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the Hermitage, he found il IN posses-
son Of large number of his friends
and ScQualntances. Ii beng hls thirty-
nth birthday, ass friends had. quite
unknown 70 hlm, arranged u give hlm
surprise. Numerous presents were
presented 70 Nr. Wells, among them be-
lng spiendldly executed portrait Of
himself IN handsome frame. pre-
scented by his wife. After tue forulsh
Tee had been gone through with. the
party All sal down 10 progressive pedro.
winch discontinued nntli near midnight
The head prizes were won by Mrs. II.
klpp and Mr.. Ii. Cox; the boobies were
Won by Miss Emma kablne and Mr..
fleatang. Refreshments were then
served by Mrs. Wells, after which the
party left for their homes having spent
very enjoyable evening.
Washington Lodge IA, A. q. L. W,
had blg pedro party "Wednesday
evening last, with twenty-f0ur tables.
The gentlemen's flrst prize was won bv
Morris Qulrk; ladies flrst prize by Miss
Mary Powers. Consolation prizes, gen
uemen's, A. Sanford; ladies, Mrs. Bar
low. There Viii be another party IA
two weeks.
NCtlpi4hcLie Ol iilS Austci GNAfdt
for "Wednesday evening. March 5. org
nal mlnstrels by members of the COM
pany. This legend and the ticket on
which i Is printed viii entitle You 10
admission 10 the armory. The guard
announces that the entertainment viii
be for the amusement OF itself and
freuds. That II is without money and
without price, and that only those re-
ppIKlnQ "a rfs ~ n f.a
viii be one of the features of the even
inc
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"KIss Notn

Do not be startled. The above head
ing is not intended for advice. 1t Is
simply the title of charming little
love song written by Mr.. Francis Camp
bell, weil-known and admired by the
music lovers of this city, dedicated to
Miss Daisy Carpenter, also great
favorite here. 1t has already found It's
way INTO many parlors. though bat re-
Gently published.
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napkins, Mrs { "A. French of Marysylsle,
has., grandmother OF tie bride, nap
kins. Mrs. j. Thompson, Of Marysyllle.
aunt Of the hride; silver knives ana
forks, Mrs J. Han. OF Maskegon, aunt
OF the brlde; sllYee paper knife, Misses
SHarth0ut, Of kOchelle. III.
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News Ahout Town

1t is the current report about town
that Kemp's Balsam for Sore Throat
and Lungs is making some remarkable
cures with people who are troubled
with Coughs, Sore Throat, Asthma.
Bronchitis and Consumption. Any
druggist will give you trial bottle free
of cost. 1t is guaranteed to relieve and
cure. The large bottles are SOC and 81.
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They PLAYED Pedro

On Friday evening Mr.. and Mrs. J..
X. V. Agnew entertained few friends
at tea, afterwards spending the evening
at pedro.
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Cures all kinds of sore eyes, such as
granular lids, wild hairs, scrofula in
eyes, failing sight or cataracts. For
sale at Peck's drug store, so cents per
bottle
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Piles. Piles,, Piles,,,

Loose's Red Clover Pile Remedy, is
positive specific for all forms of the
disease. Blind. Bleeding, Itching, Ul-
cesated, and Protruding Piles-Price
50c. For sale by White & White drug
gists, Morton House block.
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Irish Linen Writing Paper, Specia;
Sale, ream, together with five packs
envelopes, octave size, for 81; com
mercial Sic, Sl.25.
GEO. A. HALL & Co.
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For curtain-top Office desks, either
walnut or oak, So TO $50, 20 To Wine.
gar Furniture Company.
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THE SOCIETYCO COLUMN
Occupations aud Amusements Dur
ing Lent.
PRETTY YOUNG LADY WHO DANCED
ksents Of the Week Carefully Noted FOR
E4xeT aers-Aiseellaneous Iteas
and = Carnatioo wedding-Car-
rent Personalities

