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* - ; ~ri« " T • - 1 ~ .• ^ "v- ^ * • * ^ \ . * - *" ?t * ? ^7^'if ;\* »«•» l¥i *«• Bew« »r m APicaa '• • - X*ni UM Terror-of-the-Moun tain ud tho HorttHp^ •f-the-Plain! r^frn tbe Paint«d, Pie-baM-Pelicaii, yon bet! the Scaveiig»'r-of Dead-Men's-Bonea, tike Bur- ,, rower-of-Braiu, - • »fThe l>aiiity-l>nsky-Darling of our " set/" Tin the Holy-Haunted-Hideoiw-Hnnted-Hell- hound-Uated-liound! I'm a Killer-When-Not-Run-to-Earth, but when I am fairly, surely, squarely i«nd that's rarely) Tan to ground, I am always the moat innocent of men. Pin the Glnry-Ghost-of Goblin*, I'm the Gallowi Guest-Galore. I'm the Busuti-Blowing-Bellows without Bail, r»e an album filled with Top-knota, and I count t-eiu by the score-- I'm the Very-Viciou»-Vagrant of the Yale. Bat In future I'I and-Oft, I intend to rive the pallid dogs a scare; And 1 guess 1TU get an office that's a nap well paid and soft, And I'll glT« my braves their fill of Yankee hair. --Wathington Otitic. : the V ot«r-that-will-Early-V ote- THE BROKEN ENGAGEMENT. When Mary Clarimont's engagement was proclaimed to the world tiiere en­ sued a general expression of surprise.. People generally are sm prised at mat­ rimonial engagements. There in always iome oogent reason why things should have beeu adjusted otherwise -- why John should have married Joan, and Peter should prefer Betsey. Nobody was ever yet married to suit everybody. " Bat in Mary Clarimont's ease it did really seem as if the course of true love had interfered seriously with the current <rf oonimou sense and prudence. Miss Clarimont was only one-and- twenty, a tall, imperial beauty, with dewy black eyes, a skin as fresh as fjnnniLKk ^ rosea, and dark-brown hair, ooiiecl in' shining bands at the back of her head. Moreover, Miss Clarimont had a "career" before her. She had just graduated from Medfield Medical University and taken out her diploma bbbuM. D. "And only to think of it," sfiid Aunt Jo, bursting into tears of vexation and disappointment, "that she must needs go aud ruin all her prospects by getting engaged to Harry Mitriow, down in New York!" 714 •iocs seem strange, Aunt Jo, when I sit down and think of it," said Doctor Mary, laughing and blushing. "Six months ago my profession was all the world to me. I neither wished nor cared for anything outside its limits. The future was ail mapped out belore me, without let or hindrance: and now--" "Humph !" growled Aunt Jo. "Any brainless idiot eau get married and keep a man's house and mend his shirts fol­ ium, but you were made for something higher and more dignified, Mary." Mary's dew-bright eyes sparkietL " Higher, Aunt Jo ?" said she. '• More •diguitied? There you are mistaken. There is no higher or more dignified lot in life than that of the true wife of a no­ ble husbands." " Fiddlesticks 1" said Aunt Jo. "As if every poor fool who was dazzled by the glitter of a wedding-ring didn't say the same thing] You've disappointed me, Marv 01«T!!cnont nnd. I'm ashamed of you, aud that is thu iuug and the short of it." . » Mary smiled. " Dear Aunt Jo," paid she, " I shall not let my sword and shield rust, believe me. Harry has only his own, talents to advance him in the world, and it will be *t least a year before we shall be ready to marry. In the meantime I shall ac­ cept the post of visiting physician to the Aldeubury almshouse and practice my ^jMfcyfessiou in Aldenbury, just the same as if there were no engagement." "I wish to goodness there wasn't," said Aunt Jo. "I tell you what, Mary, I don't fancy that smiling, smooth­ tongued young man of yours, and I never shall." Still Itactar Mary d&riznont kept bet temper. f "I am sorry, Aunt Jo," she said, pleasantly. " But I hope that you wilJ eventually change your mind." "I used to keep a thread-and-needle store when I was a young woman," re­ marked Aunt Jo, dryly, "and I always oould tell the ring of a counterfeit half- dollar wlieu a customer laid it on th« counter. I could then, and I can now-- and I tell you what, Mary, there's base metal about Harrv Marlow J" Doctor Mary bit her lip. " Perhaps. We will not discuss the subject further. Aunt Jo," die said, with quiet dignity, and the old lady said no more. "Aunt Jo is wrong!" persisted the prettv young M. D. to herself. " Mary is making a fool of .herself!" thought Aunt Jo. Aldenbury was a pretty manufactur­ ing village, with a main street shaded by umbrageous maples, a "westend," where Eeople w|i6 had made their fortnnes ved comfortably in roomy old houses, •urrounded by velvet lawns and terraced gardens, and an "east end," where peo­ ple fouglit. desperately and not always successfully to keep soul and body to­ gether on the merest pittance. And a little way out of the village the almshouses, built and endowed by a cer­ tain smuggling sea Captain, whose con­ science had pricked him during his lat­ ter days, raised their gray-stone gable* to the sky, and made a picturesque back­ ground to the landscape. Doctor Mary Clairmont made some­ thing of a sensation at Aldenbury. Up to this time all the resident M. D.'s had been snuffy old gentlemen with wigs o pert yoiyrg ones with eyeglasses. A beautiful young lady who wrote prescriptions and compounded pills and potions, was a novelty in the town, and t>y no means a disagreeable one. People tather liked the idea, once they had con - vinced themelves that the lady docta thoroughly understood herself and her patents And the poor old people at the alms­ house grew to love Doctor Mary and listen with eagrer ears for the sound ct her c u nage wheels over the blue gravw tirive which led up to the portico. It wan a brilliant December day when