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GEN. GRANT AT HIS HOME
A DIMIOVNKR THtT WII.L iNfKKKMT
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Irrcr’s Kvrry l)«y l.lfr.
One of the most frequent callers at
Gen. Grant'* is Gen. Horace Porter.
They were together in the war and have
been on terms of close and uninterrupted
intimacy ever since. Bpeaking in ad
miration of the heroism with which
Gen. Grant has borne his many ills, and
of the nature of his sufferings, Gen.
Porter said: “I presume no man in
this century lifts bsd the ment^ strain
that was put on Gen. Grant from 1861
to 1876. An important command de
volved upon him soon after the war be
gan, and he was always weighted with
heavy military responsibilities. For four
years he endured constant application in
a climate to which he was unused and
which was highly malarious. After the
war he was given no rest. He had to
meet eight exciting and Important years
of the Presidency. Few men could
have stood it.
“The effect of it on him did not ap¬
pear, however, until his physical suffer¬
ings began with his fall a year ago last
December. Since then he has suffered
terribly; no one knows hew much, for he
never complains. After that fall, when
he injured his hip, pleurisy set in. It
was a severe attack. Then he began to
suffer from neuralgia, with intense pains
in the head, His system had been
shocked by the fall, The neuralgia
helped to reduce it. As a means of re¬
lieving the neuralgia he had several
teeth drawn. He refused to take an
anesthetic, and had them drawn at one
sitting. That exercise of his wonderfnl
will, in his then debilitated condition,
gave the system another shock, from
which it could not rally. Then this ter¬
rible disease of the toDgue appeared. It
has been a steady drain upon him, re¬
ducing his flesh rapidly and weakening
jhim beyond .liny former experience. But
he has stood it all without a murmur,
lust as he has taken all the reverses and
trials of his life. To see him wasting
and sinking in this way is more touch¬
ing and excites deeper sympathy among
his friends than if he made some sign of
bis sufferings, as ordinary men do, by
grumbling and complaint.
“The thing from whioh he has suf
fered most of late is insomnia. When I
was with him on Sunday I said it
seemed strange that he should suffer
from that, as he had always been a re
markably good sleeper. I reminded
him that on the field, no matter what the
weather or how heavily charged he
might be with responsibilities, some
times with a battle on his hands for the
next day. I had seen him drop down
in tne mud and rain and be sound asleep
in two minutes. He meant always to
get eight hours’ sleep. He said it was
a strange thing to him that he could not
Bleep, and that he regretted nothing so
much. During my calls I have seen
him more often in his sleeping room
than elsewhere. He usually sits in an
easy chair. Another is rolled up to it,
facing it. On the second chair he
stretches his legs. As the neuralgia
pains still trouble him, he wears a knit
cap nearly all the time. When the
puns ate specially severe, very hot
r»ir>tK« ne applied to the head. They
bring relief quicker thmi anything el*,,
In talking he tries to speak without
moving the tongue. This interferes
with enunciation, but it saves him pain,
He could enunciate well enough were it
not for this effort to keep the tongue
motionless. Of course talking is tire
SOme. He tries to do a good deal of it,
but is discouraged by hisfamilyand Lhe
physicians. The trouble on this a0 ~
count makes it impracticable for him to
proceed with hi. book by dictation. I
have Been him leave hia chair and walk
about on the second floor. He cannot
walk without a cane. Hi. orntohea,
however, have not b*m brought iuto
nse again.
“He him spoken to me, m lio ha* to
other*, obout hi* preiit dt*»irw to fluieh
his book. Hut work ou tho book, when
Another. He has voluminous note# and
records which they have to look np tor
him. But his memory in often as good
u hi* notes. I never knew so faithful
and retentive a memory. He can fix
his mind on a march and describe what just
how the lines were formed and
aomers he turned in proceeding from
ane point to another. Work on the
book has proceeded as far as tue
“Crossing of the James, in the Sum
mer of 1864.” It is the most toP»rt
ant period of the war, and Gen. Grant
is naturally anxious to cover it as it
should be treated. No treatise on tne
war can possibly be so valuable as this,
and although his notes would enable
another to complete the volume, he
that no one can do it as he oah.
