Seectaer.
Henry Ward Beecber was born a.
Litchfield, Conn., June 24, 1813. He
was a son of Dr. Lyman Beecber, an
mlaent di vine and a man of very
energetic character. At an early age
he had a strong predilection for n
eafariag life, which, however, be re
nounced in consequence of a deep
religions impression which he ex
perienced daring a revival. Having
graduated at Amherst college in 1831,
. be devoted himself to the study
theology at Lane seminary under the
tuition of his father, who was th.-n
president of that institution. In 1817
he became pastor of the Plymou'h
(Congregational) chnrch in Brooklyn,
which position he filled up to the
time of his death. There it was th u
bis genial and original eloquence at
tracted the largest congregations iu
the United States. He was editor of
the New York Independent front
1861 to 1863, when he visited Euro,
for the benefit of his health. His
earnest addresses to large audiences
on the subject of the war ot the re
bellion bad a large influence in turn
ing the current of public opinion in
Great Britain in favor of the uni .
cause. Mr. Beecher was also a prom
inent advocate ot anti-slavery and
temperance reform, and later of wo
man's rights. In addition io bis
pulpit labors Mr. Beecber was a pro
lific writer. Among bis princlp.!
works are: "Lectures to Young
Men," "Star Papers,""Life Thoughts,"
"Royal Truths," a novel, "Norwood."
In 1871 he pub lisbed the first volume
of what he intended to be his great
est literary work, "The Life of
Christ," but the second volnme was
still uncompleted at the time of h s
death. Iu 1870 Mr. Beecber aeuiu.!i
the editorship of the Christian Union
but retired from that paper about
two years ago. Mr. Beecher'a great
est prominence among the later gen
eration was obtained by the famous
Tilton trial. This remarkable case
attracted world-wide attention and
the result is too well known to be re
viewed. In the last presidential
election Mr. Beecher espoused the
caue pf G rover Cleveland and was
recognized as one of the leaders of
the faction known as "mugwumps.'7
As a recognition of his services in
securing the presidency for Cleve
land, Mr. Beecher's son Captain Her
bert Beecher, was nominated to a lu
crative office in the revenue service
in Washington territory, which he
now fills. The entire Beecher family
have beeu prominent figures in this
country for the last century. Harriet
Beecher-Stowe, the authoress, is a
sister of the deceased. Rev. dward
Beecber, Rev. Thomas K. Beecher,
and Rev. Charles Beecher, all elo
quent divines, were his brothers.
The latter, only a few months ago,
blew out bis brains with a shotgun
at Elmira, N. Y., while temporarily
insane. Last spring Mr. Beecher
again visited Europe and delivered
discourses in the prominent pulpits of
London. The English press, how
ever, criticised him severely, and his
stay in that country was very brief.
A Chi
IBS Westerw Wmm
In a recent arti cle on some western
women, published in the New York
Graphic, the writer says :
"Mrs. Van Wyck was Miss Kate
Broadbead, of Milford, Pa., daughter
of Col. John H. Broadbead, farmer
and merchant of Pike county and of
the eastern branch of the colonial and
revolutionary family of that name in
the Keystone Commonwealth. Dur
ing the time that Mr. Van Auken
represented the Pike County, Pa.,
district in Congress Mr. Van Wyck
represented the Orange County, N.
Y.district which stretched along the
opposite shore of the Delaware.
During the gay season at the capi
tal Mrs. Van Auken was in the habit
of having her sister, one of the belles
of northern Pennsylvania, assist her
in her social duties at Washington,
where Miss Kate became a great fa
vorite. Upon one occasion Mrs. Van
Auken and her dister, were present
at a great reception given by Post
master General Randall. The mem
ber from the New York district be
yond the waters of the Delaware was
also present, and during the eveniug
bad the honor of being introduced
by Mrs. Van Aukeu to her sister
Miss Kate Broadbead of Milford, Pa.
The fate of the member from New
York was sealed. Acquaintance
rapidly blossomed into love and love
blossomed into mstrimony and Miss
Kate Broadbead of Milford, Pa., be
came Mrs. Van Wyck of Middletown,
N. Y., and on March 4, 1881, went a
step higher in the social affairs of the
nation's capital as Mrs. Senator Van
Wyck. This charming daughter of
Pennsylvania, county of Pike, for six
ysars has been one of the ornaments
of the Senatorial social circle. The
interruption of the Senator's own
succsesion for another term will de
prive Washington's society of one of
its most popular ladies.
Tbk Burlington Hawkeye is a
staunch supporter of Allison for
president, and claims that his politi
cal career has not been dissimilar
from Blaine's except in that there are
traces of democratic mud slinging
clinging to Blaine's garments that
must be explained away, while on
Allison's figure there is not one spot
caused by democratic calumny. Says
that journal: "Allison entered pub
lic Hie with Mr. Blaine. He made a
career very similar to that of the
gentleman from Maine. Like him
ha has been constantly before the
tiaonla for fwentv veara Ami )n.
fmr ail thi; tim ti, nnnn;,;n..
L 7 7 . Z- "r
mmm uarcu iv iimp auy mil CI at aim
and his record, and his preteut ap
pearance is rpotlf-ss from top to soul
With AIIIsob as a candidate, not a
Word need be said in defense of any-1
leary
thing he has not done or left undone.
His nomination would be equivalent
to an order for the republican army
to 'move at once on the enemy's
works.' The party would be on the
aggressive from the very start. There
would be no necessity for measures
of defense, it would be an offensive
war all through. And not in Iowa
alone,but ail over the country. C. Ji.
Nonpareil.
He Fell Threagh a Bridge.
