Decatur Democrat, Volume 27, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1883 — Page 4

CUTTING OFF THE BABY’S CURES* BY MABY A. DENISON. >!v beautiful (larllßff ran in from his play. Ills blue eyea swimming with tears washed; w £he bn’reall call me a dirl,’ mamma, And 1 isn’t a dir!;" he said. •It's ‘cause I've dot etttls, and they’re just like a dirlA And I wish you’d cutoff all these I held my darling close, close to my breftftt, Xnd I hushed his sobs with a«itfnAHd a smile. But oh, my heart was ho ill at test As 1 thoughtuf the past the while; Must I sever those ringlets, half silk, half gold. That lovingly over my fingers I rolled? X thought Os the baby kisses and wiles: Alaa! had my baby gone far away? lUuat I look in vain for his dream-like smiles, And watch him no more at his ploy ? Nor call him my "wee dimpled pearl of pearls, While I stealthily fondled the hated curls? I lifted them gently—my hoy, my pet. Still sobbed and still clamored to have them sL©:a* His che; les were line scarlet, hfs eree were wet. As he lisped of his scorn; And my own eyes were he..vy with unshed tears. As the shining tre**es fell oil the shears. Xt was doS*—-my darling no longer wept, But proudly held up his head as he ra*v *4See.' bow you can't call me a diH a&y more; >Ly curls are all gone—J'* *. Yuan!” Ah, poor little manikm, What did he care That my tears fell hot on that glistening hair? I laid t ihm* Uside in a carven box, Tbeee living tresses of amber glow, And 1 look at th. in now with a yearnfng love, Yhough my locks are as white as the Snow- ; And they straighten and spring into spirals of gold At the touch of my tremulous hknd, as of old. And I think of the head where they clustered sofh, Df the tektfnl voice and the wet blue eves; And I wfet it his ringlets are grown again. In his beautiful home in the skies. My baby I his triumph was brief as wild— He died on my boaom a little child. I had dreamed my (breams of the coining man, My proud, high dreams, but they never led So high as the heaven to which he has gone. Or stooped to that narrow bed: They were full of glory, untroubled by pain— Now God has the glory, and he Jhe gain. And I w.etimes see through the open door Mv darling, my babv, inv pearl of pearls' Bis hands outstretched and his shoulders hid In a cloud ot golden curls. Ah! me, these trisses will never grow gray, Yet my tears fall like rain as I hide them away. — Youth'* C&irtPUHiuH. In Half an_ Hour. ’‘Just wait for us a little while! We will come back in half an hour!” Norah and Bob had said, and they had gone off into the little wood, hand-in-hand, like two children. So Missy was left quite alone, tC move herself backward an I forward in the swing, and feeling hersfelf, to say truth, rather left out- Why had they wanted to go ell by themselves, she wondered? It Was so strange of Norah, when het brother had just telegraphed to say that he Was coming down that afternoon to see her. How odd, too, that they sdould want to get away from her! Missy was not accustomed to being neglected. Hitherto she had always been first with Bob, and first with Norah, but since Norah and Bob had become acquainted things had assumed a very different aspect, and the intense friendship which had sprung up between these two threatened to extinguish Missy altogether. ; Missy did not like it, but as yet she bad no comprehension of its full significance, no due appreciation of the calamity which had befallen her. At present, she was only aware that Bob preferred Norah's company to hers, and that Norah—perfidious Norah!—evidently liked Bob's society better than that of her dearest friend. It was very disagreeable, and, to put an end to the Unpleasant thought, Missy called up her favorite subject of meditation, and began to -weave afresh the romantic web of fancy which encircled the person of the wondrous being of the future who was on his wny to woo and win her virgin heart She was very young—only 17—and the assertion of even those few years seemed belied by her childish appearance. But sh. was very pretty, and she made a charming picture,as she sat in the swing in her strawberry-colored dress and large bonnet, with her deep, serious eyes fixed on the little gate opening into the wood, and her red lips half smiling as some sweet imagination passed through her mind. So at least thought a young man who was coming noiselessly toward her along the dahlia-bord-ered grasswalk, and who did not fail to mark the beauty of her profile and the grace of her movements as she stirred herself lazily to and fro by the help of her daintily-shod foot. Advancing quietly in front of her he lifted bis hat. She was not slow to perceive who he must be. “You are Norah’s brother—you are Mr. O'Hagan,” she said, simply. “Norah has gone into the wood with Bob for half an hour. Will you wait for them?” Mr. O'Hagan had no objection to wait. He threw himself down on a garden seat close by and sat looking at the girl, who continued her half-uncon-scious motion, with an expression on her face which betrayed a degree of shyness. She felt, indeed, that she ought to speak, but eventually it was Mr. O'Hagan who took the initiative. “You seem delightfully situated here,” he said. “Have you lived in this place always?” “Yes; it belongs to Bob, my brother,” replied Missy, briefly. “Then you are Missy, of whom I have often heard.” “Yes, I am Missy. And you are Norah's eldest brother, the barrister, of whom I have often In aid.” “Why have Norah and your brother gone away without you?” asked Mr. O'Hagan, abru; tiy. “I do not know,” returned Missy. “But you must know!” said Mr. O H r an. in a tone of gentle a thority. “ x 'o- is ■■ .it guest, ; j d it. is not u- ’nl for young ladies to go about alone with their friends’ brothers.” “Norah is doing nothing unusual,” i cncd Missy, flus .ng angrily; for. i though she was very unhappy, she did not choose that Mr. O’Hagan should find fault. “Bob is Norah's own friend, and Aunt Caroline sees no harm in anythin!,' they do. They are very fond of each other.” “Bo it would appear,” said Mr. O’Hagan, dryly. He was somewhat annoyed. He had received an ambiguous I tier ■ from his sister that morning which had i made him think it advisable he should j try and find out what she was doing, and now he had come to try and she had vanished. But she had left it substitute, and to tins substitute, after a moment’s pause, Mr. O’Hagan turned. ‘ “You must be very glad.” he said, I “that your friend ar 1 your brother are such allies. Is he .our only brother ?” “Yes,” replied Mi-sy. with a profound sigh. “Bob is my only broth* r, and I 'Norah is my only friend. But lam no*, very glad they are such friends. They like to play chess, and that is a game that three cannot play; and they like to drive in the dog-cart, and only tw’o can sit in front. ” “And now they like to go alone into the wood 7" -suggested Mr. O’Hagan. “Yes. it is a preserve, you know, and Bob thought it would disturb the pheasants if three people went through ta'k- I ing, but he said he and Norah would walk along quietly and speak very softly.” “Oh!” said Mr. O’Hagan, with a lengthened intonation. “Why doyousay ‘Oh’like that ?” cried Missy, pettishly. She felt glad that Bob was not like Norah’s brother, who was so old—thirty, at the very least, he must be—and who asked sneh strange questions and made such singular ejaculations. “Miss Missy—may I call you Miss Mis«y?” asked Mr. O’Hagan gravely. “J ust as you like, ” she said, hidiffereutly. “Very well, then,” he proceeded.

