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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 18101,
Dreaming of Uozue,
It collies to me often in silence,
When the tire light sputters low --
When the black uncertain shadows
Seem wraiths of long ago;
Always witha thrubof heartache
That thrills each pulsive vein,
Comes the old, unquiet longing,
Far the peace of home again,
• I'nrr sick of the roar of cities,
And of faces cold and strange,
I know where there's warrutli of welcome,
And my yearning fancies range
Back to the dear old homestead,
With an aching sense of pain',
But there'll be joy in the coaling
When I go home again.
When I go home again I There's urusie
That will never the away,
And it seems the hands of angels,
On a mystic heart, at play,
Have touched with yearning sadness
On a beautiful broken strain,
To which is my fond heart wording—
When I go home. again.
..Outside of my darkened window
Is the great world's clash and din,
"And slowly the autumn shadows
Come drifting, dr•ifting,in,
; Sobbing, the night wind murmurs
To the splash of the autumn rain ;
But I dream of theglorious greeting
When I go home again.
•—EUG'1;NE'FX. LD, in, Chicago News.
ABS ` LINCOLN'S STEP
MOTHER.
BY TAx11BS PARTON.
Seventy five years ago, on a grassy
hillock in the magnificent primeval
forest of Southern Indiaua,a fesv miles
s1 ladder, little: Abe wag .obliged to
climb to hie perch at Haight by pegs
driven into the logs,
Tile children were no better cared
for than the house. They were ill
oltad, ill fed, untaught and harshly
treated, The fattier, naturally disposed
to indolence, found it easy to subsist
in that richcountry by his rifle, with
which he was extremely expert, and
from lits patch of corn and potatoes,.
svhieh.lt a wife and ,children cultivated,
that he gave way to his naturaldis-
position, and passed his time, when
he was not hunting in telling stories
to bis neighbor. He 'was the great
story teller of the country, a character
in touch request on the frontier in the
early days.
Some readers have doubtless visited
the richly wooded parts of France.
Germany or England, where the game
is carefully preserved, where droves of
clean glistening biack pigs and great
herds of deer are seen, and where as
you walk along,tbere is heard at every
step the rustle of a startled hare, and
where the broods of partridge are fol.
lowing their mother in search of food,
as tame as chickens. Now it was as
easy for the settler to subsist his fame
ily in this Indiana forest, as ii would
be one of the huntsmen to live in a
great park, if he could shoot
game de he liked. Thomas Lincoln
therefore, being such a man as he was
took life very easy, and in any one
acquainted with his family would have
foretold for Abraham no higher destiny
from the Ohio river, • stood the small than that of,a squatter on the frontier,
unhewn,baif finished and most forlorn or a flat board hand on the rivers,
tog cabin of Thomas Lincoln. The A terrible and mysterious epidemic
father of the president was an idle, swept over that country, called the
shiftless, worthless carpenter, who had milk disease, one of the numerous
taken up land in the wilderness and maladies caused by the settler's total
lived by half cultivating a few acres disregard of sanitary conditions. One
and shooting the wild turkeys,the deer of the victims was Nancy Lincoln; the
and other game with which the region, Rife of Thomas and mother of Abid -
teemed. ham. The husband who had been her
I suppose there never was a more only nurse and only physician, was
beautiful country than this part of In-
diana, as it was before the settlers dis• now her undertaker also. He sawed
figured it, and hammered some green boards into
Imagine an undulating country, coy- a long box. The few neighbors,about
erect with trees of the largest size,oaks
twenty in all, carried and followed her
beeches, walnuts, maples; without that remains to a little eminence half a
mile away, and there they buried, her
tangled mass of undergrowth which we
find in the primeval forests of the .Eas-In the virgin soil of the wilderness.
tern States. . There was no ceremony performed at
This land had probably been, within her funeral because there was no par..
