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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
Father is G ting Well.

MY daughters say:
How much better father is since he used Hop
BitterS"
He is getting well after his long suffering from
disease declared ncurable,"
And we are so glad that he used your BittenS"
a LADY of Utica Y Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

~ have been afflicted with an Affection
Of the Throat from childhood, caused by diph-
iberia, and have used various remedies, but have
never found anything equal to Browns BRoN.
CHIAI. TRoCHEs.-ReU. @. n T. Hampton, Pike
ION, Ky Sold only in boxes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

If cough disturbs your sleep, take PiSo's Cure
for Consumption and rest well.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

walk slower, papa" cried the
little girl, whose short steps were no
match for the strides of her mascu-
line progenitor; cant you go nice
and slow like a pOliceman?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
" atures

Dame Nature is the great teacher and physician,
and Carboline. made from pure petroleum, is one
Of her grandest remedies for badness. Try it
md you will use 10 other
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

Time and money will be saved by keeping Kid
ley-WOrU il the house. 1t is an invaluable rem
liz for all disorders of the Kidneys, Liver and
5owels and for AL diseases arising from obstruc
IONS of these organs. 1t has cured many Obstin-
IL cases after hundreds of dollars had been paid
y physicians without obtaining relief. 1t cures
'onsiipation Piles, Biliousness and ali kindred
disorders. Keen it by yQu
NJ Roustan, French minister to the
United States, has started for Havre
IN his way to Washington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

FIRST effectual, then good to take, then cheap
Pisos Cure for Consumption.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

r. B. VALENTINE,
NOTE. The question is. what be-
came of the lost train? The author
does not know.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
Butter BUYeYS

are refusing to take white, lardy looh
ng butter except at grease" prices. Consumer.
yant nothing but guilt-edge butter ard buyer
therefore, recommend their patrons TO keep uni
proved Butter Color made by Wells, Richardso
Co., Burlington, vt. 1t is the only color that cal
)e relied on to never injue the butter, and to al
ways give the perfect color Sold by druggists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

OF Z A month and board for 3 live young meg
Nh n and ladies in each county. Address "
VUUZIEGLER CO., Chicago, Ii.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

25c buys a pair of Lyons Patent Heel StifenerS
Makes boot or shoe last twice as long.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
EiIlRe is Money.

-Ex-Speaker Keifer will take charge
Of the minority in the house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
AN OPTICAL WONDER S 5ss b R5s1sH5,

= One Gent New Set of Cards. A. g. BASSETT.
- Stamps. Rochester, New York
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

| o. tn coo per day at nome Samples worth IS
! po w t0~S free. Address STINsoN & Co. Port
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

We've got to keep on, boys" said
the Sheriff, with an air of painfully
assumed cheerfulness. 'We'u have
'67's' headlight blazing Down on us
yet. She can't be far off now. We're
only nine miles from lone Tomb.
Well soon know what the trouble
is"
No one had anything to add to the
Sheriff S remarks, so the weary, and,
so far, fruitless march was resumed.
Hanged if I don't think, exclaim-
ed the red-bearded miner, stopping
suddenly, that them James boys have
ditched the train by putting logs on
the track, and we'll find the wreck be.
fore we get to One-tree Bridge
One-tree bridge was so called because
huge pine stood like a sentinel close
to the small but petulant mountain
torrent that the structure crossed.
Again the lanterns were swung over
the water. Again the party scattered
among the trees and searched careful
~ for traces of the missing train and
its passengers, but without the small
est measure of success.
Guess I've had about enough Of
this, said the ticket agent Lets go
back again; the company don't pay
me to walk twelve or fourteen miles
to look after its trains"
well, remarked one of the party,
who had but little to say, we've
come so far, we may as we'll see it
through. The thing ought to be fol-
lowed up. Something very unusual
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-05-08
Gin lleueS Qebrmittel.

