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igr^vr*; umx WOKAX, VteniMtkiwliltMif. "&ASAJSAB^W MViomwdlMrlilry («•-»« rlalryt I wUe'v id shea l«T 1; Her wisdom, wit aad 8bk oockitliepiidtttd She b»ndi th* will of BHi Aa only soeha de>ptlt«<n- • title womaa--eaa. Though bar pathway may toad through darkest wya^ She always finds* liffh'; Though her eyes be daisied by fortIIBM cays. She'* rare te *«* aright; . . -1"* Ike first has settled a kingdom's fete, =, s The last has made lis lawa. • ' it** *T>> the M'tle *.im*n that goes ahead Itf' J When men would lag lehind: * ' •" The little woman who aw her chance, t And always knows her mind-- ! Who can slyly smile aa >he takes the oatW > , To honor, kw, «bey, K ; And mentally add the Having clause * ; In a little woma i'b way 1 ff Would the diamond #o^m such a _tt it measured one toot i ound? Would the rose-leaf yield such a swesfe pai fume Jf itcovered yards of ground? Would the dew-drops seem no clear and WuV It dew like rain should tall? - Or the little woman be half BO great It she were six feet tall? Tie the hand aa soft a* the nesti ng That gripe the grip of steel; Tib the voice as low an the summer That ru'ei without appeal; And tat warrior, scholar, the saint and May fight and plan and pray. be wcrkl will wag to the end of time * i the little woman s way. . • t> > •> , . =8 THE TWO OVERCOATS!' ^ When Amo%Derby came out of Levi Bosenbanm's pawn-shop, tbe richer by |iye dollars, but leaving his overcoat in the hands of the Jew, he made his way directly to Sillbrook's saloon, where he felt sore, he should meet half a dozen at least of his boon companions. '•.[ He was not mistaken. The bar-room was crowded, and a general shout of welcome greeted him as he entered, for Amos was a generous fellow and always willing to treat. The five dollar bill was quickly broken by the jovial bar-keeper, and tiro hours later when Amos walked rather unsteadily out of the saloon, he had not a cent in his pocket. But this did not trouble him in the least. He had spent too much money in Sill- brook's during the last two years to think anything of squandering in one etening such a paltry sum as five dol- fikrs. As he left the saloon by the main en- ttancc, he saw a man emerge from a side door of the building, and cross the street with rapid strides; a tall man, well dressed, and bearing about him a look of prosperity. He wore a very handsome overcoat with sealskin cuffs and collar, a sealskin cap, and well fitting gloves. Drunk as Amos was he recognized him at onoe;it was Sill- book himself. "Been in the back room countin' up his gains, most likely," he muttered thickly. "He's above standin' behind the bar nowadays." Amos could well remember when Sillbrook had been only a mill-hand like himself, earning twelve dollars a Week. But he had been a prudent, sav­ ing man always, and had early made up his mind to be rich, no matter at what oost of conscience and principle. With this end in view he had purchased a sa loon, and cordially invited his former fellow workers at the mill to patronize him. This tliey were very willing to do, for Sillbrook knew how to make his saloon attractive; and he soon had as much custom as he could well attend to. At length he hired a bar-keeper, and after a couple of years was never seen behind the bar himself. He had grown rich very rapidly, and now owned one of the finest houses in the town, and was able to gratify every taste and whim, while those who had helped him j- to Ilis wealth by drinking his liquors Were as poor as ever--many of them poorer. Amos Derby had been one of Sill- ,brook's beat customers ever since the saloon had been opened, and as natural consequence had had little to spend in comforts for his wife and chil­ dren. He still lives in tho small cot- *ge he had bought on first moving to the town, and had seen it grow more id more dilapidated every year with- it making any attempt to repair it. But though the outside was far from attractive, the inside was always neat - Ipid clean, for, whatever her faults of temper, Jane Derby was a woman who believed thoroughly m abiding by heaven's first law, and who labored » early and late to make both ends meet, u Sometimes she would not have been ^ftble to accomplish had she not pos- ' sessed skill as a dressmaker, for Amos seldom gave her any of his earnings ' She was sitting in the kitchen sewing when her husband came in, and a bit- ' ter expression crossed her face as she J|aw his condition. "Drunk, as usual," she said, harshly, "when were you anything else ?" "When you was kinder spoken, pei ,haps," answered Amos, with spirit, *Ti»is is the sort of welcome I get every " «ight in the week, 'Tain't much wonder I go to Sillbrook's." He dropped into % chair as he spoke, and began to pull ||ff his boots. "If you didn't have one excuse you'd Jpake another." said Jane, Hushing, and **4>ending closer over her sewing. "Per " haps you think I ought to feel pleasant when you come home in this state. Well! it ain't human nature, that it ' tain't 1 I mind the time yon brought >!, sf ome your wages reg'lar, every Sat'day plight and I was willin' enough then to Jpeak kind to you. Now the children ould etarve if it wasn't for me. rT here's your overcoat ?