The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, June 19, 1879, Image 3
-ti-- SM J" "f r SS7 ' . -c Ck ! 45L te. I Pi H : kkLl 1 : s C THE BED CLOUD CHIEF. . L. THOJUS, rabllthcr. BED CLOUD, - NEBRASKA. TEE BIRDS' PLEDGE. "Winter is ovcrl" piped the quutl to the plover. "Glaums gone!" quacked the duck to the awan. "So are wet So are wc!" ar tbe aaacy towbee. "Corn wan planted to-day 1" screamed a gar- rulouHJay. "I'm delighted to know I" cawed a hoarse old crow. ' We'ro building a neat," caroled robin red breast. "It'a quite time, I think," trilled a gay bobo link. " Tour iicat ia too narrow," aaldthe wren to the uparrow. " I aba'n't clmne it an inch 1" twittered upar- row to flnch. "What a very bad manager 1" cried a proud f carlct tanuger. "hpeak kindly ot all I" warbled voices small. "lAii'H make n Upledger aaid a thrush in tbe hedge. "And a nrittcn one, too!" whistled clear tbe curlew. '.'. V.!n ".ure 1 "Prw-'l" peeped a modeat jcwec. I'll pledge In a minute," aida uweet-tern-Tiered linnet. Some caroled it loud. Home echoed it nhrill, Jtut all guve the promiae, "We will, yea, we will i:ach inind our own business and never apeak XXi Youth' ' Companion. m - TBJiENODT. The day Is come, and the curpctu .AjeUrugged outaide the houne; As man is dragged to the station IAX tbe close ol u big carouse. - 5 I fee the wife and her handmaids Wade through the suds and the dust; Ai.d I feel as though the pie of my Hie Was near 1 j' all under-cruat. Come, give me a club with a handle Ah long iidthe month ol ilay; And lwill watUe thu carpet - The -w hole of the livelong day. Do you reckon the grand old masters, Toe immortal bards sublime, Sent the echoing thuds of the carpet-stick Down the corriderbof time? Ob, like strains of -martial music. The endless " thrum, Hum, thum!" Mxke me think of the man on dress-parade, A-pouiiding the big bans-drum. I wield the stick they bavo brought me, With a Hap, and a thud, and u hisi; Oh, better a ear and a hall of sleep Thau illtcen minutes ot this. rerchance some humbler poet -Was dri en at rise of sun. To face a carpet and collar n club, Hut he didn't do it for fun. For a carpet has power to quiet These dreams of the upper air, And make a man run riot, And rip and rave uud tear. Hut I pound from dawn to noontide, And if ever 1 stop from choice; From the back door nigh or the window high. I hear the good wife's voice. And the day is so lull of this music That I wirh that some April day. Some tramps would tuke in our carpets and run Twelve thousand miles away. Hurling ton Hmckeyc MAXWELL'S IDEA. The villages in tbe neighborhood of Boston present some curious social as pects. Every morning the railroad takes almost tbe entire male population to the city. At night it returns them again. The village is practically a sleeping-place for people whose eveiy thought is of the town. Their very manners and customs are of the city, and yet in reality the peoplo are only villagers. ' Love is a never-ending theme with all the story-tellers, and they delight to tell the tale in every tongue. Hear, then, a story of love under new and peculiar circumstances a tale of mingled love and social martyrdom, the highest moral courage, and the most pitiful slights and insults. Tbe village of Weston consists of one main street, where stand the churches, the town-hall, Post-oflico, and sundry feeble-minded stores. There are no ble elms, a wide road, and a few pretty houses. The better class of dwellings aie on the hill-side beyong tbe railroad, or to the north, on the meadows. By day a sleepy place ; at night every house is filled with city people sound asleep. " The people live here, but their hearts are in the town. Every boy looks for ward to the time when he shall join the pilgrims to the city abd a store. To go into an office or store in Boston is the l onlj thing for a young man to do. He must have business in town or lose caste. Tom Maxwell had the misfortune to be -born in Weston, and early imbibed itspeouliar notions concerning life and the thing to do. For instance, no young gentleman must work with his hands; he must not go into a retail store ; he nrasF dress well, be able to take part in theXybeum debates, and he must not on any account stay in the village dur ing the day. Unless he could do all ihis he had better remove to New York or Chicago, and dwell among the unen lightened in outer darkness. Tom had secured a place as account ant in a wholesole grocery house, and was considered a lucky fellow. He had a small property of his own, and he had fallen love. The Object had even said she would some day wear his name. She wore his diamond ring already. Suddenly Tom Maxwell appeared at the village station at 11 o'clock in the morning,, and in an hour it wa3 known of all:worien that the wholesale grocery concern had failed. The Object