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, 1889-10-19

The fermentation produced in India
by putting the new wine of western
ideas into the old bottles of Hindoo
tradition is producing many surpris-
ing results. But the process must have
gone on very rapidly to admit of a de-
vout Hindoo, of high caste and posi-
ton, freely ~criticising the sacred city
OF Benares. He stigmatizes it as ''one
of the worst places on earth" and as
"a sink of corruption, both moral and
physical" True enough, no doubt;
though fair seeming from the river,
with its temples and bathing ghauts
and palaces, Benares is unquestionably
an exceedingly dirty and unsavory
town. Nor are the bulk of the inhabi-
tants superior to their surroundings,
II common report may be believed.
But in none of these respects has there
been any change; what the holy city
now is, 1t has been from time whereof
the memory of man runneth not to
the contrary. The only difference is
that its denominations have become
palpable to the classes" owing to
their having come into contact with
western civilization. They refuse any
longer TO believe that, because a CITY
bears a sacred reputation, it should be
privileged to set the laws Of health,
moral and physical, at defiance. But
this Independence of criticism is only
found among Hindoos at a distance.
The residents still set their faces
against change. Benares is, they main
tain, unimprovable by mortals, being
of divine origin, and they wait pa
tiently for some hygienic Avatar to
cleanse its Augean stables. As for
King Cholera, what matter his visits
to people privileged by their very
citizenship alone to pass the stern por-
tails into the new and happy life9-
London Globe.
, 1889-10-19

1t is astonishing that out of the
large number of girls that learn short
hand and typewriting how few there
r who make q success of it. The
colleges have been crowded with
shorthand and typewriter students for
the last four or five years, and yet
even now expert operators are not by
any means a drug in the market One
would think, considering the large
number of girls that have studied
shorthand and typewriting, that it
would be an easy matter to secure
good operators, but although incom-
petent operators are plentiful l can as
sure you that there are very few lex
perts" hunting positions. Any one
who doubts this can try the expert
ment of trying to secure the services
of a first class typewriter in a hurry,
and he will meet with disappoint-
ments that will convince him of the
truth of my remarks. Interview in
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
, 1889-10-19

Baron Stockmar relates that the pol
c was in the charge of three separ
rate departments, each of which moved
along its own predestined track with
out any sort of unity or p~rearrange-
ment. 1t was not decided which parts
of the palace belonged respectively to
their control. In the time of George
III the lord stewart had the custody
of the whole palace excepting the roy
al apartments, drawing rooms, etc.
In the next two reigns il was held
that the whole of the ground floor,
including halls and dining rooms,
was in his charge. AT the beginning
of the present reign, the lord ste wart
surrendered to the lord chamberlain
the grand hall and other rooms on the
ground floor, but it was a question
quite in the clouds to whom the juris-
diction of the kitchen, sculleries and
pantries belonged. The outside of the
palace pertained to the department of
the woods and forests.
One result OF this arrangement was
that, while the lord chamberlain
could clean the inside of the windows,
he could not clean the outside, and
negotiations had to be carried on to
secure that the operations within and
without should be conducted at the
same time. The housekeepers, pages
and housemaids were under the au-
thority of the lord chamberlain the
footmen, livery porters and under but
lers under that of the master of the
horse, while the clerk OF the kitchen,
the cooks and the porters were under
the jurisdiction of the lord stewart.
1t was the duty of the lord stewart
TO lay the fires and the lord chamber
lain TO light them. The lord cham
berlain had to provide the lamps and
the lord stewart TO keep them in or
der. II a pane of glass in the scullery
wanted mending q requisition had to
be written and signed by the chief
cook; it was then countersigned by
the clerk of the kitchen, then taken to
be signed by the master OF the house
hold, thence taken TO the lord cham
berlain, by whom it was authorized.
and finally laid before the clerk of
the works in the department of the
woods and forests. The authority of
the master of the household was en-
tirely unrecognized. The servants
went off duty whenever they liked,
while the dormitories, where ten or a
dozen footmen slept in the same room,
We're the scene of smoking, drinking
and other Irregularities. - Contempt
any Review.
, 1889-10-19
Nobility.

