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A valuable historical discovery
has just been made by citizen of
Middletown, Frederick county. 1t
was found in looking over some old
papers, and consists Of the original
receipt for the 81 500 ransom money
which was demanded from the peo-
pie Of Middletown during the sum-
mer of 1864. The demand was made
by General Jubal Early, of the Con-
federate army The receipt is dat
ed Middletown, Nd, July 9th, 1864,
aud reads II received this day of
VIM. T. Erwin, Burgess, Of Middle
town, Md, fifteen hundred dollars,
ne amount of tax levied upon the
town by Lieutenant General Early,
commanding the Army of the VAL
ley District, forces of the Confeder-
ate States of America, for military
purposes. Signed, j. X Brinth.
ate, Major and NJ, G. S. A" The
d document has been placed among
other historical treasures in the keep
ing of one Of the Middletown officials.
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Ask Isabel to be your wife--she is
young and beautiful with rare rich
ness Of nature and heart which
will appreciate you as you Deserve
As Isibel's husband you can scarcely
fail to be happy, for
And here the growing distance and
the rustic Of the leaves drowned their
receding voices, and | sat there with
exultant throbs in my heart Ought
to have been indignant Should
have spurned the adulation which
had been laid first atanother's shrinef
I can only answer that I loved him.
In that hour my manner, as well
as my heart, altered toward my step
mother--and on tho evening when
Ralph Tresselyn asked me to be his
wife, | went to her and told her of il,
with my arm upon her shoulder and
my heart pressed closed against hers.
4 am SO glad, Isabel I she whisper
ed, and not alone that you and Ralph
are to be happy, but because | think
you have finally learned to love me-
4 do love you, mother I / whisper
ed softly.
Mamma / said caressingly, one
day, when we had just returned from
our wedding tour, j wonder chat You
didn't like him =
Did I ever tell you, Belle, that
did not like him =
Are you in earnest?'
Just this far she answered, that
| might have learned to love him as
wife had / allowed myself to do so.
But, Belle there were two obstacles
in the way--yonr dear farther's mem
DRY and your own happiness | read
your heart, dearest, and / knew that
Ralph need only do so, too, to love
you as yo1 deserved.
And you have sacrificed yourself
for me y l exclaimed, almost rever-
emily, as if there was something saint
like in her gentle beauty.
1 was no sacrifice, Isabel Any
heeting fancy may once have felt
has vanished long ago, and 1 am
more than happy in your happiness
And so the unselfisb. steadfastlove
of my mother conquered my wilful
nature at last.
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Curious Cuttings.
News ITEMS OF MORE OR LEss CURIOUS
CHARACTER

l AfHVo HSVfo VI n mOAE Oh 1EGD tDhiOBS
CHARACTER.
Chatsworth, ILL.,, is proud Of one
of its citizens, who, at the age Of
ninety, is cutting her third set Of
teeth.
Mrs. Ellen McCann, of Tacoma, is
well thought Of there because she
has recently given birth to baby
weighing twenty-five pounds.
Maine has during the last year
put up 10,701,6O cans Of corn,
over $4,000 cans Of lima beans.
Three Portland firms have done
most of this business.
Joseph b. Bafan, an italian boot
black who has had stand in front
of beer saloon in Montgomery
street Jersey City, for five years,
sailed for Italy on Sunday with So
700 in cash, all of which he made by
shining shoes.
A large and sound Missouri pump
kin recently cut open, was found to
be filed with thrifty vines and leaves.
The seeds had spronted and sent
out vines though they, were no signs
OF decay, meat being sound and
sweet. " AkER# as
David Wright, a colored citizen of
Columbia City, Fla, is the father of
twenty five children, most Of whom
are living. His present wife is
worthy Of her third husband, for she
has borne twenty-seven children, Of
whom nineteen live.
Cromwell Hill is the oldest man
living in Sterling, Conn; and, in
spite of his 81 years, he went to the
polls and voted the democratic tick
ct at the last state election. He and
Governor Hill, of New York, are
cousins. Their common ancestor
once owned the north west corner of
the town Of Sterling
Five years ago +. p. Woodall, Of
Huntsville, Ala, in a fit, fell into an
open fire, and his skull was SO badly
burned that he was likely to die. AS
q last resort, surgeon removed the
the entire skull on line parallel
with the eye brows, placed in artfici-
al covering over the brain, and Wood
all lived until few days ago, and
retained al his facualties.
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...IAT AIS THE NATION I
The Average Length Of Life De-
creasing-Not Pestilence--
Not Famine-All our
own Fault.

