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ENGLISH SWANNERY
THE SWAN PARADISE IN THI
LAOOON AT ABBOT8BURY.
An Ancient Haunt lor Thousands ol
thu Uracclul IllriU ? Fierceness
ol .Nesting Swans.
~7C LONDON paper (the 8pecta/
\ tor) qglls the Fleet, the straight
lagoon which runs for oin<
<?"" miles from the Isle of Portland
to Abbotsbury, behind the barrier of
Ohesil Beach, "the swan paradise," and
? adds; The
nine straight miles of water below
is only the playground of the birds;
but in spring this is forsaken, except by
a few pairs that nest on the inner side
of Chesil Beach; and the rich and
sheltered mead which fringes Abbots
bury Brook is white with the graceful
forms of a thousand nesting swan9. In
this their ancient haunt, so ancient thai
although the hills behind are crowned
with the ruins of votive chapels and ancient
monasteries, the swans may cl&iix
for their established home an equal if
not greater antiquity?all the favorite
sites were last week already occupied by
the jealous and watchful birds, each
keenly resentful of intrusion on its territory,
yet in such close proximity to its
neighbors that a space of ten or twelv*
feet at most divided it from ground in
"separate and hostile occupation."
Near the mouth of a small stream which
enters the Fleet below a close and extensive
bed of reeds, now cut down and
stored for the use of the birds when
building, lies the ground most coveted
by the swans. There, between two hundred
and three hundred nests, or
sites for nests, were occupied or
a space of two acres at most. 80 anxiout
are the birds to secure a placo on this
favorite spot that they remain sitting
constantly on the place when occupied,
in order to maintain their rights against
intruders, and there collect with their
long necks every morsel of reed and
grass within reach to form a platform
for the eggs. At this time the swanhend
visits them constantly, and scatters bundles
of dried reed from the stacks, whieb
are eagerly gathered iu by the swans and
piled round and beneath them as they
sit. These additions to the nest go or
continually; and as the cock-swan taker
his share,or even more than his share,ol
the duties of sitting upon the eggs, om
of the pair is always at liberty to colledfresh
material. This is mainly piled ir
a kind of wall round the nest, the to
terior being already finished, and ofbaa
partly teltert with a lining ot swansdowa |
from the birds' breasts.
To the visitor who, under the guid
nnee of the swanherd, walks ou the Dar
row grasspaths which wind Rtnid th<
labyrinth of nests, the colony recalls
visions of visits to the island homes ol
the great petrels or giant albatrosses in
distant oceans. Many of the swans have
built their nests so that they even encroach
upon the paths; and each of the
great birds as lie passes throws back its
snake-like head, and with raised crest
hisses fiercely and rattles the pinions ol
its wings, or even leaves the nest, and
with every feather quivering with excitement,
makes as though it would drive
the intruder from the sanctuary. But
the presence of the swanherd generally
reassures rhe birds, though the hissing
rises ami falls as if from the throats of a
thousand angry snakes. In view of the
natural jealously and fierceuass of swam
in the breeding season, the comparative
gentlenc-s of the Ahhotsbury birds, is
somewhat remarkable. On tho rivers
broads of Norfolk each nair claim I
:? large stretch of water foi
then- 6o\e^t*o, ^<1 constant and sometimes
tatai tigilts tats^^nrg ^ the reserved
territory is Iniiiiilil iiy
pair. There, niso, the swans vrtil qcoFt
sionully attack not oniy strangera-l
but the swanherds themselves, whO^T
owing to the extent of tnej
stream and dykes along which the
ewans nest, are, of course, less well |
known to the birds than are the keepers
at Abbotsbury. Mr. Stevenson was told
by John Trett, a matshman of Surlinghaw,
that he was "attacked by an old
male swan as he was examining the eggs
in a nest, to which, being a boggy place,
lie had crawled on his bauds and knees.
The swan, coming up behind him unperceived,
struck him so violently on
the back that he had difficulty in regaining
his boat, where ho laid for some
time iu great pain, and though he managed
at length to pull home, he was
couliued to his bed for more than a
week." Another marshman was struck
i.u the 111i'4L? in the same manner, and
desciibed the force of the blow and the
pain occasioned by it as something incredible.
The Abbotebury swans,
though not pinioned like the Norfolk
bitds, and leading a life ot freedom on
the veige oI the sea, see.n to know by
lliotin/.t !.?. ?l ? a! - ---? -f -
iiioiiuv i nidi, iiiu piuicuiion iinu saii'iy
which they obtain at Abbotsbury are
more tliun enough to compensate them
for tho loss of the frecioni and independence
which an isolated nesting
place might give; and with the exception
of about twenty pair*, they congregate
as has been described, abandoning
not only their natural instinct for isola
lion, but also much of theconibativencsi
with which this instinct is accompanied.
Fights between the cock-swans do occur.
But the swan herd soon restores peace.
One tine old bird which had quarrelled
with both of its neighbors was mndn
happy by a semicircle of tamarisk hough i
stuck in the earth aroun i its nest, and j
SO clearly defining its territory.
Bat's Ouecr Caper.
Rome tilings arc stranger than fiction, j
How is the following: In a tnrnger at I
Ramlull A> Robertson's stables a tullp;rown
i h( has taken tip its abo<le witn a
liftr r of kittens about its own size,
livervthiojj ?oe? well until the mother of
tne kittens mines on the scene; then it
is time for ?lisa,ipenrhi<{ for tiic int. At
lrn?t, I'ht people have vtsi'.tj'l this strata
spectacle to-'luv. The r.it ?cen>s ?? en.
joy the notoriety.?Marsha11 (Mo.) I'ro4SrSS^
Scrofula
In the Neck.
