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COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO.
lIOW TIIIJ VA UOI'H IMUND I** TC RNKD
TO ACCOUNT AT THE I'itKHK.NT.
An liiN|irrilonI iiN|irrilon of n French I’rlmm .Hade
l-itnion* b (lie Novrlln Duiiina.
(Nasby't Letter in the Toledo Blade.]
Across the bountiful Imy from the city
nn hour or such a matter is the famous
lie d’lf, on whicli is the famous Blste
prison which Dumas made famous by his
immortal romance of Monte Cristo,
Everybody knows tbo foundation of the
novel. Edmond Dantes, a young mas
ter of a vessel sailing from Marseilles
and betrothed to Mercedes, fulls Into a
trap laid by a powerful lover of the girl
and is accused of conveying letters from
the Emperor Napoleon, then confined at
Elba, to his partisans at Marseilles. Ho
is entirely innooent, but his accuser is
iu the government nnd poor
Dantes is torn from the arms of his love
and hurried to the Castle d’lf. The
young sailor was immured here for years,
and bad given up all hope of ever again
seeing tho outside world, when one day
lie was surprised to hear a scratching
noise on tho outside of tho wall of his
dungeon. He answered it, and found
that it came from nn old abbe who had
also been confined in the prison for
years, and who was digging a hole
through tho wall, not knowing or caring
what the result might be. A few days
sufficed to widen the aperture so that
they oould converse, and tho result was
the ald>e, who was well-nigh gone witli
years, confided to Dantes the secret of
tho Isle of Monte Cristo, nenr Naples,
where fabulous wealth was concealed.
Tho ablio immediately expired and
Dantes determined to mnko a hold stroke
for liberty. The custom was to envelop
dead bodies iu a sack and throw them
over the precipice into the sea at night.
Dantes pulled the corpse of the dead
abbe into liis cell through tho opening
and enveloped himself in tho sack, se
creting a knifo about his person. Tho
two soldiers oamc at the proper hour,
carried the supposed abbe, but really
tho living Dantes, to the precipice and
threw it over. The moment ho struck
tho water Dantes liberated himself with
his knife aud swam to a rock in tho
neighborhood—there are plenty of them
—nnd escaped by a miracle.
As everywhere else, tho people now in
charge of the island and tho disused
prisou have made the most of tho ce
lebrity that Dnmns’g great work gave
the place. They have selected two dun
geons as the identical ones occupied by
tho ablie nnd Dantes. They dug tlio
hole between them, and you are shown
the cells and the opening ns though tho
grent novel was a historical fact instead
of the revelation of the most wonderful
romancer France has yet produced.
However, it might have happened,
the island is simply n rock in the sea,
its summit crowned with a prisou as
horrible as ono could imagine. There
sro cells below cells. There are dun
geons into which tho rays of tho blessed
sun never penetrate. There are others
through which all tiro light there ever is
is what may come through a narrow slit
in the thick walls, and it is so situatud
that escape any other way than that sug
gested by Dumas would be impossible.
As it was used as a prison of Htnto
durjng the old regime, nnd by tho Re
public afterward, a great many tragedies
have taken place within its walls, which
still show mementoes. Mirnbeau was
confined here for a long time, a brother
of the King of Poland was hero for
twenty years till dentil relieved him,
“detained,” as tho records say, "by re
quest of tho king." The brother was
probably troublesome, nnd kings wereiu
the habit of obliging each other in this
way. lie was safe enough here.
Now it is entirely unused, tho place
being in the gunrdianship of a dozen in
valid soldiers and an old woman with a
handsome daughter, who makes a living
by exhibiting tho place and retailing tho
lies that others linvo invented. They
hnvo cut the great story of Dumas down
to a very fine point., and they have
photographs of the good old abba nnd
Dantes and nil engraving of tho escape,
all of which you are urffiid to purchase.
Whether you invest in illustrations of
tho fertilo brain of Dumas or not, you
must drink n bottle of veiy bad wine or
beer, and yon roust likewise disburse a
frano or two for their services. This,
however, is the beHt use the hoary old
record of crime was ever put ro.
Sherman 1o llh> President.
President Arthur hue rewived the fol
lowing letter from General Sliermnu, ac
knowledging the complimentary manner
in which the President had announced
his retirement from the Army: ‘'Per
mit me with a soldier’s frankness to
thank yon personally for the handsome
compliment bestowed in the General
Orders. To me it was a surprise and a
most agreeable one. 1 had expected
that the actual date of my retirement
would form a short paragraph in the
common series of spoeiid orders of the
VTar Department, hut as the honored
Executive of our country has made it
the occasion for his own hand to pay a
tribute of respect and affection to an
officer passing from the active stage of
life to one of ease and rest, I can only
say that I feel highly honored and con
gratulate myself in thus rounding out
my record of service in a manner most
gratifying to my family and friends.
“Not only this, but I feel sure that
when the orders were read eu parade to
the regiments and garrisons of the
United States, many a young hero
tightened his belt and resolved auew to
Ih> bravo and true to the Starry Banner
which we of our day have carried safely
through one epoch of danger, but which
mar yet be subjected to other trials,
which will demand similar sacrifices,
equal fidelity and courage, and a larger
measure of intelligence.''
“Johnny,” said the editor to his hope
ful, “are you in the first class at school ?”
“No,” replied the youngster, who had
studied the paternal sheet, “1 am regis
tered as second-cinss male matter,”
TOE FOOT AND MOCTO DISEASE.
Imported Cottle AtTerlrd at I’ortlood, Me.
