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, 1886-02-20

Not long ago the husband OF n lovely
little woman, whom he had but a few
weeks before led to the altar. saw her
safe into a carriage in which she was set
ting out TO make some calls. She was
the very light Of his eyes. and they had
spent few hours apart since the wedding
day. Imagine his state Of mind when
late in the afternoon she wa brought
home senseless and almost u~nrecogniza-
bile. But | must 90 back a little, The
horse hat drew the carriage slipped in
rounding a corner. the vehiclc turned
over and the face Of its occupant wa
terribly mutilated with broken glass
from the windows.
When the crowd which soon sur
rounded the carriage extricated the poor
little prisoner, she was taken insensible
into the shop of the nearest chemist TO
nave her injuries examined. The cuts
and scratches were dreadful, but the
worst was a cash from mouth to ear
from which a long piece Of torn flesh
hung. The poor chemist seems to nave
lost his head at the sight, for instead Of
sewing the piece in place again. he cut il
off. and seeing that the patient remained
unconscious, he washed his hands of her
az quickly as possible. and saw her driven
in a cab 10 be taken home. The doctor
who is called in brrsthless haste exclaims
upon the butchery OF the chemists sur
gerry. and says there is nothing TO be
Ions hut TO take a piece out Of the arm
Of the poor victim to supply the piece Of
that which the chemist had 80 stupidity
cut off.
But the half frantic husband will not
hear Of 1t, and taking of his coa and
bearing his own arm, offers it 10 the doc
tor and bids him cut from that, and not
touch her with his knife. -But, +" says
the doctor. zone mutilated person is
enough in a family. my dean fellow. Be
side. the pain would be horrible How
ever, the heroic young man stuck TO his
point, and, it is said, went through the
operation with n smile on his lips, re-
marking they had vowed TO have all
things in common, pains as well as joys.
The doctor did his work deity. the traces
Of his needle are already faint, and he
says that when the healing process is
complete there viii scarcely be n visible
trace Of the terrible accident.-Max
O'Rell, in Pittsburg Despatch.
, 1886-02-20
AEew FACTS Asour FIREWORKS.
Growth Of sAs ryrossehnis Iada.'y-Fir'

Growth of tho ryrotschnIe Industy-Fire-
cracker--Japsnese Fireworks.
Il has been said that fireworks, the
time-honored means by which the fore
fathers were accustomed to work off
their superfiuous enthusiasm for the
sacred and undying cause Of liberty, fra
ternity, and equality, were falling al
most entirely into disuse. To ascertain
the truth OF this statement a reporter
saw the representative Of a large fire
works manufacturing company the other
day.
There are more fireworks used in the
United States now said the man of red
lights and roman candles. than ever be
fore. As a manufacturing industry it is
just fairly under way here. 1t is only a
Few years since we ceased TO be entirely
dependent upon England, France, China,
and Japan for our pyrotechnic amuse-
ments. but in those few years we have
made wonderful progress in the business.
MANY people think that the pyrotech-
mic art is one peculiar to the Monaghan
race. 1t was for centuries, hut we have
taken it in this country and developed
ii, 80 that to-day we excel any other ma
ton ON the fac of the earth in the kind
and the amount Of this work produced.
We sent goods from here to all parts of
the globe. Many labor under the i'm
preston hat the miserable. .reacherous
little things you call ~firecrackers,
the explosion OF which has
been wisely prohibited in all
really civilized cities, are all that is com
pretended by the term fireworks. There
is no doubt that these are going out of
popular favor. and the sooner they do
the better, but they are a very small part
of real p~yrotechnics. such as is seen ex-
hibited at Manhattan ana Brighton
beaches and a thousand other places dur
ing the summer"
Are ~iirecrackers manufactured with
any degree Of success in this country =
-We can not begin 10 compete with
the Chinese in making them. We can
produce just as good work, but it costs
five times as much owing to the low
wages paid in that benighted country.
The Japanese make very fine day fire.
works, but we are producing them on a
different and better principle. The Jap
anese, as you know, roll the paper figure
in n bomb, which is exploded in the air,
and the paper descends to the earth like
n parachute, affording but a few min
rtes in which to view it. We employ
the hot-air balloon principle, and by this
means the objects are seen better and
for a longer period
is not the manufacture of fireworks
still considered a dangerous employ
ment?"
Not necessarily. The recent discov-
cries in chemistry nave done much to
lessen the risk of accidents. Formerly
red light could only be produced by one
substance, and this was one that required
great care in handling to avoid explo-
sions. But now there are six or seven
articles that will produce a brilliant Grim
son flame, and none of these is danger
GUS to use. The mishaps that now occur
in the fireworks factories are few and
generally due to inexcusable carelessness
ON the part Of employees. New York
Tribune.
, 1886-02-20

