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, 1889-06-26

Showers of frogs, are by no means
al uncommon occurrence. Professor
Geike says that they frequently hap
pen in Italy, but it is noticed that the
phenomenon always takes place near
q wall, and there is a grave suspicion
that the little hoppers are merely
washed from the roofs and cutters dur
ing n heavy rain. The rain of blood that
frightened the Hague nearly out of
its wits in the Seventeenth century
was caused by an enormous swarm of
tiny red water fleas. Other sangui-
nary showers have had an equally
harmless origin, and most of them
have certainly been caused by rain
falling through very fine red dust from
desert regions, which is sometimes
carried through the air for hundreds
of miles. The p%easantry of Andalusia
in 1904 witnessed a shower of wheat,
and were disposed to think the good
old days of the children of Israel had
returned when provisions were provi-
dentially supplied. The explanation
was very simple when it was found
out. Over in Africa, across the straits
of Gibraltar, some laborers had been
threshing wheat. While they were at
their midday meal a hurricane swoop-
ed down, swept their threshing floors
clean, lifted the grain thousands of feet
in the air by its mighty suction, and
finally sowed it over the streets of q
Spanish town.-Boston Transcript.
, 1889-06-26
To Succeed at housekeeping.

The original and divine idea of
married life is that of a family home
over which the husband and wife
shall preside; and so housekeeping is
the normal condition of such n life.
However, q normal condition may be
rendered n failure by mismanagement
or the perverseness of those who have
n part therein. In this world anything
good may be perverted, and the great
est blessings changed into n curse.
And so housekeeping, the proper
thing for all married people, may be
made a failure in given instances.
1t cannot be n failure ON the whole
unless all family life shall prove to be
n failure.
Marriage without housekeeping is
a hybrid of modern invention, which
is about equal TO life without a home.
1t is true many married people board
and claim to find pleasure therein,
but that shows an abnormal taste
which has grown up through lack of
knowledge of anything better.
But, then, it cannot be denied that
some wives are unfit TO preside over a
home. They do not know how to
make good bread, or properly broil a
beefsteak, or put together the ingre-
dients of a pudding, and so their cook
ing upsets and deranges the digestive
organs, breeds dyspepsia and bilious
ness, and lays the foundation for max
ing the husband n sinner beyond the
power of diyine grace to prevent it.
There Is also n wastefulness that
spends money to no profit in the line
of comfort, and a lack of tidiness
which destroys all att~ractiveness of
home surroundings. Such housekeep-
ing is unquestionably n failure, and
failure often because the wife was
never taught or trained in better
ways. The real difficulty dates back
to a former generation and, therefore,
cannot be corrected in the present.
But there is no reason why this lack of
training should go down to curse the
next generation. All girls may be
trained and should be trained by. skill
full teachers in all the arts of house
keeping.-New York Star.
, 1889-06-26
a STORY.
Showing the Extremes to which an En-
thusiastic Scientist VIII Go.

