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Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
they carried down valuable freight of

they carried down valuable freight ot
salmon.
The number of men who first invented
the salmon wheel is standing joke il
the country but its prototype (and
suggestion was to be seen few rods
below, where an Indian lived in a
house, partly tent, partly shed, and or
namented with pictures from the illus
trated papers, under trees whose lower
branches were decked with the dull red
rays of split salmon drying in the
smoke. Out from the messy rock
where his family dwelt he had con-
structed little staging of poles reach
ing over the rushing river. There he
would stand for hours with a double
handed dip-net, sweeping the water
from upstream down, trusting to the
chance of accidentally dipping up a
salmon. There was no difference what
ever in the principle of the Indians
dip-net and the white mans wheel,
and no great disparity in their mech
anism.
Farther up the river another clever
Indian method of taking this lordly
fish by trickery was to be seen. From
one bank to the other the Indians built
a solid network of willow sprouts,
weaving the barriers upon poles driven
into the river bottom about four feet
apart. This fence was eighty yards
long-the whole width of the Spokane
River-and in the whole of it there was
not hole big enough for a salmon to
crawl through. This fence, or weir,
however, was not straight athWart
the river. 1t was built in the form of
a V, the point extending downstream.
AT each bank was hung small wicker
door.
When the salmon come upstream
they meet the obstruction, and feel
along it for place to get through.
Thus they are conducted to the small
doors, which they push open with their
noses, the force of the cuTrent shutting
the door behind them the instant they
have passed. Then they find them
selves with many predecessors in a pen
from which there is no exit, and every
minute or two the little door opens to
let in some new conner. There is no
danger of their becoming crowded,
however, for here stand active Indian
boys, naked to their belts, skilIfully and
tirelessly spearing the poor salmon and
tossing them out on the bank. There
the girls gather them in baskets woven
of spruce roots, and carry them to the
squaws, who speedily cut them to
pieces, and set them hanging in the
smoke.
There could probably be measured
five thousand miles of sea and river
coast upon the Columbia, Puget Sound,
the Fraser River, and the other streams
of British Columbia where the SALMON
forms the staple food of the In4ian
INGERsoLL, %aa,
Harper's Weekly. i
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WHO LADY FLORENCE DIXIE IS.

Lady Florence Dixie, the victim of
the assault, is the wife of Sir Alexan-
der Beaumont Churchill-Dixie. She
has been for some time woman we'll
known to the English public as the cor
respondent of the London Morning Post.
She wrote a series Of letters from Zulu
land, which were the basis of her work
entitled {" In the Land of Misfortune .
She made tour on horseback through
Patagonia few years ago, when her
experiences on that occasion were incor-
porated in book entitled Z" Across
Patagonia" The publication which
brought her most into notoriety in con-
nection with Irish affairs, however, was
a pamphlet entitled can Address to
the Tenant Farmers and People of
Ireland, with Advice and Warning >
This melted the opposition of the ex-
treme Nationalists, and has pleased no
one who was interested in the solution
of the Irish question. She comes
from family who aimed, apparently,
to seek notoriety. Her father was the
seventh Marquis of Queensberry,
famous amateur boxer, who was the
author Of the rules under which Sullivan
and other ring notables box in exhibition
in this country. Her mother was
daughter of General Sir William Clay
ton, who was accused of cowardice at
Waterloo. Lady Florence Dixie was
at one time made especially mark of
public comment because she appeared
at court reception without the pre-
scribed feathers and veil, which called
forth letter from the Lord Chamber
lain, prescribing the court etiquette in
the matter of dress at the queens recep-
tions. She recently charged in letter
to the London Times, that large sum
of the land league funds had disappeared
being accounted for.
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THE MOTTO IN A WEDDING RING

