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He paid me st night," said George Dwight, hand­ ing his wife a roll of crisp bills as they both rose from their early breakfast. Then kissing her and leaving a good-by for liis two hoys, he left the house to take the train for the city, and his brisk, frm tread echoed down the gravel . walk. f f She Unrolled and smoothed out the nbtea with a sense of thankfulness and satisfaction. They were far from rich, and this money, hardly and honorably earned, typified to her, comforts, neces­ saries and charities. When she rose from the table she carried the money into the pantry, and put into one of the celery glasses on the second shelf. She always had a feeling Of added responsibility when she had feioney in charge in George's absence. She was a brisk, pretty little body. With a deal ef vim about her, and it was not long before the dishes were trashed and the room tidied. Then she Went ont to feed the half-dozen white Xieghorns. Coming back, she stopped to see how matters were progressing in tfee garden. rTbe beans and peas and lettnee were &>ing finely, and the tomato plants be­ gan to look quite sturdy, but she noticed, with vexation, that the currant worms were destroying the bushes. "I must get," she thought, "some helle- boro to-day." ~ When she came into the house again, she heard Eddy and Larry awake up ^|airs, and went up to help the rosy, Wealthy little fellows dress, who soon eamo down to their breakfast of bread and milk, after which they went out ill to the yard to play. After airing and making beds, she thought now was a good time to slip down to Atlee's store for the hellebore --but that thirty-five dollars! She nev­ er could leave it in the house during her absence. Supposing a tramp should happen along? There had been one there the day before, a glowing, hard- faced creature, with vile and wolfish eyes and brutal mouth, and it was not feassnring to think of him as yet in the • ficiHity. A little round pocketbook of Eddy's, tied with a red ribbon, lay on the win- (low-sill. She took it up, placed the hills in it and thrust it down deep in her pocket. Occasionly she gave it a furtive pat as she went down the street to convince herself of its safety. She wondered how it was that George OOuld thrust rumpled bills so uncon- ^ilrnedly in his vest-pocket, and never Seem to give them a single thought! She got the hellebore, can|^ home "•lid prepared the mixture to sprinkle the currents. That work finished to - her satisfaction, she went in to peel some potatoes to make cream-potatoes for the children's lunch. She peeled them deftly; she had pretty, dimpled wrists and taper finders. The dark oak table and the yellow pipkin were of harmonious tints, and she made a home-like picture with the brindle cat by her side and the sunshine streaming in on her neat blue calico. She laughed merrily as she took the tittle pocketbook from her pocket, for the purpose of laying it for a few mo­ ments on the mantle-piece. "It'ssafe enough'" she said; "but I'm •are if I had a thousand dollars in my -§ole charge for a day, George would OOme home to find me a lunatic." She had bArely finished the potatoes. When an over-grown, freckled girl - Iralked in through the open door with­ out ceremony, and sat down. \ "Mornin', Ria," she said. "Good morning, Msry," she answer­ ed, kindly. "And how are you and the (est of the folks this morning ?" "Oh,1 everybody's well enough. Aunt , Euni e's baby had the colic last night, but he's all right now. Peelin' pertaters, •h r As this fact was sufficiently percepti­ ble, Ilia made no answer; she was se­ cretly wishing that Mary, poor girl! had better manners. Mary was her half- lister --her father's daughter, -- who, since her orphanage, had been living with her mother's sister, an ignorant iroman, who was letting her, after the ttanner of Topsy, grow. *' She was not a very lovable or agreea­ ble child; she was rather sly, very pry­ ing and very conceited, but she had a Wonderfully kind heart, and would fetch and carry for those of whom she 'Was fond like any Spaniel. "It'* awful nice out to-day," She said, <fa the pleasant, soft voice that was one Of her few agreeable characteristics. "I've started to go up to Tallman's med- der for strawberries. George Dunn said there were oceans of 'em there. Don't you b'lieve, Ria! Jennie Dunn has a new dress--a pink-sprigged lawn. I ... Wish I had a new dress. I never get taothin* like I used to, sence mother died" • "Oh yes. Mary; your aunt dresses you quite nicely, but she does not want to spend your money carelessly. She is very honorable about trying to save It until you are are grown up." "I don't care for that, Ria; she's aw­ ful mean about lettin' me have even a , |>enny. I jast wish I could have money when I want it Say, now, haven't you some molasses cake you want to cut ? I have never had none sence mother died that tastes like her'n but yourn." Maria knew Mary was a little gour­ mand, but lie< gentle heart was touched to think the child craved some cake like that her mother us*-d to make; so the potatoes being finished, she set the £ipkin on the table and threw tbe peel-igs