Ira B. Holten, an old-time passen
ger conductor off of the Wisconsin
Central railway and who has been
breaking on the Chicago, Milwaukee
Sc St. Paul between Sabula and Van
Horn fell from the top of a box car
through a bridge to the ground,
forty-five feet, and was instantly
, .... . , T. .
killed yesterday. His remains were
taken to Perry for burial. He leaves
a wife and two grown np daughters
comfortably
provided for. C. Ji.
Nonpareil.
CHINESE JUSTICE.
A Country Which Dispense With th Ser
vice of Lawyer Capital Punish
ment Met by Proxy.
t. v -l T. u- !. :
It may be of interest to know that in
one country, and the largest one at
DHL lucre axo uu tanvcio. iuc uicuiuus i
of reaching a conclusion in questious of
law in the Chinese empire are perhaps
too direct and 6peedy to require the in
tervention of that profession. There is
no trial by jury and no continued cases
or long accumulated dockets. There
are no circuits or specially convenient
courts to dispose of accumulating
causes. The country is divided into
three jurisdictional districts, with a
judicial bead for each, and these in
turn are subdivided into smaller dis
tricts, with local resident magistrates,
who reside permanently in the courts.
or "ya mens." as they are called, and
are ready at any hour of the uayjor
night, the year round, to hear and de
cide any and all cases, civil and crimi
nal, that may come up.
There are no established police apart
from the army and navy. All cities are
inclosed in substantial walls, with four
gates or entrance, and these are closed
at 9 o'clock at night and a guard of
soldiers placed on duty to prevent any
one from passing iu or out without a
passport Every citizen has the right to
arrest an offender on the spot, and it is
no uncommon sight to see a commotion
in the street caused bv a merchant or
shopman leading some luckless devil to
the office of the mandarin, or magistrate,
to lodge a complaint, which consists
simply in relating the transgression ot
the defendant
The magistrate immediately convenes
court and asks the defendant to explain
himself. If he does uot at once confess,
which is generally the case, a process
of the most riirid direct questioning
brings out the story. If the witness does
not talk with a fluent tongue a little
stimulant is administered in the ante
room in the shape of a well-seasoned
bamboo applied not infrequently on the
bare back. This never fails to elicit the
facts in the case. Such penalty as is
judged proper is then pronounced and
executed on the spot There is no ap
peal. The most common cases are those of
petty pilfering, and the penalty in such
cases consists in a given number of
lashes and so many days in the
"caugue." This is a square wooden
yoke, about two feet across, with an
opening in the center to fit around the
neck. This is adjusted and locked,
and a wax seal is affixed in such a way
that the yoke can not be removed with
out breaking the seal. The convict is
then required to patrol the locality of
his crime for the required time, say
thirty to sixty days, at the end of which
term he returns to the "court," and the
seal is examined and, if all right re
moved. There are no jails, and it would
be worth a man's life to tamper with
the seal or attempt to escape. It is a
common sight iu any Chinese city to see
these men, with sullen, subdued coun
tenances, stauding idly on the streets,
the unwelcome cynosure of passers-by.
Collection of debts is not under the
cognizance of the courts. If a man
sells goods on credit he takes his
chances of getting his pay. A sttictly
cash basis in all commercial transac
tions is the result The credit system is
practiced only where the fullest confi
dence is felt and credits even then are
low, and one failure to pay destroys
one's chances of any future credit. The
"sitting out" method of collecting small
debts is practiced. I went three differ
ent times in the course of one day to a
shoe-mender to get my boot cobbled,
and the shoemaker was absent and a
stranger sat speechless and glum in the
shoemaker's bench. Urgent appeals to
the lady of the house elicited the inform
ation that her "old man" owed the
stranger a little bill and he was waiting
for his money and he waited until the
debtor paid him in order to get rid of
him.
When controversies arise as to the
dividing line between estates applica
tion is made to the magistrate, who
sends a committee of his official at
taches, of whom every officer has a
score or more, who inquire into the
case, and if the case is complicated they
most generally strike a geueral average
and plant corner-stones, which are
painted white; and this decision is final.
There is no appeal.
Capital punishment is the severest
penalty for malefactors, and, as far as I
was enabled to discover, there were no
specified degrees or class of crimes
which fell under its provisions, its en
forcement depending more on the whim
of the officer and the general surround
ings than upon the crime per se. Wil
ful murder, piracy, and confirmed
thieves fall under the headsman's ax.
Infanticide, however, is not included
in murder. The parent by Chinese
law, has the right of life over his own
child. Hence, the practice of female
infanticide.
Adultery falls under the life penalty at
the will of the aggrieved party. Thus,
a husband detecting his wife in
adultery can go to the magistrate and
demand the capital punishment of one
or both parties to the crime; or, he may
take the lives of the offenders himself
and not be amenable if he can prove the
truth. It however, he fails to substan
tiate the crime alleged, he is held guilty
of murder and punished accordingly.
Capital punishment can be met by
proxy and the law be satisfied. It is
not uncommon, therefore, when a man
of money is sentenced to death, that he
can by the use of money secure a stay
oi proceedings long enough to obtain a
substitute. This is done by makiner an
offer of 100, 200, or more hundred
"taels" (ounces of silver, about 133 1-3
cents our standard) for a substitute.
Some impecunious family; often having
two hundred or three hundred male
members, as the patriarchal plan of
domestic economy prevails, will agree
among themselves that they will furnish
a substitute for the proffered sum. Lot
is then cast to determine the victim, and
the doomed man accepts his fate with
stoical indifference, upon the ultra-pre-
destination tneory that his time has
corns, else the lot would not have fallen
upon him individually. He according
ly presents himself to the court, and the
convicted man dies by proxy, while the
family of the deceased enjoy the pro
ceeds of the arrangement Bon Ton in
Culumbia Jurist.
