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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-14

.echild. One of the most active workers
for Gen. Wickham's opponent was
one of our old servants, who it might
have been supposed would, owing to
the following facts, have supported him
ON personal grounds, II on no other
Just prior TO the war Pills father. who
belonged to q neighbor. was arrested
for burning and was tried before the
old county court of five magistrates.
The proof was complete and four of the
magistrates were for hanging, but Gen
Wickham, the fifth one. refused to unite
In Judgment so severe where no life
was taken, and so the incendiary was
saved His son, so far from voting for
him, however, was unsleeping in his
erection TO the man who had saved
his fathers life
This was the bitterest campaign / re-
call in Virginia, for section had split
of from the democratic party, and, with
the REIMBURSEMENT" of the public debt
as an issue. was organizing the negroes,
q fact which at once greatly aroused
the race feeling on both sides The ne
gro churches-a tremendous enginery
among the negroes-worked unceasing-
ly, and for the first time the negro
women organized and took an active
hand In the work. They formed clubs
and the air was filed with rumors or
violent talk
The negroes habit Of assuming double
names is so well recognized that one
ceases to be surprised at it. The other
day one came 10 my Office with some
pension papers. 10 try to get pension
an the widow of q deceased union SOL
der The papers had been made out
by an agent in Baltimore on the state
ment OF the woman's daughter, and her
name was given as Caroline Thomp-
son. widow Of William Thompson"
But. Aunt Winnie" said my partner.
TO whose father both she and her hus-
band bad formerly belonged, this is
not your nameP"
'sNor, sab; dat amt my name" she
said
Were you ever called Caroiine?"
~Nx, sab"
"wen, what was your husbands
uameY'
Henry Johnson; bat did hcah after
he left me that be changed his name to
William Johnson"
The pension papers were returned to
the agent with statement of the facts
This will illustrate why when twenty
William Johnsons are registered. most
OF them IL not all looking as much alike
70 a white mans eye as so many black
eyed peas. delay and mistakes In exam
lining them are unavoidable. One Of
the challenged. however. got the turn
on his challenger THAI day. tie had
been rag picker and bought rags.
scraps of paper. etc. but had moved
from the shanty he had long occupied,
, and on psrging day. nothing being
known Of hfm. had been stricken from
the pof hist rs dead On election day
he turned up in line to vote. alive
enough. II happened that one of the
challsnrers had some time before sold
him some stuff. aud when he appeared
he said:
Hello. Unose Bfriyi You can't vote.
You are 5esd-"
What's das7'' ASKED the old fellow.
why. you are dead. See here lie
showed him the page and the word
dead opposite bis name. Billy looked
az il moment curionsly and then
slipped cut of line.
Well. look hesh. Msrse Norm" he
said. You know bout dem twenty
three dollars owes your Well. don't
/ vou forgit dey's dead too And he
went OFF chuckling at the roar TIA;
/ greeted HIS apt wit.
THOMAS NELSON PAas
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VIVA, Makes a Beautiful Woman

ELkHART, md, July !, 1871.
DuLLAM's GREAT GERMAN MEDICINE Co.
Nv daughter has been afflicted vita
female trouble Tor over SIX years and
have paid out over $3.50 In vain trying
TO find relief for her.
A lady friend advised me TO secure q
bottle of Dullsna's Great German Fe-
male Uterine Tonic and she has been
completely cured by it.
We gave u far trial and the results
were wonderful. We cannot recon-
mend it too highly to all ladies who
are afflicted. BEsJANIN CANCER.
For sale at ID. c. Scrlbner's drug store,
70 Monroe street.
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Very Much SURPRISED.

have been afflicted with neuralgia
for nearly two years. have tried ply 81
clans and ali known remedies, but found
no permanent relief until tried bot
tie of Dullsm's Great German Lini-
ment and it gave me instant and per.
manent relief. Is cents per Oottle.
Signed, A. B. SWELL.
Hamilton, Mich, April IL, 1891.
For sale at d. Z. Scribner's drug store.
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Fat paonla

The propFietors VI the Msrienead
Reduction Pills aud salts wish 10 an
nounes that Waite 4 White, the we'll
known dFugg ste. are now western
Michigan agents fol the above goods
Any one interested ia the question OF
reducing their hesh call on White d
White for circulars, etc, that Will con-
vince them that Marlenbad pills and
.aIts are the best Preparations OF their
kind IN the market; perfectly harm
less k. HUDSUT, New York.
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Read Carefully.

