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Märiens Master.
BT FRANK J. M A. TBK WS.
Early in October I had finished the
Tan Bark school, and in accordant*
with a long chorished plau for pleas
ure, I engaged passage for a trip down
river. My carpet sack was packed
with a few books and writing materia!*
and one «veiling, after bidding my
father and mother a good bye, which
was tho first that t had ever said to
them w.tU tiro exception oT an abscnce
of more than n day, I made my way
to tho landing, so that Old Boggs, the
flatboatman, would not bu hindered,
but could start as soon as there was
su Aident light the next morning.
At daybreak 1 was aroused by the
■plash of water, which Old Boggs was
vigorously rolling up against the side
of our craft in his efforts to free it
from the sand bar upon which he had
drawn it the night before. I arose
bastlly, and dressing as I went, hur
ried to his assistance. We were soon
clear of the shore and floating with the
current of the grand old river, whose
waters at that time had never been
disturbed by the splash of steam driven
craft.
It is needless to recount the monot
onous chain of events connected with
our voyage. Nothing more than the
usual start at daybreak and tying up
•t dark occurred for the first twelve
«lays out, but as tho thirteenth was
drawing to a close our story proper
commences.
I had been on the look out for some
time for a suitable place to make a
stop for the night, when some distance
«head I observed what appeared to be
an island. I called Boggs 1 attention
to it, who informed me that it was a
"settlement." It was soon decided
that we were to stop there for the
night after which the old scow seemed
to float slower, as if to add to my
curiosity.
We rounded the head of the island
and made fast to a little log landing,
aear a house of the same material
which stood upon the bank. We were
soon on shore, and in answer to
knock at the door, a man emerged
from the house. A mutual recogni
tion between Boggs and him took
plaoet but imagine my surprise when
they began to talk a language which 1
could not understand. Boggs, as
oould tell by their looks, told him who
I was, and ho welcomed me as best
he could. We soon returned to the
boat. After supper, Boggs, without
any apparent regard for the general
run of conversation, broke in:
"How would you like to stay on the
island this winter?"
Not having given the subject the
possibility of a thought, I was taken
at a disadvantage, and he continued:
"When I was talking to Jacobs up
•t tho house, he said they wanted
man to come on the island this winter
and opeu a school in English so that
their children might learn the lan
guage. Now, how would such a posit
ion suit youP"
I studied a few minutes, and from
the same venturesome spirit which had
impelled me to want to make the trip
with Boggs, I consented to stay.
"Very well, th6n. We will go up to
the bouse. I will recommend you to
Jacobs and he can go around the set
tlement and see that tho arrangement
jtis satisfactory to the balance of the set
ters."
As we entered the house, we were met
by Jacob's wife, as I supposod, who
having opened the door, motioned us
smilingly to the fire, which had been
kludled in the chimney place, for the
evenings were chilly.
Boggs soon mado known our errand
to Jacobs, who lost no time in doing
as Boggs suggested in regard to calling
in some of his neighbors to make a
contract with me. The novelty of my
position can be imagined when I say
that I was asked to sign a contract
penned in German to conduct an Eng
lish school for a term of six months,
especially as I could not read a word
of the contract
The visitors did not stay long after
the business had been disposed of. By
invitation of our host I remained for
tlio night Boggs returning to the boat
to keep everything straight as he said.
Next morning at suurisOi Boggs cost
off. Before the sun had reached the
meridian I would gladly have
changed places with anyone in Chris
tendom who had some ono to talk to.
When I first entered John Jacobs'
bouse I was struck with the apparent
difference between himself and wife
in age, as well as a similarity of ex
pression of couutenance, so that I was
uot $o much surprised as you may bo
wheu I say that Marie Jacobs was not
Mrs. Jacobs, but John's daughter in
stead of John's wife.
There is no need of my going over
the story of my stay on the island. 1
was soon at my work, and, as a con
sequence of being interested, made
good headway, considering that none of
my pupils understood a word of tho
language which I was teaching them to
read.
John Jacobs was more enthusiastic
than any other man on the subject of a
school. Marie Jaoobs was one of my
scholars, and partaking of the nature
of her father, was one of the most stu
dious of pupils. She was enthusiastic,
though somewhat inclined to be shy,
and many were the hours that I sat by
the fire and repeated the names in
English of the different articles about
the room. While I did this, Marie
would say the name after me, mimick
ing my very tone, never satisfied unless
I gave the muoh valued nod of approv
al Thus matters went on, the winter,
which at first seemed to mo would be a
long lonesome season, was half over.
John played the violin, every man,
woman and child, too, for that matter,
in the settlement danced. Marie waltzed
and she taught "tho master," as the?
•11 called" uie.
The days passed, th8 weeks flew by
and months rapidly drew to a close
months which marked the time I had
been engaged to stay. Only two more
were left at the end of which time it
was to be presumed 1 would gladly
return to the parents I had left among
the northern pine-clad hills. No such
feeling of deliverance was mine. It
was rather with a pang of pain that I
contemplated the short time that lay
between me and the time when I
nbould say goodb, e to these people,
whom I had come to regard with
I,„rip admiration as embodying the
true pr nciples of self-governing inde
j.entleuco. And Marie! Would I never
to
it
a
broken English again F These thoogfeti
did not long remain at first bnt as tbi
time of my departure drew nearer thej
occupied more of my mind.
The mention of my mother's nam«
one evening a few weeks before tht
time I waa to leave them« caused Marie,
I fancied, to glance quickly at me,
thei\ letting her eyes fall to the floor,
in a low tone, which I hoped was as
sumed to keep back the anxiety ah«
really felt she said:
"When will you see your mother?"
