Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1885 — Page 3

THE LAUNDRYMAN’S VICTIM.

How * Humorist’s Hose Were Branded— Hie Sensitive Soul Harrowed. Tdo ■wish the washee, wash.ee people , of the United States would call a national convention of launders and laundresses, and adopt a uniform style of marking the linen that passes through their hands. I have suffered much from the diversity of talent displayed in the private marks of Anglo, German, Franco, Hibernian, Chinese, and American laundries. lam a man not given to novelties. I like- variety, but I want it to be the same kind of variety* Ido not like to go round the country lecturing in the guise of the tattooed man of Borneo. Now, when I put on my war paint and sarahed forth to see whom I might gather the lecture committees in, I had my scanty store of linen marked with the real initials of my own honored name —that Mrs. O’Mahony’s husband might know whose shirt he was wearing to church, and Mlle. Celeste might know whose handkerchiefs she stole, and that Wun Lung might be able to swear that the collars he offered for sale were given to him by his deceased friend, Bam Jam Bang. But did these simple marks content the wash ladies and the laundry gentlemen ? Nay, not so. The first laundry gentleman marked everything I had with a big black X in indelible ink, save only my my blushes —hose. These dainty little fabrics of silk and worsted, with faint traces of cotton, he labeled by sewing a large white patch about midships on the after part of the veal of the same. I left all these marks on, hoping that, in connection with the regularly ordained initials, they would content the next washer gentleman. But he was a Trojan, and he put on a mark Something like the Greek letters phi, psi. This was in Philadelphia. At Pittsburgh I had a round-up of my linen at the Great Western Satin Gloss Laundry, where the man with the indelible ink labeled everything XO, big and black, and sewed additional patches on my—ahem! hose. I next corralled my things at-the establishment of Ping Ping, in Columbus, Ohio, who stitched in a firecracker joke in red thread. We—l and my herd of linen and manuscript—drifted slowly to the Northwest, and the wardrobe was watered at a French laundry in Kala-< mazoo, and branded OHA. At Minneapolis it went to the hotel laundry, and came back bearing the new legend LT, with a lozenge around it, and with red tags on my s—ks. This was growing interesting, and when a brand of blue ink came into the plot at Council Bluffs and was cast for XOA, I sat up half the night reading my things. I am fond of literature, anyhow, and when the mental pabulum on my linen was re-enforced at Concordia, Kan., by the addition of VZ in a black circle to the bill of fare, I began to look about for a publisher. At Kansas City Hang Hi worked in a crazy-quilt stitch on me, and at Decatur, HL, the launder had a rubber stamp, the design whereof was a valentine heart inclosing the letterk XLX. I do not know the meaning of the symbol unless it refers to my age, which certainly has nothing to do with the age of my wardrobe. This man sewed white tags on the ears of my st —ck—ings, with the same design printed on them. At Terre Haute, Ind., they sewed tags on everything, from withers to hock, and at Valparaiso they stitched XVH on the entire , and at Upper Sandusky I got NYX inked on everything from collar to crupper. At Beaver Falls, Pa., a Chinese gentleman embroidered on all my things portions of a strange, weird alphabet wherever he could find room for it, and at Uhrichsville, Ohio. my linen was returned to me with a note stating that all articles must be plainly marked be-' fore they could be received at the laundry.— lt. J. Burdette.,

The Capture of New Orleans.

