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mm i IS UEFES WORTH LIVING. ti life worth living ? Ask the lad arefooted, homeless, starved, ill-clad, JLnd hoar the answer you will get, *3ty dorg an' mo h&a fun--you bet* * flu life worth living? Ask the wretch. jjpon the gnllowa doomed to stretch jfhe hangman's rope, and hoed hia cry, fit is! it iat Don't let me die I" Is lifo rrorth living? Ask the tramp •Whose home's the gutter, cold and damp, <• ><:>|Lnd bear him tell yon with a'jerk, •It is, old pud, fori don't worki" Is life worth living? Ask the dade ' Whom o'd Dame Nature somewhat spewed . And sec him Ruck his cane and Eay, • Jjw--vveally--life is--aw--quite gay." its life worth living? Ask tbe fool, . Ylf'he giggling maiden fresh from school, •^.*he tailor, invalid, the slave; ) J life, sweet life they ever crave.) s lifo worth living ? Ask the litse jphilosophfr who vainly tries ; To solve the mystery about :" iho matter and--remains in doubt, • Is lifo worth living? Ask the gnat, "The millionaires, the kings in state, And note their looks of utter wo® As in despair they shriek : "NOJ not" f. C. IXxbjc, in Detroit Free Press. THE LOST DRESS COAT. 'V.' « . • , BY MANDA L. CBOCKEB. [PARTI.] The "Beach road," winding as it did along the blnff shore of Lake Michigan, below the village of Douglass, and pleasantly shaded by spreading otit maples and oaks, was a favorite resort for the residents of that little boat- town. Dnring the hot season a fair sprinkling of visitors from abroad gave a new impetus to the sluggish, prosy inhabi­ tants, but in the peach harvest, the social ex­ citement of fun and frolic gained its height. Visitors Hocked in to gather peaches," for recreation, and the great orchards were literally alive with busy, chattering human­ ity. On the afternoon in question, on which our story begins, the last boat load of the delicious fruit had slipped over the harbor bar, and had gotten pretty well on its way to Chicago, and the crowds of "Peach-pick­ ers," had resorted to the Beach-road for a last pleasant drive, or stroll, before they should separate for another year, perhaps forever. • - « Apart from the throng, down on the white sand stretches of the beach, Madge Knowl- ton, and Ada Lincoln were gathering shells and watching the great white gulls, wheel and scream above the blue sparkling water, and occasionally dodging into a nook over­ hung with heavy drooping hemlocks. Madge had a beautiful home in the vil­ lage, and Ada Lincoln was her friend and guest, from the more pretentious sister port of South"Haven, some miles farther up the lake. Miss Lincoln was very mtich attached to the littlemadeap Madge, whose prominent characteristic was an inherent determination of having her own way. To, there was another reason, perhaps the better one, why Douglass held such an attraction for the fair visitor; her friend had a tall, handsome brother, to whom long ago, she had given her heart, and was in turn idolized by hon­ est biother Leigh: in fact all looked for­ ward to the "wedding next spring" with pleasure. So taken up with one another, and so in­ terested in flitting hither aud thither, were these two, that the majority of the pleasure seekers above were leaving the drives, un­ noticed by them; seeing indications of a storm by the lowering skv, and ruffled waters; nearly all had gone toward the vil­ lage, before Ada noticed the dark heavy clouds banking up over the lake. The white-winged, lish-boats were scudding to­ ward the pior, a half mile to the right, be­ fore the stiff breeze, eager to ran in to their moorinsrs. Finding it too late to reach the village before the storm, and neither being afraid of it, having had experience in this line, they preferred trusting to the friendly canopy of the sheltering hemlocks to "running a muck." in order to reach home. Groping under the drooping dense boughs of a cluster of friendly hemlocks, the girls crouched together and waited for the com­ ing storm, und listened to the thundering of the waves as they came booming shore­ ward, aud it came with a vengeance. How the rain poured and the wind blew, and all nature seemed agreed to make the evening one span of dire confusion, but safe and snug were Madge and her friend, except that now and then when an extra sweep of the gale swayed the boughs and let in the dashing elements*. "How they will wonder where we are," was Ada's first remark as they crept out from their refuge after the storm had gone by. "Let them come for us then," replied Madge, with vim, shaking the wet sand from her skirts. The storm-clouds Were crowding away to the southwest, and the angry water moaned and tossed up the foam savagely. They tracked along the wet sand and finally climbcd the blnff again. "How the waves beat,"said Madge, peer­ ing down over the eminence; then suddenly she screamed: "Oh! oh!", and started back. "What is it?" interrogated Ada, coining up as quickly as she could, and looking down the nigged shore. Down at their very feet, washed up by the seething waters, and half buriied in the sand lay a small row-boat, and what looked like a man, half hidden by the overturned boat. "Drowned, of conrse, in this wretched storm," wailed Madge, and with white face she rushed along to where the shore sloped somewhere, and ran pell-mell down the soft sand to the boat, never heeding the drenching spray, which wet her dress, and soaked her slippers. Ada followed me­ chanically, but with more care arguing as she went" that if the man was dead hurry­ ing would be of no use. "It's ouly a dress-coat," Madge ex­ claimed, "after all our rushing." and; she tugged away at the garment without even so much as loosening it from the sand and boat. Together they righted the boat, which never might skim the waters again, as