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would convince any one that the po-
sition of head of a department is no
sinecure and that he fairly earns all
the salary and honor that may be at
tached to the office. The secretary,
who is fine looking man of about
sixty years OF age, with hair and side
whiskers slightly iinged with gray, sits
at his desk and receives his visitors in a
dignifed, business-like manner. His
hours are from ten to one, and, Judging
from the number present in one hour,
he must have about hundred visitors
each day. Some of them are senators,
some representatives, some heads of
bureaus, and very many applicants for
office. Each conner is bent upon
reaching his ear first, and many de-
vices are tried to get in ahead of 9TH
ers. The Office itself is quite spacious
and luxurious. The floor is covered
with rich Wilton carpet of black
ground, with sprays of crimson roses
over il, and leaves and lines of shades
large windows, heavily draped with
raw silk curtains of crimson and gold
At one end of the room is handsome
pier glass, and mirror also over the
mantel. The latter is of white and
marble, deliberately carved with stars
and spread eagle, resting upon a
shield. A bright coal fire burns in the
low CRATE, lighting up the polished ten
der and giving an air of comfort to the
whole room. The sofas and chairs are
upholstered in crimson leather and the
walls are hung with portraits of ex-
President Grant, General Washington
and Abraham Lincoln.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26
THE HOME DOCTOR.

To remove RECKLESS: Lemon Juice
one ounce; quarter of dram of pow
dered borax and one dram of sugar.
Mix them, and let them stand til
ready for use, then rub it on the face
occasionally.
To cure bunions, use pulverized salt
peter and sweet oil. Obtain at drug
gist's five or six cents worth of saltpe-
ter; put into bottle with sufficient
olive oil to dissolve it; shake up we'll
and rub the infamed joints night and
morning, and more frequently if pain
full
When an individual is reported to
have died of disease OF the heart. we
are in the habit of regarding it as an
inevitable event, as something which
could not have been foreseen or pre-
vented, and it is too much the habit
when persons suddenly fall down dead,
to report the heart as the cause; this
silences all inquiry and investigation,
and saves the trouble and inconveni-
ence of post Daortem. A truer report
would have tendancy to say many
ives. 1t is through report of disease
of the heart that many an opium
eater is let off into the grave, which
covers at once his folly and his crime;
the brandy-drinker, too, quietly slides
around the corner thus, and is heard Of
no more; in short, this report of dis
ease of the heart is the mantle OF
charity which the polite coroner
and sympathetic physician throw
around the graves of generous
people, At a scientific con-
gress at Strasburg, it was reported that
of sixty-six persons who had suddenly
died, an immediate and faithful post
morton showed that only two persons
had any heart affection whatever-one
sudden death in thirty-three. from dis
eases of the heart. Nine out of
sixty die of apoplexy-one out of every
sew while forty-six-more than two
GU of threaded of lung affection,
hall of them congestion of the lungs,
that is, the lungs were so full of blood
they could not work; there was not
room enough for air to get in to sup
port life. 1t is, then, of considerable
practical interest to know some of the
common everyday causes of this con-
gestien of the lungs, disease which,
the figures above being true, kills three
times as many persons at short warn
ing as apoplexy and heart disease to-
gether. Cold feet, tight shoes, light
clothing, costive bowels, sitting still I'M
til chilled through after having warmed
up by labor or long, hasty walk; go
ing too suddenly from close, heated
room, as lounger, or listener, or
speaker, while the body is weakened by
continual application, or abstinence, or
heated by long address; these are the
frightful causes of sudden death in the
form of congestion of the lungs but
which, being falsely reported as dis
ease of the heart, and regarded as an
inevitable event, throw people off their
guard instead OF pointing them to their
true causes, allof which are avoidable;
and very easily so, as general rule,
when the mind has once been intelli-
gently drawn to the subject. -HaHS
Journal Of Health.
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BLAlNE'S BLARNEY.
MORE LIGHT ON HIS DIPLOMACY.


