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A peRlpATeTlc PHILOSOPHER.

A. bronson AIcott'- Early Life-One of
the Most Impractical OF Mortais.
\. Bronson Alcott. still alive and men
tally clear, Notwithstanding a recent
stroke Of apoplexy. at nearly 81, is one
of the most remarkable and peculiar
characters of the time. He il AN idealist
and PlatOnist and one oi the most I'M
practical of mortals. though born, reared
and living nearly his whole life in pru-
dent, thrifty New England. A Con
nccticut farmers son, he was sent by u
country trader. soon after reaching his
majority, 10 Virginia with II lot of knick-
nack- to peddle through the state. SO
rare and eccentric II peddler has seldom
been seen. One of his last thoughts was
to sell anything. His chief desire was to
talk. and talk has continued his dominant
desire ever since. He went from planta-
ton to plantation, and as he was amiablc
and interesting lie staid at h planters
houses. read books and discussed phil
osophic themes.
After twelve months his employer sue
ceeded in getting him home by RENTING
him money, when he found that Alcott
had given away most of his stock TO the
slaves. poor whites and children in the
south. Peddling was decidedly not his
vocation. as he perceived himself, and lie
next undertook teaching. He went from
Boston to Concord, where he still is, us
u~nworldly as a child, and as dreamy rs a
Persian poet. He has tried to establish
several ideal communities they failed.
of and for many years Travelled
about the country holding what he was
pleased to term conversations, mainly
,l-.s -n, E.tn
, 1886-12-25

The unprecedented sale of Boschee's
German Syrup, within a few years, has
%astonished the world. 1t is, without
doubt, the safest and best remedy ever
discovered for the speedy and efectual
cure Of Coughs, Colds and the sevcrest
lung troubles. IL acts on an entirely diff
ferent principle from the usual prescrip-
tons given by physicians, as ii does not
dry up a cough and leave the disease still
in the system, but on the contrary remove
the cause of the trouble. heals the parts
affected and leaves them in a purely
healthy condition. A bottle kept in the
house for use when the diseases make
their appearance, will save doctors bills
and a long spell Of serious illness. A trial
will convince you Of these facts. 1t is
positively sold by all druggists and general
dealers in the land. Price. - cents, large
bottles.
, 1886-12-25

Capt. Tom Langston. who is one OF
Atlanta's most enthusiastic spoftsmcn
says: Did you ever notice a hawk on an
owl preparing TO make II meal ON a birdt
The difference ia their methods j, very
great. \ hawk will first pick all the
feathers OIL the bird and then tear it 10
pieces as il is devourod. He goes al il IN
a very systematic and dainty manner.
Not so with an owl. After killing II bird
the owl swallows it whole. feathers and
ali. He then sits quietly. and in an hour
or 80 You will see the owl move his neck
about az II he WIS trying TO untangle a
knot in it. Then he will sort OF hump up
his back, lower his head and the next
a ball OF feathers will roll out of
his mouth, The operation shows that the
owl Ji.es;s the bird of it, feathers after
swallowing it, while the hawk plucks out
every feather and quill before he takes IA
bite. Atlanta Constitution.
, 1886-12-25

The defeat Of the proposition to take up
the Morrison bill leaves the ground clear
ior some practical legislation in the direc.
lion of a iudicions revision OF the tariff.
II it had been decided To consider IL. it
would have simply opened a hong debate
which Womb have retarded other i'm
portanl legislation and lei tu nothing in
the end The Morrison bill j. not what
the country needs aud IN fact, it is quite
certain that the present congress is neither
capable nor DESTROYS of adopting such "A
comprehensive reform of the tariff as
wOuii adapt il to the industrial or fiscal
need VI the country. The practical
thing now To be guarded against is the
scheme ol the extreme protectlonists to
iortliy The present schedule OF often use
less aud oppressive duties, hy reducing
or aboli>lllng more legitimate sources of
revenue. They recognize the necessity,
owing 10 the embarrassments of a sur
Plus, OF cutting down revenue Their
plan is 10 save burdensome and need.
less duties by repealine the inter.
nal revenue taxes on tobacco and reduc-
ing those on wine and shirts The MIA,
includes the adjustment of the sngor
duty. The senate. it is believed will mass
such a resolution and lay it before the
house. \ number Of Southern members
have already consulted and combined
against the internal revenue dutie. Mr.
Randall and the Democrats who sunnort
his views will support with vrea, alacritv
i measure which aims to put off anv re-
duction of the present tariff for another
ten years. 1t is the duty of every con-
gresham who is faithful to the interests
Of the people to oppose this project bv
every means in his power. Keen abso.
lutely intact the internal revenue taxes on
luxuries. The sugar duties arc 40 Toh,
, 1886-12-25
.. What Camp rays.

