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AILROAD TIMB TABLB.
INOIH CENTRAL—IOWA DIVISION.
DAT PAMSHHUR UOISO Uk*T
loax Cltv 6 30 A. M.. arrlvM at Cedar
M., DSbnqne kN 1*. JL, OMcago
"MSl.
BAT
riwmaii noma w«*t.
tirt
ntiicago \h00 P. M., arrive at Dnbnqne 7:16
A. i,
arrive at Cedar fall* 14:15 P. Ft. Dod^e
W»T M.
Ni«mr rAaaaxaEB soma mt.
MVe(ftlitto3.00 A.M., leare DaTnHpreT:*5
TC«ICSrC«lttr»a f« A. M„ UitMxOlty
MIMIT PAgtNUtOER UOIHa XAT.
l«*e Ft Tkxljce S:40 P. Irrive
Fal» 10:11 P. Dnhaqac Mi A. X.
k8C?.ll.
rmtiuiiT
OMHr «aM, learn Cedar Fall* at 3:l» ft.
lnj Wit. pa»f rdaf FatU at ik©7 A. M.
CIDAIt FAI.I.S AND MI N N KSOTA.
north, leave thf Junction at 12:45 M.
fcio-
A.M. Hatarnlut, aril*® at .Inaction at
aad
«:0« and flTtt V M.
W KKNOALL. Station Agent.
R^K.INQTON. VBvAR RAPIDS A MINN.
SUA It KACtD* ACCOIWOn,TIOir.
I^mtcs Cedar Fall* at 5:05 P. M. Arrive* a
Cedar Rap!il« 7:4R P. M.
4ar Katie Accommodation-—Leavaa Cedar
Ratiidc «t K to A. Arrive* at Cedar Fall 18:0ft
P. a. Makee connecttona at WWTWpMa WW
the Iforthwettern.
DAT
Hli hards
lHrte(»r» of /b»r-/rtw-wj
SH
••gtr, Caleb May.
teipilar Sewiona of the Board—Mrat Monday*
I binary, June and September.
TOW^IMIP OFVICBM.
JYutt**—W
A Hotehkisa. Fra.,k VoM,|J.M.
"dfaaaln.
14T&-
Laale
tx
K oaf p.
.4*«, O H. Richinonia.
tf th' r*aet Laofear Kaspttk S. W.
|rn*ri!
'ohlM—' I. Koj e.Oco. PWlpot.
CITY •rnotRi.
Ma»fr E. TOWNSENXi.
Aldermtn.
14
WttrU—3.
P. Zelziflf, H. lli
Adam*.
A tile men, Ward—4.
M. Benjamin, Marin
Brown
Ahtertrum, Ward—
Eliaa Overman, O. B.
4ndrew». '~^i
AlUrmtm,
4U War4
J. SaitorL «^A»
BNhop
'i/y
Trtaxurer
Knapp.
iy
At*ettor
Lanfear
i'ity Clrrk
S. N. Pierce,
t'y J. P. I-elite*. naa^
J|tyJ|unri]»e^^ri-Qe*day in aackmoi.t|
a. *A«LSK hool «OAR».|
Treasu Kimppk
lHr4Ct0f
BAPTIST--Caipf4fyUI*w 5l»8lre«U,"Rev.
Piator Hervlre* every Sabbath
•nafl
PKESBTTERIAN—Main Street between 6tk
id 7th Rev 8 R. Griffith. Pa*tor. Service* every
luhbath at 10Vi A. M. and P. M. Sabbata
boo) nt 14
CONGREGATIONAL
CJi
t»H A
"I
8
-Corner Clay and Bth St„
M^sXbath^fioSrS
CATnOLIC~-Wa*hinirton Street between 7th
Vid 8th, Father Flavin. Services every Sab
kath at
A.M. and
1
or
10Y^
fd«
»e
A.
M.
J.
&4kli
Sabbath School
[AN LVTHKBAN—Fremont Street. Re*
roard FoeUch Pa»tor Services every Sabbat!
GERMAN U1THERAN
I0S A.
KV ANUKLICAL Curoer or Franklin and 8th
Itreet*. Rev.
Harlneher, Paator
"ft,",#1!!.
A.M. and
MASONIC.
^|jn BLACK RAWt L01
-RejWar Meeting* at
^jr oi or before the Ft
RAWt LOfcOENO A*-* A
Masonic Hall, on the Moi
Full Moon in each month
Van Sann, W 1. Huffman. S. IV.j
Bradley J. W I. F. Whitney. Sec y.
VALLEY CHAPTER, R. A. NO SO. Reg*
Meeting* at Masonic Hall, on the Wednesdia
the Fall Moon of each month. P.
Tl K. S,
I'y.
BALDWIN COlQtoBtfftSK. MO. 11.^
Icnlar Meetincs arMawaftflBSll, onfnday on 4r
Jaan,
eroea the Full Moon of each inoatk O. B. Vau
E C. S. A. Bishop, Gen. K.Towasend.
O. S. H. Packard, Recorder.
K. o. or o. r.
CEDAR FALLS LODGE, NO. 71,1. O. OF O.
sts at Masonic Hall, oa Thnreday evening ef
week- Traveling Brother* are cordial!* 1*.
Sited to attend. Geo. B'earn*, N. G., W. A.
tobias
•on.Sec'y.
iontral R. R. of Iowa.
i 11|'t-
Oaealoosa..
Wdyville......
Arrive Albia
1*15 P.
M.
1:M
*00
Hi»i awn.
a^atsss't:
MA
MO A.
8:»
6:00
1:48
Orianell 14 56 P. M.
Marshalltown.... 1S3
Ackiey 4:40
P. If.
4:00
Arrive Mason City 7:00
CaaaseHai.
laaoH OlTT,
llwaf. dlt«e(
I aad Sal at
'ttSSTi&J
Aosurr, wift' lliiiwla Central R. for Da
taqae, Freeport. Ft. Dodge and Blaax City
-sisraf CUeifO, Rock Island and Pa
JL STAw Rock lalaad.
pwOfcgT SasMoines, Otaakaud
^tormu, wltk Bee Moines Valley R. K. for
Suplaik, Warsaw, Jackaoavllle aad Sontkern
Illlaels.
ev
R. a. at Albia
n at ttli P.
xt aioralnc
^olfcaaAassAaWMS ai—i— t
tsiw|P w "1
1
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Business Directory.
.AV
I In Kxoh
T^i*'!
iiriim.
Uar.^s Rnrllngton A.Mr arrfrm at Cedar
K*ll» at 4 M. Leave* Cedar Falln at 4 A. M.
ArrlTco ti BviliiKton 11:45 P. M. Muke*connec
l'edw#pplrt» both waye.
