Pike County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 32, Petersburg, Pike County, 18 December 1884 — Page 4

^^TPuLlished Kvorjr Timrsday. PETERSBURG. . . - INDIANA. EN MASQUE. Twas at the masquer*** we met;' A trembling clout! d neecy lace Kell ’round a form of fairy grace. And diamonds bound h.r hair of jet. Emboldened by the mash l wore I ploud of her a single dance; ■ Vlcfry crowned >ny bold advance; I proudly led her to the door. I longed to see her hidden face. And as her lithesome form I held. My heart with wild emotions swelled, I asked her to her mask displace. She lifted up her queenly head; With jeweled hand her mask she raised; I stood and looked, abashed, amazed, I saw it was—my bivther Fred! —T. Holmes, in Current. major john" brindon. The Heroic Manner in Which He Won His Bride. CHAPTER i. Major John Brindon', member of the Arkansas Historical Society, was requested to read a paper, relative to the days of the code within the memory of men how living. The Major cheerfully responded in the following: Arkansas had been a State some ten years when I became one of her citizens. I was a very ambitious young man. Devoted study had failed to win for mo a name of any distinction in the East, so, in this wild country, I was determined to make a living .if nothing else. Knowing nothing of the State, I had no particular point in view, but mounted on a good horse, I struck out for some place to suit my fancy. One evening, when the winter’s sun, losing his glare just above the tree tops, sank down like a ball of dull fire, I stopped at a large double log house. The surroundings spoke of refinement. The yard was a perfect wilderness of shrubs and flowery and the fields lying adjacent bore evidences of a fine state of cultivation. “Get down, sir; get down;” said a polite old gentleman, coming out to the fence. “Here, Abram, take the gentleman’s horse. Come in and have a seat.” Tl;e room into which he ushered me was large and comfortable. The furniture was old-fashioned, and as I held out my hands to the blaze, I wondered how the peat old brass andirons had escaped the cannon molder in the early days of the American revolution. My host, I soon learrtfed, was Judge Blake, an eminent jurist of that day. When I told him that I had come to practice law, liis face beamed with pleasure. “Young and ambitious, of course,” said lie. "Well, I shall not discourage »m. We have need of youth and am'bition in a country like this. The ability that would often go unrecognized in an older State, many times meets with brilliant success in a country where orator; .43 a peculiar charm and where logic, although an audience may be uneducated, finds an appreciative conviction. Let me introduce my wife and daughter.” I arose and bowed to a pleasant mid-dle-aged lady and a girl of surprising loveliness. ( "Mr. Brindon will remain over night With us,” said the Judge. “Houses arc scarce in this section, my dear sir,” turning to me. “My wife brings the welcome news that supper is ready— —welcome news indeed to me, for I have, as' no doubt has been the ease with you, ridden several miles to-day. i Come,”

At the tat>le the young lady who# the ? called Jassamine sat opposite me. I h;»d ample opportunity for studying her face, at first a pleasure and then a fascination. She would occasionally Eteal a glance at me, and my eyes, falling, would rest on the cold roast of a bear into which my appetite, despite my admiration, was making something of an incision. After supper we sat Sfoisnd the log fire. 1 found Jassamine to be proud and well educated, though she did not affect that super-refinement wh-eh prompts 30 many young people to despise their surroundings. “ M you- are going to practice law,” said the Judge, “ I don’t know of a better place than this. Our county seat is jfdfcJiif four miles from here. It is not ' much of a village, but its legal business ,is large. The letters of recommendation which you have shown me”—which I had shown too, rather proudly—“ will admit you into the best society. The one from Judge King should be treasured as a precious document. I am going to town to-morrow, and if you desire it, will assist you in locating*” I thanked him warmly. I fancied Jas-amine’s eyes rested on me in approval. chapter n. The village was, indeed, small, but, as the Judge said, there was a future before it. There was evidently not -TOu h of a past behind it. The courthouse and jail were log structures) very much alike in appearance, I thought The business houses were small, and seemed to be filled up with the skins of animals. I decided to locate. Offices were few, but after muoh persuasion, I found room with the county clerk. A hoarding-house was the next question. This was even more difficult than finding an office. “Young man^’ said the Jndge, *• if yofs don’t mind the distance, you can boi xd- at my house and ride m every s delighted, and shook the Judge 1 a light grasp of gratitude. . was* anxious” to know what JassaJ would think, whether or not she nld like the idea of admitting a Mder, and, especially if she would the thought of my being that er. That evening I found her .in the sitting-room. Her face owed no surprise when I told her. ,*‘I hope you have no objections,” said disappointed. “IP Why should I have. Whatever r does is right” on’t you get very tired of living 1 wooosP” , I suppose we all get tired living "re. It ifcthe mind rather than t makes life agreeable.” 11. in an attempt at comshould be agreeable to t have more mind—than— immediately sug

