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SN0W.B0U5JD IN A CAB. The Dilemma of a Brlde-Expaetant. Letter to Philadelphia Times. I don't mind telling you about an inci dent connected with one of those snow blockades. I didn't think much of it at tho time, but I've since thought it worth re membering. One day I found myself at Smetport, the county seat of McKean court- ?he -, Penn., waiting for a train to Bradford, only train I could get was on the Brad ford, Bordell and Kinzua railroad, and as business was 30inewhat pressing, I had to §oursItwhed o. ha been snowing steadily for some I went to the station late in the afternoon, and I had fears that the train might not pet through to Bradford before morning, for the road runs through a mountain forest all the way and there are some pretty steep grades a few miles out. Well, as I couldn't do any better, I deter mined to run the risk. There ware only a few passengers, all of them oil men but one, and that one young lady. She sat alone in the ladies car, for the men wanted to smoke and so kept themselves in tke smoker. There were ocly two passenger cars, a baggage car and an engine in the whole train, for you see a narrow-gauge engine can't drap very many cars up the side of a mountain. Well, down in the valley, where the road was level, we made good headway, but as soon as we got into the woods find struck the first grade we crept alone like a snail. It began to snow harder than ever, and snoh snow I never saw before. It came down in flakes as large as an egg and as soft as feathers—iust tho kind of snow to stick and block things. I was beginning to wish I hadn't started when 1 felt the train some to a standstill. The railroad men be gan to swe ir and the engineer tried to go ahead. The train jerked and jostled, and dragged itself a hundred yards up the grade, and came to a standstill. The trainmen and the oilmen held a council aad decided to run back to Sinethport, but that was easier talked about than accomplished. The rear car hadn't been backed three hundred feet before it ran off the track, and there they were. We couldn't go ahead and we couldn't go back. We couldn't telegraph for help, because we hadn't an instrument. And even if we had the wires were already broken with the weight of snow and falling limbs of tree*. By the time we came to a standstill for good it was pitch dark and snowing as though all Greenland had moved down on us. There was nothing to do but sit down and wait for morning. We pulled up the seats and made beds of them and were about to make ourselves comfortable for the night when "Judge" Ccwan, a drill er, jumped up with a half yell. "Well," siid he, "we're selfish wretches—going to bed here and never once thinking of the woman alone in tho ofher car." With that he bolts through the door and goes into the ther car. The young lady was in there in the dark, the trainmen even having forgot ten to light tho lamps. The minute the Judge comes through the door she calls out, "How long before the train will get to Brad ford, conductor?" "Madame," says he, "I'm not the conductor, and I came in to say that we're stuck fast in the snow, and will have to stay here all night and perhaps longer." With that she gives a little gasp of disappointment, and probably had a lit tle cry all to herself while the Judge lighted the lamps. You see, she had come all the way from some eastern city—Philadelphia, I think—to meet her lover, and bv the de lay of the snow oiockade she might miss her wedding day. When tho truth was known the boys were sorry enough, and would have done anything in their power to help her out of the difficulty, but what sould a handful of men do against a mount ain of snow? After her first disappointment the young lady was brave enough and was not at all afraid ef staying in the car all night, pro vided there was a fire, so that she could keep warm. The judge said he guessed he could fix things up comfortable, and went to work making a bed out of the seat cush ions and three or four overcoat3 borrowed from the men. By the time he got things in shape he had learned that her lover was an old friend of hin. From that minute the judge took her under his own special protection and relieved the conductor of the responsibility of her Bare arrival in Bradford. He made the rest cf the men go to bed an3 sleep, while he sat up all night tending the fires and keeping watch over his new-found charge. The night wasn't very cold, but the wav it did snow Was a wonder. Before morning the cars Were half covered under, and bv daylight one side of the train was out of sight. You see, we were in a fix, with no hopes of get ting out. Along toward nine o'clock in the morn ing the young lady woke up and asked how soon the train would get through, and the judge, who had made a careful survey of the surroundings every half hour since the night before, answered in a good-natured way that the train might be delayed a week for all he could see at that time. Would you believe me? if that woman didn't al most burst out crying! But she was as brave as a man the next minute, and she even smiled when the judge proposed to go and hunt for something in tho wav of breakfast. It wasn't much of breakfast but it was the best the train could afford! A box cf biscuits was found in the bagga»e car, along with a barrel of apples. Every box and barrel in the car was broken open but not another eatable thing could be found. We had an elaborate bill affare that day-apples and biscuit for breakfast biscuit and apples for dinner, while for sup per we had baked apples and toasted bis cuit. It snowed all day and nobodv left the cars. At night the judge appointed a relay of men to keep tho fires going and to guage the weather every half hour, he taking thefirst watch. During the night it stop ped snowing, and, truly, it was high time, for it seemed as though the whole stock of snow had been exhausted. In the morning we had a sumptuous breakfast of apples and biscuit. The more impatient of the men seeing that the snow had ceased falling made an endeavor to beat a path up the track, but they might as well have staved in the cars. In the afternoon they tried again, and, the snow being somewhat set tled, they succeeded in getting some little distance from the train. You, being a city man, would naturally ask why we didn't get out and walk back to bmethport, but when I tell you the snow was neck high to a tall man and as soft as feathers you will not wonder that we were helpless. We could do nothing but eo back to our fires and baked apples for the third night. The men sat up half the night in their car discussing a way of escape, btranger, I am proud to say that not a sin gle man thought of himself it was all for the young lady. Wo could see that she took-the imprisonment and the delay verv much to heart, although she never uttered a word of complaint. It was mighty hard to think of her shut up therein a snow bank when she should be attending her own wedding, and the boys felt nearly as bad about it as she did. In the morning the Judge made the im portant discovery that the provisions had S Znt\ in a a men, we had made short work of the apples and the bis W 1-J5?