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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-09-27

Every girl that tnys her school
books at the New York Novelty Store
will be presented with manicure
SET Eyery boy that gets his school
books nj the New York Novelty Store
will get a nice memorandum book with
mirror attached.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-10-18
AT THE SIGN OF THE SKULL.
strange old tavern have I seen.

A strange old tavern have seen.
The walls are thick, the garden green.
'Tis damp and foul, yet through the door
Do rich men come as well as poor.
They come by night, and they come by day,
And never guest is turned away.
The landlord, an unwholesome fellow,
Has complexion white and yellow.
And though he looks exceedingly thin
Docs nothing else but grin and grin
AT all his guests, who, after awhile,
Begin 70 initiate his smile.
The guests are fearful sight to see,
Though some are people Of high degree,
For no one asks when carriage arrives
A decent account of the inmates lives,
But holy virgins and men of sin
Sleep cheek by jowl in this careless inn.
And beautiful youths in their strength and
pride
Have taken beds by q leper's side,
But all sleep well, and 1t never was said
That any kind of complaint was made.
For all the people who pass that way
Appear to intend a heightened stay.
The house has singular bill of fare
Nothing dainty, nothing rare,
But only one dish, and that dish meat,
Which never a guest was known to eat.
Night and day the meal goes on,
And the guests themselves are fed uponl
These merry guests are all of them bound
To land far off, but never found
That any one knew when he should start,
Or wished from this pleasant house to part
o strange old tavern, with garden greeni
In every town its walls are seen.
Now the question has often been asked of me.
Ia II really as bad as 1t seems to be?
Theodore @. Williams in Century.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-10-18
The Rising aanerntfnn.

"It keeps one SO busy making liv-
ing" said man of family, ''that don't
perhaps pay as much attention as l
should to the forms of speech, but
think that my children more than make
up for anything that lack in this re-
spect, and wish they wouldn't insist as
they do upon my conforming in this
matter to what they call the usages of
polite society. The latest phase of this
subject occurred last evening at dinner.
My wife looked across the table at me
and said:
mot 'doantchoo,' you understand, but
don't YOU with the don't and the you
pronounced separately and distinctly.
Not being prepared for this, it made me
laugh, but my eldest daughter frowned,
and when my eldest daughter frowns ]
don't laugh, SO 1 said yes and stopped
laughing.
"I've been accustomed all my life to
saying 'doantchoo' for don't you, and
'ehtalp for at all, and things like that,
but the children tell me that nobody
talks that way nowadays, and SO sup
pose have got to give 1t up.
"They had before insisted that I
should have my clothes stylishly cut
and with the trousers sharply creased;
that / should wear stylish hats and
fashionable shoes, and now they insist
that shall speak correctly. Take it all
together, I think they are making life
pretty hard for their poor old father.
Still they're nice children, and I suppose
I'll have to try to keep up with the pro-
cession. New York Sun.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-10-18
A NewsdeaIer Pays For a Libel.

A libel case somewhat similar to that
which Messrs. w. II. Smith successfully
defended the other day has just come
before one of the correctional courts in
Paris. M. de Sesmaisons, a former min
lister plenipotentiary of the French re-
public at Hayti, at present residing in
Paris, was annoyed at some comments
upon his conduct while in America that
appeared in the New York Tribune. The
article spoke vaguely Of his having ac-
quired certain notoriety and of his be-
ing irresponsible for his actions in the
eye of the law.
AS the New York Tribune has no prop
erty In France, M. de Sesmaisons judged
1t was useless to proceed against that
paper, but he decided to indict M. Bron-
tano, the proprietor of the Anglo
American library In the Avenue de
rOpera, where copies Of the offending
number were sold. The plaintiff asked
for 90, 900 francs damages.
Without admitting so extravaganza a
claim, the court condemned the unfor-
tunate news agent, who quite possibly
cannot read English, to pay 5000 francs
to the plaintiff, as we'll as fine of 100
francs, and to insert the terms Of the
Judgment in any 10 newspapers M. dc
Sesmaisons may select. News.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-10-18