SOME STRANGE HANDS.
Tfaent la a Great 1)mI or Character !
Tftem If W Only Kaew It.
Hands reveal habits, occupations,
trades, .says a writer in CasseWs Family
Magazine. A crop of them rises at the
thought, like the show thrust up from a
crowd in honor of a candidate after an
election speech. There is the carpen
ter's, with the broad thumb, and those of
the fraternity of flour, ingrained, mealy
and white; the musician's, with the
powerful wrist and the fingers delicate,
sensitive and agile to the last degree;
the band of the seamstress, with an
honorable little bit of nutmeg-grater on
the forefinger that works so hard; ot
the scientific man, who lectures to ex
plain mysteries to lower mortals and
whose exactitude of touch is the image
of his mental precision, while the ner
vous stretch of his fingers corresponds
with his tension of mind.
The sleight-of-hand professor is a
man of long fingers. A conjurer with a
slow and chubby hand would betray
r'TvT.irHK &S
that is taken from the depths of your
j)est nat
; But beside the character and trade,
the hands tell the age. Soft and round.
ine uuuy s pair ui puu-uaus, miu wcu
fat wrists deeply ridged, appear as if
iney never can uo auyuuuz xu mis
world. Yet the girl's hand will become
!
a treasure, ana ine noy s nana win
battle for life and with his fellow-men
for the mastery. It is appalling to
think of what those helpless little puff
balls have before them.
' After the first dimoles they become
. . . fc d f fi the ' awk.
ward hgnds tfaat don,t know what to do
with themselves. Years pass, the boy's
hand ceases to grumble at gloves yes,
he wears them in extravagant fresh
ness, in comparison as his collars grow
upward, and his shoes tighten within
an inch of his life. The result of these
phenomena is that a ring begins to
shine with charming strangeness on
! another hand, that seemed a child's
I but yesterday. The young wife tells by
j her hands that it is not long since the
I wedding, because she can not let that
j new ring alone, but twists it around
for the novelty, and admires it with an
unconscious knack of caressing it in
idle moments. Her dimples disappear,
as the children gather to make a home
circle; it is the hand of the woman now,
t with its very framework traceable.
i Dimples, bones and wrinkles mark
the three stages of life's progress. With
the wrinkled stage the steadiness of
, youth often remains in resolute char
I acters. When the Duke of Wellington
was a very old man he could still nil a
glass of water to the last possible drop
and hold it up steadily brimfuL The
helpful hands keep their youthful activ
ity, too, far into the withering age.
And in nobly-loving natures there is a
sort of immortality of youth; the
warmth of affection has given more than
a royal prerogative; the hand is beauti
ful always to the eyes that know it
, familiarly. The latter years only stamp
i it with the impress of a longer past of
tenderness and bounty. It is not the
"old" hand but the "dear" hand, and
it never grows older, but only more
dear. Ho who doubts the truth of this
last nnstery has not yet found out that
hands as well as hearts have a peculiar
i place in our knowledge aud love of one
anomer.
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Sleeptessuess.
The sufferers from this most exasper
ating complaint says a writer in the,
Brooklyn Eagle, are chiefly men who'
live exclusively in the top of their heads
men who, to gratify their own or
their families' ambition for wealth and
social success, can find no time for exer
cise and relief from "the daily round,
common task." When night comes
they are too fatigued to enjoy them
selves in the parlor or the billiard
room. They cannot read, and it is an
impossibility to stop figuring and plan
ning lone enough to woo the passive
condition which is the preliminary and
indispensable step toward a good
night's sleep. So the crank turns and
the grist grinds from morning till
night from night till morning, and the
result is wasted tissue and impoverished
vitality.
"After all, a man's first duty is to his
family," the victim tells himself. "I
shall have time enough to rest when I
have made a few more thousands."
And so the girls are sent abroad to be
educated, and the boys go to college
like "princes of the blood," and mother
swings between Germany, Paris, New
York, and Topbet, trying" to be happy
in her Worth dresses, and social suc
cesses, but probably too anxious about
husband and too unsettled as to her
brood to enjoy much of anything.
"I should fie well enough if I could
only sleep," her husband writes her,
"but it is the same old story, and some
times I am afraid it will wear me out"
Provided this wife cares truly for her
husband, such a paragraph, received
perhaps in a foreign land, must be the
reverse of exhilarating. Butshe can do
him no good when she i3 by bis side.
It only amounts to two being kept
awake instead of one, a tragic fact
which is harder to bear than all. In
the past the very sound of her quiet
breathing at night has proved an irri
tant of the worst kind. It is no use to
say, "Let everything go and try to
rest" That has been tried too often.
Such counsel is sure to result in a re
proach though probably quite uninten
tional. "Suppose I were to let things
go at this crisis" it is always "this
crisis" in such cases "what would be
come of you and the girls and the boys,
and how could I afford to buy the prop
erty adjoining ours, and which we must
have to make ours truly valuable?"
Neither the logic of common sense nor
the pleadings of love can have any
effect upon a man so far gone as this.
He must be left to his idols and the aw
ful and inevitable day of physical reck
oning, which is as certain as that sun
set must follow sunrise.
"When a man begins to lie awake
nights he had better begin to stir about
days," said Abraham Lincoln to a mem
ber of his cabinet who was complaining
oi insomnia. "ivaiK, oia ieiiow, walK,
till old Shanks won't carry you another
step," he added, "and don't take the
Civil War out airing with you, either."
