The Exeter Advocate, 1893-7-27, Page 2nee
One of iedris tattle Heroes,
The patter of feet War4 on the stair
As the editor turned in hie sanctum chair,
Ardseid-fer weary the day had been-
", Don't let another intruder ,
Bat scarce had he uttered the worde before
A faoe peeped M at the hrilf-elosed door,
And a child, sobbed cat-, ' ir mother said
I should come and toll yea that Dan is dead."
" And pray who is Dan '3" -The streaming
eyes •
'looked questioning ur, with. straege surprise ;
"Not kuow him 3 Why, sir, all day he sold
The papers you print, though wet and cold.
"The newsboys say they could not tell
The reason hie ..to i went oil so well;
I knew I -with his voice soeweet and low.
Could anyone hem., to say him ' No?*
And tho money he ina:e, whatever it be,
Ile carried struteit t home to mother and, me ;
No matter about his rags, he said,
If only he kept us clothed and fed.
"And he did it, sir -trudging through rainand
cold,
Nor stopped till the last of the sheets was sold;
But heh dead, he's dead I and we miss him so
And mother -see thought you would like to
know."
-In the paper, next morning, as "leader," ran
A paragraph thus-- ehe newsboy, Dan,
One of arrod's linle heroes, who
Did nobly the duty he had to do -
For mother and. eister earning bread,
By patient endurance aed toil -is dead."
EYES AGAINST NOSE.
A Story of Real Life Ueroism and a
Girl's Choice.
COR Abe Dodge.
Thet's what they called him,
though he resten't any poorer than
other folk -nob so poor as some.
Bow could he be poor, work as he
did and steady as ho was ? Worth
a w},ole grist of such bait as his
brother, Ephe Doige, and yet they never
called Ephe poor -whatever worse name
they might call him. When Ephe was off
at a show in the village Abe was following
the plow, drivieg a straight furrow,
though
you wouldn't have thought it tosee the
way his noes pointed. In winter when
Epho was taking the gide to singing school
er epelling bee, or Plaine other foolishnese-
out till after 10 o'clock at night, like as not
-Abe was hanging over the fire, holding a
book so the light would shiae, first on one
page and then on the othsr, and he turning
his head as he turned the hook, and read-
ing first with one eye and then with the
other.
There ; the murder's out. Abe couldn't
read with both eyes at once. If Abe looked
straight ahead he couldn't sae the furrow -
nor anything else for that matter. His best
friend couldn't bay but what AbeDodge was
the croes-eyedeat cuss that ever was. Why,
if you wanted to ikee Abe, you'd stand in
front of him ; but if you wanted Abe to sea
you, you'd got to al and behind him, or pretty
near it. Homely ? Well, if you mean
downright "humbly," that's what ho was.
When one eye was in use the other was out
of sight, all except the sight of it. Humbly
ain't no name for it. The girls used to say
he had to wake ep In the night to rest his
face, it was so humbly. In sohool you'd
ought to have seen him look down at his
copy -book. He had to cent his head clear
over and cock up his chin till it pointed out
of the winder and down the road. You'd really
ought to have seen him, you'd have died.
Head of the clam too, right along ; just as
near to the head as Ephe was to the foot ;
and that's sayhd a goed deal. But to see
him at his desk I he lookedfor all the world
like a week-old. chickeu, peekin' at a tum-
ble -bug And him a grown man, too, for
he stayed to school wlntere so long as there
was anything more the teacher could teach
him. Yon see there wasn't anything to
draw him away ; no girl wouldn't look ab
him -lucky, too, saein' the way he looked.
Well, one term there was a new teacher
come -regular high-up girl down from
Chicago. As bad luck would have it, Abe
wasn't at school the first week -hadn't get
through les fall work. So she got to know
all the scho'ara and they was awful tickled
with her-eve:ybody was that knowed
her. The first day she come in and
saw Abe at his deek, she thought he
was squintin' for fun, and she upped and
laughed right out. Some of the echo:aro
laughed too, at first ; but moat .ef 'em, to
do 'em justice ,was a leetie took back ;
young as they was, and cruel by nature.
(Young folks is most usually cruel -don't
seem to know no better.)
Well, right in the middle of the hneh,
.Abe gathered up his books and upped and
walked outdoors, lookin' right ahead of him
and oonsequentlyseeingthe handsome young
teacher unbekno wn to her.
