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woxm h'J' .,|it»M •Otmj'JUmm in tit* Way or Bu. bw»d Tratalag. • is a somewhat startling truth that ..... a man who loves Ms wife -will not *dnaiw> her she will find one that will. Petrfeftps she is not beautiful, but the Venetian never lived who wasnotgrstiiied by a compliment to liar person tendered by graceful word or implied by homage in a glance. Men often pooh-pooh as silly weakness or vanity what is really part of the strong contrast in mental character which links the sexes in mag­ netic affinity. Her love of dress is but One phase of her higher nature in ap­ preciation of the beautiful and harmon­ ious in color. Some women are so ex­ quisitely attuned that to simply look at a pansy or a rose Is to thrill their whole being as with chords of a harp. A .woman thrives on admiration. Without it the springs in her nature norish fretfulness and frowns; the hosaely woman bscomrs ( homelier through the neglect to water the flower in her heart. Why should not the husband be always the lover ? May it not be traced to lack of proper study Of the relationship? Wompn often fail to hold their husband's devotion by too complete (self-surrender. Their very excess of love and self-sacrifice defeats th«ir aim. A woman should study the opposite sex. A woman is governed through her emotion to a certain extent, a man through his senses. Her affections are deeper, quieter and more constant. His are turbulent, less deep seated and more easily influenced by passion. A woman's influence over a man is meas­ ured by her personal magnetism. If she fails to hold her husband's loyal love, she has either yielded herself too entirely, or failed in other ways to charm his senses, either physical or spiritual, or both. A pretty ankle on the street wiill catch the ad- Quiring gaze of a benedict who daily- sees a prettier one at home. The nov­ elty and charm suggested by a stranger spices his senses--appeals to his imagin­ ation. A wife has a rival in every other woman. If she be a fool she will become jealous and show it. If she be a sensible woman she besieges the fort with the same weapons--the legitimate arts of her sex. Wives make themselves too cheap. What men command as a right or come to rpgard as a matter of course, they soon learn to place a low estimate upon. Woman rules over the heart and desire of man by divine right. She is the queen of civilization before whom all mankind bend the knee in homage--when com­ pelled. To grant as a favor what she really desires to give is an art which once attained makes woman mistress of the field, The subtlety of the sex ex­ erted on these lines makes every wife largely the fashioner of her cwn domestic paradise or hell, just as she may wisely or unwisely use the knowl­ edge. True marriage is yet a far-off ideal. Few grasp its hidden meaning, and fewer still have will and courage to develop all that may be gained in 1m- man happiness by striving to apjHffisi- nate.the true ideal. ?i«'¥ Lawns and Lawn Mow«ii- 4 : A large proportion of the lawjia in «i#y, village and country are deteriorat­ ing, and close examination shows the turf to be thin, the desirable grasses weak, browning quickly under drought and hot sun, while coarse, unsightly plants creep in and retain a foothold. The beauty of the lawn diminishes with age in spite of liberal fertilizing and close and regular cutting. What is the reason ? Mainly, it is the excessive use of the modern lawn mower. In nearly every locality may be found pasture lauds long set with grasses fine and xich, holding color well under mid­ summer sun and drought, with a thick, elastic turf, through which no color of soil can be seen--the very perfection of a lawn if it were trimmed close and even. Why doe s the pasture flourish through a score of years and the. lawn decay ? Simply because the pasture is kept nearly under natural conditions and the lawn is subjected to an inteuse dwarfing system. Suppose the lawn is newly made, ac­ cording to the best instructions, the soil deeply dug, enriched and made clean and fine, the seed sown and the grass plants show thick and strong. What next? The lawn mower--two or three times a week until growth stops in autumn. Next spring the grass makes a renewed struggle for existence, starts early and strong again. It lifts its blades to the sun and air that it may pU6h its roots into .the rich soil for moisture and sustenance. The effort is promptly met by the lawn mower. Growth is checked above and under ground; so through an entire season and succeeding years. The law is that the root growth of the plant is in proportion to its top growth; the root growth is shallow. Of what avail is a deep, rich soil ? Is it a won­ der that the lawn browns, early and that coarse hardy plants get a foothold? Give the grass plant a chance to make adequate root growth if you would have and keep a good lawn. Bead the lesson of the pasture lands. Encourage it a little in early spring, and in the autumn lay the lawn mower away early and let a thick strong growth of grass be the winter protection of the lawn.