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, 1886-03-02

In Mrs. KS handsome parlors were
many works Of cunning and art But
neglected and alone in a dark corner stood
a modest vase. IL was not n comely vase
at It's best, and II showed abuse aud
neglect, and it seemed to feel its insight
fcance. and when anybody came near, 1t
sort OF contracted itself and threw out
dust as the p%orcupine hurls his quilts.
But one day a connoisseur stepped into a
dark corner. @What lave you heref"
quoth he. 20, don't look at that sickly
thing said the sngacious Mrs. X.
sticky thingi replied the connoisseur,
Why, madam, you ave n splendid piece
OF Dresden In this vase" And the lady
gave n cry Of Joyous surprise. and she
bounced upon that model vase, and
rubbed IL tenderly with a a. handkerchief
and bofe II out OF the gloom and placed IL
conspiciously on the piano, henceforth to
be sacred to the sight and to the flowers
that bloom in the spring tra-la.-Kansas
City Times.
, 1886-03-02
TILE rARIFF IssuE.

When the late Gen, Hancock said, in
1880, that the tariff was "a local issue, y
that statement was received in many quar-
tens with surprise, as though he had said
something that was very wide OF the
mark. The new Morrison bill, now before
congress and the country, is being dis
cussed in a way that shows Gen. Hancock
to have been quite accurate in his diagno-
sis of this perennial Issue. The Ohio
wool growers are considering it entirely
with reference to their " special line Of
business. The Louisiana sugar planters
are looking at it from the same stand
point. The Michigan and Maine lumber
interests are following suit And so i,
goes all along the line; and those local.
ties whose industries are not affected by
the bill are willing to see it pass. and
those localities where manufacturer be-
lieve they would be hurt by its passage
are up in arms against it. Gen. Hancock
was right The tariff is a local issue.
Every congressman will vote on it, when
the time comes, on exactly that basis.
yea II he believes his constituents viii
profit by ITS enactment and nay il he be-
lieyes to the contrary.
, 1886-03-02

NJ. Pasteur is 50 years old. He is a
short, thick-set person about five feet
six OF Eve inches high, with straight
black hair, a little sprinkled with gray,
and short-trimmed whiskers Of the same
character. Some few years since, he had
an attack of paralysis which affected his
left side somewhat, 30 that the move
ments OF that side are not as free AS
those Of the other.
In some ways he reminds one of the
late Gen. Grant. He is not much Of a
talker; has in general rather Unconditional
features, but has 4 pair Of kindly, lark
eyes, with heavy eyebrows. From
casual observation or without sufficient
acquaintance, under peculiar conditions,
one would never be led to think that a
man so apparently Unconditional possessed
a tenderness and emotional sympathy far
beyond that Of ordinary women. When
babes or very young coildren displayed
exceeding fright after the first inocula-
ton, when brought zach succeeding day,
one did not have 10 watch very closely to
see the pearls of sympathy gather in the
masters eyeI.-Dr. Billings in Medical
News.
, 1886-03-02
MISCHIEF CAUSED BY A WATCH.
A Cheap An@ir In the First Place "A
Mare of disappointment