•" a sudden pair ,r creeping ever her face as she asked question. Tea! where is that vercoat?--what have you done with it t yon haven't it on--where is it ?" 'Where d'ye s'pose?" said Amos, Roughly. % ̂ "Down at the pawn-shop, of oonrse." -fried his wife, angrily, "where every . Recent coat you ever had lias gone, fjut you promised me you'd never part With this one, Amos Derby, and you've |>roke your word! I might have known • *§ou would! And to think how I worked , >for it. and let the children do without loes! It's too bad! , I declare it is! gave twelve dollors for it only a lontli ago, and I'll wager you let Levi lave it for half o'that. It's * a shame, a readful shame." "Stop that. I wont have it," said iJLmos in a threatening tone. "There's lio use whining over it now. If you say t inother word about it, I'll go out again, fright off." " "Go!" said Jane, fiercely, "and I wish :3ft was forever 1 I wish I was never to .look on yonr face again! You're naught Jrat a trouble and disgrace to us all!" "All right," said Amos, as he pulled <m bis boots again, "I'm goin' I'll take you at vour word. You won't see me w yon jm trouble and a disgraoe am I?" you are!" said Jane, her anger inerearfBg mtan mtoTdwatt upon the loss of the ooat she had worked so hard, to earn. "I mean all I've said, and more, too! Go! go to Sillbrook's! Ask him to show you the overcoat he's weario'. I saw it yesterday, and your's wasn't a circumstance to it! Go! Give him every penny you've got! He needs it!" with a bitter littie langh. "His children's feet are all out on the ground, and his wife hasn't a decent dress to her name," with a glance at her faded calico gown. **Help him all yon can, Amos Derby, he's in need o charity." Amos made no answer. He was con­ siderably more sober that when he had left the saloon, for tho walk home through the fresh winter air had done him good, and he felt the force of his wife's words. They rung in his ears as he slammed the kitchen door behind him, and, taking the road which led by tho mill, walked rapidly away. He was soon in the heart of the town, bnt he did not think or care where he was going. His only idea was to get away from the sound of Jane's sharp voice, and he turned down first one street and then another, without paus­ ing, until he came to Elm avenue, on which were situated the handsomest houses in the town. There was a large, square brick house on the comer, with stables in the rear, a conservatory on one side, aud a beautiful lawn in front, and this place seemed to possess some strange facination for Amos, for he stoppedlsuddenly at the gate and stood there for fully five minutes, admiring, perhaps, the mansion's air of solid com fort and wealth. The iron gate was open, and present­ ly, as if impelled by some impulse he could not resist, he entered, and walking softly up the graveled path, looked in at one of the long windows- The room upon which he gazed was very handsomely furnished. The chairs were luxuriously cushioned, a large mirror hung over the mantel, the car­ pet was of velvet, a crystal chandlier depended from the ceiling, and a bright fire burned in the open grate, before which sat a lady richly dressed, reading aloud to three children, sitting on otto­ mans at her feet, For a long, long time Amos Derby stood by the window, his eyes wander­ ing from one article of luxury to anoth­ er, a dark frown on his face, and his teeth set hard together. "My money," he muttered, when at last he turned away. "I've given it to him, cent by cent, and dollar by dollar, and I've "naught to show for it, while he! he's got his fine house, and his rich carpets, and his handsome clothes. It's the, same money, only I've spent it in one way, and he in another." As the last words left his lips a hand fell heavily upon his shoulder, and voice--the voice of Sillbrook--asked him harshly what he wanted. "A look into your fine parlor,"" an­ swered Amos roughly. "Strange wanted to see it, wasn't it ? It ought not to matter to me, of course, what use you make o' my money." "Your money!