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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-06

HAMBURo, Feb. 5.-The remains of
Lieutenant De Long and comrades. of
the Jeanette, will be taken to America
tomorrow by the steamer Frisch. escort
cd by naval officers g. B. Harb0r and
w. H. Schultz. The funeral services to
be held today will be attended by the
Hamburg Geographical Society and
Burgomaster Peterson, representing the
Oity Senate.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-06

- u easy 1t ~ @2; clossd, offered
:; prime mercantile paper q 81;
oosFling exchange, bankers' bills, weak
q q 4.66h; sterling exchange dc.
nA1d, ASA. Produce exports for the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-07
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY,

= Wareham, Mass, is making tho
iron-clad steel nail from muck bas iron
and steel scraps, ten dollars a ton
cheaper than the old iron nail, as strong
as steel and as flexible as iron.-BostoD
Herald. +;
Tea has been successfully and
easily grown in Georgia for several
years, but no effort has been made to|
prepare it for market on a scale to at
tract the attention of wholesale buyers,
according to the Savannah Newa
Blindness is steadily decreasing I'M
England, owing, it is considered, to the
advance in surgical treatment of the
eyes, and to the decline of such dis
eases as smallpox, ETC., among chill
dren. For thirty years this atliction1
has gradually lessened; but within the
last decade the improvements specially
noticeable. 4
The latest novelty in Sweden Is an
enormous engine which daily produces
l,0OO.OO0 boxes of matches. 1t receives
the raw material (blocks of woody att
one end and gives up at the other the
matches neatly arranged in their boxes,
ready to be packed. The wood which,
in the course of last summer, was
brought over to J%onkoping to be made
into matches, filled twenty steamers
and eight ~sailing-vessels.
DIR. Clauston, of the Edinburgh
Asylum, Scotland, is substituting milk
diet for stimulants in treating his pa;
TENTS In very acute cases, both Of
depression and maniacal exultation,
where the disordered working of the
frame tends rapidly to exhaust the
strength, he relies more and more on
milk and eggs made into liquid Gus
tards. This certainly looks like a SEN
slble substitute for stimulants under
such circumstances.
In the center of a big circle of gold
watches in a Maiden Lane (New York
City, watchmaker's window is a hand
some open-faced chromometer with
this placard: 1.-THE first watch ever
made in America by machinery" It is
a relic. 1t was made in Roxbury,
Mass, about 1850. 1t runs for eight
days with a single winding. 1t was the
first watch ever made in this country
that was entirely manufactured by ma
chinery. 1t is as perfect as the stand
ard watch of to-day, and differs but lit,
tie in the general plan Of construction
~. Y. Tribune.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has been experimenting recently
with a patent which is to do away with
the bell-rope on passenger trains. The
experiments are being conducted on
the Pittsburgh division, and the patent
is the production of the Westinghouse
Air Brake Company. 1t consists of Il
communication by air pressure with a
small whistle in.the cab of the engineer.
The hose through which the air is con-
Quoted will be Independent of that COM
municating with the brakes. The con-
nection between the passenger car and
the air-tube is from the real of the
coach, near the closet, where there is 3
button. which is pressed by the con-
ductor when he desires to signal the en-
pineer.-PhlZadeZDmn Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-07
PITH AND POINT.

