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The Republican., 1890-08-22
LONDON DRUG SHOPS.
They Are Not as Attractive as Our Brish
Corner Stores.


Corner Stores.
There is a wide difference between
the London drug stores and ours. There
is no such craze for patent medicines
there as here, and there is nothing like
the American inclination for every man
to be his own doctor An English drug
gist sells face powder, cologne, soap,
brushes, patent pills and the like,
but his main business is putting up pre-
scriptionS. He has no clientele of men
who drop in for a little aromatic spirits
of ammonia after night of dissipation,
or for acid phosphate after too much
smoking, or for tincture of iron and so
many grains of quinine, or a glass of
Calisaya for tonic, or q teaspoonful of
bicarbonate of soda to offset too hearty
a meal. All that which so enriches our
druggists is unknown in England. The
Americans in London last summer
found this out to their cost. One of
them told me that he had this queer
experience. He asked 4 druggist for a
draught of iron and quinine.
''Oh, we carn't give you that without
a prescription, you KNOW" the man re-
piled.
The American persisted, but the drug
gist was firm.
well, can't you give me an ounce of
tincture of iron?'
"Yes, SIR"
And two two-grain quinine pills?"
eyes, sir"
"Will you lend me tumbler with a
little water in it?"
Eyes, sir"
Having all these things, the Ameri-
can dropped dozen drops of iron in tho
water, and took that and the pellets
down with agulp. The druggist looked
on with keen interest, and then said,
very gravely:
"Do you know, call that very neat.
1t is very neat indeed. Julian Ralph,
ill Harper's Weekly.
The Republican., 1890-08-22
;. who pecks 1t upq' said Gagesn.

who pecks 1t upP' said Gigssn,
heimer; you'd peter call the servant
to peek it up Guggenheimer was
about to walk away, when Flynn hit
him a. atwister in the jaw. In less time
than it takes to tell it, fourteen upper
cuts and twenty-five body blows were
delivered, and, as rushed in to sepa-
rate them, every blow landed on NO."
Good gracious!''
"As the hall was dark, and it was
lust my luck to have them mistake
me for each other, and, as had tripped
over the fallen overcoats, they were
making short work of me, when the
servant entered with a policeman"
"Too bad"
"Just shift that splint little, and
don't sit on the end of the bed NY
ankle is out of joint; Flynn stepped on
it when | was down. AS soon as l get
my arm out of a sling, am going to
chop that measly, dod-gasted hat-rack
into splinters, and, if ever get any
more boarders, am going to have a
hook similar to the ones used in butcher
stalls, with the boarder's name above
am thinking seriously Of having a
gas-iet over each hook, which will be
kept burning constantly. Going?"
"Yes."
"Before you go, just hand me the bot
tie of medicine. Thanks"
When | reached the hall found my
hat and coat on the floor, where they
had been deposited by that Internal
hat-rack.-Lewis NJ. Sweet, in Texas
Siftinps.
The Republican., 1890-08-22
POPLIN SACK AGAIN.
The Wen-Known Fabric Coming Irts
Fashion Once More,


Fashion Once More.
Slowly, but sHrely, poplin is regaining
Its former fashionable position. It is
shown in all the quiet shades and none
OF the extreme ones, which would seem
to suggest that it is expected to be worn
by people of good taste. In the dainty
heliotropes and grays it is specially liked,
as 1t seems to have silvery look then
that is very artistic. Poplin in the light
weight quality shown f0r summer wear
is simply developed, y perfect fit and
suitable decorations, if any, making the
gown smart, rather than numerous
drapings, shirrings or plaits
The woman who feels that she can
not dare the simplicity OF tailor-made
gown will be wise to select poplin, in-
asmuch as it can be made very simply
and yet have soft waistcoat, a iabot of
lace, or some effect with ribbons to take
away from the severity of the bodice.
Velvet sleeves look very we'll in con-
trast with this lustrous material, and if
one wishes to be little ahead Of tho
fashion, a cloth jacket, matching the
gown material in color, and without
sleeves, may form part of the get-up.
Then have a cloth toque, draped with
velvet and couple of velvet rosettes
just in front. This is not absolutely a
summer costume, but one must remem-
Der that there are cool summer days
when the spring or autumn gown is
greeted with Joy.
In choosing heliotrope poplin get
one of the pure shades; that is, one
without pink tone in it. When tho
undesirable shade is gotten, and some-
times it is by mistake, it proves tire
some to the eye, and then, too, it is shown
in cheap cotton stuffS, the last special
reason for avoiding it,
A poplin costume recently exhibited
is made of holiotrope poplin, tho pure
shade that, having in it no tint of pink,
is suited for all occasions when one
wishes to be dressed littlo more than
usual and yet does not care for too
elaborate toilet The foundation skirt
is quite plain. Over this is the long,
full skirt that forms the drapery, and
which is trimmed with four rows of vel
vet ribbon a shade darker than the ma
terial. 1t is looped in boX-plait fashion
on one side, which gives wrinkled
effect to the front: but that is the only
looping, straight, full lines being formed
by the remainder of the skirt. The
basque is extra long and very sharply
pointed. 1t is closed down the front
with small velbet buttons of the shade
of the ribbon. A zouave jacket is simu-
lated by heliotrope passementerie that
is shaped to fit the figure and sewed
we'll to its position. The sleeves are
slightly full and have deep cuffs of the
passementerie. The high collar is also
covered with it. A velvet ribbon starts
from each side at the waist, is brought
forward and knotted just at the point of
basque, and then the loops and ends
decorate the front. The bonnet is a
capote of black lace straw; it's brim is
draped with heliotrope velvet in front
is a cluster of mignonette, and the ties
are of hcliotrope velvet, Pale hello
trope undressed kid gloves are worm
Chicago Times
The Republican., 1890-08-22
English Teaching in Germany.

