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A LETTER FROM DIR. HOLLAND.
II. H. Kennedy, in Literary Life.


 A small party of friends some years ago gave one evening each week to tho reading and study of a living American author, and in the course of time reached Dr. ]. C.. Holland. Because of some peculiar fondness for our theme, or un- usual condition for the extraction of good from the matter in hand, the occa- sion was replete with instruction, and crowned with rare and remembered en- joyment. This so presented itself to one of the number that he gave way to an impulse of the moment and wrote full and perhaps effusive letter to the gentle man whose works had been the basis of the evenings talk. In few days there came the following answer from Dr. Hollands own pen:
 EDITORIAL RooMs SeRiBNER's MAGAZINE,
 December I, I6-g
 My DEAR SiR:-It seems 10 me that 1 should be a very poor sort of a man if | were insensible to the praise conveyed in such letter as yours. To be recognized as good power in the life of any considerable number of persons who are earnestly striv- ing to hnd out the meaning Of life, and to make themselves equal to it's duties and re- quire.nents. is better than money or fame. Nay, II is fame at it's best-a treasure to be courted and 10 be grateful for. The story of your "evening " is a very pleasant one to me. and the opening of your hearts is like the opening of a delightful gift.
 shall probably never write many more books. lt is quite possible that 1 shall never write another. The great, best book-ihe great, only book worth writing-which in tended all the other books as studies and preparations for, will probably not be writ ten: but it IS great satisfaction that others ind food and inspiration in what l have written already.
 With thanks for your courtesy and thou sand good wishes for you and your friends, I am, yours truly, l. G. HOLLAND.
 The possessor of this characteristic letter treasures it as one of the most valuable epistles ever written by Dr. Holland
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iyuu. Senzapg Cfazk says: U hays hqd him bare his arm. to me and csAck hickory nuts a2cc tAe .nn@cles. kwas like cracking them on . stone. He could take . handful of dried hard hickory nuts and crush them to pieces by m9say tightening his Sst." On one occasica, while serving as guide for party of exS piorers, a yoke of oven drawing the beat down the Fox gave out through fatisue. Panquette took their place, and hanled the boat along, needing the srain less than the beasts Sheppard, the wonder of the Coventry volunteers, whose nuscu- lar development ansvers to the descrip- tion given of Panquetie, like the laftex, wore his hair long. With the half-breed it was . custom derived from his copper colored ancestors, bat. with the ruddy Englishman 1t vas in obedience to his belief that all his stresgth lay in his fov- ing yellow locks. Sheppard could lii . at arms length. He could toss enos- nous tables, barrels and bags of four about as though they were filled with feathers. He could take a pewter pin; pot and tear it into pieces with his teeth, and he could munch large oyster shells as a person would munch a biscuit. Sheppard was the wonder of the country around, but his prosperous popularity developed enemies, and one of these, it is related, induced the strong man to drink deeply, and while sunk in stupor cut of his luxurians hair. Sheppard awoke, felt his bare pnll, and in tones of horror announced his strength was gone. Whether because such was the case, or because he wished to excite supersti- tious eredulity, the strong man from that moment was weak, tiuld and hesitating until his hair grew long again.
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Stranger Than Fiction

are the records of come ei the curss oa coasuapsioa sGsessd by that moss wondesSal rsmedy-Dr. n9ces {" Golden DGedjcM Discovny." Thousands ef gsaea1hl men and woaen, wAo hnve beea 6naacAsa alnost flun the vesy jays q deaaA, can tsseify tAae eoasumpssoa, in h eazly saageA is 1o lone9 incurahle. The Discovesy has 70 equal = pectosal and A1aoExtfve, and the most Obofinaee affec- tioas of the thzuat and lungs yield to iss power. All druggisss.
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English Synonyms.