a generous man expects to be i'm
posed upon; but the satisfaction of re-
heving one deserving sufferer com
pensates for the modification of being
swindlcd by nine imposters. A SYM
pathetic mar often ''slops over, " in the
judgment Of cold, cautious men, and
trusts men that were not worthy to
be trusted.
Henry Ward Beecher was once crit
iciscd for his sympathetic trustfulness
by a friend who called it "gush," and
shopping over He replied:
suppose | do slop over sometimes.
Well. | never saw u pan full of milk
that did not slop over. If you do not
wanting any stopping over, take a pint
OF milk and put it in a big bucket.
There will be no stopping over then.
"A man who has only a pint of feel
ing IN an enormous bucket never
slops over. But if n man is full of
feeling, up TO the very brim, how is
he going to carry himself without
splllng overfn
His father, DR.. Lyman Beecher, had
befriended a man who turned against
INN, and acted very meanly. One day
the father, having heard OF the mans
meanneSs, came home very much ex-
cited Instead of blowing out, he
raised his hand, and bringing it down
emphatically but slowly, said:
Well, when | have acted honor
ably toward a man, and he goes away
and acts meauly toward me, | am
never sorry hat l acted honorably to-
ward hlm!-Houth's Companion.
, 1889-10-19

This reminds me of a story l once
heard Frank +. Davis tell a few years
ago, when he was prosecuting attor-
ney. He was defendant in the same
kind of suit as Jameson, and prose-
cuted it so vigorously that he won the
suit and had judgment entered up
against him.
well" said ], that was bad. Did
your attorneys appeal the casel"
NO" said he, ''the judgment still
stands"
"Why," said l, in surprise, WASH.
an execution issued against youf"
NO" said he, with a slight twinkle
in his eye, you see the prosecuting
attorney forgot to turn it I'VE to the
sheriff"
But I believe he paid it just the
same.
Many years ago when Judge 81. G.
Hicks was not as popular as he has
been in later years, so / am told, he
owed a little bill of $25 to a well
known firm, and one of the members
came to see him about it. The Judge,
then a plain colonel, lately returned
from the war, frankly confessed that
he was busted and asked for an ex
tension of time.
Cant do 1t, " said the gentleman.
'1f you don't pay it well have to sue
you"
How can l pay when l haven't got
the money!" asked the colonel. "AllI
want is a little time"
well, Wen have to bring suit"
said the gentleman, as he started off.
Hold on" said the colonel, as a
bright idea struck him. 'If you must
sue me, why not give me the case2
You will have to employ some law
YER
That's SO, said the gentleman, "all
right, bring the suit"
Col. Hicks brought the suit. con
fessed judgment, sent in his bill for
$50 attorneys fees, collected it, then
settled the judgment. From that
time on he had all the firms law bust
ness .-Minneapolis Tribune.
, 1889-10-19

The Dexter Me.) Gazette claims to
have discovered one of the meanest
men OF the age. He took a piece of Hand
OF poor widow to plant on halves.
The land was planted to potatoes, and
the crop was a good This mean
man came by night, dug into the sides
OF the hills and removed from each all
the tubers with the exception of a few
struggling ones. This left the tops
hourishing apparently as vigorously
as ever. At the official digging" tho
widow was sadly disappointed at the
paucity of the crop, and when the po-
tatoes were divided her portion was a
mite" indeed. 1t surely is to be
hoped that this man will long con
tinue to hold the championship uncon-
tested on this record.
, 1889-10-19

Call no man happy till he is dead, :"
says the maker of apothegms. "Name
10 son after a living man." is n good
maxim TO supplement the old saying
with. Your feeling toward a man no
longer living is less apt to change, for
one thing; certainly he himself can
do nothing to alter it, and till a man
is dead, or at least arrives at an age
after which no mans character
changes, it is a leap in the dark to
tack his name on TO a helpless infant
Conversely, it is a pleasure not I'M
mixed with pain to hear your name
coupled with n degenerate son of even
your dearest friend.-Critic.
, 1889-10-19
The Queen. Closed Rooms.

