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he had never sold poisoned meat and to pave
the assertion gave some 70 his two children, who
quickly died. The above is current on the streets
In the neighboring towns, and it is said that the
excitement in Hutchinson runs high because the
man gave his children meat which was suspect
ed Of containing poison.
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Boy and Young woman Fatally Hurt.

Special TO the Indianapolis journal
MADISON, Ind. July 24-Michael Clark, aged
fifteen to-day had his skull broken. and Miss
Lena Thompson aged nineteen. her spine in
jured the former by falling through hatchwav
at Schiek's store, and the latter by similar fall
at Graham's store. Both will probably die.
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Killed hx Poisoned Reef.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July a. The report comes
from Hutchinson. in this State. that several per-
sons have died there suddenly, and that the peo-
pie feared an epidemic An investigation
showed that the victims had been eating picked
beef containing poison. The butcher protested
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per,lous Rope walking Feat.

ATLANTA Ca, July 24-Prof e. Loon. OF
Mansfield, o., to-day crossed the grand chasm
at Tallnlah Falls on an inch and half rope
1900 feet long. and suspended from cliff to cliff
ut u height of l.200.feet above the rapids. -Four
thousand people witnessed the feat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-25

DALLAS, Tex. July PA movement Is on
foot TO have United States Marshal Cahell and
Postmaster and Deputy Revenue Collector
Mers, both Democrats, removed from Office On
the ground of offensive craftsmanship.
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Rallroad Employes Enjoying Thsmsslres,

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind, July "a. The annual picnic
of the Pennsylvania railroad employees here to-
day was great success. 1t included all the lines
west Of Columbus, O.. and it appeared that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-25
Gen. j. BENZ. barney.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 24-Brigadier-gen
j. BENZ. Barney Mexican veteran, ex-president
of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, died
suddenly at his residence in this city last night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-25

BOSTON. Mass, July a. -Guissepina Morlac-
chi, the famous premiere danseuse. died to-day
at her residence at East Billerica, Mass, at the
age of forty-two years and nine months.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27
INVENTIONS.
The Universally of Contrivances Invented
at One Time or Other.

The Universally of Contrivances Invented
at One Time or Other.
We do not often stop to think how
little man has or enjoys that is not the
fruit of invention. Things which man
has long had we have ceased to think
of as inventions, and we are apt to ap-
ply that term only to modern things
to things the origin of which we know.
Yet it will be hard for any of us to
name any thing which we use or enjoy
which is not an invention, or the sub
iect of an invention, in its adaptation
to our use.
The air we breathe and the water we
drink are provided by nature. But we
drink but very little water except from
a cup or vessel of some kind, which is
human invention. Even if we drink
from the shell of a gourd, we are using
a thing which, in the shape we use it,
is human contrivance, and the con-
trivances which man has devised for
obtaining water and distributing it
have been among the most wonderful
and ingenious of any which have occu-
pied the human mind. Bountifully as
nature has provided water and placed
it within the reach of man, yet we do
In fact get Or use but little OF it except
by the aid Of inventions.
The air surrounds US at all times and
we can not help using it if we would;
but, if we want it either hotter or
colder than we find it, we must resort
to some invention to crafty our want.
1t we want it to blow upon us when it
is still, we must set it in motion by some
contrivance, and fans among other
things have been invented for thatpur
pose. A large amount of human inge-
nuity has been expended upon devices
for moving air when we want it moved,
upon fans, blowers and ventilators.
How small part of our food do We
take as animals do, in the form pro-
vided by nature, and how very large a
share in some form contrived by man!
We drink infusions Of tea or coffee
without thinking that the compounds
are human inventions. How large
place the milk of the cow has in the
food of man, but how little of it could
he have but for multitude of contriv-
ances! We think of butter as we do Of
milk. that it is production of nature;
and so it is, but its separation from
milk is an invention which has been
followed by host of inventions to
effect the separation easier or better.
Sugar is production of nature, but
little known few hundred years ago.
Separated from the plants in which it
Is formed, it is an invention of man.
The savage who first crushed some ker-
mel OF wheat between two stones, and
separated the mealy interior from the
outer skin, invented flour, and the hu-
man mind has not yet ceased to be ex-
ercised on the subject of its improve
ment.-Chauncey Smith, in Popular
Science Monthly.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27
CHINESE PEDDLERS.
An Amusing Illustration of Their Rathsc
Loose Morality.