into piggy's pail that stood outside the door. "I guess I can find you some," she •aid, cheerily, going down the outer cellar stairs. She was hardly as quick about doing it as she had intended. . sphere were some crumbs on the floor that must be swept up, and while she was down there, she thought she had better turn back the edges of the cream in the pans that it might not get bitter. But at last she cut some generous squares from the amber molasses cake on the efcelft and came with it up the inside stairs. Mary, who was standing Iqr the mantle, started as if frightened aad colored all up; then she crossed quickly to the door and took Up her basket. "Here is youroake," said Maria. "But hadn't you better stay, dear, and lunch with us?" "Oh no, no!" said Mary, hastily. "I couldn't, I oonld«% !, I'm goin' striw. berry in'." She fairly darted out of the door. "Poor girl!" said Ria, with the pity­ ing sigh with which she often spoke of her. Just then old Mrs. Gorham, with her full-moon face and wheezing from very corpulency, came into the yard and up to the house. She sank into the rocker and untied her bonnet-strings. "How de do! What's the noos?" she panted. This was her regular salutation. She could no more have omitted the second interrogation than the first. A world without news would have been to her a vast Sahara. Maria remembered Mr. Atlee had told her that old Mr. Dobbs had caught his right leg in the thresh- ing-machine yesterday afternoon, and that his ankle was badly broken. This news, bad as it was, had an en­ livening influence on the old lady. It gave her a scope for asking all manner of questions concerning the affair, until having worn the topic threadbare, she munched some cake with gusto and oasually inquired the price of Eddy's new hat, as she was a very cormorant in pursuit of knowledge, even the most triflings, pertaining to her neighbors, It was quite two hours before she wad­ dled away, a good-natured old busy­ body, and then it was luch time. Afterwards Maria carried a pail of water to the handsome Alderney, teth­ ered in the clover-lot south of the house, fed the pig, and then coming in, sat contentedly down to her sewing. All at once she started up and went to the mantle-piece. "What a careless creature lam!" she said. Then she turned pale; searched her pocket, her work-basket, the pantry; lighted a lamp and went looking care­ fully down the cellar, only to oome up flurried and frightened. The pocket- book with "Judson's bill" in it was miss­ ing ! Could Eddy or Larry have seen it ? But no! when she called them in from their play to ask, it was plainly evident that neither of them had seen the little round pocketbook tied with the red ribbon. She went carefully over all tbe trans­ actions of the morning. "I went after hellebore; I had it then! I wenttopeei potatoes; I had it then! I laid it on the mantle-piece, meaning to put it un­ der the table-clothe on the pantry shelf. I forgot it--and it is gone!" Mrs. Gorham! It was ridiculous to think of her touching it. Mary! and then a black, ugly thought clutched Maria's heart and left her faint and gid­ dy. It seemed for the moment as if something snapped in her head. She looked again and again into impossible places; even lifted up the oil cloth be­ side the chimney, thinking it might have fallen and been somehow pushed under; but no pocketbook rewarded her search, and she conld think of noth­ ing but Mary's startled movement from the mantle and her burning, suffusing blush! She went out and sat down on the stoop. Larry came to her, trying to be brave; he had a splinter in his little tanned thumb;she must take it out. For a wonder she did not mind his shiver, or praise his courage. "Never mind such a little hurt," she said. "There are hurts that are far worse." 1 hen she caught him to her with a sudden, passionate cry. "Much as I love you, Larry, I'd rather dig your grave with my own hands to-day than have you grow up to do bad, wicked things! to lie! to--to steal!" Ht> whimpered as she let him go; he was not used to such sudden outbursts from his meny, cheerful little mother. Maria's eyes wandered to the currant bushes. She felt no solicitude about them now. She did not heed the cock and hens who were scratching in the onion-bed, but she mechanically marked a measuring-worm looping his odd way along the step. "My father's daughter--my sister--a thief--a thief!" was her mental cry. Mary was curious; she had seen the pocketbook, examined--and coveted-- the wish had been followed by the criminal deed! Oh, if she had only never placed the money there--never put the temptation in Mary's way! She herself was partly to blame. It was queer how now so many little, almost- forgotten facts about the child revived and came buzzing like a swarm of bees into her brain. There was the time Mary shut her­ self up in the store-closet to pilfer sweet rusks; that other time when she took George's pencil-sharpener; and there was Eddy's ten cent piece that she had picked up--and kept! Maria had meant to talk to her seri­ ously about these things, but she had somehow put it off, and now it was too late. Oh, the poor wicked, wicked