III u RtsaPPthhAth'ht
Ever see anything funny In the course
n my businessS Certainly lido, said "A jew
! eler TO a reporter. sSee lots of fun some
times, and, by the way, your question re
minds me OF the fellow who was in here
half an hour ago. He has a watch-there
1t hangs now-that is more trouble 10 him
than all his brains, though | don't mean
to say that he Is a fool The most foolish
thing that | ! know OF him Is that he Will
persist in carrying hat watch. Well, as |
was about Ia say, that self-samc ticker Of
his comes TO me not less than once n
month regularly.
Il remember very well the first time he
brought H. II was one Tuesday morning,
and ms he had known me for some time
before that, he stopped TO tell OF his
troubles. The watch, he said, hung on n
nail in his room on Sunday evening, tick
ing away for dear life. He wa very mr-h
Interested In n book which he was rc=d
ing. so much absorbed, in fact, that
though he looked at the watch every two
minute TO see II II was time to go see his
best girl yet, he did not notice that the
hands had stopped moving. At last he
heard the clock striking and. mechanically
counting the strokes, found that II was o
O'Clock. The watch only said T.30, and AS
It was a case of 5 o'clock or not at all. he
tried hard to devote the remainder OF the
evening 10 his book, which had suddenly
grown uninteresting.
"The next day he shook the timepieee
up, got It TO going in fine style, called on
his lady love in the morning. explained
the cause OF his failure to keep his ap-
pointment, and soothed her sensibilities
by arranging 10 take her TO the opera at
night. When evening came he made
al that fla xnnfah "a uIa xuara xuaIEfnn
around the watch-face at the usual rate,
and again took up his book. Half-past 8.
Z. aud half-past lit was time TO go now.
He put the ticker in his pocket, his coat
on his bnck, and left the hotel. When he
reached - Walnut street he rang the bell,
walked in, and asked for Miss -- with
the greatest assurance.
aGone out II was impossible.
"But he wa told she did 20 at $50 with
Mr.. - Half-past 81 He was thun-
derstruck again, but a glance Mt the clock
ON the parlor mantel assured him that IL
was then nearly 0 o'clock, and he left in a
maze Of disappointment The watch
had stopped some time during the day
started again according TO It's own sweet
will, and was an hour or so behind time.
"Since that time he has married another
girl. and Is not yet on speaking terms
with the one that his watch got him left
with. Nearly every time he comes he tells
of how he missed an appointment or n
train or something OF the kind the day be-
fore. have frequently told him that the
watch was n cheap affair in the first place,
and It is not worth repairs now, as II can
not be made to keep time by the best jew
eler In the land, but he always says 1t will
have TO do n little longer. Just for the
curiosity OF the thing l looked over my
books the last time he was here to see
how much he had paid me for putting IL
in order, and II was just 81. ! sell n very
fair watch for $50 nowadays. Harris
burg Patriot.
, 1886-03-02
MACHINES SURPRISING HAND WORK.


Furniture sf the Highest Grade Now
Made by Mschinery-A Pew Details.
In one OF the many stores used for the
sale of fine furniture TO which the trade
name Of artistic is now applied. two
men were examining an elaborate cabinet
the other day. One of them was actively
engaged in the wholesale furniture bust
ness, the other had retired from il some
few years ago. Il want you to examine
this" said the former, and tell mel II you
think it il really what 1t claims 10 be-a
piece OF hand-worked furniture The
other after u sharp scrutiny and examin-
ing closely various points such as the
carving, the interior finish of the little
cupboards, the returns of the mouldings
and NO forth, said: Certainly this with
the exception may be of some of the
minor m%ouldings must have been worked
by hand and finished altogether in that
manner"
well then" replied his companion, II
may tell you for your own ~edification
that this was worked by machinery from
start TO finish and put together by men
working for 30 cent an hour" He re-
marked that during the last year or two
an enterprising western firm had gone in
for making furniture Of the highest grade
by machinery. The designs were pre-
pared by the most skilfull designers and
a design has yet TO be prepared which the
machine can not turn out with nearly AZ
fine a finish as can possibly be attained
by hand work.
New machines are being constantly
invented TO do any peculiar work which
has hitherto been thought only possible
by hand. Fine mahogany fancy tables,
carved parlor sets and cabinets are the
principle lines OF furniture now made in
this fashion and the work is as superior
to common hand work as the latter is TO
the cheap machine-made stuff which was
once the only representative of machine
work on the market. 1t appears that
most Of the dealers in the finer sort Of
furniture in this city are adding the new
machine-made work TO their stocks. The
wood is carefully seasoned and the joints
are finer and closer thar is usually the
case with hand work. The cost is Of
course much less.-New York Tribune.
, 1886-03-02

"Antiseptie Interment Sack" for Corpses.
Some months ago a committee APP
pointed by the National Association of
Baggage Agents called upon us and asked
il rubber could not be effectively substi-
tuted for the canvas wrapping that Is
now occasionally used in embalming. |
told them / would see what could be done
and n few weeks later we devised and
manufactured asample lot of these sacks,
which we call our ~antiseptic interment
suck
Here is the sack added the re-
porter's informant, ms he drew his atten-
ton to a rubber bag about six feet in
length. Its shape was hat of n mans
sock, and when the body is placed in it
for sealing the leg extension Of the sock
is rolled back over the heel, and the
body inserted until its feet are in the toe;
hen the extension is pulled up oven the
head, and the aperture Theoretically
sealed with cement. This is her tightly
laced between two stout rubber flaps
which project near the commencement
Of the main sock. As they are to be
made in future, a thick plate of glass is
to be sealed into the sack and supported
beneath by a wire frame, so that the face
of the corpse may be seen. The body,
when thus sealed in the sack, is placed
in the coffin and is ready for shipment.
They are made in all sizes, and vary in
price from SO to s14. There has been
some little objection to it raised by un-
dertakers, who think that the profit they
have enjoyed in expensive caskets will
be done away with by the sack. Each
sack is used but once, and is intended to
remain upon the corpse-Chicago Tribune
Interview.
, 1886-03-02

