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THE RETURNED voYAGEURs.
The Canadian Bostmen Relating Thei,
Experiences I'm Egypt
fu.I;eu- T.t+~~r

Experiences I'm Egypt
Halifax letter.
The Canadian voyageurs recently returned
from Egypt, say the climate along the Nile
is one Of steady heat all day and no moisture
or dew whatever at night. About 4 a. m
it would get slightly cool. The flies, very
much like our house-fies, were continually
troublesome from daylight till dark, and apt
to make sore eyes The natives would not
kill them, as 1t Is against their religion, but
always brush them of. Just before they
left Midget flies were bothersome and get
ting worse from day to day as the heat in
creased.
All the provisions purchasable In the coun-
try were dates and pigeons eggs, which
latter cost piastre each. though twenty five
could Be bought at Cairo for piastre The
voyageurs had sole command Of the bosts
and had b be obeysd. Ths soldiers wsrs
particularly careless and would frequently
stop work as II perfectly Indifferent whether
thers was wreck or not Their clothing
was very ragged, and they were kept under
strictsst discipline. A smart little Arab
child Of Is had taken a great fancy to the
voyageurs and was bound to come home
with them. They taught him English and
brought him from Wady Halfa to Assouan,
about thirty miles, when his friends stopped
him, and the child cried bitterly at parting
The voyageurs came prominently to the
front in the sports at Wady Halfa, gotten
up by English officers there. and some
printers among the garrison got out
small newspaper, most creditable
In every respect, called The Wady
Halfa Gazetts. The whale boats were poorly
built and unsuitable and were each loaded
down with ten men and 1000 pounds OF am
munltion and stores. Many of them col
iapsei and went to pieces while being towed
through the cataracts. The men were too
late in starting. and the Nile had begun to
fall before they left Wady Halfa. Some
days they made ten to twenty miles. On
other days when going through the cataracts
they would not make half mile.
The bed Of the river was studded with
rocks and sand banks, hidden by the muddy
water and only discovered when the boats
would crash against or upon them While
300 bosts were towed along the river, 1000
or 5000 camels marched on its banks, FORM
ing picturesque procession. Many OF the
voyageurs brought home relics Of the land
Of the Pharo abs.
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Inventors Grave Mistakes.
IPittsburg Dispatck.l


Inventors, or at least those who devote
themselves to the business of inventing,
often make grave mistakes when it comes to
selling their patents. They are are always
quite sure they have rock bottom claims,
and have them SO well guarded that no one
can ever break through and steal the for
tune within easy grasp They refuse fair
offers, get the big head, puff themselves up
and feel rich. Among the first things they
know some one has patented device for the
same purpose without interfering with them
in the least, or at most in such a way as to
make it extremely difficult to stop it. This
knocksths'f fortune. lets the wind out Of the
bag and sosswollen head rapidly contracts
to its normal size, il not less
1t is probably safe to say that one-half Of
those who secure really valuable patents
never realize anything out Of them, simply
because they are not willing to take fair
price when offered An inventor can no
more get rich on a patent for a dJvice than
a gold miner can on a patent for a claim.
They must both be worked promptly or they
are likely to be jumped, or have their value
destroyed by other means
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A Possible President.

IBOston Journal
@Father," said the heir, 'your aunt Hannah
is my great aunt, amt shef'
"Yes, suppose she is, Johnnia"
"And because she weighs 220 pounds does
that make her my great aunt, alsof'
"No-that is-ye-es, suppose so."
"Well, to-day asked her for cents to
buy a pea-shooter with and she wouldn't let
me have it and ! think she Is great aunt,
don't you, fatherP
But the old man refused to answer. Ho
only had one little pair, anyway, and he
knew that three OF kind wouli scoop that
1t is boy like this that arrows up ami goes
to congress and have uaughterl scattered
through their ready print speeches in The
Rarord
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%. 45. DEER LODGE MONTANA MAY 8. 1885,
THE SOULS BUGLE CALL.

