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OTTAWA FREE TRADER,: SATURDAY. fll'XE
CHASED BY A LOG.
Experiences of tho Michigan River Driven.
lnv people have :my :iUu:ito idea
of the datiuers und tli"oiiiforit attend
iii1 tli3 lite f a "river driver." Fnu
lii'otitli.s if tin1 year, an I tlicsu diiriii
the raw Mini chilly .pr.n j. when ho is
working from d;i lint till dark in tin."
water, hin cIoiIhm are often wet and fro
(juetitly frozen for :i neck at :i time. 11
ho falls into tin- cold river in the. morn
injT, he imist keep on with hi work till
niht. Often tho heat of his bed fot
the riveni!:ms etiquette tenches him
that clothes are made to ho worn, not
hung on :i chair at nijjht - is only sulli
don't to thaw out tho garments without
drying them. 1 talked with ono of these
river drivers. Kvery bit. of information
was given grudgingly, though earnestly
and with candor, lie said:
I have ful owed the river every
nrin"- for twenty years and there are' ing general, who, upon examination of
' . - i . . .i . i.i i i I.. .
ini'Mitv tew streams in .uicnigan mai
I haven't gone to the bottom of.
"Dangerous business? Well, that.de
pends on what part of the job you are
working at. If you are the cook, there
ain't much danger, unless the boys find
pebbles in the beans, or mice in the
blackstrap. Hut if the crew are 'break
ing a jam' and the old man sets you to
hitching on' things are liable to bo
pretty lively. What is hitching on'
and a 'rolhvay':" Kvcr see a high bank
at a river? Well, lowers draw their
logs during the winter to tho highest
bank of a stream they can roach, and
roll them down it onto tho ice below,
piling them up by thousands and tens i
of thousands. In the spring these piles
of logs have got to Us loosened so that
they will float down tho river. That is
what is called 'breaking a jam.' Now
about 'hitching on.'
"Sometimes they 'break a jam' by
prying out the logs with oanUiooks and
sometimes they run a roue across the
river. A voke of oxen are 'hitched on'
to it, and it is thrown around a log. The
oxen are then started, and 'snake out
tho log. Why is that dangerous? It of
ten happens that one log is wedged in
such a shape that it holds from fifty to
a thousand others and to save time this
log must be hauled out first. Then if
the logger isn't minding his concerns
when the pile starts, the whole lot is on
to him in a iifl'v. Did I ever meet with :
anv accident? Yes: but the most serious .
accident 1 ever met with didn't turn out ,
verv b.adlv. We were 'breaking a jam' I
il 1 lm liiirlwst. rnlHrav nn thn ManUtci!
Hiv..r Then, wen. millions of Ws on
.1... i'.,i i it.iiui,
mu ..mi. .
work. I hadn t bad as m
I hadn t had as many turns of
..I. ......... Ii.. ll,.., .. I I. ),..,1 ,;.wr ..n.l
I called myself as limber a man as ever , "Let me have them a moment." ex- me not to talk about dress and here you
dodged a norwav. I was 'hitching on,' claimed Lady H. go-and that makes me think. 1 m go-
and after 1 had been at work a while She drew ttic tights nround her should- ing to dye that old gray cashmere terra
tho boss, who was giving orders from ers. Miss H. pinned them to her dress, colta and maae it with a .ong polon
across the river, sung out 'Do vou see and there at that moment was born the aise - '
that loose log up near the top? 1 looked inspiration of the jersey we all wear "And it we go to night we 11 lieai
up. The rollwav was about 1G0 feet and never tiro of. Ladv Ii.'s brougham about O Donovan Wa. lie s anothei
hUi, and there was a big log ten or lif- was called. She and Miss II. drove hero, as ma calls all these women s
teen feet from the top that appeared to hastily to the theatrical costiimer's, or- rights men.
je iUOm. dered another pair of tights as tho urn- "Is he from I.oston too?
"I started up over the lo"s with my ' terial could not be bought. Tho skirt "Oh, no. lie s the man that brought
peevy in my hands. Tho log" was about and train from Paris was used; not so over the P.artholdi staiue and t leopa
twentv feet long, and I shoved mv peevy tho corsage. Lady lJ.'s maid run it to- tra's needle.
into it to sort of .see how much work it pother -it was literally sewn on. and "W ht-re on eartli do yon jucii up st.
I III..IIII.1I1J Lilt II .l., I II.LtU 11.1.1 ilUll.1.1 .111.1
was o-oin" to bo to loosen it. I found
out, I tell vou. I no sooner touched her
tknn uiii st'.irti.il litii m flush of llirlitnlnir
down the rollwav. There was no chance
to run around the end of the log, and it
was too hi-rh to jump over, so the only
chance I had was to turn and give her a
foot-race. Wo were, as I s:mC, near 150
feet from tho brink. The river was and Miss II. perfected the jersey, and :ino mgner cuueaiiun inmi ma ami pui
about sixty feet wide, and was prettv wore it quite three months before any itics and dynamite talk from pa."
deep. That was in my favor, if I could one caught tho idea. Then a promin-i "Put you used to be always talking
only reach it. I didn t stop to calculate
chances or pick nice stepping places,
but I just made jumps for all I was
worth, and before I'd fairly light away
I'd oro ji.'iiin, ami vou bet 'that log was
rudit after me. 1 could fool the wind
from if unit it seemed i.verv liniof
struck that it was on to me. 1 don t be
lievo tnv he:irt beat, or that I breathed.'
o-oin" down that rolhvay. and 1 thought
".'"' ...... "
of every 'tear 1 bad been on and CVei'V
mean tiling I had over done. I kept
ahead all ri;ht until I got within ahout
twenty feet of the river, and then sho
l. t . ,i . I I
the blow came I Went likea cannon ball
liiu iiiiriv i .inn: k in it iiii; fc i .iiiii mi ii.hi
; , :.... i ... i i,
nub III IF inu I 1 l .lll'l ti tin. iii'in'iii.
