Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190?, June 26, 1896, Image 6

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    OH AS. WIBURN'SIiUCK.
HAUL BY WI.
hunt niul T aro coub
inn. lint, somehow,
I scarcely seem to
belong to the fam
ily nt all. Wt had
no end of relations,
and he was n gen
eral favorite with
all, oven somo ho
had nevor neon, for
thoy would dlo and
Icavo klm legacies. He was constantly
getting sorao Uttlo "windfall" of this
kind.
Ono morning at breakfast wo wore
nrllsts and shared the samo rooms and i
Btudlo he recolvod a black-edged let
ter, which, upon opening and reading,
ho cant down with a discontented look.
"Anpjhor funeral to go to," ho grum
bled, "and here nro my pictures unfin
ished anffnofct week Is sendlng-ln dayJ"
"Who la It now?" I asked. "Another
legnqyvl suppose, eh?"
"Vcfy likely." he returned. Indiffer
ently' W was so used to theso things '
he scarcely took nny nollco of them now, !
"It'snelo Alexander Stephen. Did ,
you know him?" !
I Rjiook my head. "Havo hoard of
lilmf never saw him," I said. .
"I hardly know him myself," Gharloy !
explained '"at leaBt, not slnco I was a ,
boy. It's a rare bother, this, coming
Just no. Such a long Journey Into the
country. I eay, Jack, you have done
yonrTiloturo3 and sent them In and
have rfbthlng to do for a spell couldn't (
you go' down for mo?" j
"What Jn your namo?" 1 exclaimed. J
"Yes, why not? It's years since I ,
was 'mong nny of the set. This lettor
is from a Mr. Parchly, the solicitor to
the 111, I suppose; ho doesn't know
mo. You aro Jack Wlburn It's only a
dilTarenco of a Christian name, and It's
nil lnthc family, you know."
To jjut the mattor short, I had to con-Bcnt-vas
I generally did whero Chnrloy
was cbdeerned.
I lo,tfk tho lawyor'H letter, as a sort of
credential, nnd set out, grumbling n
gond'AIealntwhat I considered Charley's
"chock" In thus making use of me. If
I httd finished up my work before ho
had It was only because 1 had worked
nt ltmore constantly, and now, Instead
of reaping the advantage In the shapo
of a few days rest, he tnado It nn ex- !
cuho for sending mo .oft on a lugubrl- I
otis "mission like this; nnd Charley
won't, no doubt, havo a good legacy,
too, out of It. !
"Ijflbn't supposo It's much," he said
to m&T "Perhaps a hundred or two
hardly worth going down fort you
know!"
So I had to gO"-wlth no legacy In
vlowjit all, small or largo!
However, as I havo said, I sot out for
tho pjaco it was Devonshire and In
duciCourso I arrived at tho Uttlo town,
nnd ,;ut up at a hotel for the night.
Tho noxt day, therefore, saw mo
among tho assembled suosts. I found
outltylr.fParchly nnd sllontly showed
him his own letter. "Ah," said he,
"you nro Mr. Wlburn. Very good. Glad
to tg;o you." I did not roplj, so
lie concluded tha I was Chnrloy Wl
burn, v.itho'it having Bald anything one
way or tho other.
But, when after tho funeral, tho will
ontno to be read, I found Charley was
down for 5,000. That mado me think
It harder lines than ever that I should
havo had to come down In his place.
The weather was atrociously cold; tho
March winds strong nnd blustering,
with showers of sleet and snow, and I
felt cold nnd misorablo. At the end of
tho reading of the will I was making
my way out to to got back to the hotol,
when somo ono said: "Mr. Wlburn, I
believe?" I looked nround nnd saw a
stiff, military-looking old boy regard
ing me with a smllo through his specta
cles. "Charley," said ho, "don't you ro-
4
"ANOTHER
LEGACY. I SUPPOSE,
;, EH?"
member vme?" I thought to mysolf :
"0, now I'm In for it. Here's a nico
mess all through trying to serve Char-
"ley. JuBt my bad luck." This feeling
did not grow less when he said: "Mllly
wants to 'sneak to you. She has been
looking afyou, and says she can hard-
tly recognize you for her old playfol-
ffow." i"No wonder," I thought. "It
would be strange it she did.")
She came up and shook hands, and
the moment I looked at her I simply fell
.helpless over head and ears In lovo
iben nnd there.
