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, 1885-04-26
The Floriin Red Bug

Indian River Cor. New York Tribune.l
What l do dread, though, is the ared bug. "
This hend in insect shape is so small that you
can barely see him with the naked eye;
under even a powerful magnifying glass he
seems less in size than a very small pin
mead. But let him once get under your
skin and he feels bigger than an elephant.
or the tick species, he burrows. giving no
sign Of his presence till he /:
there and securely lodged. Like
misfortunes all the world over. he
never comes as n single spy but always il
hattnlions. Sit you down on the decayine
moss or rank luxuriant grass which he fro
quents, and it viii be easier to put youI
finger on an inch of your body where he /,
than whore he is not. II you want to ex'
p~erience the sensation without coming tc
Florida for 1t, stand a few fest distant from
some friend, slippers ON and a necktie only,
and let him shoot a charge Of red pepper into
your back from u scattering gun. This will
give you an idea Of being peppered by fred
bugs" Three or four days TOUR misery will
last in either case And in both you'll think
you've been skinned alivei
, 1885-04-26

How Divorce Proceedings Were Arrsstet
by n Malay RaJah.


How Divorce Proceedings We're Arrested
by n Malay HaJah.
lLieut Col. Lewin's Book.1
was sitting with the rajah on the raised
platform in front of his house, drinking tea
in the cool OF the evening Suddenly our
peaceful, silent smoking was disturbed by a
young and a very pretty girl, with flowers
In her hair and silver ornaments on neck
and arms, who rushed up the ladder and
threw herself at the rajah's feet in a passion
Of tears. After her ascended slowly, one by
one, a number Of villagers wrapped in their
long, homespun mantles, who quietly sat
down on the platform TO the right and left
OF the chief. The rajah smoked on silently,
until the woman's sobs had grown somewhat
loss violent, when he remarked quietly,
weeping is good for women
A few more puffs of fragrant tobacco,
and, rs the sobbing still continued, he added
with solemnity, "Three conditions are To be
avoided: first, not 10 be able 10 weep; second,
to weep without knowing for why; third, 10
weep too much The last condition was pro-
nounced with impressive distinctness, and
an asserting murmur went around the as
sembly. The girl raised her bead. my
father, l cannot live with Tawngey, l hate
himi" "Wha has he donel Has he beaten
TouF "No, he has not beaten me; that |
should not nave minded He suspects me.
He watches me, and will not endure it. l
lemand to be divorced Obi my father. DO
It on your headr' ~~Twnngey, come forward,
thou son Of f~oolishnessi What is this J
hearf'
Tawngey appeared, sinking shame-f aced1y
from the depths of the crowd. First
making a lowly obeisance, he sat down be.
fore the chief. MY lord, ~ said Tavngey,
II saw her flirting with" at is false-
Il = .. l.. IN H. - a. a. -
ing away her tears "I went with the other
girls to draw water in the stream, and Adults
sweetheart. Pawthee, came and began laugh
ing, and SO we splashed hin with water.
Then this man" pointing with concentrated
scorn at the wretched Tawngsy) "this man
was spying behind n tree, and he came and
dragged me by the arm and abused mo be-
fore them all. l nave mover suffered such
shame. Release me, oh my fatherl l will
not live with him" Bere she again pros
trated herself at the rajah's feet A dead
silence ensued, broken only by the girls
sobs. Tawngey looked as though he wished
the earth would swallow him, but no said
not a word.
Suddenly the rajah spoke again and CAV,
orders 20 you and you" manning two or
three elders among the spectators), stake
away these two wicked ones, who disobey
the holy law. Strip them OF all their clothes,
save one cloth only to the woman, and shut
them up together in the great empty guest
house. In the morning l will hear them
again. Enoughl l have spoken" So the
y ung couple were hustled of and shut up
in Il hare, empty house, with but one gar
ment between them. The night was very
cold. md rs | pulled my thick wadded quilt
over my shoulders ho,ore going to sleep, l
admired the shrewd wisdom Of the rajah.
In the m, ming when their clothes were
handed into them and the door was opened
TO conduct them before the chief they quietly
slippe away hand In hand, and departed
peaceably to their own abode.
, 1885-04-26

