AS TO SPRING,
I iove the Spring, it is BO free
From ardor and activity.
It predisposes man to shirk
All but inexorable work.
When grasses start and buds foretell
The blossoms by the way th°y swell;
Wlien feathered things distract the air,
Getting their dwellings in repair;
When eggs and bugs aud flowers ntid
weeds
Are nil a-hatcliing, Nature needs
All the spare force there is afloat
To muke her enterprises mote.
For men it can't but foolish be
To strive with her for energy.
Give in to her: give over wishing
To overcome her. Go a-fishing!
Find a fit stream and duly try
If angle worms will justify
Their title. For the time ignore
Remote results. Consider more
The vagrant impulse of the present,
And what it offers that is pleasant.
Brief is the season of transition—
The jog-trot summer has its mission.
In its fierce sun you dare not bask,
To shun its heat becomes a tnsk
That lasts till Fall comes buck again
Aud nature's work is finished. Then,
When growth at length in harvest ceases,
The energy that she releases
Comes back to man and holds his mind
Down to the work of humankind.
Spring is alone the time of choice,
Ilespect her, then, and heed her voice.
—Edward 8. Martin, in Hcribner.
THE "TOWER OF BABEL." 1
Half a mile from the little town of
Kelton, California, the steep hillside rose
with rugged abruptness from the valley
of the San Lorenzo into a high ridge. It
was furrowed with deep gullies, aud
studded with the blackened stumps of
great trees.
Among these stumps the monarch of
all the trees upon the hillside remained
untouched. On a bold point, twenty
rods up the steep slope, stood a gigantic
redwood tree. Twenty-four feet 111 diam
eter at the ground, and scored with deep j
corrugations like niches, the enormous
tru k contracted until, at a height of j
twelve feet, its diameter was lessened to
eighteen feet. Thence it rose, like a
Jiuge column, to an altitude of nearly
three hundred feet, and for two-thirds 1
of that distance it hardly seemed to de
crease in bulk.
More than one hundred feet from the
ground the first gaunt limbs were ex- '
Fended, aud above loomed the drooping
J ranches of the vast top, not shapely and I
raccful, but irregular aud contorted, i
and clothed in scant, dark-green foliage. 1
The pinnacle was a gnarled spire of
dead wood, bleached to a gray whiteness, 1
and punctured in a thousand places by
the bills of many generations of wood
peckers. A multitude of these birds
made their home in the lofty top, and
morning and evening tilled, the air with
querulous clamors as they flitted about,
or beat loud rolls on the resonant wood.
Some imaginative person, listening to
this discordant chorus of the wood
peckers, had called the great tree the
"Tower of Babel," and by that name it
was known in the con , tJ round about.
The Tower of Babel had not been
spared from sentimental motives. The
ground was so rough and broken that it
seemed impossible to fell it without
breaking it into fragments, so it was left
unmolested until a more favorable time.
Not far above the " Tower " three other
large tree 9 in a group had been spared
for the same reason.
Edward North, who had come to Cal
ifornia to engage in ranching and fruit- 1
growing, had admired the Tower of
Babel from afty- when he first stepped
from the train 'ii gfcjton. After looking
about, he bought "if tract"of land at the
foot of the mountain, almost in the I
shadow of the great tree; and there he
built a pretty and picturesque cottage, ,
and surrounded it with lawns and flow er- j
gardens.
Ralph Kepler, a poor boy who lived
with ilis mother in a shanty on the road
to Higgins & Foley's mill, never forgot i
North's arrival in Kelton. Ralph was
honest and faithful, but he was rude and
unmannerly.
A deformed man, employed at the
sawmill, occasionally passed his moth
er's house. He was a hunchback, with
long, powerful arms, and swarthy feat- I
ures deeply pitted with smallpox. ,
Ralph called after him one day, "How j
arc you, •Humpty-Dumpty?'" The
dwarf suddenly turned ana rushed upou
him.
The boy tried to escape, but the man j
clutched his collar, and he was dragged
into the road and shaken violently.
This happened at the moment of Mr. !
North's arrival in the place. He had
separated the two, and told Ralph to
apologize to the dwarf; but the boy had 1
taken to his heels.
The dwarf gazed after Mr. North as
he walked on with a look of perplexity,
and at last shambled slowly away, mut
tering to himself: "He seems to be a
gentleman. I know I've seen him
before somewhere, but 1 don't know
whero."