SF JH The follow 11 ik is from
Mrs. .t. W. Tillhrook,wife
of the Mayor of MeKeeesB
V ajr port, P?nn.:
A, <C5 /rTK^ "My little boy Willie.
years old, 2 years
Karl n ?>? r/?fi?1?? l,l>n..U
under one ear which the
Willi# Tillhroo*. doctor lamed and It diecharned
for aome time. We I hen hecan i<i\ jog
him Hood'a Karaaparllla and the mire healed
mi. flln rupe la due l? HOQD'8 SARKA
PAR ILL, A. lie haa never neen verv roruiat,
hut now aeema healthy and d?lly growing
itronger."
HOOD'S PILLS do not weaken, hut aid
digestion and ton* the stomach. Try them. :26c.
LOVE'S FL1TTINO.
When Love is ~oming, com in?.
Meet him with song* and joy,
Hid hitn alight and enter.
Flatter and feast the boy:
Crown him with goms and ro6os.
Charm him with winning w iles.
Bind him with lovely gariauds,
And kisses, and smiles.
When Love is going, going.
Leaving you all alone.
Craving, the tickle tyrant,
Some newer slave and throne,
Hinder him not. but quickly.
Even though your heart may bloed,
Saddle ? horse for his journey,
And bid him God speed!
?Elizabeth Akers, in the Century.
"HEN HAWK"" ROMANCE.
liY It. L. KETCIIUM.
w WEN IIAWK was
? ''^1 ID 8reat spirits.
^ B He hud been fair^
ly bubbling over
WWIM with 800,1 humor
-5%^ - 5 I Mill I(B lor tw? wccks,
u an(1 cver* ,,Ry
| a(?,lccl to h s
1(?&vJlv Mr"" I C C e r '11 1 n e s S
^Oiily tea 'lays
fi(r/.y,y more and then
lor "tiic States."
We, ol the "L bur," who had koowu
hiai for two years, almost, were at a loss
to accouut for this sudden rise in Hen's
mental temperature, and probably
showed it. Indeed, there were several
of the boys who hinted that an explanation
trom him would be gratefully received
by bis curiosity-beset co-laborers;
but Hen would merely grin a broad,
broad grin, and say nothing. But just
ten days before Thauk.sgiving he let the
secret out.
"Boys," said he, in a muffled voice,
caused by the piesence ol a knife-load
of potatoes in his month, "I'm goin'
back t' th' States!"
Open-eyed astonishment all around the
breakfast table.
"That's what, boys. 1'in goin' right
after Thanksgivin', tew."
"The dooce, yc say! Must'vo lost a
rich r'lation 'r b'un doin' a little rustliu'
on th' side. Now I think ol 't, they
was some talk 'bout tliar bcin' some in-)
sido 'sistance t' th' Baldy Stitcs gang;
w'en they honored this hyar vicinity wi'
th r Mentions last year." volunteered
"Keel" I'oscy.
Hen, having joined liberally ih the
CntilliQ tKof fr.ll/rwto.J ? '* A
~ ? .....V .vuuncu mis IfiJlcirK, went
on:
"I ca*t tli' insinerntlons back intuth
th' teeth o' th' red-nosed gent wi' th'
fragrant name. No, sir. 'Taint neither
one n'r t'other. Mebbe 'fore I go I'll
tell ye?an' mebbe I won't."
And Mr. Hawkinsagain smiled, knowing
that the boys would suffer immeasurably
until they knew whence came
the " stake" on which he was going
aorac.
Next dav, immediately after breakfast,
Hen rode off in the direction of browns-;
ville, the nearest town on the west, about
thirty miles awav, and we saw nothing
of him until Friday, when he returned,'
whistling cheerfully. The boys were
very keen to know what his erraud had
been, for they were sure lie had not gone
meiely In get a few things from the
grocer's and harnesinakerV, but Hen did j
not enlighten them.
That night, however, in the boss's
room, he told the story to a select audience,
consisting of tho boss and the
scribe.
"I b'en kinder holdin' off, ye see,
'cause a feller no ways cert'n 'bout savin'
'is milk t'll be tits the nail out I'm tin-i
der the caow ; but now, bein's I've got
ILIXKmI may's well tell ye, on'y I
1 IJiij 1111 f ii to Unaow.
'WWli i "V - 'Bout ftve
"year ngo, bark fn
come out hyar an' grow -up vvr the
try a hull lot. 'Twan't 'causo I wanted;
t' dew it, but ye see, I sort o' hed tub."
"Ah, yes," observed the boss, dryly,
"I believe the late Mr. Stites begun bis
brilliant career in somewhat the same
way. Was your difficulty about a horse,
too?"
Hen's laugh over, he proceeded, some
wfmt hlushingly;
"No, 'twan't that, hardly. l>ut thoy
wau't 110 chance tiiar for a poor cuss,an'
so I pulled out. Ye see, rae'n Molly
Hopkins bed bout made up aour inin's t'
git spliced, an' ev'rytbiu' was goin' on
smooth's smooth, w'en in steps ol' George
Hopkins no* lakes a ban' hisself. Ol'
Hop was a high-toned ol' duck, un' put
on heaps o' airs, cause he wis th' best
lixcd man in tuowu an' bed bc'ii S'lectinHii
an' member of th' Lcgi^later, w'ilo
I was ou'y a carpenter an' hadn't ary red.
