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Huntsville gazette., 1886-03-06

ADVERTISING is a good deal like making
love to a widow. 1t can't be overcome
Chicago Ledger.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-03-06

ALL farmer wants Is the earth. h.-Losce.
Citizen.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-03-06
The Oldest Tree.

THE chicken thief is annex-hen trick fell
low.-Nardthon Independent.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-03-06
young Men, Read This.

AN easy way to find a lost relative-Make
a will in his favor-DetrOtt Tribune.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22

THE HAMMOCK IN THE BACK YARD.
Up in that corpse of street, Fifth ave-
nue., you can write your name on the dust
of the window lodges, and in little less ami
mated Lexington avenue the very butcher
has forgotten which of the monotonous row
of brown fronts his customers control. Not
more than one or two open shutters relieve
all this monotOny, and only here and there
the stopping of the grocers wagon reveals
signs of life. In one of these houses, the
most homelike ON the block, lives the young
girl of the hammock and the picture above,
Far be it from her to sigh for the murmur-
ing pines of the mountains or the barren
blessings of the beach. She has tried
everything and knows how much better is
cool nook in the back yard with summer
novel than all the attractions summer cor
respondents paint. Besides. her father did
not have a very successful year, and he
whom she had learned to look for went off
to Europe with only the pressure of the
hand to tell that he would ever come back
or say anything to her on his return. So
altogether she bravely tries one summer at
home, running down for a day at Long
Branch or up the Sound as her father sug-
gests. She drinks ginger ale from cham
payne glass and fancieS it something else;
a few friends drop in and surround the
hammock in the evening; the guitar sounds
strangely out of place in the back yard, but
so far it has been the happiest summer of
her life, she says.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22
FIGURES FOR MORALISTS.
Beer Drinking and Cigaret SmOk.
ing the Growing Vices of Ameri-

Beer Drin king and Cfgaret SmOk.
ing the Growing Vices of Ameri-
cans.
The increase in the amount of whisky
distilled and drunk during the year now
ended was 10000 gallons over the
amount for 1885, the total consumption OF
this liquor being 7,7OO,O 900.
Estimating the population of the country
at 60, 600, 900, this gives about one gallon
and pint for each one of US, including
women and school children and those of yet
younger years.
The consumption of beer mounts up to
some 264, 900, 900 gallons, an increase of
more than 1,500,0 900 from the preceding
year, which admits of an allowance of
eleven gallons to each inhabitant, or, COUNT
ing out the children and one-haIf of the
adult population as total abstainers, the
rest are to be credited with the inhibition
of one-half pint daily.
Analysing these figures further it is seen
that while the increase in the total amount
OF spirits consumed is considerable individ-
ually we are growing more temperate.
For, in the years closely preceding, the
quantity of whisky drunk in the United
States averaged almost six quarts for each
inhabitant, and, going back to 1870, the re-
cords of the department show production,
under low tax that gave nearly two gal
Ions yearly to each man, woman and child
in the country.
The growth of preference for malt liq-
uors. which these figures show very plainly,
the average consumption of beer having
increased from seven to eleven gallons
within eight years, is doubtless one of the
influences that have produced this result
The use of tobacco is also constantly in
creasing, except in the form of snuff, the
falling off in the consumption of that article
reaching nearly 200, 900 pounds.
In the comparatively novel practice of
cigaret smoking, which has, in fact, come
into vogue within tine last fifteen years,
there has been an increase of 25 per cent. :,
the total number burned being 1, 80, 600, 900,
OF about twenty-five apiece all around.
OF manufactured tobacco for smoking
and chewing, there were 1O1. 900, 900 pounds
each, and for cigars $500, 600, 900, an in
crease OF 152, 900, 600 from last year, or
about fifty-nlne for every inhabitant.
If, now, calculation is made of what
these large aggregates have cost the con-
sumerS, supposing them to have made their
purchases at retail, we may reach an ap-
proXimate Imagination of the tax which our
minor vices lay upon the collective purse of
the average man. Taking the lowest prices
as cents for cigar and 10 cents for gill
of whisky, the total will be found to
amount to more than 200, 600. O0O-not
so much lsss than our national debtor $40
each from all who live in our prosperous
land
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22

