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Old John Adams, proud as he was OF
his son, John Quincy. could not main
tain that on every occasion he was a
"chip of the old block"
DIR. Orville Dewey once visited old
John Adams at his house in Quincy, and
was presented to him by Mr.. Josiah
Quincy. The ex-President talked in
cessantly. The Italian author, Machia-
velh, was mentioned, whereupon the
vigorous old gentleman discoursed
about him for ten minutes without stop
ping, and in language SO we'll chosen
that DIR. Dewey thought it might have
been printed without alteration.
Very different was John Quincy Adj
ans, to whom DIR. Dewey was intro
duced at the White House in Washing
ton during Mr.. Adams Presidential
term. The Doctor said to his COM
panion as they entered the mansion:
Nov tell Mr.. Adams who am, and
puzzled what to talk about with SO
many strangers coming to him."
He was introduced accordingly, after
which his friend, an aged member OF
Congress, withdrew, leaving the Presi-
dent and the clergyman alone together.
The President pointed to a chair, which
DIR. Dewey took. What followed the
Doctor himself relates thus:
IL was young man, and felt that it
did not become me to open CONVERSE
ton. And there we sat five minutes
without word being spoken by either
of us. rose, took my leave, and went
away, don't know whether more an
gered or astonished."
DIR. Dewey was certainly unfortunate
in his interview. Probably the Presi-
dent was tired out with receiving visit
ors, and waited for the young gentle
man to start the conversation.
About the same time Thuplow Weed
saw John Quincy Adams for the first
time; but the President showed more
activity.
Il rose before the sum-" says Mr..
Weed, "and walked down to the bank
of the Potomac, observing as / APP
preached it a gentleman in nankeen
'pantaloons and a blue pea-jacket walk
ing rapidly from the White House to-
ward the river. This was John Quincy
Adams, the President of the United
States.
Il moved off to respectful distance.
The Presi lent began to undress before
he reached a tree on the brink of the
river. where he deposited his clothes,
and then plugged in head-first and struck
out fifteen or twenty rods, swimming
rapidly, and turning occasionally upon
his back, seeming as much ut his ease
in that element as upon terra firma.
Coming out, he rubbed himself
thoroughly with napkins which he had
brought for that purpose in his hand.
The sun had not yet risen when he
had dressed himself and was returning
to the Presidential mansion. - Youths
Companion.
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Etiauette I'm Mexico.

Native Mexican gentleman-"I deep
~ regret to be obliged to inform you,
my dear friend, that your actions last
night in the presence of that charming
senorita were very rude"
American visitor-"You shock me.
What did 1 do? L assure you that
tried my best to make favorable i'm.
preston on that lovely girl. In fact, j
am in love with her and would not of.
fend her for the world"
Mexican-"I fear you have dashed
your hopes, then. She now considers
you an ignorant boor, too beastly sell
fish to be trusted with any woman's
happiness.
American-"Oh! it cannot be. What
have 1 done?"
Mexican-"You lighted n cigar in her
presence"
American-"But she assured me that
she did not object to it."
Mexican-"And you smoked it to the
end without"
Without what? Tell me
quickly"
Observation-Disclosures offering her one.
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The Heads or Great Men.

1t is usually supposed that men OF
great intellectual powers have large
and massive heads; but this theory,
which DIR. Gilbert, physician to Queen
Elizabeth, was the first to suggest, is
not borne out by facts. An examina-
ton of busts, pictures, medalIions, in
taglios, etc, of the worlds famous ce-
lebrities almost tends the other way. in
the earlier paintings, it is true, men are
distinguished by their large heads, but
this is attributable to the painters, who
agreed with the general opinion and
wished to fatter their sitters. A re-
ceding forehead is mostly condemned.
Nevertheless, this feature is found in
Alexander the Great and, to lesser
degree, in Julius Caesar. The head of
Frederick the Great, as will he seen
from one of the portraits in Carlyle's
works, receded dreadfully.
Other great men have had positively
small heads. Lord Byron's was "re-
markedly small" as were those of
Lord Bacon and Cosmo di Medici.
Men of genius of ancient times had
only what may be called an ord nary
or every day forehead. and Herodotus,
Alcibiades, Plato, Aristotle, and Epi-
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The Wear Of Coins.

