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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-30
After Sixteen Years.

no, Ne~gate btfeet, W0rksop, Notts,
"December Goth, 1883.
"Gentlemen,-It is with the greatest
of pleasure | accord my testimony as to
the efficacy of Mother Seigel's Syrup.
My wife, who has suffered from acute
Dyspepsia for over sixteen, years, is now
perfectly better through the sole help
of your Syrup, have sent pounds in
medicines from doc,ors-in fact, he.
gan to think she was incurable, until
your marvellous medicine wn' tried.
remain, yours, thankfully,
ALFRED FORD"
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-30
After Several Years.
"Stoke Ferry, January 9th. 1888

"Stoke Ferry, January 9TH. 1884.
"Gcntlemen,-l have used Siegel's
Syrup for several years, and have found
it most eilicacious remedy for Liver
complaints and general debility, and
always keep some by me, and cannot
speak too highly IN its praise i re-
main, yours truly, Harriet King"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-09-30

now.
Twas good thing Anne Hyde married
him, sucss. Ccrinihy abe. a splerdil
woman iespecs the lcss Of his fust vife
was blessed to HIM
guess more lilsly tho g.iniag q bic
second was beard quite spell sepss
that she'd sol her mind on aoin sss mis-.
sipnary long with her brolLcr. bot aua
no but what shes had mission work 10 d.
nesrer hun; anyway. hos mos, sscd
lent man uow, and them children il psi-
tens; likely aud healthy aud good, TOO
tell You, Beiscy there's morsa Que Mud
o. hcnthcn solo, aud lnehhs this Wan
Anne Hydes mission, after all.
Mcbbc twas, meckly s,shsa III, rha,
rua
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-09-30

A ''vaultiae ambition which o'sr leaps
itself' u BY no msans connnsh 70 tho~c
who al high stations sad sss bora 70
power spd dignity. /. n nay show ilAsli il
The cobhlsr = well q IL NJ tiue. A.
amusing example vas recently given BY =
member oi rural school board. A labor.
Ing man, illiterate aud poverty stricken,
sought the suifrsges Of his fellow rata.
payers a. candidate for seal on The local
educational parliament. BY freak of for
time in the shape Of the cumulative vote.
be was elected. The honor proved inspi-
ficient to Allay his thirst for fame and for
the conscious exercise OF authority. He
must needs conduct an examination, on
the following lines:
Now, you lads, before you goes any
farther with tho reading Of this chapter,
lot me just seoif you knows the msanin'
Of words the you have read. II says some~
thing here about gross darknsssi
A chorus Of youthful voices--some NOT
without an infection Of scorn At the insult
to their intelligence conveyed in tho put.
ting oi 70 simple query makes answer.
Great darkness, sir.
Tho inquisitor shakes his head trinm
phsntly Moo, he says. not exactly.
What's darkness, boysY
The unexpected and bewildering rebuff
seems to have inaugnrated temporary
reign Of silence When the forward path
discloses mysterious pitfalls. 1t is we'll to
walk with circumspection. But at last
solitary, piping treble ventures highly
original definition
Please sir, it's what there Is after the
sun sets aud before the lamps are III.
Well. yes -as il condescendngly con-
sidering you're fright Now. what's .
gross?
The response comes with great volume
and more assurance. This, Vt least, 10
solid ground Of mathematical fact
Twelve dozen. sir.
Aud how many is that?
A hundred aud forty four, sir
Right agaiu. Nov listen, you lads,
Gross darkness is darkness one hundred
and forty flour times US great AZ that which
the scholar over against the middle desk
yonder described for Us. Don't yon forget
what gross darkness Is in future.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-09-30

n n1rY Send 10 cents posl1gs, and ~
xiii will mail you free royal, valua.
UVI BILE. sample boz Of goods that
q once. than anything elsb n AhsnoA. 1olk
SEXES Of All ages can i've 81 homo and work IN
spaRs tina. or all the time. Capital not reQulr.
-. Ne will start you. Immense pay suss for
thoes Who start 81 once. 6rlxsor 4 Co., Port.
land. Maine.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-09-30

Bssoa fenDyson Is TO write poem OF
American tssuiy, beeinpias scmsvbss -
follows: "You. you. iook hsre. shs's
daisy. you bet. Wales ssys she's the ses
: ssoussss ever bs met
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-09-30

