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MM iroaltL I would, that I weredesAi life hM9 is never hi 'annul, ' Jbid alwajf BoniewUat malarious, Baidtbte discontented cat-tail. %Wljy am I not a fair mowww, wi,Th*t a poet's strain might tell ofjpMfc a maiden pressi ine t» her nose, • ••'£•'..j.;.... \ Aud gently. tenderly, «»ell of niAT ' i, how I bemoan my humble waikl" jid a large tear trickled down the ataSt Of the sorrowful, weeping cat-tail, iBiit Blni-e my lot with grief is rif% ' Since fate, on*! fate, BO deurten. , . -, do uiy best, and the orange of life ' - I will moet thoroughly squeeze; • '•. jfcnd ru lift my head--1 will, indeed " "And put off for a period going to BMi»* - fiaid thia very virtuous cat-taii. " • it pu«hed aside the grean leaves that BaiTOUBfcd it like a closet w' • - the neighboring plants were --tonlrtytj-jB" .<?",Ma greatadipoae deposit. - An other cat-taile it quite looked (loam, .:»?gj|(or none grew ao plethoric and brvra - Aa Ciia noble-hearted cat-till ( ; PioRer and browner the cat-tail grew, • „ Till at last, one summer day, , I *, J maideu fair, with eyes of blue, • Came driving a:ong that way. ; ®he had studied artistic decoration, and gave a delighted exclamation S- ? When she aaw the noble cat-tail. " . ;|jse Rpered U not; in its noble prime ^ She cut it t-hort on the spot; -*ut St knew it -was near its eeedy time, *" * ;>.• And it would rather be cut than not. jfcnd it almost erupted its aleak fat - .1" With ite fervid joy and ita honest %. ' ;.r,' Thia stoat but modest cat-tail. • Ybe maiden showed to all her friend* - » aBP'v,rP<l pat-tail, brown and tall; „ •» She made ii a bow with loops and < '-r* And hung it up against the wall. The humble cab<tail wast mi Is ita poaition BO elevated,. As a decorative cat-tail. - For by ita wide thai* hung In state , Some Kensragton-wovk o!i flannel. While a ®»<>legged stork looked for hlc From a plaving neighboring panel. And these with a gurgeout* peaooak'a And a Japaiuwe fan all hang together. With the now gesthetio cat-tailt --Harper * Bazar. the Valley of Jalapa; on the right [Volcano of Orizaba, its cone white snow and ice, its sides covered with luxuriance of foliage only known eternal summer reigns, e American, too tired even to no­ ting, was nodding in his saddle, and • a long time had not spoken to his apanion. He was aroused by a low from Filomeno. Turning toward and following the direction of his (#rtss, he saw a large body of horsemen galloping toward him. He could see at 3nce that they were not regular soldiers. They advanced in confusion, and no two fnen seemed dressed alike. It was a Aant Sally's Talk*. "I'm almost tuckered out! What's the matter? Matter 'nuff. I've been over to Henry's, taking care of his sick I gently with poets, especially with the weaker ones." J^ater, I had a bad case to deal with, and, as I le matter in my mind, erf poetic idiocy was debating tin * Phyifla* •* treat Prominence fai Thirtv-fisth street. New York oitv, was tm- *Me to even W/> Mr. Wm. MeSo, of Patorson, N. J., the agonic* always attendant upon <li»ca«ed kidntys. Aa an honest man and enuff, dusted off her nose on her check apron, and said : j " We tried to bring that boy np sen- I Bible, but when he was away to college j he got struck on this gal, and we never ' j ,i,g it d^pdrthe .American .gainlooked | w^L"e 1 aroD.i<l for Filomeno. He had lied. The I Uo,ne' Lm)ds ! btlt -l uu c"nl<1 h"Te ! wife. Guess if they hadn't been able to i Mr. Bryant happened^to come into mv , practitioner h« prescribed and cured Itan In get me, old as I am, they'd have had a ; fooni. I said to asiii tnat I \vas embar- | nsin#; one bottle of Warner's Safe Kidney ana bouncing big doctor's bill to pay. What | lapsed by his injunction to deal gently j liver Cure. ails her? Well, I call it infernal non- ! P<*>ts, and pointed out to him the | ...p™ kn Answer?