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TKE DAILY BEE -SAriT > .Ri > Ay AT EIL 2tf 1383 New Life is given by using BROWN'S IRON BITTERS. In the Winter it strengthens and warms the system ; in the Spring it enriches the blood and conquers disease ; in the Summer it gives tone to the nerves and.digestive organs ; in the Fall it enables the system to stand the shock of sudden changes. In no way can disease be so surely prevented as by keeping the system in per fect condition. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS ensures per fect health through the changing seasons , it disarms the danger from impure water and miasmatic air , and it prevents Consump tion , Kidney and Liver Dis ease , &c. H. S. Berlin , Esq. , of the well-known firm of H. S. Berlin & Co. , Attorneys , Lc Droit Building , Washing ton , D. C , writes , Dec. 5th , 1881 : Gentlemen : I take pleas ure In stating that I have used Brown's Iron Bitters for malaria - ' laria and nervous troubles , * caused by overwork , with excellent results. Beware of imitations. Ask for BROWN'S IRON BIT- W2RS , and insist on having it Don't be imposed on with something recom mended as "just as good" The genuine is made only by the Brown Chemical Co. Baltimore , Md , NOTICE TO CATTLE MEN. 1,000 , HEAD OF YOUNQ OATTLE FOR SALE. COO Head ol Yearling Stoeri and Iltifen , SCO Uetd ol Two-year-old 8t ri , and 100 Head ot Two-year-old Heifers , Their cattle are all good , straight , thrifty cattle , mostly graded cattle , For sal * all tcgttner or In lots to salt the purchiMts. For further purtlc alars call on or address MF , Potter , Wmcrl Brown coutty , Iowa. At-lm BEF.ORE-AND-AFTER Electric AppHincei are tent on 30 Dayi' Trial. 70 MEN ONLY , YOUNQ OR OLD , TTTJIO are suffering from Nnnvocu PSDIUTT , * V LOST VITALITY , LICK or NBHTK Fond 111 VI } 0ft , WlSTIXO WXIKKEMU. Mid nil thoiu lliVulHOi. ot A rKRioxu , MITCKI roiultlnit from Anciua CM OTIIIU Oirsu. Bpccdr relict nnrt eamploto icti rMloiioninLTTt.Viooii mil summon OUiiuTr.in The BTMdoit dtx-orery ot IheMnetemtti Cininr ] Jcndatoocatorllluttritctll'asipblotrroc. Ail lion ' VOLTAIC BUT CO. . MARSHALL. ecu laoxi BCIUU ? VIM W. B , Diisnu , ito. and Treat , THE NEBRASKA MANUFACTURE CO Lincoln , Neb MANUFACTURERS OF Corn Plnntero HarrowB.Parra Rollers Balky Hay Hakee , Onottot Blevatlnu Windmills , &o. W ars pnpai * d lo do Job work and tnanolat turUf ( or other parti * * . AddreMa'lordiil to lb NKBIUtKA MANUfAOTURINO CO tlicoln Neb. Send 81 , , 93 , or iS for n ample re- ( nil box by KxprcMH , of the b 8t cundlcH lu America , put up In olPjtnut boxen , nnd Ntrlrtly purct. Sultn- lo Tor iirruentN. Kx- | iri > HH clinrecH lljjlit. llcttors to nil Chlca- 'JANDY ; o. Try it once. . AUdrcHM , C. P. OUNTHEE , Confectioner , Chicago. SYSTtM RENOV ITAIOl DIOIS1IONJT1V ULMHTHI UVIKOIP HIOHCTI.Orillt THI r POBl'BY OP THH TIMES , A Cloor OABO. Auburn hair , Inclined to curl , Honest eyes and winning smile ; Form to sot the brain awlri ; Lips that might a saint beguile That's ' the girl. Taller than the maiden coy , Truthful , fearless , handsome , strong , Ilenrt of gold without alloy , Halting ne'er twlxt right and wrong ; That's the boy. Window panes festooned with rime , Leaflets trees and hillside bare ; Town clock sounding midnight chime , Street lamps gleaming here and there That's the tlmo. NentliQg at the mountain's base , With its ono lens , quiet st oet Clasped In winter's whlto embrace ; Quaint old village , prim and neat That's the place. Truant arm and shy embrace , Tender vows in willing ear , Klisos on an upturned face , Whispered , "Yes , t love you , dear.1 That's the case. Buffalo Courier , What the Qlrla Need , Father and mother sorrowing sat , Their faces puckered with care. Pon'drlng what they should do with their girls Their girls with the "auburn" hair. "They play , and the sing and they dance , " she said , "And they sketch with pencil and pen They speak German and French , anc draw- On , yesl any object but men , " "And there they all stick , " the old man growled , "With their gabble and Dutch , " As ho gave the poodle beneath the chair A prod with the point with his crotch , ' "But what can they do that IB useful1 he yelled , With a word that was really shocking ; "Can they sweep , or cook , or sew , or clean , Or darn the boles in their stockings ? " "Dam tbo holes ia their stockings ! " she said. With a half hysterical shriek ; "Ah , Indeed ! What the poor trlrls need Ii a thorough knowledge of Greek , " ' Tbo Banging Mania. 