She was the worst cut up you ever did
see i • but what could she do or say ? Go
andtell him she thought he was makin' up
a face for fan? The girls do say that come
• noon -spell, when she found out about it,
she cried -just fairly cried. Then she
tried to be awful nice to Abe's ornery
brother Ephe; and Ephe he was tickled
most to death, but that didn't do Abe any
good-Ephe was jest ornery enough to
take care that Abe shouldn't get any cora.
fort out of it. They do say she sent mes-
sages to Abe, and Ephe never delivered
them, or else twisted 'em so as to make
things worse and worse. Mebbe so, mebbe
nob-Ephe was ornery enough for ib.
'Course the sohool-makm she was board -
In' round, and pretty soon it come time to
go to or man Dodge's, and she went ; but
no Abe could she ever toe. He kept away,
and as to meals he never net by, but took
a bite off by himself when he could get a
chance. ('Oourse hie mother favored him ;
being lie was so cussed unlucky.) When
when the folks was all to bed, he'd come
in and poke up the fire and peep into his
book, but first one side and then the other,
MO as ever.
Now what does schoolma'am do bub come
down one night when she thought he was
abed and asleep, and catch him unawares.
Abe knowed it was her, quick as he heard
the rustle of her drese, but there wasn't no
help for it, so he just turned him head away
and covered his cross-eyes with his hands ;
and she pitched in. What she said I don't
know, but Abe he never said a word ; only
told her he didn't blame her, not a mite ; he
knew she couldn't help it -no more than he
could. Then she asked him to come back
to echool, and he answered to please excuse
him. After a bit she asked him if ho
wouldn't come to oblige her, and he said
he calculated he was obligha' her more by
gaminaway.
Well come to that she didn't know what
to do, so, woman-like, she upped and oried;
and then she said he hurt her feelinge. And
the upshot of it was he said he'd come, and
they shook hands on it -Abe givin' his other
hand of cosine.
Well, Abe kept his word and took up
schoolin' as if nothing had happened ; and
ouch schoolin' as there was that winter 1 I
don'e believe any regular academy had
more learnin' and teachin' that winter than
what that dietriet sohool did. Seemed as
If all the scholars had burned over a new
leaf. Even wild, ornery, nmactiount Ephe
Dodge couldn't) help butt get ahead nom --
but then he was crazy to get the school
that if Ephe had Abe'a head, or Abe had
Elbe's face the tiohoolma'am would have
half of the ihnige form whenever or man
Dodge got through with it ; but neither ef
them did have what the other had, and so
there it) Was, you %toe.
Well, you have heard of Squire °atm of
course ; Judge Caton they call him Enloe
he got to be judge of the supreme court
and chief justice at then Well he had
e farm down there not) far from Fox River,
and when he was there he wee just a
plain farmer 'eke the reet of us, though up
in Chicago he was t highsup lawyer, leader
of the bar. Now it so happened that a
young (loathe naoted l3rainard--IDaniel
Brainard -bad jure) come to Chien° and
was etertiu' in, aud Squire Caton was
helpin' him, gave him desk room in his office
and made him known to the folks-Kinzies,
and Butterfielsis, and Ogdens, and Handl-
tons, and Arnolds, and ail of theme folio-
ebont all there was in Chicago in those
lays. Braleard had been to.Paris-Paris,
Prance, not Paris, Illinois, you undersigned
-and knew ell he deatorin' there was to
know then. Wed, conic spring Squire Caton
had Don linximini down to vial) him, and
they ehot daeits and geese and prairie
chicken!), and some wild enekeys and deer,
too -pine was jest swarming at that time.
All the whih. Catou was (loin' what law
business there wire to do ; and Brainard
thought he engirt to be doin' eome dootorin'
to keep his hand in, so he asked Caton if
there wasn't imp oases he could take up -
surgery easee etpeoially he hankered after ;
Beau' he had more carving tools than you
could &hake a stick at. He naked him par-
tioularly if there waaa't anybody he could
treat for " strabiemue." The squire hadn't
heard of anybody dying of that complaint) ;
but when the doctor explained that arable -
mus was French for the croes-eyes, he
naturally thought of poor Abe Dodge, and
the young doctor was right up on hie ear.
