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ft i1. i t .A -i 3 Vf, 10 1 '3 t ! J N 10 -i: ... r . PI; L J :V i j M . v fea 81 t r THE' FIRE KING'S TRICKS. A REPORTER'S EXPLANATION OF HOW THEY ARE PERFORMED. A Marvelous Medley of Magic Wonder ful Performance of a Man In League With tbe Powers of the Fire and Brimatou World. The professor was a Gttlo man, generous ndexponsivo in tbe matter of shirt front, red us to hair and blessed with a surprising amplitude of coat sleeve and tail. "Ladies and gentlemen," ho began, coming to the front of Che stage and turning back bis cuffs with an innocent air and that gen erally clean fingered dexterity which char acterizes the manual motions of sleight of band men "ladies and gentlemen, begging your pardon in advanco for the liberty I am taking, I wish to state that in the hall of this opera house, just outside the door, tbera ia a faucet connected with the pipes which supply the city with water. If some young gentleman in the audience will be so kind as to fill this tin utensil in my hand" he lifted a tin quart bucket from the table and tapped it with his forefinger "with water from that faucet, I shall proceed to burn it not boil it, understand me, but burn the water -with a flame which ou may all see," After a little natural persistence and some urging from tlio professor a couple of young gentlemen, aged about 13 summers, conveyed tbo tin bucket out into tho ball, whence they presently returned with a quart of water, which the professor demonstrated to be pure water by drinking a few swallows of it A suggestion from the rear of the ball that tbe growler might contain beer was properly ig nored, and the remainder of the clear fluid was poured from the bucket into a glass fruit dish. "Salamandissimus, salamandosr remarked the professor, solemnly, while bo waved his hands over tbe surface of the water. "I com mand thee, once; I command thee, twice; I command thee, three times, in the name of brimstone, fire!" A rose colored flame appeared on tbe water, and gradually spread until it embraced tbe whole area of the surface and rose pyramid wise to a heiirht of about twelve inches. Dur- Wisetoaneignioiauouiiweiveincnes. iur- BUVXBAX. FAMILIAR CHESTXUTB. Then ensued the cracking of a number of familiar chestnuts, such as tho cooking of an omelet in a borrowed silk hat. tbe mysterious production from nowhere of an outfit of tin ware and a guinea pig, et id oiune genua. A bar of lead was melted in a crucible over a small f uraaco, and according to the prom ise on the bills the professor proceeded to wa&h his hands in tho molten metal. He did tho work thoroughly, plunging his hands to tho elbow into tho crucible, now and then scooping up tho liquid lead in his palm and dropping it upon the board floor of the stage, where it instantly hardened in thin flakes. The blade of an ordinary steel table knife melted like wax in the flame of a tallow candle under tbo influence of his touch, and then, dipping a pen into the dish of burning water, the professor went through the mo tions of writing upon a folded newspaper handed to him by ono of the audience. When tbe ball was darkened the words, "Phcrguson, B.AUra...U., AUUgUaUU, . thePhire King, right hand of his Majesty j Diablos!" stood out in green flames from the surface of the paper. So far, so good. The tricks were per formed; but tho city editor's instructions to find out bow they were performed and to writo an expose of the Fire King's secrets un happily wcro not yet carried out. Whilo the audience was conveying its-elf through the doorway into tho street I elbowed my way behind tho scenes and corralled the professor, whowns engaged in packing his parapher nalia. When you want a man to do you a favor, it is by no means best to approach him with an obsequious air; if you do, ho will probably tuniblo to your racket, so to speak, and give yon the cold shake. I kept ray hat on and paralyzed the professor with a steely giant and just a sliadc of hauteur. "Representing the press," 1 said brusquely, producing a pasteboard. "Are not the chemicals used in your ah ah tricks, art they not dangerous of an inttamnmblo nat ure apt to cxplodo; and all tharV A SCARED PROFESSOR. While I was talking. I mode some notes hi a manuscript tiook, giving the professor the idea that the jottings wero to the effect that bis entertainments wero of a character hazardous to tho audience "Good gracious, sir! no!" ho ganped; "by all moans do uot publish such an insinuation; it would ruin me. All my agents are innocent whe-n rightly used." I smiled cynically "Yes, of course you say so." "But I can prove it Potassium, phos phorus, brimstone, quicksilver. Are they ex plosive i" The trail was getting warm. "Well, of course, that depends. The potas sium, for instance, bow do you use it?" "I drop a small quantity of it upon tbo sur face of tho water in the glass dish. Upon contact with the water it immediately flares up and burns with a rose colored flame. Simplest thing in tbe world. With the brim stone I merely touch a piece of steel mode red hot in the flame of a candle, and the steel melts like tallow. No danger there. A stick of phosphorus is affixed to my pen when I write upon the newspaper, and of course in the darkness the writing stauds out. To wash my bands in molten lead it Ls only necessary to bathe them previously in on ointment mode of ono ounce of quicksilver, two ounces of bole ummoniaco, half an ounce of camphor and two ounces of aqua vitie. beaten together with a pestle in n brass mortar. I keep this mixture by mo constantly, and have never j'et hud the slightest accident." Tho still, small voice of tho call boy's clock said "11" just as tho professor was finish ing his meaty sentence, and I rushed around to the office with scant tnie to write up and hand in my copy by 12 o'clock. I had not exposed tho professor's whole business, but I bad got at tho marrow of four of his best tricks. Detroit Free Press. IF WAR BREAKS OUT. Probable Effects of a European War Of Advantage to America. If war breaks out it is inevitable that there must be a great fall. Russia by a great war would bo almost inevitably rendered bank rupt, and a repudiation by Russia would in flict terriblo losses, not only upon tbe Russian people, but upon German and other investors. Then, again, tbe outbreak of a great war would not improbably cause a panic upon the Berlin bourse, and possibly also upon that of Paris. Lastly, it is to be recollected that were a great war to break out tho govern ments engaged in it would be obliged to issue very largo loans. If tbo war lasted long other loans would be issued in quick succes sion, the national debts of Europe would in crease enormously, and thus one of the great causes tending to raise prices would be stopped; tbe supply of securities would be immsnsely augmented all at once, while the growth of wealth would be checked. Wealth, of course, would continue to grow ia the countries that avoided war, and also in the oouutrieg which themselves were not made tbe theatre of war, and which bad not too large a proportion of their male popula tion in tbe field; but along with this growth of wealth there would also bo a great de struction of wealth. At the very time, there fore, in which securities wero being most rap idly manufactured