it had been broken on the rocky beach, and Madge took up the coat, and shaking thefc sand and water off somewhat, began the truly feminine movement of searching the pockets. "Eureka," she shouted, as she drew her hand from an inside pocket, look here, Ada*" and she perched herself on the end of the bo.it to examine,her "find." Ada bent over her, shivering in the cold stiff breeze that blew almost a gale over, the angry waters. But Madge, with her wealth of brown curls flying in the wind, and the glow of excitement o and health coming and going on her sweet' wilful face, did not mind it, nor did she ap­ pear to be conscious of any unpleasant surroundings. Intont on her "find,' she began unrolling a bulky looking pocket-, book, from which the sand and water dripped through her fingers. "Oh, my!" she ejaculated as some silver pieces fell down into her lap, but heeding them no further she continued jobbing her eager fingers into the different recesses of the pocket-book. ^ "As sure as you're alive, I have him now," she broke out again as she drew forth a tiny gold locket, with a fine gold chain at­ tached. "Well, this grows interesting, doesn't it. Ada?" "Yes, I should think so," replied her friend, lending her handkerchief to dry the gleaming ornament. On the back of the locket were the in­ itials CJ. M. enclosed in a wreath of fine workmanship; on the face a cluster of pearls, with a tiny diamond for the center­ piece. On opening it a bright happy face smiled up into theirs, the face of n young man with dark hair, a high, noble-lodking forehead, antl kind, .expressive eyes. "Isn't he handsome, though?" eried Madge, enthusiastically. "To be sure," answered Ada, stooping to gathe# up the silver, "but here is his ^Bbep it," p»«d Madoe. "who cans for the filthy lucre when one Has such a knightly face to gaze upon? Not I, for one; poor fellow, perhaps he is dead," she added, meditatively, looking out over the white Crested waves, as they hurried shore­ ward and lost their beauty at her feet. "Of couroe he's at the bottom," answered Oie matter-of-fact Ada. decidedly. "Well, dead pr alive, I shall find him, iden­ tify him by these articles; from this even­ ing henceforth he belongs to me," ex­ claimed Madge, prophetically, as she tnrust the smaller "articles into the pocket and folded the coat in her gossamer. The dull cheerless gloaming had already set in and the two girls hurriedf along the beach and turned down the road leading homeward. The romantic Madge 6pent the greater part of the next day in brushing and drying the fine rich dress coat, so nearly ruined by the water. "I shall hang it in my closet along with my dresses," she said as She finished brushing the garment, "for, as he belongs to me, I shall keep his property until he «omes. if alive." "And if he hasn't a wife and children al- teady," put in Ada irom the couch, where She had been pillowed up all day suffering from the terrible cold contacted on the shore. "Fudge! to think of a gentleman so young- looking as that in the picture, being a man of family. It is reallv absurd--I won't have it so!" * "Perhaps he is drowned," suggested Ada, tricking the pillow lace under her head, and reaching for the medicine, Leigh said she must take. "Perhaps so," and Madge's brown eyes took on a far-away look, as she took the locket from her jewel case, and passed one tiny little thumb over the handsome minia­ ture within. Leigh Knowlton had an advertisement in­ serted in the village paper, but nothing came of it, and after a few da3's, the matter ceased to be a theme of speculation, with every one excepting Madge. She held in her secret heart, the image of her one un­ known knight, and wove a pleasant ro­ mance for the future. I When at Christmas she refused the eligi­ ble young Mr. Gould. Ada wanted to know why she threw away such a magnificent home in Chicago, and such a worthy 6uitor, and Madge had answered softly "My Knight." - ' "Silly girl!" Ad* could not help exclaini- ing. "But I have dreamed of him--he is wait­ ing for me somewhere, and I shall find him, Ada," Madge had said, with her bright oval face all a-glow, with - the enthusiasm of her romantic nature. PART II. Leigh and Ada had been married three years, and were living in the north woods now, Leigh having purchased a large tract of pine land; in selling his pine to the great mill in that section he had amassed quite a fortune, and the wilderness was beginning to bloom around their happy home. The glad spring sunshine had smiled over the North, and Madge Knowlton was rusti­ cating in her brother's picturesque home. How beautiful everything was; how sweet the pine woods, and how novel the great gangsjw-mill, just back of Leigh's, with its deep sullen roar, and enc|}ess stacks of sweet-pine lumber. They had been out in the pine woods, walking over the soft yellow carpeting, and in the deen shadows, listening to the wind sighing iijpoft cadence through the high fringed t<rj>s, and were just returning home, Ada and Madge. They had planned coming home by the lake, the lovely Lake Baptiste,and in doing so had staid somewhat later than usual. How could any one leave Lake Baptiste hurriedly? No lover of natural scenery, surely. With its semi-circle of dense pine forest on the one hand, and its higlij^iuff, sprinkled sparsely with lovely units and maples, on the other, while its deep-blue waters gleamed like a mirror between them, Baptiste was a sheet of water not soon to be forgotten. Leigh met them just outside the "clear­ ing" with a sober face. "What is the matter, Leigh, dear; are you ill?" cried Ada, runningup to him in alarm. , 'N©,4jttfe wife, but one of the men in the mill over there, was hurt this afternoon, and they brought him to our house, with my permission. You see, the