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The daily gazette., 1880-05-15

Weston was simply Lucie Lester, q
clergyman's daughter, my betrothed.
We we're TO be married, when Lord
Weston SOW Lucie, wooed and won her.
Her parents coolly shaped me the door,
and Lucie, only too readily, yielded to
their will. Grayling, it brode my
heart, for no man loved-nay, loves
woman as l do this one ! hen we
parted said, bitterly, 'Lucie, If ever
you cared for me, sword shall pierce
through your heart one day? Whatever
oc, urs to me, remember you are the
caus.! The sequel of our love Is to comet
msani wha. said them mean what
1 say now-that sword shall pierce her
lea {, If she have one! Now, Grayling,
you know all the mGstery"--he laughed
biterly-"lct US say no more on the sub
j-cl."
He returned to bis easel, and would
not again revert to the subject but sedu-
lously he worked at Lady Meston's por-
trait, and never had seen anything so
true, so psrfcct in color. It was mas
ter! ece. II was Bertie's chef d'9uure.
here was but one fault. He placed,
and wpdld not remove, bunch of
wi hered field-fowers in Lady Weston's
hand.
When completed, be wrote appointing
the day and hour for Lord and Lady
Weston 10 visit the studio, and inspect
the work.
When the morning arrived, BERTHE,
who was singularly grave, asked me to
surrender to him the entire use of the
studio until the visitors arrived, when
be begged me, as a favor, to conduct
them to him myself
He puzzled me, yet 1 could re
compliance.
Was the sequel coming?
AT twelve, punctually, the carriage
drove up, and | escorted Lord and Lady
Weston to The studio. On entering, to
my surprise, found it, as l imagined,
deserted.
81 fear Mr.. Gibson Is absent" said,
annoyed; ''but it can only be for mo-
ment. This Is the picture"
We moved toward it, when, instinct
lively, all three recoiled, and Lady Wes-
ton, Httenng a wild scream, fell -insensi-
Bile upon the floor.
Before the easel lay Berthe, his VIII te
face turned upward, his hand resting on
his chest, grasping a wIthered bunch of
field fowers, the original of those In the
picture; they were Lucie LesteI's last
gift. He had, indeed, pier ced her heart,
as with sword, for he was dead-pois-
oned by his own hand!
That evening, far too stunned aud
wretched for work, went to Lord
Weston's to inquire regarding her lady
ship. She was ill-very i'll, with brain
fever. 1t was moi tbs before she was able
again tos re-enter society, then she was
graver, and much aged; while the pallor
bad observed on her features never
quilted them to her death.
This, then, wss the sequel to my
poor friends love story, and woman's
fidelity.
The daily gazette., 1880-05-15

Mexioo's mixed population presents
many curious subjects for study. TIE
Indian element is a particularly strange
one. Next to the pure whites the In
dians, strange TO say, are by tar the best
population that Mexico has. The in
habitants may be divided into three
classes:-First the whites descended
from the original Spaniards, or from
German, French, or English ancestors,
second, the pure Indians; and bird, the
mestiZoS, or mixed race, who constitute
the laboring class. Putting tho present
population of Mexico at 10, 900 900 which
is pro badly slightly under the real fig
ure, those of pure European descent
probably number 1900 GOO, or 20 per
cent. of the whole population; the H.
dians, $500, 900, or 30 per cent. and the
mestizos, 4 500 900, or 45 per cent. The
Indians helong TO various tribes, and
di fer as much among themselves in hab-
its, appearance, and their intellectual
qualities as Anglo-Saxons and Latins.-
Those of the cities are a low, brusalized
lot, and only engaged In the lowest men.
tal duties. In some parts of the country
there are hard-working industrious peo-
Pile, neat in the dress and sober in their
habits. In the mining districts they
make the bes. miners, and command the
best wages. They are intensely relg-
ious, or rather superstitious, and have
grated numbe OF the rites of their old
paganism upon the Christianity taught
them by the Spaniards. In North Ame-
rica, in Australia, and in the West In
dies, the English settlers never mingled
with The natl YES 20 any appreciable ex-
tent. but Ia Mexico the Spaniards have
continued to intermarry with the In
dians, and by the shrewd use they make
of Christianity, they succeeded to a
great extent iu training the Indian to
adopt the Spanish customs and language.
Unfortunately for Mexico, the pure
white and Indian races are disappearing,
AID the mixed race taking their place
1t would seem almost impossible that
the Indians should decrease in namber, :,
for the women are wonderfully prolific,
1t being very rare to see a woman over
fourteen without child not year old.
But insufficient uourishment, exposure.
and smallpox thin their umbers to
such an extent that In lime the pure H.
dian will probably disappear altogether
The daily gazette., 1880-05-15
Spring Song.