For some timo past tho farmers and
general publio of New England have
boon greatly alarmed over tho reports
that the foot and mouth disease so prev
alent in England had broken out among
the oattlo in the vicinity of Portland,
Me. Dr. Ttinier. United States Treas
ury Cuttlo Commissioner, of Newton,
who mado a thorough ins|icction of tho
affected cattle, explains the o.mse of the
epidemic. Ho says : "After having
made two official visits iu response to
telegrams informing me tlist nn epidemio
had broken out, and failing each time to
discover any symptoms of the dread
foot and mouth disease, I was, on Feb.
15, for tho third time summoned. I went
and saw Dr. Hailey, State Commissioner
of Maine, and together we proceeded to
make an examination of the cattle
affected. One ox hail the disease in a
highly aggravated form. If nny pre
vious doubts had existed as to the nature
of tho disease the inspection of these
animals dispelled them. Dr. Bailey and
I subsequently visited tho farms of Mr.
Woet mid Mr. Tierce, situated In the
vicinity, where animals infected in a
similar manner were found. The cattle
at the quarantine station had during this
time also shown undisputed proof of
losing affected with tho foot and mouth
disease, which had spread through tho
entire herd of imported cattle, 28 in
numbor, though in an exceedingly mild
form, and all on tho following Monday
had apparently recovered, and indeed
gained flesh. Tho cattle outside the
quarantine station which have been
affected witli the disease are under tho
jurisdiction of tlio Jioard of State Cattle
Commissioners of tho State of Maine.
In justice to this Board I must sny that
it has taken most prompt aud efficient
measures to prevent tho spread of the
disease, which doubtless will go no fur
ther. I personally do not think that any
fear should bo entertained by tho people
of New England, as the disease is now
well under control.
The subject of plenro-pncumonia
among cattle, which has lately brokeu
out in Putnam nnd Columbia counties,
New York State, occupied about an hour
of tho session of tiro N. Y. Senate, tho
occasion being tho consideration of a
bill allowing tho slaughter of infected
cattle under the direction of veterinary
surgeons at tho (lovemor's order, and
appropriating $50,000 to pay for tho
cattle thus destroyed. Mr. Gilbert spoko
on the immediate necessity of the meas
ure, as efforts to check such diseases, in
order to lie efficient, must bo begun at
once. An amendment making nn appro
priation of $25,000 was lost. An amend
ment introduced by Mr. McCarthy,
fixing tho appropriation nt $20,000 was
adopted, thirteen to eleven, and tho bill
was ordered to o third reading.
In the House Mr. Curtis introduced a
bill appropriating $50,000 for the uhb of
appraisers,to be appointed by the Govern
or, in condemning nnd appraisiug dis
eased cattle. The bill was passed by
unanimous consent.
Affairs In IIa)11.
Additional particulars concerning the
| situation of offuirs in tlio little island of
I Hayti have been gleamed from officers of
| the steamer Alvenn. Diffi re it witnesses
do not agree as to the prevalence of the
reign of terror there, though there seems
no doubt that some hundreds of rebels
and merchants who incited them to re
bellion have boon most barbarously put
to death.
Onptniu Foarco is inclined to the
opinion that President Salomon has been
exceedingly merciful in dealing with the
insurgents, w hile Purser Lambert bolds
that he was brutal in the extreme.
“lilood for blood” has apparently boon
bis motto, but in places where the blood
of bis followers was not shed Captain
Pearce says Salomon extended pardons
with a lavish baud.
Captain Pearoo ascribes n great deal
of cruelty to Salomon’s generals, who
were not troubled apparently by his gen
erous motives, and who had sometimes
butchered right and left in anticipation
of their ordera. The ITnytiau execu
tions which ho witnessed Captain Pearce
describes ns most cruel. The soldiers,
ho says, began to shoot their victims
(who were tier! to fences or trees with
their eyes nubandaged) very low down,
the aim being slowly raised from tho
ankles to the knees, the knees to tho
thighs, and so on until a vital sjmt was
reached. The victims displayed most
extraordinary courage. They never
llinched at tho painful wounds first re
ceived, but stood up calmly and silently
until the death-dealing bullet reached its
mark. Oftou they fell before some
cruel wound, and rose again to receive
the fatal one. They appeared to bo per
fectly indifferent to death, and the heart
rending features of the executions, Cap
taiu Pearce says, were the agonizing
cries and appeals of the wives, or more
properly the favorites, of the victims,
who were helpless witnesses of tho
butchery of those they loved.—„V.
Herald
* -
A Nkw Town.—An observant Boston
ian, just returned from a tour of the
West, sava : “The most wonnerful thing
in the West is the rapidity with which
the small towns are building water
works. You can hardly find a town of
3,000 to 10,000 inhabitants without com
pleted or projected waterworks. The
usual system is a oentral reservoir, into
which the water is pumped and from
which it is fed by pressure. Such n
system costs from $40,000 to 980,000.
The towns usually issue 0 per cent,
bonds. This entails annual interest of
$2,500 to $5,000. The water rents more
than pay this, besides expenses, and
provide something for the sinking fund.
Enough is saved in insurance alone to
.balance the interest, while the increased
health and convenience is beyond com
putation.”
As charity covers a multitude of sins
before God, so dofs politeness before
men.
TRAINING BLOODHOUNDS.
HOW THEY AIIF TAUGHT TO HUNT
MEN.
Anlinnlft l rd for Trucking frlmlnnU In (hr
Nimih.
"And these are tlio bloodhounds I
hear so much about ?” I remarked to my
conductor.
"Yes, they arc the famous blood
hounds that is, ns mnoh blooodhonnds
as you will find in Texas. They are
simply foxhounds trained to hunt men.”
"Do you keep them shut up nil tho
time ?”
"Yes; they would make it lively for
tho boys if they got out.”
"How often do you liavo occasion to
use them during the year ?”
