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Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
FACTS ABOUT FEET.
How They Vary In Size Among DlHerens
People and Races.

How They Vary In Size Among Different
People and Races.
The ideal foot of modern ladies is
about a No. g. We hear but little
about the shining goal toward which
the masculine foot is directed. The
length of the average foot is difficult
matter to decide. Perhaps there was
a time when its status was more rella-
bly, fixed than at present. For in
stance, the common unit for lineal
measure, foot, was derived from the
length Of the human foot. Human feet
differ in length all over the world; so
does the standard of lineal measure
ment There was time when not only
each country, but each town, had a
foot measure of it's own, indicating diff
ferent averages of the different feet in
various localities. Taking the En-
glish foot twelve inches) as stand
ard, we find the French foot to be
1878, the Rhenish foot 12.35
AS these comparative lengths were
derived from the average human foot
of these nationalities, we may take
comfort in the fact that we are in the
happy minority of inches at the base.
The Russian foot of measure equals
the English, and the German or Rhen-
ish foot varies in the different states.
The longest foot of measure is that OF
old Turin, which is equal to twenty
inches of English measure. The lat
ter, founded upon the length OF the
Turin pedal, might, in the persifage
of our time, be said to have descended
by heredity to certain section of our
great country, famous, in fable at
least, for its breadth and length of un-
derstanding. In order to get an idea
of the length Of shoe sizes in inches.
it may be stated that foot measuring
ten inches, with the weight of the body
resting upon it, may wear comfortably
No. 6 shoe. The reader can figure
from this up to the Turin foot of
twenty inches by allowing three full
sizes to the inch.
Following are some measurements
from life that show the comparative
length of the human foot in different
people. These measurements are well
proportioned to the height of the per-
sons: In man five feet eleven inches
tall the foot measured ten and one-half
inches. In Chinese subjects, the or
binary height being five feet, the
length of foot was nine inches and five
lines. Among a tribe of low-stature
Indians, whose height varied from five
feet one inch to five feet three inches,
the length of the feet was found to be
from nine inches four lines to nine
inches six lines. A youth in the South
Sea islands, six feet seven inches in
height, had foot twelve and one-half
inches long; his lower extremeties
measured thirty-eight inches in length,
circumference of calf of leg seventeen
and one-half inches and his ankle ten
inches.-Shos and Leather Reporter.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

WE ought to love God bec2use He has
given US the power to love. He might
have formed us gloomy, morose, nisan-
thropic beings, destitute of all the social
affections, without the power of loving any
object, and strangers to the happiness
of being beloved. Should God withdraw
Himself, not only all the amiable qualities
which excite love. but the very power OF
loving, would vanish from the world, and
we should not only, like the evil spirits,
become perfectly hateful, but should, like
them, hate one another. r.-Edward Pdyson,
DID
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
Charitable Criticism.

An English organ-builder was one
day asked what was thought of Mr..
Blank as an organist.
Sir" he said, with mock solemnity,
''he is most respectable man."
Eyes, l have no doubts of that, but ]
want to know how he ranks as a per-
former on the organ"
''Sir, he is a most exemplary man,
and one who plays as though he were
also a charitable man."
''Now would you mind telling me
what you mean by saying he performs
like a charitable man?'
'Well, if l must be explicit, Mr..
Blank plays upon the organ as though
he did not let his left .hand know what
his right hand was doing" YesaAi
companion.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
THE YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER.
A Libel Circulated by a Heartless and
Rude Newspaper Man.

