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A LONG WAY FROM HOME.
THK MAINE COLONY IN JAFFA.
On* of Ikf Few Surx Ivor* (3lf It* Brief
llletor?-Marrf ae Ultra Among ilia
Ara bn.
(From tha Letiaton (Me.) Journal.]
Our Maine boy-guide, Willie, has a
mother, a widow, whose husband has
died since the Maine colony came to
Jaffa. Willie escorts ns to the suburlw
among some low, stono houses, with flat
masonry roofs, supported by heavy stono
arches—mcro cells. There are number
less dogs under foot and a hot sun over
head, against whose rays wo protect
ourselves with umbrellas. Wo enter a
low door-way and see an elderly woman
sitting in a Yankee rocking-chair, in a
cool, stone apartment, with a stone floor.
“Here are Mr. and Mrs. , from
Maino, mother.”
“Bless your dear souls! Take off
your bonnet; I’m awful glad to see ye.
Never had a call before from Maine
visitors. We’se down-eastcrH, you know
—from Jouosport, Maine. But ill-luck
has betided ns ever since, many years
ago, the Maine colony camo to Jaffa.
You remember after wo came wo had a
tent on the tieach in the heat; then the
Arabs oheated us most unmercifully;
then wo began to cheat ouo another—
there were goats among the sheep
Btrong drink did our people much mis
chief. But then it was a noble idea to
restore Canaan to God's people. I try
to live here like a Christian. I tell my
Arab neighbors not to steal. I teach
them good morals and cleanliness; and
now I go away and leave my doors un
locked; but nothing is ever touched in
my house; I live among the Moslems
and I like ’em—they’re kind and hospi
table-better behaved than many who
call themselves Christians in Jaffa.”
There are many in aimers nnd customs
in the east of to-day suggestive to the
Oriental customs In the Bil-do times. Let
ns hear Mrs. Alloy’s account of ono of
them :
“My neighbor made a contract of
marriage for twenty napoleons four
months ago. Since then he has given
ns much as four more in presents to the
mother of his intended bride to keep
them to their bargain. That is the cus
tom here among the Moslems, and the
Christians are not much better. Last
month ho wishes! to get married. He is
a poor man, and ilid not have much
money by him, Imt ho paid down, before
witnesses, fifteen napoleons, and her
father told him ho should have his bride
the next week. The poor msn went to
Jerusalem to buy the candles to illumi
nate his bride when ho took her home.
Meantime comes the bride's mother to
our place nnd stands under my window.
I ask her to come in. Bho thanks me,
but will not. Neither will she sit down
nntil after great persuasion. Then
comes the bridegroom’s mother. ‘Wliat
is it the bride's mother asks?' ‘Your
son thiuka to marry my daughter. Does
he think Inm nobody ?’ or ‘Am Ia slave
to liis father,’ and similar expressions.
The bridegroom’s mother all this time is
saying: ‘Oh I you are the blessing to
my house, 1 have no other blessing hut
yon on earth.’ Bho says this to avert
the evil eye from her son. The other
continues to say that the marriage shall
only take place at the time and place
that slm [the bride's mother] shall say,
nnd that her girl is too young to marry.
I say, 'Yon ought to liavo thought of
that before.’ Wo talk her down to tears,
and then she sits down, talks the matter
over and gees away, the other still re
penting, 'I have no blessing, only from
you.’
“After two or three days, the young
man comes from Jerusalem, bringing
candles; two ns tall as a man, and two
11,d, short ami wide, called ‘hands,’ for
(lie bride to take in her hands when slio
conns out on the night of her marriage.
Now tho yonug man begins to rave and
say they may take their girl lie won’t
have her. ‘ls there no other in Jaffa
but her ?’ ‘No, he won’t have any one
that troubles his mother,’ This lie says
to make all right with Iris mother. Then
he goes to tho bride’s mother and car
ries her something nice to eat to make
her pleased with him, hut he cannot see
the bride until they are married, as it is
not considered proper with the Moslems
to speak with a girl before her marriage.
