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unusual moisture, and he moved
towards the door, when, on the thresh-
old, he stood face to face with Daniel De-
Wolf! The young manwas drenched and
muddy, but there was no question of his
identity, and in another moment he
was the centre of happy family
group.
.Well, well, my dear fellow" cried
Mr.. Crittenden as ne wrung the young
mans hand, ''we all supposed you dead.
Tell US all about it.
There is not much to tell" said
Daniel modestly. 81 was awakened by
the water, which was so high that l
feared the dam might be in danger, and
/ lighted the lantern and crossed the
bridge to 90 up on the other side and
look at it. / had scarcely reached the
opposite side of the stream when the
dam above gave way and took the
bridge with it / could only cross the
Branch to get back by going up to the
Four-Mile bridge, and the water was so
high, and travelling so bad, that it took
me a long time; but here l am"
"Well, my boy, I'm very glad 20 see
you back here, and l was just saying
something to Ethie about you; but she
can tell you all about that later on.
Get your clothes changed, and We'll
have some breakfast-there'l be time
enough to talk business afterwards" p"
And the result of it all was that when
the mill was rebuilt and enlarged the
following season. it was put in the care
of another, for Daniel found a place in
the store as q partner of Mr.. Critten-
den, and at the big house on the hill,
which was the envy of all the neigh
bors, there was a partnership of more
tender nature, of which the reader
hardly needs to be told more.
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An African Distinction.

"c'arsou Ise somewhat not right in nv min !;
But, saTchf;I' myself, C are / can't fin
De cause what at present am troublin me So;
An doeged If / knows why my sperrits is low.
You toe me dat when / come inter de
church
Ny soul it would shine like de gold on a
An daSkeber no mo- I'd be heavy an dark.
But gay an as free as de blue bird an lark.
Use tried hard ter lib ter de gospel yer
preach.
An las hung ter my bible wild dc suck oh a
leach:
hos sod ali my cotton an gin ter de po'
As much as my neighbors an mebby so mo- :;
At church Use been droppin' de dimes in de
box,
An fur de whole cause has worked like a OK,
Al car | doan' know why my heart it am sad
When de Lawd Hissef knows Use done
nOthin bad"
MY frien'" said the preacher. 81 knows ye
air good
An would gin ter de church much mo- if yer
could;
But ginnin' ter church amt all oh de fight
Yer should gin ter de preacher-dat strikes me
right.
It lightens de heart an oils up de soul
Come, gin me a half oh dat hog what yer
stole"
"My gracious alive!" the member replied;
Does yer think, Brudder Jeems, dat ter yer
Use lied?
AS de Lawd is my jedge, as / kneels at dis
log.
I'll swar by de trone dat neber eats hogs.
AS true as the Gospel what St. Peter wrote,
He's fat as bear, jes' rolin' in grease!
Come down ter de house an I'll gin yer a
piece"
-Opie P. Read, in N. Y. Mercury.
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An Aggrieved Man,

A. large negro called at the office of a
Little Rock newspaper, and drawing out
paper, said:-
Il. Sc got complaint ter make sab. !"
''WelI sir. what's the matter?' ask
ed the editor.
Read dis" and he put finger that
looked ike cold-chisel, on the follow
ing paragraph
"While every one must recognize the
foundation upon which our social insti-
tutions are based, yet noone ofprofound
learning can admire the professional
II We may use such term-society
man.
YES"
"Den. sab, yer has got me ter
whup."
"And why do you take offense? II
does not in the least refer to you.'
de debbil it doan'r'
care you society man?'
Vas, sab, is. Use de Secretary
OBJ de Society ob De Sons oh Ham, and
I'll be DANCED eff doan' stan up for
my rights. When newspaper says
suthin' agin' society man, it slaps at
me as well as de odders. an de fack
dat Use de fust ter take it UP prubes
dat Use de best society man. an titled
ter stan at de head OBJ de order. Is yer
ready ter gin me satisfaction"
Il do not mind fighting you, as Ihave
not killed negro since breakfast, and,
only by earnest and persistent endeavor
did | succeed in getting in three effect
i've shots this morning before daylight,
but the paragraph does not refer to YOU.
1t is slam at the white whipper-snap-
per whose only aim is to put on clean
shirt and visit simpering young ladies' -
''Meant fer de white folks, was itp
Wall, den Use yer fren' boss. OATS de
fust lick dat has been struck fer de mig
gers since de wah, an eff it want agin'
de Established rules OBJ de order, we'd
'nishitate yer into de sciety. Amt got
ole hat or par O. britches layin roun' ,
is yer? Wall, III wait till yer scours
roun' on dem britches while longer,
an come an git 'em. Bleeged ter yer,
boss, fur yer 'sideration. -Arkassaao
Traveller,
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An hbseut-Mind Lord.

