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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16
Two YOUNG LADIES DROWNED.

NEWCASTLE, n. b., Dec. 1.-two young
ladies, May Wiiiston, a dau-htcr OF Judge Wiliston
and JAMIE Watt daughter Of Mo &. G. watt shpbCi'dcr
white skating the river saturday broke through n
weak spot III tho ice and were drowned. Tho bodies
recovered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16
HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT .RafvALs


lTe,ropoIitnn Hpfei-The Hon. Ellis ". Roberts. oi
rtIca Ureroors -Visfcr Drunnoni ni tIe hIl.h
Legation at Washington an Grorg, r. Hooper OF so ,
cal Ssor HOisi-h General augustus Srh"o
maker Henry A. ridden Of New Lebanon ~ L. ann s" ~
fon A i'm nj Uosto1 Uof-f-Srnht
U1llert OF Mn shamnn Y; Asscublyman Shariey ~
YER curtis Guild OF Bost.n ana u n,s,
Attorney GAVIN a. child ~ Connects tf'i -,tn,t
" eneral Allan Rutherford of Washington ni''c
rant Rose-Er Congr lomou Iundy Of oN,VIu
ana Surgeon Edward Kershner. L. - Me-. H0et ~ uis-
.cist,ta Engineer oratio Fey Giisy House-
Samuel N. Shoemaker, OF Ia timore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16

"Does he know anythingf' anxiously in
quired "a friend, bending the body Of the who
had Just fallen from the roof Of house Don't know
Tn sure" the physician replied He never did know
ANYTHING, but can't tell what effect the fall have
had upon him until he regains consciousness"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16
STARRED BY AN UNKNOWN MAN

Daniel McDermOtt, or NO. TO Albany st,
| while in Greenwich-st early yesterday morning, was
stabbed ia the side by unknown man. who made his
escape. McDermott's wounds dressed the Cham
| bcrs Street Hospital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16

Boardcr. with an air of appetizing interest,
whats tns 3" Landlord, comparrntiy, Enssa
mutton" Bpardcr. innOcently. When did ft 81 e y
Trouble as the Tourists say Not TOO riuch trouble,
but inst trouble enough. ~ Burlington Hawk Eye
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALAANAc.

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ann rprs 7.lS sun 43i Clock slow. irn o.
Noon s,ts. ,oni's. 1903 nIo1ns ilys, 3
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sandy HOOK. $50 Island 1888 dell iato....
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sandy liOOE lo25 Coz. Island Hos II;ll Jas o22
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16

These Mason 6 Hdmtin organs are the most
ercellsnt instruments knOw Of They are ca
paJie Of 0iring the finest tone coiOring. and no
instrument so cnrdpturcs the player.
IA YER SCHA kWENRER,
Berlin Prussia,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16
EMIGRANTs FOR LIBERIA.

The bark Monrovis sailed at 10 a. IN. yesterday
Tor Liberia, with forty-eight steerage and five cabin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16

passengers. They were sent under the direction Oh
the American Colonization Society. Emigrants are
and midsummer Those sailing yesterday came
principally from North Carolina.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
MASON g. HAMLIN
CABINET ORGANS.

IL IL believed that the above from letter from
very European artist and composer expresses
opinions OF cultivated musicians generally who
acquainted with the finer specimens OF these insru
ments. which, introduced In their present form by
Mason Hamlin less than twenty years since. have By
their great merits found extensive sale not only In
America, but in most civilized countries London alone
has taken 1000 Mason & Hamlin Organs In single
year
They are offered In great variety, from small organ
four octaves compass at s4s, 10 those having great
power and variety at 5000 or more.
number OF beautiful styles have been prepared for
holiday sales. suitable especially for drawing.rooms
with ten or stops; much variety, In very finest
quality; In elegant cases Of SOLID MAHOGANY or
WALNUT, or EBONIZED WOOD, at s2i0 10 $500 each.
All who are interested invited TO call at the ware
OF the and hear these Instruments
which It 10 always pleasure 10 exhibit Those who
not kept pace with the improvements effected oy
Mason Hamlip will be surprised at the great excel
lence attained iu the finer specimens OF organs
MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN co.,
40 EAST I4THsT., UNIONsQCARE. SOUTH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16

DISEASES of MEN and NERVOUS DEBlL
DITl specially DR. Huner.l3 W 4othst near 9th ay
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WNcHEsrER's HYPoPHOsPHrrEs
WIN cure Consumption Coughs Bronchitis. DEBILITY 60
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-19
Lorenzo Dow Raising the
Devil.

