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THE KM'OItMEll, JULY 11, 1884.
IS THE TIME
TO CORE
SKIN HUMORSj
t : , .wi.iv
CUTKUlUltKMEUIKH.
IT IS A FACT.
Hundred of UMon In our pomoiwlon (copto of
wb i m .y I..- )..d by wlurn mull) ro our nil ho
v for lh , n.erllou llmt .kin, culn. d Hood liu-
.or." wliotliur ...rofuloim, Inherited or oonlimlou.,
law now 1)0 permanently cured by Wieuiu Kb-
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TRY WILl SEI BY t XAMtNlNQ THIS bw 1""'
TIC R'Y
'ecta the
'd car
lween ven
It ial
. All llltil !
The ditlniicst fully of tho vale ;
Slio come.,
Tripping; o'er tho mossy stones.
Vas ever lueli a queenly graco )
Wai ever suru a sunny fueej
Was ever sucU a voice to swell
LIUo distant peal of silver hell ?
AlUiftU!
She comes,
The daintiest fairy of the vale,
Tripping o'er the mossy stonos.
The flowers,
Within a thousand wayside bowers
All seek
To gfiM P0n licr du,Plln8 chcek
And catch from the entrancing vlow
Tho secret of Its sunny hue :
And when tho magic art Is known
To wear Its glory In their own.
Tho flowers,
All seek
Within a thousand wayside bowers
To gazo upon her dimpling check.
The birds
Their sweetest tcudercst mystic words
In song
Are chanting by her path along,
To mlngb with her silvery tono
The warbled sweetness of their own,
And catch and trill o'er hill and plain
Tho silvery cadence of her strain.
Thelilrds
In song
Their sweetest, tcndrcst, mystic words
Are chanting by her path along.
It lay,
My homo in childhood by her way ;
And bright
I seem to see her form to-night,
Tripping with a dainty air
Down tho rocky mossy stair;
Or with stately queenly mien
Walking through tho meadow green
It lay
And bright
My homo in childhood, by her way,
I seem to 6ec her form to-night.
Virgil W Blanchard, M D.
JUNE DAYS.
Wave on, d.licious days of shower and shine,
Cool, cloudy morns, and noontides wnito ana
warm,
And eyes that melt in azure hyaline
Wave to midsummer's long, Lethean calm.
For all the woods are shrill with stress of song.
Where soft wings flutter down to new-built
And ttumUent sweet sounds arc heard day-long,
As of innumerable marriage feasts.
Tho flame of flowers is bright along the plain,
The hills are dim beneath pale, . brooding
And, lfkeea 'kiss that thrills through every vein,
The warm wind, odor-laden, stirs and sighs,
Murmuring like music heard afar by night
From boats becalmed on star-illumined
streams,
Sad as the memory of a lost delight.
Sweet as tho voices that are heard in dreams.
Wave, siren days, and break the spell that
wrings
The burdened breast with undefined regret,
Wayward desires, and vain imaginings,
The nameless warning nnd the idle fret.
Wave on ! yo wake the love that tempts and
flies; . , ,,
And where love is, thence reac0 departs fun
soon; , ,.
But, ah, how sweet love is, e'e.n though it dies
AVith thy last roses, O enchantress June !
Charles LHildreth.
IBISHNAKCY.
Have you heard Nancy's sigh ? then you've
caught the sad echo
From tho wind harp enchantingly borno.
Have you heard the girl laugh ) then you vo
heard the first cuckoo
Chant the summer's delightful return.
And the songs that poor ignorant country-folk
. fancy
ThS lark's liquid raptures on high,
Are just old Irish airs from the sweet lips of
Nancy,
Flowing up and refreshing the sky.
And though her foot dances so soft from the
heather
To the dew-twinkling tussocks of grass,
It but warns the bright drops to slip closer to
gether
To imnire the cxauisite lass ;
We've no man left among us, so lost to emo
tion,
Or Rpornful. or cold to her sex.
Who'd resist her ii' Nancy once took up the no
tion
To set that soft foot on their necks.
