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Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-17
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

A cold spell--I-c-e.
The active drummer may be regarded
as commercial scenter
It's strange isn't it, that to tear
down house you must raze it.
There is no excuse for snoring when
twelve clothespins can be bought for
one cent.
A Chicago couple are grandparents
to fifty children. Fortunately the aged
pair are deaf.
The fruit of idleness usually runs to
seed. If you don't believe it look at
the tramp.
The man with handsome silk
handkerchief is the person who is
most afraid of sore throat.
The shorter the tunnel, the sweeter
the kiss. Yes, but the longer the tun-
nell the longer the bliss.
| A New York girl has made $150000
by a single oil transaction. A can of
it exploded and killed her rich aunt.
The old saw "fine words butter no
parsnips' is now rendered "elegant
diction eleomargarines no pastinaca
edulis.
In some cities the policemen give an
alarm by rapping on the pavement.
When he isn't walking his beat he is
beating his walk.
The shah of Persia pays his barber
five thousand dollars year. If the
barber agrees to say nothing about
hair-tonics, the shah is in luck.
An oyster has been known to open
it's shell to hear the music of an accor-
deon. If there was any doubt about
the stupidity of the bivalve this set
ties it.
"Brace upv' whispered the hangman
othe poor fellow whose hempen cravat
he was adjusting. Eyes, it's easy for
you to say that" was the grim reply,
"because you're suspender."
A Colorado man was recently killed
while gathering scuttle of coal in his
back yard. After few heart-render-
ing occurrences like this, wives will
begin to learn their household duties.
1t has now become fashionable in
eastern cities to be married as early as
six o'clock in the morning. This gives
the brides female relatives time to say
goodbye to her before the evening
taain goes.
A lover in a neighboring town bet
his girl that he could tell what she
was thinking of. He thought she was
thinking of him, but she wasn't. She
was studying how to make over an old
dress SO as to make it look new.
Peter Cooper, now in his ninety
second year, declines a statue in the
Cooper Institute. "Such monument"
he says, "would cause me much pain
while am living" Peter has evil
IDENTIFY seen some of the statutes erected
to other prominent Americans.
The deacon's son was telling the
minister about the bees singing his pa.
and the minister inquired: "Stung
your pa, did they? Well, what did
your pa say?" "Step this way mo-
ment," said the boy, I'D rather whis-
per it to you"
The meanest boy in existence saw a
man in the act of slipping down, and
yelled to him: "Theres an egg in your
hip-pocket" The slipping man didn't
have time to reflect that the statement
was not true. but the frantic efforts he
made to save himself were terrible to
witness.
Not more than one time in fifty does
clergyman give out hymn without
adding that such verse will be
omitted The verse omitted is usually
the one which the minister relies on to
make the deepest impression. Every
body is sure to read it to find out why
it was expurgated.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-17
THE NEWS.

The food in the Ohio river, at Wheeling, is
doing great damage to bridges and other
property. Marietta is partially submerged
and fears are entertained for lives of people
on low lands and on the Islands; theice COM
pletely preventing assistance from reaching
them or of their escaping.
Ex-Governor Davis, of Texas, is dead.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company has placed on record in Albemarlc
county mortgage for $16O,00O,OO0. The
company is large owner of iron lands i'll
the State. The deed covers 269 written pages.
The headquarters of the Department of the
Missouri at Leavenworth has received off
cial notice of the capture of Captain Payae
and party south of the Cimarron river by
Lieut.. Stevens. The party were on thcir
way to Oklahoma with one hundred wagons.
Captain Carroll, commanding the troops III
the Oklahoma country, will take the entire
party to Fort Reno.
ANAL robbery occurred at the Union Depot
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The east-bound
train being late, the mail was carried into the
pouch was ripped open and 14O registered
letters were taken out. One letter contained
$1,000 bill and 800 bill, the amount of
the postmaster's monthly remittance to the
department. There is no clue to the robbers.
Smith, the colored ravisher of nine year
old girl at Paolo, Kan, cut his throat to pre-
vent an avenging mob from ynching him.
The mob was lead by leading citizens.
Reports from the cattle-range section of
Colorado say the loss of stock BY snow storms
and cold weather will amount to fifteen per
cent.
The wife of Captain VIM. Fl. Mills, of Cape
May, N. j., has been arrested and held to
answer the charge of setting fire to the
dwelling and workshop of her husband. In
the attic was lighted candle so arranged as
to communicate when nearly consumed with
a quantity of combustible material
The coroner's jury rendered verdict in
the investigation of the Newhall House Mil
waukee) disaster. They found the proprie-
tor of the house guilty of culpable negligence
il not employing sufficient number of
watchmen to guard the house against fire
and to awaken the inmates in time to save
all the lives possible
At Lasalla, ILL.,, while officiating at mar
riage service, Rev. Geo. F. Bronson, pastor
of Congregational church, fell dead at the
'eet of the couple whom he was marrying
lust as he pronounced them husband and
wife.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-17

