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TnoteiT prison.
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF
THE NEW VORIv TOMBS.
A Tour Through the Sombre Building
? The Female and Boys'
Departments ? Murderers'
Row?Tweed's Old CeJL
A New York correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer describes a visit
to the city's noted prison, the Tombs.
He says: Built of massive gray masonry,
the huge columns, almost clumsy in
architectural strength, present to the eye
nothing of beauty or symmetry, but
rather of bondage and captivity. The
building, is at random guess, ninety feet
in height It incloses a square of ground,
covering four streets, on either side of
which looms up a solid wall of masonry,
Jaeavy in square blocks of cold gray
stone. In architectural design it is of
the pure Egyptian. The entablature,
severely plain, is relieved at its main entrance
on Centre street by ten or twelve
Corinthian columns. At the apex of
each is rampant a serpent of smallish size,
twisted in contorted shape. Outwardly
the grime and dirt of many years have
collected on the columns, which, with
the natural damp of the stone, give its
exterior a repugnant look. On all sides
of this celebrated prison crime and vice
hold high carnival. Whatever the
original intern 01 iuv muauim, tiv/oc
contiguity to the criminal class makes it
most appropriate.
I visited the famous prison one day
this week. At the entrauce I met with
rather gruff cordiality. The pass I presented
gave me entry into a narrow hall
which debouched at the Center street
side sufficiently underground to afford
office room for several officers working
% at desks, all of whom wore a bluish
uniform, with some gold gilt to give it a
farish effect. At the end of the narrowall
was an iron swinging gate, behind
which stood a spectacled officer who at
the time was surrounded by a squalid !
group of males and females, whom 1 to >k j
to be the friends of the unfortunates
within. In the course of ten minutes I
was turned over to a dejected "runner,"
as they called him, and with him was to
do the prison. lie first led me to what
he informed me was the "Female Department,"
and turned me over to the
Inspector, who proved to be a good-faced
woman, suggestive of matronly instincts.
The inmates of this department numbered
forty-three, and a dozen or
more of them, wholly indifferent to
the intrusion of a stranger, kept at their
sewing or reading. Those I saw were
rather an inanimate lot, not at all repulsive
in outline, but still of a class one
would scarceiy put on the visiting list.
To ihe question as to the nature of the
transgressions of the female hostages,
the answer came that their derelic^ons
were as manifold as the female temperament,
mostly shop lifting and confidence
schemes, until it ascended to black-mail
ing and infanticide, and in one case a
murderess. The women bore a contented
look. During the day they are
allowed the freedom of the corridor, but
at night they are locked up in narrow, !
well-lighted cells. They take their meals j
en famille, in a rather sunny, clean room
allotted for the purpose. They are confined
in a new addition to the building,
having four galleries for cellular space.
Once more in the hands of my shambling
guide. he led me up three pairs of
iron steps to the boys' department. It required
no label to designate this "alloted
6pace. There was pandemonium going
on. About thirty boys, the eldest of,s
whom, I should say, not over fourteen,
were locked up in cells in pairs. In the
one cell from whence the noise notably
came three were confined, and a dispute
was on touching the result of a game of
gold sledge," in which they were engaged.
The so-called officer with me made no
effort to reconcile their difference*, but
rather enjoyed it,and we passed them on
to arbitrate their disputes as best they
might. The boys seemed to be rather a
bright-faced set, not with hardened outlines
of face, but pestiferious beggars.
Each wanted a chew of tobacco and a
nickel thrown in. "What are these boys
in for?" I asked. "Oh, for everything," |
said my spbynx, "ana," ne ariaea,
"some of them are a hard lot, and some
of them are a smart one."
Descending the steps again, I was led
to the court-yard of the prison. This
gave me the better chance to judge of
the interior. The buildings are four in
number. The Tombs proper is of two angles
of square-cut stone, built to stay,
years and years asro. The other two are
of a yellowUh brick, recently put up to
accommodate the one the female and
boys' prison,and the other for offices and
the like connected with the Police Court.
The inner yard is paved with granite
blocks, square in cut, with the look of
age about them. Not a vestige of grass,
or flower, or shade met the eye. Simply
the blue sky of heaven overhead, to see
which one must overlook the high prison
walls, with apertures cut in them acrs?s,
instead of lengthwise.
In one of the angles of the yard is the
alio ted space where New York murderers
are executed. My guide took me to
a stone about the center of the lateral, i
notably larger than all the rest. ''Right
about here/' he .?aid "is where the condemned
man stands to meet his dentil."
A life goes out from hence liaving for
the la-t lingering look only the forbidding
high masonry of the walls which
flank the inclosure, a veritable place of
desolation and slough of despond.
Retracing the stejw we had taken I
entered the old building. "Now," said
the guide, "you are in the genuine
Tombs. Over there," he added, "is
murderers'row." Eight cells numbered
in sequence, with bold figures ip white
paint, made up the row allotted to the ]
followers of Cain. They were, for the
nost part, dreary and dark, about four
Jeetin width and eight in length, the
light entering from a slit overhead. In
!he third cell the celebrated Boss Tweed
leas confined. Here he fared as the less
iistinguiahed prisoners, save that he furiished
his own cell, a privilege granted
my inmate. In lace and drapery^ with
rugs and plaques, the cell of Tweed
:ould not have been made inviting.