Vet, for all that the bee flies for honey-dew fra-
Srant
e lifllf-onened flower of her lips ;
And tho btttterlly pauses, tl.s purple-eyed va
grant,
To nlav with her uink linzcr-tlps;
From all human lovers she locks up the treasure
A thousand are starving to taste ;
And the fairies alone know the magical meas
ure
Of the ravishing round of her waist.
Alfred Ferceval Graves.
GRANDMOTHER'S PICTUEE.
is an ancient picture dimmed by years
' fair old face, with bands of silver hair
itbed underneath a cap of snowy lace
. i as our grandsire's wives were wont to
ear;
upon me from its tarnished frame
1 the old-time tenderness and love ;
e cannot be a sweeter look
Aces in tho world above.
ck the joy of days that came
fc was touched with care or
'ie past, as dim, as dear,
'ace and fading 6mile ;
childhoods happy hours,
om, wind and song and
w-purpled eyes,
day was done.
f summer noons,
miirof tho bees;
1)1 no,
n the leas ;
night
i taint and
ids,
lulcresllnir rr or thti IVrlU rs by On
WiiuUiiows Thrlr lllliry.
A wrltor In tho Oakland, Cal, Tlmos says i It
is a singular fact, nevertheless true, that nearly
nil of our national songs wero written, adapted
or put botoro tho pulilio by actors. I will en
deavor to glvo a correct history of our national
songs, according to tho best authorities. Our
oldest national melody Is "Yankoo Doodle."
When near tho closo of t.;o war of 1770, when
Lord Cornwallli was at Yorktown, Va, an of
flcor wroto some versos upon WasuiiiglOii. Tho
miserable doggerel linos wero sot tousle by
tho master of tho regimental band of tho Scotch
Oroys, and tho song was glvon In Jrlslon of
the Amorlcans and their cause.
Tho first verse ran thus : "Yankc6 Doodlo
canio to town upon a little pony'ctc-ylt caus
ed a great deal of merriment among tho British
troops. Cornwallli laughed at tho "young
buckskin," as be called Washington, and wits
certain of a very easy victory at that time. But
Do Grasse and Itochambeau arrived with the
French army and Washington gained his coun
try's triumph. Among other spoils ct tho bat
tlefield tne words and music were gained, and
tho Americans now played "Yankee Doodlo"
back at the British. It was aftorward played
in tho theatroi in Philadelphia, and so It has
been acknowledged as our own music ever
since.
Next in order Is "Hail Columbia." The song
was adapted in measure to tho "President's
March," an 4 was written by Joseph Hopkins
of Philadelphia in 1793. At that time war was
expected with France, and a patriotic feeling
pervaded tho community. Mr Fox, a young
actor and singer, called upon Mr Hopkins ono
morning and said: "To-morrow is appointed
for my benefit at tho theatre, and I fear there
will be a Blim house. If you will write mo somo
patriotic verse to the tune of the 'President's
March,' I feel suro of a full audienco." Mr
Hopkins retired to his study, wrote the first
verse and chorus, and submitted it to Mr Fox',
who sang it to a harpsichord accompaniment.
The song was soon finished, and that night the
young actor received it. The next morning the
placards announced that Mr Fox would sing a
new patriotic song. The theatre was crowded
that night. The song was sung ; the auditors
wero delighted; eight times it was called for
and repeated. When the song was sung for
the ninth time, the audience stood up and join
ed in the chorus. Nigkt after night it was re
ceived with great applause in tho theatre, and
in a few days the song was to be heard in tho
streets among men and boys. Such was the
origin of "Hail Columbia."
"Tho Star Spangled Banner," was written by
Francis Key, after the bombardment of Fort
McIIenry during the war of 1812. The verses
were printed in ballad form and were scattered
around the camp on Federal hill, Baltimore.
One evening one of the mess picked up a copy
and read it aloud to the soldiers. Once, twice
and three times he read it, until the entire divis
ion seemed electrified by its pathetic eloquence.
