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ILLINOIS. tUBUG WX&. IK OKNERATION TO CEHSIUnOX With taeh new spring i It w&fcaa, whan every loroit *K*Tg v< ; ii and bad* are blossoming. Xft tones we know , that voice ot immemorial wo*, mmm should com* again that w* Shoald go!* Ere the Greek Bong, "Words melodious from the hMrt-blood wrong, iaaped to life in prehist Trie tonga*. Gray aeea toss •fainting echoes the far chasm aoroas, lUging their ancient to our present loM. It hath an art J TMliT*rsal as tho human h«art; - l ivery land and clime it plays a pSfk..-,. It shall be trae, t and yet ever young, trite and yet new, ~ liar trees are green and skies are blisi. . When from thegloo m I Hie dark e&rib upbroaie the tender bloom t shad be sound of wailing at tha.tomb. When the donds are cleft l silver splendors, and whan rains have left, 1 shall yearn wild arms of love bereft I Unceasingly _ i down the centuries one piteous cry, |*Ths& these, tbattheaa should live--that w* 1 should die)" . / „ \-Oonh(U Magazine. A FLIRTATION. BY A. UBBAN EVERETTE. "Only twenty-four hours more, dear* lost, and yon will be my own. I don't [know why I am so unwilling to leave or why my thoughts have been jng so continually upon Caleb Sil- to-day, accompanied by what seems [like a presentiment of coming eviL" "You do not feel annoyed because he lis invited to the wedding, do you, Mar­ gin?" asked Sadie Dan^, with loving •solicitude. "He has been an intimate [friend for many years, and highly es- [teemed, while my rejection of Lis offer ' marriage does not appear to have [impaired our friendship in the least" I "You did quite right, my dear Sadie," [ftud Martin Graham, affectionately. ["Before I knew how matters stood be- [tween you and Caleb, I feared he might [prove a formidable rival; but he as- Mured me in his frank way that he [would be no impediment to my wooing jrou, and bid me a friendly good-speed, could see that to one of his deep, ar- Ident nature it could be no light task to [relinquish you." "I wish you would remain in town [to-night, Martin, and not attempt [that long ride home," said Sadie, inxiously. "Anything you want lyon can send for in the morning. Be- [judos, I don't like to think of your "laving that long, cold ride at night, "Have no fears for me, my darling. IX have matters to attend to that cannot Ibe , neglected; and my good horse, [Charlie, will carry me over the twenty liles in two hours. Good night, liove." ̂ He held her in his arms with a igering, yearning pressure, then left ae room. Sadie watched him from |the window as he mounted his horse id rode swiftly off through the ithering dusk of the short winter ^ix montlib before, Sadie Dana had st met Martin Grabam at a small rening party, and from the hour of leir meeting she felt that she had en- mntered the first man to whom her leart had gone out in that sentiment rhich demands a life-long anion with ie beloved object. There was one, however, at that rty whose keen insight detected her acret almost immediately, and that >ne was her former suitor, Caleb Silver, who had accepted Miss Dana's ejection of his suit with quiet id courteous acquiescence, but lad never relinquished his determina- ion to make her his wife; he was simply Ibiding his time. Five minutes after Martin Graham lisappeared from view on the (ftter- aoon when our story opens, Caleb Sil­ ver glided from a clump of evergreens ~iat grew close to the house he had sen watching for the last hour. 'So," he esclaimed, as he gained the by a side path, "Graham goes back anight and will not remain over, as I feared he might. It was an evil day for him when lie first stepped in he­ reon me and the girl I love. To him le has plighted her troth; but when ae stands up in her wedding robes, she ill be my bride, not his. A heart is en most effectually caught in the re­ fund. But if my plot fails, and she ifuses to become my bride, I will take re that he shall never return to ex- Be my crime and regain his bride. Half-way on the road leading from ae town where Sadie Dana lived to lat in which her lover resided was the "Half-way Tavern," with a black- lith's shop adjoining. The land- lewd had an assistant, Daniel farnham, an under-Bized man, ith a sinister countenance who, Ithongh attending faithfully to his du- as, showed no disposition to cultivate ae acquaintance of any one, but waited upon his customers with a persistent iciturnity that had won for him the >briquet of "Grumpy Dan." An hour after Martin Graham passed ie "Half-way Tavern," on his way tat evening, Caleb Silver drew np be­ fore the door. v "Where's the landlord?" he asked,en- the bar room, and addressing '"'Grumpy Dan," who was the only occu­ lt. •'Went off two hours ago, in answer a telegram from ," said Dan, laming a town in an adjoining county. "He is not likely to be home for some ays, then?" "Not until the end of the week." "And what do yon say to earning a iundred pounds while he is away," itinued Caleb. 'I don't say anything until I know tore about it," was the rejoinder. "Listen, then. About 6 o'clock to­ morrow evening a man will stop here have a shoe put on his horse. If >n will see that he takes a drink with in it,"--producing a tiny package-- II will give you a hundred pounds." "What will be the effect of the dose?" "Simply to send him to thp land of sitim for a week or so.