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WJKJSTAFPI PALL. HOWN- «• SsuVHIstory of ttaci Voang Hu Wbo Gazed Not Wisely lint Too Lon| in the PnHnbrokt'r'ii Whitlow. It was hanging in the -window of a pawnbroker's sales store, attacked to & Card which reatf: This fine, 18-karat fjold, hunting caiflechrnn- BOtneter balance, fnll jewelled, stem winding, level, JNiueugruuiz of Genera maker, Warranted for ten years, pries only $10. What dial>olieal influence directed Valentine Wagntaff's attention to this object he could not, for the life of him, explain. He had never dreamed of owning a watch before. It was the first time in his existence that he had even looked at a pawnshop. But here he stood, gloating upon the glittering bauble and feeling his month's salary in his pocket, and as he gloated it seemed to him that u human instinct be­ gan to animate and give expression to the object of his scrutiny. The hurry­ ing little second hand whirled around with a dazzling activity which quite be­ wildered him, and the big minute hand appeared to beckon him. It beckoned him to his doom. Before he knew it he had the watch in his pocket and was $10 short of his salary. And from the moment he set foot upon the street again he was an altered man. He timed himself every five minutes on his way home, and compared notes with every clock he passed; he looked at the hour seven times during his dinner, and pulled his chronometer balance out so often during the Rev. Howler's lecture that a young gentleman in the next row audibly expressed his fear that he would wear the case out before lie got to bed. But sarcasm fell as lightly from the plumage of Mr. Wagstalfs new fledged vanity as rain drops from Snfluck's wing. Nor was pride the only carsf> his purchase had already imposed on him. It had perverted his moral in­ stincts to that extent that he assured Miss Crook, as he worked the stem- winding apparatus for the fourth time in two hours, that the watch was an MM which had been among his Mnilv Vnvels a century or so. At the mention of family jewels Miss Crook's eye lighted u^, and it was noticeable that her treatment of Mr. "NVagstaff was characterized by more than usual fervor till they parted at her door. For the the first time in their acquaintance Mr. Wagstaff dared squeeze her hand that night, after which he drank two glasses of soda, wound the watch up again, and went to bed as placidly as ..if he had never told a lie in his life. The descent of the wretched youth (torn this time forth was steady and swift. Within a week he drew upon his bo,nk account for a chain to com­ pleted his horological equipment. The chain made his clotlics look so shabby that he Set aside his rule of two suits a year, and patronized a tailor three months ahead of time. • Then a friend Who had go^hold of a pin at a bargain and wanted to realize sold it to him dirt cheap. A week later he bought a $22 solitaire at a Grand street second­ hand shop. In brief, by the Fourth of July Valentine WagstatF was the owner of a watch, chain, Brazilian crystal pin, Parisian diamond, studs and cuff but­ tons, a solitaire and a cane with a gilt knob, his bank account had been re­ duced to seven cents, and Miss Crook had renounced him as entirely too worldly aiid carnal in his tastes to do credit to herself or the tabernacle. Valentine Wagsjtaflf accepted his re­ nunciation with the abandon of con­ firmed depravity, and the same night took the young" woman who attended the lunch counter at the Gowanus Dairy to hear "The Mascot," and wound up witli oysters and lager l»eer and a kiss on the doorstep.--To-Day. The Persian Shah. Nusr-ed-Deen Shah, the reigning sovereign of Persia, is a "man of good and progressive ideas, patriotically in­ clined, but often hampered by the char­ acter of his entourage and the menac­ ing aspect of Russia, frowning upon any progress in Persia that would tend to add to the independence of an ancient monarchy that she hopes eventually to absorb without resistance--a problem that, in my opinion, is not likely to be easy as she supposes. The Shah is a man fond of the chase, a bold and skillful marksman, of social disposition, and prefers, as far as possible, to drop the irksome ceremonies of state which surround him. On one occasion lie said to an elegant and accomplished Persian gentleman whom he had hon­ ored by a visit to his superb country- seat, "If only I could for a while lay aside the embarrassments of my posi­ tion, how I should enjoy a free conver­ sation with a gentleman of your tastes and culture!" He gives an audience to his ministers every morning about six, receives their reports, and gives his orders for the ad­ ministration of affairs. In the after­ noon, and sometimes in the evening, he engages in social converse with one or more of his favorite courtiers, or listens to the reading of foreign periodicals. On such occasions there is sometimes a freedom of expression allowed his cour­ tiers which in former reigns^would have cost them their heads. But Nusr-ed- Deen Shall is a man of noble and gen­ erous impulses. The tendency to modify the strictness of the court etiquette at Teheran is shown by the manner of receiving fore- eign ministers. His Majesty receives them standing at the upper end of the audience chamber, which is the magni­ ficent half containing part of the crown jewels, when an audience is granted to a the entire diplomatic corps on state oc­ casions. When an audience is given to single person for a special object, the king receives him in one of the smaller but scarcely less splendid apartments of the palace. Nothing further is required of the minister except to leave his galoclies, or outer shoes, at the gate of the palace. He is attended by the Zaliiri Douleli, or master of ceremonies, and when the massive embroidered portielv; is raised and discloses the Shah-in-Shah opposite him, resplendent in rubies and diamonds, he bows, and repeats this mark of respect when he has reached his Majesty, who stands as near to him as two gentleman in ordi­ nary conversation. The minister re­ mains covered, as indicating the equality of the two powers ' and waits for the Shah to begin the conversation, which becomes free and easy if his Majesty is in pleasant humor, or is favorably in­ clined to the minister and his country. The Shah speaks French, and some­ times condescends for a moment to dis­ pense with the court interpreter and converse directly with the minister, al- thouglnmch condescension may be ac­ cepted as a mark of high favor. In for­ mer days the Shah would terminate the audience by saying, "You have leave to retire," but th« present king simply keeps silent or takes a step back, which is t>.e signal for the minister to with­ draw from the "blfssed presence," tak­ ing care not to turn his back to the king until lie reaches the door. 