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'Blessed be the man," said Don Quixote's weary
squire. "who invented sleep." Sanclm's (latitude
<»nr~. but wliat if one cannot for any reason enjoy
that excellent invention'.' "Xervous'iies- in me had
ln*eo:'i«-a d>f,ise." writes .Mr \Villi;un CoU'inan
the well know 11 wholesale drujiuist of KultatO,N. V.
"1 could not sleep, and luy nights were either
passed iu that sort of restlessness wliieh nearly
cn/.ed, or in a kind of stupor. haunted by tonneut
iin; ureams, ilaviui; taken I'arker's Tonic for
other troubles, and tried it also for this. The re
>ult IM'HI surprised and delighted me. My nerves
wi ii- toiieii to concert pitch, and. like ( a sir's fat
men. 1 full into the ranks of tlio-e who sleep
0 nij-'hts. I should add that the tonic speedily did
Mrt) with the eoedition of general debility and
*IVS|M-|»SIH oi"'*asiouei| by lily previous slecpless
ni and save me strength and |>erfect digestion.
In bri' f. the use ot tile tonic thoroughly re-estab
lished IIIJ leallh. I have used l'arket's Tonic with
entire sue. ess lur -'-a sickness and for tin* bowel
disorders incident to ocean voyages."
Tills preparation has heretofore been know n as
I'arker's linger Tonic, lb re after it will be ad
vertised and sold under the name of I'arker's
Tome omitting the word "(linger" Iliseox & Co.
are induced to make tins change by the aetiou of
unprincipled dealers who have for years deceived
their customers bv substituting inferior prepara
tions under the name of ginger. We drop the
iiiisleading word all the more willingly, as ginger
is an unini|K)itaut flavoring ingredient in our Ton
ic.
I'le.Lse remember that no change has been made
or will be made in the preparation itself,
and all bottles remaining in the bands of
Vers, wrapped under the name of "Parkers
<;inger Tonic" contain the genuine medicine if
the facsimile signature of 111 vox & Co. is at the
bottom of the outside wrapper.
Loss and Gain.
CHAPTER I.
'I wat, taken sick a year ago
with bilious lever."
"My doctor pronounced me cured, but I got
tick again, with terrible pains iu rny back and
bides, and I ot so bad 1
Could not move!
1 shrunk!
From !-28 lbs. to 120! I had been doctoring
lor my liver, but it did me no good. I did not
expect to live more than three months. I be
gan to uhe Hop Bitters. Directly luy appetite
returned, my pains lelt me, my entire system
turned renewed as if by magic, and alter
using several bottles I am not only as sound as
a sovereign but weigh more than 1 did before.
To Hop liitters I owe my life."
Dublin, June G, 'SI. H. FITZI-ATIUCK.
CHAPTER 11.
"Maiden, Mass, Feb. I, ISSX Gentlemen —
I sulk-red with attacks of sick headache."
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years ill the
most terrible and exerutiatlng manner.
No medicine or doctor could give me relief
or cure until I used llop Bitters.
"The first bottle
Nearly cured tnc;"
The second made me as well and strong as
when a child,
"And I have been so to this day."
My husband was an invalid lor twenty years
will, a serious
"Kidney, liver and urinary ccinplaint.
"I'ronounccd by boston's best physicians—
"lncurable!"
Seven bottles of your bitters cured him and
1 know of the
"Lives of eight persons"
in my neighborhood tint have been tared by
your bitteis,
And many more are using Hit m with great
be neflt.
"They almost
I)o miracles?" Mtts. E. D. SI.ACK.
How TO (>ET SlCK—Expose yourself day
and night: eat too much without exercise;
wotU too hard without resl; doctor ail the
time: tike all the vile nostrums advertised, and
then you will want to know how to get well,
which is answered iu three words —Take Hop
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Neuralgia, Chronic Khenma
flsnuDlahelta^
IMHilderjJJriijht^^
Diseases of the Stomach.
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BUTLER, PA WEDNESDAY. JULY 2. 1884
Chewing the Cud.
