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The RomanceS Of Millionaire.

There were three romanccs IN the lite
of the late Joshua Sears, the millionaire
grocer of Boston. The first was when
he was poor young man. He started
a Irritation with wealthy beauty on q
railroad train, called on her afterward,
and finally found that his suit was in
vain, because he was poor and she was
rich. He became engaged to dashing
young widow. One of her friends asked
her: 'What are you going to be married
to that old fellow for 2" For his
money, of course" said she. Sears
heard of this: "For my money, eh 2"
he cried; mot by a-blessed-sight. !"
He went to his lawyers and was told she
would have good case in breach of
promise suit. He didn't want lawsuit
so he handed confidential friend $10,-
900 and told him to 60 and see the widow
and elk things up" which was done,
she accepting the bribe and giving him
bis freedom. The third was when he
was an old man. He found himself
enormously rich, but thought: "When
am gone, as l soon shall be, who will
enjoy it all2" So he went to his friend,
Alpheus Hardy, and said: Hardy, I m
thinking of getting married. What do
you think about it2" Hardy thought
he knew a lady who would just suit.
"Well, then, Hardy, you 60 and ar
range it." So Hardy conducted the ne
gotiations and Sears was accepted. On
his wedding morn the bashful bride
groom called Hardy aside, and said:
."Hardy, 1 don't know anything about
this ceremony, and you do. So want
you to stick close to my side and coach
me, so that won't make any laundering
mistake" Hardy did so. and all went
well
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The Effect Was Wonderful.

A blind man crossing the street the
other day was on the point of being run
over by reckless driver, when at the
risk of her own life, beautiful young
lady ran to his rescue and piloted the
poor man to the pavement. A rict
bachelor saw the transaction, and straight,
way sought her out, was introduced
courted, proposed, was accepted, and
married the heroine. The effect has
been wonderful. Hopeful young ladies
may now be seen standing in the vicinity
of street crossings with one eye search
jng for stray blind men, and the Other
on the lookout for rich bachelor, for il
would be terrible bore to tackle the
old blind man without the rich bachelor
around.-NeU York Sun.
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Curious Legacies.

A Paris letter says: NJ. Bourbon mas
left 10000 francs to the Paris poor Of
the seventh reimbursement, with the pro-
viso that the municipality shall keep his
tomb in order. The codicil provides
that the interest shall be given each year
to poor family having 11arriageable
daughter. The good doctor must have
read the biography OF Van Steemskcrk,
the Dutch painter, who left similar pro-
vision for the dowerless girls of his na-
tive village. He did not seem to have
cared, however, for the spick-and-span
appearance of his grave, because the will
expressly stated that the wedding should
take place on the spot. In addition he
left instructions for the disposal of his
wine, of which he possessed 10000 bot
ties. Two hundred were to be consumed
at each marriage until the stock was ex-
hausted. Curious bargains are the
order of the day here. Another gentle
man has left q sum to rhe Academic
Franchise to be converted into an annual
prize for the most shining example Of
filial piety. Assuredly if the virtues do
not flourish in France it is not for tho
want of encouragement.
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Paradise VALLEY.

A correspondent writes: Perhaps there
is no combination of mountain and river
scenery in America that will impress the
spectator so much as that along the can
ons and valleys of the Yellowstone,
from Livingston to the Mammoth Hot
springs Snow-crowned peaks appear in
succession; hill sides brown and round:
barren gulches spotted with the white
tent of the placer miner and his ''pard. "
Cliffs with broken and fantastic proiles;
mysterious depressions whose wild aspect
is softened by thick woods of pine; a
wonderfully pleasing picture which takes
new shape at every new point of view.
Trails Of elk and mountain sheep, visible
in steep reaches of fine broken rock, with
occasionally the skull aud antlers OF some
such game left bleaching where they fell.
There are also numerous vestiges of gla-
ciers in the shape of immense moraines,
the like of which geoiogists have never,
met with except among the Alps. Foot
hills much harder to surmount than their
graceful outlines would indicate; sloping
Valleys lush with grass; road which
now overhangs the impetuous river, and
presently is so far from it as to give but
a glimpse of thickets of trees upon its
margin.
This region has been called Paradise
valley. It presents an appearance which
makes the name appropriate. Probably
it is not as fertile as the original Garden
of Eden, and it lacks groves and or
chards. The elevation and the early frosts,
even though the bleached soil be plenti-
fully irrigated, will always interfere with
the growth of anything but the harder
grains and vegetables, yet the country
has charming appearance, and the rap
lures which people indulge in on behold
ing it are quite warranted. There are
many places in the old world lauded to
the last degree for scenic features that
lack very much of beauty and grandeur
which here present themselves, to say
nothing of the vastness and amazing va
riety Of the picture.
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Ago1ED BUr UNTrT1E1, WOE

