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V>r-f N'.1* *%¥ 1 i;;#! ,#^»I»o< '• ->'-g"" >"ff wRimau •J5 • 1' «»»i4^*i TonV®1 „ jr.rtwatftmtlMi ili m HEATBK. should sagr sot vegivrti for the mnrio, lattesvm; ken jooll think it najmj gwit wonder, ,*, ... •*ff "P «na8*,!m.«> *»"1»°°gA,.. lMhnl«HAwtU boy then" »-»lustHn§, ^coiSptete. L*W late la tbe e-U»m« of'M: ! f*om our ?»* Eastern. .unaoabto, ijahc ahouhl MOW : l/#i3M^5i3SK^Kr •Wherethehonse pad ttwdeV^ '•% And building it took many days. i'V ; • on/hesdd wtows M*K» shelters* rr; In under its roof, when our store I Of provisions «M slmofit exhausted, i . imi husband-must journey for mow: ^•kfctrihp mMnk pMM where he could »6t ttafljl Vtifynt sifcht*d|tf*ace «w«y» r ^m v That It forced him from home to be MMK At least a n^epifht and a day. ttJfcraHMaVtftl b*ttwo,9r throe neighbors,! ,, _ r^uS fltte fiwrefft wasinore than a mile, I f'^wrwe lUKfci't WiDdd flue yet to know them,. \ fie/iter ire had W*o bniy the while; - •£k4ft4rthe usa .wholuid helped at the raising -7 rTsiit stMdtffl the job was well done; v s •* '^naarfdbofe lifrhte money waa paid hisa, %< f < CM siontdned his ax and had gone. . ^ %eU, husband just kissed me and started, H .*** Ilattdf ica«3ely suppress a deep gropua : n ;#j 'Mtik thoifht of wnjatoiag with baby .« :UH s , 6aJ*MBtP the house all alone; " ' For, »{j'TSear, I was childish and timid, *-}/' "•->• And brever ones might well have feared, „•:; • For the wild vrolf was 6ftCi» heard iiowUng, ' w« A&AtBavages sometimes appeared. f 'hnofiyPveft ray ffilef and my tern* ^••Wtlt«»baadwaBotfonhi«ride, «. v: • m Ui;3 .in." e darkness of night l>OB>d &1V „ Vr'< j rith no one in reach of my' call L then in my arms I took Joeey, lid all the day long sat and cried, l>libo4#ht 'df the long dreary hoi When tie darkness of night Jp^d I, -watt so utterly helpless, #p •1 Aadwhen the night came with its To hide ev'ry ray of light, , j I nimu up a uuut by tuc ViJidwWj "?- jf.H AAnd, alfaiaet dead with affright, I I kneeled by the side of the cradle, Should bring ue a horrible death. I - the provoking things I said to yem an hour ago; but I ion always hasty, yon know; and I want you to tie this ribbon for me, and them rll go away raid leave you." Such a confession as this from Stella was nothing unusual; so Margaret ac­ cepted it with very good grace ; and SteOa, after giving a glowing ariroimt of 'Cousin KsehanJ. hiurir4dbwn to the car- den, to gather some flowers for her hair before dinner. Maimiret, left alone once a^ore, gave a few fltiiwhing touches to her toilet, and then directed her steps to the drawing-room. Mrs. Ventnor and her nephew, Rich­ ard Gleason, were enjoying a quiet talk on various topics; both heard the rustle 01 Maigarci's ganueutc vxi pliC "This is my step-danghter," was all Mrs. Ventnor could say before Marga­ ret's step sounded in the hall. She swept proudly into the room, ac­ knowledging the introduction by a haughty bow, and a cool "Good even­ ing " to Mrs. Ventnor. ̂ ̂ After dinner the family adjourned again to the drawing-room, where the conversation became general, • "Tell us something of your travels, Richard," said Mrs. Ventnor at length, 'Vrhen other topics were exhausted, " Perhaps it will not be agreeable to the others," he returned, fixing his dark eyes searchingly on Margaret's face. Mrs. Ventnor noted her embarrass­ ment, and came to her relief. , "I think it will," she said quietly; and Margaret soon became interested, in spite of her determination to dislike her step-mother's relative. _ How do you like him, t*lr - ; t'ltxn l[ Ihcre I kneit until late in the ev< , And Bcareely an inch had I stirred, *8 l^hcn suddenb , far in the distance, "-JN A sonnd as of whistling I heard, iM.l started up, dreadfully frightened, ^ i V , For fear twas an Indian's call; )S'* Jknd then very soon 1 remembered \T " t • Mf IRM redmaa ne'er whistles at aQ. *Jkrid when, I was swre 'twag a white • -#• -"J thouirht, were he coming for ill, B J ' , ®e'd surely approach with more cautio®-- j,,; . J. Would come "without warning and stflL ^ uJ»» the sounds, coming nearer and nearer, 'iMbSTtheform of a tune, light sad gay, *•*< yhial knew I needn't tiekr evil i? r h* ' ,«rhWQ oneWhooould whistle that way. „ ^ Ver# soon I heard footsteps aj pproachKife- ";i^i • IB * t xhen game a peculiar dull thump, • t As if Mne one was heavily striking ; ^ ^ . 