"It may be a long timet" I replied,
which considering the fact that I had
but a few weeks more to stay on th<
island, may be put down by th«
world's great critics, if they please, a«
a specimen of lovers' logic. I imagined
that Marie was happier then bul
maybe not It is possible that what 1
think is solicitude for my whereabouts
is simply a fear that she will lose the
instruction which she so muoh prizes.
Thus I allowed myself to be tangled
in the net of love, woven of golden
hair ;light but strong.
Were I not her master, 1 could say
whether it was for me she cared, or
simply for the lessons I had given her.
At last I resolved to go to my home
and not let little Marie know how bad
ly it made me feel to leave her and the
beautiful island, nor how I had enjoyed
teaching her the words it was now
such a pleasure for me to hear from
her lips, Then, again, this seemed
like a cowardice, for I believed she
might have the same regret at out
parting as myself.
The days passed on, and the next
was to be the last of school, and still 1
bad refrained from saying anything in
regard to what I would do, whether re
turn to my home or still stay on the
island.
'You will go home to-morrow, mas
ter?"
It was Marie. She had seen me sit
ting on the rustic seat beside the door,
and imagined I was thinking of rela
tives and friends whom I soon would
see
"Shall I go, Marie?"
Only four little words, yet to Marie
and I they meant more than pages oi
our lives' histories.
"No! no!"
She laid her plump little hand upon
my sleeve as she spoke, as if to detain
me. I took the hand between mine
and kissed it—not the kiss of a master
to a deserving pupil, but a lover's kiss
—the first
I did not say that I would stay,
Marie had not asked me to stay, she
had simply assured me of what 1 had
already known, that she would rather
I would stay, but what assurance had
I that she cared for me in particular.
None, except that little tremulous "no,
no," and I kept repeating it that 1
might not lose courage; but I did,
1 at last resolved that I would state
the case plainly to Jacobs, the father.
His opinion would decide me.
School was out and that night sit
ting before the house as I had the
night before, I told Jacobs in few
words what was upon my mind. His
verdict which, somehow, 1 did not
fear, was rendered without hesitation.
"She loves you for yourself, and 1
feared that you would cause her sor
row, for you could see not her heart
like her father."
The moon had risen over the tops oi
the trees on the eastern shore, the wa
ter rippled by our feet in deep shadow,
while farther out it glistened and
sparkled In the moonbeams. When
Jacobs ceased lo speak the water seem
ed to ripple louder, the moon's rays to
fall more brightly, and the world of
which I had taken but little notice be
fore seemed to be moving on just the
same. I was startled by Jacobs' voice,
although he spoko quite natural, when
he resumed:
"Listen, Fred: Many years ago, in
Holland, a young man of high people
loved a girl who was not of his high
rank. Their parents opposed the
match, or her's, rather, his knew noth
ing of the affair. He married not the
g rl, for he could not own her before
the world, and he would not have her
place herself falsely that lie might have
her for his own. Time passed, they
still loved. The young man dispaired,
and quitting his native country, came
to Amerioa. For a time the little wo
bore up under the loss of lier
lover, sustained by a hope that he
might return. At last however, her
heart which was stout at first grew
faint and she mourned for bim as either
faithless or dead; and then hardly
knowing what she did, she went to the
harbor and stealing on board a vessel
which was loading at the port,
secreted herself among the mer
chandise of the hold. The stout
ship soon set sail for a
foreign shore, and there, away down
in u dark, damp, lonesome place, toss
ed hither and thither by the rolling of
the black waters which are but a few
inches from her, laid the little woman
—alone in a wide world. Many a stout
heart would quail at this—she cried—
we will not censure her.
At length men are sent below to se
cure the ship's cargo, and she comes to
them as a sprite from the great deep.
After their first exclamations of sur
prise, they carry her on deck. When
she was below, she could in fancy face
the boats' master, but now that she
was brought to him face to face, her
eyes dropped to the floor. Notwith
standing the tearstained childlike face,
the captain ordered chains put upon
her wrists. The time, of which she
took but little notice, wore on, and at
length the ship landed. She was tak
en before a magistrate whom she could
not understand. After a brief trial,
she was taken away she knew not
whither. Her arm was chained to that
of another woman, a negro, who seem
ed in nearly the same humble position
as herself.
A ray of light in utter darkness! A
voice she knows! Not only knows, but
has heard in her dreams for years! The
overseer, her lover! The hand that
she once fondly caressed, that was
once white and soft as her own, is now
tanned and hardened, and in it he
holds a whip with which to drive hu
man beings, and she is one of them.
His voice, which was once so kind and
tender, is now harsh and full of bitter
ness—hate for humanity.
She thought not to let him kuow
that she were near; he probably would
not care for the little girl who had af
forded a passing pleasure several sum
mers before.
He saw a little figure in his gang tot
ter and fall to the ground. He dis
mounted from the horse ho rode, and
takiug her none too gently by the
arm, raised her up.
••My God! How was this? Thou
sands of miles from home, in the slave
gang!" She was delirious when she
awoke. Whether to call her by name,
whether it were really her, whether
she knew him. were thoughts that pass
ed through his mind like a flash. She
seemed not to know him, and still she
must She had probably forgotten
him, and she would certainly resent
his offers now, having seen him in so
mean a character, even though she had
not forgotten him. He could refrain
no longer; he spoke to her by name.