Showing the Extremes to which an En-
thusiastic Scientist VIII Go.
A remarkable suit will soon be
brought before the criminal court of
London, the cause of which are as
follows:
On the both of May, DR.. B., a distin-
guished pulmonary specialist, was con-
suited by a man SO skeleton like in
appearance that he could scarcely be
recognized asa member of the human
family. After a careful examination
the doctor said:
II can do nothing for you; within
ten days you Will be dead"
With the calmness of despair. the
young man, aided by a servant, pre-
pared to depart AS he was about to
cross the threshold, DR.. B. detained
him a moment and asked:
Are you rich2"
"Very-a millionaire, in fact, " re-
piled the wretched man.
Then order your coachman to
drive you to the Victoria station,
start for Dover by the IL o'clock train,
take passage on a steamer for Mar
settles, and thence by rail to Nice.
For six months-should God spare
your Hfe-eat neither bread, nor fruit,
nor meat, neither drink wine, but eat
cress and only cress; yer drink the
broth of it. By this means only can
your life DO saved, if such a thing is
possible. The method is rather a
strange one, but / offer it to a dying
man; try it."
Six months later a robust young
man crossed the ante-room-where a
number of patients were waiting-and
entered the office of DIR. B. At sight
of the famous physician tears filed his
eyes, and rushing up TO him he EN-
braced him and said:
My dear doctor, will you accept a
million, two million2"
Are you crazy7" asked the doctor.
mo, no, / am sane, but realize that
you have saved my life. Don't you
know met l know you. am p, the
millionaire, whom you saved from an
inevitable death by your wonderful
treatment. For six months l careful
ly obeyed your orders and took your
inestimable cress prescription. My
improvement was so miraculous that |
am now in excellent health" and to
verify his remarks he beat his chest
vigorously with his fist.
what, whatI' exclaimed the aston
ished physician, you are the man
upon whom 1 experimental with
~cress2"
YES, 1 am he" responded the
young man; II returned to the city
yesterday, and come to you today to
express my gratitude"
The doctor signed to his assistant to
withdraw, and then quickly drawing
from his pocket a small revolver, he
leveled it, and, in an instant, his pa
tent fell dead at his feet.
Without a moments delay he com
menced TO make a post-mortem exam
nation. When the police arrived he
was carefully examining the lungs of
his victim with a microscope and
studying the effect Of the cress on the
diseased parts. To the officers of the
law, no said:
II killed this man for an immediate
autopsy, in order to discover a mys-
terry which may be a boon to all man
kind for this reason l do not hesitate
to sacrifice my conscience TO the de-
mands of science. Adapted for the
Argonaut from the Romaic.
, 1889-06-26
Ready with an Answer.

Benjamin f. Butler, in the early
days of his practice at the bar, was re
CURED to give some legal notice
in n suit in which he was engaged.
The judge asked him to name the news
paper in which he desired the adver-
tisement inserted. Butler was at that
time an ardent northern Democrat,
and The Lowell Advertiser, a journal
entirely ignored by most of the com
munity, was the only organ of his
party in the judicial district
In what paper2" asked the clerk
contemptuously, when told to insert
the notice in The Advertiser. 'Idon't
know such a paper"
May it please your honor" Butler
replied, Il trust the clerk will not in
terrupt the proceedings by attempting
10 tell us what he doesn't know, be.
cause if he does, we might as well
adjourn till after the day of judg-
ment."-San Francisco Argonaut.
, 1889-06-26
tho led.

On a bed dressed in accordance with
the most modern ideas there is 10 use
for pillow shams. If money is no OBJ
Jcet one can order n bedspread with a
wide border of old rose plush and with
n center of satin in a paler shade of the
same color. Close against the plush
may be an embroidery pattern OF pop
pies with leaves and buds. In the cen
ter of the square may be a shield out
lined with black rope silk. Witt n
the shield, upon the spread this de-
scription if taken from, arc three mi
tials, occupying the upper part; the
lower is filed with apple blossoms
without leaves. The embroidery on
both border and center is in satin
stitch. In place of pillows is a round
bolster, covered with satin, gathered
at each end and tied with a heavy cord
and tassels. A band of plush, headed
with embroidery, encircles the bolster
near each end.-The Home Maker.
, 1889-06-26
Nothing 1. Old Since the Flood.

A magazine article talks of 1.-THE
Lack of Old Homes in America" 1t
is a great pity. Things of this sort al
ways impress us very deeply. A few
weeks ago we visited n Sunday school
and the tears filed our eyes as we no.
ticed the great scarcity of old men in
the infant class. We looked over the
rows of little children, all of them I'M
der 6 years of age, and not one white
haired old man in all the class could
we see. There was one bald headed
toothless fellow there, but he was sit
ting in his sisters lap, chewing a rub
Der ring, and singing a song all by
himself, the refrain o. which was ''Ah
goo, ah goo" Yes, indeed, Il re are
few old men in the infant class. Same
way with the kindergarten It's a won
der sore Ptr> magazine writer hasn't
noticed this singular fact, and made
an article about it. = Burdette In
Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1889-06-26
What He Liked.