A lover gave the wedding ring
Into the goldsInith's hand.
"Grave me,' he said, "a tender thought
Within this golden band.'
The goldsmith graved,
With careful art,
8 TIL Death us part
The wedding bells rang gladly out,
The husband said, 40 wife,
Together we will share the grief,
The happiness OF life.
give to thee
My hand, my heart,
TIL Death us part.n
Twas she that lifted now his hand
70 love, that this should bel,
Then on it placed the golden band,
And whispered, tenderly:
"Till Death us join,
Lo, thou art mine,
And am thine!
And when Death joins we never more
Shall know an aching heart;
The bridal of that better love
Death has no power to part.
That trOth will be
For thee and me
Eternity"
So up the hill and down the hill
Through fifty changing years
They shared each others happiness,
They dried each others tears.
Alas alas
That Deaths cold dart
Such love can part!
But one sad day she stood alone
Beside his narrow bed;
She drew the ring from off her hand,
And to the goldsmith said:
"Oh, man, who graved
With careful art,
Till Death us part,
Now grave four other words for me:
Till Death as joiT1.'" He took
The precious golden band once more,
With solemn, wistful look,
And wrought with care,
For love, not coin,
"TiEL Death as join"
-Hdrper's Weekly.
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THERE are some remarkable Incl
dents connected with the life of Uncle
Wiley Fletcher. He was born when
his father was hundred and one years
of age and his father lived to see him
vote. His oldest brother, if he was now
living, would be one hundred and fifty
years old. Mr.. Fletcher is now on a
visit to his many friends in Hawkins
vile. Though seventy-one years of age
he appears to be as full of life and energy
as many man in the prime of life. He
says that he split rails the day before he
left home and it is asserted by those
who know him that he can outrun any
man of his age in the county, in the
State, in America, or in the world
Ha,okinsUille (Ga.) Recorder.
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A LITTLE PLACE WITH A BIG
NAME.-Situated on the London and
Northwestern Railway, between Ban
gor and Holyhead, in Anglesea county,
Wales, lies the little town of Liam
fairpwllgwyngertrobwllllandisilio
goch. The translation of which means
Fair-Town-in-the-W Water. It is noted
not so much for it's name as it is for
the number of wild ducks that abound
in its vicinity. 1t has a population of
about 1900. Nine out of ten of whom
are unable to spell the name of their
town correctly. In speaking of it they
call it Llanfairyorpwll. 1t, without
doubt, bears the longest name of any
place in the world.
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The wife of a brand new member of
Congress told her neighbors that the
family would remove to Washington,
but she was undecided as to how they
would live in the capital /; she favored
taking one of the Potomac fiats.-Csa-
cinnati Saturday NIGHT.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

SENATOR BECK began life as a farm
hand and plantation overseer Davis,
of West Virginia, was a brakeman
Fair, a bartender; Farley, was a
coach-driver Morrill,, country store
keeper; Sawyer, was a laborer; and
Plumb was printers devil.
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WHAT CURIosITIEs EARN.
THE WAGES OF THE GIANT, MIDGET,
BEARDED LADY, FIRE-EATER
AND SUCH.

AMI 6OOhs
g There are probably a dozen first
class giants in the business,'' said J. E.
Sackett, in answer to question, and
they get all the way from $50 to $500 a
week. Colonel Goshen gets SIS; Brus-
tad, the Norwegian, gets SIS; Chang,
the Chinaman, now in London, is paid
$40 week and his travelling expenses.
Murphy, who is also over there and
who is the tallest man in the world.
gets about the same salary. Cooper,
who was with Forepaugh last season,
got 5000. Midgets are more numerous
than giants There are over one hun
dred of them now on exhibition. Tom
Thumb is, of course, a high-salaried
curiosity. Che-Mah gets $125 week.
Jennie Quigley receives $50 week,
and Little Jewel is paid $35. General
Mite and Lucia Zarata, who travel to-
gether, get $500 a week and ten per
cent. of the profits of the management.
General Totman is paid $50; and Major
Dot, $50; Major Atom, S75. An
armless wonder, like Charles E. Trip,
who writes and otherwise uses his feet
as other people use their hands, is
worth $40 week. The only legless
man in existence outside of Walter
Stuart, is Eli Bowen, who has only feet
and ankles growing out from his body.
He commands $50 week and is indie
pendent, owning two large and valuable
farms in Michigan. Fat women are
numerous and, with one or two excep-
tions, do not get more than $15 or $50.
Mile. Myers, the bearded lady, receives
S40a week. They average about that fig
ure. " Ventriloquists receive a weekly
salary of from $40 to $50. Cassenovia,
the chap who cuts men to pieces on the
stage, got S125. Other jugglers range
as low ass SIS. Fire-eaters receive from
S35 to $50. Patti, the trained monkey
man, got SIS Giovanna, the bird
trainer, $50; Anelli and his trained
birds, $50. ."-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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AN exchange has an article headed,
g The Advantages of Money" Well,
no boubt, next thing to cheek, or a fat
government position, there is nothing
that has as many advantages as money.
-Peck's sam.
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Browns IRON BITTERs
has been thoroughly tested
for dyspepsia, indigestion,
biliousness, weakness, debil-
ity, overwork, rheumatism,
neuralgia, consumption,
liver complaints, kidney
troubles, &c, and it never
fails to render speedy and
permanent relief
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