'This manoeuvre is not aa easy one when the entire diplomatic corpB at Teheran is forced to retire down a hall over A' hun­ dred'and fifty feet in length, and t o "ho careful not to stumble over the chairs of beaten gold on either hand, and avoid slipping on the highly polished pavement of variegated tiles.--H. tf. W. Benjamin, in Hdrper's Magazine. Goldsmith. Oliver Goldsmith ran a great risk of lieing set down as a shiftless vagabond. His genius saved him, but his genius was discovered almost by accident. He became the most illustrious of Bohe­ mians. Few lives of forty-six years have compassed a greater variety of fortunes and misfortunes. He was born in Ire­ land, the son of a poor clergyman, which was calamity number one. In child­ hood small-pox marked him for its own. At Trinity College, Dublin, he had a "sizar's" life, wearing its badge of poverty and fulfilling its menial offices. At an early age he mastered the fine art of borrowing. The pair of scarlet breeches in which he presented him­ self to bishop for examination for orders cost him his ohances in the church, that color being considered fashionable but not canonical. Once his passage was paid to Amfp*ica, but the ship sailed, leaving him in the midst of a good time with friends in­ land. Again he was given £50 to go to London to study law, but he lost the money at play in Dublin on the way. Then he undertook to study law at Edinburgh, whence he was presently driven by his creditors to the Continent. For the next year or two he "tramped it" through Holland, France, Germany, and Switzerland to Italy. Then he hurried himself in London, and at last, came to the surface holding a pen in his hand with a drop of ink at the end of it. It was the drowning man clutching at the straw. Thereafter Goldsmith was Goldsuiith--until he died, in 1774. An office-seeker, a hack-writer for the reviews and the booksellers, an unlucky publisher, aud a jollv good fellow; hand and glovo with Johnson, who af­ terward wrote his epitaph, with Smollet, and with Sir Josliua Reynolds; and at last a successful author on his own ac­ count ; he l>oth conquered fate and tempted her; but fast as he made money, he spent it faster, and when he died liis fame was about all that was left to him. But what a fame it was! In a score of witching traits no writer in the En­ glish language has ever equaled him, and few men have von in a fuller de­ gree the sympathy and kindly regards of their race. With an inexhaustible fund of experience to draw upon; with a marvellous power of transmuting the real into the imaginary; with every re­ finement and delicacy of thought : with humor, tenderness, and grace; and with a style unapproachable in its charm of ease and simplicity, he left a store of writings in prose and verse, the best of which are immortal.--Anon. Mountaineer Trot. Not long since I followed one of these dashing trout-streams from the valley up the mountain. Nature seemed to have done her best to protect the little fishes that live in the dark, deep pools and eddies. The higher I climbed up the mountain, the mor« fish I found; the stream became a succession of falls, some of which were three feet or more in height--the brook in its track forming steps down the mountain--and I began to wonder how the fish came to be up there. In the village, I chanced to mention the subject to a friend who owned a mill on the same stream; and he told me that the fishes' ascent was a puzzle to him, until one day his boy called him out to the dam, where the riddle was solved. The dam was nearly four feet high, and to relieve the stream, several auger-holes had been bored in it, allow­ ing a small stream of water to jet forci­ ble out and go splashing down into the clear pool below. As mv friend ap­ proached the spot, and looked through the bushed, several large-sized trout were seen moving about under the mimic fall, evidently in great excite­ ment, and carting into it as if enjoying the splash and roar of the water. Suddenly, one of the fish made a quick rush that sent it up the falling stream, so that it almost gained the top; but by an unlucky turn it was caught and thrown back into the pool, where it darted away, evidently much startled. Soon another made the attempt! dart­ ing at it like the first, and then rapidly swimming up the fall, but only to meet the fate of its predecessor. This was tried a number of times, until finally, a trout larger than the others made the dash, mounted the stream, and entered the round hold. The observers were almost ready to clap their hands, but it was not successful yet. As the water stopped flowing for a moment, they saw that though tm^tliletic trout had sur­ mounted the fall, the hole was too small for it to pass through, and there the poor fish was lodged. The lookers- on hastened to relieve it, and found that its side or pectoral fhw were caught in the wood, but by Selling the fishes head, which you may be sure they did, they liberated it, and it darted away into the upper bond. Here, then, was the explanation1. The trout climbed the mountain by swimming up the falls, darting up the foaming masses, and adopting every expedient to accomplish tin ir journey. For these fish deposit their eggs high up stream, so that the young fry, when hatched, may not be distured by preda- sory fish and other foes living in the lower water.