Through the avenue of insomnia a
man is pretty sure to travel to one
of three houses," Charles Lamb once
told a friend "to the mad-house, the
poor-house or the house of refuge. If
he passes these be will bring up in a
hospital, public or private; and this
place, to my mind, is almost as bad as
the others."
The Unexpected Visitor.
There are a few fortunate house
keepers in the world who, knowing that
it is the unexpected which always hap
pens, are invariably prepared for the
unexpected visitor. Their children are
always in pimlico order, their pantry
overflowing with nectar and ambrosia,
their parlors thoroughly dusted, their
spare room in readiness, while they
themselves are perpetually well dressed
and in a frame of mind to entertain.
One never catches them disordered in
manners or toilet But there are others,
alas, who are always taken at a disad
vantage, who are never able, from some
strange reluctance on the part of for
tune, to put their best foot forward; who
were dressed in their prettiest yesterday,
but thinking nobody would arrive to
day, have donned their shabbiest; who
are habitually down at the heel, so to
speak, with untidy rooms; whose visi
tors arrive just as the last Christmas
pie is lost to sight to memory dear; just
as the damson preserves have ferment
ed; just as the children have torn their
frocks, spilled the ink, or broken the
fragrant kerosene lamp; just as the head
ot tne house has been going over the
weekly bills aud talking about the poor
house; or just as one has a toothache or
influenza, is meditating a visit one's
self, or has the carpets up and the dust
up, too, or has beguu a new novel, or
has au appointment with the dentist or
the photographer. Few people have
enough self-control to feel and .look
happy under these circumstances, not
to beirin the fatal apology; but occa
sionally oue discovers a woman who is
so adaptable that she can at once seem
to forget the disorder or awkwardness
of things about ber, and has the happy
knack of setting the visitor instantly at
bis ease, making the best of everything,
and revolving chaos into a pleasant
harmony, ana appearing as if it did not
in the least signify that the carpet was
littered with scraps from the sewing,
that the baby was howling with colic,
that the fire was smoking, that the soup
had "caught" or the milk "turned," or
the cook given warning, or that the
hostess was out at elbows. Most of us.
at such times, appear so embarrassed
that the unexpected visitor wishes with
all his heart he had given warning of
bis approach, or had never thought of
coming at all, views himself, and is re
garded, as nothing less than a calamity,
wonders that we have no better man
ners than to let him see how inoppor
tune his visit is, and calculates the
earliest moment in which he may make
his escape without showing that he
knows we know that he kuows he is not
quite welcome. Sometimes, however,
it is the visitor who has the ready tact
to make everybody contented with him
self and forget that anything is out of
plumb. Harper's Bazar.
Monkey Affection.
The gorilla, of Western Africa, lives
in patriarchal and polygamous families,
in which many females and their young
submit to the authority of a single adult,
and the habits of the chimpanzee are
similar; but the Cynoeephalie, most of
smaller species of the African Conti
nent, and American monkeys, live in
considerable troops, in a kind of geu
eral sexual promiscuity, in which the
love of the mothers for their young,
very strong while they need it in their
weakness, does not outlive their growth
out of helpless infancy. Similar habits
have been noticed among some savage
races; and traditions are preserved
among many people of a time when
family bonds did not exist. But traces
of more durable family bonds between
monkeys of the same blood seem to exist
among the chimpanzees and gorillas,
where the appearance of particular and
exclusive affection is combined with
rivalry with the members of other fami
lies. Savage, in the Boston Journal oj
Natural Htslory, tells of a female chim
panzee which was observed in a tree
with the male and a pair of youug of
different sexes. She first started to hurry
down and run into the thicket with the
male and the young female; but, seeing
the young male left behind, she went
back for nim aud had taken him in her
arms when she-was shot. Houzeau, in
his "Etudes" ("Studies on the Mental
Faculties of Animals as compared with
those of Men"), compares this trait with
the indifference with which the New
Zealand mother saw Cook take away
her son. probably forever, as she was
expressly informed. Houzeau also finds
traces of paternal aflection in the pro
tection that old anthropoid apes accord
to the members of the polygamous
tribe of which they are chiefs.
This
kind of affection can, however, hardly
be said to exist anions all men. There
are numerous tribes iu which the fathers
do not know their own children, in
which the names pass iu the female
line, and where a man's heirs are the
children of his sisters. Striking ex
amples of conjugal love are sometimes
shown among monogamous monkeys.
An incident iu point is that of a female
of an Amcricau spocies which, tired of
holding her young one, called up the
male to relieve her. Another story is
that of the male in the Jardin des
Plantes which became inconsolable and
starved itself to death after its com
panion died. Madame Clenience Roger
in Popular Science Monthly.
s
What Boys and Girls Read,
That which the
working class lads
read is generally of the lowest and
most vicious character; that which their
sisters read is in no way superior. The
boy takes in the penny dreadful; the
girl secures the penny novelette, which
is equally deserving of the adjective.
Because the influence of these love and
murder concoctions among girls is not
so apparent to the public eye as the in
fluence of the burglar and bushranging
fiction among boys, it must not be sup
posed that that influence is less real. It
is, in fact, in many ways not ouly more
real, but more painful. Boys may be
driven to sea or to break into houses by
the stories they read; their actions are at
once recorded in the columns of the
daily papers. With girls the injury is
more invidious and subtle. It is almost
exclusively domestic. We do not often
see an account of a girl committing any
very serious fault through her reading.