*nac i coma not tinish the as l had intended, I dropped diseu i a handful of little them. While we , a footstep aroused Jassafancied she changed color, the door and stud “goo<i: cordial yoice. A mar, introduced him as Dr. uot like him. I thought overdid the work of smilJassamine said a word, her and smile. He did me but two or three times, at him. After this he cold, merciless way. he

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Chief .Justice, will be left entirely with yourself.” “I will not accept. I was taught to look upon the code as an arrangement of murder.” “Then it will be my painful dnty° to post you as a coward.” “You are right It will be a painful “What will the jurist do?” “If you refer to me, I eau tell you. He will beat you with his list—beat you within an inch of your life.” “That is the way cowards fight.” “It is the way cowards meet with just punishment.” k ■< Jassamine, without excitement stood regarding us. “You certainly do not refuse to fight him?” site said, turning to me. “I will fight him in a civilized way,” I replied. “Yes,” he suggested, “and with the weapons of a brute.” I eould no longer stand his taunts. With a blow which he did not expect, I knocked him down. Jassamine screamed, but by the time the Judge and his wife had run into the room, I had given the doctor what the men in the East would have called a sound threshing. CHAPTEK in. I soon learned that the doctor bore the name of a desperate character. He had fought several duels. I expected that he woidd post me as a coward, and he did so. but he kept out of my waj'. The people, I saw, attached great importance to what they termed the defense of honor. No matter how promptly a man resented an insult and knocked the aggressor down, he was not to be taken.into the fold of brave men until he had shown his willingness to burn dangerous powder. When any one reF roached me for not fighting the doctor, attempted to laugh it off, but to my sorrow I found that it was a serious matter.

He would have killed me,” I said one day to an acquaintance who sat in my oflice. “ Presumably,” he replied. “ Well, then, do you suppose I want to be killed?” ' “ Of course not, but what is life unless it ba honorable?” “ Do you mean that since I hare refused to tight a duel with that desperate man my life is no longer honorable?” “ The fact that people do think you have acted dishonorably, you can not deny.” “I don’t believe that Judge Blake thinks so.” ‘‘But I warrant you that Miss Jassamine does.” My blood tingled; my face burned. “Why should she pay any attention to the unfortunate affair?” “ I don’t suppose she pays any more attention to it than she can help. Gray loves her and regards you as a rival.” “But, gdod Lord;” I exclaimed, “she can not love him?” “I don’t know. Stranger surmises have proved to be true. Miss Jassamine is rather a peculiar girl. You can not tell by her actions. Once I thought I could, confound it. I thought she loved me. When I asked her, though, she told me confidentially that she did not” As I rode home, I tried to recall Jassamine’s looks and expressions since the doctor had challenged me, but comparing them with her previous actions, I could detect no change. I could disguise it from myself no longer. I loved the girl. As I neared the house I saw her walking along the path toward a larger spring that flowed from the foot of the hill. 1 tied my horse and joined her. I shall never forged the golden light of that evening, falling on her hair. I made numerous experiments in trying to work myself to a point where I could suddenly break off and make a declaration of my love, but my tongue was hot eloquent. My mind was a-lire, but its flues were choked. Finally, With a desperate effort, I said: “Miss Jassamine, I love you!” She stopped, looked at me calmly and replied: “You have made a mistake, haven’t you?” “Oh, no, how could I make a mistake? How could any one rhake a mistake in loving you?” “1 don’t know, but 1 do know that I did make a mistake in loving you. Keep away from me. No, you shall not take my hand. I loved you once because I thought you were brave and chivalrous. I suppose if Gray had insulted me you would have refused his challenge?” “I would have killed, him on the spot.” “Very likely. No, Mr. Brindon, it is useless to talk to me of love. I can not marry a man who refuses a challenge.” “How can one so fair be so bloodthirsty?” “It is not blood-thirstiness. It is love of chivalry.” “Is there no redemption?” “Possibly, but I see none.” “Perhaps I can yet show you that; I am not a coward.” “I hope so, but I see no means.” “I can hope for nothing until then?” “Nothing.” “ You are a curious girl. Good evening.”