An idea struck Fred Durang, an actor, who
hunted up an old volume of fluto music, which
was in a tent. Ho Impatiently whistled tune
after tune as they caught his quick eyo. One
call; d "Anacreoii in Heaven" struck his fancy
and riveted his attention. Note after note fell
from his lips. With a leap and a shout ho ex
claimed: "Boys, I've hit it!" Getting a short
furlough, Fred and Charles Durang sang it on
the stage of the Holiday street theatre ; soon
alter it was caught up on the streets and by the
camp, nnd when peace was declared the song
that had been sung by the soldiers at their bi
vouac fire was carried home to thousands of
firesides as the most precious relic of the war.
Then came a song that will never die. I mean
"Home, Sweet Home." The words of this song
were written by John Howard Payne. He was
a New Yorker by birth, born in 1792. Ho was
a clerk in a counting-house, but at a very early
age the boy's taste and talent for literature was
noticed. In 1809 he appeared at the old Park
theatre in New York as Young Norval, in his
sixteenth year. He was very successful, but
like many other precocious children, when he
ceased to be little ceased to be great. George
Frederick Cooke advised Payne to go to Eng
land, which he did, where, for over twenty
years, ho remained with varying fortune, as ac
or and manager and play-writer. He wrote
'Brntus" for Edmund Kean, wiio played it wftli
great success. When Charles Kemhle became
manager of Covent Garden, Payne applied to
Kemble for aid. Heollercd several manuscripts
to Kemble for 30. The 30 were for "Clari;
or the Maid of Milan." Kemble bought them
all. Miss Mary Tree, sister of Ellen, who mar
ried Charles Kean, first sang "Home, Sweet
Home." The drama and song made a great
success. Everybody made money except Payne,
who not only lost the 25 ho was to get for the
copyright on the twentieth night, but ho was
not even complimented by a copy of his song.
Payne wrote "Clari," in which tho song was
introduced, as a drama, but Kemble got Henry
Bishop to alter it into an opera and put the
words to a Sicilian air as it now stands.
Who is not familiar with "Old Do Tray,
"Tho Swance lliver." "Massa's in de Cold.Cold
Ground ?" But how many know anything about
the extraordinary man who wrote them ? He
must have passed unnoticed through the streets
when from every lighted comert-room.'and from
every familiar circle, from every hand organ or
roaming ballad singer's lips, were poured lorth
his irresistible melodies. Ho wrote between
two and three hundred songs, and, although
they are not of equal popularity and merit, yet
I have to hear one which is devoid of meanhg
in words or beauty in air. Stephen C Foster
was the composer of the songs I mention. He
was born in Pittsburgh, July , IfS- Ho was
a musician almost from his cradle, and at the
aee of seven he had mastered the flageolet with
out a teacher. Every instrument in turn gave
up its sweetness to his touch. To compose the
words and music of a song was bis chief delight
from boyhood. His first was m 1812. It was
said that Foster received $15,000 for his songs.
This is incorrect, for one publishing house paid
him $20,000 for his compositions. His songs
have been translated into most of the European
and some of the Asiatic languages. I oster had
a w ide range of culture, was an eager reader,
nnd proficient in French and German. The few
who became his intimates speak most enthusias
TicaJly of his varied powers, but he was retiring
and sensitive. Ho was somewhat of a painter
and illustrated some of his songs with pictures.
Foster spent the last years of his life m Jsew
York, where the most familiar sounds of his
own music was heard.
-
Mis. Maud Howe.