He smelled the battle afar off ; and 'moat
before you could say Jack Robinson the
squire and the dotter were on horseback
and down to the Dodgo farm, tool chest and
all.
Well, it so happened that nobody was at
home hat Abe and Epho, and it didn't) take
but few words before Abe was ready to set
right down, thou and there, and let any-
body do anything he was a mind to with his
misfortunate eye% No, he wouldn't wait
till the old folks come home ; he didn't
want to ask no advice ; he waen't afraid of
pain ; nor of what anybody could do to
his eyes -couldn't be made any worse than
they were, whatever you did to 'em. Take
'em out and boil 'em and put 'em back if
you had a mind to, only go to work. He
knew he was of age and he guessed he was
master of his own eyes-auch as they were.
Well, there waen'b nothing aloe toido but
go ahead. The doctor opened up his killing
tools and tried to keep Abe from seeing
them; but Abe, he jusb come right over and
peekei at 'em, handled 'ern and celled 'em
splendid "-and so they were, barrin'
havin' them used on your own flesh and
blood and boned
Then they got some cloths and a basin,
and one thing and another and set Abe
right down In a oisair. (No such thing as
chloroform in thoeo days, you'll remember.)
And Squire Caton was to hold an instru-
ment that spread the eyelids wide open,
while Ephe was to hold Abe'a head steady.
First touch of the lencet, and &et epirt of
blood, and what do you think 1 That
ornery Ephe wilted and bell fiat on the floor
behind the chair I
"Squire," said Barnard, "step around
and hold his head."
" I can hold my own head," eald Abe, as
steady as you please. Bub Squire Caton,
he straddled over Ephe and held his head
between his arms and the two handles of
the eye -spreader with his hands.
It wee all ever in half a minute, and
then Abe,
he looked forward and shook the
blood off his eyelashes and looked straight
out that eye for the first time since ho was
born. And the first words he said were :
"Thank the Lord 1 She's mine !"
About that time Ephe he crawled out-
doors, sick as a dog ; and Abe spoke up,
says he :
"Now for the other eye, doctor."
" 0," says the doctor, " we'd better take
another day for that."
" All right," says Abe ; " if your hands
are tired of mitten', you can make another
job of it. My face ain't tired of bein' out I
can tell you."
" Well, if you're game, I am."
So, if you'll believe me, just set to work
and operated the ether eye, Abe holding his
own head, as he said he would, and the
squire holding the spreader. And when it
was all done, the doctor was for putting a
bandage on to keep things quiet till the
wounds all healed up, but Abe just begged
for one eight of himself, and he stood up
and walked over to the clock and looked in
the glass'and says he :
" So that's the way I look, in it ?
Shouldn't have known my own facie -never
saw it before. How long must I keep the
bandage on, doctor ?"
" 0, if the eyes ain't very sore when you
wake up in the morning, you can take ib off,
if you'll be careful."
Wake up ! Do you s'pose I can Bleep
when such a blessing has fallen on me ?
I'll lay still, but if I forget it, or you, for
one minute this night, I'll be so ashamed of
myself that it'll wake me right up !"
Then the doctor bound up his eyes, and
the poor boy said "Thank God " two or
three times, and they could see the tears
running down his cheeks from under the
cloth. Lord 1 11 was just as pitiful as a
broken -wing bird.
How about the girl? Well, it was all
right for Abe -and all wrong for Ephe-
all wrong for Ephe. But that'e all past)
and gone -past and gone -Folks come for
miles and miles to see cross-eyed Abe with
his eyes as straight as a loon's leg. Dr.
Brainard was a great man forever after in
these parte.. Everywhere else, too, by what
I heard.
When the doctor and the quire come to
go, Abe spoke up, blindfolded as he was,
and says he
" Doc, how much do yen oharge a feller
for saving his life -making a man outi of a
poor wreck-doin' what he never thought
could be done but by dyin' and goin' to
kingdom come?" "Oh,"says Doo Drainard,
says he, " that ain't what we look at as pay
preetice- you didn't) call me in -I come
of myself, as though it was what we cell
a clinic. It all goers well, and gif you
happen to have a barrel of apples to spare
you just riend them up to Squire Caton's
bowie in Chicago and Pil call over and help
eat 'ern."