An Amusing Illustration of Their Rathsc
Loose Morality.
I was sitting with some brothers
officers of the United States ship
s.Dash," in front of the English Hotel
at Batavia, Java, and was approaches
by forlorn-looking Chinaman, whs
had sword-cane in his hand.
"Want buyp" said he, bowing pro-
foundly to the group. The others paid
no attention to him, but I, being some-
what inexperienced in the ways of the
s'childlike and bland," took pity on
him and asked HIM his price.
''Six dollah," said he.
s'Six dollarsr' I exclaimed. ''That's
too much.''
"Velly fine sword-cane. Chinaman
velly hungly," whined he, plaintively.
''Melican help hungly man alec time.
Five dollah, sahp''
NO." said /. ''Five dollars is too
much"
-Four dollah; little, little four dol
lah!' persisted the miserable-looking
object.
Still I was firm in my belief that l
could buy sword-cane for much less.
if l really needed one, and declared
that would not pay four dollars.
'.Tlee dollah? Two dollah? One
dollahP" groaned the beggar,
Then, as / shook my head, in obedi-
ence to a stealthy wink from Lieuten-
ant sitting near and watching the pro-
gress of the trade, the fellow began to
cry; mo catchee chow-chow two, tlee
day! Velly hungly! Die! No catchee
chow chow, die. Fifty cent?"
| relented, and agreed to buy it for
fifty cents. But an investigation of my
purse showed nothing but ten-dollar
gold piece.
Il can't take it after ALL" said /, re-
gretfully.
Imagine my amazement when, after
one keen glance at my ''eagle," the
Chinaman dived down into his sleeves
and brought out double handful of
silver, counted nine dollars and fifty
cents out of the pile, took my gold
piece, handed me the cane, and turned
away with placid smile and bow,
amid the shouts and laughter of my
companions.
The Lieutenant then offered me his
arm and took me to a neighboring
shop, where there was shelf full OF
sword-canes just like mine, for twenty
five cents apiece!
Another gentleman who purchased
something of curb-stone merchant of
the '.Flowery Kingdom illustrates the
kind of imposition to which a foreign
buyer who is green is likely to be
subjected. After beating the Chinaman
down from two dollars and half to
ninety cents he took the article, and
said: Nov, John, tell me how much
profit you make on that?"
Ninety cents,
"Why, how can that be, John?"
''Me steal un,'' was the reply of the
imperturbable Chinaman-and no
doubt for once he told the truth
Good Cheer.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27
HOkSE AGAINST DOG.
The Fierce Battle Between Spirited
Steed and an Enraged Canine.

The Fierce Battle Between a Spirited
Steed and an Enraged Canine.
bonneville IN. J) special.I
Yesterday afternoon fierce bulldog
and vicious young mare, belonging te
George Runyon, farmer of Stanley, n
j.. engaged in a curious fight. The dog
and the horse were stable companions, but
the latter had strong dislike for ths
former. The mare broke her halter yester.
day and seized the dog in her teeth. The dog
retaliated by biting the horses nose. The
two now thoroughly infuriated brutes then
fought desperately. The dog would spring
at its foe, only to be sent flying clean
across the barn. The wild neighs and
kicking and barks attracted number OF
people to the scene, but none dare inter-
fere with the frenzied combatants. The
dog secured a firm grip on the mares
neck, and was tossed and knocked against
the sides of the building in the attempts
made by the horse to disiodge him The
mare finally lowered her head, and, placing
her fore foot on the dogs body, literally
tore it off, In one of its mad rushes the dog
was seized by the mare and thrown nearly
the fight Immediately.
At last the dog sank it's fangs into the
fore-leg of the mare, and in attempting
to reach the dogs head the horse fell
directly on its foe and crushed it's life out
The victorious animal gave a shrill neigh,
and turning, kicked the body of the dog
until it was crushed into shapeless mass.
When Mr.. Runyon returned he entered
the stable and found the mare trotting
about the place, weak from loss of blood
Her legs and neck were horribly lacerated
and the sinews laid bare, while her nose
was almost gone. As the animal could not
live, it was shot
The mare was valuable one, but SO
high tempered that none but her owner
could approach her safely. The dog was
priced very highly on account of its cour-
age and usefulness as watch dog.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27
At THE MORNING SERVICE.

