Omr. ly em.
What we are just now thinking of
is what children are entitled to from
grown people. Of course we do not
include in this the duty of parents
(which we may refer to later on),
because everyone ought to know
that; but what we are thinking of
just now is the dutj of every grown
person never to neglect an opportu
nity to brighten the life of a child.
Can't you remember some time when
a cross word from a thoughtless
neighbor sent yon trudging home
from school, with heart loaded with
sorrow, only to break out in tears
when your mother met you at the
door, and in quick conception of her
maternal love saw in your counte
nance a disturbance which at once
excited her sympathy and led her to
ask what had happened to her child?
If you have never met that ex
perience you have been especially
favored and should congratulate
yourself upon your good fortuue in
escaping one of the greatest annoy
ances of childhood. It is the positive
duty of every growu person to be
kind to children simply because they
are chidren, and no opportunity
should be neglected to assist them in
their youthful enjoyment and inno
cent glee. Their bright little coun
tenances shine out upon our pathway,
and in the domestic circlo their bright
eyes peer through transient clouds,
which but for them might lead to
darker storms.
Be kind to them those little ones
they are so inexperienced and know
so little of the rough world, which
they may have to contend with, that
perhaps the happiest thought of their
future life will lead them back to a
simple kind word that some one
spoke to them when their little heart
waB swelling with grief over some
trivial, childish affair, and from the
kindness their thoughts were divert
ed from the sorrow. You, father and
mother, who perhaps have been
spared the pangA of separation, have
never experienced the pain which
comes with the breaking
of the silver cords of paternal affec
tion, take your little children to your
arms and promise them and your-,
selves that you will overlook the
faults of childhood, and if not in the
past, in the future ou will do all
iu your power to brighten their lives.
Those who have placed beueath the
sod the little ones they so fondly
loved must reap their own reward ;
every word of displeasure and act of
unkindnoss will come up before them
and in their heart remain to be the
first thought to come back to their
miud when in their sorrow they
would recall the memory of the dead.
Be kind to the little ones, and by
gentle words lead them to think that
their future is not dark, and although
misfortune may overtake them aud
their mid-life be shrouded in mourn
ing, make their early days such that
when they arrive at our age they
will strive, although the strife will
be in vain, to dream again the bright,
gay dream of childhood's happy days.
Clevelaad'M Pet Seath It
Brittle Xewas.
President Cleveland signed bills
appropriating sums of money for the
erection of a public building in each
one of eight southern cities and vil
lages, and vetoed bills appropriating
money to build the 6ame class of
structures in six northern cities.
The places referred to in the south
are San Antonio, Houston and El
Paso, Texas; Jacksonville, Ala.;
Savannah and Augusta, Ga., and
Owensboro, Ky. The aggregate pop-
ulatlon of those places in 18S0 was
about 112,000 and the amount ap
propriated has been 11,075,000. The
northern cities are Zanesville, Day
ton, and Portsmouth, Ohio; Sioux
City, Iowa; Lynn, Mass., and Dulutb,
Minn., the combind population of
which, in 18S0, was about 130,000.
The amount which wa sought for
these cities was $580,000. Let those
Individuals who accuse the presideut
of a sort of rugged justice and hon
esty in his attitude toward legislation
explain, if they can, why he approv
ed the setting apart of over $1,000,
000 for southern communities with a
population of 112,000 and vetoed tho
appropriation of but little more than
half this amount for 130,000 people
in the north ? Globe-Democrat.
Creditor's Optica.
The New York Tribune intimates
.that in case Congress should at any
time attempt to enforce a too rapid
a payment of the public debt, the
banks, in self protection would make
such a rush for gold as the treasury
would not be able to resist a single
month.
Has the government no friend in
the treasury.or executive department;
have the banks all to do with that de
partment of the government?
There is no law requiring gold
payment so long as there is a dollar
in the treasury.
If the banks should attempt a run
on the treasury, the latter could very
easily protect herself by offering sil
ver Instead of gold, in redemption of
greenbacks.
The law calls only for coin, and
not for gold.
"When the contract calls for coin,
there is no law. common or statute,
which recognizes the creditor's op
tion. Oh, that the government had
a loyal officer at the head of its fiscal
aflai rs. Express.
Death is in the course of nature,
as much as life; the transition from
this state to that which, presumably,
is better, should be a matter
for rejoicing rather than for mourn
ing; it is noticeable that the time
worn custom of sober habiliments is
coming into disuse, here and there,
and It is to-be hoped that it will en
tirely disappear everywhere, and
that better way prevail, as at. the fu
serai of the late Henry Ward Beech
The Norfolk News is authority for
saying that Charlie Stead man, who
for the past nine months has been
employed as telegraph operator for
the U. P. company at that place, ac
cepted a position last week as station
agent for the F. E. & M. V. at Lind
say and left to take charge of tho
station last Friday. His family left
Monday. Quite a number of Schuy
lerites are making Lindsay their
headquarters George Moore, W. H.