A Libel Circulated by Heartless and
Rude Newspaper Man.
But still the young housewife goes to
market just the same and asks for
things that do not exist and shows a
lamentable ignorance of the anatomy
of animals and the inside of cookery
book. l never ate any thing cooked
out of cookery book that was not
bad. l think those cookery concoctors
make up recipes as musicians write
music. They sit down and think of all
the things that can be used as condi-
ments and bases of dishes, and they
just make the whole business up, and
never try them even on a dog. Take
a pound of flour, and bucket of wa
ter, and cupful of yeast, and half
pound of sugar, and little lemon, and
a tablespoonful of Worcestershire
sauce. Mix well, and stir for fifteen
minutes. Add glass of porter and a
teaspOonful of ice cream; heat over a
slow fire; and you will have some
thing, Heaven only knows what The
chances are it will be just as
good as lots of things you find
analysed in a cookery book.
But then | suppose you may have some
vague idea about the succulent parts
OF animals when you go to buy meat,
and the young housewife had very
vague ideas indeed. She argued that
q butcher should be able to give all the
necessary Information, not only as to
the meat, but what to do with it, if he
wanted peoples custom. She did not
propose to tax him too far. She knew
what she wanted, but she did not know
how to cook it. She went into the
butchers place.
What can do for you to-day, Mrs.
-" said the polite butcher, smiling
as he chopped lot of ribs of some de-
funct animal which may, Heaven
knows, have had aspirations and ambi-
tions, hopes and fears and all sorts of
things in its days of life.
Il want you to send me nice shin
Of beef
Il didn't hear what you said"
"a nice shin of beef"
1t was a delicate situation. If he
asked her again she would get Offend
ed and he would lose customer. He
chopped another few ribs up and said:
sCertainly."
"And wish you'd tell me how to
cook it."
Even for that the butcher was equal
to the occasion. He sent her nice
roast of beef with instructions, and
she came in next day and told him that
she had, never seen or eaten such a
loveIts11ain of beef in her life. Some
day she will find out her terrible mis-
take. but dare say she won't mind
San francisco Chronicle.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

ssMY friends laughed at the idea of $500
bone mill, but since got one of Wilson's;
advertised in this paper the laugh IS all on
knowledge it Isl perfect success. l can
crack enough shells for $50 fowls inI3 min
utes; and the same amount will 80 five
times farther than if cracked with ham
mer There is no waste, and child can
crack them. Bones take a little more
strength. . 1t also cracks corn easily and
we'll y
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

Every day that the sun rises upon
the American people, it sees an addi-
ton of $500, 900 to the accumulation
OF wealth in the United States, which
is equal to one-third of the daily accu.
mutation of all mankind outside the
United States.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
Disease Or the Ridneys'

QUAKER GAP, Stokes Co., N C''''' ,.d
w. II. COMSTOCk -. Budinn IN
,DEAh olh & 1&ouI u. - remarkable cur The
mother was suffering from kidney ber that M N.
disease had got firm griP aP" hox Gf youT l5t llt
could not walk q step. Oouelt d %niIls every = AK
before She had taken all Of one oO9fSctly oOAf vel 'D
about the house. To-day she Il peli par itfe ox
says that Morse's Pills saVeu III FERGUS
Yours, etc, L.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
YIELD PER ACRE. 4

1t is not supposed for a moment that
these figures prove that the grazed
plants were not injured in their ulti-
mate crop by the grazing. They do.
however, establish u strong presump
tion that such was the case. The fact
that, to the eye, the pastured areas,
when cut, showed in all respects as
strong and vigorous growth Of wheat
as that borne by the ungrazed area,
strengthens this view. There was only
this noticeable di1ferencc-and that
was slight between the grazed and un-
grazed areas.
The former, particularly that used
for fall pasturage, bore considerably
more leafy straw, as indicated in the
taDle, and it seemed little slower in
ripening, although the time of cutting
the three areas was the same. 1t savors
somewhat of attempting to ''eat ones
cake and have it," this pasturing of
growing wheat without diminishing its
yield Of grain. However, the practice
can only be recommended in the case
Of wheat that was sown early in the
fall, and thus has been enabled TO
make luXuriant growth. 1t is mat
ter of common observation and expert
ence that this excess growth is often
cause Of disaster to the crop. A fur
ther precaution that viii occur to most
practical men pasturing Of the wheat
fields ought never to be permitted
when the ground is muddy, or even
soft from rains.-Pr0f. E. II. Shelton
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
Smiling Gardens of Plenty

