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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-12

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and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents in
stamps for large Treatise, with colored
plates, on Skin Diseases, or tho same amount
FOR a Treatise on Scrofulous Affections.
"F0R THE BLOOD IS THE LfFE."
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Golden Medical Discovery, and good
digestion, fair skin, buOyant spirits, vital
strength and bodily health will be established
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-12
Itching Piles.

Mrs. PARvENU says her new house has
all the modern conveniences, even rheu-
voatic tubeR
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-12

XVHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS,
w please say you saw the advertisement
, 1888-03-14

The Russian railway cars are made Of
iron throughout-the walls, the root. the
floor and the partitions. Even the win
dow sashes are made of metal. There il
no wood about them except the finish
ings, which strikes one Us a good idea,
particularly since the holocausts that
have recently occurred on our railways.
The plates are not more than half an
inch thick, so that the cars are light as
well as substantial, and there is no rat
ting sound. When the plates get loose
| suppose they are taken to the shops and
frightened.
The exterior is painted an indigo blue
and handsomely vanished, but there is
no superluous decoration. The interiors
are luxurious, the walls being covered
with white silk brocade, and the long
sofas, which extend across the compart-
ments at right angles with the car, being
upholstered in the richest Russia leather.
The sofas are rs comfortable as Turkish
easy chairs, and when one sinks down
into them he thinks of the hot and hard
seats he is accustomed to at home. The
second class cars are finished in plush, in
a similar way, only the sofas have parti-
tions sc that II cannot lie down, and
there is ordinary paper on the walls. The
third class cars are perfectly plain, with
seats running lengthwise and uncush-
ioned, like cars of the elevated railroads
in New York. William Eleroy Curtis in
Chicago News.
, 1888-03-14
Scotch Deorhounds and Coyote.

Last summer n Mr.. Lane, of Cheyenne,
recommended us to buy a pack of Scotch
deerhounds that had proved of great use
on the Laramie plains. We bought half
a pack-sixteen dogs-and since then we
have enjoyed some of the grandest sport
l ever saw in my life. These animals
are shaped somewhat like a greyhound.
but are heavier, but not quite SO fleet,
and are very fierce. They possessed ample
speed to I'll down a coyote, and when
once they had overtaken one were sure
to kill it. At first they did not escape
without wounds, as the coyotes, generally
so cowardly, will, when cornered, fight
desperately. But it was beautiful to
watch the way in which the dogs would
deal with M When overtaken the
coyote would lie on his back, presenting
a keen row of teeth for the inspection of
the hounds. Instead of springing on him
all at once the pack would wait until
some Ole veteran, of which we had four,
came to the front. This dog would stand
over the coyote and make a movement as
if to seize him by the throat, but would
Immediately draw back his head. Snap
would go the sharp teeth, and before the
coyote could again prepare himself the
dog would have him by the throat and in
q few seconds he would be throttled.-St.
Louis Post Dispatch.
, 1888-03-14
Mon in Extreme Distress.

Who are these who stand on bleak
corners handing circulars, programmes
Who are these who come to the house
door when the shades of night have
closed comfort and domesticity within,
and, ringing, ask enough with which to
buy a nights shelter2 Who are these
that timidly and with faint heart, late at
night, sidle up to passers along the streets
and ask for help?
Sometimes they are dead beats. Some
times they are condensed offense, stencil
full and infamous, but ~oftener, and in
deed oftenor than you think or imagine,
they are men driven by extremity of dis
tress, and by a perfect regiment of woe,
to that last resort, their wits. They are
at their wits end for a fire, for n bath,
for n bit of bread, for an unbroken shoe
for n moments comfort. You turn them
from your door. The police move them
on, the societies with long names and
deep pockets take time ito consider
their cases.
Who wonders that the prisons are full
Joe Howard in New York Graphic.
, 1888-03-14