Prof. Goldburgman Herr Kann.
Stnicht, you will the declensions give in
the sentence: 81 have gold mine"
Herr Kannstnicht Il have a gold
mine; thou hast gold thine; he has a
gold his; we, you, they have gold ours,
yours or theirs, as the case may be.
Prof. Goldburgman-You right are;
up head proceed. Should | what time
pleasant have, if all Herr Kannstnicht
like werel-Lighk
The Republican., 1890-08-22

One of our rising young legal gentle-
men has recently started a new kind Of
practice, the first attempt at which was
hardly successful. On quiet morning
a young man of bashful presence called
at the Office and asked the lawyer to
write a letter for him. Upon inquiry
the legal gentleman found that it was
proposal of marriage which the young
man wished to communicate to his in
amorata but hardly felt equal to the
emergency himself The disciple of
Blackstone indited the epistle in his
best style, but, alas, his persuasive
powers were hardly equal to the occa-
sion, for the missive failed to make the
desired connection. A day or two later
brief, cold note arrived in the post
office box for the young man, which
blasted his fondest hopes. He was re-
jected 1t is rumored that the end is
not yet, but that legal complications
may arise as to the contents of the let
ter.-Kennebec (Me.) journal.
The Republican., 1890-08-22

AS far as experiments with car
brakes have been carried there is found
to be practically no difference between
the different metals so far as theil
power is concerned, although their wear
ing qualities differ materially.
The Republican., 1890-08-22
A DEADLY HAT-RACK.
How It Caused Trouble In Jack
sons Boarding House.

NE day l ST.
week while sit
ting in my room
thinkin g idl e
thinks and sip
ping ice-water, |
was startled by
an unusual noise
in the hous g
next to mine.
which is occu-
pied by a man
named Jackson.
who uses it as a
boarding-house
BY holding my
ear to the wall
(Which Iconfess
was n o t t b Q
proper thing to
do under ordi-
The Republican., 1890-08-22

Chorus of Coquettes-"Let us each
be up and doing with a fate for any
heart. ."-Washington Post.
The Republican., 1890-08-22

EVERAL OF the
Southern States
furnished quite a
number OF sold
'iers for the army
of the Union, in
some cases send
ing squads, in
other cases send
ing companies,
while in some
sections OF th 9
South whole regi-
ments we're made
The Republican., 1890-08-22
Both i'm the Same Fix.

81 would suggest ice cream" remarked
!.siss Bleecker, but I'm dead broke"
II, too, am in mortal Fragments" re-
olied Miss Heacon-Street of Boston. ~
Y. Y. Sun.
The Republican., 1890-08-22
A BIT OF HISTORY.

