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sob. Mamie" she said, turning on
her reproa 'htully, 81 hope you are not
gong to spoil everything. But Nan
ME was busy iilling saucer for the
new conner, and rnade no answer.
may as well say here that, soon aft
er, the young man came To me in very
straightforward way, made known his
intentions in regard % Mamie, and
asked permission TO visit her. That
night, while she was gone on an err
rand, | laid the question before the 9th.
81 move." said Kate, who was rath-
or given 10 sounding phrases"
move that he be granted leave To with
draw"
'Oh, let him comet" said Beth, with
true Southern obliviOusness of conse-
quenccs.
Well. he came, and came again. and
the little romance unfolded in a kindlier
atmosphere than that Of boarding
house parlor. and after awhile | think
we all rather enjoyed him, as he was
a hgh-mindcd. intelligent young fell
low, who conducted his wooinp with
very little nonsense. Some evenings
he would come in with his drawing
board under his arm. and establishing
himself at our kitchen table, put i'm his
marvelously fine lines and figures, with
Mamie sitting beside him with her sew
ing, making quite a Darby-and-Joan
picture. Kate sometimes shook her fist
mt him from the covert of the sitting
room, but she usually ended with Bless
the childrcni"
But To turn from love TO figures. How
much did il costP
NOW lido not expect to be believed
when say that our entire furnishing,
from the small mirrors in our bed
rooms to the big iron spoon in the pan
try, cost exactly Sl2S.63; nevertheless.
That was the exact total. IL may seem
more credible when il is understood
that our dressing tables, wash stands
ana ottomans were packing boxes, and
that the inviting cushioned chairs were
originally barrels OF course our bed
steads were not furnished with hair
mattresses and rose blankets. but we
mad warm coverings and clean straw
filled ticks, which were simply luxuri-
Gus after boarding house mattresses.
Our table was not set forth with cut
glass or silver Except Hates spoons
and forks), but it was clean, and the
food wholesome and varied.
And about the cost of living? We
cleo ed Kate treasurer, and every Sat
urday night each of us put five dollars
and half into a box kept for the pur-
pose. and she paid for everything out
OF it. We questioned her oftca, during
the first month, how the mopey was
holding out, but she made no satsfac-
tory answer.
The first day of January we each
found on our plate at supper the fol-
lowing notice: THE first monthly
meetin of the Home Cooperative So
ciety will be held this evening i'm the
kitchen, as soon as the dishes are done.
A full attendance is desired, to hear the
report of the treasurer"
Every member was present. and the
treasurer read her report. After set
ting forth at some length the origin and
object of the society, she presented the
following figures
IN ACCOUNT With HOME CO-OPERATIyp 60
Getty.
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s07.l3T


(Which MEANS" said Kate, dropping
her official manner. THAT we have had
all this good time, and don't owe q
cent for anything, and have six dollars
ana seventeen cents apiece coming
back To us; and she counted out four
little piles OF money.
And coal in the bin, and food in the
laTder,' added Beth
The next month, we paid five dollars
week each, and had a surplus. and
after that, four dollars week usually
covered all expenses
When we started, though we asked
no advice, we had Hoods of il, and no
end of dismal predictions. "You'U
quarrel, You'll run in debt" you'll
hnd the work too hard, You'll ret
tired OF it, and. most dreadful OF all.
You II be talked about"
well, said Kate, when this was
brought up, IF good name in the
past, and orderly living in the future.
won't save us, why. let them talk.
They must talk about something. and
while we are under discussion, some
body else will escape" So that was
disposed of. And we did not rim into
debt, and we did not quarrel. 1t would
be too much to say that we never dit
tered, but our differences were never
bitter
We used TO think sometimes that
Beth shirked her share of the work brt
she was the sweetest-tempered creature
living, and always willing to make
amends Then we had to hold n tiObt
rein on Kate, who was apt to want Inv
uries out Of season, at exorbitant prices.
and | was sometimes trial abouf the
cooking, being absent-mndc I. and ami
to burn things up. AS to Mamie. she
was never anything but comfort. We
didnt keep her long, for one day. to-
ward our first Thanksgiving, there was
an unusual ilutter in the house. ",
trimmed the rooms with flowers and
tied white satin ribbon on The Climax
the minister and few friends came in
and almost before we knew IL Mamie
and the young architect had cone of
together In q hack, with The Climax
waning IN basket on the front seat
But TINS did not break up the society
TOT another good friend stood ready To-
MI inc vacancy, and stepped promptly
IN. ana did we not find tho work too
hardP Well. sometimes IL seemed a
bother but divided among four, it was
NOT oppressive; and if the larder got
empty or other work pressed, we took
our dinners out for day or two.
And we did not get tired Of il. but
after three years trial Of the plan. are
more and more satisfied, for il is Ho,0e
We leave 10 in the morning with regret
anu return 10 it gladly at night. feelino
that it Is ours, that We are not there ON
suilerance but by right And Iii,
sense Of security and permancncy en-
courages us 10 add comforts and even
Injuries 10 our surroundings, and
think you might hunt mp and down the
CITY and not find more contented and
comfortable set Of people than the
members Of The Home Cooperative
society. hester Stuart, m turner's
Buznr
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There Is a stagnant pool In Florida
forest particularly lonesome and seclud-
ed. Thirty years ago IOver was shot
and thrown into it by the fathef Of his
sweetheart, who ut once drowned hcf-
self in the same water; and the belief is
held among the people of that region
that no visitor TO the spot can avoid an
intense depression of spirits, occasioned
by the brooding ghosts Of the pair
Chicago .JOVrnai.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17
Capital Comfort.