*. Kense. Mavbe you never heard of the ; wtter impossibility ol finding anything J , , . . . . disease, and I'll explain. Just wait a praise or lightly to condemn in tlm *n old tlarkey who was asked if, m minit " j book before me. After I had read some ' Ws experic-nce, prayer was ever an- The old lady took a liberal pinch of f portions of it to him, he answered: "No, 1 «weml, tfeplied: "Well, sah, some - - -J-- -r - i«--;* turning the j P™1-818 ansnd and some isn •-- you citn't praise it, but' 'pends volume in his hand, and inspecting it-- ; on *'aJ011 »^es fo'; just arter de wah, yc u might say that the binding is se- i we'eu it was mighty hard scratching fo* j jKmad of the dreaded guerrillas on a for- ifagmg expedition. With a terrible feel- American was alone, with a hundred wild and lawless Mexican robbers bear­ ing down on him, like a rushing wind across a placid lake. In a moment, as it seemed, they were upon him and around him. Resistance was useless. A score of pistols pointed at him, a score of swords were raised above his head, and a score of long sticks with knives on the ends, ealled mato.hcz- ie* were pricking him in all directions. He was pulled off his horse in a twink­ ling, stripped naked in the midst of a dense circle of howling savages, who were cursing and fighting for his various knocked me down with a feather! When they driv up I thought Henry luul •brung home a big wax doll for Emma's little gal. When he said to me: • Mother, this is my wife, Mollie,' I should have swooned away, only I j thought my emptings might run over be­ fore they could bring me to. There she i was, a green young thing, hardly taller irely put on, and that-- well, the binder 1 de culled breddren, I bserved dat we'en- is planed the edges prettv amootfc*w ebber I pway de Lo'd to sen' one o' ! Marse Payton's fat turkeys fo' de ole man, dare was no notice took ob de par- ' titiou; but we'en I pway dat he send de fy than a boot-jack, face painted, false hair, laced to kill, eyebrows blackened, and proud as Lucifer of her small feet. I was rollin' out pie-crust, ant? the thing took me so sudden and tlustrated me so much that I pnt a pie to bake with Clnilty of Wrmig. Some people have a fashion of confusing 1 excellent remedies with theltrge mass of " pat- j ent medicines," and in thia they are guilty of a I wrong. There are Home advrrtiued remedies t fnlly worth all that ie asked for them, and one j at leant we know of--Hop Riitcrx. The writer j has had occasion to use the Bitters in just snch ! a climate as we have most of the year in Bay I City, and has always found them to be first i olass and reliable, doing all that is claimed for i thim.--Tribune. old man fo' de turkey, de matter was tended to befo' sun up nex' momin dead sartin." f A New Sensatioa. A smsational story is in circulation, to the effect that butter which has been adulterated with soapstone has l)eeu sent from Western cities to New York for T1m» EpUwitte ; ! Has again made Hs appearance In T»rfwi#{ilhtn ; of the country. As prevention is better than nthe attention of owners of stock is called NC'I.K SAM'S CONDITION POWDERS. i These celebrated powders stand luirivaled for their excellency as a preventive from disease. By mixing with the feed they will keep the an­ imal in the best general health, toning np the syateoi and keening the digestive organs and blood in a healthy condition. Hie Powders "are warranted to give perfect satisfaction. Prepared by the EMMISRT Pao- articles of dress. At length his clothinc uot!iiag hut my spectacles between the ' sale; and that some Western farou'rs , Cluc^o, 111. Put np in 25 « articles ot dress. At length nwclotnmg, j crusta>"» i have pnrchased the soapstone f.uely WN5e,lt P80'^8' Wld «>,d b? ̂ TERRIBLE ADVENTURE, In the spring of 1876, Mexico was in • tnmnlt. Lenta, the Chief Justice, Succeeding to the Presidency at the death of Juarez, and afterward elected for a second term, announced himself as • candidate for the third. His political opponents, enraged at the thought of a third term, uprose in all directions and declared for Diaz. In March of this yeaf only the rumblings of the rebellion Were heard, but societv was dailv becom­ ing more and more disturbed. Armed men were everywhere about, and many arms and valuables were divided. The leader of the band, with the American's watch dangling from his belt, shouted out an order to his men. Two troopers armed with matcltczies rode np to the prisoner and commanded him to walk before them. " You American devil," they exclaimed in Spanish ,4' you dog of