* "A week or sol" repeated Dan, with . shake of his head; "The master may back before that time. It's too ty." Caleb Silver regarded Farnham for i moment in silencethen speaking in > low tone, he said: "You will run a iter risk if you refuse. Silent as ra are in this vieinity, there are times places where you can talk as fast l anybody; and some things you have "i will not bear repeating, without pleasant consequences to you. You ; pttt him in that little room next to pours in the north wing; and when he aes to his senses tell him an easy lie some sort, and let him gu I don't him any harm, and t®dW»y ewrtain operations pf his a lew bonis. Will you do it, or must I give roar memory another log?" '"Ill do it,*'said Dan, witudogged sullenness. "Very good!" And drawing out his pocketbook, Caleb produced a crisp new bank note. "This is to bind the bargain; and as soon as I know the job is done yon will get the other four." Caleb left the tavern, mounted his horse, and dashed quickly out of sight It was nearly midnight when Martin Graham dismounted at his home, hav­ ing been actively engaged ever since parting with his betrothed jp the early part of the evening Leading his horse to the stable, he jjjBaw him comfortably provided for, and then repaired to the house; and five minutes later a man gliding from behind large tree a few feet away, ap­ proached the stable door. Producing "a dark lantern and a key, he unlocked the door and went in. He was there some lime; then silently emerging, hurried away with an expression of ex­ ultation on his dark, sinister face. The hour appointed for the wedding had arrived, and up in her room Sadie Dana stood, a vision of rare loveliness in her lustrous bridal robe, with the pearls that had been her lover's wed­ ding gift, encircling her neck and shining in her hair, which rippled back from her fair brow and was wound in one classic coil at the back of the head. A superb bouquet, which had como that morning with Caleb Silver's card attached stood upon the dressing-table i re ad y for the auspicious moment. "There, Sadie!" exclaimed one of the bridesmaids, stepping back to sur­ vey her work. Your appearance is simply perfect, Mr.. Graham is a luoky man. And, by the way, is it not time he was here ?" "He has been delayed, probably," said Sadie, trying to speak calmly, al­ though her heart sank with a sudden misgiving. "He will be here soon." But the minutes passed by, and the bridegroom had not arrived. Then a horse covered with foam was reined in at the gate, and, springing to the ground, the rider came quickly up the steps and rang the belL "Is Mr. Graham here?" he asked as the door opened. "No, sir," replied tbe servant. "Then take me to Miss Dana im­ mediately, I must see her alone." And a few moments later Caleb Sil­ ver, pale and agitated, stood before the anxious bride. "Sadie--Miss Dana--oh! how can I tell you ?" he exclaimed in husky tones. "Tell me what?" gasped the terrified girl. My good friend, in mercy let me know the worst! Is ho dead?" "Dead!" repeated Caleb with a bust of indignant feeling. "That should be welcome news compared with what I bring!" The face of the bride-elect turned white; then controlling herself, she said, in a painfully choking voice, "Tell me all--everything!" "About 3 o'clock this afternoon," said Caleb, drawing a small envelope from his pooket, "this letter wa? left at my office during my absence, by some unknown person. It contains these strange words: "If Mr. Caleb Silver would learn something to his advantage, let him be at the railway station at 10 o'clock this forenoon. "A WEIX-WISHEB." "I have always distrusted anonymous letters, and scarcely ever deemed them worthy of notice; but something prompted me to heed this. I knew by hard riding I could get there and return in time for the wedding. Reach- ing.the station, I was walking up and down the platform, with my cap pulled down, and my coat collar turned up to keep out the cold, thus concealing my face, when a close carriage drove up and a lady and gentleman alighted. I caught a distinct glance at each as they passed into the waiting-room. Her face I had never seen before; his I had --it was that of Martin Graham!" A spasm for a moment passed over the features of the statue-like girl be­ fore him, then with a motion of her hand she bade him proceed. "They were talking in low tones, but I heard the lady say as they passed me, 'I hope she won't take it very hard; but, then you know I had the best right to you.' " 'And the only right,' he said. But if you had ever seen her, Sadie, you would scarcely wonder that her beauty and attractiveness made me forget all other obligations for a while. I came to my senses at last, however, and just in time. "I waited on the platform until the train came in, and they got on board. "As Martin stepped on board this crumpled bit of paper fell from his pocket. I straightened it out and read what afforded an added confirmation-- if any were needed--of his base and heartless treachery. Shall I read it?" "Every word," said Sadie. "MY DEAR MARTIN:--Your letter has healed my aching heart and filled it once more with peace and joy. Of course, the girl wh"se boauty made you forget vour loyalty to me will l>e bitterly disappointed; but one of us must suffer, and I have the best and strongest claim upon your honor and fidelity. But I have no further need of reproaches. You have told me that the dav that was to witness her wedding with you shall witness mine instead; and I count the hours that shall bring you back to your loving and forgiving "ADELINE." A moment's silence followed the last words; then in that hollow, unnatural voice, Sadie Bpoke again: "Is that all?" "AH, dear friend; and I wonld that it had be?n the