The author of "The San Itosario Ranch" has
acquired a great deal of what is known as
"manner" through moving in the best salons of
this country and Europe. For so young a
woman Miss Howe is not more than 27, flatter
ers would say 24 this manner is perhaps some
what ovcraccentuatcd, and indicates a certain
flourish of trumpets which the most heavenly
endowed seraphs should avoid. The counte
nance is wholly indicative of intellectual char
acter; it is frank and open, and includes a chin
of surpassing firmness. A woman with such a
chin is ant to be cither obstinate or aetermined,
and her friends prefer to call Miss Howe the
latter- eves of violet-blue look out clearly from
a white brow and the dark hair throws into re-
" . .. , P flin onmnlexlon. It would
net tne wniieirc - . ,j
bard to decide whether Miss Howe should
called pretty or fine-looking. The present
er is inclined to the latter adjective, and
perhaps his choice strengthened when he
bers that the lady is rather tall. Her
es not disavow the influence of reigning
and yet it is sometimes distinctly
tcr the pre-Kaphaelite, South Kcn
ier. Slashed sleeves, a train fall
t folds, and a suggestion of that
9 the cult, the sun-flower, have
mpose her costume on the oo
strect reunion. Hut it should
t she was conspicuous by
e reception given tieneath
U Oak Glen in honor of
- whom, in spite of rc
nevcr was, could or
iw, that the weird
-nal men' tailor,
oat of Nero, and
'. has led to the
nilon. there
Newport
.j st be at
-i-sa Lusott,
. York, New
.nnsylrania. and
.Ute. The millions
in'i Tar Pyrnp. The
, ranch and consumption,
attleooro; HowlanJ, & Lowell,
-'I
ll lb attratk of oar lady mdm to lb
Kivamt ia our rvlnmn. of Jama 1'ylrt
Ariio. for kMOdry ood kiwbra arpi. Am
mxttrtr m rpoUr and widrly eln-aUwd, mm poo.
w-w m-rili lb I eo fW H to tho taror of bum
keeper.
1IUM1IJTV,
Tho tender (lowers dream not how iweet they
Tho buttercup's woo hloHsom, bright and gay,
That (reins tno meituow iiimi 'v'.
Twinkling with dow at sunny break of day,
Knows not how fair It miikes till quiet spot
My heart it knowoth not, Itknowcth not!
k ( ... h,a in ilia nasturo lane
LIUo flukes of sunset dropped from somo rich
cloud ... . ,
Oh, sweet, Indeed, but not with swoctnoss ,valn ;
Nor Is the pasture of their presence proud
Not for themselves they blossom, bud and
They spring tobroatho to man tho peace of Ood.
I never heard a songstor'l lay that told
Of aught but simple joy and grateful pralso.
Tho oriole, with throat ullamo with gold,
DreaniB not ho Is a charm to mortal gaze.
No bird to laud himself hath ever sung;
His song Is for the flowers ho chirps among.
The rainliow streaming o'er the silver mist,
win, I.... hi inornliiff-clorlos bright,
Where bv thelkMlng lips of sunbeams kissed,
Tho airv clouJ&iluau Into colored light,
Calls not 'for praiifei but In a littlo while
Hides in the passing storm Its modest smile.
Tho mountains, round whoso brows tho stars
rejoice, ... ,
Whoso peaks nro hoary with eternal snow,
Look up as if to listen for that voice
That woke creation, centuries ago.
Thinking perchance its might again may riso
And hid their summits blossom to the skies.
round their hiirht.
And ask tho moon that with hor beauty great
Boamson their silent winteness itirougu iuv
If e'rofhey brcatho a whisper of their state ;
Unmindful how the praising worm autmres,
Thev noint to God and heaven their dazzling
spires.
Tim aim ti.nt ciio ii, ff uktes with summer calm,
The stars that light unmeasured depths of
space, , ,
T.ikfi (liatnnt. Kiina that flash reflected charms,
When on the night Jehovah turns his face,
ah tnese in numoieness tueir Kiurr ,
Grateful, not proud, because heaven made them
fair.
O vaunting man, go ponder on these things !
Think iviiat la itlnrv in thv Maker s view ?
Who wins tho passing praise tho cold world
sings,
Not always earns the praise of heaven, too ;
Thou mayst through life thy name with gods
enroll,
Y'et bear rebuke of angels In thy soul.
Oh, to bo simple in the lives wo lead !
To know that what we hold Is not our own !
The lily is as modest as the weed,
The mountain humble as the broken stone.
Since man is proud, how wise it is, how just,
That death should come to teach us we are
dust!
Ernest W Shurtleff in Youth's Companion.
A BLAZING BOY.
ASix-Yenr-Old Who Catches on Fire and
Blows Himself out at Will.'
