Pike County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 41, Petersburg, Pike County, 19 February 1885 — Page 4

1 . PIKE COliM DEMOCRAT. Published Every Thursday. PETERSBURG. L - , INDIANA.

PAWNING THE WEDDING-GOWN. It* ►olds are thick and lustrous, its fabric rich itnd tare: A Princess on lift- bridal day Would source disdain to wear A lids' so chaste avd lovely: Aud dark is forcuuo'sfrown When comes the mourn fill widowed To pledge her wedding gown. wire Still young, though worn with sorrow. But yesterday [It seems The music of the Wedding March Was sounding through nor dreams: And friends were all about her, A leal heat t at her side. She floated to the altar rail A brilliant, beauteous bride; t[’.wreathed with orange blossoms. Entwined with glimmering pearls, Her airy vail a frosted Aim Above her rippling curls. To-dnv the vail is heavy. And hangs severe and straight, The dolorous crape that tells Its tale Of unrelenting fate. In that b’. igat hour of gladness, Erft yet on cheek and brow Way faintest presago of tho pain ■ iniuivci pn-SKfTO ui mu ptui That clouds their pallor now; What prophet's voice had boded > The change beyond belief— For riches, utter penury, For joy, the depth of grief? Fife's bloom all nipped and blighted, The shadow rif the gravo Thrown bleak and black athwart the path, Where still her steps are brave, Where still for nil the pressure. The withering weight of care, Within the weary, sunken eyes Faith challenges despair. Though desolate her errand, Yet, neoding dally bread, Not wholly mindless And alone, She lifts her a.ute\y head; Herself in gtt[dle or famine Ero iu the heedless town. Sole relic.uf the happy past. She’ll Pawn her wedding gown; Huh up a narrow stairway, 1 With'® a tiny room, A little face is waiting her. A face where lilies bloom: . Two starry eyes are watching, Two arms wiill closely fold The mother id their fond embrace; Their clinging makes her bold. For this is woman's comfort; A child's halnd closely pressed Will easo the sharpest agyny That wouuds a mothers breast. Herd rling shalldiet suffer On hungers wasting edge. Rhe leaves, tor food and Are and light, ! Her an siding-gown in pledge. —Harptrlt Bazar. THE CHIFFONNIER, <v A Little Chapter of Life Translated from the Frenoh. How often have wo read stories i ippor old miners who have died sin rounded Uy jibjeet poverty, and wh have left secreted in odd stockings an out of the way places immense wealth opportunely discovered after their d( rnise! How often have these realitie been dished up by romancers in ith shape of pretty Little sketches, and bee eagerly devoured by the novel-readn "public. "No matter how often,” exelaittis th impatient reader, "if you've got a stor to tell, go ahead with it, and leave o vour dull speculations.” Wpll, my dear sir (or miss), we hav got a little chapter of life to relate, bii it is in French; however as your edi cation has been sadly neglected (?) an your school-day learning of that .uniqu language has long been forgotten, \v don't mean to put you to the trouble c hunting up Jyour “Keetel,” or to th mortificationl of showing your ignoranc before your younger brothers and sis ters by allowing your doting parents chance to request that you will “pleas translate tin's French humbug for us my dear.” Sjo. we give it to you in plai Saxon. | • ( Siizette Borgne was olio of the man Suzettcs to fcje found in the great city c Paris. A very good-looking female c about twenty summers, ah orphan firor childhood, and indebted for her bring ing-up to am ugly old uncle. Said rein • ve was a cjiie.lonnier—Lw'e beg pardo —a rag-picker, and to judge by appeal anees he had followed that means o getting money all his life. Suzette's [earliest recollections wer those of bfeijng perched upon a heap o rags in her (mole's garret, and playinj with Misere,| a large black tom cat t:ha old Oregon’ had kept py him from tim immemorial] Misere and Gregory wer enough alike to be brothers—it you eai imagine such a phenomenon — hot! being long, lank and lean, with li.rg staring eyes, and ,a general grizzly ap peararico. (They had even fought foi each other, for many an intrusive cu iiad been driven yelping away from thi vicinity of his master’s premises b Misere, andj many a scrape had the oli eat got liis piaster into with his thievin; propensities and midnight serenades Once the house took lire, and these tw> friends, wo.te up by the noise and eon fusion, rushed outside their garret doo and tumble]! down three pair of stair together, a (nixed combination of humai bones, cat fur and old Tags. Landing at the bottom of the third flight, an ex cited member of the fire-police strucl at the hobgoblin apparition with hi axe, and poor Misere lost his cauda appendage, while Gregory was beref of three toes. The <^Jd man was takei to the hospital and the old eat nurse* herself; both recovered, and havinj been fellow-sufferers were, no doubt more fond of each other ever after. At another time the house was in vaded by (fens Warms ip, search of ai escaped prisoner, and while poking ove old Gregory’s rags they were set upoi by the infuriated feline, who used hi claws with such vigor as nearly t< scratch the eyes out of two of them be fore he could be bagged and flung ou of the window This latter piece of eruelt; maddened the aged rag-picker to suci a degree that he struck one of the so] diers, and was ignominiously led off ti prison. Misere, landing on his feet — a triumphant howl, went back to dingy gantett aud kept guard ove contents till his master returned durance vi le. Here was another that bound them together. So yoi how it came about that the old fe loved his opt about as-well as he dit niece.