0 , see the young girl , In beauty rare , Sans kink , tans curl- Banging her hair ! And hear the youug man , At the piano there , Ilard as he can Banglcghlsaht A yonng mother stands Oppressed with oarr , With slipper In hands Banging her hair ! Collegian , A Welcome. Far In the sunny Sonth she lingers. Yet slowly comes along , With fairy garlands In her fingeri , With matches of sweet song. Her eyes with promises are beaming , Her smiles will rapture bring. The sunlight from her hair is streaming Thrice welcome , lovely spring I She brings us gifts , the royal maiden , Fair flowers to deck the hills ; With pnmrosts her arms are laden. Bluebells and dtffodll * . Pale crocuses have come before her , Wild birds her welcome sing : Ten thousand longing hearts ; adore her The gray world's darling , spring , HONEY FOB THlll LADIES , Jet Is still In high favor. Fichus of all sorts are very fashionable A great deal of gold is used f ot trim mlng. mlng.White White musllo bowa are decidedly out of fashion , Vermont bas two women acting M mnll carriers , The old pine patterns me revived for rich stuffs , Fresh primroses are wain by this year's debutantes. Pockets appear on soms of the new French dresses. Black gloves and hosiery are stylishly worn with pink toilets. The newest chenille fringes are the eater-pillar and vermicelli. Strapped shoes and slippers rro worn for evening and homo dress only. The combination costume f remains the marked feature In Spring styles. Claude Melnotte hats are to be greatly worn at the seaside thU summer. Lace and embroidery will be as much the rage this season as It was last summer. To have a growing pot of pansies on the table Is now the aim of New York women. Pattern dresses In designs of horses and chariots and Dlble leisons are the newest fashion. The mingling of two or more laces In one fichu , ruche or collarette for the neck hai become quite common , Black silk stockings with gold thread clocks and embroidery are among spring Importations of fancy hosiery , Girls who are to be married In June next wear every day a blush rose on the cor sage , The Idea li a very pretty one. Ribbons and lace , bows and ends , gimps and fringes still reign paramount for trim ming' , and make the simplest toilet at tractive. Transparent muslins are shown with strawbeirles , raspberries , laurel , and arbu tus blcsiorns , carnations , sweet brier roses , and mosb buds In groups soatteroaon ) a col ored groucd. A fashionable Ibrlcle married In Sing Sing last Thursday evening had a nightdress dross of cream white satin duchosse trim- uiJil with round point lace and made with long train. One of the prettysohoolmarms of Dakota has sued three young men for breach ol promise , two school trustees for her salary and now threatens to sue any newipapei that peaVs disparagingly about her. There Is a diamond at Tiffany's valued at (110.000 , and It Is said by those whc know all about tuch things that it is the largest In this : country. It weighs one hundred oni twenty-live karats. Some tllver rntninj fellow's wife will fprobablj buy It. Many of the rich , dark-hued spring woolens In monocbrsmo are told with bor dering * . French cashmeres oipeclallvnrc very handsome , with deep bauds of lien same ( mibr Meitd Iti bilk in Grecian Swiat , iloral , or Keuulsianco deiigna eithei railed or ouen work. A youug lady was recently naked byhci calUnt what she considered the height of Impudence. Looking archly at him , heirs said : "Spark it girl for three solid houn and never oiler t ) kiss her. " It is need idw. lc a to say that ho is not so Impudent now Beads of all kinds , and sequins , art almist as profusely used as ever ; pearl , or mother of pearl sequins , hanging in lattlc work of silk cords , or pendant from strand of cbonlllo fringes , .are among the moil effective ornaments on white or pale-hue : evening dreisti. "I bear , " uald Mrs. SUveiinlnt , " iate Mr. Cash ha * bought a picture by Ge ! roine for which he paid 910,000. " "Yoi donjt say so , " aaid Mr. SHvermlne. lay Ing aside the morning papar , "which of the Jeromes painted U Lawrence or Leonard ! " Black , gray , [ cream or white parasol have silk embroidered butterflies icattemc over , with pearls worked into the wingi 5 Thote near the ferule bavt cloied wings J but the scattered onoi have outspread ones. Lace will be much used on para sols , arranged to fonn a double fun In each division , Linen oollan nre still favorites ( or morn , ing nnd itteot wear. The straight stand. Inc band , made td lap , and worn with fancy button , or with a short space , the corner ! carved and wrought with a tiny leaf , are both liked. Another style hai a tiny edge turned over , this wrought with a delicate vine of embroidery. Embroidery on illk gauze continues to be mod as an elegant trimming to plain and brocaded illk grenadines or ganzes. A charming dre of this kind Is composed of narrow ruHles of sllk'tmbroldered jfau/e of o pale pink hue , the corsage reaching far below the hlpi , being of pale pink otto man ill It , trimmed about the tquaro neck and npon the cuVcs of the elbow sleeves with the embroidered gauze. Home of the new patterns In straw lace bonnets are almost a * Intricate and deli cate as Oulpuro lace designs. Those bon nets are light , any , i > nd very attractive. Their garnitures are correspondingly light and ethetet.1 , Soft tinted silk mulls and gauza are used , ai wells as wreaths of floe ( hirers mingled with delicate vines. Tufts , algrettei of ontrlob feat harp , and tiny birds ate favorite trimmings npon elegant evening dreisei of silk or ratln , At a fashionable evening party in this city recently a dreis trimmed with birds was composed of Brunei * lace rklrt and sap phire-blue velvet train , with a flight of blue birdi on the lace skirt and one or two npon the corsage. Another lady wore a moms-gray velvet , With train depending from the shoulders. A yellow and gray bird was placed on the right shoulder , and another on the left hip , with Its bill fas toned In the folds of the drapery. EDUCATIONAL NOTES. There Is not a school house In Ivsaguena county , Miss. All the schools In Germany have decided to adopt the new method of spelling. A movement is on foot to extend tbo course of the law department of the Mlchl gan state college to two years of nine months each. The Jews in Great Britain are said to have more children who oan read and write , In proportion to their number than any other denomination. William and Mary college , the oldest In the country , has closed. The one student who attended last year haa been forced to pursue a college course elsewhere. A scheme is being projected in Boston for the co-operative education of cooks. One thousand housekeepers are to pay $5 apiece to malntoln a school , pledging themselves to employ none but graduates. The free evening ; drawnlng classes re cently established by the legislature of Massachusetts In several of the larger cities of the state have been very success ful. ful.It It is stated that Pint Tnlane , cf New Jersey , will add $325,000 to his previous large gift to the city of New Orleans for educational purposes , on the condition that his former donation shall bo free from taxes. Archtlshon Spaldtng has secured th sanction of tbo pope for the erection of a Catholic nniverslty of the United States , for which 82.000,000 has already been sub scribed , The university niU probably be erected at Milwaukee. Baltimore haa a city college , with on elaborate course of studies and flonrlihlof business colleges , but no place for tha preliminary Instruction deemed eoessentla for others is provided for him who Intends to follow some useful occupation and to cam his living by bU hands as well as his head. In sbort , the monumental city needs a trade school. The "educational bureau" of Cleveland O , , Is doing good work among the workinf people of that city , Started out two years ago , and then on a very small scale , I haa gradually widened Its sphere of use fulness , and the last report states tha over 3,000 membership ticket * , at $1 each have been taken by employes In stores anc shops , and 65COO books have been distrl bnted among them. ' ' The overcrowded condition of th schools In Chicago Is attracting consider able attention in that city just now , anc \ the local newspapers are loud In their de mands that