Pike County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 19, Petersburg, Pike County, 22 September 1882 — Page 4

PUB COUNTY DEMOCRAT. Published Every Friday. PETERSB JRG, - - INDIANA.

WMEN ms FItOST IS ON THE FUNKIN. Wien the fr >st Is on the punk in and the fodder’s In the shook. And you her r the kyouck and gobble of the st'rutth ' turkey-cock. And the oh okln' or the guineys, and the cluckli: at the hens. And the iris' ir's hallyl oyer as he tiptoes on the fou >c: , Olt's then th > time a feller is a reelin’ at his best, With the rlst >’ sun to greet him from a night of grac ous rest, * As he 1 aves the house bare-headed and goes out to t red th j stock. When the fr< at Is on the punkln and the fodder’s In the shook. Thor's some! In kind o’ hearty-like about the atmosp ore, When the tent of Summer's over and the coolin’ 'all is hereof course we miss the dowers, and the bloesoms ot thet ces. And the mm bis of the hummin'-birds and bus/.in’ >f the bee»: But the air's o appertain’; and tho landscape through tho haw Ot a crisp anc sunny morning of the early autumn days is a picture t, at no painter has the colorin' to mock— When the frost 1s on tho punkin and the fodder's in ho shook. f The husky, n sty rustle of the tossols of the corn. And the ras >in’ of the tangled leaves, as gpldon as the morn; The stubble li the lurries—kind o’ lcnesometik \ bet st 11 A-proaehin's irmons to us of tbe bams they g rowed o till; The sirawgtac k in the modder, and the reaper In the st ed; Tho bosses li their stalls below—the clover overhead!— O it sets my h art a-clickin' like the tickin’ of a clock. When tho fro st is on the punkin and the fodder’s In t so shock! —Buij. F. Join isoii. in Indianapolis Journal. WHICH WILL SHE CHOOSE! “Great nrws, girls!” cried pretty Belle Winters, as she came dancing into the pari >r, whore a group of young girls were assembled. All belonged to what they proudly denominated “The Cranston Be levolent Sewing Society,” ■and they me , punctually every Wednesday afternoon, at the house of some one of the m ‘tubers; but, if truth must be told, the ; amount of talking done exceeded the a nount of sewing, as a thousand exceeds a single unit. As Belle’s exclamation reached their ears, every needle was suspended in mid air, as its owner eagerly demanded: “ What is it? Tell us quick. Belle.” “Well,” said that young lady, as she subsided intc a chair, “ I met Joe Richards this morning, driving with such a splendid-looking man. O, I can tell you he was just perfect! And I wondered who he could fee, and made up my mind ;o find out. So I was thinking and thi iking about it, as I walked here this afte rnoon, and just as I turned the comer ot this street who should I meet but Joe and this same gentleman walking. Joe stopped and begged to introduce hie friend, Mr. Kingsley, and then said th; t Mr. Kingsley was an old school-friend of his, who had just removed to Frankfort, and he had promised to bring him here to Cranston for all the parties this winter, so he should depend on us to invite him. Of course I said we should be happy to do so.” “O, of course!” echoed all her listeners, sympathizingly. “Ihere is the sociable for next week, Belle; did you invite them to that?” asked Lizzie Cutler. “You were on the inviting committee.” “Certainly, I did!” responded Belle. “And what did they say?” exclaimed a dozen voices. “Why, what would they say?” laughed Belle, with a little triumph in her tones. * ‘Promised they would come, and each begged for the first dance, of course.” ' ----- -‘And which did you choose?” was tho next question. * “Mr. Kingsley, to be sure. I can dance with Joe any time,' besides I promised him the second ft’ Her auditors looked slightly disappointed, but all were accustomed to yielding the first place to Belle, and she was snch a general favorite that there was never any hard feeling on the „ subject, “Joe said something,” continued Belle, “about Mr. Kingsley's hrother. They had turned half away," and 1 did not hear distinctly. It will be %in if there are two Additions of that kind to our stock of beaux.” “Well, I am sure such additions are needed,” cried Addie Palmer, “for there are scarcely a dozen young men in Cranston, and Joe is the only one who ever drives over from Frankfort to attend any of our parties!” “Mr. Kingsley may as well stay away for all we slrall gain,” lan<riied Lizzie Cutler, “for Belle will “monopolize him, as she does every one.” There was, however, no unkindness or jealousy in the remark; Lizzie thought Belle perfection, and would have quarreled on the spot with any one who dared to disagree with her. “ All I want is a fair field and no favor,” said Belle, merrily. “If Mr. Kingsley prefers any of you girls to me, I am perfectly willing.;, But, now, to complete !he arrangement for next week,” and thereupon followed a long and earnest discussion of order of dances, the music, supper and toilettes, during wh eh sewing was a thing forgotten, and if the poor of Cranston were waitiag for the Benevolent Society to clothe tiiem, it is much to be feared that they woukj have little to protect __ them from the winter’s cold., The nig! it for the sociable arrived in due sensor, and with it Mr. Richards and his fri 3nd, whom he impartially introduced t) every young lady of his acquaintance, but though gay and polite with all, Mr. Kingsley was at Belle > Winters’ i ide whenever it was possible, - and Lizzie Cutler’s prediction that Belle, wp ild mo ropolize him, seemed likely t'o prove t -ue.

