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MB. WILLIAMS* BEAR FIGHT. . A r«fl()lvMla Fanner's Kacotmter with • Bear in Hit 8herp-Fald. Tve had some party handsome tas­ sels with bears in my time, but I never had a bear tackle me with so little pro­ vocation an' so near at home as one did last spring," said Farmer Elias Will­ iams, of Spring Brook, the other day. "I was going out to . the barn about 7 o'clock in the evening to milk the cows. Back of the barn half a dozen of my sheep were chawin" their cads, the most of 'em layin' down, kinder innercent like. Just as I was tnrnin' the corner I see a big black bear sneakin' np to­ ward the Bheep. I dropped my milk- pail and ran to the house after my gun, little thinkin' the bear'd get away 'lore I got back. I did't s'poae he'd meddle with the shep, but that shows how little I know 'bout a bear's decency. While I was gone after the gun, the black rascal grabbed one o' the fattest sheep in his arms, and when I got out o' the house he was waddlin' off with it as fast as his big body would let him. The filieep bleuted an' cried for his life, but that didn't scare him at alL He kept waddlin* toward the woods, and when I had pot within shootin' distance, I pulled the gun on him. The consarned thing wasn't loaded, an' there I was in a purty Bcrape. I couldn't let the mut­ ton be carried off without an effort to rescue it, an' so I rushed fo"ir the cussed animal with the but end of my gun . raised. I intended to whack him on the head an' surprise him so he'd let up cn the i*h ep. Jest as I was going to maul him over the pate, he seemed to smell a rat, for he turned around all of •& sudden an' looked at me as much as to say, 'Whatyou want round here?' I hopped to one side kinder lively, and was goin' to cu£f him gently to see what he'd do, when he bounced round again an* faced me. Then I bobbed back the other way, intending to tap him on the nozzle to see how he'd like it. I didn't look fur what followed, though. He seemed to tumble to my game, an' the thought that he'd have to drop that mutton in order to attend to me made him mad. The Bheep was kickin' an' squallin' pitifully. I made a lunge forward, an' brought the stock of the gun down on the bear'B bang. He kinder grunted, as if the blow unsettled his stomick, an' then lie dropped the sheep an' plunged at me. I jumped to one side, an' hit him by the side of his head. Mr. Bear showed tight, his aim bein' to git his great hooks on me. I had no weapon, except the gun, an' that was no good without a charge in it. He pranced round on his hind legs, an' tried to coax me to come to his bosom, an' ev'ry time I wlmcked him on the snoot with the butt of my gun he muttered somethin' that sounded like an oath. Once in a while he got close enough to me to tear my clothes, an' then I punched him in the chest with the end o' the bar'l an' made him back up a few steps. He had hugged the sheep so hard that it was almost dead, an' I was bound to have his life. I gave him one swat on the ear that staggered him an' broke the gun so't was no more use to me. The bear noticed that I'd lost my only weapon, nn' that 'peared to cheer him up. He pitched at me as I stooped to pick up a stun. an' got his paws partly round me. I hustled myself to loosen his grip, an' we both rolled over to or three times an* come up standing' again. I wanted to tucker him out if I could, £>ut wind was line. Then he made *nuther lunge at me an' tore one side of my coat off. I scampered away for a couple of rods to get a round stun, an' he was on top of me 'fore I knew it. He sp'iled all the clothes I had on my back an' bursted my suspenders, but I got the stun and crawled from under him, an' then I turned an' thumped him on the nose till tears rolled down his cheeks. He got discouraged for a minute on two, but he rallied agin, an' tried to put a bold front onto the affair, by makin' faces at me. While he was doin' this I was surveyin' the lot to see where a stun lay that I could handle. I spied one a few yards away an' scooted for it. He made for me once more as fast as ever he could, but I was too quick for him, an' by the time he got there I'd grabbed up a stun that weighed four or live pounds. I had scarcely a thread of clothing on my body from the waist up,an' the scratches that Mr. Bear had made on me didn't feel lust rate. The next I done was to give him a whack on the cocoanut with the stun. He staggered, an' I followed it up with another thump. Finally I got him down, an' then I hammered his tough pate till he stopped breatliin*. It was a desperate tug, an' I was all but used up, but I had downed the sheep thief. It was purty dark when I fin­ ished the bear, and when I went over to where the sheep was I found it was dead. I don't want to tackle another bear unless I have1 a loaded gun or a . big lpjfe. --Scrantoji (£aj SpQCviL to New'York Sun. Old Family Pictnres.4 , "What have we done that the little box we lie in is never opened now by kind hands and looked on longingly with fond eyes as it used to be ? It seems a