The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, June 20, 1883, Image 4
ON THE EDGE OF THE MARFH'
L IN NOVEMBER.
Dead sienna and rusty gold
F Tell the year on the marsh is old.
Blackened and bent, the sedges shrink
Back from the sea-pool's frosty brink,
f Low in the west a wind-cloud lies,
Tossed and wild in the autumn skies.
Over the marshes, mournfully,
^ Drifts the sound of the restless sea.
IN JUNE.
Fair and green is the marsh in June:
Wide and warm in the sunny noon.
The flowering rushes fringe the pool
With slender shadows, dim and cool.
From the low bushes " Bob White " calls
Into his nest a rose-leaf falls,
jj> >, The blue-flag fades; and through the heat?
Far off. the sea's faint pulses beat.
?.Visa .4.-4. Bassett, in Harper's.
OUR HOSTESS'S DAlUIIILli.
I " Come," I said, rising anil throwing
aside my book?" come. Traverse, we
have had work enough for one day.
gpj^G,. Let us take a sunset walk on the old
ramparts, and have our tea at that
B||p* charming little rtstaurant under the
?&>?.' beeches."
Traverse took a last lingering look
Bjp"ltt his sketch, then carefully set back
the easel against the wall, and we
_ descended tlie stair from our apartments
on the upper floor, where we
enjoyed a view of the housetops of
9r&' the quaint little town of Xeureide, on
raB&the banks of the wide and winding
"Stop a moment," Traverse said, as
' we reached the first floor. " We will
flEfft' see if there are any letters. I desired
Bp:? the Frau Hansing not to bring them
up hereafter, for, good woman though
fci:;." *8he is, her talk is rather ovorpowerESpEE-.
We had been recommended to Frau
?0^.* Uansing's lodgings by a fair cousin of
my own who was visiting same halfHE|p~
.English, half-German relatives near
g?^il5Bonn.
PKPa- "it you Stop UL fuicmr, *>.?i
wrote, "my relative, Madame Kstorf,
mJ^S desires me to say that you will find excellent
lodgings with Fran Ilansing,
??^l?tfan old and faithful servant of hers,
who will make you very comfortable."
And, despite Frau Ilansing's love of
talking, of which Traverse mildly complained,
we had found the promise
amply fulfilled, and had so far no cause
to regret oar choice of lodgings.
The old lady opened the door in answer
to Traverse's light tap. and her
plump, rosy face assumed an expression
"of commiseration and sympathy.
"Ah, mein Ihrr. so sorry ! No letters
to-day?though," she added, cheerfully,
in tier broken English, on which
she prided herself. " Likely there will
becomes much letters one day, to-morrow,
and then the Herr shall rejoice to
his full contentment to hear from his
; Over her shoulder I saw that she
Kggfe' "had decorated her little sitting-room
HSwwith flowers and evergreens.
" You are expecting company, Frau
"Ah, yes, mein Herr; but it is only
my little Bertha?my daughter, who
Mmnnninn tn Madame Estorf. A
Ignice, dear little girl, and my only
? And the old lady's eyes shone with
pride and delight as she thus spoke of
gher daughter:
f; "She is with madame, who is now
^at Rudesheim, cnavisit; and,its being
| so near, madame has kindly consented
| to her coming to us for one week. She
? is very clever and pretty, is my little
3 Bertha, though it is I who say it; for,
I was she not brought up by madame,
and in great part with madame's own
} granddaughter, the Fraulein Estorf?
i It was very kind of them to treat my
j little Bertha so well; but. then, I my?
self was nurse to the poor little grand!
daughter when her own mother died.
| "Well, she is a great heiress now, as the
Herr knows."
[ It was true that my Cousin Julia, in
describing the family in which she was
now staying, had more than once alluded
to this Fraulein Estorf. She
was granddaughter of the old madame
of the same name, and was the real
owner of the estate on which they resided
near Bonn, with the handsome
chateau and the valuable vineyards
adjoining. Beyond this, I knew nothing
of the Fraulein Estorf; though the
probability was that I might some
time meet her, as in this our summer's
holiday-trip Traverse and I were
slowly making uur way up the Rhine
toward Bonn?which was, in fact, the
objective point ot my travels; ior i
must let the reader into the secret of
my engagement to my fair English
cousin, Julia.
That evening, returning rather late
from our al fresco tea, we observed
Frau Hansing's door half open, and
. the tall, graceful figure of a young girl
standing under the hanging-iamp reading
a letter.
' That must be Bertha," said Traverse,
his artist's eye instantly attracted.
"Let us see what she is like."
" Any letters yet, Fraa Ilansing ?"
p he inquired, peering into the room; and
the girl turned around quickly, displaying
a lovely, piquant, brunette
|fpv face, with dark, eyes and delicate
- cherry-red lips.
"Frau Hansing is out," she said,
p' modestly.
"I beg your pardon. You are the
1^^ Fraulein Bertha V" said Traverse, ze g
solved, as it seemed, to make htr ac~
quaintance, and at the same time lifting
his hat with graceful courtesy.
"Yes," she answered, with some surms.
prise and also a certain reserve.
Hs&S "Excuse me; but I knew you were
expected. And since the Frau Ilan?
sing is absent, will the Fraulein lie
jjf; good enough to give me my letters, if
there are any?''
? I had passed up the stairs, and it was
'f fully five minutes before my friend
! ' joined me.
& "What a charming little.creature is
B our landlady's daughter!" he said, quite
enthusiastically. "Such lovely features,
e and so much expression! And then
one can see that she has been brought
I up with cultured and refine;! people.
Really, there is something about her
B' quite magnetic."
't\ So indeed it appeared, judging from
? the frequency with which, on the fola
lowing day, my friend journeyed up
L-t and down the stairs, at first anxious to
?r receive letters and then on some
v, newly-discovered business which ne%
cessitated frequent inquiries at the
j door of Frau llansing's rooms. More
, than once, in passing this door, I
j beheld him seated on our landlady's
horsehair sofa, engaged in an animated
y conversation with Bertha.
"Do you know," said he, with the
c air of one communicating an important
discovery, " that the Fraulein is ;is intelligent
and accomplished as she is
t "i _ ? :A_. ti.nt
oeauuiuir ? u<ii/ a pity wmu one is
only our landlady's daughter!"
Thus the week passed. For -nyself, I
only saw Bertha in the evenings. She
certainly was a charming girl, refined
and ladylike, though dressing in a
simple bourgeoise style, and engaging,
as we had opportunity of observing, in
occupations not above her stationsuch
as knitting stockings for her
mother and assisting the old lady in
household duties, even to cooking and
cleaning. That she did not do this at
the chateau she acknowledged. Her
business there was to walk out with
and read to the old madame, even to
sing and play for her; and she played
uncommonly well, as we had oppor
tunity for observing.
"It is unfortunate," I remarked,
"that the girl has been educated above
her station. She is superior to marrying
a common bourgeoise, and is not
yet fitted for a higher rank by reason of
her family."
"That is true," said Traverse, slowly.
"Now, for instance, if I were to
think of marrying Bertha, charming
and ladylike though she is, my whole
family would be down upon me; and,
t in fact," ho add<d, hesitatingly, "I
don't thinl* 1 could bring myself to take
such a step. I shall require good birth
in the woman whom I marry."
" Then hadn't you better break off at
once with the Fraulein B?rtha? It
seems to me that you are carrying this
matter too far not to give it a serious
... u She is going away in a day or 4 wo,"
he annwered, rather dolefully.
And she did go. "We saw her brok
V into the stage which was to take htr
back to Hudesheim and Madame EsW-.
. torf, and, judging from her bright face'
and laughing adieux, she carried away
a heart as whole as she had brought to
Xeureide. But with my friend it was
different, and from the hour of her departure
lie became restless and dissatisfied.
"We consequently soon resumed
our pilgrimage up the Rhine. stopping
here and there wherever we found anything
specially picturesque or interesting
to afford a subject for our amateur
pencils.
