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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1891-11-19

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Dr Kings New Discovery Tor tousumltiun Coughs
and Colds, upou this condition. If you afflicted
with La Grippe and viii THIS remeig according
to directions, giving il fair teal, and pcricne
no htneFt, you may return the bottle and have
your money refunded. We make this ofer, be
cause of the wonderful success of Dr. Kings New
Discovery during last seasons epidemic. Have
heard Of no case in which ii failed. TRY IT. Trial
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1891-11-19

Good looks are more than skin deep, depending
upon healthy condition Of an the vital organs If
the LIVER be Inactive you have Bilious Look, if
Your stomach be disordered YOU have Dyspcptic
Look and if your Kidneys he affected YOU have
Piuched Iook secure good health and you will
have good looks. Electric Btters the great al
teratye and Tonic. acts directly on these vital or
gans. Cures Pimplrs, Blotches Boils, and gives a
good complexion. Sold at K H. Moodys Drug
store, SOC. per bottle.
lie "Why that naughty glance, DO You look
upon my suit with contempt" She. al wasn't
thinking of your suit, Theodore. All my thoughts
are yOu.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25
A CHASTITY NECKTIE.
Awful Experience of a Mining Prospector I'm
Colorado Landslide,

From the Chicago News
'ies, that may be an odd necktIe, but il is
not the queerest neckwear have worn" Henry
b. Gillespie of Aspen, Colo, remarked to a
servant at the Grand Pacific. as he was remoy-
ing little Chicago real estate from hi3 conn
tenance. Il once wore corpse for a necktie
1T was in the afternoon of March TO- 1854
that started up Aspen Mountain to visit a
claim which L thought was located upon NV
land. Should l find that my surmise was
wrong l intended to purchase the owners
rights for $4,000 and accordingly took my
mining superintendent with me- 1t was snow
ing quite hard. The mine owners refused to
allow me to go down the shaft to make level ex-
plorations, but consented to allow nv superin-
tendent to accompany them. 1 remained in
the shaft house with few laborers At exactly
$40 oclock one of the miners asked me the
time had just closed my watch, when crash
and We were hurled into promiscuous mass of
timbers. men, ore, snow and ice.
we had been cnveloped in a genuine Colo
RADIO landslide. / fell near a stack of ore bags
corded several feet high. The roof timbers
fell so as to allow me about eight inches of lee
way. Around my neck, bent into a semi
circle by the pressure OF the terrible wall OF ice
and snow that was heaped above. was the life
less body Of the miner who had asked me for
the time. Poor fellow, he found that time. all
time. was before him. His head ard shoulders
were crushed into jelly, which the eyer-sink-
ing weight squeezed around my neck until the
torn flesh penetrated nv clothing. His lower
extremlties shared similar fate on the other
side of my head. NY breathing was yery re-
stricted. few feet away and resting upon my
outstretched right arm was the mangled BODY
of another victim. Three others persisted in
the shaft.
There l remained in that silent. oppressive
cell. with my CHASTITY necktie. until midnight,
when rescuing party of 200 inhabitants of the
mining camps of Roaring Forks cut me out of
my icy prison. The snow had become ice;
hence the small army of willing miners found
plenty of work for their picks and spades. But
II my situation was terrible, what was that of
those imprisoned in the mines? They were not
SO cramped for room and oxygen. though.
Only four men buried in that avail. ,che
were rescued. Now, that is how once wore a
pecuiar necEtie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25
LINCoLN-s KINDNESS.
The Peculiar hin He Asked Young ssspdis.
60 PAY.