--Ameri­ can Agriculturist. ^ All Old Surgeon Who Wanted :o Da the Woman Good. "There is an old fellow on the south side," said the Colonel, "who smiles when any of his old friends say, 'I a»n a doctor you know'.' He was a surgeon in the army, and hiad reached the height of his ambition when he was appointed brigade surgeon, because that appoint­ ment made it possible for him to ride with the General at the head of the col­ umn. This, he was wont to remark, increased his opportunities for forming acquaintances, and enlarged his circle of usefulness. His acquaintances, it should be remarked, were mainly of the gentler sex. On one occasion, as the General with his staff and escort, was riding leisurely through a pleasant stretch of country, a fire of musketry in front brought the detaehment to a halt. The cavalry was ordered to go forward and discover what the trouble was, and the General sending instructions to the regimental commanders in the rear, went witn his staff officers into a rather pretentious house near the roadside. They were given seatWeftr the fire in a large room. Opposite the fire there re­ clined on a low couch a woman appar­ ently sick. She had a comely face and" did not appear to be suffering. The Surgeon was quick to see the advantage he possessed over the other officers. Putting aside his hat and gloves, he as­ sumed a professional air, and, approach­ ing the invalid, he said: "I am a sur­ geon, madam. Are you sick?' No answer. The doctor repeated: 'I am a doctor, madam, perhaps I can help you.' The woman did not seem to hear bim. Conscious of the smiles of fiis fellow offioera, the doctor repeated 4B a sort of desperation, 'I am a doctor, mad&m; I am a physician; I am a sur- gwn, you know.' E*en this specific statement elicited no reply. The doc­ tor thereupon took up the hand of the woman, and feeling her pulse said, as he seated himself: 'I am a doctor, and I think I can help you,' At last the wo­ man turned her head and said, in a drawling, doubting tone: "Be you now? Then you air the nineteenth doctor who has felt my pulse this morning.' The doctor retired abashed. The bummers had passed over the road and every bnrumer Jiad represented himself as a doctor and had felt the woman's pulse and gravely expressed his conviction that he help her. So it happens that the expression, "I am a doctor,' brings a smile to the old veteran's face. ; ^ An Englishman Can't See a Jok& When Gen. Schenck was on his way to England as United States Minister he had as companion de voyage no less famous a personage then the late Ben Holladay, then full of wealth, health, and vigor. He made the passage as in­ teresting for the General as his unlim­ ited length of purse and limited knowl­ edge of draw poker rendered possible. The two gentlemen parted the warmest of friends, and Gen. Schenck always re­ tained the highest regard for Holladay, who, he averred, had the making of a great poker- player if he could only have lived, to be as as old as Methu­ selah. Shortly after Gun. Schenck's instal­ lation into the good gracJk of London society he was invited one evening to Lord Mayor Christmas' dinner. CATS 1HD THEIEJ ADMIRERS. In All A gea- O--ttmewt and . Regard!**tfc* Cat. The following is an extract from a lengthy article on "cats®" by a writer in Medical Classics: The admirer of the cat inquires about the origin of the graceful pet which sings on the rug or lies so comfortably on the lap of its mistress, and he learns that "blue blood" runs in the veins of the large family scientifically speaking, to which it belongs. It is a member of the great class of felidas, whose proudest repre­ sentatives are the kingly lion and the royal tiger. In spite of much discus­ sion, the question of the origin of the domestic cat is still without a satisfac­ tory answer. It is very generally con­ ceded that it descended from either the cat of ancient Egypt or the wild cat, but authorities are pretty evenly divided Upon the two parts of this question. Mr. Wood says, "as far as is at present known the Egyptain cat is the origi­ nator of our domestic cat," and we ac­ cept his conclusion, as well as his state­ ment that it came to western and north­ ern countries through Greece and Rome. That it was known in very early times is shown by many allusions to it in the books of the Sanscrit language, which date back thousands of years before the Christian era. In ancient Egypt it commanded a veneration which stag­ gers our credence. We are told that a Persian king captured an Egyptian city without opposition by resortiflg to the stratagem of giving a living cat to each soldier when going to battle, the enemy PHYSIOLOGY AND Warn* BaOM, aWMMa* Gen- ' Um Ktraua* for Crfytng lliirikiM. ^ "I'm afraid of these crrinfr babies," without making a sign, fell with scarcely a struggle. and died mas" wiw "airTd^""Enffbshl'bi2ffW 1 offerinS no resistance lest the sacred mas was an ideal J^ngusa burgher, anirna} hn nf a sound, pompous, and beefy "I say," sang out Gen. Schenck across the table, "I say, Lord Mayor, I met a relative of yours coming over last month." "Ah, a relative of mine, did you say? Some one, I suppose, who had been vis­ iting the States." "O, no, Lord Mayor; he is a resident of the States; has lived there, in fact, all his life; was born in America."