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RAILWAY RESTAURANTS.
East Trains and Dining Cars Have Knocked
Them Out Completely

East Trains and Dining Cars Have Knocked
Thorn Out Compistslys
"Dinner for four? Yes, sir. But yep
you will have to wait fow minutes"
"All right" said We; ''but be ~ expe.
ditious As you can, for Ee zee hpngry.i
Il was af RIanktawn Junction. and In
the railroad station that this conversa-
ton took place. The first speaker wore
IN anxious look -. Ne WAS afraid
that his four unexpected customers
would get away. The four had come NJ
on fretRht train, and were waiting for
IN express. They were hungry enough
to tackle the toughest railway sandwich
that ever escaped from . tannery. One
Of the four was . railroad travelling man,
who had nondescript friend who might
be almost anything, so far ~ appear
snces showed, and the other two were
newspaper meA,
The few minutes expanded to half IN
hour. We saw one of the children Of
the proprietor slip out Of side door
and make for the butchers shop and
our hearts sunk within us. But when
We were called to dinner, which the pro-
prietor's wife had prepared with her
own hands-dear me; time was when
she had dozen servants to call up-Ws
looked and beheld juicy porterhouse
steak, with nicely fried potatoes. tasty
tomato salad, and cup Of good coffee.
A dinner for king. and 30 We al pro-
nounced it The proprietor was still
anxious and apoIogetic, and charged N
Fifty cents apiece as IL he felt that b
was doing % = mortal iniuEE
.sKeAn eaid the railr0aA nam, i.this
Vas once busy and prospskNps railroad
eetln9-house: bat the fast tl1p has
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WASTE OF NERVE FORCE.
Abstract OF . Lecture by j. II. Kellogg
NJ. D., Battle Greek Sanitari1m.

Abstract OF . Lecture by j. II. Kellogg,
NJ. D., Battle Greek sanitarium.
Americans waste nerve force by un-
necessary expenditure. They eat too
much, and sleep too little; they read
exciting books and enter excited dis
cussionS; they wear themselves out in
exciting forms of recreation, and, in
short, can not enjoy themselves unless
they get excited in some way. Children
are growing up to think they can not
be happy without some form of excite
ment and they make it unless furnished
from outside. Women squander nerve
force on tea and the men on nicotine
and then take sedati We to make them
sleep. Quieting the ne rves with bromide
of potash or the like, is like piling on
sand bags for ballast In this way the
medicine habit is formed. Tonics are
taken to tone the nerves up for the day
and sleeping potions must follow At
night. How many people are there who
do not swallow some kind Of medicine
every day? 1 saw picture once Of .
farmer who had brou ght in produce for
barter and had taken in exchange tea
and tobacco in about equal quantities.
con diments and a moderate supply Of
sugar and salt while q larger basket
was being piled up with patent medi-
cinesl This is but slightly exagger-
ated representation. and every body who
knows should be = missionary to tell
people the harm of continual dosing.
Tones do not make the nerve tone
any better; they only take little more
nerve out Of the fund. They give NO
strength. but take strength out Of the
body by inducing the patient to expsnd
more than he can spare.
The great need then is to save nervous
energy in every way possible. Do not
squander 1t in useless talk or useless
reading or needless excitement. Keep
away from exciting games and shun
exciting papers and books. Go into .
q gymnasium daily and take systematic
exercise; this is an expenditure that
will bring return in increasing nerve
capital which can be turned into useful
channels. If you are already an invalid,
consider yourself in the condition Of .
run down farm which must be allowed
to lie fallow and be titled and enriched
in various ways. and remember that
thess processes all require time and
that nature will not be hurried. Give
her fair chance and she will deal gem
erously with you.-Reported BY Helen
I. Manning,
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NOTES ABOUT NAvIEs,
What Foreign Powers Are Doing In Z,
WAe.lhlra RnllAiae