--C. F. Holder, in St. Nicholas'. Volcanoes. Prof. Joseph Prestwick. of the Uni­ versity of Oxford, concerning the cause of volcanoes, argues that the earth must consist of a solid nucleus surrounded by a molten stratum of no great thickness, which in turn is enclosed by a crust which may be less than twenty miles in tliickness. He does not regard the expansion of water, which can hardly penetrate to a greater depth than seven or eight miles, 4s a primary cause of volcanic action. The presence of aque­ ous vapor is due alone to the surface and underground waters encountered by the lava in its passage to the surface, and, while it adds greatly to their vio­ lence, it does not originate the erup­ tions. The contraction of the earth from cooling, slow though it be, is suf­ ficient to account for the forcing out of lava, Cordier having long since calcu­ lated that five '"volcanic eruptions an­ nually would shorten the earth's radius only about one twenty-fifth of an inch in a century. THERE is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother for her son that transcends all other affections of the heart.--Washington Irving. BOB BURDETTE says: "Nothing goes into print the way a writes it." LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. Vfifcelr Origin, History, RIMI Growth, In early Grecian and Roman history there are traces of trade guilds, and six­ ty-seven years before the Christian era they had grown so powerful in Rome as to greatly offend the aristocratic ele­ ment, and a sensational decree was ob­ tained to abolish all. except those abso- lately Hoc&ss&rv to the st&tc such p,° tlic guilds of the iron, copper, and gold smiths. In A. D. 590 there is mention of a stonecutters and carpen­ ter's guild in Lombardy, and emigrants to France and- Holland long before this had carried the guild system there. In 1099 a guild of weavers is mentioned as having existed a long time in Germany. In 1104 a butchers' guild was estab­ lished. In 110(> tW iishermen formed one. In 1134, a butchers' guild was es­ tablished in Paris, and in 1149 a wea­ vers' at Cologne. The shoemakers' guild of Magdeburg is mentioned for the first time in 1157. In 11(52 there were six guilds in Halle, composed of shopkeepers, shoemakers, bakers, butchers, smiths, and weavers, while in London there were fifteen of these guilds in 1180. - During the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centimes these labor organ­ izations met with bitter and violent op­ position from the aristocracy. In 1220 they were prohibited by the imperial or­ der of Frederick II., six of their mas­ ters put to death at Brunswick, and six more banished. In 1331, at Magdeburg, the leaders were burned alive, and ev­ ery indignity and cruelty visited upqp them. In spite of this they grew and flourished. Crushed in one locality they sprung up in another,' stronger and more aggresive. It is curious and instructive to note that while the earlier organizations prospered under the most cruel oppres­ sion, with the increase of their power aud liiaterial strength in the fourteenth century, came internal quarrels and dis­ sensions, which destroyed their power and usefulness for a long period. Like many institutions of modern times they did well on opposition only to be ruined by prosperity. While they were in this unhappy condition the bitter struggle for the Reformation began, and many members entered the military service. At the close of the thirty years' war, in lt>48, the aristocrats were in absolute control of affairs in Germany, and the guilds had sunk so low as to be without power or influence. This decadence, which l>egun early in the twelfth century, had an interesting and significant origin. Up to that time the. members of the labor organizations elected their own masters and choose 'their own leaders. . In 1370 came a change. The right of suffrage was taken away from the members, the mas­ ters became aristocratic and Arbitrary, the guilds quarreled among themselves, lost power and influence, and, fell into disrepute. This condition of affairs, which continued into the sixteenth cen­ tury, should teach a useful lesson to members of trades-unions everywhere. Then foes within, instead orrhose with­ out, are really dangerous, and lack of harmony and selfish leaders are more ti be feared tliail the most bitter outside opposition. It appears, then, that instead of being a recent invention, the work of modern agitators, labor organizations have ex­ isted for more than 2,000 years. Begun in the endeavors of the toiling masses to free themselves from the yoke of op­ pression. they have been the defenders of civil liberty, the promoters of the arts and sciences, and unquestionably have been of incalculable' value to the wage-earners, of the world. It is prob­ able that the modern trades-union bears little resemblance to the ancient guilds. It is only of late, and in this country, that laborers and artisans have attained anything like political or social equality. Here, instead of being burned at the stake and suffering banishment, the members of trade-unions are treated as free and equal citizens. Listead of the torch and the sword, the principlo of arbitration is to govern and adjust fu­ ture differences between employer and employed. Instead of being considered a danger to the state and a menace to order, labor organizations will be ac­ counted among the most important fac­ tors in the world's progress. Under this new order of things, with arbitration' boards fairly weighing and declaring the rights of each and all la­ bor organizations will attain the high­ est and best results. The profits of business will be more' certain, labor will more nearly secure its just rewards and invested capital will reap its fair re­ turns with greater certainty and regu­ larity, free from alarms or disturbances, because labor will be contented.