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The Plague i'm Egypt.

1t might have been expected that the
English occupation of Egypt would
have got enough sanitary regulation
into the land of the Nile to at least pre-
vent the most fearful plague known
there for years. But now, between Cairo
and Port Said in one direction and AL
axandria in the other, the condition is
most distressing. Even the English
soldiers are suffering, several having
died ut Damietta, but the English seem
to be making every effort to conceal the
facts. Two noted physicians, DR.. Laird,
Scotchman. and German, DIR. Ernst,
have lost their lives there, and the exc
dus of foreign families amounts almost
TO panic. The few foreign medical
men willing to remain to stem the tide
are met with opposition from the ma
tive doctors, who are driving good
business, as they are the only ones that
collect fees. Lord Fitzmaurice told the
House of Commons Tuesday that the
Government had no intention of pro-
posing an international conference.
The Sanitary Council ut Cairo has put
the population of Damietta into tents
and partly burned and partly disinfect.
ed the place. Several small villages
have also been burned. The natives are
forced by the soldiery to bury their
dead. and the hospital camp at Damiet
tais strongly guarded. In some of the
isolated villages along the Med
iterranean and in the low line districts
between Lake Munzaleh and Lake Bor-
las there are scarcely natives enough to
bury the dead. The natives are very
bitter against the English, who, though
warned OF the approaching plague,
failed to make the necessary precau-
tons. The condition at Mansoura is thus
described:
The dying are left alone in the
houses, friends and relatives fleeing, and
their bodies have remained unburied for
days. Dead bodies in some cases have
rotted in the sunshine in the streets of
villages deserted by all except the diving
ana the convalescent, while many of the
latter were helpless and starving. ANY
thing like grave had been unthought
OF for fortnight, and in the low delta
ground where water is found at a depth
OF two or three feet, the trenches have
been dug so shallow and filed SO full
that the first wind blew away the cover
ing OF sand or the first rain washed
away the earth. Even where the rot
ing bodies were not uncovered and ex-
posed, they were so near the surface as
to rot under hot sun, and allow the
gases to filter to the surface and poison
the air-"-Springfeh (Moss.) Repn6-
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The Girls Of the Wide West.

AS you proceed toward the unfenced
prairie, the West becomes more and
more the paradise of women. Almost
all distinctions are personal, and it is
only in few of the cities that social
hierarchies have begun to form. Indeed
the queen of one of the great railway
municipalities of the Northwest was her
self servant, and is not ashamed of it.
Throughout the villages it is thought a
social distinction to wait upon the table
well. In fact, in the frontier cities the
mattresses at the hotels are persons of no
slight consequence. A request for a cup
of coffee, if not made with proper hui
mility, is often met with the reioinder,
'Wlll you have it now, or will you wait
till you get it?'-a joke that, however
stale, enjoys great prosperity with all
except one of its hearers. Every thrifty
waitress is indeed a real estate magnate.
She has three claims-homestead, pre-
emption, and free, which when proved
up give her q kingdom as iargeas many
an old German State. The majority of
the girls of the Northwest are, however.
schoolmistresses. To have been
schoolmistress is there regarded as IL
tie of nobility, though the order is so
large that there is nothing invidious
about it. The diverse fountains from
which the male and female aristocra-
cies of the frontier spring are remark
able. Sober bartenders constitute the
former, schoolmistresses the latter.
Ibid you not keep bar on the Jim
River or the Cheyenne?" is safe ques-
ii Il to ask any local millionaire who is as
suming too much of the air of the Bour-
bon or the Hapsburg. But the hundreds
of mettlesome schOolmistresses who in
spring and autumn gather their little
focks together in the island huts that
dot the waving fields of grass and wheat
no State could have a better founda-
ton for its intellect and morality. In
the summer the girls are engaged gath
ering in the harvest, for which they are
paid two dollars day or more In the
winter they work at home and indulge
in social recreations.-Cor. NJ 7. Mail
and Express.
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In the fall OF 1875 my sucfrgs were terrible. Iwss
swollen such proportions that fcared my limbs
would burst had the best medical talent obtainaole
ana at the stage OF Illness, when my husoaS
anlmany friends had given me up TO dc inc late DE-
John Woodbury. made thorough examination Of mJ
water, and pronounced my case acute kidney disease
bordering on Brights disease. and accompanied ~
gravel and recommended the immediate use of HuntS
Remedy. At this time / was suffering most terrible
pain In my back limbs and head and could ind no rest
day or night for weeks and ives growing weaker
daily until this kind physician ordered me TO take
Hunts Remedy. Before taking half of one bottle
commenced to improve and after taking six bottles
entirely cured. This nearly eight years ago.
and have had return OF the disease. nave REQ
commended Hunts Remedy TO others in similar cases.
and it has failed have also used IL Tor
sick headache, and found in 1t sure relief Think 10
the best medicine made, and cheerfuly recommend u
TO all MRS. W. II. STILSON
No. ls Tyler St., Boston. MasA
April IS 1883.
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Counting Entirely by Letter.