child! Anger, compassion, sorrow, shame, tore Maria's heart. The worm had looped his way across the step and vanished, and she became suddenly conscious that Eddy and Larry were clamoring for something to amuse them. "Get you basket," she said, "and we will go strawberrving." UShe meant to follow Mary at onp cTconfront her with the accusation. She longed for wings to fly, she was so impatient to meet the erring child. Eddy and Larry felt that she hurried them needlessly. They wanted to stray hither and thither, tp stop at the bridge and skip "stones, or watch the Caddice flies skipping on the water, or the min­ nows disporting in the shallow depths. It was a beautiful day. The sky was a blue realm of purity; the air was as soft as an infant's breath; buttercups and daisies starred and gemmed the roadsides; but Maria was careless of it alL They came across old Mr. Slocum ditching li?s marshy ground- He stopped to talk with them, leaning idly on his spade. He was willing to be loquacious, for his work was not press­ ing, but Maria was in no mood for con­ versation. What did Mr. Slocum with his easy good-nature know of her troubles ? He had never had a thief in his family--never! What would he say now if ahe should say, "I am in a hurry; my sister Mary stole thirty-five dollars from me this morning!" She could imagine his look of blank consternation. . "Pshaw--now--you don't mean it? he'd say. She actually believed she was losing her wits and might say it, so he hurried on. She trembled with nervous excite­ ment as she followed the cowpath that wound among the elder and sumach bushes, with a thin little stream of wa­ ter tmHitig its rhythm alongside. She actually laughed as they came out upon the broad expanse of the wild straw­ berry lot and saw nothing there but a dirty-faced boy, the bees humming in the clovers, and the swallows skimnang overhead. "No, there hadn't bin no girl, nor notliin' there, sence he'd oome," the boy said in answer to her inquiry. He seemed to resent their intrusion and looked wrathfully at the children; probably if their mother had not been with them, the pasture lot would have become a battle-ground. The afternoon was nearly passed when the childron were billing to turn their faces homeward. Maria was mis­ erable. She cculd not go to Mary s Aunt Eunice's now, for the chorea had to be done and dinner got ready for George. Oh, if she only needn't tell George about Mary taking the money to-night! He was quick to condemn--bitter when roused. He would go right dewn and have no. mercy on the poor, erring child, and he would tell Aunt Eunice, who always told everything--even her own family secrets, for she was one of those women who must prattle, even if it be about herself; and Mary would be branded forever and her feet be set-- who knew in what descending paths! It was terrible! terrible! The children went gracefully about their allotted tasks. Eddy unloosened the gentle Alderney from her tether and led her into her comfortable stall. Larry ran to feed the chickens, and Maria went to get the meal for the little porker who was grunting greedily in his pen. He was a voracious fellow, like all of his kind, and she. watched him for a moment. "I don't wonder," she said, litlessly Icoking down, "that Circe transformed Ulysses' gourmands into swine." Then she gave a choked crv. "Larry, come here--quick! Climb over in the pen and pick up--that!" Larry obeyed readily, and fished out of the litter at the head of the trough a little round, dirty pocket-book. She caught it from him with a hysterical laugh. "That's it! that's it!" she cried. "It's Judson's bill!" She opened it with trembling fingers. The crisp notes seemed fairly to smile up at her. "Thank the Lord!" ahe said, broken­ ly. "Why, I never conld have put it on the mantle--never! and I was per­ fectly sure I did; and Mary never even saw it. I had thrown it out in the potato-peelings, and if the pig had de­ stroyed it. I should always, always have thought she had taken it. I might have ruined her life. Poor child! poor child!" "Where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise." Mary never knew with what a self-reproachful heart Maria, as a faint reparation for her unjust sus­ picions, baked the next morning a de­ licious molasses cake and sent it to her by Eddy. The good-natured girl took it with surprised delight. "How awful good of Ria!" she said. Then she hesitated a moment as Eddy turned to go. "Eddy," she called. "Well, Aunt Mary?" "Eddy, I want you to tell Ria that I broke the foot oft' that china match- safe on the mantle, yesterday. I put it under again; but when she finds it out she might think you or Larry broke it Tell her I'm sorry." She did not add that ahe had meant Ria should think some one else had done it. Since she had confessed, it was not necessary to say more. Maria merely nodded when Eddy told her. She could not carie much about such a trifle as a twenty-five-cent match-safe after her experience of the previous day. Still, she was glad that Mary had had honor enough to tell the truth about it--and she saw now what had caused her extreme confusion yesterday--and more than ever was she smitten with self-reproach. "This has been to me a lesson for a life-time, ' she said.