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MEMORIES OF LIBBY PRISON*
Hamoroua IlelntnUcencea olthe Oi<( "af
Prlaon—Story of n Coufedfrut* Gunril-
The l»a«e Hint Stole the Potato*.-
A correspondent from Richmond,
writing of the roerat sale of Libby
prison, says Mr. Joseph W inpfiolu, an
ex-guard, told his experience on a monv-
orable night while standing sentinel
over t he prisoners there. . .
“ So the old prison is Sold, is it P lie
said. “ Well, gentlemen, 1 never go by
that place without laughing now. I can t
help thinking of the cute trick played
by a lot of Yankees there. The fact is
it was so good that, although I lnu\be< n
ordered to stioot in among them, i dis
obeyed orders. It was about ’03, and
the Libby building ivas so crowded that
it wouldn’t hold any more prisoners, so
they put a large lot of them in I he St eon 1
story of the building across the street
Soon after these prisoners came the
prison ofllcials got a large supply ol
sweet potatoes (regular yams) from
North Carolina, and stored tlmm on the
first floor of the building in which those
prisoners were confined. Big sweet po
tatocs were luxuries in those days, and
Turner and those fellows kept a strict
watch over the building, 1 can led you
The third day after they had been
stowed away it was noticed that they
were disappearing at the rate of about
a bushel a dny. At first it was thought
that the rats took them, blit a r round
thought showed that the idea was sib-
surd. Sentinels were posted all around
the building with orders to ehor.t any
man they caught stealing those yams,
butttiey didn't see anybody to shoot
and alt hougli posted there day and n ight,
and no one was all
the war and went North. With him
disappear* d the lant of the Libby offi
cials in Richmond.
1^ A KM, (UUDEN AND MDUSFIlOijD
flowed to enter the
room in which the potatoes were kept,
they continued to disappear at the rate
of a bushel a day. The Con fed crates saw
their yams disappearing in this wav.ano
were furious. '1 tie tiling was an Unac
countable mystory. The doors and win
dows of the room V, eve sealed and
private marks were nut on the
wax, so that it any of them
were opened it would bo known.
The next morning the officers
wer,t into the room. The wax wr.s all
right, but another bushel of potatoes
had vanished. Well, sir, it was the
maddest crowd you ever saw. They
came after me, and ordered me to take
my stand in the room. They locked
mein, and a lighted candle was put at
, each end of the room fo that I could
sec. I was ordered to shoot on eight
anybody I saw stealing fjiotw yams. It
wns terribly lonesome in that room.
Just as fast as I could light one candle
and go to Uto other end of the room to
light the other, the rats would cut the
first one down. They were rcgulnr
Confederate rats, and a randle was a
f odsend to them. After a lot of worry
got the rats out of the way, and sat
down near the door wailing for devel
opments. There 1 stayed till twelve
o’clock; but though 1 kept my eyrs on
the potatoes all the time, I couldn’t sec
any of them going. Shortly after twelve
I hoard a creaking, grilling sound, which
seemed to be all over ttie room at once.
I cocked my gun and held my breath,
hut &U111 couldn’t see any sign of life
except the rats creeping about the lloor.
1 By George!’ I thought, ‘this darrnrn
place is haunted, If there is any
such thing as a place being
haunted.’ The sound stopped, hut
about ten minutes alter it began again.
I looked at the pi to of potatoes, and pres
ently raw something stioot from the
ceiling and tall on them. I saw it was
n brick and could distinguish a rope
tied to ft. I crept a little nearer to get
a good look at the tiling, but before I
could examine it, it w.-m drawn slowly
up, and there wns about a peck of yams
sticking to it. It went up through at a
holo which had bemi eut in the lloor
above, and presently came down again
with a thump right among the potatoes
It was the most artful arrangement vou
ever saw. Tho brick had about titty
holes drilled in it, an.I through cacti
hoJo a sharpened ten-penny nail had
been run, so that when the briek fell
among the yams these nails Btuck into
every one they fell on. 1 couldn’t help
laughing at the smart dodge those Yau-
Kecs had taken to get at the yams. I
gently put my hand forward and caught
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Hints to Writers for the Press.