It was on September 1 that we
reached Bonn. Leaving my friend at
a hotel, I lost no time in making my
way to the Chateau Kotherberg, about
two English miles from the town,
where I had the great delight of being
greeted by Julia, looking fairer and
sweeter, i thought, than I had ever
before seen her. Madame Estorf also
accorded me a most kindly welcome,
and on learning that I was accompanied
by a friend, insisted upon our
both dining with her on the following
day.
When I mentioned to Julia our
meeting with Madame Estorf's pretty
' i- - 1 .! i i
companion at x\eumut\ sue i;:ugneu
merrily.
"She is the most arrant of little
coquettes, that Bertha Ilansing," she
said. "My cousin has quite spoiltd
her, and so indeed has the Fraulein
Estorf. Nut she is a good girl, nevertheless,
and I don't wonder that her
mother is so proud of her."
4 Where is this Fraulein Estorf?" I
inquired.
"I will introduce you to-morrow.
She is not nearly so pretty, in my
opinion, as little Bertha," she added,
lightly, "but then she is an heiress,
and I confess that were I not so certain
of your not being of a mercenary
nature, 1 should be afraid to expose
you to such a temptation. As it is, I
shall insist upon your bringing your
friend, since you describe him as so
hand-ome and fascinating. That will
deprive you of all chance of making
an impression upon the heiress," she
concluded, mischievously.
On taking leave, -Julia and Madame
Estorf's nephew, a youth on a vacation
visit, accompanied me on a private
path through the grounds. The
scenery was lovely and the view from
the highest point of the shaded terrace-1
way fine beyond description, and so I
told Traverse on my return to the
hotel.
" I will accompany you to-morrow
as far as that point," he said, "as it
may add a subject to my portfolio; but
1 must decline the madaine's hospitable
invitation. To tell you the truth,
Elliott, I don't dare expose myself to
the possibility of again meeting Bertha
Hansing.''
I rather approved of the resolution;
so on the following day we left our conveyance
at the entrance to the grounds
and proceeded along the terraced pathway
toward the chateau. At the point
of view already mentioned was a little
round, open pavilion, upon reaching
I which, imagine our surprise to behold
seated there, in a comfortable wheeled
chair, old Madame Estorf, and by her
side our landlady's daughter, the fair
Bertha, reading to the old lady from a
French novel.
It was too late to retreat; so we
came forward with all possible dignity,
and I formally presented my friend to
madame, who, in her turn, quietly remarked:
"1 think you and Bertha "have
met before."
Denna uiuMiru iu uci kul tcmpica,
but glanced up with a demure, halfroguish
smile. Even to me she looked
more charming than ever, being dressed
more richly and becomingly than I had
yet seen her.
" This is a favorite haunt of ours,"
explained the old lady. " 13ut the sun
is getting uncomfortably warm, and it
is high time that Peter should come for
me."
Peter did presently appear, and as he
leisurely wheeled his mistress homeward,
1 walked by her side, leaving
Traverse and Bertha to follow.
On arriving at the chateau, madame,
accompanied by her companion, went
away to attend to her toilet, she said,
and Traverse and I were for a few
moments left alone in the saloon.
" It is all up with me, Eliott," he
said, in a low voice, but with singular
firmness. "It is an unworthy pride,
after all, which would lead a man to
sacrifice the woman he loves to
aristocratic prejudice. I now know
that I do really love Bertha; and if
she will have me I will marry her.
She is a perfect lady in all but birth."
It was no time for remonstrance.
Julia's step was in the hall, and afterward
Madame Estorf again made her
appearance, arrayed en grand toilet
for dinner.
"Shall wpsee the Fraulein Hansincr
again?'' I ventured to whisper to
Julia, but madame's quick ear had
caught the question.
"The Fraulein llansing will not appear
at dinner," she said, quietly;
"but I will introduce you to my granddaughter,
Fraulein Kstorf. Ah, here
she is, in good time!"
A graceful, elegant girl, richly
dressed in silk and lace, stood In the
doorway. Could it he possible? This
young lady was certainly our landlady's
daughter. There were the same regular
features, the same roguish eyes, though
her manner was now one of more
stately dignity.
Traverse stood as if petrified. But
the young lady came forward and
offered her hand to both of us, with a
charming air of archness and grace.
" l'ou have known me before as your
landlady's daughter," she said. "That
was your own fault in the first instance
and not mine. 1 am Bertha
Estorf."
It did not take long to explain the
mvsterv.
"The Fiiiu ITansing is my fostermother,"
said the young lady, "and
when I go toNeureide, as I sometimes
do on business for my grandmother, I
stay at her house. She was expecting
her daughter on the occasion when I
met you, but grandmamma concluded
to send me and allow Bertha to visit
her mother later. I did not know of
-you gentlemen being at Neureide, .and
since it pleased you to take me for
your landlady's daughter, I thought it
best to humor you in the fancy. Isn't
that sufficient explanation, grandmamma:1"
she added, with a charming
smile as she turned toward the old
lady.
" Quite sullicient for the present.
We were all in the secret, my little
Knglish cousin included," she said,
glancing at .Julia, whose eyes were
sparkling with delight through the
half-deprecating look which she cast
at me
" You will forgive my deceit, won't
you V" she whispered, as we proceeded
down the long gallery to dinner. "But
it seemed such fun! A real plot, such
as we read of in novels. And, do you
know," she added, lower still, " I think
it will end as novels do, in a marriage!"
"In two marriages," I corrected
her. And, as it turned out, my prediction
was fulfilled.
I and my wife pay a visit every
summer to tne tnateau ltotneroerg,
and admire Mrs. Traverse's embroidery
and her husband's pictures. And
which is ihe happiest couple perhaps
the reader would find it difiicult to
decide.
The First Bowie-Knife.
James Bowie and two younger brothers
emigrated from Maryland and settled
in Mississippi, near Natchez, in
1825. They were men of means and
well educated. They opened up a
cotton plantation. But James Bowie '
was naturally of a roving disposition,
and was particularly fond of hunting. ,
In those days it w<is no trouble to find
game, and consequently James was in ,
his element. He whittled out of a piece ;
of cypress what he thought would be |
a good model for a hunting-knife, and |
had a blacksmith named Allison, in
Natchez, to make him one from his
model. This was the first bowieknife.
This I believe to be a true history
of this noted knife. lie thought t
it so perfect for what he intended it i
for that he took out a patent for it, I
and sold the right to a Philadelphia Sl
firm, who flooded the country with a
these knives. s
The celebrated fight in which four t
men weie killed, including a brother 1
of James Bowie, which occurred on
the Willow bar, and in which tradition
says the bowie-knife was so freely
used, happened in 1829, two years be- ?
fore the knife was invented. James 1
Bowie was killed at the taking of 1
I Alamo, in 1836.?Louisville Courier- 1
Journal, <
WISE WORDS.
Comparison, more than rcalitj,
makes men happy, and can make them
wretched.
True friends visit us in prosperity
only when invited, but in adversity
they come without invitation.
The sister of temperance is not she
who stands idle, but she who goes
straight forward to the work.
Despotism can no more exist in a
nation until the liberty of the press be
destroyed than the night can happen
before the sun is set.
Whoever has a contented mind has
all riches. To him whose foot is inclosed
in a shoe, is it not as though the
earth were carpeted with leather?
It is so much pleasant or to have
imaginary enemies than to recognize
one's own incapacity for any task undertaken,
that the delusion is always
maintained.
Life ha< no wretchedness equal to
an ill-assorted marriige; it is the
sepulchre of the heart, haunted by the
gliosi (>x pure iuiiaIp u:i?, huu hmjjm
gi ne forever.
Our happiness depends less upon the
;:rt of pleasing than upon a uniform
disposition to please. The difference
is that which exists between ceremony
anil sincerity.
Our fellow-creatures can judge of
what we are only from what we do;
but in the eye of our Maker what we
do is of no worth except as it llows
from what we are.
What we call miracles and wonders
(>f art are mt so to him who created
them; for they were created by the
natural movements of his own gnat
soul. Statues, paintings, churches,
poems, are but shadows of himself.