When the king opened the door in the
morning, the man of many seasons blew
a cold blast right in his face, so that the
royal nose was pinched with frost.
'May see your treasures nowY" asked
Hans.
First You must find my son, the child
prince. He is lost, and I mourn for him
night and day." declared the Mountain
King.
"Tll find him." said Hans.
He now sought the man who could see
and hear so far.
"Help me find the Mountain Kings
son." cried Hans.
The man listened and looked, and at
last he said:
HE is on the mountain, 100 miles
from here. can both see him and hear
him cry. Bird Dan must carry us to the
spot"
So they called on Bird Dan and soon
restored the young troll prince to his
father. Now Hans was told he might
ask for his pay.
"Give me-" said he, ''the rusty sword
| that hangs on the WALL"
"That you cannot WELD, !" replied the
Mountain King.
Eyes, can," said Hans, ''for I will
drink of the water of life in the bottle
on yonder SHELF"
So he got the sword and the refresh
ing draft that gave him strength to WELD
it.
"Now," cried he, "for lamp to light
my path, and then I'm off to see the
treasures in the cavern beneath the
CASTLE"
.'The lamp you will find in the cham
Der OF light" said the Mountain King,
'but you will be powerless against the
dragon that guards my treasures"
I'VE shall see, said Hans, and finding
the lamp he went down into the bowels
of the earth, lighted by its bright glow.
The dragon reared its hideous head at
his approach, but with one blow of his
sword he severed this from its body.
Just as the Mountain King came to the
door to find out what was going on, the
sun burst in full glory from behind
cloud.
Then troll and castle disappeared, and
Hans was left alone with the treasures he
had so faithfully earned. Bird Dan was
quickly summoned, and he bore Hans,
with the treasures and the ready helpers,
to the place where they could be most
useful.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-10-18
Rousseau.

Rousseau was type of the melancholic
temperament, assuming sometimes the
symptoms Of veritable pathetic insan-
ity. He sought to realize his phantoms
in the least susceptible circumstances;
he saw everywhere enemies and conspir-
ators, frequent in the first stages of in
sanity. Once. coming to his sailing ves-
sci In England, he interpreted the unfa-
vorable winds as conspiracy against
him, then mounted an elevation and be-
gan to harangue the people, although
they did not understand q word he said.
In addition to his fixed ideas and delir-
liant convictions, Rousseau suffered from
attacks Of acute delirium. a sort of ma
niacal excitation. He died from an apo
plectic attack.-New York Times.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-10-18
Doctor with Experience.

One day while mending the roof Of his
house Chodja lost his balance, and fall
ing to the ground broke rib. A friend
of his went hurriedly for hakim doc
tor). "Hakim, have you ever fallen from
roof and broken ribT' was the first
question Chodja asked the doctor.
"Thank God, no." replied the hakim.
''Then go away at once, please" cried
Chodja. "Iwant doctor who has fallen
from roof and knows what it isp'-
Good Words.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-10-18

She-Kneel not to me, dear George,
but come and sit in this chair, which is
large enough for two. Papa had it made
on purpose.
He-What consideration What fore
sight, USw could he have known
She-On. it is easily explained. We
have always lived in fat.-Detroit
Free Press.
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TO AMEDlcAL STUDENT AT A CLINIC.

stone,
Tlay quivering flesh and amputate bonep
With cool composure whip cancer out,
And think no more ont than to land n trout?
Art once thy cultivated taste enjoyed,
And oft thy brush was genially employed.
Would'st lose the browning charm of thy
young life.
Or mark unmoved its fairness all destroyed
By blood red stains of surgeons saw and knife2
iTwere better far to be an NJ. DIS wife.
Australia's daughter, with the steel blue eyes,
Recede in time from such sacrificed
To painting or to sculpture give thy powers,
And in aesthetic studies pass thy virgin hours.
New York Sun.
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Men In Petticoats.

