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Winning a Wife at Dominoes.

In the little hamlet Of Ulster Park
says a dispatch to the New York Tri
bune, lives q young lady who, tor a
time, has been courted BIZ Two young
men, she divided her affection be
tween her lovers so inpartlatiy that
neither Of them knew which was the
favorite one. The lovers were friends,
although rivals. They agreed to play q
game Of dominoes, the winner to ask
fsle girl for her hand III marriage. Be
ing anxious to see whether the young
oman would object to this, they went
~.amt, and stated went they had
agreed a9on, rasale conserved soas .rg
5sae HEnnar. Il AT the coaefusion Of the
game, she said that, as the loser could
not have her hand, he should have
something as near to it as possible.
Stripping the rings from her fingers,
she gave them to him. The marriage
is to take place next week, and the loser
is 10 be the 'sbest man. The girl kept
tally during the progress OF the game.
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On the first day of January, 1855, a
contribution box was placed in the room
of WorkingmeR' Institute at Milyille,
n. J., the object beng to raise 5000 TO
place 4 town clock II the belfry, The
other day the box was opened and was
found to contain exactly fifteen cents.
at this rate it VIII take the members of
the Institute only four thousand years
TO raise the necessary sum. The con
tributions for the erection of a national
monument come In about as rapidly.
The fresh spring silks viii show a di-
yersity of elegant neW-half tlnts and
several novelties IN decided coiors,
samples of these elegant goods showing
that blue III a number OF sEaberb dark
but distinct shades, and goldsn browns
with an added golden sheen to an al
ready beautiful surface. will lead as
first choice for carriage and visiting
wear, not however. excluding gray,
which appears in lovely soft Partisan
dyes. ii possible uoTe attractive than
ever; this exceptionally beautiful color.
the pride Of french women. proving as
capable as Cleopatra OF infinite variety.
New Z 0rk Post.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
stonewall Jaoksons Pillage Of Manassas
Junction.

Junction.
Allen c.. Redwood, the artist, WAS
with Jackson's Foot Cavalry at the
Second Manassas !" and from his &C
count in the February Century we quote
as follows: 'tAli this time we had the
vaguest notions as to our objective; at
first we had expected to strike the enc
my's flank, but as the N arch prolonged
itself theory obtained that we were
going to the valley. But we threaded
Thorougnfare Gap, heading eastward
and in the morning of the third day,
struck a railroad running north and
south-Pope's line Of communication
and supply Manassas was oursl
What a prize it was! Here were
long warehouses full Of stores, cars
loaded with boxes OF new clothing en-
route to General Pope, but destined TO
adorn the backs of his enemies
camps, suffers, shops-'no eating up OF
good things Lii view of the album
| dance it was no easy matter to deter
mine what we should eat and drink and
wherewithai we should be clothed; one
was limited in his choice TO only 50
much as he could personally transport,
and the one thing needtul IN each in
diyidual case was not always readily
found. However, as the day wore on, an
equitable distribution Of our wealth
was affected By barter upon acrude and
irregular tariff, in which the rule OF
supply and demand was somewhat COM
plicated by auctuating estimates
Of the imninenee Of marching
orders. A mounted man would
offer large odds ia shirts OF
blankets for a pair of spurs or bride;
and while III quest Of a pair OF shoes /
! fell heir to 3 case of cavalry half-boots,
which I would have gladly exchanged
for the object Of my search. For a
change OF Undertaking and a pot OF
| French mustard, Lowe grateful thanks
TO the Major Of the Twelfth Pennsyl-
yania Cagalary, with regrets that I
could rot use the library. Whisky
was Of course st high premium, but
La key OF lager drink less popular
/ then than now went begging in cur
company.
| But our brief holiday was drawing
to a close, tor By this time General
Pope had some inkling of the disaster
which iurked III his rear. When, some
time after dark. having set fire to the
remnant OF the stores, we took the
road to Centsryille- our mystifcation
as 10 Jaekson's plans were complete.
] Gould he aetuIly be moving CD Wash
Eington with his small force, or was be
only seeking escape to the mountainss
The glare of our nis bonfire lighted up
the country for rlilss, and was Just dy-
ing cut when We reached Censsrville. 7
/ AL over emnfCideiies are now
made wide enough for skirts
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WIEN OUR DREAMS c1OME TRUE