How tho Only Company Furnished by
the North for the Confederate Army
Was Raised.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-08-20

Itch on human, horses end al an
imsls, cured IN 30 minutes By wool-
lords Sanitary Lotion.
Sold BY N, M. johnson A Co.,
Druggist, Durham, N. e.,
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DRUNKENNESS--Liqnori Hab-
it-I0 all the World there Ia but
one cure, DR.. Hasnes' Gold
en- Specific. #
Il can be given in cup of tea or
coffee, without the knowledge of the
person taking it, effecting ! a. speedy
and permanent cure. whether the
patient is a moderate drinker or an
alcoholic wreck. Thousands OF drunk
ards have been cured who have taken
the Golden Specific in their coffee
without their knowledge, and to-day
believe they quit drinking Of their
own free will. No harmful effect re.
suits from its administration. Cures
guaranteed. Send for CIRCULAR and
full particulars. Address in conf.
dence. GOLDEN Specific Co, 1876
Race Street. CINCINNATI, 90
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-08-20
A Safe Inyestment,

u one winch Is guaranteed 70 bring
you satisfactory results, or 10 case Of
failure return Of purchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy from our
sdyertisee Druggists bottle Of DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
taon. Il is guaranteed 10 bring re.
lief in every case, when used for any
shsctipp Of Throste LuBgs or Chest,
such Is Consumption, Inflammation
ofLupgs. Bronchitis, Asthma, Whoop
ing Cough. Group, ets., etc. Il Il
pleasant and agreeable 10 tast, per.
tsctlylsafe. and can always be ie6en
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A safe Investment.

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On this safe plan you can buy from
our advertised Druggist q bottl Of DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consucp.
ton. 1t Is guaranteed to bring relief
in every case, when used for any
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Whoop,ng Caugh, Croun, etc,,etc. II
is pleasant and agreeable to taste,
perfectly safe, and can always b. de
pended upon.
Trial bottles free at X. Blacknal &
SON. Drugstore.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-08-20

Additional train Oxford daily esoepl san5y n 90 ~ .
Henderson 1905 ~ returning leave Hspdsras "a p " I. y.
cept Sunday, arrive Oxford 3 .i5P NJ = = - :" aAV"
NO. 80 leaving GoIdsboro 20 M and R.Is,h Aas N s.,
connection a. Durham with No. 10 leaving a 600 M .y ii,
csP' punay Tor Oxford Henderson, and oil points on o. H. o. O.,
coaches run through between West Point and Raleigh y
Nos 81 and 5S "a Richmond from and a, W =, - MIDI
more daily except Sunday e y "1'ron snu psN
~ nd connect at Goro trains "a and from
cry 'pa mlmngtoD and h Selma 70 and from Fsyeiteye
no oZ connects at Greensboro for Payeievills
NO % connects o. Selma for viii on M n Ma. AZ and m
: days ~ Ase''o ana ron chape Hnl !.
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coLoRADo EXCURSIONS

On May 2Otb. aud in June or.
cnraions will be run from all point.
OF the east aud south 10 Akron. The
rate will be one fare for tho round
trip, over the Chicago, Rock Island
q Pacific from Chicago and intefmc.
diate points, and over the Missouri
Pacific from 81. Louis and the South,
10 OmIlIa, Nebraska From Omaha
take the ID. u N. X. X. g. Akron.
The above offer Of gres lot 40.
plies only 70 those who will, prior %
June 20 aid them In q reasonable
way, In making these excursions a
success.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-08-20
The Standard.

Il regard Hoods Sasaparills a.
having pssSd above the grade Of
what are ocpmoply called, patent o.
proprietary uedicines,' said o well
known physieian recently. "It L
fully edited 70 be considered . stan.
dard pedicine, and has won this peal,
tion b. Ia undoubted merit and By
ths many remarkable ..rures 1t has
Effected. For an Alternative and torci
10 has never been egu ,lled."
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-08-20

Torpid Liver and sick headache
vanish after using Dr. Davids Liver
Pills. m
w. Yssrbys Drug Store.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-07

