Iowa County democrat. [volume], May 16, 1884, Image 4

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MINERAL POINT, WIB.
MAY IS FLYING,
May is here, but will boon be over
The bees will soon be sucking the clover,
The blossoms white will soon be wasted,
The lucious cherry soon be tasted.
The fragrant hours are swiftly firing,
The apple blooms are opening dying;
Tie May, sweet May.
The flocks and herds rejoice together
In the verdant vales, in this sunny weather;
The song of the stream, through the woodland
winding.
With the blu-bird’s note is sweetly blending;
The air is pulsinr with leafy flutter,
And the sainted flowers sweet poems utter
In May, sweet May.
Bid love lie wise, and not to tarry.
Few days the bee* their bouev carry.
Few days they suck the fragrmt clover,
Life’s thrilling dream will soon lie over;
O’er mans cold rest the stars be beaming.
Quenched in his heart love s rapturous dreaming;
Flies May, sweet May.
—Sarah Sumner Lewi* in Home Journal.
BIRD IN THE MAPLE.
In a fairy world I dwell and one that I love well.
A flood of green leaves, green leaves all around
Die,
And sometimes the summer's bloom, id’s my n* st
with such perfume.
That I find in poet dreams they've found me
found me.
Who can wonder at my song, so joyous, sweet and
long—
Who can wonder that from morn till night 1 m
singing.
In praise of Him who made for me the leafy
■iuule.
In zephyr*’ odorous arms my era He swinging.
Green leaves 1 green leaves: who can know who
dwell mortal like in-low.
Of the l>eu,uly of the gl< rv. >f my dwelling.
In my forest grand and high, lifting to the rosy
sky.
More poetic than can bill of bird be telling.
Bard alone, my joy, can guess, or the thrilling
tend.-mess
1 feel for her, my little bride, my dearie.
Or the bitter pain 1 feel, when a cruel b*;. would
steal
Her preclou* life, and leave our home nest
dreary.
O, my little birdie’s nest, rocks upon tb zephyr s
breast.
Where to love and dream* the wavering shad
OWK woo me;
Ho dense in grandful shade, that a sunbeam
hither strayed.
Uould scarcely throw its golden kiss. < to me
—tiarah Sumner in Home Journal.
A PERILOUS AOVLMTRE.
In the month of June, 1859. when
the grass and flowers on the plains of
Kansas and Colorado were nearly
kneeh'gli, the result of unusually
abundant rains, which left clear pools
of water in all the little arroyos, a
corps of Kansas Pacific encinners,
under the leadership of Howard
Schuyler, were engaged in making
certain preliminary surveys in the
vicinity of the terminal town of Phil
Sheridan, near the border line of the
two States. They had been out on a
trip of several montris in the direction
of Denver, and had returned to the
end of the track to begin the definite
location which we afterward carried
through to Denver. At this lime 1
had been with the parly some two or
three months, taking my novitiate in
engineering, and was occupying the
position of rodman. Prior to com
mencing the location, we were run
ning some rapid trial lines north of
Sheridan, and by the 19lh of June
were fifteen or twenty miles out in a
rolling country, where the heads of
the Smoky Hill and Republican Forks
of Kansas Rive, interlock. <Li the
evening before our camp had been
brought up to the end of our work,
and we started out bright and early
on this memorable Saturday morning,
so that by 10 o’clock we were si veral
miles away from camp. In all our
work we had been accompanied by an
escwrl of fifteen infantry soldiers
under the charge of a Lieutenant,
acting iiijtlie capacityjof a campgnard.
who, while they were very useful in
guarding our base of supplies, were of
no protection to us in the field.
Our party numbered thirteen all
told, two of whom remained in camp
as cook and teamster. The working
parly was therefore reduced to eleven
including Howard, whose custom it
was to ride several miles .-.head, look
ing out the line and indicating it by
building sod mounds twoor three feet
high with a shovel. We followed
from one mound to the, next, measur
ing unglesand distances and leveling
the ground. Our progress was as
rapid almost as a man would walk at
a moderate pace, and we were exceed
ingly vulnerable to attack, as we were
all separated, strung out over a dis
lance of a mile or more, while I toward
was always mil of sight and several
miles ahead, but having him out sev
eral months without seeing any In
dian signs we had nomtspicionof dan
ger and did not dream there were tiny
Indians in the country. We after
wards knew that they had been watch
ing us some days and were simply
waiting for the most favorable oppor
tnnilv to make the attack, having cv
ideally planned to kill Howard first,
and then come hack along the line
picking off the rest of the party one
by one.
In pursuance of this plan they lay
in wait until they had cornered him i
in u trap, when they fired a slut,
striking his horse in the hip; and
looking around lie saw a long line of
the red painted devils om three si-!es|
of him, while on the fourth, in the
direction of his party, was a half mile ;
of broken ground cutup by deep, nar-1
row ravines. It took hut a moment
to decide his line of action. Pulling |
spurs to his horse lee turned to the j
only loophole of escape, and. to the
surprise of the Indians, went leaping
over the ravines, one after the other,
at the risk of Ins life, hut with (lie as
surance that they eould not follow
him, as none of their ponies wore
equal to the work, and to keep up the
pursuit they were obliged to make a
long detour.
Having once got clear of the broken
f 'round, Howard, looking back, found
limself well ahead, and was congratu
lating himself on so easy an escape,
when he saw directly before him,
springing out of the grass, a
formidable array of Indians,
intercepting his (light; tno-o
pursuing in the rear close up, and al
most before he could realize the situ-’
tion he found hims.'lf again entrapp
ed, this time by a line of Indians that
entirely encircled him, numbering
about 100, as nearly as he could judge.
They rapidly narrowed the limits of
the circle, and began taunting him
with all manner of insults, ami tell
ing him of the tortures .hat awaited
him, and of the slow roasting that
they proposed to give him. For
several minutes he sal on his horse,
trying to reconcile himself to the cer
tainty that death was before him, but
when the first struggle was over all
trembling ceased, and with as true an
aim as over huntsman leveled ala
reindeer, he drew up his rifle and tired
at the neatest man. killing him is
stanlly. Earlier in the tight he had
realized that he was more lightly
armed than usual, having thxl morn
ing left his belt, with a brace of pistols
and a box of cartridges, in camp to he
cleaned,'taking only his Winchester
carbine, carrying twelve shots. He
now determined to sell his life as
dearly as possible, and, counting every
shot, to be sure that ho saved one for
himself as a dernier resort in case of
capture, since death by his own hand
was preferable to slow torture. Twice
more he shot in quick succession with
out fatal effect, when he suddenly
put spurs K) his horse and dashed
through their line. At this moment
there was a general scramble and rush
for him, some trying for him with
their spears, others seizing bis leg and
trying to unhorse him.
