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Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15
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When the Rev. Mark Guy Pearse was
about fourteen years old, having been
in school in Germany, he came to
London. on his way to the beautiful
wilds of Cornwall" his home. He
stayed in London long enough to spend
all his money, except sufficient to pay
his fare home. He travelled by train
to Bristol-the rail only went that far
then. He went on board the vessel to
carry him home, and thought when he
had paid the money for his passage
that that included all. He was very
hungry. and ordered his meals that
day. At the end of the journey, dap
per little steward, with a gold band
around his cap, came to him and pre-
sented him his bill. He told him he
had no money. "Then,h said he you
should not have ordered the things you
did" He asked him his name. He
took him by the hand, shut up his
book and said Il never thought that
l should live to see you" Then he told
him how. when he had lost his father,
his mother was in great distress, and
the lads father had been so kind to her
that he made solemn promise that, if
he ever had the opportunity, he would
show kindness TO one of his; so he took
charge of him, paid his bills, gave him
five shillings, and put him into a boat
with some sailors. who rowed him in
fine style to the shore. His father met
him. and he said: Father, it is good
thing to have good father and he
told him of what had taken place.
My lad, said he, Il passed the kind
ness on to him long ago, in doing what
l did and now he has passed it on to
you. Mind, as you grow up, you pass
it on to others Well, one day he was
going by train, and intended to take a
frst-class ticket, as he had a deal of
writing to do in the train, when he saw
lad at the third class ticket Office,
rubbing his eyes to keep down the
tears He asked him what his trouble
was, and the lad told him he had not
enough money for his fare by four
pence and he wanted so to go, as his
friends were expecting him. He gave
him shilling, and the lad went for his
ticket and brought him the change.
He told him to keep it, and said he was
going to ride with him. Then in the
carriage he told the lad the story of
how he was treated in the boat. And
now," he said, Il want you, if ever you
have the opportunity, to pass it on to
Others He got out at the Junction,
and as the train left the station the lad
waved his handkerchief and said, II
will pass it on n"-OM Jonathan.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15
GIRL CAR CONDUCTORS.

That which first strikes the stranger
as the oldest thing in Chill is the fe-
male street-car conductors. During
the war when most of the able bodied
men were sent off to fight Peru. the
employment of women in this capacity
was found successful, and they have
since been kept. They are usually
girls from 20 to 25, dressed in natty
uniform of blue flannel, with jaunty
panama hats and white pinafores,
with lots of pockets, in which they
keep their tickets and change. Each
one has leather shopping-bag sus-
pended by strap from her shoulder,
in which she carries her surplus money
and a supply of tickets. They are us
uallY neat in their appearance, and
some are quite pretty. Therefore
street-car riding is a popular amuse-
ment with the young men about town.
These maShers who make a business
of flirting with the conductors are cal
led "mosquitoS, in local parlance. be-
cause they swarm so thickly about the
cars and are so great nuisance TO the
girls as we'll as their employers. Not
long ago comic paper, The Puck, of
Chill, printed a full-page cartoon, in
which some of the best known faces of
the dudes of Valparaiso appeared on
the bodies of mosquitoes swarming
around the car of Conductor 81, who
had the reputation of being the pret-
tiest girl on the line. That put stop
to the practice for while, and caused
some of the fashionable young men to
retire in the country, but it is being
resumed again, and the platforms of
the cars are usually filled with dudes
trying to get word or glance from
the syrens in pinafores.
The girls, l am told, are often sub
jected to insults and impertinences, but
there is policeman at every corner,
who promptly respond to their ap-
peals and arrest obstreperous passen-
gers. They are said to be very COM
pSleilI anu HoHcSl- -lhc gins, luSiI.
not the policeman-and are paid $25
per month. The street-cars are double
deckers, with seats upon the roof as
we'll as inside, and the driver sits on an
elevated perch on the roof of the car.
There is only one door, in the rear,
and the conductor or conductoress is
oiyaD q stool to Sit I1non
Another oddity is the milk stations.
Every few blocks on all but the prin-
cipal business streets is a platform
upon which COW is tied, and MIXED
to order by a dairy-maid whenever a
customer calls. On a table near by
are usually found the measures, cans
and glasses, and often a bottle of
brandy, where thirsty man can mix
glass of punch if he likes. In the
morning these stands are surrounded
by servants from the aristocratic
houses, women and children with cups
and buckets, awaiting their turn, while
as fast as one COW is exhausted she is
dismissed and another is driven upon
the platform. This plan has its advan-
tages, and the pump handle in Chill is
not much used by milkmen.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15
CAUSES OF GRAY HAIR.