The poor man is now waiting impatiently
until such time as they are well satisfied
to say ‘take her.’ Then he will pay the
other five napoleons |S‘JO] and call in the
neighbors to make merry with him.
Some will bring drums, others the shil
baabce, or shepherd's pipe, to make
music as they dance, sing, and clap
their hands, the women by themselves,
nnd the men apart from them, in an
other room or on the house-top. They
keep this up three days.
“On the afternoon of tlio third flay
the friends of the bridegroom [now lie
will have many], taku him to the l>nth,
and he must pay all the lulls for them.
From there they take him to the mosque
to pray. Bv this time it is 8 o’clock in
the evening, and they take him, a man
to each arm, and lead him backward
with hie eyes shut. lie must walk that
way home, <;f matter how long the time
or the road in. The longer the time the
better it wii! tie lor them to prepare the
bride.
“On the third morning the bride is
taken to the bath ; from there she is
taken to the place where she ia to lie
given to her husband. When there,
they paint her feet, hands, and other
parts other body, and dress her in seven
different dresses, one after the other, to
sop in which she will look the liest.
Now, guns arc being fired, and there is
shouting and eoreaming. Here coral's
the bridegroom. They oome with
torches on long poles, guns firing,
drums lieating ; one would think it was
war time instead of s marriage. The
bridegroom is led in backward with his
eyes shut. They set np the torches,
candles, lamps, and all kinds of lights
aronnd him to make a great show. Now
the bride comes in, led by two women,
with her eyes shut and her head covered
with a roil lnee veil. Shi' must walk
slowly with her caudle in her hand.
One women carries one of the long
candles before her audeanother carries
the other behind her, so she ean be seen
from all points. The first time she
eomes in her husband rises up, o]ienß
his eyes, looks at her, takes the veil
from her head, and hangs it over his
shoulder. She stands there an acknowl
edged bride. Now she goes out to
dress, and doesn't oome in again until
all tho dresses are tried on. Then they
put two chairs for tho bride and bride
groom to sit down in. They sit down
nnd talk together if they are not too
bashful. But they do not sit long, for
it Is getting late. The bridegroom
arises and takes his wife by the hand
and leads her t> the door of tlioir
ohsmber. Their mother puts a piece of
dough over tlie door. They thrust tlioir
hands into the dough in token that they
are one. Then they go into a well
lighted room, and the bridegroom’s
mother shuts the door. Tho next ilsy
the jieople call on tho bride and carry
her presents of money and sit with
her. She treats her guosts with ooffoe,
the liargilch [water pipe], and cigar
ettes. The ceremony is ended.”
Mrs. Alley then came down to onrrent
news: "The people of this laud are in
dolent and slow to work; slow in every
thing hut stabbing, (live them a chance
to steal and they will not stop to eat or
sleep, but will work fast then. While
my neighbors here don't steal from me,
the Arab, as a rule, is a thief. Mr
Floyd and wife, Mr. Ward, and two or
three more are all thore are left now of
the Maine Jaffa colony. Igo out among
my Arab neighbors. When they are
sink they send for me and I go. I said
to myself before God that if these Arabs
vo 'veiverted to Ohris’ianitv it re'i ' I
by being good to them. lam not per
fect, by any means. One thing I've got
that s very wrong—i vo got too much
temper. I was thinking the other day
that I should like to see somebody from
my old home. Isn’t it ipieer you should
come ?”
Willio gives us tlie full census of tho
survivors of the Maine Jaffa colony as
follows: Herbert Clark and family
(Frank, Mary J., and sister, ainl the
mother, Ellen); Arthur Leighton and
daughter and son, and Melville Ward
four families.
Wiisliiufftou’s Lire Affairs.
Wurliko BoutimtintH on certain anlijcc'fl
still lingered in the heart of Washington
on that peaceful morning ono hundred
years ago when ho r- eumed possesHiou
of New York city. As he crossed Hpuy
ten Dnyvil Greek and made hia way
ujHin the island the niglit before ho re
ceived a message to tarry, as Hir Guy
Carleton was not yet embarked. Ho he
directed his stejm to a great imposing
wooden house on Washington Heights,
still standing and known ns the Jumol
place.