3fr. North was unmarried, and though
he employed a man and his wife con- j
stautly at Mount Hope, he had occasion ■
now and then for Mrs. Kepler's assist- <
ancc in keeping the house in order.
Ralph worked in the garden. Mr.
North gave him books to read, and, i
seemingly without intention, gavo him <
many manly lessons.
Ralph tried one day to find the dwarf ,
in order to apologize to him for his j
rudeness, but the sawmill had been !
moved twelve miles away, and the dwarf j
could not be found.
A few months after his house was
completed Mr. North announced that he \
was going East and that he should be !
absent about six months. The two ser
vants were dismissed, and the charge of
the place was given to Mrs. Kepler and
Ralph.
Three months after Mr. North's de
parture, Mrs. Kepler was taken ill and
died. She charged Ralph to take care
of the place faithfully, and gave him a
purse containing the money which Mr.
North had left with her. Thirty dollars
of the amount, she said, belonged to
Ralph, but the rest must be given back
to Mr. North.
One day, as the boy was working |
quietly in the garden, an old man who
gathered herbs on the mountains told
him that the Tower of Babel was slowly
but surciy going down.
"It's going down, sure, right down
onto this gimcrack of a house?' said the j
old man. "It leans downhill, anyhow. ;
and the top's gone over a foot since week 1
before last. Get some timber-fullers to
look at it; but no mortal man can wedge
that tree uphill. And Higgins won't j
let it be cut, uulcss it can be kept from
breaking."
The old man went away, leaving upon
Ralph's mind a weight of anxiety and
terror. Three good timber-cutters whom
he brought from Kelton agreed that the
Tower would certainly 4 turn up by the
loots" within a short time, aud that it
was impossible to cut it and wedge it so
as to cause it to fall uphill. In any ease,
it would be shattered to fragments on
the rough ground.
But each one of the men said, in con
clusion, "You go and see Nick Mar, at
Higgins & Foley's. He can do it if any
man can. lie's thet bes timber-feller in
California. You get him and Big Jim
to try it—if you cart catch Jim sober."
Ralph went to see Mar as they ad
vised, but was overwhelmed with con- j
fusion when he recognized in him the '
dwarf whom he had insulted. His in-1
tended apology came to his mind, but he I
saw the impossibility of making it now.
He stammered : "I'd like to have you I
come and cut a big tree that's going to
fall on a house."
"What?" growled the dwarf.
Ralph repeated his errand timidly, but
added, with fortunate wit, "The men at
Kelton daren't try it. They said you
were the only man that could do it."
44 No," said the dwarf, still angrily.
44 1 guess liumpty-Dumpty couldn't do
it!"
He took a long handled axe from the
door and shambled away.
After trying unsuccessfully to find j
some one who would cut the tree, Ralph \
started homeward sorrowfully. At a 1
turn in the road, a quarter of a mile
from the mill, a voice saluted him from
the hillside above.
"Well, young fellow, you're down in j
the mouth now, I guess."
Looking up he saw the dwarf. Be- (
liinil him stood a powerful man, whose ,
face bore the marks left by strong drink.
This was Big Jim—a quiet and well-bred ;
man while he was sober, but a terrible ;
' ruin when drunk. Ralph could hardly |
keep back his tears as lie saw the mock
iug face of the hunchback, lie turned
away and hurried on, but the man called j
to biin again, and he paused, hope- j
lesslv.
"I'm a humpback," began the dwarf, |
slowly, "but 1 may not be as mean as '
you think. What tree do you want cut? '
I reckon I'll be over that way day after i
! to-morrow."
44 It's the Tower of Babel!" cried
i Ralph
14 What 1" The dwarf whistled in
j amazement. " I reckon I'll be over there
to-morrow,
j " Let's go, Jim," he said, turning to
; his companion, 44 and we'll get Higgins'
I to go over, too ; but I'm afraid he won't
let us cut it."
! "Very well, let's go," said Jim i
hoarsely.
j Nick Mar, Big Jim and Mr. Higgins j
arrived at the Tower of Babel early in I
j the afternoon. Higgins pretended to
( scoff at the idea of imminent danger
from the tree, and refused to allow it to
be cut unless Nick Mar could save at
! least ninety feet of the trunk unbroken.
| This seemed impossible, for the steep
hillside was not even for more than
forty or fifty feet in any direction; but
; Nick Mar examined the tree carefully,
and declared that he could fell it and
suvo the required length.