An interesting experiment, showing
the influence of electricity ON the growth
of roots, has been made in Germany by
Professor Holdeieiss. Plates Of copper
were thrust upright into the earth and
connected lay wires with similarly placed
zinc plates about 100 feet distant-an
electric battery being thus formed, with
the earth between the copper and zinc
in the circuit. Both potatoes and beets
planted between such plates gave an in
creased yield-be ets II per cent, pota-
toes - per cent.-as compared with other
parts II the same field. -Arkansaw Tray
aler
, 1886-02-20


The most recent estimate that has been
made by the the French engineers in re-
gard to the proposed African inland sea
is that the undertaking could be consum-
mated in the maximum period of fve
Year,. at a cost of about $50, 600, 900, it
being sufficient to cut, in the a~lluvial
part Of the region ~traversed, n canal
averaging some eighty TO one hundred
feet in width, which would be further
widened by the action Of the current.
1t appears that the estuary of the Owed
Meliah, which is the beginning of the
canal leading to the place 10 be mum
dated, offers a port, covered at high
water. Of adequate breadth, which might
easily be ~excavated, and would form n
a port sheltered by nature from all the
winds from northeast to south, passing
by the west; the winds from northeast 10
south, passing by the east, would not be
dangerous to the breakwaters. The nav
igation of the canal, il is also said. will
ohsIno difficulty, as the canal will form
almost a straight line. The proposed in
land sea would be- fifteen times IA large
a. the Lake OF Genevn. Boston Tran
script.
, 1886-02-20
A NOVELIST AND HIS MANUSCRIPT


How zola the Noted French Author. Tor
ments Printers and Proof-Reader..
Zola writes everything himself; he
never has a secretary for his extensive
correspondence. He even seals his
wrappers and addresses them when he
sends his friends brochures or his trans
lators material. He also writes his
literary manuscript himself. Out Of it
the printers compose what are called
"placards'-large pages with -four gigan-
tic columns of text. These ARE sent to the
author carefully revised and free from
errors, and then Zola begins to correct.
He fills the wide margin all round with
hundreds Of marks and letters; ink-lnes
cut through the text. thin threads run
crossways and d%iagonally. e~ntwining
like n lasso a sentence scribbled in an
open space; scarcely n line is exempted
from the heroglyphies Of the master.
Her a note of interrogation must make
room for of exclamation; here n
semicolon is changed into a full point; n
comma before or after the ct effectively
dividoa n Phrase: participles are replaced
by ~adjcctives; s~ubstantives take the
place Of pronouns; redundant adverbs
must also disappear; the ~past difinitT is
substituted for the imperfect more
descriptive words supply the place Of
tame ones; for an expression repeated in
live or six pages a synonym is intro
duced; whole phrases are remodeled, SEN
fences are condensed into two or three
words. and even half columns are ruth
lessly consigned at once into the COM
positor's type-case. 1t must be a bitter
task to break up the print again, but
there is no help for it. The extra fees
charged elsewhere on authors for correc-
tons are not known; nobody complains;
author and publisher rival each other in
n common endeavor after perfection.
After such n corrected text the Paris
journal prints, and the translations are
done in exactly the same way.
In the newspaper print the publisher
sees his work n step nearer the book
form. But the process of alteration is
still unfinished, and lola is not the man
10 watch this process with his hands in
his pockets. He now perceives in his
work a thousand things which escaped
him before, and he begins anew to cor
49, '"N'N hh'oA'ii'u'9 ahu hoio ielthb-
lessly than before. He makes ravages
On the text, refining and touching up the
periods, re~constructing whole pages, and
%sprinkling column after column with
new improvements. "The feuilleton is
for me only a first draught," he once
wrote 10 me. At last comes the day on
which the publisher, Charpentier, re-
ceivcs the last b~on-a-tirer: the new work
is ready; Zola win never more withdraw
anything from it, and he can now rest
Vienna Allgemeine Zeitung.
, 1886-02-20

