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The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13
WAITING.

Sitine IN the contest corner
.E.. ming DER the old-timc laya,
vinS as.S In The past and present,
= WIZ pS now with yesterdays.
onupa' grandma dear old couple,
Aisht and com tort of our home,
uss5t 5ther twilight hours serenely,
& Neath Our humble cottage DOME
NoWtheir days are growing shorter,
.o" their years seem not SO long,
ana thefr dim eyes will turn backward
Where their youthful pleasures tn rons;
/, NOV their hold on life grows weaker,
w they faltcr as they go,
1aut their faith all fears subduing
Leaves no room for selfish WOO
Not shadow mars tho beauty
" their peaceful love-ltt sky,
Death is but the gate to Heaven
Iney will enter by and by
SO hear them talking softly,
In the Arelights ruddy glow,
Oi the happy past and present.
"altinE for their time to 60
M J. M. Smith, in Christ tian at Work.
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Fortunes from Kaus.

1t is astonishing what immense sums
ragpickers receive in the course of A
day. The com bings of women's hair
sell at eighty cents a pound: this
means three hundred dollars to the
knights of the hook. "Merinos" as
they are called, are another source Of
profit. They are the scraps of tailors
and dress-mal<ers and bring about
thirty-six thousand dollars a year,
Old bones bring about one hundred
thousa nd dollars year. Papers. corlss
and crusts Of bread all go to di fferent
Industries and bring large sums. Elec-
ton bulletins, which to the numb Der of
one million three hundred and TWEEN
ty-fve Thousand arc posted on the
walls of Paris. are also much sought
after elections for the making os but
News.
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Professional Scorn,

Did you hear about Blaggins' shoot
ing excursion?" said one member of the
national guard to another.
you don't mean to say an amateur
marksmar like Bla ggins had the nerve
to go hunting?'
YES"
''iit anything?'
Yes. He got seven birds"
We'll. There's only one way to ex.
plain it,
''How'S that?"
He didn't know the gun was lead.
ed."-Washingten Star.
The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13

CnSelfiShnesS, it has been said is tha
greatest virtue of all, yet it is possible
to carry even this amia bic quality too
far. 1t would seem that NOTHING but
good could result from our efforts to
help others. and we cheerfully denv
ourselves pleasures and luxuries that.
we may minister to our fellows Too
late we find that when we have not
fostered shiftlessness and laziness we
nave produced the bitter sense of loss
OF independence and thanklessness.
Also we can be SO loyal that we de-
ce1ve and lead astray those who trust
us. and suddenly find we have been
aroorlng wrong-doer and shielding
an evil. We have allowed LOYALTY
to crowd out our Judgment and
to blind our sense of iustice
Every virtue has it's limits Truth.
fulness is of priceless value but il il
quito possible to become SO imbued
with pride in our ability to speak tho
truth, in season and out of season that
we forget entirely that though speech
ne silver, silence is golden. We speak
the truth with such viger and inapt.
ness that we lose all sight of that con-
which we are bound to show
to others feelings. We become so high
and mighty in our truthfulness thea
we arc positively brutal. In the same
way pride in our especial virtue in
evitably produces an opposite result t.
the one aimed at. Even our good traits
should be kept we'll within the bonn.
dary line and modified by hard com.
non nsenss'-Wevsrly Magazipe.
The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13
COMFORT IN THE NURSERY,
a suggestion for FurnishiDg the Chlldren's
Special Room.

a Suggestion for FurnishinR the Children's
Special Room.
A BAN boo screen with silk curtains
or better still, those of some washable
material, is Il most useful adjunct 1t
can be used to shield the crib from a
draught, to screen a corner, or shut Off
the washstand when it is in use.
If the nursery is far from the kitchen
a small refrigerator will be found a
great convenience. Tin ones can bo
purchased for about three dollars that
answer the purpose admirably. There
is room for the supply of milk for the
day, beside the ice. and they are easily
kept in perfect order.
If the baby is fed on artificial food
some means should be provided for
heating it: an alcohol lamp, a con-
trivance to fit on the gas burner, or a
covered saucepan alone, if there is an
open fire.
No nursery should be without a ther-
mometer, and when lit varies much
from sixty-eight degrees the source Of
heat must be attended to.
"A clock is always interesting and
amusing to children, and as they grow
older is useful in teaching them to tell
tune.
Beside closet for the playthings
that are owned and used in common.
each child should have a receptacle for
its own peculiar treasures, which it
should be required to keep in order
The top of the chiffonier is a good lodx-
ing place for the fragile belongings
whose destruction by the needless
younger ones is always to heart-brealx-
ing to the careful owner. A low cum
board, divided into compartments, is
the best if it can be had. A small
bookcase must not be forgotten, with
room for the toy books of the ba abies,
as well as for the books of the other
memb bers of the nurscry-Elizab beth
Robinson, in Ladies' Home Journal.
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The Only Test.

