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IMJT Has a Duspesate ,--;--iijfer wltk m Subscriber, Mtf bMcrtbas tl»Dnei. XEsteUine (Dak.) BelL] The editor of one of the Bell's most Talned exchanges, the Harney Hooter, recently had a personal encounter with a subscriber. We clip the following ac­ count of the affair from last /week's Mooter: ' ) A COWARDLY ATTACK! I A VN® VIRJIAIN MAKES AN ATTEMPT TO THROTTLE THE HOOTEB!--THE i BOOSTER GETS LEFT ! "Wednesday, while we were coming out of the Maverick saloon, kept by the gentle­ manly Ed La Place, with the intention of proceeding quietly to our home "and secur­ ing dinner and then returning, we were Met by the notorious Jim McSweensy. As our readers know, he is a dangerous and unscrupulous man, and had to leave the State* for various crimes. He accosted us tonghly, at the same time BEACHING INTO HIS POCKET. We instantly saw that his intention was to make a murderous assault upon our life* Had we been armed, we should have re­ turned the fire before he could draw, and left him WELTERING IN BIB OWN BLOOD, but being without a gun of any kind, and having a family depending upon 'us ior supj ort, we put down our first thought to clinch the villain and FIGHT HIM WHILE LIFE LASTED, and turned and ran down the Btreet, think­ ing iu this way to avoid him, as we plainly saw he was drunk and not responsible for his actions, and we did not wish him to DIE BY OUR HANDS. No sooner had we started than he called for us to halt, and immediately gave chase, thus confirming our suspicions that the at­ tack was COLD-BLOODED AND PREMEDITATED. We had not gone far when we In some way ran into Jim's line boll-dog, Western Ter­ ror, and fell down several tim<>s in very rapid succession. We at last regained our feet and LIT OUT LIKE A SCARED CYCLONE, Jim's valuable dog keeping a close hold of our coat tails and barking as much ns possi­ ble under the circumstances. The mur­ derer Btill pursued us, all the time uttering FIENDISH AND UNNATURAL CRIES which would have instantly curdled the •ery life-blood in the veins of an Eastern journalist, but we being Ions accustomed to the free life of the West did not give them a minute's attention. We ran rapidly across toward Cote *ve soon left the Si it boen for the animal still HUNG ONTO iyiv irot tean.. e * OUR street, and would rel behind had it which intelligent COAT-TAHi like grim death, and somewhat interfered Swith our progress, so that we ran too near Hank Barton's valuable cow pony, which became frightened and rushed against us and caused us to roll over a number of times. Regaining our feet, and with the dog still in position, we again started, with the 'fiend in hot pursuit. At this point the boys connected with the Grubstake outfit came out oS the Senate saloon and taking ns for a horse thief began firing AND UTTERING UNEARTHLY YELLS. Not caring to return their fire, we simply returned the yells and dashed madly down the street. We could almost feel the hot breath of the pursuer. The intelligent dog was now flying straight out behind, which, together with the confusion of the moment, caused several prominent citizens not to "recognize us, and they also joined in the firing, while the clerks from Bull & Whacker's supply store, thinking we were a prisoner escaped from the county jail, very properly began throwing eggs at us. (See B. & W.'B large new £}. in this week's Hooter.) About this time sectoral cowboys on horseback and IFEMBEBS OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE ON FOOT ined the chase, while (he coroner came u «tde Ffreet riding a mule, no doubt attracted by the ' * HORRIBLE YELLS OF THS ENEMY. After runuing about four blocks farther we reached our fine new office, next to the Grand Pacific Saloon, and rushed in. Our . coming was so precipitate, as We might say, ' that our compositor dropped a handful of solid nonpareil and • BLAZED AWAY AT US with his Smith & Wesson. We crawled under the desk, and friends came in and removed the dog, and informed us that the would-be murderer had stopped, exhausted. We received many congratulations over ' our show of speed, which, it is said, was never surpassed in the West. A few mo­ ments later the cutthroat came in. Our friends held us from LEAPING AT HIS THROAT LIKE A TIGER, and he oifered the lame excuse that as he was about to leave for the East to reside he had wished to pay his subscription, and had reached in his pocket for the money. He then handed«over the dust, and went out. WE DO NOT BELIEVE HIS STORY, and had he not left for the East the same afternoon should have had revenge if it cost us our life. As it is, let b\gones be bygones. Oar life was attempted by abase assassin, but it will be noticed that the Hooter is out on time as usual, which fact the so-called editor of the vile opposition sheet down at the other end of town will please make a note of. Tlte