Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1884 — Page 7

THE DEPOPULATED HIGHLANDS.

The Hornet of Famous Chieftains Deserted by Their Descendants. I There are few Highland glena that do not contain traces of the banished population. In Lochaber, along the shores of Loch Arkaig, the home of the Clan Cameron, the remains of what were once extensive townships may yet be seen. The celebrated Glencoe formerly teemed with a hardy population. Famous Glengarry is a sheepwalk, and the powerful Clan Macdonnell are now in Canada. Round Fort Augustus and far into the country of 'the Clan Fraser is naught but desolation. In hundreds of straths in Rossshire the wild heather has not even yet obliterated the green pastures and the cultivated fields that once belonged to the MacKenzies and Munroes, and from whence the different battalions of the gallant Ross-shire Buffs marched to conquer at Maida, at Seringapatam, at Assaye, and Argauin. So late as 1849, when the present Prime Minister had already obtained political eminence, Hugh Miller attempted, but fruitlessly, to draw the attention of the British public to the work of destruction that was going on. He eloquently proclaimed that “while the law is banishing its tens for terms of seven and fourteen years, the penalty of deep-dyed crimes, irresponsible and infatuated power is banishing its thousands for life for no crime whatever. ” A large number of the dispossessed tenantry were sent to America; the remainder settled on the seashore, where they were cramped into small holdings, and have since lived. The tourist steaming along the wild coast of the western Highlands and islands may see perched on every cliff, in the most exposed situations and subject to the fury of Atlantic gales, the wretched hamlets that now contain the remnants of the Highland clans. Probably he will wonder how a population can at all manage to exist under such conditions. But there they are, elbowed to the very verge of their country. For large tracts of that country the proprietors even now can show' no scrap of document, their claim to possession resting solely on the fact that it has never been contested. Created and looked upon, like the foxes, as mere vermin that interere with sport, discouraged and thwarted in every direction, these people, notwithstanding their poverty and the hardships of their lot, have maintained unimpaired the noblest attributes of their race. Crime of any kind is almost unknown among them. Their moral standard is the highest in Britain, contrasting in that respect most remarkably with their lowland neighbors; and not a few' of, the leading British statesmen, lawyers, divines, and soldiers of the past eighty years first saw the light in these crofters’ huts. Far behind the strip of inhabited littoral stretch the Blue Mountains, the snug and often fertile glens from whence the clans were banished, now turned into silent wildernesses, inhabited only by sheep and deer and an occasional shepherd or keeper. There are the vast tracts rented by the American, Mr. Winans, as a hunting ground, to be visited by that alien for two or three months, and abandoned to solitude for the reminder of the year, where not even a native of the soil may plant his foot. —Nineteenth Century.

A Reminiscence of Burr.

Aaron Burr from various romantic associations, chiefly from his moral contrast to some of his better contemporaries, lias retained place as perhaps the most romantic character in American politics. Some time ago I visited his grave, at Princeton, N. J. He died in the second-story room of a hotel on Staten Island. The hotel is still standing, and I had the quaint satisfaction a few years ago of sleeping in it, a bed being made at my request there. When Burr died at this place it was supposed that he was seeking out some of his kin who lived there on Staten Island within sight of their mutual birth-place, Elizabeth, in New Jersey. The probabilities are that Burr had borrowed from his kin to that extent that he could get no more. He reached this hotel and went to bed there, was taken with a fever and died. I have perhaps related in your columns before a singular reminiscence of my own. About the time I slept in this room I was in search of some material about Cornelius Vanderbilt, father of the present magnate, and was recommended to go and see an old man named Clute, who published a newspaper on Staten Island, and was writing its history. He did not know much about Vanderbilt, but when I asked him about Aaron Burr he said, with almost a flash of pride: “Sir, you have before you the man who signed Aaron Burr’s name with Burr’s own hand for the last time in his life.” Mr. Clute continued: “I was the notary down here, and Mr. Edwards, a relative of Burr, come to me and said: ‘There is a man sick at the hotel at Port liichmond who wants to swear to an application for a pension as a soldier of the revolutionary war.’ I went around, and there I saw on the bed Col. Aaron Burr. He was a poor ruckle of little bones, without a sign of the great man of former days, muttering to himself and knowing nothing. I said: ‘Mr. Edwards, this man is not fit to swear to anything now.’ ‘Well,’ said he, ‘come around in the afternoon when he gets easier.’ I went around then,” said Mr. Clute, “and I knew him well, for I had seen the boys throw stones at him in Albany, and seen men deliberately cut him when he proposed to be introduced. He had stood every insult a proud man could stand. I made his application and committed it to Eaper, read it to him, and then I took is hand in mine,” said Mr. Clute, “to guide it while he signed his name as he feebly sat up in bed, hardly Tmowing what he was about, and a* Jr held that hand I thought to myself, Hue is tire hand that killed Hamilton.”--ft. Miss Amelia B. Edwards, the English woman who combines tlib somewhat incongiudus bharaSter of arctiiologist and novelist, began, when a child, to compose poems and stories before she knew how to write. She first appeared in print at 7 years old with a poem called the “Knights of Old, ” When she was 14 she sqnt to a magazine edited by Georgo Oruikshank

