sir, there's nothing in the
'ouse to eat," said Brown's landlady.
"IIow atiout the (isli I sent in?"
" Please, sir, the cat have eat them."
"Then there's some cold chicken?"
"It's in the cat." "Wasn't there a
tart of some sort?" " Please, sir, the
?..f " < All vinrlif T lima!'. <1m wilh
clieese?'' " Please, sir, the cat?"
" Then cook the cat, and let's have it
all at once!"
A DILEMMA.
To write, or not to wri o. th it is the question.
Whether it is nobler ia the min i to saffjr
Th.< rt putation of Ining asked by
A young lady to wr.to n her autograph
lilt.nm,
And hnvhg kept the boo'i two years, more
or les?.
And then not written in it?
Or to take the pen 'against a ho t of donbt3
n lid "feats,
And by once writing, end them ??To start:
?to write:?
To wiite !-p: rch n-e, :o mao. a b'o ?Ay, !
there's the rub :
For in that c'arksume blot wha fjel'ngs are
Shown forth?n rvonsness, distrust of self,
And uii ny other*!?Not as
When one is writing to Lis gi 1, for than
If he.-hou!d n.nke a blot, he driws a lina
'Hound it. and s tys
It wa* intentional, and meant to mark
A place whei e he did kis . And s' e
Helie\es the yarn, and kisses it, and thinks
That slio is happy.
?Button Globe.
Ten Cents Well Invested.
Not long ago a rich man died in
Brussels, leaving nearly all his fortune
to a young woman who was entirely
unacquainted with liiin. This is how
it came to pass: lie was a very eccentric
man and set out Diogenes in
search of an honest man. llis tub
was an omnibus and his lantern a
small coin. In the omnibus he used
to take his seat every day near the
conductor, and always showed himself
very obliging in parsing up ttje money
of passengers and returning the
change, but to the latter he always
managed to add a franc or half franc.
Then he would watch those to whom'
it came. They would count it carefully,
notice the extra coin, and invariably
slip it into their pockets. No
one had ;iny thought of the poor conductor,
whose meager salary of three
francs a day could in support sucn a
loss. I ut at last a young woman
passed hers back with, "Conductor,
you have given me half a franc too
much." Diogenes, delighted, followed
her home, made inquiries, and as the
unswers were satisfactory, made his
will in her l'avor, though he never gave
her warning that her half franc was
ijoing to bring her half a million.
An Old ISauk.
The centenary of the Uank of Ire
land has recently been readied, hut it
las occupied its present illustrious
piarters, in College (ireen, Dublin,
>nly since 1>0.S. Its foundation stone,
is the parliament house of Ireland,
A its laid in February, 172.'. It is said
;o have been designed by an Italian
lamed Castelli, but Sir Lovet I'earce,
lie Irish surveyor-general of the day,
ippears in the ollieial document as diir
nf llw? linildinir. and he was
,oted 5? 10.00l>. It was not fully coniilotcd
until I73!>, but the Irish parliancnt
sat th tc a few years before. Its
asl meetiui,r therein was held in ls:>0.
t was first intended to attach the
milding t > Trinity college, but finally
he government sold it to the IJank of
relatul lor SiIOn.HlO, subject to a round
rent of $12 a year, and in 1S04, inder
the viceroyaltv of the Karl of
lardwi'-k", the altering of the interior 3
nr business purposes was begun. A f
cautiful model of the bank stands '
efore the entrance oT wh it was once
tie hous" of lorils.
An Tndianapols baby was bitten,
In teasing a pet Maltese kitten. /
ttefore a day ended, "
St. Jacobs Oil mended,
And with it m thers are smitten.
A hunter who lives at Hear Hun,
^ T.. ?. 1.!. 1... * 1... |.|?1. ?( ? ?llrl fc
nun niSiirill m* iui-ivriv ui (i giiiii m
The hunt it did' spoil, 8
Hut St. Jacobs oil
Cured him before swelling begun. ^
A Vest Virginia is twenty years old as ;':i
State. In 'his time her population
is been nearly doubled.
