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I A WORD ABOUT woniMfc '• Ah IM! thrwe terrible tongues of ours! Ar* we half awuru of their mighty powaia? Do we ever troublo our h a<l-t at all Where the may it. ike or the hint may ttiIt Th« latent chirp of that " little bird," Ti'.at >>-picy story, '• you must have heard*-- We Jerk away in our £ostup raBh, And aout-l> <l> V claw-1, oi coarse, rock miash. Wlisit fumed have been blasted and broken, What pe-ti'ent Kink* have been ntlrrod "By » word iu Ujriitaess ap oMS. •• MRP** By ouly au idle word 1 7!J A sneer--a Bhrag--a whisper kMjfc. , -T*r* . They are poieoiied shaft; from au ambuaaaa OW, Shot by the t owarJ. tha f. >ot- the knave ; They pierce the mail of the gi*at or brava. Vain is buckler of v itid«m and pride To turn the inkles* point auide; { The lips may curi with a careieaa smile. But the heirt drips 1 ii «xl--ilripa blood the white. Ah me 1 what hearts have been broken, What rivers of blood been stirred, a word lu malice spoken, - only • bitter word 1 lly word and a tender tone- To only G<xl is their virtue known I They cau lift from the dust the abject hNpL They can turn a foe to a friend instead; - Tile heyt c'ose-barred with pat-wion ant f pride Will fling at thrir knock its portals wide, And the h ite that bliehts and the worn that h Will xuelt in t e fountain of chlldiike toarw. What ice-bound griefs have been 1 What rivers of love iteen atirrod. By a word in kindness spoken. By only i gentle word I Levf PASSAGES. Cupid, { adore thee! There Is a cliarm ---- Turn up your lip, old Sourcrout! we eannot. We--the young--the gay--the healthy--the happy! Wisdom [-- physic--no more !--fling them both to the dogs, say L Wisdom ! fiddlesticks ! I am tired of it. What is it,?-- n mourning dress !--water gruel I--a pair of goggles to the eyes of ardent youth !--a lame foot !•--a peddler's pack, full of invaluable things, tut then so heavy 1 Wisdom is a schoolmaster, with a ferule and a frown, a broad- brimmed hat, a voice that makes the ears ring. It is always hammering away at your ears and your conscience. You are circumscribed within narrow limits. You must not, for your life's sake, go out of bounds. You must not look at the sunshine, nor pluck the fruit, nor bathe in the stream, nor smell the open­ ing flowers. This is wisdom. It makes avarice a habit and suspicion a duty. It checks the ardor of youth, extin­ guishes the fire of hope, and saddens even the brightness of virtue. Who has it ?--the old, the winkled, the sick, the superannuated 1--they who have drained the dregs of pleasure. It is the lesson of rashness, bought by disappointment; and it teaches distrust, melancholy and despair. Give me hope, joy, youth, love! And this brings me back to my sub­ ject. Cupid--laughing, rosy, blooming boy ! How thy sweet mischief troubles men and women, beardless imp !--gray heads, prudes, scholars, philosophers, statesmen; and as for poets, such as Frederick--Jove I it makes my heart ache. Poor Frederick! One of my pe­ culiarities is a strong tendency to differ in opinion from other people upon al­ most every possible subject. I never mouth the matter. I come out roundly. I have no doubt the reader is fond of roast beef and plum pudding. Now, I detest them. Nothing could be more gross, earthly, stultifying. Besidfif no man fond of such stuff does, ever did, or can sit down to such a meal without run- lung into excess. Then come custard, ice-cream, fruit, almonds, raisins, wine. You rise with a distended stomach-and heavy head, and stagger away with brutish apathy. I am for light diet-- milk, rice, fruit--sweet, harmless things of nature. No lamb bleeds for me. No stately ox is slain that I may feast. Old mother earth supplies my slender appe­ tites. The deep, deep spring, clear as crystal--the innocent vegetables--ethe­ real food. Thus I am light as fair. I am keenly susceptible to every moral and natural beauty which few enthusi­ astic beef-eaters are. I differ from everybody in another thing. I believe in love at first sight. We ought to be able to tell in u week whether a woman would do for a wife. The judgment of true love is intuitive; a glance, and it is'done. A man of genius has in his own imagination a standard of the object of his love--an unexplainable model--the- prototype to which exists somewhere in reality, although he may never have seen or heard of her. Tim is wonderful, but it in true. He wanders about the world, impervi­ ous to all the delicious, thrilling, soul- melting beams of beauty, till he reaches the right one. There are blue eyes-- they are tender, but they touch not him. There are black--they are pierc­ ing, but his heart remains whole. At length accident flings him into contact with a creature--he hears the tones of her voice--he ft els the warm streams of soul shining lrom her countenance. Ooze meets gaze, and thought sparkles