Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1882 — Page 4

A COAT TAX.E. BI H. C. DODGK. Old Tommy Taylor, tailor and Retailer, doth retail Old army coate and coate of alma, And also costa of male. With coat of paint he paints his costa Of arms above his door; His motto is, •' I sew the tares, Sew all my rip the more.” He’ll press a suit and suit a press Of business, while keeping An eye on those around him, and An iron clothes a creeping. He is an artist tailor and His artist work, he’ll tell. Is getting pay from customers Until he custom well. When ere his sewing was a lot His owing was a dttle, And though ill fits he never got He often got a fit ill. He seldom tore his clothes, although He’d often close bis store, • And then he’d eye his clothes a while, Then close his eyes and snore. To thread a little needle He would needle little thread; When cutting dandy’s suit he’d say, “ This scissor cut I dread.” In winter he invests in vesta ; In summer panta in panta; In spring he sews some seedy things; In fail he rips, perchance. He would make breeches of the piece Which he was bound to keep, But none cared for his little fleece Because his goods were sheep.

MARGARET OF ANJOU.

The Record of a Stormy Life. From her cradle to her grave, Margaret of Anjou—the last of our Provencal Queens —was the heroine of tempestuous misfortune and romance, and for five-and-twenty years played a conspicuous part in England’s history. During her sojourn among the English arose that deadly feud between the rival houses of York and Lancaster, which culminated in the terribly devastating “ War of the Roses.” Thus Margaret’s position as an English Queen consort was one of constant anxiety, danger and difficulty ; occasionally relieved, it is true, by a few brilliant gleams of royal splendor and sunshine—gleams that only served to bring into greater prominence her overwhelming calamities. The illustrious King Rene of Anjou, rich in titles but not in wealth, was the father of the peerless Margaret; while her mother, Isabella, was adirectdescendant of the renowned Charlemagne, and a Princess highly endowed with beauty, eloquence, energy and virtue. Princess Margaret was born 23rd of March, 1423, at Pont-a Mousson—her mother’s do werpalace, one of the grandest castles in Lorraine. When but 2 years old the baby Princess commenced her apprenticeship to sorrow and adversity ; for at this early age her father was taken captive while engaged in a struggle respecting her mother’s patrimony in Lorraine; and the anxious and distraught Isabella, while clasping Margaret to her breast, gave veut to her grief in tears and low murmurs of alarm. Margaret was twice betrothed daring her infancy, firstly to the Count St. Pol, secondly to the Count de Nevers; but both these projected alliances fell through. When a little over 14 years of age her youthful attractions were the theme of general admiration. “ The courts of France ahd Burgundy rang with her charms,” "the learned chronicler, BarantO, declared. “ There was no Princess in Christendom more accomplished than my Lady Margaret of Anjou.” T4je young bachelor King, Henry VI. of England, having heard of her peerless beauty and lofty spirit, sent a trusty emissary to the .Court of Lorraine to obtain a portrait of her. The gentleman of Anjou intrusted with the duty of presenting the picture to the English monarch described in glowing terms the many attractions of this incomparable Princess, and his report was well seconded by the painting. Both Henry’s great uncle, Cardinal Beaufort, and Margaret’s uncle, Charles VII. of France, lent their influence in supporting Henry’s choice. The Cardinal in particular was very anxious for the alliance. He had educated his royal nephew, and he saw clearly enough that Henry was lamentably deficient in energy and decision of character ; and, as Margaret possessed these requisites in a marked degree, he hoped her influence in these respects would prove beneficial for the King. At the same time he also hoped her youth and inexperience would render her a valuable instrument in promoting his own political influence and power. “The darling of the people,” Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, uncle to the young King, was opposed to this alliance with Margaret; consequently Cardinal Beaufort and the Duke were at an issue as to the choice of a consort for their royal kinsman. Henry himself, however, was deeply enamored by her pictured charms. He resolved to obtain Margaret at whatever cost; and, as King Bene demanded the cession of Maine and Anjou as the price of his daughter’s hand, Henry readily agreed to the sacrifice, only too pleased to secure this “dowerless bride whose beauty and merits were allowed to outweigh all the riches in the world.” The Duke of Suffolk, accompanied by his Duchess and a brilliant train of the nobility, was dispatched to France “to espouse the Lady Margaret of Anjou, as proxy for his sovereign.” The festivities, lasting eight days, were carried out with great magnificence. At the close of the festivities Margaret took most affectionate leave of her parents, kindred and friends; and the lively emotions called forth on her departure for England in the charge of the Duke aud Duchess of Suffolk were eloquent of the love and admiration universally felt for her. Her landing in England was heralded by a terrific storm. “The cliffs of Albion were first visible to her amid flashes of lightning, and the shores resounded with peals of thunder.” On arriving at Southampton she was seized with a dangerous illness—supposed to have been small-pox—and the anxious young King awaited her recovery with the greatest impatience. The beautiful Margaret, then in her •15th year, even suffered from poverty, both in her own home and in that of her adopted country. Miss Strickland relates: AVHer bridal wardrobe was so scantily furnished that King Henry was under the necessity of supplying her with array suitable to a Queen of England before she could appear in that character.” The impoverished state of the national treasury—censed chiefly by the disastrous wars with France and the unsettled state of the country—added to King Henry’s difficulties in raising the necessary funds to meet the expenses upon his marriage. “He was compelled to pawn nearly all his private and household plate, many of the 'eing pledged to his great uncle, Cardinal Beaufort” 22d of April, 1445, the royal ere celebrated at Tichfield great splendor, and on the following Margaret was Vestminster, when “ a held which lasted three upying the entire space i Yard and the Sanct*f Gloucester, findHenry’s marriage en useless, was >at the young sy and mendargaret was much of a srlook his > e * Her imved her eA V" ? likes fce«\Al* tno less