"Wo know ho-irt disease can hi enrol,
hy ? Because <lion-siinil? s;iy I hoy havo
o.l Dr. Grave*' H v?rt Regulator, and know j
doe: euro.''?"h/Di'ilmi Xfivs. >'1 per ;
)lt!e at druggists. ^
1!\hi!k'is nnlce many friends, hut scrape i
ore ao.niaiu'.an. e<.
A pood name at home is a tower of strength
iroad. Ten times much Hood's Sirsa- &
trilla used in Lowell as of any other. \
'J'i com* }
rill hny a Treatise on tiik Horse and His ,
iskakes. Book of 100 pages, vulualilo to
cry owner of horses. l'o-tagestamps taken. C
jnt postpaid. New Youk IIonsK Book Co., c
^ Leonard Streot, New York City.
" lliieliu-l'iilba." j
Hie Quick, complete cure,annoying Kidnoy, Q
adder, Urinary Diseases. .$1. Dnggiat*. g]
.* ' > '">. ; ^ : J--V. 8?wlB('HaeUai.
bintiy?
These remarkable items poor into on* office
aily. Mr. H. S. Fulleb, with the New Home t
[nchine Company, of Orange, Mass., writes, e
[ay 23,1883: " I have nsed Mont's Remedy t
i my family for over ten years. My wife f
as troubled with catarrh of the bladder. c
affered intense pain in the kidneys and E
>ins, and nrination was accomplished with ]
10 greatest of agony. My friends thought c
lat she conld not recover. We tried doctors
nd medicines, and although better at times tie
wonld grow worse again. SheflTas obliged
3 nse the urinal as many as fifteen times in
?J ?? ? . Niuiing onrM d&ilv. At
H1RUI, turn yiao B'vn?e
liis time my attention was called to Hnnt s (
temedy, and I ooncluded to try it; and after t
sing one bottle she was a good deal better, j
ho inflammation was reduced, and the water ^
nore natural. She began to gain in appetite f
nd felt no pain in the back and kidneys. ^
Ihe conld attend to her household work f
kithout pain, and this had been a great (
iurden to do, even the lightest kind of work. |
if tor using six bottles she was completely |
ured. Since then I have had occasion to |
iso Hunt's Remedy for kidney and liver com- (
daints, and fonnd it to be just as represented, ,
nd I consider it a most wonderful medicine.
: would not be without Hunt's Remedy in j
ny family: and I have recommended it to
ny friends here in Orange with equally good
esults."
It is said that TjOO.OOO cattle graze on the
rVyoming ranges, valued at $13,003,00 \
To Connnmpttvea.
Reader, can you believe that the creator
ifllicts one-third of mankind with a disease
for which there is no remedy? Dr. R. V.
Piorce's " Golden Medical Discovery" has
-ured hundreds of cases of consumption, and
men are living to-day?healthy, robust men
?whom physicians pronounced incurable,
because one lung was almost gone. Send two
Jtamps for Dr. Pierce's pamphlet on Consumption
and Kindred Affeotions. Address
wobld'b Dispensabt Medical Association,
Buffalo, N1Y^ '
Mb. Latton, a Milwaukee pork packer, i
:o give his city a $100,00) art gallery.
Owenton, Ky.?Dr. I. F. Mundy says: "1
have found Brown's Iron Bitters one of the
best tonics, and prescribe it frequently.
Tiie Chicago ice cream eaters spend $3,00)
i day on the congelated compound.
Young or middle aged men, suffering from
nervous debility, loss of memory, premature
old age, as the result of bad habits, should
HAnrt' fhron ofjimnn for Part VTT. of Dime I
Series pamphlet/. Address Wobld's Drapenbabt
Mediqax Association, Eoffalo, N. Y.
The poultry product of America in 1382
Tooted up !j;^K),000,G(X).
Nervousness,debility and exhausted vitality
cured by using Brown's Iron Bitters.
When does a man feel girlish? When he
makes his maiden speech.
Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" is
the debilitated woman's beet restorative tonio
Gbavity is no more evidence of wisdom
than a paper collar is of a shirt.
Baltimobe, McL?Dr. Irwin H. Elderidge
says: " I would recommend a trial of Brown's
Iron Bitters in all cases of aneamic debility
or when a tonic or appetizer is indicated."
A tocTos's motto is supposed to be " pa
tients and long suffering."