, , e ., , .iii
I came un a dozen of the bovs srrablied
me and brought me ashon
. - .... .
I liey Had
been watching me from the other bank,
and when they saw me shoot out into
the stream they rushed into the water
to bring out what they thought would
be my corpse, l'ut I wasn't hurt a par
ticle. though it took some time to get
my 'bellus' into running shape again.
That log struck me on the hips and
threw mo fully fifty feel, and that was
what saved my life; for if 1 bad lauded
near the bank that log would have
crushed me."
"That was a close call!''
"Tolerable, tolerable." Correspond
ent Ihtroil Fnr yVt.s.t.
TIarr;:criy in Sis-i and Cobrs.
A frivolous young lady demanded a
voice with the rest of the family in the
selection of a new parlor carpet, writes
a correspondent of the Huston JI.nr'l.
"I don't care so much about the colors,"
said the girl, "nor whether we get a reg
ular carpet or a rug: and lilut of the
pattern may con-ur ot small 'lesigiw. it hut lie does not belong to a small eon
you liko. so' long as there are a few lig- tingcut and has to be put up with. The
ores of oblonir shape, and about -i ltii t
bv fourteen inches in size. I really 11111-t
insist on thtf dim.'U.-ions. r.nd I want the
outlines to bo distinct. Why am I par-j top of his cranium shine like a billianl
tieular about these points? simply be-! ball takes oil' all the profits. The high
cause my feet are ra'.her large. My i est degree of polish is attained by a ro
knowledge of art is stillicient to teach tary motion of the right hand wrapped
me that the eye judges of -ie bv com- in a towel while the left hand holds the
parisoti. If my foot is put out for view i victim steady, doing as'.eep in the bar
on or beside a figure in a carpet that is; ber's chair is the favorite habit of a;
smaller than ilseif. don't you see that it'opleetic individuals who are not afraid
shows for all its actual dinicn.-ions; bin of losing flesh or blood w hile the tonsor
if it rests on a distinct design of taree or ial artists scrape the soap oil' their faces,
four times its own area, it is apparently , They w ill nod until there is imminent
reduced. So our carpet m;M have a danger of a casual ear disappearing in
few big figures in itfor mv personal use. their blissful ignorance of their environ
As soon as you have made the selection, ! ment. and yet the papers have not rc
l will know by the colors how to make ! cently reported any cases of fat men
my purchases of hosiery for the season. ! getting their throats cut in respectable
The exactions of dress nowadays require ; barN'rs' shops. There may have been
harmony of hues. " , such eases that have escaped the vigil
The venerable senior and prosidin?
bishop of the American Episcopal
Church, Dr. Smith, may be said to have
been a citizen under every President ol
the United Slates. He was five years
old when deneral Washington dieA
F. J. Cheney & Co., proprietors Hull'
Catarrh Cure, oiler J'.iiO reward for any case
of eatarrli that tmi't le cured with linll'f
Catarrh Cure. Soli! hy all i!ru;:i:ist. tb)
How Oopp irbottom Got His Kitious.
The bloody Seventh Arkansas bat
talion, from llatesville. Ark., had never
lired a gun or missed :v meal tip to the
battle of Shiloh. Old Copper was
quartermaster and also commis-ai'y, and
had no dilViculty in drawing rations up
on almost any kind of requisition, unOl
wo were attached to (Jen. Stnit hens'
division, at Corinth, had struck an at
mosphere where it required considera
ble red tape to get anything. Old Cop
per was a plain, matter of fact man,
and went w ith his usual form of requisi
tion to draw commissaries from tho di
vision commissary. This dignitary re
fused to issue unless the paper was in
better language and form. Old Copper
at once repaired to the headquarters
and laid the case before the comniand-
the paper, ordered rations issued, but
was informed that no more rations would
be issued on liku miners, and suggested
that a proper form ami better language
.. . . V . .
be used in tuture, Midi us miglit be
r 1 ; r 1 I.. 1 :.. u .,.,..,
IOUIKI in loriii uoohs. aim in tu-roia
.. . i i i..! ....i i
(lictionarv. a couv 01 which uo auviieu ,
the old gentleman to secure. On the i
fr.ll.mmir dnv Old Conner received a '
note from (Jen. Smitheits, vcpicsting the .
l,,..iw,f ,. Kif..r. wlmniiinnii Cm, nor si'ut !
back the following note bv his cook:
neur'si
lonn of a sifter. 1 Hud by consultiiiK Webster's
'"'''''IC0""''.!''
wiiodoenuiy eookinifun.lsiitiii(f. I can recoin-
mend hlmusa troo.1 .siller, anil 1 hope no u ay
Ineiisn yon. nuuuiii yuu ul an mm- iu m.i. T t A . . . . -
oan of a sieve, which, ueconliinr to Wetister, Is our badge? It s too sweet black en
"anlmpleuuint uaoil in silting," 1 shall Ih-' Imp-1 amel crescent and a "old star In low.'
py to accommodate you. i'0";;;;;;,, j "Ma savs that we women should vote,
(Jen. S.nithons relumed the following nd ""'J' b3' hWr vlum can worn-
note by Green: ca P'"'1 frt',,",.!,l,l ''"'."T '5 V'.ke-
, , J, . ,,. . : "What yoke?" queried Nellie, muo-
1 hereliy return your sifter. Send mr tho , J 1
selvo. In future make out your requisitions t'l'nliv.
