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Year: 1879

THE coal famine up the river will
soon be at an end. There is rise in
the river, and five millions of coal
possibly ten, will soon be let loose
Dealers in Cincinnati estimate that
coal will fall from twenty cents to ten
cents per bushel.
Year: 1879

JoHN Donovan can only account
for the sufeide of his last wife by at
tributiug it to rcigorse of conscience
Correct, no doubt. Tho Very thought
Of deserting such a dear creature to
the temptations of a wicked city like
St, Louis was enough to drive her to
lnnnn:r
Year: 1879

An anecdote of Moore, the Irish
poet, shows how much pains writer
who does good work VIII take to put
the right word in the right place.
Moore was on visit to literary
friend in France, and while there wrote
a short poem.


One day while the guest was engaged
n his literary labor, the two took a
stroll in the adjacent wood, and the
host soon perceived that his companion
was given up to his own thoughts; he
was silent and distracted, noticing
neither his friend and entertainer nor
the surrounding beauties of the land
scape.


By-and-bv he began TO gnaw the fin
ger-tips ofhis glove, pulling and twitch-
ing spasmodically, and when this had
gone on for long time, his friend ven-
tured to ask him what was the trouble.


''I'll tell YOU" said Moore. 81 have
left at home upon my table 4 poem in
which is word | do not like. The
line is perfect save that one word, and
that word is perfect save its infection
Thus it is" and he repeated the line
and asked his friend if he could help
him.


II was 4 delicate point. The friend
saw the need, saw where and how the
present word Jared just the slightest
,,n.ciIIa hit tt,,n,, tho axpui-ita ha rp,opr
of the cadence; hut he could not sup
ply the want.


The twain cudgeled their brains un-
til they reached the house on their re-
turn without avail.


The rest of the day was spent as usual
as was the evening, save that ever anon
Moore would sink into silent fits in
pursuit OF the absent word. And so
came on the night, and the poet went
to bed in deep study.


The following morning was bright
and beautiful, and Moore came down
from his chamber with bounding step
with a scrap of paper in his hand, and
a glorious light in his genial counte-
nance.


The word had come to him, He was
awakened during the night, and the
kind genius of inspiration mad visited
his pillow, and he had got up and torn
a scrap from his notebook, and at the
window, by the light of the moon. had
made the thought secure.


There" he said when he had incor-
porated it into the text; ''there it is
only a simple, siagle word, word as
common as a. b. c., and yet it cost me
twelve hours of unflagsing labor to find
it and put it where it is. Who could
believe it?''
Year: 1879

As the Charlotte train steamed into
the depot, lady ran ont in the crowd
in an excited manner inquiring for an
officer. From her anxiety it would
seem as if the whole police force was
Indispensable just at that time and at
that precise part of the world. Detec-
tive kavanagh was by the lady's side
in moment, but it was long time be-
fore he could CLEAN from her wild ex-
preSsions just what was the matter.
At last he learned that she had come
up on the Charlotte train, and had
taken her satchei and gone into the
Falls train. She left it on the seat and
stepped from the cars to get some
lunch. When she returned to the cars
her own satchel was missing and an
''old nausty" valisc left instead. kav-
anagh Immediately went to work to set
matters Alright, and entering the car
the lady pointed out to him the place
where she had left her satchel and the
one that had been substituted for it.
Then kavanagh looked in the next
seat and there saw another satchel.


Madam" said he to the lady, ''per-
haps this is the ark that contains the
worldly necessities Of your railroad
journey through life," and he held it
up between the thumb and forefinger
of his tiny right hand. (kavanagh
can wear Perinot's number 3.


Then the lady's face became perfect
rainbow of colors; she blushed like a
summer rose, and Immediately grew
white as snow; her eyes opened
wide in astonishment; she tried to
speak but couldn't; at last she said:


"I-I-I-be-te-lie do de-de
Claw that weally is mine'


Then kavanagh politely took of his
centennial straw hat and bowed him
self out.


