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for a wadding fta," ktdn from •Ofaaumitlalxm, or Cousin So* WnoM wedding's foretold by the cbtlMtf '•••£. ' •,. WOW, , iwtoey*ie been wooed by a toon orrnore, wan# rw oenr had even one lover 1* rown eaxi -avesdropping beyond the hedge, W» the word* Madge meant for bar c _ only a chord in hia aoul thai before waa dumb. r, lwart waa ywum and hia bome waa lonely. • Werer ona lover 1' Ael I vow -} JSP1* fogy *®*® *> b* number one! M tafce oare there should never be number two. Sweat Madge, aad the wedding «hould be aw OTOr ' H yon And a four, put it over the door 1' • (Quoted Madge again from the crimaon clover, Where with deft brown abe waa spreading elothea. And a gay laugh rippled her red lipa ov«fc *Fnt it over the door for Sue or Ixm To welcome their countlesa lovers under I Bat then, what barm could the wee thing do? They may count what it brings them eaeh free plunder." B»n Jamie rose again to his work. Layim? the swathe of crimson clover, > ft Till the drops stood out on his brow like d/ttiv And he looked where the water bubbled over. Oat in Farmer Lee's wide yard, Where the white clothes bleached and milk- pans glittered. And an aye that sought could never have found A thing misplaced or a straw that littered. So Jamie vaulted over the hedge, Hia thirst with hia oourage growing mortL And greater still, till he stepped within The charmed precincts of the kitchen dbMB There his eyea noted, the green trefoil | Finned high above; and a roguish gle&zH. In the soft brown eyea of Madge, demuref. Deepening the clover's spell, I ween. Bat yon long ago guessed the blissful en (Hag Of this little, everyday story in rhyme-^. ' The wedding wreath was of crimson clover, ' And a year from that day waa the wedding time. --Good Housekeeping. A DETECTIVE'S 2|X STEELE CBAFT, DETE tozs "It is the most provoking thine I ever had occur to me, Mr. Craft. The loss of $10,0(10 is not inconside rable, but onr business will stand the pressure, I believe. A cool thousand is yours if you will secure the robber." "The reward is good; I will do my best, Mr. Storms," I said, as I Bat in a listening, half-thoughtful attitude, before the mine owner. One week before, Luke Storms had been waylaid, knocked senseless and lobbed, while driving from the town of Upgrade to the Crescent mine, of which he was sole owner. At Upgrade he had drawn the $10,000 from the bank, all in national bank-notes, •nd after a short waiting in the town, set oat on horseback to regain the Crescent, one of the then best-paying silver mines in Colorado. Boon after the robbery, the mine-owner having heard of my vocation from a friend, called me to his house and gave me an ac­ count of his trouble, concluding with the offer of $1.000 for the arrest of the man who had robbed him of his money. "Have ,vou many acquaintances in the of Upgrade?" I questioned, finally. 'Several." "Name them." He did so, each one being a familiar one to me. since I had been some weeks in the town looking up another trail, which I be­ lieved led in another direction, when Storm induced me to listen to bis troubles. "I will give a week to your case, Mr. Storms," 1 said; "that is all the time I can spare now." "1 am sorry," he said; "you can do noth­ ing in so short a time." "That remains to be seen," I returned, and then bidding the mine-owner adieu, I tarned my face toward Upgrade mounted on a fleet horse. The trail that I followed led through a wild country, over rocky hills, through deep-wooded depressions, altogether gloomy journey, and when I arrived at the spot where the miner, Storms, had been waylaid and robbed I involuntarily came to a halt. At the left gurgled a shallow brook, fringed with bushes; a bridge spanned the water just ahead, and on the right was a dense thicket, beyond which a lofty ridge reared upward several hundred feet. It was from this thicket that the object had been hurled that had sent Mr. Storms senseless from his saddle. As I sat in the saddle looking about with one hand on the butt of my revolver, a sharp scream in advance, beyond the bridge, attracted my attention. A female in distress. I at once spurred forward, and turning a point of rock, came upon a scene that en­ listed my sympathies. Beside the road was a female--a beauti­ ful youug girl, wringing her hands and wail­ ing beside a dead horse that lay on the ground in the narrow road between the shafts of a light vehicle. Evidently the animal, a rather sorry beast, had been stricken down suddenly, and the lady thns deprived of a mode of conveyance most un­ expectedly. "Oh, sir, I am so glad you came," cried the girl, wringing her pink and white little hands in a helpless way, and transfixing me with a pair of the most beautiful eyes I had ever beheld. "I've been trying ever so hard to induce Homer to rise up. He fell quick as a flash. Oh dear, I don't know what to do." "Your horse is dead, miss," I said, as I sprang to the ground and made a brief ex­ amination. •Dead! Poor Homer!" With clasped hands the girl regarded her fallen beast, while tears filled her heavenly blue eyes. I glanced at her as she stood there, and mentally assented that she was the most lovely female I had ever looked upon. She could not have been over 20, and there was an artless expression of counte­ nance that was altogether charming. "I was intending to visit Upgrade," she said, in answer to an inquiry, and after her first deep emotions had subsided. "I have a brother living there, and a sister up in the hills. 