spirited woman would have had the tact to try and conciliate her enemies ; Margaret never succeeded in doing this, and her want of judgment in this respect greatly added to the bitterness of the struggles she had afterward to endure. If Cardinal Beaufort had not been so intent on gaining his own ends he might have striven, with some good effect, to mitigate Margaret’s dislike for Gloucester, who was heir-presumptive to the throne. The Cardinal’s influence over the voung Queen was considerable, and it is much to be regretted that he did not use it for her benefit. Two years passed, and Margaret gave no sign of becoming a mother. During this time Gloucester’s political opponents, Beaufort, Somerset and Suffolk, who was at the head of the Ministry, left no stone unturned to effect his overthrow. Through their instrumentality Duke Humphrey was arrested on a charge of high treason. Seventeen days after his arrest he was found dead in his bed. There were no marks of violence on his person, but Queen Margaret’s known dislike to him, in conjunction with the ill-concealed animosity of his opponents, led to suspicions of his having been unfairly dealt with, and a rumor soon spread that the beautiful young Queen had, in part, been the means of causing the death of the popular favorite. There was nothing in the evidence to support so serious a charge against Margaret. Soon after Gloucester’s death, Cardinal Beaufort was called to his last account, and Margaret naturally transferred her confidence to her early and trusted English friend, the Duke of Suffolk. Among her most powerful and un scrupulous foes were the Duke of York, Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and his son, Warwick, “ the King-maker.” These influential nobles, aided by their supporters, ultimately effected the downfall of Suffolk. “He was sentenced to banishment, but met his death on board a vessel, his head and severed trunk being flung on Dover sands, where his chaplain found them and gave them honorable burial.” In the very brief intervals of peace which allowed Margaret opportunities of benefiting her subjects, we find she endeavored to encourage the manufacture of silk and woolen goods; and Queen’s College, Cambridge, owes its foundation to her. From these tokens we are justified in concluding that, had her reign been less disturbed by “the fatal evil of war,” she would have effected ye* more substantial good for her people. The Duke of Somerset succeeded Suffolk as Prime Minister. This nobleman’s violent temper hastened the outbreak of hostilities between the York and Lancaster factions, and—as is so well-known—the red rose became the badge of the Lancastrians, and the white rose that of the Yorkists. Margaret henceforth forsook the pure daisy flower aud adopted the blood-red rose as her emblem. No sooner had the rival houses assumed their respective badges than the Duka of York revealed his true character of armed dictator to the throne. The high-spirited Margaret resented this conduct, and, aided by her adviser, Somerset, she urged King Henry to meet York in the field. But Henry’s peace-loving nature shrank from an appeal to arms, and for a time open warfare was avoided by York being induced to swear a solemn oath of fealty. Margaret had been married nine years ere she gave birth to the long-wished-for heir. Gloomy, indeed, were the circumstances which heralded the birth of the young Prince Edward. The English arms had met with disasters in foreign fields ; discontent, clamorously expressed, prevailed at home; and, as if to crown her misfortunes, the beautiful distraught young Queen had just lost her noble mother, aud the mind of her husband was overshadowed by a malady which deprived him of reason. Most touching is it to read the old chronicler’s account of the endeavors that were made to elicit from the afflicted monarch some sign that he really knew the babe presented to him was the son he had so fervently desired. First, the Duke of Buckingham presented the royal child to the King, but met with no response. Then Queen Margaret herself took the boy, and offered him with impassioned tenderness to his father, at the same time entreating the paternal blessing and embrace. Just for an instant Henry’s eyes rested on the babe, but not a single spark of recognition was in the abstracted glance. Unhappy Queen and mother ! With what indescribable grief must she have borne this afflicting moment! During Henry's melancholy illness, Margaret devoted herself to her beloved child, and to the amelioration of her husband’s pitiable condition. In the meantime her enemy, York, was actively at work. He contrived to depose Somerset from office, and took upon himself the protectorate of England, “till such time as the King might be able to resume the reins of, government, or the infant Prince should arrive at years of discretion. ” Margaret’s position became more and more critical. She was surrounded by enemies who, as she knew full well, were resolved on the deposition and destruction of her royal house. Calumnies, many of them of the basest character, were sown broadcast—calumnies not only reflecting on her conduct as a Queen, but on her honor as a woman. Warwick, in particular, never spared her, and it may be easily imagined that, to so spirited and impetuous a nature a Margaret’s, the shameful doubt cas upon the legitimacy of her beautifu boy aroused in her the fiercest feelings of anger and resentment. As Miss Strickland graphically shows, from this time Queen Margaret appears in a new light. The imputations cast upon her, the repeated attempts of the House of York to exclude her son from the succession, “roused her passionate maternal love and pride, and converted all the better feelings of her nature into fierce and terrific impulses, till at length the graceful attributes of mind and manners by which the Queen, the beauty and the patroness of learning had been distinguished, were forgotten in the amazon and the avenger.” With a husband wanting in resolution and firmness, and whose mind was frequently afflicted, with a princely boy, to guard whose interests the most constant and anxious vigilance were requisite, the Queen was imperatively called upon to exercise to the full all the courage, promptitude and determination she possessed. The fluctuating fortunes of those longcontinued deadly Wars of the Roses afford proof—if such be wanting—that the influence of the Queenly Margaret was something above and beyond that of an ordinary woman. Time after, time, when even a veteran commander might have reasonably concluded all was lost, Margaret rallied fresh adherents to her standard. So long as her husband lived, so long as her princely son was safe beside her, she never lost heart, nor courage, nor energy. From the terrible battle of Hexham she, in mortal terror for her son’s life, fled with him on foot through the neighboring forest, till they encountered a band of robbers who possessed themselves of her jewels. While the men were disputing over the booty, Margaret caught her son up in hei arms and sped on. She had not proceeded far when she met one of the troop alone. With her usual spirit and self-possession she stepped forward with her little son, and, presenting him to the robber, exclaimed : “Here, my friend, save the son of your King 1” The man, struck by her beauty and majesty, as well as by the boy’s interesting and helpless appearance, turned his threatened enmity