Sam Pine r~eioices in the proud dis
tinction of being the leader OF a gang
Of burglars in New Jersey. At the risk
Of destroying our American forests,
somebody should pitch Pine into a dun
geon.-M. 7. World.
AS a drug clerk the female is not q
brilliant success. When you wink at
her across a soda fountain she doesn't
know whether to put in a little Balm Of
Gi!ead in your soda or to hang her head
and blush.-Bssmarck Tribune.
All ver the East young ladies arc
killing themselves for the love of men
who carry canes, veal yellow gloves
and affect eyeglasses. Mothers, are
you properly educating your daugh-
ters?-M. Y. Commercial Adrertaser.
-.No man," said Richter, .scan
either live piously or de righteous with
out having a wife" 1t does not follow,
however, that the more wives a man
has, the more piously he lives and the
more righteous he d:es.-Boston Post.
"A Connecticut factory turns out
two thousand corsets a day. Another
indication of the increasing power of
the press, and at the same time an evil
dence of the staying power of the land
of steady habits and ligneous nutmegs.
Boston transcript.
The editor wrote: "'The most ex-
pensive drug in the markets. egotinin,"
and the compositor made the last word
'egotism." The idea is ridiculous.
Eeotism has become ga drug in the
market to be sure, but it is the cheap:
cst.-NorristoWn Herald.
"A prominent and prosperous farm
or of Michigan is quoted as saying re-
Gently. ''When / was a boy and
trudl ed along to school 1 was taught to
take off my hat and make obeisance
whenever l met a grown person. How
is it now? Why, a man is fortunate if
he can pass by a s,hool-house without
icing SNOWFALL, d.-Dehrou Pos.
An old negro and his son called on
the editor of a New Orleans newspaper.
81 wants my son ter work in yer office,
sah." "What can he do?:" '.Oh! at
fust he KANT do ruthin' but ed:ck your
paper; but arter awhile, when learns
sweep de fo."-M Z. Independent.
Mamma, what is meant by little
pitch ers have ears ?" asked a little boy.
''Where dld you lear that elpresslon?'
demanded tile mother, with a considera-
lie show of interest. "Last night,
mamma, in the dining-room. Mary
was setting the table. I heard papa
say it to her just as [ opened the door"
Philadelphia Call.
While a New Yorker was nosins
around Birmingham, Ala, in search Of
a coal or iron mine at a bargain, a IA
tive accosted him with arequest for ten
cents, and added: "Only yesterday I
owned q coal mine worth $40, O0O."
"And why don't you own it to-day?'
because a man got me drunk and
coaxed me to trade it for an old mule"
'sAnd how VIII ten cents help you?,'
"Why, I,want it to get whisky to get
him drunk enough to trade back for a
blind dog and IN old shotgun. strang-
err, don't let me lose $4,000 for tho
want of ten cents" He got it.-WaU
Street NcWs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-07
~ ADDRESS TO THE COMET.

N, thou luminous.hesiod and attenuate-
0't tailed high-1yer,
Ecow thou dost scootl
Lc,onm. electricity, vacuum, keelyism, gravity,
or seine new PATENT!
~ course the line thou speedest on is. Ele-
waited;
Il danger from cattle or carts.
.1ys said about three million miles pcrday.
ara a nnsstronomers as well as to other people;
AZ thou approachest our solar centre,
4, ia head on, as If proud OF thy mission,
Win thy tail en- train.
M mw action seems to be like that of a cowed
- spaniel. with its tail between its legs,
Ior like a crawhsh in surprise.
+ nut how. O wonderful comet!
ranst thou drive that attenuosity forward with
such velocity?
,y,,t is its element? Has it any?
Thn light of the Little stars CLEANS through it.;
hhnnyligEt %dissipates its %eXistence;
FA n vet at night It's seen still to exist.
Iii it were that thou dicsS always scoot head
Then thy wake might be left luminous by the
frosty ether,
\ ike the briny ocean in the wake of a shin or
steamers;
hut astronomers teuuS that thou dOSt not a.
ways so scoOt;
IND that thou takest good care to keep thy
caudal apI endage away from old Soils
iiery darts.
wonderful comet!
IT'S said thou visitedest US some eighty years
agOne
And That since then thou hast been visiting
Same of thy relations Or acquaintances
Some eighty million billion trillion miles away:
ant that thou traveleSt just for an airing
As an invalid takes a short walk for an appe-
titc.
Since the days that thou last beamed upon
us.
Ne have had wondrous changes on our W
lutte earth.
Dost thou, in thy rounds, note the many
strange things that occur 10 planetary
bodies?
ITO fiery Mars and lovely Venus?
No Jupiter and old Neptune?
And whether or not Sntlrn's rings are pure
metal or muchly ailoyed!
And then when hou saileSt Off to Orion,
ITO tn Pleiadcs, and the nebulous eXistences
SO far away in the vast Universe
THAT we haven't miles enough to measure the
hctwecnity,
What dost thou behold of change or progress
10 report, that we might copy and profit there
from?
What is thy mission,
And what is thy tail?
IN. 7. Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-07

ask ,.sa. me to marry him. knowing that I
He turned, moved by a sudden i'm
pulse, and came to her.
whatever you may think of me, be-
lieve that 1 always loved your he said,
almost fercely. Re
IT shall believe it till my dying day."
said Mary Ann.-Sophie Swett, IN Har-
pe7's Mu0uziue.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-07