the young physician stood in the neatly carpeted reception-room, drawing on her fur gloves previous to entering her neat plioeton once again, while she re- Iterated to the white-capped maid some flircetinns concerning old Ann Mudgett's rheumatism, when the matron hur­ ried in. " Oh, I beg your pardon, Docto# Clairmont," said she, "but I clean forgot the new old woman !" "The new old woman," repeated Joctor Murv, with a smile. "That is," explained Mrs. Cunning­ ham, " she only oame last night--a quiet r>ld soul, half blind and quite bad with the asthma. Perhaps you'd better just lee her before you go. She brought a Bard of admission from Doctor Merton, the New York clergyman, who is one of anr directors, yon know. And she seems i decent boly enough." So Doctor Mary went cheerfully into thrt little bnck-paved room, with its white pallet-lied, cushioned rocking- shair and nentlv-draped casement, where Iftt a poor, little shriveled-up woman, wrapped in a faded shawl. She looked timidly up, as Doctor Mary came in, fxom under the borders 5f her cap. "I'm a poor body, mira." said she, "and Fm sensible I'm making a d-^al of trouble in the world. But the Lord lou't always take us, miss, when we'd like to go." " This is the doctor," said Mrs. Cun­ ningham. The little woman would hare risen up to make a feeble courtesy, but Doctor Mary motioned her to keep her seat. "What is your name?" said she, pleasantly. "Louise Marlow, miss." " Marlow ? That is an unusual name, isn't it?" said Mary Clairmont, coloring in spite of herself. "Were English, miss," said the old woman, struggling bravely with her asthma. "There ain't many of us in this oountry. I've a son, miss, in the law business, as any mother might be proud of." " A son!" eohoed Mrs. Cunningham; " and you in the almshouse!" " Not that it's his fault, ma'am," the did creature made haste to explain. "Mv son is to be married to a fine, proud young lady, as is fit for any prince in all the land, and of course he can't be ex­ pected to burden himself with a helpless old woman like me. He says I'm to write and let hin% know how I get along, and if I'm Bick or anything he'll try to see me. I sewed carpets until the asthma got hold of me, and supported mvself comfortably. But of course I couldn't lay up anything for a rainy day--who could ? Aid Henry couldn't help me, for he's getting ready to be married, poor lad! Bo I went to Dr. Merton and asked him did he know of any decent place where an old woman like me could end her days in peace. And he gave me a card to come here and some money to pay my traveling expenses--Gcd bless him !-- and liera I am !" Mary Clarimont had listened quietly to the garrulous tale, but the color had varied in her cheek more than once as she slood there. " Is your son's Dame Harry Marlow ?" she said, slowly and thoughtfully. "Yes, miss, at your service," said the old woman, with a duck of her white-capped head, which was meant to do duty in place of the impossible courtesy. " Is he like this?" said Doctor Mary, taking a photagraph from her pocket. " The old woman, with trembling hands, fitted on her iron-bowed spec­ tacles, and looked at the picture, utter­ ing a little cry of recognition. "Sure, miss, it is his own self," she cried. "You are acquainted with him, then ?" "Somewhat," said Doctor Mary, com­ posedly, as she returned the photograph to it's place. "And now 1 will leave you something to relieve this difficulty in breathing." But the old crone eyed her wistfully. "Perhaps you know the young lady my son is to marry ?" "Yes." said Doctor Mary, writing something in her proscription book. "I have seen her." "Perhaps, miss," faltered the old woman, 4'you would give her my humble duty, aud tell her I would just like to look at her for eace sad see -what r,he is like. There's no iear oi my troubling her, miss, for I mean to end my days here. But I would like to see her just onoe. And if it wouldn't be asking too much, miss, would yoa please write to my son, and tell where I am ?--for I'm no scholar myself, and I'm his mother, after alL" " I will write to him," said Doetor Mary, quietly; and so she went away. " 1 never see a lady doctor afore," said old Mrs. Marlow, with a long sigh. " But she's a pretty creetur, and it seems good to have her around. I hope she'll come again soon." " You may be very sure of that," said the matron, brusquely. " Doctor Clari­ mont ain't one to neglect poor people because they are poor." That evening Aunt Jo, frying crallers oyer the kitchen fire, was surprised by a visit from her meoe, who came in, all wrapped in furs, with her cheeks crim­ soned with the frosty, winter air. "Bless me! this ain't never you?" said Aunt Jo, peering over the runs of her spectacles. " I drove over to see you, Aunt Jo," said Mary, " to tell you that you were right. The metal was counterfeit." " Ehf" said Awmt Jo, mechanioally ladling out the brown, curly crullers, although she did not look at what she was doing. " I have written to Harry Marlow, canceling our engagement." said Doctor Mary, calmly, albeit her voice faltered a little. "The man who will heartlessly let his old mother go into an almshouse, sooner than take the trouble to maintain tier, can be no lit husband for any woman 1" And then she sat down by the fire and told Aunt Jo everything; for crabbed, crusty old Aunt joe had been like a mother to her, and the girl's heart was full to overflowing. When she had ceased speaking Aunt Jo nodded her head. "You have done well and wisely," said she. Old Mrs. Marlow died that winter, in Aldenbury almshouse, with her head on Doetor Mary Clarimont's arm, and never knew that her garrulous confessions had