WASHINGTON, Jan. IA new chap
ter in the history of Mr.. Blaine's dip
lomatic career has come to light. His
attempt. undertaken without the sane
ton of the President or the authority
of Congress, to create great American
league has stirred up q good deal of
feeling. His friends still insist that if
the administration had been wise it
would have retained him and his poll
cy. 1t is now known that he wrote
two letters-one directly to the South
American governments, without con-
sulting with their representatives in
Washington, and the other to our rep
resentatives there. The first invited
the governments to send delegates
here, and the second instructed our
representatives to gently urge the ac-
ccptanee of the invitation, and to
promise that this government would
bear all the expenses of the conven-
ton. One of the objects OF the conven-
ton was to concoct a joint tariff, dis
eliminating against all European coun-
tries and in favor of all American gov
ernments. The scheme was to form a
sort of political and commercial
league between the United States and
the South American countries. The
European legations in south America
were put on the 9ui riue at once, and it
was easy for them to throw obstacles in
Mr.. Blaine's path. Their commercial
and financial influence in South Ameri-
ca was entirely too potent, and the pro-
jected conference of American powers
was nipped in the bud.
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THE AUTUMN OF LlFE.

The old man sits at his cottage door,
In the CLEAN of the dying day;
His heart Is calm as the silent shore
When the winds have passed away;
His thoughts as still as the fragrant breeze
That whispers of peace to the azure seas.
For Memory comes with a gentle hand,
And beareth on FaRey's wings
His thoughts to her own immortal land,
Where the Past forever sings
of joys that frightened the fair days fed,
Ere friendships faded with friends long dead.
His is the beauty of earth and air,
The glow of the twilight hours;
He feels that glory everywhere
Is breathing from woodland flowers;
And his heart grows young, though his years arr
AT the wondrous sight of the sunset gold!
And the Past, though sad, for the love that il
Is sweet to the old mans mind
Like the birds that sang in those years, have
flown
The hopes he hath left behind
Yet Memory brings from each bygOne day
Some gift Of peace for his lonely way
And the children love that old man dear
As he sits in the twilight there,
Listing a music they can hot hear,
From the sea and the voiceful air;
And gather around, like gladstone flowers,
Az be tells them tales of the vanished hours.
And so the Present Is made more bright
BY the lessons the Past has taught
As the East reflects the wondrous light
Of the West, by sunset brought;
And though his vision is growing dim,
maksth his pathway bright to him.
His age is peace; yet he loves to think
That deeper than earth can know
Shall be his, when his tranquil soul shall drink
of that balmier twilight glow,
In that happier Home, where his thoughts at last
Shall yearn no more for the distant Past
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Postal Savings Bank.

We are glad to see that Postmaster
General James strongly urges the es-
adjustment of postal savings banks
throughout the country, and we hope
that congress will give its early and fa-
vorable consideration to the subject.
These institutions have met with much
popular favor in Great Britain, where
they have been in successful operation
for twenty years. The banks are open
at all money order offices and deposits
are received from one shilling up, ex-
cept that no person is allowed to de-
post more than hundred and fifty
dollars In any one year or run up. his
total account beyond seven hundred
and fifty dollars. Interest is paid at
the rate of two and a half per cent.
year and begins to RIM from the first Of
the month after deposit. One con-
venient feature of the system Is that
when a depositor wants money ne is
not aDliged TO draw from the the office
where he deposited, but may get it at
any postal bank in the United King
dom. Another advantageous arrange
ment, which was first tried about a
year ago, and has become very popular
among the poorer depositors, Is that
twelve penny postage stamps stuck OF
a slip of paper prepared by the gov
eminent may be deposited for shil-
ling. The extent to which these insti-
tutions are used by the people is shown
by the fact that in 1879 the number of
banks had increased to six thousand,
the number of annual depositors to
nearly three and half millions, and
the total amount of yearly deposits to
fifty million dollars. The open ac-
counts at the beginning Of 1880 num-
bered nearly two millions, while the
amount standing to the credit of de-
positors was a hundred and sixty mil-
lion dollars.
We believe that postoilice savings
banks would be even more successful
and popular in this country than they
have proved in Great Britain. While
they would be great advantage to the
people they would be substantial gain
to the nation, by encouraging habits of
thrift and economy among the masses.
The postmaster-gener refers to the
significant fact that in the greater part
of the United States there are no saw
ings banks and not likely to be any. To
the people who are thus deprived of all
proper means of saving their earnings,
postal institutions would seem to be
necessity as well as boon. But even
in the most populous cities, where
private savings banks are not wanting,
government repositories would be ex-
tensively patronized, particularly by
the poorer classes, for the obvious rea-
son that the depositors would have in
the government confidence and
sense of security greater than in any
private concern, however well man
aged.-N Y. Herald.
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WASHINGTON.
Gath's Gossip About congressman
Facts About F0iger-.-Blaine's Dipl0-
macy--- Miscellaneous Matters.
POLITICS.
TIE NEW TEXAS MOVEMENT.