little lonesome-- just a little--and yet so quiet here hid away in the drawer, when we once delighted our mother so much," s>aid a pair of childish tintypes long since out of date, and rarely ever shown save to relatives and a few ds confidential. GERMAN ment of business we forget them. The world goes so fast and the fashions are so changing, we are caught in the car- rent and swept onward, but the hour will come when the treasures in pic­ tures will be cherished, even if tiiey are out of fashion. There is surely one advantage that the well-tordo v/ill ever have over the wealthy --their portraits will ever re­ main relics worth preserving, while their changes of fashion, less frequent, will permit a lasting affection for the old-home adornments, whose familiar face) become like fond friends and. ac- qua ntances. To be loved by a few hearts tender­ ly, to be cherished by a small circle de­ votedly, is equal, if not greater, than a large ranger with less interest in affec­ tion, for the love of many will not ex­ ceed the love of a few, who have power to inspire and retain such a blessing, and to those who have outgrown their earlier circumstances, or moved far away from the brooks and the app'e- trees of boyhood, whose quaint, old surroundings often look ancient and inferior in gilded parlors, will deserve some space far below the garret, where the mind may grow young again over the half-forgotten scenes of our child­ hood that little house-paintings will recall so vividly.--J. IF. Donovan, in the Current. I f | " 'I' * Whitman, the Ortgou Ptoucef.: * Dr. Marcus Whitman, in 1836, was sent out as a missionary to the Oregon Indians. He was stationed near Walla Walla. In 1842, when it was known that Lord Ashburton was at Washing­ ton making arrangements for a final settlement of the boundary question between the country and Great Britain, the Hudson Bay Companv. which up to this time had Buccefeded in keeping American immigration from the Oregon Territory almost entirely, now made arrangements to bring in a large body of British settlers. Dr. Whitman hear­ ing of this, determined to make a journey to Washington and urge upon the Government the importance of se- onring this territory to the United States when the boundary settlement was made. It was a terrible ride. Oc­ tober 3, 1842, with a companion and a guide, lie set off on horseback from the station near what is now Walla Walla. Exactly three months after he was at S^pta Fe, having braved the snow and ice of an almost trackless region. Thence he pushed on to St. Louis, and then to Washington City. There he found that the boundary treaty had teen signed-, but only as regards the northeastern part of the country; that the northwestern territory had been left out of account altogether. The general impression at Washington was that Oregon wcs not worth saving, and all Whitman gained by his appeal to the Government was permission to take a colony into the territory. This he did, collecting and piloting a caravan of 200 wagons, with a company of men, women, and children, to settle the new country. He arrived at his home in 1843, after an absence of eleven months, daring which his wife had heard abso­ lutely nothing from him or of him, and knew nothing of his fate. The courage and energy of this brave pioneer and his service to his country have never been duly honored. Some years after his famous ride. Dr. Whitman perished with his family, in a massacre of the colonists by the Indians.--Inter-Ocean. Proof Positive. A convict at a French penal settle­ ment, who was undergoing a life sen ence, desired to marry a female convict, such marriages being of fre­ quent occurrence. The Governor of the colony had no objection, but the priest proceeded to cross-examine the prisoner: "Did you not marry in France ?r asked the clergyman* *. $\ i "Yes." "And your wife is dead?" "She is." "Have you any documents to' show that she is dead ?" "No." "Then I must refuse to marry you. You must bring proof of the death of your wife." There was a pause, during which the prospective bride looked anxiously at the would-be groom. Finally he said: "I can prove that my former wife is dead ?" "How can you prove it?" "I was sent here for killing her." As the bride did not seem to mind his .answer, and the scruples of the priest were removed, they were mar* ried.