*8 wa 8 fo break-e fast and dinner« for the young lady Th hunS*y whon this became known. It is amusing to think of the mel S ^e W wandered ba??a«e C{«. Paving into every E 5an8a,ckln? the boxes and overhaul! ing the barrels. It wasn't atall funny then but was a thing of remarkable seriousness' By dinner time, the men declared them. selves half starved, but there was nothing S as on W out at the blacknes* of thePsnown and trying to beat a path away from the train. Night tomgty to bed. There were the most discordant grumblings S 6 a «™gecame aid said that the voung lady had eaten the kst toW biscuit for ganper, and then they forgot O W E W S«T «IMu g611'"*® Pity for her. 1 deep, and party neverwilawoke «ntil the cold gray dawn was creeping in through the car windows. The judge was but no trace of him could be seen. There were no tracks leading away from the train, SnJS6. fi l6*8011 drifting snow fcEfS'S? W a SaToSfain everything ft uttb«J«dgehadgone-tSat was oertain. One of the railroad men ven S S 7 at he «de S 2 2 "-J?. S R*en the a b-ckS S S S "Pealed his B&ESfr'j£*i?wZ dumpedintothe •now head first by the oil men so quick that he didn't know what had happened. *uL the young lady felt shut forenoon, but I know she must have been terribly hungry. The men Were be ginning to get weak from lack of food, and almost certain starvation stared the party in the /ace. Hunger isn't* pleasant thing. I never want to feel it as I felt it at that time. The snow, as bright and beautiful as it was, became hateful to look upon. There was no breakfast on that third day and no dinner, and when tho shadows of the fourth night began to fall there was no supper. The coal was almost gone. Another day would leave us without tire. There had been no sign of the judge all day, and although the men felt that he had gone for help, yet they began to fear that he had never reached Smethport. Every one was downhearted and ready to rush off into the snow in the hope of forcing a way out of the horrible place. The young lady never once flinched, and although her face bore plainly the traces of hunger, yet she spoke not a word of complaint. The men were in their most despondent mood, when all at once the judge tumbled through the door with some thing in his hand. It was a rabbit. How he caught it no one knew, for he was half fainting from hunger and benumbed by the cold. The toys soon had him warmed, when he told his story. He had snuggled through the snow all day and had by rare good fortune caught the rabbit, The men soon had the animal skinned and nicely roasted, and the judge himself carried it tb the young lady. She would take only her snare, however, and insisted that the meat, scarce as it was, should be fairly divided among the party. In the afternoon of the next day a gang of railroad workmen, armed with shovels, and reinforced by four locomotives, a snow plough, and a passenger car, worked a path down the grade and came upon our engine and tram. There was no sign of life about the cars, and the rescuing party that had started out from Bradford early in the morning of the second day of the storm, working toward us night and day, thought that ttie relief had come too late. But the snow-bound prisoners were aUve, and the very first man to rush into tho rear car of our train was the young lady's lover. It would be useless for me to attempt a des cription of the meeting, for the yoang lady just threw her arms about his neck and cried for very joy. When he led her ont of her prison and carried her in his arms to the passenger car of the relief tram, the men of both parties set up such a cheer that made the mountains echo and reecho again, and the frightful way in which those four locomotives joined in the chorus with their steam whistles would have wakened the dead. A ROMANCE FROM TRE SEA, The Story of a "Persanal"—A Mystery Cleared Up Through an AdVertlsemeat New York Herald, 27th.—The following appeared in the personal column of the Herald a few weeks since: FIBBANK—INFORMATION WANTED OF RALPH FIKEANK, a native ul Newport, Monmoutshiro, England last heard of in Chicago, June, 1880 age 2G, height about 5 feet 8 inches, square and stout built, complexion fair, face fall and and pale, hair light and not much on face. Re ward for information. Address F, care of Messrs. G. H. K. & O. A. Fisher, Solicitors, 24 Essex st, Strand, London, England. "I saw this Personal," said Mr. I. C. Whitehonse, the narrator of the following touching story, to the Herald reporter, yes terday, "and I had seen that name before. I had seen that young man in the flush and pride of vigorous health, and I had also seen his dead body thiown overboard and the waves close over it as it sank ta its last resting place. Painful as it was I felt it my duty to send a reply to the adverti e ment, and I did so at once. I received a reply from Messrs G. H. K. G. A. Fisher, of No. 24 Essex street, Strand, Loud n, dated January 11, 1882, saying I had en abled them to trace the poor young man I alluded to to the person they were in search of. They said it was some .hat singular that although his nameand address were in his luggage, not the slightest effort was made to communicate the sad intelli gence to his friends, and probably the acci dent of my seeing the advertisement had led to the discovery of his death, which might otherwise have remained a perpetual mystery. Early in July, 1880, I crossed the Atlantic on the steamer Egypt, of the National line. As I went on board the day previous to sailing a young man was talk ing with the captain and asking that he might be employed in some capacity so as to work his passage home. His frank de claration of his straightened circumstances ind his manly bearing impressed me most favorably. He had an athletic figure, fine ly chiseled features, and a clear, expros eye, but his face was pale, and he had a certain look of care and anxiety which it was impossible to conceal. He was fash ionably dressed and had an expensive traveling satchel, but his hands were ex ceedingly delicate, and his conversation showed that he had been well educated, while his general manners were those of a polished young gentleman who had enjoyed the advantages of refined society. I real as I thought history of long concealed struggling and disappointment in that handsome face. I could not forget that face, but our ways seemed widely diverse, and I did not think he would ever cross my pathagain. But he did, and in away I was hardly prepared to anticipate. "On the second day out whom should I soo coming up from the hole leading to the furnaces of the engine but this young man. He came up from that cavernous region of fiery heat for a breath of fresh air. His hands were blackened and his face be grimed, and bis luxuriant brown hair un kempt. He wore only his pantaloons and shirt, and they also were soiled with ashes and dirt. I knew that form and face. I could hardly believe my eyes, but yet I ad mired the young mans pluck and 'indepen dence. He went back to his post of doty. Only once he faltered. He offered to a fellow fireman his watch to give him a re spite. The weather was intensely hot, and it was like going down to the caverns of death to work before those hot furnaces. Two nights later I was awakened by theory, "Bringice a man is dying!" The next morning I saw that face again. The face was cold, now cold with the pallor of death. I shuddered as I gazed upon the inanimate form and thought of the strange life history that those lips, now closed forever, might have told. The body bad been laid on one of tho forward hatches and was wrapped up in a British flag. A few hours later the body was cast into the sea, and this was the last of young Ralph Firbank. A touching ro mance may be at the bottom of this story and there may be many sad hearts who are still bewailing their irreparable loss." About National Oebts. From the Hour. France enjoys the unenviable distinction of having the largest national debt in the world, namely, £930,000,000 ($4,650,000, 000). Before the Franco-German war Eng land stood at the head of the list, hex debt being £775,000,000. Germany's debt amounts to the trifling sum of £46,000,000. Russia kas £380,000,009, a part of which, like the whole of that of Germany, repre sents expenditures in the building of rail ways, and guarantees in that connection given by the government. Austro-Hungary has a debt of £362,000,000, and Italy of £356,000,000. *w»iy oi The amount of Turkey's debt can hardly be guessed. Dividing up these debts among the various populations of these countries, the indebtedness per capita is in France, £25 Great Britain, £23 10s Aus taa £10 Russia, £4 Germany, £1, and Italy, £13. The debt of the United States, less cash •i %%?