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ANONYMOUS LETTERS.


The Omnipresent Police which watches
Over Public Men and Editors.
But the anonymous writer may de-
eide to comment only withou. direct
ing. He may feel constrained merely
TO bear his testimony to the worthless
ness of the editor's labors, the alb
surdity of his opinions, the meanness
Of his motives md the lamentable folly
Of his conduct II Is comical to think
Of the avalanche of such letters which
pours pitilessly into tho sanctum. The
charitable waste-baskets con scarce
accommodate the drifts The wisdom
which proceeds from statesmen In the
barber's chair and on the benches OF
Union and Madison squares overRows
In this anonymous correspondence.
It is In vain that the editorial male
factor attempts to escape Judgment.
The anonymous letter writor knows
much better than he knows himself,
and his efforts to poso as u patriot, as
lover of order, us a friend OF prog
ress, will be sternly exposed to the
scorn OF mankind by "One who
knows" by "Aristides," by "You
know who." and by that terrible fell
low who keeps society in such good
order, IA foe to frauds and hum
bugs"
The great public will be glad to
know of this omniprescnt, invisible po-
lice, which regulates public men and
editors, giving the reprobates their
deserts In the anonymous letter There
was public man with q lively sense
OF humor who said that whenever he
made u speech OF Importance or signif-
icance ho received letter beginning
uniformly, "Well, Periclcs, what do
you think of yourself nowp" and pro-
ceeding to ask whether he was not yet
aware Of tho profound odium into
which he had fallen. "There," said
Pcricles, "are the humorous roliefs OF
public life. The Importance which
such worthy people attach to the ex-
preston of their dislike, the ingenious
asperity Of their tone, and ut the end
of the Illuminating document no name,
all reminds me In another way OF
Thacl1eray's description of George the
Fourth" He laughed US he recalled
it.
Does tho gentle reader recall itp
Did he, perhaps, hear Thackeray read
it with his rich voice, and its rollick-
ing tone when he came to the humor.
Gus passagesp Docs 1t not seem ans
other New York in which these lect-
ures were delivered? He is describ-
ing the fourth George, but 1t is the
writer of such letters as Pericfes re-
ceives, with his pretentious self-im-
portance, his perfumed mir Of supe-
riority, and his air OF pompous impu-
dence, who seems to have sat for the
portraits ~ try to take him to pieces,
and find fine silk stockings, padding
stays, coat with frogs and fur col
lar, star and blue ribbon, a pocket
handkerchief prodigiously scented.
one of Trueftt's best nutty-brown
wigs reking with oil, set Of teeth and
hugo black stock. under-waistcoats,
more under-waistcoats, and then moth.
ing. George William Curtis, in Har
per's Magazine.
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Edwin Forests Secret.

The great tragedian, Forrest. had a
secret which everybody ought TO learn
and profit by. Said he, II owe all my
success to the fact that everything have
undertaken have done thoroughly. ]
never neglect trifles." That's the point
don't neglect triaes. Don't neglect
that hacking cough, those nightsweats,
that feeble and capricious appetite, and
the other symptoms, trifling in them.
selves, but awful in their significance.
They herald the approach OF consump-
ton. You are in danger, but you can
be saved. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery will restore you to health and
vigor, as 1t has thousands of others. For
all scrofulous diseases, and consumption
is one Of them, it is sovereign remedy.
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suTrResseo TREES.

Natures Provision to Keep Up the ROsist-
anoe OF It's Forest Giants. spzn
Most varieties OF trees show de-
vclopment OF tho trunk near the
ground directly above where the
larger roots branch of. Our elms
and willows have this habit as strongly
marked as any trees perhaps, but all
that grow in soft, yielding soil, show
the popularity. 1t is provision Of
nature to give the tree support by on.
larging the base, and to increase the
resistance whore the strain Is tho
greatest. To keep up the proportion
between the trunk and the other men,
bers. the tree has no other way Of So
curing the needed strength at the base
than by growing these buttresses.
In the soft bottom lands along the
sides OF Central American rivers,
these buttresses run up the trunks ff-
teen feet or more, and enlarge the base
to an enormous extent. One OF these
trees Is described as sending out two OF
these projections so as to inclose q
semi-circle thirty feet in diameter,
while the buttresses themselves were
not half q foot thick. The same re-
gard which nature has for the support
OF the tree in giving this unsymmetrical
growth at its base, also leads to an un-
usual arrangement OF the fbers, SO
that the wood In these parts has dif.
ferent texture. The fibers are so
twisted, and interviewer, and knOtted,
that the wood is gnarled and refrac-
tory under any treatment. This
renders the lower part of the trunk
worthless for timber, and greatly In.
creases the labor of telling the tree.
To get around this difficulty, it Is said
the mahogany cutters Of Honduras
build up scaffolding Of poles about
the tree to the height of ten or fifteen
feet On this they stand and fell the
tree. leaving q stump. Of course, high
or than the platform. = Youths Com.
panioN.
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Life of Gen. Harrison by Gen. Lew
Wallace.