IN NEW lL<AAo eA0f
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Coke,
who was elected Governor of Texas
twice by majorities in the neighbor-
hood of one hundred thousand, says
of the new Independent movement in
that State "Ive been in political life
a great many years, but can't remem-
Der time when there was such a
spirit of independence in our State as
can be seen there to-day, and it seems
to spread in all directions. For in
stance, we have about two hundred
Democratic papers in Texas that here
tofore have been fiat and answering
in their support of the Democratic
platform ana nominees, but gradually
they have been growing restless under
the restraint, and are shooting off on
to various side-tracks of one sort or
another till it can hardly be said to-day
that more than three or four of them
can be called reliably Interchangeable in
their devotion to the party under any
and all circumstances"
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clara louise KELLOGG.

FAREWELL CONCERT OF THE PRIMA DONNA
OF TWENTY YEARS AT LINCOLN HALL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-After an abb
sence of three years Miss Clara Louise
Kellogg will make her re-entree before
Washington audience on the Both
inst, in one grand concert, which will
be positively her last appearance in
Washington and almost her final one
in American, before retiring forever
from the lyric stage. As her marriage
and immediate retirement from The
stage is definitely fixed for date early
in March, and as there is no doubt of
this being her last appearance, either
in opera or concert, there will proba-
bly, be a larger audience in Lincoln hall
to welcome Miss Kellogg, and, at the
same time, to bid her farewell, than has
ever before been within its walls.
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Mrs. Langtry's excellent eloeution on
the stage is said to lie gift she has in
herited from her father, the Dean Of
Jersey. Much Of her beauty, too, comes
from that exceedingly handsome digni-
tary.
We can insure anv person having a bald head
or troubled with dlndruf, that Csrboline. deo-
dorized extract of petroleum. will do all that is
claimed for it. 1t will not stain the most delicate
fabric and is delightfully."- perfumed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26

MENsMAE PEPToNIzED BEEF ToNic, the only
preparation of beef containing its entire nutritious
properties. II is not a mere stimulant like the
extracts Of beef but contains blood making force
generating and DEMONSTRATING properties; invau-
able for INDIeEs DYsPEPsIA, nervous pros
tration, and all forms of general debility: also. in
all enfeebed conditions, whether the result Of ex-
haustiou nervous prostra.iOn, oyrr-work, or acute
disease particularly If resulting from pulmonary
complaints. Caswen, Hazard & Co., Proprietors,
New York Sold by druggists
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press Catharine, with husband in
every generals irritating to the av-
erage human nature. Holman was
voted bore. When he would go out
to take drink it would exasperate
him the more; and when he would
come back the moment he entered the
door he cried ont, i objectp Demo-
Gratis as well as republicans kept an eye
on man so disinterested in his objec-
tons, and thought Uncle Sam could
never be ruined
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26