*' said Sillbrook, with a loud laugh. "That's a crazy joke! Come my man, you're drunk. Get out of here, or Til have you put where you can make your jokes to yourself." "You think you're rich enough now to speak to me as you choose,*' said Amos hotly. "Time was when yon wouldn't have dared. But I tell you, Jason Sill­ brook, I've come to my senses to-night. It's a poor bargain where the grain's all on one side. We started even, and you've got all and I notliin'. But I tell you now, that, heaven helpin' me, you'll never have another dollar o' mine to spend. You'll never buy another coat like this out o' my money," and he struck in sudden passion the seal-trimmed gar­ ment which covered Sillbrook's ample proportions. "Be off with yon,** said the saloon­ keeper. "You're too drunk to know what you're talking about." And who made me drunk? answer that question. Jason Sillbrook," scream­ ed Amos. "Ill answer nothing," said Sillbrook, and tearing his coat from the grasp Amos had laid upon it, he strode up the path and disappeared within the house. The next morning, when the superin­ tendent made his round of the mill, h& missed one of the machine hands. "Where's Derby ?" he asked angrily. No cne could rnswer his question. No one had seen Derby that day. And no one at the mill saw him for many a day to come. "I might have Seen kinder to him," thought Jane, when at last she became convinced that her husband had in truth left her. "Perhaps I did say more'n I should at times. Poor Amos! he was no more to blame than I was, after all. Perhaps he would have kept out o' that saloon if I'd only coaxed 'stead o' railing at him. He wasn't bad- hearted, an' he never meant more'n half he said." And as the days went by, and she for­ got her past sorrows, she had only kind thoughts of her absent husband, and blamed only herself for their mutual misery. She wished with all her heart that she could "begin all over again," and try the effect of kindness aid for­ bearance on Amos. But no such opportunity was given her, and she had little time for bitter thoughts or unavailing regret. The superintendent of the mill gave her eldest child, a lad of fourteen, a situation where he could earn $4 a week, and a girl a year younger found work in a millinery store. Thus Jane was relieved of much anxiety, and she was so skillful with her needle that she soon found herself able to "lay by something for a rainy day," as she ex­ pressed it. Gradually the children were provided with comfortable clothes and were sent to church and to Sunday-school, from which they had been debarred for sev­ eral years, owing to a lack of decent apparel; the house was repaired, new furniture bought, a flower garden laid out iu front of the cottage, and a new fence erected. People began to speak of Jane as a surprisingly smart woman, and to say that lier husband's desertion had been a blessiug in disguise. But in spite of her prosperity there was an ache ever at Jane's heart, and a regret which no good fortune could stifle. . "If I'd only l>ecn kinder!" she would say to herself, as she lay awake at night and thought of her absent hus­ band. "It was my fault he drank; I see that now. He was always telling me that my temper'd ruin him in the end and now his word's come true." She felt as if she ought to make some atonement for her past sin, even though she was never to see her hus­ band again, and with this end in view- she determined to cure herself of the habit of scolding and fault-finding about which poor Amos had complained so bitterly. After a few struggles at first, she found her new path very pleasant to her feet, and was enoouraged to perse­ vere bv the artless comments made by Inrvferildieii tn the tflVpfweinmt In hef iMflwwff Tii Vagi* m a Qswip. The pdMpal reason why edited and - - temper. "You're so good now, mother," they d say, when, instead of the sharp rebuke thejr had expected on the com­ mission of some childish folly, came very kind words of regret and gentle reproof. "You are so different from what you used to be. If father could only come home and live with us now how happy we would all be." But Amos did not come. Year after year passed,-and he sent no word or sign; and at length both wife and chil­ dren grew to think of him as dead. Seven years T Seven years to a day had passed since Araoe Derby had left his home, and up the street and past the mill came a tall man, with a cap of sealskin pulled low over his eves, and handsome overcoat trimmed with the same costly fur over his arm. He whistled as he walked, and seemed in great good humor, for occasionally he would break out into a loud laugh. But as he came near the cottage where Jane Derby lived, he became more quiet, and an anxious expression stole into liielace. f» 4 - "I wonder if shell know me," he mut­ tered. Going up to the window of the kitch­ en, he shaded his eyes with one hand and looked in. Jane was sitting at supper, her five children about her. The room looked warm and comfortable. A bright fire burned in the stove, the kettle sang merrily, and a big maltess cat dozed among some plants on the broad win­ dow seat. Fred, the eldest son, a muscular young man of twenty-one now, was speaking, and his words came distinct­ ly to the ears of the watcher outside. "Brooks goes to-morrow," he said, "and we are to have a new superinten­ dent from 1 hope he'll have a better temper than Brooks, and I wish---- Who's that?" as a sudden knock came upon the door. "The new superintendent," said the tall man, as he walked into the room and threw his overcoat on a chair. "Jane, don't you know me?" With a glad cry that was almost a sob, Jane sprang forward, and was folded in the stranger's arms. "Children," she said, when she could speak, "this is your father, come back to us at last." "And to stay, please God," said Amos Derby, fervently, as in turn he em­ braced his children affectionately. "Jane, you shall have no room to com­ plain of me in the future.. I mean to make up to you for all I made you suf­ fer before I found out what a fool I was to think more of my appetite than of my wife and children. Do you know what taught me my lesson ?