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knees before me, pouring out his ad
miration. Oh, if he had but such (
wife as / was, what a different man he
might have been. A millionaire, per-
haps-Oh. will that girl, Mary, evel
return ?-but it was not too late yet
His wife was not dead, but he was no
afraid of her. Would ] marry him?
Il don't know how l found words,
in my fright, but 1 saw that I must
temporize, and 1 told him that the
offer was too sudden, that l was I'm.
able to decide at once; that at any
moment my father or brothers 1sight
come down stairs, and I would rather
keeplt a secret from them. If he
would go away now and return the
next day at the same hour he should
would, and very candidly confessed
that he did not know where he should
sleep that night, whereat 1 took out my
purse and gave him what money 1 had,
about two dollars, and he departed, and
that's the only direct offer, girls, I have
ever received in my life"
ooh, Auntie!" went up in chorus
from the three girls. "How terrible!
Did he come back?"
ooh no! I never saw him again, and
as | did not know his name, you know,
girls, l could not hunt him up. Wher
Mary came back she found me stretched
upon the kitchen floor, where 1 haG
chosen to drop in a faint, and after she
had brought me back to life she wanted
to send one of the hired men after my
visitor, but I refused to allow her, fol
what had the man done? Nothing
He was civil and quiet, and had gone
away at my request, and had left it il
my power to say that l had received
Il offer at least in my life"
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Suicide and sleeplessness.

EIuLl Iut 1IALCeL
Tho circumstances attending the
death of the Dean Of Bangor-albeit
they are infinitely distressing-present
nc novel features. The reverend gen.
tleman vas q man of considerable in
tellectual power" which is the same
thing as saying that he was constitu-
tionally liable to intervals of mental
depression. ALI highly INTEL ectual
men are exposed to this evil. A pen
du]um will always swing just as far in
one direction as it does in the other.
Great power of mind implies also great
weakness under certain conditions. The
marvel is not that great minds occasion
ally become deranged, but that they so
often escape arrangement. Sleepless-
ness means not merely unrest, but star
walton of the cerebrum. The brain
cannot recuperate, or, in other words,
it cannot rest. Physiologically, re-
c%uperation and rest are the same thing.
Sleep is simply physiological rest.
The only III for regret in these
cases is that the blunder should ever be
committed of supposing that a stupefy-
ing drug which throws tie brain into a
condition that mimics and burlesques
sleep can do good. 1t is deceptive to
give narcotics in q case of this type.
The stupor simply masks the danger.
Better far let the insomnious patient
exhaust himself than stupefy him.
Chloral, bromide, and the rest OF the
poisons that produce a semblance of
sleep are SO many mares in such cases.
Sleeplessress is q malady of the most
formidable character, but it is not to be
treated by Intoxicating the organ upon
which the stress oftrouble falls. Suicide,
which occurs at the very outset of de-
rangement, and is apt to appear a sane
act, is the logical issue Of failure Of nu-
triton that results from want of sleep.
1t is curious to note how a ~slsepless
patient will set to work with all the
calmness of fo%rethought of intelligent
sanity to compass his death. He is not
insane in any technical sense. He has
nc delusion. He does not act, or sup
pose himself to act, under an Influence
He simply wants to die, and, perhaps.
not until after he has made au attempt
to kill himself will he exhibit any Of
the formulated SYMPTOMS of mental dis
ease. .
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English on American Corn.

An American visitor recently at Cam
bridge, England, writes as follows to q
friend in New York, IS reported by the
Tribune: 1They hare some American
0 r growing here among the fowars
for ornamental purposes. One Of Tie
professors, while walking with me
through the garden yesterday; re
marked. eW.at q beautiful flo war ii
will have when il epensP As bespoke
he pointed to the car which he ayidant-
" mistook for the bud. Another Of tbs
professors who attended the n,SetidE %
the British Association ct Montreal,
and afterward took o run to- Chicago,
Washington, Philadelphia and New
York, before returning to- his native
soil, is very enthusiastic about Tho
United States. 4 l~ikessyour Oysters,
he said. sand your melsns, yonrabeai
and many other things. found fhera.
Tried your corn, bs9s didn't 2thinkMnchI
of id as tho centre was very hard and
t~asteleas, though Che outside ~ gcos
And AZ be i veil knoRnuaan : c.
bridget MA
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Tests.