many and many night, aud he had oar
ried ir by storm over aud over again
when talking to Nanny Sue about It.
His thoughts had been turned toward
Its capture last spring. He bad seen O
sturdy young man rush valiantly for
ward, stop a runaway horse and rescue
young child from imminent danger. He
had seen the father of the child press
some money into the young hero'S
hands, and forthwith Henry Clay john
son raised his little banner aud sounded
his trumpets and beat his drums aud laid
siege TO his grand castle in Spain.
DE boss wuz a-comIn' down de street
des ltckity-split, NANNY he was ac-
customed to say In the long evenings,
when Nanny Sue was busy ironing the
heap OF white clothes; ''you never year
no SIGH noise he wuz maxim tumble,
jumbo, tumble, des like dat. ET'ybodY
Wuz a-runnin out de way des like chick
ems W n de dog in de yard, 'cept one
young man. You oughter seen him,
nanny. He des run right up like
lightnin', en- he grab de reins, des like
dat; en- he t'row de boss back, des like
dat; en- he hol' on, des like dat. Den de
fader comes up en- he grab de little CURL
outen de buggy, en- he glib her great
big hug en- de tears run all ober his
face, en- he take out pocketbook-great
big yaller pooketbook-big as dat, en- he
gibs de young man a whole chunk or
bills. Must "a bin t'ousaud dollers,
tink. - And here his breath would
come quick and short, and his eyes
would stand away out Of his little black
head, and the assault on his castle would
begin again.
''En OATS Fat I'm gwine ter do,
nanny. I'm gwiue ter stop some boss,
en- W 'en gifts de t'ousan' dolIers, I'm
Gwine ter bull' you big house, en- I'm
gwine ter buy two pair shoes, one fer
you en- one fer me, en- m gwine ter buy
big brushes, en- ladder, en- plenty er
W itewash, en- I'm gwine ter buy q great
big sign wild ironin' en- washin' en- W lite
washin on it. En- der IN gwine make
20 fortune, ain 1, mammy?'
Nanny Sue would stop long enough
from her work TO laugh in a way that
made no sound, but caused no little tu-
multi and commotion on the outslds of
her great, ponderous body.
'ShOo, chile, - she would say when
the storm had subsidized, 'dem run way
bosses done shake you of des like q fly. |
Didn 20 ole nanny see Pete Gumbo |
try ter stop run way muller De mule he /
les say, take dat, en- he kick i'm IN (
1e year, en- like bruk his neck. Dindn' |
20 ole NANNY make poultices fer i'm? !
Deed she did. You DON tech dem rum
way bosses. Yo' nanny gwire wurk !
hard en- gwiue make w'itewasher er yer,
an gwine git great big sign, sure nuf -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-07

then back, as though the boy were but
wisp Of hay. The strain on the little
hands was cruel and severe, but they
held fast. Twice was he so thrown, but
he did not relax his hold. The horse he
was clinginz to, incumbered By his
weight, was slackeuing IN speed and
pulling on the fierce gHlIUpiug OF the
other horse. Men were running to the
rescue. His castle had come true.
A cry of admiration broke from the
crowd. ''See the little fellow hold, a."
some one shouted. Alas, he helped no
more, no youthful arm could staud the
mighty strain, and ere the men reached
the little negro's side his hands had
loosed their grip.
The frightened team was stopped in
front of the heavy truck. Men stood at
the heads of the painting, trembling
horses. Ready hands helped the fqiting
lady from the buggy. a life was saved.
Henry Clay johnson had saved it. Other
hands, perhaps, might have caught the
flying horses if he had not rushed to the
rescue. But his hands caught them; his
hands had slackened the frightfuI speed,
and to his hands is the credit and the
glory. And now a rough, bearded man
is tenderly holding these hands In the
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-07
OUR YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
zD,rzn ,,, ,,p ,,-lrc ,o,,,s, -
EDITED BY FRANCIS HoDGSoN BURNETT.

! young imRglnat'ons had been taught to
! picture as delight nR in the torture Of
their captives AMI N dashing out chill
! dren s brains against the wall. Only
! Que OF the little party the baby, viewed
the Intruders wiki w.d s-eyed and fear
less wonder.
Unfortunately these PICTURES of saw
age cruelty wtrs not all imaginary.
! There wer5 times when white captives
| were tortured with fiendish cruelty
There were other prisoners whose ex Pc
rieuce was different. JOIN Stark, who
was hell in captivity hy the st. Francis
Indians, said of the m afterwards, &C
CoTding 10 his son and his iran, that he
experienced more genuine kindness
from the sGvages than he ever knew
prisoners of war to receive from any civ
iiized power. The captiveS at Bridg-
man. s fort seem on the whole to have
fallen into gentle hands. There were.
with the two Howe lads, fourteen In all
Mrs. Howe, VI b. had already lost one
husband. Mr.. Phips, by the Indians;
her children, Mary and Submit Phips;
William, Moses Squire and Caleb Howe,
and baby six months old; Mrs. Grant
aud her children, HilkIah, Asa and Mar
tina, and Mrs. Garfield and her daughter,
Eunice. To convey SUCH party through
the painless forest several hundred miles
with the utmost possible speed was in
Itself terrible hardship, but no iudig-
nifty was put upon them and apparently
no suffering inflicted which was not I'M
avoidaUle. They were forced to march
as far and Us fast as possible. They had
no shelter from the heat or the ain, but
all survived the terrible journey.
The traveller of to-day is whirled from
Massachusetts to Montreal in q few
hours ride in a comfortable Pullman
car, with every luxury and convenience
at hand TO make the trip enjoyable.
How different was the long journey which
the captives from Bridgman's fort had
to endured Their precise course IS not
known, but it is probable that they made
first wide detour TO avoid Fort Drummer
TO the north, whose "great gum BOOM
ing through the echoing woo's put all
the neighborhood on guard IN time OF
danger. The blazing walls of their home
left far behind, they assembled the West
river TO its source and thence climbed
over the high land to Otter creek. Fol-
lowing this uorthwesteriy for q number
of miles they then struck across country
to Lake Champlain and went By canoe to
Crown Point, where for twenty-four
years had been q French post. They
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-07