I'lie following arc opinions Opinions
are not always facts.
The great aim in writing is to tell ns
much as possible in as lew words as
possible. The age is nearly past when
through love of the sound of woVds peo
ple caro nothihg for the sense.
There is a tehdcncy in word i to creep
in when they are not needed. Every
rank of fifteen or tw-blyisapt to con
tain o r e unnecessary idler.
A good plan to find how many un-
necessa’y words can be kicked out of a
sentence is to telegraph messages at ten
cents h word.
Some Vise quotations with an ease and
confidence as if they had Originated
them. It is welt to ‘remember that quo
tations ttre hot your property.
Omit ttie remark common.at tho com
mencement of many letters: “Thinking
that some facts relative to tho rscent
beer-barrel explosion in Masliville
might interest your readers, I take tho
liberty ol sending, etc.” All unneces
sary, and a waste of time, labor, paper,
pen. ink. type and space. If the matter
you write is to interest anybody, jt will
do so without your preface.
Avoid prefaces one-third or one-half
as long as your article. Nobody builds
a hallway half a mile long to get into a
small house.
In long articles the same thing is gen
erally said two or thice times. f
It is muhli more difficult to writes
short article than a long one. An old
editor spenks ol “not having time to
write a short editorial.’’ It is harder
to condense llinn to expand.
A steady practice *jf writing immedi
ately after eating will probably result in
oontVnued dyspepsia. The stomach
must have its time to manufacture and
store up brain force.
The best efforts in composition are
generally renliBed when the body Is ill
Us best physical condition. You cannot
write well when yotl are tired, and
writing oh stimulants involves a heavy
discount on the morrow’s strength.
When you imngine that you have
“ just scribbled off something,” If that
something is Veally clever, please re-
o em' er how much of your pnst life,
experience, study and observation it
has takin to proouce if. Thb Hpo fruit
which in autumn fhlli from the tree lias
taken hinny months to store up all its
richness. Trees don’t just “scribble
off” apples.
1) >n’t let your bravery in print go
ahead of your bravery lh a personal in
terview with tho subject of your abuse.
Honor tho foreman and tiro proof
reader. They enu slaughter you, and
hardly know how llioy do itthemselvos.
S'cw York Graphic.
j-’Bvm mill fink-den Rote.,
'there is no better feed for fowls wh h
ruining than siiullower seeds.
Apples bailed with milk ire good fo
pigs.
It pays to feed eoWr, giving milk.liber
ally. Butter is high and now is ttie
time to feed profitably.
Always give tho soil the first meal.
it **»«>’’ foil kiril li iniinnrn if mill
IiK.fiS OF INTEREST.
hot
Hold of the rope. Pretty soon they
id
bo-
gan to draw on it, and when it did not
move I heard one fellow say: * Steady,
boys, the brick’s hung on something
Pull her steadily without jerking.’
They did pull her steadily and fairly
lifted me from the floor. ‘ No jerk"
easy, boys, easy,’ the director said, and
they tugged away. I got pretty red in
the face holding to the rope. I was
afraid to lot go, because I thought some
of those spiked nails might strike me in
passing. I thought of my pocket knife,
and hauled it out just as they were put
ting all their weight on the other end ,J
the rope. I eut it in two, ard the end
shot hack through the hole in the ceiling,
and I could hear a rolling and tumbling
on the lloor above, showing that the
suddon giving way ot the rope had had
a disastrous effect. I heard another
voice say: ‘ There now. 1 told you so
You’ve broken the rope. We’vo lost
our brick, and to-morrow we’ll be found
out.’ Then another voice called out:
‘Can’t you see it? We might hook it
it up.’ Next I s-rw a long neck protrud
ing through the hole, and a fellow peer
ing down. Then I called out; ‘If you
trouble any more of those potatoes I’ll
shoot.’ That ..fellow's head shot ba°k
through that hole just like a terrapin,
audit was as still as death up there. ]
hated to tell ou them, because it was
Buch a sharp scheme of foraging on the
enemy, but I had to. When the officers
went up the next morning to examine
the room it took a long time to find the
hole. Those Yankees had eut a hole a
foot square through the floor, and it was
done so neatly that it look good eyes to
discover it. Tint \vit3 wh*re the otli-
cers yams went to.”