Duliam's German Medicine Co:
GESTLEMEN-For over four years l
have been afflicted with an eruption Of
the skin, which became very trouble
some and | could get no relief. / WAS
also troubled very badly with cOnstipa-
ton. which nothing l tried gave per-
man mt relief until l took Dullam 9
Great German Blood, Liver, Stomach
aDd Kidney Remedy. and since taking
have been entirely cured. For a
tome, blood purifier and general health
restorer l can heartily recommend 1t.
MRS. VIM. COPELAND, Flint, Mich.
For sale at ID. c. Scribner's drug store.
73 Monroe street.
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THAT TERRIBLE COUGH

In the morning, hurried or difficult
breathing. raising phlegm, tightness
IN the chest, quickened pulse, chilliness
in the evening or sweats at night, all or
any of these things are the first stages
of consumption. DR.. Acker's English
Cough Remedy will cure these fearful
symptoms, and is sold under positive
guarantee by White & White. SO Mon
rOe-st.
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AZ. Cecilia Benefit.

Mrs. Tabor, who recently returned
from Europe, will open her studio
Tuesday afternoon from until 5 and
from until p Coffee and wsfers viii
be served, and the proceeds viii 20 TO
division No. 4 of the -. CecElias
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Are your children subject to Group?
If 80, you should never be without .
bottle Of Chamberlain Cough Rene
dy. 1t is certain cure for Group, and
has never been known to fail. If gwen
freely as soon as the crOupy cough APP
pears it will prevent the attack. 1t il
the sole reliance with Thousands Of
mothers who have croupy children,
and never disappoints them. There IS
no danger IN giving this Remedy In
large and frequent doses. as l: con-
tains nothing injurious. so cent bot
ties for sale by z. j. Wurzburg, drug
gist, So Monroe atreet
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Ihegreatest worm destroyer on earth
10 Dullam's Great German Worm Loz-
enges, only % cents per box. For
sale at d. z. 6cribner's drug store.
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Buy Dullam's Great German 25 cent
Cough Cure at d. G. Scrbner's.
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Buy Dullam's Great German IL cent
Liver Pills, forty in each package, ut
Scribner'a.
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Buy Dullam's Great German % cen:
Cough Cure at d. c. Scribner's.
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Buy Dullam's Great German 25 cent
Cough Cure at D. c. Scf.bner's.
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Excelsior Dlarles for 1898. Get your.
nov AID get what YOU want before the
assortment = broken.
GEoRGs A. HtIL A Co.
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Adams 4 Co., 90 Monroe street are
now selling fur and wool felt hats
from % cents to 81 so.
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Buy Dullam's Great German Is cent
Liver Pills, forty in each package, at
Scribner,a.
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Buy Dullam's Great German Is cent
Liver Pills. forty IN each package, ct
Scrlbner's.
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Try the new painless method Of I'LL
ing teeth bv Robinson Dental Co., We
s. Monr0e street.
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COLUMBIAN Hsrtnsn's ball, No
BALL yemher IL
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m srprl And attend the Column.
I ban Ball.
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For over Fifty Years

Peckham's Group Remedy cures
whooping cough.
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For over Fifty Years
Mas. WILSON'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been used
Tor children teethipg. Ii socths the child
ssftens the gums. allays al pain. cures wind
collie. ard Is the best remedy for AiayHhoea
IWenty-nye cents Q bottle
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-08