& on the tot of January £1,765,991,717, against an aesrerate nf $2,784,073,379' onthe 1st I E S 1 8 6 6 showing a decrease of more than a thou •and millions of dollars during the inter vening fifteen years and a half. s» Ingenuity of the Japanese. Professor Morse, whose entertaining lec tares upon Japan have drawn large audi ences to the Boston Institute of Technol ogy, believes that the ingenuity of the Japanese and the remarkable readiness with which they comprehend mechanical con' tavanceBare due to the fact that little chil dren are earned around upon the backs of persons in charge of them, and thus see everything that is going on. "Workshops and houses,- says Professor Morse, "are open to the view of passers-by, and every, where you will see knots of children with babies on their backs, watching artisans cf aU kinds at their work. The advantage to health is also undeniable, so I approve of this Japanese way of bringing up children. It is astonishing to tee the number of chil. dren with babies on their backs. Little fellows not large enough to be furnished with the care of a live brother or sister will be equipped with a rag-baby scoured in the same manner. A SNAKE STORY. The Experience of a Man Who Had Some Dealings With Keptiles. From the London Field. To get a snake out of a bottle is a tedi ous job in whatever way it is turned, the head will be directed upward, so that the only way to induce him to come ont is to place the bottle upright or nearly so even then the head is withdrawn on the slightest alarm and the positton is by no means fa vorable to its transference to a box. If the door or opening of the latter will admit of it, the best plan is to pnt the bottle un corked into the box. and let the snake crawl out at his leisure first "chocking off" the bottle with a wedge of paper or wood, lest it should roll over on the reptile, and fas tening a string to it in order that it may be removed without difficulty the earliest possible opportunity. One of the most poisonous snakes I ever possessed was brought to me in a brandy bottle, and after twisting it and shaking it and tapping it for an hour without avail, I grew impatient. The tail just then happen ed to protrude about half an inoh, so I seized it with my fingers, and, rapidly drawing the body through the other hand, had the reptile safely in my grip behind his death-dealing jaws, now distended with an ger. But the slide of my snake-box was shut over, and I could not draw it back with one hand so I was obliged to let him slip back into the bottle again. Having set the box all in order for the newcomer's re ception, I onee more essayed to lay hold of him by the tail but now, most provokingly, no amount of maneuvering would bring that useful member to the top. Another half hour's unsuccessful angling converted my impatience into desperation, and at length, when I saw the tail about two inch es from the mouth of the bottle, I stuck my forefinger in recklessly to try to secure it. That was hopeless, as I might have known but it w-rtainly did cool my spine a little when I discovered on attempting to withdraw it, that my finger was jammed! I pulled, wrenched, twisted it with all my might, for the brute was raising its head, and its flickering tongue was rapidly ap proaching the unhappy digit that involun tarily corked up its prison. I gave a final tug, the violence of which nearly dislocated all my phalanges but it was no use, and with a yell I raised the bottle high in the air, intending to smash it on the head of my bunk. I distinctly felt the snake, momen tarily inverted, fall on the end of my finger, but as I flung my hand up the bottle slip ped off and fell on the deck behind me, fortunately without breaking. By the time I picked it up the snake was half way out, hissing furiously with rage and fright, and I had just time to thrust it into the box. If I had not been flurried, I should probably have been able to extricate my finger with very little difficulty, It is of the utmost importance never to lose presence of mind is dealing with these things. AN AFRICAN BOSS, John Dunn, Chief of the Leading Statesmen of Zululaud. The Pall Mall Gazette thus describes the operatisns of the South African boss: John Dunn, one of the thirteen kinglets among whom, by the agency of Sir Garnet Wolse ley, Zululand was divided, differs from his twelve brethren not only in being a pure blooded European while they are stark sav ages, but also in reserving to himself in an especial way privileges of cutting timber, with the right to mine and seek for miner als, divert streiunSj cultivate unploughed lands, advance or retard trade, in such and so complete a way that he has, as it were, the right of ingress, egress and regress everywhere that hisauthority extends. His country, next to the Tugela, and bordered to a great extent by the sea, has within it one landing-place, Port Dnrnford, where it may be re membered, a noteworthy failure to secure a safe debarkation dc.'aved the operations of Sir Garnet Woiseley in the win ter of 1879. Dunn has imposed after the Natal fashion, a hut tax on his people, amounting to five shillings per hut, pay able in cash, every penny of which he keeps himself for his own purposes. Dunn is a Kaffr Chief with European skill to raise a revenue for himself. He taxes all wagons going into his country to the amount of £25, and he has the right and the power to lay an embargo, on all trade at will. He is a clever, observant, brave man, who means to mako money fairly and rule reasonably if h3 can but he takes thought to himself because he is "wise in his genoratbn," and has no guarantee for the permanency of his office, one created by whim and of most uncertain tenure. War Stories. Washington Cor. N. Y. Times. I held down a chair in a party a few even ings since in which Colonel Hatch, of Han nibal, Mo., who served in the rebel army, and some ex-Union soldiers were relating war stories. The colonel, who is now a member of congress, told many a good yarn, but none that interested me more than some of the gloomy days of the Con federacy during the winter of 1863-4. He said they had by some means gotten hold of a bundle of Chicago papers, in one of which they found a paragraph saying that some of the farmers on the great prairies of Illinois had been forced to burn com for fuel, on account cf its cheapness and the high price of coal. He said the paragraph had more interest for them at that time than all the other contents of the papers, and it was generally shown about and dis cussed through the camp. "I remember," said the colonel, "hew sombody said 'What's the use of fighting a people who are burning corn for fuel, while we are count ing it out by the grain?' and we pietty near all agreed with him." "Well," said one of the Union men, "I re member when we took one of your men prisoners at Chancellorsyille, and they tv'.A us they hadn't had anything to eat for two days, we thought, 'What*s the use of lighting men who can fight like this without eating anything?'» wiraoui A Young Bride Crippled for Life. The friend3 of Mr. D. O. Mills will re giet heir that his daughter, the bride of wbitelaw Reid, editor of the Tribune, has become afflicted with sciatic rheumatism to such a ilegree that she will be rendered a cnpple for iife. Mrs. Raid returned from Europe in ill health, and since her return she has not improved. The disease which has so seriously afiliutea her is now not un common among voung wives who have en delicately raised. The worst feature of the attack in Mrs. Reid's case is that it seems to ba shortening of one of her limbs bythe contrac'ion of the muscles. Mr. Reid's niece is her constant companion, and everything pjssible is being done to* his wife by skilled phj-sicians, one of whom it is said almost despairs of restoring her to coinp'ele he h. Facetious Talk. From the Journals of Caroline Fox. Mr. Gregory told us that, going the other day by steamer from Liverpool to London, he sat by an old gentleman who would not talk, but only answered his inquiries by nods and shakes of the head. When they went down to dinner he determined to make him speak if possible, so he proceed ed: "You're going to London, I suppose?" A nod. "I shall be happy to meet you there where are your quarters?'' There wgs no repelling this, so his friend with tho energy of despair broke out, "I-M-I-I-I g-g-g-going to D-D-D-Doctor Br-Br-Bi Brewster to be c-o-c-enred of this sl-sl-sl slight im-impediment in my sp-sp-sp-sp speech.