Penn's advent in this country two
hundred years ago may be regarded as
that Of Clothier. We continue in
the same line upon similar principles
of equity and prudence, but with en-
larged facilities and superior advanta-
ges to the customer, who has not only
a large stock from which to select, but
the privilege Of returning goods and
getting back the money on all pur-
chases that cannot otherwise be made
satisfactory.
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We are afraid that that New York
editor who had his body escorted to the
grave by band Of music won't have
one to meet him on the other side.-
Salem Sunbeam.
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Rev. G. w. RICE, editor Of
the american Christian Re
0Te7O, says Of Browns Iron
BitterS:
Gin, o., Nov. I6, 1881.
Gents The foolish vast
ing Of vital force in business,
pleasure, and vicious indul-
gence Of our people, makes
your preparation necessity;
and if applied, will save hun
dreds who resort to saloons
for temporary recuperaton.
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VOL. XVI.
Nisteltaneous Sduer's $.
bWiskey!

Browns IRON BITTERs
is one of the very few tonic
medicines that are not COM
posed mostly Of alcohol or
whiskey, thus becoming a
fruitful source of intemper-
ance by promoting a desire
for rum.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

If You WANT TO SAVE YOURSELF A GREAT
DEAL OF SUFFERING. MUCH VALUABLE TINE, AND
ENDLESS AMOUNT OF EXPENSE AND ABOVE ALL
IF You WANT TO SAVE YOUR HEALTH, CURE
YOUR Cough, BY USING
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
Browns IRON B1TTERs

BROWNS IRON BITTERS
is guaranteed to be a non
Intoxicating stimulant, and
it will, in nearly every case,
take the place of all liquor,
and at the same time abso-
lutely kill the desire for
whiskey and other intoxi-
eating beverages.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06
Plantation PHILOSOPHY.

A oman is better after The sheds
tears. De honeysuckle is sweeter ar.
ter a rain.
Great dangers is often feared less
den little ones. A cowll git outen de
way quicker fur a hoss den she will
fur a railroad train.
Oars no animal dat is got de greed
OBJ man. A hog knows when he's got
enough corn, but man neber knows
when he's got money enough.
/ doan care how young de chile is,
dar is ON its face signs OBJ honesty or
dishonesty. Ole natur" hans out her
principles mighty 'arly in dis life.
A woman is more homes wild money
den a man, but she amt nigh so homes
wild herself. A 'oman'll pay a debt
whar man would refuse, but a man
will tell de truf whar oman II stretch
it NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Traveller.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

The SILLINEss OF EARLY RISING.
-"He who would thrive must rise at
fve;" he who would thrive more must
rise at four; he who would most thriv.
ing be, should leave his bed at stroke
of three; he who would Others Guido,
should be already dressed at two; he
who would never be outdone, should
rise before the clock strikes One;and he
who would thrive best of all, should
never go to bed at all.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

A LovELY BONNET. "A truly sweet
bonnet designed for an Euglishwoman
by Partisan milliner has a nest full
Of eggs on its brim, with the mother
bird picking a spray of berries, while
the father opens his mouth to sing.
The next thing will be small model
of the historical pie and the four and
twenty blackbirds. f Boston Budget.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06
None Beer. but less hhiskr.

