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, t ncnAXDVAiKiaa. the reiiii in yonr b it Alloe or litly, Or Fanny or Mttiy, ? * Or can It be Tilly-- , v •© why do you start? * -- yo-r waadertef fa*#*' -v .v.--«,:v-' 1\viK. rules now supreme? j remember when La Bweeily out apon yon, ;i;,i Fro n softeyes deeply " ,A radiant glean. ' .1 Bnt on yonr straying fancy There dawnwl a new light, When Hat tie, the tall otke, ) ;, s. » > : Or was she the small one?-- * No matter, 't is all one-- >' * Appeared in your sight Now, do tell me the latest , Kew goddess, I pray! Is she 1 «ht, dark, or brown? Lives she up street or down? In the country or town? The real truth say! HB. ' . Y«n ask the last fancy 1 hat glows in my heart. It I give you true answer, Are yon sure you'll not start* And blush and look sh> ? , Are yeu wondering why? Tts true that my fancy f Ha* had a wide range, * But at last it is captured . • ' TOJ surely to change' Not by Alice or Idly, Or evea sweet Mllly. • Thie latest new fancy, T at briuhtens my life, lath? one I am true to. And mean to call wife. / Now Mollie--d n't jest, Let me tell von the rest. ' Mv liteloni; "last faney" ' IH swceUdt and oewt. , . She's so witching and winning • -J . She give lite new z Bt. , "V " " " fche's brav i and she's trufe, Bhe's--well, dear, she's y«0» & CHRISTIE'S TELEGRAPHING. I am very glad that telephones have been invented; and yet I am glad they were not sooner invented. I should like to tell you the reason. That will take some time, for it is quite a story We live in the country, at Oakbrook ||Hd my father is the Trearurer and Superintendent of the Oakbrook mills. Our house--a very pleasant country house it is--is situated on a beautiful­ ly wooded slope close to the river, and is a quarter o; a mile from the mills. That is why telegraph wire was placed between the two. . : I promised father when it was put up that I would learn to send messages over it. There was no one else in the family •who could have learned. Both my brothers were at boarding school, and mother would as soon have thought of studying the Chinese language as teleg­ raphy. Father declared that I never would learn. Girls had but little patience for •uch things, he said. Nevertheless, the •wire was put up and connected with battery in the library, and in just four months' time I had mastered the alpha­ bet and technicalities of the instrument •o that I could use it readily and was able to read the message by ear. It was Harry Randall who taught me. He was one of the clerks at the office, and he had learned to use the instru­ ment, because it was necessary to have somebody to send messages by the wire that ran from the mills to the adjacent City of Palmer. Having explained so much, I think I have said all that is necessary to enable Jou to understand what occurred on a 'ebruary night, about whioh I am go­ ing to tell you. We were through supper, and were . sitting together, lather, mother and I, around the table in the library, when Jtfeeph, our coachman and mai*of-all work about the place, brought in the mail as usual. Father eagerly took a letter that Memed to have been expected, from the other letters. I noticed a disturbed ex pression upon his face as he read it; and I was more anxious than surprised when he arose and went to the hall door and called to the girl who was in the dining-room. "Mary," said he, "tell Joseph to har- . Hiss Prince at once. I must get to the Junction in time for the 8 o'clock ex­ press. He'll have to finish his supper wben he gets back." Then he turned and said that the let ter contained intelligence that made it necessary that he should go to New Tork that night. Of course, as the wi!e and daughter of a business man, we knew what it meant, and that there was not a word of remonstrance to be said. So mother went to make for him what preparation was needful, and ] should have followed her a moment" la tar, but father called liie back. "Christie," he said, rather soberly, am going to tell something that no one knows anything about save Harry Bandall. I have quite a large sum of money--over $2,<W)()--in my pocket." " Be touched his breast with his finger "I never keep large amounts of money by me, bnt in this case it was unavoid­ able, and I thought I should feel less anxious to have it with me than to al­ low it to remain in the safe at the office. I cannot, of course, take it to New York, so I want you to take charge of it and keep it till to-morrow morning, and then carry it to Randall for him to deposit in the bank. Don't say any­ thing to your mother abont it. She is so timid and nervous that she would not sleep a wink all night if she "knew so large a sum was in the house. Do yon Understand -With no slight feeling of responsi­ bility 1 took the leathern pocket-book which he handed me and placed it in the pocket of my dress. Father went on: "Perhaps you had better put it under your pillow. Of course it is fire that I am most anxious about There is no danger of the money in any other way. Not a soul knows about it." Then he went into the hall and came »Very unexpectedly upon Joseph, for I heard him speak somewhat sharply to him because he had not gone to*the stable, and declaring that his business was of more importance than his sup- peir. I heard Joseph mutter something about taking time to finish his meal. Ten minutes later, as father was go­ ing down the steps to get into the car­ riage, he turned back to me, and hold­ ing his umbrella so mother should not hear, he whispered: "I've been thinking, Christie, that young Randall had better come and sleep at the honse. I shall feel easier about you. He is to be there at work to-night until very late." Then he stepped into the buggy, and they drove away into the darkness and rain. I did not send a message to Harry, however. Indeed I laughed a little as I thought of father's anxiety. He was almost as timid as mother, after all. I was of a rather easy, careless dis­ position, and really had not a particle of fear of having the money in my keeping. And as we two sat there in the library for a long while after this, mother dozing in the big chair, and I intent upon some fancy work which I was anxious to finish in time for a friend's birthday. I forgot altogether of the package of money which lay at the bottom of my dress pocket. Joseph did not get back until after ten o'clock although it was only three miles to the junction, and he should have been home long before that hour. We thought little of that, however. He had been with us several years, and we learned that he had been recently led into bad company and that father had several times had angrv words with him about his habits. Joseph slept in the house, and for that reason it seemed to me quite un­ necessary that Harry Rondall should be there also. When the clock struck 10 mother arose declaring it was time to go to bed. She went into all the lower rooms to see that the windows and doors were fastened, and then came back to the library for me. But I did not feel sleepy, and wanted very much to go on with the work, so I begged her to go upstairs without me, promising to come up in the course of an hour. The clock struck 11 almost before I knew the time had passed. I laid down my work and counted the strokes with­ out looking at the clock itself. I was sitting at a little center-table, near the lamp. At my left, a little way off against the wall, was father's desk, with books and papers scattered upon it, and the battery at on end. Opposite me were two long windows that opened upon the side piazza. Over these were thick curtains, closely drawn, which did not shut out the sound of the pelting storm outside. Directly behind me was the hall door, standing, as usual, wide open., "Just then I heard, or fancied I heard, a low sigh or breath in the hall. I turned my head instantly, but did not see any person, and listening intently, heard no further sound. I felt a little uneasy, and smiled to myself at my nervousness, then took up my work again. I had not finished what I had set myself tc do. I had not taken three stitches when I laid the work down again. There was no use denying it or laughing at my­ self. For some reason there suddenly came over me a strong feeling of nerv­ ousness and dread. It seemed as if I realized as I had not before that even­ ing the fact that I was sitting all alone downstairs in the house, at 11 o'clock at night, with a large sum of money in my pocket. I glanced at the desk. Possibly Harry was still at work in the office. If he was, a single sentence over the wire would call him. I was just getting up to go to the desk to signal and see if he was at the mill, when something occurred to me that seemed to turn me cold and motionless as stone in an instant. Behind me, so clese that I knew it came Irom the threshold of the hall door, a low, hoarse voice, that I knew, without seeing the speaker, must be that of a desperate and wicked man, broke the stillness, and bade me "Good evening!" For a moment, as I say, I felt as though I had been turned to stone. Then the voice, speaking again, seemed at least to restore the life in me, and to set my heart to beating violently. The language that the man used was not even as good English as, in attempt­ ing to reproduce, I find myself writing. "Don't be frightened, Miss. I beg of ye not to be frightened. All ye've got teredo is ter keep still, an' not a hair of yer pretty head shall be harmed." Then 1 turned my head, half wheeling my chair at the same time, and saw standing in the doorway a tall, brutal- looking man, altogether as ugly and ill' conditioned and fearful-looking a per­ son as I ever had seen. Naturally enough I opened my lips to utter a little cry, but he stopped me by a single threatening motion of a club he carried in his hand. "S--h," he fiercely hissed. "If ye raise a single scream I'll strike ye as senseless as yer mother is upstairs. The last word changed for the mo­ ment the nature of my fear and gave me strength to speak. "What have you done to my mother?" I demanded excitedly. "Do you mean --have you killed her?" He uttered a sort of low laugh. "No, my dear; she was waking up, so we had ter use chloroform. An' you must keep still or you'll be served the same way. You see, it's just here--" He drew a step nearer and seemed disposed to explain matters. "What we want is some money your father brought down from Palmer yes­ terday. Maybe yer don't know about it; but we do, and we know holeft it in the honse when he went off to-night. My friend is up stairs lookin' for it this minute. All we want is the ihoney. We don't mean harm to nobody. Ye shan't be touched if ye behave yerself an' keep quiet." Somewhat assured by this, and hav­ ing had time while he was speaking to collect myself, I was now able to as­ sume an appearance at least of calm­ ness. I took up my embroidery and went on working, or pretending to work--at the pattern I was embroidering; I think the action helped me, too, for I presently found myself very calm, and with a coolness