f"Gath' in New York Tribune-l
/ asked John Hoey at Long Branch the
other day why he insisted ON pail ting his
house, his outhouses, and even his fences,
yellow and black, in defiance Of ordinary
IDEAS on the subject "Do you know he
said, shat President Garfield asked me the
same question the Sunday night before he
was shotf' Iasked the circumstances. we
were a dozen or 50 at dinner at the Elberon
that night, and Garfield said, Il know you
have some purpose in doing it; tell me what
it isf l replied that one purpose was to
create comment"
He went on to tell me more Of his reasons
for painting Long Branch yellow. "A gar
den should have gaudy colors for a back
ground. My place is e garden-garden and
park combined; and my purpose was to
mako it symmetrical in colors- Sombre
hues would not nave harmonized with the
place. l began that style Of decoration in
1859 and everybody talked OF my Wild col
ors, but few initiated them at the start.
Now everybody is initiating them.p
1 commented on the use Of the words
wild c%olors," and suggested a pun in asking
Oscar Wilde ~colorsi' mo, no." said Mr..
Hoey; II used yellow and blacf in com
hination before Wide was born, But l Will
say for him that when no first came to Long
Branch he said, This man, whosver he is,
has the courage of his convictions. and has
good tasfat1
, 1885-04-26
The Dude in Corsets.
New York Mail and Express

lNNh AViA Mhi aiu LAHIN11-l
"Onco in a while" says a New York
dealer, "some young sirnpleton or old goose
comes in for a corset 70 straighten him up
The tailors don't furnish them. l always
sell them a corset and make them pay fol
their folly too. They never grumble. Vain
men are worse h vain women; they'll pay
any price to make themselves the least bit
better-looking. They'll strut up and down
before that glass for an hour after they have
got their corset. OF course it makos me
laugh, and the girls in the shop almost die
laughing, but a dude has no sense of humor
50 they don't mind 1t. But l am happy K
say that a man looking for a corset is a rars
sight. The ~taiors, l believe, generally man
age to make them up without Tbs fact is
the tailors understand the art of @makina
up" much better than the dressmakers. They
originated most of the improvements which
tho dressmakers have adopted"
, 1885-04-26
M THE BLACK COUNTRY.


"@ |AA"""" tNANS
THE inhabitants Of this desolate district
are among tho most industrious and yet the
most wretched In England. Their Children
ragged and ill-fed. lead miserable lives With
no hops before them but n life Of wretched-
ness and perjury. ROBERT T. PoRTERl
In that BLACK Country which the sun dis
owns,
Where smoke ohscurss the sky ami choke,
the breath,
And palIid life walks land In hand with
death,
And men as wan as ghosts, with hearts like
stones,
And lips too weary even to utter means,
Toll day by day for pittance Of coarse
bread, n
tread.
While weaker women mingle toll with
groans.
What earthly light shall dawni There Is no
rest;
No hops of brighter days begunes-no
OF better fortunes cheats the anxious
breast;
Through the blank darkness shines no
friendly beam:
And yet unheeding suns aria and SGT.
And joy is In the world. Does God forgeti
, 1885-04-26

