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Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-15
THE PILOTS STORY. A Recollection of the River St.
 Lawrence.

This is the story told me by the Indian pilot of one of the grand steamers that ply the River St. Law renee, and are unknown to tourists from Montreal and Quebec to Rim ouski;
 So you would like to know why l scare at that headlamp? You notice that capes Yes, Corlctt's Cape, we call it, and q bad place it used to be. You notice that lighthouse that stands there? Yes. Well, 1 lived by that headland long before the lighthouse was built, a matter of nearly fifty years ago. hate that same Corlett's Cape, though l never It happened after the lighthouse was built, but the lights were put out on purpose, too. It's well nigh forty years since, but l remember 1t as if it were but yesterday. There was then a little bit of settlement down near the mouth of the creek, which you may have noticed cmptlcs into the river just above the cape. There wern't many people lived there. and the biggest and most inn portant man in the place was Charlie Corlctt He was North of England man. I've heard tell, and anyhow he owned every acre of land and every stick of timber for miles around. Besides. at that tune, Corletts was the only grist and lumber mill with in hundred miles in any direction. Then he owned fast little schooner about the only one that traded to the settlement, making trips up and down the river, between the Quebec and the Provinces. Although Cor lett was rich man for those days, he was fond of sailing and had mo- ton to run the schooner himself. Charlie Corlett would have passed for a handsome man anywhere, and he was, by long odds. the finest built man in the settlement, Rut Charlie had terrible temper. He was so used to having his own way that when any thing or any body thwarted him he was a regular devil in his fierce, unreasonable anger.
 When the lighthouse was built a young Frcnchman from Three Rivers was put in charge as keeper, He was fine young fellow, and if he was not so handsome nor so rich as Charlie Corlett, he was liked a good deal better by the boys,
 Corlett was some ten or twelve years older than young Hector Bap- tiste, but, as luck would have it, they both fell in love with the same woman. Indeed that was hardly to be wondered at, seeing that Llzzle Lenox was the onl y pretty marriage able white woman in the settlement Both men loved the girl well and sin cerely, and both made her an honor able offer of marriage. Of course Lizzie couldn't marry both of them and strange as everybody thought It she chose Hector, The Captain, a' we all called Corlett, was furious with rage, and he tried in every wa, he could think of to induce the gir to change her mind. He argued with her in vain, and then threatened to use his influence with the govern ment to have Hector turned out O the lighthouse. Then he brough costly presents from Quebec and St
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-15

A thousand names around country's birth, In high historic glow their fame combine; But one there is of most exalted worth Whose fragrant lustrc secmS almost divine That name remains distinct apart, and high;
 Not comet like, distilling bancful blghts, But thrOucd forever up in glorys sky. It shines fixed star with ifs satellites. When gloom tvraunic OCT our land was cast,
 When frcemans right, with blood and life were
 bought,
 For ,ls through want, and pain. and winiry blast,
 And lying envy and defeat, he fought; Amid the blOOd-red storm ot battle leading,
 With one high purpose filling all his s"nl He bravcd each peril, hcro-likc, nnhecling,
 Until he stood triumphant at the goal. But hi, tran>ccn,lant triumph was not won,
 That he might wear a crown, q sccptrc hold, For liberty hi. noble deed. were done,
 For liberty his tide of victory rolled When rescued liberty in safety hr"athed,
 He Straightvav folded every standard sheet, His fla shiug brand of war forever shrathcd,
 And camy laid them at his conntry's feet. A high ambition that would not endure
 The aid of any thought or action wrong, ENaltcd wisdom, calm, serene and pure
 A fortitude sedae, self poised and strong. The glory which from stainless honor springs
 A valOr formed to dare and overcome, \ soul proportioued for the grandcSt things
 of that uncqualcd man made up of the sum. With dauntless soul, and with unshrinikng hand He nOby wrought for Us, our hero seer, And round him rose the pillars of the land,
 And now, in this our first centennial year, With what full hearts. what patriotic love,
 Our minds look through the past upon the might With which he bravely lifted far above
 Dcspotic hands, our country's Dome of Light His great example lives in fame sublime,
 And like an cvcr-burning pharOs, glcams In splcudor by the storm swept sea of Time, And on each nations Pilot throws its beams. With gratitude carth's noblcst country owns, How much to him its life and freedom owe; No greater name is found among carth's thrones, Nor with brighter, carth's long annals glow
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-15
A CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE TO WASH
 INCTON.