“Miss Missy, I want evidence upon a certain matter. The swing is the wit-ness-box and you are in the swing; ergo, you are the witness. Now, with nature looking so so fair shout yon, with the sky so bine abiWe you, the cool 1 green woods w’aving to your right, and • the gorgeous dahlias smiling to your left, you feel undoubtedly that you could not possibly speak an untruth; hence you are committed to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Now I commence. ” Missy gazed at her interlocutor with wide and astonished byes. She checked the restless vibrations of the swing, and pressed her feet firmly on the ground, while she encircled the ropes with her arms, clasping her hands before her. She was puzzled, but not displeased. A lovelier witness the young man thought he had never seen. “Miss Missy he began, “do you know , ' what flirting is?” ’Y'es,” said Missy, promptly. “Then define flirting.” “I did not say I could define it,” Said Missy, with a little appeartnbe of pouting. ‘‘ Then you do not know what flirting | is?'* “Yes, I do,” cried Missy. “Flirting is when two people seem to like each other very much, and to live only tor each other, and then they part and forget one another altogether.” “And their intercourse leaves no mark?” "Nd, they have only been amused.” “But suppose they have been more than amused—suppose their association 1 has left a mark?” “Then they have been in earnest.” 1 “And what is the result of being in I earnest?" "It is love,” said Missy, in a low. sweet voice. She glanced downward I and was completely unaware that Mr. j O Hagan’s gaze was fixed upon her, and still less was she aware that his breast was swelling with an uncalled-for indignat on on her account. His was an imaginative nature, prone to leap to superlative possibilities, and something j in Missy’s youthfulness, beauty and ; naivete had made him jump to » possi I bility of the most exaggerated evil. At I this moment he found himself speculating about some man who might some day be only amused with this innocent creature, while she, perchance, might be in earnest. “I would horsewhip such ■ a fellow within an inch of his life, ’’ he said, wrathfully, in his heart. Then he suddenly remembered that, as far as he knew, there was no such man, and he smiled contemptuously at his own fantastic conceit. Moreover the present was all his own. “What is love, M ss Missy ?” he asked, abruptly. “Love is when the beautiful youth comes,” she said, still looking away. “And who is the beautiful youth ?” he inquired. He felt curious to know : whether a young man of 26 or 27 years, ! not bad-looking—oh, by no means bad- I looking—and not a together stupid, | certainly with some prospects of pro- j fessional success, might be looked upon as a beautiful youth. Perhaps a tinge of unsuspected jealousy unwittingly j heightened his curiosity. A sort of glow diffused itself over Missy’s face; her vision seemed to be lost in the dim recesses of the little chase; her whole manner seemed to bespeak a state of ecstatic feeling. “The beautiful youth,” she said slowly and pensively, “is all glorious to behold, like the early sun in summer, or like the splendor of the apple orchards when the fruit is ripe. He is a peerless knight, clothed with dignity and virtue and truth, and a burning fire goes out of his heart and consumes all iniquity as he passes by. He goes through the world like Sigurd, redressing every wrong, and the hearts of the people trust in him, and when he speaks, or even when he comes near, men and women are happier and better, and little children are gladder and holier. His locks are bright, as if the sun had kissed them, and his eyes are calm and pure, as if the stars sojourned within them. His hands are mighty, like the resistless north wind, and his feet are i rapid, like the rushing of many rivers, and his heart is deep—deep like the unfathomed sea.” “And?” uttered the young man breathlessly. He was amazed at Missy’s gush of poetic fervor, and he longed for her to continue. He knew well that in speech was danger. A word might break the spell; but a breath —a breath might compass his desire. “If I hung for it, I would kill the fellow who played her false!” he thought. “And one day,” Missy proceeded dreamily, “one day he will come to find . me. Perhaps he will come in the vernal sunshine, and thrushes and blackbirds will carol as he draws nigh, and pale, shy primroses and the fragrant cowslips and the nodding violets will spring around his feet as he moves, and great joy will be in his soul. Or perhaps he will come through the fields when the corn is golden, and clusters of nuts will garland his head and rich purple plums will fill his hands, and poppies will spread a regal carpet for his feet, and gladness will be in his mien. Or perhaps he will oome at dewy eve, rowing over the tranquil mere, and pearls will drip from his oars, and lilybuds will follow in his wake, and he will come to shore where the forget-me-nots are bluest, and a tender peace 1 will be upon him. And he will recog- I nize me, and know that his destiny has arrived, and he will rejoice—rejoice. And we two shall link our hands together, and a tjirill of sympathy will unite us for ever, and time will be lost in the eternity of our bliss. ” She ceased, and her chin dropped | till