An anecdote showing Lincoln's merciful ma
ture in touching light and related by Mr.. L.
+. Chittenden in his "Rocollections Of President
Lincoln and his Administration. from authentic
sources, is the one Of the sleeping sentinel,
Vim. Scott the Vermont boy. whose life Lin
coin saved after he had been condemned 30 be
shot Llncoln personally saw Scott, and talked
with him long time Scott would not talk 10
his comrades Of the interview afterwari until
one night when he had received a letter from
home; he finally opened his heart to a friend in
this wise:
The President was the kindest man had
ever seen. was scared at first. for had never
before talked with great man. But Mr.. Lin
coin was 40 easy with me. so gentle. that soon
forgot my fright lie stood up and
he says 20 me: Ny boy. stand up here and look
me In the face did rs he bade me. Ny
boy, he said, you are not going 20 be shot to-
morrow. am going TO trust You and send you
back 70 your regiment 1 have come mp here
from Washington, where have got a great deal
10 do. and what i want 20 know ~ how you are
going 60 pay my bill There was a big lump
IN my throat. L could scarcely speak But
got II crowded down and managed 90 say:
There is some way TO paw you and will find 10
after a little. There il the bounty in the saw
ings bank. L guess we could borrow some
money on a mortgage on the farm. I was sure
the boys would help. so l thought we could
make IL up II Il wasn't more than five or six
hundred dollars. But il is a great deal more
than five or six hundred dollars. he said. Then
1 said didn't see how. but 1 was sure would
ind some way-if lived
Then Mr.. Lincoln put his hands on my
shoulders and looked into my face as IL he
sorry and said: Ny boy, nay bill is a very large
ono. Your friends cannot pay IL, nor your
bounty, nor your farm. nor all your comrades
There Is only one man in all the world who can
pay II and his name Is William Scott IL from
tins day William Scott does his duty. 30 that. IL
L was there when he comes 10 die, he can look
me In the face as he does now and say l have
kept my promise and have done my duty ~ .
soldier. then my debt will be paid. Win you
make that promise and try 90 keep ity I said
l would make the promise. and, with Gods
help. i would keep il. lie went away out OF
my sight forever. know shall never see him
again. but may God forget me il ever forget
his kind words or my promise"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25
WHERE HIS INTERESTS WE'RE
There Was His Heart Also. and He Gsvs
Abundant Proof of L..

WINS MS IteHrt Also, ana he Gave
Abundant Proof Of It.
From the Chicago Tribune.
One day last week long, lean. solemnlook-
ing man went into a Dearborn street
eating house and took a seat at one Of the
tables.
Have you any pork soup2' he asked.
Pork soupy' echoed the white-aproned
young man. mo, sir. 1 never heard Of pork
soup. We have some excellent consomme,
some very fine vegetable soup and some first
class bouillon.'
NO broth la young pig?"
Nothing of the kind"
Bring pork and bcans-mostly pork"
"All right sir"
Got any butterine?'
IL think we have
Bring me some bread and butterine."
"les, sir"
Got any ham and eggs"
''les, SIR
Bring me some ham and eggs. Don't
care much for the eggs. Bring plenty Of
ham,"
Anything else?'
"Yes. 1 want a good-sized chunk OF roast
pork. No gravy All pork. Understand2'
Yes. sir
THAT will do for while"
The comestibles were brought and disposed
of in short order
Anything elseg" inquired the waiter
Yes. Got any pork sausagesy'
''Yes. sir"
Bring me some pork sausages."
The sausages we're brought and devoured
without loss OF time.
Got any fried pie?"
mo. sir. This isn't exactly fried-pie kind Of
eating
You can fry pie to order, can't your
well, fry half an apple pie. Plenty of lard
Yes, sir. Anything elseg"
Got any doughnuisg'
'Yes."
Bring me plate Of doughnuts. Hot and
greasy. Understand"
In due time the fried pie and the hot dough-
nuts made their appearance. The waiter
stood by until the last fragments of greasy
pastry had vanished, and then yentured %
ask:
us that ALL sir?''
No. Bring me another plate Of dough-
nuts"
MY friend. said an elderly gentleman who
Tor some time had been watching the hungry
INDIVIDUAL from the opposite side of the table
with undlsgnised astonishment pardon me
Tor asking. L am a physician. Have you an
abnormal appetite for pork. are you eating
thls KIND OF a meal ON n wager"
Neither. answered the lean. soemn-looking
man. breaking another doughnut II own a
lew shares of stock in a packing and provision
company Its down a few points in the market
today, and am doing all that one man can do
TO boom the stock, sir-that is all"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25
Are You Right OF Left-HandedS