Animals Exterminate! by Man,
That animals have 1 eeome extinct
within tnnes < a I' d historic is shown
in an interesting paper
from Mr. (.'. F. Holder. In the last
century t ie lsl.indoi' St. Helena, which
had become covered with goats, had
been from year to year denuded of its
young trees with such ra, d.ty that
the wooded country finally lost Jill its
trees and became a pa ture land. A
multitude of in e.ts had been dependent
upon these trees, and in consequence
they diid, among them b;ing
sight species of lancl-snails, which were
peculiar to nit; isiaim, anu ?ue u m
entirely extinct. On our own shores
examples of extermination are common,
a notable one being the oysterbeds
ence frequent on tii?; shorts of
Maine. Mr. Holder places upon man
the responsibility for the extinction of
larger animals, including the mammoth,
remains of which have been
found in France in company with
p:e;:es of ivory bearing rude drawings
of the animal. El33\vh< re have been
found in the same place the human
jaw and the boms of i,!ie great cavebear.
So late as 174'2, on Behring's
Island lived vast herds cf sea-cows,
but "warfare was waged against tliem
by all comers with such effect that
twenty-seven years later they were
nearly extinct, and now not one
exists." While this seems incredible,
it remains also true that unless there
is government intervention, "the seabears
of the far North will soon be
extinct." Xo less remarkable has been
the disappearance of the gigantic
pigeon bird commonly called the dodo.
This 1 ird was extremely common in
Mauritius when the Portuguese discovere
1 that island :
" The dodo was undoubtedly many
times sent to Europe alive. Sailors,
I'nfnfmiul bill fl f'pjn t.n nlif:iin
nu (VIC/ 1U1V1IUVU) n?M' u V..V.W w.
the stones in their crops, upon which
to sharpen their knives, and finally
t! ey totally disappeared?u lew j>ictures,
si foot in th Erit:sh museum, a
head and f<ot at Oxford, a perfect
skull at ('openhagen, and a fragmentary
piece at Prague being all that is left
to att. st the reality < f the existence
of tip; king of the pigeons, the last of
whi' h were probal ly destroyed in the
beginningof the eighteenth century.'
About ltalhiug.
The H?*yal Humane society of London
has published a list of cautions to
bathers, which may well be referred to
the attention (if our readers, at this !
season when bathing, either in salt or
fresh water, will be freely practiced.
Theiulesare rot new, but practicsil
and valuable, as follows: (
Avoid bathing within two hours
after a meal.
Avoid bathing wh n exhausted by
fatigue or from any other cause.
Avoid bathing whin the bo;ly is
cooling after perspiration.
Avoid bathing a together in the
open air if, after having been a short
time in the water, it causes a sense of
chilliness with numbness 01 me nanus
and feet.
liathe when the body is warm, provided
no time is lost in getting into
the water.
Avoid cUlling the body by sitting ;
or standing undressed on the banks or
in boats after having be n in the
water.
Avoid remaining too long in the ,
water?It ave the water immediately il
there is the slightest feeling of ch.lli*
ness.
The vigorous and strong may bathe
eirly in the morn ng on sin empty
stoma h.
The young, and those who are weak,
had better bathe two or three hours
after a meal?the best time for such
is from two to tin ee hours aft^r
breakfast.
Those who are subject to attacks o?
giddiness or faintness, and those who
suffer from palpitation an I other
sense of discomfort at the heart,
should not liathe without first consulting
their medical adviser.
Reminiscences of the Chicago Fire
loionei ?j. C'. J^HOIUU, UI Viutiigu, m
an .address upon the great lire, estima'ed
the number of live, lost :n that
awful di aster to be oUO. On Tuesday,
October 10, there were 100 000
people homeless, but within a week
333 ca~-loads ot provisions and clothing
were received, and thenceforward
a steady sticum of relief poured in
from all parts of the world. The relief
society handled $>,000,000, every J
dollar of which was accounted for. (
There were 0.242 families assisted by
the society. In these families vcre
156,5)08 person--, of whom all but
21,002 were foreigners. Of the goods ,
received then; wen? 7G/HH) blankets, ,
400,(W0 articles of clothing, .'{2,00!),000 pounds
of Hour. 23,( 0',< 00 pounds of |
meat, 80,00 ) bushels of vege' ables and
15,000 cooking stoves. ') here w< re ,
7,083 housts built for people unab'e t > j
rebuild with their o vn means. Kvery j
jne of these had repaid thes ci< ty the
money borrowed for that purpose!
Value of a Goldsmith's > !io;>. 1
A pine lloor laid in a gold worker's
ill op in ten years becomes worth ?150 1
f ~ i. ? i <
per 1001. -v oyraciue jeweser once 1
Oouglit for less than fifty dollars some
sweepings that gave $20i3 worth of
gold. A tub in his cellar, into which
5.s blown the dust from a polishing
lathe, accumulates fifty dollars a year.
A workman in his shop carried off on
the tip of his moistened linger thirty
iollars of fillings in a few weeks.
Workmen sometimes oil their hair and
'.lien run their fngers through it, leaving
a deposit of gold part cles, which
r,hey afterward wash out.?tiyracitst
Herald.
An English physician has designed
\n incandescent lamp which lie uses
for examination in diseases of the '
mouth and throat. The globe is only
half the size of a common walnut, a iil
the lamp can be retained in the mouth
For two minutes without discomfort
from the heat. i
*
A woman has been sending bananas
o her husband who is confined in jail
n St. Louis. They were of a very t
>eculiar kind, and are deserving of the a
Mention of horticulturists. On ex- p
imination they were found to contain t
aws and files within their pulpy
josoms. The imprisoned criminal will
lereafter be known by his fruit. t
i
" Shall we wear a silk hat ?" was the <
iubject of a lecture by a Brooklyn divine
recently. That is a question
which no man can answer. Every J
;hing depends on which way the elec ]
tions go.?Philadelphia News. i
WITH THE APACHE SCOUTS.
80BXETHIZTG ABOUT THE HTDIAB
AX.T.IES OZ7 THE FEOITTIEB.
rh)Nlrnl nnd Mentnl Olmrnef crlwtlcn of thb
Indian SrontN? How Tlicy Live on the
.llnrcb and in Cnnui.
A New York Herald correspondent
has been traveling with the Apache
scouts, advance guides of the United
States troops on the Mexican frontier,
and wiiting about their peculiarities,
he says:
Their chests were broad, deep and
full; shoulders perfectly straight,
limbs well proportioned, straight and
muscular, without a suggestion of undue
heaviness. Hands and feet are
small and taper, but wiry. Their
heads are well shaped, and their countenances
often lit up with a pleasant,
good-natured expression, which would
Lie iu(-re constant, perhaps, were it not
for the savage, untamed cast imparted
by the loose, ciishevele.l, gvp-y locks
of raven black, held awav from the
face by a broad, (lat band of scarlet
cloth. Their eyes are bright, clear and
bold, and, if a jittle experience enables
one to judge accurati lv, art; frequently
exj.ressive of the greatest good humor
and satisfaction. I'niforms are issued
to them, but donned upon ceremonial
occasions only. On the march each
wore a loosely-lilting shirt of led,
white or gray ^ tuIT, generally of calico
in some gaudy figure, but not infrequently
the somber article of woolen
raiment issued to white soldiers. This
came down outside a pair of loose cotton
drawers reaching to the moccasins.
The moccasins are their mos*. important
article of apparel. In a light or on a long
march it is said that they will discard
all else, but under any and every circuinstance
will retain the moccasin. A
leather belt encircling the waist holds
lVr'y rounds of metallic cartridges,
and al-o keeps in place the regulation
blue blouse and pantaloons, which are
worn upon the person only when the
Indian s;out is anxious to "paralv/e"
the frontier towns or military posts by
a display of all his finery. The other
trappings of these savage auxiliaries
ate a Springfield hiejc.h-loading rifle,
army pattern, a canteen full of water,
i butcher knife, an awl in a leather
case, a pair of tweezers and a tag.
The awl is used for sewinsr moccasins
or work of that kind. "With the tweezers
the Apache young man caref ully
picks out each and every hair appearing
upon his face. The tag marks his
place in the tribe and is in reality nothing
more or les 5 than a revival of a
plan adopted during the civil war for
the identification of soldiers belonging
to the ditTennt corps and divisions.