--Sillbrook's overcoat; and I've got one just like it. It will be a reminder, you know. And I've something better still--the place of superintendent at the mills here. I'vef worked hard, Jane, but my reward has come at last. When I left here I re­ solved never to come back until I could make myself Worthy of you and the children. I found a place in the mills at , and worked my way up to be superintendent. Where there's a will, there's always a way, you know. I learned that you didn't lifted my help, so I waited on year after year, and now " "We are together, never to part again this side the grave." finished Jane. "Amos, God rules us all for the best. Let us thank Him for the blessings He has bestowed upon us: and then--sup­ pose you let us see how von look in the overcoat you've come, by so justly." The news that Amos Derby was the new superintendent soon flew about the town, and great was the surprise there­ at. No one was more. astonished, per­ haps, at the turn affairs had taken than Jason Sillbrook, and he wondered greatly at the good fortune of the man he had once so despised; but he never know that it was largely due to the lesson Amos had learned from the Baloon-keeper's over-coat.-- TheChris­ tum at Work. called banaftt ef the oolong raoe have generally net with had luck, and been so short-lived, Ja that the negro has no need of a newspaper. He is a ho«n goat!?, a nataral news- gatherer, and whatever he may chance to see or hear is at onoe scattered to the four winda of heaven, through the medium ol aabh ofhis own raoe as he may happcli to meet A hasty telling, a picturesque em­ bellishment, and away go the self-ap- pointsd couriers, happy in the posses­ sion of a bit of news that insures them a hearty welcome everywhere, and invests them with a dignity they could not otherwise hope to obtain. Nothing pleases the negro better than a chance to talk, whether it be in the pulpit, cornfield, street oorner, or any other place where two or three of his race are gathered together. Tell him something important, and in less than twenty-four hours his neigh­ bors for forty miles around have heard all about it, decorated with weird bril- iancy of meaning in the various passag­ es it has traversed. No matter where the negro may be or in what occupation engaged, if he can have some one to talk to he ia perfectly happy, and envolves quantity of wisdom, ludicrous and otherwise, that would make old Col. Plato, of the Athenian calvalry, turn pale with envy. « The negro is a gregarious animal also, and for him solitude has absolutely not a single charm. He will at any tune walk ten miles for company's sake, and a chance to air his social, political, or religious opinions is considered by him a neater favor than a glass of whisky with white sugar thrown in. He don't like to be forced to commune with himself, at least not until he gets to be a hundred years old; prefers stewed rabbit to a reverie, and religious­ ly believes that in the multitude of counselors there is safety. Of the ten measures of talk that are supposed to have been thrown down from heaven the negro got nine, and he makes constant use of them on each and every possible occasion.--John Jay Hamilton. u>d the deep. Babbit tracks were jtooftl- >y prtaolpallr the Otaetloa •warn*, ta whiafc <Bn rabbita eottM The Americas Schools, Hie Rochester Union is not at all satisfied with the efficiency of the pres­ ent school system of this country, and tells some homely truths in this style: "It is one of our popular American errors--perhaps 'airs' would be a better word--that we are the best educated people in the world. This boast has been reiterated at every Fourth of July celebration in spread-eagle rhetoric to thousands of flattered and delighted audienees by young fellows just learn­ ing to speak, and by other fellows who ought to know better; by school com­ missioners at board meetings; by callow students and by fussy pedagogues of both sexes at all times. It is not true in any sense, even to the narrowest, which is understood to mean the ability to read and write only, as such accom­ plishments xised to be taught in the good old district schools. There is a gilt-edging of truth about it, and that is all; and it is as