Every child living in the country
has stood and watched this curious
operation, and wondered what the
lump was which he saw come tip in the
cow's throat, and then go down again
after she had chewed it for a certain
length of time. And perhaps he mav
have seen the anxiety and turmoil pro
duced on a farm by the report that
some one of the cows had "lost her
cud," and as the result of this excite- j
ment he may have seen the absurtl at- |
tempt to "make a new cud,'' in the i
hope that the cow would by such j
means be restored to good condition. :
A very large tribe of animals, of
which sheep and cows are only familiar
examples, are called in works of natural
history Ruminantia because they all
ruminate, they chew the cud. They
do so because their peculiar organs of
digestion require it; they can get their
nourishment in no other way. They
have, it is said in the books, four stom
achs, but the statement is not strictly
correct, for the entire digestion is done
in a single, that which is called the
fourth, the other three being only
places for preparatory work. Their
food is swallowed without being chew
ed; the chewing is to come later.
When this uncbe>ved food is swallow
ed it passes directly into the first stom
ach, to use the common term; but the
drink which the animal takes goes
straight past the entrance of the first
into the second. These two serve only
to soak and soften the coarse food.
When the first has done what it can,
the food passes out of it into the second,
and then the cow or sheep is ready to
"chew the cud."
The second stomach while busily at
work in soaking the food, keeps iu mo
tion, and gradually rolls it up into
masses, so that in the small upper part
there is formed an oblong solid lump
of the size that we recognize as the
"cud." This the animal throws up in
to the mouth, and chews with evident
ly as much satisfaction as the same act
of mastication gives us when we put
the most delicate morsels between our
teeth. When it is sufficiently chewed,
the mass is swallowed and its place
taken by another which had been roll
ed up in the meantime.
But the "cud" thus masticated does
not returu to the second stomach, from
which it had come. It passes smooth
ly into the third, a place for additional
lubrication, and then into the fourth,
where the true digestion begins and
ends.
This is, in brief, the whole story, and
we see how naturally the chewing
coines in; it is the same as in our own
rase, only it is at a different stage of
the food's progress. And we see also
what "losing the cud" really is. The
cow or sheep is suffering from indiges
tion; the "second stomach" has failed
to roll up the little masses suitable for
chewing, aud there is nothing which
the poor beast can bring up. Of course,
therefore, the one thing required is to
restore the tone and power of the atom
ach; not to burden it with an "artificial
cud," which would only increase the
difficulty, instead of relieving it.
Ideas of the People--What Real
Leaders Have lo Say.
A FKW RKMAItKS THAT AUK NOT FKKIiLK
NOR SOUK.
"I deem it my duty not to stand
in the way of the people's choice,
and recommend my friends to assist in
his nomination."—John A. Logan, Sen
ator from Illinois.
- ' I have from the first suggested Sen
ator Sherman, but now withdraw his
name, and cast for James (J. Blaine
the4(i votes of Ohio."—Judge Foraker,
latest Republican candidate for <«ov
ernor of Ohio.
"In behalf of President Arthur, and
at his request, I moyeto make the nom
ination unanimous. We will show
you in November that New York is a
Republican State. We elected Garfield,
and we will elect James <». Blaine of
Maine," —Henry (J. Burleigh, Repre
sentative from New York.
"You will have my earnest and cor
din! support."—To Mr. Blaine from
Chester A. Arthur, President
"That prince of gentlemen, that
scholar, that gifted statesman, James
G Blaine.—The same spontaneous en
thusiasm will make him President."—
D. M. Sabin, Chairman National Com
mittee and Senator From Minnesota.
"You need not be worried about us;
we will take care of our side of the Con
tinent."—Senator MrCluie of Califor
nia.
"You have done wisely and well; we
will sweep this country like a vast
prairie on fire."—Hannibal Hamlin, the
first Republican Yice-President.
"Upon Hie ticket ami platform all
Republicans will unite heartily to win
the customary victory in November."
Robt. T' Lincoln, son of the First
Republican President.
"The most rcmaikabh; drinon.-trat i<>n
of tin; popular feeling in favor of a can
didate that has ever been. The can
vass has run its<-ll without any plot
ting or planning on his part, or on the
part of many of his olde t and most
intimate friends."-—Eugene 11 ale, Sen
ator from Maine.
"Everybody in Massat husetts will
cordially take hold and support the
ticket.— Nobody wants to see a Dem
ocratic President.,, — A'x-Oovet nor
Uoiitf of Massachusetts.
