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AN ILLINOIS HEROIC.

"Sir, 1 allow that my Bette is q
heap the smartest and peertest gal In
Macoupin-yes, sir.
The person addressed had Just asked
the speaker for his daughter, in a sort
of vague, indefinite way that stirred
up the old mans bile. The longer he
considered the matter, the madden he
got.
"Yes, sir. Dog my buttons if I
allow anybody from Beaver Greek to
come around here foolin' with my Bet
tie. won't have it, an you'd better
git"
There was a significant motion toward
a rear pocket, which had more effect
than words. They always said old
Ramsay would shoot so the party
addressed, without taking a second
look, said, "Jes' 80, old man :" aud
a moment later was riding through the
thick underbrush toward the open
prairie.
There had been listener TO this con-
versation. 1t was Miss Bette Ramsay
herself, the subject of it. She was q
pretty sight, rs she stood behind the
little white curtain that was drawn
back enough to let her see the disap-
pearing form of her lover.
A fresh, girlish face of sixteen
round, rosy and sweet her long brown
hair drawn into q massive braid that
hung far below her waist her bare
arms Drowned with the sun, yet exquis-
itely nodded; her eyes of the same
color as her hair, with long, dark
lashes, that seemed to touch her cheek ;
and just now her eyes were filled with
tears.
Everything within or about the room
seemed to partake of tue same outlines
as the girl herself. The bed was plump
and smooth-not a line, not depres-
sion. A little shelf was ornamented
with the plaster angels, O Madonna
and child, and q most remarkable lamb,
all in the same material but even the
lamb was 80 plump and round that it
had no nose worth mention.
The climbing rose-trees, half covering
the little window, took on the same
oval lines. Even the fragrance ex-
hailed by the roses themselves seemed
blended and softened and mingled with
that indefnable aroma of youth and
beauty.
A heavy footstep sounded across the
little porch, and came slowly and hesi-
tatingly up the stairs. A low, uncer-
tain, single knock at the door was fol-
lowed by rough head that peered
timidly into the room.
The mist in the girls eyes had cleared
away. A smile rippled across the
dimpled cheek,
"Come In, father, come in y
"Jfdy l come in, Bette? L don't
want nothin' at all only it was so still
and quiet like, that allowed you must
be out somewheres.
And the rough head moved clumsily
into the room, followed by a CORE
spondingly rough body. An old man
of sixty, sallow and weather-beaten and
grizzled. Grave and earness of pur-
pose he looked, yet simple, and here in
his daughters chamber he was timid
| as q boy.
Sit down, father-here, in my big
chair; ;" and she drew him toward a
great old-fashioned chair. When he
was seated, she sat herself down in his
lap-the little brown arms circling
around the grizzled beard and neck.
You were speaking with jim,
father what was It about?"
JimH Oh, yes he was out there
Gone where, father ?"
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"Oh, Bette. Bette little gal
didn't 90 To do il. I"

"Oh, Bette. Bette little gal ! /
didn't go to do it.
But the eyes closed YEARLY, and the
with the effort to speak. The young
man bathed her face with the water, and
she presently recovered but the old
man remained with his face buried be-
side her, until her plump little hand
rested on his grizzled head.
Father !" said the pale lips again,
softly and tenderly, while her fingers
trifed with his gray locks.
"Take my horse and go for doctor,
and don't let the grass grow under his
feet, old man !" was the sudden and de-
cisive end of the old mans present
misery. He sprang to his feet, kissed
her eagerly, fumbled a little with his
hat, as if there was something on his
mind, and finally said, in his simple
way:
Maybe 1 can bring som mething for
ye, child-a lemon or something nice ?"
She reached out, and taking his coat,
drew him down until she whispered in
his ear.
What she said seemed to astonish him
greatly, yet it pleased him, for he
slapped his leg, and laughed outright. "
"No are you in dead earnest, Bet
tie ?"
There was faint little nod for
reply.
"Tll do it, sure /; doggone if don't %
and he rushed out of the house, and O
minute after was galloping through the
darkness for doctor, five miles away.
There was pain and suffering that
night in the little house of the Ram
says but with loving hands to nurse
and tend, even pain yields to their touch,
and sleep follows. During all those
hours of waking or sleeping the young
lover watched patiently by her bedside.
At daylight old Ramsay had not re-
turned. The morning breeze was wav-
ing and bending the trees, and, swaying
aside the white curtain, it came into the
little chamber and famed the brows of
the sleeper and the watcher. Then the
breeze fioated in muffled tramp of
horses and murmur of voices. The old
man led the way into the house, fol-
lowed by the doctor and another man.
The watcher, being relieved of his
charge, undertook the cooking of break
fast.
What short step it is from the
heroic to the commonplace From the
noble to the ordinary
A dinner is an effort that calls forth
talent, while a hashed up breakfast is
thing of naught.
While the surgeon was performing
such operations as were necessary,
yesterdays dinner was rejuvenated into
to-day's breakfast.
Western heroics will have such
wretched conclusions Had this young
girl died by her fathers hand, even
though it had been the result of ter
rible accident, this heroic would have
come to fitting end. But DO such thing
occurred.
That other man who came with old
Ramsay and the doctor was preacher.
The end of it all was a wedding without
q particle of the heroic, unless it was the
old mans final toast
Here's to them both. They're the
peertest couple in Illinoy, gentlemen;
and that's sayin' heap. God bless
ta,,, ~,
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AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