San Francisco News Letter.l
 The copiousness ofthe English tongue, ss well as the difficulty of acquiring the ability to use its immense vocabulary correctly, is well exhibited in the follow- ing array sf synonymous words, which, il not new, is yet capital illustration of the nice distinctions which characterise e many of vocables. It is no vonIer that we slip occasionally, even the waxisst oi us. A lissle girl was looking at the pic ture of number of ships, when she a. claimed: 'See what a flock of ships v We corrected her by saying that . flock of ships is called feet and that 2 f1se, of sheep is called flock. And here we would add, for the bene6t ofthe foreigner wAo is mastering the inericacies of our language in respect to nouns of multi yrde. that flock of girls is called a bevy, 1hat besy of wolves is called a pack, nd that . pack Of thieves is called . Tang, and that gang of angels is called host, and host of poSpoises is called ' shoal, and shoal of buffaloes is called . herd, and herd of childrea is called q 6oop, and troop of patridees is called a covey, and covey of beautiss is called a galaxy, and galaxy of rufiians is called horde, and horde of rubbish is called 2 heap, and heap of oxea is called . drove, and a drove of blackguards is called a mob, and a mob of whales is called school, and a school of wor- shippen is called congregation, and . congregation of engineers is called a corps, and corps of robbeS is called band, and band of locusts is called a swarm, and swarm oi people is called . crowd, and a crowd of geatlemen is called the elite, and the elite of the city's thieves and rascals is called the roughs.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-09-06

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Father and Daughter.
iNew York Sun.1

She had just ssAuEnsi frem Nassar, and papa vas stEeking her Aair foadly. ;:;::' ;: E: 2; :;::: 5; ;'i IF; E; young ladies U lid to Vse.
 z You ba l heys1a, papa,s sAs rs- pied hsighsiy. "WAea anybody caaches ms talking slang he is cordially inviesd to slug ne iA the seveneh nh.s
 "That is night, my daughser nsvez in- dslge n slang. It givs . young lady dead away
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About Drinking.
lSt. James, Gazette. 1

St. lanes Gax cite.
 As a matter of fact, there is nothing easier than to prove that hard drinking has been an essentially English habit since the dawn of our history. Shakespeare, who left of writing two hundred and seventy years ago, paints whole gallery of typical drunkards, and by the mouth of iago claims the Engiishman as far and away the most consummate toper in Europe.
 In I5o6. it is on record that Joice Rowe, abbess of Rumsey, one of the wealthiest convents in the kingdom, and tenanted mostly by noble danes, was accused be- fore Bishop Fox of carousing habitually far on into the night with her nuns-a pretty strong proof that hard drinking was then . national vice.
 Toward the end of the fourteenth cen- tury Chaucer represents all his low-class characters as jolly topers- The miller can hardly sit his horse, and the cook tum. bles of into the mire, in consequence of their potations. The wife of the miller of Benay does not go to bed without her jolly whistle vel ywet" In rsrs the no- ble dame Clementina Guildiord, abbess of Rumsey, and the worthy predecessor of Joice Rowe, drinks herseif to deatA.
 Some generations earlier fhe aukkoe uf the romance of Merlin dGsexibex tke mother ef his hero--a highly rsspocsahls young u0manras accompan4At Ter neighbors to tIke elshouse, swfllizG ihGs till loag pest midnight, taking. lu6ty share in brawl, and then fallinf l>9sIly as we'll as hguratively inso the ~ = the demon-the whole thing takinE 1co as quite matter of course,
 In the reign & Se<pken cones Walter Map, the jovial aEe6 6Goacon of OxIbrd, with his widely drislring popular songs. A century earlier the whole Saxon army spent the night before the battle of Hast isgs in pusAing about the bowl.
 And 90 we % back, century by cen tury poets, anaalbts, santuees, anA the canons> of proyincial coencib all telling us that deep dinking was she rule all over Great Rsisain, rp to the time when our ancestors could form DO other ideas of heaven than as . place where fierce bouts of 6ghting and bouts as fierce of drinking were the oaly occupatioas md S0lOYmS0kx.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-09-06
Freddy Dear.
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 Mn. Lille Langtxy says sAas vhan she retums to tAe Uaissd SeaAes, it uill be to reside haEs fBreva1. It is 0 be hoped tAat the Hoa. Fssasrick GshAaRdt hos come so . simi1ar ds1srminaainn e Su Enghad.
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tne befn0efs sew years ago at IoFg- nerys feats. The most wonderful of these was known as the trapeze feat. The Frenchman hung suspended by his legs from swinging bar, and, by sheer mus cular strength, lifted heavy horse and its rider of the stage, suspending them several minutes, and then letting them down gradually and evenly as he raised them. Merwin Thompson's achieve ment at Rochester, N. Y., last year was, however, in the opinion of competent judges, more surprising than tkis Thompson laid face downward sn firmly fixed ladder and resisted the efforts of team of powerful horses to pull him from that positian. A newspaper writer, in reviewing this wonderful perfbrmauce. remarks that the little mention with which 1t escaped could happen only ih . nation where strong men were common.
 The same feat in i6z5 gave William Joy the name of the Englsh Samsoa. The medical faculty of Vienna thought the strength of Joseph Pospischili worldly Of discussion at several special msseines. This man held table suspended by kis teeah wAi's three gyps;es danced apcn k. He and o0e q his brothers bose upoa their shouldeEs sort of wooden bsiSlee wAile . hosse drawing . cast fnu ofl shpnes vas drivea over l. PoUascAllli's sassngth vas thossht ts psuide in his back, and his bones were said to be tvice e hrge e the usnal sise.
 Fisking paxtiss and explorers h tAs wilds q noEthesn Wisconssn wess fuw ysau ago familiar with Per Panqusete. the Samson of the region. He vas |
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-09-13

