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Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
There WAS a 5ead silence for a second.

There was dead silence for a second. (
Standing paled behind hiss newspaper,
but did not stir. Then, with 1.-THE spring,
like young panther. Hugh Hamilton stood
before the last speaker. ~
"You have lied, and DETAINED a friend of
mine" he said, in a low, quite voice. Re
tnct what you just now said, or / will knock
your teeth down your throat"
III beg pardon" he said. L didn't
suppose she was a friend of yours. Ionly
spoke in jest" ~ ~
II would advise you not to make use of
lady's name in your jests hereafter, said
Hamilton, as he turned away.
The story of Hamilton's defense of her
name reached Roselle the next day. 1t had
spread through the inn, as such news will,
like wild fire.
The next time she saw him alone she
tried to thank him, but her tears choked
her, and she covered her face with her
hands
Il need no thanks" he said softly.
"What man would not defend the woman
he loved? / love you, Roselle. Will
you be my wifep" ..
And she wore diamond solitaire that
night. Standing heard a chance reference
to the romantic finale of the sensation the
next day. sudden sickness seemed to
seize him. He grew cold and hot by
turns, and was like man beside himself.
His heart and soul all rallied and cried
out against another mans possessing this
peerless creature who had been his, viz
tually, solong, .-.'> -
All, he would see her-he would talk to
her; he would tell her that she must not
make this sacrifce-for sacrifice it was to
her,
''Roselle is romantic" he said, ''and she
| thinks she must give herself to pay this
man for his defense of her. But it must
not be. l have been mad, blind, to let it
60 so far
1t was hours before he could see her
alone. Then he drew her aside into an
alceve.
'Roselle, he cried, fire in his dark
eyes that she had never seen there before
| "Roselle, what do 1 hear2 Are you be-
trothed to ton?-promised to be his
WIFE .'a
Yes" she answered, very softly.
He seized her hand.
"Why did you do it?" he cried. Did
you not know loved you-had loved you
long time? You are sacrificing yourself
to romantic idea, Roselle, in marrying
Hamilton. 1t must not be. y.
She drew her hands away and looked
him full in the eyes.
1T must be-" She said. Il am not
sacrificing myself to any idea. am going
to marry Hugh Hamilton because love
him!"
But I love you, Roselle" he cried, his
selfish heart in wild passion Of pain at the
loss of her.
No." she said; mo man loves woman
who waits for his friend to defend her
name. Good night"
Two months later, when the party had all
gone back to the city, Standing fingered
behind
"A man is fool who grieves his life
away over any woman" he said And
LYDIA Hamilton would be a model wife. !
doubt not"
So he asked her to accept the vacancy.
"Are you not aware that l am betrothed
to my cousin?" she asked, turning her
calm eyes upon him in surprise. 81 sup
posed you knewrof tan engagement of
long standing, and know to all my friends.
am sorry this has occurred"
So was Standing, E-
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
Care Of Finger Nails.

In these days of specialists" new de-
partment is opened up by the care of the
fingers and nails. New York establish
ment devotes itself to this specially, and is
crowded by patrons. the entire course"
Of care taking and manipulation is $12.i
rather expensive, but many gothree or four
times at 81 80 a lesson, to get their finger
ends in order. SO that they can thenceforth
take proper care of them. The acolyte first
sits with finger-tips in bowl of warm wa
ter to soften the flesh. They are finally
dried, and the soft flesh pushed far back,
the nails then cut and clipped in o pointed
shape. This is rather painful operation.
The fresh edges are filed, and the
patient turned over to polisher, who pow
ders, polishes, then rubs. with towel and
repeats this process. The object is to show
the white half -moen at the root of the nail,
where the blood settles. This can be car
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
RenOvating Old Dresses.