into thought until the magic blaze is kindled, unil--they full in love. It sometimes happens that, for one model in the imagination of a man oi genius, there are, accidentally, two or three prototypes in real life ; or, rather, he has two or tliree different models. It is a great mistortune for a man to have more models than one. They lead him astrav. They involve him in diffi­ culties. They play the very mischief with him. And yet metaphysicians and phrenolb- gists ought to know that it is no affair of his. If a schoolboy have the organ of destructiveness you may whip him for killing flies, but you must not wonder at him. If a yonth--. But this brings me back again to my subject. I never could tell how many of these models Fred had; a great many, ho doubt. He was a sad dog-- a Don Juan --a sort of Giovanni--but that was his business. Oh, the sweet woman ! It is almost incredulous. He must have dealt in magic. It was a perfect bless­ ing to be near him ; to catch the light and heat of the thousand glances which fell upon--and of which you caught a few stray ones--though only by acci­ dent. Lovely women fell into* his mouth like ripe plums. He had clusters of them. They all loved him and he loved them all His soul was as large as St. Peter s. " What are you thinking of, Fred ? " said L " Caroline," he answered. "She who sailed yesterday lor En­ gland?" "Yes--I love her." •• Ana she ---- ? " He arose and opened an escritoire. " Is it not perfectly beautiful ? " , The sweet relic of golden sunshiny hair lay curl«d charming!^ in a rose- colored envelope. It did look pretty. But-- ' • Has Caroline B such light hair?" asked L "I never knew--I always thought--I was observing only yester­ day that--surely^ surely you have made some mistake--see, what is that written on the bottom of the paper ? * Julia !'" Fred hastily looked again in the little pigeon hole, and drew forth anothar rose-colored envelope--another and an­ other. I smiled. So did he. " What a vile, narrow prejudice it is," said Fred. • "Wiat?" "That a man can lore only onoa, I fcave loved Wenty--~fiffcy-~nay, a hunt» dml times. I always love some one. Sometimes two at a time--sometimes twenty." " Heartless I" exclaimed L " This is not love. Love isjsole, absorbing, pore, constant, immutable." "Hark ye," said Fred, "I seldom cease to love. Adding another angel to the list does not infer the striking out of any of the others. There is no limit A man of soul loves just as he happens to be placed in relation to women, i am warmed by them as I am when I stand in the sunshine. Because I have a garden here, when the beams of the god of day fall on my shoulders with a pleasing ardor--must I not feel the warmth when I stand in your garden yonder? It is the great principle-- should the object of mv early love die, must I be ever thereafter dead to the most exquisite of human passions t Death is only absence. I know twelve pretty women. They are better than men. Nature made them so. They are all different--all excellent--all divine. Can I be blind? Can I be deaf ? Shall I deny that their voices are sweet--their hearts tender--their minds clear and in­ telligent ? No. I love them all--Julia, Mary, Fanny, Helen, Henrietta, Eliza. I never think of them without sensa­ tions of delight." Frederick felt a hand upon his shoul­ der. He looked up. It was Mrs. B., his wife. "The deuce !" said he. I had with­ drawn, of course. I am a bachelor my­ self--curtain lectures are not in my way. I have troubles enough of my own. Mrs. B. did not come down to dinner. Mr B. did not come home to tea. I did not get up next morning to breakfast So I could not know what was the re­ sult Mrs. B. is one of the very loveliest women I ever met. I believe I have two or three models myself. It is pleas­ ant enough, but then--every rose has its thorns. "Only think!" said she to me, her eyes moistened with tears, her cheek crimson with shame, her bosom palpitat­ ing with distress, "twelve! He loves twelve, he says." "A whole jury!" said L "Tt is monstrous 1" said she. "Monstrous indeed !" echoed L "What if I should lave twelve offi­ cers ?" said she. "Tit for tat," said L. "Or six," said she. &v,/ "Too good for him," said I, taking her hand. "Or three," said she. "Or one," said I, drawing her toward me and kissing her soft lips. She was my only sister and I always loved her. The plot was arranged. Frederick had meditated a journey of two days, but was called back by an anonymous note at 9 the same evening. Tall women are so scarce ! We hired the uniforms at the tailor's. "I am thun- der-sti uck!" exclaimed Fred to me. " The world is at an end. The sun is ®ut What! Kate--my dear Kate !" Tears gushed from his eyes. " I saw it myself," said the servant " Kissed her!" & " Six times," said John. Frederick caught the pistol and point-" ed it at his head. I wrenched it from his grasp. "Come with me," I