very issue of the World tells all about New
port and its attractions and every other
page points out the beauties of the country
and the delights of out of town. If there
be anyone left here, he cannot but be we'll
posted as to the comings and goings of
bathers at the Branch and saunterers at
Saratoga.
But these loiterers away from home hear
nothing about the city they have left; for
no poet has arisen to sing of the delights of
New York i'll the dog days and no prophet
has raised his voice to point out the fun
men have in staying at home. No fashion
bulletin records the fact that the McSwee-
zeys have gone up to the roof to camp dur
ing the summer, and you may look in vain
for the announcement that the Simpkinsons
have taken bench in Central park during
the heated term.
And yet, really and truly, everybody IS
not out of town. Our friends of the East
Side and the West, our fellow citizens on
Rose street and Bester and Orchard, the
babies of Tenth avenue and of Avenue B,
are still with us in spite of the society pa
pers. 1t isn't very fashionable to take
them up and tell about them; but they,
dear reader, have heard SO much of you at
Mount Desert and Lake George that it is
only fair to say a word about them. So
that you may see how much happier you
are, just as the roaring wind and bowling
snowstorm outside make the glowing fire.
side all the brighter by contrast.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22

the Adirondacks or Block Island could
drop into town for few minutes some
morning early it would really repay you to
take commonplace ride on the common
place elevated road, look out across the
roofs and tell your friends what you see.
Away across from Third avenue to the
river you see that same old stretch of black
ened chimneys standing stiff like sentinels,
and sooty, close-packed roofs. The same,
but yet not quite the same. An army has
come up from the hidden tenement depths
AN array of men and women, of babies
and brutes-and camped out upon the
blackened tin. There are beds and blankets,
pillows and parcels of clothing, bundled up
for pillows, and all the paraphernalia that
go to make up our secret bedrooms. From
the top of one tall tenement the flutter of
white drapery fiaunts greeting to the
roofs beyond, and on the lower housetops
men lie side by side packed like soldiers on
the field when they sleep upon their arms
And when the dawn Sits softly in across
the ocean haze this army of toilers begins
to stir. and, like the Mahometans faithful
to their prophet, the workers turn their
faces to the blushing east and, rising up,
prepare for another day
Mothers dress their babies with no cover
awakening, take up their beds and 60 down
into the depths just as they used to do in
the East 1880 years ago. The friendly
dogs who have climbed so high for comfort
and company go gingerly down the stair
way, and before you at the beach have
turned over for your second nap the roofs
are bare again.
Ii it were only proper you might 20 down
even to the docks at night and see some
thing more of the lite of those who stay at
home. Any dock will do. it matters little.
east or west; along the twenty miles of river
the picture is the same. The same half
grown boys are there, the same loosely-clad
men with the same pipes and same old
stories of their own prowess. On bales of
cotton, OH the bare boards of the dock with
a rolled-up coat for a pillow, or lying
crouched up in the hollow formed
by two hogsheads of tobacco, they
sleep as souDdly as if mosquitoes
were only name and mattresses thingep
dream of. There is no disrObing further
than to roll up the coat for pillow apd
kick off the Shoes and if a summer storm
comes up at night they cover up their faces
and, turning, browse off again as easily as
an Indian would. These men never quarrel
for places or favored positions. 1t is not
worth while. They may fight over pipe
of tobacco or the proper division of pint
of beer, but nothing less will rouse them.
They have their summer homes down by
the water and are as happy in their way as
you are.
OF course you don't believe it now, but
sometimes when your new waist persist
emily refuses to fit properly, when the sea
air takes all the curl out of your frizzes,
when he goes off loungipg off carrying the
parasOl of the latest arrival and leaves you
swinging there. you almost envy these
stay-at-homes and their lack of care. Now,
honestly, don't YOU?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22
Ripples from, Lake Elmo.