But let us go into the houses of the
poor and try to discover what is the
effect on the maiden mind of the trash
which maidens buy. If we were to
trace the matter to its source we should
probably find that the high-flown con
ceits and pretentions of the poorer girls
of the period, their dislike of manual
work and love of freedom, spriug
largely from notions imbibed in the
course of a perusal of their penny
fictions. Their conduct toward their
friends, their parents, their husbands,
and their employers is colored by what
they then gather. They obtain distort
ed views of life, and the bad influence of
these works on themselves is hauded
down to their children and scattered
broadcast throughout the family. There
is hardly a magazine read by them
which it would not be a moral benefit
to have swept off the face of the earth.
It would be well for philantbrophists to
bear this fact in mind. There is a wide
and splendid field for the display of a
humanizing and elevating literature
among girls. Such a literature should
not be beyond our reach. Girls can
hardly be much blamed for reading the
hideous nonsense they do, when so little
that is interesting and stirring in plot
and bright and suggestive in character,
is to be liad. The Nineteenth Century.
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Grave Blunder by a Cashier.
The president of a Wisconsin agricult
ural works sat up all night to look over
the books of his cashier, and next morn
ing said to him:
"James, I find a deficit of $1885 in
rour accounts, as closed on the 30th of
ast November."
"1 throw myself on your mercy," re
sponded the cashier, "but the amount
is only $900. I used the money in specu
lation, and I'll turn over all my person
al property to make good the loss."
When the president came to go over
his figures again, he found the supposed
deficit to lie in the fact that he had
added the year 1885 to the column; but
it was too late for the cashier to retract
He had given himself dead awav.
Wall Street News.
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A safe, portable, and convenient
electric railway reading lamp was
shown at a recent meetingof the British
association. A cubical oox of about
four inches, and containing four cells,
weighs six pounds, and will burn
twelve hours; another form of battery
one-third this width and half the weight
is not more cumbrous than a book.
The little lamp is fastened by a hook to
the waistcoat The one exhibited had
startled many a fellow-passenger of the
exhibitor, and had done good servioa
for a fortnight '
Beef Ta anil Soups for the Sick.
If the rations ot beef tea have not dis
gusted the invalid with the very thought
of soup.any ro.l broth may be given,
aud the "wjreinldV oiips make a pleas
ant change iu summer. Artichoke, or
asparagus soup, is a dainty dish, and
cream oi eeirry mirht have been the
original ambrosia. To make it, take a
bunch of ifii-ry ami prepare as for the
table, put it into sufficient salted boU
iug water to cover it ami boil until it is
tender enough to be rubbed through a
sieve. Melt toeiluT one tablespoonfnl
of butter and one of flour in a bawl set
in boiling water, or uti top of the boil
ing teakettle, and add gradually a pint
aud a half of hot milk; season with
salt, a little red pepper anil nutmeg, if
they are liked; put in the celery and
half a pint of cream, let it come to the
boil ami serve. Half the quantity may
be made if desired, as this is sufficient
for twice. Pastry should be sternly
bauished from the iuvalid's tray. Na
ture has quite enough to do to recruit
her shattered forces without being call
ed upon to assimilate pie. There are
numerous light and delicate confections
that cau be substituted for it Dishes
of the blanc-mange and custard family,
Charlotte Kusse, the many creams,
Spanish, Bavarian, Swiss, etc, may all
be used iu its place to the great ad
vantage of the patient Auy good
cookery book furnishes recipes for these
dishes and many admirable ones have
been given to "the readers of Good
UoitsLkefp nq, so it is not necessary to
occupy space in rep?atig them. Eggs
lightlv boiled, or lightly poached and
served on toat. are belter for breakfast
than meat. jSome delicate farinaceous
preparation may be added as hominy,
cracked wheat, macaroni stewed in
milk, or boi!n oatmeal. Fresh fruit
should always be served at breakfast
remembering the old adage. "Fruit is
gold in the morning, silver at noon and
iead at night." The golden rule to be
borne iu mind iu feeding convalescents
is to procee.l cautiously with new arti
cles of diet, giviug a little at first and if
it produces no ill effect increasing the
quantity. Elizabeth Robinson Scovil,
vi Good Housekeeping.
--
Ham and Esga by Telegraph.
There is oue hotel in
New York at
whose office one hears a wide departure
from the old and unvaried cry of
"Front," "Take tlm to 247," or "See
what 90 wants." At this hotel the
clerk hears the tick of a muffled bell
behind him. turns from the counter,
glances at a dial about the size of an
ordinary nickel clock and immediately
behaves as if he could see through all
the walls between him and the guests'
rooms and could reach the mind of
any guest in the bargain. Click, goes
the bell.
"James take up a Manhattan cocktail
to 47," says the clerk. Click, goes the
bell. "Boy," says the clerk, "take up
two soft-boiled eggs to Mr. Torakins."
or "Johnny, run up aud say to 363 that
it is ten minutes after 10 o'clock."
Any visitor who spends au hour near
the clerk's desk will be amazed at the
variety of orders that will be given to
the hall boys without the clerk's hear
ing a word from auy room by tele
phone, telegraph, speaking tube, or any
other means.
The explanation is at once simple
and peculiar. Some genius lias invent
ed a device that he calls by a Greek
I 1,:ime anu which is operated auto
matically uy an eieciric uaiiery exactly
as the old-fashioned hotel annunciators
are. In each room in the hotel is a
dial with moveable arrow, like a clock
hand. On the dial are printed the
names of everything a guest would be
at all likely to want all the drinks that
ever were heard of. paper, envelopes,
telegraph blanks, "help," a doctor,
police, chambermaid, messenger boy,
eggs, toast, milk, soup, oysters, break
fast, dinner, tea in fact, every eatable
in common demand a city directory,
the daily papers, playing cards, cigars,
cigarettes, chewing tobacco, a barber
in short, everything in a list of 100 or
150 necessaries. The guest pulls the
arrow to the name of whatever he wants
and by pressing a button registers his
demand on the dial behind the clerk's
desk. The only purpose it serves is to
save time in the execution of orders.
