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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
THE PRETTY ROtLER.sKArER.
Joel benton.

A group OF merry skaters at the rink went
nightly round
Like the grinding Of grist-mill rose that dry,
persistent sound;
And nightly went 10 watch them from the gal
lerys lofty place,
For the poetry Of motion seemed TO thrill each
form and face.
Some were full-grown men and women, some
were youths and maidens fair,
Some were children OF all sizes, penetrating
everywhere;
All were stirred by sport and frolic as If life
were running yer
Twas a pretty sight to witness on the hard and
FURNISHED floor.
One, arrayed In bright, gay costume, so be-
witchlngly did skate
That my heart when she was coming would
most wildly palpitate;
Without doubt the village beauty was this
young and rosy lass,
And she tore my heart to tatters every time
saw her pass,
She could step In any fashion turn her feet each
dangerous way,
Pose In figures quite coquettish, backward
sweep with dizzy sway;
On the floor she fairly fioated seeming free from
thought or care,
| While fairly-like and half enchanted streamed
the ribbons from her hair
Sometimes in her gay gyrations upward beamed
her pretty face,
| Which was all agloW Win roses from tue aruoi
of her race;
Then fancied she had seen me, for she paused
| and skated slow,
But among 30 many others how could she my
| passion know?
10 that town came stranger-no one knew
me there, think,
Looking every night In wonder on this siren o
| the rink;
And / marveled when so many were in Qua
marches thrown.
That she got no fellows offer, but kept skating
on alone.
Are the young men all demented? thought |, u
she whirled along;
| For their GOODNESS seemed surprising, doini
human nature wrong;
And vowed, II she would take mt though
knew not how TO skate,
| | would stumble on on rollers and whirl wit
her Rte-d-tefs
So rallied the director, who was owner Of til
rink,
Aud while ProrrerIn,g my credentials ''fO" ar
Said l. In the hiandest manner, but with din
dence, own
"Would you name me that tair damaet VINO
, skating all alone?"
Here / thought ahrewd discretion was DecOn
ing on my part;
3 II would never do to tell him sh5 had skate
: through my heart
| ''What that young girl in gay costume?" sal
he, without stare or irown;
, "Shes our champion ROllerSkater'-s hes
tdiiOr's ioife d, tOtph!"
!, have never tried the rollers, and never shal
4 think;
have something else to live for than a noi'
skating rink.
People say that all who use them fall al
founder on the floor;
| So, Diminishing all delusions, skipped atraiRl
way through the door.
a -HaTper's Magazine for Nag.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
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SIND-STOR RIM IN NEW MEXICO.


kfeE1ththE WIpeu AWdy trOu the
Face of the Earth.
Mr.. Birgo Harrison in Harper's
Magazine for May says:
The mir WINS still MS death, and there
was not a puff of wind nor n rag of cloud
in the whole horizon. ] observed, how
ever, that the sky had undergone
curious change. There was no diminution
of the blazing sunlight, but the deep
blue had been superseded by strange
white glare TINT was nearly binding, and
the heat had increased rather than
diminished. We slddled hastily, and
we're soon threading our way through the
broiling labyrinth of sand hills and out
on the broad mesa again. We had not
gone more than mile or two in the
direction of Espanola when Joe, who Ind
been glancing about in NIL directions, re
marked, There she comes !" and jumping
oil his buTo, commenced tying him up
behind an adjacent heap of large bowl
dcrs. We stared in the direction he
pointed, but could discover nothing save
the white sky, the hills, and the sandy
| plains. As we looked, however, we
| gradually became aware TINT fur down
| the valley two OF three of the hills had
entirely disappeared, and, stranger still,
that more of them were being eaten up
under our very eyes A little hrOwnish.
| black cloud, no bigger than ones hand,
| was the monster that was thus deyOuring
! the landscape, We hastily secured the
| animals in the shelter of the rocks, and
came back to look The cloud Ind al
ready spread quite ucross the plain md
valley, and was approaching with frightful
rapidity. II was not more than five miles
away 1t swept along toward us with
constantly itccelcrting speed, II bellying,
| portentuus black wall of dust. that sent
long waving fingers up to the zenith.
Mile after mile of mesa, and hill after
hill, disappeared in its vast NAV, until
there was only one rise left. This was
swallowed up, and then, almost before
we could seek shelter, the storm was
upon MS with II shrek and II blast like the
breath from n cannon.
In an instant everything was obscured.
peered through my half-closed lids, and
could not see II sage bush which | had
noticed the moment before only few
feet distant The air was full of the dull
roar OF the battling Winds We could
barely hear the sound of our voices when
we shouted. Everything had been wiped
away from the face of the earth and n
blur of gray dust was all that remained
| could barely distinguish those nearest
me through this strange mist. The worst
of it lasted for about half an hour, ]
should think, but the air was still full of
dust when we arrived home about two
hours later. Such is u New Mexican
sand -storm. We found all our household
goods covered with mat of from half an
inch to an inch of mn impalpable powder,
which had sifted in through every crack
and Granny. Nothing had eseapei
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

