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PB0FESSI0NAL CARDS.
DB. POWELL'S Eye  and Ear Infirmary, No. 618 WasUintslou Sk, Heading, Fa.,
open il___^_t n _ and  2 to 5 r. x. tor the
spccla__      Huil of diseases of the eye and
krll *££_____■.
fmiAH   FUNCK,   Attorn cy-at-Law —
>}    Kemoved   to   "&&*_ Cumberland   Street,
o. ond floor, (U'uiRik's   building,) corner ot
Cumberland street and  Liberty alley, Lebanon, Ha. May 21. IH.7.
VALENTINE J. UII HI till. Attorney,
at. I,._■_*, tittlee. ho *»i3 i_ uiiibeilnml St.
t doors West of the Court House, l_>banon
gm areli .U, 1887
IKE L. OBI' MHIN E, Attorney-at-Law.
i Ollice, .No. 729 Cumberland street, halt a
. inure eastot the Coui'L House, Lebanon, l'a.
Jane 30, IS __.
DEKB ak riSMEK. Altornej ».al-I.aw.
Office, No. 128K North Ninth street' Lebanon, fa. [January 8, l-8«-
/IIOHUE    B.   ULBICII.—Attorney-al-
(j Law and DISTK1CT ATTOliNKV. Office,
;E>< (Second floor) Cumberland Street, Leba
non .a.  [Nov. 19,18S3.
HENBY T. BIBH.IIAl S, Attorney-at-
Law, has removed his Law Ollice to the
.uc. .ua floor ot A. Kise's Hat store Building
net rly opposite the t-agle llotel, Lebanon, l'u.
I ec. 13,1876. 	
JOHN MEILY, lr„ Attorney-at-Law.—
Oflice removed to building of Ueo. U. Ut
r'ajh. Esq., No. 742M Cumberland street, second
noor. July 23,1884.
• 1    p. LIOHT, Attoruey-at-I_iw.—Oftlec
_S, No. 104, N. Ninth Btreet, next door
north of the Trinity O; is. Church. l_*banon,
ra.
Jan. 16,1884.	
TOHN BENSON, Attorney-at-Law.—OI-
fl  flee next doortoUMCttyHoteian .opposite
le County Jail, on Eighth street.
Lebanon, August} 29,1883.	
B.S. T. LINE WEAVER, IMijnI. i»n
.uiiBuf**..—Office at residence, on
.\oith Ninth street, two doors north of Uuil-
l ord. [Lebanon, May 31), '83—Bm"
UUWAKD   C.   SlIIBIi.—Attorney-al-
Law.   Office removed to Ninth street,
.ear Willow. [April 14. lift.■
|-vB. J. F. FETEBMAN, HomoeopatUic
1 W Physician and Surgeon.—Office. 5U4 Cumberland street, Lebanon, l'a. consultations
•n English and Uerman. Attends all calls,
night or day. April 28, ISSG.y*
CtllABLEMH. KILLINGER, Attorney-
/ at-Law, has removed his oflice to No. 112
North Eighth street opposite the old Lutheran
Church. Ai ril 14, 1886.
TlW)B •_. AOAHS, Attorney.ttf.Ia_W.—
»}  oilieu opposite City   Hotel, and one door
...ui. ..1   County   Prison, on "
•treet. Lebanon, l'a.
juth  Eighth
June la, 1873.
A IBANK KELTZEB, Attorney-at-
. Law.—Office removed to No. 21 North
cnjnth Street, next door to Squire Kreider's office, Lebanon, l'a. March 21, 1883
DB. J. H. MEASE, Oentlst.
Office, South Eighth street, opposite the
jail, Lebanon, Fa.  Nov. 22,18S2.
I -.BANK E. MEII.T, Attor_ey-at-I_»w.—
_l''    Oflice removed to rooms lately occupied
by  Adam Urlttinger, esq., dee'd., on Market
.-•mare. North Ninth Street.
Lebanon. Nov. 1,1882,	
a BANT WEIDMAN, Attorney -at-Law.
Office No. 11, North Ninth Street, Market
..iuare. Lebanon. 8ept. 20, )-_)*-
BASSLER BOYEB, Attorney* f _W_*
Office No. 28, North Eighth Street, three
u oors north of the Catholic Church, Lebauon.
May 28,188,	
J*. SUINDLE GOBIN, Attorney-at-
. {Law.—Office No. 21 Nortli Eighth Street,
Lebanon, Pa. May 28,18S4.
PO. MABK, Attorneyrt_*-Law.—Offlee
. atN0.839Cumberland Street, second floor
of D. S. Uaber's Drug Store.    Scrlveniug and
Conveyancing promptly attended to.
Lebanon. April 10.1878.	
C.AFF A SHOCK, Attorneys-at-law.—
j   Office—No. 7«K Cumberland street, second lioor.   itooms lately occupied by J. Kunck
* Bon, Esqs.  April 30.1884.
DK. WH. M. BEARDSLEE, Dentin!.—
Successor to Dr. W. A. HOBKE. Nitrous
Oxide Gas will be administered when desired.
O Wee No. 838 Cumberland Street, Lebanon,
ra_  May 14.1884.
JACOB    E.  REINOEHL,  Att»r»«y.»t
Law.—Office above the Valley  Natlona
Bank, North Eighth street, next building to
the Lebanon Conservatory of Music.
•..All law business promptly and careruiiy
transacted.   Collections in Lebanon and ad[a-
t ent counties will receive diligent attention.
ta-Can be consulted in English andi. ercnan.
Lebanon. .1 . ly *_». ltw*. ___________
*r>  HARVEY SELTZER,
t'e^erinarj' SUBGEOMl
Graduate ofthe American Veterinary College,
New York.   Calls made to all parts of the City
and County, by day or night.        *
Off ICE—lit rear ofUk E. Cumberland Street,
April 6,1835-ly     laahannn. Fit.
ny
WM. V.  BRUCE,   Homeeopathlo.
Physician. Graduate ot Hanemann Medical College. Philadelphia, 1876. Office and residence, south-west corner Tenth and Chestnut
streets, Lebanon, Pa. Can be consulted in
English and German. .    [Api*n 14.1886.
X_T H. HOLSBERG, H. D ,
W 929 Cum. eel- md Street.
Beside general practice, the EYE and  EA
w ill be made a specialty, including the ado K
ation ot Glasses to difficult cases, to order, pt
(6 to 8 A. M.
49TOffice hours— ? 11 A. M.,to! 1'. M.
( After 4 I*. M.
pr. 22. ,87.
OOIiliARi- pays fo.
LIFE SCHOIiARSHIP il.
J? ALMS*
BUSINESS COLLEGE
1709 Ckesfimt St, I'hilailelpbia
Positions for Graduates.
Time required S to 4 hum.
The Best Equipped. Best
Course of Study. Best Ev-
er_ thing.   Write fur CirculaM.
KOHLER'S
Jewelry   Store,
has a well-selected stock of
WATCHES,    JEWELRY,     CLOCKS,
SILVER and SILVER-PLATED
WARE and MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS.
•Ja-Special   attention   given   to  adjusting
spectacles to the eye.