Many persons begin to show gray
hairs when they are yet in their twen-
ties, and some while in their teens.
This does not by any means argue a
premature decay of the constitution.
1t is a purely local phnomenon, and
may coexist with unusual body vigor.
The celebrated author and traveller,
George Borrow, turned quite gray be-
fore he was thirty, but was an extra
ordinary swimmer and athlete at six
ty-five.
Many feeble persons, and others who
have suffered extremely both mentally
and physically, do not blanch hair
until past middle life; while others,
without assignable cause, lose their
capillary coloring matter rapidly when
about forty years of age.
Race has marked influence. The
traveller, DR.. Orbigny, says that in the
many years he spent in South America
he never saw bald Indian, and scarce
ly ever a gray-haired one. The negro
turns more slowly than the whites.
Yet we know negress of pure blood,
about thirty-five years old, who is quite
gray. In this country sex appears to
make little difference Men and wo-
men grow gray about the same period
of life. In men the hair and beard
rarely turn equally. The one is usually
darker than the other for several years,
but there seems no general rule as to
which whitens first. The spot where
grayness begins differs with the indi
vidual. The philosopher Schopen-
hauer began to turn gray on the tenn
pies, and complacently framed a theory
that this is an indication of vigorous
mental activity. Medical and Surgical
Reporter.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

NOT A DEADHEAD.-Stua Robson
tells this: Crane and myself were
playing some years ago, in a we'll
known managers theatre out of New
York. The first act was over and we
were chatting in the wings with our
manager, when one of the boys rushed
up to tell us that Gen. Grant and his
family were in one of the boxes. A
flash of gratified pride mounted to the
managerial face, followed by a look of
agonized doubt, as he reflected that
perhaps the General had "head-headed'
into the box. Did you send him a box,
Robson? he asked me, and on nv re-
plying in the negative, he pulled card
out of his pocket and scribbling line
on it, told the boy to take it to the
box-ot1ice and bring back an answer.
The boy rushed off, his head full of the
General, and returned in a few minutes
with the same card, which he handed
to Mr.. Manager. A Aghastly look crossed
his face as he read it, and without a
word handed it to me. The first line
read in the rather shaky managerial
caligraphy: Did Gen. Grant paw for
his boxY while underneath appeared,
No, butmy son Fred did. IS. Grant.
1.-The boy had taken it to the box in
stead of to the box-office.n
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

1t is only the skeleton of the sponge
that is commonly used in removing
dirt, a substance that in the animal
sponge is analogous to the finger nails
of a human hand. The sponges are
gathered in masses below the surface
of the water. The youthful sponge
tirst makes its appearance on the outer
border of the adult in the form of a
cell, which gradually increases in size
and complexity until it bursts through
the maternal tissue and floats at free
dom in the ocean. 1t is very minute,
and for time has very independent
life. AS it increases in size it attaches
itself to its more matured brothers and
sisters, and develops with them into
adult form.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15
DON'T SWEAR.

One cannot walk the streets or travel
in the cars, or stop at public places, and
not be sadly touched by the amount of
profanity he hears. Boys hardly old
enough to talk plainly: young men just
stepping over the threshold of active
life; gray-haired men bending over
the grave, and all in fetters to this de-
grading habit. 1t matters little what
the place or occasion, your ears are
filled with profanity. We can under
stand how under extreme provocation
man might give utterance to an oath.
we understand, if we do not sympa-
thize with a passionate man, beset
with little difficulties, when he snaps
out too energetic word But for a
man in common, every day conversa-
tion, to calmly, even stupidity, mix in a
dozen or more profane expressions,
there is no excuse; and yet it is the re-
suit of habit that has grown upon
the American people and deserves
censure.
No boy utters his first oath without
something of a shudder. No oman with
any regard for the proprieties of So
ciety ever swears in the presence of
ladies. 1t is more a matter of habit
than any vice to which the people are
addicted. Now. if those who have
this wretched habit will break it, if
only for few days, and listen to 9TH
ers, they will see how senseless, how
unmanly it is, and how little necessity
there is for it. 1t is the most gratuit-
Gus and uncompensating of all sins.
1t neither gives force to remark, dig
nifty to speech, or impressiveness to
thought. And it is habit as easily
broken as formed. How degrading to
humanity to hear the vile curses of
foulmouthedd drunkard. The two vices
generally go together, and one is as
beastly and disgusting as the other.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