The quiet DAYS Of Lent afford the
chsritably inclined many opportunities
for practical benihcenoe. Tonlustrate:
There Is IN this city a church organiza-
ton composed entirely of young socie-
" ladies. During Lent they devote
themselves TO good work, each MEM
Der occupying herself for twenty min
utes day on some fancy or useful arti-
Gle. Al Easter time supper is given
and the various articles are offered for
sale. The proceeds are used for some
charity within the discretion of the So
ciety. OF course, there are many ways
of attaining the same result, but the
above plan is admirable, each person
entering into her part of the work with
Zeal truly commendable.
Did IL never occur TO YOU that right
here in Grand Rapids live some of the
prettlest girls on earth? That convlc-
ton settled itself in the mind of the So
clety reporter while viewing grand
ball gwen At Hartman's Hall not long
since. Perhaps the one whose beauty
appealed the strongest 10 the artistic
sense, was slender little maiden who
danced with ease and abandon involun-
tarlly reminding one of the graceful
anemone swaying i'll the spring breezes.
She wore quaint gown OF softly
tinted white silk, in itself resembling
the pinkwhite petals of the flower.
Her red gold hair caught and reflected
the light, crowning her beauty fitting
ly. Did you see her?
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ror q fancy oak rocker, plush seat,
for $3.50, 90 10 Vinegar Furniture Com
pany.
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Ices OF al kinds AZ Woman's Ex.
change.
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ices u 81 kinds st wonsn's Ez-
change.
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Salt rheurn, with rs irterss itching
suk burning. - cured ~ Hood e sarss-
parHa. Msny VIM were formerly sui
fnreys have reason thank "f1e T"esiiar
medicine :" for cures effected.
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For solid oak, antique finish, six
piece parlor suite, crush plush, spring
edges, for S35, go TO Vinegar Furniture
Company, l23, l25, l27 and i29 South
Division-st., corner of Cherry-st.
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Tha eTars Tr~ Czsr 81 fusf What n is
eselrref - - rissr i1uf HsVsua fiisr 81 81
easss tosrY l5c eIGsg lb tns msrkek
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The statement in todsy's Detroit
Svndov Sgn that I had expressed ar
opinion that Mrs. Covpes vas not guilty
ln the trouble between herself snd bus
hand was false, not having expressed
s0y opinion a. all r. - SAFFoE-
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The Toss Up" Cigar Is not a competitor
against am other sc brands but all l0c brand
because it is equal 70 any l0c cigars on the
market.
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Lunches at all hours at Woman's Elk
change.
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Goes TO Kansas

Another simple little demonstration
OF the popularity OF DR.. w. II. Ross
rheumatic remedies 10 other States
came TO notice yesterday. The doctor
on that day received an order for a
dozen bottles of medicine from a men,
Der of the state Board of Health of
Kansas. The gentleman Is a resident
OF Valley Falls, Kan.
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On Wednesday evening issf, when
NJ. z. A Wells arrived st hIs home, 70
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9a9s for Heath Journal and o.s.ton Banks ard they W reoe
nasnce' Al comm -. treated strictly confidential
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who rot able 70 call can svs themselves Of ths o
diagnosis Of their case FREE. Physclans ard Surgeog
Office Hours from a m u :
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forms
utn given hee,or
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-30