and resolution that I can hardly believe in now. as I recall it, turning over in my mind what I ought to do. What would these two men do when they found, as they would soon find, that the money was not up stairs ? They would be disappointed and des­ perate--capable, perhaps, of deeds that they had not at first intended. Perhaps I had better give up the money at once and so get rid of them. And yet, father had confided it to my care; and it did not belong to him but to the company. I ouffht not to give it to these men if I could help it. Oh, why could I not give an alarm in some way ? What if 1 could open my mouth and cry out at any risk? Could I make Joseph hoar away out in the wing of the house as lie was? Alas, I knew that I could if©t, even had not this man been sitting there by the door--he had taken a chair now--eyeing me fiercely as though he read my thoughts. Ah, if I had only done as father wished and telegraphed for Harry Randall to come up! And then with this last thought another thought came to me. Why could I not summon Harry even now, if perchance he was still at the office? I arose from my chair, mechanically grasping my hand. My guard got up also evidently suspicious of my. slight­ est movement. I'll have to ask yer to keep quiet, miss, said he, with a hard, determined voice. I turned upon him indignantly. "I suppose I may change my seat if I like " said L And without waiting for hig per­ mission, I walked deliberately over to the desk and sat down on the revolv­ ing chair that stood before it. At the same time I threw my work down on the desk in such a way as to cover com­ pletely the battery, which instrument my companion had probably not noticed at all. Perhaps he would not have known what it was if he had, I sat there a moment listlessly twist­ ing the chair back and forth, and trying to make up my mind what best to do. Just then there was a slight, noise on the hall stairs, and the man became uneasy, stood up and looked at the library door as if he was about to go toward it Then he turned to me again, and with a threatening gesture j said: "You just set thsre while I step into the hall a bit And if yon stir to make a noise, it will be the worst for ye. Do you mind that?" He weni softly into the hall. Feeling that now was my opportunity, I put my finger on the nob, and as silently as possible sent my signal over the wire |nto the night, down to the mills and Harry Randall. "Harry, are yon there?" In another instant I was leaning back in my chair and moving an inkstand on the table to make a noise. How my heart was beating, and my ear was strained to catch the sound that--if I might in God's goodness hope it-- might possibly come back to me! Almost a minute---it seemed an age-- I listened; and my heart sank as no an­ swering signal was heard. Then -- click! click! click 1 came the sounds, sweeter to my ears than the sweetest music, and I knew Harry was there. These sounds were to some extent cov­ ered by the drumming of my thimble, but to me were as plain as spoken words. "Yes.",* • • v. Instantly I sent hack my answer. Two excited words, run all together: '•Robbers! Help!" The total silence that followed as­ sured me, after a minute's anxious wait­ ing, that Harry had comprehended my message, and that doubtless he would come at once to the house. Fortune had favored me, for I had heard the man creeping up the hall stairs, and thus I had escaped the results of any suspicions he might have had had he heard the clicking of the instrument. I did not look at the clock, and so cannot say how long I sat there in si­ lence. It seemed to me that it was hours. Then there was a second of whis­ pering in the hall. The next moment there appeared in the doorway a second stranger, rougher and more desperate, if possible, in appearance than the first; and close behind him to my surprise and indignation, was our man Joseph. They both advanced into the room, the one looking angry and disappointed,; and the other with a sheepish air as he caught my eye. "We have found the key of the safe," growled the second stranger. "But all for nothing. The money wasn't in it, and we have looked high and low, and can't find it But Joe here sticks to it that it's somewhere in the house; and he thinks," looking fiercely at me, "yoa know where. It's no use. Mfcs ; we haven't any time to spare and we won't have no nonsense. I see it in your eye; you know where the money is. And you've got to tell." He had advanced while he had been speaking and was now quite near. I arose from my chair, fearing he meant to lay hands on me. And at that in­ stant--my ears painfully alert to any noise--I was certain I caught the sound of a footfall outside of the window, and I gained fresh courage. "And why have I got to tell ?w I de­ manded, purposely raising my voice so it could be heard outside the house. "What right have you to break into this house this way--" The man suddenly caught me by the wrist, uttering at the same time a fear­ ful oath. "You make another sound above a whisper," he cried, iti a voice hoarse with rage, "and I'll--" He did not finish his sentence. There came a loud crash at both windows at once, and the next instant Harry Ran-, dall with two watchmen from the mills burst into the room. The rescue was complete, so far as saving our lives was concerned. The robbers attempted no resistance. In an instant, before a word could be paid or a blow struck, the, man raised his hand and dashed the lamp from the table. In the darkness and confusion the burglars, Joseph anions them, made their escape. And although every ef­ fort was made, both then and after, to secure their arrest, they never were taken. However, as I said, our lives and the money that had been confided to my keeping were safe; and we were all thankful for that. And I may say again that I am very glad that, at that time at least, the tele­ graph had not been superseded by the telephone.