“ I mea it to have told yon more about Harry’s bi other the other day, Belle,” said Mr. IJchards, coming to Miss Winters, who Vas in the same cotillion with Joe and Lizzie Cutler. “ Your brother, Mr. Kingsley?” asked Belie of hi ir partner. “Yes,” continued Joe, as Mr. Kingsley bowel assent, “his twin-brother, and so lik i him that you could hardly distinguis 1 one from the other. His name is Ashton. 1 want you to ask him over x> your sociables too.” “We shall all be very happy to do so, I am sure ” answered Belle. You must be sure to bring your brother with you, at our ne;:t dance. Mr. Kingsley.” “Than!: you,” he said, with a little .hesitation, “not with me, I fear; but I will send him in my stead. Our father Isold and infirm, and we never leave him alow.” Belle bowed in acquiescence. « Very, well, thei,” she said, “we shall be glad to see either of you.” At the next sociable, Mr. Ashton Kingsley was presented to the fair ladies of Cranston, by Mr. Richards! Their opi lions in regard to the brothers were freely expressed wfypn the sewing society met bn the following Wednesday. So ne pronounced them so mneh alike that it would be impossible ever to y know them apart Others thought Ashton somewhat taller than his brother, and believed his hair and eyes were darker. Most considered him more quiet and reserved than Henry, and all agreed that Bellle was likely to appropriate both. It certainly seemed so as the season wore on, and oiae or the other of the „ twins was Belle’s devoted cavalier at every dance and sleighing party, and many were the discussions as to which she would choose. If such discussions came to Belle’s, ears, she would laugh- ! ingly suggest that she might neve* bare the chance to choose either.

“O, hut that is aU nonsense,** Lizsio Cutler would 017. “Any one can see that you will hare the chance soon enough.” '•Well, then," said Belle on one of these occasions, with a sudden gravity of demeanor that made all her companions believe that she had really decided the matter, “then 1 will tell you what I think I will do!” “What?” exclaimed every one, eagerly crowding about her, in their anxiety to know belle’s preference. “ I’ll choose both!” and Belle laughed gavly at the disappointed group. But in her own mind Bede was debating the same question. She could scarcely do blind to the fact that she was likely to be called on to decide between the. two brothers. Writh Henry she was gay, ready for any frolic or mischief, and found him such a willing participator; though upon occasion ho would reveal plenty of good sterling sense, as much, perhaps, as Ashton, who, while equally pleasant, was more reserved in his manners. Belle, according to her varying mood, sometimes preferred one, ana sometimes the other, till she was, half-inclined to think she could never

One day while thinking OYcr the ma tter a sudden idea struck her. At first she rejected it as utterly impossible, but the more she pondered the jaore convinced she was that she had now found a way to make her decision, and she resolved to watch carefully for any proof of her own theory. This she did. arid grew more and more confirmed in her belief; her intimate knowledge of Joe Richards, who was a distant cousin and a life-long confederate in every bit of mischief or practical joke, much aiding in her decision. Therefore, when, toward spring. Belle received a letter from each of the brothers, each containing an avowal of their love for her, she was not unprepared. Both were earnest, manly letters, though differing in style as the brothers differed in character. Henry’s was more lively and playful than Ashton’s, but in one respect they were alike. Each stated that he knew of his brother’s feelings toward her, and that they had agreed to write at the same time, asking her to choose between them, and pledging themselves that the rejected one, whichever he might be. would henceforth regard her as a dear sister, and harbor no ill feeling to her, or his more fortunate brother! “This,” added Ashton, “is perhaps taking it too much for grantedfynat one of us may find favor in your eyes. If not, we will, at least, endeavor to console each other.” A quizzical smile hovered round Belle’s mouth as she wrote her answer—answer, for she wrote but one, and addressed it to the two brothers. Listen, as she reads it over, half-aloud: To Messrs. Henry and Ashton Kingslev; Please accept my sincere thanks for your Snd and datterinar notes. Having duly 'eonlered the oontents, I have decided * ' accept both of you. you to-morrow evening. _that twill 1 shall be happy to see Yours, Was there ever swer written by a Bells Winters. before such an antwo offers of _ gitf to v marriage! Yet its oddity did not seem to trouble Belle, who sprang lightly up from her desk, and donning her outside wraps quickly conveyed her letter to th« post. It must be confessed, however, that on the evening of the following day, Belle grew decidedly nervous. “ Suppose I am mistaken, after all,” she thought, “how shall I ever get out of the scrape? I half wish I had never written that letter, but I never can do anything like other girls.” She paced her room excitedly for a few moments, then said aloud: “ 1 may &$ well make myself presentable; perhaps some one may come; though I may nave offended past all forgiveness; at any rate, I will be ready, and if worst comes to worst, I must put A brave face on it, and turn it all into a jest.” Very “presentable” she certainly looked, though unusually pale, when a half-hour later, as she sat alone in the parlor, the servant announced Mr. Kingsley. . Where was the other brother? Only one entered, and if Belle were pale, he was deathly white. No look of an accepted lover, but more that of a man who had lost all he holds dear on earth, was on his face, as with a sort of desperate courage he walked up to Belle, who had risen silently to receive him. For a moment he stood before her without speaking, without looking at her, then cried out impetuously: “ Belle, Belle, can you ever forgive such deception? It seemed but a jest till your note came, and then I realized in a moment what I had risked, and how by my folly! had lost you.” Halle could not speak; the ready repartee or saucy jest which she usually had at command failed her now, but she shyly extended her hand, while she smiled re-assuringly upon her lover. “ Belle! Do you mean it! Can you pardon me?” he exclaimed, as he covered the little hand with kisses. Apparently Belie did mean it, and some minutes passed in a blissful silence, before Mr. ^Kingsley kindly inquired: “And how long have you known of the deception. Belle? All the time, or did Joe turn traitor?” “He was traitorous enough,” Said Beele, in her usual merry tones, “if, as I imagine, he was the originator of this fine plot against an unsuspecting maiden’s peace of mind. No, I did notknpw all the time, and hardly know when I began to suspect that Henry and Ashton Kingsley were one and the same person. By-the-by, which are yon?" she added, archly. “ l am both. My name is Henry Ashton Kingsley,” was the reply. “So I imagined, for after I once had a suspicion of the truth many things confirmed it. Fcr instance, one day you dropped a card on the table, and it had ‘H. A. Kingsley’ written on it Another day, when yon came as Ashton, you attended to something which had happened when you were here the previous week; though it was as Henry that you had then been here. But tell me,” she continued, “what made yon ever think of thus personating two brothers?” “I used often to do it at school,” replied Mr. Kingsley. “It was commenced by my schoolfellows declaring that in my different moods of grave or gay, I was as unlike as if distinct boys, after which they called me Henry when lively, and Ashton when quiet, and I used to take much delight in making the two characters as unlike as possible. When I came to Frankfort, Joe revived the old joke, and finally proposed that 1 should appear at Cranston in my two characters, and thinking it would only be for ones or twice, and never dreaming how far we should carrv it:. I con