The past week at Lake Elmo has been one
OF continued enjoyment, the cool breezes
making great contrast to the heat of city
life. Active, outdoor exercise lawn tennis,
boating and fishing parties have been thor
oughly enjoyed by the guests at Elmo Park
hotel and the many visitors to the lake.
Among the arrivals since last Sum-
day were: w. S. Braddock, j. Owens
and wife, Miss NJ. Owens, Miss K. Owens
N. r. Allen, ID. r. Curtis and wife,
w. ]. Allen and wife, Henry Krogstad, John
j. Buckout, G. H. Atkins S. NJ. Chapman. w.
a. Marvin, Miss Lou Barnes, Miss NJ. Owens,
L. G. Owens and family, James L. Fowler, G.
K. Potter, E. w. Fulkerson. P S. Vittners,
w. r. Proctor, j. w. Mccoy, Miss Mary
Earthman, William B. Ferris Miss Florence
Sprague
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22
The Future King of Bavaria.

vanity FAR.
Prince Luitpold, the present regent of
Bavaria, was married at Florence in 1914
to the Archduchess Augusta of Austria,
the daughter of the Grand Duke leopold
III Of Tuscany, She died twenty-tw
years ago, leaving him with four children,
the eldest Of whom, Prince Ludwig. is now
Al years of age. Though a general of in
fanJry he, like his father, cares little for
military matters, but he is very Interested
in agriculture, while his chief amusement
is yachting. He married ill 1868 the Grand
Duchess Maria Theresa of Austria, and
has had by her eleven children. of whom
nine, four boys and five girls. are still alive.
His eldest son, Prince Rupprecht. is now
II and is following the course of lectures
at the Munich University. In the natural
course of events this lad will, upon the
death of his grandfather, be king of
Bavaria. But many things may happen
in Bavaria and elsewhere before his turn
comes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22
L. a MENT.

Oh! thou vast untiring one!
Tnro what centuries to come,
Will thy all enduring crave,
Claim the learned and the brave?
l have seen thee in tiny might
Work thine end before my sight,
I have watched thee in thy power
Draw from me- from hour to hour
He whom have loved the best;
Who, loving me- hath Oft caressed-
Smiled or me with that open face
That kindly face-where every grace
OF beauty that bespoke the man,
Blended in build empyrean.
All grief. thou mock st me with thy tears,
Canst bring him back? repeat the years.
The happy years-so quickly fled?
Canst bring the days since we were wed,
So back again, that can change
Some deed some thought? Canst so arrange
The future, that the happy past,
May be repeated in the cast?
Welcome sweet tears; would l could sob
My heart out in one bursting throb.
Could but these tears a river be
They'd float mo to eternity!
Sweet nature-let me-help me cry
Or teach me quickly how TO die.
Kind death, I have done fighting thee,
Oh! take me in my misery,
Throw on thy chains-I'I not complain,
Can but see my love again
Thro' all the future years to be
Together in eternity.
Motherl Mother to thee turn
In my despair! How these tears burn;
The very tears that have shed
On his pale forehead, too are dead.
Oscar Say, st, Paul.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22

When young man informs you that his
fiance has hair of the most exquisite golden
hue, and you find upon investigation that
the tresses in question outrival the reddest
of strawberries, you are irresistibly forced
to conclude that to loves many other i'm
PROJECTIONS must be added that of color
blindness. LADY RAMBLER.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22

per, left on Tuesday for visit to his old
home in Canada.
Mrs. A. W. Ditmars Is visiting friends in
Lake City.
DR.. R. o. Sweeny and wife are visiting in
Duluth.
Everett Griggs is visiting friends in SUI
perior.
Miss Minnie Egan is visiting friends in Eau
Claire.
Harry Noble is on a short visit to Lake
City.
The Misses Owens are at Lake Elmo camp
ing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22

Last Sunday was the first day on which
prairie chicken and duck could be shot,
and the number of those who availed them
selves Of the opportunity to Stay the feath-
cred tribe was legion. Every one who
could secure gun and leave of absence
was to be found on Saturdays and Sun
days trains en- route to the haunts of the
duck and chicken.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22

A pink cotton sateen, trimmed with GRIM
son velvet is worn by pretty blonde.
Startling as the combination sounds it is not
at all bad.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22
FOLKS WHO STAY HOME
How a Million City Captives Live Dur
ing the Dog Days of the Long
Summer.
The Fortunate Ones Who Are Not
Out of Town Are Out on the
Roofs.
One Lady Who Has Ginger Ale and
Guitar in the Back
Yard.

