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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-23
BuIwer Lytton's Bridge.
Where it Touches the Shores and
the Great Columns in Mid
stream.

what a beautiful bridge between old age and
childhood is religion. How intuitIvely the Child
begins with prayer aud worship entering life,
aud how intuitively, on qCittng life, the old man
turns back To prayer and worship, putting him ELF
again side by side with the infant" remarks Sir
h Buiwer LyttOn III his ''Strange Story"
YES, but between its distant abutmen.s the
bridge OF life has many high and awful arches
through which the wild wUer~ dash and roar i'm
wrath and desOlstirn. Prayer and Worship alone
do not sustain these. Natures solid rocks must
lie mistaken beneath. human arr and SAIL
must rear and sOlidify the structure overhead
Gods will Is best exemplifed in the laws he has
made Tor the creatures whom He has placed under
their control Neither the chflH's tiusIful "Bur
Father nor the old III ms "FOTgst me rOf in the
midst of mine iniermaties will alter this by the
weight of a single grain.
Science and at iirs;--theE faith anil prayers
the order Of HEAVIER itself divinity heals through
Its ents, and those agents are the discoveries Of
man not the vague announcements OF pTOphits OF
seer Is life a burden To YOU Does time drag ,
Is your power To cope with hfe's problem and
duties weakened \ on not well Your bl JOd is
sluggish aud tainted. perhaps; or some important
OrgaR - torpid OyerwOrke,i. This fact may have
taken the form Of dy SperSia, his umati~m, GOT t.,
malaria pains in the stomach, chronic headache,
or any Of dozen other il. PACKERS TONIC
who have been Saut Up in damp, fetid e. Us. 10 is
powerful, pure, deli Ious, scientific, Safrthe key
stone OF the centra! arch Of the bridge II life.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-23

box of backing and brush, 90 into
the peanut trade, drive the mules, or
black boots, or anything for a starter,
but don't for Gods sake ut the age of
seventeen open Il saloon, and cOnfne
the talent God has given you, to the
base Uses of pulling a squeaky cork
out of a bottle of rum, because every
squeak of the cork is wall of a soul
that has been drowned in drink, every
gurgle of the liquid as it goes from the
bottle to the lass is the throbbing of
Il poor brain that has been crazed by
the hellish stuff, and every stroke of
the dirty dishclOth OH the bar to
wipe away the stains of the split hell
fire Is an emblem ofan attempt to wipe
the sins from the soul of the man who
killed his brother by making him a
drunkard. You, a seventeen wear
old boy, saying 81 think | am capable
of running by own affairs" against
the advice of the father and mother
who bore you is one evidence that
you are an ass, but your coming to
the Sun for advice NAV do YOU good,
and if 50 send us a postal card. Also,
if you do not take the advice.
and do 90 into the saloon business.
send us a notice of your funeral two
years hence when YOU die of the
delirum tremens, or when some Gus
toner Of yours, who Is drunk with
rum, as YOU are now drunk with egot-
ism. brains you with a bung starter
when you tell him he has enough
liquor. and who thinks he is capable
of running his own affairs. That will
do, boy, you can step down and make
room for the next.-Peck's Sun.
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sands; and at the moment no death
could he deem, d too cruel. The
same men and women have shed
tears-Or were in frame of mind to
shed them-as they looked upon a
bAby's grave, perhaps.
THE LITTLE ORION MOUND,
with its white head-piece its wither-
ed flowers. its broken playthings, and
the empty little shoes that the wealth
er has beaten, have filled their hearts
more than cnce with love for some
body's darling, filled their soul with
a soft glow of peace, and their eyes
with the moisture that love alone,
when mingled with grief, can bring
to the windows of the soul. The
dead baby is the best the best liked,
the most widely revered. The dead
baby seems to have the most friends.
Il. /. Z.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-23
ROSE-TINT TERRORS.
A Glance at the BRIGHT and
Dark Sides of Life in
Babylon.
The New Daddy-Twins, Triplets
and Quadruplets.