CHAPTER IV. , Late one evening Jessamine and I were strolling in the woods not far from her father’s house. I had not spoken to her of love since the time of her refusal. I knew that she would never alter her decision, for I could read determination in every expression of her face. “Let us return. We have walked far enough." “No, let us go to the brow of the hill and look down on the river;” 1 had scarcely finished the remark when four men sprang from behind an enormous log. Each one worn a mask, ; . -

I knew that, with her foolish chivalry, she would not marry : your refusal of the challenge ou could do something to rejrself.” line and I were married with • •emony. All of the neighbors ited. Whole calves were barand, it seemed, whole distillre turned loose. Shortly after iage, we moved to Little Rock, ■ mrishinsr town. Mv business

prospered, and, within five years, I owned a well furnished house. ’ One day, about six years after our removal to Little Rock, Jasper Patterson, with whom I had been intimate during the days of my courtship, paid me a Visit. I was delighted to see him, and late at night, he and I sat in the library, talking over old times, as we termed :he first days of our acquaintance. The lamp was burning low. We sat by the fire-place. My wife hail gone to bed I thought, but I afterwards discovered that she was dozing on the sofa. “I never saw anything work so well,” said Jasper. “You noii only secured a wife, but it made you a hero. Your wife has never suspected anything, has she?” “No, not a thing. The boys played their parts well. I was afraid that Nick Jones would ruin everything, for after Jassamine fainted, he snorted. He was so full of laugh that he could hardly run away. I—” Bip! Something struck me on the head. The room swam. I saw Jasper getting out of the way; I saw my wife standing near me, and then I sank to the floor. When I recovered, I was lying on the sofa.. Jassamine was bending over me.” “Oh, don’t die,” she was saying, “Don’t die, for I didn’t mean it. I found the paper weight in my hand and I threw before I knew it. But it was cruel to treat me that way.” “Yes,” I replied, “but it was because I loved you,” “Yes, I know, dear,” slipping her hands under my head. “There, now, its all right.” As I lay there in a semi-doze, I thought 1 heard Jasper lean against the house and laugh.—Arkansaw Traveler.

A PATRIOTIC GERMAN. Bound to Be an American, He Eats a Pumpkin Watermelon Fashion. “Volf dot again?” inquired Mrs. Gaertner of her husband, Carl, the saloon-keeper at Eighth and Spruce streets, yesterday, as Carl, at the end of a heavy dinner of sauerkraut and pork, set down a big brownish-yellow sphere on the table. “Dot? Vy, dot is a pumpkin.” “Uni vot is a pumpkin yet?” “Veil, I heardt it vas for America like sauerkraut for Germany. Everybody on Danksgifin’ Day eats dot” “Mil: vat?” “Mil; itself yust. You take de knife und you cut him so und den you schlich him so und so und so urid so.” “Und den you cook him?” “Cook him! No; you eat him alretty.” “KawP” “Yes. Vy not? Like vatermellionen.” “Ach! ya. Like vatermellionen.” “Eat yet a bieee once?” “Nein.” “Hump!. It’s new. Hulda, yust dem election pefore I was naturalized. You know vat I vas yet. An American droo und droa Und Hulda?” “Yes, Carl.” “I will eat dese bumpkin ef I die for it” “I’m mit you, Carl.” Ten minutes later. “Carl!” “Yes, Hulda.” “Ve peen done it.” “Ve done it, Hulda.” Nine o’clock last night “Carl, oh! Carl, run for a doctor or I'm dead.” “I can’t .Hulda. Ach, himmel, vy did we do it? I’m dead alretty yet.” Midnight. Dr. Frederick Stolzkopf, of No. 829 South Ninth street: “They will recover in a few days. It was a natural mistake, arising'Out of misdirected patriotism.” — Philadelphia Times. A Dog That Eats Sponges. Nassau dogs are the most fearful and wonderful productions of nature. They have a wistful, hungry look about the eyes, and an all-gone thin appearance about the flanks that gives them an air of feeding on wind and the air in a dead calm. But we have a dog here on the place that goes a little ahead of anything in the dog line I ever saw. He belongs to the cook, and the boys say they are never sure whether he is a snake or a dog, he is so thin. He is a cur of the currest kind, black and gray, but s n affectionate little rascal, and a good watch-dog, for he barks at night on the smallest provocation. His name is Jack. You know down here sponges are as plenty as apples at home. They wash dishes with them, and use them for every imaginable purpose, so there are Always bits of old sponge lying about. You might go out in my back yard and pick up a half bushel of them m ten minutes. Well, Jack eats sponges. Of course you will laugh at this; but I pledge my solemn word that I went out into the yard one day and saw Jack eating a sponge, and he seemed to ten joy it No doubt his idea was to cram himself full of sponge, then go off somewhere and take a big drink of water, and thus swell himself out to a respectable well-fed size. I have respected Jack more ever since.— N. Y.-Times.