The balance of the cells in the Tombs
proper are the same as in the eight called
'Murderers' Row." There are four galleries,
with about twenty cells on either
fide. These, more inviting than the
?thers, were made so by the handiwork
of the inmates. Here are confined all the
Mies save the boy*. They arc imprisoned
ji pairs. Two hours each day the prisoners
in detachments are allowed the
freedom of their respective galleries for
ixercise. The remaining hours they are
locked up. No work of any kind is exicteo
of them. Books and magazines are
furnished by the authorities, but newspapers
are forbidden. The murderers
lentenced to death are all confined here
jntil they walk out in the back yard to
be executed. Here they haag men by
raising them by heavy leavers from the
earth, instead of mounting the scaffold
So be dropped.
The commitments of tbe Tolice Court
I
are to the Tombs. It is the resort of saf
refuse for those whose crimes have only
been preliminarily heard by the committing
Magistrates. When sentenced those 1
here recruit lilaokwell's Island, Sing Sing
and- the penitentiaries at Auburn and
Clinton. The day I called there were .
1.453 inmates. Of these twenty-live were
murderers awaiting trial or convicted.
(>nc was a woman, whose name escapcs
me, a forlorn creature, whose lease of
life had been extended by Executive
interference.
Singular Action of Wolves.
With reference to wolf children a cor- I
respondeat of ChamberJournal writes i
as follows: "While lately on a visit to '
Melbourne, the writer went with his wife j
and two little children (aged two and |
four) to see the Royal Park, where the J
wild animals are kept. There, among j
others, they came upon a cage with four |
large wolves, lying sleeping on the
ground. They took no notice of the j
writer or his wife or the elder child; but
the moment the younger toddled up, they j
sprang simultaneously to their feet and
made for the comer of the cage nearest
her. Not content with this, two of the
largest stood oa their hind feet and
pressed themselves flatly against the
cage, pushing their great fore paws
through the bars toward the child, as
though to get at her, and wagging their
tails and barking frantically the whole
time, their ej-es riveted on her. As she
walked away, they rushed across the
cage to the other corner and repeated
their antics. When the child uttered a
word or two it seemed to affect the
wolves singularly, and they redoubled
their efforts to get near her. The writer
went again with the same party and infant,
and with the same result. Now, the
aspect of these wolves, in spite of their
barking and excitement, was decidedly
not ferocious, but more resembling a
great collie when at play; and the writer
felt convinced no harm would have happened
to the child had the wolves succeeded
in getting to her. Po.-sibly in
some wolves the maternal instinct may be
very strong.''
Carriers of Contagion.
Flies, aside from being pests, are
actual conveyors of contagion. The tiv ,
eau communicate virus from an open
sore; and can carry this from one person
or place to another. This may not be
credited, but it has been proved by direct
experiment to be not only possible
but an actual fact. The common housefly,
by alighting on a diseased spot,
cither in an animal or a man, and thence
passing to a healthy subject, has been
known to impart the infection to the
latter. Whether the poisonous matter be
an animal virus or a germ of disease, a
bacillus, does not matter; and in this
ormnr./Mirtn it. is tvpll to SHCilk Of Other
common methods of disease-infection.
A postage stamp may in various ways
convey cautagion. One of the simplest
and most plausible is that in which a
postage stamp, partially attached to a
letter to pay return postage, is sent by a
person infe. ted with some disease to
another person. The disease is transferred
in the first place to the adhesive
stamp through the saliva, and in being
attached to the letter by the receiver
the poison may be transmitted to him in
turn through the saliva.
Another case may be the infection of
a stamp with disease germs. The stamp,
having been exposed in a room where a
diseased person lies, may become slightly
moistened, and thus retain the germ.
That this is true can be proved very
simply by a microscopical examination.
It is even possible that an active and
tangible poison, as arsenic, may accidentally
or intentionally be attached.?
London Review.
American Tools Abroad.
Our American contemporaries have
every cause to be surprised at the astonishing
fact that thousands of tons of
scrap-iron are every year taken to the
United States and there converted into
the simplest of American manufactures,
the sad or laundry iron, and then exported
back to Europe at no small profit.
There is no one corner of Europe where
American small cast hardware is not on
sale. The tool makers and the machinists
of Europe?such as Krupp, of Germany;
Whitworth & Armstrong, of London,
and Hotchkiss, of France, with their
vast resources?arc unable to produce a
monkey or a screw wrench equal to the
American wrenches, and consequently
they have to import these tools from the i
States. It is stated that there are no less j
than 80,000 dozen of them exported to ,
Europe alone every year. It is interesting
to note that Charles Moncky, the inventor
of this screw-bar wrench, received
only $2,000 for his patent, and is now
living at Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in a
small cottage bought from the proceeds
of this sale. In the matter of the common
pocket boxwood rules, also, the
American manufacturers so far excel all
others that, if not all European nations,
certainly all nations outside of Europe
are supplied from America, me manu- s
facturers there print on the rule whatever
system of measurement is followed by the
country for which - the goods are intended.
American augers and auger-bits
are used the world over, no other nation
being able to compete. The Americans,
with such facts before them, may well be
proud of thtir manufactures.?London
Iron.
A Ghastly Performance.
A Buddhist priest, about thirty-five,
stone blind (and no wonder), was led on
by two showmen, and the trio crouched
in a row. A variety of objects grouped
about them of varying size and weight.