The ear-wax which seems like any,
thing but an agreeable or cleanly thing
out of its place, evidently has pur-
pose. When it is too forcibly removed
from the delicate walls of the external
canal of the ear there is liable to de-
velop fungoid growth which gives
rise to great deal of trouble, and es-
pecially inflammation of the drum it.
self. The moral of this is to clean out
only the surplus ear wax and not en-
deavor to scrape the canal clean with
instruments that will expose its surface
to the depredations of an unnatural
growth.-Dr. Foot's Medical MONTHLY.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-17
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.

They don't any of them like me-
said Belle Brabazon, with the suspi-
cion of tear sparkling under her love-
~ dark eyelashes. "And I've tried tc
hard to win them to care for me just a
little"
Captain Cardan looked admiringly at
the pretty girl, who was swinging her
self slowly toand fro on the pendant
stem of a huge old grapevine, cushion
ed with light Oriental shawl, whose
gold threads glimmered fitfully in the
September sunshine.
Her attitude was unconsciously
picturesque. Her light hair shone,
her cheek was flushed by the fresh air
and exercise; and altogether, Captain
Cardan thought that she would have
made superb model for Proserpine,
as she fingered in the woods before
Pluto whisked her away into the lower
worlds
"Ah, but you must be mistaken"
said he. at isn't possible, you know,
the village girls can dislike you"
"But they do" said Belle, with an
imperative nod of the fair, sunshiny
head. ooh, I've an instinct, Captain
Cardan, that never misleads me. And
it's very hard, think, that when l
came out to Wild River to have such a
nice time, they all turn the cold
shoulder to me. Why is it, Captain
Cardanp Am l ugly, or cross, or un-
civilized T.
mo p declared the captain, with
emphasis-"not one of the three
"Then why is n" said Belle, pite-
ously. "Do try and find out for me,
Captain Cardan. and shall be--oh, so
much obliged to you and now it's
time for the mail to be in, and l am
going to walk down to the post
Office
"Mayn't / walk with you I? said the
captain, piteously.
'1f you wouldn't mind, I'd rather 90
alone,' said Belle, with so propitiatory
a smile that the captain felt no sting
of wounded vanity.
But Miss Brabazon, fitting lightly
along as if the tread of the soft grass
was delightful to her feet, had pro-
ceeded no further than Squire Dater's
stone fence, when an uncomfortable
sound; like the low, muttered threaten
ing Of distant earthquake, fell on
her ears.
"Its the big red bull p she said to
herself. II might have known he was
there. OF course l can't cross the
field now, and l shall have to go around
by the highway, after all. Oh, dear
oh, dear y
But just at that moment tall figure
swung itself over the fence-Seth
Vallance'sl
"Are you afraid of Nero, Miss Bra
bazon?" he said. "But there is no oc-
casion he is chained"
Belle shTank back, with varying
color.
Mr.. Valance smiled.
II will 60 across the field with you,"
he said, "if you will accept my es-
cort."
Il shall be SO grateful p said Miss
Brazabon, with sigh of relief.
Seth had been cartingI apples for
Squire Dater, his uncle, all the morn
ing. He was in his working uniform,
with coarse straw hat shading his
brown, handsome face, and scarlet
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-17

"Have you evaporated apples?" she
asked of the grocer. Not any on hand
just now ma'am," he. replied. Don't
you keep. .them?" "Well, l set out to,
but l got discouraged. 1 rolled barrel
of Baldwins.out in front one morning
and before noon half the lot had evapor-
ated and disappeared. | prefer to deal
in the solid fruit"
Daily globe., 1883-06-25
FRANCE.

