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NORTHWESTERN

Pullman sIeepers are also run through between
Duluth. Superior and Caieaso- Fast through
trains are also gun between Minneapolis, 81
Paul and Kansas city. VIA sioux City, with
tbraueh Pullman s.eepcrs s. Paul 10 Omaha
and Kansas city. Dining ears are run On all
thr1ush trains ovcr this line between MinAeapo-
lis. s. Paul and Chicago. auI between 81, Paul
and kansas CITY. Besides being the best
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The BURLINGTON"
ARRIVAL and Departure Of Trains at Prescott
c. B. q II. r. r.

Arrival and Departure Of Trains at Prescott.
GOING NORTH
= PRESS .AAi-s --------. f-N- p iu
Passenger daily except sunday .-.----. 2-Of p III
Accommodation, daily except sunday SIG p IN
GOING SOUTH
r prs 'i.ii T. ii
Passenger, daily except Sunday ..-.-.......s - N
Aecommoia'i. "a, daily cxcept Sunday 80. 80 a IN
For rate. tickets, time tables. etc. apply to
VIC. HALLErT Agent Prescott. wis.
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AN. Nelson is prepared to do all
kinds of painting and kalsomining.
Paper hanging a speciality.
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THE

AL wen posted travellers between the Twin Cities
ami ChiCae1 take this hne-partieulaFiy favor
iue the ..vesti5u.e Limited which carries the
fin st sleeping cars aai Coaches ever built. and
anu also a,- CLASSES # passengers. without extra
fares Ua The Lake superior portion Of Jae line,
between Minneapolis. 81. Paul Is Duluth and
81. Paul ,g Ashland. Pullman .3cepers are r1n
On uisbt Trains. aud parlor cars GA day trains
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sixth outIine u Phrsiolopr.

Ian communications should be addressed to
the Editor at Esdaile. Wis.
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A Rarrel of Whlsku.

For Col and Home and Native land"
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Educational.

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Temperance.

CONDUCTED BY THE.--- VIC. T.U.
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SIXTH & VAxEATrA.
PIT Attorneys. III
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Miss Vilio billiard win teach the
fall term of school in Dist. No. z,
Spring Lake.
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Profs. A. L. Thompson and W. G..
Owen closed their Institute at Pair
child Aug. End and returned home
SATURDAY Ane. &
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Miss Maggie Cook win taaen Al.
faA tern Of --esl.lOOl at oIivet.
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Miss Lucy Hawkins has been engag-
ed to teach fall term of school near
Baldwin.
The National tribune., 1889-03-14

Standing Sam" paying the reckoning).
This arose from the letters U. ,. on the KNAPP
sacks of the soldiers The Government of Uncle
Sam has to pay or Stand Sam" for all.
To find a mares nest" What we call
nightmare was by our forefathers supposed to
be the Saxon demon Mara or Mare, kind of
vampire, sitting on the sleePer's chest. These
vampires were said TO be the guardians of hid
den treasures, over which they brooded as hens
over their eggs, and the place where they sat
was termed their indus or nest. Hence, when
anyone supposes he has made great discovery,
we ask if he has discovered mares nest, or
the place where the vampire keeps guard over
the Hypothetical treasures.
Shell cut" (Out with your shells or money!.
In southern Asia and many other parts shells
are used instead of coins.
To kick the bucket" a bucket is pulley.
When pigs are killed they are hung by their
hind legs on bucket.
Little urehin" is a little arc (orc-kin;
Dutch-urk, urkien). The ore is sea-monster
that devours men and women; the orc-kin, or
little orc, is the hedgehog. supposed to be a
sprite or mischievous little imp.
Eau de vie" (brandy). a French transla-
ton of the Latin aqua yite (water of lifel.
This is a curious peryersion of the Spanish
aqua di vite water or juice of the vine), rem
dered by the monks into aqua VITAE instead of
aqua Wits
Gone to the dogs" This undoubtedly is
perversion of the Dutch proverb, Toe goe, toe
de dogs money gone, credit gone, too)
Dog weary" This is also the Dutch say
ing, Doege waere HE" (being long on ones
legs tells at last)
To write like an angel" This is q French
expression. The angel referred TO was Angel
Yergecios, Greek of the 18th century, noted
for his caligraphy.
"Pig iron" This is a mere play upon the
word SOW. When iron is melted it runs off
into channel called SOW, the lateral branches
of which are called the pigs. Here the iron
cools aud is called pig iron. Sow has nothing
to do with swine, but is from the Saxon sawan,
to scatter. Having SOW for the parent channel
it required no great effort Of wit to call the lat
eral grooves little pigs.
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
Victims of the Naphtha Habit.
[AlbanN ArquS. ]