In tho stomach develops an acid which
siingS the upper part Of the throat and
palate. causing heartburn. 1t also
evolves a Ras which produces wind on
the stomach. and a feeling aud appear
ance OF distensicn in that organ AFTER eat
lnR. For both this acid and swelling Hos
letter = Stomach Bitter Is a much better
remedy than alkaline salts, like hartshorD
aud carbonate Of soda A wineKlassfuI OF
the bitterz, after or before dinner, will be
found 10 act A A reliable c-arminai;ve n,
preventative. This fine specific for dys
pepsia both in its acute and ehmuic form.
also prevents aud cures malanal fever,
constipation. liver complaint. kidney
troubles, nervousness and debility. Per.
sons who observe in themselves A decline
Of viTcr should use this hnc tonic without
delay.
, 1886-02-20

Tie Chicago Herald holds that chill
dren's savings banks ARE responsible for
tho scarcity Of small coins in that city.
Hundreds of thousands Of dollars in pen
mics. nickels and dimes. the Chicago edi-
tor says, arr boarded in the thousands of
toy hanks throughout the country. and
these, II put in circulation, he contends,
would materially lessen the stringency
Of the money market in coins OF the
small denominations.
, 1886-02-20
MAIL LETTINGS.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. J., 1885.
PROPOSALS will be received at the Con
tract Office of this Department until 4 p.
m, Of April II, 1886, for carrying the
mails ofthe United States upon the routes,
and according TO the schedule Of arrival
and departure specified by the Department
in the Territory of Wyoming, from July
/, 1886. to june 30. 1890.
Lists of routes, with schedules of ar
rivals and departures. Instructions to bid
den. with forms'for contracts and bonds
and all other necessary information, will
be furnished upon application TO the
Second Assistant Postmaster General.
WILLIAM y. Villas,
P6sfBsdsty GaaerdL
, 1886-02-20

The lady who is the object Of the at
t%cntions Of United States Senator Jones,
of Florida. is Miss Clotelle Palms. now
about 80 years of age. and only daughter
Of Francis Palms, the richest man in
Michigan and a wellknown lumber baron.
Senator Jones is in Detroit and has been
there the most Of the time since last
June. pressing his suit.
, 1886-02-20

IT is Il curious commentary OF the I'M
certainty Of humap/liie that Thomas A.
Hendricks, who most strenuously opposed
the nomination Of Samuel j. Tilden in
the Democratic national convention of
1880. and Gen, Hancock, who was Sc
lected in preference to either of them AS
being younger aud the posscssor of bright
er prospects of long life, should now be
dead. while Tillon, the alleged p%aralytic
invalid, still lives aud is reported to be
gaining in wright aud strength
, 1886-02-20

While money is close, wages and prices
low, expenses should be cut down in every
household. Economy the watchword for
mothers, head of doctor bills by always
keeping in the house, a bottle Of DIR. Bo.
sanko's cough and hung syrup Stops a
cough. relieves consumption, cures Group
and pain in the chest In one night IL Is
just the remedy for hard times. Price
80 cents and 81. Samples free. Sold by
w. N. Hunt. ufl
, 1886-02-20