In his systematic wandering over
the country, Lorenzo Dow, the great
Methodist revivalist, almost invaria-
bly, travelled on foot, and often with
out penny in his pocket, because he
did not need money, as he was well
known, and welcome guest IN every
household. Tired and hungry in the
evening twilight ofsn Autumn day,
he came in sight of house at which
he had often stopped, aid to which
he had travelled several miles more
than his usual days journey. The
only occupants of the house were a
father and daughter, who was his
housekeeper. When she saw Do,,V
coming she ran out to meet him, and
demonstrated by her looks and words
the joy she felt. While she was
preparing supper, she told him that
her father had gone to barn raising
and would not return until midnight,
and detailed to him the happenings
in the neighborhood since his last
visit. After supper they were joined
by young man, whom she intro
duced to Dow as her future husband,
if they could obtain her fathers con-
sent, which at that time was not very
probable, as he was bitterly opposed
to the union. They both urged Dow
to use all his influence with the faith
er to obtain bis consent, which he
promised to do.
The house, as many were at that
time, was only one story high, from
the ceiling, which was made by lay
ing loose slabs on the timber used as
joist, to the roof, was called the loft.
AS there was only one room down
stairs, bed was made on the floor of
the loft for Dow, to which he retired
after praying with the young couple.
He had not been long in bed, before
he heard loud knocking on the door,
and commotion down stairs. By
looking through between two slabs,
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The IrOn-Hearted Lover.

In the big crowd OF excursionists
sitting on the City Hall steps for a
rest, the other day, was young man
of excellent length Of legs and girl
with sixteen auburn curls hanging
down around her head. They had
scarcely settled themselves and
locked fingers when she cautiously
Observed
81 'spose they have soda-water IN
this town."
81 'spose," he replied, "but the
last thing afore we started I promised
your mother not to let you drink any
soda water. It's the worst thing in
the world to bring on consumption"
She was quiet for moment, and
then, pointing to the left, remarked,
II see that Sarah is eating peanuts.
1 'spose they have peanuts in this
town ?"
"Wall, yes; but your mother
cautioned me the last thing not to
buy any peanuts for you. The shucks
are apt to git into your windpipe.
The Queen of Holland was choked to
death in that way"
Pretty soon a boy came along
with some fruit, and the young wo-
man felt oblige to say, "Them apples
and pears look awful nice"
Yes, they do" replied the pru-
dent lover; "but promised your
mother at the depot not to buy any
fruit for you. Them apples look
nice, but if you get the toothache
started on you then the whole after
noon is busted"
The young man had just begun to
take comfort again when she inno-
Gently remarked, "When I came up
here last Summer with Jlm,he bought
more'n two pounds of candy"
eyes, and what was the result ?"
he demanded. "You fell down a
cellar that very week, and didn't Jim
have to light out last Winter for
Dustin in the school house door ?"
She had got down to water, and
with considerable sarcasm in her
voice she inquired, Il can have a
drink of water, can't 1? Mother did
not say any thing against that, did
She?
aWell, not, exactly he. slowly re-
piled; but she gin me an appealing
look as the cars moved off-same as
to say that it ought to be kind O.
warmish water, if any You sot here
and I'll borrow dipper somewhere"
She sot," and it was all of an hour
and half before he again succeeded
in getting his arm around her.-De-
moSt Free Press.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-19
The Woman Who Falls to Pieces.

