Bloomington Progress, Volume 20, Number 35, Bloomington, Monroe County, 27 October 1886 — Page 4
Karl Boy lay dying one rummer trve. He lay at bis casement wide ; Re looked, at the green and fertile hunls And said, with a flash of pride: "Son Robert, tula lordship fair im m; If any dispute thy right, I have bnt two words to say to triea, Grip tight!" Two short, strong words, like a trumpet c& Now l:st.-n to -fc.t um say; There is a tide in the affairs of mea. And it crrtlos not every day. If ft bring thee good In some good hoar. Take it, it is thy right: Woaldrt than keep it thine? then is am way. Grip tight I And tf than hast fonnd thy work to do, Then this is thy wisest par: Count it at enee of the best of gift And do it with hand ami heart. If slack or carele ss oth' ra wi 1 seias A blessing Uaoa heldat too light. The eIrt of a tariy circnrriHtane. Grip tight. BmttanikhoiBtru'hinnblesmdpeCBV If love sit down by thy side. Grip it so Uf-bt that nothing on earth Thy heme and thy heart divide ; If all rifts slip from thy heedless haad. Keep this, with a jealous might. There's hope for tbe man who home and wife Grips tight.
Thro here's to the roan who can wt and kse p
His love, his gnM, and bis land; Here's to the true and steadfast heart. To the sare and strong right band ; To him wlio knows and ccn bold his place. Who knows and can bold bis right. Who says to his bear in the tng of life The two short words of the brave old knight. Grip tight, Boston Trtnxler.
rajas"
TIO OLD S100TH-B0RE
BY WAITER T. GRAY. "Jake Allen will never set the sea on fire," MwoBherded every old woman in my na
tive village. Now, to speak frankly, I had
co particular desire to accomplish that dif
ficult feat, and had some other more enter-
prisine yoanssler ancceeded in doing it,
I doubt Tory ranch whether I should have taken the trouble to walk the two miles which la; between Turtle Creek and the
owsn in order to better view the blaze. "Jake Alien was a shiftless, lazy, good
for-nothing. worthless cuss." This, with a few additional adjectives, was the rmaninxms verdict found against me by my fellow, citizens. Even the schoolmaster alandered me, and said I didn't know enough to ffo under cover when it rained. In fact, I was looked upon as the butt end of creation, and those few people who did not despise me pitied me from the bottom of their hearts. I am an orphan, and was reared by my maternal grandmother. Poor old soul, her much-worn tongue and weary bones are at this moment peacefully enjoying their well-earned rest in the old churchyard. As old age appt cached, her favorite pastime was to search the Scriptures for passages pertaining to the bringing up of children, and whenever she discovered anything new, it was sure to be applied in my case. I well remember, one Sunday afternoon, she was sitting in her rockingchair, tbe open Bible on her lap, when suddenly she exclaimed: "Spare the rod and spoil the child; it is curious I never thought of that before," and then, looking toward me, she said: "Jacob, go out yonder and get me a good, stout 4ftk&. I obeyed wonderinly. Xnt. WWSFHiS 8aTe Plftce dis" may, wlwBt'-fiwiai my partially-disrobed fornMMrkftplaeed across her knee.
ad Wtswisigto of the switch, as my
up to the task of
I instructions, for
yean ite good work continued, the rod wsMuased, though I often suspected ilif wilaji pWtiiiiis iif the ehild were be-
'KjT- Jnolfc Biw precept, to triiMl B& gt-ja-aooUier was very mneh at.sneaMrl, Wfe visitiiigof the iniquity of the hrtner wpQe the son. Evidently, during A life tatatima of my father, tbe lebtlions exjimmm him and bis mother-in-law iirBlsijsr KtrahW, for very often I RmMit for his iniquity. I hailed with detjfjitthe time when my age and strength rendered me wupankajle, and I saw the rod deseend into state of "innocuous desoetade.'' Now, thought I, my cap w fHof joy, nry days of bliss have eoae, and li-m tliia on my life will be one lonjrronndof nrmdntiitHd ijlu-siim. Alas, I was mistaken; my grandssother was merely 1 eating upon har oars, preparatory to adopting a new style of artillery. At lastiihe discovered wh phe wanted in the ' ahape of 4wo old-faahioned smooth-bore proverbs, which were fired at me hourly. If my anna ached from a too long-con tinned engagement with the bucksaw, and I sought to spell myself with some lighter encreiac, I was sore to hear a voice from' the kitchen ewJafanr "Jacob, wby don't yoo saw that wood? "Sou ain't got a btt of get ap in yon. Don't you know that a iDlMng stone gathers no moss?" Tbn, again, if I lay streteheu apon the broad of my bask, nader the shade of a tree, on a wnrmwr after
granttistpahejrarmed
iliirasaf aaaTilliliial
m
wit nature, I would be aroused from my rerrcrkM br tbe same harsh voice, eiclaim-
btgz "Here, you. hay bones, why ain't you doing something! Don't you know a setting hen never grows fat," and so on, ad nottsestst. They would be hurled at me a desen times a dav;. in fact, I became morbidly morose every time I thought of a rollicg stone ana a setting hen. At last, wheal had reached the age of 18, my grandmother was attacked by a fatal fever. When she was breathing her last she called me to the bedside, placed her U Bible in my hand, and said, in solemn and earnest tones: "Jacob,I have tried hard to bring you up in the way you should go. All tbe fortune I have I leave lo von. Tou will find it in that book. "When I am