" S """sun nnTyoull
your rations,
(sitrneu)
(ien. Smithens.
I'fitiiimiiiilinu- lliviston.
- (macrema. vou know?), then ma says marked that he had expected to meet tho
How the "Jersey" Was Inventod. that would "be as lofty as guzzling beer ! proprietor, with whom he had an ap
One of the most charming and admir- till midnight, and then pa turns up his pomtnioiit to discuss ensilage.
,1 nt in London heinod invent the
"iersev." Her companion in invention is
'the wife of an Irish peer.
One day the
actress, Miss 11., witli Her maid called ;
imvladv (they are great friends)
carried with her a paiPof tights she
just bought to wear as "Rosalind"
As You Like It." Miss II. pulled
of the elastic, silk o-oods across
ui)ou
and c:
hud i
ill "As
nart of the elastic silk goods across
l.fi.lr R' bountiful arm andsaid: "Oh.
' : ... ,., '
it one coum ger. a corsage 10 iu iikc
tll.lt!
. . ,
never did costume excite so mucn au-
miration and curiosity as this symphony
iii otiiv velvet and satin, with the mar-
velously fitting corsage. No woman
knew how the corsage was gotten into.
There was no sight or even bint of fast-'
ening. No one thought of the elastic
silk material. Little by little Lady P..
cut Pond street milliner discovered lt.auoui an anu cunuie ami nine; now
and charged from thirty to fifty guineas; "Oh, that's oM. Ma says that was
for them. Mrs. Langtry was among
her lirst customers, but she did not wear
the jersey until long after Ladv P. and
Miss II. Load-on C'orrespoiHknrc ( 'hi' a-
nn .Y.7'S.
Men Under tho Eazor.
Of all the types seen in barbers' shops
1...I.1.. !." :.. i :.. ,i. ..... -i I
pioujioiy uie. man ina ihulj is mu musi
multitudinous. lie tears open t lie door,
glares wildly around the room at the
comfortably filled chairs, mutters a
gentle imprecation, and. with a despair-
in" .Iook;, tir !'ic!Sl'lf I"-11 ilU'.' thn ""'ildng into his mot hers m. "a man
. . i
"gain. Or, if be is not in quite so much
j. . ...
of a hurry, he hastily oxaminesthe stare
, . , ... . , . .r.
ni. vn en loieii liMTrriri litis jirrivcn in li ii
, . . 1 ... ..
tonsorial process, compares his time
with his plans, asks when his turn will
come as if he didn't know that would he
as soon as the chair was empty, and
finally, after tidgctinir around and mak
ing everybody miserable, he leaves the
shop just before "next!'' is called. The
thin-skinned man U a tender little body
and wants the barber lo be "O! so care
ful," and to play lightly over his cuticle
or he may break through. And the
barber selects a delicate weapon, jjoes
only "once over" his victim, and when
he swabs him with a towel drenched in
bay rum, the thin-skinned man starts
and shrinks like one w ho is dosed with
a strong hair tonic on a shampooed !
scalp. The Man-wit h-a-Tough Skin I
rarely deigns t reply to the inquiry:
"Does the razor siul vou Hi:
wants
to be shaved as close as Shyloek. "right
up t" the root-i. ' and h:s stubby beard
yields slowly to the best steel and with
disastrous effect upon its edure. Hois
dreaded by the most artistic shavers,
bald - headed man does nut eot an estab-
lishment much for hair oil. but the mus-
cular eneriry cxuetided in making the
ance of the reporters, but probabjv they
were few in number. A sK'cial l'rovi-
dence seems to wait on fat men in bar
ber's shops when they sleepily shake
their heads at the agile razor as it plays
nround their expansive countenances-.
X. Y. Tima.
Higher E.hinti.n.
"My dear girl." said one oung lady
to another on l-'ultou street, "will yon
go with mi" to-night and hear I'rofe.-sor
Stone lecture?"
"Who's he, and what will he l vtiiro
about?"'
"Oil! lie is lovely, a 1'osion 1:1:111 and
is going to lecture on the 'Higher l'.du
calion of Women. ' Ma sa s jt u iil bo
very instructive and pa .-ays it's only
for "a hit of old .-hrieker-., and when pa
and ma talk like that I know it's some
thing worth hearing."
"Is it about that awful Towkshury?"
"Oh! my, no, it's about Columbia
College, and ma says ''
"How nice," interrupted the other.
"Wonder if he'll sing any cla-s songs?
Cousin Ned is a Columbia' bo . and la-it
vacation he sang nine funny s ings.
Did you ever hear this:
I wish 1 w ore a liit-io-;:;-:i-mn-e,
I wouM swim the lir- in! l:ii(t.ruU'S nul -.it
KIM.