»b«»»HT—•onto *6vm
Trntm
O&ir .!l» at h#
U. D. ADAMS, Station Agent.
flBOAR FALLS
ARRIVAL AND DBi
RaaMrn -Arrives at 8 ArVand 1». Cloaea
at 4 and 8 r. M.
Western -Arrive* at 4:48
T.
r.
Friday*. Close* at 8
MORRISON, P. M,
niA#%Aili OIKNIBVW
'Bunaes mi to and from D.
A
S. CL C. A M.
and B., C. It.iU It. R. Depot*, in connection
With all train*. AI no 'Bu»»e« famished on all oc
M*iocw whem desired. Office at the Carter House.
OBO. W. CLARK, Proprietor.
Dinrnic coirrfhf
Judot—Hon. J. M. Brayton.
Dim. Atty~Z.
B. Powers.
Sh*r\f-
W. F. Brown.
lltrk—O.
A. Bberhart,
Next S Ml«n Monday, Jsaaaryttt, II
rr~recit.
m*
N4f«
ty. Novem«» 47tt,
OFFIOMMS.
Van Sana, A. T.
|We|i
«r-
A Wh'taker
a* W McClnre.
''Ti/ity Treatyrer
-in
v
Recorder
Sheriff -W.
F. Brown
t'outuy Surveyor—.John
Bail.
i'o. Supt. t'ammon School*—A. H. Mjre.
kroner—W. O.
HOUSE,
WW.!!•JULIEM
WOO DWOHTH, PROPRIBTOH,
Cc' id Hint u st» Dohuqae. Iowa.
TREMONT HOUSE,
NTFT
I" DICKINSON A SON, PBOF8,
\JI Corner Mil and Iowa Street*. Dubaqas. Iowa,
KEY CITY HOUSIf
W. PTSK, PHOPHIKT»B,OORK*B
Main aad Third Street*. OuHntflna. Iowa.
WILCOX'S RAILWAY HOTEL.
L.WlLroX, Proprietor. JQUSol* On
tra! and Pnhnqne
W.
vi
A
J.
Sioux l"i!}, JklKoad t»-
pot,Dt»bncnc Iowa. •-st -"Wf
jt?
HOUSE.
WILLIAMS
FARMERS' iktoW.
MAIN
STKKKT, F.I) \K F\LI.S, IOWA.
Meals 35 cent*
each.
c'ti Teams topay lSt
Good Stabling and y.ird*.
J. J. TOLERTON,
ATT9RNKYIowa.
AICD COUNSELLOR AT
LAW Offlc« orrr Townaend A Knapp'i i
Bauk, Cedar Fslih.
S. H. PACK ARD,
Attorney_______
AND OO 'NSKLLOR AT
LAW, Cedar Fall*, Iov(. office No. 1, Mali
arky'a BJock.
r. rowm, a. a. awMtwaT.
POWERS A HEMENWAY,
ATTORNEYS
COUNSELLORS, o»-
KICK tn Ca«e Block, Cedar FalU, Black.
Sawlt County, Iowa.
J.SECWCR
WM AT
LAW. NOTARY FCBI.IC
and Lavd Afeat, trtll efre Special Attention
/O Tlnvlr.g and SetHnf Meal Ratate in Butler and
Jrnndr coutlea on OooimWIon. Farnlah AMtirta
if Title, and Pay Taxe* for Nonreeldent#, Pai^
tewbarjr, Bntlcr County. Iowa.
1
ALONZO CONVERSE,
AND OOUNSKl.UR AT
iw and Col Wt Ion Ae^tit. i 1
art ford,
c.ninty. Iowa. viou t0»1
^TTORRCT
N. Y. JOHNSON,
TMR^lRY A COCNCKLOR AT LAW.
Notary Public and Collection Aeent. OBee i
hange Bank. Park'-rcburir. Iowa. Will at
all the Ooartu in Butler and Orundy Coantfee.
PHYSICIAN
PHYSK
M. AhUKLm
Barllejfton at 9:1S M.
fKElaMT UOIKU .SORTS.
Uin« Barlln^ton at 10:05 A. M. Arrive* at
Ue4arrallaatl«:10A. M.
PHYSTOIAN
Oloaea at l$tf
1* K.
Southern— ArriveSfJatA pr CUftec* at
P.
Northern—Arrlref at 5 r. M. CloeepatllV4A.il
WiUoujhbjr—Arrives at 4
Tueadaya and
A.
m. Wednesday* and #at
urdayn.
office hoara (except Sandaya) (ha 8 A. M. till
SP.
)fMMilH|tf«toriiiiikMrhwatdiat«.
jy ^CT morning jP^PPew la the Chnrrbe*.
ipart on Sinirlay, «xcep*th!'
1
V ANOER VAART. W
AND SL'BOKON. LA1K
SnrL'i'tin of the Wti W!»con»in Volonteer*
Offlfo at W!»e Hrvaiifi1 dru^ store. He»klnce
xotwu it Unin »nd I2th •»t'" t« 12-tt
8. N. PIERCE^
IAM AND Sl'Rt.KON, OFFICR,
In PnniT Block. Cedar Fall* Iowa.
L. W. WARREN, M. D.
Oat
FFSMM Htt I'HuFKSSlONALSli11V10F
to dp people of UMlac JTafl* a ad v)ciiiltf.jl
Ice
MmHi*. Henltaase I
itri et, batweec Waanwtoa and Clay.
J. W. YOUNG,
AND SURGEON. OFFICE
Over K. E. Qregg'* Drng Store, Cedar
Fall*. Iowa. vllnia
f. a.^TRYANT, mTO.
DIKYSICIAV ANI) SCHtiKON. OFFICE
"TbWise A Bryant'* Onig utore. Reeideaoe,
ora®r of Slsth iaid Kriuikliu btreeia, Cedar JTaUa,
•'owa.
WM. R0BIN80N, M. D.f
[Lata Sageon of the 4th Iowa Cavalry.J
HAS LOCATKB IN CEDAR FALLS, FOR
the practice of Medicino and Hureerj. Of
Vce at K. II. (iregs: Dnir Store Kegidenca flrat
„ons fionth o New School Ilonce
ADAMS,
HYSIC'I AN AND SllUiKON. ALSO.
Mocha
tttlni urifrry
an Hou He
HUNY A ROWLAND,
DEALERS IN FARM MACHINEKY.
Field. Harden and Flower Seed*. A^ent*
tor the Celebrated C. Aultman Co'« "Sweep
taken" Thresher, Marsh Harve«ter, Esteriy And
other Reaper* and Mower*. Schuttler Wagons, Ac.
•4 A fell stock of Farm Tool* always on hand. OM
ee Corner of Main and Secoud.^t* .Cedar nuia.
Mrs. A. I
PHOTOOBAPHGIBSON,
tr iti'i
Jedarrail
W. Y. MEDARY A OO.,
BALRBII IN LEATHER, SADDLERY
Hardware, Shoe Findings. Saddle* Collars,
'edar Fails Iowa. Ca»h paid for hide*
fcc.