This house twenty-seven years before
lind been luh Mecca. Here he courted
tho beautiful and wealthy Mary I’hillipse;
lu re for weeks lit- lingered iu the light
of her blue eyes; here ho left her at her
father’s till he could hurry off and cap
ture Fort Duquesue and oome hack, and
hero at that fatal interval came Captain
Morris and oaptured Alary Phillipse and
married her before Washington’s return.
It was an awful lesson to the father ol
liis oountry and he resolved never to he
caught ont again in matters of that kind.
It was the second blow; first the low
land beauty, Miss Grimes, afterward
mother of the Loo family, and then the
faithli ss Alary. He had somewhat re
covered from the jilting on thiH peaceful
morning I speak of, for the Morris fam
ily had largely multiplied by this time;
but the s|s-t was still sore. Tradition
has it. that ho went over and sat again in
the I’hillipso parlors nnd meditated.
“Where is your master?” ho inquired
of a darkey on tho porch, concerning
liis former rival.
“He goned wid the Brit : sli, snh, won
do wall fust bruit out,” said the humble
servitor, “an’ missus she is crust do rib
her ami is very porely, sail, ami mnhnn
he was shot wen ho was tnkin’ Fote
Aloldotree down in Oarliny, to’ years
ago.”
The visitor knew that well enough,
but he was fond of hearing it over again.
“And, inalisa, dey du say dat all this
great fine estate lu ah is gwine to ho
oornflscated by the devilish rebels. Pat
enu’t he, snh,”
Washington evaded the question. But
a year later tho great fino estate was con
fiscated nud sold to Jiunol by the Gov
ernment and Washington does not seem
to have interposed to save it for Mary
and the babies.
Ho ought to have boon grateful to her
for teaching him such u noble lesson, for
he learned it so well that when Martha
Custia dawned on him tie just sat down
by her and didn’t lot her get away from
him. But she was a widow and perhaps
didn't want to get away.
(Jetting Even With Them.
Theatre Patron—“ The grand opera
tliis week rather knocked your attrac
tions, did it not ?”
Manager—“ Yea; the attendance has
stn very slim."
•‘What will you do about it ?”
•‘I cannot do anything now except
poeki' he loss, but I will soon have my
revengi."
“Indeed, how will you manage it?”
“You know that grand opera compnuy
will soon open in New York?”
“Yes.”
“Well, on the very day the opera sea
son commences l will go over there and
start a oounter attraction which will
leave the o)>era house as empty every
evening ns a discarded dry goods box.”
"You don't say so. What will your
counter attraction lie?"
“A iiedestrian tournament or a slug,
gling match, 1 have not decided which.'
—JPhiladrlvftia Call.
A touno man out in Wanpnn, Wis.,
organized an accordion corps. At last
rieoounts lie was still half a mile ahead
of the inhabitants, but things looked
quite enriuiriigiug, as he was very much
out of breath.
“LITTLE ABE.”
Tin Bor Who KnlUlrtl In lbs Arm? at tho
Ago ot T Vooro.
Tho following facts were given by a
gentleman who served through the war
and in tho company with “Little Abe,"
who is tielieved to have lioen the young
est person enlisted. Tlie gentleman
could not recall the name of the lad,
who was known in the army as Little
Abe, and who enlisted at Jefferson bar
racks, a short distance from Ht. Louis,
Mo., May 1, 1861, as a dmmmer at the
age of 7 years and 1 month. He lie
longed to Company E, Beooiul United
Htalos Infantry, Captain, afterward
Maj.-Gen. Htcel. The reasons which in
fluenced the acceptance of so young a
recruit was that his father was in the
service and bis mother dead. There were
no relatives who could or would look
after the boy, and so, with the consent
of the army authorities, he was put with
his father iu the army.