"Not more than two or three times
Convicts will not leave when they know
good hounds are on hand to catch
them.”
"Could you not dispense with the
hounds aud depend upon your guns?"
"No, indeed; you cannot hold con
victs with shotguns. It is tho fear of
tlio hounds which keeps them quiet.
Desertion is useless when recapture is a
moral certainty, ns is the case when
good hounds urn employed.”
“Do you have difficulty iu properly
training your hounds?”
“Oli, no; that is about the only sport
there is. Here come the puppies. We
will give them a run and let you see
how it is done.”
A trusty was sont down the lane and
over the fence, through a large field, on
a run for dear life. When he had Ac
complished about half a milo, or half
his circuit, the puppies, three six-mouths
old hounds, were put on his track, and
they started, nosing the ground and
yelping as they rail. On they kept,
over fences nnd through stubbles and
ditches, never ceasing their noise.
Sometimes they would run over the
trail where the trusty had made an
abrupt turn, but soon they would return
to tho spot where they lost the scent
nrnl cautiously feel their way until cer
tain they had the trail, when they would
bo off again. The trusty was a long
distance runner, but tho soft ground
made his impromptu track heavy, and
lie lugged as ho approached tho end of
his run, evidently fatigued.
The dogs gained on him rapidly and
were yelping close upon him. He was
ordered to run ton tree or fence nnd get
out of their way, so that they would
have to find him by the scent. He first
tried to climb a high gate-post, lint
the dogs with their noses to the ground
were upon him almost and forced him to
take shelter in a wagon which was stand
ing in the yard, where he hid himself
iu the bed just us the dogs came to the
gate. They looked up the gate-post mid
smelled around a litile, then without de
lay followed the trail direct to the wagon
nnd discovered their prey, lying panting
like n tug-boat. I looked at tho perspir
ing oonviot, and my heart smote me for
being tlio cause of his lace, but I sood
found out that it was n great privilege,
enjoyed by but few, and giving the pup
pies a race was considered by them tho
very essenee of pleasure. The convict
took nn old blanket in his hand aud
alighted on tho ground, when tho dogs
fought him fiercely, making vicious
springs for him. He repulsed them by
buffeting them with the blanket, jump
ing away and thwarting them in any
manner without hurting them. Filially
ono of the dogs fastened his teeth in the
convict’s coarse pants, nt a point where
the most cloth was used in making, and,
holding on with unyielding tenacity, was
swung round nnd round, with vigor, un
til tired. The dogs were then taken by
a guard, nnd the convict went away
highly pleased with his sport,—Jlovs
ton. Texas, I'ost.
An Affecting Scene.
John Thomas, convicted in Georgia
of murder lias been sentenced to be
hanged. He was ordered to be confined
in Atlanta jail until the date of the hang
ing. While waiting for the train at the
railroad station at Palmetto his wife sat
by him, her head on his breast, sobbing
violently. His three little children gath
ered at bis knees, kissing his hands and
begging ldm not to go. At length one
of them noticed the steel uianaeles at his
wrist, took hold of them, and pulling them
vigorously, said:
"Papa, what have yon these on for?"
The child kept trying to pull them off,
ignorant of the dreadful truth of why
they were there. Failing to release
him, the child appealed piteously:
“Papa, do please take off these ugly
things. 1 don’t like to coo them on yon.
Take them off so yon can lift me up on
your lap.”
By this time the other children joined
in the appeal, and the crowd of persons
surrounding could not repress their
tears. At length the train rolled up, the
murderer was taken from his weeping
family, and was soon on his way to await
his terrible doom.
—■
The Queen and tho Reporters.
Reporters do not figure pleasantly in
Queen Victoria’s new book. “The day
was most beautiful and calm,” Bhe says,
writing of lier visit to Glencoe, where
they pestered her. “I sat down on the
glass for luncheon. Then I sketched.
Here, however—here in this complete
solitude—we were spied on by impudent,
inquisitive reporters, who followed us
everywhere. One in particular, who
writes for some Scotch paper, lay down
and watched us with a telescope, dogged
me and Beatrice when we were walking
about, and was most impertinent when
Brown went to tell him to move. He
went away at last. Brown came back,
saying he thought there would have
been a fight, for when Brown said that
the Queen wished him to move away, he
said he had quite as good a right to re
main there ns the Queen had. Brown
answered very strongly that the highest
gentleman of England would not do
what lie did, much less a manly re
porter. Other reporters came up and
advised the man to come away quietly,’
now A FLOOD DEBATES.
Ilnw fi la Hinrtrd nnd How li Don Snrb
(•ml Dmiiiiffr,
[From the New York Hour.]
Only n few warm winter days arc
necessary to change a placid Western
stream, across which a man with leg
boots might safely wade, into a river
deep enough to float the Great Eastern.
When the water exceeds the containing
capacity of its hanks, then comes the
flood, which in the West moans an over
flow. Embankments, called dykes or
levees, protect the cities and large towns
that are not on high ground, but farming
land is generally at the mercy of high
water, nnd so arc the smaller towns.
The overflow is never a slow and even
distribution of tho water over a large
area. It begins at points where the river
banks are low, perhaps for only a few
yards. Through such depressions the
water, forced by the weight of the im
mense quantity behind it, pours with
great rapidity and consequently with
ranch erosive force. An Eastern man
traveling in the West aud hearing that
tho river is overflowing nt a designated
point is greatly disappointed when he
beholds tho alleged Hkkl from a little
distance away, for he sees nothing but a
small ares of water with a barely per
ceptible ripple and apparently no depth
to speak of. Should ho try to wade
through it, however, even if the water is
not more than knee deep, he will find tho
center of the new stream, in a line with
the point of overflow, as rapid and rest
less as a mountain torrent. He will bo
lucky to escape without the ground being
nt times torn from under his feet, for
such nil overflow generally cuts a chan
nel for itself iu wonderful haste, tossing
the soil aside ami tearing up the subsoil
like an enormous plow. Wherever the
water finds slight depressions of the soil
it follows them, tearing additional chan
nels for itself, and deepening into gullies
what were the lower iHirtions of lmrely
perceptible undulations.