task of some one else to bring yon the' proof of the base treachery of the man you esteemed so highly. Bitter as was the pang of lov­ ing you, I could have controlled my pain and resigned you to one worthy of your love; but to think that one un­ known to any of us until six months ago-should, with' lying and specious words, beguile and then desert you. Oh, it is too cruel I" And burying his face in his hands, with a groan he sank upon a chair. A moment longer Sadie stood like a figure carved in stone; then laying her hand upon his shoulder, said faintly, "Caleb--best and truest friend--coun­ sel me; tell me what to do." Caleb raised hijaS head and looked eagerly at her. "Ob, Sadie! if only I might counsel you according to the promptings of my heart Yon know not how yon tempt "Speak!" interrupted the sad voice. "I will listen." "Hear me, then!" he exclaimed, seizing her hands, "Let me stand in the place of him who has so crnelly betrayed your trust Let him not have it to boast that he left a love-lorn deserted sweetheart behind. I was about to start for the continent. Will you go with me, my darling--my cherished companion and wife ?" For an instant only a chill, as if from the icy shores of death, trembled along every nerve and fiber of her be­ ing ; then she spoke again: "I will be your wife!" A week afterward Caleb and Sadk wore mattltl, ®»d Sadie having ex­ changed her wedding robes for a traveling dress, was placed in the car­ riage by her husband. For a while they rode on in silence, then there was a sudden plnnging of the horses; the driver was thrown violently from his seat and the frightened animals dashed madly Qnward. Caleb attempted to look from the window, and saw that the horses, swerving from the main road, had' taken the route leading past the "Half-way Tavern." A little distance on the horses shied at something in the road; the carriage lurched heavily and all was a blank. When Sadie opened her eyes, after what seemed hours of unconsciousness, she beheld an elderly man beside her. "What is it? Where am I? and where is my husband ? "At the 'Half-way,'my dear lady, and your husband lies fatally injured in yonder room, but he says he cannot die until he has made a confession to you. You do not appear to be injured. Try to stand it." With the dootor'shelp Sadie tottered into the room where her husband lay. His life was ebbing fast, but it lasted until he confessed all--the forging of the telegram that had taken the land­ lord away, the writing of the letters, and bis conspiracy with "Grumpy Dan." He told how he had entered Martin's stable, by means of a false key, and loosened the horse's shoe so that it would be lost on tlie road, and finally disclosed the fact that the missing bridegroom was at that moment lying in a little room in the north side of the tavern, under the influence of a drug administered by "Grumpy Dan.E' The bride of an hour listened to the last; then, as the stillness of death set­ tled over the face ofv the man whose treachery had well-nigh blighted her life forever, her overstrained nature gave way, and she fell fainting in the doctor's* arms. "Grumpy Dan," who had been an accessory in the crime, was immediately sought for, but it was too late. The fleetest horse in the stable was missing, and the gnilty fugitive already beyond reach. Two months after these tragical events, when Sadfe and Martin had fully recovered from the plot laid against them, there was another wed­ ding, which no untoward accidents or evil machinations conspired to delay or prevent. Howard, the Philanthropist. John Howard, the noted philanthrop­ ist, was born at Enfield, England, in 1726. He had been apprenticed by his father to a grocer in London, but upon the death of the elder Howard, who left a considerable fortune amassed in trade, the young man left the uncon­ genial business, and spent his time in travel and tlip pursuit of medical and scientific studies. When about 25 years old he had a severe attack of ill­ ness, andnpon his recovery showed his gratitude to his landlady who had nursed him, and who was twenty-seven years his senior, by marrying her. As the union was not a happy one, as might have been expected, it was, per­ haps, fortunate that the wife died three years later. In 175S) Howard embarked for Lisbon, with the view of doing something to help the sufferers from the great earthquake. On the way ha was taken prisoner by a French priva­ teer, and hardships which he endured while in captivity seem to have first called his attention to the sufferings of prisoners. Having been exchanged lie returned to England, married again, and settled in Bedfordshire, and began his career "of active philanthropy by building schools and model cottages for the peasantry. His wife died in 1765, and he then spent several years in study and travel. In 1773 he was made sheriff, and thus came to have actual knowledge of the sufferings en­ dured by prisoners under the very de­ fective jail system of England. For instance, he found that many innocent Eersons, as well as criminals, were ept in prison for months and even years from inability to pay their fees of jail delivery. He proposed to the magistrates to have regular salaries paid to the jailers, in place of the fees collected from the prisoners. The astonished magistrates asked for a pre­ cedent for such a change, and in his effort to find one Howard visited every town in England containing a prison. He thus collected an enormous mass of information concerning prison abuses, which he embodied in a report to