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Anecdotes Of the Gualotine.

The cases of resistance, said my in
formant-and he had kept track of all
executions for thirty years-were rare,
and always proceeded from sceptic nat
ures, which faith could not enter. He
told me of the cynical slowness of con-
vict who asked for, and received, n
breakfast of fish, that he might delay as
long as possible.
my friend" said the jailor to him,
"the hour advances.
Sir" he responded, "I have no de-
sire to strangle myself with fishbone."
An executioner once thought it his
duty to hasten victim. ''Why, dear
M. de Paris" said he gaily, .'if you are
SO pressed, pass before" Some of these
anecdotes were told to one of the aids to
NJ. Roche. 81 am not astonished," said
he, smiling, ''these provincials are so
ridiculous.o The executioner who cut
off the head of the Chevalier de Rohan
disdained afterward to do so for his ac-
complice, the schoolmaster. ''You 9TH
ers attend to that one," said he to his
aids; '.that is work for you"
have said that the guillotine is taken
down Immediately after an execution. 1t
was not always the case that they are in
such hurry During the early years of
its use the scaffold was left standing after
an execution, so that those coming too
late for the spectacle could still enjoy q
sight of the same; but after its use q pad
lock fastened the spring which permit
ted the immense knife to fall. One day
the headsman and his assistants had re-
tired to the place where monsieur took
his traditional warm wine, when some
one knocked at the door of the room and
n man in n blouse entered
ssSir,n said he, 81 come in the name
of my comrades TO ask a little favor"
''Well, speak; what is itp''
THAT you will let US have the KEY
which confines the. chatter of the scat
fold.n
..And what do you wish to do with
itP'' -
..Ah. only q trial; Twill return it to
you safe enough in five minutes"
The Monsieur de Paris of those days,
greatly astonished at this request, cast a
glance out of the window and saw that
the populace had hoisted an unfortunate
fellow on the scaffold and had placed him
on the platform, where he remained in
ert and without defense. 1t was a wig
makers apprentice who had believed
himself authorized to steal a watch in
the crowd. Monsieur understood the
danger of skirmish in case of positive
refusal.
My friend, he answered, ''the exc
cutioner has gone and has taken away
the key; but he will be back in two
hours"
The midday sun was shining down
with an overwhelming warmth, and
the crowd dispersed little by
little, leaving the thief in his frightful
;position. When monsieur came to his
rescue he found the fellow almost dead.
From that day forth the guillotine was
taken down and put back in its proper
house Immediately after each execution.
Paris Cor. Boston Herald.
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The Girl Suicides.

The number of suicides in Paris has
been appalling since few weeks. Self
destruction seems to have become almost
an epidemic. Not day passes but the
papers report one or several cases of vol
untary death by drowning, suffocating
or poisoning. The statistics of suicide in
France are, indeed, of an alarming ma
turc. Hundreds of unfortunate wretches
are hurrying out of the world every year
in this country, soprosperous, so highly
civilized, at present so tranquil, but whose
evil is general lowering of the moral
standard. 1t is particularly among that
most unfortunate class-among those
poor producers of luxury-the work
girls, overworked, underfed, miserably
paid, with brains impaired by the spec
taele of frivolity and fashion, that the
victims of suicide are recruited. Char
coal is the classic means of self-destruc
ton with the sewing girls, but occasion
ally some distracted plyer of the needle
viii resort to less ordinary end, as in
the case of that unfortunate creature,
who some years ago, threw herself down
from the summit of the Vendome col
umn. A more shocking death than hers
could hardly be imagined, and the ming
ling of the trivial and commonplace cir
cumstances which preceded her death
has always impressed us deeply. She
left her place of employment suddenly
in the afternoon, alleging that she need
ed to buy thread; and hurried at once to
the column ON the place Vendome. Her
companions, on hearing of her fearful
death-her cry, when once she had
leaped, will never be forgotten by those
who heard dit-remembered to have no
ticed her sewing her skirts together at
the bottom, and to have wondered what
could be the purpose of this. Life was
not extinct in the battered broken body
when it was taken to the nearest drug
gist's, and. meanwhile eager groups
were gathered around the pavement,
where a horrid bloody stain marked the
exact spot of the fall. And what of the
suicide of two childish creatures, two
girls of eleven and twelve, worked and
driven beyond endurance, who crept
away together one gloomy night, and,
clasping each other hands, walked step
by step until the water closed over their
heads, into the Seine, where their slight
and miserably dressed bodies were found
floating together the next day. The sui
eide of child! Can human misery reach
8 greater horror than this?-Paris Reg
iSLer
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"A hypocrite is a man who tries