deprived her son of his promised wife. And Mary says quietly and resolutely that her profession must be husband and home to her henceforward. "Just what it ought to be," says Aunt Jo. " No woman every yet succeeded in doing two things at once." Aud ever thereafter Dr. Mary wore bloomers, fought for the rights of her sex and entertained an unquenchable dislike for the male sex. The Busy Mother. It is always a pity, says Lucy Stone, when circumstances compel the mothei of growing children to undertake any­ thing outside. A poor woman may bt driven by the hard condition of her lot, by the improvidence of her husband, oi by the hungry cries of her children, to" earn their bread. But she is an over­ burdened woman doing double duty. Home-making is a business. House­ keeping is a business. Bearing children is a business. Each of these is of great importance, both for the public and the Erivate welfare. In far the largest num-er of families, those occupations are all combined in one; and mother is ex­ pected to, and does undertake all. It is inevitable that she will be over-burdened in such a case. While her children are small, her care is not relieved even at night When they are older they may give her more anxiety still. The women who are worn and haggard-looking from their over-burdened lot. are everywhere. To expect or require from the home- makers, while the cliildren are young, any outside care or burden, is a sin. It is a very exceptional case which justifies such a woman in assuming other duties tWn those of her home, and, when it exists, it is almost always at the expense of her own family. DO'ST thou love life ?--Then do not *quan der valuable time--for that is the stuff life is made of--but procure at once a bottle of Dr. Ball's Cough Syrup for your Cough sod be cured. Your druggist |«eps It facts for the curious. THERE is a banyan tree on the banks of the Merbudua, in India, which meas­ ures 2,300 feet, or nearly half a mile, in circumference. Its foliage is the home of thousands of birds and monkeys. TOE abundance of herring ova spawned upon the coast of Labrador has been reported by a trustworthy observ­ er to be so great that he has seen the shore covered with it to the depth of two feet for several miles. ; A NEW theory of the so-called fascina­ tion of birds by snakes is that the bird mibtakes the snake's*tongue, which the reptile keeps in constant motion, for a lively worm, and watches it with the ex­ pectation of devouring it BACTEBIA is the general name given to the smallest forms of living organisms ; they are prevalent everywhere in nature, aiid there is reason to believe that they constitute the major part of the bodies of both animals and plants. THE tiger takes particular care of those terrible weapons, his claws. Trees are frequently seen in jungles scored with long vertical fissures to the height of eight or ten feet from the ground, where tigers have cleansed and sharp­ ened their claws. IT may not be generally known that cobwebs have been applied to various uses. The delicate cross-hairs in the telescopes of surveying instruments are fine webs taken from spiders of species that are specially selected for their pro­ duction of an excellent quality of this niBterial. The spider, when caught, is made to spin his thread by tossing him from hand to hand, in case he is indis­ posed to furuif h the article. The end is attached to a piece of wire, whicli is doubled into parallel lengths, the dis­ tance apart exceeding a little the diam­ eter of the instrument As the spider hangs and descends from this the web is wound upon it by turning the wire aboard, and as the crew had a long march before them most of them left all baggage behind. Every gun was load­ ed and in battery when Oliver left, aud the heavy doors of the magazine were thrown wide open. The crew had been on the march an hour wlien the explosion took place. Just in the gray of morning there came a terrible rumbling of the earth, fol­ lowed by a shock which made them stagger. A column of smoke and'flame shot up over the tree tops into the clouds, and from this tire spoilt came the distant boom of cannons discharged in mid-air, while shell shrieked a:id hissed in every direction. A monster solid shot from one of the big guns whaled over four miles of space and fell with an awful crash among the pints ahead of the little band, and they had seen the last of the Merrimac.--Detroit Free Press. History of the Tichborne Trial. The Tichborne case reads like a highly-colored work of fiction and may be briefly given as follows: Roger Charles Tichborne was born January 5, 1829, and was, after his father, heir to the title and large estates of his uncle, Sir Edward. Roger was educated in France and at the Roman Catholic Col­ lege of Stonyhurst, and when 20 years of age, entered the army. In the year 1852, Roger wooed the daughter of Sir Edward, his cousin Kate, but her parents were opposed to the match, and the young man resigned his commission in the army and went to sea. On June 19, 1853, he arrived at Valparaiso, and on April 20, 1854, sailed from Rio de Janeiro for New York in the ship Bella, a vessel that was lost. In March of the year 1853, Sir Edward died, and was succeeded by his brother James, the father of Roger ; and Sir James died June 11, 1862, and, as it was believed Roger had been lost at sea, was suo- arouud. The coils are then gummed to f'^ed by Alfred his second son and • k » ' « « A r\tt WA V* a 14 Wi\il a the wire aud kept for use as required. A century ago, a pair of gloves and a pair of stockings were made from the thread of the spider. They were very strong and of a beautiful gray color. Other attempts