1 rode'out with brother Frank two days ago, and yesterday he was com- Klled to return, and so he took the stage, iving me to drive* in with Homer and the vehicle. I was elated airthe progress I had made, when poor Homer dropped as though he had been shot. What can we do, sir?" "I will put my horse in the shafts; I am on my way to Upgrade, and you will not be detained long, after all." "You are very kind, sir. What name--" "Williams," I said, quickly. Even under the influence of this girl's marvelous beauty I was not led to give my true name and character. "And I am Priscilla McDonald. I feel sure we 6hall get on very nicely, you are so kind." Miss McDonald adjusted herself to cir­ cumstances with a naivete that was truly eharming, and very flattering to myself. I was not long in exchanging the living for the dead, and then, seated beside Pris­ cilla, I gave the horse rein, and soon was whirled from the vicinity of the accident. I left my fair passenger at the door of one of the most imposing dwellings in the frontier city, she informing me that Frank would care for the vehicle, (Bid rode my horse to the "Great Bear," the principal hotel in the town. The time was now evening. When I moved to consult my watch I met with a Startling discovery. »iy handsome gold chronometer, with its heavy chain, was gone! I stood stunned for an instant, realising that I had been robbed. I at once remembered my adventure on the road from the Creeoent to Up­ grade. When I left the mine I had con­ sulted my watch, so that the loss had cer­ tainly occurred between the hour of my de­ parture and the present. I was ehagiined Whe* I thought that the d had me. It was fiiril fo* ittol the yettQff-lndy, poisible theft irtaee altar I reached Up- grade, dnoe l had mingled With the guests in the office and card-room, Although suspected, Priscilla McDonald was not yet condemned. I said nothing of my loss, but con­ cluded to investigate quietly. I did so that evening, and the following day, and learned that Priscilla McDonald was visiting at one of the best homes in the city, and was looked upon with exceeding favor by the town. Two days later I received an invitation to attend a grand party at the residence of one of the silver kings. The invitation came through a friend, and I accepted it, hoping to again meet my charmer of the mountain wagon-trail. I was not disappointed. I met Priscilla again, in an attire that gave lier the look of an angel; one thing only was lacking1--wings! She was glad to see me, and I seemed the favored one in the room until a late arrival appeared in the person of my friend of the mines, Lnke Storms. I was not a little surprised at seeing the mine-owner, and what surprised me still more was the fact that he seemed on friendly terms with Priscilla McDonald, and at once usurped the place 1 had oc­ cupied. This was a revelation to me. Luke Storms was 50, a widower, and had a family of grown children in the East. What right bad he to bask in the smiles of this young girl? Furthermore, what right had she, so young, to accept an old man's attentions? Money! That was the key to the mystery, and Miss McDonald was as mercenary as the rest of her sex. Disgusted with myself and other people in general, I walked out­ side among the vines and trees. Finding a rustic seat I sat down, leaned an aching head against a tree, and fell into a doze. From this state 1 was roused by the mur­ mur of voices. I sat upright suddenly and cautiously. A sweet, scaicely perceptible perfume filled the atmosphere, and I caught the flutter of a white dress. "I have the old fool completely in the toils, Nick " "Hist, woman! Not that name here. You know that the people of Upgrade would not rest easy did they know whom they have entertained so royally during the past month--call me Frank still." The voices were attuned to a low key, al­ most a whisper, and could not be heard a dozen feet away. It was a lucky accident that placed me within six feet of the two. The only thing I feared was discovery. "Frank it is. The old chap is ripe for the plucking; it is all arranged, and to morrow night the hour." "Good. At what place?" "That remains to be arranged." "How much Bwag." "Twenty thousand." "Good again. Your beauty is valuable, my pert Priscilla." Ihen they moved away, and I sat rooted to the spot in unspeakable surprise. When the woman was so unceremoniously shut off at the word Nick I started. I knew one Niek Wilder, an escaped convict and forger, for whom a large reward had been two years standing--the very case that had brought me to the silver hills when Storms induced me (o turn aside to look after his robbber. I realized with no little satisfaction that I might kill two birds with one stone. My wits were about me now, and I resolved not to be caught nopping.. Early the next day I met Storms. He questioned me as to my progress on the case in hand. "I am on the trail," I said, and that,was all the confidence lie received from me. I did not question him regarding Miss McDonald, knowing full well that he would bo angry, but I watched his every movement as a cat would watch a mouse. During the day a boy delivered a note to the mine-owner, which, aften reading and smiling over, he thrust carelessly into a side pocket of his coat. Whilo taking a friendly cigar with him, a little later, I desirously appropriated the note for my own benefit, knowing that if he missed it he would never know (hat I had filched it. Ten minutes later I was alone and had the note under my eye. "You DEAR OLD DUCK: All is arranged. At the little slab house under the bluff, 10 sharp, remember. "PBISST." I could not forbear a smile at the word­ ing, and yet when I remembered how badly I had been hit by the siren I could not wholly blame the mine-owner for his in­ fatuation. "So," I muttered, " 'the little slab house under the bluff, I will see about that." I resolved now to secure the services of several friends and keep Luke Storms company to the trysting place of his inamorata, but, of course, we were tore- main in the background. I will now give what took place in the mine-owner's case as I afterward learned it from his own lips: He had partially bargained with pretty Miss McDonald to marry her secretly on the following evening, but the hour and place had not been designated until he re­ ceived the note that I BO