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:" Tickle, My Client.

Sergeant Ballantine is noted for the
severity of his wit, which he frequently
uses in cross examining witnesses. Like
many other professional wits, he never
takes kindly joke against himself. On
one occasion he had lady client with
the peculiar name of Tickle, for whom
he appeared before the late Baron Mar
tin in 4 breach of promise case. 4 point
of law arose, and Mr.. Ballan.ine began
an address to the juds in these words:
Tickle, my client, my lor,l---''
Here he was interrupted by his lord
ship saying:
Tickle her yourself, my learned
BROTHER
Everybody in the court roared with
laughter except Mr.. Ballantine who look
ed grum and was very grumpy through
ont the day.
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CARE OF INFANTS IN SUMMER.

The New York Board of Health has
just promulgated the following rules for
| the summer care of infants:
Over feeding does more harm than
anything else; nurse an infant a month
or two old every two or three hours.
Nurse an infant of six months and
over five times in twenty four hours, and
no more.
If an infant is thirsty, give it pure
water or barley water; no sugar.
On the hottest days few drops of
whiskey may be added to either water or
food; the whiskey not to exceed q tea
spoonful in twenty four hours.
In relation to the feeding Of infants,
the Board advises:
Boil teaspoonful of powdered barley
(grodnd in coffee grinder) and one half
pint of water, with little salt, for fif-
teen minutes, strain, then mix it with
half as much boiled milk, add a lump of
white sugar the size of walnut, and
give it lakewarm from nursing bottle.
Keep bottle and mouth-piece in bowl
Of water when not in use to which 4 lit.
tie soda may be added.
For infants five Or six months old, give
half barley water and half boiled milk,
with salt and lump of sugar.
For older infants give more milk than
barley water.
For infants very costive, give oatmeal
instead of barley. Cook and strain as
before. When your breast milk is only
half enough, change off between breast
milk and this prepared food.
In hot weather. if blue htmus paper
applied to the food turns red, the food is
too acid, and you must make fresh
mess or add small pinch of baking
soda
Infants Of six months may have beef
tea or beef soup once day by itself or
mixed with other food, and when ten or
twelve months old crust of bread and
piece Of rare beef to suck.
No child under two years ought to eat
at your table.
Give no candies-in fact nothing that
is not contained in these rules, without
a doctors order.
The Board thus refers to summer COM
plant:
1t comes from overlooking and hot and
foul air. Keep doors and windows open.
Wash your children well with cool
water twice a day, or oftener in the hot
season.
Never neglect looseness Of bowels in an
infant; consult the family physician at
once, and he will give you rules about
what it should take and how it should be
nursed. Keep your rooms as cool as
possible, have them well ventilated, and
do not allow any bad smells to come
from sinks, garbage boxes or cutters
about the house where you live. Where
an infant i. cross and irritable in hot
weather, q trip on the water will do it
great deal of good and may prevent cmol-
era inlantum.
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"REMINISCENCES OF WASHINGTON
MAX ADELER.

You say remarked to the old negro
who drove the hack, "that you were
General Washinston's body servant? ~
"Dat's so! OATS jes so, mossa. 1
done waited on Washington sence he was
so high-no bigger'n small chile
"You know the story, then, about the
cherry tree and the Ratchet ~
''know ito Why I was dar on de spot.
| seen Mossa Gawge climb de tree after
de cherries. and I seen him fling de
hatchct at de boys who was stonin' him.
I done chase dem boys off lie place my
self"
''Do you remember his appearance as
man. What he looked like -
es, indecdy. He was kinder short,
chunky man; sorter fat and hearty look
in. He had chin whiskers and mus
tache and spectacles. Mos generally he
wore high hat; but I seed him in a fur
cap wild car warmers"'
You were not with him, of course,
when he crossed the Delaware-when he
went across the Delaware river? ~
ovid him? YES sir; was right dar.
| was not more'n two feet offn'n him as
he druv across de bridge in his buggy.
OATS a fac. walked long side de off
hind wheel of dat buggy all de way"
"Iou saw him, then, when he fought
the British at Trenton ~
''Sho's you're born did. I held Mossa
Gawge's coat an hat while he fought de
British at dat very place. Mossa Gawge
clinch him, and den dey rassled and ras-
sled, and first he frew Mossa Gawge, and
den Mossa Gawge flung him, an set on
him, and done hammered him till he
cried huff Mossa Gawge won dat fight
| seed him wild me own eyes. An l
come home wild him in de kyars.'
'You weren't with him, though when
he shot the apple off the boys head ~
"Who want wild himo wa'nto |
was de only pusson dar 'ceptin' one white
man. loaded Mossa Gawge's revolver
an han'ed it to him, an picked up de
apple an ct it soon as he knocked it off.
Nobody can't tell dish yer ole niggah
muffin bout dat circumstance"
"You know all the Generals citations,
too, suppose? Martin Luther and Peter
the Hermit and the rest?"
''Knowed UNI all. Many and many's
de time done waited on de table when
Mossa Gawge had UNI to dinner. l re-
member dem two gemmen jess wells if
I'd seen 'um yesterday. Yes, sab; an
druv um out often.'
'1've frequently seen pictures of WASH
ington in which he is represented sitting
upon white horse. Did he really ride
n white horse, or don't you recall the
color of his horse?''
''Why, Dress your soul, call de color
oh dc hoss-'call de color oh it! Do you
see dish yer nigh boss dat Pm drivin'
now, right yer? Well, OATS de very
boss Mossa Gawge used to ride. lie lef'
it to me in his will"
Just then we reached the station, and
| dismounted from the hack and paid
Washington body servant for his ser
vices. No doubt a longer conversation
with him would have revealed other ne "
and startling facts relating to the Father
of his Country.
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THE FIRST BROOKLYN BRIDGE,

