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The Ahorigines OF China.

The southern portion of the present
domain of China, comprising nearly
one-third of the whole, is a compare
lively recent addition to the empire,
having come under the jurisdiction of
the "Son of Heaven" only 1000 years
ago. The original inhabitants of this
broad territory were easily subjugated.
Portions of them were attached to their
conquerors as vassals or slaves, and
gradually, by intermarriage and the
adoption of the customs OF the Chinese.
lost their identity and were absorbed
by the more powerful race. Traces of
this original element are still to be
found in many localities. especially
among the mountains, and may be seen
In peculiarities of speech, customs and
physiognomy. The boat people, every
where regarded as an inferior race, and
numbering IN the city of Canton alone
100000 souls, are supposed to be the
descendants of this indigenous race.
In the mountain range which forms the
northern border of the three southern
provinces, and is continuation of one
section of the great Himalayan range.
are over 100 tribes of these aboriginal
pcOpit, WIZ NAVE COuoiuhbiJ lidiuIdi
their independence against Chinese
aggressions. Comparatively little is
known of them, but from the informa-
tion derived from travellers, they seem,
with but few exceptions, to be all Of
one race, and to be nearly allied to the
Shans and Karens of Burmah, the
Laos tribes, and those of the interior
regions of Cambodia and Cochin China.
The sublime self-conceit of the Chinese,
and their indifference to everything
outside of themselves, is strikingly seen
in the fact that in all the centuries dur
ing which they have lived in constant
contact with these various tribes they
have learned but little that is reliable
concerning their customs, habits of
life, traditions, language or govern
ment. A few individuals have become
interested, and have left brief accounts
and some rude sketches, which are all
the sources of information from the
Chinese side that are available
c. y. Henry, IN Washington Repub-
Iicd3l.
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The Seal Of Fidelity.

Quite recently the Canadian papers
reported an anecdote of canine fidelity
which, had it been told of Roman
soldier or Hindu nurse, would have
been bruited throughout the civilized
world as an instance of humanity's
supremest devotion to duty. The story
as told to us is that when nearing Mon
treal the engine-driver of train saw a
great dog standing on the track and
barking furiously. The driver blew
his whistle, yet the hound did not
bulge, but, crouching low, was struck
by the locomotive and killed. Some
pieces of white muslin on the engine
attracting the driver notice, he stopped
the train and went back. Beside the
dead dog was a dead child, which, it is
supposed, had wandered on to the
track and had gone to sleep. The
poor watchful guardian had given its
signal for the train to stop; but, I'M
needed, had died at its post, victim to
duty. Chambers Journal.
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American Originality.

There is no doubt large fund of
originality in North America, yet very
little of it seems to have been expended
ON the naming of towns in the United
States, for "Kynes' American Business
Directory" contains references to 30
Washingtons last year there were only
2S), 20. Bridgeports, 10 Londons, Is
Bufalos, Is Newarks, II Brooklyns, II
Clevelands, II Rochesters, Ii Hart
fords, Is Louisvilles, Ii Bostons, ID
Pittsburghs, IL st. Pauls, 9 Romes, 8
Cincinnatis, Philadelphias, Z Detroits,
6 Chicagos, Milwaukees, 5 st. Louises,
4 Baltimores, Franklins, and 4 New
Yorks. This perplexing multiplication
of names is partly due to the fact that
in the earlier days of the States it
sometimes became the duty of a single
citizen to provide off-hand designations
for several hundreds OF places. In 1892,
for instance, the Attorney General of
New York was directed by the Legis-
lature to find names for 400 new town
ships. Assisted by Rollins Ancient
History" and an old atlas, he managed
to execute the greater portion of his
task in one night, and next morning he
triumphantly fulfilled the remainder
by utilizing the Christian and surnames
of his friends and relations. ST. James
G1zeffe
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Making Gun Barrels.

