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this resort afford basis Tor much COM
ment and speculation. When we first
reached the scene we noticed several
swallows fitting here and there in the
air, but about 7 o'clock their number
seemed legion. One could think OF
nothing but snow storm, with large
black flakes. From the plaincst out
lines of the lowest flying birds to the
merest black specks Of the most aspir-
ing wanderers, the picture was that of
constantly moving, intermingling mill
ions of little winged creatures.
1t was sight never to be forgotten.
At times no two birds seemed to be fly
inc in the same direction, though, rs n
whole, the vast company would sway
from side TO side above the grove.
Again, group of hundreds would take
Il common direction, circlng around the
inner circumference OF the general
company, now descending towards the
tree-tops with symmetrical swoop,
then rising in the air till almost lost to
view. Then they would return To the
common crowd and resume their sep
ate courses as before. The individual
flyers would tilt and joust with each
other, or play at cross-tag in the air.
Ii was u constantly moving kalcido-
scope. All the while newcomers We're
still streaming in from all quarters, and
Mt 7:l5 O clock the multitude had be-
come dense. About this time there
was II sudden cessation of the various
flights and a general circular motion OF
the whole company was apparent.
Round and round in broad-swceping
circle over the grove they flew for sew
eral minutes, until all had joined in the
common direction. Then they began
TO draw closer and closer together in Il
narrowing circle, and the
centre of the mass was observed gradu-
ally to sink in funnel shape toward the
tree-tops. Suddenly, with almost the
rapidity Of thought, the whole host van
ished, circling in the tree-tops with Il
whirring of wings distinctly heard and
soon the air was almost still, broken
only by the greeting chirps of the now
who were still struggling
in in small groups and singly. These
last arrivals did not pause to circle
about in the air, but flew in toward the
grove rs straight as an arrow, and van
shed among their settled brothers with
lightning rapidity, As we now drew,
still nearer the edge Of the grove the
and chirping of the birds
among the leaves and branches rs they
settled themselves in comfort fo- the
night could be distinctly heard.
TO say that the cubic space occupied
by the birds in this nightly flying to and
no, after all have gathered, does not
Exceed 800 feet dimensions each way,
md to believe that, compressed into
his space in their close flight, the birds
would not exceed twenty-five in each
|, 900 cubic feet of space (ten feet each
vay) is to make estimates which all
Who have seen the birds will most GER
ainly call within bounds; and yet these
estimates would give Il total of at least
}, 1875, 900 birds. - Correspondence San
Francisco Chronicle.
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No English poem written within the
last TWO centuries has ever had any
thing like the popularity OF Gray's Ele-
.uy. which from the moment it was pub
lishcd took its place among the classics
OF the language. /, found readers at
once. and. unlike every other poem OF
me eighteenth century, was enjoyed by
the lcttcrcd and un.ciirred alike. That
1t did So was not entirely due to its sub
icc'. though tina, no doubt had some
.thiu~ To do with its success, but rather
to the instinct of Gray, who forgot HIM
self and his special studies for the time
being. and planted his feet upon the
broad ground of humanity, becoming
for the first and last time in his life. the
poet of mankud and its mortality. The
Elrcv is more read to-day than any
poem of its kind and length in any
European literature, partly because 1t
is the most perfect specimen OF the po-
etic art. aud partly because the train OF
thought which cave rise To II. ana
which it reprojuces with absolute iidei-
ily. can never lie dismissed from the
human mind, II will live rs long rs
men live and die. One quality 1t Ger
.tajnly possesses which is not to be
found in any OF CT poem of lis period
or mt anv rate not To the same event
the quality of pictu.csquene''. winch
vas as rare aS the quality OF poetry
itself in the middle ri the last century.
n r. SiCRiGrd
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Reasons for Women Looking Unier the