Wallace.
This book, just out, is the life OF q great
man by great author.
It is a superior literary production
worthy Of special attention.
Both subject and author have risen by
superior qualities, indomitable energy
and application from the quiet walks Of
life to worldwide fame.
They have been lifelong friends; both
have had thrilling experiences on the
field Of battle; have served in the
Council Chambers Of the Nation. How
fortunate that the man whose illustrious
ancestry shall be put in the shade by
his own elevation to the Presidency Of q
far greater nation and whose fitness for
such exalted position the people desire
to become familiar with, should have
such a biographer. One who has passed
through like experience in the war for
the Union and in the national councils
and who can intefligently unfold and
discuss the views Gen. Harrison holds
upon national issues. One also who
wields pen Of such descriptive power
as to have reached unchallenged fame
in authorship.
The work is issued by the Messrs.
Hubbard Bros, Of Philadelphia, Chica-
go and Kansas City, is intensely inter-
esting, elegantly illustrated, and we
understand is having remarkable sale.
1t is sold through agents and undoubt-
edly affords exceedingly profitable EN-.
ployment for great many active young
men, as every true American should
certainly read this book before Novem.
ber 9th.
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THE GERMAN SABBATH.
How the Day Il Spent In the Industrial
Centcrs OF tho Empire.

How the Day Is Spent In tho Industrial
Centcrs OF tho Empire.
An inquiry has been made by tho
Imperial Government into the nature
and extent of Sunday work 1t Ger
many. The inquiry was made with
the view Of obtaining information that
might be available hereafter in case
government regulation in the matter
is deemed necessary. Ignorance as to
what really constitutes Sunday labor,
conflicting laws regulating it in the
different States. and general indiffer-
ence, all combined to ronder the re-
suits of the inquiry far from complete.
BY far the most valuable statistical
showing was that obtained in Prussia.
In thirty Prussian administrative dis
tricts from which statistics were OBJ
tanned, tho number OF establishments
reported was 500, 156 and the en-
ploycs concerned numbered L.
582.591. OF these and 688,027
hands, or .42.25 per cent,
288,939 establishments, or 57.75 per
cent, work on Sunday. The remainder,
2l1 PIT establishments (42.26 per cent.
and 9l9,564 hands (57.75 per cent?,
have no Sunday work. Sunday work
seems to be of larger volume in trade
and transportation than in other lines.
In Industrial lines the larger industries
appear to have more to do than those
engaged in handwork. The number
of largo establishments working on
Sundays is greater than the small in
dustrial establishments. The number
OF people employed is, however. less
than in tho smaller industries. This
Is explained by reason OF the fact that
while larger proportion OF the indus
trial establishments do some Sundry
work in consequence OF keeping some
part of their machinery In perpetual
operation, the division of labor In tho
large factories enables the requisite
Sunday work to be done by a small
proportion OF hands, whereas In handi-
crafts, although smaller proportion
OF establishments work on Sunday, the
want OF division of labor necessitates
Iuc prcsouco Vi uti VI hosEiy hAA oAo
work people. This Is particularly true
of the smaller undertakings. Reports
from eight districts, embracing several
great industrial centers, show that es-
tablishments which work on Sunday
employ only AZ per cent of their hands
on that day. On the other hand, small
establishments employ 95 por cent. on
Sunday. In trade and transportation
| n per cent. OF the establishments and
nearly SO per cent. of the hands are
employed on Sunday. In large indus
tries the proportion OF establishments
and hands employed was AZ and 80 per
cent. respectively. Inquiries made OF
the people concerned show that ~ pei
cent. OF the employees believe in the
total prohibition OF Sunday labor, VI
per cent. and Al per cent. respec ctively
favor limited prohibition, and W per
cent. and ~ per cont hold any prohi'
tion TO be impracticable. The abovs
figures are chiefly Of interest IN view
Of the fact that demands have been and
are now bsing made for the limitatior
or regulation Of Sunday labor through'
Out the empire, - Bradssreets.
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Mr.. Geo. Kcnnan will contribute to
the September Century an article on
Exile by Administrative Process" in
which he gives great number Of in
stances OF the banishment OF persons to
Siberia, without the observance OF any
Of the legal formalities that in most
countries precede or attend depriva.
ton Of rights. Mr.. Kennan will also
discuss, in an Open Letter in this mum.
Der OF The Century, the question, "Is the
Siberian Exile Sytem to be at Once
Abolishcd7" stating his reasons for be-
lieving that the plan Of reform now be.
ing discussed in Russia, and which Is
said by the London Spectator" to in.
volve the entire abolition Of exile to 81.
boria as method Of punishment, will
not be put into operation. Mr.. Kennan
says that the present plan is one propos-
ed by the chief of the Russian Prison
Department, with whom he had long
and interesting conversation just before
his departure from st. Petersburg. It
grew out OF the many complaints OF the
respectable inhabitants OF Siberia, who
demand that the penal classes of Russia
should not be turned loose on them.
The Russian official only hoped to restrict
and reform the system, so as to make It
more tolerable to the Siberian people,
by shutting up in prisons in European
Russia a certain proportion of prisoners
who are now sent 10 Siberia. This re-
form would have affected in the year
1886 fewer than three thousand exiles
out of total Of over ten thousand.
Before such plan goes to the Council
Of State for discussion, it is always sub.
mitted to the ministers within whose
jurisdiction it falls-in the present
case-the Minister Of Justice, the Minis
ter OF Finance and the Minister OF the
Interior. Two Of these officers have
already disapproved Of the plan, the
Minister Of Justice declaring that "exile
to Siberia for political and religious of.
lenses must be preserved" and 1t is Mr..
Kennan's belief that the scheme will
not even reach the Council Of State.
This is by no means the first measure
OF reform which has been submitted to
the Tsar's ministers, but every effort has
so far been fruitless, and the plans have
been found "impracticable."
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Electric Bitters.