The beautiful waved lines ard Curl
Gus fiower-like figures that appear on
the surface of gun barrels are really the
lines of welding, showing that two
different metals iron and steel--are
intimately blended in making the finest
and strongest barrels. The process of
thus welding and blending steel and
iron is a very interesting one. Flat
bars or ribbons of steel and iron are
alternately arranged together and then
twisted into cable. Several of these
cables are then welded together, and
shaped into a long, fiat bar, which is
next spirally coiled around hollow
cylinder, called a mandrel; after which
the edges of these spiral bars are heat
ed and firmly welded. The spiral coil
is now put upon what is called weld
ing mandrel, is again heated and care
fully hammered into the shape of gun
barrel Next comes the cold hammer
ing, by which the pores of the metal
are securely closed. The last, or finish
ing operation, IL to turn the barrel on
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Stirring the Old Gander's Soul.

A lively air on violin will sometimes
set whole flock of geese wild with de-
light. On one occasion, at country
wedding, there was q curious perform
ance. After dinner a lady entertained
the guests assembled on the lawn with
music from an accordion. A flock of
geese were feeding in the road just be-
low the house, and with outstretched
necks answered back with loud notes of
satisfaction. Soon white gander COM
menced dancing a lively Jig, keeping
good time to the music. For several
minutes he kept up the performance,
to the great delight of the company
The experiment was tried several times
for a week or more, and the tones of the
accordion never failed to set the old
gander into lively dance.-Popttlar
Science Monthly.
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IL 10 becoming quite common to utter
the word funny sarcastically, with italic
emphasis, and a. IL with quoted marks.
But hundreds Of poor mortals who have
found the world one too many for them,
the lines about whose mouths are deep
ening every year, and becoming more
and more strange to the smile that APP
proaches timidly and hurries away as II
IT felt itself an unwelcome guest, have
had their lives temporarily frightened
(perhaps permanently, for life is such
strange thing that the apparently trivial
things affecting it cannot, like notes, be
estimated at their face value) by this
same funny item. 1t is no light task
to dish up day after day, or even week
after week, continual fund of humor.
1t is not an uncommon belief that o
humorist is so with no effort of his own,
and can dash off funny thing with as
much ease as he can walk mile. With
such men as Mark Twain, Artemus
Ward, Bret Harte, and some others, it
is. perhaps, Just as natural to be humor-
Gus as not; but, with the majority, it
becomes very much mechanical effort
after all. Have you never seen an at
tempt at gayety when you knew that
underneath it was pain that gave 1T
pathos In your eyes? So 1T is not
difficult to imagine so-called humorist,
in response to q demand, writing piece
that shall make merry many a
sober and saddened heart, while
his own is heavy with pain of
with the burden of bodily sickness ST.
lently and heroically borne. Do you
think humor is as easy for the writer
as for the reader? Do you think there
is no pathos, no tragedy, even, in the
lives of those men whose business it is
to make fun for the multitude? Several
years ago there was in Blackwell's
r 1sla 4 Lunatic Asylum an inmate who
had made mirth for thousands. He was
then hypochondriac of the EXTREMIST
kind. Food was disgusting to him;
milk was gangrene; all meat was in the
last stages of putrefaction. In short,
the man who had made others merry
was himself dying of the deepest mel
ancholy Think of Fox, or of Emmett.
1t is frequently noticed that funny
writer is a man of the gravest express
sion himself. Depend upon it that here
is an illustration that humor means
work, hard work. Savants tell us, too,
that the reading of the crisp, sparkling
items of the funny column, which al
most every paper now contains, is in
furious to the memory. This is GER
tainly crushing evidence against the
poor paragraphs, but don't you think
that the heavy laugh these despised
items afford you, the dispelling for the
time of the morbid feelings we are all
prone to as we feel the presence of life's
burdens, the stimulus to new activity
occasioned by the CLEAN of merry sun
shine that finds its way into the dark
ness of your spirit, perhaps the new
lease of life that is given you by the
momentary cheer in the midst of your
gloom, are more than compensation for
any trifiing injury to your memory !?
But you can make these items posi-
tive aid to your memory. Store the
good ones up for repetition. You will
have fund of humor at your disposal,
will have pleasant food for meditation,
and will be more welcome companion.
-YOnkers Gazette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12

The average Congressman considers
himself a great man, but he Is only a
clerk after all. He is paid by the coun-
try to come here and apportion out the
public funds to the running of the
Government. Other men decide how
much the Government needs, and they
furnish the Congressman the figures.
The average member knows nothing
about it. and the best member for the
country perhaps is he who knows the
least. We merely pay them to divide our
money for us. The Government is al
ready organized. We have all the laws
we need, and the United States, il it
were not fer the necessity of the for
mality of passing the appropriations,
could do better without Congress than
with it. Still we have it, and we have
to pay for it.-"Carp," IN Cleveland
Leader.
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The River Jordan.