When Queen Victoria dies the nu-
merous suites of rooms now closed in
the royal palace Will probably be re-
opened for occupancy. The queen
has a strong %penchant for closing
rooms once used by her friends. The
apartments in Claremont in which
the Princess Charlotte died more than
seventy years ago r vigorously
closed. Prince Albert's apartments at
Windsor, Osborne and Balmoral are
all kept precisely as they were when
he was alive. The duchess of Kent's
DON at Frogmore are also shut up,
which renders that abode absolutely
useless, as they are the best in the
house. The queen has also kept John
Browns rooms at Windsor entirely
closed since the death of that domestic.
Exchange.
, 1889-10-19

A bright man, commenting on the
change of standards in the social in
tercourse among young people, said:
Look at the diiferencel When l was
a young man, and wished to show at
tention to a young lady, / bought her
flowers or candy, and called in the
evening, when we talked sentiment
or sentimentality, as the mood of the
moment decided. A few read books,
but the favorite books among young
ladies in my day were so intensely
feminine that there was little in com
mon between the men and women in
discussing them. See my boy and
grill Listen to theml She can criti-
else his serving in tennis; beats him
frequently. If he wants to show his
preference for a young lady, he either
urges her to become a member of his
tennis or bowling club, or never rests
until he is a member of hers.
They look forward to a Saturday
jaunt along the road for five or ten
miles from week to week. She under
stands good scoring in a baseball
game. In fact, boys and girls enter
into each others lives far more than
formerly. If she joins his tennis club,
he joins her reading club. They both
use foils, and she proves no mean OPP
ponent. The people who admire the
old.relation between young people are
those who know nothing Of the pres
emit healthy interchange of mental and
physical culture. l think both sexes
gain"
1t is said by one of the hotel propri-
etors Of a fashionable resort that there
are young men enough for a game of
tennis in the afternoon, but not
enough TO complete a dancing set in
the evening. Yet at a far moie recent
date than limits the memory of the
oldest inhabitant this was not the con-
dition of life at a watering place,
when talk filled an afternoon and dan
cling an evening.-Christian Union.
, 1889-10-19
A Pointer for TUT Hunters.

A French paper notes that the mem
bers of a distinguished family of Lii
mousin, when about the age of 20, de-
velop a round tuft of white hair over
the forehead, albeit the rest of their hair
may be black, brown or red. The por-
traits of their ancestors for many gem
erations past show this distinguished
mark, of which the descendants are
not a little proud. We believe the Or
SIM family of Italy are also remark
able for the growth of a tuft of white
hair, a characteristic of their ances-
tors during many centuries. -London
Court Journal.
, 1889-10-19
A Romeo who Does Chores.

There is said to be a young man at
West Newton, Pa, who, when he goes
to see his girl, is compelled to split
wood, carry in coal, run errands and
work in the garden, by the girls mo-
ther, before he is allowed to do any
counting. We should think that when
he had all these tasks accomplished it
would be time to go home to break
fast; but perhaps he is permitted to
remain until the morning meal is pre-
pared and is made to help his girl wash
the dishes. He says he won't kick so
long as the old woman doesn't send the
girl to bed and insist upon being
courted in her place.-Norristown
Herald
, 1889-10-19

La Casas describes the Peruvian
burial rites as follows: 1.-THE dead are
wrapped in the skin of the llama, then
clothed and deposited in a sitting pos
ture. The doors of the tombs, which
r all toward the east, are then closed
with stone OF clay. At the end of a
year, when the body becomes dry,
the doors are again opened. There is
no bad odor, because the skins in
which the body are placed are sewn
up very closely, and from the cold
they soon become mummies. Sci
enrn
, 1889-10-19
PRgsENI ANp PROSPECTIVE.

Alone, alone l sit and think
How friends have crossed the rivers brink
The narrow bounds which all must pass
Mown down and withered like the grass
The years have sped, but hopes are left
High as the Olympus mountain cliff.
Shall they be Ehattcredf Nay, not so;
Higher they rise as on we 60.
The sun shines low at early morn,
As from the east Its rays are borna
And at meridian, more Its glow
Revives all living things below.
And shall not the aspiring soul
Meet its desire with more control
Than first It drew its vital breathl
Shall it fall helpless in the shades Of deathf
Nature and God proclaim aloud
Though man puts on the funeral shroud-
Vets shall he live again" and love the more
The power creative, as unseen before.
Like autumn leaves we droop and fall
From the shorn tree, and like a pail
Failing DER earth, when faith anew is given,
Which centers in the blissful hope of heaven
Be steadfast, friends, for life is very brief,
What now Is Joyous soon may turn TO grief;
ID unto others as you'd wish them do to you
What fails you here will be redeemed anew.
George w. Parsons in the Salem Gazette.
, 1889-10-19