IHY G. F. SMOOTH, IN rErERs"S's MAGAZINE,
 JULY, ls76
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-15

A Portsmouth paper publishes the following copies of the ballot slips used by jury which tried a man for grand larceny in a New Hampshire court; Gilty, geilty, guilty, not gealty, gillty, geilty, not guilty, guildty, guildy, guilty, giltey, gcalty,
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-15

Il bo ii'Nt b l'-hlSi ht'I Hti off a but, and go easy down the river"
 At that instant saw light fash ing right ahead of us. It didn't look exactly familiar, but we all took it for the lighthouse.
 ''That's lucky" says the Captain. ''I thought we were further off shore. Hard a-port,' he shouted. 'We'll clear the point in good shape now"
 Meantime the wind had been gath ering strength and the water was much roughcr. We were now spank ing along with rcefed sails at twelve or thirteen knots an hour.
 Suddenly there camk a crash. We had run aground on the point. two hundred yards the land side of the light-house, It was such a shock that in ten minutes the schooner was breaking topieces and sinking. Then it was each man for himself. 1 was the first to pick myself up on the low rocks and the mate was with me. Soon afterwards three of the boys. which completed the crew, showed up, but the Captain was missing The mate told me to go up to the village for help, while he and the others stayed by the vessel. In five minutes l came up to the light which had deceived Us all and caused the wreck. IL was a large, bright lan- tern in the hands of Lizzie-Hector Baptiste's wife.
 "Lizzie," l cried for Heaven S sake, what is this! Do you know what you have done; =
 She did not look her old self at all She was pale and haggard and was drenched with the spray from the surf.
 No" says she, in strange tone, not one bit like her old voice. No; what have done? =
 Why, girl l says, you holding that lantern down the shore put Cap tain Corlett out of his reckoning and ran the schooner aground. Whats more, guess the Captain s drowned"
 An, - she says, with sort of sigh of relief and satisfaction. lis ten to me, Pierre, l intended to wreck Charlie Corlett's vessel. l know it was wicked, but he was wicked and made me so. He killed my poor Hector-why shouldn't l kill him: l expected the schooner would be here to-night-I hoped it would. So l did not light up at the lighthouse, Instead, I held this Ian tern up high as.I could reach, where l knew it would fool Corlett. You say he is drowned? Well, am glad, that is what l wished, Goodnight, Pierre -
 As she spoke-bcfore l could in- tcrtere-,he jumped, lantern in hand. from the ledge of rock on which she stood into the deep waters. lrushcd in after her as far as l dared in the swirling tide and peered into the darkncss-but could sec nothing of her.
 The next morning, except for the wrecked schooner, there was little trace of the storm and in the bright autumn sunlight, there came floating along the creek into the quiet settle ment, carried by the tide, two drowned bodies. One was Charles Corlett, and the other was poor Liz zie.
 I'm seventy years old, sir, and I've followed the river all my life, passing Corletts Cape thousand times but l cant forget it. Detroit Free Press.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-15

Disease lies in ambush for the weak a feeble constitution IS i'll adapted to encounter a malarious at mospherc and sudden changes of temperature, and the least robust are usually the easiest victims. Dr. .I. II. McLean's Sarsaparilla will give tone, vitality and strength to the en- tire body.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-15

Sick headache is the bane of many
 lives. This annoying complaint may be cured and prevented by the oc- casional use of Dr. ]. II. Mclean $ Liver and Kidney Pillets (little pills) |.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-15

A Hoosier put damp cakes of dynamite M his stoye oven to dry. Ten minutes later there was one less otllce-seeker in Indiana. That may be rather brief in description, hut it is always we'll to look on the bright side. - rDeadwood Pioneer.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-15

When modern youth becomes ensconced in a street car the ladies discover that he doesn't belong to the rising generation Yonkers Gazette.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-15
A Migratory Widow.