johnson had studied his plan of action
WELL Before the running team had
reached him he turned and ran in the
same direction the horses were going.
AS they plunged past he made desper-
ate grab and caught the bride of tho
nigh horse close by the bit. The rush OF
the team carried him of bis feet and tbs
sudden jerk we'll nigh wrenohsd his arms
from their sockets, but be held tight to
his hold. Naught can save him now but
holding tight. To let go would be to fall
beneath the hind feet OF the horse. The
frightened steed threw his head upward
and swung the little negro forward aud
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-07

stopped three times a day for rest and
food, and sometimes on the march one of
the silent braves would catch I'D one of
the smaller children whose little legs
ached with travel, and set him upon his
shoulders till some rough place was
passed. ToilinG through thick under
brush, STUN bling over fallen trees. they
somehow made their way until the lake
furnished them an easier means of
travel.
After short rest with the French at
Crown Point the captIves continued the
journey northward in canoes until thew
finally arrived, weary with many hard
ships, ct the French Headquarters at
Montreal. Their adventures by no
means ended here. Mrs. Howe, who
was widely known as the flair captiysD
from her great beauty was pestered with
attentions from French officers until she
was finally released through the influence
of Col. afterwards EeneraD Philip
Schuyler and Maj. (afters ard generaD
Isrhei putnam, who were both prisoners
OF war and took an interest III securing
her ransom. Three sons returned with
her to the colonies, one having died.
The baby girl was given to Gen.
Vandreuil, the two older daughters
them married u rich gentleman and went
with him to his native country. The
other, after many years of separation,
joined her mother, who had by this time
found third husband. one Mr.. Tute,
who was not deferred from marrying her
by the cory fate of his predecessors.
Mrs. Garfield was ransomed IN 1853 and
went back TO England. The fate of her
daughter is uQknOWn Mrs Grant r-os
living in the same year with the French
in Montreal, while her sons were with
the ST. Francis Indians, who had treated
Stark so kindly. In that year, 1853, n
petitioned the general court of
Massachusetts to ransom her. The
petition was probably not granted, but
the close of the war put an end to the
holding of hostages, and she, later, re-
turned to her old home, and her de-
scendants, even to the present day, are
living not far from the scene of her can
ture.
Thus widely separated-some in
France, some in England, some in Can
ada and some in the colonies; some re-
joining old friends and some finding new |
ones under new skies; some returning to |
and some retaining the garb |
and manner of life of their wild but not |
captors-were passed the after |
lives OF the fourteen comDanions in |
that hurried march through the Vermont |
forest in the summer of 1906. Except,
in the kind and considerable |
treatment which they usually received,
their fate was typical of that of hundreds
Of New England settlers who trod the
bloody trails to Canada in the French
md Indian wars
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-07

ular garrison, but shared by three fam
lilies for greater security. In appearance
II was typical blockhouse of the time
and place, being perhaps twenty or
thirty ieet square and Il story and half
in height, with sloping roof. The attic
story projected slightly over the lower
one; there were loopholes in the walls
and floors for defense, and a stout stock
ade of logs set upright in the earth,
within whose shelter Caleb Howe, Hill
kiah Grant and Benjamin Gatfield lived
with their families not without feeling
OF security destined 10 be destroyed in a
manner typical of the fate of many an
other remote frontier outpost in the dark
days of the French and Indian wars.
When the sun rose over Bridgman s
fort on the morning of June 81 there was
not apparent TO eye or ear any indication
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-07

four new shoes, one large pair aud one
smaller, and sign hung over the en-
trance-washing and ironing and white
washing.
1t was strange that Henry Clay john
son should own this castle in Spain. One
would suppose that 30 grand an edifice
must have a noble owner; and Henry
Clay johnson was round-headed, good
natured little negro boy, with ragged
clothes and bare feet. Yet no one could
dispute his claim to his castle. 1t was
his by right of conquest. He had laid
siege to it as he tossed on his little bed