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>h^-v mmi i-mt * * * * r Y < ^ * i \^*ij • " • ' m.1 '%TAL«r brin's WFL! In their CIMK- T tore's alwiu tuiaptMn' to cross oar way, wanry an' tret m in our affitiis- v Atfiteh VIM the lot o' old D-aoon Day; Be bed his trial*--I'll tell you bow • , He VIM tempted as' tried V*"" --•<• lM^wmyoowl^ tVbueo* her hide w«* a duakr brown; H.'r body wus lean, an* her neck was dim; One born turned up, an'the other down; She wus Hharp o' sight, an' was long o' Utah With a peaked nose, an' a short stump-tail, An' ribs like the hoops on a hom#-raaUe pail. Mfcy a day bed she passed in pound & Fur iuennly heljiin* herself to roriL ® " Many v cowardly fur an' houcd Bed tiwo tiunslixed by her crumpled bora. Many a tea-pot an" old old lin-ndl «. v, Hed the farm boys tied to her stumpy'tali. ' OM Deacon Day was a pious man, git away Ha used to eJt on the 3a ~"itl\ his.apen BiW* n ikm' o' loved oqea f»qr,a< i the Better Land that belonged to When » distant bellet heme ttav Ike air. Would bring him hack to this wot Id o* ear. , the rteafcon went to his church in town. '"i She watched an' waited till he went by •/ -, J*S never passed her wiU»««rta frown, *' f ,• ' i L-And gleam to each awry eye. c W *2!"^ crack hto whip, air would hoDtr, WHayl" Jm he drove along in bis " One-tone Shay." i Than nt his homestead she loved to call, Lriftin' his bars with hec crumpled borAa Nimbly scalin' his garden wall, -' • Ilejpin' herself to his staudin* oors^ Batin bis cabbages one by one-- acamperin' home when her meal was • r - t Off*en the Deacon homeward came, Hummin' a hymn, fiom the house o' pnjtt, His kindly h-art in a tranquil frame, ; -: _Hl» TO! pz calm es the e«nin' air, His forehead smooth ez a well-worn plow-- ' , To find in his garden that highway cOW. •"'?* His human passions were quick to rise, .. ..£ An' strtdlu' forth with a savage cry. . „ f ' W i t h f u i y b i a s s i n ' f r o m b o t h h i s e y e & > . Mk lightlin's flash in a summer skjti,* **•' i:" " Bedder an' redder his face would grofir, ,r: An* after the critter he would go-- " ' " "* 3 Over his garden, round and round, , Breakin' hia pair an' apple trees, Tram pin' his melons into the ground, Tippin' over his hires o' bees, Leavin' him angry an' badly stung, Wlahin' the old cow's neck "was wrung. Tha mosses grew on. the garden wall: nie years went by, with their work an r The boys o' the village grow strong and tall, An' the gray-haired farmers dropped away. '"*vby one, ei thonpd lratres-ftjl-- v» \ The hlfcliwsy abw outlined 'em all. F'., . The things we hate ire the last to fade:*. fc U • jSoaie cayer. are lengthened thro' manftyaaaR i $"kse$&°\x w 7'ck<d sW™s lo"K delafcid,f .i Uut toere is a CIIUIHX ti> all CAREERS. An' the highway covr at last was slain la runnlu' a race with a railway train,' , ><rS ' j-' A11 into pieces at once she went, ;/ f Jest like savin's bunks when t bay f)lil; Oat o' the world she was swiftly sent: ' Leetle was left but her own stump-tail.' . t S The farmers' gardens an' corn-fields now •: Are haunted DO more by the highway eow. sated in time. -.L * J k ill ^1, . ' *--• "ChKrity, kind Bir! My poor children are staving V The" pesiker was a thinly-clad woman, who shivered in the wintry blast, for it was Jannary, and the keen fiosty air Sinetrated even the warm garments of e rich. Tlxe gentleman addressed was a man of perhaps thirty-five, a rich and pros­ perous ma^ who hoped soon to become still more i iol) and ^prosperous through an alliatice with the fair girl at his side. " Poor woman !" said Isabel Howard compassionately. "I aave left my . pnrse at home. Walter, 1 am sure you will relieve lipr distress.", "0f course I will, myWling, Here, ! pd6r woman, take that, and may it do you good." As he spoke he drew from his pocket half a sovereign, and put it,, into the ex,- tended hand p£ the jittplipaiit. ° • The poor * woman H heart bounded with joy, for she had hoped for but six­ pence at the best, and ten shillings . seemed t<» hei; positive wealth. J " "Eeaven bless your generous heart!" she exclaimed with heartfelt gratitude. "Thank you," said Walter Barton, graciously. <vith>. beaming "I am glad you gave the poor crea­ ture so much," she said. •* I like gener­ osity. J don't think I could esteem or respecfamean man." " We think alike on that subject, my darling," said Walter. " I never can re- fnse to give, even i| I Btypect the object may be unworthy. It makes me liappy to make others happy.'? x Another beaiuiug glance from Isabel. "I love you all the better for that, •dear Walter," she said in a low voice. " On the whole,? *, thoaght Hariftn, "my ten shillings are a good investcnent, though I can't help grudging it to the beggar. Whan Isabel becomes Mrs, aadt get hold of her hundred 'thousand pounds, I '^han't give many haff*eovereigii« to bjeggars. For the -^l#Bdnt-ItVpsliej to^be generous." Of course Isabel could not read the thoughts of the man at her side. She believed him a genuine philanthropist, while, m retllrty,, he was a mean, seMsh hard-hearttd man, yet with tact .