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T Jp •"V -f, *!* .wn >• # •>'• *v «• fflatndcale* -- •: & VAN SLYKE, Etitor «N Publisher. of BY, ILLINOIS. MRAS*. KXCK POKfc V,;*T PB« iSi.firilWky iltm'of an ofllftb bhe writes with an absent air -- BotmMitnes her quick pen falters, And a cloud of weary care Slita over the mobile fenturea, Saddening a face once fair. A face once covered with kisses. Now storm-swept l>y grief and pain; Small hands unused to hardships, Disfigured •with inky stain, Toiling for bread and shelter, Toiling boo an se of love slain. iDo yon -wonder ofltimes the office la transformed to a castle in air? Invisible doors ope' t.heif portals, Bare flowers perfume th<> air; And musical sweet child voices Call, "Mamma, our gay ronfp share. JBnt the dingy, dim old office. With its musty records within, Returns, and the hard, cold present, liike a weight of hideous sin. IVmq«s back with cold persistence-- Gomes back like a phantom grim. tsi 'ft®1 f \>* t u>v ' GILBERT CHALONER. tgf V' •: iff J. H. SI'KNCEH. h "Get out of here, yoa ragamuffin. . ": IPbis barn warn't built to accommodate •tramp*, I'll have you understand; and f l catch you on these premises ag'in 11 horse-whip you." v»' ; . And Farmer Greene roughly thrust the boy whom he had found sleeping on m pile of hay, from the barn, and gave turn a parting kick as he loosed his hold •flfc him. He was a handsome boy, in spito cf kits rags and half-starved appearance, lie had curiy, golden hair and deep blue eves, and his age could not have been over 10 years. His clothes -were -old and thin, a ragged cardigan jacket q&d a pair of old overalls covering his •body, while on his feet were a pair of . -*hoes much the worse for wear. It was a dreary November morning in 3few Englaud. The weather was ter­ ribly cold, and there was a flurry of 1kpow in the air. The boy, frightened !»y the rough treatment he had received » St the hands of the farmer, hastened Into the road and wandered aimlessly fKi, his only object being to keep warm. •> • It was nearly midday when he en- . tered a large village. As he passed the tillage tavern, the landlady, who "happened to be standing in the •door, saw him, and noticing his forlorn =4kppearance, called him to her. "Little boy," she said kindly, "you Jbok cold and tired. Won't you come ' and rest yourself and get warm?" 7 "lam tired and cold;" replied the l*>y. ' as he followed the kind-hearted landlady into the house, "and I have liBBten nothing since yesterday morning." "Eaten nothing since yesterday morn- •fng!" exclaimed the landlady. "Why, 'fcave you no home nor friends?" » "No, ma,tm; I've run away." <81 . Thev had reached the warm kitchen this time, and as the lady gazed **po:i her protege, she read in his rag- jjed and half-starved appearance a story • Of neglect and ill-treatment. Seating >~ltim near the stove, she brought him -aome food, which he devoured raven- *Wf4y. "And now, little boy," she said, when ;: lie had finished his meal, "will you tell i ilBe why you run away?" / 'She sudden change from the cold •S^toteide to the warm kitchen, and the ? food which he had eaten after his long --laat, made the boy feel faint and dizzy; - mtid the story, as told with no little ef- - fort, owing to his condition, was to the Hpftect that he was an orphan, Gilbert **Chalooer by name, and had been living * Wifch his father's brother for nearly a - ">fear. Robert Chaloner, the boy's fa- a ther. had deserted his wife five years ^jefore, taking Gilbert, their only ©hi id, with him. During the next four years they had wandered from one city to another, Mr. Chaloner always having plenty of money, but never tell- ing Gilbert where he got it. last Robert Chaloner was taken 111, and went lo his brother's farm in Connecticut; where, two weeks later, jke died, leaving his boy to the care of- ffiorace Chaloner and his wife. Soon sfefter Robert Chaloner's death they be- Dgau to ill-treat Gilbert. He was half starved, half clothed, worked beyond we had nearly given up all hopes | over finding you." i Noticing the look of amazement on J the boy's face, Lady Alice asked: "Did your father never tell you that your mother was the only daugh­ ter of'a wealthy and titled English fam­ ily, Gilbert?" "No," he replied, "I always supposed that you was an American." "But you are a real English Lord, Gilbert, and the heir of one of handsomest estates in England," said Lord Lynton. "Eleven years ago your mother eloped with an American and went to New York to live. During her absence her two brothers died without leaving any heirs, and I, an old man Bearing the end of my span of life, de­ sired a legitimate successor to my title and fortunes. I had learned several years ago that my daughter was the mother of a son, and I desired to gain possession of that child and install him the ancestral home of his fathers. WILL WOMEN WOO? Two mon;hs ago I arrived at New York and employed a detective to find my daughter. He traced her to Philadel­ phia, where she had gone to be a gov­ erness in a private family. When I learned where she was, I lost no time in going to her. She seemed very glad to see me, but told me that Ker boy had disappeared five years before with his father, and she had not heard of them since. Her husband she told me, was what is generally known as a sporting man. and gained his livelihood ty gambling; and she did not discover his character until after they had been in America several weeks. I at once em­ ployed /our detectives to search for you, Gilbert, and told them to spare neither money nor labor in their quest; but not a trace of von have they discovered. But, thank .fortune! we have found you at last." "And your troubles are all ended how, little boy," said the landlady. "Let me congratulate you, Lord Gil­ bert." A week later Lord Lynton, Lady Alice and Lord Gilbert sailed for Eng­ land : and a few days before Christmas Mrs. Tyler received a check for $50(1 from Lord Lynton. "And," said Mrs. Tyler, when she re­ lated the story to me, "they haven't forgotten me, although it happened six­ teen years ago; for every Christmas I have received a costly present - from them. Last Christmas" Lord Gilbert sent me the handsomest silk dress I ever saw." A Frenchman uincuaKea the Question--- He Says that She Is, In England. The English are now discussing in profound seriousness the question, "Is Woman to Woo?"