His plan was a daring one, requiring
great skill, but he explained it to no
, one but Big Jim.
Higgins then refused to allow the
tree to be cut unless one hundred and
fifty dollars wcro deposited with him, to
be forfeited if it were broken.
Ralph still had the money which his
mother had left him, but she had told
him to returu all but thirty dollars of it
to Mr. North, lie could risk but thirty
dollars—his own wages—for this pur
pose.
He was about to give up the plan when
the dwarf said, kindly: "Haint you got \
the money, my boy? Never mind. I'll ;
put up what you can't. Nick Mar aint'
afrajd to back up his figuring with '
coin."
Ralph gladly accepted the proposition, |
and having deposited his thirty dollars i
with Mr. Higgins, Nick Mar became re- I
sponsible for the rest, and the work of i
j felling the Tower of Babel began.
I In felling a large redwood-tree, a deep ;
1 notch, called the under-cut, is chopped i
jin the trunk, facing the direction in
j which it is to fall. Then a ring of the !
j thick, tough bark is removed entirely i
! around the tree, and two men saw into '
] the other side horizontally, with a long
j cross-cut saw, until the tree breaks off
and falls. If a tree begins to lean the
wrong way, long steel wedges are driven j
; into the saw cut to force it over.
| Nick Mar and Big Jim first erected a
staging, so that they could cut the tree j
at the height of twelve feet. But even !
there the diameter was so great that they j
! were obliged to cut two notches, each i
four and one-half feet deep, at right j
! angles with the under-cut. Tnis reduced j
, the diameter from side to side to nine '
feet, and barely enabled them to saw the !
' tree with a ten-foot saw.
j Then they reversed the usual order,
i and began the saw-cut before chopping 1
j the under cut on the uphill side. They
' sawed into the tree about six feet, and I
Big Jim, with ponderous blows, drove i
twenty long steel wedges into the saw- I
cut. This was to wedge the tree up j
firmly, so that when the under-cut was •
made it would not swing.
Then Nick Mar chopped the under '
cut. Standing first on the staging, and 1
afterward in the cut itself, he swung his j
axe for two days, till the great, yawning j
notch was completed.
An interested crowd watched the work j
from day to day. Some woodmen sug
gested to Nick Mar that he was aiming j {
the tree so that it would strike the clump (
of trees on the hill. He replied that c
"it might come pretty close." ! j
The time came when the saw-cut was \
to be completed, and the great tree |
wedged over. In the early morning i (
Nick Mar sat on the staging, and Ralph j (
stood below, waiting for Big Jim. j
| lie did not come. Nick Mar sent )
Ralph to Kelton to search for him. He <
I found Jim in a saloon, intoxicated and (
j worthless, declaiming in hoarse tones to ,
a crowd of loafers. He reiused to come
I and finish his work; but Ralph sue-1
ceeded in engaging two other woodmen
to help the dwarf.
The loss of Big Jim was severely felt !
that day, and for the first time Nick Mar
scented nervous. He worked fiercely and i
tirelessly. The saw sank deeper and
deeper into the tree, and all day long ,
the hills echoed with the sharp blows of |
the mauls on the wedges.
When the evening train came in the '
station was deserted. The men and boys '
were all gathered where they could see
the big tree fall,
j Night had fallen, but the wind was |
beginning to rise, and the work must be
| finished now. The tree had been sawed
as far as it was safe. Nick Mar was
striking furiously upon the wedges when
| he happened to turn toward the house.
| There was a light in it!
"Who's in that house?" he shouted, j
"Run quick, Ralph, and tell them to
i get out of it."
Ralph ran down the hill toward the
i house. As lie came near he saw a man
i peering in at the window. It was Big
j Jim. Within the house, at a glance, he 5
( saw people who had evidently just ar- :
rived from a journey.
He shook Jim's arm roughly.
"Jim! The tree's going back oa 'em!
Go help'cm! Run!"
.liin turned on him with a strango <
[ look, like a man awakening from a
beautiful dream. Then he flung Ralpt
to one side and was gone.
Ralph rushed in. Mr. North stood
in the centre of the room beside
a young lady. She was looking with
pleasure at a picture on the wall, of
which Mr. North wus evidently speaking,
for he had a hand extended toward it,
although he was looking at her. On the
other side stood an aged lady, with a
very kindly though sad face.
I It took but a moment to warn them
of the danger, and they hurried from the
I house.