There are two characters connected
with Libby prison whose whereabouts
many an ex-prisoner would doubtless
like to know—‘ Old Ben” and “the
General.” The former was an old
co ored man who had tae run of the
establishment, and who generally came
by sunrise to waken the prisoners. lie
made it his business to get some one
outside the prison to read him the dis
patches from the seat of war, and these
he turned over in his mind until he had
managed to work them into a graphic
description of ttie battle, generally man
aging to give the victory to the Union
forces. Ttie keen old fellow had learned
that reports of Union victories elated
tho prisoners to such an extent that they
became liberal, and rewarded him for
his cheering intelligence. He would
come in the room, and sing out at the
top of his voice: “ Look sharp, dart
Here I is wid de latest talogritick
’spatches from de seat er war.” This
signal was enough, and the prisoners
would crowd around the wily old man
while he related “de latest’spatches,”
which often ended with the intelligence,
“ Ginrel Lee’s men dey took ’n run.”
Old Ben, although he claimed to be a
Northern sympathizer, was deeply
grieved when the war ended, as it
closed the Libby and deprived him of
his occupation. The old fellow lived
about ten years after the war, and died
in want.
‘‘ The General” was a younger negro,
who was almost as taciturn as “ old
R'- 11 . ^ as loquacious. He was a prison
official, his principal occupation being
the fumigation of the prison. Every
morning he went through each room
with a pan of burning tar, to give the
place what ho termed “ a good Union
smoke. He left Richmond soon alter
A Vision of tho L’lirlstmns Tree.
Hark! Tho Waits are playing, and
they break my childish sleep! What
images do I associate with the Christ
mas music as I bcc them set forth on the
ChrisUut>B tree? Known before all tho
others, keeping apart from all tlie
others, they puttier round my little bed.
An angel, speaking to a group of shep
herds in a field; some travelers, with
eyes uplifted, following a star; a baby
in a manger; a child in a spacioUs tem
ple, talking with praVo men; a solemn
figure, with a mild and beautiful face,
raising a dead girl by tho hand; again
near a city gate, calling back the son of
a widow, on liis bier, to life; a crowd of
poople looking through tho opened roof
of a chamber where he sits, and lotting
down a sick person on a bed, witti
ropes; ttie same in a tempest, walking
on the water to a stiip; again, on a sea
shore, teaching a great multitude; again,
with a child upon his kneo, and other
children round; again, restoring sight
to the blind, speech to the dumb, heav
ing to tho deaf, health to the sick,
strength to tho lame, knowledge to tho
ignorant; again, dying upon a cross,
watched by armed soldiers, a thick
darkness coming on, tho earth beginning
to shake, and only one voico heard:
" Forgive them, for they know not what
they do!"
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Bo the images oneo associated with
the sweet old Waits, tho softened music
in the night, over unalterable! Incir-
cled by the social thoughts of Clirist-
mas-tlme, still let the benignant figure
ol my childhood stand unchanged 1 In
every cheerful image and suggestion
that the season brings may the bright
star that rested ahovo the poor roof bo
the star ot all the Christian world. A
moment’s pause, oh, vanishing tree, of
which the lower boughs are dark to me
as yet, and let mo look onco morel I
know tliero arc blank spaces on the
branches, whore ojes that I have loved
have shone and smiled—from which
they have departed. But, far above, I
see the llaiser of the dead girl and the
widow’s son; and God is good! It age
be hiding for mo in tho unseen portion
ot thy downward growth, oil, may I,
with a pray head, turn a child’s lien t to
that figure yet, and a child’s truthful-
nim and confidence.
Now the tree is decorated with bright
merriment and song and cheerfulness.
And they are welcome. Innocent and
welcome ho they ever held beneath the
branches of the Christmas-tree, which
casts no gloomy shadow! But, as it
sinks into the ground, I hear a whisper
going through the leaves: “This in
commemoration ot tho law of love and
kindness, mercy and compassion. This
in remembrance of Mel” —Charles
Dickens.