It's too cute for anything; an 1 then
there was one beginning --"
"No, no, dear,'- said tho inl.-ll.'otiial
youn'1- ladv: "'tis n bout admitting young
ladies into tins college, .ua a s
..HM... I......... ..... !. ...... C.iiK'11
ladies into thi
" . P11""11 " " v
V.i, 1 t.l.l mo )! :iloiit the 'iitertaill"
-
,,,.! bow t Wv ihmeei miii ur ei .
"" "-" . . . ' :
till this at the college, and tins .Mr.
Stone pretends that no women ha ve cvet
been admitted."
"Hut, Nellie dear, ho lm-aus the
ad-
quitting of women into tho college as
"Oh. that! well, thank my stars!
! i'vtJ ,rridirited and don't want to ever
luvn-of l,ol.s nrr.,!,,. It makes mv lu.'ad
aehe now cram, cram, cram; but my
w,w lUV(1Vi Di( 0Vt.r s!luu-
vou
, Jll! ,Ion 1 Know; tney arc a, a s
i o
and pa says if ma had her way men
..1.1 1... I. ....., -7,i !.',., fc tn tw-iiwi
nose and ma erics, and 1 don t Hear any
more anoui morgan m 01 m-nei ran
cation that night."
Socaking of yokes, Mamie, reminds
me of thatlovcly Mother Hubbard g-wn.
The yoke was Irish point and trimmed ,
-"
"Oh, Xolli, please don't mention:
dresses now. Ma says that we are on i
dresses now
the eve of a mighty upheaval : that worn -
i
i n-...-,...... ...
on, .wamie, you gutuv imug, leuuig
""i '" .nnn . -n ii.
bending an admiring glance
friend's new hat.
on hoi
"lull, one can t neip listening, sam
Mamie, with a superior smile, "and ma
is always talking and pa can hold his
own, so I get the benelit of all then
'conversations. I get all the religion,
"rsi a passing lancy, oui ims iiigaor eu
juration lsihe thmg now. n m you go
to-night?'1
"Would love to, but am going to the
Opera With CoilSUl Ned. (rood by, dear;
I tell your ma I'm coming to see hoi
soon,
ind the young ladies separated,
each impressed with the idea she had
,t ..-..i',i..i.i., i .
kjh-ih .i i. h"iii.i.ih; nan num.
Brooklyn t.njw.
Eow Johnny Broke tho New.,
'Oh! ma, ma," shrieked Johnny,
down the street knocked pa out withj
an
II-
umbrella and br
thr
ei; ruis.
"What! Three ribs? What will be-
come of us. Oh. my son, your poor
'father will die. Here. John,' run down
to Dr. IJlank's and toll him to cuiiie up !
immediately with bandages and all those I
tilings. Mary, tell .James to bring the
carriage immediately. Dear (leorge, j
three ribs broken. hny he must stiller.
It's awful. Thank Heaven, there's the
carriage now. Doctor coming soon, I
.iohti.J 1 hat s giin I. 1 :u go::ig to get
our lather. inod bye!"
What's the matter with 111:14'" said
John, as his mo' her drove oil". ".Seems
j kinder worried,
ho Millie's and
(iibt-s I'll run across
dp biiu t- dvuainite
that cat
In tie
Su Ionu'!
i!!"": ri whi.'i
is di Mraeted iiio:h-
or was ha-t
tiing to in r ! 1 : -1 land's oDii'e,
w;iv n !i t
l.er sitrpri-" si1(. fumid
l. l.d-'.'ue.s as u-'ual, and
vriiie."
iiini :ttend:nj
as !ie:v
as
"Whv. ( ieorge." -aii
I
"I tliougiit
hit ru" with
ely 1 got it
did much
Throe rilis
;al!: d.ir-
i;.:e to .-..(
wen;, and
d that he
y'lii were hurt :'
'Hurt ? My, no. A crank
his uiniiiei!.'!
away fr-in
da!!!.'! ge. See
broke why.
ling'.'"
"X'.'ii'ng.
bur
:i;n
the
i;::l
f.
ri una'
l'e hi
it D.
I'm going I
John." v
a-; all she .-aid. S!:
Joimnv re
was "sawn
larki'd atterv.:
A case of interest to freij.u'riPTs of
restaurants, that is to say. t 1 even ! efv,
recently rami' before a London magis
trate, who decided that I ho plaintilt
could not recover the value .f a hat
which he had placed on the rack, and
which wa- mis-ing when he had finish
ed his dinner. The court declared that
it was no part of the business of a restaurant-keeper
to lo k after the haUs of
Lis cu-ti 'tilers.
A Ran 00 Drag Store.
S'ever wm tueh a rush made tor any Drui;
Store as n now at O. Gehrlng' for a Trial
Bottle of Dr. Kiac'a New Dlreovery for Cot;
cnroptiOD, Couch and Cold. All person
affected with Asthma, Bronchitis, llon-i-i-ne,
Severe Cougbt, or an; atTertlun of n
Throat and Ludk, ran fret a Trial ISottie if
tbu great remedy lru, b rallluj: at t)Vi
Drugstore. Regular 'ie 1 00. t.S.
I'llCS
i'.:i tir iVrijiieiitO I 11 i-ei!eil bv a nense el
'-'iYt In br luick, li.ii.s, kihI lower pii! ol
. ,1! ill Uli II, r.iunill; till' pallrlll to Mi.iii.sv
lit.-, yun:- litliTthiu u( tin' ki(lili') or I i-liili.