While the water is in motion a man
can barely make his way through it
when tho depth has reached one foot;
when tlio depth increases to two feet,,
horses and cattle are helpless, and when
thrown down, as they soon are, they sel
dom regain their feet; they are tossed
üb> <u t until, unless stranded upon a
ridge, they become bruised and ex
hausted ; then they drown. Overflow
ing water only two feet deep will take
up fences, logs, wagons, and everything
else in its path that will float. Instead
of distributing these over the area of
spreading water, it masses them iu the
centre of rapid (low, as switt currents al
ways do with drift. When this mass
strikes house or barn that happens to be
in its course, that structure is doomed,
for no building can withstand the mo
mentum of tons of solid material that is
being pushed along at the rate of seven
or eight miles a hour.
When the river falls, and all water
that can make its way back to the river
has disappeared, there still remain large
flooded areas wherever the ground is
low, and the si’fj tipder them is useless
until evaporation has done its slow work.
Ground high enough to be drained ot
water is almost equally unavailable, foi
the main current of inflow and its mini
berless subdivisions have made gullies
nnd ridges every where, and destroyed
whatever crops -generally winter wheal
liavo been planted. The period of
evaporation is also one of malaria, ty
phoid fever, and dysentery. Communi
cation by roads is interrupted for a long
lime, for the flood has carried away al<
the small bridge's, so 8 creek throe feet
wide is impassable oxccpt ou horseback.
Cattle have not only been destroyed, but
their remains lie about everywhere to
pollute tlio atmosphere. The farmer’s
losses and misfortunes make him unable
to get credit, or pay for what he lias al
ready bought. For tho samo Teaser
.axes remain unpaid, the schools lan
guish, public improvements cense, nnd
t he maintenance of those already made i?
arrested. Every man’s neighbor is a?
badly off as himself, so the distressed
farmer cannot "live upon liis friends’ 1
while trying to get upon his feet.
Condensing a Novel.
For a number of years Dr. Wood was
engaged iu writing a uovel. He spent j
six years upon it. He would write a
chapter and then spend a week or more
of time trimming out grammatical faults.
When lie had polished the liook out to
the last degree iu the manuscript he
took it down to the New York Sun office,
where it was set up at the odd hours
when compositors, having no regular
work to do, were put to work upon what
is known ns “bogus” matter. The en
tire book was set up in this wav; tko
doctor was thus enabled to see his pet
work in type. It was a labor of love
with him to still further polish away at
the grammar of his hook in revising and
revising again these proofs. But when
he had reached the height of grammati
cal perfection in his l>ook he discovered
that he had no story. It was not a liook
that any publisher would look at a.
second time. One day the doctor an
nounced that his hook was ruined. He
had put Dana into one of the closing
chapters of the hook. This chapter bad
been read to the editor of the Sun and
he would not consent to its use in that
form. To change this scene ruined the
book iu the doctor’s estimation and so
he gave it np from that day.
“Mercy help ns 1” exclaimed a Florida
strawberry grower. “I am a ruined
man.”
“How can that be?” asked a friend.
“Your crop was magnificent and it lias all
arrived safely in the Northern market.”
“You know how careful I was to have
the bottoms of my boxes placed close to
to the top ?”
“Yes.”
"And that just as the crop was ready
to ship, my old foreman got tight and I
ha*l to hire anew one ?”
“Yes.”
“Weil, that new man has gone and
filled the bop j wrong side up.”
OUR ANCESTORS’ NERVE.
The Hecrri ofThrir l nu-inil Vigor I'xplalnrd
nnd How II inn tl Acqnlri-d. .
There was something ab<ut the sturdy
vigor of former generations that c lalleuees
the admiration of every man. woman and
child. They wore no epicures—tho-e ancient
father*. They lived simply, an Ime esafuly
met nnd overcome d.fficult'ei that would
have dbcouraged this a; aral generation.
Tho rigors of the frontier were supplemented
by the savagoa; wild beasts threatened tneir
enterprise and poverty was a common com
panion. Yet they bravely encountered ana
resisted all thoie things and lai 1 the founda
tions of a land whose blessings we now enjoy.
Their constitutions were strong: their health
unsunas-ei and yet they were forced to t*x
jsrse themselves con inually. There c-'rlamly
must have berm some good and ale piate
cause for ail this and for the physical ru
jieriority of that age over the pre ent.
It is well known to everyone conversant
with the history of Ihnt tune that certain
home compounds of strengthening qualities
were used almost universally by those pio
neers. The rnalarin! evils and exposures t <
which they were subjected m-resitatcd this.
When their b riles become chilled by cold or
debilitated by the damp mists of a n*-w coun
try they were forced to counteract it by tho
use of antidotes. Medicines were few in
those 'lays, and doctors almost unknown.
Hence the preparations above referred to.