i , Suzetto had now grown to be a woman, and was quite tired of the dull life she Wits 'Heading as a rag-picker's assistant. 4 good-natured girl she was, and moderately fond of her unele, but , what charms -had such a life for her? She must get out into the world, and Annette, wife of Daddy Publice, who kept the little bake shop over the way, fully agreed with her on this important point. In fact, little Annette waa kind enough to otter her a position behind her own counter. “ For you see, moa oher,” she said to her spouse, in private: “Suzette will ®ittract customers with her pretty face, while you, Henri, and myself can attend to the-ovens.” “Ah. yes,” responded the amiable Daddy, with a knowing leer, “she’ll do. Not a bad match for our Henri would that be, for saves, vous, I think that old uncle of hers has money' stored away!” “ (Jo along, you old wretch,” roguishly replied Annette, “you men are all for money and nothing else.” So Suzette broached th#subject to her t guardian, and after a good deal of grumbling and a consultation with his eat, he allowed her to take the situation in Daddy Publice’s bake shop. Suzette went gayly4» her new sphere, and soon became a proficient m the mysteries of that little trade. The young students of thfr gieighborhood wens observed by inquisitive people to

linger over the counter chatt ing with the now clerk much longer than was necessary, and the same busy bodies no* ticed a vast improvement in the dress of young Henri. To tell the truth, Sttzette had not been in the shop three weeks before, the heir aupatent to the bakery was completely fascinated with her cbarms, and half the student Customers had sworn terrible oaths that they loved the pretty girl to distract on. The nice little compliments they bestowed upon her, and the befoitj' un-heard-of liberality With which they bought sweet-cakes and refused to receive their change, greatly pleased Annette and the Daddy, and poor Henri nearly wild with Jealousy. Be watched her through the little glass door that separated the outer shop from thfe ovens, and, as she laughed with and waited on the gay young fellows, the wicked boy actually wished they were all to the bad! yes, he Actually felt so bad as to swear about It! But swearing did not help the matter; Who ever found that it did? and he had to vent his fury on the innocent pies and eakes, the most of which he burned to a cinder. In consequence, the Daddy called down maledictions on his head, and lie in turn raved About Suzette, who, quite unconscious of the row she : was causing in the rear, was chatting m front with one of her eeW-innde friends, a certain Louis Franciscano, wlo kapt a little book store on the next corner, 'Otis Louis was a dashing young fellow, did a thriving business, And sported a “beautiful mustache.” “Attraction enough for any poor girl,” thought our heroine, and she accordingly accepted his invitation to spend an evening at the theater, Suzette, had she dared, Would have treated poor Henri with scorn, but the fear of displeasing her employers, and thus losing her place, tfaUSed her to look upon hint ill A respectful manner, and to accept his little eoiuplttueuts With becoming grace. But an evening at the theater w ith handsome Loliis Was much better sport than walking with dull Hpuri, and a little bonne-Douelie from the former was received with the sweetest of smiles ari l a profusion of mercies, While trifles from the latter were taken with a hypocritical srrin, and ouiotlv thrown out. of

Sight. To siUU up the ease, Heim was in love with Suzette, Suzette ditto with Louis, and Louis ditto with old Gregory! “That’s strange!” remarks the unsophisticated reader. Not at all, my dear sir, for bear in mind that our young bookseller was a very shrewd personage, and had his suspicions about hidden wealth as well as Daddy Publice. So he used to climb up to the old ragpicker’s garret, and drive bargains with him for the product of his toil, at the same time keeping an eye out for hints or suggestions regarding “the root of all evil.” Old Gregory was also shrewd, and more than half suspecting the young man's design, and thinking he would be a pretty good catch for his niece, used to jingle the silver that Louis paid him With a satisfied chuckle, and nod his grizzly head in a mysterious way, thus confirming his patron in the belief that he stowed away all such treasures. One afternoon Louis entered the garret very quietly and caught the old man on his knees before the lire-place, where he was depositing a small bag in a hole caused by the removal of a brick. Perfectly-satisfied now he silently slipped out again, made a loud shuffling with his feet, aud knocked at the door. On entering, the old gent was picking over his rags as usual, the brick was in its place, and Misere, the cat, was curled upon the hearth. “I have come,” said Louis, “to ask the hand of your niece. I’m a lonely young fellow aud want a wife.” “ParNeu! a wife! How many louis can you show to support one on?” “Enough of them, good Monsieur Gregory; besides, has she not some of hgr own?” “How should I know? Does she not spend all her earnings on fine dresses and feathers?”: “But I mean, will she not come into a property one of these days?” <9 “A property! Saere! I know of nobody who has anything for her!” “Ah, you old miser!” And Louis went away and. engaged himself to Suzette that very night, with the understanding that the ailair was to be kept secret for the present Time wore on, and a very strange event came to pass-Mi-sere, the beloved tom-cat, died! You never heard of a cat dyinobefore? Renumber’ this was a French eat, and not one of our proverbially nine-live-independent Yankee cats! The poor old fellow was found stiff and cold one morning by his disconsolate master, who mourned over th* remains a whole day, and then took them to a birdfancier’s and had the skin stuffed. The first time Louis visited the garret ther§ stood Misere in the corner, perched upon a high pedestal, and seemingly as watchful as ever; but he looked out of glass eyes now, and was otherwise incapacitated from active duty. A short time after this old Gregory himself fell dangerously sick, and Suzette devotedly gave up her clerkship (much to the disgust of Annette, Daddy, the student customers, and even Louis), aud faithfully watched over and cared for her lone old uncle. Henri, who had long foreseen the state of affairs between Suzette and Louis, and had given up all hope of winning her hand. Still loved her with that intensity peculias- to Frenchmen. He now became the kindest and most attentive of friends, constantly bringing up little delicacies for the uncle, and running of little errands for the niece, so that in a short time the latter began to wonder that she had never before noticed the many good qualities of the honest fellow. His actions shone j more brightly by their contrast to those of Louis, which lat ter personage seldom made his appearance, aud was always in a hurry to get away. After many weeks of sickness old Gregory died, and Suzette was alone in the world. The day alter the funeral, Annette, the Daddy and Henri came into the desolate garret to keep her company awhile. Presently Louis made his appearance, when the others, with unusual common sense, were for going home and leaving the young oouple to themselves, but Louis detained them by Saying:

“Don’t go, my good folks, I want a little talk with you. You kn.ow of the engagement betwceu Suzette anti I, anti now as her future husband, I propose that we together search this room for money which 1 think old Gregory must have secreted here. Come, let ns begin with the lireplaee,” and he easily found the loose brick which he had "seen in the hands of the rag-picker on the former occasion. Excitedly throwing it down, he thrust his hand into the ooening, and drew forth an old ing“Stop!” hurriedly exclaimed Suzette, “you are not yet the master, and have no right to open that. Give it to me.” “Just as you please,” and handing it to her, he again thrust^iis arm into the hole, but found nothing more. All now crowded round Suzette, curious and impatient, while she emptied the stocking of its contents,—an oblong, lead box. Louis forced the lid open, and what do you suppose there was ijiside? “Heaps of money?” No, sir. “A big',bank-book?” No, ma’am. Nothing but a pieco of paper with this scrawled on it: “Suzette, my child, take good care of Misere, for the sake of your uncle.” With chop-fallen countenance, Louis

was about to resume the search, when the voice of Sttzette arrested hint. ’•Lwttis FraneisCafto, you Will find nO -nefeifeted treasure, and as that seems to be yottr Object in teomihg here, vou mav is Well ge. '•Very good, mademoiselle, a penniless bride is a small loss, )o nAy taste. I bid yoh a pleasant adieu," And he toCk hiiliself off. Ft whs hoW Henri’s turn,, and his Oner to take Suzette for herself was n^t rejected. They weire sho‘Hly after married, and she todk her old place behind thp, counter of the Daddy’s bakery. On going to remove' the few' things from the old garret, Suzette remembered the lines her uncle had ftan'iieathed her, and endeavored to removed Misere, when lo and behold, he couldn’t be stirred! Henri was called in, but still old Misere Wouldn’t brtdge! A sArgifeal Operation With a pen-knife a'Ad a postmortem examination revealed the cause —1‘hejwas stuffed with golden louis! SUzfette, like the good g'fl she Was, fever after took the best cate of Misere, and his stuffing*—Ballou's Monthly.