4n m in the top of a stump; ,. : e4od flien. in another brief mOmem, , "«* iSiere esttte allgBt tap oh the door,' •Itif-Wken quickly 1 undid ^>e fastfnings,, a ,*s <' 0^, f ^knd in stepped a boy, and before ^ V" . '•1 Dbere wi» either a question or answer 3 * ^ •ll«; '•Qrffc#h«f b«(l time to speak, ""- ji- ^I inst threw my glad arms around him, -L. * ' and gavA him a Msa on the cheek. • Istirtsd back, ncared at my boldness, *li »"But he oniy smiled at my fright, ttj.Jks he Kaid, "I'm your neighbor's boy, Elick," CotD^e to tarry with you through the night, 'd y«ut husband go eastward, . ; ^ '* ' And made up our minds where he'd Kate, s And I said to the rest of our people. ' That woiuan Is them all alone, Aptbl yanturo plv'x awfully lonesome, ^ _ Andradttgfi she may have no great Mt, I thinfeitbi ifbtfld feel'a bit safer *pi« <0 %niy a boy were but near.' 1 ^'^'tafelEg my ax on my shoulder, J%» -fbr frar Ikdt a savage might stray t'&i Across pig 9*0u and need scalping, .1M' 1 started right down this way; And cotafing In Sl^ht of the cabin, W* Ahdf Stoking to.saive you alarm, , I whistled a tune, iust to show you ' ^ 5 " Ahdsoberelam, at yonr sonrtoe; But if you don't want me to stay, f '£m .Why, all you need do is to say so, .• M * .And, should'ring my ax, I'll away.fpi^ I dropped in a chair and near fainted^®s lost at thought of his leaving me than, Lfcis eye gave a knowing bright r winkle 1 he I ft am %If f > As he said, "I guess I'll remain." *»f> 4m #» f Stella inquired, putting her Margaret's door, after she :c vruav jyu vou uu nivu xuvucuvt* persists in saying that he cannot ain with us more than a few days at And then I just sat there and told How terribly frightened I'd been, Sow his face wan to me the most wel< "of any I ever had seen ; Awl ttop;J lay down with the baby, pt (01 the blessed night thr. Iwr 1 left I was safe from all danger -"Jftitr so brave a yovng fellow and • aa» my dear friend, do yon wonde^, Si«ee such a good reason I've given, l»<v BTyr.I say 1 sha n't care for the musif / IUw there is whustUog in heaven :#| * -etsft TfStI've said so in earnest, *. |i;> " And now what I've said I repeat, tt*?:; ,* * 1 t f r 1 That unless there's a boy then a-whistliag, ^ .•> .$r,' , Its zuusfe will not be complete. Hj-mtper'* Magazine/or June. ' ^ . fjjl 3|Hj.' - ' • V?R!* «*AIWABKT YENTSOB. ; .la; -1 io *: «Why, Maggiof jtfot dressed yet; .•••MgsJtpMf&ds'ard ^i||-: be<.-.-hcre m half- sm . iMftftor," bricd Stellis '--Xjiscombc, tliroTncj 2 : 3>ae ̂folding doors and entering the f';$>ack parlor where her half-sister, Mar- • fc0a-ret Ventnor, was reclining on a sofa, ^njjwith aa interesting book in her hand, and luin<lKom ̂ morning dress carelessly , ti * i&Qhijjg, her slender figure. h<;# Hi is hardly necessary that I ahonl ̂ , first to welcome him," she said, curling her lip slightly, and making an « ^Impatient gesture, as though the subject I«H*ras not a pleasant one. "You and wiU be sufficient to entertain Mm, at least until dinner time." 'tp* ;4Bttt, then," pleaded Stella, "you might please me just this once, and I ^iA*have no doubt Richard is anTinwa to be- icquainted with you." I*»« -> suppose he is aware of my fi" ^ar^aTet said, carelessly lkfeng the leaves of her book. " Oli! just as you please," replied : ̂ in a provoking tone. "You are determined to hate Richard Gleason, Margaret; and, indeed, it's a matter of perfect indifferenoe to me whether you 'v^Ble him or not." Stella had worked herself into quite a heat, and Margaret thought it best to withdraw to her own room for the sake of quiet. \ Half an hour later, looking from her I! window, she saw the family carriage draw up before the door, and a haudsome stranger alight in company with her lather. Stella and her mamma came for- : ward with cordial greeting--Stella gay and impulsive, without a trace of her recent ill-humor, and' Mrs, Ventnor \ calm and cordial as usual. After the group had disappeared within doors, and Margaret had seen the car- •{*# risge drive away, she threw herself into an esmy chair, and resumed her reading. 