Th' ol' egiot might've saw haow things
was goin' on?1 reckou he did?hut he
never let on t'll one night he come home
t'm taown an' hoc red ino'u Molly talkie'
in th' settin'-rooin.
"Then he jes' waded in brash. Gosh I
how he did oo fer m..? w?ni
. , . "" 1 S,v"
me th dickens for my 'dacity in persoomin1
t' th' Iran' o* his, George Hopkins',
darter. 'Th' Idee! I want ye t'
nnderstan', ynurig man,' says he, 'th'f I
liev better plans for her th'n lot tin* 'cr
l marry a penniless carpenter!" 'N ho
went on an' tore nroun" fcr awhile thet
style; but I stood my groun', t'll fln'lly
lie says: 'Young muu, when you c'n
show a hank 'count o' ;e:i thnouaan' dollars,
she's your'n, an' not h'fore.' Then
ho grins a hull lot, thinkin' haow I'd
l ev t' liusile a cousid'ble 3pcil 'fore I got
it.
"Wa al, me'n Molly talked it over a
lot, 'n finally concluded tlr't I'd hov t'
go summers else, ef I ever got forehanded;
so, one day, we says good-bye,
dnown in the medder lot, an' I pulled
out for C'ftliforny.
"Senec then I've be'n knockin' 'round
all over the th' kentry, tryin' one thing
ii iiuihit. i-urty iiarci hick, most o th'
time, tew?but jcs' 'fore I come hyar, I
'orated u claim, mc'ii 'nother feller, over
i hi Coloriwlu, an' worked it some. It
didn't pan out none, so wo bed t' try
fi?nir(ol?c, an' liyar I come, leavin'
Peter* L' keep up work onth' claim, him
bavin' a job chis by. Wa-al, th' other
lay. Peters he sold aout tew a Host on
' otnp'nv Icr twenty-five tliaoiiKan'?an'
' 'i half's what 1 went t' Hraownsville fer.
Tl at'* a"."
lien (tiled hiapipe, said "Good night,'*
and went ?.nt. whistling softly.
"lb .love!" said the l?oss, "to hear
! him tell it. in that case wuvof his. with
the cowboy lingo and the occasional
Yankee t? ang. von'd think #it a very
1 common-place alTair. I don't, know
what you think of it, but I think it dc
rVfcdiv romantic, an 1 I'm glad it .? turiiluy
out to wuil. livii s iiu iiojujt cha;,
and deserves fill the luck iu the world*
The girl must be a plucky one, too.
Hum! burnt" And the boas looked at
the ceiling aud blew smoke ring* in ft
jx-nsive way he sometimes bid.
There wasn't a man ou the ranch who
didn't hate to s?.c Hon go, and who
wasn't houcstly glad at his good fortune.
Even the misanthropic Posey evinced
uot a little regret as ho said good-by to
him, when, the morning after Thanksgiving,
Hen sat on his brouco all ready
to start for Jersey, the railroad town to
the cast of us.
It wns a beautiful morning, almoM
like spring, and Hen couldu't havf
wished lor a better day to start on. Tba
last good-by said, he straightened up,
sniffed the cool breeze, looked to see that
everything waas all right, and with an
"Adios, boys," was off, waving his hand
in acknowledgment of the rousing cheer
we gave him as he reached the top of the
hill across the creek.
Jersey was only twenty odd miles
away, and Hen expected to arrive there
at noon, in time to get his dinner, dispose
of his bronco and make the 2
o'clock train East. There was plenty of
time, so he let his horse take its own
gait, and gave himself up to his
thoughts.
Going home! Home! How sweet
the word sounded! Five years?only
five, but they seemed twice an many. He
wondered bow he had ever managed to
live through them. The first two had
not been so hard. He had been full of
hope and vigor and had told himself it
was only a little while?only a little
while. Then when the reward for all
his toil seemed to be no less distant than
at first, it was hard. Sometimes he had
thought he would give it up and go
home to confess himself beaten; then the
picture of the little brown eyed girl who
had cried so bard thatday in the meadow
lot?tho little girl who, through her
tears, had told him to be brave and patient
and all would be well?would come
before him and he would set his teeth
hard and "pitch" in again. Maybe it
had soured him a bit. Ho wondered if
sometimes ho had not been rather unsociable,
and rather poor company for his
companions, and concluded he had.
I lis thoughts turned again to Molly.
How pretty and sad she had looked with
the tears on her pink cheeks that day
(for somehow he couldn't for the life of
him think of her except as she looked
when he saw her last). Ho remembered
how conscious he had been that she was
watching him as he went down the road,
and how ho dared not look back for fear
)iis courage would give out. And just to
think! Only a few days more, and?
"Hullo! Wa al, I'll be teetotally doggoned!"
The wind had shifted around into tho
north; dull gray clouds hid the blue and
gold that had made the early day so fair;
two or three fiakes of snow were visible
now and then. It was one of these
strikiuz Hen on the cheek that caused
him to rein up his horso so suddenly and
make the above inelegant remark.
Not a living creature was in sight on
all the broad plain. Hen and his horse
were as much alono as if they had been
on the open sea. Human habitation, between
the "L bar" and Jersey, t|icre
were none. Hen dismounted and laid
his ear to the ground, aud listened intently
for a few seconds. Yes?there it
was?that dull, whispering, indistinct
roar, which the plainsman knows and
fears?the voice of the coming blizzard.
The horse heard it, or felt it, nod turned
his head toward his master, whinnying
softly.