1 nu; nr .uiis. At linn's, S) lliituili ef Itidl-
. Minn a:i: prei-ont, us ll.tuli nr, tnii..siiirVti
f iln' fiimiai li, etc. A niointuri-, like er
i ii.i'.inii, i.mUiu-Iki; 4 vriy i!lsa;.rrrablt' itch
iii', uiitii'ii!arly ut niu'lit lifter iictlini; urni
11 lu ll, i a Very cniiimoii nttel il.int Inter
ut, i xti'nial inai itcliiiu; jiile icld at mice
1 U. e utipliratiim of Pr. lli)f.inko' l'ile fit-m-.
ily, which acts directly iiod the parts iitVert-.
i, iibsorhini; the tumor, ultay intr tilt! iu.
reuse Itclihi, and I'll'ertlntr u pcniiaticnt
cure where other remedies have failed. Do
"'. !elay until the drain upon the system
produces ermnnent disability, but try it und
!io cuied. Trice, SO cents. Sold by G.
(iehrlii;;.
ruo Arncultuol Hdil-t,
Dyke Forte-cue rambled into tho of-
I tioe of a rural iiewp:t;i.'r published in
i the interest of asmallclassof rural read
ers, and named 'l'k: l-'iiruu '.s' 1'rknd
itml CuHiciitoi's' i;ntuiiiion. Dyke was
fresh frmn Denver, where !io had been
doing local work on a daily. Ho waul
ed a situation he wanted it badly, and
lu-soon closed a bargain wilhtho pro
prietor of Tlic 1'ttrini r.s' t'rii ii'l tiiul
ddtii'iiliir's Chitmiioii. The proprie
tor intended to he absent for two
,,w .,,i,l I )v
eekS .tUtl 1N
undertook to hold tho
journal's head steadily up stream until
his return.
"Vou will receive some visitors quite
likely," said the proprietor. "Entertain
'cm. Kntertaiu 'em in a manner which
will rellect credit on tho paper. They
! will want to talk stork, fanning, horti-
! culture, etc., to on. dive it to cm
! strong."
ityke nowed, nouowoa a Halt dollar,
got a clean shave, a glass of beer, and
soon returned to face the music and edit The custom prevails to a considerable
the first agricultural journal with which extent, and is reprehensible iu the c
he had ever been connected. t rente. Merchants resort to it often-
"1 can feel that, with my journalistic times to get rid of the salesman, and
experience, it ill be just fun to run an i while there mi'Tht be some excuse for
agricultural paper," said Dyke to him-
If.
At two o'clock p. m. the lirst visitor
showed up at the door of the olliee,
ami Dyke cordially invited hint inside.
The farmer entered hesitatingly and re-
.. u m uuaigo 01 uie journal, haiu
Dyke.
: Jnre. iv c i, you seem to nave
preuy eieau oiuee nere.
repiie. Dyke, "but al.outt
ensilage. l.nsilage is a pretty g,
S , ,
;;BifeJ. exclaimed the farmer, "w
.
Put about this
tod
hy
; . 1 mean its a sure crop
something
that vou can re v-"
..,.,.,.' ivi,v u n "
v ...r. ..... ... ....
"les.ves, i Know it isn t a crop, said
Dyke perspiring until his collar began to
melt aw::y down the back of his neck,
"butyoii can do better and cleaner work
with a good sharp ensilage on stubby
ground, than -"
"Take it for a sulky plow, do you?"
"No, no," said Dyke. You don't
seem to understand me. Now, if a
fanner builds an ensilage on low ground
"l'li.'Ms an ensilage! You seem to have
got the thing mixed up with some kind
of a granary."
"IMiaw. no," continued Dyke. "I
nui- t make myself plainer. You see
'this ensilage properlv mixed with one
, t';" " - ; v..,, ,.i..o
, l'";"' " aiuiinonv, uith the addiHon of
! ji "an and an nark and the whole
! Unvoted with chlonde of hme . makes
; VP dressing for strawberry beds wlueh
"Why, ensilage isn't no manure."
"No. certainly not," said Dyke. "I
ktn.w it is nut often used in that way.
Vou don't catch my drift. When I
said top dressing I meant turkey dress
ing stiilliiig. vui know -for 'Thanks
giving" "tii'eat Ib aveus, man! Mnsil.ige isn't
a human food!"
"No. not a human food osaeti v,
"said
ji"'"1'
11
::'i'iini:iig like an alms bouse
ti t a food at all, in the true
w.ii'.l. Mv plan has always
- tin1 ho;' witii a trace
.ii;"r iiiunitrg ii' ear back
in, oi
). t
iiaia ;
,Wli
: til
r
n, jisit the ensilage iii
ii. I air of tneeers."
h:s nose w .i .1 :
Mv g.nd laud
!.i ritiLj lion's.'
I never believ
You don't, useensil-
n va-lf that it siiuiild
iiseil fur (hat purpo
'Ut W.li'll ou
.vunt. to r.ng hens, or young eaivcs to
:' -p ' hem i'i'iiu; .- ;!;. ing
Ti.e ''..r.'U'T ;:'!'. u e!y -.huok his head,
"lid '.nil ('.! try eii-iiage on the
ire. I ;.'iri." said D m- ilespi-ratel v, and
.liking like a
Tin1 farmer
iliie e i li'iiee
bat at I 1 :.'io a. 111.
slowly aro-ie :unl with
.f rheum. it ie tw inges in
I.i legs.