•S-Kepairlng  a specialty,   All work   and
food» warranted to give satisfaction.   Dont
orget the place. . -.
830 Cumberland St., Lebanon, Pa.
Nov4, 87.—lyr.
REMOVAL!
ATKINS ett BRO., taave removed their.
Store to the new  building, north-east,
ornerof Ninth street and Walnut .alley, where*
hey have j ust received a fresh stock ot Gro-*
oerfes.  which they  are   determined to sell,
cheap.   All thay ask is to give them a trial.
and be convinced.
We wonld eall special attention to our stock
NEW RAISINS,
CURRANTS,
CITRONS,
DRIED PEACHES,
APPLES
We are selling tit best
TEAS,  COFFEES,   SUGARS
8TRUP8, PURE SPICES,   OUEEIVt
GLASS,    WOOD,   AND   WILLOW     WARE.
«_r* Being determined to render satistactl^ i
to customers we invite all to call and see u_
ATKINS ft Bit')
Lebanon.. I una20. 18-1
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VOL. 40.-NO. 6
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1,1888.
WHOLE NO.-2035
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ISSUED EVEMT WEDNESDAY BT
JOHN BRESLIN,
WH s\sm Ninth Street,      -     Lebanon, Pa.
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Also manufacturers
,of Victor t'loTer
HuHers. Imperial
'Straw StackorM
Monarch Faaata* Mills, Corn Shell*™,
Peed Cattera, ete. AH are warranted. Prices
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Insane Persons Restored
Dr.KLDJE'S GREAT
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. all BRAIW& Nerve Diseases. Only net:
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IIMPALLIBLE if wke. •_ directed. Na Fits etflew
UJtrst day's nse. Treatise and $3 trial bottle free to
TFit patients, they paying expresscharffetonboa when
I received. Saad r___. P. O. and express address of
J afBlcted t. OR.KI_KE.031 Arch St.Philadelpliia.Pa.
7lsral.it**. BEWAILS at IMITATING FRAUDS.
March 4.  SS7.—lyr
Farmer AV anted.
FOR A FARM OH THE Gilt AUD EST AT K
lu the CATAW1SSA VALLJEY, EAST OE
ULANDOHV1LI.E, ta Schuylkill Csunty,
Pennsylvania.
An experienced farmer may obtain a favorable lease for live yearn of an hundred acre
farm with new house, handsome, comfortable
and convenient, and new barn, both now
building. A thoroughly good man ia wanted,
who may become a permanent tenant. Ap-
plicimts are requested to tarnish the names 01
two reicrc ive.
Address,
11 ek___.1i S. Thompson,
Engineer Uirard Estate,
I'ottsville, F
U. B. MVTUU AID SQGXET?
OP PENNSYLVANIA.
Home Office—H. B. Corner Ninth and
Railroad Streets. Lebanon, Penna.
President..... J. B. Stehmah, Esq
Vice-President Gid_o_ Lisbt, Esq
Secretary -_o. A. Mark
Treasurer...........
Actuary	
Medical Examiner
Counsel	
 Henry H. Khkidku
, ......Isaac _o*_r_lt
.lis. ti no. 1*. Link a wkavkr
..........8. P. Lioht, Esq.
Death losses paid to Jan. 1st, 1887,
Nearly $5,000,000.00
Invested Atsels, f 166,661.25
Contingent Assets,  $128,400.00
lotal Assets pS4.061.25
THIS SUCI ETY has now been in operation
for seventeen years, has paid all its losses
promptly and ia full, and is to-day financially
in a better condition Uia.i it ever was. Its
new Division has all the improvements which
this long experience indicated, and affords insurance cheaper than it can be obtained ln any
other Companv.
The cost for assessments during the last two
yeai*s for a person SO years of age, was only
$5.25 or $*2.62% a year. Support a home inst**'i-
tion that you know is sound and sate.
& Z. KEHLER,
District an _-securing Ageut, l.uij.ttion.fa.
January   7,1-W7.
-M-t*jff I si TBE TIME
GET   YOUR
Magazines, &c,
BOUND.
PRICES  REDUCED   TO  SUIT |THE
TIMES.
—AI__KINDS OE—
Blank Books,
Rulnl and Bound to Order at
P. W. FROSTU
761 Cumberland Street,  at  Post Offlee,
LEUANON, PA.
Mav, 2188J.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies, A marvel ol
purit3*, strength and wholesomeness. Mors
econonucal tl<an the ordinary kinds, and can
not be sold in competition with the multitude
of low test, short weight, alma or phosphate
powders. Sold only in cans. Royal Bakino
Powiikr Co., 106 Wall street, New York
Nov. 4.1S85.
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President.
Qbo. E. Mkilt,
Treasurer
li. M.  a.■_.._**•
Special Ager-l
3 ao. la. HaiLnak,
Seeretarit.
Lebanon Mutual Fire Insnrance Co
LOCATED AT JONESTOYTN, PA.
INCORPORATED APRIL 21,  1856.
ORGANIZED JUNE 1, 1856.
INSURANCE over #8,000,000
In successful operation for over 25 years, pay
Ing Losses close to
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS
at an annnal average cost of less than one-hal
per cent to its policy holders.
The company is under the management of
experienced men; Its Stability is unqnestion
able; the adjustment of its losses fair and eouf.
able, and payments prompt.
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ST. RLMO HOTEL,
Not. S17 and S19 Arch Street,
Between Third and Fourth,
PHILADELPHIA,   PA.
IN response to the requirements of the times
I have reduced the rates of this Bote! to
OS.00 per day. The high reputation ofthe
house wttlbe maintained in all resp.cts, and
the traveling nublic will still find tne liberal
provision lor their comfort.
The house has been recently refitted, and is
complete in all Its appointments. Located in
the Immediate vicinity of tbe large centres ol
business aud ot the places of amusement, and
accessible to all Kailroad Depots and other
parts ot the City "Sf Street Oars constantly
passing its doors, it offers special inducements
to those visiting the City on/business or pleas
nre.
JOS' M. FEU A i.. Proprietor.
__.  utt. J. ss. __k_ __.    J_u_ ml _   ce.
No opera***_i or delay from business.   Tested by hundreds
_.,.cures.   Main office, 831 Arch St., _h__   Send for cirou-
eud __i.li offices.
JOHN L. SAYLOR & SON,
Carriage
-rfanufacturers,
(formerly Allwein & Saylor,)
ANNVILLE, Lebanon Couhtt, Pa.
The largest and best assortment of
Carriages, Rockaways,
Sulkies, Buggies,
Light   Wagons,   Sleighs,   <Sf_,   (tc.
on hand or made to order.
All work warranted to be ol the best material and workmanship.
~4_r Repairing done at short notice. Person!
wanting anything la this line, are invlted|to
nil,examine work, and learn prices.
Lebanon Eebruary 3,1886
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wbicf) io
^inzef(s
'old
l-jopESTY
r " Qenuinehasa
F^ed H tin tag on
every plug.
Old honesty is acKj_ow_
edged to be t^e purest
and iT]ost lasting piece
of Standard Chewing Tobacco
on the marKet. Trying it is
a better test than any talK
about it. Give it a fair trial.