From the Century we quote the following from the paper of George W. Cable, on “New Orleans Before the Captuxe“What a gathering I The riffraff of the wharves, the town, the gutters. Such women—such wrecks of women! And all the juvenile rag-tag. The lower steamboat landing, well covered with sugar, rice, and molasses, was being rifled. The men smashed; the women scooped up the smashings. The river was overflowing the top of the levee. A rain-storm began to threaten. ‘Are the Yankee ships in night?’ I asked of an idler.He.pointadout the tops of their naked masts as they showed up across the huge bend of the river. They were engaging the batteries at Camp Chalmette—the old field of Jackson’s renown. Presently that was over. Ah, me! I see them now as they come slowly ; round Slaughterhouse Point into full view, silent, so grim, and terrible; black with men, heavy with deadly portent; the long-banished Stars and Stripes flying against the frowning sky. Oh, for the Mississippi! the Mississippi I J ust then here she came down upon them. But how! Drifting helplessly, a mass of flames. “£he crowds on the levee howled and screamed with rage. The swarming decks answered never a word; but one old tar on the Hartford, standing with lanyard in hand beside a great pivotgun, so plain to view that you could see him smile, silently patted its big black breech and blandly grinned. “And now the rain came down in sheets. About one or two o’clock in the afternoon (as I remember), I being again in the store with but one door ajar, came a roar of shouting and imprecations and crowding feet down Common street. ‘Hurrah for Jeff Davis I Hurrah for Jeff Davis! Shoot them! KiU them! Hang them!’ I locked the door on the outside, and ran to the front of the mob, bawling with the rest, ‘Hurrah for Jeff Davis!’ About every third man there had a weapon out Two officers of the Upited States Navy were walking abreast, unguarded and alone, looking hot to right or left, never frowning, never flinching, while the mob screamed in their ears, shook cocked pistols in their faces, cursed and crowded and gnashed upon them. So through the gates of death those two men walked to the City Hall to deniand

the town’s surrender. It was fine of the bravest deeds I ever saw done. “Later events, except one, I leave to other pens.' An officer from the fleet stood on the City Hall roof about to lower the flag of Louisiana. In the street beneath gleamed the bayonets of a body of marines. A howitzer pointed up and another dbwn the street. All around swarmed the mob. Just then Mayor Monroe—lest the officer above should be fired upon and the howitzers open upon the crowd—came out alone and stood just before one of the howitzers, tall, slender, with folded arms, eying the gunner. Down sank the flag. Captain Bell, tall and stiff, marched off with the flag rolled under his arm, and the howitzers clanking behind. Then cheer after cheer rang out for Monroe. And now, I dare say, every is well pleased that, after all, New Orleans never lowered her colors with her own hands.” , .

In Teheran.

One of the most common sights in the streets •of Teheran is a man seated on the pavement against a wall while a barber shaves the crown of his head. The barber’s trade is one of the most important in Persia. The customs enjoined by the Koran, or religious law, make it indispensable that barbers should abound in this country. The Koran makes it honorable for a man to wear a beard, but commands the shaving of the head. There are two great sects among those who accept the Mohammedan faith—the Sheas and the Sunnees. The latter are all Turks, and they shave the whole crown, excepting a tuft in the center by which the archangel may draw them out of the grave. But the Persians are Sheas, and they shave the center of the head, from the forehead to the neck, leaving a long curl on each side. It is curious to see even little boys with their heads thus polished. The Persians consider it a great disgrace to lose their side curls. As they all wear turbans, or black, conical caps of Astrakhan lambskin, no one would suspect the head to be shaved until the cap is taken off. Then, indeed, the appearance of the head is exceedingly grotesque. It is evident that the care of the hair is a very important question in Persia. But that is not all. One rarely sees a gray beard or gray locks in Teheran. Even the most venerable men have dark or red hair. The reason is because all, from the highest to the lowest, dye their hair. This is done first with henna, which gives it a reddish tint. Many prefer to leave it thus. But others add to the henna a second stain of indigo, and the combination of the two colors imparts to the hair a dark-brown hue. The tails and manes of horses are sometimes tinged with henna. Those of the royal stables are dyed a beautiful rose color. The use of red for curtains, awnings, and umbrellas is forbidden. It is a color reserved in such cases for the palace and the King* alone. There are other remarkable restrictions in every Persian city. No Christian is permitted to enter one of the public baths. These baths are on the plan of what are called Turkish baths in America. The women bathe in the morning, and the men in the afternoon. After the bath the bathers lounge in an outer room and gossip and smoke. For the women, especially, the weekly visit to the bath is like resorting to a woman’s club. They take their sewing and embroidery, and after the bath sit for hours chatting, sewing, and smoking the water pipe. When the woman returns home from the bath she is full of the gossip of the neighborhood and has plenty to talk about for a week to come. In Turkey all sects can visit the bath, but the Persians allow no one to bathe with them but the faithful followers of the Prophet.— Exchange.