Cor. Philadelphia Times.
George Gould.
George Gould is the latest instance
of his lather's foresight. His first ex
perience in business convinced every
one else that he was not cut out But
Jay Gould has picked him out as his
manager. Young Gould has now
settled down to make himself stoop
shouldered signing checks and indors
ing stocks aud bonds. He has been
made vice-president of a number of
corporations by his father to relieve the
latter of that task. When he thought
of taking a bride the first marked
change came over him. Even his father
did not know what developed the young
man's business capacity so suddenly.
Cupid had winged him, and he was im
pressed with the gravity of life. He was
married in a business suit, and his
wedding trip was iu a common coach
from Irvingtoa to New Vork. The
young mau is daily at his lather's of
fice. He takes his coat otfand works
in his shirt sleeves, like a clerk who has
plenty to do and wants to be unre
strained in doiug it. He reaches his
office in the Western Union building by
9 or 9:30, and often stays right up to 6
o'clock. He pores over the accounts of
railroads to see thai tney are right be
fore payments are made, aud looks
after details that put him in the way
of kuowinjr exactly what everybody
connected with the property is doiug.
Now and then, on a bright afternoon,
he manages to get away from business
to take his wife for a drive. His spare
time is passed entirely iu her society.
Seuator Hoar ib regarded as the
beat authority on American history
in the body.
Senator KuBti9 Bpeaks and reads
French like a native, and is fond of
yellow covered novels.
Seaae Foolish Peple
Allow a cough to run until it gets beyond
the reach of medicine. They often say.
Oh, it will wear away, but in most cases
it wears them away. Could they be in
duced to try the successful medicine
called Kemp's Balsam, which we sell on
a positive guarantee to cure, they would
immediately see the excellent effect after
taking the first dose. Price 50c and $1.00.
Trial aieefree. Dr. A. Heintz.
Senator Ransom runs to Latin and
dates, especially in .Horace, whom he
is fond of quoting in his speeches.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
cures the most obstinate coughs.
Try it ! Dowty & Heitkemper.
Senator Hale has one of the finest
libraries in Maine and is well read in
general literature.
Salt KhcBBi r Eczeaaa,
Old sores and ulcers,
Scaldhead and ringworm,
Pain in the back and spine,
Swelling of the knee joints,
Sprains- and bruises,
Neuralgia and toothache,
Tender feet caused by bunious,
corns and chilblains, we warrant
Bergs' Tropical Oil to relieve any
and all of the above. Dr. A. Heintz.
wwtimmt 1st Tex
Great excitement has been caused
in the vicinity of Paris, Texas, by the
remarkable recovery of Mr. J. E.
Corley, who was so helpless he could
not turn in bed, or raise his head;
everybody said be was dying of con
sumption. A trial ,bottle of Dr.
Kiug's New Discovery was sent mm.
Findine relief, he bought a large
bottle and a box of Dr. King's New
Life Pills; by the time be had taken
two boxes ot Pills and two bottles of
the Discovery, be was well and had
gained in flesh thirty-six pounds.
Trial bottles of this Great Dis
covery for Consumption free at
Dowty & Heitkemper's.
Senator Payne is not noted for bis
I literary attainments, but he is loud
o' biography and travel, aud na
more reminiscences to tell than
most any man in the senate.
Prematurely Aftetl.
Many a woman is robbed of those
charms w rich the uentler fex value
so highly, and mide old before her
time by functional irregula-i'ies. To
such the bloom of youth may be re
stored bv the ue ot a remedy which
ha stood the test of time and which
is today acknowledged to be without
an equai for all female weaknesses
Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription."
By all druggists.
Seuator Joe Blackburn is well iu
formed in sportins matten ud can
tell the record and pedigret of fverv
fast horse in Kenturkv without
looking at him.
Do Yost Know
that Bepg- Cberrv Coiih Svrup
will relieve thttt cough aluio-t
inaKully nod msk xpectori
lion eas ? Acta simultaneously on
the bowelo, kidnexs nud liver, there
by relieving the lungs of that sore
ness aud pain aud al -topping that
tickl'n tr sensation m the throat by
removing the caoe. One trill of it
will convince anv one that it has i-o
equal on earth tor coughs and cold.
Dr. A. lie' in z has rrcnre:l the sale of
it and will guarantee every bottle to
give satiafaction. 3feb2i
S"naior It:a!lp likes
novels and is well up
literature.
old EnjrJ -'
in srientiiip
The Ilei
ellet .Hast la Colasa-
As well as the handsomest, and others
are invited to rail on Dr. A. Heintz and
get free a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam
foAtbe Throat and Lungs, a remedy that
is selling entirely upon its merits and is
guaranteed to cure and relieve all
Chronic aud Acute Coughs, Asthma,
Bronchitis and Consumption. Price 50
cents and $1. Dec22-8G
Senator Sherman is a classic!
-cholar and reads French. He scans
the newspapers, but does not beMev
iu reading a book until time has tried
it.
MR. wm. wf.sti.akk, Btoclc raiser
and breeder of thoroughbred horse?,
living near Avnca, Nebraska, was
liadly injured by being thrown from
aeulky. Alter using liniments and
coneultiug physicians, without being
anorueu auy relict, be obtained a
bottle of Chamberlain's Paiu Balm
from the druggist at Avca, which
he began using and noticed a change
for the better, after a few applica
tions; in two weeks he entirely re
covered the use of his arm. It is un
equaled for severe bruises aud
sprains, rheumatism and lame back.