If the gentle reader has ever been
fortunate enough to meet young
husband at the front door and ask him
to guess what is is, and has been OBJ
servant to note the expression of his
mouth as he said he thought it was a
boy or girl, the same reader will
recognize the smile that enwreathed
the Young husbands lips in the
sketcl. made by special artist of the
Post-Dispatch, who happened to be
on tie spot the other night when a
pink-headed and crushed strawberry
toed little cherub came into the world.
This is The sketch:
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-23

Late on his Ia led career triplets
NAV come 70 him. Just rs he looks
down the vista OF years and imagines
all is bright and blooming, just as he
is reconciIing himself to the world ard
is beginning to think there is some
little happiness lingering on his end
of the hemisphere, the blood curdllng
announcement is made to him as he
enters the house some day that his
wife has borne him three babies at
one pop; he begins to feel bad, but
summoning all the courage he has and
gathering into both lungs all the wind
he keeps in stock, ne fixes his lips
into pucker, and out of a little
round hole like this
comes a soft mournful whistle that
bears a world Of misery on its dark
wings. 1t takes several days to re-
store this unhappy father to con-
seriousness, and when he comes TO he
is, as general thing, at war with the
whole human race.
TRIPLETs AND QUADRUPLETs.
Twins do not happen more than 800
times a year in a population Of 5OO,-
600. and seldom hit tbs same lamliy
twice. Triplets are rare enough to
he curiosities. 1t is estimated that
not one woman in 10000 has given
birth to three children at time, and,
although there is on record in the old
medical works the case of German
peasant who had twelve children at
four births-three each time-and a
Michigan woman is credited with hav-
ing produced dozen children in five
births inside of seven years-quad,
ruplets once, triplets once, twins twice
and a lone youngster on the last oc'
casion--such instances OF fecundlty
are rarer than new planets, and the
lady entitled to the cake for having
four children at whack is not found
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-23

Wtadtstaw Andrzejewski, a baker
of Lawrence, has failed. He could
raise bread well enough, but he
couldn't raise money on his name
Springfield Union.
81: "Thief" $4,000: Default
err" 800 900: "Shortagel" 100000:
Canadian tourist" $1,000, 900.
Brilliant fnancier!"-Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
Bad fOrm-The other party's plat
form. .....A surprise party-A party
who has just come on deck with a
warrant. Poor cOllateral-TakiDg
q mOther-in law with a wife.-Judge.
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~A~

The coming in of cherub happens
about 10000 times year in city
like St. Louis. There may not always
. oe smile to welcome its coming, but
unless the daddy is already well sup
piled with youngsters he makes very
little display of annoyance and gener-
ally manages to accept the situation
gracefully.
A single arrival is usually all right.
Such an incident may be overlooked,
or rendered merely the time honored
formality of the presumably happy
fathers smile. 1t takes
TWINS.
to destroy the serenity of a parents
feelings. Two of a kind create con-
siderable nervous disturbances along
the old mans labial horizon. They
throw TO of establishment around
his alarmed mustache-an aurora of
wonder, as ii were, and his mouth
assumes this expression:
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-23
Car Wheels ON Curves.

AlphonsO--YOu ask how the outer
car wheels keep up with the inner
ones when the train goes around the
curve.
The explanation, my dear sir, is
very simple. The outer car wheels
do not keep up with the inner ones.
As you know the railroads of our
country are very crooked. They are
principally of curves. Suppose the
first curve outside a city turns to the
right; then rs the wheels on the left
rail have to travel farther than those
on the inside they naturally run faster
and get ahead but the next curve turns
to the left and then those wheels on
the right rail hurry around the curve
and catch up with those on the left,
and as the curves to the right
equal those to the left, the result
is that on long road the wheels keep
about even.
Sometimes when the train strikes a
straight road after making a long
curve, the wheels on one side may be
half mile behind, and if you look
out of the rear windows you will see
them coming down the track.
You have heard of trains waiting
because they are ahead of time.
Well, that is when all the curves are
in one direction, and they are obliged
to stop to allow the wheels on one side
to catch up with the train.-[Oil City
Derrick.
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more than once among 265, 900 mar
ried women. When news of the as
founding event reaches the heroic
papa, the expression under his NOUS
tache may be formulated as follows:
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-25

es. Won m,lst hear Il MI 81 can,,
to yo,lr room ave minutes after ven
must have left Il. and there wac. TN
time table omen and v,ur l;ttl 4, n az
h1asa I'll fThat tar snn No. III . ~
ner viii never laava Harrv F;e1 81 I, - s.
heart while he lives. And "a Iinst 81
off for the station a. hard as [ co,1ld %
T Ind almost. reached the gnark lyat,,
when that cry can,e----off Is the rio RI,
and / turned lust IS time
His voice broke, and he bent his head
down ia hers Be, RS. #.: IS. q q.
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Farming MISCELLANY

