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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-20
CHAPTER II.

,HAE h-
Pretty Miss Alice Bingham, in her
own especial room next morning. sitting
bolt upright. with a stare of astonish-
ment. read the above modest request.
Alice was a child of wealth. fashion and
refinement. but she had . brother and
in her moment Of surprise, We regret to
say. her language was modelled in thIt
of this near relative. She said. with
emphasis. too: ''Well. he has a gall"
Suddenly she leaned back in her chair.
and peal after peal OF laughter floated
mus;cally around her beautiful room
How successfully this fair fisher of men
had bated her hook and caught her fish
will be seen further on. Having laughed
to her hearts content, she mused q mo-
ment- then rose. attired herself to 20
forth conquering and to conquer, and
went as she said. ito beard the lion in
bis very den"
An hour later Mr.. Sylvestre's unman-
ageabie heart thumped more fiercelv
than ever. and he felt more limp and
feeble than in all bis life before, as he
was confronted in his sanctum by yes-
terdays vision of beauty. He bowed
deeply and presented her char. She
srs!ed ekeetly and accepted it. Then a
pause He. with expectant look. irving
to appear at ease, heard his heart beat
ing like muffied thunder. and was posi-
tive she did. His cheeks were aflame,
and his hand shook as he fumb.ed
aimlessly among the papers on his desk.
She was the image of high-bred repose.
1t seemed to him that years Of silence
were intervening; in fact only the proper
interval had elapsed when she said. in
her cattiest tone:
There was q very extraordinary
article in your paper this morning."
advertisement" he corrected; then
flushed to the temples at his asinine
rudeness and hdiscretion. II he had
betrayed himself. however. she did not
appear to see it. She innocently at
trlbuted his knowledge of her meaning
to his newspaper perspcacity. He felt
the perspiration running down his back
and willing up his celluloid collar, but
she was as cool as the biggest one in 4
lodge of cucumbers."
90 Yes. the advertisement" she
meekly assented; "did you not think Il
. very strange one?''
Yes, he did.
II was on State street yesterday"
she continued. in her soft tone. looking
straight 1t him. "and dropped the
mitt" referred 10; ct least this one
bears . resemblance 10 that A. n.
'cnbed-" She laid Il hefors him.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-20

senat"r>hip in the Oregon Legislature: and
Mitchell. the successful man, Was elected by
the rally of democratic voters Ia him against
his opponent, whom they disliked person.
ally. But Mitchell is a republican. and the
banking the democrats are doing on him will
not Yield returns
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-20

Old man MoroSini declares through the
give his beloved and darling daughter for
having run away with and married a deSpic-
able loater. Well. we do not know that the
public cares four cents whether he does or
moi. Nor perhaps she. either. She has her
scamp left-a llullSkamp.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-20

FaIoay EVEaTs; wovssssR, 20 1885,
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-21
Traffic in Futures.

A very curious agitation is going on
In the London corn trade in favor of q
system of dealing in wheat futures.
In New York. whore wheat is graded
and is available for delivery in differ
emit qualities from the elevators BY
turning on specified tap, 90 to put it,
immense speculation is conducted, and
one honest fellow asks: "Why pay the
Yankee to speculate for us?'s But
while it is comparatively simple mat
ter to grade American wheat there ar
rives in London such . variety Of
kinds. as we'll Is qualities. from vari-
Gus parts Of the world that disputes ~
70 d'ie delivery would probably be end
lasa-RsU Aoi Gosette.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-21

Tho Well-Deserved Promotion OF Prom
inent, Faithful and Emcient Railroad
Onicial.
President R r. Cable, of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, has
issued the following important notice:
MIR. E. St John is hereby appointed
assistant to the General Manager. The
General Ticket and Passenger Depart
ments will remain under the jurisdic-
ton of Mr.. ST. John as formerly, and
all communications in connection with
those departments should be addressed
to him as General Ticket and Passenger
Agent"
The above announcement of Mr.. St
Johns promotion viii be read with in
terest and pleasure by the many who
have become intimate with him during
q very long career. He has been asso-
ciated with the road so long that he is
always considered part of the system.
good, reliable, and ever on time. Mr..
st. John entered the railway service in
1862; was clerk in the General Ticket
Office and Depot Ticket Agent of the
Quincy & Toledo Railroad at Quincy,
ILL.,, until its consolidation with the
Great Western Railroad, when he as
sumed . clerkship with that COM
pany in its General Ticket Depart
nent at Springfield. Ill, remaining in
its service until July 8. 1868; on July
4, 1858, and until November. 1864. he
was employed as clerk in the General
Ticket Office Of the Chicago & Rock
Island Railway. November 1, 1864, TO
September l. 1869. he was chief clerk
in charge of the General Ticket De-
partment; September /, 1869. he was
appointed General Ticket Agent. and
January l, 1879. he was appoint
ed General Ticket and Passenger
Agent, which position he continues
to till. On Saturday, July 4. Mr.. St.
John celebrated the twenty-second an
niversary OF his connection with the
Rock Island Road Mr.. S.. Johns
promotion Is another illustration of the
well-known fact that the Rock Island
Road appreciates the merits of its Off
cials, and gives tangible evidence Of
its appreciation
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-21
REINDEER HUNTING.
How the Esqulmaux Hunt the Reindeer
Aided BY Boys and Dogs.