Where nature beams her brightest-in the
extreme south, on our sister continent and
in the tropics of the Caribbean Sea.are 700
nften the home of malaria, the vertical sun,
copious decaying vegetation and bad water,
also cooperating to breed virulent ,disor-
ders Of the stomach, liver and bowels. 1t
is in such regions that Hostetter's Stomach
Bltters gets IN some Of its most benehcent
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
After 25 Years
Aus.als

PRINCETON, Ind.' Aus'-I
W. II. CoMSToCK: have beei
DEAR SIR:-Eor twenty-five yehI' Rave Y
afflicted with rheumatism of the 90 g, stard uPs
all hopes of recovery was unaDit, Nj III and Z.
my feet at times and was compelie.l cseIled AZ p
my housework In 1885 your agent .a ,n, asks1
How? he replied by the use OF Dr re them ;
INDIAN Root pills" / decided ~ E.' cured az
trial and the result is that am ehInbbors ar0ubt
able to do my own work. All the ilelAyer1u!d mol
here use your Pills and say that thel 80
without them. Yours, etc., JOINsV"
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

HARSH purgative remedies are fast giving
way to the gentle action and mild effects OF
Carters Little Liver Pills. II you try them
they Will certainly please you.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
If You Are Sick

With Headache, Neuralgia, Rhi umatism Dyspep-
sia, Biliousness. Blood Humors, Kidney Disease,
Constipation, Female Troubles, Fever and Ague,
Seeplessness, Partial Paralysis, or Nervous Pros
tration, use Paines Celery Compound and be
cured. In each of these the cause is mental or
physical overwork, anxiety, exposure or malaria,
the effect Of which is to weaken the nervous sys-
tenn, resulting in one Of these diseases. Remove
the CAUSE with that great Nerve Tonic, and the
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

WHEN the last one of quartet of good
fellows determines to die, the thing is Q
four gone conclusion.-N D. Picdgtntc
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

A PROMPT Way of Easing Asthma. Use
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

THE Chinese does not take his queue
from nature. Two-thirds of it is third
class silk.-SGn Francisco AHG.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
Cured of Gravel.

CHAPANoKE, n. O., JUL, n 5rs15 l7ra5
SIR:-For years have been afflicted .hi. %i' 'lncr
a"d after trying the best doctors u, ~, .n n orr,
without receiving any benefit, tried Dr Dt '-1.sil
Indian Root Pills with the resull tII,id tHIiId nj :
am a new man, completely cured; "1, "arar usel
without them; they are the best FlItL 11rksOs.
Yours, etc.. N-u''N
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

For Throat Diseases and Coughs ust
BRowN's BRONCHIAL TROCHEs. Like al
real good things, they are initiated. In
genuLte are sold only in boreS.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

DON'T wait until you are sick before trying
Carter's Little Liver Pills, but get a vial at
once You can't take them without benefit
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

BAsHFULSEss is often like the plating on
spoons-when it wears oil 1t shows the
braSa
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

A PROMINENT band-the engagement
ying.-Detron Free Press.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

MEN can talk horse without having a
bad cold.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

"a REGULAR high fiyer''-our American
eagle.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

DIAMOND dust--money paid for sob
taira
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
Get Cnly the Best.

Bakers Norwegian Cod Liver Oil i:
pure Recommended and prescribed by bes
physicians. Jno g. Baker g Co., Philadelphia
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-27
AT LIMA.
A Great Democratic Demon
StratiOn.
THURMAN AND CARLISLE SPEAK.
The Old Roman Unmasks Republican
Pretsnses.
THEY TRY TO DODGE THE ISSUE.
Beaten on the Tariff, the Fishery Treaty
Was Their Object Of Attack, and
Now it is the Blundsr Of the
English Minister.