--Youth's Com panion. A PRESIDENTS BEAU riFUL WIDOW. A Visit to the Home of Mr*. Jtmw K. Polk. Right in the heart of Nashville stands a large old fashioned homestead of dull-red brick, its roof projecting over the broad piazza, supported by great fluted pillars, and its general aspect conveying an impression of severe stateliness in pleasing variance with the same neighborhood. A long lawn stretches in front of the house, and its pleasant green monotony is unbroken save by a plain massive tomb of white marble which carries its own best epitah in the simple inscription of James K. Polk. A ring at the bell brought to the door a good natured colored girl, who took our cards to the venerable end venerated widow of President Polk. A woman like Mrs. Polk is a revela­ tion to the beauties of old age. Gentle benevolence, broad-reaching charity, ripe experience and a cultivation of mind that extends beyond letters of mankind shine through her conversa­ tion, and her ready memory, keen wit and a store of reminiscence illumine it Sixty years ago at the time of her marriage, Mrs, Polk was considered re­ markable for her beauty, and twenty years after when she presided at the White House it was so fresh and unim­ paired as to attract great admiration, and be notek in the published works and private journals of distinguished foreigners. Time, of course, has stolen the vivid coloring and curved outlines of youth, but he has not robbed her of the up­ right figure and dignified carriage, and left brightness in her eyes and vivacity in her voice, besides lending an added charm to her faultless manners . Crowned with eighty years of honor she rose to receive us, and I am not ashamed to say, that something like dimness came over my eyes at the sight of this brave widow who for nearly half a Century has lived happy in the thought that every day as it passes brings her one nearer to her beloved husband. We all have our little joke about widows, but it dies on the lips when you see one, who like Mrs. Polk, exemplifies the beauty of fidelity. From the library of the dead Presi­ dent she can gaze upon the tomb that marks his resting place, and in tlia: same library remain his hat, gloves and cane, just where he laid them when he came home for the last time. The book he was reading lies open on the table, and the papers of the day beside it In society, and fond of it, Mrs. Polk has yet never accepted an invitation since her husband s death, though witl grace ul hospitality and tact she has received on the first dav of each year the Tennessee Legislature, which ad jotirns in a body to call upon her--and which I am to d is the highest com­ pliment ever paid by State authorities to a lady--and the civic, judicial and eeslesi&stica! bed:ee make it aj»oint to pay their respects to her.--"Cress" in Cincinnati A Huua Tljcer. , At Sierra Majadako, Mexico, several men, drunk on mescale, were standing in front of a house quarreling. For an hour or more they wrangled, first on one topic then on another, fre­ quently coming to blows, but quieting down again without serious casualties. Finally, in a boastful mood, one of the number, pointing to a young wpjpan just passing, observed that he was go­ ing home with her, and ofl'ered to bet that he would. Donato Yiltegas, a brother of the girl, although the rela­ tionship was unknowa to the braggart, Louis Gerra, accepted the wager with great promptness. Gerra stepped out, accosted the girl, and, to the surprise of everybody, walked away with her. Tiburcio Quezada, one of the loiterers, reviled Yiltegas for his foolish bet, and made a disparaging remark concerning women in general. High words fol­ lowed, but no trouble occurred at that time. Later in the evening Yiltegas met Gerra and Quezada in the outskirts of the town, and when they taunted him with the loss of his bet he drew a knife and sprang upon them with the ferocity of a wildcat. None of the men had fire­ arms, but all were well supplied with murderous knives, and these WapOns were quicklv in use. At toe first lunge Viltegaa laid Gerra's cheek open and inflicted an ugly wound on t^uaftadfi, but before he could strike again he had himself received a deep cut in the neck, from which the blood poured freelv. For a minute the combatants stood facing each other, knives in hand. Yiltegas wavered at first, but, realizing that he must fight or die, he made an­ other cat-like spring on his adversaries. They closed on him with uplifted knives, but the struggle lasted only an instant. Gerra's knife dropped from his hand, he reeled back a step or two, and fell heavily to the ground. Quezada, freeing himself from Yilte­ gas'grasp, sprang to one side, tight­ ened his grasp on his knife, and ad­ vanced slowly. Yiltegas, although bleeding from several wounds, never quailed. The men eyed each other like wild beasts, but not a word was spoken. When an arm's length apart the an­ tagonists closed, each striving to stay the other's arm rather than making an effort to strike. In the struggle both fell to the ground and rolled over and over, neither losing his hold on his blood-stained knife. Both men were growing weak from exertion and loss of blood, and the fight could not continue much longer. In making a drive at Yiltegas' neck with his murderous blade Quezada overreached himself and fell on his face, his tightly clasped knife being driven into the ground with his entire weight. In an instant Yilte­ gas was upon him. Quezada tried to rise, but his wounds were mortal, and long before Yiltegas had ceased driving his weapon into him he had breathed his last. Turning his attention to the other inanimate body, Yiltegas con­ tinued to hack at that until his strength was exhausted, when, leaving his vic­ tims where they fell, he stole away.