• THE MUSKRAT. Habits of th© Anli^ai and How lift Makes Hlmaet? Hldable to His Mortal Knel&ies. The muskrat is a very dainty cater, and one of the swell members of the animal kingdotn. He not only wasliei himself before and after he eats, but ho washes all his food and observes the rule of cleanliness with unvarying regularity. Personally he Is a short* legged little animal, from twelve to fifteen inches long; with a tail two-thirds the length of his body. He sports six toWs of side-whiskers, and he wears a scared, surprised sort Of ah expression On his rather hOmely face that makes him lottk afe iMit some time he had been guilty of some great crime. His dress is useful as well as ornamental. It is of hair, very soft and warn*., dark brown on top, and father lighter below-. He is ft gCod feeder, and his bill Of fare embraces roots, grasses,'vegetables, fruits and mussels. He can shuck a mussel as easily as a champion slnioker can handle an oyster. Sometimes he eats meat, but this is rare. He is mainly a vegetarian. At this Reason, however, he goes rather heavy on mussels, and, for evident reasons,; lit' always takes them raw. The uses of the muskrat are twofold. Its hide is sold to furriers. Formerly, when muskrat was fashionable, the hides easily brought twenty-five dr thirty cents, but nowadays ten or fifteen cent's is all they are worth. As food the excellence of the meat depends altogether on the skinning and cooking. If the musk-bag is eut and the scent is imparted to the meat it becomes Worthless. I asked a colored woman who is somewhat noted for her success in making muskrat palatable, how she treated the animal. She said she skinned it Very carefully; waited it well in fresh wsiter; soaked it for several hours in salt water, and then, if the weather was cold enough, hung it in the air so that it would freeze. The longer it is allowed to freeze the better it get?. The cold takes away the wild taste. After this she either stews it, or, if sheWants it,fttied, parboils it and fries it afterward. When served hot after the foregoing treatment it is a dish not to be despised. The meat resembles the flesh of the guinea, and tastes something like that of the squirrel. The gentleman, over whose kitcheh the cook alluded to presided, says that between turkey land muskrat he prefers muskrat all ; the time. The way the Indians used to treat this animal was either tp toaist it on coals or boil it with corn. Muskrat hunting on mill-ponds, however, is a mere bagatelle compared with the sport on the marshes along the great rivers of the Chesapeake. They are around by hundreds thousands. They make immense burrows, often running forty or fifty feet, in which there are nests of reeds, where the animals sleep. Sometimes they make tniinels through tiie marsh hills; and frequently the water, rushing through these holes, enlarge them until they assume dangerous proportions. Last winter a colored man along. the Wicomico fell through one, got stuck in mud, and | was drowned. The hunters on the marshes have various methods of ensnaring the animal. One way is to place a lead trap \ in one of'tlieir burrows. The muskrat is not very entjning as'regards snares, and he falls a!prey easily. These traps sometimes .patch hundreds in a single season. Another plan is rather a cruel one. The linn ter arms himself with a weapon -‘consisting of a stout handle, from which extend several long sharp wires, like the ordinary gig. With this he probe$ the niuskrat’s ben, and woe be to the animal that, happens to be beneath the wires. Hut the best instrument,!after i all, is a breech-loading shot-gun, with two or three dozen shells loaded with coarse shot and plenty of powder to scatter them well and drive them home. Frequently on these marshes the old hunters shoot by sound, as the muskrat can not always be seen. They have, too, a way of calling them out by imitating their noises. The best time for shooting is from just before daybreak to sunrise. The evening is generally more convenient, but the muskrats are not stirring around asmuch as during the early hours of morning.—Cor.BaHtmore American. The Cultivation of Horseradish. The demand for this well-known and popular condiment is such as to encourage its culture, which is very simple. The small roots, those of the size of a pipe-stem, are packed away in sand during winter, and in spring are planted in furrows with tiie top end just beneath the surface. The p] int will grow with very common cultivation, similar to ordinary full crops, and may be harvested with fhe plow and potato digger. It is remarkably tenacious of life 'and spreads itself without artificial aid. The preparation for market is the most difficult paft; the roots must be washed and scraped clean and white, and grat,ed and immediately bottled with vinegar. It is desirable that the grating be done by machinery and bottled as speedily as possible or it loses its peculiar flavor which makes it desirable. The addition of a little sugar when bottled is more pleasing to some. It is most desirable in spring.—Germantown Telegraph.

Takes Him to Task. “I see,” said an Englishman, “that Richard Grant White declares that no matter how long a Cornwall or Yorkshire man lives in this country he can not get rid of the peculiarities of speech which he took up in infancy. This is a mistake. I ’ave only been ’ere ton years and can deceive any one as to the place of my native ’qmo.” “ Probably Mr. White did not think of you,” some one replied. “ Yes, but what right ’as 'e to make such assertions? I admit that there are a great many of us who continue to drop our haiches after coining tto this country, but you only find it among men who never stop to think. ■ If White should talk to me, I'd simply say: ‘Mr. White, git hout. You don’t know good English from an ’hole in the ground.’ "—Opic Read. —Mr. Charles A. Gray, of New Bedford, Mass., has suffered a fractured leg four times, nnd each time, to add to the interest of the occasion, one of liia horses has died.— Boston Journal.

USEFUL. AND SUGGESTIVE. —tt is Well to head trees to a proper height and form when they ails voun?. -X. T. Herald. * —There are more carriages manufactured in this country than in alt Europe. .This makes a large demand for second, growth timber such as ash and hickory'. —A few strops of ammonia will be ‘effectual in removing grease from a dish pan, and it is a good plan once in a while to add a little to the water used to cleanse the sink.—Exchange. —Rubbish should not be allowed to accumulate. All matter not suitable for the manure heap Should be burned-, Which destroys the harboring places Of insects. Evbn ih the manure heap all the substances Should Undergo decomposition. —Soda Biscuit: bne qua.rt of sifted tl'our, one teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls Of cream tartar, one teaspoonful Of-pit; mix thoroughly and rub in two tablespoonfuls of butter and Wet with 'one pint of sweet milk. Bake lb quick oven.—The Household. Bakers’ Molasses Cookies. Two cups of good molasses, one cup of buttermilk, one cup of shortening, one-half cup of sugar, two teaspoonfuls of saleratus, one teaspoonful of ginger and cinnamon. Mix at n'ght, roll out on your molding board in the morning, cut in squares with a knife; just before baking wash the top of each cookie with one egg beaten with a tablespoonful of