Gray, Norman Rosa, and now Charlie
and family. Quill.
On Sunday at Skull creek, Butler
county, Wenzel Marueek, aged 23
years, accidentally Bhot and killed
himeelf. He was taking a shot gun
from a corn crib, with the muzzle of
it toward him. The hammers caught
on a board, polled them back tar
enough so as to let them drop bard
enough to snap the caps. Both bar
rels were discharged, the contents
taking effect in his breast, teariug
him terribly. Schuyler Quill.
John Browx, jr., son of'Osawa
tatnie," Brown, recently made a con
tribution to the eartbquke fund.which
was turned over to the Confederate
Home. He writes a letter waimly
approving the di?positiou,aml adding
that "when the non-combatants ot
the war have passed away there will
be little left of the 'bloody cha-iu,'
and the men that fought each other
can now fully comprehend the mean
ing of the word fraternity."
SwKRinAV ennntv. Neb., claim a
Vepublican victory by about fifty ma
jority. The county-peat wg located ::t
Nonpareil by about 100 majority.
Dan skin, was elected county attorney ;
Field, judge; Shonquest, sheriff;
Blood, coroner; Ferbert, treasurer;
Clark, clerk; Berry, surveyor; Simp
son, superintendent; Reed, Bain'
and Broome, commissioners.
Judge Arthur McArthur, as
sociate justice of the District of Co
lumbia, at present holding the crim
inal court, handed his resignation to
President Cleveland the other day to
take effect April 1 next He has
held the position since 1870 and has
been a diligent, faithful judicial of
ficer. Tones in the State Journal says.
"A shower of brimstone is reported
from Indiana. The Journal has
been expecting something of the
kind, but supposed it would fall fur
ther west in Sioux City or Omaha."
It makes it a little bit unpleasant
that the Journal shows such a strong
prejudice in favor of its western
neighbors.
Miss Jennie Gray has a farm of 160
acres in Bottineau county, D. T., and
says she could work another one if
the fellows who want to marry her
and settle down would quit bother
ing her.
The Ryan block at Aipen, Co.,
was destroyed by fire one night last
week. The loss will reach $75,000.
There were several narrow escapes;
Mrs. Ryan and C. Everett were badly
burned.
Mrs. Ransom, wife of the United
States senator from North Carolina,
is said to be one of the most highly
educated women in the south. She
fitted each of her six sons for college.
Miss Carey Thomas, the dean of
the new female college at Bryn
Mawr, took her degree at the Uni
versity of Zurich. The degree is
conferred only once in ten years.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
will remain in her home in Washing
ton during the winter and spring.
Her health is much improved.
John L. Carr, a deserter from
Company E, Ninth Cavalry, was ar
rested at Sioux City, Iowa, the other
day and taken to Omaha.
The Nebraska State Journal con
tains a report that Kansas City has a
monkey with the measles. He caught
them from a colored servant girl.
The Massachusetts House of rep
resentatives defeated the woman suf
frage resolution by a vote of 97 to 61.
Southern Europe is still receiving
occasional slight tremors by earth
quake. DuiMXfi Patti's tour through this,
country she has cleared $125,000.
WIT AND HUMOR.
Young artist Well, Charley, what do
you think I ought to get for this paint
ing? Charley Six months. Boston
Herald.
A Lewiston lady is said to be writing
a book on "How to Manage a Husband.
She is a spinster and keeps three cats.
Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
"Where shall we go for the winter?"
asks a writer. Northern Manitoba u
a pretty good place. There is said to
be considerable winter there. Burling
ton Free Press.
Why ia it that a woman with a costly
fan finds the atmosphere in the theater
so warm while the man next to her is
thinking of putting on his overcoat?
New Haven News.
Who will bring me kisses sweet?"
inquires a gushing: poetess. We don't
know, dear, but if you wish we .will for
ward your requisition to Gen. Sherman.
New Havsn-Ncws.
"Rather late at church this time,
Frau Mu'.Ier?" "Ach. ya, you know
our canary usually wakens me in the
morniug; but to-day. just fancy, it
overslept itselLHumuristischc Blaetler.
Actor (who has recently marVied a fellow-actress):
"My wife was so popular
that on our wedding-day we were in the
happy position of being able to pawn
no fewer than twelve bracelets!" Die
Neue Welt. -
English Lords, it is said, wear their
hats a little more over their eyes than
formerly. In the light of recent occur
rences it is not strange that the British
noble should wish to hide his face.
Boston 1'ranscript.
Wife (reading the paper) Here is an
account of a man in Iowa who has sold
his wife for $75. Isn't it dreadful?
Husband (thoughtfully) Well. Idunno.
Seventy-five dollars is a good deal of
money. Ar. T. Sun.
"And what was the disposition of the
remains?" was asked of a man who re
cently lost his mother-in-law. "Tha
disposition of the remains." be replied.
witn real teeimg, la quiet ana peace
ful" Harper's Bazar. c
One row of seats full of ladies wear
ing high hats in a theater makes tha
star actor think ha has a big house.