Sold by Dowty & Ueitkemper.
Senator Vest i9 a great reader of
the Bible and knows whole ohapters
by heart. Ail Scriptural facts in
dispute are referred to him.
Itch, Prairie Mange, aud Scratches
of every kind cured in 30 minutes by
Woolford'g Sanitary Lotion. Use no
other. This never fails. Sold by
0. B. Stillman, druggist Columbus.
Seuator Joe Brown, of (teor;i-,
speuds most of his time perusing
musty volumes of public record and
documents.
The Yerdlcc Uaukmiisieaa.
W. D. Snlt, Druggist, Bippus, Ind.,
testifies: "I can recemmend Elec
tric Bitters as the very best remedy.
Every bottle sold baa given relief iu
every case. One man took six bot
tles, and was cured of Rheumatism
of 10 yean' standing." Abraham
Hare, druggist, Bellville, Ohio, af
firms : "The beat selling medicine I
have ever handled in my 20 years'
experience, is Electric Bitters."
Thousands of others have added
their testimony, so that the verdict
is unanimous that Electrfct Bitters do
cure all diseases of the Liver, Kid
neys or Blood. Only a half a dollar
a bottle at Dowty & Heitkemper's
drug store.
Among the senators who write
for magazines or other periodicals
are Sherman, Hoar, Ingalls, Ransom
and Hale.
Parity Year Blaed.
If your tongue is coated.
If your skin is yellow or dry.
If you have boils.
If you have fever.
If yon are thin or nervous.
If you are bilious.
If you are constipated.
If your bones ache.
If your bead aches.
If you have no appetite.
If you have no ambition, one
bottle of Beggs' Blood Purifier and
Blood Maker will relieve any and
all of the above complaints. Sold
and warranted by Dr. A. Heintz.
Senator Beck is fond of poetry and
can repeat the "Lady of the Lake"
without a slip from beginning to end.
'Geatle a the Breeze m Krea-
This line of an old hymn is quite
appropriate when applied to "Pleas
ant Purgative Pellets." "I don't like
to take pills if I can avoid it' we
often bear persons say, "because they
constipate me so," now the "Pellets"
never do this. They are so gentle
and mild that their effect is almost
precisely similar to a natural move
ment of the bowles, and no unpleas
ant effects are le.'t behind.
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This institution prepare younir people
thoroughly for Te cbiiiir, for Bu-ines
Life, for Adnn ui: to Cnllrtje. for l.:iw
or Medical Sehools, f r I'ulilit- petkinsj.
in In-trument-il uixl Vocal Mu-ic tn
Drawiug and l'jititttitr, aul u Klomtion.
Short-hiiud and Tvpe-writimr.
in the Normal Ocpartinmt, tlioruh
instruction i jjiven i? alt lr:un-hi re
quired tor anv 'i-rtilio:te from Third
Cirade to Mate I'rofexional.
The Bu-inr-, oure inrtude 1'en
mauship. i'nminercial Correspondence,
Commercial Law and Hock-keeping, with
the heat mrthod-. ol keeping F.inn. Fac
tory, Banking ami Mercantile accounts.
(Five premium were awarded to this
department at the recent Mate Fair.'
Kvpenie are very low. Tuition.
R.iom Ken: ami Table "Board are placed
at eot. at iicarlv a. poille.
Fir-t Wir.ter'Tenu l.r-sjhi Nov. !. ';
Second H'inter'Term, Feb. 1, 7.
For particular .iddrex- President of
XoKMAl. COI.LKOK,
Nov.-tr Fremont Xel.
THE LASGEST ill FIIEST STOCK
west ot Omaha, at
GREISEN BROS.
The hett manufactories of the country
represented. Not to he under
sold by anybody. Come aud
see prices at
GREISEN BROS.
Thto is tb most FBAOTZOAL BXOB-OXJT
8H03 ever Invented.
ltla very GENTEE1. and DRESSY and gives
the same protection as a boot or over-gaiter, lets
convenient to pat on and the top con be adjusted to
At finyonfclo by elmply xaovtn tha buttons.
For sale by
GREISEN BROS.
Kith Oct. 'S6-tf
SI..WA.
LOUIS SCHREIBER,
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All kinds of Repairing done on
Short Notice. Buggies, Wag
ons, etc., made to order,
and all work Guar
anteed. Alio sell the world-famous Walter A
Wood Mowers. Keapers, Combin
ed Machines, Harvesters,
and Self-binders -the
beat made.
sHrShop opposite the "Tattersall.'
on
Olive St.. COUJA1 BII3. "M-ra
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The best book for an
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It Contains lists of newsDaners anil patininto
ofthe cost of advertising. Theailvcrtiserwlio
wants to spcntl one dollar, finds in it the in
formation be requires, while forhim who will
invest one hundred thousand dollars In ad
vertising, a scheme is indicated which will
meet his every requirement, or can be made
to do to by slight changes easily arriretl at by cor
rttpondenee. 149 editions have been i.sued.
Sent, post-paid, to any address for 10 cents.
Write to GEO. P. ROWELI. & CO..
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING BUREAU.
(10Spruoat.lrintins House Sq.), New York.
YOOi
cau live at home, and make morp
money at work for ut. than at
anything else in this world. Can.
ital not needed; you are started free.
Both sexes; all ages. Any one can do
the work. Large earnings sure from
first start. Co3tly outfit and terms free.