Meanwhile Jim had hurried to the tree
Nick appealed to him fiercely:
| "Jim! llraco up! She's trying to go
back! Jump up and hit the wedges
while I cut out the centre! Hit 'cm!
Hit 'em hard, Jim, and never stop!"
Nick sprang up and leaped into the
under-cut. He raised his axe, aud at
that instant the Tower quivered to its
heart with the blows which Big Jim was
showering upon the wedges on the other
j side. Swiftly and carefully Nick Mar
I began to chop out the centre of the tree.
| Suddenly a deep, hollow, stunning
; crack sounded as the wood broke. Nick
Mar, tingling as if with an electric
j shock, threw up his hand. The great
' slanting bevel of the under-cut was clos
' ing down upon him. The tree was fall—
ia H'
I He sprang out upon the staging aud
then to the ground, ran swiftly two or
! three rods to one side, aud looked up.
i The majestic top of the Tower was
i slowly and grandly describing its tre
mendous arc in mid-air, and Big Jim
stood on the staging, at the gaping saw-
I cut, still striking the wedges, which
! now flew from under the blows far into
the heart of the tree.
I "Look out, Jim!" screamed Nick Mar.
! He had time for only one cry, for then
the descending uiass struck the largest
I tree of the clump above squarely. It
bent far back, but perceptibly checked
the momentum of the fall; and the recoil
whirled the great butt of the Tower off
the stump and projected it down the
steep declivity, filling the air with flying
rocks and earth.
This was the successful consummation
of the dwarf's plan, for the Tower of
Babel lay with the butt foity feet below
the stump, and one hundred and fifteen
feet of the trunk unbroken.
Nick Mar was not thinking of his tri
umph. He called for Jim, but there
was no answer iu the stillness that fol
lowed the downfall. Lanterns were
brought, aud after a time Ralph and the
dwarf found poor Jim, hurled down
! the hill, with the pallor of death on his
face.
The men bore him down to Mr.
North's house, and at the door they met
the aged lady whom Ralph had seeu.
Iler face turned white, and she threw
herself down beside him with a moaning
cry, "Jamie!"
Jim opened his eyes, and his face
lighted up with a smile.
"Mother," he sighed, faintly. She
kissed him and wept, and smoothed his
damp hair, and spoke to him tenderly as
she had done when he was u little boy.
His head drooped, and he died in her
arms, with the light still lingeringon his
face.
Mr. North came and knelt besiae her,
and said, "We have found him at last,
mother."—[Youth's Companion.
Some Census Curiosities.
The English National Review has col
■ lected some amusing curiosities in an
article on the "Censuses of the Century":
It is said that the Duke of Wellington,
; then eighty-two years of age, returned
, himself as deaf—a touching trait of his
truthfulness, though, of course, deaf
| ness, as an infirmity of old age, did not
I come within the scope of census inqui
ries. On the other hand, "a clergyman
j refused to return the schedule to the
! parish clerk, who was the enumerator,
and sent it direct to the central ofiiee,
j alleging that if he had done otherwise
j his wife's age would have become a topic
|of gossip in the beer shops of the vil-
I lage." "In Devonshire a middle-aged
man refused to make out his schedule,
i saying that he did not know either his
name or his place of birth, 'and ho would
not perjure himself by making a false
entry.' An 'author' added to his return
a note, stating that his wife said he was
'both an idiot and lunatic.' " "In the
matter of the ages of the people, the
most curious fact noticed iu the report
for 1881 is that there are more girls aged
from twenty-two to twenty-five than
can be accounted for. Young women of
twenty-five at one census must have
been fifteen at the previous one. We
must allow for death having thinned
their ranks, and yet the girls at twenty
five arc far more numerous than were
| the girls of fifteen, of whom they are the
j remainder! Among the girls of the
| working class (so-called) there is a desire
; to be over twenty in order to obtain bet
ter situations in domestic service; and in
the class above them there is an even
stronger desire to remain below twenty
five, which is some how looked on as a
sort of limit of the most marriageable*
ago.
The Poland-China Hog.