of the kind have been made but with moderate success. brother of Roger. Alfred died in February, 1866, and was sueceeded by a posthumous son, born in May, 1866. Lady Tichborne, in the meantime, was not on " good terms" with the rest of the family, and in her peculiar and pro­ nounced way manifested her feeliug. In TW„ D t> T> -I. a- • ,rs. i 1865 6he began to advertise in the Eng- ^ 8 1 i l i s h a u d A u s t r a i l i a n n e w s p a p e r s f o r Star), wliicl* rises about 10 o'clock in the evening during the month of No­ vember, is the largest and perhaps nearest of the fixed stars. In order to make its amazing distance from us un­ derstood, I will say that there are some­ thing over 1,006,000 of people in New York city, and from the Battery to Spuyten Duyvil is thirteen miles. Both the length of this island and its number of people can be easily comprehended. There are a thousand times as many people in the rest of the world as in New York, and a thousand can also be easily comprehended, for the number can be counted in five minutes. Now if all the inhabitants in New York, and all the inhabitants in the rest of the world beside, should walk the distance from the Battery to Spuyten Duyvil and return every day for five years, and tli£se distances should be added together, the would be the distance to the Dog Star, viz : (fifty trillions) 50,000!,- 000,000,000 oi miles! THE strange Dragon's-Blood tree OF the Canaries excites a deep interest on account of its immobility, like some huge, rocky cliff, which has been a well- known landmark for long ages. Famous for its strange look, its great size and longevity, it is no less so for the station­ ary-condition of its .growth. The legends of Teneriile proclaim that this tree was worshiped by the original inhabitants, and in the fifteenth century the Roman priests celebrated cnass in the interior of its trunk, where there are still stand­ ing the rums of a rude altar. So little has this tree grown since its discovery in 1402 that no pereeptible change in the circumference can be noted. Nearly 480 years have made no difference in its girth. When Humboldt ascended the peak of Teneriffe, in 1799, he found it forty-five feet around a little above the level of the ground, and thus it has been from time immemorial. What sugges­ tions of antiquity this fact carries ! It may be fancied standing a great tree far back in remote ages antedating the very beginning of reliable history. Materials of Which Fieh Are Composed Considered from the stand-point of j Australia, the food-value, fish, as we buy them in the market, consist of (1) Flesh, or edi­ ble portion, and (2) Refuse--bones, skin, entrails, etc. The proportions of refuse in diifrrent kinds of fish, and of different samples of the same kind, in different conditions, vary widely. Thus a sample of flounder contained 68 per cent, of ref use and only 32 per cent, of flesli, while one of halibut steak had only 18 per cent, of refuse and 82 per cent, of edible materials. Among those with the most refuse and least edible flesh are the flounder, porgy, bass, and perch. Among those with the least refuse are fat shad, fat mackerel, salmon, and dried and salt fislu The edible portion consists of (1) Water, and (2) Solids, actual nutrients. The proportion of water and solids in the flesh of various kinds of fish are much more variable than most people would suppose. Thu3 the flesh of floun­ der had 85 per cent, of water and only 15 per oent. of solids, while that of salmon contained 36$ per cent, solids and 63J per cent, water, and the flesh of dried, smoked, and salt fish have still less l Roger, who, it will be remembered, had , been absent, i. e., dead, nearly twelve i years. In the year following a butcher ! of Wagga Wagga, Austraila, supposed ! to be Arthur Orton, but called himself I Thomas Castro, announced that lie was Roger Charles Tichborne, and that he ; had been saved from the wreck of the ' ship Bella. This person after some cor- | respondence with Lady Tichborne, set ! sail for England, reaching London on | Christmas, 1866, and in the month of j January, of the next vear met Lady ! Tichborne at Paris, and was accepted j by her as her son, and furnished with | funds. Lady Tichborne was almost the ; only member of the family who recog­ nized him, all the others repudiating him as an imposior. For some months he went about England collecting evidence, ; securing witnesses, and obtaining such information in reference to the real Roger as would be valuable. In March the first action was commenced by the j " claimant" filing a bill in chancery, i the real issue of which was to enable him to prove himself to be the veritable I Roger, and the rightful owner of the j title and estates. The case did not come to trial for nearly four years, because of j commissions being Bent to South i America aud Austrailia ; and in the in­ terval Lady Tieilrborne died. The trial began May 11, 1871, and, with two ' adjournments, it continued 103 days, till March 6, 1872, when the jury interposed, ! declaring themselves satisfied that the I " claimant " was not Roger Tichborne, i and he was non-suited. He was at once i ordered into custody to be tried for per- ; jury, but was later released on baiL The ! perjury trial was commenced April 23, j 1874, when he was found guilty and sen- I tenced to fourteen years of ]>enal servi- I tude ; he was sent to Millbauk, and later j transferred to Dartmoor prison. The estates of the Tichborne were valued at I £24,000 a year. The first trial was be­ fore the Court of Common Pleas, and ; the perjury trial was before the court of ' the Queen's Bench. It was settled beyond reasonable