St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 15, Number 6, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 August 1889 — Page 4

bi mm THE WOULD OVER. A MIRROR OF THE IMPORTANT OCCURRENCES OF A WEEK. Things That Do Happen— A Complete Record of Interesting Events tho World Over — Shocking Accidents, Startling Crimes. Other Topics. horror at a hanging. —"An Lnntly Rope at a Kentucky Execution Makes a Second Drop Necessary. At Louisville, Ky., Charles Dilger aud Harry Smart were hanged on the 31st ult. Smart laughed as he stepped on the fatal drop. The rope was cut, and both men shot down through the traps. Smart turned round and probably' died instantly, but Dilger slipped through the noose, the rope catching him over the chin at the lower teeth. He was seemingly unhurt, and was drawn up by the rope un f >l his shoulders came through the trap, when the deputies took him by the arms and pulled him upon the scaffold. A new rope was brought into service and he placed himself upon the trap a second time. The trap was again sprung and he strangled to death. WRECK NEAR OXFORD, OHIO. Two or Three Persons Kdled and a Dozen Wounded. A fast passenger train going west collided with a freight train east-bound at a bend in the road at Ogleton, two miles east of Oxford, Ohio. The passenger train was running at very high speed. Baggagemister Shields was killed, Engineer Dougherty wac badly hurt, and a Mr. Brannan, a fireman, was severely hurt. Seven of the injured were taken to Hamilton by a relief train. The number of killed and injured will not be greater than twelve or fourteen. Cassius Caldwell, fireman of the freight engine, was kdled, and John Dougherty, engineer of the freight, was badly bruised. He takes all the blame on himself and says he forgot his orders. Dan Brannen, engineer of the passenger train, was fatally injured; Fireman Lee Doty and Baggage-master Pugh each had a right leg crushed. CIRCLING THE BASES. The Various Ball Clubs That Are Racing for the Pennant. Relative standing of the base-ball teams that are working for the championship of their respective associations is as follows: National. W. L. pcj American. W. L. Bostou 49 25 .662 St. Louis. 57 27 .678 New Y0rk...44 29 .602! Brooklyn. ...51 28 .645 Cleveland.. .43 35 .551 Baltimore.. .45 34 .569 Philada 43 34 .558 Athletic 42 33 .560 Chicago 40 39 .506|Cincinuati.. .45 38 .542 Pittsburg. ...31 45 .407lK’ns’s City. .31 48 .392 Indianap .. .29 48 .377 Columbus.. .32 52 .380 Wash’gt’n. ..23 47 .328|Louisville.. .19 62 .234 Western. W. L. pc.i Interstate. W. L. Pc. Omaha 51 21 .708! Springfield .40 33 .547 St. Paul 49 26 .653(Da venport,. .39 34 .534 Minneapolis 39 36 .520]Quincy 39 34 .534 Sioux City.. 34 39 .465. Peoria 38 35 .520 Denver 32 40 .444 Evansville. .32 41 .438 St. Joseph.. 29 39 .426 Burlington. .32 43 .426 Des Moines.. 29 41 .414! Milwaukee. .25 46 .352| Ex-Senator Rollins Dead. A Portsmouth (N. H.) disnatch says: Ex-Senator E. H. Rollins died at the Appledore House, Isle of Shoals. He _passed away very quietly, having never * ecnKciouwuess from the severe shock sustained on the previous Saturday. His wife and throe sons were present at his bedside at the time of his death. Deceased was 61 years old. Wrangling Over the Liquor Law. The second conference on the Rhode Island liquor law has hot been able to agree. The Republicans have yielded in regard to the appointed of Commissioners, agreeing that the minority party shall have one out of the three in each city. The Democrats insist that their representative shall have the three years’ term and to this the Republicans will not agree. A Canvass of Ohio. The Columbus (O.) Evening Press publishes letters from seventy-six out of the eighty-e’ght counties of the State, stating the attitude of the county delegations on candidate for Governor on the Democratic ticket. They show Jas. E. Campbell to be far in the lead. The convention will be held at Dayton, Aug. 27 and 28. Paralyzed by Chewing Gum. A Kansas City dispatch reports that a young girl was seized with cramps of the facial muscles, closely resembling lock-jaw. Dr. Chappell succeeded in restoring the girl’s face to its normal condition. The girl's mother said her daughter was an inveterate gum chewer, even going to sleep with her gum in her mouth. Walked to Death. Word reaches San Diego, Cal., that two Mexican soldiers who deserted the army post at Ensenada, Mexico, were pursued and captured about fifty miles from there, tied to the horses of the troopers, and compelled to walk rapidly the entire distance. Both died soon after reaching Ensenada. John L. a Prisoner. Champion John L. Sullivan has been arrested at New York on a requisitionfrom Governor Lowry, of Mississippi, for participation in the recent prize-fight at Richburg, Miss. Telegraphic Brevities. Harry Farrell is under arrest at Winchester, Ky., for murdering John Rose near Clay City. Kansas City voted to issue $500,000 bonds for constructing a Court House and new sewers. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. Lewis Bros. A Co., New York dry goods dealers,well known throughout tho aountry, have assigned, with liabilities of $4,000,000. Assets about the same. A dispatch from Waterville, N. It., announces the death at his summer residence there of Charlemagne Tower of Philadelphia. Mr. Tower was in his 81st year and his death was due to paralysis. He leaves four daughters and a son and an enormous fortune. The patent-leather men of Newark, N. J., have formed a trust. The entire plant, buildings, machin«rv, and stock of the Arms Manufacturing Company at South Deerfield, Mass., occketbook manufacturers, has been destroyed by fire. Sixty-five hands are Ihrown out of employment. Loss, $20,>00; insurance unknown. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. — Ar Cincinnati Surgeon General Jones, a well-known citizen, disappeared from his home, and for three days no trace of him could be found. Finally a bloody trail was found leading to a sewer manhole, and in it the body of Gen. Jones, murdered by being beaten on the head,

was found. Several arrests were made, the last being that of Charles Blythe, the dead man’s colored coachman, who has made a full confession of the crime. He related the details of the tragedy with the utmost unconcern. He says he stole General Jones’ watch and pawned it for $lO. The wateb. was found in a Sixth street pawn-shop. It is probable that an effort will be made to indict and convict Blythe as soon as possible. Public excitement over the horrible crime is still great, but there is no chance of Blythe being lynched, as he is securely confined. He described minutely the manner in which he killed the aged Colonel. After he had struck him down the murderer coolly watched his death struggles. He did not give him another blow to put him out of his misery, but saw him struggle and gasp for half an hour until he expired. Cattlemen from the Indian Territory report that Texas fever is playing havoc among the cattle in the Territory. Over forty head were seen dead in one pasture alone, and in others numbers varying from seven to twenty-five. They also state that hundreds of cattle were dying in Oklahoma, and predict that there would not be a living head of the cattle imported into that country from the States of Kansas and Nebraska in two months. The fatality among cattle in Oklahoma is not caused so much from Texas fever as from the effect the more Southern climate has on them. Reports from Guthrie, Oklahoma City and other points in the Territory verify this statement. William Fee, the Wisconsin farmer who sold dressed meats in Stillwater, Minn., which had not been inspected under our State law, has been discharged by Judge Manwaring, on the ground of the unconstitutionality of the law, inasmuch as it infringes upon tho domain of the United States Congress, which regulates the commerce between the States. At Wichita, Kan., fire broke out in the three-story brick building occupied by T. Cannon’s Fruit Commission Company and spread to the adjoining four-story brick building occupied by the Wichita Wholesale Grocery Company. The loss is $170,000, distributed as follows: On the buildings, $20,000 and $28,000, respectively; Grocery Company’s stock, $107,000; Cannon Company's stock, $15,000. Total insurance, $75,000. The St. Louis United Elevator Company, which is the other name for a trust that controls all the grain elevators of that city, will probably transfer in a few days the elevator system of the city to an outside syndicate. No less than three distinct and powerful syndicates are now at work through their agents to obtain a controlling interest in the United Elevator Company. Each syndicate is carrying on its operations with the utmost secrecy, privately sounding some of the stockholders, but making, so far as can be learned, no direct offers to the company. Who compose these syndicates and where they hail from are not definitely known, but one is supposed to be a London syndicate, another of New York, and the third of Chicago. The company was stocked at $3,000,000, divided into 30,000 shares. The State Auditor of Missouri has completed the apportionment of railroad, telegraph, and bridge valuation for taxation. The correct value of this propeity is $57,420,321.29. The increase is $6,599,158.91. The Sta’e school fund has been apportioned by the Superintendent of Public Schools for the ensuing year. The total amount is $84,320.19. The enumeration shows that there are 865,075 children of school age in the State; hence the per capita is a fraction less thsn 98 cents to the child. A Boise