The reports of the various tests Of
COWS for milk and butter are calling
out all kinds of criticisms. Our Coun.
try Home discusses the subject in this
way: "The one-week tests of Jersey
cows are interesting. But are they
useful? The COWS are fed specially for
these tests; thay necessarily require
extraordinary care, and are subject to
unusual risks. Being highly valuab BILE
as breeders, we doubt the wisdom Of
taking such risks. Conduct the chances
for ayear under possible conditions of
general treatment, ond they would pos
sess decided value as indexes of the
Herd tests, or "a better word) records
of yearly products, are the only reliable
tests for breed.
In answer to the above ques.
ton we say yes, they are use.
full! OF course the COWS are fed
for it, and if it could be proved that the
feed was all the difference there was
in COWS, it would be useful for people
to know it so they would be induced to
feed better. If one COW with good feod
will yield as much profit rs two with or.
binary care, it is useful to know it. II
one breed of COWS will respond to good
feed more promptly than other breeds,
it is useful to know which. These things
can never be known without trials. Who
knows that they are valuable rs breed
ers till they are shown to possess some
other value so as to make it an object to
breed them? Norman expects to drive q
roadster all the time at q $50 clip but
he likes to have one that Can go that
gait. Great possibilities indicate high
averages, and if milk and butter tests
had never been made,by some one, on a
large or a small scale, the country
would still have been stocked with cows
giving six quarts q day for six months
in the year and making butter tho color
of lard.
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Very Big Oysters.

Philadelphia Times: This a o.
course, was familiar with oysters, but
had seen any Of d champions:
so some of the friends to whom he
brought letters determined to show him
what could be done in this country
in the way of oysters and clans. I be-
lieve there were about twenty at the
dinner and after the soups the door
war thrown open with = bang and with
confusion two walters appeared bearing
an enormous plate upon which were q
dozen oysters on the half-shelI- Each
one was over thirteen inches in length,
being the famous Long Fox oysters from
Old Point Comfort. One would have
served o man for three meals. The
dish was finally placed in front Of the
astohished fishmonger. who anxiously
inquired if it was the custom of one man
to eat SO much and SO many. He was an
swared that it was and was gravely in.
formed that they would give him an app
petite for the clans, with which the watt
ers 9 struggling. They were the
celebrated Groducks that have been
quite lately discovered on the northwest
CoaSti aAu you CHu lHlbSLue the oueCt
when l tell you that each one was ovel
a foot long, eight inches wide, and some
were'ten, and all weighed from six t.
eight pounds. A dozen Of these steam
ed were placed before him by the two
men.
'Ye don't expect me- to eat all this,
do YEP he shouted.
Eat ity retorted the chairman,
why, bless your soul, that's what w
take to give US an appetite for the de.
viled clam and at that moment three
walters came in bearing the shell Of the
great clam known as the Fridacna, An
East Indian clam. The one valvo that
the men brought in weighed two humid
red and fifty pounds and was filed with
lobster salad. This was lifted upon the
table, that creaEed and groaned again.
This finished The E~nglishman, HI
pushed back his chair, and nobody
knows what he was going to do or say,
when all hands burst out into q roar Of
laughter, and being Jolly fellow hi
saw the joke and joined the others ani
accepted it,
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The Bes. wife in the wor1d.

II have got the very best wife in all
the world" Who said this? Her hus-
band, and they had been married near
ly thirty years. He often says it, or
words to that effect. She knows better
OF course, but how sweet the words are
to her. How thankful that she has the
love of n true heart, tried, all these
years. When he tells her how dear she
is to him. She knows he means it,
every word.
She is no longer pretty or young;
her face and form show that she has
borne her share of the burden of toll
and care, they are farmers and not
rich; she nursed her children, and did
most of the housework for q large fam
~, but has always had things as handy
for her as she could-never any green
word to worry her. He will go in the
pantry nee in q while to see if the
flour is getting low in the barrel. There
is always q stock of sugar and other
groceries on hand. She still works, SO
does he, but love sweetens the toll.
LiCy ~ oa'iLSs u " SGluRy-uOb
so overworked but they can court o lit
tie now and then. It don't hurt them a
bit, and never will, if they live to the
age of Methuselah.
Allow me to ask how many of you, as
you are growing old, think it worth
while to keep on LOVING your wives as
you used to in your counting days?
Now If you do love anybody but your
self why not show it and not be ashamed
to whisper in the ear of her who has so
long toiled by your side in sickness and
in health these simple words: II love
you, Martha; you are very dear to me-"
Say them often, it will give her cour-
age, strength and ~cheerfulness. If the
good wife be unhappy, who in the fam
lily can laugh? If she smiles all smile.
Don't work the m SO hard she
can't enjoy anything but rest. Show
your love by actions as we'll as words,
and ten to one you will be we'll repaid,
for love begets love and consideration
begets consideration in marriage as in
any other condition. I have known
husbands who spoke more harshly to
their wives than they would to any old
tramp who ome along the road.-De-
troit Free Press.
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milk. But the time is near at hans

milk. But the time is flear ar hang
when it will pay to feed COWS LIBERAL,
with corn. In fact, a few ears, or s
few quarts of corn meal, fed TO- cow
now is a good investment of a portion
Of our large crop. It pays largely ia
feed cows literally and regularly, and
provide them with comfortable quart
ers. Corn produces rich milk and
good butter if rightly manipulated. II
is q better use for corr than selling IL
at railroad stations, especially when Che
roads r advancing the rates of trans.
portatiin. Feed to COWS. to pigs, ia
steers, to all stock prudently, but to
those producing milk or beef, prodigal.
ly.-Des Moines Register.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-12-19
curried Oysters.