From among tne number, all of w.iich were
compounded upon the same general princi
ple, one was found to to more efficient
and lienee far more popular than
a I the rest.. It was we I known through the
Middle ami We-t.-ni Ktatus, end was a
knowl.-dged as the best preparn ion for ma
larial disorders and general debility then
known. 'The re*-i|e- for compounding this
valuable article was ha i'b-1 down from <
family and generation ti another, wa
known to tho Harrison family, and is ns. and
as the l<asis and geiicrn! formula for the
present "Tipf-ecanisv the name Is- ng
suggested by the tattle in which Ge-icral
Harrison wa* engaged. The manufacturers
have thoroughly investigate 1 this sub e ■ in
its minute,t detail*, and are certain that for
nial assimilation of food, dys.->:a, t.r -i
feelings, general debility, prostrations, ma
lar.al disorders and humors in the b.<!.,
nothing can excee I in value “Tipp'jcan e*,
which was the medicine of our forefathers
and seems destined to be the most popular
preparation of the day.
"lipjss anoe" is prepared an I given to tic
public by Meissrs. H. 11. Warner At Cos., of
Ho be-tcr. N. Y., proprietors of the famous
Warner’s Kate Cure, which is now tli * m ■ t
extensively usd of any America i me iicin .
The well known standing of this house 1-a
sufficient guarantee of the purity and pov r
of this preparation which s *jks to ha nshpro
of tic- greatest banei of the nine
teenth century—niai-assinuiatiou of tool.
Any one who cxiwriences troub of
digestion; who feeis less vigor thfti
formerly; whose system ha* unqu -Ht.ooa'oy
"run down,’’ an 1 who realizes tbe necessity
of soma strengthening tonic, cannot a.fom
to jiermit such symptom* t< eo.uiud-. Ii
ttie farmer finds that his threshing niacuioe
d-ies not sej nrate the grain from tie- -:uw
lie r< niizes that sometlu-ig i* wrong anti tries
to repair the machine When the food dies*
not sustain the life; when it fails lo make
blood; when it causes the energy to depart
ned ambition to die, it is a corta n sign ti.ui
something is wrong and that the hu.na i
machine need* rejia.ring It is not a quo*
tion ot choice; it is a mutter of duty. You
must attend to vour health or your -,e.*ne*
aud nothing will sooner overt: mu these ev.ls
Ilian "Tipp-c moe, ‘ tile medic it • of the pit t.
a afeguard for tlio present and agu iraub.ru
of health for the future.
fnilinn Poi lcs.
“Tho possibility s of the Sioux pony
have never been dreamed of,” said a cow
gentleman (one of the nrist .cracy of tie
genus cowboy) to a J’ifmecr Pi < m re
porter recently. “You know tlie old
plains saying, ‘Li t a white man ride au
Indinn pony until be can't make him
move a step) further, and, dismounting,
give place to a Sioux—the latter will rid.
the brute twenty miles further that day.'
"Unpromising looking? Well, they
are not pretty ns a rule, though I’ve seen
some dandies. Turn Jay-Eyc-Sro out
in a Dakota winter, and give him just
what food he rustled for—cotton wood
twigs and bark and scanty buffalo grass
mostly—and I don’t guess he’d show up
in very marvellous shape in the spring.
I was at Sully once, just as retreat was
sounding off—sundown, you know. An
Indian rode upon a pot-bellied, scrawny
skinned, splay-fooled, matted-Inured
calico, and gave a letter from the Ad
jutant at Fort Hall to the Sully Adju
tant, To an iuterpireter who happened
to bo standing by, the Indian, a Brnle
Sioux, remarked that he bad ridden a
good wav that day and bis pinny was
tired. The Adjutant noticed that the
Hall letter was dated that morning, and,
bis interest being aroused, asked the
messenger when he left his post. He rc
pilied that he started just after first ser
gent's call (after daybreak). Subse
quent investigation proved his truth. Ho
bad ridden that sorry nag fully 10-1 miles
in less than thirteen hours, and much of
the way the road would have been hard
on a bird. I tell yon, we treated that
mangy-looking brute as if he had the
bluest blood of a'l tho barbs in bis
veins.
“Almost any officer on the Missouri
river can tell you of the famous ride
Gorse, the scout, made from the Stanley
expedition. I don’t remember the miles
(something over 300 in loss than four
days), but I know be only used one
pony, and went straight across the most
God-forsaken country iu America. The
Indians’ war ponies are always the best
of the herd, and receive a good deal of
care. A 'buffalo pony’ ranks next. Yon
can tell one by the notch in the points of
the ears. A good buffalo pony knows
bow to elude the eharge of a mad bull
ns well as I know how to skin an ante
lope; stops just at the right time, and
runs at the proper spiced. Yon take a
green horse and bnnt buffalo, and you'll
find the affair isn’t so tame after all.”
WAS SHE MAD.
“I'm just as nuiU as I cau be I" ex
claimed Annabelle, as she entered tbe
house, her face flushed with vexation or
anger, os one might choose to call it.
“Why, what is the matter, Belle?” asked
her mother. “Matter enough, mother,”
replied Annabelle. “This world is utter
ly selfish, and I despise it I fell down
on tne ice, a little below here, and what
do yon think ? The first man who came
along said he hoped I had broken no
bones. Well, he was a surgeon. Next,
Grosgrain, the dry-goods dealer, told me
he trusted my clothing was not injured ;
and then Mrs. Scrub, the washerwoman,
hoped my undergarments weren't soiled.
But I can forgive all these, considering
I broke no bones, did not injure my
clothing or soil my undergarments: they
are in business, and were looking out for
business. But I won’t forgive that
Smithbury. He came along and helped
me up, saying he hoped I hadn't hurt
myself. That was all right, but I saw
him smile twice, once when I fell, and
again when he spoke to me ; and I liate
i him. I tell yon this is a selfish, cruel,
! sordid, unfeeling word—there Bcs
-1 ton Transcript,
' Too Tarn.—A Western paper says
there is many a man mixing up in the
Porter-Pope affair and telling what each
shonld have done nt the second battle of
Bull Bun, who at the time was hustling
around to give a chattel mortgage on his
wife’s piano to raise money to hire a
substitute to go to war. ,
Superstition is to religion what a-s-J
trology is to astronomy; a very stupid,
daughter of a very wise mother.