"Yes, ol' hoy, it's comin' all right
'nough." said Hen, as he rose from the
ground, "an' me'n you's got t' hustle a
hull lot, Mister Pokey, Lot 'cr slide, ol'
chap! I reckon we c'n make it."
Only twelve miles or so, aud yet Hen
knew that the blizzard might overtake
him before he had traveled four. He
urged his horse faster, knowing the faithful
animal could easily stand the work.
"""^N^aajcrowing rapidly colder, and the
fow HakeaXcjnow were l>eing followed
by countless thfTtrs^^H. The wind was
increasing in velocity, and Hen, bonding
low ower his horse's neck, could
hear the vicious "swish?swish!" of the
snow as it was hurled through the grass
and along the grouud. Very soon it was
impossible to see more than a hundred
yards or so ahead, but Hen knew the
general direction, and for safety's sake
was heading for the stago road leadiog
iuto Jersey from the southwest.
On and on they went, Pokey, alive to
uic Tiuriuuu, puuu'iiu^ HUJU^ HL lilH t?Jj)
traveling speed, steady as a clock. On
and on came the storm, covering horse
and rider with snow as fine as flour,
until they looked like ghosts. Hen,
leaning back to get his overcoat, lost the
direction, but ho had full faith iu Pokey,
and knew that the little animal would do
better without any piloting.
How cold it was! Hen's hands and
toes were like lumps of ice?worse, they
had hardly any feeling left iu thom. Ilis
ear and cheek on the side exposed to the
storm, were getting nipped. Well, ho
would soon strike tho Rtage road, and
then, if he had not miscalculated, there
would ho only five or six miles?"
Great Scott!"
For Pokey had given a sudden high
leap and sto""* "till, panting. Almost
under his feet lay a snow-covered object,
with it strange look about it. Hen
leaned down from the saddle and turned
it over. It was a dead man, holdiug
tight, in the stiff ri jilt hand, a whip such
as stage-drivers use.
"Stage-driver, dcadcr'n Tom Jeffer*
I son. Drunk, likely, an' fell off; poor
cuss!" But there was 110 time to stop
and investigate. In anothor second
1 Pokey was turned t > the left an I pounding
along up the stage road.
A dark object loomed up suddenly as
they shot past, and a sudden chill tont
the sluggish blood coursing through
Hen's veins. Ho haltc 1 and turned
Pokey's unwilling hea<f on the back
course.
Sure enough, it was the stage; but
thero were no horses attached. Hen
felt around and reached the door-handle.
A cry?a child's cry?came from within.
ffeu tied Pokey flilnly to a wheel, found
the door a#ain, and oatereJ.
"Thank God!''
, It was a woman's v,?i08, and Hen almost
fainted to think that its owner
should he in such a terrible predicament.
"Oh, sir, have you cotue to take us
away? The driver fell off, I think, and
t.hn hnrsipa Imiko liuun soinahnw. and
1 we'rt) almost froz
Hon could see :r now. It was a
youii'4, tjood ' tkio; woman, and she
' hold, ti<jht clasped to tier breast,a child
about three years old. Neither was clad
for such awful weather.
Hen's heart stood still for a moment.
If that wouian and child remained here
it was oertain death. It might
be daya wk?e help could reach him,end
even it jettfeld come to them to-morrow,
theffiWould have frtifeen, meet"
while. ? tho-other hand? 1
"OumtUe, missis!"
"Wal, cbme, then, quick I"
Iu another minute?
"Ride attaddie?so. Naow, hold th'
kid 'n let to' host take *to own road.
Min', naow 4"
"But what are you going to?-"
Hen was fattening the driver's robea
about her. V \,
"I'm all fffi - Naow, hang on an'
keep holt ?Jo on Pokey I
Good-bv. mis^hja l"
He was alone on the prairie in a deserted
stage coach,with the storm howling
about him, and his thoughts were of
other things for a long time before he
remembered that all hia money was in
his saddle-bags.
"Wa-al, chances is purty nigh agin
my ever oeedih' it." he muttered, in his <.
quaint way. 'Taint like I hed a store t
an' a bull lot o' grub. She'll save it fur
me, likely, auyhaow." 5
f
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It was two days later that the stage, c
coming down from Jersey with several |
Samaritans aboard, found him. It was 0
two wceas and more before he came to
himself in tli? hotel where he had had
every possible attention. Ho was, as he
himself remarked, "Glad to be alive, an'
fin' I hedn'tiloa' no ban's n'r feet."
But the wtoman and child had gone?
they had left Jersey the very day that
Hen's halt dead form was brought in
by the relief party?and with them went
Hen's money; for the saddlebags had
beeu taken to the woman's room by tho
hostler, and no one else had had posses- '
sion of them, besides which, much to
the landlhrd's surprise, she had paid her
bill with a $100 greenback when sho
left. Hen's money had beeu mostly in
bills of that denomination
* Hen "kept a stiff upper tip" and said
little, when he got back to tho ranch,
which he did in a short time much to
our surprise.
" Twa8 all on 'caount o' them blame
saddlebag," said ho. "Ef I'd let nowfangled
notions alone, an' carried tlT
stuff an' other things in my clo'es, I'd
ben all right."?San Francisco Examiner.
SELECT SIKTiNtiS.
A horse was killed by bcos at Leslie,
Ga., recently.
Tho membership of the British Houst
of Commons is 670.
There are said to be 2,800,000 beehives
in the United 8tates.