--free translation: Should a woman ask the hand of a man in marriage ? To a journal conducted by women for women, and eutitled Woman, belongs the honor of having the4first posed this unexpected question; and now the press of both sexes, as we must say henceforth, is discussing the problem. There is only one preoccupa­ tion, one subject of controversy--"Is Woman to Woo?" To sum the matter up, the fatality of the age has insisted Upon placing this question at the head of the order of the day. Since the En­ glish women have become journalists, traveling guides, doctors in letters and sciences, and claim the privilege of voting and riding horses astride, a sin­ gle step, remains between them and the right of initiative in the matter of conjugal union. The obligation to wait countless years for a husband must necessarily appear to them a3 one of those intolerable conditions of inferiority which must be stricken from the social |jode. Henceforth let men do the wait­ ing. Such is the conclusion of the ma­ jority of the ladies consulted by Woman and its contemporaries. Only a few of the more modest are protesting. They cannot consent to take the offensive in that war in which they have always played the part of besieged garrison. Other little queens by grace or beauty ask themselves what will become of their royalty, if from solicitors (solli- citeuses) shaken under masculine noses the encensoir whose perfume up to the present they breathed in dignity. But the majority, the great majority, are for the interversion of the roles, for revolu­ tion. They only await the Bignal to charge unto the bachelors, and they an­ swer all objections with the remark that many men are timid and need the en­ couragement of the outstretched hand; and that, notwithstanding all the prej­ udice and all the routine of centuries, "t'1! • ' • f; '•. * W; : v -pi . I;-:., Si:" ll ; fi -•; : MsP M; • 1"; fy IB " - P % ' & v ,'^his strength, and often beaten cruelly. *lThe morning of the previous day he liad accidentally broken a vase belong­ ing to Mrs. Chaloner; and knowing that he would receive a severe whip­ ping when it was discovered, he had de­ termined to run away. Stealing out of doors, he hurried away from the house as fas; as he could. It was terribly cold, and he tlid not know where to go; but he was obliged to keep walking to keep himself from freezing. At night be crept iuto a barn, and, laying down on a pile of bay, was soon asleep. The next morning he was driven from the place by Farmer Greene, as the reader lias already seen. "And don't you remember anything about your mother ?" asked the land­ lady, when he had told his story. "Don't you think that she could be ' found, if she is living ?" "Yes," replied Gilbert, "I remember i my mother. i pretty woman, with golden hair, and • she used to weep over me a great deal. Father wrote to her twice while he was ^sick, but got no answer." The next instant the opening of a door caused Gilbert and the landlady to look up. A richly-dressed and beau­ tiful lady entered the room. "I did not know that yon had com- 'pany, Mrs. Tyler," she said with a smile, as her careless glance fell upon the small, ragged figure seated near the stove. At the sound of her voice, Gilbert at retched out his arms toward her, cry­ ing: "Mother! oh, mother!" With a cry of joy, the lady sprang forward and clasped him in her arms. "Gilbert, my boy!" she exclaimed, as ehecovered his face with kisses. "Thank <*od!" 1 have found you at last!" A moment later a handsome old gen­ tleman, with snow-white hair and beard, entered the room. " What 1 have we found the lad for whom we have been searching, Mrs. Tyler?" he cried, turning to the land­ lady. | "Yes, Lord Lynton," she replied; "'though little did I think, when Icalled him in from the street, that 'twas he." "Gilbert," said Mrs. Chaloner--or Lady Alice, as we should call her--as! Lord Lynton approached them, "this is your grandfather, and we are going back to England--back to my old home J 2,. --to live with him." "And right glad I am to find you, 4. ' toy lad," said Lord Lynton, taking Gil- „ belt's hand. "For six weeks I and ||. your mother have been searching for K. you, and had three or four detectives _ woniiDg the country for you, too; a&d Fighting: Machines. It is becoming more and more appar­ ent that the battles of the future, whether on land or sea, will be largely contests of machines with machines. The development of modern weapons has gone on at such a pace that it seems not unreasonable to predict that before long what will be required of men who fight battles will be, more than any­ thing else, a thorough knowledge of piechanism; in short, they will be, to a great extent, mechanics and engineers. Already the modern naval vessel has become what may be called simply a fighting machine, all its space not re­ quired for the men and officers being taken up with intricate and complicated machinery for doing things which in the old days were done by the men, or left undone. Indeed, the modern war-ship has grown so complicated, and done it so rapidly, that it is said many of the older officers of the navy are meeting with considerable difficulty