Atsars Edf'orsS
Tho abovone good likeness OF Mis. h'oia 2, -
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may DO truthfunJ called the DeaF sF.ena OF =,
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which daily pouro In upon heF' 80 a. -,
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e7l purposs naSo pefsonnn1
am sattshsd OF tho tfu'i o. sh's ,a.1
On account OF i1s proven :. az .o-,1t-r.
and prescribed oy Inc oes. pnJ -. -,,ch
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s0IENTIF AID INDUSTRIAL

Mrs. Ediso1 the wife of the inventor,
is the originat Of what promises to be
d pppiilar at agement Sf the electric
light iH chandE Eliefs:
Prrofssssoor i william N NtS;rrth Rice says that
the C6nneStieut river, between North
ampton and Mer;den; was Once $50 feet
deep and fifteen miles broad.
It is stated Thas ali inc;oombustible paper
has been invented by NJ. G. Myers, of
Paris, and that its resistance to heat is so
great that fire will not alter its appear
ance.
Many persons will not ride upon fast
trains from fear of accident to them,
thinking that the chances of disaster are
greater than at lower speed, but upon old
f6ads well iianaged there is little differ
encs between fifty milej an hour and
Twenty-Five, as regards, dsnget: AS for
accidents; d mans head breaks as easily
at twenty miles an hour as at forty:
A Bridgeport Conn. man has pro-
duced an Invention sd dangerous that
the government refused him patent on
it. The description tells of hollow
steel belt filled with compressed air from
an air pump, and which can be worn so
that it is completely concealed, with the
exception of a tiny nipple protruding
Through d vest buttonhole; pellet of
s6ndensed poison placed in this nipple can
be noiselessly seht, with force sufficient
to penetrate q quarter inch Of rawhide, q
distance Of forty feet; and if the pellet
penetrates the human skin, in fifteen
minutes death ensues, although the first
indications of poisoning do not appear
under five minutes.-Boston Post.
a beautiful imitation of tortoise shell
is now obtained by treating horn IN the
following manner, the result being ma
terial admirably adapted to various artis-
tic and useful purposes: A paste is made
Of two parts quicklime, one of itharge,
and small quantity Of soapmakers' lye
or solution of caustic potash; this is ap-
piled skilfully on a thin plate of horn in
such manner as best initiates the nat
ural spots of the tortoise shell, leaving
the light parts untouched. The paste is
allowed to dry on, then brushed off, and
the horn becomes permanently stained.
The staining may be varied at pleasure,
by substituting other colored substances
for the litharge.
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l3eegs

Let the apiary be placed on dry soil
and, if convenient, in some quiet spot
away from the busy routine of the do
mestic circle. It should be shaded by
trees to relieve the little occupants from
the scorching rays of burning sun and
shield them from too much exposure to
strong winds. The best bee house that
we have ever used, is one with
the back boarded up and with q good
shingle roof. The hives should always
face tine east if possible, as by so doing
your bees get the morning sun, and few
storms come from that direction to beat
against the front part of the hives. Let
it be located where they can be readily
seen in swarming time from some door
or window from the kitchen, if possible,
that the women folks may give the alarm
in case of swarming. The grass should
be kept short by occasional cutting, as it
is more convenient to get around the
bees, and there is not so much liability
of their being lost by falling into the
grass. All ant-hills in the immediate
neighborhood of the apiary should be
destroyed. Spider webs and the like
should be kept away from the hives. /
would recommend the planting of trees
where you are not already favored with
them-such as the Eastwood, poplar or
tulip trees, horse chestnuts, commonly
known as buckeye, all of which afford
beautiful shade and are known to supply
honey in abundance. A room is sometimes
provided in the garret dwellings; it is
very Objectionable and we speak decidedly
against anysuch arrangement, as the bees
and honey are handled with difficulty
Practical Farmer.
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All About Chimneys,