*' At this instant a little white face which had not appeared before popped out from one of the berths and struck in. "Th-th-th-thafs the m-m m-man wh-wh-who c-c-c-c-cured me!" "Talked of Philip von Artevelde, Taylor,) Irving, Coleridge and Charles Lamb being together, and the conversation taming on Mohammed, Irving reprobated bim in his strongest manner as a prince of impostors, without earnestness and without faith. Taylor thinking him not fairly used defen ded him with much spirit. On going away Taylor could not find his hat, and was look ing about for it when Charles Lamb volun teered his assistance with the query: 'Tay }°r» did yoA come in a h-h-hat or a t-t-t- j*£!"•'', fine ecclesiastical head suggest ed tne5follo-ving story: A Protestant bish ?P declaiming to a Roman Oatholio on the folly of a belief in purgatory. *My liord, was the reply, «you may go further and fare worse." ABOUT WHALES. Their Habits, Age. Sl«e, Bat. an* What Thry PopularScience Monthly. A correspondent of "LandandWater" who accompanied the Dundee whaling fleet to Davis Strait and Lancaster Sound last summer, mentions the change that has taken place in the geographical distribution of the Arctic whale. A century or two ago this animal was found everywhere north of the sixtieth degree of latitude, and extended many degrees farther south on the east coast of America. It abounded on the northern shores of Europe and the coast of Iceland and Greenland, frequenting the islands of Jan Meyen and Spitsbergen in incredible numbers. Now it has deserted Spitzbotgen and the north of Europe, it is becoming rare on the coasts of Greenland, and seems to be retiring farther into tho unimpenetrable recesses of the Polar Sea. Whalemen are not agreed as to whether the animals are actually diminishing in num bers. Some believe that they are still as numerous as they were at the begining of the century others predict that the time of their total extinction is approaching. They are still sometimes seen in enormous num bers. Whales exceeding forty-seven and forty-eight feet in length are caught every year. Captain Deuohars, of the Dundeefleet, two years ago took a whale sixty-five feet long, the "bone" of which measured twelve feet ten inches and which gave twenty-four tons of pure oil. The largest whale ever caught in Davis Sirait, in 1849, had a "bone" four teen feet long, and yielded twenty-seven tons of oil. The destruction of "suckers," or b.iby whales, which is considerable, may have something to do with the present de cadence of the fishery. Whalemen think that no animal should be killed whose "bono" is not more than six feet long. Whales may live to a very great age. Al though dead ones are often found floating on tho water, none are ever discovered that have died from natural causes. Whales are monogamous, and are much attached to their consorts. The correspondent who furnishes these facts tells of an animal which came back every day for a fortnight through great peril from the fleet to the place where its mate had been taken, regu larly going over the course followed by her in her flight, looking for her. The ani mals sleep on the surface of the water, en joy fine weather and sunshine, and are of ten seen at play on bright days. When thoy are together in large numbers the water be comes covered with an oily exudation from their bodies, which has a sickly smell and attracts flocks of "mally" petrels. They can live only on the most minute marine animals, for, thougha whale's mouth would hold a whale-boat with all its orew, its gullet would be ehoked by a herring. When feeding, it swims through the water with its mouth wide open, a constant stream passing in at the front, through the upright whalebone plates at the aides, and out again at the back. The small animals which form its food are entangled in the long hairs which fringe the internal edges of the plates, and from time to time, as they become collected in sufficient numbers^ the whale closes its month, raises its tongue, and swallows the mass.** Its favorite food is a black mollusk, resembling a humble-bee, and, after this, jelly-fish, of which it takes millions to make a meal. Fortunately for the whale, these creatures *o closely massed together in shoals many square miles in extent. After man, the whale's worst enemy is the grampus, whiob attacks it savagely, and is very destructive to tho species. Its protection from both enemies is the ice and it is, consequent ly, now found almost exclusively in the neighborhood of ice. The Sane Old StoryAnticipated. From the Boston Transcript Fogg was sitting in his office the other day, when the door opened and a ragged and dirty specimen of the tramp genus en tered. He was about to perfer his request when Fogg interrupted him with: "You haven't had anything to eat for six months?" The tramp acknowledged as much. "You have tried to get work and nobody will have you?" The tramp sodded acquicsence. "You were in the army, of course, and lost the use of your right hand?" Another nod. "You have a wife and ten children at home, starving for bread?" Another nod and the tramp es sayed to speak. But Fogg checked him and went on. "And all you want is ten cents to s.tve them from the grave?" "Yes, sir, yes," said the tramp, eagerly. "I thought so," mmmuted Fogg, as he showed .the fel low the door. "The same old story. I who began to propose to his girl just as the horses started to run with tho sleigh. Being determined to have it over with he got the question out at the moment the sleigh struck a mile post. The girl was thrown high into the air, but as she same down she uttered a firm "Yes, Charlie," and then fainted. Harvard Lampoon: There is a Ohioago girl Who has been dying for the last two years, living, as it were, with one foot in the grave. The phsicians have hopes, howev er. They say she can't get the other foot in —no room. St Louis papers please, copy. Bachelor Jones—"The state would be better off if every Chinamen was kicked out of it to-morrow." His married friend— "Where would you get your washing done then?" Bachelor Jones—"Marry some nice girl and have it done at home." Chorus by six eligible young ladies who happened to overhear Jones and his friend talking— "The Chinese must go." "You may talk about your mean men," said one rustic to another on the ferryboat the other day, but we've got a woman over there in Alameda who takes a pie." "Kind er close—is she?" "Close? Why last month her husband died—fourth husband and I'm blamed if she didn't take the door plate off the front door, had his age added, and nailed on to his coffin. She said she guessed likely she'd be wanting anew name on the door soon, any way." Three Bright Journalists on liuiteaa. U. W. Grady in the Atlanta Constitution, Stilso Hutahins had said to me with that line emphasis for which he is famous: "His eye is a wenderful one. It is not the eye of a wild beast, but it is