Tho beggarly rows of empty benches
beyona cannot be seen from the stage.
Hew Orleans Picayune.
First saleslady "Ah! what a charm
ing young gentleman that was to whom
you sold those collars! Do you know
anything about him?" Second sales
woman "O. yes he measures sixteen
inches round tho neck." Dorfbarbier.
Secretary Manning has decided that
such works of art as were made before
A. D. 1700 are "ancient" and may past
the customs without paying duty. Let
us see! This admits ballet-dancers free
of duty, doesn't it? Hew York Graphic
"They eat horses in France." observ
ed Jo'gins; "isn't it horrible?" "I
think you ought to be the last to say so,"
rejoined Snooper. "How is tnat?"
"You have been known to consume a
great many 'points yourself." Tid-bUs.
Congressman on the stump for re
election "What the nation needs, fellow-citizens,
is reform, with honest men
in office." Voice in the crowd "All
right; we'll elect another man to take
your place." Aud they did. Washing
ton Vritic.
Some remarkable stories have been
told under the head of "Antipathies,"
but the most remarkable we ever heard
was that of the man who could not
sleep in church because the nap was
worn off his overcoat collar. Burling
ton Free Press.
They were seated at a late Sunday
diuner when the door-bell rang. "Good
ness gracious!" she exclaimed, "it's out
minister, and I've been eating onions."
Never mind, my dear," replied hex
husband, "you need not kiss him to
day." Brooklyn Banner.
"Yes, Bill. I'm engaged to Miranda.
But, do you know, she is most excessive
ly timid?" "When you are married to
her. Joe, much of that timidity will
wear off. You'J be taking off youx
boots in the lower hall at night inside
of the first six months." Philadelphia
Call.
He was about to propose, but was
somewhat nervous. He didn't know
how to begin. At last he stammered
out: "I'm very uneasy." "Uneasy?"
she echoed. Then he added emphatical
ly: "I'll bet it's a flea off my dog. I've
been there." He didn't propose. Bos
ton Courier.
Counsel for the defense Gentleman
of the jury, the term of punishment de
manded by my learned friend, the pub
lic prosecutor, is far too severe; besides,
I do not think that the prisoner with
his weak constitution will be able to
work out a sentence of penal servitude
for life. Buchtfur Alle.
"Charlie." said a young K street
wife to her husband, "are you going to
give me that sealskin?" "I can't ex
actly say, my dear. I haven't made
up my mind yet." "O. haven't you?"
she replied with a snap. "Well, it
seems to me it takes you a very long
time to make up a little thing like
that" Washington Clitic.
"And that is silver ore, is it?" said
Mrs. Snaggs. as she examined a piece
of curious-lookiug mineral. "xes, my
dear," replied her husband. "And how
do thev get the silver out?" "They
smelt "it" "Well, that's queer," she
added, after applying her nose to the
ore, "I smelt it too, but didn't get any
silver." Pittsburg Chronicle.
An expert in chirography turns over
and over in his hand a commercial note
which he is examining and then de
clares solemnly: "We are not able to
say that the deceased wrote with his
own hand this note which has been
submitted to us, but we are able to af
firm without hesitation that it was he
that dictated it" French Fun.
"George." she said, as they sat to
gether in the gloaming, "when we get
married we'll go to England ou our
wedding tour, won't we?" "To Eng
land, eh? Why, I was thinking of sun
ny Italy and Spain." "Yes. but
George, 'they have opened a new tun
nel in England, and it takes a train
eight minutes to go through it" Pitts
burg Dispatch.
"How ever did you get the heels all
scraped off your shoes?" asked Cora.
"1 was at a tobogganing party last
night" replied Mamie. "And didn't
you know what to do with your feet?"
"Why, of course I did," was the scorn
ful response; "but the gentleman in
front of me was a minister, and I
thought he might be offeuded if I put
them in his lap." Index.
A Philadelphia theatrical manager
says he intends to "keep on changing
and improving1' a certain play "until it
perfectly coufornis to the public de
mands." It is believed that if he car
ries out his intentions there will be
nothing left of the play but a strong
ballet, two or three bloodhounds, a pair
of mules, aud about $30,000 worth of
diamonds and Worth dresses. Norris
town Uera d.
Suobson "Did you wead this iu the
papaw about Blinks, ole fellaw?" Cad
ley "Blinks? That vulsraw eweechaw!
Naw." S. "But it savs his father
died." G "Haw!" S. "Left him a
potofdollaws!" G Hav! Left Blinks
a pot of dollawsr o. "xaas. A we
gulaw bonanza, bay Jawve!" C.
"Demmit all! I suppose a fullaw will
have to wecognize him now. 1 knew
something would happen to me if I
dtdn t go across tbe water this wintaw.
Town Topics.