When we reached the Jordan I dis
covered that had travelled all these
thousand miles to view as foul stream
as courses its way through any country
on earth. No wonder Capt Naaman
Indignantly refused at first to dip seven
times in such a river. Indeed, we
would scarcely apply the term river to
stream eight feet wide and less than
ten feet deep, with current as swift
as a mill-race. Moreover, the mos
quitoes were so pestiferous that to dip
in the Jordan, AS some sentimental
travellers insist upon doing, would be
to invite condition of the body resem-
bling scarlet fever. letter.
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Is seldom injured by surrcptitious rivalry.
Imitators of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters have
not only lost money by attempting underhand
competition with it, but have actually con-
tributed to enhance the estimation I'm which
the genuine medicine is held The public at
large has fer many years been acquainted with
the ear marks that distinguish the real from
the spurious. and cannot be persuaded that
other articles sold in a somewhat similar guise
are equally good. FeDF and ague constipa-
ton, dyspepsia, and X}er complaint are not
durable by cheap local btters, eye-openers. and
tonics. but the fact is too well proven and too
generally known to admit of conscientious dis
pute that for these and other maladies the great
household medicine is a safe and thorough rem
cdy. Not only in the United States, but in
Mexico, South America. and the West Indies.
its merits are widely reco nized and its reputa-
ton too firmly established TO be shaken.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12

A FASHIONABLE Chinese lunch con-
sists of little bits of cold chicken with
sauce, little bits of hot chicken boiled
to rags, morsels of pork with mush-
rooms, fragments of cold duck with
some other sort of fungus, watery soup,
scraps of pigs kidneys with boiled
chestnuts, very coarse rice, picked Gu
cumber, garlic and cabbage, patty of
preserved shrimps, all in infinitesimal
portions, SO that but for the plentiful
supply of rice, hungry folk would find
it hard to appease the inner wolf All
these are eaten with the deceptive chop
sticks, which are as easy to use as two
Faber lead pencils. Tiny cups of rice
wine, followed by more tea, complete
the repast.
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A WRITER in London Truth main

A WRITER in London Truth main
tains that there is not really clever
man among all the crowned heads in
Europe or their families. The King of
Spain, he declares, stopped all his in
tellectual growth when he became a
king. The Austrian Archdukes have
elegant tastes but no ability. The King
of Italy has nothing beyond occasional
spurts of fine feeling, and in the
royal houses of Saxony, Sweden, Hol-
land, Belgium. and Bavaria there is
nothing above second-rate dilettant.
The brother of the Empress of Austria,
who is an oculist, is no exception, for,
though he has astonishing dexterity and
frmness Of hand, and a good memory,
he is only seeker after pathological
curiosities, and is completely at sea on
new case. The rest of the family,
like the Empress herself, grew up
amid horses, and she learned to speak
English from her stableman.
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THE Churchman says of phenom-
enon which often causes astonishment /:
The reason of the immunity which
drunken men are said to enjoy from
the consequences of accidents is attrib-
uted TO the fact that the nerve centers
which regulate the heart and vessels
are so paralyzed in them as not to be
affected by the shock which in sober
men would have acted in them SO vio-
lently as to stop the heart, arrest the
circulation and cause death.
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Il Should BE Generally Known

that the multitude OF diseases of a scrofulous
nature generally proceed from torpid con-
dition or the liver. The blood becomes i'm
pure because the liver does not act properly
and work of the poison from the system, and
the certain results are blotches, pimples,
eruptions, swellings, tumors, ulcers and
kindred affections, or setting upon the lungs
and poisoning their delicate tissues, until
liberation, breaking down, and consumption
is established. DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery" will, by acting upon the liver
and purifying the blood, cure all these DIS
eases.
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The results which arc attending the ad-
ministration by hrs. ~tarkev n Palen, l109
Girard St. Phila.. OF their ritahying remedy
for chronic diseEses. givc new surprises TO
patients aud physicians every day. III you
have any ailncni about whi"h you are con-
ccrncd, write for information about their
treatment. IL will be promptly sent
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ALrTTLE boy discovered bee crawling
about on his hand. Finally, the bee
stopped for q moment, and, after re-
naming stationary for an instant, stung
the little fellow. When the cry of pain
was over, the little child said to his
mamma that he did not care for the
bees walking about on him, but he did
not like his sitting down on him.
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had a severe attack of catarrh over