doubt that the ! " claimant" was Arthur Orton, who emi­ grated from London, his native place, to and because of evil-doing changed his name to Castro. There are, how ever, many in England who believe, and still claim, that Orton is Roger Charles Tichborne. AM Old Adag« Twilled. A New York man tells in the Evening Post how he was c&red of interfering in other people's business. He lives near a police-station, and upon one occasion saw a crowd moving toward the station- house and a poor-looking woman strug­ gling between two officers. He knew nothing about the reason of the arrest, but became ar'once interested on notic­ ing that the prisoner was a middle-aged decent-lookiug woman, apparently not intoxicated, entreating to be let go. He followed the crowd to the station-house, succeeded in getting in, determined tb see fair play, and took a position in front of the sergeant's desk, before whom the woman was placed and at once charged bv the office with disorderly conduct. They found her in the middle of the street, talking loudly and wildly at sev­ eral men and boys and offeringjto fight As she did not obey their directions to go home they resolved to " take her in." She struggled with them all the way^p • the station-house, making night hidepfus by her shrieks, etc. The woman all this while remained calm and quiet, and the sergeant asked her what she had to say to the charge. She at once commenced a tirade against those who had caused her arrest She said that she was quietly sitting on the step when several loafers came along, and insulted her, one of them slappiug her in the face ; that she " went for them," and a skirmish ensued; that the police came up and instead of arresting them arrested her. At this moment she turned her eyes on the good-natured citizen or bystander, who was there to see that she had fair play, and exclaimed in a voice of thunder : "There's one th^ loafers now." With that she planked her shut bony fist with full force right m her champion s left eye. His championship ended in an instaut, and her case was settled by the sergeant Ordering the officers to ".take her downand they had their hands full. The " champion's " eye was badly blacked, and when he told his wife about the case she reminded him of the well • worn story of the man in Tennessee wlic was hung for not minding his own business. '•BKCAME SOUND AUD WELM HATOHEB'S STATION, Ga., March 27, 1876. R. V. PIKECE, M. D.: Dear Sir--My wife, who had been ill for over two years, and had tried many other medicine*, became sound and well by using your "Favorite Prescription." Mv niece wan also cured by its use, after several phyticiaiiB had failed to do her any good. Yours truly, THOMAS J. MKTHVIN. Home. Dr. Holmes says : I never saw a gar­ ment too fine for a man or maid ; there never was a chair too good for a cobbler (Mr a cooper or a king to sit in; never a house too fine to shelter the human head. These elements about us, the glorious sun, the imperial sun, are not too good for the human race. Elegance fits man. But do we not value these tools a little more than they are worth and sometimes mortgage a house for the mahogany we bring into it? I had rather eat my din­ ner off the head of a barrel, or dress after the fashion of John the Baptist in the wilderness, or sit on a block all my life, than consume all myself before I got to a home, and take so much more pains with the outside than the in­ side which was hollow as an empty nut. Beauty is a great thing, but beauty of garment house, ami furniture are tawdry ornaments compared with do­ mestic love. All the elegance in the world will not make a home, and I would give more for a spoonful of real hearty love than for whole ship-loads of furni­ ture and all the gorgeousness all the upholsterers in the world can gather, t SICK and bilioiu headache, and all derange- meniK of Btomach and bowels, cured bv Dr. Pierce's '"Pellets"--or anti-bilious granules. 25 cents a vial. No cheap boxes to allow waste of virtues. By druggists. Almmrt Vonnif igaln. My mother was afflicted a lon_c time with Neuralgia and a dull, heavy, inactive condition of the whole system ; headache, nervous pros­ tration, and was almost helpless. No phvpi- ' cians or medicines did her anv good. Three ! months ago she began to use Hfop Buters, with i such good affect that she seems and feels vouna again, although over 70 years old. We thi3 there is no other medicine fit to use in the fam­ ily. " -A lady in Providence, R. I.--Journal. Fogg put his foot into it bodily when he was introduced to Mrs. Smith and her daughter. He wished to say some­ thing neat and gallant Addressing the daughter, said h^, "Really, madam, I never should have suspected that that lady was your daughter. I suppose !, of course, that you were sisters; I did, I assure you." "Thank you, Mr. Fogg," replied Miss Smith. "You were per­ fectly right in thinking that lady could not be my daughter. She is my mother, sir." Fogg went off in a hurry, calling somebody or other a confounded fool, while Miss Smith was heard to remark, indignantly, '^Sisters, indeed!" - On Thirty Days' Trial. The Yoltaio Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will •end their Electro-Voltaic Belts ana other Eiee- tric Appliances on tnal for thirty davs to any person Afflicted with Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality and kindred trouble?, guaranteeing complete restoi fition of vigor aud manhood. Address as above without delay. N. B.