--So merv ille Journal. The Farmer and the Fox. A Fox who had been caught in a Trap while Planning the r„l»bery of Hen-Roost determined to put the best Possible face on the matter, and as the Farmer appeared in the morning he was greeted with: "Ah! I was just about to call for you. I require a slight favor at your hands." "Indeed! but I have you at last! have long suspected that you were Thief, and now I have the proofs!" "My dear sir,"sweetly replied the Fox, "there is no question but that I am in your Trap, and that I got here while hunting for Chickens, but let ns Reason the case." "I'll Reason you with a Club!" shouted the angry Farmer. Wait one moment, sir. By killing me you must leave Evidence around here that you have something worth Stealing. By permitting me to Depart witii my I ife, my sense of Shame and Chagrin will lead mo to Avoid y Hereafter." The Farmer Reasoned it out that way and let the Fox off. MOKAL .--The Fox Probably got in­ to the Coop bv another route the very next night. --Detroit Free I'rems. Suspicious i haracter. Col. Percy Yerger was putt:ng on his coat to go out, for it was lod<je night. Mrs. Yerger looked up, and remarked quietly: "I wish we lived in St. Petersburg." "What do vou want to live in Russia for?" "O, nothing!" she replied with a sicrh, "except that I read in a paper that in St. Petersburg no suspicious characters were allowed on the streets after dark." --Texan Si/tings. ' As to overwork in schools, it has well been remarked by a recent writer that the difficulty we have to face is the inevitable result of attempting to edu­ cate irmultitude of children by one pro­ cess and up to one standard. "I take my tex dis morn in'," said a oolored preacher, "from dat po'tion ob de Scripture whar de Postol Paul pints his pistol to de Fesions." Colors in Leaves and Flowers. All common leaves contain pigment, known to chemists as chlorophyl, from which they derive their ordinary color. The cells of the leaf are stored with this pigment, while their transparent walls give them that superficial sheen which we notice so distinctly in the glossy foliage of the laurel and the bright fronds of the hart's-tongue fern. But very slight chemical changes in the composition of leaves suffice to give them a different color, which is not sur­ prising when we recollect that color is nothing more than light, reflected in greater or less proportions of its con­ stituent waves. The fashionable pelar­ goniums, coleuses, and begonias, or the dark sedums which are employed to form, the quaint carpet-gardens so much in vogue, show us how easily the green coloring matter cau be replaced by va­ rious shades of purple, red, and brown. These changes seem on the whole to be connected with some deficient nutri­ tion of the foliage. It would appear that the normal and healthy pigment is a rich green; but that, as the leaf fades and dies, it passes through successive stages of orange, pink, and russet. The autumn tints of the forest, the crimson hues of the Virginia creeper, and the transitory colors of a dying plant, all Ihow us these passing nu­ ances. If a single leaf, or even a par­ ticular spot upon a leaf, is insufficiently supplied with nutriment, its first symp­ tom of ill-health is a tendency to pale­ ness or jaundiced yellowishness. If an insect turns some portion of it into a gall-nut or a blight, the tips assume a beautiful pink hue. In short, any con­ stitutional weakness in the leaf brings about changes in its contained pigments which result in an altered mode of re­ flecting light. Or, to put the same fact in another way, any change in the com­ position of the pigments is apt to be accompanied by a change in their color. Now, the ends of long branches are naturally the least nurtured portions of a plant, and the young leaves formed a^ such spots have a great tendency to assume a brown or pinky hue. Fur­ thermore, these spots are exactly the places where flowers are formed; flow­ ers being, as we saw above, mere col­ lections of aborted- leaves, destined to fulfill the functions of parents for future generations at the point where the vigorous growth of the original plant is beginning to fail. Nothing can be more natural, there­ fore, than tbat the flower leaves should show an original tendency to exhibit the brilliant hues, a tendency which would of course be strengthened by natural selection if it gave the plant and , its descendants any superiority over others in the struggle for life. It should be remembered, too, that the flower differs from the leaf in the fact that it is not self-supporting. The green portions of a plant are its mouths and stomach; they are perpet­ ually engaged in assimilating from the air and the water those elements which are fitted for its growth. But the flower is a purely expensive structure; it does not feed itselt; it is fed by other portions of the plant It uses up, in the act of growing and expand­ ing, energies derived from the food which has been stored up by the chlo­ rophyl elsewhere. Accordingly, we mght expect its pigment to present that less energetic, more worn-out form which produces the brighter hues of autumn and the pink tips of a growing bongh. From whatever point of view we regard it, we see that a flower is naturally supplied with some coloring matter less active than that green substance which forms the as­ similative agency in common leaves. It is easy, therefore, to guess how cer­ tain plants may have acquired the first tinge of color around their organs of fructification, and thus have attracted the eyes of insects bv their superior brilliancy.