Oh Lam q fairy, In garments green,
MY wings are light as air,
Ny slippers are dainty as e'er were seen,
And a magical wand bear.
hide In the hooks,
BY the frozen brooks,
And coax them TO break old Winters
chains,
And his old bones crack,
As drive niAl back,
With his clustering winds TO his own do
mains.
tease him with showers, by day and by
night,
Until he is glad TO go.
l laugh whom he clutches. in wild alright
HIS glisteniDg robe OF snow.
lovingly peep
At the flowers asleep, ~
And iss them to life when the blue
biros sing.
am iIIht and gay,
Through the live long day,
And the happiest child OF the year IL
Spring.
IN. Y. Hume Journal.
The daily gazette., 1880-05-15
To a Wife.

To a Wife.
The world goes up and the wsrld goes
down,
And the sunshine follows the rain:
And yesterdays sneer and yesterda y .
Can never come over again.
Sweet wife,
No, never come over aga n,
For woman is warm, hu Ii mn y lie cold,
And the night will nullow Il, =, day.
TIL the heart which at eycL was wea ry
and old
Can rise In the morning gay,
Sweet wife,
To It's work III the morning gay,
Charles Kingsley.
The daily gazette., 1880-05-15
From "a Distinguished Clergyman

WAsHINGTCN, ID. O., June 10, 1879.
have known Of several persons who
regarded themselves as greatly benefited,
and some of them as permanently cured of
diseases of the kidneys and urinary
organs by our medicine, Warmers safe
Kidney ard Liver Cure. l have known,
too, of its use in similar cases by pkysi.
clans of the highest character and stand.
Ing. do not doubt that IL has great vir-
tue. j. E. RANKIN
may3-2w.
II the baby is to have health, It must
have sound I'D refreshiI & sle"p. DIR,
BulIs b,soy syrup insures TINS. Price 81
cents q bottle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03
A Fight Between Sayages.

THERE is weeping and wailing and
gnashing of teeth in Bear Chiefs band
of Piegan Indians. Some of the young
Piegan bucks thirsted for blood. Their
tribe having been in an amicable :"
humor toward the whites ever since
Col. Baker killed half of them, on the
Yellowstone, ten years since, the young
men have grown up in sloth, and have
known not the delights of scalping the
pale face. Ennuied by this enforced
tamcness of their career, and eager to
taste the joys so graphically portrayed
by the aged story-tellers of their tribe,
fourteen of these young men, disregard
ing the advice of their elders, donned
the paraphernalia of war, mounted their
best ponies, and rode forth to war.
They journeyed but two days when they
came to the Sioux camp, between the
Yellowstone and Musselshell Rivers, and
their spirits, like those of Tennyson's
hero, rose within them, as they thought
of the daring deeds they were about to
do, and which should be the pride of
their tribe for all time. The camp of
the Sioux contained about two hundred
warriors, but was so concealed by the
Piegans were very incautious in their
approach, and were discovered by two
mounted scouts, one of whom was shot
down, the other making his way in
safety to his tribe and giving the alarm.
In minute two hundred yelling de-
mons, mounted on fleet horses, sur
rounded the helpless Piegans. Two of
the latter succeeded in making their es-
cape, but twelve held their enemies at
bay, working their Winchesters with
deadly precision, until their ammunition
gave out. Then there was fierce
charge, a hand-to-hand conflict with
knives and tomahawks of few minutes
duration, and the twelve Piegans were
literally cut to pieces, the Sioux, in their
great rage at the desperate defense made
by their brave opponents, out-doing
themselves in their deyiltry. Bear
Chief is said to have perfected plan
for revenge, notwithstanding his de-
preston at the loss of his two sons, who
led the party which came to grief
Helena (INontanai C0r Chicago Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03
The Selection Of Potatoes for Planting.