Passage of the Torts. ,<• - Capt. Beverly Kennon, who com manded the Confederate gunboat Gov­ ernor Moore, and helped in fighting Farragut below New Orleans, has a pa­ per in the Century, from which we , quote as follows: "The evening pre­ vious to the battle I reported to Gen. Duncan, the commander of the two ports, my observations on the enemy's movements, as seen by myself from the : mast-head. Yet to my knowledge no ' picket boat was sent down by us, or any means adopted to watch the enemy anil guard against surprise. The re- suit was they were abreast the forts be­ fore some of our vessels fired a shot. In a few moments this space was filled with smoke from the guns and ex­ ploded shells, intensifying the darkness of the night. A slacking of the fire on both sides was necessary, since neither could distinguish friend from foe. In > .some places no object was distinguish­ able until directly upon it, when it was as soon lost to view, yet the United States squadron steamed ahead, blind­ folded, as it were, through the dark­ less and confusion, soon to find them- > . selves in places of absolute safety »n<l with comparatively few casualties. - "At about 3:30 a. m. (April 24, 1862j an unusual noise attracted my attention. As we expected to be attacked at any 'jimoment, 1 descended the ladder to near 'the water, where I distinctly heard the ^paddles of a steamer (the Mississippi). I saw nothing on reaching the deck, but instantly fired the after gun, the one forward being fired by the sentry , 'there; at the same moment the water 5,? - batteries of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip let drive, followed in an instant by a general discharge from all the available g a ns in the forts, and boih /. "batteries of the advancing fleet, Inount- ing 242 guns, and Commander Porter's , Hsquadroon of seven vessels, mounting • seventy-two guns, which attacked Fort J/* Jackson's flank below the obstructions. There was also a splendid practice :.f^from nineteen Federal mortars, which fired their 13-i ch shells at intervals vfe'(between the vessels) of ten seconds. "The bursting of every description of ; ̂ shells quiokly following their discharge, incroaaed • hundred-fold the terrific ,.. nofaioid cent pyrotechnic display which oenl in a space of fbeat J,200yi The ball MMftbfriy oja T the enemy's ships were between forts, and the Uncle Sam of my earlier days had the key to the valley of the Mississippi again in his breeches- pocket, for which he had to thank his gallant navy and the stupidity, tardi­ ness, ignorance, and neglect of v the authorities in Richmond." . flour as an Explosive. : "l • Minneapolis man talked long with a manufacturer of mill machinery whom he met at the Gilsey House. "If the millers were Anarchists," said the Minnesota man, "they could blow up every flour mill in Minneapolis with­ out using dynamite. God only knows the power millers have in their hands if they were devils enough to use it. A flour mill in operation Js almost as dangerous as a powder magazine, and has to be watched as closely. Every coal miner is afraid of fire-damp, and every miller knows his mill is likely to be blown up with a terrible explosion at any moment. To most people that would sound like an exaggeration, but I tell you it is a solemn fact. What blew up your mills in Barclay streat a few years ago? What leveled a whole block of stone mills in Minneapolis not long since, so that it looked as though a cyclone had struck the city? Nothing in the world but flour--one of the deadliest and most powerful explosives known. "If you stand in a flour mill, near the stones, and look across the room toward the sunlight you will see that the air is loaded with flne grain dust. If you had microscopic eyes you would see yourself surrounded with small atoms of grain of all kinds. These atoms form an explosive substance more powerful than any known to Nihilists, \nd tlieir presence, though inevitable, is what makes a flour-mill as dangerous aa a powder pit. Suppose you take a dry ear of corn and set it on .fire. It will burn slowly. Hhell the ear and fire the kernels, and it burns much more rapidly. Grind the corn and it will burn like paper. Reduce it to powder--to dust--and, if ,ignited, it goes off like a flash. That is the state in which flour is dangerous, when it is finer than flour. If a mill becomes overcharged with this dust, and it is ignited, away goes the mill. "Several years ago the large Wash­ ington mills in Minneapolis caught fire. They were going at the the time. Those who knew the danger gave the alarm and got out as lively as they could. "Did the mills blow up?" "I should say they did. The walls were made of stone, six feet thick, and when the explosion came they tumbled out like straw-board. The sheet-iron roof was blown so high from one of the Washington mills that the wind carried it two miles. Men