"Don't you remember your Uttlo play
mate, Mllly?" said she, with a blush
and an entrancing look of her beauti
ful eyes. "We1
' Before I exactly realized what I was
doing I was whisked off to MaJ. Rain
field's house as I found the namo of
"Milly's father to be to dine, calling at
tho hotel for my evening "togs" on tho
way.
I found the Major's houso a neat,
quiet-looking little place on the out
skirts of the town. He lived alone with
his daughter (his wife being dead), a
housekeeper, and one servant. Though
Verythlng was comfortablo thore was
par-. V
1 ! IvigMaf'l !!
s
thnt indesirlbi.b'o air that gnvr ono tho
Improsslon thnt they were not loo well
off a8 rogardfl this world's goods.
Slnco I was not too well ofT, cither,
thta would not havo troubled me, but
for that legacy of R,000 I was supposed
to have como in for. "Was that tho se
cret catiso of this sudden friendliness?"
1 mkr-d myself. But when 1 looked at
Mllly and saw tho frank glanco of tho
truthful, honest-looking eyes 1 felt
ashamed of myeolf,
Such good friends did wo three be
come thnt I lingered on In tho plnco for
ft week, during which time I grow dally
moro uncomfortnblo at tho part I was
playing. At last I sought out Mllly ono
day, alone, and confessed the truth to
her.
"I am not surprised," she said ; "I
thought you woro not much llko tho
Chnrloy I used to know: But I am sor
ry for you sorry to think your cousin
should havo got that 5,000, whllo you
wore not even so much as mentioned."
"Ah!" 1 said, with a sigh, "that Is
Charley's luck and mine. It Js alwaya
tho same always has been, and always
will be, I suppose."
I was thinking what I dared not say
that if that 5,000 had but been mlno I
could havo asked her to be mine, too;
whereas, now, with my poor prospocta
well, of courso, It was folly ovon to
dream of such a thing.
I watched her narrowly after that,
but could bco no difference In her treat
ment of me.
I had written to Charley, telling him
of hlB good fortune, and that I was go
ing to stay on down hero for a fow days.
A r other week slipped by. and I still
Btnld on. At tho end of that tlmo I was
in such n stnto of mind that, ono day,
finding myself nlono with Mllly, I
blurted out my hopeless love for her,
nnd said I should go away at once, for I
folt that I could not possibly stay on
thcro any longer. Mllly, always quiet
and solf-possossed, remained silent
awhile, and then said, looking down:
"I think you had better spoak to pn
pa." "What!" I rapturously exclaimed;
"do you really Did mo hopo, Mllly?
Do you really think thcro Is a possibil
ity of your father " I stopped and
shook my head. "Alas, no!" 1 said,
"such a thing could not hnppcn to mo.
It would bo Chnrloy's luck, that not
mine."
"Woll," said Mllly, composedly,
"thoy eay you never know your luck
till you try; but If you aro too faint
hearted to try, why, of courso "
"I'll go off and find the Major and
havo it out nt onco," I bunt out.
And I saw him accordingly, and told
him tho wholo Btory, humbly apologiz
ing for daring to ask for his daughter's
hand.
"H'm," said tho major, "how Is It
Master Charley come3 In for all the
'luck' in this way?"
"I don't know, sir," I answered dole
fully, "Ho goes about more and makes
himself moro liked, I think, whllo I "
I hesitated.
"Whllo you stick nt homo and work.
Is that It?" he asked.
"Well," I relumed, "I try my best.
You see, I havo nothing else to rely on
or hopo for llko Charley. It's his luck
nnd mlno!"
"However," said the Major, "I havo
been told you get your pictures hung,
nnd sell them, which Is more than ho
does. Is that luck, too?"
To this I made no reply. I could not
seo Its rclovancy.
"Now, look hero, Jack Wlburn," tho
Major went on. "I knew you wero not
Charley Wlburn." (I looked up In wir
prlso), "Mllly told mo; and I havo mado
certain Inquiries of my own, and I hnvo
something to toll you. The lato Alox
nndor Stephen Wlburn was a very old
and intlmato friend of mine, nnd had
long ago set his heart upon Milly's mar
rying Charley" (here I Jumped up ex
citedly, but ho waved his hand to me,
as a sign to bo quiet), "but he was de
termined that, If it camo about at all,
it should be spontaneous, and not
through any compulsion or unworthy
motive. But In that will you heard
read tho other day thoro was some
thing you did not hear It was mixed
up In nnothor matter; but It comes to
this: thnt If Mllly marrlod 'his nephow'
ho and sho wero to have a certain sum
between thorn to begin housekeeping,
r hnvo consulted Mr. Parchly upon this
matter, and ho agrees with mo that, as
j Charley's nnmo is not expressly men
tioned, nnu as no woum not take tno
troublo to como down himself, oven to
the funeral of his poor old uncle, who
had been so kindly disposed to him, If
Mllly likes you well enough to have
you, you and sho will bo just as much
entitled to tho sum set aside as if Mas
tor Charley had married her, and I am
sure I shall not object to the situation.