He succeeded in the twinkling of an
eye in throwing them all off, and
even killed a second man riding at
his side, putting his arm against his
(the Indian's') body and blazing away,
the blood spurting over Howard's
buckskin leggms, saddle, and horse.
The instant he freed himself from
them and got clear along on open
ground ahead of them, where they
were not in danger of killing each
other in shooting at him, they fired a
volley of bullets and arrows at him.
None of them hit him, and up to this
moment he was entirely unharmed.
Had his horse been equally fortunate
this would doubtless have ended the
fight, as the horse was a fine, high
spirited animal, superior to any of the
Indian ponies. But the first shot re
ceived at the beginning of hostilities
had cut a small artery, and from this
the blood was pumping out a steady
stream that, logether.with his violent
exertions, was tart sapping his
strength. The Indians, seeing this,
were encouraged to continue on pur
suit, and their leader, mounted in an
American stage horse (stolen the day
before at a station a few mile* back,
which they had burned, murdering
all the inmates) succeeded so well in
keeping pace with him that Howard
could almost feel the breath from the
nostrils of his pursuer’s horse. Thus
they rode, nose to tail, for a mile or
two, the Indian occupying the time
in snooting at Howard. Tfirze pistols,
six shooters, he emptied, and bullets
flew around poor 'Howard on every
side. Four more entered the poor
horse, already so badly wounded, a
bullet pisreed Howard’s clothes at his
side, another cu 4 the strap of his field
glass, which was lost, another cut off
!*is spur, bruising the heel slightly,
but not drawing blood; a fourth
pierced the wooden breech of his rifle
as ho carried it in his hand—almost
striking it from -the grasp; others
struck the saddle, and in short they
seemed to strike every where but
where they were aimed.
All ill is time Howard was endeavor
ing to reach over his shoulder and
get a shot at the Indian, but at every
such movement the savage slipped
under tfie belly of his horse, and was
i out of sight, except a hand on the
manand heel on the back. Finally,
j all amunition exhausted, the Indian
| resorted to his spear, and with the
wooden handle gave Howard one or
two severe raps on the head, trying to
| knock him out of his saddle—witliout
avail, but at last Howard.’s horse,
that had been tottering shakily from
loss of blood, fell on his knees, and
the Indian rushed up to end the con
test. At that instant the horse strug
gled to his feet again, and Howard
saw that bis opportunity had come,
his fo >i was at his side, and he quickly
thrust liis rifle against the Indian’s
body and fired, blowing a hole
through that seemed as large as one's
arm. The Indian shrieked, leaped
out of his saddle, and fell to the
ground on his face, dead.
Looking about, Howard saw the re
mainder of the band following at a
prudent distance, for by this time
they began to look upon him as a God,
in vulnerable tw all their weapons.
When, at last, the poor horse fell
prostrate, and apparently dead, they
ul! flocked up to make a final disposi
tion of their troublesome enemy. But
Howard, undaunted, lay quietly do ,vn
behind the body of his horse, and
when they came within short range,
look deliberate aim and fired, killing
another man. This uu looked for dis
aster completely demoralized them,
and they fled in all directions. With
in three minutes not an Indian was
in sight. Ho turned his attention to
his horse, loosened the girth to take
off the saddle, and was surprised
when Hie animal drew a deep breath
and struggled to his fnet. lie, then
led him slowly to where the rest of
the party had made a stand about
their wagon, and as he approached
from one direction I came limping
from the other, with a ballet in my
right leg. The Indians had paid
their gentle attentions to the rest of
us during the time Howard was hav
ing his light, but fortunately not in
force, and we succeeded in getting to
gether at the wagon, without the loss
of a man. I being the only on
wounded in the whole engagement.
As soon as Howard joined us we
started on the retreat for camp, the
Indians harassing us the whole way.
They would form in single file or all
abreast, and charge as though they
were going to ride right over us, but
on getting within short range would
wheel and retire, after discharging a
volley of shots that would tear up the
earth all around us. This was most
terrifying tm me, a boy fresh from
school, who hail never experienced
any sort of warfare, and had never
even seen a gun fired by one man at
another, but Howard, who had gone
through four years of the war of the
rebellion, and had seen three years or
more of border warfare with Indians,
was quite exhilarated by the excit
ment. He gave them a challenge by
walking alone several hundred yards
away on one side. They charged,
but retreated when he kneeled and
fired.
Arriving at camp after an hour’s
ride and running fight, we found the
escort thoroughly alarmed and just
starting out to pick up our dead bodies,
for they had seen so many Indians
about that they made sure we were all
killed. It was a scene of mutual re
joicing and congratulation, as we Lad
feared that they had met an untimely
fate.
A hasty council of war was held as
to what was to he dne. We were
unanimous in the opinion that it was
folly to continue work without a
larger escort and a personal body
guard, besides it was necessary that
mv wound should be dressed. Con
sequently it was decided to turn our
faces in the direction of Sheridan,
which we did, arrivingthere late in the
afternoon, the Indians following us
all the way, seeking an opportunity
to attack us again. With them it had
become a question of revenge, as they
had ht heavily, while we escaped l
entirely.
The horse that carried Howard so
nobly through this (light ultimately
recovered. Three of the five bullets
were extracted. I afterward took him
home to Burlingame, where he was
carefully fed and pampered for some
years till he died.
I recovered from my wound very
quickly, and within six weeks rejoin
ed the party, receiving promotion to
the first place in the corps—that of
Irausit man—which I occupied until
the road was completed.
Our miraculous escape was long the j
subject of wonder on the frontier, j
where it was regarded as the most
marvelous on record, as we fought
against such fearful odds. 1 hope the
narrative as I have written it will be
intelligible. I fear I have not made
it as clear as I could verbally. It
al ways excites me to think or tell of
it.—Now York Post
The Work of a Single Hair.
In 'he base of the oapitol at Wesh
mgtou is the enginerv by which the
house, the senate and the committee
rooms are warmed and ventilated, and
the gas lighted by electricity. It is
altogether a big apparatus, consisting
of three immense fans, four engines
and eight boilers, with the necessary
appliances for regulating the tempera
lure and moisture of the air supp.ied
to the nation's leaislators. The in
strument which tells whether the air
is too moist or too dry is operated by
a single human hair. A perfectly
dry air is put at 0; saturated air, that
is air carrying all the moisture it will
hold, is put at 100. A dial, with a
hand like that of a clock, represents
the different degrees from 9to 100.
The human hair absorbs moisture like
a rope, and like a rope, it becomes
shorter when wet and the same hair
when dry is made to represent the
hundred degrees of moisture on the
dial, and the hand or pointer moves
backwark or forward as the moisture
in the hair varies. If it becomes too
moist, less steam is allowed to escape,
and thus the atmosphere for the
nation’s statesmen is regulated and
kept at the healthful point, which is
about 50.