44 JDear me !" she cried, when at length threw ::side her book. "I had no ] HI" : idea it was so late. I have scarcely time to dress for dinner." She changed the morning costume she ! V'^i wore for another of rich material, and of • la dftfk gray color, fastening a scarlet rib- v^r W bon at her throat, and a bunch of dark , ̂ * red bellies in her hair; then site took a ̂survey of hter figure in an opposite mirror. "Very becoming, dear," said a merry 'voice at the door ; and Stella came trip- ping into the room, bringing a stream of sunshine in her wake this time. "Really, Margaret," she said, " yon must excuse said, said. returned. "I, think it is very to spend a whole day in the wot no other occupation than that of ing with a number of people, taking a walk in the afternoon and a sail by moon* light, etc.; that is the programme of out country picnics," \\ *' That's just like you, Margaret," iQh terrupted ̂ Stella. "I know we AaSI have a splendid time, and Jttichard will create quite a sensation, T ean ieii you. Now, cousin, you must promise to bft very attentive to my young lady friendeL* I told Sophie Elliott all about you, and I've no doubt she'll be setting her cap for you yet." "She might spaze herself the trouble,*? Richard mentally ejaculated; but hs merely buds the Indiss good-sight n«j retired to his room, the hour being late. At length the morning of the picnio arrived, and, in spite of Stella's fears to the contrary, the day was clear, and very favorable. Mr. Gleason, dressed to ac­ company the ladies, came do\m into tfas hall, where the trio were assembled .̂ Mrs, Ventnor and Stella were alread|r equipped; but Margaret was carelessly against a marble still in her morning dress. ̂ " Why! are you not going, Miss Maiv gfcret ?" he inquired, in a surprised toneu' " I had no idea that you intended to t»- main at home." "But I do, nevertheless," she said, quietly. " I have a slight headache thia morning; and, besides,! don't care much Maggie ?" head in at e had jretfred to her room. "Oh! well enough," Margaret an­ swered, lightly; and Stella withdrew to her own apartment, laughing gayly at her ihalf-sister's indifference. Rose Villa was the summer residence of the Ventnors. Mr. Ventnor had been married to his second wife about a year. Bhe was a widow lady when he became acquainted with her, and Stella was her only child, now a school-girl of about 17. At present she was at home, spend­ ing her first vacation at Rose Villa. Margaret could not but like her, though jshe had rebelled against her father's second marriage. She had not entirely forgotten her old scruples; and Richard iOleason's coming among them aroused some of the old feeling of enmity toward ,)ier step-mother's |punily. * The days sped rapidly at Rose Villa. Mrs. Ventnor planned some new amuse- jment each day for the yonng folks. ' Do you know, Maggie," Stella said, coming into her half-siater's room, one. evening, after Mr. Gleason had been jwith them about a fortnight, "that iRichard talks of going to town in less ; fthaji a week? Mamma is using every endeavor to persuade him to remain the Rummer, and wishes you to assist her ; jpo come down to the parlor at once." (Margaret, thus urged, followed Stella ^to the parlor, where she found Mrs. •Ventnor endeavoring, as her daughter <|iad said, to persuade Richard to give up nil thought of leaving Rose Villa for the present. So you have oome to my aid, Mar­ garet ?" she said, in a relieved tone. «>" See what you can do with Richard. i(He remain the furthest, " I don't think I can succeed where Jyou fail," Margaret returned, pleasantly. f* Is your business so urgent, then, Mr. |Qrleason, that you cannot leave it any longer?" she inquired, hesitatingly. " No, not exactly," he said, bestowing on her a glance which brought the color to her face. A summons to dinner prevented any urther discussion on the subject for the iresent. Mr. Gleason gave his arm to Margaret, and as they passed out into ^the hall he said to her, in a half whisper, >»Shall I go or stay, Miss Ventnor ? It %mst be as you desire." Stay," she replied; " though, of course, she added, "itis immaterial to jet, as mamma wishes it, I ask you ifco remain." Richard Gleason bit his lip fiercely; biit he was silent, for they had reached the dining-room, and Margaret, drawing her hand fiom his arm, took her place at the iaule, haif wishing that she uad not spoken as she did. After dinner she stole out