--Elihu B. Hayes, in Bo#ton - Globe. A Solar Cyclone. Those who have looked through a large telescope under favorable atmos­ pheric conditions, at one of those im­ mense cyclones which occasionally break out on the sun, have derived from what they saw a very good idea of the origin of sunlight. They have seen that the brightest portion of the surface of the sun consists of columns of intensely hot metalic vaj>ors, averaging about three hundred miles in diameter, rising from its interior and glowing with ex­ treme brilliancy, from the the presence of clouds formed, probably, of shining particles of carbon precipitated from its vapors as the tops of the columns reach the surface and lose heat by expansion and radiation. (A good idea of such a precipitation is had by observing the particles of water condensed from trans­ parent vapor, is unusually high thunder- heads, where the action is in some re­ spects similar.) Between these ascend­ ing columns are seen descending masses of cooler va}K)rs, rendered dark and smoky by relatively cool and opaque particles of excessively high tempera­ ture in the condition of transparent vapor. In the immediate region, how­ ever, where the cyclone is raging, these bright ascending columns are drawn out horizontally by the inrusliing me­ tallic winds (which often reach a velocity of a thousand miles per hour) into long filaments, pointing in general toward the center of the disturlmnee, which is always occupied by a huge cloud of smoke (frequently 20,000 miles in diameter) rapidly settling back into the interior of the sun. Over and across this great central black cloud are often driven long arms of the shining carbon- clouds, which, when the cyclonic action is very strong, l>end round into slowly changing spiral forms, very suggestive of intense action. A striking illusion, invariably connected with this sight, is that the observer seems to l>e viewing it from a position quite near the scene of the disturbance, whose minute and complicated details are seen with ex­ quisite distinctness. , MAN is ever prone to accuse others oi the vices he is most addicted to himself. This oomes from a Satanic instinct t j reducfe every one to h** own leveL-- MitchtHU TERRIBLE CONFESSION. L Fky*tcia» Presemts Some Startling Facte. / I* that the Dancer IndlMtvtl Is , Universal? OH* following story--which is attracting wido attention from the press--is ao remirkablo that we cannot excuse ourselves if we do not ay it liefore our readers entire: To the Editor of the ltoeke*tcr {N. Y.) DarKF craL <s SIB: On the first day of June, 1881, I lay at uiy residence in this c.ty surrounded bv my 'friends and waiting for death. Heaven" oniy knows the agony 1 then endured, for worus can never describe it And yet, if a few years previous any one had told mo that 1 was to be brought so low, and l.y so terrible a dise.ise, I shouul have fcotfcd at the ideu. I had always been uncommonly strong aud healthy, aud weighed over 200 pounds, and hardly knew, in my own experience, what pain or sickness were. Ve:y mauy people who will read this st&tsment realize at times they are unusually tired and cannot account for it Tliev.* feel dull pains in various parts of tne body and 00 not understand why. Or tliev are exceed­ ingly hungry one day and entirely without ippetite the next This was just tne way I .YU when the relentless malady which iiad fastened itself upon me first began, ftill I thought nothing of it; that probably I had taken a coli^ wnich would noon pa-i awav. Shortly after tuis 1 noticed a hcuvv, and at •ames neuralgic, pain m one side of mv head; but as it would coin 3 oae day and be gone the next, I paid little attention to it llieti my stomach would get out af order and luv food often tailed to digest, causing at times great inconvenience. Yet, even as a physician, i did •not think that these things meant anything serious. I fancied I was suffering from ma­ laria and doctored myself accordingly. But. I got no bettor. I next noticed a peculiar color Mid odor about the fluids 1 was passing--also that there were large quantities one day and very little the next, and that a persistent fwth ana scum appeared upon the surface, and a sediment settled. And yet I did not realize juy danger; for, indeed, seeing these svmptoins continually, 1 finally became accustomed to them, luid^ny susp cuin was wLio.ly disarmed by the fact that 1 had no pain in tho affected organs or in their vicinity. Why I should have been so blind I caunot'undcrstand! 1 consulted the best medical skill m the land. 1 visited all the famed mineral springs in America and traveled front Maine to California. Htill I grew worse. No two physicians agreed as to my malady. One saiu 1* was troubled with spinal irritation; another, dysiH-psia; another, heart disease; another general debili­ ty; another, congestion of the haw > of the brain; and so on through a long list of com­ mon diseases, the symptoms of many of which I really had. In this way several years passed, during wtiich time I was steaclilv growing worse. My condition had really become pitiable. The slight symptoms I at first experienced were developed into terrible and constant dis­ orders. My weight had been reduced from 207 to i:!