vaen zNl,. shadows of nj ebr have been lifted,
w h{,ii lac eiouds have baen waited away,
Revealing the grandeur OF tlawning
INST i,eraifis tic coming Of day,
vsei, the moon iii herwane shall have faded,
and the Stars, have passed ont OF all view,
Wi.'IIb be walked 10 the glorious slinrise
OF the days when cur dreams come true
All the castles Of air we have buliGed,
THEW nave buried in ashes Of gray
That hut nonrish the NOSES OF sorrow
Creeping eyer Ger fallen decay
Shall be raised from their ruins, Immortal
And tue blessi ngs Of oar earthlg dreams kne"
Shall be found in the kingAom that waits US,
The day when our dreams come trne.
All the treasures we gathered III childhood
But to lose IN the hurrSin2 gears,
Shall he gathered from out OF the darkness;
And from foods aT our penitent tears,
An the pictures Of life that have faded
Snau be painted in cpiors anew,
And shah hang ga the walls of oIT castles
The day when oar dreauls come true
On that wonderful day Of e0chantment,
Sad thoughts shall forever be stilled.
And the vows and the promises broken
SHAH be wholly diyinely fulfilled
We sbajl mud the Loaf faith III orr loved ones
And the hopes and tire ionging We knew
Snall b. answered by gladdest fruition,
The day when our dreams come true
Then the graves in Our hearts shsl1 be opened
And out Of their depths Snail ARISE
And the loves that we cherished, then dying
We burned from curious eyes,
and the flowers that have blosscmed above
them
AL afome IN their glorious hue,
Shall perfume the breath Of our heaven
TIE day wren our dreams come true.
Then the souls thar stern destiny parted,
And The feet that strange pathway have trod
Sheu AL meet in the land that Is promised,
The Paradise blest Of our God.
Theu rhe tears shall be wiped from wet ashes
Rest given to toll as its due,
No lleath shall be there. and no sorrow
In the Gay when our dreams come true.
There no parting shall be and no weeping;
There All pain and all hcartache shall cease;
Tnele our final reunion with loved ones
shall he nallowed by heavenly peace
50 when rollers in earth's way grow weary,
when dark clouds shall o'ershadow the blue
Thai promise OF God shall uphold us
TEL the Gay when our dreams come true.
When our pathways grow darker before 11s
And our burdens more heaTy 10 bear,
We VIII cneerfully look toward the coming
Of hight from the Kingdom more fair,
Where all lab9r On earth unrewarded
Snail at last gain reward that is due;
for III heaven be will crown lis with laurel
When the dreams of this hfe come true.
---I,ILL4TAN a. CROSS.
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A Dead Man Doing Duty.

Poets think there is very little in a
Damean opinion that is not shared by
all business men, many or whom are
inclined 10 associate much OF their sue
cess with the popularity Or eaphony OF
the firms name Where this is the
case It's not an uncommon thing to see
the name retained long after the with
draWal or lleeease of one of the part
ners. An example Of this kind is the
firm OF Storm, Hill IL Co., located on
Madison and Franklin streets. Early
in the war an elderly spinster who does
the soliciting for one of the w G. M,
charities called at the store and asked
to see Mr.. Storm.
.'He'S not in, came the reply.
The next week she appeared about
noon.
els MI Storm imp
t.No. Z
s'Well I'll call again in the afternoon.
What time do you Closep'
Five o'clock
Two hours later she popped her spec
tacled face into the cashiers window
and asked:
s'Mr. Storm got back yet2''
"No, he hasn't got back yet, was the
non-committai response
'sWheu do you think would be most
likely to catch hims''
Really / couldn say, madam.
Well, LII call some other time when
I'm iii the neighborhood. =
Very well, and the man of money
bowed ali adieu and went on his way
FIGURING.
The next visit was made the last OF
the month, about half-past tsn O'Clock
in the morning, when the hardest mer-
chant is. supposed to be at his desk.
VITA ike to see MIR. Storm, please, 7
said the lady, bowing q familiar sort OF
gaod morning to the grim cashier.
HES not in.
Not down yet, eh?n aud without
waiting for an answer she went OF 70
raturn the next day
Has Mr.. Storm come back yets
Nom
MAY wait for him?'
Certainly and she seated herself i
. CHAIR near the steam coil and 5egae
to read q raper three days Old. Wit
the knowledge Of her mistake her lrn-
patience began, and after Wait Of
some twelve minutes she went back &C
the interlocutos AMI askest
sDo gou expscs him so~nlghts
Hardly
,Yas he down this morning?
Nom
ell, when viii he be DOWN. sa'
inquired little angr' Is.
- CONT thiak he'll be down as all.
Why
kfe's dead.
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The object Of all this search has been
In his grave eight years, out no sagsyes--
tion has ever been made to drop nus
name from the firm HI is too much Of
a convenience TO be dispensed with,
Nina-tenths Of all tbs charitable beg
gars and philanthropic nuisances who
enter the store want to see Mr.. Storm.
InnunerabIe nobodies who haVea trorl-
llesonl8 aspect are invariably disposed
Of with the simple statement chat Mf,
Storm is not in Inter Ocean.
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RAILROADS
MINNESOTA & NORTHWESTERN
1.-THE WATERLOO ROUTE