^notygfcjt?. overcome these traits for the sake of making a favorable lmpree- sion uiyn tlie beajft of the heiress. Is|M| T^o«%rtl %«a an orphan, and the absolute mistress of a hundred thousap$ ^ftaBctfe-^no Anall fortune for a girl of nineteen. Bother fortune was by no means her chief attraction. She was beautiful, sweet-tempered, accom­ plished. aod her heart was animated by the mosbgenero.uB eharity. She had a regular list of pensioners, and would have found g it impossible to refuse an applicant who was in need. Doubtless she had often given to unworthy objects, but such mistakes i€b<fund to the credit o{fl4|t«t |lh^'^nake tben. *' * ' *ks Jsr&el ifikl, she ijrcnfld have» found titjunjjpoaiby Jto reajject or t esteem a mean man. Thus far, Walte* Barton * had succeeded in consealing his real character from her, but the time was coming when it would be revealed. Whenever he waswitK feiflie gave lifeer*- ally to any who asked, % charity, but at his warehouse he would have repulsed them with hard a»d bitter words. He kept a large clmhing establishment in Manchester, but Isabel, who lived in the suburbs, had never been thpre, and knew absolutely nothing of him 'in hia bnsiness relations. ^ . Of course there were many who court­ ed the favor of the young and beautiful heiress, , there only one *wno <*af» sfeeing the rival of the suc­ cessful suitor. This was Dr. Percy Elgin, a young physician, who had re- oently established himself in the city, and was having a hard straggle to get into a lucrative practice, being poor aoA withqut fKnifKvfttl Mends. But he •was essentially noble, of good figure, with a frank open face, and unusually able and intelligent. Success with him was only a matter of times. When he saw the rich trader preferred to him, he quietly withdraw, disappoint­ ed, but too honorable to attempt to re­ verse Isabel's decision, now that it ap­ peared to be made. It was made, and the wedding-day was about jp b&,&|e4«when something occurred whicli quite changed the posi­ tion of affairs, Isabel was walking near the cathedral* *i8j* attention was attracted to v mmam:9g$rm speak to •boot Mr own age, leaning the railings, The girl was dressed, and in her face and at* was such an air of despondency, Isabel, whose heart was full of ^compassion for the wretched, felt her* r self constrained to stop and 'her. 5 " Are you not well?" she asked in a ? low, sympathetic voice. The girl, who was very thinly and poorly clad, looked up. j "Yes," she answered "IamwelL" "But you are sad. You have met with some misfortune, have you not?" ' " " Yes," answered the girl, despond­ ently. " Wfll you tell me what it is ? Per­ haps it is something that I can remedy. |Do not think me inquisitive, but, I really want to help you, if you will , lei me." The girl answered franklv; t rf "Thank you for your kindness. It does me good, for I stand in need oi kind words." "Teil me, then, your trouble," and Isabel, in her sealskin jacket and warm velvet dress, took the arm of the shabby creature, and together they walked along through Market street into the busiest part of town. " My mother and I lived together," explained the girl. " We are very poor, and mother is an invalid, nnable to do much. We have nothing to live upon except what learn by my needle," " That must be very little." " Yes, it is very little; but I have been defrauded of that little. It is too "Tell me about it. Is it possible that any one could be so mean as to cheat you out cf the little you earn in that hard way?" " I will tell you how it happened. A week since, I got a bundle of waistcoats to make for a large house. The pay was tery small. By working early and late I could earn about eighteenpenoe a day." "Is it possible? I never heard of such oppression !" said Isabel indignantly. "Well, I finished the half-dozen, and this njpriimg took them round to the shop, instead of paying the money, the proprietor, a rich man, said roughly that they were not well done, and he could only pay seven pence apiece for them. If I would take that he would give me more work. ' I knew it was all a pretence to cheat me out of sixpence on each, for I am an experienced waist­ coat-maker, and these were made as well as usual." "And did you take the money, my poor friend ?" asked Isabel. "What could I do? There was no money to buy our dinner. 1 had to take it, but I know that it is impossible for us to get along on that paltry sum. I see nothing for us but starvation." "Cheer up! lam rich. I will help you," said the heiress. "But tell 1pe the name of this mean wretch who de­ frauded you?" "Walter Barton." "Who?" exclaimed Isabel, startled and surprised. " Walter Barton. I hear he is en­ gaged to a wealthy heiress, but I don't think such a man can prosper." "I must look into this." said Isabel, quickly, her face Mushed. "It's moire important to me than yon know. Gome to my house." The girl aooompanied her home, and presently the heiress, who had changed dresses with the poor girl for a brief space emerged into the street and made her way to the shop of Walter Bartofe. She was so muffled up that her faoe could not be seen. " What do you want?" asked a sales­ man roughly. "To see Mr. Barton," answered Isabel in a low voice. "He is busy. He can't set a girl like you!" «v "I have something important to say to him." Walter Barton, on being told this, came forward. " Well, girl, what do you wa&t of me," he asked rudely. " You gave me only sevenpence foi some waistcoat I brought here this morning,' said Isabel .in an assumed voice. "What of that? They were poorly made." "I need 'the money for my mother. ] worked hard, and I am sure the waist­ coats were well made." "Look here ! I. can't be troubled with yon," said Barton roughly. "I gave you all the work was worth." " My mother will starve !" "Let her starve tHen. It's no bus­ iness of mine. This was too much for Isabel, whose indignation was intense. . She threw up her veil, revealing tc Walter Barton a face that terrified him, so fnll was it of withering scorn. " 1 am glad I have found yon out, Mr. Barton," said Isabel. "Fortun­ ately it is not too late,-' and she turned haughtily and swept out the shop. " Isabel! Isabel ! Isabel