The sermon was long and the preacher was
u prOsy.
The cushion was soft and the corner was
4 And, musng, I knew,
By my side in the pew
Was dear little face that was dimpled and
"A stray bit Of lace and the curl Of feather
Lay close to my cheek, and I didn't care
whether
s The service was long,
Or flirting was wrong
In q lonely back pew, as we knelt down
together. etFT
In reading the prayers we had one book be-
tween us;
30 sweet was her smile that. had nobody
50 seen u.s.
80 .Eg While bent on our knees
70 how Cupid did teaseD
thad stolen kiss, with the prayer-book to
screen us.
In the oriel window the sunlight was gleam-
ing,
In my drowsy old brain l felt love fances
teeming;.
Then my heart gave a thump-
s.r.tsEsf fs- By my head got bump
On the back Of the pew-I had only been
dreaming.
awNLtafF -Tife
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27
DoE't Give Up.

i have had catarrh
In head and nostrils so
bad that there were
great sores in my nose .
and one place was eaten
through. / got Ely's
Cream Balm. Two bot
ties did the work. Ny
nose and head are well
Ifeel like another man.
&C. S. McMILLEN, Sib-
ley, jackson Co., Mo.
We recommend Ely's
Cream Balm where q
cure for catarrh is
called for. 1t is In most
cases a perfect cure -
PECK Bros, Druggists,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

The city of Springfield, Mass, has
Tor years maintained a public library
for the privileges of which each reader
was charged an annual fee of one dol
lar. On these terms the library circu-
lated about twenty thousand books
annually. Recently the dollar tax W a.;
removed, and with free books the cir,
culation has increased tenfold,
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

DIR. PIERCE's ''Favorite Prescription is
not extolled as q ''cureall, " but admirably
fulflls singleness of purpose being a most
potent specific in those chronic weaknesses
peculiar to women. Particulars in DR..
Pierces large treatise on Diseases Peculiar
to Women, 100 pages sent for 10 cents in
stamps. Address WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 663 Main Street.
Buffalo. n. V.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27
"f DO not like thee, DR.. Fen, .
fhe raasnn whv can not tell.

It has often been wondered at, the bad
odor this oft-quoted doctor was in. Twas
probably because he, being one OF the old
school doctors, made up pills as large as
bullets, which nothing but an ostrich could
bolt without nausea. Hence the dislike.
let's, are sugar-coated and no larger than
bird-shot, and are quick to do their work.
For all arrangements of the liver, bowels
and stomach they are specific
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27
-ssMore than half a con

-'.More than half century ago."
says the Baptist Weekly. ''a good New
Hampshire deacon, by the name of Day,
living not far from the White Mount
aims, had seven cbildren-six
daughters and one son. They were
were known as his six week Days and
one son Day.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

"! SAY, old chappie, do you know, I
think / slept beastly hard last nighta,
'Why, dear boy!" when 1 got up this
morning my valet discovered two hairs OF
my mHstache that were actually out of
curl. don n'tcherlnow.n-N y It'd Bits
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

A lady asked a gentleman his age. He re-
piled: ''What you do in every thing'-X
l.. SO does Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of
Sweet Gum and Mullen excel all other
medicines for coughs, Group and consump-
ton. Walter A. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

"YEs," said Sall1e, Il think Mark is in
love with me- He hasn't told me so, but
when Fr-i Acker escorted me home last
night Mark looked ugly, and to-day he
threw brick at Fred's cat.n
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

Rupture, pile tumors, fistula
and all diseases of the lower bowel Except
cancer), radically cured. Send 10 cents in
stamps for book. Address, Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, 663 Main
StreeI, Buffalo. n. Y
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

"A North Carolina Justice sued .
young benedict for one thousand dol
lars damages because he had to stand
out in the cold to tie the marriage krot,
and contracted pneumonia,
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

A HEN-PECKED husband said in extenua-
tion of his wife's raid on his scalp: You
see she takes her hair off so easily she
doesn't know how it hurts to have mine
pulled out.n-N Y TeIeqYan.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

