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, 1888-01-11
Dark Days of the confederney.

The subject of lights was another with
which It was fOund difficult to contend.
Tallow was used freely during the first
years Of the war; old candle molds were
brought out from their hiding places and
put to use, and tallow dips became as ia
miliar to us as they had been to our fore
fathers. But the source of supply for
these flights of other days. soon became
exhausted, and woman's ingenuity was
again put to the test. Lard also had been
in frequent use, and n favorite light was
n saucer or can filed with this melted
substance wherein hoated n burning syc-
amore ball. 1t, too, was growing scarce,
however, and n new material must be
evolved. Several things were tried, but
a mixture of beeswax and rosin was
found best of them all. Through this
mixture, when melted, n long coil of
candle wicking was drawn again and
again, until thoroughly coated, and in
order to make this coating ever several
persons stood in n row holding the wick
ing at short intervals and shaping the
wax upon it as it passed through their
hands. The position of greatest honor
and difficulty ia his undertaking was
conceded to be the one next to the pan
containing the heated melted mixture.
When cold, this waxen rope was
wound, row after row, around a bottle,
with the free end put through a strip of
tin with II hole in it in order to hold it up
right. These candles gave forth n meager
but Il steady light. "Candlemaking bees''
were quite the style, II young ladies and
their military beauX ION leaver man
aged to exact n great deal of merriment
from them. The refreshments were usu-
nlly fruit and peanuts.-Jennie s. Jud-
son
, 1888-01-11
A Russian Village Climb.

The following are the rules of n club in
n small Russian town in the Tchernizoff
district: l. 1t is prohibited to enter the
club with creased boots. 2. Tradesmen
are not allowed to enter the club in their
working clothes, which eXhale the disa-
grceable odor of fish, grease or leather.
8. A dress coat must be worn ut all New
Years or Easter dances. Any one ap-
pearing in n velvet waistcoat or n green
necktic is fined l ruble. Tho fines cover
the expenses for the band. 4. The mem
bers arc especially requested not to use
the window curtains rs pocket handker-
chiefs. Offenders of this sort will be OK
PEELED from the club. 8. During dances
members smoking in the ladies' room
will be fined % copecks, the lines to DO
expended in toilet powder and eau de
cologne tor the ladies. 9. During the
quadrilles flirting is prohibited, and no
one is allowed TO step over the borders of
decency. Z. 1t is strictly prohibited to
get indeccntly drunk, as has happened
before now. 8. 1t is prohibited to strike
n partner in the face. 0. In case of dis
agreement Mt billiards it is strictly pro-
hibited to hit n partner with n cuc.-Chi-
cago Times.
, 1888-01-11

The use of pcrfumcd substances for an
uinting the body is older than civiliza-
ton. Tho Jews employed myrrh, aloes
and spikenard to cmbalm or anoint the
dead and to perfume the living. The
Bible often alludes to aromatics, such as
balsams and sandal wood. Herodotus
says that the Soy THAN women used to
preserve their compilations and render
their hands soft with n paste made of in
ccnsc, cedar and cypress wood brayed
together bctwcen two stones and mixed
with oil, which they applied before going
TO bed. Cosmetics were freely used in
ancient Athens; Oenona, the perfumer
Of Olympus, having brought the knowl-
edge of perfumes from the mountains of
ThCssaly. Venus is often represented
before her mirror. Being the goddess of
love, it was her business to make herself
attractive. Minerva, though having II
more masculine aim, was not averse to
the use of odorous ointments.
Scion, in his laws, forbade the use of
perfumes to excess, and Socrates said
shrcwdly that it was impossible to dis
tinguish n slave from a free man if both
We're perfumed with the same odor.
Aspasia, the accomplished mistress of
Pericles, wrote two volumes on the use
of perfumes, some portions of which are
e@xtant, and Hippocrates, the celebrated
Greek physician, discussed them in his
works, treating them from n hygienic
standpoint. 1t appears from the laid
that they were well known in the time
of Homer, while Aristotle, the great
Greek philosopher, did not think an essay
on them unworthy n place in his works.
San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1888-01-11