Chimneys seem so natural to us that
we forget that there was time when
they were unknown. They were in
vented about the SAME time with clocks
and watches. No house in ancient Rome
Or Athens had them. The Greeks and
Romans heated their rooms with hot
Goals in dish, or by hues underneath
the floor. The smoke passed out by the
doors and windows In England, in the
time of the conqueror 1O66), the fire
was built on clay floor or in hole or
pit in the largest room of the house.
The smoke passed through an opening
in the roof. At night cover was placed
over the Goals. Everybody was by law
obliged to cover up his fire when the
bell rang at a certain hour. In French
this was couvrefeu, and hence the word
"curfew" bell.
Chimneys began to be used generally
in England in the beginning of the reign
of Elizabeth. No one knows who in
vented them, or when they first came
into use. We find them first in Italy. In
Venice they appear not to be uncommon
as early as 1347. In 1868 they had long
been in use at Padua. They were at first
built very wide and large, so that they
could be easily cleaned. The wide
chimney pieces of some of our older
houses are very curious.
But as time passed on chimneys were
made taller, narrow, and often crooked.
When they had to be cleaned it was Gus
tomary to send boys up into them to re-
move the SCOT and ashes. It was then the
saddest stories were told of the little
sweeps who were forced to climb up the
narrow fues, and come down torn, bleed
ing and covered with SCOT. These poor
creatures, ho were often not more than
seven or eight years old, were sometimes
suffocated in the foul chimneys they at
tempted to clean. When they reached
the top they were expected to look out
and give louGa9shout. No boy would
ever become a chimney sweep from
choice, and they were often driven to
climb the ch1mneys by the fear of a
whipping. The cruelty of the master
sweeps was fearful.
The little chimney-sweeper has passed
away. LIS pldCS ID IbhCu Wy u )uISAe
broom and colored operator. Chin
neys are built two and three hundred
feet high. In Birmingham, England,
one fell down recently on large factory,
killing and wounding thirty or forty
workmen and others.
In the days before chimneys were in
vented men lived IN clouds of smoke.
The walls of the finest palaces in ancient
Rome were soon covered with SCOT and
filth. 1t was impossible to keep them.
clean. The mosaics and the paintings on
the walls soon became discolored. In the
castles of England and France it was still
worse. Here the huge fire blazed in the
center of the great hall. The smoke COW
cred the roof with black drapery, and the
savage knights and squires were forced
either to endure the cold or to live and
breathe in an air that was dangerous to
sight, health, and life itself.-Harper's
YOun1 PeoDle
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-12-20

Before newsboy can sell papers in
Paris, says the New York Graphic, his
character must undergo minute investi-
CATION from the prefect of police. A
poster for the paper cannot be displayed
without being stamped. The govern
ment must look at all the telegraphic dis.
patches before they go into print. Every.
thing is done there to kill q live paper.
One result of this is that in the smaller
Partisan papers the world outside Of
France is generally disposed of in ten OF
twenty lines.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-12-20

William j. Cougnlin, Of Somerville, Mass
says: In the fall o. 1876 was taken with
bleeding Of lungs followed bya severe cough.
] lost my appetite and flesh, and was con-
fued to my bed. In 1877 was admitted to
the hospital. The doctors said I had hole
In my lung as big as half dollar. At one
time report went around that was deal
I gave up hope, but friend told me Of Dr.
Vim. Halls Balsam for the Lungs. got
q bottle, when, to my surprise, commenced
to feel better, and today feel better than
for three years last
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tune Of late wears out Of hogs, saws that