Men have the habit of ridcuing wo-
men because they look under the bed
every night before retiring for the I'M
desirable burglar. 1t is wrong. This
simple net on the part OF our sisters,
wives and mothers in looking for that
which they DO not want to find is, in
most eases, II harmless one. and is not
deserving of censuce. Sometimes they
find something between the flats and
the floor bigger than Il bedJug, and
more dangerous than Il cobwcb. This
was the experience Of Il woman in
Georgia, who while taking her accuS-
toned peep, discovered Two colored
men slowed away il taat uci~hborhood.
OF course. she was me- frightened, but
she was so mal that stt stirred up the
whole village win her screams, and the
burglars, becoming alarmed, Jumped
out of Il third slo"v Window, and, fall
ing on policeman VINO was sleeping in
the DOORWAY below, broke II : neck,
thereby causinr n vacnna' in the corps,
If this lady had no. KEEP. up the ,.me-
honored custom o. iou,nr under the
bed there is no telling what crimes
might have been committed in that
house by the two men who were on duty
while the policeman slept. BY all
means let the women look under the
bed, and those who are near-Sighted
should be furnished with opera glasses
by the municipal government, and thus
be able to do,o". crime lurking in low
places. - I!031sqlt,N Cap.t0'.
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~ -'--'


"Jonln9ns Fat.oum. ."thc S.. Louis
Gl0b.-Dcnl,CIU, gF.@ !@a origin OF
of names OF fabrics - - loss:
Damask is from the city of Damas-
Icus; satin5 from Zaytown, in China;
calico from Calicut, Il town in India,
formerly celebrated for It's cotton cloth,
land where calico was also printed.
Muslin is named from Mosu, in Asia.
Alpaca from an animal of Peru, of the
llama species, from whose wool the ia.
brio is woven. Buckram takes its
name from Bochara; fusrian comes from
.Fastal, city OF the middle ages, from
(which the modern Cairo is descended.
Iaiieta and tabby from n street in Bag
dad, Cambria from Cambria. Gauze
has its name from GOA; baize from Ba-
Joe; dimity from Damictta, and jeans
from Jean. Druggct is derived from q
city in Ireland, Drogela. Duck comes
from Torque, in Normandy. Blanket
is called after Thomas Blanket, Il fam
Gus clothier connected with the intro
dUction Of woolcns INTO England about
1912. Serge derives its name from Xer-
"a, Il Spanish name for peculiar wool
en- blanket Diaper is not from ID Ypres,
rs is sometimes stated, but from the
Crock djlspr0u, figured. Velvet is from
the Italian UcliH!c, wool.y (Latin, relNS
u hide or petit Shawl is the San
scrit Saa, floor, for ,hawls were first
used for carpets and tapestry. Bandana
is from IN Indian word. meaning to
bind or t.r, because hey We're tied in
.nots before dycing. Cnintz comes
!.om the Hindoo De.a ne is the French
"oi wool.
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The Trained Nurse as q Teacher.