COLUMBUS, GA, April H. Blind Tom,
the musical prodigy, was brought here at
the instance of Hon. l.. +. Garrard, counsel
for General Bethune, i'll order to test the
right of woman, who clnims 10 be the
wife of the late John Bethune, to the
management of Tom. She was here for
several days, but took no steps in the
courts to obtain charge of Tom, but il
wns evident that she was considering her
course.
She visited Toms mother and attempted
to persuade the old woman to give her
control of him. She succeeded in in.
ducing the old woman to travel with hor,
and they are now absent from Columbus.
It is thought that her object is to 10y
quietly at some place outside Georgin,
and when Tom comes within her reach
make his mother demand possession and
control of her son. In this however, sht
will be thwarted, ns Tom now has law.
full guardian. AT the term of the ordi
nary's court this week he was tried fol
lunacy and found to he an idiot, ant
Gen. Bethune was appointed his guardian
This was an unexpected move TO the pre-
tended widow, and what steps she will
next take is not known.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
SILENCE WINS |!
A Splendid Surgical Operati0n-Suc-
ccssfuI Result and Wonderful
Recovery.

SURGICAL OPERATION. operation of
lithotomy (removal Of stone from the bladder
one Of the most severe and critical operations
known to the science Of surgery, was success
fully performed on Tuesday upon Mr. Henry II.
Pitts, merchant Of this city, by DIR. David
Kennedy. Several friends Of the patient wit
messed the operation. Mr.. Pitts has suffered
several years from this difficulty, but It was
only week before the operation that he was
made aware Of the real cause of his complaint.
RRoovRRy.-Mr. Henry II. Pitts has recovered
from the effects incident to the operation, the
closing of the wound being completed on the
18th day. His general health Is good-better
than 1t has been for years, while he is perfectly
free from all those distressing symptoms 40
characteristic of the disense with which he
suffered. Had this and similar cases used DR.,
Kennedys "Favorite Remedy" In the early
stages OF the complaint the formation Of stone
would have been prevented. "Fayorite
Remedy also purifes the blood, cures Constina-
ton Of Bowels, and all those diseases and weak
nesses peculiar to Females. This wonderful
medicine Is now for sale by all our druggists.
81 a bottle.
.r FOR SALE BY
z. James Belt, Sixth and Market streeta
N, b Qanf0rth, Second and Market etl,eata
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
Didn,t Like TO Have Ser WAY,

~ tell you shall do ms | please, y
shouted Mrs. Milf, "Well, we'll, my
dear. ! didn't say you couldn't" re-
piled Mr.. Milf. ''And you can't stop
mel! ~ 81 didn't say could, my DEAR
You'd better not try!!w Indeed,
indeed, my dear WON'T" ''That's Just
all such brute cares about his wife i. 4 II"
and Mrs. Milf prepared to cry her eyes
out.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