This remedy is bccomingso we'll known
and go popular as to need no special
mention. All who have used Electric
Bitters sing the same song Of praise. A
purer medicine does not exist and It 10
guaranteed to do all that is claimed.
Electric Bitters will cure all diseases Of
the liver and kidneys, will remove pim-
pies, boils, salt rheum and other affec'
tions caused by impure blood. Will
drive malaria from the system and pre-.
vent as well as cure all malarial fevers.
For cure of headache, constipation and
indigestion try Electric Bitters. Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money re-
funded. Price 80 cents and 81 per bot
tie at Seybert & Co.'s drug store.
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Your Friend Committed Suicide.

You never suspect 1t, none Of his
friends dreamed of it, he did not know
It himself, but it is exactly what he did,
nevertheless. Do you remember his
sallow complexion Do you recollect
how he use to complain of headaches
and constipation "I'm getting quite
bilious" he said to you one day, "but
guess it'll pass of. ] haven't done any.
thing for IT, because I don't believe in
dosing" Soon after that you heard ol
his death. It was very sudden, and
every one was greatly surprised. If he
had taken DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purga'
tive Pellets he would be alive and vel
to-day. Don't follow his example. The
''Pellets" are easy to take, mild in theil
action, and always sure.
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FULL or FUN.

a
--Strsnge, isn't It, that the best uase-
ball players are the men who are al
ways getting of their basep--Boseon
Post.
An old widowcr says: when you
pop the question, do 1t with kind Of
laugh, MS II you were joking. II she
accepts you, very we'll; II she does not,
you can say you wore only In fun"
When young Jenkinson told his
father that he'd only been out on lit
tic lark, the old gentleman muttered
that "he guessed there was more swal-
low than lark. ."-Iudiana Farmer.
--"In the old country ono OF our
common proverbs is: If rest rust. "
Mr.. Ticker--''Well, we have pretty
nonrly the same thing here: II I trust
bust, is our version. ."-Erchango.
---Mary-"F-e-r-m-e-n-t, ferment--to
work." Mamma--"Now, place it in q
sentence to show mo you really undor-
stand IT," Mary--''In summer love
to ferment in the garden. "-Rural New
Yorker.
fare your berries goodp" asked a
lady OF street-hawker standing
at the door, mot very good, I'm
afraid, ma'am," said tho hawkor,
frankly. "1'll take six boxes" said
tho lady, in extreme surprise. "prob-
ably the berries aren't worth the quar-
tor you ask for them, but it's worth a
quarter any time TO hear hawker tell
the truth. ."--Somervitie Journal.
-Scrybblcr-"Sec my verses.in this
mornings paperp Those signed s.,
you knowp" Dawdlyr-"Did you write
those linesp Quite sure they are orig.
inalP" Scrybbler--"Certainly just sat
down and wrote them out OF my head. VI
Dawdlyr--"Thought SO. They seemed
to convoy tho idea that you were out
Of your head at the time. Phtladel.
phia Bulletin.
-Customor-"But this suit has q
secondhand look about It; 1t looks az
though some body had worn It." Mr..
scnheimer-"Off course; ! haf worr
dod suit fife mondts myselluff already
We always do i'd nit all our fine clod'
ing; II dakes awaw dot awkward sense
OF newness und gloss und stiffness dot
man so dislikes. und wears oud der
creases. We always wears our fine
goots undil dey get feeling OF east
ness for der customer. Dots spe'
GLADLY of our house. ."-Burdcttc.
Charlie (dcjectedly)--"Say, Tom
I've lost my best girl" Tom-"Nol
How did it happonP" Charlie--"Aw
l was altogether too funny for her.
Tom-"Too funnvp What do yOr