--Comhill Magazine. Old Age. On the whole I think we old folks had better give up the idea of taking pleasure altogether; but happiness is not denied us, and in some respects is easier of attainment than when we were young. There are at least no false joys. Unless a man is a born fool he knows, lifter fifty, the wortli- lessness of all pretense. He does not wear tight boots or cultivate the no­ bility. He is content with his own po­ sition, and has learnt that an ounce of comfort is worth a pound of swelldom. He has no more illusions, at all events of the material kind. He knows what he like-t, and sticks to it. He has no curiosities about strange sherries. He is quite sure as to whether the sea agrees with him, and that moving after dinner does not. He may not "know himself " in a philosophical sense, but he is admirably posted up in that sub­ ject for all practical purposes. The accuracy of his views in fhis direction does not necessarily imply selfishness or even egotism; it is merely the fruit of long experience. Of course there are old men who think of nothing but themselves; but if you consult their contemporaries you will find that the habit began with them some tiflie ago. Selfish or not, old age is certainly in­ clined to be tender hearted as regards little children; I don't mean rude, mis­ chievous brats, whom nobody really likes but their mothers, but nice chil­ dren. I have seen the tenderest friend­ ships existing between April and No­ vember, the overtures for which have always come, of course, from the lat­ ter, from the six with the nought to the six without it; and I am inclined to think that children's happiness is shared by old people more than by those less mature. This not, as some cynic may say, because we ourselves are nearing second childhood; it arises from the far-back recollection of our own youth (itself sufficient to inspire tenderness), and from the reflection, born of the fullness of our years, that it is well for these little ones to gather the roses while they may. On the other5 hand, we do not "go a-wooing in our boys" with quite the gusto that has been imputed to us; it reminds us of our own vanished pleasures; and be­ sides, it generally ends in our having to make them (what, by the by, they seldom make for tis) an allowance. Next to the young, as the years creep upon ourselves, we love and admire what is old. As a rule, though there are rare exceptions--Victor Hugo--like old men, who hail every new invention as heaven-born, and behold in every gleam of promise the Sunrise -- there are no such true conservatives as we old men. Change is abhorrent to ns, even to the finding of our slippers on one side of the fireplace instead of the other. We cling to eld customs and old manners, to old books, old serv­ ants, and old friends. These last fit us like old boots, and are as welcome, and, if lost (for they are never worn out), are as difficult to replace. Never did the great London sage give a wiser piece of advice to us than to make friends with younger men, lest, being suffexed by the cruel kindness of fate to survive our contemporaries, we should find ourselves without friends at all. Old men have parts to play as regards their juniors, if they will. Some of us have power, some influence, some riches, and all of us who have not misused our lives some'sympathy with those who need it. To us come the young with their confidences, their aspirations, their requests, that for va­ rious reasons cannot be made to those on whom they have nearer claims, The young inventor brings his project, the maiden her tender secret, the bash­ ful poet his lay. At the lowest we can encourage them, and put our experi­ ence at their service. If such help as we can render cannot be called a pleas­ ure, it is only because the satisfaction we derive from it is so serene and lofty as to merit a higher name.--Anon. Oddities of Chinese Chronology. The ancient belief of Chinese writers was, that there had keen before the time of Confucius a period of '2,267,000 and some odd years, when the powers of Heaven and Earth first united to produce man as the possessor of the soil of China. However, from the time of the Emperor Yaou, upward of 2,000 years before Christ, the Chinese had two different years---a civil year, which was regulated by the moon, and an as­ tronomical year, which was solar. The civil year consisted in general of twelve months or lunations, but occasionally a thirteenth was added, in order to pre­ serve its correspondence with the solar year. Even at that early period the solar or astronomical year consisted of 365£ days, like our Julian year, and it was arranged in the same manner, a day being intercalated every fourth year. At the instance of the Jesuit Schalf, the Chinese in the seventeenth century adopted the European method of divid­ ing the day into twenty-four hours, each hour into sixty minutes, each minute into sixty seconds. The civil day be­ gins at midnight and ends at the mid­ night following. Since the year 163 before Christ the