it rested on her folded hands. He 1 romaineii silent; he was disappointed. He felt it was utterly prosaic to be a barrister —to be business-like and busy —to have briefs and clients—to be astute and practical. He could never attain the perfections of the beautiful youth. No sun would ever condescend to kiss his curly hair; no star would j ever vouchsafe to abide in his merry eyes; no flowers would ever be induced to spring up round his trim and wellmade boots. He must go on in the orj dinary way and look for no poetic termination to his career. He was hopelessly l commonplace—merely a barrister; there was nothing Sigurdlike about ‘ j him. “But I will strangle that fellow!” he j exclaimed, vindictively. He hardly knew whether he was referring to the man who, in a possible future, might be amused at Missy’s expense, or to the j beautiful youth; he knew not at all that ■ he had spoken a ond. “What fellow? Who are you talking of?” exclaimed Missy, starting. “Are you speaking of the beautiful youth? Have I been talking of him all this ■ time ?” she cried, in an agony. “Oh, wbat have I done? What shall Ido? I have told you my secret, and I shall ! never, never be happy again. Why did you draw me on to talk and tell you all about him ? I never meant to tell you anything, and now you have led me on Ito convict myself. Aunt Caroline says i barristers always make people convict j themselves, and you are a barrister. Y'ou are a bad man!” She had got out of the swing when l first she began to speak; now she walked slowly away bet ween the rows of dahlias. When she had gone halfwav, however, she turned back, and Mr. O'Htigan went to meet her. “You will please come in-doors,” she said, coldly. “If Aunt Caroline hap.ed to be out when you arrived I dare sav she has returned now. ” She seemyl gt&kalv transformed

1 from an elfin child into a dignifiqjl i woman. In days that came after-’ and that came without Ml. O’Hagan being Under the necessity of laying violent hands upon any other man—ha recoli lected this little scene—the outburst of childish passion and the instinctive womanly control which ensued—and loved to" dwell upon it. He felt now as if a jury had found him guilty. but lie res Ived tn tty and say one word in his own defense-. “Miss Missy;” he began, contritely, "I only wanted to talk to you about . Norah and you!' brother;! never meant | to vex you. ” “I do not care to talk to you al>out people, Mr. O’Hagan,” said Missy, severely. “If you like we can talk about I the Irish question, or the Egyptian war, I or ' lolanthe,’ but 1 do not wish to talk about persons.” “But I must learn something about my sister,” said Mr. O’Hagan. "What about her?’’ •sknit Missy, relenting a little. “I want to know whether she and your brother are in earnest, or if they are only amused. ” “I do not know. You h d better ask Nor .h and my brother themsel es 1 lo n- t desire to commit myself any furt e ,” said Missv. grandlv. “Miss Missv,” said Mr. OHagan, inm ly, and altering his line Os a.-ti a, I plead guilty 16 your charge. Iha e lone a mean th ng, and all I< a xe i---nro to say for mvself is that your con-ver.-a ion so enchanted me Shut I could not bear to interrupt you. Is t c.t any extenuation in your eyes?” She did not answer; her lips were y. t remulous and her eyes moi-t w t i r - cent cgitut on, but t:e luirdu. s- >1 one rut of her face. Noting ih s, Mr O’Hagan pushed his advantage. “I am covered with shame at t e hought of my baseness,” he we t on. ’B t almo t before I realized the. 1 you wei reposing a confidence in me he co . ’.cnee was already mine. MsHi sy. I beg your pardon a thousand .'imi s. I cannot undo what is done, but perhaps it may mitigate your di .tress ■ o be assured that your secret is ab solutely safe with me. I shall never reveal rt to a human being.” “Y’ou are very kind,” she said, sorrowfully. “But it will never be the same to me a aim Nobody knew—not Bbb, not Norah. It was my one fair secret, and the thought of it consoled me whenever I was sad or alone. It was my rosy dream, which stood ever, like a tender angel, by my side, and it lulled me to sleep in the night and brought me joy in the mornimt; and no v—” “And now,” said Mr. O’Hagan, gently, “though some one else knows your secret it is some one who honors it and would fain be like your ideal. lam not such a very bad man, Miss Missy. Don’t you remember, Portia was a barrister. and she redressed a great wrong ? We barristers do try to act justly. I assure you. Won’t you think kindly of me when your mind is occupied with your sweet secret?” he added, imploringly. “I have a dream, too, and an unspoken secret, atid when they are present with me I shall think of you — perpetually.” “Y’ou have a dream? What is your dream like, I wonder!” said Missy, wistfully. “My dream!” he answered. “It is of the most beautiful damsel who walks this earth: she is sweeter than Juliet, - and nobler than Cordelia, more winning than Rosalind, more charming than Beatrice.” “She must be impossible,” interrupted Missy, smiling and amused in spile of herself. “The inexpressive She, truly!” Mr. O’Hagan opened his lips to speak, and then checked himself. But he felt convinced that his inexpressive She I was a far likelier possibility than Missy’s beautiful youth. Nay, did she not stand before him, and