Il know what they mean; ever since ! can re-
member ] have been victim TO them,n said
Mrs j. Nichols Of Rochester, N. Y. ~ could
understand what the author meant when he
said, Life Is sometimes not worth living.n By
the merest chance | heard OF DR.. David
Kennedy's 'Favorite Remedy tested its
virtues, and II truly worked transformation
forme am now practically a new creature.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
(lti / !; u !;
InfanilIe Skin 3 autlfi s--Appea I
Msthtrs.-Try Them

t.,uR Q enusing thu Skin and scalp OF Birth
ian,nlnIl y, tor curl Il the hrst symptoms u rs.
20 q PavTiais, MIX Oru.t, 5call 80, soroinlh
uunA the great Skin Cure, and CuTioUnA boAf.hli
eSuIisite Skin Bealltihrr extnrnnly, anu OuTicuhA
Rl5oLvEH =, theliew blood Pnfiner, i1terhaiiy' h'
infnlnD.e Absolutely pute
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
..Those RIIndina Headncbcs.

They are clean, sweet and thorough In action,
cure pain, strengthen weak parts and act In
stantly. Call for a Hop Plaster and get It. CSC.
all dealers.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

Mr. anu Mrs Everett Stebbina. Bulcherfown
Maps witt. "Onr little boy was terribly afflicted
with Sci oIu %, Sat- hhvuni, aud Eryripi.s ever
aims, he WA born md nothing We u,'u u give him
heipeI him until we tried CuTicudA hFMRDikh.
which ,ily cured him. anita he ~ NJ" an iNr
rs any chudh .H
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

t,harlea Nayrr tliuk ., j rscy CITY HeiHh's, M,
GtIiea: ''M 80 d iai ~ tSelye n ara, wna o IA.
pletely enre ri I t"rrill oaHe Eoz4ms BY the
GuTIoURA RKMRDIRs. Ftom the tip OF hi. head
10 the -urs VI his iset w,a uiie ulArH ~ tcaba
Every o her reu edy and physicians had been ''t d
all .
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
.ssou rot NOTHING,

VIM. Clnr,i0u, " .rlinYton Ave-, ~ Mle. Ewu
Ma-s. Niifes; 'Htvins paid nU1ni " . T. hrri,i
trei Il Gun IuunA RkNh D1RS. which completely
cured, alter uslnE three lno ages
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

Since Joseph Cook has resumed his
Monday lectures, the air of Boston has
become 80 thick with knowledge that il
can be ont with knife,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

When Baby was sick, we gave her CAsToRIA
When she was Child, she cried for CAsToRIA
When she became Miss, sho chung to CAST0RI
When she had Children, she gave them CAsT'A
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
.mnLLE M1nCn mtNns nLon.
q. ~. j.


(ROndeda.l
While March winds blow across the hills,
No feathered thrOng the forest fills;
No hedgHruw bursts to sudden blOom
No rrh-,ud lights the purple gloom,
No incense from the earth hiStil-.
Yet. ere the first glad robin trills
Ere leap the trout from silver riils,
We sing of painted flower and plume
While March winds blow,
And thus. Heavens balm Tor earthly illIJ
Hope the heart fragrance swrctly spin
Into our lives, ~ In u room
A winter rose-tree sheds perfume.
Though snow be drifting DER the sills
While March winds blow!
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

Il would like to treat" began Con-
gresham one day last month, and then
all the other Congressman grabbed their
hats and adjourned the meeting by a
rising vote,-Nelo York Dispatch.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
THE GATEWAY TO INDIA.
AFGHANIsTAN AND ITS WILD
INHABITANTS

A Short sketch of the AngIo-Russian
Troubles and OF the Events which
Led up 60 rhem-HHerat and Hts
Emvirons.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

The latest novelty in bonnets has n crown Of
alligator skin. II In wearing them the ladies'
take cold, we say TO them conhdentially there
Is no better remedy for coughs and colds than
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
AGENTS WANTED !!

TO SELL the Finest FRUIT AND ORNA-
MEN rAL NURSERY STOCK. Terms LIB
ERAL. Situations permanent eF"Write Il
terms. GLENN BROTHERS, Nurserymen,
Rochester, N. \.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

ADV Use tuIteurn soup, ali exIuis
DAD itey performed skin heRutitirr.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
words Of warming ana comfors.