pasture and sleep in the cold, damp night
fields.
Whenever we reach stream that can
be forCled the free horses, with whip and
shout, are forced down the shelving
bank into the glacial current. The
mounted pony, however, must bear his
master, though the river bed be strewn
with round or jagged stones and the
water threateningly dashed against the
saddle. If there be only q short dis
lance that is not fordabIe, and no cur
rent, or only a very sluggish one,
the rider frequently makes the passage
without dismounting. But the pony
while swimming is not usually required
to bear more than the weight nature has
given him. Upon the banks of the
deeper riyers wait rade boats, in which
passengers, trunks, saddles. etc., are
unfortunately packed, whild the
ponies stem the current. They make
the best of it, however, and transform
the involuntary bath into q merry
swimming race. The prizes Of the
contest are the first cropping
of the tender heritage on the
opposite bank, the lusty tumbling in the
warm, coarse sand, and the wanton
frisking and capering, unrestrained by
masters voice or chatting rope. Nor
are they always ready to return to SER
vice wheEs the slow ferryboat at last
CRATES upon the sand. They think the
guide Einarr can play tag with them for
while, 80 they let him approach with
bit and bride just near enough-just far
enough-and are of and away.
How sure-footed they are! There is
no such thing as level ground in Iceland
unless the upper flooring Of the earth be
rock or sand or swamp. The frost has
nodded every acre of grassy meadow into
checkerboard of tufted hummoeks, and
if, with infinite paine, the farmer
succeeds IN smoothing down the
rufied whole into a nearly level
lawn, winter and spring will,
quickly undo his work. But what Of
that-here is an open stretch before US
be it loose sand or open meadow, rock
strewn field or swampy pasture-away
We go, shouting to our ponies, urging
them on with whip ana foot, and never
stumble. And even should they trip,
q hss-de-'' from safety -bicycls is not
like enc from wheel six feet in diams-
ter, and the pony will not run away.
II you couiesfo steep sud long noun
tain ssiz1b and are kind hearted for
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eyes, l. I'm Alan, said the boy, grim
ming in the rGdest way, Cts thought,
''that's Sally. Do you remember this
cap?" he touched the sealskin cap on
his head and looked vaguely disappointed
at Cecil IS look of bewilderment.
"You sent it to me last Christmas,
you know
''oh yes,'' said Cecil; he remem-
bered buying il with his father one hap
py, happy afternoon in the London
shops, with the tower in the morning for
another recollection; best OF all, dad
quite to himself, the whole day, he felt
his throat aching again.
Trying to force his composure back, he
examined his new cousins who were quite
as busy with his appearance.
Cecil saw girl of fourteen in a per-
fectly neat and comfortable brown frock
with trim little brown jacket and a
pretty brown hat; but this premature
man Of fashion stamped the whole cos
tune as lawfully country in an in
slant. He was more favoraDiy impressed
with her appearance. Her silky black
hair hung in two braids down her back.
Her face had the charming oval shape,
which is common in Arkansas, and she
had the dark, velvet Arkansas eyes,
with their curling long lashes and beauti-
ful brows. Cecil admired the delicate
pallor of her skin, her scarlet lips and
flashing teeth, though he considered her
mouth too large: Cis at fifteen was fas-
tidious, and esteemed himself judge of
ladies' charms.
The boy he dismissed with the slight
est glance in the world, stoIid, square,
figured, freekfed faced, red haired
youngster, whose wide blue eyes stared
persistently at every motion of the
stranger IS; aud who ohewed gum Cheer
fully while he stared.
On their side, Ally and Sally saw a
handsome gray haired gentleman, whose
air of distinction was marked enough to
impress even child, and lad who re-
ssmbled his father in the light, erect fig
ure and clear gray eyes, but who had
other lines in his pale face.
Sally, beng woman child, had noted
at once the little elegant details of both
travellers toilets; from the slender UNI
brella in its silk case and the alligator
skin travelling bag which lay on the plat
form. TO Cecfl's Immediately, brushed
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better than that of their humber COM
panions of the public pastures.
Since there are no roads in Iceland,
and no wagons, the pony must supply
the place of the wheeled vehicle,
not only for transporting man but also
for every other service in which else
where the cart is employed. And
this furnishes at times the most grotesque
pictures.
The peasant clatters into town upon
his little ragged roam and behind him, in