Tbe liar WAS telling some Of his friends
10 the smoking car how Le WAS gDvern-
wsut contractor during the var, HGd on
Que occasion be worked 10 5000 pairs VI
SHOES sitl, pasted soles.
was that jist befor Secoud Bnij hua1
qusrni = farmer looking mau oa > seat
ne1 ~
bsinse IT MAS.
ILs iarusr pulled "a % old sLos spd
exhibited buDion as big - his fist
] 81 pair of yonr shoes. hv said ~ hs
stool ~. aud they male TIL. buuioo and
Ismej '.e up 30 that l was csptursd sDd
spent III months 10 AnderscnviiIs. Btrsn
ger pspsre,to get The dsrDdest licking %
this earth.
The liar bad 70 admit iLsi be vss only
sixteen ,esu old wLen tbs var closed,
snd 10 farDi.h The bnai,p assu ~isH ri-
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-09-30

The case OF the late mad King Louis Of
Bavaria revived the very old question ~
to where reason ends and msdness begins,
Apropos Of the discussion, French paper
tells story. During one Of bis visits to
Paris. Baron Won Humboldt expressed TO
his friend Dr.. Blanche, the distinguished
authority lin matters concerning insanity.
; desire TO meet one Of bis patients.
Nothing easier, said DR.. Blanche. Come
and take dinner with me tomorrow.
Next day Humboldt found himself sect.
ed at the dinner table Of the famous alien.
ist, in company with two unknown guests.
One Of them. who was dressed 10 black.
with white cravat, gold bowed spectscles,
and who bad smooth face and very bald
head sat with great gravity through the
entire dinner. lie was evidently gentle.
man OF undoubted manners, but very tsci.
turn. He bowed, ate and said not word.
The other guest on the contrary, wore
great shock Of hair, brushed wildly into
the air; bis shabby blue coat wss buttoned
askew, his collar was rnmpled, and the
ends OF his crazy nccklie fosted ovsr bis
shoulders. He helped himself, ate and
chatted Vt the same time.
Story upon story dill this ineohersat
person pile up. lie mixed the past With
the present, flew from Swedenlorg. 10
Fourier, from Cleopaira TO Jenny Lind,
from ArcLilnedes to Lamartine. aud talked
politics aud literature 10 the ssme breath.
At the dessert Humboldi leaned over
and whispered 10 bis hosts ear, glancipg
at the same lime 1t The isutsstic person
age. whose Discourse was stiIl ronnipg On
am very much obliged to you. Your
maniac has greatly amused ms.
Ny maniac. said the doctor, asiArting
back, Why that isu'i ll,s. lqaAsIc. IL the
otiifr uHr
"Latl The one who hasn't said vord7
Csrtsinly.
But who ia the world can ths man b.
vbo has talked 10 this fashion oil tbs
wLileg
That Is Balzsc, this famous novelist,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-09

ne may have, as the palace was SO dirty.
He never stirred out of the palace in
closure, anyhow.
The white elephant was starved 10
death, most shameful thing, and we
had to cart him away and bury him u
hard job. He and the other two white
elephants ate and drank from silver;
great big silver tubs over three feet high
for their water. There is an observa
tory in the palace. from which n fine
view is to be had, but the finest view is
from the top of Mandalay Hill, some
500 feet high. about mile off. with the
Shan HILL 5000 feet high, and the river
and the city; tie view is very fine. The
trouble is 10 oct up. There is n covered
way up. and what once was steps, but
now are calculated TO bring forth ak
the worst feelings of human nature. We
are very comfortably housed in the pal
ace, part OF which we have been pull
ing down; and we are now terrifying
the place in case of an attack. The
country is very unsettled, partly owing
to our not declaring what we are going
to do, in our usual dilatory way. Da-
colts are about, and our flying columns
cut up few now and then. Our postal
arrangements have been shameful, and
still continue bad. -MontreM (Cdndda)
Gazette.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-09
Wrecks i'm Washington.