IVERYBODY is out
of town-everybody.
So says the New York
World. So says every
body worth knowing,
and even democratic
Nym Crinkle bows
before the verdict and
admits that the town
is deserted and that
nobody is left here at
home. The newspa-
pers are full of ac-
counts of life at the
and fun in
tho maintains This
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22

ing with them people who have been their
guests during a portion of the summer.
The opening of the Exposition on Monday
causes many to linger in order to see what
Minnesota can do as compared with older
states. .--... -.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22

A charming costume recently seen was
of pongee silk in combination with dark
green velvet. The crown of the Gains
borough hat was of the pongee, with velvet
brim, ornamented with pink roses, The
tint of the velvet was again repeated in
long silk gloves.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-22

Tostevin, W. H. Wakefield, Council Bluffs,
were party at Leip's last Thursday.
a. j. Hagan, Milwaukee, is putting up
Leip's.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-02
W AEER

" A M A SOBER, honest and capable cook: Iittl, 1A washing. Must be well recomme nded OnlJ such need apply from to o'clock D m. nSu St 6S WHITNEY AVENTTE
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-02
THE BEE HIN GEORGES BONNET. A Plan by Which He Hopes to Land in
 the White HOuse


 NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-HenrJ George was to-day shown the telegram announcing that Colonel Duncan of Louisville had received a letter from him outlining the plan for elect ing MT. George President in 1888 on the United Labor ticket. Mir. George stated movement had nothing to do with electing him or any particular man as President It was movement for the purpose of perfect ing the organization of the Progressive De- mocracy or the United Labor party all over the country. Letters with this object are being sent out by the New York committee of the party. The method of organization detailed in the letter to Colonel Duncan is that which much of the work during the recent local canvass was conducted. It is not new except in cities where the Knights of Labor have but recently been established. During the recent contest in New York it was customary for local as- semblies and trade organizations on the night of meeting to hurry through the business and after adjournment hold an informal meeting to listen to speech or have handshaking with Henry George. MT. Georges partner Mr. Barnes, has begun the work of a national canvass by explaining this method to the labor organizations in the smaller cities. Any allusion to Mir George is merely illustrative. Mir. George says that he did not go to Boston yesterday because he was informed that MT. McNeill had decided not to be a candidate for mayor. He learned later that he had been misnformed and he intends to go to Boston next week and if asked to speak he will do 30.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-02
THE BATTLE OF GETTYsBURG.

A Most Interesting Illustrated Lecture.
 The veterans of New Haven who have long desired to give their friends some idea of the battle of Gettysburg had their wish gratifed last evening. The Atheneum has not held such packed audience for years, nearly all having secured their seats in advance. Gov ernor Harrison and Adjutant General Smith were among the earliest corners, and long before the ticket office open the hallway was crowded. Promptly at eight o'clock Lieut.. Long stepped upon the platform and was formally introduced by W. s. Wells, of Admiral Foote post. His lecture does not comprise the battlefield alone, but takes in the movement of both armies previous to the engagement Not word escaped the audi ence, except when some unusually vivid illus tration or graphic detail was given then a storm of applause followed. Especially was this the case when the several Connecticut regiments were located and the part they took in the battle described. With the aid of his views thrown upon canvas he takes the audience with him through the whole of the three days struggle-over Big and Little Round Top, across the famous wheat field, Hanks the Devils Den, charges up and down Cemetery Hill, through the streets and lanes Seminary Ridge. One almost realizes that burst of involuntary applause breaks the stiffness and relieves the mental strain. To- night, the last of the exhibition, there will be another packed audience. All of the par quette and the front row in the parouette circle and balcony will be reserved.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-02

