Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1881 — Page 4

I CANNOT TELL YOV WHF. BY JOBEPHIHB POLLABD. When Robin came a-courtlng me, A comely youth wm he, While I was but a country !•••, As simple as could be ; I always blushed— was ill at eaae—• Whenever be was by; And felt so very, very queer, I cannot tell you why I The flowers he brought I hid away Within a secret nook ; He never guessed how dear they were, Or knew what pains I took To keep them long; and when they grew Quite faded, old, and dry, My tears fell on them like a dew, I cannot tell you why! Each gift he gave, each word he spoke To me was very dear ; And yet I was but half myself Whenever he was near; As restless as the startled fawn. As timid and as shy, I was—and yet he courted nqp, I cannot tell you why! Oh, there were maidens fair to see, Bedecked with many a gem, Who would have smiled delightedly Had Robin courted them ; And in those strangely pleasant days, I used to wonder why He slighted these, and chose instead A sweetheart such as L He seemed uncertain of his fate, Until one summer day He came and told me quietly, That he was going away; When I at once grew sick at heart, And thought that I should die; Oh, lovers, who are loath to part, Perhaps you’ll tell mo why! And then he urged me to become His wife without delay; As if-1 had been stricken dumb, I had no words'to say; My heart beat fast; my lips in vain Essayed to make reply; But Bobin did not go away— I need not toll you why.

THE SECRET LEGACY.

“You will obey this whim of your uncle’s ? You will allow a romantic sense of duty to destroy the happiness of two lives! ” Very passionately the words were spoken, and Leon Hartsberg paused in a hasty walk up and down the large draw-ing-room to comfort his betrothed with Hushing eyes and angry brow. He was tall and strong, handsome in a commanding style, with heavy brown beard and large brown eyes; a man who seemed born to lead—to be obeyed. And little Aida, small., delicately featured, blue -eyed and timid, was his very opposite; yielding, gentle, submissive. She was pale, with- eyes weary from long, painful watching at the sick-bed, and her pallid loveliness very pathetic. Yet she did not shrink from the flasliing eyes, but said firmly : “I promised Uncle Frank to wait one year for Elton’s return ! ” * ‘ But he asked more ! ” f‘ I promised nothing more. I love you, Leon, and will be true to you ! ” “And I am a selfish brute to doubt you,” Leon replied, in a sudden spasm of patience. “ But I had so hoped you would go with me to Brazil.” ’“This separation is very hard to me, Leon, but we will be faithful and patient. ” There was more lover’s talk, softspoken vows of constancy and hope, and then, after straining Aida to his heart in one long farewell embrace, Leon strode down the avenue to the gate and out upon the road, not daring to look back upon the tiny, black-robed figure watching him, not seeing his betrothed as she sank down beside the window, sobbing with all a maiden’s pain over the first love parting. She had not moved when a carriage drew hastily up the avenue, a middle-aged lady alighted, and came swiftly across the porch into the drawingroom. Not until a soft voice said : ‘ ‘Aida, child, lam here ! ” Did the weeping child stir ? Then she sprang to her feet with a cry of gladness. * ‘Aunty May at last. ” “Dear child, I came as fast as steam could bring me. Fortunately I was in London when your telegram came to my bankers. Tell me all, Aida.” “Not now. You must be tired. Come, your room is ready, and Margaret will be in ecstasy to see you. You must have some rest and then have some supper.” And not one sorrowfid word would Aida speak until her aunt was refreshed and rested. Then, with many tears, they spoke of the dead Frank Elton, who was Aida’s father’s brother, while Mrs. Mary Wharton was her mother’s sister, and now to be her own protectress ana comforter. But, after there had been a long confidential intercourse, Mrs. Wharton said :