He was relating to company Of
friends his experience in combating a
highwayman who had threatened to
knock his brains out. Just as he
came to the climax, which told how the
adversary was effectually overcome, a
proud son of very few years, but chiv-
alric bent, astounded him by speaking
up from the corner in enthusiastic
tones: "Ha! he couldn't knock any
brains out of you, could he, father?"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

DISTRESS AND DAMNATIoN.-A young
country dentist was recently favored
with a commission to make and fit a
complete set of teeth for the ANGLICAN
bishop of the diocese in which he re-
sided. The dentist was very anxious
about the result of his labor, and
watched his lordship examining him
self and his new teeth in the pier glass.
His chagrin may be imagined when
he heard the bishop give expression to
language ending with the fearful word
'damnation." He ventured to suggest
that his lordship might feel them rather
uncomfortable at first, but in little
time he would get used to them. With
out appearing to notice the dentist, hi
lordship exclaimed with vehemence:
''Without doubt he shall perish ever
lastingly."
''But indeed, my lord, if you will but
have patience" pleaded the dentist.
''In weeks time or So
'What do you mean?'' inquired the
prelate, turning around with an apos-
trophe smile. why should I have
patience? The teeth fit me beautifully;
it is the first time have found my
self able to pronounce the Athanasion
creed with hdistinctness these last twenty
years"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

A party ofyoung people were out for
awalk. Among them were two sisters,
who were in doubt as to whom the at
tentlons of an exceedingly desirable
party were directed, for up to this
time he had been provokingly impair
tlal. The young folks suddenly came
to a place in the road that had been
rendered swampy by recent rains. and
three or four of the girls lost their
shoes. This was in the days long gone
by when low shoes were wore without
fastenings,
Among the unfortunate losers of
shoes were the two sisters. AS it hap
pened their errant belongings were re-
stored by the gallant admirer. But in
putting the shoes upon the maiden's
feet he noticed that on the toe of the
stocking of one sister there was rough,
coarse darn, while the stocking of the
other, which was also darned, had
been mended so skillfully that the re-
pairs were scarcely to be distinguished.
The halting lover no longer vacillated.
The good darner was chosen to be the
mistress of ''tower and hail." People
were surprised, for the other sister was
more beautiful; but the husband al.
ways said that the excellent darn de.
cided the choice, which he had never
regretted.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15
A CHAPTER OF DONT,s

Don't stand when you can sit as well
Don't put off the mending from week
to week.
Don't you know that vinegar will
clean the isinglass on the stove door2
Don't you know your floor oil cloths
can be washed in buttermilk or kero-
sene?
Don't give little children two Ian
guages to learn-frst baby talk. and
then, afterward, true pronunciation.
Don't hesitate to place a piece of
zinc on the live Goals in the stove; it
will clean out the stove-pipe.
Don't fail to be clean and tidy in
every nook and corner, but don't be a
slave to a shining stove or carpet.
Don't do unnecessary work because
your grandmother did. There was
not half so much to be done in her dav.
Don't cherish the idea that you will
catch cold if you feel bit of fresh air.
or know there is an outlet for heated
impure air.
Don't throw away old suspender
rings, but sew them to the corners of
kitchen holders, serving better pur-
pose than loops to hang by.
Don't flirt dirt from one piece of
furniture to another and call it dust
ing, but take it up carefully in a dust
ing cloth and shake it from the window.
Don't talk servants or family matters
to callers, and don't tell them the ex-
act date of their last call They will
be likely to make the interval longer
next time.
Don't you want to know that rose
bugs can be destroyed by adding three
or four spoonsful of kerosene to a
watering pot of water, if used freely
when the bugs appear?
Don't fail, in conversation, to occa-
sionally pause and give the listener an
opportunity to speak, and don't mis-
take polite listening, prolonged, FORM
terest in your subject
Don't fail to rest yourself during
long days sewing by changing your
seat occasionally, and in warm weather
don't fail to remember that washing
the face and hands will be found very
refreshing.
Don't sit over the stove with feet in
the oven, complaining of being cold,
but dress warmly and take brisk walk
in the open air, when you will think
the fire has taken a fresh start, or the
weather has abated.-S. T. Blanchard.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