Chinese writers have adopted the practice of dating the year from the accession of the reigning em­ peror. An emperor on succeeding to the throne gives his name to the years of his reign. He ordains, for example, that they shall be called Ta-te. In con­ sequence of this imperial mandate the following year is called the first Ta-te. and the years suceeding the second, third, and so on to the end of the chap­ ter, until it suits the "Great Pure" or "Great Bright" to ordain that the years shall be called by some other appella­ tion. The periods thus formed are called by the Chinese Nien-hao. Ac­ cording to this method of dating the years a new era begins with every reign, and the years corresponding to a Chinese date, can only be discovered when the inquirer has before him a catalogue of the'Nien-hao, with their re­ lation to the years of the Christian era. --Inter Ocean. Company Shops. Mr. M. M. Shoffner, Postmaster and Justice of the Peace, Company Shops, Ala­ mance Co., N. C., writes he has used St. Jacobs Oil for rheumatism, cuts, swelled ankles and knees, pains in the back, and sore throat. One or two applications in each case has always cured, and he believes the Great German Remedy is the best in the world. "As long as I can get it" he adds, "1 never intend to be without it." A Senator's Daily Bread. "When Senator Palmer goes to New York and stops at the Fifth Avenue Hotel he always carries a loaf of gra ham bread in nis satchel. Before going to his meals he cuts a couple of slices from the loaf and puts them in his pocket At the table he pulls the bread out and has always something before him he can eat. In his house at De troit he has a mill constructed on pur pose to grind the flour for this bread and at home he will never eat bread made from flour ground at any other mill. When he first came to Washing ton he was invited to so many dinner parties and was obliged to eat so much that he was distressed and sick most of the time. At a dinner party later in the season, however, he happened to notice that Senator Mahone skipped every other course and only barely tasted of the dishes he took. He prof ited by this suggestion, and since then when invited to dine he keeps his jaws, in motion, bnt only nibbles at his food. --Boston Courier. The Dally Ncourg* or Thousands Of oar fellow countrymen and women, dyspej^ sia. may be permanently s ayed by the use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which, wlthoer talnty and rapidity, initiate < a reform in the ac tlon of a weak or disordered stomach. It pro motes secretion of gastric juice, which, in the chemistry of the stomach, acts the part of a solv ent: removes thope twin obstacles to tranquil ity in the digentive repion, biliousness and con stipation, and r-meiiies lienrtburn, flatulence, four or bitter eructations, distension of the ah' domen and other symptoms to which sufferers from indigestion are subject. Dyspepsia begets sleeplessness, causes vertigo, "and produces chronic irritability. These sympathetic evi­ dences of its existence disappear through the influence of this inimitable medicine. Deb litat lng maladies which entail loss of strength and flesh are counteracted by it, and it is the iinest known specific for fever and ague and malarial ailments in general. Kidney troubles, ut«ciae debility, andTheumatlsm are relieved by it. Not a Cold Day in Wall Street. Demetrius, the son of Aro, accosted Croesus, the well-known Wall street speculator, one fine morning, as follows "There be pratings here and there, O Croesus, that the recent disasters in financial circles have jeopardized your fortune. Tell me, if so be, I may deny these rumors." "Young man," quoth the Lydian millionaire, "how blows the wind to­ day?" " Tis southerly," replied the son of Aro. "And the thermometer--how stands it up against your drug-store window?' asked the famous speculator. "I do bethink me," answered Deme­ trius, "it Bhoweth 106 degrees in the shade." "'Tis well," said Croesus, with bitter Bmile, "Know then, O son of Aro, that when the wind is southerly and the thermometer points to the upper side of zero, the conditions are unfavorable to Croesus' getting left."-- Chicago News. THE cucumber is cool, but it can kick up the hottest time of any known prod­ uct of the vegetable kingdom. MANY who long suffered from urinary and digestive diseases, causing nervousness, weakness, and debility, after trying bitters, kidney meJieines, iron medicines, etc., with­ out benctlt, have found permanent relief in lroin one to three bottles of Dr. Guysott's Yellow Eoc-k and Sarsaparilla, the only per­ fect blood puriiler and strengthener. Hun­ dreds of letters to the proprietors have testi­ fied to its superiority over the many pretend­ ed cures so largely advertised by means of bogus certificates that are bought and paid for. __ ' THE mosquito's auger is an appropriation bill. THAT wonderful cstbo!:ocn l:nor.TI s,z Lydla E. Pinkbam's Vegetable Compound has given the lady a world-wide reputation for doing good. It Is a living spring of healib and strength. THE riches which always taketo themselves wings--ostriches. Came, Gentle Spring, and bring malaria, dyspepsia, biliousness, torpidity of liver, and a train of kindred mal­ adies. Fortunately Kidney-Wort is at hand. It may be had of the nearest druggist, and will purify the system, correct the stomach and bowels, stimulate the liver and kidneys to healthy action, remove all poisonous hu­ mors and make you feel like a new man. As a spring medicine, tonic, and blood purifier, it has no euual. THE dancing skeleton at the Dime Museum is not an illusion. It is a bony-fled thing.