said. "Perhaps it may be a mistake." We opened the door softly. In the next room sat Mrs. B. ; at her feet a rich­ ly-dressed young soldier, who kissed her hand, received from her a lock of hair, sM'oro he loved her, and left her with an ardent embrace. " I am suffocating," said Fred. " Hush 1" I exclaimed. " See, there is another. How familiarly he seats him­ self by her side--takes her hand--«" " I shall strangle to death !" "Patience!" " Dearest Colonel!" exclaimed Julia. " The other was only the Lieutenant," whispered John. "Iam blessed with too few such faith­ ful friends as you." I held Fred still with the grasp of a giant " That I love yon, I cannot deny. A woman of soul loves just as she happens to be placed in relation to men. She is warmed by their noble characters as she is when she stands in the sunshine. It is the great principle." " Loveliest of thy sex,*' said her com­ panion. Fred burst forth, leveling both pistols at the Colonel. He pulled the triggers, but they did not go off Pistols loaded with sawdust seldom do. The Colonel uttered a scream and fled. "Madam," said Fred, swelling with indignation, "have you any more of these affectionate friends ?" " Only eight, my dear husband. Why, what puts you in such a rtige ?" " Perfidious wretch!" " Hear me," said Mrs. B., solemnly ; " when we married I intended to devote my lite, my actions, my heart, to you. From you I expected the same. I can see no distinction in our relative duties toward each other. Love must exist on both sides, or on neither. Whatever may be the opinions of a heartless man, a ' man of true genius' and of true vir­ tue makes his wife--" " I am not to be preached to, traitress," exclaimed Fred. "I will leave you now, forever, but not until I take vengeance on my new military acquaintances. Where are they?" " They are here," she answered. The door was thrown ope®, and the two oliioers, with their eliapeaux off, were heard giggling and laughing in a most unmilitarv manner. Fred soon discovered the truth, ani I read him his moral. Husbands all, remember that wives have equal anguish and shame with yourselves in receiving a share of affec­ tion, though they do not possess your haughty and despotic power in extorting it The slightest dere iction, even though only the carelessness of a mo­ ment on the part of a wife, stamps her forever with ignominy and pain; while the customs of society allow to a man a greater latitude in slighting, neglecting and deceiving her whose happiness is in hi* keeping. Of these customs "the ynan of true genius " will never take ad­ vantage. Feeble Ladles. Those languid, tiresome Herniations, canning you to feel s.arcelv able to be on your feet; that constant drum that i« taking froji your system oil ita elasticity; tliat continual strain upon your vital forcca, rendering you irritable and fretful, can easily be removed *bv the use of that mar­ velous remedy. Hop Bittern. Irregularities and obxtru; tionB of your system art> relieved at ouce, while the ei>ecial cause of periodical pain is peroi&m utly removed. Will you heed thi*y-- Cincinnati Saturday Night. A woman--a lovely woman it is to lie supposed--had* her first political trouble at Port Jar vis. A horrid and wicked man challeiiged her as not l)eing twenty-one years old, and instead of swearing her vote iu she commenced to weep bitterly and tore her ballot to tatters. If a woman hafc got to swear to her age before she can vote, the knell of female suffrage is al­ ready sounded. Thk greatest effects have sometimes the smallest cause. Life is constantly sacrificed by neglect of Cough* and Colds, when a 25-cent bottle of Dr. Boil's Cough Bjrmp would nn the sufferer. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. It u said that no rhymes exist in the English language for the words silver, orange, month, kiln, bilge and gulf. It has been said that man is the only animal that makes use of tools, but the statement has been controverted, ob­ servation having shown that other ani­ mals do occasionally employ tools. This is especially the case with monkeys, which in confinement have been ob­ served to use stones to crifck nuts, and ties of the acid to animals, and found that it woidd induce a drowsiness anfl slumber apparently identical with nor­ mal sleep, and from which * they awak­ ened seemingly much refreshed. Not only lactate soda, but sour milk and whey, fed to animals which had been fasting, produced this artificial sleep. Little Mary and the With a Leaf Nose. % We heard a very amusing anecdote sticks or leather straps to draw toward ! related, °f a gentlem^ possessed of a them obieeta which lav Wnn.l th*ir Mmewhat-prommont proboscis being in them objects which lay beyond their reach. Shakspeakk uses more different words than any other writer in the English language. Writers on the statistics of vited out to take tea with a handsome young widow, having