It is estimated by the Treasury Off
Gals that if coin is III active circulation,
or is frequently transferred in Treasury
and customs transactions, a $40 gold
piece should continue current for fifty
years, an eagle for thirty-five years, a
half eagle for twenty years, and % and
$2t pieces each fifteen years.
Inasmuch as coin cannot continue in
circulation even for q short period
without some loss of weight by natural
wear, Congress has established a mar
gin of loss within which coins will be
received at the Treasury at their NOM
inal value. Section l Of the act of 1873
provides: "That gold coins which have
become reduced in weight by natural
abrasion not more than one-half of one
per centum below the standard weight
after a period of circulation of twenty
years, and proportionate rate for a
less period, shall be received at their
nominal value at the Treasury and its
Offices" The standard weight of the
double eagle is BIG grains, and the
amount of abrasion allowed by law is
$500 grains, thus leaving the least
current weight 513 42-l00 grains. The
legal standard of the gold dollar is %. 8
grains. The legal deviation from
standard weight of the dollar is one
quarter of q grain; hence it will con-
tinue current until reduced below 20
53-100 grains. This margin allowed by
law in the case of the gold dollar ex-
ceeds the legal limit of wear as applied
to other coins Ivy nearly one-eighth of q
grain. All gold dollars coined since
1871 are within the legal tolerance if
not fraudulently reduced in weight
All double eagles, if not artifcially re-
duced, will be found within the limit of
natural abr sion allowed by law. The
same is true of all eagles coined since
1856, half-eagles coined since 1866 and
quarter-eagles, or 81. so pieces, if coined
since 1871.
The law provides no way by which
uncurrent coins, either of gold or silver,
may be redeemed at their real value.
The only means at the disposal of the
holder of these coins is to deposit the
gold at the mint, where it will be re-
ceived at its bullion value and recoined
into standard cons, the Government
charging him the actual cost of coin
age, or if he has mutilated silver coins
he must sell them to the Government
for what they are worth as bullion
Philddelphid Record.
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Really Didn't Know.

A passenger who boarded train
coming east over the Detroit, Lansing
and Northern Road, at Ionia, took a
seat in front of a woman who was very
curious-minded about the country. She
asked about the crops, the price of
land, the characteristics of the people,
the climate, aud many other things
To each and every question he returned
q respectful:
Don't know, ma'am-I really don't
know"
rs this as good climate as New
York;"
Il think so, ma'am, but / amt sure"
do the people seem cheerful ?"
Il think they do, but Pm not GER
tain"
Whom do they seem to prefer for a
Presidential candidate? 2"
Cant say, ma'am."
"Are the farmers low-spirited over
the price of wheat ?"
They may be, but can't say as to
that"
SHOULD you say this was a good
State for a young man to begin life III ?"
Il shouldn't like to say, ma'am."
His non-committal answers seemed
to annoy her, and, after brief silence,
she continued:
Have you been in Michigan long?"
"Three years, maam."
and yet you don't seem to have
posted yourself much"
We'll, ma'am, to tell You the truth, {"
he replied, as he turned about, I'm q
resident of Ohio. came up here and
stole horse, and was sent to the Ionia
prison for three years. haven't been
out more than two hours yet.
She rose up and took the fourth seat
back in way to make the dust fly, and
she didn't open her mouth again, even
to the conductor, until the train was
running into Detroit. Detroit Free
Press
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DE Quincey's Peculiarities.

The association of commonplace peo-
pie and their pointless remarks were
intolerable to him. They did not bore
him in the ordinary sense, but seemed,
as it were, to outrage his mind. To
me, to whom the study OF human nat
ure in any form had become even then
attractive, this was unintelligible, and
suppose l showed it in my face, for
he proceeded to explain matters.
Some years ago." he said, II was
standing on the pier at Tarbet, on Loeb
Lomond, waiting for the steamer. A
stout old lady joined me. felt that
she would presently address me, and
she did. Pointing to the smoke of the
steamer which was making itself s en-
above the next headland, There she
comes,' she said. La, SIR if you and
1 had seen that fifty years ago how
wonderful we should have thought it p
Now, the same sort of thing" added
my host, with shiver, might happen
TO me any day, and that is why always
avoid public conveyance. "-Cornhill
Magazine.
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The Finger.BOMl In Nevada.

