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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-07-27

Tivoli, bay side resort about fourteen
miles from Baltimore, was the scene on
Monday night Of a calamity involving the
deaths of some seventy persons, and bring
ing distress and sorrow to nearly hundred
homes. The disaster was caused by the
unlocked for giving way of the lower end
OF long pier, which, at the time, was
crowded with excursionists anxious to get
on board the barge Cockade City, after hav
ing spent pleasant day in the shady groves
of the Tivoli picnic grounds. The pier was
dimly lighted and the moon had not yet ap-
peared above the horizon. When the rot
ten structures supports gave way strug-
Cling mass of men, women and children,
numbering some two hundred persons were
precipitated into water twelve or fifteen feet
deep, amid the wrecked timber and debris
from the shattered pier. Sixty-sixty corpses,
the majority of them young men and girls
| in the bloom of maidenhood, bear evidence
Of the terrible character of the death strug-
gle that followed the sudden engulfment of
the Inflated excursionists. The excursion
which had such a disastrous ending was
that of the Catholic congregation and Sun
day school OF the Church of Corpus Christi
of which the Rev. VIM. E. Starr is pastor
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-28

parenthess
A little girl sat on the floor crying.
After while she stopped and seemed
buried in thought. Looking up sudden
ly, she said; Mamma, what was cry
ing about?" Because wouldn't let
you 90 down town" "Oh, yes!' and
she sat up another howl.
"What remarkable nightgowns were
worn in the early days of England, "
Jones remarked as he scrutinized the
armor "Nightgowns!' ! exclaimed
in surprise. "Certainly," said Jones,
"don' you see they were only put on
knights!'
Long Branch is said to he the Oldest
Sc Element in Northern New Jersey,
and it has church built in Queen
Anne's time. You see, a church lat
Long Branch is used SO little that it
doesn't get worn out, and lasts a long
time.
In high dudgeon: II can not under
stand what offended Mr.. Duday last
night at the party" said the high
oCloOl Siil' Ht duu ulo IOiupauJ tooh
their departure in high dudgeon very
early, however" "Why, I thought
they left in the same carriage they
came in, replied Amy,
A little grandson of Mrs. Andrew 5
was attempting to build three-legged
stool, when he looked up to her and
said Grandma, does God see every
thing?' Yes, my son." she replied,
God is everywhere and sees every act
Of our lives We'll, by lingo, won
He laugh when He sees this stoolP'
John Jones lived in Cleveland.
While milking he tied the cows tail to
his leg, as the flies kept that appendage
hopping. After he was taken three
times around the COW pasture on his
back he remarked: II recognize my
mistake. | should have tied her tail to
her own leg instead of mine.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-28
Sad, if True.

A sad and touching story comes to
us from Grand Marais. A guileless red
son of the forest whose early education
in the intricate sciences seems to have
been somewhat neglected, found
nitro-glycerine cartridge, and of course
thought it was something good to eat.
One of the peculiarities of the noble
Indian is that when he finds thing
and doesn't know what it is he invari-
ably classifies it with his alpha betical
list of foods and entombs it in his al
ways hungry midst. This Indian made
a fair average lunch from the tender
est end of the cartridge, smacked his
lips with satisfaction and returned to
his tepee. After family prayers that
evening his squaw washed the children
and put them to bed, and soon the
aged couple also retired. During the
night his wife yelled to him to ''lie
over" and at the same time dug her
elbow into his abdomen with wifely
vigor He did as she requested. He
laid over considerable portion Of the
adjacent real estate, while here and
there fragments of his once proud
frame could be seen dangling from the
limbs Of the trees in the soft moonlight.
His wife hasn't been heard from since.
The story is u sad one and should
teach the untutOred red children to al
ways investigate before they bite into
substance with which they are not
personally acquainted. Bismarck TIT
bltne.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-28
Royal, Fitch KeG $1,000.