Frozen Champagne.

If there is anything that I particularly like it is frozen champagne. It is so nice to have your butler going round the table and slapping his hand on the bottom of the bottle in order to get the congealed liquid to flow through the narrow The noise is an agreeable diversion, and the act attracts the attention of the company, and saves them the necessity of listening to some bore who may be telling a long story. Besides, there is always a fine chance of the bottle—not wine, it is no longer wine—under the influence of some more than usually strong thump, coming out with a gush and spattering the tablecloth or the ladies’ dresses. Such a timely accident always causes a laugh, and therefore interrupts the monotony that otherwise would be tiresome. Then—and this is the chief advantage —iTTOoTtltlch - more - convenient to eat your wine than to drink it. I would suggest that >you serve it -as a sorbet with spoons.— From Dr. Hammond’s “Mr. OldmixOn.”

The Mules of Kansas City.

Kansas City, with its many muledrawn conveyances, offers an unusual opportunity for the mulologist. Here he may study the curse-showered mule at his leisure (the mulologist’s leisure). There ar® sleek, happy mules, conservative in their gait and educated to their task; there are aristocratic mules with legs like those of the Andalusian deer, and fine nostrils and large, questioning eyes; there are vulgar mules who turn in their toes and hose tails are gnawed in irregular scollops by migratory vermin; and last and most to be pited are the horse-car mules doomed to the lash and countless up-grades, whose heads hang dejectedly, whose ears quiver not, even at sesquipedalian blasphemy,and whose bone-betraying flanks look like the raised maps of Switzerland.—Kansas City Times.

Cycling in Great Britain.

Lately the distance between London and Edinburgh was covered in three days by a tricycle rider. This feat was surpassed a week later by another traveler, who accomplished the 400 miles in.two days and nine hours, considerably more than half the distance being traveled in the first twenty-four hotiYs. A medical writer in the Lancet warns all “cycle” riders to beware of large wheels which are accompanied by small saddles. He says that unless a good-sized seat is provided, serious evils may result. \ V Hell by any other name is just as hot. * v . -

BARTHOLDI’S BIG GIRL.