Kacli male Indian at the San Carlos is
tagged and numbered and a descriptive
lis? corresponding to the tag kept,
with a full recital of all his physical
peculiarities.
The rate of speed attained by the
Apaches in marching is about an even
four miles an hour on foot or not quite
fast enough to mane a horse trot. They
keep this up for about fifteen miles, at
the end of which distance, if water be
encountered and no enemy be sighted,
they congregate in bands of ten to
fifteen each, hide in some convenient
ravine, sit down, smoke cigarettes, chat
and joke ami stretch out in the sunlight.
If they want to make a little
lire they kindle one with matches, if
they have any with them ; if not, a
rapid twirl between the palms of a
hard, round stick, fitting into a circular
hole in another stick of softer fiber,
will bring fire in forty-five seconds.
The scouts also paint the face to prevent
the hot winds from blistering it; for
this purpose they make use of antelope
blood, or the juice of the roasted
"mescal" (century plant.)
The short mormng rest of the
Apaches was broken by the shrill cry
of "Choddee ! Choddie!" (Antelope 1
Antelope !) and far away on the left
the. dull "slump! slump!" of rides told
that the Apaches on that flank were
getting fresh meat for the evening
meal. Ten carcasses showed that they
were not the worst of shots, and your
ct rr s; nation t lakes pleasure in asserting
that they are not by any means
bad cooks. When the command
reached camp these restless, indefatigable
nomads built in a trice all kinds
of rude shelters; those that had tl.e
army "dog tents" put them up on frameworks
of willow or cottonwood saplings;
others, less fortunate, improvised
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domiciles 01 uraticiiwt, uovcieu mm
grass, or of stone and boards and
pieces of gunnvsacks. Before these
were finished smoke curled gracefully
toward the sky from crackling embers,
in front of which, transfixed on
wooden spits were the heads, hearts
and livers of several of the victims of
the afternoon's chase. Another addition
to the "spolia optima" w;is a cottontail
rabbit, run down by these fleetfooted
Bedouins of the Southwest.
Turkey and quail, it is asserted by
those who know, are caught in the
same manner. Meantime a couple of
scouts are making bread, the light,
thin "tortillas" of the Mexicans,
hiked quickly in a pan, and not bad
eating. Two others are fraternally
occupied in preparing their bed for the
night. Grass is pulled out by handfuls,
laid upon the ground and covered
with one blanket, another serving as
cover. These Indians, with scarcely
un exception, sleep with their feet
pointed toward little (ires, which they
claim are warm, while the big ones built
by the American soldiers' are so hot
that they drive people away from them
and beside attract the attention of
any lurking enemy. At the foot of
this bed an Apache is playing upon a
home-made "fiddle," fabricated from
the stalk of the American aloe. It h.'s
four strings and nroduces a sound like
the wail of ;i cat with her tail caught
in a fence. Enchanted and stimulated
by the concord of sweet .sounds, a p;irtv
of six is playing fiercely at the Mexican
game of " monte," the cards employed
being of native manufacture,
of horse hide, covered with barbarous
figures and well worthy of a place in
any museum of curiosities.
A Roaring Ice-Storm.
A remarkable storm phenomenon is
described by a Mississippi planter in a
private letter to a commission merchant
of New Orleans. According to
this letter, which is dated Woodland,
Wilkinson county, Miss, the following
Dccurrence took place: ' Yesterday
ibout 5 o'clock in the evening, we bad
tiere a storm, not a hailstorm, not fij
wind-storm, but a fearful deluge of ice.
Foil may think I exaggerate when 1
tell you that large pieces of ice?some
round, some square?fell in my yard,
some blocks from three and a half to
four inches square. To look out, in.thing
could be seen above or below but
ice. Houses twenty feet away from
mine could not be seen during this
pouring of ice, which lasted threejuarters
of an hour.
" Such a roaring noise I never beard
jeforo. If all the guns of Gettysburg,
jumpter and Fort Marrancas had been
turned loose at once they could not
lave produced the sound (f this ice
storm. At one time the ice was a foot
leep or more in front of my door. It
;ut of? limbs of trees an inch and a
lalf thick, tore off all the leaves and
ut my corn off even with the ground,
[t swept away every stalk of cotton
ind cleaned rny garden as clean as
four office floor. I have a clover
patch near the house, and if a mowng
machine had passed over it it
:ould not have been cut as close.- At
>ne time I feared that the roof of my
louse would be crushed in. It was
jnough to scare any one. About
wenty negroes collected on my galli rv
through fright, and could not be inluced
to speak a word. All thought
,heir time had come. Fire looks dangerous,
but so much ice with such a
oar is just as frightful''
Looking: for a Job.
"Can you give me a bite o' somehing?"
asked a tramp as he stopped
it Witherspoon's farmhouse. "I'm a
>oor fellow trying to find work at my
rade!"
"What is your trale?" asked Withirspoon
as he set out a big bowl of
>read and milk and a couple of doughluts.
" Oh, I'm a sailor."?Marathon Inlependen
t.
A sheep pasture in Texas contains
500,000 acres and feeds 300,000 sheep,
[t is believed to be the largest in the
vorld.
lii mi
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Successful Silk Club.
" The Boys' Silk Culture Association
of America " has a, large room over a
corner store in Philadelphia. You
might suppose it to be a large com"Unf
Knu rknlt? fivo mpmllAM
"When we (idled at their otlice we
were fortunate enough to se-1 the president
of the association himself, a
bright-looking boy of about fourteen
years, who explained everything very
politely.
The center of fie room was occupied
by a large stand of about five
tiers of trays, made of light wooden
frames, with a network of twine on
each.
Here lay sheets of paper covered
with the little grayish egg-, not as big
as a pin-head. (;n some the eggs were
hatched, and thr? lit.Me brown worms
were already feeding on the finely
chopped leaves.
" This is a very late brood," explained
the young silk-culturist. " It
is a lot of eggs we sent to Paris for,
because we had more orders for eggs
than we could fill, and they were delayed."
Then he showed us his jars of
cocoons, look ng like fra<h peanuts,
and the twists of reeled silk, softer,
liner and more shining than the most
b.autiful golden hair, and a piece of
satin, with the initials " B. S. C. A."
embroidered on it in silk of "our own
make."
It n*a? interesting to watch the caterpillars
feeding. In the last stage they
are smooth and whitish, and two or
tlir e inches long. We fancied we
could actually hear them chewing, they
ate so greedily.
"Do they ever sleep?" we asked.
" I never saw them at it. And, by
the way the leaves disappear during
the night, I don't think they take
much time for sleep even then."
Here a worm in the center of the
tray stood up on its tail and waved its
head from side to side.
" What does that mean ?" we asked
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" JS lie una OI eaung at iasi<r
" Yes; he is ready to spin now," and
the hoy carefully dropped the worm
intj a paper core, where it at once
began to spin its delicate threads and
fasten them on the paper. " Some people
let them spin on twigs," he added,
"but we like the cones better. "We
n:a le them in the evenings last wintrr."
At one side of the room stood the
reel which the boys had invented and
made themselves.
" You won't find a reel like that
anywhere el e," said the president,
with pardonalle pride. "When I
planned that I had never seen a silkreel."
Then he showed us the very firat
silk they had reded, and a specimen of
the later reelings, which an expert had
pronounced equal to the best.
The boys had also experimented
with chemicals, and bad dyed some of
their silk in bright colors.
In the corner stood what looked like
an old spinning-wheel.
"That's a twisting machine," he explained.
"A gentleman who visited
our place gave it to us to twist our
silk on."
" Why, really, you do everything
here but weave," we could not help remarking.
"Yes," said he, "and we are not
going to stop till we learn weaving,
too."
" IIow long have you been interested
in silkworms?" we next asked.
"About three years." he replied.
" Do you find your interest in your
silkworms interferes with your
studies?" \ve asked.
"I never let it," was his reply.
" "When I'm in scho?l, I attend to my
lecanna- an l wllpn T nm hpTft. I attend
to my silkworms. I always keep them
separate. We give the worms
enough l?aves in the morning to keep
them busy till we get hack.''
Who could help admiring such a
spirit !?St. Nicholas.
Nihilists' Secret Printing Office.