For "A number OF years ON the continent
Of Europe and In England and Scotland II
has not been an m thing to see
ladies take the shooting field. In :he
Black Forest In Germany ladies assist at
the battues. Lady Abinger. who was n
Miss Magruder, niece Of Gen. Magruder.
OF Confederate army fame, always took
part In the opening OF the grouse season,
on her moor at Banivie, Scotland. She
was AN admirable shot and An untiring
walker. In this country until recently
only a limited number OF ladies. and these
so~utherners, ever took up a breech-loader.
and this wa usually preliminary TO a
breach Of promise suit-Baltimore Amer
iran
, 1886-03-02

The Rawlins journal comes 10 US
heavily laden with anathemas against the
Legislature for rresuming to provide for
some needed public improvements in this
territory. 1t goes out of its way to black
guard the people Of Cheyenne who de-
serve only the editors good will. They
have given him their very generous pa
tronage. and some of them have helped
him TO get the fat government Office he
now holds. He should be content to leave
legislative questions to the good judg-
m-nt Of those who have been ehosen by
the people TO attend 10 that branch Of the
public business. If the editor will mend
his manners, Rawlins may yet set the
deaf and dumb asylum, meanwhile he
may rest assured that Wyoming has
ennerged from her infancy, knows what IS
good for herself and has started out in
life With supreme confidence in her future
destiny as a great aud powerful common
wealth.
, 1886-03-02

When Henry Clay, OF Kentucky, was
in active life he imported from Spain
four red shoats. This was in 1887. Mr..
Clay was well pleased with these red
hogs, and bred them ON his farm at
Ashland" for a number OF years. They
were probably the original blood from
which the southern-bred Kentucky fam
lily Of red hogs are descended. Some Of
II these red hogs may nov be found in
Kentucky, changed in characteristics by
continued crossing with the local breeds,
and generally modelled after them. but.
like all families Of red hogs, retaining
with remarkable tenacity the red color.
Chicago Times.
, 1886-03-02

Piles are frequently preceded by a sense
of want of weight in the back, loins and
lower part OF the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has some affection
Of the kidneys or. neighborng organs. AT
tunes, symptoms ofindigestion are present
h~atulency, uneasiness of the stomach, etc.
A moisture like perspiration, producing n
very d~isagreeable itching, after getting
warm, is a common attendant Blind,
bleeding and itching piles yield at once 70
the application Of DR.. Bosanko's Pile
Remedy which acts directly on the parts
effected, absorbing the tumors, allayine
the intense itching. and cffccting a per
manent cure. Price so cents. Address
The DIR. Bosanko Medicine Co, Piqua,
o. Sold by W. N. Hunt
, 1886-03-02

Professor II. L. Fairchild, in a scien
tific lecture in New York, stated thai
while we always think of the dry land
as the true place OF stability, as a matter
of fact it is the ocean which forever
maintains its place and the land which
is continually oscillating. He informed
his auditors that Manhattan island is
gradually sinking, and that if they lived
long enough they could find the sea COW
ering the place. With great considera-
ton he relieved their minds by saying
that there was time enough TO finish the
lecture before the island sank.-Ex-
change.
, 1886-03-02


A volcanic revival seems to have
struck the Pacific coast of u continent.
The seaport OF Guayaquil, in Ecuador.
has witnessed a three days eruption OF
Mount Tungurazua, turning night into
day" and in western Mexico the volcano
Of Colima has furnished n series of free
pyrotechnics. After n subterranean pre-
lude OF strange bumpings and rumblings,
tho great crater burst into iianics and
began to lombard the neighboring hill
sides with skyrockets in the form OF
twenty-pound chunks of bituminous con-
glomerate. American tourists could
reach the scene OF the phenomeon within
three days after leaving San Antonio,
Texas. via Ell Pnso, the Mexican capital
and the terminus OF the unfinished AGA
pulco road, from where Colima (the sea-
port) can be reached by easy stages. The
peak Of Colima-12, 900 feet above the
level OF the Pacihc-is about our nearest
active volcano. for the two u-npronounce-
able craters in the ~neighborhood of the
capital seem TO have permanently retired
from active business. Professor Oswald
in Cincinnati Enquirer.
, 1886-03-02