City, Idaho, dispatch says: A terrible fire is now raging on the Government timter lands thirty miles from Boise City, in Boise County. All efforts of the people to check the fire have proved unavailing s.nd the Governor has appealed to the Government for aid. In response Secretary Noble has directed the Government agent now in that vicinity to promptly render all necessary assistance. He is authorized to spend SSOO in employing men to subdue the fire. Andrew C. Drumm, who had full charge of the cattle commission business of A. Drumm & Co. at Kansas, City, Mo., has d sappeared and 515,000 with him. The missing man announced the oilier day that he was going away for a time, but gave no intimation where, aud since that time he has not been seen or beard from. At Nebraska City, Neb., the grain shippers of Southern Nebraska and Northern Kansas have held a convention and took the preliminary steps toward organizing a pool or trust for self-protection. Prof. John Kendrick, of Marietta College, died at Marietta, Ohio. In 1839 he went to Marietta College and held an active professorship till 1873. City Marshal Henry Simmons, of Lexington, Oklahoma, was shot and instantly killed by F. S. Jones, Jones was fatally wounded. The two men quarreled over a settlement for some cattle. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. A YAWL-BOAT containing six persons, comprising a pleasure party, was "uti : down and sunk in the Patapsco River at ! Baltimore, Md., by the steamer Tolches- I ter. Mary Weiner, Mary Kalb, and Jolin | Betz were drowned, the others being with difficulty picked up by the steamer's boat. Four trainmen were killed at Brighton, Tenn., in an accident caused by a misplaced switch. Word has been received at Little Rock, Ark., of the drowning in White River of Mrs. Snodgrass and her two children, aged 9 and 6, respectively. The party were in a covered wagon, and attempted to cross the river at Rockford. The wagon was caught in the current and carried down the stream, the driver cutting the horses loose and escaping with them. At Hagerstown, Md., C. A. Herbert was given forty lashes on his bare back for cruelly beating his wife with his fists. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. At Zanesville, Ohio, the Prohibition Convention nominated the following State ticket: Governor—Rev. J. B. Helwig of Springfield ; Lieu tenant Governor -L. B. Logan of Stark County; Supreme Judge—Gideon T. Stev «rs of Norwalk; Treasurer—D. M. Trowbridge of Toledo; Attorney General—E. Jay Pinney of Ashtabula; Board of Public Works—Harvey Clarke of Madison County ; Clerk of Supreme CourtF. 1). McKnight of Lawrence County. Slate Central Committee Dr. H. A. Westerville, Chairman; B. S. Higley of Youngstown, Secretary; and J. H. Hann of Columbus, Treasurer. ACROSS THE OCEAN. The Wiener AUycmeim: Hung asserts that a definite offensive and defensive alliance has been concluded between France and Russia. Le Soir reports that General Boulanger has decided to leave London and goto New York, and that he has fears of being court-martialed. The golden-wedding da}' of Mr. and and Mrs. Gladstone occurred on the 25th. The Queen telegraphed a congratulatory message to the distinguished couple, and the Prince and Princess of Wales and other members of the royal family sent letters to them. The Prine? of Wales also

sent a gold inkstand to Mr. Gladstone. A number of Liberal ladies presented a portrait by Millais of Mr. Gladstone with his grandson. A large number of other presents were received. Mr. Gladstone rose early and attended morning service. The family took breakfast together at the James street residence of Mr. Gladstone. There was an immense number of callers during the day, among them being Mr. John Morley, Sir William Vernon Harcourt, and the Earl of Aberdeen and other Liberal peers. The Yellow River, in China, has again burst its banks in Shantung, inundating an immense extent of country. There is twelve feet of water throughout ten large governmental districts. 'I he loss of life and property is incalculable. The Government authorities at Pekin are dismayed. Owing to the incapacity of the local authorities, foreign engineering aid, in order to permanently repair the channel of the river, is considered imperative. The British bark Mallsgate, Captain Spratt, from New Castle, New South Wales, for Sau Francisco, has been wrecked on Middleton reef. Several of her crew are missing. The time granted to Gen. Boulanger, Count Dillon, and M. Rochefort to answer the summons of the Senate Court having expired an official has publicly read before their residence a decree giving the accused ten days in which to appear before the court. Failing in this their property will be sequestered and they will be deprived of all civil rights. The latest returns from the elections for councilors-general in France show the following results: Republicans, 764; Conservatives, 419; Boulanger, 12. Second ballots will have to be taken in 149 cantons. It is certain that the Republican majority will only suffer in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine. FRESH AND NEWSY. The steamer Dora, just arrived at San Francisco, Cal., reports the wreck aud total loss of the whaling bark Ohio No.