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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12
From 115lbS to ISL lbs.
To the Cuticura Remedies owe VIZ
Health, MY Happiness, and
My Life

A day never passes that do not think and
speak kindly u tho CuT1CURA REMEDIES seven
years ago, oil Ut a dozen lumpB FORMED on my
reck, ranging In aiSe from cherry stone % an
orange The large once were frighfui 70 look
at, and painful TO bear; people turned aside
when they eaw me, In disgust, ana was
Phys clans and thelr treatment, and all medi.
clnes failed 10 do any good. IN moment OF
despair | tried the CuTICuRA REMEDIES --CuTl-
uURA, the great SRin Cure, and CUflCUhA SOAP,
an axqai ite Rkln Beautiner, externally, and
CuTiCURA kEsOLvENr. the new. Blood Purifier,
internally; the small humps lns call heml
gradually disappeared, and ITO large ones
broke, In ahout two weekB, dischhFgng large
qusntl lsa Of matter, Leaving two slight acare In
my neck 10 day TO It'll ths story OF my sunering
NY weight then was one hundred and nfecen
alckly rounds; my weight now IS one hundreu
and slxIy. one solid, healthy pounds, and my
height IL only Eve feet i've Inches. In my
travels ! praised the CuTiCuRA REMEDIES,
North, south Kast, and West No. CuT1cuhA
REMRDlBs ! OWE NY HEALTH, NY nAPPINBSs,
and NY LIFE. prominent New " rk druggist
aahed me the otner day. "Do you still use the
CUT1CuRA REMEDIES; you look 70 be Ia perfect
health My reply was, do, and shall siwaya
/ hayO never known what sickness Is since !
commenced using the CUTICURA RKhEnIEs
Sometimes am laughed AZ by pralsing them 70
peopla not Rcqu sinied with the'r metlts, but
soOn'r or Later they will come TO their senses
and believe the aaine as those that use them, AZ
Il zens have whom have told. May the time
come whom there nhAll be large CUTIuunA Sup
ply House In every city in the world, for the
benefit OF humanity, where the CUIiCURA RHINE
DIES shall 10 B1ld ONLY, 30 that there Will be
rarely a need " pyer entering drug 81 re;
NJ. HUSBANDS,
40 Fulton st, New Yorb, N. Y.
CuTICnRA REMEDIES are a positive cure for
evary form Of Skin and Blood seaseB, from
pimples 10 SlrOilR Sold everywhere. Prize I:
CiiTlcuWA, M cents; soAP, Is cent? REsOLYENr,
$50. Prepared ~ the POTTER DRUG AND
| I HRMICAL 10, Bosom, Mass. send for slow
| to Cure sklu Disease"
send for 'lIOw 60 ture skin Disc Assess
nlasPl.Rs, Bat kheaJs SKIN Biemlshrs, and
TIM liRby llHmo19, use CuTiCuRA soar.
a. KIDNEY PIISR, STRAINS
| 41QSHB ttE dUEb-, Wcaknees and We lri-
.z1fF noss caused by over WORK, dissipation,
RRt Aulitdiug, WALKING, or Tho spwlng-ma-
AM- G the, ruged W th' GuTICulA ANTI
%PAiS rLAsTkn New, elegant, original
and lnfalllble s5C.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12

The best salve In the world for cuts.
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chiiblains,
cornsr and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. It Is guar
ahteed % give perfect satisfaction, or
Market street, --
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12
Moore,n Nominn,Iop Oon,,rw.,,.

WAsHNdToE, Aug. 5.-The Senate il
executive session has confirmed the fol
lowing nominations Alvee A. Adee OF
the District of Columbia to be second
assistant secretary of state. John b.
Moore Of Delaware to be third assistant
secretary of state.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12

Young and middle.aged men, suffering
from nervous debility and kindred affec.
tons, as loss of memory and hypochon.
dria, should enclose 10 cents in stamps
for large illustrated treatise suggesting
sure means Of cure. Address World'f
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
N. Y.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12
.SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
swARTAalMORE, PA.

Opens Oth month, ldth. Thirty minutes
rom Broad 6t Station, Philadelphia. Under
the care OF Friends but all others admitted,
Scientific and Literary. Also manual Training
and Preparatory School Healthfui location.
large grounds, new and extensive huildinSs
and apparatus. Foe Catalogue and full par ,
NJ, pres't
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12
sGO,ooo F0R IRELAND.