adequate accommodations b provided. According to the last census there are soventy.six school houses In th city , with IDS , ICG pupils ; or an average o 2,041 f9r each building. The superintend ent states that last year there were 1C "double" divisions , or 0,214 pupils , who could attend school but half the time o account of lack of room. Besides this the schools are not properly distributee throughout the city , the most populou districts having the least schools. RELIGIOUS. Rev. Tom Beocher Is preaching in thi open air in California. The Universallsts have in the TJnltec States 741 churches , 707 ministers , am 85,790 communicants. There are now between throe and foui hundred Christian schools in China , con tainlng over 0,000 pupils. The Mennonltes In this country now number 410 churches or orgrnlzations , 250 ministers , and about 50,000 commuicants. The Methodist Union in Canada has been ratified by the quarterly beards , 528 voting for It , 57 against , and 8 tie votes being cast. - The Congregational ministers , of Chicago have taken an Important step toward re forming the divorce laws by refusing to marry those who have been divorced for other thin Scriptural reasons , Sonle people say the missionary spirit In the churches is dying out. The fact that the sums contributed by the various Pro testant churches have Increased in eighty years from $240,000 to $6,250,000 dcei not c infirm the assertion. Bethany Presbyterian church , Philadel phia , had the remarkable accession on Sunday before last of 250 new members. The church basbeenwltbout a pastor for a - year , and Her. Ilenry MoOook took - charee of special services In February last , with the encouraging result as stated. It has been decided to close the Presby terian theological seminary , at Danville , Ky. , at least temporarily , because of a , lack of funds ; Its endowment not being sufficient to maintain even four professor ships. 1 he seminary wai opened In 1853 , and hai Instructed about SCO students , over 100 pursuing the full course , The Catholic church Ins trebled Its churches in Great Britain and Increased its membership two a half fold in the last forty yean , The Tablet now claims In all Kngllsb ipeaklncr countries 195 seat , 14.-1U priest11.E9G churches , and 15 , * 900,000 persons who are connected more or - IBM clofoly with the church. One-third o > the bishops , three-fourths of the priests nnd 44 per cent of the membership Is in the , United States. IMPIJUTIES , The Lord may cull a man to preach , bul he i < oea out lecturing on his own account . - Sitting Dull , it Is announced from Mil waukee. is about to join th church , Bit ting Bull la like a democratic sUtesmnn- always In favor of reforms when the spoil seem fur oil , One of the best definitions of faith wa given by a brlc.ht Sunday icbool boy to ill teacher : "As near tta I an make It out , 1 is feeling perfectly sure of a thing whei yen have nothing to back It up , " e- A man rn Vermont broke Into chnrcl and carrl d away the melodeon. There 1 more than one way to build up the congre ; gation 'ol ' a church , and jet there ire threats of arresting the man who abdnctw the mWal aggravation. "freel bad to think I put that f ara ch tip | | In the contribution bcx by mbUktf sail . the Louisville man. "I reckon I do. Tha . was a 15 chip , and they'll go and get I embed and g t $5 out of mo when I only Intended to give them fifty cents , " A clergyman was Induced to visit a thentro one night by the report that a re vival was going on there , but was dis gusted to find that it was a revival of the "Black Or ooV , " An English bishopquerulonsly remarked to his servant that he waa dying , "Well , lord " said the fellow "wo my , good , are going to a better place. " "John , " replied the prelate , with an air of conviction , "There is no place like old England. " ' 'Children ' , what must o man do before ho can eo to heaven ? " asked a teacher In a Sunday school , A good boy would have known the proper1 answer at once and re plied that a man must be at least decently honest , a condition which would exclude nearly every office holder In this country since the declaration of Independence , but a lltt'e boy , who waa too literal to be sat isfactory , answered ; "He must dli , sir. " A Baptist preacher in