-- Te.ras Sifting*. German Complexions. By exhaustive investigation ilie Ger­ man Anthropological Society has found that rather more than one-fourth of the school children of Central Europe are pure blondes, and about one-sixth aro brunettes, more than one half being of a mixed type. In Germany 31.80 per cent, of the children are fair, and 14.05 per cent, are dark; in Austria the dark predominate, being 23.17 per cent., while the fair amount only to li*.7V; in Switzerland the blondes are 11.10 per cent., while the brunettes are 25.70; and in Belgium the blondes are 27.5'J per cent. The proportion of dark children in Germany increases rapidly toward the south, and that of light children toward the north. This vary­ ing distribution of. fau:..AiutW Q will put in New Pump^» Manufactured by F. MARCUS, -DEALER IN-- AND PURE WINES, LIQUORS CIGARS. Woodstock? III. The beat Tonic in tbe world. Put up in pint shd <Juart Bottles. f. MARCUS, Patentee. DOST YOU FORGET IT! ASA W. SMITH, -OF- . Woodsf ook« - • Illinois. Backed by Millions of money; OCM you INDEMNITY against damage by Fir*! Lightning* Wind Storms, CYCLONES AND TORNADOES. Drop me a postal card and I will visit you: call on me and I will write you a policy, and wuen either or Any of these destructive el^. ments devastates your property, happy will you be if you hold one of policies, for 1 •will surely visit you, and {minister unto you. will not forsake you. ABA W. Qm'l iMwoNM Ag^ A CUBAH BULL»F|ftHT. j TIB CAPUCHIH CATACO A Revolting Spectacle Which Ladlcit fto- fuse To Witness. At last the trumpet sounded and in came a motley assemblage. Firstt here was a man on the back of a fiery horse, and a very small boy .on a very small pony that was no. less spirited. These two individuals rode up before the judge's box, and paid the usual compli­ mentary address to him. the boy hold­ ing the man's hat, while both sought to quiet their prancing steed*. After these came a number of men on regular Rozinantes, armed with long poT<^ that were barlied at one end. Next came half a dozen men dressed fancifully enough to suit even an Oscar "Wilde. The silk stockings, handsome knee breeches of the same material, and tunics embroidered richly with gold thread, lent a very gay appearance to the arena. Their hair, which appeared to be long, was done up in a knot on the crown of the head. Their smooth- shaved, powdered faces gave them an appearance of youth, which, I doubt not, wa9 fictitious. Over the lofty arena was a long piece of cloth of some brilliant color, 'lhese pieces of cloth the bull-fighters first tossed up to the audience as a mere form, and promptly received them back again. The procession also included three mules, which were driven abreast, and were to. .be employed in the dragging off of the dead buil. Tho ring was cleared of all save the six gayiy-dressed bull-fighters and three of the knights mounted on living skeletons in the way of horse flesh. The trumpet sounded, the gates opened and in pranced bull No. 1. (There are always, or nearly always, four slaught­ ered at a fight.) Upon his back was pinned a rosette of colored paper, from which floated colored streamers, also of paper. The bull rushed with a snort as far across the arena as the palisade would permit him to go. Then he tnrned and started across the toward another point only to be again battled. By this time the bull-figliters got into his path, one after another, and shook their bril­ liantly-colored cloths in his face. Thus irritated, the bull would make a charge upon the cloth: but of course the actor always managed to jump aside at the critical moment and so escape all harm. Then the mounted knights were called into requisition. It is a com­ mentary upon the -deteriration of the bull-figllt in Cuba, that the horses used are the very poorest and most decrepit that the whole island affords, and are blindfolded before they are led into the arena in order that they may not seeH the enemy with which they are to Contend. The men wore sombreros and had their legs padded up to the thigh. They would urge their trembling hor­ ses toward the bull, and seek to give a blow with a spear. The result was sel­ dom more than a scratch, but the bull gored the horse with unfailing regu­ larity, and threw him in such a way that he would fall ou one of the rider's pad­ ded limbs, inflicting only slight damage. Other men would then endeaver to help the poor, whinneying beast to his feet, and if this was possible, urge„ him into the fray again. But usually the horse was so badly gored that he had to be removed. Presently the mounted knights were withdrawn, and other tortures began. The six "brave" men shot barbed ar­ rows into the bull's neek, arrows that were gay with bright colored papers in manifold designs. There wa* some skill displayed in this, for the men had to wait until the bull was almost upon them, then dodge, and as the bull rushed by, lunge the barbed weapon at him. Of courso no bow was used in hurling this instrument. The arrow would catch in the tough hide and fas­ ten itself so tightly that the bull could not easily shake it off, although he would try hard, the while he pawed the earth in fury. Not having sufficiently infuriated the bull, special arrrows were then em­ ployed, which were loaded w ith explo­ sives at the 'barbed end, and would burst with terrific force when lodged in the hide, tearing and burning the flesh cruelly. Pieces of these fireworks Hew up as high as the seat upon which I was sitting. At length the buglo sounded for the last act of torture. The leader of the six bull-fighters took a long, thin, plia­ ble sword, and with a red cloth in the other hand, advanced to the bull Waving the cloth, he would induce the bull to charge. Then he would spring aside, and dexterously