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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1888-06-01, Page 5Wewant to add ., �, ,t our lista .and as an induce- ment thou(s�nd, new s�:b�or�.l�e�rs to mewe offer the paper to new subscribers T 'T 1 :C-�EE � � CN nt t ere o R, ,... �.� trial for 25c cash n advance. { ,o is t,',e� k � to take a dvav-tage of this low .. offer. R. HOLMES, Publisher New Era, Clinton. PROFRSSIONAI, JUROR. GRANT AT THE POKER TABLE. The Warrior's Impassive Face was Worth HIS DOMAIN, HIS HABITS ANO ii Good Deal to Him Ina Bluff Game. A great deal has been said and written LEADING CHARACTERISTICS. t about Gen. Grant's abilities as a poker player. in the early days of his career after tho ter- : mination of the Mexican war, whenstationed in Oregon holding a commission as a captain of infantry, he became somewhat renowned as one of the most successful pokerplayers of that wild and comparatively unknown re- gion. A brother officer who watt then on duty with bun makes no secret of the fact that Capt. Grant kept him in a perpetual state of impecuniosity, and that various experts in the mysteries of the game met the same fate at the hands of the then embryotic military genius and toebe twice chosen president of the United States. "The difficulty we all experienced in play- ing poker with Grant," remarked this officer, •+,'was his extreme reticence and wonderful im- passiveness. Ninety-nine men out of 100, under the excitement of card playing for moneys betray their emotions to a greater or lesser extent but Grant was a sphinx that never spoke. He was always cool and entirely self possessed, even when the bottle had been passed around somewhat too freely. No one could over measure the strength or weak- ness of Grant's 'hands' by any outward sign or oven by the nature and size, of his bet. Apparently he was oblivious to bis sur- roundings, but close inspection revealed the fact that he narrowly watched bis adverse, ties, and could detect them with unerring accuracy when they 'bluffed.' He would call a man down with a pair of deuces • when it cost a round $100, perhaps, to see the hand. "Grant understood the strength of the game and the weakness of his opponents. We did not then comprehend that his mind was strategical, and that his methods of gaming were conducted on military princie fries. Subsequent events, however, developed that his gnashing was not so much a passion for vice as it6 was to engage in strife and con- quer. He rarely lost, and his losses were al- ways small, while his gains were largo. Gen. Rufus Ingalls, who became captain and as- sistant quartermaster in 1848, and subse- quently quartermaster general, now retired, was one of the party who played poker with Urant in Oregon in those days, and although re. was adroit "as llo match for the little close mouthed captain. Ben Holliday, the pioneer mail contractor, was likewise on the poker tapis in the early'histofy of Oregon, awl so were Joo Lane and Jim Nesmith, both senators from Oregon. the former the t•andi- date for the vice presidency in 1S(10 on the ticket with John C. Breckinridge, Den 1lol- liday was a most inveterate poker player. 'But Cl rant, Lane, Nesmith and Holliday ale all dead, while Rufus Ingalls is hale end hearty in his advancing Nears, and willing yet to take a hand at poker upon the slight- est provocation."—Kansas City Times, Trleke by"®Vhich Legal Proceedings Are Prolonged—"UoLding Out" an Extra Day or Two, --Slipping Into the Jury Box—Classification. Chief among the institutions almost time honored, but now in rapid decadence, is the professional juryman, for he is an institution, and it will not be long until he is numbered among the antiquities of that limbo of the long ago known as "the good old times." Many circumstances have brought about bis decline, among ,these legislation On the subject and active measures taken by, the courts to prevent his depredations, marble extinction is now only a question of time. He may still be occasionally seen, however, stalking solitary in the neighborhood of the court house or its corridors, for he is not a gregarious animal. The circuit court is the place where he finds his best picking and is Ws favorite haunt. He is also frequently seen iu the common pleas court or in the law and equity court, when common law cases are on trial, but never in. the other tri- inwale, as heretofore it has never been the custom for jurymen to draw pay in the other , courts. On the first or third Monday morning in each month, at the regular time to draw the two panels for the half terns of the circuit courts, he, or several, of him, may be seen loitering about, hoping to fill up the needed number, as a "bystander," and ay interesting study is afforded. If there is a lung and tedious trial promised in the CO111111011 law courts, a number of him is sure to be present, for, unlike the ordinary juryman, he likes the trial to last as long as possible to swell tho total of his per diem. la fact, he has even been kn.twn to resort to trieks to pro- long the proceedings. It is a very simple matter for hint not to agree ou a big contest and "hold out" the ,fury for a day or two. To be taken on the grand jury by -hook or crook on a t•thalle0 oeca-i011 is almost a sine- cure. It summoned as a ".bystander" for the petit jury he will always, if possible, "hold out'' till the second day, for, so summoned, he can draw pay for only one day's servieea, while, if he remains over till the second day, Ile can draw pay for both days. NUailitra's emcees. Ili, trieks are atuloet innumerable, and, althea;, then,' are several species of him. all aro en3ructeristi•• of the genus "professional juryman." Three-fourths of the hung jive ies, it is „ti,l by a court °trivial who isastatis- tical find, alt) duo to "professionals." Ile delights in a trial for Murder or any other serious t ,il',•nse, as there ii tt e11anee for 11 "lock up,"iu wili;:i1 case, if hu show suflivient obstinacy, under the name of a "conscien- tious determination," he can spend several days at a first class hotel, under the ugcidu- ous care of aline host, who takes carr that he shall have the best of attention. Another favorite trick he has is to Slip into the jury box and till up the s acancy Caused by the abseucu of one of t,, regularly drawn jurymen. The clerk has frequently to ('111- sult his list and call tho rpli to di cover the interloper, and when aeli l to give the reason of his presence he generally explains by stat- ing that Lo "thought the clerk called his name." Of course there is w0 penalty, and he slinks away, sad at his detection. But he is a man of insistence. One defeat dues not discourage him, and itis but a few day.; 5 to re un- til he is egad • )cat -he trick. I The genus "professional juror," fur con- venience cf classification, miry- bo subdivided ' into a number of species, embrac'iug persons of nearly all ages and all classes of society. There are politicians designated by ten -Mils terms, such as "ward workers," strikers," "wire pullers," or, as they call themselves, "men of influence." Ther- aro thriftless bus- bands, unnecessary appendages to thrifty wives, who are generally 1000(1 to be proprie- tresses of small boarding houses, or w,'orso still, shiftless fellows who are not so fortu- nate as to be appendago1. These are dis- charged policemen, gamblers, speculators, disabled men, men.out of work, and, saddest of all, shabby genteel men of decayed for- tunes and gentility. Every specimen of the different species ie as tlietinetly recognizable as if be wore a label. '!'hest are the'men who often decide a knotty point i0 couulon law, or decideswhether a pri•eoner Shall spend one or ton years in the penitentiary, shall get a "lifer," or be -hanged. --Louisville Courier - Journal. • A .kiln "t Mleed DFIn'ks . "Did you notice that Mart who Iu•,t. came in and drank a huge tunhblerful of lemonade, and then followed itWith a cup of (7O131 bouil- lons" Tho speaker IVO.I the %Illi,• jueketed head barkeeper of a Wtdi I(tnowe 5141001), and • he continued: "We11, to is a regular cos• comer here, and ('eines the nearest to Wing a two legged taut; of ally ewe I ever sa tv, Every night he comes in about• midnight, alai bits down at one of those smell tables and orders some kind of a drink. lir' generally begins with ar whisky sour, foi-lon c'd up with. three or four more of the seine. '!'hen, as if in fear that his stomach will get chilled he will call, perhaps, for a couple of lint blcoteiles, v,-bich will in turn lie needled dotvu by several brandies with ginger nee , At a certain point he appears to be strut.]: with an idea that it is not safe to drink any more bard etufi', for fear it might go to his head, so he switehcs off on a now track and orders lager beer. After half a dozen glasses of this beverage he generally begius prepare- ' tions for going home, and I never saw hien so ho couldn't walk as usual, and be always has perfect control of himself. I always imagine that he drinks hard at night so as to be able to sleep. Perbape 143 has some secret disappointment, such as an unhappy love af- fair, that would keep him awake were -it riot for the alcohol. In the daytime he never drinks liquor, wine or beer, but seems to suffer an intolerable thirst tor cold drinks. Some days I make for him dozens of lemon- ades, and he always wants the largest glasses," —New York Sun. L'rnnk B. and