She came to the station little
late, and had to make rush for the
train. When she reached her seat
her hat fell off. She got it on, but it
toppled over to one side, and when
she tried to straighten it up, her hair
came tumbling down. She lost her
ticket twice before the conductor
reached her, and would have lost it
again if he hadn't taken it away from
her. She reached up to put bur
die in the rack above her head, and
burst the collar button off her buster
and stuck her fingers on four pins in
her dress, before she could find one
that she dared take out, to repair the
damage. Then, just as she thought
she had got comfortably settled, her
little hand valise, packed to bursting
with enough things to load a Sarato-
ga trunk to the muzzle, exploded,
and she nearly worked herself into
fragments getting it together again.
Then by the time she got the valise
shut up, her hat tumbled off again,
and by the time she got the hat
Strengthened back into its place, her
hair tumbled down again, and as soon
as she got her hair twisted up, and
harpooned it with couple of hair
pins, the valise went off, and when
She got off at New Prague, she
tucked the gaping valise under her
arm, and tried to corral her topping
hat and wandering hair with one
hand, and as she went fiuttering and
struggling into the depot, one could
not help thinking, that it would be
safer and more convenient, to run
her in sections, and flag her against
everything. have seen this woman
on several other trains, and she has
never been able to keep herself to-.
gether. She keeps you in state of
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he saw the girl trying to force the
young man up stairs, but he would
not go; she then told him to get into
a tow box, that stood in the corner
and he did. Then she opened the
the door and her father entered. He
was considerably under the influence
of liquor, and in very bad humor,
because he had been kept waiting so
long. The girl told him he must
keep quiet, as their old friend Loren
70 Dow was in bed on the loft, and
said he ought to go up and see him,
but the father was sensible enough to
know, that his head was too heavy to
admit of his ascending an almost per-
pendicular ladder, and did not make
the attempt. Dow, who had seen
and heard all that passed below, de-
scended the stairs.
The father received Dow at the
foot of the ladder with cordial greet
ings, and insisted on his taking some
supper with him, but Dow refused, as
he had already had supper. After he
had concluded his meal, he said: Mr..
Dow, l have often heard that you
can raise the devil, and I made up
my mind, that if you ever came back
to my house, | would get you to do
it. Dow protested that he could do
no such thing, but the man insisted
that he could and should. After de-
liberating a short time, Dow said
" It must will but it is sorely
against my will. When he appears
he will have streak OF fire behind
him, SO you must get water to put it
out, otherwise it may burn the house."
All preparations being made, Dow
took in his hand the only light in the
room, and, after telling the girl to
open the door, and for she and her
father to stand back in the corner, he
set on fire some of the tow that pro-
truded through an open space in the
box, and said in loud voice, "Thou
imp of Satan, leave this house until
I bid thee return" The young man
was sharp enough to know that Dow
was getting him out of bad scrape,
and Selling some tow In each hand,
which he held up to his face, he
sprang out Of the box and out of the
door. After he was gone, the girl
and Dow, the father being paralyzed
with fear, put out the fire. Dow re-
manned several days, and during the
time, the inquiries he made about the
young man, were answered SO much
to his satisfaction, that he urged the
father to consent to the marriage,
and he did.
Dow had the pleasure of pronounc-
ing the couple, husband and wife,
before his departure.
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RECIPES.

Chocolate PatC7ding.-One-half cake
of chocolate, grated one-half pint of
soda cracker crumbs butter, the size
of an egg; one pint of milk; whites
of six eggs we'll beaten; sugar and
salt to taste. Boil in a mold one
hour. To be eaten hot with cream,
or wine sauce.
Puff Coke.-Two cupfuls of sugar,
one of butter, one of sweet milk.
three Of flour, three eggs, one and
one-half teaspoonfuls of yeast pow
der, extract of lemon. Bake quick.
Boston Cream Cake.-Cne tumbler
water; II tumblers flour; / pound
butter; boil together and when cool
add 5 eggs, stirring in one at time;
bake Is minutes in hot oven. For
the cream; One pint of milk; 3 eggs;
tablespoontuls sugar J cup -four;
bo,,' together until thick, and flavor to
taste.
zAe Queen of Puddings.-One
pint bread crum BIS, one quaft milk
one cup sugar, but ter size Oh an egg
Yolks of four egg's. Flavor with
lemon, and bake as custard. Beat
the whites of four eg 'gs to trotn,
mix with cup Of pc wdered sugar
and the juice of lem. IN. Spread a
layer of fruit jelly over the custaro
while hot; cover with t he trostlng
and bake until slightly b rown. 10
be eaten cold, with cold cream OF
warm, with any sauce that may be
preferred.
Mayomnoise Souce.-Put IL e beat
en- yolks of eight fresh eggs in a sal
ad bowl, and add white pepper, NJ,
tie grated nutmeg, and teaspoo ni .i
of salt then pour slowly and stea oi-
ly, pint and::a halt of the best oil We
oil into the bowl, stirring all tn e
while; as the parts become thick, ado
a teaspoontul at time, enough of.
good wine vinegar, to reduce to the@
proper consistency. The salads on ;
which this sauce is used, may be gar
nished with slices of hard-boiled egg.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-19
Two TrampS Dining deliberately

