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, 1891-05-09

Professor II. A. Newton, of Yale, writes
the following letter with regard 10 the
great and wonderfully brilliant meteor
which waH seen here in Hartford:
The brilliant meteor that you describe
IN your issue Of Feb. -, and which was
heard to explode with tremendous noise
ia many places In Maine, appears to have
been moving northward, nearly over
Portland, Me, perhaps from as far south
rs Boston. and 10 hnve disappeared some
miles above the surface Of the earth over
the middle or northern parts of Franklin
county, Me. SO far as known no stones
have been secured from the meteor. II
this Is the true path, the body entered
the air with a tremendous velocity.
The earth was at that time moving
eighteen rules n second directly toward
the point from which the meteor was
coming. According TO accepted theories.
the meteor was moving faster than the
earth, and the stone entered the air with
the sun of the two velocities This
makes a velocity Of more than forty
miles a second. In most Of the cases
where stones have been secured the We
lOcities ave been not more than twenty
miles a second, In one instance, how
ever, in Stanhem, MOravia, there were
secured "A large number of stones from n
meteor whose velocity was as great as
that Of the meteor OF Feb. 23-Hartford
Couraut.
, 1891-05-09

The Libby Prison war museum is soon
70 have an acquisition of a curious char
acter. II is the identical frame house in
which Jesse James lived the last four
months Of his life, and III which he was
killed by Bob Ford. Since 1889 this
house has stood unoccupied on u bluff
bach of st. Joseph. Mo. The bullethole
in the wall is still to be seen and the
blood stains on the floor have never been
etfaced. The house was sold to tho
agent Of the Chicago museum for the
sum Of 81 900, and it is to be taken down
in sections, removed hence and set mp
again in the big building in Wabash
avenue.
An equally interesting relic would be.
we think, the old James house still stand
ing near Liberty, Clay county. And If
old Mother James is still living She
should be engaged to come along and
serve as a guide or illustrator. "
The old lady, when we last saw her,
nine years ago, was full Of fight and en-
ergy, and it would be hard to find a
handsomcr woman than she was.-Chi,
cage News.
, 1891-05-09

The Rose 81 ShAsBn Not "A Rose.
Che cUrouaria commonly
grows wild about Smyrna and in Asia
Minor, spreading far and wide as the
most beautiful of spring blossoms, grow
ing on chalk soil along the edges of
shrubbery. We annot wonder that it
was already in rncient times a favorite
of the inhabita ITS and excited in poetic
minds sensations such as can only be ex-
cited by surprising beauty. Il am the
rose Of Sharon and the lily Of the val
leys, sings the first verse Of the second
chapter of Solomon's song, and there can
be no doubt today what is here meant by
tie rose Of Sharon.
II was an American. Fiske p. Brewer.
who decided this question, Narcissus
Tazetta, which likewise grows in Pales-
tine, having previously been considered
the Biblical flower. This gentleman, ac-
cording to the Edinburgh Review of
1856. while travelling in the year 1859
from Jaffa to Rahleh, came upon a place
where a considerable eypanse Of ground
was half covered with brilliant red
flowers. At the sight of them some of
his native companions Immediately ex-
claimed, Roses Of Sharon, and when
he inquired o the name he was told
that the m was there universally
SC. called.
In truth it would not be easy other
wise to speak of a rose in Palestine. for
native roses do not exist there-at least
not where they would Justify the associ-
alton Of the plain of Sharon with their
name, Wild roses are found in Pales-
tine only on Lebanon, or where, here
and there, r. centifolia is cultivated for
the production of altar, as in the wadi-
el-Werd (R~ose-valley), near Hebron.
According to Ebers and Guthe, in their
PALESTINE" the translations of the
Bible often use the word rose where
there is no warrant for understanding
by it a true rose. The roses of Persia
and Media were not introduced into
Palestine before the Grecian period
nlustrirte Garden-Zeitung
, 1891-05-09

The Partisan t~radesPeOpls who nave 10
The lower French classes. every one
knows. are g~rasping. In Paris they are
spurred on by what Alphonss Daudet
so graphically calls ia peur de ne pas
arriver-the fear Of not getting there =
In the Quarter a student is allowed $50
francs credit; in other words, thirty dol
lars. If any expenditure Is run up above
that limit, or rent permitted 10 stand
beyond that sum, the hussier appears
and the student Is literally turned out
on the pavement. / have recently heard
of several cases where this limit had
been reached within a franc or two, and
where the student, a man or woman,
had been reducel y keeping the vital
spark alive by one or two cups Of coffee
a day.
In IA instance the person was a New
England girl from u small village, who.
entirely without talent, had come over,
a. | have described, with about 5000, out
Of which, her passage being deducted,
she had beer able 70 live, after a fashion,
for a time. The last cent was now gone;
she was ~friendless, without means to get
home, and probably too proud to make
her destitution and failure known to her
family, against whose instincts Of com
mon sense she had probably undertaken
this venture, lured by all manner Of
wild and unfouudcd hopes. And this
case is really one Of many Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
, 1891-05-09