While talking with d. A. Camp, the
popular ~book-keeper at Pages imple-
ment house, the subject Of cough med
icines was brought up. Says Camp,
there is one to which | feel deeply in
debted. 1t has given relief time and
time again to my wife and children. In
fact | feel under the greatest obligations
to Prichard Bros, druggists, for persuade
ing me to buy a bottle OF Chamberlain
cough remedy. ! would not be without a
bottle Of it in the house for twice its cost.
In regard to all throat complaints OF
children and for colds it is unsurpassed.
You just try it once and you will be sur
prised at the results" Sold by w. N.
Hunt.
, 1886-12-25

W. X. Sonner. of Fort Worth, Tex,
has IA maidstone that has been used over
100 times and with success. II has a
history. In 1913 Capt. Wilson, of Ala
bama. killed Il white deer. and. knowing
the Indian theory, looked in its stomach
and there found a stone as large us Il
goose egg that resemblcd II p~etrified
sponge. This was tie maidstone. The
Indian theory is that the white deer is
more susceptible TO vegetable poisons
taken into the stomach when eaten with
grass than other animals. 10 preserve
the life of the animal. nature has placed
in the stomach this porous stone, which
absorbs the poison, neutralizes it and
saves the decr's life. The stone. applied
to n bite into which poison has been in
jected. at once draws4t out. and when
its pores are filled drops off. Being
soaked in milk. the stone is made pure
again and ready for another application.
New York Sun.
, 1886-12-25

THf New York Worli say The
agreement between the men vino would
like the Nevada Scnaiorslnp not To spend
more than slOO,Oo0 in their contest, has
caused the legislature TO look elsewhere
Tor candidates who will pan cut better.
The members, it is said, have all signed a
document offering the place to Mackay,
tut he does not van II at my price.
There is a prospect that the people ofthc
state viii have to cmlerate. The mines
are about exhausted, and if the demand
for scholarships di-arpear- also. there will
le no means left Tor earning a living
, 1886-12-25


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from salisbury catba1,ol If yvns ;n.iL.
an iron fence and I had IN attract, ,;,a
guides attention to he tower by asking
him the measurements of some of lin, or.
nainents. Then | stood on the fotnda-
tation of tho fence and loaned over and /
give YOU my word | was lame for weeks
from those dreadful pickets, and hit
it with my parasol Till could reach
through and yet. il And this"-
And so she ran ON. while the other sat
silent in sheer amazement. until she
said:
NOW want all tbsse worked into
snme beautiful deaion. snue,L;ng svm-
bolical. Won kuow YIN do make sucb
lovely things. and thev can ali be set in
cement or something. Tbese pebbles"
she continued nnroIIing one If tbe
packages. .all come from Abbotstord.
and these | shall have set into stucco in
the shane of a beart-for The Heart of
Midlothian. YOU know-and hang il IN
in the library"
The unluckv ,,as;o,ar -,o,,r,orad ha
knew moi what. but sometbing which he
said probably endonpered his fnture wei.
fare since o,tyyordiY he lied and inward
Nv he cursed. ,ybiIa the lsdv having
small heed to him on.ned will an air Of
the utmost reverence +, small how and
tool out some.h,inu ,rra,nad in ,;ss,,o
, 1886-12-25

AFTER about 700 years Of dealing with
the Irish people, the British government
is laundering away just as it has through
past centuries, and is too stupid and def
clent in tact to make any change Of pol
icy. "War is to be waged unrelentingly
all along the line, says the London
Standard, und that means utter failure
by breaking Irish heads to compose the
Irish unrest. 1t the grand old man"
lives Il few years longer, he may have
the honor of taking the initial steps to-
ward a real pacidcaiion Of the tortured
island
, 1886-12-25