What did Abe Say to that ? Why, sit,
he never geld a word -but they do any the
tears startled out again, out from under the
bandage and down his cheeks. But then
Abe had a five-year-old pet mare he'd raised
from a colt-pretey as a picture, kind as a
kitten and fast as split lightning -and nexb
thne Doc come down Abe he just dipped
out to the barn and brought the mare
round and hitched her to tho gate poet, and
when Doo came to be going, GeV Abe:
"Don't forget your nag, doctor ; she%
hitched at the gate."
Well, eir, even then Abe had the licitdeat
kind of a time to gee Doo Brainard to take
a hoes he couldn't) soli nor hire ettb, and
couldn't afford to keep him in the village -
that was what) Chicago was then. But
come along toward fall Abe took her right
up to teem, and then the doctor's practice
had grown SO mull bleat he was peaty
glad to have her -and Abe was glad to have
him have her, cooing all that had come to
him through havin' eyos like other folke--
that's the schoelma'am, 1 mean.
How did the aohoolma'am Vika itt Well,
it was this way. After the math' Abe
didn't show up for te few days, till the in-
flammation got down and he'd had ersme
practice Weedlike' his eyes, se to speak. Ho
just kept himeelf to himself, enjoying hien-
self. He'd go around doine the oilmen) sing-
ing so you could hear him a mile. He was
always great on aught', Abe was, though,
aeharned to go to singini sohool with the
red. Then when the poor boy began to
feel like other folks'he went right over to
where schoohna'amhappened to be boardin'
round and walked right up to her and took
her by both hands and looked her straight
be the few and said
"Do you know me?"
Well, she kind of smiled and blushed,
and then the corners of her mouth pulled
down and she pulled one hand away, and
-if you'll believe me -that was the third
time that girl cried that Beason, to nay cer-
tain knowledge -and all for nothin' either
time !
What did she say? Why, elle just said
she'd have to begin all over again to get
acquainted with Abe. Bat Ephe's nose
was out of joint, and Ephe knowed it as
well as anybody, Ephe did. It was Abe's
eyes to Ephe's nose.
Married! 0 yes, of oeurse; and lived on
the farm as long as the old folks lived, and
afterwards, too; Ephe staying right along
like the fool he always had been. That
feller never did have as much Renee as a
last year's bird's nest.
"Alive, yet ? Abe ? Well, no. Might
have brim if it hadn't been for Shiloh.
• When the war broke out Abe thought he
ought to go, old as he was, Be he went into
• the Sixth. Maybe you've seen a book
written about the captain of Co. K, of the
• Sixth. It was Ca. K he went into -him and
• Ephe. And he was killsd at Shiloh --just
as it always seems to happen. He got killed
• and hie worthless brother come home.
• Folks thought Ephe would have liked to
marry the widow; bat Lord ! She never
had no such an idea 1 Such bait as he was
• compared to his brother. She never ohirked
up, to speak of, and now she's dead, too,
and Ephe, he just toddles round, taking
care of the chitdren-kind of a he dry -
nurse ; that's about ail he was ever good
for, anyhow.
My name ? Oh, my name's Ephraim-
Ephe they call me, for short-Ephe Dodge.
• Abe was my brother.
Inarrorn, and ehe never pexd no attention to that mare ; and when he did tido off leedin'
him ; met `went withiAbe. Abe was teach- her it wasn't half an hour behe
fore back s
irig heir mathematics, Fleeing that teach-1
wag the came, lioketweplite Doc Said he btoke
one thing Where he, ittiovirod more than she awey from, him and pat for keine, but I
did-oUtisidti Of fatreW. Folks Wied to may always ottopeolied he didn't have no use for
Does a
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GOLD SEEKERS.
Curse Follow the Discoverers of
Great Wealth?
Thegoldseekers of both America and Aus-
tralia have a stapler bat well grounded
superstition that the discoverers of hidden
treasures are sure to meet with violent
deaths. The original proprietors of between
thirty-five and forty of the most prosperous
gold and silver mines in this country are
known to have come to just such entire
Out of the forty or less twelve were shot or
stabbed to death in saloon or other broils,
five committed suicide, three were eugulfed
by landelides, five turned murderers or
robbers and were caught and executed in
varione ways, one fell into a boiling epriug
and had the flesh literally stewed from his
bones, while the others have disappeared
and no one knows what ever became of
teaem.