; rwy to rest, opea it and tak! good ' its contents. Good-by, my poor .t'- - God bless yoi." Then death -(-.: ,' er in his cold embrace. I teas i rieved, and cried bitterly whec I her reans to their last resting t ''.-, tor, with all her crotch" ts, my 'ther wftt the only person in the ' who tad ever cared for me. y return from :lie fonersi my curiosity overcame me, and I set to work to n etbaui the old Bible. Between its leaves 1 expected to find mnumerable bank-notes, the hoarded wealth of years, but imagine my disappointment when I found absolutely nothing. Could anyone have stolen my fortune? Where could it have gone? It most have been in the Bible when my grandmother handed it to-me. I tamed
leaf separately, but to no purI glaaead at tbe title page.
and there before me I saw my legacy. In trembling characters, was written: "To my grandchild: Wealth I have none, but I leave yoo this Bible; rend it carefully, follow Us teachings, and yon hare treasures indeed. Kenvmber the proverbs I have taken so roach care to
impvsaMmoB you mind: A rolling stone
gathers no noxs,' and A setting hen never grows fat." Tears have gone by since that time, but, even now, whenever I see a setting hen, I am seised by an uncootrolable desire to sand a rolling stone in hot parsuit cf her. I was peaoUeea, lasy, and wortblesss, feftalose in the world. "Served meright, said everytiody, and forthwith they predicted that I would go to the dogs, when, ever abat mny be. My reputation was too weH known to permit of my obtaining wot it, osarown neighborhood, so X went to lew lurk, and aoon fonnd myself a
fcasjr' AsH baWf tsBs sAbI
Elira," bound for Australia. I looked n on myself at far beneath my fellows is ordinary intelligence, such' was the effect of ray early traiuiiSjr. I had no confidence in my powers, so when I whs (.iven a task 1 worked hard to do it as it should be done, fearing, always, that it was not done well, and, to this fact alone, I attribute my success as a sailor. After several months our vessel returned to America. The war broke ont, and I enlisted as a private in a Pennsylvania regiment, and here my early tiials flood me in good service. The rod, wielded so unsparingly by my grandmother, had taught me well the lesson never to expose my hack to danger, and I firmly believe that to this, more than anything ekj, I owe the fact that I was mustered out of service with the rank of colonel. At the close of the war, together with many of my late comrades-in-arms, I drifted West. Vithno trade, profession, or calling, and with very little cash, I soon found myself a full-fledged politician, a wire-puller of the first order, and a member of the State Legislature. In that capacity I proved to my own satisfaction the falseness of both the theory and practice of the proveib that a setting hen never grows fat, because, as a fating member, I not only waxed fat, but I found means to feather my nest in a luxurious manner. Wbh this, however, I was not content, for I des-ired lo proved that the old saw about the tolling stone gathering no moss was equally as fallacious, therefore I accepted the nomination and was elected to represent my district in Congress, and for several years I have been laying in a supply of moss, of the kind which neither withers nor passes away. I do not come under the category of the brilliant soldier-statesman; nor is it probable that my name will live after mo, but I am the Hon. Jacob-Allen, M. C, stand in with the administration, and therefore am solid with my constituents. Sometime since, during the heat of a Presidential campaign, I was in the East, and volunteered my services to address the voters of Turtle Creek. Now the citizens of that section were, and have been since the days of Jackson, mossbacks of the most uncom
promising sort. Recognizing this fact, and being aware that I could do little harm if I accomplished no good for onr party, the committee gladly assented to my proposition, and one fine October morning I found myself in my native village. The faces of almoetall the older inhabitants were familiar to me, though none recognized in the sleek, well-bnt Con
gressman, the noy wnom iney propnesieo
would go to the dogs because of his sbift-
lasBness. After an absence of almost
thirty years, I found no change in Turtle Creek. The same old geese, or their de
scendants, sported in the same old mud-
puddles. The same old cows browsed the
some old grass on the same old streets, and the same old hogs rooted up, with un