Some idea may be formed Of the mag
nitude Of the higher institutes OF learning
in Germany when compared with those
Of the United States, by reading the OIL
cial reports of the number OF students in
any n Of them. II is reported that
there are now e,s65 students in the uni
versity OF Munich. or these 1907 ARE
devoting themselves to the studies Of
medicine. 800 in Judiciary branches, 800
law students, 52i 10 the study OF philoso-
ply, 1870 10 theology, i02 10 national
economy. and 1862 to pharmaoy.-Chicag
Times.
, 1886-03-02

From John Kuhn, Lafayette. Ind.
who nounc that he Is now in perfect
health. we have the following: "One yeai
ago. | was to all appearances in the last
stages of consumption. Our best physi
clans gave my case up. finally got sc
low that our doctor said | could not live
twenty-four hours. My friends then pur
chased a bottle OF ID, VIM. Halls Balsan
for the Lungs, which benefited me. ]
continued until | took nine bottles. | an
now in perfect health, having used ne
other medicine"
, 1886-03-02

fyour ayocaiions are mentally OF phys
.ically laborious. fthey subject you TO cx.
posture In Indictment weather, if they con-
fine you 10 the desk aud are of a nature to
involve wear and tear OF brain, and nerv.
Gus strain, you may occasionally require
some rcnoyating tonic. Hostetters Stom
aeh Bltten is the article for you; il stimu-
lates the failing energies. i~nvigorates the
body and cheers the mind. II enables the
system 10 throw of the facilitating effect
OF undue fatigue, gives renewed vigor TO
the organs Of digestion. arouses the liver
when inactive, which Il very often Is with
people whose pursuits are ~sedentary, NJ
news the jaded appetite. and encourages
a healthy rcposc. Its Ingredients are
safe, and its credentials. which consist in
the hearty endorsement Of persons OF
every class Of society. are most convincing.
Admirably Is Il adapted to the medical
wants Of workers.
, 1886-03-02

The results of experiments with eight
cen varieties of cheese are given in
B~eidermann's C~entralblatt. Cheddar, a
rich and highly favored English cheese,
was digested in the shortest time, four
hours, while unripe SKINNED cheese re-
quired ten. There is little difference in
the digestibility Of all sorts of hard
cheese or all soft cheese. Fat cheeses
dissolve the most rapidly. Taking into
consideration the quantity of nitrogen
dissolved, the writer concluded that, on
account Of its great proportionate diges-
tibility, cheese is the most nourishing OF
all foods except meat and eggs.-Ex-
change.
, 1886-03-02

On of the industries along the Shannon
river, in Ireland, is the capture and cult
walton of cells. The taking of 40, 900 in
single night sometimes occurred years
ago; but the present product is much
less, owing to the drainage of the country
and other influences. At Castle Council
are five immense tanks, in which the eels
are kept alive and allowed TO grow, the
dead and weak ones being dipped out
every morning by means of large land
ing nets, and sold cheaply 10 poor people
-Forticu Letter.
, 1886-03-02

All travellers stopping for a time in
Cheyenne can find the best a~ccommoda-
tons in the city at the Western Hotel on
Fifteenth street The location is Agreea-
BILE and convenient, rooms pleasant and
newly furnished, meals the best a first
class cook can prepare from the finest
materials in the market, walters who un-
dcrstand their BUSINESS the best liquors
and cigars in the bar room arr among the
many attractions Of this popular house.
HKRnAr KnME- proprietor.
, 1886-03-02

Can anyone bring us a case of kidney
or liver complaint that Electric Bitters
will not speedily cure2 We say they can
not, as thousands Of cases already per.
manently cured and who are daily recon.
mendng Electric Bitters. will prove.
Bright's disease, diabetes, weak baos, OF
any urinary complaint quickly cured.
They purify the Mood, regulate the bow
els, and act directly on the diseased parts.
Every bottle guaranteed. For sale at 81
cents a bottle by w. N. Hunt
, 1886-03-02

Everyone has a cure for o r throat,
but simple remedies appear to be most
effectual. Salt and water is used by
many as a gargle, but a little alum and
honey dissolved in sage tea is better.
An application of cloths wrung out OF
hot water and applied TO the neck,
changing as often as they begin to cool,
has the most potency for removing in
Illumination Of anything we ever tried.
1t should be kept up for a number Of
hours; during the evening is usually the
most convenient time for applying this
remedy.-Scientific American.
, 1886-03-02

GKS. SHERMAN intended 10 reply to
Gen. Fry at the recent meeting of the
Loyal Legion at Cincinnati. but the sud
den death OF Gen. Hancock on the even
ing before changed the entire programme
Gen. Sherman then sent his carefully pre-
pared address To the North american Re
uisio for publication, and it appears in the
March number.
, 1886-03-02