there would bo a great check to tho growth of wealth. There must, inevitably, therefore, be a fall in prices; and if the war were protracted tbe fall might be considerable, and tbe recovery would be long delayed. Tbera might be an exception in favor of American, railroad securities. Even in them there would be a fall at first, but probably they would recover quickly first, becauso a great war in Europe would increase tbe de mand for American produce; secondly, be causo there would be tendency to sond capital out of tbe belligerent countries to tbo neutral countries for safe keeping and for invest ment; and, thirdly, because tbe population and wealth of tbo United States themselvw growing so rapidly that the home demand for securities is vait," while Americau investors rarely invest their money in securities of foreign government, and they would nit be likely to be tempted at a time when those foreign governments were exhausting their reeource and ruining then- profsp) in a ter rible way. London Saturday Review. Charity Kntartaiameat In Paris. Everything that braiu and ingenuity can as oemg aone to raise money for the xrom the hoods in the south. B- sides establishing headquarters in all direc tions where voluntary subscriptions are re ceived, nothing is left undone in tbo way of devising forms of entertainment for their benefit. Every taste is considered, and it is safe to predict that before the clever people interested in the fund have finished every one who has money to contribute will have givuu in his mite. The entertainment par excellence thus far ; for this fashionable charity is tbe grandad fetes da soldi a conglomeration of attrac tions brought together under the roof of tbe Palais de l'lndustrie, and supposed to repre sent the various occupations and amukemeuta of the people of the south. Artistic or cele brated buildings and structures of the south are here duplicated. A romantic mill here, a famous bridge or a picturesque wall there; chalets and cottages scattered about give a pleasing effect, and at the same timo serve us booths or side shows where tbe small change of the visitor easily finds its way. Various orchestras take turns at one end or tbe other of tbe immense hall; a mixed chorus is sing ing in one corner tho Pilgrim's March from "Tannhnusor," whilo in another a baud of children is shouting a familiar hymn. Mme. Theo sings one of her wicked songs from one stage while a long haired tenor pours out some sentimental gush from an other; a Punch and Judy amuses the children; a lightning crayon artist pleases tho vain by presenting them with likenesses of them selves; a snake charmer and an armless and legless man attract those of morbid tastes; male and female wrestlera, trick hones, dogs and goats, a skillful dagger thrower, tum blers and performers generally give exhibi- tions on an open platform; views of tho de- vastations caused by the flood aro shown. Tho dance of the Tarascoii Is given by alleged men and women of tho ouUi; in fact, every form of amuseuiont that can please old and young. Frenchman and stranger, plebeian and aristocrat, is presented at the fetes du soleU. Paris Cor. New York Star. GRANT'S FAMOUS DISPATCH. Will Fla-ht It On oa This IJne if It Takes All Sainroer." A noted ex-general of the Union army to day commented upon the alleged absolute power exercised by Edwin M. Stanton when secretary of war. Tbe ex-general had been personally and contemporaneously cogni- t.j - v. j.-. .j -- front, when Grant was flchtine his way hi the Wilderness and .thereafter on the road to Richmond. He said there was no donbt of Stanton's complete control over President Lincoln when he chose to exercise it, in mo mentous war questions as well as small do tails regarding the conduct of tbe Union armies. Said tbo general: "You people iu Washington believe that Gen. Eawlins worded that stirring telegraphic dispatch which Grant seut from tbo front in 18i4 at a time when our congressmen were scared and the people of tho north were in dismay at tho terriblo slaughter of our army as Grant drovo Lea toward Richmond. I refer to the dispatch: 'Wo will fight it out on this lino if it takes all summer.' Now, I know nbout the origin, wording and transmission of that message. It was written by Stanton when Lincoln was in conference with him in tbe war department. They were both alarmed about tbo political outlook In the northern states. Tho discouraging accounts from tho ..,,!..: .,lmllB- seat or war mrewiui.gyu lu....- traiion, una wo iuur, wnat.jm-...'.-, Lincoln would not bo rc-eieciea prompicu Stanton to do something which would reas sure the people, restore confidence in the suc cessful termination of tho war in favor of the Union cause and inspire more respect for the Lincoln administration. Stanton, as a means to this end, telegraphed to Grant tosend some encouraging news, mid Stanton at tho same timo advised and wrote out tho form of dis patch to be transmitted in response to bis sug gestion. "Opportunely, and it has been alleged in co-operation with Stanton, at that moment a knot of senators and members of tho house got together in secret caucus at tho Capitol to consider tho critical situation, and on behalf of all of them a telegram was sent to Grant inquiring how tbey wero getting along at tho front and what they proposed to do. My recollection is that the dispatch to which Grant mado answer was prepared and sent by Senator Ncsmith, of Oregon, who was chair man of that caucus. Grant's celebrated answer, which, as before stated, was that which had been previously advised by Stan ton, bad tbe desired effect It gave heart and encouragement to the people of tho northern states. It gave strength to the weakened political supporters of Lincoln for re-election to tho presidency, and, in fact, tho dispatch was very effective in silencing opposition among Republicans to Lincoln's candidacy." Washington Cor. Now York World. How Fashions Originate. 44 If the merchant tailors now In convention in this city," said ono of our club men yester day, " think they can set tbe fashion and make the gilded youth of this country follow ft by simply deciding in congress assembled that such and such a style of garment is to be the mode, tbey aro very much mistaken. Tbe laws governing gentlemen's clothes are at present set in England by London tailors. When the tailors want to Introduce a certain cut or cloth tbey ask some titled individual to wear a garment of that stuff or pattern, and allow him to set tbe fashion; they don't try to doit themselves. You may remember the fate of the mulberry colored dress suit which was to take the place of the conventional clawhammer a few years ago. A more non descript garment was never invented, and the pictures of it in the windows were enough to kill it Unless the tailors can show mora or iginality, or rather more taste, than that, they had better be content to follow their English brethren, or wait until we have some one in this country who can set tbe fashion as the Prince of Wales does abroad. "The servility with which this distinguished prince's fads are followed is shown at present in the fashion some ot our 'smart' young men have of leaving the lowest button of their vest unbuttoned. Tbe story is that the prince loosened this particular button one evening after