meanp" Charlie--"Well, you see. she
was crazy to have pet dog. so lgave
her pug and told her l selected that
kind because 1t matched her nose sc
perfectly Sccp Confound funny
man, anyhow. y Washington Critic.
Mrs. Rafferty,, is my by, Dinny
over herep" asked Mrs. Dolan over the
back fence. ."He is." Well, av yer
trough wit i'm would yer moind re.
turnin' i'm to is parentsP" "After a
bit. Hos fell into the barrel O. soft
soap, An Oi wouldn't t'ink OF send
ing i'm homo with all that soap hang
in to I'm. It's me own Orm bound to
have an II Yell wait till he gifts
scraped of OH return him to yez wild
pleasure. ."-Merchan Traveller.
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An attractive paper-Fly paper.
Misplaced affection--A lost love-
letter.
Heavy reading-A ships log-book.
The sea COW probably eats from the
trough OF the seq.
The difference between ripe water
melon and tailor-made suit-One is
Ut to cut, and the other Is cut to fit.
II is quite u paradox for an English
lady TO request her page to turn over q
new leaf.
on culler-A tipsy news oditor,
Nautical deflniti0ns-A boat on shore
Il . boat; when on the water, and tied
up. II L a-hoat; out II loose and It ID
a-drift
Motto for tho monument rnan--''It's
pevev tool ate tomb end"
The Trench are excellent Judges oj
horse. .nseh When " oookedi- ~
(fo& I'M fksek z 81
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Bncklen's Arnica Ealye.

The best salve in the world for cuts.
bruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed TO give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price IS cents per
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The total amount expended in the
construction and maintenance of the
New York Central Park to the present
time is slO,6OO,OOO. The park is over
two miles and half in length and over
half mile wide. Forty.threo and ono
quarter acres are covered with water.
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The Moderation Society in New York
has . perambulating tank of ice water,
which is driven about the city all day
and makes frequent stops that the thirs.
ty may take advantage of the water.
The tank holds 300 gallons and on hot
days is filled three times and uses 2,l0C
pounds Of ice. This is the second sea.
son OF this mode OF assisting temper
anCA. 49, ~ ~. ~. u ---.----
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AS we'll as the most effective method oi
dispelling headaches, colds and fevers,
or cleansing the system. is by taking q
few doses Of the pleasant California liquid
fruit remedy, Syrup Of Figs. For sale in
80 cents and 81 bottles by Shoistall 4
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Persons who respond to an advertise
ment that promises twenty-five useful
household articles for 25 cents" are 70.
ceiving by return mail q literally point
ed esponse--twenty.fiv needles.
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Samuel Nickerson, President of the
First National Bank Of Chicago, has
probably the finest collection Of rock
crystals in the world. One of them is
as big as goose egg and is valued at
Sl6.OO
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The officers Of the now ocean steamer,
CITY Of Now York, ray that whom the
naaehinsry eets into good working order
shs viii csoss The Atlantic in Ave days.
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The average yearly income Of the
working woman OF Boston is $260.07,
and her average expenses are reckoned
al e20l 80.
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Deashe II HscQklyn ~ vesk. $50,
hif(hI "a 4 3 n X Il 4 y 4 I. "a
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

