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Andrew Jackson's Nose.

When | was at Alexandria last week,
writes a Washington correspondent of
the Cleveland Leader, | heard an old
mans statement of how President
Jackson's nose was pulled by Lieut..
Randolph, in the summer of 1888.
Said he: president jackson was pass
ing Alexandria on his way to celebrate
the building of monument to Wash
:ngton's mother at Fredericksburg.
The steamer stopped at Alexandria to
get the mail. Jackson was sitting in
the cabin back of a table smoking
pipe, and there was hardly room topass
him. His pipe was long-stemmed
one, and it hung almost to his knee.
A few men, including Maj. Donelson,
Jackson's adopted son, were standing
about, and there were others who had
come on board to see the president and
to look at the boat
Among these was Lieut.. Randolph,
a connection of the noted Randolph
family to which John Randolph be-
longed. He had been dismissed from
the navy by jackson for some trouble
in his accounts. He was a straight
young man, and not bad looking. He
came on the boat and pushed his way
through the crowd until he reached the
cabin. This he entered, and went up
to jackson as though he would speak
to him. President Jackson did not
know him, but held out his hand, ask
ing him to excuse him from rising As
he did so, Randolph, with a quick ges-
ture, seized Jackson's nose and gave it
three strong pulls. 1t was done SO
quickly that no one had a chance to in
terfere. Old Hickory threw his pipe up
into the air as if to strike Randolph
with it, but before he could do anything
Randolph had started off, and he was
helped by the bystanders on to the
wharf. He quickly mounted horse
and rode off into the country. Jack
sons excitement was intense. His nose
was as red as fire, and | am sure it did
not regain its color for days. He said
angrily, If | had had an idea that was
going to be assaulted l should have
been prepared. Randolph is the first
villain who has ever escaped me. Here
upon bystander said, If you viii par
don me for the crime, | will kill Ran
dolph within the next fifteen minutes
This Jackson refused to promise.
think an indictment of assault with in
tent to kill was filed against Randolph
in the courts at Alexandria, but this
was afterward nolled by Maj. Donel-
son.
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Real Nature of rheumatism.

Rheumatism is as often as not, caus-
ed by over-eating. and especially by
over-indulgencei in meat, which is GER
tain to cause an excess of uric acid,
and render the body liable on exposure
to wet or cold. to an attack. We know
that old people are proverbially liable
to rheumatism. The reasons for this
are not far to seek. One is that joints
and ligaments are harder and stif1er,
and very often contain deposit-urate
of soda. Another is that, as rule,
people up in years eat more than is
necessary to support life, under the
mistaken notion that they need a deal of
nourishment to keep them up. l say
that, on the contrary, the wear and
tear of tissue is but trifing comparedt to
what it is in earlier manhood, and that
far less food is required. Therefore, if
an elderly person would live long, and
be free from aches and pains, and be
calm in mind-for that is great de-
sideratum-he or she must live abSte-
miousiy, more or less.
Chronic rheumatism is far more COM
mon than most persons are aware OF.
1t is q disease quite indigenous to
these isles OF miStS and cutting winds;
but it is often in character what we
may call suppresSed-that is, it attacks
the internal organs instead of joints
and muscles, though these may suffer
at the same time. But many II time
and oft person complains of his liver
being out of order, or of a lit of indiges-
ton, when the real cause of his trouble
lies in the blood, which is for the time
being poisoned with uric acid. | know
an old naval captain who says he can
always ward off fit of threatened i'll
ness by days good starvation.'
Well, it is strange remedy, but it cer-
tainly gives the mucous membrane
rest, and affords the blood time to
get rid of its impurities. My friend says
he ''wakens next day as fresh as
daisy" and | do not doubt it, though
| fear many would consider the remedy
worse than the disease il meant to BAN
ish. As to climate in the cure of rheu-
matism, much might be said, but what
brooks it that one sojourns at Nentnor,
Rome, Hastings or Harrowgate, if he
goes on manufacturing in his system
the very acid or acids that generate his
complaint. No, believe me, it is not in
climate alone that you are to look for
relief, nor is it from drugs that you are
to expect a radical cure. We must 90
TO the fountain-head of the evil; we
must attend to the organs of digestion,
and the regimen calculated to crush the
evil i'll the bud C0SSeiPS Magazine.
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When Two Sharpers Meet.