"So you want my daughter?" queried
a Chicago capitalist as tbe young man
finished his address and stood with
folded arms. "I do.'' "Ethel is used
to luxury, you know?" "Yes, sir; and
she shall have all that heart can wish."
"But you are a poor young man, just
making a start in Dakota." "Am I?
I guess not. Our county has issued
bonds to the amount of $200,000 for in
ternal improvements. 1 am Countv
Treasurer and let all the contracts. r'
"Take her. William, and remember that
integrity is the keynote to success."
Boston Budget.
Removing Paint on Clothes.
"It is not as generally known yet, as
a philanthropist could wish,!' aaid an
old house painter, who is withal a very
intelligent man, to me recently, "how
easy it is to remove fresh paint from
any sort of woolen fabric. If you
should rub your coat-sleeve against a
freshly-painted post or door, all you
have to do is to take off your coat and
rub the soiled spot with the coat-tail and
the paint will vanish. You must rub
hard enough and fast enough to pro
duce a good deal of friction and heat,
and what is stranger still you must rub
with the same fabric that has been soil
ed. The nearer matched the two sur
faces are, in texture and material, that
you rub together, tbe more successful
will be the operation; and the rule ap
plies only to woolen fabrics. Who dis
covered this strange fact I never learn
ed, but of course some painter in the
course of business. What the explana
tion is I never.knew, and I never knew
any one who pretended to know. The
nearest any one can come to it is to say
that the heat generated by the friction
evaporates the volatile ingredients of
the paint and rubs off the solid and
any ingredients that are left. But why
this evaporation can only be produced
in this way, and not by the heat of the
sun or of a hot fire, and most of all by
the friction of cotton fabrics, or by the
friction of two different kinds of woolen
fabrics I never could imagine. The
subject is worthy of the investigation of
scientific men, for if the explanation
were found the principle might.be found
susceptible of a much wider and more
valuable application. Chicago Jour
How Cleveland Reduces his Weight
The doctor does not prescribe any
drugs, nor does he use the Banting
system of dieting. He simply recom
mends the movement cure, 'and his
treatment of tbe President is very sunny.
If His Excellency would only admit
spectators, he might make a large fort
une by charging an admission fee. It
would not be a very dignified perform
ance, but people would go a long dis
tance to see the President of the whole
United States go through the motions.
First the doctor makes him lay fiat on
his back on the floor, stiffen himself
out, with his arms down at his side,
and then raises his feet in the air with
his heels together, until his legs are at
an angle of 45 degrees. This is repeat
ed several times, and until one has tried
it he can not realize how difficult and
exhausting it is. for none of the
joints in the body can be moved except
those at the hips.
The next movement is to raise the
feet in the same position and move
them around in the air, so that the heels
will describe a circle. This is more
difficult still, and none but accomplish
ed gymnasts can do it at the first at
tempt Tbe third movement is to stretch out
on the floor, with the face down, and
then raise the body on the hands and
toes.
After this has been tried, the patient
is to stand on the tips of his toes and
fingers, and make motions as if her were
swimming. By going through this pro
cess three times a day, at first only a
few minutes, and then longer, as the
muscles of the stomach will permit it is
claimed that a fat man can reduce his
flesh with remarkable rapidity. St.
Louis Qlobe-Democrat.
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Stanford and the Snob.
Senator Stanford, of California, it is
well known about Washington, has the
fastest horses in this part of the coun
try, and he is very fond of a ride behind
one of his fliers, but he never handles
the ribbons. Racing he abominates,
and nothing will induce him to deviate
from a rule not to personally try con
clusions with another horseman. Last
spring the senator was annoyed on sev
eral occasions by a horse-owner in this
city who persisted iu tempting him for
a brush whenever they met iu the
monument grounds. But all his efforts
were futile, and as the fellow did uot
know who the quiet, elderly-looking
man was, he frequently bantered him
to let his horse out just for fun, but the
senator refrained from racing, greatly
to the wonder of the driver who usually
accompanied him from his residence to
the senate. One day, however, there
was a change in the programme, when
the senator delighted his man with a
commission. It was necessary for the
owner of tbe trotter to go over to New
York, and on his way to the station he
met bis annoyer. After reaching the
depot and stowing his valise in a parlor
car the senator called his driver aside
and said: "Give that man a good brush
if you meet him going back, and take
the conceit out of him?' This was what
the driver wanted, and as good luck
would have it the horseman was wait
ing for the senator's conveyance just
inside tho monument lot "Inside of a
hundred yards," said the senator's
driver afterward, "his horse was passed
as if he had been standing still, and
Mr. Stanford was never bothered
again." Washington Critic.
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Carlyle's Love-Letter.
The love-letters of Carlyle, giving his
correspondence with Jane Welsh before
their marriage, reveal mauy traits of
the character of a great writer. One
letter, in which he uufolds a scheme of
literary co-operation, is some fifteen
pages long, and ends: "What an im
pudent knave I am to ask this of vou.
to affect to be on such terms with you!