a spy, be off to Jalapa. When we get you mere we'll teach you to sneak around our lines. March!" And in order to add emphasis to their words they prodded the prisoner with the points of their matchczie# till the blood started from more than one wound on his arms and legs. Augry, faint and sore, and half blinded by the fierce rays She held the spectacles up to the light, polished up the brass bows a bit on tier knee, and went on have ground, by the barrel for the purpose of mixing it with their butter. This story is a transparent fraud lieyond a doubt. Bark-Wire l.awinlta. The barb-wax; lawsuit*, which have been pending in the United States Courts for the more'n a dossen times. She was a fash­ ionable doll. She couldn't sew, sweep, bake, dust, darn or make her own bed. She'd laced till her ribs were all out of shape. She'd been so fashionable about her stockings and shoes and clothes that tion of Western butter. That it is with­ out good basis may easily be proved by any person who knows what soapstone is. or who will procure some aud try for himself if he can add 20 per cent, in weight of it, that is, 10 pounds to 50 The Bicycle. A bicycle is much easier to master than one would think. The first thought in getting on one is quick calculation. The calculation is to solve the problem of which way one will falL The solution is a tumble, being a combination of every conceivable way of gettiug down with a vim and bruises. One soon masters the thing. The captain of the capital bicy­ cle club of this city says that in half ail hour he can teach any one to ride. At the end of that time novices can get al 'ug on the streets, and keep a going. They will not IK? finished wheelmen though. It takes time and patience to become a "fly" rider. The enjoyment of the «xer?ise is keen and not wearisome. Your true wheelman would not exchange fcr a go->l saddle horse. It is not tire­ some The weight of the body is on the saddle instead of on the kuee as in walk­ ing. Forty miles a day can lie made without fatigue except a slight stiring in the knee the first two nights of the trip. This explaius the long trips by wheel­ men ever the country. A man with a good pair of lungs gets winded if he runs a hundred yards at. the top of his speed. The bicycle strider will make a quarter of a mile at his best bent before' his wind vegins to fail. The English papers speak of a characteristic "bicycle back"--a hump-shcuMered, chest-con­ tracted sort of appeal anee--resulting from the wheel. There is nothing of the kind in the United States. The style of r ling is different in the two countries. In England the gay flyer grasps the bandies or ti ler, as if the thing were a boat, c.verhanded; the back of his hands are uppermost, and his arms making the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle causes him to stoop. In the Americans 1 style the handles are grasped with the [ palms uppermost; the ellwwa are by the murn CHEST, millions of dollars, and render al! persons mak­ ing, selling or wing barb wire NOT made under these patents liable for damages. It is impor­ tant for farmers and dealers to know that the KKT.I.T STEFX R.VRB WIRE, mad>- by the THORN WIBK HEDUK COSTP.VN'Y, of Chicago, is made .ri . , . - , under the patents, and all those who have used Rjdc. The foie arm making the base of P3 FROSTED FHT III (IBM lung was half gone with consumption She'd painted till her face w&a blotchy. She'd drawled around until she had a gait between a limp and crawl. Tliat's of the sun, the American wheeled around | the kind of a wife he brought home to she had a chronic sore throat, and one j pounds of butter, or even more, as it i Is- I- bands of lawless ruffians were scouring ihe outskirts of^the cities and towns, Utealing from the farmers, and leaving fceliind them desolation and desptir-- truly a peculiarly daugerous qnd un­ fortunate time for a foreigner to sob out on a journey. On a lovely morning; in early March, ft young American gentleman left the town of Matanzas to travel to Jalapa. Ifhe narrow road at first winds up the '* Side of the mountain, turning sharply •round sudden bends, where a single misstep of the horse or mule would hurl «. fhe rider far down into the valley below. It