the small incum­ brance of $40,000, and a beautiful and interesting little daughter of about 5 years of age. This little girl--whom we V!lorm U8 ^ . , . U8e,s a ^ ' shall take the liberty of calling Mary-- 15,000 different words in his plays and sonnets, while there is no other writer who uses so many as 10,000. Some few writers use as many as 12,000 words, but the great majority of writers do not em­ ploy more than 8,000. In conversation but from 3,000 to 5,000 different words are used. In the city of Dublin there are 24,000 j what in the following oiilies, averaging five members, who " Mary, dear ! I have invited families, are each living in a single room. The death-rate of the city is 40 per 1,000, which is equivalent to 60 per 1,000 in the tenement-house districts. These two facts, the enormous number of fami- although very much beloved by all who k iew her, had the habit of speaking aloud in company, and commenting on each and every peculiarity that any of her mamma's guests might have ; and the charming widow, knowing the fact, took little Mary aside on the afternoon" in question, and gave her a lesson, some- manner : • a very particular friend of mine to come and take tea with me this evening, and, as he has rather a long nose, I wish to warn you against speaking of it in his presence. He is the most sensitive upon lies living in a single room, oiid the high ! that point of all subjects ; therefore, if death-rate, prove that the horrors and ] you allude to it in his presence, you dangers of Irish distress have not been exaggerated. These families of five, shut up each in a single room, depend for support upon wages of from 10 to 17 English shillings a week. The ease with which the Esqui­ maux of St Lawrence island can see to a great distance, and the marvelous way in which news is transmitted from the most distant points, is reallv wonderful, j -1? long-nosed friend arrived, A native will describe the diess and ap- ! Plunent,s of ,th® ^ ^en ex- pearance of a man who is approaching at ^ the f™,1 k,l>1<:s of a great distance. A white man, even a ! time ^ '^cussed, the widow with sharp-eved sailor, can just make out! one of her blandest smdes, invited Mr. that it is a human figure. So if anything r -- mto adjoining room to partake occurs on the coast, if a piece of "wreck ; shall most assuredly be severely repri­ manded- But, on the other hand, if you will sit up in vour little chair and be a lady, you shall have that beautiful frosted cake I purchased of the baker this morning." Little Mary made the requisite prom­ ise, and was amusing herself with her abundant supply of playthings when The com- comes ashore, the full particulars will be known in a short time 1,000 miles j from the place where it occurred. It is ! a wonderful system of telegraphy--one ' native rushing off to pass the news to j another, and thus speeding intelligence ! over hundreds of miles in a single day. | From the examination of a book com- ! piled 2,000 years B. C. it has been as- j certained, what has long been supposed, j that Chaldea was .the parent land of astronomy; for it is f~und, from this | compilation and from other* bricks, that | the Babylonians catalogued the stars, ' and distinguished and named the con­ stellations. They observed the seventh day as one of rest. They invented the sun-dial to mark the movements of ths heavenly bodies, the water-clock to measure time, and they speak in this work of the spots on the'sun, a fact they could only have known by the aid of telescopes, which it is supi>osed they possessed, from observations tliat they of the choicest dainties' with which the table was bountifully supplied. As they were passing out of the room, leaving little Mary to amuse herself as best she could, the little cherub hastily inter­ cepted them at the door, and, archly looking up into the animated counte­ nance of her mother, exclaimed: " Mother, dear, ain't it most time for me to have my nice frosted cake for not saying anything about this gentleman's long nose ?" The widow fainted, and the long-nosed crentlenian is still a bachelor. Tbe Epixootft Has again made its apixarance in various parts of the country. As prevention is better than cure, the attention of owners of stock w called to UNCLE SAM'S CONDITION POWDERS. Them; celebrated powders stand unrivaled for their excellency an a preventive from disease. By mixing with the f«xl they will keep the an­ imal in the best general health, toning up the system and keeping the digestive organs and blood in a healthy condition. The Powders are warranted to give perfect satisfaction. 