The deepest perpendicular shaft is it *
the Ki/ttenberg mine in Bohemia, 3778 t
feet deep. j
The capacity of the largest flouring a
mill in Minneapolis, Minn., is 15,300. *
barrels a day. I
The largest Masonic library building <
and the only Masonic library in the world *
aro nt Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 1
Japan is said to havo apple trees only '
four inches in height which produce ]
fruit about the size of currauts. i
The Friends' School of Provldenco,
R. I., is now over a century old. This ,
school hold a reunion on Juno 29. i
The pubjic park in San Francisco, ,
Cal., rocently received a cocoanut treo ;
weighing six tons, from Honolulu.
The first regular passenger railroad j
built in the world was the southern i
portion of the Baltimore and Ohio, built
in 1827.
The Italian Prime Minister, Giolotti,
dresses in rusty, old-fashioned clothes,
with an utter disregard of the demands
of dress.
The canal system of New York is now
a century old. A convention of canal
men will celebrate the event some time
in the fall.
France has an organization known a9
the "Society of the Friends of Trees,"
tue oDjcct 01 which is to restore the
abandoned forests.
A company haa been organized in Now
Jersey for making cranberries into jam
and canning them. It is likely to build
up a successful business.
Presidential candidates were first nominated
by Congressional caucuses, and
later by State Legislatures. The era of
conventions bogan in 1832.
James Richard Cocke, just graduated
from the Boston University School of
Medicine, has been blind from infancy,
and is the first person thus afflicted to
receive the degree of medical doctor.
An English carpet firm, said to be
over two hundred years old, has bought
an acre of ground in Elizabeth, N. J.,
and proposes building a factory for the
manufacture ot Axminster and Wilton
carpets and rugs.
The original "kickor," in a metaphorical
sense, is moutioned in the first
book of Samuel, second chapter, twentyninth
verse, where a man of God said
unto'Eli, 'Wherefore kick ye at my
sacrifice and at mine offering!*'
On one of the islands off the coast of
I Maine lives a man, now fifty years old.
who was born there, and has never been
ff the W He Lis iw-;uinitiated a
fortuDO in the grocery buain&M, and is
content to live and dio on the few seagirt
acres.
The longest canal in the world is the
one which extends from the frontier of
China to St. Petersburg; it measures in
all 4472 miles. There is another canal
running from Astrachin to St. Petersburg
which is 1481 miles long. Both
of these were begun by Peter tho
Great.
The old Danish Vikings had the pleas- j
intr custom oi sUbbincr an enemv in the I
throat when he was drinking his mead.
From this arose the custom of a man's
inviting all the member* of a company
to "drink his health," as, while thui
occupied, they could hot use lus.i
weapons. , . ;
Fiali of Endless Tar let/.
Pliny, tha great naturalist, who lived |
about the time of Christ, reckoned the ]
whole number of known species of fish ?
at nin?t.?-fniir T.Innoua fhA trmmf i
Swedish investigator of th? eighteenth I |
century, could classify 478, and he ii I |
known to have been the greatest ichthy- <
ologist of the age iu whioh lie lived. !
The progress made in that particular
branch since the time of Linnaeus seems
all the more wonderful, for now, since
the expeditious of tho Challenger ana
others, III,0(H) specie* show up in the
catalogues of the tiah specialists. ?Manchester
Union.
Iilue and black nra iintuciry color* in
China. Ked is au auspicious color.
1
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A DETROIT MIBAOLE.
I GREAT TRIUMPH FOR. CANADIAN
MEDICAL. SCIENCE.
' hticuljlrs op oim or th* host ruariABLJt
C0RB8 ON RECORD DESCRIBED BT
THB DETROIT NEWS?A 8TOBT WORTH
A CAREFUL PERORAL.
' (Detroit Newt.)
The following paragraph, whioh appeared
r the News e short time furnished the
>esis of this information?? oese thet wrs
o wonderfully remsrkeble that It demanded
hither explanation. It is of sufBoisot lmwrtenoe
to the News' readers to report it to
hem fully. It was so important then that
t attracted considerable attention at the
!me. The following is the paragraph in
mention:
"C. B. Northrop, for 88 rears one of the
>eet known merchants on Woodward amine,
who was supposed to be dying last
pring of locomotor ataxia, or creeping
araiysie, nas secured a new leaee or lire ana
eturned to work at hit store. The dleeate
ias always been supposed to be incurable,
>ut Mr. Nortbrop'a condition is greatly imiroved.
and it looks now as if the grave
vould be cheated of its prey."
Since that timo Mr. Northrop has steadily
tnproved, not only in looks, but in condition,
ill he has regained his old-time strength.
It had been hinted to the writer of this
rticle, who was acquainted with Mr.
torthrop, that this miraculous change had
een wrought by a very simple remedy
ailed Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peoile.