—'One of the effects of our present high pressure style of living is to cause an ii^creased developmen t of the nervous system, which is sure to be transmitted in a greater or less degree, giving to the children of coming generations an abnormal susceptibility of the nervous system, and rendering them unable to bear with safety those burdens of life which, under ordinary circumstances, are not injurious to a wellbalanced mind. Sleep is tile rest of the brain, and is never more essential to menial integrity than during the formative period of life.—Dr. Ir. L* Baker, m ihmmal of Education.

AND EDUCATIONAL. _ the last ten years six schoolive burned in Somerville, Mass. Fotl. h property will be taxed in n Territory. The recent decided the question. > number of candidates for the [ in the Southern Presbyterian is 224, against 144 three years school population of Vermont ; the amount raised by the State lupport of the school is only teacher who is content to keep liet and ask questions from the t must wake up, or leave the n.—Iowa Teacher. children in an Ohio Sundaye raising money for missionary by gathering waste paper and .—Cleveland Leader. Taylor, the Bishop to Africa. , instead of teaching his assistonaries the native languages, the natives English as the shortd. nation is a better safeguard of lan a standing army. If we the wages of the school-master raise those of the recruiting .—Everett. »e public schools of Greece the

Tour Gospels of the New .Testament are used as a reader by the children of the most advanced classes of the primary department, and the new Minister of Education proposes to extend their use into the higher schools. —A medal has been struck in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of Methodism in this country, and is sold in duplicates by authority of die Bishops. The case opens like a book, and in the central portion, surrounded by velvet, the medal is so fixed that both its sides are exposed when the cover is opened, A pastor reports that he lately found a convert kneeling before it in adoration, using it for an'idol. He has heard that such a perversion of the object is common among the negroes of the South, where the medals are held Jn awe as possessing supernatural qualities.—Chicago Times. —The school for printers’ apprentices at St. Petersburg has been opened with appropriate ceremonies. There will be taught on three days every week, not after working hours, but during the daytime, religion, Slavic languages, arithmetic, history and geography, the reading of the Greek and Latin languages, technicalities of the graphic trades, drawing, singing and gymnas-tics-altogether it will be a complete school. Twenty-three St. Petersburg master printers have agreed to pay annual subsidies amounting to *1,550 roubles (about $800), and every pupil will have to pay one rouble per month.

I WIT AND WISDOM. c —Wealth has its cares as well as poverty—but they are more popular.— N. Y. Mail. —“ He laughs best who laughs last” Therefore, the man who catches on to a joke after everybody else has got through laughing over it is the best man. —There was an old doctor, who, when asked what was good for moths, wrote back: “ How do you suppose I can tell unless I know what ails the moths?”—Golden Days. —It is hopeless for a short man to ever expect to be a tall man, but a tall man can easily become a short man. This fact is so obvious that it is scarcely worth mentioning.—Detroit Post. —“ What is a weather report?” asked a small boy, who was reading a a paper. “ I don’t know precisely, but I suppose that thunder is one kind of a weather report,” responded his parent. —No one loves to tell a tale of scandal but to him that loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and silence the detracting tongue by refusing to hear. Never make vonr ear the grave of another’s good name.—Sheridan. —“Do you like bangs?” inquired Mrs. Snip of Mr. ' Temple. “No, madam; I do not.” “Oh! indeed! yoq surprise me. Why not?” “Becauso my wife and two daughters play the piano and are devoted to Wagner’s music.”—-N. Y. Independent. —Congressman Kelley’s daughter has married a Russian named Lazare Wischnewetsky. The groom’s name went twice around the altar and was tied in a beau-knot in front, adding much to the handsome decorations of the chancel.—Lowell Citizen. —“I knew a bald-headed man who quit smoking, and in less than a month .he had as thick a head of hair as I ever saw.” “Do you mean to say that the hair grew out all over his head?” “No, of course not; but as soon as he stopped smoking he saved up money enough to buy himself a wig.”—Texas Siftings. —Little Nell—Oh, mamma, you’re talking slang.” Mamma-*-“I guess not, pet.” “Yes you are, mamma. Didn’t you tell me. that saying ‘kid’ instead of child was slang?” “Yes, pet.” “Well, just now you was telling about gypsies that steal children, and you “talked slangthen.” “Indeed? Why, whatdidl say?” “You called them‘kid’-nabbers.” —Philadelphia Call. . —The minister has been invited to dinner. While grace was being said Tommy eyed the unwonted good things spread before him with pleasureable anticipation. “Ma,” he Said, when the minister had concluded, “do you know why pa doesn’t give thanks every day at the table?” His mother shot a warning glance at him. “’Cause it’s only when the minister’s here that we have anythin’ worth givin’ thanks for.” —Toledo Blade.