the House of Commons. This body gave him a vote of thanks, and im­ mediately passed bills providing for a number of important reforms. At his own expense Howard sent copies of these law's fo every jailer in tha king­ dom. He was soon after elected to the House of Commons, but was not al­ lowed to take his seat because of his known sympathy with the American Revolution. He never afterward en­ tered political life, but gave his whole time to the carrying out of philan­ thropic reforms. He made several journeys over the oontinent visiting prisons and hospitals. In his journeys and labors he bore his own expenses, and risked his own life and health con­ tinually in the presence of infectious diseases. In his last journey he con­ tracted camp fever while nursing some patients at Kherson, on the Black Sea, and died there Jan. 20, 1790.--Inter Ocean. ___________ Mark Hopkins' Lavish Expenditure. Adjoining the Stanford mansion in San Francisco is the striking Norman castle of Mrs. Mark Hopkins. Her husband was the financier of the railroad company, but he wore himself out by constant application, and for several months before his death he had for­ gotten his own identity. Just before the loss of his memory he had begun the construction of this superb resi­ dence. One day his medical attendant took him to the top of the hill, where he saw tbe work of building going on, when the millionaire turned to him and in a querulous tone asked: "What in­ fernal fool is wasting money on snoh a building as thatt" He died soon after. His widow, who was a poor New En­ gland girl whfen Mr. Hopkins married her, inherited all his wealth. She still retains her shares in the road, and her adopted son is one of the rising young men in the railroad office. Her coun­ try home is at Gieat Barrington, Mass., where she has built a costly summer residence. She is regarded as the rich­ est woman in America, as she has a fortune of at least $40,000,000, of which she does not spend one-half the income. --The Cosmopolitan. THAT all who are happy are equally happy is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satis­ fied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness. A peasant has not capac­ ity for having equal happiness With a philosopher.--Johnson. > ALL is bat lip wisdom which wants 'expemne*--8ir Phillip Sidney. ST BKXS PEBUR POOMt "When it was asserted that President Hayes would listen to recommendations for office from Congressmen when he had made the appointments soveral days before, the following Indian* story was told: "A rural justice of the peace, Squire Edmunds, a cousin of the Senator from Vermont, flourished amid the chilla and fevers on the banks of the Wabash. A case of great local in­ terest was being tried befoi% him with­ out a jury. The attorney for the plaintiff had spoken for two hours and appeared as if just getting "started in his exordium. The defendant's Coun­ sel, with a huge roll of manuscript, sat near him taking page on page of notes. Tho court-room was crowded. As the hands of the clock pointed to the hour of noon Squire Edmunds arose, motioned to the attorneys and said: 'When the learned counsel have concluded their able argument they will find my de­ cision in this drawer; I wrote it out last night. The Court is going to dinner.'" Hawthorne came here during the war, with his publishtr and friend, W. D. Ticknor, of Boston, and they were con­ stantly together, occupying the same room. Hawthorne was about five feet ten inches in height, rather broad shoulders, but slender in person. His hair was turning gray, his eyebrows were heavy, his eyes were blufc-black. and he wore a full beard and mustache. He was a good pedestrian, and it was difficult for Mr. Ticknor to keep up with him on their daily walks to and from the Capitol, or their exploring tramps around Washington. He called on Mr. Lincoln one morning, when Mr. Dawes presented a whip made in Western Massachusetts, and wrote a very amusing account of the scene, which appeared, emasculated, in the Atlantic Monthly, although James T. Fields, the editor, afterwards printed what he had stricken out. At that time there Were not many of Haw­ thorne's Democratic friends in Wash­ ington, but lie and Ticknor had a jovial time, paying morning and afternoon visits to Hancock's "Old Cariosity Shop," to enjoy the fruit panches made there. When Mr. Lincoln heard of the scat­ tering of the Confederates under Hood, by Gen. Thomas, he was reminded of the following anecdote: "Out in lower Illinois, in a little village, there was a butcher named Svkes, who had a large, wicked, mischievous bull-dog which was regarded as a town nuisance. Fowl were killed, clothes were pulled* from the lines, meathouses were robbed, children were scared, and 'Svkes' dog,' was blamed for all and blamed justly. Kow there was a man named Hender­ son who had a fine turkey killed by this dog of Sykes', and he swore re­ venge. So he took about a quarter of a' pound of powder and did it up in a piece of buckskin, tying up a piece of punk so tiiat it projected out of the little bundle of powder. Then he put the bundle in a large piece of corn bread, and had it iu readiness. It was not long before Sykes' dog eame trot­ ting along, and Henderson, lighting the punk with his cigar, threw the bit of bread to the cur, who gobbled it at a mouthful. The next minute there was an explosion. The dog's head was blown over the fence into the creek, his hind legs and tail were sent up and lodged on Henderson's porch, his fore­ legs were thrown across the