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BB WAS AIT HONEST MAN. •* Afc# Uacoln's Characteristic Sto- rliw, ^ | # ""When I first entered npoa my du- tiss as President I fully made up my mind to appoint to office those only "whom I knew to be honest and who I knew had suitable ability. In any * v. *veQt honesty should be the pre-requi­ site, as the lack of a little ability might j•• * easily be made up by an honest man i].\\ endeavoring to do lug duty conscien­ tiously. while this resolve was fresh '£< <*•> upon me there came to me one day a very old friend, a Baptist minister, who |||||ivhad traveled BO fast he had not yet j : shaken the Illinois real estate off his p ? " capacious boots.,- " 'Why, what brings yon here, Mi*. Chootsper?'said I (which was not his 1 name, but it will CIQ JI\st as well). ^ " 'Well/ lie replied, 'I came doum here, firstly, to see you and get an old- iv -- fashioned shake of your hand; and, sec- ondly, to say that the folks of my con- "gregation are so poor that they can I* .hardly afford me a decent living, and I thought maybe you could give me some sort of an office ~ ter.' that would pay me bet- r*-' - ^ " 'Certainly,' T answered quickly, for , I knew he was an honest man, and I ^gi||j'«wa9 looking for stock of that kind. |[V< -./'Have you in view any particular office?9 • •! f " 'No,' .laid Rev, Mr. Chootsper, com- : placently; 'I would not know what to "t' • '| '(select if you were to hand me a list to F,, "iselect from?' " 'Nor I what to give you; but I will jfcell you who will help you out. You \ know Col. Kiddish, of your county. He ' 'r *18 now on duty in the Treasury Depaitfi- y :',l '•. jment. Go and see him; he is a man of .^resources and will get you out of your f>, diffculty; come back to-morrow and :-V ;Miyeport.J * "The next day, according to promise, ;! { Chootsper put in his appearance and i - eaid that the Colonel had recommended i%* - iim to apply for a ce^in position in ; - fflie Beveuue Department. , " 'What is the salary V said X. awning in a mechqaical way a pile of commis-;; * *' 'Tvro thousand dollars a year.' Well, do you think that is enough?' answered. 'I may be able to do bet- it for you,' for I knew that he was an onest man and thought he might just »• us well as not get a place where he IS* jsould earn more money. " 'Oh, plenty, Uncle Abe, for that is ^:?;!r"jinore than double the amount I've been earning for yeai-s past.' f ' ' " ' N o w I b e g a n t o t h i n k , ' s a i d o u r * , jnartyred .President, 'that I would have , -$o force him into a place paying a larger i r ' •fealary, and where the government would •%ffy4fcave a corresponding return of his valu- f; .';-w|»ble services, for I was more than ever that were possible) convinced that , tie was an honest man, but I finally "Concluded to give him his own way and ;$ie was appointed accordingly. Off he %ent rejoicing, but I felt rather mean ;|it my one-horse gift to my good, hottest, vjireverend friend. Three years elapsed, and the anxie- i attending the war had completely ven from my mind for the time being | ' the incident just related, when my mes- %: - fcenger brought me a card bearing the ^7; ; familiar name, 'Rev. Mr. Chootsper,' , tmd immediately there flashed across tny mind all the circumstances attend­ ing my appointing him to office. Idi- 4' freuted him to be shown in, and in -talked, with creaky boots, one of the finest and best dressed men I had seen <|n many a day. I recognized his coun- £$tenance at a glance, but it was his mar­ vellous clothes that troubled me. They -«at easily enough upon his body, but Somehow or other they did not sit so easily on my mind, but wherefore I y *ttx>uld not for the life-of me tell, if I had tried, which I didn't. i " 'Good morning, Mr. President,' {no longer 'Uncle Abe' as before), said he, in a grandiloquent manner; 'I hope you «re well and getting on nicely.' SI? " y®8.' said I, 'we poor folks eke *'"• <#ut a living after a fashion,' intending to give him the bit in his mouth, for I itnew what an honest man he was, and i, yhow much--I couldn't tell then how jfnnch, for I had lost the run of him-- ^ i^we, tlie people,' were indebted to him. if " tfVlr. President, I have come to re- v<dgn my office.' V "Feeling somewhat as • though I had ;:Jbeen struck by lightning, I managed to *, 4 exclaim, 'Indeed!' " 'Yes, I think that there are many / others deserving of the place, and that i- It is my duty to make way for them.' r N'i '"'Was there ever such an honest •». f fnan as that ?' said I to myself, chuck- f< ̂ing over my stupidity on the clothes , ..surprise. 'But,' said I aloud, 'I am » ftfraid you are not considering yourself, * * triend Chootsper, and that when you f.,; f go back to preaching you will be as ;|iaiid up as when you came here three ^ L years ago. Hadn't yon better hold on little longer, say a year more, and let *^8 both go out of office together?' %>.