deceptive as paint on the cheek, which counterfeits the beauty it has not. That is, statistics show we spend about $100,000,000 annually in the pretended cause of education--to keep up the public schools in thirty-eight States and ten Territories. And if the mere expendi­ ture of money is an assurance of educa­ tion, certainly we are beating the world --in fact, distancing all nations. Eng­ land, Scotland and Wales, with about half our population, spend from all sources less than $*25,000,000. But with all our gilt-edging it appears that we have over 6,000,000 people from ten years old and upward who cannot read and write, and more than half of them are whites awl nearly five-ninths of both colors are native Americans! This scrapes off all the gilding and ought to change the text and tone of our spread-eagle orators on Indepen­ dence Day." Effects of Heat. ' The effects of heat may be seen in' the iron rails on the railroads through­ out the country. There is a variation of 80° in the temperature between the cold of winter and the heat of summer. This is sufficient to elongate a bar of iron ten inches long, five one-thous- andths of an inch, or one two-thous­ andths part which would require, to produce the same effect, a force of fifty tons upon the square inch. The tubes of Menai bridge vary in length with the changes of the air, from half an inch to three inches every twenty-four hours. Iron bars, when much heated, frequent­ ly injure masonry, instead of support­ ing it, from the same cause. SOMEBODY who writes more truthfully thah^poetically, says: "An angel with- >ut money is not thought so much of now-a-days as a devil with a bagful of guineas.'* MB. PJETSB MAIOJEK, 212 W. Twenty- fourth street, New York, says that he suf­ fered six years with .rheumatism and fotmd no relief until St. Jacobs Oil, the sovereign remedy, was applied, which cured him com­ pletely. ; _ •- •--*"Pn% ̂ To a young man away from home, friendless and forlorn in a great city, the hours of peril are those between sunset and bed-time; for the moon and the Btars see more evil in a single hour than the sun in his whole day's circuit. The poet's visions of evening are all composed of tender and soothing images. It brings the wanderer to his home, the child to his mother's arms, the ox to his stall, and the weary laborer to his rest. But to the gentle-hearted youth who is thrown upon the rocks of the pitiless city, and stands homeless amid a thousand homes, the approach of evening brings with it an aching sense of loneliness and. desolation, which comes down upon the spirit like darkness upon the earth. In this mood his best impulse becomes a snare to him; and he is led astray because he is social, affectionate, sympathetic, and warm-hearted. If there be a young man thus circumstanced within the sound of my voice, let me say to him that books are the friends of the friend­ less, and that a library is a home to the homeless. A taste for reading will al­ ways carry you to converse with men who will influence you with their wis­ dom, and charm you by their wit; who will soothe you when fretted, refresh you when weary, counsel you when perplexed, and sympathize with you at all times. Evil spirits in the middle ages were exorcised and driven away by bell, book, and candle, and you want but two of these agents, the booJ^ the candle.--George D. Prejitice. IMPUDENCE is the soul of wit. Krtufmnwta of the People's Kemody. When stillfnl and cantlons medical men give over their own signatures a favorable opinion of the aoothing and vitalizing effects of a prepara­ tion, the pnblic does not hesitate to believe them. The voluminous and emphatic profes­ sional testimony in favor of Hostotter's Stomach Bitters, as a specific for all disorders of tho stomach and bowel*, far liver complaint, inter­ mittent and remittent fevers, and tho thousand Ills that wait upon dyspepsia, must convince the most skeptical. Aside, however, from the testi­ mony of'the faculty, thevc is a large maws of evi­ dence from patients in every walk of lite, all showing that this great preventive and restora­ tive is of inestimable valne to the sick and the debilitated. The Bitter* are suited to all cli­ mates, and are universally endorsed as a pre­ ventive of disorders c&nsed by miasma and im­ pure water Tub shark does business on a large sasila.»r- Newman Independent. Officeholders. ! ,^'fy The office held by the Kidneys Is one of im­ portance. They act as nature's s-'uiee-wuy to oarry off tbe extra liquids from tGe system and with them the impurities both those that are taken Into the ftomach and those that are formed in the blood. Any clotffring or in­ action of these organs is therefore important. Kidney-Wort la nature's efficient aesfctant in keeping the kldueyx in good working order, and Inductor healthy action. If you would yet well and keep well, take Kidney-Wort. "LIGHT IS gradually breaking--me, re- msrkod the man when he paid a gas-bill twlee as large aa uaual. Farmers--Try It! Well a, Biebardaon Sc Co.'a Improved Butter Color irtil be fo'jad to be the only oil color that will not become raucid. Test Hand yoj will prove it. It will not color the butter- Bilk; It gltes the brightest color of any soade. aid la tbe strongest and therefore tbe oheapest.