street, and the rest of the bow-bow was laid about in small pieces. "Whorra!" exclaimed a looker-on, "you've rather used up Sykes' dog, haint ye, Henderson? "Yes," replied Henderson, *1 fftther think that as a dog Sykes won't find him of much use." "And so of the rebel army," added Mr. Lincoln, with one of his sad smiles, "as an army, Hood won't find it of much use." Thad Stevens was emphatically "the leader of the House," and he exercised despotic rule over his followers. No Republican representative could im­ pose his imperious will without receiv­ ing a tongue lashing that terrified others, if it did not bring the refractory member back into the partisan harness. . liising by degrees, as a telescope is pulled out, until he stood iu a most un­ graceful attitude, his heavy black liair falling down over his cavernous brows and his cold little eyes twinkling with anger, he would make some ludicrous remark, and then rising up to his full height, he would lecture the offender against party discipline, sweeping at bim his large, bony right hand in un­ graceful gestures, as if he would clutch him and shake him. His brows would contract, his eyes would glow like live coals, und he would use invectives which he took good care should never be printed verbatim in the Globe. John Randolph, in his braggart days, was never so imperiously insulting as was "Old Thad" when be was the leader of the House. Stevens was a firm believer in the old maxim ascribed to the Jesuits, "The end justifies the means," and while he set morality at defiance, he was a faith­ ful champion of the equality of the black anil the white races. There was an undercurrent of dry humor about him, too, that often disarmed his po­ litical opponents. When Keitt, ' of South Carolina, was once eulogizing the institution of slavery, and talking about a pious deacon on his own plantation, Stevens grimly inquired what the priee of deacons was in the Orangeburg Dis­ trict of South Carolina and whether a negro would bring any more on the auction-block bee-use lie was a deacon ? When the invading rebels burned his iron foundry near Gettysburg during their raid into Pennsylvania, he ex­ pressed regret that Lee did not order the burning of his liabilities at the same time. And the ruling passion was strong in death, for when his doctor said one day during his last sickness: "Mr. Stevens, I think your appear­ ance is better to-day!" old Thad drylv responded: "It isn't my appearance that troubles me, doctor, but my disap­ pearance.* . ^ How the Ration Grew Rich. The American colonists imported sheep, forbade their exportation and encouraged and even enforced the spin­ ning and weaving of woolen cloth to be worn by the people. William Pcnn fostered and protected varied home in­ dustries and productions, while En­ gland, on her part, did what she could to discourage and suppress colonial manufacturing; so the colonies were kept permanently poor. The Revolu­ tionary war acted as a high tariff. In 1787, Congress saw the right to levy duties on imports. George Washing­ ton showed himself in sympathy with the protection idea by delivering his inaugural address in a suit of woolen clothing manufactured in Philadelphia. It was against the natural course of things, "from England's standpoint," when America manufactured anything which England wanted to sell her. In 1828, America had her first adequate protective tariiH The tariff of 1862, the best the country hod over known* of tafilf crested al crashes. The tariff of 1862 was the work of statesmen. Under it we have lived substantially for a quarter of a century and enjoyed M season of unparalled prosperity. " Henry piston sells his Baws in Sheffield. American women now wear American silks, the best in the world. More carpets are now made in Philadelphia than are made in all England, and a good Ameri­ can watch can now be bought for $25. American manufacturers employ Ameri­ can labor. Free trade would bring America down to the condition of Ire­ land. The nation must alwaya be in a condition to provide for all ita neceasi- ties.--Prof. Thompson. Staffers. rung to S toilers. The Story of Irene Abtoti|» flfcfttae there are, borne to poverty,>et endowed with the instinct of insatiable craving for knowledge and truth and light; and these are urged irresistibly through privations dire and over ob­ stacles impassible to common folk, on to the goal of gratification. Such a one was that pcor Finnish girl, the first wo­ man of her race to obtain the degree of, Ph. D., the story of whose trials and triumphs is told in a recent book by Fraulein Sohr. Irene Alstom, as sho tended her father's cattle in the "land of a thou­ sand lakes," dreamed and pondered over all the marvels of science and learning which seemed forever a sealed book to her poverty and ignorance. Yearning to be wise, yet seeing no hope in a gray life of toil and struggle, at last she'prayed to die, that she might reach a sphere where her cravingat would be satisfied. A humane pastor, divining her longing, sent her to a fcood school, where she passed as fourth among forty-six young girls at the age of 18, though only prepared by her own self-help. She took work iu earnest here, often sitting up all night thinking over the day's tasks while her com­ panions slept all round her, and after­ ward when as a day pupil she had to provide her own meals, she sometimes went to the classes fasting save for the fresh snow she picked u}) and ate on the way. For her father was totally ruined, and she must soon leave school and begin