knew it first, and straightway all knew it. Of course the engagement would come to an immediate end. There was not the least fuss about it. Weston prides itEelf on its dignified serenity un der trials. It stopped, and that was the end of it. The next day Tom had a dia mond ring on storage at his rooms. Thereupon the young man sat down to" consider the situation. He was now 21, had a good general education, and didn't know anything very well. His hands were soft; heknewhowtodance; ' ce'could sing tolerably and paint a lit tle; he could not dig, neither could he steal. He was, in fact, a fair sample of the Weston young gentleman. He also considered the situation from a lover's point of view. Here we have no right to intrude, and we must learn his thoughts from his actions. For several days he wandered around in the open air, casting about to see whafrhemightdo, but realty curing his heart wound in silent contemplation of nature. Herein was he doubly wise. In a moment of inspiration he thought of emigrating to New York. Other fel lows had goae there, and had made money; wiry not be? He even investi gated the expense of the journey; but something stood in the way. He loved the Object still. One day he happened to pass through the main street at high noon. There was not a soul to -be seen in all the drowsy place. Some stray hens gath ered round the overflowing water-trough before the chief store, and a solitary cow cropped the grass along the side walk. .He was a trifle hungry, and went up the decayed and broken steps of tbe store to purchase a lunch. The door was locked, and he peered in at the dirty windows. Was it here the housekeepers of Weston boaght their sugars and molasses, their teas sad sp&es? He felt glad he had not known it before. What a horrible place! Dark, dingy, confused with half-opened boxes and barrels, a broken scale on tbe counter, rows of fly-specked hotties on the shelves, confusion and disorder, everywhere. Just then a man in shirt sleeves and frowzy hair appeared and opened the door. Tom asked for bread and cheese. He paid for something, took it away in a newspaper, and charitably bestowed the whole of it upon the ancient hens in the street. It wat a good investment. With tbe purchase he gained an idea. Ideas are money to the wise, and Tom Maxwell was wise above his generation. He looked up ana down the sleepy street, and contemplated the three establish ments that supplied the village needs : one variety place, where nails, needles and dried fish found ahorse: one butch er's shop a horrid den, full of unspeak able abominations; and the dismal gro cery. 1 be idea grew uj on him rapidly. He considered it two days, and t en re solved to try it. Little did he imagine the immense social changes his decision would involve. How could he foresee the slights, the sneers and insulting con descension that would be bestowed up on him? He saw nothing, Boftfren tbe outcome of his love experience that would spring from his new ii'ea. The following week the riliage-car-penter received an order to tora the lower story of the old -Allen maasion into something now what, he could not exactly comprehend. There were to be two immense windows, with a wide door opening in o a parlor. Be hind this were to be two large rooms ; and in front there was to be a wide pi azza, with ample canopy and broad steps, and with spaces for flower bor ders on either side. Tbe news spread quickly through tbe village. Every body knew that Tom Mnxwell had embarked in some insane scheme, and was tearing the Allen mansion to pieces. Poorooy! his -ad love experience had injured his mind. He Y'&s throwing his money away, His friends should interfere and s we him from rain. At night the returning mer chants paused before the dismantled mansion, and wondered what new folly had broken loose in tbe town. Maxwell heard of these thing, and the next morning a high board fence shut the work from view. This onlv excited the greater curiosity. Every female tongue wagged fast over Tom's consummate folly. What did he in tend to do? Was it a house, theater, shop, or studio? Weeks passed. There was muoh hammering behind the high board fence. Then came the silent painters ; and lastly one night two hrge wagons unloaded sundry boxes and barrels at the door. The same evening every fam ily in the village, and in all the villages rouna aoout, received a pome invitation to inspect, on the following night, the new establishment. The next afternoon at half past G the carpenters pulled down tbe high fence, and displayed well, it conld. not be called any thing. Nothing like it had ever been seen in the world at least so they said; but then Weston sight never extends beyond Boston. There was in front a neat garden with a graveled walk. At one side the road passed close to the steps, so that car riages