Nh .-'''> ''
"If you are suffering from poor health or
'languishing on bed of sickness, take ohser
" YOU are simply alling, or N you feel
without clearly know
ling why, Hop Bltters sH.....
win surely cure you.
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hyo on s a,v az ,,o,,, nna ,,, o,
as,,,sai ,i,,iss - !. ,,n,, ~" ySa. 49,.
In, ,r a,,d , n. ~ , VIII y, h III
ahnr seahsnad ~, ia asrai ~ 1nr s,,s
~ - s W ~ ss ~. ,. M svua esoly
,.ana,h wv ,,n hoP p'''ers WIN must surey
S'ohs'no" S'"
.r+.a
II Won are suffering from oyer-enting or
young and growing too fast, as Is often the case,
SCR n Won are I'm the workabop. mn thu
.sn,,n, M ira daal npvwhare NM III ~,
SHAT your avsis,n n,.,s,s ellen sins ~ M,
,in@ ar atln,,,inting .sglthont intasii, .o''
.ins n vo,,r are oll'
thinoa1 min ami inn,,rn n,,lac
.taatic' uarves ,,nataadv facui,Ina
,v MINI. Iio,, RItters ia 1,,at va, na.d In
.viyn WI, new ia, health ani vieor
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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
IN WINTER.
Louise Chandler Monitor
BAII.ADE.

Oh. to go back 10 the days OF Jane,
just to be young and alive again,
Hearken again TO the mad, sweet tune
Birds were singing with might and main
South they flew at the summers wane,
Leaving their nests for storms 10 harry,
Since time was coming for wind and rain
Under the wintry skies to marry.
YEARLY wander by dale and dune
Footsteps fettered with clanking chain
Free they were in the days of June,
Free they never can be again:
Fetters of age and letters Of pain,
joys that fly, and sorrows that tarry
Youth is over, and hope were vain
Under the wintry skies to marry.
Now we chant but Il desoate rune
ooh, to be young and alive again Y
But never December turns to June
And length of living is length of pain
Winds In the nestless trees complain,
Shows Of winter about us tarry,
And never the birds come back again
Under the wintry skies to marry
ESvoI.
Youths and maidens, blithesome and vain
Time makes thrust that you cannot parry
Mate In season, for who is fain
Under the wintry skies TO marry
Century for April.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

Your OuTIcIRA REMED RS are the l'eat for iii
diseases ltNU ever NJ d. an } our CuTIcuhA oar
ina finest nj dlciuAl toilet ana, - IN thu hraet
q. SIApLtS, D leH'si,
Oscro Mills, 81.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
GOD KNOWS.


In the beautiful wisdom that moulded asphere,
Or lent the soft shade to the rose,
The Creator is visible. Can we then doubt,
God knows?
When the voice OF Nature in harmony blend,
one grand anthem Of praise To compose,
DO we ask translation? They point MS above,
.. "God knows
When some sacrifice, laid on the altar of Love,
Rends our spirit with bitter throes-
Yet In vain-we murmur with lulvering lip
"God knowsn
Every generous deed falling light on the stream
Of Time, as II ceaselessly flows,
Though unheeded, forgotten, we some day may
find
God knows,
Do we chafe that we cannot, in human conceit,
AL the Infinite problems disclose?
Can we not rest assured, where our wisdom falls
short
God knows?
For, though Buddhist, Mohammedan, Christian
and Jew,
Each n way To Eternity shows,
Whatever the forms OF religion, the spirit.
God knows.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

Mammas, II your little ones contract skin dis
asses at school, apply Glenn's Sulphur Soap
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, black or brown,
Zoe
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
UNITARIAN PAMPHLETS

and papers sent free, also the works of Chan
ming, James Freeman Clarke, and other emf
nent Unitarian writer's, loaned by mail. Core
spondence invited. Address Mrs. II. l.. UIILER,
Cor. Sec'y, Box 765, Philadelphia, Pa. mh5-3m
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