One of New York's oldest citizens has
favored st. Nicholas for July with the
following account of single span bridge
which was proposed for the East River
many years ago:
Perhaps few, if any, of my young
readers are aware that any attempt was
ever made to bridge the East River from
New York to Brooklyn before the pres
ent great structure was begun. Yet a
plan for bridging the river was made and
published as early as 1911 by Mr.. Thos.
Pope, an architect, then residing in
Canal street, New York, short distance
east of Broadway.
Thomas Pope's speciality was bridge
building. He proposed to put one across
the river on the line of the present Full
ton Ferry bsats-namely, from Fulton
street, New York, to Fulton street,
Brooklyn-a bridge of single span.
sufficiently high for the largest sailing
vessels to pass under. Mr.. Pope made
a model of his bridge, published book
with an engraving of it, and solicited aid
to enable him to fulfill his object Had
he succeeded, New York long ago would
have had bridgeway to Brooklyn
But the enthusiastic engineer was DOOM
ed to disappointment. Not only was aid
denied, but he was assailed with ridicule,
No man in his senses, they said, would
seriously propose to bridge that river,
though, doubtless, if such thing could
be done, it would tend to make Brooklyn
building lots quite valuable.
l was a playmate with Mr.. Pope's chill
dren, saw him often, and have heard
many pretty anecdotes of him and his
bridge. 1t is said that he, in company
with Robert Fulton, the inventor of the
steamboat, and a large number of other
distinguished New Workers, on certain
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cream season is thoroughly ripe. The
hammock in which she swings and the
perforated sleeves that she wears do not
appear before June.
The summer girl is sentimental. Hav-
ing an active existence only during the
warm months, it becomes necessary for
her to lay in stock of sentiment dur
ing three months that will last through
out the year. Therefore, she is very
sweet, very tender, very caressable. The
young man who claims her for his own
from June to September is believed to
have very "soft'' time of it. He is
supposed, in sentimental slang, to have
all the hugging and kissing that he
wants. The summer girl always has a
supply of kisses on hand. It is true
some of the kisses are rather stale, hav-
ing been kept all winter, but when they
are warmed up they pass very readily
for fresh ones. The young man who
cultivates summer girls is not very par
ticular what kind of kisses he gets so
long as they are the clinging kind.
The summer girl is pretty. If she
wasn't pretty she wouldn't be summer
girl. She wears a pretty girls dresses,
has pretty girls teeth, and puts on
pretty girls smiles. She also has dim
pie Or two to add to the picture. She is
usually plump, but not stout; we'll
formed, but not rotund. The young man
who pays for her strawberries and cream
and takes her to picnics, where they play
copenhagen, is always proud of her.
The summer girl never gets soiled or
looks dirty. She even manages to keep
her back hair in good shape after hug
ging match.
The summer girl is not very expensive.
Her wishes are few and cheap. A row
on the river now and then, an occasional
buggy ride, a plate Of ice cream of q
warm evening, and an escort to picnic
about once in two weeks, nearly sums up
her wants. Being only a summer girl,
she does not expect those presents and
that devotion that belong to the regular,
every-day-in-the-week and twice on Sum
day-all-theyear-round girl. The sum-
mer girl is more like some luscious fruit
that comes only for time and then is
gone for the year, but is peculiarly sweet
while it lasts.-Irenton Times.
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told his patients the worst. III they got
we'll, the more credit to him. If they
died, of course it wasn't his fault. A
blaney. If he could only marry Miss
Buckthorne n0n.
In two days or less, he would he a
widower, and the lawful possessor of his
wife's fortune. Here was an opportunity
indeed.
Rubbing his eyes with his handker-
chief until they watered and looked red
from the force of the friction, he gave
the hand IN his another and more tender
pressure.
Dear Harriet" he whispered softly,
| between his sobs, "how-how-cluel
that-that we sh-should be parted
| thus"
"Cruel-indeedn' she answered.
Ihave longed cherished the purpose,
he went on huriedly, mastering his emo
ton with an effort, "of asking you to
be mine. Diflidence alone restrained me.
But if you will even now consent---"
Do-you-feel-t that would--be
a comfort--to ynI--Top- Topham. dea
The cough would not allow her to
finish.
1t would.-,t would he exclaimed,
with burst Of well-feigned feeling
"To call you mine but for an hour,
| though | lost you the next would for
ever link my soul to 4 precious memory
which-which-"
Mr.. Gynblauey was on the point of
ending his flight in an inglorious flop
down when Harriet came to the rescue
"It-shall-be - as you please, -
dear" she sighed.
"No time is to be lost 'he cried spring
ing up.
"Let us apply for special license"
just then the doctor and the nurse re-
turned, and Mr.. Gynblaney departed. In
a few hours he returned with the license,
the minister was summoned and few
minutes sufliced to make Topham Gym
blaney and Harriet Buckthorne one
A tinge, which might have passed for
blush twenty years ago, overspread the
brides countenance. For some moments
she lay like one entranced with happi-
ness.
"Toppy, DEAR" she said, when they
were again alone, | feel as if | could eat
something; they've kept me on Cruel I'M
til I'm nearly starved"
"What would you like, dearesta"
- Some tea and toast, and chops, and
boiled eggs, and--"
"Good gracious exclaimed the doc
| tor, entering in time to catch a portion
Of the list, do You wish to commit
suicide -
"What hurt can it do?' she answered.
"Iou have already told me there is no
hope"
~ think we might as we'll crafty
| her," her husband added.
And finding himself ontvoted, the
doctor held up his hand in Mortified pr
| test.
The repast was brought in and receiv-
ed ample justice. Next morning Mrs.
Gynblaney was up by time, packing her
| trunks for an elaborate wedding tour,
| from which her husband and the doctor
strove in vain to dissuade her. 1t would
| be hard to tell which Of them was most
amazed. Both were firmly convinced
that the age of miracles was rot yet
passed, unless, as the diSconSolate Gym
blaney half suspected, he had been made
the victim of a cunning plot. Ten years
have passed, and Gynblaney has still the
old problem to puzzle over; for Mrs. Gym
blaney holds her own purse strings, and
insists on ''Toppy's living on his own
income.
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day made trip around the city in one of
the new steamboats,. The afternoon was
showery, and inst as the boat rounded
Castle Garden the rain ceased, and there
was seen rainbow spanning the East
River. "See there" says Fulton, tap
ping Pope on the shoulder, there's your
bridge, Pope. Heaven favors you with
good omen."
The bridge was not built, however,
and the model was destroyed.
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THE ROMANCE OF THE CARPET