into friendliness, and he led them to a cave where he sheltered them for two days. All readers of history know how Margaret’s heroic struggles were finally overcome in the last brave effort of the Lancastrians at Tewksbury, that “fatal field ” that witnessed the death of “the gallant, springing young Plantagenet ” The despair of Queen Margaret at this overwhelming disaster was lifelong. She was brought to London with the youthful widow of her beloved son, the ill-fated Anne of Warwick, to grace the train of the victor. The same night the Queen was imprisoned in the Tower, and to the loss of her son was added that of her husband, who was murdered at the same time by Richard, Duke of Gloucester. . . ,_. After a long and weary period, in which she was conscious of nothing but an awful sense of utter desolation, the childless, widowed and dethroned Queen was ransomed by her kind old father, King Rene, at the sacrifice of his inheritance of Provence —of that Provence which had once rung with joyful acclamations at sight of the lovely Margaret and her beautiful mother. “Anjou’s lone matron ” had now drunk too deeply of the cup of sorrow and bitterness to take much interest in anything that life could offer her. The agony and fierce agitations she had undergone turned the whole mass of her blood, and every trace of her once ravishing beauty disappeared. She made the most strenuous efforts to obtain the bodies of her murdered husband and son. Even this consolation was denied her; yet up to the last day of her life she employed some faithful ecclesiastics in England to perform at their humble graves the offices deemed needful for the repose of their souls. The remainder of her life was passed in the greatest seclusion. She expired at the Chateau of Damprierre, on the 25th of August, 1480, in her 51st year.

A BOY’S LUCK.

The Norristown (Pa.) Herald in a recent issue referred, among others, to the following cases of special interest. They are their own commentary. Mr. Samuel C. Nyce resides at 308 Marshall street, and holds the responsible position of journal clerk in the Pennsylvania Legislature, at Harrisburg. While Mr. Nyce and family were in the country recently, his .boy, aged 3 years, fell and broke his leg. He recovered, but a very troublesome stiffness set in and he could scarcely use the leg. The injured limb was rubbed several times with St. Jacobs Oil, and the stiffness was so much reduced that the boy was able to use his leg freely. Dr. Knipe said it was the use of St. Jacobs Oil that cured the stiffness. Mr. Nyce himself used the Great German Remedy for toothache with good effect, and also for sprains and pains of rheumatic nature, and always with good effect. Mrs. Nyce also says she thinks the Oil is a splendid thing, and she always keeps it on hand.