1 went over all the rooms in St.
Petersburg in which the work was
carried on. The mechanism was extremely
simple. A few cases with
various kinds of type ; a little cylinder
just cast, of a kind of gelatinous substance
closely resembling carpenter's
glue and somewhat pleasant to smell;
a large, heavy cylinder covered with
cloth, which served as a press; some
blackened brushes and sponges in a
pan ; two jars of printing ink. Everything
was so arranged that it could be
hidden in a quarter of an hour in a
large clothes-press standing in a corner
of the room. They explained to me the
mechanism of the work and smilingly
told me of some little artifice which
they employed to divert the suspicions
of the dvornik who came every day
with water, wood, etc. The .system
adopted was not that of not allowing
him to enter, but precisely the reverse.
l'nd>-r various pretexts they made him
see the whole of the rooms as oftvn as
(Ifof Ti rnA\'Q/l Dl'orv'
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tiling which could excite suspicion.
\Yh n these pretexts failed others were
invented. Ueing unable to lind a
plausible reason lor him to enter the
inner room, MadameKruo.Toneday went
and told him there was a rat which
must be killed. The dvornik went
and certainly f.mnd nothing; but the
trick w;is played ; he had seen the
whole (if the rooms and could 1 ear
ti!. tin ony that there w;is absolutely
nothing suspicions in them. Once a
month they invariably had people in
to clean the lloors of all the rooms. I
was assailed by profound melancholy
at the sight of all these people. Involuntarily
I compared their terrible
life with my own and felt overcome
with shame. What was our activity
in the broad light of a day, amid the
excitement of a multitude of friends
aud the stir of our daily life and struggles,
compared with this continuous
sacrifice of their whole existence, wasting
away in this dungeon??Philadelphia
Pn-fs.
A Vegetarian's Experience.
A vegetarian reports to the British
Medical Journal the result of his
year's experience without meat. At
first he found the vegetables insipid,
and had to use sauces and pickles to get
them down. As soon as he became
accustornrd to the diet all condiments
were set aside except a little salt. The
desire for tobacco and alcch >1 left him
spontaneously. Then all his digestive
functions became regular, and he found
him> elf wholly free from headaches and
bilious .attacks. After three months a
troublesome rheumatism left him, and
at the end of a year h* had gained
eight pounds in weight, lie believes
he can do more mental labor than before.
and that all his senses arc more
a'ute. For breakfast he has brown
breai, apples and coffee; dinner consists
of two vegetables, brown bread,
and pie or pudding; for tea he rejoices
in bread and jam, with milk and water,
and for supper, bread, jam. cold pudding,
and, as a luxury, boiled onions.
Kggs, milk, butter and cheese are use I
only in very small quantities. The
dietist is a doctor, and his statement
is drawing out many Bimilar ones
from medical men.
Fire (lenerntion*.
In a farmhouse near ISoone, la.
livAa HfYtflmv* ftnanna oinrhtv-mY
.. ,
In the same house lives her daughter,
aged sixty-four; her granddaughter,
aged forty: her great-granddaughter.
ag<d twenty-one, and her great-greatgranddaughter.
aged two. This is believed
to be the only house in tli>
country sheltering live g< nerations.
The height of economy has been
reached in I'hiladelj'hia. A won an in
this city, having Worn out the hi els
and toes of her red stockings, is g ;ing
to use the n;?: er i orl. on < for S'n'ng her
hunnct. It won't be quite a< showy as
red fa in. but jn t ll-ink how much it
saves.-?I'/ti <r)'li>l i t < l.r mirfc,
"What d'ye have that door wide
open for.'" exclaimed the. gentleman
in the ollice to the intruding peddler.
"Oi thought surr," was the. quick reply,
"that, ye moight want to kick mo
downstairs, and Oi wanted to make it
convanient, for ye, surr." The gentleman
was so taken aback that he.
bought two apples for live cents,
passing off a bad quarter in the transaction.?Boston
Transcript,.
According to an exchange, this is tlr
season when the man who can see sermons
in running brooks is apt to go
and look for tliem on Sunday. Fish
are biting.
THE BAD BOY IM NEW ROLE
as explains how received a
slack eye.
Taking the Part of n ftlrl Who llad Formerly
Been Ilia Schoolmate?Befriending
the FrlendlenHi
The Milwaukee Sun's famous bad
boy appears in an entirely new role in
the following sketch:
" Ah, ha, you have got your deserts
at last," said the grocery man to the
uaa uoy, as ne came in wiui one eye
black, and his nose peeled on one side,
and sat down on a board across the
coal scuttle, and began whistling as
unconcerned as possible. " "What's
the matter with your eye?"
" Boy tried to gouge it out without
asking my consent," and the bad boy
took a dried herring out of the box
and began peeling it. " He is in bed
now, and his ma is poulticing him, and
she says he will be out about the last ;
of next week." ,
" Oh, you are going to be a prize- ,
fighter, ain't you," said the grocery 1
man, disgusted. "When a boy leaves |
a job where lie is working, and goes to
loafing around, he becomes a fighter
the first thing. What your pa ought 1
to do is bind you out with a farmer, !
where you wouid have to work all the i
time. I wisli you would go away from
here, because' you look like one of
these fellows that comes up before the
police judge Monday morning, and
gets thirty days in the house of correction.
Why don't you go out .and |
loaf around a slaughter-house, where i
you would look appropriate ?" and the ;
grocery man took a hair-brush and ,
brushed some loose sugar and teat, that
wiis on the counter, into the sugar i
barrel.
" Well, if you have got through with i
your sermon, I will toot a little on my |
horn," and the boy threw the remains >
of the herring over behind a barrel of
potatoes, and wiped his hands on a
coffee sack. ' If you had this black i
mm .in/1 Viorl rrnt if flic W!iv T rliH it.
VJV} nuu gvw AU V4?V ?1 ly A
would be a more priceless gem in the
crown of glory you hope to wear, than
any gem you can get by putting
quarters in the collection plate, with ]
the holes filled with lead, as you did ,
last Sunday, when I was watching you.
Oh, didn't you look pious when you
picked that filled quarter out, and held [
your thumb over the place where the
lead was. The way of the black eye
was this. I got a job tending a soda
fountain, and last night, just before
we closed, there was two or three |
young loafers in the place, and a girl
came in for a glass of soda. Five !
years ago she was one of the brightest i
scholars in the ward school, when I i
was in the intermediate department. 1
She was just as handsome as a j
peach, and everybody liked her. i
At recess she used to take my part
when the boys knocked me around, and
she lived near us. She had a heart as
big as that cheese box, and I guess
that's what's the matter. Anyway,
she left school, and then it was said
she was going to be married to a fellow
who is now in the dude business,
but he went back on her and after
awhile her ma turned her cut doors,
and for a year or two she was selling
beer in a saloon until the mayor
stopped concerts. She tried hard to
pet sewint? to do. but thev wouldn't
o~~ O " *
have her, I guess 'cause she cried so
much when she was sewing, and the
tears wet the clotli she was sewing on.