Howard !" called Walter Barton in an agitated tone. " Come back. It's all a mistake. . I will make it right." Isabel di4 not answer, nor tarn back, but left the place with her illusions broken. The .next day it was announced in society that the engagement was broken. Three months later th. re was a new engagement, but this time it was Dr. Perc^x \^iO gained the prize for which so many wer^ striving. ; he poor gii l soon obtained remnnera- tisfr. employment through IsUltel's in­ fluence, and she and her mother never again knew want. As for VValtar Barton, he rued bit­ terly his fatal mistakes, but for Isabel it iB a most fortunate one, since it save^ fyer from marrying a man whom she would have despised, and gave her a husband whom she could respect as well as love. -Uutse for gratitude. f Oticfe Mose met Aunt Sally on Aus­ tin avenue. As she wore a down-in-the- mouth expression, (Jncle Moses asked her: " What ails yer, Aunt Sallv? Is yer worryin' bekase Marse Roberts am 'posed to de union ob church and state, and ter President Garfield gettin' well?" "Tain't dat ar." " What am de truble, den ?" " De truble am, Uncle Mose, wid my ole man. He am gettin' more crosser ebery day. I has done my lebel bes', but he am gettin' wusser and wusser ebery day. Dai's no chance for him to 'prove enyhow." " I knows yer ole man berry well, ami I say yer lias cause to be thaukfnl. " How so, Uncle Mose ?" * " Bekase he can't get no wusser den he am already. He am de ipeanest nig­ ger in Austin." And then Aunt Sally whacked old Mose over the head with her umbrella. --Texas Sifting*. AOOOBDIXO to Bottger, cornier and brass can be easily coated witn sine by immersing then? in a boiling bath of sal ammoniac containing zinc foil or pow­ der. The deposit of zinc made in this way is brilliant, and adheres firmly to the copper and brass. WKATHSK linHGATIOm iCNMVl [From the BurUngtan Hawk-Bye.] It is an easy matter to forecast the weather, like Prof. Tioe and Mr Vennor, if people will only give their minds tc it. By closely reading and studying the predictions of these good weather-breed­ ers we have deduced the following rules by which they make all their forecasts--• btndcafcts of the weather are not made Olitil next day. An intensely blue skv indicates a tem­ porary absence of clouds. Under othei circumstances an intensely blue sky in­ dicates a tornado. When a woman leaves a piece of soap on the stairs where her husband will tread upon it, it is a dead-sure sign ol storm. When the sun rises behind a bank of clouds and the clouds low all around the horizon and all over the and the air feels damp, and there is a fine drizzling mist blowing, the indica­ tions are that there will be rain some­ where in the United States or Canada. When it begins to thunder look out for lightning. When a man gets up in the night and feels along the top pantry shelf in the dark and knocks the big square bottle without any label down to the floor and breaks it, it is a sign there is going to be a dry spell until 7 or 8 oxlock in the morning. ^ When the spring millinery openings are advertised look for bright, sunny weather all around the house, with treacherous calms and rising barometer, indicative of sudden tempest and mean temperature. When the cradle begins to vibrate with irregular, spasmodic motions about 1 o'clock in the morning, look out for signals and try to remember where you put the paregoric the last time you used it When the youngest boy in the family comes home three hours after school hours, with his hair wet and his shirt wrong side out, look out for a spanking breeze. To see the head of the family feeling in his right-hand pocket, then in his left- hand pocket, then in ail his vest pockets, then in his hip pocket, then in his coat pockets, and then look at the ceiling, indicates " no change." If he suddenly stops whistling to the ceiling and expands his broad grimace of delight, in means " unexpected change. If the spring bonnet comes home trimmed on the right side of the wearer's seat in church, and has two more sprigs and three more dandelions than the woman in the next pew, it is " set fair." The weather during the whole of Thanksgiving week •»**(*)* j Au unusually large number of spiders presages a very mild or a very open winter, as the case may be. ,f. It the corn husks are very thick the winter will be colder than the sum­ mer. If the oorn husks are very thin the summer will be warmer the win­ ter. If the corn husks are neither too thin nor too thick the summer will be warm, and the winter will be cold. If the weather prophet predicts a rainy season and it happens to rain away out in Calaveras county, and it is as dry as a bone all over the rest of America,* this rain must be set down to the credit of the weather-breeder and all the dry time counts for nothing. The Bine Laws en Smoking. In the old time there were some very stringent laws in Massachusetts against the use of tobacco in public, and, while the penalties were not TO heavy , yet they were apparently rigidly enforced for a time. We quote from a law passed in October, 1682, as follows: "It is or­ dered, no person shall take any tobacco publiquely, under paine of punishment; also that every on* fcik&II pay one penny for every time he is convicted of taking tobacco in any place, and that any Assist­ ant shall have power to receave evi­ dence and give order for levyeingof it, as also to give order for the leyyeing of the officer's charge. This order to be­ gin the 10th of November next." In Sept­ ember 1634, we discover another law on the same article: "Yictualers, or keepers of an ordinary, shall not suffer any