George H. Frver, once the millionaire pro-
prietor of the Fryer Hill mine, committed
suicide in Denver after spending the last
nickel between himself and starvation. The
discoverer of the great Standard mine
in California, was caught and swal-
lowed up in an avolanche ; Colonel
Story was killed by Indians; William
Fairweather, of the famous Alder Gulch
min; died with the "frenzied horrors"
after a continuous two years' debauch.
" Farrell of Meadow Lake" died with a
terrible disease in a San Francisco hospital.
Tne owner of that great) mine, the Home-
stake, became a highwaymaa and was shot
while robbing a stage coach. John Homer
tried the sumo route that Fryer went.
" Doughnut BM," " NInemile Clarke,"
" Old Eareke" and many others were
kilted in saloons.
me Wants Were Few.
Tramp -Please, mum, would yo be so
kind ae to let me have a needle and
thread
Mrs. Suburb -Well, y -e -a, I can let you
have that.
"Thankee, mum. Now you'd oblige me
very much if you'll let me have a bit of
cloth for a patch."
" Well, here is some."
"Thankee, mum, but it's a different
color from my travellin' snit. Perhaps,
mum, yon could spare me some of your
husband's old clothes that this patch will
match 1"
" Well, 1 declare 1 I'll give you an old
suit, however. Here it
" Thankee, mum. I see it's a little
large mum ; but if you'll kindly furnish
me with a square meal webby I can fill it
out."
Struck with Lightning
Neatly describes the position of a hard er
reit corn when Putnam's Painless Corn Er -
tractor is applied. Li does its work so
quickly and without pain that it seems
magical in action. Try it Recollect the
name-Putnam'e Painless Corn Extractor.
Sold by all druggists and dealers every-
where.
•Celery for Rheumatism.
An Englieh physician announces that) he
has been able to cure rheumatism entirely
by the me of celery in large doses. The
bulbs must be out in plena, boiled in water
until they are soft, when the water io used
area beverage. Milk, with a little flour and
nutmeg, is then pieced in a saucepan,
together with the boiled celery and a few
pieces of bread, and allowed to ,stew for a
short time. This mixture can be eaten with
potateee, if desired. Rheumatic affections
of any kind disappear' according to the
statement of this Englishphysician, after a
brief diet of Oaks kind. -Sb. Louis Post -
Dispatch,
Do you want to bay a farm in the finest
farming section of Miohigan? If rio, write
to R. 14. PIERCE, WEST BAY CITY,
who is agent for the celebrated Koyeligne
lands, ;situated in Ogomaw and Alpena
Countiee on the line of the Michigan Central
and Alpena and Loon Lake Railways. Very
liberal term are offered and railroad fare
one way paid on the purohase of forty acres.
Young men, thrill is ri chance to have a home
of your own at very little cost.
Tho origin of the barber's striped pole
goes back to the day e when the shaver also
preoticed bloodletting. The polo was em-
blematic% of a ribbon found the priblenb's Imre
When tiliou me a rattlesnake 'with ten
rattleit MX a batten, you tetra the button
and the Snake rit do the rest.
HAS WILSON CONFESSED?
Ho Does Not Know Wily He Walked in
That Orange Procession,
FRIENDS WILL FIGHT FOR HIM.
Detective Joseph Rogers, off the Ontario
Government staff, returned yesterday even -
lug to Toronto, from Saginaw, Miele,
where he was after Wilson, the alleged
murderer of Miss Marshall, of Warwick.
On July 12th last there was a big Orange
procession in Saginaw. In the crowd was a
man named Luvraok, who left Warwick
about eix yeers ago, and who knew Wilson.
He recegutzed Wilson among the Orange-
men, and sending a messenger for Chief
Constable Keno he had Wilson arrested.
The District Attorney had an interview
with the prieoner, who consented to return
voluntarily. His effects were then secured,
and among them a 32 calibre bull-
dog revolver and a box of oartrldges.
The bullet that killed Miss Marshall
was 32 calibre, On the way book to
Sarnia the prlsoner virtually confessed to
Detective Rogers. He said that lie left
Saginaw three days before he (Rogers)
arrived there, in 1889. Since then he had
been working in the lumbar woods, and he
had never soea a friend or conernuuloabed
with anybody. The pistol, he said, was the
ono he shot the girl with, and he says that
he did not intend to shoot her. He also did
not intend bo meanie iu that Orange pro.
ceesion, but he °Quid not help himeelf.