“ Where is Leon Hartzberg ? ” ‘* He was here to-day. To-morrow he sails for Brazil, upon business for the firm employing him.” “But I thought that was to be your wedding trip. ” “We hoped so. But—at the last, Uncle Frank bound me by a promise to remain at Eltonglade one year before we gave up hope of Elton’s return.” “Elton Graham! Why, Aida, you surely do not expect him ! ” “I think he is dead. Uncle Frank must have thought so, too, for he made his will last winter, leaving me Eltonglade and his entire fortune. But, just before he died, he made a memorandum, a sort of will, and gave it to me. He made me promise to keep it, to show it to no one, unless within one year Elton Graham returns here. If he does lam to return to him the fortune I rejected when he left me here in anger six years ago.” “And you what—what will you have then ?” . * ‘ Nothing, unless ” —and Aida blushed 4“ I marry Elton. You know this is impossible; so if Elton returns, Leon will have a portionless bride.” “ Your Uncle Frank told me'years ago that you were betrothedtu"Elton when he went away.” “ Years ago, Auntie May, and I am not 22 ! It was because Elton refused to agree to this farce of betrothal and wanted to marry some one else that the quarrel arose with Uncle Frank.” “And until he comes you are a prisoner at Eltonglade ?” “Only one year. If he does not come before the 15th of next June I am free and heiress of Eltonglade.” The days passed quietly during the months that followed. Aida packed away the wedding garments her uncle’s sudden death had rendered useless, for the letters to and from Pernambuco be • came the one excitement of her quiet life. The year was drawing to a close when Leon Hartzberg sailed, upon the vessel employing him, for New York. Contrary to their custom, they carried a few passengers, and Leon felt his heart throb painfully when upon the list he read, “E. Graham and son.” “E. Graham !” he thought. “Can it be—pshaw! as if Graham was not as common a name almost as Smith or Jones!” And yet there was a fascination about the slender, pale man who, with a beautiful boy of 3 years old, came every day upon deck. He was not a communicative person, but there gradually grew up between the two such intimacy as often occurs where the monotony of ship life throws the passengers entirely upon each other’s mercy for amusement. “Not for my own sake,” he said, sadly, “but for Frank’s,” and he caressed the curly head upon his bosom. “My life’s pilgrimage is almost over; but I hope my uncle will be kind to Frank, and little Aida—my cousin, sir—will love him. ” “ You are a widower, then ?” “Yes. I married against my uncle’s will, and his parting curse seemed to follow me. My wife lived only four years, and died in Pernambuco of malarious fever. We had been wanderers from the first, seeking fortune but never finding it! I went to my uncle’s old friends, S. & Co., for employment, and they sent me to the coffee plantation that supplies their business. You are with them?” * '

— “ Their manager in the Pernambnco branch of the business.” “Do you know uncle ?" “Intimately.” But further words seemed impossible. It was already June. Only until the 15th was Aida bound by her promise. Never did sailor wish for fair winds more fervently than Leon for some delay to the vessel speeding homeward. Only let the 15th pass and Aida was free. It was evident that Elton was sinking everv day under the burden of some fatal illness, and the child could be Aida’s charge, if the date which imperiled her fortune were once safely passed. So, upon the broad ocean, and in the lovely home at Eltonglade, anxious hearts counted the sunny June days as they passed. Twenty-four hours before the momentous day, Elton Graham and Leon Hartzberg stood upon the porch at Eltonglade. There was no one waiting to welcome them, for they had sent no word forward, and the ladies had gone for a drive. But, while they waited, Leon, with a pale face and resolute eye, said to his friend : “ You wondered at my haste in leaving New York ?” “Not after you told me you were betrothed to my Cousin Aida. ” “Yet, I could have come here alone, leaving you to gain the rest you need so much and follow me. It needed some urgency to persuade you to undertake another journey.” “I am very weak and ill,” was the gentle apology. ‘ ‘ True, and I seemed needlessly urgent. But you must understand before night why your interests and those of your boy require you to be here to-day.” “ You speak solemnly ! And yet when I saw Mr. Wilson in New York he assured me that my uncle’s will gives Aida everything. ” “They are coming.” And just as Aida said to her aunt: “ Only one more day, Auntie May, and all this lovely home is mine,” she looked up and saw Elton Graham standing on the porch, and a lovely boy playing horse witha walking stick. Leonhad stepped into the drawing-room through the low French window, unable fully to control his agitation. There was the usual bustle of excitement, welcomes spoken, some tears shed, and Aida felt Leon’s arm holding her in close embrace. But when they were all quiet once more Aida spoke: “ Cousin Elton, I have a letter in trust for you. A letter that will be valueless after to-morrow, but to-day gives you my uncle’s fortune,” and in a few words ■she told her cousin of her uncle’s dying bequest. “You knew of this?” Elton asked, turninc to Leon. “ I did ! It was because I knew it that I deprived you of necessary rest in New York.” “ Only one little day,” murmured Elton. “ But Mr. Wilson told me nothing. ” “ No one living knows of the trust but Leon and Aunt May,” said Aida, “I will get you the letter. ” She left the room hastily. Now that the dreaded moment had come, she realized bitterly how the loss would torture her. To leave Eltonglade, to follow Leon to Brazil, perhaps to die there as Elton’s wife had done. This was the future before her, instead of the ease and happiness of the past year, the power to let Leon choose whatever occupation he would. It needed some moments of struggle for Aida to summon sufficient self-con-trol to return to the drawing-room, but when sire did Leon was alone.

“ Your cousin has gone to the library,” he said, “ and will return here. Little one, did I do wrong to hasten our journey ?” “ No, Leon, you could not act dishonorably. But—” and she drew a long, quivering sigh, “it is hard.” “ Very hard; but I am young and strong, and in good business. We will not suffer.” “Not unless,” faltered Aida—“ see how the climate of Brazil has injured Elton, and his wife died there.” “ Then I will take a lower position and salary here. Do not despond, Aida.” “I do not. Love is better than fortune, and we have each other.” As she spoke, her cousin Elton entered the room with an open letter in his hand. Silently he read his uncle’s letter, and then deliberately and slowly tore it into minute pieces. Before Aida recovered from her amazement, he handed her the paper he held. “I trust to your generosity to sign this,” he said, “and to your kindness to let me die at home.” The paper contained a written promise binding Aida to support little Frank Graham till he attained his majority, and then to give him $20,000 to start in life. “It is all I ask, Aida,” said Elton, gently, “ for my uncle’s will is only justice to you, who never gave him an hour’s pain. I only hope for myself to see you happily married before I go to join my dear Laura.” The hope was granted, and in the soft air of Eltonglade, with the kindest of care lavished upon him, Elton Graham lived through the summer and fall, sinking to rest when the first snows covered the earth. A.nd Leon and Aida, surrounded by their children, with Aunt Mary to pet them all, gave to Frank Graham the love and care they gave their own boys, and hold as a sacred trust the paper Aida signed when Elton destroyed his uncle’s secret trust, never regretting that the wanderer returned to die at home.