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Mrs. Mary K.
Sheed, ITO Maryland avenue, Washing
ton, ID. c., states, that for several years
she had suffered terribly with facial non.
ralgia and could find no relief. Ina recent
Etack which extended TO the neck, shout.
ders and back, the pain was intense. She
resolved to try st. Jacobs Oil, tho great
pain-reliever. Rubbing tho parts affected,
three times only, all pain vanished as if 10y
magic, and has not returned.
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KEEP IT PURE.

The Life 4. the Biood-Prcvent Disease
Surgery the Last Resort-A Telling Let
ter.
II Is conceded that DIX. DAVID KENNE-
DY's FAyORITE REMEDY. Of Rondout. "
Y f. the most effective preparation now IN for all
diseases arising from foul impure state Of circu-
latiOn Hence u IL than likely that 1: The writer
Of the following letter had habituaily taken MAYOR
ITE REMEDY" ten years ago he would nevey have
suffered from Cancer.
PIrTsFIILn, Mass March y 1884
Dr. u. ResHsdy. R0HdouL ". y:
DEARsR: About siN years !, as Obliged 20 re-
sort to external treatment for the removal Of
cerous growth ON my p. ON my return home. be-
Cara sensible that my blood needed thorough cleans
Ing. Ny whole system, too. repaired toning Up
While casting asout for the best medicine TO do THIS.
your "FAVORITE REMEDY" was 50 highly com
mended IN hearing. that resolved TO try 70. did
so and the result surprised me. Il was effected
quickly and completely. soon got over the d.prcs-
zion produced by the operation. and since the IA
VORITE kennedy" which have continued 10 taks
In small doses. has kept I'm ssch health and
strength rs had before. expected to have.
IL Is the best blood puriher IN the world
that. Yours etc, MATTHEW FARRELL.
% Adams Street.
In all cases when consultation Is tHfmed desirable.
address DR.. David Kennedy. Rondout, y. Y. But, II
fdtl hsVe not done so, adopt ." IA yORIrE
HEAEDY" rs house friend.
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An Accommodating Host.

