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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-08-26
4 STORY or A LOVE lsoNo.
A Houng Preacher who Hit the Pop.
ular Fancy,

GAINESVILLE. lO.D Cor New York SUM-
Upon one of the many hill, surrounding
this old Ohio city is beautiful homestead
which oycrlooks the smoky eNpanse Of the
town and the shining course of the Musk
ingum river Thirty years ago u youn2
preacher walked down thu hill from
this home heavy at heart aud
weary Of the world Two years
before he had come to Zanesville
fresh from the old collegiate institu.
ton in Columbus as the Rev. II. ID. l..
Webster. lie soon fell in love with Ella
BloxOm, the daughter Of Judge BloAom.
who sang In the choir of his church lie
was privileged AS a pastor to call upon his
fair choristcr ut the home OF her married
sister. Mrs. Henry Blandy. The young
pennilcss preacher proposed marriage 10
her, and was rejected. The refusal was
given ina kind though firm manner and
the young man persuaded himself that his
suit was denied because of his poverty and
the pride of the girls family. tie left
where the woman he loved was shining in
society.
In 1855 he moved TO Racine, and soon
aflerward wrote song and gave il 10 j.
j, Webster, the composer. This song
was the once popular "I.orena. In il
Webster wrote the sentiments of his heart
10 the memory of the woman he had loved
People who remember The songs of twenty
wears ago will readily recall the opening
lines:
The years creep slowly by. I.orena
The snow il on the pras, again
The suns low down the sky. Lorena.
The fros, CLEANS where the fiow'rs have
been.
But the heart throbs on as warmly now
As when the summer days were nigh
Oh, the sun can never dip so low
Adown affections cloudless sky.
In the DAYS of the war the song took a
nrm hold on the popular fancy. Soldiers
In the camps Of both armies sang the plain
tive verses. II was the "Annic Laurie" OF
America. The name "Lorna" Was given
10 all sort, of things, and young ladies Of
to-day respond t. the same musical name
which sentimental mothers of that time
bestowed upon them.
When il became known that Webster
wrote the song many Of his acquaintance
in GAINESVILLE remembered his love affair
there, and concluded at once tina, Ella
Bloxom was the original of I.orena Miss
Bloxom Was married 10 William W. John.
ston. u young lawyer of lronton, who had
been educated in GAINESVILLE, and who is
now the chief justice of Ohio and the Re.
publican candidate fora selectman Mr.
Webster, who has drifted about from pas.
torate to pastorate, was recently stationed
in Oak Grove lie also Is married. having
now wife and several children.
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FuU tn Old England.
re- eat Cor. Brooklyn Union. !

thsbt wi pioohiyH SuAohI
A poe thirty feet long and four or five
inches In diameter was laid down with one.
half It's length secured on the shore, the
other half being over the water At the
water end of the pole a large box was
suspended with creased pig in IT, Seven
men tried for half an hour to get at the pig
by walking the creased pole. They would
take step or two and then tumble head
over heels into the water The crowd
roarcd with laughter Finally one Of the
men walked about half the distance out
and madea Jump. SO that he was able to
get hold Of the string on the box which
opened the 'rap-door at the bottom and let
the pig into the water Then he had to
Jump into the water himself. catch the pig
and bring il ashore. As the pig was creased
this was no easy task. but the fellow finally
succeeded. and walked of with the ami.
NAL. which let everybody know II was
alive by shrieking all II could
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Right In style.
lPhiladelphia Call.l

John-say, George, you really ought TO
know better than to scratch that way In
public.
GEORGE scratch because ] Itch and
more than that. | am proud oil the itching
Shameless fellow"
shameless Not Bit Of II. | am
right in the height Of style. Thems $40
a.day -summer-resort mosquito bites,
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iii. w. Holley in The CuIreatl
sit and hold the fiaxen tress,
coil II round my finger;
The ecstacy Of happiness
About il seems to linger:
Foreshortened are the weary miles
For me-the heart sick rover:
This precious lock old Time beguiles.
And bridges distance over,
As | would do, were she but here,
With all her wealth of tresses;-
50, with both heart aud hand sincere
give this lock caresses.
Among the sweets that fancy sips
How near to nectar, this IS
To cover with my eager lips
This golden lock with kisses.
All, sheer not at my loving zeal.
Age doth not love disable
When golden locks like these reveal
The head Of baby Mabel.
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The Cigarette.
IRichnond State. |