A Typical New Mexican.

Top boots, trousers, a blue flannel shirt and a loose coat were ordinary enough, but his head was surmounted with a gray sombrero that in width of brim has never been equaled save by Jhe pretty chorus singers of “ Pinafore ” and the “Pirates.” That hat sat back on his head until the brim covered his shoulders and the cord and ornaments of the crown, being of solid gold wire and spangles, brings the value of this extravagant head-gear up to $l5O. Neither Aimee and Georgette, Virot or the other concoctors of French bonnets ever sent out a spring bonnet that equaled this sombrero in price. He wore a careless knotted necktie and row of big gold nuggets for shirt-studs, and below them swung a watch-chain composed of gold coins ranging from the largest slugs and S2O pieces down to an insignificant $2.50 coin. The watch at the end of the chain is heavy enough to use for a weapon, with its massive cases of gold. This walking gold mine carrier off all his magnificence with the most indifferent and half-contemptuous air. On occasion he is said to be capable of even more gorgeousness ; and. when this show-figure of Santa Fe is mounted on a little black horse, rattling with all the silver and blazing with all the wrought colors of Mexican trappings, it is enough to dazzle one. With huge silver spurs, an embroidered buckskin suit, a belt full of silver-mounted weapons and a fringed and embroidered blanket strapped to the saddle, he slatters through these narrow streets quite as the wild Western heroes dp in novels.— Santa Fe letter.

Masculine Dress.

Our adoption of British fashions is as uncomfortable as it is silly. Americans should dress in the French fashion, as the climate of the two countries more closely approximates. Furthermore, we are more like the French in physique, manners and tastes. But, outside of New York, a man dressed in the French style, loose trousers, gay-colored gaiters, flowing necktie and loose cuffs, is something of an exhibition that all classes of promcnaders, from grave to gay, take tlie utmost latitude in staring out of

countenance and saluting with comments, from lively to severe. The Parisian charm of Parisian promenades is the perfect catholicity of taste displayed. The Parisian claims the right of emphasizing his individuality in dress, and he admits the same right in others. You shall see sauntering along the broad walks the costumes of all nations—but no man stares, even should the turbaned Turk, the gaberdined Israelite or the winged gowns of the Orientals pass in the procession.

VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS.

A table-spoonful of turpentine boiled with your white clothes will greatly aid in the whitening process. Boiling starch is much improved by the addition of sperm, or salt, or both, or a little gum arabic dissolved. The easiest method of removing rust from iron is rubbing it with a rag dipped in oil of tartar. The rust will disappear immediately. A couple of ounces of carbolic acid to three quarts of water, sprinkled over the poultry-house through the fine nose of a watering-pot, once in three or four weeks, will, it Is slid, destroy lice and other parasites. Beeswax and salt will make your rusty flat-irons 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 first with the wax- rag, then scour with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt. To fix pencil marks so that they will not rub out, take well-skimmed milk and dilute with an equal bulk of water. Wash the pencil marks (whether writing or drawing) with the liquid, using a soft flat eamel’s-hair brush, and avoid all rubbing. Place it upon a flat board to <hy. Renovating Oil Cloth.—Oil cloth washed in hot water or in soapsuds, or with a brush, will look dingy when dry, and soon ers ck and peel off; but when always washed in luke-warm water with a piece of soft old flannel, and wiped perfectly dry each time, will last longer and retain its young looks down to old age ; it greatly improves its appearance to use half milk and half water. Skim milk, if not sour, is just as good as new milk. This makes oil cloth look as if varnished. Neither soap, hot water or brush should ever be used on it.

To Clean Matting.—ln cleaning matting wash twice during the summer with salt and water—a pint of salt to half a pailful of warm, soft water ; dry quickly with a clean soft cloth. Treated in this way the matting will not grow yellow. Or, if preferred, apply a thin coat of varnish to the matting. That will make it more durable-and greatly improve its appearance. If varnished, it will not need washing. Now and then wipe with a wet cloth and dry quickly. Use white varnish on white matting. Be sure and have the varnish thin or the matting will crack. How to Wash the Face. —Many people object to the use of soap, disliking the shiny, polished appearance it gives, but any who use Dr. Wilson’s directions will find that objection removed. They are as follows : '“Fill your basin about twothirds full of fresh water ; dip your face in the water and then your hands. Soap the hands well and pass the soaped hands with gentle friction over,the whole face. Having performed this part of the operation the face in the water a second time and rinse it completely. You may add very much to the luxury of the latter part of the operation by having a second basin ready with fresh water to perform a tina rinse. ”

Cyrus W. Field’s Trip Around the World.