tobaoeo to be taken in their houses, under the penalty of 5 shillings for every offence, to be payde by the victualer, and 12, pence by the party that takes it. Fur­ ther, it is ordered that noe person shall - take tobacco publiquely, under the penalty of 2 shillings 6 pence nor privately, in his owne bowse, or in the nowse of another, before strangers, and that two or more shall not take it to- geather, anywhere, under the aforesaid penalty for every offence." In November, 1637, the record runs : " All former laws against tobacco are repealed, and tobacco is set at liberty ;" but in Septem­ ber, 163d, " the [General] Court, finding that, since the repealing of the former laws against tobacco, the same is more abused then before, it hath therefore ordered, that no man shall take any to­ bacco in the fields, except in his journey, or at meal timesj under paine of 12 peace for every offence ; nor shall take any tobacco in (or so near) an1 j Before kfein*m&ge is arranged she is i his oonstant companion and his best ad- ! viser. Hev&r until death separates them | does he fail in his duty toward her; and ! after that event has closed his sweet, j dutiful history, he keeps the anni versa- • ry of her death as his most sacred day, I and visits hi r grave with his children to : dress it with flowers.--Book of Ameni­ ties of Home* " , *3' *'•' . The Tartars and some other equestrian tribes, from time immemorial it iB said, have practiced the art of brewing a sort of beer from mare's milfe ; and in later times they have learned how to this beer and procure from it a very po­ tent brandy. Koumiss is the native name of the mare's milk beer, and rack or racky of the koumiss brandy. This koumiss has at times become celebrated among enlightened people as a health reviver--a fact, by the way, not at afr extraordinary, and not necessarily de- pendent upon any good quality of the koumiss. The regular doctors and the standard medicines fail us so often that i we must not be too severe on the | afflicted, who, in their despair, resort tc j quacks and the outlandish devioes of the j barbarians. I The following account of the prepara- j tion of koumiss by the Tartars is on the j authority of a memoir by Dr. Grieve, | in 1788, to the Roy al Society of Edin j burgh. Take any quantity of mare's J milk, dilute it with a sixth of water, poui 1 it into a w ooden vessel, and add as a fer-' | ment about one-eighth of very sour milk, > or better, of old koumiss, cover the ves- i sel with a thick cloth and keep it at, a mod- | erate temperature. After standing twen- tv-four hours, a thick coagulum rises tc the top, which m«i»} be well mixed in by I beating and churning. After reposing i for another day, it is again stirred till it j becomes quite homogeneous, and in this j state it forms the new koumiss, which i has an agreeable sweetish acescent taste, j Koumiss keeps well, and like other beers I and wines, with proper care, improves with age in taste and becomes more alco­ holic. It is often preserved and transported in bottles made from horse-skin; a com­ plete bottle is made from the skin of the hind-quarter, the leg forming the neck of the bottle. We understand that it is the practice of some of the tribes to pre­ pare koumiss in the sskin-bottles by sim­ ply filling up the bottle with fresh miilr as fast as the koumiss is consumed. If the rate of using and filling up be prop­ erly regulated, a pretty uniform product would be seenred, but of course it would be a sort of "'alf and 'alf." It is to be understood that mare's milk is the basis of the genuine kou­ miss, and no doubt genuine koumiss has a taste and odor peculiar to and charac­ teristic of mare's milk. . But as to chem­ ical constitution, there is very little difference between mare's milk and that of other large mammals, and any kind of milk will produce koumiss clqgely re­ sembling the genuine. The Tartars use mare's milk because of the abundance of horses in comparison with other available milk-giving animals. Horses and Tartars have been constant com­ panions for ages, and thus it has come about that Tartars became experts in the difficult art of milking mares and then invented koumiss. The anoient Scotch made a fermented drink out of milk, but not mare's milk, which it is proper to allude to here. The basis of the Scotch drink was whey, which was prepared by keeping it buried in the ground, undisturbed, for a year. A drink under the name of koumiss has been on sale in some of the saloons of this city, which is prepared from a recipe substantially as follows : To one quart of milk add one table-spoonful of sugar and the same of brewer's yeast; when sufficiently fermented, preserve in strong bottles. Wine whey, and innumerable punches, and Tom and Jerries, which contain milk as an essential ingsedient, also are related to koumiss. And there are those, constantly increasing in number, who do not allow that milk can be improved for any useful purpose by the addition of aloohol.