When that famous gem, the Kooh-i-
moor diamond, was committed to the
care of Lord John Lawrence he stuffed
it into his waistcoat pocket and went on
with business. Dinner time came; he
changed his clothes and threw his
waistcoat aside. Six weeks later mes
sage came from Lord Dalhouse that
the queen desired the diamond to be
sent home at once. This was mentioned
by Sir Henry at the board Quoth John:
''Send for it at once" ''Send for it!
why, you'Ue got itr' In a moment the
facts came back to him for the first
time, and he said to himself: '.Well,
this is the worst trouble l have yet got
intor' But he allowed no misgiving to
appear.
He soon, however, found an oppor-
tunity of slipping away into his private
room, and, with his heart in his mouth,
sent for his old bearer and said to him:
''Have you got small box which was
in my waistcoat pocket some time
ago?" ''9es, sahib, the man replied,
"a dibbia (the native word for it); /
found it and put it in one of your
boxes.'' Bring it here said the
sahib. Upon this the native went to a
broken-down tin box and produced the
little one from it ''Open it., said John
Lawrence, land see what is inside. y
He watched the man anxiously enough,
as fold after fold of the small rags was
taken off, and great was his relief when
the precious gem appeared. The
bearer seemed perfectly unconscious OF
the treasure which he had had in his
keeping. There is nothing here,
sahib," he said. "Dut a bit of glass"
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A Wnnderfnl I.aka.

A wonderful subterranean lake has
just been discovered in the Allegheny
valley, near the town of Freeport,
about thirty miles from this city. 1t
lies deep under a large hill, which has
been honeycombed with the old coal
pits and salt wells. The hill is back
from the Allegheny river aoout 200
yards, and it was by the ,nerest acci-
dent that the existence OF the vast body
OF water beneath it was discovered in
time to avert terrible disaster to life
and property. Recently q coal mine
was opened on the side of the hill, and
for several weeks miners have been
digging out tons of black diamonds.
The other day they were driving a
room eastward 100 yards from the main
entry, when they came near blasting
through thin wall into an old coal-pit
which was abandoned fifty years ago,
and whose existence was forgotten. A
tiny stream of water gurgled out, and
an opening being made. the lake was
revealed to the astonished workmen.
The full extent of the sheet of water
can not yet be definitely estimated, but
it is of remarkable size. The old pit,
which is part of its bed, has not been
worked since 1886, and long before and
up to that time all that territory was
drilled and mined for salt and coal.
Immense quantities of both had been
taken out, leaving acres upon acres
of cavity under the hill, which since
then has been closed up and filling in
with water that had no means of egress,
all the pits having originally been
reached by shafts. The largest of
these old pits was the one that the
miners encountered. 1t is several
yards above the present mine, and had
the blast broken the wall or floor all
the men would have been drowned, and
the water, rushing in flood out of the
new pit, would have washed away the
railroad and dwellings 1t has already
submerged them to some extent. After
tapping the lake the workmen made tho
opening larger by degrees, so that they
could see in. Blazing torches were
thrown in, and small RATS with fires
built upon them were sent far across
the underground waters. The eve was
incapable of fathoming the limits of
the interior, but by sounding and geo.
logical calculations it is pretty we'll
settled that the water underlies the
greater part of the hill, and the hill is
about two miles long and half mile
wide. Navigation upon the lake by
means of skiff is as yet impossible,
the water being within few feet of the
roof of the pit. As the hole is gradu-
ally enlarged the volume of water al
lowed to escape grows in volume. 1t is
now pouring out in a stream five feet
in diameter, and has rushing cataract
roar like Niagara. The owners of the
mine hope to draw all the water off in
month or two, but it is believed by
some that the lake is fed by under
ground springs, and cannot be ex-
hausted
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Local Color Desired.