By steamer from San Francisco to Yokohama, 68,000 inhabitants ; twentyeight miles by rail to Tokio, 1,000,000 inhabitants ; back to Yokohama ; 200 miles by steamer to Kobe, 8,000 inhabitants ; twenty-two miles by rail to Osaka, 500,000 inhabitants; and by the most beautiful inland sea to Nagasakai, 70,000 inhabitants. Then, leaving Japan, by steamer across the Yellow sea to Shanghai, 250,000 inhabitants; by steamer on the Cliina sea to Hong Kong, 125,000 inhabitants, and by river seventy-five miles to Canton. Then, leaving China, by steamer on the China sea to Saigor, 90,000 inhabitants, in Cochin China. Then by steamer on the same sea to Singapore, 100,000 inhabitants, and by steamer throng] i the Straits of Malacca to Pehang, 60,000 inhabitants, both cities of the Malay peninsula. Then up the Bay of Bengal to Maulmain, 55,000 inhabitants ; by the same bay to Rangoon, 90,000 inhabitants. Then leaving British Burmah by steamer across the Bay of Bengal to India, landing at Calcutta, 895,000 inhabitants. Then 390 miles by rail to Benares, 175,000 inhabitants ; by rail 350 miles to Agra, 150,000 inhabitants ; by rail 115 miles to Delhi, 155,000 inhabitants; by rail 300 miles to Allahabad, 105,000 inhabitants, and by rail 600 miles to Bombay, 650,000 inhabitants. Then across the Arabian sea 1,800 miles to Arabia, landing at Aden, 5,000 inhabitants. Then 1,500 miles through the Red sea to Egypt, landing at Suez, 15,000 inhabitants ; by rail 76 miles to Cairo, 350,000 inhabitants, and by rail 112 miles to Alexandria, 100,000 inhabitants. From Alexandria to Italy, sailing about 1,300 miles across the Mediterranean to Naples, 450,000 inhabitants ; than to Marseilles, 320,000 inhabitants ; then along the French coast by rail twenty miles beyond Nice to Mentone, famous as a sanitary resort. From Mentone to Paris, to London, to Liverpool, down the Irish channel to Queenstown, and. then to New York, having done zigzag enough to make a journey of nearly 30,000 statute miles.

The Grand Duke’s Tallow Candle.

From many amusing anecdotes of the Russian imperial family related in the late Karl Bender’s memoirs, is the following highly characteristic story of the eccentric Grand Duke Constantine, Czar Alexander’s eldest uncle. While residing at Warsaw, Constantine gave a splendid banquet to a number of the great Polish nobles, to each of whom, at the conclusion of the feast, an ordinary tallow candle was served on a plate by the attendant lacqueys. As soon as all his guests were supplied with these peculiarly unappetizing objects, the Grand Duke, who had given orders that an imitation candle, admirably executed in marchpane, should be placed upon his plate, rose from his seat and exclaimed : “Gentlemen, let us eat, to the honor of Russia, the favorite national comestible of my country. Look at me. This is the way to do it.” So saying, he threw back his head, opened his mouth wide, and inserted therein two inches or so of the dainty in question. As he closed his teeth, however, the expression of his countenance suffered an extraordinary exchange. One of the noblemen, sitting in his immediate vicinity, had contrived to substitute his own genuine tallow candle for the marchpane imitation set before the Grand Duke, who, not choosing to betray himself to his guests, found himself condemned to chew at least one copious mouthful of good Russian tallow as an example to all the victims of his detestable jest, none of whom dared to abstain doing as the terrible Constantine did. It is needless to say that the dexterous appropriates of the marchpane candle, while devouring that toothsome article with a joyful heart, baffled suspicion by the most hideous visual contortions expressive of loathing and nausea.

Matter-of-fact hair-dresser—“ How will you have it—short?” Customer—- “ Well, not as if I had just come out, you know. As if I had been out u fortnight.’’

USEFUL HINTS.