Little Abe was s favorite with both
oflieers and men. Ho displayed at all
times the coolest bravery and utter ig
norance of fear. IliH favorite {xisitinii
was iu the front rank in battle, and as
soon as he saw a soldier fall disabled he
would throw away his drum, seize the
musket of his fallen oomrade and load
and fire as coolly os tho most hardened
veteran, although his diminutive size
and strength did not allow him to elevate
tlie gnn without some kind of a rest. In
the early part of liis army experience, at
one of the battles when the Union forces
found it necessary to take up a position
in the rear, Little Abo got possession of
a gnn, and when the army wus foroed
back, his drum was captured by the
Confederates. He was reprimanded and
told that when retreating if he oould not
carry it with him he should destroy it.
Ever after this when in battle he saw a
chance to get a gun lie smashed iu tho
heads of his drum, and then devoted his
whole time to his preferred employment
of popping at tho Belts. At tlie close
of a skirmish one day he was found
crying. Somebody Inquired what
troubled him, nnd received an explana
tion to the effeot that ho had been un
able to find any gnn not in use, so he
had been nnable to have any shooting.
The men of Company E wanted to fit
him ont with a rifle made in accordance
with his size, lint tho desire was not
granted, as according to the regulations
be must carry a drum. Little Abo
passed through the war without receiv
ing a wound, although always in tho
front rank and in many engagements.
Of his career sines then nothing is
known to tho writer. —Hutton Globe.
a Itemarknlile Case.
The Dwight insurance) suit, which
was ended ie-cntly al Norwich, N. Y.,
by a verdict against, tho Germania In
surance Company, is one of the most re
markable civil eases over tried in court.
Had its incidents been narralt-d in fiction
they would have seemed too improbable
for belief.
Dwight was a prominent citizen of
Binghamton, who had been a colonel in
tho w ar, had held public office and had
been engaged in various business eater
prises mi a large scale. In the summer
of 1878 ho became a bankrupt. About
tins time ho applied for upward of three
hundred thousand dollars' insurance on
his life in twenty odd companies. His
application was refused by several, but
he succeeded in getting his life insured
to the extent of two hundred and eighty
five thousand dollars.
Boon afterward his death waa an
nonnoed. One or two companies paid
t tlie claims against them; others refused
\to pay. Against one of the latter the
\ suit that has been on trial for about
-a month in Norwich was brought by the
/ executors.
The theory of the insurance companies
was that Dwight had taken out an
enormous amount of insurance for the
benefit of his boy nnd other relatives,
and with the delilierate intent to commit
| suicide. There was bnt one known wit
ness of his death, and it was claimed
that Dwight had hanged himself after
arranging with this man to destroy all
evidence of the act. An autopsy was
made immediately’ after the death, and
long after burial the body was exhumed
nnd a coroner’s inquest held. The testi
mony of the physicians and other ex
perts was conflicting. Bv some a crease
found on the neck was attributed to tho
pressure of a cord and death to strangu
lation ; others gave the opinion that
this mark had been caused by the posi
tion of the head und that death was not
due to violence.
The companies also offered evidence
of extraordinary conduct on the part of
Dwight, to show that he hail purposely
endangered his life by rash exposure
and in other ways. The further defence
was made that the policies were void by
reason of false representations which the
deceased had made as to his health and
habits.
By its verdict the jury finds that
Dwight did not commit suicide nor
practice fraud upon the companies. It
is not likely, however, that this verdict
will lie acquiesced in if there is any
ground on w liioh it can be set aside.—
New York Herald.
Hr Trf.mulf.s. —When the United
States Army private hears of the mar
riage of a young officer lie trembles, for
he knows that within two years’ time
there is a possibility that lie at some
frontier post may be weeding that young
woman's flower garden, carrying her
packages, and possibly airing the baby
in its carriage. And yet there is more
or less surprise tlist there should bo so
mauy desertions from the army.
Tint director of the mint advises that
the coinage of gold dollars and three
cent pieces be discontinued. So far as
the gold dcdler part of the advice is con
cerned, we do not care; but when the
three cent piece if withdrawn from cir
culation we shall feel that our financial
friend Ims been taken from us,—.d rA:.
Traveler.
IRREPRESSIBLE TRAMPS.