Peculiar Arctic Vegetation.

[San Francisco Bulletin.]

A striking result of the shaking up and airing and draining of the tundra soil is seen on the face of the ice slopes and terraces. When the undermined tundra materials rolls down upon those portions of the ice front where it can come to rest, it is well buffetted and shaken, and frequently lies upside down as if turned with a plow. Here it is well drained, though resting on melting ice, and though not more than a foot or two in thickness, it produces a remarkably close and tall growth of grass, four to six feet high, and as lush and broadleaved as may be found in any farmer’if field. Cut for hay it would make about four or five tons per acre. Only a few other plants that would be called weeds are found growing among the grass, mostly senicio and artemesia, both tall and exuberant, showing the effects of this strange system of cultivation of this strange soil. The vegetation on the top of the bluff is the most beautiful that I have yet seen; not rank and cultivated looking, like that on the face slopes, but showing the finest and most delicate beauty of wildness, in forms, combinations and colors of leaf, stalk and fruit. There were red and yellow dwarf birch, and arbutus, and willow, and purple huckleberry, with lovely grays of sedges and lichens. The neutral tints of the lichens are intensely beautiful; not a square yard but would make a charming picture, and not a particle of dust on it, so pure and fresh is it. Red cranberries with shaded sides like apples, put on in clusters at the end of shiny, glossy sprayt,; huckleberries, with delicate blue bloom on their cheeks; black cranberries and arbutus berries; ptarmigan in large flocks, the young nearly full-grown, wandering over the fruitful wilderness and reveling in abundance. I found the shore bluff toward the mouth of the Buckland river, about forty to sixty feet high, with a regular slope of about thirty degrees, and covered with willows and alders, some of them five or six feet high, and long grass, and patches of ice here and there, but showing no large masses. The soil is a fine blue clay at bottom, with water-worn quartz, pebbles and sand above it, like that at the opposite side of the estuary, and evidently brought down by the river floods when the ice of the glaciers that occupied this river basin and that of the Ku-uk was melting.

Its Equal Is Unknown.

A Lowell (Mass.) paper, so we observe, cites the case of Mr. P. H. Short, proprietor of the Belmont Hotel, that city, who suffered with rheumatism for seventeen years without finding relief from any of the numerous remedies employed until he applied St. Jacobs Oil. “I never found any medicine that produced such remarkable and instantaneous effect as it did, ” says Mr. Short.— Lyons (Iowa) Mirror.

A Village Beauty’s Fortune.

Many years ago a young man made his appearance in Stratford, Conn., and passed a few weeks at the tavern which then existed to afford shelter to stagecoach passengers. Whence he came and what was his business no one could guess. Directly opposite the tavern stood a small cottage and forge of a blacksmith named Folsom. He had a daughter who was the beauty of the village, and it was her fortune to capture the heart of the young stranger. He told his love, said he was traveling incog., but in confidence gave her his real natae, saying he was heir to a large fortune. She returned his love, and they were married a few weeks after. The stranger told his wife they must visit New Orleans. He did so, and the gossips of the town made the young wife unhappy by disagreeable hints and jeers. In a few weeks he returned; but before a week had elapsed he received a large budget of letters, and told his wife he must at once return to England, and must go alone. He took his departure, and the gossips had another glorious opportunity to make a confiding woman wretched. To all but herself it was a regular case of desertion. The wife became a mother, and for two years lived in silence and hope. At the end of that time a letter was received by the Stratford beauty from her husband, directing her to go at once to New York with her child, taking nothing with her but the clothes she wore, and embark in- a ship tor her home in England. On her arrival in New York she found a vessel splendidly furnished with every luxury and convenience for her comfort, and two servants ready to obey every wish she might express. The ship duly arrived in England, and the Stratford girl became mistress of a mansion, and as the wife of a baronet was saluted as Lady Samuel Stirling. On the death of her husband, many years ago, the Stratford boy succeeded to the title and wealth of his father, and in the last edition of “Peerage and Baronetage” he is spoken of as the issue of “Miss Fol* aom, of Stratford, N. A."

An Arkansas Guiteau.