81 always thought l was fond of
music" said Farmer Greene, ''but
since / visited Matilda in Boston I've
had my doubts about it. / hadn't been
there a day before Matilda she says to
me, Now, father, we're goin' to have
a musical, and l do hope you'll enjoy
itr
"'Of course / SHALL, says L You
know how fond lam of them famous
old Scotch songs you used to sing, and
how I'm always ready TO jine in when
anybody strikes up CORONATION"
Well, this will be the best music
you ever listened TO, says Matilda, and
my mouth watered TO hear it.
"'The night of the concert you ought
TO ha' seen the folks pour in, all silks
and satins and flowers. Matilda wore,
well, / don't rightly know what, but 1
think twas silk and lace. Pretty soon
we all got quoted down, and then a
German, with long hair and a great
bushy beard, sat down to the piano and
began TO play. My, how he did bang
them kcysl There was thunder down
in the bass, and tinklin' cymbals up in
the treble.
THE lady that sat side of me whis-
pered when there was n minutes stop,
DO you distinguish the different mo
tivesf
Ny, nor says 1. L don't see
what anybody's motive could be for
workin' so hard TO make n noise
Then she smiled behind her fan,
but l don't know what at, whether
twas the music or me.
when the piece stopped everybody
hummed and whispered to each other
how lovely twas, and a good many
told the German how much obliged
they We're. 1 didn't say a word.
Then n tall woman, all fixed up
with silks and furbelows, sang n piece
that almost made my hair stand on
end, it went so high, and had so many
ups and downs in it. She was master
smart; anybody could see that, but
somehow | didn't fancy that kind of
singin'. 1t made me uneasy. When
she was climbin' up to her high notes,
/ wondered if she'd ever get there;
and when she dropped down again, l
wanted TO say: Now you've got
through it safe once, don't try it
againi
well, pretty soon Matilda came
round to me and whispered, Father,
how d'you like itf
40 don't care much for it, says 1.
It's n little too much like frosted cake
when you want plain bread
"She laughed, and in a minute 1
heard her sayin' to one of the per-
formers, My fathers n little old fash
Toned, you see, and would you mind2'
What do you suppose happened
then1 Why that woman that sung
the trills and MARBLES stood up, and,
without any piano playin' at all, sung
'Ye Banks and Braes' and John An
derson.' How she knew what l liked
l never could tell, but she sang the
songs I've loved since l wasa boy, and
when she got through the tears were
streamin' down my cheeks.
BLESS you, my dearr says I, and
l went up 10 her and shook both her
hands. And it seemed to me she liked
the songs herself, for when she looked
at me her eyes were wet, too.
81 had n beautiful time, but / sup
pose it's no use thinkin' l appreciate
real music. youths Companion.
, 1889-06-26

Make two tin drums six inches in
diameter and four inches deep. They
should have a heavy wire formed in
same as half gallon cup. The wire
should not be less than No. 8. Take
rawhide that has been Invested of
hair and stretch it over the drum
while wet, and bind it on with a small
wire; let it remain till perfectly dry.
A very thin hide, such as squirrel,
cat, coon, is the best. Thick hide will
not work well. Now, to erect your
drum, wire, etc, having set your
posts and put Up your insulators,
which may be made of wire and sus-
pended from arms which have been
nailed to the posts, bore q hole in the
wall where the drum is to be placed,
run the wire through your drum and
through the rawhide in the center,
having a button ready. Pass the wire
through the eye of the button and
back through the drum and twist
tightly, letting the button go, resting
it on the hide. Put up the wire at the
different insulators String loop u.s.
pendersl till it reaches the other end
of the line; then proceed to do as at
first. If the wire has been properly
stretched and all the work has been
done a it should have been done, YOU
will have a good and cheap telephone.
No. Is copper for main line should be
uSed.-American Artisan.
, 1889-06-26
The NIGHT rELEeRApA OPERATOR.

