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Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08
Seasoned Stove Wood.

Green wood is easier chopped than dry
wood. But the forehanded man will chop
the green wood while it is green and have it
seasoned afterward. Stove wood seasons
rapidly when it is in dry, airy place
Though the wood must be burned rs cut, it is
the more economical to choose the dry wood
The extra labor required for It's cutting will
be more than well paid for by the greater
heat from its combustion, not to speak of the
time lost in getting green wood to burn
Chicago Times.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

NourG girls ~ he present DAY completely
destroy their hair hv cri5npirg r with irons
snd twisting e az tsehtly WITH thics. bard
hsirrsae It's treatment may uasse the
hair Iock rFsfsv for TIE rine being. osif 10
tiiourAt = gwen as - ~ uitinss.s re-slit
snd ~ appearance is win pr-Sesf fe~
resrs aerc- The h.ir shrssid - sci brushed
ever sight ssd nlcrsirx ~its = raoderssslF
hsrf hrllsA--hrushes rlasss ~ifA sherr. IN
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sisnnla ncs - f.xseues ~ ufsh hair pins. nor
seoaia snY cap or caver7ng be ~Tn ea -
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Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

The true disposal of the latter third OF the
day is 10 devote it to the family for recrca-
ton and sports. know scores of men who
follow intellectual pursuits who never have a
family hour. They are the most unsocial of
all creatures and least domestic. But then
men rarely accomplish anything worth tho
sacrifice man who fails to build q home
is a failure A man whose children dread
him is a monstrous animal, even if he know
how to discuss theology or metaphysics.-M.
Maurice M D.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

seAsh are ses1 as.s.<e1 fhe fessr kair FlEs
ana tiss 'zsea IL arsssias tks salT re oecseg
alisi - .s1s< a44F pas are IA E5sfsous 4 > isl
ws1 - co1<l-sa@ tns s@<zss styse ~ dEs-s1lzs
re hair Ter too Tag ssss1os- a. tat s 3pt
. maze q tnls - ssals giaoss a h1tie esaaSe
= Fsiaef T. the ka.s3 aud Otherwise adys-
abe. Sstflng ths ksiF OCCASIONALLY Is peeesr
saiy. @na sboga ~ be Reslsctsd. Ass
0rlaszs Times Democrat
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

Notice is hereby given that the otice of the
Collector for tie Seccnd Wsr1 will be held AZ 20.
81 Monroe street, and that the tax roll ios said
ward is new in the hssds Of the undersigned for
collection and that he VIII attend at his gsi1 Office
until and r rcludlng the 10 day of JAM sry, after
the first pub lou Of this netice on o'clock
q. m. until o'clock p. N. for the purpose OF re-
ceiying taxe;.
Dated Grand Rapids, Dec. |. Isss
ID. j. DOORNISK.
Collector second Ward.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08
fourth Ward Collector Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the ONCE OF the
Collector for the Fourth Ward will be held -
N0ur block Lyon street, aud that fhe tax roll for
said ward Is nov in the HANDS O. the undersigned
for collection anf that lie viii tsf,1 NJ his Sid
office until and including The irn day Of January
sfer the fTst publication Of this notice, from
o'clock ., m urtil O'Clock D. IN. for the purpose
OF receiving taxes.
Dated Grand Rapids, Dec l. 1887.
CHARLES A. ROBINSON,
Collector Fourth wa a
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08
FIFTH Ward collectors No,ic.

Notice Is hereby given that the Office OF the
Collector for the rifth Ward viii be held az No.
81 p Pleiufeld avenue. Saunders store. and that
the tax roll for ssid ward is now in the hands of
the unf @ = gned for collection. and that he will
attend a. his said otlce until and including the
10Th day ofJanusry. after the hrsi publlcston OF
this not C. from soco1k a m until O'Clock
p. ~, Tor the pUTpo se OF receiving tsrts
Dated Grand Raplos Dec I. ISL
CHARLES II SAUNDERS
ntt Collector Fifth Ward.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08
Thi-d Ward Cellec,srs Motto

Notice is hereby given that the Office of the
Collector for the Third Ward will b held at No.
264 Jeff-r-on avenue, Grebels store. and that the
tax roll for ssid ward is snow in the hands of the
undersigned for collection. and that he will at
tend st MS said Office until and including the l0i
day of January, after the FIRST publication OF this
notice from o'clock q N until O'Clock p. m.
for the purpose OF receiving taIes
Dated Grand Rapids, pe.,1, 1881.
BERT EMs.
Collector third Ward.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