Once I asked pa why ma didn't give
her some sewing to do, and lie said for
me to dry up and never speak to her if
I met her on the street. It seemed
tuff to pass her on the street, when she
had tears in her eyes as big as marbles,
and not speak to her when I know her
so well, and she had been so kind to me
at school, just cause a dude wouldn't
marry her, but I wanted to obey pa, so
I used to walk around a block when
I see her coming, 'cause I didn't want
to hurt her feelings. Well, Jast night
she came in the store, looking pretty
shabby, and wanted a glass of soda,
and I gave it to her, and oh, how her
hand trembled when she raised the
glass to her lips, and how wet her eyes
were, and how pale her face was. I
choked up so I couldn't speak when
she handed me the nickel, and when
she looked up at me and smiled just
like she used to, and said I was getting
to be almost a man since we went to
school at the old school-house, and put
her handkerchief to her eyes, by gosh,
my eyes got so full I couldn't tell
whether It was a nickel or a lozenger
she gave me. Just then one of those
loafers began to laugh at her and call
1 ?A "O" nAlina ahMif fn
Iier HilllltS) cliiu oaj HID vuguu tv
take her up, and lie made fun of her
until she cried some more, and I got
hot and went around to where he was
and told him if he said another
unkind word to that girl I
would maul him. He laughed and
asked if she was my sister, and I told
him that a poor friendless girl, who was
sick and in distress, and who was insulted,
ought to be every boy's sister,
for a minute, and any boy who had a
spark of manhood should protect her,
and then he laughed and said I ought
to be one of the Little Sisters of the
Poor, and he took hold of her faded
shawl and pulled the weak girl against
the show-case, and said something
mean to her, and she looked as though
she wanted to die, and I mashed that
boy one right on the nose. Well, the
air seemed to be full of me for a minute,
cause he was bigger than me, and
he got me down and got his thumb
in my eye. I guess he was going to
take my eye out, but I turned him
over and got on top and I mauled him
until he becreed. but I wouldn't
let him up till lie asked the
girl's pardon, and swore he would
whip any boy that insulted her,
and then I let him up, and the
girl thanked me, but I told her I
couldn't speak to her, cause she was
tuff, and pa didn't want me to speak
to anybody who was tuff, but if any
body ever insulted her so she had to
cry, that I would whip him if I had
to take a club. I told pa about it, and
I thought he would be mad at me for
taking the part of a girl that was tuff,
but by gosh pa hugged me, and the
tears come in his eyes, and he said I
had got good blood in me, and I did
just right, and if I would show him
the father of the boy that I whipped,
pa *aid he would whip the old man,
and ma said for me to find the poor
girl and send her up to the house and
she would give her a job making
pillow-cases and night shirts. Don't
it seem queer to you that everybody
goes back on a poor girl cause she
makes a mistake, and the whelp that
is to blame gets a chrorao. It makes
me tired to think of it," and the boy
got up and shook himself, and looked
in the cracked mirror hanging upon
a post, to see how his eye was getting
along.
" Say. young fellow, you are a thoroughbred,"
said the grocery man, as he
sprinkled somo water on the asparagus
and lettuce, "and you can come in here ^
and get all the herring you want, and
never mind the black eye. I wish I
had it myself. Yes, it does seem tough
to see people never allow a girl to reform.
Now, in Bible times, the Savior
r ?>..va \f:irv or somebody, 1 forget
'"'B"'" * _
now what her name was, and she was
a better girl than ever. What we
need is more of the spirit of Christ,
and the world would he better."
An Industrious Doctor.
The town of (Jrecnwich, K. I., has
a physician, says the Boston Journal,
who believes in improving one's time
and in doing whatsoever one's hands .
iind to do. When he has t<> go some
distance out of town he takes his j
worsted work, generally in the form
of embroidery, and devotes himself .
assiduously to it. while his horse proceeds
over the road independent of .
reins or whip. The industrious doctor j
is quite an old man now, hut this has <
been his custom from Iiis youth.
('ednr Lands Coining to the Front. (
Cherry has pretty well superseded
black walnut for line house furnishings,
and now another rather neglected
native wood is coming to the
front. This is ccda.\ Cedar land all
over the country is looking up and becoming
more valuable. The demand 1
for cedar has increased its value enor- j
mously within a few years. This is r
true of the Northern and Southern
States alike. *
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'Kjaerlighednns " is the Norwegian
for love. i
P!P!|j?gl^ . /: v
A SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.
A New and Most Important Theory on On?
of the Moat Vital Questions of the Day.
If any one had informed Queen Elizabeth
in her palmiest days that she could have been
Beated in her palace in London and conversed
frith Sir Walter Raleigh in his North Carolina
home; receiving a reply from him within
an hoar's time, she would have declared it to
be a miracle. And yet, had they lived in the
present day, this apparent miracle would
most readily have been witnessed and not
Beem at all strange or unnatural. The truth
is, new principles are coming into existence,
and the operation of many laws unknown in
the past is being fully understood in the
Tn nn wnv doftfl this fact come more
forcibly to the mind than in the care and
treatment of the human body. Millions of
people have died in past ages from some insignificant
or easily controlled cause which
is thoroughly understood now and readily
handled. Consumption during the entire past
has been considered an incurable disease.
And yet it is demonstrated that it has been
and can be cured, oven after it has had a long
run. Dr. Felix Oswald has just contributed
a notable article on this subject to the Popular
Science Monthly. He regards consumption
as pulmonary scrofula. The imparities
of the blood produce a constant irritation in
the lungs, thus destroying their delicate tissues
and causing death. His theory showB
conclusively that consumption is a blood disease.
It has its origin primarily in a deranged
condition of the kidneys or liver, the only two
orj?ans of the body, aside from tne lungs, that
purify the blood. When the kidneys or liver
are diseased they are in a soro or lacerated
state, which communicates poison to every
ounce of blood that passes through them.
This poisonous blood circulates through the
Bystem and comes to the lungs, where the
poison is deposited, causing decomposition
in the finely formed cells of the lungs. Any
diseased part of the body has contaminating
power, and yet the blood, which is the life of
the system, is brought into dire? contact
with these poisoned organs, thus carrying
contagion to all parts of the body. Bishop
Jesse T. Peck, D. D., LL.D., whose death has
been so recently regretted, is reported to have
died of pneumonia, which medical authorities
affirm indicates a diseased condition of
the kidneys. It iB well known, moreover,
that for several years he had been the victim
of severe kidney trouble, and the pneumonia
which finally terminated his life was only the
last result of the previous blood poisoning.
The deadly matter which is left in the lungs
by the impure blood clogs up and finally
chokes the patient. When this is accomplished
rapidly it is called pneumonia or quick
consumption; when slowly, consumption, but
in any event it is the result of impure blood,
caused by diseased kidneys and liver.
These are facts of science, and vouched for
by all the leading physicians of the day. They
show the desirability?nay, the necessity, of
keeping these most important organs in perfect
condition, not only to insure health, but
also to escapc death. It has been folly shown,
to the satisfaction of nearly every unprejudiced
mind, that Warner's Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure is the only known. remedy that
can cure and keep in health the great bloodpurifying
organs of thfl body. It acts directly
pon these members, healing all ulcers which
may have formed in them, and placing them
in a condition to purify and not poison the
blood. This is no idle statement nor fal*e
theory. Mr. W. C. Beach, foreman of the
Buffalo (N.Y.) Rubber Type Foundry, was
given up to die by both physicians and friends.
For four years he had a terrible cough, accompanied
by night sweats, chills, and all the
ivell known symptoms. He spent a season
South and found no relief. He says: "I
finally concluded to try Warner's Safe Cure,
and in three months I gained twenty pounds,
recovered my lost energy and my health was
fully restored." The list could be prolonged
indefinitely, but enough has been said to prove
to every sufferer from pulmonic troubles that
there is no reason to be discouraged in the
least, and that health can be restored.
THE BLACK HORSES.
Hav? you seen the black horses
As they stand in their places,
With the steam of their nostrils
And the fire of their faces,
As they shine in their harness
For their swift, splendid races?
When they run in the darkness
How they flame in their going!
How they spurn earth behind them!
How the heat in them glowing
Leaves a trail on the night
From the sparks they are throwing
And the hand of the master?
Perchance you have wondered
How it kept a firm rein
While they lightened and thundered
In the speed of their passage
As midnight was sundered.
Oh, grand are the horses
That whirl us, unsparing
By hillside and hollow,
Their vigor declaring:
And grand are the drivers
Who urge on their daring!
Fly faster and faster,
Oh, gallant black horses,
As ye fling the hot spume-flakes
Along your smooth courses;
Fly faster, for heartbeats
Shall add to your forces!
And grip the long lever,
Oh, hand of the master,
As the brass shines like gold
In the teeth of disasterWhile
the black horses' snorting
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Ksviuva XUDICI nuu uwuvi
?Samuel Wr. Duffield.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Mrs. Spaggins was boasting of her
new house. The windows, she said,
were stained. "That's too bad; but
won't turpentine or benzine wash it
off?" asked the good Airs, Oldboy.?
Burlington Hawkeye,
There is a young fellow in our neighborhood
who has been making a daily
practice of attempting to sing, " Let
me like a soldier die." He seems to
crave death, and they do say that one
of the neighbors who has a musket is
preparing to accommodate him.?