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' Sold by «iI Diuggistn--(I 6i) i>er botUa, tliey iv© noted down of the rising of Venus and tbe fact that Layard found a crystal lens in the ruins of Nineveh. These "bricks" contain an account of the del­ uge, substantially the same as the nar­ rative in the Bible. They disclose that houses and lands were then sold, leased and mortgaged, that money was loaned at interest, and that the market garden­ ers, to use an American phrase, "worked on shares;" that the farmer, when plow­ ing with his oxen, beguiled his labor with homely songs, two of which have been found, and .connect this very re­ mote civilization with the usages of to-day. . One Experience from Many. "I had been sick and miserable so long and had caused ray husband so much trouble and entente, no one memed to know what idled me, that I was completely disheartened and discour­ aged. In thin frame of mind I got, a bottle of Hop Bitters and used them unknown to my fam­ ily. I soon began to improve and gained so fast that my husband and family thought it strange and unnatural, but when 1 told them what had helped me, they said 'Hurrah for Hop Bitters 1 long may they prosper, for thev have made mother well and us nappy.' "--The Home Journal. ippy.' Mother.-- Something Nice for Breakfast. A cadaverous, hollow-eyed, "lean and hungry," Cassius-like man is the victim ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ,ra.,ou„ generally to a " pick-up breakfast, j Sprea<j ouf an,i the earth came into ex stale, tlat, and unprofitable ; he goes . :st(,Tlf,0 China can boast a continuous lint The Omaha Weekly Bee. Over fifteen thousand dollars in pre­ miums given to tire subscribers of the Omaha Weekly liee. These premiums include one forty-acre farm ; over §4,000 in form macliinery and implements; $3,- 000 worth of household goods, musical instruments and sewing machines ; $7,- 000 worth of watches,fsilverware, books, Ac. -The Weekly Bee is the best {wiper west of the Mississippi; contains more far Western news, including the Rocky mountain Territories and Pacific slope, than any other paper in America. Sam­ ple copie8,witli full premium list, mailed free to any applicant. Address Daily Bbb, Omaha, Neb. European Rapacity--Chinese Modera­ tion. If Europeans, in truth, understood the duties resulting from the five relation­ ships, then we should discern the effects in their lives. Love between prince and minister, father and son, elder and younger brothers, husband and wife, friend and friend would bring due subor­ dination and careful fulfilment of rela­ tive duties; peace and order would reign supreme; there would, be no angry rivalry or unrestrained greed, making use of deadly weapons to bring destruction on mankind. But do we see these results in Western countries? No, indeed ! Their whole energv is centred in the manufac­ ture of different kinds of machines-- j steam vessels and locomotives to bring rapid returns of profit, guns and rifles j to slay their fellow-men. They rival one { another in greed and in cunning methods of acquiring wealth; they sny they are rich and mighty: and put it all down to their true knowledge, forsooth! But from the time when the heavens were KIDNEY COMPLAINTS. •ed inur VEOETINK for mm time, r it n*f< been a (tre it )>ennfit to i CtucrxSATl, O., March 19,1377. H. R. Rtkvknb: />«ir Mr--I hnre used and can truthfully (uiy it and tn those ruffor'n* from disease of the kidnuya I cheerfully reooianiendit. Reepectfally, O. H. SMITH. Attaeted to by K. B. Ambfleld, Druggist,comer Eighth and Central Anbiim. Ma. H. R Stktiw: Cincinnati, O., April 19,1877. I have Buffered wrendntn with the kidney complaint, and was Induced to tiy Vr.OExrNK. 1 have taken sevwal bottles of your preparation, nrvi am conrinoed it is a rnlual lo remedy. It has done inn more good than aiIf other medicine. I can heartily recommend it to all auf-fering from kidney complaints. Yours respectfully. J. 8. McMILLRN, lint Bookkeeper for Newhall. Gale £ Co., Floor lb*, chants. No. 8i Wast Froct Street, Cincinnati, O. VKOETWB baa restored thousands to ItaalMi wtas bad been loot and painful sufferers. Vegetine is Sold by ALL Druggists. FJOSTETTEUJJ. forth liuugry, ill-disposed for business, rebellious aud dyspeptic; hideous and beggarly ideas get into his head ; his brain is filled with suspicious chimeras. If he must eat hash it need not be the abominable melango which might be called a general postoffiee where lettei's of all descriptions are thrown in--scraps of tasteless beef, the other table-scraps innocent of condiment; but there is a hash that will satisfy : Cut some beef in nice little; slices from the bone, re­ moving all the hard parts and skin ; put the gravy in a saucepan with a pint of water, three table-spoonfuls of catchup, a desert-spooniul of minced savory herb.