a stag dinner, and that the next morning all tho young men who had been present appeared ma similar state of desha bille. Tbe fashion has now reached this country, though not more than one of a hun dred of those who follow it know why or care why tbey do so." Philadelphia Press. I Sign of the Three Balls. . While the sign of the three golden balls is tbe stopping place of many a family in its fall from luxury, wo do not deal altogether in second hand wares. We are able to sell goods brand new at a much lower price than they can bo bad for at tbe store from whence tbey came. There are ladies, who in need of ready money, for which tbey did not like to ask their husbands or fathers, have purchased valuable articles at a store where they had credit, and then sent them to us to obtain a loan. Tbey get the money they want, and having no use for the articles tbey fail to re deem them. Their husbands or fathers pay the bills in blissful ignorance of tbe littlo schemes of their wives and daughters. This Is not of frequont occurrence, mark you, but it has been done, and when once a lady has resorted to this ruse to obtain ready cash, she will do it on a second occasion. It is done in such strict confidence that tbero is little dan ger of detection. Again, merchants some times bring valuables to the pawnshop to put in trust that they may secure money to tide them over a temporary difficulty. But they always redeem tbem. Pawnbroker in Globe Democrat The Cues are Troublesome. There have been many good natured jokes in Washington about the cues worn by some of the gentlemen of tbe Chinese legation becauso the long plaits of hair arc, in the case of two or three of them, manifestly attached to their black skull caps and not to their heads, more than one of them being perceptibly bald, and one who caino here from New York to attend the ball at the Chinese legation had short hair. He wore the cue and the Chinese dress at the legation only, and when he danced he and the others whose cues were fastened only to their skull caps, were so afraid of a de nouement caused by caps and pigtails being shaken off by the motion that they were seen to pin the cues to their garments. Tbe present minister is very strict and insists on the Chi nese costume and cues being worn by all of his countrymen when in his presencc-JVash-ington Cor. New York Herald. An Earmark. Her form is like the sculptor's dream of love. Her speech Is like tbe cooing of a dove. Her features e'en an anchorite would please, Her eyas those specs! alas, she's Bmtnnsss iiifle shoohm; TH6 OLD KENTUCKY STYLE AND ITS MODERN MODIFICATIONS. An Interview With a Veteran Bifleman. The Kentucky Hoater's Method of Taking Aim Tho Plainsman's Way; German Riflemen Military Style. 'in tbe palmy days of Creedmoor no man was better known on the range than Jim Conlln, the rifleman. Tbe veteran has given up long range shooting, but still talks in structively about handling firearms. "What can you tell about the methods and principles of offhand shooting r he was asked. "I con begin by telling how to stand while shooting," be replied. "The Kentucky style of offhand shooting was the right thug and j hasn't been improved upon. Let us go baoic ; to tho old original Kentucky shooters of the , Daniel Boone type and see how tbey shot, for . tbey were the first accurate riflemen In the 1 world, and rifle shooting may be said to have been born in the baokwoods. Here is a genu ine Kentucky squirrel rifle. The barrel is forty inches long ten inches longer than the sporting rifle of to-day, and there is motal enough in it for a crowbar. Tho whole piece is four feet eight inches in length and weighs about twelve pounds. Tbe stock runs the wholo length of the barrel, same as a musket, and there is a brass box in the butt for patches. It takes a strong man to hold such a gun to his shoulder offhand, because tho j barrel is so heavy forwaAL Uld Kentuefc didut hold it that way when be could find . anything to rest it upon. When he wanted to draw a bead on a redskin he looked for a log or a sapling to rest the barrel against Powder was powder in those days, and it diSn't pay to waste a shot When there was no sapling handy the Kentucky hunter made use of his ramrod. He always had a hickory ramrod that be whittled out himself, and was as proud of its perfect shape and fln'sh as a fisherman is of his fancy bamboo fly rod. Ha would take tbo ramrod out and hold it in his left band, with one end against bis hip. so as to make a braco to support the weight of the rifle and steady his arm. He would do some pretty fine shooting at short range. The Ken tucky rifla carried a ball 39-100 of an inch in Htmr ihnsim at otir ninrlurn 33 calihor powder, and twenty rods was considered pretty good range for accurate snooting with it offhand. In leading a linen patch was used to cover tbe ball and take the grooves, and, as thero was but little friction, the ball came out smooth and had a low trajectory at short range. "Now we get down to the Kentucky stylo of shooting with a modern sporting rifle. Tbe first tbing is to stand erect, feet near together, " body easily balanced. Grasp tho fore end between the left thumb and forefinger at a point just a triflo forward of where the rifle will balance. Tho right band grasps the stock so that tbe barrel, hand, wrist and forearm are in line, the samo as in holding s pistoL Raise tbo butt to the shoulder so that the curve will just lit, not resting the lower point of tbe butt against tbe shoulder as some do. The rifle then falls into the palm of the left band and tho ends of tho fingers just touch tho right side of tho barrel. You don't draw tho rifle toward you with the left hand at all, but merely support its weight, with tbe elbow In a vertical line ex actly under tho barrel. The right elbow is raised as high as tho top of the ear when you drop your cheek against the ball of your thumb, bringing your right eyo In with tho sight. Tbe right hand draws the rifle firmly against tho shoujder, and the fore finger presses, not pulls, the trigger. Tbe Kentucky method of taking aim is to raise the muzzle in line, and shoot when it gets up to tbe right elevation, although a few shoot on tbe drop. That is tbe style of shooting adopted by the best offhand riflemen in the world the American frontiersman of tho past and I havo taught it for a great many years. An old Kentucky method of shooting at the word was to hold the rifle butt against tbe shoulder, muzzle pointing vertically to the ground, keep tho eyo fixed upon tho mark, and raiso tho rifle, with tbo butt as a pivot, quickly to tbe lino of sight E "Tho plainsmen of to-day hold a rifle differ ently, but thoy shoot under somewhat differ ent conditions, and no doubt their style is best adapted to their needs. They extend the left arm to full length without rigidity and grasp the barrel well out toward tbo muzzle. This gives better control over the barrel in shooting at moving objects, and the principle is the samo as in trap shooting with a scatter gun. Dr. Carver shoots in this way, and be demonstrates that the extended arm enables tbe shooter to follow a moving object better with the muzzle and change the line of sight more quickly and accurately. In firing from horseback the advantages of this style are ap parent The nearer tbe