The greater number of tho remedial
ngents of the time were prepared by the
ladies, for regular drugs had been made
contrahand, and were exceedingly hard
toprocurc. Flax seed, dried b~lackbcrrics,
slippery elm and such other natural
remedies a9 the country afforded were
kept on hand in most families. Healing
herbs We're largely cultivated and often
times the simplest remedies, such as pine
water or shuCk tea, were made to serve
n timely and efficient turn.
Sick and wounded soldiers were COM
mon inmates of private dwellings, and a
roll Of lint and bandagcs was usually
kept with the medicine ready for i'm,
mediate use. -Jcnnic S. JudsCn.
, 1888-01-11

The course which an earthquake runs Is
usually very rapid. From the moment
when the first shock was felt at Lisbon to
the period when all was over, and nearly
10000 people were killed, not more than
four minutes elapsed. A few seconds, we
learn from "Our Earth apdTtS AoA' - are
usually n more frequent time.-le shock
or shocks to last. Yet, while Caracas in
Venezuela was almost destroyed and IL, 900
of its inhabitants Killed by the earthquake
of 1912, within the limits of half n min
ute, there are cases in which constantly
recurring shocks last for weeks, months
and even years, MS if the laboring earth
was still trying to relieve itself Of some
Of its superintendent energy.
For example, the Calabrian earthquake
of February, 1888, was not quite finished
before December, 1886, and 1t is a com
mon observation that the preliminary
shock is usually followed by one of greater
severity, and this in its turn by others
less intense, like the distant claps of
thunder which herald the passing storm.
But in this brief span the most frightful
havoc can be wrought, and the wave of
destruction propagated, from the most
distant regions. The rumbling earth
sound travels, for instance, at the rate of
10000 or II 200 feet per second, and the
earth wave, on an average, about 1900
feet in the same space of time, though in
Charleston, us we nave seen, n much
higher rate was attained Toronto Truth.
, 1888-01-11
FACTS CONCERNING CANCER.
a Disease of Advanced AGc-Litno known
Of It, Cnnscs.


OF Its Causes.
In the forty-Grst annual report of the
registrar general of England, published
in 1880. il is asserted that the number of
deaths from cancer was 5.21S in 1851,
and 12,GBi in 1878, but as the population
had largely increased in this period, the
Increase in frequency will be moro dis
t.actly appreciated by the following quo
taton from this report: Tho avCIdgo
annual mortality from cancer during
the five years 1904 was 3Oi in 1,00O,-
GOO living. In the five years 1S7O-'H it
VAS 4i3, while in the year 1878 it was
5t9."
In New York city the proportion of
deaths from canoe in 1915 was 400 to
1000. 600. In 1885 it was $50 to 1,OOO,-
coo. According to the reports on vital
statistics If the census of the United
States of 1880, the proportion of deaths
from cmicer to the total number Of
deaths reported from known causes was
$500 to LOCO.
Cancer is a disease of advanced age. 1t
is found in NIL ages, hut in very unequal
proportions. In S.193 cases the proper
ton Of deaths under ) years Of age was
1896 per 1000, while fromp5 TO 10 it is
only ESQ per 1000, and from 10 to Is
1.G0 per 1000. From the age of - the
proportion gradually rises in each quin-
quenium. until between the ages of 50
and % it reaches $50. IS per 1000. After
this period the proportion gradually di-
minishes, rs the number of those living
after this period of life diminishcs.
Jonathan Hutchinson, of London. whose
opinion on all questions of pathology is
considered authority in all parts of the
learned world, in the most able discussion
which has ever been held on this subject,
that before the Pathological and Clinical
society of Glasgow in 1885. said: ''Of
the causes which undcrlie the proclivity
10 cancer, and which render some races
and some families moro prone than others,
we as yet know but little. What little
We DO know would lead us to believe that
it las nothing to do with the diet or with
climate. The herbivorous animals are
liable to it as well as the c%arnivorous, and
so far rs | know it prevails in all parts of
the world where the conditions are favor
able TO longevity. Wherever, from what
ever cause, they are not so, there cancer
becomes relatively %infrcquent. 1t is al
most unknown in those of our domestic
animals which are used for food, for the
simple reason that we never let them
grow old, while in dogs, cats, horses and
asses it is common.
DIR. Billings says: Tho increase of
mortality from cancer with advancing
asc may be explained either on the
theory that the cause of cancer becomes
more potential in advanced age at the
period of physiological decay or on the
theory that the predisposition to cancer
belongs to the strongest and longest
lived" The fact is settled beyond ques-
lion that in those populations where but
few reach old age nicer is proportion
ately rarc.-New York Tribune.
, 1888-01-11