A MAHOGANY LOG. Am Exceptional Piece of Lumber Which Was Worth *3,000. “A larger quantity of mahogany is being received here this year than any other variety of foreign wood,” said a well-known importer. “It is becoming fasionable to use mahogany in almost every kind of fancy and ornamental wood-work, and in the manufacture of furniture and other articles of ordinary use it has taken to a great extent the place of black walnut. This fall, especially, the partial failure of the sugar crop has stimulated the shipment of mahogany from Cuba and Mexico, from which place the wood in this country principally comes. Very little comes from South America.” “What does it bring in the market here?” “It is one of the most uncertain commodities that we import in respect to price, and cargoes vary in value from eight to twenty-five cents a foot, these being the ordinary limits. Sometimes, however, a single log will bring a hundred times as much as this. In its rough state a log can only be judged by its exterior and some idea'can be formed of the quality of the wood and the pattern of the grain in this way. Its commercial value depends principally upon its pattern. Experts frequently experience great difficulties in judging of the value of a log, and the buyer often strikes a big bonanza in this way most unexpectedly. Last week a log was sold on shipboard to a man for #50. We gave him $80 for it a quarter of an hour afterward, and have sinoe cut $3,000 worth of strips from this single log. The beauty of the pattern was not discovered till we began to cut it It is not veiy often, however, that so valuable a prize is drawn.”—if. 7- IfaU and Express,

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. —Cows wOl drink foul water of moderate temperature in preference to very cold water which is pure. Their instinct teaches them this. —Railroad Cake: One cup sugar, three eggs, four tablespoonfuls sweet cream, one and one-half cups flour, one teaspoonfnl cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful soda. — American Agriculturist. —There is certainly much pungent heat in one of the capsicum peppers of the true variety. One plant will furnish several families with all the heat necessary for soup, pickles, hot vinegar, etc.—Boston Globe. —An exchange says that a Kansas farmer who had nine head of sheep, put the money that came to him from the sale of mutton and wool into more sheep. In nine years he had 1,700 sheep, worth $5,000. —There is this element in the stock business, says the Farmers' Review, which does not exist in grain growing. It is that the man who produces a choice or fancy grade of beef is paid according to its merits. The same is true of the raising of horses, wool, 'mutton sheep and, in a less degree, of pork, while the same holds good iD horticultural productions. —Very rich and heavy soils are in most cases inferior to the loamy or gravelly soils for fruit growing. On these lighter soils the trees, ripen their wood better, grow less rapidly and give better flavored fruit than those grown on very rich soils. Usually the best fruit lands are those which are naturally light, but which are kept up by a judicious system of cultivation and manuring.—Troy Times. —Bread Pudding: One pint of stale bread, one quart of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of salt, three tablespoonfuls of sugar and tw o eggs. Soak tjne bread and milk together two hours, then mash line with the back of the spoon; beat eggs, sugar and salt together, and add to the bread and milk; turn into the puddingdish and bake in a slow oven for fortyfive minutes. Run a knife or the handle of a spoon down the center of the pudding. If it does not look milky it is done. Cover the top of the pudding with meringue.—Boston Globe. —Let no one despair of having fresh vegetables daily through the summer who has even a little land and a disposition to till it, for early attention, thorough culture and abundant dressing, can hardly fail of rich reward. Good seeds are indispensable, and fall spading important, as it hastens the: early spring products several weeks. When the garden is not plowed and planted 'until nearly June, which often happens in this section, the growth is rapid and returns fair, but the satisfaction of early esculents, when we should most enjoy them, is entirely lost.—F. T. Tribune. DYSPEPTIC FARMERS. How They Disregard the Daws of Health am! Bring Suffering Upon Themselves. A man in fair condition—or a horse, ox, or a dog, for that matter—will live at least forty days without food, and ten days without either food or drink; but not three minutes without air. We can skip a meal or two, or even fast a day or two or more, whenever there are indications that we have “got ahead of our digestion and excretion,” without the fear of “starving.” This one lesson, if fully appreciated by everybody, and acted upon would save thousands of lives every day. It would extend the average age of life by many years. Every one will admit that we eat too much; but few, indeed, have anything like a correct idea as to the degree of excess commonly indulged in everywhere. If we regard this question in its bearing upon, say the farmers, how many, let me ask, in the hundred make any sort of calculation as to how much food is demanded for so much work? How many take one meal less, or less at either regular meal on the day succeeding an idle day, when, perhaps,, by reason of more leisure more has been eaten than on a working'day? Supposing the case of a laboring and well-nourished man—one in a wellbalanced condition; he should eat less when at light work Or oh half time, and much less whenever he passes a day of entire rest, for less of his bodily tissues have been used, or, perhaps we should say, less of his stored-up nutriment has been consumed, and, therefore, less is required to restore the balance, or, so to speak, make good his vital bank account. In winter, except when- working hard in the open air, the farmer should eat less than at any other season of the year. If so working—as in the logging swamp, or when employed in getting out and “workingup” the year’s wood—he will require more in winter than in summer. He will require more: but supposing that he largely overeats in summer—taking habitually more than would be best for him? Does he do this? Let me take aside almost anyone in the first dozen farm-houses we enter, and Suestion him a little, say in “haying.” fe will probably show up something of a dyspeptic. Let me say, first off: “I have been there;” have worked on a farm, summer after summer, and know just how to handle my supposititious candidate. Not only did I observe the prevalence of dyspepsia among farmers and farm hands, but I suffered in my own person from indigestion (dyspepsia), in spite of hard work and out-door air. Beyond question, much of the, mischief arises from the time and manner of eating, especially at the most busy season of the year. Farmers work hard at this season and should eat well; but they constantly err in eating when tired, and they resume work directly after eating—two very serious violations of natural law. Again, the farmers’ heaviest meal—the mushiest, least chew able, greasiest, and, consequently, least digestible meal and least nourishing meal—is eaten at mid-day, when he is already somewhat tired and very much heated, and when he mnst immediately resume his hardest and hottest work. There is not a single wholesome feature in this whole jfrocess. The farmer Could not treat himself worse, except by adding a “nipper” of spirits before the meal and a “pipe” of tobacco after. Of the three transactions, bad as the last two named assuredly are, and always harmful, the meal such as it is and taken under the conditions described is even worse. But this is the custom, and it is kept up without any. question or thought as to whether it is precisely wrong or not. So far as the work and ^e outdoor air are concerned the farmer’s life, in summer, is of the wholesomest sort; and if he would breakfast lightly, lunch at noon more lightly (or better still, lie in the shade for an hour), and then at night, a full hour after quitting work, eat the principal meal of the day, and of plain, natural food, he would be the gainer in every way. If he would treat the pork he raises upoh the principle of the wise doctor who will not “take his own pills,” he would have less occasion for swallowing pills and potions; and if farmers, not only, but people in general, would make themselves somewhat wise in the matter of health-laws—simple and plain as they are—’‘So simple and plain,” says one of the wisest of physicians, “that the people refuse to understand them”—most of the doctors and the, druggists would be forced to take to the soil for a livelihood themselves.—C. £• Fage, in N. T. Tribune.