In this country we are all kings,
and we are all entitled to have as
good blood as that which courses
through the veins Of emperors.
There are princes and million
aires, languishing in feebleness and
broken.down bodily health, who
would be glad to have the strength
Of the humblest laboring man.
And there are many people who
are neither kings, emperors, nor
millionaires, whose blood is thin,
whose circulation is poor, who are
suffering from lassitude and debil-
ity, and who know not the pleasure
Of a hearty meal nor the enjoy.
ment Of being able to do good
days work.
lfsuch people will put some iron
into their blood, they will vitilize
and enrich it. They can do this by
the use of Browns Iron Bitters,
the purest and most excellent iron
medicine ever made. Thousands
who were weak, languid, pale, and
Frustrated, are now happy to say
that Browns Iron Bitters brought
them up and gave them new life. 5
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-28

1t may be fairly taken, says W. Wal
lace, that the durability of a stone de-
ponds on its impcnetrabilily to water,
It's density, and the amount of binding
material contained in it. 1t is noticea-
bic that building stones first begin to
decay Immediately below any fiat pro-
iecting surface which allows the rain
10 collect and then percolatc through
them and thus dissolve and alter the
binding material To preserve sand
stone it is adv sable. first, to let it dry
AS thoroughly as possible and then to
paint it or to coat it with silicate OF
soda.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-28
The Handwriting OF Eminent Men.

New York. The Spirit of The Times
says: Dan Mace the champion driver, who
during the past twenty-five years piloted
millions of dollars worth of horsefesh to
victory, and who now holds forth at the
Excelsior Stables, West 29th street, writes
that he regards ST. Jacobs Oil the greatest
pain cure in existence. For man or beast
nothing equals it," says the proprietor of
the N. Y. Club Stables, Mr.. G. N. Priest
as good Judge of horsehesh as ever stood
in shoe leather.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENT
When Winter Comes

Winter comes with coughs and colds, and Ben.
sons Capclne Porous Pls ters come TO cure them.
rs cents.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-28
TREATMENT OF CANCER.

For twenty years have suffered from cancer on
the side of my neck near the shoulder snd exhaus-
ted the whole catalogue of remedies without any
relief The cancer growing worse all the time, the
whole upper part Of my body became stin and FULL
OF pain. had virtually lost the use of both arms,
my general health had broken down and saw II
was only question of time when life itself would
be destroyed In this condition comm need the
use Of Swift's SPECIFIC. The first bottle relieved
me Of the stiffness In the neck, the second gave me
perfect use Of my arms, and feel strong and we'll
in every wsy. | am a poor man but would not
take $500 for the good have experienced with
Swifts specific. Ibelieye 1t will force out all the
poison and cured me.
W. X. Robson, Davisboro, Ga.
free 10 applicants
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-28
Cairo. Illinois.

The Passenger Depot oil the Chicago, st. LouIs
and ,eW Orleans: Illinois Central; Wabaeh, st.
Louis and Pacific; Iron Mountain and Southern,
Mobile and Ohio; Cairo ana st. Louis Railways
are all just across the street; while the Steamboat
Landing is but one square distant,
This Hotel ia heated by steam, has steam
Laundry, Hydraulic Elevator, Electric Cali Bells
Automatic Fire.AlarIns, Bsths absolutely pure air
perfect sewerage and complete appointments.
Saperb furnishings; perfect service; and an nm
exec es table.
l.. Y. PAL 2KEiS " 60. I.esaeas
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-28
THE EXCHANGE.
a NEW
TELEPHONE!
A Practical Telephone for Social and
Business Purposes, Unequaled for
Private and Public Lines.
Sold Outright for $500. No FIX
orbitant Rent.

They are In every way far superior 10 the ma ny
Amateur Mechanical Telephones now being sold
throughout the country They are the only tele.
phones having an Automatic Line Wire Tlghtnsr
and they are the only Telephones that are pro.
tected by an Outdoor Lightning Arrester. All
sounds are delivered in clear aud natural tones.
They are the neatest, most durable and require less
attention and repairs than anv other Telephone
made Send for our Illustrated circular Agents
wanted. THE U. 5 IELtPHONE CO.,
Manufacturers,
Nos 10 & 81 West St, Madison Ind
7. y, Box Is. I'm
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-28
pt JIsE MARRIAGE GUIDE. } KS.