What Foreign Powers Are Doing In the
War-ship building Line.
The shipbuilding programme of the
French navy has attracted unusual at
tention among American officers Of late
because Of the calling together recen5 ly
OF the cabinet council to sanction the
suppression OF the courc il of admiralty.
and to replace it with . superior marine
council. Tho Minister of Marine, how
ever, has approved of the designs for
two Of the three proposed battle ships
the Lazare-Carnot and the Charles Mar
tsl-and their construction will be be-
gun carly next year. The plans of the
third vessel, the Jauregulberry, are al
most ready, and it is expected, will be
accepted at once. The two ships first
mentioned are to be nearly alike. They
are each to be $50 feet in length, SO feet
breath Of beam, and have displace-
ment of about 1900 tons. They are to
have triple expansion engines of about
IL, 600 horse power, intended to give .
speed of II knots an hour with natural
draught Their armament will consis'
of two Al tons, four 80 tons and eight So
inch breech loading guns.
The new French ironclads and cruisers
are not only being incr ssed in size but
many improvements are being added;
and the designers seem to be following
the example of the English admiralty.
But, II the criticisms of the English
naval officers are true, the English
naval contractors have not been careful
about making the ships habitable, and
they have also neglected to provide
light, ventilation and room to get
about the machinery, all of which are
indispensable. The armament of some
of the French vessels has, however,
been severely criticised. 1t has been
pointed out that there is general habit
Of over-gunning, which makes them
dangerous At sea.
The Russian cruiser Pamiat Azov, in
which the czarewitch and the Grand
Duke George are to be taken on q cruise
to India, China and Japan, seems to
have excited the intense admiration of
the admiralty and the construction and
engineer officers of the British navy
while she was lying in Plymouth sound
but unfortunately for the English serv.
ice, they were not permitted an official
inspection Of her. She is said to have
every conceivable improvement and 10
fitted in the most admirable order. Her
system of internal communi cations by
telephones and telegraphs is described
a. perfect, and 50 also are her arrange
mints for hosting boats. It IL rare in
deed to fnd all the novelties in complete
working order and thoroughly efficient.
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Two Papers for the Price Of one.