was he net prepared to slay fifty men who might dare a treachery to her ? “Some day I will tell you about her,” he said, “and you shall say whether my secret be fair and my dream bright. It shall stand or fall by your verdict. And now that I have discovered my secret longing, will you forgive me?” “Yes, indeed,” she said readily. She was not resentful. But she did not quite undersand Mr. O’Hagan. She knew no longing with respect to the beautiful youth; she was satisfied he would come, and she was content to wait. But this damsel of whom Mr. O’Hagan spoke was an evident absurdity, and perhaps this unnecessary longing was a natural sequence to an absurdity. Men are often ridiculous outside their offices and studies; she had heard Aunt Caroline say so. However, it was not unpleasant to feel that this man was less wise than herself. Besides, poor fellow! he would never find his damsel, and she ought to be sorry for him. They were still standing at the top of the grass walk, and now Missy turned around. “There are Norah aud Bob coming out of the woods,” she said. “See howhappy they look! Bob looks taller, or older, or prouder—l don’t know what —but he seems different to me. What can it be, Mr. O’Hagan? Ami Norah seems younger and prettier! And there is something glistening on her finger—it looks like a jeweled ring—but she had no ring on this morning! And they are talking so jealously together that they do not see us! They look as if a fairy had given them some shining treasure. What is it, Mr. O'Hagan? It is like a Michaelmas afternoon’s dream. ” “Miss Missy,” said Mr. O’Hagan, oracularly. “I think Norah has met the beautiful youth, and I think Bob has realized his rosy dream and unveiled his fair secret.” “Then is every one alike?” murmured Missy, regretfully. “Has every one a fair secret and a rosv dream ?” “Every one, I hope—nearly every one, I believe,” said Mr. O’Hagan. “Let ns go and meet them. They have not been only amused, they have been in earnest.” And the prim dahlias did not turn aside, bnt smiled proudly, as the two who had played their little drama among them me# those other two who had been unfolding sweet secrets in the wood for half an hour. Dynamite. Though dynamite has but lately come into notoriety aud wide u-e, it is not, as many tbink, a recent inven ion. Its explosive power was discovered nearly forty year.- ago by Ascague Sobr.ro, who wai st idling chemistry in the laboratory f Pelonze. Aft r numerous experiments. Sobrero made explosives from dextrine, mannite, cane sugar and glycerine, and created a e- nsation in the scientific world. But the n. w f n-e was found to be so dam* g rotis, with a tendency to p .mature discharge, that few undertook to utilize it. Al out 1864 Henry and Alfred Nobel, practical mining engineers, began experiments with nitro-glycerine, and were so well sitisfied that they immediately took ou’ patents as discoverers, though the honor belonged to Sobr. ro. Dynamite, gens rail , ui .de of rotten stone and nitro-glycerine was patented in the United Stat, s Me 26, 1868, by Alfred Nobel. The process of the manufacture is exceedingly simple, tin '-., h not without hazard. Nt: I sulphuric acid, mixed in certain pro poit ons with glycerine, irate n iroglyceri e, whirl., put with som.e-ab-I serbent material— fuller’s earth -.r rotten stone —makes dynamite. No wonder the Irish and Russiins are able to get it up in such quantities and with 1 such secrecy, ”•

OLD-FASHIONED DISHES. A Hay’s Lesson at the Boston Cooking Schools [From the Boston Journal.] At the usual ringing of the bell the large cooking class came to order and displayed immediately commendable attention, which did not abate through* Out the demonstration. As almost all the disiiffs oh thd pfogramitio HJquirtfd a “slow bake," and; therefore; several hours, they had mostly been prepared before the class assembled, in order that they might be tested when completed. Mrs. Lincoln read the recipes, however, with comments, giving the necessary explanations. lor baked beans she advised small peabeans, as they were much better than the yellow-eyed, and not to be tired of so soon. The quality of beans is found to vary from year to year. This year it is not so good as usual. Soak the bffans over tnghi in cold water, ami then simmer until they are tender, but don t put them on to bake in the water in which they have been boiled. It is very poor economy, for it makes the beans bard and indigestible. Having su tably prepared the beans, the rind of the pork must be dipped in water, scraped with a knife and cut into pieces one-half an inch thick. The other ingredients—salt, mustard and molasses—being added; with water enough to cover the beans, they must bake slowly as long as possible. Some of the ladies being surprised at the addition of mustard, Mrs. Lincoln explained its use, and stated further that a small onion gave a delicious flavor. By stirring canned corn into the beans, n variety cal; be obtained in the stand* krd dish. It Is not nffcßßsk*y tb cqvet the beans, unless the fire is very hoi, but they must be looked at every half ■ hour. Haring read the reciept of brown bread, with the comment that graham ■ flour should be used, as being more ' wholesome, and the recipe of buckwheat cakes. Mrs. Lincoln gave some very Useful hints in making