Theories as to the origin aud cause of right
handedness. says writer in Scribner's, may
be divided as follows: According to one class of
theories it rests on an anatomical basis. and de-
ponds on physical cause which exerts its in
fiuence in every one of us. According to an
other class, man originally had no preference
Cor either hand, but became right-handed by
conventional usages, which may or may no.
have had their origin in some anatomical
features.
For any theory of the first class to be salts
factory 1t must first account for difference in
sensation as well as in force or dexteritv; Sec
ondly, it must account for the occasional ap-
peaiance Of left-handedness: and, thirdly. it
must not be inconsistent with the fact that
most of those who have their organs trans
posed the heart on the right, the liver on the
left, &c.-are right-handed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25
THE CULPRIT CONFESSED.
The Potency Of An Unmatched Egg That W as
Laid by Ten-TOed Hen.
From the Philadelphia Times.

Laid by q Ten-TOed Hen.
From the Philadelphia Times.
For some time the people of Langhorne have
been annoyed by midnight raids on their hen
houses. Prominent among the suffering citi-
is Mr.. Howard Harvey who being an en-
thusiastic fancier of choice poultry, was much
provoked one morning last week by finding
that thirty-five of his highly priced ''ten-toed'
chickens had mysteriously disappeared during
the night His suspicious conferred upon an
African with the Hibernian name of James
OBrien, who was arrested and taken before
Justice Tomlinson. Jim indignantly denied
all knowledge of the crime and was about to be
discharged for lack of evidence. all that ex-
listed, being that of an egg, had been found in
the cellar of his home.
At this point gentleman arose and address
ing the court, suggested that inasmuch as the
complainant was the only person in the Vi
cinity known to possess this peculiar breed
of ''ten-toed' chickens. 1t would be well to hold
the prisoner for twenty-one days and place the
eggs in the hands of some disinterested party
who had hen about to set and allow the chick
to hatch, thus proving the guilt or innocence of
O'Brien. The justice thanked Mr.. Joseph Gil
lam for such was the gentlemans name, and
announced that he would hold the prisoner
in 500 for the specified twenty -one days.
Bail was furnished and Jim departed, a crest
fallen and anxious darby. Early the next
morning, almost before the chickens had COM
menced their growing, Jim sought the presence
of Justice Tomlinson.
.Mornin'. yer honor; Use come to TESS"
Flows that?' asked the Justice
Il done stole the chickens an Use come to
Tess. repeated Jim, in a scarcely audible tone.
Here was a surprise. Heretofore the Justice
had really believed the negro to be a wronged
man, but there was no getting around an open
confession like that, so Mr.. Tomlinson saw
that Jim was locked up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25
The Lunch Problem.

"a problem that seriously vexes us depart
ment clerks" said one Of the fraternity to a
STAR reporter, 'is the matter of lunches. The
difficulty is to get something for the midday
meal which is appetizing. The daintiest Of
morsels. put up nicely in brown paper, pail upon
the taste after while. That is the reason WHY
milk is such favorite noontime diet in the de-
partments. No one ever gets tired of milk, and
for five cents any department sclerk may have
delivered for his use at IL o'clock full pint.
corked in a bottle and fresh from the COW.
IF you will 60 around among the DEPART
ments you will find that IS per cent of the
clerks drink milk. 1t servee admirably to wash
down whatever comestibles they may bring
from home. Sandwiches, pie and cake get stale
after awhile, but the milk is always refreshing.
81 myself have made ever so many expert
ments in lunches. Sausage sandwiches are an
excellent relief for one day in each week. but Il
taxes the ingenuity Of the housewife to make 4
change sufficiently often
"Ihis difficulty has driven many clerks 70
lunching out at the restaurants. Thew are
cheap, but the expense mounts up and il a seri-
Gus charge upon the income when q wears coat
OF living il reckoned. In fact, there Is no more
serious problem confronting the woman who
marries . clerk in department. than this dim
entity Of supplying for her husband . midday
meal that he can enjoy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25
Written for The Evening Star.
REDFERN's YACHTING COSTUMES.
How to Be Com Portable and Look Well ON
the Water.

