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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-04-01
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26
NEW SERIES, VOL. Xxx, NO. 81.
PoETIcAL.
Tom.
Yes, Toms the best fellow that ever you knew.
Just listen to this -
When the old mill took fire md tha foor3ro

Yes, Toms the best fellow that ever you knew.
Just listen to this -
When the old mill took fire and the flooring
fell through,
Aud with it, helpless there, fun in my view,
What do you think my eyes saw through the
That crept along, crcpt along, higher and
But Robin, my baby boy, lsasntng to see
The shining? He must have come there after
me,
Toddled alone from the cottage without
Any ones missing him. Then with a shout
Oh! How 1 shouted, "Eor Heavens sake men.
Save little Robin!" Again and agetif
They tried, but tho fire held them back like q
wall
could hear them go at it. and at 1t, and call,
"Never mind, baby. sit still like mani
We're coming to get you as fast as we can"
They could not sec him, but could. He sat
Still on beam, his little straw hat
Carefully placed by his side; and his eyes
Stared at the flame with a baby's surprise.
Calm and unconscious, as nearer it crept.
The roar of the fire up above must have kept
The sound of his mothers voice shrieking his
name
From reaching the child. But heard it. 1t
came
Again and again. o God, what cryl
The axes went faster; saw the sparks ty
Where the men worked like tigers, nor minded
the heat.
That scorched thcm,-whcn suddenly, there at
their feet,
The great beams leaned in-thcy saw him-thOn
crash,
Down came the wall! The men made a dash,-
Jumped to get out of the way, and thought,
/" Ais up with poor little Robln!" And brought
Slowly the arm that was least hurt to hide
The sight of the child there,-when swift, at
my side,
Some one rushed by, and went right through
the flame,
Straight as q dart-caught the child-aud then
Back with him, choking and crying, but savedl
Saved safe and sound
Oh, how the men ravcd,
Shouted and cried, and hurrahed! Then they all
Rushed at the work again. lest the back wall
Where was lying. away from the Are,
Should fall in and bury me.
Obi you'd admire
To see Robin now: he's us bright as dime,
Deep in some mischief, too. most of the time.
Tom, it was, saved him. Now. isn't it true
TOMS the best fellow that you ever knew?
There's Robin now See, he's strong us n log!
And there comes Tom. too
Yes. Tom was our dog.
[ComSt0'ice Fcpi'nore H'oolson.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26
MISCELLANEOUS.
The seventeen-Yeer Locust.

From the Baltimore San we gather
some interest facts about this curious
insect. A locust, though it has a
beali, cannot bite with it, rs it is too
soft and flexible TO penetrate the hu-
man skin. Neither can locusts inGict
a sting; they are harmless as far as
biting or singing is concerned. The
reason so many persons are reported
as killed by locusts in locust years is
probably because they are stung by
large digger wasps, which stop their
burrows with dead locusts. This
wasp, the % Stfzzus Granbis, :"
searches for locusts, stings them, and
flies with them toward its burrows.
prepared beforehand for their rccep-
ton. The locust being about as
heavy as the wasp, the latter has a
burden, and consequently its flight is
irregular and awkard, so much so that
the two fall to the ground or on people
passing. The sting of the wasp frc-
quently produces death in two hours.
The damage done by the locust is
confined entirely to vegetable life,
and is not as great by any means as
has been claimed; and as rule, in
deed, the year following locust year
is good fruit year, because the
summer pruning done by the locusts
is an advantage to the trees. The
locusts, laying their eggs in young
branches up to an inch in diameter,
kill the portion above their eggs and
produce in certain localities a rather
severe pruning. Almost ali kinds
of trees share alike in this pruning,
and only young pine trees escape to
any great extent. Locusts can be
made useful by keeping fowls and
chickens enough to devour them
Young orchards can be protected by
simply keeping large numbers of fowls
in them. These will eat up the To-
Gusts as soon as they come out of the
ground, while they are yet in help
less condition. The lecusts that come
out this season were hatched from
eggs laid in 1868. The eggs were
hatched in the branches that same
year. The.larva crawled down the
tree and entered the ground, follow
ing the larger roots to their very ends,
where they attached themselves to the
fine fibres to remain until this time.
Now they are making theirway slowly
towards the surface in the pupa state
its little flaps holding the embryo
wings. 1t crawls out ON the ground
still in the pupa state, and fasten:
itself to some object, its back splits
open and the still small locust issue.
with wings still short. In about al
hour these wings expand to full size
the body dries, and the insect is read,
for business.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26
How 1t Is Done
And hos0 Il Is not done s1hers tie t.stty
Aaaertedn right ef selt-cbotce Is
permitted.