Elegant cloth and gilt binding, Sealed foe .
cents In postage or currency. Over my Won
following sub,ects. Who may marry. Who not;
Shyf Proper age TO marry. Who marry MT
danhood. Won 9nhood. Physical decay. WHO
hcressed. Those married or contemplating
marrying should read IT. II ought 20 ne req
cy all adult persons, then kept under lock ena
cover and % page. y eents b. mail. In nsaD
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-28
TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH
Use the Magneton Appliance Cos
Magnetic Lung Protector
PRICE ONLY $5.

Tho, are priceless to LADIES, GENTLEMEN and
cunDRsN with WEAK LUNGS; no case OF Pr EUMoHrA
Oh GROUP lie ever kn'wn where these
garments are worn. They also prevent and cure
MIAKr DIFFICULTIES, COLDS, RHEUMATisM, NEURAL
GA, THROAT TROUBLES, DIPHrH gRIA, CAIARRH, AID
ALL KINDRED DISEASES. Win WEAR any service
for THEE YEARS, Are worn over the under-cloth.
Tag.
CATARRH tits needless to describe the
OA hItitl1, symptoms Of this nsuseons dis
case that 10 sspping the life and strength OF only
too MANY Of the fairest aud best OF both sexes
Labor. study aud research In America, Europe and
Eastern ands, have resulted In the Magnetic Lung
Protector, sdjrding cure for Catarrh, remedy
which contains No DRUG9isG OF THE SYSTEM, and
With the continuous stream OF MsDetlsm per.
meafipg through the afflicted organs, MUST RE
STORE THEN TO A BEALTHY cTios. We PLACE cUR
PRICE for this Appliance at less than one.wentieth
which you take all the chances, and We EsPEcAL-
II INVITE the patronage Of the MANY PERSONS who
have tried DRrGsrss THEIR sroM ACHs WITHOUT Kr-
yIcr.
HOW TO OBTAIN Ct Th ,s y apPlisss ss:.
gtst and ask for them. II they have not got them,
write 20 the propretors, enclosing tho price In let.
Ter, st our risk and they shall be sent to you Gt
ence by mail, postpaid.
cal Treat ent WITHOUT NEDictss," with thou
sands OF testimonial.
TIE MAGNEToy APPLIANCE CO.,
2is state Street, Chicago, III.
NoTx.-Sead one dollar in postage stamps or
entrency Tin letter 81 our risk with size OF shoe
Usually worn, al d try 8 pair Of our Magnetic In
soles, and DO convinced Of the power residing In
car Magnetic Appliances. Positively no cold feet
where thev are worn, or money refunded. losly
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-12-01
A POSSIBILITY FOR ENGLISH WOMEN