a story, on the back of which she had scribbled caricatures of the personages appearing therein. The drawings were so clever that Cruikshank went impulsively to call upon his unknown contributor, and finding to his astonishment that his contributor was a little girl, offered immediately to take her as an articled pupil and train her up to his work. This offer was declined; and putting aside pen and pencil Miss Edwards devoted herself for seven years to music, and became not only an accomplished performer but a composer. Then during a summer holiday, to write a successful story, she turned to authorship again, and has ever since been known as one of the cleverest English women novelists. Miss Edwards has a handsome head, and a face pretty, gentle, and expressive.

Draft Horses.

The following is a synopsis of a lengthy article which appeared in the Chicago Tribune, consisting of interviews of its reporters with the leading draft-horse dealers of America. It was headed as follows: “Breeding of Draft Horses—One of the Important Industries of the Day— Experience of Dealers who Handle 40,000 Horses Annually—Relative Merits of Percheron, Clydesdale and English Horses—Opinions of All Leading Dealers in New York and Chicago — They are unanimous in preferring the French Breeds over all Others, as they are more enduring, best dispositioned, stand the pavements best, and bring higher prices. ” The Tribune reporters were instructed to procure opinions as to the relative merits of the different breeds of draft horses being raised in this country and sold in their markets. The experience of dealers who sell perhaps 40,000 horses annually directly to those who buy them to wear out wa3 thus obtained. This information is of immense vlaue to those engaged in breeding horses. Mr. I. H. Dahlman, of New York City, said: “I handle between 9,000 and 10,000 horses annually. Of the draft horses I handle, the greater proportion—nearly all—are Norman-Per-cherons. These horses are docile, intelligent, easily broken, steady in harness, powerful and compactly built. They are short in the back, deep in the body and broad in the chest. They have the best feet of any horses in America. Ido not want it understood that all Norman horses have these good qualities. I have seen some imported that were as badly shaped horses as could be found. Long in the back, narrow-waisted and not worth their freight from France here. That class of horses is only imported by people who buy them to sell and not to breed.” In regard to the Clydesdale horses, Mr. Dahlman said: “I will give you no criticism. I buy very few of them. I prefer to pass their stable and say nothing about them. From what I have said the Tribune readers, I think, will understand what breed of horses I would recommend them to raise. * C. & H. Hayman, East 24th street, New York City, said: “We handle about 2,000 horses a year, principally draft horses of all kinds—French, Clydesdale, English, and Belgian. We handle more of the French than any of the others, because the people like them better and will give higher prices for them than for any other breed. They have more endurance and are the best dispositioned horses we have. They mature sooner and are ready for the* market younger than the other breeds. The Clydesdales are not so well shaped nor are their feet so good. We advise the farmers of the West to breed to the finest and best-bred Percherons to be found. ” The above opinions were the expressions of all the other dealers interviewed, with one or two exceptions. The object of all farmers who breed horses for use or for market, is to obtain animals that will mature the earliest and bring the most money. In order to accomplish this purpose with the greatest degree of certainty the use of the finest and best-bred Percheron Stallions is recommended and advised by nearly all the dealers. The finest specimens are recorded with their pedigrees in full in the Percheron Stud Book of France.