„ Jr* M 'No, thank you, I am going to Eu- * |*»pe during that time, but I hope to see i> •" Vou as President here when I return,' ,|um1 after a few more expressions off ..' ' tvent Rev. Mr. Chootsper. ; ' "About a month after one of the rev- rend gentleman's neighbors paid me a it, and among other things remarked mally that 1 had done a pretty good hing for Chootsper. 'Yes,' I retxlied, j|V:. *1 gave him a $'2,000 position for three f , ' %ears. f " 'A " 'Besides the balance,' added my . *isitor. 'Why if he is worth a cent, ^ ' lie is worth to-day $200,000--and I can pf f t^prove it if necessary--and every -dollar lV"' j, ,tnade out of the Government!' 'tf ' *' " What could the idiot mean ? To sat- l , |sfy myself of the falsity of the charge r I determined to send detectives to ijf .Inhere he lived, and, would you believe 'ft, the prejudiced fellows brought back ?* word that he had made his $6,000 sal­ary in the aggregate yield fully $200,-. jOOO in crisp greenbacks; but thenknow- / ~ -ing that he was an honest man I knew „ there must be a mistake somewhere, if Jbut just how and in what manner I i«ould not telL e - .'[• "By the way," added Mr. Lincoln, . ;*rith one of his knowing winks, "we ^ v liave plenty of Chootspers left, but it * j Saras hacd finding them out, and even if Xve do not trace them up they are invar- > ,J. iably quite full now, like so many horse ; _ : leeches who have had their run among >, «many fat cattle, and if we appoint Hew ones who are empty the chances e that they, too will haveto get full--. I den't ss&^srhfcie would' be the gain the swap. But Chootsper, in spite - , ©f the off-color, pejudiced stories about ;t:_ i liim, must have been an honest man; ||M Jpom don't you think he was?" 1 n ' »> - Frozen Milk. jifV-' At a recent meeting of the Agrieul- f tnral Society. of France, M. Guerin, of flrandvilles, read a paper on a new etnod of preserving milk. He showed ... i , etliat, when it was frozen milk could be f«-transported with the greatest ease, . |ind that, after being kept for days and -Veeks, and then simply thawed oat, it : patained all the characteristics of trash flealt firat with the mtit&od of frwoiiiiig, which could be ear­ ned on in the ordinary ice machine if don© on a sufficiently large scale, and then described the experiments made to ascertain the precise temperature at which the best results might be ex­ pected. The appearance and taste of the milk after undergoing the process, when thawed, were so exactly those of new milk that in an assemblage of twenty persons not one could perceive the slightest different. In cooking, yield of cream, and every other respect the frozen corresponded with quite new milk, and on the fourth day the cream was still excellent, which was not the case with that of the latter. Butter and cheese can be prepared from it quite as well as from the milk. •;/ Stratford's Hermit. Down in Connecticut, near Bridge- pdrt, on the edge of what is known as Stratford Swamp, living in a little hut, is a peculiar character named Samuel Greenrod. Greenrod, although he occasionally makes trips to neighboring villages, when he journeys abroad never walks, byt rides in a vehicle of his own manu­ facture, having one cart wheel and one buggy wheel, the diameter of one being much less thau that of the other. The cart is drawn by an ox which wears a harness made of old ropes, rusty chains, and strips of dingy leather. Greenrod has taught the ox which draws his chariot to obey the reins, their ends be­ ing attached to the extremities of the animal's horns, and, although it pro­ ceeds slowly, it does so surely, and an­ swers the owner's purpose. ; Greenrod's habitation is really a museum of natural curiosities, show­ ing thart, though a hermit, his time, so far from being wasted solitarily and in deep thought, as most hermits' time' is supposed to be passed, has been im­ proved, and that the generations to come are likely to derive some benefit from his partial renunciation of the world. _ Aliicltais and birds of a hundred varie­ ties, embracing nearly every species known to Connecticut, occupy portions of the main room, and a small adjoining room is devoted to the requirements of a collection of living snakes, comprising all the different varieties found in part of Now England. There are adders, rattlesnake* and others whose bite is deemed vwnomous and deadly, Greenrod lias lio fear of any of his pets, and, although they hiss and squirm when the door of this room i9 opeued, the owner will coolly enter and pick up with his bare hands what­ ever snake he desires to show his visitors or has a customer for. Notwithstanding his many petfoliar- ities, Greenrod is an intelligent man.