In tho will tho only condition is that
Mllly shall marry 'his nephow, and, of
course, you are as much his nephew as
Charley is. Therefore I leave It with
Mllly; If sho says 'yes,' I say the samo,
and you will both have eomothlng to
! Eet un housekeeping with."
No need to tell tho Joy with which I
heard the unexpected news, or tho hear
tiness with which I thanked the kind
hearted Major.
"I'll go and tell Mllly at once," I
said; but I had not gone far when lie
called me back.
"You don't ask how much you will
have to start housekeeping upon," he
said.
"What matter, sir, since you think it
enough?" 1 answored.
"How much Is it, then?" I asked.
"Fifty thousand pounds," said tho
Major. And this Is what Charley loat
and I galnod by that Journoy Mllly
(worth moro than all) and 50,000,
And now Charley won't speak to mo
or to my wife for Mllly and I are mar
riedand ho says I merely took ad
vantage of him; but I say, as I used to
say before, It Is all his luck and mine.
Fact and Fiction.
DAIRY AND POULTHY
(NTEPESTINQ CHAPTEHS
OUR RURAL. BEADEnS.
FOB
How Snefru' ul lnriiier Oprrutn
llrtutrtmant of (ho Farm A
TliU
Hint n to tlic Cnro of I.lvo Stuck nnd
roultry.
DVICES from Now
York cheese locali
ties indicate a some
what discouraging
outlook for a good
oponlng of the
oheeso market. Tho
cowb aro roming
fresh nnd something
must bo dono with
tho milk, yet tho
demand for cheese
Is very light. Matters don't look as they
used to when wo wero sending car
loads of cheeso to England ovcry day,
and it seemed as if they couldn't get
enough of It.' Wc havo killed tho goose
that laid tho golden egg. Filled cheeso
to kill off tho foreign demand and skim
cheese to kill off homo consumption,
and hero wo aro with our cows, cheese
factories, and farms on our hands and
no market. It is to bo hoped that the
cheese-makers, factory proprietors and
particularly the patrons will build up
somo solid public opinion on this ques
tion of mnklng poor cheeso. Stop It at
once. Nothing has driven cheeso fac
tories out of tho business moro than the
making of skim cheese. Honest full
crenm cheeso factories could not hold
their own in profit with skim cheese
factories, so they turned Into cream
eries. Wo havo killed our foreign trade
and nro acting llko stupid dolts about
our only and last resort, tho homo
trade. Thero is not a factory in the
Innd but what ought to rcfuso to let a
young, tasteless, Indigestible cheese go
out of Its door3. Every factory should
face this question of curing cheeso in
decent, catablo shape. Don't let the
factories soil the Immature cheeso to
still more and moro discourage tho con
sumption of cheese. No cheese has any
business to go onto tho grocery counter
loss than CO to 90 days old. By that
tlmo it tastes somewhat cheesy, and If
it Is a good article It provokes tho de
sire for moro. Tho only forces that can
stop this mako of bad cheese and sale
of lmmaluro cheese aro tho factories
thomEolves. Let each factory do tho
senslblo thing for itself and nil will
soon have good, old-fashioned cheese,
and the peoplo will cat double tho quan
tity of it Hoard's Dairyman.
Mill: An ii l'ood.
Milk is a substitute that Is complex
In Us composition, says Prof. Robortson
of Toronto, All of the Ingredients, ex
cept tho fat, aro In solution; tho fat is
In suspension, nnd when tho milk
stands for any length of time these
little globules of fat rise to tho surface
and form what Is known as cream.