It is your own kind way of treating me
that causes it I have often upbraided
fortune, but here I ought to call her the
best of patronesses." In the last letter
he wrote before marriage, Carlyle said:
The last speech and marrying words of
that unfortunate young worn in, Jane Bail
lie Welsh, 1 received on Friday morning,
and truly a most delightful aud swanlike
melody was in them; a tenderness and
warm, devoted trust, worthy of such a
maid, in bidding farewell to the (unmar
ried) earth, of which she was the fairest
ornament Dear little child! flow is it
that I have deserved thee; deserved a
purer and nobler heart than falls to the lot
or millions? I swear l will 4ove thee with
my whole heart, aud thins my life well
spent if it can make thine happy.
1 could say much, and what were
words to the sea of thoughts that rolls
through my heart when I feel that thou art
miue, that I am thine, tiiat henceforth we
live not for ourselves but for each other !
Let us pray to Hod that our holy purposes
be not frustrated; let us tmst in Him and
in each other, and fear no evil that cau be
fall u. My last blessing as a lover is with
you; this is my last lettertoJaue Welsh.
Good night, then, for tbe last time we
have to part. In a week I see you; iu a
week you are my own.
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Five Years Without a Sknl!.
A man who lived without a skull for
nearly five years died recently at Harts
ville, Ala., from the effects of a fall from
a' train. Nearly five years ago T. P.
Woodall was found lying in a fit before
an open hearth, his head amid the hot
embers of an expiring fire. When rescu
ed nearly tbe entire top oi bis nead
down to his eyes had been burned to a
crisp, and death seemed inevitable. He
was carefully cared for, however, and
as a last resort the surgeons removed
the entire skull as low down as the
sockets of the eye, and equally as far in
the rear. An artificial, covering was
placed over the brain to protect it from
exposure, and in a few weeks a thin
film formed over it and, strange to say,
the man lived and retained allnis facul
ties. The membrane never hardened,
and up to the hour of his death, which
resulted from causes not remotely af
fected by the absence of a skull, the
convulsions of the brain could be easily
discerned and its throbbings clearly
seen.
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Jobs in the Legislature.
The greater' part of the "jobs" are
generally held till the closing days of
the legislature, in the hope that their
demerits will be hidden in the confusion
that then reigns supreme. At such a
time good, bad, and indifferent bills are
passed without regard to their quality,
the object being to 'expedite" business
as much as possible. A bill of the job
bery order is much more readily passed
in one house when it has succeeded in
passing the other. In such a case less
careiulattention is given to it and its
very success is pleaded in its favor.
Old bands at tbe business of introducing
bills know, by an instinctive glance,
whether a bill should eo to the senate
first or to 'the assembly. Their predic
tions generally prove true; for they
know thoroughly the traits and inclina
tions oi tbe o!d members, and they can
presume upon the average new mem
ber's not proceeding beyond a certain
point in tbe transaction of business.
New Princeton Review.
Coming to the "colored" population
of St Bernard Parish, Louisiana, ad-
J'acent to New Orleans not the negroes.
iut the colored people it is found
that no inconsiderable portion of
them are what are locally known in
Louisiana as "Manilla men," either
born on the Philippine Islands or des
cendentg of colonists from those islands.
Some of them speak the original Tags
log, the dialect of the TagaLs of Luzon,
but Spanish is mainly spoken. The
Tagal is a fine specimen of a Malay,
with round head, high cheek bones and
thick lips. These Manilla men have
intermingled with Creoles, negroes and
others, producing a great variety of
mixed races.
A D tctor'a Duck Runt.
t During the twenty years which Dr.
j Ackley practiced in northern Ohio his
reputation bca-mio very urent He was
a man who w:w very immn.-ive in his
actions, as is shown by the following:
One day while out duck shooting he
was accompanied by a favorite dog.
Another hunter was on the opoosite
1 side of tiu s ream, and as th clucks
which he shot tell into the water Dr.
Ackiuy's dojj v.ould swim iu aud get
them. The man objected to this, but
Ackley told liic m in he eonld have all
the ducks retrieved by tno dog. The
man auaw.-red thai should tile dog re
trieve another cIuck he would shoot him.
Ackley replied it ti.e man shot the dog
he would shoot tin man. Another duck
was shot, and u .sprang the dog. aud
was as promptly shot. " Ackley recipro
cated hy iMing:iho man lull of shot
from iu fowhng-pii'Ci. after which he
immediately lelt the 3-cue and returned
rapidly. to the oily. Some tune later a
man came into the office complaining
that some one had tilled him full of
bird shot. Ackley proceeded to pick
them out one by one, at tho smiie time
coudoling with tlie man. and at the
close of the process charged hint a good
bill. Magazine of Western tttstory.
Wallace A. Reed, of the Atlanta Con
stitution, says that if you will sit down
and stay down you will live forever.
He practices what he preaches. The
Constitution says that for twelve hours
every day he sits at his desk; four hours
he sits at home. It takes twelve min
utes to walk 300 yards four times each
day. He sleeps seven and a half hours.