left band is to the muzzle the less deviation does any accidental or unavoidable movement of tbe hand and arm make iu the aim. If the left hand is close to tbe trigger guard a movement of half an inch there will move the muzzle an inch and a half at least "Tho German method k radically different from tho American. Go to a schuetxenfest and notice how the chaps in Kossuth hats and green aprons handle their rifles. Tbey are groat fellows for shooting with a rest, but they do get down to offhand work. Tbe German balances his rifle on tho ends of his left thumb and fingers, with bis elbow resting on his left hip. The left foot is advanced and the body bent backward a little to give the bip rest for tho elbow. The right hand bare ly grasps tbo stock, but tbo arm is relaxed and very little power is exerted by tbe mus cles to press the butt against the shoulder. A hair trigger is used, and a mere touch fires the rifle. The Germans do some good shoot ing, but you can't call that sort of thing hold ing a rifle. It is simply balancing the piece and touching the trigger; and it would be im practicable for sporting and quick shooting. Sometimes a German rifleman has a handle about six inches long which be attaches to tbe under sido of the rifle just for ward of tho guard. The end of this contrivance rests in the palm of bis left hand, and in that way he gets a better hip rest without bending his body so much, and at tbe same time raises tbe barrel to the level of his eye. Of course some German riflemen shoot in the American way in this country, but tbo method I have described is peculiarly German, and is adhered to by schuctzeu corps as a rule. "The approved military style of holding a rifle comes nearer to the Kentucky than any other, the principal difference being that the right elbow is not raised higher than tbe shoulder. The left band may be anywhere forward of the lock plate, but tho best position is at tbe point where the gun will balance on tbo palm of the band. It is better forward than back of that point Jf the point of sup port is too far back, the weight of tho barrel is inci eased by leverage, and a totally un necessary amount of strength wasted iu re sisting the tendency of the barrel to drop. Tbe extra strain upon the muscles is liable to cause unsteadiness and trembling, and a very littlo movement of the arm will spoil the aim. The German style would not do for a soldier at all. Having a gun that kicks like u mule, he must follow tho Kentucky idea of holilin-j it flrmlv agninst his shoulder with his band and forearm," New York Sun. THE DERVISHES OF TANGIERS. Pilgrims TTTio Dance Themselves Into a Fnry A Wild Spectacle. There is a fanatical sect of dervishes, hero known as "Eisowa"or "Isowa." They aro the followers of a saint named Ben Isa, whose tomb Is at Fee An annual pilgrimage is mado at this shrine or to another at Mcquinez. When these pilgrims return, as on the day in question, they halt outside the town; then processions go out to meet them with banners and music. Starting at a distance of a quar ter of a mfle from tho town, tbe pilgrims pro ceed to dance themselves into a fury whilo edging slowly toward tho gate. Tbey howl and writhe their bodies like the howling der vishes at Scutari, and aro a hideous looking crew. Occasionally they rend a live sheep in pieces and devour it Ken with long sticks stand about to keep them in place, for tbe fanatics sometimes break loose and rush through the crowd, and, they say, sometimes maltreat people. I thought the thing a little theatrical and not entirely genuine, although I saw men stand in hot coak and stick skewers through their cheeks, but it all looked to be done for effect A a wild spectacle it was a success, though half-naked, howling men, covered with blood and looking mad. I was standing in the crowd, looking at tbe thing, when a soldier seat by the bashaw, who was near by, advised me to move to a more respectful distance, so perhaps the ax dtemeut may have some reality. The un fortunate Jews have to get out of tho way on these occasions, as they are often maltreated. It took the "Isowa" a couple of hours to dance their quarter mile, so I had timo to get into town and see them again. They dis banded at tbe gate of the town; that is, they ceased to keep any semblance of order. Tbo main street was cleared and the shops shut, and from tbo window of a house I saw them I come rushing down the street, howling and , shrieking on their way to tbo mosque, where they are kept until they are calmed down. Foreign Letter. i Sea Food In the West. "Do you have as much trouble rettln sea food out thero as you did at flrstr a famous Boniface of New York asked tho proDrietor of a great hotel in tbo west Tbo western landlord laughed a while and then said: "No, I havo no trouble at all, for tbe simplo reason that I don't try to got sea food. The first year I was there I tried to make a specialty of it I had sal!lt rocks specially shipped; lobsters by tho ton almost ' brought on ice ; Little Necks from Long Island ; ! soft and hard crabs from Fulton market; ! shrimps from Now Orleans, and finally, as a : great treat for a special Sunday dinner, once ' I had two barrels of Duxbury )nmg shipped from Boston. Tbe clama cost me (10 a barrel, and the freigtis was ! (10 more, and that made a fairly expensive j littlo delicacy. Tho clams cost me f 25 before , I got them on tho table. But I rather flatr j tared myself that I had got tho bulge on table : delicacies of tho sea food order iu the west ' But the barrel of Duxbury clams settled the , business. I bavo had my faith in native ' oysters as a western table delicacy shaken by complaints that they were too salt, too cold, too large, too all thow things thut in tho east go to make a good oyster. One day a wealthy ranchman who always stops with mo, said: 'Look here, what kind of oysters were those we bad to-day? Tbey wero no good.' I told him they were fresh oysters, jut shipped in ico from New York. 'Well.auy i folks didn't like 'em, and more of your guests are complaining. We dout like these eastern i oysters, anyway. Tbey are too slimy. We 1 like the western oysters.' I tumbled. They 1 bad been used all their lives to canned oys tors, and the fresh, salty oysters scented j stalotothem. All right, I thought Canned J oysters are cheap; the others are dear. So after that my guests bad canned oysters, and ' I never bad a kick." New York Suu. Blackburn's Oratorical Powers. "Speaking of the colloquial powers of Sen ator Joe Blackburn, of Kentucky," snys First Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson, "I am romiuded' of a story. When Joe and I wero young fellows we were iu school to gether, and it hapjiened that two of our frieud-i had a failing out and concluded to settle it according to tho code, with Joo and myself as seconds. Somehow, Joo hud th. reputation of being posted on such affairs, and wheu all arrangements bad been com pleted, and we wero on the ground, we gave him full power of direction. We tos?ed for choice of position, and my side won. The sun was just rising, and I placed my man with bis back to it Joo saw tho disadvantage of bis princquil, and began to do a littlo talking for some other arrangonient He went intt tho history of duoling, citing cases and giviug statistics; ho explained