"Massachusetts will support tin
nomination heartily."—Senator Dawes
of Massachusetts.
"It ought to lie the most popular
thing going. All these great central
States, where the tug of war has got
to come, are very enthusiastic lor
him."—Senator Edmunds of Vermont.
' Blaine is the man to push the col
ored men forward until they stand on
an even plane with their white fellow
citizens."—John M. Langston, Minis
ter to Hay ti.
"United action will result in victory
for the Republican party."—Professor
It. T. Greenor of South Carolina.
"The entire delegation cordially ac
quiesced in the nomination, and will
use every energy to secure the election
of Mr. Blaine."—Attorney-General
lilair of Virginia, Mahone delegate.
"For every vote the Republicans
loose by disaffection they will gain
ten elsewhere."—Ex-Governor and
Representative Uingley of Maine.
"Hope to defeat the nomination of
Blaine was perfect insanity. I will
support him heartily, and have not a
shadow of doubt that Maine will fur
nish the next President.''—Amos F.
Breed, Delegate from Massachusetts.
"I shall vote for Blaine and Logan,
and the little influence 1 have will be
contributed to their success." Judge
Lochrane (Dent ), of Georgia.
"It was a selection in accordance
with tne choice of the people and in de
fiance of office-holders aud politicians."
David Davis, Ex-Senator of Illinois.
"Blaine is the choice of two-thirds of
the rank and ffle of the party- I shall
bolt the nomination by no means. I
have no personal objections to Blaine
He will sweep the West and Ohio, and
will carry jail New England." Theodore
Rosevelt, leader of Edmunds delegates
from New York.
"I am pleased with the result, and
have not a doubt of the success of
the ticket."—Senator Agnus Cameron
of Wisconsin.
'Put me dowu as a cordial, earnest,
enthusiastic Blaine man—just as good
a Blaine man, in fact, as we would
have expected his supporters to have
been Arthur men if he had succeeded "
—S. B. Dutcher of Yew York.
"We are prepared to do everything
iu our power to elect him."—Clint
Wheeler of New York.
"Coolness in New York city will be
more then compensated by the enthusi
asm in the country districts. If we
carry Maine, Ohio and West \ irginia
in September and October, Blaine will
have a walk-over in New \ork.'"—
Frank Hiscock, Representative from
New York.
"The people's choice has been made,
and success is assured."—Reuben E.
Fenton, ex-Governor of New York
"Their selection was not by ma
chines or bosses, but at the demand of
Republican voters."—Hon. John Bird
sail of New York.
"Blaine has a larger circulation than
all of the journals. Like St. Paul, he
is an epistle known and read of all
men."—Judge J. R. Angell of New
York.
"The cartoons of a comic paper have
done Blaine no harm. They may have
helped to nominate him, though not so
intended."— Awjusfa Chronicle( Dem )
"West Virginia stands at the thresh"
hold of a new era. The Mountain
State will be wrested from Bourbon
domination, and placed where she
rightly belongs, in the ranks of the
Republican party."— Wheeling (IF.
Va.) Intelligencer.
"1 prefer lilaine to nil othei Repub
lican candidates' is srynething
good likely to come to country
from a more energetic assertion of the
Monroe doctrine than we have had
lately."—Senator J. <J. George (Dem.)
of Mississippi.
Poisonous Plants and F lowers,
There are many plants whose leaves,
fi »wers and seeds contain virulent poi
sons, which every one should know,
HO as to avoid them and keep children
from them.
Buttercups possess a poisonous pro
perty, which disappears when the
flowers are dried in hay; no cow will
feed upon them while in blossom. So
caustic are the petals that ihey will
sometimes inflame the skin of tender
lingers. Every child should be cau
tioned against eating them: indeed, it
is desirable to caution children about
tasting the petals of any flowers, or
putting leaves into their mouths, ex
cept those known to be harmless.
The oleander contains a deadly poi
son in its leases ami flowers, and is
said to be a dangerous plant for the
parlor or dining room. The flowers
and berries of the wild bryony possess
a powerful purgative; the red berries,
which attract children, have proven
fatal. The seeds of the laburnum and
catalpa tree should be kept from chil
dren; and there is a poisonous proper
ty in their bark. The reeds of the yel
low and the rough podded vetches will
produce nausea and severe hcadach.