boarding- liniise belonging to the .company, could not accomodate a wounded person with the quiet and care requisite. I thought per­ haps you wouldn't mind much, Ada; they begged so hard to have him sent here." "I do not mind," replied his wife, ' in the least, but how is he hurt." "Oh; broke his arm, and cut a gash in his shoulder; he is in considerable#pain now, but he bears it heroically. By the way, he is a handsome, fine-looking young man, looks as if he were well-reared." _____ • "Poor fellow,"said Madge, "what is his name?" "I know only his surname," answered Leigh, "and that is Montrose, I believe." They had reached the house now, and went quietly in. Presently the surgeon came and set the arm, ordering perfect quiet for the night. "Umph," said he, "Id rather have the broken arm than this ugly wound on the shoulder." And the surgeon was right in anticipating that the broken arm woul heal first. The next day Madge went tiptoeing into the 6ick room, to see if she might do any­ thing for the sufferer. He turned his head and met her inquiring gaze with a wistful, pleading look in the handsome dark eyes. Madge started; where had she seen those eyes, that face? Surely they were familiar. But no, of course she had not any acquaint­ ance with this stranger. He noticed her startled look, and said: "Please do not be frightened, I am not in a great deal of pain." "I am so sorry for you Mr.--Mr.--" "Montrose, Gerald Montrose," and he finished the sentence. "Oh! don't be sorry for me, I shall be around all right soon, I trust. You are Mr. Leigh Knowlton's sis­ ter, I believe?" "Yes, sir; Madge, is my name, Madge Knowlton; and I came in to see if there is anything I might do for yon, Mr. Mon­ trose?" "For me? how kind of you," and his dark eyes beamed anew, as Madge stood waiting. She really was a lovely picture, with her brown ringlets, and fresh piquant face, as she stood where the morning sun danced through the cedars jjnd fell in little silvery ripples over her blue morning dress. " Would you mind reading awhile to me, Miss Knowlton? I am dull, and not used to lying in this cramped position, so if you will read something interesting, which you tnay have, I will try and forget that I am hnyt. for a time." "With pleasure," and Madge flitted away to her room for a copy of her favorite au­ thor's works,all the while thinking where had she seen Mr. Montrose before; surely some­ where. ' How would you like Longfellow?" she asked, re-appearing. - "Just my choice," answered the sufferer, his handsome face lighting up again, as he followed Madge's every „ movement with those glad expressive eyes that held such a fascination in them. Madge had a fine, soft, sweet voice for reading, and what was infinitely better, was a good reader, so day after day they grew belter and better acquainted, over readings from Longfellow and Emerson. They seemed in every way »o well suited to each other for happy companionship; and each was dreading the day of separa­ tion but dared not confess, as yet. One day when Gerald Montrose was able to walk out, he and Madge strolled do%ii to Lake Baptiste. "How glorious it is to be out doors once more and how lovely the water," exclaimed he as they stood on the shore together, and watched the sunshine dance on the rip­ pling surface. He dwew a deep breath of sweet satisfaction, and ended with a sigh as he looked at Madge. There was something in his face that brought the vivid btush to her fair brow and cheek, and to break the 6i)ence, which had fallen between them, the Mid, me •ASM. take you out rowing, Mr. Montrose; see there is Leigh's boat." "Can you row a boat as well as you can read, Mi^s Knowlton V' he asked, smilling down upon her.. "Most assuredly," answered Madge, trip­ ping down to the boat and picking up the oars, fastened them in and waited for Gerald who was coming at a slower pace down the pebbled shore. "Now(" she said as she pulled away from the shore, "you must enjoy yourself hugely, so that yon may always remember this pleasant afternoon and delicious excursion en Baptiste." "I never shall forget," he said, half gladly, half mournfully, looking toward her curiously, and holding his arm. Her, heart gave a great throb in answer, and the blood surged in blushes to her face once more. "This puts me in mind of a boat-ride I took once--all alone, however, but truly I hope it will not end as that one did." He laughed merrily as he ended and dipped his hand in the water. "Was there any catastrophe?" queried Madge, rowing slower now, and growing interested. . "I should think so," Gerald replied, "1 lost my boat, and my coat, and received an unmerciful scolding beside." "His boat and his coat." thought Madge, feeling her face grow white and her bands tremble, and then like lightning it flashed over her mind the locket with the initials G. M. surely stood for Gerald Montrose. Ah! that was why his face seemed familiar from the first. Then here was really her knight, for whom 6he had waited so long. "Iteally too bad," she managed to say presently. * "Yes," said Gerald, arid the worst of the calamity was, I lost; a locket belonging to my sister, which I had in my side pocket. My! how she scolded me." He shook his head and laughed again, "Yon see, I had given her the trinket on her birthday wiih my monogram on the back, and that was why she prized it so much, being a gift." Madge let go the oars suddenly, and gazed at him with a white face. "Are you ill, Miss Knowlton?" questioned he, making a move toward the oaf with his well arm "This rowing has been to much for you I fear." "Oh. no," she returned with some show of her wonted vivacity. "I was only think­ ing--" "Thinking? Of what did my recital put you in mind? Some dreadful experience I presume." "An experience, but not dreadful. I