Does your heart ever 6eem to stop and you
*--t - j?1l i:l?
iuei a uoutu-imo ncuottuuu) yuu nave
phnrp pains in the region of your heart?yon
have heart disease. Try Dr. Grave3' Heart
Regulator. $1 per bottle.
Water reddens the rose, whisky the nose
and tij,'ht boots the toes.
Mensman's Peptonized beef tokio, the only
preparation of beef containing its entire nutritious
properties. It contains blood-making,
force generating and life-sustaining properties;
invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostration, and all forms of general debility;
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, overwork
or acute disease, particularly if resulting
from pulmonary complaintB. Cjswell, Hazard &
Co., Proprietors, New York. Sold by drug gists
On Thirty Day#' Trial.
The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will
fend Dr. Dye's Celebrated Electro-Voltaic
Ilelts and Electric Appliances on trial for
thirty days to men (young or old) who are
nfllicted with nervoos debility, lost vitality
and kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy
and complete restoration of health and manly
vigor. Address as above. N. B.?No risk is
incurred, as thirty days' trial is allowed.
Rough on Rati*"
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, bedbugs,
ants,skunks,chipmunks,gophers. 15o. D'g'rts.
_Dr. Stitesj Brooklyn, N.Y., was cured by
JJr. JSimorea n.neuinBwmj-\iviu?(aAUK>
severe Rheumatism and kidney disease of
fexernl years'standing, after trying everything
else without benefit.
Frnzer Axle G re age.
One greasing lasts two weeks; all others two
or three days. Do not be imposed on by the
humbng stuffs offered. Ask your dealer forFrazer's,
with label on. Saves your horse labor and
you too. It received first medal at the Centennial
and Paris Expositions. Sold everywhere.
Mother Swan't Worm Syrnp.
Infallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartiojfeverishness,
restlessness, worms, constipation. 25c.
One pair of boots saved every year by
nsing Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel Stiffenerrs
Car bo-llnes.
On every banner blazon bright,
The motto strong for which we fight,
Of all the oils that e'er were seen,
There's none that beats onr Carboline.
For sore feet, swollen Joints, sprains, corns
or bunions, use St. Patrick's Salve.
Bow Vitants find that by using Gasthhtb
no unpleasant feelings are experienced after
eating or drinking. Sold by druggists. Gastbine
is in liquid form. Druggists.
THE IiAME WALK
In a claw of dii*UM heavily afflictive and accora
pcmurt nyja u^ruo 01 saaormj amioat inauppunoi>ie,
Hood's SafakTStilla. bj 't* remarkablo influence on the
secretions, cleanses and puHfte'the system and remote*
the noxious humor* which support the disease.
Varicose Veins
I have been troubled with varicose rein* and a scrofn.
Jons humor for a dozen years Since I commenced using
Hood's Sarsapariila my leg is entirely healed, and I gain
daily in strength.?0, M. French, Franklin, N. H.
Milk Leg
For the last twelve or fifteen years 1 have been a sufferer
from milk leg, was almost helpless, and could
walk only on a level floor. Hood's Sarsapariila has certainly
made me all over new, and about cured me of my
lameness. I feel young and spry and twenty year*
younger than i did.?Hasbixt Wcnr, Burnham, Me.
Old Age and Heavy Pain
I hare a very large bunoh on my left breast; It is very
painful. Imako use of Hood's Sarsapariila to strengthen
my system, and Hood's Olive Ointment to soften the
bunch. I think both are very good. I am 78 years old,
and have been a minister's wife the most of my life.?
Mns. R. D. Wad a worth, Herkimer. N. Y.
Hood's Sarsapariila
Sold by Druggists. $1; six for (5. Prepared only by
0. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
The Doctor's Indorsement,
Dr. W. D. Wright, Cincinnati, 0., sends the sul>
Joined professional indorsement: "I have prescribed
Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for tho Lungs In a
great number of eases and always with success.
One caso in particular was given up by several physicians
who had been called in for consultation with
1# mi.. It i. .11 a.rMnUma /inn. I
myauii. j.uu 1'uuuuk uau au wo ojiu^uuw w* wufirmed
consumption?cold night sweats, hectic
fever, barrassing cough, etc. He commencod Immediately
to get bettor and wa3 soon restored to his
usual health. I havo also found Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam
for tho Lungs tho most valuable expectorant
for breaKing up distressing coughs and colds that I
havo ever used."