-1, an onion chopped fine, half a teaspoon- ful of salt, and a third of cayenne ; take out a cupful of the liquid and rub into it a table-spoonful of tiour ; stir it well into the stewpau again and stew for ten minutes longer. Strain it tlirough a sieve, return it to the pan, place the slices of beef in it, and keep the sauce­ pan on the side of the range until the meat is heated through--not to boil, or it will become hard. A few minutes before serving „ add half a wine-glass of tarragon vinegar. Arrange some toasted sippets round a very hot dish, and serve the hash immediately after it is cooked. An excellent condi­ ment for breakfast is potted tomatoes. The ripe tomatoes must be scalded and skinned, passed through a sieve to re­ move the seeds from the pulp, and heated gently in a stewpan ; add ealt, a little horseradish, some white vinegar, some onions to taste, minced very tine ; when cold, put it in small pots and cover with melted butter; tie up in stout paper. A simple but delicate way, of preparing potatoes is a favorite break­ fast-dish in the West Indies: Two pounds of peeled potatoes are washed and grated ; four ounces each are added of sugar aud butter melted; one tea- spooi^ful each of sait and pepper, mixed well together ; placed in a baking-dish, and put into a bfisk oven until done and shows a delicate brown color. Another mode of preparing potatoes by the French, after the potatoes are boiled in their jackets, is to peel aud mash them with a fork; put them in a stewpan with some butter and salt, moisten tlirough v.ith cream, and let them grow dry while stirriug them over the tire ; iidd more cream, ai.d continue adding for nearly au hour; turn them into a , ilisli, and brown them on the top with a salamander.--N> w York Evening Post ,J, Artificial Sleep. The artificial means by which drowsi­ ness may lie induced have been investi­ gated lately in Germany by Prey er. The ordinary drowsiness of fatigue is sup­ posed to be caused by the introdueti m into the blSod of lactic acid, a compoun J proceeding from the_ disintegration of the bodily tissues of "nerves and muscle. To ascertain whether this view was cor­ rect, Preyer administered large quauti- istence China can boast a continuous line of great men; so that man's wants have been 1 Hitter supplied each day than the one before it, and our language immeas- ably excels those of Europe in strength and depth. Property is wealth to the foreigner; moderation in his desires to the Chinese; material power is might to the foreigner; to live and let live is might to the Chinese. But the heaping up of words will not explain these principles. China forbids strange devices (machinery) iu order to prevent confusion; she en­ courages humanity and justice as the very foundation of good government; and this will be her poliev forever. Yet for­ eigners say that such principles are profitless. Profitless, indeed! Profita­ ble, rather, beyond expression !--Diary of Liu Ta-Jcn, in the Sinetcenth Cen­ tury. A Pastor Made Happy. I have been greatly troubled with my kidneys and livtr for over twenty years, and during that entire tune I was never free from jmin. My medical bi lti wrc enorni«u8, and I vixited both the Hot and White Springs, noted for the curative qualitiea of the water. 1 am happy to say I am now a well maiij and entirely as the result of Warner's Safe Iuduey and Liver Cure. lorious reaultd I am ouly too glad the remedy which has With such to testify regarding made me' so happy. (Rev.) P. F. HARKLEE. Coal Bun Crossing, ArkanMt. That gigantic floating palace, the Li* vadia, made, in passing from Cork to Gibraltar, upward of seventeen miles an hour, while there was a total lack of any disagreeable motion, her "pitch " being but one degree. This may lead to a great change in ship-building. Science In Aid •( the Houiiewife* Mending of all kinds of clothing, table and bed linen, etc.. and elegapt embroidery, is now done on the Wilson Oscillating Shuttle' Sewing Machine, 'without an attachment. Wonders will never coast- in this ago of progress.-- Scientific American, rise Voltaic Belt Co., KlMshall, Wdu, Will send their Electro-Voltaic Belts to the af- riicted upon thirty days' tjriaL See their adver­ tisement in this paper, headed, "On Thirty iKvtt' Trial/' Young men who attend H. B. Bryant's Chica­ go Business College have the highest advantages that arc to be found for practical education in llie country. ^ STOMACH ^ 0* «1TTE*S There is no civilized nation In tha Western Hemisphere in which the utility of Hostottet's Staiuaoh Bitters, aa a tonic, corrective and anti-bilious medicine, is not known uid appreciated. While it 1» a modicine (or all aeasons and nil climatos, it is especially suited to the complaints generated by the weather, being the purest and best vegetable stimulant in the world. t*" For sale by Druggist* and Dealers, to whoa apply for Hostetter's Almanac for 881. OI IP^fi fi Wk C f<'r Consumption ts alaa if 1 © O ft# l># f« Ci the tast oootfh medioiaa. Ar • AQfliierdsyat home. Samples worth #8 free. <P8 tO 9£U Addnae Stiksom A Co- Portland, Me WANTED--(innUeman or lady to address envelopes in every town. Send stamp. P. Brigham 1 Co., NewYork. IfiCIITO Send lO cent* for