-- Mexico Letter. V „ V * I k . . » . * - > < - " • S i * , r > k Inside a Base Ball. The first-class regulation ball for this year is not different from that in use last year. It costs $1.50, and sells at wholesale at the rate of $15 a dozen. It weighs about five ounces, and, when thrown on a board floor, sounds like a young paving-stone. It is just as solid and as heavy as a turnip of the same size, and, though it is perfectly round and smooth, and the stitches are almost even with the leather, it stings the un- cal loused hand of its catcher as if it were red hot, or covered with prickers. Base balls are dear because they aro made by hand, and they are made by hand because they must be wound tightly, carefully, and evenly. The basis of each one is a little lump of Para rubber, round, and weighing an ounce. Wound around this in every direction is worsted yarn. In some balls, after a thick layer of yarn is wound on it, the ball is dipped in rub­ ber, then more yarn is wound on; then it is dipped again, and finally yet more is wound on, and then the cover is fit­ ted over it. One ball affected by many professionals has a thin skin of con­ crete midway between the cover and tbe rubber. Girls make all the balls. The process is something like that of making certain mixed drinks, wherein the bartender puts in lemon to make it sour, and sugar to make it sweet Play­ ers want what is called a dead ball, that is, one that won't bounce much. A stone will bounce more than a base ball ought to. So the rubber is put in to make it bounce just a little, and the yarn is wound tight, and concrete is added, to stop it bouncing at all. Thus the happy medium is reached. Home- times molded vulcanized rubber is used. The best balls are oovered with horseskin, because it is strong and tough. Many of these are sewed with catgut, but in damp weather the catgut loosens, and, therefore, at such times those balls are used which are stitched with flax. Professionals have agreed upon the best form of ball, and have ruled that it shall accord with these specifications: The ball must weigh not less than five nor more than five and one-quarter ounces avoirdupois. It must measure not less than nine nor more than nine and one-quarter inches in circumfer­ ence. It must be composed of woolen yarn, and shall not contain more than one ounce of vulcanized rubber in mold form, and shall be covered with leather. Base balls can be purchased for 5, 10, 20, 25, and 50 cents. Many of these are maqhine madfc. They are staffed with odas and ends of leather, wound up with cord, pressed into shape, and covered with common leather. The second time one is hit with a bat, it as­ sumes the shape of an egg. A little later it still resembles an egg--one that has been hit with a club.--New York Sim* For Haifa LIfo-T1*e. Mrs. John Gemmell, Milroy, Mifflin Co., Pa., in the Spring of 1864 injured her spine and }>artial para^'sis ensued. For nearly twenty years she was unable to walk. In the Spring of 1883 she was advised to use St. Jacobs Oil, the great conqueror of pain. The first application gave instanta­ neous relief. Before the second bottle was exhausted she was able to walk, and is cured. MJsconstrnetetf.' _ * "Will you walk or tak# % ^bus®' asked an English landlady of a depart­ ing American guest, who hadn't been in the country long enough to know all the peculiarities of the native phrase­ ology. Well--really--you are very kind," said the guest, blushing to the roots of his hair, with a glance at the full, resy- l<|pking and tempting lips of his host­ ess, "and if--it is--quite all the same to you--I guess I'll--I'll take a Tbua." And then the idiot sat patiently in the office for half an hour, and wondering why she didn't oome up and kiss him.-- \ • Special from Waltham, Mass. Fifteen hundred watches are now made daily at Waltham, and they are better in quality and lower in price than everbefore. A Professional Yiew of Stage Lift. "Looking back upon yoUr fife, would you be inclined to encourage a young woman to go upon the stage ?" "iWe a y< ung sister now playing with Fanny Davenport, and that, too, by my advice and with my approval. I think if a girl feels that she has a tal­ ent for the stage, she should cultivate it, not for the sake of notoriety, sup­ pers, popular admiration, or anything of that sort, but soberly and after con­ sideration, with a view to making acting an honorable profession. If a woman does this, she does wisely to go upon the stage,, for there are greater rewards there for it woman (hah any other walk in life. "You ask if it is not well for a woman to start at the lowest rung in the ladder instead of coming out as a star, as Miss Anderson did ? Somo people say it is; but I am not of that opinion. I think a girl who feels that she pos­ sesses a taste and ability for the stage, and has had a good school training, Will do herself no good by burying her­ self in the chores or ballet. If she doeaso, it will be thrown in her face by the press, by the people, and especially by the managers, whenever she tries to become a siar. 