The latest female vice is intoxication by
naphtha. 1t is not drunk. The fumes of it
are simply inhaled, inducing, so the inebriate
says, a particularly agreeable exhilaration.
Not even hasheesh, it is understood, begets
more fascinating dreams or more gorgeous vis-
ions of splendor. The girls in the rubber fac
tories, Of which there are great number in
Boston and its neighbOrhood, are greatly adj
dicted to this novel form of drunkenness In
such establishments naphtha is used in enor-
nous quantities to cleanse the rubber, being
kept in big boilers closed against the air. To
the valves of these boilers the young women
employees readily obtain access and breathe
the exhalations therefrom, some unlucky acci-
dent having betrayed to chance experimenter
the abominable secret. The notion is said to
have been brought originally from Germany
By immigrant laborers in petticoats. Now the
manufacturers propose TO put q stop to the evil
by keeping the valves carefully locked.
An overdose of naphtha fumes brings on
hysterical cOnyHsions and other unpleasant
symptoms. The habit, long followed, causes a
swelling of the face and other parts Of the body,
with dropsy to follow, and sometimes epilepsy.
On the whole, it is difficult to know which OF
these new-fangled vices for women to recon-
mend. There is ether drinking laughing gas
and tea eating, besides the naphtha. The con-
scientious pursuit of any one of them will
surely lead to the lunatic asylum. You pays
your money-as one might remark-and you
takes YOUR choice
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
PERsoNs AND THINGs.

The oldest sehoolteacher in active service in
Vermont is A. ID. Searles, who began teaching in
1871 at the age of 19 He obtained his first cerlif-
cate from the poet John G.. SAKE. He is now in
control of the school which the late Sir Curtis NJ
Lamson gave TO the village of New Haven Mills,
Vt. LRmson was born in this village, and
knighted by Queen Victoria for the part he took
in the laying of the Atlantic cable
- At Troy, n. y, 5000 persons work on collars
and cuffs, and their wages are g. 800 coo annually
4,oOo persons are iron workers, and they receive
g, 100000 per year in wages and the stove indus
try brings 81 600 OOO in wages to its 1000 employees
These firms employ about Oue-third Of Troy 5 popu-
lation.
There Is only one prisoner In the Jail Of Hughe
Co.. Idaho, and he would be promptly released if
1t was not necessary to keep the insurance good,
dOg-gone shame that one else will do something
to get arrested, as he wants to get ready for bis
Spring blowing.
The total expense of eultiyatines an acre of
grapes in California is SIS. The curing and pack
ing of an acre Of grapes, making 100 boxes Of raj
sins Is s55 and the average price Of raisins is
sl5O box, there Is net profit Of $50 per acre in
the rsisin business.
-Match-bOxes, cigar cases, gentlemen's toilet
sets and other nicnacs, left from the holiday
trade being offered at about onethird of their
original cost by a welEknown New York retailer
as "cotillion favors"
The Warden of the Concord (AIass.) Reforma-
tory says that in reforming convict You must
begin with the bath-tub aud end with the Gospel.
1t Is said Of certain cranky clergyman in
Ohio that he always has either a row or revival
in his church.
While tEe church members Of San jose, CAL
We're raising 81 go inducement Tor a certain
reviyaiist to start revival in the town, poor,
hardWoTklng man died of starvation.
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
FOR THE LADIES.