Denso Population of Africa.
Although we have not, nor are we
likely to have for years, any accurate
statistics ot the population of the interior
ol Africa, there ii very little doubt that
wo have greatly underrated it. Much
important information has lately been
gathered on the subject, especially con
cerning the distribution and density of
that far-off’ land. In 1 he great lake dis
trict, for instance, there are territories
as thickly settled as many European
States, relatively small areas possessing
millions of people. The negro regions
are by far the most populous, while the
desert portious are the reverse. A French
geographical society gives the estimated
figures ol various subdivisions of that
continent as follows- In the Soudan
the population is 80,000,000, or about
titty-three persons to the square mile.
The town of Bida, on the Niger, for ex
ample, contains fully 90,000 inhabitants.
East Africa Is rated at 30,000,000, and
equatorial Africa at some 40,000,000
souls. A late authority on ethnology
sets the negroes as numerically 130,000,-
000; the Hamites, 30,000,000; the Ban-
tas, 13,000 000; the FoolaL, 8 000,000;
the Nubians, 1,500,000; the Hottentots,
50,000, making a total of 172,550,000.
These figures—only approximate, of
course—are considered too low by both
German and British geographers, the
former estimating the population as
high as 20p 000,0^0.
Crow vs. Ratflesnaks.
A man living in Wood Gulch was
climbing a fence, and while in the ac-
notieed a crow a short distance from
him jumping back and forth in an ex
cited manner. He kept quiet with a
view of ascertaining the cause, which
soon made itself apparent. The crow
was having an encounter with a large
rattlesnake. The snake would strike
repeatedly, but the crow would evade
him every time, and finally flew away,
when the gentleman, on making an in
vesligation, found that the snake’s head
was picked to shreds and quite dead.-**'
KtickiuU (Wyo. Ter.) Sentinel-
If it is will fed with manure it will
feed all else, plants, animals and men.
Rapid drying of paint is in sired by
the addition of a small proportion of
litharge, sugar of lead or Japan vnr-
nisli, according to the material or color.
Recent experiments in England show
that thin sowing of wheat in drills is
more productive than thick sowing.
By special culture on small plot t a sin
gle grain to the hill has given a yield of
iOOto 152 bushels to tile uei e.
A dormant bulb of the calla should he
planted so that the point shall he just
above ttie surface. The exact depth of
t his plant in a, pot or tub is not a matter
of much Importance, as It readily adapts
itself to circumstances If it has a con
stant supply of water.
None hut earth colors should be used
in paihting floors, and tho rapid wearing
off’of a coating of oil paint on a floor is
a suru sign liiat wliito lend has been
mixed with the paint. It, is important
that the first coating should he perfectly
dry bciore the sccoud is laid on.
In selecting cows for milking, the free
ensy step, the pleasnntand eonilortable
expression ofoduntenaiice and the round,
capacious form of body are far more
important than the line of descent or
family history. Pedigree goes for very
little unless it carries with it marks of a
good milker.
In all attempts at breeding domestic
cattle no immature stock should be
used. Mature sires and dams are essen
tial if sttong healthy stock are d-sirud.
“ Like produces like.” It the parents
uro immature the stock from them can
not bo strong and healthy, ami if this
mischievous practice is continued for a
few generations it must end in produc
ing a feeble race df stock.
A lady says that to kill insceis she
uses one teaspoonful of kerosene to a
gallon ot water, and sprinkles it on the
plants with a hand-broom. It destroys
green (lies and olh r pests.
Horses nnd cattle normally require, in
round numbers, four pounds ot water
for cacti pound of dry substance in th
food, while sheeji require hut about two
pounds, half as much.
A Mississippi farmer dashes cold
water into tho cars of choking cattle.
This causes the animal to shake its head
violently, and the muesular action dis
lodges the obstruction.
Save lameness and coughs by an im
mediate covering of the horses alter a
drive, If only stopping lor a few min
utes. Ho not cover tho horse with
blankets when he is in exercise; not
oven in a storm; hut rtib thoroughly,
and cover after tho liorso lias found
shelter.