1t has often been recommended that
farmers should select seed corn in the
field, where they can observe the habits
and character of the individual stalks,
and be able to choose the earliest or the
twin ears, which cannot be done when
the seed is taken from the corn bin in
the spring.
This is undoubtedly good advice, but
why not apply it also to the selection of
potatoes for planting. Every observing
person must have noticed that single
hills of potatoes sometimes have a char
acter as marked as is the character of
single stalks of corn. Some hills pro-
duce tubers of fair size, smooth in shape,
and with few small ones; while other
hills are full of inferior specimens that
are only fit for feeding to cattle or hogs.
There may be causes for these differ
ences outside of " blood'-uneven ma
nuring, injury during cultivation, etc. -
but there is undoubtedly a considerable
difference in the individual character of
different hills of potatoes, as much as
there often is between cousins in the
animal kingdom.
Take the Early Rose potato, for ex-
ample. 1t is supposed that this potato
originated from single seed and has
been continued by cuttings on the same
principle that varieties of apples and
other fruits are continued by grating.
Yet we find in the public market con-
siderable difference in the appearance
of samples grown in different localities,
rs well as a difference in the single
specimens in every barrel Plants
change somewhat by what is termed
sporting and our system of cultivating
potatoes from cuttings instead of from
seeds, is calculated to preserve all such
changes as may occur from this direc-
tion.
When the Early Rose and the old
Peach Blow were first introduced to
public notice, we found among each
variety occasional hills that showed a
marked contrast to the general charac-
ter of the variety. The vines were small
and spindling, the leaves very round,
curled and crumpled and the tubers
both small in size and few in number.
In those days, small potatoes for
planting were considered fully equal to
large ones, which may be true under
certain circumstances. But by planting
small seed for several years in success
sion, we found these dwarfish potatoes
were increasing in proportion to the
large and better ones; and it was not
till we selected our seed in the field,
that we were able to be rid entirely of
the worthless pig potatoes. The labor
of selecting in the field is not great. 1t
is not necessary to save enough the first
year for planting the entire acreage;
but save a,few of the best hills and plant
these by themselves and watch results.
If you have really got a better sized or
better shaped potato, then keep them
for next years planting. In this way
some improvement may undoubtedly be
made. A few cultivators claim quite
valuable results from such a course of
practice.-Ne1O England Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03

speak TO him in private, and of course
her influence was all against my inter-
ests.
Fifty thousand pounds and the
house and grounds was q good deal TO
lose; but chancery suit is a terrible
thing for poor man to embark upon,
and there seemed great doubt il should
succeed in gaining a verdict after all.
So | decided TO let Mrs. Corbet retain
her ill-gotten spoils. They did her very
little good after all, her worthless son
ran through her money and went to the
dogsa good deal faster as a rich man than
he was doing as poor one. l don't
know what became of him at last Mrs
Corbet died, a poor woman, about six
years ago. She left Minnie little
plate and jewelry, all that remained of
Uncle Johns things. / suppose her
conscience was not quite easy about
that will.
"And how did we get onP Well, that
fifty pounds tided us over the terrible
time when Minnie's life hung on a
thread, and thought was to buy my
boy with the loss of my wife. When
Minnie got strong again and the baby
was flourishing, we were both too hap
py to trouble much about Uncle Johns
money. Then l began to work in earn
est, as | had never done before. Just
at that time Messrs. Hardie wanted to
send a clerk abroad on some rather
difficult and delicate business. They
offered me the work. | was fortunate
enough to execute it to their entire sat
isfaction, and on my return was pro-
NOTED to q higher post and better
salary.
"We had a struggle for some years,
but altogether we prospered. rose at
Messrs Hardie's; Minnie was the queen
of good managers. / don't know, TAX
ing every thing into consideration, that
Uncle Johns money would have made
us much happier.
"After we had been married some
years, and were getting on tolerably in
the world, Minnie's long lost uncle came
back from Australia a rich man. He
was so pleased to find us doing so well,
and not wanting any assistance from
him, that he left us a snug little legacy
when he died that just enabled me TO
purchase a partners share in my en-
ployers' business, and, as you see, if
we're not actually rich now, we're not
in poverty. Still, shall always say the
census cost me ESQ, 1000"
"Or rather, Mrs. Brown did," / re-
marked, silly.
"Ah," said Brown, with a softening
light on his good-humored, middle-aged
face, "in that case got full value for
my money. y TInsleV'S Maga3ne.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03
A Touching Ceremony.