frank G. There arc two men, well known to the 1ubllc, whose names aro very nearly alike. Ono is Fratnk B. Carpenter, the painter of Lincoln and author of "Six Months at the White-House0-and»-the-caf•heeeis' 'Fraesk--Girl- Carpenter, the Washington cOrrr!spondent of prominent newspapers. Both beiug well versed on the same topics, it is easy to, sect that confusion often arises in the minds of their friends re„ ar(lina Ihem. The nnan whose middle initial is "IV' lira; is Now York, and says lie is frequently given a hearty shake of the hand by Como friend who congratulates himettpnm each end such a letter which has just appeared, Wearying of the constant. explanation, now; when the question is put, he Laughingly demands, "Is it goods" and the reply (ming in the affirma- tive he answers, "Ccrtolel y it is mine, then." —New 1-ork Prnes "hvcry Day 'Pak" .1 State Without Cities. North Carolina is a slate wit.leout cities. \0 i1:1, 111�l u, its lirrest 1'rw11, line only t9,O(0 1to: le.Ibtlei;'l, 1',,0'1), ('''n stetto i(,u(Ni glu'1 Concluded Not 10 Press the :Hotter. The hotel custom of supplying a rack ma- shie the dining hall door where hats are to be deposited depends for its'succcst on the honesty of the. guests, and' it sonletiules hap- pen., that while, the man is stowing away a , grod square meal some, stranger is quietly - vanishing with his hat. This generally de- pends on the quality of the hat. A pleasant looking man came out of a hotel dining room recently to that complaisaut mend which a good dinner inenires, and discovered that his hat was gone. "Are you sure you left it on the rack?" in- quired the head waiter. "Of course I am," said the bare headed, unfortunate man. "Some one has probably taken it-by mis- take," rejoined. the sv.iter, reassuringly. "You bad better go down to the office and watch alt the hats that come in." • This advice seemed sound, so the guest pro- ceeded to scrutinize all the head gear in sight. Hats of. all sizes, colors and kinds passed in review. At length, however, the gaze of the bareheaded guest was. concentrated on the hat wvhich,a tall man was wearing and he hastened up to him. "Will you'kindly let 100 look on the inside of your hat?" he inquired, with eyes fastened on the familiar derby. "41'hat for?" asked the stranger, in sur- prise. "1 think possibly you've made a mistake . and taken my hat." "I have not." "I know it by that white paint spot on the brim,'' insisted the guest. "No you don't. I got that paint stain. last September upon Lake Champlain." "I would like to see the inside." "Well, if you want to see the inside you'll have to knock that hat 0011 fit'st; what do you The unfortunate guest, gas'e one lingering look at the hat, and then said, sadly: "Nev- er mind. I think perhaps that paint spot doesn't nor',; so familiar as itedid."—New York Tribune. ee Work That Is tnbealthful. The dust of wood is so harmless that the occupation of cabinetmakers and carpenters is very seldom productive of disease, but somoforms of vegetable dust are very inju- rious, either by reason of their composition, as tobacco,, or their shape and sizo, as cot- ton, flax, or hemp, or their rigidity and in- solubility, as charcoal. The most dangerous work is that of the grinders and polishers of cut gime, who seldom attain an age of more than ::15 years. They are very soon affected by disease; their teeth drop out, and they finally (lie of blood poisoning, as there is a large proportion of lead in glass. Stonecut- ters almost all clue of consumption l5 fere they are 50 years of age. Workmen who intake Portland cement have a persistent cough, and expectorate little lumps of cement. Limd and plaster workers do not seem to suffer in health from their occupation. Workmen who inhale bone duct aro healthy, but those who work in mother-of-pearl enfl'er severely. Workers in featho18 cannot continue at the occupation for 1)1OTe than three yours with- out great impairment to health, as they in- hale more or less dust containing particles of feathers, and at the post mortem examina- tion of a man Who, in order to sort the feathers better, had kept the doors and win- dows of his room closed, the lungs were found thickly plastered with feathers.