How the Esquimaux Hunt the Reindeer
Aided BY Boys and Dogs.
Esquimaux dogs are used in various
ways in hunting. When the weather
is so foggy that hunter can rot SEQ
very far. and there is consequently but
little prospect of his killing anything
unless he almost stumbles upon it one
of them will take his bow and srrowx
or his gun. if he be fortunate enough
to own one. and giving the best-trained
hunting-dog in charge OF one Of nls
sons, they start out reindeer-huntlng-
The boy puts q harness on the dog ties
the trace around his own waist Or
holds it in his hands. and follows M
father out into the fog.
OF course. the older Esquimaux has
some idea where the reindeer " %
grazing or resting. and he soon flnde
out which way the wind is blowing
over the place where he suspects -
reindeer to be. Then, with his poy
and the dog. he goes aroand in such
way that the game will not De es,
turbed. to some place where the VIM
blowing over the reindeer VIII com
toward the hunters. As soon - the
place is reached, the dog smells tao
reindeer. and commences SHINING -
ar as if anxious to go toward them.
The boy allows the dog to advsnco
slowly, still holding on to the 'rness
so that it shall not run away. As 500.
as the dog scents the deer. 1t 9oes
directly toward them. and Wnen = Z
quite near, it grows excited ana con"
mences to jump and to jerk the narnes.
trace by which ::the boy is holding =
being q well-traIned hunting dog. nov
ever, it never barks so as TO frightcn w.
deer by the sound -,
The hunter nov knows from tnSs
excited actions of the dog tna' -. 4,
reindeer must be close at han '.
though he can not see them for tic ios;
So he tells his son to hold the d0s r. -.
remain IN that spot while ne taSe' 60 -
bow OF gun and crawls cautiousi ,o.
ward in the proper direction to.e
he has gone far. probably not mo.s
than twenty or twenty-five yards a~s!'
the huge forms of .wo or three Ten
deer loom up through the fog. ! IL. =
is a good hunter he will at least v :.
one down. and perhaps two or IN o m -
them, and 50 have something for s.R
DER. When there is snow on ~
ground. the boy will generally .aA :
two or three dogs along. and al.sa
reindeer is killed. will use them 70 :..1 =
is into the snow house. As inc n
Esquimaux loves excitement ~ socn
good sport. and in this way ne sou
learns to hunt quite well.-L.ea ts~
Frederick Schu0tk0. ID 81 Ase"o's
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-21
THE LAW OF STORMS.

Re ult of Last Years study of the Laws
Governing storms.
The weather bureau in Washington
and local society in New England be-
gan last year the study of the laws gov
erning storms. which were so prevalent
in the West that season. and which the
storms of his month indicate will be as
devastating the present season. While
no great amount of progress has been
made. several laws are laid down as the
result of last years study, which are
followed in the devastating storms Of
this month at the West The first of
these laws is that the great majority Of
thunderstorms occur to the southeast
ward of a center of low barometer.
None has happened in an opposite di-
rect;o to this. In the storm of the
18th inst. the center Of low barometer
was in northwestern Dakota. while
the storm was in the southeastern cor
ner of the territory. From this point
it spread out like a. fan, covering South
ern Minnesota. Wisconsin ana North
ern Iowa. reaching as far east as Penn
sylvan'a and Virginia There was no
storm north or west of the point of low
barometer. The hail that fell was up
on region about one hundred miles
wide and quite near the center. It 10
true that so far little progress has been
made in studying these storms, and
still less has been made in finding any
way of escaping them. This much.
however. has been discovered. that to
the southeast of points of extremely
low barometer storms are liable to oc-
cur. and this, while of little practical inn
portance, is certainly q warning. The
universally with which the records of
the weather bureau are published gives
every one chance to know when dis
turbances of this character are likely to
be felt most severely. In the Dakota
storm it was the most severe within q
radius Of about three hundred miles
from the center, although high winds
prevailed and much rain fell 1T DO nts
hundreds of miles from the territory.
1t is probable this northwestern coun-
try will furnish these scientific gentle
men with storms enough for them to
study, but it IL to be hoped they WI
make the most Of the advantages fur
nished them. and settle, - speedily ~
possible. the causes Of these cyclones.
and II possible, devise some means BY
which they may BE- avoided or neutral
lxed--Ckicdgo Nesca.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-21
kHe IRONY OF TIME.