The Prejudices Met by a Canvasser for the Pedestal Fund. The BartholdPpedestal fund is nearly complete. The statue has arrived,’ and soon Now York harbor will be graced by the most magnificent colossal statue the world has ever seen. ‘•Liberty Enlightening the World!” What a priceless blessing personal liberty is. It is the shrine at which people, ground under the heel of tyranny in the older worlds, worship with a fervency that Americans can scarcely realize; it is a principle for which Nihilists w.Uiagly die the death of dogs; and fit and proper it is that at the very entrance of the Bay of New York this emblematic statue should flash a welcome to the world. The press is entitled to the credit of this achievement. Mr. Philip Beers, who has been making a circuit of the country on behali of the pedestal fund, says that the fund will certainly be raised, as the World does not know the word fail. Mr. Beers says that he has found the most pronounced generosity among those of foreign birth. They seem more appreciative of liberty than do our native born. Moreover, among some a strange prejudice seems to exist. ••Prejudice? In what particular?” “I have ever found that however meritorious a thing may be, thousands of people will Inevitably be prejudiced against it. I have spent most of my life on the road, and I know the American people ‘like a book.’ In 1879 a personal misfortune illustrated this prevailing prejudice. I was very ill, had suffered for several years with headache, fickle appetite, dreadful backache, * cramps, hot head, cold hands and feet, and a general break down of the system. I dragged myself back to New York, seeking the best professional treatment. It so happens that among my relatives is a distinguished physician who upbraided me roundly for preaching so much about my own case. Finally, with some spirit, I remarked to him: “ ‘Sir, you know that much of your professional wisdom is pretense. You are controlled by prejudice. You cannot reach a case like mine, and you know it, can you?’ “ I had him, and he finally conceded the point, for it was Bright’s disease of the kidneys which had prostrated me, and the school men admit they cannot cure it. Having cured myself, however, in 1879, and not having seen a sick day Since, my relative finally admitted that Warner’s sate cure, which accomplished this result, was really a wonderful preparation. Had President Rutter, of the Central Hudson, used it, I am certain he would be alive to-day, for he could not have been in a worse condition than I was. ” ‘‘l have found similar prejudices among all classes concerning even so laudable a scheme as this pedestal fund. Mr. Beers’s experience and the recent death of President-Rutter, of‘the CentralHudson Railroad, of an extreme kidney disorder, proves that the physicians have no real power over such disease, and indicates the only course one should pursue if, as the late Dr. Willard Parker says, headache, sickness of the stomach, dropsical swellings, backache, dark and offensive fluids., prematurely Impaired eyesight, loss of strength and energy occur, for they unmistakably indicate a fatal result, if not promptly arrested. ‘•Yes, sir-ee, every cent needed for the pedestal will be raised. Of couse it will be a great triumph for the World, but would it not have t>een an eternal disgrace had our people failed to provide for this pedestal?”

Comparative Consumption of Liquor.

To one who deplores the extent of the drinking habits in this country, it will be comforting, and perhaps a little surprising, to learn that this is one of the most temperate countries in the world. The London Times has latelycompiled a table showing the average yearly consumption, per head of population, in some of the principal countries of the civilized world, of liquors containing alcohol, with the following result: Spirits, Wine, Beer, Litres. Litres. Litres. Canada....;....'. 3.08 0.29 8.51 Norway3.9o 1.00 15.30 United States. 4.79 2.64 31.30 Great Britain and Ireland. 5.37 2.09 143.92 Anstrla-Hnngary......5.76 22.40 28.42' France 7.28 , 119.20 21.10 Russia.,.B.oß Unkn’n 4.65 Sweden 8.14 0.36 11.00 German Zollverein ... 8.60 6.00 65.00 Belgium 9.20 8.70 169.20 5witzer1and........15.30 55.00 37.50 Netherlands 9.87 2.57 27.00 Denmarklß.9o 1.00 33.33 The litre holds a little over a quart of our liquid measpre. One strange thing shown fay the table is that while the average inhabitant of ! the United States drinks about five quarts of spirits—mostly whisky—a year, he drinks less than three quarts of win®. Compared with most other countries, however, we make a good showing in 'the consumption of spirits, only Canada and Norway consuming less. In Canada a prohibitory law is in force in some of the provinces. The tremendous consumption of spirits in Denmark and Switzerland is the most remarkable fact revealed by the figures in the table. When the Swiss capacity for wine is also noted, and the fact that, besides all this, they drink more beer than Americans, their bibulous propensities certainly stand unrivaled. France is, of course, the great consumer of wine, no other country even approaching her. The Swiss drink nearly half as much as the French, and the inhabitants of Austria-Hungary onefifth as much. Other nations are nowhere in cpmparison. It will fae noted, perhaps with some surprise, that thei English consumption of beer more than doubles that of the Germans, and that the Belgians exceed botfa. The last-named burghers, indeed, average almost a gaHon a week for every man, woman,and child in the country, while the English are content with something less than a pint a day. In this country we drink less beer than Belgians, English, Germans, Swiss, or Danes, but more than Austrians, Dutch, French, Norwegians, Swedes, Russians, or Canadians.— New York Mail and Express.