THE HOUSE DOCTOR.
We have heard of a ''cure all,” but when a
father hi taking a bottle of medicine for the
snmnier complaint to Ins family in the country
bin horse has a sudden attack of cholera from
over-feeding, in given the content* o the bot
tle and is aoon restored, a* was a case we have
Just heard of. Dr. Higger’s Southern Rem
edy should certainly relieve men of diar
rhea, dysentery and children teething. Thin,
with a bottle of Taylor * Cherokee Remedy of
Sweet Gam and Mullein, combining the stimu
lating expectorant principle of the sweet gnnt
with the demulcent healing one of the mullein,
for the cure of croup, whooping cough, colds
and consumption, present* a little aiEiiiciss.
chest no household should ho without for the
speedy relief of sudden and dangerous attack*
of the lungs and bowels. Ask yourdruggtat for
them Manufactured by Walter A. Taylor,
prop•ietoi'Taylor'a Premium Cologne, Atlauta,
Ga.
The Boston Art Club has voted 623 to 68 not
to have a wine room.
Exploration of w Guinea.
* * * "Xn connection with the Waltham
Watch Company, it may tic ata-ed that
w hen the proprietors of the dgedesired to
present Mr.G. E. Morris >n(tlie explorerof
New Guinea) with a roll able ehronometer,
acting upon the advice of Mr. It. I, J.
Ellery, the Government Astronomer, two
Waltham watches were,however,procure 1
forMr. M irrisouii stead. These were kept
nt the Melbourne Observatory for a fort
night,and thoroughly andearcfully tested
nnd were pronounced by Mr. Ellerv, at the
end of that time, to bo In tt< /-smtedfor Mr.
Morrison’s requirements than any chro
nometer.”—Ext. from the Mi Ibourne Age.
Over 125,000,000 bushela of wheat are availa
ble for export. i
llnld Heads.
when you have tried everything else and failed,
try our Catbuline and be happy; it will prove
is merits. One dollar a bottle, and sold by all
druggists.
Mr. Gladstone attained liis 72d birthday a
short time ago.
T _ .1 - ° Ony or MffM
In tlie iall <ff is... m, sufferings were
ti e. 1 n- swollen t. > such proportions that
1 feared niy II riff* would burst. I had the
10-t medical talent obtainable, and at th
worst state of my iline-s, when my husband
. ! manv ft lends hod given me up to die,the
late Ur. John Woodbury ma lea thorough
examination of mv water, and pronounced
my .are acute kidney dis. a—- |, .rdering on
bright * disease, and ai-cornpatuied by gravel,
ni.d recommended the immediate u-e of
Hunt k Hcmedy. At this time 1 was suiTering
most nr: ibin pa n iu my back, linibe. and
head, and con and find no rc-t dav or night for
,: nd I was grew,ng weaker daffy until
t m- kind phvsHan ordered ine to t ike Hunt's
b. rarely, before taking half of one bottle I
commenced to improve, and after taking six
bitti *. was entirely cured. This was nearly
ciifftt : are ago, nnd i have hn t no return of
the disa-e. I have rec miniended Hunt's
llemedy to others in simJar eases, and it has
never'ailed to cure. I have also used it for
s ek headache, and found in It a sure relief.
I ih nk it the lie-t medicine made, an.l che-r
--ful y recommend it to all.
Has, W H. STILSON,
i „ b’o. It; Tyler St, Boston, Mass.
April 18, IH-ft.
. T V W It Known M n iff
hint - Hern dy Is. mg b-eu recommended
to me for kidney and liter complaint*, I pur
c. 1 some at tin ' Tropic's Drug Store " and
u-slitmtm latilv. nnd found o to b n
very s.h,able medicine, and J gladly reeom
-1,1 'J, high V to my friends, knowing it U
Is' oenef ,uai to those troubled with kidney or
Uver disease. J
Besp cctfndv votlrs,
a i.. ELISHA NOYBE,
April 14, IStn. fs usi So. Bosk n, Moss.
A I n*l If nufnrtHrflr.
I riftvo Hunt's KmtJy lor tho kidn?
e mplafnt, an 1. having been fu ly restored to
health by it- use, 1 mi terrify to its value.
I aily i recnrnen<i it to someone of my
fr ends,ull of whom i know have been bene
titod by its u\ Uratofidly,
Ull P. COX.
liAiden, Mass., April 23, 1883.
Hum Arabic has gone up in price. El Mahdi
et nek it up.
A i urr of rnoiiinnnfn
M r . P. If Bar a by, of Owvgo, N. \ , nys
that hia daughter was taken wit i a violent
cold which term.natod with pneumonia, and
all the lest physicians ga\c* the case up and
said she could live but a few hours at most.
S ,o a a in this condition when a friend re
commended Ijr. Win. Hall's Balsam for the
Lungs, and ad viol her to try it. Bhe ac
b eptod it as a last lesort, nnd was surprise!
to f!n ! that it produced n mirked change for
the be.ter, and by persevering a permanent
cure w as effected.
The cfinnrd fruit product of California ia
worth 12,000,000.
*‘Grms of the Northwest**
Is the title of a Tourists' Guide issued by the
Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway’. It
is a handsome book well worthy of the enter
prising management of this great railway sys
tem. Tourists and summer travelers should
send to A. V. 11. Carpenter, General Passenger
Agent, Milwaukee, Wis., and secure a copy.
Shipbuilding on the Clyde is unusually dull
at present.