The gay Christmas-time IL is ended,
The Holiday course has been run,
And, while no offense is intended
To any particular one,
wish to make one observation,
And then, like the season, I'm done.
To the ancient and hon n'rable custom
OF giving gifts once in the year
Provided, of course, IL don't bust EN-
All people should strive TO adhere;
And II they can give but trihe,
Give that with slice Of good-cheeri
Yet, while we would show our expression
OF love or esteem for friend,
proper amount Of discretion
In choosing the token might tend
To add to the pleasure Of getting
The little or much we eIpend.
1t chanced this particular season
needed some slippers right bad,
And hinted the same for tnat reason
On every occasion had
And now am Of the conviction
must at the time have been mad!
First Nellie, my cousin, inquired
What number my boot was and when
told her thought aspired
To attitudes close upon ten,
She looked sympathizingly at me
And said, SIS it possible, Benz"
And the very next day Arabella
Propounded the query likewise
And Flora and Dora and Ella
All wanted to find out my " size -
And the evening called on Aida
She measured my foot with her eyes
Well Christmas Day dawned, and the dawning
Was filled with bright visions, you know,
And opened my eyes, after yawning,
And glanced at the carpet below
And sic pairs ef slippers lrere lying
Solenaaty there in a r0lr!
Six pairs Of slippers Great heavens.
Wrought with skill superfne-
Ranging from eights to elevens-
Rich and unique in design
And dozen they made all together,
And all Of the dozen were minel
tried to look pleased and contented-
For that was the best I could do;
took 'em all up and commented
On the beauties presented TO view,
And said they were just what wanted !"
And "twelve is better than twoi"
But locked three pairs in my closet
And one have lent to st. Clair,
And one-I wonder whose was it?
/ gave to the Charity Fairl
And the last well, those are elevens,
And those are the ones shall wear
And while I'm extending my 4" fippers"
In gratitude deep and sincere,
wish to remark that twelve slippers
Are rather too many to steer;
And take this occasion for stating
That shant expect any next year.
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A VILE ISLANDER ON THE SEx.-It 10
in this underhanded way that on Arr
zona paper seeks to disparage the taste
of the average American woman 4" Last
Saturday a young Indian, one of tho
fanciest-dressed of his tribe, came to
town with the wages of a weeks work
in his pocket and sought out the differ
ent stores to find some article that
would add to his fine appearance. He
examined many styles of colors and
scarfs, handkerchiefs and blankets. By
and by his fancy was arrested at the
sight of new style hat. Il was Just
exactly what he wanted-a hat with q
feather and bird in it. He bought
it eagerly, and went of happy in
the possession ef-a lady's hat Of the
period"
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Paper in Japan.