DETROIT, Ang G.--The Rev DIR. O'Reilly
this morning cahled to the trownrers Of
the Irish Parliamentary fund in London
$3.50, 900 to suRtain the Parnelltes in theil
struggle for the redress of Irish griey.
ances' Tho following dispatch was sent
to Parnell
Parneu, HOusf Of Commons, Londoa.
Have this day transmitted to mo trustees
T60,0OO. The league In America relaxos mo
effort; knows no dismay.
OliEMLY, Treasurer,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12

no article has yet been discovered that IL SO
e1eetye In all caaea Of failing health In the old,
or weakness In the young, as Coldenis Iiduid
Beef Tonic. Ask for Colden's, take no other OF
druggists generally
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12

Sunday is the most fashionable prom
enade day, because on that day dudes
cannot be arrested for debt. -Neso Orleans
Picayttae.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12
educational.
DELAWARE COLLEGE,

REV. j. n. CALDWELL. A. M. d. D., President
VIII open with enlarged facilities sept. list.
1856 Three coursea Classical, Scientific and
Agricultural Expenses mot over 1915 Der
annum. For Information, catalogues, 40, ad-
dress the President, Newark, Del
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12

=, Hay Fever is an inlamed condition Of the
lining membrane OF the nostrils, tear-ducts and
throat. There arc severe spasms Of sneezlng,
headache, watery and in1amed eyes. Ely's
dream balm Is remedy that can be depended
upon.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12

= dose III time saves nineoH HALE's HONEY o
H0RBHouND AND TAR for coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure IA one minuta
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12
soOrr-s EMULSION OF PURE
God Liver OH, win HypOphosphisss

For Wasting Diseases of Children,
Where the digestive powers are feeble and the
ordinary food does not seem to nourish the
child, this acts both as food and medicine, CIV
ing strength and flesh at once, and is almost as
palatable as milk, Take no other,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12

t,nrli Texas, Gre We mart,
Inli me why you viii not start
Of " really You must ba!k,
fray eErnse my wicked talk.
Hear my VOW before | 20;
Y oo eyon with you, though.
by Thy long tail uncouhned.
Wooed BY every passing wind,
By those heels, so WpndrOus swift.
Which can men Ger tree tons nd,
BY those ears that droop 50 low.
I'LL bo oyon with you, though.
BY those ribs long 10 baste
by thy show OF durn bad taste,
BY thy melancholy bray,
That alarms folks milos away.
By Thy stern resolve to whoa.
I'll DO even with you, though.
MILE Of Texas, am gone,
Think Of me sweet, when alone.
For | fly N get q club,
Then your blamed old back I'll drub.
II cannot make thee 20.
III be eyon with you, though.
- Exchange.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12
DYSPEPSIA

Causes its victims to be miserable, hopeless.
confused, and depressed In mind, very irtita-
bic, languld, and drowsy. 1t is a disease
which does not get well Of ITSELF Il requires
careful, persistent attention, and remedy TO
throw on the causes and tone up tho diges-
tive organs till they perform their duties
willingly. Hoods SarSaparilla has proven
Just the required remedy In hundreds Of cases.
Ihayo taken Hoods sarsaparllla for dys-
pepsia, from which have suffered two years.
tried many other medicines, but none proved
40 satisfactory as Hoods sarsaparilla"
THOMAS Cook, Brush Electric Light Co.,
New York City.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12

This locomotive is expected to make an
average speed of from 70 to rs miles per
hour. The coaches are peculiar in that
they are carried inside iron girders, while
the wheels run under tho centre of the
longitudinal seats. Two axles l6 feet
apart support, through elliptic springs
mounted upon the oil boxes, these longi-
tudinal Orders, which have ends culying
towrrd the ground. Each girder carries
three other elliptic springs, from which is
suspended, by means of iron rods, the
lower frame on which the body Of the car
is supported. The coach is separated
into two stories, the lower of which is
made in three pendent sections, with
doors, which may be used as baggage
rooms, &c. Above is single compart-
ment with central passage way, reached
by stairways at each end of the coach,
and communicating with the other por.
tons of the train by hinged platforms.
The result of the trial of this new locomo-
tive will be watched with great interest,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12
ssVENTY-EIeHr MILES AN HOUR.
A French Locomotive with Wheels
Over Eight Feet In Diameter.