J. Q. Adams and His Servant.

In February, 1841, after John Quincy Adams had ridden from his house in F street to the Capitol, his horses were frightened by the discharge of Colt’s revolving firearms in front of the Capitol and ran away. The coachman did all in his power to guide them, but they dashed the carriage against the gate of the Capitol inclosure and he was thrown heavily to the ground. Mr. Adams hastened to the place to which he was carried, remaining away from the House of Representatives during the day, and had bestowed all the attention and time upon the man that a child could give its father, regarding alike the religious condition and physical sufferings of his unfortunate servant. The first interview between man and master was quite touching. “Your horses are gone, and the carriage with them,” said the servant, when he first saw Mr. Adams after the accident, and added to this that he was a “dying man.” “Never mind the horses and carriage,” said Mr. Adams, kindly, “if you are a dying man, think of your soul.”— Ben: Perley Poore:

They Love the Work.

“Why is it that the employes in telephone offices are all ladies?”' Mrs. Brown made this inquiry of her husband. “Well,” answered Mr. Brown, “the managers of the telephone companies were aware that no class of employes work so faithfully as those who were in love with their labor, and they, knew that ladies would be fond of the work in telephone offices.” “What is the work in a telephone office?” Mrs. Brown further inquired. “Talking,” answered Mr. Brown, and the conversation came to an end. —Somerville Journal. The use of the long smelling-bottle, now so popular with young ladies of fashion, is not such a bad idea a 3 it would seem at first. They will more readily become accustomed to the feeling of a rolling-pin and a breom-han-dle after they are married.

The European War Correspondent. There is hardly a more formidable variety of the armed man than the European war correspondent in his complete war-paint. He is girt with destructive weapons, like a Montenegrin patriot or a pirate of the Bowery melodrama. A derringer hangs on his left hip, a four-barreled “bull-dog” balances it on his right, a Winchester repeating rifle crosses his back, the strap of it supporting a supplementary cartridge pouch, a traveling ink-stand, and a housewife containing needles, thread, and other conveniences advisable in a campaign where staff officers will have to repair their own clothes. Add to the paraphernalia a bowie-knife, a case-knife, a hunting-knife, and a sword, a field-glass, a water-bottle, and a flask; add a haversack by the side and a knapsack for the back; add a case for pens and pencils, also a little medicine chest, and you have the mors satient items of the outfit. A field marshal in all his glory is less suggestive of havoc and the dogs of war than a scribe thus terribly caparisoned.

Years of Agony,

In consequence of rheumatism, are needlessly endured by many who might, if they had taken timely measures to arrest the disease, be in possession of perfect health. That sterling depurent, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, expels from the circulation impurities to which pathologists concur in imputing disease. The Bitters is not only a far more thorough remedy than colchium, veratrum, and other poisonous drugs taken to check this disease, but it is also safe and palatable. It enriohes, as well as purifies, the blood, by promoting digestion, and it gives a he dthful impulse to the functions of secretion and discharge, which the liver and bowels share in common with the kidneys and bladder. No finer specific for malaria exists, and there is ample proof to show how salutary is its effects upon those who employ it as a tonic and medicated stimulant. While it insures digestion, it also imparts a relish for food.

A Question of Time.

Merchant—“ See here, I can’t stand this, you know. You get here half an hour after everybody else.” Clerk —“I get here at 8 and leave at 6. I believe those are the hours you require put in.” Merchant—“ Certainly; but you are never here till half-past 8.” Clerk —“Oh, I see; you understand the time matter has never been settled in Detroit, so I go by both standard and local time. I get here at 8 o’clock standard time, that’s 8:30 by your watch; see? Then I leave by local time, which is 6 o’clock. ” Merchant—“An admirable arrangement ; but as we had local time here before standard was introduced, just give it the first chance hereafter. Get here by 8 o’clock local and leave by fi standard.”—Free Press.