Oas Militdr 0o9enblatt mslbst, Sab
cine Dame felt GINGER 3eit Gai3entider
su Snitruttionsspeten fir Die beutl9e
@rmee iabrisirt, uno baB ii6 bieieIben 10
bewdbrt baben, baB audi bic Oiterreidii6e
SeeresperpaItlns bieie Snitruftiens'Sas
i6entii9er einfIbrt.
Sn Der Chat ideinen bieielben empfebs
lenswsrtb 81 iein, iopObl fir bic llns
teroffSiere, wel6e ben oummen llnters
ssbenen better als bisber bic SnfrlttiOn
unter bic Naie reiben %t0nnen, als AUDI fir
bic &etruten, welde, wemn iie initruttiOnss
wibris bebanbelt werben, sleid wiien, NOS
bin fe bic @a4e ~ i&nauben baben.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-05-08
Cine ,,forihe" MoDofatin.

aate Sane, Die einSise Sruu. weIde in
Wtiluautee als Ibustat praeti3irt, idleus
berte an Sreitas benz Ridter Mauorp i'm
GriminaIseri9t etn @las @aher ms @ez
iidt unb IS murSe cine CITRATE BON fiinfsis
Dollars iiber fe perbdnst. sic ~bebauptet,
Der &i9ter babe fie bsIeibist, Mil absr
nidt unseben, NORM bic 8elsibisans
beitanb. Die &ane meiserte fi9 bic
Citrate 3u sablen uab mirb in's @efdnsniB
wanoern miiien, faas ibre 6reunOe ii6
nidt fir iie permenoen.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-05-08

*x*yWer wesen neuer 6reunbe alte pers
nadldiiist, 1T in @efabr beibe gu uerlieren."
9lber es ionte beba6t werben, baB Gierens
fraut elm 6reuno 1T, ben man ni9t @efabr
laufen iolte su uerlieren. Bflaiter fOnnen
uielei9t benz labmen &iiden einise Grleids
teruns peri9affen, aber ie t6nnen i'm nidt
f~uriren, benn bic Nieren iino a~nsesriifen
une man besarf zines 6eilmittels, weI9es
brett auf bieielben einwirfen unb beren nors
malen 3uitanb wieoer beritelt. Nierens
fraut bot bieie belonoere Gisenidaft.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-05-08
".

Den sanSen Gag binburd, biz es Na6t
wurbe, II. AUDI ben fOlsenoen Gag ourbliefen
Die brei gang Sriifel uno feline goritdste NIT
itets iteissnOer alnsit unO i9pd6er perOens
benz Vertralen.
Mitunter fiel Elm SofimunsSitrabl in
ibr betiimmertes Sers, penu iie uernabmen,
bel bieier ODER jener StraBe iei Elm iunser
Mtunn, Der Suit ueripiire, ii6 ielbit gu per-
%taufen, aber jeoesmal fol9te alsbalb bic
i9mersli9e Gnttdui6ung, benn ale bieie
9eute, Der ausi6uB friiberer ausbebunsen,
batten SOrpersebre6en, wel6e ie gum
8riessoienite unbrau6bar ma6ten, fait
ollie waren BON Der &euiiionssg ommiiiion
bereits 5urid9ewieien woroen.
I'm ieinen Sobn 81 retten, bot Der Dot
tor fiinfSebntauienb 6ranfen, ia er piirbe
3ur giotb nod uiel mebr ss9eben babsn,
absr bic BON Dem Weinbdnberl nit 10 srols
Ter 3uperii3t in 8oridIas sebra9te Silfss
queQe mar sanSli9 periisst. 0a bas Sorts
siebn in ben &ries benz Gooe u0ais slei@
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-05-08

Mm "a. Mfai b. z. iou enblid bic sroBs
artise Bride 3piiden New Yort unb
BrootIpn feisrIi9 benz 8erfebr iibersebsn
werben, na9bem ni9t weniser aIs l54
Wiaionen Dollars in fe9Sebn Sabren uers
baut worben iinb. Die gr0ffmns wiro
iid nit &edt gu elmer Seisrlidteit eriten
&unses seifaIten, ba IS ii9 ni9t ALIEN
UNI elm Dunberuert Der 9autunit, ionbern
aud um elm llnternebmen banSelt, weldss
fir bic weitere gntwideIuns Der S1weiter'
fable am gait Riuer, DEFENDERS aber
8rOoflpn's, BON beruorrasenber Sebeutuns
1T.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-05-08
Bin aeinnb unb mnnter aetpproen."