How to Be Com Portable and Look Well on
the Water.
There Is such great competition OF late years
in all lines Of business, and especially among
the purveyors of women's apparel. that design
ers cannot have regard to the time of year or
to climatic conditions, but are forced. in order
to keep pace with their rivals, to be always
rushing the seasons and bringing out materi-
ais, styles and models far in advance Of the
time when they can be used. Thus one finds
the first fall novelties displayed in the hot,
humid days Of mid-August. when even to look
at weighty wooden stnffs max IS one gasp. And
while we are still arrayed in China silks and
thin challies and so about armed with fan and
parasol we are invited to call and select our
sealskins and other furs. And going to the
other extreme, while still loaded down with
these same furs and the thickest Of winter raj
ment the shoppers suddenly. q day or two after
Christmas. find themselves confronted with
glnghams and batistes. which it will be five
good months before they can think of wearing.
On account of these idiosyncrasios of the trade
modistes and milliners are also obliged to issue
their new modes far ahead of the time when
they will be seasonable, and so it is that here,
at the end OF April. Redfern is already design
Ing the yachting costumes which will figure at
the regattas in July and August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25

In this sketch the usual monotony of white
and blue has been varied by giving us beige
colored serge skirt. with jacket bodice worn
over a vest. and sleeves of the same color
striped with blue, pink and wood brown. The
revers and cuffs are Of brown serge and the
sash is of soft brown surah. The hat is a low
crowned straw sailor. with brown velvet bows
and long streamc-s at the back. Yachting is
very pleasant and very healthy and all that.
but one can have too much of good thing and
after month of tossing about on see-sawing
waves may feel inclined to give up the india
rubber ball business and think stroll on land
a joy and privilege.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25
Tennyson's Hatred of People.

From the Chicago Herald.
Lord Tennyson has not what may be called
an angelic disposition and he never shows
this so much as when he comes in contact
with people from the outer world A friend
of mine, just back from England, passed an
hour with the poet fortnight ago, and he
tells me that Tennyson's aversion to people
is growing with his years. No man perhaps
positively hates his fellow creatures so much
as does the poet laureate. just now he
wants to go ON voyage in the Mediterranean.
and for days his family have been irving
TO secure his passage in a vessel in which
he can .be protected from fellow-passen-
gers will not go il 1 must mix
with n miscellaneous mob of voyagers." lac
told my friend. People bore me beyond en-
durance. want to be left alone and they seem
positively determined not to allow me nv free
dom. That's why live here. A London town
home would be perfect misery. Bahi de-
test folks and 1 wish they would reciprocate
the feeling and leave me alone" What a pleas
ant man Lord Tennyson must be TO come into
daily contact with one can judge from such .
sentiment as that. which has been reported for
me precisely as it was uttered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25

Ollie's Opinion.-Little Ollie heard her sister
Lula speaking Of = diary, and having had it ex-
planned 70 her that . personal diary was brief
record OF ones life, she exclaimed. "Well,
then, don't see what they want to call IL q
diary for; seems to me they oughter call It Q
livery Boston Courier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25
THE LAST MAN AND WOMAN.
A Graphic story OF the Extinction of the
Human Race

DESPERATE BATTLE OF SCIENCE WITH THE N
EvIrAELE-CRowDED TO THE EQUATOR By THE
coSQUERTSG IcE-A VOYAGE ABOVE DYING
PLANET AND SOME SINGULAR MEETINGS..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25

There isi one infallible recipe for taking
grease out of a coat. Wear the coat: for don
you see when You take the coat out YOU also
take out the grease?-Boston Trdnscyfpt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25

BERTHE (solil. )-"Oh, now know why ma said
Mr.. Courtney Swift was good match for sister
Amy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25