As a reporter of tho New Orleans Times-
Democrat was sauntering out In the vicinity 01
the fair grounds he heard a street urchin who
was all doubled up in his efforts to get a better
view through a crack in the fenco, say : "Little
Jerry is afire again." Finding a knot hole, tno
reporter closed it up with his inquisitivo optic,
and saw a surprising sight. Sitting thereon
the back cailerv of the little house, with his legs
crossed and in a perfect state of nudity, was a
big, fat, chubby boy enveloped in a flame of
bluish light. He was literally on fire from the
soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
His feet were burning up freely as sticks of
kindling wood; his fingers were lighted like so
manvtancrs; his hair was blazing like a pile
of fat pine shavings, and the liquid flames were
running up and down his entire body, no sat
there kicking his legs out, clutching at the
flame, and laugliing at the -onsation it seemed
to produce. Wken he wc;ild snap his eyes
sparks like thoseproduccdh,- Striking flint with
st2cl weuld fly out, and scaf jr in all directions.
Then ho would rut his tongue out, licking up
tho fire abound hi-thcn puff it out of his
mouth in Jjets andVtrls as if it were smoke
from a pipeV Thosiihp was truly a wonderful
XtTJSKlv alitor, strong blow,
and all was exthfcuishe'd as if by magic. The
reporter was now flumfounded, but shortly re
covered andougkt tbo front door bell. It was
evidently a case requiringkinvestigation. Quite
a handsome middle aged lady ar.swcred the
ring, and, on being told the nature of the call,
she invited the scribe in and told hip all about
little Jerry.
She said she was his mother, and that her
husband, John L Hibbert, was still alive and
doing conti act work on the railroad . Jerry , she
said, was the youngest of three children, and
was now 6 years of age.
When he was born, his vey d& p carnation
color was the cause of much uneasiness to both
parents, but the doctor said that at the worst it
could only be ccezma ; so as soon a. his consti
tution would permit they commenced to rub
him with all sorts of salves, ointmeius and lini
ments, but Jerry'only became therdder after
each application of the prescribed preventives.
Then the physicians said it was some sort of
hereditary complaint, but as no disease could
be traced back as far as the great grandparents,
it left to bo supposed that the family tree must
have bscn sick at some period of antiquity, then
reco vered only to break out again in littlo Jerry.
Jerry, however, grew apace, notwithstanding
the fact that he was laboring under the disad
vantages of weighty medical opinions.
Every month found him fatter and of a bright
er vermillion hue, and by the time he was three
years of age he was aglow with a red heat.
Just about this time the nurse girl came in
one morning screaming that Jerry was on lire,
and she couldn't put him out. Tho mother ran
to her boy, only to iind him in a circle of flume.
Jerry was in full blaze, but was not being con
sumed. Water was thrown over him, but to no
purpose. Then thsy wrapped him in a blanket,
but it was useless. Jerry continued to burn
light along. The incident created quite a com
motion in the house, und bathed tho ingenuity
of the inmates. Just then, however, the door
swung open, and a gust of wind came in, and
Jerry went out.
This was quite a relief, and gave time to send
for a doctor. The doctor came, and on hea ing
what had happened immediately sent for mure
doctors. Consultation on the subject discovered
a variety of medical theories and opinions, none
of which, however, seemed to reach Jerry's case
at least so far as curing it was concerned. The
girl explained that Jerry at the time of the out
burst was sittiHg on the floor, along which he
drew his finger, calling her to look at the bright
spot on the end. rfhe looked and saw the digit
burning like a candle. Suddenly it took a run
ning start and Jerry was completely in flames.
Ever since that day Jerry has been subject to
catching on fire, and teems to enjoy the act im
mensely. A draught of air or a sudden pull' of
wind always puts him out, which lie can do by
blowing on himself. It is impossible to dress
him np or for him to sleep in bed like ordinary
children. His father has procured a small iron
hedhtead for his use. He plays in the rain and
stands cold weather without cither having the
least effect on hira His mother laughed at the
suggestion of exhibiting him in public, but will
allow any one who desires to cull and see him
at any time.
The reporter called on several of the eminent
physicians of the city, and although some of
them have already examined the case, they
were not prepared to pass any definite opinion
on it. It might lie the mixture of some kind of
gases, that in some unaccountable way got con
fined under the skin, and that contact with the
air caused to ignite. It might be a germination
of fluid electricity, but nevertheles it is an ex
traordinary case) and one that the faculty will
endeavor to solve and cure if possible.
