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Advertisements under this head will be charged U »■* following rate*.: Fir® lines or leas, per rear 96 00 Each additional line 1 OO MEDICAL. —— AC. WILKINS, M. D., * Office front rooms over Golden Eagle Clothing store, weet side of squat® Be#idenoe on East Harrison street opposite O. P Church. WL. MCALLISTER, M. D., • Physician and Surgeon. Surgical operations of the Eye a specialty. Office at New Sharon. lowa. if JOBKPHINB TENNEY, M. D-. -M-* Physician and Surgeon. Office on weet side of public Moere, over Miss Anderson s millinery store. Night calls promptly attended. WO. MILLAK. . Dentist. Office on south side of Square oyerj • M ■ J ones A Co’s., shoe store. Nitrous Oxide Gas used for painful operations. IWI DR. M. L. JACKSON. Surgeon Dentist. Office In Exchange block, on High street, Oskaloosa, lowa, over J. W. Morgan’s drug store. 19 Geo. j. turner, m. d., Physician and Surgeon. Office on Market street, over Boyer A Barnes’ store. Residence two blocks south and two blocks west of postoffice. 19 f vR. V. PARDON, Magnetic Healer. Office at hia residence, three blocks directly south of postoffice. is prepared to treat all dis eases except deafness with general satisfac tion Terms, $lO for SO treatments. He will always be found at home | 19ylpd \R. J. C. BARRINGER. Physician and Surgeon, Oskaloosa. lowa. Office northeast corner oi square, middle rooms up stairs in new Masonic building. Residence on High street, 3 blocks east of square. Telephone connection at office and residence with all parts of the city. >9 Dr. w. m. wells. Catarrh, Throat & Lung Physician, And Specialist for Chronic Diseases generally. Consultation personally or by letter. Office and Dispensyar over Ways’ Drug Store, W eat High Street Offioe hours from* toli A. M„ and from Ito 5 e u. Consultation free. nl9 D A Hoffman, U.D. R.C. Hoffman, M. D. DBS. D A. A R. C. HOFFMAN, Physicians and Surgeons. Office two doors north of Simpson M. E. ohurcb, near 8. E comer of square, Oskaloosa, lowa. Residence on Main street, three blocks east of the pubtio square. 19tf J. L- Coma. J. 8. Hodo* COFFIN & HODGE, Homeopathic Physicians &Surgeons. Will attend all calls, day or night. Office in the Frankel rooms in L ■‘on block. Dr. Coffin’s resilence, corner of Bile., and Jefferson; Dr. Hodge's, residence on North Market Street. 19 ATTORJfEys Dm^perdue. t Attorney-at-Law, and Notary Public, Rose Hill. lowa. 19tf W. 8. Kcnworthy. O. N. Downs. E.S WORTHY A DOWNS. Attorneys-at-Law, Williams Block, Oskaloosa, lowa. 23ylpd WACFALL A JONES. Attomeys-at-Law, Oskaloosa, lowa. Office over Golden Eagle store. n9t> C. WILLIAMS, • Attorney-at-Law, and Notary Public. Front room, up stairs. In P&rkhunt'S new building. Oskaloosa, la. l#tf Gleason a haskell, Attorneys-at-Law. Office in Phoenix block, Oskaloosa, lowa. Business promptly attended to. 19ti JOHN A. HOFFMAN. ** Attorney-at-Law, and Notary Public. Office 4 block south of 8. E. corner of Park. 19 Li EM ■> ¥«»HN 0. MALCOLM " Attorney-at-Law. Collections promptly attended to. Office on north side, over Frankel’a bank. 19 T)OLTON A MCCOV, Attorneys-at-Law, Oskaloosa, lowa. Office over Knapp A Spald ing's hardware store. 19 T C. BLANCH A HL), -*- i * Attorney-at-Law, oskaloosa. lowa. Will practice in all the courts. Office over the Oskaloosa National Bauk. 19tf i/* m.ldavenport, • Attorney-at-Law, Oskaloosa, lowa. Business attended to in both State ard Federal Courts. Office, rooms 1 and 2, over A. M. Abraham’s store, north side 80 Geo. W. LArrsKTY. Oso. C. Moroam. LAFPEHTY A MOttO AN, Attorneys-at-Law, Office over Oskaloosa National Bank, Oska lorea- lowa. 1® C. P. Seaki.e. L. a. Scott. S EARLE A SCOTT, Attorneys-at-Law, and S’otaries Public Office first door west of Recorder's office. National Bank building, Oskaloosa, lowa. IHi T;»OBERT KISBICK, * Attorney-at-Law, an 1 Notary Public, Oskaloosa, lowa. Office In Centennial biook, over Frankel's clothing store, north side square. Practice in all of the court* ol the State. 19 -JOHN F. LACEY, " Attorney-at-Law, and government claim .tgent Office in Boyer A Barnes’ block, Oskaloosa, lowa. Prompt at tention given to oolloctions. Probate business will receive careful attention. Business at tended to in the U. S. and State courts. 19tf I >HILLIPS A GREER, Attorneys-at-Law, and Collection Agents. Attend to any lesral business in the State and Federal Courts en trusted to them. Office over N. Oppcnheimer Sc Co.’s boot and shoe store, south side of ’ —l , oskaloosa, lowa. 19t( James Carroll. Dariel Davis. F. F. Evams. CARROLL. DAVIS Sc EVANS. Attorneys-at-Law. Oskaloosa, lowa, will practice in all courts. Collections made a special feature. Office over Frankel A Go’s., Bank. Branch office at New Sharon. 19 J. A. L.Crook bam. J. G.Crookham. C,ROOKHAM Sc CROOKHAM, 1 Attorneys-at-Law, Oskaloosa lowa. Office over Mahaska County Bank, southwest corner public square. Col lections made and remitted promptly. Convey ancing done. 19 JlO. 811 UL, JMO. ft. WiRUH, President. Cashier. L. C. Blancbaku, t ice-President. The Farmers’ & Traders’ NATIONAL BANK, DIRECTORS: Jno. Biebel, L. C. Blanchard, T. J. Blaokstone, O. B. McFall, H. W MoNeill. Matthew Ploktn, P. W. Phillip*, Peter Stump*, J. 8 Whitmore. Pint National Bank, Chicago. Metropolitan National Bank, New Pork, ltlf Valley National Bank, St. Lonia. BANKING HOUSE i** -OF * FRANKEL, BACH & CO. The Oldest Bank in Mahaska County. , Win receive deposits and transact a general banking, exchange, and collection business,the same aa an incorporated bank. exchange on all the pmjclpal citiea of the United States and all cities of Europe bought aod aoid at rami to cult the ptirohaaen. Paaaage tickets to and from all points in Europe for make at the lowest rates. Col feet tens will receive prompt attention. We do a strictly legitimate banking business, aod give the warns of customers special at* tondca. 1* Ws. H. Stmii, d. w. Doinn. Prsa. W. A. Lisdlt, V.-Pres. K Cashier. —THE— T Qskaloosa National Bank, or Oil KA LOOS A, IOWA. W- DnatcToai: *M. H BggWBMS, J■ W.MoMullim. J. H. tiwis, D. W. LOWM, H. L. Branch*, M- L. Lrvt, Janas MeCCLLooa. COKKEBPONDKNTB: First National Bank, New York. Oilman, hen A Co., New Turk First National Bank. Chicago. Hide A Leather Nati Bank, ChioaflO. 1* Davenport Nat'i Beak, Davenport. --- J. Croorhar, K. B. UovtiD, j Jobs u Ba*aas, Cashier.*' 11 IfIASKA COONTJJANI, Or |iised Underjhe BUt« Laws. PAID UP CAPITAL, SIOO,OOO. htockhoiderm UafcU fer doable the amount of Capital Stock. | ! ii. L O M* Jokti £V Sk&fa , Ac 4 Professional Cards. BANKING. OP OBKALOOSA, IOWA. CAPITAL <IOO,OOO. VOL. 37, NUMBER 3. MONET, LAND, Ac. Israel M. Gibbs, Broker. Loans of all kinds negotiated. Mercantile paper bought and sold. Room 8, over Farmers Traders' Bank, Oskaloosa, lowa. I9tf JOHN F. LACEY’S LAND AGENCY, I have on my books a large number of farms and houses In town; also many thousand acres of wild land. If you have real estate to sell or wish to buy, give me a call. I pay taxes in any part of the state. Conveyancing done. Offioe in Boyer A Bimes’ block, Oskaloosa, lowa. One hundred nice building lots in Lacey's addi tion to Oskaloosa. 19 Land Agency. Farms and Town Property for Sale, Taxes Paid, aud Conveyancing Done. Office over Oskaloosa National Bank. Kttf LafTerty * Morgan. M. E. BENNETT, Hea] Estate k Loan Agent. MONEY TO LOAN • in targe or small amounts, on ong or short time. 3<kl •100,000 in *IOO,OOO Money to Loan! At Sik Per Cent Annual Interest, on 5 years’ time, in loans of *SOO and upwards; with privilege of paying *IOO and aoove In an nual payments, if desired. I9tf JOHN P. HIATT. Cowan & Hambleton’s Loan & Abstract Office. *200,000 to loan at fi per cent Interest on five years time; borrower having the op tion to pay part or all of prin cipal after first year. We also have a complete set of Abstract Books of all Lands and Town Lots In Mahaska County, lowa. ABSRACTS OF TITLE MADE ON SHORT NOTICE. Offioe In fron’ jn of new Masonic building, north- A>r ner of Public Square nl9 IOWA. Res* .ence and Garden OB Snail Farm Plols For Sale. I am now prepared to sell iu small or large lots to suit purchasers, and at reasonable fig ures, the whole of the farm known a« the “STEWARD HEIRS’’ FARM, lying between the lowa City and Burlington roads, immediately contiguous to the city, and uow occupied as tenants by L. M. and J. C. Jackson. The farm is divided hr the C. R I A P., and lavs convenient ‘or division Into Plots for RESIDENCE, GARDEN and PASTURE com bined. It is believed to be Underlaid with Coal ! and has good drainage and water facilities. A complete plan and survey of the proper% may be seen at the office of Jno. O. Malcolm. Part cf the purchase money may be secured on any plot bought, if desired. 