(> pounds. My life was a burden to myself and friends I could retain no food on my stomach, and lived wholly by injections. I was a living mass of pain. My pulie was uncon­ trollable. In mv agony I frequently fell to the floor and clutched tho carpet, and prayed for death! Morphine had little or no effect in deadening the pain. For six days and nights I had the deatli-prenionitorv hiccoughs constant­ ly! My water was tilled' with tube-easts and albumou. I was struggling with Bright'a disease of tlio-kidneys in its last stages! While suffering thus I received a call from my pastor, the iiev. Dr. Footo at that time rector of St Paul's Episcopal Church, of this city. I felt that it was our last interview, but in the course of conversation Dr. Foote detailed tfi me the many remarkable cures of eases like 'n\y own which had come under his observa­ tion. As a practicing physician and a graduate of tho schools, I denued the idea of any medi­ cine outside tho regular channels being in tho least beneficial, bo solic.tous, however, was Dr. Foote that I finally promised 1 would waivo my prejudice. I began its use on the first day of J une, 1K81, and took it according to directions. • At first it sickened mo; but this 1 thought was (i good sign for one in my debilitate d condi­ tion. I continued to take it; the sickening sensation departed, and I was finally able to retain food upon my stomach, lii a few 'days I noticed a decided change for the better, as also did my wife and friends. My hiccoughs ceased and 1 experienced less pain tfian former­ ly. I was so rejoiced at this improved condition that, upon what I lia<l believed but a few days before was my dying bod, I vowed, in the pres­ ence of my family anil friends, should! re­ cover 1 would both publicly aud privately mako known this remedy for tin* good of humanity, wherever and whenever I had an opportunity, and this letter is in fulfillment of that vow. My improvement was constant from that time, and in less than three months I had gained "JO pounds in tlesli, became entirely free from pain, and 1 believe 1 owe my life and present condition wholly to Warner's safe cure, tho remedy which I used. Since my recovery I have thoroughly- rein­ vestigated the subject of kidney difficulties and Bright'* disease, aud the truths developed are astounding. I therefore stato, de iberately, and as a physician, that I believe more than ont-ha[F the di'iilltx whieh oeettr IU Auiericit are enu.ied by Jii iyht'x disease of the kidney•> This may sound like a rash statement, but I am prepared to verify it fully. 1!right's dis­ ease lias no distinctive features of its own (in­ deed, it often develops without any pain what­ ever in the kidneys or their vicinity), but has the symptoms of" nearly every other com­ mon complaint. Hundreds of people die daily, whose burials are authorized by a physician's certificate as occurring from "Heart Disease," '"Apoplexy," "Paraly­ sis," "Spiual Coniiilaint,* "Rheumatism," "Pneumonia," aud the other common com­ plaints. when in real'ty it is from Bright's dis­ ease of the kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer people, realize the extent of this disease or its dangerous and insidious nature. 'It steals into the system like a thief, manifests its pres­ ence if nt "all by the commonest symptoms, aud fastens itself in the constitution ln'fore the vic­ tim is aware of it. It is nearly as hereditary as consumption, quite as common and fully as fatal. Entire families, inheriting it from their ancestors, have died and yet none of the num­ ber < knew or realized the mysterious power which was removing them. Instead of common symptoms it often shows none what­ ever, but brings death suddenly, from convulsions, apoplexy, or heart disease. As one who has Buffered, and knows by bit­ ter experience what he says, I implore every one wno leads these words not to neglect the slightest symptoms of kidney difficult}*. No one can afford to hazard such chances. I make the foregoing statements based upon facts which I can substantiate to the letter. The welfare of those who may possibly be suf­ ferers such as I was is an ample inducement for me to take the step I have, and if I can successfully waru others from the dangerous fjath in which I once walked, I am willing to endure all the professional and personal conse­ quences. J. B. HENION, M.D. ' BOCHESTEB. N. Y.. Dec. 30. IT is not surpiising that deaths have been caused amo: g linemen of electric light companies, through inadvertently grasping the wires in a way to pass the full strength of the current through the'arms and chest; but it does surprise us to read of two instances in which this sort of mishap resulted only in scorching the lingers and burning off the thumb--the current in these cases being immensely powerful, that is, suf­ ficient to run fifty arc-lamps of two thousand candle power e^tch. -- Dr. Foote s Health Monthly. * "WHY should the soldier never lose his head in battle?" said a German captain to a private soldier. "Because if he did, he would not have any place to put his cap on."--Texas Si/tings. THE New York Wot Id says a child in that city was poisoned by a cough syrup contain­ ing morphia or opium. There is no such danger in Red Star Cough Cure. It is purely vegetable, prompt, safe, and sure. 25 cents. THE Koran says wine is better spilt than drank, and eome men building their works .on this don't drink, they •pill it into themselves.--Merchant Traveler. COL. D. J. WILLIAMS, Quartermaster U. S. A., and ex-U. S. Consul at Callao, Peru, spent $'20,000 in eight years in trying to cure himself of rheumatism, but got no relief un­ til he used St. Jacobs Oil, which cured him. IT takes a good many strikes to make a base- hall match eo off well ^-- LEADING physicians testify to the value of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, as a specific for colds. To AN alligator--"Thy sweet smile haunts me •till "--St. Paul Herald. A NATURAL, color, that defies detection, iapro- duced by Buckingham's Dye for the Whisker* A Wise Reform. Tha habit ol administering quinine la pmrw. fnl doses, as an antidote to malarial maladies,' mi once dangerously common. Happily this practice has undergone a wide reform. Not only the public, but professional men, Ijavo adopted, not wholly, of course, bat largely, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe botanic substitute for the pernicious alkaloid. The con­ sequences of this change are most important. Now fever and ague sufferers are cursd--form­ erly their complaints were only for the time re­ lieved, or half cured--the remedy eventually