The most striking characteristics of the
Russian peasant are sadness and submits
sion, and the desire for strong drink. A
Russian seems to be truly happy-I am
speaking of the lowest class-only under
two conditions. One when he is drunk
on vodka, the corn brandy, and the other
when he is saying his prayers Before his
favorite saint.
To him the interior of tho church,
gilded from floor to dome, decorated
with icons that are covered with sheets
of pure gold, is a representation of the
heaven the priests teach him is awaiting
those who say their prayers, fast on fast
days and obey the car. He is always
loyal to the church and to the state.
The peasant is never a Nihilist, never an
atheist, but pays his taxes and his tithes
without murmuring, and expects no
more than his father got, which was
nothing. The only recompense he has is
to creep into some gaudy chapel, bow his
head TO the floor in front of the icon of
his f~avorite saint and let his dull and list
less mind enjoy the visions of paradise
that float over it.-William Eleroy Cur
tbs in Chicago News.
, 1888-03-14
The old wooden Top snate.

The old days of strap skates rave gone,
hank goodness-and with them the in
evitable cold feet. What an improve
ment the ''rocker'' was with its long
heel screw, and single heel strap, and
patent buckle toe strap over the old fash
Toned, red painted peg skate, with long
curved up spiral toe iron, double ring
heel strap pinching the ankle, and long
single toe strap wound back and forth
over the foot after the fashion of the
thong used by Orientals to hold the sandal
on the foot.
The old wooden top skate had a fiat
runner, narrow and deeply grooved. The
aft end of the runner was cut off short at
n sharp right angle, making skating
backward very dangerous, if not quite
impossible. A quick turn was also out
OF the question. The skates were made
for long strokes straight ahead, and the
sharp heel angle was used as a brake to
check speed. This was lone by raising
the toe, and thus cutting the heel point
of the skate deep into the ice, throwing
fine particles like snow out to right and
left in a white shower. What a habit
hat heel peg had of slipping out of the
hole in the heel of the top boot. The
skate than went flying off the boot, and
the skater came down with q thud or
went sliding away on one runner with
the other foot flying madly in air in a
vain attempt to keep the balance of the
body, which was almost certain to be
lost before the momentum was overcome.
&C. b. Vaux in Outing.
, 1888-03-14

"Did you cveT notice, " inquired Il law
yer, THAT in nearly every occupation
the capable worker has a nick name for
the botcher who il engaged in the same
businessY Take my business for an illus
tration. The first class lawyer is called
an attorney or counselor, while the 'ne'r-
do-well is termed a shyster. At sea an
incompetent sailor is called a marine; on
land the third rate actor is called a ham
fatter or barn stOrmcr; the shiftless
newspaper reporter or journalist, a
blacksmith; the physician who never
cures, the quack; the cheap stevedore, a
Jumper; the looking glass prize fighter, a
beefer.
"All the terms are used in reproach to
to make a distinction between the good
and the bad worker. To call a sailor n
marine is worse than calling him a muir
derer. You might just as well say he
was clumsy or ignorant of his duty. At
sea when a captain calls one of the occu-
pants of the ~forecastle a marine, the I'M
fortunate is made to come on deck and
shoulder a handspike. This is the worst
kind of punishment in the eyes of an able
bodied seaman. The term .sojer' is also
used at sea, but not for incompetency,
but to a seaman who tries to shirk his
duty. These terms are recognized in the
courts, too, for l recall an instance when
a Capt. Murray, in an angry mood, called
a lawyer of San Francisco a shyster.
The lawyer began action against the cap
tain. The latter on the stand testified
that he did not call the attorney a shy
ster. but a shy sir. 1t was a clever move
on the part of the captain, but the court
refused TO believe him, and he had to
pay."-New York Mail and Express.
, 1888-03-14
How Paints Arc Obtained.