In every school, society or community
edge and ability but who lack the power
to use them effectively, and other men
who, with narrower mental scope, know
how to use their small intellectual capital,
and to impress themselves and their pur
pose upon their generation.
Many thoughtful, dreamy boy finds
himself thrust aside in the race at school,
Just as he will be in life hereafter, for the
want of this faculty. 1t is of course, born
with the men who have it largely, but it
can be cultivated by very simple means.
See that, as far as possible, every seed of
knowledge which is planted in your mind
bears fruit. As soon, for example, as you
begin to study German, begin to speak it.
Test your new ideas of architecture by
the construction of the house you live in,
and of hydraulics by its drains If public
speaking seems attractive to you, and you
study the rules of oratory put into prac-
tice so far as you can, these rules. Join a
debating club, or form one among your
fellows, and speak upon such topics as in
terest you. Struggle vigorously against
your wish to sit idle and to dream in a cor
ner, even though your books are your com
panions.
Remember that when Il house is burning
it is not the man who understands scen
tifcally how to put it out who is valued
but he who understands and-brings the
water.-Nouth's Companion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-08
English and American Women

Professor Bowditch, after making accu-
rate observations of height, weight, sitting
height and stretch of arms of over 100
women. found the average height of l,lO7
women without shoes) age seventeen and
upward, to be 1873. IS centimeters. DIR. Sar-
vents average of ,S35 observations, the
ages ranging from sixteen to twenty-six, is
slightly higher, and Mr. Cations 10
measurements of Englshwomen, from
twenty three to fifty-one years of age, gives
also II higher average. a comparison be-
tween DR. Bowditch's and Mr.. Cations OBJ
servations of the weight OF women in ordi-
nary indoor clothing SHOW the range of
weight is greater in the Americans, and
also seems to indicate that there is little
difference between ~ shortest rs well us
between the lightest women of the two
nationalities, but that the talcst English
women surpass the tallest American WON
en- in height, while the heaviest American
women exceed in weight the heaviest Eng
lishwomen. -Pittsburg Dispatch
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-08

Rooms that have no fires in them soon
become so damp that furniture becomes
ruined by mold and decay. Every part of
the room becomes infected by unwholesome
mostures, which have a bad effect upon
everything in it The Importance of keep
ing fires i'll sleeping rooms, especially dur
ing damp weather, is great from II health
point of view. If the room is slept in daily
it should he aired thoroughly 10y raising
the window, and if possible II fire, or some
other method of heating the air. should he
adopted. The simplest i, Il CRATE fire. This
old fashioned way of heating rooms is,
/ after all, one OF the best and most health
/ ful. Ii does not ill the room with gases
SO common from coal or steam heating ap
partus. The CRATE tire quickly rarefes
the impure air and, when proper ventla-
tod is given, eXpels it
| If IL lire is maze in room, however, it is
more important than ever that good VENT
/ lation shall he given Many have the idea
| that the fire alone purios the damp air,
/ while in reali V it dcteriOratcS it and makes
/ it worse than before if kept lnclosed in n
tight place The fire will render the air OF
tight room nuXiouS in an Incredible short
space of time, but when vent latiOn is given,
too the very best effects are obtained. AT
night the fire can be kept going in the
be opened The fire will then rarely the
air and eXpel it, while new fresh air will
come in to he breathed. Restless, sleepless
nights will not come to one sleeping in such
an apartment Yankee Blade
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-08

