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, 1889-01-26

There is something always queer
about lies and lying. There is nothing
q man will sooner knock you down for
than for calling him a liar. Burglars
and highwaymen will not stand it.
Only professional liars are proud of
the achievement, and they are few.
And now tho editor of The Popular
Science Monthly wonders why we
have such tolerance for one specific
style and form of lying-the campaign
lie. Why do people prominent as gen
tlemen, religious and of high social
standing, defend, help on and dissem-
mate a lie, intended to bring the OPP
posing party to confusion unjustly2
He fails TO find the cause, but he be-
lieves the remedy is q bias of educa-
ton toward science-a love of facts
and truth The fact is, in all contests,
the subtle and deceitful is brought to
the front. 1t is difficult to fight on
honor. Pugilism, according to the
Marquis of Queensberry rules, is easier
than politics according to the golden
rule. We have too much of it to keep
moral.-Globe-D Democrat.
, 1889-01-26

Newspapers at the present time con-
tain many interesting stories of old
people who are hearty, but it is doubt
full If a more curious case than the one
reported by The Fall River Globe has
ever been published 1t is that of a
Dartmouth farmer named William
Bennett, who is nearly 60 years of age.
DE was born at Tverton, R l., and
lived for many years in a comfortable
farmhouse on the main road TO New
port.
When he was about 5 years of age
he was attacked with a child's disease
for which DR.. West was engaged TO
prescribe. The DIR. West mentioned
lived in a large mansion below Bridge
port, and was an ancestor of the pres
ent family which resides in that vi
cinity. AT the time of Mr.. BENEFITS
illness, salvation was a favorite form
OF treatment. Calomel was the drug
ordered and administered to the pa
tient. Either from carelessness or
other cause the mercurial preparation
lodged in the boys jaws, and a can.
cerous sore was developed.
For many weeks his life was de
SPARED of. Finally the growth was
killed, but when it had disappeared it
was found that the muscles of the
child's jaws were ruined, and, like the
upper, the lower jaw would always re-
main fixed. To regain strength it was
necessary to have all his food specially
prepared before it was given TO him.
When placed before him. he managed
to squeeze it in between the lips which
were slowly recovering from the al
most fatal work done by the deadly
drug. The salivary glands were not
injured by the burning of the calomel,
Bennett recovered after a long illness
and grew up as most Rhode Island
boys do who spend a life on a farm.
He pays visits to the Fall River mar
ketmen, with whom he has done bust
ness for nearly fifty years. He is q
ruddy featured, portly man of genial
temperament, and with the exception
of a slight facial defect he shows no
signs of the accident which has kept
his jaws immovable for SO many years.
, 1889-01-26
An Electric Aeeumulator.

The growth of the electrical industry
in a direction in which less has been
done, perhaps, than in some others, is
shown by the formation of tho Anglo
American Electric Light Manufacture
ing company of New York city, for
the manufacture of n storage battery
which they believe to have many
merits. 1t is claimed that the accumu-
lator they r making requires no
washing out from the time it is started
till it is ready TO be thrown aside; that
it will last five years, which IS guaran-
teed by the company; that it will yield
90 to 92 per cent. OF the current put
into it; that it will not buckle or break,
and that it requires no expert attend
ance.-Science.
, 1889-01-26
Town LILO a. a Cause OF p-ccencracy.

Tho general unfitness and incapable
ity of tho jewellers in our large hives
of industry TO undergo continued vio-
lent cXertion, or TO sustain long en-
duranco of fatigue, is n fact requiring
little evidence to establish; nor can
they tolerate the withdrawal of food
under sustained physical effort for
any prolonged period as compared
with the dwellers in rural districts. 1t
may DO affirmed also that, through
the various factors Mt work night and
day upon tho constitution of the
poorer class of town jewellers, various
forms of disease arc developed, of
which pulmonary consumption is the
mos familiar, and which is doing
IFS fatal work in n lavish and
%uncrring fashion. Thus it may
be conceded as an established
fact that the townsman is, on the
whole, constitutionally dwarfed in
tone, and his life, man for man,
shorter, weaker and moro uncertain
than tho countryman's. / hold the
opinion that the deterioration is more
in physique, as implied in the loss of
physical or muscular power of the
body, tho attenuation of muscular
fiber, the loss of integrity of cell struc-
ture, and consequent liability TO the
invasion of disease, rather than in &c
tual stature of inch measurement.
The true causes of this deterioration are
neither very obscure nor far to seek.
They are bad mir aud bad habits. To
these may be added a prolific factor
operating largely reproduce ~degenera-
ton of race, and that is, frequent in
termarriagc, often necessitated by re-
ligious aiiinities.-G. b. Barron, NJ.
D., in Popular Science Monthly.
, 1889-01-26
THE KEY OF DEATH.
Strange .nd Fatal Weapon Employed by
n Discarded Lover.

