Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1881 — Page 4

THE OUTCAST. Jostle him out from the warmth and light— Ohly a vagrant, feeb e and gray. Let him reel on through the stormy night— What though his home be far away? With a muttered curae on the wind and rain He crept along through the muddy lane. Lonely the pathway, and dark and cold; Shelter he nought ’neath a ruined wall; Over his eenaea a numbness stole, Round him Sleep threw her mystic pall; Then an angel came with pitying tears, And lifted the veil of by-gone yearn. Gayly ha sports by a rippling brook; Soft is the breath of the summer air; Flowers adorn each mosey nook. Sunshine and happiness everywhere. He is H'iZ/fa now, Just four years old, With his rose-bud lipa and curb of gold. Hark to the roll of the war-like drum ! See the brave soldiers go marching by! Home from toe batt e young Will has come, Courage and joy in bls sparkling eye And his pubes thrill with hope and pride, For he soon will greet his promised bride. Now in the fireside’s flickering glow Calmly he’s taking bis evening’s rest; Fondly he kisses his infant’s brow. Sleeping secure on its mother’s breast. (And the dreamer stirred and faintly smiled): He te William now, with his wife and child. • ••••• The curtain dropped—the morning broke— Faint was the flush in the eastern sky; M tailing aud wretched the sleeper woke. Brushing a tear iruiu his bloodshot eye. To h.n tujua id home behind the hill. With a xaudeued heart ciept poor old Bill

EXPLORING IN THE FAR NORTH

The ice region of the North is full of marvelous grandeur and mystery. It is not only mysterious in itself, but likewise in much of its history, Known to us only as associated with everything barren, frigid and forbidden, it yet possesses eharms and even beauties that are specially its own. For nearly the whole year, its frozen waters and frozen land urgent phenomena startling almost beyond imagination. Turn the eye whither you will, in a space of some 1,500 miles diameter around the geographical polo, immense masses and fields of ice only are seen in every conceivable form, whether on the partly hidden land, or all but completely covered sea. On the one hand may be seen towering mountains of rock, soaring high in majestic grandeur, and encircled or divided from each other by mighty glaciers and fields of ice ; on the latter, there may -be presented a seemingly limitless level of solid ice varying from eight to fourteen feet in. thickness, and in parts thrown up into enormous ridges, sometimes forty feet high, and of irregular lengths, with huge ice-islands called bergs scatt?red about upon its surface. If it bo the Ojien season of summer, these bergs may bo seen floating about in stately splendor, or occasionally, when caught in currents and eddies, tearing along with ominous violence. If there be a storm, and the ocean has burst through aud broken up. the ice, the scene presented is a.very wild one, and the utmost dexterity is required on the part of the mariner to avert danger from the masses dashing against the vessel’s side. If it bo calm or moderate weather, the pictures nature puts before the eye are marvelous. If the sky is clear, thousands of fairy-like castles or crystal cities thrown into ruins appear to view. Refracted images of all imaginable forms dance before you. In the %ir may be seen, inverted, some distant object which in reality is far below the line of ordinary vision. Sometimes the sun does not look round but oval; or perhaps there may to be four suns, or at night four zAis, lighting up the icebergs. In wmter al.-.*, the whole of one part of the Leavens is often ibnmii.ated by the sp - uLI coruscation of the aurora b* reads. In summer, according to the mutuie, thtre :« no sum-et for weeks; al S ' urrng winter there is total darkness f_r i like period. Ibe c .-Id is intense, except occasionally. Even in autumn, thick ice will s-jmetimes form in one ni^it; and in winter or spring the register is generally from thirty to sixty deg. below zero. Still, if proper precaution be taken, even this extreme temperature is bearable. Now, it is through such a region as this that explorers have to make their way. How they do it is a story often told, yet always interesting. In the first place, their ships are more than ordinarily strengthened to encounter ice ; yet very often no common skill or human power is of any avail, and constant watchfulness of ice-movements is needed. In summer the ice breaks away from the eoast of not infrequently leaves a narrow tortuous passage round what is called Melville bay. It is, however, exceedingly dangerous, and ships are often detained here a long while. The exploring expedition of 1850 was fixed here for some weeks, and the vessel to which the writer belonged made only twelve miles in a fornight. Here, too, whaling-ships are often ciushed. The ice takes a “run” during gales and strong currents, and will sometimes actually break up and cover over a ship in a few minutes. The Hecle, Parry’s oki ship, was thus caught. In less than twenty minutes nothing was seen of her but the top of her mast-head aud the end of her jib-boom. An American whaler w T as also similarly served in twenty minutes ; and the Breadalbane, further on, w’as actually sliced by a run of ice, and sank out of sight when the pressure was removed. If the explorer has succeeded in passmg Melville bay, then Lancaster sound or Smith sound is entered. Seldom is this done till near the close of summer ; consequently, it is necessary to find some safe harbor in which tp winter. Some ships have had no such shelter, and have drifted about—as did the two ' American vessels in 1850 -51—all through the dark and bitter season. But supposing a winter harbor is found, then the ships are housed or covered in. and the crews properly attended to. What is next done in the way of wisely maintaining health by proper amusements, education and exercise, would take too long to tell. Enough to say that, except on the occasion of the last official polar expedition, very little mortality has occurred. Indeed, health in the Arctic regions is more to be depended upon than in tropical climes. During winter, all hands are employed in making preparation for spring traveling. Then, when March arrives, sledges are packed, officers and men appointed, and away these hardy explorers go, over ice and snow, along barren shores into unknown wastes, hundreds and hundreds of miles, without the slightest hesitation. Strange, too, how accurately they mark their way, and even prearrange where separate parties shall again meet in certain localities at first only fixed by geographical science and assumed configuration of land I But the better to understand this, let us try and picture a scene as it actually occurred. Upon the solid ice there, you might have seen a congregation of what look like human beings. Sledges and Esquimaux dogs are with them. Officers as well as sailors, numbering about 100, are dressed in uncouth garbs that make them look anything but civilized men. Furs are worn by those who can get them, and woolens lined with fur by others. Also masks for the nose, and goggles for*preserving the eyes. It is very cold, and every protection is needed to prevent frost-bite. No one is left by himself. Companionship is absolutely necessary, in order that the one may keep a lookout upon the other’s face; as, when frost attacks the nose and other exposed parts of the face, it is at first unfelt by the sufferer himself. His companion, as soon as he sees symptoms of this, takes up a handful of snow, and rubs the affected part hard for a few moments, and thus prevents any spread of the mischief. While this is going on in one place, others are busy trying to keep the dogs in order. These restive creatures, harnessed to the sledges, get entangled with each other, or every now ans then