One Hundred and Thirteen Miues of Organs. —ln numbering the organs of their manufacture, Mason & Hamlin have reached No. 150,000. Arranged in a line these would reach one hundred and thirteen miles, or would fence the railroad on one side from the Grand Central Station in New York to within twenty miles of Springfield, Muss. Not only does this show the great popularity of American organs, but it illustrates what was declared by James Parton to be ajgeneral fact, that he who makes the best article in his lino always has the greatest success. We understand that the Mason & Hamlin Company’s new Upright Piano is now command ng a large sale, and is, in every way, up to tho standard of their unrivaled orgnns. We predict a large success for this piano, which is constructed on a new system, said to be a decided advance over the prevailing wrest-pin system. —Boston Journal.

A Story of Gen. Banks.

I remember one story that was told about Gen. Banks. One morning at daybreak, during Banks’ Red River campaign, an aid galloped to his tent. “General, the rebels are attacking our line in force.” The aid waited impatiently; no Banks, no orders. A second aid, and still a third—“ General, our lines are broken, the army is in full retreait, there is danger of a panic.” At length, half an hour later, Gen. Banks issued from his tent in full regimentals, mounted lus horse, drew his sword slowly from its scabbard, and exclaimed, with stentorian voice: “Let the enemy be repulsed immediately.”—Louisville Courier - Journal.

Dedicate diseases of either sex, however induced, speedily and permanently cured. Book of particulars 9 cents, in stamps. Consultation free. Address, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Tailors will give you fits, hut it takes a lawyer to run up a suit. —Texas Siftings.

He Knows It.

Hiram D. Maxfleld, formerly of Silver Springs, R. 1., has no doubt about the wonderful curative powers of Kidney-Wort. He was so afflicted with Kidney Complaint that he could not stand on his feet from pain and weakness. As soon as he commenced using Kidney-Wort he experienced immediate rel es and began to grow strong and was relieved of all pain and unpleasantness. He says: “I know I have been cured bv Kiduev-Wort.” A motto that undertakers do not believe in— live'and let live. —Texas Siftings.

Horsford’s Acid Phosphate.

BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Imitations and counterfeits have again appeared. Be sure that the word •‘Horeford’s” is on the wi apper. None are genuine without it. , Why is a gossiping woman like a farm vehicle? Because she has a waggin' tongue.— The Hatchet. The best test of a human life is the amount of good it has been and done to others. Mrs. Lydia E. P,nkhain may be given a seat of honor among those who have helped to change sickness into health, and to transform the darkness of suffering into the sunshine of rest and hope. The chemist is the wittiest of men—he is always ready with a retort. —The Judge. tyAll ladies should know that hoods, scarfs, ribbons, and all fancy articles can be made any color wanted with Diamond Dyes. All popular colors. 10c. at druggist’s. None oqual. Wells,Richardscn&Co., t. Stranoe, that a lead pencil always has to be driven.— The Judge.

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“Put up" at the Gault House.

The business man or tourist will find firstclass accommodations at the low price of $2 and 82.50 per day at the Gault House, Chicago, corner Clinton and Madison streets. Thin far-famed hotel is located in the center of the city, only one block from the Union Depot. Elevator; all appointments first-class. H. AV. Hoyt, Proprietor.

‘•lsn’t that Mis. Ho'mes? I thought the doctors gave her up. rhj looks well now." ‘•She is well. After the doctors gave up her case she tried Dr. Pieice's 'Favorite Prescription’ and began to get 1 ettcr right away. 1 heard her say not long ago. that »he hadn't felt so well in twenty years. She does her own work and says that iifo seems worth tiring, at last. ‘Why,’ said she. ‘I feel mis I had been laiscd from the dead, aln ost.” Thus do thousands attest the marvelous efficacy of this God given remedy for female weakness, prolapses, ulceration, leucorrho a, morning sickness, of stomach, tendency to canto ous disea-e, nervous prostration, general debility and kindred affeotions. The indulgent lather spates the rod and lets his son go Ashing. —Cincinnati Commer-cial-Gazette. Composed of genuine French Grapo Brandy, Extract of t mart-Wee 1 and Jamaica Ginger, with Camphor Water, Dr. Pieres’s Compound Extract of Smart-Weed excels as a remedy for colie, cholera morbus, diarrluva, dysentery or blocdy-flux, or to break up colds, fevers or in! amatory attacks. Some of our base-ball players seetn to have been vaccina.ed. They can't catch anything.