There has been good deal said. Of
late about !" the fastest trains in the
world," and some in interest would
have it appear that all the glory In
this respect effulgated upon single
road. Indeed that one line absorb.
ing everything there was in railroad
life worth living for and all the others
simply hanging upon a verge of de.
spair as precarious as pitiable. Thus
the situation, and because Of &C. from
the monopolisticistand point, the full
justification of doubling of rates
and extra charges generally anything
but conductive to popular hilarity
these days, when not only dollars but
nickels count. In accordance with
its enthusiastically American way
of doing things, the Baltimore and
Ohio long since established as an i'm
violable principle, the system of an
entire absence of exacting extras upon
any of its trains, limited or otherwiseI
The B. & O. does not believe In
privileged classes, has never been
accused of apcing exclusiveness, or
in any manner whatever made it apA
pear that there could be good and
sufficient grounds for only doing its
best in the matter of time and equip
ment when paid at double rates there
for. It is thoroughly we'll satisfied
to run truly representative American
trains, accepting for passage thereon
regular tickets at regular rates and
maintaining a time schedule absolute
ly without parallel. A strong state!
ment in the face OF the loud boasts of
competing lines of running "the
fastest trains in the world" but o
comparison of schedules from and to
Washington proves 1t beyond cayil.
The Chicago Limited leaving at 10
A. NJ, reaches destination next
morning at $50, quicker than any
limited upon any other road. The
Cincinnati Limited leaving at 3.30P.
NJ, runs through in the wonderful
time of sixteen hours, arriving 7.45
the succeeding morning, four hours
ahead of any other limited. The st.
Louis Limited is over an hour. faster
than than any other limited to that
city, as is also the Pittshurg Limited.
East-bound from all the cities named:
the B. & o. Limited trains are equally
advantageously run in every instance,
making time unequalledb by the limited
train service of rival lines, and upon
which the practice of making extra
charges and doubling rates is as
rigidly adhered to as it is not on
Picturesque B. & o. The equipment
of the latter line is in every way Of
the finest, trains running through
solid and composed of magnificent
new Buffet, FamiIy-room, Sleeping,
Parlor and Dining cars and elegant
day coaches. On oil the B. & O..
Limited trains passengers go as they.
please, pay their money and take.
their choice, and not us upon other
roads running limited trains, COM
PEELED whether or not to take any pay
for what may be provided by those
who know more what the passenger
wants than he does himself.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26

There were about i, $50 steam YES
sells in the United States in 1847.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26
a Great Problem.

a Great Problem.
-Tak,e all the Kidney and Liver
Medicines,
Take all the Blood purifiers,
Take all the Ipteunaotic remedies,
Take all the Dyspepsia aud indigestion
cares,
Take all the Ague, Fever, and bilious
specifics,
Take all the Brain and Nerve force
reuirers,
Take all the Great health restorcrs.
In short, take all the best qualities of all
these, and the best
Qualities of all the best medicines in the
world, and you will find that Hop
-Bllers have the best curative qualities and
powers of all -conccntroted
I'm them, and that they will cure when any
or an of these, singly or combined
Fail. A thorough trial will give positive
proof of this.
Hardened Liver.
Five years ago broke down with kidney
and liver complaint and rheumatism.
Since then have been unable to be about Mt
all. My liver became hard like wood; my limbs
were puffed up and filed with water.
AL the best physicians agreed that nothing
could cure me. resolved to try Hop Bitters ;
gone from my liver, the swelling from my
limbs. and it has trOrEed a miracle in my case !;
otherwise would have been now in my grave.
j. w. MORET, Buffalo, Oct. /, 1851.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26
Book Notices.