tHester Annie Bernard in Courier-Journall
Retrieved retrieved stagnation's not rest;
Believed believe! resignation Is death;
One effort is the birth Of another
Only labor it costs
To redeem what Is lost,
To work then the ground to recover.
Conceive! conceive! a purpose so grand;
Achieve! achieved in the kingdom Of man
right to the scepter divine.
Like an honest nation,
Wen earn our salvation,
II humanity will fall into line.
Pre-empt! pre-emptl the claim of the soul;
Exempt! exempt. from traditions of old;
To arise in the strength of its might
The voices are calling,
Oh, soft are they falling;
Stand up and be measured Alright
Resent resent! dark doubt as a traitor;
Attempt! attemotl inspiration is labor;
Enfranchised thought to dull customs a foe.
BY honest endeavor
The chain we will sever
And to full stature mankind will grow.
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The bon vivants .f New York have met
with serious loss in the death Of one Of
their most famous cooks, Miss Fanny Nc
Govern, who. after serving the epicurean
tastes Of the Few Yorkers for more than fifty
years, died ON Christmas Eve at the Sinclair
house In their city. For thirty-five years
she had been connected with the above
establishment having been first engaged
there in 1S49 as head cook, which position
she held until 1--WE years ago, whom she was
retired on pension with the privilege Of
making all the turtle soup consumed in the
house. or manufacturing it for her own
private emolument
Green turtle soup was one Of her special
ties, and the excellence Of IL brought her the
custom Of many well-known families
throughout the city. The knowledge Of its
superior quality was not confined to New
York, and for some time past her soup has
been put up in cans and shipped to all parts
Of the country.
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CNE DAY.
Home Journal

lHome Journal.l
How beautiful thou art, oh, earth!
The shining woods and fields rejoice;
Each twinkling stream lifts up its voice
To join the chorus of the sky;
Beautiful unspeakablyI
In the dry cicada's notes
In the thistle-down that floats
Aimless on the shiinmering air,
In the perfume sweet and rare
or the sun-steeped, dark leaved trees,
Dwell the years deep prophecies,
Harki the clangor of the mills
Echoes from the drowsy hills
The foamy clouds, the smiling dale,
Tho dimpling waves, the laughing flowers,
The low. faint droning Of the bees,
Mixed with sweet twitteringS from the leas,
Conspire to charm the magic hours
Under a spoil the spirit lies;
Sunderes in sorrows misty veil;
To-day life Is glad surprise,
A tranquil rapture. fine and frail,
Wherein to joy anonte eyes.
The old earth seems q Paradise.
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An Expressive Language.
Texas Sif tinpsl

liCAas Oil
"Ihe Chinese have got a very expressive
language" said Tom Benton, Of Houston,
one morning after breakfast
"What is their expressive about It'll" asked
his mother-in-law, who is an incessant
talker
Take the word Ken for instance"
"What does Ken meant"
1T means several things. I'm the first
place it means a female mouth. Another
meaning Of Ken is gate. In short, any.
thing that is everlastingly opening and shut
ting is called KEN
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Look. . for n Cheap Place.


@You have furnished rooms, observe. he
said as the landlady opened the front door
and sized him up.
Yes, I think we might possibly spare
you q room. Come in"
as 1t on the top storyf'
"Yes"
as it large enough to contain my trunk
AMI a chair and the bed at the same timer
Hardly"
as there handle on the water pitcherT'
II think not"
as the wash-stand minus one legr
II believe So"
"Window looks down on the back yard,
presume-three old ash barrels, swill- box,
and heap Of cans and bottlesl"
"Yes SIR"
"Twenty-eight holes in the carpet on the
foorf'
II have forgotten, but think there ara
twenty -@ght" rHH.
SPiece of yellow soap In tho dish and
clean towel twice weekp
"Correct, sir"
MADAM, am a man of few words. /
don't want the room" ..a-
Exactly, sir. / am q woman who can't
afford to waste any time. It Is evident that
you have struck too high plane. Good
dayp
And she stood on the steps and watched
him until he had turned the corner, and then
said to herself: ...
"He forgot to ask me II there wero any
drawers to the bureau, and forgot TO tell
him there wasn't Never mind though-he
Is looking for q cheap place"
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Matrimonial Chances"