Hardupp-I tried to sell those dia.
monds 1 bought of v u, and was told
they were not genuine
Jeweler-Did you sell them?
Yes. for almost nothing
"Well, you go back and try to buy
them, and you will find out that they
ere genuine. Y. Weekly,
The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13

A mouse lately showed great pres
ence of mind on falling into dish Of
cream. 1t swan round and round viO-
lently. until it was able to crawl ont
on the butter. This was in America. -
Tid-Bits.
The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13
The Wrong Prescription.

The Phvsician-Nou system is COM
pletely run down. What you need is
long vacation. spent in the country.
Patient-Good hea avens, doctor! that's
Just where have been all summer
Judge.
The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13
A.nazonian a Women

Inc Sudees are a band of African
women who have gone to India in great t
umbers, and have found employment
as stokcrs and sailors on the steam RS
plying locally in the East Indian
waters They are noted for their
strength and also for their turbulence,
but they do with apparent case work
that often is too much for the hardest
men. They are verita BILE Amazons and
submit themselves to Queen Sophia,
and to her only. In the West Indian
islands the coaling of steamers is usu-
ally done by black women, who carry
the Goals in gIeat baskets on their
heads up the steep planEs to the bunk
srs OF the ship.-St. Louis Republic,
The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13
Crushing the Clerk.

The hotel clerk who is flip may be
prize package to his employer, because
some people love the easy familiarity
which blooms without cultivation. and
then again, some don't. One of those
who doesn't recently walked up to the
desk of hostelry.
''Can you give me a room in this
house?'' he asked, with the air of man
who wanted the best.
The clerk spricd up at once.
II couldn't very we'll give you one out
of it," he replied, whirling the register
around.
"Wcll, l guess somebody else cam
retorted the visitor, and he picked up
his bag and walked out.-Detroit Free
Press,
The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13
A wAsTEFUL ECONOMY.
Inc AOW-Friced Service OF Navy Homes
an Extravagant Item.

AHo AoW-HFlce0 Service OF Many Homes
an Extravagapt Item.
i The first and greatest of xyastcf,]
economies is 1ow-priced service. There.
by you waste not merely your su bstance
but yourself. The woman whose mind
is made up that she ''will not paw more
, than twelve dollars a month"; usually
hnds life a long procession of girls in
, the rough. who each wing away as
soon as drilled into some semblance of
ehc1ency. No doubt it is irritating not
10 reap where YOU have sovvn in
troublous tears, but stop and think a
DIT You were not wholly disinterest-
ed. You taught and trained. vrested
with ignorance, fought and overcame
sloven ways. not a missionary, but
Tor your own sake. in the hope tha t
after awhile you might sit a ease amid
orderly comfort. What though it is
through your effort that your servant
is more valua BILE, recognize that COM
fort and peace of mind are mighty
sufficient returns the Investment,
and do not grudge her a few dol
lars more. Honesty, capacity. trained
intelligence have ca distinct market
value. At the highest rate they come
much cheaper than doctors bills or
months of running away from the
hend nervous prostra ton. Reflect, too
that by not paying you arc sole suf-
ferer. Plenty of other people will. To
the girl it is merely a change Of homes
She would be something more than
human if she did not feel and obey the
impulse to better her condition. Put
yourself in her place and see if YOU
would be willing to work for less than
you could get by merely crossing the
street.
In the other case of a girl who never
outgrows the twelve-dollar stage it is
safe to say she is dear at any price,
When at last She grows intolerable
cost of her in moth and rust and sloth.
in wear and tear and breakage and
see if beside it higher wages do not
sink out of sight. Take account also
OF nervous strain, of family jars and
chickering's whose root was in the |
neither household regions, and it will |
not need the bills of butcher and balSer
and candlestick-maker to convince yor
that your cheap servant cost YOU 4
pretty penny.-Harper's Bazar
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Valid Objection.