was thinking how sorry I was for you at the time. I was so afraid you had ,been drowned." Her face was a study, flushed and sweet, and she looked archly at the jnys- tified Gerald. "Sorry at the time? Why Miss Knowl­ ton, your riddle is hard to read. How could you have been aware that I had lost my boat in a blow on Lake Michigan three years ago, and that said boat rode triumphantly away to be heard of no more forever?" "But it was heard from, Mr. Montrose," and she extended her hand and dropped the long-lost dhiament into his palm. Then remembering her oars she began rowing as if nothing had transpired; as if there was no tumult of feeling surging un­ der the forced calmness of the exterior. How eagerly, yet covertly, she watched her companion's pleased surprise, as he turned over the long-lost article aud found his initials. How she watched Gerald as he proceeded to open the locket. It was with trembling fingers that her companion pressed the tiny spring, dis- closing his own countenance, full of happy health. "Why Miss Knowlton. did you tind it?" looking tenderly at Madge who was becoming nervous again. "Ah! Miss Madge, it is now your property; you found it." "Oh! no Mr. Montrose, it is yours-- yours," Madge made haste to say, though there wn«? a little tremor in her sweet voice, which Gerald noticed joyfully. He looked at her a moment, and a soft sweet light come iuto his glorious eyes; "no Miss Knowlton, I'd much rather you would keep it; please keep it for my sake won't you?" and he tossed it into her lap. She essayed no repl», and ho continued. "Please tell me all about your finding the articles, I would much rather have the story than the locket--much rather." And Madge related her story of the coat and contents; of the storm, and her i' uling them, and of sitting on the ruined boat, wondering as she gazed at his miniature, if she should ever see him, or whether he was drowned in the cruel waters. Gerald lis­ tened attentively and when she had finished he reached for the one little hand that was forgetting its oar. "This cannot be a hap- pening," he said slowly "your finding my miniature; it came to you by water--and 1 came to you by land, three years afterward; how pleasant you have made my hours of suffering and convalescence; I know now why I came up here to work. I did not need to, for my means are ample: it wan only an eccentric notion, mother said, but 1 came to you--Madge." They had reached the shore now, and were standing on the pebbles, gleaming in the setting 6un, in their varied colors: and the evening wind sighed in the dark pines, and swept across to them, with the key note of love on its wings. "Will you take me Madge, dear? Remem­ ber I came to you as if by fate, and ever since I heard your sweet voice, and looked into your dear face, I have known my hap­ piness depended on your decision. Will you take me darling, as you did my picture --and keep me all your own!" She raised her giad eyes to his, and put­ ting one dainty hand in his, she whispered, "My Knight." "Thank you, dear Madge. I will try and repay you for the priceless blessing of your love, by a life of devotion; my heart has found its abiding home--your love." He kissed the sweet flushed face, and smoothed the windblown curls tenderly. Then fast­ ening the golden chain around the fair neck, he added, "wear it now, dearest; you have a double right." On the way to the house, Madge told the happy Gerald, how she was still keeping the coat, hoping some day to be able to find the owner. "And the owner is so glad, Madge; it seems to me my unlucky days brought me my luckiest." "Blessings in ilisguise," said Madge. When Leigh and Ada heard of the en­ gagement, they told Gerald that "that was nothing strange, for Mad^e had said time and again thit the original of the picture in the locket-""belonged to her, and site meant to find him." "I always thought she would." said Legh slyly, "for she has such an unbending will of her own that I pre­ sumed even fate would have to give in. ' To-day Gerald -Montrose aud his wife Madge, live on a pleasant farm of their own, not many miles from brother Leigh's, and they call their courtship and subse­ quent marriage, a romance of the pines. Those Dreadful Gamblers. "Wife--(handing husband morning paper)--I see that several gambling dens was raided upon last evening, and a large quantity of gambling parapher­ nalia siezed." Husband--"I am glad of it. The po­ lice should wipe out those places at once. These gamblers are a hard set --all ! I'm in luck. Those stocks have gone up, and I oomeout three thousand ahead by yesterday's transactions. Good spec, that. My dear, you shall have that dress. Joy-in the household.--Boston Couv- ier. ' Every One to His Taste. Host--"Hope you'll enjoy yourself, sir. Fine gunnin' and fishia' and plenty of good grub. If I do say it I set a mighty fine table--all kinds of fish, geme, bear meat--" Guest--"Bear meat in August! I never heard of that! Do you eat it with impunity during this month?" Host--"Wall, we generally eat bar's moat with salt and pepper and a leetle •inefiftr, but you can suit yourself about that."--Philadelphia Call* A Hdp to Good Digestion. In the Brituh Medical Journal Dr. W. Rob­ erta, of Hog-land, discusses the effect of liquors, tea, coffee, ahd coooa on digestion. Ail of them retard tbe chemleal processes, but most of them stimulate tbe glandular activity and muscular contractions. Dis­ tilled spirits retard tbe salivary or peptic di­ gestion but Slightly when sparingly used. Wines were found to be highly Injurious to Milvary digestion. On poptio diges­ tion ail wines exert a retarding influ­ ence. They stimulate tbe glandular and muscular activity of the stomach. Ef­ fervescent wines exert the greatest amount of good with the least harm to digestion. When one'8 digestion is out of order every­ thing goes aWry, unless,"as in the case of T. T. Seals, of BeUaire, Ohio, who had bad dyspepsia for seven years, tbe digestive ap­ paratus is kept in apple-pie eating order by Warner's Tippecanoe, the best appetite pro­ ducer and regulator in the world. Tea, even iu minute quantities, completely paralyzes the action of the saliva. The tan­ nin in strong tea is injurious. Weak tea should be used, if at all. Strong coffee and cocoa are also injurious if used In excess.