How lovingly are grouped along the
walls of tender memories many pleas
ing picture illustrating anew CHEEKY
"Good-morning," sweet Good
night" a tender "Good-bye," or sad
"Adieun from loved ones to dear ones
from casual acquaintance even-and
these, when once spoken, are words
that never die" Pleasant greetings
smooth the thorny pathways of life,
win friends, confound enemies, and
the homes where they are the rule, and
not the exception, cannot be otherwise
than happy ones. By all means, then,
let us cultivate the practice of family
salutations and adieux.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

A Sunday school teacher asked her
scholars to each learn verse to recite
when they dropped in their pennies at
the next missionary meeting, appro-
pirate to the occasion. They all came
prepared the next Sunday, and the first
little fellow, as he dropped in his offer
ing, said: BLESSED is he that consider
eth the poor The second repeated:
He that giveth to the poor lendeth
to the Lord The teacher was de-
lighted, and as the third, very little
boy, went forward, she whispered in
his ear: ''Now speak out loudly, John
nier' Johnnie reluctantly dropping his
money in the box, lisped 1.-THE fool
and hith money ith thoon parted"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

'Please, sir, let me shine your
boots," simultaneously calculated two
bootblacks in front of an Austin hotel.
The man with the boots hesitated
which to employ. The smaller boy
said:
LET me shine EN-, sir, for have to
support a sick brother at home, who
is deformed and can't seen
Don't do it, said the other one, II
am his deformed brother, and | don't
want to be under obligations to such
liar. He hasn't got no brother, no
how, and can see better than he
can. y
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

The most delicate, the most sensible
of all pleasures consists in promoting
the pleasures of others.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15


Ask for Wells Trough on Corns. l5c. Ouick
complete cure. Hard or soft corns, warts
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

Quick, complete cure, allKidney, Bladder and
Urinary Diseases, Scalding, Irritation. Stone
Gravel, Catarrh of the bladder 81, Druggists
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs. rats, mice.
gophers; chipmunks cleared out by Rough on
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

Singing, irritation, inflammation, all kidney
Paiba." 81
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15
"ROugh on Rats


, Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants, bed
bugs.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

Palpitations, Dropsical Swellings, Dizziness
wells Health Renewer."
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

wells Health Renewer'' restores health and
vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Headache, Nervous
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

cure or worst chronic cases, also uneuualcd as
gargle for Diphthera, Sore Throat, Foul Breath.
SOC.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

"Water Bugs. Roaches."
Rough on Rats" clears them out, also Bee
tes, Ants.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

Children, slow in development, puny. .scrawn,
md delicate, use wells Health Remover"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15
Mothers

Cures cholera. collie, cramps, diarrhoea. aches
pains, sprains, headache, neuralgia. rheuma
tism. zoe. Rough on Pain Plaster, 15c.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

100000 ::; i$; :t:?
that will start you in work that will at once
n brag in fnstr tier so Than Else
with each box. Agents wanted everywbere os
either sex, of all ages, for all the time or snare
time only, to work for us at their own homes,
Don't delay. II. HALLETT & Co., Portland Me
dec IL ''
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

Life Preserver.
If you are losing your grip on life. try s'Wells,
Health Renewer." Goes direct to weak snntS
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

Cures Piles or Hemorrhoids. Itching pro
truding, Bleeding, Internal or other. interns
and External Remedy in each package. Sur
cure, SOC. Druggists
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

If you are failing, broken, worn out and ner
vous. use "Welrs Health Renewer.' 81. Drug
giStS.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

Pretty Women.
Ladies who would retain freshness and yiyor
ity, don't fail to try wells Health Renewer,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15

Trough on Itch" cures humors, eruptions
chillblains. '''o
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-10-15