A Child Eaten by n Bear.

A Canadian Frenchman named
Leblanc lives near Shrew berry, Pro-
vince OF Quebec. Upon going into
the woods q few mornings ago he told
his wife to send his dinner at noon by
their little daughter, IL years OF age.
At three o'clock In the afternoon, the
dinner not having come, Leblanc
started back for home. After walk
ing some minutes he saw a large bear
which appeared to be eating some
thing and he fired upon the animal
but missed 1t. He reloaded his gun
while keeping his eye upon the bear,
which continued Its repast, and he
thought he could recognize what IL
was eating as a human form. He then
approached quite near and, taking
good aim shot the beast down. lie
was horror-stricken TO find in the
paws of the monster the body Of his
W little girl, whose legs and face
were almost entirely stripped OF flesh.
In her hand she still held the tin pan
containing the dinner she was carry
ing 70 her father.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-09-13
Envy and Jealousy.

II you have 81 an your naybur
only 81, he am gwine ter feel envious
en- jealus jist 100 cents wuth. De
man " no so's on de fenca an whit
tlss, takin' life as 1t comes an goes,
has no inemies. 1t AM de man who
seeks TO better himself-to clint up
90 force success, dat has inemies on
cherry hand. -[Lime-Kiln Club.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-09-13

Inn WnDV OF ALL KINDS NEATLY
JuO WUnh executed ut the NEWS
Office ct low rates.
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WHITE PINE NEWS



A will vas admitted tn probate In
PhIIad-lpI,Is that disposed Of 81 .0oo.-
Oe0 in ju.t fonr lines.
II II stated that California farmers
are using 40, 900 900 sacks for this
years crop.
A party Of military officers are 10
winnem ucca buying horses for the
cavsky service.
According to the Pilot four queens
and a Colts revolver beats four ares
In Ogien poker games.
The Colorado and Utah lines Of the
Denver and Rio Grande are once more
virtually consolidated. with headqnar-
ters Of the two lines in Denver.
Miss Lillian Smith, be l~2-vear-ald
rifles shooter, will soon visit Carson
and give an exhibition OF her wonder
fnl skill. She il 4 Mono county girl.
Mormon papers in Salt Lake city
are calling on their people to boycott
the Tribune, the Gentle organ, and
To boycott every business man who
advertlses In II.
An exodus of sporting men TOOK
place on " ednesday. not less Than
eight striking out for Butte, Montana.
the Mecca OF disguised Ceur d
Aleners.-[Murray sun.
Phoebe Record: q. w. Grayson is
OK expected to arrive al Royal City soon.
for the purpose Of taking q look at
the mining property belonging 10 the
Day Company, we suppose.
The world does move. Fifty years
ago the New Zealanders ate missiona-
ries, and only a few weeks ago the
native Maori king got drunk in Lrn-
don and vent to sleep I'm the House or
Lords.
The 7-year old son of Mr.. Enwright
of Liberty Hill Nevada county. was
bitten by a ~rattlesnake while on his
wav tn school. the other morning. and
died from the effect Of the bite in a
few hours.
The Phoenix Quicksilver mine In
Eapa has produced about 300 TASKS
per month for the last ten months.
All the underground workers are
Cinnamon. About forty incl are I'M
ployed.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has put into effect a special rate
of 81 SO per hundred pounds on green
fruit In car loads OF 20. 900 pounds or
more, from Portland TO points be-
tween Missoula and Bozeman, and
also to Deer Lodge and Butte, Mon
tana.
The imitation OF canned sardines
can go no further. The packing box
In made In New Jersey; the wrapper
made In New York; the tin cans are
manufactured IN Boston; the fish are
caught on the coast OF Maine; and
the oil IL extracted from cotton seed
In Georgia.
It In stated that the Union Pacific
Railroad has completed the surveys
OF o line IN the Yellowstone national
park. The route Is from China Point,
Idaho, on the Utah and Northern
Division, to and up the Snake river,
thence across the Rocky Mountains
to Madison river. The distance Is 275
miles.
"Well, Joe, you've got a sweetheart,
/ hear" said u young man to an
other the other evening. "I've heard
something of the sort, too" answered
Joe. 'Is she pretty?" "Rather."
"Her father l~iving7" al should smile;
the liveliest man you ever saw
"Well heeled?" al don't know
whether he Is heeled at all or not, but
] have aus to believe he Is very
heavily toed," and Joe limped away
with a hurt look aud a crumpled coat
tail.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-07