1t will probably be matter of sur
prise to the general reader to learn that
the petticoat was first worn exclusively
by men. In the reign Of King Henry
VII the dress of the English was so fam
tastic and absurd that it was difficult to
distinguish one sex from the other. In
the inventory Of Henry v appears a
'petticoat of red damask, with open
sleeves" There is no mention Of q
woman's petticoat before the Tudor pc
Rod. Exchange.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-10-18
AYERS
Cherry PectOraI

Has no equal for the prompt relief
and speedy cure of Colds, Coughs,
Group, Hoarseness, Loss of Voice,
Preachers Sore Throat, Asthma,
Bronchitis, La Grippe, and other
arrangements of the throat and
lungs. The best-known cough-cure
in the world, it is recommended by
eminent physicians, and is the favor
lite preparation with singers, actors,
preachers, and teachers. 1t soothes
the infiamed membrane, loosens the
phlegm, stops coughing, and induces
repose.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-10-18
Spent only one.

Little Dot-Mamma gave me two
quarters to buy candy, but only spent
one of them.
Father-That's something like. Now
I'll give you another quarter to put
with the other.
Little Dot-Thank you, but l can't
put it with the other till I find it. 1t
dropped out of my pocket ON the way to
the candy store.--Good News.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-10-18
Are You Any Good at PuzzlesP

The genius who invented the eff
teen" Puzzle, "Pigs in Clover" and
many others has invented a brand
new one, which is going to be the
greatest on record. There is fun,
instruction and entertainment in it.
The old and learned will find as
much mystery in itas the young and
unsophisticated. This great puzzle
is the property OF the New York
PRESS CLUB, for whom it was in
vented by Samuel Lloyd, the great
puzzlist, to be sold for the benefit of
the movement to erect a great home
for news paper workers in New
York. Generous friends have Civ
en- $4,000 in prizes for the success
full puzzle solvers. TEN CENTS
seat to "PREss CLUB BUILDING
AND CHARITY FUND.-" Temple
Court, New York City will get you
the new mystery by return mail.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-10-18

The stock of paid notes for five years
in the Bank Of England is about n, 745.-
600 in number, and they fill 1S,4O0
boxes, which, If placed side by side.
would reach 81 miles.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-10-18
AYERS
Cherry PeCtOraI

taken for consumption, in its early
stages, checks further progress of
the disease, and even in the later
stages, it eases the distressing
cough and promotes refreshing
sleep. 1t is agreeable to the taste,
needs but small doses, and does not
interfere with digestion or any of
the regular organic functions. Asan
emergency medicine. every house.
hold should be provided with Ayers
Cherry Pectoral.
Having used Ayers Cherry Pee
toral in my family for many years, 1
can confidently recommend it for all
the complaints it is claimed to cure.
Its sale is increasing yearly with me,
and my customers think this prepa-
ration has no equal as cough-cure."
IS. w. Parent, Queensbury, N. B.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16
Wide Awake.

The August number of this delight
eul magazine is much larger than usual
containing $50 pages of reading mat
ter. Perhaps the "Story of WIDE
AWAKE" may be considered the leading
article of the number. It is graphic
account of the magazine, from its very
beginning to the present time. A fine
frontispiece portrait of the late Daniel
Lothrop, the founder of WIDE AWAKE,
most fifty opens this farewell number.
Among the more notable stories and
articles may be mentioned "A Race for
Life" by John Willis Hays, thrilling
Indian tale; "The North Chamber" by
Louisa T. Craigin, and "The Thrilling
Story of Capt. Noman," by Charles r.
Talbot; Concord Dramatics," by
George b. Bartlett, will interest all
lovers of Louisa Alcott's Little
Women" stories.
With this great Midsummer issue,
WIDE AWAKE ceases to be q separate
publication, and bids farewell to its
thousands of readers.
This new departure is explained In
the article 1.-THE Story of WIDE
AWAKE" The D. Lothrop Company
have made arrangements to merge
WIDE AWAKE into st. Nicholas.
The price of this number is 20 cents.
For sale at news stands; or mailed by
d. Lothrop Company, Boston, on re-
ceipt of price.
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money nor brains. We got one to hons
on our mantle twict az big a. that and
. heap purifier aud II only cost half q
dollar" Later on the old lady came
across a vase in the Japanese section
which bore the price, go. 900, upon it.
She didn't have any at home that was
bigger or better than it was. but she
said, as she looked askance at the high
priced piece Of pottery, that she'd be
hanged before she'd pay that much for
''no-count pot"
1t is not only in the Manufactures
building that the French vie with the
other nations ii their exhibits The
Art palace contains many surprisingly
beautiful works, which will not suffer
by comparison with those of any coun-
try under the sun. In fact, in the opin-
ion of some of our best painters, France
leads them all in the art display. True,
some Of her pictures were determined
by the art committee to be a trifle too
bald, but they were becomingly draped
with Opaque hangings and the multi
tude can view the splendid exhibit
without any offense to its sense of pro-
priety.
The French building proper. situated
on the lake front north of the Ceylon
building, contains many features of in
terest The building itself is quite i'm
posing. As viewed from the north 1t
presents somewhat the appearance OF a
coliseum, bat Upon coming round to
the front on the east its aspect changes
and ono is at a loss for description of
its style of architecture. On the right
is doorway leading through the build
ing into semicircular gallery, elevated
but slightly from the ground, in which
are hung some very large paintings of
views in the French capital. Here the
Partisan may feast his eyes upon the
familiar scenes of his beloved "Paree,"
and point out to his friends the leading
places of interest in the great city.
Having passed along the entire
length of the gallery, leading up to
which are stairways from the central
court, which is a sort of garedn spot,
one enters detached portion of the
building in which are number of inter-
esting exhibits of mechanical and
scientific nature. Among other things
is peculiar system of photography by
the aid of which criminals are detected,
in the demonstration given wax figures
being used to represent the culprit.
The foregoing comprise but a portion
of the French exhibits. the departments
of agriculture. horticulture, electricity
and mining each having an elaborate
display. II has developed that France
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16
August.