came directly to the piazza. Two immense plate-glass windows and a double door filled the entire front of tbe lower part of the building. Over the door was a simple sign, or card: "Thomas Maxwell." Through the windows could be seen tables spread with white covers, and laid with dishes of the most delicate dried fruit, golden butter, bread, cake, ever thing that could delight the heart of the house keeper. The door opened upon a par lor, carpeted, and furnished with nu merous chairs and small tables. Nearly every table bad some choice display of things desirable in a gastronomic sense. A tea-urn graced one corner, and be side it stood a coffee-urn, while on the table before it were cups, sugar and spoons. Two doors at the back led to large rooms completely filled wiih ta bles loaded with foreign and domestic groceries. No counters, no shelves,not a thing to suggest a store. English neatness, Parisian elegance in arrange ment,. American convenience every where. A pretty girl (from Boston) sat by the door to receive the guests. Two stout young fellows (from Maine) were ready in the rear room, and Maxwell himself sat by the tea-urn. By 7 o'clock they began to come. At 8 o'clock there were twenty carriages at the door. At half-past eight there were more than a hundred, and the place was packed. The whole affair was a surprise. Weston did not know what to do, wheth er to applaud or laugh or cry. It was not a lunch, for not a thing was offered; it was not a party, for there were neither cards nor dancing; nor a reception, for nobody received. Maxwell welcomed every nody politely, and bade them ex amine freely. They did. They did more ; they com mented with most refreshing freedom. Some said it was a joke;' nay, it is an occasion for grave remonstrance. The poor young man had lost his mind. A few older heads said it might be a good speuuiauou, uat uui one saia a single word of approval, or even encourage ment. At 10 o'clock Tom Maxwell closed up the place and went home. He would not exactly describe it, but he felt it an indefinable something, a shadowas if he had passed under a cloud. The next day it was clear enough. He had step ped into a social cold oath. In ruder civilizations peoples showed their disapproval byquielmrarofrthe offending party, or they tore down his house or exiled him, or, in the modern English fashion, they broke his win dows. Nothing of this happened to Maxwell. None the less sharp and ef fectual were the arms used against the social offender. They spoke to him when they must, but No need to describe it in detail. He had totally lost position. Days and nights passed. There was a reception on Walnut Street; .he was not invited. There was a German on the hOl; he re ceived no card. At church they nodded distantly; mo more. He sat in his pew, pale, with compressed lips, and an un spoken prayer on his tongue. The preacher said, Forgive your enemies," and he resolved he would. Day by' day it grew worse. Acquaint ances became strangers; friends be came acquaintances. The Object pass ed him in the way as one would a total stranger. Ha had become what? In the bitterness of his heart he cried out that all men were cruel, all women self ish and hard of heart. He bit his lips to repress the mingled tears and morti fication. What had he done? Was he not a man doing a man's work? Work! Ah! that was the thing. He womld work and forget these creatures. The frst day the store wa opes the satire sake aaaoaated to f 1-50. A car riage from Pelthaaa had stopped at the door. T we ladies had entered the store - . . st 1 1 ifMi aad ladies. They were lot j a yoaag acale persoa, la the wholesale I log a the whites, Uogb a little hear in adaafratie. It to a better Repeat ' millinery line, remarked that some per- fer. 2i?t l-r!5? Brodwr ry j, son's doiagi were qaise oa a level with Never pat cSrar aakoa rill chlaa, Falato JSoyaL They emptied their , Maxwell's. , far k will wrelruke all th Tsrilddlar BAAknokl i K . -- V. - cell eat roods, and msoaabto at-ices! They woald call again, aad brxrng all tbeirfrfead Not a stage resident of the village ca tered theames all diy. The following day was darardajr. It rained hard, and in the afternoon three people came in for saadry geods. Oae lady made oat qmite aa order, and asked that it be put on the hooks. Maxw U respectfully do ctiaed. His dealiafs were for cash alee. The lady otherwisevperson gave him a withering leek, and declared she had never been so "Insulted in her life, and marched out, leaving the goods behind her. The others paid caife. and IS EWlLmi?L'thfnpl,MedKf-tifl prices asked. They had never obtained j such bargains before. m , The ne it day fourteen carnages came i from Poltham: Two came frlm Ito-' burn dale, and one caih business done for tbe week. The The week after it doubled again. The fourth week