--No risk is incurred, m thirty 4ays' trial is allowed. II<» Had Mronchttta. A prominent physician of Cleveland, Ohio- says : " I owe my life to Piso's Cure." He had bronchitis. Messrs. Cram ft Bro., Cook's Mills, DL, say that " Piso's Cure for Consumption sells readi­ ly, and is giving universal satisiaclion." J. T. Biedsoe, Franeesvilie, lud., writes • "Piso's Cure is giving general satisfaction. My sales last year increased about one-half over former years." x - Da. Wnrcrax's Teething Syrup has nsvst faflsd to give immediate relief when used ii cases of Bummer Complaint, Cholera-mfantum. or pains in the stomach. Mothers, when youi little darlings are suffering from these or kin­ dred causes, do not hesitate to give it a trial You will surely be pleased with the charming effect Be sure to buy Dr. Winehell's Teething Bvrup. Sold by all druggists. Only 26 c» nt* per bottle. FOR DYBPSFSIA, indigestion, depression of spirita and general debility in their various forms, also as a preventive against fever and Rfjue and other intermittent fevers, the Fkkr > PHOSPHORATED EUXIB or CILISAVA BARK, made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic, and for pti- tients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. Foa Headache, Constipation, Liver Complaint and all bilious derangements of the tUood, there is no remedy as sure and safe as Eilert's Day­ light Liver Pills. They stand unrivalled in re­ moving bile, toning the stomach and in giving healthy action to the liver. Bold by all druggists. IF you are hairless and cappy there is one way aud no more by which you may be made care­ less and happy--use OABBOLINK, a deodorized extract of petroleum, it will positively make new hair grow. FOB Rheumatism, Sprains and Bruises, usa Uncle Barn's Nerve and Bone Liniment, sold by all druggists. llKMtY'S CAUKOMC HAT.VE It th« BKST iSALVK for CuL% Kruinea, Sores, Utaera, 8aIt Rheum. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Coins, nnd all kinds oi Skin Kiui>'u>n*. Frcckles a.id Pimptas. liet HKNKY'S CARKOLIO SALVE, as all otfiers art count ei tails. Price, ifr cento. TOgMEMT, IHDEEP. lift's vexations do not generally come oa«M Hie a storm descending the mountain or like a Whiflwina: tliey come *s the raixi does in some sections of the world--gently, but every day. One of life's discomforts is presented herewith: / According to popular impression, / net weather, mosquitoes ana toad (lop all flourish it the same timeani are chargeable to the malefic Influence of .the Dog Star. Speakingof and the I>og8t.arre- • minds «-• of a boy's story Of a dogRnd the comet, •and which we here give in a short extract from, the boy's letter: "Golly. •Bob, you ought to ha* been there la.-t night to S-feen the fun. Tom XWinkins' dorg Teddies was a-settin' at the gate a-e&r.in' at the Comit. When along comes ola Bytes durned rat tar- „ , - - - over the fence and the 2 fought. The tarrier proved too much for Tod- ales, ana afore they could haul him off the bafr- H? ground he had made a good square meal off his hide. Tom was in despair. A kind looking gentleman in abroad brim hat told him to get a nettle of ST. JACOBS OIL and rub him with it. and . It would cure him in no time. What does Tom GO but steal into the chapel at Vesper time and Wide into Father Jacobs copfesslonal box and beg of him a bottle of his oil with which to rub : his dorg- The Father felt of Tom's head; it waa hot an afore Tom could utter a prayer, two men werelnggm' him home followed by a great crowd, who I1"1!-** s safe_ distance, thinking he a rier and A Kiss on the Sly. There is to be found much refresh­ ment in a well-proportioned kiss. This much everybody acknowledges, though only a frank few hav« the courage to ac­ knowledge it openly. As it is a curious fact, yet unexplained by the philoso­ phers, that the slyer the kiss is the more is in it of refreshment. A kiss that is paid as a forfeit before a whole room full of people is prosaic, not to aay embarrassing. The girl laughs, which spoils the romance, and the fellow, ten to one. blushes--neither of them thinking much of it, and they are l»oth apt pretty soon to forget all about it But let the same fellow kiss the same girl when nobody is looking, and the situ­ ation ia as different as possible. That sort of a kiss, fired off in a hurry behind the door or in a conservatory, is like an electric shock, and is as sweet as cream. • - , , . . ., 1 The taste of it sort of holds on and con- water Lean beef contains on the aver- , suggests the propriety-^r im- age, 25 percent, or one quarter its weight ; rfet ^ the case may be-of trying of solids, tfie other three-quarters being | £ And the laughing and blush- ing are exactly reversed. The fellow laughs without spoiling the romanoe a bit, and the girl blushes like a pink carnation. It is queer that the very same thing should, under such slightly altered cir­ cumstances, be so entirely different, nor is it any the less queer because the dif­ ference has existed from the earliest age of the world.--Philadelphia Times. ,re, 25 percent, or one quarter its weight of solids, the other three-quarters being water, while fat pork has one-half solids. Ordinary fresh meats are from one- half to three-fourths water, while the water in fresh fish varies from three- fifths to six-sevenths of the whole. To find the actual nutritive materials of a sample of fish, we must first sub- straet the refuse, the entrails, bones, etc., which leaves the flesh. Then we must allow for the water in the flesh. What remains will be the total edible solids, the actual nutritive material. The per centages of edible suliils in the different samples of fish were more varied than those of ref- aad water. Thus 100 pouuds of Still Larger. An enterprising tobacconist in Lon­ don, whose name was Far, advertised ^ ^ himself and his wares simultaneously by flounder contained only five pounds of j writing up in conspicious lettering over actual nutrients; 100 pounds of had- his store, "The best tobacco by Far. dock, nine pounds ; of bluefish, eleven pounds; of ood, twelve pounds; salt mackerel, sixteen pounds ; shad, sixteen pounds; salt cod, twenty pounds; salmon, twenty-seven pounds, and smoked herring, twenty-eight pounds.