plunge the sword in at the back of the neck or about the shoulders. Sometimes he wou'd fail 111 this; sometimes the sword would barely stick into the flesh and oscillate there; sometimes it would go through the hide fimply and come out perhaps a foot below, looking like a needle in a piece cloth that has been dropped for a mo­ ment by some dressmaker; sometimes the sword would go in to the hilt, a dis­ tance of three feet. At each cruel stroke the bull would bellow loudly, but his vitality remained for a long time undiminished, although the blood was dripping from a dozen holes, and two swords were plunged hilt deep into hi* back. Gradually he grew weaker, but would not lie down and die. The butcher who had contracted for the ~ "passes accordingly lassoed him, the 1 point iu the neck was pierced common butcher-knife, and mules dragged off the body amid ing strains from the brass band. jletter from Havana. On short notice and warrant satisfaction 8hfu"rnUh'you a now'^nnV eHh^WoSd "rria*e Fees on tlie Installment Plan, or Iron, warranted, ns cjjeap as . Massachusetts clergyman has hit any o er ai n. ^ ^ doubtful improvement, which Good references furnished if desired, calls "marrying upon the install- £ew Pump. Jve meUf c^U,,mP ** plan." An impecunious young n got credit for the weeding fee, and cy-Ordcrs by mall promp ly attended lually paid $1 a week for five weeks Post Office, Jolinsburgl.. 111. ^ debt was canceUed. Fiye LB A MTCft 3ks is a long time for a man to bur-• • BWa | tjg conscience with an obligation Johnaburgh, 111., May S5th, 18». that character. If the fee had been jger or the ratio of payments smaller, LORILLARD'S PLOWSHARE P L U G . Giant IO d Parson would have had occasion to ^ret his experiment. Of course there choW taltf temPtat'on for clergymen to extend dr matrimonial connection by all thd I 6 a <ans> but spot cash is still the safe e for this line of clerical work.-- Ask yO\&al° Express. Dealer for Eve and Paradise. Vhejher Eve was created in Para- 9 or not is a question that has been BQBEBT C. BiraSTI To" e of much doubt and contro BREEDER OF Li|M Brail FOWLS RICHMOND, ILL. (FIRST KE*ICJi \T SCHfcHBT COUNTY FA y among the theologians. With re- d to Adam it is agreed on ail sides t he was created outside; and it is ed by one of the commentors. why uld woman, the ignobler creature of two, be created within? Others, the contrary, consider the distinc- as but a fair tribute to the snperior raty and purity of woman. Jose- IIS is one of those who think Eve B formed outside.--Exchange. WHAT! is love ski. that' it is so ?&• x"LiVUebe6inoing M,a -0 bitter Kggs, per setting of thirteen. fl.W.dellM l,jLie§#?5 < , to purchaser in Richmond, Shipped, secu mobsbta A Terribly Realiatic Description of tl Dead Plebeians of Palermo. The soil upon which the Capuchin ! monastery at Palermo, Italy, is built, ' possesses to such a degree the singular property of hastening the decomposition of a corpse, that in one year nothing remains upon the bones except a few patches of black withered skin, and, perhaps, some of the hair of the beard and cheeks. The coffins are placed in small lateral vaults, each of which contains about eight or ten dead; and, after a year passes, the coffin is opened and the corpse taken out, a frightful mummy, that is then suspended in one of the main galleries, where the mem­ bers of the family come to visit it. Those who wish to be preserved by this drying process make their wills accordingly; and they will be filed away under these black vaults so long as their relatives pay a certain annual stipend. When this is no longer paid, the remains are taken away and buried in the ordinary manner. To enter, we pass through It chapel and slowly descend a broad stairway of stone. Before us is an immense gallery, to whose walls are suspended a whole nation of skeletons clad in the most oddly grotesque costumes. Some hang in the air side by side. A line of dead stands erect on the ground. Some heads are gnawed by the hideous vege­ tations, which deform even still more the jaws and the bones of the face; some still preserve their hair; others fragments of mustache; others a long bit of beard. And they are all dressed, these dead --these wretched, hideous and ridicu­ lous dead--all dressed by their rela­ tives, who have taken them out of their cottins in order to make them take part in this awful assembly. Alqaost all are clad in a sort of long black robe, with" a cowl, which is generally drawn over the head. There are others whose friends desired to attire them moresump- tuously, and the miserable skeleton, wearing an embroidered Greek cap and enveloped in a rich man's dressing gown, seems, as it lies upon its back, to sleep a nightmarish sleep--a sleep at once ludicrous and terrific. A placard like a blind man's begging-card, bearing the name aud the date of death, is hung to the neck of each corpse. Those dates make a cold shiver pass through the very marrow of one's bones. , Here are the women, even more burlesque than the men, for they have been coquettishly attired