run in between the men’s legs. Presently, however, all the party have arrived at the place appointed. There, the chief of the entire expedition carefully examines their several equipments, and addresses them in appropriate terms, pointing out what each has to do. The several sledges are named, and have flags -with certain mottoes selected by the officers attached to them. Many of those mottoes bear upon the subject of the search, and several of the flags are cherished on account of the fair hands at home—some sister, or some one still dearer—who lovingly made them. Every sledge has an officer, and from six to eight men. All the officers desire to go; but the post of honoris given first to the highest—even to the Captains of ships—then to the humblest in turn. And now all have received their orders, and been addressed as to their respective duties; and, after a few kind and sometimes tender partings between old comrades, the hardy explorers buckle to their work, and shortly separate, each band on its way to traverse hundreds of miles of frozen ocean or of bleak, inhospitable coast. Away they go I Over miles and miles of dreary wastes. Prying and seeking iHid examining wherever aught presents itself that w’ould seem to have been placed there by others than themselves.,. Weary, footsore, snow-blind, lame, weak, sirong again, often frozen nearly stiff, and battling with wind and sleet and icy particles that cut the face as though with a keen razor. Still they trudge on, through barren and bitherto-unknown places. Occasionally they break out into a song, and thus rouse themselves again, and perforce renew their flagging strength. The sledge, when loaded with provisions, tents, spare clothing, instruments, firearms, aud spirits of wine-for fuel, generally weighs 1,200 pounds, or say UM) pounds per man. This weight, then, the men nave to pull along over the ice, smooth or rough, and oitener among thrown-up ridges, as best they can. A belt round each man is then attached to the sledge, and thus should it happen, as is sometimes the case, that one of the party falls through a broken bit of ice, he is speedily pulled out again. In such cases some rapid exercise is necessary to prevent the serious consequences that might otherwise ensue. ‘ When dinner hour arrives, the party halts for a short time to eat the allowance previously made up for each person. Then they drink their small quantum of grog, a proceeding which is usually accomplished while running up and down the ice to keep up the circulation and escape being frost-bitten. The pork which has been cooked on board is almost always so hard that it breaks like biscuit, and the drinking utensils are usually covered with a non-conducting substance to prevent the cold from taking the skin off the lips. But night is the worst part of the time—that is, the sleeping period; for we should mention that sometimes the party travels by night and sleeps by day, on account of the greater advantage from the absence of glare, etc. When the day’s march of perhaps ten miles is ended, the tent is pitched on as comfortable bit of ice as can be found. This tent is generally fourteen feet long by eight feet broad and eight feet high. There is a flap at the bottom, made to pull outward and be covered with snow. The door is made of double curtains like a porch, to keep out the snow-drift, and afford shelter to the cook or lookout man. Generally, the tent has four - small holes in the top to permit the escape of steam and br ath, which otherwise condenses and falls in a shower of fine snow. The tent is so pitched as to have the door on the opposite side of the prevailing wind, lire cooking apparatus is fust within the porch. When the tent is put up and made secure a waterproof floorcloth is laid upon the ice, and upon this is placed another of canvas. The whole party, officers and all, then make themselves as comfortable as they can together. The provisions are served out, and, doffing their fur boots, they wrap their benumlied feet in moccasins or flannels, and, without undressing, get into bags made of stout blankets and about seven feet long, so as to cover head and all. Then, throwing themselves down on the covered floor, packed like herrings in a barrel, they seek in slumber a forgetfulness of their strange aud far from enviable position. What they endure may be gathered from the following quotations. In one official report it is stated that “ the men agreed in voting noses a nuisance in this country ; from their prominent position they are usually the first part frost-bit-ten ; also, whiskers and mustaches were sentenced as not only being useless but very inconvenient, the former catching the snow-drift, and one’s breath freezing on the latter forms an icicle not easily removed.” “April 30.—Near 1 o’clock a. m., lunched. At these low temperatures [lO to 20 degrees below zero] the fat of salt pork becomes hard and breaks like suet; and as the temperature falls below minus 25 degrees, our rum becomes thick. To drink out of a pannikin, without leaving the skin of one’s lips attached to it, requires considerable experience and caution. The bottles of water carried in the men’s pockets were generally frozen after an hour or two ; and after repeated trials it was found that inside the trousers waistband was the best place to carry them, and retain their contents in a fluid state.” Another officer has said that “he found the brandy congealed, though placed next the skin.” With reference to their sleeping accommodation, Capt. McClintock said : “ Lately our fur blankets and sleeping bags have been rapidly getting more filled with frost. The latter are quite wet when thawed at night. Nor have we been able to prevent their getting into this state; the greatest care has been taken to protect them from the snow ; the men’s clothes brushed before coming into the tent, and the tent and the floorcloth repeatedly brushed. It is chiefly caused by the condensation of vapor from our warm meals, and our breath, which falls in minute frozen particles. We have holes cut in the top of the tent to permit the escape of va nor, but the temperature inside is always low enough to condense it before it can ascend so high. The quantity of moisture from one’s breath is surprising ; the very small aperture we usually leave at the mouth of our bags to breathe through is coated with ice by the morning. Some of the men wear a loose over-all duck dress ; but even the inside of this is covered with frost after a hard day’s work in low temperatures aud requires to be well brushed off. “ As is usual for the first few days of a journey, the men suffer much from thirst Beside a pint of chocolate at breakfast and half a pint of tea at supEer, they have their water-bottles, which old two-thirds of a pint, filled three times a day; but several orthese have burst already, in consequence of the water freezing within them, although carried inside their outer garments.” Dr. Sdutherland says : “ How water could from freezing in the tents when the temperature was 57 deg. below freezing point is best known to those who made the attempt. A tin flask, half full, which the person who had the cooking for the day took into his blanketbag, and a gutta-percha flask holding two pints, which I took into my own blanket-bag, and kept on the outside of my vest within two folds -of woolen doth, became frozen (juite hard, and it was not without considerable difficulty that we got the ice thawed out afterward. * * * I took the one that belonged to my tent into my armpit for