ne was nice young man, could not
De else, because you see. he came from
lineage, which vital fact stamps him
gulleless. But he accomplished a nine
days wonder in st. Louis. 1t was re-
vealed thus: We were invited ont to
farewell dinner. given to brand new
bride of few hours existential. She
was to leave our classic shades and
bury herself in the city by the lake.
No one had met the him of the case,
and in the mysterious second-story
region devoted at '-swell" affairs to the
adjustment of feminine noth:ngs sur
mise and speculation were busy, tc
which l listened wonderingly until
called across the hall to the bride, when
| learned this marvellous tale:
do look well?" whispered she OF
the new title. Il am so anxious. You
must know l do not know my husband
very we'll"
NO? l thought your introduction
dated back two years"
$50 it does, but by letter. / never
saw him until Monday"
''Delectable thunderbolts, Last Mon
day? Why, this is only Wednesday,
Even SO, my dear.h
''lf this is not an instance of sublime
ecStatic faith. How in the world did
you know but that he was cross-eved,
knock-kneed, pigeon-toed or bound to
some sort of horror?''
81 knew nothing; l simply trusted
him."
''Blissful trust! But, naturally.
SIM, he came from Chicago you are
safe"
And it actually came to pass in this
wicked and perverse generation, a
young woman, in full possession of her
senses, took man blindly on trust, on
two days time. She is a very sweet
girl, quiet and dignified, decidedly not
of the sort who would do the thing for
fun, but she soberly and honestly &C.
cepted the man through the promptings
OF some occult power, which she is
pleased 10 call love. How it could be
love, the object unseen, is a mystery 10
the practical mind, which prefers some
thing more tangible and less in the alb
stract, upon which to button a passion.
Still, in matters of spiritual concern.
we are taught faith is the essence OF
love.
forgot my own personal adornment
in my anxiety to descend and be pre-.
sented to the man whose pen had &C.
quired such absolute dominion over so
healthy, mind. Looking squarely
found her bargain good. in matters
physical. Such large well-built figure
and broad shoulders are nice things for
a girl to own. His converse proved his
intelligence well sprent with culture,
and by the seeing she had not drawn a
blank. Then follows the wonder, what
induced him to run his half of the risk.
BY the popular conception folly in
woman is permissible, in man it is
not.-COr. ". o. Times Democrat.
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4 TOWN GARDEN.

plot Of ground-thc mcrcst Scrip
Deep, like n dry. forgotten well.
garden caught In brio \ built trap.
where mon make money. buy and sell:
md struggling through the stagnant haze
Din howers. with stpcss leaf and stem,
Took up with -omcthirg of vc gaze
mat hOmesick eyes have east on them.
Ihore Il a rose against the wall,
. With scanty. smoke inCrust"d lcavcs:
Falr showers on happier roses fall
On this, foul droppinR~ from the caves.
10 pines, but you need hardly note;
" dies by inches in the gloom.
shoots In the sprinR.timc. ~ " by rotc:
Long has fOFottCn 10 dream OF bloom.
The poorest blossom. and II were classcd
With color and nnmC-but never "a fioweri
W blooms with the rOte' whose bloom a. past
,Ot every hue. and place aud hour.
they I've before me ~ look
q, The dnmask buds that breathe and glow,
rink Wild roses. down by brook.
Lavish clusters Of airy snow.
Gould one transplant you-,far on high
n murky sunset lVht- the tiles
And set you 'gsafh the urchinR sky.
49, ln thC green country, many miles.
would you strike dccpuul suck up strength
. washed with rain and hung with pearls,
Ting 20 the trpllis n lpIfY length.
sweet with blossom for June and Eirls7
Yet no! who needs you in those bowers2
who prizes Hifts that Hll can giver
hcstow your life instead uf flowers.
And slowly die that dreams may live.
fri.oncd aTd pcrishinV. your dole
UT lingering leaves shall not hC vain
worthy 20 wrcnthc the hcmluck bowl.
or twiuc about the cross ~ pain!
-hurVtrrt Iei'U .H HUper's Mrg1shis.
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Rebuked.