--Scientific American. •4 Hosoa Query: What is the beat family medicine in the world to regulate tho bowels, purify the blood. remove coetiveness and biliousnwis, aid digestion and tone up the whole system V Truth and honor compels us to answer, Hop Bitten ; being pure, perfect and harmless. See another column,- Tolttlo IHa'h-. house, barne, oorne or hay-rick, as may likely indanger the tire ing thereof, upon paine of 10 shillings for every offence ; nor shall take any tobacco in any inne or common victualing house, except in a private roome there, so as neither the master of the same house nor any other guests there shall take offence thereat, which if they do, then such person is forth with to forbare, upon paine oi 12 shillings 6 pence for every offence. Noe man shall kindle fyre by gunpowder, for takeing tobacco, except in his journey, upon pain* of 12 pence for every offence." A French Bojr and His Mother. Nothing in this imperfect world is so beautiful as the elations of a French son to his mother. He sees from his first sentient look the being whom every one in the house adores. Does the nurse or the maid s;>eak even sharply to the mistress of the house she is immedi­ ately discharged. The child would thus see its mother's authority verified from the first, and, whatever we aiav say on this side of the water of the marriage relation in France, the master of the house certainly compels a sort of re­ spect toward the mother and mistress of the house, which goes far toward mak­ ing the manners of a nation respectful and polite. From the cradle to the grave a French son has one duty, one affection, which is paramount to all oth­ ers--that is, his love for his mother. As a child, as a bov, he treats her with per­ fect rospect and obedieuce. As a young man, he delights to send her flowers, to take her to the theaters and cafes. It is a common sight in Paris to see a young man with an aged and gray-haired wom­ an at the public galleries and places of amusement, apparently perfectly happy with each other, the young man study­ ing to make his mother comfortable and amused. Often, in leaving France, a young man asks of his family the privi­ lege of taking his mother with him as his "guide, philosopher and friend." How to Tell * Hood Potato. Sere is a good place to impart what is a secret to the vast majority of people, and it is one well worth knowing. It is simply how to tell a good potato; that is, as well as can be done without cook­ ing it, for sometimes even experts are deceived. Take a sound potato, and, paying no attention to its outward ap­ pearance, divide it into two pieces with your knife and examine the exposed surfaces. If there is so much water or " juice " that seemingly a slight press­ ure would cause it to fall off in drops, you may be sure it will be "soggy " af­ ter it is boiled. These are the requisite qualities for a good potato which must appear when one is cut in two: For color, a yellowish white ; if it is a deep yellow the potato will not cook well; there must be a considerable amount of moisture, though not too much; rub the two pieces together and a white froth will appear around the edges and upon the two surfaces; this signifies the presence of starch, and the more starch, and consequently froth, the better the potato, while the less there is the poorer it will cook. The strength of the starchy element can be tested by releasing the hold up.m one piece of the potato, and, if it clings to the other, this in itself is a very good sign. These are the experiments gener­ ally made by experts,. and they are or­ dinarily willing to buy on <the strength of their turning out well, 'though as stated above these tests are by uo means infallible. Tne anti-Chinese element of society will not like the information that a very large percentage of the potatoes consumed in tiiis market are raised by Chinamen, but such is the case. The " River liedsf" our cheapest potato, which is grown along the banks of the Sacramento river, are raised almost ex­ clusively by the heathen, who sliip them to the commission merchants, from whose storea they go to hotels, boarding- houses and private families all over the city, and a few good seasons make the Clunamen rich--from a Mongolian stand­ point.--San Francisco Call. Tax Philadelphia Easy Hour mentions Mr. J. A. Walton, of 1245 North Twelfth street, that city, as an enthusiastic indorser ! of St. Jacobs Oil for the relief and cure of diseases of horses. AH BX-COlVMJL'S STOKf* To Editor of the Brooklyn Eigle; • A kite United States Consul at one of the English inland ports, who is now a private resident of New York, relates the following interesting story. He objects, for private reasons, to having his name published, bnt authorises the writer to miManliate hia I statement, and, if necessary, to refer to him, jin his private capacity, any person seeking such reference. Deferring to his wishes, I hereby present his statement in almost tho exact language in which he gave it to me. C. M. FARMEK. 1690 Third *v<nui, X<_w York. " On my last voyage home from England, some three years ago, in one of the Cunard steamers, I noticed one morning, after a few days out of port, a young man hobbling about on the upper deck, supported by crutches Mid teeming to move with extreme difficulty and no little pain. He was well dressed and of exceedingly handsome coun­ tenance, but his limbs were somewhat ema­ ciated and his face very sallow and bore the traces of long suffering. As he seemed to have no attendant or companion, he at once attracted my sympathies, and I went up to him as he leaned against the taffrail looking out on the foaming track which the steamer was making. " ' Excuse me, my young friend,' I said, touching him gently on the shoulder, * you appear to be an invalid and hardly able or strong enough to trust yourself unattended on an ocean voyage ; but if you require any assistance I am a robust and healthy man and shall be glad to help you.' "4 You are very kind,' he replied, in a weak voice, 4 but I require no present aid beyond my crotches, which enable me to pass from my stateroom up here to get the benefit of the sunshine and the sea breeze.' " ' You have been -a great sufferer, no doubt,' I said, 'and I judge that you have been afflicted with