One of the brightest oft he humorist Bur
dette's poems first appeared in the Burling-
ton Hawkeye in 1877. 1t was copied proba-
bly, in every city in the United States, and
even in England, and gave the writer dis
tinctive place among American humorous
writer's:
Basking in peace in the warm spring sun,
South Hill smiled upon Burlington.
The breath of May! and the day was fair,
And the bright notes danced in the balm
air;
And the sunlight cleaned where the rest
less breeze
Kissed the fragrant bloom on the apple
His beardless cheek with smile was span
As he stood with carriage whip in his
hand:
And he laughed as he DOTTED his bob-tail
coat,
And the echoing folds of the carpet smote;
And she smiled as she leaned on her busy
mop,
And she said she would tel! him when to
stop.
SO he pounded away till the dinner bell
Gave him little breathing spell:
But be sighed when the kitchen clock
struck one,
And she said the carpet wasn't done.
But he lovingly put in his biggest lcks,
4 ii
six;
And she said, in dubious kind of way,
That he guessed he could finish it up mex
day.
Then all that day, and the next day, too,
The fnrze from the dirtless carpet flew;
And she'd give it a look at eventide,
And say, "Now beat on the other side;''
And the new days came as the old days
went,
And the landlord came for his regular rent,
And the neighbors laughed at tho tireless
broom,
And his face was Swallowed with clouds OF
gloom,
Till ut last, one cheerless winter day,
ne hlN htu 1T iut CaI litt anu Sllu away
Over the fence and down the street,
Speeding away with footsteps fleet
And never again the morning gold
Smiled ut him beating his fold ON fold.
And Sonth Hill often said, with a yawn,
Where has the carpet martyr gone"
Years twice twenty had come and passed,
And the carpet Swaytd in the autumn blast
For never yet since that spring so fine
Had it ever been taken down from the line.
over the fence gray haired man
T" climb, CLONE, clenl clum, clamb began.
iir found him stick in the old wood pile
And he gathered it up with sad grim
smile.
\ flush passed over his face furlorn
As he gaZed at the carpet tattered and torn.
Aud he hit it 4 most resembling whack,
Till The startled air gave his echoes back.
And ont OF the window Il white face leaned
And Il pal-i-d hand the pale face screened
She knew his face, she ggsped and sighed,
\ little more on the under side"
Right down on the ground his stick he
ihrow,d,
And he shiv-re.l and said, "Well, am
bowed"
And hr turned away with heart full sore,
And he never, no never, was seen there
more.
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Frazer Axe Grease.