* "Born in America? That is hardly possible. I 'ave no kinsman in the States. What is the name of the gentleman you met?" "Holladay, Lord Mayor. And I am quite positive about his being a connec­ tion of yours,, as I have known him many years." "Impos not at all. No relatives. 'Tirely mistaken. No relatives by the name of Holladay. Some impostor, I assure you. Never knew anyone name of Holladay. Been imposed uuon Gen. Sohenck." "I got out into an ante-room," says Gen. Schenck, on telling the story, "as quickly as possible and felt like kicking myself. Then and there I resolved never to try and drive another joke into an Englishman's head. I didn't think there was a 5-year-old child in Great Britain who wouldn't recognize in­ stantly the connection between Christ­ mas and holiday.--Washington Post. Josh, Billings7 Philosophy. * Thare iz lots of people who think it iz a grate deal bettor for 10 ov the party to wait than it is for 2 ov them to be in a hurry. The best bill ov fare I kno ov iz a good appetight. I koLsider forms and oetimonys the mere tricks ov civilizashun, but to ob­ serve them iz the only way i kno ov to protekt ourselfs aginat the common herd. Sum folks never git reddy; they are alwuss behind hand; they will sum ov them be too late to tend their own phuneral. Whenever yu cum akrost a man who iz telling every boddy he meets how long he haz wore the pair ov boots he haz got on, yu kan safely konklude that man iz filling hiz destiny, and ain't good for ennything else mutch. Kultivate a taste for walking; it iz not only the original way or gitting thru this world, but thare iz helth and in- dependance in it, which makes it one ov the luxurys ov living. Thare be people so konfoundedly stupid that they kant see a post even after they hav run their heds against it. I nav herd lies so well told that it waz no disgrace to beleave them. Thare iz a propper ekonemy in all thinks; if yu hav got a friend and want to keep lam, don't lay him under too grate obligashuns to you. All the vices are az eazy to ketch az the small-pox. One ov the most diffikult things for a man to learn iz that he iz a bore. The more sekrets yu divulge, even to yure best friend, the less he wil think ov yu, and the more he will think ov himself. Who Owns the Land in America! Who owns the land in the United States? Why. the citizens do, or should, would be the natural reply. But unfortunately it is not altogether so. Some of the best lands in this country are owned by alien landlords. Nearly 25,000,000 acres of land are owned by men who owe allegiance to other governments. To be exact, there are 21,241,900 acres of land under the direct control and management of thirty foreign individuals or companies. There are 2,720,283 acres of land in Massachusetts, so that the men living in other countries and owing allegiance to other powers own land enough to make about ten States like Massachu­ setts--more than the whole of New England, more land than some govern­ ments own to support a king. The largest amount of laud owned by any one man or corporation is owned by a foreign corporation called the Holland Land Company. Talk about alien land­ holders in Ireland! There is twice as much land owned by aliens in tte United States as there is owned by Eng­ lishmen in Ireland. Think of it. More than 23,000,000 acres of land owned by men in Europe!--American Citizen, animal be killed. Stories of a like kind are mentioned in history, and we learn that the death penalty wan inflicted on any one in Egypt who killed a cat. This animal held'3 a high place in the public and private worship of that land, as we read in the pages of history, and as is further proved by the vast num­ bers of images and adornments repre­ senting it which have been discovered in later time3. Hosts of them were em­ balmed, and that, too, by the costly process used on the royal families, so that it may be said that Egypt per­ manently preserved the bodies of her kings and cats. We find that the Turks had and yet have a profound respect for this animal, handsome sums being devoted to hos­ pitals for its care and treatment. In the tenth century Howell the Good, of Wales, imposed a heavy fine upon any subject who killed a cat! In the mid­ dle ages a different sentiment was rife, superstition connecting the animal with witches and Satan, especially if it were black--a superstition which is not un­ known to-day. Great numbers were burned alive on St. John's Day in a certain quarter of Paris, the king "start­ ing the fire, Louis XIV being the last