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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-08-17
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and he speaks the English
language duently. He is
affable, most agreeable in
conversation, courteous In
demeanor, and is well
equipped for q most sue
cessful career tn Wash
ington diplomatic circles.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-08-17
MUTSU.

Nine. Mutsu, the
wife Of the minister,
Is in this country for
the first time, and is
much delighted ct
being here, although
she misses the society
Of her friends in
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-08-17
Nfunimitsu and Mime. Mutsu.

Munimitsu Mutsu, tho new japanese min
lister to the United States, is a statesman of
high standing In Japan. He has served his
country with distinguished success as gov
ernor Of Yokohama and vice president Of the
imperial senate. In 1886 he was assigned to
the political bureau Of the foreign Office as
minister resident in reserve-that is, as
minister without a post-and the next year
he was promoted to the rank Of envoy. He
has visited the United States twice before
this time, in 1870 and again in 1884, on special
governmental missions.
N. Mutsu is like an American In appear
ance-fall slender animated in rnannar-
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-11
BENTON'S HAIR GROWER.

All who are BALD, all who are becoming
BALD, all who do not want to be BALD, all
who are troubled with DANDRUFF, ITCH
ING of the scalp, should use Benton's Hair
Grower. EIGHT PER CENT. OF those using 1t
have grown hair. 1t never fails to stop tn
hair from falling. Through sickness and
fevers the hair sometimes falls off in short
time and although the person may have re-
manned bald for years, II you use Benton's
Hair Grower according to directions you are
sure OF a growth of hair. In hundreds of
cases we have produced good growth of
Hair on those who have been bald and glaz-
ed for years. We have fully substantiated
the following facts.
We grow Hair In every case,n matter how
long bald.
Unlike other preparations, it contains no
sugar OF lead, or vegetable or mineral
poisons.
1t Is specific for falling hair, dandruff.
and1tching of the scalp.
The Hair Grower Is a hair food, and It's
composition is almost ex actly like the
oil which supplies the hair with Its
vitality.
If druggists have not got 1t we will send it
prepaid ON receipt of price.
BENTON HAIR GROWER CO.
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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-11
RAILROAD LEAFLET
No. 4.
JENNIE SMITH.
FHE KHIEHEuL ELHGNHN.


One evening on my way to
Church, in Jersey City, noticed .
Flagman waving a warning" of
the incoming train. A crowd stood
on either side Of the street, impa-
tient to hurry across. The signal
was needed, and I wondered as the
bustling throng closed in behind
the passing train, how many
thought or looked a "Thank You,"
to the Flagman as they passed him.
I stopped the next day a. the
Watch Box, shook hands with him
and talked about his work and
then about his soul, and asked if
he had needed the gospel signal,
"Prepare to meet thy God"?
found him willing to listen,
and glad to accept the tract placed
in his hands.
He said no one had ever spoken
to him about his SOULS salvation,
and that he needed just the help 1
told him about, to enable him to
bear life's burdens.
Oh, for more faithful gospel flag
men, to give the word of warning
all along the line,' tenderly urging
the Savior's invitation, "Come unto
me all ye that labor and are heavy
laden and I will give you rest"
Oh, that these faithful watchmen,
who stand upon the track, day
and night, through Summers heat
and Winters cold, signaling dan
ger or safety, to the passing trains,
would heed the cry of the Watch
man from the Walls of Zion, "Ex-
cept ye repent ye shall all likewise
perish"
If this leafet falls into the hands
of a fagman, let it be as a ''shake of
the hand" and God bless you"
If you have not given your heart
to Jesus, will you not think of the
Importance of being able to warn
your fellow men to "f1ee from the
wrath to come p
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-11
NOTICE TO TAKE DEPOSITION

Daniel Gardway, Plaintiff In the Court Of
VS.. WOOD County,
Minnie v. Gardway, Delft. state of W. Va
To the above named Defendant, Minnie V.
Gardway,
Take Notice that the dispositions of Daniel
Gardway, Lewis Wheeler, j. 9. Phelps, and
others, will be taken at the Law ONCE of
City of Parkersburg, in the County OF Wood
and State Of West Virginia, on the 4th day
of May, 1883, between the hours Of a. m.
and p M, to read in evidence on the hear
ing of the above cause, In behalf of the said
Plaintiff.
II, from any cause, the taking OF the
same shall not be commenced, or being
commenced, shall not be completed on that
day, the taking of the same will be adjour-
ned from time to time, until they are COM
pleted. Yours, &C.,
E DANIEL GARDwAY,
q. M. ENRIGHT, By Counsel.
Solicitor for Plaintiff
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-11
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