-- The Cosmopolitan. ETETY | The Fashion to Work. R is the fashion to wor^. woman nowadays, no matter how high her rank or how great heir wealth, works as though her bread depended on her industry. There is no modera­ tion in this freak that has bitten all classes like a tarantula, and Bet them whirling in a lever of occupation. Sa­ tan, who used to find so much mischief for idle hands to do, must be at his wits' end to discover a pair that is not full of play or downright hard work. The moneyed class and the working classes meet on a neutral ground, where millionaires, empresses and princesses rush in for their share of labor, and look with scorn on those who hide their talents in a napkin. The fashionable idler is now as busy as a bee, with the bump of admiration in a state of ab­ normal development. Perhaps these "swelled heads" of society interfere with thedabors of men and women who depend on their art or theii media uiCal skill to keep the wolf from the door, but it can be said in return that the trained artisan or laborer is always worthy of his hire, and there is no code which prevents a fashion from having its little day.--Exchange. Fads for Families. In order to cook your hare you must al­ ways first catch it It is much easier to eatch a cold than to catch a hare. To get rid of a cold always use Bed Star Cough Cure. To get Red Star Cough Cure onlyre- quires twenty-five cents. A Bird Story. In front of a window where we worked last summer was a butternut tree. A liuinming-bird built her nest on a limb that grew near the window, and we had an opportunity to watch her closely, and we could look right into the nest. One day there was a very heavy shower. When the first drops fell she came and took in her bill one of two or three large leaves grow-' ing close to the nest, and laid this leaf over so completely that it covered the nest; then she flew away. On looking at the leaf we found a hole in it, and m the side of the nest was a small stick that the leaf was fastened to or hooked on. After the storm was over the old bird came back and unhooked the leaf, and the nest was perfectly dry.--Yonkers Statesman. Feeble Frames, Shaky Nerves And dyspeptlo stomachs are usually found In conjunction. Vitality is lacking in all three. How can this be created? Simply by using Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters with regularity, abstaining from habits inconsonant with health, and by the use of a digestible diet. As an in* ltial steD toward the reinforcement of a deplet­ ed system, a resort to Hostetter's Stomach Bit­ ters is most desirable, since It corrects acidity consequent upon a vitiation of the was trio juices and the presence- of bile in the stomach, and havingregulated and, as it were, lubricated the digestive mechanism, sets it »nd keeps it at work. Au immediate train in vigor is the re­ sult. The food is converted into blood, upon which the system draws for nutrition, the nerves as tliey acquire vigor become tranquil, the muscular fiber gains substance and hard- nesp, and appetite and sleep improve. Consti­ pation, fever and ague rheumatism and renal ailments yield to the Hitters. The Wild West, A man who would whipsaw an ace and attempt to call the turn by putting (as we have often seen him) $4, his week's salary on a card that was dead as Thompson's colt, is hardly a person to discuss this question intelligently.-- Stockton Herald. A man who would let his money (borrowed from us) lay on tbe jack until said jack had passed to the silent majority and a drunken wreck guerrilla appropriated the swag, while the player, with his eyes on an­ other man's bet, kindly supposes he was coppering the queen, enters this im­ portant argument considerably handi­ capped.--Stockton Mail. Hon to Get Strong. Dumb-bells and horizontal bars, Indian clnbs and the trapeze are valuable under certain conditions, but they are detrimental rather than beneiicial If the blood is poor and thin and poisoned with bile. Use of the muscles necessitates waste as woll as induces growth. If the blood does not carry suffi­ cient nutriment material to repair the waste, loss of strength necessarily follows, and growth is out of the question. Purify and enrich your blood with Dr. Tierce's "Golden Medical Discovery," and then exercise will develop and not consume your physique. A MAX is often called a bartender when in reality he is a bar tougb.--Yottkcra States­ man. A Peck of Peas (P's). Here are a Peck of Peas, sweet Peas, if you will. Perseverance. Patience, Prompt­ ness, Proficiency, Push and Politeness. Add to these Dr. Pierce's "Pleasant Purgative Pellets" and you will get well through the world without much trouble. The Pellets prevent constipation and surplus of bile which lead to many different complaint*. In­ closed in glass, always fresh, entirely vege­ table, prompt, and perfectly harmless. Any druggist. A MAN doesn't know tbe true Import of wearing a tile until he gets a brick in his hat. Merchant Traveler. Gently does DR. WALKER'S VINEGAR BITTERS relieve the constipated bowels; at the game time thoroughly toning their inner membrane and restoring their mechanical action. Vet the result is solely due to nat­ ure, re-enfogced and sustained by the best vegetable alterative and tonic that ever passed tbe lips of the sick and suffering. "WIIEUE are the friends of our Y All in the poor house.