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The National tribune., 1885-12-03
HARPER'S WEEKLY.
4 JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION AND A PICTURE
HISTORY OF OUR OWN TIMES.
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The THIRTIETH VOLUME will begin with the Num-
ber dated January 2, 1886, issued
on December 80, 1885.

HARPER's WEEKLY iustifes its title as "a
Journal of Civilization "by rejecting with stead
lily increasing fulness and accuracy, the progress
of civilization, and by embodying as well as by
recording the continuous advance of American
literature and American art.
1t presents, in faithful and graphic pictures,
the noteworthy events of the day, portraits of
men of the time reproductions of the works of
celebrated artists, cartoons by eminent pictorial
satirists, and humorous illustrations of the lu-
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Besides the pictures, HARPER's WEEKLY is full
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the day, with fine illustrations. Its short stories
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The Balkan War.

During the past week the Bulgarians have
had an almost uninterrupted success. The
last Servian has been driven over the border
and Prince Alexander of Bulgaria. although
desired by the Powers to stop fighting, refused
to listen to any terms until he found himself
on Servian territory, and it seems even then
that the victorious Bulgarians would have
pressed on and punished the enemy more
severely had not Austria stepped in and de-
manded that the Bulgarians should advance no
further, when Prince Alexander agreed to an
armistice Previous to this, however, severe
battle was fought at Pirot, in which the Bull
garians forced the Servians to retire at the
point of the bayonet. The fighting was of the
most desperate nature, the town being taken
and retaken several times, but finally remained
in the hands of the Bulgarians. 1t is estimated
that both sides lost 900 in killed and wounded
The National tribune., 1885-12-03
The Deadly Effect of Cocaine,

DR.. Chas B. Bradley, once prominent ply.
sician of Chicago, was sent to an asylum last
week mental and physical wreck. wrought by
the immoderate use of cocaine. 1t appears also
that the DOCTOR while under the influence Of
the drug, tried experiments on his family
which have ruined their health. His claim
was that he could inject the hydrochlorate
without pain, and remove the flesh without
injury to the patient. He injected some of il
into his own arm, and then with a red-hot iron
burned the flesh without fiinching. Some
more of it he injected into the wrist of his
three year-old child, and then with knife cut
out the flesh, the little one apparently suffer
ing no pain. He used the drug promiscuously
in the family, and became himself slave to it,
until in little time his practice fell away and
his family was reduced to want. Under the
influence of the drug he claimed he was its dis
coverer; that it would revolutiOnize medicine
and that the world would recognize in him a
benefactor, whose name would 90 down to the
ages.
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HARPER's BAzAR Is not only an authority IN
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home, but it also contains IN every number an
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It deserres place IN every home blessed rith
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NTH ats ,ceekly visits.-Zion's Herald, Boston.
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Il continues to lead tie reskly publications for
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d sort of necessity IN juvenile life. So firm
ly has the little reekly magazine taken hold upon
its readers that one can scarcely conceive of tsS
time uhe,a 1t ,cas ,lot-N. Y. Evening Post
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Il model Of what a tanaily periodical should be.
Boston Traveller.
1t meets the highest acants Of the peop'e-Wash-
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Kind of taste, and entertainment for aU.-London
Daily Telegraph.
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Fell Down n Shaft.

While number of workmen were descending
a shaft at the new aqueduct at Merritt's Cor
ners, N. Y, the guard slide caught when but a
short distance from the top, throwing out oi
the car John Edwards. In his fall Edwards
struck bucket coming up the shaft, also con-
tanning several workmen. The conclusion
threw James Burke, Michael Doyle and an un.
known Italian from the car, and they, with
Edwards fell to the bottom of the shaft, $50
feet. Edwards, Burke and Doyle were instant.
ly killed. and the Italian sustained injuries
that will prove fatal
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TNetU Orleans Picayune.

A Nevada lady recently took unfair advan-
tage of her husbands indulgence in a bath to
elope with another man. The bereaved one
expressed the conviction that she had been
waiting for the opportunity for months. Ne
vada men will not be slow to recognize the
dangers of bathing when illustrated so plainly
in this case
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THE E-PRESIDENTD DEAD.
Thomas A. Hendricks Dies Suddenly Of Heart Dis.