- He is of English birth, and came to this country when young. He enlisted in the United States regular army soon after landing and served three years on the western frontier. It was during this period that he learned to stuff animals and birds skillfully, and handle snakes by their necks without exposing him-> self to danger of being bitten. The birds handled by him as a taxi­ dermist compare favorably with some of the best shown in art circles, the features of his treatment and posing re­ sulting in causing every example to as­ sume a life-like position. This has made an impression favorable to the operator as an artist, and the scientific society of Bridgeport, Conn., are now negotiating with Greenrod for the purchase of a collection of stuffed birds and An Old Trick Revived. At the siege of Troy, some years ago, a wooden horse is said by a gifted liar of that period, to have been used to smuggle hostile soldiers into the belea­ guered city. A smart smuggler tried to work this aged chestnut off on the Custom House authorities of a small town on the French frontier. There was to be a great fur in a town just on tbe other side of the line, and the proprietor of a jolly-go-round, or carrousel, proposed to participate in the festivities with his professional wooden animals. The fierce Nnmidean lions, the striped zebras, the foaming steeds, and all the other animals were packed up ready to be.sent across the border. The proprietor of the menagerie re­ quested the Custom House officers to be very careful in handling the animals, as they all had been freshly painted, There was, howev-ee, among the Cus­ tom House 'Officials, an old fox who smelt a rodunt. He was not afraid of the ferocious -cfeatures, or of a little fresh paint, so he examined them more carfully than be would otherwise have done. His curiosity was gratified when he discovered in the vicinity of the diges­ tive organs of the animals small, incon­ spicuous trap-doors. When these were opened there dropped oat, not Grecian heroes, but packages of «igars and tohaeco. a diet to which the animals were wholly un­ accustomed, but on which there was A heavy tariff. The fair in the adjacent village -came off without the additional attraction of a ewnroubeL--Texas Siftings. The Curse «f the Chinese. It is said that China uses about $300,- 000,000 worth of opium every year, and it is rightly called the curse of the people. Opium is now grown in every province in China. The seed of the poppy is «own in November and its juice is collected in February and March. The opium is gotten by cut­ ting the capsule of the poppy flower with a notched iron instrument at sunrise, and by the next morning a drop or so of juice has oozed out. This is scraped off and saved by the grower and after he has a vessel full of it it is strained and dried. It takes a great many poppies to make a pound of opium, and it goes through a number of processes before it is ready for market. In a liquid state it looks like a dark strawberry jam, and when prepared for shipment "it is put in chests, each of J which contains about forty balls of j opium. These balls are rolled in dried | poppy leaves, and here in China the duty on opium is so heavy that the cus­ toms officers watch these chests very closely. At Shanghai there sty a num­ ber of large ships which look like float­ ing swimming baths or naval training ships in which the opium passed upon_ by the customs is stored, and by which method smuggling is somewhat pre­ vented. The Chinese are the greatest smugglers in the world, and it is only by the aid of foreigners that they are able to have a good customs service. And their receipts from foreign customs are now four times as great as they were several decades ago. --Letter from, Shanghai. THE man who was kicked out of a ho­ tel for not paying an extortionate bill said, with tears in his eyes, that the landlord ka«t "adde^t;:.... to ittar ; ' A TAST AFRIClBf MAJUKTf I. Mliilxippl Is BnitiUjr Becoming m Negro Main* There are probably few people who oomprehend the extraordinary rapidity with which the colored race is increas­ ing in Mississippi. The figures taken from the census of 1870 and the census of 1880 show the following state of com­ parative white and black population and the ratio of increase; Entire negro population ia 445,060 Satire white population In ISM........3^4,549 '*•- Negro majority •<.*.*, 60,511 K««ro population In 1863.. White population in .481,783 Negro majority ...171,8J> The increase of the negro race for the ten years, from 1870 to 1880, was 208,- 494, or at the rate of 46.84 per cent. The white increase was 97,179, the rate of increase being 25.27 per cent. If the same rate of increase and the same ratio has been preserved since 1880, in 1890 the negro population will amount to 959,888, while the white race will only have increased to 603,- 267, showing a negro majority of 356,- 921 in a total population of 1,563,155. It is supposed that the census of 1870 is not entirely accurate, but it cer­ tainly gives a fair approximate of the relative population of the two races. On the other hand, it is thought by many intelligent persons that the negro immi­ gration to the State has been much greater since than prior to 1880. The causes which have produced this increased of the colored race can be briefly stated. The birth rate of the negroes is higher and their death rate is H little greater than