A French Locomotive with Wheels
over Eight Feet In Diameter.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The day is very recent when the talk Of
q locomotive making mile a minute was
received with due amount of doubt,
being almost universally disbelieved. To
day, however, 60 miles an hour is not the
limit, and locomotive builders now essay
to increase the speed from 10 to 15 miles
above that figure. The latest novelty in
this line is locomotive designed by M.
Estrada, which is to be experimental with
ON the southern lines of France. NJ.
Estrada, convinced of the value of large
wheels, has fitted his engine, tender and
coaches with wheels 81 feet in diameter.
The engine ia of the outside cylinder
type, with slide valve on top Of the
cylinder, and all the gearing carried out
side. The following table of dimensions
will be read with interest
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-11-26
ARABIAN POETRY.
Its Beginnings Lost in the Obscurity Of
the Desert.

The beginnings of Arabian poetry are
lost i'm the Obscuritics of the desert. The
tribes assembled ut the call of MOham-
med were launched upon the world
fresh from the inspirations of song. AS
the Saracens brought with them their
lances and swords, their stceds and their
camels and their tents; as they brought
concentration, energy, and the fury of
war, SO they brought rhyme, rythm, and
elegant diction. The BedOuin of the
Arabian sands seems TO have been q
poet by nature.
When and how the poetic art arose is
not known. The earliest verses which
have come down to it with certified text
are not older than the year 500 of the
Christian era. The fixatiOn i'm Il definite
and permanent form of those illusions
which have floated from tent to tent and
tribe to tribe, subject to all the varia-
tons of memory or of individual prefer
ence, must necessarily be associated
with the art of writing. This art was
probably introduced among the Arabs
somewhere about the year 500. From
that date onward, until the time of Mo-
manned, appear the great poets and
the great poems which are known to
modern history. But we must not pre-
sumo that these more definitely nodded
productions celebrated the earliest re-
suits of fancy. Long before their APP
pearance the passions of the desert life
expressed themselves in measured verse
On the spur of the moment, i'm the
flood tide of feeling, in the heat of love
and of the fight, or in the wilderness of
grief and mourning, the Bcdouin seems
to have broken away from the unsatisfy
ing forms of prose into imprOvisatiOns.
of which the more striking were passed
from mouth to mouth and of which some
are supposed to have been caught from
their desert flight and embodied in those
latets, ami longer poems which have
been handed down to lis.
Arabian verse. therefore, was not i'm
ported from foreign sources. 1t was
born out of the soil. II grew up in the
desert and was the imprisoned embodi-
ment of its life. The most remarkable
thing about it is that it attained before
the time of Mohammed. in the desert
and in the midst of tribal ignorance, its
most splendid development. The old
hTaulC poctIy VI Iuc WaiucrinS d.
douins is celebrated not only for its
freedom, its naturalness, the depth and
intensity of its passion, the boldness
and energy of It's expression, but also
for the perfection of its diction and the
purity of its language. The poems of
pre-Mohammedan times became the
enduring models to which after poets
aspired during the whole period of
Saracen supremacy The language of
the wandering Bedouin was esteemed
so perfect that composers of later ages
resorted to the wilds and tents of the
heart of Arabia that they might listen
TO their native speech in its purity and
baptize themselves fresh in the scenes
and influences of that nomadic life
which always formed the basis of even
the later compositions. -Atidntic Month
hy
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-11-26
Sources of Disease.

Bad air and bad water are fruitful
sources of disease. When several men,
bers of family are unwell and seem
languid and depressed. the cause should
be sought for and discovered. When
there is an outbreak of any infectious
malady, as diphtheria, unless the case
can be distinctly traced to contagion
from previous case. the sanitary con-
dition of the house and its surroundings
should be suspected and carefully ex-
amined. The drinking water may be
contaminated by leakage from some
cesspool, or defective drain; sewer
gas may be escaping into the dwelling
through an untrapped pipe, or decaying
vegetables and refuse IN the cellar may
be poisoning the air. The wise house
keeper does not wait until illness startles
her to attend to these things, but when
it does come its warnings should not be
disregarded. -ELi>abeth Robinson ScoUit
in Good Housekeeping.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-11-26
LAUNDRY LESSONS.