An tnyelcr stopping for a time in
Cheyenne can hnd the besf accommoda-
tons in the city at the Western Hotel on
Fifteenth street The location is agrcea-
bic and convenient rooms pleasant and
newly furnished. meals the best a 6rst
class cook can prepare from the finest
materials in the market, walters who m-
derstand their business. the best liquors
and cigars in the bar room ART among the
many attractions OF this popular house.
HERMAN KnME. proprietor.
, 1886-02-20

WV. Reed, druggist, OF Winchester.
Ind writes: ''One OF my customers.
Mrs Louisa Pike, Bartonia. Randolph
county, Ind, was a long sufferer with
consumption, and was given up to die by
her physicians. She heard Of DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, aud
began buying il Of me, In six months
time she walked to this town a distance Of
six miles, and is so improved that she has
quit using it. She feels she owes her life
to IT," Free trial bottles at w. N. Hunts
drug store. .N|I|lA
, 1886-02-20

Talking Of supentitions, that Of a Saco
man is rather remarkable. He never
will allow himself TO 20 to sleep with
the toe Of his slippers pointing toward
his bed. Should he retire leaving his
slipprrs in that position. he can not sleep
until they have been changed and tho
toes made To point in the opposite direc-
ton Then he sleeps the slecp OF tho
jnst -Hiddeford Times. Nlt0 a-a
, 1886-02-20
TOMORROW.

Tomorrow and tomorrow, o fair and far
away,
What treasures lie when hope is high, along
your shining wayl
What promises all unfulflled, what better
deeds to do
Than over yet, are softly set beneath your
skies ~ blue.
Tomorrow AMI 10 morrow, o sweet and far
away,
"a ryermore had ON before, along your
Inning wayi
Snll oyerInore lift up your eyes above what
wo have won,
To higher needs and finer deeds that we
have left undone.
Nora Perry in Youths Companion.
, 1886-02-20
Nstirr for runitestisa-
LAsp OffIcE At cnExE~SE, wrc

IAsp DFFIff At IHhi.FNNF Wlo.s
Jan "a. 1870.
Notice 4 hereby given that the following
named xrtfler has ibid noticc II his lnfcnti0n
" make hnAi pr1ot Ia support ~ his elnim. aud
thai said proof VII be- made before the register
and receiver AT = hfyenDe, WyO GA Feb ~,
iss viF utfit.sa n ~ star~. Tor the "
~ - ~ Z ~ aud lot 4. Of &C. "a. tp ~.
north Of range ~ " -I
He names the foiiow ing witnesses 10 prove
his continuous Residence upon and cultivation
u said Land. va John q Evans. Frank 4.
Laa<k. Charies v. Tnmhie. william " Hurains.
all OF Lisk. W 20 whose testimony viii be la
Ken and sworn 10 before Russell Thorp. a no
fsry public af Hashide Buftes. Wyo. on the
roth day Of February. irsf.
EDdkn & WILSON. Register.
, 1886-02-20

ALL the counties in this territory, ex-
cepting Laramie and Albany, have been
exempted from the provisions Of the rail
road bond bill by amendments offered
aud accepted in the house Of representa-
tives
, 1886-02-20

eN6haM ~ hAhNh 6aNtltah
The eastern nations never revealed the
secrets Of their porcelain manufacture to
the Europeans, who labored in vain TO
discover them. An alchemist named
Boettcher, In his searches after the ma
terinls employed, ronsed the suspicious
Of Frederick Augustus l.. elector Of
Saxony. who. surprising he was search
ing for the philosophers stone, shut him
up with an assistant in order 10 keep
whatever benefit resulted in his own
hands.
Just AS the elector began TO feel him
self duped, Boettcher one day noticed
that his wig was unusually heavy. In
yestigation showed that his valet had
used instead OF powder fine kaolin.
which had been recently discovered and
sold by n man named Schnorr. With
this Boettcher atthe iirst trial produced
fine, white china. Thus In 1903, at
Meissen. Saxony, the first European
h~ard-paste porcelain was made. The
progresses were jealously guarded, but in
various ways leaked out. and china fac
tories sprang up all over Europe.-Proyi-
denoe journal.
, 1886-02-20
T. CZ T. M A
And Every Species of Itching and
Burning Diseases Cured
nv Cuficura.