watching the lire at a distance were blown through windows, knocked down, hurled through the air, and several were killed. Sometimes the lighting of a pipe in a grain-house will demolish the building. In a Scot­ land mill a man once Kt a cigar. In a second the room seemed filled with fire, and there was a terrible roar. When the smoke cleared away the four walls of the mill lay flat on the ground and the roof lay several hundred feet away. Witli the exception of a band scare and singeing not a person was hurt. The dust burned, creating a great heat-- New York Star. Ire. Burnett, the Authoress. Of course you want to know about Mrs. Burnett; everybody does who has read a line she has written. * Mrs. Bur­ nett is disappointingly short and'some­ what too broad-shouldered to be per­ fectly proportioned. There my criti­ cism of her would cease. She has a magnificent head covered with rather fair, fluffy, wavy hair. Her face is beautifully molded and very white. People call it spirituelle, but I don't agree with them. It is a face that ex­ presses keen, rather strong intellect­ uality, perception, rather than grasp. Her eyes are blue and somewhat prom­ inent. She has a nose that would have distinguished her in Attica, and perfect lips--firm, full, and well chiseled. She talks simply and naturally, without a trace of aifect&tion. It was rather a marvel to me that the greatness that conceived "That Lass o' Lowrie's," and the art that wrought "Louisiana" could be so unconscious in a woman. She lias two splandid boys oi the junior Knickerbocker period who* are very devoted to their mother and .amusingly proud of her. And, while she must be older, she does not look over thirty. She lives in a prettily modeled house on K street, furnished in a fashion to delight the soul of a bric-a-brac hunter; and her husband, Mr. Burnett, an ocu­ list of wide reputation, is quite as popu­ lar as she is. When Mary Anderson was in En­ gland last, Tennyson asked her if she had met Mrs. Burnett. Miss Anderson "couldn't remember," but "thought she had." Whereupon the poet peer com­ missioned her to inform Mrs. Burnett on her return that in his opinion a cer­ tain passage in "Through One Admin­ istration" was the finest piece of En­ glish he had ever seen. Miss Anderson promised, came back to America, sent the message to Mrs. Burnett, but forgot the passage. Mrs. Burnett's gratitude and gratification were naturally great. -- Hash ing ton letter. Planetary Velocity. It is difficult to comprehend-&s%ln addition to the earth's motion around the sun the latter is also moving through space at the rate of 160,000,000 miles in a year. 1 The astronomers of the last century discovered that our solar sys­ tem was flying thfougli space in the direction of the constellation Hercules; in other words, if the spectator were to take a stationary point in the heavens, he would see our sun with its attending planets passing through apace at the rate of nearly 400,000 miles per day. Six thousand years ago, it is computed, our solar system was a million millions of miles farther from the stars of Her­ cules than it is to-day. The region in which we are entering is more thickly studded with stars--that is, with suns of other solar systems -- than the heavenly regions we have left behind us. What a marvelous universe we live in! When we travel on a railway car at the rate of fifty miles an hour it makes our head swim; but when we Call to mind that the earth revolves on its axis once in twenty-four hours and around the sun, 92.000 000 miles dis­ tant, in 366 days, and that the sun is flying through space 160,000,000 miles in a year, human consciousness cannot comprehend the mad whirl of worlds by which we are surrounded. SOME oak timber which*in 1824 -had served for 364 years for roof-lieams in an English church, is still doing duty as a seat in a farmer's kitchen. ABOUT the only way to cure if inherited, is to die. al workmfn is German *nit& *ee of 12 and!6 jniais & 18&4 tfasi 158,507. Of these 97,799 were boys and 54,574 girls. They were employed in the following industries: 44,453 in that of textiles, 18,211 in that of articles of food, 17,058 in mines and salt works, 16,765 in the metallurgic arts, 10,497 in the manufac­ ture of machines, tools, eto. In other occupations their number remained be­ low the figure of 10,000. CONSIDERABLE interest is awakened in experiments now proceeding in Pitts­ burgh, which seem to prove that excel­ lent steel can be made directly from iron ore, by mixing in small pieces with 20 per cent, of Rhode Island graphite, reduced in an ordinary heating furnace to a spongy mass, the phosphorous and other impurities flowing oil with the slag, and the mass being ready to be drawn in two hours. Specimens have been hammered into knife blades, de­ veloping fine qualities. WHEN a worn car wheel tread Is ex­ amined under the microscope, it is