In his little lamp lit Office,
Thro' the gloomy hOu Of night
Sits the midnight operator
From the eve TIL mornings light
Watching close with sharpsned hearing
What the sleepless 'SouBaes" say,
Talking with his wakeful neighbor
In the station far away.
Converse with far OF neIghbors
Drives the dull night hours along,
While his duties and his "orden"
An the while his memory throng.
Tho HIS eyelids droop at midnight
FcIgn TO close themselves In sleep
Not for him the bliss Of slumbcr;
He must stnl his vigil keep
All the HE the sieepless 'soundcr''
Tells Its tale OF Joy and woe;
Now it tells of birth and marriage
And how hearts with rapture glow.
Now 1t tells OF fatal sickness
Now IL speaks with wailing breath,
While IL tells In mouruful accents
OF some dear friends sudden death
Now sec a scowi of anger
Cloud the operators brow,
Hear him "brcaking'' In his sending
Wonder what's the matter nowI
It's some plug hat is 'receiying,"r
Here him break and say q a
-Four or five times Ia the message
Ere he deigus to give 90" "K-"
Now his ofice call is sounded
How the %glittering ''sounder'' clicks.
And he catches quick the 'order,"
Flag and old train number six.
Quickly comes another ''order"
For a freight train overdue,
And the 'tsounder' clicks It hercely.
Hurry up the thirty-two.
Now hos fighting for the Circuit
With some fellow working west;
One can never break" the other,
Each one docs his level best.
Quickly speaks tho train dispatcher,
How his sharp words ringing come,
stop that fightingi Stop this breakinki
Or III send you rascals homer
Little knows the man or woman,
Swiftly speeding DER the rail,
How the safety or tho danger
Rests on ono h dare not fail;
Rests on the night operator,
Seated In his lonely ROOM;
One installing OF an order
Sends the train to fearful doom
Kindly greet the operator;
lie Is human, nothing less;
Let some soft word. gently spoken,
Serve his tired heart TO rest.
Oft he tires answering questions,
And his face looks hard as tone.
But the heart within his bosom
Beats as kindly as your own.
Troy Daily Press
, 1889-06-26
esumelent Unto the Day.,

There is nothing in all this life SO
completely and hopelessly lost, my
boy, as lost time. 1t is never regained,
not a minute of it. 1t is never made
up. You can't work yesterday into
today, though today were f~orty-eight
hours long. The train that ditched
itself in the yards and SO missed its
trip yesterday can never make it up,
because it is scheduled for a daily trip
and can only make one run n day. If it
misses one, it a only make 1854 trips
that year. There is no way by which
we can crowd eight days into a week.
And leap year doesn't help you out,
because the extra day is scheduled in
it. Fly around, and do something
Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1889-06-26
Why Is It

hat people linger along always complain
ing about that continual tired feeling?
One bottle of Beggs' Blood Purifier and
Blood Maker will entirely remove this
feeling, give them a good appetite and
regulate digestion. Sold by w. N. Hunt,
druggist.
, 1889-06-26
Have YOU heard what Mr.. G. /. Weast.

of Cambridge City, Ind, says of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea
Remcdy2 If not, here it is: During last
summer | was troubled very much with
evere pains in the stomach and bowels,
and was induced by a friend to try this
remedy. | took one dose, as per direc-
tons. and 1t gave me almost instant re-
lief" 25 and so cent bottles for sale by
b. B. David, Druggist. d,
, 1889-06-26
Dr.. Vagaer&ca.
sHECIALIsTs

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class OF
diseases, believing thai no condition OF human
ity is too wretched to merit the sympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be-
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and thai
to relieving the AFFLICTED and saving
them from worse than death, is no less a
philanthrophist and a beneiactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close ap-
phcatlon excels IN any other b anch of his pro-
is dawning when the false phiianthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime. like
the lepers under the Jewish law. to die uncared
for, has passed away.
YOUNG EN
Who may besuffering from the fleets OF youth
ful folnes or indlscretions, will do well to avail
themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
lars for every case OF seminal weakness or pri-
waite disease of any kind or character which he
Undertakes and fails to cure.
MIDDLF-AGED MEN
There are many men OF the age OF 20 to 60 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder often accompanied by a slight
snnartlng or burning sensation and "A weaken
ing OF the system in a manner the patient cam
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posts a ropy sediment will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of albumen wifi ap-
pear, or the color will be of akin or milkish
hue, again changing to a dark and turbid ap-
pearancc. There are many men who die OF
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
the second stage Of seminal weakness. DIR.
Wagner viii guarantee n cure in all such
cases and a healthy restoration OF the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement I'm
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Repubii-
can.
All communications should be addressed
DR.. WAGNER & co.
l4l4 Larimere street Address, Box 27sa Den
yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
, 1889-06-26

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader Office.
, 1889-06-26

Fresh Strawberries received daily at the
Saddle Rock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-30
nArurREn ARoCT THE TowN. :