raczena. or salt rheum. with its agonizine Itch
main with CntIcura scan and a single applIca-
tInn nf Cutie,ire fhs grr,t skin cure. His re-
nsatad daiiv VII, f,xo ar three Hoses of Cnficu-
n Rseniveyi the ,ew hlond nurIder 10 keen
tne ,inod e,,nl Inc uersnIrafion nure and mir
,,ia,ins the honeis men fhe liver and kidneys
yYer,, nsnrtasis iieheu nrurif,s scald head
Gandrin and every snecicS nf ifclinc. sraly and
ni,nnlv humors Of iha senlp and skin. when The
hest i,Nsicians and All known remedies fail.
-
WuI Mcdonald. 2+2 Dearborn street,
, 1886-02-20

A photographer was asked the other
day what was the most difficult subject
to take. IAN old man with the palsy
he replied; "and the easiest is n light
haired baby dressed in white, which a
be taken Q quickly than any other
Subject whatever. The Argonant.
, 1886-02-20

The mar with a personal grievance is
an object of sympathy unless he makes
a nuisance Of himself and his grievance,
and then he becomes a public grievance.
, 1886-02-20

THE Sunday law has passed both houses
We have too many laws now that are not
enforced and the Sunday law will add one
to the number.
, 1886-02-20
TERMS OF ~suBscRIPTIoN,

Daiiy. delivered by carrier. Csc per week,
81 per month.
Daily. by mall. 81 per month. a. 10 for six
months, $40 per year, In advance
Weekly 81 - per annun, si.H Tor Fix months.
PAYABLE In advance.
, 1886-02-20

HoRATIo SEYMOUR died on Abraham
Lincoln's 18th birthday, and Gen, Han
cock on the 72nd anniversary of Samuel
j. Tlden's birth.
, 1886-02-20

The best saIve 20 the world Tor cuts.
bruises. sores, ulcers. salt rheum, fever,
sores, letter, chapped hands. chilblnns,
eons and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or 10 pay required. Ia is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. or
money refunded Price 25 cents per box.
For sale nv W. N. Hunt
, 1886-02-20

Reproduetion Of ola Dsguerrcnt,p pes.
Old daguerreotypes, il copied by the
process employed in the production of
the original uhe daguerreotypesi. will
furnish a copy OF remarkable distinct
ness, approaching TO nearly a perfect re-
production. while photographing would
result in a much less satisfactory
attempt. The copy, in fact. will b.
found 10 h. much better than the old
picture-a happy discovery resulting
FROM an undertaking in this direction
Cor. Boston TRANSCRIPT.
, 1886-02-20


Schedules showing the number Of stock
and work cattle. and lumber, required at
various agencies, and the kinds and
quantities, in gross, OF all other
goods. conditions to be observed
by bidders, time and place of delivery,
terms Of contract and payment, and all
other necessary instructions will be fur
nished upon application to the Indian
Office 10 Washington, or Nos. 65 and 81
Wooster street. Me1o York; VIM. Fl Lyon,
No. 1888 broadway, New York; the som
missaries of subsistence, u. S. A., Chi
cago, st. Louis and st. Paul; and 10 the
postmasters at Kansas City, Mo, Sioux
City, Ia, Yankton, d. T.. and Tucson.
A. T.
Bids will be opened at the hour and
day above stated, and bidders are invited
TO be present at the opening.
The right is reserved to reject. any or
all bids. or any part OF any bid, il deemed
for the best interests Of. the government;
in making the awards, to increase or
diminish to any extent the quantities
called for in schedule; and to require de-
livery of twenty five per cent more or less
than the amount specified in any contract.
Certified Checks. E
All bids must be accompanied by GER
tilted checks upon some United States
depository, payable to the order of the
commissioner Of Indian affairs, for at
least fire per cent Of the amount Of the
proposal. y
j. ID. C. ATKINS,
Commissioner.
, 1886-02-20

Ii is often said that second thoughts
arr best. Sn they are in matters 81
Judgment. but not IN ~. tiers nj con
Aci nee.
, 1886-02-20