-- A'ew Orleans Picayune. Horsford'a Aeld Phosphate FOR WOMEN ANI) CHILDREN. Dr. Jos. Holt, New Orleans, La., says: "I have frequently found it of excellent service in cases of debility, loss of appetite, and in convalescence from exhaustive illness, and particularly of service in treatment of women and children. WHV is a woman deformed when she is mending her stockings r Because her hands are where her feet should be. GET THE BEST DVES.--The Diamond Dyes for family use have no equals. All popu­ lar colors easily dyed fast and beautiful. Only 10c. a package at druggist's. Wells, Kich- ardson & Co., Burlington, Vt. Sample Card, 32 colors, and book of directions for 2c. stamp. CAN anybody give us the address of the man whose name la Legion?-- Kochestcr Pott- Kxpress. , Abandoned Cases. A comparatively large number of the cases which Trs. Starkey & Pulen, of 1109 Girard street, Philadelphia, are so successfully treat­ ing with Compound Oxygen are what are known as abandoned or "desrerate" caees-- many of them a class which no physician of any school would undertake to cure. They ai e, in fact, xueh (tx have run tlu gauntlet of ex­ periment ibithin the rryuUrr «ciittokt of medicine and qtiaekfry without, until between disease# and drugs the palienl in irduced to the naddrst and motf deplorable condition. No treatment can be subjected to a severer tost Write lor Information in regar d to its nature and action. Satisfactory Evidence. J. W. Graham, Wholesale Druggi-t, of Aus­ tin, Tex., writeB: "I have been handling Dr. Wm. Hail's Balsam for the Lungs for the past year, and have found it one of the most salable medicines I have ever had in my house for coughs, eo'ds, and even consump­ tion, always giving entire satisfaction. P|ease send me another gross." •'Pat «p" at the Ganlt Honse. ' The business man or tourist will find first- class accommodations at the low price of IS and $2.50 per day at the Gault House, Chica­ go, corner Clinton and Madison streets. This far-famed hotel is located in the center of the city, only one block from the Union Depot. Elevator; all appointments flrst-claas. H. W. HOTT, Proprietor. SCIATICA la one of the most agonizing forms of that dread disease, rheumatism. The wife of Kev. C. M. Heard, of Neeuah, Wis., who was affected in the hip, and alter taking a single bottle of the sovereign speci­ fic, Athlophoros, she was completely rid of the pain tbat had tortured her fur years, and moved around with the freedom and activity of youth. Athlophoros never fails to quickly cure, and it is perfectly harmless. Price, SI per bottle. If your druggist hasn't it, send to Athlophoros Co., 112 Wall street, N. V. FOR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression of spirits, and general debility in their various forms; also, as a preventive against fever and ague, and other Intermittent fevers, the " Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell, Hasard 4 Co., of New York, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. MESSRS. EI,T BROS., Druggists, Owego, N.Y. --Inclosed please And money for four bottles of Cream Halm. 1 tried it on a man who could not smell at all. After using your balm for six davs could smell everything.--J. C. MATHEWS, Salem, N. a (Price 50 cents.] A NATI RAI. oil, cleanly, one that will not become rancid, one that is penetrating, one that combines all these qualities is Carboline, the most elegant hair-dresser and restorer. Try it. Etr's CREAM BALM cured me of Catarrh of many years' standing--restored my sense of smell. For a cold in the head it works like magic.--E. H. SHERWOOI>, National State Bank, Elizabeth, N. J. [Easy to use. See adv.] "BOUGH ON RATS." Clears out rats, mice, flies, roaches, bed-bugs, ants, vermin, chipmunks. 15c. IF afflicted with Soro Eyes, use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c. "Bough on Itch" cures humors, eruptions, ring, worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, Ir a cough disturbs your sleep, one dose Of Piso's Cure will givo you a night's rest. "Buchu-Paiba." Quick, complete cure, ali annoying kidney and urinary diseases. $1. HEADACHE IS immediately relieved by the use of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. "Hough on Corns." 15c. Ask for it. Com- p'ete, cure, hard or soft corns, warts,bunions. GERMAN Rheumatism,Cf(eufalgia, Sciatica, Backachs, Haaischs, Tostkacha, •ratbMMt, Swcllhii^Spralii*. Bralass. 1 Sanu, aealSi, Frtrt Bltca, ARB ALL OTHES BOBILY fllll ASS itm S*tdkr BuiliUud RaatoriertrTwhera. nitfOMM / DirMliMM In 11 Li DlrMliMM t /THE CKARUEI A. VMKLER C*. a A ttHHimul VOUBLSftftOO.) BAIUMM, •^C.S.AB • .LYDIA ft. PINKHAM'S • • VEGETABLE COMPOUND •••isAPOsmva CDRIFOB*** All these palatal CoHplalats * aad Wsakaessea so common * '•••••tooarbsst****** k* * mm POPULATION. • • THwW !•••..fc.«. < l U m>teli " . , Mil for th4 UffitimaIt kmling ef fPS*? "IKiJKt rtlitf of pain, and Mat it doe/, all it tiaims to do, thmuandM of ladim can gladly testify, ® • It will en r» entirely all Ovarian trouble*, Inffarama, son and Ulceration, Falling and Dindaeemeutg. and •dtotSto Cbugt'otuT^ • It remoTeaFUntne*B.Flatnl«n<-T, destroy* all crarlnf for cttmoluita, and relieves Weak new of the Stomach. ItcurM Bloating, Headache*, Nervous Pro«tration, Ocneral Debility, BleeplemneMt Depression and Indi gertiou. That feetingof bearing down, causing pain, and backache, is always permanently cured by its use. • Send stamp to Lynn, Mass., for pamphlet Letters of c» « » S , 1' LFIRII Telegraphy,or Short-Hand and Type LHI»I1 Writing M*t«*. Situations luroiaued. Aildroes VALENTINE BROS., A9KNTS WANTED for the best and fssteBt-seilirj Pictorial Books inl Bibles. Prlcesreduced • (er eent. NATIONAL PUIILISHINO CO. Chicago. HL DATCUTC ? Thomas P. Simpson, Wssh- • #% I BH I 9i innton, D. C. Nopaya^ked for patent until obtained. Write for Inventor*' <;uide. BLATNK AS1) LOGAN CAM­PAIGN BADGES.