Ttie following recipe for a durable
whitewash is furnish* d by ttie Illinois
Family Mnyazim: Take a barrel and
slack ii bushel of fresh lime in it by cov
ering the limo with boiling water.
After It is slacked, add cold water
enough to bring it to tho consistency of
good whitewash, then dissolve in water
and add one pound of white vitriol (sul
phate of nine) and one quart of fine salt
f IMt« _« .. . aiLnci ik «rr I i t I n ii* it . 1 i i t . .. I- .it ! 1 I
Cut. hot bread or rake with
knife, and it will not he clammy
A sign in a country read nbar Mon
treal, Canada, reads: “Notice— Honey
bought to exchange for coffins.
There arc over 5,000 well-know * and
classified species of birds, fully defined,
and placed in thb science of ornithol
ogy.
Mrs. John Jacob Aslor has sent, a
lout with basin of solid silver to q, mis
sion chapel which she has established in
Nebraska.
The liberty of tho press must he
preserved,” said thb small boy as be
stole up to the cider mill aimed with s
bundle of straws.
The public receipts of the Japanese
empire lor the year ending June 3o, 1880.
were about $55,000,000 _ The expendi
ture was equal to the income. The
public debt is $250,000,000, but very
nearly four-fifths ot it partakes ol the
character of terminable annuities. The
interest nnd the debt averngo six per
cent., Whereas the ordinary rates of in
terest in Japan range from four percent,
to nine per cent., and the Chinese gov
ernment had to pay eight per cent, on
its last loan.
Feather pillows can be cleansed nnd
purified without removing the feathers
hv taking the pillows, laying themin
the bath-tub, and scrubbing them with
a small scrubbing brush dipped in a
solution of a tablespoonful of magical
mixture to h ilf a pail of warm water,
and a little so.tp dissolved in it. Scrub
them well on both sides, and then turn
on the warm water and rinse them
A rv&ria si uSoa.
<jne ot the most popular medietas* now be
fore the American public is Hop Bitters. Ton
eon it everywhere. Feople take it with gobd
effect. It builds them up. It is not as pleasant
to the taste as some other bitters as it is not a
w hifcky cl rink. It ic more like the old-Ia-h-
ioned boncsot teh that ha# done a world oi
good. If you don’t ieel Just right trf Hop
Bitters.—JVunda JVewi.
In France many professors of tho art
of cooking feed a family for so much a
day and an additional sum for each gut st -
Thev bring the provisions, submit a
menu, whick may lie changed, and send
a cook to live in the house. At a dinner
party they or their aids superintend.
They are tinBttrefable for the eook.
thoroughly. Lay them out on the grass
to dry, turning them frequently; at the
last pin them to the line for a number of
days, and when quite dry beat them
with a rod. This is to disentangle and
separate the the feathers.
There is a touching legend of Fallen
l eaf lake which not Jong ago moved a
Comstock restaurateur to tears. Sam
Davis, of t ho Carson Appeal, crawled
out on a log to get a better chance of a
nig trout and went head first into the
water. When lie came tip Wild'oyed
and howling like nn over-fed porpoise,
liisdcvoted w>fc ceased for a moment to
scream and skill fully tossed the line to
her lord. Samuel eagerly grasped it,
and catching sight of the hook ttirew it
angrily Irom him, and gurgled out as he
sauk once more: ‘‘There ain’t any
buit, on It.” Tbe imperiled journalist
wait alrecily to tlie sanay bottom
through thirty feet of water, and
crawled ashore on bis hands and kners.
— Virgin!'* City Chronic’e
ft*** Thus* Wfco IIUvc Ti I 6 ' 1 -
W. L. Hawkins, diugM't, Princeton N J.:
tho past year is the first ol many that. have
been troo Horn Catarrh, winch I antii ute
to tho Use ol Fry» Cream I! din. * ! ft '°
recommended it to biihiy *' f.. rm i
every case it has wo. kid Ike a c arm. Jared
D. Wollo, insurance agent. Ootobui 2 - 18 ™;
Messrs. Ely lb or., druggists <>.v ego, N. V..