—Chi- cage News. Ilew Shoes Wear Ont. There are a number of small cebblors in basements and hallway stands off the main t-horoughfo3'es--who-make a specialty of "re- pairing while you wait," and who derive a profitable custom from the passers by who need it heel tipped or a solo renovated to put their footgear in good condition, whom the stores er more pretentious shoemakers would compel to wait, at leant a day. There aro few men who do do wear off the right heel sooner than the left, lx'em.use the majority put more force in the right font when walking. Women walk much more evenly than men. a"•t , , 'nhy in the high heeled shoes in vog';' , ends not wnliting as much, do not need sc ...ten the attention of the cobbler. Women wear their shoes cart sooner in the sole of the foot, where the position in their even walking is greater, and the work in their shoes iannerthan tthece cobblers can perform, and so they are seldom en"tomers. The prevalent style of the men t o wank with toes outward is very severe en the heels, and a good sole will outwear at lea't two keeling:?,--llernld of Ilenith, 0 A TWO FOOT GAITGE. FIGHT WITH PIRATES.A Philadelphia, murderer beta's UNIQUE AND INTERESTING FEATURES OF A LITTLE MAINE RAILROAD. Something Which South and Central American Railway Projectors Are In- giiiring About—Novel Features of an Extremely Narrow Gauge Road—Cost. As our narrow gauge road, the Bridgton and Saco River, which taps the Portland and Ogdensburg (standard gauge) at Hirano, six- teen miles west of Bridgton and forty miles west of Portland, is a representative, and one of the best representatives, of its kind, I will take it for illustration. The general reader, as well as railroad men, will readily note its unique, curious and interesting features. The road was built in the summer of 1882 and the winter of 1882-83. That winter was notable as one of the most severe on record, the mercury for weeks at a time registering from 5 degs. to 25 degs: below zero, and the snow being deep, which, with the them high price of materials, made the expense much more than it would cost to build the salve road at the present time. The exact length of the road is 15.9 miles, independent of sidings. The cost of construction was $169,- 395; of equipment, $26,478; total cost, $195,- 808. ' The same kind of steel rails can now be bought from 30 to 85 per cent. less, and other materials are cheaper; so that what then cost about $1,000 per mile to construct could now be done for $700. The rails are of steel, Cawbridge pattern, are 30 feet' long, and weigh 30 pounds to the yard. Number of ties used per mile, e,640. There are two engines—built at the Hink- ley Locomotive works, Boston—each weigh- ing 26,000 pounds, with driving wheels 30 inches in diameter; and their power, con- sidering their small size and weight, is simply sUrprisiugY, as is shown by the way they con- quer steep grades with heavy loads, and force their way with plows through deep snows and huge drifts, by witch they are seldom long detained. The two passenger cars (built at the Laconia Car works, New Hampshire) lure each 45 by 0 1-2 feet. Each seats thirty passengers—one person to a seat, there being two rows .of seats—is finished in solid ma- hagony, and nicely upholstered. Between the floorings of each car mineral wool three inches deep renders thein fire proof, prevents any cold air front passing, and deadens the noise. These cars are run with little jar or noise on 18 inch wheels, are equipped with the Miller platform and vacuum braises, aro elegant, cozy, pleasant, comfortable, in short, are every way satisfactory, and compare favorably with their More pretentious breth- ren. The freight cars, some twenty in num- ber, are 20 by 6 1-2 feet, and carry ordinarily a burden of eight tons, although having a capacity of twelve tons. There are also a baggage snail express car, a combination car, three hand and three push cats, end a snow plow. All the trains are mixed. They ordi- narily take one hour to accomplish. the six- teen miles of road, but have been run that distance in thirty-six minutes. Tho amount of coal required for the round trip—thirty- two miles—is 500 pounds. The heaviest grade 120') feet to the mile) is near the llirann ter- minus, and is on a half mile 20 deg, curve. There is another curve of 18 degs. one of 10, nue of 12, one of 11, four of 10 each, and a considerable number of less degree. Tho Central and South American inspec- tion parties learned some, to them, surprising facts in their forty minutes' ride frons Hiram to Bridgton. They learned that the little 26,000 pound locomotive could draw a well loaded trian up a grade of 200 feet tei the mile; that it could easily round a 20 deg. curve; .that the seeming recklessness of ate tempting -to run a train on rails only two feet apart proved a thoroughly safe performance, so far as any danger of a tip over was con- cerned, on account of the nearness of the cars to the ground and consequent lowering, of the center of gravity; and that three essentials of safety, speed and comfort were abund- antly secured. Our road was built five years ago, and in all this time not a passenger has been injured, not an engine nor car over- turned