-"Peace If possible, justice at any
rate,'' is what Wendell Phillips is most
fond Of preiixing to his signature for au-
tograph collectors.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-01-16

the tree and delivering the presents.
The church was crowded, and all
seemed pleased. When l tell them of
their donors they say Muchisimas gra-
cias," and if they knew was writing
you letter, would say it again, for me
to tell you.
l am going to write to you several
times next year, not however, to ask you
for any thing more, but to tell you how
they use what you gave them. A little
Maria came to see me this evening with
her dress on, and neatly made, and Rosa
came to get me to cut hers out, which, of
course, did. So now
To the Marys. Patsys and each little dear,
hasten to wish, A Happy New Year.
A merry farewell, from your loving
friend, HATTIE L. GRAYBILL.
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The First Strawberries.

A little girl once had bed of straw
berries. Very anxious she was that they
should ripen and be fit to eat. The time
came.
Now for feast !" said her brother to
her one morning, as he picked up some
beautiful ones for her to eat.
cannot eat these" said she, "for
they are the first ripe fruit
Well" said her brother, call the
more reason for our making feast, for
they are the greater treat"
Yes; hut they are the first ripe
fruit"
Well, what of that ?"
Dear father told us that he used to
give God the first out of all the money
he made, and that then he always felt
happier in spending the rest and 1 wish
to give God the first of my strawberries
too"
"Ah but" said her brother, chow
can you give strawberries to God? And
even if you could he would not care for
them"
90, have found out way" said she.
Jesus said, Inasmuch as ye have done
it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me : and
l mean to go with them to Mrs. Perkins
dying child, who never sees a strawberry,
they are so poor. "-PanSy.
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The Ten Commandments.

A gentleman who was well known for
his hberality was besieged by many chill.
dren who were selling tickets for fair
A dozen filed into his Office at once, and
many more would come. He could not
be expected to buy of all, yet he hest
tated to refuse any without good cause
Said he:
i will buy tickets of all who can say
the Ten Commandments"
Of the twelve not one could make the
required recitation, and all belonged to
the same Sunday School and to the same
class.
Another energetic young saleswoman
made her appearance.
How many commandments should
you say there were ?" she was asked.
"Sixteen."
You place the figure rather high
but let's hear what you know"
Well" she said, slowly, ct don't
know but four"
Say the four for me, then
A moments pause.
I don't believe 1 know but two"
We will hear the two, then, if you
please"
1--we forgot them" said the vender o.
tickets; member of the same Sunday
School and the same class before mention.
ed.
Well, then, I guess can't deal with
you; > and she was dismissed.
AS many as fifty applied at that time
yet none could say the commandments
except one little girl, of whom tickets
were bought.
If our Sunday School scholars were
put upon the stand how many could re-
peat the Ten Commandments p Young
Disciple.
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Ghildrem's Column.
Try Again.