Your dealer has it
5 A Jake says it is hot, but cold
weather is coming. He will tell
you something new about horse
blankets next week, but he says
you ought to buy your horse %
¥_ sheet, cover, or fly net now.
Won't you buy this poor horse a
5a Clipper Fly Net?
•5/a Lap Dusters
Fait Colors; wlUwaih.
•Vs. Horse Sheets
Axe mads np strong.
5/_ Horse Covers
WUlkMpilHtt
_i Fly Nets,
An th* But and StrosfM*
.  For sale by all dealers.
Ask to see them before yoa bu^
f ,IC»Wrrig!»tediSS8,byWn.A-__. _So__J
Cry
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^elrct \Wfading.
Great Travellers at Home.
**.VL UV CHAILLtT AND FBANK
VINCENT, JB., TALK OF THB
WQXLD'S WONDEBS.
Why so Abroad -when the Vailed States
I» Full mt  Unexplored  Marvels?—
tta Challln's Bevolntion la English History—Vincent's 700-
Ton Nutcracker.
New York, July 21.—It ^ia aa interesting conoideoce tbat in tbe bey-day of tbe
season for travel, wben tbe world and his
wife and even his poor relations are planning a roving campaign on tbis and perhaps several otber continents, or are already en route, the city of New Tork
should hold within its confines two of the
most famous travelers of this ceutury.
That Paul Du Chaillu and Frank Vincent
jr., are truthfully described in such a
phrase cannot be doubted. It seems to
become more tban an interesting coincidence when oae reflects that New York,
tbe whirling centre ofthe most active
literary, business and social life of the
world to-day, is either the mother or tho
foster-mother of nearly all those adventurous men who are ia the latter half of the
nineteenth century following in the footsteps of Oaptain Cook, Mungo Park, Humboldt and th§ greatest travellers of former
times. ■ Henry. M. Stanley claims, and is
claimed by New York, as his domicile.
Chaille Loug makes thb the base of supplies from whiob he sallies oat to lecture
to tbe untraveled citizens of the interior.
Prof. James Iiiecalton has just set out
from this port with the most charming
special commission any traveler ever had
and bis home is not thirty miles away,
in a suburb. Carl Louse, tbe Abyssinian
lion-hunter, lives bere. David Kerr and
Almont Barnes are practical Hew Yorkers
So at heart %* Frank Cusbing, the Boston-
ian, who found out Zululand. William
T. Hornady, the last of the buffalo hunters
and tbe delightful seeker out of big game
and cold science ia tbe east, is often seen
on Broadway and equips bere. There is
travel ia the air tm Manhattan island—
the genuine unrest of tba born traveller in
the hearts of her children. And tbere are
some fifty thousand travellers from elsewhere who stop here over night, day in
and day oat.
Paul B. Du Chaillu, one of tbe most
successful and famous travellers of the
century, the man to whom we owe the discovery and careful study of the man-monkeys aad dwarfs of Central Africa, ia a
veteran New Yorker. This oity has been
his home for twenty-fife years. He has
been here on a brief visit to gratify the
homesiokness which seizes him periodically
sometimes oa the equator, sometimes inside the Artie circle. Wherever he is,
once this nostalgia is ia possession of a
brain but a moment before devoted to
streatohing the confines of human knowledge and revealing new regions and aew
beauties on tbe globe, iu a twinkling he
posts away for New York, tiie centre of
the earth and for the time being its most
attractive spot to him I
This was tbe occasion of his reappearance here. And that reappearance bas
been the signal for a del age of boquets,
dinner cards, and greetings of hand and
heart. He has hosts of friends here, thia
charming, unaffected, witty man of the
world-^t world much bigger tban that of
most of as—yet he won't go under aay
roof ia all Gotham as guest or prince, as
yoa like, bat that of bis old landlady of
Twenty-third street, who never knows
whether ber next letter wiil be from Ash-
angoland or Siberia.
Here is wbat the famous Da Chaillu
says of his plans, Ua forthcoming .book of
wbioh the American publio knows scarcely
anything as yet, aad af that wonderful
career of his which haa whiled away many
a wrapt hour for American schoolboys as
well as students, scholars and scientists:
"Since you think the publie might be
interested in learning more of my life and
adventures tban bas beon printed, I will
say that I was born ia New Orleans about
1845 of a Creole family. In tbese days tbe
lovely aad still charming city of New Orleans was practically a French province.
Everybody was French and everybody
spoke |knd thought French. When tbe
railroads began to come in all this was altered. There my boyhood aad youth were
spent, globe-trotting being farther from my
thoughts than heaven even. I went to
Paris to school, as did so large a proportion of the better Cieole boys. There I
saw something of the world and began to
appreciate how big it was. Tbe French
an born travelers far as the spirit of restlessness is concerned. I became infected
returned to New Orleans and made my
arrangements to start oat and go to the
very lurtherest, least known and most interesting quarters of the globe !
"And this meant a great deal more in
those days wben there are ao cabins and
few railroads or steamboats.
"I fitted ont my own little ship with my
own money—I have always paid all my
own expenses—and sailed from Now York
for Africa. I was tben a little more than
18 years or age. Nobody knew or cared
about me on my trip. I was gone three
ot four yean. Tbere was no solicitude
about my absence and ao special correspondent was sent to find me. I was unknown then, and I may say I am famous
now. Yet for all my wanderings and
strange scenes and my discoveries of
strange people. I oan truthfully aay I
never bad as good a time as in these days
wben I was buried beyoud«r-the ken of
civilization in equatorial Africa. I went
where I pleased and did as I pleased. I
was my own master, buoyant with youth,
health and high spirits.
"I am not old now. I am tiied, a little,
by ye _rs of work OS my new book* bat I
am not old. Yet the buoyant enjoyment
of those firBt years of roving over the beart
of Africa is gone.
"1 prefer now to sit down and have my
cbampaegn—bear would be moro appropriate for authors and writers like ourselves
perhaps—with my friends, or to writs at
my books. I used to fray the bottoms of
ay trousers.   Now I wear oat the seat.
"It was on that first trip tbat I discovered tbe gorillas, or man monkeys—fellows more manly even than oar own Crowley here in the Park -and aa ferocious as
ten savages. And tbe cannibals, too,
whose rites are aa horrid as anything tbe
earlier navigators imagined and horrider
than anything found in the South seas.
The existance of these gorillas and candi-
bals in Africa had been in dispute since the
time of Herodotus. I was lucky, for I
settled it beyond dispute.
"A few years afterwards I fitted myself
out again and started from New York to
the unknown portions of tbe Dark Continent. New York bas been my bome ever
since tbat first voyage. I came here, saw
Old friends and made new ones, and went
travelling again.
"This time I was gone about two years
aad I found the dwarfs, the little creatures
of a race as distinct from ours aa were tbe
giants of old—almost treated as food for
fable and talked of the children as fit company for faries.   Yet there the dwarfs are.