Dlscarued Lover.
About 1000 a stranger named Te-
baldo established himself as a mer-
chant in Venice. He became enam-
ored Of a daughter of an ancient
house, and, asking her hand, was re
jected, the young lady being already
atianced. Enraged, he set himself TO
plan revenge, and, being n skillful
mechanician, he invented a formula
bic weapon This was a largo key,
the handle of which, when pressed,
sent out from the other end of the key
n needle of such fnencss that it en-
tered tho flesh and buried itself there,
leaving no external trace.
With this weapon Tebaldo waited
at the church door till the maiden he
loved passed in to her marriage. Then,
unperceived, he sem the slender
needle into the breast of the bride
groom, who, seized with n sharp pain
from an unknown cause, tainted, was
carried home and soon died, his
strange illness battling the skill of the
physicians.
Again Tebaldo demanded the maid
ems hand, and was again refused. In
n few days both her parents died in a
like mysterious manner. Suspicion
was excited, and on examination of
the bodies the small steel instrument
was found in the flesh. There WINS
universal terror; no one felt that his
life was secure.
The young lady went into a convent
during her mourning, and after n few
months Tebaldo begged TO see and
speak with her, hoping now TO bend
her TO his will. She, with an instinc-
tive horror of this man, who had from
the first been ~displeasing TO her, re
turned decisive negative; ~whereupon
Tebaldo contrived TO wound her
through the CRATE. On returning to
her room she felt n pain in her breast
and discovered n single drop of blood.
Surgeons were hastily summoned.
Taught by the past, they cut into the
wounded part, extracted the needle
and saved her life. Tobaldo was sus-
pectcd, his house was searched, the
key discovered and he persisted ON the
gallows.
There is n tradition that Duke
Francis of Padua had n poisoned key
of a similar character, which unlocked
his private library. When he desired
to rid himself of an obnoxious member
of his household or suite he would
send him TO bring II certain volume
from his book case. AS tho key was
turned in the lock out shot a poisoned
needle, stabbed tho hand of the holder
and instantly shot back again. Elk
animation Of the hand revealed only a
small, dark blue spot, but in n few
moments the person grew strangely
giddy, and would be found on the
floor, apparently in n fit. In twenty
four hours he would be dead, and n
verdict rendered "npoplcxy."-Note
and Queries.
, 1889-01-26
no Gave Her a chance to Choose.

From Brownsburg, Ind, comes the
story (true, of c~ourse), that a young
lady sent a note to n discarded lover
requesting the return of n lock of hair
which, in the whilom hours of court
ship, he had clipped from her dainty
~tresses. Rumaging his trunk he col
lected a number of locks, culled from
various "best girls" during his love
making career, and forwarded them in
a bundle to the girl, inclosing a note
to the effect that he had really forgot
ten which was hers, but she might
select it from those forwarded and re-
turn the rest at her convenience
Pittsburg DISPATCH.
, 1889-01-26

Tho fallacy of plain living" is
shown by good authority, which
proves that the stomach never per
forms its duty SO effectually as when
called TO act upon n variety of food,
provided, of course, that the food is
well cooked. The popular opinion
now is that n dinner consisting of
three or four varieties of solid food is
moro easily digested than the meal
which is confined to one sort only.
The old fashioned notion of n single
joint and a simply made pudding is
pronounced to be a fruitful source of
indigestion. Upon this subject DR..
tary Era: Ready digested and easily
digested foods are the a~bomination
OF dietetics; they prevent normal
mediation of the digestive organs,
necessary for normal secretions;
they encourage n false notion that nu-
triton a be assured without refer
enco 10 expenditure or to providing
any use for nutritive material, and
thus are liable TO cause unnatural, ir-
regular, unmanageable increase of the
unstable ingredients of the organism,
which react injuriously upon tho di-
gcstivo secrctions, especially those of
the liver. Tho prevalent recourse to
these presumably enforced methods of
nutrition are, in short, n violent and
abnormal reaction against the former
prevalent reign of physic, ~depletents
and SO called Alternatives. These old
methods actually provide modes of
disposing of unused nutritivo supplies,
although they be morbid modes."-
Frank Lesbos Newspaper.
, 1889-01-26
low THg RANSOM VS. PAIp