Marcy with the faxen hair
Sat the picture of despair.
Five times six and eight times seven,
Add results, and by eleven
Multiply-Oh, no, divide
And I don't know what beside,
Oh, this horrid, horrid sum
Right cannot make it come"
So said Marcy, with sigh,
Crying, Its no use to try"
Gray-haired grandma, sitting near,
Heard the sigh and saw the tear.
Marcy, darling, hither come;
Let me see thy 'horrid sum-"
Scanning all the work, she saw
Here slip and there flaw.
"Ah, my Marcy, plain to see
Why the figures don't agree.
Little maid, thy sore distress
Is the fruit of heedlessness"
"Oh, but, grandma, have tried
Just as hard - poor Marcy cried;
But the naughty figures go
Somehow always wrong, you know"
Then, to her supreme dismay,
Grandma sponged the work away,
And for Margy's eyes to read,
Wrote in letters large and plain,
If at first you don't succeed,
Try, and try, and try again"
When the wise old saw she read
Thank you, grandma, dear, she said.
Then with bright and cheerful air
Worked the sum with double care,
And the answer-happy sight =
Came at last exactly right.
Now" the little maiden cried,
Laughing in her girlish pride,
When my naughty sums go wrong,
Try again shall be my song"
HarPer's Young People
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and the birds of prey. Imagine nest
OF crocodile's eggs, when the embryos feel
that it is time to make start of it, and
roll about the shells attempting to eman-
cipate themselves. Out they come, and
make rush for the river; a flock of
hawks and kites is on the wing for them,
the ichneumons run at them, fishes cape
for them; yet enough escape to make one
rather squeamish about bathing in the
neighborhood, until all-poweriul habit
reconciles one to their society," Romance
and Realities of Eastern TrnveL.
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said:
"Ah, dear sir, will instantly go and
write to my little son, Hansigen, SO that
he may study, and pray, and be good,
and thus come into this garden. And
he has little cousin, Lena, whom he
must also bring with him."
Then he said to me:
$50 shall it be. Go home and write
to him."
Therefore, dear little son Hansigen, be
diligent and learn to pray; and tell
Lupus and Justus to do so too, that you
may all meet together in that beautiful
garden. Give Cousin Lena kiss from
me-
Herewith I recommend you all to the
care of Almighty God.
A D. 1880.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-01-16
Luther to his Bow.
To my little Son, HanSige1a Luther
Grace and peace IN Christ.

i/ctSCO
Ny Heart Dear Little Son,-I hear
that you learn well and pray diligently
Continue to do so, my son. When
come home will bring you fine present
from the fair. know Of lovely garden,
full Of joyful children, who wear little
golden coats, and pick up beautiful APP
pies and pears, and cherries and plums,
under the trees. They sing and Jump
and make merry. They have beautiful
little horses with golden saddles and
silver brides. / asked the man that
kept the garden who the children were.
And he said to me
1.-THE children are those who love to
learn, and.to pray, and to be good"
Then said l
Dear sir, / have little son named
Hansigen Luther. May he come into
this garden and have the same apples
and pears to eat, and wonderful little
horses to ride upon, and may he play
about with these children?
Then said he
If he willing to learn, and topray, and
to be good, he shall come into this gar
den and Lupus and Justus too. If
they all come together they shall have
pipes, and little drums and lutes, and
music Of stringed instruments. And
they shall dance, and shoot with little
cross-bows.
Then he showed me fine meadow in
the garden, all laid out for dancing.
There hung golden pipes and kettle
drums and fine silver cross-bows; but it
was too early to see the dancing, for the
children had not had their dinner.
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CINCINNATI, INDIANAPOLIS. CHICAGO
ST. LOUIS, KANSAS CITY, ETC.
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DIR CToR Y
OF THE
PRESB YTERIAN CHURCH
IN THE
UNITED STATES.
PUBLICATION.

Rev. James K Hazen, D. D. Secretary and
Treasurer, Richmond, Va.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Rev. j. Leighton Wilson, D. D., Secretary
Baltimore, Md
L. G. Inglis, Esq, Treasurer, Baltimore, Nd.
HOME MISSIONS.
Rev. ]. n. Craig D. D. Secretary, Baltimore
Nd.
L. G. Inglis Esq, Treasurer, Baltimore, Nd.
EDUCATION.
Rev. E. NJ. Richardson, Secretary, MemphisJ
Tenn.
G. W. Macrae, Esq, Treasurer, Memphis, Tenn.
EDUCATION OF COLORED MINISTRY.
Rev. G. A. Stillman, D. D., Secretary, Tuska-
loosa Ala.
DR.. J. T. Searcy, Treasurer, Tuskaloosa, Ala.
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Seeming to say,
Surely It's May,
And not December.

The children began the exercises by
singing, Gloria q Dios en- 10 alto, which
I know you can translate; then some
speeches from boys and girls, then songs,
then speeches, until all were through,
and the mernment began Of stripping
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-01-16
FINE DRESS SHIRTS and NIGHT-SHIRTs
MADE TO MEASURE A SPECIALITY.
NO FIT. NO SALE.