His health is perfect. His appetite is
keen, his brain clear, and his capacity
for work remarkable. He is never sick
a day or au hour or a minute. He is
genial, fresh, bright, aud does not age a
shade. His knowledge of men and
things is unusual. The only character
in books that perplexes him is "The
Wandering Jew." "I cannot under
stand," he says, "how ho lived so long
when he was continually moving
about"
The ball-room at Tuxedo Park, de
signed by Bruce Price, is probably the
handsomest of its kiud in this country.
It is unusually large, is octagonal in
shape, and has an inlaid hardwood
floor, the various sections of which were
bent and not cut or steamed, and which
alone cost over $2,000. The domed
ceiling is tiuteu from a delicate yellow
attbetopor center of the dome to a
deep blue at the cornice. The ceiling
is glazed and the panels of the dome
contaiu large designs of renaissance
ornament in sienna.
i The latest contrivance for the prompt
detection of fire-damp in mines is de
scribed as so simple in principle and
construction as to excite wonder at its
, not having been thought of before. A
child's india-rubber ball with a hole in
it is squeezed flat iu the hand and held
in the place suspected of fire-danip
while released aud allowed to suck in a
sample of the air. The ball is now di
rected toward a safely lamp and again
squeezed, when the telltale blue flame
will show if it contains any inflammable
vapor.
Stephen A. Douglas was wont to tell
the lollowiug bioty: The Democrats
had gerrymandered the state of ludiana
so as to throw a heavy Whig majority
into a single district. Mr. Douglas said
that he went to congress one year and
found his old Democratic friend. An
drew Kennedy, representing this dis
trict "How in the world did you get
here, Kennedy?" was Douglas' saluta
tion to him. "Get here!' replied Ken
nedy: "why, 1 heat two of the strongest
Whigs in our district, and could have
beaten two- more had they brought them
on."
A Georgia citizen who has more spare
time than he knows what to do with,
and has a clock which he bought forty
year3 ago, and which has been running
without interruption ever since, figures
out that it has been running 14,720
days, 8.53.280 hours, 21.19G.800 minutes.
1,278.880.000 seconds. In winding up
the clock his hand has traveled 56 miles.
The clock has struck 2,296,320 times,'
and ticked 1,271,880,000 times.
Samuel Henneberger, of Chambers
burg, Pa., in digging iu the lower por
tion of his lot, founu au American coin
of the date of 1800. Several years ago
Mr. Henneberger fouud other coins in
tne same manner. Shortly after the
burning ot Chambersburg Mr. Henne
berger's iot had been tilled, during
which some of tbe debris of the fire had
been used. It is evident that the coins
were among this debris, and hence are
relics of the tire.
A young woman of Ancona, HI.,
teaches school, helps her mother do the
housework, aud takes care of three
horses and two cows. In summer she
has charge of a large garden, but found
time to paint her mother's house and
paper two rooms in it. besides sending
correspondence ach week to two county
newspapers. She was. however, forced
to'call in a reporter to help her do the
lying. New Haven News.
John W. Mackay, the many times
millionaire, is plain, commonplace in
appearance, having light hair, closely
cut, blue-gray eyes, florid compaction,
and the air bf a country merchant. He
is very quiet, is particularly hospitable,
and likes to have a few lively fellows
about him, at whose rallies and stories
he freely laughs. '
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During the past year Danville, Ya.,
has sold over forty million pounds of
tobacco and Lynchburg nearly fifty
million pounds. The most of it was
raised in the country contiguous to these
cities. Tbe aggregate value was about
$8,000,000.
Parson I hope for a mildj open
winter. I.avni.iii 1 hope for a hard
old-timer. Parson -But. my dear sir,
think of the poor. Layman Great
Scott, man. think of the toboggan club!
Lowe I Ltt'seu.
A resident of Calais, Me., is said to
own a Masonic jewel once worn by
Robert Burns, the Scotch poet
"Ireland" means tbe westland. It
comes from the Celtic word iar and our
word "land," iar meaning the west
Malt Kheum or Eczema,
Old sores and ulcers,
Scald head and ringworm,
Pain in tbe back aud spine,
Swelling of the knee joints.
Sprains and brnieef,
Neuralgia and toothache,
Tender feet caused by bunions,
corns and chilblains, we warrant
Beggs' Tropical Oil to relieve any
and all of the above. Dr. A. Heintz.
Henry Schwartz and Newton
Watt have been indicted at Morris,
111., for the Rock Island express rob
bery and murder of Kellogg Nichols.
The Feamlmtlea eiColsms)M
Is about 3,000, and we would asy at least
one half are troubled with some affection
of tbe Throat and Lungs, as thoie com
plaint are, according to statiatica, more
numerous than othera. We would ad
viae all not to neglect the opportunity to
call on ua and get a bottle of Kemp's
Balaam for tbe Throat and Lungs. Price
60c and $1.00. Trial tut frtt. Scs J
pectfully, Dr. A. Hsintz."