The uses Of paper in Japan are ludi-
crously various. It is used in everyday
life, in the drawing room, in the nurs-
cry and the kitchen, in ways that are
dark to a foreigner. A Japanese is
never at loss for string, sheet for
a letter, a wrapper, a handkerchief, a
towel or q platter. In his bosom is
roll Of paper, and what paper can ac-
complish is known only to native of
Japan. When a Yezaburo or Kintara
cuts his finger, bandage is applied and
tears dried by the same article. The
exquisitely dressed young lady takes
roll of paper from her gir die, and 10 |!
it becomes handkerchief. Pass into
the street on rainy day in Yeddo,
and you see for miles panorama of
moving disks of paper. Both umbrel-
las and suit of oiled and waterproof
clothes, hat, coat, trowsers and ahoes,
may be bought almost anywhere in
japan. Boxes, pipe-casts, twine, dish
es, tea-trays, carpets, chimneys, roast
ing-tins for firing tea, windows, doors,
partitions and screens, are everywhere
made of paper.
The l,aneled walls of houses are made
of paper pulp. Old japanese armor is
largely made Of compressed lacquered
paper. Perhaps Europeans adopted
the custom of papering the walls of
their houses from these people. The
dwellings of the better classes of the
Japanese people are always papered,
though the sheets used are not over a
foot or eighteen inches square. They
are polished, silvered. gilded, colored,
or printed with birds, flowers, ANIMALS,
and many tasteful designs. In looking
over paper-dealer's stock in Yeddo,
one scarcely sees cloud or uncouth
pattern, always excepting the dragon,
in which the normal Japanese doth so
delight.
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of the wood. Each book contained
samples of the leaves and fruit Of tho
tree, and section and shaving or veneer
of the wood. AgricuttuvsE
Monthly.
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THE JOURNEY OF A NEEDLE.
Lancaster (Ohio) Gazette says: "M Mrs.
John Wachtel, an old resident of this
city, some twelve years ago ran a needle
in Ler breast and failed to have il ex-
tracted, as it never occasioned her
either pain or inconvenience. A few
days since, however, the lady felt
strange, pricking sensation in bunion
on one OF her feet, and upon examina-
ton found the point of needle pro-
truding from the excrescence. With
but little trouble it was taken ont, and
it appears to be the same needle she
lost in her breast dozen years ago."
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L. BDUNNING, M. D., Physician and Surgeon
Il. Office in l. w Van Fossen's Block, over
Wheaton's Drug Store. Residence on Elm street
I'd door east of Niles Street. lOllt2o'
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LAWRENCE DIRECTORY.

8nsin,ss @aros.
E L. 81 =. N. CHADWICK, dealer In Dry
II. Goods, Clothing, Millinery Goods, Boots
and Shoes, Groceries, Hats and Caps, Queens
ware, etc.. Lawrence, Mich.
L =. CLEVELAND, VI. d., Physician and Sur
II. geon, Lawrence, Mich.
VNTILLIAM II. CLAY, Sign and Ornamental
w Painter, Lawrence. NJ ich. House, Sign
and Carriage Painting, Graining, Papering and
Kalsoming done to order.
- ROWE. dealer IN Drugs, Medicines Station
-. cry, Groceries, Brushes Perfumery, etc
Prescriptions carefully prepared, Lawrence
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E COOK, Teacher OF Piano, Organ, Voice
be found at his residence on Paw Paw Street.
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PAW PAW DIRECTORY.
2Businsss Garos.

~ A. HARRISON, Banker, Paw Paw, Michi-
". gan, will transact general Banking busi.
ness, receive Deposits subject to sight draft. ana
allow interest on special deposits. COLLECTIONS
or more years on improved unincumbered Real
HStafa
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ia RMIST!

v
Dealer IN
MOUNTED BIRDS, FOREIGN AND Ma
TIVE BIRD SKINS, BIRDS EYES,
GLASS SHADS, ETC.
Birds, Animals and Deers Heads, Stuffed and
Mounted TO order in every style.
Ornamental Cases and Cases of Game Birds
for Sportsmen a Specially.
Orders by mail promptly filed.
I'm , &c 8
and Curiosities wanted in exchange for Birds.
Rooms over ALIENS FURNITURE STORE.
e
1O26 Main Street. PawP Mich
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8nSintss Garos.

L,OSTER 4 PEEBE, Attorneys and Counselors
II at aw aud Solicitors in Chaucery. Office III
Fret National Bank Building, mp stairs, Decatur,
Mich.
NEWTON FOSTER. W. SCOTT BREBE.
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DR. GEO. ii. CLARK. Homeopathic Physician.
~ Ofice over Avery's Store. lOOS
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AOsS srhOiSi Helms.