A PRIVATE in the army recently sent q
letter to his sweetheart, closing with: ''May
Heaven cherish and keep you from yours
truly, John Smith"
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

THE most delicate individual in the world
should he tread upon lady's train, is liza.
ble to become a robe bust man.-Bmghan,
ton Republican.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

WHY is patent safety hanson cab q
dangerous carriage to drive in? Because
the cabman always drives over your head
~. y Telegram.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

A FRIEND of ours, absent on a trip tc
Washington, writes that he has been al
through the National capital and consider
able of his own.-LomeU Citizen
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

THE nove[reading boy who ran away to
become a king, was brought back, and after
brief interview with his father was posi-.
lively aching
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

No Opi,.n in Piso's Cure for Consump.
tion. Cures where other remedies fail. 23c.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

THE latest style in hair-dressing is called
"sweet disorder" 1t gives one the appear
ance Of having been blown through tree
top.-Phaadelphia Call.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

pIKE's TooTHACHE DROPS cure in minute, Zoe
Glen1.s Sulphur Soap heals ana peahtlnes. Ioc'
q Crpu.N CntN REMOVER kills Corns BuniOnS
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

BILLIARDS resemble matrimony, mas
much as kisses and scratches are common
to both.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

WHY is dirty man like flannel? Be-
| cause he shrinks from washing.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

"HAvE you any old Roman weapons?"
Dealer-''We have none in Just now, they
are being-rusted. .''-KarlSruher Nachricktea.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

SELECTED miscellany-Mince pie.-Dan-
rifle Breeze.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

PHYSICIANS prescribe Ayers Cherry Pect-
oral. on account of its great curative powers.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson IS Eye Water Druggists sell it. Pc.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

"What the Fishermen Want.n Presume
the answer to that is fish. ."-Detroit Free
Press
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

A MAN may have no ear for music, ye1
have mind to play.-N \. Journal.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

Or. SAMUEL K. Cox, Washington, after q
careful analysis, pronounced Red Star
Cough Cure purely vegetable and most ex-
cellent for throat troubles. Price, 25 cents a
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

ZERO is like dude; it amounts to moth
ing, but makes man shiver when he see:
it.-N r. Journal
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

N1cKEI-pLATED watchdog with new
collar.-C California Ma0e'fck.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

THE most desirable hair dressing ever
offered to the public is Halls Hair Renewer.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

A POPULARITY Of stage banquets is tho
great variety of supes.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

THE latest thing in balloons-Gas.-Sioux
Falls Leader.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27
Asking Ones Age.

OUGHT teamster to have a teeming
IVcekIy.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27

Hon. Thos. L. James, ex-Postnaster-Gen-
eral, indorses ST. Jacobs Oil as pain-cure
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27
CATARR n

particle sapped into each nostriI agreeable to
Price cents By mail at Druggists, Send for
circular. ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego, N. Y.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27
CONTAGIOUS !!

am native of England, AID while was In that
country contracted terrible blood poison. and for
two years under treatment outdoor patient
at Nottingham Hospital, England. but not cured
suffered the most agonizing pains IN my bones, and
was covered with sores all over my body and limbs
Finally completely lost all hope in that country and
sailed for America and treated at Roosevelt in
this city, as well as by prominent physician in New
York having no connection with the hospitals.
/ saw the advertisement of Swift's Specific, and
determined to give it trial. took six bottles and
can say with great Joy that they have cured me
ttrey. am as sound and well as | ever was in my
life. i. FRED HALFORD.
New York City, June r. 1886
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer g. Atlanta, Ga.
N. Y. l57 W. 23d Street,
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27
Poisoned by SerefuIa

The faint of scrofua in the blood should be got rid
OF or serious consequences may result. Consumption
Is undoubtedly scrofula of the lungs and in It's early
stages may be curedby purifying the blood and build
ing up the system For this Hoods Sarsaparilla IN
uncqualed. 1t also scrofua when 1t appears In
the form Of running bos punches In the neck,
catarrh, or in any other manner. While It puriies.
Hoods Sarsaparila also yitaizes and enriches the
blood.
Il have been taking Hoods Sarsaparilla for about
three months. Before that time my blood was In q
terrible condition After usi, git TO about month
my appetite better and my general health greatly
improved. For medic ne as good as Hoods Sa sa
parilla too much can not be said." L, L. LIEsEY,
Bugbee House, Patnam CT.
have been troubled with scrofula for three years,
having running sores on my leg. After taking one
bottle Of Hoods Sarsaparilla am getting well rapid
ly." ASA ELBEL, South Bend, Ind.
Hoods SarSaparilIa
Sold by all druggists 81; six for IS. Made only By
q 7 HOOD AZ CO Anothecarips lowell Mass
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27