Since the first of November, subscribers to
THE ST. Louis REPUBLIC, weekly, have been
getting two papers Of six pages every week IN
place of one of 10 pages, This gives them the
news half week sooner all the time than any
weekly could bring it, Thu REPUBLIC also
prints three special State Editions, for Mis-
souri,, Illinois and Texas, 80 that the local
news of those States need not be put 10 the
paper sent to other States; thus making more
room for general news The REPUBLIC also
offers to send one copy fuy year free to any
one sending four new subscriptions The
regular subscription price is 81 year. Sam
pie copies and q Premium Catalogue of 4s
pages will be sent free GU application. Ad-
dress. THE REpiIpLIC. ST Louis Mn
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=zse4ed II cut and the man VINO o.oo
stood guard 1t the door, and fairly
coined money. as they say, is now hav-
ing . hard time to exc out q livelihood.
He WAS improvident when he was In
luck; he thought his good fortune was
going 70. last forever, and like many
another man, he awoke too late and
found himself in the soup. Where once
he weuld have taken your six shillings
with supercilious look, he is now glad
to get half dollar, and to work for 1t,
too"
HE il not the only man who has seen
his business 90 to decay, guess" said
the nondsscript
should say NOT" said the railroad
man" / and the same thing all over
country. What with the fast time and
long runs Of trains, and the dining-cars,
which so many roads are operating,
many of the wayside restaurants have
gore TO pieces. Only few famous ones,
like HorRellsVille on the Erie, and
Bath on the Lackawanua, keep up their
old-time prestige and custom. The New
York Central has ruined its restaurants
with the deadly dining-car, and SYRIA
cuse, whore you could once get an ex-
cellent meal, has gone down to the
level Of Poughkeepsis. which never was
any thing but ten-minute lunch stop.
II want to say one thing" continued
the railroad mau, in TIE tone of one
who 10 speaking we'll of the deed. "a
great many bad jokes have been cracked
at the railway restaurant aud the rail-
road sandwich. Ihave no good word to
| speek of the latter, but some Of the best
meals Of my lifo have been eaten at the
former. And have found that il a man
will only take his ease and not hurry he
can enjoy . very good meal in the
twenty minutes allotted, and still have
time for q stroll on the platform. IN.
" Herald
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or overeating, or the partaking of too rich
and indigestible food, 10 q common cause of
discomfort and suffering. To Immediately
relieve thes stomach and bowels from such
overlooking, q full dose of DR.. Pierces Pur-
gative Pellets IL the best remedy. They OPP
crate gently, yet thoroughly. and without
gripping, nausea, or other Unpleasant effects.
II the too free indulgence in such intemper-
ate eating has deranged digestion, causing
dyspepsia and biliousness, attended with q
sense of fullness or bloating after eating,
coated tongue, bitter or bad taste in mouth
In the morning, on arising, drowsiness after
meals, indescribable feeling Of dread. or Of
impending calamity and hypochondria-the
you need to follow up the use of the Pellets"
with DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
to tone up the stomach, invigorate tho liver
and set all the processes of digestion at work.
While curing indigestion, it purif1es the blood,
cleansing the system from all humors and
od-poisons mo matter Of what name or
nature, or from what cause arising. There ia
nothing similar to it in composition or ap-
preaching It in results. Therefore, don't be
duped and induced to take some substitute
said to be lust as good" that the dealer
may make Q larger profit.
Manufactured by WORLDS DIsPKNsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
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to bring your rlnancial condluon up 70
what you consider the proper standard.
at would be wrong to Keep you
bound by q promise to one who would
have to struggle perhaps for years and
might fail at last"
81 see 1t Is vain to reason with one
who Is unreasonable; it shall be as you
wish"
Just then Judge Sharpe entered the
room, and the painful meeting was
sbruptly ended.
A few months later, Judge Shapes
clerk cAme into Walter Lossing's Office
one day and told him that the Judge
wanted to see him.
It seemed to Walter that the Judge
looked unusually stern. when he re-
minutes later. Come in here, want
to talk to you" said the judge, as he
motioned to Walter to follow him into
his private ONCE.
''Sit down. / will come to the point
at once. am instructed by client of
mine to bring suit against you. We
have the clearest kind of q case and
should certainly win in the courts; but
we desire to give you an opportunity to
compromise the matter. You may wish
to escape the notoriety."
"a suitp Why, who could want to
sue me2 / owe nothing; there is no
cause, no ground-you must be joking"
Never was more serious There is
cause, and a good one as you will learn
presently. My clients case Is nawless;
She
''SheI Ali SEQ. some blackmailing
scheme; some adveat0
There. there, don't get excited; It Is
nothing VI the kind. The plaintiff In
this case Is eminsntly respectable, as
you yourself will admit"
"Who Is she? What Is the cause Of
action2 Why don't you tell me at
once instead of beating about the
bush?"
The cause Of action Is breach OF
promise" said the old judge. impress
lively.
Breach of promise! Why, nev-
err"
Perhaps Walter suddenly remembered
something; perhaps he detected pecul-
lar expression about the old gentle
mans eyes; perhaps sort of revelation
came to him; at any rate he checked
himself very suddenly and looked re-
markedly sheepish.
perhaps you can guess the plaintiffs
name now" suggested the judge.
"You see," continued he, as Walter
still sat like one stricken dumb; 1.-The
young lady thinks that you have been
Influenced by something that was said
to you in q general way by one who in
tended to make no specific application
Of his remarks; and she believes that If
the matter is presented to you in the
proper light, no extreme measures will
DO necessary to make you see that you
were altogether wrong in arriving at q
certain decision based on the case Of
Lewis versus Lewis"
Walter grAsped the judges hand; he
said nothing; he couldn't have said any
thing just then, for there was q great,
big lump in his throat.
~ need q partner" resumed the Judge;
II have more work than / can manage
alone; think you are just the kind of a
man I want; and then, you know, be-
Ing partners we could easily compro-
mise this matter which 1 have mon
toned. You would have no objection
to such An arrangement suppose2"-
Arthur Lucas, in Epoch
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BY JIM. JAYNE, bis Attorney. sIr3
No. 21l0. First Published Dec 24th, 1890.
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

State of Kansas to Stephen NJ Price. Clara NJ.
Price, his wife, j. X. Stone and Mrs.
Stone, his wife. real name unknown Susan
Stone. and Mr.. her husband, real name
unknown. W. L. Abbott and Mrs. - Abbott
his wife, real name unknown, w. L. Abbott,
and Mr.. -. her husband, real name I'M
known:
VOU Will take notice that you have been
i sued IN the District court in and for Barber
county. Kansas, by Sarah c. 81. Langworthy.
and that unless you answer to the petition filed
In said suit on or before the 10th day of Febru-
airy. 1881. said petition VIII be taken true aud
Judgment rendered against you accorftagiy,
foreclosing mortgage executed aad deliver
ed by Stephen n. Price end Clara 81. rice to
Jarvis-Conklin & Co. dated July Let, 1885, on
the following Described real estate in Barber
county. Kansas. to-wit: The southwest quar-
ter of section twenty-six (26J, in township thir-
ty one OH. range u0) west, and for the sale of
said real estate. without apprpisement to pay
the debt secured by said ihort9age
witness my Aand and Official seal. this, ed
31t3 FRANK HOLMES.
lsEAIl Clerk District Court.
PkAHDszsEy = GREGORY, Ateys fog Pir6.
- - = Y
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ENoLANo.s CUNNING.
Her Fortified Colonies Surrounding Amer.