CHARLE8 NEELY,"
irssim\ci uf,\
VIN
REPRKSKNTS Tilt
Air DBS, CINCINNATI,
is'
|»F
llvr .u Culver. H. C. Hemenway, A.
4. Thompson, shfpard Wllaen, O B. Van flaaa,
B. Vaa Der Vaart.
CKSAK FALLS Cp&T^CIlBS,
'.NEW YORK,
Kit** 5
ARTIMT, CORNER
l*t and Main Street* t' Stairs, Cedar Fall*,
own Photographs. Ambn.typi s. Oents, I'orre
Aaaeta, fl.4o7,8t*M.
QRRAT WESTERN, CHICAGO.
it
|t)v4 A. anil 7V4 Sabbath School at 14 M.
MRTHODIHT—Corner aad 7Ui Jit,
1). Shetor, Pastor. Bervicea every
bbath at 10£A. M. aad 7^ P. M. Sabbath
hoot at 9 A.
4aaal|k »l.ooataaat—.
A. C. THOMFSO^,'President.
J.
K. KHODE8, Viee-PnaldenL
J. L. STl'ART, Cashier.
Mil SF CEDAR FlllS,
(Jedar Falls, IOWA.
ii,IJ i
CAPITAL, 9100,000.
Dost a
GOMES! LUAJRFVR
Ninth National Bank, New York City.
Fifth National Bank, Chicago, CRnoU.
.towa.
•tree
to Ml
J.B._»aM, A.SpaukilSf,, A
3.
L. iSaart, A. C. Tkoaipaon
E O V E
T0&B8Y 1 KINGSLBf 1
Have removed tkolr
E A A K K
To the stand
Tajf DoorsfouththoPostOfVloo,
W|» ratify #rs w^A Js^ef wkha'l kinda
i Oedar Fallal
Baaya constantly on hand a fnU Mae
Black Oioths,
ee tlua
wttk the
A
Oar at Bartia*
MTMSA.IC.
Opm
All of wbick he will dispose of at the
Lowest Living Profit#*
s
1 3
e a s-f.«
j|- *•_ 3
5e
1*3
JiSL.S
51
mi
IOWA, Ha* beeiT
DARKtRSttilOS,
JL we!) fitted niriur the conv
convenience ul U»o trav­
eling pubfte. U^efi StSM* connected with the!
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3s"§ I s g-e a
4S Willi'sC.c
ao «t? 1
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2 2 K
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K
v -w
c5 K
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Ja^'rV.5"*^5 '-"S
FRUIT BAZAAR
(BUI FALLS, I«WA,
Tp
Farm era* Ins. Company!
Cedsr Bapidt, fowa.
ASHKTTB DBC. U, MM. 104^7330
TN*COW1C FOR WTO f70,08 I B4
LOSSES A EXPENSES for 1870 i7,6M.OS
LOSSES TNPAin fja*t reported) S24.1 6
Purely a Tanners' Company,
1
idB aad IvvijA ullitttw«t every (tfl*, ulran
a ihort
AMSlNTAL PAIM
Shop oa Flint St.,
0ASX1A«K AND
sttrn PaMuif, tMu* It Wiid'a place at
'edftr Fsiln. and will pive ent^ tsfa tion to all
«bo cutruxi him with work i.. ....v-
ot
Umtneas.
^hop over Ko»«lick wagon shop. Paper haagtaf
leaf.y done ot. short notice
as (t insures no yaWc kaBMaga eaetpt SCsaal
Hwueaand Ckaitlw*.
j. w.
MCCULLOCH,
for Blaik TLi.rk Cooaty
BILLIARD ROOM.
4,11. S. HODOSOH
Has opened a
First Class Billiard Room
Qsax the grocery store of £ic A Qoodfellqa,
ALL LOVERS OF
'THE OTTS
Gtre mad
W
CEDAR
I
••"S
*Jt sac •»S
i»
"I
8-s=
v v
!S$
TV.'o HADE'S
9
Arc reql
rted to
a Call.
f. 9. HOBflfogN
NEW BAKERY!
iOiitf*)
W- B- fhnnimlMl Q^,
*»r
fcr
First Class Condition,
And Full Operation, are Prepared
the trade witliaU,
i
lCfhdt of J-
CRACKERS and
i*.iM« WTP
ran
ls«si
f'
«pJ
KfM I
Groceries
*L it*
fjwmm
jm
uoae .R
at
Fresh anaSalt Keat,
E S I S
Prom fjike fenperior every week.
Tg_.h.m«n*,l«»t!
J. WYTH,
i
HEBomrr
mm W* 8
«*tl ««l!|atf
Skins,
Kim
and Medley Cloths, Genu I no
Harris Cassimoros, Jte.
Alsfc a*ea»«aeut f^pek |f
IKS 60005
if
O^nm Bfo Wit*
Pfo Sale.
GAJJL.
Jk
MO
»WOQ
a*
TPfiKE
1
TAILOB.
r«MS nuA
ISWA,
iat
fjtt
•Ti
Ati
Exohango •ought and old on the
^^jBgltelpal ef the Sti|pedi
States and Curope.
JS#
GAZETTE.
0EDAE FALLS,
HOY.
3, 1871.
wm
01 BABY.
A Barhelor'H Expfri««ce Willi It.
It
W»b
a very pretty baby—that In,
Ibrabftby. tial no fault to find
With it, fkr itn individual iden
|fty was coiK«rtiei. If babies must
in
1st- and I mippose theie is a neo«w^
•Ity for th« things, or else where
Would all the grown people come
from?—ttii8 to«hy wan as well in its'
way as any other baby.
I mention these facts merely to
I i#rov8 that I am in no way prejudiced.
T*« far a« mottal man can be, I am
•ntirel^ an impartial witness.
It was fast asleep la its cradle™a
Httle whIte-beaded doll, with long
dark eye lashes, and a crimson dot of
a mouth, against which lay its tiny
flat, with five well-defined dimples
In the five points thereof. It was
tut asleep, I say, when Bertha Came
airily int.) the room.
"I am going over to the depot to
aee mother off, Joseph. I'll be back
In half an hour. Juat keep an eye
to the baby, while I am gone, will
you ?M
I looked blankly at my sister. But
while I was considering how best to
express my total dissent from her
audacious proposition, she tripped
out of the room, her ribbons flutter*
iug in the soft spring air.
HUenoe doesn't always give eon
sent, bett Bertha had taken It for
granted, ih this matter, and I was
left an unwilling gnardiau of my
little nephew.
However, he was fart aateep- that
was one circumstance in my favor.—
Mortal hsbjr couldn't pwsml a more
innooent aod oberublo aspect than
he did. Bo I calmly wefit ot, with
my writing, soon becoming oblivious
to bis infantile presence.