into the garden, catching up a book as she passed through the library. She followed the winding path until she came to a small arbor, half hidden by the shrubbery, and, throwing herself in one of the rustic seats, she began to read in tfie semi-darkness of the evening, A quick footstep startled her; she glanced up hurriedly, and saw Mr. Gleason's figure in the doorway. "I am intruding," he said, politely. "I merely came to ask you a question. Why is it that you dislike me so much, Miss Ventnor?" Then, seeing the flush rise to her face and neck, he added, " It is no more than right that I should ask. If I have said or done anything to offend you, I desire to apologize." "It is I who should apologize," she said, "if I have not treated you coadial- ly." " It is not that," he returned. "You have been polite, but so distant 1 I da- sired your friendship." " You shall be gratified," she playfully, offering him her hand. He grasped it warmly. "Now I will leave you," he " Pardon the intrusion." * He was gone, aad Margaret soon arose, and followed him slowly into the house. A few days afterward Mrs. Ventnor, Mr. Gleason and Margaret were quietly conversing in the parlor, when Stella came rushing into the room. " What doyou think ?" she exclaimed, merrily. "We are invited to a picnic next week ! It is to be held in Derby's grove. Don't you remember, Maggie, that lovely place where we went boating last season? Won't it be charming? Why, I don't believe one of you are at all glad." "Oh, yes," Mrs. Ventnor returned pleasantly ; " but how could you expect us to give our opinion until you had fin­ ished speaking?" " Well, I think |t will be delightful, Stella continued.' " Cousin John Elliot is going to take me, and you will have to escort mamma and Margaret, Cousin Richard." "That will be very agreeable," Rich­ ard replied, laughinglv. " Do you en­ joy attending picnics, Miss Margaret? " I don't care much for them," she for goin , y°n» ing her laoe mantle carefully over her _ ng. 1 Well, I suppose we shall be obliged ' Mis. V " • to leave you,' frntnor said, draw- shoulders, " for the carriage is waiting. Good-by, my dear. If your head is better, it will doubtless do you good to come over to the picnic place this afternoon." " Well, perhaps I may," she returned. She watched tne trio descend the steps, and enter the carriage. After the vehicle was out of sight, she turned listlessly into the house. "Perhaps I shall feel better," she thought, "if I dress myself and sit in the back parlor, where it is so oool and pleasant." Accordingly she ascended to her room, where she donned a cool dress of white cambric, with cherry ribbons knotted in her hair. She came down and seated herself in the airy parlor, near one of the low French windows, where the balmy zephyr, redolent with the breath of dewy roses and clematis, was gently wafted over herfaoe. Unconsciously she glanced in an opposite mirror, where her fair countenance was reflected, forming a rare and lovely picture; a low, broad, white forehead, starry eyes, classic features, and an abundance of black hair, brushed smoothly away at the temples, and gath­ ered into great, shining coils at the back of the head; her soft white robes fell gracefully about her, and the daintily molded hands were busied with a tiifle of embroidery, which fell unheeded at her feet, as die indulged in a pleasant day-dream. She was startled by a light footfall; and, looking up, she beheld Richard Gleason at her side, with a world of love in his handsome eyes. She sprung quickly to her feet, and anxiously in­ quired if an accident had befallen the absent pleasure party. " Oh, no, Margaret," he said talcing her hand. " I came here, hoping to find you alone, as I have somertmng I must say to you before my departure. Margaret felt the warm color rise to her face, as he bent his gaze scrutiniz- n her. me," he cried, ea*jerlv. "that you return the passion I feel for you-- that yon will be my wife--my pearl--my priceless treasure! "I will," was the simple reply; but the words came straight from the inmost depths of he* heart. Richard Gleason returned to the pic­ nic place in the afternoon, and Margaret accompanied him, the betrothal ring glistening <m hex finger. As they drove along the quiet country road, Margaret said, "I never