A Buffalo man while in New York
recently descended from the elevated
road station at Chatham Square. As
he did so he stopped for minute and
gazed around to get his bearings. A
bright, spruce young man of pleasing
appearance stepped up to him and
said: ''Why, how are youP It's a
long time since I've seen YOU"
The Buffalonian, who is a lawyer,
sized the young man up and acknowl-
edged, with about ton of ice in his
manner, that it was long time.
You don't seem to recognize me" "
said the sharper.
mo, l don't" was the reply.
Il am with Benedict Bros, you
know?''
ssOh, and what is their business?"
dealers in cutlery"
Him, yes; well, why don't you at
tend to their businessp'
The sharper thought he would, and
be did.-BuGato Express.
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"COOk'S Folly."

There is an estate for sale adjoining
Sneyd Park, near Bristol, England, on
which stands ruined tower known as
Cooks Folly" The legend attached
to this relic is that which tells how
Dame Cook, being at the time rs ladies
wish to be who love their lords. met an
astrological tramp near the mansion.
She gave him shilling and challenged
him to tell the fortune of her unborn
child. He did it without turning a
hair, declaring in four-and-forty lines
of limping verse that the son and heir
of Sir Maurice Cook would flourish un-
til his twentieth year, when, as the dog
cerel has it, "a secret, silent foe should
Strike the boy deadly blow" As the
lad neared the fateful term of his life
the anxious father, determined to be-
lie the prophecy, built this Folly, " sent
his son to live a twelvemonth in it, and,
the more surely to exclude all peril,
walled up the door. the voluntary pris-
oner drawing up all supplies in bas-
ket. OF course, all went well until
of all days in the year-the very day
before the completion of the twelve
month. In the fagot of wood which
was sent up to Cook. Jr., a lurking
snake was hidden, which during the
night got away with the unlucky youth.
who was found next morning hfeless,
with an adder in his bosom.
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A Marvellous Stream.

At distance of thirty miles south
of the River Diamnte our route passed
by natural object of considerable in
terest-a stream, or rather rill, of yell
lowish white fluid like petroleum issu-
ing from the mountain side at a consid-
cradle height and trickling down the
slope till lost in the porous soil of the
valley below. The source from which
it flowed was at the junction, where a
hard metamorphic rock, interspersed
with small crystals of agnite, overlay
a stratum of volcanic tufa. 1t was
formed like the crater of a volcano,
and full of black, bituminous matter,
hot and sticky, which could be stirred
up to the depth of about eighteen
inches.
Floundering in it was a polecat or
skunk (Mephitis varians), having been
enticed to its fate by the desire of Sc
curing a bird caught in the natural
bird lime, till bullet from the revolver
of one of the party terminated the
skunk's struggles to e1tricate itself
from the warm and adhesive bath in
which it was hopelessly captive. The
overflow from this fountain was, as d e.
scribad, like stream of petroleum two
or three feet wide trickling over a bed
o. pitch or some such substance, which
extended to a much greater widt
along the edge of the running strea m
at its contact with it. This material was
OF Il very sticky nature, becoming gra d.
ually harder as it spread further ont,
assuming the appearance of asphalt
when it become mingled with the loose
sand of the adjoining soil.
While engaged in examining this
natural curiosity, we came upon two
small birds, caught in the sticky sub
stance at the edge of the stream; they
were still alive, but upon releasin Q
them both the feathers and the skin
came off where they had come in con-
tact with the bituminous matter, SO
that we had to kill them to put an end
TO their sufferings. No doubt they lad
been taken in by the appearance Cd
water which the stream presented, and
had alighted to drink. when they dis
covered their mistake too late. Their
fate suggested the idea that in a dis
trict so devoid of water others of the
feathery tribes must constantly become
victims to the same delusiOn in SINH
lar manner, and upon a close inspec-
ton of the margin of the stream the
correctness of this inference was es-
skeletons of birds imbedded in it; nor
were those of small quadrupeds un-
represented, among which we recog-
nized the remains of a fox.-Fronz
"AcrosS the Panipas and the Andes."
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me, his whole face working convul-