"Talk about 'teudlug babies/quoth
I to myself, dipping my goose*quill
triumphantly into tba ink, "why it's
the easiest business in life. Should
never spend my money hiring nurses,
If that little one was mine but wo
men never do know how to eeoao
talze properly,"
As these fancies passed through my
iSInd the baby woke up and sneezed.
1 gave the cradle an oscilatory
kick, ind then burst forth into the
WBil-known burden of "Bye a bant-1
ing," but the little villain absolutely
declined to shut his eyes agaiu, like
a sensible baby. He opened them
wider than two miniature moons,
stared at me with an air of malevo
lance that made me a firm ,believer
in human depravity ever since, and
deliberately began to cry. And the
harder I rocked the cradle, and the
louder I eang, the more resolute did
that baby cry.
••He's hungry," thought I to my
self. "Babies must be f*d, »t»«i 11*8
highly reprehensible of Berths to
stsy away so long.''
So I went down Into the pantry
and instituted a search for some milk
which I had a vague idea was the
diet generally prefctnxi by toothless
Infancy. But mtfk there was uoue.
Lamp oil, Stewart's syrup, kerosene,
and bran everything but milk was
there every known or conceivable
fluid, in aggravating profusion, but
not a drop of milk.
AH this time, meanwhile, the roars
of'my nephew, but slightly softened
by diBtaooe, followed bm about Ilka
a Nemesis.
I rushed frantically up stairs,
armed with a lump of sugar, the first
soothing expedient that suggested
Itself to me.
Bless its dear UUle heart, there,
there confound your iscket can't
you keep still? Take Its sugar from
Its own, own uncle, that's a liuie
golden boy."
But the golden .boy resolutely re
jected the sugar, screaming louder
than ever as if its lungs were forty
baby power, and warranted never to
wear out. It kicked and struggled,
it pawed the air, it got purple in its
fasa. Ashes of King Herod and all
the Egyptians! what/.was a msn to
do.
In vain I executed a War danes
MMtad it* cradle in vaia I rang the
dinner bell, aad jingled the china
c&KES\\ora...*m*DUA *nd
WIM WMMMBfH WMVi A
idoster, aM swung my gold repeater,
and bawled nursery ballads at the
top of nay lungs. Talk about perse
•erance. Robert Bruoe's spider was
nothing to the atrocious little lump
of mortality.
"There's nothing Cor it but to
capitulate," said I to myself, as I
w*Ted
Jaaamed
Kate eyed
tUe
my
f«»tber
hat oa my head, vicious-
ly thrust my arm into my overcoat,
and seized the baby out of the cra
Idie.
Leave it absolutely alette I dared
i not, and the nearest grocery where
i aiUk wss procurable lay fall three
jblockioffJ
Thus, in a sort of stony dsspair, I
issued rorth from the house, carrying
my persecutor like a bundle qnder
one arm.
thought he would stop crying
when he got into the open air, but
not he oxygen only seemed to in
crease the shrill power of his villain
oas little pipes! People turned to
stare at me, as if I were an abductor
of infant innocence. Women looked
indignantly at the baby.
Blue worsted socks and little pink
legs kicked blindly from beneath my
amis. Children ran after me, dogs
barked, bat I kept doggedly oa my
way, walking into the grocery wilt
a resolution second only to that of a
Roman fellow who Jumped into a
crater, nobody knows how many
years ago.
**A plat of tfitfk, If yoe please."
"Milk, sir? Have you broaghl
anything to put It In
thought of my tobacco box, my
(fctket handkerchief and the corner
of my hat—all of the impractioable
places for Ike deposit ef the lacteal
fluid.
••I never thoagktof lt*at!" 1
righting the baby, who came
upper meet w
ooontenance,
anity Into miaof -eyea tbet «ad, as
if tbey bad spdkfcS in so many eyl*
ife?. U ff
In Ml tml Oof
Mlf I Bonds., 1
I.
mOMTTAVnumOM QlfMM TO OUr
iwcrtMo.
utTSassr ALLOWMS oil ran
BY SPECIAL AORUMKNT
DSMarn
r. Wo
Iwon
'l#qp^K|r ing I'll die
damoa with'sm!"
"Well, sir," said the store-keeper,
Probably of such staff were our
revolutionary fathers made aad this
b*by, had, through some inscrutable
blunder of Dame Nature, come into
the world Just a century too lste.
I put him hack into the cradle
flat on hie spinal soluma, and
looked at him more la sorrow than
in anger.
"My younster," I addressed
him, "cry your lungs out-—break a
blood vessel or two if agreeable to
you—fracture your trasheal I can't
be held legally responses, thank
Providence.
^T.^iri-^'^v.v^f-"-t-, ^4"$ WtV.A»A.*..4ttlL.
FALLS, IOWA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
'heiloes seem a rare 'un for usm'
his legs. It-1 alone his lung*. Yes, sir
thqnk'ee sir!"
Now I have always laid itupaa a
grudge again*! human nature that
that unprincipled grocery-man took
a five-dollar bill out of my portmou
naie, knowing that I coaid not dis
cover it until it was too late to recti
ty the error.
(I would not tasted a Turk
so!)
I
took my pitcher of milk with my
riftht hand, still balancing ths baby
Rhlllfully against my right arm and
side, and started for home.
"Now, I'll settl* your business, my
fine young Mend," I thought. "Is
It possible that was over su^h
an incorrigible nuisance a* this?"
But my triumph was speedily re
duced to the lowset pitch of hnmili*
atlon.
"Dear me, r. Beverly, is it possi
ble that this is you
It was Kate Milton's self, rndlJint
in spring bonnet, lilac silk walking
dress. close-fringed parasol, and the
dainttieat of lilac kid gloves—Kate
Milton, with an sir of astonishment
that served to make her one degree
prettier than ever.
My first Instinct was to turn and
flee ignomiuiously my second was
to drop my nephew and his milk in
to the gutter and resolutely deny all
connection with them my third
prompted me to stand firmly to tny
ground!
"Yes, it is I, Miss Milton—a—fine
day,** r.' v*. "•n -st
"Very line.1' "5 i
1
no
wonder. One sock, curling and
twisting as if a serpent were inside
of it instead of a baby's foot appear
ed beneath my coatskirts, flanked
by aliout a quarter of a yard of 8wlss
embroidery and tucks, wofully
cram|e(l ly the fiery ordeal through
which we had both passed—the milk
(confound it) bad dripped down the
full length of nay pearl-colored panta
loons, and my list, bent and bruised,
was thrrst rakiskly on the side of
my head. I was gloveless, flushed
and dishevelled, and take me "for
all iu all," must have appeared con
siderably like a pick*pocket, or an
old clothes man out for a walk.
I passed on, followed by the sou ad
of faint, subdued laughter--a sound
that stung me to the quick.