among the whites. Negroes from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina are ooming in a steady stream to the Delta, while it is probable that more white people are leaving than are coming into the State. All these causes in combination, and continuing in full operation, in ten JH<?re years will present a condition of things difficult to contemplate or even imagine. In 1880 South Catolina had the larg­ est colored majority of the Southern States, amounting to 212,227. Missis­ sippi now greatly exceeds that number, while South Carolina is losing its negro population. If the westward tide of negro immi- Sration continues, in ten years South arolina will probably' have only a small negro majority, comparatively speaking. _ Louisiana in 1880, in a total popula­ tion of 9158,507, had a negro majority of 28,8051, and this has probably been ex­ tinguished by the present time. It not it will soon -be overcome by white im­ migration ̂ rom Southern Europe. If the present state of things contin­ ues in operation for ten years longer Mississippi will be the only State in the Union with a negro majority, and that will be of extraordinary proportions. Estimating one *vote to every five per­ sons, the figures show a negro voting population in Mississippi of 191,977 and a white voting population of 120,- 653, giving a colored voting majority of 71,326. The census of 1880 places the num­ ber of illiterate adult white males at 12,- 473 out of 108,254, and colored males at 130,278, of which 99,068 are illiterate. The illiteracy was then, among the whites, 11 percent., and among the ne­ groes 76 per cent Assuming that the same percentage and ratio exist at present, then out of 181,879 adult male negroes 145,804 are illiterate, and out of 120,653 white male adults there are 13,261 who are illiter­ ate; and in a total voting population of 312,623 there are 159,065 voters in Mis­ sissippi who can neither read nor write, which is slightly over 50 per cent, of ti»e whole. It would be fair to assume, however, that illiteracy has been de­ creasing in Mississippi in the last ten years, but decreasing slowly. Allowing a wide margin for this there would be left 130,000 colored and *12,- 000 white illiterate voters in the State. If illiteracy were eliminated from the suffrage there would be estimated ap­ proximately of the white voters, 108,- 653; of colored voters, £1,970; white vot- Onthe banks of the Tspppcanoe. a swatt stream whieh enters tJUe Wubash River in Indiana,, was fought the terrific battle o( Tippttfuoa. In this great struggle of frontier times the allied western Indians, under the chieftain­ ship ot Elskwitawa, the "Prophet," were defeated ia November, 1811. by the Ameri­ cans under the eeouaand of Gen. WEB, U. Harrison, It was a desperate, hard fought battle, and much depended upob the result. Had the Indians been successful all bar­ riers of delens« for the. early settlers would have been overthrown, and the deadly tojh- ahawk would have been active in the rapid extermination or the remaining pioneers. On the o:her hand, the fortunate termina­ tion of the contest pat an end to further attempts at open warfare by the Indians. Tbe rich territory, so long overrun by hostile savages, was thrown open for settle­ ment. which rapidly occurred as soon as the news of the,great victory became wide­ spread. Naturally great praise was rendered to the success and intrepid bravery of Gen. Harri­ son, and he was honored in many ways. He afterward served as Commander of the Army of the Northwest, and when Indiana was admitted to statehood he was selooted to represent the State in the United States Senate. In 1810 he wa<» elected President, and his unfortunate demise occurred shortly after being inaugurated. The forty-second anniversary of the Battle of Tippecanoe found the gallant grandson of "Old Tip" leading his forces to a great political victory, which resulted in< the selection of Gen. Ben Harrison as Pres­ ident or the United States. The Harrisons have been a hardy race of men. sprung from old log-cabin stock, which is a sufficient guarantee of its genu­ ineness Wherever found. Realizing the truth of this, great effort has been made to | rediscover some of the secrets contained | in the old log-cabin stock of useful articles, and. as the result, the famous Old Log j Cabin SarsapariHa. universally regarded as the best Bpring tonie and blood cleanser, has been found. Not satisfied with the j world-wide esteem which ia held for War- ; ner's Safe Cure, the only cure for kidney I diseases, the proprietor is willing to do ail j that is possible to establish Warner's Log Cabin Sarsaparilla as foremost among household articles'on account of its purity ; and effectiveness. ® After all. each individual has. at all times, • the great battle of life or death to fight, and ! for security attention must necessarily be I given to the befet weapons which science can «8oc humanity in the great contsMt, Some Biblical Datal "Verses in the Old Testament, 