The gnat plague in the recently in
undated districts along the Mississippi
is causing much suffering and loss.
The gnats assail animals weakened
by hunger, and, crawling into their
mouths and nostrils, sting them to
They have been known to
kill men, even.
THE GRANT FAILURE.
An Interview with IT. 8. Grant, Sr.,
Who Sj Himself and Brothers
Have Lost All They Had.
From the New Tort Herald.
In response to a request lor a state
ment, U. S. Grant, Jr., said to a Her
ald reporter;
‘The Grant family has lost its en
tire fortune the ruin is complete. Not
only have I and my father and two
brothers put every cent we possessed
into the firm of Grant & Ward, but
we invested large sums which w bor
rowed from our friends, supposing
that everything was going along
splendidly and that we were amassing
a great fortune. I first put the $17,-
500 yearly income of my wife’s for
tune into the concern and then I put
the principal in with it. My father
in-law loses $500,000 which I borrow
ed from him.
“I know very little about the affairs
of the establishment. In fact, the ar
ticles of agreement of the firm provid
ed that Mr. Ward should draw all the
checks and transact all the business.
Mr. Ward insisted that the business
management should be left solely to
him. I had the greatest confidence
in him, and i consider him to be a
very able man. When he first pro
posed the partnership to me I knew
that he was making plenty of money,
and I said; ‘Oh, you don’t want to
attach yourself to a slow coach like
me.’ He proposed the thing a couple
of tiroes before I agreed.
“I did not, nor did ray father or
brothers, have the faintest idea that
any hing was wrong. Up to the time
of the failure I believed that I was
wbrlh $1,700,000. I held the bank’s
notes for upward of $1,000,000. Why,
I have told my friends of our fortune
within a few days, little dreaming of
the real state of affairs.
THEN CAME THE CRASH.
My father came down to the office on
the day of the failure, and, as he
walked across the floor toward me, I
said; ‘Father, everything is bursted,
and we cannot get a cent out of the
concern.’ That was the very first in
timation he had that there was the
slightest trouble. My brother Fred
had borrowed largely from his friends,
and my brother Jesse had some bor
rowed money into the firm on the
day previous to the failure.
“So confident were we all that
Grant & Ward were making piles of
money that we invested everything
we could get. I only drew out money
against my own account, bat 1 kept
putting in almost as ranch, and the
only real funds which I retained were
about sufficient for our living expen
ses. None of us liked to keep a dollar
out of the firm that was not absolute
ly needed, because we thought that
we were losing when we kept money
that might be earning a very heavy
profit. Several times recently when
I went to friends and asked them for
loans on the promise of enormous in
terest they declared that such a tran
saction woull be usurious. I never
asked for these loans again.
“To show you h-: w little I know
about the affairs of the firm, I said
when the Marine bank failed that it
would simply prevent us for a time
from giving certified checks. No one
in our family had any idea that the
firm had overdrawn itsaccout. When
I secured loans upon the bonds which
had been given as collateral for loans
from our firm I did not know that
the bonds were being rehypothecated.
those immense profits.
“Of course it is quite apparent that
the immense profits credited to mem
bers of the firm were fictitious. Ido
not care to go into the affair any
further just at present, as the whole
matter will be cleared up, I suppose,
in the courts.”
Mr. Grant said that President Fish
was not in the office of Grant & Ward
much, as his time was taken up at the
Marine bank. He did not know to
what extent Mr. Fish was cognizant
of the firm’s affairs. As to the appar
ent sale of one piece of property and
the purchase of another piece a few
days ago, Mr. Grant said:
“I was paying the interest on a
mortgage held against a Long Island
farm owned by a friend. Finally the
mortgage was foreclosed, and I bought
the property. As it brought me no
income I got rid of it for the property
in East Seventy-third street. This, in
turn, I traded for other property sev
eral days ago, but I made the trade
through a third person, as a direct
swap hurts real estate.”
Mr. Grant said that his father had
transferred everything he owned in
order to pay Mr. Vanderbilt the $150,-
000 which he had borrowed
for the firm before the bank failed.
A BLIND POOL INDEED.
“In fact,” he added, “there is little
or nothing more to be transferred by
us. We shall personally assume all
the debts which were contracted by
us persanally for the firm. As to its
other debts, I feel no moral responsi
bility whatever, although, as a mem
ber of the firm, I am, of course, re
sponsible. The statement of the bank
will show that we allow what we sup
pose were our profits and even the in
terest on our bonds to accumulate and
remain as invested capital. There arc
some drafts of mine there outside of
what I drew f,*r my expenses, but
they were for profits which I paid to
persons on their loans ”
So utterly ruined financially does
Mr. Grant consider himself that he
declares that he was in doubt as to
what to do for his living in future.
“I have no plans as yet.” he said,
“and I do not know whether I will be
able to stay in New York when this
thing is cleared up. for I mayhave to
enter into business elsewhere.”
Mr. Grant spoke with great frank
ness, and said that his faniily was
anxious to have the affairs of the
Marine Bank and Grant & Ward
made known in detail. It was only
the knowledge that this would be
done in a day or two that deterred
him from making a more detailed
statement.
A Letter from Gen. Sherman.
Gen. Sherman has written a letter
to a committee of St. Louis militia
officers who had requested him to ac
cept the brigadier generalship of the
state militia, explaining that he can
not do so because ho is still in the ser
vice of the' general government, and
adding: “Nevertheless, I want you
to feel that I, who am now a resident
and taxpayer of the state, appreciate
the patriotism and the great honor
due the men who under such adverse
circumstances have organized them
selves into companies and regiments
to give stability and protection to the
lives and property of the people. I
waut to encourage you to patience
and perseverance all I can, for I hon
estly believe the time is near when
our people, who love peace and its en
joyments. will realize that these are
only possible by being prepared for
war; not war in the sense of great
battles, but war to protect life an I
properly, which is the chief object >f
all government. A court "without a
sheriff wonld be a farce, a city with
oat a police would be a pandemonium,
so a state without a militia becomes
the subject of ridicule. Bv our laws,
easterns, and usages sheriff and police
are paid and maintained by the com
munities they guard, but from old pre
judices, dating three hundred years
back in England history, an army is
regarded in this country as unneces
sary or as dangerous to the re
public. Although the army and
militia have saved this gov
ernment in three great cases, this old
prejudice has gone on and has cost
the republic of the United States
thousands of millions of dollars; but
the people now realize that prevention
is cheaper than cure. The general
government will help the militia
somewhat, and the state must com
plete the system whereby a suitable
armed force’ shall be always maintain
ed for its own security. It is simply
a disgrace that young men, generally
poor, should be expected to form
companies, regiments, and brigades,
furnish their own armories, uniforms,
arms, equipments, and ammunition,
andjsubject themselves to restraint and
discipline to be used at the pleasure of
the state authorities, ala Pickwick,
Frovided they pay their own expenses,
say the time has passed when this
absurdity should longer exist, and the
state of Missouri, as well as the other
states of this great union, should make
a suitable provision for its militia, as
Washington advised a hundred years
ago, and as common decency and
justice now demand. The state guard,
limited to say one regiment of six
hundred men to each congressional
district, representing about 160,000 of
population, should bs liberally pro
vided for by state taxation.