Sutder's Station, Ga, 81. Mdrs, 1876
81. 9. Bierce, M. d. - Wertber 9err
Weine 6rau, Die felt iber apei Sabren lei:
bend par unb uiele anbere Webi;inen per:
iu6t bate, 1T bur9 ben @ebraud Sbre,
''Favorite Prescription" (9ieblinssperOrb:
runs) seiunb unb munter seuoroen. Gud
meine Ni9te 1T bur9 ben @sbrau6 bieies
MitteIs sebeiIt, nadbem, ueridiebene @erst,
ibr ni9t sebolfen batten.
Wabrbaft Der Sbrise,
EbomasS S. Metbpin.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-05-08
Mau fam ME

Sarnrubr, 8risbts' Rranfbeit, Riersn,
llrinsS Organ ober 9sber &runfbeitsn ii9 sus
aiebsn, wenn man nur SOpfens8i ttern be-
musen Mill, unb menn sic ober irsenb elm
8efanntsr idon cine bieisr &ranfbsitsn bat,
Sopiens8 ittern 1T bic einsise Mebisin, bic
Sie uolitdnOis furiren tann. gerseien
Sic bies ni9t, unO baben sic ni6ts gu tbun
NIT bieien aufseblaienen Suadpreparatios
men, bic Sbnsn nur i9aben f0nnen.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-05-08
Cine aruse 9anbessN ubutrie ausitel=

VtNe y(pBe SuuOe1S SHoHIlIe; Nl1Iel-
lung %peranitaltet bic S9wei3. Oieie Gus>
iteuuns, wel9e pom l. Mai bis 80. Sep
TENDER in Grid Pathfinder iou, mirb nit
ibrem llmfans BON SO, 900 Q.sM. ale bis
bergen 9anbesausitelunsen, NIT Nusnabs
me Der Maildnoer, (51 900 8. sM. uni
gni6eler 10000 Q.sW.) iibertrefien.
@dbrenb Der 9ta9t ioa iie eIettriid beleud:
tet merben. Die @eiammtsabl Der @us:
tier aler AZ @ruppen mirb runb 1880 be:
trasen, unter benen sesen 500 semeiniame.
Oas @entralcomits beabii9ti9t, aud drme:
rem, itrebiamen Irbeitern, ben geiu6 be,
@usiteuuns burd 9ersiituns Der 8eiies uni
aufentbaItstoiten su ermO9li9en. Bon ben
@usitellern ielbit limb idon iber 5000 ar.
beitertarten seloit morben.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-05-08
Ser GroSus ma Sem uSrSlidleu 0ai.

llois nod Soma uno Safota fdnst an,
beunrubigenoe gerbdltniIe anSunebmen.
@an3e Sownibips werben entuSltert ober
iie uerlieren ibre beiten Glemente. @dbs
renb bieier Saiion iinb aus So 0auies
GOuntp fiinfs Bis iedsbunoert, unb pom
@biteiibe County mebr ais adtbunbert
Yerionen ~fort9e3osen. Die Counties
S%tepbenion, Carroll unb Ssle ~liefern ebens
faus ibren pollen 9eitras gu benz Strom
Der Nuswanberuna.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-05-08
Gin entietlides llnsIiid2 Sbre Srau 1T
bod ni9t. -.
[S9lnB folst.1
g II It MIlerIet.

Gin betagtes Gbepaar in ltnterrierinsen
0aibinsen), Ger Wann uar rs, Die Srau
smii9en II unb 70 Sabre alt) purbe an
einem Gage unb an elm unb berielben Rrants
beit trant uno iie iinb mad 46idbriser @be
an elm nnb bemielben Gage s~eitorben.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-05-08
Gin speeifienm uabrenS bes MufbOrens
0cr BeriD6en.