Indian pudding. The old-fashioned cornmeal Js much better than the granulated; a cup oi cold water makes the pudding whey; it must be baked eight hours in a slow pven. As in the case of baked beans; the dish is very important. For th# beans a bean-pot must l>e used; a Boston bean-pot, for in New Y'ork the proper kind cannot be procured; for the pudding a deep dish is important, one that holds about two quarts and a half. For apple dumplings, the next recipe I demonstrated, the ctnst can be made in a variety of ways' —one df the besi beins I given in the recipe—and the apples can be pared and cut in eighths or used whole. The last reciept on the programme, apple pie— common apple pie; not puff p iste —was deftly but quickly made. Flour, salt, lard and butter were mixed into the flour lightly and thoroughly. A paste was made by the addition of cold water, then cut through and through until all came Up clear; from the bowl, and then rolled over and cut again and rolled again until the paste hail become crust. The apples, greenings, were pared after they had been quartered, and placed in a crust in a tin plate. The last part of the apple-pie process was binding the pie around the edges with a piece of wet linen cloth, a new device for the perfecting of an old-fashioned pie. By this time the beans, brown bread and ’ pudding were pronounced in a satisfac- | tory coinlition to be tasted, the dough- i nuts had been properly fried in another room, to the contentment of those who ; dislike the odor of burning lard, and the. e products of the afternoon's lesson were passed around among the pupils for testing. Ventilation aud Gas Stoves. All stoves for burning gas, oil or naphtha, whether employed for heating or cooking [>urposes, should be provided with means for carrying the products of combustion into the ontside air. We should no more allow the products of combustion to pass out into the atmosphere of our rooms than we would allow a coal fire to burn in our dwellings without a chimney. It was well enough to hear of stoves which consumed their own smoke or condensed all their own pr: duets, but in any ordinary method - f combustion such things w ere next to impossible. Wherever there was gas burned there must be good ventilation j to carry away the prodiu*-, and when he had seen small bath-rooms and kitch- ; ens h at» d by gas. with gas for cooking, and also wa’er-heaters in use in confined places without chimneys, he had never marveled at the complaints of he daches from the occupants, but he had wondered that the so-called “accidents” had not been more frequent. 1 Every gas stove, whether for heating or cookieg. should be connected with a chimney, or the outside air, in order to carry away the sulphurous and carbonic | a-ids. No stove should l>e allowed in ; any dwelling house except under these j conditions. It should be universally i know n that the chief product of the ! combustion of gas is carlionic acid, a non-snpporter of combustion or life; I and w hen present in very small quanti- , ties .in the air we breathe had a decided i effect upon the living organism. It was essential, then, that this gas be elimin- I ated from our rooms as fast as it is formed. The other impurity arose from I the presence of sulphur eonqiounds in ; the gas. which could easily be removed ! at a moderate cost. The sulphur com- ■ pounds burned into sulphuric acid, i commonly called oil of vitriol, and as such found their way into the articles of furniture, binding of books, brasswork, etc.— -Chicago Times. The King and the Frfjna Donna. A little adventure which once cost I the composer Wagner a bad dueling . illustrates the precarious footing on I w:.ieh favorites stand with a sovereign ' highly sensitive as to his dignity. A i water party by moonlight had beJ n or- j ganized on the lake near King Louis’ | Bummer palace, and a celebrated prima donna had been invited to sing some of the duets from “Tristan and Isolde” j with the King. Wagner, in his fancy I dress, and a page, who sculled, com- > pleted the quartet in the royal boat. It was all very poetical, and the lady, carried away by the romance of the occasion. made so bold as to administer a gentle caress to the King, who resented this breach of etiquette by a push which sent her overboard. Wagner plunged after the soprano, whose tuneful voice was being raised with rare force, and succeeded in rescuing her; but it was a doleful party that presently stepped ashore—lsolde sobbing and wringing out her clothes, the Meisters!:,ger creaking in his shoes, Tristan murmuring as he stalked away v. ith an injured air. and the page, no doubt, laughing in his sh ove, after the manner of his irreverent kind. Get a Start. “I tell you that pluck and energv will ; always win,” he remarked, as be lighted I a fifteen cent cigar and looked around I on fisc group. Nobody seemed to want to dispute th : a.,>« iti m, at d afte ■ a few p iffs, he I : continued: "When I struck this part of York ! State, twenty-eight years ago, I hadn’t a dollar in my pocket. The only show [ ; j had was to ent wood and sell it at two . shillings a eord.” ■ Yes: I gave yon the timber on tweu- ' ty acres for nothing," observed an old ■ man who Lad Isren buying molasses. "So yov did,Graham—so . u did." 1 “And before you got through with it