Statistics just published show that
the quantity of beer brewed in the
United States dnring the twelve
months ending with April was five
hundred and thirty.eight million gal
Ions, or twenty.three million gallons
more than was made during the pre-
ceding year. II appears that the pro-
duction has been steadily and rapidly
increasing year by year. The brew
Of 1883 shows an advance Of a hun
dred and elk per cent. over that Of
1875.
But let no good temperance people
too quickly take alarm at these fig
ures. The census returns show that
while the production Of malt liquors
in the country increased in value du-
ring the decade between 1870 and
1880 from fifty five to a hundred and
one million dollars, the production Of
distilled liquors increased during the
same period from thirty.six only TO
fourty one million dollars. Is not this
good proof that the people are drink
ing more beer and less whisky
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

During the cOttOn-picking season
in Texas a cOlored man who had gone
into the country to pick cotton return.
ed very much Disguised. ibid you
get no offer to pick cottoni" asked a
friend. eyes. SIGH as dey wus. A
white man offered me One-fourth Of
what | picked. jess tux a look at de
field and saw fur myself dat when it
wus all picked it wouldn't mount to
One-fOurth; 50 left fur home" "YOu
wus in luck dat you didn't git fooled.
"You bet | wus My 'rifmetic is all
what saved me. tell yer, send yer
ohilluns TO school,"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

Fifty years ago it was accounted
very wasteful to put manure anywhere
but in the bottom Of the furrow, or
under thick covering of soil to make
compost for meadows. Now, practi-
cal men and scientists agree in com
mending natures own way of making
land rich solely by surface dressings.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

When a young man says his girl is
"worth her weight in gold." he is not
putting a very high valuation upon
her unless she is very heavy girl.
At this rating, one hundred and TWEEN
ty pounds of girl would be worth on.
ly about $50 900.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

VERY IMPROBABLE STORY. - A
Rising Sun Qnd. man was so intent
on making his wife sorry that he had
spent the money for an organ that he
had been saving to pay the taxes with,
that he resolved to make death more
than doubly sure. lie rugged up
gibbet ON the river bank. Standing
on a chair he fixed the knot properly
under his left ear and swallowed a
dose of poison. Then he discharged
horse pistol at his forehead as he
jumped of the chair. Missing his
aim the pistol bullet cut the rope and
dOused him in the dirty water, of
which he swallowed enough to eject
the poison. He was fshed out and
fined $40 under the anti-suicide act
[Chioago Herald.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

Last year over 25S,OOO pounds of
ostrich feathers were sent to England
from CapitOun, the value of the ieath-
ers being over So. 100000. 1t is said
that the total is sevenfold what the
total was ten years ago.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06
Eradicates
MALARIA.
A Household Article for Universal
Family Use.

Fevered and sickPer-
sons refreshed and
Bed Sores prevent
ed by bathing with
Darbys Fluid.
Impure Air made
harnlcss add purified.
For Sore Throat Il Is a
sure cure.
Contagion destroyed.
For Frosted Feet,
Chilbiains, Piles,
Chafings, etc.
Rheumatism cured.
Soft White Complex
Ions secured by It's use.
Ship Fever prevented.
To purify the breath,
Cleanse the Teeth,
IL can't be surpassed.
Catarrh relieved and
cured.
ErysipeIas cured.
Observation-Disclosures.
Sears prevented.
Dysentery cured.
Wounds healed rapidly.
scurvy cured.
An Antidote for Animal
or Vegetable Poisons,
Stings, etc.
| used the Fluid during
our present affection with
Scarlet Fever with de
oided advantage. IL is
indispensable 20 the sick
room. WM y. SAND
FORD, Eyrie, Ala.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06
PnEsi PAEsi PnEsi