sen ted! I, assure you, I have been well punished, since I found ho# much I had risked by my folly.” Great was the excitement when Belle told of her engagement. Not a stitch of sewing was done at the Benevolent Society meeting that afternoon, except which Belle did herself, as she sat with pretended calmness, listen ng to their comments, for she had explained that there was but one Mr. Kingsley. Weary at last' of their endless exclamations, she sprang up to leave, saying as she did so: “At least, you must acknowledge that I have kept my word, for I always told yon I would take both, whenever you wondered ‘whioh will she choose?’ "—Ballou's Magazine —It Is said that the debt of the world is over $23,000,000, but so long as it is net in shape of a contested will the lawyers may gnash their teeth in vain.— Detroit Free Press. . —A man has been arrested in New lark for counterfeiting theater tickets. His villainy has put him in “a box," but he sighs for the family oireie.— ^teuitjo vilU Herald.

Whj i Ka»wt Imp Bants.

Girts, as well as boys, need to understand about kerosene explosions. A great many fatal accidents happen from trying to pour a little kerosene on the fire to make it kindle better, also by pouring oil into a lamp while it is lighted. Most persons suppose that it is the kerosene itself which explodes, and that if they are very careful to keep the oil itself from being touohed bv the fire or the light there will be no danger. But this is not so. If a can or a lamp is left about half full of kerosene oil the oil will dry up—that is, “evaporate”—a little and will form, by mingling with the air in the upper part, a very explosive gas.1 You cannot see this gas any more than you can see air. But if it is d sturbed and driven out. and a tyaze reaches it, there will be a terrible explosion, although the blaze did not touch the oil. There are several other liquids used in houses and workshops which will produce an explosive vapor in this way. Benzine is one; burning fluid is another; and naphtha, alcohol, ether, chloroform may do the same thing. In a New York workshop lately, there was a can of benzin *, or gasoline, standing on the floor. A boy sixteen years old lighted a cigarette, 'and threw the burring match on the floor close to the can. He did not dream there was-any danger, be ause the liquid was corked up in the can. But there was a great explosion, and he was badly hurt. This seems very mysterious. The probability is that the can had been stand'ng there a good while and a good deal of vapor had formed, some of which had leaked out around the stopper and was hanging in a sort of invisible cloud over and around the can; and this cloud, when the match struck it, exploded. Suppose a girl tries to fill a kerosene lamp without first blowing it‘out. Of course the lamp is nearly empty or she would not care to fill it. Th s empty space is filled with a cloud of explosive vapor arising from the oil in the lamp. When she pushes the nozzle of the can into the lamp at the top, and begins to pour, the oil, running into the lamp, fills the empty space and pushes the cloud of explosive vapor up; the vapor is obliged to pour out over the edges of the lamp, at the top, into the room outside. Of course it strikes against the blazing wick which the girl is holding down by one side. The bla*e of the wick sets the invisible cloud of vapor afire, and there is an explosion which ign’tes the oil and scatters it over her clothes and over the furniture of the room. This is the way in Which a kerosene lamp bursts. The same thing may happen when a girl pours the oil over the fire in the range or stove, if there is a cloud of explosive vapor in the upper part of the can, or if the stove is hot enough to vaporize quickly some of the oil as it falls- Remember that it is not the oil but the invisible vapor which explodes. Taking care of th • oil will not protect you. There is no safety except in the rule: Never pour oil on a lighted fire or into a lighted lamp.— Christian Union. Somnimb .ilisit in Bogs. There is something peculiar about somnambulism when considered from » scientific and philosophical standpoint The sleep-walker, it will be found, still retains a dim idea, even while he is asleep, of the condition of affairs when he went to sleep. For instance, if he leaves hfs clothes in a certain part of the room on retiring, he knows when he rises jnst where to find them, even in the dark. This is a question which opens up a wonderful field for physiological and mental research. While young and giddy we became a somnambulist, aud excited a great deal of curiosity by our strange freaks during sleep, and this one question of the slumbering mind and its memory of facts existing prior to sleep, was the most remarkable thing about it ail to us. We puzzled over that a good deal. At night we would retire to rest, and the next thing we would know we would wake up iu the middle of a contiguous melon patch, and there would be two or three other somnambulists there in the same patch, and as much surprised as we were, •Still there is the same truth staring us in the face. Every somnambulist there had through his sleep retained in h's semi-conscious state a perfect recollection of where every article of his clothing was and how to get out of the up-stairs window without waking the old people. By and by the owner of the melon patch procured, at great expeuse, a large, humorous bull-dog, who was also a somnambulist. Ho walked in his sleep a good deal. That is why we quit. We didn’t propose to descend to the level of the brute creation. We just said, if a bull-dog wants to somnam, he can do so and we will leave the field to him. We made this resolution one night jnst after we had plugged a watermelon. While stooping over in the act, we felt a pang of conscience and heard our suspenders break. Perhaps the casual reader has never sat down on a buzz saw and felt himself gradually fading away. If so he does not know what it is to form the acquaintance of a somnambulist bull-dog in the prime of life. After that, somnambulism didn't have such a run in our family for a while. We never slept so sound that we didn’t remember places and objects that had made an impression on us prior to slumber, and that is why we say that there is something in this'matter' that scientists would do well to look into,—Nye's Boomerang.