Every quarter of the globe is ransacked
for the materials-animal, vegetable and
mineral-employed in the manufacture
of the colors one finds in q paint box.
From the cochineal insects are obtained
h gorgeous carmines, as well as the
crimson, scarlet, and purple lakes. Sepia
is the inky fluid discharged by the cutie
fish, to render the water Opaque for its
own concealment when attacked. Ivory
black and bone black are made out of
ivory chips. The exquisite Prussian blue
is got by fusing horses hoofs and other
refuse animal matter with impure potas-
sum carbonate. 1t was discovered by
an accident. In the vegetable kingdom
are included the lakes, derived from
roots, barks and gums. Blue black is
from the charcoal of the vine stalk.
Lamp black is soot from certain resinous
substances. From the madden plant,
which grows in Hindoostan, is manu-
featured turkey red. Gamboge comes
from the yellow sap of a tree, which the
natives Of Siam catch in shells.
Raw sienna is the natural earth from the
neighborhood of Sienna, Italy. When
burned, it is burned sienna. Raw lumber
is an earth from Umbria, and is also
burned.
To these vegetable pigments may
probably be added India ink, which is
said to be made from burned camphor.
The Chinese, who alone can produce it,
will not reveal the secret of its compost
ton. Mastic, the base of the varnish SO
called, is from the gum of the mastic
tree, indigenous to the Grecian archipel-
ago. Blister is the SCOT of wood ashes.
OF real ultramarine but little is found in
the market. 1t is obtained from the
precious lapis lazuli, and commands a
fabulous price. Chinese white is zinc.
Scarlet is iodide of mercury, and CHINA
bar, o native vermilion. is from quick
silver ore.-The Argonaut.
, 1888-03-14

Every citizen must have a permit to
live in the country. These permits are
issued annually upon the payment of a
fee. If he wants to leave the country or
10 from one to another he must notify
the police. for that branch of the govern
ment must know where each inhabitant
of the vast empire sleeps every night. In
the provinces the rigid surveillance is re-
taxed, but at st. Petersburg and Moscow
and other places visited by tourists there
IS a constant contact between the sover-
eign and the subject that is disagreeable
to both. The police grant permission to
20 and come readily. There is no inter-
ference with travel nor with trade. Sub
missionl submissionl that is all. No one
can get a ticket at a railway station nor
on a steamboat without showing n permit
TO leave; no hotel will entertain a guest
till he shows his passport. One cannot
30 anywhere or do anything without the
consent of the authorities, but it is easily.
obtained, and costs forty copocks for the
clamp that appears on the document
about fifteen cents.-Cor. Chicago Times.
, 1888-03-14

A continental authority has calculated
that the production of sugar from beet
o o grown in Europe during the year
1887 will show a very decided reduction
on the previous year. From the figures
for the past year-which are, of course,
more or less Approximately is calculated
that 275, 900 tom less of beet root has
been grown in the beet root growing
countries of Europe during 1887 than in
1856. The decrease is not confined to
one country, but is general, the single
exception being Belgium, which has, it is
estimated, produced 1O0,0 900 tons last
year, as against 81, 900 tons in 1886. In
Germany and Austria the decrease
mounts in each country to about 100, 900
tons. Russia shows a diminished pro
duction of $4,000 tons, while France,
more fortunate, comes within a few
thousand tons of the previous year, The
total production of beet root in 1886 was
1895, 900 tons, and last year it is esti-
mated the crop did not exceed 1850, 900
tons.-Chicago Times.
, 1888-03-14
4 atonkey wan yellow reyer.

During the epidemic of yellow fever
that prevailed some time q in Caracas,
the medical profession had an opportu-
nifty TO zee, in one of the public houses of
benevolence, a monkey afflicted with
that disease. The principal symptoms
were found to manifest themselves in a
manner so.marked that there remained
not the least doubt on the part of the
physicians who observed them that it
was an uudoubted case of yellow fever;
there was injection of the eyes, d certain
state of stuPor, sharp thirst, nausea,
elevated, temperature and at last prostra.
ton, anuria and black vomit. For three
days the poor animal remained in this
sad condition, each day growing worse,
until the fourth day, when the case
terminated fatally. Opinion.
, 1888-03-14

Until his death in disagreeable old age,
Bulwer Lytton 0hcn Lytton Bulwer)
posed as a dandy and imagined himself
a man of exquisite taste in dress. He
was as gorgeous rs D'Israeli himself, ir
gold and jewels and flashy waistcoat,
but he didn't carry them well, as Willis
testifies: Toward IL o'clock, Mr.. Lyt-
ton Bulwer was announced, and enter
the author of Pelham / had made up
my mind how he should look, and be-
tween prints and descriptions thought /
could scarcely be mistaken in my idea of
his person. No two things could be more
unlike, however, than the ideal Mr.. Bull
wer in my mind and the real Mr.. Bulwer
who followed the announcement. I'm
prints, the gentleman who entered was
not handsome. l beg pardon of the
boarding schools, but he really was not.
He is short, very much bent in the back,
slightly knock-kneed, and if my opinion
in such matters goes for anything, as i'll
dressed a man for a gentleman, as you
will find in London. His figure is slight
and very badly put together, and the
only commendable point in his person, MS
far as l could see, was the smallest foot
l ever saw a man stand upon."-The
Haberdasher.
, 1888-03-14