failing to produce any appreciable effect, ex­ cept the doses were increased. A course of the Bitters, iiersistently followed, breaks up the worst attacks and prevents their return. The evidence in favor of this sterling specific and household medicine is of no ambiguous charac­ ter, bnt positive and satisfactory, and the sources whence it proceeds are very numerous. India's Iconoclast. A curious destroyer of human works in India, according to Dr. R. F. Hutch­ inson, is the peepai tree, This is a kind of which multiplies beyond the power of man to destroy, its little seeds being sown broadcast over the land in the droppings of the birds and bats which feast on its fruit. The pee­ pai rises everywhere, and its effect is the disintegration of rocks and build­ ings, the danger being so great that the keepers of large structures are con­ stantly on watch during fig time for bird-droppings. As an illustration of what the tree may do' and its wonder­ ful vitality, it is stated that On the summit of the northern minaret of the great mosque of Bareilly, one hundred and fifty feet high, a peepai flourishes grandly beyond reach, and its ever-' active roots are gradually breaking up the cupola of the minaret. SHAKSPB\KE says "there are sermons in stones," but a person don't care much about having stones fired into him just to get a sermon. Mo§t people rather go to church and enjoy a good nap.--Maverick. A Small Leak will sink a lar«e ship; and what at first ap­ pears to be a trilling cough is apt to culmin­ ate in consumption if not properly .attended to in time. For consumption, which is scrof­ ula of the lungs, and for all blood and skin diseases, Dr. l'ierce's "Golden Medical Dis­ covery" has no equal. By druggists. A f;s»w PLOW is like a bad habit--a good tiling to cut a drift Do AS you please when you please to do right; and you will always do the proper thing in tak­ ing Bigelow's Positive Cure for coughs, colds, and all throat and lung troubles. Pleasant to ake, aud cure speedy. 50 cents and f 1. SUITABLE motto for plumbers and under­ takers: "Down with thA dust» ONE word: one step may make or mar one's whole future. Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tonic is the proper move when you have dyspepsia, bad breath, piles, pimples, ague, malaria, low spirits, headache, or any stomftch or liver troubles. 50 cents. BECAUSE the baby is a little yeller, it's no sign he is a Chinaman.--Palmer journal. The Great German lMiysielnn. The remarkable phase in tho practice of Dr. Peter W. Schmidt (frequently culled Dr. Pete) is, lie never asked one to describe their diseaso but tells each one their trouble without asking a question. His success is phenomenal. His practice enormous. He is sought after by hun­ dreds wherever he goes, localise he cures w hen every other physician and remedy have failed. He has allowed'his great medicines, Golden Seal Bitters aud Lung l'ood for Consumption, to he offered to the suffering, and wo assert without fear of successful contradiction that there is no disease they will not cure. Thousands of bottles have been sold. Thousands of broken- down and discouraged invalids saved. Send to Golden Seal Bitters Company, Holland City, Mich., for Facts for the Million! Free. Petroleum V. Xasbjr. ' D. R. Locke, Petroleum V. Nasby, editor Toledo Blade, writes: "I had on a forefiuger of my right hand one of those pleasant pets, a 'run-round.' „ The finger became inllamed to a degree unbearable and swollen to nearly twice its natural size. A friend gave me HENRY'S CARBOLIC SALVE, and iu rtwenty minutes the pain had so much subsided as to give me a fair night's restA which I liad not had before for a week. The\ inflammation' left the finger in a day. I consider it a most valuable article." Oar Progress. , As ttajres are quickly abandoned with the completion of railroads, so the huge drastic, cathartic pills, composed of erode and bulky medicines, are quickly abandoned with the introduction or Dr. Pierce's "Pleasant Pur­ gative Pellets," which are sugar coate<< and little larger than mustard seeds, but com­ posed of highly concentrated vegetable ex­ tracts. By druggists. MOSES must have been, one of the first foot- ^ru8hea^er8' he found among the Young and mlddle-Agod men, suffering from nervous debility and kindred affections, as lo6s of memory aud hypochondria, should inclose 10 cents iu stamps for lar^e illus­ trated pamphlet suggesting sure cure. Ad­ dress World's Dispensary Medical Associa­ tion, Buffalo, N. V. DUDE in one of the new cape coats has the general appearance of a perambulating pen­ wiper. CHILDREN'S AILMENTS, such as "constipa­ tion," disordered bowels, worms, and many other diseases so prevalent, can be success­ fully treated bv the occasional use of WALK- KR'S VINEOAK BITTERS. It is as safe and certain in its action upon children as upon adults. It acts on the livdr and cleanses the blood. SOME one declares the chambermaid to be the woman of dustiny. Tile of Ely's Cream Balm that I obtained of >ou !• st summer has entirely cur­ ed my little boy of a severe attack of catarrh. --Mrs. Sal lie Davis. Green Postofbee, Ala. - Money Well Spent--Try It. How TO CPRE A COLD.--I'll cure any cough you ever heard of, and with one of the simplest remedies you ever saw, and that remedy is Allen's Lung Bal­ sam. It contains no opium, and is per­ fectly harmless. Mothers can give it to their children for croup with perfect safety. Price 25 cents, 50 cents, and $1 a bottle; at druggists'. s Free to Minister*, Lawyers, Doctor*, and Teachcrs. I will send two bottles of WABNER'S WHITE WINE OF TAR SYRCP--best remedy in the world, for Coughs, Colds, Throat atul Lung Diseases--if yo% will recommend it to your friends, and get your dealer to order a dozen bottles from his wholesale druggist. Send name of your druggist. Map of Holy Laud free with medicine. Address Dr.C.D. WAKNEB, Chicago, 111. All druggists: A Tall Man. Why are the tallest people the laziest? They ore always longer in bed than others, and if they neglect their coughs or colds they will be there still longer. Use Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Bweet Gum and Mullein. One of*my children, a girl about nine years old, had a very bad discharge from her head and nose of a thick yellowish matter, and was growiug worse. We had two diUer- ent physicians prescribe for her, without benefit. We tried Ely's Cream Balm, and much to our surprise iu three days therif was a marked improvement. We continued\usj lng the Halm and in a short time the discharge was apparently cured.