The finger-bowl is tabooed, according
to o society journal. Many years ago a
distinguished French gourmet declared
that the use of this appliance indicated
ignorance of the art of eating, since an
accomplished master of the knife and
fork would never soil his fingers at the
table. This has always been the Com
stock notion. Meadow Lake was the
only mining town on the Pacific coast
that stuck up for the fine er-bowl. The
town is now dead. 1t may be that the
fnger-bowl killed it. It is said that in
early days few fnger-bowls were used
in Johntown. Well, it may be so-the
town has been dead for many years
Virginia (NeU. ENTERPRISE.
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An Impudent Man.

"Well, my DEAR" said man to the
wife of his bosom, shall L call for you,
say, at o'clock this afternoon?"
Call for me! Why, what for?" in.
quired his wife, in an evident tone OF
surprise.
ITO go to the milliners after hat.
after hat! Why, hubby, didn't
we get new hat for me only yester.
day? What on earth are you talking
about?"
ooh, 1 forgot, surely. Why, yes, sc
we did. see it now very plainly. II
is only every other day that you want 6
new hat
BY stepping out hastily and holding
the door shut he managed to escape
merited punishment.
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zone of the funniest incidents / c,er
noticed" said the sleeping-car conduc-
tor, "was O woman looking for her hus-
band. She got on at Fort Wayne late
in the night, and said her husband had
telegraphed her he would be aboard
and she could come to his section. l
told her there was no man OF that name
on my car, but she wouldn't believe it.
About o'clock in the morning / saw
her get out, with only shawl around
her shoulders, and tip-toe to the other
end of the car, where she tried to climb
into berth occupied by n man who
was doing good deal of snoring. She
stuck her head in and says, William,
is that you? Williamp The man
grabbed hold of her, and yelled
'Tnievesl Conductor Porter' OF
course he reused everybody in the car,
and heads were popped out of all the
berths. There was the poor woman In
her night-dress, and the man in the
berth holding tight to her, and yelling
at the top of his voice. L interfered as
quick as / could and told the man l
guessed if he would calm himself he
would find his wife instead of q thief.
It's lie he shouted, my wife is
in San Francisco
=" Madam L says, you have un-
doubtedly made bad mistake. What
made you think that man was your hus-
bandY
"She was just ready to cry, but she
managed to say II didn't think
there was another man living that could
shore hike my William. '"-ChicagO
Herald
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-03

Gurus. among many others, are men,
toned as instances. Some are even
low-browed, Is Burton, the author of
THE Anatomy of Melancholy" Sir
Thomas Browne, and Albert Durer.
The average forehead of the Greek
sculptures in the frieze from the
Parthenon is, We are told, "lower, II
anything, than what Is seen in modern
foreheads" The gods themselves are
represented with ordinary, if not low
brows." Thus it appears that the
popular notion on the matter is errone-
Gus, and that there may be great men
without big heads-in other words, q
Geneva watch is capable of keeping as
good time as an eight-day clock.
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"For WHAT For n medical opinion in
your case, il you are suffering from any
chronic disease which your physician has
failed TO relieve or cure. rom whom.
From Drs. Starkey n Palen, 100 Girard
ST., Philadelphia, dispensers OF the WHALING
Treatment by Compound oxygen which is at
tracing wide attention, ard 10y which mos
remara able cures I'm desperate chronic casct
are being made. Writ, and AJAX them TO furnist
such information I'm regard TO their trea mem
"a will enable you TO get an intelligent idea Of
its nature and notion.
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A Careful Traveller.

Don't you want ticket for the
round trip" asked the ticket agent at
the Austin Depot, of man who wanted
to go to Galveston and back.
"You mean a ticket to go to Calves.
ton and come back on?"
ayes, you will save money by buying
an excursion ticket.
mo, 1 reckon not. There are sc
many accidents occurring on your road
that 1 probably will not need any
return ticket. If buy return ticket,
and am killed, I'll be out just that
much. I've got to be saving with my
money and lay up something for a
rainy day."-TerdS Siftings.
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MrA Ann Lacour, OF New Orleans, La,
writes; ~ have son who has been sick for
two years; he has been attended by our lead.
ing physicians. but all to no purpose. This
and was so greatly Frustrated in conse luence
that death seemed imminent. We had I'm the
house bottle or DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam
for the Lungs, purchased by my husband,
who noticed your advertisement We admin
steIed 1t and no was instantly relieved"
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Repel an Attack