in keeping abreast of the improvements, and that the younger men, fresh from the study of science, and with more ambition to spur them on to further study, are com­ ing rapidly to the front in consequence. It t-eems that future naval victories are to be won not by the side that has the strongest and bravest men necessarily, but by the side which has its men best protected from the machines of the enemy, and is itself provided with su­ perior machines. All this, of course, will inevitably bring more and more into prominence the machinist and en­ gineer, and it is beginning to be recog­ nized that some additional effort must be made to secure the best of both on war vessels. Whiskers on the Minister. I don't like to see the face covered with whiskers, especially when it is the face of a minister. Much of the power of a pnblic speaker depends upon the expression of his face. Of course one may argue that the beard has hygienic value, but the -ttard has no aesthetic or elocutionary value. The smooth face, too, represents a permanence of personal appearance which the beard does not. Many people like to change their beards, and a change of beard changes them. To a minister who changes his beard 1 feel somewhat as did a dog whose master told him to guard his clothes while he went in swimming; when the master came out of the water and wanted his clothes the dog did not recognize his master and would not let him have his clothes. To the deaf the beard has a special objection. Not a few in every congre­ gation hear with their eyes. 1 shall be glad of the day when every minister has a smooth face.--Chicago Advance. the advertisements of his time, speaks ol their "outs and figures." The Lon­ don Times was established in 1788, but did little to reduoe advertising to a sys­ tem, but demonstrated its value and importance. The first American daily journal, the Independent Gazette of New York, 1777, in its second year oontained thir­ ty-four advertisements. From that time on the growth of American adver­ tising developed the fact that extensive advertising was a legitimate necessity to trade. The other great metropolitan papers founded since 1833 have greatly popularized, advertising. A special feature adopted about this time was "business notices" and "Bpeoial notices," commanding high prices.--Washington Star. In The Barher'a Chair. I had a queer chat last night with a Whashington barber, writes Frank Car­ penter from the National Capital. I was having my hair cut when he told me some of his experiences with publio men. Said he: "I worked last year at the Mormandie Hotel, where Blaine and his family were stopping, and I had to frequently cut the silvery locks of the Secretary of State. Blaine had his hair cut about every two weeks. He don't care very much as to its looks himself, but his family watch to see that every hair is laid even. I out his hair in his own rooms,and as the scissors snipped away Mrs. Blaine and James G. Blaine, Jr., stood by and gave di­ rections. Blaine himself paid little at­ tention to the job, and I had to go over it again and again. He did not talk at ; all and he is far different from some other men I have1 dealt -with. Now there is old man Bancroft. I have cut his hair many a time. He likes hi3 hair long, and he talks while it is being trimmed, I kept Vice President Hen­ dricks in order when he was aliye, shaved him every morning and cut his hair once a month. I have out Joe Mc­ Donald's hair, but he is not very par­ ticular. I shaved Abe Lincoln when QUFER INDIANS IN A VALLEY. J on the tinder side of the finger. Th# ! object ia to have the ring flexible. At one end of the twisted wires is a loop A MODERN NOAH. A Kem&rkable Tribe Surroanded (stupendous Natural Wall. biupenuous rfatui-at wall. J which ^ othRr end extead^ Ben Wittieh, of Albuquerque, N. M., having a simple device called a stop by he came here to be inaugurated. He where the man who dares not is de­ lightful. Recollect the discreet ad­ vances of the suave Desdemona to that bear Othello;or read, rather, the "Abbe Constantin." Bnt does this entire movement only mean, as an. evil tongue has already suggested, that the majority of the col- laboratresses and lady readers of Wo­ man are poor in attractions and rich in years--wretched old maids who have become parched and yellow over their embroidery during their long and better existence; unfortunate, disdained ones, whom love has ignored and who want love all the same, even if they have to take it by force ? In other words, are we on the eve of a revolution among the forgotten aud the impatient? It is not necessary to enter into the infinitely vast and charming discussion of the great subject. " There is only room in this letter for the statement of the plain fact that the English women are about to rebel against the traditional strategy of love, and that they are re­ solved to take the lead in future, to do their own choosing, to marry i nstead of to be married. Therefore, let theyoung foreigners who contemplate a visit to the British Isles take warning now. Let their ears be ready for burning and spontaneous declarations on the part of the young English girls who may fix when he smiles, is the Hon. Thomas B. upon them as the men of their choice. Jones, of Montgomery, who was elected And let them not be surprisediif in some Governor of Alabama tho ot.h«r hu remember that he had a big bottle of •whisky and some glasses on a tray when I went into his room. I used to shave Andrew Johnson sometimes, too, and one of the queerest fellows •! ever bar- bered was old Sam Houston. Houston always shaved himself. He was too nervous to allow any one else to put a razor to his face. I remember I once came within an ace of clipping his ear, and he hopped from the chair, grabbed