"My next traveling was done ia the
nortb. For six years I roamed through'
tbe Artie circle and along Northern Siberia. I and my reindeers were at home
anywhere, in any temperature. Forty-five
below zero were nothing to me. That is
the land for me. In spite of all the mysterious fascination of tbe topics give me
nortb, 'the Land of the Midnight San.'
"Yet I wasn't satisfied to uve up there
always. I'm a queer chap about that.
Every once and again I mast split ofi
bome to Now York. I haven't been here
tas three years nntil now, and I leave
again at onoe. It makes me feel old (he
doesn't teak it) to come back bere and see
how things have changed in twenty-five
years. I haven't any small vices, however—which means, 1 suppose, that I don't
smoke—and I can still vault eighteen feet!
. "But I am no longer a traveller. It does
seem strange, as you say, that| once bitten
by the gad ly of globe-trotting, I should
be willing to settle down and sit at a desk
and gi ind. Yet tbat is what I have been
doing for eight years ; and it isn't really
grinding—I had three secretaries to do
that. I am trying to upset English history, and I believe I shall succeed."
M. Da Chaillu talked as he packed his
trunks. He is a man of medium height,
of erect, active bearing, witb a smooth,
polished dome to his head, yet youthful
looking in the face, in spite of keen black
eyes that have a vague suggestion in them
of a thousand-and-one odd scenes they
have looked upon, and of healthy tan, now
to some extent fa.Ied out by recent confin-
meut, iu Ua uufurrowed cheeks. He is a
man of distinction, as should be one who
bas fathomed the secrets of the heart of
the Dark Continent and the Land of the
Midnight Sun.
FUANK     VIHCENT     ASD     THE    LAND    OP
TO-MOBROW.
WhatDu Chaillu did for Africa and
Vikingland, Frank Vincent, jr., bas done
for Cambodia, Burmah and Siam, the
land of the White Elephant and the Land
of To-Morrow, the drowsy of South and
Central America, where "Manana" is
always the cry. Mr. Vincent is a handsome man as impetuous and adventuruos a
traveler as even Da Chaillu himself. He,
too, ia writiDg a book which is expected to
make valuable additions to history, and he
too, haa hosts of friends in this metropolis
of travel to whom he returns periodically
fora season of respite and refreshment.
Mr. Vincent and M. Da Chailiu returned
to tbis city recently at nearly the same
time. But great travelers ara not gregarious. Each wants at least a continent to
himself.
Tbe explorer and historian of the Land
of tha White Elephant Jives for a good
part of his time peacefully at Tarry town,
where bis father lived before him. He has
just come back from a 76,000 mile tour ef
the tropical aad mountain mysteries of the
wilds of South and Central America, Mexico and the West Indies. Mr. Vincent is a
clear-eyed and broad shouldered young
man, as able and willing to put the world
a nder hte feet as Atlas was to carry it oa
_*M shoulders. The American press has
before now printed some of Mr. Vincent's
impressions ot life and particularly of his
life in South America and Mexico. But
the truth has uot been told. When asked
about tbe latest wonders that have fallen
under hia observant eye Mr. Vincent said :
"My latest journey lasted three years
and covered 75,000 miles. I visited every
state and capital of Spanish and Portuguese America. The countries whioh, on
the whole, I found most interesting were
Brazil, Mexico, the Argentine Republic
and Guatemala. Among the many novelties and oddities of the great circuitous
tour from Mexico to St. Thomas and Yen-
ozuvela, I might just mention my visit to
Quito, that Piohineha, the loftiest active
volcano in tbo world; ascending from the
coast by railway 13,000 feet above the sea
to Bolivia, and passing over Lake Titicaco,
the highest steamer navigation on the
globe.
"The fiords of Chilli I found surpassed
in grandeur and beauty those of Norway
as much as the latter excel those of Alaska.
After visiting the Fuegiana in their island
homes, I called at globe's southernmost
town of Punta Arenas, ia the Straits of
Magellan. I had some years previously
visited the most northerly town in the
world—Hammerfest, in Norway.
"Hunting wild fowl in the Falkland
islands proved and exciting sport. Bat I
pushed on to the Argentine Republic,
wbere, some 250 miles south of Buenos
Ayers, is a remarkable rocking stone, a
giant boulder weighing over 700 tons, and
so nicely poised that It rocks in the wind
and may be made to crack a walnut. Yet
this rock is so firm that one of the old dictators, Rosas by name, once yoked 1,000
horses to it, but waa unable to displace it.
The next piquant point of my travels was
certainly Paraguay, where the women outnumber the men six to one, no fewer than
100,000 male Paraguayans have been eat
off during the five years war with Brazil.
"But the exploration of the great falls of
tbe Iguassu was the most important and
interesting event of my entire tour. The
falls are situated hi the heart of the continent, upon the river of the same name,
thirty miles from its junction with the
Parana. They are aboat equally distant—
say a thousand miles—southwesterly from
Rio Janeiro and northwesterly from Buenos
Ayres. My party consisted of thirteen
Paraguayans, well-armed and well-provisioned. We made the journey partly upon
the Iguassu in a great dag-out canoe and
partly on foot through the primitive forest.
Tbe river swarmed with alligators and
great fish, some of them fifty pounds in
weight. The woods were full of tigars,
tapirs, wild pigs, deer, monkeys, partridges
turkeys, squirrels, venomous snakes, and
myriads of mosquitoes, gnats, butterflies,
moths, ants, and other insect pests.
"Tbe distriot is sparely settled with
savage Indians, who have a disagreeable
custom of shying poisoned arrows from
behind trees at inquisitive strangers. Ia
poling oar canoes up the river in a temperature of 115 degrees Fahrenheit, two of
my men were overcome by the heat and I
had to wait a day for their recovery. So
dense was the forest wa had actually to
hew a tunnel for oar passage.
"The first view of the great falls in
tbeir solitary grandeur and beauty is perfectly overwhelming. You behold the
'Niagara of South Amerioa.' They have
no such enormous volume of water as
Niagara—what foils anywhere have—but
they are fifty feet higher. They are separated by a great island somewhat like
Goat Island. One fall, that on the Brazilian side of the river, is of a horseshoe
shape and corresponds very well With the
Canadian fall, while the other, oa the
Argentine side, is a broad, straight sheet
like the American fall. Tho first mentioned fall is about 2,000 feet ia width,
the other 1,200 feet. Above the falls the
river is about a mile in width, below
them it is pressed between narrow walls
of rock, and in its velocity raises with all
the seething fury of the whirlpool rapids
of Niagara.
"From Rio Janeiro I took a thousand-
mile tour into the interior, visiting the
gold and diamond mines. Later I reached
the great cataract of Paulo Afionzo in the
San Francisco river, aad j ustly called the
'King of Rapids,' for it is by for the
largest hi the world. In a distance of
about a quarter of a pile it descends 250
feet by means of a series of gigantic
tumultous cataracts.
"Afterwards came to me the remarkable
experienoe ofa two-thousand mile voyage
up the sealike Amazon; another, also of
great interest, up the Orinoco; a visit to
the wonderful pitch lake of Trinidad
a great, bottomless bed of asphaltum, a
half mile in diameter, hard and cold on
its borders, but soft and hot towards the
middle.
