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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
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Germanic Jan. g. 1880 am Il Majestic, Feb. Is IN
From W hite Star dock Ioot or West Tenth 81.
Second cabin on these steamers. Saloon rates
$50 and upward. Second cabin S35 and upward.
according to steamer and location OF berth. Ex-
cursion tickets on favorable terms. steeIage. 80
White Star drafts payable on dem and in all the
principal banks throughout Great Britain. APP
ply TO JcHN = McCokMEkt - and !ol SMITH
srA Agent u l'Broadway,- New xork. 3ezs-D
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
THE WITCH OF PRAGUE.

THAT hacking cough can be SO quickly cured
by Shlloh's Cure. We guarantee it. Sold by
Jos. Fleming q Son, 4l2 Market st.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

A NEGLECTED cough often leads to con-
sumption, therefore, take DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
NEWS MISCELLANY.
NOT NEW.

Curious Form of Vt Has Existed in Indie
for O o Years.
English. travellers and officers In India who
have managed, through favoritism with the
priests, to gain access to some Of the hall
ruined temples Of PAM, a city about 200 miles
from Madrisdhave learned that the principles
of the telephone have been known In that
country for thousands of years, says a writer
In the st. Louis Republic. In the city nj
PAM there are two temples about a mile
apart. In the interior, on the ground floor of
each, there Is a small circular room guarded
day and night from natives as well as strang.
ers. These rooms are supposed to be the
abiding places of governing Spirits" but In
reality are the terminal Of a telephone line
which is laid underground from one building
to the other.
The superstitious natives regard these little
circular rooms with the greatest awe. be.
they have had demonstrated to them
on various occasions the power of these ''g0v.
spirits" to communicate with the
other temple. When this miracle is being
performed the natives are required to make
their offerings In one building, and make
known their wishes and desires. Then, upon
repairing to the other temple,
lucy hIc iucu VI Ill lucy uHVc shIa anu
done. To US that Is all easy enough. but to
he superstltious natives of India 1t Is proof
that the priests are superstitious beings.
Those who have visited these telephone.
temples say that the transmitters
are of wood, and that they are about the size
If the head of q flour barrel. The wire Is
,aid to be neither of steel, copper nor brass,
out of q substance closely resembling the lat
,r metal. Old worm.eaten transmitters, said
% be 1000 years old, have been shown those
fortunate enough to gain admission to these
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
WAR STORY.
How q "Hardup" Soldier Begged Tobacco
of President Lincoln.

How q "Hardup" Soldier Begged Tobacco
of President Lincoln.
In the latter part of 1862 the 157th Pennsyl.
vania volunteers were stationed at Washing
ton, preparatory to moving toward Rich
mond. For some unknown reason their sal
aries had been delayed for two months and
the boys found themselves strapped" pretty
closely for money.
Among the members Of Company D.. was a
wild, harun-scarum sort of fellow, haillng
from Lancaster county. For about a week he
had been without an ounce of tobacco. From
everybody be received the same answer:
s'Haven't an ounce; money all went a month
ago."
The poor fellow endured the agony for a
while, but finally becoming desperate. he got
leave of absence from camp one morning
and started up g street. In the direction of the
White house. Arriving there he stopped for
a while looking over the fence into the
grounds surrounding the executive mansion,
and presently caught sight of the president
Just then a bright idea struck him. Muster
ing up his courage, he stalked into the gar
den and presently neared the president.
"Good morning, Mr.. PRESIDENT" he said,
touching his cap.
"Good morning, my man." replied sold
Abe, ""what can l do for you%
The soldier hesitated for a while, but motto.
Ing the presidents kindly look, finally said -
''The fact Of the matter is, Mr.. President,
we haven't had any money for two months
now, and every one of us Is dead broke, and
I'm almost dead for a chew of tobacco"
A smile lit up the face of the great war pres
ident as he received this information, and
then his hand went down into his pocket.
Drawing forth a silver dollar he handed 1t to
the sbroken' volunteer. and said =
at sban't be said that one of my soldiers
died for the want of some tobacco. l need
his services too much for that. Buy some
tobacco with this, and / think that by the
time II Is gone you will have received all the
money that Is due YOU"
With a gratifed ''thank you, Mr.. Presi.
dent" the soldier lifted his cap and passed
quickly out Of the grounds. The back salary
was paid shortly after the occurrence.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
GOSSIP AND INFORMATION.