23,241; verses in the New Testament, 7,959; the books of the Old Testament, 39; the books of the New Testament, 27; words in the Old Testament, 952,430; letters in the New Testament, 838,820; words in the New Testament, 181,253; chap­ ters in the Old Testament, 929: letters it th.Q Old Testament, 2,728,100; chap- 1 ters in the New Testament, 260; the word "Jehovah" occurs fi,§65 times; the middle book of the Old Testament is Proverbs; the middle chapter of the Old Testament is Job xxix.; the mid­ dle verse of the New Testament is John xi., 35; the longest verse in the Old Testament is Esther viii., 9; the mid­ dle book of the New Testament is Sec­ ond Thessalonians; the middle chapter and shortest in the Bible is Psalm cxvii. A Uh Hade Miserable By dyapejwia Is acaroely worth the living. A capricious appetite, heartburn, puzzling nervous symptoms, increased action of the heart after eating, sinking in the abdomen between meals, and flatulence after, are among the successive indicia of this ttk&feein^ iotaplaint. Two things only are needful for ita removal. A renCrt to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and persistence in ita nse. These remedial measures being adopted, a cure 1B certain. Taken immediately before or after meals, this great stomachic yiroinoteg secre­ tion of the gastric juice, the natural solvent of the food. The nervous and bilious symptoms consequent upon chronic indigestion dusappear, as the complaint gradually yields to the correct­ ive and invigorating influence of the Bitters. Appetite returns, sleep becomes more refreshing, and as a sequence, the body ia efficiently nour­ ished, muscular power increases, and the mind glows sanguine. Use the Bitters tor chiiU and tmr and rheumatism. ing majority, 36,674. T1" 'his condition of affairs presents a Soblem which every public man in ississippi sliuns as be would a pesti­ lence. And yet everybody out of poli­ tics knows that it cannot be postponed forever.--New Mississtpjpian. H*w Thurlew Weed Trained His Memory A correspondent asked Thurlow Weed how he accounted. for his wonderful memory, and if be bad ever done .any­ thing to strengthen it. He replied: "I had a regular method, and I hit upon one that was very effective. I will tell you about it for the benefit of other young men. I got married in 1818, when J was working in Albany as a journeyman printer. In a few months I went into business, establishing a newspaper for myself, and some of my friends thought 1 was 'cut out for a politician'--that is, I probably im­ pressed my views atrongly on those about me. But I saw at once a fatal weakness. My memory was a sieve. I could remember nothing. Dates, name, appointments, faces--everything es­ caped me. I said to my wife, 'Cath- erine, I shall never make a successful politician, for I cannot remember, and that is a prime necessity of politicians. A politician who sees a man once shi/ald remember him forever.' My wife told me that I must train my memory. So when 1 came home that night I sat •down alone and spent fifteen minutes trying silently to rerall the events of the day. 1 could remember little at first; now I remember that I could not then remember what I had for break­ fast. Finally 1 found 1 could recall more. .Events came back to me more minutely and more accurately. After a fortnight or so of this, Catherine said, JWhv don't you tell it to me ? It would be interesting, and my interest in it would stimulate you.' Then I began a habit of oral confession, as it were, whieh I followed for almost fifty years. Every night, the last thing before retiring I told my wife everything that I could reeall that happened to me or about me during the day. I generally recall the very dishes I had had for breakfast, dinner, and tea; the people I had seen and what they had said; the editorials I had written, and an abstract of them; letters I had sent and received, ssd the. very language used as near as possi­ ble; when I had walked or ridden-- everything, in short, that had come within mv knowledge. I found I could say my lessons better and better every year, and instead of growing irksome, it got to be a pleasure to run the events ot the day in review. I am indebted to this discipline for a memory of some­ what unusual tenacity, and I recom­ mend the practice to all who expeet to have anything to do with influencing men." CHILDBSX they grow up i IN Wisconsin twenty-one years of faithful work entitles a public school teacher to a pension. That beats Mas­ sachusetts, where a man must worry along for half a century in the harness before they think he is* entitled to re­ tire. V* CiswfculiTiUs and Indianapolis, Xnd^ Troy and Sprlngfiald, O.--Through Sleep­ ing Car ilrom Chioago. A combined sleeping and chair oar leaves Chicago via Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad at 11:20 p. m. daily, running through to Springfield, O., via Indianapolis. Passengers reach Crawfordsville at 5:50 a. m.; Indianapolis, 7:40 a. m.; Troy. 12:04 noon; Springlield, 1:00 p. tn.; Cincinnati, 12:10 noon; Louisville. 