Fool's parsley IUIH tuberous roots,
which have been mistaken for turnips,
and produced a fatal effect an hour
after they wt re eaten.
Meadow hemlock is said to be the
hemlock which Socrates drank; it kills
by its intense action on the nerves,
producing complete insensibility and
palsy of the arina and legs, ami is a
most dangerous drug, except in skill
till hands. In August it is found iu
every field, by the seashore, and near
mountain tops, in full bloom, and
Indies ami children gather its large
clusters of tiny while flowers in quan
tities, without the least idea of their
poisonous qualities. The water hem
lock, or eow bane, resembles parsnips,
and has been eaten for them with dead
ly effects.
The water dropwort resembles cel
ery when not in flower, mid its roots
are also similar to those of the parsnip,
but they contain a virulent poison,
producing convulsions, which end in
death in a short time. The line leaved
water dropwort ami the common drop
wort are also dangerous weeds.
The bulbs of the daffodils were once
niistiik'-n for leeks and boiled in soup,
with very disasterous effects, making
the whole household intensely nau
seated, and the children did not reeov
from their effects for several days.
nomination of .Mr. Blaine, and an omen
which every Republican will accept as
a good one, that every candidate bear
ing the name of James has won the
light, viz : James Madison, James
Monroe, JUIIICH K Polk, .lames l»u
--chauan, James A. Garfield, and surely
James G Blaine.
A Nihilist's Adventures
Alexander Seminoff, a highly educat
ed Russian, who has been living in
Cincinnati a short time, and has attract
ed the attention of scholars, gives the
following account of himself:
"My pseudonym is Charles Frank.
My Russian name is Alexander Seni
inofl'. In 187<> I was one of the edi
tors of a secret Nihilist paper, and hav
ing been convicted of treason, 1 was
sent to Siberia for an unlimited num
ber of years. Nihilism, you may be
aware, is spread all over the Russian
empire, and the peculiar secrecy of its
principles aud workings is mainly ow
ing the fact that only ten may join to
gether to form a band. Each band of
ten knows nothing whatever about an
other band of ten. Each band works
separately. We do not know even
outside our band who is a Nihilist or
who is not. After editing a Nihilistic
paper for two years, I was Detrayed to
the police by one of my associates, and
was surprised one night in bed and
taken to the prison in Odessa,after hav
ing been cruelly scourged. After an
eight months' examination, I was sen
tenced to three years' hard labor in
Siberia, and to exile as a colonist in
the extreme north of the country.
"In June, 1876, I was separated, ac
cording to the legal form sanctioned by
the clergy of Russia, from wife and
children, and with head shaved on one
side and twenty-eight pounds of iron
attached to me, I was sent with othe
alleged criminals to the central prison
in Moscow. The journey lasted four
teen months, and during that time the
knout was used freely on the prisoners.
Our destination was Nertschinsk, and
on arriving we were assigned to differ
ent gold mines. In the mines I work
ed from 4 o'clock in the morning until
9at night. The allowance of food per
day is two and a half pounds of black
bread, half baked and hardly palatable,
and a bowl of soup, with a small quan
tity of meat. Morning and evening a
cup of tea is allowed. I endured my
suffering for two and a half years.
Then I completely broke down, and
the doctor of the district declared that
I was unlit for work The rest of my
sentence was remitted, and I was im
mediately assigned to my place in the
colony. It was in one of the primitive
forests of the north, where wolves,
bears and reindeer dwell. Iu 1881, to
ward the end of May, I resolved w r ith
four companions, to escape without
monev or weapons, and with only a
knife and teakettle. We took the di
rection toward the Caspian Sea,through
forests and an almost impassible coun
try. Wo had no shoes on our leet,
and kept ourselves alive on fish, game
and mushrooms. In the Tauskiau
country we separated, and with only
one companion, Marsilli Murainnoff, I
went on. I soon lost him, and then
pursued my journey alone. At length
I arrived at Astrabad aud Teheran, in
I'ersia, where 1 received assistance.