"Next there was a eall at the little
island ot Curacoa, with its curious capital, whose gaily colored walls make it resemble a children's toy town. Tbe well-
known and esteemed Curacoa liquor is
made from small oranges or orange peel
and cinnamon and cloves digested in comparatively weak spirits. The celebrated
foils of Tequendama, near Bogota, the
same heieht of 900 feet as tbe familiar
BridalVeU foil ia the Yosemite vaUey.
An excursion to the Tequendama and
return tothe Carribbean sea and Aspin-
wall completed one of the most toilsome
ba)t interesting journeys I have ever
made."
Aad just bere a poiat was made tbat
ought to come home to every American.
When the secret places of tha old world
have all been explored by adventurous
Americans, wbat will be left for them to
do? Where can they find a virgin field
for tbe indulgence of their lust of travel,
their desire for something new, their craze
for virgin forests, untrodden canyons, un*
navigated rivers?
Why, where else, to be sure, than right
on their owa North American continent
and to an almost inconceivable degree in
tiie limit of tbeir own United States ? Tbe
whole country is already watching the result of the voyage two frontiersmen have
jnst begun down the marvelous, and mysterious, magnificent canyon of the Colorado. Li Canyon Land who knows what
mysteries may still lurk? Who knows
the secrets of the three Tetons, the romance and reality of the Lone Cabin
Mine, the contents of tbe air eaves of the
Wind River Mountains?
"What, ia yoar opinion,'*' was asked
Mr. Vincent, "are the points of chief interest for globe-trotters on the American
continent, and more particularly the almost unexplored nooks of North Ameriea
and tbe United States?"
"There are within the limits of the
United States five great natural curiosities
which, as sights and scenes, are unrivalled
elsewhere throughout the world. These
are Niagara Falls, the Yellowstone Park,
tbe Yosemite Valley, the Grand Canyon
| of the Colorado aud Mammoth Cave.
With these five champion shows we easily
lead all lands. Nowhere on earth is there
{^region of equal size containing so great
a variety of natural wonders and beauties
as onr famous National Park 1a Wyoming. The Grand Canyon of tiie Colorado
is less explored and less accessible, but to
my mind it is the most sublime sight in
North America. Think of a vast rent in
the earth 300 miles in length, 15 miles in
width and 7,000 feet in depth ! Tbere are
in this profound gorge rocky cliffs as massive as the giant domes of Yosemite and
mountain peaks aa lofty as Mount Washington. The stream at the bottom looks
from the rim of the plateau like a tiny
brook, bat it is actually a raging torrent
3,000 feet in width. The nearest approach
to the most stupendous portion of the
Grand Canyon is Flagstaff, a small town
on the Atlantic & Pacific railroad, whence
the journey of seventy-five miles maybe
made on horseback or ia a mountain
wagon. Provisions aud tents mast be
taken."
"What do you consider the most interesting parts of other countries for the explorer and traveller ?"
"Perhaps, roughly speaking, Central
Asia and Central Africa present the most
fertile fields. Though setting aside the
vast polar regions, at the north 500 miles
in diameter aad at the south nearly 1,000,
as wholly beyond the scope of ordinary
exploration of travel, there are still remaining unknown immense sections in
northern and southern Sonth America, in
Borneo, New Guinea, New Britain, and
Solomon's Group.
"I don't know of any more interesting
or important foreign exploration than tbat
of northern South America.
"For the daring explorer northwestern
Africa furnishes a fascinating prospect.
"For ths simple traveller, however, who
perhaps woald like a greater certainty of
returning to 'tell his tale,' I would suggest
my own prime favorites, whioh are Egypt,
India, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Italy and
the United States."
And that Mr. Vincent returns to tell a
most interesting tale there is no doubt.
He bas been travelling eleven years, and
has traversed a distance of 265,000 miles.
His success as a writer is quite as gratifying as that of M. Du Chaillu. Tbey are
both bachelors and men of tbe world—
both students, and not curiosity seekers.
Mr. Vincent is now bard at work on tiie
great literary work of his life as M. Da
Chaillu has been on his. Mr. Vincent is
tall, dark-haired, grey-eyed. His 1%
moustache bristles with energy. He is
slender in figure and pleasing in manner.
His father founded a well-known dry
goods house here, and the sou grew up to
read Captain Cook, Peter Pindar, Marco
Polo and Mungo Park, and then to scorn
second-hand travel and start oat for himself. John Paul Bobocx.
THE DEFENSE.
Nehemiah Strong, a zealous and faithful
Quaker, was smitten with the "western
fever" some years since, and finally removed to the regions where 'squatter
sovereignty' was being experimented upon.
But squatter or any sovereignty, troubled
Nehemiah but little. He was a man true
to his creed. Wherever his lot might be
cast, there would he live ia peace and quiet
with his fellow men. The proper location
was soon found, and when Nehemiah bad
made a clearing and built a log house.
He was monarch of all that he surveyed
and staked. Bat Strong was not allowed
to remain long in peaceable possession.
Bolder and more evil men lived ia tbese
western regions than he had ever before
met, and iu the absence of any very positive or very available fow, they did not
hesitate to take the management into
their owa hands. A few reckless jould
thus, by combining for a common purpose
rule a great number of more timid or
more respectable people, driving them
from their houses, or dealing with them
as they would.
Strong, notwithstanding his blameless
life aud gentle religion, did aot loog escape these vultures of the west. His
home attracted the notice of a desperado named Bob Bellows, who determined
to possess it, in as much as it would be
much easier than building a house for
himself, or perhaps driving away a more
determined man. Besides, Ae honest
Quaker had not forgotten wheat, potatoes,
corn and other provisions for a comfortable winter, which season was now ap
proaching, though still quite distant.
Accordingly, one day, Bob Bellows,
armed to tbe teeth and looking especially
ferocious, rode to tbe cabin and inquired
for the owner. The Quaker chanced to
be inside at the moment and quietly an-
swered the summons.
"Does thee wish to see me ?" bs asked,
gaziug upon the intruder with some degree of alarm, notwithstanding his peaceful nature.
'Wal, yes,' growled the ruffian. 1
thought I'd ride over and see what in the
old boy you'd goqe and set yoar house on
my land for I That's all I wanted ter see
yer fer P •
'Thee is mistaken,' returned Nehemiah.
'This land belong solely to me, one Nehemiah Strong, thy humble servant.'
'You lie 1' was tbe rejoiner, this is my
land, and now as yer shanty is stuck on
here, jest in the place where I was goin'
to put my own, I'll be easy with yer, aad
say nothin' about the law if ye'll just get
oat of here and be beyond sight aud
heariii' to-morrow morning. What d'ye
say to that?'
'Verily, I believe thee a villian I* returned Nehemiah, finding that he was not
to be immediately eaten np or run through.
This is my home, and the home of my
family; yet thee seek to torn me from it,
and leave myself and family to starve.
Nay, I cannot constrain myself to depart
thus. Thee has no right nor title here to
my knowledge. If tbee has produce it
and I will depart freely.'