tho courtesy of tht code; ho argued every point of honor, and o on, v.itii such force and continuance thut wheu WH finally got ready to resume wa: likt i prcjianitions the him had gone down, und i( to) so dark that our men couldn't sco each other nt ten paces. Of courso, Jt was j much surprised as any of us, but it put an j end to tho duel, uud our principals never re newed it" Chicago Herald. Xovol Uf inody fur Asthma. A story comes to us well authenticated nltout ono of our old tiiiio citizens, living at Derby Neck, who has for yeurs been ntllieted with asthma, so as at times to render life miserable. For the last two or three months he has been vsiiecially under tho rod of af Miction from this caiue. One recent day a lady visitor from mi adjacent town told of n friend who bail lieen cured by stondinc Jigainst a board artition uud having u holt boivd therein at the patient's exact height and into which a irtion of the hair of the head was plugged and then cutoff. A few days afterward a son of the gentleman re ferred to, thinking there might lie something hi it, persuaded his father to take his position against a partition for a trial of tho "cure,1 all tho conditions of which were faithfully complied with. That night the old gentle man, who is a prominent member of tbe Methodist church, says thut be slept quietly for the first time in a long while, and in two days and to date found himself apparently cured. Ansoidu (Conn.) Sentinel. A Curious Story. A Jackson, (Tenn.) special gives the follow ing curious bit of information: "Thero is a shabby looking bouse on College street, in this city, that has for 'years been occupied by negro tenants? It has two rooms mid rents for only $3 per month, and yet ono of these rooms is, or was embellished with paper repre senting real estate now worth more than Ci,000,000. The four sides were covered with land grants belonging to ono of the volumes of the land office for West Tennessee, that has been missing since the war. Mr. John W. Gates, register of tbe land office, has care fully gathered up these valuable documents mid will soon have them in shapo for future reference and preservation. One leaf repre sents two grants, l,0fk) acres on ono sido and i'AO acres on the other sido, and that, too, for lauds in a county whero tho old records of the county register's office aro burned. New Orleans Times-Democrat Senator Stanford's Wire. It seems Mrs. Stanford will never bo a great society woman, although this winter, for tLo fh-jt timo since thtdi son's death, she has come out of retirement and has also enter tained some. But she can't help huving her superb diamonds remarked on and her gorgeous gems observed. She still wears a kind of half mourning tho kind which ad mits of laco mid diamonds and she is a dig nified and fine looking woman. Both she and Senator Stanford bavo a life work in per petuating tho memory of their sou in a way to benefit other people's sous and Mrs. Stan ford says she is too deeply interested in that to give a great deal of timo to society. But Washington is such a fascinating land of place that sho will be just liko everybody else give a great deal more timo to it and go out vastly more than she expects. New York Mail and Express. Wales as a Scientist. Tho London correspondent of Science writes that tho Prince of Wales has just been elected an honorary member (probably tho first British one) of the Linnxan society, which has hitherto been somuwhut chary of liestowing its "parchments sealed with wax." This famous society was founded in 1788, and is tho owner and custodian of tho library, manuscripts and herbarium of the illustrious Unnxvu, who died in 1778. These were or iginally bought from his family for about (5,fM0, by Dr. James Edward Smith, who founded mid was first president of tho Lin mean society, which has comprised in its roll nil the most distinguished naturalists of tho day, and may be considered to bo a select club of scion tista, A Miser's Sharp Practice. In the room of a miser physician, who died in New York city a few days ago, were found hundreds of empty bottles and packages, which showed that for many months he had lived on the various nutritious articles widely advertised in the medical journala. This bad cost him nothing, for bo had taken advan tage of the sharp rivalry in wares of this kind and had written to the proprietors for samples, Implying that ho might require a large quantity if the trial proved successful. His name appearing In tho list of regular practitioners, his requests were freely granted and ho obtained all sorts of cereal foods, wines, malt preparations, koumiss and tonics. His peculiar diet may have killed him for he died of a gastric disease. Chicago Times. A Valid Excuse, "My dear," said the elder lady, "you should have thanked that gentleman who so kindly gave you bis seat" "My failure to thank him, mamma, was be cause of consideration for him. He may have a wife and family dependent upon him." "I don't understand, my dear." "You see, mamma, I feared tbe shock might be too great fcr him. "PitUbure Dis patch. Grata! wood should Uw4lirH eol4 tea, A WILD NIGIIT. HOW THE NEWS OF LEE'S SUR RENDER WAS RECEIVED. The Story Told by a Member of the Army of the Cumberland-The Boys Among the Mountains of East Ten nessee It was near tho middle of April. Darkness had settled down over tho great bivouac. . Tho bugles had sounded the tattoo. The grizzled veterans who had been squatting aruuuu mo camp urcs, mining over una scenes of tbe past, and wondering when the war would be over had knocked tbe ashes from their pipes and crawled within their little "pup" tents, or their shelters made of bouglis. All was still save tho measured tread of tbo sentinels as thoy passed to and fro upon their beats around the sleeping army. Suddenly there came rattling through th clear night air a sound that aroused every soldier in on instant. We bad of ten beard it before and it always meant business. It was the long roll at division headquarters. And such a long roll as it wast Tho drummer handled his sticks as if bo was pounding for his very life. When a soldier hears the long roll be never waits for orders. It is an alarm that has but ono moaning. His duty is to get "traps" on and tako his place in line, and to bo very lively about it, too. Tbo drums at the headquarters of each brigade took up tbe sound and the piercing blasts of bugles joined in tho chorus. Startled from their sleep, tbe ' soldiers kicked off their blankets, and it ! wasn't a minute until the companies were formed, every man with his accouterments buckled on and his musket at "shoulder" in response to the "Fall in!" of the orderly ser geants. Again drums and bugles sounded, the companies marched to the color line and tho regiment were ready for action. It was a moonless night, and tho darkness of the oak woods was but feebly dispelled here and there by the flickering light of tbe smoldering fires. MOSUNTS Or ANXIOUS SU8PENKK. Every ear was strained to catch the rattle of shots on tho picket line. No sound was hoard save the bustle of the assembling troops and tho voices of tho officers as tbey gavo the necessary commands. It was one of those moments of anxious suspense that test the courago of tbo bravest veteran. An orderly from brigado headquarters dashed up and