She awoke as from a dream. He held her
to his heart for a brief moment and
then raised her gently to the horse
which he had ridden. The cruel
chain which had fettered her hands
was removed.
That was many years ago. The girl
was Marie's mother, I am the man.
Marie, the daughter, is my wife; we
now have another little Marie, who is
learning to talk English with the as
sistence of her mother, father and
grandfather.
The "Dutch Mall" Hoax.
Some fifty years ago an article ap
peared in the Leicester Herald, under
the title of 'The Dutch Mail," with the
announcemeut that it bad arrived too
late for translation and had been set
up and printed in the original,
A great deal of attention was attract
ed to the article, many Dutch scholars
announcing in print that it was not in
any dialect with which they were ac
quainted, until It was finally discover
ed to be a hoax.
Sir Richard Phillips, the editor of
the paper, tells this story of how it was
conceived and carried out:
"One evening, before one of our pub
lications, my men overturned two or
three colums of the paper in type. We
had to get ready some way for the
coaches, which at 4 in the morning
required 400 or 500 papers. After
every exertion we were short nearly a
column but there stood a tempting
column of 'pye' on the galleys. It sud
denly struck me that this might be
thought dutch I made up the column,
overcame the scruples of the foreman
and so away the country edition went
with its philological puzzle to worry
the honest agricultural readers' heads.
There was plenty of time to set up
column of plain English for the city
edition."
Sir Richard tells of one man whom
he met in Nottingham who for thirty
years preserved a copy of the Leices
ter Herald, hoping that some day the
letter would be explained.—London Wit
Venezuela's Future.
Venezuela is in rather a stormy
period jnst at present but has been
through many such and will doubtless
emerge from it in good condition and,
if indications are anything, will some
day bo a flourishing country. Con
gressman Jehu Baker, of Belleville, who
was this couutry's Minister to Venez
uela nearly seven years, predicts for
the little republio a great future. It
can be made capable, he says, of sus
taining 50,000,000 people. The present
population is 2,000,000. The people
are intelligent and courteous, and the
better classes are well educated and
great admirers of this country. They
have, at present only three or four
railroads and they are short extending
only a few miles from the coast into
the interior, but others are projected
and in a few years every portion of
the republic will have communication
by rail or river with the sea. Tele
graph lines extend in all directions and
the telephone and electric light are al
most as common in Caracas, a city of
60,000 people, as in St Louis. The in
habitants of Venezuela generally fol
low cattle raising, farming or mining,
the mines being very rich. The ex
ports are principally coffee, cocoa, su
gar and hides. The capital is a hand
some city, having a university, public
schools, many handsome residences,
and ten large ohurches of the Byzantine
style of architecture. The climate
Congressman Baker describes as a per
Eictual succession of spring, shading
nto summer, and summer into spring
again, with no extremes, the average
temperature being about seventy de
grees. A bronze statue of George
Washington adorns a plaza fronting
the ohurch of Santa Teresa. The Presi
dent when Minister Baker returned
home in 1885 was Gen. Joaquin Crespo,
a man of ability and good judgment
He was sucoeeded two years ago by
Gen. Blanco, whose term of office ex
pired a few weeks ago. Blanco is
now in Europe trying to have the
troubles between Venezuela and Great
Britain amicably adjusted, and his suc
cessor has not yet been elected.—
Louis Republican.
Elephant's Foot in Africa.
Speaking of elephant's foot takes us
naturally to the Kaffirs, where this
dish is the crowning triumph of their
bill of fare. Night is the time gener
ally selected by the Kaffir for the en
joyment ot this prime luxury. Other
portions of the elephant are eaten
with great gusto, but the feet are es
teemed the delicacies of the feast. A
hole is dug in the ground and a fire
made on the bottom. It is allowed to
burn down to a heap of coals, which
are scraped out by the cooks. When
the oven has been freed of embers the
foot is rolled into it and covered with
twigs and green leaves. After this
the hot embers are replaced and a
roaring fire started over the heap. In
this manner the food is baked, and
when the fire has burned low the con
tents of the oven are lifted out by sev
eral men and the feast opens. Travel
ers who have feasted with the Kaffirs
on occasions of this kind have paid
glowing compliments to their cookery.
The natives are said to love elephant
foot next to the marrow taken from
the leg bones of the giraffe or eland,
but the preparation of this food does
not aSord the enjoyment which is as
sociated with the dish we havo de
scribed.
The Kaffirs are fond of locusts also.
They eat them whole, just as more
cvilized people devour shrimps.
They have too, a certain fondness for
lion's flesh, about the toughest dish
anyone can sit down to. The lato
Gordon Cumming. who lyas familiar
with the secrets of the Kaffir kitchen,
used to say, that "a very good idea of
the meat which is usually obtained in
Kaffirland may be gained by taking
the very worst part of the toughest
possible beef, multiplying the tough
ost by ten and subtracting tliç gravy."
Improved Diamond«.
Many persons have been puzzled to
understand wliv the diamonds worn in
earrings by laities nowadays maintain
such a ceaseless quivering motion. It
makes no difference that the head of the
wearer is in perfect repose, and that she
is even speechless, and therefore exert
ing no muscle of face or feature, the
ceaseless twinkle of the diamond goes
on, enhancing greatly the beauty of the
gem. The secret is in the setting of the
diamond, and the method is a patent de
vice. The patente#» is reaping a royalty
of $50 apiece from everv manufacturing
jeweler to whom he sells the privilege
of using it The stone is set in the
usual manner, except that a band like
the handle of a diminutive basket is at
tached to the framework. On the other
side of this band is a cup-like cavity.