^2 on Nunwak Island. July 1. The crew was saved. The Little Ohio, which bad not been heard from since October last, was wrecked on Point Hope months ago. Only eight of a crew of twentyeight were saved. Considerable competition exists among steamships and railroad companies in bringing tea and silk toN*w York from Japan and other far-off countries. Nineteen days seems a short time for nearly eight thousand miles, but a big consignment over the Canadian Pacific, Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg and Ontario and Western Rods, in sixteen express cars, has just made the run from Vancouver in nine days, and the steamship Parthia crossed the ocean from Yokohoma to Vancouver in ten. Another consignment came over by an opposition steamship line, arriving on the Oceanic two days later, but making the trip by rail over the Union Pacific a day quicker. The following crop estimate is compiled by Col. G. D. Rogers, of Minneapolis, editor of the Market Record and one of the most reliable crop statisticians in the Northwest: The maturing grain in ths spring wheat section* lias progressed enough toward maturity so that it is possible to form something like a lair estimate of the yield. That it will amount to more than was commonly figured a few weeks ago there is not the least doubt. The greatest trouble is in arriving ;vt approximations of acreage .ha t are below average, and above av erage. It will be about fair to offset the increase in acreage with tho amount plowed up and that not plowed up that will not be cut, leaving the acreage about the same as last j-ear. If Minnesota gets fifteen bushels, which many think not too high, the total would be soma 47,000,001 bushels, and for both Dakotas eight bushels may not be too high, or a round-up of 35,009,000. making 80,000,001 b .shels for both. The last crop. -whim (-idUl 60.iKU.031t. the total was more than 70.0C0.000bushels, perhaps not below 75,030,000 bushels of all sorts. It is quitegenerally conceded that. the promise is for some 10,030.000 bushels more than a year ago. which concession, if correct, would indicate 8),<01,000 to 85,000,030 bushels ibis year. Cutting is getting quite general in the South ami will be so in the North next week, although a great deal in the South is noi vipe enough now and much will not be in Ilie North next week. So far very little shrunken wheat has been discovered, but some is in a stage that might be affected yet. Dun A Co.’s weekly review of trade says: The business outlook has. on the whole, improved during the week, but the assignment of an important dry-goods commission house, with liabilities or 5i.000,000, occasioned some dis quietude. But the general tenor of advices is encouraging. Crop prospects improve, with the probability of a large foreign demand; the apprehended financial difficulties do not yet arrive ; the great industries seem to begetting a stronger position, and the railrcal situation is at th? least no worse. All the cities except nine report larger bank clearings than a year ago. As to the diy-goods failure, too. present reports hold out the hope that the liabilities will ultimately be fully met. Latest accounts indicate a decided improvement in 1 lie w heat prospect in Dakota ami Minnesota, the yield b ing estimated at 80,000.030 bushels, against 63,000.030 last year. The foreign reports appear on th? whole to promise a larger demand than last year. Cotton reports are favorable, but the scantiness of the present supply sustains prices. There seems to be real and steady improvement intheconditionof t he great branches of industry, although it is by no means such, as yet, as to clear away uncertainty. The de maud for iron in various forms has so far incri a-ed as to cause general stiffening of prices. The signs of improvement in the woolen business are less clear, but manufacturers have been buying more freely, ami there has been some increase in the orders for goods. The confidence in a large fall trade is undiminished. The movement of cotton goods is fairly satisfactory, and print cloths are a shade stronger. All accounts from interior cities indicate that business is fairly good for the season, though there is. perhaps, a rather general feeling that the fall trade does not open quite as early or as briskly as had been hoped. The failures during the week were, for the United States. 