is as if the great mountain had been hollowed out, sind the jagged sides left standing, with a rude path trending from the base to the summit. The American was accompanied by six na­ tive horsemen mounted on mustangs similar to his own, and four footmen. The whole party were armed. After passing about half way up the mountain aide the traveler halted, and motioned |o his followers to do the same. For a long time he sat motionless in his sad- •\ile gazing out at the exquisite picture *;|»efore him In the distance, far below, •J?y the wonderful valley of Matanzas, ** OttrtU*! of Mexico." Tht? rich, ex- sive vegetation could plainly be dis­ cerned, and a few light and graceful * clouds hung drifted against ttu» tower­ ing rocks. The beams of the lately risen sun were pouring over the hill­ tops and illuminating the vast plain be­ neath with a fresh and rosy light. He must have been indeed a prosaic and. nnappreciative man who would pass carelessly by such a wonder-work of na­ ture. His reverie was suddenly broken by a •liout from above. Looking up he saw ft single horseman picking his way care­ fully toward him. He was soon recog­ nized by the men as a resident of Mat- anzas. When he drew near he spoke rapidly and excitedly to the escort in their peculiar patoi*, gesticulating vio- ' lently all the whilo. Tlie effect was immediate and startling; The entire body of native horsemen, with one exception, and all the footmen, turned sharply around and made their "way rapidly down the mountain side, tvithout a word of explanation or fare­ well to their employer. The only one •who remained was Filomeno, who had been sent by his master, a friend of the traveler, to accompany him to Jalapa, and who understood F,>*<jlish after a f >s!i- ion. He sat motionless in his saddle, and upbraided the leader for these in- i dignities, and especially for depriving him of his clothes. In reply, one of the- soldiers pulled out from under his saddle a piece of coarse and filthy matting which he carelessly tossed to the pris­ oner. " Take this," he said; " it is too small for yon, but the fleas in it will keep you warm." And so, wrapping this dirty covering about his shoulders, our countryman started on his painful march to Jalapa. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon they reached the town. The American was hustled into a wretched adobe hut on the outskirts of the village, and the Mexicans, after posting a guard around the place, tied their horses under a shed be his consolation and help-meet. His father could do the work of two men, and I could get np a dinner for twenty harvest hands and keep the leach run­ ning, and he expected us to be father and mother to that doll 1" She shut her lips, trotted her foot, and it was a long time before she could go on : "They live across the road there. She hain't seen a dozen well days since he brought her home, nor done an hour's work. I've been over soaking her feet, making her herb tea, combin' her hair, fixin' up gruel, and tellin' her slovenly hired girl what's what, but I'm discouraged. She may live a few months, but she's certain to die within a year, and I don't know but she'll lie better charged, without easy detection by th»> taste or sight As a test we have re­ duced to the finest powder a sj>ecimen of the soapstone iix.m the locality men­ tioned, Philadelphia--the quarries an- within a few miles of that city and known to us--we have mix 3d it with five times its weight in butter. The mineral is left ujion the tongue as tin* butter dis­ solves aud is grittv to the teeth. Its p.... J v peculiar, pearlv glistening appearance periei.cn. Thousands testify to his skill. Gotl­ and silvery whiteness are also distinctly j him by mail or otherwiae. Pamphlet.fr-. visible to the unaided eye. and uuder it can be happy, as none can molest or make them afraid. VEQETIN-K in Powder Form ia sold by all drug­ gists and general store*. If you cannot buyit of them, inclose SO cents in postage stamps for oue package, ot f 1 for two packages, and 1 will send it by return mail. H. R. Stevens, Boston, Mass. D b. C E . 