Marquis Tseng, the Chinese diplomat
ist, when he arrived at Berlin, on his
way to st. Petersburg, had a suite of
three secretaries, three attaches, a ply
sician, an interpreter and thirteen serv-
ants and occupied the same apartments
in the Kaiserhof Hotel in which Lord
Beaconsfield resided during the Con-
gress. He was received at the station
by Li-Fong-Pao, the Chinese ambassa-
dor at the German court and on arriv-
ing at the hotel the two ambassadors
went through the ceremony of saluting
each other. They folded their hands,
fell on their knees and threw themselves
on the ground with outstretched arms.
The doors of the room were then closed
and the ambassadors remained together
for about half an hour, after which the
doors were opened and the members of
the two embassies saluted each other in
the same manner as their chiefs. They
also exchanged their visiting cards,
strips of red paper foot long and half
foot broad.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03

WORLDS D1spESskeY MEDICAL AL Ass9 I


The continued existence and steady growth
of any institution of learning proves two
things: First, executive ability Of the high
est order which makes itself felt not only in
the upper stratum of collegiate affairs, but
throughout the structure down to the feeblest
bylaw; and second, that spirit of Hberality
and farsightedness which tends to keep
abreast of to-day.
The muniicence of the founder of Vassar
College would have been vain without these
conditions, and that she is what she is, proves
the worth OF those shoulders upon which fell
the responsibilities born of this generous
philanthropy. The college situated at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, bears the same relation
TO the higher education Of young women, as
do Yale and Harvard to that of men. A
glance through the catalogue discovers a
course of study male. possible for young
ladies only by the founding Of this institu-
ton. Standing amid her two hundred acres,
with miles of walks her lake and other
facilities for out of-door exercise. her newly
erected laboratories and cabinets, her
library and reading-room, muse um of natur-
al history, astronomical observatory and her
gallery of art, she is a monument alike of
the snlendid liberality OF her founder and the
equally splendid achievement on the part Of
the Nassars of to-day.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03

A GERMAN philosopher, who has di-
rected his attention to phosphorescence
in order to discover, if possible, the
real cause of that remarkable phenom-
enon, concludes that the simplest meth
cd of bringing about phosphorescence
is to place marine fish in three per
cent. solution of salt-the phenomenon
being observable the second evening.
The luminosity, it seems, begins in the
eyes, and thence spreads all over the
fish, increasing in intensity from day
to day; its duration depends upon the
temperature. The fish appears, after a
time, to be luminous all through. This,
however, is not the case; for, on scrap
ing OFF the surface, it is quite black un-
derneath. The luminous matter is a
kind of slime, which in daylight is of a
dirty white color.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03

THE following telephone dialogue
occurred the other day between one of
the bright boys in an Exchange Place
insurance agency and Mr.. R who
was loser by one of the late fires.
" Hullo, Mr.. R" "Hullo." "We
shall have to get out those papers to-
day." "All right; shall have to swear
to ihem?" Yes" Cant l swear by
telephonep'' Here the conversation
was interrupted by the sharp voice of
the female operator OF the. line, who
said, "No you can't swear by telephone
or use any bad language at all" And
then an audible grin went over the line
from either end.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03
THE CHLNNEYS sONG.


OvEW the chimney the night wind sang
hnd the chanted melody no one knew;
hnd tho woman stopped ms the babe sho
tossed,
And thought of the ono she had long since
lost
And snid, as her tear drops b0ck she forced,
"ihate the wind in the chimney"
over the chimney the night wind sang
Aud Chuntpd u melody no one knew,
And the children said IA they closer drew,
"'Tis some witch that is oleaving the black
night through
IT'S n fairy that Just then blew,
And We fear the wind I'm the chimney"
Over the chimney the night wind sang
And chanted a melody no one know;
Aud the man, ms he sat ON his hearth below,
Said to himself :" II will surely snow,
And fuel is dear, and wages low.
And I'll stop the leak i'm the chimney"
over tho chimney the night wind sang
Aud chanted melody no one knew;
But the poet listened and smiled, for lie
Was man, and woman, ana child, all three,
And he said, " 10 Is GODS own harmony,
This wind that sings in the chimney"
- Bret Hdrfe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03

THE Charlottesville (Va.) Chronicle
notes an instance near that place Of
photographs pictured on window glass
by electricity. The portraits OF four
persons are plainly discernible-two
men, a woman and child. The faces
are not all on one pane, that OF one of
the men and the woman being on adj
joining glasses, the face Of the other
man on another, and that of the child
on one of the lower panes, and the
theory is that the party were all look
ing through the window during thun-
der storm, when sudden flash of light
ming, by some mysterious process, in
simultaneously fixed their features on
the glass.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03
Curing Tobacco.