soon filched from bis pocket. "Brother Frank would be terribly put out did he imagine that I was to marry a man twice my years." explained Priscilla, "and so we must be married in secret." Blinded by hjs infatuation, the mine- owner agreed Uf meet her at some out-of- the-way place, and there consummate their happiness, she agreeing to find a suitable person to perform the ceremony. The most suspicious circumstance was that Storms was induced to draw all his available funds from the bank, and as soon as the marriage was consummated it was agreed to take the midnight train for the East. It was a neatly-arranged little scheme. Old Storms fell into the trap. He knew where the slab house was, under the bluff half a mile out of Upgrade. Drawing his money about the middle of the afternoon, Storms passed the re­ mainder of the day, up to near 10, in a nervous manner. He hurried on foot to the scene of the contemplated marriage. A light was burn­ ing in the slab house, and Storms was quickly admitted by Priscilla herself. "You dear, darling old duck you." She kissed and hugged him, and then led him to a seat. Of course after this* Storms was gone. He hadn't the moral courage of a mouse, and Priscilla had her way with him. "The minister will soon be here," she said, at length, "and--there he is now!" The door opened and a man crossed the threshold--not a pious clergyman, but a man in mask. "Mercy!" And then Priscillf uttered a wild scream and sprang from the side of her old lover. "Hand over your money,"uttered a stern voice, and the demand was backed by a eleaniing revolver. What could he do but obey? Even yet the villainous plot did not dawn upon his mind, but as the man in mask bent to take (he money from the hand of the trembling mine-owner, two stalwart men sprang from the shadows upon him and crushed him to the floor. The woman had sped from the house in simulated alarm, and rushed into my arms. "Keep quiet, Miss Priscilla, and I will not harm you." She struggled and screamed, bnt before she realized what had occurred I had the steel bracelets over her wrists. • "Now, my charmer, I think we are quits; you stole my watch, and I send you to prison," I said, with a low laugh. "Nick--Nick Wilder, help!" '•Quiet, my duck, Nick can't help you- now," I said, mockingly. It was my turn to laugh. Then I led her inside where my two companions had secured the no­ torious Frank. aliaB Wilder, forger and robber. I had a photograph of the man, and recognized him at once, althouch he had altered his looks as mush as possible. And Priscilla? She proved to be the forger's wife, and ally. It wms "Wilder who Storms, he getting inform­ ation from the woman who had completely infatuated the miner. As for the dead hone on the wagon- trail, it was a ruse to gain shekels from any traveler who might chance to come; upon the scene. The woman was an ex­ pert pickpocket. I regained my watch, and had tne satisfaction of seeing both husband and wife imprisoned for a term of^ears. 1 TRUNK MYSTERT. ' ^ BY ABBIE C. K'KXIVXB. , * a very ordinary-appearhif of rather large size, and shipped from Chicago to New York; but when, after a time no one claimed it, and a sickening odor issued from its locked depths, the authorities broke it open and revealed--a murder. Yes, a cruel, deliberate murder of an* old gray-haired man, a wealthy broker as it proved, who had been reported missing in Chicago. Alas, the trunk had too well concealed the crime and given the mur­ derers time to escape. A large reward was offered for the guilty perpetrators by the broker's wife, and de­ tectives were looking high and low for some clue, but for days there appeared not one ray of light in the dark mystery. True a number of suspicions were nursed, one particularly, that pointed toward John Gascon, the broker's adopted son. The stricken wife, a young and beauti­ ful Italian, kept her room, and only a few were permitted to enter her presence. A detective while loitering near the residence of the murdered man, saw one day coming out the side entrance a biack-eyed, black-haired man, a servant apparently, but something in the man's dark face attracted the officer's notice. "I've seen that fellow somewhere in a different rig, but where, for the life of me I can't tell, I think I'll keep an eye on him." And he did. , . The result was he again met the same humble-appearing individual, bnt this time as he passed him the wind, just then blowing furiously, threw open tne man's coat and revealed the glitter of a diamond Btud. "Ah, I thought him other than he seemed! Now to discover who and what he is." There came to the door of the murdered man's residence, one day, two old ped­ dlers, with wares such as charmed the servant girls. "You patronize an Italian peddler," said one of the old men; "see if we can't give pyou better bargains than he." "La, no!" cried the cook, "He's no ped­ dler;" and she laughed gleefully. 1 "What is he then?" But the cook shook her head. "See!" said the peddler, holding aloft a glittering, yellow necklace. "I'll give you that if you'll tell, and let us sleep all night in the laundry, under the kitchen; we are very weary." "I wouldn't dare, and I don't know aught of the gentleman; only that he seemB a prime favorite of the Missus. Hark! what is that? Oh, oh!" she wailed. "Its the officers come to drag off Master John. I feared so, I feared so." It was quite true; in a few minutes, the young heir, in spite of indignant protests, was lodged in jail on the charge of mur- during his benefaotor--Charge preferred by the young wife. "You don't believe him guilty, then?" queried one of the peddlers, when the cook could be made to listen. "Guilty! him," she cried angrily, "who fairly worshiped the ground the old master trod on. What do you take me for?" But by a generous bribe the two old peddlers slept in the laundry that night. About midnight the cook awoke in a fear­ ful tremor. What was the noise np