8HOKMAKKB, of Reading. Pa., ia the only sural anrgeoniii the United Statea who devotes all his time to tie treatment of deaf­ ness and disease* of the ear and catarrh; es­ pecially rui.tiing ear. Nearly twenty years' ex- THB young physician returns from his and gave themselves np to rest and bois- 'off. I tell ye, Unclc Richard, a wife teious recreation. Inside the lint on a \ who is good for nothi^' but to fill a cor- M.n' show off tin^ duds can't cri gazing after his countrymen, now fast disappearing around the curves of the pathway. "What's the matter. Filomeno ?" asked the American at length, rising in his •addle as he spoke, aud shading his eyes with his hand, as he looked after the de­ serters, M what did that fellow say that has made oil this fuss ?" " He said," replied the Mexican slow­ ly, " that revolution had already broken out at Jalapa; that the terrible soldiers of the plains are before us, and that if you proceed you will be surrounded aud ki rilled. "Stuff," not afraid. said the American, "I am F i l o m e n o , l e t u s g o o n " rude beneh the American sat silent hour after hour. At length he walked to a little window and begged for water. There was no response. The bare walls only echoed his cry of "Aqua / aqua ! " AH the next day, too, the prisoner was kept without food or drink or clothes. At times his mind wandered a little. At sunset the cool evening air somewhat re­ vived him. He moved his bench under the window of the hut, and stretching himself under it listened carelessly to the idle conversation of the soldiers out­ side. Suddenly Irs heart gave a terrible throb ; a cold perspiration Overwhelmed him, and he fainted. What he had heard was this: The sol­ diers were talking al>out a fair that was to open in Jalapa on the morrow, and they were detailing to a new-comer some of the amusements that had been planned for the occasion. " We are going to have a shooting 7 f-«aatch at noon," said one; "we have got an American 'spy in th*it. l>ox yonder, and we are going to tie liim stake and shoot at him with our revolvers. Whoever kills him will get five silver dollars. The dog's hours are num­ bered." These were the words which had fallen on the American like a pall. It was probably much less than a hour that the prisoner lay insensible. Then he roused himself, and, like the brave man that he was, looked his doom in the face. So he was to tlie. and die the death of a miserable cur ; he, the inhabitant of a pleasant Northern city, with youth, health, kind friends and fortune. To be tied to a stake in a Mexican market place and shot at for a paltry prize. These thoughts were maddening. He called fiercely to hie captors to liberate lum; he strode furiously up and down the room ; he rushed to the window aud rattled the bars ; and finally from sheer exhaustion he sank down on the floor in despair. He lay still for a long time. He could not mark tlie hours, but at length he knew by the cool wind that orept in through the bars, that day--his last day--was not far away. Then he heard a cock crow ; arid then he saw a bright ray of sunlight come flashing into his miserable hut, and he was sure that h£ had but a few hours more tolive. He nmde up his mind that lie would die bravely. He rose to his full -height, stretched his limbs, and raised his head proudly. As he did so he heard a sound of horses galloping toward him. He rushed to the window and looked out A cavalry otticer, in a fine uniform, with flashing amis'and equipments, and followed by a .squad of men, was coming every mo­ ment nearer and nearer. And, as he spoke, he tightened his hold on liis horse s rein, and was about to proceed, when he saw that Filomeno had not stirred. " Come, Filomeno," said he, " time is slipping by and we must be oil. Surely you are not afraid to accompany me ?" "Nomatter," answered the Mexican, '•but I cannot go as I am. All these robbers know Filomeno. and would give • good price for my head. If I go with y o u I m u s t g o d i s g u i s e d . W a i t a n d , turning around, he scrambled lightly imd quickly back from the road toward a little hut near by, whence a thin wreath of smoke was curling lazily up through the clear morning air. He was gone scarcely fifteen minutes, and when he again drew near tlie American hardly knew him. Filomeno had disappeared under the guise of a