you liatl übt only Kail all the wood, but a good share of niv fiirtii, besides.” Then the fat man ordered a barrel of flour of the grocer, and turned the conversation to crops. Arago’s Little Joke. . A story of E. Arago, the French scientist: One day at the Academy of sciences they had a long and rather tiresome session. Arago thought he would go out and take the air. At the foot of the stairway there was a leather bowl upon which the rays of the sun were hotly beating. Arago turned the bowl around, and rushing up stairs told the distinguished assemblage that he had just met with something which was very mysterious. “That leather bowl,” he said, “at the foot of the stairway is cool upon the side which presents itself to the sun, but warm upon the other side.” The scientists descended in a .body and Substantia'cd this assertion. They took' the inclination of the sun, the hour, the minute, the seconds and a vast array of other details. They made calculations, and several weeks afterward each of them presented a paper explaining the phenomenon. Arago himself taking care to send in his explanation with the rest. There is no knowing how far the discussion might have gone had it not been for the concierge, who, having seen Arago turn the bowl, and pitying the Itßrthy gentlemen who were so much worried, cleared away the mystery. “Inquirer”—The. Tongue river in Montana is so named because it is always rapid, running and babbling.— Somerville Journal. Chicago and Atlantic R’y. TIME-TABLE--EASTEWH »|V. Takes Effect Tuesday, May 1» 1883. WESTWARD. I 1 EASTWARD. Wav Ft Hunt gJ Stations. (x.y. Ex Way F’t 6 151 m U 15pm .Huntington. 11 25am 6 -am 5 25 3 65 .. Winpsons... 11 AL 6 20 5 t«5 3 41 Markle.»M 0 45 4 31 5 21 ....Vniori.... 12 15pm 7 07 420 sio i .Kingsland.. 12 27 7>i 400 iSB . 348 447 ~ Kirtland 12 49 •7 57 340 440 ... .Preble. .. 12 -’’f ’ 8 320 423 |...Decatar... 114 9iw 230 410 ~ . Rivare. . 127 925 210 100 . Greenwood 137 945 148 IviGleiirnore. 148 10 10 1 35 3 49 ar. Glen more .. 1 15 3 37 . Enterprise.. 2 00 1" 4<? 12 35 3 13 .. Yorkville.. 2 24 11 2" 12 d 249 lv Spenc’ville 249 12 olpm 11 51am 242 ar, Spenc’ville 11 35 2 28 ....Conant... 3 01 12 23 111* |2 19 .... Kemp.... 310 12 44 pi 59 2 09 .. Shawnee... 3 21 12 58 10 45 158 ar.. Lima.... 334 115 lv.. Lima 1 58 lo »»o 1 47 Townsend,. 3 45 • 2 12 y 45 1 ;U Wmminatcr 8 M 234 028 124 ...Harrods.. * •** |3 00 900 112 ...Preston... 4 19 5 0 8 38 101 ...Scioto.... 4 28 3 36 828 12 57 Oakland... 435 I 3 46 800 12 3i ar...Kenton.. 455 |4 15 7 22 12 21 ...Dudley ... 5 11 5 18 710 12 13 .. hepburu .. 520 ;5 35 645 11 5* am .. Cl fton.... 535 I 6 i«3 623 11 46 .. Espy Ville.. 548 620 C 14 11 39 .. .Hords.... 5 55 C 30 600 11 30 . Marion .... 605 i 6 45 . 11 25 N. Y. Pa O.dpt 610 L ..... Trains 15 anil 18 stop al all anti carry passenger*. J. CONDIT SMITH, S. W. SNOW, Vice Pres, and Gen.Mang. Gen. Pass. Agt CHICAGO. J H. TINNEY, Snpt. E. Div., Huntington. TOLEDO, ST. LOUIS R. R. Time Table—ln Effect Dec, 11, 1882. Going West, i Western Going East. | 7 | 5 I Division. 6 I 8 ... p. M. A. M.iLv. Ar. p. M. P. M .... 8 30.4 551 Toledo 10 Uo| 535 ... .... 12 35 - 4 30 ... .Delphos 9 10 1 30 ... .... 105 457 . ...Venedocia. . 847 105 .... .... 115 508 ..-Jonestown... 83712 52 .... .... 126 5 21' Shasta 8 27112 40 .... .... 132 5 2s;...Enterprise. M 82112 33 .... .... 1 4*i 5 38: Dull 81312 25 .... .... 147 5 451....Abauaka.... 80712 18 .... .... 1 53’ 5 50'... Schumm.... 80212 13 .... .... 205 605 ....Willshire.... 750 12 00; .... .... 215 617 .Pleasant Mills. 74011 49 .... .... 235 6 38 ! ... Decatur.... 72211 30 .... .... 249 655 ....Peterson.... 70711 13 .... .... 3OL 7 08'.. Curryville ... 65711 oO .... .... 305 7 loj....Craigville.... 65310 56 .... .... 321 7 3j‘.... Bluffton.... 63710 39 .... .... 339 752 Liberty Centre. 62010 20 .... .... 349 8 04i.. ..Bochmer.... 66810 08 .... .... 353 8 08!....8uckeye.... 605 TO 05: .... .... 407 823 Warren 532 951 .... .... 432 8 531... Van Buren... 527 924 .... ... 4 40 9 oui...Landessville.. 5 21 9 15 .... .... 445 910 ....Hanfield.... 517 910 .... .... 504 93h ... .MarioU. 456 aSO .... .... 522 943 . ..Roseburgh... 440 838 .... .... 532. 951 Herbst.... 429 829 .... .... 540 958 ... Swazey’s..,. 423 8 *23 .... .... 5571014 .. Sycamore..... 407 808 .... 607 H» 22 ...Greentown... 358 802 .... .... 63510 50 Kokomo 3 30'. 735 .... P. M. Ar. Lv. .... A. M. l ....

Going West, i i Going East. 11 I 7 I 5 I I 6 I 8 I 12 .... P. M. A. M. Lv. Ar.-p. M. A. M .... : 6 35 10 50....K0k0m0 .... 3 201 7 35 ... .... ■ 6 45 11 00 ...Tarkington .. 3 08 7 25 .... .... i 6 52 11 06 .. .Middletons... 302 7 20 .... .... 65911 13 ...Russiaville.. 252 713 l .... .... : 7 11 11 25 Forest 2 40. 7 031 .... A.M. 72511 39 .Michigantown 224 652 P. M. 6 15 7 45 12 00 ... Frankfort.. . 200 6 30 8 00 6 581.... M. ...Clark’s Hill 7 22 8 21! i..Veedersburg i 5 55 9 45 1.. Ridge Farm 4 30 10 15 | Metcalf 4 00 1100 (....Oakland 3 15 1130 Maples 2 45 1145 ..Charleston 2 30 .... : Lv. Ar .... T. A. PHILLIPS. T. H. B. BEALE, <ren. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. W. S. MATTHIAS, Ass’L Gen. Pass. Agent. -,BALSAM. rRn A perfect dress* Rai a: harxnRmWk#* CSS m ° ves L’ :and u i ff. r•-= tot e > tr»k. ajj?