Mr Wm Westlake, stock rnUrr
and breeder of thoroughbred horses,
living near Avoca, Nebraska, was
badly injnred by being thrown from
a fculky. After using Huimeuts and
consulting physician-, without being
afforded any relief, be obtained a
bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm
from tbe drujji?t at Av ca, which
he began uing and noticed a change
for tbe better, aftera few application-;
in two weeks he entirely re
covered trie ne of bis arm It is un
eqnaied lor severe bruiser and
' i-praiiid, rheumatism at d lame buck.
. Sold by Dowtv & Ueitkeinper.
! Canova, D. T., has only one uu
' married woman.
Brace list.
You are feeling depressed, your
appetite ia poor, you are bothered
with Headache, you are fidgety,
nervous, and generally out of sorts,
and want to brace up. Brace up,
but not with stimulants, spring
medicines, or bitters, which have for
their basis very cheap, bad whisky,
and which stimulate you for an hour,
and then leave you in worse condi-
' tion than before. What you want is
an alternative that will purify your
btood, start healthy action of Liver
and Kidneys, restore yonr vitality,
and give renewed health and
strength. Such a medicine you cau
find in Electric Bitters, and only 50
cents a bottle at Dowty & Heitkemp
ert drug store.
Senator Reagan's third wife now
has charge of hi farm in Texas.
Oar ProtErew.
As stages are quickly abandoned
with 1 1 1- completion of railroads, so
tho hnc dr ns lie, cathartic pills, com
posed ot crude and bulky medicines
are quickly abandoned with the in
troduction ot Dr. Pierce's "Pleasant
Purgative Pellets," which are sugar
coated, ncd little larger than mustard
seeds, but composed of highly con
centrated vjgetablo extracts. By
druggists.
Kite Field is going to Salt Lake
Citv to lecture ou "Mormonism."
lie Yoa Kaow
that Bngg' Cherry Cough Syrup
will rolieve that cough almost
itftHutly anil make nxpcc!ora
tion eav? Acts (.imultaneotixly on
the bowels, kidnexs aud liver, there
by relieving the lungs of that fiore
neps and pain and alo stopping that
ticklintr sensation in the throat by
reiin vinir the cause. One trial ot it
will convince anv one that it ha no
equal on earth lor coughs and colds.
Dr A. Heintz has secured tbe sale of
it and will guarantee every bottle to
give satisfaction. 3teb23
Lucy Stone bay a woman will be
president of the United States in tbe
year 2000.
A Great Sarpriite
Ia iu store tor all who use Kemp's Bal
aam for tbe Throat and Lungs, the great
guaranteed remedy. Would you believe
that it is sold on its merits and that
each druggist is authorized to refund
your money by the Proprietor of this
wonderful remedy if it fails to cure you.
Dr. A. Heintz has secured the Agency
for it Price 50c and $1. Trial size Jree.
It is said that every baby that has
been born to the wives of cabinet
officers at Washington has been a
ffirl.
Itch, Prairie Mange, and Scratches
of every kind cured in 30 minutes by
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Use no
other. This never fails. Sold by
O. B. Stillman, druggist Columbus.
Empress Elizabeth, of Austria, will
go to Amsterdam in March to receive
for the second time the message of
Dr. Metzger's treatment.
Parifyi'ear Blood.
If yonr tongue is coated.
If your skin is yellow or dry.
If you have boils.
If you have fever.
If you are thin or nprvons.
If you are bilious.
If you are constipated.
If your bones ache.
If your head aches.
If you have no appetite.
If you have no ambition, one
bottle of Beggs' Blood Purifier and
Blood Maker will relieve auy aud
all of the above complaints. Sold
and warranted by Dr. A. neintz.
Rose Terry Cooke, the anthorese,
resides in a little, old fashioned man
sion near the village of Winsted
Conn.
Their Baslaesa Beoaalas;.
Probably no one thing has caused
such a rival of trade at Dowty &
Heitkemper's drug store as their
giving away to their customers of so
many trial bottles of Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption.
Their trade is simply enormoua in
this very valuable article from the
fact that it 'always cures and qever
disappointa. Coughs, Colds, Asth
ma, Bronchitis, Croup, and all throat
and lung diseases quickly cured.
You can test it before buying by
getting a trial bottle free, large size
$1. Every bottle warranted.
People who dislike sudden things
are making a market for gold-handled
pen knives.
A Small Lrak
will fink a grp;it ship; snd what at
firet appears to be a triflinji conyh ii
apt to riilmiuhte in rouHumplion if
not properly attended to in time.
For consumption, which is eerofula
of the lnne, and for all blooil aud
skin diueasea, Dr. Piorce'H "fiolden
Medical Discovery" has no equal.
By drugistn.
0 k lh nsand live hundred dollars
can be obtained, as a bonus from the
citizens of Gordon, Neb , for a flour
mill.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
cares tbe mpt obstinate coughs.