charcoal-burner. "Now I am ready; I have left my horse where it will be taken care of," he said, and now on foot he fell into his old place close behind the American's mus­ tang. And so they journeyed on, up into the clonds and then down again, over the rich breasts of valleys which are only found in the tropics, and along the tracks of old watercourses, and tlirough brooks aud little rivers of a peculiar greenish hue. Around them was nature in all her wasteful luxuriance, but no sign of anything human to help or hinder them. That night they encamped in a small valley, and resumed their journey at daybreak. At 11 o'clock on the morn­ ing of this day they were drawing near Jalapa. The sun was beating down out of a cloudless sky; the heat was intense; aud a dtep stillness seemed to have set- Had over'the great plain. Baiora than set an' show off tine duds can't git to heaven any too soon. That's where she belongs. There are no husbands np there. Babies in heaven never squall. They don't have to be washed and dressed. There is no cookin' or washin' or bakin' or cleanin' house. Angels don't have to plan or patch or darn."-- Free Press. No More Hard lines. If you will stop spending so much on fine j clothes, rich food atid style, buy good, healthy j food, cheaper and better* clothing ; get more real aud snlmtantial things of life every way. j and especially stop the foolish habit of eniplov- j ing expensive, quack doctors or using so much of tlie vile humbug medicine that does von only harm, but put your trust in that simple, pure remedy. Hop bitters ; that euros always at a trifling cost, and you will see good times and have good health.--Chrtmicle. "Good to Fnll." A number of ladies visited a New York public school, aud one of them thought that she would question the tots, and see k how much.tliev knew about the senses. What wefre the eyv* I For seeing. I Yes--and what would be the result if I we had no eyes ? And she asked the I little ones to shut their eyes tight Ay; j yes. They understood. And then the ears. What were they for? Hearing. Yes ;• and now stop your ears up as tightly as you can. Ah ! what a sad thing it would be to have no ears. We should never hear the birds sing any more, and never more hear mamma's voice. And then came the nose. What was that for? Somehow the little ones seemed puz­ zled at this point About tlie eyes and ears there had l>een no question- -but the nose? They looked up into the lady's £ace curiously, evidently with an answer ready, but not quite sure of l>e- ing right. Finally the questioner saw an intelligent smile upon one chubby little face--one of* the four-year-olds-- and she said to the child: "Ah, Miss Dot, you can tell me what the UOSJ is for, can't you ? Come, now speak up. Don't l»e afraid. What is it ?" A few twists aud puckers, and then, with a wondrous sparkle of the great brown eyes: " 'Eb,--I dess its for mamma to tatc hold of to pull!" That close the examination for the day. author of what Artemus Ward once wrote as a "goak," «ir i»erhai»s worse. Western butter is at tlie head of the market and lias attained its well deserved position by its merits and in spite of dif­ ficulties aud prejudices. Western dairy­ men are not. fools. Having an excellent reputation which is highly profitable to them, they are wise enough to retain it 1" iu the only way that is possilHo.---Rural j New Yorker. "Tko Collect©r.'» It is always the fate of a man who trie* to collect an old bill to get snubbed. Now we think of it, the old bill collector who trudges painfully through the streets from day to day, trying to find the man who is ever trving to dodge him, ought to have more sympathy. His only business is to persuade delinquente to pay their just debts, aud yet every- l>ody looks upon him very much as a sailor looks upon a craft that has raised the black flag of piracy. Poor^fellow ! He lias a hard time of it trying TO catch sight of the man who has just gone round the corner, who will be back iu five min­ utes, so the clerk says, but who never comes back until the old bill collector has gone. It is-on reftditr that by some strange fatuity of fortune a collector once found his debtor at home. Such a circumstance nearly took his breath