I have had CaU.r.h f ,r a number ol jinrs in
Us worst form. Uolore I had u-o.l one b.mfe
of jour Cream Hahn droppings into my thnul
had ontirely censed, paiil nnd Sore.it fs in i V
head was removed, ns we.l as '{• nl *
have nso'l » great many romodmr, b .1 nothing
that equals yours. 1 olso gives "ntnediate
reliol lor cold in the hold. Mrs J. D- H«ga-
dorn, Union, N. Y., December 7, 187b.
Price, 50 cents. Ely s Cienin Balm Co.,
Owego, N. T. Will mail It lor X) semi.
Malarial levers can be pi evented, al»0 ofcke*
miasm alio disenso’., by occasionally using
Dr. 8‘tnfbrd’t Liver ti.vigorulor, the oldoet
general Family Medicine, which L rooom-
memtod as a euro for nil di-baShs Caused by a
disordered livor. Eightv-pago book sent trob.
Address Dr. Sanlord, 162 Broadway, N, X.
The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mleh..
Will solid thoir Kleoiro-Voltaic Boll* to the
afflicted upon 30 days’ trial. Soo thoir adver
tisement in this paper headod, “On 30 Days
Trial.”
Vbmctinr is nodrishtng and strengthening;
puriflos the blood; regulate* the bowels;
quiots the nervous system; act* directly up-
tho secretions, and arouses the whole
system to notion.
Get Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffener* applied
to those new bools before you run them over.
CHEAT llOHsii JtEOt(ll!lBi
HR. TOIilAB' VKNKTIAN IIORSR LINIMRS’T ln
pint liottlrs at 1IO cents; 32 years ost itilUhed. It U the
best In Die world for tho cute ol Colic, Old Sorce,Sprains,
Ilrulsos. Sure Throats, etc. TOlilAS CONDITION
Po\Vunits are warranted to cure lMstenuwr, lever
Worms. II tsi Riven fine coati Incrr'sciho appetite nnd
clonus ■ tho urinnry ornnns. Certified to by Col. 11.
Mciinidei, owner or some of the fastest running hornet
In tho world, and l.OIXI others, lift oenlB. Sold by drug-
SHU. Depot—4* hurray Street, New Torlr.
This makes a whitewash that will stick
as well as paint. It owes its durability
ohiefly to the vitriol, which hardens anil
fixes ttie wash.
UOHIOHtlC HKlpfN
Uoinu up Shirts — A shirt.-boat'd ful-
Ironing is a necessity in every well-
regulated luiully. Th is should be cov
ered with at, least two thicknesses oj
blankets, nnd have the ironing slicet-
tilsc double, smoothly pinned over it, so
that it cannot slip. Keep way. tied up in
a rag to rub tho iron. The polish of
collars, etc., done up at large laundries
is given by means of a polishing-iron
and by dint of nrueli rubbing. It may
bo done by nny good laundress, but it
takes much time, and is fearfully hard
on tlie linen. Spermaceti! added in
small quantities t,o tlie starch gives it a
pretty gloss. Wo insert this recipe:
Melt together with a gentle heat, one
ounce wliito wax and two ounces sper-
maeetti; prepare in the usual way a
sufli dent quantity of starch for n dozen
bosoms; put into it a piece of this
enamel the size of a hazelnut. Tins
gives a beautiful polish.
To Bake a Turkey—After it is
dressed, salt and popper it inside; make
a forcemeat of bread and cracker crumbs,
season with summer savory or sweet
marjoram. Whole i ysters, well sea
soned, may tie added to tho stuffing.
When stuffed, tio it in shape, lard tlie
top, wet tlie skin and sprinkle it with
unit, pepper and flour. Have tlie oven
not very hot till the turkey gets heated
through, then increase tlie heat. While
tiie fowl is cooking, boil tho giblets, the
neck, liver, gizzard and sweet-bread;
choD them fine; and when the gravy is
made, add them to it. To make gravy,
after the turkey is removed troru tlie
b.iking-pan, put tlie p in over tlie tire,
dredge flour into it, and when browned,
stir in boiling water or stock; skim off
every bilot fat, add tlie giblets, season
with sa t and pepper.
Going It Blind.