Maxwell had to consider the purchase ot a new team to deliver tbe goods. Six months pissed, and tbo business of the store exceeded tbe business of all the. other stores combined. One of them , bad failed, and tbe other had actually been scrubbed and D&inted. Snch i ( the force of example. And still the wonder grew. Weston his a thrifty mind. It can see a cent in a bargain withlRnllafliiAh clearnMM. Tbn Mar- well system was accepted fully. It was delightful to visit a drawing-room, to have a pretty girl make a cup of tea for you. Ay, twenty cups if you wished ; and having tasted, you could buy with knowledge. Did you wish olives, figs, sugars, cheese or bread ? Sit down and try them. This is so much, that so much. These are the samples. Eat, test, ponder, and select. You cau not see the goods ; food in the mass is essen tially vulgar, f- This is all. Select and pay. The goods wilL bo delivered ac cordiag to sample. No one was ever permitted to pass beyond the parlor. Within the interior rooms the packers filled the orders with neatness, dispatch, and silence. Did thenurohaaerwish ioar? The pretty girl brought sTtray full of sam ples, with plates and water. One could make a dough, and even try it in a gas oven, if desired. Oil was shown burn ing in lamps ; this light is so much a gallon, that so much, and so on from lamp to lamp. The store was a reception room, shop ping a social tea-tastiug, with a gentle man to preside. Maxwell took the or ders, welcomed the arriving guests, took the cash, and bade good-speed to parting friends. They came as buyers, and departed feeling themselves guests. At home, every thing turned out ex actly according to sample, in more than liberal measure, and in the most ex quisite order, the very team being care fully covered with white cloths. No un couth youths begged for orders at tbe door; no colleoctor rang, a dunning bell. Tbe heathen builds a temple to hisj gods in princely splendor, and it is said epays for the work thereon. The Christian's church is often in debt. So it was at Weston. The First Church was about to be clcsed on account o) the unpaid interest on its debt. It was a matter of great grief to the handful of people who attended there, and tbey met at the church in solemn and unhap py mood one stormy Saturday night to deliberate over the impossible. In the midst of the dismal proceedings a small girl timidly opened the door and looked ia. She had a letter for the clerk of the society. Somebody took it, and she dis appeared. Tbe clerk opened the letter, and there fell out a piece of paper, crisp and rustling. The clerk glanced at the note, and, picking up tbe paper, thrust it quickly into his pocket. Curiosity was aroused, and some one asked what it meant. A check. Ob, marvelous ! A check for the overdue interest $493 63. Whose check? The clerk said the mat ter was to be confidential. The meet ing broke up in joyful mood. The church was safe for the present. That night the clerk's wife knew it. On the Sabbath every body knew it. The check was signed " Thomas Maxwell." Did it make aay difference? Not at all. H was still "tb 'grocery-man." Beings of a fine mold could receive his gift, bat could not receive him. They even resented it as a piece of presump tion. He had only half of a hired pew in the back row, where he sat every Sunday with the sexton's daughters; They did send a vote of thanks, but it came by mail. Not a soul spoke to him about it save the old minister. Some ssid it was a bid for trade. - Shortly after this the fire-engine house took fire, in derision, and ingloriously burned down. The next morning the village carpeaterwas "hard at work haul ing lumber to the' nuns. ' The fire "com pany, a volunteer association, composed chiefly of wo rkingmen and young me chanics, said, " Wherefore do ye this?" And straightway ne said, in tne language of the period, ' Maxwell gim me the or der; cash on the nail:" -Thereupon they went with one accord to the gro cery store and gave three cheers for the proprietor. Persons of fine mold said, "Another bid -for rtraae." Maxwell heard thereof, and thought it over.' Every man of the fire company was al ready a customer. Moreover, nine tenths of his trade came from other towns and village. Time went on, and the new idea in the grocery line flourished mightily. It was the wonder of the trade, and deal ers came from afar to see" how the thing was done. Sensible fathers from the city came with requests that their sons be taught the new business. It was a new business, for the grocery-man: of the period knew none of these things. People patronized him because they mast. Thar came to Maxwell's be- rcauseitwas a pleasure. Thev came. and saw, and bought much, for the busi ness was founded on .a recognized law of human natare. Meanwhile the Object lived on and on,- apparently1 