A Maelstrom of Birds.
Philadelphia Times.
“Run wife! G* below, or thfey’li be
dashed to pieces I”
The keeper of the Atlantic City
Lighthouse was watching the hy
draulic floating lamp in the top of the
tall tower last night, and had just
brushed a speck from one of the plate
glass sashes through which the in
tense rays from the great fixed liht
that warned off all floating ocean life
from destruction were streaming,
when, turning his head in answer
to a strange flapping and whirring
noise, he utered the exclamation.
“What shall I do?” asked the
plucky little woman, who is in the
habit of keeping him company during
the early part of his vigils.
“Go for the net! Drive them off!
Take my overcoat with you and save
all you can!”
In the almost white-heat glow of
the lamp, outside of whose radiance
everything was impenetrable black
ness, a spectacle was presented un
equaled in any of Dore’s grotesque
imaginings. Though the light, like
motes in a sunbeam and thicker than
mosquitoes, hundreds of dazed and
frenzied birds, of various sizes, were
circling and gyrating, performing a
mad aerial dance around and around
the lantern.
Mrs. Wolf came in directly. “I
can do nothing with them,” she said;
“there are thousands and thousands
of them.” From out the bulging
pockets of the overcoat birds began to
fly, now dashing at the windows as if
to get out again, and the three or
four paimtating feathered mites she
held in each hand began struggling
to get free. They were of many
hues, these southern travelers thus
arrested and carried out of their
Northward migratory course, al
though in the fierce splendor of the
illuminated arc outside they had all
appeared luminous and white. They
were robins, flickers, mud-hens, and a
few rail birds, and one poor little pee
wit, perching itself sociably on its
rescuer’s shoulder, uttered its pecul
iar note.
“Did you notice that scarlet tan
singer in the house as you came up?”
asked Abraham Wolf, the keeper, of
his guest, the scribe. “Well,’ that
gorgeous fellow got here from the
West Indies somehow. I picked him
up in the net one night during a heavy
thunder storm. The net, you see, is
on the land side, where all the birds
come, and keeps them from spattering
their blood on the glass. But the
wild ducks, they tear the net to
shreds. We have had a few spring
birds the last week or two, but this
is the first large flock. Our house
during the summer is nearly always
full of them. We leave them loose
and let them go {where they want to.
One night my wife and 1 took over
300 birds alive and let them go next
morning. Rail birds, cat birds, wood
thrush, missle thrush, thistle birds,
and all the soft billed fly-catchers
are the most numerous, but we get
almost every sort. I keep a record of
their visits for the American
Ornithological Society to help throw
light on migration. I like to throw
light on any thing, you know—it’s in
my line.”
A Discourse on Lobsters.
“Lobsters iscur’us critters,” said an
old man whose weather-beaten face,
half concealed by an unkempt grey
beard and oilskin suit, stamped him
as a fisherman, at the Eastern station
the other day. “They’re just as sen
sitive as a bile, and I cal’late they
know an almighty sight. Folks say
as bow lobsters is treacherous, but I
alius found if you treated ’em half as
well as you would a dog they’d recip
erate every time. I f you think you
can pick a lobster by the tail and drive
a spike with him you make a big mis
take. and don’t you forget it. A lobs
ter is a humorous cuss, 100, and he
can appreciate a joke quicker’n two
tkirds of the men. I rekerlect a case
that proved this to mo once. I took
some Boston chaps out with me when
I went to look after my traps one day,
and them fellers kept tellin’ funny
stories all the way. When we was
cornin’ back one of ’em told a story
the other tellers called a chestnut.
There wasn’t no pi’nt toil and nobody
laughed, but, just as true as I’m stand
in’ here, every one of them lobsters
in the bottom of the boat turned over
on their hacks and acted sort of ner
vous like. They had all been quiet
and peaceful afore, aud I know they
saw there wasn’t any fun in the story.
An’ I tell you, boys, lobsters can be
learnt a good imny things; I was
brought up among ’em an I know
somethin’ of their natiir’. Just look
at this!” The old man picked up a
big live one from a barrel that was
awaiting transportation, and for a
few seconds held the squirming mon
ster in the palm of one of his hands.
Then he Hopped it over, back up
wards, and rubbed its tail briskly
with the other hand. The fish slowly
drew in its ugly looking claws and
subsided into perfect quiet, showing
no more signs of life than if it had
been boiled. “There,” said the old
man, “that lobster’s under a spell,
and he’ll stay just as long as I want
him to.”
The Capital of the World.
Maomullan'e Magazine.
London has been, since the Con
quest, the real center of Government,
of the thought, the growth, the cul
ture, and the life of the nation. No
other city in Europe has kept that
prerogative unbroken for sight cen
turies until our own day. At the
very utmost, Paris has possessed it
for more than four centuries, and in
an incomplete manner for at least
half of these four. The capital of
Prussia, Austria, Russia and Spam
are merely the artificial work of re
cent ages, and the capitals of Italy
and Greece are mere antiquarian
revivals. England was centralized
earlier than any other European na
tion: and thus the congeries of
towns that now call London has
formed, from the’early days ©f our
monarchy, the essential seat of Gov
ernment, the military headquarters,
the permanent home of the law, the
connecting link between England and
the Continent, and one of the great
centers of the commerce of Europe.
Hence it has come about that the Ufe
of England has been concentrated on
the banks of the Thames more com
pletely and for a longer period than
the life of any great nation has been
concentrated in any single modern
city. When we add to that fact the
happy circumstance that at least down
to the memory of living men London
retained a more complete series of
public monuments, a more varied set
of local associations, more noble
buildings bound up with the memory
of more great events and more great
men than any single city in Europe
(except, perhaps Rome itself), we
come to the conclusion that London
is a city unsurpassed in historic in
terest *
The reported discovery of tin in pay
ing quantities in Harney Peak, Col.,
will, if it proves true, complete the
national list of the prominent useful
metals. Gold, silver, lead, copper,
zinc and iron are the other metals of
the list
THE PRICE OF AN INDIAN’S LIFE-
Satuff Ins the Cheyenne* for the
Death of Ranine Buffalo.