II is not generally known that Marat,
the RevulutiOnist, dispatched by Chariot,
CordHy, was "A physician, and that he hAd
a certain success In treating consumption.
II is recorded OF bin that he cured a titled
lady Of this disease in It's advanced stages,
and that her gratitude 10 him knew no
bounds Unfortunately he was entlced
into politics and prevented from pursuing
his studies further in a direction that
might have made bis memory rcvered in
Etenl Of dctcsted.
For some reason doctors seem to drift
naturally toward politics aud radicalism.
perhaps because their profession tends 10
render them skepticnI In Brazil and the
Argentine Republic they have shown them
selves decidedly ambitious The celebrated
DR.. Churcot is a radical whose principles
verge on the revolutionary. ClemenceHu
gave up his medical practice years ago
10 devote himself TO politics. and though
be Is a man OF great talent and a brilliant
orator, his political efforts nave not con
tributod TO his personal advancement or
been Of great benefit TO his country. Be
sides Clemcnceou there are from forty to
hfty physicians ia the French chamber Of
deputies San Francisco Chronicle
, 1891-05-09

Daring the heat Of the political cam,
paiguthey called on me for a speech at West
Oakland, 20 said Justice Charles Z. Shook
Il don't take very kindly to political
speech making, and l was especially timor-
Gus about making an address in the First
ward, where everybody knows me, and
where in consequence / would be sure Of
the seyerest criticism.
But ! was in for it and set about pre-
pairing myself for the ordeal After had
thought out an address which / imagined
had enough hurra in IL to make the boys
hit the hoOr l thought I'd try it on my
wife.
so / placed her in a good seat in the
front row Of our parlor furniture, struck
my most statesmanlike attitude, and IN
hmbered my m~outhpiece. Finally ! reached
one Of my most impressive periods, and
came TO a full stop a good deal u Of
breath.
"'wen, what are you waiting forY
calmly inquired the side partner OF my
joys.
That's where l pause to permit the
tumultuous applause 10 get in is work !
replied.
"'Oh, thought you were afraid you had
awakened the baby was herr unsympa
thetic and disheArtening response. Still, /
noticed that when / poured that speech
into the listening ear Of West Oakland my
wife was the first and only listener to AZ
preciate and applaud when / paused at
that critical period. San Francisco EN
amiuer.
, 1891-05-09

Frost Bunker, of the Dead river re-
gion, is a guide who, it is said, is n sue
cessful rival to James A. Smith, of Phil
lips-a Rangely guide-in story telling.
Frost is intimately acquainted with
John Smith" who is well known in all
parts of the country. He says he was
with John on a hunting trip once on a
time, when they came upon a man who
had fired at an owl perched in a big
tree) about n dozen times without sue
cess. As they approached the stranger
offered John a five dollar bill if he would
secure the owl. John cooked his rifle
and walked around the tree.
The owl turned his head in the same
direction IA far as John walked. John
kept on going around the tree, the owl
turning his head all the while. Just as
John completed the tenth circuit the
owls head was twisted off and he fell to
the ground dead. John said small owls
couldn't be killed that way because their
feet would fly up in turning Phillips
(Me.) Photograph.
, 1891-05-09

Atlodys open
the offer made by the proprietors
of DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It's
n reward of $500 cash for an in
durable case of catarrh, no matter
how bad, or of how long standing.
They'll carry it out, too. It's n
thing to make the offer. It's a very
different thing to make it good. 1t
couldn't be done, except with an
extraordinary medicine. But that's
what they have. By it's mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties, DR.. Sage's Remedy cures
the worst cases. 1t doesn't simply
palliate for a time, or drive the dis
ease to the lungs. 1t produces a
perfect and permanent cure. Try
it and see.
If you can't be cured, you'll be
paid.
The only question is-are you
willing to make the test, if the
makers r willing to take the
risk !?
If so, the rest is easy. You pay
your druggist fifty cents and the
trial begins.
If you're wanting the $500 you'll
get something better-d cureI
, 1891-05-09