As to the chance involved In marriage,
the more we reduce it to a minimum by care
and judgement and good sense the better.
There is no surer preparation for misery,
one would think, than to accustom young
girl to think Of every offer Of marriage as a
"chance" to be eagerly seized as a fish swal-
lows the bait, without knowing who or what
is at the end of the fishing line. So long as
it is the custom Of society for men to ask
the momentoIs question aud for women only
to answer it-and this custom will probably
last in spite of certain philosophers, forever
so long there will he little more element Of
chance in the marriage relations Of women
than men
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THE LATE SERGEANT THOMAS PLUNKETT.
The recent death Of Sergeant Plunkett re-
moves one of the noted heroes Of the war.
For many years he has been in charge of the
cloak room of the Massachusetts, legislature,
his mutilated figure being familiar one in
the State House in Boston. He leaves q widow
and two sons.
Sergeant Thomas Plunkett was born In
Ireland in October, 1889, and when an infant
came to this country with his parents, who
settled in Massachusetts,, where he grew ,lp
and became respected for his habits of in
dustry. When the call for troops came in 1851
he enlisted as a private in the Twenty-fi
Massachusetts, Regiment. He was a good
soldier, obedient to orders and faithful in ths
discharge Of every duty, but he little knew
what sacrifices he would be called upon
to make for the land Of his adoption.
In all of the many important battles in
which his regiment was engaged, Ser
geant Plunkett distinguished himself by
his gallantry. He wes the hero Of
many incidents of individual intrepidity.
But it was at the battle of fredericksburg
that Sergeant Plunkett performed the crown
ing act of heroism that gave him his fame
and left him the "armless hero Of Massa-
chusetts."
The Twenty-first Massachusetts, took part In
the terrible battle at Fredericksburg, and in
the thick of the fight the color bearer was
shot, and as the regiment was falling back
Comrade Piunkett, seeing the standard fall to
the ground, sprang forward, and seizing it
waved it high In the air as rallying point
for the command. In an instant the color
fell from his strong right hand, for a mimic
ball had shattered the elbow. With his right
arm hanging useless by his side, he grasped
the falling color with his left hand, and fac-
ing the enemy, slowly fell back. in few
minutes he received another shot which shat
tered the left arm, thus completely disabling
him. But with heroism that was born Of O
determination to do his whole duty, he
pressed both arms, now rendered useless,
around the flag and bore 1t Off the field, bap-
tizing it with his blood. Soon after Sergeant
Plunkett's heroic act became tnown to the
state authorities, Adjt. Gen. Schoulor sug-
gested to Gov. Andrew that the sergeant Be
commissioned. The governor replied:
"No; it is better that he be known in his
truv as Sarreaut PlunkxHi
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Pour on Oil.

Writes wise woman: "My mother said
to me on my wedding day, Daughter. your
husband will frequently come home from
his business perplexsd and irritable q was
sure that he never would, but / have grown
wiser since), and at such times, she con-
tinued, you must either keep silent or pour
oil on the troubled waters. 1t may be very
hard for you to do so, but it can be done, as
/ well know by my own experience The
admonition or suggestion Of my mother has
been Of incalculabe benefit to ma" And
the hint is just as good for other relations In
If
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To Remove Stains.

Detroit Free Press Household"
For coffee stains try putting thick glyce-
rine on the wrong side and washing it out
with lukewarm water. For raspberry stains
weak ammonia and water is the best. Stains
of fruit on good table linen can be removed
without injury by u ing the following with
care: Pour boiling water on chloride of
lime. in the proportion OF one gallon to a
quarter Of q pound, bottle it, cork it well,
and in using be careful not to stir it Lay
the stain in this for a mcmeut, then apply
white vinegar and boil the table linen Blood
stains from fur can be removed by rubbing
well with dry plaster OF paris.
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Concise Epistles.

lArgonaut "Storyettes."l
Emile de Girardin, it is well known, lived
on the most unfriendly terms with his sec
ond wife. The house was large enough to
permit them to dwell entirely separate from
one another. One day Madame de Girardin
had an important communication to make
to her husband. Taking small sheet of pa
per, she wrote: "The boudoir to the library:
Would like to 60 to Switzerland" NJ. de
Girardin, initiating her concise style, re-
sponded: "The library to the boudoir: Co."
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Hay Made While the Sum Shone.
I.aflath,, n, cincinnsti rno,,;r~rl