away, for, like the Wandering Jew, he had been flying from pillar to poet for nearly a year, aud had never once found jjfctlie right nuu in the right place ; but he took out bit battered wallet mud sen ted tlie account, yejjow with age, and humbly asked for a settlement. " You must call again," was the stern, impera- stay hereafter. FOR a pamphlet on Electric Treatment of chronic diseases with Electricity, which will be sent free, address the Mcintosh Electric Belt and Battery Co., 192 A 114 Jackson St., Chicago, III ROSKXTHAI. RHOS. . Chicago, make the diamond boots and shoes, the beet made. Try them. the right angled triangle conduces to an expansion of the chest instead of a con­ traction. The summer is the moet<< favorable season for the sport, but in | Washington it holds on during the win­ ter owing to the mild , climate.--Ex- \ change. WILL (I RE RHEUMATISM MR. ALBKRT OROOKKR, th« well-known tnd apothuoar; of Hpringvate. Ma., tlwiir* idriut WW| one troubled wltn Tbraraitlm to try VhUETINK. Read His Statement: SPRIROVAU, Mi. Ooi, ltM ; MR. H, H. STKVFSR: | i>ear Sir years a<o Init felU was taken tick ! with rheumatism, iv»» unable to more until the next I April- Fnmi t!i.»t time untit thm* y«*are ago this fall 1 t luffwpti everything with rheumatism Sometime* there 5 would bn week* at a t .mt> that I could not t*t*|> on«? step; I thete attack* were Quito ottnu. | cuftorcHi everything i that h man could. Over thre»» year* nj?o last spring I ! ooinmenced taking Vetmtine. and followed ft up until I { had taken tx'Ttm bottle*; hnri no rheumatism *ince ihft{pame. 1 always advi&e ever? one that in troubled with rheumntitni to try Vemetine, And not suffer for yean : as 1 have done. This at itement i@ gratuitous an uur aa ! Mr. HtevenB ia concerned. Your*, etc.. - - ALBKIN CAOPKKB. - finftof A. Orookar A Co, Dnmfeta «nd ApmhacaHw. PLATS! PS-AYS! PI.1TK! PEJlTatl For Reading Clubs, for Amiitwir Theatrical*. 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M, W7. • mwh torekthtaa^jMn,«|m Priee of ** Sare Cure" snd It only fl.Su "" " "" " Mi °~I& _ InsnflUtor" all oomlsli Valuable book of fall ir4orat*tkZT3 this paper and address . O. u. BTKBsTiO K. Mad teem St., Aieaco, m. TEXASR tive demand of the man, who never in- j I coifunei nstem was detillit, nd was 9tr ikvrtmm- <-»uxb Whtm I hint t.iken one bottle t fmmtl it ' hpl)K-d my cough, and if Btrf Itiattaj Medofafl _ subeervethe i . or other oorpor "formation f« --___Ygg------ SOUTHWESTERN ImmlsratkMi Company. I of thm Company to ANPRIX the ureau of LUI migration, anaaot to The lounging guerrillas around hia pripon Btart<vl up and stood respectfully Aside; several who lingered were knocked over by the hurrying hoofs of the horse­ men. ' The offieer rode close up to tlie hut, and, pulling his horse almost on to liis haunches, he leaped to the ground. With a quick and angry canimand to the guard at the door the bolt was drawn back. The American, entirely naked, was standing in the middle of the room. Advancing, and speaking in English, the officer said: "Who are yon, and* where do you come from?" "I am an American traveler from the Stnte of Massachusetts," was the reply. "Massachusetts!" said the other; "that is near Connecticut. I went to school in that State years ago. I like Americans. Yesterday I heard, in this eitv, that some rascally devils had cap­ tured an American and were going to torture him at tlie fair to-day. It is fortunate for you that I have come." Then taking off his coat he insisted on the American wearing it, and, in re­ sponse to his call, other garments were AOOU obtained. "Now," said the officer, "take this horse and come to my quarters." Then, turning around, he shouted out, in Spanish, to the chief of the guerrillas: ' * Francisco, if I hear of another prank like tliis, I shall send my orderly to blow out your brains." At the officer's quarters, in the city, our countryman received every possible attention, and as soon as he was rested and refreshed he was furnished with horses and money and escorted safely to ! Vera Oruz, . WHAT WC HATE. [From the St. Paul Ploneer-Prees.l We hate growl ing, no matter th« source or cans'1, and recommend herewith the rmncdy. I'sc St. jaeohs Oil and laugh