In consequence Of the nature Of the soil, and
because Of the scarcity Of rains, of snow and of
clouds in that region, the great African desert
that extends south of the Sahara had remained
one Of the least cold zones Of the globe, and o
warm current blowing from that desert on
Nubia and Arabia, to return to the equator by
Ceylon, had for long time left a part Of
Egypt free from the invasion OF ice and snow
Following the indicated direction the last hui
man couple lowered above the regions FORM
erly watered by the Nile, henceforth frozen.
They perceived the great pyramid, ruined, but
still standing.
This first monument Of humanity, this testi-
mony to the antiquity Of civilization, was still
standing. Its geometric stability had saved it.
1t was perhaps the only human idea that had
attained its end. Created by Cheops to eter-
nally protect his royal mummy, this tomb had
survived the revolutions which had destroyed
everything else. The last man had come 10
join the first king and shelter himself beneath
his shroud
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25

objects are to be considered naturally.
NEW FORM IN CHINA.
A new form in china is ready for amateur
decorators and that is a little china Jar and
plate in shape much like a cracker jar, but
which is intended to inclose the glass of Jelly
or pot of jam, when. for instance. it is intended
may be, for the lunch of only one person, and SO
only small quantity will be eaten at time. If
turned out into dish whatever may be left ia
soon dried and spoiled and it cannot be very
well put back in the jar, and SO this little china
outer jar has been devised, which makes a
pretty appearance on lunch table or tray. 1t
ID also boon to china decorators, who are al
their display, their handiwork and like, when
they give gifts. to have something unhack-
neyed IN form if possible.
PRETTY HANDKERCHIEF AND GLOVE BOXES.
Pretty handkerchief and glove boxes are
made by covering pasteboard boxes whose
covers have rims deep as the boxes them.
selves. The tops of the covers are slightly
padded and sachet powder is put in. The Orua-
mental covers are pieces of hemstirched linen,
large enough to reach over the sides and en-
tirely conceal the box cover. These are en-
broidered in wash silk in any color or design one
prefers, powdering OF small pompadour
flowers being very pretty. When ready to put
on the boxes they are laid over and the cor
ners folded, so that all the extra fullness is
UouSus Al 'uere, ieaViuS tne Top ana SIDES
plainly covered, and a bow then is added to
each corner to fasten the cover on. This is a
very simple arrangement, completely hiding
the box, and yet most easily removed when
washing 10 necessary.
box was similarly covered with India silk.
only in this case the sides of the cover were also
little padded and the silk sewed or glued
down. and the corners tucked in plainly and no
bows put on. This treatment could be varied
for tewelry boxes, lace boxes or for other use
II desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25

Mrs. Bellows-"HOw do you keen your hus-
band in such subjection?"
Mra Fellows-"I make him believe that he Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25

III.
Some time before these events happened in
Africa and in America, the Island Of Ceylon,
now attached to the southern point Of Asia
through the diminution of the seas found itself
to be the last refuge of the human race in ASIA
and there in this former earthly paradise not
Peak, twelve women remained the sole heir
esses of the last unextinguished families.
The male sex had completely disappeared.
For long time the number of girls had been
far above that of boys-a condition Of things
which corresponded, besides, with the sue
cesses obtained by women and their increasing
authority in politics and in the universal direc-
ton of business. They had gradually substi-
tuted themselves for the effeminate and ener-
waited nen as deputies. lawyers, physicians and,
in general. in the greater number Of social pro-
fessions, in commerce and industry, arts and
literature, pure and applied sciences. The
education OF the boys had been more and more
neglected, and finally there were no longer
even competent gardeners or agriculturists to
be found among the men, What the women
did not do directly with their own hands
in the way of Industries was accom-
plished by ingeniously constructed and indie
fatig=ble machines. The slow decrease
Of the organic forces Of the globe had
also manifested itself here bya slow diminu-
ton of the births, by a weakening Of the aver
and by sort OF heredity that families counted.
as in former times, a large number Of children.
As IN our day, in some countries more girls
than boys were born on the average. This
tendency increased from generation to genera
ton, and toward the end Of the days that re-
manned, for Asia as for the other parts Of the
globe, there were at the period Of which We