Years ago when the New York Central
and Eric railroads were engaged in q
desperate and destructive battle of cut
rates, jim Fisk played u shrcwd dodge on
Commodore Vanderbilt. Tho freight
rates from Chicago TO New York city
were so low hat there was no profit in
transportation. Fisk seized the golden
opportunity to buy cattle; shipped the
cattle over the commodorc's road, and so
blocked the commodore's transportation
facilities that the Central was obliged to
refuse all other freight. Fisk then put
up the price of freight on the Eric, and
was not only able TO do II lucrative bust
ness while the Central was carrying COWS
Mt n loss, but he was also able to get his
cattle TO the market, via the commodore's
line, at such low terms that he made n
profit on every head.-The Argonaut.
, 1888-01-11

| asked Col. Nicolay about the char
nC,er az Nlr. LinColu's stories.
There j. an erroneous notion abroad, y
lc said, that Mr.. Lincoln's S stories were
largely OF a sort hat could not be re-
Ueated in thc presence of ladies. The
simple fact j. that hc was remarkable for
two characteristics in this connection:
For The aptncs5 of his stories and for his
dramatic power in telling them. lie did
not tell n story for its own sake. but be-
cause it Illustrated some immediate point
in the situation. lie never dragged in a
story. but used il rs an effective instru-
ment of expression. - Washington Cor.
Chicago Herald.
, 1888-01-11

SHEER BODY N HALE PLANS.
TIL vessel to be constructed on Lieut..
Seabury's model is to be built of steel through
out, the top of the well to be covered with u
watertight cover to allow the centerboard to
be removed when the vessel is in dock. A
watertight tube leads the lifting purchase
of the centerboard to tho upper deck. Tho
following are the main dimensions: Length,
l01 feet o inches; length of load line, 81 feet;
extreme beam on load water line, 81 feet l Ii
inches; depth of hold, Is feet 4 inches.
The yachts which nave won the Americas
cup have successfully grown deeper in hold.
The Puritan is 8 feet, tho Mayfiower 0, while
tho Volunteer measures 10 feet G inches to
q beam of % feet. Lieut.. Scabury now in
tends to go two feet further in depth and re-
duce the beam one foot, thus giving room for
the new plan of centerboard.
Beyond the advantage of leaving the space
between decks free for cabin room, the now
vessel is expected to combine the sailing ad-
vantages of both cutter and centerboard
yachts, without the disadvantages of either.
She will have nearly the draughts of the cut
ter and nearly the beam of the ccntcrboard.
She will have the assistance of the board, and
her cutter depth will enable her to carry sail
with q cutters advantages.
, 1888-01-11

There is n Spinstcrs' Insurance CON-
pany in Schleswig which gives shelter,
board and pin money to the single lady
members of well to do families. At the
birth of n girl the father enters the girls
name in the books of the company and
pays II certain sum every year. If, when
his daughter reaches her twenty fourth
year, shei is still unmarried, she is entitled
to n certain income and n couple of fur
nished rooms in n house belonging to the
company. The house is n handsome one,
with a fine garden attached to it. If the
father dies before his daughter attains
her twenty-fourth year the girl enjoys
the same privileges. In case she dies or
marries all her rights are forfeited, and
the money paid in reverts to the COM
pany. These chances enable the com
pany to make the provision named, while
parents have the satisfaction of knowing
the future of their daughters to be Sc
cured in case of the death of their natural
providers.-New York Tribune.
, 1888-01-11

The society balls of old times were
conducted with great propricty and re-
serve. The claim Of every person 10 lie
admitted having been determined by the
responsible committee, there was y sort
uf temporary equality ON the floor, and
very gentleman had tho privilege to in
wife n lady without the formality Of an
introduction to figure in the dance as his
partner. After it was over, he escorted
lcI back respectfully to her seat, without
rrcsumiug, if unknown, 10 remain stand
in% before Lcr or TO sit by her side.
During the intervals of dancing the gem
tlcaicn walked up and down between the
rows Of ladies that drnseIy lincl the hall.
No woman. married or single, joined in
this ~promcuadin% with male compau-
i'm. and the eye Of n lynx could not have
jclccted the slightest Irritation. The
word itself was not known. American
N aziuc.
, 1888-01-11