Have you any attorney?' asked the
judge.
mo, ysr honor replied'thc prisoner,
who was on trial for stealing a hog,
Then the court will appoint Mr..
Kcrsharp to defend YOU
I'D ruther you'd pint some other
lawyer, jcdge, CT it's all the same to
:ou,' rejoincd the prisoner, drawing
the sleeve of his coat across his nose.
MIR. K'sharp an ruc knows each other
a leetle too well.''-Chicaeo Tribune
The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13
About All It's For.

MIR. Newrich-Land sakes, Mandy,
what you got SO many knives an forks
at each plate fer?
Mrs. Newrich--l'm sure don't know
but that's the way that new man fixed
EN-. ! s'pose likely it's JUS to show
we've got 'em.-N. y. Weekly.
The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13
a Hint to Husbands,

Gus De Smith-Hou say you write
dunning letters to yourself and sign
them with fictitious names. What do
you do that for?
Pete Amsterdam-You see my wife
is always after me for money, and
when she reads those letters she be-
comes iscouraged.-Texas Siftings
The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13
a TRYING PLACE FoR NERVES.

| Some OF the Disa sreeable Features Of 1,ra
on LSght-Ship.
| Talk about rolling and pitchine! No
vessel rolls, pitches and plunges like a
llght-ship. Its anchors hold it firm to
the shock of the waves There is no
yielding. no graceful s,vaying to the
swelling of the sens. There are days,
too, when Il fierce fog-horn torments
the ear with noise such as nature in
Ier anErlest moods never invented
There is always glare of light at
night. There is no constant expecta-
tion of reaching port. and life soon be-
comes a dreary monotony.
In case the light-ship should be cast
adrift, it has been fitted with sails
which will enable it to hold its own in
storm and stress The hold is fitted
with spacious store-roo1ns and sleepinr-
quarters, and a machine for compress
ing the air which blows the fog horn.
These fog-horns arc what are known in
this country as ''siren'' whistles. They
are called sirens proba bly, because that
IS what they least resemble. They be-
gin their noise with a very thin high
note that ,distreSSes the ear. Then
they descend to the low note. and up
and down in rapid succession the
shrlel>ing demonlil<e noises race Ono
French writer has said that the possi-
bilities of this fog-horn are such that
he wonders that some nusic-leader
has not introduced it in the orchestra
when the Wagner operas are played |
"A comPressed-air trumpet, he thinks
a nd it is just possible that there may
be little national prejudice in his |
go well with mytho-
logical characters and dragons and |
uncarthly storms and noises.
The writer says the for~horn
is simply a 'terrible instrument" and
therefore in time the Wagnerians must
adopt it. A big bell is placed on the
ship for use in case the fog-horn should
break down or scare itself useless.
Harpcr's Young People.
The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13

The will Of Mrs. Anna E. Brown.
widow of Charles Brown. which wal
admitted to probate in Quincy Ill, re-
Gently, bequeaths $500, 900 to pu bic
charities. Her four nearest relatives
including her father. receive lccacics
of $1,000 each. She gives SIS, 600 and
her house and furniture in Quincy for
a home for the aged poor of the city.
She gives s25, 900 to the Illinois Humane
Society; $4,000 to the industrial school
for girls in Evanston, ILL.,; s5, 900 to the
Woodland Home for Orphans in Quincy:
$1,000 and her diamonds to the Quincy
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals: Sl5, 900 each to the Connect
lcut and the Louisiana branches of the
same society, and $4,000 to the Massa-
chusetts branch.
The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13

-Noall-'-l don't believe that girl
will ever learn to waltz Saymuch-
''Worsethan that-she will never learn
oot to attempt it.''-Vogue,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-12-29
FASHIONABLE FANCIES.
Little Odds and Ends of Femlnl