Amicably Adjusted.

“Do you mean to call me a liar?” asked one rival railroad man of another, during a dispute they had on business. »“No. Colonel, I don’t mean to call you a liar. On the contrary, I say you are the only man in town who tells the truth all the time; but I’m offering a reward of twenty-five dollars and a chromo to any other mam who says he believes me when I say you never lie,” was the response. “Well, I’m glad you took it back,” replied the other party, as the tigerlike look of ferocity faded out of his features, and he looked around for the nearest saloon.— Texas Siftings.

He Struck the Wrong Man.

“I’d like to strike you for SSO to-day,” said Hardup to young Hyson. “By Jove, ” eaid young Hyson, who was a little short himself, “you may do it for S2O. Give me the money, and say where you want to strike me*,“ Hardup struck out.— Bob Burdette. The merit of great men is understood but fay those who are formed to be such; genius speaks only to genius.

Who KiHed Tecumseh?

In the year 1846 I became acquainted with Shabbona, an Indian chief of the Sttawa tribe, wTio was the aid-de-camp Tecumseh at t he battle of the Thames. Shabbona was living on a reservation, then and since/ known as Shabbona’s Grove, in De Kalb County, Illinois, about seventy-five or eighty miles west from Chicago. He was nearly, seventy years old, full six feet in height, straight as an arroy, and with the step and bearing of a prince. No man bore a higher reputation for truth and uprightness than he. There are still many living in the vicinity who can attest the accuracy of this representation. When I learned of the position he formerly held under Tecumseh, 1 took the opportunity to converse with him on the manner of the great warrior’s death, in order to satisfy my own mind; for till then I had regarded the story of his fall by the hand of Col. R. M. Johnson as a tale devised for electioneering purposes. That conversation settled the question with me forever, and I have no doubt that Col. Johnson actually killed him; and I write this in order to settle a point of history of importance. A year or two before I met Shabbona he was in the city of Washington, D. 0., walking along the street with Mr. W. Gates; he suddenly stopped, pointed to a man across the street, and said to Mr. Gates: “That is the man that killed Tecumseh.” He had only seen Col. Johnson in the fight when Tecumseh fell, about thirty years before, still he recognized his old foe. Mr. Gates related to me this incident. Shabbona said that Col. Johnson rode a creamcolored horse, and was at the head of his men, leading them on. The battle had reached the crisis. The Indians of the enemy occupied a strip of timber land. Col. Johnson charged to drive them out; Tecumseh sprang forward and seized the bridle of Johnson’s horse, and raised his tomahawk to cut him down. Then Johnson shot him with a little gun, which he took, from a leather case before him—before Tecumseh had time to strike. (The little gun, of course, was a pistol taken from the holster.) * Shabbona said that he had just fired, and his gun was empty; he commenced to load in order to shoot Johnson. But just then the Indians began to flee, and they shouted to him: “Shabbona, puck-a-chee! Shabbona, puck-a-chee!”. Puck-a-chee means run. So Shabbona said that he puck-a-cheed, and left Johnson alive to enjoy the fruits of his conquest over the mighty Indian. After the treaty of peace was made, Shabbona changed sides, and became a fast friend of the United States Government. No complaint was ever heard of his loyalty as a subject or his integrity as a man. When Black Hawk made war, and filled the newly settled country of Northern Illinois with terror, Shabbona kept ahead of his vindictive band of warriors, and warned the defenseless settlers of his coining, thus affording them time and help to escape, and undoubtedly saving many lives and much property by his faithfulness. After some years he was induced to part with his title to the beautiful grove and adjacent prairie where his name yet remains, and, with the small remnant of his people who acknowledged his chieftainship, he made a home on the Illinois River a few miles south of Morris, in Grundy County, where he died. If he, in his young life, had enjoyed the advantages of civilization, he would have stood among the foremost of his age.— S. Stover, in the Current. The Right Reverend Bishop Gilmour, Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the many eminent church dignitaries who have publicly adde d their emphatic indorsement to the wonderful efficacy of St. Jacobs Oil in cases of rheumatism and other painful ailments.