The Poland-China hog originated in
Southern Ohio, in Warren and Butler
counties, iu the year 1837, and was an
established breed in 1840. They are
produced from four pure and distinct
breeds, three of winch arc imported,
viz.: Poland, Big China, Big Irish
Grazier and Bayfield. The Poland-
China hog is of fine bone, but of largo
size, combining the excellences of both
large and small breeds, being docile, ex
cellent feeders, breeders and sucklers,
capable of fattening readily at auy age
and yet attaining great weight at matur
ity. They usually dress from 300 to 500
pounds at eighteen months of age. The
Poland-China hogs arc dark in color,
| usually black with small white pro- '
miscuous spots; however, they usually
| have some white in the face and about
; the legs and feet. They have long bod
ies, short necks, heavy jowls, well spread,
i broad, straight backs, deep sides, with
! heavy shoulders, broad deep hams, frc
| qucntly overlaying the hock joints, cars
thin and drooping at the points. They
I have no flabby, thin belly meat, but are
thick iu front of ham and they have very
little offal when fat. They arc strong
I and hardy in constitution. —[St. Louis
Republic.
Earth Odor.
Two French chemists, Messrs. Bcrth-
I elot and Andre, have investigated the
cause of the powerful odor that rises
from vegetable mould after a fall of
rain. They find the essential principle
to be an organic compound of the aro
matic family. Its odor is very penetrat
ing, and analogous to that of the cam
phors; its proportion in mould is only a
few millionths, but one three-millionth
of a dram is sufficient to produce a sen
sible smell.—[Trenton (N. J.) American.
Quinine IH now successfully manufactured
in Madras. India.
ETHER DRINKING.
A HABIT FAST SPREADING IN
THE NORTH OF IRELAND.
Peculiar Way of Drinking Ether and
Its Deplorable Effects Upon Its
Victims—A Dangerous Drug.
A very striking example of the human
tendency to resort to artificial stimula
tion is furnished by the rapid growth
and enormous extent of the practice of
ether drinking in the north of Ireland
more especially. The origin of the vice
is traced back as far as the time of
Father Mathew, the great Irish apostle
of temporauce. .
The suppression of alcoholic intemper
ance in that district was very effectual,
but the yearning for stimulation was not
removed. Whiskey drinking was driven
out, but a far cheaper and more potent
means of producing intoxication was
found in ether, or more particularly,
what is known as methylated ether. As
the methylated spirit from which this is
prepared, or with whieh it is diluted,
pays no duty, the tipple <an be bought
in that region for about 18 cents a pound,
or about #2.75 a gallon. The average
dose being only about a dessertspoonful,
and three or four doses at the most being
sufficient for the purpose, an ether
drinker can get drunk 011 the small sum
of ten cents.
The process of ether drinking is pecu
liar and elaborate. To begin with, the
drinker washes out his mouth with cold
water, or, as the local pluase is, "reach
es liis gums." Thou, seizing his nose
and holding it tightly, lie swallows down
the dose, which is of a quantity varying
from a teaspoonful to a tablespoouful.
Finally and immediately, n little water
is drunk for the purpose of avoiding the
eructations which are liable to occur
when the "volatile fluid comes in con
tact with the heat of the stomach. It
will be seen, therefore, that proficiency
in the art requires practice, but accord
ing to a correspondent of the London
Times who has carefully investigated the
subject, the number of regular ether
drinkers, at the lowest calculation, is
4(1,000 out of a total population of 350,-
000 in the district of Ireland where the
vice is prevalent. This district em
braces the county of Tyrone, a large
part of Londonderry, and parts of Ar
magh, Monaghan, and Fermanagh coun
ties. The consumption of ether there
amounts to 17,000 gallons a year. At
Draperstown (1,200 out of a total popu
lution of 9,800 are ether drinkers; at
Cookstown 7,300 out of 13,500; at Mag
hera 0,200 out of 13,000; at Moneymore
5,100 out of 12,400.
In beginning the practice oue dose is
enough to intoxicate; but the confirmed
drunkards require three or even four,
and cases are on record where as much
as a wineglassful has been taken at once.
The effect is produced very rapidly and
passes away very rapidly. An ether
drinker may be drunk and sober again
half a dozen times a day. At
fairs and markets, this corres
pondent tells u?, it is 110 unusual sight
to see a man helplessly drunk, and per
fectly sober within an hour's time. The
first effect of the ether is to flush the
face. In a few mcmcuts a peculiar un
steadiness of the body follows, distinctly
differing from that due to alcohol.
Then the mind of the drinker is filled
with elevated notions and he is supreme
ly happy. The whole world seems to be
his. Finally he loses all muscular con
trol and sinks into speechlessness aud in
to utter unconsciousness, which lasts
from half an hour to three-quarters of an
hour, if the maximum dose is taken.
