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The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-05-27
senator Chandler.

Zach Chandler's Jefi. DAVIS speech
enraged the Democrats, and il is an
nounced that they are indignant be-
cause he told them yesterday that half
.heir senators were elected by fraud
and violence. The truth is sometimes
exceedingly unpleasant to hear. Chi
cago Evening Journal
ZAchariah Chandler for President AMI
James c. Blaine for Vice President, is
the ticket suggest for 1880 by n leading
Republican paper Of Indiana. How
the wheels OF tho presidential chariot
would spin With this team hitched to
it, Marshal Statesman.
The cOnfederates will ind out in
time that Zach Chandler il not q safe
nun 10 fool with. He never speaks
unless the provocation is strong. Then
he calls things by their right name. In
his remarks in reply To Ben. Hill last
Saturday, touching treason past and
present, he spoke the mind OF the loyal
north exactly. The prejudice Of this
section in favor OF the government Of
the United States is rather increasing
Of late. Cincinnati Gazette.
Zach Chandler told the confederates
20 hurry mp with their work, a. their
time would be short. From which we
are lead 10 observe that Zach's head IL
very level.-lSt. Louis Globe Demo-
crat.
Senator Chandler made a most re-
- IL ..rtN
out any previous conceived inteution,
succeeded in creating more excitement
than has been witnessed in the Senate
during the present session. - New
York Times.
When Zach Chandler loads his gun
for hear he puts in a fore-6nger charge
aud fetches his game with q report that
reverbeTatcs from Maine 10 California.
-tCincinnati Commercial.
"You have undertaken a very large
Job for q party of your size" was one
Of the biggest aud hardest slugs fred
into the brigadiers by old Zach Chand.
ler.-i Cincinnati Commercial
Senator Chandler has enriched the
Republican vocabulary with a phrase
which will not be forgotten very soon.
He says that when the north put upon
the south the robe OF citizenship, aud
killed the fatted calf, aud invited the
prodigal sons 10 the feast, the
south came forward with the calm re-
mark: 1--WE have always owned that
calf, and we are not grateful for the
feast IN. Y. Tribune.
Reading Zach Chambers old letters
does not appear 10 give the Democrats
so much amusement after all.-TBur.
lington Hawkeye.
You always hear things rip and give
way when Zachariah Chandler gets his
lever fairly under the Confederacy and
gives II lift.-ICleveland Herald.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-05-27

There may be seen daily on Chestnut
Street. says the Philadelphia Bulleti,, "A
man dressed in faultless apparel, with
great diamond on his breast, vainE
endeavoring 10 out-glitter the magnih-
cent solitaire on his finger. In Ger
man university nc learned chemistry,
and not even Liebig knew II better. His
business is the mixing and adulterating
OF LIQUORS. Give him dozen casks If
icodorized alcohol. and the next day
each OF them will represent the name
Of a genuine wine or popular spirit He
enters a wholesale drug store bearing
large basket upon his arm. Five pounds
of iceland moss arc weighed ont to him.
10 raw liquors hisimparts smoothness
and oleaginousness that gives TO imita-
tion brandy the glibness OF that which
is matured. An astringent catechu, that
would almost close the mouth Of glass
ink-stand, is next in order. A couple of
ounces Of strychnine, next called for, are
quickly conveyed 10 his vest pocket, and
a pound Of white vitriol is as silently
paced in the bottom Of the basket. Tie
oil of cognac, the sulphuric acid, and
other articles that give fire and body 10
LIQUID poisons, are always kept in siore.
The mixer buys these from various
quarters. They are staples VI the ar'.
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AT YOUR EASE.
A Lesson or Two In Truly IIospltable
POllteness.