Better not delay. Cots vou nothing to
send u your address and find out; if
you are wise you will do so at once. H.
HALLKTT.te Co., Portland, Maine
Dec-
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RCBOYD,
MANUFACTUKKR OK
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, Roofing and Gutter
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accomplish for every bodj exactly wt ii-.
tha Muttanc Liniment U fousllaiu ualiil
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The LaabaraannttetUitlacaMsfic.,
The Heasawlfo need It Ur geseaUisw I
The Canalerneedltrorhtitua-j- I
Ths Mechanic need it alwajj ea t: I
Th Miner needs It tn cae of esierrcer
The Pleneerneedilt can'tsBtiissjwtt-;.!
The Farmer needs It la hi. t;u. tu c j
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The Stesnhoat nan or the Baitm3 :
It In liberal supply afloat and aihcre.
The Herae-fancler need; t:-t:
friend and safest reliance.
UlUl
The Steck-grower needs It It wIUutjI
tnousanas craoiiars anu a worm or troiil.
The Railroad man need3l:aaicaiti:(
long- as nu ma is a rounu or accueau tzi insa
The Backwoodsm an needs U. Tii-sul
lug-like It as an antidote for tne diz;s;i ti l
limb and comfort which surround tie fizzn
xae oiercaant neeus itaooui wcitl
his employees. Accidents will hsppes. uiil
these come the Mustang Unlmest Is yizut 1:34 1
Keep a Bottle lathe Honse. TUttiUsl
economy.
Keep a Bottle la the Factorr. bl3al
use In case of accident sava pain ts.1 !ai c'tI
Keep a Battle Always tn thestW,fu
se when wanted.
Cures Guaranteed!
DR. WARN'B SPECIFIC No. L
A C ertain ( ure for Xeru. he: -,
Seminal weakiies. Inv.iluutarj F14
.Htons, Spermatorrhea, aini au Lsear,.
the geni to-urinary or:un . .: v
abuse or over indulcin e
Trice, $1 00 per bov. ti ' . $."
DR. WARN'S SPECIFIC No 2
ror epileptic rit. f-nui air:il
Loss of Memory. oftcniD ot tbe B'jiI
and all tboe diea?e ot tb- '-'jin IV
?l.tKJ per box, ix boe? -
DR. "WARN'S SPECIFIC No 1
ror impotence. -terilit u r 'jer-il
Los- of Tower, preui.iturr t -. ii
those diea-e reiuirin' 1 " r f ;
iiroratioir of the pmui . n i'r
i.iHi pr box. -i b- !
DR. "WARN'S SPECIFIC No 4
ror Ueaaaeoe. .erou- niriiv-:
all acute dieaes of thr iii-n 1- ;:
Trice ."0c per box. -six bov, . m
DR. "WARN'S SPECIFIC No. 5
For all dieae- e.tused h? tnr utrrM
01 tobacco or liquor. Thi rvui-lv c ixM
tu-ul.irlv eifieaciouN in avertin;; w:fl
delirium tremens. Trice ! pet
six boxes $.".00.
We Guarantee a t ure, or arre t r-
fund double the monev paid. 1 rti:.i.l
in each box. This guarantee aptliciiB
each of our rie specifics, em tyn
to anv addre--. secure from oberit.:
on receipt of price. Be careful to meau.
lecincs are only recommended (or tt
citic diseases, tteware of remedies v.
ranted to cure all these dieaj-eitlit:i
medicine. To avoid counterfeits asii
as -secure tne genuine, order oni.ir.:
DOWTY fc CH1..
DRUGGIST,
19-1 Columni, N
Health is Weal
Db E. C. West's Nfrtz and Bh.usTI
hint, a suaranteod epecitic for HrstePti.3
cess. Convulsions, iits, ferrous. .-Jl'-VT
ucauacau, iiurvuua rruMrauuui."'""" - rj
pression. Softening of the Brain multizi-
Banuy ana leading to misery. u-i - -yi
PramotiiHl Olrl A era BomrnnlM LOiS Ot Pl
in either aox. Involuntary lfces acfc52?3
flknan A A.- ! 1 .. I n .,. L'nnk KlT W "
nrrnroii nfurnp aTnrnnn in i ;m m
Qua mnnth'n trftflfmflnt. 5Tfi1 n. box. or B "!
Car i5JDL BPnt h v mail nrpnaidoxi ruceiDtC'l
WE GUARANTEE IX BOX&
To euro an v case. With each order receive-
Bend tha purchaser our written guarantitt wH
food, the money if the treatmentdoMD:-H
Vi niv Knvne onnAmtMinioil vsritfi Lft 7ir
cure. UuaranttttS isaueaoniypy
JOHN O. "WEST .Ss CO,
862 W. MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILLS,
Sole Prop's West's Liver Pilli
PATENT!
CAVEATS. TRADE MARhSAXO IIIPiEhl'
OlttMintul iil ill itK.at- lti..fik .c f'
U. 5. Patent Office attended to . ' Mi
EltATKFKES. Our otliee is opposite thi I . ''"'
Otliee. and wc cau obtain lit-tt .n -'
time than thoe remote trom V V H t N.i-
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We reier here to rfc. !Viiuatt
Supt. of .Monev Onl. r 1 . "'' ' "
eiaN of the l"S. IV. i '& - "r '
riilar. ailviee, term- n'l rrWrru-'-actual
eIient- in u " ilc
eoiintv, write to
V, A. MOW O.
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Either sev; .ill age. -i nif ' -that
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rbanep of a lifetime. TS- -ambitious
and etiterpn--delay.
Grand outfit frrr
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Rheumatism. Straisa,
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Bruim, Sorei,
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