mumssesi—uouscnoia* —A great many fields^ especially those that are long and narrow, ate always plowed the same way* An exchange-, referring to the practice, suggests that simply ehahging the direction of Working will often make a great increase in productiveness. The furtow cut across the old lines of furrows is not stopped by the same stones* while new soil is opened to the growth of plant roots*—N. E. Farmer. -—The Agriculturist says that in proportion to its importance, in setting out trees, protection from the sun is perhaps more neglected than any other essential. But in many seasons to neglect it is fatal. When youug_trees are dying, an examination will often show that the bark on the tree north every part of the trunk, where the sun at its hottest, at two o'clock, would strike it, is Burnt up. Protection, at this time of the day, is essential in a iiot season. —A fruit-layer cake is a delicious novelty in cake making. Take one cup of sugar, half a cup of butter, one cup and a half of flour, half a cup of wine, one cup of raisins, two eggs, and half a teaspoonful of soda; put these ingredients together with care, just as if it were a very rich cake; bake it in three layers and put frosting between—the frosting to be made of the whites of two eggs with enough powdered sugar to make it thick. The top of the cake may be frosted of you choose.-—N. T. Post. THE DWELLING. Desirable Hints to Those About to Build a Dwelling House. * “ After, what plan shall I build ?7 “How shall I finish and decorate the interior of my house?” ‘ “How shall I furnish it suitably?” These questions, in various forms, are of frequent recurrence in our wide correspondence. The bird may generally be determined by its nest. There^ are birds that appropriate the nests of other birds, and avail themselves of cavities in trees and the ground that they have not excavated. .But the robin, the oriole, the yellow-throatml warbler, the nobler birds, build their'nests to suit their individual needs, jTliere are families that can live comfortably only in houses of their own building, anil there are those that seem as much at home in one house as in another, like the barn-swallow or hermit crab that is at home in any empty shell it may chance to occupy. The ideal house is one that suits the family occupying it, in size, in finish, in decoration, in furnishing. In order to secure this most desirable end, when one has; decided to build, there should be a family council tb determine what rooms there shall be, how located with respect to each other, how furnished and decorated, and then the assistance of an architect should be obtained to draw a working plan combining all these suggestions. Books of houseplans may be consulted with advantage, so that all points important and desirable may be duly considered. The interior finish and decoration of a house should be in harmony with its external appearance. We do not expect to find a plain wooden house floored with mosaics, upholstered with satins and with ceilings elaborately frescoed. These finishings and decorations are for palaces of stone. So of heavy and expensive furniture. The house is the “setting” of the family. Bettor a genuine diamond in a plain setting than a bauble gorgeously mounted. Better a fine engraving in a frame of varnished pine than a daub in a frame of silver-gilt. If we can havo tine pictures in line frames, very well, but if we must choose between the two, we will, if we :«re wise, choose the fine picture and wait for the suitable frame. Vulgarity never shows oft’ to such poor advantage as when framed iu splendor. Very much of the effect of interior finish depends on the colors employed. If these are neutral, restful, harmonious, the effect will be pleasing, though the materials employed may be of the cheapest. White walls and white woodwork have the merit of seeming clean, but a gray wall may be as clean as a white one, and it is vastly more comforting to the eye. Brilliantly lined carpets are striking, but do we want to be struck anil stared out of countenance by a carpet? A gay "rug will make a dash of color and in contrast with a quiet carpet make both rug and carpet handsomer. According to William Moniss, a high authority on household art, the proper colors for walls are “a full pink toned both with yellow and bhw, a light orangy

puiK; a paie golden tint and a pale copper color; these three you must be careful over, for if you get them muddy or dirty you are lost; tints of green from pure and paie to deepisli and gray, always remembering that the purer the paler, and the deeper the graver; tints of pure pale blue, from a greenish one to the color of a starling’s egg, to a gray ultra-marine color, hard to use because so full of color, but incomparable when right.”... The colors of the woodwork should be in harmony with those of the walls, and the tints in the furniture should blend with those of the walls. The same authority already quoted gives this simple rule for furnishing. “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be' useful or believe to be beautiful.” In choosing useful articles we may have regard to beauty of form and finish, but should not sacrifice utility to beauty. In choosing beautiful things, one must depend on his taste and judgment as to what is beautiful, and the more highly these are cultivated, the finer and nobler will his choices be. The craze for useless bric-a-brac and insane decoration lias had its (lay. Sensible people do not care to live in china shops or museums, or apartments so crowded with furniture and so loaded with ornaments that a life in them is a burden, that enthusiasm is crushed under repletion nnd appetite destroyed by satiety. A few well-selected decorations are ample proof of the taste of the owner and may be so disposed as not to be in the way' and hinder the labors that go on abput them,—# T. Iribun

N6 OCCASION fb FEEL BAD. A Loq'uacloiis Little Miss Who Was At* | tending Her Father's Second Marriage, j HaMie M—s the daughter of a Boston clergyman, wais. permitted to attend the ceremony of her father’s second marriage, and, under the care of her auntie, traveled a part of the way with the newly-wedded couple—who had determined that no one should suspect the recent ceremony by any net Of consciousness on their part. In the meantime the terrible Child had left her Seat, Unobserved, and as the train Carrie tU a stand-still, amid the usual silence at sUch a time, the shrill small vbice wds heard distinctly froin the end df the Car: . ‘‘I’ve got a beautiful new manmia. I’ve got her to-day! Want tb see hers* She’s oVer there” (pointing with fearful exactness at the blushing bride). “That’s my beautiful new mammal The old one’s dead and gone to Heaven—s'pose this one'll be dead pretty soon, and then I’ll have two up there!” At this point the small informant was suddenly arrested and taken to her seat by the mortified auntie in charge, while .the last words audible to the passengers were: “Why, auntie, you needn’t feel so bad! I guess they’re all glad enough to hear ’bout my beautiful new mam* ma!”—Boston Globe.