"A hypocrite is a man who tries to be
pious and can't, with preponderance Of cant.
Please to understand, said the honorable
Billy, the other day Pm not such q fool IS 1
look No said Bob that would be too much.
Some one says talk is cheap. 1t is not
when it comes in the extra session Of legis-
lature and must be paid for by the State.
Biblical Student: OF course Ruth wanted
a beau, but no one has ever been able to de-
termine why she chose such a Boaz she did.
Figures won't lie, they tell us. That
must be the reason why 1t is so hard to put
a carpet down smoothly and make 1t reach
into all the corners.
An ingenious observer has discovered that
there is a remarkable resemblance between q
baby and wheat since 1t is irst Graded, then
thrashed, and finally becomes the -four of
the family.
IA milkman may haYe habit of stopping
daily near the river and not excite suspicion;
but when We find his little boy fishing for
minnows In the milk-cans We begin to hsye
our doubts.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-15

!. Selling goods Sat cost-half price
lower than ever BEFORE" etc., etc., are
becoming pretty familiar expressions to
advertisement readers, Give us a rest,
a pair of eyeglasses, or change the sub.
ject. That "Selling at COST is too MANY
in one. Which is the interesting side
to look at? We pay the contract price
for our goods and sell them with a pro-
fit added. That is quite understandable.
And the purchaser will always know
what his goods cost, without any fur
ther foolishness in the town paper.
Everyb body knows that the Oysters
packed by c. S. Maltby are the reliable.
We sell that kind only. Our Coffee is
not roasted in Cleveland; we roast it
ourselves, in our own roaster. All that
fine favored coffee that you hear so
much talk about is roasted by us.
We sell Groceries, Provisions, Crock
cry, Glassware, Lamps, etc.
Every body come and see us.
BowLBY & HALL.
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Dragged.


Boys are often as foolish braggarts as
their elders. They love to ''show of"
and will put themselves to trouble and
pain in order to win admiration. The
following anecdote, taken from the New
York Ledger, displays braggart whose
folly brought ridicule upon himself:
s'When / was at school," says Colonel
Tracey, late clerk to the Mayor, ''there
was one boy with whom was always
quarreling. He was an Irish youth
named Barney, and, like many of his
countrymen, he had a fair share of
mother wit. l believe / disliked him
mainly because of his wit, which sooner
or later made every boy in school the
butt of some joke.
'.Never shall forget how tried to
get even with him, and how wofully he
beat me with my own weapons. Laying
my plan carefully beforehand / drew
Barney into controversy, in presence
of most of the boys, upon the compara-
tive bravery of the Anglo-Saxon and
Celtic races. After warm discussion,
in which history was largely drawn
upon, and much bantering exchanged,
said:
Look here, Barney, we can test the
thing right here. You are an Irishman
i am Yankee. Now l Win engage to
do something here, this moment, that you
will not dare to do
"'Go aheadr returned he defiantly,
and the boys crowded around to see the
fun. I took large pin from my coat
and deliberately thrust it through the
lobe of my ear, pulled it through to the
head and then drew it out. It hurt
dreadfully, but never WINGED.
There Barry said 1. handing him
the pin, Il dare you to do that
EVERY eye was upon him, but he was
quite equal to the occasion.
Yes he replied, slowly, Il dare do
.it-but Pm not such blasted FOOL
skunk away, feeling very siliy. 1 had a
sore ear for many days, and firmly re-
resolved never again to outbrag an Irish
man -
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COchineal.