stairs? Could those two ifinocent-looking old peddlers be burglars? Oh, what was to be done! for she heard a scream and heavy fall. She sprang out of bed, threw on a por­ tion of her clothes, and quickly let herself out the back way. In a few minutes she returned accom­ panied by two policemen. The sight they beheld as they entered madam's door almost paralyzed them with astonishment, for there sat the broker's beautiful young wife with her shapely hands in hand-cuffs, and near her upon the floor lay an Italian. The two innocent-appearing peddlers were detectives, and had overheard much of the conversation of the two under ar­ rest--so much they felt quite positive they held at last the real murderers of the old broker. The plan had been to slay the old man and lay the crime on his adopted son. With him out of the way, the treacherous wife and her confederate were to secure the spoils, and fly to sunny Italy. But the real ending was altogether dif­ ferent, the evidence was not sufficient to convict them of murder in the first degree. John Gascon was released at once, oI course, and the wicked fcife and her ac­ complice eventually received a life sentence at hard labor. "Mackinaws." A wholesale dealer in hats, doing business in New York, has this to say about a long-time popular summer headgear: "The real Mackinaw straw is grown in Michigan by the Mackinaw Indians and some half-breeds, but the production is inconsiderable, and it is so expensive that it has gradually dropped out of general trade. A hat made out of Mackinaw cannot possibly be sold for less than $5, and the finest will cost you $6 every time. You are evidently surprised, and are going to tell me that your last year's Mackinaw only cost you $3 at retail! Well, so it did; but it was, nevertheless, made out of Japan straw, which is imported here in plaited bundles. The wholesale and retail dealers call this straw 'Japan Mackinaw,' to answer trade require­ ments. The Japan straw is a good ar­ ticle, but, unlike the Mackinaw 'we used to boast, it will not retain its color. In all New York there are only three hat firms which manufacture hate from the genuine Mackinaw. These, of course, are three fashionable high- priced dealers, and they will tell you that they make very few of them. These hats are so expensive that people will not buy them, and the trade is be­ coming less and less each year. Thf Japan goods owe their prominence tc the fact that they can be imported and plaited at a cost less than that of thf Mackinaw or any other kind of good* which are plaited in this country. Oleomargarine Bill. "Say, Milus, when air yer gwine *tei name yer new boy?" a negro, upor meeting an acquaintance asked. "Done named him." "Dat so?" "Yes, sah.'V "Hopes yer gin him er big name." "I did. Named him arter er big Con­ gressman." ** "What does yer call liiml* "Oleomargarine Bill." ' f "Dat's right Name him arter d< statesmen an' de folks kain' say dat he'f er slouch. Dat generman what yei named him arter hel' de whole Con gress fur a laung time, an' o' cose mus: be er smart man."--Arkans&w Trav­ eler. A CLEVELAND, Ohio, landlord adoptee a novel mode of evicting a non-paying tenant. He placed a heavy piece ol Voard upon the chimney.-faogp, and Uu inmate wms smoked out. > ' • »v rt*>> •- When you vWt mtWmWrm York GHy, aav* baipc*apnssa^«sa fSoarrage hire* and atop at *•«*••« IMM opposite Gnad Gaateal DtMt &S rooms, fitted «p at a cost of one million #1 and utiwarda per day. European plan. Blavatar. BeeUurut supplied with the best Horse eat*, stara. "a elevated rail­ road to all depots. Families can live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other fint-olass hotel in the city. ,p The American Pompeii. , "tXnder the kings of the race of Tnttil- Xius, Yucatan reached the highest de­ gree of civilization, which was perpet­ uated in the monuments of Uxmal and of the other cities which surrounded their capital like so many suburbs. Their ruins have survived the fall of the empire founded by Zamma, and the traveler can contemplate them now as the mute witnesses of its past gran­ deur. Uxmal was the most beautiful of the jewels of the Tutul-Xius crown; nothing had been spared in order to embellish it. In the intervening spaces left between its palaces and temples they had formed superb plazas, orna­ mented with basins or zonotes, and shaded by the rich foliage of banana and palm trees. An uninterrupted chain of gardens and promenades uni­ ted the capital to the nine neighboring cities, where the great lamilies of the kingdom had built mansions which rivalled in splendor and magnificence the residences of the sovereign. The law which obliged them every year to live during a certain time in the metrop­ olis, and to divide alternately between themselves the royal service, exempt­ ing them from taxation, gave them an opportunity to utilize the wealth which public prosperity furnished them, by creating everywhere monuments, chief works of the American art and archi­ tecture. An English Decision in FaTer if an American Trade-Mark. [Prom the New York Morning Journal.! LONDON, ENGLAND, Aug. 26, 1886.