The example set by the farmers Of
two countries IN Northern New Hamp-
shire, for Che purpose Of reforming the
management of the annual fairs, is an
encouraging one to the many every
where who lament the dangerous corrup-
tons that in many places are even In
.yited to these annual gatherings of
farmers. Let all these righteous COM
planners cease mere complaining. and
manage their festival and fair for them
selves. 81
Full feeding from the start, says
the New York Times, should be the
maxim 81 the stock feeder, whether his
object is beet, mutton, pork or poultry.
Yet there IS way Of high feeding By
which an enormous carcass of fat is pre-
maturely produced b rich feeding ID q
short time. And it Isl question wheth-
OF this high feeding is Is profitable as q
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-25
A Cowboy Stopping a Cattle
STAMPEDE.

Gone Of the slickest things saw in
my travels" said passenger from, the
West, "was cowboy stopping a cattle
stampede. A herd of about six or elgh,
hundred had got frightened at some
thing and broke away pell-mell wit!
their tails in the air and the bulls at the
head of the procession. But Mr.. Cow.
boy didn't get excited at all when he
saw the herd was going straight
for high bluff, where they
would certainly tumble down into the
canyon and be killed You know that
when herd like that gets going they
can t stop, no matter whether they rush
to death OF not. Those in the rear
crowd those ahead, and away they
go. / wouldn't have given dollar a
herd for that herd, but the cowboy
spurred up his mustange, made Il little
detour, came in right in front Of the
herd, and across their path at a right
angle, and then galloped leis,,rely Oh
to the edge Of that bluff, halted and
looked around at the wild mass of Eeef
coming right toward him.. He was as
cool as cucumber, though / expected
to see him killed, and was SO excited I
could not speak. Well, sir, when the
leaders had got within about a quarter
Of mile of him saw them try to slack
up, though they could not do
it quick. But the whole herd seemed to
want to stop, and when the COWS and
steers in the rear got about where the
cowboy had cut across their path was
surprised to see them stop and commence
to nibble at the grass. Then the whole
herd stopped, wheeled, struggled back
and went to lighting for q chance to
eat where the rear guard was. You see,
that cowboy had opened big bag of
salt he had brought out from the ranch
to give the cattle, galloped across the
herds course and emptied the bag.
Every critter shifted that line Of salt,
and, of course, that broke up the SIAM
pede. But I tell you it was queer
sight to see that cuss out there on the
edge Of that bluff quietly rolling a
cigarette, when it seemed as if he'd be
lying under 200 tons of beef in about a
minute and half
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-25
Swedenbcrp and Divorce.

From the New Jerusalem Messenger.
In the Observer Of the 21st ult. is An
editorial on "Swedenborg and Divorce. -
Why "Swedenborg and Divorce" does
not appear, for the editorial does not
touch upon what Swedenborg saws
about divorce. Swedenborg does not
sanction divorce except for the one
spiritual cause "By their fruits We
shall know them" Among no class OF
people is marriage more exalted. and
the marriage relation more honored
than among those who receive the doc
trines taught in Swedenborg's writings.
Among noclass of people is divorce less
frequent or more condemned. And
among no class of Christians are the
practices which both the Observer and
We condemn more abhored. DR.. Cros-
by alluded to the doctrines OF the
New Church as being in harmony with
the lustful tendency of the age, tthat
the New Church remains among verys
few, and does not attract the class 81.
persons DR.. Crosby refers to, is an an
swerable proof to the fa1sity Of his con-
illusions. How to treat the deep seated
social evils which grow out of the abuse
Of the sexual relation is one of the social
problems which must sooner or later be
taken and discussed BY Christian writer's.
When this is done, it may be discovered
that q s = 6 borg's practical wisdom on
the subject will answer the problem.
y requires no wisdom to denounce evil
y g Wholesale way. And it is the same
kind e Of wisdom which is so quick tos de-,
nounce % attempts to discriminate be-
tween grades OF eyil, and to encourage
those hose N deeper evils to advance step By
step to what is right and true. e55s S.
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Corn, Peas and Beans,