diminished delight, the same old sidewalks. Accustomed to the mushroom growth of western cities, I marveled at the lack of enterprise everywhere visible, but I soon discovered its cause, in the fact that the people still clung to the same old spirit thy possessed when I was a boy. I noticed a youth reclining under the shade of a friendly tree, enjoyiug sweet oblivion, bnt soon he was. aroused to the stem realities of life, by a sharp tongue exelaiming; "Get up ont of that you lzy, good-for-nothing wretch, and go to work. Didn't I ever tell you that a setting hen never grows fat," The boy arose with infinite disgust depicted upon his every feature. I pitied him, for I could understand his feelings. At the schoolhonse I found the same old schoolmaster, his hnir whitened by age. I introduced myself as Congressman Allen, end told him I would like to see how his
boys were progressing. With evident pride he called the scholars up and placed them in a row. I propounded a number of
questions, and found that they were all pretty well advanced. Then I asked them:
"Who was the greatest American?" the
stereotyped answer, "George Washington," was received in quick succession, from every boy, until I reached a ragged little urchin, at the foot of the class. "Well, my
005," said I, "whom do you thins: was the
greatest American? "I duuno," he replied,
"unless it might be John L. Sullivan, of Boston, and I reckon he's a bigger man than George Washington." This was too much for the schoolmaster, so he said to him: "You're a dunce, you're getting to be as lazy and worthless as Jake Allen used to be, and if you don't mend your ways youH end like he did." I asked him who this Jake Allen was, and he informed
me that he was a good-for-nothing boy, that lived in the village thirty years ago,
and was held up as an example of all that was worthless. After hearing him recite
incidents connected with my early life I ad dressed the school, I knew this Jake Allen personally,'
said I. "What the schoolmaster has said
is the truth, for, as a boy, Jake was the laziest and most shiftless little scamp in
Turtle Creek. After he left here he went to sea. A terrible fate overtook him. Take
care, my boys, lest you follow his exam'
pie. He enlisted in the army, became 1
colonel, drifted West, went into politics,
and to-day heaven save you from such a
fate you see him before you in the person
of the Hon. Col. Jacob Allen, member of
Congress."
The schoolmaster grasped me by the
hand, and told me that be always knew
had the sparks of genius, and would get along if I cot a fair show. The scholars
cheered, so I begged a holiday for them,
and save them a grand treat.
The news that Jake Allen was a Congress
man spread like wildfire through the
neighborhood, and when the hour otrived foe my address every man, woman, and child for miles around was in the audience. I pointed with pride to the Bepnb-
lican party, and told the people how much it had done for me. Said I, "Every man
and K boy of yon, my fellowcitizens, may beoome Congress-
m"., if you are Republicans, and if
yon only live long enough." My speech
ended, amid a perfect uproar of applause,
and my cup was full of joy. Would that my poor old grandmother had been there
to see the principles grafted by her rod.
upon certain unmentionable portions of
her grandchild's anatomy, blossom and
bear fruit upon his check.
The vote of Turtle Creek gave the Republican nominee a rousing majority, and
at the last primary election John Sadler was the choice or the village for Congressman, he having a plurality of one vote
that of his son over the highest received by any other candidate. The tally sheet
showed John Sadler, two votes, and the
other eighty-nine candidates one vole each, Total number of votes cast, ninety-one,
The1 candidates are not discouraged, and.
no doubt, if they live long enough, they will get there. However, a new growth has set in, and the villagers are mixing
more with the outer world ever since Dea
con Smith visited Nov York, and the
metropolitan papers referred to him as
prominent citizen of Turtle Creek, and
lately a candidate for Congress in the
Thirtieth District of New Jersey. I have
pensioned the old schoolmaster off on the State Department, where he receives twelve
hundred a year, and now the mothers of shiftless boys in the village, instead of
firing off the old smooth-bore proverbs,
console themselves u ith tbe thought, that if Jake Allen could get fo Congress, their
sons may reach, the Ytute House.
THE STYLES.
Some of the Beauties and
Novelties of the Present Season.
FASHIONS FOR FAIR DAMES.
Handsome Outfits for Lovely Woman Dur
ing the Present and Coming Months.
Some of the new cream-white eider-
brown jackets make for riding are as becoming and stylish-looking as they are comfortable, says the New York
Evening Post. The plainer, inexpen
sive styles in these wraps are simply finished with deep hems; others, at much higher prices, are trimmed with revers of golden-brown plush or dark-
wine yelvet, and lined with American
surah of either brown or ruby. At the back is a flatly-pressed hood of the down, lined with plush or velvet to
match the revers. Mother-o -pearl
buttons, or those of bronze, fasten the jacket, which is considerably longer in
front than at the back. On account 01
the thickness of the material there are no extra folds to be found anywhere upon the coat, the usual postillion pleats even being omitted.