and bedecked. Their heads stare at you from within bonnets decorated with ribbons and with lace, makipg a snow-white fringe around each black face, all putrefied, all gnawed by the strange chemistry of the earth. Their hands protrude, like the severed roots of trees, from the sleeves of new dresses, and the stock­ ings that contain the bones of the legs look empty. Sometimes the dead wear only a pair of shoes, all too large for the dried-up feet. But now we enter a gallery full of little glass coffins; this is the children's burial chamber. The bones of the little creatures, still soft, could not resist the work of decomposition. And you can not tell exactly what you are look­ ing at, the miserable little things are so deformed, so crushed, so frightfully shapeless ? But the tears come to your eyes when you observe that the mothers have dressed them all in the same little dresses they wore when alive. And they come here to look at them some­ times. Oiten you see be.-ide the corpse a photograph showing the living person as he was, and nothing is more start­ ling, more terrifying than this cbntrast. We pass through another gallery, lower and darker, which seems to have been reserved for the poor. In one black recess there are some twenty of them, suspended all together under the roof, which lets in the outer air upon them in strong and sudden whiffs. They are clad in a sort of black can­ vas, fastened about the neck and feet, and, as they lean one over the other, you imagine they were shivering, seek­ ing to escape, screaming for help. They look down like the drowned crew of some ship. From time to time Heads roll down upon the ground, the attachments of the neck having been gnawed through by mice. Thousands of mice dwell in this human charnel house. On certain festival days the cata- cpgrbs of the . .Capuchins are thrown open to the "public. Once .a.drunken man got into the place, lay down *to Bleep and woke in the middle of the night. He called, screamed, howled with terror, and rushed madly to and fro in vain efforts to escape. But no one heard him. In the morning he was found clinging to the iron bars of the gate with so desperate a grip that it required a long time to d?t#cU his hands from them. He was mad. > Since that time a great bell has been suspended.--Paris Figaro. 7 " ,-- A Sumatra Girl of High Degree. The appearance and attire of a Lam- pong mis> on state occasions is thus given by Henry O. l'orl es, F. R. G. H.: The center of attraction is the long line of mafdenTio.xl, glittering in silver and gold of native workmanship. The hair of each girl, neatly arranged and odor­ iferous from an abundance of cocoanot and cajaput oil, is tied in a knot behind and transfixt d by a high backed comb ovtrlaid with gold plates. Her head is crowned with a coronet of gold of form and magnificence according to her "pongkat." A shawl worn sashwise hangs from the shoulder to the ground, while from above the middle hangs a rich sarong or petticoat of home-grown and spun silk, interwoven with gold thread and deeoi ated with hundreds of small coins of the Dutch mint, which jingle pleasingly as she dances. Above this the body is girt with a silk slen- dang, half concealing the breasts. The arms, shoulders and chest are bare, ex­ cept for the numerous gold and silver collars end necklets and bracelets of patterns peculiar to her marga (territo­ rial division), with which she is loaded. Often these collars are composed en­ tirely of the large dollar pieces of Spain, Holland and Mexico, and of half crowns. Of the highest born maidens, the arms from the wrist to the elbow are almost concealed by the display of pure "barbaric gold," for they may wear as many bracelets as they cliooae, while their sisters less fortunate in the matter of blood and rank must conform to the regulation number correspond­ ing to their degree. The breast is over­ laid with creBcent-shaped gold-plates suspended in tiers. The waist is en­ circled by a belt of one of the precious metals, secured by an elaborately carved buckle of the same material. The rather bony fingers are encircled with many rings, and even the nails are lengthened by additions of silver into talon-like claws, so that altogether the Lam pong maiden presents a dazzling appearance in the dim, uncertain light A Cwyaigi Seerrt Cfrren Airay. - campaign of isst tbe twooafididates for Governor in a "pivotal'* Western Stats ar­ ranged for a series of joint discussions. Both men were popular, both of fine appearaaoe, and were so well matched in mental fofoe and as orators that the contest between (hem promised to be a ma jniflccnt one. For sev­ eral weeks the scales bul&nced evenly. But one day the brilliant Republican candi­ date came up ailing. He seeraeJ overcome, and spoke laboredly. The next day he was even less effective. Later he was compelled to ask his opponent for a postponement of certain appointments, which was granted. Before tho campaign ended be had abandoned tbe Arid altogether. •> Meantime the Democratic candidate con­ tinued his canvass, seeming to grow strong­ er. cheerier, and more effective with each succeeding week. He was elected. One even­ ing in December while entertaining several gentlemen he said: "1 will tell you a campaign secret--which gave me the election. With the opening of my campaign I began caring for my liver. I knew that a disordered or torpid liver meant dullness and possible sickness. 