How to Get Out of It. The smart man can always Wiggle out of a (ffiemma, A gentleman Wanted to get a cigar from Gilhooly, who Wanted tt^smoke it himself. “Didn’t I hear you say the other day that you always keep a spare cigar about you for your friends,” said the friend. “1 have made some such remark in one of my reckless moods.” “l am one of your friends, ain’t I?” “Certainly.” " “Well,, then hand me out that spare cigar you keep about you for your friends.” “It is astonishing how obtuse sonic people are. Let us reason together about this thing. If I give you the cigar how can I keep it abotit me, for you will walk off with it. I expect the best way to prevent hard feelings is for me to smoke the cigar myself. Have you got a match?”—'Texas' Siftings. —A Newville (Md.) man has a one dollar note of Continental money, upon which is printed the following: “This bill of .one dollar shall entitle the bearer hereof to receive gold or silver at the rate of four shilling! and six pence sterling per dollar for the said bill, according to a resolve of the Provincial Convention of Maryland, held at the city of Annapolis on the 7th day of December, 1775.” —J. S. Baldwin, of Newark, N. J., has conceived the startling idea cf building an inverted railway. He proposes that the car wheels' should be stationary and operated by stationaryengines, while passengers and freight would be transported in rough troughs., with a keel moving upon the wheels in a permanent shed extending the whole length of the line.—N. Y. Tribune. No Merits. Mr. T. M. Casad, editor of the Corydon, Iowa, Times, writes that his little girl burned her foot severely on a stove. One application of St. Jacobs Oil, the great pain-reliever, cured it completely, leaving no marks. By two applications of St. Jacobs Oil he cured himself of a torturing pain in the side, lx proof of the persistent hatred that Cain cherished for his brother, a little girl declared that he hated him as long as he was Abel: “It must prove a boon to mothers,” is what Dr. Cox, of Washington, D.C., says of Red Star Cough Cure. Pure, pleasant, sure, safe. A passenger crossing a tine bridge asked a wit whom he met by what engineer it was bnilt. “I can not toll.” was the reply, “but if you go over you’ll be tolled.n . “A Perfect Flood of Sunshine” will fill the heart of every suffering woman if she will only persist in the use of Dr. Pierce’s “ Favorite Prescription.” It will cure the most excruciating periodical pains, and relieve you of all irregularities and give healthy action. It will positively cure internal inflammation and ulceration, misplacement and all kindred disorders. Price reduced to one dollar. By druggists. A man’s reputation is no better for being guilt edged.—Judge. Young Men, Read This. The Voltaic Belt Co., of Marshall, Mich., offer to send their celebrated Electro-Vol-taic Belt and other Electric Appliances on trial for 30 days, to men (young or old) afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vitality and all kindred troubles. Alsoforrheumatisra,neuralgia,paralysis,and many other diseases. Complete restoration to health, vigor,and manhood guaranteed. No risk incurred, as 30 days’ trial is allowed. Write them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free. An exchequer—a retired baggage-mas-ter.—Fuck. Consumption. — Notwithstanding the great number who yearly succumb to this terrible Mid fatal disease, which is daily winding its fatal coils around thousands who are unconscious of its deadly presence, Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery” will cleanse and purify the blood of scrofulous impurities, and cure tubercular consumption (which is only scrofulous disease of the lungs). Send three letter stamps and get Dr. Pierce’s complete t reatise on consumption and kindred affections, with numerous testimonials of cafes. Address World’s Dispensary Medical Ass’n., Buffalo, N. Y. Rough on rats—’Hie increasing demand for kid gloves.—.V. IV Independent. “ Brown’s Bronchial Troches” are widely known as an admirable remedy for Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Coughs and Throat troubles. Sold onli/ in boxes. 25 cts.

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feXCITEMENf UNABATEb; That Remarka ble Experience of a Rocli eater Physician Fully Authenticated. . [Cleveland (0.) Herald.] . Yesterday and day before we copied into our columns from the Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat and Chronicle, a remarkable statement made by J. B. Henion, M. D., a gentleman who is well known in this city. In that article Dr. Henion recounted a wonderful experience which befell him, and the next day we published frdin the same phper a second article, giving an account of the “ Excitement in Rochester;” caused by Dr. Hanion’s statement, it is doubtful if any two articles were ever published which caused greater commotion both among professional people and lavmen. Since the publication of these two articles, having been pesieged with letters of inquiry, we sent a communication to Dr. Henion and also one to H. H. Warner & Co., asking if any additional proof could be given to us as to the validity of the statements published. In answer thereto we _ have received the following letters, which add interest to the entire subject and verify every statement hitherto made: Rochester, N. Y. Gentlemen : Your favor is received. The published statement, over my signature, to which you refer is true in every respect, and I owe my life and present health wholly to the power of Warner’s Safe Cure, which snatched me from tb., very brink of the grave. It is not surprising that people should question the statement I made, for my recovery was as great a marvel to myself, as to mV physicians, and friends. * * « J. B. Henion, M. D.

