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SUDDEN HOSPITALITY.

A couple of tramps stopped at a
farmhouse in West Tennessee.
you can come in and drink all the
water you want" said the farmer,
"but you neenter ask for anything
to eat, for you won't get it,"
The tramps looked at a table
that had just been set for dinner,
and sighed.
You neenter SIGH" said the
farmer, "fur you don't get a bit OF
that grub. Why, we've got pos
sum, don't you see; sweet potatoes,
billed ham, curly musted green's
and three kinds of bread. |
wouldn't twit you fellers, but the
last tramp that come along here
stole the only good set of harness
on the place."
"Don't put yourself to any I'M
easiness on our account" replied
one of the tramps, "for we amt
hungry
mot hungry 2" the farmer e1-
claimed.
"No; all we want is place to
sit down in the shade"
"Waal, this 10 the first time l
ever heerd of tramps not being
hungry"
"lt's sOrter rare with US, can
tell you. Pm sorter feverish, my
self. Don't exactly understand 1t,
for / never was this way before.
Oh, have had slight bilious at
tacks, but I never had such pains
in the back OF my neck before
Just before leaving Jacksonville--'
A sudden scuffling in the room
caused the tramp to break of bis
narration. The skirts OF the far
mer's wife tapped against the gate
and an old man lost bis hat as he
leaped into the road. The two
tramps moved their chairs up tC
the table.
':The hospitality of this neigh
borhood." one of them remarked
"has found place in romance and
verse"
eyes," the other one replied
"and the peculiar charm about i
is the extreme suddenness."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-11-02
A Baby Astronomer,

"Mamma," asked little Ralph,
"are the stars the moons little
children ~
Ralph's mamma explained the
mysteries of the heavenly bodies as
we'll as she could to the child, who
drew long breath as if greatly
relieved.
"Pm so gIad," ne said, "that the
moon amt their mother, for one Of
them fell out OF his CRIB tonight
and there wasn't nothing left Of
him but a great long streak in the
sky
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-11-02
An UnfaiIInQ Democratic Trait.
From the Pittsburg Chronicle.

From the Pittsburg Chronicle.
"Daniel.r
eyes, SIRE
"Pve been told that the Demo
cratic platform of 1872 took strong
ground against re.electlng q Presi.
dent"
sit did, sire; ground similar TO
your own IN 18S4.r
"That only shows that Demo.
Gratis are consistent in one thing.n
"In what, sire 7"
"They are consistent IN their
inconsistency
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-11-02
Can't Say Yet.

$50 your uncle is dead, Charley ~
Eyes died yesterday"
"He was a very eccentric old
fellow. Do you think he was al.
together right in his head 7"
swell. -er-I couldn't say, You
know, until the will Is read"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-11-02
An Important Announcement.
NEW YORK, May 2, 1888.


Gentlemen feel ia duty bound
to you, as we'll az TO all sufferers
by rheumatism, to write you my
experience with this terrible dis.
ease, and the use OF Swiftis Sps.
ciflc, hoping that there words will
be beneficial to all who suffer az l
did.
Abont Mx weeks ago, while 1t
business, was suddenly attacked
with excrucisting pains IN nv feet,
knees and hands. SO severe the
attack that l took to my bed imme.
diately, and in two or three days
my Joints were swollen to almost
double their natural size, and
sleep was driven from me. After
suffering the most excrucisting
pain for a week using linimentS
and various other remedies, q
friend, who sympsthised with my
helpless condition, SAID to me-:
"Why don't you get Swift's Spe.
cific and use it l will guarantee
cure, and If 1t does not the medi.
cine shall cost you nothing
at once seeured the 8. s. s..
and after using 1t the first day,
had quiet night and refreshing
sleep. In a week l felt greatly
benefited. In three weeks l could
sit up and walk about the room,
and after using six bottles l was
out and able to 60 to business.
Since then / lhsye been regularly
at my post OF duty, aud stand on
my feet from nine to ten hours q
day, and am entirely free from pain.
These are the PLAIN and simple
facts in my case, and will cheer.
fully answer all inquiries relative
thereto, either In person or by mail.
THOMAS MARKILLIR,
IL W. 18th street, New York City.
Treatise on Blood and Skin DiS
eases mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 8,
A.
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Posts Preserved with Petroleum.