tune Of late years out Of hogs, says that
|he can make pound Of pork In Septem-
ber, when hogs are run on seeond-crop
lolover, for one-half the cost ef that pro-
ducedin November and December from
/ [cera alone. He is becoming more fully
convinced every day that three-fourths
of the failures in hog raising are due to
following the old idea of hog and cern,
and that the only way we can Success
fully compete with feeders iii cheap corn
counties Is by making our pork princi-
pally from grass.
kscipes.
CREAM OR BARLEY Sour. "A teacup-
full of barley well washed; three pints 81
chicken stock; an onion, and q small
piece each of Mace and cinnamon.
Cook sb#ly together five hours; then
rub through sieve, and add one and a
half pints of boiling cream or milk. If
milk, add also two tablespoonful Of
butter. Salt and pepper to taste, The
yolks of four eggs, beaten with four
teaspoonfuls Of milk, and cooked d
minute in the boiling milk or cream,
makes the soup very much fichar.
PoFATo BoRDER.-six potatoes, three
eggs, one tablespoonful of butter, one of
salt, half cupful of boiling milk !
Pare, boil and mash the potatoes:
When fine and light add the butter, salt
and pepper and two well-beaten eggs.
Butter the border mold and pack the
potato in it. Let this stand on the
kitchen table ten minutes; then turn out
on dish and brush over with one we'll
beaten egg. Brown in the oven. Fill
the center with curry, fricassee, salmis
or blanquette,
CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDNa.-One
pound of suet, chopped, not too fine, one
pound of currants, one pcuhd of raisins,
stoned, four eggs; half nutmeg, grated,
one ounce Of citron and lemon peel, shred
dne, teaspoonful of beaten ginger, half
pound Of bread crumbs, half pound flour,
pint of milk; beat; them together, and by
degrees stir in the honr, then the fruit,
suet and spice; use as much milk as will
mix it together very thick; then take
your cloth, dip it in boiling water, and
squeeze dry. While the water is boiling
fast, put in your pudding, which should
boil five hours at the least.
ENGLISH MNcE MEAT.-Of scraped
beef or tongue (cooked), free from skin
and strings, weigh two pounds, four
pounds of suet, picked and chopped;
then dry six pounds of currants, rub them
in cloth first, to clean them, raisins,
stoned and chopped, two pounds, three
ponnds of apples, the peel and juice of
two lemons, one nutmeg, quarter of an
ounce of cloves, ditto mace, ditto pimento,
deep jar, and keep covered in dry, cool
place. Half the quantity is enough,
unless for very large family. Have
citron, orange and lemon peel ready, and
put some Of each in the pies when made.
English minco pies are made in tin patty
pans. -
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Mr.. WILLIAM E. Brown, of Gardiner, Me-;
on May 16, 1883, forwards the following state
ment Of his severe illness and the means by
which he was cured: ~ have been afflicted
with indigestion and liver disease for num-
ber of years; everything that I ate distressed
me, my stomach and bowels were very weak,
and su fered severe pains in my back and
loins. I used many medicines that were
recommended from time to time. but found
no relief until I tiled Hunts Remedy. ]
have used but one bottle, and have expert
enced such remarkable improvement IN
INV condition that chcerfully recommend
Hunts Remedy to all who are IN need OF o
sure cure for kidney or liver diseases"
THE California orange crop will not DO as
et,o,.t o>pdrIa5
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FIVE HUNDRED FINE GUNS,
Breech and Muzzle Leaders, at actual
manufacturing prices. A full line Of
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
cheaper than any house.

All we ask of you is to call and see
for yourself. We make no idle boast
when we say we sell exceedingly low.
All we ask you is 10 cell and see, and
we viii soon convince you that you
save money by buying from the N
York Store.
1t is to your interest to patronize
the New York store, which is the first
n)t angeburg to put down prices and
give the people more than the value Of
their money.
OUR BUYERS are always in New
Yo-k and have the money to take hold
o. every bargain that is offered, hence
you get the bargains and benefits here.
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Many persons in Pittsuon are using Ely's
Cream Balm, Ca.arrh remedy, with most
salts actory results A lady is recovering
the sense Of smell which she had not enjoyed
for fifteen years She had given up her case
as incurabie. Mr.. Barber has used it in his
family and commends it very highly. A
Tunkhannocll lawyer, known to many of our
readers, test.fies that he was cured of partial
characterization (Rd.l Gazette.
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How He Doubled His Trade.