A Lesson or Two In Truly IIospltable
Pollteness.
Sew York Cores pondence In the indianapolis
Journal.
While at Providence, II. l., met
Mrs. Mary T.. Livermore at the house
OF friend. At table, the conversation
fell upon the subject OF politeness. -
The hostess told Of friend OF hers. a
little antique in her manners, for
whom n reception was given by one OF
the Beacon street Gristocracy of Bos-
ton. Al dinner the guest poured out
her tea in her saucer to cool it,-a
method OF refrigeration quite au fait
80 years ago. The guests locked sur
prsed, and some were inclined to
smile "A, her simplicity and ignorance
Of high-toned propriety, but the lady
of the housc poured some ten into her
saucer. and drank it thereirom. This
was considered hint TO all, and the
guest was Immediately placed at her
ease.
Mrs. Liyermore said: Il was once
the recipient of very marked polite
ness of a similar sort. "
IN response % the request TO tell
about il, +" she said:
when / was in London, my hus-
band and received a verbal invitation
from Lady Villas, whom had met once
or twice pleasantly, 20 come TO her
house next evening and meet a few
friends Of hers. We accepted and
went. But ] was deceived by the in-
formality OF the invitation. and sup.
posed il was merely 10 meet half doz.
en- neighbors or intimate friends of hers
So We went out riding m the afternoon.
stopping there on our way back TO the
hotel. Judge Of my amazement 10 find
the house illuminated. and a large aud
brilliant party assembled in fall dress
in my honor There | was in a plain
carriage dress. bonnet and black
gloves"
what in tue world did you do?' in
qnired young girl at the table, i'm
patient for the denouement.
"Why, went right into the house.
aud TO the ladies' dressihG-room,
whence l sent note TO the hostess,
saying that l had misinterpreted her
invitation, and was not in appropriate
costume. She ran up. aud reassured
me by telling me they had come to see
me aud didn't care for the dress, and
carried me right down with her All
in full dress, aud the ladies without
hats. and hair elaborately dressed. |
with brown dress, bare hands, bonnet
ou. soon recovered the self posses
sion which the faux pas somewhat dis
tnrbed. aud was greeted with splendid
coriiality.
"Tn few minutes Mr.. Livermore
edged around behind me and whisper
ed, Didn't you think, Mary, that all
these ladies had on white kids when
We came in2' 1 looked around and they
were all bare-handedl Moreover, ] OBJ
served that a half-dozen had bonnets
on. This half-dozen rapidly increased
till we were in a majority. and / soon
discovered that no lady who arrived
after j did had removed her hat!
Now. that is what / call politeness.
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Giving Him a Start.

A lonesome-looking boy was hanging
around a woodward a few days ago.
when the owner Of the yard, having
both charity and philanthrophy for
boys with tears in their eyes, asked the
hoy why be didn't peddle apples, or do
something 60 earn few shiilings. The
boy replied that he had no capital, and
the wood man took out a nickel and
said
"Now, my bov, I'm going 20 start
you in life. Take this nickel and 80
aud purchase something or other. Ill
buy il Of you for ten cents, no matter
what il il. Come, now, let's see what
kind of business head you haye on
you.
The boy took the nickel and went
of but IN ten minutes lie was bach
with a gallon Jug, which he had pur.
chased with the nickel.
"Well, you are n keoner." said th,
man. 81 never saw one Of those sold
less than fifteen cents TO aDy one.
want Just such a ing, and here is its
fair price. Now 90 aud lay out youI
Gfteen cents in apples and I'll buy hall
your stock.
The boy did not return. Perhaps hs
fell into a sewer somewhere but yor
can't make the woodward man believ,
so. When he lifted the Jug from undei
the table where the boy had carefully
placed 1t, he found a hole in the bottom
of il large enough 10 get in black-and
tan terrier.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-05-27

HEn LOOKS Cor THE CrrnoS. q
pleasant little family OF this city there
is bright, black-eyed. golden haired
5-year old girl named Louise. The
family has a young lady boarder nam.
ed Miss Anuie. The young lady had
some nice cake aud jar OF citron sent
her a few days ago by her mother, and
she had been very liberal in dividing
her good things with the family. aud
especially with Louise. Yesterday
morning Louise said: Mamma. be-
lieve viii GO mp stairs and ask Miss
Annie for some citron." "Ohl no, re-
marked her mamma, you have already
eaten mp nearly all Of Miss Aunio's cit
ron; and besides. IL would be very un-
lady like 10 ask Miss Annie for IT,"
"Well, mamma, "isuggesied Louise, 81
will Just 60 up stairs and stand and
look like / want some" She went up
stairs, and il is needless 10 say that her
looks got her the citron. II Nashville
American.
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Words of Misdom.