Binks is not very apprcciatiNe of the
Mrs. Binks is constantly grieved by his
indifference to her efforts to b. aesthetic.
The other day, however. the good lady
came home from the relle al To ind the
four legs Of every chair in her parlor
ornamented with n bow of satin ribbon.
Bnks stood by. looking as pleased as IA
basket of chips. There, dear. " he said.
Il saw you had only ribbon enough to
fasten to the top of that rocker. .nl q l
brought Il whole piece along and made
things look all nice and regular. ~ Boston
Herald.
, 1886-12-25
BLACK HILLS STAGE
AND EXPRESS COMPANY

Coaches leave Union depot, Cheyenne,
at 6:3G a. ~, daily, Except Sundays;
touch Chugwater, Fort Laramie, Rawhide
Buttes and Lusk, and connect with the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad at Lusk
and for Sundance, Buffalo, Fort Fetter-
man, Fort Mckinney, Douglas, (Wyo.),
Fort Robinson and Chadron in Nebraska,
and Rapid City, Spearfsh and Deadwood,
Oak.
The cheapest and shortest route by
twenty-iour hours.
The U. S. mail carried. We have first
class eating stations, and our division
agents take all pains Ia secure the com
fort OF passengers.
+. T.. LoNGHURsr. Agent.
, 1886-12-25

MARSHAL Gross, of Kentucky, IN
sisted ON %resigning his Office, but the
president persuaded him to hold on.
This Gross is the gentleman who, in con
versatlon with Mr.. Cleveland on one oc-
c%asion, became so excited that he hit him
on the knee with such force as to bring
the tears to the presidential eyes. If
permitted to resign his present Office he
probably would want another one, and
the president does not care to be hit
again.
, 1886-12-25

1t is said that the hotel clerk can never
forget his early training and fastidious-
ness in the matter of his personal attire,
and it is claimed that those who have
gone into other vacations can always be
detected by their style of dressing MS in
fallibly as the army officer can always be
by his bearing and inclination to wear
his coat buttoned up as if in uniform.
The argument was proved by the men-
ton of several gentlemen, and inquiry
discovered hat in early life they had all
been hotel clerks.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
, 1886-12-25

MosT of the ambitious Western towns
which had an opportunity to hear Patti
in a couple of songs on guaranteeing her
81, 1000 for a single concert, concluded to
build a city hall, a library or an orphan
asylum instead, and no one will question
their wisdom.
, 1886-12-25

The congressman who will have the
pluck to introduce a resolution to abolish
the Congressional Record hasn't turned
up yet. That publication is as dear to
them AS the apples of their eyes.
, 1886-12-25

Thompson-Jones, did you say9 Why,
he is shiftless, lazy and utterly incompe-
tent.
Johnson-But there must be something
good about him. Isn't there something
you can say in his favor
Thompson We-el 49, ye-es perhaps
there is. He often has very good inten-
tons. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
, 1886-12-25

w. n. Hunt can always be relied upon,
not only to carry in stock the best of
everything, but to secure the agency for
such article as have well-known merit, and
are popular with the people, thereby sus-
tanning the reputation Of being always
enterprising, and ever reliable. Having
secured the agency for the celebrated DR..
Kings New Discovery for consumption,
will sell it on a positive guarantee. 1t
will surely cure any and every affection of
throat, lungs and chest, and to show you
our confidence, we invite you to call and
get a trial bottle free.
, 1886-12-25

THIRTY THOUSAND jumping jacks are
reported to have been turned on this
season in a single town in Maine. That
state has heretofore gained some notoriety
in the production of statesmen.
, 1886-12-25

The New Orleans Times Democrat an
nounces the shipment OF a vessel load Of
Mississippi hay to New York. This is a
novelty in southern exports. Hitherto
northern hay has been shipped South in
large quantities.
, 1886-12-25

DIR. AvELING, the English socialist,
thinks there is a vast difference between
the American and the English aristoc-
racy. He could not have said anything
more complimentary to the people of this
country.
, 1886-12-25

There are in Prussia . 4,015 male and
female convicts engaged in about twenty
industries, among which are tobacco,
bookbinding, shoemaking. carpentering,
weaving. ~sailmaking, discriminating and
woodworking. The question of convict
labor is attracting a great deal OF atten-
tention. Frank Leslie's.
, 1886-12-25

