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The Monitor-register., 1896-12-18
THE R0CK-A-BY CHAIR.
BY ALBERT BIeRLow PAINE

Oh the rock-a-by chair is jolly old ship,
ana Grandma's the captain and crew,
Ana she sings nice song as we start on our
trip,
Though L never have heard it quite
through;
But it's all about islands and rivers and
things,
And the treasures and dream-people there,
And this is the song that my grandmamma
sings
In the wonderful rock-a-by chair,
"Oh, a beautiful stream is the river of sleep,
And 1t flows through the Kingdom of Nod;
And its current is broad and its channel is
deep.
And its shores are so fair and go placid Its
sweep
And it flows from the footstool OF Cod
"Thei els marvellous isle up that river Sc
Where glow of eternity CLEANS;
And onr hopes and our yearnings are real
lied there,
And freedom from sorrow, and surcease of
care,
In the beautiful island of dreams,
In the misty midisland of dreams.
oh the faces 50 fair in that faraway isle,
And the treasures that never shall rust;
There are glimpses and CLEANS of the sweet
after while,
And the touch and the kiss and the vanish
ing smile
OF lips that have crumbled to dust,
OF lips that have fallen to dust"
And this is her song, but 1 don't know tn
rest,
AS 1 never have heard it quite all;
For cuddle down close to my grandmam
mas breast,
And my eyelids grow heavy and fall;
But l know that she sings about Heavel
and God,
And the angels and everything there,
AS we journey away to the Kingdom of Nod
In the wonderful rock.a-by chair.
The Independent.
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JAWS AS WEAPONS.
Chief Means of Defense Among All Old
World Apes.

Chief Means of Defense Among All Old
World Apes.
Among all old world apes the teeth
are the chief weapons for defense
against natural foes and for combats for
mates or tribal supremacy. The CANNES
are in most cases enormously developed,
insomuch that i'll informed naturalists
have suggested that near relationship
must exist between the primates and
the carnivora. AS matter of fact, these
formidable teeth have nothing to do
with alimentation, but are as purely
weapons Of war as are the bayonet and
the maxim gun. In practically every
emergency demanding unusual energy,
obstinacy and courage they come into
play.
In every conflict with the world, the
flesh and the devil-as such things are
understood in pithecoid society-the
temporal and masseter muscles are the
chief arbiters Of war. To become great
and powerful anthropoid it is absolute
ly and brutally necessary to have q
large and strong jaw, to give firm at
tachment to the teeth and good leverage
to the muscles That for an immense
epoch our prehuman ancestors achieved
success in life i'll like manner is as clear
as the print of ''Maga" to those who
have learned to read natures handwrit-
ing.
Since those days of true Arcadian
simplicity our life has tecome bewilder-
ingly complex, and our methods for set
ting social difficulties have changed
generally for the better. But here, as in
so many other instances, the habits of
past age have left an indelible impress
on the nervous system. 8
Magazine.
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A Joke on the Wizard.

few years ago the late Bill Nye and
Hermann, the magician, met for the first
tine in a small Ohio town. Each knew
the other very we'll by reputation ard
from personal characteristics, but they
never had been introduced. By chance
they stopped at the same hotel on the
occasion referred to and we're given seats
at the same table in the dining room.
They bowed politely and began talking
about the weather, each believing that
the other did not recognize his vis.a-vis
Just as Nye raised his knife and fork to
cut dish of lettuce salad Hermann utter
ed cry of protest and surprise. Nye
stopped in astonishment.
EXCUSE me, sir" remarked the
wizard, "but thought saw something
queer there in your lettuce"
TIE humorist carefully looked over the
salad, leaf by leaf, but found nothing,
and again raised his knife to cut it. Again
be was stopped by cry from Herman.
who added apologetically: 81 beg a
Thousand pardons, bul surely could not
have been mistaken that time. There is
something there. Excuse me-" - and
he pointed to large lettuce leaf
raised it, and disclosed underneath q
magnificent diamond cluster ring worth
several hundred dollars.
Nye slowly picked up the ring, anG
without the slightest manifestation Of
surprise, drawled out: This sort OF
thing has g one just far enough. I'm con
tinually shedding diamonds wherever l
go. Day before yesterday lost soli-
taire in sugar bowl in Plttsburg, and in
Cleveland this morning the chambermaid,
in sweeping my room found three or four
more. 1t is positively giving me brain fag
to keep track of these things, and Pm
going to give it up as bad job"
Reckoning to a waitress he slipped
Herman's ring into her hand and said:
"Here trifie for you: Keep it to re
member me by; it's yours"
1t took the owner of the ring about
half day to recover it, and it costs him
several bottles afterward.- Chicago Tunes
Herald
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hand, looked again. and especially to
the bride, but saw nothing wrong. l
now, without taking up the reins, took
the whip rom its socket, and giving him
a sharp cut. repeated my command to go
along. This undeserved punishment
nettled him very much, but still he would
not move forward. After standing for a
few moments. as if in deep thought, he
suddenly turned to the right until the
wheel on that sida touched the buggy.
Then again he stood stock still, only
throwing his head as before. l now took
up the reins and pulled with the left
hand to bring him back into the road,
when, to my astonishment, found that
the rein on that side, which had been
fastened with snap. was unsnapped.
When l got out to fasten it Frank
squealed. l believe horse never squeals
uness he is excited. l never heard
Frank squeal before; but now he not only
squealed, but shook his head, paved the
oAO hIb OJ
every means that he could command. AS
we afterward moved along homeward.
several times, as the thought would come
to bis mind afresh, he shook his head and
sque lied for joy.
When such evidences of thought and
purpose, such humor and intelligence are
seen in horses, the line of demsrcation
between animal instinct and human
reason becomes almost obliterated
Frank had decided that by turning to
the right the left rein would have to be
pulled to get him back into the road, and
that then would discover the rein to be
unfastened. He certainly had reasoned,
and reasoned iptlicately, too.-Youth's s
C0ntD1niOn
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There used to be held, in accordance
with Murchison's we'll known geolog-
ical views, the general theory that
mountains were mainly due to cracks
which took place in the surface Of the
earth in remote periods, but this idea is
no longer entertained by scientific men.
AS to the form of mountains, that which
is known as table mountain finds t!:o
best example, ouriously enough, at the
cape of Good Hope, a mountain, it is
believed, due not to any action or phe-
nomenon of upheaval, but to the sink
ing of the surrounding districts or ter
ritory. Why these peculiarly defined
areas did not sink was owing, it is
thought, to the probable fact that the
ground under them cooled before the
rest of the section, and thus the table
mountain had the earlier foundation
and has long retained its place. There
would always be denudation, however,
though proportionate with it's surround
ings, and therefore, owing to this fact
of being higher at the start, it still keeps
to its approximate elevation.
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GEMS.