187; for Canada , 2I; a total of 216, against a total of 208 the week previous. For ths corresponding week of last year the figures were 199 in the United State" and 22 in Canada. MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Prime...; 8 4.00 @ 4,50 Good 3.50 @ 4.00 Common 2.53 @ 3.50 Hoos-Backing Grades 4,00 A 4.75 Sheep 3.50 @ 5.00 Wheat- No. 2 lied 78Q@ .79Q Corn—No. 2 .36 "@ .37 Oats—No. 2 22 id .22’., Rye—No. 2 43 @ .44* Butter Choice Creamery 14 ct- .16 Cheese-Tull Cream, fiats 07 @ ,07 ; q Eggs—Fresh 10'5® .HQ Potatoes—Choice new, perbrl. 1.00 @ 1.50 PoiiK—Mess 10 50 @10.75 MILWAUKEE. Wheat Cash 77 @ .77Q Corn No. 3 36 @ .37 Oats No. 2 White 28 A .29 Rye No. 1 43 @ .41 Barley No. 2 59 @ .61 Pork-Mess 10.50 @10.75 DETROIT, Cattle 3.00 @ 4.00 Hogs 4.00 @ 4.75 Sheep 3.25 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 83Q@ .84 CORN—No. 2 Yellow 37 ~@ .38 Oats No. 2 White 26 .27 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 80 & ,80: a Corn—Cash 38 @ .38’., Oats—Cash 26 @ .27 NEW YORK. Cattle 3.5 > >0 1.75 Hogs 4.50 @ 5.2 » Sheep 3.51 & S.SJ Wheat No. 2 Red 88 @ .90 Corn—No. 2 White 41 @ .45 Oats—Mixed Western .26 @ .29 Pork- New Mess 12.50 <" Ut.oo ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.50 @ 4.50 Hogs 1.03 @ 4.59 Wheat—No. 2 Red 76 @ .77 Cor,N—No. 2 33Q@ .31 Oats 23 *@ .25 Rye No. 2 41 id .43 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle 3.75 @ 4.25 Hogs 4.25 @ 4.75 Sheep 4.50 A 4.5'1 Lambs 1.00 @5.50 CINCINNATI. Hogs 3.75 « 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 79 @ .80 Corn —No. 2 38 @ .38 w Oats—No. 2 Mixed 26 @ .27 Rye—No. 2 46 @ .48 Pork—Mess 11.25 @11.75 KANSAS CITY. Cattle—Good 3.75 @4.25 Medium 3.00 @ 3.75 Butchers’ 2.00 @ 3.03 Hogs 4.00 @ 4.25 Sheep 3.0 J i® 4.00 Lambs 3.00 @ 4.03

WEDDED TO A PRINCESS LOUISE ANO THE EARL OF FIFE JOINED IN MATRIMONY. The Queen and Royal Family Witness Hie Celebration of tho Nuptials—How the Bride Was Dressed—A Royal WeddingDay. A London dispatch says: All London turned out Saturday morning to witness as much of the royal wedding as possible for those not born in the purple, and, though the weather was dull and the sun obscured, the streets in the vicinity of Buckingham palace and those through which the various bodies of the bridal party were to pass were gay with thousands of people in holiday attire, while flags aud decorations lent a festival appearance to public and private buildings. The sons of the Prince of Wales and party were the first to arrive at Buckingham palace. Accompanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark, Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales, and the magnificently uniformed officers of the Prince of Wales’ household, they drove up to the palace in state carriages, drawn by richly caparisonedjhorses, at 11:30 o’clock, and were received with hearty cheers by the vast throngs that had gathered about the palace entrance. Here they awaited the arrival of tho Queen and the Eail of Fife with his cousin and best man. Horace Farquhar, who appeared at 11:50 o’clock. The Queen was attended by tho great officers of state and >V* \\ v THE EARI. OF FIFE. the officers of her household, except the lord chamberlain, who was excused on account of his bereavement by the loss of his third son. The Queen’s party, with its escort of royal guards, made a brilliant spectacle. The Earl of Fife was dressed in the full Highland costume of bis clan. Just at noon the Prince of Wales, accompanied by the bride, drove up in the state carriage used by the Queen on occasions when she opened parliament in person. The procession to the chapel was quickly made and moved in gorgeous array to the doors, which were thrown open at their approach. When inside tho chapel the Queen was escorted to the royal seat prepared for her majesty. The Fail of Fife took up his position at the right of the altar ami Princess Louise of Wales at tho left, while the march from *'Tannhauser” pealed forth from the great organ. It was a sight long to be remembered. The chapel itself had been elaborately decorated for tho occasion. The stalls and seats for the bridal party were upholstered in rich crimson, while the walls were hung with blue and French £ ray draperies. The doric pillars were garlanded and festooned with rose.,, and other flowers ami floral pieces were on every hand. These various embellishments made an admirable background for the superb toilets of the court ladies and the brillant uniforms and regalia of the various officers of the court. The bride was dressed in white satin with a duchess train of the same material fastened to the corsage. The b dice was ent ” shape, not low; the collar was made of Medici style, and tho sleeves, which reached to the elbow, were trimmed with rare old lace. Her wreath of orange blossoms were fastened at the left