On the lower part of the hoop is a pro
jecting pin pointed with rhodium, a
metal which never wears out—some
what like the iridium with which gold
pens are tipped. Now, when the dia
monds are put in position on the hoop
the rhodium point projects into the cup.
The result is what scientists would call
a condition of unstable equilibrium.
Like the pea blown with the pipe by a
schoolboy the diamond is given no rest,
with the difference that no effort is re
quired to keep it dancing. The metal
point never wears out.—St. Louis Spec
tator.
Frank File, Correspondent.
Franklin File is the name by which
the dark eyed man, suave of manner,
with a broad white brow and a long
black mustache, who dropped into the
Gilsey last night, is known to the news
paper men of the country. The outside
publio knows him as "Clara Belle,"
"Gilsey, Oscar," and by the diverse
other non de plumes with which he
masks his personalty. File is a typical
"all-round" American newspaper man,
active, keen, crisp, cynical, with a sa
tanieal humor and a matchless "News"
style. I know only his outside work:
his bits of local color, his etchings of
people, his photographs of the life and
character and circumstance of New
York. He writes of Gotham as only a
Gothamite can. He knows the town
and its people and habits of thought
and ways of looking at things. To his
fellow craftsmen the statement that he
is an ornament of the Sun staff des
cribes his work. His income is quoted
at $10,000 and he twists every dollar of
it out of the ends of his fingers.—New
York Graphic.
Fortunate Ticket Holders.
L'Anse (Mich.) Sentinel, Marchs.
Some three or four months ago a
party working in the lumber camp of
William Coach, on the Sturgeon river,
clubbed together and ordered 31 tenth
tickets in the Louisiana State Lottery.
The money was sent by express and not
with the order. When the order arrived
at New Orleans, the money not being
found, it was laid aside and afterwards
lost. When the money arrived it was
charged on the books, but the order
having been forgotten, no tickets were
sent. Early in February Mr. Coach,
while in New Orleans, took the oppor
tunity to inquire after the missing
money, and the matter was promptly ex
plained by the company and the money
offered him. This Mr. Coach delined to
accept, but took tickets instead, among
them being a tenth of ticket No. 71,575.
As is now well known here, this ticket
drew the first capital prize of $150,000,
in the drawing of the 7th ult., giving to
the fortunate possessors the handsome
sum of $15,000 to be divided among
them.
Mr. Coach, to whose foresight they are
indebted for their good fortune, has
uiken charge of the matter, and it will
be divided among them in proportion to
the amount invested.
There were sixteen in the club, the
tickets being sent to Geo. J. Johnson, of
Baraga, one of the number. Three of
the holders were of one family, being
John Bod wein, his wife and child. Mr.
Bodwein thus secure a good share of the
prize. Mr. Coach negotiated the pur
chase of a house for him this week in
Baraga, and he has commenced the erec
tion of another house upon the lots.
The money is going to do good in each
case.
Bishop Bedell is to retire from activa
duty in the Ohio diocese.
Purses are seen made of plush, with flo
ral designs in silver beads.
In Italy but little credit business is done,
and none without good security being
given.
A man who has practiced modicin« for 40
years ought to know salt from sugar;
read what he says:
T oi.edo , O., Jan. 10, 1887.
Messrs. F. J. Cheney & Co.—Gentlemen:
I have been in the general practice of medi
cine for most 40 years, and would say that
in all ray practice and experience, have
never seen a preparation that I could pre
scribe with as much confidence of success
as I can Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufac
tured by you. Have prescribed it a great
many times and its effect is wonderful, and
would say in conclusion that I have yet to
find a case of Catarrh that it would not
cure, it they would take it according to di*
rections. Yours truly,
L. L. GORSUCH, M. D.,
Office, 215 Summit St.
We will give $100 for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured with Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Taken internally.
F. J. CHENEY <fe Co., Props. s Toledo, 0.
S^*Sold by Druggists, 75 cts.
Mrs. Louise Kellogg-Strakosch is to head
an English opera company.
W. N.
■ child. »•«
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I mama so much
Spring
Medicine
■ood'a Sariaparilla is
th« most popular anil
■ aceaiiful Sprint
M edicts e. Nearly
every
»•if
aaad«
a rallskle «prill nadlctna Ilka lood'« Sartaparllla te
expel tka Impurities which bava aacumulatad la tke
bloed darlac the winter, te k«ep up «trenftk as the
warm waatkar cames oa, create aa appetlta and pro
met* kaaltky llceitloa. Try Hood'« Baraaparllla thU
«prias sad yes will ke coiTlaeed tkat It deea poaiaw
«operier aid peculiar merit.
A Good Appetite
"Wkea I kafaa taking Hood'« Saraeparllls I was
dlxay la tka meralaf. had a headache, and no appe
tite ; kat aew I eaa hardly get aaouik cooked to eat.',
Eh ua Saar a », 1 Coral Street, Worcester, Mm.
"Lait «prias my whole family took Hood"« S«r»»
parilla. The resslt Is tkat all hare been cured ot
scrofula, my little bay being entirely free from sores,
and all four ef my children look bright and healthy
as p«««lbly eaa be. I have found Hood's Sarsaparilla
S*od far catarrh." Wm. B. A tbbito «, Faiialc City,
V.l.