One borrowed my hat, a so.rt wide-awake,
attached to it by a hook a noosed string,
and held it in readiness. The blind
piest eat for a time impassive, old men
banging drums. Then at a signal he
fX&ve a howl, forced with two thumbs
his right eye out of the socket, while the
attendants hung my hat upon the ball! |
To show that It was unsupported, except
by the string, he held both hands
aloft, then allowing the eye to sink iuto
its place relap-ed again iuto listless lethargy.
The trick was repeated again and
again with other objects, the period of
suspension being shortened according to
increase of weight, until at last there
hung from his eye, which loikcd like an
iincanny onion, a bell of sculptured
bronze. "With a groan of horror we
turned and fled, seeking oblivion of the
nightmare in the theatre devoted to
farces. ?Murray'* }f<t'ja:ine.
The Unruly Member.
The same Book of books that calls the
e?ir?K a lnnrl\lv onnrAnrintu
lUUyuc VJ ..
name also says, most aptly: "Behold, Jiow
great a matter a little fire kindleth." A
careless statement by repetition, and the
unconscious or malignant coloring of the
persons who pass it along, becomes so
enormous in its power to hurt that trnly
one should set a guard upon the lips, remembering
the harm that idle words may
do." It is not always necessary to repeat
a fact respecting another, and doing so
seldom serve? a good purpose.?(Jood 1
(Jhttr. ' j
HISTORIC TREES. I
OAKS AXD EIj>IS THAT WERE
HIGHLY ESTEEMED.
The Poet Pope's Weeping Willow at
Twickenham?The Tory Tulip
Tree?Charleston's Beautiful
Council Tree.
This is said to be the age of trees, and
in our country there have been and still
are many that would seem to command
respect fronl their close connection with
our history as a nation. On Boston
Common there stands an elm tree, evidently
of no great age, and, consequently,
not of great height, and with nothing
particularly noticeable about it, excepting
that it is enclosed by a circular iron
fence, and appears to oe an oujeci ui ?ulicitudc
on the part of those whose duty
it is so attend to the arboriculture of the
city. This tree is a shoot or "sucker"
from its parent, the celebrated "Old
Elm," for many years an object of veneration
to Boston people. Why venerated
? Simply because of its age, for it
had no history to be proud of. lis origin
is unknown, but it is supposed to have
grown spontaneously before the settlement
of Boston in K?!?0. Tradition says
that as far back as mankind knew anything
of Boston the tree was there. It
was used as a gallows for hanging criminals
in 1G59, and it has been asserted
that so-called witches were hanged upon
it
The Boston tree that had most of a
history, however, was the old Liberty
rn A 4- r\f TV ? clll ri Off fit) flTld
irec. jr\.L iiic tutiiv.1 va .. w,?...0.w
Essex streets stands a building in whose
wall is inserted a tablet bearing the form
of a tree in bas relief. This building
covers the ground where the Liberty Tree
grew. The jtree was said to have been
planted in 1046. A century and a quarter
Inter the Sons of Liberty held meetings
UDdcr its branches, and in the days preceding
the outbreak of the revolution
the ground on which it stood was a place
ot assembly for the men who conspired
to throw olf the British yoke. In 17 73
an anti-tea party was held beneath it,
and it became so obnoxious to the British
that in 1775 it was cut down by a detachment
of soldiers of the invading
army, one of whom was killed. '
There is the great oak which stood on
the banks of the Genessee River. near the
villace of Genescee, N. Y. It was so re
vered bj the Senecas that they named
their village the Big Tree. The trunk of
this tree measured twenty-six feet nine
inches in circumference, and at the time
it was destroyed it was thought to be
1,000 years old. During a flood in the
Genessee Valley in November, 1837, the
Big Tree was washed away.
The Charter Oak, of Hartford, Conn.,
was undoubtedly the next in age to the
Big Tree, and was estimated to be about
GOO years old when Hooker laid the
foundation for a commonwealth there. It
was at one time kno?vn as Wyllys's Tree,
as it stood in front of the house occupied
by Hon. Samuel Wyllys. It measured
twenty-six feet in circumference a foot
from the ground. The cavity in which
the charter was placed on the night of
October 31, 1687, was near the root and
large enough to admit a child. The
cavity gradually became smaller, until it
would scarccly admit a hand. Tbe oak
was prostrated in August, 1854, and
nearly every partic le of it was worked into
some pleasing form and cherished as a
memento of a singular incident in Colonial
history.
The Treaty Tree was a large elm which
Btood on the banks of the Delaware river,
near what is now known as Kensington
precinct, Philadelphia. It was under
this tree that William Penn formed his
treaty with the Indians in 1G82. The
tree was long protected with care, but
was at last blown down in a gale on
March 8, 1810. It was found to be 2*3
years old, and its trunk measured
twenty-three feet in circumference. The
Penn Society erected a monument, with
proper inscriptions upon its site.
The poet Pope had sent to him from
Smyrna a drum of figs. In it was a small
twig which hcstuck in the gronnd near
his Twickenham villa. It took root and
grew rapidly, and was the admiration of
himself and his friends, and it proved to
be the Salix Babylonica, or weeping willow,
and it was the parent of all its
kind. After the death of Pope, Lord
Spencer became owner of the Twickenham
esta:e, and it was finally purchased
by Lady Howe, who had the villa torn
clown, and the willow tree pulled up bv
the roots, and everything the poet prized
was suffered to fall into decay. A British
officer who came to this country
in 1775 brought with him,
wrapped in oiled silk, a twig,
from Pope's willow, intending to plant
it himself in American soil. The young
officer became acquainted with Custis
Washington's stepson, and he gave him
* -??- Z4.
tllC WlllOW IWJg. i/UMls piaiucu il ut
Abingdon, in Virginia, where it grew
vigorously. In 17!fOGen. Gates brought
from Abingdon a shoot of the Oustis willow,
and planted it at the entrance gate
to his estate on Manhattan Island, and it
was known as Gates's weeping willow.