A drop of milk contains 5,000,000 glob
ules of fat. Food, to bo healthy, and
nutritious, must havo the correct pro
portions of flesh forming and heat-producing
material. Good nature, whole
someness, self mastery, depend on tho
qunllty of food w., oat. Raise, a boy on
bread and milk rather than on potatoos
and bacon. Bread and milk is cheaper
and much better fund. It is a mistaken
idea that a man who works hard must
eat rich food. Threo-quartors of a
pound of beef, costing 10 cents, one
quart of milk, costing 5 cents, and live
ounces of wheat, costing three-quarters
of a cent, are equal in nourishing ma
terial. Ono pound of cheese is equal to
two nnd a half pounds of beef. Thero is
no better diet to work hard on than
cheeso and potatoes, and thoro 1b no
dlot moro digestible. Wheat bread is
not a well-balanced food, but bread well
buttered la very nutritious. Skim milk
and oatmeal aro valuablo foods.
Itlnck I-nnsdlmiu.
In your issue of April 15 Charley
Ramsey of Hardin County, Ohio, asks
If any of tho readers of the Review can
tell him anything about the BlackLang
shnns. Mr. Ramsey In tho latter part
of his request for Information states
that ho would llko to know what tho
writers on poultry subjects think of
them. As we do not pretend to bo n
writer on poultry subjects perhaps any
thing we might say would have no In
fluence with tho gentleman. However,
as wo havo been a breeder of this splen
did fowl for a numbor of years wo will
glvo our opinion and let It go for what
It Is worth. The Langshan is a dis
tinct breed (no mako up), coming origi
nally from Chinese Tartary. The plum
age should be black, not a dull black,
but glistening black, with reflections of
green. The legs and bottom of tho feet
should Bhow a pink color no yellow.
Tho legs should bo feathered, but not
so heavily as the cochins. Weight
should be, cocks, 8 to 9V lbs.; henB, 7
to 8V. In disposition they are very
gentle, easily confined, and so far as
my experienco has gone, tho best of all
winter layers. Thero aro two distinct
types. The low, heavily-bodied and tho
tall, majestic appearing, which one can
not see without saying, "Blood will
tell." As sitters and mothers tho hens
are first-class. As a tablo fowl I don't
think they are excelled by any other
breed. In ssying this I know the con
sensus of opinion is against me. Still
we deny that the color of the skin has
anything to do with the eating qualities
of a bird.
W. A. Chatterton.
Vront In Leghorn.
I have been keoplng poultry for the
last fourteen years, both hens and tur
keys. I have quito a number of breeds,
but think there is more profit in the
Leghorn breeeds than In any others.
My fowls have a warm house In the win
ter and freo range In the yard all day.
I feed plenty of corn in winter, and
when the ground Is bare I throw out
some oatB and wheat as a change We
M
vrytfvr o
always sell at homo and never run risk '
of shipping. Wc do not get as many
eggs in winter ns in summor, but get
quito a per cent of them during the
winter. We seldom lose fowls from lice
or disease, but loso moro from hawks
than in nny other way. Wo keep a
fow of tho laigo breeds for tho purposo
of hatching. Ws generally let them
run at largo aftor a few days ns wo
think they do hotter. I havo never
tried doctoring hens but have turkeys.
I tried several remedies for dysentery,
but nothing did nny good till I tried
camphor. It cured them. I think thero
is no fowl I ever handled that will pro
duce moro eggs than the Leghorn. They
also maturo very quickly. For a heavy
fowl tho Plymouth Rock matures early.
I do not make poultry raising my solo
occupation. I raise what I can In the
poultry lino and attend to my other
business. I raise eighty to one hun
dred chickens In a year and thirty-five
turkoys, and besides I sell as many
eggs a3 my neighbors do.
Mrs. Robert Dinning.
riff rointi.
It costs at least one-third more to
produco a pound of pork after the first
year than before. If a pig docs not pay
a rroflt by the time it is ten months old
it will hardly do so. after it passes that
ago. oYung pork Is not only the best
and cheapest, but brings tho highest
price in tho market. With n majority
of our farmers tho hog pays tho grocer,
tho physician, tho taxes, tho interest,
clothes tho family and practically sup
plies tho table with meat. With all
young stock it is an important item to
securo a good growth from tho start.
It is easier and moro economical to
keep an animal growing than to allow
It to becomo stunted and then attempt
to feed up into a good condition. It
is a sure way to have diseases among
the hogs when they must rely upon slop
as drinking water. They require pure
water tho same as do other animals,
and when deprived of It will not thrive.
West Lake Herald.
Wynntlnttr nnd Hcil Cnp.