The way TO do great deal of work is
to be continually doing little.@
| The greatest PIE ,sure know is to do a
good action by stealth, and to have it
found out by accident
There is hope for the man who doesn't
have to fall down more than once to learn
how to stand up.
Drudgery is as necessary to call out the
! treasures of the mind as narrowing and
| planting those of the earth.
He that does base thing in zeal to
serve his friend. burns the golden thread
that ties their hearts together.
False friends are like our shadows; they
keep close to US while we walk in the
sunhsine, but leave US the instant we
walk into the shade.
10 line which separates regard and
love is so fine th1t the young heart trans.
crosses the boundary before it is aware
of having oven verged upofI it.
A word that has beeppspdd55mmay be
>nnsaid it is but aih--zAai & > deed is
done 1t cannot IL undone, nor can our
thoughts reach out to all the mischiefs
which may follow.
The spiritual life IS not knowing. not
hearing, bu. doing We only know SO
far as we can do. We learn to do by
doing. What we do truly, rightly, In the
way of duty, that, and only that, are we.
God hides some ideal in every human
soul. At some time in our life we feel q
trembling. fearful longing to do some
good thing. Life fiiads It's noblest spring
of excellence in this hidden impulse to do
our BEST
The shortest and surest way to live
with honor 10 the world is to be in reality
what We ould appear to be; and if We
observe We shall find that all the human
virtues increase and strengthen them
selves by the practise and experience Of
them.
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A DoubIe.5arrelIed Dream.

They were discussing the subject Of
dreams, and the broker, after hearing
from most of tbe others, declined to ad-
vance his opinion, but said he would
relate dream he once had and leave his
hearers to draw their own conclusions.
II was young man of active habits,
aud anxious to get rich by the shortest
possible method consistent with honesty.
found myself in the western part of
what is now the Sta te of Washington. l
met rough miner who said he was abont
to depart for the section where the Blewett
gold mines are Dow being operated, and
wanted me to go along. His inducement
was that we could ieilze fifty cents a
pan at placer mining which was dszzl-
ing bonanz..
81 also met a man whom had known
in the East, and he advised against the
project, because my propotel partner
was under suspicion. He had started out
on half dozen expeditions with some
tenderfoot, and always returned alone,
though nothing had been proven against
| him. But l resisted all opposing advice
and went. The third night out we spread
our blankets early and lay down. for we
| were Tired and storm threatened. 1t
must have been about midnight when
had the most bloodcnrdIing dream. Az
plaidiyxs see yea. gentlemen now, 1
saw that rough miner, who vas accus-
! toned to losing men whom he took out.
standing over me with drawn bowie.
and alt at to plunge it into my breast.
Il ce "a not scream or move to offer
resistance. The very terror d. the situa-
tion must have awakened me. The cold
sweat was pouring from every pore, and
it was only when / realized the immediate
safety of my position that could move.
-. : cssa ! ,sei. sfsppangs ~
where ny horse was tethered, hastily
prepared him for the journey, and soon
went galloping over the back trail. i
imagined pursuit, but no shots were fired,
and my escape was assnesd." :"
sDid the man turn out to be muir
derer %
What MANI The whole thing was a
dream told you. There was a dream
within dream. was never west of St.
Louis in my life. "-Detroit Free Press
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Hard Egg to Beat.

