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j £*4i -HHHSSir She smiled when I And grinned al verv nuHbtikl Wbenhedoi the oysters, «fi-" And ! Onthle wild. wttefclnc oaklen so fair. (BWl7hs»Nr» iodthenmrMlnMMi In (rant other Ben Batter eyas; Heboid, she inn from the table. ; And aoeepted the snn at another, ' A"d ere to pursue I wu able, Rbe Men* with liar Strapping talc brother. --VMeagoBmn. TBK Kimfc. 'Ati, Bweet-breathiag klne looked up from elorer- m«ad. And Night had eome. Therefore they kneeled tbemdewn. And sown the field was freshened, and perfume Distilled the morn. With eyea as deep as And peao^al aathe evening, gased the flock Upon the sides; and in those eyes benign. All night on went the starry flight eternal. O wisdom of that larger riewl They saw And were not envious. They knew eaoaca fthen they did know that Dawn woat& light theft meadow. The ROD came o'er a corner of the earth Far tj the north. Soft cooed the prairie-hens, And yeilow-browt d meadow larks took wing To chide their great dumb friends. Bestmd dating Their glossy coats, tho kine arose, and lot (Hast ever seen a stretch of clover-bloom?) The firmament had fallen to the field i • > They from Orion to the Dragon roamed j\» •, And plucked that mom a thousand dewy stars. v. --John McGovern, in the OurrenL • . Vt BORDER FRAYS. There still itomains a duelling custom among a class of Americans known as the "cowboys" of the West which noth ing but the overwhelming approach of civilization and power of empire can ef­ fectually obliterate. The cowboy is ostensibly an owner or herder of stock upon unpurchased or unpaid-for ranges of nutritious grasses in the western part of the United States, but in reality he is a stealer of horses and cattle, a guz­ zler of adulterated spirits, and a shoot­ er of men; and it may be said of him, with perfect truthfulness, that he fears neither God, man, nor devil. He roams over a vast area of sparsely set­ tled or unsettled country lying between the twenty-ninth and forty-seventh par­ allels of latitude, and between meri­ dians of longitude twenty-two and thirty-eight. Ho is most numerously and lawlessly found, however, in the Territories of Montana, Arizona and New Mexico, although he is by no means .so scarce in the States of Texas, Kansas and Colorado that he is never seen. He is an Apollo Belvidere in physical shape and beauty; and dresses in true frontier style--in a blue flannel shirt and flaming red neck-tie, dark pants stuck into high-legged kip boots, and sombrero. He carries a wicked knife in a boot-leg, and one or more re- vdbers at his waist His arms and am­ munition are always kept in perfect or­ der, and he is the most accomplished shot in the world. He is a matchless rider, and may often be seen by the traveler through Arizona and " New Mexico tearing through the chapparal like, lightning alongside of a railway train, whooping like a Comanche, and sending harmless bullets through the headlight of the locomotive. He is at once generous, reckless, lawless, dissi­ pated, desperate and dangerous, and dashes furiously through the hell upon earth of his own creating like a pictur­ esque devil to his grave. His "code" is to "always go well heeled, and never let an enemy get the drop on him." There are different grades and sam­ ples of the genus cowboy; there is the "Howler of the Prairies," and "Terror of the Upper Plains," and the "Blizzard of the States." Their manners and customs, however, are about the same except that many of them have had superior advantages of education and home influences, while others were rocked in the cradle of infamy at the start. Few of them live to be 30 years of age, and ninety-nine out of every hundred who are sent to their last ac­ count fill dishonored graves through the medium of the deadly missile or the forbidding noose of the hangman. The writer has seen the redoubtable "Billy the Kid," (who, when -only 19, hail killed his eleventh man), and has heard him tell the story of his murderous ex­ ploits with marvelous nonchalance. He has witnessed "Curly Bill" shoot off the winkers of a man without hurting the sight, and pick off the stoppers of liq­ uor deeanters at twenty paces without fracturing the necks. He has heard this renowned devil boast of his own private cemetery, which, he said, lacked only one of a score of graves; and had then observed him draw his six-shorter qui­ etly and take off a button from his com­ panion's coat. Both of these desperate fellows have been laid away in unknown sarcophagi, like hundreds of others of thq same kind, and the graveyards they created keep gradually filling up. Large numbers of these cowboys meet death by fighting duels, without the aid of seconds or other assistants; and either one or both of the combat­ ants are killed on the spot. There is a spark of honor exhibited generally: An armed man will not shoot down an unarmed one, but will, in case of a quar­ rel with an unarmed person, direct him to go and get a weapon and return. Upon the reappearance of the chal­ lenged party, the spectators afford them ample room, and the shooting is com­ menced without further words, and kept up until at least one of the com­ batants is killed or mortally hurt. DKSPEHATB AND THRILLING ENCOUNTER. One of the most desperate duels ever engaged in by any of these fellows was that fought by a Mexicancowboy named .Teans Garcia and a young Philadel- phian named