There was the tory tulip tree in South
Carolina, so called because in 1760 ten
tories were hanged upon two of its lower
branches.
During the siege of Charleston by the
British in 1780, General Lincoln held a
council with his officers and leading citizens
of Charleston under the branches of
a beautiful magnolia tree, and it was
called the council tree ever after by the
loyal inhabitants of that city. A.t the
time the tree was cut down for firewood
in 1840, its branches spread over
more than 200 square yards.
There is the grand old elm at Cambridge,
under vfhich "Washington assumed
command of the continental forces
on the morning of July 3, 1775. It stands
in the midst of a busy city, a grand living
reminder of that imposing and important
event in American history.?Boston
Herald.
The New York Hotels.
It is some years since the hotels were
so well patronized as now, and the fact is
evidence of the general piospcrity that is
prevailing throughout the country, as
there is com) arativcly little travel in
hard times. All the leading hotels are
crowded, and often guc:>t9 aie quartered
in neighboring boarding houses. In consequence
of the high rents the rates in the
hotels keep up to the top notch of war
times. It must be stated, however, that
the accommodations in the leading hotels
arc first class, and leave nothing to be
desired. There has been a great increase
the past two years in the number of
minor hotels on the European plan, and
consequently there is a choice for travelers
according to their means.?Niw York
Timet.
Not the Answer He Expected.
I cannot see
What there's in me
To make you love me, love, said be;
Then answered she,
Quite candidly.
That's what my friends all say to me.
?Boston Co 'rifr ?
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS
The Laundry.
Prc?s satin on the right side.
Press cloth under a. damp cloth. j f
"White zephyr articles can be cleansed }
by shaking in a bag with flour. i
Black lace may be made to look fresh I
and new by being sponged with tabic J
beer.
Before hanging the clothcs out wipe
the line with a cloth to remove dust or
dirt. J
If black pepper is put in the water ?
for gray and brown linen sit will prevent s
fading. Use cold water. c
When velvet gets crushed from pre*- I
sure hold the parts above a l;asin of hot j:
water, with the lining next the water.
Always use cotton holders for irons.
Woolen ones are hot to the hands, and if
scorched smell disagreable. A piece of
r./M? oawflu oo o nAn.nnnrlii/?fnr
asucaiAJO ogi ivo ?o ? uvu vvumuvwi
of. heat and will not burn.
The most serviceable house rags are
old flannel or merino underwear, or old
canton flannel. These never show lint
can be wrung out nearly dry from hot
water without losing their moisture
and warmth.
Another disadvantage in having too
many clothes for children is than they
can only be worn one season, and in the
rapid change? of fashion, even if there is j
another coming-up child to step into its J
older sister's clothes, they look out of \
style and require as much trouble and i
time to alter as to make an entirely new \
outfit. (
When there are small children in a (
family unless a second washing during i
the week is arranged for there must be a J
large supply of clothes. A suit of gar- t
ments can only be worn a few hours be- 1
fore they are ready for the tub, and as !
most little children require at least ]
changing twice a day, the articles for the
wash accumulate iuto an enormous 1
heap.
In most families Monday is set apart J
for washing. Tuesday for ironing and !
Wednesday, if not baking day, is the 1
".lack of all trades." Some housekeepers,
however, especially duriug the sum- ]
mer months, prefer to wash Tuesday. 1
One reason is that the Sunday white 1
dresses are not soiled but they may bear j
one more day's wear in the afternoon J
and evening, and this is quite a consider- i
ation in a large family of daughters. 1
Other families have a .ieoo:)d washing '
during the week of the better white gar- !
ment8. Of course each family must ar- ;
range this to suit itself?Detroit Tribune.
Ilecipes. j
Ginger Snaps.?Boil slowly for fifteen ,
minutes two cups of molasses; add one- 1
half cup of butter, cool and add two '
spoonfuls of cold water, one heaping teaspoonful
of soda, one teaspoonful of j
ginger and flour to roll. 1
Cottage Pudding.?One cup of sugar,
one egg, one cup of sweet milk, three ,
tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one
tablespoonful of baking powder, 2$ cup3 l
of flour. Bake about forty minutes. J
Eat with sauce while warm. t
Spiced Grapes.?Mash the grapes. 1
and cook until soft* rub throug a sieve;
to one quart of pulp add one pint of
brown sugar and one teaspoonful each of
cinnamou and allspice, half a teaspoon- '
ful of mace and the same of cloves. s
Cream op Tartar Biscuit.?Rub a *
piece of butter, the size of an egg, into x
a quart of flour; one teaspoonful of salt,
two teaspoonfule of cream of tartar, one
pint of cold water, in which one tea- I
snoonfulof soda has been dissolved, one :
tablespoonful of sugar; stir quickly with
a knife; roll out and cut for the oven.
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Chipped Pears.?Take pears not *
quite ripe; pare and core, and cut them "
in long, thin strips; to four pounds of 0
the fruit put three pounds of sugar, the r
rind of two lemons cut into strips, the ?
juice of the lemons, one-eight of a 1
pound of green ginger and a gill of *
water; boil until the fruit is transparent.