The truth was as obtained by one OF
our reporters in a subsequent interview
that the lady went to the wrong seat
on re-entering the car, and wishing to
procure handkerchief from the satch-
el-she thought was hers-opened it
and there a sight met her bcwildered
gaze that would scare phalanx of the
weaker sex. The first thing that met
her eye was the general confusion of
the contents, which was proof positive
Year: 1879

The effect which the sudden seeing
of themselves rs others see them had
upon several Siamese women Is mar
rated by a lady: A few weeks ago,
4 couple of Siamese women came to see
and to look at my house. They con-
house. They consider it greater treat
if invite them them through my
rooms, and let them look at my bed,
my table, my chairs, my pictures and
my nick-nacks, and especially if they
can get look at themselves in the
mirror on my bureau. One or two of
those W no came had been there before,
and they were telling of how they
looked in the glass till the others were
all anxious to see too, so they gathered
in q crowd and stood before the mirror.
One quick look, and then a surprised,
startled cry, and some OF them hid
their faces, others jumped away, and
some looked about to see who was
really there. They had never seen
themselves before, and did not know
how miseTably they looked with their
black teeth and naked bodies. They
drew their scarfs over their breasts and
tried to hide from the sight of them
selves. One turned and said to me:
1--WE are very hateful looking, don't
Won think so?" | did not tell them
had alway. thought so, but l said /:
''Now, since you know how you look,
is 1t any wonder that we tell you TO
wear more clothes and to quit chewing
betel 2" Some of them would not be
induced to look the second time, while
others stood and looked.
Year: 1879

Ferrets are the great resort of aillict-
ed farmers in England. Some men
make a regular business going round
with them and giving rat infested
houses "run' in consideration of the
payment of 4 ten dollar bill. The fer
rets are rather expensive creatures,
costing about thirty dollars pair.
They are so long and slim and supple
that they can almost tie their own bod
les in knot and be crawling out of it
again at one end before the knot at the
other end is completed. \ medium
sized augcr hole can be utilized by
them with ease, the only trouble being
that the auger hole is apt TO be straIgi
and the ferrets used 10 doubling up and
arching their backs and going through
al sorts of strange convulSions with
their bodies-as though TO show of
their graceful curves-would feel quite
lost in having TO keep their straight
natural position, even though for the
space of one second. They are never
still a minute, except, perhaps, when
they sleep, and then. like their nearest
cousin the weasel, they are apt to sleep
with their eyes open. Their life is one
of continuous and constant activity.
When they are not crawling into rat
holes at the bidding of an ine1orable
master, they are ut home in cages,
a haF.N fttas- a an1 fro lilo
up lions. Often the ferret is seen with
scratches on his nose or lacerations on
the neck. These are the little remem-
brances of his encounters with his
natural enemy, the rat. The rat will
not fight ferret when he can get
away. The largest rat will run from
them. They can smell them long be-


ore they can see them, and that is the
signal for them to fly or remain and
die Il subterranean and ignoble death.
Young rats in nests are at the ferrctS
mercy, and the ferrets are not slow to
show them such mercy as their craving
stomachs afford. They do not eat the
ilesh. They insert their teeth and,
wcazle-iikes suck all the blood out of
their bodies, then leave them. This is
the great point ferret men make over
the modern style of getting rid of rats
by poison. They cry down the poison
system and declare that by killing rats
In that manner, life in u house about
which the rats perish is rendered al
most intOlerable by the stencil their de-
caying carcasScs create. BY killing
them with ferrets this is avoided, they
clai.l, for the latter take all the blood
from them and the carcasses, insteadOf
decaying, dry NJ. After all, the ferrets
are doing more than is generally
expected of them when they kill grown
rats. Their principal use is to drive
the vermiu from their holes up to the
light of day, where Scotch terriers and
nets and clubs in the hands of the fer
rets' masters do the rest.
Year: 1879

The proprietor of store on W
street was looking out upon the rain
be-drizzled streets and figuring that
he wouldn't make a cent during the
whole afternoon, when hard-up look
ing stranger wet TO the hide, walked
softly in and took 4 seat in 4 chair.


Anything to day 2" asked the mer-
chant.


The answer was 4 lonesom shake OF
the head.


"Bad weather to day.


Another weary shake replied.


After five minutes of silence, the
stranger got up and began walking the
store. The trap door leading to the
basement was up, and in one of his
turns he went down out OF sight like a
bag of shot. The merchant called out
when it was too late and he ran to the
trap and peered down the dark stairs
with the expcction of seeing a corpse
on the cellar bottom. Instead OF that
the strange man appeared on the stairs
and ascended without help. He was
covered with dust from hesd TO foot
and his coat split up the back, and the
merchant fastened to say:


81 am very sorry, indeed. | forgot
the trap-are you much hurt?"