1 took something every day. When my opponent began failing I knew his trouble to be his liver and felt like prescribing for him, but feared if I did so he might boat me I 1 grew stronger as the campaign progressed, often making two speeches a day. Even my voice, to my surprise, did not fail me once. All because Warner's safe cure kept me Id A 1 trim." Ex-Gov. Jacob, of Kentucky, also made a campaign tour under precisely slmt- lar circumstances, and says he kept up under the exhausting strain by use of the same means.--Hochcrttr L'nion. He Took It Back* "Say, dear," said an Evansville wife to her husband, "that dime you gave me this morning for milk was no good." "Didn't give you no bad dime," growled Jones. ! "You did, toft I guess TknoW." "No, I never. You've been getting Bome danged ribbons or something down town, and they gave it to you in change. Women ain't go no sense no how." "But you handed it to me yourself," "Didn't." "Yes you did, and I wa$t you to take it back. "I won't." . "Yes, you will, vou old wretch." "Won't "Well, you just will now; you see if you don't, I'll show you ff women haven't got any sense." " At noon Mrs. Jones was all smiles, and waited on her husband so nicely that he felt like telling her that he had given her the dime, ftiul was sorry, and would give her another, but concluded he would wait till evening. As she handed him a nice piece of pie, she re­ marked: "William, you'll have to eat this in a hurry; it's nearly time to go to the office." William bolted it down, but all of a sudden gagged, and then swallowed something as if it hurt him "Mary Jane," said he, " I jist swal­ lowed something that didn't feci right. What do you suppose could have got into that pie?" "How did it feel, William?" "Oh, sorter hard and round." "Well, I guess it was that dime. You said I couldn't make you take it back, but I guess you've got it now. You "may keep it." Jones is still keeping it.--Evansville Argus. The Fnmoit* >otri' l>inn«>. On the 30th of last January, the Sisters of the most noted Catholic ladies' seminary in tho United Stntts. the famous Noti» Dame, nt (JevaiiBtown. near Baltimore, Md„ made public a cardj, certifying to the beneficial results ntiendiug tlie ube of Red Star Cough Cure in that institution. They state that they fount! it efficacious alike for .relieving coughs, oppressions on the chest, and irritation of the throat. Officials of the Boards of Htalth of Brooklyn, Baltimore, nn<l other cities hive likewise publicly pro­ claimed the virtues of this new discovery, which is entirely free from opiates, poisons, and other objections. Tobacco. As earlv aa 1617 tobacco was raised in Virginia, and the price was fixed by the Governor at 3 shillings per pound. Four years later it figured as an article of export, 5"),00!) pounds having been sent to Holland in llitM. The yield has become so plentiful in lti3l> that the price was 3 pence per pound. In 1G7(» England collected £135,000 in duties on Virginia aud Maryland tobacco im­ ported in that country. Iu 17'2'J it took 300 vessels to carry the tobacco sent to Lnglaud, and the yearly exports ap­ proximated ,(.'(100,000. For the ninety years ending with 1879, the shipments Of tobacco from America were 14,10t>,- 000,000 pounds. Allowing that each vessel carried on an average of 500 hogsheads, there must have been 11>,'224 ships employed, equal to 221 vessels per annum. During the past quarter of a century the yield has been in­ creased from about 130,000,000 pounds to aboutJ^,^p,Q|)Qp<IUj>d^ * * 'Full of Peril ~ H Az#tbose disorders which, beginning with an apparently trival inactivity of the kidneys or bladder, terminate in Hright'* disease, diabetes and cystitis. The Bret two net only in'eirupt tbe functions of the tenal organs, but destroy their structure with as muchoertainty as tuber­ cular consumption does tbat of the lungs. Hos- tetter's Stomach Hitter < is an exeellen: d.uretic, promoting the activity ot these organs without over exciting them, thus averting the deadly maladies in which their inaction is BO prone to culminate. Ths removal from the blooil of im­ purities which tli* kidneyseliowfd, but do npt, whan injfctive, sectete. to anothe.