Little Odus and Ends OF Feminine Toilets.
White undressed kid gloves are worn
with full-dress evening toilette, no
matter what color the gown may be,
and are of any length fancied, some
meeting the short sleeves, while others
leave the round elbow exposed. These
white gloves are also worn with call
ing costumes in the orchestra seats.
Small Empire fans are the newest
fancy, but many of larger size are car
ried. White kid fans painted by an
artist in such matters and mounted on
sticks of mother-of-pearl are charming.
Gauze fans with bluet spangles or
those of glowing red forming the deco
ration are carried by young women.
The graceful ostrich-feather fans are
still used, both in colors and black,
many having glittering spangles as an
ornament.
White satin slippers with pointed
toes trimmed with rosettes of mousse
line de sole, very large and full, are
worn with dresses of any color. But
white gloves and white slippers give
the effect of large hands and feet, and
while there is nothing to vie with the
white gloves, the slippers may give
place to those made of the material of
the gown, or else to the black satin
slipper which makes the foot look very
small. Bazaar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-12-29
PEANUTS IN GERMANY.
Used In Paper Making and as Food for
Cattle.

Cattle.
Many years ago the author of "The
Chemistry of Common Life indicated
the groundnut as probable or actual
substitute for cocoa-or roasted, ground,
and prepared in the same way as choco-
late. He mentioned that in Spain the
earth chesnut was even then being
consumed as substitute for coffee.
The quality of peanuts, however, varies
much more than might be supposed.
The poorest are found on the Madras
coast and the best in the region of the
Senegal, in West Africa, and it is, ar.
parently, only since they began to de-
velop an interest in Africa that the
Germans have discovered the food value
of this humble product.
In 1898 upward of 10000 tons of pea
nuts were imported into Germany, of
which $500 tons came from West
Africa, $500 tons from East Africa. and
the rest from the East Indies. For the
manipulation of the peanut there arc
now twenty-seven factories constantly
employed at Hamburg, Mannheim,
Heilbronn and elsewhere.
The imports from West Africc are in
the shell, which, while making them
more bulky and adding to the freight,
has compensating advantages. For in
stance, the nut is apt to be crushed or
injured when shipped without the
husk, and also to become strong, if not
rancid, in flavor by exposure.
The husks make up about 25 per cent
of the weight of shipment, but are
not all loss, even when their protective
functions are over, for in Germany they
are used in rough papermaking, and
also, when ground up, as food for cat
tie. From West Africa and India the
nuts are usually imported without the
shells-the reason doubtless being to
secure cheaper freight.-All the Year
Round
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-12-29
A MIRACLE IN TEXAS.
Inve stigated by the Texas Chris
tian Advocate and Vouched
for by DR.. @. n. Stans-
bury.
From the Texas Christian Advocate3


Our representative has made careful In
vestigation of the H. e. Spaulding case at
Longview, which Is here published for the
first time and which will be read with great
interest by medical men everywhere In
reply to the Christian Advocates questions
Mr. Spaulding said: About eight years ago
while running locomotive I contracted
sciatic rheumatism in my left side from
my hip down, 1t came on slow but sure
and in few months l lost control en-
tirely of that member, it was Just the same
as If it was paralyzed, was totally unable
to move out of my room for a year and
half, six months of which time was bed
ridden. 1 tried every remedy suggested,
and had regular physicians in constant at
tendance on me- / was bundled up and sent
to Hot Springs where spent three months
under the treatment of the most eminent
specialists, all of which did me no good,
and came back from the springs in worse
condition than when / went. I came
home and laid fiat on my back and
suffered the most excruciating agonies,
screaming in pain every time any
body walked across the room, the only ease
1 obtained being from the constant use of
opiates. After three months of this kind
OF agony, during which time my entire left
leg perished away to the very bone, my at
tention was called to q new remedy called
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, by
Mr.. Allison who is now train dispatcher at
Texarkana, and who was relieved of loco
motor ataxia of twenty years duration. At
his urgent and repeated solicitation 1 con-
sented to give them a trial, after taking
few doses l began to improve. l continued
taking the pills and kept right on improving
until was finally cured. My leg is just the
same size now as the other one, and l am
sure that Pink Pills not only cured me but
saved life.
The reporter next visited DIR. G. Fl. Stans-
bury, graduate of one of the medical
schools of Kentucky and q man who en-
joys the confidence of everybody in Long
view. He said: II KIN ow that Mr.. Spaulding
had terr nly severe ettack of sciatic rheu-
matsm OF which l tried to cure him used
everything known to my profession in vain
and finally recomm ended him to go TO Hot
Springs. He came back from the springs
worse than when he went and thought il
was only matter of time until his heart
would be affected gad he would die. / also
know that his cure Is the direct result of
the use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
THAT is rather an unusual statement for
regular physician TO make, doctor"
~ know it is, but fact Is fact, and
there are hundreds of people right here in
Longview who know what l say is the
truth. 1 also know Mr.. Allison and know
that he was relieved of genuine and severe
case of locomotor ataxia of twenty years
atandinQO
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-12-29
THE FARM ICEHoUSE.
To Build One Does Not Call for Very
Much Expenditure.