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Smothered Beef.?Take'three pounds ?
of beef from the under part of the round,
cut it into small pieces and place in an <
earthen bean pot, season with salt, pepper '
and a little clove; then cover closely
and cook in a moderate oven two or
three hours, or until the meat is very '
tender, then add a half pint of water and
a dessert spoonful of vinegar, and
thicken with flour; serve, while very
hot, with sweet potatoes. i >
Pie Crust.?Sift one pound of flour | 1
with one teaspoonful of soda and two j
teaspoonfuls of crcam of tartar, or two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder; chop six
ounces of butter into the flour until it is
thoroughly mixed; work with ice water
into a stiff dough; roll into a thin sheet;
spread with two ounces more of butter;,
fold up closely into a long roll; flatten
and re-roll, then spread again with butter;
repeat the operation three times:
lay it aside for a while iu a cool place
then roll out your crust. Touch the
crust as little as possible with the hand.
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A Novel Invention for Sailors. 1
To sail against the wind without much 1
tacking about has hitherto been impossi- j
ble, but an invention by Baron von
Schliebcn, of Berlin, Prussia, pretends to
render it not only possible but very easy. j
He has applied for patents from all maritime
powers for his "wind-wheel to pro- j
pel vessels of any kind by wind of any j
direction." There are two vertical wheels i
attached to a horizontal shaft fastened 1
to the deck, fore or abaft as the mariner !
may desire. The two wheels are self ad- '
justablc in a manner to always receive
the full power of the wind. The horizontal
shaft moves a vertical one which
turns the propelling screw. The stronger
the wind the quicker the vessel will go
either with or against the wind in any
direction maintained by the rudder. The
wind-wheel can be used to produce electricity
for lighting or other purposes.
Vessels supplied with such a propeller
will require neither sails nor masts. The
management of the ship will be very little
work, as the wind-wheel can be turned
off by a lever movable with one hand.
To Tan Fur Skius.
A Western hunter speaks in high terms
of the following method, which he
claims will preserve them from moths:
"Stretch the hides tightly with the flesh
side out, clean oil all the meat and let
them dry in the shade. When dry put
in soft water twentv-four hours unti. I 1
quite soaked, then squeeze them as dry ' .
as possible. Prepare a solution of vitriol, "
salt and water iu an earthen vessel in
the proportion of one ounce of pure
vitriol, one-half pint of salt, three quarts
of soft water. Prepare a sufficient
quantity of the liquor to cover the skins,
then immerse them and let them sleep i
forty minutes or more; if large dog skins, , '
stir them with a stick. After steeping ! from
forty to sixty minutes take the j |
skins out and hang theni in the shade j
without wringing, until they are dry, j
when no further treatment will be re- j
f)u:red.'f? Culticntor. >
How Yerdi Escaped Annoyance.
A German newspaper relates a capital
tory of the composer Verdi. Some
ears ago Verdi was visited by a friend
n a small bathing place, where he was
ound quartered in a little room, which,
ic said, served at once as dining, dwellng
and bedroom. As the visitor ex>ressed
surprise, Verdi broke in: "Oh,
have two other large rooms, but I keep
he articles hired by me in them." With
his the composer rose from his seat,
tpeneda door and showed his astonished
'isitor ninetv-five barrel organs, remark
ng: "When I came here, all these organs
played 'Rigoletto,' 'Trovatore,' and
imilar stuff. I have hired them from the
wners. I pay about 1,'500 lire, and now
can enjoy my summer rest without beng
disturbed.
Mistaken Identity.
O'er the top of the high-backed rocker,
I could see her dainty head,
My lovely, darling Emma,
She whom I was soon to wed.
I crept up closer to her,
Hoping to surprise her there;
My heart was thumping wildly,
As I softly stroked her hair.
I kissed one rosy, dimpled cheek;
As I went to kiss the other,
I got a better look at?him!
Great guns! It was h?r brother?
?Detroit Free Press.
Wc have a treat in store for our artistically
Inclined readers in the advertisements of the
Ivory Soap. The first of the series of elegant
Announcements of its many virtues appears in
this issue. The Ivorv soap must innecn De a
loap of rare merit if continuous good tilings
:an be said of it, and we predict our readers
will become so interested in the beautifully
irawn pictures that they will be the first thing
looked for in the paper, even to having the prerirence
with our lady readers over the marriage
notices, and our business men will soon be convinced
that advertising is not a lost art, nor is
irt lost when applied to advertising. The fact
that the space has been taken by such discriminating
advertisers as Proctor & Gamble is an
indorsement of what we have always claimed:
?no better advertising medium exists than this
paper.
Town Clerk Whittaker, of Salem, 111.,has
i young Leghorn rooster that has a line ear for
music. When Miss Whittaker seats herself at
the piano to play he hurries into the room
through the door or window, flies upon the instrument,
and, after looking at the keys for a
short time, hops upon them and pounds out
notes that seem to 1111 him with delight.
ProfcMKional Etiquette
prevents some doctors from advertising their
skill, but we are bound by no such conventionbI
rules and think that if we make a discovery
that isof benefit to our fellows, we ought to
spread the fact to the whole land. Therefore
we cause to be published throughout the land
the fact that Dr. R. V. Pierce's "Golden Medical
iJ^covery" is the best known remedy for
consumption (scrofula of the lungs) and kin3red
diseases. Send 10 cents in stamps for Dr.