son competent to perform it. Some
a few centuries a prairie. The forest months after when a roving preacher
had gained upon the grass ; but here
and there, there was a small portion came along Thomas Lincoln induced
of the original prairie left, which, be- him to preach a funeral sermon for
sides furnishing good pasture, gave to his wife, and thus this omission was
the 'region the aspect of an ancient made good.•
heavily wooded park, the result of Thirteen months passed. The widow
labor, wealth and taste expended for er who was not quite disposed to be
ages , both father and mother to his children
Upas some of these oasis of emerald, started for his native Kentucky in
the dear found salt springs to which quest of a wife, and there he found
they res,,rted in great numbers; on Sally Busli,who had onee rejected his
the wider expanses the buffidoes had suit, had married his rival Johnstone,
recently fed, on others, the arriving and was now a widowwith three
pioneer bad fixed his camp and built children. He called upon he3*;a=,.i high quality. Every winter, however
his cabiu. proposed without beatinv4ryrelind the added something to his knowledge and
bush. se•
noe-
We11, r rs. olinstone,saidThemes,
I have no wife and you no husband.
I cane a purpose to marry you. I
hnoehd you from a gal, and you know
e' frnm , a boy, I have no time to
:e and if you are willing let it be
ne straight off,
omtny, was the reply, I know you
1, and have no objections to marry -
you,; but I caoinot dq it straight
off, as T owe some debts that must first
be paid.
lining. •
But Sally Bush, unlettered as s
was had in ber some of the best qu
Wes of tlle'oivilised being. She s
a natural enemy. of chaos and disord
She was a 'woman of high princip
genuine intelligence and good sews
She therefore accepted the dismal 1
bo winch Thomas Linooln had bringber, and at once set about making t
best of it.
Abraham Lincoln never forgot•th
wonder and deheht with which he b
held the arrival and thwacking of th
he
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lick she was topass'her days; for it
seems that Thomas Lincoln had drawn
upon his imagination in describing his
abode ; and, ' indeed, the rude hovel
was a great' advance upon the half en-
closed wigwam i► whiOh he had lived
during his first year's itosidence in the
wiLderness.i
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She made her idler husband put a
floor in the cabin ' the'n windows and
doors, welcome appendages in,that cold
month of December. She made up
warm beds .for the chiidren,now five in
number, by the addition of her three.
The little Lincoln), even in that
wintry season, were half naked, and
she clothed them with fabrics from her
own wardrobe. Thep bad never been
used to cleanliness ; she washed them
and taught them loco, to wash,them•
selves: They had been treated with
hardness ; she opened her heart to
them, treated them as ,she did her own
children and made them feel that they
had a mother. More over,* she had a
talent, not merely for industry, but for
making the most of everything. She
was a gnod manager,a good economist,
very neat in her own person, orderly
and regular in her housekeeping,
The whole aspect of home, within and
without, was changed ; even the land
was better cultivated and Thomas Lin=
coin was a somewhat.lessitdilatory pro-
••
vider.
Happily, too, she took a particular
liking to Abe, then nine years old,
utterly ignorant, wholly uninformed,
but goud humored and affectionate.
He became warmly attached to ber,
and as she has often said, never once
disobeyed her, or gave her a disre•
spect£u! . reply. She had him nicely
dressed. in new clothes from head to
foot, and itappeared to make a new
boy of him. Being now decently clad.
he could attend school, which he had
never previously done, and soon he
showed those indications of intelli-
gence which led to his entering the
profession of the law. Sometimes the
boy had to walk four and a half miles
to school, 'and,,alien, he reached it
r•-
u.sarpa1':"*s•"given was riot of a very
The knoll upon whicli`Tliouiae Lin-,
coln had built his •house was free frow
trees and sloped gently away on every
side. The spot had every charm and
every advent:tee exoe.t one. there was
Incon a .,
either to finish or furnish his ]come
Tt
had no floors, no door;;, 110 windows,
There were three or four, three legged The ceremony, however, took place,
stools in the House and no other seats. the following morning, the debts have
The table was a broad slab supported ing been paid in the meantime, and
by four legs, with the fiat side tpward. very speedily the married pair and all
There was a bedstead made of poles the goods which the widow had pos.
stuck in the cracks of the logs in one eased were placed on a waggon and
corner of the cabin, the other end be drawn by four horses, a journey oi`
ing pttpp,rt,'d by forked sticks sunk in somodays, to Thomas Lincoln's cabin
• the earthen flcor. On these polea,sotne in Indiana. There was u btfrenn
boards were laid, upon -Which was which had Oat forty dollars and which
thrnvin a covering of -leaves, and these Thomas considered sinfullyniagnidcent
in .turn were covered tsvith skips and and urged her to sell it. But she
old clothes. `For eooking utensils the was no Linooln and refused to do this,
family poasessed a Dutch oven and a There was a table, a set of chairs, a
skillet. There was a loft in the upper large elotlles chest, same cooking uteri
part of the cabin; but as the shiftless all's, knives and forks, bedding and
widened his view.