BOrax, in the proportion of 4 salt
spoonful of the powdered to quart of
water, is desirable addition to cold
starch.
Always shake clothes well before put
ting them into the bluing water, other
wise blue strcaks will trouble TIE good
laundrcss.
A contributor gives this way of starch
ing linen: Take one tcaspoonful of
powdered boraX and dissolve in q tea
cupful of hot water, then add three tea
spOOnfuls of starch; dip in the bosoms
and collars. roll up tightly and iron in
half an hour"
Before commencing the weekly clean
sing of clothes place all of kind in
separate baskets or piles-the under
clothing and bed linen together. also
the towels and table linen, the flannels
by themselves, and the colored clothes.
The table linen should be examined
and stains removed before putting it in
to suds.
Javelle water is useful in removing
stains, except those from iron rust. 1t
is made by dissolving pound of sal
soda in a tin vessel over the fire, and
having dissolved half of pound of
chloride of lime in n wooden pail, pour
the soda in the pail and then fill with
boiling water. When clear, strain and
bottle for use. Dip the stained parts in
the water and let them remain until
the stain disappears.
Some of our readers may wish TO
learn how TO wash knit or crochetted
silk articles, therefore VIC give the fol-
lowing method of procedure: snake a
suds, using warm water and white
CASTLE soap. Squeeze the articles
through the water until they are clean,
then rinse in cold water, lay i'm a towel,
roll up and wiring until nearly dry; pull
into shape and keep them in dark
room, but while they are still damp
rub in one direction with piece of soft
flannel until they are perfectly dry.
Don't iron.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-11-26

The Honduras Consul at New York
says that in his country it does not make
a man General merely to have been in
command of some forces. TO be made
general he must have commanded in
battles where he was under fire. Fight
ing in Central America is dangerous as
elsewhere, but the list of casualties is
not long because the number of COM
batants is not great A fight where
twenty men are killed is called Il battle.
The loss of twenty fighting men means
a great deal to Central American
army, which is not so large as half of a
United States regiment A fight is
pleasure TO a Central American. He
goes into it with joy and Inc comes out
with cxultation. They are not n pug
nacious people. nor are fist fights fire.
qucnt 10 join an expedition is their
dissipation. They grid on their clothes,
shoulder their muskcts. roll their cigar
cites, and run along with an expedition
rs if it was a show.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-11-26

I'm order to have laces look about as
good rs new after making them clean
treat them in this way: Draw over q
bottle stocking leg. and tic it at each
end; Oh this tack the lace carefully and
put i'm kettle of cold water with shay
ings of white soap in it; raise it to boil
ing point. remove, cool and rinse. If
cream color is desired. rinse in cold
coffee or saffron water. Dry and re-
move from the bottle; pick out the pur-
ling with pin, and lay between soft
cloths ana under heavy weight. Lace
curtains should be folded and tackled in
place, then rinsed according to above
directions. Rinse in blue water, and
starch in very thin starch. Then fasten
clean sheet to the carpet or bed
spread, and pin the curtains to it dry.
No laccs of any kind should be rubbed
or wrung.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-11-26
Life i'm Alaska.

The stagnation of the life in Alaska
is almost uncomfortable. The summer
tourist can hardly realize it because he
brings to the settlement the only variety
1t knows, and this comes SO seldom
once or twice n mOnth-that the pOpu-
lation arises as a man and rejOiceS so
long as the steamer is in port. Please
to picture this people after the excite
ment is over. subsiding into comatose
state and remaining in it until the next
boat heaves in sight. One feels ones
self mechanically; takes ones constitu-
tional along the shore or over one of
the goat paths that strike inland, nod
ding now and again to the familiar
faces that seem never to change in ex-
pression-eXcept during tourists hours
and then repairs to that bed which
is the salvation of the solitary, for sleep
and oblivion are the good angels that
brood over it, In summer the brief
night-barely forty winks in length
is so silvery and soft that it is delight
TO sit up in it even if one is quite alone.
Lights and shadows play with one
another and are reflected in sea and
sky until the eye is almost dazzled with
the singular loveliness of the scene.
believe if l were banished to Alaska l
would sleep in the daytime. say from 8
a. m. to 5 p. M, and revel in the wake
full beauty of the other hours.
But the winter, and the endless night
of winter! When the sun sets in dis
couragement at 3 or o'clock in the
afternoon and rises with faint heart
and pale face at 10 or IL in the fore
noon; when even high noon is I'M
worthy of the name, for the dull lumin-
airy having barely got above the fence
at II o'clock, backs out of 1t and sinks
again into the blackness of darkness
which it is destined to endure for at least
two-thirds of the four-and-twenty.
Since the moon is no more obliging to
the Alaskans than the sun is, what is
poor fellow to dop He can watch the
aurora until his eyes ache; he can sit
over a game of cards and a glass of
toddy-you can always get the latter up
there: he can trim his lamp and chat
with his chums and fill his pipe over
and over again. but the night mean
while thickens and the time begins to
lag; he looks ut his watch to find it is
only 9 p. M, and there are twelve
hours between him and daylight.-Let-
ter in San Francisco Chronicle.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-11-26
THE CHILDREN's TOYS.