Among the well-bred people it is con-
sidered preach OF good manners to
talk or giggie at concert while a
vocalist is singingor musicians are play
ing. Yet at almost every concert some
persons are found who thoughtlessly or
indifferently annoy both musicians and
audience with impunity.
Theodore Thomas, the eminent con-
ductor, has on several occasions, re-
buked ill-mannercd people by stopping
the performance and announcing that
he would not proceed until there was
silence in the audience.
Ole Bull, the great violinist, once
silenced Queen who thought that she
could talk while he was playing. The
vioiinist was to play before distin-
guished company, among whom was the
Queen Dowager of Naples at the Duke of
Lucca's palace.
After the introduction by the piano
had been played buzz of conversation
was kept up, in which the Queen took a
prominent part.
A friend whispered to Ole Bull not to
mind it, but to begin his solo. He how
ever, quietly stood with his violin under
his arm in the attitude of waiting. The
Duke asked if he desired ANYTHING.
Il am quite ready your Grace, ="
answered the self-respecting musician,
but fear TO interrupt the conversation.
The Queen has probably something of
Importance to impart, and / would not
disturb her."
The Duke crossed over TO the Queen
and whispered in her ear. Her Majesty
was evidently surprised, for she SURVEYED
the independent artist through her eve
glass-but the conversation ceased.
The next morning, an attendant of
the Queen met Ole Bull on the street,
and proposed to present him to her
Majesty, as she disired TO see him. He
was introduced, and the Queen began
the conversation by saying that she sup
posed they had great many bears in
Norway.
Yes, your Majesty" answered the
spirited musician, ironically, land /
had the good fortune to be nursed by
one"
''But why did you not play last
EVENING"" asked the Queen, seeing
that she had no ordinary man to deal
with.
Il did not wish to disturb your
MaJesty's conversation.
''Oh! l understood that you were
offended; but you must overcome that
sensitiveness. In Neapolitan society
conversation always goes on during
music"
81 should not think of visiting city
so barbarous, where music is considered
mere recreation to tighten the tedium
OF more important occupation, your
Majesty"
But you must comet" continued the
Queen, now thoroughly Interested in the
bold Norseman; Il sent for you to ask
you, and assure you that you shall
have none but silent listeners, for YOU
deserve them"
Her Majesty became one of the
violinist's most servicable friends
Youth's Companion.
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To Starch and Polish Fine Shirts.

The shirts must be well washed and
thoroughly rinsed. The clear white
ness of clothes depends largely on the
final rinse water. After rinsing them
wiring from hot starch made in the or
binary way; that is, dissolve in new
tin or pOrcelain-lined dish quantity of
starch IN cold water, pour over it boil
ing water until il is about rs thick a.
molasses, stirring all the time while
pouring in the water, and till the con-
s:stency is uniform; add bit of white
soap in fine shavings, or "A lump of
sugar. or n BIT of butter, or a little
white wax and spermaceti, and boil
about one minute. When the starched
clothes are perfectly dry wiring them
through cold starch, made by dissolv-
ing n teaSpoonful of fine starch in a
quart of cold water with saltspoon-
full of pulverized bOrax added. roll
them up and let them lie an hour or
two. Have the ironing table perfectly
clean, and "A bowl of clean water. with
clean linen cloth near il To rub of
any Specks that may appear on the lin
EN-. Iron first the body of the shirt.
then the band and then put the bosom
over the bosom-bOard and rub il smooth
with linen cloth, removing all surface
bits of starch. il there are any TO re-
move, lay thin cloth, an old handker-
chief will do, over the bosom and pass
the flat-iron lightly over. remove the
cloth and iron the bosom till it is per-
fectly dry. A bit of wax melted in a
piece of brown paper will give the sur
face of the iron smoothness, il il is
rough. When the first ironing is done.
lay the bosom on board covered With
n single thickness of muslin. pass a wet
cloth over it to dampen it slightly. and
then go over it with a polishing-iron.
bearing on hard, and rubbing till the
linen shines. This iron can be bough,
at house-furnishing stores for seventy
five cents or one dollar Experiment
first on an old shirt. Practice makes
perfectly. y. Tribune.
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Mr.. Harris Inflrmity.