Durno's Catarrh Snuff cures Catarrh and all affections
of tho mucous membrane.
2.~l f'oiitM will Luy a treatise os the Ilonsn ASa
ills DimearKH. Book o! 100 phroh, valuable to ever}
owner of horses. Postage stamp* taken. Sent pout paid.
New Youk House Book Co.. 134 Leonard Street.
V "aTTHE GREATGERMAN
| REMEDY
FOR PAIN.
8lBninniBHUh.iiima^!ai Relleves aiid curea
17Si rheumatism,
Ifflliniimiii iffllftP iiJ weuraigia,
Sciatica, Lumbago, j
lllL?Bn?jl backache. j
Bliyir" -^| HEIDACHB, TOOTHACHE, ;
11 SORE THROAT,
S ffl quinsy, swellings, ]
i I #illWJ si'bains. !
1 It Ml, --I Soreness, Cut*, Bruises,
fi ip" 11 frostbites,
j || I Bl'BNfi, SCALDS,
| j HJllflltTm.rlftWrfc?And aUother bodily ach?
in:
I JIIILJ 1 Dealers. Directions In 11
' lft?Bungw. 13 ?
N Y N~Lf?3 5 ,,
? Hostetter's Btomach >;
d ^ J P H T t Bitters, by increasinB ^
S ft J 4kd I ' L R vital power and renCELEBRATED
,l^at,rln(t the physical 1
functions regular and j
Mhjjwjjfl. order, and protects it S
l a?a'D'^ ^'se4M' ^or ff
plaint, nervouanesp, C
nialariul tevern, le- y
f^oTrchdfsea^ }
if iVRHFUiS fn>m the system. t-r .
J) ITTp H?l? by nil Drtl(?%ts S
IB H Ki? and Dealers nenerallv w
PC5JVC WAUTCn KVKHYWHKKKtQHolltIm (
Irfctilti S/AHIfcUl.-i haiiiilv Knitting V
i-vi-r itivi nli'ij. Will knit a |>nir nt htjckingg
! J III.I. .-mil TO!'. ?*?i in pi ? iii"i>iumut<'H. It will w
.1 htrt ii K'rrnt vnrii t>- mi tiiiu-y work, for which thwm ?
ilrtins :i n-.nlv inarm t. .Siml fur cin-ulnr and term* u
i:? T\Y(>;ilH,\ KMTTIMi .MACHINE .
>.. 14>:t TliKJ.ioNi SruKKT. HUSTON. .MASS. fi
Reasons Why Yoi
9ccause your stomach is not doing its v>
because your liver is out of order, and v
Iccaicse your blood is thin, and needs ir
because you are troubled with nervous ?
because you are vexed with languor anc
ill these Reasons Can be Set Aside oy the. Us
Tone up your enfeebled stomach, and'he
Refresh your wearied liver and put it in
Enrich your watery blood, and give it a
mIvi your worried nerves, and give tliei
I'Iratgl/ten your whole system and drive
Considering that any man who has
ruggist a bottle of Brown's Iron Bitt]
hould continue to feel badly, just for the
Whether
armless by nsin^
appetite
hem being before and
ains and distress af tcrward^TlH^^I^^^HHBH^H
tear, nerves steady, and all the
nt, elastio and more happy limn
be pleasing effects of a Christian or
ns dinner continoing dayB afterward.
Eminent Testimony* _
[Nmr York WItnea*, An*n?fc 15,1881.] ~W_-- l^H
" I find that in addition to the pure spirits g
:ontained in their composition, they contain H|
hnn?nnd ntW^ll Imnwr, ?T,* H
lighly approved medicinal roots, leaves and
inctures in quantities sufficient to render the Wt
irticle what the makers claim it to be, to j [
vit, a medicinal preparation and not a bev- j j^B
jrsge?unfit and unsafe to be used except a iHfl
i medicine. From a careful analysis of their yH
rorinu!a?which was attested nnder oath? HH
[ find that in every wineglassful of Hop
Bitters the active medicinal properties, aside ]
from the distilled spirits, are equal to a fall ,
lose for an adult, which fact, in my opinion, B
subjects it to an internal revenue tar as a H
medicinal bitter." H
Gbeen B. Raum, U. 8. Ota. In. Est. ik
Hardened Liver. _ H|
Five years ago I broke down with kidney
and liver complaint and rheumatism. Since
then I have been unable to be about at all.