me by the hand, and I thought he was going to kill ma Then he quieted down and asked me to be more careful, and took his seat again . in the chair. You bet I was careful, too, for Houston was not a man to trifle with. He was one of the queerest dressed men you ever saw. His coat was one of these steel pen affairs with brass buttons; he had a flaming red waistcoat, red vest, one of the old-fashioned high-stock neckties and buff pants. He wore a hat as big as an umbrella, and in the winter he wore a fancy Indian blanket instead of an overcoat. He had a good head of hair, which I attributed largely to his out-of door life." » KnterUincd by the President Unawares. A man six feet high, straight as an arrow, jet black hair and piercing dark eyes, with rather a stern countenance that changes into an attractive one be surprisediif in some little park or in the eorner of a ball room they encounter scenes and over­ hear dialogues like the following: Angelina (taking the hand of her companion and looking into his eyes)-- Arthur, it is time for my heart to speak. Arthur, will you be my husband ? Arthur (stammering and placing bis hand upon his heart)--Oh. Miss, for goodness sake Angelina--You blush, dear Arthur. Your eyes modestly cast down tell me of your confusion. How handsome you look in that way, Arthur, in that silence of embarrassment, with humid eye­ lashes and your heart beating like a bird's under your snow-white shirt. But, Arthur, do speak one word, one only. I do not mean to frighten you, dear, terrified fellow; I don't ask you to pronounce my sentence of death or of life immediately. But, dearest Arthur, give me one ray of hope. Arthur (trembling)--Well, yes, I will see about it, but I am overcome. Please bring me back to my mamma. Angelina--Heavens, he has fainted! Governor of Alabama the other day by over 90,000' majority. The Governor elect can certainly lay claim to being a very handsome man, and though his years are five-and-forty, he doesn't look that old by half a decade. An interest­ ing episode' of his visit here was the meeting yesterday between him and Senator Daniels of Virginia. The two were school boys together, and both served in the Conferate army, the Vir­ ginian on Early's staff, his friend on Gordon's. At the battle of the Wilder­ ness Daniel was shot down, severely wounded, and Jones helped to bear him from the field. Their meeting was for the first time since the stormy days of internecine strife, and it can well be imagined how pleased they were to look on each other agaiu. "I shall never forget," said the Gov­ ernor, "one incident connected -with a visit to Washington. I was a youngster attending school in Virginia, and on my way home for a vacation passed through the capital for the express purpose of getting a glimpse of President Buchan­ an. Standing in the National Hotel I Help! A glass of water! Arthur, come j remarked to a friend that I hated to to, dearesM Here is your mamma! j leave the city without seeing the Presi- How touching he is iu a faint!--Zon- j dent. An elderly gentleman, who was don Correspondence. Advertising In All Agaa. The wise in the business, world have for . many ages availed themselves of the science of ad­ vertising. One of the most ancient modes of attracting public patronage was by means of public criers long be­ fore the age of printing. The medieval criers used to carry a horn with which to fix the attention of the people wheu about to make a proclamation or publi- reading a paper near where we stood, looked Up with a smile and remarked: 'So you want to see the President, do you V Meet me here at 10 o'clock to­ morrow and we will pay him a visit.' It is needless to say that I kept the en­ gagement. The gentleman was on hand and we got into a carriage, but I didn't know I was riding with the Pres­ ident of the United States till after we had reached the White House and heard him addressed by his title. Then my modesty got the better of me and I wanted to retire, but the President Clean Your Chimneys. This is the time of the year when an She ̂ wa^k'nad-facedTbut number of fires in small pri­ vate houses is to be looked for. The cause is the restarting of fires for the winter. Many families use gasoline stoves all through the summer, and dur­ ing October resume coal fires. Un­ fortunately, they often omit the formula of getting the chimney swept, and this omission is the cause of several fires, especially when there is a joist in or close to the flue, which is too often the case. No one should let a chimney go on year after year without being swept. If it Bmokes and refuses to draw until the remedy is forthcoming no great harm is done, but much too frequently a fire is caused. It doesn't cost much to have a chimney cleaned, and a brick or weight tied to a rope and worked up and down the flue removes the soot in a fairly effectual manner. The Courageous Charley. "Charley," she said, in a tone of alarm, as'her husband was preparing to leave for his office; "you'll take good care of yourself, won't you ?" "Why, of course. I'm, only going down to Wall street. There's no dan­ ger." "But I've hea*d that Wall street is full of bulls and bears." "That's all right. I'm one of the bears myself, and I'm not afraid of a couple of 'horns.'" Aud he got 'em right in the mouth before he reached his office.--NorriS' town Herald. Wanted the Bone Cracked. Scene in a provision store: "Ma sent me down fo' a pound ob libber an' she wants de bone well cracked." MOTTO of the campaign orator: "We push the button, » people do tfae reafc." --.v v.