Rochester, H. Y., Jan. 21. Sms: Acknowledging your favor duly received,vve would say: The best proof we can give you that the statements made by Dr. Henionare entirely true, and would not have been published unless strictly so, is the following testimonial from the best citizens of Rochester, and a card published by Rev. Dr. Foote, which you are at liberty to use if you wish. H. H. Warner & CO. 5To Whom it May Concern! In the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle of December 31, there appeared a statement in the form of a card from Dr. J. B. Heniou, of this city, recounting his remarkable recovery from Bright’s disease of the kidneys, after several doctors of prominence had given him up, by the use of Warner’s Safe Cure. We are personally or by reputation acquainted with Dr. Hanlon, and we believe he would pUblish no statement not literally true. We are also personally or by reputation well acquainted with H. H. Warner & Co., proprietors of that remedy, whose commercial and personal standing in this community are of the highest order, and we believe that they would, not publish any statements which were not literally and strictly true in every particular, C. R. Parson’S, (Mayor of Rochester.) Wm. Purcell, (Editor Union ami AdecrUser.) i W. D. Shuart, (ex-Surrogate Monroe County.) Edward A. Frost, (ex-Clerk Monroe County.) E. B. Fenner, (ex-District Attorney Monroe County.) J. M. Davy, (ex-Member Congress, Rochester.) John S. Morgan, (County Judge, Monroe County.) Hiram Sibley, (Capitalist and Seedsman,) W. C. Rowley, (ex-County Judge, Mon roe County.) John Van Voorhis, (ex-Member of Congress. i To the Editor of the Living Church, Chicago, 111. • There was published in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle of the 31st of December, a statement made by J. B. Heniou. M. D., narrating how he had been cured of Bright’s disease of the kidneys, almost in its last stages, by the use of Warner’s Safe Cure. I was refened to in that statement, as having recommended and urged Dr. Henion to try the remedy, which he did, and was cured. The statement of Dr. Henion is true, so far as it concerns myself, and I believe if to be true in all other respects. He was a parishioner of miue and I visited him in his sickness. I tirged him to take the medicine and would do the same again ta any one who was troubled with a disease of the Sidneys and liver. Israel Foote, (D. D.,) (Late) Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Ilochester, -V. Y. The sweetest thing in walking sticks— The sugar cane. Rupture Cured permanently or no pay. Our new and sure cure method of treating rupture, without the knife, enables us to guarantee a cure. Trusses can be thrown away at last. Send two letter stamps for references, pamphlet and terms. Woi'ld’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N, Y. Your mammoth orange, like a church bell, is mostly peel. Pi re's Toothache Drops cure lul minute,25c. Glenn’s Sulphur Soap heals and beautifies. 25c. German Corn Remover kills Corns a Bunions. A great wag—A dog’s tail.—Our Dumb Friends. If afillcted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c. ED OTAR Absolutely Free from Opiates, Fmetics and Foisons. A PROMPT, SAFE, SURE CURE For Ccnglis, Sore Throat, Iloarseness, Influenza, Colds. Bronchitis, Croup, Whooping Cough, Asthma, Quins?, Pains In Chest, sncl other affections of th« Throat *nd Lungs. Price 50 cent9 a bottle. Sold by DrugglitB nr.d Dealers. Parties unable to induce their dealer to promptly get it for them will receive tico bpttie^Expres* charges paid, by sending one dollar to J TUB CHARLES A. TOGELER COMPANY, Bole Owners and Manufacturers, Baltimore, Maryland, C. S. A* DEMOCRATS *B*vc an .oi)ln*°n .®s *° means of securing appointment as Postmaster for fee of $1, 18years’ experience as an official. F. Clkndrntn, Morrison, While side Co..Ill. HAIR Wigs it Wave* sent r.o.T>. anywhere.Wholesale* Retail. Price-list/}^- Goods guaranteed. B.C.STREHL, 157 Wabash av,Chicago. $250 a _, MONTH. Agents Wanted. QO best selling articles in t he world. 1 sample FREE. Address JAY BRONSON. Detroit, Mu h. BRYANT & STRATTON’S SZ* St. Lotus, Mo 8oo studentr yearly. Young men taught Iiookhecpiug. Short-liaud, penmanship, and assisted to positions. DTI VC! itching piles. 1 . UItching, most at night. 'SWflVNE’S OINTIWFNT ehre cure. It is EQUALLY EFFICACIOUS in CURING ALL fJTSTSSrErSrSL such as Pimples, Blotches. Rash, OaTT Tetter, Itch. Salt Rheum, no matter howobstinate or long standing. DISEASES - •by n; ••• a~ "RSWAYNE & SON.Phlla., Pa. Sold by Druggists.

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M, J. H. ft’LEAH’S " KomooopathiO |Liver and Kidney Balm, ho Most Wonderful LITEE AND ElDHEt CURE IN THE WORLD. Will relieve and curt- rt‘! diseases of [the Liver.'Kulnevs ami Urinary Or* cans, such as / tjaimmation, Fnerish Irritation of Vie. Btudtler, Weakness <1 i ai'ts tn the Hack, Catarrh of /ha Hhnh er, Stone in the Bladder, Female Troubles, Bright's Disease, Mel anc'loia, ImpHe tea, Be'AlUtt, Jaundice,