Globe-Democrat.
Agent Dvor received a dispatch
from Sub Agent Darlington, at Con- ;
tonment, saying that the Indians
persisted in * their demand for 200
horses, as satisfaction for the killing
of Running Buffalo, and that the
matter would have to be settled to
day or the ponies would he stolen or
forcibly taken from the corral to
night He did not think the troops
strong enough to hold them. Maj.
Dewes, commanding at Fort Reno,
also received a dispatch from Lieut.
Gibbon, whom he sent in command
of troops to protect the lives of Hor.
ton and his men, to the effect that it
would be impossible to bring the
Ernies here without serious trouble,
e reported over 100 Indians present,
fully armed, and others arriving.
Major Dewes thereupon notified
Agent Dyer of his inability to send
more cavalry to re-mforce Gibbon
and advised him to call upon Gen.
Fitter, at Fort Supply, for assistance.
This was rendered unnecessary, how
ever, by a subsequent dispatch from
Darlington to Dyer, stating that Hor
ton had compromised withihe Indians
by giving them half the herd. The
Indians professed to be satisfied, and
hopes are entertained that this will
end the presenet difficulty. Lieut.
Gibbons’ orders covered the men only,
and he was instructed to carefully
avoid bringing on further conplica
tions concerning the horses. He
started on the return to Fort Reno at
2 o’clock to-day, bringing Horton and
another man prisoners. The Con
tonment affair occurred at an unfor
tunate lime. Maj. Dewes’ cavalry
force was worn down with Oklohatna
marching and scouting. Some were
still out in the country atjwork, and
a detachment on the way to Caldwell
escorting boomers odt of the Terri
tory. His available force at Fort
Reno was small and greatly fatigued.
TUe effect of securing so many ponies
by lawlessness will be to encourage
similar future attempts and lead to
trouble hereafter. lu the opinion of
the Globe-Democrat correspondent,
Maj. Dewes’cavalry command should
be immediately increased to 1,000
men. A smaller force can never en
force authority among the Cheyennes
and Arapahoes, who are exceedingly
turbulent and arrogant.
Artesian Weils in New York City.
New York Herald.
While the city authorities are de
bating how to provide a sufficient
supply of water for the millions that
are yet to be inhabitants of New York,
private individuals are solving the
problem for them in a very practical
way. Almost all the brewers of the
city have artesian wells or are sinking
them. Several dry goods and other
business firms are also adding to their
liquid stores in the same direction.
Tracey & Russell are boring on the
sidewalk of their big building on
Greenwich avenue, and have gone as
deep as 815 feet to find a flow of brack
ish water averaging about 8 gallons
a minute. They have been at it for
about six weeks. They were working
in quartz rock on Monday. They ex
pect to sink a couple of hundred or
more feet before they corns to a good
supply of clear, sweet water. George
Ehred, on East Ninety-second street,
is also sinking a well on his premises,
aud at a depth of 575 feet finds a
flow of about one thousand gallons
an hour of brackish water. At a depth
of four hundred and thirty feet Mr.
Burton, the driller, struck a stream of
living water from the East River, the
trend of which was from northeast to
southwest. He thought it flowed from
the vicinity of One Hundred and
Sixth street toward the rocky ridge of
Fourth avenue, and then took a turn,
and a few blocks south of Ninety sec
ond street flowed back to its source.
The reporter was told by residents of
Yorkville that 20 or 30 years ago a
large part of the territory east of
Third avenue was covered by the
water of the East River, and that this
avenue itself was at certain points
fenced in from the river. The infer
mants said that as lads they ha I
frequently climbed over the fence and
gone into the water to bathe. In the
well that is being sunk for Mr. Ehret
it is found that the rise and fall of the
water corresponds with the ebb and
flow of the tides in the river. Then
there is an open channel between the
well and the river was also proved by
the bringing up in pieces of a fish
about 10 inches long which had baen
cut by the drill.
At the depth of about 520 feet
another stream was struck. The water
is blackish and is evidently from the
river. At the -depth of 575 feet on
Monday it was of the same character,
but with an increased mixture of
sweet water. The drill was then
working in beautiful white granite,
the dust of was almost as pure
as snow. Nothjing like it is said to be
know in this country. It appears to
run in transverse layers, and when
struck in one direction easly chips off,
but in another is so hard as to almost
defy the drill. Just before this gianite
was struck a layer of asbestos was
met, which gave* the drillers some
trouble because of its elastic character.
At the depth of 800 feet Mr. Button
expects to strike below the limestone,
bed of Ward s Island and to obtain an
abundant supply of beautiful drink
ing water. This will be tapped at its
own level for brewing purposes, while
the blackish water will be tapped at
the higher level for lavatory and
other uses. He has been over six
weeks on the present bore. In con
versation with the reporter, Mr. But
ton remarked that the city could very
greatly increase its water supply by
sinning a series of wells at different
points between Twenty-third street
and the City Hall, where the water
level is reached at a relatively small
cost and a little depth. The supply
from these wells could be utilized by
the fire and street cleaning depart
ments, and by manufacturers and
livery stable-keepers and others. As
the city extends its area and increasad
its population. Mr. Button believed
the necessity for this increased sup
ply will be more and more realized.
The New Old Testament.
From the New York Tribune
The revised translation of the old
testament, which will shortly be pub
lished, may not take the place of the
authorized version in popular estima
mation; but it maybe fairly expected
to clear up many infelicities and ob
scurities in that version which puzzle
the ordinary reader.
The “unicorn" which never existed
outside the English Bible will at last be
killed, and the “wild ox” substituted
is its place. The “Book of Tasker"
will be changed to the “Book of the
Upright” Sunday school children
will no longer be troubled by the
doubtful ethics of the Israelites in
“borrowing" jewelry from the Egypt
ians and then running away with it
The revised translation will rightly
state that they asked for eifts, not
loans. Joseph's many-colored “coat"
will be a “tunic.” The celebrated
passage in the book of Job. “Yet in
my flesh shall I see God," will be
changed to “Yet out of my flesh,”;
etc. “Judgment also will I lay to
the line, and righteousness to the
plummet” will read; “I will make
judgment for a line, and righteous
ness for a plumb line.” In Psalm vii.
the passage “Thou hast made him a
little lower than the angels, will be:
“Thou hast made him a little lower
than God.” In Psalm xxiviL the
passage “Fret not thyself in any wise
to do evil.” will be changed to “Fret
not thyself, it tendeth to evil.” And
in Psalm Ixviii. the passage “The
Lord gave the word: great was the
company of those that published it.
will be made to read, “The lord
giveth the word, and the women that
bring glad tidings are a great host.
These are fair samples of many of
the changes which will be made. The
aim of the translators has been to re
produce the meaning of the original
as closvily and accurately as possible.