PETERsoN'saIAeAzrNE for June comes to us,
a paragon of beauty, ahead of all others. The
principal steel-engraving alone is almost worth
the e1bscription-prfce. A charming story, BIZ
Frank Lee Benedict, illustrates this pretty pic
ture. TheOolored steel fashion-plate is also
brilliant. Most of the other Illustrations are
devoted to the fashions, patterns in embroidery.
ETC. Address CHARLES ]. PETERSON, 3O6
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The June number of GoDET's LAD1's Book
is replete with illustrations of fine character.
An unusually elaborate view of an ornate in
terror is furnished this month, together with a
capital work design "A handEome colored fashion
plate, the usual beautiful cut taken from a
much admired picture by Luke Fildes. entitled
" The Village Wedding" The story matter in
the June number is excellent.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26
Hardened Liver.
Poverty and Suffering.

at was dragged down with debt. poverty
and suffering for years, caused by a sick fam
lily and large bills for doctoring.
ago. by the advice of my pastor, I commenced
using Hop Btters, and in one month We were
all we'll and none of us have seen sick day
since, and 1 want to say to all poor men, you
can keep your families well a year with Hop
Bitters for less than one doctors visit will cost.
1 know it."-A WoRKINGMAE.
80 None genuine without bunch of green
Hops on the white label Shun all the vile.
poisonous stuff with Hop" or Hops" in their
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26
The Image Vendor.

Some years ago, when first saw
him, he had number of small plaster
busts of smiling child's face. The
workmanship was much better than
the ordinary character of such arti-
cles, and the face was repeated with
sufficient faithfulness on half dozen
busts to show that they were.allc copies
of the same model.
&c Arethes likenesses of any child,
or mere fancy headS5" was asked of
the image vendor. y J.l st-
/" Eet ccs my little girl Tita," I" said
he, and lie laughed and showed a set
Of wonderfully white and perfect
teeth. 80
"Does it look like her7''
{" Oh, yees," he exclaimed with an,
earnest protest in his tone against
the imputation that his art was faulty.
A few days ago saw the same man
with basketful Of small casts on his
arm. Stopping him from idle curios7
Iity, one of the heads was taken from
the basket and examined. Itwas Tita
again, just as she had been years ago
the same smiling, happy chiId-face.
Z" You still copy your daughters
face as it used to be?" said the
writer. 89
The man looked surprised, and then
his face clouded. ~
{" You told me once long ago that
this was your little girl Tita whose
face you modelled. Has she not
changed ,and does she notlo older?'.
He took off his tattered hat, and his
voice trembIed as he answered.: /.
Tita ees dead, but I see re face
in ze clouds, signor. She ees dead !,
and no changa."
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26
Trust Nothing Else

than AYEKS sARsAPAR1LLA. Numerous
crude mixtures are offered to the public
rs "blood purifiers" which only allure
the patient with the pretense of many
cheap doses, and with which it is folly to
experiment while disease is steadily be-
cure. Some ee Of these mixtures @ iT do much L
lasting harm. Bear in mind that the only
medicine that can radically purify the
Yitiated blood is
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26

"Dfed of ammonia, poor fellow, .
said the renowned Mrs. Partington,
on learning of friends death from
pneumonia. "I believe should
have died, too, but for DR.. BULBS
Cough Stirrup. It stirred up my
cold and drove it away" DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup she meant, of course.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26
ROBUST Health

Is not always enjoyed by those who seem
blood may be secretly undermining the
constitution. In time, the poison will GER
tainly show its effects, and with all the more
Yirulcncc the longer it has been allowed
to permeatc the system. Each pimple, sty,
boil, skin disorder and sense Of unnatural
lassitude, or languor, is one Of Natures
warnings of the consequences of neglect.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26
Ayers Sarsqpat4Na