His gratitude to this excellent wo-
man was pleasing to iwitness. He
used to speak of her as his saintly
mother, of his,angel mother, of the
woman who first made hint feel like a
human being, who taught him that
there was something else for him in
the world ` besides blows, ridicule and
shame. After his father's- death he
paid the mortgage on lir farm;assisted
her children and Bent her money as
long as he lived. Yt
After he was elected to the presie
dnncy and before he started for Wash•
ington ho paid her a visit. She was
then very old and infirm and he mark.
ed the change in her appearance, She
had beers a very tall woman, straight
as an Indian, haudsotne,'sprightty and
talkative, with beautiful hair that
curled naturally ; she. was now bent
and Worn with Tabor . and sorrow and,
he bade her farewell with a presents-,
went that he should gee her no more.
She, too, was oppressed ,with a vague
speak of him without tears, ,
Abe, she said, was a boy and t can
say, wbat eeareely .owe woman can say
its a thousand. Abe never gave me a
gross word or look, and: never refused
in `fact or appearance to do anything I
requested him, His mind and mine,
what little I had, seemed to run to-
gether. I had a son John, who was
raised with Abe. Both were good
boys ; but t must say, both now being
dead, Abe was the best boy I ever
saw. I did not waait Abe to run for
president, did not ?want him to be
elected, was afraid fomebow; and
when lie came down, to see me after
fe was elected president, 1 still felt
hat something would befall Abe and
at I should see him no more, -,___ ____,
She died soon after; and Iles buried a zsew Treatment forsaianese.
In an, obscure grave, : while the sou The fora] of alopecia for which M
whom she .rescued from squalor, ig ltfoty suggests a new plan of trona•,
norance and degradeion, has a moue- ment is that which proves at times se
ment which pierce the skies. The obstinate, in spite of all applications,
much•maligned sisterhood of steps commonly known as alopecia. .At a
mothers might well pombine to place recent meeting of the French society
a memorial over her tong. of Dermatologie et Saphilographie, he '
officer dismounted and .waded Lbrough
the creek, It was then discovered
that the otlicer wee General George 13.
McClellan.
The soldiers gave hien a hearty cheer,
plunged into the creek, and afterwards
the saint was passed more rapidly four
Abreast.
The general taight have reprimand.
ed the soldier—indeed, he might have.4.
bad him arrested and dealt with
severely, But under the circum•
stances he did just the right thibg--..
he went where he naked the .men to go;
and his men were glad to go where he
le&
Itch, Nance and Scratches of every -tend, on
human or animals, cured in 30 minutes by Wood.
lord's Sanitary Lotion. Sold by W. B. Towler,
Owing to the uupreceaentea demand for
plate glass,it has advanced considerably in
price. Messrs McCausland & Sou,Toruuto,
fortunately made a contract before the
advance for a very eousiderable quantity,
and afire thus enabled to offer their patrons
this season a decided advantage in price,
the quality being superior to any ever pre-
viously imported. ,
$ow to Have .An Easy Wash.
Here • is a nice easyway to do your
washing. Take one ounce of ammonia,
one ounce salts of Tartar, and ane box
of concentrated lye. Mix it in ajar,
and pour over it one gallon of boiling
water. Stand as far away from thejar,
as you can while pouring in the water,
and do not breathe. Put this fluid
away where the children cannot reach
it. On wash day put half a cupful of
it to the water in which you boil your
clothes, with half a bar of soap which
has been dissolved in hot water. •Put
your dirty clothes directly•in the boil..
er ' and let them boil about twenty
mihutes ; then put them through clean
water, rubbing out the dirty spots if
any remain, after which they must be
rinsed and blued.