THAT WAS ALU The Sad Plight of a Man Who Was Too Confiding. “I pelief I vhas shwindled Tonce more,” he said to the Sergeant at the Central Station yesterday as! he was asked to take a chair and report his errand. “How?”.

“Ybeil, 1 vhas in my blace apoudt two hours ago vhen two strangers vualk in, and one of ’em says to me: <j ‘•Shake, I haf a bet on yon. I know yon vhas a great man to haf confidence in human nature, find I bet two dollar, eafen oop, dot yon vhill lend me.feefty cent.” “Vhell, I dnnno. I nefer see him pefore, but if somepody bet two dollars .on me I doan’ like him to lose it, und maype he also divide vhat, he wins.” “And you let him have it?” “Vhell, I haf some confidence in human nature. He vhalks off mit my feety cent, und ruvvijife says I vhas derpiggest foQl TnDetroit.” “And what abyou want of me?” “I like to know if yon pelief like mv vhife?” , “Yes, sir, I do! You’ll never see your money again.” “My son Carl Carl says I petter soak my headt. I like to know if you think dot vhav?” “I do.” . “Und my bmdder-law says I make a fine lunatic asylum all bycnyself. Vhas he correct?” “He is.” “Vhell, dot vhas all. If I vhas right I get madt and clean oudt der shanty. If I vhas wrong I go home- und keep still until my headt vhas soaked enough to lose my confidence in human nature. Dot vhas all—good day.”—Detroit Free Press.