earning. For awhile she bravely suppressed her longings, and submitted to the drudgery of teaching, yet never losing sight of the goal she had long had at heart--her matricula­ tion. At last, having saving £4, with the scantiest of luggage she journeyed to Helsingfors, and iu defiance of op­ position, chiofly feminine, such as a more advanced society can form no con­ ception of, Irene prepared for her or­ deal. She paid her lodging in advance for the whole winter (£3) and invested in foiji; loaves of the hard round rye biscuit of Scandinavia and Finland, which keeps many months, dividing them methodically so that she had a piece for each day till Christmas. In the depth of winter she worked with­ out a fire, fit a temperature of 30 de­ grees. Celsius, a kind professor, taught her Latin, moved by her assur­ ance that unless she learned it she could neither live content nor die happy. Her progress was most rapid; she ma­ triculated, taught awhile again for the sake of her family, renewed her own studies, took a brilliant degree, and, at last, recognized by her nation for what she is, the dauntless pioneer of wo­ man's progress, she now lives honored and appreciated, still educating her brothers, still thirsting insatiably after truth. * Brown Bread and Hind Core. The beneficial effect of the mind-cWre process is shown by the experience of a young man who had been "backing the tiger" in Portland, Me., and had met with the usual run of bad luck. Ho started in with over $100, and at the close of his sitting he had but 25 cents remaining. This sum was not enough for a stake, and so the unfortunate player left the den in search of some turn of luck. Not' far from the gaming­ house he met an acquaintance who com­ plained of a troublesomo disorder in his nervous system and asked advice on the subject. The gamester thought it over and finally made an agreement to meet his friend later, after which he departed in search of food. Baked beans and brown bread made up his fare. While eating he mechanically rolled some of tho bread into a ball, then an idea flashed upon him. He proceeded to roll the bread into gooU-sized pills, until he had made thirty six of them, all of which he took to his suffering friend, and after giving directions regarding their use, received $3 for the three dozen. With this money he sped to the gambling table, and in a short time won $150. A few weeks afterward he met liis> friend and received his bless­ ing for effecting so s|>eedy a core of his trouble.--Boston Globe. A Distressing Posribility. In these days of artificial teeth, bor­ rowed hair bustles, and other accessor­ ies belonging to tho mysteries of the toilet, not to mention the laying on of powder and pigments, one is not alto­ gether startled by the announcement of a London firm which proposes to mold the form of a woman to almost any de­ gree. What with the "make-up" and "get-up of the gentle sex, and the nu­ merous so-called aids to female loveli­ ness now in use, it is indeed hard to tell whether we are to believe our eyes or not. What are we to think of a cor- - Bet possessing such power that "words cannot describe its elfect on thinnest or other bust ?" Soft patent "regulators," we are told, delightfully comfortable, laced more or less closely, regulate any desired fullness and roundness of "ideal" beauty, so exquisitely perfect and natural as to defy detection. We arc further informed "thousands have worn it--with perfect secrecy--some years, and will never wear any other." This is terrible.--Modem Society. Bunk Know-Nothingisn. 1st American--It seems to me lhaS we are acquiring a very objectionable foreign population. 2nd ditto--That's what I think; if I had my way I'd restrict foreign immi­ gration. "How would you go at it?" "Every immigrant should be required to reside in the country five years and learn to read and write the English language before he would be allowed to laud."--Texas Sifting«. Man II rac In re of "Damascus" Blades. A German paper says that there is no longer any sword-raaking industry iu Damascus. " What was once kuown as the sword trade is now occupied with converting the blades of old saws aud pieces of ordinary iron into daggers, and cheap swords and rifles of Solingen and Birmingham make are brought up, finished, and decorated in Oriental style, and put upon the market as weapons of Arabian and Damascus origin.--New York Tribune. A HELPING hand at the right noiaent wonld save many from rnfin. '...r2'x TO w^ttone with ** i teacher waw ddge are to an'ioery store side etrr an»fc per huo- Eafhelr bnl- law ,nU . htit- Wh#ated* be­ an dre. j®®f!own the pri by John dev Shfl a dance western $n drawn ca%nd Judd JJ's January of paalled with ftI?nIog the !; forth at to,music by coriksglvlng thcra give a , "Toil pays lm>los. sett witsrer has fastr" Is the aRJ'bllowlDg , Gazelle: foatrlbo- tnc- Riob- ments unjust too but rowler" ct. 36: PaHler liun- > Now I aipald 87 ify* milk*, youjftsrent "'lout Mr. thicJortlfy as tl 8om«estlon *>« Editor r rw iowA possf "• lD cap't^o live of esitones, raise long riva the Best Klatm Oil,90 cents, . 18} cents at Bonslett & Stofle wrote "O, 'solitude, e are thy charms?" was a bnaineas who didnt advertise.--Texan Siftr Ooat Robes, large stock at ft S toffees. Wool boots nod overs at B Stofiel's, For cloaks, jsckets or wri Bonslett A 8toffers. irorxo man wants to join an sretio lition, because he is smbitions to in the highest circles.