Is the onlyremedy that can be relied upon,
in all cases, to eradicate the faint of hercd-
itary, disease and the special corruptions
that is sufficiently powerful to thoroughly
cleanse the system of ScrofuIous and
Mercurial impurities and the pollution
of Contagious Diseases. 1t also neu-
tralizes the poisons left by Diphtheria
and Scarlet Fever, and, enables rapid
regeneration from the enfeeblement and
debility caused by these diseases.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26

Dress Suits They fit In every way equal to
measured work made by artist tailors. Nothing
want good Clothing of the best order. call at
WV. KAHN Il Co.'S, sadIer Building.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-05-26

One person ont of every one hun-
dred and twenty in the United States
is dependent upon public care.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-07-13

CHICAGO July 3-The races at Wash.
ington park resulted, Saturday, as follows:
First race. "a mile; Hot Box first, Bay
Rebel second, Adventure third; tims 1:l6k.
Second race, mile; Jim Gray first. b.
G. Bruce second, Clones third time, l:47.
Third race, | q miles; Thistle first, Alf
Estelle second time, 2:l2.
Fourth race, II miles; Joe Cotton first,
Matinee second, Slip-Along third; time,
2.3jS4.
New YORK, July 49, Brighton Beach
races resulted:
First race, q miles; Pontiac first, Mono
gram second, Col. Sprague third; time, 1:57.
Second race, u mile; Refrain fr,t, Port
land second, Llnds lowne third; time Ills.
Third race. 4 miles; Trant first, st. Au-
gustine ecsnl, Goano third; time, 2:111&.
Fourth race, IL miles; Louisette first,
Ida Stanhope second, Ten Stone third
time 2:39.
Fifth race, l 1-l6 miles; Lennox first
Forester second, Sutler third; time, 1:52.
Sixth race, / mile; Cricket first; Tabitha
second Rico third; time. I:021S.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-07-13
A Flaw in the Indictmen

TORONTO, Ont, July 3-Considerable
interest has been awakened here in Riel's
approaching trial by a statement made by
Thomas Holmes, Wingham barrister, and
widely circulated by the newspapers, point
ing out that there is a flaw in the indict-
ment againt the rebel chief through which
he will in all probability be acquitted
1t is contended that he is charged with be-
ing traitor to the queen while being her
subject Now, if Rsil is not a subject of
Great Britain, but a citizea Of the United
States. he should have been indicted, not
under the statute of treasoaS, but under the
statute which provides for the punishment
of foreigners levying war ia Canada. 1t
was under this last statute that the Fenians
were punished and it is fer contravention
of it that Riel should be tried.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-07-13
A MAN AT THE BOTTOM.
Mrs. Smith, Instead of Being Robbed.
Gave Her Money to Her Lover.


Gave Her Money to Her I.over.
CHICAGO, July 1S There was no sensa-
tional robbery at so Eidridge court Mrs
Smith gave the ST. 030 to her lover, Dutch
jake" and Jake lost it in the pool-box
Then the story of garrotinS by the two des-
peradoes disguised as plumbers was
made up to account to Mr.. Smith
for his cash. From the start the police
doubted tie truth of the woman's strange
story. They arrested Jacob Bass, alias
Dutch jake" a gambler, who was a
boarder in the Smith household. Mrs
Smiths description of ons of the plumber
robbers Tailed pretty we'll with
his appearance. After having
been locked up for several hours, JAKE con-
fessed. He admitted that he was Mrs.
Smiths lover, and that she had given him
the money in sums of 800 OF 500 at a
time, and he had lost it betting on the
Washington park races After Bass con-
fessed it was easy enough to get the truth
from Mrs Smith She acknowledged that
she gave the money To Bass, tho last of it on
Wednesday morning. At noon her husband
| came home for dinner, AMI incidentally re,
| marked that he intended t. invest the
money she was keeping for him in some
| stocks that evening. She was dumbfounded
at this and at first thought of killing her.
self, but the idea of the robbery occurred to
her, and she adopted that plan of getting
out Of her trouble Bass has been her lover
for seven years, and she has given him alto
gether s., 200, belonging to herself and her
unsuspecting husband.
Mrs. Smiths husband is preparing a
statement regarding the robbery and the
circumstances in connection with it, which
ne will give to the press when he gets time
| to complete it, He still believes his wife's
story of the robbery, it is said, and has
| svery confidence in her.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-07-13