Cold rain water and soap will remove machine grease from washable fabrics. Kerosene will make your tea-kettle as bright as new. Saturate a woolen rag and rub with it. It will also remove stains from the clean, varnished furniture. Simple and tasteful table-covers for bedrooms may be made of pale blue Canton flannel trimmed with antique lace, or with velvet ribbon featherstitched on and finished with fringe made of blue split zephyr or Shetland wool. This is worth trying: Take half a teaspoonful of black pepper in powder, one teaspoonful of brown sugar and one teaspoonful of cream. Mix them well together and place them in a room on a plate where flies are troublesome and they will very soon disappear. An exchange says : “To clean out a stove-pipe, place a piece of zinc on the live coals in the stove. The vapor produced by the zinc will carry off the soot by chemical decomposition. Persons who have tried the process claim it will work every time. ” To revive old kid gloves make a thick mucilage by boiling a handful of flax seed ; add a little dissolved soap; then, when the mixture cools, with a piece of white flannel wipe the gloves, previously fitted to the hand ; use only enough to take off the dirt, without wetting through the glove. Recipe for making eau de cologne: To 3 pints of alcohol of 25 degrees add 12 j drachms oil of lemon, 1J drachms oil’of orange, 2 j drachms oil of cedrat, 1| drachms of vervain, 21 drachms oil of bergamot, 2} drachms oil of mint, 5 drachms oil of lavender, If drachms oil of white thyme, 2 drachms oil of Portugal, If drachms oil of rosemary, Bounces tincture of ambretta, and 1 pound eau de melisse. Mix well in a bottle, and after standing six hours add 2 j drachms tincture of ambergris. Then filter until clear. Very pretty vases can be made from long-necked bottles as follows : Saturate candle wicking or string with kerosene, wrap it around the bottle twice, and tie it, placing it where you want the neck of the bottle broken off. Light the wick all round, and in a few minutes a crackling noise will be heard, which tells you that the bottle is severed in two, and will leave you an article shaped like a tumbler. It is preferable to have them as long as possible, unless you desire more than one. If so, two tall ones and one about two-thirds their size make a pretty set. Cut out bands of gold paper and paste around near the top and bottom, also a circle for the center. Or, if you desire, they can be painted any color and ornamented with gilt stars and embossed pictures, after the manner of decorating pottery. [From the Des Moines (Iowa) State Register.] We notice the following in an exchange: Mr. G. B. Haverer, foreman N.Y. & N. 11. 8. B. Co., suffered for eight days with terrible pain in the back, almost to distraction, until he heard of and used St. Jacobs Oil, one bottle of which cured him completely.

Spoopendyke Starts a Fire.

“Mr. Spoopenkyke!” called Mrs. Spoopendyke from the head of the stairs the morning after the sardines had been disposed of. “ Mr. Spoopendyke!” she called again a shrill falsetto. The only answer from the bed was a loud snore. “ Mr. Spoop—-” “Well, holler again!” yelled Mr. Spoopendyke, springing up in bed. ‘ ‘ What ails you? Think I’m deaf in one ear and can’t hear out of the other? Think I—” “Why, no, my dear, but I thought you might be asleep. You know I called you twice before you answered. I don’t think you heard me.” “ Did hear you, too, but I thought it was a fish horn. All it would take to make a steam whistle of you would be a iocojUutive to put you on. Do you want anything?” “The fire in the furnace has gone' out,” said Mrs. S. “Oh, has it?” yelled Mr. S., and he dropped over and laid his nose against the wall. “What has it gone out for, to take a walk? Gone down to hear the news? Gone to Washington? S’pose I'm going to get up and start it this time of night?” ‘ ‘ But it’s six o’clock, and I have been up an hour.” Mr. Spoopendyke bounced out of bed, caught up his coat and tried to get his feet into the sleeves. Mrs. S. went down stairs to get the kindling. Presently Mr. S. came down and stalked to the woodshed. A few moments he called his wife to know whore she kept the saw. “ Why, where did you put it when you had it last ?” “Oh, I dug a hole in the garden and. buried it, then I planted cabbage over its grave. Don’t think I swallowed it, do you? Going to find that saw? Oh, you’ve got it, have you? Where did you find it? Here, give it to me,” and he grabbed it and sawed his fingers across the teeth to see how sharp it was. Every tooth left its mark. He dropped it on his toes with a yell of despair, and howled and danced around the room as if he had a small dog at his heels. “Did it hurt you, dear?” asked Mrs. S., sympathetically. “No, dod gast it, of course it didn’t hurt, I’m just dancing to keep warm, just trying to work off my spirits, you know. ” And with a terrible grin he grabbed his saw and started to file it. Just as the family were sitting down to breakfast, Mr. S. walked in with a basket of charcoal and his saw. “Come to breakfast,” said his wife, “I have started the fire.” “Why, have you, my dear? Where did you get the kindling ?” “I split up a board I found in the barn.” “The deuce you did, you’ll ruin me yet. Did you know that was black walnut and I paid a dollar for it? O, you ought to have been a business man. All it would take to make a Jay Gould of you would be a hatful of United States bonds and a few railroads. ” And Mr. S. helped himself to a plate of beefsteak, and let his victuals stop his mouth.

Toodles Always Kept a. Coffin

in his house. Had he lived now he would have kept Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.

Ruined by a Hair.

Hannibal Hamlin failed of an election the first time he was a candidate for United States Senator in consequence of a practical joke he once played. Some years before he was a candidate he was Speaker of the Maine Assembly. In that body was a gentleman of great fastidiousness as to dress and personal appearance. His hair was growing thin on top, but he labored to conceal this by carefully plastering it down with bandolines and cosmetics. One day Speaker Hamlin called him to the desk and said, in what he intended to be a very funny way: “Blank, old fellow, I just wanted to tell you that you’ve got one of your hairs crossed above the other on top. ” The man looked dazed for an instant, and then saying: “You insult me, sir; you insult me!” retired iu high dudgeon. When Hamlin was a candidate for Senator this man was a member of the State Senate. Hamlin’s friends numbered twelve, and those opposed to him thirteen, counting this man, who, though he belonged to the same party as Hamlin, steadily refused to vote for him, and the other man was elected.— Anecdotes of Hannibal Hamlin.