Saturday Niglit.
Charley, the three-year-old of the
household, stood an attentive and interested
looker-on while grandma was
paring potatoes for dinner. Presently
she made a sign of discontinuing the
work with a single potato left unpeeled
and unwashed. The little fellow
reached into the pan, took it in his
chubby hand, and turning his bright
eyes in an appealing glance to grandma's
face, exclaimed: "Take 'im c'oes
off and give 'im baff, too."
A gentleman, who is said to be "one
of the poets laureat of the Unite.l
States," has written a poem descriptive
of a visit to Egypt, in which he
says: " Then to the railroad we did go
To take the cars for Ca-i-ro; To see the
pyramids was our intent, So from Alexandria
we went." We never understood
before just what was meant by a
"poet laureat of the United States,"
but it is clear from this specimen that
the country is well supplied with them.
?Norristown Herald.
Inquirer?You wish to set Mr.
Snaggs and his next aoor neignuor 10
fighting-. Easy enough. Some dark
night just take a load of ashes and old
oyster cans and dump them in Snaggs'
back yard. He'll lay it to his neighbor
and sling 'em over the fence. The
neighbor'll be madder than a candidate
for office beaten by one vote, and will
sling 'em back. Then things will
hum; law suits, pulled noses and
bloody heads will result, and you can
sit back and see the fun.?Boston Post.
An indignant landlord writes demanding
the name of the party who
first suggested putting coils of rope in
sleeping rooms as a protection against
fire. He says he provided every bedroom
in his house with ?i coil of rope,
and the first night three of his guests
lowered their baggage from the sixth
utory window and skipped, leaving
several days' board bill unpaid. lie
allows that being I turned to death is
bad enough, but running a hotel for
fun is a good deal worse.?liorhestcr
Expn ss.
He Took Him at His Word.
A man had a claim against an impecunious
cuss, and lie had sent word
'1'ifonQ nf till!PS t,(> COflK! to lliS
place and settle. One day the man,
with his entire family and a wagon
load of plunder, drove up.
"Hello," said the creditor, ' what
iocs all this mean?"
"It means that I have accepted your
repeated invitations."
" You never got any invitations
from me."
" Yes I did and I can show them,''
producing a whole pile of duns, "every
me of these savs'come to my place
ind settle,' and as my landlord has
;urned me out of his house, I just
thought I'd accept your polite offers,
ind come to your place and settle.
Jet out, Mary, and take out the chilIren.
Tell me where you want the
jrowd dumped, and the way we'll
;ettle will make that villainous landordpray
for a tender heart like your.-."
?Drummer.
iHoilu-r Swim's Worm Syrup.
Infallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartic;feversliness,
restlessness, worms,constipation. 2.1c.
( nntrlne
Recommended to travelers. Aids digestion,
>revent9 nanaea nnd headache. Druggists.
Pure blood helps to make a clear concience.
Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the
)lood. Enough said. Send us a big bottlo.
Tn.iirsr-FOUK meu in Uvulde county,
r?xas, own and jrraze over 2,000,000 -ucep
i
Lord Byron, in reference to a beautiful
lady, wrote to a friend: " lifldy ?? has been
dangerously ill, bat now she is dangerously
well again." American belles, when attacked
by any of the ills that f esh is heir to, may be
kept killing and avoid being killed by taking
Dr. R. V. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription,"
which banishes feminine weaknesses, and
restores the bloom of health. By all druggists.
The American Moravian church numbers
10,01)8.
JeWebson Citt, Mo.?Dr. J. 0. Biddler
says: " Persons Who use Brown's Iron Bitters
always speak well of it. It ifl a good medicine."
Sznatob Sewklz., of New Jersey, is regarded
as a crack rifle-shot.
"First a conjjh carried ma off.
And then a coffin they carried me off in!"
This will not be your epitaph if von take
your cough and Dr. R. V. Pierce's ''Golden
Medical Discovery" in time. It is specific
for weak lungs, spitting of blood, nightsweats,
and the early stages of consumption.
By all druggists.
Mrs. Scoville, sister of Guiteau, wishes
tn hfivfl hpr nnmp ("hnnirod to Howe.
For tremulousness, wakefulness dizziness
find lack of energy, a most valuable remedy
is Brown's Iron Bitters.
The two last descendants of Amerigo Vespucci
are living in poverty in Italy. .
Throat. Bronchial and L,nnc Diseases
A specialty. Send two stamps for laree treatise
giving self treatment. Address World's
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,N.Y.
Spbino fashions prevail all the year round
at the circus. __
Ottumwa, Ta.?Dr. J. N. Armstrong says:
"I have used Brown's Iron Bitters in my
family, and recommend its uso to others."
On Thirty Day*' Trial.
The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will
send Dr. Dye's Celebrated Electro-Voltaic
BeU* and Electric Appliances on trial for
thirty days to men (young or old) who are
afflicted with nervous debility, lost vitality
and kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy
and complete restoration of health and manly
vigor. Address as above. N. B.?No risk is
incurred, as thirty days' trial is allowed.
" Bnchn-Poiba."
The Quick, complete cure,annoying Kidney,
Bladder, Urinary Diseases. $1. Druggists.
Frnzer Axle Grease.
One greasing lasts two weeks; all others two
or three days. Do not be imposed on by the
humbug stuffs offered. AskyourdealerforFrazer's,
with label on. Saves your horselaborand
you too. It received first medal at the Centennial
and Pari^xposiUons^Soldeverywhere.
Tboimandd Upon Thoasands.
The proprietors of the world-renowned .
C'arboline?the natural Hair Restorer?never I
put up less than 1.000 gallons at a time. This I
gives but an idea of its immense demand.
"Hough on Rata."
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, bedbugs,
-1. , 1__? IE. TVi
iinis,HKuujts,cmijmuu&a,|juiJuciD. tub u K OUJ.
Get Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffenere applied to
new boots or shoes before ypu run them over.
Army Officer's Testimony.
Captain Joseph L. Haydev, residing at No. 921
Fourth Street, South Boston, Mass., formerly captain
in the array, now with the Walworth Manufacturing
Company, South Boston, writes, April28, 1381: "While
living in Cambridgeport my wife was afflicted with terrible
pains in her back and sides, accompanied with
great weakness and loss of appetite. She tried many
so-called remedies without avail, growinr rapidly worse,
when her attention was called to Hnnt's Remedy.
She purchased a bottle from Lowell's drug store, In
Cambridgeport, and after taking the first dose she
began to feel easier, she could sleep well, and after
continuing its use a short time the severe pains in her '
back and side entirely disappeared, and she is a well 1
woman. Many of our relatives and friends have used '
Hunt's Remedy with the most gratifying results. 1
have recommended it many times, and as mauy times '
beard the same story. Hunt's Remedy is all that is '
claimed for it, and a real blessing to all afflicted with
kidney or liver trouble." ' >
Made n Man of Him.
Mr. O. O. Wheeler, No. 23 Austin Street, Cambridgeport,
Mass., makes the following remarkable
statement. On April 27, 1883, he writes as follows: '" 1
have been troubled with kidney disease for nearly twenty
years. Have suffered at times with terrible pains in my
back and limbs. I nsed many medicines, but foaud
nothing reached my case until I took Hunt's Remedy.
I purchased a bottle of A. P. .Gilson, 630 Tromont
Street, Boston, and before I had usad this one bottle I
found relief, and continning its use my pains and weak
nets all disappeared, ana l leei nice anew nun, wuu
new life and vigor. Hunt's Remedy did wonders fot
me, and I have no hesitancy in recommending it to all
afflicted with kidney or liver diseases, as I am positive
that by its use they will find Immediate relief. You
may nse this letter in any way jrou' choose, so that the
people may know of a sure medicine for the care of all
diseases of kidneys and liver."