The { numerical Advertiser has been nav
Ing IA ii..lt ititeAtion with some one about
the late OF lie lntrod uction Of to practice
Of interviewing Into Amer'van journalism.
The hcrnll, intervouiar, "a lily says that "A
Logan in 1850 uft'r the war. But it was
rare, az attracted little or no attention.
until 1858, when 1t vas ne to drnw talk
from Gen Butter about his g~resAback ,-u.
sade, and from Charles sumner about the
Alabama question. This lei TO an article on
interviewing" in The Nation Of Jan. -,
1879. which wnS tho first formal notice Of
tue practice under tina. ua ~. and can .el
tho adoption OF that term ho.. in this coun.
try and In England. wIci d, was hailsl as
an amusing Amer's'.a .ysety
, 1885-04-26

valley Springs QDdk.) Fnterprise.
We are informed that Mrs. Matte
johnson, who lives fourmiles west oftown
was doing her general housewori. when
her litde daughter Annie. > years old, got
hold ola bottle Of Chamberlain Cough
Remedy and instead IF taking half a ca
spoonful as a general ddsc, drank the
entire bottle, II cured hT cough and she
is doing well.
Mrs. johnson was fortunate in having
procured Ghanberlain's Cocgh Remedy,
and tie above circumstance shows conclu-
sively chat it i perfectly harmless even to
snlan children in doses Of sixty times
whft should be given Remember, 1t
cured her, aud he's cured thousands of
others, who gladly lstiiy to its great Yal-
mo. All druggistR.
, 1885-04-26

Sure cure for blind. bleeding and Itch
ing rifles. One box has cured the worst
cases of twenty years standing. No ons
need suffer five minutes after using Will
Jams Indian Pile Ointment. II obsnrhe
tumors, allays itching, acts as po-hiea,
gives instant relief Prepared only for
piles itching Of h.sprivatc parts, nothing
else. Hon j. " e0Fenbry, of Cleve-
land, savs; | have Used sore of pile
cures, and it affords me pleasure to say.
that ] hays never fonnd anything pidch
5ive. such immediate aud permanent re-
lief as DIR. Williams 1r1ian Pile Oint-
mvnL" So,1 by druggists and mailed on
receipt ofpnce. 81. Gray X peaTse AGENTS.
, 1885-04-26
ANOTHER GREAT DISCOVERY.
The Process by Which Every Man MA,
Isacome .'His Own Life Preserver."

' hn thh AAto AftseFfoH L
Chicago Times.I
The inventor Is a medical man, who was
led 10 his final discovery by experiments on
animals He found that he could force the
air under the skin OF q dog to an extent
which would make impossible its sinking In
water. This very naturally led TO the sug-
gestion that what was Of value in the case
Of q dog was OF equal utility in the case OF a
human being. He proceeded to initiate the
spaces beneath the skin of human subjects.
with the happiest consequences, which
eliminated in what is termed, 4~life-sav-
ing from drowning by self-inhation-"
His Process consists in making q small
opening in the mucous membrane Of the
mouth from which communication is OBJ
tanned with the subcutaneous spaces OF the
neck. When the puncture is made the per-
son closes his mouth and nose, and makes a
succession OF forcible exploratory efforts,
when the air contained in the cavity OF tho
mouth will pass freely into the su~bcutaneous
cavity Of the neck These exploratory efforts.
Inspiration being effected through tho nos
trils, should be continued until the skin Is
fully distended with air, which will readily
pass to both sides Of the neck. and down the
chest as far as the nipples II Is stated the
average neck can, without being un-
duly distonded, be inflated enough to
support ten pounds, which is sufficient
to support a body in the water. Only three
minutes are required for initiation; the air
Is kept under the skin by pressing the finger
on tho cheek immediately over the puncture,
or by keeping the mouth full Of air. The
d%iscoverer says the operation Is almost
painless. perfectly harmless, and may be i'm
mediately recovered from; that 1t can DO
learned in a few minutes, and accomplished
by any one without assistance, and that
nothing save the point OF a penknife or a
sharp splint Of wood is required in the way
of appliances. For the benefit of those who
may be disposed to essay the operation of
self-infiation, it may be said that the point
where the puncture should be made is in the
angle formed between the gum Of the lower
jaw and the side OF the under lip or check
about opposite the first molar tooth OF the
lower jaw. The point of the perforating in
strument should DO passed down a short dis
lance between the skin of the side of the face
and the superficial fascia Of the neck, care
being taken not TO puncture the skin OF the
fascia-n
Here we have q simple process which may
be termed in its effects, every man his own
life preseryer,p and which can be made at a
moments notice, can DO carried everywhere
without incumbrance, and is effective in all
climates, and all weathers. As there may
be some difficulty in puncturing the needed
opening so as not TO interfere with the skin
OF the face and the superficial fascia of the
neck, there might DO school opened for in
struction in this process of puncturing. So
ciety vaccinates against ~variola; why not
puncture against drowningl
, 1885-04-26
Proposals for Indian supplies ans
Transportation.