At forty if ever, the ladies know how to
make the most of themselves, which is I'M
true of the vast ma OIities in the ", mites.
Perhaps ut no other age is the best type of
woman more strkingly beautiful. : cum
derstands how to exercise her gifts and
charms in most effective fashion
The grace of perfect self possession, often
wanting III young women, L. hers II she
was diflident, awk ward and Inexperienced
contact with society has removed these inn
pcrfections. II She was gushing. emotional,
affected and too talkative, she has correct
ed these faults and is warly winsome
where before she WAS positively wearisome.
In the normal evolution of taste she has ac-
uured the ran. art OF dressing faultlessly,
aud 80 avoiding the detlacting inieicities
Of earlier years Her selections of style,
color and material harmonic with her fig
ire, complexion and the occasion, and she
doesn't look "a day over thirty"
The woman of forty is infinitely more
attractive to men than she will be i'll later
life, when her fine complexion fades,
wrinkles leave their year marks across her
brow, silver threads her glossy hair her
ryes lose their luster and her step its
sprightliness. She may always be agree
able, but never again so fascinating.
The woman of fortyl She is destracting,
delightful, divinel Her society is :, solace
which robs remembrance of all remorse
ped poverty of all pain. The spell of her
dark. depthless eyes wakens latent emo
tions into ecstatic life, while the music OF
her voice thrills and fills the soul with JOY
unspeakable. Grace, goodness and gentle
ness supplement the rare and ravishing
beauty of face and figure, and her welcom
ing smile is precious prize, beside which
seath and learning and kingdoms are but
hross LuXuriant nature, in the infinite
plpnitude of her blessings, has bequeatheC
10 man naught else so Intoxicating and in
comparable rs the woman of fOrty.-Troy
Press
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-08

ut is quite astonishing that so few per-
sons really know how to make good cup
of coffee said the master of the house.
making WHY face over the thick, muddy
fluid which the new cook had served for
breakfast And it is so simple" he con
tinued, ANY one could make it. When
was a bachelor and lived in rooms always
made my own coffee and never failed.
Here is my formula, if you like to have it
for your new cook, who, must say, needs
n hint or two;
at is better, of course, to grind your
own coffee as then you are sure of having
it good, but never cared to take the trouble
or the time myself Put the ground coffee
in the coffee pot, the quantity being regu-
lated according to the number of PERSONS
n family of six would require about Il tea
cupful Add half pint of cold water and
owe raw egg but do not put i'll the shells
as many ignorant cooks do, considering
that the broken bits have IA peculiarly
clarifying power Stir all well together
add one quart boiling water, and let the
whole boil for fifteen minutes. While still
boiling pour in half a cup of cold water
and put the coffee pot on the side of the
stove where il will not boil, and = 4
stand for several minutes Coffee made II
this manner will be found clear, strong
and free from grounds. New Iork
Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-08

If there is any home that is thoroughly
unhomelike, it is the place that has been
put into the hands Of some unsympathetic
decorator and furnished upon the hard,
stern lines laid down by some correct epoch
of design 1t it all well enough to have IA
home furnished correctly, but house
needs the stamp of personality to make it
all and wholly II home, for the occupant is
bereft of large share OF pleasure if her
establishment is robbed of "Reminiscences
and sentiment. The get-rich-quick people,
who suddenly realize that their surround
ings are inartistic, are never satisfied with
what decorator would call correct fur
nshiDgs'
/ Decorators, like shoemakers, endeavor to
/ fit their patrons, and they WILL if you ask
them, always find places to incorporate the
things that are surcharged and saturated
with the homely suggestions of pleasur-
able past ohnny's first valentine, Marys
diploma and the card notices mother
made" You can't reconcile macrame lam
breauins to the Jacobean room, but such
things have n pressure on the heart throbs,
and happily placed will prove lasting fac
tors in the endearment, if not in the en-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-08

He makes lots of noise, doesn't he? He
is always making chairtrainS, and blowing
whistles, and letting off steam, and howl
ing like II particularly disreputable brake
man You get awfully tired of it all, and
| think have heard you call him little
nuisance" and IAN everlasting torment"
And so he is Boys are very trying, but
know something worse, and that is his sis
ter She is such n hector and iidget. You
have to braid her hair every morning for
school and it takes the time you want to
devote to 9th rthings, such as sitting down
to the piano ana trying over ii new song, or
cutting the leaves OF the latest books. All,
but, my der, know big sisters who
would exchange the sweetest song that
was ever sung for the noisy hallOo of the
| little boy VINO made such II racket last
year. but who is very quiet III last out in
his grave at Rose H.ll
And know ii mot her who would rather
pass her fingers through the tangled
me.,hps of Troublesome girls hair today
than thread them with dazzling diamonds
But this head. with its bright hair, has
vanished from the dear home, and there is
nothing left to soothe or perhaps to cause a
keen regret See to II, my dear, that you
deal very patiently with these noisy boys
and troublesome girls while you have
them with you. Tomorrow holds unfore
told and unimagined sorrows Chicago
Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-08
The Fashionable Girdles.