AN ANCIENT CITY. One of the Oldest Settlements in the United # States. Tucson, Ariz., is an ancient city. Antedating Jamestown and Plymouth, and visited first in 1540 by Coronado, it saw its first European settlers in 1560, and its first missionaries in 1581. But long before the year 1540 there was an Indian village-established on the site of the present city, so that the Tucsonians can. if they please, da man age for their town as great as Santa Feans claim for theirs. For all practical purposes, however, 1540 is a date sufficiently far away, and if Tucson only continues to improve with age or becomes as good as she is old, much may be expected of the place. ; Built by the Spaniards, who brought so much religion to the people whom they conquered, San Xavier (San Havier) is to-day one of the largest, as it is one of the best preserved, of all the churches built during the years of the Spanish occupancy of the Southwest. Riding from Tucson for nine miles up the valley of the Santa Cruz River, one has glimpses from time to time through the groves of live oak and muskete trees of the white walls and graceful towers of the church as they stand clearly qptlned against the sky beyond. It was down this valley of the Santa Cruz, which is to-day attracting so much attention' as an agricultural section, that Coronado marched on his way from Old Mexico in 1540, and before the advent of this intrepid explorer and ever since, the valley has been inhabited by the Papago Indians, whose adobe houses with thatched roofs are scattered along the road leading to the mission.—Tombstone Epitaph.

. English As She Is Spoke. •There is this to be said of English Qa she is spoke and English as it is spoken in America; over here, while we use too many long words and hardly enough of the short or idiomatic sentences with which our tried literature is filled, yet we do not permit the abominable combinations of words which pass current in ever}' English club and newspaper. It would be very difficult to get Americans to generally adopt such a term as the “Compensation-of-Landlords Bill.” In many other ways Americans notice in England a lumbering, clumsy method of handling a vocabulary which in itself is much better than the set ot words on which the New World relies for its utterance. For all this, it should not be forgotten that in many expressions made up of one-syllable words 5 which may also be found in any English article, there is an honesty and simplicity which indicate the highest! literary art; and the study of this art will in time improve the writings of all Americans.— Current. —The spade that was used to turn the first sod in the construction of the Central Pacific Railway is now owned by Albert Gallatin, of Sacramento, Cal., and it will be exhibited at New Orleans.—San Francisco Chronicle—President Arthur has received ten pounds of butter that took the premium at the North Carolina State Fair.— Washington Post. “The play’s the thing. Wherein I'll reach the conscience of the king.” And equally true is it that Dr. Pierce’s “ Pleasant Purgative Pellets” (the original Little Liver Pills) are the most effectual means that can be nsed to reach the seat of disease, cleansing the bowels and system, and assisting nature in her recuperative work. By druggists. Sweet strains—Clear honey.—Musical Monthly.

It gives ns great pleasure to state that the merchant wp-- was reported being at the point of dea.h from an attack of Pneumonia has entirely recovered by the use of Dr. Wm. Halls Balsam for the Lungs. And in giving publicity to this statement wo are actuated by motives of public benefaction, trusting that others may be benefited. THE MARKETS. „. _ New Yoke, December 14,1881. CATTLE—Native Steers.S 4 60 ®s B 90 COTTON—Middling... 10*® 11* 1 LOCK—Good to Choice. 3 30 a 4 90 WHEAT—No.2Bed. 79*® ^83* CORN—No. 2. 53 ® 53* OATS—Western Mixed.. 32 ® 33 PORK—New Mess. 12 50 a 12 75 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling. 10*® BEEVES—t.ooil to Heavy. 5 25 © Pair to Hood. 4 40 ® IIOGS—Common to Select.... 3 90 ® S1IKEP—Pair to Choice. 2 50 ® FLOUR—XXX to Choice...... 2 45 ® WHEAT—No. 2 Winter. 76*® No. 3 “ . 66 V® CORN—No. 2 Mixed. 34 V® OATS—No. 2. 25 ® RYE—No. 2. 47*® TOBACCO-Lugs.. 4 60 Medium Leaf. 9 00 HAY—Choice Timothy. 12 00 BUTTER—Choice Dauty...... 18 EGGS—Choice. 23 PORK—New Mess.11 40 BACON—Clear Bib. LARD. 10* 5 90 5 00 4 37* 4 CO 3 20 76* 66* 34* 25* 48* e*« 6*® * CHICAGO. CATTLE—Exports. 5 00 ® HOGS—Good to Choice. 4 10 ® SHEEP—Good to Choice__ 3 00 S FLOUR—Winter. 3; 25 ® Spring. S 00 ® WHEAT—No. 2 Spring.. 71*® No. 2Be<L.® CORN-No. 2.:.. ® OATS—No. 2... 24 * ® ® io oo e 12 oo ® 12 50 a 20 a 24 a 1200 7 6* PORK—New Mess. 10 80 _ KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers.. 4 20 HOGS—Sales at. 4 00 WHEAT—NOu 2.. CORN-No. 2 Mixed... .... OATS—No. 2. .... NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grades. 3 65 CORN—White... OATS—Choice Western. 38 II AY—Choice.19 00 6 30 4 37* 4 40 4 30 4 50 71* 73 37* 24* a io 90 5 20 4 40 49* 27* 22* 4 10 48 37 a 20 oo PORK—Mess.. ® 11 50 BACON—Clear Rib.. COTTON—Middling.. LOUISVILLE. WHEAT-No. 2 Red. CORN—No. 2 Mixed. OATS—No. 2 Mixed. PORK-Mess. BACON—Clear Bib. COTTON—Middling..... 7* 10* ® 73 a 38* a 28* ® 12 50 a 8* m io*