The total expectation of canned lob
sters from Canada to Great Britain in
1886 was 1908, O23 pounds, and Can
ada's total export of lobster Ia, O94, 572
pounds. Next to Great Britain comes
the United States, and France is third in
the snme line. The total value of ex.
ported Holsters is So, 900, 900. An in
quiry was instituted by the Dominion
government, and the commission has re-
ported that the fishery is being overdone,
and stringent measures are to be taken
to save the industry from destruction
New York Sun.
, 1888-03-14

Mn. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best remedy fer diarrhea- twenty-five
cents n bottle,
, 1888-03-14

Afiicts nearly every one in the spring.
The system having become accustomed 10
the bracing air of winter, is weakened by
the warm days of the changing season.
and readily yields to attacks of disease.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is just the medicine
eeded. 1t tones and builds up every
Of the body, and also expels all
rnpdrities from the blood. Try it this
.ason
, 1888-03-14
SNNC

Ao>-o the Children. They are es.
oN pecially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee Acker's English
Kennedy a positive cure. 1t saves
hours of anxious watching. Slid by
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-03-14

The largest stock of fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice hqueurs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1888-03-14

Australians, it is reported, bet an ag-
greglte Of 500, 900, 900 a year ON horse
races. Betting and rabbits are the chief
evils of the country.
, 1888-03-14

Peculiar in medicinal merit and Won
derful cures-Hood's Sarsaparilla Now
is the time to take 1t, for now it will do
the most good.
, 1888-03-14
Dr.. Wagner Go.
sPnCrAhIsrs

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention TO this much neglected class OF
diseases, believing that no condition of human.
iy is too wretched to merit the ympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be
long, as many are Innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
10 relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less a
philanthrophist and a benefactort to his race
than the surgeon or physician wholly close APP
plicatiOn excels IN any other branch of his pro
fession. And, fortui, tely for humanity the day
is dawning when the Use philanthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law, to die uncared
for Inns missed nNnN
, 1888-03-14

inks at The Leader office.
, 1888-03-14
GED MEN.

There are many men of the age of 30 to 60 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations of
the bladder often ccompanied by n slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken
ing of the system in n manner the patient can
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posits a ropy sediment will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of albumenw will APP
pear, or the color will be of akin or milkish
hue, again changing to a dark and turbid APP
pearnnce. There are many men who die of
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
the second stage Of seminal weakneS DIR.
Wagner Will guarantee n cure in all such
cases and n healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tri~bune-Republi-
can.
All communication should be addressed
DIR. WAGNER & co.
l4l1 Larimere street. Address, Box 27S}, Den
yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along.
, 1888-03-14

Who may besufTering from the effects Of youth
full follies or ndiscretions, will do well TO avail
themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
f Will guaranteed forfeit 1--WE hundred dol
lars for every case Of seminal weakness or pri-
waite disease of any kind or character which he
UNDERTAKES nnd falls to cure.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-06-16
County Commissioners.

The County Commissioners were i'll
session on Tuesday and Wednesday OF
this week.
The Clerk was ordered to notify the
counsel of the b. u o Railroad to see
that the water is not run into the public
road from the railroad tanks at Baldwius'
as at present.
The Rowland road petitioners will be
heard the first meeting i'll August.
The estimate for school purposes was
received from Rev. John Squier. 1913, 800
was appropriated for general school ex
penses and IS, 500 for the construction OF
new school houses.
Considerable pressure had been brought
to bear on the Commissioners to build
the new school houses and they decided
to do so but were compelled, therefore,
to lower the amount for general expenses
so that the next school year will consis
of but three terms instead of four. H.
making this decision they went on ground
that it is better to give all the children
three terms than part four terms. The
last term is generally only attended by
small children.
Had the last Legislature funded the
floating debt contracted by former boards
of commissioners, as the best people OF
both parties demanded, the schools could
have been kept open four terms and the
new school houses provided also.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-06-16
Remarkable Fatality,