Something seemed to impel him to do both
deed& He wee taken to Sarnia, jail.
Mr. James Lister, M. P., has hon en-
gaged to defend him, and every effort will
be made to get him clear. There will be no
preliminarien, as the jury found a true bill
against him ab the assizes in 1889. It was
hinted that Detective Rogers had iecured a
signed statement voluntarily from the
prisoner. The question was asked of Mr.
Rogers last night. Hie answer woe, ",Yes,
bub I must decline to give it to the public
at the present time."
THE VICTORWS MEN WERE COOL.
Even the Sick and Prisoners Were Thought
of to the Hour of Peril.
Mr. Robert Moon, Toronto, has received
a letter from his brother, Dr. J. Agnew
Moon, who was a surgeon on the ill-fated
-Victoria. Tho letter is dated from H. M. S.
Edinburgh, ell Tripoli, and among (slier
things it states : " The occurrence
happened about 3.40 p, m. I was in the
wardroom, and went on dook, but did nob
imagine for a moment that the ship would
sink. Then I came down again, went to
the sick berth and cleared it, get-
ting all the OA on the upper
deck, and oven a man whose
ankle bad been completely embed was
brought on deck, and also two sick cfficere.
To show you that there was no panic of
any kind the two prisoners in the teas down
below were got out and both awed. Six of
the invallded in the sick berth were also
saved. That being finished, I went to the
stern part cf the ship about fifteen seconds
before elle sank, and then mew there was no
hope. She turned completely over, and
whereas most of the men went over the
side which was highest out of the water, I
meditated, as the screw was out of the
water and still going round on that side,
and thought it) better nob to. I had to
melee up my mind quickly, as the ship
heeled over, and I slid down the
deck Into the water on the side
which went into the water first. I was not
long under water, and en coming to the
surface I swam as hard as I could away,
and saw the ship turned upside down, with
her bow going down, her stern out of water,
and both screws in the air. There is
good proportion of officers saved, and this
is due mainly, I think, to their leaving the
ship last, and also keeping their heads
better. Whose the hauls is, or to whom the
blame, if any, is to be attached, will come
out in the court-marblal. On that point I
am silent."
BONE BLANC OBSLIIVATOUN.
A Spientifie Station Three Miles Above Sea
Level.
Isa eolitary grandeur 15,781 feet) above
the level of the Mediterannean Sea, upon
the summit of Mont Biano's highest mow -
clad peak, •otande a monument of man'e
handiwork that will in the near future
attratit the attention of the whole scientific
world. It ie to he known simply as the
Mont Blauo Observatory, and the structure
v
• which will be fully completed in August, is
the result of two years' toilsome and
dangerous labor by 40 mane who have
risked their liven for the benefit of science
and mankind.
The question arose prior to building as
to whether a rook fonndation oould be had,
and in order to determine the faot a tunnel
was driyen through the ice a distance of
135 feet on the south side of the peak, 50
feet below the summit. Finding nothing'
bus paned ice, an incline shaft) of 130 feet
was mink, with no better result. An ice
foundoliammum the. only choice left, and
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heat
taint
WEN JAPANESE WOMEN ARE SERENE.
They Are Not Fretted to Death by the Petty
Cares That Vex Americans.
" Tho secret, perhaps," says a traveler,
" of the sweet expression and habitual
serenity of the Japanese women can be
found in their freedom from small worries.
The fashion of dress never varying saves
the wear of mind on that enbject. And
the barrenness of the houses and simplic-
ity of diet make housekeeping a mere baga-
telle.
"Everything ie exquisitely clean and witt-
ily kept so. There is no paint, no drapery,
no crowd of little ornaments, no coming
into the houses with the footgear worn in
the dusty streeta. And there to the peace-
ful feeling of living in rooms that can be
turned into balconies and verandas at a mo-
ment's notice, of having walls that slide
away as freely no do scenes on the stage
and let in all out of doors, or change
the suttee of rooms to the shape and size
that the whim of the day or the hour re-
quires."
Hard nines Recalled.
Libido Girl -Was your fake poor when
you were a little girl?
Grandma -We thought we were, my
dear. We were pioneer farmers, and lived
in a log cabin; but it was large and com-
fortable ; the loom were warmly carpeted ;
we had plenty to eat and plenty to weer.