Be sure to get Hood'« Sanaparilla, my
that they do not gtre you >m\ thins ale
member It Is the medicine which did mai
good a year ago— sc reliable, beneficial, pleaaaat ta
lake— «y favorite «prias medicine.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all dragglsta. tl; six for SS. Prepared emly I Sold by all dnsgglit». W; six fer IS. Prepared oaly
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ARM and HAM M E R
To Housekeeper» and
Farmers.— It la Impor
tant that the Bo da yon
use should be White and
Pure same aa all aimllar
aubatances need for
food. To insure ob
taining only the ' 'Arm A
Hammer", brand Soda,
buy it in "pound or
hslf ponnd" cartoons,
which bear onr name
and trade-mark, aa in
ferior goods are aome
times substituted for the
"Arm A Hammer" brand
when bought in bulk.
Parties using Baking
Powder should remem
ber that ita sole rising
property consista of bi
*
t
8
* carbonate of aoda. One
teaspoon fulof the "Arm
h Hammer" brand of
Soda mixed with sour
milk equals four tea
spoonfuls of the beat
Baking Powder, saving
twenty tinea ita coat,
besides being much
healthier, because it
doea not contain any
injurious substances,
such as alum, terra albs
etc., of which many Bak
ing Powder* are made.
Dairymen and Farmers
shoulduse only the" Arm
k Hammer " brand for
cleaning and keeping
Milk Pans Sweet ana
Clean.
B RAND SODA
Tie Best
SLICKER .
Tb» FISH Utxin> BLICKS« Is warranted wmttrproef, an4 win k«p yen dry la
the h ardait atom. Tbc new POMMEL SUCK» Is a parfect ridtnf coat, and
ecTcra tka amUn aaddla. Se ware of lialtatloaa. Hone sanitlne without Iba "fleh
Brand" trade-mart, niaatiated Ca ta] orne free. A. J. Tower, Bee ton, Maaa.
crown jeweu .
For circular« and terms sddro«« NATIONAL
VUB. Lakeside Building. Chicago, DJ.
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ELEPfi ONES o°u r Ä u oEJKÎ
The Old Silver Npooa.
How fresh in my mind are the days of mf
sickness.
When I tossed me in pain, all fevered and
sore;
The burning, the nausea, the sinking and
weakness,
And even the old spoon that my medi
cine bom
The old silver spoon, the family spoon.
The sick-chamber spoon that my medicine
bore.
How loth were my fever-parched lips to re
ceive it.
How nauseous the stuff that it bore to
my tongue,
And the pain at my inwards, oh, naught
could relieve it,
Though tears of disgust from my eyeballs
it wrung.
The old silver spoon, the medicine spoon,
How awful the stuff that it left on my
tongue.
Such is the effect of nauseous, griping
medicines which make the sick-room a
memory of horror. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets, on the contrary, are
small, sugar-coated, easy to take, purely
vegetable and perfectly effective. 25 cents
a vial.
President Dial gave an audience to Gen
eral Bragg at the City of Mexico.
".Don't Marry Hint!"
"He is such a fickle, inconstant fellow,
you will never be happy with him," said
Esther's friends when they learned of her
engagement to a young man who bore the
reputation of being a sad flirt. Esther,
however, knew that her lover had good
qualities, and she was willing to take the
risk. In nine cases out of ten it would
have proved a mistake; but Esther was an
uncommon girl, and to everv on's surprise
Fred made a model husband. How was
it? Well, Esther, had a cheerful, sunny
temper and a great deal of tact. Then she
enjoyed perfect health and was always so
sweet, neat and wholesome that Fred found
his own home most pleasant, and his own
wife more agreeable, than any other being.
As the year passed and he saw other wo
men of Esther's age grow sickly, faded and
querulous, he realized more and more that
he had "a jewel of a wife." Good health
waa half the secret of Esther's success. She
retained her vitality and good looks, be
cause she warded off feminine weaknesses
and ailments by the use of Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription.
French artists have declined to exhibit
at the Munich art exposition.
Don't hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, dis
gusting everybody, but use Dr. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy.
English churchmen are petitioning for
Irish home rule.
I n 1850 " B rown's B ronchial T roches"
were introduced, and their success as a
cure for Colds, Coughs, Asthma, and Bron
chitishas been unparalleled.
Max O'Kell's new book, "John Bull,
Jr.," is iust coming from the press.
Ohio Be mtasiaelppl Railway.
The Ohio & Miscissippi railway is un
questionably the leading route from St.
Louis to Cincinnati, Louisville, Columbus,
O., and the East. ItB already ample equip
ment and train service will be greatly in
creased during the coming season in an
ticipation of the large amount of travel
which will naturally seek this line in at
tending the important meetings held at
points to which it is the direct route, such
as the Ancient Order of Hibernians at
Louisville and the Southern Baptist Con
vention at Richmond in May; the Elks Re
union at Cincinnati, the Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias at Cincinnati, and the
Catholic Knights Reunion at Louisvilin, in
June; the Centennial Exposition of the
Ohio Valley at Cincinnati beginning July
4th; and the Grand Encampment of the G.
A. R. at Columbus, O., in September. For
all these occasions low excursion rates will
bs made and trains with special sleeping
cars run through from St. Louis to the
place of meeting. Correspondence in re
gard to rates, through car arrangements
for parties going together, &c., should be
addressed to A.J. L ytle,
Gen'l Western Pass'r Agt., St. Louis, Mo.
John Wannamaker has given $85,000 to
the Y. M. C. A. of Philadelphia.
If afflicted wltù Sore Eye«, u«e Dr. Isaac Thomp
son'! Bye Water. Druggists sell It. 35c.