There are around Washington just
now looking for clerkships, says the cor
respondent of the Cleveland Plaindeal-
en-, hundreds of bright, brilliant young
fellows, who, if they achieve their aim
and secure clcrkships, will enter into
small offices. where they will leave am
bition behind. The young man with
education and ability enough to make II
name and career for himself ought
never to seek clerkship here. They,
it is true, when they accept the positions,
anticipate promotion, or intend, as soon
as they get little ahead" to return
to their homes or 90 west or south, and
commence business or begin practice.
But they become fascinated with the
life they lead, not physically a hard
one, but one that keeps them subordi-
nate, not leaders. After getting into the
mausoleum of pu6lic department
their ambition gradually gives way and
they accept II series of routine duties as
their life work. and become to other
mcn-likc the extra car horse that is at
tached to the car leading up the hills
mere help, not participant, in the
struggle that young manhood ought TO
look fear,essly upon. Richelieu's words:
"In the lexicon of youth, which fate re-
serves for bright manhood, there is no
such word rs fail is not an incentive
to the department clerk. He is willing
to sit down and take his stipend without
making any effort to push his own for
tune. He becomes II dependent and
generally in the end Il mendicant. My
advice to n young man is not to come
to Washington TO accept u mere clerk
ship in public office rs long us he has
brains and energy to make living
away from it, The ambition to become
II senator or II congressman or to hold q
leading position in some of the depart
ments is n laudable one, but the records
do not show that any man has ever
been called from clerkship to the cab
met. The record is all the other way
Bright and able young men who have
drawn themselves out of the whirl of
Washington society, out OF the charnel-
house of the departments, and struck
out boldly for themselves in the west or
adjoining states are now men of high
repute.
The best, the strongest, and the ablest
men we have in the nation are the men
who, when they were boys, struggled
bravely on the farms, in the workshops,
in the law offices of our country to pre-
pare themselves for the nigh positions
that have been assigned them by their
fcllOW-citiZcns.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-09
Two "BIathcrinG Gurls."

An amusing incident occurred yestcr-
day in Huntington-avenue car. Two
be-feathered and bc-frilled cooks from
the suburbs were carrying on an ami
mated conversation in tones SO loud and
rasplng as to cause no little annoyance
and disgust to the other passengers. 1t
was annie this'' and maggie that"
and Her crimps wor that bce-autiful
that it would do yer eyes good to look
at Thin" Beside those two sat an aged
member of their clan, who. judging
from her apparel and the size of her
bundle, had but recently stepped from
her native land, carrying all her bag
gage with her. She bore the talk until
her patience gave out, and then, her
eyes flashing and her little head bob
bing Indignantly, she opened fire on the
two worthless with Twill yez sthop yer
blathering? Is it fer the likes of yez to
be disturbing the hull cair with yer
nisep If yez mustn't clatther yer tongues
so, 90 yez outside where there is more
air and room" 1t is needless 10 say
that this gentle bomb-shell had its eff
feet, and no more was heard about
"Annie this and Maggie that. "
Boston IraCcler
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-09
They Found the Will.

In the year 1903 there died ut Bath q
lady who had amassed considerable
money. On the inside of her pillow
slip was pinned note which ran thus:
81 have made will; if you would be
rich find it." There was something
charming in this idea. The old lady
must have been of humorous turn of
mind. No doubt she often pictured to
herself her young and aged relations,
male and female alike, in pursuit of this
phantom fortune. Carpets would be
ripped up, the contents of cushions and
beds scattered about the floor, the wall
paper torn down, the garden dug up,
and, in fact, everything turned topsy-
turvy. The story goes that the search
went on night and day for week, each
party being anxious, naturally enough,
to find the will, when just as the search
was about to be given up in disgust the
document was found tightly sewn inside
the skin of the lady's wig. Then the
= family gathered together to hear it
al. It consisted of one clause, and
that was to the effect 'that the finder of
this will. in consideration of his labor
and good luck in finding it, shall have
the sum of penny day for his natur-
al lie. the rest of my property to 90 to
charities named below" Here the
~ ends. Nothing is said about the
ngs of the will-seekers, which Is
ppointing, for there is as grand
,.ope here for the pen of the novelist
a. mere is for the brush of the painter.
--Aianchester Times.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-09
CAPTURE OF MANDALAY.
King Thcebaw, of Burmah, His Palace and
His Jcwels--The Sacred White
Elephants.

