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Successful Speakers.


A great change has come over the
popular lecturer. Formerly the much
talked-about man like Horace Greeley
came and bored an audience. Now the
modern lecturer comes to entertain an
audience. The clergyman talks thirty
minutes. The successful lecturer will
take four times thirty minutes and hold
his audience like a five-act drama. He
Will instruct his audience, too. The first
purpose Of even humorous speech is to
persuade men. A great speech or lecture
Will be talked about for weeks. If
speech is brilliant and eloquent, 80 much
so that men will say of it ''that is ora
tory and go about their business, such
speech has not struck the heart. When
men act as if they had not heard a word
OF a speech, it is failure, even il it is
thought worthy Of place among 'speci-
mems OF eloquenee."
"a great speech" said O'Connel,
speaking Of addresses to a jury, ''is a
very fine thing; but, after all, the YER
dict Is the thing"
Professor Mathews, from whose book
on "Oratory and Orators" we quote
OConnelPs remark, insists that no one
would discover the perfect orator, If such
there could be, while he was speaking.
de tells two anecdotes to illustrate his
assertions:
When Chief Justice Parsons of Mas
sachusetts was practicing at the bar, a
farmer, who had often heard him speak,
was asked what sort of pleader he was.
Z" Oh, he Is a good lawyer and an ex-
cellent counsellor, but a poor pleader, "
was the reply.
" But does ne not win most Of his
causes 2"
eyes, but that's because be knows the
law and can argue we'll; but he's no
orator"
A hard-headed bank President once
congratulated himself, in the presence OF
/ Mr. Mathews, on resisting, as foreman
| of Jury, the oratorical Establishments o.
! Mr.. Choate.
aKnowing his skill, said the hard
| headed man, ''n making white appear
/ black. and black white, made up my
mind at the outset that he should mo-
fool me. He tried all his arts, but j
was of no use; L Just decided according
10 the law and the evidence.
"Of course" answered Mr.. Mathews
"you gave your verdict against Mr.
! Choate's client?"
Why, no we gave a verdict for hi
client but then we couldn't help it; h'
had the law and the evidence on hi
side"
1t never occurred to the bank Presi
dent or to the farmer that Choate an'
! Parsons were after verdicts, not admlra
ton. And they got them, because the.
sunk the orator into the advocate.
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Silos and FDsIIage.

The new system of preserving and
feeding ensilage is one of such simplicity
that doubling minds are incredulous as
10 possible results. If the building of
silo and the subsequent process of filling
with enslage were some wonderful
secret, or perhaps a new discovery pro-
tected by a series of patents-if the use
of the system were permitted only under
the payment of heavy royalties-th
is a class of skeptical minds who fatten on
uncertain quantities, and who have but
little faith in any practice which is
within the reach of persons Of ordinary
intelligence and common sense. 1t is
difficult for many minds to realize the
facts claimed for ensilage, or TO explain
to themselves why such results should
be secured by processes so simple and
by apportions so economical. Yet proof
absolute demonstration-is within the
reach of every inquiring mind, or of
every enterprising farmer who is willing
to expend $50 for commencing expert
ments upon his own farm.
1t is the most singular fact that the
doubling minds are those who have had
no practical experience on the subject,
but whose conservatism is on parade
1t is equally surprising that no inteIli-
gent, practical attempt at silo building
or ensilage feeding has resulted III fail
ure, although men of all classes and at
tainmeDts have experimental with the
new system. 1t would be reasonable to
expect many failures among so many
beginners of varying capacities, were
there anything intricate or uncertain in
the process and its auxiliaries. No
authority in this country is competent
to pronounce positively upon the future
success or failure of this new system I;
it is for the interest oe no one to urge or
induce the adoption of the system by
any unwilling farmer, and no one IS to
be enriched by the multiplication of
silos, except, perhaps, the individual
owners. Many n conservative farmer
viii await the report of his more enter
prising nelghbor, who has built, or Is IN
tending to build, a silo, yet 1t Is quite
certain that before many years, every
one will have ample opportunity TO
Judge, in the most careful manner, the
merits and drawbacks of the system of
ensilage.
Grave doubts have been expressed by
some authorities of repute as to the
effect of feeding ensilage upon the but
ter product. Though many accounts of
successful butter making have been
recorded yet our self-imposed critics
have wisely shaken their heads as il
! expecting disaster without being able to
trace the cause or advise the cure.
The value and Instability OF ensilage
is capable of practical demonstration,
and the intelligent farmer who desires to
make his business profitable viii not fail
| to investigate for himself a simple pro
| cess which will enable him to add
largely to the capacity of his farm il
/ feeding live stock and thus euriching his
soil -American CultiUator.
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Defense of Animals.