Kch toilets are again displayed, which
show skirts of broad striped materials, to be worn under bodices and tunics of
plain textiles in monochrome. A stylish
modl shows a skirt of cream color and gold, with a broad stripe of goldenbrown velvet in rich contrast The tunio of plain golden-brown camel's hair, is bordered with a deep bias band of golden-brown velvet. The camel'shair jacket opens over a Moliere vest of
the striped goods, and half its length in
front is trimmed on each side with graduated revers of the velvet
There is a revival of the use of old
Chantilly laces, and fresh, handsome
patterns are shown, designed tor flounces and trimmings for elegant autumn wraps. Several new patterns
black laces also show thread and
front designs beautifully interwoven, and in lovely white flouncing laoes are those which have a mesh as soft and beautiful as Lvons tulle, with inter
mixed devices of Milanese, Spanish, and
old Pompadour patterns wrought upon
their airy surfaces. Spanish Chantilly or Yandyke lace appears in more exquisite patterns than ever. The fabric and designs are very choice, and are far superior to any of the kind before exhibited. One scallop shows a delicate figure in Spanish, the next in Chantilly. These are also known as Marquise laces.
In the list of beautiful garnitures for
bodices and sleeves to evening dresses are half berthas, which is to say a trimming bordering the V shape or roundng curve on half-low corsages, They
are made of two rows of rich lace run
together on their plain sides, and through the center of these, where the
edges meet, is run a tiny band or cordon of flowers, or else a string of seed pearls.
Fashion seems to tend more and more
to specialties. The toilet for the drawing-room does not in the least resemble
the dress suitable for the street, and the
woman who conionnas tne two nnas herself continually at variance with tbe
canons of good taste and elegance,
which happily prevail just now. The
extreme caprice, the originality, and
the luxury of home and drawing-room toilets are counterpoised by the extreme sobriety and studied simplicity of those
designed for the promenade, and the pre-eminently-fashionable model for these is a tailor-made gown of woolen more or less light and soft, according to the requirements of the season. Among what are known as demi-season toilets in Paris are those of camel's hair trimmed with figured cashmere in Persian or Indian designs. Silk, velvet, broche, and richly brocaded satins are reserved mostly for full-dress occasions,
and in demi-toilets are also noted those composed of two different fabrics, one
of these being almost invariably a striped material.
Among new white toilets for evening
dress are those of ivory and creamwhite faille Fancaise, and also of plain white satin, with corsages Y-shaped or slightly rounded front and back. Dresses in this fashion are exhibited as the latest expression of elegance. The
garnitures upon these beautiful gowns vary considerably, some being made up with trimmings of costly white lace on the bodice and short sleeves alone;
others magnificently decorated with panels, vest, and short sleeves of a network of pearl and opal beads. These all-white dresses will be as much worn by young girls as by their elders,
though made of simpler fabrics, like while corded silk, merveilleux, and India veiling. This is but just, as white is now considered best form for all and
adapted to all ages, forming the most refined and dressy evening toilet that can be designed. In a word, white
toilets have lost none of their prestige and will continue to be worn, not only at balls, but for grand dinners, full-
dress weddings, parties, and evening
receptions where there is no dancing.
Among the new fabrics for dinner gowns are an immense display of
stripes, the latest being stripes both
wide and narrow of faille Francaise and
velvet or plush, in novel arrangements of color, the silk being in most cases of
the lighter hne. In the newest har
monies and contrasts lor tnese are moss-green plush on reseda, faille violet on chamois, lilac and gold on dark Florentine bronze, claret on Venetian green, and dark ruby on tea-rose color or pale cameo. There are also very
elegant materials with a stripe of heavy,
lustrous sat m, with luso velvet or
flower-brocaded satin stripe alternating,
Less expensive patterns show narrow
velvet bands on grounds of 'heavycorded silk. These are quite handsome enough for any dres3 occasion, and are preferred to the wider stripes by many
women of irreproachable taste in dress.