A young lady who aspired to fame as q musi-
clan went one day to Rubinstein for advice. She
played for him, then asked, " What shall I dO?"
Get married, - was the reply.
-Rhoda Broughton, the English novelist, lives
In little old house little old street at Oxford
with walled garden filed with roses. She keeps
a number of pet dogs, chiefly of the pug breed
The Duchess of Marlborough will wear $50,
OOO worth of gems with the rest other fnery, when
she makes her courtesy to the Queen.
The late DR.. NJ II. StiusOn, of NOrristOWn, Pa,
took up the study of medicine for the sake of her
own health. She the first woman appointed
to the head of hospital department for her own
sex.
= The fashionable world is gossipng over re-
markable surgical operation which has changed
the decidedly tp-tilted nose of an aristOcratic
young woman into an organ of pure Grecian de-
sign. The surgeons bill amounted to 81 800. The
operation was long and tedious, involving much
suffering. But the patient is satisfied and happy
for the present. Those who knew her before the
change maintain that the new nose does not suit
the general conformation of her face. Others
meeting her now for the first time notice lack Of
harmony somewhere, but cannot tell what causes
it. Another sensitive creature who had her teeth
Strengthened at great expense, is tortured by the
horrible fear that people will say they are false
"A young woman of Ridgeway, Canada, has
had the banns of matrimony between herself and
two of her lovers read in the parish church, tie
clergyman having decided that she is free to choose
between them ~ the altar. This is a new and
startling departure in weddings.
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
Loss of Power.

Naval engineers estimate that of every 100
tons ofcoal burned at sea 95 are wasted, and only
five expended in the work of pushing the yes
sci forward. OF the 95 wasted tons 40 tons are
lost at the boiler in consequence of unused
heat passing from the smokestack, from incom-
plete combustion, radiation, conduction, and
minor causes; that 48 tons are lost in heat, at
the cylinder, which has been conducted from
the live steam and the unused, and from latent
heat escaping with the exhaust steam. Fur
thermore, the analysis shows that the loss from
friction of engine working under full power at
sea amounts to three and a half tons, and that
the average losses from power required to work
air and feed pumps, and to overcome augment
ed resistance due to slip aud friction of screw
blades in still water, amounts to three and a
half TONS
The National tribune., 1889-03-14

1t, and the next few minutes, cost him 90 of
his men. The break soon extended along the
entire line of the enemy across the ridge and
below, including Burk's, and was sharply fol-
lowed up by rapid and destructive fire, which
threw the Confederates into great confusion
A short stand was made behind the rocks IN
the locust thicllet Il counted the next morning
81 Confederate dead there, all shot through the
head, but Thoburn going in on their left and
rear they were routed out. The fugitives on
our line rushing back on their supports, and
together back on the StOnewall Brigade, the
rout became general and complete" (Con-
federate report, without organization or forma-
ton, Officers and men in panic, singly and IN
squads" endeavoTing TO escape TO the woods,
leaving to the victors two pieces of artillery,
three caissons, numerous snlall-arms, as well as
other trophies. To increase
THE CONFUSION AND SLAUGHTER,
Col Voris, with the 9Th Ohio, at our extreme
left moving I'D with cheers, about dusk struck
the fugitives in flank with merciless fire, and
companies of the lst w. Va, 1st Mich, and =
Ohio Cav, charging IN, completed the rout,
capturing nearly 800 prisoners. Light and
darkness intervening, the pursuit was stald,
but for which, doubtless, the bulk of Jacksons
army must have been captured or destroyed,
with the exception of Ashby. The remnants
scattered through the night far and wide like
hu"'SN o"SSP' Hu4u"SAS uC9Si 'tt1s' 60 -
only be rallied at a point about eight miles
south Of the battlefield.
The returns, incomplete, put Jackson's loss
at us in killed, wounded and missing; but IL
probably reached 1000 or over. The Union
loss was $50. The night was cold, and the
WONDERED suffered untold agsnies; and suffer
ing more than they otherwise would on account
of a lack of Surgeons. l remember working
through the entire night around the straw
stacks by the light of tallow candles in making
amputations and performing the various opera
tions necessary, attending Federal and Conied-
crate alike.
The men slept on the field, and many with
out overcoat or blanket. l remember finding
Tyler fast asleep under one of the captured
guns, with a tarpaulin thrown over it, forming
sort of tent, which gave him the most sumptu-
Gus lodgings on the field.
ITO be continued
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
Acted Upon the Suggestion.
gDesro;y F-os prere