I So Kate and her oorapanioa were
I laughing at me this was, indeed,
the unkindest out of all. I resolved
never to dauce the German with
Kale Milton agaia.
The house was quiet aad deserted
as returned ami inserted my night
key in the little circular lock. What,
could have become of Bertha The
cold dew oosed out of my brow, as I, i
for one instant, contemplated the
horrible possibility of my being left,
a sort of modern Robinson Crusoe,
with that diabolical little man Friday
on my hands.
Nonsense! there was no probsbill
ty of thst. I sat down on Bertha's
low rocking obair, aad, planting
the baby firmly on my knees, aps
plied the spout of the pitcher to his
mouth.
Would you believe it he wouldn't
drink a drop. He screwed hfs mouth
as tightly shut as if tie never intend
ed to open it again, and doubled him
self over backwards with a strength
of will which would have been re
markable in a full grown man, hut
simply marvelous in a ten months'
old baby. I persevered and perse
vered. I poured the milk over his
neck, his embroidered drew waist,
and his coral amulets he would
have been drowned sooner than to
open his mouth half a quarter of an
inoh.
I took up a book Bad Mt dowa by
the cradle, rocking it Nftkleasly back
wards and forwards, regardless of
the screams which still rent the air.
I wasn't going to waete any more
time in trying to quiet him. Let
him ory. This was a free coun
try.
"Why, Joe, what's the matter?"
It was Bertha's voice. I jumped
npas if a eaanon ball had smitten
me, and daabed my beak upon the
floor.
"Matter, ma'am? matter? The
matter is that I am going mad.—
I shall be a IU satyect
ftuf
a lunatic
asylum in Just afeeat fifteen minutes
more."
But might as well have wasted
my des|tairing eloquence on a blank
wall. Bhe did aot heed nor hear tue.
She was loading ths little wretch
with caresses, pity and blandish
raeuts. And—I should not credited
the sudden tarn of affairs, if I had
not witnessed it with my own eyes—
the bsby actually laughed into her
face, as if to say
"I have given my unole a psstty
good time of it."
"Has be been good, uo*le Joe?"
I leaked eokiaes at my staler.
"Bertha,
U
ever yea leave me
•gain In charge of that—thai little
atroeity, I'll commit suicide."
"You needn't apeak so loud," sakl
my sister, in sn injured tone. 'Tin
tended to have been home before,
but the train was delayed, and—bless
Its hsstrfc, did it want to oame to its
maaaa's arms—and was uneie Joseph
croeesr than an old bear, and wasn't
it the sweetest little rose-bud that
ever—"
I waited to beer no more, bi|
rushed precipitately out of the rooqjg
convinced that of all the fools,
fj|
yeaag mother wae the most hopeltoe
Tbat s tba last time I itavfe had tfeo[
heir of tbe family eaaflded to my
guardiaaeklp. I Ihlak Bertha a lit
tle afraid to leave me alone H| tbe
room with him.
"4a oute tt be."
--Tbere Is
aot
,ke the
1871.
THE CHICAGO TIMES HE^iHATI4.
iR^nMUi Arena «t of ike Baraiag
of fhtaur*.
Below is a synopsis nf the Chicago
Titne** article mentioned a flaw day's
ago( pretending to give the confes
sion of a Communist that it was the
International Society which burned
Chicago. The Timed does not tell
how iLoame in possession, nor doe*.
It giveany opinion as to its authen
ticity. The story is undoubtedly a
hoax, but well gotten up. The con
fessing criminal, as we may call him,
after slating that be was admitted to
the Commune in Paris in 1887, goes
on to tell how lie and two others
were seat to Chios
go to organise a
8ociety, which was to have for its
Object the elevation of worklngmen
and poor men to the level and luxury
of the rlch^tien. He goes on to say
that two months were spent in Inef*
fectuaf attempts to stir up strife be
tweenaaechsulcs and employers.—
Finafly it was proposed—why, he
don't Ay—to burn the business por
tion of the city. It was first decided
to raisfe s md by some means, and
burn and ^iflage the etty In the ex
citement, but at last, on the 9th of
August, U was resolved to resort to
the torch of the incendiary. Several
times a day was fixed upon, hut
abandoned, the elements not fsvor*
ing. The first real attempt was
made oil the 30th of September, but
s sudden change in the wind thwart
ed the attempt. The Saturday night
preceding the awful Sunday, another
attempt was made.
But, says the writer, it was delayed
only for a day, and during that day,
he says, these plans came near being
betrayed by George Francis Train.—
That evening—Bunday—he spoke in
Farwell Hall, when he made use tf1
the following words:
This it the last pttbltc (i(fitfrna that
will be delivered within these waUt!
A terrible calamity in impendittff over
the city cf Chicago. More I oamtot
*ay
mors
I dare not utter
The writer says that had Train
said more, he would have been shot
down ou the «pot. .fw half a dozen
pistols were ready to shoot him
down.
Then he goes on to say of the aw
ful night that followed:
"All day long we had heim tn secret
eonclave where so moi tal could spy
out our doings. Petroleum mines
had been laid iu a score of places sad
trusty men were stationed at each of
them to apply the match at the prop
er moment. The plot had leen so
arranged that all should appear as
accident, our part being mainly to
assist the progress of the flames, for
we knew that once beyond a certain
limit, no agency could stay them.—
The plaoe above all others In the city
which promised the great measure of
success was in the barn on DeKoven
street. No "old Irish hag" was
milking her cow at the time, as the
reporters of the city press are deter
mined to have it. A human being
of a different sex waa there, however,
but had disappeared, as if by magic,
before any mortal eye had remarked
his presence.
Before the arrival of tiie jaded fire
men at the scene of the conflagra
tion, half a doaen mines had been
touched off, and their efforts to suit
due the flames were futile as the
effort of a child to stem the raging
cataract of Niagara. Wheu the,
flames had reached the river, work
began on the Kouth side. Simulta
neously a mine was spruug at the
gas wotks and another near Van
Uuren street bridge, an two whole
blocks were a seething hell of flame'
in less time than it takes my unac-,
customed pen to tell It. From theuoe
onward the lire was assisted byaj
mine set on Well street, near Mon
roe, another a block and a half fur-,
ther east, aod still another in Far
well halL Little did those who I
listened to Citizen Train on that]
eveutful Runday night suspect that
they were sitting over a magazine
that needed but the touch of a match
to Involve them In a perfect hell of
flame.
From that point the deutructiou of
the South Side, with its massive
granite piles and well stored ware
houses, was assured. Onward sped
the flames, and whenever they
ap­|
peared likely to skip, a new maga
zine was flred, and ruin with his
fearful front involved the fair city.