Il /, said that the cigarette is compare
lively new IN popularity, and that prior
TO 1876 the centennial year, il was very
little affected 10y the American smoker
since then it, consumption has increased
wonderfully. In 1876 the number OF
cigarettes manufactured in the United
States was 5000, 0O0-sn increase of 800
iar cent. over the amount manufactured
in any previous year Last year the mum
trr manufactured exceeded $50, 200, 900
~ this number ~, OO0. 900 were exported
aud the remainder consumed In this
COUNTRY. The revenue derived by the gov
,rnmept from this source was al 80 OOp
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A story comes from Massachusetts, of Q
girl falling dead from fright caused by .
sudden kiss. A Boston paper thereupon
proceeds to read the girls OF that city
long lecture Oh the necessity of being pre-.
pared for n sudden kiss The advice Is all
right. There /, nothing like being pre-.
pared for what the future ha. in store for
Us. hi, a ki.s i, 50 rare and improbable .
thing with b ,ton girls that i means
great deal of waiting and watching for
very small returns. Besides. il would he
,liesdiul to have II go abroad thai boston
Urls were always waiting TO be kissed.
VIA, girl could endure that, Better thsS
one girl should seem to be taken unawares
now and then than the spectacle of whole
town OF girls on the qui viyc torwhat may
never again take place.
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4 STORY Of London SITE.
Notes aud Ob,erias

The circumstances were very pathetic
The ruined gentleman continued to main
lain the wife of his affections in u life oi
case 10y presenting himself as one.leggcd
beggar on crowded city crossing. moi
witbstanding the conviction tina, il would
one day bring him 10 grief, H. was finally
run over by his own wife's brougham
She had never suspected what hi, business
was until she saw the victim NJ he s,
dent
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City Chiidren az Play.
New York Sun. 4


Down in Morris street. near the junction
ri The 'wo elevated roads. small boy
sauntered along with his hands in his
porke's 4 second small hoy, wearing a
belt anu iwirling club was moving with
leisnrrly tread along the opposite sidewalk
4 third small boy with his coat turned In.
.idc out and the visor OF his cap pulled
down over his eyes. rushed out of hatch
way, clutched the first small boy by In,
throat, downed him and proceeded to riff,
ais pockets
"i'eilice' w'lice." croskrd the Gndr,
10Y hoarsely
The second small boy picked his way
slowly across the muddy street, bent over
the firsi and third small boys. saw the
third take the last thing from the pockets
al the first aud said to him, Cow an
now" and fell 10 clubbing the first small
boz, Then he hurled him to his feet,
sen him spinning down the sidewalk
with poke OF his club, and said
=" II | catch yez interfering wild gentle
men agin III take yez In. p"
What's going On?" asked mat WHOSE
attention had been attracted
We're playin' perlice piped the three
small bows In concert.
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Where tghtning strike.
Insurance Chronicle. |

Charts o, the geographical distribution
Of the lightning strokes for lsS? aud 1883.
prepared for our fire reports. show that
The, arr chiefly confined to that part Of
the country situated north of the Ohio
river and eas' Of the Missouri liver. In
DO h years VI per cent. of all the strokes
occurred within this area. In the south
,rn states lightning seems to be compare.
iivcly rare. and seldom occurs outside Of
,mcr sta'cs-Texas, Louisiana. and GeT
ga There seems 10 be two principal cen
az. 81 electric disturbance. from the fire
ua,crwri'er's standpoint. and these are IN
he New England and northwestern >tstrs
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Ancr.Uln ner stories.
Punch.

Yeung lady lin the drawing .room)-Jusi
listen. I can hear the gentlemen laughing
I believe they tell their good stories directly
we're out OF the dining room. Experienced
and rather severe matr0n-Good stories
dcar' No. "good" Is not the word.
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a 1 Aukpp Ia italy.