per­ ceived that the surface of the metal comes off in thin flakes or scales. Ex­ amined under high powers, the scales are found to resemble portions of a brick wall, the fractures being not in the particles of iron, but in the material which unites the particles in a manner similar to which mortar unites the bricks of a wall. Continuous jarring breaks this cement or uniting material tlms allowing iron so treated to fall in pieces. IT was brought out in the discussion at the mechanical engineers' meeting at Chicago that Whitworth, instead of casting steel shafts hollow and ham­ mering them on a mandrel, as was formerly done, casts them solid, re­ moves the center by drilling, and then hammers on a mandrel. When cast solid the unsound portion, technically termed "pipes." is at the center of the shaft, and is removed in drilling; when cast hollow the unsound portion is mid- Way between the outside and inside surfaces, and, of course, was not re­ moved. THERE is this to be said in favor of large water space in a boiler, beyond the question of safety: The more wa­ ter there is the more heat there will be stored up for use, so the steam press­ ure will not vary so much when the demand is not constant or the firing not regular. In this respect the heat in the -water acts similar to the balance wheel of a steam engine; it is, so to speak, a balance wheel between the heat imparted from the furnace and that withdrawn in the steam, and fluct­ uations in either will be modified in their effect in proportion to the body of water. IN casting locomotive cylinders, how to avoid shrinkage at the junction of the arch and cylinder wall is a serious question. The cavity formed liy shrink­ age in this place clearly resembles that formed by gas from an ill-vented core. Casting under pressure from a consid­ erable heat of iron has been found ben­ eficial, but with the utmost care quite a number of cylinders are lost from this •use alone. Sometimes the cavity ex- ends into the port and is easily de­ tected, but often the extent of the bad place can only be determined after the cylinder is broken up.--American Machinist HEISCH and Folkard, Germans, have devised some new thermometers with platinum or porcelain bulbs, by which very high temperatures, even those of white heat, can be measured without having to resort to an expensive or troublesome pyrometer. The reading is taken in precisely the same way as at present with an ordinary thermom­ eter, but the result is obtained by the pressure of air enclosed in the bulb, which is exposed to the heat. This pressure acts directly on a vertical col­ umn of mercury. The bulb is hermet­ ically sealed, and the instrument is un­ affected l>y changes in the height of the barometer. '-vi'-Ji . * ' «»'» 1he Harper*, f"* * cat ten In 1817 John and James Harper, two young printers, began business on their own account on Cliff street, under the firm name of J. & J. Harper. The first book printed was a reprint of "Seneca's Morals," published by E vart Duyokinck, the author of "Reminiscences of Old New York." In a few years Wesley and Fletcher Harper were admitted to the firm, and in 1833 the name "Harper & Brothers" was assumed. After re­ maining for forty years unchanged, the original firm was broken in 1869 by the death of James, the eldest brother. Harper's Mvgazine was star&d in 1850, and was at first purely eclectic, afl its contents being selected from current English periodicals. Henry J. Ray- mond was the firsj; editor, and held the post for forty years. He was succeeded by George Ripley, who in turn was fol­ lowed by Dr. Alfred Guernsey. The present editor is Mr. H. M. Alden. The Editor's Drawer, now conducted by Charles- Dudley Warner, derived its name in a purely accidental way. A drawer in Fletcher Harper's desk had become a receptacle for all sorts of odds and ends, on every imaginable subject; a mixture of newspaper clippings, jokes, prose, and poetry. From this the materials for the Editor's Drawer were taken, and it soon became known as one of the most interesting depart­ ments. Lewis Gaylord Clarke, founder of the Knickerbocker Magazine, was the first editor of the Drawer. He was succeeded by S. Irenoeus Prime, of Ob­ server fame. The first original poetry that appeared in the magazine was by George P. Morris, a short poem, en­ titled "Thy Will be Done," which was published in 1851. The same year the easy chair was named by Donald G. Mitchell (Ike Marvel), and he was the first to occupy it. When Mr. George W. Curtis became the occupant of the chair, he changed the entire character of the department. The expense of running the periodical sometimes reaches $10,000 per number, and single articles have at times cost $1,500 for illustrations alone. It is one of the few firms that j ay for what they take from the English, despite the lack of an in­ ternational copyright. They are said to be