ruler to perform this proud royal act. To such superstitions and barbarities may perhaps be traced the prejudice of modern times against this inrocent ani­ mal. In both ancient and modern Germany there has been a peculiar dread of a black cat and its supposed satanic influence*?. In Sicily cats are held in almost extravagant esteem. In England and America not a few have ridiculous notions * upon the curative properties of the blood, skin, and other parts, to say nothing about fancied re­ lations to Satan and witches. Over against the repugnance to the cat which many profess, often because it is simply the fashion, one may men­ tion, as a few of the great number who have admired and fostered the animal, Richelieu, Cardinal Wolsey, Montaigne, Fontanelle, Turner, the painter; Tasso, Pierre Jean de Beranger, and Dr. Jon- son. Adding the weight of the tastes of such men to that of the favors shown in ancient times, we catch tho force of the saving that 'a cut may look upon a king." • • ' The Egg Da nee. A much more pleasing performance is the "egg dance." This is executed in this wise : The dancer, dressed in a corsage and t^ery short skirt, carries a willow wheel of moderate diameter fastened horizontally upon the top of her head. Around this wheel threads are fastened, equally distant from each other, and at the end of each of these threads is a slip noose, which is kept open by a glass bead. Thus equipped, the young girl comes toward the specta­ tors with a basketful of eggs, which she passes a^und for inspection to prove that they are real, and not imita­ tions. The music strikes up a jerky, monotonous strain, and the dancer be­ gins to whirl around with great rapidity. Then seizing an egg she puts it in one of the slip nooses, and with a quick motion throws it from her in such a way as to draw the knot tight. The swift turning of the dancer produces a cen­ trifugal force which stretches the thread out straight like a ray shooting from the circumference of the circle. One after another the eggs are thrown out in these slip nooses until they make a horizontal aureole or halo about the dancer's head. Then the dance becomes still more rapid, so rapid in fact that it is difficult to distinguish the features of fort toMolpt The stableman tried td soothe luln , DCfc he would not be com­ forted. His •CRMon increased, an d long after all sounds of the circus had ceased the sweat poured from Una in . . - „ „ - streams and he quivered in every part ! a doctor to me one day. "I of his body. Finally the stableman 1 have several of Ihsm in my practice went to the house, woke up the pro- ] who cry for hours apparently without prietor and told liinl he be'ieved the ' «*®8e. I am always afraid of mischief horse vould die if some of the circus- j 'ith the brain in such cases," The horses were not brought back to keep : treatment for such highflyers is, ac- him company. At about daylight the cording to Shirley Dare, not spanking, proprietor mounted a horse and rode afier i tort & warm bath whenever the fits of the circus. He overtook it ten or twelve ' C17*"g come on, drying with soft, warm miles away, and the groom who had j towels, and a long, leisurely rubbing or charge of the injured horse returned ; stroking as it lies in its one gown on a with him. When they reached the i blanket. Let the baby lie undressed stable the horse was dead. The stable- on a pillow in a perfectly warm room man said that he remained perfectly J »nd sprawl like a frog to relieve his still and with every sense apparently j muscles and make them grow. It is strained to the utmost tension, and then, ! good for the development of children to let them run about a warm nursery naked, half an hour at a time, after they, can walk. Yon remember the lovely figures of children in Alma Tadema's classic in­ terior, playing naked about the gyne- cseum and the bath. They were nobly built, because naked, or nearly BO, the first year of their lives, and their houses, with their heating flues in the walls and under the floors, were better than anything we shall have in this generation. The constraint that bands and tapes and the weight of eloth are to a baby's pulpy form and butterfly strength can hardly be understood by us "grown Tips/' but they are quite enough to deform in frequent cases. Carrying a child too much on one arm will make it misshaped., Babies ought to be held with their breasts against their mother's, and an arm at their back, supporting the back of the head by a hand carefully, as it rests against the shoulder. They should lie on their stomachs a good deal, on a pillow or across the knees, for change of position and the ease given by warmth and pressure of the little abdomen. Babies' limbs are made symmetrical and vigorous by leisurely, tender stroking, and if they will get bow- legged by dancing on their eager feet too soon, there is no need to torture them with surgical appliances and steel boots. The surgery for such cases is daily, hourly stroking