-- (SPECIAL BY CABLE)--In the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, London, Vice-Chancellor Bacon has given his decision in favor of THE CHARLES A. VOGELEB COMPANY, of Baltimore, Maryland, in the action brought by that house against H. Churchill & Co., of Brisbane, Queens­ land. The case, which has been in progress here since September, 1884, grew out of an attempt of Churchill & Company to register a trade-mark con­ taining the words "St. Patricks Oil" in connection with a medicinal preparation. This was promptly opposed by the Yogeler Company, who, while *<$pmitting that the term and device which were sought to be registered by the Australian firm were in no respect identical to the well- known St. Jacobs Oil trade-marks, contended, however, that sufficient similarity existed between the term St. Patricks applied by Churchill & Co. and St. Jacobs as used by the Vogeler Co. to cause confusion in the minds of the public and lead to purchasers being deceived. In support of this position they submitted an overwhelming amount of evidence from English, American, and Australian sources, with the result stated. Under the decision of the court, Churchill & Co. cannot register their mark and must pay costs of the case. This is the second trade mark suit won by the Yogeler Com­ pany in England within three yean. Carl Pretzel's Philosophy. Dots besser you dond get to been a bachelor, he rm a mans aaifc one idea between him. A "Is that man a consistent Christian in his conversation and carriage?1 "Yah, I dink so neider, he was awful Eious mit his dalk, but I never saw im by his carriage." Ungratitood vas not one of der bones in der frame works of der human race. Shtill you may found dot ingredients in a man. Please of you don't tell der proprie tor of a noose-paper how he snail run dot. YooBt let him found it oud all by his ownself. He do it, shure. Then you vas bury der reckerleck- tions of some trouble mit your friend, don't put some tomb-slitones ub on top of dot grafe.--National Weekly.- Not a Partisan. "Isn't he beautiful ?" said the wife of the politician as she dandled her baby boy who smiled and kicked every time she threw him up. "He is," answered the proud father, as he watched the play of the little feet, "but I'm afraid he will never be a good party man." J "Why not?" "Because he's a kicker." It is these terrible things that cast * gloom over the happiest families.-*- Boston Courier. It you feel like calling a maft a liar go out into the woods for about two miles and do it. Bacouracement for the Feeble. Bo long as the failing embers of vitality are eapable of being rekindled into a warm and genio1 glow, just so long there is hope for the weak and emaciated invalid. Let bim not, therefore, despond, but derive encouragement from this, and from the further fact that there is a restorative most potent in renewing the dilapidated powers of a broken down system. Yes, thanks to its unexampled tonic virtues, Hostetter's Htcmiach Bitters is daily reviving strength in the bodies and hope in the minds of the feeble and nervous, Appetite, refreshing sleep, the acquisition of flesh and color, ara blessings attendant upon the reparative proc­ esses which this priceless invigor&nt speedily initiates and carries to a successful conclusion. Digestion is restored, the blood fertilized, and sustenance afforded to each Ilfe-suitaining organ by the Bitters, which is inoffensive even to the feminine palate, vegetable in compo­ sition, and thoroughly safe. Use it^ and regain vigor! Indian Rice. An instructive display at the newly opened colonial exhibition in Loiftlon is that of the rice of India, which in­ cludes ten thousand different varieties, all belonging to a single species. All icolors are represented, from black to at A--eta, m-i'ifts ffslsi tij mm* »--isila1ile Pines. The in^tari^ al»ve tiAs^ to is presided over by Dr. F. H Pood, who tor msay years has made the eare of caaoer a special stady; and who, by reason of the wonderful raooeee he haa had in treating sach oases, i» properly regarded as one of the moat eminent physi­ cians in his ohoaeo specialty la America. One of the latest cores is that of Mrs. D. L. Shaw, of Dakota. She says: 1 suffered from scirrhus (stone) cancer for four years. I con­ sulted a number of physicians. For a time they pronounced it 'only a tnmor.' Growing worse and worse, on the advioe of a gentle­ man who had been cured by him, I decided to visit Dr. Pond, though strongly against the wishes of relatives and frienaa. I realized that, advanced aa my case was, it was a pre­ carious one. The canoer measured twenty', teven inches in circumference, and (when final­ ly removed) weighed five pound*. Am gain­ ing rapidly, have a good appetite, and nave every reason to believe that tne disease is en­ tirely eradicated. I regard my cure as remark­ able, and urge all afflicted with cancer to con­ sult Dr. Pond without delay." The Doctor has hundreds of testimonials of similar purport These, together with circu­ lars and full particulars, will be supplied free on application. A Hard-Shell Sermon. "Were you ever among the hard­ shell Baptists of Virginia or Tennes­ see? They are a queer lot, and you won't believe what I am going to tell you, but it is truo, all the same. I was in the mountains of the wildest part of what is now West Virginia twenty years ago, and found myself one Sunday morning in a hard-Bhell meeting house, built of logs. The pastor, who looked like a cross be­ tween a scare-crow and a Mormon elder, rose in the pulpit and said: 'Breethering, I see a crow in the tree out yonder. If he flies up I have a message for you, and if he flies down I have none.' He sat down, and in a moment rose again and said, 'Breeth- riiig, the crow flew up, and I have a message for you, and my text is "Sal­ vation." I will divide it into as many heads as there are letters in the word, and every letter shall begin a head. First, this salvation is Sure; second, it is Almighty; third, it is Long; fourth, it is Aaluable; fifth, it is Alluring; sixth, it is Tried; seventh, it is Infinite and now,' he said, 'let us put the last two letters together, and say that it is a Oncommon salvation.' You may well imagine that I smiled. But I was the oijly one that saw anything to laugh at, and the congregation sat there as demure as owls until he had amplified every one of theee alphabet­ ical heads, including the last, preaching about two hours."