“I .have noticed the change in his ap¬
pearance during these months of con¬
finement. His face is much as it was,
but he loooks weak and his frame has
lost its sturdy bearing. There has been
no attempt by him or any of his family
to hide the physical changes by allow¬
ing his beard or hair to grow long. The
beard is kept closely trimmed and the
hair short. In all his sickness he has
been careful, as he was in health, to
avoid giviDg trouble to any obo. His
son and an attendant usually sleep in
the room with him, but when he
awakes at night, wanting anything, he
will rise and get it himself rather than
disturb them.
“He savs little about his condition,”,
God. Porter added, “although I
he fully realizes its gravity. The action
of the various Legislatures, military or¬
ganizations, church conferences, and
other bodies, in their expressions of
sympathy for him gave him great pleas¬
ure. I think that the good will of his
countrymen thus uttered is his highest
gratification.”
•* «•*
* A Florida Jigger.
A jigger is a little red bug about as
big as the point of a pin, too small to
witness with the naked eye, but O,
lordy, how he can jig though. He or
she, as tke case may be, for no one
seems to know the gender of the jigger
—gets on your skin and goes philander
ing around till he finds an opening, a
pore in the skin, for instance, and he
crawls in out of sight, and begins to jig.
y 0 u don’t see him when he goes in, or
when he comes out, but you know he
is there. The place where he has gone
in begins to itch and smart, as though
the little fellow was made of cayenne
pepper, and you scratch the place, and
it becomes sore, and swells up, and it
keeps yon awake, and you are mad
enough to say words that look bad in
print, but it does not make any differ
ence to the jigger. He jigs right along
regardless, and seems to have a good
time. A healthy man with fifteen hun,
dred to two thousand jiggers on his
person would be a good hand to setup
with the sick, as he could keep awake
to give medicine. The jigger does not
kill his victims, but he provents them
from enjoying religion. I think one
cause of the prevalence of profanity in
the extreme South is owing to jiggers.
A church can never prosper as it should
in a country where jiggers abound By
the way, there is a jigger at work now
boring an artesian well beside my nose,
and the morel scratch and dig the more
he laughs and goes on with his jigging.
— Peck** Sun.
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nj HEAR that sheep-shearing is done
by m>ohin6ry fa e*d on.
Wall street broker to another. “Yes,
fo j understand I wonder if there’s
anj mon „ in itr * 4*1 u, ^<* 4 .
rf mere j,, ’ but I prefer the old
. h oned _ , ^ .
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tag«>ew«l^overtheu • J V ea »d.kmmng
WoittlcrM Never CYiwfi.
Prof, 0 Donslilxoi', Now Orleans, Isi.,
! , ro P rl ® tor Ui Ww *®‘ Un, V who Miflowil
.
f ttmou§ hrtt h „ appliance* and
of linlniputs without relief, he
tried St. Jacob's Oil, which completely
cured him. Ttn it wonderful remedy, he
uni ^ * ie ^ UH >ohl his crntchea.
j n Misoula, M. T. ^vui* ore discharged bn
tlreal&rtm.
‘ That Miss Jones is a uieo-looking girl,
iMi’tsher
j, wasn’t i n- on .’
•Wlmtstiuu.”
^
aiK i nothing helps ner. I am sorry, 101 i
her, hut tout d.*«nt make it auy lets
Now. if she had u ed Dr. Sages catarrh
Remedy, there wouul have l»oei» nothing of
"i,i said, loi imniimo uunlitAOiy
tiaia
In Helena, M. T., there in a calf only 10
months old that weighs '50 pounds.
Life Preserver.
If you are losing your grip on life, try
“Wells' Health Renewer.” Coes diref*t to
weak spots.
______
Maine has at last adopted a plan of toarh
ing tempera nce i n her jm In in schools.
“ItmiBti on Toothnnh®.'’
Instant relief for Neuralgia, Toothache.
Faceache. Ask for “Rough on Toothache.”
15 and 25c.
_____
John L. ss younge r brother is
- listie n< onors.
p r „uy women,
Ladies who would retain freshness and
vivacity, don’t fail to try “Wells’ Health
Renewer.____
Monday was the twentieth anniversary of
the death 01 Abraha m LlnaHii.
••h«..b». o.. iici.
riBKW( ^ nt tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet,
chilblains. __
In Montana quails are exempt from the
sportsman’s gun for six years.
I can safely reco mend Ely's Cream
Balm for the cure of Catarrh, cold in the
head, etc. Before I have used the first bottle
I purchased I find myself cured. At times 1
could scarcely smell anything, an 1 had a
headache mint of the time.—H enry IjIllv,
Agent for the American Express Co., Craml
Haven, Mi<'h. Price 50 cts.