To have no break in the succession of
vegetables is all important. Of sweet
corn we have found nothing genuinely
good earlier than Russel's Prolific. Fol
lowing this, and treading closely upon
it, is Squantum, a comparatively new
variety, After considerable discussion
upon the merits Of corn by party of
amateur gardeners who tried it, we
came to the conclusion that Squantum
was the best we had ever eaten. Stow
ellis Evergreen serves us we'll for late
variety. We found last year that the
Black eyed Marrowfat peas fitted in
very nicely between the American Won
der and the Champion of England.
These three varieties, and the several
kinds Of corn mentioned, furnish excel
lent food for a long period, the peas
lasting till the roasting ears come, and
the latter continuing for the rest of the
season. The nluch-landed wax beans,
of which there are many kinds, 1 al
ways leave for snch as prefer them, con-
tinuing to raise the old horticultural or
Speckled Cranberry as the richest and
the best.-J. E. J. Vernon, n. Y.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-25

more prevalent. Debate the question
by tho winter fire, and see If some Of
fering from vine, tree or field cannot be
exchange for sources Of fruitful knowl-
edge for those who are now the light Of
home, who are bearing the buds Of
springtime which, under fayoring cir
cumstances, VIII mature beautious flow
ers, and rich, rare fruit. You can be-
stow no worthier gift upon their queen
II womanhood and noble manhood than
9 good education one which Will fit
them for LIES greatest Joy and useful
ness.-A Lady in Rural New Yorker. '
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"A Pleoy for Our Young Polka:

For few Years past our agricultural
newspapers have discussed to the full
est extent the reasons why our boys
should "stick to the farm" The argu-
ments are not objectionable, but the
prevailing idea that has grown out Of
these articles has tendency to force
rural people to be rural citizens always.
There is no more occasion that far
mer's son shall be farmer than there
is that a doctors son shall be doctor,
or lawyers son q lawyer It is one of
the mostimportant items in the founda-
ton Of a child's life work that it's par
ents early ascertain to what labor or
profession it is naturally inclined.
With many children no taste for special
work is developed until near manhood:
and nothing could be more beneficial
in helping them to decide the great
question than college education. Bnt
you say: 81 want Henry to have the old
farm, and Mary must settle near us to
cheer our wintry years. b I.
.=a Yes; this would be fond mothers
ideal, yet it has enough selfshness ia It
often to wreck q child's highest success
and happiness. Give them the college
education both boys and girls and
let them feel that not even q parents
love will cheat them of their birthright.
just as many boys perhaps, will return
to the farm as would stay there under
the strict command $ Stick to the
farm. Then they would be happier
for having decided their avocation for
themselves. A college education is
worth just as much TO rural youths as
to city tops and bellies + Farmer daugh-
tiers might easily hold the highest rank
IN intelligence and refinement if only the.
custom Of college lore for rustics were
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Blondes Out of Fashion.
From a New York Letter.