A colored man, who had load of ashes be-
hind his mule, came to a standstill ON Adams
avenue the other day. he clucked and yelled
and lashed at the mule, but the animal hung
his head and refused to bulge. Among the
spectators was a woman, and, as the lashing
went on, she stepped forward and asked:
"Colored man, do you know that mule has
feelingsP
Yes, marin, I does," he replied an Ize
list about to tackle de same"
He jumped down. gave the animals tail a
twist, and as the beast moved slowly on the
man continued:
did you happen to diskiber itP"
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
SCIENTIFIC. CHAT.

But few negroes carry life insurance policies
WhyP In the first place, the pure negro IS not so
long lived as the white man, and the admixture of
white blood seems to decrease his chances Of lon
gevty still further. Another reason that negroes
are unable to give family history white men are
they cannot TELL as rule, how their parents died
or what, If any, disease existed in their families.
Ten years ago a Massachusetts Insurance Co. dis
covered that the mortality among its coored policy
holders WAS about twice as great as among the
whites and this observation has been corroborated
by that of other companies with the result of dis
Couraging this GLASS of risks.
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
What Makes the South Poor.
[Mncn,l (Gn \ Tninr,.n,,h

Our Postmaster, Colonel Hardeman, having
to employ charwoman about the new United
States postoffice, singled out a colored lady and
offered her the place. She declined it for the
reason that there was too much work for $40
per month. What" said the Colonel; you
could not make half of it at anything else
Why, at the North woman will scrub the floor
all day through the month for $40" "Yes,"
answered the lady of color, " but dem Yankees
is raised to work and we isn't"
The National tribune., 1889-03-14

NUMBER TWO SnOeJ anu
has foot about the size of that of we'll
formed American girl. The Chinese women
have, naturally, small feet, and these Manchu
girls are not ashamed of this part of their
anatomy. They wear big shoes Of cloth finely
embroidered, and with soles raised up as though
upon stills. They wear paper flowers in their
hair and comb their locks in the butterfly
fashion. which is the making of two great
horns OF hair stand Outsix inches from each side
of the back of the head on bar at right angles
to it. BY the time this letter is read, the En-
peror will be about to be married He is II
years old and his bride is Is. lie takes two
other wives at the same time he marries her,
and l have heard it whispered in the court
circles at Peldng that all three use paint and
powder His wedding is to cost millions of
dollars, and all good Cinnamon of high rank
will be expected to send presents.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
To be continued I
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
NEEDING CHAIR.

is of the finest Chinese workmanship. The
bride cannot be seen as it moves along the
street, and the chair is locked after she gets
into it. The wedding takes place at the house
of the bridegroom, instead of at that of the
bride, as with US. The groom hands out the
bride, though she still keeps on her hat and
mantle. She is taken to a room, and here the
husband looks upon her for the first time.
The family and its friends all critieise her, and
the women make bones of saying what
they think. The bridal professions are very
long, and they often have band of music ac-
companying them. The chair bearers are
dressed in red, and the whole goes forward
with q din like that Of the boiling of q newly
The National tribune., 1889-03-14

and no boys. There is no reason for killing
the boy babies. Every family in China wishes
to have a son to succeed it, and if the parents
are not favored with sons they adopt them. A
man thinks nothing of marrying a second wife
if his first wife gives him no sons, and concu-
binage is common. We have had baby ped
dlers in my district who carried around chill
dren and sold them for adoption, and the sell
ing of children by fathers is a common custom.
Infanticide is comparatively rare in some parts
of China, and it is said that there is more of it
in this part of the country than in the north"
The National tribune., 1889-03-14

few months, however, his wife died, and his
mother, after short interval of mourning se-
lected another wife for him. He again kicked
against the pricks, but all in vain. He had to
take the second wife, aud her whole family of
brothers, sisters, cousins and aunts moved into
Canton and settled down upon him. He found
he could not make enough to keep up the es-
tablishment, and begged that he nj ght be given
@nnther appointment. He esucceeded finally in
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
lcorYRIeurED ny FRANK c. CARPENTER, 1881
Special Correspondence NATIONAL TRIBUNE
FaOCHOW. CHINA JannarY 1889