How to Secure Health. |
It soems strange that any one -will gaffer from the
many derangements brought on by an impure condition
of the blood when Rosadalis will restore perfect
health to the physical organization. It is the
best Blood Purifier ever discovered,effectually curing
Scrofula, Syphilitic disorders, Weakness of the Kidneys,
Erysipelas, Malaria, all nervous disorders and
Debility, Bilious Complaints and all diseases indicating
an linpuro condition of the Blood,Liver, Kidneys,
Stomach, etc. It corrects indigestion. A single bottle
will prove to you its merits as a health renewor, for it
acts liko a charm, especially when the complaint is
of an exhaustive nature, having a tendency to lessen
the natural vigor of the brain and nervous system.
Teaklnd Feeble
The advance of hot weather, sudden and without
warning, has a relaxing effect, followed by an exhaustion
of strength and a languor of body and mind. This
enfeeblement of the system develops infirmities, otherwise
inactive. Much loea of time and hindrance to all
enterprise results. In such cases the system needs the
influence of
Hood's Sarsaparilla
To the restoration of vitality and puissance. This medicine
readily purifies the blood, tones and strengthens
the digestive organs, and imparts fresh life and energy.
?nn,.aTI1n;.liwlt'ia mmfrmA Knttln nf Hood's Sana.
parilla I felt like a new person. I can do two days' work
I In one now."?Mm. A. d. Ai.T.ry, Lowell, Mm*.
Another says: "I have not been able to work steadily
through the spring and summer till last year. I took
Hood's Sarsaparilla and did not lose a day."
'' I never found anything hit my wants as Hood's
S&raaparilla. It tones ap my system, parities my blood,
sharpens my appetite, and seems to make me orer.
J. p. Thompson, Reg. Deeds, Lowell, Mass.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by droggists. Price $1, six for $6. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD i CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Man.
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tQsYMPATH12E V/ri^Ts THE HOPE S
^^WOMAN^S^THE RACE&J
fvniA e PiNif MAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND. ?
A Smre Core for all FE31AIS WEAKNESSES,
Including LcnconhoMf I*?
rtnttf and Ptlaftl Meiutmtloif '
Inflammation and Ulceration of 1
the Womb, Flooding, PROLAPSUS
UTERI, Arc.
EVPleasant to the taste, efficacious and Immediate
In its effect. It is a great help In pregnancy, and relieves
pain during labor and at regular period*. ,
PHT8ICU58 TSZ IT 15D FBE9CBIBE IT TUXIX. ,
GTFo* AXXWtAZxnsx* of the generative organ*
of either sex, It Is second to no remedy that has erer
been before the public; and for all disease* of the
Kidsxts it Is tie Grtaiat Remedy in the World.
&TKIDNEY COMPLAINTS of Either Sex
Find Great Relief In It? U?e.
LTDIA E. PTVKHAM'B BLOOD PVSJJPJUBK
will eradicate every reatlge of Humor* from the
Blood, at the same time will give toon and strength to
the system. An marvellous in results as the Compound. tyBoth
the Compound and Blood PurlAcr an pro*
pared at 233 and 235 Western Avenue, Lynn, Vis*. /
Price of either, |1. Six brtties for $5. Tbo Compound is
sent by mall In the forn. of pills, or of loxcnge*, oa
receipt of price, (1 per box for either. Mrs. Plnlrham
froely answers all letter* of inquiry, Encloao 3 cess
stamp. Bend for pamphlet. Mention thil Paptr.
t&Vnnx S. Prxnu*"* Urn Pnxa core Constlpar
tion. Biliousness and Torpidity of the Liver. S3 cent*.
JEySold by all Prnggf*ti.-gO Q)
B0SEBBEI31
il lS A SURE CURE |
i for all diseases of the Kidney* and |
? LIVER ?
It ha* ?peciflo action on till* most Important
, organ, enabling It to throw off torpidity and >
Inaction, stimulating the healthy accretion of
the Bile, and by keeping the Dowel* In free '
I condition, effecting it* regular discharge.
Uolovlo If yon are mflarlng from
| IWItllCIIIda malaria, hare the ohm*, I >.
are bilion*, dyrpeptic7, oroonstlpated, XidneyWort
will rarely relieve and quickly cure. ,
I In the Spilac to deuce the System, 0TH7 '
one should take a thorough course of It.
u- SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. Price SI. 1
mEsmaEi i
"Tre gained ttffcnty pounds In two months," write# . |
Mr. J. C. Power, of Trenton, HI. (Dec. 2-92), "and am
i well man. I'd suffered with liver disorders since 1ML
iidney-Wort cured im, "
Strong words from a New York clergyman: "I **\t*iUUingly
recommend Kidney-Wort. It greatly beneited
nio," says Eer. 0. E. Kemble, of Mohawk, If. Y,
eFOR THE PERMANENT CURE OF i
g CONSTIPATION. |
? No other disease is so pro valent in this ootm- , . j
^ try a* Constipation, and no remedy haa ever _
equalled the celebrated Kidney-Wort a* a c
E cure. Whatever the cause, however.obstinate a
s the oaee, this remedy will oreroaaa It. i.
? S"A TITTS distressing com- 5
c flLEO. plaint ia very apt to bel^
5 complicated with constipation. Kidney-Wort ~
v strengthens the weakened parts and quickly a
8 cures all kinds of Pile* even when phyalolaas J
and medicines have before felled. c
? it- GFIf you have either of these troubles v
< PRICK >7T lUSEf
"For twelra years," writes Lyman T. Aboil, of
Beorgia, Vt., "I found no relief from piles, until I . Jh
cTHE GREAT CURE ^ J
2 I poa !
I ?RHEUMATISM? I
0 As it ia for all the painful dtttui of the & v
? KIDNEYS,LIVER AND B0WSL8* 1 i.
q It cleanses the system of the acrid poison J
gj that causes the dreadful snStorinc mn ?
G only the victima of 'RhmimaHsm can reallaa. >
fj . THOU8AMD8 OF CA8E8 J
JJ of the wont forma of this terrible dlseaaa
H have been quickly relieved, and in short tins "
PERFECTLY CURED. f
b nucx, *i. LiqnD or pxt, holdvi Dacccma. v
< tt- Dry can bo sent by mail, t>-. . ~ 5 .
WELLS, BICHABD80Zr& Co., BnrlbigtotiVt; * ;
iramnTirarsFEa
UigggiaBflMiiaBL i
If and If. 1
" If yen an suffering from poor health I
'or languishing on a bed of sick&eca, take . '
' cheer, If you an simply ailing, or if- you. '
'feel weakand dispirited, withcutclearly .\VA
knowing why. Hop Bitten will'siri^''.
'core yoo." '*rV>
"If yon are a Minister, and have overtaxed yourself
' with your pastoral duties, or a Mother, worn oat with
'care and work, or a man of t mines s or laborer waak*
' ened by the strain cf your erery day duties, or a man
'of letters, tolling over your midnight work. Hoy
' Bitters will surely strengthen you."
"If yoo are luffer'nj from
*oTer-eating or drinking, any
' indiscretion or dissipation, or
'are young and growing too
' fut. aa is often the case."
" Or if you are In th? workshop, on tho
'farm, at the desk, anywhere, and feel 1
' that your system needs cleansing, ton- - J
' tag or stimulating, without Intoxicating;
'if you at* old, blood thin and impure, 1
'pulse feeble, nerree unsteady, faculties 1
' waning. Hop Bitters is what you need to
' give you new life, health and Tigor."
If you are costire or dyspeptic, or snf- J
fering from any other of the numerous
diseases of the stomach or bowels, it is
yoor own fault if you remain 11).
If you are wasting away with any form
of Kidney, disease, stop tempting death ;
this moment, and turn for a cure to Hop
Bitters,
' ^
If you are sick with that terrible
sickceu, NerTouaness,
you will tind a "Balm in
Gi!?ad" in Hop Bitters.
If you are a frequenter, or a resident, of %
- ?* u- vonrfVS>
A muHunwu uiovitw*,
tem against the scourge of all coantrics? _ ?
epidemic, bilious and inteinrttent
ferers?by the use of Hop Bitten.
If 70a hare rough, pimply or sallrnr skin, bad breath,
Hop Bitters will give yon fair skin, rich blood, the
itreeiest breath and health. $500 will be paid for a /
case they will not care or help.
That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, sister, mother or
laughter, can be made the picture of health by a few
bottles of Hop Bitters, coating but a trifle.
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