19tf CHARLES HUTCHINSON MARBLE WORKS. Oskaloosa Mari Worts. F. W. McCall, Dealer In Monuments Tombs. Head Stones, Scotch an American Granite Moaoments, Ae. 10 OSKALOOSA. IOWA MACHINERY. VER2TOIT’S MACHINE WORKS, Oskaloosa, lowa, W. E. VERNON, Prop., STE iM ENGINES, From One to Twelve Horse Power. Machinists’ Supplies, Including Shaftings, Pulleys, Leather and Rub ber Belong, Steam Fittings, etc., etc., furnished on short notice and at very reasonable rates. JOB WORK of all kinds neatly and quiokly done. Call on me before you bay anything in tny line. Shops One Block North of Ex change Block. *. E. VERNON. PRICE LIST. Seevers & Neagle’s PRICE LIST. 12 lbs Granulated Sugar SI.OO 13 lbs Standard A Sugar 1.00 14 lbs Extra C Sugar. IDO 8 lb# Good Green Coffee 1.00 8 lbs Good Brown Coffee 1.00 1 lb Can Best Full Weight Baking Powder. 26 1 lb Desiccated Cocoanut 30 1 lb Good Young Hvson Tea 30 1 lb Fancy Mixed Tea 60 20 kinds of Canned Goods, per can 10 1 lb Salmon. 16 2 lbs Salmon. 26 Celebrated White Bose Flour, per sack. 1.35 20 Bars White Russian Soap 1.00 All Standard Brands Plug Tobac co, per lb 60 Earthenware, 3 gallons for 26 Southwest Corner Pub lic Square. «yi GROCERIES. H. Snyder & Son, * -DEALERS nr- GROCERIES will Mil M eh nap u sny other bouae In tha city. If you want a sack of tb « BEST FLOUR! la Um olty, call on ua. 0 Everything Fresh. 19 H. Snyder Sl Son. Tout Bill! lor W. %. " The undersigned I'M these young. Short ilorn Balia-line young aoimal#-4rhleS will be sold cheep- AJeo uaaeowipore PoUtaMJhlnaaow* with pu. by “DECATUR.’' a celebrated hoc Call farm X mile north of fw nt V. W. BUSSEY. •*«*-* '--'A ' MISCELLANEOUS. Horse shoeing. Tolbert & Miller, Blacksmiths, at their old stand west of I‘ostoffloe, will do Shoeing as low as any other shop in Oakaloo sa. IB Oskaloosa encampment.no. is, i. o. O. F. meets on first aud third Monday evenings of each month, at Odd Fellows Hall. Visiting Patriarchs cordially invited to attend. 8. L. Uarv*y, C. P B. 8. Harbour, Scribe. ifi Mahaska lodge no. hi, i. o. o. f., meets every Saturduy evening at the Odd Fellows’ Hall, one block north of the Postoffice. Visiting brother 1 cordially invited to attend. Chab. Wray, W. L. Hows, Secretary. [SIJ N. G. (HI AS. W. TRACY. Civil Engineer. < Office and residence on High street, 3 blocks east of Court House, Oskaloosa, lowa. S2tf APPLY AT SJiOK FOK AN AGENCY FOR L £ E GEN. GRANT By Hod. Ben Pt rly Poor*, (fficial Biographer V. S. Congres* t Rev. O H. Tiffany, D.D. Grant * oam book only coven the war; this complete* hia wonderful lift* story. Get the only of i - rial, reliable, and richly illustrated work. Don't he deceived by imitations. Demand U immense. .'»,000 4UENTB Haated Address If IK HA HD BKOK, Chicago. Illinois. fHITAKER k SHYER, Booksellers, Stationers, AND Wall Paper Dealers, 117 West High St, Oskaloosa, lowa. 19 ! . COAL Try the COA*. from John Burdess’ New Shalt. It is of good quality and gives general satisfaction. All orders left at A. W. MARTINSTEIN’S STORE on the southeast corner of the square, or at W. A. SEEVEUS’ STORE, on High street, will receive prompt attention. This mine is on the Beacon road one mile from town. n2syl Henry Walling* Dealer in Building Material of all Kinds, and contractor of BRIOK AND RUBLE STONE WORK. CISTERNS, Flubs and Obllabs Built ou short notioe. Also have good Brick for sale at lowest market price. nl9tf Oskaloosa lowa. FAMILY GROCERIES. FOR Fresh Family and Fancy Groceries, Queensware and Glassware. Provisions of All Kinds AND FRESH VEGETABLES, in their season, go to A. W. MARTINSTEIN, l* Southeast Corner of Square. L. Cook & Son, Steam Plow Shops. Wo make a SPECIALTY of Plow, Reaper, and all kinds of Farm Machinery Repairing. Goode warranted to give satisfaction in all cases. Come in and see us and give ue a trial. mu L. Cook & Son. ely's catarrh CREAM BUM Clenses the Head Allays* H EyJ Inflammation Heals the Sores ifc' Restores the Wf S Senses ot Taste, Smell, llearinp.|^ A quick Relief. q' A positive Cure.FfcwGiPf A particle is applied into each nostril and is agreoable to use. Price 50 cents bv mail or at Druggists’. Send for circular. ELY BROTH ERS, Druagists, Owego, N. Y nl-ly SSO REWARD SSO IF YOU FIND THE EQUAL OF I ORILLARD'S PLUG TOBACCO. "Th^MmeCut*’ ma*t be RGE and a* COOP ev’ryway. Wirth A Dickie. 60 & 62 Wlbooh A*a, Chicago. —For Sale by Baumgart A White. H. Snyder & Son. M Bacon & Co. J. W. Oiler. Seevers & Neagle. Weeks & Durfee. W. F. Hlnesley. Shaw A Loring. Howard & Son. W. A. Kinker. J. B. Cruxen. F. P. O’Hara. Steward Bros. M. Martinstein. W. Pagan. Middlecoff Bros. H. L. Spencer Company Steward Brothers. 50w8 TAB. J. W. MORGAN, U Eye and Ear Physician. O6KALOOOA. IOWA. 19 VAPOR BATHS. , I i ? o 1 r— -1 Z ® ® (J) S' —<x3 U O I .X H ! a 2 s|m* E?=3 ml | ® 3 J 6 f Z ° 03«gS £ *1 « O i g*rzE < j al Cm 2 »■;-2 ® M **3 * a >- eaa « S e gi* e 2 3 2 ! §= u& 1 i Q| 8 5 i C 3i i e—• £ (dc®* -0 2 I C-Z> O 5-ge * 5 rxq «, 3-h 5 | a •—=3 O* * tS cxq < g 9 GRAIN. J. H. Sheak, DIALIH IP O-StAJOBT, Will pay the big beat market price in Cask For all kinds si Grain. YOU WILL rtKD TMB ELEVATOR The Oskaloosa Herald. )/D OSKALOOSA /)/7 OSKALOOSA. loWA^_^ ESTABLISHED IN 1806. ->k. School Tborooshly Equipped for Office Trainm#. Book-Keeping by Actual Business Practice. TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT, WITH SEVERAL MILES OF CITY LINE. SHORTHAND ano TYPE-WRITING by a PRACTICAL REPORTER. NORMAL PENMANSHIP DEPARTMENT. This department of our school is one of the beet in the United States, under the charge of Professor Weeco, one of the finest penmen in the world. Send 6 ceuts for beau tiful specimens cf his work direct from the pen. All our departments are superintended by practical teachers of long experience, Address W. L. HOWE. J. A. WESCO, PrtildtnL Swretarf. LUMBER. m M *s* DJ 3 m ft 00 £ UJ niffs a: % S<£ ® i Ob §|®s OJ M oO ~ s S 3 o S CD J 2 | il m * * o *2 H O 44 -O O 2 O « • ■O dl = 0° 2 «a,® 3! **l J be ®sJ H t> Jj —s3 • fcj § 2 ® R.- X ft s « =l| H be > g 3O y .S >6 2: « -a o g C£> (L, || rj , t « J « rj 8 .2 «i"? K & w - nQ ' ' 'h-C jh § £ s ylis W s © 2j m f hi > § > r_ 5 ■ 4/Mm bs % • - J HO H vs ■ 'w • s«r • a M OLD 53 o 3 £S m O|k o 5 I s ill * m _ m y* ~ fit EC 2 S 3-g T 3 o S g OS J==> d -lu s 23 § I&| e =2 « ‘oco c | 1 1 o7C H cC © s gz: S § • <SS £ « d Ilk C=D U “ CI3 x © ?«=- —t*~! id * . S 1 % 111 01=) 3 0 : 11 C JD r JI Xfl «fi FURNITURE! J. B. McCurdy & Co., • ! North-East . Corner of the Public Square. CZj The Boss , , W FnrnitnreDealors; 50 <j And 3 ONDERTAKEBS! M _ Invite eveiybody to caU and see tbeii H New Stock. Q I ™ Nicest Goods J2J And hj Greatest Variety H Brer brought to Oskaloo- M for the money. nl9 THE CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE A ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY Own* ami operate* nearly 5,000 miles of thor oughly equipped road In Illinois, Wisconsin, lowa, Minnesota and Dakota. It la tke whorl Line an* Seat Haute be tween nil principal paints In tke North west and Far West. For map*, time tables, rates of passage and freight, etc., apply to tue nearest station agent of the Caioioo, MiLWAUkKa A Bt. Paul Railway or to any Railroad Agent anywhere in the United State* or Canada. R. MILLER. A. V. H. CARPENTER, General Manager. Gen’l Pass. A Tkt. Agt. J. F. TUCKER. GEO. H. HEAFFORD, Aast Gen’l Manager AsatGen’l PassATkt Agt. Milwaukee, Wikcoksi*. ISVFor uotleea la reference to Special Excur sions, changes of time, and other items of in terest in connection with the Chigaoo, Mil waukcs A St. Paul Railway, please refer to the local column* ot this paper. n2nu cooiTcrff BOOK s I\EC The- most comt-le's Tr* atlas on Breidinaklnt ever published. Cotai„.i tuU dlwwUy -'.ror making pfeSStepc;'® Nis< u andrstslvo In return theOraiist* Blossom Blossom Cook Books, f OSKALOOSA, MAHASKA COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1885. BUSYNESS COLLEGE. MEDICAL. W ,ll G^M e? YAthlophoros will relieve the terrible sufferings of the victim of Neuralgia or Rheuma- O * tlsm - whose nerves are filled / with shooting pains, and whose Joints seem as if “ broken on the wheel,” whose muscles are alive with pain, whose every motion is agony. Some of these victims keep on suffering because they think they must always suffer. A yijLOpIHOROS WILL cure both Rheumatism and Neuralgia. It Is a new remedy, but one that has been thoroughly tried. The cases are on record, known and read of all who want to see them. VOld people who for long years had been crippled with J | | Rheumatism have been brought *L_ L— to health by Athlopbokos, quickly and with ease. (V Neuralgic sufferers who had j not for years known a good I j D r night’s sleep have been cured In one or two days by the use of y \ athlophorqs. % t If you cannot get Athlo \J A I 1 proros of your druggist, we ■ II I I w1118611(1 ll - express paid, on re- I 1111 celpt of regular price—one dol- I V w lar per bottle. We prefer that you buy It from your druggist, but if he hasn’t It, do not be persuaded to try something else, but order at once from us as directed. ATHLOPHOROS CO.. 112 WALL ST , NEW YORK. ■niiiiii«isi»i.»Mi»ii»»»n»u»iMii«miM ACHESIJPAINS! "I ache all over!” What a commoq ex pression; and how much it rqeaqs to rqany a poor sufferer! These aches have a cause, and rqore frequently thaq is gener ally suspected, the cause is Liver or Kidneys. No disease is more painful or serious thaq tfjese, aqd no rerqedy is so prorqpt aqd effective as EfiISHLER’S Bitters* No remedy has yet beeq discovered tf\at is so effective iq all HTDNEY AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, MALARIA, DYSPEP SIA, etc., aqd yet it is simple and l\arrq less. Scieqce aqd rqedical skill have corqbined with woqderful success herbs whicl\ nature f\as provided for tfje cure of disease It strengthens aqd in vigorates the whole system. Hon. Thaddeuf* Sleveus. the distinguished Con gressman, once wr. >te to a fellow member who was suffering from indigestion and kidney disease: *' Try Mishler's Herb Bitters, I lielieve it will cure you. I have used it for both indigestion and affec tion of the kidneys, aud It is the most wonderful combination of medicinal herbs I ever saw.” MISHLER HERB BITTERS CO., 525 Conynerce St., Philadelphia. Parker’s Pleasant Worm Syrup Newer Fail* ■BinfflS Cures # Prevents Chills and Fever, Malaria, Intermit tent and Bilions Fever, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite.Nervons ness, Loss of Sleep, all Female Wewit nesses and all Summer Complaints. ENDORSED BY MANY PROMINENT PHYSICIANS. Boud Free of U. 6. Liquor License by all Re liable Druggists and Dealers. METTE & KANNE, • Sole Proprietor*, ST. LOUIS. MO. CARTER’S km CURE Sick. Headache and relieve all the troubles Inci dent to a bilious state of the system, suck ss Diz ziness, Nsnses, Drowsiness, Distress after eating. Pain in the Side, Ac. While their moat remark able success has been shown in curing SICK Headache,yet Carter’s Little Liver Pills are equally valuable in Constipation, caring and preventing this annoying complaint, while they also correct all disorders of tbo stomach, stimulate the liver and regulate the bowels. Even if they only cored HEAD Ache they would be almost priceless to those who suffer from this distressing complaint; but fortu natsly their goodness docs not end here, and those who once try them v?* l ’T. ■! these little pills valu able in so many way hey will not be willing to do without them. k * 'ter all sick head ACHE Is the bane of so many lives that here is where we make our great boast. Cur pills cure it while Others do not. Carter’s Little Liver Pills are very small and very easy to take. One or two pills make a dose. They are strictly vegetable ana do not gripe or purge, bat by their gentle action please all who nsethem. In vials at 25 cents; five for *l. Bold by druggists everywhere, or sent by mail. CARTER MEDICINE CO-, New York. LEGAL NOTICES. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. Nolioe is hereby given to all persons inter ested, that on the Blst day of August. A. D., 1886, the undersigned was appointed by the Circuit Court of Mahaska county, lowa, Ad ministrator ol the estate of H- M. Ball, de ceased, late of said Mahaska county, lowa. All persons indebted to said estate will mako pay ment to the undersigned, and those having claims against the same will present them legally authenticated to said court for allow ance. Wm. J. Bu.lick, Administrator. P. E. Smith. Clerk. Dated August 81,1885. 2wß SALE OF HEAL ESTATE. The undersigned, referees of the estate of Goo. W. Brown, deceased, will offer at public sale on the 8d day of October, 1885, at Fremont, lowa, on the premises herein desoribod, the fol lowing described town lots and parcels of land tielonging to said estate, viz.: Lots 1, 2,8. 4,5, 6,7, 8, U, 10, 11, ill. 18, 14, 15, 18, 17. 18. ltt, 30, 21 and 24 of Brown's add. to Fremont, Iowa; also lots 1 and 8 in block 4 of Abel’s add to Fre mont, Iowa; also theeN kof the ff Hof the 8 Kof the BK kof the BW kof see. 1; also the E H of NB k of SB k of sec. 11; also the NB k of the NB kof sec. 14; also the W kol the N Sof the BW Kof the NE k of Sec. 14; aiso the B k of the SB k of sec. 14, all in trwnsblp 74, range No. 14 west of sth P. M., and o:her lands. Ira Bark, N- A LI.INDB 1, WIMJAM DIVSMORR. Keferees. Bouton A MjjCoy, Attorneys. 2w4 ££BPBUEBB’ SALK. The undersigned Referees, appointed by the Diatriot Court of lowa, in and for Mahaska County, in an action of partition therein, pend ing wherein t>. V. Ilodle* is plaintiff, anti An nie L- Turner is defendant, hereby give notice that under and by virtue of the authority con ferred upon us by a decree rendered in said action, we will, on the Ist day of October. 1886, at the door of tha Court House in 0-kaioo.,a, lowa, at S o’clock r. u., or said day, sell the fol lowing described real estate, situated in Ma haska county, lowa, to-wit: The BB quarter 04 > or the BW quarter O 4) of section SI. town* ship 74. range IS west (except lot 1 in said tract) oontaiuiug SF) acres, more or leas. I*a J. BTonnx*!^ T. ti. Psuxirs. 2w4 B. F. McMillu. Hefkrees, [F. N. Scott.] Across the heath and down the hill, A-back of patient Dobbin, The farmer’s daughter rides to mill, And mocks the thrush and robin. For saddle she’s a sack of grain. She sidewise sits and chirrups; A finger in old Dobbin’s mane Is good as forty stirrups. The miller comes—a merry blade 1— And doffs his hat and greets her— “ What wish you here, my pretty maid?” “I’ve brought a sack of wheat, sir.” “And have you gold to give for grist?” “Not I, we’re poor, alack! sir; But take your toll—a tenth, I wist— From what is in my sack, sir.” He lifts her lightly from ber seat, And laughs—a merry miller! “I cannot take my toll in wheat, I must have gold or siller. “But since you’ve brought no coin nor scrip,* He smiles aud fondly eyes her— “l’ll ask no toll but from your lip— One kiss!—who’ll be the wiser?” The maiden blushed and bowed her bead. And with her apron fingered, And pouted out her lips of red Where countless kisses lingered. “A single kiss?” (She smiled in glee, As who would say “I’ve caught you,”) “My father said your toll would be A tenth of what I brought you." The mill-stream shouted to the sands: “He kissed the farmer’s daughter;” But the grim old wheel stretched out its hands. And spanked the saucy water. Curiosity was on tiptoe. Three men had caused a commotion, and yet there was uo need for the police. The place was Twenty-second street and Broadway; the hour half-past 11. The horse cars, packed by muscular conductors, came to a standstill, for wagons, coupes, and ban soms blocked the track, while the drivers wildly waved their hats and shouted Men laughed, women smiled, the police man on the corner griuned officially, and two dudes stretched their long, thin necks above their collars to see what was going on. This is what occurred A drunken man staggered through a lane left for him by the passers by, who got out of his way; a blind cripple sat on the pavement grinding out bad music with one hand, while his other arm and his leg hung helplessly; about his neck was a string and to the string was a sign, “I