Bessemer's steel patents have brought
him $35,385,000 in royalties.
A Big Endorsement.
We, the druggists of Lincoln, Neb., take
great pleasure in certifying the satisfaction
of our customers in the use of Railroad
Remedies. The Remedies are remedial
agents of Great Merit and we are selling
More of them than Any similar prepara
tion: H. T. Clark Drug Co., wholesale
druggists; Zehrung & Dunn, B. G. Kenny,
A. L. Shader, B. G. Kostka, G. B. Chap
man, W. J. Turner, J. H. Harley, McArthnr
& Son, H. W. Brown, Kennard & Riggs,
Steiner & Schuetz.
For Coughs, Colds and Consumption use
the " C ough C ure ." For Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Colic, and all pain, use the P ain
C ure . Positively the best family medicine
known.
A Washington lady must pay $1 to have
her hair combed in style.
Land Excursion to California.
May 3d and June 15th a land excursion
to California will leave Omaha over the
Burlington Route. Those desiring lands
for farming or fruit raising send stamp for
catalogue.
Parties buying land from us will give
them free second class transportation one
way. C. W. M ount , General Agent,
Barker Block, Omaha, Neb.
. Darwin's life has reached a sale of 96,
000 in England.
The latest ladies' shopping pencils are of
gold, compactly set with turquoises.
In Australia a credit of six months is
generally allowed.
Alfred Krupp left his wife an income of
$125,000 a year.
Union Pacific
"THE OVERLAND ROUTE."
Has ao arrarg od I ts Family Sleeping Car terrfed
that benbs can now be reserved upon appilcati« n by
are turned over to the train conductors taking out
such i-are. «o that pa-senaer« can cow f ecu re berths
ordered. ; he same as a Pullu-.an berth Is reserved
and secured.
J. S. TEBBETS, E. L. LOMAX,
Gen. P. & T. Agent. A mi G. P. AT. A.
OX 4 H Ai IS KB.
John M. Shaw & Co.
Grata and Provtalon
17 ROAKlsOPTRAnK, CHICAGO,III.'
Futures Bought and Sold. Special Market
Adrices. Lowest Commission Rate».
Refer NATIONAL BANK OF AMERICA, Chicago.
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INVALIDS' HOTELiüSURGICAL INSTITUTE
No. 663 Main Street, BUFFALO, N. Y.
Not a Hospital, but a pleasant Remedial Home, organized with
A FULL STAFF OF F'SHTEEN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
And exclusively devoted to the treatment of all Chronic Diseases.
This imposing Establishment was designed and erected to accommodate tbe large number of invalids who visit Buffalo from
every State and Territory, as well as from many foreign lands, that they may avail themselves of the profewrional services or
the StalT of skilled specialists in medicine and surgery that compose the Faculty of this widely-celebrated institution.
A FAIR AND BUSINESS-LIKE OFFER TO INVALIDS.
We earnestly Invite you to come, see and examine for yournlf our institutions, appliances, advantages and success in curing
chronic diseases. Have a mind of vour own. Do not listen to or need the counsel of skeptical friends or jealous physicians, who
know nothing of us, our eystem of treatment, or means of cure, yet who never lose an opportunity to misrepresent and endeavor
to prejudice people against us. We are responsible to you for what we represent, and if you come and visit us, and find that
we havo misrepresented, in any particular , our institutions, advantages or sucoess, we will promptly re fun a 10 you
all expensesi ef your trip. We court honest, sincere investigation, have no secrets, and aro only too glad to show ail
interested and candid people what we are doing for suffering humanity.
NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY TO SEE PATIENTS.
By our original system of diagnosis, we can treat many chronic
diseases just as successful]» without as with a personal con
sultation. While we are always glad to see our patients, and
become acquainted with them, show them our institutions, and
familiarize them with our system of treatment, yet we have not
seen one person in five hundred whom we have cured. The per
fect accuracy with which scientists are enabled to deduce the
most minute particulars in their several departments, appears
almost miraculous, if we view it in the light of the early ages.
Take, for example, the electro-magnetic telegraph, the greatest
invention of the ago. Is it not a marvelous degree of accuracy
which enables an operator to exactly locate a fracture in a sul>
marine cable nearly three thousand miles long ? Our venerable
'clerk of tho weather" has become so thoroughly familiar with
the most wayward elements of nature that he can accurately
predict their movements. He can sit in Washington and foretell
what the weather will be in Florida or New York as well as if
several hundred miles did not intervene between him and the
places named. And so in all departments of modern science,
what is required is the knowledge of certain
n signs. From these scientists deduce accurate con
SIBMS OF elusions regardless of distance. So, also, in medi
wi 8clencet diseases have certain unmistakable
■IIQCiQC signs, or symptoms, and by reason of this fact, we
UldCnoC. have been enabled to originate and perfect a sys
1^—tern of determining, with the greatest accuracy,
tho nature of chronic diseases, without seeing and personally
examining our patients. In recognizing diseases without a
personal examination of the patient, wo elaim to possess no
miraculous powers. We obtain our knowledge of tho patient s
disease by the practical application, to the practice of medi
cine, of well-established principles of modern science. And it
is to the accuracy with which this system has endowed us that
we owe our almost world-wide reputation of skillfully treating
lingering or chronic affections. This system of practice, and
tho marvelous success which has been attained
through it, demonstrate the fact that diseases
display certain phenomena, which, being sub
jected to scicntlflo analysis, furnish abundant
and unmistakable data, to guide the judgment
of tho skillful practitioner aright in determining
tho nature of diseased conditions. Tho most ample resources
for treating lingering or chronic diseases, and the greatest skill,
are thus placed within tho easy reach of every invalid, however
M arvelous
S uccess .
of examining « .
tance are contained in "The People'« Common Scuao
Medical Advlaer." By R. V. Pierce, M. D. 1000 pages and
over 300 colored and other illustrations. Sent, post-paid, for 91X0.