LIMA, o., October 26.-Judge Thurman
aud speaker Carlisle, were the central
figures in the party that occupied Gel. @.
s. Brices private car as it pulled ont OF
Cincinnati, at 7:45 o'clock this morning,
in this rain, small crowds crested the tram
at Miamisburg, Hamilton, Dayton and
rppecanoe. At Troy, about three hund-
red people cheered tie Judge. Mr.. Kerr,
Chairman of the Miami County Democratic
Committee, introduced Judge Thurman as
the next Vice President of the United
States, Judge Thurman said:
My friends you have q word to say
about that, if you wilt all do your duty
and vote IS you ought to do, thea indeed
will be the next Vice President, because
/ intend to live up to the
inauguration daughter and cheers ]
know it is said that have one foot IN
tho grave renewed laughter), bat after
tan weeks on the stump and never ftiliog
ID keep an appoint nent, it is pretty good
proof that have two feet on the earth.
More llughtsr and applause.
My friends, l am very gia1 to see you
to-day. thank you for this kindly vel
COM. Iwo1ld like to make you q speeth
if had q chance, bat before could say
tea sentences this machine would move of
VI srrimsnt This is the m2st uusai is'ac-
try stamp l ever spoke on. 1 have til d
thirty timeJ-yes. nifty timss-in tbs pat
ten weeks to make spec hes firm this
stump, aud Slthooga have &c n a stump
speaker more Yeas than will daIe tell
(laughtsr), yet when got into the ye:y
finest sentence that / couli form, and was
doing my very level best, the pesky thing
would run of With me. and so 1t would Go
to-day il were to try t) speak TO you, 50
| hrps You will tXcuss me f,om such an
aLtempt and will aectps my sincsrest
thanks f,r this expression Of your good
will. Applause
Speaker Carlisle also spoke briefly.
When Sydney wss reached over five
hundred people were fo1nd in waiting.
They cheered heartily, bat noisy engine
and lack of time p eysnted speech making
At Wapakorets ehout four or five huu-
drsd people collected ard called for
speech.
Some on the crowd called out: "How is
tie Old RomanP I shook hands with him
twenty years ago."
Judge Thurman-"Ho is just as tough
IS hickory knot" Grsa! laughter and
applause.
A voica-''You are better locking than
you We then" More laughter.
Judge Thurmau-"Wsll, l do1't know
bat l am. Merrimsnt. l believe l
grow hsudsom -r as 1 grow older. More
msrriment. l don't know that the ladies
think so, but Old Democrats do. LG5eat
cheering. This place rscoilect 1ey
well | made speech here in 1867 that
made many votes for rs that year
The train then moved on, preventing
further speaking,
The train was greeted in this city by a
crowd of several thousan I, aud the Judge
was taken st once to dinner at the Lima
House,
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THE GRAND BOUNCE.
MINISTER WEST WILL PROBABLY Bl
RECALLED.
Secretary Bayard's Criticism Makes II Too Hot
The MurchiSon Letter Was Rspubh-
can Trick, and West Was
Taken In.