Leave Arrive
st. Paul St. Paul
st. Louis & Kan. City. 70 90 M II IS NJ
Chicago, Waterloo and DUE
buque ex. .....i...... ri w L M ~ 80 . Id
Randolph, Northtield, Farl-l
bault and Waterville acc II 80 MI 10 A NJ
Dodge Center, Rochester,
Austin and Mona acc. 80 ~ 80 Nj TIL LIZ a
I Daily except Sunday. Except Saturday.
3 Except Monday.
NoTE--Ihis is the only line running the ele-
CANT Pullman Euget sleeping cars between St
Paul and Chicago.
s2y For tickets, sleeping car aceommoda-
lions. rates. time rabies and full information
apply TO
sSr PAuL--John L. Whemn. city ticket agent
49, East Third street; Brown & knenel, ticket
agents, Union depot
MINNEAPoLIS--W. II. Gowenock, No. 10
NicolIet block
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Departing Trains.

La Crosse, Dubuque and
St. Louis Express ..... !.
Prairie du CHEN, Milwau.
kee s. Chicago Express
Calrner s. Davenport Elk. (.
Ortonyllle & Fargo Elk. -.
Milwaukee & Chicago East
Express. -.-..........
Mortified, Faribault, Owa-
tonna Austin IL Mason
City ..............--.-.... .
La Crosse Passenger
Aberdeen & Mitchell Elk.
La Crosse & Dubuque
Fast Express.
| Milwaukee &Chicago Fas-
Express. ;. ....,.....
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Chicago, Milwaukee { St. Paul
RAILWAY.
THE FAST MAIL LINE.

Pullman Lleepers with Smoking Rooms, and
the finest Dining Cars in the world are run on
all Main Line trains to and from Chicago and
Milwaukee.
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CHICAGO,
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
AND
CHICAGO & NORTH " EsTERN RY'S,
THE BEST EQUIPPED RoITE TO

CHICAGO.
Dining Cars, the finest in the world, and lux
urious Smoking Room SieepeTs on al Chicago
traips; also Dining Cars and through Pullman
Sieepers Oh Omaha Kansas City express.
Pullman parlor Chair Cars TO Ashland, Lake
SiinnIiCI
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Arriving Trains.


Chicago & Milwaukee Fast
Express ID % IA u D 40 q m
Dubuque s. La Crosse Fast
Express .......... C 6 80 II m &c z Is N
Mitchell g. Aberdeen Ex. "a Is IN A 80 M
Davenport &Calmar Ex. C 8 40 a nc 8 50 u m
Mason City, Austin, Oval
toHna, Faribaut and
Northtield. ............. A Q 40 m a 8 so q N
Chicago 81 Milwaukee Fast
Express .........,.. 80. IA z 90 IN a 3 III IN
Fast Mail s. La Crosse -. b 8 rs m B 90 p m
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Prairie du Chen tx 49,. B TO p m D Z Is p m
Fargo and Ortonvilie Elk. b % p IL b 20 p III
ST. Louis, Dubuque and
La Crosse Express .... b $50 p nib 10 30 pm
A means daily. b except Sunday. Mon
day excepted. D except saturday.
Additional trains between ST. Paul and Min
neapolis via short Line leave both cities
hourly; for particulars see Short Line time
tables
ST. PAUL--Chas Thompson. city ticket
agent, 162 East Third street. Brown il knebei,
ticket agents, Union depot.
MINNEAPOLIS--W. B. Chandler, city ticket
agent, No. Nicollet house. 4. B. Chamber
lain ticket agent, depot.
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sEx. Sunday. rex. Saturday. d. Daily. aEx
Monday
Ticket Offices Minneapolis. No 8 Washington
avenue (under Nicollet house and new depot
Of Minneapolis s. St Louis Hallway, corner
Third street and Fourth avenue north; st.
Paul. No. 1889 East Third street, corner sihley,
and at Union depot.
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al over emnfoidelies are now
made wide enough for skirts.
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Minneapolis & ST. Louis Railway.
ALBERT LEA ROUTE

Chicago & St Louis liS *7:21 a N *S:10 m
Des Moines Express ...t TAO a IN .S:te Il m
chicago Fast Express dt:25 pm AZ 10 p IN
ST. Louis Fast Express +2:40 m 1850 IN
Minneapolis s. Albert
Lea Accommodation d2:t0 m da:sV P m
Des hloines Passenger. #6:21 M r 10 p m
Watertown and Dawson fT:20 M $3.50 n
Morton md Excelsior a2:40 |, m *a:l5 . II.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-22
INTEREST-BfARING NOTES.