Or write and describe your symptoms. Inclosing ten cents in
stamps, and a complete treatise, on your particular disease, will
be sent you, with our terms for treatment and all particulars.
COMMON SENSE AS APPLIED TO MEDICINE.
Tt 1« a well-known fact, and one that appeals to the judgment of every thinking person, that the physician who devote«
his whole time to the study and investigation of a certain class of diseases, must become better qualified to trea. such
iiinrimrji than he who attempts to treat every ill to which flesh is heir, without giving special attention to any class of diseases,
ïf^ges ofthe world, whohave become famous, have devoted their lives fo some special branch of science, art,
literature. o iiatlon and BU bdIvidlng the practice of medicine and surgery in this Institution, ^»7
y 1,11 ,*7. ? -_î attunHnn fn t.hp> nftrtimilar lîlftftfl of diseases to which the case belongs. The
within
OUR FIXSÏiD or SUCCESS.
N asal T hroat
AND
L ung D iseases .
The treatment of Diseases of the
Air Passages and Lungs, such aa
Chroulc Nasal Catarrh, Laryn
gitis« Bronchitis, Asthma, and
Consumption, both through corre
spondence and at our institutions, consti
tutes an important specialty.
We publish three separate books on Nasal,
Throat and Lung Diseases, which give much valuable information,
viz: (1) A Treatise on Consumption, Laryngitis and Bronchitis;
price, post-paid, ten cents. (2) A Treatise on Asthma, or Phthisic,
iving new and successful treatment ; price, post-paid, ten cents,
atise on Chronic Nasal Catarrh ; price, post-paid, two cents.
Dyspepsia,"Liver Complaint,**Ob
stinate Constipation. Chronic Dlar*
rhea, Tape-worms, ana kindred affections
are among those ohronlo diseases in the suc
cessful treatment of which our specialists have
attained great success. Many of the diseases
affecting the liver and other organs contributing in their func
tions to the process of digestion, are very obscure, and are not
infrequently mistaken bvTjöth laymen and physicians for other
maladies, and treatment is employed directed to the removwof a
disease which does not exist. Our Complete Treatise on Diseases
of the Digestive Organs will be sent to any address on receipt of
ten cents in postage stamps.
BBIGHT'S DISEASE, DIABETES, and
kindred maladies, have been very largely treated,
and pures effected in thousands of cases which had
been pronounced beyond hope. Theso diseases are
readily diagnosticated, or determined, by chemical
analysis of the urine, without a personal examina
DISEASES OF
D igestion .
K idney
D iseases .
Ciiino«. |£|
an( l et«
These delicate diseases should be csrefulh
specialist thoroughly familiar with tn
?iractice or cnemicai an
he urine in our consideration of cases, with reference to correct
diagnosis, in which our institution long ago became famous, has
naturally led to a very extensive practice in diseases of the urinary
organs. Probably no other institution in the world has been so
largely patronized bv suffers from this class of maladies as the old
and world-famed World's Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel. Our
specialists have acquired, through a vast and varied experience,
great expertness in determining the exact nature of each case,
and, henoe, have been successful in nicely adapting their remedies
for the cure of each individual case.
treated
:m, and
competent to asoértain the exact condition
and stage of advancement which the disease has
made (which can only be ascertained by a careful chemical and
microscopical examination of the urine), for medicines which are
curative in one stage or condition are known to do positive injury
in others. We have never, therefore, attempted to put up anything
for general sale through druggists, recommending to cure these
diseases, although possessing very superior remedies, knowing lull
well from an extensive experience that the only safe and success
ful course is to carefully determine the disease and its progress in
each case by a obemical and microscopical examination of the
urine, and then adapt our medicine« to the exact stage of the dis
ease and condition of our patient.
To this wise cour» of action we attribute the
marvelous success attained by our specialists in
that important and extensive Department ot our
institutions devoted exclusively to the treatment
of diseases of tbe kidneys and bladder. Thetreat
ment of diseases of the urinary organs having
constituted a leading branch of our practice at the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, and, being in constant receipt of numerous
inauiries for a complete work on the nature and curability of these
maladies, written in a style to be easily understood, wehavepub
lished a large Illustrated Treatise on these diseases, which will be
sent to any address on .receipt of ten cents in postage stamps.
inflammation of the blad
DEB, STONE IN THE BLADDEB,
Gravel, Enlarged Prostate Gland, Be
tentlon of Urine, and kindred affections,
may be included among those in the cure of which
our specialists have achieved extraordinary S"~
s fully treated of in our illustrated pamphlet
W onderful
B ladder
D iseases .
ce«. These are fully treated or in our uiusiraiea pampr
Urinary Diseases. Öent by mail for ten oents in stamps.
sue
on
S tbictube .
STBICTUBES and urinary fis.