nor derailed, not a smash up of any kind. What better record could be had? There are four other two foot gauge roads in Maine, the Sandy River, the Monson, the Franklin and Megautie, and another whose name I cannot now recall, varying from fifteen to eighteen miles in length. A few words, in conclusion, in regard to the two roads to be built iu the southern part of this continent, 'the possible adop- tion by which of the plan of the little two .foateroad"-away down east drew these - emissaries from the south hither. The Central American road is to be built by the Honduras North Coast Railway and Im- provement company, whose president, S. B. McCarnico,.lately inspected, our road, and will connect the port of Truxillo with Puerto Cortez, in the republic of Honduras, 11.5 miles long, for the development of the trade in tropical fruits and vegetables, native woods, medicinal plants, minerals, etc,, in which that region abounds. The route of the South American road is 110 tulles long, and extends from San Lorenzo bay to Isbarra., about forty miles from the city of Quito, in Ecuador, the city being the capital of the re- public, with a population of 90,000, and lo- cated at an elevation of nearly 8,000 feet above sea level among the Andes mountains. It is the intention to complete the road to Quito, in time, the name of the road being the Pacific and Quito railway, There is not a railway in the country, most of the traffie being dote on the hacks of mules, and it is proposers to build this line to help the trade. of that country with America.—('lie lees 0. Stickney in Boston Transcript. Protection Ai;ainet Cold. A well known physician, Whose exp(n•ionce enables him to speak with authority on the subject, gives the following advice fair pro- tection against cold when (driving, "Provide youl'aclf with a good kerosene Oil lantern, well filled and trimmed, and with sufficient oil if necessary for refilling, and you have the most eflicient means for enduring, the cold that eau be got. This lautern, being lighted, and kept beneath any covering that is used to protect the limbs, will add mate rially to one's comfort who must make wintei trips. I will add, in connection with the lantern, that a rubber coat, gossamer or rub Icor blanket is a most desirable garment for a long, cold ride. 1f any one will try these suggestions he or she will never start out again for n cold drive without, the lantern and oil; also,,a good, strong umbrella is n good proteetJen against n cold wind,"—('hic•ago News. (Breath from Tuberculous Patients. At a recent meeting of the Biological soel- ety it was shown that the air exhaled by tuberculous patients, for instance, clogs not contain any microbes, and that the breath probably plays no part in tbo contagion of infectious diseases. At the same time, but by other persons, it has been shown that the air expelled from the healthy human inn; contains pecuiier matters that one certainly poi'cntnrs (tllaeatbonie acid' being included, of course), and that aro given tip 1 y the lun.t iteelt. The groat physiologist Haller has already expressed the idea that Fuc)1 ins itYtrs do exist,—Pt:11. ','or, Popular bcion('e News. SAN Fli�laolsoo, May 2.1.—TIle• steamer City of Peking, which ar' rived from Hong Kong and Yoka- llama yesterday bring additional information in regard to the wrecking of the steamer San Pablo, near 'turnabout island in the Channel of Formosa, a month ago. The captain's statement is as fel- lows 1—' On Monday evening the vessel ran int., a thiel: fog. He kept the ship on 'her course, though pre- cautions were taken to keep con- tinually sounding. On Tuesday morning at 8.30 the San Pablo struck It sunken rock ten miles north of Turnabout. It was ins possible to back the .hip off, as the two holds and coalbunkors were filled with \Vater, and thorn was danger of the vessel capsizing. It was decided that it was hope- less to attempt to save the steam- er told cargo; consequently the bpassengers and crew took to the oats and made fur Turnabout lightiouse.whouco they were con- veyed to Shanghai. Jest before the boats were ready to bo lower- ed a swarm of Chiltloso piratical junhs came from the neighboring mainland. The queer looking ves- sel sailed IN I.1NE 111 BATTLE and ('apt. Reed, realizing the dan- ger I'1is charges wore in, made preplration to repel the attack. The pirates, however, came - in such overwhelming numbers that before any demonstration could bo made on board the sinking ves- sel, the pirates were climbing up the ship's sides. They were led by a, man armed with a cutlass and large revolver...Ws shipmates were also very heavily armed. Capt. Reed passed revolvers and guns among the passengers and crow and