two or three successive nights before the ice became all dissolved, the water being always removed as it was produced.” In the morning, when aroused by him whose turn it was to watch, all the misery of Arctic traveling is then experienced. Who is there that has not some idea of this from what is occasionally felt after a night’s watching or abstinence from rest ? The first dawn of morning seems even worse than the past midnight. Judge, then, what it must be there in a solitary tent on the icefloe, thousands of miles from home, and often hundreds of miles away from their other comrades I To awaken in such a scene is truly wretched. A pannikin of hot chocolate is generally the first thing given. Then comes the frightful agony of forcing the feet into boots often frozen hard as iron, while all the time the breath —despite the ventilators for it to escape—comes down in a shower of very fine snow. But at last they are again ready, and once more away they go across the wide floe, and, when near the land, along the lonely shore. Sometimes this sort of tent life is beguiled with songs and occasional music ; and the companionable pipe is invariably sought before sleep. Among other contrivances to aid the traveling parties in their search, was that of kites. In the expedition to which I was attached, we took out several, the gift of the late Mr. Benjamin Smith, whose son, Mr. Leigh Smith, has lately made such remarkable voyages and explorations by Spitsbergen and Franz Joseph Land. Another plan to give our missing friends some notice of the search for them, was that of using balloons. The gas being generated on board, a balloon would be sent up with hundreds of printed colored satin or paper slips attached to a slow match; and these were destined to fall over a certain space. The message printed on these slips certified where relief could lie found. But it is doubtful if ever one was seen, for, out of many thousands sent up, I believe none were ever come across again by any of our traveling parties. Where the sledges are pulled by dogs, the labor to the men is«of course much less, though it req lires a driver to manage these animals. Their performances, however, are very extraordinary. They will go many hundreds of miles in consecutive journeys, and only require ordinary attention. With a load of 1,000 pounds, a team of six dogs will go as fast as a man can walk. On the expedition in which the writer was engaged, searching parties made depots of provisions, wherever suitable, en route, so as to pick them up on return. But other depots were also formed by the ships’ trews for relief of a missing expedition. These depots were so built up as to prevent bears or other animals from getting at the stores, though occasionally slight havoc was done to some. It is astonishing the amount of provisions stowed away in various depots in the Arctic regions beyond where whalers or even Esquimaux go. In one place were deposited 11,(165 pounds of biscuit, 16,828 pounds of fletir, nearly 10,000 pounds of salt meats, over 10,000 pounds of preserved meats and soups; beside vast quantities of groceries, vegetables, fruits, pemmican, wines, spirits, tobacco, clothing, boots, etc. So far as the relieving of the missing expedition was concerned, the foregoing provisions, etc., were left in vain. Years afterward they were found untouched. These few notes of what is to be faced and endured by Arctic explorers may be of interest at a time when the recent American search expedition has drawn public attention once more to the subject of Arctic exploration.— Chambers' Journal.

Mrs. Partington Says

Don’t take any of the quack rostrums, as they are regimental to the human cistern ; but put your trust in Hop Bitters, which will cure general dilapidation, costive habits and all comic diseases. They saved Isaac from a severe extract of tripod fever. They are the ne plus unmn of medicines.— Boston Globe.

BITS OF INFORMATION.

Sun dials were invented 550 B. C. The sextant was invented in 1550. The first locomotive built in this country was at West Point in 1830. It was named the Phoenix. Calico received its name from Calicut, a city of Lidia, which was discovered by the Portuguese in 1498. The English is the most difficult of all modern languages for a foreigner to learn with accuracy. The German comes next. The French is easier to acquire, and the Italian easier still. Fog is caused by the union of tw’o masses of vapor of different temperature. The sun heats the earth in a much shorter time than it does the ocean, and when the warm air of the land unites with the colder air of the sea the vapor is condensed and rendered visible. During a time of scarcity the ancient Lydians invented several games, among others that of dice. One day they would engage in games so entirely as not to feel any craving for food ; the next day they ate and abstained from games. In this way, according to an old historian, they passed eighteen years. The following thirteen States formed the Union at the time of the Declaration of Independence : New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaw'are, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. The last six were slaveholding States. The gift of a red rosebud means, “ Thou hast stolen my affections ;” of a white rosebud, “lam to be w'on,” or “I shall win you if I can.” Both are declarations of love, differing only in intensity. “ One is a hint, the other a dead ‘ give-away,’ ” said a recent writer. The moss rose means, “ Thou art one of a thousand;” the white rose, “My heart is free;” the damask rose, “Blushes augment thy beauty;” the cinnamon rose, “Without pretension;” the wild rose, “Simplicity;” a withered white rose, “ Transient impression;” a withered red rose, “Our flirtation has ended. ” The average daily temperature or daily mean temperature is found by adding the temperature at 7 a. m., 2 p. m. and twice the temperature at 9 p. m. and dividing this sum by four; to find the monthly mean temperature, the. daily mean temperatures of each day are added and divided by the number of days of the month. The annual mean temperature is found by taking the sum of the twelve monthly mean temperatures divided by twelve, and the mean temperature of a place is ascertained by adding the annual mean temperatures and dividing by the number of years.

A French Peasant’s Vow.

A French pasant saw in the river a floating egg. He thought he could catch it with his hand, but in the attempt fell in the water, and the egg escaped him. The water was deep, ana he could not swim. In terror, he believed that God was thus punishing his greediness. To propitiate his fate he vowed that if he escaped he would never eat another egg. Instantly a branch of a tree presented itself to him, by means of which he gained the banks of the stream. Shaking himself, he said: “I suppose, O Lord, that you of course understood me to say raw egg.” Sound repose is so essential to good health that we feel surprised to know any one would risk loss ©f rest from a Cough or Cold when a bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup weuld give refreshing slumber,

USEFUL HINTS.