the legs with both hands and gently molding them- into straightness. Clever doctors dis­ courage the use of appliances for straightening young children, prefer­ ring the gradual traction of the moth­ er's hands, which will be found all efficient. You can do anything with a baby, except keep him still, when awake. And there is one rule which ought to be the Draconian oode of nurseries: "Never wake a child for anything less than a fire or an Indian attack." Neal Dow's War on Smofrinf. V Gen. Dow is as strongly opposed to the use of tobacco as he. is to liquor drinking, and has carried on a life-long crusade against it He always has claimed that tobaeeo dulls the moral sense. Many years ago, before there were ary%-aiIroads, a man traveling in a stage coach with Dow, one day, lighted a cigar. **1 wish you would atop smoking, sir," said Dow. "Is smoking offensive youl̂ man asked . 'V * v ' v "Yes, sir." ' "Well, I'll stop as aoon as I've finished this cigar." Without another word Dow suddenly reached forward, pulled the cigar from the man's lips, and threw it into the road. The man fired up, but looked at the well-knit figure of his fellow passenger, regarded the bright light in his eyes-- and cooled off. "I recall an incident coming down the Rigi. while I was traveling in Eu­ rope," said the General. European railroads did not provide a separate smoking car then, and I don't know as they do now. A passenger in our car was complacently smoking his cigar. " 'You're an Englishman, sir, aren't you ?' I said to him. " 'Oh, no,' said .he, briskly Tm an American.' V " 'What! you an American and smok­ ing in the presence of ladies ?' "He stopped smoking, but with very poor grace; and he looked as if he would like to eat me. "He was of a different type from a man whom I met on a steamer in the English Channel. I asked him to stop smoking, and he did so, with profuse apologies. I told him that I believed that tobacco dulls the moral sense, but he smiled at the idea. "You furnish a proof of my theory, sir,' said I. 'You were smoking when you ought not to have been--and you acknowledged it as soon as I called your attention to it. Tobacco dulled your moral sense."--LetvLston Journal Up or lions. Up-hill work, both literally and figuratively, means work in two direc­ tions at once; literally, it is going for­ ward while we raise our own weight; figuratively, it is doing things and learn­ ing how to do them at the same time; thus lifting ourselves on to a higher platform of moral or intellectual being. There is always in some sense an as­ cending slope before us, which we may scale if we will. But happily it does not rest with ourselves to decide whether the general tenor of ont lives shall be that of laborious asoent or of gentle downward gliding. The force of gravi­ tation need not always be regarded as a type of the depraved tendencies of the human heart. There is a time for all things, says the wise man, and if there is a time for learning, so is there, hap­ pily, a time for scrambling upward, and a time for lying on the grass in the valley; a time for climbing fruit trees and a time for letting the ripe fruit drop into our mouths. Even Christian, who was not the man to flinch from his share of climbing, found rest and refreshment in the Valley of Humiliation, and it would be a poor view of life which valued nothing that was not gained by the sweat of our brow. Among ltrrorx Aulnoaa to Health, One of the moat mischievous mi most no> mon is the indiscriminate and too frequent use of purgatives. Such medicines if well chosen and seasonably resorted to, are certainly useful, but many persons select the worst, fly from one to the other, and employ them whan there Is no oeoksion, or their utility has ceased. To estab­ lish on a permanent basis a regular condition of UM bowels, the finest alterative is Hostetter'a Stomach Bitters. It is botanic in origin, and a aafe succedaneum for those objectionable drugs, calomel and blue pill; It does not gripe or drench the bowels like the ordinary evaouents, and it not only reforms irregularity of the habit Of body, but remedies the disorder and inactiv­ ity of the liver and stomach, which usually ac­ company that condition. Rheumatism, kidney le, malarial complaint and MnutiBMS trou > removed by the Bitters. .