-- American Agriculturist. A rival on the opposite side of the way not to be outdone, at once proclaimed the superiority of his stock by advertis­ ing, " Far better tobacco than the best tobacco by Far." This reminds the New York Mail of the story of the miner who, returning from the far West to civ­ ilization, saw a sign up outside a show, " The largest bear in the world." After paying his twenty-five cents and enjoy­ ing the sight, he noticed another sign ! across the street, "Lager beer," anijl a** j once returned and demanded his money I back, on the ground that it h«d been extorted under false pref%ce«'* »* there The Last of the Merrimac. The Merrimac was lying off Tanner's creek when the Confederates evacuated Norfolk, and the orders were to run her up the James river. She was lightened until her iron plates no longer protected her bottom, and yet she drew too much , , - - water for the river. She had no pilot was a iwger bear over the way. for any other river or harbor, mgst of her ballast was gone, and it was deter­ mined to destroy her. Tne Merrimac was run ashore on Cra- ney island, her crew landed, and then Oliver, the Gunner, set fire to her and laid a powder train to her magazine. All her guns and ammunition were left GEN. LKE is said to have asked a straggler, whom he found eating green persimmons, if he did not know they were unfit for food. " I'm not eating them for food, General," replied the man. " I'm eating them to draw up my stomach to fit my rations." Photographing in Theatres. In one of the new theatres now ap­ proaching completion there will be a photograph gallery, where the portraits of visitors can be taken by litue light. This is a capital idea, and many people, especially ladies, will doubtless avail themselves of the opportunity to be taken in evening dress, the facilities for which purpose are not at present great. A photograph is pre-eminently a thing done in a hurry and on the impulse, and few people would send a ball dress to the photographer's the day before and put on by daylight in his boudoir; while the other alternative, of driving in evening dress down street at noon, is Btill more distasteful. Quite naturally you go frosn the the dinner table to the theatre, and in the same dress, from your box to the operating room.--Ixjn- don Court Circular. Yocxo men, and middle-aged ones, suffering from nervous debility and Jcindred weaknesses, send three stamps for Part V1L of Dime Heries Books. Addie^s WOHLJD B DISPEXSABY-MJCDICAL ASSOCIATION, lluifalo, N. 1'. Grapes as 'Food. According to the views entertained by Dr. Hartsen. of Cannes, in France, the organic acids in grapes deserve more consideration, dieteticully, than they hav« generally received, and their nutri­ tive value has been as commonly under­ rated. It is known that they are changed to carbonic acid in the blood, and possi­ bly careful researches will show that they are convertible into fats. It is thought that they should be ranked with the carbo-hydrates as food; they have also been found a valuable diet in fever, and the well-known "grape cures "in the Tyrol prove their benefit in other diseases. Get Out Doors. The close confinement of all factory work eives the operatives pallid faces, poor appetite, languid, miserable feelings, poor blood, in­ active liver, ki ineys and urinary trouble-*, and all the physicians and medicine in the world cannot nelp them unless they get out of doors or use Hop Bitters, the purest and best rem­ edy, especially for such cases, having abundance of health, sunshine aud rosy cheeks in them. They cost bat a trifle. See another column.-- Christian liecorder. been, bit by a mad dorg. The more he kicked f S" screamed to be let free, the tighter they held " him. In reference to another torment, the ... CnVcagU HWera OxtWie recently wrote: "Mr. - Joel TFTHarvey. IT. 8. Collector of Internal Reve­ nue, of this city, has spent over two thousand dollars on medicine for his wife, who was sufier- • tog dreadftilh- from rheumatism, and without derivinB any benefit whatever; yet two bogles of ST. JACOBS OIL accomplished what the moat deri •killftil medical men failed in doing. V e could •. g i v e t h e n a m e s o f h u n d r e d s w h o h a v e b e e n c u r e d . DV this wonderful remedy did space permit us. " si The latest man who has been maoe harpy through the use of this valuable liniment is Mr. ' James A. Conlan, librarian of the Vnion f'atbolio Library of this ei; The following is Mr. Coo* . lan's indorsement: ; UNION CATHOLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATIOH,! 301 Dearborn Strrrt, V ' CHICACO, Pept. IB, 18fl0. J I wish to add my testimony to the merits or ST. JACOBS OIL as a cure for rheumatism. One hot- « tie has cured me of this troublesome disease, which gave me a grent deal of bother for a leng time; but, thanks to the remedy, 1 am cured. This statement is unsolicited by any one in its inter- * est. Very respectfully, JAMKS A. CONLAN, Librarian. I»K. <;KI:KN'S OXY«;KNATEI> BITTKKS Is tlie b«<.t rwnodj for Dyspepaia, Biliousness, Malaria, In ticAstktn, end DSKUMOI the Blood, Kidneys, Liver, Skin, etc. _ . IKJRMVS CATABRII SNUFV cores all affections of the irtsooos membrane, of the b«id and throat. tfifi a weak ia year own town. Term* and $S irattl 900 free. Addieu H. HALLETT A Co., Port.and,Me. MM 101 Cm »en»' Pumstlfr Fill* make New Rich' Blood, and will completely chango the blood in thai entire system in three inonths. Any person whoi Will take our j>jn paoli r.iglit from 1 to 12weeks ma bo geatoivd to sonii.l health, it such a thins: be ro--8ible. Bold everywhere or sent bv mail (or 8 letter rtanir®. I. 8. JOIINMIN A:. CO., Boston, ft'iih rlv lliiticor, lip. 