meant to fall in love with you, Richard." " Nor I with yon," he returned; " but what fate has mdained in cannot change." : "iiot, $iiren If -za *we?ed:iaftly. Kj. A Maine Mmrder Case® . Those who believe in hanging will re­ gret that Maine has abolished the death sentence in view of the conviction of Edward M. Smith of killing the Trim family at Bucksport, last fall. He seems to have thoroughly earned the rope if man ever did, and the convicting proof of his guilt gives New England another and one of its most terrible stains of crime. _ The Trim family consisted of old Mr Trim, his widowed daughter, Mrs. Thayer, and he* child.. The old man had a little money hoarded in the house, and Edward M. Smith, a retired sea Captain and' accounted respectable man, was a frequent visitor. One night Smith accompanied Mrs. Thayer from a neighbor's to the Trim home, and later the house and barn were burned with the family. Examination of the ruins disclosed that the occupants of the house had been horribly murdered and cut into pieces, and the buildings fired to conceal the greater crime. Of course, suspicion fell upon Smith, whose motive for the crime was no doubt the old man's little money. Traces of a struggle before the house were evident, and a gradually ac­ cumulating chain of circumstantial evi­ dence has left no doubt that the ex-sea Captain committed the wholesale killing. His clothes worn upon the fatal night were covered with blood, for the pres­ ence of which he was not able to account, and his attempted defense al an ̂ iklibi was effectually disproved. - : ------------ ' ' Suspension Bridges. The Brooklyn bridge is the longest yet projected. It is 3,475 feet between the anchorages, with a clear- span of 1,595 feet, the bottom chord of which will be 135 feet above the water. Th Niagara bridge has a span of 821 feet; the Cincinnati bridge is 2,220 feet long, with a span of 1,057 feet. The bridge at St. Louis is of steel, with four piers of granite and limestone sunk to the bed­ rock of the Mississippi; there is one span of 520 feet and one of 515 feet over the waterway. THB Khedive of Egypt is credited with the evil eye, not to mention the money he secured from the Sues cana bonds. iOVB AMD KEABOK. BY BOSA VKRTJTEn nmn. Young Love went sailing without fear . ,<, Upon a lotus leaf, ," * Though Season said, "Fray 1st me st«||l£< - Or you will oome to grief." - Then laugbed the saucy god and cri«4»,! "You look too gram and blut*, , , Go walk along the river's side; • * ' ' I H p a d d l e m y o w n c a n o e . " * * v • i > I K 1 80 BWOB. bloddlnf on aMtfK* * -'i-- Watcned Love's frail shallop fioaUug, And thought, " Though walking is a T ' ' It's very risky boating. {• Hallo! young imp, you will be wreaked; Yonr bark is very fraji." But Love sang gayly, ' I expect , * ' T o h a v e a J o U y s a i l " , " Keep off the rocks and qataracts, They oft beguile a stranger." Quoth Love, " A truce to stupid facts I rather like the danger. -r ": a i*«- oil m muuuiu, lilt) nkj Is ClCST,- r,-y. You need not come to measure vt The crystal deeps through which I steWnf' 'i My pilot shall be Pleasure!" On with the tide did Cupid drML; t A -A TTi« hflml a#- TCanctnn x.ff * To where those sun-lit waters* swift-- Swift dowu the rocks went hissing;. A warning scorned, a danger spurned^ Of which he saw no token; Love's lotus leaf was overtu His fairy rudder broken; The gossamer sail was torn to strings! He seized on Pleasure, crying, " Come, let us rise I Though drenched toy wings They're light enough for flying. P" , From yonder bark--to ruin whirled-- We shall:escape in season. 1 .'*if 111 fly with Pleasure through tbe worlfe* ... 4nd leave my wrecks to Bcason." 4'~ --Seribn&flrr Jum. PITH AND POINT. A DWABF pear--Tom Thumb and wife. THERE is one redeeming quality about croquet. It is within the reach of the feeblest intellects. THE new spring hats worn by ladies are so big that two or three of them in a theater make the place look crowded. DRESSES are to be so tight that if a husband kick his wife on the shins the bruises will be plain to the public eye. ST. LOUIS girls now explain it by say­ ing that when they were young their mothers made them wear blue stockings. VioiiET-coiiORED ink is no longer used for love letters.