WHAT wnori.ll UK DONE FOR THEIH
AL'PPItBKMION.
A Only Devolving upon Every Community
—An Organized Police.
[From Harper’* Weekly.]
Tlie cruel and almost inoonoeivalily
ferocious murder of Mrs. Msybee and
her daughter in a little village of Long
Island, and other equally mysterious
murders whioh have lately shocked the
community, have brought tlie problem
ol the “tramp" before the oountry in
the most startling manner. Every one
familiar with rural or village life can
readily understand tho conditions which
make snob deeds not only possible, but,
within not very long periods, almost
certain. The scattered population, the
isolated dwellings, the peaceful habits,
the want of any organized or efficient
police, with the existence of a class of
wauderom, idle or half idle, and often
criminal, spreading themselves over the
oountry—these are the elements of the
sitnation from which spring with con
siderable regularity potty thieving, ont
rage, assault, burglary, highway rob
bery, and murder, most of which go un
detected and nnpunishod.
“Tramps,” for the greater part, are
the overflow from city life. Their ranks
are recruited from the vicious, the lazy,
and the unfortunate, who, driven from
the haunts of organized society and the
fxilioe, become, as their characters and
habits incline them, lieggars, thieves, or
caiminals. Tho greater nnmtier are
simply idlers, strolling from plsee to
place, begging a dinner here, a break
fast there, a bulging in some outhouse,
or sleeping ala belle eh, He, and living
on the pilferings of hen roosts or corn
fields. These are merely the drones of
tho great human hive, who drag out in
filth and disorder their miserable lives.
But with these are the men of criminal
instincts and habits, fired with brutal
lust, bnngry with the greed born of dis
sipation and drink, reckless of life, their
own or others’, and trained in tho terri
ble school of self-indulgence of our large
towns. Woe to tlioso who may meet
them in the lonely ways, or may extend
to them tlie hand of charity I Their
trail across the woods and fields is
marked with crime too horrible to de
scribe, in comparison with which murder
itself is less terrible. And it is to one of
these that the rustic household may st
any moment be opened when the ragged
costume, tho unshaven fnce, the sun
burned hands, of the sturdy beggar „p.
pear at the door. It is with this ele
ment that society must make up its
mind to deal.
The obvious weapon with which to ileal
with it is police force. The average vil
lage or country community will shrink
from this. The suggestion to them
means an organized force of blue-costs,
with sergeants and captains, and the
omniscient and generally useless detec
tives. But this is not necessary. What
is needed is n small force of mounted
meu, young, active, alert, with, just
enough organisation to enable them to
act together, and enough discipline to
secure fidelity. Their chief function
would be prevention rather than either
detection or arrest. Patrolling the
country roads frequently and rapidly,
keeping a constant watch on suspicious
persons, appearing often in tho more
secluded and exposed places, they could
soon mako it extremely dangerous for
tho criminal classes. An intimate and
familiar knowledge of all persons with
legitimate occupation is easily acquired
in country neighborhoods, sml that
solves one-half the difficulties of police
work. A criminal is really far safer in
the dense populations of the cities than
ho could be in n village with a ill'll an or
ganization, since iu the latter he would
necessarily be a marked man, and could
hardly move from point to point unob
served.
Such a force should Ik- organized in
every county, or it might with advan
tage lie made a State force, outside of
the larger cities. Its memlx>rß should
t>c carefully selected, with absolute free
dom from political interference. They
should serve for life, or as long as they
were faithful and oapable. They should
have a graded increase in salary, or pro
motion, according to length of service
and superior merit. They should In 1
well mounted, uniformed, thoroughly
instructed, ami woll officered. They
should be pensioned for disability in the
service, or on retirement for honorable
cause, according to service. Those re
quirements, which arc of value in any
force, would lie essential in this, because
of its peculiar nature, and the necessity
of securing the best men at the most
economical rates. Properly managed,
such a ferce would practically put an
end in a short time to the worst evils of
which is mot entirely feasible. The fact
that the tramp is practically unknown in
the “tramp"slid there is nothing iu it the
outer districts of New York city, some
>f which are ss strictly rural as the
heart of Long Island, is due to the
monntod police of the city, and this
cionld l>e applied in a modified form iu
every eomuinuitv.