How Long Ought a Man to Sleep?

The latest authority on this vexed question, Dr. Malins, says that the proper amount of sleep to be taken by a man is eight hours. So far as regards city life the estimate is probably correct. Proverbial wisdom does not apply to modern conditions of social existence. “Five (hours) for a man, seven for a woman and nine for a pig.” says one proverb; and a second, quoted by Mr. Hazlitt in his English Proverbs, declares that “Nature requires five; custom gives (aHows?) seven; laziness takes nine; and wickedness eleven.” These conclusions were, however, drawn from observation of country life. Phys 7 ical fatigue is more easily overcome than intellectual. Which of us, when traveling in the country or abroad, or in any way sepairated from the ordinary processes of thought and anxiety, has not found that he could, without difficulty, do with a couple of hours less sleep than he was in the habit of taking ? Men, however, who follow any intellectual pursuit are exceptionally fortunate if the process of restoration occupy less than seven hours. More frequently they extend to eight or nine hours. Grant, I see it stated, took never less than seven hours. Goethe owned to requiring nine. Soldiers and sailors, on the other hand, like laborers, do with much less quantity. lam afraid to say how few hours the Duke of Wellington regarded as essential. A schoolmaster under whom, at one time, I studied, a hard-working* man at the acquisition of languages, proclaimed loudly that he never took more than five hours’sleep. The hour at which he rose in the morning gave some color to this assertion. Only in afterlife did I discover that a two hours’ postprandial siesta was not included in that allowance. —Gentleman’s Magazine.

Bailroad Item.

“Can you tell me the names of the railroad lines in Texas?” asked a Dallas teacher of a pupil who was the son of a member of the Legislature. “I dunno,” was the reply. “On what does your father travel when he goes from here to attend the sessions of the Legislature?” “On a free pans.”— Texas Siftings.

“I Don’t Want Relief; but Cure,”

is the exclamation ot thousands suffering from Cajtarrh. To all such we say: Catarrh can be cured by Dr. Cage's C'a arrh Remedy. It has been done in thou ands of cas.-s; why not in yours? Yo jt danger is in delay, in close a stamp to World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. ¥., for pamphlet of this disease. ‘ »

The Ability to Bear Pain

'is the teat of fortltode among the Indian tribe*. But we defy any Cherpkee, Eton*, or Comanche to endure the twinserf of rheumatism without wincing. These, indeed, are sights at first, but grow in intensity until they become unbearable. No malady is more obstinate in its maturity than that which gives rise to them. The more need, then, of attacking it at the outset. Foremost among remedies for it is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, safer and infinitely mote effective than colchioum, veratrum and nux votntca, all remedies which might prove destructive -ot life in a slightly excessive dose. Mineral depurents, also, when not positively mischievous, are far inferior in remedial power to thD salutary botanic med.cine. It entirely expels from the blood the acrid impurities whlcH originate the disease, and enrich as well as cleanse it. Constipation, liver complaint, dyspepsia, and l ' other ailments alaogive way to it.