--'Texas }THKR (after finishing the bottle)-- Headquarters for under I,1 wif ""tlfl0Dg-• - - -- pligent child--Papa, I'd rather see Bonslett A Stoffel's. C. H. Fargo's boots and Bonslett St Stofiel's. For a dandy overcoat go to A dtoflers. Pea jackets and Tests at B Stofiel's. Shawls aod flannels at B< Stofiel's. bottle a mile long. 4ERF seems to be a sort of cross bo­ rn culture and hay fever in a good : y Eastern pulpits where they Bpeak ' ie Bible as the "weird of Gawd." EVER stoop to carrying on a noc-! al courtship on the front piazza, •inlly if the street lamp in front of xj- u . . « iouse happens to be lighted.--Cart S t a r town at Bo tel. 9 * MTTX.E boy in East Nashville heard See the fine stock of dress g 'stor sa7 Adam was the first Althofi Bros. and when he wa> asked who tbe ; --^ woman was, replied: "Adam's Pomps, all kinds. Iron and ipr." any length at B. M. Owen <k So vv FOOLISH it is to make fna of tho Examine Goods and learn p Bishop's. It will pay yon. Sliver and Demlng Keed Cat E. M. Owen & Son. Star Feed Cutters with any carrier at E. AL Owen ft Son. Good prints at 3 cents pelwith 6lovea» Better at 4 aod 5 at Evanson's. " Before you bay your underwe amine tbe stock and l»arn pri Althoff Bros. 1 BARGAINS IN Scarlet and fancy underwear at ft Owen's. made bustle. There is not a girl v lakes her own bustle but is backed ' lie of the most influential papers i timeB. ; agricultural writer says: "Wo- tave handled chickens and bees i >rofit." This may be a good way of [ . ng chickens, but bees should bo FOGG--Mrs. Brown called to- What good company she is! Yoa * • imagine what a good time we had. |§ I suppose not; but whom did U ay you were talking about?--Bos- yanscrijit. PA," she said, entering tbe old room, "Georste is in the parlor, §' have broken the dreadful news Underwear In great variety thaty°u have failed." "What tho best quslltr to be fonnd e^'" "He wants to know what market at Altboff Bros. 900 bushels at Branson's. paid on the dollar.--New York * ontons at #1 psi OVERCOATS. Low and msdlucn prloid, ere gains at Evanson's. CLOAR3 AND WRAPS J As uiusl we bave a very largo and will unload them at very lo C®>. PKKBT ft Ow Y dear," said the elegant Mr., themdown to his wife, "why thisyl cedented delay in the preparation p| e matutinal refreshment?" "If".' m why breakfast ain't ready, ^ cause you were too lazy to get np lit the wood." >.* UNG mau," said the minister^ im- ^ vely, "I can see yon as yroi sat at ^ ming-table last night, with a deep ̂ v. i.._ OQQ " Lisbon your face." "Excuse me, P J°.b.°*«an C\R? tm're wrong about that deep red - Bill Jenkins had it in his hand." ' shington Critic. ^ AT man seems to have an antipa- - „« cleanliness," remarked the High * 1 girl to her mother aa a dirty - passed up the street, "I don't „;5.^ about that," replied the old lady. . think he hates like everything to dlea, misses and children at SO p below tho regular price. JOHNEVAKSOH i Our stock of Clothing cannot celled, either In quality or Call and look it over before vou ALTHOFF B IF you need a Fall or Wlntei' don't fatl to call at Bonslett ft St West Mcrienry, and examine immense assortment. It will pa UNDERWEAR. pieces men's shirts snd drkdian River, became so exasper- wnlte and colored, 45 oents salver the continued drumming on "I have a your coirj™ you Pre: Cirqmsnts fnllCburch l̂t weeks. cro% „ . agu of *he langtnoney "\*^.nnt . r ter an holler 'ifot'cause any­ body to look around, an' another man can stampede the audience acrost the stage by pull in' out a paper an' a pair of handcuffs, jes' so long will our nat'- rsl resources remain dormant, as it were. a "That, my friend, is about all I've jgot to Bay. That is about all there is Ito say,"--Dakota Bell. A '<? • . limself."--Pittsburgh Chronicle. <? t'N iu Florida when a man feels H e is being imposed upon, ho gen- - takes measures to do away with « kisanoe. A man named Cook on :i Evanson's, , Cured by Music. • In! Southern Italy the bit#*)# Mie tarantula is still supposed by the ignorant peasantry to produce symp­ toms that are curable by music alone. In the books of twenty-five or thirty years ago this was given as a fact, says the New York Post, and from an old work the following account of the symptoms of the bite is taken: " "The bite of this creature occasions a pain which at first resembles the sting of a bee or a wasp. In a few hours tlie patient feels a numbness and the part affected is marked with a small, livid circle, which soon after rises into a very painful swelling; shortly after this he falls into a pro­ found sadness; breathes with muoh difficulty; his pulse grows feeble, and his senses fail. At length he loses all senses and motion, and, according to some naturalists, expires unless speedily relieved. But these symptoms come on somewhat differently, according to the nature of the tarantula and the disposition of the patient. An aversion for black and blue and, on the con­ trary, a predilection for white and red are among the unaccountable symp­ toms of this disease. All the medical assistance hitherto discovered consists in some chirurgical applications to the wound and in cordials aud sudorifics, which are of little service,, but music-- which reason, perhaps, could never have pointed "out--is said to be infi­ nitely more efficacious. No sooner has the person affected lost his sense and motion than a musician tries several times on an instrument, and when he has hit on one whose tones and modula­ tions suit the patient, he is immediately observed to make a faint motion; his fingers begin to move in cadence, then his arms, next his legs, and by degrees his whole body; then