'Look ye, you old robber, hissed the
desperado, *I have a claim here. I sar-
vayed this land near ten years ago and
made my marks. If yoa have cut them
down it'll be all the wass for ye. Pve
plenty of witnesses who know about it,
and I needn't tell thee 'tis a bad scrape
tew be guilty of cuttin' away your neighbors' landmarks. How, I shall be here
to-morrow morin,' and If ye know when
yer well off, you'd better not be bere at
the same time 1'
With this unmistakable threat the outlaw turned and rode away, leaving tbe
Quaker in no enviable frame ot wind.
We may bave stated before although it
may be quite as well to say here, that
Strong's family consisted of his wife and
two daughters, with a son, Mark, about
12 years of age. Tbe daughters, hearty,
buxom girls of 22 and 20 years each,
named respectively Rath and Naomi,
were full of natural life and decision,
quite unlike what the daughters of a
meek Quaker woald naturally become.
They, with tbe mother, a middle-aged
gentlewoman, who strove bard to live aa
the tennets of her faith required, gathering about the husband and father. The
latter sank upon a chair, seeming quite
discouraged and disheartened by the event
which had jist occurred.
'Verily I know aot what course to pursue,' he mourned. 'I can't afford to leave
this house and the growing crops smiling
upou us with promise of sustenance for
the winter. I fear this villain is a rascal
of atter dye, who wiB aot hesitate at
bloodshed. It may be well to go, yet I
must remain for a time.'
An anxious night was passed, and very
early tbe next morning all hands were
astir. The sisters had been engaged in
conclusion daring tbe night and when
they descended from the loft, Rath drew
her father aside.
'What will thou do, father, in case those
bad men oome?' she asked.
'Verily, I know not,' ko replied, 'I have
studied upon the matter all night, but my
mind is far from being fixed. If they insist
upon it, I suppose we shall be obliged to
flee, onr religion doth not allow us to
fight with carnal weapons.'
'Let us manage that, father,' the girl insisted. 'Truly we cannot fight, for we
bave no worldly weapon, bnt I much
think if we are aot sadly mistaken we can
induce these outlaws to go tbeir own way.'
'I pray that thou may est, my daughter,'
tbe father returned, 'though I know not
how women can persuade such fearful beings.'
'But thou wilt leave the matter to
Naomi aud myself if they come.'
.Tes, daughter,'was the reluctant as.
sent, thee oan have thy way; bat I pray
thee do nothing rashly.
The maiden went her way well satisfied, and in a short time had a vigorous
kettle over the fire containing a small
quantity of water. Wheu this was
brought to a boil more was added until
the kettle was nearly fall.
'Surely, Ruth, thou dost not intend to
wash to-day,' the mother remarked, see.
ing these preparations.
'Never mind, mother, was the signi-
cant reply. 'Naomi and I may need to
do a little washing, but I shall not disturb
thee.'
The youug ladies were quite accustomed to having their own way, so no demur was made, although an attack from
the outlaws was every minute expected.
The morning meal was eaten witb devotional fear, and almost before the table
bad been cleared, Bob Bellows, accompanied by five oi six rascals like unto himself, rode up to the door.
'Come!' he shouted, from his horse
'get out of here in quick time. I told yon
to be gone before I came.'
Nehemiah Strong rose to his feet and
approached the door, hot was pulled back
by Ruth, who said:
'Stay there, father. Thee promised
that sister and I might meet these vagabonds ofthe earth and deal witb them/
'But it is not fit ' ba commenced
to say.
The brave girl, however, waited for no -
answer, bat springing to the door, she
said :
'This is our home, and truly we will
not be driven from it save in a legal manner. We would never resist officers of
the law, and if tbey come in duo form we
will obey them, Imt such as tbou art we
neither fear nor obey.'
'By my soul, little Quakeress,' the
rascal cried, 'you've a heap of life in yonr
delicate body, and I don't mind if yoa
stay. But the rest mast tramp 1 Come,
git out of this, or we will throw ye oat.'
'We shall not go, neither shall we be
thrown out,' returned Ruth. 'We do not
fight witb carnal weapons, for such is not
ear faith, but if yoa meddle with us jou
will speedily find yourselves in hot water.'
•Come on, fellers,' said Bob as he
sprang from his horse. 'See if one of
these pr. yin' girls kin fight on their
knees as well as we can afoot.'
With a hoarse laugh the marauders
sprang from their animals, and, when
they had been fastened to tbe Quaker's
garden fence they tnrned to the dwelling.
But the door wa*k fastened against them.
'No danger from bullets, boys,' tbe
the leader laughed 'so we'll bave some fun.
Plenty of wood here to make a ram of.
Sam yoa get a stick, while I persuade 'era
to open tbe door for us.'
In accordance with this plan, a small
log was raised by four of the men, while
Bob grasped tbe door aud shook it violently.
'Open,' he said, witt many oaths and
disgusting language, whiob we have bo
right to record; 'open, or it'll be the wuss
for ye. We'll break the door down, and
ye'll find a nest of roarfo* w ild cats in yer
late peaceful home.   Yea, verily ye will.'
Bat bis words brought ao response, and
presently the men bearing the log approached.
•Smash her down,'he  growled.    'They
are stubborn as , or they are goin'  to
play some trick on us.'
The bearer* of the battering ram now
approached, and Bob, after giving the
door two or three not very geutle kicks,
indicated the place wbere the blow should
be given.
But even while the log was poised, and
almost ready to desccud, the valiant
leader ofthe gang gave a fearful howl,
and sank upon the ground, crawling away
like a huge spider, and accompanying
every movemeut with a groan.
'Why, Bob, wbat ails yer ?' demanded
one of his followers, iu surprise
Before any answer could be given,
however, the questioner executed a like
movement, and with very little less adieu
hasteued from the vicinity, closely followed by all the others.
To explain the cause of their discomfiture, we must return to the interior of the
house.
When Ruth closed and barred the door
the plan she had in mind was soon made
adparent. Noami had been to the loft
and now returned with an eugiae which
had been used in watering the garden
during the summer months, io fact, within a few days. It was very simple in design, being merely a hollow cylinder, fitted witb a piston, the whole forming no
more nor less thau a large squirt gun.
Tbis tbe sisters had put in perfect
working order the night previous, wben
tbey would otherwise have been sleeping,
so that it was now all ready for ase.
It required bat a fow moments to fill
the cavity with the boiling water, aad
when it was forcibly ejected by the indignant maiden's arms, landing upou the
persou and clothing of Bob Bellows, it ia
easy to forsee that the recipient did as the
Quakeress had affirmed, 'find himself in
bot water.'
Hot was he alone, for before the alarm
had fully been taken every one of tbe
others had received a sprinkling, which
at suoh short range did most effective
service.
It was some time before tbe riders ventured to return and unhitch their horses,
bat tills they finally did, and galloped
away as though some fiend was in pursuit
of then.
'Verily the spirit constrained me to
laugh, yes, to laugh heartily,'the fatber
remarked as he beheld the ignoble flight.
'But, my Ruth, I verily fear tbee hath
awakened this man's undying ire, and
tbat we may sutler iu turn.'