We want local color. National and
| sectional traits or what differentiate
masses of human beings. Denver is
highly civilized, but do we go across
continent to see dinner table laid like
those we left at home, and surrounded
| by gentlemen and ladies in evening
| dressP Flannel shirts and buckskin
| trousers are what we look for, and red,
wood cabins up in the mountains and
| grizzly bear tracks to make us fearful.
How tiresome is the prosperous new
| SouthP Our sympathy is with the old
regime, more interesting than ever i'll
its ruined remains. We demand weed
grown plantations and tumbledown ne
gro quarters, and deserted mansion
with an air of romance and grandeur
| about it. The inhabitants must be mel
ancholy old gentlemen, formal in mau-
ner, sesquipedalian in language, steep
ed in prejudice or else hot blooded gall
lants indebted, dissipated and duelling.
Our English visitors do not come to
Boston to see people who carefully
say jug of warm water and who are
particular about their rising infections,
and talk of the Saturday Review and
the Queen, and the nuisance of tricyc-
lers in London streets. They look for
the man who guesses and reckons and
talks tall. Kindly favor them with
more of the amazing Amerieanisms that
appear in English contemporary litera-
ture and no where else, save of malice
pretense; solemnly tell humorous sto-
ries smacking strongly of the soil; ex-
press sympathy with the Irish, and ex-
plain how we could proceed to victory
in case of another war with Great Brit
ain. Let all your metaphors be those
OF business, especially of stocks and let
your comparisons be either of size OR of
value in dollars. Be unconscious of
immaterial value and contemptuous of
what makes life fine art-graciousness
and gracefulness of style.
So if you are from the Western prai-
ries, but translated to the East, be sure
it is your Western Wavs that Eastern
people look for. Boast, be familiar,
tuck your napkin under your chin, else
you Will be as disappointing as is the
ordinary Frenchman who is dull, disin-
cllned to compliment, absorbed in bus
mess and quite uninterested in any wo-
man but his good wife, and she too, a
domestic creature, always putterinp
ABOUT the Kitchen, and totally without
talent In dress. If it were not for ma
tlonai and sectional faults so undesira-
bic II the individual, so restricted in
their sway, and so exaggerated in the
telling. social life would be too tame to
interest the observer. Our crude tastes
demand strong expressions. When we
grow more discriminating we shall see
national and sectional traits pervadine
the whole character of the individual.
subtly influencing his every act and
opinion, yet revealing themselves by
none OF the petty characteristics COM
monty looked for. The China boy who
has forsworn chopstioks and wears Eu-
ropean clothes, yet goes home, across a
continent and an ocean, at his fathers
command, and the prairie bred person.
however sophisticated, frets and grows
miserable II he cannot look out upon a
wide horizon. Boston Courier.
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Found the Clam,

4 man at Long Branch recently enter
ed n restaurant and said:
"Have you any clam chowder?''
I'VE have" replied the waiter.
Bring me plate. y
A plateful was placed before him, and
he set to WORK with great gusto. After
be had taken about dozen spoonfuls,
be drew a pair of opera-glasses from
his pocket and looked intently 81 the
chowder for some time.
Then be jumped in the air and shout
ed: Eureka.
What's that?n asked the proprietor.
I've got itl'' yelled the diner.
''Got what?" asked the restaurant
eur.
"A clamr'
Great Scottr' yelled the proprietor,
shes got the clam!'
And before the diner could ss- @
word, the proprietor picked up the
clam with pair of goi3, pincers and
bore it triumphaDi,ly to the kitchen and
threw It oacG into a huge boiler of
chowder and said:
Who dealt the chowder to that
dark-haired man over there?''
81 did, said the assistant cook.
Then you are discharged for deal
ing out the clam that we use for flavor
Ing purposes. y
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No Snch Persnn.