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AtiFNTN WANTED for the Best and Fastest- Selling Pictorial Hooks and Bihleo Prices reduced 83 per ct. NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.. Ciiica«o. 11L bv twill to any address "IJIKHJ receipt of one dollat per pair. Call or address, suiting size wanted, TH| JDAOS KTON A IMM.IANCK Co., Sole Manufacturers, -it Btalestreet,Chicago. HI. N. R--A iron is and Canvassers wanted In every city; VilUuteand town In the Union, to sell our Mastneti® Appliances nnd Insole*. Address, with stamp, fof trruis, etc.. The Magneton Appliance Co., 214 StaMfc Street, Chicago, 111. " WELL," exclaimed Mrs. Goodington as she put down the glass of water in disgust, "perhaps they're right; maybe it isn't delirious to health, but it's nn- parable enough to the taste, goodness knows. It's perfectly contagious, and I'd as lief drink so much bulge water. Why can't they stop the collusion of that nasty Piggin Brook, I wonder; and I wonder, too, if swallowing elergy, as they call it, is wholesome. Guess if they had to drink it, themselves, instead of Apollo and Vicious water, they wouldn't thiuk it wasn't delirious." And the old lady scowled an unwonted scowl at the " uaparahle "leverage that badly bqflMtte her usually serene countenance. ^-Boston Transcript. ̂ " The Gods Help thorn who help th nwelves," and Nature in­ variably helps those who take W&rasr'a Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. GOD is pleased With no music below so much as the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orpians, of rejoicing, comforted and thankful persons. KIDNEY WORT will cure kidney and liver dia Mm) aud worst oases of piles. OPIUM $777 •Af E13 thebeat'Piizslesince the" t • W JITST THK THF Morphine Habit Cared fx M t«» 20 daj». Xi»pay nil Cared. i)lt. J. OTKCHKNS. Lubunou. Obi).. A YEAR and expenses te Agents. Outfit frw>. Address H. O. Vlckerj* Auguata, Me. AGKN/TS everywhere to sell the teat Puzzle sine JUST THK THING ijpR THE HOLIDAYS. Send for circulars. Sample, L&e. ACME PCZZIJE CO., P.O. 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ICA.V VVATCMrCO., PITiBUUGIl, PA. the Btreiii < Tour tltiti'-a avoid eMnuilantfartd as© Hop Bitters. it you are youns and I discretion or dTasipal rimi or single, olil or I poor health or languish I uess. rtljr on H O p | Whoever yoa are, whenover you feel that your system t. e '. - ckMnsin£, ton- inn or ftimiiiating, without in? ox- cfUt'np, tal-. e Hop Blttera. Have yon dy- pt-psia. kuiwy or urinarjeum- ;r!<iinl, ilLae.iae of the stomacht funre.ra, fclooti, iit*r or nerit# t Yoa will be eiired if you use Hop Bitters If you are «lra- v cak and ,niriiod.try It may; save your I Ife. It has. saved hurt dretis. terstoilinaov night won. to . tors brain Mrveand |WMU, turn Hop B. I tion; if you an nsr lyouus.soiterinff froas ling on a bed at tfok- Bitters. nonaasds (Us an­ nually from form of i~ " " > disease have been prsveo by a timely aw of HopBttters iroo D--» ft&daa& en prevented HOP EVER O. L O. ia an absolute and trrsiini ble curs for drankeiuMat, use ut opium, tobacco,or narootlet Sold bydrofr-gtsta. Beadfor Circular. «T« CO., (nMSMI A Tomote, Onl. ASTHMA <.erwan ANtbwn t'nre uever/ai/» toc.ve tw. mediate relirj in the worst c.isea, insures c 'Hit rf ables!s«t>; effec • rurei where all otheis .'ail, A Irwlnmi"!'" !*»• m tl tkrp-i-cl Price, .30.-. and • I.OOof Drutfgisli or by ra«il. Ssinula FRElv Stamp. DR. R. 8CH11 FM AN, St. Paid, Minn. «Ma | VU 18 HtOOTT. Tk« "aafciaal art [ If U I SI «*•; / gytrnUi Sa. MltL sa!« PIC?® 0 e W tisii Siium.-Mi--J WM / < mi Witarf vifl ht / ? tort «f fcai?,. ® eos&ecW &se <tS m ST i&Eae, tiBM Bad place of iag. . MOB*} NffurMd w al] n-ss sausSeJ. jj>TTiTfti SO Mm*') 'ri. towa. iSus If yoa are Interested In the inquiry--Which is the best Liniment for Han tod Beast?--this is the answer, at­ tested by two generations: the M£XI€AM MU8TANtt LINI­ MENT. Hie reason is sta­ ple. It penetrates every son, wound, or lameness, to the very bone, and drives out all Inflammatory and morbid mat­ ter. It44 goes to the root" of the trouble, and never Ails to cue ia double quick ttaM, Ha I WHEN WR1THTU TO AOTEKT1SEK8. please say yea SKW tke advertise aura* ehm p«Mr> /trmrm sonatina from cntnl dahility to such aa u vtioi of a month did not mire am much nU tad ehilta. At this time I bagiui tha < eral dahility to such aa extent Wwt say labor waj eic I much relief, bnt o» tb® •̂•itrar», laseofyoor IKONTOVU-. GurruMXN^l waa <HMM to me. A vaer-Uoa increased prostration aad alised almost Immediate i was not permanently abated. 1 taava aaed to bottles or th® Tonic. MS>» U«' bor that I ever did in the same time daring my illness, aati with do«bl.» ti» »a>s« . - -- or o! body, baa oom* alaa a elaaraass of thoosOt never S'tore *a.'07*d. If the Tosj» n«a nasfloaa W • -- J. P. WATSOK. Pastor Christian Church. TlW.Ol 11 Uu;ad that af oatotal MMS it £ have doaetwiretks te> VTith the traaguti am and vigor of body, has oom* alaa a tutmw work.1 know not what. I give it the credit THm trie Tomim tm a\ prstuiraffsn •/ fsjcMr of frsn, F*asis- r<SM Mtmrk, siuf Mas pAafss, assssteM wUk (Me rsfcfaUs ^rsmatln. Ml serves every surpass where ' • Tenia <e *»seessary., UMMINB If TM OR. MARTI* MKDICIMC CO.. /mm/c.