^ Mm persons complain that they cannot Bud words for tbeir thoughts, when the real trouble Is tbey cannot find thoughts for their words. SVDBCOHJLTIVI: AHT.--Explicit directions tor every UBC are given with the Diamond Dyes. For dyeing Mosses, Graseee, Egga. Ivory, Hair, et -. 10c. Druggists keep them, wells. Blohardfon a Co.. Burlington, Vt. . TUB man who drinks brandy and sodashow* a phU-aclo weakness. "LiTtRAti.t carried out of tbe system." Disease when attacked by Samaritan Heroine. A DOCTOit hangs his shingle outside. The barber doesn't. • JOHN DABJS, ESQ., of Woodburo, 111.,writss: wSawarttaw Nervine cured my son ef fits." A COLD in tho bush Is worth two in the head. 1 Will Alwaya Keep It In My Horn. I)IT. WARNKU: Dear Sir--I was very well ssttafied with tho medicine you sent me, and al tor using that aud a few battles beslfles, I will cay that It Is one of the best remedies I ovor tried for Coughs and Colds, and will tborcforo rccommond it highly. And 1 will alwaya have your White Wine of Tar Syrup in my haute as a iainlly mcdiolne. Voura truly, Ksv. C. G. JCATTSHOBK. Btanton, Iowa. Carbo-llnca. Strike tho bosom of old mother And from her veins tin soon There tiows on oil of untold When made into Carboliue. A HUKTEB'S STORT. »Was Owoom», ssl.tts Vfer ftp .Was of the TlaaaeJ •n unusual adventure which reeently eo> cur rod to your eor respondent while huntiaa at Brookmere, in tills Stats. Is so timely and contains so much that «aa be made valuable to all readers, that I venture to reproduce It entire: The day was a most inclement one and snow quite ful, but tbey. of a large swamp, run without dlOeulty, but where tbe hunter constantly broke through tbe thin lea, tak­ ing into the half-frosen mite to his knees. Notwithstanding these difficulties, the writer bad persevered, although a vory Email bag of game was tbe result. While tramping about through a par­ ticularly malarial portion of the swamp, a mlddle-sged man suddenly same la to view, carrying a musKle-loadiag shotgun, and com­ pletely loaded down with gems of > the tsett description. Natural ourtoslty, aalds f*oi» the involuntary envy that hMttaotlvely arose, prompted the writer to enter iarto con­ versation with the man, with the following result: "You've had fine suooess; where AM you get all that game?" "Right here in the swamp.,r "It's pretty rough hunting la tbees parts, eepcci&tiy w hen a man goea up to his waist every other step." "Yes, it'a not very ple&aant, but I am use* to It, and don't mind ft." "How long have you hunted hereabouts?" "Why, bless you, 1 have lived here most of my life and hunted up to ten years ago every year." "How dees it happen you omitted the last ton years?" "Because I was scarcely able to move* m>ich less hunt." I "I don't understand you7" •'Well, you see, about ten yeanragn, alter I had been tramping around all day in tills same swamp. 1 felt quite a pain in my ankle. I didn't mind it very much, but it- kept troub­ ling me for a day or two, and I could p«e that it kept increasing. The next thing 1 knew, I felt the same kind of a paiu in my shoulder and it pained me to move my arm. This thing kept goinff on and increasing, and though I tried to shake off the feeling and make my­ self think it was only a little temporary trouble. I found that it did not go. thortly after this my joints begun to ache at the knees and 1 Anally became so bad that I had to remain in the house mos-t of tho time." "And did you trace all this to the fact that )OU had hunted so much in this swamp?" "No, I didn't know what to lay it to, but I knew that I was in misery. My joints swelled until it seemed as though all the flesh 1 had left was bunched at the Joints; my lingers crooked In every way and some of them be­ came double-jointed. In fact, every joint In my body seemed to vie with the others to sco whfch could become tho largest and cause tne the greatest suffering. In this way several years passtd on, during which time 1 was pretty nearly helpless. I became so nervous sn'd sensitive that 1 would sit bolstered up in tho chair snd call to people that entered the room not to come near me, or even touch my chair. While all this was going on. 1 telt an awful burning heat and fever, with occasional chills running all over my body, but espe> Ctally along my back and through my shoul­ ders. Then again my blood seemed to be boiling and my brain to be en Bra." "Didn't you try to prevent all this agony?" "Try? I should think I did try. 1 tried every doctor that came within my reach and all the proprietary medicines I could hear of. 