My friend" replied the stranger rs
he turned around and extended his
hand, ''yOu have been the means of
saving me! Shake hands with me-"


The merchant thought the tall had
made lunatic, but he shook and the
man went on: Give minutes ago was
half drunk and desperate. had
about made up my mind TO murder
some one and then jump into the river.
That fall has given me new and better
ideas. From this hour am new man,
with better life before me! Shake
again ~


"Ah-yes-very strange" stammer-
ed the merchant as he shook, and the
stranger said rs he stood i'm the door:


81 thank you from the bottom of my
heart for leaving that trap open! Wife
and children shall bless your name and
| can never forget you! Goodbye, sir
ten thousand blessings-Iieaven keep
you in its carei"


The merchant puzzled over the case
for Il long time and then went down
the cellar and found evidences that the
stranger had coolly jumped down there
rolled in the dust, and during the brief
moment secured about his person four
dozen pocket knives and a package OF
of gloves. Then there was another
ssshake -
Year: 1879

that the owner was not of the feminine
gender. Then there appeared to view
shaving cup, a piece of soap, an old
clay pipe and pair of bifurcated gar
ments wrapped around 4 paper box.
No further investigation was necessary
to convince the feminine mind that the
''hawred contents did not belong to
her." No wonder she sought TIE pro-
lection of the police, Owonder kay-
anagh blushed for the first time in his
life, and would have been run over by
the second Atlantic express if the YES
uyiOus had not lifted him ten feet in
the air with an OctagOnal baSSO pro-
fundO OF E'I.-O-o-k-e-e- out thar ~
Year: 1879

language with absolute perfection and


without accent, and was the mistress OF
six other tongues. Our American war
was a serious puzzle to her. She was
as kind as possible in her sympathy,
bat still admitted openly that the
breaking up of our Republic would be
no cause of grief to the royal families
in Europe. "You are so strong" she
said ruefully, and she shared the COM
mon European delusion that the cause
of the South was the cause Of aristoc-
IacY.
Year: 1879

Leather is rendered waterproof by
rubbing or brushing into it mixture
of drying oils and any of the oxides of
lead, copper or iron, or by substituting
any of the gummy resins in the rOOm
of the METALLIC oxides.
Year: 1879

A herd of camels were driven here
from Nevada nearly two years ago Find
ing no profitable work for them, their
owners turned them loose along the G.la,
to the eastward of Yuma. There they
have been living and breeding, looking
fat and sleek all the time. For while
they were in danger OF determination.
Whenever they put in an appearance
along the wagon road they frightened
mules and horses beyond the control of
the drivers. They soon earned the ever.
lasting hatred of the teamsters, some of
whom acquired habit of shooting
oamels at sight. Since, however, the
railroad has been delivering freight at
Andonde the road along the Gila this
side of that place has been comparatively
abandoned by teamsters. and the remain
ing camels have now good chance to
show what they can do in the way of
propagation. The waterless desert OF
Sonora, south and southeast of Yuma, ia
known to possess immense deposits OF
salt, sulphur, borax and soda. Its
mountains are also known to carry ex
tensive deposits of metals. To these
osmels we look for eventually making
these treasures accessible and available,
Il Yuma Sentinel.
Year: 1879

Gases of mistaken identity are rarely
pleasant, bnt. "a peculiarly distressing
ons quite recently occurred ~ this city,
says toe San Fr,ncisco Stock Exchange.
A few days ago well known business
msn, who IS greatly addicted to duck
shooting. III his peram bulalious about
San Pablo marsh met II congenisl friend
whose face IN familiar to fr. Queuters of
Pine street. The two, after a spl, ndld
days sport, returned to this city. On
reaching the slips on this side the mer-
chant in tie fullness of his cordiality, in
vited his friend to dlnr at his home on
- street. The congenial companion
demurred. Being man fastidioul
about his dress, he feared to present
himself to the family OF his friend Ia the
rough garb of hunter and bearing the
miry evidence OF tho chase. The OBJ.
jections were quickly over-rued by the
merchant. "You can use the bath room
at my house." said he, 'aud then can
lend you clean shirt, so you will be all
right" This was satisfactory, so the
twain wended their way to the abode of
the entertainer. On their arrival there
the sportsman was at once shown to the
bath room. Meanwhile the young wits
of the merchant was totally unaware that
the stranger had b en- brought into the
house. and as she happened to pass the
bath room door she saw light, and
very naturally thought that her husband
was within. Accordingly, without cere-
mopy, she pushed open the door aud
went in. The sportsman had divested
himself of everything 10 the shape Of
clothing except his-weil we must say it
except his shirt, and he was engaged
at that very moment in the somewhat
upgraceiul but necessary act of drawing
that garment over his head. His face
was entirely concealed and the lady still
thinking hubby" stood before her,
stretched out her hand With graceful.
swaying motion, and laughingly said:
" Ding dong! Charley, suppers ready"
The touch and the word nearly petrifed
tue sportsman.