Business makes q man as well as tries
him.
Hvpocrites are beings Of darkness dis
guised in garments of light.
Luxury increases the luggage OF life,
and thereby impedes the march.
Death and tomorrow are never here.
hey are either not come or gone.
II Is not easy to straighten in the oak
the crook that grew in the sapling.
He only il independent who can main
lain himself by his own exertions.
The silent eve Is often a more power
SUI conqueror than the noisy tongue.
No man can avoid his own company
20 be had best make it rs good az possible
He who cannot keep his own secret
ought not TO complain If another tells il.
Ink il caustic which sometimes
burns the fingers Of those who make use
Of il.
Age IL surrounded by cold mist, in
which the flame OF hope will hardly
burn
A mans own good breeding is the best
security against other peoples III
manners
Religion and medicine are not re-
sponsible for the faults and mistakes or
their doctors q
1t is with our good intentions as with
our days; tomorrow Is but too often tho
hash Of to-day.
Well may every act and every Silent
thought, deep-hidden though it be, tend
10 the great hereafter.
Too late" and mo more" are the
moumful sisters, children OF sire whose
age they never console.
Wild flowers ere the alphabet OF
angels-whereby they write on hills and
fields mysterious truths.
Many a goodly leg is lost in battle
thousands Of brave fellows walk proudly
into war and hop out Of it.
4 sudden elevation in life, like mount
ing into rarer atmosphere. swels u
out, and often perniciously.
True beauty is but virtue made visible
in outwardtrace. Beauty and vice are
disjoined by nature herself
Show naughty man that you do not
look up 70 him, and he will not feel tlIat
he can look down upon you.
In the conception Of Mahomet's para
lise, there is no distinction between .
perfect woman and an angel.
If You have a heart Of rock, let IL IL
the rock of Horeb that gushed when
stricken by the prophets rod.
The FIRST institution vouchsafed TO our
race was the sabbath; the next mar
riage. so give your arst thought to
heaven, the next TO your wife.
The world goes ever on. IL Is strange
how soon, when great man dies, his
place is filed; and 80 completely that
he seems no longer wanted. q
The perfume Of n thousand roscs soon
dies; but the pain caused by one Of their
tborns remains long after. A saddened
relaembrancc in the midst OF mirth is
like that thorn among the roses
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A Stolen Sermon.

An exchange tells this sermon-steal.
ing story OF a young man who stood
before q presbytery in Scotland, ask
ing ordination. Principal Robinson
was moderator. The young man was
rigidly examined. and asked 10 preach.
The examination and the sermon were
both satisfactory. The candidate re-
tired, and the moderator said: IL
feel compelled 10 say that the sermon
which the young man has preached is
not his own. II is taken from an old
volume Of sermons, long out Of print.
Where he found 10 do not know. 4
supposed the only copy OF the volume
o. be found was IN my library, and the
candidate has had no access TO that. "
The young man was called ia and asked
il the sermon be had preached was his
own. "No," he frankly said, II was
pressed for time, aud could not make
a sermon In season. The sermon l
preached was one which heard Prin-
cipal Rob nson preach some time ago.
I took notes "a II, and like IL so well
that I wrote il out from memory, aud
have preached IL to-day The modera-
tor was caught ia his own trap, and
there was nothing more 10 be said.
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t" RON AL WHO DIE,

This poem, Was written by 'Stella" (Mrs
hstelie Anna Lewis ut the age OF fourteei
years. Poe said. ''ls the most beautiful bal
lad Of the kind ever written. We have reae
II, he resarkcd. ''more than twenty times
aud always With Increased admiration.
IL hath been said, "For all who die
There u tear
Some plning, bleeding heart 10 sigh
Ger every bier
But In that hour Of palm aud dread
Who will draw near
Around nv humble couch and shed
One farewell teArl
Who'd watch llfe's last departing ray
In deep despair,
And sOothe my spirit on its way
With holy prayer;
What m0urncr 'rouud my bier will come
In weeds OF woe,
And follow mo 10 my long home,
Solemn and Slow
When lying on my clayey bed
In Icy sleep.
Who there By pure affection led
VIII come aud weep;
BY pure moon lmplant the rose
Upon my breast,
And Did Il cheer-my dark repose,
Ny lonely rest Z
Could ! but know when am sleeping
Low LA the ground,
one faithful heart would there be keeping
Watch all night round.
As II some gem las shrined boneah
That sod's pale gloom,
rwould mitigate the pangs Of death.
And light the tomb.
Yes In that hour II could feel
From halls of glec
Aud beauiy's presence one would steal
Ia secrecy,
A6a come and sit aud weep By me
In nights deepest noon.
Oh | would ask Of memory
No Other bOOn-
Bat, Gh : loneller fate l. mlnt,
4 deeper woe
From all loved In youths sweet time
! soon must 90.
Draw u round me my robes Of white
In dark spot
To sleep thro' deaths long, dreamless Night.
Lone aud forgot
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NUMBER 1899
Medical Notes.
By AUNT MARCIA