Then he awakes perfectly sober, but de
pressed. The after effects are not as
disagreeable as those of alcohol. They
are dyspepsia, a low brooding melan
choly, and, in the case of young girls,
hysteria; but the decided increase of in
sanity in the district indicates the
eventual danger.
The vice extends among people of nil
conditions, and includes both sexes
among its victims. Mothers who Jive on
the drug themselves will feed their chil
dren with it. Young and old yield to
the fascination, becoming in the end
miserable and loathsome wrecks. The
largest consumers are the small farmers
and the laborers, but people of the high
est social standing are also among the
habitual ether drinkers. On market or
fair days ten or fifteen men and women
will often be waiting to be served with
the drug at an apothecary's counter, the
whole place smelling strongly of
"ayther. Peddlers hawk it about as
their most profitable article of trade, and
saloon keepers and grocers sell it more
or less surreptitiously.
The vice, therefore, has a strong foot
hold, and like all such vices it has a ten
dency to spread beyond the particular
region where it has become so prevalent.
Emigration has carried it to a distance,
and of courso lias brought it to this
country, for everywhere the demand
for artificial stimulants was never
greater than it is now. Per
haps it was never before so strong
and so widespread. A few years ago it
seemed hardly possible that the Chinese
vice of opium smoking should bo im
ported hither, and yet it has come and is
already a very serious evil, extending far
beyond the Chinese immigrants them
selves. The private asylums and the re
treats for the special treatment of vic
tims of the morphine habit, the chloral
habit, and the cocaiue habit have be
come numerous, as the advertisements in
botli medical and lay journals bear
abundant witness. Every apothecary
shop derives a large part of its revenue
from the sale of such drugs used habit
ually.
To check this particular practice of
ether drinking and to prevent its exten
sion, it is suggested that naphtha should
be introduced into the ether, except
when the ether is to be used for the arts
and for purely medicinul purposes, the
naphtha causing nausea aud vomiting,
and also headache. A further remedy
proposed is to put a tax on methylated
ether, so as to make the liquor dearer.—
(New York Sun.
The Omnipresent Microbe.
Not many years ago few persons, if
any, surmised that certain microscopic
living beings—raicrobia. or micra-organ
isms—could be powerful agents of com
bination and decomposition, not merely
in living matter, but even in the mineral
kingdom. Some time ago the researches
of Schloesing and Muntz, of Marc.igno,
of P. F. Frankland, and of others
showed that the decomposition of dead
organisms into their components de
pends mainly on the action of microbia
which break up blood, flesh, leaves, aud
even wood, into carbonic acid aud am
monia. Living organisms further con
vert the ammonia into nitric acid, which
if potash is present, forms saltpetre. By
a due selection of different ferments
all of (hem living organisms—we can
produce, in a solution of sugar or a de
coction of innit, alcoholic liquors having
the actual aroma and flavor of the choic
est wines. More remarkable still, it is
now proved that the green rust on
antique bronzes is a product of micro
scop;c plant life.--[The Forum.
Tlie Ruin of tlie California Mission*.
The ruin of tha Missions was com
pleted by the Amerieau conquest. The
few remaining Indians were speedily
driven or enticed away, for the rough
frontiersmeu who came over the plains
knew nothing of missionary friars or
civilized Indians; they came here to
squat on public laud and respected no
possession beyond 100 acres, and that
only in the hands of one familiar with
the English language and modern
weapons. None of the establishments
retains ita original character.
Where population lias grown up
around the site, as at Santa Clara, San
Francisco, and San Rafael, they be
came parish churches. At other places
squatters took possesion of them, ex
truding priests and uiayor-domo im
partially, and in more than one case
even the cliurche3 were tacrilegiously
degraded to the use of stables and the
like. Iu others many parts of tlie
buildings were demolished for the sake
of the timber, tiles, and other building
material they afforded.— John 1\ Doyle,
ERIE, Pa., May 12.—Louis Baudry of
Cortland, N. Y., was instantly killed by
falling out of a third-story window of the
Reed House about 9 p. m.
fPATENTSg
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Marks, Copyrights, amt
MUNN A
fl^Ol^Broadwaj^B
LIBOR WINTER,
RESTAURANT,
AND
OYSTER SALOON,
No. 13 Front Street, Freeland, Pa.
tW The finest Liquors and Cigars served at
counter. Cool Beer always on tap.
j YOU WANT I
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,'WE WANT TO SELL YOU OHE,i
STADERMAN.