'She was in such and such a ballet,' or 'she supported such an one,' or 'she was a member of a stock company,' will be remarked. "A member of a fttock company is hardly ever allowed to star without a general remonstrance from all sides. I advise a girl to strike right out for her­ self."--Annie Pixley, in the New York Commercial Advertiser. Arkansas Appetite. An old fellow living in a "back coun* ty" of Arkansas found a lot of eggs, and, thinking they were the product of the turtle, boiled and ate them. Abont the time he was finishing his re­ past, a friend came up and said : "Great Lord, Jim, do you know what you're eatin'?" "Yes; eatin' turtle eggs." "No, they ain't; they are snake eggs." "Well," swallowing the last one, "it's too late now to quit. Next time 111 be more particular."--Arkansaw Trav­ eler. Repel tn Attack Of liver complaint, not with counter-onslaughts of bloe pill, calomel and mandrake, bat with the gentle and cfficaciotu aperient and anti- bill jus medicine, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Without griping, and progressively and easily, It will relax the constipated bowels, banish the discomfort from the region of tbe liver remove the yellow tint from the countsnjinoe and whites ef the eyes, an<l relieve the nausea, sourness of the breath and fullness of the b'ood vessels of the head, which accompany disorder of the hepatic (land. Voyacera In tho tropics and res­ idents of southern climes, where liver aliments are m ei tally rite, testily with emphasis to its preventive and remedial efficacy. Chills and fever and remittent febrile disorder always In­ volve the liver, and they arc both averted and cured by this excellent specific. Rheumatism and kidney complaints, and debility arising from imperfect asnimilat on and digestion, are also thoroughly remedied by the Bitters. Ulve it a systematic and fair trial. It is to such' men as Abraham Lin­ coln, and Jefferson, and Jackson, and Franklin, all most lowly born, that we owe most of our greatness as a nation. They made themselves new units in the social problem, and out of poverty and ignorance carved honor and renown. This is the proudest fact in our history. We make men, we do not inherit them. We have, in theory at least, based greatness on endeavor and character, not on titles and blood, and the illus­ trious annals of the Republic show that it was a good working theory.--New York World. The mignonette, which holds within its tiny heart a fragrance that should be known in every collection, is much more popular than many flowers of su­ perior beauty. This little plant has drifted to us from far Egypt, where, as some writer gracefully remarks, "it may have wafted sweet odors from the banks of the Nile to the infant Moses as he floated by in his ark of bulrushes." PAtnTATion op rapid breathing of the heart, followed by periods of complete cessa­ tion, is caused chiefly by nervousness and bod blood. If the disease is neglected It is liable to result seriously, especially at a time of sud­ den cxcitement. Purify the blood, strengthen the muscular and nervous system governiug the heart, by using Dr. (iuysolt s Yellow Dock and SHrmiparilla, and you will soon be rid of every trace of the affection. Why should you be shy of winning women? Dealers in sugar candy are not always can­ did. Honford'i Add FlioiphMa. TONIC FOR OVERWORK!?!) MSN. Dr. J. C. Wilson, Philadelphia. Pa., says: "I have used it as a general tonic, and in par ticular in the debility and dyspepsia of over­ worked men, with satisfactory results." War is a guide-book like a pair of band- cuffs? Because it is made for tourists (two wrists.) Ltpia E. Piw*ham's Vegetable Cbmpound Is a most valuable medicine for ladies of all ages who may be afflicted with any form of disease peculiar to their sex. Her remedies are put up not only in liquid forms, but also in Pills and Lozenges, in which form they are securely sent through the malls. What is the height of absurdity? To de­ fend a political editor against abuse is like holding an umbrella over a duck in a shower. Pur* Cod-Liver Oil, made from selected livers on tbe sea shore, by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New Yort. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have de­ cided it superior to any of the other oils in market. . Csrbo-Unn, ^ On every banner blazon bright, Tne motto strong for which we ftfht, Of all the oils that e'er were seen, There's none that beats our Car bo line. Chapped Hands, Pace. Pimples and rough Skin, cured by using Jumper T vrSoap, made by Caswkll, Hazard & Co., New York. Piso s Remedy for Catarrh la a oertaln ours for that very obnoxious disease. Dos't work your br-rses to death with poor axle grease; Frazer is the only reliable make. Bastwitty Relieved. Mrs. Ann Laeour, of New Orleans, La., writes: "I have a son who bti been sick fot two jests; he has been atteo*ed &y oar lead­ ing physicians, but all to uo purpose. Thto morning he had his usual spell of coughing and was so greatly prostrated in cOnse juence that death seemed imminent. . We had in the house a bottle of Dr. Win. Hall's Balsam for tho Lungs, purchased by my husband, ? bo noticed your advertisement. We admin­ istered it and ho was instantly relieved." It Will Cost You Nothing. ' "For what?" For a medical opinion in your case, if yoa are su .erinsr fi om any chronic disease which your pbysican has failed to relieve or cure, "irom »homr" From Drs. Starkey & Palen, ilOJ Ulrard St., Philadelphia, dispensers of the Vitalizing Treatment by Compound Oxyuen which is at­ tracting wide attention, and 1 y which most remarkable cures in desperate chronic easel art' being made. Writ.; and a-k them to furnish such iniorma ion in regard to their trea osenl as wi 1 enable you to get an intelligent idea ol its nature and action. ••Pot op" at the Oaolt Hons*. The business man or tourist will llnd flreV class accommodations at the low price of *9 and tS.60 per day at the Oault House, Chica­ go, corner Clinton and Madison streets. This far-famed hotel is located in the center nf the city, Only one bloek from the Union Depot. Elevator; all appointments flrst-ctasa. H. W. Hoyt, Proprietor. The increasing gales of Piso's Cure attest its claim as tho best cough remedy. JOIN BULL'S FOR THE CURE OP FEVER and ACUE Or CHILLS and FEVER, AID ILL 1UJIRIU DISEASES The proprietor of this celsbrated medi­ etas justly claim* for it a superiority over all remedies ever offsrsd to the public for the SAFE, CXBTAUT, SPEEDY and PER­ MANENT ear* of Ague and Fsvsr, or Chills and Fever, whether of short or long stand­ ing. He rsfsrs to tho entire Western and Southern country to bear him testimony to the truth of the assertion that in no oats whatever will it tail to cure if the direc­ tions are striotly followed and carried out. In a great many oases a single dose has been suflolent for a oure, aad whole fkmi- lies have beenoured by a single bottle, with a perfect restoration of thegeneral health. It is, however, prudent, ana in every eass more certain to ears, if its use is continued in smaller doses for a week or two after the disease has been checked, more especially in difflcult and long-standing cases. Usu­ ally this medietas will net require any aid to keep tke bowels in good ordsr. Should , however, require a cathartio tea three or four dose of BULL'S PILLS will be suf­ ficient. BULL'S SASSAPABXLLA is the oU and reliable remedy for impurities ol the blood and Scrofalons affseaons--the Xing of Blood Purifiers. DE. JOHN BULL'S T1GETABLE WORM DESTBOTXK is prepared in the form of oandy drops, attraouve to the sight and flsaaaat to the taste. JOHM BULL'S • SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP, BULL'S SARSAPAMLLA, BULL'S WORM DESTROYER, The Popular Remedies of the Day. trtesl»aloaM,8Sl • ala St., LOOTS TILLS, IT. „ to be the lot ef us peer mortals. as inevitable sa death, and liable at any time to c^ma upon us. Therefore it In important that remedial aeents should b - at haad to be u*ed in an emervi'iicy. when we are.made to feel the excruciating agonies of cruciattng a 1 of disease, in that old pain, or the deprrs Jing Influence of Such a remedial agent exists in raolly Bemedy, PERRY DAVIS' Pain-Killer |t was the first and Is the only pernta- nent Fain Reliever. ITS XEBIT8 ABE UNSURPASSED. There la nothing to equal it. cures In a few moments It THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY FOR PAIN. RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Solatioa, Lumbago, BACHiCn, HUDA0H1, TOOTHACHE SORf THROAT, WD8T, aWKLLDM« SPBAIHS, acais, Beau* And all ether bodilr aahss aodpalaa. FIFTY COTS A BOTTLE. Bold by ail DnitsWeai Dealer* MreeOMM tali lancnafaa. 4 \ The ChaHoa A. Vi|>lsr 0a. m a. voeuaa a oa» l. r. • ». Colic, Cramps, Spasms, Heartburn, Dl- arrho'a, Dysentery, Flax* Dyspepsia, Sick Headaeke. . m Hi* ftrandts * • • OTJRE CHOLERA When all other itatnedie* fail. ^ WHEN USED EXTERNALLY, AS A IJNIMKNT. .nothing givea quicker ease in Burn*, Cuts, BnilM-ii, Nprsliix. Stiiira from Innerti, and Scalds. It removes Ute (ire. and the wound heals like ordinary Borei. Thone suffering with Rheurna tiHtn, (toot, or Neuralgia, if not a poattive cure, they And the FiiN-KIlXEB gives them relief when no other remedy nut. la aectimis of the country where FEVER AND ACUE Prevail! there is no remedy held in greater esteeaa. feritons traveling should keep it by them. SOLD BY ALL ORUCC1STS. BIS LOOK Tour name in Rubber Printing Stamp, Indelible Ink and Pad to any address, '•V poatptid, upon receipt of 30c. Agents HeadJey * Ransom, P.O.Box95, Rah way. NJ. COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS Supplied wtth parti: lartory meaner, fi THE NEWBftkPBR Street. Chicago. printed sheets in the most