On the helpless Flemish vIllago
Cruel Ava sWooped and fell,
And the peIco OF trade and tillage
Turned to martial clank and yell
In the town house, tall and handsome,
Stood the great duke, looking down
On the burgers pror'ring ransom
For tho safety of the town
Der his brow gray locks were twiniug-
For his casque wns laid aside,
And his good sword carved and shining
From lLs sword belt was united.
Prince he seemed Of born commanders
Pride and power each gesture odd
As he cried, "Ye men Of Flanders,
Bring INC twenty casks OF gollr'
Then upon them fell a sadness,
And q shadow like a palli
While they murnured, ITS rank madness
Such a sum from US 10 call"
And the spokesman OF the village
Murmured feebly, Sure you Jest"
Answered Alva, Gold or pilnge-
Choose whiche'er may suit you bestf~
Faint and stunned, they turned despairing,
When arose a laugh Of joy
And before their startled staring
In there prnnced a little boy.
Gu his curls the dukes helmet rested,
As his noisy glee he roared.
And his good steed mailed n crested
Was great Alyas mighty swordI
Round about the room he gamboled,
Pceping through the helmet bars;
Nov he ieaped and now no ambled-
Like a Cupid hooking Mars.
Then he stayed his merry pranciug
And Of Alva's knees caught bold,
wberc a rny Of sunlight CHANGING
Turned his sunny curls to gold.
Swift the mother, sorely frightened.
Strovo to take the cherub wild,
but the dukes stern features lightened
As he kept her from the child,
And he drank the pretty prattlc-
FLc the baby knew no fear,
Till hlg eye, so fierce In battle,
Softened with a pearly tear.
For n baby rose before him
In fair Spain, ere war's alarms
Thus his fathers sword upborc him
Alya caught the boy In arms,
And, the pretty forehead barring.
Cried "a kiss!' the child obcyed
Thcu unto those men dcsparlng
Alsa said; Your rnnsom's paidr-
Savannah News.
, 1889-01-26
The Tyler Desk Co.

DIST. Louis, Mo-, are now pushing an
other ingenious Office Device. This time
1t is Tyler's Royal Automatic Type Writ
.er Cabinet and Desk Combined. 1t is
adapted to every Machine now in use,
and said to be the finest on Earth. The
Tyler System of Bank Counters are al o
attracting great attention, while the fam
Gus Tyler Desks-some 400 styles-con-
hnue to grow in public favor. Illustrated
Catalogues free.
, 1889-01-26

How can parents allow their children to
cough and strain and cough and calmly
say: "Ohl it is only a little cold" and
keep giving them cheap and dangerous
medicines, until they are down with lung
fever or consumption, when they can be
so easily relieved by Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrul? 1t has no superior, and
few equals. For sale by w. N. Hunt,
druggist.
, 1889-01-26

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
Sores, burns, wounds. chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. VIII positively cure all
kinds OF piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETINE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
w. N. Hunt, at % cents per box-by mail
80 cents.
, 1889-01-26
Dispersed by Their Creditors.

A fearful riot of the students arises
in a German town, and no one, not
even the best liked tutor, is able to
pacify them, till a professor, hiring a
barouche, takes in all the master tai
lors of the city and drives them
through tho campus, when tho mob
disperses as by magic. -Fliegende
Blaetter.
, 1889-01-26
Dr.. Vagaer& ca.
sPECIAhIsTs


n5oHel nohporpsy lI ucNotIhE onlIci tlhle
ahu htteItion 70 t.is nlucn hGsIecte9 cliss Oh
uIsetsesIo eiieNihs that mo SohulIion OF hunlan,
ny rs too WreIcnGu 10 merit tncsy niIatny ana
long MS many are Innocent su flerers and thnt
the physicIan who deyotes himself
To rc1ieying tho otnicted ond sayjna
than the surgeon or physician wholly close ap-
tession. And, ~ortnnately Tor humanity the day
~ u1wmIng wen ne tnJ ms MI. ~ III ILL.,
the Iepers nnde the jewish law'to leunc''red
, 1889-01-26
Advice 10

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, %softens the gums, allays
the pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhma. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle.
, 1889-01-26

A correspondent of The Boston
Transcript says that Mrs. Tyler, the
heroine of the Mary Had q Little
lamb" poem, is living a few miles out
side of Boston, and is Oversee years old.
The verses were written In Sterling,
Mass, by John Roulstone, a young
man then preparing for college. He
CHANGED TO be visiting the school when
The lamb episode occurred.
, 1889-01-26
nuckiena ArnIcn SnIye.