Mr.. Arthur Stradling publishes the
following note on the offensive and de-
fensive habits of animals A serpent's
first instructive impulse of self preserva-
ton, like that of every other animal
lies IN escape. If surprised suddenly,
or brought to bay at close quarters, it
may be too terror-stricken to attempt
flight then it bites, following curious
general rule which seems to obtain
throughout nearly the whole animal
world, from a passionate child down
ward, no matter what the natural
methods of offense may be. Young
Felide will keep their talons sheathed
until they have exerted all possible force
with their soft milk-teeth, and a lizard
will seize the hand which restraints If
with its insignificant little jaws when its
tail or claws might infict far more in
jury. The Boide never use their con-
strictive powers in self-defense (unless
they are gripped), and it seems probable
that if venomous snakes fangs lay IN
its tail it would use its teeth first when
attacked before bringing them into play.
Indeed, it must be remembered that
very few animals are provided with ex-
clusively defensive weapons, and that
the python's enormous strength IN con-
striction, the viper's poison apparatus
and the electric discharge of the gym
notus are given them primarily for the
purpose of securing their food
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Some unknown genius has discovered
the following ''Rules for Spelling Hus
band:"
Snarl at him.
Find fault with him.
Keep an untidy house.
Boss him out of his boots.
Always have the last word.
Be extra cross on wash day.
Quarrel with him for trifes.
Never have his meals ready in time.
Let him sew the buttons on his shirt.
Pay no attention to household eX-
penses.
Give as much as he can earn in month
for a new bonnet.
Tell him plainly You have married. him
for living.
Raise a row IT he dares to bow pleas
antly to an old lady friend.
Get everything the woman next door
gets whether you can afford it or not
Provide any kind Of a pickup din
ner for him when you don't expect
/ strangers.
/ Let it out sometimes when you are
/ good and mad that you wish You had
married some other fellow you used to
/ go with
/ III he has an extra amount of brain
work and comes home with his nervous
/ system all on stretch-don't try TO keen
/ the children quiet. Tell them to make
all the noise they want TO, and their
father is nothing but an old crosspatch
| anyway.
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The Harp an Irish Emblem.

The earliest records we have of the
Celtic race give the harp prominent
place and harpists peculiar generation
and distinction. 1t was common to the
northern races of Europe in the earlier
centuries Of the Christian era, and IN the
opinion of many antiquarians was origi-
nal among them. The Irish harp was
often an hereditary instrument, to be
preserved with great care andveneration,
and used by the bards of the family,
alike the poet-musicians and historians.
1t was long ago adopted by the Irish as
a national emblem, and has been sung of
by the most accomplished and patriotic
sons Of Ireland since time out of mind.
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IngersoIl's Father.

Bob Ingersoll's father was a tremen-
ions preacher. On one occasion he so
wildly portrayed the horrors of the
Judgment day and the fortunes Of hell,
that the whole audience which came
some miles from the country around }
was swayed like trees by a strong wind /;
strong men wept, women walled, and
nearly all were upon their knees. He
commenced TO speak at l o'clock, and
when the people left the church the sun
was setting. Il djaraJ1oiis Herald
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JUST as soon as any conviction of i'm
portant truth becomes central and vital,
there comes the desire to utter it--a de-
sire which is immediate and irresistible.
Sacrifice is gladness, service is Joy, when
such an idea becomes a commanding
power-IngeTSoU
AS for instance, when you miss the
nail and hit your thumb a whack with
the hammer, there comes to you a con
viction of the important truth that there
is a good deal of hurt in thumb, hit by
hammer, and your idea to express your
feelings about the dod rotted gol darned
son of gun of hammer becomes ga
commanding. power. "-T'eras Siftirgs.
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Safe Light on Railroad Cars.