But we raised everything oureelves, and
made our own cloth. We had no money to
go to stores, even if we had been near any,
and so we felt vary, very poor. There were
two things we were all fond of, and oh, how
we longed for them, and how we wished we
could afford them ; but we couldn't, and it
made us feel very miserable to be so poor.
Those two things ,were salt mackerel and
store molasses.
Little Girl-Ooo 1 why, what did you
have to eat then ?
Grandma -Nothing but beef, mutton,
chicken, venison, quail, squirrels, wild
ducks, brook trout, and such things; and
as for molasses, we hadn't anything lent
maple eyrup.
A Startling Announcement.
An uptown church has recently under-
gone groat alterations, says the Philadel-
phia Record, and during the course of the
work a lot of old woad was oiocumulated,
whioh was perfectly good for kindling pur-
pones but was not of much account for any-
thiug else. Tho superintendent of the
building, thinking to hove the wood re-
moved at the least possible cost, started
about to dispose of it by sale. Accordingly,
picking out a nine, smoothlboard, ho in-
gest:hod it so follows:
I Wood for sale by the load!
The board had been exposed only a short
time when some wag saw the chance
for a good joke and changed the letter "a "
in tho word load bo an " r " and for days
the sign stood out in front of the church
reading:
—
I Wood for saleby the Lord 1
MRS. CLEVELAND'S 'WRITE *MIMES.,
Three Satin Clowns That Sat file none
Churnas and Graces.
Mrs. Cleveland in the neater of dram ham
a marked preference for white. If publim
port/tiny into the dotaile of her drosemalterha
bills sere permitted it would demonstrate
this fact in the meet unmistakable caanner.
It would further go to show that the most
expensive gowns worn obese her marriage
have boon theca of white %lathe.
Tee first of these was the wedding gown.,
worn for the first time in publio ore the
°octillion of the large reception given vont
her return to the White House from hoz:
wedding trip.
The second, trimmed in a Greek defter
of gold embroidery, was selected for tho loot
of the Saturday afternoon receptions at tui -et
close of the firat Cleveland adminiatratietra
Thu e the initial and parting bow to the pub-
lio was made by the President's young, withe
in a white satin gown.
The third on the list, and by Inc tho meati
elegant she has ever worn, was that Deader
the inaugural ball, where Mrs. Cleveland',
eared for the first time 08 1110 Preeddentha
in regulation ball costume, the lona
ornamented with the inagnificent
sasok-
ef solitaire diamonds thee was the present from her latusband. This wok-
, worn morose the breast over a falinese,
ft, white mull, wap caught up he the.
die and faetened at either end withe
a opals set in diamonds. The only other:
menti was a coronet of diarrioudo.—
Itington Post.
below zero and about 12 Uegrees a
the summer.
The total cost of this extraordinary
undertaking, when, completed In Aegast,
will reach 660,000. The telescope and
other scientific instruments first ueed will
be of a smaller calibre, es it is mammary to
make experimente before buying /urge and
expensive oues. 4,
Side Talks With Girls.
In pending wedding-carde separate ones
should go to grown-up daughters or wan
The proper hat to wear when rowiug is.a
straw sailor, and the proper gloves loose,
undressed, heavy mousquotairee.
When a woman has broken an engage-
ment of marriage she has a perfeot right to
ask that her letters be returned to her ; if
they should nob be seat at the first request
all she can do it to ask for bhem again, and
then if they do not come, to let the matter
drop. If she has written nothing of whioh
ehe need be ashamed she can afford to smile
at the rudeness of the man to wh.ona she hae
shown so mach honor.
Commence a !steer to a young man," Dear
Mr. Jones," or, if you know him very web,
" My Dear Mr. Jones."
Te keep your hands from perspiring when
wearing kid gloves I should advise you to
duet them first with powder.
Girls of 15 wear their dresses reaching to
their ankles.
Invieettene to receptious and weddings do
not require answers.
In writing to a servant :the letter should
ba addressed 0 " Mary Mureihy."-Ruth
Ashmore.
To Keep Silk.
Articles made of silk should not be kepi
folded in white paper, as the chloride of
lime which is frequently used in bleaching
the paper will sometimes destrop the color
of the silk. Blue, brown or a glossy kind
of a yellowleh paper is the best to select for
this parpoae. A white satin dream or cloak
should always be wrapped up in blue paper,
with an outer covering of brown paper sewn
together at the edges.