Pistols ts. I.aw,
The Buffalo Courier correspondent
gives us the following consoling item :
“Every ruffian in New York carries a
pistol and is always ready to nse it. The
law says no one shall carry a pistol with
out a permit, but what of that? If a
ruffian of any note were bronglvt before
a police judge for breaking the law he
would be discharged at once. When a
lot of policy dealers were arrested a few
days ago three police judges made a
wild rush late at night to the place
where they were confined to take bail.
Each seemed to fear that the poor policy
men might suffer some inconvenience if
he did not hurry tremendously. But I
doubt if any of the three would hurry
himself in the case of some unfortunate
fellow looked np for a spree. No politi
cal influence, you see, ’’
A MVBTEBY OF THE SEA.
Tk. Fstr Whlrti Overlook the “City of Bo
ron“—Captain Murray** 1d... and Ki<*
Xprlrnr...
few years a:o. tee City ot Boston sailed
from harbor, crowded with an expei taut
throng of passengers bound for a foreign
shore,
Hhe never entered port.
The mys sry of her untimely end grow,
deeper as the years increase, and tile Atlantic
voyager, when tho fierce winds howl around
and danger is imminent on every hand, sbtid
dors as the name an t mysterious fate of that
magnificent vessel are alluded to.
Our reporter, on a i scent visit to New
York, took lunch with Captain George Sid
don* Murray, on l> ird the A'ask a, of tho
Guion line. Captain Murray is a man of
Hta]wart build, well-knit Irani and cheery,
genial diaioaltion. He ha lieen n conatant
▼ovAger for a quarter of a century, over half
of that tun* flavin,; b- n in the trail*-Atlan
tic werrice. In tho rooms of the ronter-ntion
over the well-thread tahls, tin* mystery of
the City of Boston wus alluded to.
“Yea,’ 1 remarked the < aptain, “I shall
never forget the lo*t night we saw l hot ilJ
fatei vet* 1. Ia filial < ffloer of the City
of Antwerp. On the day we sighted the
City of U< on it furious Kuthrat hurii< aue
wt in. Both vessel* labored li rd. The na
Net-rued determined to sweep away every vea
tige < f life. When dty ended the gale did
not abate, ai-d everything Wan lashed for a
night of un usual fury. Our gooi wh pwa
turned to the wuth to avoid tlie
) offeibility of iceberg*. The City of Boston,
however, und übUslly went to the
north. Her boat a, life prewn ver and rafts
were all securely lashed; and When she went
down, everything wentwi hh r, never to ra
appeor until tlie a* agiv up its dead.”
“What, in vour opinion, captain, was the
cause of tlie low* of the City ot B*Altonf”
“The City of l.imerick, in almost pn cisely
the Fame lat.tude, a few av later, found the
lull of tloatmg ire; and I have no doubt
the City of Boston collided with the ice, and
sunk iirinu di itclv. ’
Captain Murray I as ben in c mimand of
the Alaska ever sit cj die was | utin commLv
aion, and fee's jurt y proud of hi* noble ship.
.She < arrive tlnuauda of passengers eveiy
year, i. mi has great y jopu’arhi* l the Wil
liams A Onion line, Remarking uj-ou the
bronzed and healthy apjearanoeof the eaj>-
tain, the rep rter >ai 1 that sea life did not
seem to b-i a very great physical trial,
“No? But a persons apiearance i not
always a trustworthy indication of his physi
cal condition. Fo seven tears I have be* n
in many respect* very muefi out o! sort* with
myself. At certain times I w.ts so lame that
it wa* difficult for me to move aroun '. I
cou'd scarcely straighten up. I did not know
what the trouble was, ami though I per
formed all niv duties regularly and satisfac
torily, yet 1 felt that I might some
day be overtaken with some serious pros
trating di* r.ler. These troubles i:cr*ft*od.