PARIS, June 23.-Henri Rochefort, in
his evidence at the trial of Louise Michel
yesterday, endeavored to show the falsity
of the charge of pillage against the pris-
oner. He said that when she was exiled
she reduced herself to poverty TO aid her
fellow sufferers. The prisoner spoke in
her own defense; she violently attacked
the government, and declared that the
Issue of pamphlets to the soldiers melting
them to burn the barracks and murder the
officers was justified. She declared that
the soldiers at Sedan would have done
well to shoot their officers and save their
honor.
PARIS, June 23-sFhe Figaro says the
Chinese ambassador declares his belief
that friendly settlement of the difficulty
between France and China will be made.
1t is reported that the popes protest to
President Grevy regarding the church
matters of France took form from a per-
sonal letter and is regarded as warning
of the highest Importance.
PARIS, June 23.-The jury found Louise
Michel guilty, and she was sentenced to
six years imprisonment and ten years po-
lice supervision. OF the other prisoners
charged with rioting and pillage, Pouget
was sentenced to eight years imprison-
ment and ten years police supervision and
Moret to one year imprisonment. The
two Others were acquitted.
Daily globe., 1883-06-25
THE THIRD DIY.

Saturdays Camp Meeting at Red Rock.
The weather yesterday was not very
propitlous for outdoor meetings, but the
arrivals at Red Rock still increased, while
the park is filed with tents, and Secretary
Rose, of Minneapolis, has his hands full
supplying tents for the new corners, but
all can be accommodated in some way. as
the hotel is in shape, and there is also a
good stock of groceries on the ground. A
great many who have tents on the grounds
are buying their supplies here, as they can
get everything wanted at city prices.
A workman on Mr.. Hazards new cot
tage fell from the roof, lighting on his
head and laying him up so far as work was
concerned.
Rev. F. ]. Wagner of Minneapolis
preached in the forenoon from Rom. xiv.
%: "Hast thou faith.'' We must have faith
in both man and God and faith in the
church, which must be accompanied with
the Holy Spirit. All men have a kind of
common faith in God, but it is not the
kind to which the apostle refers, not saw
ing faith. Bishop Foss followed with a
few remarks on the same subject
At 3 p. N. Rev. Mr. Holman. of St
Paul, preached from Mat. 16: 1926, giving
the possibilities of a child growing to be
man, to become king and to be free,
but freedom does not consist in doing as
Daily globe., 1883-06-25
The RipeP.

The Ida Campbell came in on yester
day afternoon with tow of wood.
The engineers made a trip to Saltwater
by the government steamer Barnard yes
terday.
The river opposite st. Paul is on the de.
cline, with seven feet depth of water in
the channel.
The Pittsburgh, of the Diamond 10
line, will reach here from st. Louis to-day
with fine trip and crowded with passen-
gers. She will leave on her return trip at
o'clock this afternoon. She will be fol-
lowed by the new Sidney, also of the Dia-
mond 10, and also laden to the guards.
The Minneapolis, of the Saints line, ar
rived from st. Louis at noon on yesterday
with 200 tons of freight, fifteen head OF
stock, and 100 passengers. She got off at
late hour last evening comfortably
loaded for speed. The Centennial of the
saHe line will be up tonight, to return to
st. Louis at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing.
Daily globe., 1883-06-25
TRANSPORTATION TOPICS.

10 Pottgieser, the gushing blonde" Q
the Manitoba line, left for st. Louis las
night.
John Hathaway shipped an invoice of so
sheep to Hathaway, M. T., by the North
ern Pacific on yesterday.
j. NJ. johnson, general travelling agen
of the Cunard steamship line at Chicago
was in the city on yesterday.
G. E. Pengree, travelling freight agent O
the Chicago & Northwestern road, arrived
here yesterday from the interior.
J.W. Egan, general superintendent of tn,
Canadian Pacific, arrived here from Chi
cago yesterday afternoon, en- route to Win
| nipeg.
Trains to Red Rock camp meeting via
the River road will leave st. Paul every
! two hours, commencing at O'Clock this
] morning.
Nineteen car loads of stock passed
through the city yesterday from Iowa
consigned to Pierson, Estabrook & Clark
at Glendive, NJ. 7. They went west by the
Northern Pacific.
There was large number of emigrants
by trains from the cast on yesterday
Fully 700 came in during the day and de-
parted last night for points on the Mani
toba and Northern Pacific roads.
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, and
Kansas City, st. 10 Il Council Bluffs rail
roads announce that they will receive nc
more freight consigned to points subject
to overflow, until the raging waters of the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers have sub
sided.
Agents having been appointed at Farm
ers Branch and Dawson, Texas, also at
South Mound, Kansas, on the southern
division of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway, freight destined to these points
may now be received and forwarded with
out requiring prepayment.
The passenger department of the Mich
igan Central announces that trains of that
line, with sleeping and dining cars attach
ed, run through from Chicago to Buffalo
and Niagara Falls without change, in addi-
ton to connecting at Detroit with the
Grand Trunk through car system.
Among the distinguished visitors from
abroad who will arrive this morning from
the East, will be party of Chicago capi-
talists, consisting of Phil D. Armour. Mar
shall Field, S. A. Kent and J. W. Doane.
They will be accompanied by Superintend-
ent Potter and George Walker, of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy road, and the
object of their visit is said to be with a
view of making investments at st. Paul
and vicinity. They left Chicago last night.
and will reach here this afternoon by
special train.
''Minnetonka and Alexandria" is the
name of an exquisite pamphlet of thirty
pages, descriptive of the beauties of seen
cry and attractions of Lake Minnetonka
and vicinity. 1t is from the pen of.J. H.
Hanson, well-known journalist of St.
Paul, and issued under the directions of
assistant general passenger agent H. C.
Davis of the Manitoba road, and is both in
literary sense and as an exposition of
typographical art, the handsomest produc-
tion of the season.
Daily globe., 1883-06-25