OK ANY DEIiANGEM E NT OF THE KIDNEYS, LIVER OR BLADDER. THtilE is NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT! , Dr. J. B. M'Lemi:* HOMCEOPATTIIC LIVER ANt* ■ *- KlltSEY BALM will cureyou. Price $1 per/Bottle; Six Bottles for $8. DR. .T. IT. arDKA-X’S 1 Homisopathic Liver and Kidney Pillets. They are l.ittl$ white-pillets. size of a pin head, but they perform-.wonders in cleansing the Bowel#. When the stomach, bowels, fiver and kidneys nre in an unhealthy condition, 'there is generated Bacteria < Animalcul®), which if not destroyed, produce various forms’of or-ganic-disease. Dr. J. II. 51*Lean's Liver and Kidney Pillets will destroy and remove tin-sc terrible pat as tea fend cure all troubles of the liver kidneys*!iihd urinary organs by effectually removing the cause of all derangement of their natural functions.ami taken with Dr. J. H. 51*Lean's Liver and Kidney Halm, has cured thousands of cases of Bright'* Disease, Catarrh qf the Bladder, Brick Dust Deposit, Irritation of the Boice’s, •'ostirenes*, folic, Grarel. Renal Stones, Thick, Turbid, Frothy L’riAe, Pains in the Region of the Liter arid Kidneys, Tiles, also loss of nervous power. One of these little pillets taken every night before going to bed will produce an easy .evacuation «>f the bowels and bring the natural functions into a healthy and-regular condition. Dr. J. II. 51 'Lean's Liver and Kidney Pillets cost 25 cents each vial, and can be. sent by mail. One dozen for $2.00. DR. J. H. M’UiAN. St. Louis, Mo. Send For My Free Catalogue of Db. J. H. M’Lean’s Own Selected Field,Fawn, Garden -A Flower Seeds

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, For Laryngitis, Bronchitis, «,)itinsy, Asthma ami Consumption, l>r. J H. M‘Lean's TAn Wine 15ai m is the only remedy that will give sure relief. It has cured Lung Diseases where all other remedies have fail »d. Why will you suffer from Throat and Lung Troubles when such a pleasant remedy is offered you? For Croup it is a p >si'.lve specific. Fo~ Singers and Speakers the TAn V. ixE HALM Is on absolute necessity. Nothing.has e\ tr been discovered which will give such immediate' relief, ami It will positively cfcre Throat ^Troubles. Don't Delay. Core That Bad Gold! Stop That Cough! Those whose Lunrs rnd Throats are sore, hard and dry. w U realize-the-s'othine effect of a single dose of I>r. J. U. 31’Lean’s Tar Wine Balm, and to give all doubting skt ptics a chance to be assured of it* wonderful soothing and miraculous virtues. L have put up Trial RmtU s. c< s ing only ift cents per bottle. Every dealer In the United states should have them. If they have.net. p’ease ; s'; them to s-.n l f »r a d >zen as a test. Every one trying that ’J.VcenFsize will b • convinced of tlie miraculous benefits they will receive from taking Dr. J, II. MXenn’s Tar "Wine Balm. Cold in your Head, tickling in the nose, forehead and throat: you have Catarrh: get a boxjof Lr J.H. M*Lfan’s Catarrh $*tff and use it once a day, besides taking Dr. .1. H. M Lean’s Tar W.se Balm to heal your Throat and Lungs. Price of Trial Bottles 25 Cents Each. I can send them only by Express. If you wi'l send me $*2.(0 ijr that amount in postage-stamps, I will send you one dozen. fieight paid. Large Bottles, which contain six times as much as the AV-cent size Bottles - - 4 $10® Or six Hbttles for - - - - 5 0(1 After using I)R. J. H. M'LEAN’S TAR WlNE Balm, let me bear from you. Prepared by DR. J. Hi M LEAN, Cor. Broadway'and Biddle St.,sr. Louis, Mo., Proprietor of I)R. .T. H. M’LEAN'S WCKnrw? .vt

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900 gulu watches tntt i WHO WILL SUSD THE QUIC KEST f In making up the above list of presents, we decided to reserve $9,000 to be divided equally among the first, yu) subscribers received. Ifyoti send 50 cents you will be entitled to one receipt good for one present, and If yourletter is among the tlrst 9.X)received you will also be entitled to abeautiful gold watch. The watchis one third larger than the picture. We will send a printed list of the awards, free, anu all presents will be forwarded to holders of receipts as they may direct. A list of watch winners will be published in our paper. The 50 cents you scud us is the regular price for 6 months, therefore you pay nothing for the present. Subscribe at' once. Don’t wait a day. We will send you the paper 9 months and 2 nutnbered receipts good for 3 presents, if you send us 75 cents. SendSl ana the paper "dll be mailed you 1 year and 3 receipts good for 3 pr sonts. Get 5 friends to join you. and send $2.50, and we will send the paper ti months ana 1 numbered receipt for each of your subscribers and 1-extra for your trouble. Positively no further postponement. Send 10 subscriber?, with $5, and we will send you 12 subscriptions and 13 receipts. This offer is good only until April 2.>, 1 H9*V We hate 213,000 subscribers already, and Ionly require 37.00b more to. have the desired number. Our old patron*and subscribers, whom we number by thouennds. should go to work at once and help us Increase onr list by this grand and generous offer. aU| Y fill PfcMTC Secures our paper 6 months on UHkl 5JU Vklllv trial and one receipt good for one present. A* to onr reliability, we refer to any Bank or Mercantile Agency. Remember these are presents to our subscribers, given to them absolutely free. This is a chance of ^lifetime* the true pathicau to vottr future fortune. Every subscriber gets a prize. A fortune tnau he yours if you tcili hut stretch

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