1t is proposed TO forbid the use of oil
on railway cars for light This is wise
Many serious accidents have resulted
from this habit. Gas or the electric
light viii serve. The railroad companies
may object to the expense, but when life
and safety are concerned the question of
expense should not be considered. The
people pay so much money to the rail
way managers that they are entitled to
every comfort and communicable
York Herald.
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BISHOP JANsENs, of Natchez, forbids
marriage in the Catholic churches after
dark. He assigns as his reason the great
concourse of people wont TO assemble at
such an hour and behave as if the church
were a place of public amusement. He
desires that marriage be celebrated in
the morning. with nuptial mass, accord
ing to the suggestions of the rubrics of
the church.
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women,s Rights Among the Hottentots.

Womens rights appear to be well as
certained and jealously guarded among
the Khoikhoi In their houses the
woman, or taras, is the supreme ruler !;
the husband has nothing at all to say.
While in public the men take the pro1ni-
nent part, at home they have not so
much power even as to take a mouthful
of sour milk out of the tub without the
wife's permission If a man even should
try to do it his nearest female relations
would put a fine on him, consisting in
COWS and sheep, which is to be added to
the wife's stock.
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"Now, my boy, take those eggs to
the store. and if you can't get quarter
a dozen, bring them back" The boy
went as directed, and came back, say
ing : Father, it takes me to make a
trade. They all tried to get 'em for
forty cents, but I screwed 'em down to
twenty-five. ~ Philadelphia. Quiz.
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A louisville boy stole his mothers
mocking-bird and sold it to a man who
had lust lost one, taking the dead bird IN
exchange. The good lady was over
whelmed at the death of her pet and
gave him fearful burial, at which her
son. the money jingling in his pocket,
assisted with great solemnity.
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ne,i.Ridhen md Cnreh.

W. f. Huestis, Of Emporia, Kansas says that
his wife has been sick nearly seven years. and
for the last four months bed-ridden. She has
been treated by a number Of physicans and
only grew worse. Her attention was called to
Dr. Pierce's e Golden Medical Discovery" and
- Favorite Prescription" which she commenced
usin2 In one week she could sat mp, and in
three weeks could walk about By druggists.
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t.epcra, D,bII,.v ana r,,cr CompI.,nt

r. V. PIERCE. ". D.. Buffalo, y. Y; Dear Sir
My wife has been taking your . Golden Med
ical Discovery and Pellets " for her liver and
general debility, and has found them TO be good
medicines, and would recommend them to all
sufferers from Liver Complaint, Sour Stomach,
HARMON, Pastor VI. E. Church, Elsah, IL.
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AN Iowa man croweed turnip into
his mouth to show what slight-of-hand
could do, and doctor cut at it for two
hours to show what surgery could ac-
complish That chap will keep his
mouth shut for two weeks to come.
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DRUG STORE nose paint VIII De con-
siderably cheaper as soon as Congress
reduces the COuTieT-JOtn7laI.
MKssMAN's peptonized beef tonic, the only
preparation Of beef containing its entire nlpt1i-
hons properties 1t contains blood-making,
force generating and lfe-sustaining properties /;
Invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostration and all forms Of general debility /;
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prostratlon, over
work or acute disease, particularly If resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard
d Co.. proprietors New York. Sold by druggists
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onThir,r Dnx., Trial.

The voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich, win
send their Electro-Voltaic Belts and other
Electric Appliances ON trial for thirty days to
apv person afflicted with Nervous Debility,
Lost Vitality, and kindred troubles, guarantee
ing complete restoration OF vigor and manhood.
address as above without delay.
p $40 risk is incurred, as thirty days
trial is allowed.
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The organ rolled its notes from the growing
diapason to the gentle flute and the congrega-
ton accompanied by deep and sepnlchral coughs
to coughs scarcely audible because they had
not vet heard of the wonderful efficacy Of DR..
PuI'a COuRh Syrup.
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YoUNo, middle-aged, or old men, suffering
from nervous debility or kindred affections,
should address, with two stamps, for large
treatise, WORLDS DIsPENsART MEDICAL Asso-
CATION Buffalo, n Y.
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HOUSEHOLD Helps.