I had been delegated to explode the
powder magazines on Bouth Water
street. Our only fear of want of suc
osss waa that the authorities, falliug
to stay the mad current of fire by
ordiuary means, would resort to the
last aud only hope—lay a few blocks
in ruins by means of gunpowder.—
To guard against this, a train had
been laid communicating with the
magazine, sad requiring but a spark
to destroy it. When the work had
been so fully iasdlgurated, I hasten
ed to tba point t* Wtiloh I had been
ssslgnsd, wild with a freuzy more
terrible thsn I had ever before ex
perienced. I reached the spot where
the match should have been applied.
A huge coal lay within a few feet of
it. A slight kick from my foot
would have placed it over the hidden
fuse, but the streets were thronged
with people, aud I shrank from com
mitting the aot that would have
plunged hundreds of human beings
into eternity.
''That moment's hesitation was
their salvation. The powder brigade
arrived almost upon the instant, and
theexploeive was removed from the
building. Among the first barrels
removed were ttioee with which the
train oommualoated, and though a
spark afterwards flred the fuse, no
explosion followed.
Hardly had I reoovered from the
momentary flash of human feeling
that overe*«M me, than I was placed
In ImmhseatdaSger of my life. The
northward on
wtie8
a ooonty In Mlefai-
Mt not aoftred, more a*
INS
(**Ul
thla aaaaoa. Tbe vlfcc
la tbe
rible ordeal In that Stale.
cape from the terrible scenes my eyes
bad beheld.
"In the meantime, my co-workers
In crime had not been idle. As the
current of fire passed northward,
from Van Buren street, it appeared
that a large tract, bqnnded on the
north by Miulhon street, and on the
west by Dearborn street, including a
valuable section of the city, would
escape the destruction that had visit
ed the remainder of the city. The
flames had proceeded along Harrison
aud Van Buren streets to Fourth
avenue, and here seemed to have
•pent their force. It wa&a terrible,
moment, foe millions trembled In
the balance.
A few brave men battled with the!
demon, and but for the omnipresence
of the Internationals, would have!
stayed its progress. But a man!
rushed ia%» a bouse that had been
abandoned by its occupants for the
purpose of saving some household
utensils thst had been left, and re
turned laden with goods, but a mos
ment afterward the rear of the build
ing became a mass of Dame, and a
gust of wind carried ittaatward to
ths lake and northward over tbe dis
trict that bad thus far been spartd,!
and thus completing the universal,
ruin.
(tn Mm north aide It bad been In
tended to destroy but few buildings,
and those the business headquarters
and residents of the affluent. An
during the progress of the flre*on
the Houth Side mine* were sprung
In various localities as the flame*
advanced, but only where the natur
al course of the Aaaoes was likely to
leave the work but Imperfectly
done.
Tbe fire progressed too slowly.—
The water works were la full blast,
and there was dauger through their
agvncy some of the buildings doomed
to demolition would be saved. Tbe
works had been prepared for de
struction, but the time had not ar
rived, as the fire was several blocks
sway. Yet notwithstanding the
fact, the match was applied, and tbe
workmen were obliged to fly for their
lives. In their tllght the man who
had flred the mine was overthrown
and badly Injured, and as the fire ad
vanced, he fell a victim to Its fury.
This ended the work of the Rociety
dreary ruin.
i and
Home,
pspsr
"'"""'ilta.
tftfrarf^lf ooufc
Aictlng emotions |ba| bad filled my
breast, I had not nrrtiaal this, and
awoke flmn my tnmee, the
most horrible ef deaths stared ms in
tbs faoa» HlniMSlUn on every side
In a crucible o( fire, I for a moment
gave way to impair. Bat despair
gavo mm strength,
dowaafceevy door, Iraefeed
Into
at the
iy,fg|jiiad to (tad, altbongh i
'm£m
riftsl iaa with
tbe streets to­
ward tba ci seeking to «s-^
New York, writes thus
Only a few days ago it seemed that
St. Louis and Cincinnati and Chicago
could uot enough revile each other.
Each stretched its iron arms out
greedily for the growing Western
commerce, and Chioago, the most
eager, energetic, and youthful of the
competitors, was the common target
of the others. But that wss only on
the surface. When onee the fearful
destruction that had overtaken her
made tbe ears of men to tingle, the
two rivals with earnest hsste sent
firemen and thsir engines to tbe res
cue, and before the fire was o^ dis
patched food already cooked, loaded
trslns with clothing, and, shsddlng
i tears of earnest sympathy, reached
out thsir fraternal bauds to help the
i desolate city.
Truly we be brothers!
The great metropolis^ e» «eti taits
outer look, so hsrd snd esrneet in Its
For we bo brothers I
Tbe President orders military
stores tbe cities, the .villages, tbe
hamlets of the land are pouring out
their relief in little rills and great
rivers and tbe
who stood on the bleak shore of tbe
Michigan sea weeping the ruins of
their homes, have found themselves
quickly and tenderly lifted into tbe
helping arms of brothers touobed to
tbe core with their gnat anguish.—
For are we not brothers
Thwe be those who would bave us
tweeu England and merfea. There
is boasting and braggadocio on both
sides. There is bickering and self
ishness on both sldee. Tbe old kin
ship has seemed to be forgotten.—
But when ||M trtsgfflfh that brtogs
us all so near together, oaueed the
roar of the flaaMaoa tbe lako'shore to
be beard in LNHtqu***! tb««ar of
tbe homeleas to i«a«li Edinburgh,
then we found that we ale aot strang
ers and foreigners. English pity
wss swifter than Ha swifteet steam
ers.
Nothing bat tba lightning could
carry its tender relief to a broken
hearted people quld^ly enough, and,
before tbe flamee bid oeaeed to rav
age tba great ©Ity of tbe prairies,
tbere WM« tboqiMwd* of dollars of
British money earried to the credit
of Obleago oa tbe boobs of our bank
are. And almost ss qa|ebly as our
own, tbe English Gofirbmant has
ordered all ita anrplaa teats nad
blankets iu Caaada te be otibred |g
Cbtsago. Any with tbeee who
Mk of War and e&aky between tbe
dtt —olbsr and uMisilves, when suob
djadablsdne lege ther
For, thank God! we be brothers.
kpH
ic«r akin to us a« Creat Brltian, is
moving for the relief of Chicago,
and the quiet bankers In Frankfort
aud Berlin are counting out the tha
lers over their counter# for the re
lief of the city of the lakes and pra
iries, which Is indeed almost half
German itself. But the tender heart
of Christendom knows no race or na
tionality in tbe hour of dinties*.
We are all brother* to the afflicted
ones.
A long winter Is coming hungry
and homeTena people in Chicago
mu»t suffer fearfully. I*et not our
brotherhood be a matter of impulw.
A louger and sharper struggle than
Chicago has ever known, Is before
her. Lei us not falter In our .broth
erly self aacriflee.
The world seems healthier. Hu
manity seems better. The future
has more of hope iq it. Christianity
is indeed leavening all. Ths great
disaster has shown It. Men are com
ing to be brothers.