satis- COLLEGE --or-- Pbysicim & Surgeons Of CHICAGO* Regular a«»ion op- raa Sept. 99, I$S4. Finest and rest lin^d CoUeg? Edifice in this itnr. gxpcrteacad Faetilty. •aid Cllalcal advwligw. For klonM ftddrac FtofTp. A. K. EBUL tfecratery* 1M1 MM* He *Um$i, 111 BITTERS ITBSTBUTSUODNSINNI Lirer and Kidney Bemedy, mpoepded from the well known I Ourafevee Hone, Malt, Bucfca, Man­ drake DaadaUon, Saraaparilla, Caa- cara Sacrada, ete- eombuedinltt aa atrasehle Aromatfc BMr. ITHET ens snnrai t miesninu AelareatheUraraadKidaeye, I IBSQUULTX $hi BowKLs, I They eure RhevmaUam, aad all Uri-I Tarjr troubles. Ifcagr taTtgDrat* aoorisb, streagthM r --" I Aa a Ton to ttiay have no Iqusl. Ml soil »•> HepsaaS Ma* am--, j (tops and Malt Utters 0*« dctbost, moa. DIE MODERN TE Iaefeastai ia Frefaeacr aal -Wfcat Cab be Deae <• Map Progress ef KMmejr • Cemplalato? there is no more sgonizing class 01 Tiiissa. sad none more certain "not to get well of itself," disorders of the kidneys and bladder. Physicians too frequently fail to recognize what they are, sod even if knowing Ibem. lack the skill for their proper treatment. So that they aie liable to be allowed to progress until they are almost unendurable, aad their victim f> axe made to undergo the most frightful tortures of a surgical operation. The only medicine that does afford speedy relief and permanent cure of such affections is DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY (of Bondout, N. Y.) It is not a mere soother, temporarily, of pain; hot by its alterative action purifies the bloodi restores a health­ ful condition to the diseased organs, and even dt»> solves snd causes the expulsion of gravel and stone from the kidneys and bladder. The testimony of hundreds who hsve been cured by it vouches for this. If you have weakness, or pain in the back over the kidneya, or if your urine is dark colored, do not daisy treatment for a single day, but hasten at once to azraat the progress of the disease by the use of Dr. Kennedy's FAVORITE REMEDY. Dr. Kennedy assume ttie public, by o reputation which he cannot afford to for­ feit or imperil, that the FAVORITE REMEDY does invigorate the blood, cures liver, kidney and Madder complaints, as well as those diseaew "H weaknesses peculiar to females. • • «4' •* 1 /. 1 1 m XSBB BF THE cuiti 8URE -- FOR KIDNEY DISEASES, LIVER COMPLAINTS, CONSTIPATION, PILES, ANP BLOOD DISEASES. | PHYSICIASS ESPOUSE IT KEHBTIIV. | "Kidney-Wort la the moat snouwftii temsdy I ever used." Dr. P. O. Ballon, Xeokton, Vt. "Kidney-Wort ta always veuabta." Dr. a. St. Clark. Bo. Rem. Vt. "Kidney-Wart has eared ay wifli after two years suffering." Dr. C. X. Buminerlin, Son Hfll, Qe. IN THOUSANDS OP OASIS It has cured where all else had fkiled. It la mild, buteffleient, CERTAIN IN ITS ACTUS, but tiirmloMln <11 fT»ra CT» cleanses ths Bleed Streagtheaaaad gives New Uffe to all the Important organa of the body. The natural action of the Kidaaya Is r e s tea ed . Tha l i v e r ta n l saaaa r t of al l f aad tha Bowela move freely aad healthfully. In this way the wont 1 •lss uqvia sa «n, eetaer easeee Dry ean b* sent by mail. WELLS, RICRARSisX AOfeBarttactea Vt. A MONTH aad Board for S Hra 1 Toeng Men or ladiee. In each county, w ' take orders for the Livee of INE and LOGAN! Address P. W. ZIE JI.ER ft (X). Chicwo. ID. 1- (• ; ^ ft is. lu - ARE YOU AFRAID OF UGHTNHfG? la your wife or daughter nervot nerve troubles with KOAJaX. Onlyi of lightning ever formulated; M ream' teas. JLsep ia honaa or pocket. Krentabymaii. Mdmsa SQMjS OOMPANyTb John Street K. V, YEARS mm PHLHTTIII 1S8 rsna Teachea yea toratea, ; care for,Tned. and be a "eat Bsaefal INmltrytaaa;" haw to pnvat dis­ eases Of old or young, aad have ! liens to lay egas. 8&cta.lastamsa. anil a Finy Page Beak "free ta all" with it. A. M. LANG. Cave Dale, UWlsGa, Kg, ACBHT8 WAHTSD SinwfiiE BLAINE * L&CAN The White Plumed Knight ef HalM"Hd The Old Soldier." IVeoit&eial and antfraatta IIM oy won iow ready. ' ck, Chicago. and literary men. Book ul 50c.. for oautt. Bum book out. THE CM Metropolitan Block, U'i •I . ' at 'once, ft • WMOSSGJ •"-EASSASFT!" ?r TsaSfsa important Redaction in the Fttos of : VASELINE (PETROLEUM JBLLT.) lmunee bottles reduced from lfiets 10c. 2'Onnce battles reduced freai 26eta 16c. 6-eunce bottles reduced from SOeto 25c. The public must not accept any but original goods bottled by ns. as the imitations are worthless. Chassbroa«ii HsaafiMtariag Co* Vow York. CATAWHHTHIS REMEDY! laTTl^^^^Hvss discovered by ita ; * S^Mprsasnt acoprietais. and lathe result of ex-. l>erimanta.beaed upon many years'experience aa Pharmacists, it is wholly different from all other preparations ever need for these ties; being per- r harmless " able; troubles eSfljTli mntrast gzkous ado Hiurvi. uqpips. sjiurrs aid CACTsauniQ row- dibs. Andy by the linger into the nostrils. 8end for circular. oeats at Druggists'. <0 cents by mail, ran ate red. ELYBBOTHXRS. Dra«*iata.<>iree». N.T. Mr. M.K.C Jlew-Xadk. to . JTsotsi t Consumption Con Bo Cured. DR. WM. FOB THE LUNGS. Cures Consamptiaa. Oi eiiaillTO^iiif5Sicsl •Ma. Asthoua. Craap, ' GIGKSASSR and poisoned by Uie Coach. hikI i C.H.V. Ns. ST-a«. W'GGL^GGJYA