Wo havo been keeping poultry for
eight years. During that tlmo we have
had the Wyandottes, Plymouth Rock,
Brown Leghorns, Langshans and Black
Spanish. For general purposes the
Wyandottes are best, for laying, the
Red Caps. I feed principally corn.
wheat and oats. In disposing of our
eggs wo havo always sold to a peddler
who pays from 8 to 25 cents per dozen.
Wo obtain most of our eggs during the
winter. Wo have lost a good many
birds from diseases and some from
prowling animals. When wo first began
raising broods we had good success but
the longer wo keep In tho business the
poorer success wc have. Wo havo also
tried doctoring fowls and havo used
from twenty to thirty remedies, but
none of them proved of any value.
William Buschlng.
White Leghorn and Plymouth Itnckfl.
I have bred tho Plymouth Rocks,
Whlto Leghorns, Black Spanish,
Brabma and Wyandottes, but I llko the
Whlto Leghorns and Plymouth Rocka
best. For winter quarters I havo
good houso, well-boarded, with tarred
paper over that and over that siding
and then three coats of paint In the
summer thoy pick up nearly their own
living, as they havo tho range of the
wholo farm. In tho winter they get
corn, oats, wheat and cooked veg
etables. Wo sell our eggs to parties
having a cold storago houso in Owaton-
,na. in tins com enmate we do not get
many eggs In winter. For the farm I
like Plymouth Rocks best as they look
after themselves mostly. As for lay
ing, Whlto Leghorns havo done th
best for mo. W. G. Buffum.
Dairy Form. There seems to bo an
inclination to scoff at what Is called
dairy form. But all experience goes
to show that dairy form is a sure In
dex of the character of a milk cow.
There are two points that stand out
prominently and that should not be
lost sight of In selecting a dairy cow.
Tho first of these is a big paunch; the
second is a concave thigh. Tho latter
denotes lack of ability to lay on flesh.
Tho former tells us that tho cow Is a
great consumer. Then tho rest Is plain;
is she cats a great deal and docs not
turn It Into flesh and fat, sho must
needs turn It Into milk. "We doubt If
this rule ever falls.
Pekln Ducks. Thero are the Pekins,
a grand breed, pure white, with a
plumage that Is thick and heavy, but
fine in texture, a breed of ducks that Is
older than the history of civilization,
that comes to us from over-populated
China, where, doubtless, they are raised
among tho flags and lilies that bedeck
the floating homes of tho river-dwellers,
people that are born, live and die on
the water, with only a brief, occasional
experience on dry land; for tho river
and inland lakes of China, wo arc told,
aro populated as well as tho land, and
whole villages aro mado up of floating
population that extend for miles on tho
water. Ex.
Keeping Butter. If you would keep
butter for use at a time when you are
not making any, pack It solidly down in
stone jars, put a cloth on top and one-
third inch of salt, keep an inch depth
of water over all, and tho cover on the
Jar, and all In tho kuttcr cellar. I have
kept butter In this way perfectly Bweet
and good from October until June. The
pans, pails anfall appliances about but.
ter making must be kept clean by scald
ing in boiling water after being washed
In water with soap in it as often as they
are emptied from use. Ex.
A Questionable Practice. Too many
farmers havo formed tho practice of
selling their calves for veal. With the
present demand for beef and dairy cat
tle would It not bo more profitable to
keep the calves and sell them at ma
turity? Tho prospect Is good for the
Thero are days when tho road seems
to be all pp-hlll.
HARSH MANAGERS.
It Scorn to lln the tuMom to Humor
TingRlnir I'rofHim llor.
"Tho way some mon are managed is
queer sometimes," the manager of a
big concern remarked to an acquaint
ance who had dropped into the oftle
according to tho New Y rk Herald. "I
havo never had any difficulty in Hi
nging mon and getting tho pioper
amount of work out of them, and I
think I have somo executive ability,
but I doubt whether I could manage a
gang of workmen on the river front
and I think that if I wore a workman I
would not bo managed as I have seen
men managed. I happened to be nenr
one of the dry do'eks during tho shift
ing of an old propeller from tho dock
to the shore. It wasn't what any ono
would call an expert Job, but if you
had seen and heard the foreman of tho
gang of workmen you would havo
thought ho was moving a battleship.