lew years since n st. Paul drum.
mer was travelling across Dakota i'm
what the proprietor proudly designated
n stage, but which was merely a
dilapidated and rickety hack drawn bv
two sad and pensive mules. He had
breaktasted at daybreak, and as noon
approached his stomach frequently
ended him for his seeming neglect to-
look after its wants. The driver time
and again assured him that thew would
get good d nncr ut tom Savlcs'
ranch, whar thar, was station" and
in anticipation of sumptuous repast
he possessed his soul in patience and
tried to be content.
About two o'clock i'm the afternoon
Sayles ranch was reached II was n
sod house of considerable proportions.
with stable attachment standing on the
bank OF n creek Saylcs stood in the
door smoking pipe. He was lone.
raw -hOncd awkward Looking creature.
with unkempt hair. grizzly beard ard
but one eye. As the coach I'm tod ho
shouted DINNERS really. gents, and
the hungry tourist soon found imsplf
seated at the table pom looking over
the tcstal board his anxious cvc fell IN.
on nothing but piece OF half cooked
bacon, dish OF dirty looking beans.
some mashed pumpkin and-thnt was
all. No bread, no coffee. no tea moth
ing but the articles above enumerated.
As he sat there aghast the proprietor
said
"Sball ! help you to some o the hog,
strangerP'
''No; / never eat pork"
Try some ~ the beans"
Not any beans for me-. thank YOU ~
shove up yer plate an let me load
'cr with pumpkin
Don Q wish any pumpkin this trip"
The ranchman stepped back, put his
hands on his hips and said:
Wal, look var. stranger. that's The
bill o far, IN the best kin do TO-DAY.
Sorry Yer appetite has gone back ON
You, bat IN toll you wat I'm do
Come out var behind the shack an I'M
ra,-el YOU two hest falls outcn three
don't want no man 10 leave this ho,el
un atisiied with the far '
The traveller climbed again into the
hack and endured the paDgs Of hunger
until dark, when he reached his des-
tinatiOn. --S ST. PnVt Her0hL
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

The chance concoctions of ignorant men
have sometimes brought disrepute not only
on their own worthless medicines that de-
serve no credit, but sometimes, with much
injustice, on really reliable preparations
Ladies' should nothesitate ab nut Mrs. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, for this RENE
dy has been tried, proven and praised for
years.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

G15 All Ladies Should Know That Hoods,
scarfs, ribbons and all fancy articles car,
be made any color wanted with Diamond
Dyes. All the popular colors. 1Oc at
druggists. None equal them. Wells,
richardson 81 Co.. darlington, VT.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

KING JOHN, of Abyssinid, has sent
Queen Victoria n monkey. Now IL some
one will present hcr with barrel organ,
the Guelph family will have an emporium
ity To earn living Iele-
graph.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

THE higher eggs get the more peaceCul
the boarders are. When they get yer
twenty-five cents dozen you rarely hear
OF n scramble.-The Copitdi
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

"HULLo, Bob! The coach is full. Guess
well have to strap you behind"
Bob-"No you don't. ] had enough Of
day Herald.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

HE banana peel, after parting from the
banana, IS frequently associated with
pcals of laughter. oil City blizzard.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

AN Iowa woman's rights lady vvisbea
mat all heads of public schools sdould be
women. She wants principals, not men.
San Francisco POST
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

THE sexton who threw over metallic
casket was angry when he was called q
pitcher of BIER Whitehall Times.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

lTdoesn't necessarily follow that because
hens are always "laying for " something,
tley are great fighters. Yet they never
fail TO come to the scratch.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

a NEW novel is called "a Woman's Sc
cret'" or course she had to tell Nor
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

WHY should aeronauis not speak high
words I'm ballooni Because it Is death for
them TO fall out.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

The moon is full all night and even the
2TlSht little stars wickedly sin. til -late.--
Uhuehdl Times.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

The hay fever sufferer is devout indi.
yIdual because he IS continually on his
sneeze.- whitehall Times
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

TO PRESERVE peaches whole Keen n
bull dog in the orchard.-BoStOn Bulletin.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

TIE cream Of a Joke would be lost spOn
a miIkman-he wouldn't know what IL
was.-The Judge
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

FoR n cold I'm the head, there Is nothing
% good as Piso's Remedy for Catarrh.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

SLEEP, natures sweet restorer," IL tho
best grindStone we know Of 20 brighten
ones ideas.-heRtVckp State Journal.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

a MAN who is sentenced 20 he hung hatos
TO be kept in suspense TcrdS lSiftilgs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

IL afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dy. Isaac
ThompsOns Eye water. Druggists Sell H. 2so-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17
oienn's sulphur Soap

Presents all the advantages OF sulphur
Whisker Dye, soc.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

GAN young people be said TO grow fas or
when they are in love than at other times,
SIMPLY because being in love always in.
sreases their signs so wonderfully?
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

a CRYING evil-The baby next door,
Boston Post.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