My liver became hard like wood; my limbs
were puffed up and filled with water. All the
best physicians agreed that nothing could
cuie me. I resolved to try Hop Bitters; I
have ased seven bottles; the hardness has all
gone from my liver, the swelling from my
limb?, and it has worked a miracle in my
case; otherwise I would have been now in my BH
grave. J. W. Mobet.
Buffalo, October, 1S8L
Poverty and Snfferlnar. [j
I was dragged d<3wn with debt, poverty and
suffering for years, caused by a sick family and
large bills for doctoring. I was com- M
pletely discouraged until one year ago, by . j^M
the advice of my pastor, I commenced ubing ,-tBH
Hop Bitters, and in one month we were all
well, and none of us have seen a sick day
since, and I want to say to all poor men, yon c.m
keep your families well a year with Hop
Bitters for less than one doctor's visit wiu H
cost. I knuw it. A WoBKiyoMAy.
^JVVOMAN CAN VQiEAUH OF WOMAlft
^SVWPATHCE
jfl
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S H
VEGETABLE COMPOUND. | U
A Snre Care for nil FEMALE WEAK*
Is'ESSES, Including Lencorrhcwi, Ir- j
regular and Palnfnl Menstruation,
Inflammation and Ulceration of |H
tho Womb, Flooding, PROLAPSUS
UTERI, &C.
tyPIwwant to the taste, efficacious and ftmrawHafo
In its cffcct. It la a great kelp In pregnancy, and ?
lievca pain during labor anil at regular periods.
rinsicuxs tss it ixd prxscbibz it tsxslt. jfl
t7*F0B all Wkajctesszs of tte genemtiTe organ* C
of either sex, It is second to no remeaytnai nas tTTw
been before the public j and for ?Q diseases of the
Kiti.veyo it is the Grcaiist llemedv in Vie World.
C3T KIDNEY COMPLAINTS of Either Sex I
Find Great Relief In Its Use.
LTDIA E. PETKHAM'8 BLOOD PUBOTER
will eradicate ererr Tcstijjo of Humors from theBlood,
at the same time will give tone and strength to
thesjktem. As marrellotu In results as the Compound
t?*Both the Compound and Blood Pnrlfler am pre?
pared at 233 and 23S Western Arenue, Lynn, Xmm,
Trice of either, |1. Six bottles for $&. The Compound
la sent by mall in the form of pills, or of lozenges, on H|
receipt of price, $1 per box for cither. Mrs. Plnkham
freely answora all letters of inquiry. Enclose Soeaf
stamp. Send for pamphlet. Mmtion thi* Paper, BH
HTLtoia B. PijtxhJJts LrrxB Pills cure Constlp?? pH
tion. Biliousness and Torpidity of the Liver. 26 ccnts. !
ay.Sold by nil Druggists.*53. CO *"
A NEW DISCOVERY. fl
, tyFor several years wo xia.ro mrmmm us
Dairymen of America with an excellent artifldal
color for buttorj so meritorious that t* mat
with great success everywhere reoeMn* the IH
highest and only prizes at both International Mfl
Dairy Fairs.
1 t7*But by patient andacientWo ch?rmW3 r?scarch
wo hare lmprorcd in several points, aad1 HH
inow offer this new color as the but in thevxxrid. Hfl
It Will Wot Color the Butterwilllc^Tf
1 Will H/a<tTurn Ran^l^flt'tfthe"
j <s Strongest, Brightest and
N Cheapest Color Wade, I
I HTAnd^Vhila prepared In oil, is eo compounded
that it isNlmpoanlble for It to become raadd. I
I ty BE WA'J?E of all imitations, and of all
other oil colon?, for tbey are liable to become
'rnncld and spoil f&o kjitter.