Col John Hay, Of Cleveland, prevented
the success Of the Maximilian government
in Mexico. I was in Paris, and knew him
somewhat ut the time Maximilian and Car
lotta were making ready there to 60 out to
Mexico, and our legation, largely through
the social opportunities Of Col Hay, kept
them strictly in watch, and the vigilant
Secretary Seward at Washington, who had
positive American policy, laid his plans ac-
cordingiy, and the experiment Of q Haps
burg monarchy, backed up with French
bayonats, on this continent came to bloody
end The consequence is an Americanized
Mexico, with railroads penetrating to its
capitaI
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Just before his death Capt Payne re-
markell, in a speech at Genda Springs, that
he ate Oklahoma, drank Oklahoma, and
was Oklahoma from the crown Of his head
to the soles Of his feet, and when he died hs
wished to fall toward Oklahoma As strange
as it may seem this desire was granted.
When Capt Payne was so suddenly stricken
with death at the De Barnard hotel, in this
city. he dropped back from the table, his
body falling in the direction Of the coveted
land, and his last wish was granted
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An American Woman.
fHarper's Bazar.l

The bearing Of many American women
fully justifes such unhinching patriot
ism as that Of Senator Tracy, OF Connscti-
cut, when, at the end Of the last century. the
British minister expressed his admiration for
Mrs Oliver Wolcott, OF Ltchfsld, Conn,
wife of the secretary Of the treasury. @Your
country woman" said the Englishman,
would be admired at tne court OF St
James" 4Sir,' said the sturdy American,
@she is admired even on Litchfield Hill"
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A Country Girls Home-hfade Hat
carlisle Herald.1

A young girl residing few miles from
this place appeared In our market on Satur-
day morning with cozy. jaunty- osoxing
hat made solely OF oat straw and corn
shacks that grew upon her fathers farm. 1t
was tastily but not gaudly trimmed with
chicken feathers dyei in pokeberry juice
and blue writing fluid. Several persoGs
who examined this hsadsear pronounced it
really beautiful
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Then He Heard . Voice.
fp-h D.-l.SA~I

1Pa," asked little Hyson Of his melancholy
parent, @why don't children get marrieiP
Because, my son, replied old Hyson. "the
law, the state, reconizing thsir helplessness,
their inability to take care Of themselves,
their innocent ignorance of the wiles and
snarss laid for their feet by designing wo-
persons, throws about their helplsssness the
strong arm Of its protection and keeps them
from the clutches Of -" .Keeps 'em from
whatp a strident voice remarked from the
immediate vicinity Of the kitchen door, as a
tall, womanly figure appeared, wiping the
dough from pair Of gaunt arms with sharp
elbows, sleeps 'em from whatr And old
Hyson just sat there, swallowed and
breathed hard, and thought and thought
and thought, and for the life of him he
couldn't think what it was he was going to
say, or rather what 1t was he wanted to sub
stitute for what he was going to say.
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Jacks Appreciation. A
fChicago Timesi

Sailors have hearty appreciation Of
beauty, but often an odd way OF expressing
It At a reception given on the American
war vessel Iroquois, in the harbor Of Manila,
Philippine Islands, among the many beauti.
full Spanish ladies who came on board was
a blsck-eyed, matronly lady, whose head
covering was thin lacs veil Her hair was
combed up from the back and sides to ths
top and fore part of the bead and massed In
puffs and curia Jack took her in at q
glance. and said to one OF his fellows: u
say, mate, what do you think Of that rigi
She makes the after guard do foretopman's
duty f
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Breaking Up the Gangs.
TCbica On Timae

The Philadelphia chief OF police says moth
ing SO breaks up a gang Of rogues as to be
picked up and exhibited to ths detectives at
headquarters A man who has been moving
quietly and unobserved, as he thinks. max
ing ready for an operation, hates worse than
poison this being shown up, and he generally
leaves town at once. As soon as one gang Is
broken up, however, another one is formed,
and the police are kept constantly on the
oh
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Piscicuiture in Norway.