'No matter, father; we need not borrow
trouble. They are disposed of for the
present, and something seems to tell me
they will not be back.'
Tben as she recollected the uncouth
manner in which tbey had hastened away,
she gave herself up to a hearty laugh, in
wbich aB present joined.
For many weeks Nehemiah Strong held
himself ia r adiness to vacate tbe home he
had found and bis daughters defended,
but they were not called upon to do so.
No doubt Bob Bellows would have
faced a cabin full of men, bat the novel
and determined opposition of the young
ladies had the efiect of deterring him
from making his appearance ever after.
A   Narrow  Escape.
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a prominent citizen to a friend. "I was
confined to my bed for a year and my
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Guest—It has a fine flavor. The color
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Waiter—I should smile May be the boss
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also during the day, where he will be
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As Quick As Thought.
Farmer Strongarm, splitting rails to
fence his latest purchased ten acres, raised
his axe in the air for a powerful blow.
The day was warm, but the farmer minded it little. He bad labored thus year in,
year out, from boyhood to vigorous old
age. He had beon more thrifty than his
neighbors, and no year passed when he did
not increase somewhat the extent of his
farm, or purchase some valuable farming
implement, wbile his herds and flocks
grew steadily. He was a wealthy man,
but idle he could not be, and if for nothing
else than tbe mere enjoyment of hard
work, he must split rails, as he had done
forty years ago. Children he had none,
for he had been too busy getting land to
thiM*. of taking a wife. The whole oounty envied bim, but a more sunless life than
his was never lived by choice. He never
gave anything away, not as much as a
crumb to the birds ; and his bank account
grew, as his other possessions did, faster
than he dared or cared to acknowledge.
He raised bis axe. At that moment a
robin, bearing in its beak a fat worm, flew
past the farmer, and made for its nest in
tbe old tree. Now Former Strongarm had
seen thousands of robins in his time without a second thought; bat this one set at
work in bis mind a swift train of recollections, ln Nature's lexicon bird stand for
thoughts, and with good reason. The free
air is their element; they come, we know
not whence, and go, we know not whither,
like a flash of ligbt. There is no ead to
their variety, no limit to their beauty of
plumage aad of song. Farmer Strongarm
noticing the robin's flight, was reminded
of something that happened sixty years
before. He had been tbe eldest of a numerous family, and a prime favorite with
his father. One morning as they wore at
week together in the field, a robin had
flown by, just as now, freighted with a
plump worm.
"See," his fatber had said, "that bird is
doing what aB the rest of God's world is
doing, working hard for somebody else."
Through the long past the farmer heard
with the marvelous ear of memory, his
father's voice again. He was a kind father,
and had spent his life delving for his children with not a tithe of the success that
had been attained by his eldest son, measuring by lands and dollars. But by the
guage of good deeds and helpful woids,
Sow vastly greater had been his accomplishment. He was never too tired of an
evening to tell just one more story, or play
one last game of romps ; never too sound
asleep of nights to get op and grope
about for a drink of water for the thirsty
little throats; never too much in a hurry
of morning to take into his own bed tbe
childish feet that oame pattering over the
oold floor, and rub them warm. He never
grudged the growing circle of plates atthe
table, nor looked askance when they came
tban more onoe to be filled. He knew
fonr to lend, hoping for nothing again : to
cheer, instead of chide. Even when his
eldest son, a wayward boy, had chafed at
home restraints, and longed for a battle
witb tto world, be bad only sighed
thoughtfully, and shaken his head with a
kind and questionable look in his fatherly
•yet. The boys did not appreciate his
home, and left it oae morning early, without saying good-bye; aad pushing west-
ward, by dint of grit and labor won his
fortune. The same selfishness that had
tempted him to thus wantonly desert those
who held him dear kept him from ever returning to them, lest, perchance, they
might claim something of his substance to
eke out their own. So they had died ; tto
good old father, tto tireless, faithful
mother ; and the brothers and sisters had
one by one grown up, married, aud prospered or not, as their energy aud opportunities determined. Where they were now.
Farmer Strongarm neither know aor cared.
Wait an instant 1 That moment when the
axe was poised was to the eye tot brief ;
in thoughts it held it might have been a
life-time. Pictures of chilhood came crowding together, with all the more distinctness
because they had never beon recalled before. In fancy the farmer saw once more
the old homestead, half hid amongst tbe
trees, with its moss-covered walls and its
weather-beaten roof; within the evening-
lamp burned brightly, and shone bravely
on scenes of peace and love. There was
father, spectacles on nose, conning Poor
Richard's Almanac for weather prophecies;
there was mother in her ample apron,
darning the boys' stockings—and what
great boles she found in tbem I There
were brothers and sisters, tbis one studying his lesson, aad that one whittling out
a kite ; others playing checkers or jack-
straws, the baby sleeping sweetly in his
cradle; and about all the halo of affection.
In that same room, how often had he sat
upou hie father's knee, and heard most
marveleons stories about giants aad faiiies,
the travels of Siabad, and tbe wonderful
lamp of Aladdin. How often had his I
mother with willing hands pat up his luncheon, and kissing him fondly, sent him ofl
to school. AB the old home-life oame
back to him in tto twinkling of an eye. i
And how waa it with them n >w ? Where |
were the brothers and sister., be had played with? And why had he chosca i * be
so solitary, to labor for himself alone,
when even tto robins, obedient to their
universal rule, made in their joy to work
for others?
His axe decended but where it struck it
stayed.' The farmer sat down upon the
log he had been splittiug, and resting his
chin upon his hands, thought loug and
earnestly. The next day and the next, and
many afterwards, saw changes in him, that
the neighborhood found it hard to account
for. The men who worked for him had
more time to breathe, and began to be surprised witb invitations to take things from
the garden home to their families. The
boys who year after year had looked witb
longing eyes at tiie cherries which overloaded this fortunate farmer'f_£rees, but
who knew hia too well to think of tresspassing, ceald hardly believe their own
ears, when he asked them to jumpover the
fence and help themselves. Even the stray
dogs, that had always by common consent
given tbe farm a wide berth, made it a regular calling place, being sure of a hospitable reception. Greatest wonder of all,
when Fall came, the former packed his
gripsack, and weut off on a vacation I But
imagine tho consternation of the good
neighbors when to came back again accompanied by tbree youngsters whom ho
proudly introduced as his sons by adoption,
oat who really were kinfolk that he had
turned ap in a vigorous search for "somebody to work fort'
And now dawned at the farm a new day,
an order of things so difierent from tbe
old, that those who tod known Farmer
Strongarm for half a century shook tbeir
heads doubtfully, and guessed that be was
not altogether right in the head. This was
not, however, the opinion of good, old
Doctor Hugeheart, who rubbed his hands
together at every new bit ot gossip, and
laughed in gleeful approval at the reckless
generosity, that seemed at this late day to
have developed in the old farmer's character.