One greasing with Frazer Axle Grease
will last two weeks, all others two or three
days, Try it. 1t received first premium at
the Centennial Exposition.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-07-12
CHASTITY RELIC OF GUITEAU. y
"a TVashinqto7a -Paper.)

1t was fact at first carefully con-
cealed, and now known only to a few,
that, Guiteau's face and features were
preserved as we'll as his bones. | was
In the Medical Museum yesterday
when clerk, whom [ have known in
timately for several years, said to me !:
"Would you like to see Guiteau's
face? Though somewhat puzzled as
to-the object of such a question I
promptly answered in the affirmative
The clerk then led me to room where
a number of large jars filled with al
cohol to preserve various relics We're
arranged ON shelves. A cover was
pulled from one of these, revealing
the face and head of Guiteau just as it
looked when placed i'll the coffin.
'That'," said the clerk, sis the real
face, hair, skin, eye-balls and features
of Charles Guiteau. When his body
was taken to the Medical Museum it
was resolved to preserve not only his
skeleton, but his actual features in the
flesh.
That was done by running the knife
clear, around the neck, splitting the
skin in a straight line from the back
of the neck to top of the head, and
tearing it off from the entire head,
thus obtaining in one piece the scalp
and the skin covering the face. Tc
these were added the eyeballs. This
was stuffed with cotton in way to re
tain the exact outlines of the murder
er's countenance, as well as the ex
preston, sewed together and put il
alcohol, just as you see it now" This
head looks as if st were merely cut
from the body and placed in the jar
as the surgeons stitches on the neck
and back of the head are not visible
The very sneer of the sensual mouth
has been preserved, and the stubby
hairs of a weeks growth that we're OF
the upper lip when Guiteau went Oh
the gallows are still there. The eye
balls are, Of course, lacking in vita
expression, but even they shcU bu
little shrinkage The nose is the onl,
feature the shape Of which has no
been maintained. 1t is sunken in th'
middle, as if it had received bloy
on the bridge; but the cheeks, tn
chin, eyebrows, eyelashes, hair AM
/ everything except the mouth, are al
most perfect in their life-like 'resem
blance. M
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-07-12
TWO FINE DRESSES FOR A BRIDE.
(Neao York Eueni71q Post.)