% As to Mental Shock. The effects of mental shock on the mind in causing permanent bad health of mind are easily inflicted in the period of infancy, early life and school life, of which let one illustration suf­ fice. A gentleman who for many years was under my observation as a con­ firmed mental invalid, a strong man in many respects, but utterly irresolute, and in the end of disordered mind al­ together, acquired his mental disease | from sudden distrust. He had in his 1 childhood an innate dread of deep i water, and he had at the same time a ! tutor for whom he held the warmest j affection, coupled with the most abso- | lute trust and confidence. In a thought- I less and unhappy moment this tutor I became possessed with the idea that . I he would break his pupil's dread of , ... , ~e'. tend j deep water by pitching him into a pool ever so steadily upward in its moral | -where they were accustomed to bathe and spiritual aspects, and intellectual j together at the deepest part. labor be ever so strenuously directed toward higher and higher levels of at­ tainment, still there will be in the out­ ward life pauses from all activity, and welcome and gentle relaxation of effort, when our wisdom is to sit still, aud re- There was no actual danger, for the depth was really not great, the pool was calm, the boy could swim a little, and in an instant the tutor, a strong and skillful swimmer, was in the water . himself rendering succor and support ceive the riches which flow into our j BUpT>ort. The lad was brought ~ souls from above. Hard work is, no Bhore safely enough, but the mischief doubt, a cure for many evils, and the I the mind was inflicted beyond re- rOOTA f ~ A __ _ _ I " taste for it a most excellent one to ac­ quire if we can, but not to be able to abstain from it for a time, not to have any idea of enjoyment without it, is a miserable slavery and blindness.--Sat­ urday Review. -- i A. T. Stewart's Economy. Alexander T. Stewart, the prince of the dry goods trade in New York in his time, was the most regular customer A Poor Woman's Gratitude. David Bennett King, a trustee of the Eastern Dispensary, tells a pathetic in­ cident which occurred one morning re­ cently. An old German woman was discovered with soap and water care­ fully Scrubbing the ste}« of the dispen­ sary. On being asked by the janitor, "Who hired you whom do you expect to get your pay ?w J she said: "Nobody hired me, sir, and I I don't expect to get any pay, either. I was very sick some time ago, and the good people of the dispensary took care of me and cured me. I wanted to do something for them--they had done so , much for me. The only thing I could think of that I could do was to come here and scrub the steps. I saw they needed it, and I'm coming to scrub them every Saturday."--New York World. IF a man does not make new acquaint* ances as he advances through life ha will soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his speak, in constant re; +1 . , ,, , . V , ,, that Barber Van Ansdale had, probablv the girl; the moment is critical; the | because the iatter was hi/tenant and least lalse step, the least irregularity in j be wauted to encoUrage him to pav his time, and the eggs dash against each , rent Tho mean trait3 of Siw"art»B other. But how can the dance _ bo j character are too well-known for it to stopped? There is but oneway--that^ timel to make pretense of is to remove the eggs m the way m ! veilillg tbem *Johft, J B£aved Mr Stewart for years and never was feed which they have been put iu place. This operation is by far the more delicate of the two. It is necessary that the dancer, by a single motion, exact and unerring, should take hold of the egg and remove it from the noose. A single false motion of the hand, the least interference with one of the threads, and the general arrangement is suddenly broken and the whole per­ formance disastrously ended. At last all the eggs are successfully removed; the dancer suddenly stops, and without I seeming in the least dizzied by this j dance of 25 or 30 minutes, she advances j to the spectators with a firm step and j presents them the eggs, that are then broken in a dish to prove them real.-- Louis Bousselet. by him. The little bootblack who brushed the coats and hats of customers did occasionally receive a tip, but it was only 3 cents each time. This continued until paper currency took the place of silver, and postage stamps were used for small change. "Mr. Stewart he play a new racket, dhen," said "John." "He give de boy - , ,, . . „ only one tip evera odher day, and lie you say she was such an excellent cook, giva de boy only one five-centa postage "That's just the reason I discharged pair. The surface of trust was obliter­ ated, and a fixed distrust in the mind of the youth was set up forever. If a skillful physiologist could have discov­ ered the seat of trust in that youth, and could have destroyed it mechanic­ ally, he could not have inflicted a more severe injury nor one more deterinin- ately life-long in its effects.--Long­ man's Magazine. It Doesn't Pay to ose uncertain moans when suffering from diseases of the liver, biood or Iuiiga. such as biliousness, or "liver complaint," skin diseases, scrofulous soros or swellings, or from lung scrofula (commonly known as consumption of the lungs), when Dr. Pierce's Golden i\tedieal Discovery is guaranteed to cure all these affections, if taken in time, or money paid for it will be promptly refunded. 