RROnONula for Nnnimn AunnlnRR nna
ransporta1ion
Ill Dmn% afInd;an AH.s- Masnsra,4
Harch ~ ~1sss wseaiea ~ H.
dorssd II rc1oso fcr p'nb;5s n,
heef mas, be snbm;ttad n saaa anra
Ones \ Racon Elanr cioth;n,i o. ,ronsner
ts,;on Sc las t5a case NAV ba ! an5 Al.
racsaJ 70 10 Tarn;ss;ona- &C TDd;ama "a
a;rs Nos az os1s- 49, 49,, NJ,
yarL viii he reco;ysd nnt;i ~ oe H."
do,, lI,, ( Ies5 eor G,rn;sL;nr CO.. ~
Indian service abont i osn 900 nor,ds Re-
con IA n0o 0oo nonnds BscF ~ IN Idof
950 GOD mounds Reons ~ 0oo Wounds Re-,
Linz notrdar / n0o noo nornJs Torn
450 oo0 nounds GoFce g o60 on0 nonnd,
FIonr 56. d mounds Reed io5 0oc
nounds Hard Rread rs o6o nonnds Hon,
inv 25. 900 mounds lard 1000 barrels
mess nort i45 00o nornds Pic : sno
nounds Tea sod nounds Tohacco looo 0c
sounds Sal, lES a nonnJs Soan
$40. 900 nounds smear and 3o0 d nonn5s
Wheat. -.
Also Blankets. WooIen and Cation
Gonds fconsisting in uayt1 Of Ticking
20 600 Yards. Standard Cslieo I25 Oo0
Yards Drilling OO0 Yards. Dnck free
| from ali sizing o6- 900 yards. DENNIS
1000 wards. Ginsham Sio.0oo yards.
Kentuekv leans % 00n yards. sCheviof
a 500 yards. Brown Sheeting Io5 ND
yards. Bleached Sheeting i5ooo vards
| Hick,rv Sh;rtinc 10 00o ards. GsI;co
Shirtinr G00o yards. Winsey I5o0
YARDS Clotbing Groeer;es N,tions
NHardware Me,lical Snnnl;es Scbool
hooks. a.. and n lone iist Of misccIlab.
| CONS articles such rs Harness Plows
R3kes. Forks. &c and for about 3o5 VA
Cons reouired for the service to bc del;r.
cred al Chicago Kansas Civ ana Sionx
CITY. Also for such Wagons as NAV he
reouired. adanted 10 The cl;mste of the
| Pacific Coast with CoIFornia brakes de-
livered at San FranciscorfTfST
Also t-ransnortat;on for suoh oe tho ~.
ticles' goods and suDpl;es t Iuu" nav y, 'n not he
contracted for. to be delivered nj the
| Agencies
Bids must be made ont on GovfRN-
MINT bLAFks. aILWLY A
ccheduies showing the Kinds and quan-
Titles OF subsistence supplies required for
each Agency, and the kinds and quantities
In gross OF all other goods and articles, to-
gether with blank proposals, conditions to
, 1885-04-26