Among tile elegant black toilets displayed by an importer noted for the
beauty and magnificence of bis display
of Parisian gowns, is a robe of black Turkish satin draped with India gauze
embroidered in jot in the most delicate and intricate patterns. The arrangement of the gauze and satin pleatings on tbe front and sides in a study in French art, d ft, original, and beyond description. The full givinps of satin and laoa sttha back are held by costly
jet ornaments in novel devices. The
bodice has a low l;ning of black satin
and is sleeveless. A frill of lace is ar
ranged to fall over the arms, and above this are magnificent; ornaments in the form of epaulets. The gauze bodice opens in a deep V all the way down in front, with a jetted laco vest set in which reaches from the top of the low satin lining to the extreme point of the bodice proper. Demi-season mantles are now in great request, for there re occasional days of bright sunshine when soft breezes are prevalent, which render a heavy wrap too oppressive, when yet the air brings a certain dampness on its wings which calls for more protection than the simple dress bodice. Most of the dressy autumn w:rapa are still made quite short at the back, fitting the form in graceful cnrveiu The sleeves, so called, are cut in f. piece with the garment, these serving to protect the upper portion of the arm without altogether taking the place o:' the sleeve proper. The fronts to many of these mantles are loose and limp, like the old-fashioned "talma," though other models show designs in regular or at shape, with closefitting sleeve, French back, the fronts cut with two deep darts, and fitting the figure very closely. More expensive wraps, direct from Paris,"are made of superb India fabrics, broehes heavily woven with threads of real gold, and satin grounds in ptde and neutral tints, brocaded with rich, dark-colored flowers
in raised velvet, these beautifully shaded at their edges. The millinery' stores are resplendent with bonnets and sound hats, trimmed and untrimmed, designed for fall and winter wear. Among these are charming princesse bonnets, made wholly of superbly-colored velvets in dark ruby, olive, golden-browa, moss-green, garnet, and deep-blue, richly embroidered in tiny detached sprays of fine flowers in their natural colors. These have very often dainty little "finger cosies" to
match, or sometimes a regular muff in drum-shape, but very diminutive in size. One pretty bonnet in "fish-wife" shape is made of black Lyons velvet embroidered with gold beads and trimmed with sprays of golden-rod and loops of black velvet lined with gold satin. The bonnet is faced with gold satin veiled with black Spanish lace. A lovely opera bonnet in gypsy shape is made of cream-white velvet and trimmed with a wreath of most beanti-fully-Bhaded velvet autumn leaves in scarlet, green, and gold. The bonnet is faced with scarlet velvet, and the narrow strings are of cream-white velvet A pink velvet bonnet of the same shape is wreathed with dark red velvet nasturtiums and foliage of darker red velvet sumac leaves tipped with gold. As fur is likely to be worn as a garniture for indoor gowns during the cold weather, modistes are favoring the Russian redingote- Its simple straight lines and somen hut severe style favor the utilization of fur. The back is cut in almost exact resemblance of a gentleman's great coat, the skirts long and slashed up the back. There are lappets, large buttons, and a rolling collar. The Russian redingote is also noted among elegant long wraps for the street, a favorite material being goldon-brown or seal-brown silk plush. These wraps are highly favored by leading cloak designers, but ai severely frowned upon by modistes, who aver, and very truly, that it matters but little how plain a dress is worn beneath these cloaks, which envelop the whole figure and show but a b:.t of foot-plaiting at the bottom of the dress skirt But as there are cloaks and cloaks, everybody can be suited this season, for the styles are almost limitless and range from the jaunty Mikado jacket, short to exaggeration, to the long luxurious sealskin garments which Teach from the throat to the very edge of the dress, which they almost entirely hide.
JtoiJMvM .Votar.
White lace is to supersede the cream
tint, so long in fashion.
Skiets are worn very short, and
shorter behind than before.
Fkathek bands are the preferred
trimmings for new fall wraps.
Yokes of velvet are a feature of silk
dresses for autumn and winter wear.
That rough woolen stuff called San-
glier (boar's.) cloth, is more in fashion
than ever.
Bronze is combined with pale-blue.
pale-pink, light-green, salmon, and poppy color.
English gowns are made in severely
simple styles, but are exquisitely fitted and well sewed.
Gray watered silk is combined with
black cashmere and black camel's hair
in gowns for elderly ladies.
H.un ornaments are combinations of
ribbon loops thickly massed, and surmounted by heroirf aigrets.
Sashes of woolen material, corre
sponding to the dress with which they are worn, are trimmed with embroidery or fringe.
liouGH camel's-hair fabrics, plain,
striped, plaided, and cross-barred, are among the favorite dress-goods for
tailor-made frocks.
The most elegant Parisian women
refuse to wear very prominent bustles, but, for all that, there is a threatened revival of crinoline.
"Waists are loner, but postillions and
pointed fronts are short but acutely
peaked, while the corsage is cut Yery
short over the hip-une.
White lace jabots are worn with
hitfh bodices, and are fastened with
gold or jeweled pins, arranged accord' ing to the dictates of the wearer.
Bright yellow in small quantities bids fair to take the place of, or share
the favor with, vivid red, so long popular as a b.ightenoi: of dark violets.
White eider-down jackets will bo worn as driving wraps over light dresses, the summer through. These jackets are becoming stylish, and ex
tremely comfortable on a cool day. The new fall wrappings challenge ad
miration, and the styles are of the
most varied and mixed description
showing an indescribable blending ol
visite, corsair-, jacket, mantle, and
perelino.