Directions for Making a Skirt. The very first thin? to do is to set the linen bosom on the front Stitch it twice across the lower edge, and cut out the neck by the shirt pattern. Next finish the back. If a yoke shirt is to be made, gather the fullness, and placing it between the front and back of the yoke, sew the seam and turn the yoke, leaving the seajn inside. If it be’ a sack-shirt, faee the back for a depth of twelve inches. Next sew up the shoulder seams, always leaving: the facing of the ba-'k, or the lining of the yoke, to stitch down on the right side. This makes all smooth and well finished. Then take the sleeves, which have already had the wrist-bands sewed on, but are still open from wrist-band to shoulder, sew them into the body of the shirt, leaving half an inch to turn down for a facing. This makes unnecessary the troublesome ann-ho'e facing and gives the requisite strength and hnish. Now comes the long seam, closing both the sleeve and the body, and almost finishing the garment. This seam must be carefully felled. Make the narrowest hem possible round the bottom of the shirt. Stay the ends of seams with tiny gussets or a tape stitrhed firmly a ross. The pattern ought to be so perfect that the neck will need no trimming out. A circular band is the best fitting, and this requires a pattern. Remember that upon the set of the neck-band depends the fit of the bosom and the comfort of tlie wearer, and use a tape measure that it may be neither too large nor too small, but just right. Shirt bosoms should always be lined. They are sometimes purchased with a coarse linen lining, but the ordinary linen bosom sewed over the front, and the cloth beneath allowed to remain instead of catting away, is quite as good.—Wisconsin State Journal. —A little powdored borax put in the water in which laces, muslins and lawns ore washed will improve their appearance greatly; use just as little soap as youpotaiblycan—tf Y. iVwl.

USEFUL ASP HUflUBSTITR. —American methods of conducting many departments ol: agriculture are being introduced into almost all parts of the civilised world. —Many people have an idea that radishes are vegetables only snitahle for the table in early spring, and they never sow them at times when they will be in* good condition to eat other seasons of the year. The fa t iis, they are desirable during all the months of the year and should be sown, every two weeks during the growing season.—Chicago Times. —To stop bleeding, if from a cavity in the iaw after a tooth has been extracted, shape a cork into the proper form and size to cover the bleeding cavity, and long enough to be kept firmly in place when the mouth is closed. This, we believe, is our own invention, and we have never known it to fail. It has served us in desperate cases.—Boston Transcript. —There are a great many farms and fields whidrean never be cultivated at a profit These if planted with forest trees, such as chestnut, oaks of different varieties, pines and larches, would produce a growth of tsimher which would be a source of profit, and then the energies of the farmer might be concentrated upon hia best land, and his manure could be applied where it would do the most good.—N. ¥. Herald. —The age of sheep up to four years old is readily ascertained from the mouth. They put up two large teeth in the center of the lower jaw, casting two sucking teeth at about twelve months old. They put up two more large teeth each of the next three years, making at four years old a full mouth of eight large teem. These soon become gappy and worn, especially when sheep are fed, on whole roots. —Most of the preventable losses in farming come from attempting to do too much, or rather from working with insufficient capital. The role that whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well is especially applicable to the operations of the farm. If the farmer lacks cash or labor sufficient to cultivate 100 acres in the best manner, let him limit his operations to fifty, and if that still refuses to yield a profit he can experiment with thirty, or even twenty acres—American Cultivator.

Ornamenting Roadsides., The appearance of farms may be greatly improved and their value largely increased by devoting attention to the strip of ground that lies between the outer fence and the traveled road. It belongs to the owner of the adjacent land, ana can be employed by him for any useful purpose that does not interfere with the privileges of travelers. The laws of nearly alT Western States encourage the planting of shade and ornamental trees on this strip of land, and impose severe penalties on persons who injure the trees and shrubbery planted. A farm is generally seen from the public road, and its appearance can be unproved to better advantage by planting trees, vines and shrubs along the side of it than by placing them where they will occupy ground mat can be made available for producing crops that can be harvested. A row of tine trees may be made to add much to the value of a place, and the cost of procuring, planting and taking care of them is very small. Still, the majority .of fanners derive no benefit from the 'strip of land that borders the public road, and many of them allow it to be a source of positive injury. It can always be utilized for the production of grass and clover, which can be harvested or fed off by stock. The best forage crops to produce on the side of roads are white clover and blue grass. They are ornamental as well as useful, and the peculiarity of the location is very favorable to their growth. The ground is well drained by the ditch on one side and is kept fertilised by the dust that rises from the traveled road. Neither of these two plants grows to such height that it interferes with foot travel when it is desired to walk along the side of the road. They may be kept short by allowing sheep or cattle to feed bn them once a week. A row of fine trees will do more toward beautifying this strip of land than anything else. Care and judgment, however, must be taken in theiF selection. Everything considered, the elm is the most suitable tree for planting on the side of a road. It is adapted to a variety of soils, is hardy, does not throw up sprouts or suckers, is cleanly, longlived, and of quite rapid growth. It Is at once stately, majestic and graceful. It is strong enough to resist the action of the most viment winds common to the prairies, and its branches are not liable to be broken by the accumulation of sleet and ice on them. The shade they cast is not so dense as to prevent the growth of vegetation beneath the branches. They should be planted, at least thirty feet apart, and their branches will then entwine by the time they have been planted a comparatively few years. The hard or sugar maple is a most desirable street tree, and has everything to commend it except its slow growth. It has no bad characteristics and is rarely troubled by insect enemies. Its foliage is fine at all seasons, and is especially beautiful when its color is changed by the frost. The common basswood or linden has many desirable characteristics. The trunk and branches are covered by a smooth and glossy bark, the leaves are of large size, and the growth of the tree is quite rapid. Its disposition to throw up suckers or sprouts is almost the only objection to it. All the varieties of the ash are unobjectionable, and they have many points in their favor, The hickory is beautiful at all stages of its growth, and for those who can wait for trees to grow from seed on the places where they are wanted no better tree can be recommended. It is at once useful and ornamental. It will bear nuts and produce shade« while iit will serve the purpose of ornamentation.