N3ice i hereby gwen tsaf The Office 81 the
Collector sof fbe Sexeath ward wil te bed sf Eo.
"a sever 81 snd that the tar rbl or said ward
il noa il ite hands of the unde-Eiere6 for cDi-
iss.foa. snd ina be viii attend 81 Sis ssif oface
vnfi sna irciudirz tee oh car - Jsnusry
afe~ tie f~sf uuhlicaton q tnis nosle-. from 2
o.Cloeks e -. urtiis e'ciock ,. n. for The puT-
4f<e 81 Teeeirinr taxes
Dated Grssd Rapids Dec J. ifs-.
JOHN CfIFAS
Collector fercuth Ward
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08
Sixth Ward ,CoIlecior's Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the once oftbe
Collector FOR the Sixth ward viii be held IT No.
- West Ieona'dst J. smyth's store. and that
tie tax roll for said ward j. now in the hs7ds of
the undersigned for collection ard ihsf he viii
attend 81 his said oFca until and including The
l0ih dsy ofJsnusry, after the first publication ~
this uotice froTn clock a m until o clock
y 70. for the pur pose II receiving taxes.
afed Grand Rsnids Dec I. iSs7
jobs HoOGFRHYDF,
Cofloefrr efrth Nrrr
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

Eighth Ward Collector s Notice
Nos0e e herctv ffren thsf fhe ~ - - IRE
oflrsta~ O. So Elrhfh var Fiis p he. p 20
3-l 80 Is So -trsnfnn Srecefy sore snd fhzt
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,-fera 81 = : sd rFc rns1 srd 3r0'ns ae tae
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pared Grsea RspiaS. e Pc
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Co1sctoT EsEEtr HsFd.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

To set the color in black or dark hosiery,
calicoes, cambrics, etc, put large table
spoonful Of black pepper into pail of wa
ter, and let the articles lie in soak for a
couple Of hours.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

Whenever farmer gets labor saving inn
plement for himself. let him think if some
thing TO save his wife from kitchen labor
cannot also be secured.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

A pretty addition to closetless room can
be made by putting up two pieces of scant-
ling in convenient corner, fastening in some
hanging pegs, and draping if with a pretty
hanging Of chintz or Madras cloth.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

To prevent salt from congealing and sift-
ing from the cellars, you can use a little corn
starch with the salt-a saltspoonful of corn
starch TO about two salt cellars Of salt The
starch absorbs the dampness, and the salt
sits more easily
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

Never wash bronzed lamps, chandeliers.
etc, but dust them with feather brush or a
soft wooden cloth.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

II you are troubled with a clamny sensa-
ton after retiring try wearing woolen under
wear at night.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

Pieces Of stale bread may be dipped in an
egg, fried brown in batter, and served as an
omslet-
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

Washing Fluid--Onc tablespoonful Of soda.
and one tescup Of coal oil to ten gallons OF
water.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

sous sxiss4cs i've n thssr ialss ss.akisas znd
grow nlorbii-y sszsitlTe. -kila WAesier
Wucex
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08
rxroN. PACIFIC RAILWAY.

A clothespin apron should have place X
every laundry.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

Notice is hereby given. that the Office of the
collector for he first Ward wall be held at No. "a
Graudvile avenue and that the tax roll for said
ward is uow in The hands OF the undersigned for
ano that he will attend az his said
0aice antil and including the 18th day OF Jan
affer the first Ynbl cation o. this notice from
oc'f os u. m. until O'clock p. M, for the pur
rose OF receiving iaxes.
pa;ed Grand Rapids. Dec. J. 1851
HfNRl HOEKSEMt.
Coliector iSrst Ward.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-04-28
Wash-Dresses For Girls.