Buttons aire ia groat variety. Those of metal either have etchings and
raised designs, or are of filigree work. The okl-faehioned way of covering
button-molds with the rtfttej-ial of the
drew is again revived.
Important. when you visit or leave Mew York City, save baggage, expressage, and $1 carria( hire, and stop at the Grant Union Hotel, opposite Grand Oontral Depot 013 rooms, fitted up at a cost of Olio million dollars, l and upwards per day. ISuionean plan. JSlovator. Ifestuurant duppliod with the boat Horso curs, Blades, and elevated railroad to all depots. Families can live better for less money at the Grand L'nion Hotel than at any other first-class hotel iu the city. All Aut Trail. An automatic combination self-adjust ing ant trap and intoxicating niachino lias been in use for years iu New Mexico and Arizona, which is worthy of careful civilized attention. The chief blessing of that arid section is held to bo mescal, a fiery liquor distilled from a species of cactus, and the principal curse is an immense black ant that considers himself proprietor of any premises to which his nest may belong. It is said that the natives could not live without either the moscal or the ants, for while it is only mescal that cart make a Mexican's life endurable with the ants, it is only the ants that can wako a Mexican from the profound coma into which the mescal plunges him. The ancient Mexican method of trying to get rid of an ants nest was to fill up the maiu hatch with fine gunpowder and touch it off, keep a fire burning over it night and day for a week, or drown it out with boiling lye. The only result was that the ants would stay down collar till the trouble was over, and then cheerfully repair the damage done the dwelling, and "lay for" the Mexican in the silent watches of the night with a vigor and alacrity that wero truly awful. One day a desperate Mexican poured a quart of mescal down his throat aud buried the bottle in the center of the principal ants' nest in his yard, with the intention of filling it with gunpowder and blow ing both himself and his enemies out of the territory. Having buried the bottle to its neck, he went to the trader's to got the powder. When he returned he found that the bottle was filled with ants that curiosity had prompted to drop in. and which, unable to climb
out, were indulging in a rugh-and-tum-ble free light that did the Mexican's
heart no end ot irooa. Another bottle
was quickly procured and filled, and by sunset the Mexican found himself proprietor of seven quarts of ants in
various stages of mutilation and wrath. To shake these into a bonfire was easy, and tins in a dav the colony was broken
up forever. The writer has seen two pounds of fine powder rammed into an ants' nsst and prove ineffective in its destruction, while by the bottle system the work was thoroughly accomplished
in less than a week by the capture of the las t ant in the community. Fall
Mall Gazette. The Valuation of Philadelphia.
According to the c'ty's tax books the real estate of Philadelphia has increased in value only $7,6433 in nine years. This is at the rate of about one-eighth of 1 per cent, per annum. Prior 10 the year 1877 the yearly increase in real estate valuations ranged from $11,000,000 to $26,000,000, and the total increase in real estate assessments in the nina years preceding 1877 was over $148,000,000. At the same rate of progression, allowing for the difference iu the gold standard, our real estate valuation for 1880 ought to have exceeded $74ti,000,000. 1 he fact that it barely exoeeded 100,000,000 should arouse in uiry. Our building operations have not been materially -checked since 1877. Over 3H,000 new houses have been built in the city since the centennial period, and tbe value of these additions to our taxable property should sweU the tax lists at least 120,000,000. The city's population has, it is esti
mated, increased 200,000 in the nine
ye rs,- and a very large proportion ot
the property that was included m the
assessment of 1877 has in the mean
time appreciated in value.
in the face of these fa ts the return
of the Board of lievision of Taxes ex
hibits un increase of less than $8,000,-
000. Philadelphia Record.
Onr KupUl Transitory Existence,
Briaf as It is at the longest, is liable to be materially curtailed by our own indiscretions. The dyspeptic) eat wliat tboy should not, the bilious drink coffee in excess, and the rheumatio, neuralgic and consumptive sit in draughts, got wet foot and remain in damp clothoa, and then 'irondor when ill ban' they
became so. 0j persons with a teudenoy to
neurolgin, we recommend a daily use of H03totter's Stomach Bitters, and alirays a wineglassful after unavoidable exposure iu damp
othoiwisa inclement weather, Efficient
protection Is afforded by this pleasant safe
guard, which diffuses a gonial glow through tho system, invigorates and tohas it, and promotes nerve tranquility, fever and ague, biliousness, constipation, dvsnepsla and r nal disorder, are among the raalodk-a which it remudies uud prevents.
Mb. A. Ftjegto, 606 Walnut Street, St. Louis, Mo., suffered for two years with lumbago, Mid was confined to his bed for several month. Ho was entirely cured by the use of St. Jacobs Oil, which ho says is also tho best cure for sprains and other
pains.