bicod huwu nro uuii uesurvmg ui cultivation, and whose presence amounts to a positive injury, are the ones that are most commonly planted. They are willows, poplars, locnsts and white maples. The first are nearly devoid of beauty, produce a poor shade, throw np suckers and sprouts, and send ont roots near the surface of the ground to great distances. They are almost constantly dropping their leaves, while they afford nesting-places for all kiDds of loathsome insects. Poplars nave nearly all of these objectionable qualities. " The Lombardy poplar may be a desirable tree for certain purposes when produced from seed, but when propagated by cuttings or sprouts, as it always is in this country, it is an abomination. The silver-leaf poplar has every bad quality a tree can possess, and hardly one redeeming characteristic. The native poplar is not as bad as the imported varieties, but it is bad enough to discard. The buds of the balm of Gilead tree may possess healing qualities. but everything else about the tree is worthless or injurious. The locust produces • beautiful and fragrant blossom and grows rapidly, but it suckers, harbors insects, an'd is generally killed by the borer before it attains a sixe to be of any value. Evergreens are desirable for ornamenting the sides of roads, but the lack of success that attends their planting prevents giving attention to them. The European larch, horse chestnut and three-thorned acacia are all desirable trees to plant between those of la*jger and slower growth, as the elm an d rock maple. They afford variety, anil help fill up the space that is unoccupied. The same' may be said of the dogvrood. sumac and elderberry, all of which are grown in dust*™.— —Chicago Times,

How the Lie* Agreed.

A Fox met a Babbit one day soon after Patrick Homy’s great speech and began: "\ “Sj* my friend, I to not to bltoh for being born into the woi aad now that I am here the world o' me a living. I am going to eat you! The Rabbit protested, but in vain. The Fox was picking Ms teeth of the last bit of meat when the Wolf oame along and remarked: I have made up my mind that the world owes me a living, and I shall begin to put my theory in practice by making a dinner off of raw box.” The Fox tried to prove that such a theory could apply only to bob-tailed animals like the Babbit, but he was knocked over and devoured. While the Wolf was congratulating himself on his good luck along came the Lion and asked: •* Why did yon murder the Fox?” •* Because the world owes me a living, and Fox meat was the only provisions handy.” “ The point is well taken,” continued the Lion. ‘‘If the world awes one person a living it owes the" same to all. Therefore, I shall dineon Wolf!” moral: The world is quite apt to pay its indebtedness by furnishing room to bury its creditors.—Detroit Free Press. Italian Hotel Advertisement. An Italian desirous of securing English custom has opened a hotel at Pompeii known as the Hotel de Bellevue, and his advertisement reads as follows: “That hotel open since a few days is renowned foreleanness of apartments and linen, for exactness of service, and for excellence of the true French cookery. Being situated at close proximity with regeneration, it will be propitious to receive families whatever wMch shall desire to reside alternately into this town to visit the monuments newly found and to breathe thither the salubrity of the air. The establishment will avail to all the travelers visitors of that sepnlt city and to the visitors (willing to draw antiquities) a great disorder and contour of the iron-whay. People will find equally thither complete sortment of strange wines, and of the kingdom, hotel and cold baths, stables, and coach-houses, the whole with very moderate prices. Now all the application and endeavors of the host will tend always to correspond to the tastes and desires of their customers, which will acquire without doubt to him into that town the reputation whom he is ambitious.”—Hotel Mail. A Parisian Ant Merchant. M. Griscon, in ‘‘The Dark Corners of Paris,” gives the following description of an ant merchant, a young woman named Blanche: ‘‘Her face and hands are tanned as though they had been prepared by some skillful tanner; she is clothed in buffalo skin, and in spite of this armor she is devoured by her stock in trade. But ner skin has become so hardened and insensible, from long practice, that she can sleep surrounded with sacks fall of her merchandise undisturbed by their stfhging. Mademoiselle Blanche has negotiants in the departments where there are extensive forests; she pays her employees two francs a day. Her business extends even as far as Germany. She never receives less shan ten 'sacks (miller’s sacks) of ants daily. The ants lay eggs, and these are sola for feeding pheasants. At the present moment Mademoiselle Blanche is on the road to fortune.” —Guay mas, at the mouth of the Gulf of California, is a place of which even well-informed people have rarely heard; bnt it is a point from which, for two years past, a railroad has been slowly creeping north, and it is announced that this road will connect with the Southwestern system. The road was started by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe capital ; but that line is not near enough south to make a junction and it is possible that a connection will be made by way of the Southern Pacific. The new route will be four days shorter than any existing route to Australia, New Zealand or the Western coast of South America. —Chicago Journal. —A trial in Berlin has resulted in the conviction of, a factory girl, Pauline Henkelmann, for the murder of one of her friends, Eliza Daksch. The object of the murderess was simply to rob her victim. The details of the crime disclose an incredible degree of barbarity, cruelty, and debasement. Panline was sentenced to death, but, in spite of the shocking cruelty with which she took life, she was recommended to mercy by the jury, and will probably escape hanging. —A prominent Philadelphia dry-goods firm has devised an ingenious way of advertising its goods. It has devoted an entire column in a daily newspaper to an invitation to strangers passing ‘ the city to make that store a j, affording them convenitving their hand-bags and furnishing checks for the i, snu in this way providing a free resting-place. —A peddlar on an Iowa railroad concluded that, in the intervals of regular business, he, might win some money from passengers as a three-card monte operator. After practicing with the cards until he considered himself anadept, he chose a green-looking man for a first victim; but this person was a professional gambler, and the peddler quickly lost $150, for the recovery of wMch he has brought a suit.—Chicago News. _^_ —The city of Boston, through its Board of Aldermen, has decided to erect a statue in that city to Paul Uevere, of Revolutionary fame.

THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. Sept. 14.1882. CATTiJS—Exports... .$U OU 0514 00 B • 8 25' 0 1 09 • 1 07 0 76 « 42 m 22 25 • m m too • 600 a 4 oo a sso 0 900 0 4 40 0 600 0 96 0 87 0 62 m 52 COTTON—Middling. FLOUR-Good to Choice. 6 52 WHEAT—No. 2 Red.. 1 08 No. 3 Red.. 1 06 CORN—No.2...... 75 OATS—Western Mixed. 33 FORK—Standard Mess.. 22 00 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling... .... BREVES-Exports. 7 00 Fair to Good. 5 00 Native Cows.. 2 50 Texas Steers........ 3 00 HOGS—Common to Select.... 7 60 SHEEP—Fair to Choice.. 5 00 FLOUR-X XX to Choice.. 4 00 WHEAT—No. 2 Winter. 94 No. 5 " . 86 CORN—No. 2Mixed.. . 61 OATS—No. 3... 32 RYE—No. 2.... 68 TUBACCO—Dark laws. 5 00 0 6 00 & Medium Dar k Leaf 7 50 0 8 50 HAY—Choice Timothy. 15 00 0 16 00 BUTTER-Chotce Dairy....... 22 0 24 EUGS-Choice. 19. 0 20 FORK—Standard Mesa..21 00 e $1 50 BACON—Clear Rib.. 141*0 16 LARD—Prime Steam. 11140 12 WOOL—Tub-waahed„medium 33 0 36 Unwashed...... 23 0 25 CHICAGO. Cattle—Exports.. too 0 7 76 HOGS—Good to choice. 7 60 0 9 co SHEEP—Good to choice.- 4 00 0 S 00 FLOUR—Winter... 6 00 Spring.'... 5 00 WHEAT—No. 2 Spring.. 90 No. 2 Red.. 99 CORN—No.2. .. 6t OATS—No.2..... 8t RYE..... 67 PORK-NewMeas. 20 00 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers... 4 75 " Native Cows. 2 50 HOGS—Sales at...7 oo WHEAT—No. 2--. ........ ...... 79 ** Not 2»*»» ...v.i.eA... *5 CORN—No.2 Mixed.. 65 OATS—NO.2.. 28 NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grades. 4 73 OORN-White.. 96 OATS—Choice.- 50 O 51 Y—Choice. IS 00 0 19 06 r .Mess.... -........... 22 50 0 23 06 Clear Rib ............ 15 0 13* i—Middling.„ .... 0 tt* 0 71 0 700 0 100 0 1 00 0 65 0 32 0 38 0 20 26 0 6 A0 0 35* 0 850 0 80 0 76 573 92 B H 'kJf

—Mr. Keeley, of motor feme, has bound himself to run a railroad train from New York to Chicago at a cost for fuel not to exceed fifty cents. At that rate the fare ought to he about a nickel for the round trip.—Chicago InterOcean. "''Thu Now York Evening Telegram says: Tony'Paator was cared of rheumatic paint by St. JacdhaiMirHe praiaea ita efficacy. Ax Arkansas rlrl refused to marry her h>ver unless he performed some heroic deed. He eloped with her mother. Vast merit is inherent in 8t Jacobs 00, and we heartily recommend it to our readers. —Chicago (IB.) Western Catholic. This summer a party of New York tour Ists had penetrated the wilds of Northern Michigan In search of health and recreation, and coming noon a squatter’s 13x13 cabin with a sign of “Hotell” orar the door, the pirty halted to make a few inquiries. “Can we obtain accommodations herel” asked the spokesman. “Yaaa, I guess so.” “Got every, thing handy?” “Yaaa.” “What are your charges!” The landlord looked the iarty over and replied: “Gentlemen, I’m a blunt man, and we’ll come to the plot at once. I kin furnish quilts, but yu’li have to sleep out doors. The grub will consist of pork, taters and Johnny-cake. 1 a low no card-playing, boss-racing or swearing, and furnish a razor and soap for Sunday soaring. I sell whisky at two dollars a pint, mx a sure cure tor chills, and hare a hoas and wagon to convey any one who dies to the nearest railroad-station. That’s me; and I guess about thirty dollars a week will be the fair thing, though' I want ye to know that I’m making a great reduction over last year’s prices.”—WoU Street Jinet. Injurious Habits. Avo’d ail habits that are injurious to your health. The practice of going about the house winter mornings with naked feet often causes a bad cold that may end in consumption. Rapid eating causes derangement of the digestive organs. A quarrelsome habit may end in murder. The habit of taking severe cathartic medicines is very unwise. VVheu suffering from indigestion, etc., it is best to strengthen those organs by using Dr. Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. It assists nature in restoring health and strength to every part of the body. when ten-cent pieces again become fashionable as articles of jewelry every man can wear a dime-and-pin.—-V. T. Commercial Advertiser.