The propeller had been removed from
the hull In the dock and a now one was
to bo put in its place. Planks had
been placed over the space between
tho dock and tho shore and all that
tho men had to do besides pulling was
to be careful that tho propeller should
n't roll off Into the water. They had
strong tackle and long rollers, and
after they had stretched and fastened
the tackle it was an easy Job. The
foreman directed every movement and
the way he bossed tho men was amaz
ing, but they didn't seem to mind It.
Swear? Well, you ought to have heard
him or perhaps you ought not to have
heard him. If anything slipped a Uttlo
bit he sworo and 1 something didn't
move Just right he swore. He would
tell ono man to do something and an
instant afterward ho would undo it
himself, swearing all the while.
Finally, they moved the mass of Iron
to tho ends of the planks and began to
pull It up the incline. The foreman
acted as If he were in hot water nil
tho time, and it was a wonder that ho
didn't fall overboard Somo of the
men went ashore and hauled on tho
tackle, and two of them attended to
the rollers. The thing was heavy and
it had to bo moved slowly. 'Pull there!
What th 'ell you doing? Going to
sleep? Hold on! Now! Pull! Once
more! Hold on! What's the matter
with yer? Hold fast, I sny! Here, you,
shift that roller! Not that way!
Gimme that! Now! Easy! Once more!'
I havo left out the cuss words, but
perhaps you have somo notion of how
he went on. I watched the men to sec
how they took that kind of treatment.
Not one of them said a word during
the half-hour that I stood there. They
were not foreigners and they were not
stupid. In fact, I thought any ono of
them was tho equal of the foreman In
Intelligence and knowledge of his trade.
They wero Inclined to bo suden, I
thought, but they did Just what the
boss ordered, no matter how many
times he sworo at them and nagged
them."
Tim Many CH:tl!n On on.
A well-known writer and render of
books for a publishing firm lately ven
tured on tho statement that ho thought
thero wero probably 1,000 clever young
women In our country who wero quite
able to tarn out the ordinary and most
readable English novel of the period,
but, as to those books being "litera
ture," that was a very different ques
tion. A publisher recently told mo
that he received so many offers of vol
umes of verso and novels from begin
nersmostly young glrl3 that he
would require to keep a special "reader"
If they had all to be examined with
care. It was only possible to glance at
most of them. In the same connec
tion I may quote a sentence which Ten
nyson once wrote: "I receive a stanza
of vorso sent to mo for every live min
utes of my life. But very seldom a
volume of good wholesome prose."
Nineteenth Century.
GREAT CONFLAGRATIONS.
London, Sept. 2-G, 166C Eighty-nlnt
churches, many public buildings and
13,200 houses destroyed; 400 streets laid
waste; 200,000 persons homeless. The
ruins coverod 430 acres.
Philadelphia, July 9, 1850. Three
hundred and fifty buildings; loss, $1,
500,000; 25 persons killed; 9 drowned;
120 wounded.
New York, Dec. 1C, 1835. Six hun
dred buildings; loss, $20,000,000. Sept
C, lSSOAjlO.OOO.OOO worth of property.
San Francisco, May 3-5, 1851. Two
thousand five hundred buildings; loss,
Jj3,500,000; many lives lost. June 22,
1851. Five hundred buildings; loss,
3,000.000.
Santiago, Spain, Dec. 8, 18G3. A flro
In the church of tho Campania, begin
ning amid combustible ornaments;
2,000 porsons killed, mostly women.
Charleston, S. C, Fob. 17, 1805. Al
most totally destroyed, with large quan
tities of naval and military stores.
Richmond, Va., April 2 and 3, 1SG5.
In great part destroyed by fire at tlmo
of confederate evacuation.
Portland, Me., July 4, 18G6. Almost
entirely destroyed; loss, $15,000,000.
Chicago, Oct. 8 and 9, 1871. Three
and one-half square miles laid waste;
17,450 buildings destroyed; 200 persons
killed; 98,500 made homeless. July 14,
1874. Another great fire; loss, $1,000,
000, Great forest fires In Michigan and
Wisconsin, Oct. 8-14, 1871. Two thou
sand lives lost
Boston, Nov 9-11, 1872. Eight hun
dred buildings; loss, $73,000,000; 15
killed.
Fall River, Mass., Sept. 19, 1874.
Great factory fires; CO persons killed.
St. John. N. B., Juno 21, 1876. Loss,
$12,500,000.
Brooklyn Theater burned, Dec. 5,
1S76. Three hundred lives lost.
Seattle and Spokane, Wash., 18S9.