APPLES IN IMITATION OF GINGER
To three pounds of very hard apples, take
two pounds of loaf sugar, and a quarter
of pound Of best white ginger. Put
these in layers (having first sliced the aP-
Piles in eight pieces and cored them)
alternately in wide-mouthed jar. Next
day infuse an ounce of white ginger, well
bruised, in about pint Of boiling water
let it stand till the next day. Then put
in the apples that have been two days in
the ginger. Simmer slowly until the
apples look clear. Takegrea care not to
break the pieces.
To MAKE GINGER LoAF.-To four
pounds of dough add one pound of raw
sugar, half a pound Of butter, one ounce
and half Of caraway seeds, one ounce
and half of ground ginger. Bake in
the usual way. II very much resembles
Scotch hot cross buns. II makes very
nice cake, either FOR tea or lunch.
STEW PASs.-A great mistake is made
in American kitchens in not using the
tin-liRed copper stew-pan instead Of the
porcelain-lined, which burns far more
readily and is not at all durable. No
danger may be apprehended from the
copper, as the tin can always be replaced
at slight expense.
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IsefnI Information.

1T. KELSEY, forester Of the A., I, and
5. +. Railroad, says the chinch bug never
feeds on fax, and that il has never been
known to pass through field or strip of
fax. He thinks that these facts may
suggest way of protecting corn-helds
from the bugs.
The white of an egg has proved Of late
the most efiicacious remedy for burns
Seven or eight successive applications Of
this substance soothes the pain and eff
iectually excludes the burn from the air.
This simple remedy seems preferable to
collodion, or even cotton. Extraordinary
stories are told of the healing properties
Of new oil which is easily made from
the yolks of hens eggs. The eggs
are first boiled hard, the yolks
are then removed crushed, and
placed over fire, where they are care
fully stirred until the whole substance
is just on the point of catching fire, when
the oil separates and may be poured OFF.
II is in general use among the colonists
Of Southern Russia as means OF curing
cuts, bruises and scratches.
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EAT MORE EoGs.-An English paper
very considerably recommends AN in
creased consumption Of eggs us good. II
says: Excellent sandwiches may be
made of hard-boiled eggs and brown
bread and butter; eggs spread on toast
are fit food for kings a poached egg
that is, one dropped from the she'll into
hot water-is not only clean and hand
some, but a delicious morsel eggs are
better favored without salt or pepper, a
little sweet butter being the best dressing;
persons who eat eggs freely may live to
the age Of eight or ninety; and lastly,
eggs contain much phosphorus, and are
the best food for those persons who are
deficient in brains. This is very fine adj
vice To the people who live in cities and
have TO pay forty cents dozen for packed
eggs.
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ured on in a field, and he was ridden |
across this Whenever he broke he was |
scolded, at once turned about, and again |
started from the starting point II he
tvotted across without breaking he was
pettcd, and fed lump- Of sugar, apples or
some other pleasant food. In this way
he soon learned what was wanted, and
made every effort 10 trot this distance In
the shortest time, becoming a horse of
unusual speed. A somewhat similar
plan was some year. since set forth in a
circular and sold at one dollar. We
refer 10 this now, not 30 much because OF
the desirability Of knowing how 10 teach
q horse to trot, ~ because the lesson
taught can be applied In very many
ways Teaching any domestic animals
what is expected Of them is Of the great
est importance. IF an animal knows
that a specific duty is required, 10 be fol-
lowed by rest or reward, II will much
more readily do what is expected than IL
II has no definite conception what is be-
fore IL.
How To USE A INSTRUMENTATION
mon grindstone spindles, with crank at
one end, are open TO the great objection
that the stone will never keep round, be-
cause every person is inclined more or
less TO follow the motion Of his foot with
his hand, which causes the pressure on
| tho ssone IN he upeoual The harder
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Them that n eceld Ne imvo-.ible, with any
soso,,rt az money, 10 orea4isr and equity
even 4 semblsnce Of Ms estsb hfhsus elih
ont q preparation n several years. IN
CINCINNATI Daily E~ywirsv Of 'fsbruary ~
1873, says ,hs, this hirpcsircme b simply
the wreck Of that <tupendsus ffand Known
"a tl,e Great Eastern and Gresi Sssshern
Citchs ana Mehsgerie combination, whici
csp.6dts u selma, Ala, the Imh Of last
November, q uumisf NJ sorsts having 70 pc
sold to pay the expense. Of shlpwNs ~
shoa 10 this city, where the proPretors ici,