--O. A. Cary, Corning, N. Y. ; PuitE Cod-Liver Oil, made fron. selected livers on the sea: shore, by CASWELL, HA/.AUI> & Co., New York. It is absolutely pure nad* sweet. Patients who havo enoc taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have de­ cided it superior to any of the other oils in market. With Ely's Cream Balm a child can be treated without pain or dread, aud with per­ fect satety. Try. the remedy. It cures Ca­ tarrh, Hay Fever and Colds in the Head. It is easily applied with the linger and gives re­ lief from tho first application. Price 50 cents. At druggists. 60 cents by mail. Kly Bros., Owego, N. Y. •» 1 bad not taken three doses of Athiopho ros for inflammatory rheumatism before 1 was better, und I have been improving ever since. I am satistlod it Is thJ best remedy lor rheumatism there is to be had. C. Lock wood, Mlllbrook, 111. CHAPPED Hands, Itooe, Pimples and rough Skin, cured by using JUNIPER TAR SOAP, MADE by CASWELL, HAZARD ft Co., New York. STRAIGHTEN your old boots and shoes with Lyon's Heel Stiffeners, and wear them again; RELIEF IS immediate, and a cure sure. Piao's Remedy for Catarrh. 60 oents. VourNewfttesIerforTHE CHICAGO LELHiElt, the UEKT STORY PAPKB ill the country. lU>nd It. CANCER Treated and cureA without the knife. Book on treatment sent free. Addrt*«s F" Anrori.KaneCq..HJ. > An active Man or woman in ertrr _ 'county to tell oar gooai- tehn 171. 1 per •••ftk and Expenses. Expenses in ad­ vance. C»nva*nnjf outfit FRKK! Particular* fh*. Htacd^rd 8llver-war« Oo. Boston. Was*. FATE, HANDS. FEET. •ad all thrir imperfections, im-iuJiiii? Facia) Devel­ opment, Supernuoitf Hair, Birth Marks, Mole*. Wart*, Motn, Freckle*, RM No»e, Acne, Black Heads, Sears, Pining, und their treatment. DR. JOHN H. WOODBURY, 17 *. PEARL ST- W.BA\Y,N. Y. Est'blie'd 1870. Stad 10c for book. BAGLF.Y, Motion foreman C. A M. R. Winkle, Ohio, had not slept tor over a rear, his suffering from Nearalgla^was so great. : deses of ATHL0PH0R08 cured Mm. Paoralfla ML always be qufckly oared by use of Atblopboro*. Ask Vveur druggist for Athiopliuros. If you cannot get U ef kiai M not trjr something ei*e. kat order at oocsfroai as. We will TRADE1 >TAR MARK. COUGH CURE Free from Opiate*, JSmetlcs and. Poiton. IURI'. OKCts. PROMPT. AT PARAAIPTT AIM DCAT.BIUI. THE CHARLKS A.JOtiRLfR C0MBALTI10MB*!»• EERMMMMEOY Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, ' Math, Heatach* TNUMIK. Spralfts, Itratos. ete., etc* PRICE. riFTT cfarw. AT DRronlSTS AND MUUttt. TBI CHARMS A. TOOKLEK CO., 1UI.TIIOKE.MB. 4 All Ptoplt Appreciate Honest Goods. MIDDLESEX INDIGO-BLUE FLANNEL SUITS ARK ALL TURK WOOL, Always l<IOK W'jll and GIVE LONP HITVIO<\ Coats of the article have on u eilk hannor. "Only jrar- nient» mmie from Mkldlewx Flannels t>ear tins lumb­ er. WKNDG1X, KAY & CO.. AGENTS. MIO- DLESI.X CO." llost.m. New York, Philadelphia. SOLD BY ALL LEADING CLOTHIERS. VKKYOL&Vl llLEor VmWEAKIIS8 •DEBILITY FEMALE A# DECAY. A Life Experience. Remarkat.ie££nd quick cures. Trial Packages. - JfSend stamp for sealed particulars. Address Dr. WARD A CO. Louisiana, Mo. CThe OLDEST MEDICINE In the WORLD is M| probably Dr. Isaae Thompson's U elebrated Eye Watelf Thin article is a carefully prepared physician's pre- ncription, ami lias been in constant use for nearly a wnturv, ami notwithstanding the raanv other prepar­ ations that have lK*en intrmliKecl Into the market, the sale of this article is constantly increaaW. If the di­ rections are followed it will never fail, we particu­ larly invite the attention of physicians to its merits. John £. Thompson, Sons & no., TROY. H. Y Food.«te. l.tcs the appetite, and aids fta --lail.liuM of MBS. DAVID RXOKAKD. Waterloo. Iowa, a hare been a great sufferer from Oyapapaia. i Iron Bitters nas completely ctired me." MR. W, H HITCHCOCK. Oteena. Iowa, aayi: "I iffered with Dyspepsia for four yean. Ua thma three bottles at Brown'a boa Bitters eered me. I take irreat pieasure in racomasBdinc it.n - HMOE, «* 8. Jackson St.. Jack* ' I have nsed Brown'. Iron Bitten •equated i--nfo* MB.. WILL LAWKKKCB,40K 8. Jack son. Mich., says: " I have nsed Brown for Dyspepsia, and consider it an oneqoaled nsady." Genuine has above Trade Mark and crossed red tin SB on wrapper. Take no «thrr. Madoonlyfcp : BKOWS CHEMICAL CO., BALT11IOBK. MOti BITTERS. IT XS THB BLOOD PURIFIER 'i HEALTH RESTORER. It. never fails to do Its work ir. cases of ^11 hIr- rla, BlIlouMiican, CanKti)>atlon. Head* echo, loss of Appetite and Sleep, Ncrroua Debility, Neuralgia, and all Female Complaint*. Hops & Malt Hitters Is a Vege- ta ble ("ompounJ. It is a Medicine not a Bar. room Drink. It ditlers as widely as does ri-'v and nifrht from the thousand'and-oite Mixtures of Tile whisky flavored with aromatic*. Hops Malt Bitters is recom­ mended by Physician*, ministers and N iirsoii us being the Heat Family Medicine ever compounded. Any woman or child can take it. "From my knowledge of its ingredients, under no circumstances can it injure anyone using it. (t contains no mineral or other deleterious- «ub- ptance. Possessing real merits, the remedy la leserving success.'®^ C. E. DEPUT, Ph. G , Detroit, Mich. The only Genuine are manufactured by the HOPS k MALT BITTERS CO., Oatrolt, Mlcfc. Skunk, Muskrat, Mink, Raccoon Skins, »'t<\, bought for <-a»li at highest prices. Send forciruiiisr. K. 0. HOIHJHTON, 14 Bond st., New York. FREE l'r»-flieKt Illustrated , SKi:!»