A writer in fashion paper says: Girls.
do you want to know how to freshen up
your, old cashmere dresses preparatory to
making them over? If SO, will tell you
how. I first carefully ripped out every
seam and picked out all the threads, shook
and brushed out the dust from pleating and
ruff1ing and each Separate piece of the dress
Then to one pailful of warm water (say eight
or ten quarts) added two ounces of aqua
ammonia and sufficient bluing to make the
water of very dark blue. Should your
dress be rusty you will need all the more
bluing. Then take your basket of pieces
and carry it out to your clothes line ALSO your
pail or small tub of water prepared as above.
Take each piece separately, immense
thoroughly in the water, but do not wiring it
on any account, as it would have creases
which it would be almost impossible to
press out. Hold for moment over the tub
to drip, then pin on the line, being very
side toward the line, so that pins will press
the wrong side, as sometimes an imprint is
made which is hard to remove if made upon
the right side. Go on thus till all the pieces
have been thoroughly immersed Tor sous
ed up and down, as Bridget says). Then
have good fire with warm irons ready, and
as soon as the pieces are partially dry, still
somewhat damp, iron them in the following
manner: Take your ironing board and fold
u thick wooden blanket SO as to have six or
eight thicknesses over your board;
then I took dark woollen shawl
pinned it over the folds Of
the blanket tightly around the board, to
keep all in place. Never on any account
use cotton sheets, as every wrinkle and
crease shows, and leaves glossy mark on
your cashmere. Now, if your pieces are of
the right dampness (and it is better that
they be too damp than too dry and pressed
very carefully on the wrong side, you will
be surprised to see how nice and fresh they
look. An experienced dressmaker told me
this method Of restoring old cashmere, and
said it was far better and more satisfactory
than to have the goods redyed. / was SO
well pleased with my dress when it was
finished that did not get new one, as
had intended. I bought aquantity of trim
ming velvet of good quality to use with it
for vest, collar, cuffs, and revers, and with
the rearranging Of rufaes, etc., nearly
every one thought had new dress.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
One Of NapOleOn's Soldiers.

From the London Telegraph
Another one of the First Napoleon's vet
Grams, survivor Of that " Grande Armee"
whose exploits filed SO many G! orious pages
of French military annals, has passed away
at the patriarchalage of LOG years. jacques
Lam bert-com only spoken of in the
neigh borhood Of the Rue Balagny, in which
he had resided for nearly half a century
previo usly to his decease, as Father Lam
bert" - entered Klebers corps as volun-
teer 80 y ears ago, and took an active share
in the African campaigns of 1905, 1906, and
1872. Sh ortly after the Restoration he OBJ
tanned his discharge from the service with
a small pen sion, upon which, and the pro-
ceeds of handicraft, he contrived to sup
port himself respectfully for many years.
1t is stated that this pension was augmented
under the Second Empire to an amount
sufficient to relieve him from the n ecessity
of supplementing it by manual labor in his
extreme old age. The venerable warrior
died in the midst Of convivial surroundings
De had been invited to friends house to
crack bottle with some acquaintance ca
ger to listen to his campaigning stories of
by-gone days, and was sitting at table,
holding forth on his favorite subject, the
Egyptian expeditions, when he suddenly
fell back in his chair and was dead, without
groan or struggle.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21

upon the monument erected by grateful
country to Charles. First Marquis Corn
wallis, in st. Pauls Cathedral. Yet memo
ries OF this kind serve only to remind us
that, in ,Keble's 'beautiful words, Brothers
are brothers evermore, No distance"-and,
it may be added, no blckerings-" breaks
their tie of blood England is happy, on
terms of the closest amity both with France
and the United States, and no ''celebra-
tons" of events which happened century
since are likely to diminish the cordially
Of their friendship.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
Barn Plans. and Outbuildings.

This is the title of handsome volume of
some 24O pages recently published by the
Orange Judd Co., ISL Broadway, New York.
The work contains fifty seven illustrations,
showing plans and elevations of all kinds
of farm outbuildings, from the palace like
barn down to log-pole ice house and dirt
pit for storing turnips. If our farmers fail
to have neat and convenient barns and 9TH
er outbuildings hereafter, it will not be be-
cause cheap and con 7enient plans for such
structures cannot be obtained, for the book
costs only $3.50, and the practical informa-
ton which it contains is worth as many
dollars as it costs cents to every farmer who
contemplates erecting any kind of outbuild-
ings. The plans given are principally taken
from the most modern and improved build
ings and other structures, and the descrip-
tons accompanying them are SO plain and
varied that any moderately skilfull carpen-
ter could work from them as easily as from
the most elaborate and expensive plans
drawn by an architect.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
Draining Marsh ana MixinS,SOil.