udifieren bat really keenly alive to all. She attended par ties and recaptions, aad heard people speak of Maxwell only in slight and contempt, and she heard it all in cow ardly silence. At last her eyas were opened. She waspntoneome charity committee in the church to visit tbe'poor, and, to the surprise of all she really did so, which was unusual for a' committee-woman. Every where before her had gone an other. He had thought his ways un known, but the widow and fatherless were garrulous in hts praise. She came back a wier and happier woman. That night there was a reception at " -- . - -- . oae of the sort faahioeabk hofuee. The parlor was fall whea she catered, and she and her way slowly to the side of the hostess. Jaat a see stood ' by the hostess, st the head of the room, I .. U. J. . . U V31t m.A a clear soprano betide him. A sudden hath fell oa the room. I T mAn f it . ar that is not fit to eater tocieij Itear ftiu lm vJalt the il i 1 1 i I ., .i. ,i J Thereupon there was a geacral lach j loT i be aU of hole. through the room. Why the people! apriakle pulveriicd borax arosxd should lauzh was not clear. It pro-.yoar inkand closctt, aad you wiUwxa , duced, however, a surprising efioct. '-Jar. Maxwell is a gentleman whom you can well afford to pattern." At once there was another laugh, but in a different key. " lhank you, miss. I never consider such creatures. " It were wiser ,n you if you did. Mr.. To deila rahIn. wipc cm wilk a Maxwell is a Christian gentleman and a d lowcL y w oT u njan-who paid the Weft on the w, make Qr ddiD keirr. church debt; who rebuilt tbe engine-, . . ,..,., kt w m house: who eave the new books to the L. T? make cI h hco Vltxh, ? f rom Newville. Tb library; who helped the widow Vaien-?" sn ?our mnnntn.l n tOTL '.D linn. (. kol.4 U- Uivl 4. mite itl . ll "fj 'H 1 next week it don bled. their dutreM:" who M&ved the Clarks . ,l lo mc aluvuuku w vv uu. . nun uciwu lue nmk jakwi.T i .. . - ,,. , .. from positive starvation ; who has been afriendtothehelplo; who laid out the Utile park at tbe corner-" , " Who keeps a grocery store," put in the male person. Atthm RnniH In.nfhfd. tint there was a well defined murmur of dissent, and tbe laugh died away. Who taugbt you bow to Keep astoro honestly; who has borne sligntsand in , suits because he chose to do a man's . work in the world; who" She was onlv a woman. She did not finish the sentence, for she actually fainted away, and would have fallen hAdb90rb no moisturo from lhc fruit or not the male person ciught her. Never cust,. Mj wni come oat of tbe oven bad there been a greater sensation in Weston. The ladies gathered near, with salts and words of sympathy. The men stood apart in silence, for they were ashamed. A. very small female person, who had been known to cast greedy ejes in a cer tain direction, said, spitefully, "Oh yes; it's well enough now be is rich." Tbe Object revived just in time to hear this, and said to tbe small creature, " I have been a fool like the rest." Here was a fine state of affairs. Max- well rich and publicly defended by one of tbe most fashionable girls in town He must be cultivated. Within a week he received a dozen invitations to teas, dances, kettle-drums, and roceptions. He smiled to himself at each, and re fused them all with thanks. The news of tbe Object's bold de fense came to hi ai quickly. Was she tbe Object still? Of that there wai no doubt. Did she care for him ? It might be, and yet what could he do ? lie can vassed the whole ground, and wisely resolved to do nothing. Events gallop in these days. There came one to tbe village who seemed a man Of the world. He asked for Max well's store, and was shown the parlors on Main Street. He stood before the place, and gazed and gp-zed. Then he went in, and asked permission to sit a while and observe the trade. He sat there three hours. Then, in a lull in the business, he rose and said to Max well, " Young man, this will not do. You are hiding your ideas under a bush el Come out into the world where you will be recognized. I'm not a man of words, but if half a million will help you to open a dozen stores of this kind in Chicago, Milwaukee, Columbus, Louis ville, Omaha, San Francisco, or where else you wish, I'm vour man. Will you go?" "Yes, sir. If every thing is cor rect." "Every thing is correct. There are my card and references. I'll call to morrow with my lawyer and the pa pers." Thereupon he presented his card, and withdrew. The next day the store had changed hands, for there were parties already waiting to buy it. The evening train that connects with the Western Express stopped at the little station and took np a young lady and gentleman. The few people who stood near smiled in that friendly way bestowed on people about to be married, and then they were gone. The train pulled slowly out of town, and a