that most ftoublesome disease--rheumatism; whose prevalence and intensity seem to be on an alarming increase both in England and America.' " ' You are right,' he answered ; ' I have been it? victim for more than a year, and after failing to find relief from medical skill have lately tried the Springs of Carlsbad and Vichy. But they have done me no good, and I am now on my return home to Missouri to die, I suppose. I shall be content if life is spared me to reach my mother's presence. She is a widow and I am her only child.' " There was a jxithos in this speech which affected me profoundly, and awakened in me a deeper sympathy than I had felt be­ fore. i had no words to answer him, and stood silently beside him, watching the snowy wake of the ship. While thus stand­ ing my thoughts reverted to a child--a 10- year-old boy--of a neighbor of mine, re­ siding near my consulate residence, who had been cured of a stubborn case of rheuma­ tism by the use of St. Jacobs Oil, and I re­ membered that the steward of the ship had told me the day before that he had cured himself of a very severe attack of the gout in New York just before his last voyage by the use of the same remedy. I at once left my young friend and went below to find the steward. I not only found him off duty, but discovered that he had a bottle of the Oil in his locker, which he had carried across the ocean in case of another attack. He readily parted with it on my representa­ tion. and, hurrying up again, I soon per­ suaded the young man to allow me to take him to his berth and apply the remedy. After doing so I covered him up snugly in bed and requested him not to get up until I should see him again. That evening I re­ turned to his stateroom and found him sleeping peacefully and breathing gently. I roused him and inquired how he felt, ' Like a new man,' he answered, with a gmteful smile. ' I feel no pain and am able to stretch my limbs without difficulty. I THE STARS IW THE NATIONAL F Be*/< think I'll get up.' ' No, don't get up to­ night,' I said, ' but let me rub you again with the Oil, and in the morning you will be me rub you a the i much better able to go above.' ' All right,' he said, laughing. I then applied the Oil again, rubbing his knees, ankles and arms thoroughly, until he said he felt as if he had a mustard poultice all over his Intdy. I then left him. .The next morning when I went up on deck for a breezy promenade, accord­ ing to my custom, 1 found my patient wait­ ing for me. with a smiling face, and without his erutehe$. although he limped in his movements, but without pain. I don't think I ever felt so happy in my life. To make a long story short, I attended him closely during the rest of our voyage--some four days--applying the Oil every night, and guarding him against too much exposure to the fresh and damp spring breezes, and, on landing at New York, he was able, with­ out assistance, to mount the hotel omnibus and go to the Astor House. I called on him two clays later, and found him actually en­ gaged in packing his trunk, preparatory to starting \Y est for his home, that evening. With a bright and grateful smile he wel­ comed me, and pointing to a little box. care­ fully done up hi thick brown paper, which stood upon the table, he said : * My good friend, can you guess what that is ?' ' A present for your sweetheart,' I answered. 'No,' he laughed--'that is a dozen bottles of St. Jacobs Oil, which I have just pur­ chased from Hudnut, the druggist across the way, and I am taking them home to show my good mother what has saved her son's life and restored him to her in health. And with it. I would like to earry you along also, to show her the face of him without whom I should probably never have tried it. If yon should ever visit the little village of Sedalia, Mo., Charlie Townsend and his mother will welcome you to their little home, with hearts full of gratitude, and they will show you a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil en­ shrined in a silver and gold casket, which we shall keep as a parlor ornament as well as memento of our meeting on the Cunard 6teamer.' " We parted, after an hour's pleasant chat, with mutual good-will andesteem, and a few weeks afterward I received a letter from liim telling me he was in perfect health, and containing many graceful expressions of his atfectionate regards."--Brooklyn Eagle. GEN. GRANT is said to believe that " the American continent most beoome one federative republic under the guid­ ance of the United States; that then it must establish a confederation of the world, as Tennyson has it, and that the supremacy of the English language must become acknowledged by every nation." Ww Bert is nniforta success, and on this basis Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure is without donbt one of the greatest remedies in the laud. THH American Express Company has introduced into New York the system ol harnessing three horses abreast, after the fashion of the London omnibuses. The wagons are supplied with two poles instead of one,' and each of the three horses is attached to a separate wliiffie- tree. This is found to be a decided im­ provement over the system sometimes used of putting one horse in shafts and another at each side. The liamessingis practically the same as with two horses, with two poles instead of one. | Baby Saved* • We are FO thankf ul to say that our baby was peruiumntiy cuA-d of a dangerous and pro- traetcii iiTegularitv of the bowels by the use of vHoppii t ra bv its mother, which at the same tfme ueiored her to perfect health and strength. --The parents, liochester, N. Y. Bee another column.