Pierce's complete treatise on consumption.with
unsurpassed means of self-treatment. Address,
iVoi.i/i'o niciu.noorv "MorUnn 1 A?s/v?ffttinn. 663
Main Street,'Buffalo, N.^f.
It appears that the number of university
students in Germany, which twenty years ago
ivas 13,400, had risen to 17,800 ten years ago,and
s now 28.000: during the last nve years the
dumber or students has increased 28 per cent.,
tvhile the increase of population was only 5 per
:ent.
Woman and Her Diseanea
s the title of a large illustrated treatise, by Dr.
it. V. Pierce, Buffalo,N. Y.,sent to any address
'or ten cents in stamps. It teaches successful
iclf-treatment.
A Texas wom&n has a pet alligator that
vags his tail when his name is called.
Unlike other cathartics. Dr. Pierce's "Pelets"
do not render the bowels costive after
iperation, but, on the contrary, establish apernanently
healthy action. lie.inu entirely reyeflMe,noj>art
'cular care is required while using |
hem. By druggists.
Gehmany has discovered that in a high sea
ler torpedo boats are useless.
Extraordinary but nevertheless true. We reer
to the announcement of B. F. Johnson &
:o? of Richmond, in which they propose to
how working energetic men how to make from
>100 to $300 a month over and above expenses.
'Rotal Glue' mends anything! Broken Chi.
la. Glass, Wood. Free Vials at Drugs & Gro
FLORIDA ; "Its Advantage* and Drawbacks." For
his book free, or Florida maps, boolu, lands or ticktt,
address O. U. CROSBY, Box J,887, New York.
What Is the Use
?f your dragging yourself around, day after day,
rltbout any life or activity, feeling all tired out and
ulserable, when you might be as quick and llysly
nd strong as ever ? Take caro of yourself Jt onee,
>r In the depleted oondltlon of your system, a comilalnt
otherwise trivial may fasten upon you with
erlous or fatal results. Hood's Sarsaparllla is Juil
he medicine you need to build up your entire syaetn,
to purify and quicken your blood, and to give
rou appetite and strength.
"Hood's SarsapariHa as a blood purifier has no
iqual. It tones the system, strengthens and Invlgirates,
giving new life. I have taken it for kidney
omplalnt, with the best results."?D. R. Saundus,
II Pearl Street, Cincinnati, O.
Hood's Sarsaparllla
iold bjr all druggists. $1; six for |5. Preparod only
>v C. I. HOOD 4 CO., Apothecaries, Lowell Mass.
100 Poses One Dollar
COCKLE'S
ANTI-BILIOUS
PILLS,
rHE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY
For Liver, Bile, Indljrestlon, etc. Free from Merjury;
contains onlv Pure vegetable Ingredients.
Vgent: C. N. CKlTTKKTON, NewYork.
KIPPER'S
A SURE CURE FOR
INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA.
Over 5,000 Physicians hare sent us their approval of ,
DIGESTYLIN, saying that It Is the best preparation
for Indigestion that they have ever used.
We have never heard of a case of Dyspepsia whm
DIGESTYLIN was taken that was not cured.
FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM.
IT WIJ.L CUKE TWO MUST AGGRAVATED CASES.
IT WILL STOP VOMITING IN PREGNANCY. '
IT WILL RELIEVE CONSTIPATION.
Kor Summer Complaints and Chronic Diarrhoea,
irhlch are the direct results of Imperfect digestion,
DIGESTYLIN will effect an Immediate cure.
Take DYGESTYLIN for all pains and disorders of <
'ho ntjimAi'h ! thov all mm? from Indlcestlnn Aitr
roar druKelVt for' DIGESTYI.IN (price fl porlarjfe
jottle). If he does not have It send one dollar to uj j
md we will send a bottle to you, express prepaid. ,
Do not hesitate to send your money. Our house U
ellable. Established twenty-five years.
W.n. F. K I n PER 4: CO., 1
Uanwfactorlng t'bemUf. S3 John at.. N.Y. |
l?attekn '
7
i gil
di?:?'a dmi? great enfl,,sh i i
Qmir s i iiisa Rheumatic Rem?i/. I
OvalJBox"34| roond> 14 Plll?? __ |
SlOOOl^I i
"T J THAT is meant by * free alkali,' Do
V V *n *he advertisements of Ivory S<
"'Free Alkali,' Madam, is the alkal
with the fats or oils of which the soap is m
rtr rarplpccnp^s of the soao maker. Soap:
present are decidedly injurious to both t
when habitually used. I have seen reporl
Ivory Soap by men eminent in our profes:
to contain no ' free alkali,' to be made wi
terials of the best quality, carefully selectee
ommend it for every purpose about the he
is required."
A WORD OF WAR]
There are many white soaps, each represented to be
they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, lack the peci
the genuine. Ask for " Ivory " Soap and insist upon
Copyright 1886, by Procter & (
hSSLICI
fi I ? _ The FISH BRAND SLICKED If
M | U \l in the hirdett itorm. The new Pi
/.X KF UK u ft" amntheentiianddle. Brm
Jj L> "FlihBr*n4"trid?-in?ik. J"!!urtrr
31 THOUSANDS IP
Kut-. RAV THAT tftwl!
fepJl ELY'S CREAM BALM |J|f
fe /^5ll ct,RED THEM 0F ijjjr
AY-FEVER. W
Apply Balm into each nostril. f
'U
|||i
k lilments ]
| ?\ Hotel an
1/ v ?r Qscr^rV jB^V tiaa affor<
J-fjK x^^55\x\<dzf \ ill valuable
/ W/l)) 7l\ li 1 nlals, rea
M , ~)p)J ?V VA 11 clans wh<
^7 *-i/i( 711 u vated an
J? V^VA Jf remedy?