He had fy-screen under one arm
and a bundle of sticky fy-paper under
the other as he entered Michigan av-
enue saloon yesterday and said:
''Why don't you keep 'em outen
"Who wash dot?" asked the saloonist.
"Why, the pesky flies. You've got
'em by the thousand in here, and the
fl season has only begun. Shall put
fk-screens in the doors?'
What for?"
ITO keep the flies out
"Why should / keep der flies oudtP
Flies like some shance to 90 aroundt
md see der city, same ash peoples. Ii
a fly ish kept oudt on der street all
der time he might ash vhell be a
horse"
"Yes, but they are great nuisance.
III put you up screen door there for
SS"
Not any for me. If fly WANTS to
come in here. und he behaves himself
in respectable manner, / have moth
ings to say. If he don't behave bounce
him oudt pooty queek, und don't he
forget her!'
We'll. try this fly-paper. Every sheet
will catch 500 flies"
NV no yhantS to catch 'em?"
81 do-you-everybody."
Il don't see it like dot Ii / put dot
fy-paper on der counter somebody
comes along und wipes his nose NIT it,
or somebody leans his elbow on her
und vhalks off nit him. 1t would be
shust like my boy Shake to come in und
lick all der molasses off, to play a shoke
ON his fadder.
''Say, Ill put down q sheet, and if it
doesn't catch twenty flies in five min
utes I'll say no more"
If you catch twenty flies l have to
pry 'em loose nit stick urd let 'em
90, und dot vhas too much work. No,
my frendt; flies must have shance to
get along und take some comfort /
Thas poor once myself, und | know all
about it.
''I'll give you seven sheets for ten
cents.
"Oxactly, but won't do it 1t looks
To me like shmall peesness for a big
man like you to 60 around NIT some
confidence games to shwindle flies. a
dy vhas born to be fiy, und to come
INTO my beer saloon ash often ash he
likes. When he comes | shall treat him
IKE a shentleman. l gif him fair
show. [ don't keep an AK TO knock him
m der headt, und don't put some mo-
asses all oafer sheet of paper und
coax him to come und be all stuck up
nit his feet until be can't fly away. You
can pass along-I'm no such person like
dot Detroit Free Press.
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Said tie policeman, ''Do you know
what they all do, no matter where they
come from or whether they are men or
women, or thousand strong, or COM
ing at a time; or young. or old. or
blind, or lame, or sick or well, or white
or black, or English or French, or
Roosian. or whatever they are; do you
know what they all do?"
mo; how should I?n
''They, every solitary single blessed
one of 'em ask me q can't speak for
the other officers, but they ask me}
where the panic was where all the peo-
pie was killed.
'.And what do YOU do?''
Il tell 'em, 500 day for the next
twenty years. And when / amt busy
tellin 'em that, I'm occupied with all
the other regular questions; how long
the bridge is, how much weight the
cables will bear, how high the towers
is. and-but here I'll show you what we
have to do. There. we have to carry
one of them cards. Atailor in BROOKLYN
got 'em out We all of us carry one,
and when we see man heading for
US we haul the card out and wait and
see which question he is going to ask,
though to tell the truth, / think I can
answer any of 'em now without look
ing.-Nesc York Sun.
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This is a story about the Vanderbilt
family: "They were sitting on hotel
piazza at Saratoga, when somewhat
overdressed lady approached and
claimed his acquaintance. The old
Commodore rose and talked affably
with her, while his wife and daughter
shifted the air with scorn. Father"
SAID the young lady, as the Commodore
resumed his seat, Didn't you remember
that vulgar Mrs. B. as the woman who
used to sell poultry to US at homeP'
Certainly, responded the old gentle
man, promptly, land l remember your
mother when she used to sell root beeI
at three cents glass over in Jersey
when | went up there from Staten
Island peddling oysters in my boat"
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wIDE-AwAKE DRUGGISTS.

Messrs Robinson & Hinrichs are
always alive the their business, and
spare no pains to secure the best OF
every article in their line. They have
secured the agency for the celebrated
DR.. Kings New. Discovery for Consump-
ton. The only certain cure known for
Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Hoarse-
ness, Asthma, Hay Fever, Bronchitis, or
any affection of the Throat and Lungs.
Sold On a positive guarantee. Trial
Bottles free. Il Regular size S1.00. 8
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IT, u--l.4 TLn

Said | to the old bank director: Scan
man be an honest stock broker?"
He thought about il. "Pretty hard,
he finally said; ''you see. when he opens
an office he must 60 among his friends
to solicit business, and'-here the old
bank director became positive
knows it isn't right to tempt his friends
to gamble. He knows they may be
ruined. | couldn't be honess and do
it. h-NeU York Iribuns.
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A gentlemen who lately had business
in the general land Office at San Fran
cisco said his Christian name was"Usu-
al" This was thought to be a joke by
the Register, but the gentleman gave this
explanation OF how he happened to re-
ceive it. His father was greatly desirous
of having daughter, but as child after
child was born to him, he was disap-
pointed. When the seventh child was
born, his father was compelled to ex-
claim: "a boy. as usual. guess he
will have to go through life as Usual. -
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An interesting old relic is in the pos