--Carl Pretzel's Ween^y. PURE Cod-'Uver Oil, made from selected livers 6n the sea-shore, by CASWELL, HAZARD & Co., New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who ha»ve •nee taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have de­ cided it superior to any of tb£ other oils §3 market. - "I bave found Athlophoros to be all tlmt is claimed for iti" is tbe straightforward testimony of Dr. II. H. Joy, 359 State street, corner Harrison street, Chicago, 11.., to the virtues of this great reuiody in all cases of rheumatism and neuralgia. CHAPPED Hands, Face, Pimple* and rough Skin, cured by using JU.NIPKKTARBOAP, made by CASWELL, HAZARD Sc Co., New York. THE best and cheape st Car-Starter is sold by Borden, Selleck & Co., Chicago, IU. With it one man can move a loaded car. Five dollars can be saved every yoar in boots and shoes by using Lyon's Heel Btif- feners; cost only 25c. BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent am all doses of Piao's "• i-w TH1 SATFnriSS OF EtTSimL "Elysium was the name given by the an­ cient Greeks to the resting place of the nghteous dead, where they should enjoy eternal peace and happiness. None bnt the pure in heart, the truthful. and gener­ ous could tread the asphodel meadows of the Elysian fields, and it was a land of ever* lasting delight. When, therefore, Mn. Kate Sherman, of Streator, HI., said re* cently that she had been in Elysium, though of course she spoke figuratively, it argued that some great good fortune and joy had come to her. And such, indeed, was the truth. Mrs. Sherman tells how it was in this way: "I have suffered from inflammatory rheumatism for more than thirty years. Heretofore the pain would SgtccUmb to the application of hot wet flannel, but at my last attack circumstances had conspired to aggravate the disease, and I became help­ less. My hands and feet were swollen enormously, audi suffered almost mortal agony. My physician bought me a bottle of Athlophoros. After taking the third dose I was in Elysium, and was free from pain. By the time I had taken a bottle and a half I felt so wonderfully improved that I discontinued the medicine. I have an ungovernable dislike to^flb) medicine, but I will say that AthlophotPs probably saved my life, as I was runniug down rap- icily, and could not have endured the pain much longer. It afforded me the only re­ lief I ever experienced except from hot water, and that had failed ma. The Rev. Samuel Porter, of Crete, 111., says of the effect of Athlophoros upon his wife: "Mrs. Porter was very much benefited by the first bottle. Before she commenced taking it she could not walk, she was so badly affiieted with rheumatism, but she was soon able to walk. She sleeps well. Mr. John Hews, our neighbor, was very badly off with the rheumatism last winter, and was not able to work or even to get out of his room. One bottle of Athlophoros cured him, but he has to keep it by him tq take when he feels his old difficulties." Another clergyman, the Rev. C. Hartley, of Huntley, 111., gives this as his ex­ perience with the remedy: "For six months I suffered severely from an attack of rheumatism. A friend sent me a notice of several reliable cures effect­ ed by Athlophoros. I procured the medi­ cine, and less than one bottle completely cured me, and I have not had the least indi­ cation of a return Of the painful disease. I have recommended it to others, and results similar to those in my own case have fol­ lowed. I regard Athiophoros as invalu­ able." A. M. Blakney, who lives at the corner of Union and Green streets, Decatur, 111., only confirms the general testimony to the value of Athlophoros when he says: "Dnring tho past winter I was stricken with a very severe attack of rheumatism--a disease with which I had been afflicted for several years--and was rendered almost helpless, and confined to my bed. I tried various medicines, and was prescribed for by physicians with no avail. Finally I Was induced by my druggist to try Athlophoros. I was relieved and cured so quickly that words could not tell my surprise. I do not hesitate in recommending it to any one suffering with that most painful complaint, rheumatism." If you can not get ATHLOPHOROS of your drag- ist wo will send it, express paid, on receipt of regular price--one dollar per bottle. We prefer that you buy it from your druggist, but if ho liaen't it, do not be persuaded to try something else, but order at once from u», as directed. ATHLOPHOROB CO., 112 WaU btreet. New York. FRANK JAMES is now clerking in a Nevada grocery. The fellow who comes in two or three times a day and helps himselt to cheese had better look a leedle out. Dr. Hash's Catarrh Remedy surpasses alL ' MAN wants but little here bill owe, but wants that little paid.-- Whitehall Timet. libit Faith in I'liysicisus. There are innumerable instances whorccoMS-bave been effected by SCOVILL'S SABSAI'AUILLA. or Blood aud Liver Syrup, for all diseasex of the blood, when the patient had l>een given up by physicians, it is one of the best remedies ever offered to the public, and as it it prepared with the greatest care, as a spe­ cific for certain diseases, it is no wonder that it should be more effectual than hastily written and carelessly prepared prescriptions. Take SCOVILL'S BLOOD AND LIVES BVBQP for all disorders arising from impure blood. It is endorsed by all leading professional men. STRICTLY PURE Contains No Opium in Any Fi MARK. TRADE Absolut Free from Opiates, SAFE. SURE. PROMPT. GERMANREMEOY m •% • Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, LAi* DAIH | Ol • Dill rrrinfr dka. I VI • M i l l AT DRUOaiBTS ANI) DEA.LCBS. THE CIIAKI'KS