In regard to woman's chances TO marry, an
English paper gives Its readers some informa-
ton. 1t says: Taking the earliest marrying
age to be fifteen, which is the minimum In
most civilized countries, and letting 100 rep
iesent her entire chance of marrying, at GER
tain points of her progress through life a
woman's chances of marrying stand in the
following ratio: Between the age of fifteen
and twenty years, IA IL per cent; between
the age of twenty and twenty-five, SO per
cent; between the age of twenty-five and
thirty, Is per cent; between the age Of
thirty and thirty-fve, 10 IL per cent; be-
tween the age of thirty.ive and forty, 3 1-2
per cent; between the age Of forty and forty
five, 2 1-2 per cent. between the age Of forty.
i've and fifty, 3 s Of l per cent; between the
age OF fifty and sixty, IA Of l per cent.
Above the age of sixty her chances are only
one-tenth Of l per cent, or two In 1000.
That marriage Is a lottery Is a time-worn
but Sir Francis Gallon has been inves,
the results so far as temper Is CON-
with the following curious results.
based on the peculisrities Of 205 couples. He
hat SO per cent. OF wives had good
tempers, against only 46 per cent. OF good
bumored husbands; twenty-five husbands
bad but mild and docile wives, and twenty
four of them had fretful. violent and master
full wives. OF ffty-four bad tempered men.
thirty had good tempered and twenty
two had tempered wives. 1t was also found
that 2S per cent. OF wives are %fretful. IL per
vIosent and 6 per cent. masterful.
Queen Victoria now rules 8 populstion of
35s 600. Oc0-a greater number of people than
ever acknowledged the sovereignty of any
one other person in either ancient or modern
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23

o L IN HI r
The Interior of the Earth Probably Full of
Metals.

The Interior of the Earth Probably Full OF
Metals.
Biologists are agreed that the interior OF
the earth is largely composed Of metals, says
the Washington Star. Whereas the surface
matter of the planet weighs only about two
and one-half times as much as water, 1t is
known as a fact that toward the centre the
average weight Of things Is II times that Of
water. This is due to the circumstance that
while this sublunary orb was cooling and con.
densing the heavier particles sought the mid
die. Therefore 1t is probable that the great
mass of the sphere Is iron. But there are
other metals more heavy than iron. and these
would naturally form an accumulation imme-
diately about the centre of the globe. Among
them may be mentioned, as most i'm portant,
gold. Geologist Gilbert Of the geological
survey. said the other day that he would
rather expect to find a vast accumulation of
gold at that point than anywhere else, his
notion being that such of the yellow metal as
S found on the surface of the earth Is only
N accidental detritus. However, there are
wo or three substances known even more
than gold, and one of them is plati-
UNI, which has doubled In market value
within the last year or two, owing to the in.
cost of production.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23

Tn T,ifa's Morning.

In life's morning we dreamed of things we
did not understand. The shadows of the fu'
ture lay upon us. That which we were
taught and that which we observed we're all
new and strange to us. and sometimes we be-
lieved and sometimes doubted that we should
discover the reality Of much that was told us
then. But to most the day of discovery
came. In later life. as events flashed upon
us some lesson or truth, startling as the rev.
citation was, 1t was not wholly new. Some
CLEAN of 1t we had had before. "Lo!" we
exclaimed, "we heard of 1t at Ephratah''-
the morning of childhood or In the days when
manhood was young, now, for the first time.
have we realized 1t amid the tangled thlckets
Of experience. "We found 1t In the fields of
the wood.'-TChristian Inquirer.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
FOR GIRLS and WOMEN.
Plans to Improve Their
Physical Condition.
Mrs. r. A. Bucks Recovery from
Severe Nervous PrOstratiOn.
The Simple Method Which
Wrought a Permanent
Cure I'm Her Case.