-: cation. They formed a well-organized body in France as early as the twelfth I kept me quite awhile, and I went away Under a charter from Louis century. VIL they were entitled to a penny for every time they blew their horns and oould force themselves upon tavern- keepers to cry their wares under a gen­ eral statute, They at a very early pe­ riod formed themselves into a corpora­ tion, and in 1258 obtained from Philip Augustus favorable statutes of the most tyrannical kind. In England the public criers seem to have been a national institution at an early period. They cried all kinds of goods, and were sworn to tell "truly and well, to the best of their ability and power." After a while, the bell-man, or town crier, was appointed for the benefit of the oommunity at large. In most of the country towns of Great Britain, and even in London, there are ptill bell-men and parish criers, though their-offices are little more than sine­ cures. The provincial crier's duties are of the most varied description, and re­ late to objects lost or found, sales by publio auction or private contracts, weddings, christenings or funerals. But the bell-man as a means of advertising has seen his last days. Nearly three-quarters of a century ago in England wagons were driven through the streets surmounted on revolving thoroughly happy.' To Break Up a Cold. The season is at hand when "colds" are likelv to be prevalent, much more so than when after cold weather has nearly set in and thick clothing is worn continuously. It is well for people to know of some simple treatment which will generally abort these attacks. As soon as chilly sensations are felt, or the cold affects the head, and there is sore throat, the victim should go home at once. With his feet in hot mustard water he should take an old-fashioned rum-sweat. This is very easy administered. Into an old teacup ponr three or four table- spoonfuls of alcohol. Set it in a pan of water. Now place it under a chair having a wooden seat. Let the patient sit down upon this, fasten a couple of blankets around his neck, allowing them to fall to the floor, then light the alcohol. This treatment is by no means hard to bear. As soon as the skin becomes moist the headache is generally relieved.and breathing through the nose is easier; in fact, all the un­ pleasant symptoms are more or less re­ lieved. gives au interesting account of the Nava-Supais, of the Supai canon. Be­ ing a man of adventurous turn of mind he took a trip up the canon and located the tribe in the narrow, valley-like en­ closure between the mighty walls of the Supai canon. Supai is the name which Mr. Supai gave the canon himself after having made a trip to the region. On reaching the canon he found the Indians in the midst of a marvellously fertile valley, diminutive as it is, where all sorts of grains and fruits grow in rank profusion, w;here there are splen­ did climatic influences nearly the twelvemonth through, and where all that tends to build up the physical pow­ ers is at hand. He made investigations, too, into their language, their rites, and ceremonies, their legends, and into all the phases of their present and past his­ tory possible, and he is confirmed in the belief that they are in no way al­ lied to the Aztecs. He says, on the contrary, that as far as can be ascer­ tained they are allied to the Wallapai. The tribe is a most singular one; Their valley home has on either side great ledges of rocks running up in benches thousands of feet. In the val­ ley are groves of cottonwood trees, and luxuriant vegetation is seen on all sides. There are about 245 or 250 iu tho tribe of the Surai. They live absolutely alone. They do not intermarry with other tribes, neither do they mix with the scattering white people of the reg­ ions round about. When they are in need of forage or food outside of that which they can got in their own rich valley, they sally out, make their trades or purchases, and return home. They are monogamists, every man having one wife and no more. They do not live in a communal form either, but preserve the family in its integrity. The men are a little above the average height, they are strong and active, and they are noted for their skill in climbing the mountains and in bringing down the game they need. They are very shy and suspicious of Indians from other tribes, and it is only by the most care­ ful and adroit means that a white man can approach them and gain any in­ formation as to their life. The women are smaller in stature, very fond of adornment, and given to fantastic dec­ orations of their faces. The Supai In­ dians appear to be far above many of the other tribes in morals. They look with scorn upon any one who asks them questions as to their married relations, holding that this is no one's business but their own, and the fact that the woman of the tribe who goes wrong is subjected to the most pronounced neglect, and generally is put out of the way, is pretty good proof that they are possessed of a simple, heroic virtue. Mr. Wittick found eleven of the men totally blind. He believes this to be due to the splitting of the 'arrows wheu the bows were stretched too taut. Some of the women who would bo seen sitting barefooted in front of their thatched-roof houses have the most pe­ culiar big toes that were ever cefin on a human being. The toes were not so very large, but they were of abnormal width at the ends. In some cases the big toe would be an inch and a half broad at the end and very flat and thin. Wheu Mr. Wittick and his party en­ tered the canon they found the Supai very gentle and hospitable in their ab­ original way, but verr reticent at tho same time. Proceeding down the canon through the fertile valley, along which was a stream of never-failing water, the purest and sweetest in the land, they reached a magnificent waterfall, where the silvery stream plunges over a preci­ pice 257 feet in height and falling in a stream of the rarest beauty down to the pool below. Cottonwood trees were felled, lashed together, and a ladder made in sections, the whole 7G feet long, and down this the explorer.