the first publishers who aid for manusi-ripts on acceptance, aud Fitz James O'Brien was, according to tra­ dition, the first man pa d in this way. The present firm consists of sons of the original members. By a rule which the four brothers established, all the sons and nej hews, as they enter the estab­ lishment, are obliged to begin at the bottom of the ladder, and learn prac­ tically all the details pf book-making. In this way, every meml>er of the firm knows how to print, run a press or make an electrctype, as well as an em­ ploye. Mr. Jose] <h Harper is virtually the head of the house in a managerial capacity, and to "Mr. Harry" comes the supervision of the periodicals and much of the book work. It was he who started the Young People.--New Fork ElfSyiiote. ' ' ~ Th«j Were, • They Mean, *a|tf fer* Handled. "You can hardly conoehre any class of society that does not wear canes," said the philosopher. "Neither can you fix a time when the staff, the forerunner of the modern oane, was first intro­ duced. The shepherd, the hunter, the fisherman, the wayfarer, the corporal, the marshal, the pedagogue, the mendi­ cant, the king, the sorcerer--all wore and wear now a staff or oane. But did it ever occur to you that the shepherd's ! staff is as much the origin of the mod­ ern dude's cane m the shepherd's dog is the precursor of the fleet greyhound, the watchful spitz, the intelligent poodle, the fighting mastiff, and the tender black-and-tanf Why, the curve on the bishop's traditional staff is in­ dicative of nothing else -than--pardon the slangy expression--to hook b^k an erring sheep into the fold. "The staff of old was not only the stopMt&e Grand Central Depot 618 room*, fitted up at a eost at one million " iwards par day. European astaujMtt supplied with the ae ew:j|pSpr«dp-«leiate4 rail­ road to all dopSts. fSinfltes can live better for iyttflteOiand Union Hotel than at first-class hotel in the city.«r doUar&_II aud ptafi Kevatot beet Borate ou pilgrim's support on his weary voyage and his weapon of defense against the animals of the forest and the footpads of the highway; it was the means by which he jumped ditches and water­ courses. Then it became from a matter of comfort one of luxury. The old Greeks carried canes as tokens of dig­ nity. Don't you recollect from your school days how Socrates used his cane as an aid in teaching his scholars? He didn't whip them, of course, but Xeno- phon tells us how his old teacher used to stop his pupils on the streets of an­ cient Athens and made them answer questions before he let them pass. Rome houored her first Scipio by giv ng him the surname of "the staff" in recognition of the support he was to his old father. "Then, in olden limes, the staff be­ came the necessary attribute of the wayfarer, as Jean Paul says: 'Friend­ ship is a bludgeon on a voyage, love a cane for the promenade.' Modern time, which subjects everything to the ever- changing fashion, has robbed the time- honored stati' of every vestige of dig­ nity and converted it into a cane. Like the snuff box of old and the cigar of to-day, the cane has become the favor­ ite means to give something like grace to men who do not know what to do with their hands, and at the same time to make awkward pauses in a dragging conversation endurable. For any num­ ber of people the t ane, even be it only the insignificant one of the dude, has become a necessary requisite. Take the cane away from them and they seem to be all elbows and hands protruding unnaturally from the coat-sleeves. Peo­ ple will wear a cane under their arm and endanger the eyes and noses of those behind them; they will wh rl them around and hit somebody on the shins; they M ill vacantly suck at the head of the cane or carry it thoughtfully like a sword at rest. Some cannot withstand the temptations to make a dash with their canes at every cat i;nd dog that crosses their path, and others are book­ ing out for the palings of fences or the gratings of basement windows to rattle them merrily with the cane as they walk along. What would some of us do in a gossiping company without a cane? To rest both hands upon it and the chin in turn upon the hands gives one a thoughtful look and leads others to believe that behind the corrugated brows of the apparent thinker slum­ bers a world of ideas. "Thus the cane plays even in social life an important role, and a more hu­ mane one than of old. To the unin­ itiated it may sound paradoxical, but it is, nevertheless, true, that the cane, as well as soap and coal, is a standard by which to measure the culture of a peo­ ple. That men, after having suffered *nueh from applications of staff and cane, have not only left them in exist­ ence but even elevated them to being symbols of elegance and dignity, subject to fashion, like hats, coats, and collars, testifies amply to the good-nature of mankind. The aboriginal Indian, per­ haps, would see in the carrying of a cane a sign of weakness, but then we are judged by higher standards than that. "We rejoice that we succeeded In robbing the beadle and the corporal of the attribute of their office, because the conviction that there are more effective means to uphold order and discipline has become general, and we are proud that we wrung from barbarous ages a token of punishment and converted it into a sort of standard by which to measure good-breeding. See 'i--^Chi­ cago News." FOB nesa and ail i weak lungs, spitting of Mood of breath, consumption, night 11 lingering couglif, Dr. Pierce's Medical Discovery" is a> sovereign retnajj; Buperior to ood liver oil By druggists. of blood, short- iweats, "Golden ~W A French Prison for Women. Saint Lazare is probably one of the strangest prisons in the world. It is as an establishment for women that it is chiefly remarkable. These are class­ ed under two categories--felons and filles. The latter are the miserable women who, according to the irregular and altogether inconsistent flourishes of the prefect's broom, are allowed to swarm upon the pavements by night under the noses of the police, or are caught like birds in a net, to be caged up for some weeks at Saint Lazare. There is no rule ' for their guidance; whether they are caught and imprison­ ed, or are allowed perfect freedom of action, depends very much upon the demand upon space at Saint Lazare, and the need of shirts for the army. When they are seized, the intention is to make them useful. These unfortu­ nate creatures, who more often than not are the victims of cruel circum­ stances, are much more hardly dealt with at Saint Lazare than the thieves and other criminals. These last can receive visits from friends in the par­ lor, and if they have money can obtain pretty well what they wisn from the outside world; but, as regards the oth­ ers, all communication with the world is vigorously cut off All female pris­ oners at Saint Lazare are in charge of nuns, ihey are of the order of St. Vincent de ! aul. Only those of excep­ tionally strong character are chosen for prison duty. If they were not very stern at times they could never keep order among a number of women of J the worst description living in com- i mon. For those who behave badly ' there is punishment of the cachot, or j dungeon. The dungeon in question happens to be a room underneath the tiles, where the initiates get half-frozen in winter and hair-baked in summer. The Sisters are especially severe upon prisoners who commit a breach of de­ corum in language--an offense which they are particularly liable to fall into, inasmuch as the forbidden language is almost their native tongue. A Sister's life at Saint Lazare is harder than that of a prisoner, for it continues year af- { ter year, and is spent in an atmosphere loathsome in proportion as the charac­ ter of the person who remains in it is High and pure.--ijor. Boeton 2**ns- cripL y An Excellent Appetite, t •Your appetite is good enough. Toil have no reason to complain in the mat­ ter of health, Everest." "No. You are correct," replied &»- ereat. "I have a recipe," he added; "sure thing every time." "Hey? Recipe? What is it?" "H--'m. Might tell you. Had to pay the doctor for it myself. Confi­ dential, mind?" and Evereat leaned over to whisper impressively in his friend's ear: "Two things. Make it a rule never to eat them with dinner. Consequence, always sure of * good appetite." Evereat hesitated, tilted back in his chair, and cautiously scanned his friend's features, seemingly debating with himself whether or not to divulge his recipe. "Well--what--what is it you don't eat with your dinner ?" inquired that gentleman, somewhat nonplused. Evereat leaned forward and again whispered slowly and impressively in his friend's ear: "Breakfast and sup­ per, you greenhorn!"--Lynn Union. THB most astonishingly beneficial results have followed the use of Bed Star Cough Cure by those affected with throat and lung troubles. Price, twenty-five cents. It Was Not the Dost. "This lime dust here in Austin is ruinous to the eyes," said Jones. Smith--"Have your eyes become af­ fected?" Jones--"No, mine are all right, but Gol. Yerger has become so nearsighted that he doesn't bow to his nearest friends when he meets them on the street." Smith--"It's not lime dust that pre­ vents him from recognizing his friends." Jones--"Perhaps he has a boil or rheumatism in the back of his neck." Smith--"It's not that, either." Jones--"What is it, then ?" Smith--"He got a telegram from Washington last week that the Senate would probably confirm his appoint­ ment It's pride that prevents him from recognizing his friends oil the street."