had severe attack of catarrh over a
year ago, and became so deaf could not
hear common conversation. / suffered ter
ribly from roaring in my head. / procured
a bottle of Elys Cream Balm, and in three
weeks could hear as well as ever could, and
now / can cheerfully say to ali who are
afflicted with the worst of diseases, catarrh
and deafness, take one bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm and be cured. It is worth $1,000 TO
any man, woman or child suffering from
catarrh.-A. 4. Newman, Grayl ng, Campbell
Co.. Mich.
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when neglected or improperly treated often
degenerate into cahcen BY our new and
improved treatment without knife, caustic
or salve, we cure the worst cases I'm ten to
thirty days. Pamphlet, references and
terms, three letter stamps. Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association, 663 Main street,
Buffalo N. Y.
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"Put upv Mt the Gault House.

The business man or tourist will find first
class accommodations at the low price of So
and $3.50 per day at the Gault House, Chica-
go, corner Clinton and Madison streets. This
far-famed hotel is located in the center of the
city, only one block from the Union Depot.
Elevator; all appointments first-class.
HoYT & GATES, Proprietors.
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important.

When you visit or leave New York City,
save Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire. and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel. opposite Grand
Central Depot: coo elegant rooms fitted up at a
cost of one million dollars, reduced 10 81 and
upwards Per day. European plan, Elevator.
Restaurant supplied with the best Horse cabs.
stage and elevated railroad to all depots Fami-
lies can live better for less money at the Grand
Union than at any first-class hotel In the city.
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TO restore sense of taste, smell or hear
ing use Ely's Cream Ealm. 1t cures all cases
of Catarrh, Hay Fever, Colds i'm the Head,
Headache and Deafness. Ii is doing wonder
full work. Do not fall TO procure bottle, as
in IL lies the RELIEF you seek. IL is easily ap-
piled with the finger. Price so cents at drug
gists, 20 cents by mail Ely Bros, Owego,
N. Y.
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LYDIA L. PiNKHAM's Vegetable Compound
was FIRST prepared In liquid form only; but
now IL can he ent I'm dry forms by mail 10
points where no druggist can readily be
reached and to-day the Compound in lozenVes
and pills finds its way 10 the foreign climes OF
Europe and Asia.
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Hon. James Harlan, ex-vice Chancellor
Of Louisville. KY, brother OF Justice
Harlan. u. 3. Supreme Court. says Of St.
Jacobs Oil: Il use il, aud know full welt
whereof I speak in pronouncing 1t a most
extraordinary cure for all that is claimed
for Il by its prOprietors. Every family
should have it.
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see the benefit to DO derived from the great pc
troleum hair remover, Carboline, as now i'm
proved and perfected, in the face of the vast
number Of testimonials from our very best citi-
gems, is surely going it blind.
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A COMMENTED man is better than riches /;
and yet you can't buy brick block nor pay
q board bill with il.
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J. n. HARRIS & co. (Limited) Props.
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
FOR SALE by all MEDICINE DEALERS.
GOLDEN SEAL BITTERS.

Broken down invalids. do
You wish to gain flesh. To ac-
quire an appetite. to enjoy q
habit of body. 10 OBJ
tain refreshing sleep, to feel
and know that every fibre
md tissue of your system is
being braced up and reno
IL 80 commence at
once q course of GOLDEN
SEAL BITTERS. In one
week you will be GONZALES
cent. In a month YOU
will be well. Don't despair
because you have a weak
constitution. Fortify the
body against disease by
purifying all the fluids with
GOLDEN SEAL BITTERS,
No epidemic can take hold
of q system thus forearmed.
The LIVER, the stomach, the
bowels, the kidneys. are
rendered disease proof by
this great invigorant. Ruin
Ofla hills for fpaHfcal aftanA.
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Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
DFCIDED RENFFIT.