/IS^ Itf/A/yJ
/ \! y J V III // Ml woman's
/1//}
Don't allow yourself to break. Keep up
XOUta, neoiLU, vucur. ai> mn WJJ111I VI ((Uliig j, .
back, be pin use orw ells' Health Rxkewkh. ,
For weak men, delicate women. Renews energy.
Cures Dyspepsia, Mental or Physical
Weakness, Nervous and Gen ere 1 Debility.
Fever and Ague. Nice to take, true merit, un- J?, me??
equaled forTORPIO LIVER and NICHT asanapp
SWEATS, Leanness, Nervous Prostra* n, JL
heavy labored or restless sleep, exhaiu.cd, ?f?,J.* ?'
tired, languid, faint, "ALL GONE" feeling, 9"??d *
distress in the back or head. Wind on bowels PJrJJy. JJ'
or stomach. 81., 6 for ?5. Druggists or Ex- J5V,
press. B. 8. Wells. >n-?' Clf-.TW. J.. U. I. A. ^[v ^
" disease o:
Florida rorr ss
HOMES AND f fl f f SKKS
ORANGE GROVES 11L k; ^
j effects in
10 Orange Orove Tracts of 40 acres. ' Suae arl
20 Orange Orove Tracts of SO acres. |
40 Orange Orove Tracts of 10 acres. i C"^Far<
^ w - ? f ~ ~ ilvA rm
<f**u wange urove i rutca uj u j ?
_ _ f fltlnate cf
400 Orange Grove Tracts of 2%acres, painful n
100 City Building Lots. I R^Upiui
bearing-<3
We are giving away a portion of our landi that the lnflamma
remainder may be greatly increased In value. Ad- flamraati*
lertUlng spacc cosu too much to give full partlcu- ' accomDai
lars here; but send your full name and po?toflloe I ? _ L .
address to our Northern office. where all deeds are I J
made, and we will send you by return mall, in a ! ??nal ?CJ
italtd envelope, a I irom girl
Bcrlptiou
NUMBERED Land Tnrr
CERTIFICATE I I) L L menu lm
WTilch certificate will enable you to secure one of
the above divisions of valuable Florida propeitv, . *
free. No charge of any kind is made for either the In COQflC
Numbered Land Certificate or the Property it dr Golden \
rignatca. A M, Fit KE. Address W. H. \Vbet- doses Of
itone, Sec'y, 'i'li Main Street. Cincinnati, Ohio. Liver Pil
YOU WILL BE A TKAITOtt to your own diseases,
interests and to those dependent on you If you fall uiooa ia
io avail yourself of this Ureat Free Laud Oner. So- BCrofulou
:ur? It for your children. MFliV<
Send your application not later than two weeks
'rom the date of this paper. a 1> O 811
? ? facturers
FJM. .
5ALT HAMMERIESS. E DALY THREE CARREL. ^ World S
MANHATTAN HAMMERIESS. IPIEPER IREECH LOADERS
Send for Catalogue of Specialties. i
cnoVEBLlNG, DALY <fc OALM,
84 and 00 Clumbera Street, New York.
?% JONES j
PAYS theFR EIC HT
jn 5 Ton
Tart Br?m ? :<! Rram Bo? tot 'Between C
$0O. between Ch
llKv8l6?^^ K"r-?lirSri!r. Forfrrrpri^Ud Two 1-1
SBiKSsSffifc ' "mm.
MARRIED or SINGLE.! JS"?
An nrtlc-li- of in-cut value n?d universal need
lent free for 1 5 ?eiil?(Mamps). with privilege?t
mi u fur tin* same. Money III it. Sr.l.ll.iTMd
3hiipVn*aiV.Vl Ik. < o.. 100 wiilln.n St., Newjrork.
$100 fo $300 OPIU
7h<> cxn turnlsh their owu horses aud give their time _
i, the business. Sparc moments may be profitably PC,,
iiuloyeil als"- A few vacancies 111 towns and cities. 71 k 1
I p JOHNSON & CO., till:! Main St.. Richmond, Va. W Brew
FRAZER^M S3
JEST IN THE WORLD UdUHOb ?YIL*1
tW Get the Genuine. Sold ETerywhere. 4% AI
1ATPNTB Obtained. Send rMmp for \ULU
w~ " I ? InvootorV Guide. L. w*o- W relieved
I ham, Pitent Attorney, WanhmRton. D..C. t.?*r mm frer.
ctor? I see it mentioned -Jsj
i which is not combined
ade, due to the ignorance qaj
} in which ' free alkali' is CffiB
ne ciotnmg ana mc skui isn
ts of analysis made of the ,,
;ion, and all pronounce it rJjS;'
ith great care and of mad,
so I unhesitatingly rec- ,$jj8
>usc for which good soap
tf!NG. M
"just 2>< good as the 'Ivory'j*
j|L-r and remarkable qualities of getting
it
[f F1 ft Ito Best I ' ijk
KERnr
niranted witerwootwd will ke*pyoQdiy 'c3{?