E. ST. JOHN.

Well-Deserved Promotion of a Railroad 1 Man. [Chicago telegram.} President R. R. Cable, of the Rock Island Road, has issued the following important notice: “Mr. E. St. John is hereby appointed assistant to the General Manager, appointment to take effect July 1. The general ticket and passenger departments will remain under the jurisdiction of Mr. St. John as formerly, and all communications in connection with those departments should be addressed to him as General Ticket and Passenger Agent. ” The above announcement of Mr. St. John’s promotion will be read with interest and pleasure by the many who have become intimate with him during a very long career. He has been associated with the road so long that he is always considered a part of the system, good, reliable, and ever on time. Mr. St. John entered the railway service in 1862; was clerk in the general ticket office and depot ticket agent of the Quincy and Toledo Railroad at Quincy, 111., until”its consolidation with the Great Western Railroad, when he assumed a clerkship with that company in its general ticket department at Springfield, 111., remaining in its service until July 3, 1863; on July 4, 1863, and until November, 1864, he was employed as clerk in the general ticket office of the Chicago and Rock Island Railway. Nov. 1, 1864, to Sept, 1, 1869, he was Chief Clerk in charge of the general ticket department; Sept. 1, 1869, he was appointed General Ticket Agent, and Jan. 1, 1879, he was appointed General Ticket and Passenger Agent, which position he continues to fill. On Saturday, July 4, Mr. St. Jdhn will celebrate the twenty-second anniversary of his connection with the Rock Island Road. Mr. St. John’s promotion is another illustration of the well-known fact that the Rock Island Road appreciates the merits of its officials, and gives tangible evidence of its appreciation.

An Important Arrest.

The arrest of a suspicious character upon his general appearance, movements, or companionship, without waiting until he has robbed a traveler, tired a house, or murdered a fellow-man, is an imporiant function of a shrewd detective. Even more important is the arrest of a disease which, if not checked, wifi blight and destroy a human life. The frequent couxh, loss of appetite, general languor or debility, pallid skin, and bodily aches and pains, announce the approach of pulmonary consumption, which is promptly arrested and permanently- cured by Dr. Pierce's “Golden Medical Discovery.” gold by all druggists.

When grief eofnes id an honest man, he usually shows a clean balance-sheet. When a scamp comes to grief, he usually shows a clean pair of heels. Weak lungs, spitting of blood, consumption, and kindred affections, cured without physician. Address for treatise, with two stamps, World’s Dispensary- Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. There is said to be a great similarity between a vain young lady and a confirmed drunkard, in that neither of them can ever get enough of the glass.

Important.

When you visit or leave New York City, save Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire, and stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central Depot: 600 elegant rooms titted up at a cost of one million dollars, reduced to $1 and upwards per day. European plan. Elevator, Restaurant supplied with the best. Horse cabs, stage, and elevated railroad to all depots. Families can live better for less money at the Grand Union than at any first-class hotel in the city. There is hope for dudes. A French scientist claims to manufacture artificial brains. — Philadelphia Call.

“Put up" at the Gault House.

The business man or tourist will find firstclass accommodations at the low price of $2 and $2.50 per day at the Gault House, Chicago, corner Clinton and Madison streets. This far-famed hotel is located in the center of the city, only one block from the Union Depot. Elevator; all appointments first-class. Hoyt & Gates, Proprietors. Pure Cod-Liver Oil, made from selected livers on the sea shore, by Caswell, B azai<i & Co., New York, it is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have decided it superior to any of the other oils in market. Frazer Axle Grease lasts four times as long as any other. Use it; save your horses and wagons. Chapped Hands, Face. Pimples and rough Skin, cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York fe If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water. Druggistasell it. 25c.

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OSCAR CRAIGG Blown up by a Premature Blast In the Rosendale Cement Quarry—DESTRUCTION of an EYE —lts Subsequent Removal by Surgical Operation. Mr. Oscar Craigg waa foreman in a cement quarry at Rosendile, Ulster Co., N. Y. By an explosion one day In the quarry he lost an eye—lost It totally. Under an impression that the matter was less serious the local physician told Mr. Craigg that his eye was not lost wholly, but could be saved by treatment. The experiment was tried and failed. Worse remained behind, for he was in danger of losing the other also, through sympathetic inflammation. In this strait he consulted Dr. Bar id Kennedy, of Rondout, N. Y., who told him the injured eye must be taken out to save the other. To this Mr. Craigg demurred, and went back home in doubt. 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