"If you are suffering from poor health or
'langnishing. on bed of sickness, take cheer
II you are simply alling, or II you feel
weak aud dlspirited,
without clearly know
ling why, Hop Bltters sH.....
will surely cure you.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

II you are sick with thnt terrible slckness,
Nervousness, you will ind a "Balm In Gileadh
In Hop Bltters
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

If you nro a frequenter or resident Of,
"a miaslnatic district, barrlcade your ByB-
TEN against the scourge OF all countries
Malaria, Epidemic, Bilious and Inter
-nittent Fevers by the use Of Hop
-Bitters,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

II you have rough, plmply,or sallow skin, bad
breath, Hop Blttera will give you fair skin, rich
blood, the sweetest breath and health. $500 will
bc paid for case they will not cure or help.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23

2. James Belt, Sixth and Market streets.
N. D. Danforth, Second and Market streeta
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-12
Mr.. sala's Blind Childhood

Lecture in Boston, Wednesday.
When L was child was during many weary
months totally blind The loving kindness of a
sister rendered that eclipse less awful by read
ing to me books grave and books gay, so that
when left to my own thoughts l wont to
weave and sew together, mentally, the most as
tonishing patchwork counterpanes of the
special correspondents pattern-if that could
be said to have pattern which was an incohe-
herent tumble of the valley of Jehosaphat and
the palace of Haroun AL Raschid. of Flora Mac
Ivor and the Sultana Scheherazade, of Peter
the Great and Isaac of York of Golah of Gath,
the passage of Beresina, the battle of the Anal
ekites, Dick Within gton, the plague of Ashdod
and Robin Hood When | recovered my sight
at the mature age of nine and a-haf / could
neither read nor write. The first difficulty was
easily surmounted by the aid of my sister |
taught myself to write mainly by copying the
fat letters on the bills of the plays and then
began to teach my sister history and geography.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-12
Kitchens for Invalids-A New Charitable
Scheme.


Following in the footsteps of the scheme for
the institution of invalid hotels for the accom-
mediation Of strangers during illness, comes
another, under the auspices of Lord Brabazon,
which is certainly not less worthy of support
namely, one for the formation of invalid kitch
ems. 1t need hardly be said that these are in
tended to meet the wants of the sick poor only
They constitute extension and improvement
in medical treatment ON the lines of the con-
valescent fund, now a well-known feature in
the working arrangements of our hospitals and
dispensaries. 1t is rightly urged in their sup
port that many of the patients attending the
hospital waitingro0m need food in a dlgestible
and palatable form infinitely more than med-
cine while others require it not less as giving
that constitutional purchase in support of
medicinal treatment without the aid of which
the latter may be lavished without result. The
kitchens are to be placed in the neighborhood of
the various hospitals. and the certificate
of one of the physicians to the effect
that a patient requires invalid diet
will enable him, if his case be found in other re-
spects to be one for charitable relief. to have
such food as he needs daily for a time in his
own home. small sum will be charged wher-
ever the applicant is not toe destitute. The
proposed measure. if we'll supported and dis
creetly executed, will do much to remove diff
Guilty which has long been felt to forbid the full
result of medical skill among the poor, and
with which probably no hospital machinery will
ever be able to cope with the same effect as
outside voluntary effort.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-12
Victoria's Vulgarity.

New York World.
ri don't believe one bit in all this talk about
Victoria Moeosini's refinement" said an actress
one day last week.
"Why notas asked, expecting to hear the old
trade about anybody that could marry coach
man. muce,h to my surprise, however. my fair
friend gave some facts.
II was at nay dressmaker's, recently" she con-
tinued, ''and Mrs. Schelling, or Huelskamp, or
whatever her name may be, came in. She at
once rushed into the fitting room, to the great
annoyance of a lady who was only partly dressed
and began talking in a loud and peremptory
for she disclosed remarkable preference for
slang, and her general manner was that Of a
woman who lacked breeding. This impression
was further strengthened when she went up to
Ernest, who was standing in one of the win
dows on Fifth avenue and, placing her arm
areNnd his neck, stood looking into the street
To me she seemed the most unrefned and indel-
ieate woman l had encountered in some time"