at pain, it wBI do the work every time. A Doubtful Apology. Not many years ago, in the village of Eatonton, Ga., a mau made his appear­ ance and stopped at the tavern. He was possessed of a remarkable nose, one which almost monopolized his entire face--red, Roman, enormous. So great a show was it, that it attracted universal attention. The glances cast at it, and the remarks made about it, had ren­ dered its owner somewhat sensitive u the subject. A half-grown negro ' was summoned by tlie proprietor to ^ftiry bis baggage to his room. Cuffee was much taken with the nose. As he came out of the room, unable to con­ tain himself longer, he exclaimed : "Golly, what a nose !" Our traveler overheard him, and went to his master with a demand for punish­ ment. Cuffee was called np, and, at the sug­ gestion of some bystanders, was let off on condition that he would apologize to the offended gentleman. This he read­ ily agreed to do. Walking to the room where our traveler was, and, touching his lint and humbly bowing, he said: " Massa, I was talkin' nonsense. You ain't got no nose 1" MtrcH valuable time is saved by promptly treat­ ing €old at its first appearance. Nothing takes the place of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrnp for C-ougliH, Golds, Irritation of Throat, etc. nice 26 oaata. Anecdote of Bryant." Mr. Bryant was peculiarly considerate of the feelings of others. An associate editor relates the following incident: Mr. Bryant, who was reading a review of a little book of wretched verse, said tome: "I wish you would deal very tended to have money enough to pay that bill. The victim with the thread­ bare clothes and wornont shoes sug­ gested that it was not easy to go up three llights of 8tail's three times a day in order to find the ominous word " out" on the office door. "Well," said the haughty debtor, " perhaps you would like to have me rent a room on the first floor for the sake of my creditors." The old bill col­ lector uttered a deep sigh, put his wallet l>aek into his pocket, and walked into a back alley where his home was, while the jaunty debtor sprang into his landau and went up to the )>ark for a drive. Such is life.--New York Herald. A Hammock's Wild Way. [From the Cleveland (Ohio) Herald.] An Illinois exchange feels called to thus deliver itself: " His hammock swung loose at the sport of the wind," and tumbled the lion. J. S. Irwin on his head, and, hut tor the application of Jacobs Oil, he might have gone " where the woodbine twiueth." Even so, dear Beaeon, as many others have gone, who tailing to use the Great German Remedy in time, for their rheumatism and other dangerous -diseases, "have paid tlie debt of Nature." Rub is our motto. He Gracefully Accepted. " I awure you, gentlemen," said the convict upon entering the prison, " tliat the place lias sought me, and not I the j place. My own affairs really demand all | my time and attention, and I may truly j say that my selection to All this position . was an entire surprise. Had I consulted ! my own interests, I should have per- ] emptorily declined to serve, but, as I j am in the hands of my friends, I see no other course than to snbmit." And he submitted. A Difference la Yalne. Rosseau, alluding to the kindness of neighbors, says that, when his wife died, ro ! every father in the neighborhood offered ,y j to console him with one of his daughters; but a few weeks afterward, his cow hav­ ing shared the- same fate, no one ever thought of replacing his loss by the offer of another--thereby proving the different value set upon their cows aud children. I SOMEBODY has said that " We ought always to believe less than we are told. This may be a safe maxim for general use, but when a woman intrusts you--in confidence, of course--with her age, you may always believe a great deal more than you are told. like the Vecotine. mendedstobe. I know it is Mas. A. r bare round ererrtbttis it ia jeoona- A. J. PESOI.ETON. ' Yejfptino," says •itioi it Boston jitiyoh ian. " has no equal a blooii puritior. Hearing of its many wonderful cure". all "tl»*r rr!i«sin-« liav# tailed, 1 vt.-iJ»xl the taboiatory and conviiu-eil mjmplf <il it® f»nu;mt merit. 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