handed a pajter to the colonel of our regiment A bit of candle was found, mid by its sputtering light the colonel glanced nt the message. Jumping about four feet into tho air he gave one wild, piercing yell that an Apache chief might strive in vain to rival. We oil thought for tbo moment that he had gone crazy. When be came down ho handed tho paper to the adjutant, letting off another yell, and told him to read it to the regiment It was a copy of a telegram from Secretary Stanton announcing tho surrender of Leu's army. Tho scene tliat followed no words can adequately describe. The colonel und adjutant swung their hafa and danced around and fairly howled. Every officer and soldier in the regi ment, and In every other regiment, did the samo thing. Wo had hcanl shouting and yelling lefore, and had dono our full share of it on occasion, but uover anything liko thut which greeted the reading of this dispatch. From ono end of the camp to the other tho confusion and uproar weru prodigious. Men laughed und danced tuid hugged one another, ' and rent tho air with overy kind of noise pos sible to the humuii voice pitched in its highest key. It was as if the inmates of a score of lunatic asylums hud been turned loose in thoHo TcJlSieisOtJ wood. i When the yelling had iu some degree sul ' sided, from thcer vocal exhaustion, tho sol diers begun to cast about for other means to I muko a noise. It didn't matter what it was ! the more discordant tho hotter, only so that ', it bellied to swell tho awful din. Mean whilo I all the bras bonds wero playing, though nobody could tell what the tunes wero; the shriek of fifes and rattle of drums were heard on overy hand, and tho buglers strained to make tiicm.v.-lvea heard until it seemed as if they would blow their beads off. Then tbe artillery opened. Gun after gun joined in tbe mighty chorus until every battery in tbe corps was sending forth its thunders to echo among the mountains. Regiment after regi ment began to fire their muskets. The men took their cartridges from their boxes, poured in tho powder, rammed down tbe paper for wadding, and blazed away. Tbo balls they threw upon tbe ground; thero was no further use for them. A LITERAL PANDEMONICJf. Perhaps you can imagine the din, but it's more likely you can't When tho soldiers had shot away their cartridges they hunted up all the camp kettles and tin pans, and beat them furiously with sticks and stones, still yelling and shouting as fast as they could gather breath enough to do so. The camp was a literal pandemonium. Heaped with wood the fires blazed high, and the forest was aglow with light Men did all sorts of grotesque and ridicu lous things. They climbed trees and yelled through tho branches; they made heroic speeches from logs and stumps; tbey turned their clothes inside out; they rode one an other on poles they did everything that great fertility of resource in this directiou could suggest At tho headquarters of our brigade a horse bucket full of eggnog was mado, mid tbo general and his staff indulged in copious libations. After several "rounds" they sallied forth and seized the instruments of the band, and formed for a parade through the camp. The general beaded tho proces sion with tho boss drum, which he pounded so furiously that ho broke in one of the heads. Tho staff officers, with horns, blew tho most wildly discordant blast. As tbey marched hither and thither, regimental and comjiany officers and hundred of soldiers fell in behind tho general mid his staff, until the column of howling lunatics was a quarter of a mile long. Four years of toiling and suffering Much as others know not, of weary marches and vigils by day and by night, through fierce heat and beating storm; of facing th pitiless bullets and screaming shell, amid awful scenes of death and human anguish; long months and years that had thinned regiments of 1,000 to 100 all were past, tho end hud come, and bo fore the eyes of these scarred and war worn veterans arose in a moment blessed pictures of peace and home. Do you wonder that they indulged in these wild mid extravagant demonstrations of joy? Added to these- were tho glad feelings of victory at last, after all tho blood and wretchedness, and the patriotic rejoicing over a nation saved by their valor and sacrifices. Let mo ask if you wouldn't have been very likely to make a fool of your self for the time being if you had been there? Let us hopo that tho recording angel vailed her face that night. W. F. Hinuion in Inter Ocean. SETH GREEN'S GALLANTRY. His Kescuo of an 18-year-old Maiden. An Interesting; Incident. Said Seth Green, tbe fish culturist : " I was trout fishing on Piue crock, Pennsylvania, bo low Smith's dam. The creek below the dam was about five rods across, and the bottom covered with ' hard heads,' from tbe sum of a goose egg to a barrel. The water was three feet deep, and whirled around like tbe whirl pool of Niagara. There was no escape there for anybody if he was unlucky enough to get in, unless ho was a very expert swimmer. Thero were sawborscs placed across tbe creek and planks fastened to tbem for a foot bridge. I bad a twelve pound basket nearly filled when I saw an 18-year-old girl como on the bridge. Wbcn she got to me I stepped on one of the sawhorses to let her pass. "I watched her as she continued, and dont think she bad got more than thirty feet from me before I noticed that her head began to swim. 8be gavo one of those peculiar screams such as are natural to all girls when in dan ger, tottered' for an instant and fell head fore most down the stream, and being buoyed up somewhat by her clothing tbe swift current carried her rapidly along toward the deep bole. To drop my rod and jump into the water was but the work of a second, and I made my way over the 'hard heads' In three feet of water as fast as I could. I went down twice, but kept going and overtook her about fifty or sixty feet from where she went ia, and then began tho struggle. I grabbed bar and turned her around, and tbe first thing she did was to clutch me with one hand and push her clothes down with tbo other, and when sbe had got them below the surface we were both taken off our feet and went slipping and floating down. We wont three rods before I gained a footing. Tbe girl must have been very fond of me for I never got such a hug ging In my life as she gave me. I had my trout basket, with the strap hung over my shoulder. X kept swinging it around, and It looked at one time very much as though we three would go into the deep hole. "Well, I finally got a firm foothold, and then I bad a painful duty to perform, and that was to stop that girl bugging me and get her quieted down so that sbtknew what aho was about I told her that she must W hold of her garments and with both bands raise them to tbe top of the water, or e never could get back to tbe bridge against the current I placed her in front of me and put my arms around her, and we went lockstep back to the bridge. I tell you k was a severe wrestle with tbe bouldess, current and basket of fish, but we reached than at last, and then continued the same step to tbe edge of tbe bridge at which she came on, when I mod estly turned my back and stayed In tbe water while she climbed out, arranged her skirts and ran off." Turf, Field and Farm. An Army Contractor's