Flood and Bruce are peripatetic
printersE widely known. They have
a habit Of turning up here and else
where when least expected, coming
without warning and departing even
as the wind. BY rare chance they
have lust been heard from at Dan
vile, ILL.,, tramping from St. Louis,
and headed in this direction. They
came within view Of the city on Sun
day, weary with travel and sorely
hungered. The road they came has
been overworked. The erstwhile
hospitable farmer now sets his dog
on the wayfaring man instead OF
welcoming him to his family.
Through this departure from the
customsAof the fathers, they walked
and ate hot.
Thoroughly discouraged at their
repeated failures to procure food,
they y@ concluded to make one
more trial on this beautiful Sunday
morning, and cautiously entered the
yard of decent farm house, peer
ing about them to see that Towser
did not come suddenly around a cor
ner. They knocked on the front
door; no response. At the side
door; no answer. They went in.
Not a soul was at home. A table
spread and most substantial meal
was before them. 1t was like a
dream from the arabian Nights.
The dinner was doubtless awaiting
the return OF the family from church.
The pedestrians fell to, and their
knives and forks soon smoked with
the friction of execution.
AS they were finishing the feast a
knock was heard. Bruce went to
the door. There stood two tramps,
who asked for something to eat.
Bruce, in rare spirit of mischief,
questioned them closely i'll regard to
their travels, and finally asked them
if they would chop wood for their
dinner. They answered yes. He
then took them to a wood pile in the
rear of the house, and they went to
work. Bruce and Flood, filling their
pockets with victuals, stole out the
side way from the house, and went
to a neighboring hill, where they
had full view of the wood pile and
the toiling tramps. There they
gloated over the picture. The own
er OF the farmhouse, with several
-daUg sfs tapd two stalwart sons, ar.
rived On the scene, the devastation of
the dinner was discovered, and the
two Sweating tramps at the wood
pile were seized as the depredators.
All was seen by the two on the hill
from the arrival of the family to the
ignominious expulsion Of the wood
cutters.
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THE IRREPREssIBLE,-They were
all out at the springs-father, mother
and the fve-year- boy. After an
invigorating bath they went up on to
the hill to the chicken soup Spring
and while RECALLING themselves with
the delightful drink, the little fellow
looked at the bubbling, streaming
water moment, and then asked:
Mamma, what makes the water
boil so ?"
Good does, my son."
Show does He do it ?"
ooh He builds big fire under it. "
"Does He build the fire His own
self"
Yes, | suppose So"
The little one reflected a moment,
and then asked:
Mamma, does God kick over the
chairs and swear at Mrs. God when
He has to get up and build the fire?"
The wife glanced suggestively at
her husband, but his eyes were fixed
intently upon some object away
down the river. The silence, for a
minute was absolutely painful, and
then the man softly remarked
81 never before knew the Hum
boldt to be so low at this time O.
year" -Ezko Post.
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3304
LINES.
Written for FLORIDA AGR1cuIrUR1sT.

Whv should our hearts bepuffed with pride
With selfish, gealOuS feeling,
When close upon the path we tread
The form of Death is stealing.
And why persistently bestow
Our earnest thought each Gay,
Where that foul breath, on fragrant life,
Leaves essence of decay.
O. feeble life thou must succumb
To deaths dread potency;
For, DER thy bright, ecstatlc dreams
He wins the victory.
Into the sacred realm of home,
The haggard monster steals,
And, with appalling, thrilling toucn'
The fount of life congeals.
Onward he bears the young and old,
The rich, high-born, and poor,
And leaves them in the charnei mouse
Pulseless, supine, secure.
No whisper of the dread ordeal
That waits in the Beyond
Falls softly on the victims ear,
From those cold lips OF stone.
But Faith beholds another form
OF beauty all devine,
Who on our footpath patient waits
Offering life sublime.
Oh. why are mortals proud or sad.
When light is given to see
Christ to the rescue ever near,
Despite Deaths victory.
Dread Death oft comes in Mercy's guise
To disenthrall the soul,
To loose the silver cord of life,
To break the golden bowl.
That sufferingmortals lowered with grace,
From gloom of graves may rise,
And with the risen Christ pass through
The gates of Paradise.
JEANETTE G. ANDERSON.
GIRAUD, Halifax River, Fla.
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A Wife's Stratagem.