who have erected their household gods
in them can testify that life is quite en-
durable under proper circumstances. 1t
is altogether question of the ''circum-
stances, however, and those which were
in use in the State of Ohio when the '1og
houses" were the fashion were not calcu-
lated to arouse any considerable amount
of hankering after them. The above cut
is correct copy of one re-erected in the
grand park of the Centennial Exposi-
tion, and which has a history particu-
larly interesting at this time. 1t was
built during the early part of the CEN
tury i'll Indiana, and was occupied by
Gen. William Henry Harrison during
the campaign in which occurred the ia.
nous battle of Tippecanoe. 1t was used
in the famous clog and hard-cider
campaign" of 1910, when the General
was elected President of the United
States, and is. in an excellent state of pre-
servation. This is typical log cabin OF
the primitive variety. Another is erected
on the opposite side of the park, which
indicates the influence Of esthetics and
that Indians were not quite so numerous
or officious in their attentions as in the
| neighborhood where the other was built.
The logs of which it was built were
hewn square, and some attempt at SYM
metry was made. The chimneys of both
cabins are a faithful reproduction Of one
of the forms in vogue in pioneer times,
when the quarrying of stone for the pur-
pose was considered "too much. work for
a shilling" These rude structures mark
one limit of the time which has elapsed
since the settlement of the Ohio Valley
and Central States, while the magnif-
cent buildings of the Centennial Exposi'
tion mark the other; or, to express il
figuratively, 1888 to 1888.
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aBoUTRAILwAYs.
Twenty Question. and Answers.
-
iseribner's MsEazin ne.l


- tseIibners MsEazine.l
l. How many miles of railway in
the United States?
About $50, 900 miles; half the mileage
Of the world. 49,,
How mucllh&e they cost?
Oysf a. poo, ,OOO, 600. gu
g: How many people are employed
BY sthsm2F aC - q
More than 100000.
40 What is the fastest time made by
q train? ri hi
Ninety-two miles in e3 minutes, one
mile being made in 46 seconds, on the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
5. What is the cost of high-class,
leight-wheel passenger locomotive?
About $500.
6. What is the longest mileage oper-
ated by q single system?
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe sys-
tenn; about 5000 miles. -
Z. What is the cost of palace Sleep
ing car? ...... ......-.-.t....
buled." 49,, ..-rE '. r'.-
s. What is the longest railway
bridge span in the United States?
Cantilever span, in Poughkeepsie
bridge, 54S feet. -... ....I ..'...
8. What is the highest railroad bridge
in the United States?
Kinzua Viaduct, on the Erie road,
305 feet high.
10. Who built the first locomotive
in the United States? :...ra.
Peter Cooper. a ,t.. .r.l ....
IL. What road carries the largest
number of passengers? ' b.. ..-
| Manhattan Elevated railroad, New
York; $4,000 day, or l91 ,525 0O(
yearly.
IL. What is the average daily earn
ing of an American LOCOMOTIVES?
About 500. 1900. .,,.
13. What is the longest American
railway tunnel?
Hoosac Tunnel, on the Fitchburl
railway (43 miles.)
IA. What is the average cost of con
structing mile of railroad?
At the present time about $4,000.
Is. What is the highest railroad II
the United States?
Denver and Rio Grande; Marshal
Pass, 1882 feet.
16. What are the chances of fata
accidents in railway travel?
One killed in ten million. Statistic
show more are killed by falling out O
windows than in railway accidents.
H.. What line of railway extend
furthest east and west?
| Canadian Pacific railway, running
from Quebec to the Pacific Ocean.
Is. How long does steel rail last
with average wear?
| About eighteen years.
10. What road carries the larges
number of commuters?
Illinois Central, 4,S2S, ,128 in 1887.
20. What is the fastest time mad
between Jersey City and San Francisco
Three days Z hours 80 minutes and l
seconds. Special theatrical train, Jun
1886. '0~.a.