-- Buffalo Express. Civil-Service Reform in India. The quaint answers given at competi­ tive examinations are not the least amus> iug stories of this rather dull age. This, I think, is as good as any of its kind. A Hindoo of half-caste was asked who was Julius Ca;sar. "The first Roman Catholic Bishop of India," he replied 44 who introduced Christianity into En- glnnd."--London World. THE Louisville Commercial cites the case of Capt. Chas. N. Corri, of. that city, who was cured by St. Jacobs Oil, after suffering for years with rheumatism.^--York (Neb.) Republican. " HAVE you spoken to pa about that yet?" anxiously inquired the oldest daughter of her indulgent mother. "No, my child, not yet. Your father is too busy with his creditors to think of pony phaetons and ruaset harness to match just now." " Bother the creditors," was the snappish reply. "That's what your father is doing, my dear. After he has compromised yon shall have your turnout." HABITUAL coativeoes* afflicts millions of tha American people. Kidney-Wort will core it HtoTO They An, *r Should Be^/Ai* «m*i«red--1The Kevolatimarf Flay. Col. C. G. McCawley, commandant of the marine corps, inquires what regula­ tion of the War Department prescribes how the stars shall be placed in the na­ tional flag. Capt. John F. Rogers, mil­ itary storekeeper, United States army, in charge of the Schuylkill Arsenal, Philadelphia, reports as follows : There are in the museum at this depot three copies, believed to be authentic, of the stars and stripes, labeled as fol­ lows : 1. .The national flag adopted by Con­ gress in 1777, with thirteen stars and thirteen stripes, representiag the thir­ teen States. 2. Flag on tent of Gen. Washington on the surrender of Gen. Cornwallis, at Yorktown. 3. National flag 1795 to 1818. The first of these has its star in a cir­ cle ; in the second they are arranged in ; * ' ' *, A' >. *' ...» * «' " • * * * 5 ̂ and hi the third in three horizontal lines of five each (this latter, flag has fifteen stripes). Neither the act of June 14, 1777, creating the flag (stars and stripes), the act of .Tan. 13, 1794, modifying it to fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, nor the act of Aprfl 14, 1818, defines the manner of arranging the stars in the blue field. The last of these acts is the one under which the national flag has been made up to the present time, and, although it is silent as to the manner of displaying the stars, the correspondence and pro­ ceedings which led to its framing give support to the practice (followed in later years) of placing them in parallel lines. On reference to the subject in pages 251 and 258 of Rear Admiral George H. Pre­ ble's very exhaustive and instructive "History of the American Flag," it will be found that Capt. S. C. Reid, who de­ signed the flag contemplated by the act of April 14, 1818, suggested that the stars displayed on the union of flsigs in­ tended for merchant vessels be formed into one large outline star, while those for ships of war be placed in parallel lines. "The omission which unfortu­ nately exists in the law permits the uni­ formity and simplicity of the flag to be destroyed," says Admiral Preble, "by the conceits of ship-owners and others. " The surrender of Corwallis at York- town, the most important event in the success of American arms, was accepted under a flag whose stars were in parallel lines. The flag displayed by Commo­ dore M. C. Perry, on his landing in Ja­ pan, and subsequently at the treaty of Yokohama, March, 1854, a great and distinguishing event in the nation's his­ tory, bore its stars likewise in parallel lines, viz., five lines of flve stars each and one of fdnr stars; and the flag first hoisted over the palace in the capital o. Mexico, at the close of our war with that country (1848), and which is now preserved in the state Depsutment, bears on its union twenty-eight stars in four rows of seven cach--the rows be­ ing parallel with the red and white •tripes. The weight of all these authorities is on the side of parallel lines, and this, coupled with the ioct that it has becu the accepted custom to so make the unions for many years past, may be re­ garded as establishing this form of ar­ ranging these stars as firmly as it can be; established in the absence of a jmdtive^l or explicit definement in the law itself./ THE Western cyclone blows every­ thing from the farm oxoept the mart* Rage. M Kovfh on Rata.** Ajk Druggists for it. It clear* oat rate, mioe, roaohM, bea-bugs, flies, vermin, inaeete. 16a DB. WINCHKLL'S Teething Syrup has never failed to give immediate relief when used in oaeee of Bummer Complaint, Cholera-iuf.mtum, or pains in the stomach. Mothers, when your litde darftnga are Buffering from theae or'kin- drcd causes, do not hewtate to give it a triaL You will surely be pleased wifb the charming effect Be euro to buy I>r. WiucheU'* Teething Syrup. Bold by all druggist*. Only 2fi oents per bottle. INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostration and all forms of general debilitr relieved bv T8s Mfiwaafcae, NOBTHWAMNW M _ house atth* eoanbry.whBtwi. to its enterprising taMMML A. W. J Make* five terns flt JSa bent hdfHl the world, an-i has mote «ttkr<i than ft! FOB Rheumatism. Sprains and Uncle Sam'a Ner-e and Bone ~" all druggist*. TO MOB mowjto AT 11MM fltmlHar words remll TOTTML andotliemtntavMted.