--Chicago Journal. A huge derrick-pole fell and severely in­ jured the foot of mechanical engineer E. R. Hoyt at the New Orleans Exposition, and after only three applications of St. Jacobs Oil, all the swelling and pain disappeared. AN ingenious astronomical theory is that of Mr. Monck, of Dublin, who sug­ gests that as shooting stars are known to be dark bodies, rendered luminous for a short time by rushing through our atmosphere, new stars are dark or faint­ ly luminous bodies, which acquire a short-lived brilliancy by rushing through some of the gaseous masses- visible, perhaps, aa nebulae--which ex­ ist in space. The most astonishingly beneficial results have followed the use of Red Star Cough Cure by those affected with throat and lung troubles. Price, twenty-five cents. A Nova Scotia 'Squire's Sentence. A newly made 'Squire belonging to the Gulf shore of Nova Scotia had a complaint laid before him in which the plaintiff averred that he had been as­ saulted by a neighbor with intent to do bodily harm. The magistrate at once issued the necessary papers and awaited patiently the day of trial, meanwhile occupying his spare time in reading up cases bearing on the trial. On the arrival of the hour the door of the "best" room was thrown open and there sat the'Squire bolt upright in the big arm-chair, and on a table in front of him his law books open. After listen­ ing to both sides, and speaking in an assumed and dignified air, he thus ad' dressed the plaintiff: "Donald Mc Collister, stand up and hear your sen­ tence. It is the shudgement of this court that you be taken from hence and fined $2 and costs or twenty days in Picton Shall," and with fearful ex- Ercssion, he added, "and may God ave mercy oft your soul.-- Detroit Free Press. spirm, vital constitution will el Goldea Medical Discovery cures all from the common pimpls. blotch, or eruption^ to flie wont Scrofula, or Mood-poison. Bsps oially has it proven its efficacy in curing Bate* rheum or Tstter, Fever-sores, Hip-joins Dis­ ease, Scrofulous Bores sad Swellings, En­ larged Glands, and Bating Ulcers. _ Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump­ tion (which is Scrofula of the Lungs), by US wonderful blood-purifying, inv.gorating, and nutritive properties. For Weak Lungs, Spit­ ting of Blood, Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis, Severe Coughs, Asthma, and kindred affection% it is a sovereign remedy. It promptly oures the severest Coughs. For Torpid Over, Biliousness, or "Live® Complaint.* Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, it is an unequaled remedy. 8old by druggists. CBOQCET was said to beget quarreling^ and' there is a great deal of racket aboil lawn tennis.--Boston Commercial. Us* Dr. Pierce's ^Pellets" for all bilious at* tacks. A DISHONEST man fails to make money. An honest man fails when he fails to make money.--New Or team Picayune. tier's Ague Cure will eradi- cate malarial poisons from the system WHEN a girl changes beaux does she re* new her youth?--Burlington Free Press. 1 A QUESTION ABOUT Brown's Iron 1 *! •• T? • • » • piie tumors, rupture and fistula, radically cured by improved methods. Book, 10 cents in stamps. World's Dispensary Med­ ical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. TURKEY-GOBBLEBS and bolls are not entitled to great respect ordinarily, bnt they sice op a red flag about right. hl^hv°R^t?y S0"?" ff8 °°lored brown or black by Buckingham's Dyo for the Whiskers. A Sioux Indian is in college near Alex- to be exandria, Va., studying *iga.--Fid-Bits a tobacco A Rem«dy for Lung Diseases. Dr. Bobt Newton, late President of the Ec­ lectic College, of the City of New York, and formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio, used DR. WM. HALL'S BALSAM very extensively in his practice, as many of his patients, now living, and restored to health by the use of this in­ valuable medicine, can amply testify. He al­ ways said that so good a remedy ought not to j be considered merely as a patent medicine, but that it ought to be prescribed freely by every physician as a sovereign remedy in all cases of Lung diseases. It cures Consumption, and all pectoral complaints. •'ROUGH ON ITCH." "Bough on Itch" cures skin humors, eruptions, ring worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chil­ blains, itch, ivy poison, barber's itch 60a jars. "ROUGH ON CATAKKH" corrects offensive odors atonco. Complete cure of worst chronic cases; also nnequaled as gargle for diphtheria, wore throat, foul breath. Slla "ROUGH ON PILES." Why suffer Piles ? Immediate relief and com­ plete euro guariinteed. Ask for "Itough on Piles." Sure cure for itching, protruding, bleeding, or any form of Piles. 50o. At Druggists' or Mailed. XnrsiiAK'8 Peptonized Beef Tonic, the only preparation of beef containing its entire nu- Iritwwiproperties It contains blood-making, force-generating, and life-sustaining proper titers 4r "ANSWERED. * has MobaUr bMCL aaked thoosands JF* H<w eto Brawn's Iron Bittorm core e*err- thin# t" Well, it doMn*t. Bnt f " men atira of any VunffT Well, ildoe«n*t. Bat It does cure anr di for which » rapqUbla ptoaician would prMonb* Phnfcnuia rwocnixe Iron aa tha bwt rectontins a«««t known to tha prof--ion. and inquiry iMdinc ehamioal Aim will aabatantUto tha ma that there tremor* preparations of Iron than of iny othar subataoca used in aadicina. This aitowa oon- elnaifrir that iron is acknowlednd to be the moat important factor in aacr»«aful medical atactica. It ia, ll aatiafaotory iron combination haderer been fusni. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS&-«£&3 headaeha, or produce oonstipatioo--*11 ether trea •ttfeiaM do. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS enrea Indigestion, Billouneaa,Wrnknrsa, £w»Na, Malaria, Chllla aind Fevera, Tired Feeling,UeneriU Dekility.Pain in the Side, Back or L1aabe*He*4acke and Nearml- |ia--to all thaaa ailwanta Iron ia prescribed daily. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS,Sr.S'.r: infanta. like all othar thonoah medicinea, ft acta slowly. Whan taken by *MI« the first apaptan of benefit u renewed energy. The moaclea then beoome flnnar, thadinstion improrea, the boweleare active. In tromtti the effect ia naually more rapid and marked. Tha ayaa basin at oocelo brighten -the akin clean ap; healthy ook* comer to the cheeks: nenrousueaa dfaappwua; functional deraacementa baoome regu­ lar. and if a nnrsins taother, abondant snatananoa Is fappliad for UM> ohild. Betnember Brawn's Iron Bittma in tha ONLY iron medicine that is not tnjnrioaa. J'Ayrtcuutt and DruggitU recommend it. torn Genuine has Trade Mark and smassd red lines on wrapper. TAKE NO OTHBS. lT!S-A-5AHE-«3Prat Mu«£U:lP RADWAY'S READY RELIEF CURES THE WORST PAINS in from one to twenty minutes. Not one hour attcr reading this need any one SUFFElt WITH PAIN. BOWEL COMPLAINTS It will in a few moments, wlien taken accordinR to directions, euro Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach, Ue&rtlmru, Sick Headache, Summer Complaint, Diar­ rhea, Dysentery, Colic, Wind In the Bowels, and all other Internal Paint. There is not a remedial agent in the world that will cure Fever and Ague, and all other Ma'arioua, Bilious and other Fevers, aided by Radway's Pills, so quick as Kadway's Heady Relief. It instantly relieves and soon oures Colds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Stiff Neck, all Conges­ tions and Inflammations, whether of the Lungs, Kid­ neys or Bowels, RHEUMATISM, NEURALOIA, Headache, Toothache, Weakneas or Pain in the Back, Men. by Druggists. TWENTY YEARS IN USE! PH. RAILWAY k Co,: I hare naed yonr Ready Relief for many years in my family with great effect. For tliu la*t twenty years I would have nothing else to expe! pain inwardly or from any part of tiie body out­ wardly. 1 huvo used it for rheumatic paina, and al­ ways found great relief when applied to the painful part of the body. Your Pills are indeed excellent, as you represent tliem in the papers. Yours truly, ROBERT O'DONNELL. 67 East Lake St., Chicago, IU., Sept, 7, i»». DB. RADWAY A CO., N. V., Proprietors of Radwa^SawaparOliaa Resolvent and Habit Cured. Treatment senton trial. HUMANE REMEUT CO., LaFayette, Ind. VourNewadealer for THE CHICAGO LEDGER, the BEST BTOKY PAPSB in the country. Bead it Chest or limbs by one application Fifty cents per bottle. $5 to 98 » day. Samples worth (1. Lines not under the horse's feet. Brewster's Safety Rein Holder, Holly, PATENTS R. S. & A. V. 1*1 CIY. : Attorneys. Waahini _ Instructions and aa to oatentabUity FREE. 40-17 yeswf umirilfc FACE* HANDS, FEET, >11 «fcab . lailaWsa 1 DIIIIWMIMI, Mote, WurU, kin. PtttL. f WOOO»UI»T ADVERTISERS klo4«,~WarU, Mo Black Hna. 8<an, 1 Or* JOHN H. wvwsssii. r«arim. AIWBJ.V*. Eft'tM 1M(V ?todTOe.Mr or others,wno with to sssmwS this paper, or obtain sstinsriNS on advertising space when in Chicago, will find it on file St 45 to 49 Randelph St., the Advertiting Agency of LORD&TflOIAS. OLD SOLDIERSl^Mft* < f and KXPBK1EN( K« for each issue of Tflft CHICAGO T.K1N1KR. One whole me filfe voted to War Sketches every week, and Otey are Ml s true to life. Read them. Yon cannot fail to aoM*- ciate them, fOr they are furnished by "JOHNNY** and '•YANK." and sive int< rentink erperieaosS tB., the I'nion sad Confederate armies. Send two MM st impsfora sample ropyot the beat Family Story Paper in the West. Only $1.50 per year. I ill tins • . Xi t l)II A(il) LKlMiSKIt, Chicago, 111. The "l->atherbone" Whip in the whip in the world, msde from the most elastic stance in nature's realm, viz . (Jullls. Dont to (r.v one. Ask your dealer for them. Insist in« a " Keailierbone " Whip, and other. For sale by the Wholesale and Re' ManufacUm d Kl^tbeEATHERBo;4E ^ Office and Salesroom, 2U and 21S Wabash Avenue. Chicago. IB. MENTION THIS PAPKR <n> TO WHIP #• beg* hy M ;: list OK hat* IF YOU WANT TO 1,001 ImportMtthinga you never kaeworthoacM ' "JS of about the human hody and its onrtoas ercusL • ' . Jfotc Ijfe Uperpetumt*i, KtaWiiaved.ttUmti* ,'}l' Hew to a void pitftU.lt of ignorance mnd imUicTwtttm, ^ How to apply Jiortu-Curt to tUlformt of 4tm*m, }jov> to curs Crtmp.Old Syet, Suptur*, PMmo*te,*«0L. JfoictowwUs.bshmpyyinmarrtafls*prtmftSWli. • • , -f amrauir>k.0K,>nanaai»iM>lM. • » If OPIUM ASK WANTED A WOMAN of energy for business in her locality. Salary MM, References. E. J. Johnson, Hangr, 8 Barclay Bt.. N.Y. i(iBDEB?w5TM̂ ¥IS!Ŝ •••••••••••MHMuhariestown, Mass. ENJOY reading s FIRST->J3TY_ PAPER f DO YOU CLASH ST© If so, subscribe for THK (HKAGII I.KDUE only # t .60 per year. Your Postmaster ia agent i it and will receive yonr subscription. RUPTURE MENDS CVERYTHUHI thear. MUSS* years ara All dfea Pronoanced _ . Scad dealer's c IWaias H AfHL - for sample ean T tor sample can rasa or af BtmsuCaazaTCa. Gloucester, 1BENTS WINTER Hnr Just Published, entitled ̂SPY rVm R R-BETIXAOIR. A wonderful book by tile p»le yellow and white. Two species of ties; invaluable for indigestion, d wild ri e are known, only one of which ^ closely resembles the cultivated varie­ ties. HA. Great Strike." Among the 150 kinds of Cloth Boond Dollar Yolnme* given away by the Rochester (N. T.) American Sural Home for every fl subscrip­ tion to that great 8-page, 48-ooL, 16-year-old weekly (all 5x7 inches, from 800 to 900 pages^ boond in cloth) ara: ' Daael&'s (Medical) Counselor, Boya' Useful Pastimes, Law Without Lawyers, Family Cyclopedia, Farm Cyclopedia, Farmers' and 9toek- Five Tears Before the breeders' Guide, Hast, i Common Sense in Pool- People's His. ot United try Y ard, States, World Cyclopedia, Universal History at What Kvery One Should AI! Nations, Know. Popular His. Civtl War (both sides). Any one book sad paper one year, all post­ paid, for |1.15! Satisfaction guaranteed. Ref­ erence: Hon. C. K Parsons, Mayor of Boob- nervous prostration, and all forms or general debility; also in all enfeebled conditions, whether the work of exhaustion, nervous pros­ tration, overwork, or acute disease, particu­ larly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York gold by druggists. "Bough on Rats" dean out Bats, Mies. 15a4 •Bough on Corns, "hard or soft corns, bunions, ISe. *&ugh on Toothaclia" Instant relist 15a WELL'S HAfK BALSAM, If gray, restores to original rotor. Ail elegant dressing, softens and beautifies. No oil nor grease. A Tonic Restorative. Stops hair oom- mg out; strengthens, cleanses, heals scalp, 50o. "ROUGH OS B1IJE" FILLS start the bile, relieve the bilious stomach, aching head and overloaded bowels. Small gran­ ules, small dose, big results, pleasant in opera­ tion, don't disturb toe stomach. 