Il understand, ~ said the Growler, 'thnt
the lorEnette Is going ont Of fashion, and
l am delighted II the rumor Is true. There
is nothing in this world that can turn u
sweet little woman into u supcrCilious
snob so easily rs the ~lorguette. They
make me feel uncomfortable wherever ]
see them. When l see a woman looking
at me through the lorEuettc / feel as IL my
clothes were nine or ten sizes too large for
me; l experience the sensation which | i'm.
agine the victim Of a hypnotist feels when
the eye OF the master is liked upon him.
The lorguette is q success only as a dis
courager Of Washers, and is, SO far, to be
commended; but when it tackles self re.
specting manhood and makes him dwin.
die, it becomes little short Of criminal,
and should be suppressed by fashion II
not by law. New York sun.
, 1891-05-09

"hlfi mat lows INTO th" Earth
There is an interesting instance OF
water flowing inland from the sea. Its
found on the island Of Ce~phalonia. in the
Ionian sea, west Of Greece. The phe.
nomenon occurs on the southwest side
Of the island, near the small town and
port of Argostoli. Two streams flow at
n short distance. from one, straight from
the sea for n few yards, and then follow
different courses. One turns at right
angles and run for some ways parallel
with the shore and close to it. Then il
turns again toward the sea, and run
ming, of course, deeper and deeper.
doubles completely under itself, thus
forming a loop, and finally passes out of
sight deep down in u landward direction.
In its course it turns two flour mills,
which will give an idea Of the strength
Of the current. There is no tide in the
sea here, and the flow of the salt water
brook is perfectly steady and continuous.
The other stream disappears in the
ground in n similar way.
This curious phenomenon has not at
tracted much attention because Argos
toll is not en- one Of the regular tourist
routes. No one knows what becomes of
inns Nabei' bub IL pIOOduly HOWs 10 some
subterranean reservoir, and il may have
something to do with the earthquakes
that occur in that neighborhood once in
a long while, or possibly it feeds some
distant volcano, for, as is well known,
the most generally accepted theory of
the aus Of volcanic eruptions is that
they are due to steam generated from
water admitted through cracks i'll the
carth's crust or in some other way
Goldwaite's Magazine.
, 1891-05-09

A clothes pole or "costumer" may now
be found in every kind of wood tc
match bedroom sets. In white ename.
and gold they cost ten dollars, This i.
a pole mounted on a three legged stand.
ard, with hooks all around it at the TOP
to hang the clothing on at night. It
serve to keep dresses and other cloth,
ing in daily wear from becoming
wrinkled by being thrown across a
chair. 1t is by no means desirable to
put clothing that has been worn away
at once in a close wardrobe or closet.
Such clothing should be hung in a room,
to be well aired at night. or at the least
several hours before it is put away. For
this use the "costumer' serves an excel
lent purpose.-New York Tribune.
, 1891-05-09

A Springfield man has been so busy
making money this week that he didn't
see any way but to hire a small boy to
go up to his house and perform the ne,
cessary operation of breaking the sprouts
from about two bushels of potatoes in
his cellar. He found the boy aud gave
him instructions. By some misunder,
standing the boy thought sprouting po-
tatoes a very different operation from
what it really is, and that mar was a
very angry owner of spoiled potatoes
when he got home that night. he
found that the boy had carefully cut
each potato into pieces of a size suitable
for planting.-Springfeld Homestead.
, 1891-05-09


On landing at n of the sugar fac
tories W. found that there was a fair GO
ing on under an avenue of tamarisks
close by. The dealers sat under the
trees with their wares before them, fruit
and vegetables in one quarter, cotton
n c~alicoes in another, native wooden
stuffs, robes, rugs, cloth, etc, in third:
there was also a cattle fair, sheep, buff
~faloes, camels and donkeys. There were
al fresco coffee stalls and a booth, with
in which the sounds Of very noisy music
could be heard, the drum predominating.
We entered. and were much amused on
finding that it was an Arab Punch and
Judy show, but Punch wore a turban
and Judy a yashmak.
The former perpetrated a series of
enormities, and ended by tearing off
Judy's veil during a family squabble;
after this he became a perfect desperate,
and on the mamour Chief magistrate of
the district), got up in the official tar
boosh and blue frock coat, arriving. at
tended by a retinue of cawasses armed
with sticks, he knocked that redoubtable
parsonage head over heels, amid the vo-
ciferous applause of the assembled falla-
heen. Punch pasha's popularity was
now at its height, and much sympathy
was felt for him when his career termi.
mated by his being hanged on the pole
of a shadoof. It was really a very clever
and lively performance.
| turned to the inspector of the factory,
who was with me, and said, Il suppose
they AVE borrowed this from Europe"
Borrowed it from Europeg' he ex-
claimed. why, it was performed in
the east before Europe was thought Of"
SO then old Punch is, after all, but a de
generate version of an Egyptian play
Stuart's Egypt After the War"
, 1891-05-09