Leiands Letter IN cnn,ago Tribune
There is another type OF American who
is by NO means very uncommon. |, is the
man ignorant OF everything foreign. who
achieves wonders by faculty peculiar to
the Yankee. One Of these who knew not
u word of Italian went TO Rome. He
wished to find Gigi's famous caravansary.
which is tenanted by Americans. So he
sat ON his trunk In the Corso and cried
aloud. "Jiggers!" 10 every one who came
by. And Al last. indeed, there passed an
Italian who conjectured what was wanted,
and guided him TO The place desired. Then
be cried again. Americans, and 10. the
Americans arose and came forth and 80.
laced him. He was AN artist, and. hear.
ing that there was moi a studio to let In all
Rome for money, wen, forth and In few
hours secured the best studio ia town fo,
half price How he did il nobody knew.
He remained for years in Italy. lie never
learned word Of the language, hut he
always aantst sbmehow to get on
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Said the Ticket Agent.
Nav York MALL

What time does the 10 o'clock train
co. asked woman with dozen bundles
who hurried into the Grand Central depot
this morning The 10 o'clock train goes
Al 800. said the ticket agent with his
blandes, smile
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-08-26

PHILADELPHIA CALI

The Bay State Casket company, Of
Boston, has failed Medical colleges arc
becoming SO particular about giving out
diplomas that the coffin industry Is much
depressed
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-08-26

Gath" II Is not necessary TO say hard
things against men who. after all. merely
ADOPT the civilization they find.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-08-26

Kesiah Shelton Age has many privi
leges. but neither undue dicta,ion, imper.
thence. temper. curiosity, nor self.asser.
ton are greater virtues In age than u
youth
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-08-26

St Lo,ii, Republican; II is not the nomi.
mel ariouni of a mans wages that indicates
his reward II is the purchasing power of
what h. RECEIVES which Is the essence OF
\ nhp>
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SIX MILLION Acres.

ITsNNHuftSc.I
\ letter from Germany notes that nearly
5000, 900 scres OF land In that part OF the
world have recently been diverted TO TIE
culture 81 beet root. The refuse. after the
extraction of sugar. forms fine feed for
l,.r ,lotl.. and tend, to make the people
there less Il pendent upon America for meat
than ih,y used 10 be. bat tho contrary is
the Gaze with regard 10 cereal food
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Bill Nyc In wiping child, nose be
exceedingly careful to leave the nose.
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FARM ANB PRESIDE.