OF liver complaint, not with counter-onslaughts
of blue pill. calomel and mandrake. but with
the gentle and cfficacious aperient and anti
bilious medicine Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Without gripping. and progressively and easily,
it will relax the constipated bowels, Danish the
discomfort from the region of the liver remove
the yellow tint from the count enance and whites
of the eyes, and relieve the nausea, sourness OF
the breath and fullness of the b'o0d vessels OF
the head, which accompany disorder of the
hepatic gland Voyagers in the tropics and res
idents OF southern chimes, where liver ailments
are specially rife, testify with emphasis to its
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volve the liver, and they both averted and
cured by this excellent specific Rheumatism
and kidney complaints, and debility arising
from imperfect assimilat on and digestion, are
also thoroughly remedied by the Bitters. Give
il a systematic and fair trial.
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IT may be laid down as general
principle that larger proportion of
white flowers are fragrant than those
of any other color; yellow come next,
then red, and lastly blue, after which
and in like order may be reckoned
violet, green, orange, brown, and
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For Half q Lifetime.

Mrs. John Gemmell, Milroy, Mifflin Co.,
Pa, in the Spring of 1864 injured her
spine and partial paralysis ensued. For
nearly twenty years she was unable to walk.
In the Spring of 1883 she was advised to
use st. Jacobs Oil, the great conqueror of
pain. The first application gave instanta-
neous relief. Before the second bottle was
exhausted she was able to walk, and is
curad
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Sympathy.

In world like the present, one OF
the grandest occupations is that OF
giving coincidence. We ought all OF
us to study this holy science of impart-
ing comfort to the troubled There
are many who could look round upon
some of their very best friends. who
wish them well and are very intelligent,
and yet be eble truthfully to say to all
of them IN days of trouble, Miserable
comforters are we all.
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PALPITATIoN or rapid breathing of the
heart, followed by peuois OF compete cessa-
ton, is caused chiefly 10y nervo sness and bad
blood. If the disease is negle ted IL is liable
10 result seriously, espet tally at a time o sud
den excite ment. Purify the blood, strengthen
tie muscu ar and nervous system governing
the heart, b. using DIR. Guyso.t Yellow .ocx
and Sursa. arilla, and you will soon be rid of
every trace OF the affection.
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IT is believed that the oldest rose
bush in the world is trained upon the
east side of the Hildeshelm Cathedral,
in Germany. Documents exist that
prove that nearly one thousand years
ago, after it had been for some time
planted, the stone roof was raised for
protection.
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WHEN young man walks with girl
rs though he was afraid some one would
see him, the girl is his sister. II he
walks so close to her as to nearly crowd
her against the fence, she is some one
else's sister.
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.Put nm" at the Gault House.

The business man or tourist VIII mo nrso
class accommodations at the low price OF "
and S.. so per day at the Gault House, Chlca
90. corner Clinton and Madison streets. Thil
far-famed hotel is located in the center NJ th'
city, only one block from the Union Depot
Elevator; all appointments first-class.
H. w. HoyT, Proprietor.
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LYDIA +. PINKHAM's Vegetable Compound
is a most valuable medicine for ladies of all
ages who may be afflicted with any form of
disease peculiar 10 their sex. Her remedies
are put up not only in liquid forms, but also
in Pills and Lozenges, in which form they
are securely sent through the mails.
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Fifteen hundred watches are now
made daily at Waltham, and they are
better in quality and lower in price than
ever before
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PURE Cod-I.iver Oil, made from selected
livers on the sea shore. by CAswELL, HAZARD
e. CO., New York. IL is absolutely pure and
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market.
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CarbO-lines

ON every banner blazon bright,
The motto strong for which we fight,
OF all the oils that e'er were seen,
There's none that beats our Carboline.
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DoN'T work your hcrsos to death with poor
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CHAPPED Hands, Face, Pimples and rough
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WHAT is the height of absurdity2 To de-
fend a political editor against abuse is like
holding an umbrella over duck In a shower.
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Horsford's Acid Phosphate

TONIC FOR OvERwORKED MEN.
DIR. J. C. Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa, says:
81 have used IL "a general tonic, and in par
ticular in the debility and dyspepsia of over
worked men, with satisfactory results"
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THE increasing sales OF Piso's Cure attest
its claim as the best cough remedy.
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PIso's Remedy for Catarrh is certain cure
for that very obnoxious disease.
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WHY is guide book like a pair OF hand
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Increasing I'm Frequency and Dangfr
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Progress of Kidney and bladder
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