There has been more or less talk of late
about the benefits of gymnasium work for
girls and women.
There is no doubt that their physical condi-
ton can be greatly improved by systematic
exercise. And II is certain that many stand
In sore need of such Improvement.
The great weariDess. nervousness, poor
sleep, inability to wslk far without tirisg.
bearing.down feelings, headache and back.
ache, cold feet, and spinal tenderness,-all
these are symptoms that affect a large proper
tiOn of women.
"The sense of exhaustion Is a remarkable
one the woman is always tired she passes
the day tired, she goes to bed tired, and she
wakes up tired. often, indeed, more tired than
when che fell asleep. She signs a great deal,
and her arms and legs tremble or tall asleep
alysis."
But few have opportunities for physical
cultu re, and they give up hope and suffer
silently and sadly. Into the darkness Of
their sorrows comes a CLEAN OF brightness
from the experience of Mrs. E A. Buck of
Lynn, Mass. She writes:
For a long time l was on the verge of ner.
vous prostration and general debility. l was
SO l could not walk any distance without a
terrible palpitatIon Of the heart and a dizzy.
faint feeling. Nothing helped me until I used
Paine's celery compound. A few bottles of
that remarkable medicine made me feel like
another woman. I now do my own house.
work, sleep well, have a good appetite, and
can walk a long distance without having to
rest at all. l only hope this testimony of
mine VIII induce some poor, nervous, worn
out friend to use this compound and be
cured"
Why should there be suffering and sickness
among women when there Is this scientific,
common.sense remedy. Paine's celery COM
pound, that cures. If you DO not need 1t
Yourself, speak OF 1t to some weak and ner-
vous woman, and tell her that at last there Is
relief for nervous Ills.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
HERE AND HEREAFTER
W THE t

Between the gates Of birth and death
An old and sanity pilgrim passed.
With look Of one who witncsseth
the long'sought goal al last.
80 thou whose revercnt feet have found
The Masters foot prints In thy way,
And walked thereon as holy ground.
A boon OF thee pray.
"My lack would borrow thy excess,
My feeble faith the strength of thine;
1 need thy SOULS white saintliness
10 hide the stains of mine.
''The grace and favor else denied
May we i be RrantedfOr thy sake"
So, tempted, doubting. sore!y tried,
A younger pilgrim spake.
"Thy prayer. my son, transcends my gift;
NO power Is mine" the sage replied,
1.-THE burden of a SOU to lift,
Or stain of sin to hide.
"Hcwe'er the outward life may seem,
For pard0ning grace we all must pray,
NO man his brother can redeem
Or a souls ransom pay.
"Not always Is growth of good;
Its years haye losses with their gain;
Against some evil youth withstoOd
Its hands may strive In vain.
"With deeper voice than any speech
OF Mortal lips from man to man,
What earth's unwisdom may not teach
The Spirit only can.
MAKE thou that holy Guide thine own,
And, following where 1t leads the way,
AS twilight Into day.
''Tis best Of earth shall still remain,
And heavens eternal years shall prove
That life and death, and JOY and pain
Are ministers of Love-"
-[John G. Whittier, in the Independent.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
Love In the Home Life.

We ought not to fear to speak our love at
home. We should get all the tenderness pos
sible into the daily household life. We should
make the morning good.bys, as we part at
the breakfast table, kindly enough for final
farewells. Many go out In the morning who
never come home at night; therefore we
should part, even for a few hours, with kind
words, a lingering pressure of the hand, lest
we may never look again into each others
eyes. Tenderness In the home Is not a child
ish weakness, 1t Is one that should be In
dulged In and cultivated, for 1t will bring the
sweetest returns.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23