Two dresses made by a Broad street
firm for a young bride in this city are
in the following style: The first is a
visiting costume, made of palest straw
berry cashmere of extremely fine text
ure, with Jersey waste, buttoned at
the BACK. The underskirts is arrang-
ed in panels, with fan pleatipgs be-
tween, the panels being covered with
ragged-robin blossoms and sage green
leaves embroidered in most exquisite
ly-shaded silks. The second toilet is
an evening dress of plain cream color
ed satin and brocade. The train is of
pale-blue satin, figured with arbutus
and primrose clusters, parting in front
over the petticoat of, the plain satin
covered with ruf1es Of rose point lace.
The corsage is high on the shoulders,
but cut out heart-shape in the neck
and yelled with lace. No sleeves are
to be seen, it being intended that
gloves three-quarters of yard long
shall take their place.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-07-12
A FARM ROMANCE.
Joseph Scott. Farm Hand, Turns Out to Be Wo-
man. Her Explanation.
(Cumberzaad Neacs. 7

Cumberland NeaoS.)
About six weeks ago two men-one
young and rather good-looking, and
the other apparently middle-aged-
came to a farmhouse near Rawlings
Station, in this county, and asked for
employment. They were honest look
ing and apparently not afraid to work
and as helpswas needed, they were en-
ployed, one having been put to work
tending stock and doing chores about
the house, and the other going into the
field. The young man called himself
Joseph Scott and the elder Henry
Scott. Both proved good hands about
the place, and the younger man in adj
dition to being quick and active about
his duties, was very jovial after work
hours Was a merry singer and whist
ler, and always ready for fishing ex-
cursion. All went well until last Sun
day, when the mistress of the house
was much astonished to discover that
one of the three valises which the
hands had brought with them contain
ed woman's clothing. She at once sus-
pected something wrong, and prompt
ly charged the younger of the hands
with being a woman. He CD said at
once that if dismissal did not follow,
he or she would tell all about it. The
mistress promised immunity, and the
young farm hand then acknowledged
that she was a member of the gentler
sex; that she had adopted mans attire
as being more comfortable and conve-
nient when travelling, and as making
it easier for her to obtain employment.
Her companion was, she said, her un-
Gle, and as he was going on tour, she
decided to accompany him and chance
it working as a man hand. The pair
are said to hail from Pennsylvania.
The girl is Of plump figure, 90 ID look
ing, with fair complexion, dark wavy
hair, which is at present cropped close.
Her name is Josephine, and when she
underwent the masculine transforma-
ton she took that Of "Joe." She has
been retained at the farm and now
does woman's work, such as milking
COWS, etc. A gentleman of this city
who saw her says she makes an excel
lent man, and her sex was never sus-
| pected until accidentally discovered as
above
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AN OHIO HERMIT.
Why Charles Attention Lives in Lonely Hut.
- (CledUeZa7,d Plain DenZey..) :

- 4@~ Cleaueland Plain Deale1-) s
There now resides in an old log hut
q few miles from East Plainfeld,
Guernsey county, an old hermit whose
life and exploits make up quite a ro-
mantle history. His name is Charles
Allehton, and he is known throughout
theswhole zneighborhood as 'sOld Al
ilenten.'': The. following is brief his
tory af the life of this singular hermit,
who for SO many years has ..occr1 pied a
the old hut in Which he was born: -
> Charles A1lentonis father came tos
this Tieirntyl about. eighty years ago.
when this, region was but q ,howling
wilderness. He built himself log
cabin, and in this cabin or hut, his
eldest son, Charles, the subject of this
Sketch, was born about the year 1878.
Charles WAS aabrightslad and grew up
to manhood and when he was about
twenty years old he became en-
gagged. to young lady In the peigh-
borhood and the day was appointed
for the wedding4eE}SSadatb relate, the
evening before the wedding his intend
ed took sick, and on the. morning of
the next day she was a corpse. Her
lover could mot stand the terrible
shock and he. was stricken down with
terrible fever, with which disease he
fingered for. many weeks, but finally
recovered. He was not, however, the
same Charles Attention, and his mind
seemed affected by the severe trials he
had endured. He could not bear. to
stay at home, and one day he left
suddenly, and for many years no trace
of him could be found, but about in
the year 1850, when the gold Iexr
,citement ran high, he eswas head from
in, California. In the. mean time his
brothers and sisters moved away, and
although the land owned by his father
changed hands, the hut was left. stand
ing In 1872 Attention returned here
and has ever since lived alone in the
hut where he was born, afd where he
Will probably die. He acts yer,
strangely, and talks, it is said, as if h
had access to the spirits of the depart
ed.r His beard covers his whole face
and his uncut long locks Of bush.
hair. hang down over his back. Oh
some subjects he seems to convers
qeire intelfigently, but Keeps his hu
IN filthy condition. There is a rrys
terry about how he lives, and there ar
rumors he has vast quantities of golo
and silver buried near his hut.