of Illinois, U. S. Senator says of Durangs Rheu-
matie Remedy: 81 am thoroughly satisfied |
have been cured by its use and do not hesitate to
recommend it," John Cessna, ex-member of
congress from Pennsylvania, writes: Il took
three doses of Durangs Remedy and my rheuma-
tism was gone" Mrs. Gen. Sherman says: II
have frequently purchased Durangs Rheumatic
Remedy for friends suffering with rheu naism
and in every instance it works like magic" Sold
at all drug stores. Send for free pamphlet to r.
K. Helpensi inc, Washington, d. C..
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A letter has been received by an
army officer in Washington from Gen.
eral Carr, in which the latter states that
he is under arrest and has been ordered
to Fort Grant for trial. Nothing is
known at Washington of the causes
which led to the placing of the General
under arrest except that they grew out
of the Apache troubles of last summer.
The order for the arrest was issued by
General Wilcox, commanding the de-
partment of oregon. General Carr is
the officer who, with his entire com
mand, was reported to have been mas
sacred by Indians at Fort apache, Ari-
zona, last summer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26

A fashion correspondent writes:
"The Princess of Wales was once al
most as tasteless in dress as her
mother-in-law, but the visits of this
charming lady to Paris have gradually
developed genuine taste, and she is
almost as much of sovereign dictator
in dress as Eugene was"
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George w. Child's collection of clocks,
at his residence in Philadelphia, for
eign and domestic, is said to be valued
at $4,000. For one of them, cased in
onyx and verde antique and crowned
by fena ale figure in silver, Mr.. Cnilds
paid $1,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26

Mrs. Attorney General Brewster's
father, Robert j. Walker, was secretary
of the treasury under Polk, and Mrs.
Secretary Lincoln's father, James Har-
Ian, was secretary of the interior under
Johnson.
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The wife of the new Chinese minis
ter at Washington has not yet made her
appearance in society. One of the
chief reasons, besides official etiquette
which keeps her in seclusion, is that
she does not understand a word of
English.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26

A dressmaker of Leeds, Eng, was
seriously injured by keeping threads Of
silk in her mouth, because it had a
sweet taste. The taste was due to sugar
of-lead used in coloring.
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or those with weak lungs, splitting of blood bron-
ehittis, or kindred affections Of throat or lungs
send two stamps for DR.. r. V. Pierce's treatise
on these maadies. Address the doctor, Buffalo
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26

ANSWER ISIS there person living who
ever saw a case Of ague, biliousness nervousness,
neuralgia, or any disease Of the stomach, liver
or kidneys that Hop Bitters will not curel
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26

DIR. Karl Max, the noted German So
cialist, is dying in London, at the age of
65. The recent death of his wife has
greatly affected him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26

M. Gambetta is trying hard to ac-
quirs the German language, and to that
end has lately surrounded himself with
persons almost exclusively acquainted
with that tongue.
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The North German Gazette Of Berlin
says: "PIince Bismarck has been suf-
fering the last few days from a painful
attack of sciatic, but he is now recover
inc"
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HE FINDS HE HAS NO sINECURE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IAN hour
spent in the Office of Secretary Folger
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Sydney Smith being i'll, his physician advised
him TO take a walk upon an empty stomach. y
Upon whose :" asked Sydney. Still better steps
to take would he the purchase Of DR.. r.. V,
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and pleasant
Purgatiye Pellets" which are especially valuable
to those who are obliged to lead sedentary lives
or are afflicted with any chronic disease of the
stomach or bowels. By druggists.
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CInEn 4 a0 YEAR.s INNALIn.

No. 422 E,aa,c Street, Baltimore, Muyioad.
DR.. r. v Pierce, Buffalo, N. y; Dear Sir
My wife was a hopeless invalid for nearly twenty
years Your 'Favorite Prescription has cured
her Gratefully, X. I. McCAY.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26