me, his whole face working convul-
sivelv.
Where is she Fred? You would not
talk so if you did not know my child
still loves her father"
Il am here, father" Susie said; and
stole softly away as John clasped his
child in his arms. Albert was in the
dining-room with Johnnie, and l was
chatting still with him when 1 heard
John calling:
Fired! Fredr'
| hurried to the room to find him
struggling to rise, Susie vainly trying
to calm him.
Il want my childl'' he cried, deliri-
ously; you promised me my child"
saw at a glance that the agitation
of the evening had brought back the
wandering mind of which he had told
me. Albert and / relieved Susie, who
left US quickly.
Some finer instinct than we possess
ed guided her, for she returned with
Johnnie and whispered him to be very
good and kiss grandpapa. She put
him in her fathers arms. In a second
his excitement was gone, and he fond
led the curly head, while Johnnie obe-
diently pressed his lips upon the with
cred cheek. So in little time, thev
fell asleep, Johnnie nestled in the fee
BILE arms, and the withered face droop-
ing upon the golden curls. We watch
ct them silently. till we saw shadow
pass over johns face, and a change
settle there that comes but once III
life.
Gently Albert lifted the sleeping child
and carried him to the nursery, where
Susie and | sat beside the armchair
Uncle Fred she whispered, "Al-
bert will 60 for a doctor. But may l
waken him. Let him speak to me once
more. "
Even as she spoke John opened his
eyes. All the wild look was gone from
them as he groped a moment till Susie
put her hands in his. Then a heaven
ly smile came upon the wasted lips, and
he said softly, tenderly:
''Susie, my own little child, Susie "
And with the name on his lips Johns
spirit went TO seek an eternal asylum In
which there will be no more poverty,
pain or blindness.
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Quits.

indeed, they have not grieved me sore,
49, Your faithlcssncss and your deceit:
Ihe truth Is, | was troubled more
How | should make a good retreat;
Another way my heart now tends;
We can cry quits, and be good friends.
j found you far more loveable.
Because your tickleness saw,
For myself am changeable;
And like, you know. to ike doth draw:
Thus neither needs TO make amends:
We can cry quits, and be good friends.
While ] was monarch of your heart,
Ny thoughts from you did never range;
But frOm'Hy yaSsal did part
when you your former love did change;
No penalty the change attends:
We can cry quits, and be good friends.
Farewell Wen meet again some day,
and al our fortune Wen relate:
OF love lets have no more 10 say,
Jis clear we re not each others fate,
Our rame in pleasant fashion ends
We can cry quits, and be good friends.
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Sensational Stories.

The weekly papers in tie coCrse of a
gear publish an immense number of
short stories and serials. and an mex
perienced person would imagine that
there would be some demand for that
sort of literary work. This is a mis-
take. An unknown writer will nine
times out of ten meet with a rebuff
from the editors of the story papers,
and will be informed that the supply on
hand will last for years. The writers
of sensational stories are mainly jour
nalists, who pad out their incomes in
this way. They write with the utmost
rapidity, composing the lines and the
plot as they 60. The price paid for a
romance of 80 900 or 10000 words is
about 800, and a writer of fair ability
will finish a story in about ten days.
The men who do this work are not at
all sentimental, and they laugh heartily
at their heroes and heroineS. Stories
running through eight or dozen num-
bers of a paper bring from 500 to $3.50
apiece, and are generally written by
women. Other serial stories bring
from $500 to 200.
The writers whose names figure most
prominently before the public are paid
regular salaraieS, some of them receiv-
ing as much as S12,OO year. Stories
of one or two columns are paid for at
the rate of s. to $40 each, but there IS
generally full supply on hand. While
this class of literature is laughed at.
only writers of good judgment and
ability can produce it successfully and
profitably. 1t may be light reading,
but it is far from light work. 1t re-
quires some information, considerable
knowledge of human nature, fertile
invention. and the gift or habit of rap
id composition. The ambitious young
person who thinks that he can dash off
short story of surprising excellence
should sail in and see what the harvest
will be.--Atldntd Constitution.
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The Study of Dancing.