My hair had grown over my shoul
ders, my beard extended to my chest,
I had neither shirt nor shoes, and my
face was sunburnt almost to a black
color. An English telegraph operator
took charge of me. He had me wash
ed and give me clean clothing. I next
went through Turkey and thence to
Switzerland, where I was arrested and
kept in prison for four months. Again
I was arrested in Hesse Darmstadt,
and served a term of five months. I
then resolved to find peace in England
or the United States. I met Mr. Brad
laugh iu London, and at his request re
mained at his house for four days.
Through his kindness 1 received means
enough to take me to the United States.
I arrived in New York in January last,
and have been in Cincinnati a few days
only I want to go to Chicago, where
1 understand a great many Russians
reside."
Guano Tests,
Probably there is no better method
of determining the purity of guano
than the combustion test, which is as
follows: Pour half an ounce of the
guano into an iron lalde, such as is
used in casting bullets, and place it
upon red hot coals until nothing but a
white or grayish ash is left, which
must be weighed after cooling. The
best sorts of Peruvian guano do not
yield more than 30 or .'J.'f percent of
ash, while inferior varieties, such as
Patagonian, Chili, and African guano,
leave a residue of 00 or even 80 per
cent. Genuine guano leaves a white
or grayish ash; and a red or yellow
ash indicates the adulteration with
earthy matter or sand, etc. This test
is based upon the fact that the most
important ingredients, viz, the nitro
genous compounds become volatilized,
and escape when subjected to sufficient
amount of heat. The difference of
odor of the vapors envolved in the pro
cess, according as we are working with
first third or class guano, must also be
noticed. The vapors from the better
kinds have a pungent smell like spirits
of hartshorn, with a peculiar piquancy
somewhat resembling that of rich old
deenved cheese, while those arising
from inferior varieties HIIICII like hinged
horn shavings or hair.
A Cheap Inseel Destroyer
A correspondent of the fruit lie
cordcr says he has boiled leaves aud
stems of tomato plants until the juice
is all extracted, and finds the liquid
deadly to catupillars, lice and many
other enemies of vegetation. It does
rot injure the growth of plants, and its
odor remains for a long time to disgust
insect marauders.
"Tell the Republicans of Massa
chusetts that they have too much hay
in the stack to set fire to the grass,"
was the remark of Murat llalstead to
vl tlouriiul representative in Chicago.
The statement is powerfully true.
—The bolters:
George W. Curtis, > Free Traders
Henry \V. Beoeher, » each
Charles F. Adams, Jr., > and
Carl Sehurz \ all.
Farm, Garden and House.
USING I'oISONS.
A great many oppose the use of
paris green, even on potato vines, some
going so far as to declare that there is
danger from eating the tubers where it
has been used. Sow there is nothing
vet discovered so effectual in the de
struction of the Colorado beetle as this
poison, and the best chemists have ut
terly failed to discover the slightest
trace of it in the potato where it has
been freely used. The distinguished
chemist of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Prof. McMurtrie,
declares that "an aggregate of 90G.4
pounds of paris green per acre must be
applied to the soil before any injurious
effects on the plant growth are appreci
able (the ordinary application to a po
tato field is from a pound to two
pounds per acres). Arsenic cannot be
absorbed and assimilated by the plant
in the economy of growth. All of the
plants grown in the arsenic soil tried
bv Marsh's test failed to indicate the
presence of arsenic. Potatoes subjected
to the application of paris green failed
to gi*"e evidence of the presence of ar
senic."
Paris green may be applied to pota
to fields in several ways. We use it
in water, a tablespoonful to a large pail
—four gallons—of water. A less
quantity will answer. We use a brush
broom for this work. It can be effect
ually applied mixed with plaster or
with cheap flour. We prefer the lat
ter. One pound of paris green to
twelve to twenty pounds of Hour. This
should be dusted or sifted on the plants
when the dew is on so that the mix
ture will adhere; and it must be re
newed if washed off by the rains. Two
applications, sometimes three, are
necessary during the season of the
bugs.
Hellebore is another poison but not
so dangerous as paris green. We use
it to keep the insects from injuring the
rose bushes and by its use the foliage
can be kept perfectly clean and good.