Hi-wax Blood. On the pnrity and vitality of
the blood depend the ik-r and health of the whole
ytcm. Dtwane of vanoo kinds ia often only the
is-n that nature if trvin to remove the dwturbioi;
ew. A remedy that Hire life anl vigor to the
blood, eradicate eerutula and olher im;uritie
from it, aa Hood famaparilla nmloubleUly doe",
ram be the meana of preveiilinl many diaeaea
lhal would occur without it uae. told by dealera.
Almnat every pereun baa aome form of arrafnlou
poieob latent in hit eeiua. When this deve.opa in
. . ..i m ar emotions, or takwa, th
form of rheomatiMn, or oreauicd ianuea, the auffer-
mT that enaoea u --.i(iuuu.
Hence tne irrauiuue v. ,
thousand )early do, that Ayer a Mr.af.ari I la will
inorongDIJ erautcaie " J
Quinsv troubled me for twenty year. Since
I kurted in lr Tlnxna' Eclectric Oil, hare
not bad an attack. Tbe Oil cure core throat
at once. Hit Lett Conrad, StonUish, Mich,
Oct 2i, "hi.
PURPORTS TOJII: PUN NY.
A Little Nonsenao Now unci Then i Itol
lahoii by lh WlHiiat Moll.
ConifortliiKB lnete.
Fnt your arms around me, dearest,
Draw mo closer to your breast; ,
I am sad and very weary,
On vour true heart I would rest.
Minnie C Ballard.
Don't despair, oh, dearest Minnie,
With your request wo will comply;
Wo will put our arms around you,
And we'll kiss you on tho sly.
Orange Observer.
Mlnnlo, don't you be uneasy,
Best your head upon this breast;
But If your ringlets should be greasy,
Don t soil our coat, but grease our vost.
Kicbmond Baton.
Mlnnlo darling, don't you do it.
Those other follows won't be trtio ;
Come to ns oh fairy poetess,
We will see you safely through.
THE l'OINT OF 11ON0II.
It Is extremely refreshing to uotlco the fine
sense of honor possessed by some of the rising
generation in Virginia City. Recently two
youths, each aged about fourteen, met on C
Btrcet, when tho following dialogue took place :
"I say, Bill, vou got my lenifo f"
"No, I ain't."
"'Bon ycr word ?"
"'Pon me word."
"Ton ycr soul f"
"'Pon mo soul."
"Hope vou may dio if you have ?"
"Hope I may die if I have."
"You ain't got my knife ?"
"I ain't got your knife."
The querist seemed to be still incredulous,
but was on the point of giving it up in despair,
when a bright idea occurred to him and he re
turned to tho attack with, "Ton yer honor ?"
"O," said the other, "now you touch me
honor, take your danged old knife," and he
handed tho article over.
"Well done, Bill," said his chum, "I always
knowed you was a honorable chap." Virginia
City Chronicle.
LITTLE FITCHEltS AND HIS BIO EARS.
Young Johnny Jarplcy was inclined to bo a
good boy, and his mother spent much time in
instructing him in the enormity of the sin of
telling falsehoods, and, to impress It upon him,
wound up by tolling him that people who told
lies choked to death. When the Kcv Mr and
Mrs Muckle were taking dinner at Jarpley's,on
a "return call," the next day, Mrs Jarpley
asked her guest: " So, Mrs Muckle, you like
my cooking ? "
" It is splendid, Mrs Jarpley, just splendid,"
enthusiastically responded Kev Muckle's lady.
"Mr Jarpley is fortunate in the possession of
such an excellent cook as yourself."
Just as the lady concluded she took a sip of
water, and a few drops "goiug the wrong way,"
caused her to cough.
" There she goes ! There she goes, mother !
exclaimed young Jarpley in great excitement.
" 1 heard her say, when vou was out of the
parlor, to Mr Muckle, ' she wished it was all
over, as one of your dinners was enough to kill
a mule, and she wondered how your husband
had ever lived so long.'" Pittsburg Chron
icle. THE SCHOOL BOY'S PROOnESS.