article worth SO. Rart HOCR I 9 chance. L. LUM, 717 Sansom St., Phila. i "S US & A I>A Y mode by one agent. Addn |» 1 /,9U REV, H- T. BUCK, Lewisburg, Pa. :& week Snyourown town. Terms and $5 Outfit v)DD tree. Address H. HaLLKTT A Co., Portland, Me. AAPA A MOWTH t Aiente I S30U PIEB^NSON! DSISIT. Y1CAR and experaes te ints. Oo*Jlt Free. Address P. >. VIOKKKY. Augusta, Maine. Morphine Habit Cured! la M to "iO days. No pay till Cured. Dit. J. .Lebanon, Ubla ON 30 DAYS' TRIAL VEGETINE. Kidney Complaints. DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS. Tto symptoms of mi acute attack of Inflammation of the klanejrt &r« as follows: Fever, pain in the small of the hack, and thenee thoottar downward ; numbness of the tUiffh, VKinit ng, usually at tiret a deep red color of the ur.nt\ which h»come& iwle and rnlorlt'ss as the dis­ease increases, and is discharged vory often with pain and difficulty; coptiveness, nnd some de#rree^>f colic. In chronic diseases of the kidneys the symptom* are pain in the hack and limbs, dryness of th<< «kinr ireqnent urina­tion ie»peoi,vly at night \ frener.il dropsy, headache, dis- sinessof sight, indigestion and palpitation of the heart, gradual 1 ssot strength, palette** 'ina pufBnees of tha face, cough, and shortness of breath. In diseases ot the kidneys the VsofcTTOR gives irnms diate relief. It Iihk never taiJo.l to cure when it is taken regul irly Mid direction* followed. In uuny cares it may take several bottles, esi*eclal!y capes ot long standing. Kt act* daectly upon the secretiont», cleansing and etreugtta- ening, removing all olwtnictions and impurities. A frraat many can t<»>tity to c<;Res of long ptttiuimg having been p<»rJectly cured by the Veuftinf., even after trying nanny ot the known remedies whioh are said to be ex< presaly for this disaasa. a s«rs sars aaari>is<« sr *• mv, Tsllals Bib lfarehsiU. KM. eoin mixp.i " l{B KI 'S». AfiEST§! Here la YOIT1 DICCINC GOLD Bi' <• V. S, SIIiifi hI Nurvrvsr. C'. nip <1+ »r HBo description of fvpry part of tho Ku'ii and silver Sells. The precious stun ; where tiiey find it. ik.w they find it. huw tliey mini- it. Exi- tine ndvent uros of wild Camp Ijfe. Stnvnns li'led with fish. Fort>at# titled wiUijUame. Mountnin.^ tiilod with Silver and Goid. I'or C'irotHars and Special Ih'sir* 't'i ran, addresa HUBBARD BROS.. Chica«o, Di B A T K X r O B T NEW BOOK. Ths> Largest and Best; Established 1S6S; 500 Stndenta the past j-ear: Kight Proffssnrs. Bonni. tSS<w iw* w,>k. 8end for Circular. L1LLIBR1UOB * VALBN T1SK, I>iivenport, Iowa. CELLULOID^ EYE-CLASSES. Representing the choicest-aelected Tortoise- Shell and Amber. The lightest, handsomest, and strongest known. 8 Id l>v Optic ana and Jewolera. Made by the SPENCER OPTICAL M'F'G CO., 13 Maiden Lane, New York. A6EXT8! AOEXTS! AO E\TS! JOilAft, ALLEN'S WIFE • «.V> "KOT i " A TH»•' liKST AVI) Fl'XMKST OF ALL. 4tIWy Wayward Pardner." AG KNTS WANTED in erery Town. Don*t nilsa it. bat send tor Circular at once, anu secure territory. Addraas 11. S. HIXtRLbY, Culcitffo, I1L $6.00 PER DAY Made Selling Our Nan PLATFORM FAMILY SCALE. Weighs accurately up to 9A IIm. Its handsome Rpiieurani i) sells it at dgbt. Betnil price. Other Farailj Soales welghin* 25 liiH.tv st it ^ iKi. A Ke^ulur BOON! FOR AGENTS. Exclusive territory given free. Terms and rapid sales surprise old Agents. JIOM IXTH' HVA I.R CO., No. 183 W. Fifth St., Cincinnati, O. ENCYCLOP/EDIA ̂ TIQUETTEI BUSINESS This Is the cheapest and only complete snd raltaUa Work on F,tik|uett* an<i Business and Socinl Forms. It tolls how to pertoun all the various duties of Jife» kow to appear to the he&t ndvint ra on all occasions. Am>n(« ^tVnnied.--Sen«1 for circulars cont^inin^ a fnll dpRcriptVn of the wt>rk and extra terms to Aeetita. AiMretE NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Chica£>, ill. IF YOU ABE SUFFERING From CATARRH rmtlT want to be eared, just nam* this p«Mr aa4 Kntl IU eents to l>r C. E. Sykes, l&> But Mmiwb (t- Chicago, 111., for " The True Tlieotj of Catarrh uid fall InformaUoi: of a Sure Cur*." Thousands of pen been ®ur®<l to tha laat tan i I by hie plan. P E N S I O N S ! Ki'w Law. Tbouuads of Soldier* nftehMoWhi tensions data bacfc todHaharfordsath. Mdms, with atanp. * OEOBOI K. LEMOI, P. O. Drawer BM. Watblisteailbft 3n Iff M 1*6 aaoh, forraeily il.ffi to tlJXeach; vBH I 9 I. M&caultj's Life of Frederick tlieCrvAt. II. Cnrlyle's life of RubnitBurns. III. Iiam-artine's Life «>f Queen oi Scots. IV. Tiiob. Hujthi Manlinitss E. BlM G ,'£1C!1' ot l^irjBt of Asi.-i. T.S CENTS™ 1L l^oldsmitb's vicnr o« H foniu rh' 50 aeh: I. Amok 1 h Light $777r OPIUM WnillC UCl . . Telegraphy and earn 940 t EUynO men sga a6»*<> a month. Every gradual ipuiranteed n psying situation. Address VALENTiKE BR08., Managers, Janesrilla. Wto. aketifld. III. Bann UunchHtisen'H Tnivt ls uml Surprisimt Adventur»-s. For SIX? Kunyan'sPiliirm)'^Piv)»rre^8. Illustrated •utalocfjesent free. AMKRI(;AN K0OK KXCHASGK, Joha B. Alden, Manager, Tribune Building, New York. DAMKf. F. BKATTY'S ORGANS! 