we please, for the bird does as it pleases
Aies high or low or not at all, at Will, but
that is not real freedom; to be free con-
sists in being able to do, not as we please,
but as we ought to. If we do as we please
for few years, yield to all our inclina-
tlons, appetites and passions, we find that
we are slaves, bound by our habits with
the strongest of bonds. Freedom
consists in being above and superior to
what we please to do. and being able to do
as we ought. Then we are free. To be-
come SO we must deny ourselves, and the
harder 1t is to deny ourselves, if we but
succeed, the stronger we are. 1t sometimes
seems as though the person having the
hardest trials, the most denials to make,
should be the more rejoiced; for if you are
tied up by string you can walk away,
breaking it with scarcely shock, but
when tied with strong cord you have to
exert every muscle. strain every nerve be-
fore it is broken.
So with the man becoming Christian, if
ii is easy to break away from his old ties he
just drops over the line, but where he has
to use his strength and exert himself to his
utmost when he does break lose it is with
such force that he is sent flying over the
line and lands far into the kingdom of God
During smooth sailing any one can sail
this bark of life, but when the storm comes
and we have to go against the stream then d.
comes the test of our freedom.
our manhood. The young man came
to Jesus, he came with a good
reputation a character above reproach, and
good morals, but one thing he lacked and
he had not the freedom to overcome this
one thing and went away sorrowfuI. If
we would sbe Christians according to
ChrIst's standard overcome ourselves and
be self denying
During the sermon Mr.. Harrison made
his appearance in the tabernacle havingiust
got in and at the cl ose of the service he
was given warm reception by the con-
gregation, hand shaking being in order.
The arrivals were numerous and from
all parts of the state, a goodly number
coming from Winona and Hastings via
steamer. From St. Paul were noticed Rev.
Morgan and Robert Smith, from Mime
apolis, W. W. Satterlee and family, Mr..
Cobb and Mr. A. Lawrence and wife with
many others. Services to-day commen
cling with a love feast at p. N. with
preaching by Harrison at 10.
In the afternoon at o'clock there will be
two meetings, business mems meeting,
led by Brother Briggs, of Brainerd, and
mothers meeting, led by Mrs. Higgins. At
3 o'clock Rev. R. Forbes will preach. and
at 6:30 o'clock Brother F. Baldwin, of Ham
line, will lead the young peoples meeting,
and at 8 o'clock the services will be CON
Quoted by Harrison
Daily globe., 1883-06-25
FOREIGN NOTES.
GREAT BRITAIN,