shoulder and carried across below the right. About tho waist and serving as a decoration to the skirts ot her gown was another wreath of orange blossoms. The veiling was of point de graze. The bridesnraias’ gowns were of point faille of a delicate blush color. The archbishop of Canterbury, the dean of Windsor, the bishops of London and St. Albans, and the sub-dean of the chapels * w // — • I PRINCESS LOUISE OF WALES, royal, who were to officiate or assist in the ceremony, and who had been awaiting within the altar-rails since 11:45 o’clock, began the service at 12:15 o’clock. The bride was given away by the Fringe of Wales. At the close of the ceremony the archbishop of Canterbury addressed the newly married air in a few happily chosen words. At the close of the service the Queen and the Princess of Wales advanced to the altar rails, and, meeting the newly wedded pair, kissed the bride. Then, as the organ broke forth into the Mendelssohn ‘-Wedding March,” the procession was again formed to the drawing-room of the palace, where the marriage register was signed and attested by the royal party. 5 The wedding breakfast followed in the state dining room, the guests being seated in the supper-room with the Earl of Fife and his bride. The royal family breakfasted in a separate roo. i with the Queen. When the guests rose from the breakfast the bride and bridegroom, escorted by the ITince and Princess of Wales, the King of Greece, the Crown Prince of Denmark, and the officers of the household of the Prince of Wales returned to Marlborough house via Constitutional hill, Piccadilly, and St. James street. The streets through which the procession passed were packed to the utmost in every spot from which a view could be obtained with vast throngs, who cheered the royal couple again and again, and manifested every form of delight at the sight of the beautiful and happy bride. On the route the sun showed itself at intervals and added to the enjoyment and festivity of the occasion. It was noted that the whole ceremony was extraordinarily free from delays or clashes of any sort. This is largely attributed to the precise program drawn up for tiie ceremony in all its details. Every one knew beforehand his or her place in the procession and in the entire function, so that each event followed with absolute smoothness. The wedding presents received by Princess Louise of Wales were displayed at Marlborough house. The total value is £150,000. The jewels alone are valued at £120,000. Mrs. Mackay sent a pair of turquoise and diamond pendant earrings. The Queen’s dinner party in London, in honor of the wedding of Princess Louise, included the Prince and Princess of Wales and all the member of the royal family, the Marquis of Lorne, the Crown Prince of Denmark, and the Grand Duke of Hesse.

Wit and Humor. There is a difference between wit and humor. The Detroit Free Press man, in common with hundreds of others who have preceded him, has been trying to made this difference apparent. lie illustrates his meaning by examples, and belotQ we give some of Ids examples: When the gentleman remarked sententiously, after reciting his own escape from danger, that nothing was so desirable in case of an accident as presence of mind, he was met by the rejoinder: “Pardon me, sir, surely absence of body would be more desirable still.” A witty reply surely, but certainly not humorous. Yet in the dis-' comliture of the first speaker, especial-; ly if of the pompous variety, a sense of humor may have found keen gratifica-' tion. No one could find any humor in the i following witty repartee and pretty as it is witty, of Sidney Smith: “Oh! Mr. Smith,” said a beautiful ' and very charming girl to him, “please i come and see my garden. I want to ! show you a curious pea that I have • been trying so Lard, but I fear in vain, ’ to biing to perfection.” “Is that possible, my dear young , lady? Then pray,” offering his hand, I “let me have the pleasure of taking per- : section to the pea.” So with Douglas Jerrold’s equally witty but less pretty and less kind re- I ply to the lady who attributed the ’ rapidity with winch her hair was turn- | ing gray to the essence of rosemary ! with which she said her maid was wont i to sprinkle it before brushing. “Perhaps so, madam,” was Jerrold’s reply; “or possibly ’tis due to the essence of thyme.” On the other hand, it is humor alone, we find in that sharp rebuke that witty Frenchman, Max O’Bell, administers to our national and disgraceful habit of expectoration: “The Supreme Court was in session. . A lawyer, as I entered the court-room, was discharging his oratorical thunder. Suddenly he stops, glances at « spittoon at least two yards off. deliberately aims, and rrrroncrrraaack-ptu! scores a bull’s-eye, and coolly resumes the thread of his discourse. I