- baneficent effect of this incomparable sied<catad stimulant and depacent. The Bitters is, in ill ca-es, too, • fine r«ri*oratite of - Vigor ahd aid to* digestion, remedi- s malarial disease, and banishes liver complaint and cons ipatlon. Pleading for the Boutonnfere. There is, in fact, a natural companion­ ship between women and flowers, and that is why flower-lreanng is always in fashion with them. But we should like the fashion to be adopted by the men. Perhaps it would not do for them to stick a sunflower in their liat-bands (especially in the ugly hm*d hats they love so much) in the. faahion ot the Swiss peasants, with their peaked green hats, decked with pink "alpen rosen." Nor would it be altogether wise for them to cumber themselves with bouquets of a sfee accordant with the prevailing mode among women. But surely a tiny rose bud, or a pansy, would not embarrass tbe workings of their gigantie intellects to any great ex­ tent; and it would add much to the pleasure of that portion of humanity who believe in combining beauty with duty in all the walks of life.--Charles­ ton News and Courier. ~ i' 1" tl GEOBGIA darkies have an idea that to be lucky with honey bees they must be stolen. It has been generally sur­ mised that they also entertain similar views oij th© subject of poultry. 44 One ©rives; Ont Another,** * *: is a French saying that finds exejnpliBcation in the way one disease will substitute itself for another and graver one, in very many cases. Liver disease, for Instance, will sooBv induce blood disorders, throat ailments,.skiu atlections and eventually, becau o of im­ poverished blood, consumption itself, unless,; indeed, it bo treated in, its incipiency and, early progress by Dr. Pierce's "Golden Med­ ical Discovery," which acts as a specific in these ailments, accomplishing a rapid cure l>y Its powerful alterative action upon the great s of the body. bto up Mkfep Yoir Friends WD1 ITerer TeD fen, but perhaps somebody, who .isn't your friend, will, that your presence Ts rendered offensive by the foul, letid smell of your breatb. Every word you utter, though it be the very echo or wisdom and poetry, disgusts your hearers, and your laugh Is productive o£anything but mirth to them. It is a duty you owe, not only to yourself but to society, to remove this cause of offense. Dr. Sage's Catarrh Hemedy will heal the diseased mu­ cous membrane, will bring relief to yourself and others. Do not hesitate to employ it. Tute African bas an eager look in tbe vf- cinity of a hen roost. A sort of "a neager >4 a nipping air.n Young or middle-aged men, suffering from nervous debility and kindred weak­ nesses, should send ten cents in stamps for large treatise giving successful treatment. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. V. WHY is a new-born baby like a gale of wind? Because it begins with a squall. Important. When ytm visit or leave New York City, save Bageage Exnressage and Carriage Hire, and stop at. t he Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central Depot: fif>0 elegant rooms fitted np at a cost of one million dollars, reduced to $1 and upwards vet day. European plan. Elevator, ltestaurant supplied with the best. Horse cabs, stage, and elevated railroad to all depots. Fami­ lies can live better for less money at tt* Grand L'nion than at any first-class hotel in the city. WHF.N an owner of a sailing vessel grows wealthy, would it be proper to say tbat he has amast a fortune? ItlcKsliftf" brifiliten as tbey take their flight. The chief of blessings is good health, without which nothing is Wfirth the having; it is always appreciated at its true value atter it is lost, but, too oiten. not be­ fore. Live properly, and correct ailments be­ fore they become seated. For diseases of the liver, kidneys, skin, stomach, and all arising ironi irapure, feeble blood, Di«. WALKER'S CAI.IKOKNIA VUWTIAH BITTERS are asureand speedy remedy. It has never yet failed in a single instance. Witv is a dishonest bankrupt like an honest man? Because both fail to get rieb. "Put op" at the dnolt 11 erase. , The business man or tourist will And flrst- class accommodations at the low price of $2 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 first-class. HOVT & GATES, Proprietors. . Peck's Hon. The funniest paper in America. Rave you ever read it? If not, send a postal card for a sample copy, which will be mailed you free. Address Geo. L. Lord, business man­ ager, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Hay IVii'r is a type of catarrh having peculiar sj-inploms. it is attended by an in­ flamed condition of the lining membrane of the nostrils tear-ducts and throat, alfecting the lungs. An acrid mucus is secreted, the discharge is accompanied with a turning sen­ sation. There are severe spasms of sneezing, frequent attacks of headache, wa ery and inflamed eyes. Ely's Cream Halm is a remedy founded on a correct diagnosis of this dis­ ease and can be depended upon. 60 cts. at druggists or by mail. Send for ciroular. Ely Bros., Druggists, Owego, N. Y. MKNSMAN'S PEPTONIZED BEEP TOWTC, THE only preparation of beef containing its en­ tire nutritious properties. It contains blood- making, force generating, and life-sustaining properties; in valuable for indigestion, dys­ pepsia, nervous prostration, and all forms of general debility; also, In all enfeebled condi­ tions, whether the result of exhaustion, nerv­ ous prostration, over-work, or acute disease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprie­ tors, New York. Sold by druggists. For weveral yenrs I have