kould resurrect the years again
When life is on the wane-
cculd learn by many bitter truth
The value of our youth
the memorable hand of time
Has harvested our prime,
we should drain from every flower we
meet
The last drop of its sweet,
(e scorn the present houriand strive to Dor.
Some foretaste of the morrow;
fThe morrow has its morrow and the pain
OF hope deferred again:
$50 waste the years till age. defeated, stands
Desolate, with empty hands.
Pilgrims on paths our fathers trod before,
We trace their footsteps DER
on e'es Signs re Of their toiling feet.
Gashed on the rock and wounded by the
where we are stung and torn
What was it that they sought? burning
Fixed on low western skies.
The beckoning shapes that seem SO fair to
Wear the same dazzling:hue
That lurid the Vikings through tempestuous
beyond the Hebrides.
Toward purple isles of peace and golden
To die on freezing strands.
Time has no precious treasure stored away
Earth has no secret garden OF dellgnt
Hid from our aching sight.
Too late we learn the humble highway
flower
Is life's best gift and dover
The light that kindles in meek, maiden eyes
Is loves divinest guise;
Too latei too late we find there Is no more
On any sea or shore
Than those rich offerings we have over
thrown
Pursuing the unknown,
Nor any road by which we can attain
Youths vanished grace again.
Charles L. Hildrefh
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-21


That you, Joep' cried CYRUS, hold
ing his lantern SO that it would cast an
upward CLEAN.
NO; what's wanting of JoeP'' said .
trembling female voice.
Cyrus did his GRAND briefly; he had
caught . robber, and wanted Joe to
help take him out Of the grsnary.
I'm awful sorry!" said the woman.
Joe, he amt well. He ketched cold
going a-fishing SATURDAY.. and he's
down with . fever. 'Twouldn't be
safe for him to 60 out tonight, NO ways
in the worldi Besides, two Of the chill
dren 10 sick
Then / suppose must 90 on and
get the Dunfry boys" replied Cyrus.
Its too bad! for I'm AFRAID the bnr-
glar will break out before can get
around"
ut is-too bad!' said the trembling
voice above.
The head was drawn in 1t the win
dow; and Is Cyrus and his lantern went
on IN the direction Of the Dunfry house,
poor Mrs. Ferris, regardless Of her sick
husband and ailing children. ran ont Of
the back door, muflled in hood. and
armed with hatchet, and sped toward
M. Cradliff's farm.
Meanwhile Mr.. Cradliff had returned
home; and % sure was he that Il was
hfs own son Cyrus whom he had shut
t1to The 811naxY. that he went straight
. 1t hin 90 Without stopping 70 In
foem Mn Cf1dllR q hu hfunder, Of to
~ - lantarn
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-21
z. ST. JOHN.

Tho Well-Deserved Promotion OF . Prom
inent, Faithful and Enicient Railroad
n03rfal.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-08-20

Henry George addressed n large au'
dence on "The Crime Of Poverty" IN
the Academy OF Music in Brooklya
He said poverty was something more
than acrime--it was the fruitful pa.
rent of crime. Western ireland and
the Highlands OF Scotland were the
poorest countries be- had ever seen,
bnt II he were compelled 10 dwell
among the poor he would rather be
there. rs one did not meet among the
unfortunate people there the degrade.
ton which exists in the centres OF
civilization. The man who in indus
trions WAS the man who ought TO be
rich, and yet the industrious were not
always rich labor did not always
command wealth. II wealth were the
result OF work, then the the working
men would to-day be the well-to-do.
Except in the old Roman civiliza-
ton, no such thing as poverty exist
ing in the midst OF wealth was ever
known in ancient times
ut is not over-production, but I'M
Just distribution, that is now depres-
sing trade. IL it wonder that men
all over the world are beginning TO
grow restive7 The most dangerous
men are not the dynamiters or anarch.
lists, but the men who preach that
this thing must he so, and who do not
look for remedy. Poverty cannot
be cured by aims. 1t demands jus.
tice, and justice alone. The Chris
tian church is Sinking its duty. Moth
ing is said from the pulpit against
the condition OF things which makes
this terrible struggle for existence
possible. Christianity involves social
duties.
The general cause OF the existence
of poverty is the fact that land is
treated rs private property. The
ownership OF land Recessitates pow
erty. There woald be poverty in the
kingdom of heaven, if it were monop-
olzed by few. The reason that men
are unemployed is because they are
shut out from the land So long rs
land is to DO had by all who want it,
there will be no one out Of employ
ment. No man has right to hold Il
part of the earth which he is not
using himself"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-08-20