Htuch E-Apehuibures
No particular architectural ability is
needed in putting up an icehouse, sug-
gests the American Cultivator. All that
is needed is to put up frame, inclos-
ing it both inside and out. in locality
where there is good drainage, SO that
water from melting ice can be carried
away without letting current of air
come up through the ice. The filing
in of the air spaces between the double
wall is commonly done with sawdust.
This is cheap, and in localities where
there are lumber mills, it is often SO
plentiful that it is given away to any
one who will take it. 1t is necessary.
however, even then, to get the saw.
dust early, for as the time for filing
icehouses approaches, there is always
q demand for it. A new material
known as mineral wool has lately been
introduced. 1t is mineral, and, of
course, is not wool at all, though it
looks and feels like wool. 10 is the
glass fbers made in refining iron ore
by the action of heat on the particles
of sand that it contains. Once this
Stag remained in immense piles around
Iron ore refneries, but it's value for
/
making mineral wool has caused de-
ynand for all that can be got of it.
The cost of mineral wool il near to
factory will probably be near S17 per
ton, but it's bulk in proportion to
weight is so great that it cannot be
transported far. 1t is the cleanest
and best non-conductor of heat. 1t
contains a great amount of air, and
when laid in the walls is non-con-
ductor of heat and of sound also. No
kind of insect or other vermin will
live in walls where the filing is with
this glass material. For this reason,
as well ms non-conductor of heat, it
is considerably used for sheathing
dwelling houses. 1t also greatly re-
tards destruction when houses are at
tackled by fire.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-12-29

the rebellion, Ben Brown was one
among the first to fall into line the day
George b. Lemon made his war speech
in the old courthouse, and John StolSer,
orin Hoyt and Jack Robinson beat up
for recruits with fife and drum. Those
were stirring days in Clinton, as they
were all over the north.
Ben Brown never thought that be-
cause he was a southerner his place
was in the ranks of those who were
committing treason by firing on the
flag under which he was born. He
was n patriotic American, and the call
for troops measured up to his idea of
patriotism.
That Same day James M. Hall, who
was mustered out" recently, ranged
up alongside of Ben Brown us they
formed into line on the courthouse
square. Jim and Ben were strangers.
Jim came from his country home down
in Barnett township. He left the plow
in the furrow on that bright April day
in 81 and came to town to see what all
that trouble was about firing on the
old flag at Sumter.
Jim, like the rest of the boys, didn't
know anything about war. There was
u little sl1irmish down in Mexico away
back in the 40's, but Jim was too young
to remember anything about it.
No braver man than Ben Brown was
mustered into the United States service
on the day when the Twentieth Hi
nois was organized at Joliet. Ben was
every inch soldier. From the first he
took fancy to Jim Hall. When Com.
pany E went into camp Ben and jim
became fast friends, and as they
marched to the field of battle side by
side that friendship became stronger
they stuck to each other closer thar
| brothers.
On that morning, the 9Th of April
| 1867, when the Twentieth Illinois was
ordered into the line at Shiloh. Ben
Brown felt a presentiment that his
soldering days were over; that he
would be one among the first thai
would fall in the leaden hail. He had
been in other fights and skirmishes,
but never till that morning did his
heart fail him. Not that he was 60
ing to show the white feather; Ber
Brown was too brave. How many 6
| oi"Nc uah "euO ou IuS pdGCleuelC
with the same feeling, and in how
many cases did the presentiment prove
truel
Before marching out Ben took Lieut.
Sam Denton aside, and, pulling out 6
fine gold watch. some money and few
little trinkets, said:
Here, lieutenant, take these, anC
when l am gone send them to my gooC
old mother in Tennessee. Tell hel
they are from her wayward boy whit
| has mnde her heart ache for many