* ' r ’ ’ r an ‘'* gßfr 4 A prev ■. r t - baldness gy X ■it • nctrsTcJ 1 ir* r '* I^l ' PARKERS CINCER TOmC An Invigorating Medicine that River Intexicates This delicious combination of Ginger. Bucim, Mandrake, Sullingia. and many oilier of the Ixst vegetable ren>e»G-<; known, c ires all disorders < f the bowels, stomach, liver, kidneys anti lungs, & is The Best and Surest Ccogh Cure Ever Used. If yon are suffeiing from Female Complaints, NenotiMiess, \\ akcfulness. Khet.malism Dyspq* sia. age or any disease or infim.iv . t e Prrkcr s I Gmg'T Tonic. It '• >li strengt’ and t>dy E and give you new life at d vi. £ 100 DOIuLARG Paid for any: inginjurious found in C inger Tonic B or for a failure to lie'o or cure E £“•■. I(l st d- r.!*r» m «Jrr-~. Lnrr- •-yin- bavfny E |i Biz«. Jra-i for i rctshw to Ihfficnx & C ‘ V'jr.St ,N.Y. ■ I 1 f | F - people are always on the lookout for Ifll I L ■ I chances to incre-ise their earnings, 1111 I ►" Md ■ ■lll I who du not luipiove that <>pp>-rtu- • • ■ remain in poverty. W- tier a great chance to make money. We want many men, women, boys anil girls to work for us right in their oun localities. Any one can do the work from the firnt start. The bnrinem will »ay w raore than ten times the ordinary wag«-«. Expensive outfit fiirnitdied tree. Noone who engages fads to make money rapidly. You can devote jour whole time (r the work, cr only yonr spare moments. Full information and all th <t is needed sent free. Address BTUKOK A Co., Forttauid, Maine. -6 42 lyr. diiti i/ htfirnri Fate Voirtl 'r <oni - i.s no mineral poison, tint or white ‘. 5 c«s ft lox ut Dorwio an I Hullhouse.— No..'mt

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H•1 j 4 li I hu’Tlr ft 111 - . *OS: PRiNCIPAL+MNE Jxfiw SHORTEST. QUICKEST *nd And I,ne to SU Jow,ph ’ to lowaT K^Q*>> K AtcMion, Topeka, Deni- | New Mexiqo, Ariscna, an * tana and Texas. O X T £ O O- O ■' E”i:«e has nosup- '. j - f t Albert Minti -ar is and St. Paul. Nationally r- puted as lv conceded to the Great t'e the best equipped Railroad In the World for all Clari s of irav •; KANSAS CITY coL ' made 'we: Thrcn f h>?-'7> S X Try,t ’ n la y/ T ™ f. lebraied Lin.- fin<l ,r,,<,: ‘ n| ’ * Mir as all office. In/L XV’zN. lUIUn, • the V 8. aud/fV- “ f » O'” Canada ;1 re - xW x. / J . -.-V"-. i v X y X I 1 POTTEH. PERCEVAL LOWELL, U ||« GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILWAY. in Effect Octol*er 15, COLI MB IS TIME. II ' Uoßu NUBTIL No, 1. N"- ■ Jio - *• I S5T< . H. fuY7.fr » uTm 7 cpm Wm-il'-i-T tie r.’OfttlJl* Kkl ■■ -ill, « • JJ ]' !?' F< rt v, avne nr » Iff !•’’•* 2-10 . i snir-ia i ‘J U 8 ■5 <3 v®-ire.'.:::::: - st’ iS'S® 1 AUrgan I :•» Gnuid Rapids ar 1® 10 i 9 50 Grand Rapids Jv 745 am h .ward City 917 1 ?59 Pig Rapids 10 U | AS Reed Citv 10 50 ' i 8 50 v . th s J I 1 ’* T 9«s<& City .. ar 555 1.. • ■ <zv. K-.iL-' i ■ 5« I'l-1“ Hi 'Vih- Falls ...1.... *••• 7 11 3 H Fit- | ; iJW <ls Harbor Springs I > -vl*’" Mackinaw ■ * ? ' i GOING Sl’l IH. ~ ~~ “Statioip*- [No. >. 2> _4. f.No. 6. IJJo. 8. fi i •' H-r - - Si ring'* I o 4(»am . W Petodu v ’ ' 1 l «*m k r.. ’Z’ Z‘; ' i 9 G 350 cSua.' hil i’su"’ Cadillsc lv 4 00pm uo.*.pm’ 6 to Cliy'.. I '?’• i'lf •!’ BUBwia- ig il-i JJ? j>.SM.mMnif 7«g J. 1 ! !?E Unu.d 11-l-ia-< »r 520 I‘ J TS—. Grand R- rids Iv 7 <4km ■» 0J J Kalani&xoo -ar 900 |« Jp ,* *® Kalamaz 0..., Iv 9 LB , ‘ < a» Vicksburg ’*• JJ KendaHvilte'.‘.7.”.*..?n 46 | |J J? Fi t Wavne ar 1 f*>pm' ; 7* I 7 Fort Wa' nc Iv 1 20 6 15am D Porthn-1 3K» 8 03 2 31 llidgeGile i 3 37 18 31 ; 3 :>l 8 51 * Ri.'limon 1 500 '9 55 .4 85 I Cituinirdi |7 40 I 10pm 735 I No. 5 leaves Cincinna’i and No. 8 leaves Mackinaw City daily, except Saturday. AU other trains cl ily except Sunday. Woodruff sleeping cars on Nos. 5 and 6 between Cincinnati and Grand Rapids, and sleeping and chair cars on same trains between Grand Rapids and Petoskev; also Woodruff sleeping cars on Nos. 7 and 8 Ix-tween Grand Rapids and Mackinaw City. A B. LEET, Gen’l. Pass. Agent. __ ■f ■ p fl - v! - ; w - i -„6 O> IT G o nxer- ■.. £E“:r.3 ijt J- *7’'-- — -*i- «X» 7 And ’; ;*2O .7/ HiW EASY BAG t iiANULATED,*ii9“f —- J Wide AWaKe LONG CUT, Arc tt t’TO me rozralsr. Delightful r itl E*n’ sl.’ictcrj SMOKING TOBACCC3 cf tlio day. Price, 10 Coats for 4 ozz Package’!. - & CO. Cinciftg'Mi. HOW WATCHES ARE MADE. Tn a Solid Gold Watch, aside from the necessary thickness lor engraving and polishing, a large proportion of metal is needed only to stiffen and hold the engraved portions in place, and supply strength. The surplus gold is actually needless. In Ja.n-.es Boss Patent Gold Watch Cases this waste is saved, and solidity and strength increased by a simple process, st one-half the cost. A plate of solid gold Is soldered on each side of a plate of hard nickel composition metal, and the three are then passed between polished steel rollers. From this the cases, backs, bezels, etc., are cut and shaped by dies and formers. The gold is thick enough to admit of all kinds of chasing, engraving and engine turning. These cases have been worn perfectly smooth by use without removing the gold. This is the <mli/ case made under this process. Each 'Vise is accompanied with a valid guarantee signed by the manufacturers warranting it to wear 20 years. 1-50,000 of these Cases now carried in the United States and Canada. Largest and Oldest Factory. Established 1854. Ask your Jeweler.