--Detroit Free Press. Heavens ! Why didn't you tell us that before? Here we've been and--but no matter, no matter. A VIRGINIA bridegroom over seven feet high is announced. The affair created considerable sensation, but it is believed she only married him to go chestnutting with. A YOUNG man, whose sweetheart has pretty, pouting lips, says that a kiss of hers always reminds him of the menu of the best restaurant in town. It's such a delicious bill affair. * ABOUT this time the hen that has en­ tered upon her second childhood is dished up at 75 cents a plate as spring chicken. You can tell her every time by the warts on her spurs. AMONG fashion notes, the New York imes says: "All-silk dresses are no longer seen." True--a great many, in these hard times, are under the protect­ ing wing of "my uncle." A HOUSE-HOLDER, in filling up his schedule of the last census, under the column " Where born," described one of his children as born "in the parlor," and the other " up stairs." AN exchange says: " It takes a mental effort to pay a gas bill with a genial look." Of course it does, but it doesn't equal the effort, physical, mental and other­ wise, to pay it with greenbacks. A NEW YORK STATE man grated some horse-radish for his wife, and then sneezed, broke a blood-vessel and died. Husbands will by-and-by learn to sit on the veranda and let domestic drudgery alone'. SCIENTIFIC student--"Who is that you ' of?" "Huxley." "Ob, yes! Let's see, what did he lecture on, now ?" " Evolution." " Why, of. course, I had forgotten. He was--er--he was in favor of it, wasn't he ?" A MISSOURI woman writes to a St. Louis newspaper that politeness is an instinct with which the Eastern man was never Messed, and he has been more un­ successful in its cultivation than anything he has ever undertaken. "SUNDAY is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week," says a wiiter. It is also a good time pull off your boots and try what bunion remedies you have accumulated during the preceding six days. WHEN you see a tomcat, with glaring eyeballs and back-hair erect, come scratching out like lightning from under a board fence, and a second afterward hear a brickbat strike the fence on the inside, the process of a posteriori reason­ ing is not a difficult one. " ISN'T he a darling little spring blos­ som ?" asked Mrs. Kobobuhis, dandling th© crowing baby toward her husband. " Yes," giunted Mr. Kobobulus, stand­ ing before the glass, deep in the mystery of fastening a collar with three button­ holes on one button; " yes, he is a regu­ lar little crow cus." And it made Mrs. Kobobulus so mad that she threw the baby at him. You caa't always tell. We have known a sweet-faced young man, who spoke such beautifully-melodious words of moral benevolence at the boarding-house table as brought tears to the eyes of the tender-hearted landlady, suddenly de­ part with a month's board unsettled, and all the souvenir he lel't in his valise, a second-hand pocket-Testament and pair of faded paper collars, " Dn> you never," asked a transcend­ ental young lady just three weeks from Vassar, of the West Hill young man, " did you never feel a vague, unrestful yearning after the beyond ? a wild, strange, impulsive longing and reaching out after the unattainable?" And the West Hill man said he often had, last summer, at such times as he was trying to scratch a square inch full of hives, right between his shoulder blades, and just out of reach of anything. A IiTVTNG toad weighing three pounds was found imbedded VA a solid sandstone, fifteen feet below the surface of the earth, at Ashland, Wis., the other day. B[e presented no abnormal appearance, Bays the Ashland Press, except that, where a small fissure in the rock occurred, just in front of his head, his starboard eye had grown into the cavity, and, when removed from his prison, his eye stuck out about two inches and a half. He seemed perfectly healthy, in every re­ spect, and, on his release, he inflated the bladder beneath his thioatand trilled a hymn of rejoicing. SanltAry Skill in War. One of the princip&l lessons taught by modern miHtary^icienoe is that sanitary •kill is aa important tor military sucoess as strategical. / Our war with the seced­ ing States was finally won, not only by superior numbers and strategy, but by greater sanitary skill. It would be diffi­ cult to TJumber the thousands of able- bodied saeti aavral frs tho nrmy by the operations alone of our sanitary au­ thorities. The care taught by them in selecting camps, the medicine and nour­ ishing food furnished, the prophylactics given, the efforts made to prevent the spread of gangrene or local pestilence, the intelligence employed in disease and in treating woun< employed in preventing creating wounds and fe­ vers-- it was all this which preserved so large a ratio of our soldiers, and con­ stantly furnished renewed men to the main armies. Our troops were serving for years, in the Gulf States and in Vir­ ginia., In quite as pestilential and sickly regions as is the Dobrudscha, or the plain of Bulgaria. But science and in­ telligence saved our men. Itis the want of these modern appliances and modern skill which lias so often ruined the Rus­ sian army. The Lower Danube has too frequently been a pest-house for their armies. When the noonday heats be- oome intense and the nights begin to be chilly, we shall hear again of the painful histories of plague and cholera among their ignorant and careless soldiery, and perhaps hear again of a Russian army crippled by these invisible enemies. The Turks seem to suffer less from these dis­ eases. Not from their sanitary appli­ ances, for they have none; but the race is accustomed to a warmer climate than their northern enemy, and their religion teaches rigidly one of the first means of preserving health--cleanliness--while their loose costume is more suited to the extremes of the climate near the mouths of the Danube. The great defect of Russian administration, so well illustrat­ ed in Wallace's book, its stupid routine, follows all military operations of the Czar's Government, and we shall see abundant illustrations of its influence in this campaign against the Turks.--New York Times. LIEUT. COL. MABTIN, late of the Brit- ish cavalry, is about to set on foot an anti-torpedo association. He says: " When explosive bullets and chain-shot were invented, and actually used in war, nations unanimously agreed to discon­ tinue their use and prohibit their manu­ facture; yet explosive bullets and chain, shot, it must be admitted, are harmless as compared with torpedoes. Poisoning is prohibited in war. Why not prohibit torpedoes, wUioli aroaatunlly mose subtle and deadly than poison, there being no antidote to or escape from them ?" He might have added that muskets, rifles, bombs and artillery are also apt to se­ riously damage suffering humanity. ' THERE is now in Ottawa, Ont., a Bedouin named Jacob Abdallah, born in Palestine upward of 100 years ago, and who has served in the British navy many years. Ho wants to go to Europe, but has not the wherewithal to get there. The Canadian Government will assist him. « Survival of th© Fittest.** Th® Ingenious doctrine propounded by Mr. Darwin, tne tireless investigator of nature and her laws, is as applicable in determining the fate of medicines as in that of the n.nimnl gp&- cies. Every year new remedies are brought be­ fore the public, and are soon completely dis­ carded as their sale rapidly decreases. Only those medicines which are best suited to the people's wants survive the test. If tliey " are tried, and found wanting " in the merits which they are claimed to possess, no amount of ad­ vertising will make them popular. Of all the remedies ever introduced to the public, none as Dr. Pierce's Family Medi­ate so dnes, year, and wholesale druggists assert that the them is gre •fore. If you would patronize medicines present demand for them i reater than ever scientifically prepared, use Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines. Golden Medical Discovery is alter­ ative, or blood-cleansing, and an imequaled oough remedy; Pleasant Purgative Pellets, scarcely larger than mustard seeds, constitute an agreeable and reliable physic ; Favorite Pre­ scription, a remedy for debilitated females j Extract of Smart-Weed, a magical remedy for pain, bowel complaints, and an unequaled "lini­ ment for both human and horse-flesh ; while his Dr. Sage's Catarrh Itemedy is known the world over as the greatest specific for Catarrh and "Cold in the Head" ever given to the public, TJjOV n.ro MI'I Iw <1vnrjpist<» Cfaectfulnes? t\w Gltsiviin^ »>f Uenttly. That