--Texas Si/tings. - 2&g< Manager of tli one of CAPTAIN BEN B. BULLWINXLE, the founder •nd improver of the fire insurance patrol sys­ tem of Chicago, and now Agent and General Arizona Cattle Company, is the most popular and best known fire­ men in America, and, daring the past year, ' has become prominently identified with the most extensive cattle interests of the far We >t Captain Bullwinkle is a native of New York City, where he was bora, the eldest of three : , children. March 17,1847. His father, Charles T. I Bullwinkle, died in 1857, anrl his mother, Eliza ! Laughl is Bullwinkle, three years previous to that date. Witk a younger brother and sifter dependent upon liis sole energies, at the age of ten years Captain Bullwinkle became an errand bov, and contributed to the support of his fam­ ily until his sister was married and his brother became a jeweler. When he was fifteen years old the ambitious Ben entered the Chicago Fire Department, then a volunteer service, and drove the chief's wagon. This necessitated his attendance at all fires that occurred, and ho became practical as a fire-fighter and in •very detail of the system. His diligence and ability soon commanded attention, and when the insurance companies organized the fire patrol service in New York, PuLadelphia, and Boston, and their committee of three com­ pleted the service in Chicago, the indisputa­ ble qualifications of Captain Bullwinkle led to his selection as head of the svst-em, and Oct. 2, 1870, the first company in Chicago was estab.ished. The great fire of 1871 did not prevent its reorganization. From this grew the West Division and Stock Yards compa­ nies, all under the control of the Captain, who, hn»lm»t«iiii iiSwiw a Iron Bittar* tiaa ecaipMaiy Ma. W. H. HrraMQCK. I •nihrad ' I h»v« oaad BrtmH eoaddHrH«a«BM Osn^MhM atoraTnfe Maik aa* «a«npK Take a* acker. • •new curnuu coi, IAIT ELY'S CREAMBALM J was cured befor< Ihe ttcond bottle oj Cream Baln> «a* txhaeuUd. J\ was troubled with cftrott to catarrh,, gathering in head, difficulty in breath ing, and dischargea from my earn.--C. J. Vorbin, 903 Chest­ nut /Street, Philadel ohia. A particle is applied into each nostril and ia i to use. Fries 50 cts., by mail or at druggists, circular. KLY BKOTHEHS, Druggist*,Oweffo, fIDIIIIIHablt Curad. TreatH«nts«M<M trial VriVH HuMAKsKnuDTOo^l*£,ay*t**.la&. M in ti men meantime, made numerous improve- in the system, and so increased the A HUGE derrick-pole fell and severely injured the foot of Mechanical Engineer E. R. Hovt at the New Orleans Exposition, and after only three applications of St. Jacobs Oil, all the swelling and pain disap­ peared. . , ' i], J Scientific Poetry. The natural rate of respiration is from sixteen to twenty-four breaths per minute, the Average being twenty; and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes has explained the popula ityof the octosyl­ labic verse by the fact that it follows the natural rhythm of respiration more exactly than any other. Experiments with tne poetry of Scott, Longfellow, and Tennyson, sho^that an average of twenty lines will be read in a minute, so that one respiration will suffice for each line. The articulation is so easy, in fact, that it is liable to ran into a sing-song. The twelve-syllable line, on the other hand--as in Drayton's "Folyolbiou"--is pronounced almost intolerable on account of its unphysio- logical construction. From this it fol­ lows that, while the poets disregard science in many ways with impunity, uothing in poetry or in vocal music is likely to win favor that is not calculat­ ed with strict reference to the respira- iutj functions. Groaning on»B«4of Agoa?, . ' In the throes of rhsomatton, which has reaehsd the inflammatory stags, the Invalid has just causa to deplor* ths inefficiency of medicinss which conld neither uproot ths disease at Its outatart, nor avert its dreaded climax. Hostat- tor's Stomach Bitters is A medietas Which, with­ out the danger attending the use of some of ths ordinary specifics for this malady, is infinitely more ^bunching and effective. Used at the start, it cheeks the progress of the disease, and expels, or neutralizes, the rheumatio virus in the blood. Who so takes It incurs no risk, and is sum to be benefited. Valuable in rheuma­ tism, it is equally effloaeioos aa a remedy for neuralgia, liver complaint, indigestion, chills and fever, debility, and inactivity of the kid­ neys and bladder. It may, also, be relied upon to jpromote sleep and appetite. ^ ' " One of the Tests. - *Teu sey," continued the lawyer in the cross-examination,, of sr witness, "that Jones is your friend?" "Yes, sir." "What reason have you to believe that he is your friend? "We havejN&soeiated together for ten years." "Well?" "Wo never had a word of dispute." •Well?" "I have always found him fair and square." "That may be, but did you ever ask him to back a note at the bank for you?" ' "No, sir." "Then yoti don't know him--dont begin to know anything about him, sir, and you shouldn't assert that you did." --Detroit Free Press. "SPIRIT," says Emerson, "primarily nwans wind." Now we understand why a windy harangue is referred torsM a spirited address. "It Knocks the Spots," and everything in the nature of eruptions^ blotches, pimples, ulcers, scrofulous humors, Utility and rapidity of the service that the President of the United States and dignitaries of various lands regarded his manipulation of the wagons as a marveL He was consu ted frequently by the chief boards of underwriters in fire matters, and in December, 1875, and in February, 1878, was presented with a badge and gold watch and chain, of a value aggregating nearly a thousand dollars, as a token of appre­ ciation and respect As a member or the Apollo Commanderv, Knights Templars, as an attendant of tin* l>re.