young lady, fair to see, leaned out of tbe window and said : Good-by, little village. I love you, because you are an excellent place to emigrate from." Then she turned to her companion and said, -" I am glad Tom, we are going out into the great world." So am I, for it is God's world wherever we go. Tbe new man ran the store just six months, and faild. He was only a grocery-man, with a grocery-man's narrow views. His failure was perfectly logi cal. Harper s Bazar. JiU .jir t -: Victoria's Fear of Issassiaatiem. Queen Victoria was strangely moved when she heard the news of the at tempted assassination of the Czar. She has a morbid dread lest somebody shall take rfinUo his head to pat aa end to her happy reign by shooting her. She never travels even from Westminster to London without an escort of from three to twelve stalwart gentlemen. Four of these attendants went to Italy with her to eajoy the scenery and to protect her f roam assasjias: A correspoadent ol the Cardial fSttsstrekses an incsieat pCthe Queerf s pas5agethrough Edmburg a few years ago. She hadgpne thither to unveil a statue of the Prutce Coasort. The city was full from gate to gate with a loyal and enthusiastic population. All went well with the procession, till, just as it was aiaout to turn into the square in which the statue is erected, a stidf stoppage occured. The Queen, who was sitting in an open carriage, seemed struck with a sudden terror. She started, clenched the side of the carnage with her aaai, ae with'errsry vestige of color fred from her face, hurriedly asked what was the natter. It was-notaiag but a cavalry horse per forming maneuvers not iacloded in the programme, but it sooaaod as if she-! thought that aaother braiakes boy had oeea csurox was .xie oosoMsa wxaciiiuiiaa,aai wauMe aataeaaei i loaded with red a)ckat-haa4twvhiefs, 1 auu jus new auea was aeaagns oa tne life of the Queen of EaglandT It is a curious fact -that tbe maritime of the more important Euxo peaa cooatri shooMpoanM the great esX port on'the CoatTaeat, equally im portant in a military and commercial sease. Accordiagto the statistics, re cently compiled by CoL Weaver, United States Consul at Antwerp, the xiaritime JsoTBis otaat port are inferior oa- ly to those of Lbadbn acd Liverpool. Kextia importaace coma sacceasively Marseilles, Hamburg, Havre, Hall, Am sterdam, Bremen, Southamptoa,"Bor deanx, aad Glasgow. MISTS FE TKE MCSEwLI. Oaloaj mar he aeaked all alrh! wuaoai u asTor iem. f The reiki of r are ae socrh- 7 "-; " " off. O.d potato rasy b freshraed Vy lac room. I-.i.j.k-.-. !-.- aa ,- . who would do!2!Wlky 8er before . m. :. M . cooking them. ceiy. xic , .-t-Jk water used la isixiajr bread le grocery-man, .. .rl r i i. i 7.1 vTw 'i ut be trpid hot. If it U too hot the be nd of cockroicae. ; A little cheee taken at meal heipi ' other food to digest. If taken in Urge j quantities it b very indigestible, j potatoes ou?at not to taad too ionc in water for jt je, tb irch oat ftf t Km m? mv tHm ttJ. or two ocioro umg u. ia:i warm room and do not allow ! To boil potatoes so tbey will be cry no meaiv : w ben the skin trtJC!i pour ?twi , ,ng tbcirateam. To brown mgarfor pudding, pot Ice snp-ar in a twrfRfftirdn-nan. 11 the j pan is the leat wet the sag&r will burn ; and spoil both it and tbe pan. in making a crut of any kind do not melt the shortening. Let it be ai cold as possible and knead it through the flour. Melting it injures the crust. Rr Al!n t K ton if tklnwftrfrakt nt -.:., fiTft ,:,.; n, m am, u .! . . crisp, and will remain so To clean brass, itnmarse or wash it several times in sour milk or whey; this will brignten it without scouring; it may then bo scoured with a woolen cloth dipped in ashes. The following ii said to be a raie exterminator of bed-buga: The white of an egg and an ounce of quicksilver beaten up together, and aDpiiad to in fested furniture. Be careful to krep the mixture beyond tho reach of children; it is rank poison. To render the flame of yonr lamp more brilliant, without increasing tho consumption, whether you burn oil llu id, or any of the products of petroleum, soak your wick in vinegar and dry be fore using. Thta is an old idea, and as it is easy to try, it ouht to bo. To remove iron tatc from new ket tles, boil a handful of hay in them, and repeat the process if necessary. Hay water is a great sweetener of tin, wcoden and iron ware. In Irish dairies every thing used for milk is scalded with hay water. To make a beef omelet, tah 2 pounds of raw beef chopped fine ; 1 egg , well beaten, 2 crackors pounded fine, a piece of butter (melted) and pepper, salt and sage to taste. Mix all together with just Hour enough to knead it, form and bake one hour in a nan, baste often while it is baking; it is be3t sliced cold. Carmel for browning soups and gra vies may be made as follows: Heat