U SUPER!OiI CONSTRUCTION I!
STYI.E AND FINISH. H
1 AGENTS WANTED
J, wo will olfcr special inducements fl
J; direct t o purchasers.
j| FIRST-CLASS YET MODERATE PRICED.
.Send for Circular ami Prices. fi
fSTADERMAN
S. RUDEWICK,
Wholesule Dealer In
Imported Brandy, Mine
And All Kinds Of
LIQUORS.
THE BEST
Beer,
Porter,
-A.le And
Brown Stcvit.
Foreign and Domestic.
Cigars Kept 011 Hand.
S. RUDEWICK,
SOUTH HEBERTON.
The Most Successful Remedy overdlscov
•red, as It is certain In Its effects anil <loes not
blister. Read proof below :
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE.
BKLVERNON, Pa., Nov. 27, •).
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. :
Gents— l would like to mako known to those who
are almost itersuaded to uscKcudaU's Spavin Cure
the fact that I think It is a most excellent Liniment.
1 have used Itou a Blood Spavin. The horse went on
three legs for three years when 1 commenced to
uso your Kendall's Spavin Cure. I used teu hot
ties on the horse ana havo worked him for three
years since aud has not been lame.
Yours truly, WM. A. CURL.
GERMAN-TOWN, N. Y., NOV. 2,1559.
DU. B. J. KENDALL Co.,
Euosburgh Falls, Vt.
Gents: In pralscof Kendall's Spavin Cnro I will
say. that a year ago I hud a valuable young horse be
come very lame, hock enlarged and swollen. The
horsemen about liere(we have 110 Veterinary Stir-
Beo iA horo >"l? ro no ul| ccd his lameness Blood Spavin
or I horougbpin, they nil told ine there was no
cure for it, he became about useless, and I con
sidered him almost worthless. A friend told roc of
the merits of your Kendall* Spavin Cure, BO I
bought a bottle, and I could seo very plainly great
Improvements Immediately from Its use,and before
the bottle was used up I was satisfied that it was
doing him n great deal of good. I bought a second
bottle and before it wns used up my horse was
c it red and lias t>een In t he team doing heavy work
all the season since last April, showing no more
signs of it. I consider your Kendall's Spavin Curo
a valuable medicluc, and It should bo iu every
etublo iu the laud. Respectfully yours,
EU&ENE DEWITT.
Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for s*. All drug
gists have it or can get It for you, or It will be sent
to any address on receiptor price by the proprie
tors. DR. H. J. KEN 1)A LI. CO.,
EnoHburglt Fallc.- Vermont.
SOLI> BY AM, OK IK JOISTS.
PETER TIMONY,
BOTTLER,
And Dealer in all kinds of
Liquors, Beer and Porter,
Temperance Drinks,
Etc., Etc.
Geo.Ringler&Co.'s
Celebrated LAGER BEER put
in Patent Sealed Bottles here
on the premises. Goods de
livered in any quantity, and to
any part of the country.
FREELAND BOTTLING WORKS,
Cor. Centre and Carbon Sts., Freeland.
(Near Lehigh Valley Depot.)
JERSEY
GALVANIZED STEEL
F/IRN LAWN
is just '
THE THING '
where a STRONG, 1.48T1N0, SU
PJCRIOR fence It desired.
Is ORN\MENTAL, doc# not coneral yet
protect# cnc!o#itro without injury to man or
buasu Defie . wind, time, ami water.
AH Intending Ptirchascrs
should get our illustrated prion list, showing
the superior twist and weave, and other
point* of merit. Apply to your dealer, or
directly to tint manufacturers,
Tko New Jersey Wire Cloth Co., Tr y"T'
H. M. BRISLIN,
UNDERTAKER
AND
EMBALMER.
Also dealer in
FURNITURE
of every descrlptiuu.
Centre Street, above Luzerne, Freeland.
Sure, Safe and Speedy. This medi
cine will remove Worms, Dead or Alive,
from Horses and Cattle. Will purify
the Blood, correct and tone up the
stomach, ami strengthen the Nerves.
DR. EMERSON'S "DEAD SHOT"
for Worms in Horses, is the best general
Condition Powder in use- Dure: Ono
tuhlespnnnfiil. Directions with caeli
box. Sold by all Druggists, or sent by
mail upon receipt of tiltv cents.
GHAS. B. SNIITH I^" A !T?, R TT I ;.N 3 JI
A. RUDEWICK,
GENERAL STORE.