Thin People.
wells Health Renewer" restores health and
vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Headache, Nervous
ness. Debility. 81.
CROUCH on Pain"
Cures cholera. collie, cramps diarrhoea aches
pains, sprains headache neuralgia rheuma
tism. zoe. Rough on Pain Plaster 15c.
Mothers,
If you are failing, broken, worn out and ner
vous, use "Wells Health Remover" al. Drug
gists.
Life Preserver.
If you are losing your grip on life, try wells
Health heneWer. Goes direct to weak spots
Trough on Piles"
Cures Piles or HemOrrhods, Itching Pro-
truding, Bleeding, Internal or other Internal
and External Remedy in each package Sure
cure, SOC. Druggists.
Pretty Women.
Ladies who would retain freshness and vivac
ity, don't fail to try wells Health Remover"
"Rough on Itch.',
"Rough on Itch cures humors eruntions
ringWorm, tetter, sat rheum, frosted feet and
CROUCH on Catarrh."
Corrects offensive odors at once. Complete
cure of worst chronic cases. also uneoIalod oS
garglef for Diphthera, Sore Throat Foul Breath
SOC.
The Hope of the Nation.
"a Chldren SLOW IN dNey,,eloRment, puny yscrawny
Catarrh of the Bladder.
Singing, irritation inflammation all kidney
and Urinary complaints, cured by .'Buchu.
Paiba." 81
"Water Bugs. Reaches"
Rough on Rats" clears them out, also Bee
tes, Ants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-22
But the Impression Prevails in Washington
that the Less He Receives OF 1t
the Better for Him
Offensive Partisanism Causes the Re-
moVal of a Number OF officers.
A Number of POstmasters and Other officers
Appointed-Effect Of General Logan's
Reelection to the Senate.
mK GOVERNOR GRAY,s GAME.


Seeking Hendricks's Influence in the Sena-
torial Fight
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WAsFIsGToN, May 2l.-It is said by the
gossips that the visit of Governor Gray at this
time is made to consult Vice president Hendricks
with reference to the coming senatorial fight
Gray issaid to be anxious to succeed Ben Har
rison, and he is desirous of securing the Hen
bricks Influence against Mcdonald. The Gov
ernor and Vice president have been in close
consultation today and have evidently come to
some understanding; both will leave for Indiana
tomorrow. To Judge from the growing among
the members of the Indiana Legislature now here,
the Hendricks influence will do Gray more harm
than good. There have been at least
fifteen members Of the State Senate and
House here during the past month"; and scarcely
one of them has departed satisfied with the
treatment received at the hands of the boss
offce-beggar In fact a canvass of the fifteen,
made from time to time showed that the McDon-
aid sentiment is much the stronger, and by the
time the last one leaves the phalanx will undoubt
edly be solid for Mcdonald, who was expected to
arrive here tonight, but will probably not be
here now until tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-22
OFFENSIVE PARTIsANIsM.
Causes the Removal of Number of Vir-
ginia P0stmasters.

NduSCo Lac ReAhOtdA OA - NuAAUCE VA VIZ
ginia Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, May 21.-The President to-day
appointed the following named presidential
postmastcrs: L. w. Caldwell at Warrenton, Va,
vice VIM. A. Pattie, suspended; VIM FL. Rite
nam, at Harrisburg Va, vice James Sullivan,
suspended; John A. r. Warner, at Lexington,
Va, vice e. E. Deaver suspended; George S.
Head, at Leesburg, Va, vice o. 7. Holiness sus-
pended; A. P. Bibb, at University of Virginia,
vice r. Ii. Fife, suspended; Bruce Gibson, at
Winchester, Va, vice j. Fl. Dean, suspended;
Mrs. Mary H Long, at Charlottesville, Va, re-
appointed; John F. Regan, at Terre Haute, Ind.
vice Joseph Q. Jones, commission expired; D. v.
o oI.earss spointed at Albany New York.
The following explanation is offered for the
suspensions above noted. The suspensions were
made in the exercise of the Presidents power of
removal and the removals were made because
the postmasters were partisans of such kind
as satisfied the President that they
ought not to continue in the service
under this administration. In addition, the post
master at Leesburg has FIVE times, upon an in
spection, been found to have applied the moneys
of his Office to his personal use, so that his case
was twice deficient on inspection, and once dur
ing the present spring, although in each instance
made good after the shortage was discovered.
He had also antedated remittances in other
cases.
The President has appointed as collectors of
internal revenue: VIM. c. Thompson, Second
district of Iowa. Byron w. Webster, Third dis
trict of Iowa Collector of customs, Robt, T.
NJ Hunter, District of Tappahannock, Sur
veyor of customs, Daniel O. Barr, District of
Pittsburg, Pa. Attorneys of the United States,
Henry G Allen, Western district of virginia
Cyrenus p. Black, East district of Michigan.
Marshal of the United States, Albert c. Gibson,
District of Louisiana