suffered greatly from periodical returns of {laV Fever. At the suggestion of CoVEhx c CHKKVEK, Druggists, 1 obtained Ely's Cream Lt»lm and us°d a portion of It during a severe attack. I can cheerfully testify as to the Immediate snd continued relief obtained by its use. I lieartily recommend it to those sutTcring from this or kindred complaints. (Rev.) H. A. SMITH, C.inton, Wis. FOR PAIN. C U RE8 Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache, lore Throat.Swelllnffa.Npralna.BrulSMt Burns, SekltU, Frost Ullet, A*D ALL OTHER BODILY PAINS ARD ACHES. DrugKiftUanil everrwher*. Fifty Ceulg a Liftflft 8)irectioti» in It LrtnjuAjrtt, TOE CHARLES A. VOGF.LER CO. {•mmntoA. voiiELER a CO.) •iltleere.Ea^C.B.le DO NOT FORGET Perry Davis' Pain Killer ^ r . * m !IM! 110! liU 10! Price, 35 cts., SO cts. and »1.00 per Bottle. 8(>LU BY AIX DKlKiGWTS. 1 ICC AC CBAMT Fastest selling book putr LlrC U( OnRH I • lishod. Agents wanted. A. E. DAVIS & CO., 1*2 Washington St.. Chii-ago 'i.earn hore ami earn irivd pay. Situati ui Bros., lam svill'-.Wi*. TELEGRAPHY I furnished. WrUt-_\ idem me li! OPIUMS •line Ilnbit l ured in IO dnrNo pmy till ewceal. is*s, Lebanon, Ohio. FREE tfSr.TSvS,JWIIEI: BITTERS. Bum PtiRiRa 9 Hum RESTME& It never fail* to do ita work in cue* of rim, miloumeaa, CoaaUMttoa. BeU- ache, low of AppeUte and Sleep, nemn Debility, HenraJfliu and au VMM3» Complaint*. Hopa A Malt Bitten ia a Tan> table Compound. It is a HedlefM aot a room Brink. It differ* as wMelyaadoes day and night from tbe thoawal-eal-oao ntixtartt* of rile whlaky flavored with aromatic*. Hops A Malt BUm ia mended by Physicians, Ml ' Nursesaa being tbe Best Family compounded. Any woau or chUieutafeeit "From my knowledge of its ingredients, under no circumstances can it Injure any eae xmng tL It contains no mineral or other deleterious Sub­ stance. Possessing real merits, the remedy It deserving success.' C. E. DKPUT, Ph. O. Detroit, IMM The only Genuine are manufactured by file HOPS * MALT BITTERS CO.. 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Send for extra terms to asrents. dress >':itloiii»t rulillHliiti); Co., CHICAGO. . 500,000 ACRES CHOICE H HARDWOOD FARMING IIANDS NORTHERN WIS- ^^^^"CONSIN for sale on easy terms to Actual Settlers. The most prodperoiSB and |>romi»tnp field for settlement in the V. 8. VMI Information with (food map free. Address USB COMMISSIONER. Whciwigin Ortlral R. R.. lilwsikte. Wfc. Irgiaia's Circassian Wrinkle Lotto 1 tFOR « I •If It positively remow"ffBHO nnd AKCK. Also TAN. FKKC_ 1'A T<" H t'S, leaving the Complexion t i f u l , a n d Y o u t h f u l . I t r e n d e r s t h e 8 k i a L ^«Scl^OK6IAIU- We want 8,000 More Boot Agents to Sett The Personal History of U. & GRAffr •fv •M* . <• • V.i b^- ' elite , I: The book embr*c< private aai IF :h« large band i (or fuil particular* and AM EI jl>y A! _ 90 AO! Mtfittai lhl» PDBLffilUNO.COf a« C'nictiffO* ('inr/RBOtl* or ' aiHtaif. «tva i Asojsns STHMA. "AT FEYBI. German A si lima Cure never fail* to give to-m- tihiti r< Ih f iu the worst cases,insures comfort­ able sleiji; elVeets til re* wt ere all others tsu. 4 Din! mitrituex the nPriee 91.00. ot OniL'iJ ists or liv mill, S ;nnil« FKKK •or stinii>- 1)1: K. S Hil'l'M AN St. Paul. Minn. FRAZER ?' AXLE GREASE. SIS# •i the Wsrld. Get the feaila* «cka«« kiu ear Traft-muk a ed Pnucer's. SOLD EVKKY DR. H. H. GREEN; A Specialist for IDerta Tears Past, Hw treated Dropsy and its complications with tlfk most wonderful success; uses vegetable remedies, «t£ titeiy harmless. Removes all symptoms of dropsy- 111 eisiit to twenty days. Cures vatieuts pronounced hopeless by the best at physicians. From the first dose the symptoms rapidly dian^ pear, and in tea days at least two-thirds of all symp­ toms are removed. Some m:iy cry humbnjt without knowing anything it. Remember, it does not cost you any thin® realize tie- merits of my treatment for yourself- ' >V3 JS */! :it>out *>* \ Man and Beast Mustang Liniment is older than * most men, anc) used more and more every J< I11 ten days the difficulty of breathing ts relieved, tbe pulse regular, tho urinary oivans made to diachaige titeirfull duty, sleep is restored, the swelling all er nearly g >ne, the strength increased, and appetits made w«l. I am coustai Ktandini;. cases that have been tapped s nntn' times, and the patient declared unable to live a Send for 10 days* treatment; directions and ^ free. Give full history of case. Name sex. how ] afflicted, how badly swollen s%i where, is boi costive, n ive leifs bureted snd drin>ed water, for free pamphlet, containing teetaionUlS.questions et •. Ten days* treatment furnished free by mail. Epilepsy lite positively cured. If order trial. end 7 cent* in itam in stamps t» pay poetsMt H. U. GREEN. U. l>7 , „ .. „ S3 Jones Avanue, Atlanta. Usjtv • Mention this pa- er. _ WRITING TO AJJVEKTISK J i'lease aajr m isw4be In thia paper. • -j1 • w* Magnolia Balm l ia a secret aid to beauty. Many a lady owes her fresh- * ̂ ness to it, who would rather *a11 anH «/Mi /veesV tdL I. '• , ^ auka . -'sV-no -wa e No. 35-HS