Contributed to the Dstrois Free Pres. Household By
Hoa'skesPers And the results actual experiments.
CIDER CAKE.-One cup of butter, two
cups sugar. one cup cider. three cups
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SPRING
FEVER

At this season every
body feels weak and out
of sorts, because the sys-
tenn is run down, and the
blood weakened. This
condition is dangerous,
because of the liability
to contract serious dis
ease at a time when
nature is less liable to
throw it off; and an eff
fective remedy, such as
BRowN's. IRON BITTERs,
shouldbepromptlyused.
This non-alcoholic, true
tonic is unequaled as a
preventive as well as
curative medicine.
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Rncl,npnihn.,

Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney
Bladder and Urinary Diseases. 81. Druggists
Send for pamphlet to E. S. WELLS, Jersey City
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Women that have been pronounced incurable
by the best physicians have been completely
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-04-21

IT WAS Washington Irving who said of
conceited man that whenever he
walked toward the West he expected the
East to tip up.
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ASK your druggist about Kidney-Wort. He
viii tell you il always succeeds
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THE Frazer Axle Grease is the very best. A
trial will provo right. Received first
premium at North Carolina State Fair, Centen-
NAL and Paris Exposition.
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a Fathers Te-l'mony-

CREsroN, IA, May u, 1881.
H. H. WARNER q Co: SiTs-My little son has
been cured of weak kidneys by the use OF your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. NJ. =. bEfAEh'
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SEND name and address to Cragin & Co.
Philadelphia, Pa, for cook book free.
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HUMoHrso customers: Eyes," said
lady customer, these are very pretty /;
but haven't you something more ex-
pensive ?" The gentlemnnly clerk took
down another package of the same
goods, Remaining briskly: "Oh, yes,
ma'am; here Ii something which will
cost you dollar more per yard, but il is
she took the highest-cost piece, because
u IVES The highest.
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The Carson City (Nev) AppeGl says
St Jacobs Oil IS good for rheum atism,
neuralgia and a thousand different ills.
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now TO SECURE HEALTH.

TRY the new brand Spring Tobacco.
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Il Is strange any will suffer from arrangements
brought on by impure blood, when sCOvILL's sARsA-
PARILLA AND sTILLIEGIA Of BLOOD AND LIVER
SYRUP Will restore health 10 the physical organization
It Strengthening syrup pleasant 10 take, and the BEST
BLOOD PURIFIER discovered, curing Scrofuia
syphtc disorders Weakness Of the Kidneys, ErYsipe
las Malaria, Nervous disorders, Debility Bilious COM
plants and Diseases OF the Blood, Liver, Kidneys
Stomach, Skin, etc.
BAKERS PAIN PAEAcEA cures pain in Man and
Beast.
DIR. ROGERS WORM SYRUP instantly destroy.
WORMS
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BRowN's IRON BITTERs
Is beyond question the
best medicine made for
all diseases requiring a
tonic, such asDysPePsia,
Indigestion, Weakness,
Malaria, &c. For sale
by all druggists.
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Browns IRON BITTERs
imparts tone and strength to
the muscles, makes the blood
rich, clears the complexion,
and by revitalizing the whole
system, gives it good foun-
dation to withstand the strain
of a change Of season.
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Two Sides Of II,

Some unknown genius has discovered
the following "Rules for Spelling Hus
band:"
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BAKERS PAM PAEAcEA cure. pain in Man .n'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-01
Lanna CnnicnIns.