The insect which yields the color called
cochineal seems to thrive in Mexico bet
ter than in the countries of the South
American continent, for the eochineal
exported to the States and to Europe
Yields generally higher prices than that
produced in South America. The breed
ing of the cochineal insect in Mexico
seems to be very ancient-more ancient,
indeed, than the Toltec emigration, and
the industry was in q far more flourish
ing state In ancient times than to-day.
yucatan, Puebla and Michoacan were
famous for the cochineal produce, and
TODAY that industry is not even known
in the above-mentionsd States. tits due
to the endeavors of the Catholic clergy,
who were constantly encouraging this
industry, that the same is yet hourishing
in the State of Oajaca- The heavy du-
ties that other States were compelled to
pay 10 the Spanish Crown and the heroes
of pronunciamentos have never been in
troduoed in Oajaca, and even the revo-
lutions have not devastated this State in
the same degree as other States suffered.
The breeding of the insect is exclusively
in the hands of the small Indian farmer,
who is sure to make q comfortable liv-
ing out of his one or two thousand nopal
plants. In April and May little baskets
are fastened to the nopal plants, and in
to these baskets the female animal lays
her eggs and then dies. The dead
mothers yield the first harvest, and two
or three weeks later myriads of insects
leave the basket and begin to feed on the
juice of the plant In January and Feb
ruary the breeder gathers the principal
harvest, killing all the animals but those
that are wanted for the production of
the new harvest. Formerly the animals
were killed in hot water; to-day the
commonly-adopted way is to kill them
in hot stoves, by which performance the
insect loses two-thirds of Its weight, As
the rays of the burning sun are danger
Gus to the young animals, the Indian
generally plants one or two sunfiowers
near a nopal plant. A nopal field COW
cred with millions of snow-white animals
protected by the natural roof of the
heliotrope Is o curious sight.-CHy Of
Merico Cor. " Y. Evening Posi-,
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FROM ROCHESTER,.
ROCHESTER, Feb. 1a. 1882

ROCHESTER, Feb. IS, 1882.
The meetings at the NJ. E. Church still
continue morning and evening, in charge
of the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Kaufman, assisted
by Brother McHose and wife, of West Sa-
lem, Wayne County, who cannot have too
much praise for their beautiful singing
and pleasant exhortations. Five additions
to the Church, and think the best interest
manifested that has ever been known in
Rochester.
Died, at New London, Thursday morn
ing, the 9th, Mary Banning, wife of
Elmore Banning, an old resident of
Rochester, aged 90 years. Funeral ser
vices were held Saturday morning at the
Baptist Church, where che was a men,
Der. Conducted by Rev. Mr.. Clark, of
Cleveland.
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FROM SPENCER.
SPENCER, Feb. IS. 1885,

SPEscER, Feb. Is, 1882.
A series Of ofmeetings have been in session
for two weeks, but on account Of bad roads
there has not been a very large attend-
ance.
Mr.. Southland, Mrs. Chamberlin and two
children. from Michigan. father and sister
of Mrs. T. w. Daugherty, are visiting IN
town.
Mrs. ]. Van and daughter, from Well
ineton, spent Sabbath with friends here.
Miss Emile and Sherman johnson are
visitine her sister, Mrs J. r Daugherty-
Miss Ella Warner, from Wooster, Is
visiting her brother Harry at the resi-
dence of Davis Dimmock. /.
Miss Lillian Driskell is here with her
amt. Mrs. Doctor Warner. Her sister
Jennie. who spent the winter here, VIII re-
turn 20 Michigan
Henry Essig has purchased ten acres 2,
lard of i. II. Firestone and brother, land
Formerly owned by II. Ross, including tne
house but not the barn.
No cases Of small pox have yet Deen
heard of in this vicinity. ScsHpk'
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Ii the Elyria Republican first wrote on
the subject OF Bohemian oats only thirteen
months ago 1t cannot claim to be the first
newspaper of Lorain County to do so. The
ENTERPRISE warned the farmers against
this species Of swindle when they were
operating in the West more than twice
thirteen months ago, and long before it
had ever seen line concerning it in any
of our county papers.
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Woman's Health.