Gas Davis, at a camp on the River Pecos, New Mexico, August 7, 1883, and which has been described by a correspondent of the New York Sun, as follows: "Gus Davis, of Phil­ adelphia, came here several months ago, and was engaged as a cattle herder by Mr. John Shuer, a wealthy stock owner. Davis soon showed himself to be a useful man, and gained the esteem of his employer and the envy of the other herders. In less than three months he had resisted so many tempt- atioms to quarrel with his associates, that he was nicknamed 'The Northern Coward.' One morning, about three weeks ago, while Davis was on duty looking after his cattle, Jesus Garcia, a Mexican, saluted him. as usual, with 'Good morning. Northern Coward.' Human endurance has its limit, and Mr. Davis thought he had been insulted long enough. The Mexican was at first aurprmed at the stand taken by the Philadelphia!!, but word brought on word, until each determined that the other nr»t die. The quarrel so<®i foragbtall the other govboyp to the kaiferii Inohes long, was gftren .. of the duelista. The obliging oowboys then lowered the men into a dog can- Ton, a deeoent of seventy-five feet. There they were * to remain until one killed the other. A key to the lock was given to each, and no one was allowed to interfere further. The rest of the cowboys then went to work, as if noth­ ing unusual had occurred. For some days nothing was known as to the re­ sult of the encounter. Yesterday, however, Davis, weak and emaciated, returned to camp, dragging after him the lifeless body of Jesus Garcia. The story Mr. Davis tells is as follows: 'The fight began as soon as we reached the bottom of the canyon. Being locked together, each was always in reach of the other's knife. After such deliber­ ation as the few moments during our descent permitted, I decided that unless the first blow was fatal, the chances were deciedly in favor of. the party as­ sailed. I accordingly allowed the Mex­ ican to strike the first blow. He plunged his knife into my side. As toon as I found his arm thus stretched forward, I cut the muscles of his right arm near the shoulder. Immediately his knife dropped. While he was stooping to pick up his knife, I sent my blade into his body from the back. Before I could strike again he had picked up his knife, and cut the cords of my arms, so as to render them both vseless. Here we both stood for a few seconds, when I discovered that his heart had been reached. His body soon fell in the death struggle to the ground. The chain was so short that 'he brought me down with Mm. In a few minutes he was dead. I was so weak from loss of blood that I lay down by his side. We lay there for five days and nights, until hunger drove me to make a last effort. I climbed the steep incline of the walls of the canyon and reached tne oamp, cayring Garcia on my back.' " THE sfREET DUEL IN CALIFORNIA IN EARLY DAYS. What has beon termed the cowboy custom--or a not dissimilar mode of combat--raged in California from 1849 to 1860, at least in the mining communi­ ties of the Golden State, and it has been more or less indulged in throughout the Pacific states and territories in sections where mining operations have been extensively carried on. The street, or bar-room, duel flourished among members of the gambling fraternity in California for ten or twelve years, and the whizz of the deadly bullet was oftener heard in those days than even the church bells of the present. The southern counties of California, where for thirty years there "existed an almost unceasing strife among hordes of dis­ orderly characters, but where there is so much perfect harmony and content­ ment now, also contributed much to\vawl a Golgotha over which "Resurgam" can never be truthfully written INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF OEN. MAGRUDKR. During the autumn of 1852, in Los Angeles, Cal., Col. (since a distinguish­ ed general in the confederate army, and now deceased) J. Bankhead Magruder, 3d Artillery, U. S. A., who was visiting that city from San Diego, commenced an evening at Harry Monroe's restau­ rant, in company with three or four other congenial fellows, by ordering a champagne dinner of an elaborate character. It was not long after the initial movement of the real old Duff Gordon sherry from right to left that an exhilaration set in which was rapidly and radiantly heightened to a hilarious pitch, the reader may rest assured; so that, after the "feast of reason and flow of soul" had got completely under way, the nocturnal «-ayfarer might have mis­ interpreted the medley of mirthful vo­ ciferations for sounds of revelery second only to those attributed to the beauty and chivalry of Belgium's capital upon a momentous occasion by the author of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." In other words, an uproarious controversy had quickly followed the ample gastronomic discussion, during which Magruder de­ clared, with his characteristic suavity, that Andrew Jackson was "the greatest man who ever trod in shoe leather." Col. John O. Wheeler tossed off a goblet of Krug to "the greatest of American statesmen, Henry Claywhile Thomp­ son Burrill quaffed placidly away to the memory of "Daniel Webster, the greatest man the world ever produced." A certain disciple of Esculapius, who was present, then aro'se, as ostentatious­ ly as it was possible for him to rise under the circumstances, and said: "My