About $10,000,000 each.
Tho MiHlrrn llrntily
Thrlvcs on gooo fo.nl and sunshine,
with plenty of cxerrlae it, the open nlr.
Her form glows with health and her
face blooms with lt beauty, if her Hyn
tem needs tho cleftnMng action of a lax
ative remedy Hlie uss the entlo nnd
pleasant Syrup of 1'Irs. Made by tho
California Fig Syrup Company.
I'opiilitr Fabric Tor Snnuimr downs.
Now and striking effects in tho way
of cotton gowns always appear after
the first of May. New cotton crepes,
organdies, dimities and piques delight
tho eyes of every ono able to wear cot
ton gowns. I say "uble," for many
women from climate, health or occupa
tion nro debarred from wearing any
but woolen gowns. Even heavy Irish
linen has been taken for midsummer
wear, and gold laco appears on grass
linen. '
Coe'a CotigU Italinm
Is tiieoMext nm! bt. It will break iipRColJoulott-crttucaiu-ttilngelsc.
It Is always reliable. Trylw
A Hin Wnnteil.
A newspaper published In nn Okla
homa town where tho women recently
carried tho election sent tho following"
order to a supply house: "Pleaso send
us one small cut of a hen. Women
carried the election here, and I sup
pot.o wo will havo to Bwinjr out a hen
instead of a rooster." Now York
Tribune.
For lung and chest disoasos, Piso's Cure
is the test tnedlciuo wo hnvo used. Sirs.
J. L. Korthcott, Windsor, Out., Canada.
An empty head nnd a rattling tongue go
well together
Crushing n rose makes it bigger than it
was tiolore.
nTS-VUl'ltiitopiolfrp'livJ)r.KIIni,nreat
.Nerve Itrstorer. .So Kltimfu-r tint tlna.la.v's ums.
Hanriousvures. Trat.v..inil6-trMlUu.rl'reJ.
Hi case j. BeDatoUr.Kl!ne,WlAl'cubt.,l'lilla.,ra.
Thero is much of tho dovll's work
cnu only be dono by the hypocrite.
that
Jf the llnby Is Cutting- Teotu.
3 stirs and uie that old and well-trlod. remedr, Mks,
IYi.vslow ' SooTiilxa SrnLT (or Children Teething.
Tho character of lovo In tho samo In
cvory country nnd climnto.
Pure
Blood is essential to health. Now in tho
time to purify and enrich tho blood, and
thus give vigor and vitality, by tnkiug
SarsapariEla,
The One True Mood Purifier All druggists. $!
Hood's Pills cure all I.Ivor Ills. a cents.
The Greatest riedical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS.,
Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to a common Pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miles of
Boston. SjiuI postal card for book.
A benslit is always experienced from
the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are aiVected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver
or Bowels. Tnis is caused by the ducts
being stopped, and always disappears in a
week after taking it. Read the label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious it will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Kit
the best you ca.i get, and enough of it
Dose, one tablespoonful in water af two
time. Sold by ail Druggists.
Of course it's imitated
anything good alwa's is
that's endorsement, not a
pleasant kind, but still en
dorsement. HIRES Root
beer is imitated.
VUrte onlr b. Tin Charlt E. Hire" R. . rhlliUlpktl.
AUc pacagtf mikei&ctUon. Sold crcrjwhere.
DROPSY
TIlIVrKO VKKK.
Positively Curml with Vcjjctublo Remedies
Hare cated thou-aniij of cki. Cure ntt pro
nounced hupele? by Ut pliralclans. From tlrt dojq
Tiu)iUm dlaapprart la Un day at leant two-thlrdl"
all yMDfrm rtmored. Hend tor tree book te.tlmo-
iilali of miraculous cure. Ten dar's treatment irea
LrinatL If jou order trial (end lOo In ttampa to pay
portage. Dk. If. II. (JKPr.N & Sna, Atlanta, Ua. it
you order trial return this advertisement to ua.
A journey to the center
of the earth.
No, not quite.
Enough like it, though,
to give you a good idea of
what the real thing is
the trip to the "Garden of
Eden," Wind Cave near
Hot Springs, So. Dakota.
Book about Hot Springs freo if yon
write to J. Francis. Gen' I Pass'r Agent,
Burlington Route, Omaha, Neb.
&tsJrade:Marks.
Exemlnatlon and Advlc. " .Pfr'""'
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mention tins paper.
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