"Vou::.; m
'Viii :, :i 1 )-,
na.'"
In
1
-in
lll'll v,
aui't
J e -, ret. I
.1 1
Dvi:
!r
ing ! :e,. s
the farmer,
igiaud, sad
1 ;i.:;d x.ail
l eia'alii the t r j 1 glances .,
"!u my atiee-tral halls in V
eved r -iaincr; wearil'.' w.
for my return."
"(io home, young man. go le.nie to
your feudal castle, and while on 101r
way across the rolling deep, muse mi
the fact that en-ilage is simpiy canned
food for live slock - put up cpr's -iv
for family 11-0 in a -ilo, which is tiiitii-
mg les than an air-tight pit
corn .-talk-, gra--'. millet. cov,-r. a
.ere
,- 1
fa mrl otuer green truei. 1 ;
for winter u-e, as green ami
the sub-editor of 'II, t'ltrm- '.
ni'.'l i'irir-:''ir.i' '!: '(.."
Aed Dyke 1'iirie-ciie s';.,
marked to himself: 'flier,
blamed much fun in r 1 1 1 1 r 1 i 1 ; g
cultural paper as 1 thought.
'l'Vi'il
daut a
'Vo (
tiin't
:in :in-'-
- '' .fit
'j'
Piss ca l tl:; S -a3o:;s.
"I'upiii.'ir tn-ti for pi.'s," tho 111:1:1
Hi'i' ''f t!u'h!'. -t iii'-li:ikiti rstuhlisli
itii'iit in tin' Mnrlil srii'l. rliani's with
tllll SrllSiUls. 'I'lllTI! is OIIO Sloilil Vst't!!'!-
hy. Tl::it is tijiplu pio. The il.'intinil
f, ir it is iloiih!.: tiiut fur tiny other kind
tin- uar tiiro'i-'h. Hut. oiitsido of that
tlo'V ruti ti'.uu' in this way: In Deccm
h.T, J:iii'.i:iry tui'l l'.:liru!irv, initico jio
cunies to ti: front, and rum a jjood sor
ond to . j i I'- Just about tho holidays
it lak. f tho lead just for spurt, as, for
instance, on the dav before last Chri.st
mas. when w usoj ten tons of niinco
BiPtit in pics in thi; ono day. In March,
April and May, peojilo want custard and
rhubarb, h hich coino next to apple, both
together amounting to about as much tu
the apple in the aggregate supply. In
Juno, July and Aliens!, whortleberry,
blackberry and strawberry pies are
largely in demand, and strawberry
shortcake, which is a sort of pie, is no
small item. In September. October and
November, tin ripened fullness of the
year, the public talo yearns for pump
kin, and there is al-o a pretty good run
on peach. Of cour.-e, ou understand,
we make all these pies and a good many
more varieties, such as Union, plum,
coeoanut and pine-apple, all the year
round. The u-e of the best canned
fruit enables us to keep up the supply
of any required sort, irrespective of tho
season. .Iut about now we average
loo. ono pies a week. Of that number
one-quartoi' are apple. Of the others
there are a'ootit equal quantities m:leof
caeh kind that I have mentioned.
"To give you some idea of tho quan
tity thus disposed of, I may say at the
present time we use in pie-making an
average in each day of four hogsheads
j if New Orleans sugar. l.unO quarts of
milk. 8 barrels of eggs (7" doen in a
barrel). -.() J pounds of lard, -.") bar
rels f flour, and an average of .PJU
worth of apple-, liguring on their pres
ent price." --.Y. '. Sun.
l-.n
,11 .VI II I, I u t v.
1 :.. j i en li medicii ivnader nl 11. e world.
Vu-1 .1 1. 1 d to speedily etlie biui.s, bruites,
i-i.'.s, ulceus, salt rheum, fever sores, cancers,
piles, el.ilblaitis, corns, tetter, chipped
hands, and all skin eruptions, (,'uaranteeil to
cure in every instance., or money refunded.
-.1 cents per box. For sale by 0. Geurlng.
Countermaniliii Orders.
Traveling men justly complain of a
nabit some merchants have of giving
orders and then before! tune is given to
ti 1 1 them, sendine- in a countermand
such a display of tender-heartedness, it
would be in much better faith to be
manly and square about it, and say
straight up and down that they do not
wanrtho goods. It puts a travelling
man in a bad light with his house to
have un order countermanded: it pre
vents him from seeing other trade
when he receives an order front one
man, and in every way disarranges that
business system and confidence which
is necessary in every commercial trans
action. A merchant gives one man his
j v,vdcr, and when ho is gone another trav
eling man comes in, and because of
friendship or acquaintance, ho coun
termands his order and gives it to the
"last comer. This is the plan, and a
worse one could scarcely be adopted if
a merchant desires to maintain a square
reputation. If his heart is too big to
refuse a man an order, lie should figure
on how many friends ho has and divide
up his orders iu lots to suit all comers.
In this way he will at least keep him
self unspotted. There are thousands of
li'.'.le things, and big ones, which go to
make a traveling man's lot not a happy
one, syid when buyers can, with all
credit to themselves", make life happier
for the wanderer, we cannot see why he
doesn't do it. Nor s the merchant all
to blame. There are traveling men who
are willing to get an order by taking it
from a fellow traveler who has already
secured it, and this is even worse than
tho merchant's case, for it sinks very
nearly to tho plain of dishonesty. We
want the blame to rest where the broad
est, foundation is, and while weeondeinn
;hu merchant for such practices, we
have a double condemnation for the
traveler who will accept the reward re
sulting from them. - 1'inciiitfit.i Drum
mer. Well IteuHrdfil .