At dawn of womanhood, or in ehinga ol
life, Samaritan Nervihi is the ladle*’ friend
lie hath riches sufficient who hath enough
to bo charitable. ,
From N. Hampton. N. 0., kfra. Tarltou;
w ites: l, t Samaritan Xtirine cured my son.’
There are 7.000 bakers in Faria, with a de
mand for 4,000.
Headache is immediately relieved by the use
of I‘iso's llanedy for Catarrh.
The corn production of Illinois is 186,583,-
588 bushels.
LIFE LOANS
AT 4 PER CENT.
|£.>a Principal nevd nrrrr be paid
No a*cxiTtfTrctqi:ired except for interest. and then only penenat.
T v * , ' '■ a•' *rc for rai >r men i - t . .’.crate means. :r. amv.nti
. i §lt>o. $jK) FOR LIFE. Send four cent* f. r j ar-utCa**
H . Kobvrto. Manager, ISi \S . -th **U t ioclnnatl. O.
THE "A.M. COT WRINGER.
SIMPO.
Three Particular Points.
Point the First. — Brown’s Iron Bitters is not an intoxicating com
pound. It is a tonic medicine, not a drink. It is a skillfully compounded
preparation made to restore strength and health; not a beverage to be sold
in bar-rooms and taverns. •.-
Point the Second. — Brown’s Iron Bitters is free, from everything
injurious. The most delicate ladies and the most enfeebled infants may
use it with perfect safety and with great advantage. * While it is powerful
in its remedial agency, it is gentle in its operation, restoring wasted strength
and imparting robust health in the most efficient manner.
o Point the Third. — Brown’s Iron Bitters is made by the Brown
Chemical Company of Baltimore, a long-established house, whose reputa
tion is well-known to the business world and the general community,
’“here is no risk in buying such a medicine. tj
ImßmTAxraTiGl.
FIRST PRIZE MEPA! C'mblne4 r.r.nanA
Trnrtloii F.iml'ifn Southern ! xp >wliua. Lout*-
til’. Ky., lw<3. f *"Send run Cuu. i i.Aitfl.
rFOrNDH^lNinfAf HINI ItY dTSTSt
HARRISBURG CAR MANUFACTURING CO.,
I lUUUMtI IMu l’\.
FftffT tn nMk A cortutn enre. Not expcnnlyp. T!ir
mntuiiA trPHtment In odo piu-kM*. for
lithe Head, Ilca.lurhf' P 7/tii.sv liny h ver, Ac.
Cfiitm *" I* ■ wggl.wi*, or by mall. i
nnyouu. i E T , lA/1 W4m>oi p^
I PURE FITS!
Whatt 1 aay ruru i d> not nt*an u truly to atop ui*ro ror
■ tl.no nd tfUn l.Are than. wmni •?•, *•“S*" • *
ul t urn. I hr mado Hi* d\*r a*e of HTB, BPII-RCST
or FALLING SICK SENS * Ufa loiig Rtiidy. I warrant mf
lo rurn tha woral BtwtauM otharf !••
fa!lad <9 no r**on for tint now rare'.vlnj atr Hantln*
cnctTliw • trantlao nml • Kr-., It. ula of n.y tffiWllhk
ramady. Oltw Rxpra* *r>4 l’at Olflcn. 1$ Co*’.a yon
nothing for * trial, •"! tiH euro y n. •
AJdraM Dr. U (i ROOT, ltd Tear! St.. New York.
SOLID SILVER STEM WINDING
FULL JEWELLE'I GENTS' SHE
WATCH FOR sl2 53.
rri.i.v <;t \iianti:ei>. t: s fr-r?pt
rl*jHon>. <s -klp e*-ut y F. i-ro:* C. O. I>.. u! J set to
' Irupnciiwn befor parchaiintf.
J. I*. WTEVENSI A CO-,.lowrlcrn,
t _ Aflantas tin*
" 18 UNFAILING I
C nIVIAMsI Ijß Bib ami ixi ti.i mi.e
w failst>- 2, , T
I pArpttc lits,
(iF V - Falling
f| yf ft** Sickncsft, Cunvui
ilons, Bt. Vitus Dance, Alcoholism,
Opium Eating, Seminal Weakness, lm
potency, Syphilis, Scrofula, and all 1
Nervous and Blood Diseases.'* j
Clergymen, Lawyers, Litemry Men,
Merchant*, Bankers, Ladies and all who*e
Eedeiitarv employment causes Nervous Pros
tration, Irregularities of the blood, stomach,
bowels or Kiducys, or whs require a nerve
tonic,appetizerorstimulant, SamaritanXrn>-
ine in invaluable. j \j ————\
trn >u an 1< [THETGREAT I
proclaim it the most S—_A-__V
wonderful Invigor- . —, ——j — J
ant that ever •Gi-uin- r yjf" q ii!p S
cd a sinking system. I flit It hL J
$1.50 at DruggPt>. ' —‘—c
The DR S A RICHMOND
Mf 01CAL CO Sole Pro [ GOKQUEBOR. J
prietors. St Joseph, Mo *- ■ 1 1 -* ■<
I Chas. N. Crittenton, Agent, New York, (bi
M’o Speculators. ,
R. Lirdlilom k Co s, S. fi. Siller k Cos.,
| a.ii'l 7 (’h*mb*'r of 65 II rood way,
C’otnni roe, C'UiC’ito. Now York.
Crain and Provision Brokors
Mnnher* t all |.r..mmnt Prorlncw I ichaege* •
Ni w Y A>rk. CliicA o, M Leuiw and Milwaukee.
We h*ve ei- f* vo p:iv..'- tiU>({T|i'i wire liotween
Cbicifo an.i Now York. Wi, cittui* "rders n oar
uulwinent when r* iia-t4*d f< r < n ular‘-*ntain-
In* particular*, liOBT. LI N iM A t'O., C luca*®
rwCtWORFS ff- <•'. plwvitfiss
Fl. / ,C iur s; ml Ii >t re-n f*r kid iy.