Bingham. Chambery and percale
dresses for girls from four to ten years
have high waists, plain and pointed in
front, with sash across the back, OF
else they have q belted waist with
eight or ten feather-stitched tucks
down the front and back, and are
slightly gathered into the belt. Three
breadths are in the full skirt of small
dresses, and four breadths for larger
girls. To make the plain waists more
dressy, the collar and wrist bands may
be of white Hamburg edging, OF there
may be a V of all-over embroidery just
below the collar with revers of edg-
ing, or else it extends lower, and the
edging forms bretelles over the shout
ders. Jacket fronts like those worn
by small boys are set on some of these
high waists, and rows of small pearl
buttons, of the kind called shirt but
tons, are placed in row so close as to
nearly touch each other on the fronts
of the jacket, or diagonally on each
corner of the front, and then just be-
low the collar; also on the wristbands
OF the full sleeves, or the cuffs of the
coat sleeves. Scotch ginghams are
chosen in large plaids and wide irreg-
ular stripes, even for tiny girls; they
are also worn in plain colors-pink,
blue, buff and brown. -Harper' B0z0r.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-04-28
Flowers That Love the Sun.

There are some flowers that love thu
sunlight as much as you do. See tn,
sunfiower, with its great honest face.
always looking towards the west un
til it has gone out of sight. The mex
morning you will find that same flower
gazing towards the east. all ready and
waiting for it to rise. This is why
this flower has often been called the
Sun Worshipper.''
The little white daisy is a great
lover of the open light of day. This
is why it used to be called "dav's
eye" And the marigold mourns its
going so much that it solemnly closes
just at nightfall.
So does the oxalis, and you will not
only find its flowers closed, but the
leaves, too, folded all up into three
pretty divisions, like heart. And
our sweet pond-lily always hides away
under the water when the sun is gone,
only to appear when it comes up in the
morning. -Ma's. G. He'll. IN Our Little
Ones
St. Landry democrat., 1888-04-28
PATENT NUlSANCES.
Kitchen Utensils Evolved for the Alleged
Purpose of LeSaening Labor.

"Steer clear of patent kitchen uten-
sis and machines / heard young
man of one years matrimonial ex-
perience say yesterday; ''they are, so
my experience teaches me, a delusion
and q snare. When | started house
keeping, | thought, as most young
husbands do, that was in duty bound
and by nature qualified to Tighten my
better half's labors in the household by
providing her and the servants with
all sorts of ingenious and cunning con-
trivances in the shape of patent floor
sweeper, egg-beaters, clothes-wringers.
dust-catchers, potato-mashers, peclers,
graters, fly, mouse and rat traps, and
half a hundred similar things.
II just bought all l could lay my
hands on and laid them at my wifc's
feet. In fact. thought [ had bought
every thing that human invention had
evolved for the alleged purpose of
lessening labor in the kitchen and in
the house. At last there came a time
when I, even /, found that there is no
limit to these patent instruments; more
numerous than the stars in heaven,
you no sooner possess one of them than
two more, showing great improve
ments, rise to mock you. So l
stopped buying them.
"One day last week went into the
kitchen, an unusual thing for me to
do, for fear our cook more than a Sa-
loonkeeper does Judge White, to speak
to my wife. While stood talking to
her my eyes happened to stray toward
the kitchen dresser. Two of the top
shelves, far beyond any one reach from
the floor, were filled with an extraor-
binary mixed mass of what seemed TO
me to be mostly scrap iron and kind
ling wood.
MARY, said | to my wife, what
have you got piled up on that dres-
ser?'
. 'The little woman blushed and
rather hesitated about answering for
a moment. Then she said: Those are
some of the patent things you brought
home, dear. Some of them got out of
order, and Bridget hurt herself with
the onion-slicer. and the cat was twice
in the rat-trap, and | was afraid of all
Of them, so put them up there where
they can harm no one. Now, don't
be angry, dear, but
Il cut short the explanation by ex-
pressing my entire satisfaction with
the disposal of my purchases in the
patent line. Any housekeeper will
confirm my wife's judgment, l don't
1oubt. "-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-04-28
A Good Reason Why.

They had been talking of the sharp
games played on innocent people by
sharp men, when Green looked up and
said:
Gentlemen, I don't brag about my
wife being sharper than razor, but
I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll write a
note, sign it with my own name, and
ask her to deliver my Sunday suit to
bearer for repairs. YOU may send it
up to the house, and, I'll bet you five
dollars. she'll be too sharp to let the
clothes go"
well take that bet!'' called two or
three voices, and there being five of
them they Clipped in dollar apiece.
The note was written and signed and
dispatched by messenger boy. In
half an hour he returned, empty
handed as to clothes. buthaying a note
which read:
Come off the perch! All the clothes
you have in the world are on your
backp'
Gentlemen, said the winner, as
he pocketed his flyer, '.let me recon-
mend it to you as something which al
ways wins, and as must meet a man
at three o'clock l will now bid You
good-dayn -Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-04-28
THE WlTCH'S LADDER.
Some of the Odd Superstitions Prevailing
in England.