A liberal renrd 111 lie jeinl tnmii ;i:o''
who will product) a cace of l.ivcr, KldV. ;,
Stoiiiaeh eoniplnint tlint Kleetrie l! n. r-vii
not h.t:i-ilily euro. Urini: tliem iiluiic, ii i:
cost you iiothhiir for tho in.-dicine it it 'ii:
to cure, mid you will lie well ic-viir l. .1 f,.
voir trouble, IichIiIcs. All IIIuikI dir.. . 11 -liiliiilisncss,
Jiuindiee, (':instip:it:oii, :ir,i! :." i.
ci'ik! iteliility tire quirkly cured, s e -f o..,
iruiirantei d or tnmicy refunded. I '1 i -. i.i li
lift)' cents per buttle. I'nr sulc b li Ii. l.ro .
I " 1
" "KIDNEY & LIVER DISEASE.
Stilwell's SDecific
ItltKS
MALARIA.
i iti:s
COflSTIPaTIGa.
Si
in
(I KI s
RHEUMATISM.
k J.ei
Iiruf.-i-t tur il mi I '
1 11 II IT! I
li- .-r f4 :
I'll -..-ii. ut.. '.f Hie iii'f
- -'. t.i i. n tii k. ii I . 1 I"'
...I i. tun .1 i. it ..r'.-.-i i
. il'A ;'..
f : r.i ,,. r l...tt:.
r ..',-i-ii. ...... ,.t .,.1 Pr:;,..
ll If I
... l . I -
:m - 30 - 30 3u
'in '
: to I'llin f..r j". i : :i Ii i
smmL's pills
I'.e t ;..Tfrt I lv- IT.- ''. I' " -!.
'In-Ill. V" r'. jmt l ull -. I ,. ..'!.'. me ...
-!, .;..- nml mu ill; in trios I ..'!.. !. I. i I ur -.
l.;ll :l il- ".'. limy '-J T. i-u
HUiSAI.H A I' (.KIIUI N'.'S iilit O sto
i . I 1
DR. J. B. WALKER
Oculist & Aurist,
Wio l.n pwit'nt In ' ':'5' ttnc 1-S.
n.y oe enntalt.-d
AT Til K CLIIlli itOTKI., OTTAWA,
ob the flrnt Situr.'.'iy ewli motitli.
iu foll..:
Satvirslrey Inn. lHHtl
-r.atunlHy !'!.. :t, ll"H
Smunlny Miir. :i. 1 H.":i
SJntuntny Apr. T, l:i
Slatnriiity Mny r. P"'l
sturlv Inn-'-?. lHt:i
At all other time (ulkldi tLr" .mlT p!c lie iit
protrmlooaitr ) be maj be fuand In Cti.v4u.
orrica AHD DISrSSSAET
S& f asbinstoi St.. N. W. iw. resrtprr .
'Was
lout, but U found."
UXDEtt datoof July 0, 18s2, Mr. K. II. Ilaiuuv,
of Windsor Lock, Conn., writes a ji'ain, unsl -:et
narrative, which, from Its very oiiunlieiiv, I .i.itho
true ring of lino yild. II j c:iva :
'My futhi r is u-.inj Hunt' lbaai ily and wcais
to bo Iuiiiov!n(.', In fiic'i, ho is very nmeli letter
than ho lias been for a lung time. 1!" fia.l bt-cn
tapped threu tinn s. T'.io ilrJt timo Uioy gut,
from hint sixteen quarts of water, t!u Heuoud
tliiiD thirtii'ii quarts, and fully as iini'''i moro
tho third timo, nnd ho would constantly IU'
up ai;ain i-very timo nftor ho had bcea tapped,
until ho onmioni'od usin Hunt's Itriiiody,
which ai'ti d liko m:i;;U' in his c tso, aa ho
bikini to hnprovo at oni'i', and now hia watery
noi'Uinu'.atiou passes away tliiouyh the iieerotiong
naturally, and ho has none, of thai mvellin or
tilling nji which was so frequent bofure the func
tions of the kidneys v.vro renturod by tins uso of
Hunt's Remedy. Ho is a wi ll-known citizen cf
this piaee, and has always been in buiiu. tshero."
Arfiiiii he wrib s, Nov. "7, lsl,
" I he;; nm-t clioi rfully and trutiifal'y to state,
In regard to limit's llenieiiy, that its uso was tho
savin;,' nf my f cIut's life. I spoke to you in my
previous letter in regard luliilieingtapiK'dthreo
times. It is tho most remarkable case that has
ever been heard cf iu this stelion. Tor a hiau of
hi- !;;. ;ixl years) it is n nii.st reinai liable cure,
lie Ii id Is en u:i:il le to atteihl to 1..S Imsines
1:1 i:e th.ti. a year, and w;;s given up t'J' tho doo-
" Tlie (h' t buttle of Hunt's Ken.cily that ha
used .ve instant relief, llohasuscd in ail seven
I.h! tb s, and continues to use it whenever ho feels
,!rewy .it- shejish, audit nlTords Instant relief,
lie ;s now attending to his regular business, and
! is b mi sev. ral months. lam perfictly willing
ill, it j.ei shmld publish this letter, us we thor
oughly believe that father's life was saved by
nsln Hunt's Itemed)' ; and these fact.' given
alu vo may be a benefit to others suffering iu like
manner from diseases or inaction of the Kidnojs
and liver."