A new sponge industry is being de-
veloped on the coast of Dalmatia as an
outcome of experiments by Professor
Oscar Schmidt, of Syria. Professor
Schmidt planted in favorable spots
very small cuttings of live sponge,
and in three years was rewarded with
a fine crop of large sponges. The ex-
pense was small the total cost of 1000
sponges being not more than 225
Francs. New York Telegram.
, 1889-10-19

He-You are the only daughterl
She-Yes.
He-I should think your father
would be willing to set the fellow who
marries you up in businessl
She-Well, l don't know. Pa has
made that offer six times now, and
nothing ever came of it any time; but,
George, if you want me it might do to
e the old man about it.-Epoch.
, 1889-10-19

Family matters should never be dis
cussed before strangers.
Good manners are made up of petty
sacrifices.-Emerson.
The only thing certain about litiga-
ton is its uncertainty.-Bovee.
Minds of modern caliber ordinarily
condemn everything which is beyond
the limits of their comprehension
Young Ladies' Journal.
, 1889-10-19

A Cincinnati girl Is years old dug
her elbow into a policeman's ribs with
such force as to crack two of them.
and yet she called it light dig. Sup
pose that girl grows up and marries
and hears burglars some night and
kicks that elbow out for her husbands
side i-Detroit Free Press.
, 1889-10-19
A hale old man. Mr.. Jas. Wilson. o

A hale old man, Mr.. Jas. Wilson, of
Aliens Springs, ILL.,, who is over 90 FEARS
OF age, says: Il have in my time tried a
great many medicines, some of excellent
quality; but never before did | find any
that would so completely do all that is
claimed for it as Chamberlain's Collie
Cholera and DiarrhGa Remedy. 1t Is
truly a wonderful medicine" For sale
by b. b. David.
, 1889-10-19
Buck,en.. ArnIcn s.Ive.

The best salve in the world tor cuts.
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
Sores, letter, cbapped hands, chilblains,
Coins and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to eive perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by B. B. David, Druggist.
, 1889-10-19

We call attention to the Rex" ad. in
this issue, it may interest you.
, 1889-10-19

Job Printing neatly executed at the
Leader Job Printing Rooms.
, 1889-10-19
Dr.. r&ca.
GID ~~ ~
sPECIALIsrs.

We offer no apoIogy for devoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class OF
diseases, believing that 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 that
the physician who devotes himself
them from worse than death, is no less a
~philanthrophist and "A benetactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician wholly close APP
plication exeels IN any Other b anch Of hispro-
fession. And, fortunately fol humanity the day
condemned the victims OF folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law. to die uncgred
for, has passed away
YOUNG E;N
Whomny besu ffering from the efectso OF youth
full follies or indiscretions, viii do well to ayail
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
NER will g~uaranteeto forfeit hve hundred dol
lars for every case of seminal weakness or pri-
vate disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes and fails to cure.
MIDDLE-AG ED MEN
There are many men OF the age OF 30 TO 60 who
are troubled with 100 frequent excavations OF
the bladder often accompanied by n slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken
ing OF the system in n manner the patient cam
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posits a rory sediment will often be found and
sometimes small particles of albumen will ap-
pear, or the color will be of akin or milkish
hue, again changing to a dark and turbid ap-
pearance. There are many men who die OF
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
the second stage OF seminal weakness. DIR.
Wagner will 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 in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republt.
can.
All communications should be addressed
DIR. WAGNER & co.
l4l4 Larimere street. Address. Box 27S2 Den.
yer. Colorado.
Cut this out and lake along
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-06
King Oscar Of Sweden.