TULiE.—Hundreds of cases of the worst form
of strictures, many of them greatly aggravated
by the careless use of Instruments in I
of inexperienced physicians and surgeons, causing false passages,
urinary flstulœ, and other complications, annually^nsuit us for
relief and cure. That no case of this class is too difficult for the
■kill of our specialists is proved by cures reported in our illus
tratedtreati«« on these maladie«, to which we refer with pride. To
doing, while thousands annually lose their nves tnrougn unsKimui
treatment. Send particulars of your case and ten ce nto in stamps
fora large, illustrated treaties containing many testimonials.
Epileptic Convulsions, or Fit«, Pa
ralysis, or Pal«r, Locomotor Ataxia,
St. Vita«'« Dance, Istannia, or Inability
NERVOUS
D iseases .
to sleep, and
Debility
threaten ed insa nity,
ty, arising from ovsrstudy,
luses, and every variety of i
specialists for these disease«
I other causes,
ÄSf
Nervous
PHn and
nervous affeo
with unusual
D isuses of
W oneh
pamphlets on nervous diseases, any one of which will be sent for
ten cents in postage stamps, when reouest for them is accompanied
with a statement of a case ior consultation, so that we may know
which one of our Treatises to send.
We have a special Department, thoroughly
organized, and devoted exclusively to the treat
ment of Diseases of Women. Every case con
suiting oar specialists, whether by letter or in
person, is given the most careful and consider
ate attention. Important cases (and we get few
— which have not already baffled the skill of all
the home physician«) has the benefit of a full Council, of skilled
specialists. Booms for ladies in the Invalids' Hotel are very pri
vate. Send ten cents in stamps for our large Complete Treatise
on Diseases ot Women, illustrated with numerous wood-cuts and
colored plates (ISO pages).
hernia ( Breach), or buptlibe, no
matter of how long standing, or of what size,
is promptly and permanently enred by
our specialists. Without the knife and
without dependence upon truss««.
Abundant references. Send ten cents for
Illustrated Treatise.
piles. fistulje, and other disease« affecting the lower
bowels, are treated with wonderful success. Tbe worst cases of
Ru«ul C ode
of R upturl
►oweis, are ireauni wim rruuuu*m
pile tumors are permanently cured in fifteen to twenty days.
Send ten cents for Illustrated Treatise.
Organic weakness, nervous debility, premature
decline of the manly powers, involuntary vital
losses, impaired memory, mental anxiety, absence
of will-power, melancholy, weak back, and kin
dred affections, are speedily, thoroughly and per
ired.
D emote
D iseases .
W e O ff »
N o A pology .
manently curtm.
To those acquainted with our institutions, it is hardly necessary
to say that the Invalids' Hotel and Surgirai Institute, with the
branch establishment located at No. 3 New Oxford Street, London,
England, have, for many years, enjoyed the, distinct ion of being
the most largely patronized and widely celebrated institutions ta
the world for the treatment and cure of those affections which
arise from youthful indiscretions and pernicious, solitary practice.
We, many years ago, established a special Department lor the
treatment of these diseases, under the management of some of
the most skillful physicians and surgeons on our Staff, in order
that all who apply to us might receive all the advantages of a full
Council of the most experienced specialists.
We offer no apology for devoting so mucb
attention to this neglected class of diseases,
belioving no condition of humanity is too
wretched to merit tbe sympathy and best
services of the noble profession to which we
belong. Many who suffer from these terrible
diseases contract them innocently. Why any medical man, intent
ondoing good and alleviating suffering,should shun such cases,
we rannot imagine. Why any one should consider it otherwise
than most honorable to cure the worst cases of these diseases,
we cannot understand ; and yet of all the other midies which
afflict mankind there is probably none atout which physicians in
reneral practice know so little. We shall, therefore, continue, aa
heretofore to treat with our best consideration, sympathy, and skill,
^Mli^tewhoMe suffering from any of these delicate diseases.
a - H..._ Most of these case« can be treated when at a
C ured at H ome. <££«» j«st a« wen «« « he« m person.
a mmvlete Treatise (136 pages ) on these diseases sent seated ,
i n piain envelope, mcilre from observation, on receipt of only ten
cents , in stamp «, for postage .
Hundred« of the most difficult operations known
to modern surgery are annually performed in the
most skillful manner, by our Surgeon-special
ists. Large Stones are safely removed from the
1er, by rnoninir. wanhinir and pumpintr them
Swum
PRACTICE. eltildè* by mi8ning,'w,rhirlk and (jumping th
out, thus avoiding the great danger of cutting.
Our specialists, remove cataract from the eye, thereby curing blind
n«H. 1'hev also straighten cross-eyes and insert artificial ones
Xn a MÄarian and^also Fibroid Tumors of the
Uterus are arrested in growth and cured by electrolysis, coupled
with other means of our invention, whereby the great danger of
cutting operations in these eases is avoided.
Especially has the sucoess of our improved operations for Vari
cocele Hydrocele. Fistula;, Buptured Cervix Uteri, and for Bup
tured 'Perineum, been alike gratifying both to ourselves and our
tMtwTnbi Not less so have been the results of numerous operations
for^torictureotthe ^rvical Canal, a condition in tbe female gen
eraUy resulting in Barrenness, or Sterility, and the cure of which,
by a safe and painless operation, remove« this commonest of im
p ^ö& t sesü£ : ä'omth. above maladies will be
aent on receipt of te n cents in stamps .
Although we have in the preceding para
graphs, made mention of some of the special
ailments to which particular attention is
la C hronic
D isuses
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tulion IIUUUUUB 1U OliUi, — r
paratus for tbe successful treatment or
e very form of chronic ailment , whether re -
quiring tor its core medical or surgical means .
All letters of inquiry , or of consultation , should be addressed to
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