Her Fortified Colonies Surrounding Amer.
lea.
It is interesting to take the map and
see how neatly our cunning English rel
atives have contrived to hem US in, and
how they count on bottling up our sea-
ports in the event of another disagree
ment Beginning at Halifax, the de-
lenses OF which are continually being
strengthened. and have just been pro-
nounced impregnable, we find some 600
miles to the southwark and 500 miles off
our Carolina coast Bermuda, with docks
machine shops. and fortifcations CON.
tinually maintained on q war footing
for no conceivable purpose than to en-
able John Bull to keep an eve on
Brother Jonathan. Three hundred
miles farther southwark are the BAHIA
mas, which almost touch our coast, and
still farther south, Jamaica, where =
strong military force is stationed, COM
handing the Caribbean Sea and the
Gulf of Mexico. British Honduras. in
Central America, completes the chain of
colonies which encircles Ia. With q few
cruisers judiciously distributed between
Florida and Yucatan, and with Belize,
St Lucia and Kingston as bases of sup
plies to fall back on, the Gulf of Mexico
could be sealed as effectually to our pri-
vateers and commerce as our blockadin1
fleets sealed up the harbors of the Con-
Decentralization journal
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The Popular Science Monthly recent
~ made some interesting observations
on the comparative size and form of the
heads of the members of different ma
tionalities. For example, 1t says: Tho
usual size for an adult Englishman is
No. z. Germans have round heads, Ma
lays small ones The heads of Portuguese
average from six inches and seven
eighths to seven inches; those of
Spaniards are little larger. The heads
of Japanese excel the English average
Men that have much to do with horses
are said to have the smallest heads;
and rough relation appears to exist be-
tween the size of the head-dress and the
mental Capacity.
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notice or ATTACHMENT,

Befo.e G. W: Owens, q Justice of the peace, Of
sun City towRship in Barber county, Kansas
e. TaYlef, Plafptfa,
against
Joseph e. Trlitt and Mamie ]. Truitt, defend
ants.
Said defendants are hereby notified that ON
the 3rd day of December, 1880, an order of at
tachment for the sum o. eighty-two dollars
and tweDty-six cents, ($b2 26J was issued by the
above named justice of the peace against their
goods. in the above entitled action. and that
said cause will be heard on the 18th day of jan
uary, 1881, at one O'Clock p. m. of said day.
4. TAYLOR, Plaintiff.
ByJ NJ. JAYNE bis Attorney. 3It3
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YOU ABE INA BAD FIX.

But we will cure you il you will pay US. Our
message Is to the weak, nervous and debiIitat-
cd, who by early evil habits, or later indiscre-
tons. have triied away their vigor of body,
mind and manhood, and who suffer all those
effects which lead to premature decay, con-
sumption or Insanity. IL this mesp2 sou, send
Tor and read our BOOK Of Ltfe, written by the
greatest 6Peeisltst OF the day, and sent. seal
ed, ny addressing DE-. Parker's Medical and
Surgical Institute. 153 North Spruce street,
Nashville. Tenn. 21yI
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MARRIAGE IN HOLLAND.
The Odd MANNER in Which Proposals Are
Made.