A weather beaten woman. of mel ancholy and discouraged mien, sal in front of drummer on a railroad train. She was clad in rusty mourn ing, and her appearance indicated that her loss was recent. When near Chicago she turned to the drummer and asked:
 What place are we coming tt next?'
 Chicago, madam
 "Lemme see, that's up in lllinov ain't it:"
 "ies-certainly."
 "Fd ortcr know. but I'd forgot. I've been in llinoy. l buried my first husband there bout twenty years ago.
 "Indced?" :"
 Yes, and from lllinoy l went to Ioway l buried my second man out in Ioway. and ain't been there since. That was eighteen years ago. Went down to South Carliny from Ioway."
 "Oh! did you: I've been there. "
 "You hev? Ever been to place
 
 called Black Snake Forks ?''
 No"
 "Well, Hen Dodson lays there"
 'Who was Dodson?'
 My third man, and right smart fellow he was. He had cousin named Hi Dagget. Ever run across Hi?"
 ''I think not"
 "You'd know it if you had. Every body liked Hi Him and me was married in Georgy. and he is planted nine miles from Atlanty."
 "Oh! indeed! And do you live in Georgia now?"
 Land no! Ain't set foot there for more'n dozen years. l went from Georgy away up into Minneso- ty, and 1 met Tom Hixon up there. "
 "Tom HiXon?'
 "Yes, him and me lived most q year there after we was married ; then blamed old white mule we had, kicked Tom so fatally that l buried him one cold day under the snow up near St. Paul, and sold off and went to Kansas, near Atchison, and took up a quarter section O land jinin' real smart man named Dill. "
 And you"
 "Yes, I married Dill, and he took chils and fever fore three months and left me a widder fore the year was out. l tell you I've had mighty bad luck" "
 ''I should think so.
 That's what l have. There was Ben Barber; after me and him was married out in Californy we got on splendid, and was making money fast, when, all of sudden, Ben goes head first down 900 foot shaft. and of course, was widdcr fore the poor man ever struck the bottom
 Then you left Californian
 'les; l stayed there eight or nine months, and then Bob he wanted to-
 Bob who?'
 "Oh Bob White, He was Ben < partner, and he never gave me any peace until married him. He is buried in the Black Hills. "
 "Grcat Crsar" cried the drum mer, "do you make business of going around the country burying husbands?" The "widder" put her handker- chief to her eyes, and said in keen rebuke:
 That's apurty way to talk to a poor, lone widder, that's got her husbands corpse in the baggage car { ahead, a-takin' him out to Dakoty to lay him aside of his other kin folks. You'd ort to be ashamed to be SC onfeelin' ,'- Exchange.
 Don't Squeeze It.
 A little girl was wondering what
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-15

A friend to the farmer, the merchant, the mechanic the banker, the millionaire and the pauper is Cheatham's Chill Tonic. x ever fails to cure. No cure, no pay For sale by J O Howell
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-15

"Quinine impairs the hearing, destroys the nerves and rniures digestion" Cheatham's Chill Tonic assists digestion, and doe. not effect the hearing or nerves, and guaranteed to cure. For sale by J 0 Howell.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
Uncle Sans Horses.

The army regulations provide for
the purchase OF horses in a certain
routine fashion. AS q matter of fact
only geldings are accepted. They must
be sound and in good condition; that
is. with no trace of constitutional de-
fects; the height must be from fifteen
to sixteen hands; they must not be
less than five nor more than nine years
old. The specifications conclude with
the ambiguous statement that the
horses must be in all respects fitted
for the cavalry service. The latter,
being solely matter of individual
opinion, is the source of many quarrels
and disputes between contractors and
inspectors. More care is exercised in
the selection of a cavalry horse
than there is for those intend
ed for the artillery service. He
must possess bright, intelligent eye,
good head, shapely shoulders and
breast, and hard hoof, free from
splints and unsightly marks. His
weight must be between 800 and l, 100
pounds. The color of the horse has
much to do with his being purchased.
The colors which are preferred are
roam, black, bay, and chestnut. Next
to these come iron gray and sorrel.
Horses of "otf colors-such as calicoes,
buckskins, etc.-are taken only when
is is necessary to do so to complete a
contract. White horses are rarely &C
cepted for the ranks, although they are
sometimes bought and used in mount
ing buglers or band. The modus
operandi of purchasing horses is, as a
rule, as follows: At stated periods, say
the end of each quarter, each company
commander of cavalry troop makes
out requisition on the assistant
quartermaster OF his department for
the number of horses which he may
need. When the acquisitions are all in
the assistant quartermaster advertis9s
for bids for the horses wanted, the
animals to be delivered at a certain
place for inspection on certain day.
Each bid sent in must be in triplicate
and accompanied by a guarantee, in
dorsed by two responsible parties, that
in case the bid is accepted the contract
will be fulfilled to the letter. At the
time and place agreed upon the con-
tractor must not only have the num-
Der of animals actually required by the
Government, but also sufficient num-
Der to select from in case Of reflections.
-Arny and Macy Gazette.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
Selling Chickens.