1 felt dull ad then, again, shooting pains
through mv air** and i.ml*. Possibly the
next day I would feel flushed and unaccount
ably uiu a ) nnd the day following! hilly and
despondent. This continued until Inst De
oetnlier. when I was prostrated soon after
lea mg yia enst >wu, and for the remainder
of the voyage a lieljj< , pitiful sufferer.
Iu January hot. a frieu 1 who made that
voyage with me, wrote me a letter, urging
imt to try r n- w • ourse of a treatment. I
gladly a c**i ted hi* counsel, and for the last
twve i months have given thorough and buxi
ne* like attention to the re •overy <>f my nab
uial health; and to-day, I have tne proud sat
isfaction of saving to you that the lame l a k,
the trance feelings,"the iciatic rheumatism
which have so long | unwed me, have entirely
and a | eared through the blood purifying in
-1 uence f arner's Safe Rheumatic Cure
wh ch entirely eradicated all rheumatic pois
on Inin m. system. Indeed, to me, it w* ins
that it In wo; ked wondt rs. and 1 therefore
ruo*t i or 1 ally comm n 1 it.”
“And you have no trouble nw in X[>osing
yourself to the w n i • f the Atlantic.’’
“Not the least, lam an sound ns a bullet
and 1 f* el NjAci.d y ilu nkful over the fact
Is*an e 1 lediw ih‘*uinitiaaud kidney di*
♦ as** i. in the blo< dof my family 1 was
drea fully shocked < n my last arrival in Idv
erpool to learn that mv brother, who is a
w* a thy Chit a ten merchant, had suddenly
died of Ir., h di vse of the kidneys, and
o. um■ • r m\M’lf ex M’lnely fortunate in I av
ing Liken my t.roubki in time anti before any*
more erioti* effects wen* pn*ible.”
The conversation dri-t and to other topics,
nnd an the writer watched the (a*-* b for©
him. so strong in a i its out ino* ami set mo
gm n\ an l tie ti lit of the innumerable ex
j o un s ami lat .Uln; s t w hich it* owner La 1
no* n exposed, he .nst iv-lively w shed all who
are suffering from the terrible rheun atic
trouble• now sot* iiui.on might know “f oap-
Muriuv’s exp rie ce and the means by winch
he ha ■ been icto;-<d. l ain is a common
tl ill;; in I L world, but far too many endure
It win n the. n i lit u-1 n*. well avoid it It
is a tide jhi os< ,j h. wh ch tea* In s use to
©ndmewl o w *an jui rea*illy avoid,
ho thou ht the 1 onrty .a; tain of the Alaska,
s<> tl n Ls th writ r and so should ali others
think vh* dc-:if happ ness and a long life.
A Temperance Lecture.
The Springfield Republican says
“Yes, Pete would he a lino workman,"
said Idea Crocker, iu whose repair shop
on the Hill Peter Fortin had done many
an odd job, “if he'd only let drink
alone. You see, I was fixing up a ohair
outside there t'other day, and Pete was
working here in the shop. I had a pint
bottle of corrosive sublimate dissolved in
alcohol, which I put on the chair to kill
the moths. W hen I brought the chair
in here Pete began sniffing. Pretty soon
says he, ‘Wlmt's on this chair, Mr.
Crocker?’ ‘Oh, aloohol,’ says I, and,
putting the bottle on the shelf there, 1
went outside and never thought any
more about it. Pete hail lieen moping
and mum all the morning, and I knew
he wanted stimulant, hut it never entered
my le ad that he’d fool with that bottle,
lhit all of a sndden lie rushed to the
door rubbing his hands up and down on
his belly, and cried out, ‘Mr. Crocker,
what did you say was m that bottle?'
'The land’s sake !' I cried, ‘Poison, Pete,
deadly poison. Yon don’t mean to say
yon’ve been drinking it!’ ‘I have, I
have,’ says he, ‘I tasted of it.’ Well, I
tell you, I was seared, and when I looked
at the bottle I saw that half of it was
gone. ‘What under the manopy, Peter,
were you thinking of? You've drank
half of that poison. Pete, you're a dead
man.’ When I said that, he jnstdoubled
tip on the floor, aud I tell you he
groaned. I told my wife to pour milk
.town him, and then ran for the doctor.