Made.
A curious old custom still exists in
many provinces in Holland. If Young
man Is in love with a girl, and wishes
to ask her hand in marriage. he goes
about it in the following manner: He
buys . small sweet cake, and wrapping
1t up in soft paper, proceeds to the house
OF his inamoratA; upon his arrival he is
ushered into the midst of the family
circle; without word be walks up to
the young lady he wishes to make his
wife and lays the cake on the table be-
fore her. The rest Of the family affect
not to notice any thing unusual, and
continue their work or their reading;
the young man turns aside and talks to
the father or mother on some very ordi-
nary subject, keeping his eyes eagerly
fixed ON the girls face while he is con-
yersing. If she accepts his offer, she
takes up the cake and eats it Some
times, she is coquettish, and leases the
young man by turning it over and play
ing with it before she decides to bite,
and then enraptures him by eating it to
the last crumb If, on the other hand,
she wishes to have nothing more to do
with her sdmirsr she quickly rewraps
the cake In its covering, and puts it
back on the table. In this case the
young man takes up the cake, satisfied
with his refusal, and with brief fare
we'll leaves the house. The matter is
then kept profound secret by the mem
bers OF both families, and the outer
world never hears of it If, en- the other
hand, the affair progresses favorably,
and the sutton is accepted, the father
takes him on one side to ask about his
business prospects, and if he can afford
to take his wife for wedding journey
VI the RslRa, the ideal Wedding trip Of
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First Sweet 0irl-"Did you see the
skeleton dude ct the museum? Second
Sweet Girl-"Yes, / saw him." First
Sweet Girl-"What did he look like?"
Second Sweet Gifl-''O, just like any
other dude. GOOD News
Why He Locked Thin.
Virgins = You're looking poorly,
Jack-Fsally miserable.
jack Hardup-No wcndar. when you
cons3der the diet i've been living on
Tor the past month
{ Virgins Boarding houss?
Jack Hardup-Nsw-''uncl I've
been eating up my summer clothed
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Mao Him Tired.

A Mississippi negro whe was Areo on
while attempting erobbery got safe into
the sRamps, but thirty days later he
came out and made . call on . doctor
and asked to be looked over. He had
forty buckshot in his leg and bullet in
his shoulder. and expressed himself as
tired Of carrying So much lead around.
-natrcit EaAA Press.
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Arao.sul Hostes..

She-Our friend Miss Dawson IL un.
well to-day.
He-Yes, she over-exerted herself last
night
She-How?
He-Shs invited six persons to dim
ner. and As not ono Of them was on
speaking terms With any Of tho others,
she hid to entertain each one sepa-
rately and ct the same time. -Munsey's
Weekly.
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$4,000 REWARD,

Twill pay the above reward for the arrest
and conviction of any person killing or unlaw-
fully handling any stock branded triangle II
"a belonging to r. c. Hubbell & Co.. or for
ID any information leading to said arrest and
conviction. JAS. A. LOCKARD, Manager
Lodi, Barber county, Kansas IL
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Good Reason Why.

Mamma-Well, Willie, what good re-
solve are you going to make for the New
Year?
Willie-I won't fight with Johnny any
more.
Mamma-rm very glad my little son
secs how wrong and sinful it is to fight
Willie-Yes'm. He always licks me.
-Munsey's Weekly.
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The dynamo which generates the chr
rent does SO by the revolution of coil
OF wire near the poles Of a magnet tho
force which revolves the coil being de.
lived from the angina. The current
then passes oyez the wires. down the
trolley, which surmounts each car. to a
small mosoosS. This motor has an arma-
ture consisting OF coils Of wire traVarsed
by an electrical current, which In at
tracted in succession to the poles of the
stationary coils called the field magnets.
through which the current also flows
flies around and transmits Its motion.
BY means Of cog wheels, to the axle of
the car. The driver of the car. by the
use of lever, turns the current into
the motor beneath the car or diysrts IL
to the rails 1t will. In the conduit sys.
tenn the current passes along the wire.
with which connection is made, into
the motor on the car and then put ont
through the wheels TO the rails and
then back &c the central dynamo-
Nashville Banner.
After Church On ChristMas Day.
The Rectof-You seem unusually han.
Pr this morning, Miss Alice-the joys ef
Christmas. ! presumed
Miss Alioe-Yes. the Joys Of CAristmaA
I received twenty more presents thal
geye. Isn't that enough 10 make ne
Tel gayf-Harpars Ma6asine.
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Farmers In New York State have
taken steps 10 organise . Peoples party
On the St Louis Plasform. 4 State
eggAniHing cOpventien' IL 70 be called
- meat on o. hofOrO ssDtenber i leoL
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ia = hos5ltsi Il Washiagson Is ) pa
tient who 10 suffering from the eHecta
Of sating raw pumpkin.