Galveston boasts of the smartest horse
trader in Texas. A purchaser for a
horse that he was trying to sell could
pe.ceivc no defect in the animal, but
still he did not care to buy. II3 said to
tlie seller:
“The horse seems ail right, but he
may have some defect I can’t perceive ”
'l'fie seller, who was standing at the
head ot tlie animal, replied:
“ I stand between you and any dam
age.”
Tlie buyer thought this was sufficient
guarantee, so he closed tlie sale. Next
day he came around ravine. The seller
was as calm as a May morning. The
irate purchaser said:
“ I want my money back. You guar
anteed the horse sound and I lind lie is
blind in one eye. You promised to
make good any defect there was about
the horse."
“1 did nothing of the kind. If you
take me for a fool, you are mistaken.
It must have been somebody else.”
“ What did you tell me when I said
the horse might have some defect I
didn’t perceiveP”
“ I told you I would staud between
you and any damage; and sa I did. I
stood between you and tlie damaged
eye of the horse; and, perhaps, that
was the reason you didn’t see it. I got.
on tlie blind side of tbe horse I sold.”
“Yes,” responded the disconsolate
purchaser," you go on my blind side, and
sold me at the same tinsc."—Galveston
flews.
Miss Edmonia Lewis, the sculptor,
who is of mixed African and Indian
parentage, has had a more than com
mon measure of success in her profes
sion. The pope long since visited her
studio and blessed her work; the Mar
quis of Bute bought one of her groups
lor an altar-piece, and another, “ The
Old Arrow-maker and his Daughter,"
was bou-ht by Lady Ashburton.
While tho inventive genius of the
world is running to waste op the elec
tric light and other similar problems,
everybody seems to forget the necessity
for a syrup cup that won’t run at the
nose.—SyrwsMe Sunday Times.
Words of Wisdom.
The difficulty of tho world is not that
it dons not know enough, but it can’t
find time to practice wlmt it does know
The block of granite, which was an
obstacle in the pathway of tlie weak.be
comes 11 ilteppihg stone in tho pathway
of the strong.
On tlie stage of tlie world, frankness is
tho only part a man knows without
having to learn it, or fearing to forget
it.
There would not be half the d’fflcUlty
in doing right, but- for tlie frequent oc
currences of eases whore the lesser vir
tuo.s are on the side of wrong.
Tlie web of our life is oi a mingled
yarn, good and ill together; our virtues
would be pvottd if our faults whipped
them not, and our crimes would despair
if they were not cherished by our vir
tues.
A few slices of potatoes put in tho
i ml wiiiltf frying doughnuts will keep
thtrn Irom burning.
THE 1
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Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted
Feet and Ears, and all other
Pains and Aches.
Vo Preparation on earth equnl* St. Jacom Oit.
m e tape, sure, »lmple and oAeap
KemeAj A trial entalla but *“**5£.*J!
trifling outlay of 60 Cent*, and ersry onawBMlM
with pal a can haro choap and poilttra proof of Its
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Direction, lo Karan Language*.
SOLD BY ALL DBUQGIBTB AND DEALEBB
in medicine,
A. VOOELER it, OO.,
j\til ti snore t hld. t U* 8- Am
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FRAZER AXLE GREASE.
Pi
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[Daily Chicago Times.]
Mr. George Barnes, of Bagnall &
Barnes, South Water street, said that
his wife had been a novore sufferer witti
neuralgia for years and lias tried many
remedies in vain. St. Jacobs Oil is tlie
only thing that brought her relief.
A Lily.
She was a big, buxom lass, and when
her small beau called one eveniug, site
said. “Good evening, Lily.”
“I’m no lily,” said he. surprised at
the idea. “You’re tho lily; men are
never lilies.”
“Yes, sometimes they are; and you,
esp ’dally, are a li,y."
“ How’s that?”
“ Llliuputian.”
He then looked as if lie wished lie
were an elephant.— Kentucky Stale
Journal.
[ICiilumacoo (Mich.) Daily Gnxetle.]
it is an unprecedented success said
Mr. Chas. 8. D’Arcambal, the well-
known Burdick House druggist, when
asked for Ins views in regard to the St.
Jacobs Oil; it fe highly extolled, and i3
giving general satisfaction.