We are permitted to publish the fol-
lowing very interesting extracts from q
letter written to his father, the Hon.
Judge Badgley, of Montreal, by Cap
tain Badoley, of the Royal Engineers,
who was with the British expedition to
Burmah:
''When / last wrote we had just got
to Ava and the Burmese had given in.
Unconditional surrender. Pluck, lead
ers or love of Theebaw and of indie
pendence must be wanting. Enterprise
there was none. We occupied the gates
of the palace and next day deported
Theebaw. He was hard to move, try
ING to make delays. The fact was he
thought he would be allowed to reign
as tributary, and he was very much
disguised and surprised at being de-
posed The Burmans came down in
crowds to see the steamers. 1t must
have been sight worth looking at.
Some twenty-odd steamers, each with
two flats lashed alongside. They made
n fine procession up the river, 100 yards
apart.
"Thccbaw is short, mild-looking
Burman. He was simply dressed. The
queen, who is supposed to be the insti-
gator of the murders, was quite plainly
dressed in yellow, but had 100000
diamond necklace round her neck, and
the royal family carried off most of the
valuables in the palace. We found very
lttle-about $4,000 in cash and a few
Jewels The most valuable of these u
very pretty tiara of diamonds and ru-
bies, was found literally on q dust heap.
1t has the royal peacock in front in dia-
monds and rubics, and is worth prob
ably $4,000.
''Thc place consists of the royal pal
ace in the center, Il pile of handsome
teak buildings gilded all over, raised on
terrace about ten feet high, surround
ed by courtyard with guard-hOuses
and gardens to the north and south. On
the west side it abuts on the palisade
and wall, which run all round, but on
the east, which was the usual entrance,
was road running north and south to
two gates, and beyond this to the east
were the arsenal, mint, council cham
Der, magazine, ETC. All round the pal
ace is fine palisade made of upright
logs of teak, one foot IN diameter and
fourteen feet high; inside tins, about
seventy feet, is a fourteen-foot high
brick wall. The palsade is about 700
yards square, and the city which sur
rounds the palace is one and II quarter
miles square. The last is surrounded
by fine brick wall about thirty feet
high, with moat outside 90 yards
wide. The gateways and ba~tion-likc
projections arccapped by roofs IN pyra-
midal style, and the wall Is crcnelated.
The whole looks rather well. Outside
again are the suburbs, stretching on the
west to the river bank. The roads are
mostly execrable, and inc bnldings
mostly bamboo huts. The mpnastcres
are exceptions, being very handsomc,
made OF teak, carved prols,ay. and
in some places gllded AL Over ihe N
side of the palac lsa strnn~ mixture
of gliding. mirrors and III ,tlst OF
ages i'm every corner; saniia lrfangc-
ments apparently nil; the b dr4' ms
cradle W loernesscs; the tai,ss covered
with scum don't really ne,'ye Thee-
baw ever wen, INTO t,ic,e lgttlaps, but
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-09

FAVOR IN which Our magazines are nciu
by the English reading public"
every literary man who has written
number of works. | said. lis sup
posed to regard some particular one
with more affection than the others.
Dickens, for example, speaks of David
Copperficld' rs the one of all his novels
he liked best Have you any preference
among those you have writtenp"
II can't say that I'm in love with any
of my books. but, on the whole, i like
"A Foregone Conclusion best, and after
that AN Undiscovered Country
Does your work ever become tire
some to you? or, | might ask, do you
ever work when you know you are not
doing yourself justicep"
mo; my work never tires me. enjoy
it thoroughly. How good it may be /
leave others to judge. But whether good
or bad it is always my best effort. |
don't know how to do otherwise. In
that respect | am like friend of mine
who once held II responsible custom
house position. When man came to
him with bride he would say: You
don't know how to do this This SIM
pie remark had tho invariable effect of
making the would-be briber feel that he
had committed terrible faux pas,
which usually resulted in his beating /.
hasty retreat without asking for an ex-
PLANTATION. In this way my friend saved
his honor and avoided making an enc
my. 1t is so with me. Il don't know
how 10 slur my work"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-09