Housekeepers may be glad to know that a table-spoonful of ammonia in one gallon of warm water will restore the color of carpets. To remove grease from wall paper, lay several folds of blotting paper on the spot and hold-a hot iron near it until the grease is absorbed. Pur one or two red peppers, or a few pieces of charcoal, into a pot where ham, cabbage, etc., is boiling, and the house will not be filled with the offensive odor. Beeswax and salt will make flatirons as clean and smooth as glass. Tie a lump of wax in a rag and keep it for that purpose. When the irons are hot, rub them with the wax rag, then scour with a paper or rag sprinkled with salt. Boiling water will remove tea stains and many fruit stains ; pour the water through the stain, and thus prevent it from spreading over the fabric, while soaking in milk before washing will always remove ink-stains from any fabric. Paste for Paper.—To ten parts by weight of gum arabic add three parts of sugar, in order to prevent the gum from cracking; then add water until the desired consistency is obtained If a very strong paste is required, add a quantity of flour equal in weight to the gum, wit hout boiling the mixture. The paste improves in strength when it begins to ferment To Clean Black Materials.—Take the article you wish to clean, on the side you intend to make up as the right side; brush well all the dust out of it; then take a piece of black flannel or an old black woolen stocking (it must always be black); dip it into cold coffee, and sponge well the material all over alike; then fold up each piece or breadth nice and even, and let it remain for three or four hours. Iron on the wrong side, and the old, dusty, shabby dress will look just as fresh and bright as new. I have tried this receipt on black silk, paramtas, lusters and merinos, and consider it the best I have used. It neither streaks, deadens the gloss nor rots the materials. Kerosene Stains Upon a Floor.— A correspondent writes from Pilot Mound, Minn., that the breaking of a kerosene lamp has caused a “ frightful spot” upon the floor, and wishes to know how it can be removed. Good kerosene has a boiling point of 380 degrees, considerably above the melting of lard—hence in order to drive it completely from any fabric, from paper, or from wood, it must be heated high enough to form a vapor, when, if pure, it may be completely removed. Heat may be applied to the floor by using flat-irons sufficiently hot, first placing a piece of paper over the spot. It may be that, after the oil is driven from the surface by heat, the stain will reappear ; some of the oil remaining in the wood will be brought to the surface by capillary attraction. In such a case it will be necessary to repeat the operation as often as the stain appears.

Little Breeches.

“Yes, they used to have queer times around here,” said the ancient citizen, as he stirred himself around on the upturned soap box, while the proprietor shook down the ashes in the stove. The reporter perched himself on the end of a flour barrel and patiently awaited the outpouring of language that he knew was sure to follow. “Yes,” said the aneient citizen. “My father came here before the trilobites were done drying. He saw some rough times, the old man. ” “Right where the Court-house stands,” continued the ancient citizen, “was the old block-house; and here were gathered a mixed crowd of refugees just after the Pigeon-Roost massacre. Old man Booth had his log tavern just outside, and at it was always a motley gathering of backwoodsmen. ” “Among these,” and the ancient citizeeu twisted his quid across his tongue a turn or two, “was a character who made fun of old Booth and said he w’as a coward. Booth hated him cordially for the insinuation, yet could never prove , the contrary, and the old trapper made up his mind to test his courage. The plan was successful. ‘ ‘My father and two friends owned a cabin just the other side of Booth’s, and one of these, a small man, had S6OO, coin, in a sack, when Bill tried his experiment on Booth. “They had retired for the night and laid their buckskin pants on the floor at the bedside. Have you ever seen any genuine buckskin ?” was suddenly asked the reporter bv the ancisnt citizen. “I have.” “Where?” “On the buck.” “Well, then you know it fits skintight, and that’s just the way these breeches did. “About midnight Bill stole up between the block-house and cabins and raised the war-whoop. My Gee, what a stir J, th ere was. An attack from the Indians had been momentarily expected, and the whole garrison sprang to arms. Women crept with their children into the safest corners of the fort, while the men prepared for the expected skirmish. In the little duster of cabins outside of the block-house the coming savages were awaited with dread. The frightful whoops continued, chilling the blood of all. “My father’s friends hastily straggled on with their breeches, and the small one got on my father’s and had room enough in them at the top to get in a bag of coin. My father pulled at the vacant pair of pants, but it w r as like putting his legs into coat sleeves. “Hold on, there!’ he cried, as his friends were hastily leaving, ‘you have got my breeches !’ “ ‘Hold on, h—l,’ answered his friend, ‘this is no time to change breeches,’ and disappeared in the darkness. “My father had no mind to be left, so he ran, naked as he was, in pursuit of his friend. The nettles were as high as your head, and before he had gone ten feet.he was fuller than a New Year’s pincushion, but that horrid yell kept him going, and he didn’t stop until shelter was reached. “Bill showed us how old Booth was a coward, but he did not loaf around there the next day. The settlers wanted to see him, but he didn’t want to see them, so he skipped. “But my father was always called ‘Little Breeches’ from that day on, though he never got too big for his breeches, as some people I know,” and the ancient citizen smiled contemptuously as a young man in a sealskin cap came into the grocery and asked for a “ ‘dahk cigah,’ if you please.” The minutes were then amended, and, as amended, approved.— Madison (Ind. ) Star.

Tennessee Marble.

Mr. John J. Craig, of Knoxville' Tenn., says that the United States Government is now working successfully a quarry of white stone in the immediate vicinity of that city which is pronounced by competent judges to be superior to anything of the kind found elsewhere in the United States for building and all out-door purposes. It is a highly crystallized limestone marble—and as it comes from the hammer or chisel is almost perfectly white; when polished it shows a faint, pinkish blush, most delicate and beautiful; long exposure to the atmosphere seems to whiten and harden it, a sort of glass-like enamel forming over its surface and rendering it almost impervious to dampness and stains of any kind. A column of this marble, which has been standing in Knoxville more than thirty years, and which has never been toucheid with brush or soap, is as white and clean to-day as it was the day it was first exposed to the storms and sqnshine of our fickle climate, The text-

ure and working quality of the marble is unsurpassed. It is neither too hard nor too soft, but exactly aoft enough to allow the sculptor to work it without force and trace on it the finest lines of finished form, and yet hard enough to retain these lines in all their original delicacy, unimpaired by wind or rain, for generations to come. The quantity of the' marble is unlimited. Knoxville is surrounded by whole mountains of it. Facilities for transportation are now good and daily better. Car loads are being daily shipped to all sections of the country, and the absence of capital alone prevents the quarrying of it from soon developing into one cf the most important industries in that singularly favored but as yet almost unknown section. — Scientific American.