MODERN COOKING AND Mop
rRN LIVING have brought it
on. 1t comes upon us una
wares. The patients have
pains about the chest and sides,
and sometimes in the back.
They feel duh and sleepy; the
mouth has a bad taste, especi-
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of sticky slime collects about
the teeth. The appetite is poor.
There is a feeling like a heavy
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a faint, all-gone sensation at
the pit of the stomach which
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after few months it is at
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expectoration. The patient
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of the eyes become tingcd with
yellow; the kidney sccretions
becomes scanty and high col
ored, depositlng sediment
after standing. There is fire.
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food, sometimes with sour
taste and sometimes with
swedish taste; this is fire.
quently attended with palpi-
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matte symptoms; the vision be-
comes impaired, with spots be-
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As the skill of the navigator is not
required in smooth sea SO virtue,
inactive in prosperity, reveals itself in
adversity.
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ENDURANCE.
a YOUNG cTEPNoTHER.
( 10Y =

never will love herl And there's no
need in urging the matter with me |;
tell you that my mind is made upr
stamped my foot passionately
on the floor as / spoke, and could
feel the hot scarlet flush sufinsing
all my face.
Isabel, he said, caressingly 4
my sake, | think for my sake, you
viii lrY apa overcome this nnfnf I
nate prejudice against one who is as
GOOD is he is Beautiful
Itnrned sullenly away without a
syllable Of reply, and buried myself
and tribulations in the shadiest and
most retired walk in the garden.
But even as ! leaned over the hand
rail mechanically fixing my eyes on
theIwhirl Of the musical waters be-
low, light hand touched my shout
der, and / started to find myself
looking directly into the face of my
beautiful young stepmother.
Isabel 7 she said softly.
Il didfnot expect to find you h'r',
Mrs. Farnham,' ] said coldly. i
had supposed that at least in one
place in my fathers garden ! should
be free from unwelcome companion
ship
will you not believe that ! love
you, Isabel?' she pleaded, while her
wistful violet eyes and trembling
lips would have melted any heart
less marble than mine.
These private theatricals are quite
unnecessary, madame,' / answered,
frigidly. Il can.scarcely be expect
ed to yield child's reverence to
mother scarcely three years older
than myself
Il dosnot ask for any such feeling
on your part, Isabel-but would
plead for little love-
1T is quitesuseless. The memory
of my own mother and here j
stopped short, with choking SEN
sation in!my throat.
My stepmother turned to steal
her arm, so fair and round in its
translucent muslin sleeve, around my
waist. 9
Dear Isabel she whispered your
father treasures the recollection of
his first wife none the less tenderly
because he has taken pity upou my
desolation and friendliness. And
But ] stopped to hear nothing
further; l was determined not to
love her, and it gave me sort ofun-
quiet, guilty exultation to see that
my perverse conduct had power to
seriously embitter the happiness of
both herself and my father.
Before, had never given thought
or care to my personal appearance
now 1 studied the trivial details of
dress, with special regard to out
shining my stepmother.o
AT all events, thought to my
self Il am more beautiful than she
is
! read, studied and.cultivated my
mind with renewed energy; people
should not say that Mrs. Farnbam
was more intelligent than her step
daughter, ! strove to render my
manners as gentle and fascinating as
possible. n las s
Isabel my father said, you are
improving very much oflate, and re-
mind me more than ever ofyour dear