painted wall or temple, capitol ana
theatre, but what glorious opportunities
arc offered by the walls of our colossal
railroad stations, our public halls, our
mammoth hotels and costly restaurants;
our vast stores. Paint them. and the
people would be brought face TO face
with art in the daily routine of life. and
absorb it as children absorb IL foreign
language
John Turner, of Livermorc. Me, over
seventy, hearty, rugged, once Democrat
ic candidate for Sheriff, for years
thought to be rich, is in Jail because he
won't pay his poll tax. He has trans
ferred all his property to his son. who
wants to pay the So but the old man
refuses TO permit him, and says he is
past the age when men should pay II
poll tax; that he has no property, and
will make this 4 test case us to whether
pauper shall be taxed by II town.
Little Billie Hutchlns of Lawrence
vile, Ga, is II hero. A can of powder
dropped into basket of chips and was
thrown on the fire, before which stood
Billie's three little sisters. The boy
jumped for the can, but just as he seized
it the powder exploded. The little girls
were not hurt at all, but tho boy was
badly burned. Some one asked him
why he grabbed the powder. He an
swered rs well rs he could, for he was
suffering intensely: ITO save the girls. :"
A German Investigator has succeeded
in producing musical tones from metal
plates by clectrifying them intermittent
ly from an induction machine. The
plate is supported on an cbonitc funnel,
and is millimeter i'm thickness. The
terminals of the induction machine are
connected to opposite sides of the plates
by wires, and the path of the current is
interrupted so that sparks strike across.
The plate then begins to sound, and it
continues to sound even if Geissler
tube or lead wire is intcrposcd III the
break.
John Sturdevant, the boy preacher,
near Raleigh, n. c., who was recently
striker blind for u few days, during
which period he preached with great
eloquence, has again come to the front.
According to his father he has had an
other Divine revelation. He is to be
stricken blind, deaf, and dumb, and his
left arm is to be paralyzcd. In fact,
one report states that the atfliction act
ually took place ut the time appointed
in the presence of $50 persons. Two
expert physicians have examined the
boy. They pronounce the ease II won
derful one
In Thracil bread was mixed with
powdered dried roots, in Syria with
dried mulberrics, in Egypt with whole
grains. In modern times in Sweden
they add to the bread powdered fish; in
Ireland and in Iceland, moss. which
besides being nutritious, keeps the bread
from drying; in Prussia, white clay,
which contains alkali salt and makes
bread very light; in Russia, powdered
bark or finely chopped straw. On the
western shore of England Il certain
kind of seaweed is gathered, washed,
boiled and then baked with oatmeal
flour; in Africa, powdered dried locusts
are mixed with bread; in India, pota-
toes and pea -four and, during the fam
inc, stones ground to u fine powder.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-09

All 1Iains Dali, EXCEPT suTcay.
FRED. NJ. BRIGGS, Station Aeeft Owe $50.
o. W RrGGIEs. G. =. & r. A.. Chiceeo,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-09

Here is a glimpse of Daniel Webster
and the usual jeer with which Disracli
writes of Americans: Il dined with
Lyndhurst yesterday to meet Webster,
who is, believe, considered very re-
fined and spiritual Yankee, but seemed
to me complete Brother Jonathan tt
remarkable twang, as 'ty-rannical' and
all that, he also goes to the levee. A
brow--lofty, broad and beetlcd-decp-
set eyes and a swarthy complexion. He
is said, when warmed. to be their great
est orator. Strangford was there, very
airy and sparkling; all the rest Amcrl-
cans and principally relatives. A good
story, and true: Brougham asked Web
ster verbally to dine with him. and sen,
him card next day, headed 10 re-
mind Webster Immediately answered
by another card, headed TO acknowl-
edge. Very American, don't you
think?"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-09

NoRTHERN DIVISION.

BE- All trains run by Central Standard Time.
Ao-All trains run daily except Sundays
III. w. ASHLEY, Gen'l Sup't.
w ii BFNNETT Gent Pass Agt.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-06-10
NeighbOring News.
SMITH TOWN.

Cullivating corn is now the farmers
principal work. Next will lie haymak-
ing.
Mrs. John Harshbarger is on the
sirklist aud unable to be out.
Edward Swartz, who had been work.
ing for j. &. MotZ, 1T Woodward, came
home last week to stay.
One of John Kern's horses is the VIC
:im of some disease and will hardly
live.
Rev. Deitzler and lady spent Sunday
in our midst.
That large dog spoken of in a former
issue of the JOURNAL was fetched a
way by his owner, Mr.. Samuel Wise, of
Brushvalley.
Some of our farmers think the crows
pub more corn than necessary and are
making war on the black thieves.
William Huey shifted quarters from
Millheim to Smith Town and intends
staying here this summer. We bid him
welcome. e.,s
Mrs. L. d. Luse and Mrs. Abs. Har-
ter of Millheim, rusticated among us
last week.
Those Sunday shooters, we hear, are
going TO thrash Jumbo for reporting
them. They also make their brags
what they might do with Sankey. What
AN idea Two little boys trying to
whip JUMBO.