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The National tribune., 1888-05-17

The daughter of well known gentleman in
Richmond, Va, who has turned her thirteenth
year, was suffering with bad cough night and
morning and nasal catarrh so severe as to be
obliged to use seven OF eight handkerchief per
day. Five months after they used their first
treatment of Compound Oxygen they wrote for
another supply, any stated that she was still
improving; that the discharge from her nose,
which had been so copious and so annoying, has
ceased. cher improvement is wonderful.
Looks well; romps and plays out of doors.
Nearly four more months expired when they
wrote again, saying, My little one has wonder
fully improved She thinks she is entirely
cured"
Hundreds more of such interesting cases
among children might be added. The little
book of two hundred pages called the treatise
on Compound Oxygen is replete with instructive
testimonials, and the history and use Of the
Compound Oxygen. Sent free on application
to Drs Starkey & Palen, 1923 Arch street, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
The National tribune., 1888-05-17

finiug the school age OF children given by the
Duke of Brunswick CelIe, who required the
parents to send their children TO school from the
sixth year of age. Compulsory education has
made steady, though slow, progress in all OF the
German States, ami it Is remarkable fact that in
all the conflicts caused by educational legislation
party has made any, opposition TO the principle
They believe that tile Government ought to de-
mand that parents educate their children. think
that our school laws should be amended, requiring
their children.
The bringing mp of children ignorant of books
without any education, Is a crime. A law compel
ling parents TO send children between the age OF
five aud Is 20 school eight months each year would
be great Improvement over our present system oil
school laws
Luther SAYS that he regarded it as a duty of the
State authorities TO compel their subjects TO send
their children 10 school would like to hear from
the members OF the c. C. this subject. Annie J..
Marsh's letters are superb. Did May Murdoch get
the gold necklace sent to her for best photograph
j ~. Shreye. HaZlelun. -
The National tribune., 1888-05-17
Isl. LollLs GloLe Dcmocrol. ]

~ LOUIS GtObe DcHtocTdt.I
ANY man who has pond on his farm can
try the experiment Of raising his own frogs.
First let him buy, say, six pairs of fine New
Jersey breeders and dump them into the water.
With these for starter you may select guam
tity Of domestic bactracean, and then you will
have the nucleus of a fortune. Don't interfere
with your water investment for year any
more than to keep your growing stock well
supplied with food. They require an abund-
ance, but as they are not very dainty in their
taste the expense account Will be light. For a
young farm two barrels Z day Of hotel table
scraps viii keep the frogs in splendid shape, SO
that at the end Of twelve months you can be-
gin marketing all you can fish out at the same
price as spring chickens. Give me the time and
facilities, and | viii wager that at the end OF
two years viii be living on an income of So, 600
and my frogs will pay all expenses"
The National tribune., 1888-05-17
s HoneYmoon al Ionic Carlo.
[Galfgnanis Me8Senger.l


There is q little French bride here from some
where near Toulouse who has come down with
her rather gaudily-dressed Alphonse to spend
their honeymoon amid these gayeties. She has
begun her role early, and already carries the
family purse. If Alphonse wants an absinthe
or paper Of cigarets she will give him the
money TO buy ii, but he must ask for it. 1t was
wholly her idea that they mutually decided to
try their honeymoon fortune at the game. She
would attend to it, Squeezing in TO the edge
of a roulet table she laid fye-franc piece on
No. II. 1t was the merest chance that she put
it there, Of course, and that moment later the
ivory ball turned up in that number. With
head fairly swimming she saw the croupier pile
up forty Napoleon5 on her lucky coin. And so
in ten minutes she had won, without knowing
how or why, nearly a thousand francs and had
come out into the great vestibule to count it
and rejoice with Alphonse "Ah, que cest
facilc, mon ami. All the expenses of our trip
paid, and ROW l shall have the silver vinaigret
and the red umbrella n'est-cc-pas?" And they
90 out in great glee, resolved TO leave Monte
Carlo by the first train.
The National tribune., 1888-05-17
NlckeI-Plated.
Boston HeTaId.l