DECIDED BENEFIT.
DIR. John p. Wheeler, Hud ;on N. Y, says:
~ have given 1t with decided benefit in a
case of innutrit on OF the brain, from abuse
of alcohol.
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ance may be avoided by counteracting the first symp
toms of sickness with this great German remedy.
They recommended from friend 10 friend, and the
sale increases daily; We warrant cure. GOLDEN
SEAL BITTERS CO.. Holland City, Mich. Sold by
eli druggists Take no others.
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THE only way to get murderer convicted
in the West is to put u rope manufacturer on
the Jury.
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Common SNlSGAdVlCe
He Who Becomes a Treasurer Of
Money for Another Is Respon-
siSIe for a Safe Return.

How much more responsible IL he who has in
charge the health and life of a human being.
We have considered well the responsibility, and
in preparing our ALIENS LUNG BAL
SAM which for twenty years has been ia
vorably known Of the best and purest
remedies for all Throat and Lung Diseases, we
are particular to use nothing but the best ingre-
dents. NO OPIUM in any form enters its COM
position. 1t Is TO your interest to stand by the
old and tried remedy, ALIENS LUNG BAL
SAM, and see that q bottle is always kept on
hand for immediate use. READ THE FOLLOW
ING
NEW EVIDENCE:
ADDISON, Pa, April T. 1899
j took violent cold aud il settled on my lungs,
much so that at times spit blood ALIENS LUNG
BAIISAM was recommended to me a good remedy.
Yours respectfully. Al HILENiAN.
ADDISON, Pa. April, 1888.
Al COIBOM, Esq. Editor OF the Somerset Hertld,
writes: can recommend ALIENS LUNG BALSAM
as being the best remedy for Colds and Coughs ever
used.
ASTORIA. Ills. April 6. 1888.
Gentlemen IL can cheerfully say your ALIENS
LUNG BAISAM which have sold for the past fifteen
years. sells better than any cough remedy and gives
general satisfaction. lis frequently recommended
by the medical profession here.
Yours truly, ii. G. MOONEY, Druggist.
LA FAYETTE, X. l.. Oct. IL. 1891.
Gentlemen ALLOW me to say that after using three
bottles of ALIENS LUNG BAISAM for a bad attack
of bronchitis. am entirely cured send this vol
UNFAIRLY, that those afflicted may be benefited.
Yours respectfully, BURRIIL II. DAVIS.
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"mAmnLANDs NJ mABnLAND"
- Pretty Wives.
Lovely daughters. and noble men,
my farm lies in rather low and mias-
matte situation, and
MY wifei"
"Who?"
WAS a very pretty blondei'
Twenty years ago, became
"Sallow!"
@Hollow-eyed!"
"withered and agedi"
Before her time, from
"Malarial vapors, though she made no par
ticular complaint, not being of the grumpy
kind, yet causing me great uneasiness.
"A short time ago purchased your rem
edy for one of the children, who had very
severe attack of biliousness, and it occurred
to me that the remedy might help my wife,
as found that our little girl upon recovery
had
LOST"
Her sallowness, and looked as fresh as
new blown daisy. Well, the story is soon
told. My wife to-day has gained her old
time beauty with compound interest, and is
now as handsome a matron Gf do say it
MYSELF as can be found in this county.
which is noted for pretty women. And
have only Hop Bitters to thank for it.
"The dear creature just looked over my
shoulder and says, L can fatter equal to the
days of our courtship, and that reminds me
that there might be more pretty pipes il
my brother farmers would do as have
DONE"
Hoping you may long be spared to do
good thankfully remain,
G. L. JAMES.
BELTsvILLE, Prince George Co., Md,
May Goth. 1883.
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THE wages of the paragrapher-his ink
come. -CIOurcrncur Herald.
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. Don't hawk. and blow, and spit, but use
DIR. Sase's Catarrh Remedy.
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"Brown's Bronchial Troches"
are widely known as an admirable remedy
for Bronchitis, Hoarsencss, Coughs, and
Throat troubles. Sold only IN bOres
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A Wonderful Substance.

THE scions Of the tlmes-babies. Merchant
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