Take twenty-five large oysters and
have them carefully opened, preserv-
ing all their liquor; put the liquor in
to a saucepan and when hot enough,
scald the oysters, then take them out
and beard them. Now melt three
ounces of good butter and mix into it a
t%easpoonful of curry-powder and a table,
spoonful of flour; when smoothly
mixed, add a finely chopped onion and
stir gently over a slow fire until the on
ion becomes tender. Then put in the
liquor of the oysters, adding a gill of
water in which has been dissolved a
little OF Johnston's Fluid Beef; add
the strained Juice of half o lemon, and
set the where it may come to q
boil. Then put in the oysters, and re-
the saucepan to n side of the
fire, stirring them gently while they
are simmering. A half minute will be
sufficient time to cook them. Then
turn out on a hot dish and serve with o
border Of boiled rice, and with rice sep
arately.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-12-19
Hold On, Boy.

Hold OF to your tongue when you are
just ready to swear, lie or speak harsh
ly, or use any improper word.
Hold on to your hand when you are
about to pinch, strike, catch, steal or
do any improper act.
Hold on to your feet when you are
on the point of kicking, running away
from study, or pursuing the path of
error, shame or crime.
Hold or to your temper when you
are angry, excited or imposed upon, or
others are angry with you.
Hold on to your heart when evil as
sociates seek your company and invite
you to join in their games, mirth and
revelry.
Hold on to your good name at all
times, for it is of more value than gold,
high position or fashionable attire.
Hold on to truth. for it will serve
you we'll and dc through all time.
Hold on to virtue. It is above all
price to you under all circumstances.
Hold on to your good character, for
it is and eve will be your best wealth.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-12-19
Horses Eyes.

Horses are subject to q disease OF n
eyes which m and goes at short
periods until finally the sight is lost.
This is called recurring or periodic
ophthalmia. or popularity ''moon blind.
ness" from its returning at monthly pc.
RODS. The treatment should be thor
ough if the disease is to be stopped.
Give a pound of epson salts, and after
this has operated one ounce ofhyposul-
phite of soda daily for several weeks.
Battle the eyes with the following solu-
ton, viz, one dram of sulphate Of zinc
In a quart of water, and if the eye is
scummed over and appears blue in the
center and is-infamed around the lido
inject o small quantity Of it with a syrs
inge. 1t will be well to repeatthe pur-
gative in a week, if the Inflammation ID
persistent. Feed no corn, but scaldedt
oats aud linseed, and keep the stable
clean and clear from strong odors.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-12-19
THE HgiNiB CIRCLE and FARM,
Agriou1tural nzisce1,aux.

No doubt, Mr.. Stahl says, the small
horse wears the best. The history of
the Morgans proves that. But one
horse farmers, like myself, often find
themselves best served by a heavy
horse, that takes the pillow, harrow and
cultivator right along by his weight
alone. l have pitched forward over
pillow and horseshoe handles and hurt
myself too often, when q light horse
stopped suddenly at some little obstruc-
ton, to want such q one for my work.
Give me my we'll TRAINED, half blood
Clydesdale, going slowly but steadily
across the field. He costs as much as q
pair of little fellows, but he does the
work rs much less expense, does far
less damage in orchard. nursery and
garden, and can draw a two-horse load
on o one-horse wagon to market.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-12-19
Eggs In Winter.

A correspondent Of the Tribune Far
mer writes as follows in regard to the
laying OF eggs in winter: "Give the
fowls warm drink every morning, and
see that they have an abundance of
gravel. Concoct q pudding for them
two or three times q week-not oftener
with the following ingredients:
Place an old paint nail out at one side,
and into this throw the meat scraps that
are good for nothing else, egg-shells,
beans, hnminy, bread-crusts, corn
parched very brown. coarse meal sift-
ings. and then when the day arrives to
serve up this dish, take the water in
which you have ~parboiled your pork and
beans, or other greasy water, stirring
into it bran sufficient to thicken we'll,
allowing it to cook q few minutes, pou
ing the whole over these sayed-up-
scraps. Let it stand a short time after
it is thoroughly stirred, and feed while
warm. Aside from this, give warm
drSnk every morning, and you will have
plenty Of eggs"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-12-19
Feeding Cows.

For some time corn has been scarce
and butter cheap. Now corr is plenty
and the price Of butter advancing.
The good fall pastures will bs fayora-
bic for = season Jet for ! good dow d
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-28

Total SO. Decline In Per cent;
rntnIs..... ?.i5l.flg IN.