"Aad I" cried the doctor, "last week he
cancelled the mortgage on Widow Weed's
little farm; this week he gave away every
turkey ia the place, to serve as Christmas
dinners for families that couldn't afford to
buy, and next v.'eek every boy in tbe borougb is to come up to his farm for a New
Year frolic, just to please those adopted
sous of his 1 And this, you say, is a sign
tbe old man is not in his right mind ? I
tell you, he never was in bis right mind
until now, that's my opinion 1"
Well, that opinion found favor in the
community, for whereas there bad been
nothing but envy and ill-feeling against
the rich farmer ia the old days, now every
one had a smile and a good word for him,
and many a blessing was asked for him by
grateful hearts, whose needs he had been
able to see and to supply.
Indeed, so pi onounced became the publio
sebtiment in his favor, that one evening a
goodly number of his neighbors, headed
by a big bass drum, borrowed from the
nearest village, maiched boldly ia at his
front door, and presented him with au unabridged dictionary, "as containing,"their
spokesman remarked, "tto fittest language
to express their high appreciation of his
public spirited character."
Farmer Strongarm was no orator, and
he was taken by surprise ; bat he did hini-
telf and his country credit in the eloquence
of his reply.
"My friends," he said, "I am glad to
have you think I deserve the kindness. 1
kuow there was a time when you wouldn't
'a thought of doing it. But things are different now, and its of a robin and a worm."
Then he told them the story that we
have beard already, and continued :
"Well, friends, I was like a worm my.
self, a worm that has grubbed along all
his life in the dirt, aad never looked up;
but tbat robin, when he lifted that worm,
lifted me at tbe same time, and he hadn't
settled on his tree before I had thought my
whole life over again. I'll be bound he
hadn't more than finished feeding that
worm to his little ones before I had made
up my mind that the robin's, and not the
worm's example was the one I was going
to follow from that time on. Yes, friends,"
he continued, looking around with a kindly smile, "I'd been working for myself
fifty years and more, and a hard master I
had ; lately, I've been working for somebody else, for everybody else that I cau
think of, in fact; and you can believe me,
I wouldn't swap situations with the President himselfv—ffaftrwl Grubb.
LOG-HOUSE3
Not Sa Dncomfortoule as They Appear te
tte, ASSSK JUS.
To those who have never had a practices! experience of a life in the lowly edifice depicted below, it may appear that
the discomforts would he of endless variety and of huge dimensions.    Thoso
Wt__
i
wbo have erected their household godj*
in them can testify that life is quite endurable under proper circumstances. 1}
is altogether a question of the "circumstances," however, and those which were
in use in tho State of Ohio when tho "log
houses" were the fashion were not calculated to arouse any considerable amount
of hankering after them. The above out
is a correct copy of one re-erected in the
grand park of the Centennial Exposition, and which has a history particularly interesting at this time. It was
built during the early part of the century in Indiana, and was occupied by
Oaa. William Henry Harrison during
the campaign in which occurred the famous battle of Tippecanoe. It was used
in the famous "log-cabin and hard-cider
campaign" of 1840, when the General
was elected President of the United
States, and is in an excellent state of preservation. This is a typical log-cabin of
the primitive variety. Another is erected
on the opposite side of the park, which
indicates the influence of esthetics, and
that Indians were not quite so numerous
or officious fo their attentions as in the
neighborhood where the other was built.
The logs of which it was built wero
hewn square, and some attempt at symmetry was made. The chimneys of both
cabins are a faithful reproduction of one
of the forms ia vogue ia pioneer times,
when the quarrying of stone for the purpose was considered "too much work tat
a shilling.'' These rude structures mark
one limit of the time which has elapsed
since the settlement of the Ohio Valley
and Central States, while the magnificent buildings of the Centennial Exposition mark the other; er, to express it
figuratively, 1788 to 1888.
MRS. CALEB WOR-iv,
Tlie First White Woman Born In Cincinnati. Still Llvlnc.
Mrs. Caleb Worley was born ln Fort
Washington, located at the corner of
Third and Ludlow streets, Cincinnati, of
which a true reproduction may be seen
in the Pioneer Department of tbe Centennial Exhibition, on May 11,1796. Hi-r
father, George Adams, was a cousin of
Daniel Boone. He was a Xew Englauder,
and a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and was mustered out at its close,
either in Virginia or North Caroliha, the
records being uncertain on this point.
When Daniel Boone made his second visit
to Kentucky Mr. Adams accompanied
him and chose it for his homo, remaining
there until a number of settlements wero
started. He was married about this
time. Being commissioned a Major ia
the army, he was detailed for Fort Washington, and, with his wife and two boys,
came to what is now Cincinnati. During
his stay here Mrs. Worley was born.
Subquently Major Adams left the service, and entered a tract of land six miles
below Dayton, near tho present site of
the town of Carlton,
Upon the breaking out of the war of
1812 he again resumed service as a soldier, and was badly wounded during thA
defeat of Gen. Harmar, receiving seveft
bullets through the body. At thp close
of the war he moved to what i$ uort
known as Darke County. While there
his daughter married Caleb Worley, in
the year 1816. Mr. Worley and hts wife
remained there for a time, but in 1823
they removed to Covington, ln Miami
County, at which place she still resides.
Although over ninety ydkfs of age, Mrl
Worley enjoys tolerably good health,
although troubled with nervousness,
which has prevented her attendance at
the Pioneer meetings in Cincinnati. Not
only is Mrs. Worley the first female child
born ia tills city, but she ia said to bv the
oldest living native of the State, and tlje
oldest member of the Christlaa Church,
at whose services she is ay regular an attendant as is possible for one of her advanced age.
The Centennial Press Clab Quarters
At the Centennial Exposition build*
ings are open, and wiU remafh so during
the hundred days to the members of the
press who visit this city. These rooms
occupy the north tower of tto west
wing of Power Hall, fronting on Elm
street, have been elegantly draped like
a Marquis' tent, tto ceiling above being
covered with a blue field with white
stars, caught at the center and raised.
The walls are festooned with the stripes.
The rooms are elegantly furnished with
Brussels carpet and heavy oa>*. furniture. The daily papers are on file, and
the members of the press are welcome.
The Cincinnati Club begins tt careei
under most favorable circumstances, its
membership including many whose
trenchant pen and ready pencU hava
been felt wherever newspapers ore read,
and the brightest prospects are ahead for
this important addition to the many meritorious clubs of the Queen City.
CINCtNNATI CENTENNIAL NOTES.
Japanese parasols are used in mauy
instances for booths.
The display ln art decorations for the
home wfll draw largely.
The display of fine embroidery la tho
woman's department is gorgeous.
Printing, printing-presses and accessories will excite wonder art the Exposition.
Only fifty cents admission to a ftfll
space of forty-three acres—seventeen different departments and a colossal Musie
Hall performance.
ITCH IN 4.1 PILES.
SympTons—Moisture ; intense itching
and singing ; most at night; worse by
scratching. If allowed to continue tumors
form, which often bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore. Swathe's Ointment
stops the itching and bleeding, heals ulceration, and in many cases removes the
tumor. It is equally efficacious ia curing
all Skin Diseases. DR. SWAYNE &
SON, Proprietors, Philadelphia.SwATNE's
Ointment can be obtained of druggists.
Seat by mail for 50 cents,