WASHINGTON, October T.-The West
letter has oyershadowed all other political
sensations here, ard continues to monopo,
lize public attention.
am informed by the highest authority
that while the language of the statement
of the Secretary Of State, especially as sc-
dressed to his own people, is not such re-
buke IS would compel the withdrawal Of
L?rd Sackvjllp, the British Minister, it
must make his position so unpleasant tf at
it would make his transfer both agreeable
10 himself and in the Interest OF his Gov
ernmeut 1t is, therefore, understood that
the result OF the sction taken by the Ad-
minis tration wi be in the immediate reca
of Lord Sackvills. He may personally re-
ouess TO be recalled, or the British Foreign
Office. in order 10 main ain the respect
and dignity Of ths diplomatic relations
with the United States, may assign Lord
Ssekvlle 20 smother legation. The Jan
gnaze IL ed By Secretary Bsyard-"lt Is
still 10 be hoped that We shall be able TO
settle is. ues involved in the pending can
vass without tie importation OF forelgn
in reference or intermeddling IN our DO
mestic sffairs"-is such an expression as
the Minister to whom it is directed cannot
possibly endure with self re'pect and con-
tinue amicable relations with the Depart
ment of State.
Secretary Bayard is obviously ennoyed
at Mini.te Vests imprudent letter to his
California correspondent. The Secretary,
however, is to c'lcamspect to be drawn
into new contr nversy regarding it. was
courtt ously received by HIM last night, but
when sske him what farther action the
sdninissrat; on would take 10 the matter
he replied that he had ssid all that he in
tended to say in ths statement made ear
lier in the dsy.
Permit me to ask what eff,ct the pub
lished CORE. p ,ndencs will have upon the
Presidential Canvass?"
II think" replied Mr.. Baya-d, with
great dehberation, that tie persons who
dug the pit for Lord Sackville TO fall into
will find it CO! tly experiment. b'leVe
it's efftci will bs reactionary. do not
tbiuk that any sensible or fair minded man
can be influenced it So lar as the Presi-
denlal campaign 10 C'h0eineu
fear. What to me is iuexplicable Is the
ease with which Lord Sackville allowed
himself to be drawn into the snare. 1t
would seem to me that he bad lived long
enough in Anne icl to imbibs at least a
little o. our Yankee snartnss, but'-the
Secretary hesitated for moment a1d then
added, with smile-"but it seems he has
not -
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He sent it to the Senate of the United
States for treaty Cannot become binding
until it is confirmed or rst.-
fed, as it is called by tie Senate.
He sent to the Senate and the S;nsts re-
jectsd it. They gave him to understand
they would have no u etty at eli upon that
subject.
Then came mp the Chinese question.
The bill passed the House of Representa-
tives on the very day it was introduced,
but it was deb ited in the Senate about six
weeks. Very well, it p'ssd however,
they could rot resist aud it went to the
President OF the United States and the
President signed the bill, ard so his enc.
mics were sgain foilsd in tbs attempt to
destroy him in the estimation Of the Amer
can people. Applause.
THE WEST LETTER.
They wanted to get rid of a discussion
of the tariff; they wanted to get rid Of q
discussion OF the fisheries; they want to
get rid Of the Chinese question, and 30
they have staEted new dodge. They pre-
tend that al Epgl sbnau by the name
of Murchison, living some placs in
California =, that. / never heard Of
until I saw its name in the papsB
wrots letter 20 the British Minister at
Washington to inquire of him whether the
naturalized Euelishmen in California ought
to vote for Cleveland or vote for Hsrrisoo,
and that the British Minister made bin a
reply, and this lettsr, which il is alleged
Mr. Murchi.ol wrote, boils over WITH
mean insinustion sgainst Cleveland and
the Democratic party.
Now my friends, want to ssy word
too about that, I am not all satisfied that
this so called MurchEoa ever wrote any
such letter or that the British minis' er
ever replied 10 it as pretended, for
I should say, looking over the
and especially at Mr..
Murchison's letter or so-cslle9, that it
bore OF its face such evident marks OF
shameless forgery that l might
be at liberty at once TO denounce 1t as
forgery, aud then say no more about 1t.
TChte-s Whether it is forgery or not,
do not krow but this have 10 say he 1t
a forgery, or be it genuine letter
be il a letter ritten by Murchison or be it
q letter written by some cunning Republi-
csn to which Mr.. Murchison has lent his
name; bs it one or the other it is the pro-
duction of deliberate villain who de-
serves to be scorned by honest men. Great
applause.
Hon. john G.. Carlisle was then intro
duced and spoke at length.
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WEBsrER'S DULLNEsS
Continues to Bore the Parnsll Oommissio
Yesterdays Charge