D KBTlfyoncannofrtfettbo"Improved" writen?
to know where anyhow to get it withoatextrafl HH
hexpensc. .* (44) ]
I. |
fifl^TAR'^ yTT'r'f* Roaches, Bed Bujjs. Rata, H
buaian a >lirPi Flea% LIce< AntSi Mnot^ r? H
sccls on fowlg,ryTC.R|l||IATnRCP'ant'?btl,d' ^8
niidanimals.No?*isil?2ii!sJLiiIl2l'oison. No HI
Stench. iOc.,C5c.,75c.,|il,?l.!OaiidTl..V)pery|| I C ^3
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Silver Ore Slovc'I'ollitli/.Wcnt HIOBexefc
IF. (). INLJllH hH
IK Nor?Si)Ln BY YO&l DEAL
KR> D^myc FOR saj4
TO SPECULATORS.
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6 A 7 Chamber of 55 Broadway,
Oommerce, Chicago. New York.
GRAIN * PROVISION BROKERS. *?W
Members of all prominent Pr' dace Exchanges In New HI
York, Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee.
We h&vo exclusive private telegraph wire between Chi.
cago and New York. Will execute orders on oar iudg- HH
ment when requested. Sen t 'or circulars containing
particulars. ROBT. Ll.M'BLOM A CO.. Chicago*jPI
I
Iron Levers. 8teel Barings, Dr*?? TAR| BEAM, a
jo.-ves. nr. pavs the fmeigmt. I a H
floMea trial AlUlxesaalow. M
For 't*+ book? AUJreat PV HH
JONES OF B1NGHAMT0N, ^iiar/
Bisciiiaros, x.
>sP!ELMORFS/ II. O. is the quickest, pleasantert,
sun st and best remedy for kidney,
liver, at. mscti, bladder and blood
diseases, nnd only real curative ever
/vYX'/yX. discovered for acute nnd chronio
<vQV^JV^^l'ye. rheumati>ra. (tout, lumbago, sciafc.
v>/ aami.^S ica, neuralgia, etc. Hns enteel hopo.
lens cases Bright'* disease and dyspopeia In 'i weekv-ill 9H
lormsof rheumatic disorders in 2 to 12 weeks?relieve#
inflammatory in 1 day. Can refer to liandndiof reliaI
le people cured who hid trod in vain everything else. ^^9
Purely botanic, harmless, and nice to lrink, Ask roar
druggist to get it; if he declines send to us for it?tak?
not Innif else. Klmore. Adsms A Co.. 106 William St.. N. Y
DCMCinMC ' J
r idlOIUliO sssfMsaf. Mi
Incrrreil durlnc (heir service, loss of a linger, or toe, entity'
ir partial loss uf sight or hearing, piles, diarrhoea, rhenma:l?m,
or any other disability entitles yon. Widows, children,
or dependent parents entitled. 1'enslon procured .
irhero dlsctiargo Is lost. New discharges obtained. Honor.
ible discharges and pensions procured for deserters. Fenilons
INCREASED. Rejected claims successfully 991
prosecuted. Back pay and bounty collected^ EXPERT
in land cases, l'rompt attention given all kinds of govern.
. .i.t-. a (?*mn T.
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Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Rood. KSj
Use tn lime. Sold bydroifKlstu. (21
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Cr. LtiflEUV Ft!EMU MOUSTACHE VIGOR BH
Cmw. tV:.n f n'!ic ?irwthc?t face In 20 diyi or DH
r U "'"I"-}' tvfuii'M. Nc\T fii.'J. Scnton rrcriptofMl
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TT at their homes, in eity or country. and earn 80 to HH
512 per wri'Hc. makine good*tor our Kali and Winter
rii(l>-. Si'nd l.?p.fur k:im|i1<> and mrtii'tilars. lif'H?
iON Jir(i. CO., ?<>."> Sixth Av?>., Now York. HH
|T7"A>'TED?In each Connty, a lady (harliyther own Hfl
TI home) as Solo A^ent for the moet wonderful fcya 1^1
lemedy in the world. No capital or canvassing reuired.
Profits satisfactory. Address TOWNSfcND |^H
t CO.,_84_Na?*nu Street, Xew York.
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\ I'ictonal Hooka and Bibles. Prices reduced 33 per .,
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00 free. Address H.liALLETTiCo., Portland, Me.
1 Sure Cure for Epilepsy or Bits in 34 nours. KreeTo |H
L poor. Da. Kbpbx. aaAmnalst., S?. Lools, Mo.
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