father, who was sheriff of Cayuga County (New York), was the greatest of all Americans!" To which Magruder replied vehemently: "Doctor, you're a damned fool!!" The doctor at once challenged Ma­ gruder to fight, which cartel of defiance was at once accepted, the combat to take place on the spot, and over the dining table, from end to end, distance twelve feet; weapons--derringer pis­ tols. Maj. Horace Bell, in his exciting book, entitled "Reminiscences of a Ran­ ger," presents his readers with the fol­ lowing description of the duel: Wilson Jones, the doctor's second, got the word, and the principals, without shaking hands, took their respective stations, the majestic form of Magruder tower­ ing above that of the diminutive doc­ tor, who paled and shuddered when brought face to face with the grim- visaged son of Mars. • All was suspense. The word was to be: Ready! fire! One, two, thre%! At the word "ready," to the dismay of all, the doctor blazed away. When the smoke cleared some­ what. to the horror of the valiant di­ sciple of Esculapns, his antagonist stood as stiff and defiant as an aveng­ ing demon. The doctor quailed; Ma­ gruder glared savagely on him for a full minute. The spectators, spell-bound, looked on with horrible forboding. Magruder took two "side steps to the right," which brought him clear of the end of the table. "He then advanced the right foot to the front," with his glaring eye-balls bent fiercely on the now terrified doctor. He then brought the left foot up to the level of the right heel, and leveled his derringer at the ghastly face of the trembling doctor. Then he advanoed the right foot as be­ fore, and in this way, with firm and un­ relenting tread, he slowly advanced on the now thoroughly frightened doc­ tor, who made a movement toward the door. The spectators interposed, and cut off the possibility of retreat in that direction. The doctor tried to flank the colonel by skirmishing around the table. Magruder faced to the left, as though moving on a pivot, and kept the direful derringer aimed at the doctor s pallid countenance. In the excitement the doctor ran under the table, crawled through, grasped the knees of the irate hero, and affectionately embracing them, said: "CoL Magruder, for the love of God, spare me for mv family." The colosel gave a kick- and said: "D • p you! ill spare jolt'for the And, so saying, ho handed toe weapon to his seeond, and the fes­ tivity* were adjourned. This mode of fightipg over a table did not originate in the "far west." how­ ever, for, as early m 1771, the brother of Gen. Delancey, the notorious bar­ rack-master general of the British army, had high words one even­ ing •with a Charlestonian named Haley, in & coffee-house near the foot of Broadway, New York, during which the American called for pistols, and insisted upon fighting the Britisher in one of the coffee-rooms across a table. The Englishman was kind enough to accom­ modate the belligerent Yankee, and was shot dead as soon as the word was given. An account of this affair pub­ lished in the New York Evening Post in 1845 says that Delancey was mur­ dered, as the American discharged his weapon dishonestly before his time. Another account declares that the dis­ turbance took place in South Carolina, and that Delancey aud Halev both fired at the same time, and that the sur­ vivor was defended by the Pickneys and Rutledges. THE TRAGIC STeRY OF THE BOWIE-KNIFE. A feud had existed for years between two parties of the parish'Rapides, Mis­ sissippi, on Red river. The principals were Dr. Maddox. Maj. Wright and the Blanchards on the one part, the Cur- revs, the Wellses, and the Bowies on the other. A challenge was passed be­ tween Dr. Maddox and Samuel Wells, and a meeting was arranged to take place near Natchez, Miss., in Septem­ ber, 1827. Hither the parties repaired with their friends. It was agreed that no person should be present but the combatants, their seconds, and sur­ geons. The place of meeting was a large sand-bar, immediately below the upper bluff, near Natchoz. The sand­ bar at low water is of considerable width, bordered above and below with forest growth; on the opposite side of this bar were stationed the friends of each party; one of these parties was something nearer the combatants than the other. Col. Crane was the second of Maddox. Between him and James Bowie and Gen. Currey there had long existed a deadly feud, and some months before this affair Gen. Currey shot Col. Crane with a shot-gun, on Bayou Rap­ ids, disabling one of his arms. The parties to the duel approached the spot selected for the combat from dif­ ferent directions. . The preliminaries were soon arranged. The combatants took their positions and exchanged two shots without effect, and the difficulty was amicably adjusted. Bowie was just in the edge of the woods with Gen. Wells and Currey, armed with pistols. Bowie carrying a large knife. As the dueling party started to leave the grounds Bowie and party advanced to meet them. The friends of Maddox and Crane on the opposite side of the sandbar, seeing this, and being furthest from the party, started to run to meet them as soon as they should reach the re­ tiring combatants. Gen. Currey waa the first one on the ground, closely fol­ lowed by Bowie. Currey immediately advanced upon Col. Crane and re­ marked : "Col. Crane, this is a good time to settle our difficulty," and com­ menced drawing his