1500 OFFERED for au incurable ease of Ca­ tarrh in the head by the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Remedy. Gastronomic Item. Jones--So you have sent off your cook? Smith--Yes, I've discharged her. I'm surprised to hear it, as I heard * Animal Nature. Tho emotional life of the hone is re­ markable, and there are instances on to*ck> "thisTanTfrom j "cord where the death of a horse has been traced directly to grief. Here is a notable incident. A circus had been performing in a little Pennsylvania town, when one of the trained horses sprained one of his legs so that he could not travel. He was taken to the hotel, put into a box-stall, had his leg band' aged and made as comfortable as possi ble. About midnight the circus began to move, and, as the caravan passed the hotel, the horse seemed to realize that he was being deserted, and his anxiety and distress became pitiful. He would stand with his ears pricked in an atti­ tude of intense listening, and then, as his ears caught the sounds of the retir­ ing wagons, he would rush from one • side of the stall to the other, pushing at stamp. De boy ho gitta vera mad. "He say nodhing to Mr. Stewart, but he come and he tella me. He calla him damma meana man and say dhat he make one centa evera two' time out of poor Italian boy. I have seen Mr. Stewart mana time when he was worth, dey say, about eleven million dolla re­ fuse to pay dc hackman two dolla when it rain and taka de stage coacha home for five centa."--Xew York Herald. When to Sit and When to Set. A man, or woman either, can set a hen, although they cannot sit' her; neither can they set on her, although though the old hen might sit on them by the hour if they would allow. A man cannot set on the wash bench, but he could set the basin on it, and neither the basin nor the grammarians would object. He could sit on the dog's tail if the dog -were willing, or he might set his foot on it. But if he should set on the aforesaid tail, or sit his foot there, the grammarians as well as the dog would howl. And yet, strange as it may seem, the man might set the tail aside and then sit down, and neither be assailed by the dog nor the ianm.--€hri*tia» FniofiT ^ ' ' * * her. She cooied such excellent dinners that we ate so much there was nothing left over for supper. Her good cook­ ing was her only fault.*--Texas Sift­ ing 8. TAKIXO it altogether there never was a Mm» when our country was enjoying great­ er prosperity than at the preseat moment, and yet there are thousands of people in tb» land who are fussing and fuming about hard times. No doubt but what many of them are honest in their complaints, and it is often because they have not fouud the right kind of work or the right way to do it. Now, if business is not moving along with you satisfactorily, taku our advice and write to B. F. Johnson & Co., Richmond. Va. It is more than likely that they can help you; at any rate, it would cost jroa nothing but a postage stamp to apply to them. " A SEAT bit of proverbial philosophy, said to be of Japanese origin, is, "Be like the tree which covers with flowers the hand that shakes it." „ A SOAP that is soft is full of water, two- thirdsits weight probably:, yon pay seven or eight cents per pound for water. Dob­ bins' Electric Soap is all soap, and There* fore the cheapest and best Try Bobbing'. THK bloom of youth will fade away, the brightness of the eye will grow dim with age, but a " jiever pass away. ' '.j ,f: -I' f; Ke Felt Relieved, Miss Gabble--Whan. 1 waa only^a years old the i<jp| while I waa skating, ami I feirittto-^Mi inater. Distressed lover--But you were res­ cued. were you not ? "Yes; some workingmen who were passing pulled me out, and my life waa saved." "I am so glad to hear it. You don't know what a relief it is for me to bear you say so."--Texas Si/Vngs. - The Annual Rest. Young Husband--"My dear, after a year of unremitting labor and closest economy we have, 1 find, succeeded in saving about $300. What shall we do with it ?" Young Wife--"Well, my dear, we both need rest. Let's go to a summer resort for a week."--Ne w York Weekly. Do You Bate that extreme tired feeling, languor, without appetite or strength, impsirad digestion, and a Ctnaral feeling of misery it is impo«sible to de- •crib*? Hood's Sarsaparilla is • wonderful medi- cln« lor creating an app«Ut«, promoting digestion, aad toniar up the whole system, giving strength aad activity in placa ot weakness and debility. 'Itake Hood's Sursaparills every year as a tonic, with most satisfactory results. I recommend Hood's SavsaparlUa to all who hare that miserable tired feeling." C. PAKMKLU, U» Bridge Street. Brooklyn, H- V. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. : »ix for $5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & OO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mas*. IOO Poses One Dollar __ ' to 8S a day. Samples worth *2.15. FIIK8; klines not uncier tlie horse's feet. Write Brews- 'ter Sufetv Rein-Holder Co.. Hotly. Mteh. ION TliJB f'APfcR WKIX VIMM TO I N > I iimi Pieo's Cure tat Consumption TH1 BEST remedy for hoarseness and ta dear the throat. - AMP tTIIIIV Bookkeeping .Bufttnes* Forma, *PH!fc QI 111# I ̂ Penmanship,Arithmetic,Short> nana, etc., thoroughly taught by mail. Circulars _ free, MUTANT'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Buffalo, N.Y. 