The following are the recipes Of Hon.
1. b. Standifsr furnished for the FREE
Pnxss, had rs referred 10 IN our last.
10 CURE FLux.-Small doses Of castor oil
may be givon in anything-I prefer II in
sweet milk, made hot, but not boiled I;
about four table spoonsful Of milk 10 one
of oil for dose; adults less In proportion;
20 be given from three 10 three and a-half
hours, M tho case requires. Laudnum may
be added In very small quantity, from one
70 eight drops, according to the age Of the
patient; IL tho tongue IL coated add very
small quantity Of blue mass or calomel
when you use laudanum.
DIR. Armstrong; remedy: q ounce laud-
mum; OF. number si.; OF. spirits OF
csmphor; OF. essence Of peppermint. A
small dose every time; when the bowels act
increase or diminish according TO the age OF
patient. Care and judgement is necessary
in all cases.
TO CuRE SNAKE on SPIDER BITE Equal
parts Of salt and gun powder, beat fine; add
lard 10 make paste-apply this; renew
every FIVE to ten minutes until the applica-
ton OF Ave or six are made, then renew
every three 10 six hours, AZ needed; drink
sweet oil very often and freely.
was dying from a spider-bite several
years ago, and one teacupoo sweet oil
drank at ona dose saved me. would have
done better to have drank more. That was
my first case I have cured many since by
q continued use Of sweet oil, and have never
never known ono to suffer long or die that
kept up free usage OF the oil.
A VALUABLE IMMINENT. To battle all
Kinds Iof pains, bruises, burns: Equal
parts OF raw egg, spirits Of turpentine, ker-
ossne oil, strong vinegar; put in bottle
aud shake we'll and II il then ready for use.
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Therr snail be No Nlght Ihere.

That must ~ giofious piace - d, iu. no clouds
sui no darkness. where csn u be- Here 90 earth,
Civilization euforcrs on al hulauiiy within its in
du-nrr q penalty. That osnsityis trkness Of many
Mods ans tif~ruE o. dcgrecs- tnfoCi ability. irei-
tuluest srr-r ~ teruprr. ruie usuurrs. dlsfrsst,
haa lauguase autietr. f..cui~i. 81 ksa red. In
psirsA "a. altrs ru4 un-ouudus-. % ufui sud hoiy
A. sca- 81 its cuus-lasn--s- Esilef ca - EiNfr
ara he uskt - sirkusss fss r.isl iu thr rtNs -
~ .ua % h-siih. ~ rsing The csistraies hons
SstsuFr Cordial
Il ds.-i-at ssc-stirrs e. ne siimsutsrr etnsl
ny - srscsE tnsnF sftsdk - Fsg-9sis. uss
h. ssnaffr. tertlsi. sh-u ths trusr Nin -
rrctlaied. 80 thsisftsr rsss Say
$50 fsrs-ns uftsrlv rsrsrcisss - crie- nrt
O. - rscugniEs unt 80 lstr a. rsrrtss q nsg-
r@ncs ~bn. 49, fisF ~ tatfn thst ralustis tuac
Eu1as ssnsfirf Curdisi. reult b. iiriag go
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-08-20
O, fine Rank. Of the River.


4 Am standing again on the banks OF th'
stream,
Who're l wandered 50 oft In the day
gone by,
IN the springiime Of yolth when the worlf
was AL beauty.
We straysd here together-my own loy'
and /
Boz the world has all changed, my hear
grown old;
Those old days have long passed by
] am standing alone on the banks Of thu
stream,
Meath the willows my love sleeps uigh.
Over her grave the flowers arc bending,
Like angels, guarding her tranquil sleep
Near the river bows signing and mourning
Over her resting the night winds weep.
Just over the sunset where the clouds ar'
now rolling,
The billowy seas OF purple and gold,
just over deaths river with its dark, chill
ing waters,
Ia n land whose beauty can never be told.
IL that bright world where comsth no
parting,
Her spirit stands waiting and watching
to-day.
Ger the dark world. like bright star
beaming
She's guiding my steps long the shadowy
way.
BEssIE SMITH.
San Marcos. Texas
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-08-20
Growth Of Our Population.