Ely’s Cream Halm cured me of Ca¬
tarrh of many years standing—restored head iny It
sense of smell. For colds in the
works like magic.— E. H. SHERWOOD, Na¬
tional State Bank, Elizabeth, N. J. Easy to
use. See adv.
The police of Chico, Cal., do no', wear uni¬
forms. ___________________
__
A highly perfumed Hoap will not heal or
cure skin diwanes, neither will it iieautify and
soften face and hands; try “Beeson’s Aro¬
matic Alum Sulphur Soap.” 25# cents by
Druggists or by mail Win. Dreydoppel,
Philadelphia, Pa.
There are in 1.2G0.0IMMK10 Italy'4,H(HJOUtTlemon lemons annually. treew,
which produce
lTH7.fr A*l« (Irrane, best and, .
The Frazer Axle Urease is the in¬
trinsically, the cheapest. Don’t work your,
horses to death by using poor greaxe. Try it.
special Notic®.
1 ^thffi ! SSniany cau«"w'in ^‘!r^i&n“ ffarnZt’ an imfci!
b bSi'Sl
Syracuse, s. y.
The E ."^jg li 1 ^ nguage i>! tflU * ht in rA) ’ tm
80 00 8 111 a F a ft0,
^ —
s'^’^-oa, aumo.
&?“
Stout tb» n *t say <*n«r i a tbs otty.
New York state has U.ooo hotels, 1 #
— Good Appetite
A
Always accompanies Kood be*ub. audit* *b»enca in
’“.73
a u»rp«ntiic sprite, which * loot m the debiMt*
west her For thin purpose
2Sw£«the r n> ur ^viu. »
bl °° d ’ promot ' 5 " hea,tby a '* ion of
the diKesttve orgnm. ami Kive* sireajuth to the whoi*
Hu «i . a.r-won. I «.
when i «ot up m the manual, bed »hea umIm
and h»d no appetite: but now I can hardly Bet
‘ C "”
*'I had been troubled for some time with poor appe
Hood's SarsapariUa. and now my appetite is the best
»ad the rheumatism ha« left me.”-o. abb*s. 3704
WsmuAw-caiowj.iii.___ H 0od 8 8a r88 P® “J a
by ait dru«isu. si; «* ** •»- Made , ooiy ,
a,o. l hood * 00 .. » >—•
jpODoses One Dollar
TRUE ECONOMY.
<1 ur frnti'tnif to muxMi
ill ilt»‘, Itilt it l< ,* nrot >ill V to buy *'«*>•** aftlr
••Im (.ad Flour. Im.I Hiii tor »n<l la’J Food of itf
kind an „,»t rioiiMiuc.il to uw at any t*tif#» A
tltUHMSUtl tuue 4 worat* i*«» '•iioiMt" modloioB Uul
Itreteud* to cure. but make* tb»* imtliBt wonm
ltr~ \m the lout lix'd i* the Uacauao I* to
nutrition* and Htn'iu’lh ri'iit,' to ill# wh#!* ayatoin,
eveu tn Mitsui nmuitUi*-#. *<> n* a pure m wild uo.wnlea
e lire* ever lluu'. Htcn in miimII do*aa; tliowfopo ik
Wa>* keep ill mind I lii'M 1 TV" So'id Fact*.
1ST There l* more rewl solid cure in s** battlt of
llUJO' h (Kidney atul Liver} Brunet, for the <UaoaaM
it i* prepared for than in a barrel of tho to-oaBd#
••Brea; tho dose i* 5H» to :IU drop*.
the |Bf~it Liver, cure*, stomach. restore*. Kidtiej*. repulate* Itladdor and and invigorate* Lrinary
organa, create* a miirvel.ni* ajipotlto and rebuild*
iho entire system. and it in "Never known to f«iL"
limit will prevent an well a* cure Malaria. Fevet*
and liheiiinatiani an 1 all dl**ft*c* which wuno from
impure blood. Keep the fountain and tin* -pnufffi
liat Hiipply it. pure, and the stream tlowiu« therm
(roiu will la* healthy and life-giving.
fir"S| ocial and infere second ding cate of Banner Bright s liook. <lis»
eaae dexi ribed ou page of our
|WHunt’s (Kidney and Liver) Kkmedy imrifte*
the Blood, thereby keeping the Kidneys, luver.