SoiAle oA INC Ouu SuperSGitiOnS prevailing
in England.
Magic, witchcraft, ordeals, omens,
| we have them all among us. an inch
under the social surface Take the
"Witch's Ladder found in Somerset,
new rope threaded with bird S
feathers. j. M. Frazier seems to have
found out the uses of this valuable
weapon, uses to which the local old
women would not confess. In Scot
land something of the kind is used by
Highlanders for magically milking
their neighbors' kline. By milking the
rope the fluid is extracted from tn
cows of other people. Sometimes the
rope is made of the tail hairs of the
COWS; it is not stuck full of feathers.
In Bohemia the rope must be bell
rope, and it affects all the cattle
within hearing of the bell. How could
people ever begin to believe such nom
sense in Bohemia OF Skye?
Edmund Robinson, we may char1ta-
bly, believe, was drunk when he saw
the trick performed in 1888 He
averred, in regular deposition, that
he beheld ''divers of the company 90
to a barn; he followed after, and saw
six of them kneeling, and pullin at
six several ropes, which were fastened
or tied to the top of the house, at or
with which pulling observe the deli
cate accuracy "came then, in this
tnformer's sight, flesh smoking, but
ter in Jumps, and milk as it were skim
ming from the said ropes, all of which
fell into basins which were placed un-
der the said ropes The Witch's
Ladder, in fact, has a loop for fasten-
ing, we presume, to the roof of the
house. Now, can the Australian
black fellows be more childishly
absurd than our modern friends
Of the magic rope? The Austria
liam doctors sunk disease out of
patients through string. The Indian
witch sucks her enemy's blood. he be-
ing at distance, like the cows, in the
same way. The Australian puts
feathers on his magic stick, apparent
~ that smaY fly to his foeman. The
feathers on the Witch's Ladder may
have been meant, as MI. Frazier says,
for similar purpose. Again, savages
Of many countries think that the souls
of the dead migrate into snakes, but
terfies and other creatures. Is every
body in Cornwall much wisera A
vicar of ST. Cleer had housemaid
who, though she was not Bruce, would
not kill a spider. The reason wss that
Parson Judd. the clergyman lately de-
ceased, swas somewhere in the vicar
age in some spider, no one knew which
of the vicarage spiders. "--Lenaoa
Daily News
St. Landry democrat., 1888-04-28

Noel was seized gently by each arm,
assisted up some steps, and into a
! capacious chair tilted well backwards.
Now came curious sensation. A
sharp line was drawn round each eye.
the nose and mouth; and then he had
such strange feelings; nothing but
great holes in his face, and nose after
nose was fitted; eyes clapped in, and
taken out, and tried again; lips
pinched into place; and at last every
thing seemed to suit the little attend
ants. and they said they had nothing
more to do but attend to the COM
plexion.
While this operation was in progress
Noel had time to observe what was
going on around him. A big, burly
fellow came noisily in. picked out a
pair of black, blood shot eyes, red,
swollen nose and thick, tobacco
stained lips. Noel felt afraid of him,
and asked Nimble where he was going.
"Oh, only home to his wife and chill
dren. He comes in here almost every
hiSut " SeG uCtcu OUT III tutt way
They have to run for their lives some
times
Then some little boys came in. Some
asked for whiskers, and others for
wrinkles, and one for a big nose. They
looked so funny that Noel wanted to
laugh. but did not dare 10, for fear his
own nose and eyes would fall out OF
his face, as they had just been put in
place, and he did not feel very certain
about them yet BY and by he got
peep at the mirror, and started in sur.
prise at such a good-looking refiec.
ton. Was 1t himself? He would &C
and find the teacher and see.
i have got face made to order"
he said; chow do you like it?''
Every well, indeed. my dear boy.
Keep that, and I will not find fault
with it,
And then Noel sleepily opened his
eyes to find it was all a dream
Romans Journal
St. Landry democrat., 1888-04-28
LEGAL TECHNiCALITlES,
Why Criminals Should Not Be Turned
Loose on Trivial Grounds