One Of Bostons wealthy citizens-he has but
recently acquired his riches, and there is gem
eral air of newness about his premises-re-
Gently engaged an artist to paint his portrait.
OF course the price of the picture was an i'm
portant consideration. What he wanted was
something big and attractive, and at the lowest
price possible. The artist took the job in hand,
and produced a regulation hard-fnish" pict-
ure, rubbed down, oiled and vanished, that
had about as much value as work of art as a
country tavern sign. But it pleased the owner,
who was represented standing and holding a
newspaper in his hand, the index finger resting
on an advertisement headed, in large type,
Nickel Plate" Whether this was the irony OF
fate or bit of malice on the part of the painter
is not known, but certain it is that these sngu-
larry appropriate words are the first thing to
attract the attention Of the beholder
Every year increases the popularity of Ayers
Cherry Pectoral for all pulmonary troubles.
The National tribune., 1888-05-17

II viii be observed that the death rate among
the Irish youth is somewhat larger than among
the Americans; but it is very small compared
with that among the French Canadians. The
mortality among the French Canadian children
is appalling. More than half the infants do
not live to be year old only few more than
a quarter Of them live to be 10 years old, and
the Lewiston Frenchmans chance of living to
be 60 years old is only one out Of 20. What is
the occasion Of this great mortality? Is it the
labor, the mode of life, or crowded and un-
healthy hnmesy
The National tribune., 1888-05-17
From the FRYING Pan into the Fire.

The man or woman who seeks relief from cOnsti-
patton in ill-advised remedies jumps " from the
frying pan into the fire. Violent eathartics dreneh
aud weaken the intestines. Not Hostetter's
Stomach Btters which relieves without pain and
permanently. For disorders of the liver, fever and
ague nervousness and debility it is also sgnally
eicacious and its remedial utility IN kidney aztec
tions is well aseertained,
The National tribune., 1888-05-17
A Great legacy

to bequeath to your children, is a strong, clean,
pure coustitution-bettert than wealth, because
il will never prove curse. You cannot give
what you do not possess, but mothers win find
il DIR. Picrue's Favorite Prescription a wonder
full help-corrcctiug all weaknesses, bringing
their systems into perfect condition, so that
their children, uutainted, shall rise up to call
them blessed
There is not druggist in all the land
But always keeps stock on hand.
The National tribune., 1888-05-17

ANSWERS to questions will not be published with
ia two three weeks after questions appear. SO
al will have q chance 10 send replies and receive
honorable mention WITH the number answered.
alobarnmed, the founder Of the Mohammedan
faith, was born about 30 A -. lie was about 10
years old when lie assumed the title OF prophet
aud proclaimed the religion Of the KOran-the
AOhaIu Ilelau Bible.
The first Chinese iron-clad ship was launched at
Stcttiu, az the mouth OF the Oder. 1T was called
the Ting Queu, or the Everlasting Peace.
Washington issued Ais farewell address to his
soldiers Nov J., Is3. OHe hundred years later Gen.
Sherman issued his farewell
On Aug -. 1864, II men died IN Andersonyille
Prison. This was tie largest mortality IL one day
Ia the history Of the prison.
Ptoiemy u, or Fhiiadcphus, as King OF Egypt,
married his own sister. PAiladelphUs signifies
"brOtEcrly love"
salmon T. Chase, Secretary Of the United States
Treasury during TIC war, Is called Father vi tile
Greenbacls-'
Tic Grst furnace for the cremation in America
Of the bodies 81 the dead erected al Washing
ton Pa. in ls1G, by Dr. J.. j. lie Aloiue. The first
body erenlaled was that Of Baron dc Palm.
James Madison was lie FIRST President inaugu-
/ rated Do American brOadcOth
The first iron steamer WAS built in 1880
!. What WAS the real name Of the fictitious Har-
vey Birch, Tie hero Of Cooper's novel, The
SPY? Amos J.. Seamen, 81. Louis, Mo.
. What city built Oh seven hills 2-Grace
Russell, R0dman, Iowa.
3 What were the names Of the three men who
captured Aiaj. Andre, aud in what State are they
COMMUNICATED ia The naming Of Counties WIN.
= PcdeH, Keystone, ..
! 4. Name six great isthmuses in the world
F Lydia kill0n.
/ >. v lien Was cotton first planted IL the United
Il States Prank B. billiard
q. How large army did Xerxes lead against
/ the Greeksg-I2 Van Wrinkle.
I =. What did Washington say when told al
4 Arnold. treason Clara b. Rushton.
g. With the sap Of what tree do the natives Of
] Java poison their arrows LILLIAN Adams.
The National tribune., 1888-05-17