a half pound of moist brown sugar in a sauce pan. Stir until it is ai smooth a but ter, let it darken but be careful that it, does not burn ; add one pint of hot wa ter very slowly and mix thoroughly, let it simmer, while the sugar dissolves, keeping it well scraped from the feidea of tbe saucepan, then bottle and cork. To prepare sweet-breads quickly, have ready a half pint of veal gravy ob tained by stewing a small piece of scrag-, gy veal. Boil the swoet-brcads half an hour, then throw them into cold water to bleach and grow plump ; roll them it in eggs and bread-crumbs seasoned with salt and pepper; lay them in a pan with a piece of batter as big as a large wal nut on each and bake a nice brown, season, strain and thicken the gravy to . a consistency of cream and pour it over them. . ' Bull-Doziar His Eaiplojer. New Hampshire voters are, it seems, proverbially independent in their action. A good story has been told, never before in print, of an old-fashioned New Hampshire Democrat who once went down to work for the rich John D. Wil liams, of Roxbury, Mass. Whea voting day came round, Mr. Williams asked his hired man how ne was going to vote. . He reDlied for the onnosition candidate. Mr. Williams said, "If you do so vote I will not have you to wore lor me a day longer.11 The hired man then said. If you don't rote for my candidate I will never work for yoa a day longer." They confronted each other at the polls, watched each other, and saw that they voted opposite tickets. Tbe aired man went home, packed up, and asked for an immediate settlemeat. Mr. Williams laughed and said: "I did not mean what I said, I can't get aloag without you ; you won't go?" Hired man said : " I did mean what I said. I will never work for a maa who doat vote the Democratic ticket." And he wenthoaae to New Hampshire: This is a true ac count of tbe way an old-fashioned New Hampshire Democrat attempted to ball- doze nis employer. Jizaer ia. a.) News-Letter. The Esaperor William was creatly anoTedwben.be beard of the receat at leaiatupM tbe life oi tbe Czar. He laimediatedy sent to Mm nepaew a loag telegraphic message of coagratulatioa upon his escape. The Czar sent to bis uncle full details of tbe eraai. He de scribed how wheal taking his usual morning walk a maa accosted aad then fired at him. Being without arms he sprang back aad took to flight, where upon tbe. aiarderer pursued and con tinued to charge at hint uatil seised by some passers-by. Russia has ha a great beak em bezzteaaent case. Hr. Tucaentzoff, CaahieroX theLaaded Baak of Mataal Credit, has beaa aeataaoedto Siberia for plusdariag his imstitaden for foar years of amillioas of romalas, which he neat lor aaaraiaceni iirratr. i.iae TEadt of Befeaai. he weart oa iaais career of theft aad eitravagaace wita- oat ctcitinr the SMPtcioas of the Direc ., WBV aawa. aw taaaanea af ctci ting the sesspkrioas of the baak. tors ewrifxr is loral y tham the ladiaa sexataMr. It ia thea that the aobiered aaas spriags oa kia poay aad the warpath, aadea gagesaaagncmitarai persaiie ay war- S70. "GiTe aaa that bottle, Joha," she "To horrid, wiaked elf," hat took a walk that airht, she draak it ap herseil Oaw Aaosrd. Sweat XavjT' I mwru U,t7 Wm. fr tkir . t , - u r . -. r t?w C!bk .- fc? da- Ka Xmabala Milwu .. iJ ? rrtot. C 4 a r Ht4 Ih- rV rint rntrttt, U& It rwStr tWToeu i&mr -X' 4 r f"" 9Ut kis StMinr v riMiMkei k- ti It oars Sj?ti trf iMmxc tt r? j-i rtrri LT ti. - oi tToi "t wo:.- Wmkt t t rrc 0 Jnai rtrrU raf. na lemnumie & w itit w4 14.,fc -imStiX. rs h&rt e tfMKy in ti tan IW rtsTW iKXlrzlrtit Tityer- rVwcttwft. ?-rrrT. fflrirtT J raSt7 f i Ibrxp csnl!s.n! Hrtm of rrmlr WrtS- Su li kttMti ei Hbjeua r is 1&m 4 Ufa rwFH1 l?s- for ta rssr uT a au,l;iU or m-LmJlc dUr4 wi iJkHi u4 tT:n.j Xj Urgvaaret erf li firr. fcr 3ok nnmlj ra Vr. T WUitarfi Aa r rVt or Trtvr a4 Ar Tic, tfc ajou lUtva tii wukt, fc fc-B tjutbtw t 1U s prtrtors WlKIflc. HkIst Jt CH erf .Vr 0 Utx. &&J U arjxnT3 hj iXt &&;&! pv icAioc, aad tot try tA lracxUu. rr 3i rrtti an .Yoriuna! Ut U Site Uli ot a t fkaipei of TS pii. It contt U Hejr;Af U lisp I'TTtl&rnU cf lis UatuM UW. t una M Mi ? U i4ta vil Ulr porlraSU (13 fat tO, tbrrTNl cxpfewjj- lot lal fc . iiw Vi t Lraita of L'libfiiB witkfcAliiI- JTtt Ij r. will be wci u ct 44r. bj man. m rtvt - - -' - - - - - - . - - i tamp. iu n. btxtxx. rv.uc ki ' T KrrTlncrH.bt U (JlM bJ t (.atrt. U ttf & - c-it trrri i U-tr :ajtW ut ."