@ir erbielten eiuen Srief bon 9errn s.
8. 9ambp, 6loral, art., worin er idreibt:
Samaritan Nervine furirt weibli6e S6wd>
DE unb pdbrenb bes Aufb0rens Der geriOs
ben lit .s elm Specifitum." @ewiB iebr
bemertenspertbe Sbatia9en. $3.50
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-05-08

Neru0ies unb biliOiss &opfmeb unb ale
Masens unb lnterleibsit6run9en merben
bur1 Or. Yierces "Pellets" = ODER ans
tibili0ie 8Srnden sebeilt. 25 Gents elm
Sldid9en. Seine bilisen Sdadteln, in
benen bic Rraft Der Mebi3in persebt. Bei
Mpotbetern.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-05-08

81. Nusnit a0nis's hamburger grnfs
thee wirb nur in Original adeten Yrets
25 gts., ober flint gadete 81, uerfauft;
in allen apotbefen gu baben ober pirb mad
gmpfans bes S~etrases, fret mad alex
Gbeilen Der Der. Staaten ~uerianbt. Wau
abreiiire:
The Charles A. Vogeler Co.,
Caa6feIser BON n. yoeeIer 4 Ge3
Baltimore, Web.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-11
SAW TIE SIGHTS AND SULLIVAN.
Grief OF Granger Who Happened TO
Run Across some socfebIe Friends


81 eTn IN eccentric man, mister" said q
jolly-sooking granger to the clerk OF the Hof-
rnan hOVse, Is he deposited his grTFsack on the
counter. Give me room where l can see
whs.'s going On around me. 1 came to this
town fo- enjoyment Give me- room where
things are lively"
lie WIGS shown % his room, and after din
ner remarked 70 the clerk that he was going
cut TO see come fun Somewhere near mid
night dilapidated, torn, weary man stood IN
front Of TIE hotel register. The Jolly look
had faded somewhat from his face, bit enough
was Eff Is enable The clerk to recognize the
man Ct eccentricity.
well 10Y friend, what's the nattsTf Ac-
cidens On the e2s-atedl SHsh-up On the
bridgeH
''Eo, SIR: the smash-ups on me- I've been
having considerable fun, sad the guest, as
be wiped blood from his nose when left
here sav squiet ioekng man On the corner,
who d1tH'r seezn 10 have anything to do, and
\ stepped up Dd asked him IL sSao waeeny
thing lively going O IN town.
'Ars yoa looking fU enjoymeusF said be,
Ia q so,abe way. / eh him that va. my
onfy br~-, and 30 sid he ~sun ezss me
in search nfs~ kaar4sy. He was pleasant
man, and seensf 70 know al Yea AEs<iss
6ew TGBk We rsn up 70 a1s Yffth
AvUEh1G y1szehs att be GsMtadto
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-11
Foreign Land-Buyers.
[Demorest's Monthly.l


Attention is called to the fact that wealthy
foreigners, including many English noble
men, are purchasing large estates in this
country. They are nIonopolizing sections in
the far west, which are dniiy becoming more
valuable, due TO the increase of populstion
and wealth of the country. a Tribune cor
respondent tells of an English lord whose
friends criticised his largo outilys for Ameri-
can land. why" he replied, 81 an looking
out for my children. Under the Gladstone
laws estates IN Ireland have become worth
less to the landlord The same result, fear,
will follow in England. American law rec
ognizeS the absolute right OF the owner to tho
soil.n
Should not the American people, however,
do something to check speculation in wild
land in this countryl The English no5eman
or other Spectator purchases land in large
quantities md Eo,is it as an investment The
neigh6or0ool becomes populous and gives
value to the soil thus held without any help
from the foreign owner. He thus gets the
right to tax the native American of the next
generation b. selling out at high figures.
The California constitution, to break up the
large estates which had created artificial
deserts, enacted that wild lands should be
taxed at the sanle rate as improved property,
and it certainly does not seem just 20 levy all
the taxes on thoss who improve their prop
erty and thus uo!ze valuable the adjoining
wild lands owned by the SPECTATOR
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-11
"alatrs.non.al Agencies,