Th5 fair wife, wholly unconscious of
the awkward mistake she had made,
danced down stairs and into the sitting
room, and there-there-sat her liege
lord.


why, thonght you were in the
bath room" she exclaimed.


"No, but have a friend there who is
to take tea with us; 80 hurry up, my pet,
and have an extra plate laid" was the
reply.


The awful and naked truth ives too
much for the Mortified wife, and gasping
out, II can't stay for dinner-I've a
call to make" she dashed from the
room. Tha astonished husband, after
endeavoring in vain to find an explana-
ton of bis wife's strange action, went
musingly up stairs after his guest. In
the bath room fresh surprise awaited
him, for the room was empty. The
abashed sportsman had donned his
clothes in hurry and silently stolen
away


The merchant having since learned of
the joke, rather enjoys it, but it would
not BE- a prudent thing to whisper
Ding dong Charley" to the sports.
man while be has shotgun over his
shoulder.
Year: 1879

One of New Hampshire's Oldest in.
habitanta died at the age of 115 It is
related OF him that wanting a smart wife,
he gave notice to two women that il they
would come out and fight he would
marry the winner. They complied, and
he kept his word. How he got along
with the athletic winner is not told.
Year: 1879

Gen. B. Il. BR1sToW showed q friend in his


oAaoe, The other day, record just discovered Of
the marriage Of the father and mother OF ABRA-
Ham LINCOLN. Mr: LAMoS, In his blundering
book, intimated pretty broadly that no such
record existed, and that no marriage had taken
place. It is now stated that LAMoS was only
induced By the personal efforts OF Judge DAVIS
and LEONARD SWEET to keep out Of his book q
positive statement that LINCOLN was ilegiti-
mate. The statement Was finally taken out;
but there were some subsequent references in
the manuscript to that tact which hare continued
to leave the impression On part of the public
Happily the controversy is disposed Of in the
only way that could satisfy the admirers OF LM-
coin By this discovery.
Year: 1879

The forthcoming report Of the Massachusetts
Bureau Of Statistics Of Labor will show that In
the retail prices OF food, clothing, and fuel the
year 1878 exhibited an advance OF II per cent
over 1860. while wages we're in 1878 p per cent
higher on the average than in 1850. So the la
boring classes are about 10 Der cent better of
now than in 1860. spite OF the clamor OF BES
BUTLER and tue dcmaqogues.
Year: 1879

Chicago, Aug. 9.-Theophilus Van
De Moortel, the Jesuit priest who re-
Gently created sensation by publicly
renouncing Catholicism in favor of the
Episcopal form of orthodox religion,
will tomorrow renew that sensation by
publishing the following card:


''The sympathy expressed ON all sides
by my old friends is so true and heart
felt that l find myself unable to resist
it. retract what have said against
the Church of Rome, and am resolved
to return to the Church that opens its
arms to receive an erring child"
Year: 1879

"Will you always trust me, dear
est" he asked, looking down in
to her great blue eyes with un-
speakable affection. She was
saleswoman at an uptown shirt
store, and she told him business
was business and he'd have to
pay cash every time.
Year: 1879

thousand nails per week. as well
and perfectly as these machines Mt
Ashland Who would care for the
revolutionary plans of the sixth Sec
ton? The Government could sell
nails enough in a month to keep
the army going for n year.