About 4,000 persons are employed in the United States in the manufacture of matches.

[From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican.] Edgar T. Page. Esq., druggist, writes us from Chicopee Falls, that Mr. Albert Guenther, under Wild’s Hotel, has used that remarkable remedy, St. Jacobs Oil, lor a severe case of rheumatism and it cured him as if by magic. He also used it with great success among his horses, in cases of sprains, sores, etc., and it cured every time.

Building up Ladies Forms.

Clara Belle went to one of the most fashionable New York dressmakers, and asked her to state frankly whether it was or was not common to “build up, or round out the forms of her customers. ” “Oh, my, yes,” the artist replied, “but not in the way that is generally supposed. There is a current libel against our sex that we pad. our busts. The truth is, I solemnly assure you, that such a thing is not done more than one in twenty, on the average, simply because it is not needed. The desire to swell like a pigeon is not common in the female breast, and I hear more complaint of too much in that matter than of too little. The chief trouble with female forms, as every dressmaker knows, is irregularity. The number of women whose two sides do not correspond is wonderful. Sometimes one shoulder is higher than the other, sometimes the hip is bigger, and sometimes the whole figure is awry. Perhaps men are misshapen, but, if so, their clothing is not such as to reveal small deformities. Women’s dress, however, in this era of clinging garments, reveals every imperfection, unless art comes to Nature’s help. The first tiling I do when about to fit a dress, is to critically examine the shape of the wearer. .If the two sides of her are not unlike, I pad out the hollows. The public little suspects how many women wear a cushion on one shoulder or hip. Having secured a smooth, uniform foundation, I can lay on the finery with good effect. Of course we can’t do much for a fleshy woman. In her case all depends on how much girting in at the waist she can bear, and how much depression by an abdominal corset. But a thin woman can in nearly every instance be greatly improved, tn the first place, her body usually lacks taper. Though it is charmingly small at the belt line, it has a disenchanting absence of swell above and below. We therefore pad her dress waist at the sides, beginning thick at her armpits and thinning gradually downward, and also build out on her hips. She becomes delusive, but far more shapely. If she will not be persuaded out of wearing tight sleeves, we have to hide her scrawniness of arms by padding shoulder to elbow. The one thing we can’t hide is stooping, and that is a sadly common defect in American women. Round backs are distressingly numerous, and what can we do for them? Nothing at all. I feel sometimes like putting them asoak, and then strapping them flat on a board, papoose fashion, in the hope of straightening them. Parents ought to look sharp after their little girls in this particular, and put braces on them if necessary.

Bow to Make Yourself Unhappy.

In the first place, if you want to make yourself miserable, be selfish ; think all the time of yourself and your things; don’t care about anything else; have no feelings for any but yourself; never think of enjoying a satisfaction of seeing others happy, but rather, if you see a smiling face, be jealous lest another should enjoy what you have not; envy every one who is better off in any respect than yourself, think unkindly toward them and speak lightly of them. Be constantly afraid lest some one should encroach upon your rights ; be watchful against it, and if any one comes near your things snap at them like a mad dog. Contend earnestly for everything that is your own, though it may not be worth a pin. Never yield a point. Be very sensitive, and take everything that is said to you in playfulness in the most serious manner. Be jealous of your friends lest they should not think enough of you ; and if at any time they should seem to neglect you, put the worst construction upon their conduct.

“ Rough on Rats.”

Ask Druggists for it . It clears out rats, mice, roaches, bed-bugs, flies, vermin, insects. 15c.

Eilekt’B Extract of Tar and Wild Cherkt has been used for twenty years, and during that time has saved many very valuable lives. Do not neglect a cough or cold until it is too late. Try this 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.

Indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration and all forms of general debility relieved by taking Mensman’s Peptonized Beef Tonic, the only preparation of beef containing its entire nutritious properties. It contains blood-mak-ing, force-generating and life-sustaining properties; is invaluable in ail enfeebled conditibns, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, overwork or acute disease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary cainplaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York.

Have you Kidney troubles ? The case is very far gone that does not yield unto a permanent cure, and in a rapid manner, under the use of Dii. Holman’s Renal or Kidney Pad and Absorptive Plasters. Have you Rash, Itch, or any species of skiu diseases i? Why not remove the cause— Blood Poison—by absorption through the use of the only common-sense remedy, Dr. Holman’s Liver and Stomach Pad '?

Uncle Sam's Condition Powders are recommended by stock-owners who ha)ffe used them as the best Horse and Cattle Medicine to be had. If the animal is Scraggy, Spiritless, or has no appetite, these Powders are Un excellent remedy, and every owner of stock will do well to try them. They are prepared by the Emmert Proprietary Co., Chicago, 111., a very reliable firm, and sold by all good druggists.