Precisely at noon the sound OF military
music WAS heard from outside the hail
and we knew that the King had come,
says a writer i'll the Pittsbure Dispatch.
The audience rose and remained standing
as he came in, bowed TO the right and
left, followed by the Crown Prince, the
President and Secretary of The Congress,
the courtmartial and adjutants The
involuntary expression which come to
every ones lips was: "What splended
man."
His handsome, ford face is set off by
gray hair and beard, and lis broad
shoulders, erect aud large figure well be-
come his Office. Trained at sea, he has
the bearing of n Captain WHO trcads the
deck with full confidence in his own
powers of command. He wore the
splendid uniform Of an Admiral, over it
the bread blue sash of the Order of the
Seraphim, stars and decorations in guam.
tity and immense gold cqaulcttes. AS
soon rs King Oscar had put on his eye
glasses he rose and read in French his
address of welcome-or rather shouted il
out rs though lie were giving commands
from the bridge i'll a gale OF wind. a
man of fine literary taste and culture,
which seems TO be hereditary in the Bern
adotic family, he is considered the best
speechmaker III his kingdom.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-06
Acts Like 4 Chicken.

y remarkable case OF madness. result.
ing from wound inflicted by an angry
animal, has recently appeared on the
plantation of Joseph Middleton, which
lies about three miles from BraZoria,
Texas. y colorcd woman employed by
him, while setting hen to hatch II nest
of eggs, wished to place more under her,
and raised the fowl from the nest in order
to 10 so. The hen turned on her and
gave her Il peek on the hand so severe as
To break the skin, drawing ut the same
time Il few drops Of blood
rs the wound healed up without delay
nothing more was thought of the matter,
the woman only mentioning the occur
renee CASUALLY to some of the colorcd
people on the place.
Some ten days after tie hen had pecl,cti
her, the woman began to exhibit STRANGE
freaks OF demelnor, and, from good
natilrcd, obliging creature, has become so
fractions and surly that all are afraid to
approach her. She refuses all compan-
lnnship and wanders about the country
all day from early morning, only comin:.
to the house for her meals. If any at
tempt is made to coniinc her, or to lay
hands on her, she becomes violently
angry and makes vicious darts and
springs toward any one present.
For days she has not spoken word
but keeps up continually IL low, chuck
ing noise, most horribly like hen, and
sits by the hour scratching in the earth
with her hands and feet. In eating her
resemblance to Il fowl is displayed in u
most remarkable and shocking manner,
Tor her food is taken up by her peclling
at 1T with all the motions OF Il chickens
head while feeding.
All who knew her before her madness
say that her entire expression has under
gone change. This is probably true,
Tor her features now wear Il sharpcncd
eager aspect, and her eyes have Il most
unnaturally hard and bright look, with a
blrd-likc way Of CHANGING about her. AT
night she refuses to sleep under roof.
and is generally found hiding about sun
set under some tree or bush, and will
vigorously resent with an angry cackle
all attempts to disturb her. She is Wis
,b!e growing weaker, and physicians
vino have seen her say that her death is
only a question of few weeks at most.
Colored people about regard her as
one bewitched or ''hoo,looed," and can
no. he prevailed unon to approach her,
even her husband and children having
deserted her. People come from all over
The country to see her, while she remains
10 all apr;isances perfectly oblivious to
"cr visitors, and quietly pursues hcl
9iuc.inS and scratching rs long as she is
not interiered WITH Com'aerciM .idce,..
tear.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-06

The bump Of fun is exceedingly wei.
developed i'll the average soldier of the
regular army. They are constantly on
the lookout to play some pranks OH their
comrades, and when found ont or dis
covered it seldom, il ever, results in Il
row, Tor all concerned take it good
naturcdly and wait their time TO pay
baci; in turn.
One Sergeant sent raw, ver,lant
recruit out on Il dark, stormy night with
q lantern to see what time it was by the
sun dial. The poor fellow stood i'll the
rain for malt an hour, and then it sud.
denly Gawned upon him that ne was
being made Il fool CT. The ncXt time
dress parade was formed The recruit got
even on this little joke. lie surrcptitiously
placed big ROSTERS feather in the apex
OF the First Screeant's full dress helmet,
and in this condition the latter marched
on parade.
Whats that YOU have in your he'll
metz" stcrnly demanded the Colonel
Nothing, sir, y answered the frightened
Sergeant. Diciplirc was lost for n
moment, for down the whole line could
be heard Il litter Of mcrrimcnt.
The victim saw there WAS something
wrong, ard removing lis hat for a
moment, he discovered the feather No
more Jokes We're played Oh that recruit
aiterward by anybody.