l''DufandaI' In cincinnati Enqulrer.l
This time the sign was in bronze and very
beautifully finished. The house was preten-
tous end elegant, and the neighborhood first
class. had thought several times of the lit
tie Swiss agent and his unreInunerative ven
ture on Great Jones street, and when the
matrimonial agency in Forty-ninth street
caught my eye stopped instinctively before
the house. Then l noticed that below the
sign were two other signs, one Of which was
that of a dentist and another of dress
maker. These Signs coming together in New
York are always suspicious for either one OF
them gives an opportunity for women and
men TO enter house or leave it at any time
of TIE day or night without being suspected
OF anything wrong. Il +
I related the incidents to friend later on in
the day, and he laughed ooti-humoredly.
"Wel," l said, in an Apologize way, 81
vas not taken in either b. the sign. L sus-
Pecre1 something all along"
sob, l have no doubt Of thatn said my
friend, with q sarcastic grin; 'but you went
into tue house ali The same. and that is just
what The keeper Of the place wanted. These
matrimonial agencies are increasing every
year in New York. 4 great many Of them
now are located in Fourteenth and Twenty
third streets, where there Is a constant
stream of women rushing to and fro. They
are often attracted into the places by the
novelty Of the sign Or through some frisky
desire for adventure, and once in they are
sure TO slide downward in the moral scale. u
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-11
Heavy life Insurance.
tCiicago Inter Ocean.I

Not very long ego the British hfeinsurance
companies were called upon, within the short
space Of one year, TO pay the enormous sum
OF $3.50 900 On policies On the lives Of three
heavily insured nob4eTnon, viz: the duke of
Eewcastse. the marquis of Anglesea, and the
carl OF Fffs, and shortly efterward she same
COMPARES ped 81, $4,000 insurance on the
lives Of Swvnohiernen, making an aggregate
surn Of ssJoeesoO0 paid on five lives About
fifteen yseE, ago azs haIrs Of SIR Rob9t Gift
ton reserved from the life insurance com
Innies Of Gveet Britain S1.25n,Oo0, that be-
ing Tire asseJfnt Of insurance he carried.
King Um5evso OF f2ty Is making efforts to
obtain s,suraoec On bis own LIE for 600. 600.
1'hs ftaiien Insurance companies refused TO
take tbs gisk, and apqlkaSou was made TO
English companies with no better success.
King UsnbeFso has comparatively irnpover-
ishz1 hinnseif by paying his fatirers debts.
Dom Pedro II, the emperor Of Brazil, car
nes q large life insurance in fo5cigIl co1cpa-
MEG. E-aeospon III hsd an insurance Of
500 90 on bis Life, and this vas thechief re-
lance OF the Empress Eugenie after his
death. One English earl has his lie insured
for 81, oD, 03o, partly III American cornpa-
niez
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-11

''Come on, you id towards! can't hurt

=
you"
We all rushed forward now. He was lying
right on the spot where we afterwards buried
him, and when we lifted him up the blood
gushed from half-dozen wounds in his body
where's Dave Bornwell, the cowardly
hound!n he asked.
We looked around for Bornwen, but he had
disappeared.
one of the men. ''We'u carry you over
there
''No, no." he answered. 'I'm dying. Tell
her-his wife-that I remembered her to the
last I'll settle with him for betraying me
when meet him inShell. She is good, like
my mo-"
He struggled to complete the sentence, but
only gasped, shuddered and his limbs straight
ened in death. When we reached the casa
Mrs Bornwell was dead also and her daugh-
ter was crying bitterly. We buried Buck
where he died Bornwen moved away and I
think went to the states. He never came
forward to claim his share Of the reward. It
was not known positively what section of the
country Buck was from, but it was after
wards learned that he had an old mother iv-
ing in Illinois. She saw notice of his death
in the papers and wrote to the commander Of
the Frontier battalion about him. In har Let
ter she said:
'I am poor woman, and Buckner always
took care of me. He was good son!"
A few months ago she died, and on her
deathbed requested that portion Of tho
scanty stock Of money she left be devoted TO
| marking Bucks grave and that flowers be
planted on it. Her " ishes were carried out.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-11
The Agonies OF Composition.
[A1ithoay TrClLope.l