You can never depend upon proverbs. One BflyH "fciiloiice is golden;" another, "Alouey "talks." Uoelan Courier. Mns. P. AV. Ingham, 472 West Madison Street, Chicago, 111., lcooinmciic.s Eed Star Cough Cure, a few doses of which pave lier entire relief from a Violont cold. Price, 25 cents.
Letters or envelopes which it is desired to protect against unauthorized opening (by moistening the pasted portion) may be securely sealed by using a solution of oxide of copper in ammonia as pastei This liquid has the faculty of dissolving the cellulose, n hen applied to the paper it dissolves the cellulose on the mii-face, and on drying the two pai tially dissolved surfaces adhere indissolubly together. The same thing may be accomplished by using water glass (silicate of soda or potasssal. Iu this case the chemical action is different, bnt when it is completed the panted surfaces cohere as permanently as in the preceding case. IiBTNo entirely vegot 1M0, no partiouisr care is require 1 while ueiiig Ilr. Pierre's "1'loanant Pnrgsdve IVlk'tn." 'I hey operate without disiurliaaeo to Hie constitution, diet, oroccuI a 10a. For sick headache, constipation, impiuv blood, dizziii8, sour orustatioiw from the stomach, lial tasto in mouth, bil ous attacks, pa.n iu r.'Kinof kidneys, internal fevor. bloated feiding about tom ich, rash of blood to head, take Dr. Piorcc's "Pellets." by druggists. Everything is beautiful in cherry time, but not to the man who eats milk and cherries. A untfobm and natural color of the whiskers is produced by u-iiig Itnckingham'a Dyo. "It is riot always May," sings a poet. You are very right; it is sometimes must. Burlington free Press. "IUIL GH U I t OH." "Bough on Itch" cures skin humors, eruptions, nne worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chilblains, i toh, ivy poison, barber's itch. 50c. jura. "KOUtill ON CAT.tKKH"
corrects offensive) odors at once. Complete cure of wont ch-onio cases; also nneqnalod as
gargle for diphtheria, sore throat, foul breath.
"A Perfeet Flood or Sunshine" Will fill tho heart of every snfforing woman if she will only persist in tho use of Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription," It will cure the mast excruciating periodical pains, and relievo you of all irreu aritiea and give healthy action. It wilt positivuly euro internal inflammation and ulceration, misplacomout and all kindred disorders. Price reduced to one dollar. By druggists, Thr man at tho wbocl has astern duty to perform. A Kow tVondet Is not often recorded, but those who write to HallettA Co., Portland, Maine, will learn of a genuine one. Yon can earn from S3 to f25, and upwards, a day. You can do the work and live a( home, tvlic rover you aro located. Full particulars will bo sent you free. Borne have earned over $50 in a day. Capital not needed. You are started in business free. Iioth sexes. All ages. Immense profits sura for those wl,o start at once. Your first act should bo to writo for particulars.
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This medicine, combining Iron with pure vegetable tonics, fjnlekly and completely Cures Dyspepsia, IiicTlgMtlon, YVrak Bess, Impure Blood, Malar iu, Chills sad Fevers, and Seuraigta. It is an unfailing remedy for Discuses of the Kidney anil Liver. It is invaluable fcr Diseases peculiar to Women, nd all who lead seilentary lives. Itdoesnot injure the teeth, cause hettclache,of produce consilpation other Iron mcdieints do. It enrtolies and purines the blood, Btlmulfl'es the appeilt:, aids the n-Minillation of food, relieves Hcantmrn and Belching, ana sl.englhetu the mnscb a and nerves. For Intermittent Fevers, Lassttaatei liack of Energy, c:o., it lias no equal. VW The genuine has above trade mark and Crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. ir fcr mows CHriicAL ra, silvixoke. ib,
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"BOUGH ON PILES!
Why snBer Pil? Imniodiafco relief and complete cure guaranteed. Auk for "hough on Piles." Sure cure for itching, protruding, bleedinc, or any form of Piles. Mc At Druggists or Mailed.
Best, easiest to use and cheapest. Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists.