"Parson Timothy,” said the Judge to • colored man who had just been arraigned, “youare charged with stealing Deacon Thompson’s wife. I have known you for years, and had always considered you an upright man. And now,.air, that you are arraigned on so terrible a charge, with such overwhelming proof against you, I must confess that my faith in the colored part of humanity is greatly shaken by a severe chill from the dark swamps of deception. As you expect one day to be arraigned befoie a Bar from which there is no appeal, tell me, are you guilty ? Did you run away with Deacon Thompson’s wife ?” “ Jedge,” replied Timothy, after several minutes* reflection, “it would take me some time to splain dis matter ter de satisfaction ob de Court. But I’ll try. I is a preacher, as yerself well knows, an’ has assisted many a man in findin’ the Lamb—” “ Yes,” broke in a witness, “ an’ yer form’ my sheep an* stole it last fall, an’ I ken prube it.” “ Silence I” thundered the Judge, “ or you will be stood on your head. The prisoner shall be protected. The Constitution of the United States declares in italics that prisoners are entitled to the respect and floral tributes of every man, woman and child in the country.” “You are mighty Confed, Judge,” said the prisoner. “As I was going to remark, I love Deacon Thompson like a red mule loves oats. Visitin’ his house often, I seed dat his wife gib him a great deal ob ’noyance. I seed, sepenter somethin’ was done, dar would be a split in de family. Arter studyin’ de question seberal days I was inspired to remove d ’oman. De impulse was so strong dat I couldn’t shake it off. Affairs grew wusser an’ wusser. At last I went ober ter de deacon’s house an’ removed de ’oman. ” The Prosecuting Attorney then read several affectionate letters that had been written by the prisoner. “Judge,” exclaimed the prisoner, “that Prosecuting Attorney is -a fool, on’ I owe the witness ten cents for board. (Sensation in the Court-room). I was inspired to remove the woman.” “ Were you ever crazy ?” asked the counsel for defense. “I should remark,” answered the prisoner. “I flung a hatchet at ole master ’fore de war, an’ artewards butt my head agin a beech tree till it throbbed like a stone-bruise. lis a high-toned niggar, an’ es I hadn’t come ter Little Rock I might hab staid away. Don’t let bow-legged Ike testify, fur I borrowed a shirt from him. ” Here a frisky negro stepped up and struck the prisoner with a hoop-pole. The prisoner in his excitement called the Judge a liar. Recess was then taken, during which time the prisoner ate a boiled cabbage. After recess the prisoner acknowledged that he owed another witness ten cents. Then the Court adjourned.— Little Rock Gazette.

Feeding Horses.

The horse has the smallest stomach in proportion to his size of any animal. Fifteen or sixteen quarts is its utmost capacity. This space is completely filled byfour quarts of oats with the saliva, that .goes into the stomach with it Horses are generally overfed, and not fed often enough. For a horse with moderate work, six or eight quarts of bruised oats and eight or ten pounds of fine hay a day is sufficient. This should be fed in at least three meals, and is better if fed in four. A horse’s digestion is very rapid, and therefore he gets hungry sooner than a man. When he is hungry he is ineffective, and wears out very rapidly. Water fills the stomach, lowers the temperature, and dilutes the gastric juice, therefore a horse should not drink immediately before eating. Neither should he be watered immediately after eating, because he will drink too much, and force some of the contents of the stomach into the large intestine, which will cause scouring. Scouring is also caused by too rapid eating, which can be prevented by putting half a dozen pebbles, half the size of the fist, into the manger with the oats. Give only a moderate drink of water to a horse. A large drink of cold water before being driven will have a very quieting effect upon a nervous horse. A race horse always runs on an empty stomach. Digestion progresses moderately during exercise, if the exercise is not so violent as to exhaust the powers of the horse. I consider bruised oats worth twenty per cent, more than whole. They are more compactly digested. Prefer oats to any other grain for horses. Cracked corn is very good under some circumstances, but I wouldn’t use meal or shorts. The disease called big head is caused by feeding corn. When a horse comes in hot, I would give a moderate feed immediately. If the horse is too tired to eat take his feed away. A heated body is a reason against watering, and for feeding, for the system is then just in the condition to begin digestion. A horse will not founder if fed moderately when hot. I prefer dry feed unless a horse has some disease of the throat or lungs. Do not consider it worth while to cut hay. I always feed hay from the floor, then the horses do not get particles in their eyes.

To Take a Cold Bath.