Fond Parent Well, Johnny, how are you
getting along at school ?
Johnny Oh, first rate. I started on third,
but I am on first now.
Fond Parent Glad to hear It, my son. Al
wayu try to be first. There is (illy cents for
vour Industry.
Johnny Ain't that nice! I'll try to get
higher yet.
Fond Parent Higher ? How can you be
Tilrrhpv than firat?
Johnny Easy enough. I can get to be short
stop or pitcher. Philadelphia Call.
HIS HEAD WAS LEVEL.
A wealthy New York gentleman advertised
for a coachman. Anion? those who applied for
the position was ono who answered all the re
quirements. "I will hire you for a year at fifty dollars a
month."
"The salary is all right, but;
"But what"?"
"I would like to ask you a question."
"What is it?"
"Are you president of any national bank, and
do you speculate in Wall street ?" (
V liat 8 tuat to uo W'liu y uur uudiucbo t p
in mi-,
Well,
vance."
if you do, I want my wages 1
was the
WHY SHE NEEDED HIM.
" I should think yon would find that poodle
verv inconvenient in traveling," said the board
ing-house keeper to her new lady guest.
" Guess vou never traveled much,!' v
young lady's reply.
" No, I never traveled much, but I should
think a poodle would le very inconveuient."
" On the contrary, I find the animal very
convenient."
" How so ?"
" To chew boarding-house beefsteak for me.
Paris Beacon.
AVhy is lady's foot like a locomotive ? Be
cause it moves in advance of a train.
When a man is asked if he can speak aloud,
what kind of savage does he name ? Cannibal.
(Can I bawl.)
A young lady says our genial school master
is like the letter C, because he makes lasses into
classes.
If the good die early why are tho bad like
the pupil of tho eye ? Because they die late
(dilate).
Plumed Knight rhymes with might, and Jas
G Blaine rhymes with Maine, but what rhymes
with New York ?
If tho young man who left the poem : "I
want to tie at rest," upon our desk will call In,
we will see that he is accommodated.
An exchange asks : "If a young lady were
suffering from blighted affection, what flower
would you give her ?" That's easy enough.
Give her heart's case ?
"Why has our genial shoemaker Streeter
such wonderful power of endurance ?"' asked a
wag ot the Reformer Monday. We gave it up.
"because he holds on to the last" was tho reply
as.he dodged the mucilage pot and" litout" for
the American house,
Said a voung lady, the other day.in coming
from the photograph gallery, to a friend, "why
would vou be justified in picking Mr Howe s
pocket'?' "Give it up Mary;" was the response.
Because he has picked your's (pictures). Then
they went across to Cooper's and had an ice
cream and tallied ladylingers.
A lady sat in the editorial room waiting for
the editor. She said ta the (tinny man : "I
want to send a letter to the postoftlcc. Will
yon please tell me, sir, where I can go for a
boy?" Go to the devil, madam." "Sir!" she
said, rising. "Ah, there he comes now. Lillis
take that lady's letter to the postofiiee.
"Wharyebin?"' ho asked, as tho other boy
suddenly camo around tbe corner. "10 me
doctor's !" "Fur ver mother ?" "No, fur me.
'What ails you?" "Tongue all coated. See
there '" "What does that mean ?" "Heaps !
..i,,.i.-wi th ntlir. "That means rhubarb to
licgin on, and loaf sugar, sweet cake, a veloci
pede, roller skates, aim a jiick-miuu, uouio
get through ! Dou't you wish you was me ?
GOSSIP AND INFORMATION,
r. . i ,. -.7 ... 4i.a, i;A in n-fiif far nml
vai llivuiuus ,uiui.n liu. iiv ...
entrap unsuspecting insects have long been
Known, isow i roi ixuni suunuj nau..,i.n
.. .- . I. ..lin. nl 'l ii t 1'hn
queer feature of tbe Btory is tb.it this bladder-
J . 1 1.1.1 1 . tntivultll
won lias uuuitiu uucu nuumi; m.iw-vv-
I . , . a. a trwul T T
the fish, nobodv surmising tliat it makes tbe
u9u us own itKxi. lire i-rp uuu.