"Kough on tuts- clears out liata, Mice. 15c. "Bough on Corns" hard or soft corns, bunions, 16a Rongb on Toothache." Instant relief, loo. WKIXV UAIK BALSAM. If aray. restores to original color. An clegamj
' dressing, eoftonn aud licautilios. 3 oil nor : grease. A Tonic Restorative. Stops hair comi tug out; strengthens, cleans, heals scalp. 5Ua j "HOUGH ON IlILfe." PIIXS ! Btart the bile, relieve the bilious stomach, thick, 1 aching head and overloaded bowels. Small gran
ules, small dose, big results, pleasant in operation, don't disturb the stomach. 25c, Is Your Blood Purs f For impure bloocl fas best medicine known, Stfovrus Sakbapariixi, or Blood and Liver Syrup, may bo ininlicitly relied on when everything else fails. Take it In the spring timo. especially for the impure secretions of the blood incident to that season of the year, mid Jake it at all times for Cancer, Scrofula, tlver Complaint. Weakness. Boils, Tumors, Swellings, Skin Diseases, Malaria, and the thousand ills that ran from impure blood. To insure a cheerful disposition take this well-known medicine, wliish will remove tbe prima cause, and restore Uw l,o,., it rooural efiuillbrium.
flDIIIM rtabitCurel. Treatment senton trial. UritlHI IIiruAXE IIeuxuyCo.. Lafayette. Ind.
The heat and surest Eemedy tor Gore of all diseases caused by any derangement of the Liver, Kidneys, Stomach sod towels. Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Constipation, Bilious Complaints and 3 (alar la of oil kinds yield readily to the beneficent lanuence of
is Munich poople do not m common conversation speculate over the weather, but aik at ouee: "How is
the beer to day?" Tho Bavarian does
nnt drink beer Because ne is wnnrey.
"but bcoiMise lie enjoys it, and hecauso
he en ofs it he drinks muen. .every man in'MuiiioU guzzles his four quarts lierdieio. There are thonsands who swallow their eight quarts, and many who swiil their ten to twelve quarts. A student will manage at one a tting Trom ten to twelve quarts, which would fill aborst sixty of our glasses. A congress of staid scientific fellows met at a Munich festival, and each oue drank a 6-10 quarts during a short sitting. The dust of cities abounds in animal
life and their microscopio motes are i
perhaps most abundant about five feet from this ground about the level of the walker's mouth. The floating dust of the aiV under the microseope exhibits a miscellaneous assortment of animal, vegetable, and mineral detritus, or dirt for short, and the abundance of it when the wind blows emphasizes the importance of breathing with the mouth closed. The nose is provided with a sieve-like arrangement of hairs which to a great extent filters the air drawn into the lungs. Dr. Foote'ts Mealllt Monthly. Consumption. Notwithstanding tho great number who yearly succumb to this terrible and fatal disease, wlncli is daily winding its labd coils around thousands who are unconscious of it) deadly presence. Dr. Pierce's "Goklou ilod;cl Discovery" wilt oleansa aud purify tho blood of scrofulous impurities, and cure tubercular consumption (which is only scrofulous disease of tho lungs). S nd ten cents in stamps and trot Dr. Pierce's complete treatise on consumption and kindred affections, with numerous testimonials of curat A Idress, World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. A HavebiiAi woman refused to shoo her hens because her husbund, a shoe maker, wus on strike. Lowell Citizen. Wb have used Aycr's Cherry Pectoral in our family, for colds, with perfect success. A base deceiver is Ht for nothing but p ayIng ball. WnaTBVEit name or designation is i?ivon to Fever aud Ague or other intermittent disease t is safe to say that Malaria or a disunlorod tat- of U10 ILiver is at fault Eliminate tho mpuritios from tho system and a suro aud irompt enre iu tho immediate result Prickly liitters is the safest and most effectivo remedy for all biliary troubles, kidney incase, and like comphuuts that has over been brought before the public, A trial is its besl, recommcdatiou. HnKKcnEB of promise those the tailor aid ho would have finished tuturday.
It is pleasant to the taste, tones up the system, restores and preserves health. It is purely Vegetable, and cannot fs.il to prove beneficial, both to old and young. As a Blood Purifier it is superior to all others. Sold everywhere at 41.00 a bottle.
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CREAMJALM A. Qod - tend iJSIy'$ Cream llalm 1 had catarrh fm three years. My nos. would bleed. J thought the sore. would never heal lily's Cream liah, hoe cured me. Mi x M. A. JaekiioH, Portsmouth, N. H.
A liart cle is applied li t r unstril anilin agreeauia to use. Price 50 cltt.. by m II or at druggists. Bend foe circular. ELY HUOtUbltS. Druggists. Owego, N. X.
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inns not under the home's feet. Ariilmaa
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and MsrsklM HaMt Cared in ISM ROdaya. Refer to looOnfltientv cured in til parts. Or. Karsb, Uuiacv.Kidu
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filVIIC'6 decant handkerchief prrMIAICi O fnni'SS are very rtroug and laatr inn. If your Urugit does 1 ot keep then send Id t ents and get O bottle, an Hffcrenl odor. Once tried, alwsy tu-ed. We want agents, ladtea preferreti, ItiK pay. Pt-ndJtocntstsrori for particulars. 1' VKSIf ) RS' NOVKI.-'X CO., Bo 88, Mlddietown, Conn.
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