Weak Eyes.

The number of people suffering with wonk eyes, the result or reading tine print in an iliy lighted apartment, is really alarming, and still they must read. But why tontine themselves to poorly printed fine typo reading when one dollar will pay for a large, flrstclass story paper printod in plain type that can never injure the eye-sight? A paper worth thrice the price of subscription, containing not less than eight splendid stories in each number. If you would like to see a 6amplo copy, wit'i the premium to subscribers. send your name and address to The Ledger, Chicago, 111.

Another Life Saved.

Mrs. Harriet Cummings, of Cincinnati, Ohio, writes: “Early last winter tny daughter was attacked with a severe cold, which settled on her lungs. We tried several medicines, nono of which seemed to do her any good, but she continued to get worse, and Anally raised large amounts of blood from her lungs. We called in a family physician, but he failed to do her any good. At this time a friend,who had been cured by Dr. Win. Hail's Balsam for the Lungs, advised me to give it a trial. We got, a bottle, and she began to Improve, and by the use of three bottles was entirely cured.”

Three Remarkable Interviews.

A reporter has Interviewed Hon. Win. D. Kelley, M. C.; Hon. Judge Flanders, of Now York; and T. E. Arthur, in regard to their experience with Compound Oxygen. These interviews give surprising results and show this treatment for the cure of chronic diseases to bo most remarkable. A copy of these Interviews, also a Treatho on Compound Oxygen, will bo mailed free, by Drs. Starkey & Paien, llO'.i Girard st., Philadelphia.

The Great American Chorus.

Sneezing, snuffing, and coughing! This Is the music all over the land just now. And will be until Juue. “I’ve got such an awful cold in my head." Cure it with ElyTi Cream Balm or it may end in the toughest form of Catarrh. Maybo you have Catarrh now. Nothing is more nauseous unddreadfuL This remedy masters it as no other ever did. Not a snuff nor a liquid. Applied by the Anger to the nostrils. Pleasant, certain, radical.

In 1850

“Broirt i’s Bronchial Trochee" were introduced, and their success as a cure for Colds, Coughs, Asthma, and Bronchitis has been unparalleled. The Pimltru Keeper, published at Chicago, 111., has achieved a wonderful success. In a littio over six months its circulation hns increased to thirty thousand actual subscribers. it 1,8 the paper for thoso interested in the profitable pursuit of poultry raising. Head their advertisement in this issue. 'Pure Cod-Liver uli, mado from selected livers on the sea shore, by Caswell, Hazard <& Co., New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken It prefer it to* all others. Physicians hare decided it superior to any of the other oils in market. , Skinny Men.—"Wells' Health Ilenower"restores health and vigov.cnres Dyspepsia, Impotence. |i. Murder will out, so will the fact that Caroline, a deodorized extract of petroleum, the natural hair renewer and restorer, is the best preparation over invented and exoels all other hair dressings, us thousands of genuine certificates now in our possession abundantly prove. “Itough on Toothache.”—Ask for it. Instant relief, quick cure. 15c. Druggists. Chapped Hands, Faoe, Pimples and rough Skin, cured bjr using Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caswell, Hazard & Co.. New York. “Rough on Pain ” Porous Plaster, for Backache, Pains In the Chest, Rheumatism. 250. Don’t work your horses to death with poor axle grease; Frazer is the only reliable make. “Roughon Corns.”—lsc. Ask for it. Complete cure, hard or soft corns, warts, bunions.