It is pleasant to know that this ob
ject will be attained without affect
ing any of the great dogmatic state
ments contained in the authorized
version. The revision will simply
clarify the present venerable transla
tion.
A Wedding Tour in a Canoe.
Burlington (Vt.) Free Press.
Down the historic tide of Lake:
Champlain, in the early days of sum-1
mer that is to be, will lloat the frailest, \
fairyest. strangest bark that was ever
launched on the crystal waters. It
will be a bridal canoe, fitted with soils
of silk, with nickel-plated paddles
and mast, and costing not less than
§I.OOO. In it a young American gen
tleman of wealth and leisure and his
lovely bride will make their bridal
tour. The canoe is to bo what is
known as a “shadow," having keel
board and mast, so that the happy
voyagers can spread their dainty sail
and glide along unwearied bv the tails
of oar or paddle. They will embark
at River Park, on the Hudson river,
sail up that noble stream to Troy,
where they will make a portage to
Lake George, and thence, with a short
portage over the dam at Ticonderoga.
enter Lake Champlain and court the
summer breeze, with prow pointed for
the queen city of the lake. Every
evening they will spread their tent on
the grassy slope of some lakeside
grove, and while the jeweled fingers
of the beautiful bride gather driftwood
for the vesper fire, the young husband
will make his way to the nearest
farmer for eggs and milk. Tue exact
date of their arrival at the Queen city
has not been announced, and will
probably be dependent in large meas
ure upon the kindness of the weather
clerk and the direction of the wind.
Should St. Albans still be in existence
by the time they reach the city, they
will provision their craft at our grocery
stores, and cruise among the islands
to that unfortunate hamlet, where
they will stow their canoe aboard a
palace-car and steer for the headwaters
of the Connecticut. Down that beauti
ful river they will float at their leisure,
contracting sunburn, muscle and
health, and when finally they emerge
in the blue waters of the sound, they
will have their canoe put on the deck
of one of the steamers plying between
Hartford and New York and so return
to the metropolis of the western con
tinent.
A California Romance.
Los Angeles (Ca'.) Republican.
Last evening Robert Drape was
married to Tua-lalupe de Randini.
Under such an announcement rests
hidden a gallant deed which had
passed unperceived. It was during
the flood. A young widow with her
two children was standing on the
porch of a bouse situated on the bank
of the river, and there was no escape
for her. Spectators looked horrified,
for the waters had surrounded the
frail building, and the cries of the
children and the agonizing looks of
the mother were piercing their hearts,
but none would brave what appeared
certain death to rescue the unfortun
ates. A young mechanic brought to
the locality by curiosity, appeared
among the spectators. Realizing the
danger, and divesting himself of his
surplus clothing, he plunged into the
turbid waters. Soon he reached the
doomed building. To strap the children
on his back and seize the mother in
his strong arms was but the work of a
moment. Soon he landed them on
safe ground, amid the plaudits of the
crowd, and as he assumed his outer
apparel the house disappeared in the
roaring waters of the river. The
gratitude of the mother found vent in
the flowing language of the natives
of Spain, and our hero who could only
guess at the moaning of the musical
words, read in the eyes of the Gua
dalupe incipient loye. His blushes
were a response to this language of
the heart, and, moved by an irre
sistible |impulse, they flew into each
other’s arms and then pledged them
selves to one another, net m words,
for he understood not her language,
nor did she know his, but by’ look,
and the pledge was ratified last night
in the presence ®f the Father Peter
and a crowd of mutual friends.
Snake-Bites in India.
From all the Year Around.
Their thatch and mud houses, with
walls often honeycombed by rats, af
ford a natural shelter to the cobra
and krat. The of light in their
houses by night, when nine-tenths of
the snake bites occur; a footstep in
ike dark; a hand or foot resting over
the edge of their low charpoys during
sleep—an irresistible temptatiop to a
prowling cobra; the accidental strik
ing oi seizure by the kand of a snake
while cutting their crops, and crop
watching by night are among the
most commonoccassions of snake-bite.
Often so light is the bite on the finger
or toe that it is not enough to break
sleep, and thus the sleep of life grad
ually and unconsciously merges into
that of death. The poison seems to
steal insensibly and painlessly through
the system, gradually benumbing trie
springs of life, till it brings them to
a standstill forever. Nor is there
anything left to tell the cause except
the minutest speck, like a flea bite,
only visible to a close examination.
In the morning the bitten person may
be found either dead or in the last
stige of snake bite poisoning; it may
be a dead mother with her living
child still clinging to her, drinking
in, in the milk, the poison which,
even in such a minute quantity, also
leaves the child dazed and lethargic
for many hours to come. Strange to
say, so apathetic are natives (Indian)
fiat often they get bitten and go to
sleep again, without thinking more
about it, on the frail chance of the
bite being non poisonous, and so sleep
on till their friends find them, or
sleep ceases in death.
A Swimming L'hickeiP.
Franklin (Ga News.
We have always heard it said that
a chicken could not swim, but in this
instance the theory was exploded.
One day last week a hawk darted
down on Mr. Harris’ yard, seized a
month-old chicken, and flew across
the river. Marshaii Pitman saw the
hawk catch the chicken and shot at
him. No sooner than he shot, the
chicken was dropped in the river.
Seeing it fall, Mr. Pittman ran to tue
river, and strange to say, about
twenty-five or thirty feet from the
bank saw the little fowl swimming
with all its might. He being amazed
at the sight, called several other gen
tlemen and waited to see what the re
sult would be. In a few minutes,
however, it reached tne bank and
looking at the admiring lookers-on as
if to salute them and receive their
congratulations. It was carried to the
house and dried, and it is now the
prettiest chicken in the yard. That
this chicken swam out of the river
is not hearsay, but is an actual fact.
Valuable Ashes.
On Saturday, March 22, a package
of burnt money, representing $2,690,
was received by treasurer Wyman for
redemption. It was the property of
Thomas Downing, a quarry man liv
ing near Menas Ua, Wis., and repre
sented the savings of twenty three
vears of hard -work. His cabin was
destroyed by fire March 6, and with it
all his money, which was in the form
of greenbacks and national bank
notes. The charred remains of the
money were submitted to the exami
nation of a committee of treasury ex
perts, and all the legal tender notes to
the amount of $1,950 identified. They
were redeemable at once. The re
mainder will be transmitted to the
of issue for their action, and
the result will be that the entire
amount of money will be restored to
its owner. This is only one of many
of this kind acted upon by the
treasury. —Washington Post,
Behind the Earthworks.