The old fashion prescribed that la
DIV or gentleman should learn to walk
before dancing. Neophytes were prac-
tically put to the back on the goose step.
They were made to march slowly to a
tune upon squeaking kit or sort Of
pup-fiddle and after severe course of
such treatment were at last initiated by
single steps into the manner of moving
in a quadrille. We have now changed
all that. The cramming system is at
work in the dancing school. And as
horse-trainers are in the habit of har-
Messing proficient stagers with animals
unaccustomed to the shafts, professors
of the dance have discovered that moth
ing expedites the culture of pupil
like having 1.-The benefit of his daughters
to practice with OF course, the
number of people engaged in his cali
ing is a proof of the large proportion
of persons in town requiring their SER
vices, but no adult will readily confess
to taking lessons any more than he or
she will if possible be detected by dye
ing the hair However, there are la
dies and gentlemen who really make
dancing study.
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The Prince of Wales proposes that

The Prince of Wales proposes that
his eldest son shall in one respect fol-
low in his fathers footsteps. The Ger
man theory that every royal parsonage
should be taught some kind of trade
German royalty showinga a quite intelli-
gible preference for carpentering-doe
not prevail in England. If our Prin-
ces take up professions, y says the Pail
Mall Gazette, '.that is judged enough
or more than enough; and hitherto the
choice was Limited to the army or the
navy. The present heir to the crown
is bencher of the Middle Temple.
Prince Albert Victor, on obtaining his
majority, will be entered as student
of the same Inn, with the necessity of
passing the slight preliminary examl-
nation which the honorably society re-
quares of all its cane ate members"
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4 STARTLING DISCOVERY.

Mr.. VIM. Johnson, of Huron, Oak,
writes that his wife had been troubled
with acute Bronchitis for many years,
and that all remedies tried gave no per-
manent relief. until be procured bottle
of DR.. Hjays New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs, and Colds, which had
a maeica! effect. and produced per-
m1neht cure. 1t is guaranteed to cuIe
all Diseases Of Throat, Lungs. or
Bronchial Tubes. Trial bottles free at
Robinson & Hinrich's Drug Store.
Large size SLIGO. 5
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WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW.

Everybody wants an honest answer to
this simple question n:-What is the best
medicine to regulate the bowels, cnre
costiveness and biliousness, help the di-
eestion and give strength to the whole
system2 People ask US this every day.
We answer, Parker's Tonic. 1t is pleas
ant to the taste. All the children like it
Mothers all praise it. It will save a
Thousand times its cost in every family
Editor Western Argus.
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voice. We thought something was the
matter, and waited for him. The first
words he used as he ran up all breath
less were:
% You fools, you didn't shoot him,
did you?' You bet we did, | replied.
We'll, | never saw such Internal
idiots! Can't you see anything? That
was nothing but bull-a Durham bull
belonging to some cattlemen here.
Didn't you hear me holler?' We didn't.
Sure enough the animal was bull be-
longing to Kennedy Brothers rancho,
and that buffalo steak cost us S25
apiece, and our stomachs were not
strong enough to eat il.
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PHYSICAL PATCHWORK.