Norway is turning scientific pisciculture to
account by Matching great numbers Of
lobs.ers and fish. From 7, 900, 600 fish, chiefly
cod and haddock, Matched last year, the
number has increased this winter to ID ,000,-
600 or 90, 0O0, ,0O0 The work has thus far
been done by private association. but the
government is expected to aid in the future
in view OF its obvious benefit to the national
interests
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The growing popularity Of illustrated
journalism reminds me Of funny story
heard the other day. About nine years ago
Mr.. James w. Clarke, who is now the man.
aging editor Of The Boston Traveller, was
conducting The Sunday Times of this city.
Illustrated journalism had never. SO far as I
know, been heard Of then, and the enter
prising young man, who was always trying
experiments and original inventions, be-
thought him Of the attractions Of outline
portraitures. The famous Belknap trial or
commotion Of some sort was going ON then
the exact science Of politics Is not my forts),
and young Clarke conceived the idea that TO
bring out the portrait Of MIRA Belknap would
be very taking" thing. +.--.sa....
So on Friday he advertised In all the city
papers that The Sunday Times would con-
tain this portrait. He telegraphed to Wash
ington for photograph, and, behold none
could be obtained. Saturday came. He
autographed to friend In New York to
search Sarony's, search every photographers
but there was no success. Saturday night
came, and It was demonstrated to mathe-
matical certainty that no photograph OF the
lady could bs obtained. In this dilemma
Mr.. Clarke sought wood sngravsr, ar
ranged with him TO cut the likeness Of an
IDEAL beauty that figured ON his favorits
brand Of tobacco, and the next morning this
ideal divinity appeared In The Times
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AWhat cute little mustachs John has,
remarked one girl to another. slightly
scattered, however" SYss, its . baseball
mustachen whats that-nine ON Z
sides" IOf course not; that's old" 3What
h 1t thenT sWhv, three out all on
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The Actor. memorial stone.
fChicago Herald.l

The actors memorial stone in the Wash
ington monument cost t365. the amount hav-
ing been raiseI In dollar subscriptions Ths
sentimsnt upon the stone is @An that lives
must die and it is said that the stons Is
now the monument Of more than $50 Of the
original 355 subscribers.
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selling Ola ss,lls.

Il b no uncommon sight In Atlantis 10 sss
auction salss conducted from the steps
Of the United States government building, In
all instances the goods sold consisting OF old
stills taken In the raids on moonshiners
The buyers are usually thrss or four jnnk
dealerS
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Courting at Mount Desert.
fBoston Transcript

A New England widower was asked how
he managed to become edgaged to SO pleas
ing and accomplished a young lady. He re-
piled that 1t was the result Of twoing and
psbbling at Mount Desert Upon being re-
Quested to explain, he said: "A couple start
oR for long walk. When they come to .
very large boulder they separate, and in
passing imprint q kiss on the boulder. They
then continue on until they como to smaller
boulder, over which they lean, and the
bolder kisses the other one So on they 90,
halting at each smaller boulder. The affair
becomes mutual, and they soon come down
to pebbles Tners are lots Of pebbles at
Mount Desert 4.e
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A tronzs AZ with the handle attached
probably ths nrst spscimsn known 10 have
bssn discoversd-has just been found in
Brittany By Frsuch antiquary. The tool
he's cutting edge on ons end and kind Of
hammer cap on the other.
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Bad Memory.

Captain" said q grocery keeper, address
Ing well-known gantleman, @do you re-
member that sack Of four you ordered some
time agor
ooh, yes, remembe. it
Il suppose 50. but don't remember that
you ever paid for it"
my dear sir, ann mot responsible for
your bad memory. Ihavs remembered my
part Of 1t. Memory Is peculiar faculty,
and b susceptible Of great cultivation.
Some OF the Grscians could repeat volumes
Of poetry. Well, good morning."
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Did No Coed.

@Poor John was 80 fond Of gambling" said
q hereaved widow. HIS last bet was $50
that he could eat 800 clans in twenty min-
utess
1Did he win the betP
Eyes, be won the bet' sighed the widow,
abut the money didn't do us any good ls
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The woinaa's Exhibit.
IChicago Tribunal

Miss Maud Howe, whose mother has charge
OF the woman's department OF the New Or
leans exposition. has written en- entertaining
account OF the woman's exhibit Miss Howe
herself i In charge Of the literary part OF
this exhibit, and she tells how nsa- the whole
thing came b failure. With their own
hands Mrx Howe and her assistants made
tAelss ami counters and hung bunting and
drapsrisS
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This Settles It.
lPhiladelphia CaIll

Webster tells rs in the dictionary proper
that ''dyn'-a-mits" b the way to pronounce
it, but the supplementary List says @dy'-na-
mite Perhaps the better way win bs to
call 1t din-a-mite when 1t merely makes q
noise, and dienamite when 1t kills somebody.