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 positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1889-01-26

Castle Thunder was a Confederate
prison at Richmond during tho civil
war, in which civilians who weres us-
pected or known to be in opposition to
tho insurgents were confined. The
building was originally a tobacco fac
tory, and was burned early in Septem-
ber 1879
, 1889-01-26

Kellner wishes to state that he is soon
to wind up his business here, and will
therefore close out his entire stock of dry
goods and millinery for less than they
cost at wholesale.
, 1889-01-26

William @. Fiske is to resign his scat
in the Stock Exchange and sell the
same to pay a claim of $1,000 which
w. G. Fish holds against him.
, 1889-01-26

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader Office.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09

informing mo that it was time for nc to arise. I turned In the direction of the sound but could see nothing except my wife's features. fdid not for . moment suspect the truth. believed my sight was temporarily impaired e is naturally the case after gazing at an extremely bright object Bat before long awoke to the fact that was blind to everything but mywife's image. This remained per- mAnently before me, but not in its original hues- still more beautiful tints gradually eclipsed the others, probably their complementary colors This final apparition has never left me. Whether my lids are closed or open my wife s always before my eyes. At times feel her presence, but her voice is dumb for ever.
 at had never occurred to me during the time I was elaborAting my experiment that the ultra rays might have an injurious effect upon the retina. now believe that these rays of unusual light have produced pathological change in this membrane It Is for those who conduct the examination of my remains to prove by actual demonstration the truth of my story"
 pr. Benson laid the paper on the table. Some time elapsed before the impressive silence WAS broken. Each one present remained absorbed in reflection upon these extraordinary revelations At last 1t was suggested that the ghastly object of the meeting should be carried out. This is not the place for me to describe the details of tho examina- tion. 1t Is enough to say that Dr. Gabriel had anticipated, in a part of the retinal mem brane of both eyes, what Is known as the "visual purple" was found to bs permanently bleached, forming two "optegrams," or natural CD photographs, which clearly defined the outline of beautiful head
 These optograms were immediately enlarged by photography. The two pictures thus obtained were placed together and viewed through, an or dinary sterescope.
 On looking through the instrument, as I am do- ing at the present moment, see the dim and misty image of Q female head like an unfinished sketch of beautiful model. It Is difficult to believe hat 1t is an actual photograph of disembodied spirit Yet such 1t is and without doubt 6 witness to the truth of Dr. Gabriels story and the of his experiment.
 Dr. Gabriers death remains mystery. Nothing was found at the examination which could in any way explain it, Temple Bar
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09
A Cheap Pair of Pictures.

For 40c we will mail, post paid, to any address the splendid oolored engravings, the "ArkanAw Traveller" and "The Turn of the Tune j" also with- out extra charge, the original story of the "Arkan- the music of the @ArkAnAw Traveller" arranged for the piano. The pictures are gotten up in the highest style of art and possessing such historical interest they should have place in every house. hold. Postage stamps taken. Address the Arkan- aw Traveller Publishing Co, Chicago, Ill.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09
How He 0estured.
San Francisco Wasp.