PkeaeaieBa and Incldeatj at
Harthera Fir*, ,r
Fiwa Iks Unas Bay Advocate.
International. The elements comt' cleared fields were burned lu spots of
pleted the destruction, aud the loveli- I
est portion of Chicago Is now a waste
nr«ni»iinn
i As for myself, I have little hope of
escaping tne vengance of tba later
nation ales.
Tie Be Brothers,
tflward Kgeienton, formerly of
Chicago, now editor of the
on'y
Iu thft
Hearth
Mag. The atmosphere
seemed one of fire. Tbe poor people
inhaled it, or the iutenseiy hot air.
and fell down dead. This is verified
by the apoearsnce of many of the
corpses. They were found dead in
tbe roads and oi
pen spaces, where
there were no visible marks of lire
near by, with not a trace of burning
upou their bodies or clothing. At
the Sugar Bush, whteh is an extend
ed clearing, In wme places four miles
In width, corpses were found in the
open road, between fences orhich
were only slightly burned. No mark
of fire was upon them, but they laid
there a« if asleep. This phenomena
seems to explain the fact that so
many were killed In compact masse*.
They seem to have huddled together
in what were evidently regarded at
the moment as the safest places,
away from buildings, trees or other
inflammable material, and there to
have died tigetl»er. Fences around
ft)W
r(,da
in length, aud else-
M°l toU(!'le4''
i»h were killed
"treams—as at Peshtigo.
hear lh(1 univen,ai
Hetrlbutton is not long iu follow-j that the ^prevailing Idea among the
ing the perpetrators of great crimes. I terror ntricketi people of those places
Two of the original founders of the]^
thal
.u'w
1
testimony
h**1
.D*y
b,ld
They needed not to be terror stricken
organization In Chicago met death for such imaginings. What other
in the terrible conflagration they explanation could be given to that
had instigated, and I alone am spar- imiuii.ent time, wheu there was an
ed to suffer worse than a thousand "n,ln°us warning and sound coming
from the distance, when the sky, so
deaths from tbe stings of conscience.
(iark
Seven of the men delegated to assist clouds of fire, the beasts of the forest
tbe fire in Ita progress also perished running for succor into tbe
miserably in the hell they had con-•tbe settlements, and a great,
jured up, while two others are proba
bly maimed for life.
juat before, burst into great
'red, consuming, soaring bell of nre
I fell U|*n all around. The dreadful
jsoeue lacked nothing but the sound
ing of the la«t trump—and indeed
the approach of the awful roaring
at)1 ttie premonitions from tbe dis
tance supplied even that to the ap
palled imagitiiugs of the people.
.The Epsy theory, we think It lsr
that continued and wide-spread flrss
i will bring on rain, seems to lie sn
tirely exploded in this iustauco.—
These firen had lasted nearly or quite
eloquently in tbe iaat awmheaal that four weeks, ravaging forests over a
iM.
Wo be brothers 1
Out of the greatest sorrows eome
tbe sweetest oonsolationa. Samson
is not the only man wteo found sweet
ness iu tbe lion, and who got meat
out of the eater.
great srea, and still not a drop of
cairj. Tbe rain only oame with a
change of wind to the northward,
aud aeveral days after tbe worst
burnings were over with.
A survivor makes tbe following
Statement:
To a person not In ths firs it seems
larreditde that so many should have
rished In tbe flsmes. To me, and
presume to most of those who
were in the fire, it seems a miracle
that so many were naved. If you
suppose the worst snow s'orm you
ever wltnenvd, and each snow-flake
a coal or spark of fire driven before a
fierce wind, you have some idea of
the stale of tbe atmosphere at the
time the fire struck the town. We
all know bow little presence of mind
many |eople have In
excitement, and few persons know(M
er, w#ff urwMjrully
busy commercial temper, is melted their children. Husbands and fath
and heart-broken with sympathy,! *fs were burned but savsd their fam
and is pouring out her money by!,,e" Gne was dreadfully burned in
h»ni,./t. nf .r attempting to save his wife and two
hundreds of thousands of dollars
(cbiklr tl,
Cut
lh9y Wef#
great merchants make great gifts of youug lady ran for the river with a
their gains, poor men throw iu the child In her arms but overcome by
wages of their daily toil, and the »nd.
fri«bt-
ver, cb,whll.fr. .r.t., "JoZSI
are saving their candy-money and learned that her sister was burned.
putting lu their pennies to relieve a One old man. was found so burned
distress that makes eveu the little l®.®bf side that his entrails hung out.
faces look awe-stricken. Great rail
road corporations, which seemed so
soulless, are sending ligbtnlag trains
to carry relief.
Extent ef tbe Michigan
The oouoties of Huron and Saul
lac, Mich., which constitute the
principal scene of the Are, contain
about 24,000 Inhabitants. Of thsse
despairing people1 it Is believed that 10,000 are rendered
homeless. Tbey have lost Uteir
houses, their barns, their stocks,
their mills, svsn thsir clothing.—
Some of them almost literally have
to commence tbe world over again,
being nearly as naked as when tbey
were born. Tbe people of Port Hu
ron are In constant receipt of mes-
belleve in a hereditary enmity be- sages askiag for provisions and cloth-
ing, and tbe victims of tbe Are are
still flocking in frem the Interior to
the towns on tbe shore. Already
the towns of Verona, New River,
Sand Beach, Huron City, a portion
of Port Hapa, Crescent, Center Har
bor, Elm Casek, White Rock, Paris,
Cracow, Mlndeu, ForestviUe, and
the Polish settlesMBt near Forest
ville, bave been deatroyed thoeooa
the lake to tbe very water's edge, as
tbe docks In many Instances bars
been swept away. Tbeee towns rep
resent a population of at least 6,000
people. The loes of property in tbsss
towns amounts, directly, without
doubt, from
$1,600,000
to
$2,000,000
—Tba laxaOUf
Even Germanv. now aimnst as I In aid nf thai Phu—
NUMBER
til
4:
1
There acaamao •basse of
UM
araalS
calamity which feflupen this regit*
last week .worthy of scientific Inves
I ligation The testimony of the cooler
headed survivors of tbe fires at Pesh
tigo, the Sugar Busb, and William
sou ville. are united as to oue phe
i nomena: They say that the fire did
not come upon th«m gradually from
burning trees and other objects to the
I windward, hut the first notice they
bad of it was a whirlwind of flame.
I lu great clouds, from above the top#
of the trees, which fell upon and eu
ve loped every
at
a very low calculation, and not in
cluding lumber aad timber destroy
ed. The vsgaist guess-work ealy
eouid estimate tbe loss of property in
tbs intsrior. pope of the people
burned out of ham and borne were
substantial fanners, showing that
tba Are has swept over tbe cleared
and cultivated dletrlota, sa well as
through tbe woods.