Philadelphia sunday Transcript
If there IS anything beyond law and
stocks that Charlie Coils prides him
self on, it Is being some with a gun.
he took notion and dog one day
last week to go cunning. Some ofthe
BOYS had told him that up in the
neighborhood Of Pottsville the rabbits
were thicker than the heas on his dog;
that the rodent mammals were sitting
up there IN the pines on their hind
legs, picking their teeth and pining
for somebody TO come up and knock
'em out. On the day after Charles
arrival in Pottsville he started out.
He was told by the old sports around
the town that it wasn't good day for
rabbits, but Charlie merely winked
his left lamp and said:
"I'll attend to their business for
them"
And he did.
No man, be he ever so bold and bad,
has ever accused our ex-solicitor of
being afraid of rabbit or hare, par
ticularly when it wanted to meet a
man, who loved to FIRE off bis gun,
halfway in the business.
Returning home at night with an
empty tank, an emptier game bag, a
dog full of mud and deas and gun
tull of buckshot, just outside of the
great city of Pottsville, he met boy
with a live rabbit under his arm.
Charities eyes glistened at the sight OF
it, and said he to himself, III have
that game, cost what it may Hail
\ ling the young Pottsvillian, he said:
Sonny, where did you get that rab-
bit9"
81 caught heem off drAp oud here
liddle."
MANY of them hereabouts?"
"Vereabouts?"
"Why, about this part of the cOun-
try, 49,. J.. s..,. !,
shock full nit EN-"
will you sell me that one, my good
little boyY"
Ivy not2 But you mustn't gimme
halaf tollar.
The money was paid and the boy
| departed, and Coils started over to.
ward the edge of wood, his face
beaming with delightful anticipation
| Reaching the wood, said he: III
Just tie up this lovely specimen, shoot
him, aud bear him in triumph into The
town"
7 Feeling around himself for twint
and finding none, be unhinged hi
suspenders, beautifully embroidered
pair. tied them tightly around tn,
| rabbits body, and then ran the but
1 tonholes on to a twig.
The rabbit hung, Charlie walked Of
about twenty yards, raised his gun
!. 'Brer Rabbit he jest hung low ant
said nothin.
Bang went the gun and away raj
the rabbit Charlie had cut the sus
, penders, and nothing was left Of then
but the buttonholes.
If you want to see the air ceruleal
? with Coils curses. just ask him wha
: kind Of panties rabbits wear with hi
: suspsnders.
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A Free and Easy Priaee.

LQld7n Letter.
Albert Edward. Prince Of Wales, is
as Amiable as be Is discreet. Should
be in course OF time come 10 the
throne, it will, l fear, be the case Of
q good fellow" spoiled, for, of course,
he cannot 20 about smoking his cigar
10 sn kinds Of promiscuous" society
when be Is King Of Great Britain and
Emperor Of India. | Numbered into
IN artists studio not long since and
found His Royal Highness chatting
aud smoking with ffth-rate painter
in the most friendly and coDdescending
fashion. A few nights since be went
to a London theater and sat talking to
the manager for an hour, inquiring in
an almost pzternal way into his career
aud prospects. Il think 'Foggerty's
Yairy excellent" he said to Wynd
hsc., At the Criterion last week, but
I hope you viii play Brighton again
soon; have heard so much of it and
have never seen it.. Edgar Bruce was
telling ne again to-day of the prince s
uu0stentatious kindness on the occa-
sion Of the presentation Of The
Cslonel" at the princes palace. my
entire company" he said, sat down
| with the prince and all his guests at
supper, and the prince proposed my
health in a neat, graceful speech
wishing continued success to The
| Colonel" He gave Bruce a hand
some bresstpin SIS a souvenir Of the
| event. He asked me if would like
anything else, and if he could do any
thing more for me, and | yentured Il
say that / would like photographs o
himself and the princess, with hi
autograph. to hang in my Londor
| green-rOom. One day lest week
received two charming lithograph
. from his royal highness, Of whom it i
truly said that be never forgets fac
or a promise" A year ago Mr.. Ed
ward Levy Lawson entertained hi
, Daily Telegraph staff at his house nea
{ the Thames. On the same evening h
} gave a private dinner to the Prince 0
Wales, who is not an unfrequent visi
tor Of the Lawsons. After dinner. a
the prince request, several member
, Of the editorial staff we're invited {
smoke with the prince, and later hi
! royal highness finished his cigar at th
! festive board Of the larger company.