Kxperleare I had a curious experience with an army contract once a few years after the war closed. I got an order for a lot of fine gro ceries for officers' stores. Among tbe rest wero twenty-seven sacks of Java coffee a hundred pounds to the sack. It was for a station so far to the west that the freight was five cents a pound. Tbe coffee was billed at twenty-seven cents a pound. After a while I received notification that the coffeo had been rejected, probably ou account of inildewin ocean transportation. I wrote to have the coffee sent back, and at the proper time my teams were there to receive it When it came to the store I told ouo of the clerks to put a "trier" Into a few sacks to sec if it was the same goods wo had shipped. The "trier" came out of the first sack tilled with yellow corn. It was put into another sack and pulled out with the some result And so on all around. Kvery sack sent back was sim ply that much shelled corn. Tbe soldiers at tbe post bad taken out tbe coffee and proltably sold it to tho country groceries, and put corn in its place. The sacks looked all right on the outside. The same strings had been used in sewing them up, and everything bad been done to deceive. I sent for tbe quarternuM ter on duty here, and showed hhn the fraud. There was a long controversy about it, but in the end tbe government stood tbe loss, und I got paid for my coffee, less the value or the twenty-sevon sacks of corn sent back in its place. Globe Democrat Edison's Microphone. Perhaps it may be remembered that years ago Edison was interested in tbe microphone, a device for magnifying minute sounds in a most wonderful manner; it was with the microphone that Edison said he would enable people to hear a fly walking across tbo ceil ing, tbo steps of a fly sounding like that of a war horse upon a theatrical stage. His latest mow in this direction is a device which, at tached to a small cabinet organ, enables it to give out tbe sound of a cathedral instrument bigger than that of tbe Boston 'Music ball, and he says that a band organ provided with bis new invention will be heard across the East river. If this is so, somo one is going to get killed, either Mr. Edison or tbe Italian nobleman who attempts to put his device to use. The idea of hearing "11 Balen" or "The Heart Bowed Down" or "The Sweet By and By" from two or three hundred hand organs suddenly endowed with ten times tho power of Baruum's steam calliope is something aw ful, uud Edison has done well to get far out of the reach of civilization before announcing bis latest achievement New York Cor Brooklyn Eagle. GOiruj. Moving about the quiet ways. Sitting besl.le the hearth. Joiuiu? as best sho can and may In tho careless household mirth. Yet always through the haunted night,. As thnut;!i the restless day. Feeling another hour .is passed Of the time that flies away. Tbe last frail strand of tbe cable Is parting slow and sure. That never again to the harbor aide My ImuuIo boot will moor. My bocnio boat, that may come again, God temper the wave and wimll To gladduu sad eyes and yearning hearts. That now are left behind If ay come again, but not to lie Safe by the old home shore; The alienor of youth U almost wefghed; They will cast it never more. And it's oh. and it's oh, for tbe sinking dread. It's oh for the climbing sorrow. As ever the cruel, creeping night Brings on tbe weary morrow! Love that is true must hush itself. Nor pain by its useless cry. For the young must go, and the old must bear, And time goes by, goes by. Alt the Year Hound. Their Business ftooiiiin. Probably no one tiling hits caused such a general revival of trade at Dowty .t Boclier's drug storo as tlioir giving away to their customers of so many free trial liottles of Dr. Kind's New Discov ery for consumption. Their trade is simply euoruious in this very valuable article from the fact thut it always cures and never disappoints. Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup, and all throat and lung diseases quickly cured. You can tost it before buying by getting a trial bottle free, largo size SI. Every bottle warranted. Date and Ijarbary thistles are fashion ablo woods for canes. A Ureal urpri In in store lor all who u- Kemp lt.il mm fr the Throat and Lungs, the great guaranteed remedy. Would you believe that it is sold ou its merits sad that each dru.-gist is authorized to refund your money by the Proprietor of thie wondrrful remedy ir it tails to cure you. Dr. A. Heiutz bus sccun-d the Agency fur it. Price 50c and $1. Trial size Jret. Four circuses aro now making a tour of Massachusetts. To Coiiuniptivi. Header, can you lielieve that the Creator afflicts one third of mankind with a disease for which there is no rem edy? Dr. K. V. Pierco's "Golden Medi cal Discovery" has cured hundreds of cases of consumption, ami men are living today hoalthy, robust men whom physicians pronounced incurable, be cause ono lung was almost gone. Send 10 cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce's book on consumption and kindred affections. Address, World's Dispensary Medical Association, G63 Main street, Buff.do, N.Y. Fly-paper is going up, according to a late market rejwrt. English Spavin Liniment removes all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavin, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Stifles, Sprains Sore and Swollen Throat, Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one bottle. Every bottlo warranted by C. B. Stilhnan, druggist, Columbus, Nob. Two twenty-knot .English cruisera are being built of wood. Tbe Beauty ir Woman ia her crown of glory. -But alas! how quickly does the nervous debility and chronic weakness of the sex cause the bloom of youth to pass away, shareii the lovely features, and emaciate the rounded form! There is but one remedy which will restore the faded roses and bring back the grace of youth. It is Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription," a sov ereign remedy for the disc-wee peculiar to females. It is one of the greatest boons ever conferred upon the human race, for it preserves that which is fairest and' dearest to all mankind the beauty and tbe health of woman. A white sagehen has Wood river, Idaho. been seen at I1 i Neither whiskey, inngor, blackberry brandy, or anything else begins to equal Chatnberlnin's Colic. Cholera and Diar rcea Remedy for lmwel complaint. It is tho only medicine that always cures bloody iiux, cholera morbus, dysentery and diarriuea, and it never fails. It costs 25 cents and is worth 2T dollars when needed. Mr. A. Finloy of Bain bridge, Putnam county, Ind., writes that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy cured him of a sovero at tack or diarrhoea, the first dose quieted and eased the pain and the seeonddoso cured him completely: he also says thai he cured a bid case of bloody tlu.t with tho same bottle. Sold by IWtv .t Becher. There aro sily-iive :;o:n:iu Catholic churches in Ne.v V'.trk eitv. ilr.ire I'p. You ar feeling deprnssvd. your apa tite is poor, you are Withered with h.'.id ache, you are fidgety, nervous, and gen erally out of sort.-:, and want to orutt. up. Brace up but not with stimulant.- , sprue medicines, or billon?, which have for their basis very cheap, bad uhi.ky. mid which stimulate yui: for an hoiir,ai:d ;hen leave you in worse condition than before. What you want i;; an alterative that will purify your biiod, start, healthy action of Liver and Kidm-vs, rerft..