LONDON, June PA committee is being
formed from volunteer forces to arrange a
banquet for the members of the American
rifle team at the close of the Wimbledon
meeting.
LONDON, June 23.-In the trial yesterday
at Nyregaza, Hungary, of the Jews accused
of having murdered a Christian girl and
used her blood to mix with their passover
bread, the only clear evidence adduced
tended strongly to establish an alibi in
favor of Buxboun, the Jewish butcher.
Witnesses for the prosecution contradicted
each other and also their own former
statements. The audience in the court
openly threatened the witnesses for the
defense with punishment. The public
prosecutor, in consequence of the disorder
IN court, declared he would propose the
| most stringent measures for the preserva-
ton of order unless the president stopped
the disturbances. Moritz Scharp, the
principal witness for the prosecution, is at
Manix.
DUBLIN, June 23.-The report is current
that Jas. Cary, informer, has gone to the
north of Ireland and that the government
will eventually send the informer to
Canada.
LONDON, June 23.-The Economist says:
business is slack except in American Sc
curities, which declined during the week, in
many cases owing to the collapse of the
Chicago lard corner. 1t is said that on
the whole this country has been buying
American securities latterly. Denver &
Rio Grande and Oregon & California are
first, and Lake Shore and Ohio & Missls-
sippi II lower, Chicago, Burlington 81
Quincy - higher.
GLASGOW, June 24.-The new steamer
Oregon, built for the Guion line, to run
between New York and Liverpool, was
launched to-day.
Daily globe., 1883-06-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

MADRID, June 23.-In the chamber of
deputies Prime Minister Sagasta alluded
in severe terms to the fact that a tory
journal had first made scandalous insinu-
ations in regard to the departure of the
queen for Bohemia. Robledo repelled the
charge and twitted the government with
applying the tory press law. After a
stormy alteration between the prime min
lister and Robledo Senator Morel chal-
lenged the government to afford an oppor-
tunlty for general political debate, which
challenge Sagasta accepted.
SHANGHAI, June 22.-The difficulty be-
tween China and France is adjusted, Ii
Hong Chang is expected to return to Pekin
Immediately.
Daily globe., 1883-06-25
GERMANY.

BERLIN, June 23.-The lower house of
the diet has adopted the remaining clauses
of the governments church bill.
BERLIN, June 23.-The Centre party has
received communication from the vatican
expressing its approval of its attitude dur.
ing the discussion of the church bill in the
lower house diet.
The Times correspondent at CONSTANT
nople says that Notwithstanding the Off
cial denials of serious troubles i'll Albania,
the agitation is gaining ground, and the
attitude of even the Moslem tribes is dis
quieting. The commander of the Turk
ish forces in Albania is Naise Pacha, no
torious for his connection with the Balak
affair.
Daily globe., 1883-06-25
Giren FuFf .IuthOrjty.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June 23.-At meet
ing of the stock and registered bond
holders of the East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia railroad to-day the directors were
empowered to make any extension to the
system they deem proper. either by con-
struction. purchase or lease, and they were
authorized to place a mortgage on such
acquisition to provide means to meet ex-
penses. Nothing was done about the sale
of the road to Jay Gould or syndicate
What extensions are contemplated is not
stated.
Daily globe., 1883-06-25
No More RaiItcuy Land Grants.

OTTAWA, June 23.-The government has
decided to make no further grants to colo
nization railway companies in the north
west for the present and until the present
chartered railways are completed there
will be no further sales of lands. If. how
ever, it is found necessary in the interest
of the country to make further grants the
price will be raised fifty cents per acre.
This conclusion is arrived at owing to
the rapid increase of immigration into the
northwest
Daily globe., 1883-06-25
Suit 40ainst an Er-Treas,.yer

Troy, June pa suit has been begun
by the Rutland Railroad company, of Rut-
land, VT, against J. M. Haven, late treas
urer, to recover $4,000 in bonds for money
alleged to have been received by Haven in
judiciary capacity while treasurer.
Haven's real estate and other property
have been attached.
Daily globe., 1883-06-25
[Republshed from Sunday edition.
THE ENGINEERS.
THE CLOSING FEATURES OF THEIR
VISIT TO THE NORTHWEST

The Post Prandial Scenes at the Banquet
at Hotel Lafayette-The Excursion to
Saltwater Yesuerday--A List of Those Who
Participated-A Warm Reception Ac-
corded at the Prison City-Address of
Welcome and Response.
Daily globe., 1883-06-25

ctuoheG strawberry 91d all the colors,
as well as all the Ia, >,c+l ,,nes.
Hindoo vailing is light, ~UIl d. q ovely
for summer dresses, and for evening toll
cts in all seasons.
Daily globe., 1883-06-25
REAL ESTATE.
A RETIEW OF THE M4RKET FOR
THE UEEK JUST CLOSED.

and ImprOving-GOOd Inquiry for the
Best Grades of PrOperty-Transaetio
Amounting to Over Half Million Dol
lars Filed for Record.
Daily globe., 1883-06-25
CROUCH ON RArs." /"

Clears out rats, mice, ro7ches, flies, a IS, bed
bugs, sl1unks, chipmunks. gophers. Ijc. Dug