-? climbed in their exit from the home of these strangely interesting semi-savage folk. The beautiful stream has been utilized by the Indians in irrigating those portions of the valley that were sterile, and it appears that for centuries they have known of this inetftod of aid­ ing nature. An Anrcdotn of Shniidnn. ' While the United States was engaged in the great civil war, France and Aus­ tria took advantage of our compara­ tively helpless condition to attempt the conquest of Mexico, with a view to con­ struct a new empire there under Max­ imilian. Gen. Grant was strongly op­ posed to this policy, and after Appo­ mattox sent Sheridan with an army to the Lower Rio Grande to observe the movements of the foreigners, and to be in readiness to intervene whenever Con­ gress gave permission. An orderly woke the Colonel soon after daylight one morning and urged him to go down to the bank of the river, as something remarkable was go­ ing on there. The Colonel did so, and had the satisfaction of seeing a combat --it could hardly be called a battle-- between the National troops, the adhe­ rents of Juarez, and the Mexicans who were serving under the banner of Max- imi ian and who were in possession of Ma amoras. The object of the Juarez troops was, of course, to drive the onemy from Matamoras and hold the place, as, owing to the proximity of the U. S. forces, it was a very import­ ant point. Each side seemed to be fortified, and was engaged in a contest at long range, which was neither very exciting nor destructive. The next morning an orderly came again to wake the Colonel, and assured him that he would see some genuine fighting. The Colonel hurried down to the bank, and there he saw the Juarez men leave their intrenchmeuts, advance with the utmost intrepidity, storm the works at „,ulllu The patient should sweat as long as turrets, on which were painted flaming ^e ; then, after wiping hastily and announcements of coming events, and Pitting on a well warmed underyest he men on horseback rode up and down get into bed and be well covered the principal thoroughfares with great ^V|th blanketa He should continue to principal thoroughfares with great bill boards strapped on either side of them to attract public attention. The first regular newspaper, The Certain News of This Frexent Week, published in London in 1622, contained no advertisements; but in 1682 adver­ tisements appeared in something like the form in the Mercurios Foliticus. Books were the earliest articles adver­ tised. The great plague in London brought forth the first medical adver­ tisements, In 1700 Addison, reviewing stop by which it can be clasped and held to the end that it overlaps. At the top, you observe the wire-; spread apart and two beautiful diamonds, perfectlv white, are set." Action of Lightning. A Vienna paper states that Prof. Nothnagel, in one of his clinical lectures exhibited to his hearers a young woman, Josepha Schleasler, aged twenty, who had been recently struck by lightning in Styria, and had come to A ienna for treatment in Prof. Nothna­ gel s hospital. The patient suffered from a derangement of tho nervous system. To his remarks on the case the lecturer added a discourse on the effects of lightnincr, substantially as fol­ lows : Formerly it was known that the burns occasionod by lightning had a zigzag figure, and that the further con­ sequences might be paralysis or death. During the last ten years th© lecturer had made comprehensive experiments upon rabbits, with the electric spark of a huge Leyden jar, and had thrown a new light upon the question. The action of lightning upon the brain, the spiual column and the peripheric nerves is shown by the loss of con­ sciousness, the disturbance of the intel­ lect and the extended phenomena of lameness, the latter of which have a tendency to disappear. On the other hand, there are intense nervous phenom­ ena, which strongly represent those produced by railway accidents and other concussions, and which dominate the patient for a long time. Disturb­ ances of sight and speech often occur, and may remain for life or may in part disappear. In other cases there may be observed in the person struck a childish frame of mind, which may in­ cline either to reckless, merriment or to sadness and melancholy. Experience proves that lightning produces its chief effects only at the points of its entrance and exit. Thus, a flaslj which entered a school room injured only the first and last child on the form, those between escaping unhurt. Prof. Nothnagel pointed out that in the treatment of lameness and other constitutional per­ turbations due to lightning, mettalloth- erapy is most efficient, a large horse­ shoe magnet being applied alternately to the head trunk and the limbs. This process led to tetter results thaa the electric treatment recently adopted. In case of a quite recent stroke the cloth­ ing should be unfastened, the patient laid with hoad high, quietness and fresh air should be secured, and, if con­ sciousness cUmss not return, the head should beof cold water.