mother. If you could only try to
grow little more fond Of Estelle.--'
/ turned laughingly away, with
some careless remark about the mat
ter.
So weeks and months passed away,
and we, the inmates of the house
hold, dwelling beneath one roof,were
as far apart in heart and nature as If
continents divided us or seas rolled
between.
\ X r. .
Not small pox, surelyl'
Nv stepmother's voice II aehed me,
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Bellies vigor Of constitution and
youth may enable her to weather
the storm
Was my father, then sickY And
what blighting influence castits spell
over me? I tried to remember,
but my memory was a blank. And
with the instructive efforts to repel
my stepmother's hand as she laid a
bandage dipped in some cooling To-
ZION, ON my brow, seemed to drift
away upon the tideless sea of dreams
When | recovered my Senses
months afterwards, as it seemed to
me, although it could have been but
a few days--Dr. Dayton was still
standing BY my bedside. and close
by the window sat a slender figure
in black---its face turned away.
who is that = l asked huskily,
pointing toward it.
Mrs. Farnham,' he answered.
why does she wear that black
dress Y ventured after a moment
of silence.
My poor child he gently respond
ed, your own mother is no longer
alone in heaven. He left you his
blessing, and one day you will meet
him again.
'Was-was it smallpox
Yes was the reluctant reply.a
And / have been i'll toog'
Very ill, my poor girl--so near
the valley of death that the shadows
all but encompassed your life!
Bring me q looking glass.
l stared breathlessly into its crys-
tai depths. Thank heaven--I was
pale, worn, haggard, but not SCARED
with the hidious prints OF the disease
had been battling with.
How does it happen that | am
not marked p l asked with a deep
respiration of thankfulness.
Through your stepmothers unin-
Permitting care, day and night lisa.
bel you ought to love her very, very
much, for if ever guardian angel
dwelt in human form, she has been
one to YOU
Was my body moulded out ofada.
mant, instead ofhuman blood. For
| hated my stepmother still. |
thanked her, it is trne, but her gen.
tie sigh told me she was not deceiv-
ed by the empty form Of words.
was just convalescing sufficient
ly to sit up when Colonel Tresselyn
came to our house. He had been an
old school friend of Estelle Raymon
before she married my father, but it
so Glanced that | had never seen
him.
He was tall and handsome, with
large, black eyes, rich, brown skin
and a face and figure like the sculp-
tured representative of Apollo And
the soft SOUTHERN grace of his man.
ner was as fine as it was attractive
to me.
The first day that / knew that I
had fallen in love with him, was the
day that ] had first fancied his man.
ner nad a deeper shade of tender
ness than its wont toward my step
mother. ~ SI
The light flashed blin,iingly, be-
wilderingly in upon my soull My
beautiful, hated stepmother-she
was not then content with stealing
from a motherless girl a fathers
treasured love, but she must fain
take also away the dearest jewel Of
a woman's life-the heart of the man
she loved most dearly
| had recourse to my usual pana-
cea for sore heart--solitude
sought the lonely depths of the au-
tumn tinted woods to think and
dream and burn in upon my heart
the passionate consciousness Of my
own grief and isolation. And /
could not have told whether / had
been there three hours or only three
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Not small pox, surelyl'

My stepmother's voice re ached me,
as if through the medium of dis
lance, faint and soft, although she
was sitting by my side. / tried to
speak, but / could not. strove to
raise my hand and beckon, but / was
as powerless as a baby day oldi
Il fear it is DR.. Dayton's voice
answered, and 1 can give you but
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The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-24
HOME AND FARM.