13;IS noon. Berth rate: Chicaeo to Indianapolis. $1.50. Chi­ cago City Ticket Office, No. 64 Churk street, Sherman Bouse. The Fateful 9 th of March. Mrs. Alex. Hanna, of Apollo, Pa., was bora on tjie 9th of March. She was married on the 9th of March. Two her children were born on the 9th of March, and she died on that day of the month. A brother of heis died on the 9th of March. On the 9th of last March, the ninth anniversary of her marriage, Mrs. Alexander started to visit a relative. As she was crossing one railroad track to get to a train on another she was run over bv an East­ ern express and instantly killed. For Rheiimatism. Th« Latest, Currant Curat. BOrateltea. Wmwj, *«c., iSMtt.lMI. Was am cntefcra Srssa rMisiHw fcr ttiw •antlM; MM WM1« St. Imki Ml ra*4 W. i«lvm la two •. WOOD, #. W. nee the War. WtjnMiUlt, O., Jwm M, 'H. I>4 k>4 rknmtUHi alaca tk« <v ia !»»>: a for if) *w» s»ll«*M<iai It. fiatt fe« ntwm almc*. S. X2UOB. •TMBTUle, 0..JW », IMS. i •mt M U«M, sdMas «Uh i' WUulttt Wftliu* Jrtlia; • Ibimtai. lorHmtsmn. • »• flUi: triM ft. J--rt. 0Uj ATD«ooot«M AND DKALRS. rt(K CHARLES A. V06EUEI C&, Saltteefi. M. n ja TmiTC **• A. I^KHMAITN, I Civ I O MTSend tor circular. creaiT BAI«Pata r b h Inifferedfrom ca-l tarrh 12 year*. Thn droppings into Mel throat were nav*eal-\ ing. My nose bled al­ most daily. Since tht. first day"* use of Ely1 d Cream Balm havehad\ no bleeding, thesore- neu is entirely gone. I J}* Gt. DavukoH,tcUh•• the Boston Budget A particle is applied iDto eacn nostril is sgreeaale. Prirt* Wets, at arugRiats; by mail, registered,60eta. tl.1 BROTHERS. 56 Sv.:>T. i. St.. NewTfork. TO WOBLB 0U3HT The world oaght to done for me in the cure which was go bad ns to l>Se by the physicians Went to be treated. One me a copy of an adver* Swift's Specific, and 1 relief from the flret few gradually forced cut of soon cured sound and months since 1 quit tak- had no sign of return of the > MRS. ANA Doimu, Aa BaNc, Mich.. Pec. 39, '38. ^ ^ Send for books en Blood BIMM and Canoaa, 3U8m#tnartoOi)L TO IT. I know what S. S. S. hat I of a tnalijrnant Cancer, I be considered Sncora* I in ChiciiftdJ whew I I of my neighbors sent Jtieenient in regard to 1 began taking St. I got Idoses; the poison was 1 my system, and I was [well. It is now tea m ing 8. S. S. and I hava i dreadful disease. Gentlemen of Leisai-%. , Kind Lady--"What a nice little girl you are? Is your father In business in this city?" Little Girl--"Business! My papa doesn't have to bother about business." "Ah! Gentleman of leisure, then ?" "Yes'm; lie's a detective." r^&eu} York Weekly. " '**7^ $100 Reward--$100w The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded diseaae that aMence has teen able to cure in all Its' stages, sad that is Catarrh Halls Catarrh «. uio is tbe only positive care now known to the medical fraternity. Ca'.arrh being a constitu­ tional ai8e i8e, requires a conitJtcti<jn?,l treats ..?• H*"" Catarrh Cnre is tnken in ernftlly, acting aftvetly upon the blood and mucus sur­ faces of the system, tlierel y destroying tbe touiiiiation of the disease, and giving the patient I;I»n y up the constitution i nd aa- sisting nature in doirg its work. The proprie- tors have BO much fai h in its curative powera they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to curt, £ead for liat ot teati- moniala. Address v T" CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O. ** Sold by Prut'stu, 75c. THE art of engraving originated in some experiments of Maso Finniguerra, a Florentine, in the first half of the fif­ teenth century. Better Than Oklahoma. 1300 acres of the choicest. !»nd in the San Inis Valley, in Southern Colorado, all under fence, water-rights secured and ditches ready for use. It will be sold as a whole or ui quantities to suit the purchaser. It is the finest land m the valley, and is adapted to either farming or stock-raising. For price, terms, etc., address HENRYA. BUTTERS, Alamosa, Colorado. Consumption Surely Cured. Editor: Please inform your readers mat I have a positive cure for Consumption. By its timely uso thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy FBKE to any of your readers who have con­ sumption. it they will send me their Express and P. O. Address. Respectfully. T. A. SLOCUM. M. C.. 181 Pearl St., N. Y. THE zouave uniform is to be aban­ doned in the French army. to Oklahoma. . iFar,m,®r"» merchants, mechanics, capital­ ists. laborers, intending settlers and "T- OTHERS wlio are going to the Oklahoma Country, should take the ©BEAT KOCK ISL­ AND ROUTE from Chicago via Kansas City and Cali well, the nearest outfitting point on the Southern Kansas border, to Pond Ste j '^n Indian Territory. Houth from f.on® <-reek, the route to KiNonsUB. where the Government Land Office ia located, is by stage, going through by daylight, over u»e OJ,D ABILENE CATTI,E TRAIL, AMD STAGS BOAD, the best in the Territory. FAST LIMITED VESTIBULE EXPRESS TRAINS (no extra charge) Chicago to Kansas