pistol. Bowie did the same. Crane was armed with a brace of dueling pistols and awaited the attack of Currey. At this moment Cur­ rey was %eized by his brother and begged to desist. Bowie and Cran«\ fired at each other, it is said, without ef­ fect. There were those who said Bowie was wounded. The latter statement I think most probable, for Bowie stopped, felt of his hip, and then, drawing his knife, limped toward Crane, who wa.s watching Gen. Currey. Released from the hold of his brother, Currey was HJ- vapcing. At this moment Crane leaped across a small ravine cut through the sand by the rain-water flowing from the acclivities above, and resting his pistol upon his crippled arm, fired at Currey, wounding him fatally, from the effects of which he fell. Crane was now disarmed, and Bowie advanced cau­ tiously upon him. Clubbing his pis­ tol, he struck Bowie over the head, as he avoided his knife adroitly, and felled him to the ground. Crane retreated a step as his friend, Major Wright, advanced upon him, and with a long slender spear, drawn from a walking-cane, which he carried, attacked Bowie, who made a pass to parry the. spear with his knife, in which he failed. The spear was of cold iron, and, striking tho breast-bone, bent and went round upon the rib. Bowie at this moment seized Wright and fell, pulling Wright down with and on top of him, and holding him strongly to his person. Wright was slender, and bv no means a strong man, and was powerless in the hands of Bowie, who cooly said to him: "Now, Major, you die!" and, plunging a knife into his heart, killed him instantly. This knife was made by Resin P. Bowie out of a blacksmith's rasp or file, and was the original of the famous bowie-knife. When James Bowie received it from his brother, he was told by him that it was "strong and of admirable temper. It-is more trustworthy in the hands of a strong man than a pistol, for it will not snap; Crane and Wright are both your enemies; they are from Maryland, the birthplace of pur ancestors, and are as brave as you are, but not as cool. They are both inferior in strength to your­ self, and therefore not your equal in a close fight. They are both dangerous, but Wright the most so. Keep this knife always with you. It will be your friend in a last resort, and may sav<i your life." After this conflict,Resin P.Bowie carried this knife to Philadelphia where it was fashioned by a cutler into the form of a model made by him, and I presume the knife is yet in the possession of some member of the family. There was no reconciliation between Crane and Bowie after the conflict, though Crane aided personally in carrying Bowie from the ground, and Bowie thanked him and said: "CoL Crane, I do not think under the circumstances yon ought to have shot me." Almost im­ mediately upon the attack of Currey upon Crane the fight between the friends became general, in which there were Beveral wounded, but Wright and Currey were the only persons killed. All the men engaged in this terrible affair were men of wealth and high social position, and the two parties in­ cluded almost every man of fortune in the extensive and wealthy parish of Rapides. All are gone save Maddox aud Wells, both very old and still re­ siding in the same parish. As a general thing, during the times of which we write, the favorite weapons with the Alabamians and Mississippians were rifles and shot-guns, which were seldom used without fatal effect. The favorite weapons of the Creoles, how­ ever. were four-sided rapiers; and, as a matter of course, wounds were frequent and fatalities few.--Alia California. HE haty riches sufficient who hath enough ta be charitab]*.--dir T.JBrown. AitraiM Vngna Apprehaa--laws * Wkat Aetaslly Causes It. Ike narrative below, by a prominent scient­ ist, touches a"subject of universal Impor­ tance. Few people are free from the distress­ ing evils which hypochondria brings, They come at all tomes and are fed by the very flame which they themselves start. They are a dread of coming derangement causcd by present disorder, and bring about more suicides than any other one thing. Their first approach should be carefully guarded. EDITOK8 HERA*-. It is seldom I appear in print, and I should not do so now d d 1 not Lelieve myself in possession of truths, the revelation of which will prove of inestima­ ble value to many who may are these lines. Mine has been a trying experience. For many years I was conscious of a lack of a want of nerve tone. My mind seemed sluggish, and 1 felt a certain falling off in my natural condition of intellectual acuteness, activity and vigor. I presume this is the same way in which an innumerable number of other people feel, who, like my­ self, are physically below par; but, like thousands of others, I paid no attention to these annoying troubles, attributing them to overwork, and resorting to a glass of beer or a milk punch, which would for tlie time in­ vigorate and ftlieve my weariness. After awhile the stimulants oomDiented to disagree with my stomach, my weariness in­ creased, and I was compelled to resort to other means to find relief. If a physician is suffering he invariably calls another physi­ cian to prescribe for him, as he cannot see himself as he sees others; so I called a physi­ cian and he advised me to try a little chemi­ cal food, or a bottle of hypo phosphates. I took two or three bottles of the chemical food with no apparent