A good SHIRT, ready-made (unlaundried
at 75c. We make a good SHIRT to measure
(unlaundried) for 81 25. We make fine SHIRT
to measure (unlaundriedl for $1.5O. We make
the BEST SHIRT TO measure (unlaundried) for
Sl.75. Extra per dozen for laundried, 81 so.
Order printed blanks for self measurement
Will make you one on approval
Our 20 cents and 81 SHIRTS ARE THE
BEST EVER MADE FOR THE PRICE
Sent by mail to any address for 10 cents addi-
tonal, with privilege Of returning and money
refunded if il does not suit
large stock GENTS FURNISHING al.
ways on hand.
II. T. MILLER & CO.,
Manufacturers Of Millers Acme Shirts"
9th and Main Streets, Richmond.
oc16-1y
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HORSFORD'S
Bread Preparation.

Fi'yk-IT is HEALTHFUL AND NUTRITIOUS.
1t contains within itself the highly nutritious and
strengthening phosphates which are required
by the system the same that are found in meat
fish, corn and wheat Ordinary baking powders,
cream tartar, yeast, ETC., do not contain any nutri-
tive qualities, but are in MAJ very njuri-
Gus compounds.
SeeoHd-IT WILL NOT DETERIORATE or lose
strength by age. The peculiar manner of pack
ing prevents any loss of strength after the pack
age is open. All ordinary baking powders lose
strength after being opened.
7Hi,d.-IT is PURE. The characteristic form
ofpackage obvia.es the necessity of reducing the
strength by the addition of starch or flour, in
order to make it keep, as is customary in the
manufacture of ordinary baking powder
FoH,zh.-IT IS RELIABLE, and does not vary
in quality. The high standing and character OF
the inventor. prot Z. N. Horsford, of Cam
bridge) and the reputation of the manufacturers
(the Rumford Chemical Works, of Providence
K. ID is guarantee that the goods will always
be of uniform quality and as represented.
FitN.-IT is ECONOMICAL, as it is * per
cent. stronger than the common baking powders.
and 80 per cent. stronger than the best baking
powder made.
.Si,rM. IT REQUIRES LESS SHORTENING.
and is better than all other baking powders.
and palatable when cold.
The "Horsford Almanac and Cook Book"
sent free upon application to the
RumfOrd Chemical Works, Providence, II. l.
Beware of limitations.
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RATES OF FARE are as low as by any route.

Before selecting your route, write to one OF
the Agents named below for full information
you will save money and avoid frequent and
unpleasant changes of cars
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THE ONLY ROUTE
RUNNING PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS
And SOLID TRAINS from
WASHINGTON CITY, RICHMOND. CHAR
Louisville, WAYNESBORO
STANTON, and CLIFTON FORGE
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LOUISVILLE AND CINCINNATI,

Connecting at these points for
Nashville, Memphis, and Texas Points
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-05-15
Crazy Patchwork.
TAvlNG A LARGE ASSORTMENT

HAvlNG A LARGE ASSORTMENT
IL of remnants and pieces OF hand
some brocaded silks, satins and velyets,
we are putting them up in assorted
bundles and furnishing them for "Crazy
Patchwork" Cushions, Mats, Tldies,
&C., &c. PACKAGE NO. lis a
handsome bundle of exquisite silks, sat
ms ard brocaded velvets Gall differently.
Just the thing for the most superb pat
tern Of fancy work. Sent postpaid for
IS cents in stamps. PACKAGE NO.. 2
Containing three times as much as
package no. l. Sent postpaid for $l.O0.
These are all of the very finest quality
and cannot be equaIed at any other
silk works in the u. S at three times
our prices. They will please any lady.
One order always brings dozen more.
LADIES MANUAL OF FANCY WORK,
with 400 illustrations and full instruc-
for artistic fancy work, handsomely
bound, postpaid, Scots. Order now.
Address, The ROCHESTER, SILK Co.,
Rochester, n. Y.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-05-15
Two German chemists have

Two. German chemists have
investigated some cases Of poison
ing by asparagus which had been
put up in tin cans. They were sur
prised to find that the juice which
had been in contact with the cans
contained no tin while the vegeta-
BILE itself yielded about one twenty
fifth of one per cent. An analysis
Of canned apricots and strawberries
gave a similar result, showing no
tin in the sirups buta small proper
ton in the fruit. They consider
that the tin is injurious to, health il
the use of the canned substances is
long continued,