The heated term-Go to blazss.-Lfrs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

It Is against lag etiquette not 10
take 10 down at night The cOlors
should be raised 10 meet the sun and
lowered wnen be disappears under The
horizon Besides bunting soon rOts when
SD improperly exposed and, moreover.
io have % Tag out over night IS declared
bF lho uperstt Gus TO bee an invitation
To- " luck.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

Horses should not he allowed b.
drink cold water when heated 10 uro,
due, collie 80 1rOq Times.
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The high prices paid in the New
OK market Zoe swapping and mud
turtles has induced many farmers
ltockland and Orange Counties "a. oo
into the raising Of these animals as q
log Lmaic trade 81. J.. Ueraih
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

a dog in the neighborhood Of Los
Angeles Cal. is passionstely fond Of
honey. and 10 crafty bis taste he robs
hiVes whenever an opportunity offers
Tic mas grown quite expert in The bust
ness and can extract the sweet stuff
with great dexterity. SIM Fraueisc,
ChrOuicic.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

C06fl MONTE. Agnu wanted. 90 hos,
n/slII .f.lng nriI. Dc in Do world Sample FHEE
NNee Addr'ss JAY BEONsOE. DErRoIT. Mon.
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Arsenic Pills by the Pint

J. A. Smith, Gainesville. Ca, mer-
chant, says: "For years l was q vic.
tim to the combined effects of Erysipe-
las and aggravated typ OF Eczema, that
baffled all medical 8 ill. l consulted
the very best physicians in the Uuited
States TO no good purpose. Igave every
patent medicine that was recommended a
faithful trial and received no benefit.
took large quantities of potash and a
pint cup full of arsenic pills. The pat
ent medicine, pills, and potash mixtures
fed instead of curing the disease They
destroyed my Appetite aud wrecked my
system-I lest flesh and euergy-I lost
three years from business and spent
81, 900 in fruitless effort to regain my
health. At last. when / began to con-
slider my case hopeless, commenced
taking 8. s. s., and in a short time,
was entirely cured. / waited a year
sitter a cure was effected, and continued
to take Swift's Specific off and on as a
sort o. safeguard, before was willing
to make public this marvellous cure.
Being assured beyond the possibility of
a doubt that the cure " as permanent,
wrote this history of my case for the
benefit of my fellow-men
NV skin is new as smooth as it was
when a boy. weigh more than ever
did in my life, and my general health
was never better. Il passed through
last winter (which was ca unusually
cold one), without losing a single day
from nv business For the last twelve
months have had no return of the cry,
sipelas in any shape or form. or any
touch of eczema" s
Treatise ON Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. The Swift Specific Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga, 159 w. 23d st.
N. Y, and 1905 Chestnut ST Phila.
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positively perhaps which view il
entertained
The negro is here he came ;
child needing instruction in the frs
elements of civilization. In singu-
lar accord with all the history Of
progress, he obtained this from an
older civilization, whether from an
older people or not. Whatever may
be said about the rise of man from
barbarism to civilization, the record
shows an universal learning from
some older civilization, until we are
lost in the foggy past. There is no
record of any people taking one
step upwards without light from
some other enlightened people.
Failing to catch much of this, or to
profit by it, from the older ciyiliza-
ton of his own continent, the negro
has made his highest progress here
In q new world
Coincident with this and his
emergence from a very necessary
school of slavery, having caught the
spark of truth and learned the rudi~
ments of progress from the sturdiest
and best race on earth, he sees the
great center of his own continent
open up before him. The Congo
question comes aptly pressing on
the world just when the negro seems
to be ready to become factor in
African progress and when his
progress here seems barred.
An eloquent negro divine elo
quently said to an assembly of white
southern Nethodists at Atlanta
"The negro is afoat upon an un-
known sea with sealed orders" 1t
seems so, and yet toward the open
ing portals of the east seems light
and Prof Gillian may be right, al
though a hundred practical difficult
ties seem to pronounce the very
idea of return of millions of Afri
cans to their own country chimeri-
cal and certainly turn US to the
duty and necessity of education as
plainly our duty, however, we may
speculate and inquire. Whether
education is remedy for threaten
ing evils is predetermined, but it
be tried. Emigration, SO far as hui
man foresight can see is utterly i'm
practicable.
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STRUCK BY A TYPHooN.
The Tornado that Destroyed
Hundreds OF Lives and Many
Houses i'm Japan.