At Rules held for the Circuit Court Of
Wood County, W. Va, in the Clerks Once
thereof, on the first Monday in April, 1883.
Daniel Gsrdway, PLAINTIFF
Vi. I'm Chancery.
Minnie v. Gard way, Delft.
The object OF this suit Is to obtain for the
Plaintiff, divorce from the bond of matrt-
mony, from the said Defendant, Minnie ".
GardWay. MH E4
And it appealing by affidavit fled, that
the said Defendant Minnie v. 0ardway, 10
1t is ordered that she do appear here within
one month after date of first publication
hereof. (April 4th, 1872 and do what is nee
and that copy of this order be forth with
published and posted according to law.
A Copy-T1srE:
O. n. ENRIGHf, 5Ia
. Sol. for Complt.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-11
CONDUCTOR.

no THE CONDUCTOR:
While you conduct train of cars for the
benefit of the travelling public and are
thoughtful to see that your passengers are
on the right train; are you on board the
train bound for the regions of eternal bliss?
While you are careful to see that their
tickets are right and will carry them to the
desired place, have you examined your
ticket. which is your character? VIII 1t
take YOU to the place where you really de-
sire to go at the end of life's journey
You are watching over others; are you
watching over yourself? You command the
train on Which you run; do you command
and control your own actions and appetites
so that you do not obstruct the track on
which YOUR comrades are seeking to jour-
ney heavenward?
self-wtn and self-righteousness make
hard running and tend to throw you on
the track; once off, only superhuman enort
and the lever of Gods grace can put you on
again.
You wave your lantern or pull the cord
,ignaling the engineer to stop or start or
announcing danger ahead. Your actions
are signals. When your engineer steps ON
the cab into the saloon at the station, do
you give the danger signal? When your
brakeman or baggage master uses profane
language, do you signal him to stop? Is
your life constant signal to your comrades
to 20 forward in the path of honesty vlr-
tue and sobriety? "For none OF us 1veth 10
himself, and no man dieth to h1msen'
Your very position makes you leader a
conductor among your companions. Your
influence may signal them to eternal safety
or destruction.
Yon ask. "Am my brothers keeper ?"
Yes; but for your influence, that young man
might have been on the heavenward grade.
Or it may be, but for your influence, your
companion would be recklessly running
down grade, with steam on, and brakes up.
"There is time we know not when,
place we know not where,
That marks the destiny OF man,
For glory or despair"
The train you are most interested IN, Is
the one bound for eternity. You are on IT,
Who is conducting it? Is 1t on the mario"
gauge, mp grade, heaven-bound track with
Christ for its Conductor,or is it on the oroao
guage, down grade, which leads to destruc-
ton, and conducted by the great enemy oi
Souls? Be mercilessly straightforward
with yourself in answering this question.
"Thou Christ art all want,
More than all ia Thee, find
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-11
RAILROAD LEAFLET
No. g.
no THE ENGINEER.

~ IdG ENUxNEEH.
DEAR FRIEND:
You are an Engineer. To GER
tain extent, every life on board the
train is in your keeping. You un-
derstand as few of your passengers
do, what steady nerves, what clear
vision your position demands.
You know every dangerous point
along the road. You are watching
for any obstruction that might en-
danger the precious lives of those
who so trustingly commit them
selves to your care.
How carefully you polish and oil
the machinery; how proud you are
of its beauty and strength; how you
glory in your ability to manage
this magnificent piece of mechan-
ism; how you handle it as if it were
a thing of life!
Have you ever thought there is
within you piece of machinery
more wonderful in its pent up
powers than the iron horse that
obeys your touch? Have you ever
thought it is driving you swiftly
and surely, either on the upward
road to life eternal, or on the down.
ward road to everlasting destruc-
ton?
Your heart is this engine. Do
you commit it to the keeping of
Christ as surely as the engine is
confded to your care? Have you
given it up to Him to be made and
kept pure and clean? Do you say,
"Guide me, 0 thou Great Jehovah p
and then, as the engine responds to
your will, do you trust Him to
guide your If you have not
already done 30, will you not now
commit unto God the control of
your whole being, soul, body and
spirit, for time and eternity? He
himself has said: 81 will instruct
thee and teach thee in the way
which thou shalt go: I will guide
thee with mine eye."-Psa 1913.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-11
RAILROAD LEAFLET.
No. 3.
To The Brakeman.