25c. Owe greasing with Frassr Axle Qrease will last two weeks, all others two to three days. Try it I* afflicted with Sore Kyes, use Or. ISMO Thompson's Bfre Water. Drugriatsssllit. Ma "URE Guaranteed >y Dr. J. B. Mayer, 31 Anh St. Phil a* Ja.Eaw at once. No oi*r.itmu or business urmy ;.tiioiH'ind8 cured. Con­ sultation free. AtStandish House, Detroit,Mich., 1 to 7, & Oninieroial Hntel. "liicatro, 8 to Inst of eaeh mouth. MENTION THIS PAPER WHIN mdm TO apvmtimu. No Rope to Cut bflTHorMS' Manes. Celebrated 'r.CLIPSIi' HALT KB and BRIDLE Combined, can not be Slipped by any horse. Sample Halter to any part of U. 8, free, on receipt of $1. Sold by allSadulery, Hardware and Harness Dialers./ Speclni discount to the Trade. SeodL for l'riee-IJst. " J.C.U6flTH0DSEJRoche»terJN.Yfc UXNTION THIS PAPER wan wamsa «• urumu. A MB at Bsantr Is m Jar Vbrevsr. I DB. T. FBLIX OOURAUira \ Oriental Cream or Magical Beautifier CO £ £ Removes Tan. U • »• ® Pimples, Free- -•» k.'eB, Moth-pat­ ches, Kaitli and Skin uiseases, and every ble­ mish oil beau­ ty, and defies detection. It has stood the test of thi rty years, and is so harmless we taste it to be sure the prep­ aration is prop­ erly marie. Ac­ cept no coun­ terfeit of simi­ lar name. The dist insjiiiHlied Dr. L. A. Sayrs said to a lady of the haul ton (a patient ), "AK >, OU indiet TDU them, I recommend 'Oouraud'S Cream' as tht LEAH harmful of TUL Skin preparations." One bottle will last six months, using it every day. Al.-o Poudre Subtile removes superfluous hsir without injury to the skin. KERD. T. HOPKINS. Manager, 48 HOIK! St.. UA N. Y. For sale by all druggists and Fancy Qoods V.J'v'f ' Dealers throughout the U. 8., Canadas. and Europe. J*®". J Detective, Chief of U. S. Secret 8«rrk% AXJLAN 1'IKKKKTOM, , The "SPY" meal* MMMMM OF TKF H'urnmr k. graphic account of the Slot to ssssssinate J" [n* he wss conducted Washington--Eariy BsMlee War--The Secret Sei male Spy--A trust Treason -Tlie Kniehte of erty-The SI'V'Tn BtcT --The Loyal League--M and his Enemies--'The journeys through the Boa Defeat of Uenersl Pope-- of Antietam--Mcdellan's well Address, etc.. etc., to) with many THBlixixa II TIVES OF PlXSERTOS'S heretofore not made public. . Ti>e "Spy" is the in out thrilling War published. Indorsed by the Press and h Agents. A larye. handsome book, of l»rot\iNt*ly Illii»tr»t*»«l. •s-ACENTS WANTEC , In every town there are numbers of Will be glad to get thi* book. It sells to . . . Mechanics, Farmers, and everybody interested ii History of our Country. Thus every Agent ean out lif(V or more in a town to whom he can fsel of selling it to. I f f D i s i i u u f . n o b a r r i e r , as we five Special Z< to pun Freights. We want One Agent in every township oreoi IBfAvy per»oit, with this book, can become a c*K»ful Ag< nt. We give full instructions to Ml pinners. For full particulars and terms to Of address "' CHAKLES P. HATCH. Hartford, Coaa.; (Successor to M. A. Winter & Hatch.) DROPSY W0 TREATED FREE. I I X>Il. II. H. GHF.E* A SONS, Specialists for Thirteen Tears Fait, " Have treated Dropsy and it* complication* with tit* most wonderful success; use vegetable remedleek entirely harmless Hemove all symptoms of {JNgS* in ei-'ht to twenty days. Cure patients pronounced hopeless by the beat at pliy sioiiins. From the first done the symptoms TrofctlriMs--i sr. and in ten days at least two-thixdsMaiD ayaa£»- Dealers throughout the 1 . Beware of base Imitations. »1,000 Reward for airsal " proof of --y ona--lliagwsi pe toms «re removed. Some may cry humbug muium about it. Remember, it doas not cost realize the merits of oar treatment ten Jays the difficulty of regular, the urit fud duty, sleep without knowing snytMHfc SSBSM;^ and iculty of breathing iarshevsA. (he urinary onransmlda to dischin* teep is restored, the swelling all or fir CONSUMPTION. IbiTtapocttirer*m»dy tor the ttae thoaMndaof casesol rtt@ svt/r8f oral kind and 01 I SUSdiBKhsvsbiincured. 11"o-Sf. In thut I w . I §eml 1 W BUHXr.5 r RBI, toj£h.r$-"h a VAU7ABI.ETREATISE on .his " teaav>nffir«r. Give ©*t»r«98 »IJ J P O- ndar ftl Ve are constantly curiae cases .. .. IS--cases that have been tapped a numbar nd the patient declared unable to live a wt ill history of case. Name sex. how loas < pow badly swollen and where, srs bo WMS re lees burstad and dripped water. Send 1. iphkt, coataininfr testimonials, questions, 4 a* ^aaa^Mkami tM,» • Us* Ten days' treatment furnished free by •pilepsy (Fits) positively cured. If yoa order trial, send IO cents in yoa postage ) positively 1 «ial, send IO cents in stamps to nav, H. GKEEN * SONS?* Ds., 6S Jones Aftnns, AUssta, fla. BEST M THE" WORLD. Magazine IW iaiire Of *" •siisiai " jnii r4i siid the osly slMohrisly mb rlfc »» lis »srket. • i r r A l t D G A L L E t t Y , S P O R T I N O A ND TARGET RIFTKS. worM RiMn<4. S«a4 W MAELIN FEK.K ARMS CO„ New Hans, ~ ftsu KOBS C*nntB< twleu •lamped with the skon TRAPS BASS. 1 f>. have tl SLICKER Don't waste yonr m oner on a fum or robb«r teat. Tb« FISH IUSBIUUUI is atMolutely wtirr and triad raeor, and will keep yea 4iy In the harttast SSMm Ask for the FISH BRAND" sucaaa and taks no other. t If year storeks«perjei ~ send fordccrinttvscstaloKnete A J. TOWliH. >llaa<a»tt,|Mi«»Jfiui Era life. Bwaa la Imasartiata, aad a odra IFWIB--ItytotCaunrfc. tofpfrta. ON 30 DAYS; TRIAL. MMM others, is eep shape, with Salt- adjusting Ball inceater.adapSs itself to all pasitioM of tha body while the ball In the csp SEMSSWif55' C ATAR RH WHEN WKITJMQ TO AD *1-- taw** * Sifij; . - V.