Neat assortment Of visiting cards at the
Leader Office.
, 1886-02-20

P~reposnls Fer Stock and Murk Cattle.
Lumber. rtov~s Harp~r-. sEa ans.
Agricultural Implements. Hardware
Etc. FOR the iadiRn service.
DEPARTMENT OF ThR INTERIOR,
OFFICE Oh INDIAN AFFAIRS,
WASHINGTON, ID. e., Jan. -. 1886.
Sealed proposals, Endorsed Proposals
for Stock Cattle. Work Cattle, Lumber,
Wagons etc. LAS the case may be). and
directed to the commissioner Of Indian
affairs, Nos. 65 and 67 Wooster street,
New York. will be received until p, m.
of Thursday, February %, 1886, for fur
nishing for the Indian service about $50
yoke work cattle. 2.475 head stock cattle,
1000 sheep, 4l4,000 feet lumber. 100
stoves, AIS sets harness. l96 wagons, also
agricultural implements, hardware, etc,
Regular Blanks for Bids Are Not Re
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-12-18
A Tough Goose.

Mr.. II. Vickary, the we'll known taxider-
mist, of Lynn, tells story of the old colored
man John Johnson, a celebrated Lynn
character. JOHN happened into the shop
one day just after Mr.. Vickary had been
skinning large bald eagle. Thinking to
have little sport, Mr.. V. asked John if he
would like nice goose for his dinner the
next day.
II tank you a hundred million times ef
you glib me de goose, deed | will" John ex-
claimed; and in due time the skinless body
of the eagle was wrapped in a newspaper,
and johnson started off with it under his
arm, still volubly expressing his gratitude.
About week after Mr.. V. met Johns N
on Union street, and asked him how he liked
the goose he had given him
dat goose" said Johnson, showing his
worries. 'tDat war de toughest goose. rs
declar' dat mus have been fader to all the
ganders. billed that goose, an 1 parbiled
HIM, den billed him again, but declar' dat
ar wuz the chewinist bird me an de ole
woman ever seed"
After telling him that there must have
been some mistake in his method of cook ng,
they parted, till one day, a@large Snowy
owl was in preparation for stuffing, and
johnson happened to be going by, Mr.. V.
called to him to come in. Johnson came
hobbling in, when Mr.. Y. asked him if he
did not want another goose, pointing to the
owl living on the bench with its skin drawn
over its head.
johnson looked suspicously from Mr.. V.
10 the bird, and scratching his woolly pate,
remarked: "See here. boss, eff faint no
trubble Is like to see de feet on dat goose
afore l carries him to de ole woman. -
Harper's Monthly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-12-18
under suromer skies.

It is pleasant Iounging the summer away
in idle. thoughtIess solitude. There are no
door bells on tents. No pediler haunts the
leAfy woods No untimely caller distracts
your mind from the dazed contemplation OF
the eternal illimitable, restless, innumer-
able, exhaustless, sunless, unbounded,
countless. immeasurable and iucalculab!e
swarms of outnumbering midges that IN
multi. u linous legions TEEN in the air or
June. ever fresh, empty and hungry. When
YOU 90 into the wilderness to dwell in tents
do not bring a gun. You don't need 1t.
The guides will do all your shooting for you
Bring something to kill midges. Black flies
you don't mind, because they disappear
about the first of July. Mosquitoes OF the
Adirondack tribes you can Kill with club.
But the midges I'm sure L don't know
what to tell you to bring. Camphor they
ike, although they prefer pennyroyaL
When they can't get that they gladly season
their victims with Ponds extract. Am
moria they dote upon There is mixture
Of sweet oil and tar that IS infalllOle. 1t
keeps the midges ten feet away from you.
It elso keeps everybody else III camp sill
further away For yourself, whils wearing
this ointment you long to die, so that you
may be buried on one side of the mountain
and HAYS your nose cut of and buried on
n, other, with a clothes pin on it, far, far
away from yourself -Burdette in Brooklyn
Ea gle.