A Narrow Escape.
Mrs. Dangle -My husband begged for
some whiskey this morning, but I wouldn't)
give it to him without your permission. Was
I right ?
Doctor Probe -Is it the same brand that
you offered me ?
Mrs. Dangle -Yes.
Doctor Probe-Madam,yon have caved hie
life.
The Hour of Need
Is on band, for with aching corns a prompt,
safe and painleso remedy is required. Put-
nem's Painless Corn Extractor exactly fills
the bill. Sure, safe and painless.
Mrs. Wayback in the City.
Clerk (at telephone near by) -Hello
That you ? Hello!
Mrs. Wayback (entering, showing feel-
ing) -Sir ! You're an impudent fellow, and
I'll thank you not to address mo till you're
spoken to
An Aggravated Case.
"Isn't) that a restaurant kitchen opening
out into this court ?" asked a visitor, look-
ing out of the window of a downtown office.
" Yes ; can't you tell by the odor
Sometimes it ie so strong that 1 have to pick
my teeth."
Why suffer with toothache when Gibbose
tUeethaohe Gum will afford instant) rehef ?
No Secret Cnion.
Ethel Baddleigh-Mr. Thankful, Jack
and I are going into the conservatory. Will
you join lie there?
Rev. Mr. trhankful-Not without your
parents' consent, Miss Ethel.
An Funauzzled Editor.
Friend of the Press -I don't read any-
thing more in your paper about the danger
of railroad monopolies.
Country Editor -Well, you just buy my
next number. My application for a pus
has come back rejootod.
Sections of a cable laid 21 years ago were
dug up at Key Wer) the other day. The
oopper wire was uninjured.
If ri man could jump as far in proportion
to his size and weight arta flea, he could,
at a single leap, Inas from St. Louis to
Chicago.
" You must let the baby have one cow's
milk to drink every day," said the doctor.
"Very well," if you any so, dootor," read
the perplexed young mother; "but 1
really don't see how ho is going to hold
it all."
to said that the largest rough diamond
ever found in Africa has just arrived in
London. Ib is bluish white, weights 970
carafe and eyed found in the Jagorefontein
mine. The Kohinoor weighs only 1024
carats.
Lady (to a gentleman who had the &mold -
ells habit of putting hie month doze to yout
face when telking)-You smoke bad tobacco,
monsieur 1 Gent (astoniohed and milling)
I 1 Why 1 never smoke. leaden -Thee% per-
haps you had better.
A cardinal sin -painting the town red,
It has been discovered that the workmen
employed in the Paris sewers are as long.
Children who dine at the emened table lived and tie free from disease as most other
take after their parents. •peoplo.
-10I118.12AUU
8SUE NO 30 1893.,
Isa replying to any of these adveutts.
pdesse menden this !paper,
indeed is he whose blood is poem
who has lost his appetite and his
flesh and seems to be in a rapid dee
cline ; but
Of Pure lionvegian Cad Liver Oil and:
Hypephosphites
can make it rich again by restoring appetite,.
flesh and rich blood, and so giving him energy
and perfect physical life, cures Coughs, Colek
Consuinelion, Scrofula and Bronchitis. ir as
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alrlEACHELES AND OLDER SCHOLARS:
?teem make money canvassing for " Farmerw
Friend and Account Book". Send for ofivoulawa.
William Briggs, Pt' Heiler, Toronto.
Wheal are you Ming be de ar.4107
summer1 Are you traddeig ni
tht) money Poe need &NA
yea shad en increase Isa re=
Lucerne; If you are open. for business and mu
honest, temperate and industrious, we Mak
gye you a Waring Job in your am
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ltifelbEnfEnt
ft %want, Motion, 01:n.4
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3,000 acres of Farming Lands, within 80 natter
of Saginaw Ppop. 50,000). and within 2 to 0 miles:
of railroad. Terms: tib to 61:1 per more, gin
down, al a geoZ, Eisr. Cleat interest, Sonentre
and churches near wiUhimbered. Send Mter,
maps and eironla,ra.
WM, M. TENNANT,
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Agents wanted. J. EntinELITON, Olmeted,
Out.
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have advised others to use it for Sore Evora,
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This is to certify that after using a couple of
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