benefit. My lassitude and indisposition seemed to increase, my food dis­ tressed me. 1 suffered from neuralgic pains in different parts of my body, my muscles be­ came sore, my bowel a were constipated, and my prospects for recovery were not very flat­ tering-. I stated my case to another physician, and be advised me to take flw to ten drops of Magende's solution of morphine, two or three times a day, lor the weakness aud distress ia my stomach, and a bine pill every other night to reiieve the constipation. The morphine produced such a deathly nausea that I could not take it, and the blue pill failed to relieve my constipation. In this condition I passed nearly a year, wholly unfit for business, while the effort to think was irksome and painful- My blood be­ came impoverished, arid I suffered from in­ capacity, with an appalling sense of misery and general apprehension of coming evil. I passed sleepless nights and was troubled with irregular action of the heart, a constantly feverish condition and the most excruciating tortures in my stomach, living for days on rice water and gruel, and, indeed, the di­ gestive functions seemed to te entirely do- s royed. It \v!!s natural that while In this cond tion I shonId become hypochondriacal, and fearful suggestions of self-destruction occasionally presented themselves. 1 experienced an in­ satiable desire for sleep, but on retiring would lie awake for a long lime tormented with troubled reflections, and when at last 1 did fall into an uneasy sluml or of short, dura­ tion, it was disturbed by horrid dreams. In this condition 1 determined to take a trip to Europe, but in spite of all the attentions of ph ysicians and ch«n«e of scene and climate, I did not improve aud so returned home with no earthly hope or ever agata being able to leave the house. Anion* the numerous friends that called on me,was one who had been afflicted somewhat similarly to myself, but who had been re­ stored to perfect health. Upon his earnest recommendation 1 bejan the same treatment he had employed, but with little hope of being benefited. At first 1 e.\perieneed little. If any, relief, except that it did not distress my stomach as other remedies or- even food had done. I continued its use, however, and after the third bottle could see a marked change for the better, and now after the fifteenth bottle 1 am happy to sta' e that I am ajmin able to attend to my professional duties. I slteep well, nothing distresses me that I eat, I go from day to day without, a feeling of weariness or pain; Indeed I am a well man, and wholly through the influence of H. H. Warner & Co.'s Tlprecanoe. I con­ sider this remedy as taking the highest possi­ ble rank in the treatment of all diseases marked by debility, loss of appetite, and all other symptoms of stomach and digestive disorders. It is overwhelmingly superior to the tonics, bitters, and dyspepsia cures of the d iv, and is certain to be so acknowledged by the public universally. Thousands of people to-day are going to premature graves with these serious disease*, that 1 have above described, and to all such I would say: " De not let your go^d judgment be governed by your prejudices, but give the above-named remedy a fair and patient trial, and 1 believe you will not only be rewarded by a perfect restoration to health, but you will a'so bs convinced that the mdfccal profession dee* not possess all the knowledge there is em- twacfd in. medical science." ; . A. O. RICHARDS, M. D.. Tremont street, Boston, Mass. 1 Scotch Parents. A young Scotch friend of mine, of high literary reputation, generally spends, once a year, a month with his family on the outskirts of Edinburgh. His father is a Presbyterian minister, occupying a very enviable position. On the day of his departure, my friend in­ variably finds on the breakfast table, by the side of his plate, a little paper, carefully folded. It is a detailed ac­ count of the number of meals lie has had during his visit to his father's house; in other words, his bill. But the son is as sound a Caledonian as papa, and does not part with his coin before he ascertained that all the items are accurate, and the addition correct. "Why, father, I see you have marked bacon and eggs for my yesterday's breakfast ;VI assure yon I did not touch the eggs." "You were wrong not to do so then, my boy; they were on the table, why didn't you hi'lp yourself?" I know another interesting Scotch papa who presents his children, as they come of age, with the bill of all that he has spent upon them, including the fees of nurse and doctor. The chil­ dren sign and undertake to repay the outlay.