Wdi, all that afternoon the doctor kept
pouring raw eggs down Pete’s throat and
feeding him from a vial that he had.
Pete's stomach rejected the eggs as fast
ns lie tixik 'em, but they absorlx'd the
poison. I did think one time thst Pete
was a goner.”
Shtihe is a sort of glass wherein be
.ol Urs generally discover everybody’s
•see but their own; which is the chief
reason for that kind of reception it meets
m the world, and that so very few are of
fended with it.
A RntiPfly fur I.mm Diweairt.
Pr. Kottert Newton. la*e president of the
Ed ctic college, of the city of Nevr York,
and formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio, usel Dr.
Wm Mall's Bal an very extensively in
his practice, as many of his patients, now
living. and restored tn health by the use of
this in valuable medicine, can amply testify.
He alway -a and that s . good a remedy ought
to beprvsorb and freely by physician as
a sovereign remedy in all ca e> of lung
distases. It cures consumi tion. and ha* no
equal for all ptetora! complaints.
Mother*, the test dressing for children's hair
is Carboline. made from pure petroleum, thor
oughly deodorized and delightfully perfumed.
It makes the little one's hair soft, silky and
glossy; it also eradicates dandruff.
O. tiny love least that let men know their
tove. —fchttkpeare.
Mr. L. Rav, 44 Nostrand avenue, Btoeklyn,
•ays I>r. Elmors'a R. G. saved hia life j four
large bottles oured hi* dyspepsia, kidney and
liver diseases, which six doctors had failed to
help, and of which he expected to die soon
No cord or cable can draw so forcibly a bind
•o fast an love can do with only a single thread.
Wonder treads the heels of wonder. Soviari
tan Nervine is qwiranf and for nervous disorders.
Modern education too often covers sue nngers
with rings, and at the name time cuts the sinews
at the wrists.— Sterling.
“Samaritan Nervine cured my daughter of
fits,” said Jno. Murphy of Albany, Ohio.
Love is better than spectacle* to make every
thing seem great.—Nir Philip Sidney.
Chappe I hands, face pimples and rough **kln
cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caa
well. Hazard A Cos.. New York.
Tlie pleasure of love is in loving.—Roche
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Hard is the fate of him who loves,
Yet dares not tell his trembling pain.
—James Thompson .
Try Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invigorator and lie
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Tlie satchel muff of plush or fur is popular
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Consumptives given up by doctors have
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Love understands love; it needs no talk.—
Uouryal.
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Delicate and Feeble Ladle*.
Thnae languid, tiresome . ensationg,
you to fuel goarcely able le <*n vour feet;
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Bitters a* women.
Feels Yoon* Again.
4 My mother was afllicted a long * ime with
Neuralgia and a dull, heavy, inactive condi
tion of the whole system; headache, nervous
I-rohtration, and was almost heljles. No
phyvksians or medicines did her any good.
Three months ago tJi‘ began to uae Hojj Bit
ters with such gcol effect that she seems and
feels young again, ath ugh over .0 Tears
old. 'We th iik ther • i no other medicine fit
to use in the family.”—A lady, in Provi
dent a
Bradford, l a., May S, 1R75,
It has cure 1 me of several oiseases, suclrns
sickne s a l , tne stomach, month
ly troubles, etc. 1 have not seen a sick day
in a year since f took Hop bitters. All my
neighbor u-e them. Mas. Fan Nil Green.
(ia,o0 1 laist. —“A t**ur of Europe that cost
me s|],ooo, done me less good than one lottle
of Hop Hitter . they also cured my wife of
fifteen years' nervim* we.ikn(*ss. sleeplessness
and dy >|H‘p-ia.” H- M., Auburn, N. Y.
lUkli At t joi llv.
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Oi ken B. Baum, U. Com. Inter! llev.
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b MxS S. 8. Boon*.
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lt ... and ( ro'ino ol constipation an l irregu
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