"I would, says Gail Hamilton, s'that
women were happier" The wish meets
an evident need, but If Gail had gone to
the root of the matter she would have
said, al would that women were health
ier." it has come to be commonplace
truism that health holds, in itself, the
secret of all ife's success, but its full
significance has never yet been ade-
quately appreciated. Women are apt
to regard the measure of health as
men if they are not actually i'll. Now
true health is positive, rather than q
negative state. 1t is physical exhilara-
ton; it is the state where duty becomes
delight, when the surplus energy Graves
exertion. In this state the keen MORN
ing air is like wine, and life takes on a
zest, a glow, sparkle. This is the
physical state that renders possible men,
tai enthusiasm, spiritual exaltations.
/" I'm so nervous" sighs a woman
whose life is set in the midst of all COM
forts and perhaps luxuries. But where
foreP What need Is there of being $50
nervous" when exercise, sleep, and
proper food are attainablep ga
woman of twenty ought to be as much
ashamed of being dyspeptic as of being
drunk" severely says the scintillating
Gail, and it is true, even il severe. II
women can once become regenerated
with the fact that a state of vigorous,
robust health is quite compatible with
intellectual power and refinement, and
being only negatively well is not neces-
sarily synonymous with q lady, it will
do moro for woman,s advancement
than all the ballots she could cast be-
tween Boston and San Francisco.
Probably, however, she requires the dis
cipline of political enfranchisement to
educate her up to wider views of life
and its possibilities and its deep signifi-
cances.-Boston Monitor.
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Roller Skating Rink.

Some of our enterprising and fun-loying
young people have opened roller skating
rink at Rininger's Hall, and not few have
'tumbled to the racket" The rink will be
open every afternoon and evening. The
gentlemen having the matter in charge say
they will allow no rowdyism, and ladies
are especially invited. Skates can be
obtained at the rink, at a very small
expense.
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Life Preseryers I'm Factories.

The compulsory provision of life pre-
servers on steamers, and their manifest
utility, suggest to correspondent the
propriety Of law compelling factory
owners to provide at each window a
cheap and efficient fire escape, in addi-
ton to the appliances and stairways now
required. One that would always be
ready, easily understood and usable by
any person of ordinary intelligence, even
under excitement, could be made in the
following manner:
To staple firmly driven in the wall
Immediately over each window attach q
rope or cord, say three-eighths of an inch
in size and long enough to reach nearly
or quite to the ground. This cord should
be well made and pliable, and might be
knotted at intervals of about fifteen
inches. The cord should then be rolled
into q coil or ball. and thed in place by q
small cord or strap, ready at moment 8
notice to be united snd the end thrown
out of the window. Men. and even
women, could descend it with little diff
Guilty, or the stronger and coolereheaded
could tie the rope about the bodies of
the weaker and Quickly lower them to
the helpers below.-Scienttfc Anieficos.
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Remember This.

DIR Kennedy, of Rondout, n. T.,
would have you remember that you will
avoid mistakes by bearir z in mind the
name of his new remedy is " Favorite
Remedy and the price One Dollar.
For the cure of Urinary Difficulties,
Kidney Complaints, Constipation of the
Bowels, and all those diseases and
weaknesses peculiar to females, there is
positively no medicine offered TO the
public at all equal to it. For sale by
all druggists. One Dollar bottle.
2l-2
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Josh Billings Heard From.
Newport, r. l., Aug, 1

Newport, x. T., Aug. II, ISSU.
DEAR BITTERs-I am here trying to
breathe in all the salt sir of the ocean,
and having been a sufferer for more
than a year with refractory liver, 1
was induced to mix Hop Bitters with
the sea gale, and have found the tinct-
ure a glorious resnlt. = have been
greatly helped by the Bitters, and am
not ashamed to say so.
Yours without a struggle,
81 2 JOSH BILLINGS.
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Interesting Fact.

In France, all patent medicines must
be endorsed by an official board of ply
sicians before they can be sold. In
lieu of sui h law in America, the peo-
ole have resolved themselves into a
National committee which has endorsed
Swayne's Ointment for allaying the
itching accompanying the Piles, as the
only reliable remedy in the market. Its
a poor rule that won't work both
ways. 20-4
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FROM HUNTINGTON.

HUNTINGDON, Feb. 13, 1889.
One of the most pleasant events of the
past week was birthday party given In
honor of Mrs. Marilla Laborie, at the resi-
dence of her eldest son Antony, on Tues
day last. Several children, grandchildren
and great-grandchildren were present, and
q very pleasant time was her SD birthday.
Grateful for the blessings of the past, may
this dear mother be spared many years for
her wise counsel, and her children rise up
and call her blessed.
Two of Huntington's musicians chose
partners in life last week. May their do
mestics harmonize. S.
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IN the Iowa Senate and in the House of
Representatives the Office of Enrolling and
OF Engrossing Clerk is, in both assemblies,
filled by women, and ladies also fill the
positions of Post -Mistresses and paper
folders Three of these ladies filling the
highest Offices are natives Of Ohio, and all
are accountants or teachers by profession.
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It Tells its own Story.