Other causes than dull business are
responsible for great proportion of
these idle workmen. Large numbers
are "outn on strikes. Others are tenn
porarily idle at this particular season
while factories are cleaning up, taking
stock and otherwise preparing for the
business Of the new year.
All parts OF the country and all
branches of business report general re-
ductlons of wages, ranging from Is per
cent. to % and even 80 per cent. The
greatest sufferers are the iron and
steel industries, where the proportion
Of idle hands is equal to one-ffth of
the total number of employees In 1850.
The iron and steel interests are those
that have had the greatest nourish-
ment and support from protective"
tariff. They seem to have about
enough Of that kind Of protection.
The S uthern states, though not in
cluded in the exhibit above given, and
not so fully reported, show a gratifying
contrast with thehgures ofdepression
idleness and low wages Of the great
manufacturing states. But few hands
have been discharged the general "cut'
In wages has ranged only from 10 to Is
per cent, and the factories are nearly
all running ON full time and report en-.
oouraging prospects, The iron indus
try OF Tennessee is the worst sufferer
but is in far better condition than the
same business in Pennsylvania.
A sanguIne feeling accompanied
nearly all Of these communications
and the prevailing judgment is that
the opening of the new year will wit
ness an extensive revival of trade and
industry, and by April 1t is expected
that the depression will largely b.
over with
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-28
Normal Schools,


Our correspondent at Thorp Springs
thinks the normal schools should be
made more effective by Increased sup
port. They should, perhaps, but peo-
pie look at the same object differently.
Normal schools teach teachers how TO
teach children. The state pays these
teachers for their services and resson-
ably expects that they shall be worthy
their hire. II people go tothe expense
Of educating man to teach their child
rem, he should refund the money thus
spent, II he collects salary from them
for his work. So long as the amount
spent annually on normal schools lie
magnificent, II will escape criticism.
Make il considerable and people will
ask why they are taxed to educate
school teachers whose services they
have to pay for. Doctors, blacksmiths,
butchers, preachers, bakers and such
others as receive recompense from the
public for their akill and talent have tc
educate themselves. AS long as school
teachers are paid for their services they
should do the 81 ne thing.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-28
Condition and Prospects Of Trads.

Some Interesting and highly valus-
BILE information relating 20 the present
industrial depression In this country
has been collated and published In
"Bradstreet's" OF the Goth inst. That
journal sent cut blank inquiries 10
thousands of employers and employees
in the twenty-one states IN which so
per cent Of The manufacturing esiau-
iIshmente Of the country are situated.
The replies 10 these circulars have been
full and complete, and form the basis
OF an interesting exhibit OF the indus
trial condition OF the country at thla
time.
The total number OF employees en-,
gagged In the manufacturing industries
Of the states covered by this inquiry
was ., 45e, '4o, ~ returned By The United
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-28

People who read of the Fall River
mills running on full time at loss to
the owners, aud that the best Of good
feeling prevails between the owners
and operatives, will incline to the
opinion that there is lie abroad some
where. Catcha New Highlander rum
ming factory ut loss to accommc-
date his operatives!
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-28
Hard TO Please.


There are four papers in Texas
which neither Fort Worth nor The
GAZETTE need ever hope TO please,
viz: the Herald and the Times of Dali
las, the Abilene Reporter and the Gle
burne Chronicle. Fort Worth cannot
stop growing to please Dallas news
paper THE GAZETTE cannot support
o. 70. Gilbert for an Office that there
are thousands OF men in the district
better qualified to I'LL but the Chron-
iole we shall wrestle with, even In
despair. The Cleburne paper says:
A business man may have 20 pay heavy
interest Tor the. rather than repudiate a
contract. ifthe city could do better than {
per cent. per month, ~ should do It by Dor
rowing the cash and paying as II promieed
II II cannot borrow for less than tho PEI
cent. TIKI GAzEIrE should subslde, or els,
rail at the bad credit oftho city.
A business mani who would incul
Indebtedness not absolutely necessary
when he could only hope to meet it 10y
an exorbitant Interest, is no "buslnesl
man. His lack OF business ability
would be the more apparent II, expect
ing aoon to cash his note at par, h,
was such a spendthrift that he couldn'
wait until he got the money, but an
tlclpated 1t and was thereby forced L
pay ruinoua forfeit. Fort Worth ha
good credit, aud THB GAZETTE "railsl
at management of it's business whicl
Is calculated to ruin that credit.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-28

HON. GEO DoNALDsoN, the newly
elected representative from Fanuin
county, Is not going to prove a novice
when he reaches Austin. Mr.. Don
ALLISON and several friends were re-
Gently captured in friendly game OF
draw-poker and were arrested and in
dicled.