--E\ A Profit "When a inan'8 A beautiful maid Ie a charming sight to g'l That is what you heard tne * maiden sing in "The Mikado," says a New York correspondent. She was telling about a capital punishment which she had witnessed, and her declaration that the doomed man just before losing his head gazed npon her pretty face for courage was always taken as a Gilbert fantasy. But the idea is actually put into practical use in the largest New York establishments where teeth are ex­ tracted under laughing gas. I have been there two or three times, and have watched this feature of the busiuess with amused interest. Now, as you may readily know, laugh­ ing gas renders the patient oblivious but not insensible. He feels all that is done to him, and often makes a lot of fuss about it, but upon awakening he can recall nothiug that has happened. It is when the "man's afraid" that the "beautiful maid" is placed before him as "a charming sight to see." In other words, while the strong- armed dentist stands at one side of the victim's chair with the gas-bag ready for him to breathe out of, a girl with an amiable, pretty face takes a position close to tne opposite arm. She gazes sympathetically yet smilingly into his face. She isn't coquettish about it. It may be described as a sort of cousinly smile--that is, somewhere between a sisterly grin and an ogle, with no tie of consanguinity in it. As the man breathes in the gas and loses his seuses the last fading vision is that of the girl's encouraging face. The practical value of this device lies in the fact--and I have this on the authority of the boss of the place--that a goodly portion of the patients would become obstreperous and violent while under the influence of the gas but for the effect of the girl's presence. That may seem like non­ sense, but in practice it proves to be good sense. When the man awakens he finds his guaradian angel is still there, and he departs feeling, I sup­ pose, that she has taken a deep and and poignant interest in his particular case. One Female Farmer. I am a bachelor, and I can say with more or less emotion that I like the state of single blessedness--as yet. I am not old and am not cranky, but I do often feel a sense of freedom when I read of babies' concerts and the serv­ ant-girl problem. Do not infer, how­ ever, that I dislike children. I love them just as much as any woman on earth--when they are silent as the an­ gels and as clean of face. And there are times, too, when a kind of sym­ pathetic uneasiness seizes me, and I long for a woman to help and support me. Sueh a paroxysm overcame me the other day when I read of Mary Strat- ton. And I was not cooled at all by the fact that Miss Stratton is a farmer. She read a paper before tlie Erie County Farmers' Institute last August, andshe lives near the great unsalted Erie, at ,, , . ... that junction of four farms which Matamoras, aud drive the adherents of form8 Wales Center. What aroused me Maximilian through the town and far j beyond out into the open country. Of course Sheridan could not fend a fpreo to the other side of the river without the authority of Congress and the War Department. That would have been an unheard of proceeding. What he did do was to give om of his brig­ ades a leave of absence, aud that set- was Miss St rat ton's display of wisdom, and I do admire hard sense. Miss Stratton won the distinction of being the ablest farmer in the Empire State by this paragraph of her address: "After Congress has done all that they can; after Farmers' Alliances have farmer's done all they can, the farmer's pros- , ,, - „ .. . pects will depend upon the farmer hira- tled the question as far as Matamoras the attention he gives to every de- was concerned.--2he Century tor Oc- >. .i ^ ^ U L tober. sweat freely during the early part of the night. Sometimes he will not do this even after the application of the treatment advised. If he does not he should be given ten grains of quinine. If for a day or two afterward he eats and drinks but little, and keeps within doors, the chances are that he will have ab^r'ed hi« SIXTY voyages around Gape Horn have ueeu uf V}%.t>ain *4 Mystic, Conn. Ring That Will Fit Any Finger. . A young man went into a jewelry store down town recently, and doveloped so much uncertainty of mind as to what finger he wanted to wear the ring on, white he was certain that he wanted to ; ^ through tlie keyhole. buy a ring with two diamonds, that the : Maud-The idea! Why, the key tail of his work, the thought, the brain lie devotes to it."--'Texas Siftings. An impossibility. Clara--I think it's a shame I can't entertain a gentleman alone. While Mr. Dashaway was iu the parlor last night I just know that you were peek- salesman finally asked, "Why don't you buy a ring that will fit any finger?" The dude grasped at the idea as a re­ lief to the strain he was suffering under, and asked for one. The salesman took was on the inside. --New York Sun. IN a book lately published, "To Eu­ rope on a Stretcher," the author says that on board the Italian steamship, from the show-case a ring set with two j plying between New York and Marseil- diamonds, and said: | les, a white ox was kept as a supply of "This is a very prett/ device. The fresh meat; but the sailors grew too ring is composed of two strands or legs i fond of it to give it up, and it weat to of gold wire, which meet and overlap the end of the voyage unharmed A Strang* Preacher Discovered tn - tral Pennsylvania. « A second Noah has arisen among the 3 people, and his voice is sounding like ft f truAipet among the simple Amkh Men- ? nonjt.es of Central Pennsylvania. "Prepare," he cries, "prepare for the | ] coming of the second flood--the flood of | fire and brimstone!" The only ark which this latter day 2 Noah is building is the ark of faith. He | claims to speak with the voice of in- ;j spiration, and not of his own volition, | It is John D. Kauffman. His revela- | tion is that on or about the year 2000-- f sooner, perhaps--it may be at any mo- ^ ment, the Savior will come a second | time into the world, bearing with him a | sword of flame, and will destroy the ? world. '|S Like the Noah of old, Brother Kauff- i man's words of warning fell on many p: unbelieving ears, but he is also more % fortunate than the father "of Shem and a Ham and Japhet, for he has a very re- S spec table contingent of believers among j the