Shortly before o'clock on the evening of
the 25th ult. Vice President Hendricks expired
at his home in indianapolis. Although he had
been indisposed some time his death was alto
gether unlocked for. At the time of dissolu-
tion Mr.. Hendricks was alone, his wife having
left him to meet some guests in the parlor
For some days previous to the sad event the
Vice-President had been unweil, but the even
ing before he had SO far recovered to be able to
attend reception. He had, however, relapse
in the morning and mplained of severe pains
in the stomach Towards evening the family
physician, DIR. w. c. Thompson, (who also at
The National tribune., 1885-12-03
Death Of the King Of Spain.

On the 25th ult Alfonso XII, King of Spain,
died of consumption, accelerated by dysentery,
at the age of 90 years. He became King in
1874, after spending the greater part of his life
in exile. Although young man he was twice
married. His first wife was the Princess Ma
rie-de-las Mercedes, youngest daughter of the
Due de Montpensier. In November, 1879, he
was married, in second nuptials, to the Arch
duchess Marie Christiana, of Austria. The off
spring of the second union is daughter, named
after the first wife.
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Rivals in Love Fight a Duel With knives.

Seven miles from Catlettsburg, Ky up the
Big Sandy, have lived as neighbors Van Bart
ram, 81 years old, and Green Kirk, 19 years of
age. They have been going to see Mary Jones.
an attractive girl of 16 years. Several times
they have come to blows about her. On Friday
they met in the highway, quarreled, and then
fought with knives. Kirk died the following
evening from his wounds, and Bartram is a
fugitive, pursued by a large number of officers
of the law.
The National tribune., 1885-12-03

Careless nurses have let children fall, and
injured them for life. They have also given
them doses of cough mixtures containing OPT
ates with fatal results There is no danger in
Red Star Cough Cure. Free from narcotics.
Only 20 cents. Prompt, safe, cure.
The National tribune., 1885-12-03

Jacob Kienzle. proprietor of the Cohansey
Tannery in Bridgeton, N. Y, has received an
unusual order in the shape of three large pieces
of human skin, sent to him to be tanned. One
is from the breast of a white man, another from
the back and the third from the breast of
negro. They came from one Of the Philadel-
phia dissecting rooms.
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Why experiment with expensive drugs when
bottle of st. Jacobs Oil, costing only fifty
cents will cure your rheumatism, neuralgia,
or lumbago? Echo answers, Why?
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Throat Diseases

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Queer Work Furnished from Philade. .,hIa.

That little tickling in your throat indicates
catarrh, which is cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The first girl born in Birmingham, Ala, is in
short dresses still, and yet the population of
that city is over q ,000.-Peter Donahoe, one
OF the Forty miners, and for many years promi-
Dent figure in railroad and financial circles on
the Pacific coast, died at his residence in San
Francico Thursday night Mr.. Donahoe estab-
lished the first iron works operated in San
Francisco, and was closely identified with the
growth of the city. At the time of his death
he was President Of the San Francisco and North
Pacific and Sonoma Valley Railroads, and of the
San Francisco Gaslight Company.-Daniel
EcAllister alias Peoria Dan, escaped from the
Joliet IIIl.) penitentiary Thursday last by seal
ing the walls He was serving life sentence
for murder. He had served three previous
sentences and was a trusted prisoner.-The
Mormon missionaries do not find much COM
fort in Greenville Co., S. G. After being in
duced to leave the Gowensville neighborhood
some time ago they tried the highland section,
and have recently been preaching there. As
soon as the scope and purpose of their preaching
was fully understood party of men called on
them with a polite request that they deprive
the community of their presence forthwith.
They left-wisely, judiciously and unostenta-
tiously.-A death from yellow fever occurred
On the steamer Venezuelan, at New Orleans on
Thursday last. The steamer sailed from Liver.
pool Oct. IL, via Central American, Mexican
and West India ports.-Henderson Reeves, Of
Raleigh, n. c. wrapped a small piece of gold in
an old Confederate note, as he supposed. Thi:
was 20 years ago. He took it out the other day
and found the bill was one-thousand dollar
greenback bill. He says it never belonged Il
him, and thinks il was lost by some redera
soldier who visited his house when Sherman
was around.-Week baiore last diptheril
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M d an four thousand h sen y receipt
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-24
Foc,s About Owls,