Mothers too often make the mistake
of satiatng their children with too
much variety. As soon rs Il child tires
of one toy, for example, there is another
substituted, and discomfort is the GER
tain result. The mother of four chill
dren, of whom the oldest was 8 and the
youngest 2, told me that she had never
had any trouble in amusing them, be-
cause they were taught to play variety
of plays with the least possible number
of toys. She feared collision of interests
if each child had special set of toys;
and on this account gave each one a
doll, with the necessary belongings, and
a few other toys - each possessing
almost precisely the same things. The
finer toys were understood to be moth
er's property, and were kept in cup
board apart. These were only lent to
the children on special occasions. There
was always rejoicing when mammals
toys were brought out, each child vying
with the other as to behavior, so that
the treasures could be kept as long as
possible. Books for painting with
colored crayons were an important
adjunct, as, when tired of play, the
children were always ready TO paint.
The older children were taught that
they must devise some play for the
younger ones, and thus IA happy time
was the rule in the nursery. A store
of harmless bon-bons was kept in
mammals drawer, and a single one was
put into the mouth of each little one af-
ter the evening prayer was said. Sweet
ness and light" are powerful adjuncts
in nursery ethics.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-11-26
GasIight and Badness.

The causes of badness have often
been sought for and guessed at, but it
can not be said that any satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION has, up to the present time,
been given. 1t is now discovered by a
New York hairdresscr, who says: 'Peo-
pie give all kinds of explanation for it
dissipation, cutting the HAIR too short
letting it grow too long. smoking,
drinking strong coffee, worry, wearing
high hats, wearing low hats, wearing
your hat indoors, not wearing it out
doors, late hours, and hundred other
things. Now you will notice there are
no classes of men more frequently bald
than retail statesmen, bookkcepcrs, and
office clerks in certain lines of business.
Why should badness affect them more
than others? Because they habitually
stand or sit nearly every evening under
gaslights. Bookkeepers always have a
strong light right over their heads or
Just in front of them. So do clerks who
have to work at night Retail sales
men sell goods at night directly under
two powerful burners, and most of the
time their heads are not more than two
or three feet from the flame. The ar
tificial heat dries out the hair, makes it
brittle and unhealthy. and finally kills
it at the root If you will pass your
hand through your hair after you have
been standing under a gaslight for
few moments, you will see at once how
it is. Although you may not have no.
ticed the heat on your head. your hair,
if you've got any, will be hot to the
roots. You'll be surprised, too. ut what
a distance from the light the hair will
absorb IT, heat Now there is nothing
so bad for the HAIR as getting it dry.
That is why the use of water on it is so
injurious -because it evaporates SO read
ily and takes with it the natural oil of
the hair Your hair should be moist all
the time and with the oil that is secreted
by the little cells at the roots. When
the oil is continually and rapidly dried
out, rs it is when the head is Kept heated
by gaslight. the cell dries up and the
hair falls out People who sit under
the gaslight should wear some kind of
a cool, non-conducting headgear to pro-
tect themselves. have an idea, too,
that after the electric light has been in
universal use for generation or two
badness will be as scarce rs it was be-
fore gaslight and night-work got COM
mon together. "-EiectricGt World
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-11-26

Young Bartlett, the American boy
whom the venerable Baroness Burdett-
Coutts took to raise, is most extreme
Tory and IN insullerablc snob. He
was born at Plymouth, Mass. but is so
much ashamed of his American origin
that he simply gives Plymouth as his
birthplace in the brief biographical
note with which he is hOnored i'm the
Parliamentary Directory, thus leaving
those who do not know better TO sup.
pose that Plymouth, England, is meant