A distinguished general in command
Of one Of the military districts of the
United Kingdom gave instructions to
an officer serving under him, who had
special qualifications for the work, to
prepare "A scheme Of defense for n of
the mos. important ports under his COM
mand. This officer, whose zeal was
above suspicion, prepared u very elab-
crate report, entering into the most
minute details, which he forwarded ac-
cordlng to his orders. He heard nothing
further about it for several months, until
at length it WIS returned, when he
eagerly looked to see what remarks the
general had made upon his work. To
his disgust he found nothing until he
arrived at the last page of the report,
where was written, you should have
used a wider marCinr-yanity Fair.
, 1891-05-09
She Looks After the Farm Herself

Miss Antoinette Knaggs, a young
mi with a good collegiate education,
owns and manages a farm of 200 acres in
Ohio. She says she made money last
year and expects to make more this
year. Il have tried various ways of
farming" she says, but find l get along
best when manage my farm myself.
tried employing a manager, but found
he managed chiefly for himself. Then
sublet to tenants, and they used up my
stock and implements, and the returns
were unsatisfactory. So l have taken
the management all into my own hands,
planting such crops as l think best, and
l find that | am a very good farmer, if
do say it myself. Exchange.
, 1891-05-09

A legal friend reminds me of old
Colonel Rogers, who published the Bos-
ton Journal before the war. He was
terribly conservative, and his paper was
delivered almost entirely to annual sub
scribers, although a few copies were on
sale at the book stores. One day when
the colonel came down town he was hor.
riied to see II boy with some Journals
under his arm shouting out, journal,
4 cents; JournalI' Daz6d for n minute,
he called the boy into a doorway and
asked, "How many Journals have you
there Told, he took out his purse and
paid for them all, and ordered the boy
to run home and never to buy any Jour
mails again, He was so scandalized by
the occurrence that he said he felt al
most ashamed to meet his business &C
quaintances for weeks. Times changed
when he war broke out, and the Jour
nal went on the street like other papers.
Boston Letter.
, 1891-05-09
ARE YOU GOING EAsrt

II so you will ask for tickets via
WABASH LINE.
WHY2 Because in the first place it is
to many Of the principal cities of the East
the
SHORT LINE, aud because on all
trains there are, free to all, new and ele-
CANT
RECLINING CHAIRS and. from
points in the Rocky Mountain region, on
all through trains,
THROUGH PULLMANS, and, to car
the climax Of luxury, all trains are fed on
DINING CARS.
@. NJ. HAMPsoN,
Commercial Agent, Denver, Col.
1927 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-05-09
DEAR EYES.

o love. o wife, thine eyes are they.
Ny springs from out whose shining gray
Issue the sweet celestial streams
Ths: iced my ufe's bright LAKE Of Dreams,
Oval and large and passion pure.
And gray and large and honor sure;
Soft as a dying violet's breath,
Yet calmly unafraid OF death
Thronged, like two d~ovecotes OF gray doves,
With wife's and mothers and poor folks
loves,
Aud home loves and high glory loves
And science loves and story loves.
And loves for all that God and man
In art and nature make or plan,
And ~ladsIoyes for spidery lace
And broideries and supple grace.
And diamonds and the whole sweet round
OF Titles that large life compound,
And loves for God and Gods bare truth.
And loves for MRgdAlen and Ruth.
Dear eyes, dear eyes and face complete,
Being heavenly sweet and earthly sweet,
l marvel that God made you mine,
For when he frOwus it's then ye shine!
Sidney Lanier in Albany Journal
, 1891-05-09

Kean spent more than two or
three thousand pounds upon a revival,
and this was considered marvellous in
those days. Messrs. Irving and Wilson
Barrett awe more than doubled such
sums. Again, salaries were incompara-
bly, smaller. For some time John Ryder,
who played second to Kean, received
only three pounds ten shillings a week
until, discovering that another actor of
about equal position was in the receipt
of eight pounds. he threatened to break
his engagement unless his salary was at
once doubled, "A request which was COM
Piled with. Now such an actor would
command from thirty to fifty pounds a
week. On the other hand, Kean raised
the ballet girls from a shilling a night,
their old pay, out Of which they had to
find shoes and stockings, to a guinea a
week, and found them everything
London Tit-Bits.
, 1891-05-09