It happened when M. was Presect of Police. One morning a man, pale, haggard, panting for breath, overwhelmed. with emotion, forced his way into the office of the great personage who presides at No. 7 Boulevard du Palais. “Monsieur le Prefect,” he gasped, “ I have just received a letter. My soul is in despair. My wife has written me that I shall never see her more. Why, she explains not, yet to me all is plain; at this moment my darling spouse, my heart’s treasure, has ceased to exist. She must have committed suicide.” “Are you quite sure about that?” asked the Prefect, with a skeptical smile playing around the corners of his mouth. It was the faintest possible of smiles, one of those smiles peculiar to Magistrates who have learned from experience to believe nothing of what they hear, and not a great deal of what they see; but, faint as it was, it exasperated his visitor, who forthwith exploded as only could explode an intrepid husband ready to stake his life on his helpmate’s fidelity. The Prefect sat quietly until the storm had passed, and then calmly, “Very well, so be it; your wife is dead. What do you want me to do?” “Why, I want you to give orders at once to dredge the Seine for the body of her who has always been the tender, loving companion of my hearth and home. ” The Prefect again smiled, and then, after an instant’s search through a pile of papers lying on his desk, picked up a telegram, glanced over it rapidly, and with the remark, “That’s the one,” proceeded to assure M. X., that the dredging of the Seine was quite unnecessary, as Mme. X., very much alive, and apparently in excellent spirits, had this morning crossed the Belgian frontier, on the arm of a young man who presumably was her lover. “The dispatch,” added the Prefect, “does not indicate the direction taken by the fugitives, but as the thermometer stands at ninety-three degrees in the shade, I should recommend some seaside resort as the surest locality to be dredged, although I do not believe the couple have gone there to drown themselves.”— Paris Correspondence New York Times. Having used Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup in my family for the last three years, I find it the best preparation I have ever used for Coughs and Colds, giving almost immediate relief. B. Walkeb, Gen’l. Oom. Merchant, 118 Light st., Balto., Md

The Catacombs of Rome.

[Scientific American.] Many of the catacombs are es great antiquity, probably having been hewn long before the Rome of Romulus and Remus was founded, and so extended, in course of time, that every one of the seven hills on which the city stood was peforated and honey-combed by passages, dark galleries, low corridors, and vaulted walls. What greatly facilitated the work was the light and soft nature of the material to be quarried, and the workmen were thus enabled to shape the shafts and galleries as they pleased. As the city grew in extent and wealth these quarries were enlarged, or new ones opened, until the decline of the enflpire began, and then old edifices were made to supply the material to build new ones. But little is to be gleaned from the ancient writers as to the uses to which these subterranean recesses were put when they ceased to be quarried. Horace says of the caverns under the Esquiline Hill, that it “was the common sepulcher of the miserable plebians.” The catacombs were crowded with the Christians during the persecutions under Nero, Domitian, Trajan, Hadrian, Severus, Maximinns, and Diocletian, who found there retreats which saved them from the tyranny of the Roman royal pagans. It is held by some modem writers that, though the quarries were used to some extent as sepulchers, it is evident that the greater part of the catacombs were originally constructed as places of interment for the dead. Each catacomb forms a network of passages, or galleries, intersecting each other at right angles, but sometimes diverging from a common centre; these galleries, or passages, are usually about eight feet high, and from three to five feet wide. The graves are in tiers on the sides, and when undisturbed are found closed with marble slabs or tiles, on which are often inscriptions or Christian emblems. It bas been estimated that the entire length of the catacombs is not less than 580 miles, and . that they contain about 6,000,000 bodies. From being the refuge of persecuted Christians, they became about the thirteenth century the hiding place of outlaws and assassins, who were, however, finally driven out, or the entrances to their retreats closed. Many interesting and valuable works have been on the subject, and fathers of the Christian church have spent their lives in investigating these wonderful caverns.

“DO LIKEWISE.”

Da. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.: Dear Air; “ Five years ago I was a dreadful sufferer from uterine troubles. Having exhausted the skill of three physicians, I was completely discouraged, and so weak I could with difficulty cross the room alone.. I began taking your ‘ Favorite Prescription,’ and using the local treatment recommended in your * Common Sense Medical Adviser.’ In three months I was perfectly cured. I wrote a letter to my family paper, briefly mentioning how my health had been restored, and offering to send the full particulars to any one writing me for them and inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. I have received over four hundred letters In reply I have described my case and the treatment used, and earnestly advised them to ‘do likewise.’ From a great many I have received second letters of thanks stating that they had commenced the treatment ana were much better already.” Mrs. E. F. Morgan, New Castle, Me.

Never Completely.

“How many times, captain,” said Miss Gush, at the breakfast table on board an ocean steamer, “how many times have you been shipwrecked?” “Three,” said the captain, as he knocked his egg with a spoon. “And you were never drowned?” went on Miss Gush, who was deeply interested. ‘‘Never completely,” replied the commander, while everybody laughed and Miss Gush made haste to seek the seclusion her stateroom granted.

‘‘Beauty Unadorned (with Pimples) Is Adorned the Most.’’

If you desire a fair complexion free from pimples, blotches and eruptions, take “ Golden Medical Discovery.” By druggists.