Yesterday n crowd of persons stoda
before the counter in an East Side store
IN which an auctioneer was selling off
the goods to the highest bidder.
The auctioDeer was Offering some
silver spoons, when a man wearing an
alpaca coat and straw hat came in and
took seat on box of palm-leaf fans.
g Who ii start these spoons? Who'll
take them ut three dollars? Say two
and half, them cried the auctioneer.
turning from one to the other of the
persons in front of him until his eve
rested on that of the man on the box.
100 an 'alf, 90 an alf. Here we are.
What's your name, pleaseP Fine bar
gains?" So
Harris" replied the man on the box.
Harris, 7. b.
IT. b. Harris, - repeated the auction
Ger to his clerk. Half dozen spoons
ut two dollars and half"
Now, gentlemen, here are some fine
watch chains. Gold plated, heavy roll
plate. Who will give me two dollars TO
begin? I'm offered only-Ah. all rioht.
/. B. Harris, one gold chain
Mr.. Harris had nodded.
AAO NASAA wiz AAdu 10 ask the pur-
chaser to step forward and claim his
articles. Harris only nodded.
. m going to offer some superior
shaving mugs. with brush combined.
Don't all speak at once. The ladies
must keep quiet and let each man oct
his mug, spoke the auctioneer.
These are worth seventy-fve cents
EACH
No one mad e an offer. The auc-
honeer looked at T. B. Harris and re-
eeived wink.
"Gents. I'm ashamed Of you. Mr..
Harris. one shaving mug, seventy-fiye
cents. F" interrupted the auctioneer.
The clerk wrapped it up I'm tissue pa
per While be explained to colored mar
hat Harris was not a puffer, but a
bona fde purchaser.
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DanIietta.

The town of Damietta, which gives
its name to the eastern branch of the
Nile, is about four miles from the sea.
and is situated between the river and
Lake MenZalah. 1t is town of some
thirty thousand inhabitants, showing
many signs of former prosperity, but
now in dilapidated and semi-ruinous
condition. The channel of the river is
but shallow, and across its mouth there
lies bar of sand, which shifts with
every wind. so that the approach Is
dangerous 10 all vessels and imprac-
ticable to very many. Besides, pa
meta has lost the trade which il once
possessed: not only through physical
reasons of this kind, but because Of the
successful rivalry, first, of Alexaadria.
and then of Port said. Il is in This
town that the outbreak of cnolera
which has already proved so disastrous
first appeared.-London Times.
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England is certainly not a Canaan
OF free milk and honey. Indeed, the
lower classes find it a constant and pain
iui struggle to gain livelihood. As an
Illustration of the fact the. statistics are
gwen that there are in London SOC, 600
families who are in the habit of pawn
ing small articles, and that each year
there are unclaimed pledges to the num-
Der OIL. GOO. 600 that are sold. The
assertion is made that the enormous sum
OF 2IO.O00.000 articles are annually put
IN pawn--C4icdgo Inter Ocean.
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The butting power of ram may
be determined from the fact that a
fellow of that order killed a
COW by single butt the other day. The
cow was drinking and the ram mistook
her head-shaking to keep off the flies for
a challenge, and banged her in the fore
head. 1t is just as well not to make
motion at ram unless there is diyid-
ing fence Chicago Inter Ocean.
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and her crewels and left the room. A
few minutes afterward she returned,
cloaked and hated for the street
Thank you for your story, Aunt
Trace" she said, as she buttoned her
glove. Il am going down now to pay
that bill, and as for Mrs. Lorimer's re-
ception-well. / can wear my old bon
net or stay at home ~ J.. Observer
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"A Boston lady who has just moved
to Chicago complained of her house.
A neighbor asked her what the trouble
was. II suffer terribly from insomnia, {"
replied the Boston lady. Strange, :"
said the neighbor, ''in new house too;
you II have to get a trap" She thought
insomnia was Bostoness for rats
Hotel Nail
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sallowness or yellow color of skin, feel
stupid and drowsy, appetite unsteady, fire.
quent headache or dizziness, you are "bil-
ious," and nothing will arouse your liver
to action and strengthen up your system
equal 20 DIR. Picrce's Golden Medical Dis
covery." By druggists.
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A wELL-KNowN MAN.