SPRINGFIELD, Ills. July 13.-Governor
Oglesby, ::has parioued Henry G. Crews,
who served SIX of the fourteen years in
Chester penitentiary, to which he with his
brother Jonathan was sentenced for the
murder Of one John Armstrong, IN
the summer of 1879 Judge Henker,
who presided at the trial, person.
ally applied for the pardon, as he
believes the man innocent, Armstrong was
found with his head crushed in with an ak.
The jury sentenced the Crews brothers to
thirty three years imprisonment on the first
trial and fourteen Years on the second. Ii
April, 1881, Jonathan Crows died, leaving
confession completely exonerating his
brother, but it was brought before tie
governor only Friday.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-07-13

CHICAGO, July 13.-Jesse J. Cook, the
North side restauranteur who disappeared
mysteriously on the night of the 9TH inst,
has returned home. His mind wanders,
and he is unable to converse coherently for
any length of time. He says that when be
closed up at II o'clock it was to
go home, but all at once the idea
impressed itself on him that he must
leave the city. He wandered around
from Lincoln park to Twenty second street,
and finally went to Joliet by the Rock Island
road. He next recollects of being in Min
neapolis, where, recovering his senses, he
applied to the MasDns for help, They put
MIN on the train for home. He does not
ecollect how much money he took with
him nor what he did with it, His wife was
so overjoyed to see him alive that she did
not question him about the money, nor
would she allow any one else to do so.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-07-13
A Coroner's Jury Puzzled.

CHICAGO, July 13-The coroner's jury ir
the case of Frederick Schlewzsn, the Ls
mont hoteikeeper who was found dead witt
pistol-shot wound in his head Wednesday
night, returned an open verdict declaring
that it did not know whether the tragedy
was a suiside or murder. The opinion pre-
walls, however, that Schlew2en killed him
self. The revolver found beside his body
was his own. 1t was shown that he hai
quarreled with his wife about his friend
illness with n servant girl who formerly
worked at his house
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-07-13
CAPITAL NEWS.
THE SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY AND
INTERIOR SPEAK OUT.
Whitney's Letter to Capt. Kirkland About
the Navy Foremanships-Lam Re
marks on tho Cattle Question
-Cattlemen's Rights.

WASHINGTON CITY, July l3-Secretary
Whitney has sent an order to Capt Kirk.
land, of the New York navy yard, provid-
ing for the appointment of a board to con-
iuct the examinations of persons applying
Tor appointment to the various foremanship,
IN the yard. Accompanying the order is a
letter, in which the secretary says;
The navy regulations. as you know, con-
template AMI require the % examinations |
:all your attention particularly to two points
First, wish to get at the knowledge of
sach applicant of the business or craft
which he Is applying to be given the charge
1f. General requirements | consider uuim-
por'ant. Second, bear in mind that cer-
Galn lraits OF character arc Necessary to a
5ood foreman, and these are on
Lrely distinct from his requirements.
The qualities which enable "a man to direct
jt4erS ami get good and efficient service
put OF the force, cannot be got at through
competitive examination. An applicants
appearance and conversation will enable
you to judge somewhat as to this and de-
sire the result OF your observations in each
case as to these matters The examination
Is ior the purpose of sitting the applicants
and getting out those who should be
fairly considered. The antecedents and the
amount OF experience of each man, where
ue WORKED, ana In What capacity, you Will,
Of course, ascertain in each case. III i'm
portant cases, if l am in doubt, | will
enieavor to have personal interviews with
the most likely candidates. As the efficiency
Of the yard is to depend very largely upon
the character of the foreman, ! wish to
proceed deliberately and with great care in
creating the force and will give all neces-
sary personal attention to it.
1t is idle to expect liberal appropriations
for navy yard work unless a great change is
made in this respect You will treat all
foremanships of skilled labor as vacant, and
allow all present ircumbents to compete. |
desire, however, a new force. and, except
for very good cause and an exceptional rec
ord in the navy yard, l shall not appoint a
foreman whose habits have been formed
through navy yard work of recent years.