I used August Flower for Loss Of
vitality and general debility. After
taking two bottles gained 6o lbs.
/ have sold more of your August
Flower since l have been in business
than any other medicine l ever kept.
Mr.. Peter Zinville says he was made
a new man by the use of August
Flower, recommended by me. I
have hundreds tell me that August
Flower has done them more good
than any other medicine they ever
took. GEoRcE w. DYE, Sardis,
Mason Co., KY. .
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16
New Smells In chicago.


When all other senses fail him the
visitor to Midway Plaisance may de-
pend upon his sense of smell to inform
him what village or building he may be
in. There are dozens of smells on the
Plaisance-not the ordinary odors we
all meet daily, but characteristic smells,
vaguely potent in awakening associa-
tons and exciting memories. The Chi
nese theater is redolent of the fowery
kingdom and revels in varied collec-
ton of odors from those of teas and
spices to those of the queer little hand
made articles which lie displayed on
the counters. Taken altogether, it is q
clean smell, pungently fragrant Fur
Their down in the Turkish quarters
there is an odor, pungent in another
way, but equally suggestive of the
muslxy Orient. The rugs and tapestries
exhale an odor as of sandalwood long
locked from the air and going to decay.
Dahomey smells of-Dahomey. There
il nothing in the little bark-fenced
quarters worth smelling SO long rs one
is exclusive and reserved in his associa-
tionA The Japanese fragrances are
sweet and delight to the olfactories
Cairo battles in q number of smells, led
in Importance by hot, acrid odors of
Egyptian cigarettes aud the close, dry
perfume of exhibits packed in redolent
woods. Taken altogether, Cairo's odors
are the most suggestive of the torrid
east
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There is little japanese garden in
one corner of tie Horticultural build
ing and little japanese house in the
Woman's building, or rather two rooms
of house-a library and q boudoir-at
the Worlds fair. They are made OF
paper, the walls being panels of blue
and gold. The floors are covered with
mating, the curtains are bamboo, and
an immense cushion is in the center of
each of the rooms.
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HISTORIC HOT SPELLS.