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Send ■ ua and we will .end you THE POULTRY KEEPER for one year, and one numbered receipt for each of your subscriber., and one extra for your trouble. No postponement. BH TEN SUBSCRIBERS WITH 06.00 end we will send yen 18 aubecrlptlons and thirteen receipts. Eg fin IIAYQ AM IY ! 'M* ° ffor wl !L h ?l2 f ood 1111 »««■•>*•’ *«th only, as we ahull limit the number of new aub- ■ -H WW MH I w URLI A scription* to 100,000. so we would advise mil out friends to forwsrd subscriptions st sn csrly H dste, as in no csss will they b« received later than December 20th. H H THF pnill TOY IfFFDFR J , i ? he ablest edited Poultry Paper in the country and already has a ciren- H H 1 alt ■Villa 1111 lablaa E*Kl lation of 30,000 copies, and only requires 70,000 more to get the desired number. It coutaina sixteen pages, beautifully illustrated. Tells how to make poultry pay. r r 500 GOLD WATCHES FREE I YOU UUn MW In making up the above list of WO,OOO IN PRESENTS, we decided to reserve B m, « (■ *B,OOO to be divided equally among the first 600 subscriber* received. If you ■ Uet llllS IS IN ,end 60 " nU Y ou will "* '“'ill'll » ONE RECEIPT good for ONE PRESENT, ■ M finffljj lM and if your letter la among the first 600 received you will be entitled to thts ■ Elecant l\ ■HH /■!’“"ii:" 1 w * ,ch - W ” wiU print In lull in *h. Janu.rv iasoe of THE POULTRY® a * v YV /» KEEPER tho names and addresses of the w inners of the 600 GOLD WATCHES. H /ill Ilf i l WSieMr This offer ia bona fide and will be carried out to the letter. Send now, don’t wait. Gold Watch THE POULTRY KEEPER jeribers, and la becked by B for 50 Ctg. ytC »o that everyone of our subscribers may be sure of getting what we promiae. In-■ deed we could not afford otherwise with a Taper that haa already tecured 80,000 aubacriber. on Its merit. Undoubtedly some wlio read thia new j4Ef7?tr departure will think an offer to give away *30,000 in pros- H jt&S&uL iIVWV enta ia moat unrcaeoneble and unprofitable; but let us aay to ■ r f JqfclilKfiMk ell such persona that it coata anywhere from *25,000 to 150,000 ■ MBiiSJirV. to secure a large circulation to a poMT. Wc know of a pub- ■ ■ i, i | ' r tl*»t >P«nt 50,000 in one week m giving away fret cop- H i'" alld advertising his papers, and the money was well spent, ■ forU Mcurrd ,or lllm »» eataUiahed circulation that paid ■ *«”• Interest on the investment. Publishing nowadays mast H either be (lone on an extensive scale or not at alt. It coals MWfttMWfaSmM&tGStoiSmisiliMgSiMWaSUMk juataa much for matter, and just as much for illustrations,™ electrotypes, editorial aervicei, rent and for setting up the ■ type for a paper of 100 circulation si it does for a paper with ■ WXV/ab- M BOO,OOO circulation. On small editions, each one of the above H KagSl ■MmMXi fm&lebziuSffl Heme swell, the coat aiugle paper alarmingly, but on very ■ I*!** editions, the expense is spread over ao many papers ■ lh< (j it *• , j ,no,t d entir ' l Y lost; thus jtou can see that large H precisely wiiat we propswe doing with Tux PovuarTluntiu '* 9 We will send a printed Ust of the Awards Free, and all ■ Present! will be forwarded to Holders of Receipts as they H “olut OLD PATRONS AND SUBSCRIBERS, whom we num. | I ./yX-f i iTKSpHioSy b«r by tha thousands, should at once go to work and help us H increas ® our iist » b y this grand and generous offer. food for one preeent. One number or the paper is worth double the ■ subscription price. At to our reliability me reftr Gioe. who da not ■ , _ lenow Ht to nny Bank or Mercantilt Aamey. R E wS l ToS s r n mpte t „ , !) to our Hubßcriberß BlTento tUem a^ o,ute,y Free -1 J Money in sums 011 lor less may be sent in sn ordinary letter at our risk; larger sum should b, sent by RegSTtered Letter B 3° r Po»l»l Bole, end addrwMd to THK POULTRY KEEPIR, 89 Randolph StrVjw, Ohloto, 111, p

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