The Ihul m il Worthless
Are never iinil'ilnl r counli-rfi itnl This is es
l "i u': true of n family mcdii inc. and it is
,. .i oe iniiiif i h it r. tho remedy imitutnl is oJ
1 I l.i-t value. As oon us .t had bee
t -no iinl pi'nvtd by the whole World that
I! e ililiris wns the putest, tiest and m06t
sin ii.le f .i tn i I v inidieini- on earth, ninny lru
-its t-ir:itii; up and liegHti to steal the
i .I -in i. l:n li the puss and tbu people ol
' i . ivtM bad evpressed the merits cf 11.
!1 , Tel in . verv way I r i ti ir to Induce sutler
: l a d'.ls to use their stuff Instead, ex
pii'iiv.' t ) inatio iimuvy on the credit and
i . i. i i nine ;.f II It Slnny others stinted
t . 'i it- put up Iu niini'ar stvle to II H.,
web " ii tisty (levi.-i d mimes in which the
..! M.ip' in lli'ps" were usei! in a way
i . i ! ie. i.-opb- to bilii vf they were the
II p li tters All such pretended
i i 0 i s it . ires, no mutter whntttieir style
! m, ii oil "i-p'Tinilv those with itie
' II ii ii' 'lliiiis ii. theit name or in
i . i in.1,1 en il w ith them or their name,
:.' i hi or r oii'itciteits. Itcwnre ot
- 1' in b imiie of tbi tu l.'te nothing
' ' i" i.i i"e I!. -ii Hittcis. witti a bunch or
'" ' .' Hi'i Hops on Hit while label.
' 1 ' i in:' rlsi. llniuists and dealer!!
i. " 'iro. d Htiinst iii uliii In imitations or
eii.rcellri's.
GRAY'S SPEOIPIO MEDICINE.
TRADE MARK TheUreat Eiik TRADE MARK
iiini iienienv. All
lilifnl'.lKg I'UltK
fur 8 e 111 1 u 11 1
WeukHnwi, Hjicr
ninlurrlieu, fin
piiteney. nml nil
IllReiuo Unit fill.
lew nn HMeqnenee
nrseir-rtlilise; us
bmH of Meinurv.
riilvemul Iju.i.1-
BEFORE T A 1 1 M 0. i ; k . 1 "it,, .V.s s . , , A. F f R TAKIIO.
Vlflnii. Preiimlure Olil Ace. itml mini) eiin r 1ii,.i
tint leiul to Infinity or t'uiituii'i'U n; :uel 11 !'n :in'.ojrt'
limve.
I r" Kull piirlleiilurs In i.ur ii.ii..lii. t. '. '.i v e ,1"
vlre fimenit free l.y Il'.iiU tii.'ViT n, --. II' ' ' i -...rlrti
Meilli'lne Iii milil Ii nil ilruvkli-ii. ul l .1 s . ; . : .
fclr. ( nek meii f"l f. ur u ill I-.- -.. tii lr-f 1. .';.,, 1.1, r.
celit of U.e iittin-, tiv iitilr.-.-li-e
I II R 111; W Ml 011 I i-. i n ,' i. ...',. .
On nei-ii-iiit 1 if mi n 1 i. i'-. ,.!' 1 "1 1 .' iYe.
I.IW WniilT. Uie !.! .'.-li lili. I.I ;.t. ler
IwrnH !)' i. lielirli.K. Ar- iii. o i.-.i:'. , ,
...!.. I.. .1...
How Lost Him Restored !
,fiifT ntiMNhH. t new edition (if l"r. C'lilvr-
viI1m fUlirutiM I-Imhuv "n the rtilititivr6
l' Sl'KHMA loitlilKKA IT H'KilhilJ WfltklU'M, IllTtIlin-
I 1 try M-mUiul NifMi , 1 m i-k r st v, Mfhtii. nml I'liyt'IfjU
! liii n i.'u i ly , !uiM'i!!nM'iti Miirrliuri'. vtr. . nm, tYN-
J'MI'TM'N, Kl'H.KI".Y nitil Ki. , uitlut'cil ty MMMiului
i;t'jii c ur m'X u:il ell) HVitifiinri', Ac
11." ci l r:ticl Hiiihiir, in Hi :i'lm1rrt'n.p vu r!ar-
v .'cilPlutrN'n lY'dll ii thll Iv f;n V fiirrr..tul HHi'tlttt,
'.'.ut tin' ultirniliiK rufirTtjiU'iirci nf wif-abtiw iuay le
1 t'.Hr;i!y cur ! ; putnTini, mit n hhk1 oi run t onve
j 'iiiipli', cerium til' t unl. Iy ineHiii of which evory
mtleriT, nn nnitNT wtmt 1 1 1 14 conlitlon tuny !k may
j iin' h l iti Mi I f rhi'fty, pnvuti-ly nut! tiiitU aittf.
i'if7a lecture hu!l le 111 th tiuinU of lVCn
y Mil h nml t'vpry nmii in th' land.
Si'iit, iiinler Heal, In a pluln rnvi'lnpn, to (iny fcldrfr,
lvt ftltl, on rfctlt uf nix cent or two potft
Hiiiinpn, AMren
THE OULVERWELL MEDICAL 00..
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