An interesting old relic is in the pos
session of DR.. John Speight. of Cuth-
bert, GA. 1t is beautifully carved
priming horn, made in 1777 by revo-
mtionary soldier, while in camp, and
presented to Mr.. Seth Speight, grand
father of John in 17S3-just 100 years
ago-and has been in the family ever
since, The horn was from North Car.
olina OK, and though not wonderful Ia
shape, size or quality, it is artistically
engraved and shows that great patience
and skill were necessary for its exc
cution.
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CoNvINcING.-The proof of the pud-
ding is not in chewing the string, but in
having an opportunity to test the article
direct Emil Fischel or F. G. Buers-
tatte the druggists, have free trial
bottle of DIR. Bosanko's Cough and Lung
Syrup for each and every one who is
afflicted with Coughs, Colds, Asthma,
Consumption or any Lung Affection. 8
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BARBER SHOP.

NARI. PANGBURN'S Barbershop, in Barnes
Cblock on North Eighth street. Work done in
good taste. Particular attention paid to Ladies
and Children's hair cutting and shampooing. By
ali means call and see Carl.
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WILLIAMS HOUSE.

D. SMITH, PROPRIETOR, CORNER OF
N. Eighth and Franklin streets, ManitowOc
4 hrst-class American Hotel, centrally located
offers every Undue ement to the travelling public.
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FRED. SEEGER.

OFFERS TO HIS FRIENDS AND THE PUB
~ lie generally, choice selection of Fresh
Meats, Salt Pork and Beef Smoked Beef and
Hams Shoulders, Sausages, Tallow and Lard 1T
the lowest rates. Market on Commerci al Street
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The English sparrows have destroyed
aearly all the native red and blue birds
Of the Bermuda Islands, and the citizens
have petitioned the Legislature to rid the
Islands of these pests.
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= SANDERSON

NTANUFACTURERA DEALERIN BOOTS
vi Shoes, Leather, &C, Shop Buffalo
Street, near the corner of Eighth. Repairing
neatly and promptly executed.
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CHARLES HOYER.

MERCHANT TAILORING ESTABLISH
vi ment, en- Sth street, near south end OF Bridge.
The tailoring department is complete, and con-
tains large assortment OF fashionable cloths and
Gerts furnishing goods constantly on hand
Please call and examine before purchasing else
where
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MRS, e. KERN,

WORK STREET, MANIToWOC, WIS, DEAL
IL er in Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Fancy
Goods, Glass ware, Boots AID Shoes, Ready made
Clothing, Paper Hangings, Hats, Caps, Toys, Chill
Gren Carriages, Live Geese Feathers, BIRD Cages,
Kerosene Oil and Lamps, &C, sc. A share of pub
patronage is solicited.
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M. KETTENHOFFEN,

NORTHWESTERN HOUSE, FRANKLIN AND
IN Ninth streets, Manitowoc. Travellers will
bere find the best Accommodations, Sample rooms
attached.
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VIM. M. SEEGER,

nENTIST. OFFICE UPSTAIRS IN ANDER-
IL sons Block, Corner South Eighth and Quay
Streets, Manitowoc, Wis. Prompt attention will
be given to all work entrusted 10 me. apr27-ol
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For Hay Fever / recommend Elys
Cream Balm. Il entirely relieved me
from the first application; have been
sufferer for ten years. Going from
home and neglecting to take the remedy,
1 had an attack; after returning I inn
mediately resorted to it. and found
instant relief. l believe, had 1 begun
its use earlier, / should no. have been
troubled. j. CoLLYEI, Clerk, 11e
Broad ST., Elizabeth, n. J..
My brother Myron and myself were
both cured to all appearance, of Catarrh
and Hay Fever last July and August.
Up to this date, Dec. %, neither have
had any return of these troubles. Ely's
Cream Balm was the medicine used.
GABRIEL FERRIS, Spencer. Tiogo Co. N.
Y. II