DR.. DeHafRg's AesC Discovery for
Piles Is radical change from the Old remedies
heretofore In use. The Discovery IL the result Of
years Of pa tent scientific study aud investigation
into the character Of this painful disease To con
vince you Of Its great merit, call on Penny A Nc
Alisler, stanford, or W. NJ. Weber, Mt Vernon,
aud get a sample bon free Of charge.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

Here are some statistics on women
as workers in this country: The man
ufacture of artificial feathers gives
employment to more than 5000; A.
900 are engaged in bOok-binding; 25,.
600 do work in shoe factories; 80, 900
manufacture mems clothes, profes.
sionally, in addition to the millions
who do this kind of work at their
own homes; in making women's
clothing, $4,000; 1000 women get
living by making confectionery; l.
400 make Irvine, and 1000 are engag-
ed in making corsets.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

BEIRNE, of the Richmond State. is a
regular Jumbo of a fellow, weighing
perhaps $50 lbs. and the man that
couldn't stand up at eight PAGES and
hit that mass Of flesh with a 32 ball
must be bad shot or was frightened
out of his wits. Elan was probably
guilty of both counts.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

DANGER IN USING IcE.-It has
been repeatedly pointed out that ice is
destroying the American race. The
ice water that is universally drunk by
Americans, who beieve themselves to
be temperate, chills the stomach. ren.
ders digestion impossible and makes
the consumer hopeless dyspeptic.
even il it is not responsibilities many
persons believe it to be-for that al.
most exclusively American malady,
Bright's disease of the kidneys. But
there is another evil wrought by ice
in this country of which no notice has
yet been taken. The practice of pre-
serving food on ice is rapidly demOra!
izing the American palate aud render.
ing us as nation incapable of dining
like civilized beings.-[New York
Times.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

One Of our best citizens would say to the
public that he has tried Halls CalarrhC Cure
aud il is all that il claimed for il. Price
Zoe per bottle, at Penny n McAlislers.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

A Turin jeweler has made a tiny
boat of a single pearl, which shape il
assumes in swell and concavity. It's
sail is of beaten gold, studded with
diamonds, and the pinnacle light at
its pow is perfect ruby. An emer-
aid serves as its rudder. and its stand
is a slab of ivory. 1t weighs less
than halt an ounce; its price is So, +.
600
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

A debtor who was sued by his cred.
itOr acknowledged that he had bor-
rOwed the money, but declared that
the plaintiff knew at the time that is
was a Kathleen Mayourneen loan.
"a Kathleen Mayourneen loanl" re.
piled the Court, with a puzzled look.
That's is, Judge one Of the sit may
be for years. and il may be forever
sort"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

Sheep are one of the best kinds of
stock to keep in orchards. After a
little practice they will pick up fallen
fruit quicker than hogs, and this is
often very important, as the codling
moth worm generally leaves the apple
soon after it drops. But, with either
sheep or hogs, sufficient food must be
supplied or the trees will be barked.
The food thus given goes, however;
where it will do the most good, in the
production of the largest and fairest
fruit.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

n. II. Clarke. Louisville. says ~ have
used Browns Iron Bitter. for general de
bility aud il far transcends anything ! have
ever tried"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

Our Baptist friends have their own
fun over one another's baptismal
blunders. The Baptist Standard, re.
ferring TO the accident on the Brook
Ign Bridge remarked; at would seem
that all good achievements must be
baptized in blood" Whereupon the
Baptist Weekly picks up his stumbl ing
brother and gently reasons with him
thusly: "When baptized is used in
this way in Baptist newspaper it is
perhaps not wonderful that people
generally have but hazy perception
Of what the English word 'baptize'
means. To baptize the Brooklyn
Bridge in blood would take all the
gore ever shed on battle-fields. The
great achievement between Brooklyn
aud New York has not been baptized
in water yet, and as we must eth err
have a deluge or it must fall before
that happens, We hope it never will
be. "
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-07-06

A remedy for the cabbage-worm,
tested, consists Of a mixture of one
half pound each OF hard soap and
kerosene oil in three gallons of water.
An examination should be made the
day after application. The growing
cabbage presents such mass of leaves
in which the worms may be concealed
that it is hardly possible to reach all
at one application.