-Li- . i it i i. .... !.!, tltair rtrrw
teotors. An old poet notes that plants " are,
Jrliillni, fmchnml l:lir:" l)Ut it
is evident that some of them also eat fish.
It ii said that the Kamtchatkans are dying
out and that the race must soon become ex
tinct. Kamtchatka is lanrer than France, and
once had a population ot .jO.OOO, but there are
now or.lr 6000 left and the mortality is great.
The pr."iH3 live almost exclusively on fish.
The country will not admit of agricnlture, and
not Kauitrbatkan lives with an income ot
over $1 year.
Mrs Fran,4 Hodrson Bnrnett. the novelist.
i-i familiarly railed by her Washinffton friends
' That Lav, 0' Lowrie's," from tbe book which
has broucbt ber the greatest fame. Though
Enelish i,r ,inh. she has resided o kmg in
this country that she looks upon it almost as
her native land. Mrs liurnett U still ronng.
and wears her blonde hair in such s tongie that
it i imp"v.l.le to tell whkh end grows on ber
bend. 1)1 liurnett, her hnsband. has dark hair
ami eye, very tine features and expression
fill. J with intelligence and gondne. Their
two chddren. boys of ehrht and ten. are beauti
ful beyond compare, with starry brown eyes
and luiT like tawny cokl. Tber live in the
open air like vout.g "Aral, perfectly nntram-meled.
A
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FROM THE SON : 'ioS
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has had In his ease. I think his blood must
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to coyer bis entire body. I assure you he waa
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as he has. I could easily name fifty persona
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FROM THE FATHER: 'ZA
a duty for me to state to you the benefit I
have derived from the use of
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
Six months ago I was completely covered with
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I moved. My sufferings were great, and my
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Sarsaparilla In April last, and have used
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began to improve at once. The sores have
all healed, and I feel perfectly well in every
rospect being now able to do a good day's
work, although 73 years of age. Many inquire
what has wrought such a cure in my ease, and
I toll them, as I have here tried to tell you,
Ayer's Saesaparilla. Glover, Vt., Oot.
21, 1882. Yours gratefully,
lliBAii Phillips."
Ateb's Sarsaparilla cures Scrofula
and all Scrofulous Complaints, Erysip
elas, Eczema, Bingworm, Blotches,
Sores, Bolls, Tumors, and Eruptions of
the Skin. It clears the blood of all Impu
rities, aids digestion, stimulates the notion of
the bowels, and thus restores vitality and
strengthens tho whole system.
ntEPARED BV
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spondentv dull, lazy feel
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implying lack of energy,
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VERMONT MAMBR1.J0,
This Young Stallion can be seen at the
STABLE OF H. S. FROST,
BELLOWS FALLS, VT.
And will make the season here, from June 1,
to Sept 1, 1884.
Ho is now eight years old. Son of the fa
mous Carnac; dam, Grey Mare Susie, recently
801U in xsorwicu, vi., iui xu auvuouh
Hundred Dollars. She is sired by Pathfinder
by old Morrill Susie's dam said to lie by
AVitherell's Messenger Pathfinder as is known
is sire of several trotters, among them Rattler
in the 2.30 class.
Carnac (old) as is well known, was one of if
not the best bred stallion in New England. No
horseman can see his colts as they come to full
maturity, without being compelled to acknowl
edge they are wonderful animals.
Vermont Mambrino (or Carnac, .Tr) is 1.") 1-2
hands, dark bay, black points, no white, full
mane and tail, weighs 10"i0; like his sire, a
wonderfully intelligent horse of best disposi
tion, magnificent action, very fast ; (at his sec
ond drive on the track, he trotted in a fraction
less than three minutes.) His pedigree shows
him possessed of the best strains of Ashland
Mambrino blood.
For further particulars and full Tedigree send
to me. I however much prefer to see horsemen
and breeders personally, that they may see this
royally bred, magnificent horse, and see his ac-
Ternis : 10 to warrant a foal, payable April
1st, 188o. There will bo no variation from these
terms. 10ml'
II. S. FROST, Bellows Falls, Vt.
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