Two Organs.

Regulate first the stomach, second the liver; especially the first, so as to perform their functions perfectly, 'and you will remove at least nineteen-twentieths of all the ills that mankind is heir to in this or any other climate. Hop Bitters is the only thing that will give perfectly healthy natural action to these two organs.—Maine Farmer.

Good Old Times.

There were no tax collectors; no London cries; no Christmas bills; no lawyers to set men by the ears; to telegram to shorten your holidays; no newspapers to chronicle your shortcomings; no gunpowder barges to blow you up in your sleep; no steam launches to run you down when you sailed in your shallop by the reed margined river; no cynics to sneer at Christmas customs or question the reality of Christmas ghosts. In short it was the good old days. “Limited liability” was not yet created to fasten the intellect of finance and empty the pockets of fools. Turks and Egyptians were not borrowing in English markets, though there 'were occasionally objects of Christain attentions, which they have since returned without interest. The stage Irishman and the typical North countryman liad not yet shown virtue her own bright image and shamed vice into a corner. Mr. William Shakspeare had not flung broadcast ten thousand apples of discord to afflict a school of acting that struts and mouths and calls a child a “cheyld.” The shorthand writer was waiting to be bom with the press, and Lord Coleridge and the lord chief justice had not fired every other counsel and judge in the land with the desire to address law courts for fourteen days at a stretch. There were no perambulators, no Parisian modistes, no necessity for co-operative stores, no commission agents, no middlemen, no clerical magistrates, no school board beadles, no game laws, no ticket-of-leave, traders on charity, no Irish patriots, no deposit banks, no societies for clothing the Hottentots. As I said before, it was the good old days. The zodiac was the perfect order. Not a Christian man had heard of the vagaries of the Gulf Stream. May day brought its flowers and its festivals to the moment by the record of strictest sun dial. At Easter there were gammons of bacon all over the land, and Easter huts even in the warren of Stainess forest. The red men roamed at will in the undreamed forests of the New World. The dusky Indian had no master but his own untamed will. The wild bear and the wolf challenged the hunter’s power in English woods. The eagle sat in solemn state on the white cliffs of Dover. There were omens. The owl shrieked, the night crow crowed, the raven clapped his wings, death bells were heard at sea; your grandfather, clad in armor as ho lived, walked out of his picture frame, and once in a while some weird and witched tree would spout fire from its shrunken boughs. Night was night, and day was day. You rose with the lark, you rested when the sun went down on lands not yet weighed and mapped and colonized. Knives and forks were unknown implements, and when prince struck his wife he struck her with his mailed hand, and none could say him nay.— lnternational Annual.

Wise Words of a Willing Witness.

[From the Walla Walla Waicliman.] At the close of a mass meeting, according to the report of the same published in a La Grange paper, reference was made to the phenomenal efficacy of St. Jacobs Oil in the many painful diseases to which mankind is subject. We.refcr to the above as showing how strong a hold the Old German Remedy for Rheumatism has on the experience and good wishes of the great public.

A Rich Puff.

A manufacturer and vender of quack medicines wrote to a friend for a stiong recommendation of his (the manufacturer's “Balsam.” In a few days he received the following, which we call pretty strong : “Dear Sir: The land* composing this farm has hitherto been so poor that a Scotchman could not get a living off it, and so stony that we had to slice our potatoes and plant them edgeways ; but, hearing of your balsam, I put some on the corner of a ten-acre field surrounded by a rail fence, and in the morning I found that the rock had entirely disappeared, a neat stone wall encircled the field, and the rails were split into firewood and piled up symmetrically in my back yard. I put half an ounce in the middle of a huckleberry swamp ; in two days it was cleared off, planted with cbrn and pumpkins, and a row of peachtrees in full blossom through the middle. As an evidence of its tremendous strength, I w’ould say that it drew a striking likeness of my eldest son out of a mill-pond ; drew a blister all over his stomach; drew a load of potatoes four miles to market, and eventually drew a prize of $97 in a lottery.” [From the Danville (111.) News.) John Stein, Esq, City Brewer, referring to its valuable qualities, said to a News representative: I have used St. Jacobs Oil in my family and recommend it to my acquaintances. It has always given the best Satisfaction, and is truly a wonderful remedy.

Klang Refined.

If she’s got to talk slang, a Boston girl will refine and beautify it. The proper caper becomes the appropriate gyration. Bang-up is front hair elevated, tumbling to the racket is falling to the audible disturbance, and a square deal a quadrilateral distribution. Oil, refinement is a great thing. Oh, you wager your existence that it is.— Boxton Post.

A Bloated Body

docs not a’ways belong to an mebriite. Kidney troubles will cause bloat, but Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has never failed to remove it. If all the dogs were sent to Lap-land, the lawyers to Lie-beria, the donkeys to Bray-zil, the lovers to Sigh-beria, the editors to News-zealand, and the keyhole anglers to Peer-u, the eternal fitness of things would have equilibrium down to a fine point— Modem Argo. Pure Cod Liver Oil made from selected livers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have decided it superior to any of the other oils in market