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Idaho, Washington and oreifpn SEND FOR DADWAY' fl READ* DEL IDE MEAT CONQUEROR OF MIR, Applied externally, Instantly relieves Sprains, Bruises, Kgckmiie, l'aln In the Chest or Hides, Headache, Toothache, or any other external pain, CONiiHSTlOSS, INFLAMMATIONS, Rheumatism, Neural- K<», lumlMfo, Sciatica, I'aliiH In the Small of the Back, etc. mm ILL iUMMEl COMPLAINTS, Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Vomiting, Heartburn, ItlAKKHtKA, Colic, Cholera Mortons, Vaiutiun; .Spells. Inter­ nally, half to m IsanpooniXil in hail' * tum­ bler oCwater. SOc. a bottle. All Oru((Ut«. 'AIMER'S MAGNETIC fattsfal J~vn* 19,1 Prloe, O-- Prtte. Magnetism and Menthol Remedial and Curative •. Agent. ftoaa ttte'to.tim* many nave been placed upon the market c'aimin* I catarrh, neuralgia, bronchitis, etc., inanv at1 are said to contain electric or magnetic powers. s RELIEF. Dr. Palmer is a senilamiua who bas devoted a of study to the subject of catarrh and diaeam«*M» head, throat, and lungs, apd soma time slnea " commenced a series of experiments with a '»lsw ; determining whether anr combination eoaM I termed which would kill the parasite and aet tm lutaling power at the same time, and at lenctti ceedsd in determining ihatmentaol, when eo ~ with magnetism, would do so, but how to these seemingly opposite agents so as to their use convenient and effectual was a some difficulty. At length he * ; within a vulcanite tube three ___. tfcreeHiaarteiv of an inch in diameter a perfect netic battery in Uie form of a ooll of s*eel wbe. the interior o( this battery is stored a bwnU imported menthol. The enda of the tabs e?» by nickel raps, which, what removed, admit . tree inhalation of the electro-mentholised atr. menthol acts as a eertnadde, while the electric force stimulating the weakened MSSMK parta iota healthy ujtton fnms derful healing power, thereby saocesatn&rStaMifiSr any further denredaaona. . The fumes when inhaled an refreshing i ing, and for the immediate relief catarrh, cold In the head, hay fever -algia, catarrhal deafness, etc. it la It cures headache in five minntss one of the diseases immediately al htCommencing colds can be _ hours by a lew inspirations from this tor. To 'tear the throat and head, aad ptowM and refreshing sleep at nighi it has M ««W inspiration is pleasant and efllftct woBtetel "0'W: • Nothing like It has evej' laced on the brtoii-. tm price in mod Ita fmrtrfnsr veloHs, and no family oat these inventions. Beware of imitation rsons engaged In the D _ strongly rese Ine. 1?U11 directions, se-tmifj-uaia, eta, eeatwMk instrument. m u you Mv afflicted with Opteriig nt » Magnetic loha!or, which in nrttin iBsunt relief anil a iternuuMiit W I prescribe aad PILLS An excellent and mild Cathartic. Purely Vegetable. The Sai'ext and best Meillcino In tho world for the Cure of all Disorders of the .airen the bw* B.BJDYCHX* Chtenaat 81.00. Bold by LIVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS. V . N. U. No. M Taken according to directions they will restore health and renew vitality Price 35 eta. a Bix YITHKN I 1) In thla paper WRITING TO ADVERT lease say yoa saw the adver bold by all Drnggiiti. JOSEPH H. HUNTER, ATTORNEY, W.4SHIN D. C- wi' I. GET PENSION without OHQWT-HAWP INSTITUTK and KNOLISH TRAINING SCHOOL. IsthegT INSTITUTION and the XaJfcjACfr, «on, Catalogue, tsrmg,, etc., sent FRKB. Address H. B. BitYANT Jk MX. -L< / "I SECRET. An Editor's Sxperi "Later unto Came a pale face preacher* Uacking Peace and progress to the natives. Wooed and won he Vanita. She, nobler to make his callings Whispered to him nature's secret- Told him of the herbs so potent For the healing and the saving man or "iiiiiu. flajor Sidney Herbert, a well-known JonmaBMl agricultural circles, writes April ISth, IS: ~ Ave years ago I wrote a letter stating that t Specific had cared me of severe rheumatism. that time 1 have had no return of the rhewaaiteii troubles, although frequently exposed to the encee that produced former attacks. Several of mm* frieads had a similar experience, and are tn» 1m : their conviction that S. 8. S. brought a penn«aaMO cure. The searching power of this ----"tins % shown in the fact that it developed a ecrafalaw taint that was conspicuous la my blood over tbiinr ysars ago, and has removed the last trace of it I have also tested 9. 8. 8. as a tonic after a severe attack of malarial lever, which kept me in bed tat j three months, and am convinced that its enratan* j and ktrengtiiening properties insured my reccvexy j from that illness, as 1 was iu a very low cocditttsu s£ i health. Hipx »t j (en Btood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Swirr Snomc CotcrairT.Drararfc Atlanta. Ofe» rAV PRICE ' CougH 25 CTS.y\ * m ISOS CUREl FOR (b/J5v//̂ 7jO/T FOPt BALt BY DWU6CI8T>.