But at last feel tilat nave him-perhaps
by the tail, as the Ir.shman drives his pig.
When have got him / have to be careful
that ne shall not escape me until that job of
work be done Gradual as I walk OF stop,
as | seat myself on a bank or lean against
tree, perhaps as | hurryion waving my stick
above my head till, with my quick motion,
the sweat drops come out upon my brow, the
scene forms itself for me- l see, or fancy
that see, what viii be fitting, what will be
true, slow far virtue may BE- made to go
without breaking the link which binds it to
humanity, how low ignorance may grovel,
how high knowledge may soar, what the
writer may teach without repelling by
severity, how he .Iliy GGllse without descend
ing TO bufoolery; end then the limits OF
pathOS are searched and words are weighed
Wflch shall suit but do no more than suit,
the greatness OF the smallneSs Of the occasion.
We who are sig Int may not attempt lofty
things or make ridiculous with our little
fables the doings of the gods. But for that
Which we Go there are appropriate terms and
boundaries which may be reached but not
surpassed. All this has to be thought of
and decided upon IN reference to those little
PloCtingS of which have spoken, each OF which
has to be made the receptacle Of pathos or Of
hunOr, or of honor Of truth, as far as the
thinker may be able to furnish them He
has to see, about all things, that in his
attempts ne shall not SIN again nature; that
in striving to touch the feelings he shall not
excite ridicule; that III seeking for hu1nor he
does not miss his point; that in quest of
honor and truth he does not become bonn
bastic and straitlaced.
A clergyman in his pulpit may advocate
an altitude of virture G5ocd to q millennium
here or 10 q heaven hereafter; nay, from the
nature Of his profession lie must do so. The
poet, toe, may soar, as nigh SIS be will, and
if words suffice 20 I'm, need never fear to
fail, because his ideas ere too lofty. But lie
who tells tales in prse csn hardly hcps to
be effective as q teacher unte5s he binds him
self by the circumstances Of The world which
he finds around him. Honor and truth there
should be and pathos and huinor; but he
should so constrain them thet they shall not
seem to mount into nGture beyond the ordi-
nary habitaJions o. men and y-1.nlan
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-11
BRANDY WAS LOW DOWN."
a BOotblack's Eulogy on a Dead
GOOd-for-NOthing.
Detroit Free Press

lDGLTOlU FISS fTeSS.
sBrandy is dead.i
So the men said, so the women said, and so
the children called to each other as & piece of
news
drunken, good-for nothing. 4 so-called
man whose brain had become dissolved in
liquor, whose mind was enfeebled, and who
had disappointed everybody by not dying in
the gutter, instead of having the roof of a
tenement house over his head
Why should any one grieve when such a
vagabond passes away? The world may owe
him room for his bones to rest, but nothing
further. So in ''Brandy's' case men said
that he was well out of the way, and women
ciattered their dishes in the rooms below,
and cared not for the presence of the dead.
w hen the undertaken came to bear the
body away dozen people crowded into the
room, and among them was a bootblack
some said that Brandy looked well in a
coffin: others spoke lightly about his face
having at last lost its ruby color, and the
dead pauper was no more than a dog in their
minds, and why should he have been, One
can be man or he can be vagabond. If
he becomes vagabond let him lose the re-
spect of men. All had a heartless remark
except the bootblack. He stood at the head
OF the coffin and looked from face to face
and said:
Brandy was low down, and he died like a
beast, and you are all sneering at him Did
any one among you ever give him chance'
Did he have home when he was boy!
Did men try TO encourage him and guide him
aright' Is there a man in this room who
ever took him by the hand and spoke one
kind wordl Didn't everybody abuse and i'll
treat hina Didn't everybody look upon him
as dogl"
Aye! Brandy was low DOWN. whispered
the boy as lie LAID bis hand on the coffin. che
was ragged ana hungry, and poor and home
less and without one single friend. What
man among yen could have stood out against
1t any bstterf Poor Old mani They know
all about it IN heaven! Let me help to carry
him down"
And when the dead had been driven away.
and the boy bud disappeared, more than one
man said:
After all, we might have made it easier
Tor the poor old man / wonder that some
OF us never sought TO make a man Of him,
instead OK 5olDinG him down -