Sweet cider is the latest remedv s.5r gout
and rheumatism.
A Chinese banaa-note, 1924 years old, is
in the mnscum at st. Petersburg.
" can give you a cold bite" said the
woman. why not warm it up?" said the
tramp. There amt any wood sawed"
That's so? Well, give it to me cold"
The Morosinis are perfectly satisfied with
their church relations in New York, but
nevertheless Miss Morosini has gone to
Paris-to engage a new Pasteur.-[ Wash
ington Gazette.
1t is said that shingles can be made fire.
proof by setting the butts into trough of
water in which half bushel each of
lime and salt and six pounds of potash
have been dissolved
81 threw my love at him and it hath
gone astray," sings Lille Drake in an ex-
change. Lille should have thrown in an
opposite direction if she wanted TO be sure
of hitting him.-[St. Adams Messenger.
He was a Dutch barber on Coroner's
jury, and after sitting quietly for an hour
during the inquest, arose, peered into the
face of the corpse, and then. turning to the
rest of the jury, said: Mein Gott dot
man ish dead y
Paris is attractive because it appears
every morning with clean face. The
streets are thoroughly swept, and even
washed when they want IT, The house
fronts are periodically scraped or secured,
under heavy penalties for neglect.
A story is told of clergyman who met a
member of his congregation who was given
to drink He said " Now, Jones. YOU
know drink is your enemy; why not give
it up2h But, sir" said the man, are
we not told to love our enemies ?" The
clergyman was at first little taken back
by this form of argument, which he had
never heard before A nlonlsntary pause,
however. and he was equal to the occasion.
:" Jones" said he, =" il is one thing to love
your enemies, bnt quite another to swallow
them :"
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cation from the Secretary of State, recon-
mending additional legislation for the re-
preston of the opium traffic in accordance
with the supplemental treaty with China,
which went into effect in 1881. The Sec
retary of State inclosed a letter on the sub
ject, written by John Russell Young, when
Minister TO China to Secretary Freiing
huysen.
The Missing Man-ofWar.
New YORK, May 21st. - Commodore
Walker, Chief of the Navigation Bureau,
says it is not true that the Nipsic is over
due. Her last cruise from Rio Janeiro to
Philadelphia is a much shorter distarce
than the cruise she has to sail over in com
ing from Montevidio to New York. Il
took seventy-tive days, and if she should
not arrive FOR several weeks there would be
no cause whatever for anxiety as to her
safety.
SECRETARY WHITNEY S OPINION.
WASHINGTON, May 21st-Secretary Whit
ney said to-day that the delay in the at
rival of the United States steamer Nipsic
was probably due to broken shaft.
Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON, May 21st-The Senate to-
day confirmed the nomination of Mrs.
Virginia Thompson as Postmaster at
Louisville, Ky.
The House Committee on Judiciary to-
day instructed Chairman Tucker to report
favorably an amendment to the Constitu-
ton declaring polygamy unlawful.
The Wlne-GrowerS' Convention, of which
Chas. a. Wetmore is President, called on
the President to-day by special appoint
ment, and were received in the east room
The presentations were made by the Com
mitteeman of Agriculture Coleman. and a
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-22

SESsIBILITY OF PLANTs.-Biologists are
becoming aware of the existence of low
order of intelligence in plants. Prof Nor
ren, in late publication of the Royal
Belgian Academy. argues that the law of
sensation producing motion is common to
both the animal and the vegetable king
doms that plants are sensible to the influ-
ences of environment, and not only move,
but are able to coordinate their movements.
All the phenomena of motion are ultimately
traced TO q protoplasm, living substance
common alike to plants and animals, and
whose general and essential characteristics
are precisely the power of sensation and
movement. 1t has the faculty OF receiving
Impressions and of moving responsively.
1t stirs. therefore it lives; and the same is
true OF every organism, from man to the
microbe and the plant. Life may be de-
fined as the activity of protoolasm, al
though this is substance whose tTQe ne
,ure is still unknown.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-22
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