When asked about it Mr. Northrop
ully verified the statement, and net
mly so, but he had taken pains to
aform any one who was suffering
n a similar manner when he heard of any
uch case. Mr. Northrop was enthusiastic
it the result in his own case of Dr. Williams^
'ink Pills. It was a remedy that he had
ieard of after he had tried everything he
ouia nope to give mm rener. tie nad been
n the care of the beet physicians who did all
hey could to alleviate this terrible malady,
iut without any avail. He had given up
ope, when a friend in Loclrportj N. Y.,
rrote him of the case of a person there who
ad been cured in similar circumstances by
)r. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
Tie person cured at Lockport nad
btained his information respecting
)r. Williami' Pink Pills from an artiole
lublished in the Hamilton, Ont., Times,
"he case was called "The Hamilton Miracle^'
nd told the story of a man in that city who,
iter almost incredible suffering, was prolounced
by the most eminent physicians to
>e incurable and permanently disabled. He
lad spent hundreds of dollars in all sorts of
reatuient and appliances only to be told In
he end that there was no hope fur him, and
bat cure was impossible. The person aluded
to (Mr. John Marshall, of 85 Little
William St., Hamilton, Ont.,) was a member
of the Royal Templars of Temperanoe,
ind after having been pronounced permalently
disabled and Incurable by the physidons,
was paid the tlOOO disability insuranos
irovided bv the order for its members in
iuch oases. For years Mr. Marshall had beso
itterlv helpless, and was barely able to drag
limvslf around his house with the aid of
Tutches. His agonies were almost unbearable
and life was a burden to him. when at
ast relief came. Home months after
le had been paid the disability
>laim be heard of Dr. William^ Pink Pills
ind was induced to try them. The rseolt
raa miraculous; almost from the outset an
mprovement was noticed, and in a few
Dontbs the man whom medfoal experts bad
aid was incurable, was going about the
;ity healthier and stronger than nefore. Mr.
Marshall wbh ?o wen known in Hamilton
bat all the cit.v newspapers wrote up his
wonderful recovery in detail, and it was
bus, as before stated, that Mr. Northrop
same into possession of the in formation that
ed to his equally marvelous reoovery. One
x>nld scarcely conceive a case more hopeless
ban that of Mr. Northrop. His Injury
:ame about in this way: One day, nearly
four years ago, be stumbled and fell the
complete length of a steep flight of stairs
which were ?t the rear of his store. His
head and spin*, j?ere severely injured. He
was picked up and taken to his home. Creeping
paralysis very soon developed itself, and
in Bpite of the most strenuous efforts
of friends and physicians the terrible
affliction fastened itself upon him.
For nearly two years he was perfectly
hoi pi en*. He could uo nothing to support
his strength in the least effort. He had
to be wheeled about in an invalid's chair.
He was weak, pale and fast sinking when
his timely information came that veritably
snatched his life from the jaws of death.
Those who at that time saw a feeble old man
wheeled into his store on an invalid's chair
would not recognise the man now, so great
is the change that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
have wrought. When Mr. Northrop learned
of the remedy that had cured Mr. Marshall
in Hamilton, and t he person in Iiockport, he
procured a supply of Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills through Messrs. Bassett & \i Horn meriieu,
95 W oodward avenue, and from the
outset lound an improvement. He faithfully
adhered to the use of the remedy until now
he is completely restored. Mr. Northrop
declares that there can be no doubt as to
Pink Pills being the cause of his restoration
to health, as all other remedies end medical
treatment left bim in a condition rapidly going
from bad to worse, until at laat it war
declared there war no hopa far him and ha
-was pronounced incurable. He was in this
terrible condition when he began to use Dr.
William# Fink 1111*, and they hare restored
ibim to health.
Mr. Northrop was asked what was claimed
for this wonderful remedy, and replied that
be understood thai the proprietors claim it
to be a blood builder and nerve restorer;
supplying in a condensed form ail the elements
necessary to enrich the blood, restore
shattered nerve* and drive out disease. If
Is claimed by the proprietors that Pink Pills
will cure paralysis rheumatism, sciatica,
palpitation of the heart, headache, and all
diseases peculiar to femalee, loss of appetite,
dizziness, sleeplessness, loss of memory, and
all diseases arising from overwork, mental
worry, lose of vital force, etc.
"I want to say," said Mr. Northrop, "that
I don't have much faith In patent medicines,
but I cannot say too much in favor of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills. The proprietor?,however,
claim that they are not a patent medicine
in the sense in which that terra is used,
but a highly scientific preparation, the result
of years of careful study and experiment
011 the part of the proprietors, ana the
pills were successfully used in private
practice for years before being placed
for general sale. Mr. Northrop
declares that he is a living example
that there is uothing to equal these
puis as a cure for nerve disease*. On inquiry
the writer found that these pills were manufactured
by Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y., and Brockville, Ont.,
and the pills are sold in boxes (never in bulk
by the hundred), at 50 cents a box, and mar
be had of all druggist* ov direct- by rail!
from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,from either
above addresses. The price at which these
pills are sold makes a course of treatment
with them comparatively inexpensive as
compared with other remedies or medioal
treatment. This case is one of the inoet remarkable
on record, and as it is one right
here in Detroit-, and not a thousand miles
away, it can be easily verified. Mr. Northnip
is very well known to the people of
Detroit-, and he says ho is only too glad to
testtry or the marvelous good wrought In his
case. He says he considers it his duty to
bslp all who are similarly afflicted by any
word he can say in liehalf of the wonderful
efficacy of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
A .Musical Waleli.
A musical watch about the size or an
jgg is uow exhibited iu St. Petersburg
which performs a religious chant, vlth
iconic accompaniments. Within Ik a
?presentation of Christ with the Itonina
lentiocls. On pressing a spring tlvs
itono rolls from the tomb, the sentinels
Fall down. tlui miuoU minr-nr ami tlm
aoly women enter the xepnlchre, and the
iamc chant which ia aung in the Greek
3hurch on Beater ovo is actually |>er?
formed. The wa?ch was made by en in*
Kcnioua Itussian peasant during the reign
r>( Catharine of Itiusia.?Philadelphia
hodger.
Seven-eighths of the broad uaed In
London ia made of American whftat.