Rapid as has been the increase OF
our population, Gen. Walker, super
imtendent OF the last census, says il
has not grown as rapidly in the re-
cent as in the former decades. In
1870 the population of the country
should have been 1926, 432, instead
of 3S, 588,371. In 1880, the figures
should have been 56,450, 241, whereas
the actual enumeration was 50,155,-
1888. The cause Of this shortage be-
tween the actual and the estimated
returns is due to the separation OF
the sexes the men preponderating
on the frontiers, while correspond
ing majority of women remain I'M
married in the East Then there are
fewer marriages than formerly, and as
wealth increases there are fewer chill
dron born. The wider field of en-
ployment for women is also deter
rent to marriage. Gen. Walker esti-
mates that in 1890 our population
will be less than $4,000, 900. About
one-fifth of our population live near
the sea, and is densest in the lower
levels; that is to say, while the mean
elevation of the country is 1900 feet
above the ocean, the mean of popula-
ton is found at 700 feet. Eventually,
the higher elevations will be more
densely populated than now, but the
low lands have had the advantage of
wood and water. The population first
thickens in the river bottoms, and for
the last half-century has followed the
railroad lines that have been con-
structed on the lowest levels. Should
aerial navigation ever become an nc
complished fact it would advantage
the higher levels; that il, the noun
tain sides and elevated plateaus, which
of course would be easier of access by
air ships. From Demorest's Monthly.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-08-20

d. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer OF
Chattan ooga, Tenn. writes that he was SO.
riously afflicted with severe cold that set.
tied on his luns: had tried many remedies
without benefit. Being induced to try DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
did so was entirely cured by the use of a
ew bottles. Since which time he has used
in his family for Nil Coughs aud Colds
with best results. This is the experience OF
whose lives have been saved by
this Wonderful Discovery. Trial bottles
free at X. Promnic's ding store.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-08-20
CURE FOR PILES.

Piles arr frequently Prucedct by sellse
% weight IN the bask. loans and lose part
of the Abiomen. causing the pliie 20 sup.
pose he has Srrne affection q tie kidneys CO
nsighhorIag organs Ai tins, symptoms
q Indigestion sre prcsfut. naiulency. mas
ness q thr siotnzcE. eic- A moisture. Ike
perspirliion. prolaeius a very diss,greoahle
itching. Arr getting warm. "a cofurncn a.
faudsut B'iBd Bleeding and Itching PIlrs
risii 81 once % the aFTilicsfiun % Iir. 70
sauko~s Pie Rernely. vhieh ats directly
upon the parss kee1ted aissortiug thf n
uIors. sEsying TIE iuteust TtthI1C. Ao3 e.
fscfsng q TsrIususnt cure PRIV. = csliis-
a97-aar. ne nr Bozsrko Madians Co
Pa . SO b. z fssszE
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-08-20

rINHE BEST book aud one that will be
read by all classes of our Texas people
is that great ,rDrk upon great subject The
Life oJ Sam Houston. the Father of IenIs,
written 10y the late VIM. Carey Crane.
The name Of Sam Houston is one that
thrills every patriotic Texas heart. His
name is inseparably connected with all the
sweetest memories OF our States history.
rhe publishers are advertising for agents to
push the sale of this work IN all parts Of the
State and We do not think it will require
much effort To induce our Texas people a.
buy this grand hook for themselves and
their children. The Publishers offer liberal
terms and We advise all who can engage 10
Eri e 90 them. Address
WILLIAM q. SclRTF 4 10.
June 25-Gm Dallas. Texas
Mention this paper.
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A lIannY Fnther.

Said an exasperated Texas father
ut the dinner-taDle:
"You children turn up your noses
at everything on the table. When |
was hoy ] was glad to get enough
dry bread to cat"
II say, pa, you are having much
better time of it, now you are living
with us, ain't you?' remarked little
Tommy.-Texas Siftings.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-08-20
Why the Editor Is Always GoOd-LOoking.

An observing philosopher contra.
diets the prevailing theory that men
tal activity interferes with physical
beauty. He says: "A handsome
lnan or woman either, who does moth
ing but live we'll or self-indulgentiy,
grows fabby, and all the fine lines OF
the features are lost; but the hard
thinker has an admirable sculptor al
ways at work keeping his fine lines III
repair, and constantly gong over his
face to improve the original design.