We put a large tablespoonful of the
powder to three gallons of water ana
apply it with a small hand pump or
syringe. We apply it in the same way
to currant bushes to destroy the cur
rant worm or prevent its ravages. We
use for currants a large spoonful for
every two gallons of water. Before
the lruit is lit for use the hellebore is
all washed off so that there is no dan
ger from its use. We have never known
of any harm from the use of hellebore
in this way, Taken in season the cur
rant worm can effectually kept down.
Formerly whale oil soap was used
for roses to keep off the insects, but the
hellebore does the the work equally as
well and is not so disagreeable.
LICE ON POULTRY.
Every poultry raiser knows how
offensive to him and dangerous to the
fowls are the small white lice that are
generated in warm weather. Usually
early in April the hen's nests become
infested with them; and the young
chickens come out so full of them
that they are much weakened by their
attacks. So very serious is the matter
in our climate, that it is generally im
practicable to set heus after the middle
of May or the first of June. After much
annoyance and fruitless trials of several
suggested remedies, we have found the
only preventative to be the use
of kerosene oil. We made it
aj practice to feed all the poul
try, once every five or six days, with
meal moistened with water and kero
sene oil; iu the propar proportions of a
deserts-poonful of oil to a pint of meal.
If more oil is put, the fowls will not
readily eat the food. With this treat
ment, the lice have been entirely
eradicated ; and wo have been able
to set hens through the entire summer.
Last summer, in order to make a sure
test of the preventive, wo used some
permanent nests, and in two cases set
in each three hens iu succession, with
out making any change, or eyen giv
ing fresh straw; the two nests being
occupied without a day's intermission
throughout the whole of April and
May ; ami in no instance was a single
insect to be seen. The great advan
tage of freedom from these posts will
be appreciated by all who have any
dealings with poultry.
Squeezin' Times
On a train going West tho other
evening were two residents of the city,
who wore canvassing the general situ
ation as to business, and both agreed
that it was a time when every business
man should pare his apples very close.
Behind them was a farmer and his sou,
and, as the gentlemen finally ceas
ed talking, the old man observed:
'William Henry, did you hoar what
they said?'
'Ves, dad.'
' 'Bout iron furnaces bustiu' up, and
rolli«i' mills shuttin' down!"
•Yes.'
'llullsale houses goin' to the wall,
and corner groceries bein' knocked
higher'n (Jildroy's kite?'
'Ves, I hoard it all ; and what of
it?'
'What of it!' echoed the old man, as
be half wheeled in his seat. 'Why,
you infernal, thick headed idiot, it
means that I'm goin' to git ready fur
Hquoexin' times, and if you don't pay
nie tle-m $7 you owe me by next week
Thursday, I'll cover my shorts by
givin' you the all-firedost liekin' a Wil
liam Henry ever fooled with.'
—Repeated sowings of fodder-corn
make a continuous supply of green
feed at the close of the growing sea
son.
—The root crop has superceded the
summer fallow iu the rotation, and
the use of the land is no longer lost
for a whole year.
Horses as well as boys enjoy an
evening bath. They are profited by it
if lastingjonly a few minutes,and if!they
are subsequently rubbed dry.
—The people have had their wishes
gratified iu the nomination of Blaine
and Logan. Now let the people organ
ize for the election of thoir choice.
Blaine's Religion and that of his
Family.
With the complete divorce of Church
and State which obtains in this coun
try, (very sensibly remaiks the Phila.
I'reas,) we do not conceive that a man's
private views of the relation of man to
his Master in any way affect his capac
ity or fitness for high public station, or
that it can be of any public concern
whether the President of the United
States, or a candidate for that office, be
longs to a particular church or not.
As, however, many good people do ask
this question about Mr. Blaine with en
tire good faith, we answer them as we
have answered similar inquiries before,
that Mr. Blaine and his wife are both
members of the Congregational Church
in Augusta, Me. On his father's side,
Mr. Blaine's ancestors were always
identified with the Presbyterian Church
and when in Washington Mr. Blaine
and his family are attendants at a Pres
byterian Church. Mr. Blaine was ed
ucated at Washington College, Penn
sylvania, which was then, and is now,
when consolidated with Jefferson Col
lege, one of the staunchest of Presby
terian institutions.