- $3.50
Independence is in danger of being sighted be-
cause he hasn't the number of dollars that
another man possesses. As to doctrinal
the Trinity false and leading away from the
Triune God. Other points are the doctrine
on hell, and that of the impossible depletion
of heaven. Doctor Jenner recently visited
England, where he says he was made q bishop
of the Church of England in the presence of
three bishops; emitting in the ceremony the
two portions of swearing allegiance to Queen
Victoria and obedience to the archbishop of
Canterbury, and taking tho title of Bishop
Cosmopolitan. He says he will mako Detroit
the point of radiation of a new sect, called
the Anglican Free church. In doctrine it is
to be one with tho Church of England, but
will be supported by voluntary contributions,
with no salary for its rectors and no pew
rentals. Being q bishop of tho Anglican
church rather than the Church of England,
holding a sort of rowing commission in tho
army of the priesthood, the bishop cosmopol-
itan expects to SOW the seed of his sect my
where and everywhere, and Is said to be very
earnest and hopeful of revolutionizing the
present financial system of the Episcopal
church in America.
The first chapel of tho new church was re-
Gently opened on Dufield street, Detroit. In
the address delivered by him at the opening
of the chapel he set forth his views very for
chilly. A local paper says:
Bishop Jenner is about 5 feet : inches high,
weighs about 100 pounds, has dark hair, clean
shaven face, q large head and very large intel
lectual faculties. He Is q man likely to succeed
in his present undertaking.
, 1888-01-11

First Director Blind Asylum-My
friend BIinlis is out of n job an I'd like
TO do something for him.
Second Director-What's his biz?
"lle's n sign painter. He's got left on
200 grocery store notices an wants to
sell 'em,
Gan right, wen make nm a%ppropria-
ton to buy en- for the blind asylum.
What does the notices sayT"
If you don't see what you want ask
for it. Omaha World.
, 1888-01-11

Arc quickly given to every part of the
body by Hoods ~Sarsaparilla. That tired
feeling is entirely overcome. The blood
is purified, enr.che!. and vitalized, and
carries health instead of disease to every
organ. The stomach is toned and strength
ened, the appetite restored. The kidneys
and liver are reused and invigoratcd. The
brain is refreshed, the mind made clear
and ready for work. Try it.
, 1888-01-11
LIEUT.. sEABURY's YACHT.


A New Craft of Unusual Design to BE
Constructed.
Lieut.. Seabury, U. S. N, has constructed
n model which is intended to cover the nd
vantages of both centcrboard and cutter
yachts, His plan is TO confine the center
board below the berth or living deck, thus
doing away with the necessity for the parti-
ton of tho cabin into two parts, the objec-
tionable feature Of the present model of the
centerboard boats. He makes the depth
much greater in proportion to the breadth of
beam. The centcrboard will extend verti-
cally only to the lower deck. The increased
depth of the model permits this, leaving the
space between decks unbroken for abins
, 1888-01-11
Italy,. NntIonnI Monuments.

Italy has about 1850 national monu.
ments TO care for; they belong TO mod
eru times and the middle ages. The
budget allows a little more than 5000, O0O
for their preservation, but out of this
must come the cost of excavations nj
Rome and Pompeii-Chicago Herald.
, 1888-01-11

Since tic first appearance Of the great
red spot On thc planet Jupiter. some nine
years ago air W. i Dcuning the well
known English astronomer. has made
about 500 oi] .crva:Icns Of the phcnomc-
non. lie i%oliavos tie rcd spot to be n
feature of Juf!.rrs atmosphere. and not
of the surface 81 Tie planet. -hrkansaw
Traveller.
, 1888-01-11

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two. ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and
kinds of piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETINE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
w. N.Hunt,a at 25 cents per box-by mail
30 cents.
, 1888-01-11

SoN~o the Children. They are es.
oNSS pecially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
utc. We guarantee Ackers English
Remedy n positive cure. II saves
hours of anxious watching. Sold by
Dr.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-01-11
ER. A. J. 3. JENNER.
The Detroit Physician Who Styles Him.
self Bishop Cosmopolitan.