The Yearning for the Unattainable.

Bar a man out of a hog-pen and he will want to take his meals there. Get up a purely professional club and lots of non-professionals will be mad as washed cats because they can’t join. “The redheaded man’s club” is very offensive to certain black-haired men because they can’t join, and we presume it is an anxiety to join the*“ jim-jams” club which accepts only those who have had ’em that is causing so many of our gilded youth to qualify themselves therefor.— Boston Post. Db. Pierce’s “Pellets,” or sugar-coated granules—the original “Little Liver Pills” (beware of imitations) —cure sick and bilious headache, cleanse the stomach and bowels and purity the blood. To get genuine, see Dr. Pierce’s signature aud portrait on Government stamp. 25 cents per vial, by druggists.

Minstrel Jokes.

The origin of the banjo dates back to the time of the Pharaohs, one of these instruments having been found in the tomb of a royal family by a relic-hunter in Egypt. It is described as being of the exact form of those played by our negro minstrels. We didn’t suppose the banjo was so ancient. Il the relic-hunt-er had found in the same spot the identical jokes used by our negro minstrels we should not have been surprised. Mr. E. B. Roland, of Covington, Ky., writes: “I had given up ever finding relief from the ills that afflicted me. I suffered greatly, both mentally and physically. Pimples and boils were all Over me. The smallest cut or wound would cause a sore. My digestion troubled me, and my back and kidneys pained me severely. A friend recommended Dr. Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. Thanks to its use, I am again in sound condition, and I never can grow weary of praising it to my acquaintances. ”

Sheep Raising.

Sheep raising in Dakota pays. In the spring of 1879, Frederick Hertz, living in the south part of this township, purchased 100 sheep, paying for them S4OO. Since then he has sold three clips of wool for $654; fifty-five sheep for sl7l, and he now has on hand 300 sheep valued at $1,200. Figure up the profits on S4OO invested in cattle, and you will find that sheep raising pays best.— Hutchinson County News.

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Read This Now or Never.

The very best remedy ever invented for the cure of genend ill-health, especially dyspepsia, bad blood, nervousness, universal lassitude, weak kidneys, liver troubles, eta., is Dr. Guy•otl’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. It will not harm the most delicate invalid. Its use wonderfully revives the mental faculties, increases the power of physical endurance, and makes the blood rich, red and pure, enabling it to counteract the effect of exhaustive and debilitating diseases. In localities where thia remedy is best known, druggists find it difficult to supply the demand. It contains Yellow Dock, Sarsaparilla, Juniper, Iron, Buchu, Celery, Calisaya, etc. Every physician knows the merit of such ingredients. Ths average size of farms in the United Kingdom is seventy acres. In England only the average is greater than thia, but small holdings in Scotland and Ireland counterbalance the excess. In America the average size is taken as 100 acres; France, 35; Germany, 40; Belgium, 15; Holland, 50; Russia, 30; Aus-tria-Hungary, 45; Italy, 30 ; Spain, 25 ; Portugal, 25; Turkey, 30; Greece and Switzerland, 15, and Sweden, 50 acres. It is stated that persons under the influence of ether are prone to confess their crimes.

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Ten Years’ Experience.

Cedarville, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1881. Have used Piso’s Cure for Consumption in my family for ten years, and want nothing better as a cough remedy. J. A. Harend. De. Winchell’s Teething Syrup has nevei failed to give immediate relief when used u cases of Summer Complaint, Cholera-infantum. or pains in the stomach. Mothers, when youi little darlings are suffering from these or kindred causes, do not hesitate to give it a trial You will surely be pleased with the charming effect. Be sure to buy Dr. Winchell’s Teething Syrup. Sold by all druggists. Only 25 cents per bottle. Fob dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of spirits and general debility, in their various forms: also as a preventive against fever and ague and other intermittent fevers, the “ Ferro-Phosphor-ated Elixir of Oalisaya,” made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic ; and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. s Fob Headache, Constipation, Liver Complaint and all bilious derangements of the blood, there is no remedy as sure and safe as Eilert’s Daylight Liver Pills. They stand unrivalled in removing bile, toning the stomach and in giving healthy action to the liver. Sold by all druggists. Let it be understood once for all Cabboline, a deodorized extract of petroleum, will positively restore hair to bald heads, and there is no other preparation under the face of the sun that can accomplish this work. One redeeming feature of Mormonism seems to be that it does not throw the burden of the support of a husband upon one woman.’ For Rheumatism, Sprains and Bruises, use Uncle Sam’s Nerve and Bone Liniment, sold by all druggists. One greasing with Frazer Axle Grease lasts three weeks—others three days. The Frazer is the cheapest Try it.