Girdles for cloth and silk gowns are made
of bias velvet in ii single piece, about eight
inches wide. The edges are narrowly
turned down and hemmed with blind
stitches. Three rows of shirring draw the
front down to II width of only five inches,
and two supple whalebones are set in cas-
ingS between these shrriugs. The fasten-
ing is made in the back 10y four hooks and
eyes hidden under two little meeting frills,
each an inch wide, of the velvet doubled at
the ends of the girde Stirring and whale
bones similar to those in front are down
the back each side of the frills Such
girclles of all kinds are so much in favor
that they are often seen on b;,Sques and
coats, as well rs to complete round bodices.
philadelphia Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-08

a bit of fancy work for IA woman to prick
her fingers over for the man she loves is u
smoking pillow made entirely of the yell
low ribbons which tie bundles of cigars in
the boxes or tie the boXes-it is beyond the
comprehension of woman to exactly define
which. Any way, you use that part of the
ribbon containing he stamp of the brand,
and you lay these pieces of ribbon upon the
pillow cover of strong cloth in chaotic order
and briar stitch all the edges with yellow
silk.
1t is II gay little pillow when it is fin.
ished, and the man you make it for may
think of you as his mead rests upon it just
IL trtle more frequently and tenderly than
he does Of the scores of other nice girls who
work him slippers that don't fit and hand
kerchief cases that he doesn't want to he
bothered with. New York sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-08

Says Thomas Dcttuincey, in IA work pub
lished poSthumously Nineteen times out
of twenty have remarked that the true
paradise OF a female life. IN ranks not too
elevated for constant intercourse with the
children is by no means the years of court
ship, nor the earliest period of marriage
but that sequestprrl chamber Of her expert
ence in which a mother is left alone
through the day, with servant perhaps in
a distant part OF the house, AMI chiefly
where there are no servants at all she Is
attended by one sole companion, her little
first born angel. ~ yet clinGing to her robe,
imperfcctly able to walk still more i'm
perfect in its prattlng and innocent
thoughts :linginG to her haunting her
wherever she goes ~ the shadow. catch
ing from her eye tie total inspiration of its
little palpit&tinG heart and sending to
hers ii thrill of secret pleasure IL often us
the little fingers fa>ttn on her own.
Left alone from morning to night with
this one companion, or even with three,
still wearing the lraets of infancy, buds
of various stages upon the self same tree, II
woman, if she has the great blessing of up
preaching such luxury of paradise, is
moving-too often not aware that she is
moving though the divine,t section of her
life. As evening sets in, the husband
through all walks of life, from the highest
professional down to the common abOrcr,
returns home to vary her order of CONVEX
sation by such thoughts and interests u
are consonant with his more extensive ca
pacites of intellect. But by that time her
child or children lie reposiug on the little
couch
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-08

\ bright woman is Il valuable adjunct to
any community 50 long rs she is not over
conscious of the fact that she is bright.
An able man thoroughly satisfied with
himself may show his conceit, and he is
frequently good deal of II bore, but it is
rarely that he develops into perpetual pa
rade of himself for the purpose of impOs
ing upon whonsotvcr he may be able 20
make favorable impression. | know a
great many very able, very agreeable and
very womanly women, fair aud honorable
rivals to the best there is in manhood, but
| also know II number of able women who
are-well, they are nuisances, and solely
because of their self conceit and their will
ingness to presume upon their abilities,
knowing that man hates to 'snub" a
woman Detroit Free Press.