am paralyzed. ” Two well known members of a certain fashionable club saw the drunken man and the beggar. In an in stant one of the club men stepped up to the beggar, saying “1 will give you for the sign'” “It is yours. ” said the blind beggar, taking it off. Before his friends knew what he was about the buyer of the sign had stepped hastily forward and had neatlj' thrown the string over the almost unconscious drunken man's head, attach ing the sign to him. The drunken man reeled along his way bearing on his back the unnecessary noti fication to the public iu great white let ters, “1 am paralyzed, ” to the intense delight of a small army of boys who hast ily congregated and saw him safely into the hands of one of “the finest ” The limitation of yellow fever to re stricted areas is one of the characteristics of this disease, even when epidemic, and it takes some curious phases. The specific gravity of the poison is great and it clings to surfaces. “ 1 reuuently its rate of progress may be mathematically de fined, ’’ says Dr. F. W. Heilly, “so many feet per day independent ’of any recog nized influence, except a perpendicular obstacle ” In Mobile a board fence stopped its progress, and a bluff bank held it at bay for weeks in Memphis. Hence the value of removal and the san itary line when this disease appears. Hawaiians are becoming alarmed at the rapid change taking plaj-e in the popula tion of the islands During the month of .June there arrived at Honolulu 144 white persons, three Hawaiians. 524 Asiatics, and there departed during the same time -02 whites and only 215 Asiatics, show ing a total change in favor of the ( hinese of 407 persons. By the census of 1884 there were 1v,055l v ,055 ( hinese on the island, which is known to have since increased 11 pier cent., while during the past year the English-speaking race has fallen off about n per ceut. A new industry in the southern forests is the utilization of the needles of the long leaved pine—Binus palustris. The leaves are soaked in a bath to remove the glazing, then “crinkled” for stuffing cushions and other upholstering pur poses. They are specially valuable on shipboard and other places where furni ture is in danger of becoming infested with insects. The turpentine which re mains in the leaves makes a most inhos pitable abode for these annoying insects. The Japanese have at last promulgated a patent law. The new law appears, like many other recent Japanese laws, to be compiled from similar laws of other coun tries— a clairee from England here, from France there, from Germany in another place, as seemed advisable in the circum stances. The term of protection is fifteen years; “articles that lend to disturb social tranquility, or demoralize customs and fashions, or are injurious to health, " and medicines, can not be patented. The poetry of the English railroad is the station-master’s garden on a narrow strip behind the platform, and “nothing has been more welcomed, ” says a writer on railways, “in American railroad management than the imitation of our English brethren in their treatment of their stations, and nothing is regarded with a more lively or sympathetic interest than the horticultural ambitions and struggles of the station masters on some of our leading lines. ” A Barbarous Brasilian Custom. In Kio Janeiro is a large and gloomy convent in which the wives of soldiers are confined during their husbands' ah sencc. The barbarous custom is sane tioned by age, and one woman has been confined twenty-five long and dreary yeara The latest fancy in sunflowers is the using of the stalks for bean poles. The seeds are planted at proper distances, and as the stalks grow the leaves are removed, thus forming an excellent pole for the beans. Health, like success in life, is to be gained by paying attention to details. It is better to try to keep from catching cold than to be always trying to avoid in fection. More can be done to check cholera by keeping houses clean than by using tons of disinfectants. Nature gives health. It is man’s perversity in depart ing from nature's teaching that leans to disease. Nature intended all to have fresh air, sufficient plain food, uncontam inated water, and exercise. Let us accept nature's bequest, if we prefer health to disease The social problem of why men do not marry has been taken hold of by a St. Louis paper, which, with commendable zeal but rather faulty logic, Is arguing it self into various conclusions. A week or so ago it proved that a man’s suit, from hat down to shoes, could be procured in that city for $2.87 This ingenious argu menl was followed up by another be wildering installment of figures which seemed to prove that a lady’s complete toilet could be purchased for $8.85. It now describes at length how two rooms may be comfortably furnished for ex actly $55, and insists that the bachelor argument of “I can’t afford to get mar ried ” has no foundation except in the bachelor mind. [Scientific Journal.) The role of wind in fertilizing the ground is remarkably illustrated by the very fertile valley of Llmagne. in Au> vergne. The prevalent winds there are west ana southwest, and traverse the chain of the Domes, where are vast deposits of volcanic ashes. Much of this dust is thus carried to the Llmagne valley, and settles there of itself, or is carried down by rain or snow. As it contains a large amount of phosphoric acid, potash ana lime, it is highly ferti'iziug, and its very fine state favors rapid assimilation. As ji result, Limagne is by far the most ferule valley in Europe. THE MILLER AND THE MAID. He Was Paralysed. [New York Herald.') Limitation of Yello® Fever. [Medictff Exchange.] Alarmed Hawaiians. (Chicago Times.] Pine Needles for Stuffing Cushions. (Chicago Herald.) Japan’s Patent Law. (Exchange.] The Garden. [Tx>! d >n letter. J latest in Sunflowers. Attention to Detail*. (Herald of Health.) Bewildering Figures. [Chicago Journal. 1 F«r«Ulß9d by Toleante Ashe*. LAYING OUT ROUTES FOR THE VARIOLA THEATn'CAL COM BINATIONS Of ?HB COUNTRY. How the Thing Is Done Systematically— The Agent's “Tong Book” —Adver- tising the Attractions—Arrange- mentt with the Manager. “Of late, ” one of the best known theat rical agents in this city said recently, “actors have far less trouble in arranging for dates out of town than formerly. In fact, I may say that the system of rout ing and booking has undergone a com plete change. No longer than seven years ago the old system prevailed. Un der it hardly any so called combinations went on the road. I can say, without being in the least immodest, that I was the first agent to adopt the present sys tem. I based it on that pursued by a New York theatre, which sent many companies on the road. From the family which managed the establishment I got the fundamental principles of the present system. I have it down to such a fine point that if I am asked to boojt and route a company I can tell in a few min utes what dates and places are o]>en for it.” “llow do you manage that?” we asked “I will explain. Through my acquaint ance with managers. I have the sole agency for about a hundred theatres. To carry out my system it was necessary that I should be sole agent for them here. Otherwise it would be impossible for me to lay out routes by a glance at my books. To begin with, I have a theatre in each of the large cities in the country. In some sections there are circuits, as for instance, the Vermont the Texas, the California circuit, aud I am in close relation with the representatives of these. Iby no means, however, always include such circuits in the routes I lay out Besides theatres in large cities, I have show towns be tween them. For instance. I have on my list ten New York cities the same number iu Ohio, seven in Indiana, six in Pennsylvania ,and so on. Let me give you an illustration as to how quickly 1 can route a combination or star The first time I had dealings with one of my stars she came up to me and said ‘My route for next season Isn’t well laid out I want you to lay out a new route for me. I leave for C alifornia to morrow. What are your terms?’ “‘I will lay out a route for you,’ I re plied, ‘if you will lea e everything in my bands. When you come back from Cali fornia I will show you the route, and you will find my terms reasonable. ’ “Before she left that afternoon for Cali fornia I had her route laid out, and she was booked for all the theatres on the route. How do I manage it? I'll show you. In this book, " opening a long book, “I have on every page every date in the year, with a blank space after each date. Every page belongs to a theatre, the thea tres being arranged according to states I can tell by a glance at each page bow many dates are open foi the theatre repre sented by that page Here is Cleveland —filled you see, from Aug. 24, 1885. to June 21, 1886. . Now, suppose I want to book an attrac tion for some date later than June 21, 1886, in Cleveland. I telegraph to the manager the name of the attraction, the time, and terms There is a possibility that we may differ on terms and have to adjust them by wire. But I know what ideas the different managers have in re gard to terms, aud usually get an affirma tive answer to my first telegram. In ad dition to my book, in which each page is devoted to a theatre, I have tables con sis ting of a page like those in the book, pasted on cardboard. Each of these tables is devoted to a star or combination. I have sixteen all told. Now, look at this table On it you will find the route of a star actress mapped out As a rule I start my attraction in New York and wind up in New York. ” “But if you have to make routes for sixteen attractions, ” said the reporter, “I should think the late comers would be hard to satisfy. ” “There are no late comers among my regular sixteen attractions, because I book them all in December for the next year. Besides the routes differ in character. Here, for instance, is a route for a play in which a well-known actor starred up to last season. He takes another play this Beasou, so his old play goes on the road without him. That route doesn’t take in a single large city. It is confined to towns which are one or two night stands. Of course, some managers come to me too late. They have to take what they can get, They are obliged to jump all over the country, and are put to great outlay for transportation. Then again it may happen that some combination goes to pieces. In that event these late comers may get a good route after all. ” “liow do you manage the advertising for your attractions while en route?” “That is all provided for in the con tract. I have a printed form which, when filled out, is a contract between my at tractions as party of the first part and the theatre as party of the second part The attraction agrees to furnish the acting company, advance printing, and stage performance for (usually) 70 per cent, of the gross receipts. The manager agrees to furnish the theatre, well lighted, warmed, and cleansed, with scenery and equipments according to plots furnished, stage bands, ushers, property-men, and assistants, janitors, ticket-sellers, supers, ballet, calcium lights, programmes, bill boards, a first-class orchestra, or, if im possible to secure an orchestra, a first class piano and pianist; doorkeepers, licenses, advertising, stage furniture, and properties. ” “1 suppose you consider, in making up your routes, how the attractions did the previous season?" “ Yes, I have a book of the receipts of every performance. ” “Are not some sections of the country better to show in than others?” “Maine and New Hampshire are poor states, and in Vermont there are only three good show towns. Of course the country is thickly populated in this sec tion, and here there are no long jumps. But the west and south are equally amusement-loving, and if there were as many cities and towns in these sections as in this they would be as good from a theatrical point of view. But let me tell you one thing. The west and south will atand only first class attractions You can’t palm off anything second-class on them. Anybody who tries it will be truly routed. ” # The Black Stone in the Kaaba. (Blackwood's Magazine.] In the Kaaba, the most ancient and re markable building of the great mosque at Mecca, is preserved a miraculous stone, with the print of Abraham’s feet im pressed upon it It is said by Moham medan tradition to be the identical stone which served the patriarch as a scaffold when he helped Ishmael to rebuild the Kaaba, which had been originally con structed by Seth, and was afterward de stroyed by the deluge. While Abraham stood upon this stone it rose and sank with him as he built the walls of the sa cred edifice. The relic is said to be a fragment of the same gray Mecca stone of which the whole building is constructed, in this re spect differing from the famous black stone brought to Abraham and Ishmael by the angel Gabriel, and built into the northeast corner of the exterior wall of the Kaaba, which is generally supposed to be either a meteorite or fragment of volcanic basalt It is supposed to have been originally a jacinth of dazzling whiteness, but to have been made black as ink by the touch of sinful man, and can only recover its it original purity and brilliancy at the day of judgment The millions of kisses and touches im- Stressed by the faithful have worn the sur ace considerably; but in addition to this, traces of cup shaped hollows have beeu observed on it There can be no doubt that both relics associated with Abraham are of high antiquity, and may possibly have belonged to the prehistoric worship which marked Mecca os a sacred site long before the followers of the prophet had set up their shrine there. Some Ghut j Experiments. [Chica ;o News.] Some ghastly and, for all that appeals, utterly useless experiments, have lately been made in Paris on the decapitated head of Uagny, the murderer, fifteen minutes after its separation from the trunk. The blood of a dog was infused through the carotid artery, and by tidila tion the nerves of the eyelids became con tracted. and movements were visible in the lower law. Gawahut’s (the murderer of Mme. Ballerich) head was subjected to similar experiments. >; But the doctors at Troyes, where Gaguy was executed, went still further. Electric currents were applied to the nerves of the face, thoae of the hands, and other parts of the body, and twenty minutes after death the heart was made to beat This organ was found clogged with blood, which was attributed to the stoppage of the circulation through sheer fear just at the moment before death, and when the murderer was in eight of its instrument. HHBBI (New York Sun Interview.] ARTISTIC WORKERS IN WAX. A Man Who Brings Famous People Back to l.lfe —A Peep at His Den. (Chicago Herald. 1 In a dingy little back room on the top floor of a l.andolph street building Is a curious den that is generally kept locked. A glimpse through the half open door showed a startling array of dismem bered legs and arms, of severed feet and hands, with an occasional trunk less head leering with wide open eyes at the interlope)'. It is the lair of a well known maker of the wax statuary for museums, and is a curious studio, Upon the work table are scattered pieces of humao bodies done in wax, plaster casts, paper molds and the icy glare of an oc casional glass eye sends a chill dowu the spinal column of a sensitive spectator. The making of wax statuary is a com paratively new industry in this country, and there are but few artists in that line here. To make a wax flgure a model is first made of potters’ clay and after it has been completed a plaster of paris cast is taken, into which the melted wax is poured, completely filling the cast The wax nt xt to the cast hardens first, and then the center mass is poured off, leaving the w axwork a hollow shell The cast has to be filled up with the wax in order to prevent cracks or creases on the surface. Af er the figure has become cpol it is carefully smoothed off and touched up by the artist, his tools being very light and delicate wooden scrapers and a little knife made of a small clock spring. ” “Are wax wax figures expensive?” the anxious inquxer asked of the artist “Fairly so, ” was the response “One firm wiil not make a figure of any kind for less than S2OO. The wax is the purest beeswax, and costs 60 cents a pound. In making a life-size head I use about eighteen pounds of wax; that is, I have to melt up alout that much, but of course there is a good deal can be poured back from the east. It took 180 pounds to make that figure of the Grace, and such a work would cost #6OO. Most of the wax heads and busts in hairdressers' windows turn yellow with age Thats because the figure is finished and then colored. I mix my colors in the wax when I melt it, and time never changes its appear ance ” “How do jou fix up the hair?