equable state of the mkKl whk>h is ww- ruffled by trilling incidents, and looks on the muiny side of tlyngs in general, is Hie result of a healthful state of the brain and stomach. The dyspeptic and nervous invalid may--al­ though this is rare indeed--feign cheerfulness, and may bear the harassing symptoms which, persecute him with an assumption of heroic indifference, but in reality lie is the victim of despondency. To experience genuine cheer­ fulness of mind the stomach must recover its lost tone, the thinking organ its normal quiet­ ude. Hostetter's Rtomach Bitters are the best remedy for mental depression, since they over- coma the nervous debility and indigestion •which originate and foster it. Persons suffer­ ing from infirmities peculiarly incident to the decline of life, ladies in delicate health, and convalescents, derive solace and vigor from its use. Drive away the blues and revive the toogpiqjj energies with this grand stimulative Ttardw Doofoy'» Y< Is prepared on scientific principles, and from ingredients that are the most effective and wholesome. It has received the highest en­ comiums for these merits from eminent chem­ ists, scores of oar best physicians and thous­ ands of intelligent cooks and housewives. The genuine can be had oitly iu tin cans. WILHOFT'S TONIC !--A SAFE, SUKE, AND SCIENTIFIC Ctmx 'The unprecedented sale of this world-renowned medicine proves inoon- teatibly that no remedy has superseded the use of this reliable Tonic. No spleen has been found so hard as not to yield to its softening influence, and no liver so hypertrophied as not to give up its long-retained bilious secretions, and no Chill or Fever has yet refused to fail into line. G. R. FINJLAT & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. FOB HAT.K BT AIX DmveeisTb. THE essentials for wide popularity are fully met in Colgate & Co.'s Cashmere Bouquet Soap. It ia universally esteemed by the tasteful and refined as the most delicate and recherche of perfumes, and the name and trade-mark of Colgate A Co. on each package are a guarantee of superior and uniform quality. With such nice adaptation the suooess of this article is not surprising. AFTEB an experience of over twenty- five years, many leading physicians acknowl­ edge that the tiraefenlm'g JfarshalFs Uterine Catholinm is the only known certain remedy for diseases to which women are subject. The Oraefeaberg Vegetable Pills, the most popular remedy of the day for biliousness, headache, liver ooirplaint and diseases of digestion. Sold by all druggists. Send for almanacs. Graefen- berg Co., New York. KENDAL & Co., Boston, make a very generous offer. Our readers should respond. THEinventcMoiBimint^sOoooAiifE-- snowing that when the loss of hair occurs, it is getMtafyfkom that part of the head where the greatest heat is necessarily generated, and that animal fats by their natne induce heat rather than alleviate it-turned their attention and phanaaeevtkal soUoee toward vegetable oils, as the. basis of a medieament. to promote the growth sad preserve tiiehsasijo? the hair, ihc SS®B coccSf c* uoooiAui * in.f presented itself most strongly, as possessing many prop­ erties peculiarly adapted for the purpose; but its odor was objectionable, and its density (except when exposed to heat) seemed for a knur to defy all efforts to renter it available for pop­ ular use in oooler climates. By a soientille se­ lection of other ingredients, those which will chemically combine with the oil have been dis- -->d, and thr- 1--"-- >uud which covered, and they together have produced a lupuunu vtmuL u uuuui "" the best that has yet a cum be UUUUftNNvusj |>*MUUUUUtuiv J yet appeared. In the form presented this oil is permanent! deodorized, and held in a combination whicL peculiarly adapts it for the toilet; BUBNETT'S CGODAIHB is unrivaled in dclicacy and agreeable nees--cooling in its nature--and possesses such a penetrating affinity for the secretions of the sain that it is rapidly absorbed. Its greatest efficacy is best secured by a per­ fect cleansing, before its application, of the hair and scalp, under which circumstances this oil allays irritation, removes all tendency to dandruff; and invigorates th© action of the cap­ illaries in the highest degree. 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