1 used washes and liniments enougn to last me for all time, but the only relief I received was by injections of morphine." "Well; you talk In a very strange manner for a man who has tramped around on a day like this, and in a swamp like this. How la the world do you dare to do it?" "Because I am completely well and as sound as a dollar. It may seem strange, but it is true that 1 was entirely cured; tho rheu­ matism all driven out of my blood; my joints reduced to their natural size and my strength made as great as ever before, by means of that great and simple remedy, Warner's Safe Hheumatio Cure, whioh 1 believe saved my life." '* And so you now have no fear of rheu­ matism?" " Why, no. Even If it should oome on, X can easily get rid of Ir 1 remedy." . The writer turned to leave, as it was grow­ ing dark, but before I had reached the city precisely tbe same symptoms I had just heard described came upon me with great violence. Impressed with the hunter's story, I tried the same remedy, and within twenty- four liours all pain and in:iammatian had disappeared. If any render is suffering from any manner of rheumutio or neuralgic troubles, and desires relief, let him, by all means, try this same great remedy. And If any readers doubt the truth of the abovo Incident or it£ statements, let them write to A. A. Coatcs, Brookmere, N. Y., who was tho man with whom the writer conversed, and convince themselves of its truth or falsity. J. H. C. CARLYI.B said everybody should have an aim in life. Some of the early settlers of Texas had two names In life.--Texat Sifting*. A Remedy for Lang DInmw. Dr. Robert Newton, late President of the Bclectic College, of the city of New York, ---' formerly ef rtwJnn»tl. Ohio, used Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam very extensively In his practice, as many of his patients, now liv­ ing snd restored to health by the use of this invaluable medicine, ran amply testify. He slwsys raid that so good a remedy ought to be prescribed freely by every physician as a sovereign remedy in all cases of tan* die* eases. It cures consumption, and has no equal for all pectoral complaints. ••Put up" at the Oault House. The business man or tourist will find first- elass accommodations at the low price of $3 and 152.50 per day at the Ganlt House, Chica­ go, oorner Clinton and Madison streets. This far-fumed hotel is located in the center of tho city, only one block from the Union Dqpot. •levator: all appointments first-class. H. W. Horr, Proprietor. He Found It Good. Da. 0. B. WARNKK: Dear Sir--I got a bottle of your White Wine of Tar Syrup and found it most excellent. It was very pleasant to take, and I was greatly benefited by its use. Hautodale, Pa. Ksv. A. HKDQBBW. MCNSMAM'S PEPTONishn BKBF TONIC, the only preparation of beef containing its en­ tire nutritious properties. It contains blood- making, foroe generating, and life-sustaining properties; invaluable for indigestion, dys­ pepsia, nervous prostration, and all forms of general debJity; also, in all enfeebled condi­ tions, whether the result of exhaustion, nerv­ ous prostration, over-work, or aeute disease, particularly If resulting fiom pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprie­ tors. New York. Sold by druggists. AN INVAI.UAUI'I: AKTIIXK.--An article like Bly's Cream Balm has long been desired, and now that It is within the reach of sufferers from Catarrh, Hay Fever, and Cold in head, there is every reason to believe they will make the mo«t of it. Dr. W. E. Buckmaa, W. F. Hatnman, druggist, and other Kaston- Isns have given it a trial, and all recommend it In the highest terms.--Eattun (Aa.) Daily Argun- (Frioc 50c.) Pcauc speakers and singers use Plso's Cure for hoarseness and weak lungs. Occasional doses of Dr.Sanford's Liver Invlg- era tor will keep the liver in gooderddr. Sure. IF afflictod with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaae nompson'a Bye Water. Druggists sell It. Mo. Piso's Cure for Consumption is not only pkasaut to take, but it is sure to cure. "Bough on Hats" clears out Bats, Mice. Mo. Mother Swan's Worm Syrup, tasteless. 25c. "Rough oa Coughs" Troches, 15c; Liquid, 50o. WILLS' May Apple (Liver) Pills, 10c. "Bough on Toothache," Instant relief. 15c. MBuoha-paR>a,<' Gnat Kidnay and Urinary Car*. 91. "Rough oa Corns," for Corns, Willi, Banian*. Ue. Wxixs' Haalth Kssower oarw Dumuli, Impotato*. The "Hough on" Tooth Powder, elegant. 15c. , coRswrnM. OKIM, ASTHMA, WM, All Dtaeasea of the Throat, LUM Î and Pulmonary OrgiM, ss» tu eraaa t aastri " " TUB eSAMJDS A. VNILEB CO._ T V<NUU*»CO.> MUnn,I^Ul. nXASLAimeforMja. J.e.Carr.Vlnert.qatftl.0. PATENTS, t. Washington. 0.6. DRILLS I" BDDRIIXS and IOCS, invented and •ONHKR, Holly, Mich. 'Band tor Bottom Priceo.-Sa BODILY SEND at TO DR. HAND, Austin. Itocae, for a book, mailed in seated about how to dev . «t how to del WrifiecM>rj» doctor with ft. 