City, and FREE KECLININO CHAIR CAKS through to CaldweH, arriving at Pond Creek daily at 10:15 p. m. For tickets or further informa­ tion apply to your nearest Coupon Ticket Agent, or address Geo. H. Smith. Assistant General Ticket and Passenger Agent, at Chicago. ^ BALLETS began through the meretri­ cious taste of the Italian courts. They became popular in France during the reign of Louis XIV., and were intro­ duced into England early in the eigh­ teenth century. The Handsomest Lady in Town Remarked to a friend the other day that she khew Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs was a superior remedy, as it stopped her cough instantly when other cough remedies had no effect whatever. So to prove this and convince you of its merit, any druggist will give you a Sample Bottle Free. Large size. 50c and $1. AN English judge has recently defined gentleman as a term which "includes any­ body vbo has nothing to do and is out­ side of the workhouse."-- Texas Si/tings. • War Bronchial, Asthmatic and Pulmonary Complaints, -Brown'* Jtronchwl Troche.s" hava remarkable curative properties. Sold only in boxes. "A GRASS widow" is generally one who ia looking for "green fields and pastures new."--Lowell Citizen, Magee's Emulsion OF PURE COD LITER 0DU Extract of Malt, and Compound Syrup of S52w?S35 A Reliable IsMif fcr CaMs, Brand , «MI General Ctmumplion. Coughs, Dyspepsia, SeroMa, Debility. TTumsands of FhjrsMaan are vrmcti tueir regular |>r*< tier, and many assart ' THE BEST EMULSION in the MARKET. Ask yonr Druggist for it, and take no otbar. I. A. MA(]£E St CO., lanfMinnr% T«wr*w*. T*r»m»o, MAQKE'S EMULSION a* an alrgcnt It contain* tlie three reco ni.ed --X regard preparation. remtdie* for tbe treatment ot diaeasea for Whioh it is intended.--C. Taylor, 11. C Phil adelphia. "Here is my favorite Spring Medicine *1 want some too. Minima." Tea, dear, we will all take it for Hood's Barsapa- rlU%make8 us healthy and »trong." t That Is experienced by nearly every one at this season, and it ahon'd be driven off, or iu the weak condition of the body geriotit) disease may gain a foothold. Hood's Sargaparllla in just what in needed. It puri­ fies, vitalizes and enriches the blood, makes the head clear, creates an appetite, overcomes that tired foeiiag, tones the nerres, and imparts new vigor to the whole body. If you have decided to take Hood'a Saraapariila. do not be induced tn hnv DOT other. P <•/- *1 take Hood's Saraapariila as a spring tonic, and I recommend it to all who have that miserable tired feeling." C. PAKMELSB, 94U Bridge street, Brooklyn. N. T. Hood's 8ar8aparllla Sold by all druggists. $1: six for $5. Prefaced only by C.I.HOOD & CO.. Apothecaries, Lowell,: IOO DOSAA One Dollar Oire or M BUT Tsutseom nr nt WO*LD. m Til But Dovms4Ui In order tolatrowic* tktr absolutely toeailtr, on* of our Or* * Ttleicepra, ud ib« beat l>ovf~ 'relied CHaa M4<. *" (hat oar pood* an, any locality, thair wi will ntti mr- ' _ teh?@ to mafcttkia weaderfbi offar for the #f aucit merit ttet, whang person posaeaaea AINE SPREADS, KA4 many PEOPLEJ-mrcliate; ft KJPE CMTL profitable'trada^J^ remits. Wacan auppty fVot only «»*»*}•<• raou ia each locality.^] Tboaa wrire at once, will make tore of their reward, *rhi?e tboae. tpb#<d»}ay will Jos* the rktnce. t?ranii Tclcsrope, No»pace"_ ft explain ftirtherhere. Tho*« wb<> write at once will secure pronmlde-^* Brenr.etftleywea»«#a^eices«Wreeft, Address, II* MAJLJLETT db CO*i B#9K Fortlana, Mais«. I |» , THE EXPERIENCE OF MRS. PETERS. Vrs. Peters had ilia, Mra. Peters had chills, Peters was sure she mm coin* ta die; • They dosed her with pills. With powders and squills, I remedies wet, and with lemedfea APT- lian> modicinea lured her. But none of tfaem cured her. Their names and their number oobody ooald tell; \ And she soon miffbt hare died, ' But some "Pellets" were tried^ That acted like mafic, and then ahe got #elL "The magic " Pellets" were Dr. Pierced Pleasant Purgative Pellets (the original Little liver Pills). They are tmequaled as a Liver PilL Smallest, cheapest, easiest to take. One tiny, Sugar-coated Pellet A Dose. Cores Sick Headache, Bilious Headache, Dizziness, Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements of the stomach and bowels. 25 cents, by druggists. Copyrighted, 1888, by WORLD'S DISPBTBARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Proprietors. For " run-down," debilitated and overworked women. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the best of all restorative tonics. Ii is a potent Specific for all those Chronic Weaknesses and Diseases peculiar to Women; a powerful, in­ vigorating-, restorative tonic and nervine, it imparts new vigor and strength to tbe whole system. "Favorite Prescription9' is the only . „ „ medicine for women, sold by druggists, an4er » m jmsitivc .guarantee ofBatiBf action in every case, or price (81-00) refunded.... This c'liaea^k. ick mm, beeu i«iuwu wi iuo buivueS tappers, and faithfully carried out for many years. x "flSt BR**'9 Kooe g^aeino nnleaa it&znped the above TRADE WARC. SLICKER# BonHwaKteytJor money on a gum or robber coat TheFIStl BRAND SLICKOT is absolutely uater and frtfiri TKOOP, and will keep you drv in tlie HARDEN stonn. ! Asklor the**FISH BRAND11 SLU;K*R and take no otber. tf your storekeeper iloas sp;\send for descriptive rstaltnrue to A J. TOWER* 20 Simmona Sl. Boston, MAAA ft iTed who can furnish a OS A MONTH can be msda "•"working for us. Aaentepte- a ho^se aad give their whole tiiije to the buKiLt'M>, Store mtomentemsy be prot- ltftbiy employed also. A few aaeascies in towns rifit-B. B. F. JOBN.