LANCASTER, Nh, Dec. 3, 1879.
By the way, / will say that think
Downs Elixir the L est cough remedy
that / can find at our druggists. We
always use IL.
All diseases arising from Biliousness
or Torpid Liver are quickly cured by
the use of Baxter's Mandrake Bitters,
See notice of Arnica and Oil LiniElent
in another column. 1874
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The prisoner who escaped few
days ago from the Pittsburgh Peniten-
tiary in shoe-box was aided by his girl.
who, securing $1,000 from q wealthy
Cleveland gang of thieves to which he
belonged, bribed several of the peuiten-
tiary Keepers. Her lover succeeded in
reaching Canada, whence he wrote to
his s.girl," asking for money. The letter
was Intercepted by detective, who.
counterfeiting her hand, made replies
and discovered the whole scheme. The
evidence against the prison officers Is in
their own handwriting. The prisoner
was rearrested in Toronto.
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"A remarkable exhibition-of trapur

"A remarkable exhibition-of tranquil
lty under acute suffering and generally
disheartening circumstances was fur-
nished by Mr., c. K Tbhitts, Of Boston.
q victim of the accident on the Boston &
Maine Railroad last Monday. He was
found by q reporter, soon after the disas-
ter, in q farmhouse kitchen near the
wreck, propped up in two chairs, with
his head against the wall One leg was
badly crushed, his right arm was disa-
bled. and his head was so thickly bound
with linen that his mouth and one eye
were the only features visible; but the
philosopher was smoking a cigar, and
evidently enjoyed it. He could not speak
aloud, but he huskily whispered that
there was no use in crying when hecould
Just rs well laugh.
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The Trouble All Over.

GA patient i'm NJ ddletown writes
to DIR. David Kennedy, of Rondout, n.
Y: 81 wrote you about five weeks
ago for advice in taking your medicine,
as at that time two S ones had just pass
ed from my Kidneys, the effect of using
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy have
taken the FavOri Remedy ever sine,
and have no more trouble from that
source. 1t is also toning my entire sys-
Iem. 2l-2
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One of the amusing sights in cold
weather Is afforded by the man who
walks carelessly and quite unoonoern-
edly along until he reaches the ther-
mometer which is exposed to view on
the street. He looks at 1t q moment,
sees that the mercury is very low, pulls
his collar up to his ears, shrinks up in
his coat, walks frigidly away, and ex-
claims, ''Grasious, bow cold 1t isl"
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ANN " DAueHERry must have recon-
sidered his resignation, as his name ap
pears in the roll of the Legislature of Iowa,
and his seat is indicated in the diagram as
occupied BY this member from Dubuque.
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"A COW with three rings on her horns
is six years old; with four, she is seven.
No new rings are formed after the tenth
year. The deapar rings, however, and
the worn appearance of the horns, are
pretty sure indications Of old age.
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Queen Margherita never lets any
thing hinder q royal duty, and has So
won the heart Of the Kingdom that
where the royal family were once as
saulted, she and her little son can now
walk alone. She obeys all the older
customs of kings, is always gracious,
sfmpatica, dignifed and charming. At
one time, whsn she sSt or tho
balcony OF the Pitt Palace swathed in
white lace aud glistening with diamonds
tnder the electric light, the whole city
went wild with enthqsisstic adnliration
ss 20 queenly representation Of queen
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-15

WE Withhold short obituary poem out
OF regard for the feelings of the writer. 1t
h hardly up to the literary standard re-
quired for publication.
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FARMS FOR SALE

send your name and address to us and
receive the WESTERN RESERVE REAL
ESTATE JOURNAL for February, 1882,
containing descriptions aud price list
OF the best and cheapest FARMS for sale
on the Reserve. TAYLOR e CIAPP-
22-4 Warren, Trumbull Co., o.
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He who has neither friend nor
enemy Is without talents, powers or en-
ergy.