A phtsician writes: "I have found that Dr. Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla is a perfect and complete core for sexual weaknesses. tbs most stubborn of all debilitating diseases. This fact should be generally known. It will save many from the clutches of that Tile class of medical pretenders, who call themselves specialists, but whose specialty consists ynostly in prolonging the suffering of their victim and emptying his purse.” \ Plantation philosophy: Remember,young man, dat de best frien* yer’s got on dis earth Is a better frien* ter himself, den he is ter you. Doan turn a man outen de ranks ob respectability case he’s a coward. While Nature was foolin’away her time paintin’ different colors and stripes on de horns ob do Jacksnappers an’ udder bugs, I doan see why she didn’t contrive some easier way fur a child to cut teeth.—Arkansas Traveler. Haunted He. A Workingmen says: “Debt, poverty and suffering haunted me for years, caused by a sick family and large bills for doctoring, which did no good. I was completely discouraged, until one year ago, by the advice of my pastor, I procured Hop Bitters and commenced their use, aud in one month we were alt well, andnone of us have been sick a day sinee; and I want to say to all poor men, yon can keep your families well a year with Hop Bitters lor less than ore doctor’s Tisit will cost.”— Christian Advocate. Enquirer : Are there any signs of a hard Wluterl There are! Seven English lecturers threaten to visit this country.—ISoston Tost. ___ Personal! jThr Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will send Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belts snd Electric Appliances ou trial, for thirty days to men (young or old) who are afflicted with nervons debility, lost vitality and kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy and complete restoration of health and manly vigor. Address as above. N. B.—No risk is incurred, sa thirtj day’s trial Is allowed. Step ou a woman’s trail and she has *a claim for damages. Her redress is a new dress.—A’. 0. Picayune. , ' A Fatal Mistake would he not to take Dr. R. V. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery” if you are bilious, suffering from impure blood, or fearing consuu ption (scrofulous disease of the longs). Sold by all druggists. TnBv nsed to sav when a man was in an ill humor that he “had his back up.” Now they remark that he is “on his ear.” a great and needed improvement. This is Db. Piekce’s “Pleasant Purgative PeTlets” are sugar-coated and inclosed in gl <ss bottles, their virtues being thereby preserved unimpaired for any length of time, in any climate, so that they are always fresh and reliable. No cheap wooden or pasteboard boxes. By druggists. ' “Never swear before ladies,” says a preacher. What are we to do.' Wait until the ladies swear first, and then swearafter them! An early reply solicited.—Eloominyton Eye. Functional derangement.of the female sys’era is quickly cured by the use of Dr. R. v. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescription.” It removes pain and restores health and strength. By all druggists. A WRITER in the Musical Education writes on “How to Breathe.” ,Tothose who are not too lazy it will be found interesting.—-V. (X Picayune._ *«* “It is a great art to do the right thing^ at the right time.” The person subject to derangement of the kidneys or liver has a protective duty to perform in purchasing a package of Kidney-Wort. It invigorates these ormms, aud by its c ithartic and diuretic effect, cleanses the whole system of all bad humors. __ A young man in Goshen has been entirely cured of nervous prostration by playing ou a fiddle. The dise ;se passed to the family next door. —Detroit Tree Press. pint of the finest ink for families or schools can be made from a ten-cent package of Diamond Dye. Try them. Tins year people have been going away to spend their money, not to spend the summer. —-V. O. Picayune. Straighten tout old boots and shoes with Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffeners, and wear them again. Sold by shoe and hard warrNJealers. It is not always the flower of the family that furnishes the breid.— Whitetiatt Time*, “ Rough on Rats.” Clears out rats, mice, roaches, bed-bugs, gophers, chipmunks, 15c. A mas should not resign—even an umbrella —while under a cloud.—AT. 0. Picayune. Redding’s Russia Salve is the most wonderful healing medium In the world. Try it. Funnt tact: That “noon,” whether we ■pell it backwards or forwards, is always midday.—Andrew’s American Queen. Skikxt Men. “Wells’ Health Eenewer” restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia. $1. Worn prayers are put in a book they are bound to he repeated. Do Touwant good bread ! Use National Teaat TRT the new brand, “Spring Tobacco.”

That terrible scourge (ever and ague, and Its congener, bilious remittent, besides affections of the stom

w.u, im i aau produced by miasmatic air and water, are both eradicated and S prevented by the cae I of Hosteler's Stora- | ach Bitters, a purely • vegetaole elixir, la* dorscd by physicians, ^ and more extensive*^ ly used as a remedy

ftiffais , M well as ■mat others, than f medicine of the For sale by all _rist« and Dealers generally. L selling Pictorial percent. " Rational $47 A MONTH tint B»»rdh» yoat count' or Urilet Pleasant Bustner ‘ P. W.Zixeun A Co..Box 34. utu Co., St Louts, Mo. *1 Ly *12 a da; at borne easily made, tree AcidnMTnM&ca.AtiKiisu.ua Dr. Bruce’s Balm of Beauty will re$150 per month to AGENTS. Pictures Copied **d -'. Taj lor Copying Co.,*L Louis, Jlft tCCA WEEK In your oira town. Terms and 9QOtC«iattNaA&tniuiafMi*goyP«i$|aa43ij . , ' *'r/ ?

FOB RHEUMATISM, * Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gjout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Snell- % ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earite eqaala St. Jama* Ora as a rafe, sure, sinpis and cheap External Rented/ A trial antails but the comparative!/ trifling outlay of SO Crate, and ererr ooe Buffering sjitlt pain can ban cheap and poattirs proof of its Directions in Boren Languages. 1 BOLD BT ALL BRGGGISTS AND BBALEB3 IB MEDICINE, LVO&ELBR ft CO., Baltimore, Md., TT. S. A.