Anplcation was made TO Judge Culeh, in t.o cur
rreme Court Yesterday for bail for Frank p Dudgeon
who e charged with procuring the uniaWIui opeid.oa
which killed Kitty Cody, but decision was reservoir
until to-day. - -,
Tho trial of a suit brought by James r Hamel
sgalnst the Broollyn and New-York Ferry company
~ recover $4,000 damages for personal lnlu'ss
was begun In the Supreme Court yesleiHaY. W n.'
Hanoi saws that he was assaulted by ga'cmal, Ie,
rick + Kenne. while trying TO accompany ilehu
on boat al Roosevelt-s1
Rids win be opened to-day for street lighting WIN
oas and electricity for the coming year
Deaths last week. 800; births. @e9 marriages.
o. -,
A motion was made yesterday IN The Court 81
Sess,ons for the discharge of Butch' Miller, who
was Jointly indicted with John Greenwad ior me
murder of Lyman s. Weeks Decision was reserved
In report of the trial Of Matthew TravorS' puo.
,,shed Yesterday II was said that he was the son OF
Irvine manufacturer In Duane-s st. New-forA IraVefa
BROTHERS, of No. 1o7 Duane-st deny mar ihe youns
man is the son of any member Of the firm.
The Hfty-frst annual Emerald pail In dd OF me
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum Ssciefy VIII be helu
IbIs evening IN the Academy Of Music. Mayor Chspin
and many other city officials are expected 10 a,ehu
In the suit Of Jerome H. Wass TO recover FlO'VVO
az damages for malicious prosecution rom d. T.
stenhens of the Kings County Water supply TOM
pany. verdict awarding 900 was rendered yes'er'
day,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-30

superintendent Of tho Hoboken Land and Improvement
Company. Captain Ramon NJ. Cook, assistant super
lntendent Of ferries has been rnade superintendent
PATERsoN.-The Rev. John Roberts, colored
preacher has sued the African Methodist Episcopal
Church for $780, years salary, which has been
long unpaid. The Morning Calls daily
newspaper which has been conducted an In
dependent journal by Edward B. Hanes. made its
appearance this week straghtout Republican
Journal under the edltorshp OF Joseph f. Crowell,
for the last thirty years connected with The Paterson
Daily Guardian stock company Of prominent
Republicans bought tho plant from Mr. Haines for
about 100000.
BERGEN PoINT-Bayonne Engine Company No.
1 viii take possession Of its new house In West
scventh.st to-day, and win hold formal reception
there soon. The building cost about $1,000.
BAYoNNE.-A social entertainment and hop VIII
be given tonight in HeDdrckson's Hall, by Court
Pride, No 1884 Ancient order of Foresters.
wESTFIELD.-There win be aIl-day meeting
of the Union County Board of Agriculture tomorrow
AZ the Town Han. There viii be two sessions, one
at 10 a. m. and the other at p m.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-30
ArApN ARorT A SCHOOL. HOUSE.

The residents of Pelhamville, westchester County
we're surprised week or more ago 30 see the following
placard posted about their streets: The Board Of
Education of Union Free School District No. OF Pei
ham, Westchester County, viii pay reward Of $500
for information which viii lead to the arrest ana con-
victon of the person persons who, with wicked In
tent sawed certain OF the fife beams In the roof OF the
new school building at Pelhamvle, in said district
This was the first ntimaon they had received OK the
act Of vandalism, and they were much alarmed But
feeling Of intense indignation soon spread among the
peoplc Of Pelhamville They ono and all said: Why
did the school trustees permit our children to con
tInue attending the school when they knew That the
roof was in this dangerous condition ~
The parents Immediately withdrew their children
from the schon. The feeling Of condemnation grew
so strong that II eliminated in public meeting OF
faxpayers OF Pelhs mvle which held in the Pelham
Hotel, on Monday night In tho meantime the no
beams in the roof bad been repaired and the taxpayers
wanted 10 meet IN the new school building, but the
school trustees refused TO let them resolution was
passed appointing committee OF six consisting OF
ihrce rnasons and three carpenters 10 examine the
building from top 10 bottom and report az the next
meeting OF tho taxpayers on Monday next Another
committee OF two appointed TO Visit an arcmtect
ana request HIN 20 visit and examine the building and
repoYf a ifs safety.