expeeted to see the seven judges and the publie applaud, cry bravo! Not at all. This incident actually passed utterly unnoticed! Probably there was no onein the room who could not have said “Why, there’s nothing wonderful in that. I could have done it myself.” The humor of anticipating a roum? of applause as a tribute to the dexterity with which the nasty feat was accomplished is delicious. The same writer, by the way. I venture to suggest. confounds wit and humor. Ue declares that only a frank and unaffected man. a good fellow in fact, can thoroughly appreciate humor, and he does Americans tke honor'to jnit them in the front rank as humorists, and consequently as good fellows. What of Dean Swiss, for instance? And yet what a grim humor is there in the Dean's exclamation to the lady of the English Viceroy when she declared the air in Ireland was the finest in the world. “For God's sake, madam, don't tell them so in England, or the Government will tax it out of existence.” Humor here, and wit as well. Among Errors Ruinous to Health, One of the mostmischievous and most emwmon is the indiscriminate and too frequent use of purgatives. Such medicines if well chosen and seasonably resorted to, are certainly useful, but many persons select the worst, fly from one t<> the other, and employ them when there is no oi vision, or their utility has ceased. To estab. Ijsh on a permanent basis a regular condition of the bowels, tho finest alterative is Hostetter’s Stomach Bitt rs. It is botanic in origin, and a safe succedaneum for those objectionable drugs, calomel and blue pill; it does not gripe or drench the bowels like the ordinary evacuents, and it not. only reforms irregularity of the habit of body, but remedies the disorder and inactivity of the liver and stomach, which usually aecom puny that condition. Rheumatism, kidney trouble, malarial complaint and nervousness are removed by the Bitters. The Two DroniioG \\ illiam J. Clark, a salesman for the Parrott A’arnish Company, of Bridgeport. Conn., and William J. ('lark, the postmaster of a Connecticut city, were both sojourning at Young’s Hotel at, the same time not long since. These, two men proceeded to the office, and asked if there were any letters for) William J. Clark. The clerk handedi out one. The two Williams looked atj each other, but neither dared open thei letter, for fear it might be for the other. The Bridgeport William said the handwriting looked like that of his wife, and that the postmark was Connecticut. “The writing looks like my wife’s, and I also hail from Connecticut,” said the other William. “Permit me, then, to open the letter and look at the signature,” said the Bridgeport William. “If it is from Clara, then it is mine.” “I beg your pardon,” replied the other William, “my wife’s name is Clara.” Finally the two Williams decided to open and read that letter together, and it is to be hoped the letter was discreetly written, and neither William was betrayed by his loving spouse.’ — Poston Budget. It Doesn’t Pay to use uncertain means when suffering from diseases of the liver, blood or lungs, such ns biliousness, or “liver complaint,” .skin diseases, scrofulous sores or swellings, or from lung scrofula (commonly known as consumption of tho lungs), when Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is guaranteed to cure all these affections, if taken in time, or money paid for it will bo promptly refunded. SSOO offered for an incurable case of Catarrh in the head by the proprietors of Dr. Sage’s Remedy. Prof. Bfnzi, of Naples, reports that numerous physicians have successfully treated tetanus by rest. The ears of the ];atient are closed xvith wax, and ho is placed in a perfectly dark room far from any noise. Liquid food is given, so that mastication is not necessary. Taking it altogether there never was a time when our country was enjoying greater prosperity than at the present moment, and yet there are thousands of people in the land who are fussing and fuming about hard times. No doubt but what many of them are honest in their complaints, anil it is otten because they have not found the right kind of work or the right wav to do it Now, if business is not moving along with you satisfactorily, take our adviim and write to B. F. Johnson & Co.. Richmond va. It is more than likely that thev ean help you: at any rate, it would cost' you nothing but a postage stamp to annlv to them. Dr. J. A. Coues records the case of a man who was observed to be sweating sixteen hours after death, continuing to perspire freely for at least eight hours. A * s 801 tis full of water, twothirds its weight probably; you pay seven or eight cents per pound for water. Dobbins' Electric Soap is all soap, and rhe-e---tvie the cheapest and best. Try Robbias’. hopcht is invisible— nature is invisible thought.