Never to be In need IL never to be grateful
Bad seed Is sure to flourish the best In goot
soil.
Hoarding here is not the seed Of happiness
Over There.
Those who love can never be separated, be
they atoms, worlds. or spirit.
The party who won't forgive Is the one
who Is In the wrong. q
1t takes life and effort to 90 up stream. A
log can float down.
81 often prescribe Johnson's Anodyne LinI.
ment for ErysiDelas," said a physician to US.
The one lesson which comes home to me as
I look back upon my life Ia that all strength
| whether for personal character or for the ser.
vice of others, must came from God.-[Dr.
Dale.
II Is with narrow.souled people as with
narrow.necked bottles the less they have In
them, the more noise they make in pouring 1t
out.
Experience Is like the stern-lights Of ship.
1t Eliminates only the path over which we
have traveled.-[Coleridge.
A holy life has a voice. 1t speaks when the
tongue Is silent. and Is either a constant at
traction or a continual reproof.- Hinton.
Let not knowledge satisfy but that which
lifts above the world, which makes the world
a oot-stool.-fSpurgeon.
Conviction, were 1t ever so excellent. Is
worthless till 1t convert itself into conduct.
Nay, properly, conviction Is not possible till
en.-[CarIyle.
The more the diamond Is cut the brighter 1t
sparkles, and In what seems hard dealing Goo
has no end In view but to perfect his peoples
grac 's.-lDr. Guthrie.
Temptations which cause the shallow. un-
stable man to fall, only strengthen the faith
and character of the true Christian.
The first thought In the Lords prayer is
not about ourselves, but about Christ's king
dom. II we work for Him He will take care
of the commissary.
1 was a sufferer from catarrh for fifteen
years, with distressing pain over my eyes. l
used Ely's Cream Balm with gratifying re.
suits. Am apparently cured.-lZ. G. Warren,
Rutland, vt adv.
1t is not what a man doubts, but what he
that is an index of his mental
Observation-Disclosures Record.
A man, who, amid all the accumulated evil
dence of the ages can deny the existence of
God, is mentally deficient somewhere. He
may be supremacy talented In other respects,
he is lacking in that department.-lDr.
Talmage.
Human thought is the finest Of all known
fluids; 1t Is an intelligent fluid, and when
understood and directed 1t will
carry its messages of truth and love whittier.
s0ever 1t will.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
CHE We Cant Talk

Without showing the condition of our teeth.
Every laugh exposes them. In order not to
be ashamed Of them, let US use toat standard
dentrifice, SOZODONT, which Is sure to
Keep them white and spotless. No tartar can
encrust them, no canker affect the enamel, no
species of decay infest the dental bone, II
sOZODONT is regularly used. 1t is a botan.
ical preparation, and its beneficial effects on
the teeth and gums are marvellous, rs 1t re.
moves all discolorations, and renders the
gums hard and rosy.-adv.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
Milea, Nerye q Liver pills

Act on q new Notwithstanding the
liver. stomach and bowels through the nerves.
A new discovery. DR.. Miles, Pills speedily
cure biliousness. bad taste, torpid liver, piles,
constipation. Unequaled for men. women,
children. Smallest, mildest, surest! so
doses, % cts. Samples Free, at Geo. E.
Greene's Drug Store.-adv.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23

If your baby Is restless while teething, get
DR.. BULBS Baby Syrup; a dose of it will re.
Iieve the little sufferer at once. Only % cents
a bottle.
A box of Old Saups Catarrh Cure IL invalu-
able tor catarrh, influenza or cold In the
bead,-adY.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
Saved Her Life.

l was taken sick one year ago with what
one doctor said was overflow of the gall. and
another. ulcers Of the liver. They thought l
could not live. My mother persuaded me to
try Favorite Remedy. My health was never
better than 1t Is to-day. and M weight Is one
hundred forty pounds. Favorite Remedy
saved my life. I cannot praise it enough
MRS. JENNIE RENNIE. Virgil. N. Y.-adv.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23

Arnica 4 Oh Liuiment i the best remedy
K lown for stiff joints.-adv.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
GLIMPsEs OF LIFE.

The Woman of 1t.
She'll darn her husbands socks al right
w It'll never ceasing care,
But when her stockings show a hole
She buys another pair.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
At the Newsboy,s Mission School.

Teacher Ito M~ickey)-Now, Mickey, you
read the lesson to me first and then tell me,
with the book closed, what you read.
Mickey (reading)-See the cow Can the
COW run? Yes, the COW can run. Can the
cow run as swiftly as the horse? No, the
horse runs swifter than the cow. (Closlng
up his book to tell what be has read. Get
onto de COW. Kin her jigsteps run? Be-.
cher'life she kin run. Kin de COW do up de
horse a-runnin? Nav, de COW amt In 1t wild
de horse.-TLife.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
1t Has aMore Sonorous Sound.