A far4gf ecame into village grocery
in one q Western States and exhib-
tied an admiring crowd an enormous
egg about six inches long. He had it
Eacked in cotton, aud wouldn't allow
any body to handle it for fear of breaking
2she phenomenon. The groceymen exam
Nred Id with the rest, and, intending tc
chaff ethe countryman, said
"RSshaw! I've something in the egi
line, ths Ssaswill beat that"
rll kbet you $5 you havent," SAID tn
count 4ryman.
Take it up" sd the groceryman;
and, going behf}d the counter, he
brought out wife egg beater.
There's something in the egg line that
will beat it, l guess" said he, reaching
for the stakes.
"Hold on there !" said the farmer,
s'let's see you beat it," and he handed it
to the grocer.
The latter held out his hand for II, but
dropped it in surprise on the counter,
where it broke two soup plates and a
platter. 1t was of iron, painted white.
"Some folks think they are tarnation
CUTE" muttered the farmer, "but faint
no use buckin' against solid facts."-
Exchange.
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When most needed it is not unusual for
your family physician to be away from
home. Such was the experience of j. Y.
Schenek, editor of the Caddo, Ind. Ter.
Banner, when his little girl, two years of
age, was threatened with severe atSck
of Group. He says: my wife insisted
that 90 for the doctor, but as our family
physician was out of town l purchased a
bottle of Chamberlaiu's Cough Remedy,
which relieved her Immediately. will
not be without it in the future" 20 ans
so cent bottles for sale by Geo. M.
Andrews, Druggist.
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No Thanlxs.

A Bath physician has been having
hard work to get one of his patients, a
small boy, to take the medicine that he
has prescribed. One day he offered the
little fellow cents if he would take it.
The offer was accepted, the medicine
taken, and the physician handed him
the money. "Aren't you going TO thank
the doctor?" asked the mother. ''No.
Pm not. 1 don't thank people for pay
ing me what 1 earnl" was the reply
Augusta (Me. Journal.
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The Fact that Doctcrs

frequently advise change IF air and
climate to those suffering frcm catarrh is
proof that catarrh is local and climatic
disease. Therefore, unless you can leave
home and business. you should use Ely's
Cream Balm. Applied directly to the
seat of the disease it effects instant relief
aud satisfactory cure after short CON-
tinuance. No mercury nor injurious drug
is contained in the Balm.
The Monitor-register., 1896-12-18
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Elmer, Nj. Dec 2. 1861 have
takea Hoods Sarsaparill&sffer headache Q
and dizziness. and after taking three
bottles I.was completely cured of both. ]
havesaiso given " to my little boy for
rheumatism and it helped him SO nlnoh
that | recommend 1t to all who are
afflicted with headache dizziness or
rheumatism Mrs George Qhes.
The Monitor-register., 1896-12-18

II the hair has been made to grow a
natural color on bald heads in thousands
of cate,. by using Hali's Hair Renewer,
why will it not 10 your case?
The Monitor-register., 1896-12-18

The Portuguese say that no man an be
a good husband who does not eat good
br, K ast
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Major G. T. Picton is manager of the
State Hotel, at Denisou, Texas, which the
travelling men say is one of the best hotels
in that section. In speaking of Chamber
lain's Colo, Cholera and Diarrt ea
Remedy Major Picton says: II have
utei it myself and in my family for
several years, and take pleasure in saying
that consider it an iDfallible cure for
diarrte, and dysentery. l Ialways recon-
mend it, and have frequently admins
tered it to my guests in the hotel, and in
every case it has proven itself worthy of
unqualified endorsement. For sale by
Geo. M. Andrews, Druggist.
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Ringing noises in the ears, swapping,
buzzing, roaring, caused by catarrh, all
dsaI s,ear With the use Of Hoods 6arsa-
pariiia.
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She-"After all, you'll never find
another place like home" He-"l hope
NOT -
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Here is diamond, here piece of char.
coal. Both carbon; yet bets EN- them
stands the mightiest of magicians-
Mature. The food on your table, and
your own body; elementally the same;
yet between the two stands the digestion,
the arbiter of growth or decline, life or
death.
We cannot make a diamond; we cannot
make flesh, blood and bone. No. But
bysmeans of the Shaker Digestive Cordial
we can enable the stomach to digest food
which would otherwise ferment and
poison the system. In all forols of
dyspepsia and incipient consum ption,
with weakness, loss of flesh, thin blood,
nervous prastrafioh the Cordial is the
successful remedy. Taken with food it
relieves at once. 1t a2ntishes, and assists
nature to notrish. A trial bottle-eneugh
to show its merit-10 Get Is.
The Monitor-register., 1896-12-18

Plaid silk stockings are wor' with
black house gowns and low shoes,
The Monitor-register., 1896-12-18

There is nothing more terrible than
energetic ignorance
The Monitor-register., 1896-12-18

Strong thoughts are iron nails driven
in the mind that nothing can draw out.