A Yankee skipper had bought twenty
dozen chickens at SO dozen. Some
of the chickens were only a few days
old, while others were larger, and some
were even full-grown fowls.
When he put into port hotel pro.
prietor came aboard, and asked how he
sold his chickens.
"That depends" said the captain.
IF you pick them out I shall charge
you So dozen; but if you let me pick
them out you may have them for 50 a
Dozen"
"All right" said the hotel keeper,
you pick them out"
The captain selected several dozen
of the smallest, when his customer
said:
"Go ahead; I want more"
By this time the captain was among
the largest OF the flock, and wished the
man would call halt; but he still
said, $50 on"
The captain saw the point when it
was too late The man kept him Sc
lecting till he had bought the entire
lot, at loss to the owner of $40.
YOUTHS COMPANION.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
Hazing Fresh Girls.

Human nature is very much the
same in all institutions of learning,
and tirst-year students who venture to
be too presumptuous are usually dis
ciplined by their upper classmates. It
makes no difference whether they are
attending college for the develop
ment of football players and crack
oarsmen, or are eultivating the graces
of dancing, music and needlework in
an institution where the sterner sex is
admitted. The fresh girl is treated
very much the same as the freshman.
When young miss enters the
boarding-school she generally thinks
she owns the half Of the world which
does not belong to her strapping brother,
who is just matriculating at college.
He sports high hat and carries bag
and cane, and the same spirit prompts
her to climb into high heeled shoes and
don sealskin sack and wear hustle.
In such case the youth is put through
course of sprouts by the maturing
sophomore, and the same thing must
be done to her of the hustle to mold
the giddy girl into something like
womanhood.
This is how it works The young lady
of fifteen determines to wear sealskin
coat, although such articles are pro-
hibited by the sophomore girls of the
college. A sealskin fight follows just
as naturally as cane rush. It would
not do to tear up sealskins promiscu-
ously, 80 when the young lady wants to
appear defiant she dons an imitation
sealskin, sometimes made of cheese
cloth, and parades before her irate
elders. Then the fun commences.
Half hundred young Amazons pounce
upon her, screaming and shouting, and
the way that imitation sealskin is
ripped and torn would shame a flock of
vultures. Within two minutes the sack
has lost all resemblance to neat-fit-
ting garment, and the victorious sopho-
more girls go on parade, each decked
with sort of imitation sealskin in bOu-
Qatet de corsage.
High-heeled shoes meet with much
the same treatment. But the glory of
the female college shines the brightest
in the hustle fight. It is bold, first
class girl that will wear a hustle before
she has aged year in college.
But now and then some warlike
Boadicea determines to take to herself
that article which has been likened to
manufactured to-back-her She pur-
chases one of abnormal size, and once
arrayed in it stands forth to onset. The
bag fight, the hat fight, the cane fight,
are nothing to the slaughter that fol-
lows. She's torn by finger nails,
crushed, scratched and pinched
until the hustle yields and is made into
football. AS the girls draw off for
breathing spell there goes floating off
into the breeze tresses Of hair shaded
all the way from Auburn to Science
tady.-Philadelphj0 Record.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08