New York Had 15y Cases OF sunstroke In
One Day In 1712.
In 1908 the Rhine, Loire and Seine
ran dry.
1t seemed as If New York was on
fire in 1855. During the week 214 peo-
pie were killed in that city by sun
stroke.
Iu France in LIS many shops had to
close. The theaters did not open their
doors for three months. Not drop of
water fell during six months In 1873
the Thermometer rose to 11s degrees.
In several of the French provinces
during the summer of 1705 meat could
be prepared for the table merely by
exposing it to the sun. Not soul
dare venture out between noon and
p. m.
In 1909 Spain was visited by swell
tering temperature that is described as
fearful. Madrid and other cities were
deserted and the streets silent. La
borers died in the fields, and the vines
were scorched and blasted as If by a
simeon.
The year 1772 was a fearful one in
new lOrk. Oue uuuuEcu anu uIty-
five cases of sunstroke occurred on
July 4, of which ~ proved fatal.
In IT'S the heat Of Bologne was so
great that hundreds of people were
stified. In July, 1893, the heat again
became intolerable. Vegetables were
burned up and fruit dried on the trees.
The furniture and woodwork in dwell
ing houses cracked and split.
A disastrous hot wave swept through
Europe in June, 1851. The thermolne-
ter in Hyde Park, London, indicated
from 30 degrees to "a degrees in the
shade. In the Champs de Mars, Paris,
during a review, soldiers by the score
fell victims to sunst rolxe, and at Alder
shot men dropped dead while at drill.
In 1881 it is said the heat throughout
the United States was the greatest on
record, the thermometer in many
places registering los degrees in the
s hade. In England the mercury
ranged from 90 degrees to 101 degrees,
and in Asia % degrees. In London it
was the hottest season known In TWEEN
ty-two years. The director of the
Paris observatory declared there was
no record of such intense heat-Pear.
sons Weekly.
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A BRiToN's VIEW.
An Enthusiastic Eulogium ON Our Gres
e Fair.

An Enthusiastic Eulogium ON Our Great
* e Fair.
What l saw when gained the north
ern and eastern balconies of the Ad-
ministration building surpassed and
surprised my highest expectations.
After all that pen and pencil had done
to prepare me for the sight, felt that
not one-half had been told me. The
great White City which rose before me.
silent and awful, seemed to belong to
an order of things above our common
world. 1t was poem entablatured
in fairy palaces, only to be done into
human speech by the voice of some
master singer. It was a dream Of
beauty which blended the memory of
classic greatness with the sense of Al
pine SHOWS 1t was an apocalypse Of
the architectural imagination. The
wildness of the day lent its own
apocalyptic setting to the scene. A
swaying, drifting curtain of cloud shut
in the horizon, blurring lake and sky
on the one side in an indistinguishable
haze, and on the other shrouding the
city in gloom of smoke and rain.
Ever and again the towers of the fair
were draped with wrcaths of trailing
cloud. while the beating rain and chill
ing wind added to the elemental effect
The cluster of buildings hung together
there sort of city in the clouds, yet
severe and unmistakable in outline
1t was q vision of the ideal, enhaloed
with mystery. The dreams of Column
bus, the aspirations of the pilgrim
fathers, the boundless possibilities of
the American continent itself. all seem
to have been crystallized in this mute
world of hall and peristyle, of column
and capital 1t stood there one colossal
temple of temples, awaiting in silence
the presence of the supernal glory
Review of Reviews
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In front of the North Dakota build
ing is an old cart which belonged to
the Hudson Bay company. A card on
it calls attention to the fact that it was
the only means of travel employed
north and west Of 81 Paul previous 70
18Th
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them In mechanical way and pass on
thinking no doubt that they are all
very fine but entirely useless a. far ~
they are concerned
Passing by some Of the expensive
statuettes the other day an elderly,
homespun-looking sort of woman
paused and gszed curiously 1t . ting
pink cherub with blue wings and yell
low hair, about the neck of which was
hung a card bearing the notice: sold,
eoS." After an indignant snin or two
she tarned to . woman at her elbow
and said: my land! Twenty-Five dol
lss for that little clancy doll The
q, NJ tepsht y psst hsv man
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YRENcn sun.Dr1e

articles being on sale, 20 be delivered
1t tho close of the fair, and it almost
takes ones breath away to see the i'm
mense valuation placed upon some of
the smaller pieces But they are only
for people who have long purses and do
mot mind the outlay 90 long as their
taste for art is gratified. Poor people
who find themselves wandering about
among the rich and costly articles so
freely displayed on every hand view
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16
Couldn't Buy IL.

Guest-What a magnificent residence
that is opposite.
Mr.. Pompous-Grand! A veritabls
palace! have been trying to but that
place for years,
Guest-They won't sell, eh?
Infant Terrible--Yes. but they want
esd. ~Nood News