May | tell YOU what a good trained
nurse may teach, and can teach? How
TO recognize Il fever. how to compare
the local temperatures OF the several
parts of the body, and how to oqualizc
them; she knows that ever so many
feeble children might have been saved,
if but the feet and lcgs had not been al
lowed to get cold; how TO battle, when,
and when to stop: how to regulate the
position Of the hrad-i remember quite
well the case Of inilanmatory dclirium
which would always be relieved by
propping up the head-how to treat in
diligently an attack of faintng; how
to render cows milk digestible by re-
pcatcd boiling, or lime-water, or table
salt, or farinaccous admiNtures; how to
feed in case of diarrhGa; how to refuse
food in case Of vomiting; how to apply
and when to remove cold from the
head how to vcntlatc room without
draught; and thousand other things.
She will also use her knowledge and in
flu nee in weaving the public OF nos
Uums, concerning which hardly any
thing is known except what YOU have
to pay for the promises of the label.
She will break the public of the irdis-
criminate use of quinia, with its dan
gers possibly for life; cure you OF max
ing the diagnosis Of malaria the scape-
goat Of every unfinished or impossible
she will teach you that the
frequent and reckless domestic use OF
chlorate of potassium leads to many 4
case OF ailment, to chronic poisoning,
possibly in the shape of Brights dis
ease, or to acute poisoning with una
voidable death. These are hut very few
of the things she can do, and but lit
tie of the knowledge she cannot but dis
tribute. With the aid of the class of
women who frequent our training
schools, the public at large must and
will gain, in short time. Let the
of the schools increase, and
increase the number of pupils, and
every one of them will be q teacher and
an apostle of sound information on sani-
tary and hygienic subjects. And let
nobody leave this place tonight without
to aid an institution as help
full as this. DR.. A. JacObj IN Popular
Science Monthly for October.
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DR.. Brown-Scquard, whose reputation
as n specialist in the treatment OF ner
vous diseases is not confined 20 Il sin
ole continent, announces a discovery
which, if it be genuine, Will prove one
of the most important in tine ouure MS
tory of medical science. He thinks he
has hit upon an anmsthctic which, with
out suspcnding either consciousness OF
activity, for the time being destroys all
sensation. In other words, means OF
putting a patient into n state where he
will be fully able to exercise his ordi-
nary functions and to be- aware Of all
that goes on about him. vet be 50 de-
priyed of sensation as to be able to sub
NIT to the most serious operations with
out pain.
The enormous Importance OF such a
discovery as this becomes more and
more apparent upon reflection. The
nervous exhaustion resulting from in
tense suffering is often the most serious
obstacle to the success of surgery, and
yet it must often be risked because it is
less dangerous than the suspension OF
those activities the exercise of which is
necessary to success, yet which are
suppressed by the use of chloroform
and its kindred anHsthetics. Much Of
ten depends upon the patients ability
to hop himself, and should the new
drug prove equal to what is claimed
for it, and otherwise harmless, it would
be invaluable in cases of this sort. 1t
will add the consciousness and muscu-
lar. power of the patient to the will OF
the surgeon, OF which the advantage is
evident at glance.
The effects OF the drug, it is said,
will last for days, and it is not impossl-
bic that ii may be used i'll protecting
people from the pain and consequent
exhaustion of diseases like neuralgia,
which are not necessarily dangerous in
themselves, but which sap the vitality
of the patient by the suffering attendant
upon them. If the means are provided
by which persons can 90 about their
ordinary avocations, yet be insensible
to pain, such IN agent would be likely
to rcv0lutionizc the whole system of
treating nervous diseases. A compli-
c;,.ion would arise in the fact that de-
fcicncy in scnsibility would involve Ii
ability to the thousand and one dangers
against which pain serves as safe
guard, but this could be provided for
by extra watchfulness, In the interest
of suffering humanity it is to be hoped
that DR.. Brown-Scquard's discovery
will prove al that he claims, and furth-
cr particulars will be awaited with in
tcrest both by the medical profession
md hN 1hn nifty EOslOM NOMrirr.
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The Boulder.

Der he grey boulder, scanned and Scared b!
time,
Crecps the SOW iichcn with cncrust.ng rlne
Following its searching thread my thoueh
would wind
Within those ancient crcvices ia find
The subtle force when shaped III; cleavage
grand
And fitted block to beck with mast r-hand.
And viii e | trace each deep, mysterious llh'
The secret hicroglyph of III, ught divine,
X, cord Of pons 10y Gods finger gruvod
OF sunless shores hy sulicn waters iaN"d,
or fire and glacier cIyStni iZing Avs,
Atoms Obrdient to central cause
All prnyitaling sure 10 purpose VS.
Creatiyc-lovc in earth and mr. AMI kcS,-
l., but one grain of dn't upon & Il = lh'r,
Make a TAR of tue +, cks, and Wu,shlp N'f'.
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DR.. ". Il. Carpenter, joc grca, pAl :
.ioIoy ;. in tnc Nod ya Req 10, SAYS
there is no need To 60 back now over
the melancholy story of the >landerous
attack, which were made OH the great.
est interpreter Of that order of Organ
ic) nature who has ever stood between
its author and man; but they ought to
be remembered ~ lesson to the thco-
loSians of the future. No one has
now ventured To throw stone ut Oar
wins grave, since were any TO DO so II
would bring upon him general condem-
nation. The revolution in public feel
ing of this country. which has been sill
emily and almost insensibly going on.
but Of which his departure from among
US has brought out the manifestation,
has been asurprise no less TO his friends
than it must have been TO his former
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0\Wl

That the season for building
and repairing is close at hand,
any one having contracts TO let,
in town or country, should call
on w. Il. STEWART, COntrac.
tor and Builder, three doors
north Of the Clifton Hotel, OF.
tawa. Rates low, and perfect
satisfaction guaranteed. Con-
tracts taken for Plasterimg or
Chimney Work separate from
Building Contracts. Building
Paper for sale cheap.
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Three Million Swallows.