SOUTH HEBKKTON, PA.
Clothing. Groceries, Etc., Etc.
Agent for the sale of
PASSAGE TICKETS
From all tlie principal points in Europe
to all points in the United States.
Agent for the transmission of
MONEY
To all parts of Europe. Checks, Drafts,
and Letters of Exchange on foreign
Banks caßhed at reasonable rat is.
E "Nothing
| Succeeds % I
! SUCCESS" I
* * SOAP S
I IT HAKES JUn.l ■ :
HOUSE KEEPING A SUCCESS. :
ABSOLUTELY PURE |
I HIGH GRADE LAUNDRY SOAP. ;
! BUY. I
5 'A aoap free from impur- ■
■ ity, that will not Injure -
S hand# or fabric, and that 1#
J In every way a proven Z
| SUCCESS. | j
E SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO THE TRADE. E
E R. H. MEAGLEY'S SONS, H
BINGHfIMTON, N." Vf 5
YOU ARE INVITED
To call and inspect our im
mense stock of
DRY GOODS,
Groceries, Provisions,
FURNITURE, Etc.
Our store is full of the new
est assortment. The prices are
the lowest. All are invited to
see our goods and all will he
-pleased.
J. P. McDonald,
8. W. Corner Centre and South Sta., Freeland.
FERRY & CHRISTY,
dealers In
Stationary, School Books,
Periodicals, Song Books, Musical
Instruments,
CIGARS and TOBACCO,
SPOETING GOODS
Window Fixtures and Shades, Mirrors,
Pictures and Frames made to order.
Pictures enlarged and Framed.
Crayon Work a Specialty.
41 Centre Street, Qainn's Building
fflspii llpisii
UIDIBKSHiS
the name of every newspaper published, hav
ing a circulation rating in the American News
paper Directory of more than 25,000 copies each
issue, with the cost per line for advertising in
them. A list of the best papers of local circula
tion, in every city and town of more than f,UOO
population with prices by the inch for one
month. Special lists of daily, country, villairo
and class papers. Bargain olfers or value to
small advertisers or those wishing to experi
ment Judiciously with asmall amount of money.
Shows conclusively "how to get the most ser
vice for the money," etc., etc. Sent post paid
to any uddrcss for 30 cents. Address, GEO. P.
ltow EM. & Co., Publishers and General Adver
tising Agents, 10 Spruce Street, New Yprk City. (
|$ C. D. ROHRBACH,
Dealer in
Hardware, Paints, Varnish,
Oil, Wall Paper, Mining
Tools and mining Sup
plies of all kinds,
Lamps, Globes, Tinware, Etc.
Having purchased the stock
of Wm. J. Eckert and added a
considerable amount to the
present stock I am prepared to
sell at prices that defy compe
tition.
Don't forget to try my special ,
brand of MINING OIL.
Centre Street, Freeland Pa.
E. M. GERITZ,
23 years in Germany and America, opposite
the Central Hotel, Centre Street, Freelaeu. The
Cheapest Repairing Store in town.
Watches. Clocks and Jewelry.
New Watches, Clocks and
Jewelry 011 hand for the Holi.
days; the lowest cash price in
town. Jewelry repaired in
short notice. All Watch Re
pairing guaranteed for one
year.
Eight Day Clocks from 53.00
to si a. 00; New Watches from
54.00 up.
E. M. GERITZ,
Opposite Central Hotel, Centre St., Freeland.
GO TO
Fisher Bros.
Livery Stable
FOU
FIRST-CLASS TURNOUTS
At Short Notice, for Weddings, Parties and
Funerals. Front Street, two squares
below Freeland Opera House.
D. O'DONNELL,
Dealer in
—GENERAL—
MERCHANDISE,
Groceries, Provisions, Tea,
Coffee, Queensware,
Glassware, &c.
FLOUR, FEED, HAY, Etc. .
We invite the people of Freeland and vicinity
to call and examine our large and handsome
stock. Don't forget the place.
Opposite the Valley Hotel.
COAII COAL! ■
The undersigned litis been appoint
ed agent for the sale of G. B. Markle
& Co.'s
Highland Goal.
Tho quality of the Highland Coal
needs no recommendation, being hand
picked, thoroughly screened and free
from slate, mnkes it desirable for
Domestic purposes. All orders left
at tho Tmiiune office will receive
prompt attention.
Price $3.75 per two-horse wagon
load. T. A. Buckley, Agent.