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup c.. SaI. Francisco Cal. is
Nature's Own Ture Laxative. This plea
sent liquid iruit remedy may be had of
Hult& Whipple druggists. Sample bot
ties free and large bottles ~ Fly cents Or
one doilar. IL Is the mos pleasant,
prompt and effective remedy known, 70
cleanse the system, to act on the Liver.
Kidneys and Bowels gently yetthorcughly
to dispel Headaches, Coils and Feyers; 10
cure Constipation, Indigestion ard kind
red ills.
, 1885-04-26

Every stop Of a train costs money to a
railway company. Recent statistics kept on
a certain trunk line slowed that during a
given year the $50 daily trains made 1000
extra stops every twenty-four hours, tho
traffic being largely suburban. Experiments
showed also hat each stop cost AZ cents,
reckoned largely In extra time to employees
who, Tor that Number OF stops put in the
a~ggregase $50 extra hours per dny, making
a totai loss to the company Of nearly $4,000
, 1885-04-26

A Lowell man whipped out his memo
randrm-b book in church the other Sunday
and took dow this remarkable ~thanksgiv.
ing from the lips Of his scientific pastor
w thank Thee, o Lord, that we are per.
mitted to unwind the mighty coil OF mate
rial circumstances, and gaze into the ever
lasting abysses whore flaming comets roll
, 1885-04-26

A Georgia individual, who is well yersed
in regard Z, cALss, "a Is 70, { AFT y the sap
rb's in the spring sattl,, lriver FROM north
To south a distance Ct .hnty m,h or more
are sun 20 die. and those driven from south
to north MI not die, but sts catt.i they
come In contact with vii. die. Drivsax them
east and west has no effect upon them.
, 1885-04-26

Md the efficacy II its action
have rendered the famous fruit r medy
c%lsanpes and tones H, nm the sIoa pu9u and ls !.
verish system, and dispels headaches, colds
and fevers. Sample bottles Tree and large
sottles for sale by w. N. Hunt.
, 1885-04-26

isl ane Hevs- yielding enemy that will
CONQUER Il ever time the opportunity is
gwen, and that is Chamberlain Pain
Balm. Many Uses Of rheumatism tt,s
had withstood all other treatment Tor years,
have Welded to Chamberlain Pain Balm.
50 cein bottles sold 5y W. N. Hunt.
, 1885-04-26

IBoston Beacon.l
To Apple Merchant-Give me- some gnsiss
apples that's schist what / want; give me
two quartz, strata way, 50 l may catch
mica.
, 1885-04-26

Dviit freeze. when you can telephone
To ltiner & johnson, and get the Marshall
coal at -. so per ton. Telephone l02.
, 1885-04-26

AT Masten's wholesale liquor store you
can ind tue best Of liquors. wines and
imported aud domestic cigars.
, 1885-04-26

Persons desiring pure lake Mahapaluta
ice should leave orders Mt Christ. Mauss',
baker, SlY Ferguson street, With the
underlined. SLOAN 4 Co.
, 1885-04-26

Whooping cough is gnltly relieved and
robbed of all dangerous consequences when
Cs isinrlain 5 ccugh R~Sscdy Is freely
,ErN. Sold iy ". Y. nj.
, 1885-04-26

Remember that yod VII save money By
buying your books aud stationery at
Holf'a N
, 1885-04-26

For all Kinds ofsohoOl books 90 to HoIt's
, 1885-04-26

s.. Louis Rock Beer at the Germania
, 1885-04-26

All bids must be accompanied by certi-
fed checks upon some United States De-
p~ository or the National Bank of Los An
geles, Cal for at least FIRE per cent ofthe
amount ofthe proposal. l4t QKa
j. d. C. ATKINS, Commissioner.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-23
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice, having had placed ip his hands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and ali throat and Lung Affections, also posi- tive and radical cure for Nervous De- bility and all Nervous Complaints, after having tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of eases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffer- ing fellows. Actuated by this motive and desire to relieve human suffering, will send free of charge, to all who desire it, this recipe, in German, French or Eng fish, with full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp. naming this paper, w. A. NoYEs, I4o P0a0ey's Block, RoeAestey, ~ y.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-23

side of the house where the doomed csuple live, so that the water from the caves may drop on the spot. The nane of the person whe Is being nperaAed upon is then written on piece of paper and buried where the sha6ow of something cast by the light of the moon will fall upon it. 1.-the man and wife do not im- mediately quarrel and separate, there Is lack cffAsth in the operator, and he or she must pray standing in an east wind three successive days for faith in the power of the witch woman.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-23
Camp Joornalism.