Admirable results have attended the
artesian boringR in the Sahara, am) tlna
baa led to a demand being made by the
inhabitant* jo other j oitions ol the dc?uu
f
He First Flew tke Stan and Stripe*
Tbo flag* used by the Colonial troo/p
during the first two years of the RevolV
tiooary War wero of various detigoA
Tho Now York forces used the oraagej
white and blue of their Dutch anoeston]
thy Connecticut regiments the three
grapevines; some of the other New England
troops the rattlesnake flflg, and yet
others, the pine tree Sag, a. modification
of which had been usod at Banker Hill.
The first flag used in naval warfare bow
a black rattlesnake on a yellow ground,
end was thrown to the breese by Commodore
Hopkins early In 1776. On June
14, 1777, a committee, of which John
Adams was the best known member, submitted
to the Congress of the country a
report for a National flag, which was
unanimously accepted without discussion,
and our present flag was then adopted,
with the exception, of course, of the
number of stars. On September 3d of
the same year formal announcement of
its adoption was made to the country.
The first public display of this flag was
mads by John Paul Jones, who ran it up
to the masthead of the Ranger at Portsmouth
just before putting to sea.?Public
Opinion.
n* Oilr ? Ittr Prist**
oa* von IUD run word!
These tea* tneh display advertisement Is
this paper, this week, which has no two words
alike except on# word. The same ts true or
each n?w one a dd ear Ins each week, from The
Dr. Barter Medicine Co. This house plaoee a
"Crescent" on every-thin* they make and ptibtiah.
Look for it, send them the name or the
word and they will retnrn yon book, bbadtiTOL
LITBOOHAPHB or SAMPLE* TUBS.
Praibib wolree nre creating baroc among
took near Elk horn, Wla.
Ladies needing a tonic, o? children who
want building up, should take Brown's Iron
Bitters. It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria,
Indigestion, Biliousness and Liver Complaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
Maobinkrt maker* are dally gaining la
activity,
Mr. Darius Waterhouae, Chattanooga, Trnn..
: 1U .T1 10 ,r> Bradycrotine'
and a trial la all that is necessary to convince
the doubting thousands that It will cure headache.
A11 druggist*. fifty cents.
NitrOaUtli, La., t* to hara a new
ecrurthotxse and jail to oost >830,000.
Ir dropsy after a good night's sleep there It
Indigestion and stomach disorder which
Beecham's Pills will cure.
Chiwamaw bare bean Imported into Belgium
to replace striking iron workers.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a liquid and is taken
Internally, and acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. Bend for
testimonials, free. Bold by Druggists, 78c.
F. J. Cheney A Co., ProprsTTroledo, O.
Stul will soon be down to one cent a
pound.
Many persons are broken down from overwork
or household cares. Brown's Iron Bitters
rebul'ds the system, aids digestion, removes
excess of bile, and cures malaria. A
ependid tonic for women and children.
Iowa baa forwarded to the Eastern saw
board 82,000 tons of corn and flour far ttu
raltaf of RnnlsB*
The article," A Detroit Miracle," taken from
a Detroit paper. Im gulte Interesting reading.
It tells how one of the best-known merchants
of that olty suddenly appeared at his business
with apparently a new lease of life, when It
was supposed that he was a rery sick man.
Bin Edwin Amold has returned to
Japan.
S*tufi?cs
onu enjoys
Both the method and result* when
Syrup of Fig* i* taken; it i* pleasant
and refreehing to the taate, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidney*,
Liver and Bowels, cleanse* the system
effectually, dispels colds, headaches
and fevers aud cure* habitual
constipation. Bvrup of Figs ia the
only remedy of its kind ever produced,
pleasing to the taste and acceptable
to the stomach, prompt in
ita action and truly beneficial in its
? -i ? ? s -?
prvuimi umy irom we most
healthy ana agreeable subetances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
oyrup of Figs is for sale in 50?
and $1 bottles by all leading druggists.
Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will procure
it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. I>o not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
UHIisviue, sr. New fork. N.r.
(P for Ladl?i ar
\ Pnmmatlcfl
^JOHN ^ LOVELL|ARMS CO.
TTT FflBAPHY We teeoh either
IfiLMlftArfll L.rgMt School li
8EN0IA, new Cutelneun.
? ! ftt >Mf Mia*. ? ?
fr take no eumtifon w
tie HI
Ammwmi
ain. ?w5n
\ abc
ASK FOR W. L DOUGLAS' SHOES. S
If *M io> mUIs hit ?l? h*4 dti
wasted. Peataee free, will alte ??l
akwti where I kaTeMlMMt WMMW
/ Aibury Rewj Noton- )gm 4^^
ell Amour, August 1^? After tb
er of ocvegtl vary bot ilnys wo
Just a bad cold, ana a hacking
cough. We all suffer that way somei
times. How to get rid of them i?
X_! I ' * - T? *.
tne Siuay. lylSten? x am a n.aui;ixman
and Stock Raiser. My life is
rough and exposed. I meet all
weathers in the Colorado mountains.
I sometimes take colds. Often they
are severe. I have used German
Syrup five years for these. A few
doses will cure them at any stage.
The last one I had was stopped in
24 hours. It is infallible." James
A. I*ee, Jefferson, Col. >
"Mothers'
Friend"
MiKES CHILD BIRTH E1ST.
Colvin, La., Dec. 2, 1880.?M y wifo need
MOTHER'S FRIEND before her third
confinement, find says eho would not b?
without it for hundreds of dollars. W
. DOCK MIDI*. ^
Sent by express on receipt of price, flfio per bet*
tie. Book "To Mothers'' mailed free.
BRAOflELO REGULATOR CO.,
ran *i? my all anuaaiara. ATU'trS. Mb
"m ' - .