From the New York Tribune.
Mr.. A. ). Wickman, of Indiana, asks
about draining marsh with only
two and half feet fall so as to maks it
suitable for meadow or tillage, and whether
mixture of sand would be beneficial in
this marsh bottom; also what kind of drains
to use. First would call attention to fact
that drought is most detrimental of any one
thing to our meadows, so would consider
the fall for drainage quite sufficient, and
besides that would not allow it to operate
too freely, but keep back in reserve enough
Of moisture to carry good stock Of grass
through its growing season. The mixture
of soils almost always is beneficial, so much
so that often two poor soils will combine
to make one good one and I would
advise our inquirer to use sand as he pro-
poses. not doubling it's useful effect. I
have seen long strips of marshy bottoms,
bordered by sandy ridges, where man
with team and scraper could take in scra-
perfull of sand and return with the scraper
full of vegetable mold rom the drained
swamp bottom to the dump in the sandy
land in place of the first scraperful, and,
continuing this day after day, would very
much improve both the high and the low
lands. AS the summer is the best time to
do such work. SO the early fall. or so soon
as the middle of August even, is the best
time to seed down such ground and often
the following season it will yield good
crop of hay. AS to draining, I do not I'M
derstand that much, bat think I should
first try surface draining, throwing it up
with the plough in broad high lands and
conduct the water off by the dead burrows,
but if this proved insufficient it could at
any time be remedied. AS for kinds of gras-
SEES best for him to use, that very much de-
ponds on location, and he must judge from
those kinds that have been found to thrive
best in his locality Ives, Genesee
~
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
From the Chicago Western Catholic.

From the Chicago Western Catholic
The latest man who has been made hap
py through the use of this valuable lini-
ment is Mr.. James A. Conlan, librarian of
the Union Catholic Library Of this city.
The following is Mr.. Conlan's endorsement
UNION CATHOLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS;
204 DEARBORN STREET,
CHICAGO Sept Is, 1880.
wish to add my testimony as to the
merits of st. Jacobs Oil as a cure for rheu-
matism. One bottle has cured me Of this
troublesome disease, which gave me a
great deal of bother for long time; but
thanks to the remedy am cured. This
statement is unsolicited by any one in its
interest. James A. Conlin, Librarian.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
HOUSE AND FARM.
Items Of Interest to Farmers

items OF interest TO Farmers.
II, is not best to SOW or drill clover and
orchard grass seed together, but to SOW
them separately, though on the same ground
the orchard grass seed being so much
lighter than the clover they do not mix
thoroughly.
Governor Cues Ioaca Homestead says
that "half of an ordinary newspaper wrap
ped closely around the tree from the ground
up two feet, and tied with cotton Irvine,
will last through the winter" and has been
found during the repeated experience of
many years perfect protection against rab-
bits. ,4- ..
Quinby says: IF colonies of bees are
found queenless. or possessing deficient
queens, unite them with others having
queens. 1t will often be judicious to unite
weak colonies. Keep entrance contracted,
to prevent robbing, and shut off all upward
ventilation, to retain the warmth. Stimu-
late by feeding, and see that no stock is
destitute of food at any time. And empty
combs as rapidly as the stocks become pop
ulous enough to demand it."
Mr.Lyman Wall writes to Farming World
that about 1000 acres of land in and around
Rochester, N. Y, are developed to the
growing of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs
plants and flowers, and SO it is still ''the
Flower City, las it was in earlier days the
'Flour city," when SO much milling was
done on Genesee Valley wheat,) and
James Wick, the celebrated scotsman and
florist is it's profit. a
Everybody is familiar with the vast amount
of suffering caused by horned cattle in the
stock " rds and cattle cars, in the pastures
and feed lots, and the damage done on
farms to men, women and children, to
horses and colts, sheep and swine, by the
cruel horns. The long horns on cattle are
useful as the animals tear through cane.
breaks, thickets of chapparal and under
growth, but in state of domestication
they are a useless and dangerous append
age.
Old eggs are never as good as new and
fresh ones, no matter how carefully pac zcd
or under how favorable conditions they are
kept. If you have cool cellar they may
be packed in salt or lime water and kept
moderately fresh from midsummer to win
ter; then taken out carefully, washed and
packed in barrels, with oats or chat, and
sent to market. Eggs kept in this way are
better than none at all, but they are always
strong favored, and do not command so
good price as the fresh article. An old
egg is always a stale article, no matter
how carefully it has been preserved.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
. q sGEMsFReM FHEPeETs.