'yaari' piiwttoc hi one of the largest European capitals. All TOM. sensible sad reli­ sh) e. One fat to everybody. BEAUTY THE LUMQ BALSAM Contains no Ovinia in mar km. rHE LUNG BALSAM la strictly pars and hirmlias to the j person. rHE LUNG BALSAM Is leounmcnded by Phrridaaa, Nonas. rHE LUNG BALSAM For Cvonp is a safe and wm . try It. rHE LUNC BALSAM Bboald be used at the first Oold or Congh. THE LUNG BALSAM AB an Expectorant has no equal. CAUTION.--Be notdeootvad. CaU I Lung Balsam, and take no other. . accompany each bottle. J. N. HARRIS&C0. Limited, Cinoh-frQl PROPBIETORS. .,>6 aV-SOLD m ALL MEDICINE DfcALKB&**a .'Si 1 by using the MUM A6EHTS * •hoe to sell Lubricating. Harness, snd X. y.OrrncBlons, develund.o. $65&-SS££?< for 3 liva Young . county. Addroas ̂CHICAGO, TII. Young Men 1ST, nlahsd. Qfoewarafne. Yalaatin -TsLSoaararandsani wages. Situations fur- i. Valentin* Bros* JanssTllle.Wla- Lady r AdSmHEmm "Ton claim tee aneh for SAJBARI- m XxmvisE,'* ssysasksptlc. "How eta one medicine be a specific for Epi» le*sy»D*a»epste, • leoheltsB » - other aim* j from the blood. ItsNerrlne, Resolvent, Alterative Laxative properties mcatall the conditions hetcia •efeoedto. Ira known world «sW«aa BMOLill trochlea. SRTSSSA.&I$!5< 1 FOR SALE BY Hops and Malt BH--ra DKTftorr, MICE. c®sso in trod action ofop£tcsSnd drastic cathartics, bnt by the restoration of arttvitvto the stomach and nervous nrstem, whereby the brain Is relieved. ef morbid: fancies, which arc crested l>j the causes above referred to. To Clergymen. Lawyers. Literary men, Mer- chanta, Bslikers/ladies and all thoae whose sed- entary employment canaes nervous prostration. Irregularities of the blood, atomach, bowels or kidneys or who require a nerve tonic, appetiser or stimulant, Hanvwa Is invaluable. Thousands proclaim it the most wonderful invig. orant that ever sa stained On sinking system, fl.sa Seldbr all Dragglats. (14> SHX Lord. Stoutenburgh A Co., Agenta, Chicago, 111. B1 iThie poroua ptaatsr Is nUr ItaaMDS for its qaick __ _ _ MMmaaH hearty acttai ia PLA8TERl2£&&r£££ Crlekin tho Back, Side or Hip, Msaralgla, Stiff Joints andHiudsa,Sors ChssL KUav aad»ilP*iuB ar aches sitter loaaloribepssated Xtgootkss,Straagth> ens aad Stimulates the parts. The virtues of hops oora- Mned with naw-dMe and ready to apply, taysffar te Hataamtr. JirttaM aad aalvea rrUx t» easts or S ter gists aad country I A GREAT SUOGESS al>le. Dontbuy Write for my apT ---FllKE. H. S.H.WOOD SX Chamber of Commcn GRAIN * 8TOCIC 944 Henneala Ave., Mku Chamber or Co' Buy and aell 84 small amount* niiesiana. Mr. tbeir customers are 1 MOT Correspondence TO SPECULATORS. _ , reason Mr. 8. H. WOOD, < the" eslpt of prlsa Bop pi>stors.Bo«too, We havaawosiva Chicago and New Y< adamant qr The best family pffi mails Ihwlcyl Steasacfc and CATARRH ELY'8 CREAM BALK when applied by ths tourer into the nostrUa will be absorbed, effect uilly cleansing tb« head of catarrhal MONEY^~SS Intnodarinffthe "Ilsalia* Iffl cutting. The aimpleat ad aaa profits. QtftA returns. Me eenaa ou<!C<mi*jei.OO. rrtailtat territory at o»«. Kvery laor wtoj tor circular. Price 50 cent*, b ELY BROTHERS. PrnreisM. Owego. H.Y, of catarrhal virus rasing, healthy s?ora­ tions. It allaya inflam­ mation, protects ths membrane of ths nasal passages from add* tiotial colda, complete­ ly heala the sores, and restores sense of aud smell. NOT A LIQIND OL SNLTF. A few application! relieve. A tkorxmgk trmlment will rare Agreeable to uae. Sew) mail or at druggets I Whenl say care tSe bos mi , a tlm» aad than h»T» ntara aaato, I »aa» a raSU cat cure. I have assds ths SlsaasaMPIIB. KMLSTST •r FALLIMe SICKNESS a UTO koagstady. ' warraat ay remedy to-eaie the wot*t esses. Because otkinUN failed U no rsaaoa aw art a^jrreeatving £££ %SrSZZ'ZTSf&Jf £7£T£ --""id'r^ SV 2S817JZL**.: HewTe* J r . JVeaei • direct fronsl r. orF« iQaideaersbuj ] Seeds. My new 1 'ledGarden Quidee cent met iJHC to everybody. Seedaatha. . rpkt. Cheap as dirt broagh Send your address for prettiest 1 """ printed. B. H. anBKwAY, I oonraBXB annucuuL A JEJSi •BMitaftm SosrwtttWTAU ALWAYS CUBABLE'SY VBXM MEXICAN USIMEBT. wwnua Bhe< Spa via. Cracks, Screw Weave* Gneht 8tings aad Bltea, Cuts aad Braises, fiprslas db atltd»«a( Coauaetsd Massla BUff folate, Backache, ErapUoaa, Frost Bltea, and all external dkeaaaa. and every hurt at accident Horgenmdeas in family, stable and stock yaiditil BXfTttrALL oess, •wlany. Fa Sprains? Stxalaa, Feet, LINIMENTS i^WHi 1?ttcra0-Y0&TA10 MUTand ethergsowe Pinwmi. Karons, nsahist Oca ii Onma Q*mas.~Jps>dy riMcf «ae eeaapaas restoration to Rkaunt, Yisoa aad 1baoaa Onuinaa amd at eaee far DteausM Pamphlet £r««. Addrase Toltaio Belt Co., Marshall. Mick •' I vJT Baptouaa A certain car* Met ^ months' treatment in onepackaga, ^ lathe Head. Headacb* Dtmnaaa, Hay -- Viftrc-ta W.1*. :>A O.M.U. WW WKIHNO TO . APYMHtttaaa. YYplsass aar i«a saw ths a*wee«maeeai tnthla pager. "* ~ 1 ̂* * , '•* ^ i \ -.i " ' . .,. .