1DEBQSEQH1
C?M*aptlT?( and pooplo
who hkf* *Nk Inns* or Aatb- .
ma, ehouMnae Plao'eGureforB ^Hfe|
Conanmplion. II Ium wril .
(hMMh. It bu not injur
<1 one. It la not bad to take. H
It la the beetooegh ayrup. H .v-w'3?3
Bold erenrwheni. ?e. J ,
1111 IIT a Retr<w?tallf? In taeh twrf wetieem
UU M M I one#. eeee Qrstytar. fitamp k HefiilUM* ^ i*1
VVHIl a A.T. MORRIH. Snl A Hjortwr*. PlaaleaMt.
PAT ENTSw^M-:
* w4(l paar ho. k Irco
%#/% OngTCOHNX. HON IONS
I 111 WW 9II a I iui(1 Under FKETcmn b*
I * cured with n few application* oi
"ttlOTlNK." SOc. bv drugolata or mall. Rend for tee
tlmonlaln. B. V. LuDLUM i CO., 8waxto!?, Ohio.
KILLER.
Dwteher'a Fly KlUar la aura death. Kenrj abeet will
kill a quart of fllea, and aecure pearn wlille you eat,
valet whan you read end the comfort* rf a nap In
tile mora In*. Get Putchcr'e an.. aeoure lea* aaanlte
FEED'S DDTCHEK DRUG CO.,
Rr. At.nana, Vt". J,
a purify the blood, are aafe and m-T
e fectnel TV b at .feofya! family X
iQUreraR&GnESI
of Appetite, Mental P? prrralon.#
2 lateral Dlceation, Plmplec. Hallow#
t "" Complexion. Tired Keel I oar, and*
If'erj aymptom or itlaaaaa reaultlog frou. lainnf
T blood, orafallure by the stomach, U?cr or lntortloeeB
2 ** perform their proper functions. Person* given tOZ
Ijbnid YOUH v
fHl law PHaad DKRRAN DICTION ART /jl%\ I
|>v . li,hrd. at the remarkably low price
Ci only (1.00, postpaid Thl* Hook coo I BBViffiifc. W
tain- eAt flnclr printed pa?oe of clear f ?
typo on ascollent roper and I* haulcomely
yet eer*lceobly bouo'l In cloth. llnwvVV
It g-lvra English word* with the Gormen VjU \
equivalent* end pronunciation, and Vm.)
German word* with EngUah definition*. \ W '
Itlelnyaluable to Oerraoo* who are not Tit
I thoroughly farnliiar with KBrIMi, or to V M
Americana who wlah to learn Gorman Va.,?
Addreaa wlthjl.00, ^UbU^
OOt rVR. RODS, JAt Ueeari HC . let City.
; Sf LIVER
m; pills >
SO ROT ORIPB ROB SinCRS.
lin ?t? lot eICK nRAP<
ACHK, Impaired digestion.OOBdt
, patten,torpid (land*. They >NM
K vital organ i, itmoM nanaaa, dual
tineas. i!astral eBeeI on Kid*
.jD nejTM andl>ln<lder. Coneee*
3 blllonn nervoni dloR
or tiers. KaUbllih ea*?
3 W W oral Dailt Aoriow.
Beaotlfy complexion by purlfytaB
blood. PfllLT VMBTABLX.
Tht doee la nicely ndlueted to suit enas. at ona pill ea*
cvarbeloo much. Kaeh vial contains Si, carried In van
pocket. like lead pencil. l)iinlnrt*n man'a grata
convenience. Taken easier lhan sugar. Holdovtrj"
ohm All genuine goods bear "Crescent."
endl-cent etamp. Yougol 31 page book with sample
N. HARTRJt MEDICINE CO., SI. Loalt. Me.
KMI 81
roup cyclm tftg s'
>0 Oents. Six styles AN Jnl fU
utb'o-snd iRiidTitij, 113 ! .
>, Steal Drop Forgmgt, StealU
bit Bell Bearings to all tunning parts
?. Suspension Saddle. Hp
rOB QRAUK in Rwry Pnrticulnr. I^T
ataups for oar 100-page lllastrnled rata. I
, Bines, Bevolver*, (Sporting liooda, efn. j
, Mfrs., 14/ Washington St.,BOSTON. MASS 1^
rLKSTSSf, SHORTHAND ,
Coucf <fc Ltro? vni r i, f]K01t(4f A.
fT L. DOUGLAS ^
IT SHOE III lUEJMdOHH I
T*PTf ****r "IBgTTrtfflTHnlilfPff'?Mlll
FtW* Calf. WerMMdf u'u Hf<| ^ V?
I give nwrc WMtfjiirtt* lfcu i y I . i. v ott)vr raMHk
Ti?Tiar^rtin h^kehotr
or flne Calf, a* Mtm. They r .? >,., KylUb, eon. <:*
UbM and durable. Th* h ?hoe . H.ial-> ohL **?
lecooatlat fr->m (4 tr (I. levllrr w I n w tali to eooa*?
tain their footwaar u-eflndtnic till* out.
T A VTI Off.?Bawura of dealer* f'heMtuHng *ho?* wK*.
I w. h. Dnuflaa' name and the prl<- i-temped oo hottc?. .>i
* nbttttifiou M* fraudulent m-1 oulijirt M pwnw?
a by U# for n Malum* money and or falae rr?tog?N.
t?t ta Paatary, efcatlaa kln.l, bIkp and w!4l|
wus. . .
< ' i jiiifcf -r.,^ $ & v