ALWAYS KEEP COOL To stick to yopt subject and tne •uth is an excelent plan, and rhether it be in uestions " of nance or fishing, r any topic whatver,civil or polit?al, always keep 00l and tell the ruth. However, here is a cerlin margin alow cd for lying, then it comes to shing, that is permitted in no other übject. and no oubt our friends i the picture are ndulging in that pedal employ, sent, as well, periaps, as in a little cientltlc swearug. Their bodies nd tempers are ot and the air is 00l (as they should e,butare not,)and hey arc apparentyin the condition zhen it is much asier to catch heumatisin than sh, in which case ; would be well >r them that they o provided with , bo* tie of St. acobb Oil,the rent German Remedy for this as well as other painful ailments. WE’LL NAIL ITS COLORS TO THE MAST. “Hello, Denny! what is the trouble?” ‘‘Oh, I’m all broke up,” was the response to the inquiry of an old shipmate of William G. Denniston, one of Farragut's war-worn veterans, well known in the southern section of this city, who came limping into the American office yesterday. “I thought I would go under the hateins this time,” continued Denniston. "I never suffered so much in my life. I had the rheumatic gout so bad that I could not get off the bed or put my foot to the floor, and would have been there yet if a friend had not recommended St. Jacobs Oil tome. I hesitated some time before getting a bottle, thinking it wasanother one of thoseadvertised nostrums, but was finally induced to give it a trial, and a lucky day it was for me. Why, bless my stars! after bathing the limb thoroughly with the Oil I felt relief, ana my faith was pinned to St. Jacob and his Oil after that. I freely say thatifithadnotbeenforST.JACOßsOiL I should, in all probabilty, be still housed. My foot pains me butlittle.and theswelling has entirely passed away. It beats anything of the kind I have ever heard of, and any person who doubts it send them to me at 1924 South Tenth bL— Philadelphia Tima, A BOOK on the proper treatment of the Throat and Lungs,by R.Hunter.M .D.,loßState St,Chicago, fru OinAWEEK. gin a day at home easily made. Oqatly ip /fc outfit free. Address TttUX A Co., Augusta, Ma. TIT A HnnTTITQ Catalogue rreo. xaartM, Blaaaara W 4A JL wXlajQ American Watch Co.,Plll«burih.Pa. CCC* week in your own town. Terma and S 5 outM V 0 0 free. Address H. HaILITT A Oo„ Portb. < X - Catalogue free. Addraa* AJT Xv kJ Great Weal. Gun Work*, Pltuhurrh. Pa. EA A O n P« r day at home. Samples worth $5 free. 50 vO «P£U Addreaa Stinson A Co., Portland, Ms. QTONE’S HAUDY BLACKBERRY. The it hardiest in cultivation. For description and roota, addreaa I. N. STONE, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. AGENTS WANTED for the Beat and Fastest. Selling Pictorial Books and Bibles. Prices reduced 83 per ot. National Publishing Co., Chicago, lU. VnilklQ MCH If lou want to learn Telegraphy in a TUUnO Hi CH few months, and be certain of a alt. nation, address VALENTINE BROS., Janesville, Wla SAJ Ml |AI A YEAR and expenses to 7 *7 Agents. Outfit free. Address P. • • • O. Vickery, Auruita, Me. Ki a MONTH -AGENTS WANTED—SO bed selling articles in the world; 1 sample fret. CP Address Jay Bronson, Detroit, Mich. fMllllSfl Morphine Habit Cured In M i A lErl 1 u Diary Free J ■ etc. Sent to uy addreU on receipt of two Three-Cent Stamps. Address CHARLES E. HIRES. 48 N. Delaware Ave.. Phlla. THE FAMILY LIBRARY Contains splendid new and complete Novels. Send 6 cents for sample number. INTERNATIONAL NEWS CO., k.»and»l Beekman St, New Ymk EJk ■ CURB®. BwflVrers ot |l*l M W Nasal and Bronchial CATARRH deft ffift ■ ■ siring a sure, permanent cure, without ft MB failure or expense, until a cure , .... * effected, will address at once for Circulars, DR. Wit. HANBOHB, Centreville, Ind. SILVER WATCHES FREE Every week Solid Silver HunUng-Oese Watches are given away with The Boys’ Champion. Ths names of those who get watches are published each wack. It is the Best Boys* Paper in ths World. Send 5 cents for ft sample copy to CHAMPION PUBLISHING CO., IM William St., New York City. THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE CUITEAU TRIAL This is tbs only complete and fnlly-illnstratsd " Ufa and Trial of Gnttean.” It contains all the testimony of the experts and other noted witnesses; all the speeches aisda by the cunning assssrinin htogreatefforta to escape b££

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