I have large washings,but I usually
do them•in about three hours. The
ingredients of the fluid costs twenty.
five cents, but it, lasts six or seven
months. If the washing is very large
and the water in the boiler gets low,
replenish it from *the sudsing water,
instead of using more fluid and clear
water.
"La Grippe.
".da Grippe" or luttuenza,can be quickly
cured by the use of Wilson's Compound of
Wild Cherry, the old reliable remedy for
Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Croup,Colds,
Coughs and other diseases of respiratory
system. Wilson's Wild Cherry has been
in use for many years and is highly recom-
mended by all who know its virtues. Sold
by all prominent druggists.
His Way.
An incident that is narrated of
General McClellan, sheds light on the
question often asked Why did his
soldiers love him so dearly ?
When the Army of the Potomac
Left Harrison Landing, it marched to
Newport News, along the -north hank
of the James River. The advance
division began its march early in the
morning of August fifteenth , but the
rear division did not move out of
camp until, four o'clock in the after-
noon of the same day.
Just at dusk a creek was reached.
It must be crossed, according to
Southern custom, by fording, or by a
single log by the roadside.The soldiers,
disliking to fill their shoes with water,
were trying to cross on this single log,
which of.course caused an obstruction
to those behind, and really put the
rear of the army, in danger.
Soon several officers rode up and
took to the situation, There was need
of more baste. One of the officers
cried out s
Wade right`througli,my men; wade
right through.
Some surly fellow from the ranks
preeented a number of patients who
had been subjected to intradermic in-
jections of corrosive sublimate in
strength of two to five hundred, and
claimed• that the treatment had proved
very satisfactory, in that the growth
of hair over the held spots had been
more rapid than after other • modes of
treatment. A variety of vehicles had
been experimented with, until it was
found that an aqueous solution was
the best. Several injections of not
more than five or six drops ,are made
around each patch,
Modern investigations tend to show 4
that there is at least one variety of''
alopsoia,occurring in 'founded plaques, •
which is due to the Onvasion of a
microorganism, and tile observations -
of Von Scliolen, Thin, Robinson, and .
and others in this field have rendered
it scarcely justifiable for an author at
the present day to attribute the affec-
tion to neurotic causes `in all cases.
1f, as Robinson maintains, the organ-
isms are situated deeply in the tissues
of the scalp or other hairy portions of
the skin, hien the plan of treatment
here suggested is eminently rational,
and ought to be as. successful as it is
claimed, a"
It must always be repiembered,how
ever, that the disease 1 is of a most
erratic nature, and while at times it Jl
resists all our ` efforts, at others it
shows a tendency to rn..pid and sport•
taneous recovery.
Besnier relates an instance in point,
where a patient was treated in his
service continually for two years with-
out success. He was 'then sent to a
oolleague who continued exactly the
same treatment,and a cure was prompt-
ly effected, --pled. Record.
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Patent medicine::. differ—One has
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another has only hopes. '
• Don't take it fors granted that all
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not. Let the years of unrtiterrupted
success and the tens of thousands of
cured and happy 0100 and women,
place Dr:Pierces Goldep Medical Dis•
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scription on the side of the comparison
to which they belong. And there
isn't a state or territory, no—nor
hardly a country in tb 'world, whether
its people realize it or not, bus have
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because of their discovery and their
effects.
Think of this in heelth. Ihink of
it in sickness. And the) think whether•
you can afford to make: the trial if the
makers eau afford to rake the risk to
give your roney=haek,)iis they do, if
--they do not benlit or elite you.
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Mr Jtu0es Kay, of tthe village of
Ripley, 131-uce county, is in luck, 13y
the death of a hrother-in..law in Atis•
tralia he bas fallen heir to a large
fortune, the first instalment of which,
amounting to $2O,O90 has already been
paid.
Crossley and Hunter, the .evangel.
fear of the future, When Mr, Herne cried out: ists, loft St ,Thomas„on Saturday for
Norwich, and from here will grate
don, the law partner' o f Mr Linooln, Wade through yourself, and see how Paris and Owen S stud, . thence to,
visited her .after the assassination of you like it: t3rnndou and elites pioints in 4Tanitoba
pioneer had not made either stairs or other artieles essential to civilized line the president, she watt not able ,tq No sooner' had he spoken than the (l,
until January ; actdrt thee] to Victoria,
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