CAN buy any number
of baby girls for 81
apiece !"
These were the words
of our Consul at Foo
chow, as we sat at dim
ner and chatted over
Chinese infanticide.
=" During my residence
in China" " he contin-
ued, Il have heard of
many cases of baby kill
ing, and Iremember one
in which a woman who
had two girls and was
given a third, killed
the latter. On being
asked why she did so,
she replied that no
respectable ia m il Y
would have three girls
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
A Pretty Plcture.

IFIIuuUapIliH hec0rdI
Mrs. Rural Emde ION Chestnut street)-Look
at that sweet little girl. Did you ever see any
thing more angelic?
Mr. Emde "a country doctor)-Yes, she is
certainly a pretty picture. She has that soft,
delicate, ethereal sewer-gas style of beauty
seldom met with outside the large cities.
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
A ThOughtfuI Woman.
IChicdgo Tribune ]

"What are you putting in that clean shirt
for?" asked the Kansas City man severely to
his wife, who was packing his yalise for trip
to st. Louis. 4" If / have to stay in the old town
long enough to make change of shirts neces-
sary you may look for me to be brought home
In a hearse"
''Thats the reason I am putting it in, Will
Iiam," replied his wife tenderly. /" If anything
should happen to you / don't want anybody to
think you belong there. The clean shirt goes
William
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
snni Animal

D, NJ. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich, is one of
the very foremost seed firms in the United
States, and the publication of their Seed Annual
is always looked forward to with the greatest
interest by all wide-awake, progressive farmers.
1t is sure to contain new matters of the highest
value and interest to them. The Seed Annual
for 1889 has now been out for a fortnight or
more, and good as its predecessors have been,
1t Is great improvement upon them.
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
A Beautiful Souvenir,

Brentanos, in this city, have published
beautiful souvenir Of the recent Inauguration
II has an illuminated cover, with an excellent
etched portrait of Gen. Washington, and fine
portraits Of President Harrison and Vice
President Morton. The other pages have large
and excellent artotypes of the principal public
buildings Of Washington. Price 81.
The National tribune., 1889-03-14

and was unmarried. His
mother lived in the
country, near Canton,
and he one day received
a letter from her stating
that he must come
home at once, as she had
picked out a wife for
him. He did not want
to go, and he wrote his
mother that he did not
want to get married,
She replied that he must
obey, and the influence
of custom was such that
he had IN do sn In a
The National tribune., 1889-03-14

The girls Of North
China have the smallest
feet / have seen, and
they have also tn e
largest. The Chinese
maidens are the small
footed variety. Z Ii Q
daughters of the Man
chus or Tartars have
large understandings.
No compressed feet are
allowed in the palace
of the Emperor, and the
girl who has just been
chosen as the bride of
the Emperor wears a
The National tribune., 1889-03-14
THE WOMEN OF CBIN4.
COurting, BetrOthal and Marriage in
the Land Of the CeleStialS.

Babies at a Dollar Apiece and Healthy Girls for
S25 and UpWards-Slayery in China-The Chi
nese Wife and COncubine-Family Life and the
AutOcratic Observation-Disclosures Weddings
and Chinese Match makers-HOW the Girls of the
Different Provinces LOOk-The EmperOr's Bride
and His Coming Marriage.
The National tribune., 1889-03-14

married couple in an
A NJ erica an village.
Spring is considered the
best time for marrying
in China, and the we'd
usually take place
late in the afternoon or
in the evening. 1t is
said to be cheaper to get
a bride while she is a
little girl than when
she is older, and poor
families often t b us
adopt brides for their
sons in order that they
may have the use of
their services until mar
riage. After an engage
the young lady is
kept in the strictest Sc
efusion, and when she