the eye of a hu man being with a savage beast behind it, glaring at you wi'h it." I was at some pains to justify this picturesque ststement, but I confess I was unable to do do. I saw no savage beast behind Guiteau's eye, nor any trace of one. I only saw a furtive, cun ning eye, with a scared, hunted look in it that the fearless unconsciousness of in sanity never gives to its subjects. The other opinion with wheh I found my self burdened came faom Henry Watterson, who had written: "He is a weird and wizened apothesis of dead-beatism." I am unable to say whether I saw this in Guiteau or not. I don't think I would have known what it was if I had seen it. So that Mr. Watterson may have be9n right. Certainly no one can ever prove that he was wrong As for me, it struck me that Guiteau was the brightest man in the court room. That he should be hung there is no doubt. That he will be hung there is scarcely less. "The Play May Go On," The father of President Hill, of Harvard College, was a man of herculean frame, and famous for his strength It is told of him that being one time at a theatre in Orange, N. J., his attention was attracted by a small Frenchman who was trying to induce a man in front of him to remove his hat The little foreigner leaned forward and in the most deprecatory manner said several times, "Yill you please take off your hat?" he man paid no attention to the request, and Mr. Hill leaned forward and knocked off the offending hat. The man jumped up in a rage. The attention of the audience was turned from the stage, and the play ceased but Mr. Hill was equal to the occasion, be ing a justice of the peace. Towering to his full height, he faced the irate man and said calmly, but loudenough to be heard by all: My name is Thomas Hill, tanner my ad dress is so-and-so any time that you wan't satisfaction come to me." Then turning to the expectant actors he said, with his usua air of authority, "The play may go on." Howard S. Cuddy, city editor of the Vin cennes (Ind.) Sun, was accused in the col urns of the Commercial, thatplace, of hav ing allowed his aged mother to be turned out of doors for failing to pay rent. A card immediately appeared in the Sun, charging Justice Jackson with the authorship of the objectionable article and sailing into that dignitary in the mostapproved style. Jack son's son then visited the sanctum of Mr. Ruddy and vindicated his father's reputa tion by nearly pounding the young editor into a condition of insensibility. HOUSE ANp FARM. Faming Brevities. A writer in the Michigan Fanner as sorts that giving frosted feed to miloh cows is the principal cause of bitter butter in the winter. He says, however, the con sequenoe can be avoided by almost soald ing the new milk immediately after strain ing. Never mind what the almanacs say, spring must be at hand, for the florists and seed man are sending out their catalogues for 1882. The odor of newly-ploughed ground pervades the atmosphere. The yield per acre on Australian farms is as follows: The average of wheat per aore is 14 1-2 bnshels this year, or one bushel less than the year before maize, 35 bushels, or one-third of a bushel less barley, 20 bushels, or 11-2 buehels less oats, 10 bushels, or 4 bushels less pota toes, 2 2-3 tons, as against 31-4 tons last year, and hay, 1-3 ton. Mr. A. B. Darling, of the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, has just bought for $2,000 cash the famous cow Jersey Queen. She has a record of 746 pounds of butter in one year, and her record for the current year, she having oome in during 1881, is expected to pass 800 pounds. Mr. Darling also owns "Eurotas," a cow with a record of 750 pounds of butter in one year. He has, therefore, the two best cows in the world since the death of the famous cow owned by Mr. Charles O. Ellms. of Scitate. There is no better grater for horseradish than one made of sheet- iron in the form of cylinder having holes punched from the inside with a three-cornered sharp-pointed punch. This raises a large number of fine, sharp teeth, which brings the horseradish to a sort of pulp. The roots re fed to the grater by means of a hopper at one side, witb a front sloping to the grater, by which the roots are brought into contaot with the teeth and reduced to pulp. The cylinder is open at one end and has a semper which removes the pulp and brirgs it into a re ceptacle at the front. Any one can make such a grater for about $5. Here are two odd methods of storting a balkv horse, from our London exchange, the Live Stock Journal:—"1. Tire your steed out by remaining perfectly quiet un til he starts off himself. I once sat in my cart nearly two-and-a-half hours in this way. 2. Now and then a horse is met with that refuses to draw at all put him in cart in a shed, and keep him there until he walks out. In one instance that ame to my knowledge the obstinate one was thitty-six hours in the shafts before he gave in." Black-leg is a frequent disease in calves that are in high condition at this season of the year. The general appearance of the disease is first a swelling of the body and bloating the shoulders or hind quarters swell and the skin crackles when rubbed, making a sound as of paper when crushed the animals become still" and lame and die in great pain in a few hours. On opening the carcase the flesh is found to be block and soft and the blood thick and black. There is no cure for this disease once these symptoms have appeared. Calves in good condition and that have been well fed should be treated as a precaution by a weekly dese of two ounces of epsom salts, and afterwards by one dram of hyposul phite of soda given twice a week in tho foof1. Western Live Stock Journat: Milch cows that W9 stable should beturned out daily—unless the weather is very stormy. If the stable is a warm one it is well to open doors and windows on the lee side, that the stables may become somewhat cooled and the change from the stable to the outdoor air be not too sudden. Cattle are just as much benefitted by a liberal use of the cur ry-comb as aro horses. A little kerosene and some grease or oil well brushed in anr! frequently repeated nrill exterminate lice, that are apt to prey on the stock. J. Bellangee writes concerning the ex perimental work of the Iowa Agricultural Department that during the past two years extensive experiments have been made with the culture of cereals, sorghum and root crops. The professor of agriculture is at present testing the qualities of 80 varieties of potatoes raised upon the farm the last year. These varieties, tested under like conditions, have shown great variableness in yield, ranging from 9 to SOO bushels per acre. It cannot be denied that such exper iments, if carefully conducted and the re sults extensively published, will prove of incalculable benefit to the producers of the state and it is also quite evidont that bneb experiments should be conducted at tho public expense. Good Farm Garden*. The little care on farm gardens by farm ers is surprising. There is no part of the farm any more important than tho garden is. It is a pa.t, and an essential part of the farm yet it is a fact that ut least three fourths ot the farmers pay no more atten tion to it than they do to the potatoe patch. A garden needs special attention and tilling. Make your garden no larger than you can prepare and care for in the best possible manner. Nothing is more essential for a good garden than good drainage. It is im possible to raise a supply of vegetables without it. The soil of a garden ought to be so rich and loose that it will fall apart when stroked with alight rake ar fork. In this condition, where the seed was planted in it, you need not wait long for returns. For girden purposes there is nothing better than well rotted stable manure, with which leaves or any refuse vegetable matter