-<b_vterian Church, as a business man, and socially. Captain Bnll- winule was prominently and universally es­ teemed. He was married Nov. 5, 1873, to Miss I Angelica J. Moody. They have one child, a | sou. Iu 188T> the Captain found a change of I climate desirable to nis health, and accepted his present important and responsible posi­ tion, as manager of tho Arizona Cattle Com­ pany, with extemivo ranches at Fort Kicker- ; son, near Flagstaff, Arizona, There, as in , Chicago, his business tb lity and popuar social : i qualifications have made hrm a useful and j I eminent member of the community. Under date of Aug. 31, 1880, Captain Bull­ winkle accepted an offer from THE CHICAGO LEDGKK, and consented to identify himself With literary fama The result is a story-- "Rube, the Hanchman"--which, while depict­ ing the experiences of ranuh life, also con­ tains some piecing allusions to the old fire- ttKfjnwn* OU Brewster' OFFICER SP Pay. . etc. Write for circulars SL . McCORMICK k SON*. Cincinnati. O. _ dity. Sampled worth not tinder tile bone's ft Safety Rein Holder. (BENTS WANTED tonus & circulars nd's K.VTIOXAIiPUB. QO»Clltcsm>« WANTED Aa active FRKE MA80W to _ every county in the U. 8. A drsspw HUNTINviTO:* & CO.. Chiciiro, SET S.*A.I as to paten WANTED A , DO YOU SfiSJ SSRft*. 1! eo. snbscribe for TIlK I'HIl'AOtt V only St.AO per year. Your JftMtaMttsrjs it and will receive jrour xnbsenption. ADVERTISERS this paper, ersMsin e «n advsrtWng tpscs w*en in Chicago, will 45 to 49 Randolph St., | ~ the Advertising Agency of j Mi patrol career, with which the Captain is so familiar. teresting novelty. The opening chapters of this popu- familiar. The story is replete with the most interesting details, aud will prove a charming >. Tl) " * "• ' lar story will appe », the only first-class story paper . _>ear m CAQO LEDGER, published . in the West, sample copies' of which will be mailed to any address free. Send your name and address upon a postal card get a specimen copy of the paper, and see how you like it We know it will please you. Address THK CHICAGO LEDGER, Chicago. I'1 THEY have fogs BO dense in Pittsburg that the citizens use them to stuff pillows and mattresses with.-- Washington Critic. EVERYTHING is beautiful in cheiry time, but not to the man who eats milk and cherries. | A Hard Fata It to, indeed, to always remain in poverty sad obscurity; be enterprising, reader, and avoid this. No matter in what part you are located, you should write to Halititt A Co., Portland, Maine, and receive, froe, full particulars about work that you can do at home, at a profit of at least #5 to $25 and upwards daily. Some have earned over €50 in a day. All is new. Capital not required. You are started tne. Fjth+r sex. All ages. Better not delay* BKB-B1TO9. FIXES. Flies, roaches, ants, bed-bt moths, sata, mice, sparrows, chipmunks, oleared ont by' No Rope to Gilt Off Hsrset' Nun*. Celebrated 'ECLIPSE* HALTBB, u>dBB10M«MaUae«,cu.i( not be Slipped by any homa Ssnpla Halter to any part of D. & free, oa receipt of (1. 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H»«pe«tlhllfi MONTGOMERY WARD 4 C& »gQ WaSaahAveaaa.CMaa«a»IM» and incipient consumption, which ia nothing more nor less than sorofuli * completely out of the system. and" invigoratea tho liver, tones up the stomach, regulates the bowels, purifies tile blood, and builds up the weak places of the body. It is a purely vegetable compound, and will do more than is Claimed for it We refer to Dr. Pier eft * Golden Medical JHt- covery." , A &AST farewell- his business. gfrtnf np "As (3®odl ss Heir,** are the words used by.a lady, who was at one time given up by the moat eminen t physic:ai>JL and left to die Seduced to a mere skeleton, fiale and haggard, not able to leave her bed, rom all those distressing diseases peculiar to suffering females, such as displaoemsnt. inflammation, etc., eta She began taking Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription," and also using tne local treatments reoosomended by him, and is no**, she says, "aa good as new." Prioe reduced to one dollar. By druggists. 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