FROM New YORK Letter.
Blondes are no longer popular. They
had things their own way for several
years, but they are driven to the wall
at last, and it is mainly to their own
numerousness There was too much
blonde. A few years ago, we had all
sorts of intermediate tints-womon with
brown hair, and yellow hair, and red
hair; with dark blue eyes, sandy hair,
carroty hair, and many other shades.
Then blondes became popular, and in
two years all the intermediate shades
disappeared. Every woman's hair was
either black or yellow. Women who
one week were distinguished by car
roty or sandy hair came out a week later
after diligent application Of carbonate OF
soda, as pronounced blondes. The street
blossomed with blondes. They were
everywhere. Asfew ofthe subjects were
expert bleachers, the artificial was easily
distinguished from the real. There is no
mistake the handmade, sawdust- colored,
half-finished and amature blonde for
the real article. The hair of the artif-
cial blonde is Away sbleached two shades
lighter in front thanin the coil. Her
eyebrows never match her hair, and her
eyelashes are usually way eff. She has
none Of the bright color or the perfect
balance between the shades of her COM
ple1ion and her hair which the real
blonde. possesses. The winter is par
ticularly hard upon the artificial blends.
It makes them look peaked, unhealthy
and pinched. Their faces have not a
healthy color. It is in winter that the
brunettes come out strong, and the past
winter has turned the scale in favor of
The dark girls. Mrs. Langtry is no
longer the idol that she was, and the
artificial blends are in the dumps.
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Mrs. Moncrief, an English Lady.
whose husband was killed at the out
break Of the Soudan affair, is widow
whose case has excited great sympathy,
more on account Of her talent and beauty
than because she has lost her husband.
The queen has given her apartments in
Hampton Court palace, she has been
allotted 9 pension Of slOO . year AS much
IS E1, 200 has been collected for her,
md now = concert is being organized
for her benefit. :s3
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Isaac Reed, Of Waldoboro, Me-, has
been Moderator of the spring meeting
IN Waldoboro thirty one times, Chair
man ofSelectmen nineteen times, mem
Der of the house Of representatives six
times, member of the senate four times,
he served one year as state treasurer,
and one term in congress. He is seven
-four years of age. ..%S. .ftgs
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For the Cook.

CARROT P1E.-They taste very much
like squash. Scrnpe, slice, boil tender,
and run through a seive or colander.
Take one tablespoonful of carrot, one
egg, and one cup of milk to each pie,
and sugar, salt anu spices to taste.
Don't omit pinch of salt to each pie.
To RE-CooK LrgER--We have fire.
quently cooked liver left from meal,
and the following is one way fix it for
supper. Chop it fine, salt, and pepper
it to suit the taste, and sprinkle some
curry powder over it; put it in sauce
pan with all the gravy; if not moist
enough add hot water. Toast some
bread, wet it, and put the hash on top.
Serve hot.
To PREPARE Sp1NAeH.-Strip the
leaves from the stem, wash them thor
oughly, and.boil twenty minutes in wat.
or to which salt has been added. Drain
through colander. Mix together a
tablespoonful of floor, a half cup or
cup of sour, cream, and little black
pepper. Put the spinach back into the
pot, stir the gravy into it thoroughly,
and serve. The spinach in the bowl
may be covered with fried eggs.
WHIPPED PoTAroEs. Peel thin, cut
in halves Or quarters, lay in cold water
one hour or two; put over the fire in
boiling water, salt and cook until ten
der. Drain off all the water strew salt
ON the potatoes and set them in the
uncovered pot at the back of the range
to dry. Turn out into hot bowl and
whip until light and mealy. Beat in
them d tablespoonful of warm butter,
and for every dozen large potatoes near
" cup of hot (not boiled milk, and
salt to taste. The product should be as
smooth as cream, but thicker. Heap
in deep dish. -.s.-.s. r.. sSG 4 =
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slept again, smiling gently.
But the next time she woke the hand
and voice We're missing and only Har-
RVS back was visible in the room beyond
as she raised herself on her pillows.
And assshe rose, she caught sight OF. her.
self in the long Psyche glass opposite,
and started at the reflection. For all
her tangle Of brown hair was cut short,
and there was no pink and white pref
tiness now, only great dark eyes and q
small white face. And as she fell back
on her pillows, half from surprise and
half from weakness, for she was very
feeble, the bells burst out clear and
mystical, in a perfect carol of exrltant
JOY. 81
Christmas bells! Is it Christmas ?"
she eaid. why, it was November when
7 died! ~
And as Harry turned and hurried to
her side, she smiled up at him, and
asked again u. .{.s:s s IS 5.....
Christmas is it really Christmas,
Harry Z" but he only bent to catch her
in his arms.
She yielded to his kisses; then sud-
denly she tried to push him from her.
4 Harry, you must not-you must not !"
she said 555.3
He saw the troubled look il her eyes.
and knew that the memory was coming
back. III 4.
sS.' Yes, / must" he said, ssmY little
darling, my blessing my life! The doc
tor says may tell YOU ali about # for