may be composed with advantage. This should be plowed in unless the soil is quite san dy and the manure very fine, when it may be applied on the surfaco and harrow ed in. If you area farmer, your garden is as much a part of your fields as the corn field is. When you neglect the garden you neglect one of the most important parts of your business. Don't leave this most nec essary work for the women to do. Much of it needs the man's strong arm. But whatever you do let it be well done and have good gardens. A Girl's Work at Home. From the Michigan Farmer. Give the girls a chance. They need money and discipline of earning it as much as the boys. There are fewer employments open to tbem they have less chance for their lives. Help them to help themselves. If they have a natural taste for any partic ular work, educate them for it and le them do it, even if it necessitates the hiring of a girl in the kitchen. In this way the prac tical Value of girls is apt to be realized there is nothing so convincing as an ap peal to the pocket book. If the daughter shows no speciil inclination toward any particular pranch of industry, but serve and save at home, pay them for their work. It amounts to the same thing in the end, you buy tbeir cloths for them, or you pay them and they make their own purchases in reality, their greatest gain is in inde pendence, in self-reliance, in good judg ment in purchasing, in decision of charac ter. They are personally interested in speudiug theirown earnings wisely and eco nomically, and in making every dollar do its duty. It is not calculated to fos ter ones self respect to be obliged to ask of a father or mother for every postage stamp, shoe lace, or box of hair pins neither is it pleasant to the paternal head to be always dunned for small sums. If the daughter's help is not necessary at home, and it is not desirable that she should go away to "do for herself," give her an opportunity to earn something in another way. Lot her run the poultry de partment help her in starting the enter prise and conducting it, even if yon have to "take her note" for repayment. Many a weak, sickly girl would gain health as well wealth, keeping bees, raising fruits, or even cultivating a melon patch. There is hard ly a hamlet in the state where a girl might not sell from $150 to $200 worth of straw berries, raspberries, currants and cherries to those not able or too indifferent to raise them. With work comes content, with content happiness born of a healthy activ ity, and a feeling that one is of use in the world, working and receiving an equiva lent reward, able to give, to save, to spend, of one's own honest earnings. Work and Women. Mr. L. J. Jennings, the London corre spondent of the New York World, writes "It is remarkable how many applicants of the gentler sex now come forward to seek for any kind of occupation that offers itself. A famous firm for the sale of artistic de signs in house decoration told me the other day that they were ova whelmed with ap plications for employment from ladies who Bent in proof of their skill and ability, and that in a large proportion of cases the spec imens thus forwarded showed more than an ordinary degree of merit. There is scarce ly any department of business in which the same story would not have to be told, and when, as yon doubtless heard long ago, the Drury Lane management advertised for one hundred pretty young ladies, the street was blocked by the crowd of candidates. There was a time apparently, when it was thought impossible for a girl or a woman to earn her own livelihood, but that has happily passed sway, and it is no longer deemed inevitable that to be of the female sex involves dependence upon others. Women are engaged in public offices, and I believe will be the opinion of all fair-minded men that they dotheir work well, and that it would be desirable to en large the field which is at present open to them. There are many fathers of families who do not see their way clear to making an adequate provision for all their children and they would rather place them in the path to earn a little money honorably for themselves than have them utterly depend ent upon others. If they do not in after life need the means of support thus afford ed them, so much the better, but no harm is done by placing it at their command. Hi this country it is quite certain that all women cannot get married, for they largely outnumber the men, and hence it is that employment is anxiously sought for." Heifers From the Best Milkers. We think all the best dairymen are tgreed in regard to the profit of raising heir own cows to supply additions to their herds. Very few have ever selected a val uable herd wholly by purchase. It has been said that, if total depravity can ever be alleged against a farmer, it will be found in his representations on the sale of cows. We have often enumerated the important points in favor of home-raised cows, and one of the most important is the oppor tunity of selecting the heifer calves from the best milkers, both for quantity and quality. If the dairyman give no heed to this point, he will perpetuate his worthless cows with his good ones, aza thus never improve his daily herd. A large majority of dairymen have cows in their herds that do not pay their keeping and, as they do not apply a test to the in dividual cows, they continue not only to keep them, but to breed from them. This is the most suicidal policy. Although we strongly recommend dairymen to raise their own cows, we are far from advising them to perpetuate their poor cows. It would ba even better policy tb give them away to a favorite brother-in-law. The heifer calves from only the best cows should be raised, and the weeding out should go on still further. When these heifers came into milk, those that do not come up to the proper standard should be discarded. A careful test should always be made of each cow in the herd, and of each heifer during her first period of milking. If the heifer has the appearance of a well-formed milk er and of having had a good dam, it may not be judicious to pass upon her during her first milking season, if her quality is below the standard, for the next season may develop her satisfactorily.—Chicago National Live Stock Journal. The silverware, decorated china, and other personal effects of the late General Burnside, Khich were brought from Wash ington by the administrator of the estate, were sold at auction on Tuesday at Provi dence. The most prominent article was a silver punch-bowl, which was presented to the general by the members of his staff. It was sold for $425. A silver salver brought $60. A silvei pocket-11 isk (a present to the general from his wife), ?56. a silver pitchei $42, and a small silver cup $26. "First a cough, carried me off, And then a coffin they carried me off in!" This will not be your epitaph if you take your cough and Dr. R. V.' Pierce's "Soldeu Medical Discovery" in time. It is specific for weak lungs, spitting ot blood, night sweats, and the early stages of consump tion. By all druggists. At Winnipeg enormous preparations aro be ing made for building, which is expected to reach $6,000,000. This year 4,000 addition al artisans will be required to meet the de mand. Lord Byron, in reference to a beautiful lady, wrote to a friend—-"Lidy has been dangerously ill, but now she is dan gerously well again." American belies, when attacked by any of the ills that flesh is heir to, may be kept killing, and avoid be ing killed by taking Dr. B. V. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription," which banishes feminine weaknesses, oud restores the bloom of health. By all druggists. The Methodist Book association decided to abandon the book concern now maintained at Atlanta on account of losses incurred ia its maintenance. The sum of $78,000 was ap portioned for salaries of bishops this year. Throat, Bronchial and Lung Diseases a specialty. Send two stamps for large treatise giving self treatment. Address World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. BertLeld Aurbacb, the celebrated German novelist died at Cannes. A Cross Baby. Nothing is so conducive to a man's re maining a bachelor as stopping for one ni^ht at tho house of a married friend and being kept awake for five or six hours by tbe crying of a cross baby. All cross and crying babies need only Hop Bitters to make them well and smiling. Young man remember this.—Traveler. Kre. Olive E. Uiine, wife of CoTcal. Uline, of St Paulj died on Thursdaylast. Ailments that Seeui Trillin*: Are often but the prelude to a complication of obstinate maladies. Among the former, are a fit of indigestion, loss of appetite, bilhons nesa and inactivity of the bowels. It is highly unsafe to disregard any of these symntoms of bodily derangement. They should be attended to at once, ere they become chronic, and in volve the general health. The above com plaints may bo easily subdued with Hostetters Stomach Bittets. Rheumatism and fever and ayue, both maladies for which the above is a reliable specific, yield most readily to it In their incipi6ncv. The testimony as to its nre ventive efficacy, and fortifying influence upon the system, is particularly satisfactory and couclnsive. Nervous ailments are among the maladies for which prompt retief is obtained by the use of this sterling medicine. Hippolite Cogciard, vaudevilist and theater manager, is dead. m—• ^m Regulate the Secreti on*. In our endeavors to preserve health it is of tho utaioat importance that we keep the secre tory system iu pcrfe-st condition. The weil known remedy Kidney-Wort, hasspecific action on the kidneys, liver and bowels, Use it in stead of dosing wits vile bitters or draefia pills. rt is purely vegetable, and is prompt but mild action. It is prepared in both dry and liquid form and sold by druggists everywhere. —Reading Eagle. It is understood that before making any fur ther retirements in the army the president will await the action of the senate upon the promo tions made consequent to the recent retire ments. Iudigestion, Dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and all forms of general debility, relieved by taking Meneman's Peptonizad Beef tonic, the only preparation of beef containing its entire nutritious properties. It ia no* a mere stim ulant like ibe extracts of beef, but contains blood-making, force-generating, and life-sus taining properties is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhauslion, nervous prostration, overwork, or acute dis ease particularly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazird A Co., propri etors, New York. Bold by druggists. Mr. Bergh makes the startling statement that the human race is graduallv rotting away by reason of the deadly practice of vaccination. Wo are stronsly disposed to reganl that person as tho bett physic aa who does most to alleviate human suffering. Judged from this standard, Mre. LidaE Piakham, 233 West ern Avenue, Lynn, Mass., ia entitled to the front rank, for hor Vegetable Coropouud ia daily working wonderful cures, in female dis eases. Send for circular the above address. Gen. Sherman has recommended the abol ishment of the school at Fort Meyer, Va., for instru3tion of officers in military signaling,'and that hereafter such instruction will be given at Leavenworth. Inanather coluina— wi— 1 be found tho adver tisementof AllenV Liu^BalsaTn. We do rot often apeak of any proprietary medicine, but from what we have ee. an 1 heard of th a greatfam ily medicine, wo would sav to those suffednK with any throat or lung disease, to take it aiH be cured. There ia creat suffering in Louisiana on ac countof failure of croj a !aat year. If yon we hairless and cappy there ia onewav and no mora by which yon may be made care less and h»ppy—Urje Carbolino, a deodorized ex tract of petroleum, it will positively make new hair grow. There have been numerous failures in Sf Louia oauaed by the decline in wheat The Age of Discovery. The real benefactor ia theone who alleviates the greatest amount of human suffering. Very few arefree from the contaminating influences of impure blood. Gross poiaona rankle in tbe veins of all claaaes, impairing the physical and mental powers. Borne poiaona are transmit ted by hereditary deecent, others originate in the stomach by reason of improper food and drink. In many instances the blood becomes vitiated by coming in contact with an impure atmosphere in the lungs, through the pore-i by lackof properoleanlinesaof theperson andother causea. J. P. Allen, a prominent drnggiat and manu facturer of proprietary medicines, St. Paul, Minn., has prepared an "Iron Tonic Bitters" that has become more popular for its age than any blood remedyextant. This medicine can not be too highly recommended. It has al ready reached a wide circulation and the de mand ia rapidly increasing. For dyapepaia. liver complaint and general debility, Allen's "Iron Tomo Bitten" are withouta rival. They area powerful tonic and act upon the system like magic. We can aay nothing that will equal the universal faver with which they are re ceived.—OmahaHerald, Sept3, 1880. Rachnpabu. Quick, complete cure, urinary affections, Brawling,frequent or difficult urination, Kidney diaeaaaa. $1 at druggiata Prepaid by Exp. $1.25, 6 for $5. E. 8. Wells,Jeraey City, N. J. jticintc. How many homes are rejoicingto-day, where aome one of tbeir members have been saved romjeonsumption bv the use of White Wine of Tar »yrup. Price 50c. For loss of appetite, nausea of stomach, and indigestion, "Lindaey'a Blood Searcber" has no equal Sold by druggiets. -•—ia» Act wisely—bo ready—have on hanl "Dr. Sellers' Cough Syrup/' and you will have noth ing to fear—not even a doctor's bill Tatar'h of the lilauder. Stint ig, aaia t.ng, irritation of fie urinary piaaagea, 'iseasad discbarges, cured by Bu churaba, $1. drugg:9ts. Prepaid by Exp $1.25 E. 8. Wells, Jeraey city, if J. IU Mm & Nerve. Welle' heath renewer, greatest remedy on eut'i for impotence, leanness, sexual debility &e. $1. at daug.rteta. Prerail by Etpresa $1.25. E. 8. We lB,_JeiB?y City, N. J. Dr. HallidajV Blood" Purifier taking tho nlaco of all otbera very rapidly. We have "yet tj mar from the first one who waa dieap pointed in it Try a boirle. On Thirty Days' Trial. The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich, will send their Elnctric Voltaic Belta and other Electric appliancss on trial for thirty daya to any person afflicted with Nervous Debi'lty.Lost Vitality, and kindred trouble!?, guaranteeing compl'jte reatorati3n of vigor and manhood. Address as above without delay. P. S.