Ecery man aghO ,g0re the blue, and erey
friend Of his, should take THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. II giUes more and better matter
than any other family a0eekly paper, and costs
Oaly ttg0 cents aCeek.
The National tribune., 1888-05-17
SomebodY Ahead Of Them.
[Chicdg0 Herald.l

First Burglar-Bill, the jig is up. No crack
ing that bank to night.
Second Burglar-Wot's the matter, detectives
onto us?
First BurgIar-No; saw the president an
cashier buyin tickets for Montreal this morn
The National tribune., 1888-05-17

1t is said that Tennyson sometimes spends
hours on a single line. We can rattle off a sim
gle line in the twinkling of an eye; it is the
second line that exhausts our poetic genius
A1,tha'S ViHpBaTd Herald
The National tribune., 1888-05-17

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the only
champion the soldiers haze among the great pa-
per8 Of the country, The best 'eay to help az
veteraas is By getting it more subscribers.
The National tribune., 1888-05-17
BIBLE BRIGADE.

Elisha fed 100 men with 20 leaves Of barley and
full ears Of corn.
King David gave each person IN Israel loaf OF
bread, piece OF flesh and Aagoa OF wine
Zachariah uses a prophetic figure a stone with
seven eyes. Seven was the perfect number among
the hebrews.
The Dead Sea so named owing 10 the denosit
OF number Of minerals in is waters rendering il
impossible FOR animal life to exist Gypsum rocI,
salt, birthstone and Ditumen are held in solution
]. How oiten and where IS the name Christ found
Ia the Bible: ?. Where are the Chinese spoken Of?
B. u hat did the AmInoniles call the giants ?-R
Van Wrinkle.
4 How was the river cradle of Moses made
wateriglit2 5. What is the depth Of the Dead
Sea?-Srs n J. Leach
The National tribune., 1888-05-17

Haze you asked all your acquaintance to
subscribe for THE NATIONAL TRIB UNE?
# not, do so at once, to giUe the paper more
pOlger IN chaanpioninq the cause 0fthe reterans
The National tribune., 1888-05-17
Raising Frogs.

Don't be imposed upon. Buy Of reliable
dealers and be sure to get Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The National tribune., 1888-05-17
AS A GIRL !!

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The National tribune., 1888-05-17

Every year increases the popularity of Ayers
Cherry Pectoral fotall pulmonary troubles.
The National tribune., 1888-05-17

FEIisEI,s Of THE c. c.: During the period Of the
ooMIIai, Q. ne roman Empire little provision
Mas mace ~ TIE European countries for the e,luca
Ron 81 children Only candidates for the priest
hood OF persons o. Afiiuence, received instructo
grew up illiterate. il''S
The first instance in which Law was made de.
The National tribune., 1888-05-17
SUNDAY MEDITATION.
Practical Duties Taught by a Study OF the Inter
national Sunday-schOOl Lesson Appointed for
May %. st. Matt, 20 67-75.

May 2. n. HatI., 70 : bt-t1.
Zone reading these notes should first carefully
study the paragraph from the Holy Scriptures as
indicated abovcl
SUBJECT: THE DENIALs OF CHRIST BY SIMON
PETER.
I THE Egcfs
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-01-06

Senator Blair has got his educational bill
before the Senate again, aud no doubt will
spare no effort to push it to enactment. In
this effort he will receive more help from
the South than before Whatever may he
said Of the consttutionality Of the measure,
there Is a glowing sentiment in the South
in its favor. which may yet force the final
enactment Of it, or some law similar in in
tent, however differing in details. The
special report with which senator Blair
accompanied the presentation of the bill
touched the key note Of the whole mat
ter when 1t said Here and there improve
mcut Is apparent, but the great mass of
the illiteracy Of the country is untouched.
llliteracy grows with the country and
keeps full pace with our general increase. 90
Judge Davis uttered a wise and timely
warning to the Republican party, in his
speech to the Anti-Saloon conference at
Syracuse, recently when he said that IF
the Republican party will not meet that is
sue, So surely is the Republican party
doomed to the condemnation Of God and
the American people. Every Republican
will unite with US in demanding from that
party that its position shall be unequivocal
on the liquor question, and that it shall take
ground IN favor Of the utter extirpation Of
the liquor traffic. do not care what that
step shall he So long as it advance, us
toward that consummation.
Indiana is the first state in the Union 10
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-01-06
Now socinIPn.rime.