Henry Turner and Sylvester Stephens,
carpenters, residing at Cecilton nave re-
Gently been working for S. T. Rothwell
near Summit Bridge, Del. Mr.. Stephens
who is about 70 years old complained on
Monday of last week of taking cold and
became so ill that he was taken home.
He died on Monday last of quinsy sore
throat. Mr.. Turner the other carpenter
had been complaining for some weeks OF
dysentery and pains in the head. He re.
turned to bis home on Saturday last and
died on Wednesday of Inflammation OF
the bowels
John Simpler, farm hand who had
lived with Mr.. RotEwell eleven years
had been complaining of bilious for ii
week or more but had not stopped work.
He drove to Chesapeake City on Friday
and had a chill on the way home. On
the following day he was pronounced ill
of bilious intermittent fever aud died on
Wednesday morning. A painter named
Mccoy working for Mr.. Rothwell was
slightly i'll from overheating. A colored
man also had trifiing illness.
Three men who had been working to
gether dying within week of different
diseases is certainly very remarkable
The we'll on Mr.. RothwelPs place was
inspected on Thursday morning and
found to be clear. The water is in firsr
class condition. Mr.. Stephens was I
prominent member of the Ceciton NJ. Z
Church and the others were good work.
men and upright citizens.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-06-16
Two Promising Artists.

The Oxford Press of Wednesday last
gives the following description of the lit
erary aud musical entertainment given i'll
Oxford on the evening of the 9th instant.
by Miss Rhoda Wilson of Rising Sun
and Miss Minnie Harlin of Chester county
Pa: Miss Harlan's readings embraced
selections from Dickens, Longfellow,
Aldrich, Burdette and other authors and
were delivered in a manner that showed
much ability and excellent training. Her
voice, while it may lack strength in
pieces that require great volume, is clear
and distinct. Her rendering of "Pip's
Fright and "a Twilight Idyl" were
excellent and heartily applauded. Mss
Wilson's singing was received with great
favor. She possesses a clear, rich, melo-
dious voice and uses it with such power as
both classic and modern selections was
excellent and with additional practice and
training she must become an attractive
vocalist. The selections given were from
Bischoff, Gounod. Abt, etc. The success
attending the first appearance on the
stage of these young and promising
artists is very gratifying to their many
friends. A number of their friends from
Elkview and Rising Sun were present.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-06-16
The TrOttiug Circuit,

On Saturday last the Delaware and
Maryland Trotting Circuit which was
organized here last year vas reorganized
for the present year. d. F. Barnard, Jr..
OF Dover representing The Delaware State
Fair; Charles r. Wooters, OF Easton, the
Talbot county tar, and Col William H.
May, of Eikton, the Cecil County Agri-
cultural Society, were present. The
Talbot lair will be held September Is to
p; the Dover fair September % to 2S.
and the Elkton fair October , to ). 1t il
hoped that other societies will unite with
the circuit. Hartford was a member last
year. Kent wanted to join then, but
was debarred on account of Worton fair
being held at the same time as the one
at Easton.
The following race list was adopted
FIRST day. Three minute class, trottiug,
purse $500; 2 30 class, trotting, purse
$500 Race to be named, $780, Second
day. 234 class, trotting, purse $500; "A
class, trotting, purse $500. Race to be
named, $500. Third day. $50 class
trotting, purse $500; 227 class, trotting,
purse $500; ,. 20 class pacing, purse $500
Fourth day. , 40 class, trotting, purs'
$500. Free for ali, trotting, purse $500.
, 30 class, pacing, purse $500. Each fan
will probably also have running races.
Each society will arrange the class To be
ton fair close at midnight ON Septembe!
II, and for the other two fairs at mid
night on September 10. ID. P. Barnard,
Jr, was elected president, and Charles
r. Wooters, secretary of the circuit.