—No riak is incurred, aa thirty trial is allowed. A San* Cure for Firs Will be sent by mail to any add« as, post-paid, on receipt of oao dollar. AddreaB J. Alonzo Greene, Indian Doctor, 816 Pine St, St Louia, Ma Cupid in Camp and Court. When the French sought to establish a monarchy in Mexico a Mazatlan youth raised a regiment of boys and waged aguinst such of the invaders as appeared in Siua Joa a warfare that told. The young man's father v.us of Castillian blood and his mother was a Mexican. His name, Corona, soon became famous and at the age of 25 he was regarded as the Mosby of Mexico. At the end of the war he was a major gen eral, the hero of the soldiers and the idol of Mazatlan society. He wa« six feet tall, broad- shonldeied handsome and daring. While attending a ball at the American Ho tel, in Mazatlan, he stumbled over a do mestic, knocking a tray from her hand. Stooping to pick up the crockery, Genera! Coron noticed that tke girl was very pretty and very iucy. She told him that her name was Betty Bowman, that her mother was a San Francisco washerwoman and that he ought to know better than to rus-h so headlong down a dark stairway. Corona made love to the Ameiiean missand before leaving for tho capital he had learned of her irreproachable though very humble life. Once away, Betty's face and pert ways haunted him so much that he wrote to her, arranging for marriage by proxy. He re mained at Mazatlan the bride went to a convent school. They were a thousand miles apart and wrote to each other daily, the husband constantly instructing the wife in polite ways. President Juarez, fear ing that Corona's popularity would lead the people to give their vote to the young sol dier at an election then approaching-, con cluded to send him as minister to Madrid, the most enviable diplomatic position h. the eyes of all Mexicans. General Coromi took the washerwoman's daughter to his palace in Madrid and she is now regai"\i as the most brilliant and accomplished W at the court of Spam. KIDNE¥-WQRPl: HE CREAT cage FOB RHEUMATISM Can be6entbymail. Burlintrtcn. Vt, KIDNEY-WORT IRS. LTDIA E. PIHHAI. OF LYM. IASS., LYDIA E. PINKHAM'8 VEGETABLE COMPOUND. Is a Positive Cnre aiHmsMBai^.Ma feretl tame Palnflil Complaints aad WeakaeaMs •aronao toourbestfesaaleaapnlattaB. It will cure entirely the trorst form of Female Com* plaints, aU ovarian troubles, Inflammation and Clear* tlon, Falling and Displacements, and the consequent Eplnal Weakness, and Is particularly adapted to the Change of Life. It will dissolve and expel turnore from the uterus la an early stage of development. The tendency to can cerous humorsthereis checked veryspeedily by Its use. It removes falntness, flatulency, destroysaU craving for stimulants, and relieves weakness of the stomach. It cures Bloating, Headaches, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Sleeplessness, Depression and Indi gestion. That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight and backache, Is always permanently cured by its use. It will at all timesand underall cirenmstanessact la harmony with the laws that govern the female system. For thecureof Kidney Complaints of either sea thia Oompoond Is unsurpassed. E. I A in VEGETABLE COX* or YD is prepared at fB and «3» Western Avenue, LyBn,Maaa Price fx fltx tmttUafor fls. sent by mail lathe form of pills, also lathe form of losengss, ea receipt of price, fll per box for either, atrs. Flnkhem freely answers aU letters of Inquiry, lend for pamph let. Address as above. MtrJtUm Oss Ti&*r. No family should be without LTDIA K. PTNKHAm LIVER PIIXA. They cure constipation, niHimsnese, and torpidity of the liver. cents per box. Said by all Irrngdet*. The Great Horse Eemedy, f~\ Will euro any case of Mange, Scratches, Cracked %Jl\j O H.-el, or Diseases of the Feetu. Iltil is the propar A a 0 wi*1only Cuts fiTiPriTlflrV Wounds, Collarcure and Saddl,e fUWUIC GaUSi a! OId Sores aud 1 1 brinR tlie hair in the origi- (cH*D0I18a.lVG Found'cans. SI. Small V_-" cans, 50 cents. PREPARED OXL BY J. W. COLEV & CO., Tllack ICiver Falls, Wis 6v" Sold by all Druggists and Dealers. Murji.M', information about MISSOURI, KAX" 1. SAS. TEXAS or ARKANSAS, write to E. H.SMITH, 9r Claris street, Chicago, 111. GOOD FAMILY REMEDY! Bunnies, to ths Most Delkafe BJ IU fatthfolaatCoaeaaaiwIoti ha. to wkea other Remedies aad PnyskeBaaaava failed to effect a omm JBBBHAB WUOBT. of Marion Oootr. W. Ta, writes as that hiswife had PUUCOHAM OoimoaOP now, aad was pronounced ncOaABU by that! physician, when the use of Alien's Long Balsas •NTIBELT GUBBD HSR. He writes that ba and his neighbors think it the best medicine ra the world. Dn. HEBBDITH, Dintist, of Cincinnati, was thought to ba in the last STAGE* OF ConuMFnOai and waa Induced by his friends to try Allen'sLoaf Balaam after the formula waa shown htau Ws have his letter that it at ones cored his oomgh aaf that he was able to resume his practioa. WM. A. GBABAM CO.. Wholesale Druggists. Zanesville, Ohio, writes us of the en* at Mathlat Freeman, a well-known rttisea, who had bees afflicted with BBONCHTTTS la Its wont form fat twelve years. Ihe Lung Balaam oured bias, ash hag many others of BBONCHTTSL -AJ3 A S O CONSUMPTION. COUGHS, COLDS, AHTHMA, CROTJP. All Diseases ef the THROAT. L.UBTCM aad PULMONARY OROAR&. 0. 8. MABTnr. Druggist at Oakley. B.. writ* that the ladies think there Is no remedy equal ta Lung BalaamforCroupandWhooping1Cougv Mo'hers will find it a safe aad ears tamsay to give their children when afflicted with Croaa. It la harmless to the most delicate child It contains no Opium la any ftmn. Becommended by Physlcis'is. Ministers aad Nurses. In fact by everybody who has given it food trial It Never Falls to Briag Relief. Callfor Allen's Lang Balsam, and shun tlio use oi all remedies without merit and an establishedrepa tatloa. As an Expectorant it has no equal. SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS. S F-A-TTI* A E I S Pawnbroker. E. 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WE a a A I 6nfte7er7ef •faVfl -Vl"'u »"d Bronchial 1'ATAJKKII 4e I siring a sure, permanent enre. witiiout W*J risk of failure or expense, until a cura is effected, will address at once for Ci». cnlars, CONSUMPTION!-.Ind,Centraville,HAKBCHE.WM.DB I have a positive remedy for the above disease by its use thousands of eases of the rst kind and of long standing have- been cured. Indeed, so strons la my faith in its efficacy, tliat I will send TWO BOT TLES FREE, together w:tU a VALUABLE TREATISE on tills disease to any sufferer. Give Express and F. O. address. DR. T. A. SLOCUM, 181 Pearl street, New York. SILVER WATCHES FREE! Every week Solid Silver Huntiue-case Wat be* are given away with he Bora' Champion The names of those who eet watches are published each week. It is the Best Boys'Paper in the World. Send 5 cents for a sample copy to A. A I O N S a O O ISA Willia BU, Mow City. E A Y*8 PI A NOFWB.TB9 Mssntnwsa holiday presents square grand planoforteajbur very Baoasoiae roundIer3 corners, rosewood cases, three antenna S^t' 'i2?a"- ii iron frames, stool, boo!i. cover, boxes, V22-2-79 to &297-SO catalogue prices, two to 91000 satfafaeticncuaranteed or money refunded, after one year'su=e Upright Pianoforte*, to$265 cata logue prices »500 to 800 standard pianofortes of the sau verse. as thousands testify, write tor mammoth list of tea- Beaity' I nbincf O A Big, cathedra). church^chapel, parlor.8 3 0 upward. Visitors welcomes rrvecarriageoeetspassengers illustrated catalogue thott !sv editioB) tree. Address or call upon XIEI E A Wasanwtoa. Haw Jaaasw. ISSPiAIVlOHD E S ^& WioSittplest.Cfceapeat S Strongest a^id raoEt brilliant 4A»i5^J.O 33yes ever tn ado. Cue 10 cent package or »or goods than any 15 or 25 et. dye ever sold. 24 pop'^ar colors. Any one can color any fabric or fancy article. Bend forcolorvaEt--dp-iidbeccn'Viaeed. 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THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GUITEAU TRIAL ls, :!li? 9 ^'"i&iete and fully illustrated it aad Trial of Guiteau." It contains all the testimony of the experts and other nott-d witnesses all th* speeches made by the cunning assassin in his greas efforts to escape the gallows by feigning insanity Beware of catchpenny bck-,. liillions of people art waiting for this work. A a ii Circuits free. Kxtra terms tj agents. Address AaxiONaj PcuLisuiao Co., Chicago, Ul. 7rfE!'CTEfrt"FAMRY- FITS THE I OftkitNAL ^.^gpiJCENTRATEDLYE S0.L0BV ALU GftOGERS A Leadin Londo Pliyslclaa establishes au Ollloe in N York lor the Cure of EPILEPTIC FITS. From Am. Jon, nil of Me ine. Dr. Ab. Meserolo (late of London), who makes a si ecialty of Epilepsy, has without doubt treated and ciueil more cases than any other li\ Ing physician His success has simuly been astonishing we have heard of cases of over 20 years* standin? successfully cured by him. 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