DEAR FRIEND:
Did you ever think, when stand
ing at the brake, how like a rail.
road train is the human life and
character?
1t is 80 much easier going down
grade, than up grade lit is 80 much
easier to check train on an up
grade, than a down grade.
The Devils tracks are all broad
gauge and down grade. "Broad is
the way that leadeth to destruc-
ton" Mathew 7-13)
The Kings highway of holiness
is narrow gauge and up grade.
marrow is the way that leadeth to
life" (Mathew 7-14) H
Your appetites and habits are
the enginery that is bearing you
onward. Your conscience is the
brake the great Master Mechanic
has set within you to direct as we'll
as to control the speed of the en-
CINE.
If you have started up grade, you
will have need to fire up your zeal !;
the gravitation of human nature is
against you. Worldly influences
obstruct your way; but the station
at the top is 80 fair with promise,
both in this lite and that which is
to come, that it pays to make the
run.
Have you started on the down
grade? You don't wait till train
gets under Roadway, before you put
down the brakes. Don't let your
appetites and passions get control
of you before you apply the brake
of conscience. If you have only
begun to tipple, put down the
brakes. II you have just begun to
use profane or obscene language,
put down the brakes.
The man of wisdom said, Gre
ioice, O young man, in thy youth /;
and let thy heart cheer thee in the
days Of thy youth ; and walk in the
ways of thy heart, and in the sight
Of thine eyes; but know thou, that
for all these things God will bring
thee into Judgment" p 2 D. " =
To the young man whom Jesus
loved, He said: "Come and follow
me-"
"I will follow Thee, my Savior,
IL whereso'er my lot may be.
| Where Thou goest win follow,
By thy grace I'll follow Thee"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-11

ut is good neither to eat flesh nor drink
wine, nor anything whereby thy brother
stumbleth, or is offended or is made weak"
-ROM. 14-N.
"Wee unto him that giveth his neighbor
drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and
nakest him drunken also."-HAB. 2N. Fl
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-11
RAILROAD LEAFLETS.

~ Nos. l, Conductor; 2, Engineer; 8, Brake
% nan =, Flagman; rs cents per loo, post paid :
W per 1000 by express.
Address orders, money enclosed,
Headquarters West Va, VIC. 7. o.,
Parkersburg. W. Va.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-11
The Pledge.

solemnly promise, God helping me- 10
abstain from the use of all alcoholic liquors,
including wine, beer and cider; and to lend
my influence to prevent the use of and traf-
nc in the same.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-11

Campaign Freeman
q mon this, 26cts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
Household Work In India.

In tho average Indian family the strictest domestic economy is the rule of life, and the household work is done by the women of the household, not, as with us, by paid servants Servants there are, of course, in all Indian families, but they are as rule, on q totally different footing from the European domestic being for the most part independent persons with clientele. for whom they perform cer- tain customary services for a customary wage. The distribution of the daily work, down to that of the most menal kind, lies with the materfamiliaS, who may be best de- scribed as the oldest woman in the family proper under coverture, for widows can have no authority,
 The caoking, as the work of honor, she keeps to herself, but the house cleaning the washing, the care of the children, the draw ing of the water. the making of the beds, and SO on, is done by the less dignifed members of the household, as she directs; and what ever is most menial, most disagreeable and the hardest work, is thrust upon the bride She is the servant of the very servants, and must obey rybody. It is hardly, there fore, to be wondered at that, after her previ- ous training, it is by no means an uncommon occurrence that she has to be forcibly broken into her new way in life, that she is forever signing after the flesh pots of her fathers house, that there are various ''customs' which enable her to revisit it at stated times after the marriage, and that the law Is often | invoked to oblige brides to return to their husbands families after the customary term of such visits had expired. R. c. 1 Temple in Journal of the Society of Arts
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
Hotel Recommendations in China.

The hotels along the ,nain roads in this province are somewhat noted for their ele- Gance and comfort. Our first nights experi- ence was not altogether encouraging; the house was pretentious in appearance, and the room of honor, in which official and wealthy men havo feasted and slept for many years, was delegated to us. The unpretentious rooms on either side of the narrow but very long court, leading straight up from the street past kitchen and dining courts to our room, were filled at an early hour by poorer travellers. The court itself was crowded with chairs and baggage, while half naked coolics were running hither and thither before set ting to q bath and the opium pipe. Unclean water was dashed right and left from the walks along the fronts of the rooms into the center of the stone paved court.
 Everything was in cOmmotion as we ar rived, and few minutes later the regular disorder grew into mob, which continued until our faint tallow dip expired Travel FITS were hustling each other to get the best rooms; cOolieS threw down their burdens anywhere for the moment, sat down at the tables, drew forth their old palm fans, and slipped wretched tea until they recovered sufficient strength to take their packs inside, Then followed ablutions from tubs all along the stone court between the guest rooms. dOU water was III demand along the whole line, and half naked walters rushed in and around the naked phalanx bearing pails of steaming water. Other walters were running to guests with tea cups and large tea kettles with long noses. One traveller after another settled to his board bed Ill the windowless rooms, the StencheS of which are unbearable to a foreigner. The coolies, ten or more crowded into rooms barely large enough tC givc them space for their mats, smoked opium and chatted until midnight, while the crowd from the street pressed into every available corner to watch the queer motions of their illustrious guests Western China
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
Cruelty to Green Turtles.