Sepubllotm
tallo
of a pear a»ea la tbateUy nhogavg
ovary eeat be bad~-twaaly
Generalities,
ftwmea Kwlngt
-Hon.
—A movement Is on foot in tbs
city of Nsw York, to erect a statute
of a bust
ot
Horace Greeley Is (jfes*
tral Park.
A prominent Fort Wayner
sustained a wind fell of $200,000.
think it is just as well to he
hseky as rioh.
He
—A 8t.Loui» widow has received
16,000 damages because her husband
was thrown from a hack and killed.
Sbe counts it a lucky wind-fell.
—The whole edition of the hat
volume on Iowa Supreme Court re
ports, was burned in the Chicago
fire. Mr. Stiles loses front gfumo
A*
$8,000.
—The Rev, !r. Todd la wrltfeg
against the co-education of the sexes,
and some of his friends have pre
sented him with aletIn the Plttsflaftd
cemetery.
Tbe losses of Hon. W. B. Ogtlsn
by the flros In Chicago, Wisconsin
Micblgan
pineries are estlmatsd
regwalhr** between Thnr i
'of dollars.
and Ave mi I liens
—An sntonishing phenomenon baa
taken place at Apopka, Orange
county, Ftdrida. The whole conaty
disappeared in one night, and Its
site is covered by a great lake.
—A oorner lot on Randolph aSd
fVarborn streets, Chicago, worth be
fore the fire $00,000, sold last wssk
for $W),000, or $1,000 per front foot,—
the first real estate transaction.
—An attempt to burn theelty of
San Francisco was happily frustrated
on Friday night. The iucendisiiea
only succeeded in firing a block ef
frame houses at five different poiittA
—The Orphans' Home of Glens
wood, lows, has been dams
get! by
fire to the extent of $fl00. The Su
perintendent, Mr. Stevens, wss also
seriously burned, in his efforts to save
tbe building.
—It is cheerftit lo be alttlng IS*
railroad c,\r going at tlie rale of forty
miles an hour, and have a mau pass
through the train and leave a tract
lu your lap entitled. "Prepare Ms
Mset Your God."
—Wm. M. Everts, lu a speech made
at a Republican ratification, In New
York, last night, said thai, If the
evils of the city government oonld
not be remedied by the ballot, thsy
must be by bayonet.
—An attempt baa recently ben
made to burn the city of Rockford,
Ul., by iuoendiaries, who were dis
covered and fled before they succeed
ed in their hellish work. Three or
four buildings were burned.
—The Han Francisco Alfa Ootybr*
nta
says that the crime of jerking
the hair out of your wife's head Is
not so sinful as it formerly wss. It
is just as ungentlemanly as
but It dossn't huit ss It used to.
—A Hartford editor having twitted
an editor in a neighboring oily of
being bald, subsequently recognised
and explained that, aa long as he )an
fold his ears over the top of his head,
be doesn't need any hair anyhow.
—A cynical waiter says that if a
woman knew how much she lost Iy
forever smiling in a man's face, aba
would quit it altogether- More men
art won by a little pretense of quiet
aadneas, than by the *umiieat aiuilfa
thst ever were eeeu,
—Among the pleasant bite of gittf»'
sip afloat is the feet that at the recent
Cleveland County Fair, Tennesson,
Mrs. D. T. Patterson, daughter of ex
President Johnson, formerly first
lady at the White House, took tbe
first premium for tbe best butter.
times of great —A Texas paper relates that the
k
just what to do when death, in its °fG
wroesbeck, a town lu that
most appalling form, stares them in "Bed $60 the other day,
the face. Of one thing, however for carrying concealed weapon*, aad
you may be sure, all, under such cir- edda to the information a etatemeat
cumMAlices, do the lest they are ca
table of doing There were deeds of
lively town, is becoming "sway-"swi
heroism, thai fearful nignt in Pesh
tigo, that are worthy a plaoe by tbe
side of the brightest and uotleat
acts of history. Many loet their
lives in attempting to *ave the life of
others. Many have been fouud
clasping some darling object of affec
tion in their arms, as In the aA of
i shielding them from the lire. Moth
ers were dreadfully burned but savsd
hacked" from
ete-sbootec."
„urued.
A
feinted and was
Hie bands and face were horribly
burued, and he begged piteous I y for
some one to kill him and put an end
to his misery.
in thoi
the Mayor .of Calvert, another
becoming
igging about "a
—"Graoe Greenwood," wbole wHf»
Ing letters from tbe very far West to
the New York Times, happened to
meet Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Cox. Sbe
says that everybody out there seeaas
to like everybody, and Mr. Cox says it
reminds him of a friendly inn-keep
er at \lcantara, who, on learning he
was from Nsw Y* .a, said, with gea*
srous effusion, "Ah, Seuor, I feel ae
qualnted wtta yaal 1 bave sdastf
in Brazil
—Potter Palmer is pushing tbe
work on his hots], and expects to be
getting $40,000 in rents from tenants
of tbe first floor by Jauuary next,—
Mr. Palmer has commenced prepar
ing to lay the foundation for a five
story alarble froct ou State street,
hie hotel, aud for the ereo
Uoft on Monroe, between Wabash
avsnue and State street, of a magnif
icent building, to be ooettpled If
Allen 4 Mackey,
—Dr. McCosh, now Preeideut of
Princeton College, telle the story ef
a negro who prayed earnestly that
he and his colore
1 brethren might be
preserved from what he oalied tbeir
"upsettla' stns."
"Braddej," said one of his friends
•I tba etoaa of tba meeting, "yoa
ain't got de bang of dat ar word,—
It's 'beeettln', not 'npeettin'.'
"Brodder," replied the other, "If
dat's so, It's so. Bat I was praylag
da Lord to save us from ds sin of In
toxication, and if dat ain't a unset Ma*
sla, I dunno what am,"
r-
aaaaneaaaanai
VUtake-
Boms of the editors of newspapers
in distant parts of tbe cdbitry attri
bute tbe rapid epread of tba great
Art |p oor wsadea pavsmsuta. This
nMM»yjplsap»»sli lasions
lata which oar eofenparartes bavs
baaa led by ftp* aad ssosattonal re
ports. The fed h, the If iools* and
other pavsamnta, la tba destroyed
strsota In wfedab tbey bad been laid,
are preaervad fjaaost nal^Jorsd by
tbe Bis. They did not burn at all,
bajn^owly slightly damaged In some
It was Ibe great aouth-waet gale,
btowlng farlrfHMUjr forward a well
stamd currantof lrfaetatlbleflames,
aad tbo la^aaae beat and tba raining
over tbe vbole etty ef a perfect flood
9i tsaStak- am bam aaa brands of
oegnleaad the
UM Met
aest of
la tbe region of
aad a rtemoral
flredapart-
I Aames
dace
or taatmaseatality
i atop ar even cbeck Ma progrsss,
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