* again propounded the interrogator. “If the hai r is to be very heavy I use a wig, if not I put it in with a needle while the wax is still hot Glass eyes are easily supplied and it is remarkable what a wonderful resemblance to life we can produce. ” It is an interesting sight to watch the artist at work on the head of some famous man. Before him stands a photo graph of his subject. With magnifying giass in hand he pores over each feature, working at the plastic clay all the time. Under his magic touch the clay grows into a perfect likeness of its prototype, until every feature stands boldly out. The making of the model is the hardest part of the work. To complete the model of any prominent person requires from four to six days, with two sittings of two or three hours each day; after that the work can be finished in short or der. The bodies of most of the large figures, where clothing or drapery is to bo used, are made of heavy paper molds, making them much lighter than wax and at the same time much more durable. How the Fair One* Knjoy Themselves la the fcurf at Long Branch. [Lon? Branch Cor. Philadelphia Press.] Bathing is more generally the go this season than it has been for three or four summers, and the girls who indulge in it are not fast e ther, though they are bright and hearty. At one of the hotels half a dozen young ladies from a i hiladelphia seminary have formed a swimming cluh. They wear a costume, or raiher uniform, of sea green tiannel, edged with lace. Their stockings are of silk, sea green, too, and striped with black. A big black star is embroidered on each bosom. They do not wear slippers. Altogether the cos tume is very neat, quiet and becoming. The young ladies are completely at home in the sea. One of them, a charming brunette, with big. bh.ck, melting eyes, creates a sensation now and then by swimming way out beyond the breakers. The bath ing master accompanies her on her new sort of rowing machine that looks like two big cigars joined together by a plank. She amuses herself occasionally by climb ing upon ont of the cigars and taking a “header” into the deep sea. The feat was accompanied by so much violence the other day that the “cigars” careened and the bathing master was tumbled into the water. The crowd that the girls’ natatorial exhibitions always gather had a double sensation for a moment But the cigars righted themselves and the young man climbed back into the seat The girl climbed up too and sat beside him. and she laughed at the show' he made in his dripping clothes until he was moved to tilt her, head over heels, into the waves again. She bobbed up all right, beautiful as a mermaid, and dashed him with spray while she non chalantly “treaded” water Of course she is the star of the club. But all the girls are expert swimmers. They wouldn’t run from a wave as big as a ship, and they don t shriek like a Choc taw Indian when a little bit of foam runs over their dainty toes. They belong to the anti-aesthetic set They are sworn foes of nerves, hysterics and cosmetics Their eyes are clear and bright with high health, and their round cheeks, innocent of rouge and powder, are as brown as the sea wet sands. The other day a Princeton college man, a brother of one the girls, came down. He didn’t have much faith in the club's grit, I fancy, lie Is a great athlete and swimmer himself, and rather viin of his accomplishments. Presuming 01 his relationship, he under took to “guy” the club. Led by his own sister, the club sailed for him en masse, and the mauling and ducking that Print-e --ton youth got will be likely to serve him as a memory for many a summer. Peculiar Photograph*. [Chicago Tribune.] A well known actress has had herse’f photographed as the Bartholdi Liberty. In form and features she is well fitted for the undertaking. She was enveloped in a bron ze-cole red garment which clung in graceful folds about her figure, her white arms holding the tablet and torch. The artist is the same who photographed another actiess in the act of swinging vigorously from a high belfry, her hands clasped to the tongue of the bell, under which be caused to be placed the familiar legend, “Cuifew shall not toll to-night. ” It was explained that the lady in the picture had been suspended full length upon au iuviiible wire running up from the floor of the photograph gallery at a steep angle. Washington Territory’s Timber Belt. [Chicago Herald.) In the timDcr belt of western Washing ton there are 20,000,000 acres covered with timber, most of which is included withiu the limits named—an area nearly equal to the combined areas of the stales of Con necticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. This timber belt will average 25,0)0 feet of lumber to the acre; or a total of 500,000,000,000 feet of lum ber. Hence, the saw-mills at Puget sound, with their present capacity of 500,000,000 leet per year, would take 1,000 years to cut it down The fir trees fre quently atta.n the height of 250 feet, and planks of lumber are sometimes turned out of these mills 100 feet in length. A Summer Combination. I Chicago Tribunal A combination of tent and hotel life has been attempted at a summer resort on the Pacific coast. Each guest or family have a separate tent, pitched in a grove overlooking the sea. and provided with the rude furniture of a camp; but there is also a wooden hotel, icf which an ordinary apartment is assigned to every visitor, for refuge in cate of storm or sudden dislike of the canvas. Meals are served in a gen eral dining room, or in the tents, as de sired: and the bills of fare include the primitive dhhes of campers as well as the products of French cookery. An Interesting FmL (Foreign I.ette -.J It is an interesting fact that while mar riage with a deceased wife's sister is ille gal in England, it is entirely legal in nearly all tne British colonies, and in Australia four bishops of the Church of England have publicly expressed their ap proval of such marriages. One of these prelates, the bishop of Nelson, reminds the clergy that it would be libelous in Australia to refer to the marriages as “in cestuous” or “unholy"—terms which in England are the chief arguments against the practice. Tb* TuUp-Tmn, or "Wr4»” (The Current,} V Maurice Thompaon, in Lippiacott'a for July, has an entertaining description of the tulip-tree, which, be fiudk has not been honored in literature as it deserves. “If the American eagle is the bird of fre* dom, ”he says, “ the tulip is the tree of liberty—tall, fragrant, giant- flowered, daunting, defiant, yet dignified and stead ESTABLISHED 1850. LOST IN THE BUSH. A YOUNG GIRL’B TERRIBLE EXPERI ENCE IN AUSTRALIA Graphic Aceo.nt of the Finding of a Child Who Had Been Lost In tbs Wilderness for Three Weeks. (Melbourne Arana ] A special correspondent gives the fol lowing graphic account of the finding of a young girl, Clara Crosbie, who had been lost in the bush for three weeks: “It was on the twentieth day after the girl left Mrs. Haines’ house that a couple of friends started out to look for a horse which had strayed io the ranges. J. G. Curwan, a farmer and contractor of War burton, who has been fourteen years in the district and knows his way about, was accompanied in this quest by William Smith, a piano-forte tuner of Kew, who was on a tour through the district They struck the Cockatoo creek, and as they watched the turbid stream flowing through the oozy bed of a large morass, Mr. Cor wan began to expatiate upon the advantages of canals for drain age purposes with as much fervor as the late Hugh Met oil used to praise canals for irrigation purposes. The friends grew so interested in the subject that they got off their horses to discuss it, and they were soon deep in the history of the Suez canal and that of its engineer, De Lesseps. Then remounting and skirting the swamp, they were riding rapidly away, when Mr. Smith found the head of a starved domes tic cat, which had vainly sought succor in a hole in a tree Mr. Curwan obliged his “town chum, ”as he calls him, by wait ing till Mr. Smith once more left his sad dle, and with a stick fully disentombed the feline victim of misplaced confidence in the nutriti - e resources of the Lilydale hush. “He was just mounting again when a low sound like a young blackbird’s whistle caught the acute ear of the ex parienced busbman by his side. ‘Hist,’ said Mr. Cur wan. ‘What's that?’ Again the wailing, plaintive note was born softly od the breeze. Tt was enough this time. Mr Curwan was sure it was a coo ee. ‘I never,’ he says, ‘hear a coo-e e twice in the bush without answering it I answerd it and the soft, weak voice came to us again, yet a little louder. I was sure something was wrong, but I could not say where the sound came from because of the echo of the hills. I galloped up the rise in front of us and coo-e ed now aud again. Every time we coo-e ed—indeed, oftener —we got the response of that low yet piercing note of distress. When we got on to the hill I was sure the voice came from the swamp we had left. As fast as logs, bogs and ravines would let us we advanced toward the spot where we had been talking about canals. 1 beard some one speaking, but could not make out the words, and the scrub was so thick I could not see anyone. “At last I caught sight of a little girl, and it went to my heart to see her so thin and woe be gone, but 1 could not believe it was Clata Crosbie. or that she could Lave lived so long The little creature was tottering toward us in her ulster, without shoes or stockings on, but quite sensible. She said, “I want to go home to my mother. I have been lost three weeks. ” She was so weak that she could scarcely stand. 1 jumped off my horse, put my coat around her, and took her up in my arms. She said sne wanted a drink, but I wished to hasten back to the camp with her, as I was afraid she might go off. It would have been terrible for her to have died in mv arms after all she had sutlered and I had found her. She said she had lived in a tree, and used to go for water, but that she had been too weak to go for any for two days, and I could quite believe it She said her clothes were in the tree, but we did not stay to look for them, but started home at once. “Mr Sn ith went on to bring some tea, and. although he cant ride, I never saw a man go across country in better style, as if there was such a thing as breaking his neck in such a tangle He met me half way, but I had given the little thing a drink out of my hat before that Didn't she lap it up eagerly, and then talked all the more about bow she wandered away and crossed the creek and found the hol low tree, and got too frightened and too tired to travel any more. We gave her some tea and toast, and when we got to the camp the cook said he saw a man who was lost In New Ze ‘land, and the doctor gave him some oatmeal with some brandy in it. But Clara smelt some pork and potatoes and she did beg bard for some of that dinner. I believe she thinks me hard to this day. “After she bad eaten a little and now that she felt quite safe and the excitement was over, she began to look worse than when we first found her. We could see the ravages which hunger and exposure had made, but, considering what she had gone through, she was wonderfully chirpy. Hie kept askiug to be taken to her inother. She was taken there in the blankets of six of the boys, for every man wanted to have a share in wrapping her up, and Lheu she was washed and put tr bed b/ Mrs Claxton at the hotel, whic’ was nearer than her mother s house. She has been improving ever since, but you will see her for yourself bye and bye. and get her to talk to you. In a week she will be as right as ever, but it was a close shave I don't think she would have lasted another night, as the next night a stiff frost was on and she had got too weak to go to the creek for the water upon which she had lived. How she lived. God knows. I have seen men used to hardship knock under in a fourth of the time. And then think of the loneli ness and the wildness of the place where she was found. It was enough to drive a child like her mad. She’s a living wonder. " A Bum lon City’* Growth. (Exchange.) Citys of marvelous growth are not con fined altogether to the New World. Baku, the center of the petroleum district on the Caspian sea, twelve years ago had 12,000 inhabitants, and now boasts a population of nearly 00,00(1 Varieties of Fruit There are 1,000 kinds of pears, 1,500 sorts of apples, 150 plums, more than 150 verities of gooseberries, and about 125 of strawberries. Ingenuity of on Oriental Smuggler. (New York Sun.! “Of all smugglers, ” remarked the cus tom house iusitector, “recommend me to the t hinks aud Japs. They've got more brains aud originality than any other smugglers four times over. A few months ago a tea packet came in and I was as signed to it Well, a friend of mine—a •fiend,’ as they cail ’em—gave me a tip that there was opium paste ou board, which the sailors were going to smuggle ashore. You see opium paste pays a duty of $lO a pound 1 was ou the boat the momeut she touched the pier, and exam ined every sailor that went off. 1 hadn't been aboard a very long time when a Chinese grocer peddler came down to the wharf. He had a big open basket on bis arm, in which there was green stuff aud cans of tomatoes and such like. 1 didn't sus;'ect him. but to be doubly sure I walked with him to the forecastle, where he commenced to peddle off his truck. He sold the vegetables and counted the money carefully he got for them. Then he sold the cans of tomatoes for a quarter apieoe. I thought he was rubbing it in, so I told one of 'em on the uuiet they weren’t worth more than a dime. The next moment the air was blue They jumped up, fired the caus into the basket, snook their fists under bis nose, and wanted their money back. He wouldn’t give it, and they weut for him. He was making a good tight when one of them drew a knife. I had a heavy cane in my hand, and knocked the knife out of the fellow’s hand and made the peddler go up the ladder and off the boat lie thanked me and went away talking and, as I supposed, curs ing the crowd. 11 A little while after the sailors came up and wanted to go ashore. I searched every one of them and found nothing. They hadn’t been gone more than half an hour when the peddler came back. His eves were black, and his nose and mouth bloody and swollen. He said: “ Police man, dam lobbie stealee foh, dive can to mates. You helpe get tie back and takee bad man to station house. ” I felt sorry for the poor devil, and told him we’d go and search tha forecastle for hit property. We looked around five or ten minutes, and were about to give it up aa a bad job, when he found them hidden away behind some old sail-cloth. Ha popped them in his basket, ebook hands, and thanked me a dozen times, gave me a handful of good cigars, and then went away. Do you know, on account of the licking he had {ot, I never dropped to his racket at all? t was a put-up job. He hrought on board real cans of tomatoes; he took away tomato cans filled with opium paste. Tim sailors were is with him, and had put the real ones in their chests, and had replaced them with the smuggled stuff. There must have been thirty five pounds, which meant a dear profit of GRANT IN WASHINGTON. 