Says u writer; 1T is a blessed thing
for any II to have a friend whom he can
utterly trust" SO it is; but Just think
how much blcsseder it is TO nave a friend
who will trust him utterly, and how much
more profitable, too.-New York Graphic.
, 1886-12-25

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children ~teething. 1t
soothes the child, ~softens the gums, al
LAYS the pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best remedy for diarrh9a Twenty-Five
cents a bottle,
, 1886-12-25

Medicine men among the Alaska In
dams wear plated rows Of hair ON their
heads, preside at all fcasts, play ON tom
toms, interfere with other peoples bust
ness and make themselves generally dis
agreeable. -Harpcr's Bazaar.
, 1886-12-25

A civilized man viii never want to sen
II thing for more than it is worth, nor
will he want to buy anything for less
than what it is worth.-Col. Bob Inger-
soil
, 1886-12-25

Don't get into anybody's way with
your naturalness, but try to be yourself
wherever you go.-Rev. San Jones.
, 1886-12-25

THE poet Whittier is in his S0th year,
but he can still write better poetry than
Tcnnyson. Perhaps it is because he isn't
- LII
, 1886-12-25

In all its branches by W. ELLIOTT, on Eighteenth
street, one door west OF the old stand. Singlefoot
All kind Of wagon work done first class.
, 1886-12-25

u. &. BAIRD and A. G. CAMpBELL), At
torneys at Law and Notaries Public, Chey.
second floor, st bbins 4 Post 5 bank block.
, 1886-12-25

Successor to II. S. Oliver. FIRE INSURANCE.
None but 'timc-tricd and fire tested compauic-
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
, 1886-12-25

hIIONNF III , M IN W. Ofhce Della
ware Block, Cheyenne, Wyo.
REAL ESTATE. LOAN. AND LIVE
STOCK. Ferguson street, Cheyenne.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-24

Nobody sympathized with Evelyn, and
nobody had a fair word for Tom. No
body liked him. "He is such fool"
said her father; she's been at that same
counter in my store nearly four years,
and knows less about it now than cash
boy; and besides, he hasn't dollar in
the world but the salary Ipay him."
"He's such q duffer," said Evelyn's
brother Jack, che never goes anywhere
with the fellows and he dresses like q
guy" "He's so awkward, !" said her sister
Effie. HE stepped on every dress IN the
parlor at the sociable, and when he called
here last week he upset the globe Of gold
fish and broke your fam" "He's so
homely and quiet" said
mamma, ''he actually Expresses one"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-24
GRANDPA TELLING HIS STORY.

warning the woodland orchestra to put
up its pipes and close the season. Tom
and Evelyn, coming from some concert
or prayer-meeting down town, paused
moment at the veranda steps, and q
husky goodnight" had just dropped
from Toms lips, when the moon, peep
ing through a rent in a fleecy vail Of
cloud she had been wearing until the
winds had torn it to rags, saw him take
Evelyn's hands more tenderly. than
common, or even the most courtly polite
ness required, and then, although the
moon couldn't hear q word no said, for
he spoke so softly that nobody but
Evelyn-not even the big black cricket
under the flag-stone, that stopped fid-
ding and listened with all his might
could hear; yet he must have said good
night over again, and said it slowly.
For, after the moon had tried on two
other clouds without keeping either Of
them, she happened to look down, just
as Tom ceased to speak. And there
Evelyn's hands lay still in his, although
he had said goodnight" and it was
time for him to go; the quivering lashes
lifted, the brown eyes looked up into his
own, and then, the sweetest little face
under the stars lay on Toms shoulder.
And the moon, with great show Of
being astonished, as though she had
never seen such o performance since
she began lowering around tho earth,
made her mouth into great round o,
and pulled thick cloud over her face
and left Evelyn there, crying on Toms
shoulder.
OF all things in the world, crying!
What under the moon was there to
cry aboutl I don't know, any more
than I know why Jacob lifted up his
voice and wept when he kissed Rachel
All know Is what the moon saw. She
loitered around behind the clouds that
night until half-past eleven O'Clock, and
then went to bed. Just ~ she pulled
the coverlid Of the horizon over her
head, she looked at the house. It was
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-24
Mn ARNyae.
THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