burly throng, come pell-mell q train of
ponies, all with pack saddles weighted
with the products of the dairy. A day
or two later he will face about, having
concluded his purchases or made his ex-
changes; and the ponies, one, two and
three, will be hidden beneath their loads
OF dried Goldfish Cor Gods heads) unevenly
balanced upon the pack saddles. The
cod s eye is esteemed rare tid-bit in
Iceland.
If the farmer is building house he
will have purchased boards for the front
gable or the floors, the side walls being
constructed or turf, and Master Pony
must drag away two long boards, one
attached to each side of his saddle, the
upper ends projecting high in the air and
the lower trailing far behind. For Ice
land Is without trees and all timber must
be brought, usually from Norway or
Denmark, to the seaports and thence
distributed.
Before starting out on journey across
country it is necessary to provide a
change of horses for each member of the
party. including the guide, and also for
each pack saddle. Thus party Of two,
with their guide, should have at least
eight horses. The provisions, baggage,
etc., are usually transported in two MARI
row, shallow wooden boxes, called
trunks, that are suspended one on each
side of pack saddle. This saddle con-
sists of & wooden fame, with cushion
made of coarse bagging and stuffed with
hay or something similar. On eaen side
of the frame are iron hooks from which
to suspend the trunks, these latter being
held in place by straps passing under
meath the horse. The height of tbs orti-
nary pony is such that an agile Amer
lean lad Of ffteea summers could vault
into the saddle.
We viii suppose that We have planned
a journey to the aot Springs and are TO
start the Esxt morning Our trunks
have been brought Indoors and We are
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busily packing them with long, compact
loaves Of brown rye bread such canned
provisions as we have prudently secured
in England, and the few absolutely in
dispensable articles of clothing. We
have, besides, two or three sets OF horse
shoes, extra straps, girths, etc., and a
small bottle of blue vitriol.
AT o CLOCK next morning we hear q
rafting of pebbles IN the courtyard, and
on going out find the Icelandio lad who
takes charge of our ponies mounted upon
one with the rest in leash.
"Good morning, Thalldorr; are the
ponies all right?''
''No, Brunka is chafed; you can t
ride him to-day. Perhaps he will bear
the saddle, though, if we pour little
vitrol on the wound and then cover it
with chiokweed. -
While Thalldorr is attending thereto
the official in charge of the public pas
lures appears and we settle our pastur-
age account, ten ore day for each pony
1.-TWO and eight-tenths cents in ALL
Then, ca lling Thalldorr and paying him
likewise his dues, fourteen cents day
and adding little gratuity, we mount
and are off, our guide taking the lead.
Until we are well clear Of the town and
indeed of all familiar sights and sounds,
the horses must be led in leash, else they
will scamper over the fields and afford us
a long, if not merry chase. Every now
and then the guide, weary of tuggIng
away at one end of a rope with q file of
five sturdy ponies stu5bornly resisting
the other end, makes the experiment of
setting them all free, but it always re-
suits in scene suggesting the explosion
of package of fire. The par
ty of three, guide included, must at
ouce divide itself into as many detach-
ments, and scamper over the lava
strewn hills in pursuit of the runaways.
Slowly we leave the environs of Reyk-
javik, go splashing through the shallow
Salmon river and climb the slope on the
farther side. A half hour later, when
grim, gray volcanic mountains shut out
the view to the left, we loose our ponies,
and they, knowing that they may not
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sswell, hardly, said the colonel.
s'Cobb said you two were left on the
battle field together, just you two alive,
and you gave him some of your whisky;
and he was yankee; and then you took
him on vonr back and crawled of with
him TO Cobb 8 mother g house. Did you
take him on your back, and crawl?''
'Well, couldn 4 walk right straight
with bullet in my leg, you know. -
"And did you tote him2''
s'I reckon he couldn't make out to
crawl, himself, just then.
land Cobb says you stayed there with
HIM tall you both got we'll. After you
got to Cobb's did you find ont he was
your cousIu?''
che. WASH { papa s cousin then, -
Sally interrupted from the back seat;
q he was mammals cousin, and mamma
didn t know papa until after the war. -
''Ohi' said Tom, the astonishing
days when papa was nothing to mamma
quite taxing his power of criticism away.
He sat silent for at least half an hour. .
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[ro BE Continued
DR.. s. b. Hartman.