What is beautiful ? Why, Carboline, a deodorized extract of petroleum, as now improved and perfected. Clear as spring water, delightfully perfumed and will not soil the finest linen fabric—a perfect toilet preparation and lately makes the hair grow on bald heads.

Headache, bilious attacks, dizziness, and loss of appetite, are cured by Kidney-Wort. Rosenthal Bros., Chicago, make the diamond boots and shoes, the best made. Try them.

HENRY’S CARBOLIC SALVE Is the BEST SALVE for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all kinds of Skin Eruptions, Freckles and Pimples. Get HENRY’S CARBOLIC SALVE, as all others are counterfeits. Price, 25 cents. DR. GREEN’S OXYGENATED BITTERS Is the best remedy for Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Malaria, Indigestion, and Diseases of the Blood, Kidneys, Liver, Skin, etc. DURNO’S CATARRH SNUFF cures all affections of the mucous membrane, of the head and throat. DR. MOTT’S LIVER PILLS are the best Cathartic Regulators. HOSTETTER fcifreßS The Traveler who wisely Provides against the contingency of illness by taking with him Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, has occasion to congratulate himself on hie foresight when he sees others, who have neglected to do so, suffering from some one of the maladies for which it is a remedy and preventive. Among these are fever and ague, biliousness, constipation and rheumatism, diseases often attendant upon a change of climate or unwonted diet sale by all Druggist* end Dealer* generally,

PERRY DAVIS’ Paia-Kita A BAFE AND SURE REMEDY FOR Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramps, Cholera, Diarrhoea, Dysentery. Sprains AND Bruises, Burns AND Scalds, Iccthacte Headache. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. IRON TONIC Is a preparation of Protoxide of Iron, Peruvian Bark and the Phosphates, associated with the Vegetable Aromatics. Endorsed by the Medical Profession, and recommended by them for Dyspepsia, Genoral Debility, Female Diseases, Want of Vitality, Nervous Prostration, Convalescence from Fevers and Chronic Chillsaud Fever. Itservea every purpose where a tonic is necessary. Manufactured by The Dr. Harter Medicine Co., St Louii The following Is one of ths very many testimonials we are receiving daily: Gentlemen:— Some three months ago I began ths use of Dr. Harter’s Iron Tonic, upon the advice of mar.y friends who knew its virtues. I was suffering from general debility to such an extent that my labor was exceedingly burdensome to me. A vacation of a month did not give me much relief, but on the contrary, was followed by increased prostration and sinking chills. At this time I began the use of your Iron Tonic, from which I realized almost Immediate and wonderful results. The old energy returned and I found that my natural force was not permanently abated. I have used three bottles of the Tonic. Since using it I have done twice the labor that I ever did in the same time during my Illness, and with double the ease. With the tranquil nerve and vigor of body, has come also a clearness of thought never before enjoyed. If the Tonic has not done the work, I know not what. I give It the credit. Most gratefully yours, J. P. WATSOk, Troy, O , Jan. 2, 1878. Pastor Christian Church. For Sale by Druggists General Dealers Everywhere

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MRS. LVDU E. PIHKHIM, OF LYNN, MISS., XmXK © E “ 5 S. > f o » Ml < x 5 .... , £ “ - HL 1 'jffl MHf’ 5 i. Im, ; o ./T, 5 3t-J-LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S VEGETABLE COMPOUND.

Is a Positive Cure ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■*= for all tho»c Painful Complaints and Weaknesses soeommon to our beet female population. It will cure entirely the worst form of Female Complaints, all ovarian troubles, Inflammation and Ulcera tion. Falling and Displacements, and the consequent Spinal Weakness, and 1* particularly adapted to the Change of Life. It will dissolve and expel tumors from the uterUH in an early stage of development. The tendency io cancerous humors there Is checked very speedily by its use. It removes faint ness, flatulency, destroys all craving for stimulants, end relieves weakness of the stomach. It cures Bloating, Headaches, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Sleeplessness, Depression and Indigestion. That feeling of hearing down, causing pain, weight and backache, Is always permanently cured by Its use. It will at all times and under all circumstances act in harmony with the laws that govern the female system. For the cure of Kidney Complaints of either sex this Compound Is unsurpassed. LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S VEGETABLE COMPOUND is prepared at 233 and 235 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass. Price sl. Six bottle*for $5. Sent by mail in the form of pills, also in the form of lozenges, on receipt of price, $1 per box for cither. Mrs. Pinkham freely answers all letters of Inquiry. Send for pamphlet. Address ae above. Mention this Paper. No family should be without LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S LIVER PILLS. They cure constipation, billou«aee* a smd torpidity of the liver. 25 cent* per box. tfg- Sold by sill Drnggletß- *CB *vns ITU !• mighty. n>. »»* IrlUin Mly” Prof. MARTIN El ik.Gr.G / •pinuh Btrr lh<l "Wißwd will fer K> mdU wIM m«» / \ hoight, wUr of bd4 lo«k »f hair. Mud a oobrict/ > FiCTVRB of TOUT fatuv* husbaad or wife, ptybologleaUv J/A . CfldifltU, with aam«, tin* and pia«« *r Kutinc, and te •< narriag*. Maney returned te all not satisfied. ▲ddNM PrefTL MarMwea, W Ment’y Pl. Baiten. Maa.