Local Assembly. No. 2,999, Knights of
Labor, have adopted resolutions demand
ing that Governor Stoneman remove the
present Board OF Prison Directors, by rea-
son of their employment of convict labor
in conflict with free labor
A circular has been received at the Gus
TOM house from the Department at Wash
ington, fixing the working hours of all
employees from 8 A. NJ. to P NJ, and re-
quiring that all delinquencies be reported
to headquarters every month.
Superintendent Fillmore saws that 1000
carloads of oranges have been shipped to
the East over the Southern Pacific Com
pany's lines this season, and that the esti-
mated total crop is 2,450 carloads, record
largely in excess of any former year.
1t is announced by the Oceanic Steam
ship Company, that on the occasion OF
their third annual teachers excursion to
the Hawaiian Islands, the Zealandia will
leave here for Honolulu on June 1st,
and the Australia June 18th. Returning,
the steamers will arrive in San Francisco
on June 23d and July Sth, respectively
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the Mule mountains, San Jose and near
NEW nIEXICO.
Serious Railroad Accident.

SPRINGER, May 2lst.-At o'clock this
morning, as the north-bound special pas
senger train from the Atlantic and Pacific
road was crossing the bridge over Cimarron
river at Springer on the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe, she collided with stock
train standing on the main track at the
lower end of the yards. The engine, a
passenger and two cars of cattle of the
freight train We're completely wrecked.
The engineer, fireman and passengers
jumped and saved their lives, though sew
eral passengers were badly bruised and cut
Ira Jameson, b. jameson and V. ]. Foster,
three stock men on the freight were fatally
iniurad
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-22
UTAH.
Body Recovered.

SALT LAKE, May 21st.-The body of
Charles Holt was recovered to-day from
the Jordan by the use of giant powder. He
rode in after a COW on Monday, and never
came out. a search with graphing irons
failed to recover the body. He was 30 years
old, an Englshman, and leaves wife and
oh
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-22

Yokohama Dates to May 5th.
By the steamer San Pablo, just arrived
at San Francisco, we have dates from Hong
kong to April oath, and from Yokohama
to May 5th:
United States Minister DENLY arrived at
Canton from the North in the United
Strtes corvette Marion, on the 18th of
April.
George II. Barrow, the colored steward
of the American ship St. David, shot and
killed the second officer Antoine Lundin,
in quarrel.
General Wilson, who has been looking
after American railroad interests in the
North, has returned. He thinks the chances
slight for action by any foreign company.
Admiral Davis, United States Navy, has
transferred his flag from the Newton to the
Omaha. The Newton goes home.
The Russians are said to be crowding into
Manchuria.
The Chinese military expedition to For
mosa has reduced the sayages to submis-
sion.
JAPAN.
The first conference between the repre-
sentatives of Japan and the treaty powers
for the revision of existing treaties was held
May 1st.
The United States steamship Ossipee ar
riued at Hakodate April 29th. Paymaster
Watkins, who disappeared from the steam
er April 22d, while at anchor at Yoko-
hama, has not yet made his appearance.
Suicide is feared as grave charges of NAL
feasance were pending against him. Ad-
miral Davis has offered a reward for his
turn, 81 900 if alive, or 500 for his body il
dead.
A double telegraph cable is to be laid be-
tween Japan and the Foo Choo islands.
By imperial decree Japan has entered the
International Metric Union.
The budget for 18S6-s7 exceeds the rev.
enue estimates by 100000 ven. Il has
been decided to control expenditures to
meet the revenue.
The Office for the inspection of teas has
not yet been opened, and but little is hoped
from it in preventing the export of .adulter-
ated tea.
Cholera is spreading at Osaka.
The Government has decided to apply
the money set apart for the building OF
ironclads to the purchase of torpedo-boats
A fire at Akita destroyed 800 houses
Many persons were injured.
CoREA.
The mines in the Keishodo district are
to be opened. They are known to be rich
in gold, silver and copper.
Japanese silk importations have greatly
decreased on account of a Government edici
forbidding the use of silk wearing apparel
except by q few officials The edict was
prompted by the extravaganza of the com.
mon people
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WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
EOur Men LYnch ed.

WALLA WALLA, May 21st-Two farmers
named Grimes and O'Neai, and two half
breed Indians, are reported hanged by
vigilantes near Asotin, w. The news
seems to be reliable, but no particulars
have been received.