 The following. from q recent work hy Mr. Charles Da Val, gives au interest. ing account of how he established end edited newspaper in camp during the Traasvaal var:
 Christmas day saw issued from the press the first copy of little journal the NseUS ef kAs CaMb, and as its tiles havS since been characterized, by so eminent authority as tho New York 7ti1sRe, as q veritable journalistic curiosity must claim the indulgence sf my readers Ee, an editors vanity in describing the crigiu of the typographical bantllng. Ths plant, type, printing presses. esc ], of the rransvaal Ayyss having, for security sake, been brought into camp when the evacuation of the town of Pretoria wal decided upon, roofless bungalow va, set apart for their reception. The man. ager and former proprietor of this jour. nal, MT. (, w. Deecker, and mysels had some conversasisn on the subject of pub fishing . camp newspaper, which my con. nection with the staff of the garrison commandment, suggested opportunities and facilities for editinE. It was settled that should bring the matter before the military authorities, and he would try and arrange with the then proprietor oi the AygSs for the use ct the plant, machinery, types, inks, priaters. Kafiif steam-power, etc, that went to make up the constituent elements of the Trans. vaal thundercr. Both applications were successful. now removed my wagon to plot of ground adjacent to the bunga. low wherein the Aygss type was placed, and with bell-tent and some canvas s ,ils constructed a somewhat original cd. itorial deP artment My wagon contained my sleeping place, and was comfortable enough, being well raised from the damp ground, and secured from the rain by . water-tisht root. From the roof big transport-wagon sail was carried over ,o and half around the bell-tent, wherein my confrere Deecker made himself ex. ceptionally comfortable, the thin end oi the wedge of luxury having crept In, shaped and formed as an iron bedstead with, sad to relate, the cneNating influences ot blankets, and--teil il not in Gath-sheets The space be tween wagon and tent was ingeniously roofed in with the canvas sails or wagon COvGr, suctCnCU Ou tCiCStapu pCtCS, ' torpedo notice board forming one of the supports at the entrance, and above all an ancient union flag, splitting itself into shreds by the force of its own rottcnnes' and the strength of the Transvaa breeIsS. A couple of privates of the Fu. siliers rigged up the editors quarters and the humor of one ot them --whC afterward, poor fellow, saw killed ir action reached its height as he returned with the torpedo notice-board, exclaim. ing in fine Irish brogue, No Boers 'il come near ye when they see this board up Surely never was paper printed under such singular circumstances brick. walled bungalow for . printing office, with canvas thrown over its un. finished roof, through which the rair penetrated, a gentle waterspout running down the compositor's back as he stood composing stick in hand, with bando Tier of Martini Henry or Snider cartridge, over his shoulder, his ~hite apron for [ uniform, and his rife lying suggestivel, near his printing-frame."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-23
AmicabIy Adjusted.
IDetrsit Free Press.l

Do you mean to call me a liarr asked one rival railroad man of another railroad man, during dispute they had on business.
 "No, colonel, do not mean to call you liar. On the contrary, say you are the only man in town who tells the truth all the time, but Pm offering a re. ward of $25 and chromo to any other man who says he believes me when say you never lie" was the response.
 Well, Pm glad you took it back, re- piled the other party, as the tiger-li look of ferocity faded out his features, and he looked around se- :.e ce.res. sa- loon.