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“Rough on Hits-” Clears out rats, mice. flies, roaches, bod-bug 3, ants, vermiD.chiprauuks. 16o A woman seldom writes her will. Thera is so much ol it that she can’t. “ I have bum afflicted with an Affection of the Throat cansed by diphtheria, and have used various remedies, but have never found anything equal to Brown’s Bronchial Troches.—Eev. U.M.F.Hampton, Piketon, K>J. Sold only in hoses. Pen-sieve thoughts ought to bo well sifted. Dyspepsia, liver complaint, and kindred affections. For treatise giving successful self-treatment address World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, X. Y. The man who “ keeps ” his word never speaks. Catarrhal Throat afrections,hacking,irritating Coughs,Colds cured by "Hough on Coughs" 25o A grate singer—The tea-kettle.—Musical Monthly. •‘Rough on Toothache.” Ask for it. Instant relief, quick cure. 15c. Druggists. The popular dentist is in everybody’3 mouth. Skinny Men. "Weils’ Health Renewer'’restores health A vigor,cures Dyspepsia, Impotence. $L A woman may not tell her age, but her age Is less considerate. It tells on her. Pike’s Tooth ache Drops cure tn I mimite,25c. Glenn’s Sulphur Soup heals and beautifies. 25c. German Corn Remover kills Corns a Bunions.

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The result of twenty* live years' catarrh:— the bridge, or division of my nose, was about half gone. 1 obtained a bottle of ElJ’s Cream Balm; have used four bottles, applying it to the affected parts with a swab, which has about cured up the nostrils. I had previously tried all other remedies on the market without permanent relief.—J .A.W ood* $6 North High Street, Columbus Ohio. Cream Balm is a remedy bae»'d upon a correct diagnosis of this disease and can be depended upon. SOcts. at druetrfsts: tit) cfs. bv

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! For Laryngitis, Bronchitis, Quinsy* A.stnm» »nd Consumption, Dr. J. H. MXean's iAR VVinb ! Bai m is the only remedy that will give sure reheL it has cured Lung Diseases where all other remedies hare fa 1 -d .Why will you suffer Lom Thioit ami Lung i Troubles when such a pleasant remedy is offered you? 1 For Croup it is a posi ive specific. Fo' Singers and Speakers the Tar Wise Balm is an absb u • necessity. Nothing has ever been discovered w hich w ,11 give such Immediate relief, and it will positively «ure Throat Trouble*. Don't Delay. Care Thai Bad Cold! Stop That Cough! Those whose L-inrs m l Throats are s-^re, hard "aud dry. will rta ize the s othmtrefie t of a single dtse of Dr. *J. H. M’Lean s* Tar Wine Balm, aud to j give all doubting.skep ics a chance to bees ured of its wonderful soothing and miraculous virtue<. I have pu* up Trial Bott les, ecs'ing only ".5 cents per bottle. Every dealer in the United States should have them. If they have not. p- ease rs’c them to s n l for a d >zen as a test. Every one trying that 2.>-cent size will b* convinced of the miraculous benefits they will receive from taking Dr. J, II, MXenn’s Tar Wine Balm. CoM in your Head, tickling in the nose, forehead and throat: you have Catarrh ; get a box of I r J. H. M'Leas's C'aTaURP Ssvff and use it once a day, besides taking Dr. J. H. 31 Lean's Tar W»e Balm to heal your-lhroat aud Lungs. Price of Trial Bottles 25 Cent* Each. I can send them only by Express. If you wi’I send me $2.10 or that amount in postage-stamps, 1 will send you one dozen, freight paid. Large Bottles, which contain six times as much as the 25-cent siae Bottles - - „ $100 Or six Bottl. s for - - - - 5 00 After using Dr. J. H. M'Lean's Tar Wine Balm, let me hear from yon. Prepared by DR. J. H. MXEAN, ' Oor. Broadway and Biddle St., St. Louis, Mo., Proprietor of DR. J. H. 3TLEAN'S WQKDISFUL STRERGTHEMISG CORDIAL AID BLOOD PilRIFlER.

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