In the little town of Westerly, r. l.,
there has been annually occurring for
several years past peculiar phenome-
non of great interest. The phenome-
non consists in the fact that millions OF
swallows and other birds are accus-
toned during each summer season to
congregate every night in 4 certain
grove in the town of Westerley, making
the trees their roosting place, and their
movements rs they come and GO about
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Brick and Tile Edsing3 for Gravel Walks,

''ASA ''4i8' '''' N'D 'Ato' '0' N'''' " N''"N"'
Unless there is protection of some
kind placed between the gravel on the
walk and the soil of the border, the
rains will soon mingle the two, and A.
low the grass to obtain toOthold upon
the walk. Stones and tiles, shaped in
fancy forms, are sometimes used rs
Lodgings, but they are somewhat eXpen-
siye. As \ good, serviceable substi-
'tuie, common bricks or horseshoe tile
may be used. They may be either set
on end or laid lengthwiSc, only project
ing about two inches above the level OF
the walk. Hard bricks, with square
corners and of n uniform color. should
be selected: an edging laid with these
presents a pleasing appearance. In
making an cdging with horseshoe tiles
place board between gravel and soil,
and upon the upper edge of this lay
the tiles. The boards will serve to
keep the tiles in line and the gravel in
position. Two-inch tiles should he
used, being careful to select only those
that are straight, well burned. and
alike in color When once in place the
tiles are not easily broken, and present
4 finished appearance. AmericGn Ag-
rtcu!tWt5t TOR September.
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\ tabular enumeration of the colonial
81 jecIs OF the four European Powers
having large colonial possessions shows
tie following lota s: England. 267 1884,
$40; Holland. 2l366 99l; Spain, $780,
81; France. 233J, ZOO, not including
GYooon, wnoSo population is unknown,
\ !eria, and countries generally under
a French proircturat", such rs Tunis,
T .ru...y. 'tg. fruro ~.
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,ircless lcTs. Closer, closer, ana now
| he is going 10 face fate as brave man
should. lie has halted. In au instant
circle is formed about him-a circle
of red eyes, loaming mouths ana yell
low iangs which are 10 meet IN MS
flesh.
There is an interval-a breathing
spell. He looks up NJ the stars-out
upon the NIGHT. 1t is his last hour, but
there is no quaking-no crying out to
the night to send him aid, As the
wolves rest Il flash blinds their eyes-a
sccond-a tnird and fourth, and
they rive way before the man they had
looked upon rs their certain prey. But
it is only for moment. lie sees them
gathering for the rush, and firing his
remaining bullets among them he SEXES
his loug rifle by the barrel and braces
to meet the shock. Even n savage
would have admired the heroic fight
he made for life. He sounds the war
cry and whirls his weapon around him,
and wolf after wolf falls disabled. lie
feels a strange eXultation over the deS-
perate combat, and rs the pack rive
wav before his mighty blows II CLEAN
Of hope springs up in his hcart
1t is only for moment; then the CT
Gle narrows. Each disabled beast -
replaced by three which hunger Tor
blood There is 4 ruSh-a swIri-and
the cry of despair rs drowned in tine
chorus of snaris as the pack fight over
the feast.
The gray Of morning-the sunlight
of noonday-thc stars OF evening VIII
look down upon grinning skull ana
whitening bones. and the wolf Will re-
turn to cruncp them again. Men Will
not nurs them. "N ''. Gown
upon them as we look. rcad tine tory
as we have read it, and rjjo away with
affecting that us but another dark So
cret of the wonderful prairie.
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Freight trains carrying passengers leave Ottawa as
follows: For Earl, 9iO "; for Aurora. O.t1 NJ,
for Struaior. g =. v. Sis =. and Gil p. n.
Morning train makes close connection al Aurora tor
AZ por;s east and west.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cara. c u. & O. Drawing
Room cars Horizons Reclining Chair cars. aud the c.
b. O. Palace Dining Cars by this route. All infOrrHa.
ton about rate of fare. sleeping accommodations
and time tables vii b. cheerfuDly given by anpyingto
PERCIVAL LOWELL,
General Passenger AEcLt. chicago.
THCS !. POTTER
General Manager. Chicago. T. y. MARVIN,
Agent 81 nttHS4.
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Farm for Sale.

In the town of Farm Ridge about mile esss VI The
Seminary know n as the old Bennett Farm Contains
about 80 acres has living spring water. good Wei al
house about 81 acres OF timber balance under cultva
tion and In pasture Address ABEL HARRIS. on The
premises or a. Farm Ridge postofice. oei6-imo
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Saved his Child.