Clean tea or coffee cups with scour-- ing brick. It makes them look as good Rs new.-Ercharsge.
 A correspondent of the Breeders Gazette thinks it unwise to feed ensilage to breeding cattle.
 It is well to remember that the tur- key must have wide range. -Confine- ment is death to him. He will show his gratitude, if permitted to forage, by making most of his living.-Prdirie Farmer.
 Soda Cake: Two cups of butter, four of sugar, one of sour cream, one half cup of sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of soda, one of cream-of-tartar, flavor with nutmeg or vanilla. Caterer.
 If you want to get the goodwill of your hens, says the Prairie Farmer, feed them dry, hot corn at night. Heat the corn in an iron pan or kettle in the oven. and stir occasionally. No matter if it gets little charred. It won't do any harm to give warm water, either.
 Stuffed Potatoes: Mince some cold meat very fine and season it to taste. Choose large potatoes of one size and peel and core them, taking care not to core them through. Fill them with the minced meat and put them in dish to bake, with cupful of water and little butter or nice beef dripping. If f'the po- tatoes are large they will require an hour to bake; if small, half that time will be sufficient.-Boston Globe.
 MT. J. J. H. Gregory makes the statement that the corn plant has the power of getting its nitrogen from the air. We have, therefore, but to supply potash and phosphate to the soil. For three years the experiment has been tried upon the poor-soil plots of the Rural grounds No matter how large the quantity of potash and phosphoric acid used, we can not get a good crop without rogen.-RltrGl NeeO Yorker.
 More than half of the diseases so prevalent among farm horses are due to improper attention to the common laws of sanitation, and farmers would save many times the expense of properly constructed stable were they to try the experiment. The animals that are so closely connected with the successful working of the farm as- Sur6uly u6SerNG UcbloT CdTC Iuu dUUcu- ton than is usually given them. The humane man will therefore see that they have light, roomy, well-ventilated stables. where disease will be far less likely to enter.-N. r. Telegram.
 Pearl wheat: This is good as vari- ation on the oatmeal porridge for breakfast. Take half cup of pearl wheat, two cups of milk and four cups of water, with scant teaspoonful of salt. Let the milk and water boil up in a saucepan on the stove, then stir in the wheat and salt. Put the wheat in the inside kettle of a steamer to cook, pouring boiling water in the outside kettle around it. Boil two hours. Let the steamer stand all night on the back of the range, and in the morning beat it up gradually just before serving This can also be done with oatme al.- The CCtterer.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-24
wears for the first time since marriage.

swears for the first time since marriage.
 When nearly all the trunks in the car have been examined commercial trav- eler comes bustling in. He has been across the river before, and understands the whole business. He accosts the GUS toms officer with friendly air, and goes straight over to where his trunk is lying with the rest. He puts both hands into his pockets at once. The right hand pulls out the key of the trunk and the left hand cigar of some good Havanna brand. He stoops down to unlock his trunk. and while finding the lock the cigar, by some mysterious pro- cess, changes ownership, and finds itself in the customs officers vest pocket. Just then the white chalk descends with rapid motion and the traveller puts his key back in his pocket with an air of nonchalance only gained by long prac- tice.
 While these scenes are being enacted in the baggage car another officer is making an inspection of satchels and hand-baggage in the passenger car. This ordeal is less tiresome than the other to the passengers. Even the most perfunctory officer gets tired of looking at mixture of small toilet articles, perhaps book or two and a change of linen. They turn away with tired air when satchel is opened con- taining few apples, bottle of con- densed milk, nightcap, and an assort- ment of baby linen. Intending smug- glers are more or less easily recognized, and good many small effects are passed unopened. .-DetfoI Tribune.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-24
SALISBURY STEAK.
A Not Unpalatable Dish Which Contains
 All the Strength of the Beef.

"A Not UnpalataDIe Dish Which Contains
 All the Strength of the Beef.
 The Salisbury steak is made by taking the best slices of the "round'' on the beef, and chopping it with dull knives. The object is not to cut, but rather pound the meat By thus treating it, the pulp comes to the top, and the tough, fibrous portion remains below This pulp is scraped off and made into cakes, like sausage cakes, or into the shape like a good-sized steak, and gently broiled on a gridiron It has been found that meat gently cooked is more digestible than raw. The fire must be good, so that the meat may be rapidly broiled, that is, be cooked on the out side and almost raw inside.
 A little salt and pepper and a small amount of butter added make a not at all unpalatable dish, and one which con- tains aU the strength of the beef, with the tough, indigestible portion entirely separated. This diet is used exclusively in chronic cases by physicians profess ing to treat according to the Salisbury method. They use but few drugs, and what they use are mainly tonics. The diet is used not only in diseased diges- tion, but diseases of liver, kidney, stomach, bowels, nerves, etc., and re- markable results are said to have been obtained.-N. 7. Medical Tunes.