Progressive observation" is the name
given 10 a new Boston game that has been
taken up with with interest in social cir
cles. 1t has an advantage over donkey"
parties and progressive euchre in that it
teaches something useful. The hostess pro-
vides five tables, at which are seated four
or five persons, or even more if desired.
Table No. /, or the head table, repre-
sents the sense of sight, the highest sense
Table No. Is touch, No. 3 hearing, No. 4
smell, and No. taste.
There is IA teacher for each table, and
the teacher is supplied with a variety of oh
iects suited 10 the use of the table. For
instance, the teacher at the sight table
holds before each player in turn a cOllec-
tion of small objects ON a tray, and asks
the players to name the articles. Or the
teacher gives each person Il single article,
and, after short inspection, calls for an
swers 10 all the questions that can he asked
about it., Score is kept by a teacher, and
the player making the least mistakes pro
gresses 10 the next table.
At the close of the evening the player
who has made the most 'progressions' is
awarded prize. The variety of objects
for the several tables is only limited 10y the
teachers ingenuity and the resources of the
house, At the touch table the players
close their eyes and depend upon the sense
of feeling alone for their impressions of
the articles given them. This is not 50 easy
as it may by supposed. For the hearing"
table a musical instrument may be used, and
the test given ON note or combination of
notes or number of thin glasses may be
used in a like way, the player being asked
to give the number Of particular sound
which is given alone after being struck in
regular succession. For the taste and smell
tables the kitchen can be drawn upon, and
such things as flour, meal powdered mac
curuni, corn starch, granum and others,
whose taste and smell in the raw state are
either not very pronounced, or not famil-
lar, are good for the purpose.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-01-06

The Rutland Herald makes this summary
of an article from DR. Blake's pen, which
recently appeared in the Bellows Falls
Times
Dr. 5. NJ Blake of Bellows Falls. who
has made astronomy "A special study for fifty
years, has discovered an immense wall on
the face Of the moon, which he thinks was
built with human hands. 1t lies between
the crater Archimedes and the Appennine
mountains, and is arranged in sections of
equal height length and thickness. The
top of each section appears oval or dolne
shapej. and looks through. the telescope as
if covered with silirious or CLASSY substance.
lie thinks these sections must be not less
than one thousand feet square each, and as
there is nothing in nature which bears a
similar appearance he is convinced that
this immense wall was built by race %!
men far superior to any type Of the human
family known tn history or tradition.
He thiuks also. that he has discovered
on the surface of the moon what is ia all
probability great ship canal, cut through
Rhc Appcmne>, more than two hundred
niles IN length, not less than six miles in
with, as straight rs a line can he drawn
whh bottom as smooth as it paved with
graitc blocks, and with perpendicular
rock rising on either side to a height of sev
eral ousand feet.
II il the perfect cvcuuess aud uniformity
of com'ruction which conviuces him that
these ulpearunccs are works of art instead
of natut., but is IL not quite possible, in
deed is itpot probable, that distance lend,
enchuntnRlt 70 the view. and that what
appears SIN 9th and even might be as jaggeJ
as the gret canon of the Colorado if il
could he stsl no distance OF only few
miles
The allescit discovery is interesting, how.
| ever as contribution TO astronomical sci
ence, and wcAsre far from doubling that
some of the ceastial bodies, if not tn,
moon, are inhabted by race of being
very like ourselye
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-01-06