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Eilkbt’s Extract or Tab and Wild Chkkby has been used for twenty years, and during that time has saved many very valuable lives. Do net neglect a cough or cold until it is too late. Try thin excellent remedy, and we are sure you will be convinced of its merits. Chronic Coughs, and even Consumptives, are cured by following the directions. Every bottle is warranted to give satisfaction. Prepared by the Emmert Proprietary Co., Chicago. Sold by ■all good druggists. Wk do not often epeak of any proprietary medicine, but, from what we have read and heard of Alien’s Lung Balsam, we shall take the liberty of saving to those who are troubled with a Cold, Cough, or any Throat or Lung Affection, that, from the testimony afforded, we have such confidence in this article that, were we afflicted in that way, we would make a trial of its virtues. Beware of the fatal consequences of neglecting this timely warning. Now, before it is too late, use Allen’s Lung Balsam, which will cure the disease. Every diuggist in the land sells it. Uncle Sam’s Condition Powdees are recommended by stock-owners who have used them as the best Horse and Cattle Medicine to be bad. If the animal is Scraggy, Spiritless, or has no appetite, these Powders are an excellent remedy, and every owner of stock will do weli to try them. They are prepared by the Emmert Proprietary Co., Chicago, Hl., a very reliable firm, and sold by all good druggists. Dn. Bosanko’s Rheumatic Cure will positively cure the worst case of Rheumatism. Ask your Druggist for it. Only the genuine axle grease has the name of Frazer on every package, and wears longer than any other. Buy the diamond boots and shoes and get your money’s worth. Made by Rosenthal Br’s.,Chicago

wE FOB RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, f Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. Mo Preparation on aarth equal* Sr. Jacom On aa a case, cure, nimple and eheap external Remedy. A trial entails but the comparatively trifling outlay of 50 Cents, and every one suffering with pain can have cheap and positive proof of M claims. Direction* in Hoven Language*. BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALHI IN MEDIOINB. A. VOGELER <fc CO., Baltimore, Md., XT. B. dk.

HOSTETTER STOMACH Fitters Nq Time Should lie lost, If the stomach, liver and bowels are affected, to adopt the sure remedy, Hostetter’s Stomsch Bitters. Diseases of the organs named beget others fnr more serious, and a delay is therefore hazardous. Dyspepsia, liver complaint. chills and fever, early rheumatic twinges, kidney weakness, bring serious bodily trouble if trifled with. Terse no time In using this effective, safe and long-known inert : oine. t Tf~ For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. Free—A Musical Journal. Addrs. F. Brehm, Erie, Pa. WANTED— MO Agents. Splendid Photo. Family Record ; best paying thing out. U. F. SHORT, Chicago. BIG’ WAGES, summer and winter. Samples tree National Copying C0.,800 West Madison st., 810 O Bll£> KT f° r Consumption is also I !□ XJ O VkJTV t the bast cough medicine MARYLAND FAKIWH.-Bookand Map Free. Address C. E. SHANAHAN. AU’y, Easton, Md. H DCUTO WANTE D—Gentlemen, Ladies.Oirl*and nuE.li I O Boys. Address Hatch Bros.. Bridgeport,CtSum Ml MJ A YEAR and expenses to 'lf 'lf 1 J agents. Outfit Free. Address P • ■ CO VICK KRY. Augusta. Maine VnilklQ MC M Learn Telegraphy! Karn S4O to-SIOO a IllUSu 111 CH month. Graduates guaranteed pay Ing offices. Address Valentine Bros., Janesville,Wis MARYLAND FARMS. ST to »£.» per Acre. Short winters, breezy summers, healthy climate. Catalogue free. H. P.CHAMBERS, Federalsburg, Md. Employment Also SALARY per month. AH EXPENSES I EH Promptly paid. SLOAN de Co. 406 George St. Cincinnati. O. Cold Hill Farm For Sale. The finest farm in Jasper Co., 111., now offered at a bargain (272 acres at S4O per acre). A magnificent farm. Don’t fail to write for full description to S. JOHNSON <Sc CO.. Real Estate Agents,Newton,HL pr-WE ARE NOW MAKING THE GREATEST OFFER TO BOOK AGENTS Ever nmh by any publishing house. It is a big thing, and will be made for only a short time. For particulars address HUBBARD BROS., 86 LiSalle St , Chicago. Si awe\ m TO INTRODUCE OUR pecial Offer FKEE BY EXPREsSjS.T".’’," ’SI Caddy of our absolutely pure Tea, 82. 00, #3.00 & 94. 00. Formosa TEA oo., a va 88 STATE ST. Oct up clubs and buy direct of importers. Get price-list. Electric light! is BP- NERVOUS DEBILITY. Lost Manhood", and Seminal Weakness cured by MATHEWS’ Improved Electro-Magnetid Belt and Absorbent Paa combined; size of Pad, 7xlo inches—four times larger than others. Do not purchase any old-style S2O Belts when you can get the latest, improved for 82. ’’ Electric Light," a 24-oolumn paper, sent free unsealed: sealed. 00. D. S. D. MATHEWS A CO., 431 W. Laks Street, Chicago. CELLULOID EYE-CLASSES. Representing the choicest-selected TortoiseShell and Amber. The lightest, handsomest, and strongest known. Sold by Opticians ana Jewelers. Made by the BPENCER OPTIC!AL M’F’G CO., 13 Maiden Lane, New York. O Hair Dye is the SAFEST ind BEST; it acta instant*, neously,producing the most natural shades of Black or Brown: does NOT STAIN the SKIN, and 1* easily anevery well-appointed toilet for lady orGentieman. Sold by Druggists and applied by Hair-Dressers. Depot. 03 William St., New York O. N. ORITTENTON. Agt “ Dr. Sykes’ Sure Cure” “CATARRH” Cures Without Fall. Ask your Druggist for It Price of •‘SureOure*’ and “ Insufflator” all complete Dfi. 0. R. R. Madison St, Chiosfo, HL