The unpleasant odor left in the
breath after eating onions is entirely
removed by cup OF strong coffee.
Chicago journal.
An experienced stockman in Wis
consin says Cattle drinking shale water
are not subject to the blackleg, while
cattle drinking surface water from
creeks or pools are ct any time liable
to take the disease
-Erysipelas, disease coming with
out premonition and ending fatally in
three or four days, is sometimes very
promptly cured by applying poultice
of raw cranberries pounded and placed
on the part over night. Boston Globe.
Pie Crust: Mix up enough crust for
six or eight pies at once, and set away
in an even temperature as little as pos
sible above freezing. This is nowise
injured by standing week or so, and
those who prefer fresh pies for dinner
will find it much easier than to mix
fresh paste each day.-The Household.
The best way to clean mirrors, the
glass of pictures. etc.. is to take soft
sponge, wash it well in clean water and
squeeze it as dry as possible; dip it in
some spirits of wine and rub over the
glass; then have some powdered blue
tied up in a rag, dust it over your
glass and rub it lightly and quickly
with soft cloth; afterward finish with
a silk handkerchief Erchdnge
Light is as essential in the barn as
in the house. 1t is not very expensive
TO put in windows enough to well light
the barn, and it has been proved that
cows as well as horses do much better
when kept in well lighted stables; and
then it is very much more comfortable
in cold weather tn do the feeding and
take care of stock of cattle in barn
lighted by glass rather than by wide
open doors. Try it and see for your
Selves Chicago Times.
The depredations of insects on
farmers crops, says the Western Rural,
are compelling farmers to learn good
deal of entomology. 1t is much less
common than it was few years ago to
kill worm or a bug merely because it
looks ugly. Some of our best insect
friends are neither pretty in looks or in
disposition. II is in the fall that their
predatory character benefits us, for
their energies are then devoted to de-
stroying our worst enemies.
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1t Is not always an enviable thing TO
be the hostess who entertained q dis
tinguished company last night" and
figures perennially in the papers. The
Twostars are parvenus, who have made
a great fortune and set up grand es-
Enlistment - in Greenland, say-and
this done, madame sat down before the
fortress, Society, determined to hang
her banners on the outer wall, and fly
her flag over the citadel. She was. if
not . lady, q cleverly-veneered imita-
ton of one; she had ambition and tact
and brains, but, alas! q hot temper.
Toward the close of her second season,
during which she had entertained like
fairy princess, she determined to give
a grand ball. Hundreds of invitations
were sent out and accepted. An or
chestra of eighty picked men was Sc
cured. A supper worthy OF Soyer or
Vatel was ordered. An army of fun
kies, tons of flowers, bunting, Chinese
lanterns, etc.. floors that were waxed to
perfection, electric lights, gas, wax
lights, produced brilliant ensemble,
and madame, in her Worth dress and
all her diamonds, was a chandelier.
Guests poured in and the rooms
were soon filled; but in spite OF all her
precautions, the women somewhat OUT
numbered the men, who grouped them
selves about the doors and looked
blandly on at the rows of girls in pink
and girls in blue that lined the walls,
and the dancing, which was going on
in feeble way. Madame saw all this
would. not do. She approached the
gentlemen.
LET me introduce you to Miss Blank,
that pretty girl in green over there.
She dances beautifully" she said to
one of them.
Thanks, but I am not by way of
dancing tonight" he replied. ''It is
so awfully hot"
A second declined her proposal to 60
and have an ice, on the ground that it
was $50 awfully cold.' A third was
mot making any acquaintance" and
would not be presented to any OF the
ladies. A fourth had 'sseen the dOcora-
tions up-stairs'' and declined to bulge.
A fifth .'never ate anything after din
ner." "They all began with one &C.
cord to make excuses" like the guests
of the Biblical feast, but madame. in
stead of taking the same revenge, grew
furiously angry. and, stamping her foot,
cried. "Then what the dickens did you
come here for?"
This effected more than all her en-
treaties. The men burst into hearty
laugh; and protested their entire will
ingness to do whatever she pleased,
were introduced, talked, supped, danced,
made themselves agreeable. and the
ball success. But the story was an
open secret; in twelve hours everybody
was talking of it. Society was shocked
beyond expression, and madame went
abroad. Editors DraUer, in Harper
Magazine.
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A tea house of Japan is but one story
high, with nicely matted porch, from
the corners of which depend the omni-
present Japanese paper lanterns. We
catch a glimpse of the interior, and are
amazed at the simplicity of the appoint
ments, although this is one of the bet
ter class of inns. The floor within is
covered with the universal Japanese
mats, always three feet by six in d.
mansions, and. therefore, used as a
matter of convenience for household
measurement purposes. l have also
learned that the fans in use in this
country, with view to the same utili-
ty, are usually made just one foot in
length. These mats are scrupulously
clean, and it seems entirely APP
propriate that we remove our
shoes. in obedience to the
prevalent custom, before entering.
The only remaining articles offurniture
are some scrolls which hang on the
walls, and the common sliding screens,
which are used for converting the inte-
rior of Japanese house into just as
many and such shaped apartments as
the owner pieases. This is respect
in which Japanese convenience goes
beyond American convenience, though
am not all in doubt as to which way
prefer.
A party of European tourists are Ia
boriously ''squatting" about some little
tables, one for each guest, and slipping
tea from tiny decorated cups. On the
tables are also very small dishes of con-
fectionery and sweetmeats. For watt
ers we observe modest, ever-smiling,
clean-looking Japanese maidens. who
are profuse in their demonstrations OF
civifity. Indeed, we are tempted to
call it palavering before we become &C
customed to the ways Of the people.
The premises about the tea-house are
converted into pretty garden. with
rockeries and cascades, thus giving us
! . sample Of the landscape gardening for
which the japanese have become 90
fsvor,blY fpmcqs: Or. " O. Times
II 4%EUSQCYV<@ 70 - 4
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Bulwer and His Wife.