''The more look at the nail ma
chine, the more thoroughly I am
convinced that it wonld do better in
Congress than did my friend the
shoemaker.
Year: 1879

Seeing farmer near me building a


new hen house the other day, I took


occasion to give him a new idea


He was putting in his roosts in the


old-fashioned way, one being above


the other on an angle of about for
ty-ire degrees. In this way the


fowls are led to attempt to all get


upon the highest roost, and as it


gets full, the weak ones are crowd


ed off and fall to the ground; they


begin again to climb up. only to re-


peat the same performance, until it


gets SO dark that they have to stop


climbing. resting content upon u


lower roost, or even upon the
ground under the roosts. In the
morning the fowls will not go down
as they went up. from one rocst to
another. by fly from the roost to
the ground. In this way, and by
falling from the roost to the ground
In the night, heavy fowls. especially
when very fat or very full OF eggs,
are often crippled in the legs or
otherwise injured. Many likely
hens | have seen completely spoiled
in this way. / told him that I
should build the roosts all of the
same height, and no more than two
and a half feet from the ground,
putting them about fifteen inches
apart. Before / left / had the sat
isfaction of seeing him commence
to undo the work he had done, AMI
to build his roosts as / suggested.
and of hearing an old farmer who
was present declare his intention of
taking out his roosts, which were
Of the ladder style, and putting
in new ones, level and lower. /
think they will save hens enougl,
before next spring by so doing to
more than pay for the labor it will
journal.
Year: 1879

How TO SELECT Corn FOR PLANT
ING.-A farmer planted five rows of
corn with seed taken from three
inches below the top of the ear, re-
Jecting the imperfect grains at tile
extreme point; then five rows taken
from the middle and base of lie
ear, rejecting the imperfect grains
of the butt. The result was that
the five rows planted from the md
die and butt of the ear lipened
about two weeks and half before
the other rows, the corn OF the Tor
mer being better cared and filled lo
the end of the cob.-EE.
Year: 1879

John O. Keefe, paper baler, residing at
l15 Elm street, escorted an elderly gentle
man to the Plun,-street Depot and alter
seeing the aged person to a seat In the train,
started out Of the car just as the train was
pulling out OF the depot.


He jumped off just as the car got under
the Central Avenue Bridge. and the result
was lie was caught between the brick arch
and the train. His left sh0ulder-blade was
badly fractured and his left leg below the
knee 80 terribly cruahed that the limb had
70 be amputated. He WAS taken to the
Year: 1879

Mrs. Mary Sokup, widow about sixty
years of age, was found dead in bed this
morning about O'Clock at her home in the
rear of No. 20 Green street. The lady, who
has son living at II Mansfield street, was
seen alive last Yesterday morning, when she
locked herself up in her room. Apoplexy
is the supposed cause of her death. An in
Quest will be held this evening.
Year: 1879

The following is the provision Of the
law in regard to the election Of township
school officers: An annual meeting of
each school district shall be held on the
second Thursday in August of each year
ct the school house belonging to the
school district At two O'Clock p. N.
Year: 1879

A stalk Of m;llet four fest high and coz
tanning twsnsy-elght stoms. the growth
of one seed. vas byought to our Office by
I. 6. Everman. 1t was cultivated BY him
on land belonging to rs tso milss north
Of the city. We consider it very good
growth considering the dry weather We
hsc when the seed was sOwn. The yield
will be not oyer ton to the acre. about
half crop; very good for new ground
and o dry season.
Year: 1879

There Is some probability Of building .
commodious engine house at this division
this fall. As maLy as fifteen engines are
IN the yards here at one time. while the
present reuud house has cspccity of hold
ing only four locomotives.
Year: 1879

Teams are generally busy getting ready to SOW
. large acreage this fall. more would be sewn ii
farmers could get . chance 70 borrow seed
Many Of them will have nothing 70 do with the
begging outfit.-Ness County Pioneer.
Year: 1879

but at last accounts stiff wind was blow
ing and the total destruction of the wkar-
YES was threatened. A steam Ere engine
from this city has been sent down. When
the fire first broke out heavy force be-
gan removing the cotton, but at last re-
ports 1000 bales were burned,
Year: 1879

No use of having the chiils, no use OF
headache, ,or any of the ills that come from
a disordered or inactive liver. One bot
tie of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-will
relieve the system and make you feel like
a new person Try it and be satisfied.
Year: 1879

1t is fact that many of the 'sregular"
doctors who will not recommend Warner s
Safe Kidney aud Liver Cure for the disea-
ses which it so effectually removes, yet use
it ''on the sly in their practice. They
must soon adopt it openly as the standard
remedy.
Year: 1879

Frank Miller's Harness Oil and Blacking
is pronounced by the trade Generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade oi
these goods is always standard and their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one of the Oldest in the country and
has the largest trade in its line. diff