DR.. A. j. B. Jenner, q well known physi-
clan Of Detroit, has drawn n certain amount
of interest to himself by announcing that he
has been consecrated Bishop Cosmopolitan of
an offshoot of the Episcopal church. DR..
Jenner has practiced medicine in Detroit for
sixteen years and is n regularly ordained
Anglican minister. While practicing mcdi-
cine he has occasionally oficiated in the pull
pit, but has never affiliated himself with any
particular congregation.
Bishop Jenner has long held certain views
with reference to tho support of the church
and the ministry, at variance with most of
his associates. He is opposed to the present
system of enforced support, the payment of
money for pew rent and the taxing of the
, 1888-01-11

The largest stock of fine brandics, old
WHISTLES, choice hque,rS and superfine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house. corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1888-01-11

There are nine British missionary
societies now laboring in Africa, with an
aggregate annual expenditure Of 81, 000,-
600.
, 1888-01-11

A little boy being r%eprovel on Sunday
morning for having a dirty face retorted:
"Well, ] wored dis face TO Sun'ay cool,
anyhow. charlottesville (Va.) Chron.
icle.
, 1888-01-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Hira Bates, of South Han
over, Mass. are the most curious old coupls
on record. They were born within fifteen
minutes of each other, they loved each other,
they Ut married to each other and they have
lived with each other for sixty-two years.
This, however, is not all. Tho law of cuS-
tom in marriages says that in n perfect union
the husband should be older than his wife.
Nature has provided for this in the case of
Mr.. Iira Dates, He is, as near as can be as
certained, Is minutes older than his better
half. Let Mr.. Bates speak for himself.
, 1888-01-11
Dr.. Wagaer& Go.
sFmCxAIIsTs-

We offer no apology for devoting so much Time
and attention to this much neglected class of
diseases believing that no condition of humanity
Is too wretched to merit the sympathy and best
services of the profession to which we belong
the physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, Is no less n
philanthrophist and a benefactor to his race
THAI the surgeon or physician who by close APP
plicatiOn cXcelS in any other branch of his pro-
1ession. And, fortunately for humanity, the day
IS dawning when the false phliSnthrophy that
condemned the victims Of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law. to die uncared
for, has passed away,
, 1888-01-11

"Carolus Duran, Cabanel, and Bonnat, -
says The London World, "among them
have painted almost every living Amcri-
eau who is worth more than So, 600, 600. -"
, 1888-01-11

congregation for
the salary of the
rector. He claims
that this system is
contrary to the
true spirit of Chris
tianity, that it
e the door to
the wealthy and
excludes the o
on o of their
poverty. Espcci-
nlly is this true, he
says, in this coun-
trv Nvhora , -n-f,
, 1888-01-11

Nh 0NN OF the good things Of this
Ss.) life are s%orrowfully let
9lone on account of Dyspepsia. Ecker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia.
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on n
positive guarantee at 25 and 90 cents, by
DIR. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-01-11

Engraving in all its branches Is done at
ZEHNEP BCEoHNER & Co.'s,
, 1888-01-11

81 was born he says, Sin Hanover ninety
two years ago, md in O little house just over
the Hanover line. My parents w.re. Informed
that their neighbours family had been in
creased by the addition of a little girl. They
tell me that we were born within about hf-
teen minute of each other. Well, We sort o.
grew up together. No went to the same
school. l carried Lucy's dinner basket and
sort o. spanked her for some time, ard we got
TO thinking that lifo didn't amount to much
unless we could plod on together. SO we got
married-lct me see-in 1926, and wc have
been married ever since"
, 1888-01-11

FERRIS MOVES HoUSEs
2O6 Fifteenth street
, 1888-01-11
YOUNG MEN

Who may be suffering from the effects of youth
full follies or indiscretions, will do well to avail
themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter OF suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
NER will guarantee to forfeit five hundred dol
lars for every case of seminal weakness or pri-
waite disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes and fails to cure.
, 1888-01-11

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives
, 1888-03-30

1 have no sympathy for the police, but
much for the car. No man could be
placed in a position of such great tempta-
ton as he-a terrible temptation, with
unlimited power over the lives, the
wealth, the consciences of 104, 900, OOO
subjects. Everything they have is his.
He owns, theoretically, every grain OF
Wheat ii the country, every drop of wa
ter, every horse, every acre of ground,
every piece of gold or silver, and ever
the clothing they e There is nothing
that is not his. What he wants he takes.
That is the doctrine of the autocracy. If
it is a life, very well; if it is the daughter
of a subject, as used to be the custom in
olden times, she is his; her father was
only her temporary guardian; if it is
money, all the same. The cars officers
call upon the governor of a district for
1000, 900 roubles. They get it, and as
much more as they can for themselves,
to pay for the trouble. civilian Eleroy
Curtis in Chicago News.