Ah! it was one of the prettiest June I
days even Virginia ever saw. There
was such a mellow sunshine that
every flower and blossom turned its
face to be kissed, and there was such a
happy, peaceful look down across the
fields towards the James river that
men forgot for a moment the war ex
isted. In the trees overhead the
robins called to each other, aud once
a blue bird alighted on the wheel of a ;
field piece which had its shining brass
muzzle thrust through the embrasure
ready to send its shrieking shell
whenever hand pulled the lock
string.
There was a thousand of us down
behind the earthworks, and we were
so quiet that the voice of the Colonel
reached the last man on the flanks as
he cautioned us: “My lads, we are!
going to hold this position against a
whole army!”
See! A thin line of men—skirmish
ers to the number of fifty—suddenly
break cover from the woods Half a
mile away and advance upon ns.
They skulk—they dodge—they drop 1
down and suddenly rise again and ad-!
vanoe as stealthy as Indians intent
upon surprising a hamlet. Bah!
Fifty men againt 1,000! No, it is not
that. The octopus is in the woods — ’
these skirmishers are the long arms
he is reaching out to feel us—to un
cover our position—to ascertain our
strength.
“Puff! Puff!”
It is the fire of the skirmishers. !
You know where the watch dog is by |
his growl. They are trying to provoke I
the beast to betray his retreat. Zip!
Zip! How the bullets sing as they lly
over our heads! There is dead silence ;
behind the works. Wejbreathe faster |
and harder—we clutch our guns with
tighter grip, but we are silent. To j
kill an octopus you must strike at the
body. Sever his arms and they will
grow again.
“Pop! pop! pop! Zip! zip! zip;”
“Steady, lads, and wait for the
w’ord!” says the colonel.
There is no excitement among us. !
I hear the man on my right shut his
teeth with a gritting sound, and the
man on my left is breathing like a
man in profound slumber. If I could
look up aud down the line I might see
pale faces, but I am looking down
across the fields and over the heads of
the skirmishers. The grandest sight
of the world is to see the Octopus of
War leave his lair and come fourth
thirsting for human blood.
Ah! here he conies! His feelers
have failed to uncover us, but he can
judge for himself that such a short
line of works can not conceal more
than a full regiment. He does not
kno w that our right flank rests on a
swamp and our (left on an impassable
ravine, while our front offers no shel
tei even for a rabbit. Look! the sight
is worth ten years of your life. A
full brigade pours out of the woods
and form for the charge. Regiments
and companies swing into position as
if on parade. The skirmishers re
double their tire, and a general gallops
alonr the front of a brigade, as if to
see that every foot is on a line with
its neighbor.
Now’ they get the word to advance,
and at the same instant our field-pieces
open fire. The cruel shell are striking
plump into the front rank and tearing
men to pieces by the half-dozen, but
as the smoke lifts we find Octopus
marching on with steady movements.
He wants blood. He will demand
drop for drop— and more! Ha 1 Tue
shriek of shell has changed to the
whistle of grape and canister, and
the men at the guns are working as if
the fate of nations depended on them.
The smoke drops down in a great
cloud; and one cannot see beyond his
bayonet. Now it is rent and shattered,
and it lifts and floats away in pieces
and fragments.
“Now lads —and fire low!”
The Octopus has been staggered—
wounded —halted—but here he comes
again. Right in front of me I see a
face and form which I select as a tar
get. I could kill him now, but I grim
ly wait for him to come nearer. He
is pale with excitement, and as the
man at his left is struck down, my tar
get loses the steady step of the tine.
But only for an instant. Now he is
not over forty feet away’, and the fire
of musketry has checked the advance.
My weapon points straight at him. I
am looking right into his eyes. I
note his brown curls, his high fore
head—the white teeth shut tight to
gether in his excitement. He is not
over 20 years old. He has a mother
whose poor old heart will almost
break tomorrow. He has sisters who
will refuse to be comforted for long
months. And such a fair-faced boy
must have a sweetheart whose very
soul will cry out in anguish at the
news of his death.
lam going to kill him! The excite
ment of the check has confused him.
He looks to the right and the lei t and
then into my eyes. He is standing al
most alone. As our eyes meet he sees
murder in mine, and I read an appeal
of mercy in his. The result of a bat
tle does'not hinge upon the life of a
corporal. The war will not be over
the sooner for his death. But I take
deliberate aim for his breast and press
the trigger and even before I feel the
shock of discharge I see the red blood
spray out from the horrible wound,
and he falls back with a shriek upon
his lips.
The Octopus is beaten back. Igo
over the works and find ray target.
Those brown curls are damp with
death—the fair face as white as snow
—the ground soaked with blo r d so
precious that every drop will call for
a hundred tears from woman’s eves.
The blue eyes are wide open, the lips
are parted, and as I bend over him it
seems as if his voice came back for an
instant to whisper the exclamation:
Murdered
And that was war! That was one
of the acts which helped to make a
victory for thousand to shout over —
for flag* to ripple—for rockets to
ascend —for children to cheer and
women to bless high heaven!— M.
Quad in Detroit Free Press.
Oncer Animals from Swan Land.
Baltimore Bud .
| Captain Charles H. Davis, of the
schooner Florence Rogers, from Vi
vorilla Bay, arrived the other night,
i On his way to Baltimore he stopped
at Swan island, in ihe Carribean sea,
and was so attracted by its 10-tliness
and abundance of fruit, ga'ue and
tropical riches that he remained sev
eral days. Swan Island is the most
isolated island in the Carribean. It
i is 100 miles from the mainland and
j 130 from the nearest settlement on
| Rotan Island. The American flag
I flies over the island. An American
guano company occupied it just in
time to prevent it from being claimed
by an English man-of-war which ar
rived shortly afterward. The com
, mander of the man-of-war regretted
! the loss of the island, as the location
o? a light-house upon it would be an
excellent guide to vessels bound from
| Europe to the British Honduras. Cap- |
■ tain Davis brought home with him ;
from Swan Island two strange ani-.
mals, for which he can find no name, i
They are dark grey in color, about the j
size of cats, but with heads, teeth and
eyes like rata. Their tails are very |
I short. There are but few of them on
the island, and they cannot be found
on the other islands. A peculiarity
of the animals is the strong affection
which exists between them. If the
male is caught the female becomes a
willing prisoner, and vice versa.
The lady who spoke to a gentleman
on Lafayette Square Wednesday even
ing, under the impression that the
gentleman was her long absent Ken
tucky cousin, is altogether excusable
and can have her “polite note,” re
turned by sending “Cariolanus” her
name and number.
Among the 1,300 samples of mustard
analyzed by the chemists of the New
York City Sanitary Bureau some were
found to contain flour colored with
naptkal yellow. This latter substance
is not merely poisonous, hut explo
sive.
The Perilaas Slide of Two Little
Kiris.