II must be patent to every close OBJ
server that the number OF English
women who dress well is daily increas-
ing. Good taste is spreading, and with
it keener appreciation of good style.
The true leader of fashion il more
readily recognized, more generally ad-
mired There is no mistaking her
From head to foot, from bonnet to boot,
her apparel is harmonious, in keeping
with her complexion, her figure, and her
character. Colors are skillfully blended
or judiciously contrasted without any ex
travagance; the one bright spot, if
bright spot there be, is placed artisically,
as in Il picture, in exactly the right
place to crown the effect. The dress
and its material are before everything
appropriate TO the wearer, and the occa-
sion; as much earnest thought has been
devoted to make itespecially suited in
lines, drapery, cut, to the individual. as
skill to the perfection of the fit. The
only wlIat to wear, but when to wear it.
In the summer forenoon you will see her
in the simplest of cottons, dress abso-
| lutely plain and without ornament, with
out laces, fringes, decoration of any
kind. In winter at the same time she
is equally plainly dressed in cloth.
Later in the day she changes to smarter
clothes for more ceremonious duties,
visits, afternoon parties, and teas-velvets
and silks combined in winter, in sum
mer rich gauzes and costly laces. In
the evening, for dinner or ball, the most
choice and splendid masterpieces of
| the dress-maker's art are reserved; the
richest stuff set of with the most elabo-
rate embroideries and the rarest jewels.
But withal, even in this the last gorgeous
stage into which the modest chrysalis
has developed, ostentatious display is
scrupulously avoided. The highest art
| is 10 conceal art-to use the richest ma
terials in comprising the utmost SEEM
ing simplicity. There is no heaviness,
no overlooking with ornament, no mean
ingless superadded decoration. The at
tire OF a perfectly dressed woman is
original without eccentricity, personal to
herself yet following the latest fashion,
attractive yet undemonstrative develop
ing to the utmost her peculiar charms.
1t has been said that woman in her dress
owes more to art than to nature. This
is especially true in modern days, and
she who can use fashionable costume
wisely with the innumereble adventitious
aids it offers, adds much to the charm
and gracefulness of the modern world.
II Mrs. Armytage.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-12-01
THE OLD sPORTSNEN.

1t is remarkable that in the old sport
ing engravings there are very seldom
more than two men represented in the
act of partridge-shooting, and quite as
often only one; men in wide-skirted
shooting jackets coming below the knee,
long breeches covering the calf of the
ley, short CATERS, and broadbrimmed, ;,
lOw-crowned hats. The coat was some
times of bright red. They carry long
single e-barreled fiint-and-steel guns, and
are accompanied by two heavily-built
pointers of the old thick-set square
hoaded type which is now almost pro-
scribed. These were the men who rose
at break of day and returned to dinner
in the afternoon well satisfied with their
six or seven, or it might be eight or ten,
brace or birds, killed in true sporting
style. This was the lst of September a
hundred years ago. But the introduce
ton of percussion locks and double bar
rels revolutionized shooting nearly as
much as breech-loaders; and as long
ago as 1927 we have Lord Althorp
killing. his "a brace to his own gun on
non-preserved ground. This was the
lst of September 80 years ago-the
middle style, which flourished for about
a generation, and still fingers, as De
Quincey says, in sheltered situations
the style which in our opinion is the
best of all, but which has in its turn
been superseded by breech-loaders, and
retrievers, and driving, till pointers are
hardly to be seen except upon grouse
moor, and have necessarily become more
or less unsteady, where men load SO
rapidly that they hardly give them time
to "downcharge." - [The Saturday
Review.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-12-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

There were 8,52l marriages in Phila-
delphia last year, an increase OF 952
over the previous year.
Michigan is State of small farms,
the average being only little more
than ninety-two acres.
Jay Cookies gaudy house at Chelton
Hills, near Philadelphia, is turned into
a girls seminary.
There are 12S,505 natives of New
Hampshire residing in other parts of
the United States.
Baltimore is to have permanent ex-
hibition building Of brick, marble and
iron, to cost about $500, 900.
Sixteen hotels in Chicago are assessed
at $4,000 900. The theaters of the
city are valued at about $500, 900.
Connecticut has been the scene of
ninety-seven murders and only seven
hangings, in the last twenty years.
The individual; wealth of Great
Britain is the highest in the world,
France coming next and the United
States third.
Humming birds in Huntington, Mass,
are tanned on sweetened water. 1t is
woman's device, and seems to answer
well.
The United States Government has
made profit of $4,000, 900 by coming
eighty-fve-cent dollars at one hundred
cents each.
There are two colored female lawyers
in the United States, Mary A. S. Cary
of Michigan, and Louise V. Bryant OF
Colorado.
A good watch should be oiled once
year, and the kind of oil used is gen.
orally porpoise oil, prepared especially
foe the purpose.
The fashion of having lot of sun
| flowers glowing in a window as a guard
against malaria, appears to be growing
in New York.
The most prosperous city in the South
is said to he Macon, Ga. In the last
three years her new buildings and inn
provements have cost $2,977 300.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-12-01