Our Naples correspondent writes.
"a project is on foot for three DAYS
artistic festival at Pompeii, under the
direction of Professor Petra. director OF
the museum, some other distinguished
psychologists, and some of the first
artists of Naples. The proceedings will
be arranged as follows: On the first
day Circensian games will be executed
in a circus erected on the outskirts OF
Pompeii, on ground not vet excavated.
with two-wheeled chariots and all the
ancient customs. Before the Games
there will be procession. and a mock
Emperor will proceed to his seat in the
Imperial stand. Various factions. with
their respective colors, will take part
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-07
He Got an Opinion.


While Officer Pierce, of the City Hall.
was rubbing his back against the wall
in the lower corridor yesterday, a
strange young man Kept moving
around and watching him so attentive
ly that the officer finally asked if he
wanted anything,
Eyes; I'd like to talk to you," was
the reply. a-rE.
cali right-what is it?n
"Will you give me square up and
down honest answer to question:"
why, of course | will"
The young man shifted about I'm.
easily, turned shade and a half paler
and hesitated q full minute before he
said:
IF you were walking along the street
and boy called out for you to get oil
that tunnel, what would say he meant
to insinuate?"
"Why, he meant to insinuate that
you We're bow-legged."
"And am |? Look me over and give
me an honest opinion" ...
stranger" said the officer as he
stood off and squinted at him, ''you are
a bow-legged man, and don't you for
get it,"
'In both legs?"
Yes, and you've got it bad! l think
it's the worse case | ever saw"
Now, as l face away from you and
step off, do | look as if l was riding or
a tunnel?"
EXACTLY! If you had a seat on top OF
q big boiler the crook in your legs
would hardly be worse"
''How is my gait as [ approach vou?"
"Well, l should think you were
walking on each side of a sawlog. l am
sorry to tell you these things, but you
asked me for an honest opinion"
Certainly did, and am glad you
have given it. | am twenty-four years
old. For the last fourteen years Ihave
had suspicion that | was w-legged,
but never had manhood enough to
settle the question. Every time I've
been in the city for year past the
boys yelled at me to get off that tunnel,
and l finally decided to settle the mat.
ter. Pm much obleeged."
90, no thanks. Hope you don't feel
bad over it,
Feel bad! Why, sir, it's a great
burden off my mind! For a dozen years
I've been walking sideways and corner
ways to make myself believe that my
legs were as straight as bean-poles. I've
wondered why had to cover so much
land to jump six feet. I've seen the
gals winking at'each other and didn't
know what was up. I've seen strangers
halt when was working alongside the
road and gaze at me till dubbed 'em
off. I've wondered why l always landed
sideways in a puddle when l tried to
jump over it.
And now?"
"And now I'm perfectly satisfied.
I'm q young man on a tunnel, and peo-
pie can like it or lump it. The tunnels
going home-goodbye!" -DetroH Free
Press.