Bt-t, ®t nikG', i .xllor an 1 bl3l
* 2s ii ***• .\ *1 o-i'.y rial ■ nrati ••* avaff
//■■Aoe'y fer a iit< n4 ebrooi#
tlieumatam g'-nt, iuinbegn a-.-.ut-
CfVkir V* '■- ortiraUf. <■ Hs> u-ed
Itw r*mm Itriffbt'a ds- -aeoan.l ctjacopaia In 7 woke— >U
fc-rrna of rhsum it <’ 4i >rlt tfc n t- 1. .moks -r.ili-wee
intlaiTimalor* io 1 dy. mr< i r t > liq-i lr< d* *;• rwl’k*
\!• pflxij.i** <ur< and win ad tried iu um evorytiiing
.... ■ * Aak y<vir
dr-gkiet l g. t , if awndtoM for it tako
r<>t hms A-iav. I:n rr, Adams A f •>., Willlarnat,, N. Y
news
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q s t. .. r lure !>•<■. mod
r.cld Tlsnd Wfssrtk r. Ii ' > r <u<M Band Mom
Drrzr.ird I oilet Bwt. i< r ii<il pmi <• ulara eddrrm
Till (dll’iAT Ad! IKK AN TI \ HI., V
P. O. Boa itri>. hi and V. e, j m.. New York._^
I* 11 FOOTE* Original METHODS
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PHIMOSIS %% jI Rr f
NERVOUS'
CHRONIC'"—
Addrftv Pr. F. R. FOOTF., Rex >. A . C ity.
Paynes’ Automatic Engines and Saw-Milt
OI It M'ADKR.
offer anP t i l 1 H I’. ; f ! Engirt# with Mill.
SB n solid flaw. 5e It |> in ik .-.int-ho-'k*. rig ••'••mplwfw
for operation, on firs, f .in . Kr;:n on *ki la. sl<*
if- an 1 for • 15 IV. PAYNI A
HIlNs, Manufrc' r rs of i.E't > Automnfir Fn-
? inert, from 1 to:j i||p. < , pi.rUangrrft and
itaftog, Elmira. N. Y. Roi 1 S.iO.
CONSUMPTION.
I bar* a poaitlv* remedy f r tL* ai ■ * d.aenaa . or It*
*•*# themaande • f caa of lh worm kind and of lon
ataad’.ng harw h*n cored. Injeo i atmue la mr faltla
In larfiracv, that I will H'l TWO nOTTI.W EHRS. to
jrcther with • VAI.I AMI-R TltßAl i:8 on UHa diae,
any aoffarcr 61 KapreM andT. O add roan.
PH T. A. fcl.Ovl il, \ A iv-ujiSt , KewTi/rk.
AGTIITQ U/AftlTrn KVERTWnFBKt.-sall
Aatn I o tVAH I tU Fnmil, Halt
tlna Mnrhlneerer intenir- J. Will kmtapair ofetoek
injy* w,t ti 11F.EL and TOF. ro pie t e■ n miinitaa.
It will ai kmta *tr at eanotf of fancy wotk, for which
ther* i* a I warn a ready market N*nd for cirerlar A t •'rryva
to the TSTO.HIII.V KNITTIN43 jTIAI’IIINB
ro.. u>:t i*itwm • roN
AIENTS WANTFD TANARUS"
Ole. F. F DIETER It’ll*. < lcvelnnd, Ohio.
n , •miwn . t >nd rtamp lor .nr N’.jw IVs-ik or%
PATf- MT\ ‘ *• HIM 5 HAM. Pat-
I H I Lit Inf Lawyer, D. C.
finHSSirerk ('latent Pi to pa. Wind Ml Pimpa.
PUMPS Wr r. rp
for catau/ffue. Field Force I’ampCo., Lock port, N.Y.
KIDNEY COMPLAINT*. Sample remedy
tree. N. 11. PEItKINE, Iloboken, N J.
nriiein ti e' 1 •! nr.d !!• r Send a tamp
PFNS IlflS 1.. BING-
I LWUIUIfO HAM, All y. Wa*lnntwn. D C.
WANTED— I-ADIES TO TAKE OUR NEW
Fancy work at their home*, tn city or ooantry,
and earn ISO to $ 1 g per w* -k. tuaking • <s->d* for one
Sprinic and Sommer trad* 1 . Snd |.r. f>r aarople an 4
particulars. Hudaon Mfg. Cos., “i.• s uth Are., N. Y.
A A PdYSfi.ra I ;f Schi.lars.hjn in tba
ll* JO K M t'olrinrin Bneinrs* ( olioo.
Nk ■■ N -<*•. N •
AN A CO,
/"TON FEDERATE MONEY WANTED.
V J Highest pr co- ;ald. Send list stating number
of bills of game amount, And place of lesue. Ad
dre- M. E. AREV, Gold Hill. N. C .*
A (.! NT-* WANTED I py
oCV Money in it. ( gie Name th.s paper
and addre!* E. P. GEROuLD 4 CO., Concord, N. 11.
AIiENT*- W ANTED f w tba host and fa*tot selj*
mg Pictorial Books and Bible*. Prioas reduced 33
percent. Matiowal Ptruusmsu <■■■ . Atlanta, Ga.
AnTTTIlff AND WHISKY HABITS CURED
II Pi II If! IN THfiE!i WEEKS.
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W 4 I V*lA Addr-ss. in confi ence, with 3ct.
stamp. W. C. BELLAMY. M D., ’H Broad Street,
Atlanta. Georgia.
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