Loose on Trivial Grounds
| Why should any court be empowered
10 turn loose Il notorious robber
simply because q single step in the pro-
ceedings against him was erroneous
though not affecting the question of
guilt? A departure from strict rules
in election matters is not allowed to
affect the result, provided the voters
intent is carried out; and most men of
sense will say. that technical errors aa
trial ought not to vltiate the pro-
ceedings, provided no injustice is done
But as long as the lawyer thinks his
duty is alone to the client who paws
him, and nothing to the public, this
dcbasement of honor and judicial
functions will 90 on.
When criminal has neither money
nor political influence, justice is some
times swift enough. A New York
daily some time ago reported that q
common thief, who had snatched a
scarf-pin worth u dollar, was rail
roaded' through court in Il few DAYS
and sentenced to five wears
in the penitenitary, while a
saloon-keeper went free who
'had been arrested eighteen times in
two years on charges Of beating,
assaulting and robhin9 women" But
the latter, it was expressly stated, had
political influence and boastod that
he had "a pull'' on the courts which
would always shield him. Perhaps
this was exaggerated; but no observant
man can doubt that Justice
must often fail when the
bench is occupied by active associates
of leading politicians. The method is
not openly to defend and set at liberty,
but to rail at and stigmatize witnesses
as ''informers, to discredit their testi-
mony, make postponements, discharge
for alleged informalitics, OF put over
the trial from court to court until pub
lie interest is lost, and then to per-
manently 'pigeon-hole" the charges
or enter a 'woi. pros" This is COM
paratively easy in communities where
certain outlawed immoralities are sup
ported by local public sentiment, such
as gambling, lotteries, horse-racing,
betting on elections, unlicensed liquor
selling, drunkenness, prize-fghting, |
Sabbath dissertation, etc. These can
not be made legal, because the State
is greater than the city, but local sen
timent is usually powerful enough to
control the courts, and through them
to make the laws nullity. But with
a powerful bar bent on the administra-
ton of justice, and not conniving at
nor leading in opposition to good laws,
this could hardly happen. Hence it is
not very wide of the mark to say that
lawyers as a class do not take deep
in abstract justice. or that
they are prominent in agitating for
moral reforms. Philip Snyder, in Pop
ular Science MonthlY
St. Landry democrat., 1888-04-28
TEACHER AND PUPIL.
TIL Spirit in Which the Instructor ShonIG
Garry ON His Work.

Garry on His Work.
Let every parent and guardian
see that the children have books OF
their own to use, such as they need in
every branch of their study No man,
be he farmer or mechanic, goes to his
work without the necessary tools to
work with, and it is the height of folly
to send q child to school@without his
books. Some parents are too penurious
to buy books, and tell their children to
borrow from others in the school. This
degrades the child in his own esteem
and in the esteem of his associates. As
to those who are really poor and can
not supply their children with books,
let them apply to the proper authori-
ties, whose duties it is to see that the
poor are furnished with them. / would
advise every teacher to dismiss and
send home all children that come to
school without books, with the reason
why they are sent away, so that the
teacher and school shall not be en-
barrassed with such scholars, and that
the responsibility may rest where it
properly belongs.
The teacher should be always kind
and good-natured, social and obliging,
and let the scholars see and feel that
they can approach their teacher, and
that he loves and respects them.
Then they will cluster around their
teacher. and he or she will have their
love and confidence, and the school
will be easily governed. ANY teacher
that shows favoritism to one and dis
like to another. or flies into passion
before the school, should be at once
dismissed and never be recommended
to teach common school, whatever
other qualifications he may possess.
Teachers should talk to their scholars
at the opening and close of the school
every day, and pleasantly remind them
of faults that need correcting and praise
them where it is due, and appeal to
their good sense ond bestnature. Love
is the supreme power of the mind, and
when the teachers exhibit this, and it
flows out to every child under their
care, every child will love them and be
obedient to every sensible rule of the
school.
Never was there time in the history
Of our State, Nation or world when SO
much could and should be done to edu-
cate the rising generations. Let every
teacher deeply feel and realize his re-
sponsibility S. c. Chandler, IN
Troy IN ~ Times.