atter a furious fusilade the coolies were beaten off. They rallied, however, and made A iE('ONll AND MORE DESPERATE. attempt to bo: rd the San Pablo, which was fust settling in the water. Some of' the pirates gain- ed the main deck in spite of the gallant stali(1 of passengers and crew, a11(1 were swarming towards the promenade deck where the defiiiidel•s were busy firing and 1'e -loading, when Capt. Reed brought the ship's hose pipes into requisition. The long , coils of hose Were manned by the crew and instt.lntly tile' pirates were again put to flight, the torrents of boiling water from the pipes g . sweeping _many o ' ) t an f them off the 1 rs y (leek into the sea. The coolies their beat a retreat and drawing their vessels up in line cruised half a mild off' the sinking vessel with the evident intention of wait- ing for its abandonment. During'the fight Capt.Reed im- prisoned all the Chinese among his ere5V, with the. Chinese passen- gers in the forehold, for foto' they would aid their countrymen. -1s 5001) as possible the passengers. mail and specie were put into the San 1:'ablo's boats and then all bore away- for land. When :1n lc a short distance from the wrel•i: they saw the pilots set sail and ItU'If UPON THE SAN 1'A1:1,1,. They clambered over the ship's sides. with rrapItnlr,k okx --.1-nd were soon masters of one •of the finest boats that ever sailed the Pacific.. Whether by accident or design, they soon set fire to the ship,, ami when last seen smoke was pouring Crow' the wl'c('k in great clouds. In a few days, tugs were scut to the relief' of the San Pablo, but they Lound only the hulk, burned to'the water's edge and stripped of everything valuable. It is estimated that at least a score of pirates lost their, lives in the.fight with Capt. Reed .and his men. During the battle the wo- man ami children who were on board the San Pablo sought the staterooms, where they were it;, ('nustant fear te01 only • of fitllintt' Intl) the hands of the pirates, but of being drowned in the water I which was filling the ship, lliss Agnes Alurrny, o1' Bridge port, Corin., is a most eccentric woman. She is possessed of a large fortune, and she Spends her income in an extremely curious way. For instance a year ago she bought, a house in Bridgeport for $35,000 and immediately clos- ed it, allowing n) one to. live in it, though many desirable tenants presented themselves. She is fond of telling what a belle she wits in her youth, and how she danced with the British Minister at a. state ball in tVash1n ;t 01 She is in the habit of inviting her friends to visit her country place and permitting them to walk four miles from the station, although she has a stable full of horses and carriages. ------- Be on Your IMlnrd., Dent allow it cold in the head to slowly owl smelly rein into Catarrh, when you can be cured fnr 25c, by using Dr Chase'A Ca- tarrh Cure. A few applications owe n• sipient catarrh t 1. to 2 berms oure ordinary catarrh ; 2 to 5 boxes aro guaranteed to cure chronic ca.tarth, 'fry it. Only 25o, and sere cure. Sod' by all elr'%, a"'te, the appropriate mune of K i Per. They are telling ti .tory in Washington on a consequential old native who, making her first call on a Senator's wife, said to her: "I have asked al I 0140111 you and find that I can know you with perfect satiety:' At late- allwi(•e.s her call had not been. returned. John Stevenson was painting the interior of the Convent t itu'den market, London, Ont., when the ladder on which ho stood slipped, throwing hint on the meat hock from which he hung suspending for some time. Several stitches were required to close the 1 sit in his arm. One of the curiosities at th(' Tilt `r eil)tiali Centennial Exhibition, int which the Province of Ontario will have a collection of its prodnets, will bo the house in whi'-h tient- I•al Grant was born in lI;llllilt('u County, Ohio. The house, a part- ' ly •log, party}' frame structure, will be carried on rollers to the river, loaded on a flat heu•ge a':d floated clown the Ohio 10 C'iI(•in- nati. An additional inlerc,.t will bo given to the homestead 0y the mementoes of the'itl't'rcnt periods of the General's life which will 141,1 1 placed in'vie w within the walls. The way sit which \Western booms are manipulated is illustrat- ed by the following eoifessson of a Kansas man: "\Vo have an elec- tric railway in operation out in Wichita' it doesen't haul many pas- sengersyot it is a paying institu- tion. Two hundred and fifty citiz- ens have agreed to contribute five cents apiece each day to keep the road running, whether they ride or not.. So the cars go spinning up and down the streets, giving a , stranger the'impression that easi- ness is everlastingly- booming. Just about half the time the cars are empty, but the company loses 11.molley, f'or the voluntary con- tribution of $87.50 a' week is a good guaranty.' 