carl Dunder in Detroit Free Press
Now, shildrens der time vhas near at
handt When lhoas' eaferypody like to do
peter for der next year 1t vhas shust like
rolling off some log to pc good. If you
vhas badt You vhas all der time afraidt dot
some ghosts or policemaus grab you.
If | vhas a lawyer ! shwear off dot and
let some law sendt der bad man to state
prison, uni l doan stand oop before some
shury und cry Tor him
lt | vhas Il doctor | shwear off dot | doan'
look like an owl some more und charge a
poor person two dollars for it.
If 1 vhas a merchant / shwear off dot if
some cloth vhas half cotton | doan' hold
him oop und take my oath dot he vhas all
wool or | give You ten dollar
If | vhas some editor / shwear off dot if
somepody preak his leg doan say dot he
vuas killed 50 deadt ash nefer vhas, und dot
all his relations yhus robbed py tieves und
den run oafer by der cars.
If l vhas policemens | shwear off dot l
doan 90 to shleep quite so mooch in some
pody's doorway.
If l keep hotel shwear off dot l doan'
puy so mooch chicory for der coffee, and
dot l doan' hold oop my hand und say dot
some neck piece vhas der very pest sirloin
shteak | can puy in dis market.
II L NnaS some aldermanS l ShWear oil
dot vhas elected to make some money from
der peoples, und dot we can't puild no
bridges nor haf some electric light unless l
feels some sugar" in my handt.
If l vhas some farmer | shwear off on
being so honest, und l do some growing if
der weather vhas badt.
If l vhas some preacher I shwear off on
dot heather in Africa. Maybe it vhas bet
ter dot we look oudt for a wild niger in
Africa instead of some poor widows and
orphans in America, but it doan' seem like
dot to me-
If l vhas some rich mans l shwear off
dot l mus have feefteen per cent for my
money, und dot l haf no property to be
taxed. | let de poor mems pay all de taxes
und make all der pooblic improafments, und
| enshoy myself so much as neafer vhas.
If | vhas some tramp | shwear off dot |
doan' kill myself nit hard work any moar',
but dot der peoples who vhas industrious
und sadng should support me. Ash it vhas
now, you know, der poor fellow vhas almos'
in der grafe py his hardt work
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-01-06

Mr. Frank Gushing work of archuog-
ical discovery in AriA la is yielding impor-
tant results. Late ne IS from the IIemen-
way expedition, which has been making
explorations and executions under Mr.
Cushing's direction for sone months past,
show that discoveries ofpiterest and i'm
portance have been madeA
At Los Muertos the ruuiku of city three
miles long and two miles wlle have been
laid bare by numerous excavations In ad-
dition to the excavations at losNuertos. the
city of the dead, there have leen others
made at other buried cities il d, Salt Riv-
er valley. a chain Of cities in fact. once
covered the desert. There aIe ~ buried
cities in the valley alone. Los Nutrtos was
one of the smallest of these. M Vushing
has TO thank his intimate knovltlge Of
the customs and trad itions of the Zmi In
dians which enabled him to find tlsse bur
led cities.
These ancient cities of the Sail River
valley were peopled by the Toltecs, % old
er race than the Aztecs. They reatied a
high state Of civilization, and were p.ola-
bly, of Asiatic origin The Toltecs an
agricultural people, and were skilful cut
vators and irrigators. Vestiges of thth
canals, bitches and levees which remain q
this day, show that their system Of irriga
ton was u most complete one The vale!
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-01-06

A bit of historical trnth is preserved in
NJ. Phillippoteaux' famous cyclorama of
the Battle of Gettysburg. People who see
the painting often wonder what the cows
by the haystack are doing, and generally
attribute their presence in the painting 10
the same spirit that induces an artist to
insert Il deer into any particularly solitary
and tangled looking bit Of landscape. The
presence Of the COWS, however, at the bat
tie, is an historical fact. NJ, Phllippoteaux,
when making the sketches for his painting
ON the scene, was assured of this 10y sol
dier who lay wounded in the vicinity Of
the stack at the particular time which the
artist represents Their reproduction in
the painting is a strong indication of the
painters faithfulness to detail. Bret Harte
has a flavor of the story in his "John Burns
of Gettysburg" 1t is not impossible that
these very cows were the property of the
redoubtable John, who, when the battle
was done,-
Shoulderrd his rifle, unbent his hrows,
And then went back 10 his beer and COWS.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-01-06

acceptance The next morning our young
couple took boat for Cincinnati
Mr. and Mrs r. g. Reid ono Y in the name
now arc happy. rich aud conteuted in Wis
consin ! hear from them often, but
neither has ever given me hint that any
explanations have taken place between
them regarding their wooing by correspond
ence.
So my lark ia that line turned out o X.
for all parties, but it might have been ter
rible matter for all concerned. have never
since been Interested in any courtships but
my own, and in these learned how serious
such affairs generally are.