Mr.. Benz. W. Patton, pharmacist, Globe
Village, Mass, says that the miraculous
pain-cure, St. Jacobs Oil, has greatly
helped his other business, and the sales
of the remedy have doubled in one month.
He keeps large supply always on hand.
Officers of the Army and Navy pronounce
St. Jacobs Oil to be the greatest pain
cure of the age.
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Walnut Lcnf Hnir Kestoror. ,.
tits entirely different from all others. 1t
Is as clear as water, and as its name indicates
I Is perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer:: 1t VIII
Immediately free the head from oil dandruif,
restore gray hair to its natural color, ana p:9.
luce O. new growth where it has fallen OH: Ii
does not in any manner affect the health,
which sulphur, sugar of lead and nitrate OF
silver preparations have done. twill change
lirht or faded hair in few days to q bcauti-
fni glossy brown. Ask your druggist for it
Each bottle is warranted. SMITH, KLINE q
CO., Wholesale Agents, Phila lelphia. Pa,
and G. N. CRITTENToN, New York.
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Lieutenant Masscnat, who lately fin
ished o scientific mission near Bograra,
discovered Roman city in the southern
dart of Djerba. The circuit of the ruins
is stated to be about three Kilometres.
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Millions have died with Bright's kidney
disease and rheumatic diseases. DR.. Elmore
is the first to discover cure. He has treated
thousands with his Observation-Disclosures AND
never lost case It always cures.
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Workingmen will economic by employing
DR.. Pierces Medicines. His pheasant Pur-
gative Pellets" and "Golden Medical Dis
covery" cleanse the blood and system, thus
preventing fevers and other serious disea es,
and curing all scrofulous and other bumors.
Sold by druppistS.
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FoR DYSPEPSIA, lNDIoEsr1tE, depression OF splr'
its and general debility in. their various forms,
other intermittent levers, the "Ferro-PhospAor.
ated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Cssuell
Hszard & Co., New York, and sold by all Drug
gists is the best tonic and for patients recover
ing from fever or other sickness 1t has no equal
Are you Bilious9 Try the remedy that
cured Mrs. Clement, Of Franklin, N. H.
Hoods Sarsaparilia, made in Lowell, Mass.
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Hair-dressings should be free from ram
cidity, should neither gum nor dry the hair,
and should be Of such nature that the hair
bulbs would receive strength. Carbolne Is
the only one that seems to fill the bill.
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For 'ughs, cold, sore throat, bronchitis,
laryngitis, and consumption in its early
stages, nothing equals Dr.. Pierce's "Golden
Medical Discovery" It is a'so great blood.
purifier and strength-restorer or tonic. and
for liver complaint and costive conditions OF
the bowels it has no equal. Sold by drug
cyietc
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Physicians have long prescribed DR..
Graves b art Regulator for heart disease,
why-becau it is a sterling preparation for
q peculiar disease, anil thirty years use war
rants it. 81 per bottle.
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Young, middle-dged, or old men, suffering
from nervous debility or kindred affections,
should address, with two stamps, for large
treatise WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL AS
ISOLATION Rnffeln N Y
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stThis Is Horrible" wrote the editor
for headline over a dreadful calamity.
And the fendish printer put it over an
original poem:
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The greatest Engine in the world is the new
Baxter portable, in use all over tho world
Descriptive circulars free Address j. c.
Todd II Barclny ST. New York
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25 Cents

Will buy TREATISE ON THE HoRsE AND H1s
DISEASES. Book of 100 pages, valuable to
every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken.
Sent postpaid. New YoRK HORSE Book Co.,
1S4 Iaonard Street. Now York City.
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That Husband of Mine
Is three times the man he was before using
"Wells' Health Renewer" 81. Druggists
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Rescued from DanfI1.

A talking crow is one of the curiosities
in the possession of Hartford, Conn.,,
naturalist.
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THE MARKETS.

Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses
of Piso,s Cure for Consumption.
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The renowned DR.. Clendenning says one.
third of all his dissectiorls showed signs OF
heart disease; if you have 1t In any form,
use Dr. Graves Heart Regulator. 81 per