 Senator SpoOner, of Wisconsin, tells an interest his first speech in the senate he made great many room. When he went home that evening he ex- pected compliments from his wife; indeed, he thought there would be taffy for supper sure But she never said word about the speech. The sena- tor waited and waited for the compliments and finally was obliged to mention to Mrs. Spooner that he had made 6 speech; . speech which had met with the approval of old statesmen like Sena. tors Hoar, Edmunds, Evarts and Sherman. Fin ally, after mentioning the names of those who had congratulated him, MT. Spooner asked his wife what she thought of the effort. She replied by standing up up, rolling her handkerchief into a ball, throwing 1t the table several times waving her hands over her head and stamping on the floor with her little foot hard she could stamp. The senator thought his wife was going crazy, and cried:
 "For heavens sake, Anna, what is the matter with your"
 She made no reply, but went on throwing the handkerchief, waving her hands, wiping her face as though in precipitation, and walking back and forth before the table At last 1t flashed across the mind of the senator that his wife was taking him off, He said:
 "Anna, did act like that?"
 She replied instantly:
 "Yes, you did, John only you can make bigger fool of yourself than can possibly initiate"
 The senator tells the story on himself and has never permitted himself to gesture 90 vehemently since. He has taken high rank in the senate as an orator of the first class, as he is put forward by the caucuses of his party as their principal spokes man on many important matters, especially those in which strong partisanship is needed to be dis played.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-10
THE COURTS.
THE SUPREME COURT,

washineton Dee 9.-The Supreme Court OF the United
Sutcs to-day rendered opinion in the of the
hastings and Dakota Raiioad Company against Julia D.
whitney, involving construction Of the land laws az sp
piled certain lsnds within railroad land grants The
land question prior 20 its to the railroad was en-
tered by soldier named Turner who OF the time with
his regiment Virginia Turner'S family net residing
land required by and after the local land
once had allowed his entry IL cancelled BY the lana
ONCE The railroad company contends thst hs entry OK
Turner'S invalid its face. because II ola not ss"o
that his family was residing the land or that any I'M
provemens existed and that IL did not constitute even an
inchoste right to land and that therefore, was no'
reserved al the time OF the railroad grant Ihe COMPANY
accordingly sought 10 have land declared part vi us
r.nt and the subsequent entry of Mrs whitney formerly
Iul. ID Graham void for this reason. The supreme
Court OF Minnesota gave udenent against the railroad ana
this court sustalns that judgment.
No Ios4-The United States appellant. agt Henry
Schoheld the Circuit Court OF me United
No ioO.W'iam ROemef appellant, sgt Thomas II.
I've i2i-Willam Roemer, appellant, agt. Albert o.
,teaney Appeals the Circuit Court OF the United
sates for the southern District OF New-fotk
eNo I3s-wliliam ROcmer appellant agt Charles
70 I3s-wiIliam Roemer. appellant sgt Richard c.
,ontnson Appeals from hr Circuit Court OF United
ssaies for the District OF NewJersey. DEGREES affirmed
sSo liO-Mrs Nancy A. Bradley. ct al appellants act
uorsce y. Cann, al Appeal from the Circuit Court
the United for tho Eastern District Louisiana
Tee reversed with costs, and remanded for further
prssdings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-10
GRAIN AND PEODCCE NARKETS
FEATURES OF Nrw.yonk DEALINGS

FEATURES OF NEw-YoRK DEALINGS
WINE showing no material losses, the grain specu-
latons yesterday tended downward. The visible sup
ply OF wheat Increased 1,s6s,305 bushels. aud the
gain exceeded the general estimate. This fact coupled
with dun and tame cables favored tho development Of
bearsh feeling. There sales Of nearly 10000
bushels for export aud about 24,OO0 bushels for Milling
purposes. The scarcity of spring wheat kept those
EIades strong. while winter weaker The dealings
IN options amounted 10 about 100000 bushels, aud
the trading was chiefly OF local, scalpng sort The
longs were sellers and the narrow limits of the spscula
tive market presented further break than that which
occurred January declined from So Ia 50 3S TO 30
ana May from IS 7-SGSe 1916 10 80 7-f6 cents, and
The market CLOSED weak On the curb sales made
0f January ar "a IS and May at 80 IL cents
The options ended officially showing losses Of Is for
December at SO IS, 80 for January at - IS, February
AZ SO Is. March al ~ 3S and May at IS >, and Of
II cent for June at 81 IA cents
There a decrease Of 414,l3s bushels I'm the
visible supply OF This and The large export
demand raised spot lots IA cent. shippers took
100000 bushels. The options we're moderately active
December closed UP 1-s cent at AZ IS In sympathy
with the cash market January az ~ and February al
al I-4 were unchanged, while May closed down Is
cent at IL SO cents $500
The export demand for oats sustained co. 600
bushels being taken by shippers. weaker tone pre-
vailed and spot lots fell IL cent, and options showed
the loss at % 81 for December. % 5-S for
January and rs IL cents for February and May
There sales OF 900 tlerces Of lard part being