--Edinburgh Letter. How He Doubled His Trade. Mr. Benj. W. Paton, pharmacist, Globe Village, Mass., says that the miraculous pain-cure, St. Jacobs Oil, has greatly helped his other business, and the sales of the remedy have doubled in one month. He keeps a large supply always on hand. Officers of the Army and Navy pronounce, St. Jacobs Oil to be the greatest pain-enre of ti»e age. ttas. The distances, often many miles, through which gas is transmitted before it issues are such that with any ether mode of distributing power they would, says the Eng ineer, considerably enV ance the cost of the power. Prof. Osborn Reyno lds thus exp la ins th i s : I t t -kes about 10 cubic feet of gas to develop 1,000,000 pounds in a gas engine, whereas of com pressed air m the ordi­ nary way it would require HO cubic feet to yield the same power. Hence the comparative cost of trans­ mission is - the cost of transmitting 10 cubic feet of gas against that of 140 cubic feet of compressed air, and this would be about as 1 to 25; so as a means of distributing energy gaa is 25 times more efficient than compressed air. Cnu M'« of Ni-rvimmiem. The maladies which above all others cam nervousness, are dyspepsia, blliojisnens and constipation. The great sympathetic nerve which connects the epigastric region with the brain, is always injuriously affected if the stom­ ach and bowels ati disordered; a permanent de­ rangement of tho functions of those organs re­ acts by sympathy upon the entire nervous eys- Hostetter'n Stomach Bitters, to restoring and regniarity to th > digestive apparatus overcoming constipation, permanently rem- y the nervous complaints which originate in alimentary weakness or di tarbancea They are the very best nervine that can be used. By eradicating the exciting causes of nervous weakness, they permanently overcome the dis­ ability itself. But this is not all. By checking the maladies which oanse nervonsness, they build op anew the system weakened and de­ flated^ BOTTOM DTOFPPJ®- *ay*e Defeated. l&USfSU *beft£ehia*»*Li ldltM by tiw hurt o! dreamed in the Whits, of ana- Ten daya that "the" Rouse, *'l _ _ When his wits heard of the tragedy die e*- claimed, " His dream waa prophetiol" Vfae majority of dreams, however, are never ful­ filled--they are too fantastic, or solved by contrary events. Peo I possessed of the idea that they shall They find themselves the subject of strange feeiings. They know they are not what they once were, and as they approach certain ages they are quite sure they will not "be long of earth." These impressions ma a rule are the result of an imagination disordered by disease, but they can be shaken off by prompt and thorough measures. We are told that very many diseases ean be prevented; indeed half the deaths are said to be prevent­ able! Benee the importance of always actr ing promptly in every personal emergency. Justice William MOHI. of West Hand lake, N. Y., very highly esteemed in Troy, was for years plagued by forebodings that he was doomed to an early death. He had* dull and flitting pains in various parts of the body, his complexion waa bad,his appetite was variable; he felt weary without known cause, was con­ stantly constipated, his tongue waa heavily coated, and frequent feverish disorders ap­ peared. Then followed extreme tenderness and pain in the back, great lassitude, gravelly deposita in water, which was dark, frothy and odorous, all indkwtiag liver and kidney dis­ orders. These developments alarmed him, especially since physicians did him no food. About giving up in despair, ho followed the counsel of one of the Supreme Oonrt Justloes to use Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Rem­ edy (of Rondout, N. V.,) as an experiment, ltscstteied his bad feelings, revived his ap­ petite, restore 1 his liver and kidneys, renewed his blood, increased bin weight by twonty pounds, and to itelone he gives the credit oft ssiving his life. Dreams and warnings and forebodings of early death need not always be fulfilled If proper measures are promptly taken to de­ feat them. (h)0d*H0adl. A correspondent of the Country Gentleman, writing from Dutchess county, N. Y;, says that the town of Amenia, in that county, has tried with marked success the plan of keeping a force of four or five men at work on the highways through most of the year under the supervision of an experienced and skillful builder of roads, who gives his attention constantly to the work. Every part of the seventy-five miles of highway in the town is in good con­ dition, and the expense of keeping it so has been much less than it could have been by the old method. The new plan has greatly relieved the farmers, who have not been called to work on the roads at a time when other duties demanded their attention. New York has a law which directs that the voters of any town may elect to adopt this plan of hiring a force of men and a j competent Commissioner to make and j keep in repair the roads of their town, j but the plan once adopted must be ; followed for not less than three years, j It has been found that by the method described the roads have been kept in i better condition than ever before, and | that the cost of the work has actually i been less than that of roadmaking by the old way. • v ' Solid Comfort, Every one likes to take solid onmfwwvawd it may be enjoyed by every one who kee;.8 Kidney-Wort In the nouse and takes a few (loses at the first symptoms of an attack of Malaria, Rheumatism, Hiliousuess, Jaundice, or any affection of the Liver, l(idnej%, or liowels. It is a purely vegetable compound of roots, leaves, and berrioe having special value iu kiduoy troubles. Added to these are remedies acting directly on the Liver and Towels. It removes the cause of disease and fortiHoe the system against new attacks. ff--rt 'iuMilHy tathstr vrto--• atoo saa prevearti veagatnjt fever aaj "Wa always keep Piso's Cure for Consump­ tion In the home." THEfiflEATGERHM IIEMSDV FOR NIK. RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, ' Soiafttoa, Lrnnbaf*, •Acaicn, nu>i(niTO0!iuai* SORE TMMMT. wnnr.nrxium!, Ssfwsss, Cats, traits^ ntoarrBrrn, •tmira, acauM, Aa« aUottMr bodily aotas and pallia. FIFTY CEVK A MTTIX. SoMbyallDrDCgMaand