-i your vi tality, and give renewed i-.e.iiti; and strength. Such a medicine ;.o:: will find in Electric i tit tens, urn! only ."s cents a bottle at Dowty .V fJewhers drugstoiv. Tho ceiling of an Wiacn store has Ikv:i covered with plush. The loiu!nsitss oft'iilmabva Is about ::,WK tnd we Would say :it Ie:tnt ouo half are trotilded with MUiie udectiou of the Throat and I-tii tr-. :i t!ioe com plaint :-r ai'coiiSing U st.-itii-lic-. more niiffieroib than others. We wtu!;! .id vie all not to neglect the opportunity to call on us :iiul et a bottle of Kemp's Italian! for the Throat anil Lungs, l'riee foe anil ?! W. Trial size I'ltc. Ued VHctfUily, Dr. A. llcin .. Thero is California now a nt: to Oregon. :h of trawl from ISsmmI Wierr A'leail. ("ris tiiit!iii A. ",. iniiiid. i;iviHi worktiint a c i'; ! iti.d uiakini: r-:it ikij. .mi ..!-.: I't.s! Maii;-. can i. -. !(::, ff . .-. i- lal not U'xtl.sl. !!-l!i .. AH .14 .. out und riltat oikv; no !i.-i7it: will I fit tin.. fin:.- if u iiutlud not to i;. to v:ir!c, .ift-T jm h-:irit itil. All is'irtiettWr.-i fr- !fcl. ;iiiii-r mk t." this world. 1-8 Land.-; in southeast Arkansas are fat eoiniug into .-ui:ititi. Worth Voiir Attention. Cut tlii-4.1H at!.l i:i-i5l it t .!!:. A ".. A 11 fttirtta, .Maim-. ! will -iid (! fr.-'. -hiie; now, tli.it just iiu.'. oiti. ii.r :ili v.'.f!c.-rr.. wonderful :. tlw I-ctri;- !i:;lit. n- nuim- 11.4 imre i:m.l, it will iri f lif.-ioit.: vn'ii :eid iuMitu:ii-e toyim. H.:!i .x.m. :!! :yx. tli-u J: lo. l-.ir n:-a.-o nf xtirtm.i ! in l,i-uf-. It will liriiu; J'i in iiiir -uli. r: till .'i:t. titan itnytliiilj; tt- in tl.i. w.i.M. A ij .: ntij m-n eaudo flu wot I:, asid 'iw :il I'.mi. -iI- li-lter writx nt once; tiirn, kii.vvii:-c .til. h!...nM ;...n conelmly thut you it..n"l mi.- ( iiip-..-... vl.y ! harm in ilouc. -'.y Japanese, are lmyinjj land in Calaverag county, Nevada. biteklenV Vrniin Sal v.'. Tnu Birr S.i.vi:in the world lor Cuts, Iiruises, Sores. Uleen, Salt Kheiini, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped ll:iin!:i, Chilblains, Corn::, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Iiles, or no pny required. It is juarant-ed to ;ivo perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale h Dowty a: Becher. jtilyliT r CATINO OJ EARTH 1 A8K YOUR GROCER FOB THEM! THAflX FISH. COHPAHV. BX.L43UIS.SfO. $1,500! HH Mojp-iaJ Fac-stmlle of Patent Chess and Checkerboard, ad vertising the celebrated Synvlta Ulock Remedies and a KEWAIB OF 1.5M. If you fall to And It on thla small board call on yourdrmrelt for fnll-Mxe. llandsomelr WthoKraphcU board, FltEK; or tend cents for postage to us. COUGH BLOCKS. From Mason Lon?.the Conrerted Gambler. Fort Watsz, Ind April 5, ISM. I ha e Riven tho 8 jnrl ta Cough Blocks a thorough trial. Thor cured my little jrlrf (J years' old) of Croup. My wife and motner-m-iaw were trouDiea witn couch or long standing. One package of tho Blocks bus cnrcU mam so uoy can lain as onlr women do." Maso.v Long. WORM BLOCKS. UMa. O..Jan.25,lS87 The Synvlta Worm Blocks acted like a charm In expelling worms from my lit tl child. The child Is now well and hearty, instead of puny and sickly as before. Jonx G. Konm.vso.v. lUCKBEMY ILOGKS. Tk Great Biarrhaa aad BvMBtcrj Caeckor. DKLPHOS. C July 7th. "fcC-Our six-months old child had a severs attack of Summer Complaint, fnyslcian could do nothing. In despair we tried Synvlta Blackberry Blocks recommended by a friend -and a few doses effected a complete cure. Accept our neartreil indorsement or your iwhck- berry Blocks. Mil. ash Mus. J. Baxziia-. The Synvita Block Remedies are Sure. and Pun. 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Cracks. 1 Aiieusiausin. .Burns, Scalds, Stings, Bites, Bruisea, Bunion?, Corns, THIS COOD OLD STAND-BY accomplishes for everybody exactly what liclulmcj forte Oneof tbo rea:un for ttie groat iio-mlurlix ft the JtuAtan? Llnlmen: U fcr.uu! In IU nnlvcmal applicability. Everybody nwMiinuch a irxMIrlne. Tbe I.osibcrmnn need It iuciucof nccMent. The UouHCwIfe needs it for genernlfumlly nw. ThcCnnnlernepJstt for h!s team anJ hUmcu. The Mechanic needs It alnr&ys oa hU irorW bench. The Minrr need tttn cane of emergency. The l'lsneer needtt an't got alonz without It. The Farmer needs It in hU house, hit Htabl. and his stock yard. The Steamboat niren orthe Itontinan needs it in liberal supply alitor and a.-d,orc. The Horse-fancier needs It It la hU brst friend and safext reliance. The Stock-grower need It It wilt naTo him thousands of dollars anil a world of trouble. The Itnilrond man needs It und will nfd it Ions his life Is a round of accidents and darker. The llnckwootlNiiian r.eedalt. Thero Utxth ins like ft as an antldoto for tho dangers to lirv. limb and comfort which surround tho jIouwt. Tho fllerchaut needs It about hU store anionic his employees. Accidents will happen, and when these como tho Mustanff liniment Is wanted at oner. Keep a llottleiu the House. Tlsthe U-tof conomr. Keep a Bottle in the Factory. It Immediate use in ease of accident Mn pain and loss of r . Keep a Bottle Always in the Stable for ae wkea wanted. PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. Au Offrr Worthy Atteiitii:.. from Every Rraiie r of the Jaunial. 1IIU CHOlCKOf t'Ol'll ioo I'W'KIiM, 1!KK. HUNSHINK: lor youth, nl-o Tor lli.. i.f nil flip's ulioro IieMit.- arc Hot willvitd, ia Imiiil hoiiic, piiro. iitffnl awl moi-.t intrrtrtini: iSkt it iri iililisi,id mi nth! l.y K. l". Allfti .t 1 o., iii!i-ta. Mail.-. :it ..tl t-t'iitna nr; it H liiuid. iiiel illiii.ti.-iici. I'AM.IiTPKH OF AV.KI.UW. I.i-.,.. full of iiru-filliiif- arc w.ntlij ! r.wnril uml iii'ilntinii. '"I'll." I.ntu! that r.'.-kr- tin-i-ra.lU- nil- tin- v..ilij,' through it f. ! tli. rituiiiu' intiiD lie. r'mi.i.r.t ally a uonusuV I .!" r :n nil l.iMut.i: .fl,.-i v.. irk '.i.d .-?a!t-l hli.t 11.11 Hi tin .i.i. lvt.T 11. it ili Iki-:-." ir tli.' Ii.iiiiiiatioii Iroui lnt!i I l.'llill. Hflll.tr. 11. , iiilltf :i.t..l. I'lllitlri..! nthh I.) "I rt .v ., Aniift-,, J::i.l.. . :.t ji i-nt: irj. ur. Titi: n:i-rit i iiur:-i--M-:rt-ki: ami I.!Sf-' Hi:.'ll)IU lOMI'.IMO.N. Tin linn ii.-.d, -"-!i-il)I i-.ii-r vitl i-ro-n Ihhui to nil I.oiirt-li 1 tv Mini I:mI:m win nail it It lint-a Ih.III1.II.-T. t. I.! ..f lirt-illlllfr.r, ,-iIMl it- al'lllt) 1. I-m.-:, i-inal to tli oi-enbion. It i. MrotiK ar.il ui:il !: r-.ll it- v.iri I ili-iuirtnii'iitx. IIhiuI-oiiio 1) illi;s!ratd. 1'iiMim...! ji.ontl.lj l II. ltall.lt A Co.. I'ortlaiitl. .Maim, at i-'iitt -rjar FAl.M IND lf()liSi:Kl.i:i'KIC. :it Farm iiiir, i.ihhI Hull-, ki inc. (k.jI ( liir. 'Ilitri liaiu!!-oiat-i illiirlmi. .1 .n4-r is iltvotol to tln t'Aomik-t important ai.d nolilx naliistri.-H of llm vorlil faiinim: in all itn tirniiclii liinifclo-,' in i. in .-r !i art m.-iit. It if nlilfaml tin to Hi 'ioi?r.t-tv tint-", it will I. found practical ii ia I of i-nat Kii-nd iis'ftinii.n. I'ulilmt.t-il uior.t.'.h I.i i'.-.i'f btnixoti A. I'ii., l'ortland. Mail.-, at .".o ii-iit 4r yenr. i.S""V,- nil! '-vial fm for one) Kir. uliielierer of lla atm- iiaini'ti iiai-in niuj lxj oliiwli, to any ono v.lio iij for tin .loilUNAI. for oa-ji-ar in advance. 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