Try it ! Dowty & Heitkemper.
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and all work (Imw
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Both sexes; all ages. Any one can do
the work. Large earnings sure from
first start. Costlv outfit and terms free.
Better not delay." Costs you nothing to
send us your address and find out; if
you are wise you will do so at once. II.
IIallktt & Co., Portland, Maine.
Dec-22-'S
RCBOYD,
MANUFACTURER OP
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, Roofing and Gutter
tag a Specialty.
ISfShop on Olive Street, Si doors
nortb or Brodfeuhrer's Jewelry Store.
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Corns, Cracks.
THIS GOOD OLD STANU-BY
accomplish for everybody uacUy what Uctmlad
rorlc One of tho r&oa for tfcgrt popularity of
tbs Mustang Ualment la fond la Its amlvnssl
applicability. Everybody nsads suca a atadlcla.
Tbs LaafceraMBnaedsltlncsseotaccldaBt.
The nesaewtfenaedsltforgasaralfamUyas.
Tfce Caaaler needs It for his tcasasaad at smb.
The Mechanic seeds It always oa his work
bench.
The Mlaer needs it In case of ematiwcy.
The Vleaeer needs It-caat gat aloaswltbout it.
The Farmer seeds It la his bouse. hU stable,
and his stock yard.
The Steanbeat maa or the Beatsaaa Beads
It In liberal supply afloat and ashore.
The Ilarae-faacler needs It-It Is bis best
friend and safest reliance.
The Steck-grewer needs tt-tt wlU save aha
thousands of dollars and a world of trouble.
The Railroad aaaa needs It and wUl need It so
long as bis life U a round ot accidents and daagen.
The Backwoodsnaa needs It. There Is noth
ing like It S3 an anUdote for the dangers' to life,
limb and comfort which surround tbe pioneer.
The Merchant needs It about bis store aaaoag
hta employees. Accidents will happen, and whea
these come the Mustang Liniment la wanted at one.
KeepaBottlolatheHeaae. TU the be ot
economy.
Keep a Bottle la the Factory. Itslmmedkte
use In case of accident sares pain and loss of wages.
Keep a Bottle Alwayala the Stable far
see whea waated.
Cures Guaranteed!
DR. WARNS SPECIFIC No. 1.
A Certain Cure for Nervous Debility,
Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Kiiiii
ion Spermatorrhea, and all disease ot
the jrenito-uriuary organ caused b self
:ilme or over indulgence.
1'rlcf, $1 0per box. six hoves $5.00.
DR. "WARNS SPECIFIC No. 2.
Kor Epileptic Fits, eutal Auxiety,
Los- nf Memory. Softening of the Brain,
and all thoe diteaes of the braiu. lrle
$1,110 per box, ix hove $.".0O.
DR. WARN'S SPECIFIC No. 3.
For Impotence, Sterility iu either sex,
Loti of Power, preinatureold age, and nil
thoie di-ea-es requiring a thorough t:i
vigorating of the -eoial organ-. I'rue
5'J.imi per box, iv boxe- $MMM.
DR. WARN'S SPECIFIC No. 4.
For Headai'he. Xervou- N'euralgl. and
all acute disea-e of the nervous ste:ii.
Price ."0c per box, ix boxes tiiGO. "
DR. WARN'S SPECIFIC No. 5.
For all disease- caused'by the over-uie
of iobaeeo or liquor. This remedy Is par
ticularly efficacious in avertiug palsy and
delirium tremens. Price $1.00 pur 'ox,
six boxes $.i.O0.
We Guarantee a Cure, or agree to re
fund double the money paid. Certificate
iu each box. This guarantee applie- to
each of our live Specifies. Sent by mail
to any address, secure from observation,
on receipt of price- Be careful to mention
the number of Specific wanted. Our
peci!ic are only recommended for spe
cific disea-es. Beware of remedies war
ranted to cure all these diseases with ouu
mo. Heine. To avoid counterfeits and al-wa-
secure tae genuine, order ouly fn.iu
DOWTY Sc CH13C.
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Health is Wealth!
Dr li C. West's Neeve ajuj Bract Trtat
1IE3T, a Guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizzi
ness. Convulsions, Fits, Nervous. Neuralgia.
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused bytheusa
of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness, Mental De
pression, Softening of tho Brain resulting in in
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death.
Premature Old Age. Barrenness. Lose of power
in either box. Involuntary losses and Bpormar
orrhara caused by over-exertion of the brain, self
abuso or over-indulgonco. Each box contains
one month's treatment. $1.00 a box. or bix boxes
for$5XU.sentb:rinail prepaidon receipt of pnea.
TVE GUAKAXTEE BIXL BOXES
To cure any cose. With each order icoived byna
(or six boxes, accompanied with $5X0. we will
send tho purchaser oar written guarantee to re
fund the money if the treatment doos not Street
cure. Guarantees issued only by
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862 W. MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILLS.,
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