PORTLAND. Me, Dec. 1.-The directors of the Canal National bank state that they can- not yet tell the methods pursued by Black stone in his embezzlement. They are still examining the books and will make 8 state ment when they finish. Blackstone's bond was for $4 900 and was signed by his father and his brother and A. E. Marrett aud w. G. Trombly of this city. A gentleman who has acted as broker for Blackstone in years past says Blackstone used good judgment in his transactions and never lost any money on account of any stocks purchased by him as
 broker. For all such transactions Blackstone
 always paid handsomely. One peculiar trans
 action of his that has been learned to day
 was the depositing of an amount of money
 belonging to himself on another mans &C., count unbeknown to the person whose name
 was used. Subsequently, he informed the
 man, requesting that nothing be said about it and later on asked him to draw his check for the amount that he might obtain 1t from this bank. For this favor Blackstone also paid well and as it was safe transaction for 1 the person interested no questions were asked regarding his object in thus keeping from the officers of the Canal bank all knowledge 1 that he had any money there on deposit. Besides his specu1ations he has small inter- est in the Diamond Wrench company.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-02
carlis,e,s Hope, of rarIf Reform.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Speaker Carlisle arrived in the city this morning and took his former quarters at the Riggs. Representa- tive Morrison arrived in the city several hours ahead of MT. Carlisle and put up at Willard's. About Il o'clock the Speaker left his hotel and soon afterwards Mir. Morrison disappeared. For two or three hours neither of these leaders could be found and it was presumed they were enjoying conference in some quiet place. Speaker Carlisle he left the hotel said that the tariff question will certainly be called up at this session and further that it will be pushed to 8 vote. He also expressed the opinion that the vote in favor of tariff reform will be larger than at the last session.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-02
A Probable Elopement.

HARTFORD, Dec. 1.-The sudden and un- explained disappearance Monday of Wesley H. Holway. stenographer for the Hartford Fire Insurance company, and the simultane- ous absence from town of Miss Julia I. Char. ter, typewriter in his employ, has created quite sensation. Holway is married man and has two children. Miss Charter is a handsome and prepossessing young lady about twenty years of age. They left town together on New York express Monday evening Mrs. holway has returned to her home in Douglass, Mass.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-02
DEFAULrER GoULD's METHODS.
Laying out Vast Sums of Money on His
 H0use.

House.
 ! BOSTON, Dec. 1.-The following semi official statement has been published regard ing Defaulter Gould's transactions: "It has
 been discovered that Mir Goulds State street
 house was paid for directly out of the funds
 of the bank. The separate items of expen-
 allure in it's construction reveal the lavish
 ness of his outlay. The finishing of one room alone cost $750; of the hall and stair case, S1 ,000; for the stained glass windows alone he paid $500 and for chandeliers over $500. Some facts concerning Gould's opera tions in stocks have also come to light. His first purchase amounted to $79,000 and in Tour months he invested S676, 900 in specu- lative ventures. For long time his average was $100. 900 month. He had three brok- CTS, two in New York and one in Boston, and his communications with them were in cipher. He was a very enthusiastic purchaser, but if his stocks fell a point he was inclined to become panicky and order their sale at once. So he frequently lost, when if he had held the stocks he would have gained. It is safe to say that the really sensational part of the Gould story is vet to be told
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-02
Concert At The Church of The Re
 deemer.

A large audience filled the Church of the Redeemer last evening to he ar the concert given in aid of the Dixwell avenue church building fund. The concert was a success in every particular, one of the audience be- ing so pleased that he bought fifty dollars worth of additional tickets to help swell the fund. Miss Emile Schnes1och carried off the honors of the evening. It is some time since she has been heard in solo singing in this city, but the enthusiastic reception of her rendition of ''Show Me Thy Way" by Torrente, guarantees her success. The Am phion society, under the leadership of Pro- lessor Fowler, sang with excellent taste and expression, and have achieved a high posi- tion in musical circles. The second Yale Glee club sang many selections, principally of comic character, and were twice encnr ed. The performers all rendered their vices gratuitously, and the result was sub stantial addition to the building fund.