Didn’t Like tho l’autnlnons.
A Galveston dandy didn’t like tbe
r.ew pants lie had received from his
tailor, so lie told tlie artist who built
tlie panis:
“Look here, I can’t use tlirsj pants.
I wanted them fora dinner party, and
they are so tight I can’t walk in them.”
“ We’.],’’ growled tlie tailor, “ if you
don’t get to bo any tighter than the
pants you won’t Hurt ‘any trouble in
walking.”— Qalve>ton News.
IIuinbiccKCd Attain.
I sum so much takl cboiil iho merhs ol Hop
Billers and my wile, who was id ways dootor-
ing and never well, tensed mo so urgently to
gel her some, I comd. ded to ho humbugged
again; and 1 am < lad I did, for in loss than
two months’u-jo of thff bitters my wito was
cured and she lias remained so lor eighti on
months since. 1 hku mcli humbugging.—II.
l\, St. Paul. — Pioneer Pre s.
A little girl had a penny given her to
nut in the (collection box at, church.
When she dropped in the coin ?he ex
claimed: “That’s ttie way tlie money
goes, pop goes the weasel.”
The human voiee in its swoetness and
purity is deliciously musical; with throat
offeoUon and coughs it loses all attractions.
Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup restores it when lad
ing through coughs, colds, eta.
The magnet, ns a means ot mitigating
pain and curling disease is again siri-
ously submitted to tlie consideration o
.specialists.
Iheromedy that will oure the many dis
eases peculiar to women, is Warner's Sate
Kidney and Liver Cure.—Mothers' Magazine.
A Kansas railroad train ran at full
speed into a herd of cattle, tossing them
right and left and killing thirteen.
Dr BULL’S
Vegetine.
Kidney Complaints.
DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS.
The symptoms of an acute attack of luflammatlon
of tho kidneys are oh follows: Fuvor, pain in the
small of tho Lack, and thence shootinR downward;
uumbnoHO of the thi^h, vomiting, usually at flrnt a
deep rod Color of the urine, which beooines pale nnd
bolorlcHB as the disease iucreftneB, iti\d is discharged
▼ory oflen with pain and diflloiilty: cofltlvenofB
and Home d< greo of colic. In obronlo diseases of
the kidneys the symptoms are pnln in the back and
limbs, dryness of the skin, frequent urination (cb-
peclallv at night), generul dropsy, headache, dlssi-
ucss or sight. Indigestion', and palpitation of tho
heart, gradual Iobb of strength, paleness and puffi
ngs of tho ftofccongh, and shortness of breath.
In diseases of thb kidneys the Vkoktimi gives
immediate relief. It has never failed to cure When
it is token regularly and directions followed. In
many oases it may take several bottles, especially
cases of long standing. It acts directly upon the
Brcrutlons, cleansing and strengthening, removing
all obstructions and impurities. A great many can
testify to oases of long standing having been per*
fectly cured by tho Teobtiiib, even after trying
mauyof tho known rotnodiek which are said to be
expressly for this disease. '
Kidney Complaints.
Cincinnati, O., March 10,1817.
II. II. Htkvkns:
Dear Sir—I huvo used your Vfoetink for some
time, and can truthfully any It baa bocu a great
bom lit to mo; and to IIjoho miffarlnR from disease
of tho kidneys 1 cheerfully r* CMilmend. It,
Reaped fully, O. H. HMlffl.
Attested fo by K. U. Aalilleld, druggist, comer
Eighth end Central avemios.
Cincinnati, 0., April 19,1877.
Mu. H. R. Btbyenb;
t have suffered several years with tho kidney
complaint, and was Induced to try VeOetIn*. 1
have taken several bottles of your preparation, and
am convinced It Is a valuable remedy. It baa done
me more good than soy other fnedlclne, I can
heartily recommoud it to all suffering from kidnet
complaluta. Tours reaped fully,
J.S. McMlLLEN,
First bookkeeper for Newball, Galo ft Co., Flour
Merchants, No. 8fl West Front at., Olnoiunatl, O.
Vkiietinb has restored thousands to hfiftlth who
had been long and painful sufferers.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
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