Bulwer's income, independent of his
work, may have been f500 year;
within three years of his marriage, he
is supposed by his son to have been liv-
ing at the rate of $4,000. Almost an
unknown man, and generally detested
by the critics. he had to meet the de-
ficits of indefatigible toll. The labors
imposed upon him sowed the seeds of
sorrow. The young people fondly
'oyed each other at first, and, had they
married on a competency, might have
have made themselves happy. Mrs.
Bulwer naturally looked for caresses
and attentions, while her preoccupied
husband had little leisure for either.
His labors overtasked his strength, and
in the brief intervals of rest he was irri
table. They had taken a lonely house in
the wilds of Oxfordshire, and in her
letters the wife writes that she seldom
saw her husband. She knew nothing
of the value of money, and spent it
lavishly; while she had so intense q
dislike for domestic details that she even
shrank from going TO London to choose
a cook. Money matters were at the
bottom of their subsequent differences.
Bulwer, we are told, was personally
frugal, almost to parsimony, and
an admirable manager, who
delighted in good bargains. His
wife's extravaganza must have fretted
him terribly, when each folly brought
q fresh draft on his brain. Yet that
natural frugality proves the strength of
his passion, for even Mrs. Bulwer COM
plains playfully to correspondent that
in his reckless generosity he overloaded
her with gifts. For if he seems to
have been economical to parsimonious-
ness in small matters, he was essen
tally large-minded and liberal, and
the pride which was one of his FREEDOM
mating qualities showed itself most
honorably in pecuniary affairs. After
reconciliation, his mother renewed
his allowance. He felt the relief
keenly, for his health had been suf-
fering and the worry of an inadequate
income was making his life q misery
to him. Yet when his mother in her
quick temper had tainted him with
ssmaintaining" his wife, he renowned
the allowance at once and forever.
The word maintaining" stuck in his
throat Mrs. Bulwer Lytton subse-
quently made many offers of substan-
tial help, and between son and mother
his susceptibilities seem exaggerated.
But he would never again consent to be
dependent so as to lay himself open to
such another sting. Yet the affection
ate tone of his letters to her is followed
up by offers of sympathy and active as.
sistance, and he would even turn to his
mother for temporary assistance,
though he insisted that it should be in
the shape of q loan to be repaid.
don Times.
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"A theatrical audience in Rouen,
France, took . strong dislike to IN
actor and Kissed him. He came for
ward and said: Ladies and gentlemen,
/ have Q wife and three children. and,
if had been fortunate enough to please
you, should have earned yearly salary
Of 1900 francs, which would have suf-
feed for us all. do not dispute your
right to reject me, but, although my
singing has not satisfied you, perhaps
my whistling may" Tbereupon he
whistled . popular air SO cleverly that
the whole house applauded and his en-
gagement was renewed, on condition
that he should whistle his parts instead
of singing them.
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Two MONTHS ago my attention was called
to the case of a woman afflicted with a cam
Ger ON her shoulder at least inches In cir
conference, angry, painful, and giving the
patient no rest day or night for months
/ obtained . supply Of Swift's Specific for
her. She has taken bottles, and the ulcer
Is entirely healed up, only a very small
scab remaining, and her health Is better than
for 5 years past :seems to be perfectly cured.
Rev. JESSE II. CAMPBELL, Columbus, Ga
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The Office held by the Kidneys is ono Of
Importance. They act as nDure's sluice-
way to carry OF the extra liquids from the
system and with.them the impurities, both
those that arc taken into the stomach and
those that are formed In the blood. Any
clogging or inaction of these organs is
therefore important. Kidney Wort is Ma
ture's efficient assistant in keeping the kid
neys in good working order, strengthening
them and inducing healthy action. II you
would get well and keep well, take Kidney
Wort
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Mr.. r. 7. Bentley, . member Of the esti-
nable community Of Quakers at Sandy
Springs, Nd, says he was severely affected
by rheumatism in his right hand. Mr..
Bentley applied st. Jacobs Oil, the great
pain-cure, and by its continued use, in
short time, was completely cured.
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CATARRH AND HAY FEvER.-For twenty
years i was q sufferer from Catarrh of the
head and throat in a very aggravated
form, and during the summer with Hay
Fever. procured q bolt . of Ely's Cream
Balm and after few applications received
decided beneft-was cured by one bottle.
Have had no return Of the complaint.
CHARLOTTE PARKER, Waverly. N. Y.
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A Som THROAT OR COUGH, II suffered to
progress, often results in an incurable
throat or lung trouble. "Broca's Bronchial
Troches" give instant relief. 25 cts. boz
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There is no dissent from the decision OF
candid and capable dairymen, that the Inn
proved Butter Color Of Wells, Richardson
h Co, Burlington, VT, Is the best in the
world. Such mon rs A. w. Cheever, OF
Massachusetts,, e. D. Mason, Vermont
Francis A. Hoffman, Wisconsin, use it,
and recommend it as superior to all others.
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Frry JOHN PORTER = Johns coat OF
course.-N Y Iadepsudsnt.
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In ancient Rome, any fool could become
. great violinist. They were all Pagan
ninnies. --Detr0it Post.