D"METTAURS • Dr. METTAUR’S HEADACHE PILLS cure most wonderfully in a very short time both SICK and NERVOUS HEADACHE; and while acting on the nervous system, cleanse the stomach of excess of bile, producing a regular healthy action of the bowels. • •HEADACHE A fall size box of these valuable PILLS, with full directions for a complete cure, mailed to any address on receipt of nine three-cent postage stamps. For sale by all druggists at 25c. Sole Proprietors, BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY, Baltimore, Md. L« •' •■ • PILLS NHTATH! ABIT.TOB! MtUTWI THE MOST PERFECT THRESHER AND SAVER MADE. J. I. CASE THRESHING MACHINE CO., RACINE, WIS. FARM ENGINES.-Portable and Tractlon-8, 10, IS, 16. and »Q-Herse. NEPARATORS.Agtator, Eclipse, Apron.-20to 40-Inch Cylinder*. HORNE POWERS.—4-Wheel, Double Pinion Woodbury. Best In the World. Maks Mors and 8«U Moro ThrssWagMgohtaas than sa/Main I*4 for Cataitfso—lt cssUl.tkUg,

HOLMAN’S PAD cures Q Simply Without ft Vji by NEDICINEUmMJ Absorption TtAMMAU.' The Only True Malarial Antidote. Du. Holman’* Pa» la ao fu*»*-work r*ns*4y—so feeble tentative experiment —ne purloin** hodg* pedee X aomo ether Inventor’* idee ; it ie the ori(gln*l auaffi omly *mnulnm Carggtlvm (*ad, the only remedy that h*» an hoa-«»tly-»cqulr*d right teuee the title-word “l*®rt** in connection with a treatment for chronic diaeaaee of the MemaoA, L4oor ansi By a recently perfected improvement Da. Holman hoc greatly incroaeed the ecope of the Pad’a neefulnoee, and appreciably augmented it* active curative power. Thie great improvement give* Holman’* Paw (with it* Adjuvant*) aueh complete and unfailing control over the meet pereietent and unyielding forme of Chronic DIBOMe of the •tomacl* and XJvmr, aa well ao Malarial ■laDd-rolaonin*, at to amply justify the eminent Pro/eeeer Leomie’ high encomium: "1TI» A Univbr*al Panacea, than ahyihlku in Maaioixa 1” The euceoee of Holman’* PAMhaeintplredim.Hatore who offer Fade eimilar in form and odor te the f outline HOLMAN PAD, Beware of tbaaa Blogne and Imitation Pad*, gotten up to cell on the reputation of the GENHNB HOLMAN PAD. Kach Oouulne Holman Pad bear* the private Meveuue stamp of «>• HOLMAN PAD COMPANY with the above Trade Merh printed in green. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGIBTB, Or aent by mail, poet-paid on receipt of ffia.oo. HOLMAN PAD CO., s [P. 0. Bose Mil] Broadway, N. V. UPor Chills and Fovor AND ALL DISKABBS Oaueed by Malarial Poleoutnr of the Blood. A WARRANTED CURE. Price, & 1 -00. For Bale by all Drugglrta For Two Generations The good and staunch old stand-by, MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT, has done more to assnage pain, relieve suffering, and save the lives of men and beasts than all other liniments put together. Why! Because the Mustang penetrates through skin and flesh to the very bone, driving out all pain and soreness and morbid secretions, and restoring the afflicted part to sound and supple health. Battle Creek, Michigan, MANUFAOTUBKBa O> THX ONLY OXNUimi THRESHERS, Traction and Plain Engines and Horse-Powers. MoetCompleteThreeher Factory l Established la the World. J 1848 ft VE ADQ °f oontinuous and essooesefulbust, J*l I uMnOnsss, without oIi&hko or I O A management, or location, to ‘‘book up” the ZZ.— broad warranty given on all our goods, STEAM-POWER SEPARATORS *a4 Complete Steam Ftn«s< Tractlonunsrlnro and Plain Encinas over aeon In the American market. A multitude of tpecial foatwrot and for 1881, together with superior qualities in ooiwlrwe. tion and materials not droemed Of bv other luakem Four glzee of Heperetore, from « to 18 horeo capacity,/"or steam or horse power. Two styles of •* Mounted ’’ FB>ryo-Powere. 7,500,000 constantly on band, from which in built the um comparable wood-work of our maomnary TRACTION ENGINES Strongett, niotl durublo.and ovor / made. 8, 10$ 13 Horae Power. ■/ Farmers and Threshermen are Invited tn inventlKato thia match)... Tnreehlng Machinery. Circular* sent free. Addrees NICHOLS, BHEPARD A CO. Battle Creek, Mlohlaan* O. N. U. No. 88 WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS. ’V plenee eay you eaw the udvertlecsnent in thie paper.