A Contrary Man. “Do you know,” asked a woman at the Woodbridge Street Station ,t. he other day, “whether a small man v ith a lop shoulder aud a cataract in liis eye has been fished out of the liioi within the last two days?’ “No such case, ma’am.” “Has such a mini been sent uj> i “Y’es; we had him in here for drunkenness,” answered the sergeant, after consulting the records. “Just as I thought. He told me he was going to suicide, but he’s the contrariost man in the world, aud J. figured that he would be in the workhouse instead of at the bottom of the river. 1 never make no mistakes on Jim.’’— Detroit Free Press. Perhaps if the potato didn t have any eyes, it would not be so otten mushed. Do You Have that extreme tired feeling, languor, without appetite or strength, impaired digestion, and a general feeling of misery it is impossible to describe? Hood’s Sarsaparilla is a wonderful medicine for creating an appetite, promoting digestion, and toning up the whole system, giving strength and activity in place of weakness and debility. “I take Hood’s Sarsaparilla every year as a tonic, with most satisfactory results. 1 recommend Hood’s Sarsaparilla to all who have that miserable tired feeling.” C. Paiimei.ee, 319 Dritlge Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. JI: six for J 5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. (OO Doses One Dollar gh wio US >i day. Samples worth J 2.15. fR^F.; not under the horse s tert. " n.c Bri «sSul, <v Rein-Holder Co.. Holo. MENTION THIS PAPER whsm wbitino to r~\ - » hnd Piso’s Cure for W- ? « T,<h-r»TjC» Consumption THE BBST remedy for A AiN A3 hoarseness and to (J_Z * — clear the throat. HAMC OTHRV Bookkeeping,Business Forms, UmL w i vw 4 ■Penmanship,Aritlimetic.Shorthand, etc., thoroughly taught by mail. Circulars free. Bryant’s Business College. Buftalo.N.i. MENTION THIS PAPER whkn wkitinw to »uv»:<iis>oh. PfiTfiN’S FRENCHVITALIZERS. UH lull U Mxdlt Vigor, and the only Legitimate SpenCc for Besual Debility and Loh Vitality known. A Marvellmu luvigoraur. enur^ 1 T harmlM*. By mail. ABC fur Circular# free. DH. LA I ON, BoStoA. MENTION THIS TAFKK «hmn writing to advbiitiauk*. We manufacture to »ell Baby Carnages clmrgi- v. itl.ln too miles of I'hn ago Send for Catalogue. CHAB. K AISER, Mfr.. S 2 64 Vljbourn 1»„ Chicago. ..ir-NflON THIS PAPER walTiso to .bv«ktuiim. A A 4 MONTH am*, m m errm-'l by Sr* S 9 BH graduate, wh • spent 6 months or less Th IIIIS Kt the eolb ge- Send address ot D I I I P I tri nd- awl get e'.ren ar and beaiCi; &UI I 144; fnl sp eimens of penmanship I KEL, Both sexes attend. Shorthand taught by mall-RI-SINESS COLLEGE, Sterling. 111. DETECTIVES "Wanted in erery countr. Snrewd men to act under instruction. !n our Secret Service. Experience not necessary. Send 2c. st amps GrannanDctectivaßureauCo. 44 Arcade, Cincinnati.ONORTHERN PACIFBO li W LOW PRICE RAILROAD HUBS & FREE Government LANDS. KITSILUON3 OK ACRSS of e.ieh In Minnesota North Dakota, Montana Idaho, Washington and Orogen. CEMR EHD Publications with Maps des’TitdagThe wE9vU run BEST \grienltnriii. Grazing and Timber Land* now open to Settlers Sent Free. Addrew CHAS. B. LWBoin, Ln B V! DADWAY’S 11 RE.W RELIEF. THE QREAT CONQUEROR OF PAIR, Applied exteriia-Hy. instantly re icv»*4 Sprains, Bruises, Barkarho, Pain in the I best or Sides, Tlead^rho, Toothmdic, or any oilier external pain, COM.KsTIOXS, I\l LA MMATIONS, Kheumatisiu. Neuralgia. Lumbago, s< iati< a. Pains in the Small of the Back, ete. CURES ALL SUMMER COMPLAINTS, 4 lamps. Spasms. Sour Stomach, Nausea. A omitiuK. Ileailhuin. lil ARRIHEA. 4 olie, Uholorifa Morbus. Faiuliug Spells. liiternally, lutir to a teaspoonl’ul in ball a tmiibler of M ater. 50c. a bottle. All Druggist s. DAO WAY’S n PILLS, Au exeo'ienl and mild Cathartic. I’liroly Vegetable. The Safest and best Medicine In the world for Hie Cure of all Disorders LIVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS, Taken acec.rding to directions they will restore health and renew vitality. Price 25 cis. a Box. bold by all Druggists.

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An Editor's Experience. Major Sidney Herbert, a well-known journalist " agricultural circles, writes April 18th, 1889: S°® five years ago I wrote a letter stating that Swi« Specific had cured me of severe rheumatism. that time 1 have had no return of the rhenma troubles, although frequently exposed to the in “ ern es that produced former attacks. Several of m friends had a similar experience, and are tilin ' ; their conviction that S. S. 8. brought a pennancß cure. Tlie s-. arehing power of this medicin® 1 I shown in the fact that it, developed a seroMlo i i taint that was conspicuous in my blood over tin™ 1 years ago. and has removed the last trace of >" have also tested 8. S. S. as a tonic after a attack of malarial fever, which kept me in W* , three mouths, and am convinced that its f “ r * I and strengthening propet ties insured my ree®' ■ from that illness, as 1 was in a very low conditio® | health. Sidney Hkbbebt, Atlanta, >