14 STOPS, srn-BAKW A OCT. COUPLER. •;M-ONLY $65 Dent on Trial. W arrant ed. t ntaloKue Free. Addreu OANIeLf. BEaTTY, Washington, Naw iaraty. Hair l)T» is the SAFEST ma RfCST; it acts instanta­ neously,producing the moat n turai shades i>f Black of Brown ; doe© NOT STAIN the SK1N» and is easily ap­plied. It is n blandard prep> aration. and a favorite on every well-upp' ini&d fcolJat for Jiadyortjientleiuan. Sold by UrujEsiBts and ajppiied Depot, 93 Wil.Um St., New York. O. N. CR1TTENTON, Act. SAPONIFIER la (Iw "Original'* Oonoantrated If. and lUllahla Family Soap Maker. Directions aocompany aeah Oaa lor making Hard, Soft and T«»1let ^>uap (niakly. It is full weight and strength. Ask ^rar gi neat lit tAPOKIFIEK, and take no other. Peim'a Salt Maniifaet-ug Co., Fhila. RED RIVER VALLEY 2,000,000 Acres Wheat Lands hut te tfci. World, for sal* by the B. M, liuaiHlis & MaiM R.R. CO. Three doiian per acre atiowed toe settler fm »d «altivauea. For particulars apply to D. A. McKINLAY, €«MBla*tM«r. »t. rani. I FRAZER AXLE GREASE. Bast tn Ik* H'arM. Mad* aalv by «h« •er inbrlcater fjapaiiy. at (Ma Twin, and (*«. LatSa. »6is> *TM£T NATRONA"** SODA _ Kbtks'lMtfbrBiMll aHDraggMaaadOroMMk bUmbeatk>tkaWwid. Ills and all Family Caaa Saldhvi MaSaltlaî et'iifCo.,Pii For sale by oi IWIR.R.LU<C»I Cedar Bnlda, Ioira. ™ •aa^i n Baadotph fc. Chieaco. XUa, PETROLEUM Qvaad Medal atPhlaaelpHa EipMitin. VASELHE JOLT. SltvarMadal. ' . I atPxria Eipasitiea, This woadertnl sabetsuea la acknowledged byjliid . air-- throughout the world to be the beet i»nt«4j dl* aeTered for Uie eure of tf.aatU, Baraa, Bkenaa. . thai, Hkis Dleesteea. Plica, Catnrrk, PklW! Ual|s, *«•. la ordartLat erayoae may tiTit, UV pat ap la U and X eent bottlaa tat bouseboid aaa OMaln it from ya or druggist, and foa will tad aa«ariai kiirUUagini'anenruei f Please writ* for our Price Uet, sent free to any address. Con- tatoi prices aid de- | scriptlons of all goeds bin general use. eo- Ibracfng Dry Goods, [Clothing, Boots,Shoes, [Harness, Saddles, 6ono» Sewing Mach* inea, Musical Instrn- aiects, Jewelry, Gro­ ceries, etc. bamples ot any cisss el dry goods furnished.NO ob [ ligations to buy. Sat­ isfaction guaranteed. Montccmery Ward a Co.. 227 a 229 Wa­ bash av., Chicago, III./ THE ONLY MEDICINE Tfcat Acta at the Same Time om THC LIVER. THE BOWELS, and the KIDNEYS. Ttiaae *raat orsaaa are the natural cleans 1 era ot tha •rsteul. If Ihoy works "ocll, health will be p^rfwt: If t!wy become closgaO, draadltaldlaeaaaaaraaure to follow with TERRIBLE SUFFERINGaC llllaaaam, Haadaeha, Dyspepsia, Jan- j dlaa, Coaatlpatlaa a»d Pllea, or KM* Mf Cli|lal«<a, Ontrl, Biahetaa,; Maaal ia UaVrtee, Milky / ar Ban Vrtaa; wr " Mdtie Palaa aad Achaa, ara derate^ed b aeaaaa the blood la polaoaed with thabuBJora Oat (bwdd tmMi expelled natarally. KIDNEY-WORT wltlreatora tha heatthY aeUon and all ibeaa | destroying evils will oa banished; neglact UimiMd yon will lira bnt to wCm. ThonsanUsbare been etired. Try itsndyon will add onemor* to tha number, l'aka It and health wlllonee more gladden j-our heart. Why suAar tons«rfmm the torm*nt °Wh|'MMttohdlMian fromCon- *^baN^rM teaitM ofdir snSsradaflM? KtPKBT-Wowrwin tni« jron. Try apaclt" sge at one* and ha satisfied. ii U a compound mM Oaa Package atkei its qnarts of Hedlclaa. l'our Druggist ha* a; or trill get a for you. IntUI upon hewing it. Price, $ 1.00. VSUA SKBASSSQ1V 0 CO., rnprietat% I (WCImtpatfrsU.) »ur«ng««% Tt. HOP BITTERS? (A IMfclae, aad • XMak.) coxTioa BOPS. BFCHU, MANDSAKX* UAN0£IJ[ON, Axd tb« Ptkkst AJTD BnrHimcuQuu- Tisa or AU. OIBU Bivrxsja. THEY CUBE All Dlaeaseaof thaStonaaeh, Bowels, Blood. Liver. Kidncn,and I'rtnury onr.m*. >cr- Toasueaa. SVeplessnosanm! capeeiaUl1 Fetnale Complain w. SIOOO IN COLD. WW be paid for a easw they will not core or" belp, or for aoythtu^ impure or Injurious found lo tlMia. Asltyonr draprist for Hop Bittera and try them before jou sleep. Tak« ho other. D 1 C. Is an abaofnteandlrreaUtlMepnro for Ihrntmiiita use Of opium, tulMCCO iUUl narcotica 8kxd yea Ciktujl AU Om «oli Hop Blttrn Ca., Rochwitr. W. V.. A Ttak,M. If5. C.GILBERTS STA R C H o if. u. TT11KN WHITISH TO ADTESTISEKS. M jileaaa aajr yott taw lha a^rertiwueat la tbio SANTIAGO PHILA VIENNA W12£N n ETC 8UPI"HB DRAWINC-HOOM STYLES. 8610and iipwarda 0.,$MU.*2lW*nrl |.nTird>; POPULAR STVLKS < upwards. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES and PUK E-LISTS 10and tipwardi; KOR LAHiiK UHUUOU inv t variety. to aad opwaida. frao. THESE ORGANS ARE CERTAINLY UNRIVALED IN EXCELLENCE. WHILE THE PRICES Aft! ftMl HIGHER THAN THOSE OF VERY INFERIOR iNSTRUMKNTa. f MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., IM Tremont St.. BOSTON i 46 East 14th a& (Union 8quar«), Hew Y«rk» 14# W^baoHAM, RRUCM