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Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-27
Hoods SarsapariIIa
100 Doses One Dollar

Sold by all druggists. st six for IS. Made only B
c. ]. HOOD q CO. Apothecaries. Lowell. Mass.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-07-31
All kinds of building material con-
SANITY on hand.
South Penn's Grove.

1t is expeeueu la the bulgarian
Assembly will shortly proclaim the
union with Roumelia. The Porte will
not attempt to prevent it, although
Turkish troops are being massed on the
Roumelian frontier.
William FL. Rideing, writing wit
lily of graduations in England, AYERS:
'"rhe occupants of the softest cushions
are treated with the softest manners
the occupants of the hardest with an
appropriate asperity."
DIR. Carl Peters stated recently at
the meeting of the Berlin Society for
German Colonization that the territory
now owned by the German East Afri-
can Society measured about 10000
German square miles.
Hancock item in the Waynesville,
Mo-, Democrat: 'Sunday school at the
school house every Sunday at $50 a.
M. Let us try and have a good turn
out at each meeting, and lead these
little ones as well as ourselves, In the
way that good men CO."
"A well-known centenarian. deceas-
ed at Paris, was a parrot of fame and
gllbness Of speech. It belonged to no
less than ten families, being handed
down by will to the different owners Of
the house in which 1t vas born. The
last words of the bird. which died at
the age Of 103, were "Grace pour Marie
Antoinette."
"A girl in Milford, Penna., was a
regular attendant at church. Some OF
the lady members of the church wrote
to her that they preferred she should
not come to the service unless she was
better dressed. SIZE afterward stole
some articles Of personal adornment,
was caught and sentenced to four
months In the pe~liteptlary.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-07-31
A New Sort of Knavcry.

The latest scheme for squeezing the
purse-proud Congressman is what is
known as the ''crayon racket" An
enterprising but impecunious young
artist is accredited with its discovery.
There are several others who are work.
ing it with him, and with astonishing
success. The ''crayon racket" is played
something after this style: The young
artist usually finds out something about
his intended victim in advance. A vain
man is particularly susceptible. After
having discovered Congressman with
the necessary amount of vanity, and
this is by no means a difficult matter,
he buys n of his photographs. which
are upon sale in the lobby. Then by
means of the 'solar print" process he
druwsin a life-sized crayon. Ten dollars
is a fair price for one of these pictures.
After the crayOn has been completedhe
has it framed and takes it to the capitol.
The member is invited to inspect it in
his committee room. The artist tells
him that his face Is such a strong one
and shows so much intelligence that he
drew it from sketches made in the gal
lery simply to show what he could do.
If the victim desires to purchase it he
will sell it frame and all for $50. In
nine times out of ten the combined in
1uence of the fiattery and the crayon
gets in its work and the artist makes a
very handsome profit upon his small III
veStment.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-07-31
PENIS GROVE, N. J., SATURDAY. JULY 81. 1885,

the city the morning after her loss, and
il was not until her return that she
proved property and got it back. She
wrote us two letters about it, but it
never occurred to her to refer to the lit
tie break until she came into the office. F"
''What do you do with the property
that remains unclaimed2"
Every two or three years we have a
sale. When we get too much of the
lumber to keep conveniently, we sell off
the Oldest articles. Oh, no; there isn't
much realized on it, and what the COM
pany does get doesn't pay for the neces-
sary clerk hire. Knive, handerchiefs,
pipes, carpenters tools and, in fact,
nearly everything you can imagine are
put up at this sale. Secondhand deal
ers, street hawkers and the men who
have stands on the street corners are the
principal purchasers. If you lose any
thing in an elevated train never think
it is gone forever until you call upon us.
Well keep it for you if it comes into our
hands, even if it is only a bone collar
button.n