-CATAI.Otil'K ^ever printed. Cheapest 11A host SKKDS fjrowii. Hardeners trade a spe- clotty. Packets only Sc. ( hert'p as dirt by oz. A lb. r Postage or Exp. paid. .Send Yours * address for BOOK. R. w. Ritin'w • "* BUY SALZER'StUCrm.wis.) SEEDS. Cata-Fnak Tlucear Bitten, ap*> gstlve and tonic* parities tit blood, strengthens the liver and kidneys, and will res ton health, however lost. Vinegar Bitters is the best remedy discovered tat promoting digestion, caring headache and iucrtaeing Uw vital powers. Vinegar Bitten «Mta* ilates the food, regulates the stomach and boT* els, giving- healthy and natural Bleep. Vinegar Kilters is the great disease pm* venter, and stands at the headof all family reio* edSee. No house should ever be without ft. Vlnesar Bitters cures Malarial, Bilious and other feves-s, diseases of the Heart, Liver and. Kidneys, and a hundred other painful disorders. Send for either of our "valuable reference books for ladies, for farmers, for merchants, our Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our Catechism ou Intemperance and Tobacco, which last should be hi the hands of every child and youth in thA country. Any two of the above books malted freejh receipt of four cents for registration fees.% / RII. McDonald Drag Co., 032 Washington St., N.Y, J A >1 E S A . P K H R r, IMPOKTKlt AND ISIU'KDER OF FRENCH DRAFT HORSES I I offer for sale the very lie-^t Hn.v:MH-i.g of French Draft Horses that van be found ill Franco. All partisa wishing good.reliable stork arc invited t«» oa!l andsee niystoek, which now number iibout HW head. Terms and prices to suit purchasers. All stork sold nudtorM guarantee r-f being breeders. I have also some r«y line //fiv/.ir' Hull all from imported stodL JAMES A. l'BliltV. Riverview Stock Farm, WilmittiP ton. 111.. miles south of Chicago, on C. A: A. It. K, These Discs represent j . the opposite^ sides of B. H. DOUGLASS A 80NS' Capsicum Cough Drops for Coughs, Colda and Sore Throats, ui Alleviator of Consumption, and ol great benefit in mo.it cases of Dyspepsia. ; (BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.) They arc tho result of over forty yearm* experleittM# ill compounding COUGH RKMBDIES. Itetall Iiriee 1 •> .etit» per quarter pound. FOIt SAI.i: BV AI.L ItKALKKS. FOR COUGHS, CROUP Miff CONSUMPTION USE 4 m OF SWEET 6UM AND MULLEIN. The Sweet Gum from a tree of the name nam* ?rowing i n the South. Combined wltli nteamaM rom the Mullein plant of theoldjjelds. For TAN by all druggists at rent" nnd JTW-PER-TA WALTfB A. TATLUlt, Atlaata. CLYDESDALE AND E SHIRE NORSES. D-per-boUlft laata. eg) HOLISM The on y atud icaeontaiuine the vsrr bentspeeiiuensof botb breeds. Prize-wiiii)«ra at CliieaiAi Fair, til* World » Fair at New Orleans, the Itoyal So­ ciety of England, «te. La rue imp irtation ar­ rived August 12, and more to follow. f>or bu villi; fail I ities beinff uneijualed. there Aa no _ . - Buoh opi»ortiuiity ot­ tered elsewhere to procure first-class animals of choloest breeding at very lowest prices. Every ani­ mal duly recorded and guaranteed. Terms to suitsB customers. Catalogues ou application. OAT.nUAITH HKOS. Janeo-ltl*. Wi*. 3a TREATED FREE. X>lt. II. II. GREKA & SpecinllfttN for Thirteen Tears Past. Have treated Ilrop-y and lU complications w ith Bw most wonderful success; use vegetable remedies entirely hai rnle-s. Remove all symptoms of dropsy in ei«lit to twenty days. Cure vatimts pronounced hopeless by the best at physicians. From the first dose the symptoms rapid!v dissp* peur. and in ten days ut leiut two-thirds of rdl syxn^ toius «re removed. Some may cry htinilmr without knowing about it. Keniembi r. it does not cost you (utytl realize the merits of our treatment tor yonrse '. ten days the difficulty of breathing is relieved. _ pulse regular, the urinary organs made to disclaim their lUil duty, sleep is restored, the swelling all nearly gone, the strencth increa-^ed. and apue pocd. We are constantly curing cases ot lonir st- •SKCK that have been tapped a number or" time and the patient declare'I unahle to live a we»>k. <Hrm full history of case. Name sex. how lone afflict# ~ hew badly swollen and where, are towels cost have leps bursted aud dripped water. Send for t, pamphlet, cunuuunv- testimonials, iiuestiona. etc Ten days' treatment furnished tree by mail. Kpilt-psy iFllsl positively rured. < If 5ou order tria'. s< ud lt» cents in stamps to p rstM. la rueSL tii*» •t«4. 1ST etite ni; postage. H. H. (iltKEN & HONS. M. Da., M Jon«« Avenue. Atlanta. Oa, BUY KORTHENN CROWN SEEDS. _ produce finer Flcwer .. „ .. „ .. _ „ -- - .egetables ao<l Crops, than our r« liable testad MorthernJJrown Seed*. Splendid Farm Seeds; increases Yiek when for less inoneT ours are delivered TOU FRBI JOHN A. SAUCER. La Croase. Wis. bv H ' buy worthless BY Catalog tr--. i 1>IB¥ OF DISKiBn ALWAYS CURABLE BT usam MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT. . OP mill FLUK. Rheumatism, Barn* and SeaMa, Stings and Oltea, Cuta and Braiaen, Spralna it Btltchea, Contracted ZHaaclea, StlflT Jointa* Backache, Eraptiona, Froat Bites* or ixnuia. Scratches. 4 Sores and Galls* Spavin, CrackSf Screw W orm, Grab, Foot Rot, Haaf All, Lumenea*, Swlony, Fm<n% S Sprains, Stmla% Sore Feet, Stiffness, and all external diseases, and every hmtotMdtat For general uie la family, stable and atock-jard.it is THE BEST OF AX.I. LINIMENTS FL A TCIITC R. S. & A. 1' LACEY. PAT-N* mr mk I plH I Jh Atuirneys.Washington. 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Impttirtd Vitai aud all kindred tivu les. Also for iu any other i . eases Complete restoration to Health and Vicar guaranteed. No risk is incurred. Illustrated paatr phlet. in x'n/ril enrelvpr. mailed free, by * il Irnmina VOLTAIC IJKI T Co.. MANUMIT. MkM«a^ Ptso's Bemedy tor Cfctairb Is tbs H - \ Best. Easiest to Cse, and Cbsspaat C A T A R R H Also rood fbr Cold in tile Baatf, Haadache, Hay Favar. Ac. Hcsah. C. N. IT. WHEN WRITING TO. Al)V pleas* say IN saw Ua la this paper No, «l KS