Amish people. He is making a J tremendous sensation in that section by | the supposed miraculous manner of his preaching. -| John IX Kauffman is a farmer by % trade. He owns his forty acres in the town of Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., 5 and is said to be in a prosperous condi­ tion. He was born in Ohio in 1847. ^ When he was 7 or 8 years old his family • moved to Indiana, and he has been a resident of that State ever since. The a only education that he had, he says-- j boasting of his lack of it-r-was that fur- 3 nished by the primer and second reader. " He never read the Bible through until • six or seven years ago. Mr. Kauffman po^e3 as a very bash­ ful and retiring sort of man. He ' not speak at all in public, he and his friends say, when he is in his natural state. It is oniy when the trances fall upon him, and an overpowering com­ mand to speak is laid upon him, that he finds tongue to utter the revelations. One evening about ten years ago Mr. Kauffman was sitting on his own porch with his good wife. He had been, he says, nervous and fidgety for some time, - and he suffered from a severe headache, •! the cause of which he could not account 3 for. Suddenly his consciousness fled, ^ and he began to mutter strange words : which his wife was unable to under- stand. Then, without warning, he • flopped down on his knees and began J to preach and pray like one inspired. ; His wife tried to arouse him from bis trance, but she might as well have sought to move the house by her own v strength. For over half an hour he spoke, his eyes tightly closed, and when ! it was finished he was completely ex- « hausted. I This was the beginning of his preach- kg- ^ There are two or three physical phe- i nobnena in connection with this unor- dained minister's somnambulism that " Are rather strange. He never falls into a trance while traveling, though his wife and a neighbor, who travel with him to see>that he does himself no harnS,-declarfe tii^^he ofteu has pre­ liminary nervousnesX** ^pr does he go iuto a trance unless th^iW"-^ ^those present who noed his revelafiJtas. Stranger still is the fact that if his lis­ teners be German the unconscious man talks that language to them, while if f-hey speak only English he is inspired | o use our tongue alone. If the audi- ' ence be mixed, as it usually is, he talks ;J part of the time in English and part in ( frflrmnn. fntrimc* mnm nf Inn-German, giving more freely of the lan­ guage predominating among his list§A~ exa< - * ** Shlp-fStttldlng for thq Great Comparatively few people have any , idea of the magnitude of the carrying ' trade of the great lakes. BradstreeVs recently gave some surprising .statistics. From them it appears that duriiTg 234 days of navigation last year tonnage passed through the Detroit River to the amount of 10,000,000 tons more than the entries and clearances of all the ,, seaports in the United States, and | 3,OUO.OOO tons more that the combined 1 foreign and coastwise shipping of Liver- | pool and London. Nor does this in- | elude traffic between Lakes Superior i and Michigan, or Lakes Erie and On­ tario, or local traffic between ports on these lakes, It may also surprise many to know that nearly three times as many ;= boats yearly pass through the St. Mary's j Falls canal at Sault Ste. Marie as pass 3 through the*Suez canal, with an aggre­ gate tonnage of 7,221,935, as recorded in 1889, against 6,783,187 for the Suez canal, though with only 234 days of j] navigation, whereas the Suez canal is j open the year round. | In the matter of ship-building,though the fleet of the lakes numbers only 225 'j ot a total of 994 vessels for the country, J the tonnage last year was almost ex- actly equal to that of the Atlantic, gulf, J and Pacific ship-yards combined. The y, growth of ship-building on the lakes | has been very marked in the •ast few 1 years. In 1885-87 there were thirty-one boats built, with a valuation of $4,084,- 000; in 1889-90 there were fifty-six built, with a valuation of $7,866,000. The tendency here, as elsewhere, has been toward iron and steel for big ships. Ten were built of steel in Cleveland in 1889-90, aggregating 22,989 tons. One of steel and one of iron were built in Detroit and two of iron in Buffalo. , Poor Old Gentleman. The peddler or follower of any trade which is liable to be considered a nuis­ ance, can console himself for many re­ buffs if he happens to have a keen sense of humor. The disappointment at not selling his goods is somewhat offset if lie can direct to a joke at the Uhappre- ciative individual, and sometimes the joke effects a sale after all. Mr. Grant is a handsome man, of dignified and even imposing manner. Not long ago he was writing busily at his desk when a tattered personage with a large basket on his arm entered the office. He carried his basket past the clerks and the junior partners, rested it on Mr. Grant's desk, and ejaculated,-- "Won't yer buy some of these patent collar buttons, 10 cents apiece?" Mr. Grant did not look up from his writing, but waved his left hand with a stately gesture toward the door. "Mister, won't yer have some of these patent collar buttons, 10 cents apiece, three for a quarter ?" urged the in­ truder, in a louder tone. Again Mr. Grant pointed a dignified forefinger toward the door without looking up. The collar button mer­ chant watched him reflectively, and then shouted at the top of his voice, "Patent collar buttons--fine article,-- three for 25 cents ?" Mr. Grant pointed imperiously to the door, still with an air of being too busy to look up to see who was thus inter­ rupting him. But he was the only per­ son in the office who did not look up. He of the basket turned tohia au^ence and said, sadly,-- "Poor old genti he's deffl|^^M>. •inthef *