81 SUPPOSE observed the high school girl
to Amy, that when Mr.. FItzpercy proposes
you will accept him?"
ssIndeed l WON'T, Mildred" replied Amy,
IL don't expect him to pop, but when he does
1t will be a cold day for him."
sDon't say 1t will be a cold day" urged
Mildred. "You know that Is reprehensible
slang. Say it will be a geld section of the
MISUNDERSTANDING Chronicle.
Costiycness is the cause of the intolerable
'sbad breath" of multitudes. DR.. Henry
BaXter's Mandrake Bltters remove the cause
and prevent the evil, and cost only %
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
He OUGHT to Know

Mr. Hoag, from Chicago-Why, Mandy, It's
so warm here the grease Is coming right
through my clothes.
Daughter-You mean preparation, father.
Mr.. Hoag-Now, look here, MANDY! I've
shipped enough hogs to know the difference
between grease and pres peratiop.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23

"Your husband" said the caller. synlpatb'
izlngly, twas a man Of many excellent quail
ities."
"Yes," sighed the widow. "He was .
good man. Everybody says so, l wasn',
much acquainted with him myself. He be.
longed to six lodges"
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
The Tramp's Revenge.

Sour-faced Woman-"You get right out OF
here or I'll call my husband"
Tramp-"Y'r husband amt at home."
Sour.faced Woman-''HOw do you know
he ain'tw
~Tramp-"Pve alters noticed, mum, that
wen a man Is married to a womb wOt looks
like YOU, he never Is at home except at meal
time."-[New York Weekly.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-23
Took the Hint.

lOnged TO SIX lodges" -
Took the Hint.
"Miss Bessie" he falterea, d you think
YOU could learn to love mel"
IL think l might, Mr.. Spoonamore." she
answered with downcast eyes, "if l were
taught"
And the next moment be had her taut.
Eyes; my wife Is learning Delsarte, nv
dauhgter Is learning elocution and my boy is
learning the mandolin. Oh, We shall be the
most accomplished family 10 own"
I'VE? What are you learning, pray?
"To endure w-Hndianapolis Journal.
81 suppose you have an easy time Of 1t now
that you have got a servant girl. What time
do you get up In the morningY' CAT seven
O'Clock" And what time does your girl
get up?" CAT seven fifteen" 'Gracious'
Why do YOU get up before she does?" "TO
call her."
Miss Parvenue-Fm going now. mamms.
"Mrs. Parvenue burning from Lord San
ssous)-Now, above all, Henrietta, don't for
get to find out how Mrs. ToInotch makes
her faux pas. l heard she made one last
week. and we'll make some, too, no matter
how much 1t ccsts."-fTexas Siftings.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-01-30
How Mrs. Barr Came to Write.

Mrs. Amelia E. Barr, who now divides
her talents between The New York
Ledger and The Century, is said to make
more money than does the chief justice
of the United States. She is the daugh-
ter of Church of England clergyman,
and grew up and married across the sea.
Upon first coming to America the fami-
ly settled in Texas. There yellow fever
carried off the husband and sons. Mrs.
Barr came north and got place as
teacher. One day at dinner party a
man beside her said, eff you could write
as you talk you might make a living by
it." The result was short story in The
Christian Union. The Texas experience
furnished the local color for Remember
the Alamo" which, however. is far from
being Mrs. Bars best book. Indeed
the story is so burdened with history
that it drags throughout, and in spots is
distinctly tiresome. However, it sells,
and the juggling of the guinea helps all
hurt that art may feel.-New York Let
ter
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-01-30
An organizer,s Months Work.

At the December meeting of the exec
utive committee of the Massachusetts,
w. s. A, the state organizer, Mrs. E. A.
Hilt, of Natick, reported that during
November she had visited Waltham,
Hudson, Marlboro, Springfield, Worces-
ter, Westboro', Southboro', Fall River,
New Bedford, Brockton, Campello,
Needham and Fitchburg. Most of the
leagues hold regular meetings.
She had succeeded in establishing To-
cal committees at Southboro', South
bridge, Spencer, Oxford and South
Framingham, where there are no
leagues; had distributed 1900 pages of
literature, and had received encourag-
ing letters from Aver, Andover, North
Arlington, North Brookfeld and South
Hanson. A league will probably be
formed in Chnton.-Woman'sJ journal.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-01-30
Aunt Louisa.

Mrs. Louisa Eldridge, who is familiar
ly known to the theatrical profession as
"Aunt Louisa" and who is now playing
in CDR. Bill" at the Garden theatre,
New York, has been before the public
for more than forty years. She is still
comparatively young, and is as jolly and
good natured as girl. Mrs. Eldridge
has daughter and granddaughter
who have appeared before the public. :.
"Aunt Louisa is devoted wife and
mother, and her home in East Thirteenth
street is as happy one as there is in this
city.-Epoch.