'shrank from saying it had been dreadful
night on the Sound, and that q steamer
had collided. with the New York boat.
Her husba1n travelled by boat, had been
her conclusion.
Stella caught at her arm, the sound Of
her voice answering Freddy. and with
cry she fell. Poor, tired, inexperienced
wife and mother! Was the ordeal so Or
dered? With the help of neighbor Mrs.
Wilson laid her on the bed.
Run for the doctor, she said to Miss
Williams.
But you don't know"
Il do" she interrupted. Mrs. Hen
shaw will have a run of nervous fever, and
whether her husband is dead or alive. I
can't say"
When Stella opened her eyes again it
| was nearly night. She knew no one about
the bed, but talked to Clarence, and
| Freddy, and sister Belle. She was going
| to help her husband now. She could earn
money by teaching music Or painting, "or
might have few pupils in dancing" she
added. But forgive me for striking"
and her arms were put up as II to clasp
something, wnen she dozed again.
Late that evening Clarence came in
sight of home. Contrary to Mrs. Wilson's
conjecture, he came by different route.
He had thought to telegraph, but Stella
won't worry, She said, if am late" The
light faded from his eyes and his face
turned ghostly white when he looked into
the rooms.
Both gone!" he groaned, walking from
the bed to the couch.
NO, no" Mrs. Wilson said, comforting
ly. "Baby's better, and your wife will come
out of this. All she needs is good nurs-
ing, and that she shall have" turning
aside her head and drying her eyes with
the corner of her apron.
What could we do if such as she were
not stationed all along the walks of life?
It was painful to listen to the wild talk.
IF might endure it, Clarence said SO
many times. When at last Stella awoke
from the terrible dreams her husband was
bending over her.
Clarence, she said, very softly at first;
Clarence, she repeated, putting her arms
about his neck, IF you forgive me TO,
striking Freddy, III kiss you, o, SO many
times"
Foolish fellow! he cried like baby.
Listen, Stella" he said, as soon ae
he could command his voice. Listen!
did get the situation, and you can have
everything you want" touching his lips
to cheek and forehead; "and you are 60
ing to have such pretty house in Brook.
lyn!"
"All want is your love-" clasping hin
close, "and that Freddy get we'll. I'm
ready to be poor mans wife!"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08

planets in courslng around the sun
made harmony for the angels and for
God. Another says that music is the
only thing that is common to angels
and to man, as though the Creator
said: II will leave him one attribute
of my divinity, one emotion that is as
pure and innocent as heaven. 1 will
give it to saint and sinner, to the poor
and the rich, the bond and the free. It
shall not fade and die with the flow
ers, nor grow weary with age" Many
years ago smart scholar wrote book
to prove that negro had no soul, but
to my opinion his passion for music is
argument enough to give him an equal
chance for heaven. Blind Tom
is almost an idiot, but when his
clouded and untutored mind is filed
with music that is beyond my ken I
feel humbled in his presence. Blind
and childish and ignorant, he seems at
times almost among the angels in his
rhapsodies. When Haydn was old and
feeble he was carried to the great hall
in Vienna to hear Beethoven and other
great composers perform the "Crea-
tion," which was his own greatest
work; and as the vast audience arose
to cheer the grand finale the old man
waved his handkerchief toward heaven
and exclaimed: at came from there
it came from there!" He then
spread out his hands and blessed the
audience, and this was his farewell to
the world. The next week he died.
Mozart composed his own requiem
on his death-bed, and his great soul
escaped to heaven on a strain of music
that no one heard but him. Deaf as a
post, he could still write music that
has outlived q century and will con-
tinue to live through the ages to come.
How dear to lis all was the simple
music of our childhood! The whistle,
the jewsharp, the split goose-quil, the
little harmonicon, the fife, and the
drum, and even the corn-stock fiddle,
had it's charms. When 1 was boy
my mother taught me how to make an
Holian harp in the window. 1 have
stretched the silken cords between the
sash and listened with delight to the
harmony of sweet sounds that the gen
tie wind breathed upon them and I was
happy. What strange, good gift it is
to our fallen humanity. How is it that
the preachers can't preach without it
soldiers can't fight without it; lovers
can't court without it. Italike becomes
the wedding and the funeral. the
church and the theater, the banquet
hall and the cottage fire-side. How
the great poets loved to honor it with
their best devotions. Shakespeare
says that "the man that has no must.
in himself is fit for treason-let no suc]
man be trusted" Byron says "ther
is music in all things if men had ears.
Collins call music "heavenly maid,
and Longfellow says "the night shall
be filled with music"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08

clan would tell her that taking evec
ten minutes rest in horizontal posi-
ton, as change from standing or sit
ting at work, would prove more bene-
fetal to her than any of her makeshifts
at resting. Busy women have habit
Of keeping on their feet just as long as
they can, in spite of backaches and
warming pains. AS they grow older
they see the folly of such drafts upon
their strength, and learn to take things
easier, let what will happen. They
say, II used to think I must do thus
and so, but I've grown wiser and
learned to slight things" The first
years of housekeeping are truly the
hardest, for untried and unfamiliar
cares are almost daily thrust upon the
mother and homemaker.-Neao York
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