The prevention Of disease and promo
ton of health has become popular
study in the science Of medicine. The
practitioner once turned his attention
solely 10 the restoration of health, and
the journals which treated upon the sub
Iect were read only by the scientific few,
while the masses were ignorant OF all
the laws pertaining 10 the physical and
moral well doing.
To-day we, as generation, are paying
dearly for the ignorance of our progeni-
tons, who had not a thought In regard 10
diet, but ate anything and everything
placed before them-pickles ereened in
copper and brass, and containing the
| most deadly poison, always dis graced
their tables, and in place or fruit in IT.
natural state las We now have by the
canning prOcess), one WAS tempted with
preserves, very truly named 'sweetmsats.'
That they were death 10 the stomach,
especially Of children, and life 10 the
worm, that curse Of infancy, there can
be no question. And then followed the
,urc for the pests in the form of pink
root and other infamousy and
the inevitable result weakened and
diseased condition Of the stomach and
bowels, paving the way for dyspepsia in
middle life hence our first study should
be Of the digestive organs and how TO
prevent disease.
When healthful and properly ninstica-
ted food ia taken into the stomach, the
pure portion is at once absorbed by the
blood the heart, brain and lungs feed.
and the entire physical structure or ma
chinery takes new vigor, and life Is not
burden. dreary passage TO the longed-
for grave, but period OF enjoyment and
usefulness.
Let all who value health reject acids,
pepper, mustard and their kindred, and
al spices save in minute quantities hot,
lermented bread, biscuit and 'griddle'
cakes except at the morning or noon
day meal. At night they should. be
utterly discarded and in all cases their
visits should be far between. Avoid all
spirituOus liquors as satanic stimulantsi
TO the appetite. They serve but to in
fame the organs, vitiate the taste, cause
an abnormal longing for food-at one
time an unnatural craving, and again a
total destruction of appetite.
Choose food the best adapted to your
needs, varying it as much as possible
The Grahamites are usually but weak
lv set, and undoubtedly iniure their
stomachs by compelling il 10 assist in
the riding one hobby quite as much as
your pickle-eating, ale-imbibing gour-
mands. Oat meal and Graham eating
once day is correct, as those who have
tried il will acknowledge, but 10 compel
our stomachs 10 subsist entirely upon it
is against reason.
Meat and vegetables, properly cooked,
are always gratefully received and bene-
fetal 10 healthy stomach. To the dis
eased, the best advice that can be given
is TO faithfully study what they can di-
gest, and psrtake Of that even in moder-
ate quantities.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-05-27

The impudence OF the COnfedera.es
is amazing. They claim 10 be the best
Union men now living. though they
have always fought. voted and talked
against the Union. We shall hot be
surprised 10 hear Of JEFF. Davis, Hill,
Gordon. Lamar, and the rest joining
in singing the old Union songs. slight.
ly transposed 10 suit the times. say
thus:
Rally round the ias. Corfeis. rally once
again.
shouting the bettle-cry Of freedom from
United states interference with bulldoxcrs
at elcctions
The Union forever, hnrrahi Dcms. hurrah'
Down with the star and up with the traitor,
While we rally round the nag. boys. rally
once again,
Shouting the battle-cry a frcedon from
United states lava
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-05-27

Special Dispatch 10 the Posi- snd Tribune.
WASHINGTON, May 10. Senator Chand-
lor has received bushel of letters
thanking him for his speeches in the
Senate, many OF which refer 10 the re-
port that be was drunk when he de.
iiverei The last, and AJAX him what sort
Of a speech be can mako when sober,
il he can make as good a one when
drunk. The anecdoie OF Lincoln. when
told that Grant was drunk at the bat
tie OF Fort Donelson is quothed in sew
eral Of the letters. aud Lincoln's re-
mark that "he wished all generals
would get drunk on the same sort Of
whisky"is applied. One letter from q
prominent business man in Michigan
Is worth quoting. He saws: II see
that a Washington paper claims that
you were drunk when you went for the
fraud and violence patriots the other
day. IL that is the way the old thing
works WITH you, Michigan wants you
70 get x every day on the same
kind q sky."
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THE LEARSKD Courts CT ESoLASp.--
A man bad been fined and locked up
in Aberdeen on the strength OF prov.
erb. James Williams, deaf and dumb.
on the 18th OF April was brought up
before Baillie Ross, al Aberdeen, for
having used profsne and abusive Ian.
guage." He made signs 10 show that
he could not even speak. The 'procu.
Iator.hscal' cited an old proverb that
"deill helps dumb man 10 swear,
and maintained that William had ut
tered incoherent cries equivalent 10
profane speech. On which the worthy
baille hned William one sovereign, and
sent him 10 jail for Is days in default
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-05-27