got settled in her new home. All
seemed fair and promising, for she
did not know her husband was a
drunkard. But one night he came
home at a very late hour and much
the worse for liquor. When he
staggered into the house, the wife,
who was greatly shocked, told him
he was sick, and to lie down at once,
and in a moment or two he was
comfortably on a sofa in a drunken
sleep. His face was a reddish pur-
pie, his breathing heavy, and, alto
gether, he was a pitiable looking
object.
The doctor was sent for post haste
and mustard applied to his feet and
hands. When the doctor came and
felt his pulse, and examined him,
and found he was only drunk, he
said:
"He will be all right in the morn
ing
But the wife insisted that he was
very sick, and that severe remedies
must be used.
"You must shave his head and
apply blisters," she urged, Tor l
will send for some one who will"
The husbands head was accord
ingly shaved closely and blisters ap-
piled.
The patient lay all night in a
drunken sleep, and notwithstanding
the blisters were eating into his flesh.
1t was not until near morning that
he began to beat about, disturbed
by severe pain.
About daylight he woke up to the
most uncomfortable consciousness Of
blistered agonies.
"What does this mean ?" he said,
putting his hand to his bGstered
head.
Lie still-you mustn't STIR" said
the wife, "you have been very ILL.,"
Pm not sick"
ooh, yes, you are, you had brain
fever. We have worked with you
all night"
Ct should think you had," groaned
the poor victim. what is the mat
ter with my feet ?"
"They are blistered."
Welt Pm better now take off
the blisters-do?" he pleaded pite-
ously.
E-,LHs. was aH-s ost " caEafnGtahla
state-his head covered with sores,
and his feet and hands still worse.
"Dear," he said, groaning' IF |
should ever get sick in this way
again, don't be alarmed and send for
a doctor, and above all don't blister
me again"
"Oh, indeed l Will all that saved
you was the blisters, and if you
should have another such spell I'll
be more frightened than ever, for
the tendency, am sure, is TO apo
plexy, and from the next attack you
will be likely to die unless there are
the severest measures used"
He made no further defense, Suf-
fee it to say he never had another
attack.
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The Premium Woman.

Sunday afternoon while three or
four hundred sight seers-were loafing
around the entrance to the State Fair
Grounds a lonesome-looking covered
wagon, drawn by faded old horse
and driven by woman, hove in view
on the Holden Road. 1t was plain
enough that some family was on the
move, and it was soon ascertained
that the family consisted of only
woman and two children. The wag-
on stopped as it reached the crowd,
and, bending forward to look on
every side, the woman briefly inquired:
"Bin fout here ?"
A boy answered her that the State
Eair vas about to .open. sand she
called to the children under the cover;
"Sam you wake up, and Mary you
wake up, for here's the biggest crowd
of folks you ever seen
No one in that crowd had ever
seen such a homely woman. She
was cross-eyed, teeth out, nose awry,
and mouth big enough for two. A
man in the crowd stepped forward,
and after a long look at her face said:
"Madam, we are offering prem
ium here for the homeliest woman In
America. Do you wish to enter tor
it?"
elbow much is it ?" she asked.
"Two dollars"
; "And how much'll l have to pay?"
Nothing"
"rm in America now, amt II"
eyes"
"Then sot me down as the woman
who's going to win that two dollars
or die! Here, Sam, you hold this
boss while I git down whar the
;edges kin have q fair look at me
She got down. The crowd roared
and threw up hundred bats, but
she drew herself up and solemnly re-
marked:
"When they offer prize on the
homeliest woman in America, Pm
going up to the head of the class like
four boss team! Whar's the jedges?"
Madam" said the man who had
previously addressed her, "you al e
entitled to the prize. believe you
are the homeliest human being ever
saw. 1 don't think you'd look any
the worse if you had one eye out and
was baldheaded."
"Hand over the chink," she said,
holding out her hand.
He placed a two.dollar bill on her
palm, and said
"Champion homely woman of
America, accept this premium
"You bet l will p was her healthy
reply, and in five minutes she had
four or five dollars in change tossed
at her. When the shower ceased she
made one step from the ground to a
seat on the wagon, shook up the old
horse, bowed..right and left and said :
snow, Sam, you get back thar,
and Mary, you get back thar, and
we'll drive along to the first vacant
lot and go into camp; fur if 1 kin
take prize here before the fair opens,
what can we hope fur when the per-
Torrance gifts under full blast l"-De-
trOit Free Press.
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