sUEAMSl
''Oh, she was nice to eat,
Remarked the alligator;
''She tasted very sweet
And am gladiator"
Old Daddy Ingersoll
Wouldn't say his prayers;
~ Take him by the right leg,
81 Take him blythe left leg,
Take him fast by both legs,
And throw him down stairs.
- ,. ~ Now soon the ardent lover of. =
= II. q The piscatorial art
Toward the stream will HE away
From the citys busy mart
And there, beneath the broiing sun,
Win sit from morn till night
And never get single burned,
Dash blasted, gaul- DANCED bite!
A muscular Turk of Stamboul
Tried to pull out the tail Of a mule
The coIoner's ju-
eert Ry the body did view,
And brought in the verdict, "Damphooll"
There was young man from Havana .'
GAL Who ate twenty three feet of banana.
When asked how he felt
He patted his belt;
81 would tell you," he said, 'sbut how can Ir'
BOT There was young girl in Mobile
Went fishing and caught big eel,
~ When she saw it emerge
From the bays briny surge
81 }, You just should have heard that girl squeal.
..t II A maiden tripped into the park,
On kind of a mashative lark,
When youth with stare
Said 'Twig her red hair"
And she thoughtit a blamed mean remark!
young prima donna named Abbot
Had most unaccountable habit,
OF kissing her tenor,
In a lover like manner,
And the meddlesome scribes had to blab it
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
Is 1T THOU, MOTHER9

Long years ago she visited my chamber,
Steps soft and low taper in her hand;
Her fond kiss she laid upon my evelids,
Fair as an angel from the unknown land;
Mother, mother, is it thou see?
Mother, mother, watching over me-
And yesterdaynight saw her cross my cham
Der,
Soundless as light, palm branch in he,
hand;
Her mild eyes she bent upon my anguish.
Calm as an angel from the blessed land;
Mother, mother, is it thou see?
Mother, mother, art thou come for me?
From the French, by Mrs. Mulock- Craik.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21

riedsto an axcess, when the flesh lies in lit
tie humps behind the nail. But the sub
ject is laudable one, very few people tax,
ing sufficient care of their finger tips.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
Kansa,s CIV Main.

KANSAS Clty mali.
Member Of this department relieved OF
rheumatism by the use Of st. Jacobs Oil.
says George w. Wailing, Esq, sSuperinten-
dent police New York, in one Of our ex-
changes.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
Suggestion and Incident.

Having read current paragraph to the
effect that an inch of rain on an acre of land
weighs more than 100 tons. and mistrust-
ing all such articles and recipes that in
volve figures, because these are very apt to
change in the course of hasty copying from
paper to paper, friend, with measuring
stick and multiplication table always in his
pocket, took the pains to make little veri-
fcative calculation, and found that the
weight would be 1852, tons of 1000
pounds each. An inch of water is barely
enough to moisten dry soil furrow- deep,
and to do so it must have considerable time
to overcome the repulsion of the dry parti-
cles and to gradually soak through. This
affords good idea of the time and labor
required to give even garden bed water
ing equivalent to soaking rain. A cubic
foot If rain water weighs 1000 ounces, or
60 1-2 pounds avoirdupois. This cubic foot,
spread an inch thick. covers 3X4 feet.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21

GOOD DOCTOR sHsyS IL the house house for
mpar the best results of the largest experience in
forty years successful practice with all forms of dis
ease and in preventing illhealth We the only pub
fishers, WILL for So received with order, send where
no agent is at work. charges prepaid. express mail
Gunn's Newest Family Physician, 1852 Svo
pages oneffth more matter than any former edition
Of Home Book of Health" heretofore sold for So,
and now better published for Sc, English or German.
200, 900 copies sold. Address WIN. q. MOORE co,
Publishers, SpginRfeld. III.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
A LEG LOST

can be replaced of the most perfect construc-
ton by Sharp l. Smith, 100 Randolph st I,
Chicago, manufacturers ofsurglcal instruments,
apparatuses for deformities Of all kinds, elastic
stockings for enlarged veins and weak joints.
So AND 1Oct COUNTER" SUPPLIES.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.

The celebrated Inman Line, which has been
running between New York and Europe for over
thirty years, is still represented by Francis c.
Brown, at 81 South Clark St., Chicago. Local
agents in all the principal towns in the United
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21

Butler Bros, who originated this business,
have houses in New York, Boston and Chicago
The latter being at 200 l. POP Randolph St
By sending for their complete price list you will
learn the particulars.
ATTENTION.! Miners and Sarveyors:-The
largest stock in the Northwest Of Transits,
Levels, Compasses, Microscopes, Barometers,
Thermometers, Mineral Glasses, Field and
Marine Glasses, Telescopes, Magic Lanterns
SO Madison St, tTribune Building,) Chicago.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21

The above title represents the largest and
most successful manufacturers Of Fire and
Burglar Proof Safes in the world The Factor y
covers Sl2 acres, is stories high, and gives
employment to 600 men. The past year has
been one of uninterrupted increase in sales.
Over 1000 new Bank Safes were sold, and an
unprecedented large number Of fire proof safes
to Merchants, Fire and Burglar proof safes to
Railroad Officials, County Officers, and Cor
porations Headquarters, LAT anu 149 Dear
horn sfreet Ghicapo
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
MACHINERY.