Bright dAygtrc with ms, frightened and serene.
The clods grow mellow. and the forest hath
Its budding pleasure yet o. Winters scath
some druar memorials here aud there are seen.
For, though the wind no more hreathes frosty
keen,
It often floats the old leaves IN our path.
or sighs along some uureaPcd aftermath,
To mind Us Of tho riERr that hath be'n.
O thou my JOY. Spring Of IN Wondrous Year,
Forgive, IL In thy presence AuEht Of grief
Remain from that dead time ere thou waste
here.
NoE. surely. such gAinsayiug SHALL be brief:
For thou wilt set my feet whore flower and leaf
Aud soft new swHrd blot out the stuhhIc serr.
Edith NJ. Thomas Ia S~Crihner's.
, 1891-05-09
O! the Misery ofTIt,

Human Indebtedness touches Uouom 10
seasickuezs Lite Is held a feather 5
weigh by the uuiortuuut floted witt
It. Why endure its atroCious internal
%clnvulsions when Hostetter's Stomach
Buffers relieves them i~nstanter2 Not only
relieves them, but prevents. 1t is not al.
ways on the 'briny' that travellers nau-
sea is experienced. Railway iourneying.
riding with ones back to the horses or
the locomotive sometimes produces It 10
super sensitive stomachs. Hostetters
Stomach Bitters Is always the prompt
remedy The mischievous properties Of
brackish water, the evil influence of MAS
ma, unwholesome or unaccustomed food,
excessive fatigue. whether bodily or men
tai, the dysDeptic tendency bred by
sedentarv pursuits. the pernisious effects
of exposure to extremes Of temperature OF
dampncss. all these are effectually count.
erActed by this genial preservative Of
health. Cures also rheumatism, kidney
and bilious trouble.
, 1891-05-09

A locomotive steamboat is being built at
Kristanstad, Sweden. for the navigation Of
a chain Of small lakes separated by falls
The boat is to be fitted with wheels fitting
a track, and power can be applied TO either
the propeller or the driving wheels Of the
locomotive part OF the craft, The track Il.
3 feet G iuche gauge, with grades Of one in
IS, aud curves OF a radius OF 100 meters
Boston Transcript.
, 1891-05-09

A farmer residing neal Cumberland,
n. Y, has been sent 10 an insane asylum
because he has a mania for whistling at
all times and in all places. He whistles
from morn to night. and after retiring
he whistles until he falls asleep. If he
wakers through the night he immediate.
ly commences to whistle and continues
until he is exhausted.
, 1891-05-09

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results. or in case OF
failures return of purchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy FROM our ad.
vertised druggist a bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. It is
guaranteed TO bring relief in every case.
when used tor any affection of throat,
lungs or chest, such as consumption, in
Illumination Of lungs. bronchitis, asthma.
w%hooping cough, Group. etc, etc. 1t is
pleasant and agreeable to taste. perfectly
safe, and can be depended upon. Trial
bottles free at B. b. David's drug store.
, 1891-05-09

4. f. Roedel, the druggist, desires US
to publish the following testimonial. as he
handles the remedy and believes it to be
reliable:
| bought a fifty cent bottle Of Chamber.
lain's Pam Balm aud applied it to my
limbs, which have been afflicted with
rheumatism at intervals tor one year. At
the time | bought the Pain Balm | was
unable to walk. | can truthtully say that
Pain Balm has completely cured me-R.
n. FAIR, Hollywood, Kansas. Mr.. A.
G. Cox, the leading druggist at Hollywood
vouches for the truth of the above state
ment.
, 1891-05-09
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECES.

Mrs, John Curtis of Peoria, ILL.,. writes:
Used one box of Usage Pills previous to
my second confinement; they worked like
a charm. Would pay $50 for a box
rather than do without them, as they
have proved a Godsend to me-" Write
Usage Medicine company, Wichita, Kas.
sOr particulars, and their book to wives
nailed free. Sold by druggists. Sold by
W. n. Hunt, Cheyenne.
, 1891-05-09

Some OF the Grand Army boys may be
interested 10 the following from Alex. B.
Pope, A. d. G., commander of the de-
partment Of Tennessee and Georgia. he
says: we had an epidemic Of whoop.
ing cough here Stewart, Teun.), and
Chamberlain Cough Remedy has been
the only medicine that has done any
good" There is no danger from whoop-
ing cough when this remedy is freely
given. 1t completely controls the dis,
ease. so cent bottles for sale by A. T..
Roeiel.