Northern Texas made hla congregation lauch for half an hour without stopping. He Intended to rebuke the female members for extrava- ganoo in drcsc , and thinking that garbage was a more elegant form of the word garb , he used it a number of times with great effect. lie said among other things that It was displeasing to the Lord for Christian women to bo carried away with their gar bage. "What Newton is it that the papers are talking about ? " asked a gentleman just re turning from Europe of a friend In one of our up-town clubs the other evening. "Is it my ( Id friend General Newton , of the army ? " "Noteiaotly , " was the reply , "but 1 am not surprised at the mistake , for Loth the Rev , II Heber Newton and Gen. Newton are engaged In the same business. " "What's that ? " asked the late arrival , "Why , removing obstruction ! from Hell Gate. " A certain mlnliter of the Kirk of Scotland - land , now deceased , bad prepared with great owe a series of discourses on the parable of the ten virgins , and had made use of them rather oftener than some of his brethren thought he should. On the v n- ing of a communion Sabbath , when assist ing a brother clergyman in the same pres bytery , he delivered one of his series , which his friend had heard more than once. When the services weco over and the two ministers were on their way to the manse , the one said to the other : "Man , John , I really think you should gle up the virgins ; e'ro fairly makin' auld maids of them. " V OONNUBIALLTIB8. Saturday is the favorite wedding day with the French people. The oldest groom in Georgia is Robert Andersen , of Walker county , who , at the ago of 87 , has just led to the altar a blush ing yonng woman of 23. John Wlnans , the democrat who beal Charlie Will ams for congress in the First Winconsln district , was married Thursday to Mits Fannie Russell of Antwerp , N. V , The marriage of Prince Qoorpo of Walei to a Belgian princess nas long been fore shadowed , and is highly probable , Tbrougli her mother , an Austrian , she would bring an infusion of new blood. Prince Thomas , of Genoa , cousin and brother-in-law of the reigning King ol Italy , was married Monday at Munich to the Princess Isabella of Bavaria , a first cousin of King Louis , "Never marry for wealth , " says an au thorlty on life , etc , but remember that II is just as eauy to love a girl who has agooc house , with an estate attached , as one who bas not anything but an auburn head ant an amiable disposition. " A Kentucky boy of 14 has j ant mnrrlei a girl one year younger. They are not ol ( enough to know bitter , but the parents ant preacher should have been. There is no occasion for s"ch unieemly baste In orde to preserve the usual democratic majority in Kentucky , In San Francisco , last week , Mr. John Waterman Gray , son of Mr. Douglas U Gray , of Hatrisonbnrg , Va , , andatpresen clerk cf the surveyor general of Arizona , at Tucson , was married to Miss Nina youngest daughter of Judge Joieph Bald win , the author of "Flush Times , " and other productions. The London Truth says there are rumors that In process of time Prince Albert Via tor , eldest son of the Prince of Wales , will be"ad vised to select as hla wife the i'rlncess Clementine , of iSaxe-Coburg , daughter of the King and Queen of the Belgians. The Prlnsets Is now only thirteen years old , and the young Prince six yrars older. Annie Gninness , [ of New York City , Is only 10 , but has cot far enough along to fall in love with Hong Gee , a Chinaman , and with feminine perversity declares she will marry him by and by. She will make a sweet little bride for Hong , having grad uated from the penitentiary and taken a post-graiuato course in a house of correc tion. PEPPERMINT DROPS , By the way , hasn't it occurred to any one that Adam was Number One ? Taking care of the baby Is a delightful occupation to read about In the story books , It is said that the empress of Auitria has taken to fencing , Perhaps her neighbors keeps chickens , A corner In onions Is a hard thing to make , They give themselves away when gathered In any large quantity. A philosopher says : "Hay emells the sweetest after it is cut. " In that respect Llmburger cheese cannot compete with hay. hay.In In view of the fact that Solomon had seven hundred wives , the minister of the church which he attended must have bad a sort of picuio , One of the easiest ways to become insane is to take a gas bill to tue-office of the com pany and ask the manager to explain why It is fifty per cent greater than it ought to bo. bo.The The new discovery that kissing cures freckles may be all right , but the difficulty with a youth who has the complexion'of an African leopard is that he can t get any girl to kiss him. A Kansas paper in Its "dramatic per sonals" makes pleased mention of the fact that "the donkey which will appear on the stage at the WhftUy opera house this even ing is quartered at the Gllchrlst livery stable/ The editor of the Now Orleans Picayune having been thinking deeply upon the sub ject conclndta that "one egg a day is about the best n hen can do , She has no idea of having anything laid over for the next day. " A yonng man in love has as much pa tience na a cat , and that's saying a good deal when wo remember that ft cat will sit upon the back-yard fence and sing "Ma- rlar" for six weeks at a time wben ho foola lonely. 'I should like to have that baud , " said he critically , as ho looked over the shoulder of a fair whlslUte. "You may ifyou Kite , " was the soft reply. And when next morning , be came a little to himself he found that ho'd proposed and been ac cepted , A toy of etyht yean , in one of the Mas sachuietts schools , was aiked by his teach . er where the zenith was. He replied - "The spot in the heavens directly ovei - one's head. " To test his knowledge fur ther , the teacher aiked : ' 'Can two person have the same zenith t the same time ? ' "They can. " "How ? " ' -If one shouli stand on the other's head , " Yankee Invention bursts out In strangi . It places , In a single week there were issuei patents to New Englandera for a uon-hea > conducting pall , a putting out machln which no tint-class editorial room shouli be without , a spark arrester which 1 Is thought to be an improvement noon he - original spark arrester a pretty girl ; am a car-starter , which , however. Is not de signed to supersede the old-fashioned inuU le.bo Why bo weak ? Why not bo healthy , robust , and strong , by ng it Brown's Iron Bitten ! MUSIOALi AND DRAMATIC. \delina Pattl will sail for England Apr 11 24. Mary Anderson will appeir at the Lon don Lyceum on September 1 , Col. Mapleson ha * scouted the services of Big. Peruglni for next seaion , Henry E. Abbey bas engaged Mme. Scalchl for a short concert tour. Three wealthy gentlemen of Padueab , Ky. , will build an opera house there this spring. Miss Sara Jewett has not yet s'cned any contract for next season , but bas definitely left the Union Square theatre. Stgnor Salvlnl says bo has no intention of ever returning to America , and that all reporta to the contrary are untrue , Remonyl has found a twelve year old girl in Texas whom ho pronounces the greatest violinist America ever produced. J. M , Hill , Margaret Mather's manager - ger , predicts that his star will have a for tune of ? 2oOOOJ within six years. No lets than 1,681 candidates presented themselves for the fifty scholarships of. fered by the Kojnl college of music In Lon don , The n < < w music hall to bo built this sea son in Cleveland is to seat over 4,00. ) per. sons , and will be fitted for operatic per formances. Vienna papers announce that Fran Lucca Is to appear at the Imperial opert from October to February , and Mapleson aveis that she will be with him. It is now said that T heodore Thomas Is the leading spirit In the project for a large Music Hell in New York , which has been quietly pushed for some time. Col. Mapleson has been negitiatingwlth the committee of Music Hall , Boston , toE reduce Italian opera there next teason , E istead of at the Boston theatre , Fred and Victoria will , It is said , be the only remaining mem/crsof the Vokes fam ily upon the stage next season , but they will head a company beating the old name , A young man recently married an act rots , and not wishing to let his friends know all at once , told one to "break the news gently. "Tell them first that I am dead , and gently work up to the ell " max The Boston Ideal company will bring out next season a new opera by S , L Stud * ley , the musical director of the compsny , It bas been completed