II n. Eutaw St., Baltimore, Md.
Feb. II, 1880.
Gents Upon the recommends
,ion Of a friend | tried Browns
lRoN BIrrERs as a tonic and re-
storative for my daughter, whom
was thoroughly convinced was
wasting away with Consumption.
Having lost three daughters by the
terrible disease, under the care OF
eminent physicians, | was 10th to
believe that anything could arrest
the progress of the disease, but, to
my great surprise, before my daugh-
ter had taken one bottle of Browns
Iron BITTERs, she began to mend
and now is quite restored TO former
health. A fifth daughter began to
show signs Of Consumption, and
when the physician was Consulted
he quickly said "Tonics were re-
CURED" and when informed that
the elder sister was taking BRowS'S
Iron BrTTERs, responded that is
good tonic, take it. -
ApoEAN PHELPS.
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Browns IRON BITTERs efectual-
ly cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion and
Weakness, and renders the greatest
relief and benefit to persons suffering
from such wasting diseases as Con-
sumption, Kidney Complaints, etc.
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tor the -" 40 cellar.
A bio Yankee from Maine, on paying
his bill in a restaurant. was told that
the sum put down didn't include the
waiter. Wall" he roared. Il didn' t
eat the waiter, did ~" He looked as
if ne could, though, and there was no
further a .scu,.ion.
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Forty degrees is the best temperature
for the ~, 40 cellar.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-22
PERSONAL.

W. S. Pierce, LIE Sueur, is at the Wind
sor.
M. Field, st. Croix Falls, is at the Mer-
chants.
H. P. Hubbell, Winona. is at the Metro
politan.
VIM. Simmons, New York, is at the Met
ropolitan.
E. G. Gary, Fargo, is registered at the
Merchants.
Hon. F. A. Donahower, st. Peter, is at
the Windsor.
Thomas s. Burks, Dickinson, D. T., is at
the Merchants.
Hugh Ferguson, Northern Pacific juno
ton is at the Windsor.
Hon. Hugh j. Macdonald, wife and
| child, Winnipeg, are at the Metropolitan.
Hon. John Peterson, of Dodge county,
paid visit to his state house friends
yesterday.
81. H. Hawkins, Thomson, county attor-
! ney, was among the arrivals at the Wind
sor yesterday.
Thomas G. Kurtz and T. e. Briggs,
| prominent business men of Moorhead, are
at the Merchants.
Capt. Pate S. Davidson, La Crosse, su-
| perintendent of the st. Paul & st. Louis
Packet company, is in the city.
Vim. R. Merriam, vice president of the
| Merchants National bank, left on bust
ness triple Chicago yesterday.
Hon. H. T. Wells, Preston, Fillmore
county, is in the city on legal business.
with headquarters at the Metropolitan.
G. B. Wheeler, Fergus Falls, was among
the arrivals at the Merchants yesterday.
Jas. G. Ramsey, Glendive, NJ. T., is at
| the Merchants.
Hon. W. A. Burleigh, former delegate in
| congress from Dakota, but now practicing
his profession, the law, at Miles City, M. T.
is at the Merchants on his return from a
short business trip East.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-22
KATAN.4GH'S AUCTIONS.
Y ARGE AND IMPORTANT SALE OF r
Il 4 ESrA TE-I ,uill coli OF n,.a+:a.. -

ARGE AND IMPORTANT SALE OF REAL
~ ESTATE will sell at auction on the
premises, on Tuesday, June 5, at 10 O'Clock a
M, one house and lot, 5Gxl00 feet, fronting on
De Bow street. This property is situated imme-
diately in the rear of the residence of J. FL.
Allen, ESQ.,, and in one of the finest neighbor-
hoods of the city, within one block of the Street
railway and but ten minutes from the business
center of the city.
On the same day at II o'clock a. M, 1 will
sell at auction on the premises four lots on Jack
son street, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets,
in Prince & Desnoyer's Encouragement. These
lots are Immediately south of the Prince block,
corner of Pearl and Jackson streets, and are ad-
mirably adapted for business or fine tenement
blocks.
Also, on the same day st 2 o'clock p. NJ, two
lots in Rondo's addition, each 5Ox10O feet, and
situated on the northeast corner of Carroll and
Josette sree S. These lots are we'll adapted for
business purposes, in fine Deighborhood and
convenient to the wholesale center. All of the
above isa portion of the wel-known DesnOyer
estate. Terms liberal and made known here
after.
141 PIT. KAVANAGE. Auctioneer.