-1.000, *36.00: M0, «ai.00; 100, :M.00. Samples by mail, 10,-. NEWARK SPECIALTY COMPANY, 139 New Str.*t. Newark. N. J. A few agents to sell an ar­ ticle tliat iB needed in every family. Article sells on Right. Send fifteen oenta for mple to GEO. F. KICHIJXE. Earton, Pa. WANTED! COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS Supplied with partly-printed ehretx in the most satis­ factory manner. Send for samples and prices to THE NEWSPAPER UNION, Nos. 271 and '.Vo Franklin Street, Chicago. Important Reduction in the Prloe or VASELINE (PETBOLEVM JELLY.) 1-uuucr bottles rvuuwti from iocio 10c. 2-oonce bottles reduced from 25c to 15c. 5-ounce bottles reduced from 50c to iSe. Hie pnblic most not accept any but original goods bottled by us, as the imitations are worthless. CbeMbroagh Masitiiactmrmg C©.4 Kew Tork, THE SURGEOFFS KIKE, I KeisimuiwwTOsWwwtHia^ Bladder--This Dang-erou* Opera*!-- Mi flit bare been Avuta«4 by tfe# Timely U*e e£ Dr. Qs.vW Tr------ Favorite Kemedy («f IwiMt, K.Y.} Mr. {Simeon TletseH, formerly of Bondont, IT. t. had been treated for seven yean by various phyrt- cians for what they called Stricture of the Urethra, without benefit. He finally consulted Dr. David Ken­ nedy, of Bondout, X. Y., who found his trouble to he Urinary Calculi, or 8tone« in the Bladder. The Doctor at once removed the foreign bodies with the knife, and then pave his great kidney aad liver medicine. FAVORITE REMEDY, to prevent their reformatio*. The entire treatment waa eminently racceaafal, aad Mr. TIetaell's recovery waa rapid and complete. While FAVORITE REMEDY ia a specific in all Kid­ ney and Bladder diseases, it is equally valuable in cases of Bilious Disorders, Constipation of the Bowels, and all the class of ilia apparently inseparable froca the constitutions of women. Don't forget the nana and address, Dr. David Kennedy, Bondont. X.'T. The Doctor would have it understood that, while ba is engaged in the introduction of his ntedidna^ FAVORite REMEDY, he etill continues the practice of his profession. He treats all diseases of a chronic character, and performs all the minor and capital operations of surpery. "J Fain is supposed to be the lot of us poor MUL as inevitable as fleath, and liable at acv time iorome upon us. Tlierelore it is important that remedial agents should '>• at hand to be used in an emergency ̂ when we are made to feel the excruciating agonies oi pain, or the depreasinsr influenee of disease Such a remedial airent exiatH in old Family Remedy, PERRY DAVIS' Pain-Killer It wis the first and Is the only perns* nent Pain Reliever. ITS MERITS ABE UNSURPASSED. There ia nothing to equal it. In a few momenta ft curee Colic, Cramps, Spasms, Heartburn, arrhffa, Dysentery, Flux, Dyspepsia, Sick llfrtii Hi, Itlafonndto * CURE CHOLERA When all other Remedies 1*0. WHEN U8ED EXTERNALLY, AS A UNlMEd, nothing gives quicker ease in Barns, Cats, Ural sea. Sprains, SUnn from Insecta, MM Scalds. It removes the fire, and the wo' jrdlnar like ordinary sores. Those suffering with Bfaeum*- tism, Uout. or Neuralgia, if not a positive cure, they find the pAlN-KlIJJiR gives them relief ^rhenno other remedy will, Xtinjrs from Insecta, i fire, and the wound l irith ~ Ive i In secttona'c? the'oountry wbuo FEVER AND AGUE Prevails there is no remedy held In neater eatotttt. Persons traveling should keep it by tSem. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. TRADE -1 IfflfimimoDnimfl Liver and Eidne j Bemedy, Compounded from the well KAMH OuraAives Hops. Malt, Buchu, MAA-^T ~ drake. Dandelion, Saraaparilla, Caa- earn Bagrada, etc., oombiaadwnhaa agreeable Aromatic Elixir. I i THEY CUBE DYSPEPSIA ft IMQISTill, id apo> the Liver aad Kidaera, BMHTXiAXlMCSbi BOWELS, They core Bhewmattan. and all Uri­ nary troubles. They Invigorate, noorlah, atrangthen and quiet the Karrons System. As a Tonlo they hmvm no Squat. tkto none bat Hops and Malt Batata. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS.---- Hops and Malt Bitters Co. DETROIT, MICH. i i | Sera relief KID0EIT8 PMTIUE&S^'torii * o». •••••••••paaiiMtgwa,! SIO TO $20 PER DAY. Agents wanted to sell IJVES OF THE PRESIDEN­ TIAL CANDIDATES. Soetire territory at o->oe. JAMES E. LOVELACE. Muskegon, Mich. FRAZER ••STIN TH1 WORLD. i*"0W the Genuine. Sold AXLE A rWTSiCUH «* lam A tie* MVS of RMfcrt Fas4 : "I can iay of tbit pveparatkw of food that. H htt NEVERFAILEO sue, or failed to wtMn rW«tt strictly according to BT 4ir«cUoa«. With •erupaloua car?, tn«re QMd bo •err little trouble from bowel eran- plalnti; and to thi? I af^ribe I ha • net that I have rttver lost a ohQJ with any form of diarrhea cr cholera tafaatetzi, WOOLKICH * CO., ManufacturersPalmer. wtta. AGENTS WANTED HURRAH FOB _ BLAINE * LOGAN "The White Plumed Knight of Malae"and "The Old Soldier." The official and inthantte biographies indorsed by the National Cummlttee. By A. L. Coburn, assisted by prominent otftrtaia- »nd literary men. Book now ready. Write atooce. Send Mc. for outfit. 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