1)r 1'. F. Lord,ul'•S:ut Meth elect) has began suit aguiiist. lite relit- iwe8 of'.11is Lizzie llam1111 11(1, \rhe j died 1004)11tyy, to recover Lasses- ' sou of her scull, ,ale 1111(1 saved the woman's life whet, it was sup- posed she was dead from a 11(•1110, 1 neck, the result, of a fiwc•stu1;v fills and before she flied in the,; small- pox hospital .she promised him Iter skull and upper \•ertoItren in the interest of' science. Ilex re- latives, however, buried her buds and refused the demand of the doctor for any. portion or' the re - mai I3 medical 's ; ns. once the n c tical nun, determination to hogin suit. A NEW HOME. TIIEATMENT 1''OR. THE CUILE OF CATARRH., (A'1'- ARRHAL DEAFNESS AND HAY FEVEII,. • The miscroscope has proved that these diseases are contagious, and that they are due to the presence of , living. parasites to the interlining membrane t;f the upper air passages and enstachlan tubes, 'l'lhe emi- tient scientists, Tyndall, Huxley and Bea- le endorse this, and the authorities cannot he di.sputrd. The regular method of treat- ing these diseases haps been to apply an ir• - ritant t'rinedy weekly, and even deily,thns keeping the delicate membrane in a con- stant state of irration, allowing it no chan- ce to heal, and as a naturalennsequence of such treatment not one pernianent cure 11,1.3 ever been recorded. It is ati absolute fact that these diseases cannot be cured by any application merle oftener than once in - two weeks for the membrane must, get a chance to heal befnre an application Is re- __ppea'ted. It is now seven years since Mr. `M13Pon discovered the parasite •re catarrh and formulated his new treats ant, and since then' his remedy has become a h,iuse- hnld word in every country where the Eng Hely language is. spoken. CURES EFFECTED) BY Hill SEVEN YEARS AGO ARE CURES STILL, THERE HAVING BEEN NO RETURN OF THE 1>I- • SIAsE. So highly are these remedies val- ued, that'ilgnorant imitators have started lip everywhere, pretending to destroy a parasite, of which they know nothing, by remedies, the results of the application of which they are equally ignorant. Mr. Dix- on's remedy is applied only once in two weeks and from one to three applications effect a permanent cure in the most aggre- rated'cases. Mr. Dixon sends a panlph- Ietdescrihing his new treatment on the re- ceipt of stamp to pay onstage, The ad• dress of A. if. Dixon & Sou is :103, King Street West, Toronto, Canada ••-Scientific Auhercan: 1 .--.--F•8-•••••••••••• To Save Life ['requentle requires prompt action. An hour's ileley Waiting for the (looter rimy b( i(tt.ctied with. serious consequences. espeeielty in cases of Croup, 1'neuut,lnin, and 1.1 le r throat mud lung troubles. Hew,. :to family should be without a h„11'e t 1 Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, w'11,1, lr,ls proved itself, in thousands 1,f cases. lily best Ernergeney Med lei 00 ever oti4'uvered. It gives 110111pt relief and pre;'arcs the way for a ihornitgh cure, which is certain to be ewer tea by its continued use, s. IT. T.ztinte1', M. I., Mt. Vereen, (la., s.tys: •' I have found dyer's Cherry Pectoral it perfect cure fur ('roup in all evlsoy. 1 have falcon the w'Grst 0181'8 relieved in n very short time by its use; and 1 advise all families to 1180 It in sud- den emergencies, for eonglls, croup, &&c.'1 A. J. Eidson, M. D., Middletown, Tenn., says : ' 1 have used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral with the best effect in my practice. This wonderful prepara- tion once saved my life. I had a con- stant cough, night sweats, was greatly reduced in flesh, and given up by Ivy pliysician. Ono bottle and a half of the Pectoral cured me.” " I cannot say enough in praise of Ayer'e Cherry Pectoral," writes 11. Bragdon, of Palestine, Texas, " believ- ing as I do that, hut for its use, I 811,u1,i long since havo died." Ayer's Cherry -Pectoral, PRiEPARRED BY Or. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. gold by ell Druggists. Price $1; six bottles, $6. For The The The Nervous Debilitated Aged. ORES Nervous Prostration, Ncrvous Hese. ache,Neuraleia, NcrvouaWeaknesr, Stomach and Liver Diseases, and 11 affections of the KIdneys. A NERVE TONIC. • GEORGE W. BOUTON. STAMFORD, CMTN., 8878: "For two years I was a sufferer tiom nervous de ,silty, and I thank Cod and the discoverer of ton valuable remedy that PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUN 1 •ure1 Inc. ft ir a valuable remedy. Long may it live. Let any one write to ale for advice." 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