IDEAS 60 YEARS AGo.-I remember
the roars of laughter which the dis
cussion of Martins bill for the preven-
ton of cruelty to animals elected, though
the wise and humane, Of course, sup
ported il warmly. Much of the cruelty
of the day proceeded from gross igno-
rance and consequent want of sympathy
with suffering, and cats, think, had an
especially hard time of it. Not only
had they to contend with their natural
enemies, rough boys and dogs, but the
erroneous notion prevailed that to make
them good mousers they must be kept
hungry, whereas the truth is that Il
half-starved cat has not the spirit to
hunt. Besides which, few people seemed
to have observed what delicate feeders
eats were, requiring food much oftener
than dogs, and needing the basin Of
water for their convenience also, especial
ly when milk was grudgingly allowed.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-12-01
IGNOTUs.

Around my couch no friend stands near.
No heart beats warm for me:
No eve t. shed a friendly tear.
No word of sympathy.
No hand to feel the ehbing tide
So slowly leave my heart;
No one to hear, cen if | cried
Upliftcd depart.
No mother here to press upon
NV aching head her hand,
No lips to speak and whisper "son,'
No one to call me friend.
lis hard t. die when kindred stand
Around to soothe and cheer;
But, ah. to die in this strange land,
Is harder still to bear.
No marble shaft will mark the spot,
Or tell the world my name;
BY every one I'll he forgot,
None know from whence ] came.
No gentle one will strew my grave
With budding roses fair;
But weeds and tangled grass will wave
And scent the summer air
A gentle word above my grave,
VIII tell my name, my home;
4 name, ah, few would care to have
1t is the name "UNkNOWN.'
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-12-01
THE HAUNTED HOU ~E.

The house was haunted All who saw
The frequent sign. "ro let" said So,
And families did oft Withdraw
Their goods and chattels That | know.
And yet it seemed if awe ber,ft,
A spot which ghosts might not invade.
So when the final tenant left,
fatty came to hin4 and said:
"My friend, you seem with care oppressed,
And moving is last resort,
Do gobblins here disturb your rest!
Is this haunted house in short 2
He said-and as he spoke he frowned;
"You've guessed it. That's the bothe
here,
We're haunted by plaguy sound,
That splits the head and frights the ear.
I've hunted up this phantom dire,
| understand the horrid din,
One neighbors just got in the choir;
The others learned the violin.
II New y ork Journal.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-12-01

and melancholy voice, "if the picture is
safe, never mind me. Good bye, dear.
When they ask for me, tell 'em | am
gone to that realm where the measly
pictures cease from troubling and the
step ladders do not break in and cor
rupt? Going to lift that thing off me,
or are you going to use it for a tomb
stone? Mark it 'IIic Jacet Spoopen-
dyke or take it away before l begin
to exert my supernatural strength and
kick it into the realms of eternal bliss,
where the ladder bteth like al" and
with prodigious kick, Mr.. Spoopcn-
dyke sent the ladder to the nethermost
part of the room and arose to his feet
foaming.
"Never mind the pictures, dear"
suggested Mrs. Spoopendyke. "l on
leave it with me and I'll hang them
tomorrow"
"Oh, you'll do lit" howled Mr.. Spoop-
endyke, whirling on his heel and com
ing down hard on his own photograph
which he had carefully laid on the floor
"You are the one to hang it! Trust
you for thing of that kind Ii you
had wire along your ceiling and n
catalogue in your ear, you'd only want
tin-type and row to he an academy
OF design" and with this complicated
description Of his wife's few failings,
Mr.. Spoopendyke shot into bed as if he
were practicing archery, and nursed
his wounds and wrath until he fell
asleep.
81 don't care" muttered Mrs. Spoop-
endyke, trying to unite the knot OF her
shoelace with her teeth. 81 don't care.
1t will teach him another time to let
,Ainiitro al