&beunftMrtaatel •ity of soin«tln»ss getting rid of 1 is not otherwise MMito on •eeonnt af l lahes or imperfection*. To tmprore apoB this method, by ahowinc how to ton four Stock to Ant-class condition, fs tbc piaa herewith presented. *be signal benefit of the Great Genna» B*mad]rto masdttndvsrjr reasonably Induced it* application to the sufferings and ailments of the damb crea­ tion, beginning with the Hons. Ita l̂tho tried it were more than surprised ftqr ils r»- •olts, as attested in. the speedy aad perma­ nent cure of their Stock, and ttMQT gladly announced their experience by ««d of mouth and by the public preaa, until today FARMKKS and Dmwi SiouajutH aim BBEIDIBS, the ootnrmr ovxa, an'safSr. JACOBS OIL with delight, Mttlsfection aad profit Tha others who mistake of JK lose their thinking that Stoek toy a anything is nS mlawnaMa «£> good enough ̂ a\{ " VI ftnt at eeoa- for a Horse JjSgtlV otny. There is made by are other* who humanely regard the welfare of their ftdthfhl dumb creatures, and provide for their comfort with good food and shelter, and for their health by a oonstant supply of ST. JACOBS OIL,--the safest and speediest relief for Diseases of Horses and Stock ever discovered. Whenever there appears any evidence whatsoever of disease or injury among Animals, they should have the best possible treatment as it never pays to de­ fer attention to Stock. Inasmuch, then, as 16 is the part of common prudence to use the surest curative means in the beginning, every Stable, Farm and Stock-yard should be abundantly supplied with Sr. JACOBS OIL, which is used and recommended by the best Horsemen in the country as an ar­ ticle which will relieve more promptly and certainly the ailments of and Injuries to Stock than an? other remedy Known. For Spavin, Ringbone, Wtaa-Osll, Wounds L ~ 7 ~ of all kinds, Mt Kvil, Splint, Swell- taking MENSMAN'S PEPTONIZED BEEF TONIC, the only preparation of beef containing itn entire nutritious properties. It contains bloo^-mak- ing, force-t:eiieratiiig and Iife-Buntatnuig prop­ erties; it invaluable in all enfeebled oo-uiitiom, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous pros­ tration, overwork or scute disease, particularly if remitting from pulmonary eanipl:«nti». Cas­ well, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York. t FOB Hoadsche, Constipation, Liver Cpmplaint and all bilious derangements of tho blood, there, is no remedy as sure and safe as Elici t'8 Day­ light Liver Pills. They Kt-und unrivalled in re­ moving toning the stomach and in giving healthy actjipu to the liver. Sold by all dinygy^ THERE was a young la^y qu to fair, " Who had much trouble with ner hair, So she bought Carbolina And a sight to be seen Is the head of this maiden, I declare. KKKCUKD FROM OKATH. WIC*md J.CoashUn.of Somsrville, Ma«-,Mfs: lath* IU1 of 189V 1 «u taken with tileadinc <*1 tb* longs, M- lowed by a cercn conch. I k*t mj> *ppetit* an/ fleta, and *u confined to my bad. In 1877 1 waa admitted to thahoapitaL The doctor* aaid Ifc-d a hole In my lun* aa big aa a half dollar. At one time a report went around that I was dead. I |in up bope, but a friend told me of Da. WILLIAM HALL'S BALSAM FOB THE I.VNOS. tffot a bottle, when, to my surprise, 1 commenced to ieel bet­ ter, and to-day I feel better than for three yeara paat. I Write thla hoping every one afflicted with disettaed lium will take DB. WILLIAM IIALL'S BALSAM, and be ooo-' vinoed that COKSUMPTION CAM BK CUBED. 1 can posi­ tively aay it hi.n done more gu<>d than *11 the other medl- siaa« 1 have taken tunce p y aieknana. 1»»1 de. Acute aad 1 - - _ - Corns. Whitlows, Brahma Wnees, Colic, Sore Throat, Distemper, and many other Diseases, emeelslte_TPo<rtr*®*te Sheep, Sir. JACOBS On, aflbeda instant relief and a sure cure, and eostshut Firnr Com. Pamphlets containing full directions ftr home treatment of diseases ofdome*ia animals, seat upon application, by © A.V0§im*Oa»SflMa«*»IIL «1 16 to $20 WATCHES ixtku wiM o«,jiiia«i>.rt. $72AW*«. outat free. Address Tara A fonr month#, and be nation, VALENTINE BROS., A OENTS WAITED A. Selling Pictorial Boossi Mper ot. NATIOKAI, PB* rrauannOoL, f-M ay:i$ M 'M $22«OTSS£5S3 S 7 7 7 & YEAR and emtasss Ja it«. Outfit free. ASSMS K Vlikery> ~" entire a; litem in three months. _ _ will take one pill each night from I toWweeksBw-1 restored to sound health, if such a th" Sold eveijwhei* or sent by mail f ,1. S. JOHNSON Si CO* formerly Banger, Me. i, •!- ;..;i - --<&l ' i46ss*»e= «aiss«fc 'S; m M i: Lay the Axe V* to the Root 1 ^ 'w would destroy tlM «ft» w. deand nmelliiig nreneHHrayani,! the diseased pari MM Liniment erer did or can. 8a aaith the experience of lira generations 10 will yon say when; tried the " \ J LECTRIC LIGHT! CTKBRVOUB DEBIUnr. Pad oorabkaed; aia* of Bad. txlS N. M and «S FUt&kim /;•& TDIITII » nmnrt. ^ l l V V i n m i l " I W . H A f i T l X * a I j f t r -mi Wiufd mm fcr ~ gpMis* 6««» _ feeight, tym. an* Mlef fcm,--I ft Mtaxr '--*--**- Hlirwit aa ifi aet »re<Uet«4. Sate « *i VS?E c.i*. u. HoTaa WHEN WKlTUrU TO .ADTEBmlM. 'f . plMie any ymm mm the siirtrtUr asanl In this paper. / GEtmJCMBXltl >11 sotferinK dentome to me. A vacation of increased proetratiSB and Kinking chills. •Died almost Immediate and waa not permanently abated. -- • - „. .t .k. bor that 1 erer did in the name time daring ur Ulneea, aad with doable the ease. »J,ra JM and vigor of body, Lias coaii alio a nlwtBWl of ttMWiffht work, I know mot what, I ijire it the credit. never before enjoyed, lfthe Tuolohaj J. P. WATSON. Pastor Christian Charch. /mm/c. uaa*ia name «&i D«METTAURS the nervona system, cleans® the Btoraaeli of cxccss of hS* F"*"-" Wpilar healthy action of the bowels. HEADACHE Mt wtmm box of theee Tnlnable PIXXS, with fan dtrsctleaMI **•*•• „SJ*mrfl«d to any nddress on receipt of nine ttnt>«ial pesl̂ ps nU drugjrUU nt SOc- Bole Proprietors, BBOWK CHFMICAL COMPACT; n a m -- -- • PILLS • • liiO •ii 1 '"MM