J. A. Fay l. Co., 2O7 and 200, Lake St, Chi
cago, are manufacturers of Wood Working Ma
chinery, also are agents for Putnam Machine Cas-
Blaisdel Lathes and Drills, Blake Steam
Pumps, Steam Engines Blowers, Betting, Sup
plies. J. A. Roche, Manager, Chicago.
PAINTING l. DRAWING MATERIAL
A. H. Abbott L. Co., lat State St., Chicago,
make a speciality of everything pertaining to
wants Of the Artist and Architect Have also
large stock of fancy Articles for Decoration,
Wax Flower Goods, Glass Shades, &c. Send
for catalogue
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
A Commercial Travellers Strategy.

Some of these commercial travellers un-
derstand human nature pretty thoroughly.
One of them who had been through the
South and West pretty extensively, but
had never been East, came to Providence
recently. Going down one of the princi-
pal thoroughtares quite early-about 8
o'clock-he saw an establishment deal
ing in his kind of goods. He stepped in,
inquired for the proprietor and handed
him bis card. The proprietor gruHy in
formed his visitor that they wanted
nothing; had more goods in the store
then they could sell in five years. WHO
asked you to buy anything9' said the CT.
81 am stranger here, and not feeling
very we'll I want glass of brandy. I
thought you might be able to tell me
where can get one" The proprietor
was suddenly very affable, a nd offered
to go with his visitor. When they
had drank the brandy they returned to
the store, sat down and talked "about the
weather. and varions other things, but
not word about business did the COM
mercial traveller utter. An hour or more
passed in this way, and then the proprie
tor questioned him about his samples.
The latter was apparently very reluctant
in showing. them, but was finally
prevailed upon to do so. Before he lett
the store he had taken orders amounting
to about $4,000. His strategy was sue
cess.-Pr0uidence Press.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
An Old Prophecy.

In 1712, Mr.. Winston, an eccentric
Millenarian divine and astronomer, who
served as deputy to Sir Isaac Newton,
when Professor Of Mathematics at Cam
bridge, predicted that comet would
appear at noon on Wednesday, Oct. IA,
and that the world would be destroyed
by fire on the following Friday. The
comet came, and had an extraordinary
effect. More than 100 clergymen were
reported to have waited on the primate
on the Wednesday afternoon to request
that proper prayers might be prepared,
while thousands of men, who believed
that the end OF the world was coming,
married on the Thursday the women
with whom they had been living. Many
people embarked on the water, thinking
that they would be safer when the fire
came, and Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Chief
Director of the Bank of England, issued
instructions to the fire officers to keep a
sharp lookout on the Bank Of England,
on which there was a prodigious run,
presumably by those who thought that,
albeit they brought nothing into the
world, they might lie able to take some
thing out. The Captain of a Dutch ship
in the Thames threw all his powder into
the river. Winston is only remembered
now by his translation of Josephus.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
A Blizzard.

A "blizzard" is described by the Chey-
anne Leader as follows: There is no
clearly stated definition of the word
" blizzard" as it is not found in the
dictionaries. 1t is q purely Western In
vention. Blizzard came out since the
dictionaries were built. But then biz
zard is an unspeakably mean thing. Obi
it is so mean. No one ever thinks OF a
blizzard without apologizing mentally
for touching upon so base subject.
What the cayote is to the hunter, the
freighter, the cowboy, and the miner,
the blizzard is to the average citizen.
The blizzard ranks about as high in me-
teorology as does the skunk III zoology.
And then blizzard is the only thing
known to history or science that will
blow thirteen ways at once. 1t describes
a course precisely like Scotch plaid.
You turn from a direct ine-to the lee
way-of the fierce wind in order to catch
a good square breath, and the blizzard Is
there too. 1t catches you on the point
OF exhalation, just as your lungs are an
immense vacuum. Your mouth is open,
OF course, and the blizzard suddenly
fills you so full of WIND that nothing but
heavy conscience prevents you from
soaring aloft at once like balloon. You
feel miserable and tighter'n bass drum.
You want to swear, but you haven't time.
Your only relief is to strain the blizzard
through your fingers.