FAcrs ABoUr rHE HuMAS BoDY. The
average man measures about Ave feet
three inches and half. The human
skeleton consists OF more than 900 dis
tinct bones. There are more than 600
separate muscles in the body and an
equal number Of nerves and blood.ve
sells. The skin contains more than 2,
0OO, 900 openings, which are the outlets
for an equal number Of sweat glands
Each perspiratory duet il one-fourth
OF an inch in length, which will make
the aggregate length OF the whole
about nine miles. The full capacity Of
the lungs Ia abont $40 cubic inches.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-05-27

Adamant
Adamaui metal
Adamant Plow-.
AdamGnt hardest subtaBce known.
Adamant Ploss are not chilled
Adamant Plows have lighiest draft
Adamant Plows are cheapest % nae
Adamanl metal polishes like silver.
Adamsnt Plows have all the late improve
meuts.
Adamant Piows have aelf-sharpenine points
Adamani plow points cost lee than any
other
Adamau. PloW points last twice as long ~
any other.
Adamant metal .usprrlsd. rings Ike a
be.L
Adamant metal cannot be- fled or drilies.
Adamani isctal l. not brittle like chilled
iron.
Adamant metal is made BY recently die
covered process
Adamsnt metal rnold-bosrds lat three
Zines as long as steel.
Adamant Plows clear freely IN wet. sticky
soils
Adamabt Plows, clearing freely. makes II
easy Tor The team.
Adamant Plows are easier kept Into hard
ground than others.
Adamant Flows arc made only by the New
York PloN Co. and will always te kept for
sale in HiIlsdale.
HENRY WILBUR, Agent in Michigan, No
s Farnsm's Block. east eide Of Court Housc
square. (mylS)
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-05-27

1t should be borne In mind that
every farmer who viii take the trouble
10 keep up tasteful appearance about
his house, not only performs good
work for his own family, but stimulates
his neighbors to initiate him. Nothing
Is more contagious than the desire for
gardening when once il gets footing.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-05-27

One Of the oldest and beat known
lighthouse keepers on the Atlantic coast
Is Woman, Kathleen Andre Moore, of
Black Rock Lighthouse, near Bridge
port. Conn. She Is sixty-fve years old,
has tended the lighthouse lamp for ifty
years, and lives in her little house With
only two dogs and q pet lamb.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-05-27

A little son Of John A. Tabor. OF
Hubbardston, had bis eye put out by
the sudden swapping of cross bow,
the arrow striking that organ aud de-
stroying IL
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NEW ROUTE :
COLUMBUS & TOLEDO R. R.
THE DIRECT AIR LINE TgOu
TOLEDO TO COLUMBUS

SHORTEST ROUTE FROM SOUTHERN AND
NORTHERN MICHIGAN TO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN ONO.
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SUMMER ARRANGEM ENT,
Taking Effect Way 2sth. is,s.
Three Passenger Trains Daily Ie1cep, sundays



coluDbas io.os An. sisBx. iaiOL n.
Arrivs 90
Toledo. SaoF.T. fO.soI.S s4olx
Through Coaches between DE-
press Trains.
T.s&M. \. Trains from Detroit and Main
aud AR Line. r. y. ". aud Jackson trains ar
irving IN Toledo make connection win the two
Express trains which leaves the Columbus A To-
letlo ri. n. Depot-the Onullus Line making the
transfer from union depot IN 20 minufes
Direct connections made tn Union Depot AZ
Columbus Tor Newark. LanesFliie. pitisburrh.
wheeling, Baltimore, Washington ana Philadel-
phll. also. Tor Dayton .iuclnuatl, Louisville and
All points south and southwest.
Pullman Drawing Room and Sleeping Cars
from Columbus % Baltimore. Washington and
Phiiadel phla, without change.
Trains viii arrive ana depart from Toledo Al
Columbus and Toledo Railroad Company's De-
Dot, e. ter street. foot ~ Nuiberry
W. A. MILLS, Gen. Ticket Agent.
ORLANDO sNI1H, Gen. supr.
N. N. GREENE. President
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LAKE SHORE a MICH. SOU. r. r.
Train. viii leave IN. station. named. a. follows

gP Michigan ACCOMMODATION. going West,
sonneots with Kalamazoo aud Grand Rapids
rrgin st White Pigeon.
sr- Mail ani Night R,P<esa trains going east
connect with Trains Tor Detroit ~ Adrian
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You always hear things rip and give
way when Zachariah Chandler gets his
lever fairly under the Confederacy and
gives IL liii.-ICleveland Herald.