Hunts Remedy having been recommended TO me for
kidney and liver complaints, purchased at the
Peoples Drug Store" and used It in my family and
found Il TO be very valuable medicine. and gladly
im:ncnd II highly to my friends knowing Il to be
beneficial TO those troubled with kidney liver dis.
case. Respectfully yours,
ELISHA EOYSE
April IL 1883. IS G. ST., South Boston. Mass.
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HAY-FEvER. My brother Myron and my
self were both cured of Catarrh and Hay.
Fever last July and August by Ely's Cream
Balm. Up to Dec. % these troubles have not
returned. GABRIEL FERRIS, Spencer, N. Y.
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LAST MANUFACTURER.

have used Hunts Remedy for the kidney complaint
and having been fully restored to health by It's use,
can testify to fits value
Daily recommend IL 10 some one Of my friends, Al
of whom know have been benefited by Its use.
Gratefully. GEO. r. COX.
Maiden Mass April "a 1888
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time should he

No time should he
lost II the stomach,
liver and bowels are
affected. 10 adopt the
sure remedy. Hostel.
tcr's Stomach Bltters.
Diseases Of the organs
named bcget others
far NOR, serious. and
a delay is therefore
hazardous. Dyspcp-
STA. liver complaint.
and fever. early
rheumatic twingcs,
kidney akness,
bring serious bodily
trouble iftriied with.
Lose no time In using
this effective and saH
medicine.
For sale by all
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.Epioy Your I.ife's

Is good philosophy, but to do so you must
have health. If bilious and constipated, or
blood is out of order, use DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets,n which are
mild, yet certain in their operation. OF ali
druggists.
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HAY-FEvER, was afflicted for twenty
years with Hay-Fever. used Ely's Cream
Balm with favorable results, and can rec
ommend it to all. ROBERT w. TowNLEY,
(ex-Mayor) Elizabeth, M
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CSC. buys pair of Lyons Patent Heel sfinen-
RS and make a boot or shoe last twice as long.
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GARFIELD, Iowa.-Dr. A. T. Henak says:
" Once using Browns Iron Bitters proves
fits superiority over all other tonic prepar-
atoms"
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LIVER disease, headache, and constipa-
ton, caused by bad digestion, quickly
cured by Browns Iron Bitters.
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Skinny Men. "Wells' Health Remover"
restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia.
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THE reason we are proud of summer 10
because pride goeth before a fall.-M T.
Post.
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-O 1883. 729 Prussian children, g..
IzS,yll go TO Evangelical. and ], 4O5, 989
70 Satholic schools. making q total of
,, izs,9oO in Christian schools.
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EVEN when trade is rather dull in other
lines, there Is generally hustle in dry
goods stores.
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"A New England editor, who Is sup-
posed to have .'been three" remark
that most people don't know what 3
terrible punishment tarring and feath-
ering really is"
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WHEN is a man like brick? When he
is hard Observation-Disclosures Erery Sdtar-
ddu
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IF a man who takes a mortgage is a mort
gagee, it doesn't follow that man who
takes a goat Is a goatee.-N. y journal.
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LEWIS, Iowa.-Dr. NJ. j. Davis says:
"Brown's Iron Bitters give the best of sat
isfaction to those who use it."
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wIsE's Axle Grease never gums.

Rough on Rats" Clears out rats mice
lies, reaches, bed-bugs, ants, vermin. loc'
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Mother Swans Worm Syrup" for few
erishness, restlessness, worms. Tasteless.
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WHAT is the difference between the
North and South Pole? All the difference
in the worltt.
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a por.,xa Mine

THERE is seldom any danger in intrust-
.ng secret to a distiller. He knows how
to keep still.-Somerrflle Journal.