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Bam #8 75 ail 15 Hoos S 15 $ BOJ Cotton , HJC* 13 Flock—Superfine 8 75 @ 4 10 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 113 @1 14 No. 2 Winterl 15 £ 1 17 Coax—Ungraded 54 @ 56 Oats- Mixed Western 42 @ 45 Pobk—Messl4 00 @l4 50 Laud . 10 CHICAGO. BKKVia—Choice Graded Steers..... 5 20 @ 5 75 Cows and Helfers 2 50 @ 3 75 Medium to Fair 4 30 @ 4 75 H 005„...; 5 10 @ s 75 Floub—Fancy White Winter Ex.... 575 @6 00 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 5 00 @ 5 25 Wheat—Na 2 Spring 97 (A 99 Na 3 Spring 84 @ 86 Cohn—Na 2 86 @ 87 Oats—No. 2 29 @ 81 Rr»-Na2 88 @ 90 Bablbt—No. 2 99 @ 1 00 Buttkb—Choice Creamery 81 @ 32 Eggs—Fresh 27 @ 30 Pobk—Measl4 00 §l4 25 Laud ok@ 9X MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 1 101 @1 02 Na 2 96 Q 97 Cobn—No. 2 86 @ 87 Oats—Na 2 29 @ 30 Rib—Na 1 87 © 88 Bablky—No. 2 79 @ 80 Pork—Messl4 00 @l4 10 Laud.. 9V@ 9# ST. LOUIS. Wheat—Na 2 Red 1 01 @ 1 02 Cohn—Mixed 88 @ 89 Oats—No. 2.. 30 @ 31 Rye 86 @ 87 Pork—Mess.l4 00 @l4 25 Labd 9 @ 9X CINCINNATI. Wheatl 05 @ 1 06 Cobn 41 @ 42 Oats 85 @ 87 Rye 97 @ 98 Pong—Messl4 25 @l4 50 Labd 9X@ TOLEDO Wheat—No. 1 White. 1 01 @ 1 02 No. 2 Red. 1 04 @ 1 05 Corn—No. 2 41 @ 42 Oats—No. 2 84 @ 85 DETROIT. Floub—Choice 4 00 @ 6 20 WHEAT-Na 1 White 119 @ 1 00 Corn—No. 1 43 @ 44 Oats—Mixed 37 38 Barley (percental) 1 60 @ 2 50 Pobk-Mess.l4 50 @ls 00 Seed—C.over 4 50 @ 4 75 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle —Best 525 @ 5 65 Fair 4 50 @ 5 00 Common 3 75 @ 4 80 Hogs 5 60 @6 30 Sheep 3 60 @ 5 60

WEaecnre or handle D ATCMTQ t No advance fees. Send s I CL I w I O I for circular. W.L.Parker A Co, 163 Randolph-St., Chicago BY THE USE OF DR. BOSANKO’S RHEUMATIC CURE, THE GREAT ALKALINE REMEDY. TRY IT AND BE CURED. 3E>TIXCia, 75 CoiUs. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR IT. Address THE DR. BOSANKO MEDICINE CO., 4 PIQUA, O. I HAVE BEEN ABLE heretofore to stop Painsand Aches by“innk ng passes” snd magnetized paper, &c. Help by mail, SI.OO. Patients must describe d.sease in own handwriting. >l. W. CLOUGH. Brewster*, Putnam Cuuhly, N. Y. ROTH’S PATENT 1® EonWe Bone Corset Is made with Two Rows of Bones, ItiiF:! f-TWff viw. placed one upon the other, on e'-ch ,ic *e. giving It double strength and /■ilU elasticity, and will positively not break Un down on the sides. Sent by mail on receipt of #11.54A. FIELD, LEITEK dk CO., Chicago, 111. for t lie least money of any firm rg gjF** in America or refund. IVestern seeds nre best. Mine take the lend. Gardeners sav they never 'Best 'ail. I used 60J|) lbs paper to print 50000 (Seeds prettv Catalogues Illustrated with .2000 Jehcap •vorth of engravings. 11 beats the world, pretty vorth many dollars; FREE. Prices below VW Book all. R. 11. SHUMWAY, Rockford, lIL > Frea TIOUETTEsBUSINESS This is the cheapest and only complete and reliable work on Etiquette and Business and Social Forms. It tells how to perform all the various duties of life, and how to appear to the best advant-ge on all occasions. Agent. Wanted.— Send for circulars containing a full description of the work and extra terms to Agents. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.. Chicago. lIL PATENTS M. M. ROHRER & SON, Attorneys at Law and Sollcltorw of American and Foreign Patents, No. SOO Seventh Street, Waehinyton, I). C., Practice patent law in all its branches in the Patent Office and in the Courts. IWSpechd attention given to re-issues »nd rejected cases. fTHENUUBSON MILK COOLER Will raise as much cream in eight hours, with a temperature of 55 to 6<> deg., as can be raised in twelve bon s with any other, using tank, ice ai d water, with a temper ture of 43 to i 0 deg. It cools the milk from center and below. Indorsed by prominent dairymen. Thousands in use and giv ng satisfaction. State or County rights for sale. For terms or information address T. Babbbb & Son, Black Earth,Wls. POND’S EXTRACT. THE GREAT VEGETABLE Pain DESTROYER and SPECIFIC FOR INFLAMMATION AND HEMORRHAGES. Rheumatism, Neuralgia. No other preparation has euro I eo many cases of these dlitreeeiujr complaints as the Exirast. Out Plaster la invaluable in these diseases. Lumbago, Pains in Back or Side. &c. O.ir Oiutmrnt (W cento) for use when removal of clothing is inconvenient, is a great help in relieving inflammatory cases. Hemorrhages. Nose, or from any causa is speedily controlled and stopped. Our Nnsnl myrlnges (25 cents) and Infillers (81.00) are great aids lu arreattug internal bleeding. Diphtheria & Sore Throat. Use the Kxtmct promptly. It is a sure ours. Delay Is dangerous. isii>U The Extract Is the only epeclflr L/dLdrril. for this disease, Cold in Head&c. Our “ Catarrh Care,” specially prepared to meet serious cases, contains all the curative properties of the Bxtrnet , our Nnsnl MyrtnKc invaluable for use in catarrhal affections, is simple and unexpenslve. Sores, Ulcers, Wounds, Sprains and Bruises. Ing, cooling and cleansing. Use our Ointment in connection with the Extract | It will aid iu healing, softening and In keeping out the air. Burns and Scalds. teffiSS it is unrivaled, and should be kept in every family ready for use In case of accidents. A drossing of our Olutment will aid in healing and prevent ■care. Inflamed or Sore Eyes. It can be used without the slightest fear of harm, quickly allaying all inflammation and sorenena witholit pain. Earache, Toothache and Fonanrha When the Extract is r uLUaLllu. used according to directions, its effect la simply wonderful Di las Blind, Bleeding, or Itching. i I Ivo, it i 9 the greatest known remedy : rapidly curing when other medicines have failed. Pond’. Extract Medicated Paper for ctoect use, is a preventive against Chaflng and Hies. Dur Ointment .la of great service where the removal of clothing is inconvenient For Broken Breast and Sore Nipples. Cleanly and efficacious that mothers w ho have once used It will never lie without it Qur Ointment is the best emollient that can be applied. Female Complaints. be called in for the majority of female diaeaftea if the a xtract be used. Full directions accompany each bottle. CAUTION. Pond’s Extract the words “Pond’s Extmet” blown in the glass, and our picture trade-mark on surrounding buts wrapper. None other is genulna Always Insist on having Pond’s Extract. Take no other preparation. It it never told in bulk or bu meature. Price of Pond’s Extract, Toilet Articles and Special ties. PO.YD’S EKnUCT.. 50c, Si and 51.75 Toilet Creaml.oo Catarrh Cure 78 Dentifrice 60 Piaster Up Salve 26 inhalerl.oo Toilet Soap.(3 Cakes). 60 Nasal Syringe 26 Ointment 60 Medicated Paper. Prepared only bv POND’S EXTRACT 00., NEW YORK AND LONDON. For Bale by all Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers. Orders for 82 worth, carriage free, on receipt of t0T . 90 If w 18 hurray Mreet, wew