A Few Thoughts Incident to the Happy
Time-An Apostrophc to Christmas.
OF all the holiday seasons, that Of
Christmas-time is, or should be, at least,
the most remembered. Coming, as ii
does, so near tho close of the calendar
year, and commemorative, as it is, Of the
birth of the Saviour of the world, it
brings much more to those Of thoughtful
minds and thankful hearts than the mere
temporal pleasure of the seasons festiv-
tiles. 1t suggests retrospective thought
on the year SO nearly gone; q review
of character and conduct, not forgetting
an impartial criticism of ones own faults
and follies, and new resolves for the bet
ter in the future.
There is also much to incite o feeling
of grateful thanks for the manifold
blessings of which we are the constant
recipients. We can be thankful above all
for the coming of Him who suffered and
died for the sins of the race, and who, in
addition to His sacrifice of Himself, gave
US also such grand principles by which
to control and regulate human conduct.
Verify, a day which ushered in the
Light of the World, and gave to its peo-
pie the priceless boon of redemption and
life eternal, is one to be celebrated with
joy and thanksgiving. 1t can awaken
in the human heart none but the highes:
end hottest emotions.
A writer in the Chicago Meas. in an
'.Apostrophe to Christmas" from which
we quote, says:
80 holy Christmas! No iteration can
dull the music of thy joyous greetings.
In thy right hand thou bringest comfort
and good cheer to the children Of men;
in thy left hand thou dearest q banner
whereon is inscribed: Freely We have
received, freely give'
with thy magic wand thou TOUGHEST
the hearts of men, and the nations re-
joice. Thou layest thy finger on the
purse-strings of the rich, and they are
looseRed; thou auointest the eyes Of
dreaming childhood, and straight it seeth
visions of Elysian fields where mother
love makes fairer paradise than ever poet
dreamed.
I'm thy presence men forget their
cares. women their trials, and the scep-
ter of household sovereignty passes to
the imperious hands Of little children.
There is q balsam in thy breath for
the healing Of the sore Of heart and dis
tressed. Thou pourest wine and oil into
the wounds Of those lacerated and bleed
ing from the hard battle with the world.
20 holy Christmas! Thou roundest
out the year with loving kindness; thou
fllest the earth with feasting and glad
ness, and the sky with the music of the
love Of God to man, and the hearts Of US
all with that peace and that 10Y which
we know and feel and yet can not under
stand.n
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-24

sniffies. And so, on this night of uni
versal rejoicing, amid all the hilarity
the singing and shouting, the music
the merry jostling and the animated
confusion, sweet Evelyn Barr was en-
gagged in what her brother Jack called
''the great tear act for the Christmas
ombination-lachrymo giganteus. u
Evelyn's eyes were too pretty for tears,
but what will you havel The brook that
laughs and sings in June will overflow
sometimes in April; it is only the els
tern that never rises to the passion of a
freshet.
Why, nearly two years before this
sit down, it's long story, and there
isn't much in it-Evelyn had danced and
laughed and sang her way into poor
Tom Applegate's heart, without the
slightest effort on her own part, and
with a great deal Of prompt, earnest
cooperation on the part of Tom, though
it took him about year to tell her
Of it, and then the girls laughed at
him and pitied her. At least, they
said they did. There were young fell
lows, score Of them, signing about
Evelyn, weaving her name into acros-
tics, full Of trees and breeze, and pass
ing hour, and opening flOw'r, and
sonnets that limped along on unequal
feet: handsome young fellows, brill
liant young fellows, full Of promise
and prospects, who worshiped the
ground she danced over. And on the
outer edge Of this circle Tom lowered,
a bashful adorer, fainthearted lover,
who mover dared sign his verses, and
who often looked as though he were
going to say something brilliant, and
Us often abruptly gave it up, and looked
at his hands, on tho useful fingers Of
which he carefully Tailed the feet Of
his sonnets.
But the deep, still fountain in his heart
overflowed one night when the summer
had sped away and the falling leaf was
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-24

FEED well the hungry, clothe the poor
And such as stand in need:
This II the way to celebrate
A Christmas true indeed"