- $. wo a inrr u prtdraiul Utlilt tiicouatrj &n4 icrva lUHiM. i Cmci by wearing Br7 Uf faJ (et It) DR. JOHN I0LLS s Tonic Syrnp FOII THE CURE OP FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS end FEVER. The proprUtsr ef ikli c!ebrt4 aaHUlat jaiUy cla!at fr it a upwiarity r tr all rem edict crer offered le ta public ftr ta SATJL CERTAIN. SPEED TadFEKMaXEirT car of Aeft.adFvrr,er Chilli isiFrvtr.watia creftaortorloftff lUadiBC Mo rtftra to la oatiro Writers asd SoolfctrH eosatry to bear hin tettiaieay ta tbo trath of tho oitertlea that 1b sa rata wafv wHI It f!1 to rr. f " - " - ,- - - thodlroct-osj.rottxlctlyfoUowodaadoarriid oat. In acreit snaay casei ituaelo dote hao ben lafieieat for a care, s4 whole ftalUeo have seta eared by a ilaglo bolt le, with a pr feet reiteration ef the cexeral health. It ia, however, sradeBt, aad la every eao&reecr. ttisteenre, If ite aaelaeeatlaaodim mailer dotti lor a week or two after the disease hae been chocked, aore eepoelally ia dlftealt aad lonr-stasd'nr ease. Uetnilv tala aadlc4 will not req&irvaBT aid to hot? the howeli ia good order. Ehoald the patieat, however, re quire a cathartic medicine, after fcaYlsr takes three or fear deiea of the Toale, aalaele detoe BULL'S VEGETABLE FAMILY FILL! will beiafflcie&t. TfceteBalaelXlTK'lTOVIC ITftlTFaaat haTeSK-JOXKlULLaprivaUetaaiBeaaaeh bottle. DS.JOUKlULLeaiyhaiUorifht U manufacture aad eel! the eririsal JOHN J. SMITH'S TONIC STKUF, ef LeaiariUe, Ky. Examine well the label on each bottle. If ay pnrate itaaap If not es each bottle, do sat parchaae, or yoa will he deceived. Manufacturer and Vender of SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP, BULL'S SARSAPARILLA, BULL'S WORM DESTROYER, The Popular madia of the) Day. rriarlaal 0r, SIS la W.. UlUlWILI, KT. M'IINWO.nlitltnr1T ArHtwiallip. tt, SUbtaMtrltCardMOc J a 111 NrCU. . N T CA Sncmflake, Cbrumo. etc C'anK turaeto UUUoldaadJrt. 10c a a Cart Cn. IWiWOw FOR SALE By E. E. PRATT. 79 Jackea-t., Chlcaat. Wllrox A: filbaw fClesant-Caa Oafcl hSasufaaarcni trier, law; wUleaUfer l2Scaahu OreAaariicaa "rwlnr Sfacki 5ew. IYicS70; feri. WHEN Is enblttereu or proper, KMnrr, HUAArr r Ortnary Oai pialnta. HrUM" Marat Urate! orOfwrai IMIHy. taki Nl'RTH 81 aWat LIFE Ktnitum ot crto. rain to tea IkV, Itaca al Lraa. Kxermm and liiUmumtm-m. m rami tr, Hcara aisaiav SY. AU UirwN af U XIAimK tiJ7 Onram ar rutrA trt Nl'ra at Orl- atr.WKaeY. rvniit itrrfdiw uh all ICBWW Sead faraaesalrcia Watt ' a.L t nan veatei at ! A Mrfaet trluaa aaafM nas a aui tac Wt by avrry Kaawra. a y&ur mMmm aaa u an seatal ear f v arte Met. etc laav eafltwtatraf. aa drrw a.. St. aia va:aa,Oiieiaal. a P AGENTS WANTCO FOff THE ICTORIAL HISTORYtMuWORLC JtcvniJLit7saar ua.lral amVc mmt ijamm larsr- rtoobl' f4aaa par-.JMl te t" meal mnrplrtr Wa. UinvtUr WurMmt paUHfcrt. U m-Ha at Uft. Matf tin cprlmra ae and rttr UJW b ArrrA. iM wi-T tl HIfaa-rUtn ani UhtI. Ajterrm, 51TIO.AL 1'CKLlSBIMi CO.. M. UK . IW8TITUTB. EMaWWMi la IC1 far tft Ohm lof caafr YaiaMaia1 aTlMflHk rratfaaav a4 IHaeaa tiitnuimvf knUeerlaeer hknaad mate in. Far intormmtum. dreBtan aad rHesea W. a afftSJuaaiaai.raaaOi.ia. LP.EWALMCO. ST. LOUIS. afO. MW,tTEEL,aatTIM,aMe AGENTS, READ THIS. wwb eaaaaeaaeaaaHfT ar aivo per. wmbi aaw " eiaima.qraa a larra i uniiiMi. jemiAaefMm aad woBOtstiH irmUeea. Wt tftm. AaVJjeaiaiUJmaJiaoa, TEJS.s QRE60N! S?ti r.scsta. r: Hiitr lOA rOWHTAf i(a.V .a--fjr. -ravxaofJ 6QLDSZS WIKVIUMTIITa MaUaTV 1 OAtfral AT TM CaCTT. WWrtVi vnaaxjuaya mis iSSaTafJaWW ' aa BwaMaVMaaf JK m iBBv rsaaaTaBBW'. . j f MF fjr am mtft trt tnrf. HB Hvivait JHBb i f " 1J,-I" an ejaeat aaaja eaaa aw awaaaa a.eSVeaorSL.B.Z. AssXJSX Uf ft If Vt'EttZZlSXtt&fJIt? yo mis.MhsL.i.-Lvau.ym briMvnTi ara.aeiajBaTaeraaaaaeaaawaswavtha irtM.MOm JaAiTTaatal XUit K-g-L flzZHZ OCCIDENTAL!! MAMMMSM TV 1K ajesem" a rca pssMpMfk a ir rtjewsefr aj jpas(pm m Q&9&jp& Ml Pfwflaae rtwi nf apj -mt m wniWt t ?-i ruw v rMMk mm twUmm m a Tr f - mmm n w,Kt. m. . fan iw-i fcJtl't'O'O "' V k S M4 BARSE4SHIDER Live-Sfock Commission. TJUrSAS CTTT fTCr TAXM . KtrM rrH rra"5M , ! J,t SahtiA4 inTiaana IWtfVlM Wfiwi TIE UiDEES OF TSU rriTI CM A U li- tkN4 ikt t VM Xlr tn 4r4 x. raiTT. rs imsm u. cum. ta. Of-, f Mf Tl Stt MJT W M a4 aVM4dt T"E TUE "TiFfCUt . SlTSSiKnTcs ajl VII. -rr u t inau tVf fcarw. x f , tvmtii tm mm4m tfbK Jk ta W. ttiJ HMW 4Mt tnnMUuitMiMuWiwi , . i - - . , -.:' .. - w w JI.N IUSI.T k IU I J tk M. pv TT. -""iiia uj r u wart rvu-iu . ft SaAJMfc V tt Xmmi H,kt Or ).! feUk WU M. ii. hv M t Mtu rinnu(?KM.-ui --. MM fM rti--- I M K v aaaa rua Oa, t m wuw. x i mrmd." Mm K. J, um CLIFFORD'S FEBRIFUCE FEVER AGUE EKA9ICA1XS AIX MALARIAL DISEASES feat Urn SY1TXM . J. C. K;CHADSOM, Prop nrror .a w au itbuu. T UH.'I. Speaks for itself. raAreMit, TBN TwJawL. .s Ararsnf fflrtMF mtt afv afaii(tY n m tt i oM H cnate)ci W n I wbtmi mmn aAcr &r mrtt4 . UmtMmm. ta fcw aaJf ad Uia tUiW-r r4M v Wt J J WVrar. Trot ot CUmWrt ad Wnw. BICHOLS, aEPR0 1 CO. IWIIBat AM ftwtT iUsUHU VIBBATOB TUCiMJiC amtCrtlrttlY. SHrp a w-m "BBaBea. 3Cer A A V. C. MILL!. Ptvtlmlmr; eee whhh a,, -. , 7rW ' aafiaar1 f Ur u H kMatfallKM avwar; eria.r. 3ta7jBsmaa xauciw3r oo., Clerelaeit. 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