Stomach, bladder and Urinary organ* vigorous with
life and action, causing them to tree tho system
It*imi the poisonous waste which brings disease and
death.
ilflt reaches the s-at of the disease at once—re¬
move* tlie cause- stimulate* and assists the fuse,
tious of the Kidneys. Liver and Urinary organa.
ir~Save jronr health by using Hunt's (Kidney ami
Liver) Ukmeuv. as millions will not recompense tire
loss of the priceless boon. It will cure Femal*
Weakness, and prevent monthly suffering.
Correspondenc® freely nnswered by
('onMiiltlnii i*hysieian hi this office.
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'ULI'lMT, rTU PI -1 * O' V’
*KIDN ■.T /r * . EY•
HSi i liWED Y.
HOW What is the IS of suffering YOUR with Backauhe. OACKT Fare
us * as
rim Sue or Hip, Boiattcn. Kneoinatiuin. Kidney Muaclna. l>ie»
«*s«s. Utiesi and Orlck, Lung ntitches, troubles, Swolleu and of Tired pain
or any sort lloi* or *•»»»
oesa, will cither local or relief? deep-seated, Prepared when a Burgundy PLAHTrs
g vc instant from
Pitch, Hops. Canada The beat Balsam atreiiKtliening and the ptm plaster killiR' virtinse known. m
ever
‘I housands aay so. Mold by all dealers Mailed »'* re¬
ceipt of price, 10'., ft Imr $1.00. HOP PLANTK*
CO., Boston, Mass.
LIQUID
U used b|*thonosniljofUnitclsrs Manuftc tii rm
GOLd'mEDAL.L ondon.'Ki. dealer Pro who .ouncedrfnm^w doe* not keep
atm hitnrn. 8«m<l card of £
it,with live 2c stamp * for CAMPLE CAN [ £
Russia Cement Co..Gloocdfr,Ma 5 S.
WE WANT 1000 MMOI 4 AbiliVl'ft
WwildIwams iiOilOE 4iid Hen. SUEHV.aM. The U.t«t wUm;
I ,y (ten. Arthi.i Cell's Grant, snevrean
lKS>k »ut. Indorsed hy l'ri-s t
Mlieridun, and thousands of Kmlu nt .ludire*. <lerg*we»
Editor* Ever etc., Puf.IM.wl," as •* The, It IX take* awl like Fineet wildfire, llhafrylen and *gesr» •’'"*** ee*
H,hA WrTft.OOO s<*ld Jta
to to *1« s day. make It thr ho-nnhw book tor Ay otm.
and Solid Urnt
11 £*B!
Reliable WANTED salesmen ,
fflO introduc* and sell tbs trad* "" ll . k I j??T7 , *.trf
CONSUMPTION. positive remedy for the above disease; by lus
I have a kind and of feme
aee thoasends of cases ot the worst
steading nave been cured. I nde<*d. • ostrongls BOTTbRfl «n» $RBB. falls
<. in Us efficacy, that I wl I send TWO
together with a VA f.VAUI.KTKBATIMK on tlilsdi s sees
to an v sufferer. Give express and 1* O. addr>ss.
DH. T. A. 8LOCUB.Hl Peart St., New Tee*.
R. U. AWARE
THAT
Lorillard’fl Clisax Plug
TS# hearing a red tin tag: tbatLortllard* that Lortlla rtt*
Rose Lew I'fine cut;
MORPHINEopium Habits
KASII.V CURKII. HOOK. FREE.
OR. J. C. HOFFMAN. Jefferson, Wisconsin.
Blair’s Pills. G-eat English Gout
i Rheumotic Remo4f.
OvbI Hex, QI.OU; r esad, 50 cta»
THORSTOK’S STOQIH POWDER
Keeping Teeth Perfect and Uiat Healthy-
DEED
patch
kipper 8 mmSg sHSSK
tr* i he largest ssles are •*
homo ot the medicine;
where it is best known, ft to
used prescribed most l>y oxteustvely 70 plusieianaw and
What better emlorwnien*
could be ottered ?
PRICE $1.25 PER BOTTLE.
Hit’s Remedy Co,
Providence, R. L
Sold b i All Druggists,
16001 Over I
h. m" 2‘31“?“ “a H N‘- In Ilv flaw“ Car "In.“ II I
41:32:21.! __
doz. A.O. BAMBKTT, Koc Wter. H.XL