SAN FRANeIsco, Oct.-The steam
err Arabic, which arrived on Sunday
from China and Japan, brought
these additional details of the great
typhoon of September 10, which
caused such terrible destruction OF
life and property at Yokohama and
Toxic. The storm came up so rap
idly aud with such tremendous fury
that no precautions could be taken.
In Yokohama the entire lower
part of the city, called the Settle
ment, was completely wrecked; no
house was left standing The in
habitants made no attempt to save
their property, but fled for their
lives to escape drowning from the
rushing waters driven upon land by
the wind.
The newspapers make no attempt
to furnish details of the destruction
in that part of the city. They sum-
marize by saying as the settlement
was destroyed, it is useless to pub
lish any details. The higher por-
tons of the city, being more expos
ed, were equally unfortunate. Sever
a! Of the largest and most substan-
tial buildings were swept as if built
of pasteboard. In that section alone
I2S houses were destroyed and 800
damaged.
The loss of life on shore was less
than at sea. Out of so sailing YES
sells SO were lost, with 223 peasons
on board. Twelve vessels with 120
persons arc also missing. Of five
life boats that went to rescue drown
ing crews four wore swamped and
ten men of their crews were drown
cd. The typhoon is the severest
experienced since 1870.
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Jasper Riggs, who resides near
Morristown and who - we'll known
10 many Of our citizens, met with
n terrible accident last F-idav while
irtOxicated. lie started for home
about dark, and in attempting to
cross the railroad about fifty yards
above the depot he was run over by
the local freight train which was
coming in nc the time. The en-
gineer reversed his engine rs quick
ly as possible but too late TO pre-
vent the accident. When found It
was discovered that Riggs had had
his right foot entirely severed from
the leg and the left ono crushed in
90 n shapeless mass He waS re-
moved TO n house near by and Drs.
Owens and Turner were summoned
10 attend him. Both legs were am
putatsd, one just below the knee
and the other above the ankle joint.
He was subsequently, removed to
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-11-12

Prof L. w. Gillian, a writer in
the North American RevieW, deal
ing with it separately and agreeing
with Mr.. Tourgee as to the rapid
increase of negroes and the grave
dangers therein, reaches q wholly
different conclusion as to the reme-
DIV. He looks to the African con-
tinent for solution. The fertile
banks and plains of the Congo are
to absorb our teeming millions of
rapidly increasing negroes
There are two semi>religious
views of the subject which are worth
thinking of 1t is held, on one
hand, that a wise Supreme being,
guiding man at every turn, has
brought the negro here for a wise
purpose which is working itselfout;
on another hand it is held that SUI
prsme wisdom has formed tho world
and men, and put all the elements
in necessary to the working out Of
results and that these 90 on to their
consequences and results, according
to what we call natural laws. To
those who recognize a supreme and
q divine wisdom it matters little
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-11-12
FRIGHTFUL NASAL CATARRH.
Pieces Of Bone.

For four years have been aflicted with
very troublesome catarrh of the head. So
terrible has its nature been that when blew
my nose small pieces Of bones would frequently
come out OF my mouth and nose. The dis
charge was coplous and at times exceedingly
offensive. My blood became so impure that
my general health was greatly impaired, with
poor appetite and worse digestion.
Numerous medicines were used without
relief, until began the use Of B. B. B., and
three bottles acted almost like magic. Since
their use not d symptom has returned, and4I
feel in every way quite restored to health.
am an cd citizen OF Atlanta, and refer to al
most any one living on Butler street, and more
particularly to DR.. L. NJ. Gillian, who knows
Of my case.
Mrs. ELIZABETH KNOTT.
We win mail on application to anyone inter
ested in blood and skin Diseases, scrofula,
Rheumatism, Kidney Troubles, etc. wonder
full and unquestionable testimony OF cures
effected by the use of B. B. B., the quickest
Blood Puf.rier ever known Large bottles 500
or six for $500. Sold BY all Druggists, or TX
pressed on receipt of price.
BLOOD BALM CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
For Sale By W. 4. Uarrsger, Mo77lstoaon.