In building a fence around our
young orchards several years ago
we tried many plans for preserving
posts. Having occasion to remove
the fence this winter We noted the
conditions Of the posts as follows {:
Those set with no preparation were
decayed an inch or more in thick
ness; those coated with a thick
wash of lime were better preserved,
but were quite seriously attacked
by worms those posts coated with
hot tar we're perfectly sound as
hen put in the ground; those
tinted with petroleum and kero-
enc az equally as sound and as
land beca,.'- Let the posts
--aer,7 he says. nd then 6ith
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1888.
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ST. NICHOLAS
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+. FIELDS, John q. Whittier; indeed the
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Young folks,-aud for grown-up folks
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How Race Horses are Watched.

Here is what Owner Bryant says
of the preparations for a great
race: 'As | said, no one knew my
business, and not a single man, ex'
cept those in the stable, saw Knott
work before the race, except on one
or two occasions. He has got a
most peculiar gait, and when he is
loaiing along you would think he
was doing his level best. The two
occasions in which he worked
openly he was simply play ing, and
all the smart fellows thought he
was breaking his neck. They had
about fifty "touts" at the track
watching him, and every one of
them telegraphed back that he
/" sn't wOrt1/$3. When be won
= gS&cr champion everybody
5ugh6le had "cnch" on the
turitj and Mclaughlin, Muir
~, Carlson and She rest wanted
ride without Jay. l knew 1t
) the world against Bryant, and
ed to watch my points. There
Ter was a Treasury vault guard
that colt was. Every night
"a slept in the stall with
1 one of them had a pistol
other a Ratchet. gave
slctions to knock the, first
off that stuck his nose
and they would have
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QOgoruI0ouLh ~ otlf%tl. .buCh VI thphi - "i'
nuw qualified as soon as possible and 9TH
ers As soon they may becomesO. The pO-
litieal power Of the Mormon Church in
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a menace 10 free institutions, dang'r no
longer to be suffered. Therefore we phdge
the Republican party to appropriate eg-
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The Century MAGAZINE

With the November, 1887, issue THE
CENTURY commences its thirty-fifth vol
ame with a regular circulation of almost
100000. The War Papers and the Life OF
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LINCOLN IN THE VAR,
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LINCOLN IN THE WAR.
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Guardian Annninted.

c. H. Cook and his wife Grace have five
little children. Both are addicted to drink,
and in consequence the children have had
a hard time of it. The mother has gone
entirely to the bad, deserted both husband
and children and has gone 10 living with
an individual equally as disreputable as
herself The father is common drunkard
and unable to shift for himself, let alone
take care of his little ones. The names
and ages of the children are: Minnie,
aged 10; Michael, u; Lizzie, 10; Thomas. 7.
and Gertrude, aged years.
Michael and Lizzie are at present residing
with their uncle, John Purcell, in Oakland,
and he petitioned the Superior Court, be-
fore Judge Armstrong, to be appointed
guardian of the entire brood. The petition
recites that the father and mother are and for
a long time have been living separate and
apart; that both are idle, improvident and
careless, and are habitually and almost
continuously under the influence of alco-
holic liquors, so much so that they are I'M
fitted for business or TO care for the children:
that the children are not at all cared for.
and are growing up in ignorance and
squalor, and are allowed to shift for them
selves; that the father, who has charge of
Minnie, Thomas and Gertrude, frequently
remains away from the house where they
live for days at time, and is often out I'M
til very late and unusual hours at night,
leaving the children unprotected and I'M
cared for; that gradually the health and
morals of the children are being impaired,
the result of the unfilial conduct of the
parents. Petitioner recites that he has
good home in Oakland, with an unmarried
sister. He testified that he has business
which brings in $500 per month, and that
hTc csGt Tor Rate
goods than he. He says that he wants the
children that he may send them to school
and bring them up good men and women.
His request was complied with.