-OS 4t OCL. 1000 M.in Kic" ' " " "" • - L A D I E S L O O K ! A Novelty Bug Machine sent by mail tor *1. SrtistV-tiou Kuuanteed or -money teluuded. Wholesale price reduced to^ecm. -NewPricwlirt of iuta.0bines, y»ru. pati toC MOTHERS' FRIEIHI WSIIWTI1B IP U81D BKFOH1 CCNFINCMBNT. BOOK TO "MOTHSHS"iian.cn ••ADFIELU RKtil LATOR CO, ATUXTi,!* SOI.l) BT AIX Daroaiffis. sniat THIS Fini tta. m nM Uinr Uu w ^l^ture with Mot* Mkt f WSsL %SSS[I8IIIL maa. 8iow*a*Oa» Samplea Paces from the Latest Sunday School Song Books Fnt THE ECHO MUSIC CO., LaFayette, M. PENSIONS*®*-- at Law, Wi D. C., sneoewfolly prosecutes elali increase, relating, widows', (UMnsI dent relatlTai'I Experience: S yssss a •Tear» in Pension Biuaau, and silts iwii Pise's Reined« far Cslanh Is the Best, Easiest to Use, and d C A T A R R H Sold by dragftsta or seat by malL <0c. K. T. Hazeltins, Warrea, Pa. 4IOVERNiS» For erery Farmer, Mechanic. Laborer, or any ass ; wearing Overalls. JuBt try a pair ot oar PATKKT DRAW-STRING OVKRAXLS. WUIJUp/rfciS tcUAtmt alteration. Made in bine and brown. We wis send a pair to anv n ddrese, with privilece of enuataf atioii. on receipt of $1. Oive length of lee and jut waif-t measure when ordering. Buy direct frrrn tktt manufacturer*. J. MOIIKKs80R!iillaMfit>and Patentees. 188, 185 & IH7 Fifth Av. Cklea«n. IIL. Tht Oldest Medicine in the W»rld i*pniably ISAAC THOMPSON'S . Ject more distteannc thaa son eyes. none, perhaps, tor which more remediss km I tried wlthoot sncofss. Forallexteraal of the eyes it Is an Infallible remedy. tlon* are fallowed it will never fafl. Wi invite the attention ot physicians to tta rale by all dw»tets._ jOH.M L. THOI ft CO., Taor, H7Y. KitshHahed lTf7. aoxa as TBsniiutr. A6ENTS WMTEDE --ouosuii nn-- 1M0 Brewster's Safety Rein Hoi SiraasinrtoiMiM DIM owner Iraya fro never under hones' fa in ktamps to pay peetace for NicKl-Plaled Sample Be. RrewsterM&.Co* CHEAP HOMES ii FARMING REGIONS ITBRNMSMT AND Onnt ; SCRtPTIVxClBCOLA* ; _ ON APPLICATIOW Ttt mo. p. c. *. * Q. u. ch rrov WISH - O ,,, OO«B (smikmsm MSTOI.VKR - " imchase one of the eele- brated SMi iH & WESSON arms. The finest «mati arms ever manufactured and the , first choice of all experts. __ , Manufactured in osUbrea ax X and M-IOO. I--. . ale or double action, Bafety Hammerless and --_ Target models. Constructed entirely of best eaal* fty wronaht ateel, carefully in»J*ct«d farvta*- msnshlpand stock,they are nnrivaled for fafrlir darablllfy and accuracy. l>o not bedeeeii^fcr di«tp aialleable caat-lrea imltatiaas which are often sold for the genuine article and are act \ onlv unreliable, (but dangerous. The 8ICITH ft •- WESSON Revolvers are all stamped upon thebse. ; rels with firm's name, address and dates of wtMtS and are anaranteed perfect in every deUOl. llt»- atot upon ba vins the genuine-article, and if jrosBf dealer cannot supply you an order sent to sdarssa* below will receive prompt and* oareful attention. Descriptive catalogue and prices furnished upon a*»- • plication. SMJTH & WESSON, , IWSBtion thin paper. Hpriacfield. Masa.. i 20 PRIZE STALLIONS : Percherons and French Coachers» RE3ERVED FOR SPRINO TRAOB^ TO BX PLACED On Sale March 25188th These StBilions were Prlit WlnnerSattfeethMI gnat Horse i>bt>we of France, 1)*4>. 5 I kave round each year that a camber afay enstomers could not conveniently bay until lata in tne season, and It was to scoommodste tbessr that I last Call made a reserve of Twealy of ay' Beat atallloas. Old enooffa for Service, watela will be placed on sale March M, it heisst my determination to ao control mr importations BSs - I ean offer purchasers a flrst-e'.ass Hone any lis ' In the year. A Satisfactory BreedBtts €lataraatea - gtves with lack Aalaial SaMU M. W. DUNHAM, Waym, Thirty-five Miles West of Cht Chicago A North-Western scoTrs ESULSItl OF PURE COD LIVER OIL d&2 HYPOPHQ8PHgTEi> Almost as Palatable as MlttU Se disguised thmt thm siont delicate rfsi»*nrih «s» '"fee it. Jtrmmrkable ms n JPJUMSM VHOIiVCEtt. fermof'a Giljrias> idly trhih tmkim/ IT. ~ SOOTTS^IMITLSION is acknowled|ie4 by ftoa ' shsiant to be the FINEST and * 73*7-> of iU class for the relief of COMSUMPTiOat SftPneuia - GENERAL DEBILITY. 4 | Waatins Diseases of ChiidreiiL and CHRONIC COUGHS. fcW bp off Vrmffffittm. *" ?! 1 prescribe a dorse Big (« I spwlflc for the «f this disease. _ O.U.i.NURAHAM.lt^ We have sold MtfiiH- many years, aadjt hp» 1 the bsst el sells Xi DY C. N. U. Ne.lS-SS