Dealers. Dtrscttoas In U The Charts* A. Vsfslar Ca (Smmmo » A. 700IU* > 00.) Frtt Send name on a postal card to Banghman fcCo„ Albion, Mich., and receive a handsome Plaque. MONEV, in Tonquin, is made of lead. A lady going shopping is followed by a ooolle, ; who carries her purse and perspires. | MANY a woman who does not know even the multiplication table c&n "figure? $n .ao* j ciety. - % . *' Iligtiar Prices Iter Batter. : l Ali dairymen who use Wells, 1 & I'o.'s improved Mutter Color, agree that It increases the value of butler several cents i a |K>untl. It is pure an l harmless, convcn- ' lent for instant use, has no taste or odor, and gives a clear golden richness to the but* ler. It is tho very best butter color obtain­ able. and Is not expensive. In every &tate In the Union the demand for It is Increasing. IT I n't a great way to the end of a cat's nose, but it's fur to the end of lis tail. a • PRBTTY AS A PICTURE.--Twenty-four beau- tiful colors of the Diamond Dyes, for 811k, Wool, Cotton, &c., 10c each. A child can use with per' ect success. Get at your druggists'. Wells, Richardson & Co.. Burlinvtou, Vt. Tur. most prominent man in the city is the street sweeper. He fills the public eye. IN the delirium of fever, and in restlessness, there is no such remedy as Sanutritau nervine* RURAL performers ou brass instruroenti wore, twenty years ago, country-baud of war. Mu. 1). J. ANDEKSON, of Egypt, Tex., writes: "Sanuirttrtu Xervi ne cured iny daughterof tits." CHAMPION oarsmen feather their nests by feathering their oars. An Undoubted Blessing. About thirty years ago a prominent pfaysfr clan by the name of Dr. William Hall dis* covered, or produced after long experimental research, a remedy for diseases of the throat, chest and lungs, which was of such wonder­ ful efficacy that it soon gained a wide reputa­ tion in this country. The name of the medi­ cine is Dr. Win. Hall's Balsam for the Lungs, and may be safely relied on as. a speedy and positive cure for coughs, colds, sore thr< at, etc. Indorsed by the Clergy. We take pleasure in recommending Dr. Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup to any public Breaker that may be troubled with throat or lung disease. Hev. M. L. Boohor, pastor Prestyterian church, Reading, Midi. Rev. J. T. lddings, Albion, Mich. Hev. V. L. Lockwood, Ann Arbor, Mich. I found it a sure cure. I have been troubled with Catarrhal deafness for seven or eight years, with a roaring noise in my head. I bought medicine in thirteen States, but nothing helped me till 1 procure 1 a bot­ tle of Ely's Cream Halm. In four davs 1 could hear as well as ever. I am cured of the Catarrh us well. I consider Ely'B Cream Balm the best medicine ever ma le.--SARKBTT WIIUIICK, Hastings, N. Y. c Cared Clergymen. Rev. L. 8. Caultan, of Circleville, Kas., says: Dr. Warner, your White Wine of Tar Syru* has been In my family and found to be all and even more than you claim of it. It is a speedy cure for all Throat and Lung diseases. HAVE you Catarrh/ "Dr. Sykes' Suro Cure" i» an unfailing remedy. Have you heard of It? There is a general comp'aint among druggists that they cannot get enough of "Dr. Sykes" Sure Cure for Catarrh " to supply the demand. If thus disappointed write direct to the Doctor, 181 Monroe street, Chicago. j Carbo-ltnea. Sorrow and gloom the soul may mttM, Yet love wrings triumph lrom defeat; And the coar?e<t hair can still be fine By using Magic Carboline. WHAT ails you? If it is a cough, take FUD'a Cure. Sold by druggists. # centa. "Bough oa Rats" clears out Rats, Mice. Ue. Mother Swan's Worm Syrup, taste leas. 2Se. "Rough oa Coughs" Troches, 16c; LiquJCMe. WK1X8' May-Apple (Liver) Pills, 10c. BIB BIYTa sell our rubber hand stamps. Terma DID rMlne. Taylor Bros. & Co., Cleveland,Ohio. Young Men Dished. Ciixluarsfree. Va learn TELEGRAPHY and earn big wages. Situation* fur- Valentiuc Bros., Janefiville.Wia- AOFNTS WANTED for the best and fastest-selling Pictorial Books and Bildes. Prices reduced ffl Der cent. KINONIL PCBI.ISIIIN<J CO.. CHICAGO, IiL retail. Send for price-Hat. '. O. D. Wigs made to order. "» 71 State street, Chicago FAMILY TBATWIU, ouna*~*. Dr. m--aa, MM, «fCl.r<a«M. IIM *!!»•'« I Sah-- LH« CONSUM r nkk MaM«3n Is hawwlssste the mast dalhste SMI* flwihilw no Oatans ba iuay nnai wa--M ftpMiM, latum --4 liiraaa la na)>i|| wlM hm gW«* It a mod trial. It As an Expectorant It lias no Kqml< SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALBESA |f m | fa Wholesale and _m - * For Badness at tho Oldest ft Beat W Callage. CireularfiMt Addrcaa CB us, Dubuque, Ia. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY write to CABHUXH * OO.Banker*, Washington,P.O. PATENTS full inatructiona and Hai HO PATENT, NO PAY! R.8. a A. P. LACEY. Patent _ Attorneys. Washington, D.O. Hand-Book of Patents aent frae. LOVE FOR LIQUORS CURED WITHOUT the patleuVs knowledge. Specific sent by mail upon receipt of $1. UK. PAR- KEU, 14 Union Square, New York. F A R M E R S ! _N. Y. WEEKLY NEWS. Bert Agricultural Journal. Honse- S': PATENTS LABElN. 1 " • " RK-I8SLKS. Ihmribe »our fnrrntioii. 