The important question yet to be
answered is how our tobacco may be
cured so as TO insure good color, and
yet escape the danger from "pole-burn-
ing" Many different opinions exist on
the subject, but it is the common belief
that tobacco can have too much air dur
ing the process of curing, for rapid dry
ing tends to produce light cOlors, which
are not usually desirable.
The difficulty in the process lies in
governing the ventilation, so that the
tobacco will dry slowly, and yet not
"pole-burn. Much depends on the
weather, it is true, yet if the natural
laws which govern the curing were
thoroughly understood, we might es-
cape loss from "pole-sweatn at all times
by producing artificial ventilation. To-
bacco is most likely to pole-burn during
the first three weeks after it is hung on
the poles. 1t usually occurs in hot,
muggy weather, when there is little air
stirring; therefore it is our custom to
keep the tobacco barn open as much as
possible during such weather, and closed
correspondingly tight in dry, windy
weather.
That the manner of drying has much
to do in the proper curing of tobacco, l
have proved by experiment. took two
plants of equal size and stages of growth,
and hung one of them in a dry, open
chamber where air circulated freely.
The other was hung in damp cellar.
The result of the experiment proved the
advantage of gradual curing. The
quality of the leaf cured in the cellar was
far superior, at least as far as color is
concerned, being much darker and finer
in color. The loss in this county during
some seasons from pole-burning,n un-
questionably amounts to many thousands
of dollars. This loss, believe, might
be avoided, if our growers knew just
how and when to produce artificial ven
tilation in their tobacco barns. We need
to know at just what stage of the ther,
mOmeter and barometer the burning
commences, and how to secure ventila
ton to avoid it. As preventive fol
"pole- burning" would avoid hanging
very close, placing no more than twenty
two pairs of plants on a fourteen-foo
pole.-Cor. Country Gentleman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03

DRUNKENNESS has just been decided
not to be a crime in Massachusetts, ac-
cording to the ruling of Judge Tillson,
of the First District Court of Southern
Worcester, who ordered the discharge
of prisoner arraigned for drunken
ness. This decision, which has created
quite sensation, is based upon tech
nical points and complications growing
out of a repeal of an old law and fail
ure to make proper provisions in its
substitute.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03

Chicago has a new industry, a hos
pital for diseased and orphan birds
Mrs. A. f. Moir is the chief physician
and matron of the institution, and is
also head nurse and instructor-i in chief
to young birds. There are medical and
surgical wards, an asylum for the blind,
and an orphan department.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03

A MAN, being asked by his neighbor
how his wife did, made this answer:
Indeed, neighbor, this case is pitiful;
my wife fears that she will die, and
fear she will not die--which makes a
desolate house"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03
rpottsviue PaJ Evenine Chronicle.l I

For sixteen years, writes Mr. Joseph Alber,
of this place, l had suffered with Dyspepsia,
and spent many dollar to find relief, but in
vain. was advised by Mr.. F. Altstadt to
take Hamburg Drops had taken scarcely
one of the little bottles before l felt better
and soon got well altogether. am now a
warm advocate of Hamburg Drops.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03

Springfield, Mass, is taken the following
"It Is settled fact that Warmers Safe
Remedies are all they are represented to be
by the proprietOrs, II. II. Warner " Co. The
way they go into the habitations of those
afflicted with diseases for which recon-
mended is truly wonderful to contemplate" "
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-03
rClevolnnd cohiol Plain ncnler.1

Capt Henry NJ. Holzworth, Chief Detective
Force, Cleveland, o., says; st. Jacobs OIL
gives surprising relief, does world Of good
and conquers pain 1t completely cured me
of RhnnIn niiann