AsIwas seated on the piazza OF our
hotel last evening, watching the moon
as it came out by the sea, an owl glided
by, and only for a moment was seen
as 1t passed a window, through which
the light was streaming, intent, no
doubt. upon its mission and apparent
" undisturbed by the music, the hum
of voices, and the red and green lights
that flashed up from the lawns on
Ocean avenue. Owls may often sail
around the pier hotel at night, Tor
aueht I know. but it is not often that
thew are seen. Back in the woods
thew make their homes, and there their
bootinp is as familiar a sound as the
croaking of the frogs. The farmer has
no better friend than the owl. and he
who kills one does the public and him
self an injury. White, or Selborne'
after tanning pair of owls, was con-
WINGED that they brought a mouse TO
the nest on an average of every i've
minutes from sunset to daylight.
Owls were never an epicurean feast
but there was formerly an eccentric
genius in Newport, Benjamin Had
win. who ate them, and for that mat
ter ANYTHING that once had the breath
of life. SoutDey once had an owl
roasted for himself and Mr.. and Mrs.
Worth. I give the sequel in his words
eve agreed that there could be nc
pretext for making owls game ano
killing them as delicacies, but if ever
YOU eat one, by all means try 1t boiled
with onion sauce"
An omelette made of owls eggs is
said to be a cure for drunkenness
Owls are sometimes stuffed-not fol
the table. but to draw crows within
range of the sportsman's gun. NJ
love is lost between the crow and thu
owl. and when the latter is pearcheC
upon a limb the former goes for hin
with the celebrity and disregard OF al
those cautionary measures that usu
allv mark the movements Of a crow
So eager is he to meet the object Of hi
J aversion that he does not see the CUR
ner until it is too late to beat SAT
3 retreat. The Italians use an owl
8 catch small birds, only in their cas-
r the owl is tied to a perch in Ope
5 ground in broad sunlight, and tn
birds that gyrate around him aligt
e upon twigs smeared with bird linn
In this way they become an easy pre-
d Providence Journal
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-24

You say my cross grows none the lighter,
Ny groif Is only deeper, day by day.
I wonder always how my dear is faring'
In those broad streets where little children
play.
1ife TIL ] meet her seems one great forever
None but mother knows a mothers loss;
This be your comfort, though you may wear
never
III crown of wifehOod, you will not fear its
cross.
Is it so then, and is my life the better
That never children lean upon my kneea
That know not their clasps encircling fetter'
And no warm iireside has its place for met
You say my arms ache so, once more to hold
heri
Ny eyes ache 30 to look uTon heri
know some angels love will sureUnUzd er,
It's my weak self that cOvets still my place.
And think you then, my heart pains less that
never
Have I held mine own warm against my
heart;
That, Gods best gift being denied me ever
Ny one belonging is my petty art'
All, friend, what folly! Do you not see clearly
The cross will vanish but the crown endures
Nothing Is lost which once we have low
dearly,
Th'present Is bitter, but the past is yours!
MISE Ruth Hall, in Good Housekeeping
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-24
nirda Fnrced fo Take Medlelne

"He's got a sore eye" was the ex-
PLANTATION Of a clerk in a bird store
who was carrying a little green
souawking parrot. He cleaned it with
a stick, and the parrot struggled to get
away, uttering most doleful cries, but
was firmly held until sufficiently treat
ed, and was then put back in its cage
where it sat and sobbed and moaned
pitifully. 1--WE don't have many such
things to care for, and it's good
thing, for they are hard to manage
A sore eye is dangerous always, be-
cause we can't always be sure how t
should be treated. Besides it spoils
the market value of the bird. No
body wants to buy a sOre-eyed parrot
and one that has very bad eye is apt
to forget how to talk. Parrots seem
almost human when they are sick Sor
they cry aud groan and act dumpish'
and win submit to medicine easily
unless it is very painful, and then they
resist, just like the rest of the animal
creation.
"Other birds act differently. Wild
birds will not take medicine. You
have to force it down, duck them I'M
der water when they won't battle
stuff the food down their throat'
when they won't eat, and so on. Ca
naries dislike doctoring, but are very
intelligent, and take it more easily
than other birds. Bobolinks are lik'
them, only more obstinate, and mock
ing birds will sometimes die of suilen
ness rather than take drugs. They ar
hardy, stronger, and rarely sick. Re-
birds. though, are more delicate, ant
so wild they won't take medicine. >
VetD York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-24
A Maintain Railroad.