1., RIXQHAM, JPtUeni Lmeutr (hook «« Patent* .free), W'axMni/ton, D. (BENTS WMTED » ting Hfaching wir invented. atocUngs with MKr.Ii ana TOl minutes. It will also knit a work for which ther* ia a!war for drealair sad terms to UM Martilns Oo». W TMaont fttrset. s"3gwa«i&<fsa •oat HwsUiaawi. Mia, SJXMVUi had Catarrh enough and want to be cure J, iuat Di- for lull In­ formation of a Sure Care. You will not mnm A® IS A SPECIFIC FOR W EPILEPSY, SttStt, -*• GONYULSItlNS, FALLMfl SKKIESS, ST. VITUS MICE, ALORMMUSfc J OPIUM EATUfi, I SCROFULA, KINGS EVIL, | UGLY BLOOD DISEASES^ DTSPEPSU, i NERVOUSNESS, SICK HEADACHE, RHEUMATISM, NEIVDUS WEAKNESS, NERVOUS PROSTRATION,, BRAIN WORRY, BLOOD SORES, ^ WlWfflf SQSTIVENESS, KIDNEY TNOUBLES AND IRNEBUURHH >1.50 per bottle/ For testimonial* and circulars send stamjx The Dr. S. A. Richmond H«d»Co., Props., •t- TcmmsOx, M»._ (11) h*ss fkVllT SBSWStSd fey HjiKilM HtM fey all Dnotata, PAINS SHARP Flmriar Faina, Stitch in the •ids, BaekaSa» IweUaa Joint* Heart Diaaaaa, Bora Mnaclaa, M> k a, ck A and alt pain* and ach*s althar local or deepaasted s*» iaatantlr reUwrad and apMdiljr cored by the wall-kaowa Bop tUtUr. Oompoumtod- aa it is»«C the iSlidaal ytrtaeeof frsah Hop*. Onaaa, Bahama and Kxtraela, it i* indeed Me »•*« palatOlUng, atlmslatiag, • cents or Ave for tl to. Walled aa racetpt ot •nn» Proprl proprietors and. Manu­ facturer*, BoKton.Mv. PLASTER ^SPoDSeTtangneTbSliraSS^ouriZanMKhacid liv iHgraan mud by Hawley* Stomach andUTOTFU1», g-'.cta, 1 BLKSSKD BENKFACTOKS. - When a board of eminent phy*lciaaa .sa£f. chemists anaounced the discovery that by < kinine someTJ^I-known vein 'trie remsOtsa. tiN most wondemu medicine wa? produced, whlell would cure such a wide < an pre of disease* tMt most all other IPIDC'I S could !:• disp«n«<iK wl< b, many were skeptical; but proof of its mef* Its by actual trial has dispelled all doubt, actft today the discoverers of that great meildna Hop Bitters, are honort d and blessed by all as . benefactors. Tlieac Bitters are compounded from Hops. Buchu, Malt, Mandrake and Dands- lion and ether oldest, teat and most valuable medicines iu th; world and contain all the beife and most curative prop rt'.ca of all other medl- tines, beins the greatest Blood Purifier, Kldnstr and Liver Regulater nnd Life and Health Rt- s ori'ig Agent on earth. No di-xaseor ill-health ran possibly long esist where these Bitters aft used, S3 varied and perfect are their operations. They give new life aad vlg^r to the aged anA Infirm. To all wbo«c employments muse iireg- n'arityof the bowels or uiinary snjiBfe, or wife require an Afie izer, Tonic and IBMHPtoaiilHi^ these Fitters are invalrable, being tizhly caAiic tive, tonic and stimulating, wit hout intoxicatia{£ Mmatt?r what your feelings OT symptoms are, what the dtseaf o or ailment is, use Bap Bit­ ter*. Don't wait until you are sick, but It yafc only feel bad or n^»erable, use the Blttot at once. It may save year life. Hundreds have been saved by so doing. O" 1500 wOl to l aid for a case they will not core or help. Do not suffer yourself or let your friends for. but use and urge them to use Hop Bitters.,' Remember, Hop Bitters is the purest and iMKt medicine ever made; the "Invalid's Fris&d Hope." No ptroon or lamlly Hhealths I chem. "I wan troubled for many yean Kidney and Liver Ccm: latnt. Gravel, etc.; blood became thin; I was dull aad f oould hardly crawl about, aad was an ol out man nil over, and conld getnotidtti me, until I got Hop Bitters, and now!I ag«in. My Wood is pur.% kidneys are all a id I am as active as a man of 30, although) 72.--F At H£B, "For ten years my wife with Much a complication of ailmrntn doctor con Id t-U what waa the matter, her, and I used up a small fortune ta stuff, bix months ego I saw a U. & 1 Hop Bitters on it, and I thought I would ha a toot onre mor\ aad I trie! it, but my foOr prove I to be wisdom, sad two bottles cared* She is now as well and strong as any man's i aad it oaly oust me two dollars. H. W . Detroit, 1 vauu a rnsuu HB ahooh^fefc umnt rears wtth strlraa \mmmmm Liver udESnBf Banedjr, ITHET C01E STSPEPSi ft Uvsraadi ]BaOU&ATl~$Iza BOWXU.I I They cure Bhemnsfhra, aad aM W»| nary troubles. Ttwy Invigorate, nourish, strengthen aad aoiat the Kerrous-Byatsea. . At • ToMo thmr IWN no tonal*, Take aoae bat Haps and Malt r - FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS. - | Hops and Malt Bitter* 0«»| DKTBOIT, MCH. ELY'S CBFiMimH S W A A relieve. A irwMMal «eSI Agreeable to uae i'ir rln-'i'ur. Prltv 50 rrulu, br mail or St drug U V 1 ROt HERS. Dnireiats. Owego. H.Y. PENSIONS -iivular*. COL. L. HAM. Attorney since t«V Washington. i>. O. for aaydtssUHtr: atfota Heirs. Send a thrn^r Secret. The fact Is well understood that tho MEXICAN MU& TANG LINIMENT is by flu the besf external known for man or beast. Tho reason w h y b e c o m e s a n " o p e n secret" when we explain that "Mustang" penetrates skin, flush and muscle to the very hone, removing all disease and sorenes8. No other Hut­ ment does this, hence none is so largely used or b*T# • pocltlTe r»»*ai fcf • tbomanda ot ca»»a « IM '.w|! CEOIIWWMMW VT GI etandlnffhftvtMMieM'ML TO SPECULATORS. It. IJNDBLOM * GO, K.CL &fc (Chamberof Commerce. Chicago. „ GRAIN * PROVISION BIO: Mernlxm of all pramiaeat 4. Chicanp. St. iLouia --w l «iw aov luni. win weeeew assssss-vfigrbsstisfli MONET. „ Intrcdu cnttlug. profltn. oMiitt •<*>* nt-ow. territory at dressmaker will bu Be first in the Mi Jf*!. ... JfcSt,v . *>.». ..' a-'uSte-f » > * & .• 15 f Bntom Aeertatacara wt awiM' treatment In _ Elbe Head, Heodacbs. Mnda«es.Hy Wtyeeuu, B^lDrfljftfrer Bough on Toothache," Instant relief. 15e. "BacBa-paJba," Greet Kidney and Urfnaiy Core. C.it.U WHITING TO . _ any yon saw taa 1 ^ J6 "'