DR, JOHN BULL’S FOR THE CURE OF FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER,; The proprietor of this celebrated medicine justly claims for it a superiority over all remedies ever off* red to the public for the SAFE, CERTAIN, SPEED? and PERMANENT cure of Ague and Fever, or Chills and Fever, whether of short or long standing. He refers te the entire Western and Southern country to hear him testimony to tho troth of the assertion that in no case whatever will it fail to cure if the directions aro strictly folia wad and carried out. In a great many coses a single dose has been sufficient far a cure, and wcole families have been cured by asingle bottle, with a perfect restoration of tho general health, It is, howsver, prudent, and in every ease more certain to care, if tts use is continued in smaller doses for a week or two after tho disease hat been checked, more especially in difficult and long-standing cases. Usually this medicine will not require any aid to keep tho bowels in - good order. Should tho patient, however, require a cathartic medieine.af ter having taken three or fbnr doses of the Tonie, a single dose Of BULL’S VEGETABLE FAMILY FILLS will ho sufficient. The genuine SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP must have DR. JOHN BULL’S privet e stamp on each bottle. DR. JOHN BULL only has the right to manufacture and sell the original JOHN J. SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP, of Louisville, Ky. Examine well the label-on each bottle. If my private stamp is not on each bottle do not purchase, or you will be deceived. DR, ffOECDiT ~ BTJIsXs, Manufacturer and Vender of SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP, BULL’S SARSAPARILLA, BULL’S WORM DESTROYER The Popular Kennedies of the Day, > Prlaelnal Office. SsTdaie St- LOl’ISVIUJL IT. TWENTYS ECOND ST. LOUIS FAIR OPENS MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, AND CLOSES SATURDAY, OCT. 7, 18S3PREMIUMS, $50,000. The exhibition of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry. Agricultural Implements, Machinery and Mechanical Displays, Worksot Art and Textile GAods will this year surpass anything before visited on this Continent. All the railroads will carry passengers and freight to the St. Louis Fair at largely reduced rates. Sale of Stock will he made a specialty. During the week of the Fair the business part ot the citv will he most beautifully illuminated with 50,000 gas lights. Letters directed to the Secretary will receive prompt attention. CUXS. fclREEN, Prea’t. G. O. KALB, See’y. Tuesday, October 3, KIDNEY-WORT HAS BEEN PROVED „ The SUREST CURE for I KIDNEY DISEASES. Does a lezne bock or disordered urine indi- - qnto that yoil A?6 B viflHm ? THKN DO NOT ^ E HESITATE? vs9 Kidney-Wort &t once, (drug- *“ gists recommend it) ana it will speedily over- . u the disease and restore healthy action. $ ■ offline Forcampl&iata peculiar > ttnCtWaUe*a to your sex, such and weehnseaefl, Kidney-Wort is t as it Trill act promptly and safely. Either Sex. Incontinence, retention of urine, .-rick dust or ropy deposits, and dnll drag-gin* ® peine, all speedily yield to its curative power. ” SOUP BY JlLD DBUGOISTS. Price $1. k KI DiN EY-WORT, tin abundance.—83 MUHnn paunch “ imported last year.—Prices tower \ than ever.—Agents wanted.—Don’t J waste tiiae.—Send for circular, lbs, Coed Black or Mixed, for 91. lbs. Fine Black or Mixed, for §2. Ibs! Choice Black or Mixed, for $3. i for ooard enraple, K cts. extra for postage. »got upaelub! Choicest Tea in the woriT‘eit ‘variety.—He»ca every body.-OJdestTca se in America.—No chroma.—No Humbug.— tebt business.—'Value for money. I5! ffKLLsi*Y«*f SL,N.l.,P.O.Box 1481. PARSGKS* PURGATIVE PILLS KV” New Rich Blood, and wfR completely change the blood In the entire system in three months. Any person who win take pUl each night ftbm 1 to H9 weeks may be restored “ tthelti * . _____...it* mayb to sound health, if such a thing be possible. Sold everywhere. or sent by mail tor 8 letter stamps. I. ”-- Co.. mMm Ma ‘ “ Jouxsox A Co-. Bfistoa, Mass., formerly Banger. Ma. STROHS’S SANATIVE PILLS FOR YRE LIVER. t 3- -iZ---c--- coosjJpattoa and dyspepsia. Sold by at. leading Druggists. Fob circulars and almanacs wt h full particulars, sddrest P. O. Box 050, New Yerk City. NOT FAIL to wnd for our fall prico for im to any address upon appL. tioniof everything roouir- ... ® aj.mix' ^fUptPMnoilwFmiiy “«• with over a,W» h Iwitr.iioD.. W. nil nil goodill KhMMMjjAj. in ttfntiw te nit te. sterckana. rhe only institution wbo make tbbs their special busV

yr&Tfrv nt7si»^«d«r CT 1**Ub9 Pfcyrivlaas wtommcnd these Styjportccs. FRAZER AXLE GREASE. Beat In.the tSS&LiH* WerW. tfce itmin. Kf 1 aar Twi«e»»iiHi «n4 U wr**. «©U> EVE8tW«C*5, tjUBBKaataaasasag

A JOURNAL Of TRANSPORTATION. MERCHANT'S OATtGTJNO OTL b the oldest and the standard liniment of the United States. Large else, $1.00; medium SO cents; smalt, 23 cents; small size for family use, 25 cents; Merchant’s WoriS Tablets, St cents. For sale by every druggist and deader in general merchandise. Tor Family Use.' The Cargllng Oil Unlment -with tram wrapper, prepared for human flesh, is put up in small bottles only, and does not stain the skin. Price 23 cents. The Gargling Oil Almanac for 18S5 Is now in the hands of our printer, and will he ready for distribution during the months of November and December. 1883. The Almanac for the coming year will be more useful and Instructive than ever, and will be sent free to any address. Write for one. Ask the Nearest Druggist. If the dealers in your plaeedo not keep Merchant's Gargling Oil for sale, insist upon their sending to us. or where they get their medicines, and petit. Keep the bottle well corked, and shake it before using. Yellow wrapper for animat and white lor human flesh. Special Notice. The Merchant’s Gargling Oil has been In use as a liniment for half a century. All we ask is a fair trial, but be sure and follow directions. - The Gargling Oil and Merchant’s Worm Tablets are tor sale by all druggists and dealers in general merchandise throughout the world. Manufactured at LockporLN.Ti by Merchant’s GareHng Oil Company. EDUCATIONAL. UPKIKGFIELD (1LL.1 Business CoHege. Coi & Actual Business Practice. Send forCol.Ja Journal, JOHNSON’S GOM’L COLLEGE c year. specimens of Penmanship and Ctrou tM Invaluable to Housekeepers. Practical and Popular. F. E. OWENS, 530 Fulton Street, Chicago. Engineering

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