+. ". Clark had forty-two alligators,
ranging from one TO three feet in length,
In a shallow pool back of his store.
When the cold wave came the pool froze
solid and the alhgatons were imbedded in
the ice for four days. Every one who
saw the reptiles pronounced them deader
than Hector, but when the ice thawed
they began 10 show signs OF life, and all
but three crawled out as gay Ms larks.
The others may come TO life next SUM
mer.-Taliahassee Qla.) Tallahassean.
, 1886-03-02

Our system Of Identification in criminal
cases is preferable 10 the English mode,
as it Is a good test Of memory. When a
man sees another in a crowd, especially
when they have a common character
istic, it is much easier for him to dis
tinguish that individual by his peculi-
arities. But when they are taken, one
by one, as in our American practice, his
memory is put in play. Yes, sir, our
system, which also obtains in France, is
more advantageous to the prisoner.-At-
to~rney-at-Lzpw in Globe-D Democrat.
, 1886-03-02

WI trust that New York and Boston
Journals will henceforth be more respect
ful to the west and south since a Montana
or Dakota blizzard aud a Texas cyclone
have met over the great cities on the coast
and made them the storm center.
, 1886-03-02
The ROYAL FAMILY OF DENMARK.


Said Mr.. Lassen, b~ookkeeper at Calls
carpet house, to n reporter; you know
I'm "a Dane, SO / read that anecdote about
Professor Andersen. our minister to
Denmark, in the paper, with consid-
cradle interest. 1t dwells upon Minister
Andersen's shaking hands with the queen
of Denmark as something surprising,
even shocking to the punctillio of that
court. Now that's nonsense. Nothing
is thought Of shaking hands with the
king or queen. It's a very plain, demo
cratic sort Of court. When 1 was a boy
Frederick VII, was king of Denmark.
He was just n plain, everyday king.
The boys in the streets didn't call him
Your Excellency' or Your Majesty
II was just How dye do, King Freder-
ickY and he would pat us on the read or
tap us ON the shoulder. | have seen him
come down to the dock where the boys
were fishing and inquire about their
catch, and when he was shown a partic-
ularly good string or an especially large
fish. he would make some jocose remark
that would tickle us youngsters amaz-
ingly.
THE present king, Charles TX, is an
accident. He wa not in the line of sue
cession at all. The count of Schleswig-
Holstein might have been king il he had
not gone over to the side Of the Prussians
in the Schleswig-H olstein war. He did
it tn save his estates and in the hope Of
getting other property TO which his
family thought they had some title. SO
he fell by the wayside, and Christian was
mad. ttp1
, 1886-03-02

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, 1886-03-02

A photograph of the American breech-
loading rifle gun which has successfully
passed the ordeal at SandyHook represents
itas looking like an immense champagne
bottle. at makes a louder pop, how
ever says The Boston Transcript. ms
with 905 pounds of powder it sends a
projectile weighing 800 pounds whizzing
at the rats Of 1.s40 feet per second.T-
Exchange.
, 1886-03-02

A clergyman who was officiating at
the funeral Of a young girl began his dis
course with, -oh, may this bereaved
father find consolation for the death OF
his daughter"-and tlon happening To
remember there was another daughter.
the offspring OF a second marriage, he
added, hastily--by his first wife."-Har-
per's nazar.
, 1886-03-02

There Is n whipping up OF tired allure
going OF that ought to como under the
notice OF some society for the prevention
OF cruelty 10 animals. The lash is being
applied in this way, TO take a common in
stance, In your very house. Your hus-
band did not sleep any last night. think
ing Of his business entanglements. You
prepare him two cups Of strong black
coffee, which he pours down for break
fast, unable TO eat anything with IL. No
doubt while the stimulus lasts he carried
through an immense amount OF work in a
savage manner. 1t passes for pure grit
by the on-lookers. Perhaps II may be;
but there Is another kind OF grit that we
like quite as well-the patient, steady fol-
lowing ones conscience. And your doses
Of strong tea that enables you TO get
through the house cleaning, or the fall
sewing. Is another whip-long and cruel
The society should have its hands on you
both %instanter. Good Housekeeping.
, 1886-03-02

WHEN every member of the Kansas
legislature shall have filed his s., 900 suit
for damages against the Kansas. City
Times the political artist of that enter
prising journal will probably have To
treat the proprictors to a trip to Florida
To oCcl them of.