Continues TO Bore the Parneli Oommisoaon
Yesterdays Charges
LONDON, October 26.-Ths Psrnell Com
mission again listened to Attorney Ger
ersl webshr's presentation of the Ts~es
case to-day. The speaker continued to 10
Gle catalogue Of outrages supposed TO to
traceable to members of the League, and
then quoted from speeches Of NJ. Dillcn
and Other Parpsllites to prove their sup
port of the plan OF campaign. He deslt in
succe sion with Q series Of utterauces made
BY Mesr,. O'Brien, Scully, Cox, Kenny
and Matthew Harris to show tteir sym
pathy with outragss, and he inimstsd his
intention 10 deal at length with violent
orations Of Le,gus members made in
County Glare during the yeNs 1885, 1885
and 1887. At this PRECEDING Justice Han.
neu's patiercs seemed to be exhausted,
and leaning forward, he asked the Attorney
General il he did not think he had Al
ready given sufficient in:ication Of the
line of argument he inkndet 10 adopt,
Sir Charles Russell, counsel fer Parnel',
suggested that the Alto, Icy General might
hand him copies Of tae speeches be meant
to quote from and thus sve time The
Attorney General replied that hs must
deal with o the Irith countits he had
picked out as sffoidirg tie most snickipg
proof of the character of the lesgues sgi.
tatioo. He quite underst 'od Justice Han
mems hint and he was desirous Of adopt
ing any practical sug ses'ion which would
enable him to shoriea his remarks. The
Attorney General c,rcludsd bis remsrks
by Stair z that men who had actually parti.
cipsttd in ou1ases would be called - wit
nes,ee, and they would tell what moneys
had b. en- paid to them and how the crimes
they were hired to commit were arranged.
TIL Court then adjourn until Tuesday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-27
ALADDIN's LAMP
Produced In oorEseas style a. the Opsrs
House.

Produced In Gorgeous Style ~ ths Opsss
House.
There was lots Of pomp and sPlendor on
the Opera House stage lsst evening IN tho
production Of the great spectacular play,
''Ths Arabian Nights" II tells the sto'y
Of Aladdin and bis wonderful lamp snd
the .cepeiy and effects introduced through
out the play were certainly tupefb.
The house was we'll fllei, both up stairs
aud down, and the audience Wa very
apprecistive oue.
Among the hsndsomcst scents was The
City of Boodletoo, and the veil Of vspor,
or steam curtain, which b cor ursd up ~
Chow. Chow, the magician, and which
hides the dismal SWAMI o from view. While
this yapor curtain, which 10 prcduced by
a steam Pipe laid acros the outsr edge Of
III, stage, 10 on change in the scenery %
being made, and when the curtain suddsn-
ly dis solves the crypt Of Crimson Crystals
spps ans. Its 0 BEAUTIFUL scene and orougos
forth tiaculatiors Of delight from tne
audience last evening.
Mis- Loie Fuller ~ Aladdin wfs very
charming and sang splendidly. shc &tsd
the boy mp 70 nature snd Is chic and pret
ty. As Prir cess Oalroubadora, after A'ad-
din's wife, Miss Dairy Temple is sucoes' ,
and FER singing va, very greatly erioyeo.
Miss Leonis Fopt,iuebltu ts Kiekspco
played her part perfectly sls, While hen'
ard F. Carrcll ss Chow Chow was e1.
tremely funny, snd cracked his jokes IN .
manner that caught tha sndiencs every
time. Edwin H Carroll made . d,ndy
copper as Klub Labba, Inspector OF pcl'oe,
and his amusing antics kslt the audiente
lar ghirg whenever he wHs on the stsN.
Gsc. f. Fisher was ais, very amusing -
Tchiky Norka The balance Of the com
psny took their parts In . coed manner;
A Rr.at deal Of the music 10 new srd
pr.tty, and several Of the songs were ~Ps-
daily catchiog, among them being hs
Cocktail chorus, snd Chow. .Chowa top'csi
song THAT Goss" The Play will % re,
pc ,,cd Q. the matinee this afternoon snd
tonight.