a number Of their empis ices unpaid ana
pcnhllss-, r-d ysw.c-ed. Who re real pro.
pr,etors Of the business ser. -till remains .
matter Of considerable myri<fiI hvs " v
generally believed that Andy Haight rns
Gibbons aud George Weber and others were
large stock holders. The defrauded circus
men and others connected with the concern
finally obtained the aid 81 the Law 70 com.
pei a settlement ~ their Just claims, ana
The whole matter ended IN the show being
attached At Hamilton, snd IN an suction sale
Of the circus property at Lebanon ys''efdsy
afternoon.
"The hes, Of the Joke Is tina, Ne Haven,
Weber. Gibbons and Others are sbout 10 re-
organize q Iiippodrome out Of the wrech, 70
sssrt oft with nest summer on another
tour.
"Thc whole show va fsihef = poor con
cern, only few lions being IN r"oa con.
dition, and the menagctie including mr.
really rare or valuable animals
our readers have only TO use ordinar,
csutiofi 10 d!sS6ter which 10 the real and
which Is the boghs concern, though We see
that Mr.. Barnum complains ttst sone show,
obtain m employee named Bsfnofni anc
| then advertise " Barnum's latest enterprise,
I a h. la
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TnE foot and mouth disease continues
to prevail among stock in many portions
of England, Our late English exchanges
speak Of its rapid spread in Cheshire. An
experienced English farmer says the
spreading is, in a great measure, owing
to farmers starving their cattle-that the
disease il greatly aggravated by poverty
aud starvation, and spread about by thin,
weak cattle, from whom cattle in good
condition are liable to take it. lie says,
at is easily cured il taken early, by
plenty Of good, soft food and warmth !"
and he believes that IL all cattle were fed
and kept warm, very little would be
heard of the disease. This opinion is a
good one for American herdsmen to note
and act upon.
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MopERS MEDICAL DiscoyERy.-l Is
claimed that disease, with . few excep-
tions, has been conquered By the research
aud intellect Of enlightened men sns
yet noted professor Of New York adj
mits that "oi all sciences, mcficias is the
most uncertain" and that Thousands
are annually slaughtered in the sick
room" Certain schools" Of medicine
are In existence, one Of which makes
the patient i'll, " in order to claim cure,
and another administers sugar-coated
bread pills" relying upon nature 10 ef.
feet her own cures. DR. J. WALKER, OF
California, an old and respected physi.
clan, tried both modes Of treatment, and
both failed. lie then appealed 10 ma
,ure. northumberland now enjoys
rugged health. lie has given the bene-
fit of his discovery IN the world, in the
SHAPE Of VINEGAR BIrrERs, and since
its introduction has sold quantity al
most large enough to make small har'
Dor, or TO float the Great E,.teru." IT.
curative propcrtic. are atte-ted by crate
ful thousands. 81
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itisright 10 despise fools ills wrong no,
70 fear them.
People who injure US always say. they
do 81 for our good.
Women DO not Hke 70 fcmcmwfi
men do not like 70 forrsec.
Nothing shows happiness more than
tears. Tears are the extremes of smile.
An honest man mover absndons a
woman, but he knows how TO make him
self forsaken.
by their fckleness, women escape
much misery. Birds save themselves
only with their wings.
A woman Is deceived by the love sh'
inspires, but she decrives hefscli through
that which she experiences.
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DIR. PIERcE's Golden Medical Discovery
will cure Cough in one-half the time neces.
sary to cure it with any other medicine, and
u does q, not ~ drying u up, bat By romoring
tie eauss-subduing ne irritation and healing
The afesed parts. For all cases Of Laryn.
gifts, Hoarseness, Suppression or Loss OF
Voice, Bronchitis, Severe Chronic or Lin
gering Coughs, It will be found to surpass
any medicine that has ever before been Of
fered to the public. Il is sold by all dealers
In medicines.
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ALIENS LUG BAIsAM has proved itself
to be the greatest Medical Remedy for heal.
ing the Lungs-Purifying the Blood and
restoring the tone Of the Liver. Ii excites
the phlegm, which is raised from the Iungs,
thereby the Cough, Pains, Oppression, Night
swests, and Dihseulty Of Bsrsthins--all the
above symptoms will be cured, and the whole
system again restored to health.
For sale BY all Medicine Dcalears.
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The publisher Of the Cheyenne (wyo.l
teodsr will issue, April 18th, a twenty-eight.
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variety Of valuable information gathered
from Official and private sources, relating to
this all-absorbing topic. Price i0cts. Send
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