for some time , but Mr. Stndley will add two numbers ) before it is produced. The management of the Cincinnati dra matlo festival contemplate a change In a portion of the week's programme , substi tuting "The Hunchback. " May 1 , In leu of "Romeo and Juliet , " as hitherto an nounced , and presenting the latter play at the matinee on the 5tb , the date originally assigned for ' 'The Hunchback.1 . The ad vance sale of season tickets had up to the Gth Init. aggregated $04,425 20 , $30,283.20 of the amount being for premiums , leaving only 1,2:7 seats as yet unsold. SINGULARITIES , Cincinnati boasts that there is a young lady in that city with a fall beard. In a Biston shop window is a bridge trade of 300,000 miles of spool silk , A paper pulp chimney fifty feet high has been put up at Breslau , Germany. A Paris surgeon advertises that he will supply people with all the dimples they may desire at a napoleon apiece. The wooden model of a revolver , which the famous Colt made when but sixteen yeirs of age , la on of the many curiosities of the immense Colt's armory in Hart ford. ford.A A visitor to Rio Joneiro writes that tb. burial caskets in that locality are covered with black , red or violet materlalberdered with gilt tinne , giving them the sprightly air of bonbon boxes. Owen Lovejoj'a historic press , whlcbtbt foes of abolition threw Into the Mississipp river at Alton.IU. , is now in the possession cf on Iowa editor , who offers to change it with the Illinois Historical society for new power press. In April , 1880 , Miss Anna L. Hoffman , of New Albany , Ind. , was run over by railroad train and had her right arm an left hand cut off. Through skilled treat ment her life and left arm were saved. 1 reporter who visited her a few days ag , found her in good health , cheerful anc making herself generally usefulBy ale of an artificial hand , made by her father , she can pump and carry water , bring in coal , write a good hand.nnd play the plant almost as dextrouely as an unmaimed per BOD < BODThe birth of an eccentric in Turkish Kurdisten is announced by the Diarbekl newspaper. The infant , who is an objec of Interest not unmlngled with au alarm tt the neighborhood , was born with a bearc and moustache , a perfct set of tbirty-tw < teeth , and with no fewer than forty dis tlnctly ormod fingers. Its behavior from the moment of its birth has been far from satisfactory. It is excetslvely noisy and violent , owing to the cruel bites it inflicts on all who come within reach of itsmoutt It has been found necessary to extract a Its front teeth. Said a wUo old doctor at Nerdhoff , St. Jacobs Oil la very much bonghtof It's kept for the sake , Of each pain an echo That any ono hag ever thought of. Hla Wife Snled. Arkimas Traveller. "I has de wnst Inck ob any man I ebor seed , " aald old Isom. " 'What' * the matter now ? " asked the governor. "Why , aah , my wife rnu away an' sprained my shoulder.1 "I don't un derstand how yonr wife's running away could sprain yonr shoulder. "It was dis way. Some time ago my boas died , and since den I has been vforkln1 my wife ter dowagon. She's a power ful stout 'oman , and could pnll t ioe as much as the po' ole boas. Wall , de udder day , while I was drlvln * along , wo met a preacher In de road ; my wife shied , turned do wagon over , an * aprainqd my shoulder. An Undoubted Blessing- About thirty years ago , a prominent Physician by the name of Dr. William Hall discovered , or produced after long experimental research , a remedy for dis eases of the throat , chest and lungs , which was of tuch wonderful efficacy that it soon gained a wide reputation In this country. The name < > f the medicine Is DR WM. HALL'S BALSAM FOR THK LUNGS , an ! may be safely rolled on as a speedy and positive cure for ccughe , colds , sore throat , &o. Bold by all druggists. , CORNICE WORKS ! , Iron and Slate Eoofing , - 0. SPKOliT , Proprietor. , . , 1111 Douglas St. Omaha , Hob MANUFACTURER OF OALVAMZED : Iron Cornices ! DORMER WIDOWS , FINIALS , Tin , Iron and Slate Roofing , Specht's Patent MetalltclSkyllgbt Patent , Adjusted Hatchet Bar and Bracket Bbelvlne. I am the ceneral agent is for the above line of goods. IRON FENCING , Crestlngs , Balustrades , Verandas , Iror . 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