>l.v EL SLlCKJilt 11 a perfect riding oou,
tntofImitation*. irithontth* .
iflCita'-ojucfrw. / cr, TV>ton,MMf, ?
I
atment of many thousand* of cam : i *3
chrocilo weaknesses and diitressirur
peculiar to females, at the Invalid? V58
a Surgical Institute, Buffalo N. Y., .^SaB
led a vast experience in nicely adapt- . vSM
thoroughly testing remedies for ths ^ jjKj
oman'a peculiar maladies. j
eree's Favorite PrescrlpUoa >^|
growth, or result, of this great and .'j
experience, luousands of testlmo- 'Vj:vj
Jived from patient* ana rrom payn- ?
> have tested it in the more tnr*d
obetinate cases which had banef "ffM
1, prove it to be the most wonderful 1
ver devised for the relief and corsoa - jjaW
women. It is not recommended as -'.jjsgM
but as a' most perfect Specific for j
peculiar ailments. . owerfal,
invigorating tonic, I
ts strength to the whole system, ' - &5U
the womb and its appendages la ' *
r. For overworked, "worn-out,'* .
rn," debilitated teachers, milliner* X
era, seamstresses, "shop-tfrls," house* a
Duraingr mothers, and feeble women |
, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription j
tttest earthly boon, being unequaled I
etizing cordial and restorative tonic. "ig
loothlnf and strengthening |
s. "Favorite Prescription" is una- 1
id is Invaluable in allaying and sub* I
irvous excitability, irritability, ex- 1
prostration, hysteria, spasms and '
itressing, nervous symptoms comPendant
upon funotlonal and orgnnlo
f the womb. It induoes refreshing
1 relieves mental anxiety and d*? . ^
itrce'i favorne rreicripuaa .
itltlnate medicine, carefully j
ded by an experienced and skillful
i, and adapted to woman's delicate "jj
ion. It is purely vegetable in Its 'J
ion and perfectly harmless in it* f
any condition or the system. For J
sickness, or nausea, from whatever - *
sin?, weak stomach, indigestion, dy?- _>
d kindred symptoms, its use, in small
1 prove very beneficial.
orlte Prescription " ie a poib - gg
re for the most complicated and ob? J
isesof leucorrheo, cxccsslve flowing, j
xenstruatlon, unnatural suppression* -1
I, or falling of tho womb, weak back, jS
weakness, antevereion, retroversion, ' :
lown sensations, chronic congestion,
tion and ulceration of the womb, to- 1
)n, pain and tenderness in ovarie*
lied with internal heat."
regulator and promoter of funo* ,.J
tion, at that critical period of chang* Jc
hood to womanhood, "Favorite Pre"
is a perfectly 6afe remedial agent; I
produce only good results. It w '
mcacious and valuable in its effects ^
en for those disorders and derange*
indent to that later and most critical ' J
aown as " The Change of Lire." ^8
jrltc Prescription." when takes %
ction with the use or Dr. Pierce'? - v-3
[edical Discoverj-, and small laxative -TT3
Dr. Pierce's Purgative Pellets (Littto ...3
Is), cures Liver. ICidney and Bladder '
Their combined use also removes
iu ts, and abolishes cancerous and
s humors from the system.
>rile Prescription" is the only
for women, sold by drug-gists, under
Ive guarantee, from the manu,
that it will give satisfaction in every
loncy will bo refunded. This gunranHxn
printed on the bottle-wrapper,
ifully carried out for many year*.
bottles (100 doses) $1.00, or six
tor $5.00. _- v~3
to, illustrated Treatise on Diseases of
ICO pages, paper-covered), send ten
itamps. Address.
; Dispensary Medical Association, -. J
663 Ulaln St, BUFFAJLO, X. Y. :l
J n y .n u?to
Minnesota and :j
Northwestern
R. R.
hlcago. St. Paul and JUnnoapolls and
.leajio, D iliu'iue ami Don .Moim's, Iowa,
mil' <1 Trnin* each way I'ttiiy.
FACE, IIAMIS, I i.LT,
and all th?*ir imprifVftions, Jru !i:i!Jnc Fa
vial :.t. lis rnid : j-,i;perIIuouj
Hair. 1 nil Mr. '.s J Vs. Vnrta,
. J!nth, Fnvklr*. N"M'. Ai -.O, Black
! Hend*. fk-.-irs, PitllnK nnil i!;oir treatment,
ttSend JOc. lor rr.r ) <th
bury, 87 X. Pe.irlft..Ali:any.:;.Y., r.<-b'd 187%,
M Morphine Habit Cured In 10 I
lo 20 dnya. No pay till cured* A
Or. J. Stephen*, Lebanon, Ohio. I
IS a day. samples worth il.50, FREB H
* not under the hurao's fc.-?t. write
'8to.' Safety Rein Holder Co.. llolly. Mich. ^
worth $5JU per lb. I>ttlf# Eye Salre U J
l.ilK), but Is Hilil at '?>? a l?ox uy dealer* I
to Soldiers ? n?lrs. Send stamp *
Alls for circular., COT.. I.. BINCh
IWII w HA'it, Att'y, Wa?liiij?tcn. D. C.
irnC?n ?? Pensions. if Wdtw
IpMVbled; Officer*' travrl pay,
I La I Iv bounty collected: Dmerter# |
i; 22 veara'practice. successor nofe?.
A. W. KcCcrrcick St ion.
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