A. TOtiELER ( O., BALTIMORE, BO. Mr'.»vtii.CAI*18H Cleanses the flead. Retires Pain at Once. Allays In­ flammation. Heals Sores. Restores Taste and Smell. A Positive Cure, yaw rrurQ HAY " rt V en at druggists' or by nu.il Semi for circular. - ELY BHOTUKRS. IiriigKintfi, Owego. N. Y. Morphine Habit Cured in 10 to 20 dnyn. No pay till cured. Da. J. STKPHKXS. Lebanou, Ohio. UDICTMiO KYK is the time for fun with the nnldlMAO (Magic lanterns pni YHPT nflH are outdone.) circulars free. rULl Ur I lUUlf Address Murray Hill f'o.,1E.28th st.,N~ew York OPIUM C PATENTS R. S. & A. P. LACKY. Patent Attorneys.Washing ton, Instructions and opinions Zs to patentability Fill I.. Years' expedience. PADTABI C (ilUNDlXO MILLS. Mate UIUHDLC money grinding your Feed on the KAKSTNKK I'OKIA Hi.K OK1NUING MILLS. Over 6,500 in use. \\ arranteil fully. CHAH. KAESTNER & CO.. :-.Ot-Sl'» S. Canal St..Cliicago. J An active Man or Woman in ev*ry "countv to .ell our goods Salary 97a. 1 per loath and Expenses Kxpense* in a<l- "vanee. Canvassing outlii FHKK! Piirtioulara lY*e. fjtandard Silver-ware Co. Boston. Maaa. GALS The BEST and CHEAPEST COM ADD CROUP R E M E D Y . As an Expectorant It has no Eqoal. ALLEN'S LING BALSAM! IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES, Price, 25 cts.. 50 cts. and $1 per bottle. The S5-CENT BOTTLES are put up for the accom­ modation of all who desire simply a COUGH or CROUP REWEDY. Those desiring a remedy for CONSUMPTION or any I.UNU DISEASE should secure the large $1X0 bottles. Directions accompany each bottle. JH'HOLD BX ALI. MEDICINE DXAR.ZMS.~VT MR™? BITTERS, tf » ortala can fftor all disease* Nothing wa* «*«r invented that • cleanse th* Blood and PWifr tt>* Byaton «g to Hops u4 BAUVBIttm. ft* up the System, puts wr Bleo* m ywa •elns, restores your hat amttto aai sleep? sad brines 70a perfte* JfcMltfc. 1ft never rails to fire relief in sH esses «rf Kites> or Liver TrouMes, BtllosLsaass, Ij»al Kcstlen. Constipation, Side Hssdsches, mf*- pepsls. Nerrous dlwlin and all VNHl* Complaints) when property takenit is a jra)a cure. Thousands hsve Bean kmMMtgrft in this and other Western States. Itiatbs feast Combination of VegetsMe iiiniadtea aa nt discovered for ths restoration to health Sf m Weak and DeMlltatedU. D»antj ' and HALT BItt rior preparations of Hops A Malt Bitten Robert Turner, M. D., by all druggists. HOPS i MLT UTIER J. S. HARRIS t CO. (Limited), ProiTs, CINCINNATI, OHIO. Sand one 2c. stamp for latest BABYLAND. end two 2c. tor latest Oni LITTI* MEN & WOMB*. end two 2c. stamps for lste-t PANSY, __ end live 2c. stamps lor latest WIDE AWAKE. To D I.OTHBOP ft CO., 32 Franklin St., Boston. Yon can then selwt Magaaines for your Family and Young Friends nndeintaiHliiig-ly. DR. RAD WAY'S Sarsaparillian Resolvent, lite Great Blood Purifier, For the cure of Clironio Disease. Chronic Rheuma­ tism. Scrofula. Olaniiular Swelling. HackiiiK Pry Cout;h, Cancerous Aft'octions. Syphilitic Complaints, Bleeding of tlie I .imps, l>yspepsia, Watcr-ltrasli, Wlrite Swelling, Tumors, Hip Diseases, Mercurial Diseases, Female Complaints, Oout, Dropsy, Bronchitis, Con­ sumption. For tho cure of SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions of the Face anil Body, Pimples, UlotohvM, Salt Kheum, Old Sores, Ulcers, Dr. Rad way's Sarsaparillian Resolvent eicelR all reme­ dial asients. It purifies the blood, restoring health and vigor; clear skin, beantitul complexion secured to all. Liver Complaints, Etc. ,K. Not only does the Sarsaparillian Resolvent excel all remedial airents in tlie cure of Chronic Scrofulous, Constitutional and Skin Diseases, but it is the only positive cure for Kidney and Bladder Complaints, IMn ary and Womb Diseases, Grarel, Diabetes, Dropsy. Stoppage of Water, Incontinence of Urine, Bright's Disease, Albuminuria, and «11 cases where there are brick-iiunt deposits, or the water is thick, cloudy or mixed with suiwtuucelike the white of an eRir.or there is a morbid, tiark, bilious appearance and white bone- dust deposits, aud where there is a prickling, buruiuK sensation when 'passing water, and pain in tbe small of the back and alont: the loins. Sold by druggists. Price $1 per bottle. 11ADWAVS HEADY 11KLIEF, the Cheat Ma Remedy. DR. RAI>WAY'S PIXX8 Cure Dyspepsia ami all Disorders of the Stomach, liver ami Bowels. Be Mire to fret Railway's."^* I1!:. HADWAY A: CO., New York. VINEGAR BITTERS I* the great Blood Purifier and Life-giving 1'riuciple; a Gentle Purgative and Tonic; a perfect ltenovator and lnviponitor of the system. In Vinegar Hitters there' Is vitality but BO alcoholic or mineral poison. IIIKPIUIC* of tli« Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of tbe system in a short time by tlie use of the Bittera. Vinegar Hitters allays feveriahnesa. It re> lieves, and In time cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Clout, aud similar painful diseases. Vinegar Bitters cures Constipation and prevents Diarrhcea. Merer before has a medicine been com- pounded possessing the power of VunteAB Bit- IEIIS to heal the sick. Send for either of our valuable referenda books for ladies, for fanners, for merchants, our Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our Catechism On Intemperance and Tobacco, which last should tie read by every child and youth in the land. Any two of the above books mailed free on Jeceipt of four cents for registration feea. -t.H. McDonald Drug Co., 682 Washington St., N.Y. A hovi (iKNTS WAN I KI> in every oitv and town for l.adies' Favorite Tracing Wheel. Will sellinevery household. Two dozen nulled upon receipt of fl. Sumpk 10c. Novelty Wheel Co.,24 Congress St., Boston BIG OFFER. To hitroduce them, we will Operating Washii'K Ma AWAY 1,000 Kelf- hinps. it you wantona A A NVI AnycaamakehandaomeRUOS Ml laHVI hour* out of raga, yarn or an] byuainaPCiOi •••••••• No hooks, Via* send us your name. P.O.. and express office at The national Co., a Dm Sr., N. Y. .tntttor IT cloth, , elunpt, or pattern*. Easy,almple RU6 MAKER onanyBewiNo MACHINE or by hand. A wonder­ ful invention. It SFI.1.S AT SIOKT. Price only SI. -- Ifaaoinatlng. 