Mr. Blaine's former pastor, Dr. Ecob,
in an interview published a few days
ago in the Albany Evening Journal,
says of Mr. Blaine : "In the church he
is honored and beloyed. The good old
New England custom of church-going
with all the guests is enforced strictly
iu the Blaine household. Whoever is
under his roof, from the President
down, is expected to be with the family
at church. Fair weather or foul, those
pews were always well tilled. Not
only his presence on Sunday, but his
influence, his wise counsels, his purse
are freely devoted to the interest of the
old South Church of Augusta. The
hold which Mr. Blaine has maintained
upon the hearts of such great numbers
of his countrymen is not sufficiently
explained by brilliant gifts of magnet
ism; the secret lies in his generous,
manly, Chistiau character."
An Enoch Arden Romance.
The town of Muncie, Ind., is agita
ted by the return of Thompson Walling
from Weatherby, Oregon, to a wife
whom he left thirty-five years ago, and
whom he finds a widow after having
been twice married during his absence.
Fifty years ago George Shafer, who
camo from Pennsylvania, was a well
to-do farmer in Muncie. Joseph Wal
ling, a prosperour tanner, lived just
outside of the then village of Muncey
town, a cluster of log cabins and little
houses, with a log Court House. Su
sannah Shafer, a daughter of the
farmer, was just growing into woman
hood, and young Thompson Walling,
the tanner's son, became enamored ot
her, and, before tho parents knew the
truth, they were pledged to each other.
On April 1, 1841, they were married,
and among the guests were a youth
and inaideu, friends of the bride and
groom, now Mr. Voluoy Wilson and
wife. The union was happy. Three
children were born to Walling aad his
wife, one of whom died, leaving a boy
and girl.
When the gold fever of 1841) broko
out young Walling became a victim,
and, with SSOO loaned to him by his
friend Volney Wilson,ho left for Califo
rnia with Arch Hamilton, Theo. Burt,
Stephen Hamilton and son, Henry
Wysor, Jas Kussy, Dr. Hathaway,
Charles McUlaughliu (the Railroad
King, lately shot by his employee iu
San Francisco) Samuel Martin, and
others, now prominent citizens of Mun
cie. The mines of California and
Idaho were successively tried, and
one by ono the party returned, save
Walling, McGlaughlin and Kussy, tho
latter of whom, with a man named
Wood, from that county, met his death
at the hands of the Indians. Time
passed, and letters from Walling came
less and less frequent. In 1852 a let
ter containing a draft for SSOO was re
ceived by Mrs Walling. She never
heard from him after that, and his si
lence was accepted as proof that ho
was dead. In fact, his father's estato
at his death was administered as
though young Walling was dead. His
wife obtained a divorce, and in I8(!2
married Horatio F. Wilcoxon, who
was killed in a sawmill in 1805. A
year later she married Jeremiah Veacb,
who died two years ago. Then she
lived with her son near Muncie.
Volney Wilson alone never shared
the belief that Thompson Walling was
dead For years he spent all his leis
ure time writing letters of inquiry to
out-of tho way places on the Pacific
coast. One day in February last tho
Deputy Postmaster at Weatherby,
Ore , saw a letter postmarked Muncie,
Ind , addressed to the Postmaster.
Opening it he found that it was from
his old friend Wilson, inquiring for
him. He, answering, gave the story
of his life and misfortunes. Then he
wrote to his wife, detailing his sorrows,
his efforts to get home, his failures, his
ill health, and his final conclusion that
fate was against him, followed by a re
lapse into indifference. A few morn
ings since the town was electrified to
see him on the street. Before noon,
his son, now almost a middle-aged
man, came for him arid took him to the
home of his former wife, where to
many friends he detailed his romantic
experience, which is almost beyond IHS
lief.
Mrs. Vouch, his wife, expressed her
self as glad of his return, and the meet
ing is said to have boon most affecting.
It is thought a second wedding will
fully unite them. Should it occur,
Volney Wilson and his wife will again
hold the place of honor they held
almost a half century ago.
|Cgf" Economy is Wealth. No
woman really practices economy un
less sho uses the Diamond Dyes.
Many pounds can be saved every year.
Ask your druggist. Only 10c. Sam
ple to use. Wells, Richardson &. Co.,
Burlington, Vt.
Select a portion of the corn field
[ for seed, and give it extra attention.
1 Breed up the corn.
NO.; 3.