There is no more forcible example of mans thoughtless cruelty than the manner in which turtles are treated The green turtle is cap tured by nets in the Gulf ot Mexico. The boats engaged in this business are called tur- tiers. When a turtle is captured slts are cut in its fippers and they are tied together by stout cords. On their backs, with their flip pers thus tied, the turtles are as restricted in their movements as a man in straight jacket. The boats are generally out from two to three weeks before a load is secured and therefore the first turtles caught lie there on their backs this length of time before be- ing shipped north. They do not arrive in New \ ork until at least ten days after they are taken from the boats. On arrival they are sent to the different markets, where they lie with their "fippers" still tied until eitL er they are sold or die of StarvatiOu This is no exaggerated account. The turtle will live about three months without water or food. Death from starvation sometimes puts an end to their suirerings. Oftentimes their eyes almost burst from their sockets Green turtle is worth in Now York fifteen cents pound, live weight It is bought principally by restaurants and hotels. \ turtle is killed by cutting off his head, and this is done after it has been received 2t he place where it is to be eaten.--DrCo lvn Eagle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
She Wanted a Souvenir.

"One Sunday morning Gen. Grant WAS up ill my gallery; he had come ill to give me a sitting," said Leon Van Loo. This was when he and Gen. Sherman were planning some of their famous campaigns at the Bur net house, Cincinnati, during the dark days of the war. Well, the general and number of us sat enjoying q cigar before proceeding to business. Just before we arose to go into the operating room I noticed lady standing at the head of the stairs, and wondered how she got there, for the street door was closed, and everything closed in fact, for it was at the time when the Sunday closing was being enforced on everything. But there she stood, waiting apparently. She was lady, that was to be seen; there was that refinement about her, and she was finely dressed Pres ently the general laid down his cigar and got up to follow me. We'll, what should this woman do but hastily cross the room |, Id picked up the cigar that Gen. Grant had laid down and walk out with it. She had seen the general come in, no doubt, and wanting @ souvenir of him, had stationed herself there at the door and waited for him to finish that cigar And she got it. Gen. Grant smiled and said-nothing, ,'-Chicago Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
What n Novel Should Do.

The pleasure which comes of a novel should bc physical. It should put the reader in a state of tension sufficient to cause an evoca- tion of fancies which without that influence would decline to appear. The author who affects his reader as an easy chair does may be comforting as easy chairs are, but there comes an hour when he is relegated to the garret. The first dnty of a novelist is to irri- tate the reader. Tho second duty is to be able to bone the dictionary as readily as a chef bones bird. The third duty is to have emotions, and to be so prompt in detaining them that the reader shares their effect. But, paramount of all, he should let no work 20 from him that does not instill some lesson, and make men, and women too, the better and the wiser for bis prose.-Edgar Saltus in Lppincott's Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
Curious Theory of Rainstorms.

\ correspondent of the Northwestern Rail- roader advances a curious theory for the in creasing prevalence of floods and rainstorms He says that there are over 30,00O locomo- tives in use in North America and esti- mates that from them alone over 53, ,0OO,- 100000 cubic yards of vapor arc sent into the atmosphere every week, to be returned in the form of rain, or over 1000, 09O,G00 cubic yards day-'quite enough" he says, ito produce good rainfall' every twenty four hours. Estimating the number of other non=condensing engines in use at eight times the number of locomotives, the total vapor thus projected into the air every week in this country amounts to over 10000, ,0OO, 900 cubic yards.-Public Opinion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
Relics of an Old Railroad.

The Quincy railroad had its inception in 1925, through q petition for charter from the prolific quarries of that town to tide water. The story of its building and its uses has been often told, and its record is iu every home cyclopedia. There is nothing further to note of its origin beyond the fact that the late Gridley Bryant, father of Grid ley J. F. Bryant, the Boston architect, was its builder, ill connection with the lato Col Thomas H. Perkins, a Boston capitalist. Remnants of the disused terminals of the road are i'll sight today ill a broken way, the central division of perhaps three miles of the original roadbed being utilized as a part of the Granite branch of the Old Colony rail. road.-BoSton Transcript