1 Send stamp for I Mew Free Lin I AGENTS I wanted. Great I Inducements. >wj»lan. No money required. I CO.. au State 8»„ CWGMWk HOME MAGAZINE* Is just what its name indicates, a magazine for Homes. Write for a JPVee 8peci*n+n copy before subscribing for any other magazine. T. S. ARTHUR A SON. Philadelphia, Pa, SOHMER PREFERRED BY LEADING AKTISTg. Highest Prize Centennial Exposition, 1S10. Highest Prize Montreal Exposition, 1881-82 SEND FOIt CATALOGUE. 8 T E C E R & S A U B E R , toe*, 909 Wabash Av„ - CUICAl ILL. Wot\TH SiKBDteToH Dr. J. H. SCHENCK has published A NEW AND ELABOBATH BOOK on the Treatment and Core of CONSUMPTION, LIVER COMPLAINT ™ DYSPEPSIA which will be mailed FREE to all wtio want it. If you are, or know of any one who is, afflicted with, or liable to any of these diseases, send name and address (plainly written) to Dr. J. H. SCHENCK & SON, (Name this paper.) Philadelphia, Pa- These Disoa represent the opposite sides of B. H. DOUGLASS A SONS' Capsicum Cough Drops for Coughs, Colds and Sore Throats, an Alleviator of Consumption, and of great benefit in most cases of Dyspepsia. S IE WARE BF IMITATIONS.) Sbejr are the result of over forty years* experianae In compounding COUGH XXHBDIB, BetaII price lv eeaU prr qaarter pt FOK SALE BY ALL DEALER!. 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Gloucester, Man E VETIT CHILD in erary lsad is subject to Coughs, Croup & Whooping '.--A Caucasian. THEIR _ oo3sr»xj: --1AXL .... Taylor's Cherokse Remtdv of Swaet Gun aai MMllain. Tlie Sweet Gnm from a tree of the same name grow- V' V' . ' ... V? QJKTT &g in the South, oomblned with a tea made tram the ullein plant of the old fislds. Tor sale by ail drua-gista at cent •" __ WA^S^T%^B^MIaBts. Oa. M. W. PUNTTAM Wayne, Du Sag* 0a., Tllfral^ HAS IMPORTED FROM FRANOC ' TO PER CENT OF ALL I0ISIS Whoso rrnrity of blood is established tar pallsnn» re- oorded in ihe P«reh»ron Stud Book dhueM» only Stud Book erer poSlfitied iu that country, EVER IMPORTED TO AMERIOJL ^ STOCK ON WW: 140 {mportalBrMtlara soo Imports Stallkas, :'IC I8S COLT* 1 yean old and younger. Recofrnlsinir the priiv clple accepted by all InMUJU gent breeders that. 1 erer well bred , , , . taM to be.tf their 1 recorded, they should be valued only as a sell all Imported (lock at grade prices when I oaunat furnish with the animal void, pedurree TtrUed b* the original French certificate of its number and leeordaa the Pen-hero" Stud Book of Franca. ]H.Mn trated t atn^Mi sent free. Wayne, Ilia.li#S west of Chicago, on the Chicago 4e North-weeter ItaadlDK haro keen cured. Indeed, tottronriim. falih la lt«»(nc»CT, ti.at I will lend TWO BOTTLES rill, together wlthaVA I.CABT.KTKEATI8I on this 'lllin teany sufferer. GtveexpreaaendP O.addrss. SB. T. A. BLOCU11, 111 PwiSt, Mew Task. GOLD STRING PIANOS. The Strftan of the Schomacker PtuKW am plum with pure fold to prevent rusting and Improve tfet tone. Sena for Cataloguee and tbooaanda of lefaf** eness. We offer special low Introduction prices to pai* «hasere of the SCHOMACKKR GOLD 8TRING ANOS until CHK1STM AS. Early purchasers will sa* . purchase of a piano should avail themselves 1 . opportunity or securing the finest toned Piano la the Purchasers ef bMvatna. All persons contemplating 1 snselvesoft world at i xery~^iTirfri^Jp Sheet MQHIC and Books should send for oar < of over 20.000 publications free. Address, S. BRAINARD'S SONS, 145 * 14? Wabash Aw, Chic**, DROPSY mm TREATED FREE. • DB. II. II. CiltEES « SOK8» Specialists for Thirteen Years Past. Have treated Drop-y aud its complications with the most wonderful Miccem; use vegetable remedies, entirely haumle-a. Kemove all symptoms of dropay in ei«lit to twenty clays. Curt- iiati« tits pronounced hopeless by the best of phy.-atianH. tYoui the first dose the symptoms rapidly disap­ pear, mil intends; ' " " loiuK ;i re removed. ear. nrd in ten day sat least two-thirds ot all tymp- Home may cry humbug without knowing anything alwut it. Uniit-ml*. r. it does not ..vst you anything to realize the merits of our treatment for yourseif. la ten days the tlifliculty of breat!iiu>i is rvl > vetf I'lilse regular, the urinary organs made to diset their tui 1 ciuty, s!t-ep is restored, the swelling 1 nearly irone. tbe strength increased, and appetite 1 pood. We are cou-tauti> i oases ot to* ing--cases tiiat have l*-rU tapped a number( and tlie patient declare ! uuuble to live a 1 full history ot esse. Name sei, h w long 1 lvow badly swollen mi l where, are liowels 1 „ have legs bursted and dripped water. Seud tor L pamphlet, containing testini mials. iiuestiona, otc. Ten days' treatment furnished free by wait. Kuilepsy iFitti) positively vured. If you order trial. ud 111 ceDts in stamps to BSI postage. H. H. fcRKEX £ SONS. M Ua, 55 Jane* Avenue. Atlanta, Gs, Portable and Sta­ tionary. Illustrate ~BThenTaa* cura i do nut rnaan v a time and the* hara tham raturn again, I n eat care. I bars mad* the disease of FlTB, XrilJVST or FALUMO SICKNESS a Ufa-long study. T warnat ny remedy to care the worst cans. Because etbera have failed baa reason tor not new 1 once tor a tre« " naody. Olw wu,v' " rforitrHiaAlwlUcanyov. v _ . 1 »r. aeet, . Best Couch Syrup. Tastes good. Use • A; in time. Sold by C dirv ID* www MHsa, OTWHM* 1 reason tor not new resetviag acare. tonga* 1 treatise aad a Free Mettle of my latoUlMa lira Express aad Pest Ofloe. It ooatt yea •i C.K.U. f Jk i WHEN WRITING TO AIT IT yieaae eay yow asiw tike * 1 »• y '»/'*. *' "i- . - - " v,^ i > r '• J ^