Parkers Ginger Tonic j Ax Invigorating Medicine that Never Intoxicates. | This delicious r—nbtu.-.ticn of Ginger. Puchu. 2 Mandrake ■'tkiingia. r.r-d rueny cinrrof *hc ?•<•s* ■ vegetable nredicnses known. cures Cori|pb:r.ts. Rheumaasm. ,Nervousness. W uefu.aes-. I and all disorders of the c-oweis, stomach. liver, kniI neys, and anrary or gars I If you have st your appetite and are low spirited. I or suffering from age. or any infirmity, »_ ke P. r.-tr’s ■ Ginger Tonic. It will strengthen bruin and body ■ and give you new iue and vt 3 or. 100 DOLLARS I Paid for anythin.- : unous f. ir •.• -~er Tonic. |cr fcr a fidhs* to trio cr cure Iryit <r osk your I sick fris-id to try it I JtSC. tndstsue at cm;-:-•-. Txrtre =?.v-.ncbw» I ing dofar sire. ?cr.d for circular to H isccx & c <x, I t6j WnSaat St., N. Y.

NIBLICK, CRAWFORD & SONS. Have again made a change of base by adopting the CASH SYSTEM. Fromand after this date Will sell for Cash Only. We have the BIGGEST stock and FINEST sehwtisn in. i the city. We have a fine Line of all kinds of LACE QOLLARS. FICHUES AND TIES. SILK HANDKERCHIFS from II to $2.50 a piece. LADIES’ FURS, In S< its and also Muffs and capes that we can sell separate. J fTnelineofshlv/ls ! In all grades from a cheap Cotton to a Brocib?. GENTS’ NECK WK A IT. We have something new in that line called a Lawn f. nn:s or Bicycle l ie. Gents’ Suspenders in Silk, something - beautiful for a Christmas Gift. ViTTfTfiJTisrErj- depaiui ribim r-4 Is complete, we are offering a fine line of Table ( loth’s and .X pkins to match, put up nicely in a box of one sett eacii.. Towels in great variety, from 5c to $1 each. We have a elegant line of G LASS-WA 1: i _ In plain and engraved. Majolica-ware in Plates, Tea setts. Freit Baskets, Pitchers, Tea and Coffee Cups and San vrs. Bread Plates, Pickles. ENGLISH AND FRENCH 1 We have mustache Cups and Saucers from 40 cents toil each Full line of Dinner and Tea setts, in plain and <lc- ' corated. Wash-stand setts from 2to 12 pieces each. In our CjS-B-FET Yon can find something nice in the way of Bn.' i.Ji- .1 Crum Cloths, in prices to suit all. WOOL BLANKETS- we defy competition, ran- gm price from $1.50 to sl4 per pair. We are offering great bargains in LADIES COAT ; . I b BTERS and DOLMANS to close for the season—n >w is your chance to make a Bargain. Please call and see before you make your purelias -- as we know that we can do you some good. Niblick, Crawford & Sons. ■ Out and Don't Forget • THAT ' JOHN WELFLEY. is selling Groceries at less money than any other house l’’ l '! is bound not to be UNDERSOLD, st’G AR and COFFEE Lower than for twenty years. <Ol FEES. SUGARS, TEAS, SPICES, CANDIES, SALT MEATS, FISH, SARDINES. TOBBACCOES, QUEENSWARE, CIGARS. Sugars all grades. Green and Roasted Coffees of the best quality. Teas- —Good—Cheap—Black and Green—are one of our specialties. Sagar Cured slams, Shoulders, Bacon and Driad Beef. Tobaccoes and Cigars in choice brands and great variety New Assortment of Lamps. Bronze, Gold and Ebony, fobs, Buckets, Brooms and wooden ware Generally. Cut Glassware, China dinner and tea sets, a full assortment of Queensware, \\ bite Fish, Cat Fish, Mackerel, Cod Fish, Holland Herring, and Sardines. Country Produce TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR GOODS. I Come Everybody. Y r ou will find first ckiss groceries fresh and cheap. » JOHN WELFLEY. Opposite Court-House. August 10, ’B2. No. 19 ts C. E. ALBERS & SON has open out in JOHN KING’S CARRIAGE SHOP A full and complete line of Family Groceries, Big Stock o Fresh Goods, at 3TTOM PRICES and everything in the grocery line to select from. All Goods to any part of the City livered Free.

p\ f" r^T^p r,T ”-*epinrbv. R L/ L_ V’ I \»a die. •umethinr’Tnigh., r\ r* I ”d-i «»! j in ,. b,.» ~,i ~ .-,.. I I L_LJ I Q p \ f - 1 • .. ’ J*n outfit h-.- > . : new. Capital n * **• -i■: • nish you everything. Mao. l adies make &s much as mn. <nd bo«.a * r .d rhia make great pey. Beader, if yo« want ’ a t which you caa make great par an the time, write fc* Wt Utulart to H. Haujn ft Maine.

/A T A week made at pay vou nearly as well. No Coolly ootfi* eu'umna pay, bv engaging at ° - b -ndr and teraafree. Money made fafct i?^; A X» abiy, ftdUM T*c* ft <*•» A»W U > “ oe »