1 GOOD HIM BEIBDT STRICTLY PURE. BALttAM [This engraving represents the I.nng. in a healthy .tote 1 WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY! DR. FLETCHER, of Lexington, Missouri, say.: “I recommend your ' Balaam ’ in preleionce to any other medicine tor coughs and colds.” DR. A C. JOHNSON? of MtTvenxin, ni, writes of nine wonderful cures of t'oiieumpllon in hie place by the use of •• Allen’s Lun, Balaam.** DR. J. B. TURNER. Blountsville, Ala . a practicing physician of twenty-five yens, writes: “H is the Met preparation for Consumption in the world." For nil Illmensee nf the Throat. I.nnge and Pulmonary Organs, It will bo *>und a most excellent Keniedy. AS AN EXPECTORANT IT HAS hO EQUAL. IT CONTAINS NO OPIUM IN ANY FORM. J. N. HARRIS & CO., Proprietors, OmCINNATI. O. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUBBIBTB. (hnCn A MOMTH I Agents Wanted I \ 3 nil T® Bsst-Belllng Articles In the world, a asmiPUJU pls /rsa JAY BRONSON, Detroit. Mich. FREE! Send ns your A-ddreaw ON A POSTAL CARD, “Shopping in New York” EHRICH BROTHERS, 285 to 295 Eighth Avenge* JVKW V< HIK. The IPurest and Beat Medicine ever Made. Acolmblnation of Hops, Buohu, Maadrakle and Dandelion, w *th all tnonestand most eg urativo properties of all other Bitters, makes\thogreutert Blcod Purifier, Liver RereulVator, and Life and Health Restoring rtvjg m ma cOTth. Agent No disease eVan possibly long exist where Bop Bitters are varied and jierfoct are Ibclr Opel Ulimis.|mak They give aowll M>d vijor to the ast 1 inflra. To all whose eViploymentscause irregularity orthobowelsor\ urinary organs, or who roqui re an and mild Stlmnlant, Bop Bitters are Without intoxicating. mmbeK No matter whatyour fe\cllngs or wyinrtoms are what the disease or ailM rai,nt u "° Uop Bitters. Don’t wait until you a* sick but if you only feci bad or miserable,* “so them at onoe. It may sevo yourlife.lt hasw* “ vc d hundred*. '• *SOO will be paid fora caMse they will not euro or help. Do not suffer* 01 your friend, suffer,but use and urge them^k 10 Übo Hop 3 Remember, Bop Bitters is drug, »d drunken nostrum, but the n 0 Best Medicine ever made ; the HUKND and HOPE" and no person or tamlly wK sliouid bu without them. D I C I' an absolute and irreslstiblo cure 1 forDrunkenness.uso of opium, tobacco umlj narcotics. AU sold by druggists. Send for Circular. Uop Bitter, xrg. Co., y |n, RochesterN Y 70,000 SOLD YEARLY? The growing popularity and uacfuhicaa of CABINET or PAKMIIt OIIGANK la shown by llie fact that Seventy Tliouannil nre sold yearly in the Cult cd States. The best nre the MASON I HAMLIN ORGANS, which have been swarded highkst DIRTIKCTIONS von DF.MOHBTBATED SUPERIORITY at KVERY ORB of the GREAT WORLD’S Industrial Exhibitions for thirteen years, uithout on« tinylt wption. NEW STYLES are ready this season with important improvemente. FOR LARGE CHURCHES,splendid organs, with great power and variety, at #570, S4BO, 83KI and less prices; FOR SMALLER CHURCHES. 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There in every Indication of an enormoun movement of fropulation to the Columbia River region in the immediate future. LANDS SHOW an AVERAGE YIELD of 40 BI’SIIEIuS OF WHEAT PER ACRE. No Failure of Crop* ever known. RAILROAD LANDS offered nt the uniform rate oi *2.00 an Acre. CLIMATE MILO ANO HEALTHY. Fer pamphlel mid maps, descriptive of ronntry. Ito rewoiircee. climate, route of travel, rales nud full information, mlareea A. !•. STOKES, Gen’l Eastern Paaa’r Agent. AM Clark St., Chicago, HI. mustang! Survival of the Fittest.! A FAMILY MEDICIKR THAT HAS HKALwB MILLIONS DLRINO 35 TEAM! A BALM FOR EVERY WOUND Ofß MAN AND BEAST! ■ theoldestabestlinimentl EVER MADE IN AMERICA. sales larger than ever. I The Mexlcnn Mustang Liniment hasH been known for more than thirty-fiveM years ns the bv>tt of all Linlmenta, forß Man and Beast. Its sales today greH larger d>an ever. It cures when allH others fail, and penetrates skin, te.ndonH and muscle, to Uio very bouo, boldH everywhere. , O E.U. B* V TJCTIEN WRITING TO ADVERT! sKH< .W plsaM say ynn naw the ndvertlneteteM In thto paper.