A liquor dealer in Massachusetts
town received last week postal card
signed Justice" and reading: "Mr.
-, Rumseller, Westfeld: Please at
tend the funeral of man whom you
have tried to kill for the last ten years.
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HE'LL MAZE ITS C0LORS 10 TIE MAST
Hello, DENNY what is the trouble2 "Oh,
I'm all broke up" was the response 20 the in
quiry Of an old slipmate of William q. Dennis
ton, one Of Farraguts warwOrn veterans, well
known in the southern section of this city, who
came limping into the American Office yesterday
Il thought / would go under the hatches this
time" continued Dennston. IL never suffered
so much in my life. ] had the rheumatic govt
so bad that could not get OF the bed or put my
foot to the floor, and would have been there yet
IL friend had not recommended ST. JAeoBs OH
to me l hesitated some time before getting
bottle, thinking it was another one of thoseadver
tised nostrums, but finally induced to give it
a trial, and lucky day it was for me Why,
bless my starsl after bathing the limb thoroughly
with the Oil felt relief and my faith was pinned
thatifit had not been for ST. JACOBS OIL should,
in all probability. be still housed. My foot pains
me but little, and the swelling has entirely passed
away. 1t beats anything Of the kind have ever
heard of, and any person who doubts il send them
% me at 1924 South Tenth ST. lltk0depliQ lE1Es.
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Am Ex.C0n.n ne Storr.
To The Editor Of he Brooklyn Eagle.

To The Editor Of he BROOKLYN Eagle:
A late United States Consul at one OF
the English inland ports, who is now a
private resident Of New York, relates
the following interesting story. He oh
jects, for private reasons, to having his
name published, bit authorizes The q0riter
to substantidte has statement, and, if nee
essary, to refer him, in his private Ca
pacity, to any person seeking such refer
ence. DIFFERING to his wishes, | here
by present his statement in almost the
exact language in which he gave it to
me. G. M. FARMER,
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A month later was clerk at good
salary, and six months later Mabel and
| were married. But the secret of our
wooing in the stone house and under
the apple tree was never told, and from
that time forth had no fear of ghosts
my own particular precious little
ghost was my shield and my protector.
-Hdrpev's Bazar.
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Price-lIITST -OITN- "a Ccnfs.

Price-tJUSI UUI1- Do Cents.
new book of Sacred or gospel Songs'' for Male
voices, by l.. o. EMERSON 1t Is a very comprehen-
siye finely i,ted and arranged book, with 81 good
pieces and liz large pages The music is Of easy com
0ass, in way dificult-a very satisfying book.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26
WILLIAMS WIFI

Mrs. Charles G. Williams and her
daughter, Miss Kittie Williams, fair
debutante, will receive on Mondays at
their former pleasant quarters, Is Grant
Place. There are six or more Con-
gressmen and their families located in
Grant Place, and there almost all have
chosen Monday as their reception
day.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-07-01
GUITEAU GONE.

Before this issue Of THE USiOS reaches IL read.
ers Charles Jules Guiteau. the red handed Assas-
sin, will have passed to tina. borne from whence
no traveller returns. Every effort was made by
the counsel for the condemned man, also BY his
brother, John W. Gui,eau, and his sister, Mrs.
scoviile to save his life. butthe President refused
10 interfere and the extreme penalty Of the Law
has been visited upon the man whose Gsndish act
shocked the whole world. To the very end Gui-
teau claimed tina, he was Goods man" and that
the murder Of Garfield was the result Of an ain
spiraiion." Up TO within few hours Ofhis death
he showed no signs Of "weaksning," and he may
be said to have ''died game" IL such thing were
possible. He claimed that his peace had been
made with God and that he was perfectly willing
20 20.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-07-01

e1-Ths committee Of Congress charged with
preparing bill in regard to the prevention Of the
spread Of contagious diseases brought together
some interesting facts In their report. They
showed that the yellow fever has invaded the
country sixty eve times within this century. The
great epidemic Of 1878 caused, In round numbers,
ioooeo eases, 10000 deaths, and loss Of material
wealth estimated q, perhaps 500. zoe 200. though
this last reckoning. Of course. depends largely
the supposed results Of stopping business. I,
showed, In any case, how terrible sGsh . seourge
can be, even with all modern appliances to cheek
and efrcumserfbs IL