The great tunnel of Galera, by
which the pinnacle Of the Andes is
MERGED, will be, when completed, 3,oOO
feet long, and win be the highest ele-
walton on the earth's surface where
anv such work has been undertaken.
Besides boring the mountains of gran
tie and blasting clefts along their
sides to rest the track upon, steep CUT
tings and superb bridges, the system
of reverse tangents had to be adopted
in canons that were too narrow for
curve. So the track zigzags up the
mountain side, on the switch and
back-up principle, the trains taking
one leap forward, and after being
switched on to another track another
leap backward, until the summit is
won; so that often there are four or
Eve lines oftrack parallel to each other
one abovathe other, on the mountain
aiaa-
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-24

NNluN Mn 4k8 NNAA 49,
For burns and scalds nothing is
more soothing than the white of egg,
which may be poured over the wound.
It is softer as a varnish for burn.
than collodion, and, being always at
hand, can be applied. It is also more
cooling than the sweet oil and cotton
which was formerly supposed to be
the surest application to allay the
smarting pain. It is the contact with
the air which gives the extreme dis
comfort experienced from the ordinary
accident Of this kind, and anything
that excludes the air and prevents
Inflammation is the thing to be at once
applied.
The egg is considered one OF the
best of remedies for dysentery. Heat
en- up slightly, with OF without sugar.
and swallowed at a gulp, 1t tends Dy
its emollient qualities, to lessen the
Inflammation Of the stomach and IN
testines, and by forming a transient
coating on these organs, to enable
nature to resume her healthful sway
over a diseased body. Two, or at
most three eggs per day would be all
that is required in ordinary cases;
and since egg is not merely medicine.
but food as well, the lighter the diet
otherwise and the quieter the patient
is kept. the more certain and rapid is
the recovery.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-24

The way to get the better OF the
bilious system without blue pills OF
ouinfne is to take the juice Of one,
two or three lemons, as appetite
Graves. in as much water as makes it
pleasant to drink, without sugar, be-
fore going to bed. In the morning
on rising, at least half an hour before
breakfast, take the juice Of one lemon
in a goblet of water. This win clear
the system of humor and bile with
efficiency, without any Of the weaken
ing effects of calomel. People should
not irritate the stomach by eating
lemons clear; the powerful acid Of the
Juice, which is always most corrosive
invariably produces Inflammation after
a while, but properly diluted, so that
it does not burn or draw the throat
It does its medicinal work without
harm, and, when the stomach is clear
Of food, has abundant opportunity TO
work over the system thrcoughly'-
Nes0 York Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-24

arms and unsubdued. By constant
lighting they have been cleared out Of
a snace Of about twenty square miles
around the port af Acheen. This the
mitch will continue to hold by means
Of redoubts and a large force. The
blockade of the other ports has been
raised; two of them only, Oleleh and
Pedis, are to be retained by a force
said to number $500 men. The rest
of the Dutch forces are to be with
drawn, and the war is at an end untll
the sultan likes to resume his attacks
on the fort"
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-24

So Uncle Phineas did not keep his
niece Rosamond very long after ALL
But the fact that she was alive and
near him was enough to give him a
new lease of life. Aud on her we'd
ding day, the old man actually relented
so far as to give her another hundred
dollar bill out of the old green chest
that he kept back Of the cherrywOod
bedstead.
"George Hand is a smart forehand-
ed lad" said he. "And Rosamond Is a
good girl-a very good girl F'-Helen
Forest GTdDes.
Milford chronicle., 1885-07-24
The Beauties Of Mexican Feather
Work.

HVAMe
While in Mexico tried hard to find
out how they made the lovely birds on
cards which they offered for sale ON
the streets. A friend took me to the
house of one of these artists. It was
n little howell, where he sat on the mud
floor and toiled. But when he heard
us coming he put away all his work
and would not let us see It. He was
an Indian, with brown skin and black,
straight hair. He wore ragged clothes
and had an old blanket to keep him
warm at night. Poor as he was, no
money would tempt him to show us
the secret process he had learned from
his father. which had been kept In the
family for hundreds of years. Great
skill is required to produce perfect
MIXTURE. First, the Indian traces on
the cord the outlines of the body OF
the bird in wax, just enough for the
feathers to stick to. Then he begins
at the lower part and places them on
one at time, one row tapping over the
other as a slater lays states. He works
very slowly and patiently. Perhaps
this is the secret of his perfect work,
and the reason that no other people
have been able to equal him. The re-
ult is. a bird that looks as if it might
sing or fly. The eyes are made with
small glass beads, and the bill and feet
are painted 50 nicely that they appear
to be a part of the bird. Then he
paints twlg or branch for it to rest
on. or makes one from feather, and
his work is done.-San Antonia Light