Leadville Chronic],
As two Leadville little girls were
coasting on Friday they attached their
two sleds, each taking a position on
the forward one. They slid over a
two-foot shaft covered with snow,
which broke through, but the speed
carried the forward sled with its
freight safely over The rear sled
dropped in the hole.
Allen's Iron Tonic Bitter* cure Dys
pepsia. All genuine boar the signature of J.'l'.
Alien. Druggist, St. Paul. Minn.
A young lady residing on North
Carolina street, has within the past
few months acquired a perfect mastery
of the coruet. The neighbors thought
they labored under a grievous burden
when she only played on the piano;
now they are beseeching her to go
back to the latter.
Nervous, dvspcptio invalid*, whose distress of
mind and body make life miserable, if your suf
ferings have been prolonged and increased by the
use of bitters anil pretended cures of kidney and
liver diseases, threw all such nostrums aside and
find health, strength and visor in that simple
remedy known as l>r. Guysotrs Yellow Dock and
Sarsaparilla. It purities the blood, strengthens
the urinary and digestive organs, and infuses new
life into ail narts of the body. No other remedy
equals it. Have your druggist get it for you.
In New York a woman is paid f>
cents for making a shirt that is sold
for 80 cents. It would bo asking too
much perhaps to demand a leversal of
these prices—3o cents for making a
shirt that is sold for (s—and yet these
are about its making and wearing
values.
Valuable and Convenient. Bkown a
Brosohial Troches are a safe ami sure remedy
for Bronchitis. Coughs, and other troubles of the
Throat and Lungs. Sold only in bare.,. Price
as cents.
And now a Connecticut woman ap
pears who insists that she is 117 years
old. It is a curious fact that after a
woman has passed her one hundredth
birthday she ceases to have any false
pride about her age.
inponiui.
When you visit or leave New York city, save
baggage, expressage and carriage hire, and stop
at the GRAND UNION HOTEL, opposite Grand
Central depot: 4.V) elegant rooms, fitted up at a
cost of one million dollars, reduced to $1 and up
ward per day. European plan. Elevator. Res
tauraut supplied with the oust. Horse ears,
stages and elevated railroad to all depots. Cam
dies can live bettor for less money at the Grand
Umen Motel than at any other llrsi-oiaas hotel in
the city.
A young lady on North Broadway
has been invited to write an essay on
‘‘What Kissing Really Is." She de
dines because she does not think the
article is definable. She says it is
now, was in the beginning and ever
will be.
From I*. F. Llepaner, A. M, Red Rank,
N J. X have been troubled with Catarrh so
badly for several years that tt seriously a Hooted
my voice. I tried Dr. ’a remedy without the
slightest relief One bottle of Ely's Cream Balm
did the work. My voice is fully restored and my
head feels better than for years.
4n Chicopee, Mass., there are eight
een applicants for the two vacant po
sitions on the police force, and eighty
six for the oilice of bridge-tender.
lx HKUAHp to Ely’s Cream IUI.II for Catarrh,
my answer is. I can recommend it as the be-1
remedy I ever used.—Dr. J S. Vaimiiax, Dentist,
Muskegon, Mich. tSee adv’t
St. Petersburg has a population of
928,016, only a quarter of whom were
born in that city.
lie Speaks Wllh a Clear Voice
II do not write favorably of your medicine be
cause it is fashionable, but because 1 have tried
your White Wine of Tar Syrup, and am satisfied it
will relieve a cold or sore throat quicker than any
other medicine I have ever tried. At times it lias
troubled me a great deal to speak, but your medi
cine kos enabled me to speak with a clear and dis
tinct voice. I remain truly yours.
liitv J. D. t'KAIO.
Miami Station, Carroll Cos.. Mo.
A Massachusetts woman is suing
her mother in law for $25,000 for al
leged slander.
tWTIic Voice of tlio l*oo|>lc. No
family Dyes were ever so popular ms tin* Dm
nioud Dyes. They never fail. The Black is far
superior to logwood. The other colors are Bril
liant. Wells, Richardson & 00., Burlington Vt.
The Piute Indians have organized a
base ball club at Virginia City, Nev.
A Clcrgj iiiHii'a Tongue.
Rev. R. Priest says: Tongue cannot expr <_ s
the good that Warner’s White of Tar Syrup has
done for me and my family. I have labored in
the cause fifteen years, and have never found
anything that will relieve Hoarseness and Irrlfa
tionof the Throat and Lungs like White Wine of
Tar Syrup
Beecher’s thirty-seventh year with
Plymouth church ends May 16.
Repeated requests have induced the pro
prieters of Lydia K Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound to send by mail to various lady correspon
dents, large mounted portraits of Mrs. Pinkham;
and now many a household wall Is adorned hy
the familiar, motherly face of the Massachusetts
womam who has d#ne so much for all women.
Long Branch has the largest roller
skating rink in the world.
One greasing with Frazer AxleCireas* wiH'last
two weeks, all others two to three days
All the United Slates senators but
tw® wear spectacles.
Thousands, yes, millions, of Inittles of Carboline
have been sold, and the sale still goes on. If there
were no merit in this great natural ha'r renewer
do you suppose that the people would still buy ns
they continue to do.
25c buys a pair of Lyon’s Patent Heel St I liners.
Makes a boot shoe last twice as long.
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Health and Happiness.
<2 DO AS OTHERS
(T&CrUJ* 5* HAVE DONE.
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r t ante Wilson, Peabody. Mans.
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flenry Ward, late Col. r/jth Sat Guard, N. Y.
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Are you Bilious?
e, Kidoer Wort lia v dene me mi re good than any
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kn. J. T. Galloway, Elk Flat. Oregon.
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my physical condition ink few uioiiL* is
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JONES WAGON SCALES,
U VllUlJ liOil L***f*. KI Hearing". E.Ju
■* Qjp TW (tan and B-tm Ifei,
BnGHAMTOH $6O and
JO N KH h p* v* tb* (rrlfbl—-f.,r I. •
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J rtitula tail b found Uian Kllp'i
JT ov C F' *d. Kidfra’a Imxl fiat m.a#
A7 ’ tuily rarr*-*J n>"fa dilMrm ti.ai. all
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a time and then bare them return agata. Ia radi
cal core. I hv* made the dlscaaa of FITS, EPILEFST
or FALLING SICE *• JiSS a ilf* long tadf. I warrant nif
reraajy to ruro tb* wor*t rare*. Bar-iuiee others have
failed 5* no reenn for n*. now receiving a care. Send at
once U>x a trnaGao ami a Frae Home of my InfeUibla
reraedy. Give Ezprt—* ard l*at Office. It eoeta yua
nothin# fr a trial, and I will cure y u.
Affdreaw Or. U O. H*KTT. W Fearl §L, N*W Turk, __
LIFE LOANS
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