In rheumatism and Neuralgia there is
much physical patchwork The meli-
cines taken have not gone TO the seat of
the disease. Not so with ATHLoPHoRos.
It. expels Rheumatism permanently. A
case in point-that of William Bradley,
3Oi Columbus Avenue, New Haven, a
driver for Adams Express. He says:
WAS driven from my business for three
months by an attack of Rheumatism.
One bottle OF ATaLoPHoRos cured me.
Have been on my wagon every day since,
rain or shine"
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OF the $4,000 newspapers of the
world, nearly $4,000 are published III
Europe and North America, leaving lit
tie over 1900 for all the rest of the
world. South America only issues suf-
ficient to allow each of its inhabitants
three newspapers year-exhibiting
the curious contrast i'll this. as in all
else, between the great northern and
southern continents.
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NJ kETTENuOFFEN.

&rORTIWESTEENH HOUSE FRANKLIN AND
~ Ninth streets, ManituwoC Travellers VIII
here ind the best accommodations, sample rooms
sItachcd.
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HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
aud AccOUCheur, late resident Physician at
ne HahuCm&un Eos pital, Chicago, ha- peyman-
entity located at GanitOwOc. O1iCe, on Blfislos
streets, west Of Rands store.
.. ,,.-- / : to 9 4. II,
SFflo@ A'N!'s' ! To and : 10 6 P. VI.
Disea4es Of the eve and ear treated.
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THE cele brated Peninsular cook stoves,
the best in the market. Don't buy until
you have examined them and learned
their auperiority. Sold only at Becker
& Tpitpan's.
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The late Duke of Buccleuch owned
ass. 10S acres ofland, which was distrib-
uted in six counties of England and
seven counties of Scotland. His an
nual income from this land was nearly
2,0O0, ,OU1. His income from other
sources was $50, 600 year.
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WILLIAMS IiITSE

A D JOHNSTON, PROPRIETOR, Corner Of
n Eighth and Franklin streets, Manitowoc.
I Iirst-cIiss American Hotel, centrally located,
offers every inducement 20 the travelling public.
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MANUFACTURER RAND DEALERIN BOOTS
I'M Shoes Leather, &C, &C Shop on Buffalo
Street near the corner of Eighth Repairing
neatly and promptly executed.
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BARBER SHOP.

CABL PANGBURN'S Barbershop. in Barnes
I Jb!ock on North Eighth street Work done in
good taste. Particular attention paid to Ladies
and Chtldreu's hair cutting ana shampOUing. BY
all means call ana see Carl.
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DENTIsT. OFFICE UPSTAIRS IN ANDER-
ID sous bOCk, Corner South Eighth and quay
Streets Hauitowoc, Wis. Prompt attention viii
be given to All work entrusted 70 me. apr21Sl
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PHYSICIAN AND sC3GEON Office At
4 Residence of Dc. I. simon Hancock street,
near the court house. HauitOWoc, Wis. del5
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A San Francisco man lost car load
of champagne on the election. He paid
the bet, too.
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FRED SEEGER,

OFFERS TO HIS FRIENDS AND THE PUB
~ lie generally, choice selection OF Fresh
Meats, Salt Pork sud Beef. Smoked Beef and
Hams, Shoulders, SaGsaGGs. Tallow and Lard at
the lowest rates. Market on Commercial Street.
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A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
N ONCE in To-risou's brick block. north cud
STU street bridge, Aauitowoc, Wisconsin. Collcc-
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DENTIsT. Torrison's 3 ock. Nitsizsd ar
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!. TT0RNEYS & COUN SELLORS At LAW.
a once in Carus' Block. first noor IN door
eading to Couuty judges ucice, SOuth Eighth
Street Nsnit.woc Wis. Collections promptly
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SCHMITZ & kTRNAN,


A TT9RNEYS AT LAW. OFFICE IN FEASz's
n BLOCK, South Eighth Street, Aanitowoc,
Visions imsyiI
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JOHN P. WICKERT,
FORREST / RLESCH.

NOTARY PUBLIC. LAND & LOAN AGENT,
N O-ice at his hotel or Nsiu Street. South
Side formerly WeirfuTthar'a pl.crl Manltowoc-