2 The Cynosure of Curious Eye#—Saunter* leg Down the Avenue Alone. (Philadelphia Times.] Gen. Grant was the most conspicuous public man who ever lived in Washing ton. He was known to every man, woman and child in the District before his name was before the people for the presidency. While general of the army bis headquart ers were at the comer of Seventeenth and F streets. He used to walk to and fro morning and evening along with the Erocesston of clerks and with nothing but is well-worn military cloak in winter and the familiar figure in summer, the cigar always to distinguish him from the crowd. He was usually absorbed in him self, and walked mechanically, though while going to work very rapidly. While president he was the same sort of man. He loved good horses dearly, and sometimes drove a four-in-hand drag, but he usually walked or took a street car. In either case he was always the cynosure of many curious eyea He had evidently become accustomed to this and paid no . attention to it as long as people kept out of his way or did not force themselves upon his personal notice. When they did he was annoyed and would turn ab ruptly upon his heel to escape. He al ways acted on the street like any private citizen who wanted to be let alone. This was so evident that men, big and little, respected it, and the president of the United States could be seen saunter ing down the crowded avenue alone. lie was known to have walked from the capitol to the W’hite House on a pleasant day, when the whole city was out without suffering a single interrup tion Yet if he saw men raise their hats to him he never failed to return the salute. During such a walk nearly everybody would stare and turn and stare again at him as he passed. He seemed to walk among crowds to be alone Of late years he had apparently shaken off much of his taciturnity and when he visited Washing ton could be seen about the Willard lobby, chatting with friends and listening and laughing at their stories, and telling stories of ills own in return. He mistrusted those who wanted to make a show of him but patiently suffered the tortures of boredom at the greatest receptions ever given at the White House When he took a notion to at tend a dinner party he went, without regard to the customary etiquette of the White House, which pro hibits the president from indulging in such things. His nearest personal friends attribute all his political and financial misfortunes to his obliging disposition and his bliud confidence in human nature He was very fond of Washington, and said he always felt that he was at home when he got here. It was to his encouragement that Washington owes her new condition of things. (Shepherd was but the instru ment to carry out the extensive system of improvements which have made the na tional capital the finest city in the world. After Landing Her Prise. [“Uncle Bill's’' New York Letter.] What nonsense it is for novelists, or anybody else, to describe “the American girl” as though she were a distinct, in variable person. There were hundreds of American girls at this ball, very bright and lovely in the aggregate, but no two alike in body or mind. The similarity began and cuded with certain current usages of deportment The individuality was far more notable. Frivolous? Gen erally. Slangy? Frequently. Vulgar? l’arely. Beautiful? Yes. to a remark able aegree. C omical? Very often, in deed. For instance, the weary look in the face of one belie struck me as pitiful. She sat so pensively distraught, so sweetly weaiv, that I asked a mutual friend what was the matter with her. “She has just become affianced,” was the reply. “And is that so exhausting," I in quired. “Yes, under sune circumstances, ” ex plained my expert informant “You see, she is not rich, and it was essential that she should get a wealthy husband. The right man fell in her way six mouths ago. Now you are a fisherman, I believe; you appreciate the mental and physical strain incident to landing a twenty-pound fish with twenty ounce tackle, and if you will try to imagine the excitement—the doubts, fears, hopes and other emotions —of six minutes of fishin" for a valued salmon prolonged into six months of delicate angling for a millionaire, then you can possibly appreciate the collapse of this girl after landing her prize, She has come to the Branch to recuperate. ” He Didn’t Want ’Em. I Exchange] JH The Springfield Republican records th&' following iucident as happening at West/ field: “ While the members of a profes sional base ball team who recently visited the town were cooling their heels on the curbstone in front of the Wilmarth hotel after supper au honest old farmer hap pened along, and, seeing the lot of sun burned young men, stopped and asked if any of them wanted a few days job hay iug. “What do you pay?” inquired one of the amused ball tossera ‘One dollar and a half a day and board ye,’ said the honest yeoman. ‘Pooh! we get a good deal more thau that playing ball an hour or two a day.’ ‘What! air ye ball play ers? Well. I wouldn't give a peck of nubbin partaters for the whole grist of ye, was the disgusted reply of the farmer as he moved on. ” Giving the Patient a Chance. [Texas Siftings.] A student, who had been studying for several years in the medical department of the University of Texas, endeavored to pass the examination requisite to his obtaining his diploma One of the pro fessors gave him a hypothetical case, and ther. asked him: “What would you do in a case of that kind, if the patient got worse?” “I would not do anything. ” replied the student, “I would just wait until next day, ai d see how he was coming on then. He might improve, you know. I’d give him a chance. ” ltenewlug Hi* Patent. [Chicago Times, i Lucian Hopson, of Texas, when the late war began, invented and had patented by the Confederate government a projectile which was used with some success in Charleston harbor against the Union ves sels. After the war the patent of course was worthless Recently Hopson filed an application for a patent for the same pro jectile. and a few days ago a letter was sent to him from the interior department informing him that his application had been granted. Type-Written Love Letters. [Exchange. 1 The long headed lover writes ail his amatory epistles with a type writer now. Not onlv does he save time and avoid difficulties which autograph manuscript involves, but by a judicious use of carbon paper and blanks where proper names oc cur, he can make four or five girls happy by a single struggle with the machine. IMdeatty Thought It Wm a “Case.** ) Jennie June's London Letter.) The usual transfer fr'in the ship to a tug was made in Southampton bay, and a landing effected with but little trouble and loss of lime On two | revioos occa sions that I had entered England, the small impedimenta carried by ladies was not examined at all, but they are more particular now, and every bag, sacbel and shawl strap was subjected to a rigorous examination for possible dynamite, rather tha i the contraband whisky and tobacco. One of the boxes belonging to a lady of our party bad been put' in her charge for transmission to a friend in London, and she was herself quite ignorant what it contained. On opening it some books and unimportant articles appeared, with wads of newspaper wedged tightly in and about a large square tin box The metal, however, only appeared in one corner The box itself was wrapped in several folds of browu paper, and tied and knotted, and knotted and tied, and finally sealing w axed in a most formid able fashion. The deputy looked at the three women who stood sponsors for the box, without knowing its contents, and finally called another deputy, aud the second man summoned the chief. “What was in it?” No one could tell. The three meu evidently thought it was a “case.” but finally one cut the strings with an “England expects. " etc., sort of an air, and every one looked curiously to see what the suspected repository con tained. Six packages of Huyler’s candy! —that was all. The meu looked ashamed and bundled it up again with more haste than care, while a laugh went around the American side of the Southampton custom house. An Ina lamane ms Change. INew Yir: Sun.) American ladies formerly carried their parasols gracefully and easily while driv ing, but when the illustrated London pa]*ers came over here with the pictures of .he princess of Wales and her escort driving about the Irish cities and holding there parasols like fiag staffs, an instanta ncous change swept over New York and within a mouth all the women were carry ing their parasols as the princess of Wales carried hers, held by both hands stiffly in front of their faces. And it’s awful swell, too, don’t you think? To Prevent Mouth-Breathing. [Exchange.] The practice of mouth breathing is con dei mtxl by physicians, and articles are being patented which will cause a person addicted to the habit to abandon it. And yet a man named Burke was executed in the early part of this century for trying to cause people to abandon the same practice. Mr. Burka, we believe, used a ati< king-piaster. atoveh. The consumption of starch for all pur poses In the United States is about 180,- wO.OOO pounds per annum, or an avenge of hu*s pounds for sachperson. I l|tttfll*ig and Thunder. lightning i» reflected for 150 to 200 Btiiaa, and thunder mav be heard foe twenty or twenty-five stunt i tv -vgal _. -. . f