he rises on his legs and begins to dance, his strength and activity still increasing. Some will continue dancing six hours without in­ termission. After this the patient is put to bed, and when he is judged sufficiently recruited from his first dance he is allured out of bed by the first tune for a second. This exercise is reiterated for several days success­ ively, seven or eight at least, in which time the patient finds himself very much fatigued, and finally he recovers, without having the slightest recollec­ tion of having danced." The poison of all insects is much ex­ aggerated. The bite of the Soothern • tarantula may at times be fatal, but it is perhaps as much due to the physical condition of the patient as to anything else, and death from a spider bite is ah extreme rarity. Decadence of the Cattle Business. In his annual message, the Governor of Wyoming notes the decadence of the cattle businesa as compared with former years, and says that the hard winters and scarcity of food are bring­ ing about the result of confining the cattle more to one locality, where they can l>e sheltered and fed during the winter. The cattle, in this way, be­ come partially domesticated and will, be thinks, increase in numbers, and the time is near at hand when there will be more cattle to the square mile in Wyoming than ever before.--Chicago Times. THERE were 7,558 photographers in the United States in 1870 and 9.91H) in 1880. There are now about 11,0JO per­ sons engaged *® tho baaines* m this ooantry< • . v - 'V .r.:!. . _ r.uub, that he started out with a shot­ gun and killed the piano player, Hoyt by name.--Peck's Sun. "An!" he ettolaimed, as ho found her sitting in the gloamings "you seem to be profoundly meditat­ ing." "Yes, Charley," aaid the young. , beauty, "I was thinking." "Contrast- ; ^ ing, I presume, the golden present^ ' . with the beautiful beyond?" "No; I- was thinking what if ataterbng should? crawl up my back."--Newman Indo"-- W pendent. As inqnisitive American journalist » 4 while visiting a newspaper office in Lon- 41 \ • don asked the proprietor whom he re-,* ? I ^ gafded as his best editorial wri ten Sc "An old fellow named Mason," the pro-r Erietor replied. "I suppose you valued im on account of his scholarly stvle ,v< and depth of discussion." "Oh, I don't -J know about that, but you see his odito»;f^.?3^ rials all turn a column about three inches and a halt"--Arkansaw Trap* P/PI* I - • M American Watches. 4 The capacity of our watch factories 4, 1 cannot be brought into full play, sim- A ply because by so doing our market would be overstocked and competition v, would force prices ruinously low. As the case stands at present, a number of . watch factories have been called into existence, for which really there was T' : ; no noed. Tbe earlier and larger fac* ̂ ' . .erf tories were fnlly able to meet the do- mand; but the idea that manufacturing . watches was one of the most profitable «s (,' enterprises, tempted quite a number of < capitalists to take a hand in the busi-v V; ness, and in many instances to their ' sorrow. Already the evil consequence of overdoing the thing shows itself in ^ the effort to make cheap watches, and beforo a great while we may see tho .. manufacturers of watches reduced to the level of making cheap clocks. v ^ Looking at the matter from another --XI standpoint, we will soon oome to the conclusion that our watch industry is only in its infancy. At the present moment Switzerland makes watches in point of number far in excess of Amer- f ica and the watches made in Switzer- i s* land are all exported, while tho watches made in America are principally for the home market As there is no question t of a doubt that while America can pro- v ^ *. $ duce better modern-pricad watches * v ^ than Switzerland and give more value " for the money expended, the question "•' : presents itself, why not seek foreign markets more energetically than we have done? Some of our old waioh • W .5 I'M : lil S's.'." -a'/ s 1 ' ~ - i*' W Y;. Sf-t-" JV' • : . factories arc doing an export bnsihess. but it seems as though it is not done with that zeal and energy that charac­ terize the Swiss export trade. In one particular the Swiss differ from us in their export trade; they study the wants and purchasing capacity of their foreigu customers and make goods to meet these. As far as it is known to ^ w the uninitiated, our manufacturers have ^ done these thing but to a very limited extent. The writer, coming in contact . some time ago with the ohairman of tho * * East India Navigation Company, waa, V Vf?. told that this gentleman would place a , ; very large continuous order, if he could j,-, be supplied with watches which were ijfj? ,f IM fair time-l-.eepers in metal cases at #5 pj. ' '* </,' '*/ each. That such watches can be pro- - <* ' . duced at a very fair profit, there is no S \ * r ? . * ^shadow of a doubt,and we know whereof £; we speak. All we would have to do «' ̂fS would, be to find out the wants and fur- £: nisli samples. Australia and Asia aro^^^'1'" ̂ "'^" now and will be excellent markets, r and by expedition and energy we can * " ^ secure the bulk of the trade of these. • . The watch wearing and purchasing ca- pacity of tlie gl i be is enormous and can be developed in such a manner that we \ - may at sor>e future day wonder that we a did not ta{. tho mine sooner.--Jnsofry v v t % ; New8. - . 1 ' SOME men would think they were ! ^ J: cheated if the.* had the mumps lighter than their neigh*x>rs.--Lew iston Jour- Ml *» - - r -- r.-.. f' &.«