President and Chief Surgeon of the Sur
gical Institute and Sanitarlum of Column
bus, Ohio, who is at present visiting his
extensive list of patients in the State of
Texas, finds numerous invalids and crip-
pies awaiting his arrival at each stop.
He treats successfully many cases of
cross eyes, club feet, spinal deformities,
hare-lip, chronic ulcers, rheumatism,
eatarrh, scrofula and all dificult chronic
diseases. His stops for the week Begin
ming March 81, 1890, Will be as follows:
Hallettsville. from s q. m. MONDAY !,
March 81, till noon Tuesday, April l,
at the Lindenburg Hotel. Cuero, from 3
pm. Tuesday April l, till noon Wednes-
day April 2 at the Mutt Hotel. Flatonia,
from p. M. Wednesday, April 2, till
noon Thursday, April 8, at the Central
Hotel. Gonzales, from 8 p. m. Thurs
day, April 8. till D. N. Friday April
4 at the Thomas House. Luling, Satur-
day, April 8, at the Brick Hotel; ONCE
hours from s q. M. to p. m.
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miles that separate farmhouse from
farmhouse, air and scenery alike would
soon lose their quickening influence. Or
should we wait till roads were con-
structed over the lava, the, sand, the
rubble, and the desolate moors that
cover at least three fourths of the
island, or until the swift glacial rivers
were bridged, we should never leave the
capital.
Reykjavik extends a struggling row of
white houses along the Faxa Bay. Back
of the town the shore line rises somewhat
abruptly into low, desolate hillocks
strewn with fragments of brown and
gray lava. Between these elevations ex-
tend peat boys, sparcely dotted ill sum-
mer time with tufts of coarse grass aud
tiny, fragrant flowers.
Almost before the tardy spring has
reused the lethargic soil to its first feeble
effert, and the yellow-green spires of the
grass begin to thrust their way through
the black peat and between the sur
face stones, the little ponies are
turned out of their winter stables, if in
deed they have had any, and left to shift
for themselves. Usually their front legs
are fastened together with rope, Dut
this unkindliness impedes their move
ments less than one would imagine. l
have often, indeed, seen them hobblfng
along at pace that would insure their
escape from any but swift runner.
And what Withholding little crea-
lures they are at this season. No
brush, card, curry oomb, or shears
have ever come in contact with that
tangled, ripping wealth of forelock.
main and tail, or that long matted hair
that is almost a coarse fur. They are
we'll protected against nature's rigors,
as they need to be, for. no matter how
severe the weather, never will they have
roof to shelter nor blanket to cover
them, nor other bed than the damp and
stony meadow or the gravelly hillside.
And all their exuberance of spirits, too,
must be wrested from that rugged pas
tureland, Tor gram is never the horses
portion in Iceland, and, in the far in
terror, hardly even man g nutriment. OF
course there are solitary exceptions to
this rule, and well-groomed ponies may
be found that have even known the de-
light of a breakfast Of oats, but doubt
whether their mettle or temper is any
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Sally said as little, but she was abso rbed
in a half eager, half timid reverie of
pleasure. The far-away northern eous-
in, whose beautiful presents came to
them every Christmas, and whose rare
letters were all about wonderful foreign
things, had grown into an ideal fairy
prince in poor, untraveled Sally mind
IL seemed too beautiful to be true that he
should really be coming to stay all win
ter with them.
Alan was pleased, but he always took
things more calmly than his twin sister,
who sat with dancing eyes and beating
heart while the big cypress and gum trees
drifted past.
''There they are!'' exclaimed Col /.
Seyton, abruptly.
The children craned their neeks; they
could see the little railway station house
and the tavern beside it, and train of
cars just putting and rumbling out of
sight. A single car was sidetraoked on
the nearer side. From this car descended
gentleman and a boy, both of whom
looked up the road.
CHAPTER I'm THE CYPRESS SWAMP.
The two on the platform were looking
with equal interest at the wagon.
"Yes,' said the man; and there was
emotion in his face, "that is Seyton
those must be his children. -
''Those common looking people!" ex-
claimed the boy with visible disappoint-
ment.
He repented his speech instantly, for
little streak of red climbed into his
fathers cheeks and there was quick
contraction of his brows; but all Mr..
Raimund said was, t'I am hoping you
will not feel like talking that way by the
time you come home, Cts. 2" which was
uttered in a very quiet voice.
Yet Cecil felt q lump in his throat.
Not even John Raimund ), himself, knew
how the boy loved his father. At this
very moment bitter foreboding of lone
illness was Juggling at his heart strings.
He stared dismally around him; at the
little tavern, at the muddy roads wind
ing back into the desolate woods, the
skeletons of trees, the inky pools of
water shining through the tree trunks.
There was a mist before his eyes, which
all his winking could not clear away
In spite of multitudinous resolutions of
courage and self-control, he broke down.
"Oh, Dad, he pleaded-he had called
his father so from his boyhood, to his
mothers intense disgust Oh, Dad +,
let me stay with you. / won It be bit
of trouble, and III stay in the car
whenever you want to go out with gen.
tlemen-''
''This is my son, Cecil he heard his
fathers voice say IN louder tones. He
took off his cap and bowed, first to the
one armed man, next to the slim, little
dark-eyed girl. Then he held out his
hand to the boy; all the while acutely
conscious that this father was wringing
the one-armed man IS hand with an ex-
traordinary cordially.
'You r Alan, I suppose - said Cecil,
politely ~ m glad to meet you.
His father 3 hand on his shoulder, al
though it was the gentlest touch, stopped
the flood of words.
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Copyright 1890. by the Author.l
SOME NATURAL SUBSTANCES WHICH
THE CHEMIST MAKES.

By Professor Ira Remsen, Acting President OF
Johns Hopkins University.
What is chemist? If I should ask
number Of my young friends this ques-
ton they would not all give the same
answer; and, Indeed, it Is hard to give
one answer which is satisfactory. Most Of
you would probably say q a chemist is one
who finds outwhat things are made of. -
Others, perhaps, would say "a chemist
is one who can tell whether there is poison
in thing. Both answers would be
right. but neither tells enough. If you
you were to AJAX me should say that
chemist is one who Is trying to find out
al he possibly can in regard to the COM