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> J ' F v " " • * T f ; •;#,... , Y>*.v* v *' .,1 ^ * ;w*££:3u •nr-i, *!»«;• 5r2i,« #o5i, Aatir in the rtwiled wlioSI AU MM«, It havh the brook's wi'd cry of the m. ',#L ' U\. Oh, hu-h and hear! f 8»wt, nw< et mid clear, j Aluvp the leftist's whir# Aud hum of Iw that soft, pathetic karma * IM£* ' ;*< to tto'meedftw-grMO W ?jt The Jnnorent white dal«t«e - J 'I The dandelion p'ume doth paea ! ^ ' Vine >• to and frit-- • Tho unquiet spirit of a S9#K, Tliftt hath too brief an ho«r. "So* do.tli a littlt- cloud a'.l white, Or golden bright, DWft down the mam KW «ky Is t ;. i And now on the Uomon line • Where du»t>- wood ;an<t» lie, jy - | A sunny niii-t doth tdilne, Like to a veil before a holy abrtM, ' T Concealing, half r< v<a.ing, lUagi DilMk .yvwtff M _ >wer fikner. Faulkner 8wret, sweet. aweet la the wina'a «on«, Astir in the rlppied wl A 1 dky iouR. That esqu oite mui-ic cajC The naper everywhere-- Life and death tunat The goideu harreet 80 doth all end-- •«' Honored phUoaoplyr, iio!enoe ana ai l. The b'oom of the heart},;.,;' , • KmW', Coupler, Friend, • Rake Thon the harvest of oar4M0t ' To fall within thy w..ye. JSACHKLOFCS SUPPEB „.,f® *•;: •' - • I sS^thie is to© b** Aiflt tW. cssi »nch a night, and giva usnoth- to drink but settsor water." -s- " ".Tempeiiwaf, iaydflrf^R-IWK*' : Is k temperance man." teems--temperate it* ptino- as well as in other good jgp. JJe asks his friend for 8, and then doesn't keep the appoint­ ment himself," and Frank H or ton kfcked a huge yule log, ifhich was . feprniug briskly by the fire, with some impatience, and then. turned rouu l once more, and looked at a well-spread aup- jfcr table^ which was laid for live, poiat- rny with a sort of wave of contempt to the live bottles of tempt ranee drink on . the table--on» for eatfi goeat, < while at . oibeaaoi* time he siade tha obueevatfdfi, " Who is the fifth ? There are only wftr **H us.". '* ' ' " ? * '* *Horton was 4 very yontag man--tne '^dnng^st of tMe party ; bat'he was the most fastidious on the subj<¥f bt" e&ltife' aprf (hiking, ^ The otl^or .fovo mei| '«#N ~]iPV8 as bl- rm r.-i .,*?» 'rv W ' ' 1 • 'i f- 4 a -A r « T-** v\: &' V * * „ 4 k i5*' M - I MR _ coi^r^rted |o Uxe new princuilee 4ts If was; yer they could nnklt^p enjoy­ ing h 8 extreme discomfitur^. The iour mrnvhov afr Pick Faulknc£«s .expense, vtre to snp Wcretker on that. especial v night had been thrown out of an invita­ tion to 3tay in a country honsa in the neighliorhood by the sudden illness of ' Mr. Deiit, the boat. Dwk "fanlkneev •»;a sbggested that they should adyrmrn to 'tike hotel fn a certain town about six « mites from the house in question^ and iAere lie, beinaf the richest, (mid he ' ^)ttld stand treat to his three friendfC i Except (he rMidents at the house' * Where they'bad intended to spend the , ^ay, noi>e 6f tbem had any acquaint- " anoes in the neighborhood. It w»s, theiefore, the more remarkable that Mr. Faulkner should be absent at the very hour when he had appaiutei put tue •*#$&: ^oaliuary powers of the hotel to the test. " Wwk always waa -eccenttic," InrUier >."itftnuu-ked Horton, iurniug a chair Ground trom the table and placing himself in the very front of the fire--" alwaysfeo- oentric, and I should not wonder if be plays us some devilish bricS before tUis . night is over. He will not pay foe our nippers for nothing, tle'll hare some ;~«$tauge cmt of ua, cw I am mistaken in man."' " So much the better; this isn't the •ftrt of evening one wants to pass like ? rfirery other evening in the year." " Temperance drink!" mutt^ed Hoar- «•'«.-fin. with horror. • The clock struck a quarter past 8-- JsSfelf past--and no symptom of the host. '. Horton's patience was quite gone, '"ffcat of the other two was fast ebbing Sflfray, when suddenly they were rendered oblivious of the selfish cravings hunger yrompts by a shriek--a prolonged, fem- miue shriek. - Horton was inclined to be romantic, " i#d immediately imagined that it was 'filtered by some exquisitely (air damsel |B tlie very d rest distress. "To the rescue, my brothers!" he 4fied, snatching up the poker, and •mouldering it forthwith. • Aud then, followed by the other two, lie proceeded into' the passage. It was dark. None of the trio knew the geog­ raphy of the house, but they tramped on bravely in the directioa of the scream. Before they had proceeded far Hie avanl courrier emphasized his *ari'li for Uk> distressed a,aid by taking licader dowu a flight of steps. He eked himself up again without much ngQ being dime, bat he lost the poker. The wetoy exploration, of an almost interminable passage was the next vent- '^e. !\t the end of it. however, sharp g|r«® Selected a door with light peeping wfough tlie chinks. Toward this door Horton manfully his slept, ̂ tli« |«b others hold­ ing on by his coat-tails. He was about to *.! " form into thia room, when snd- • "ifcttly the door was thrown op an, -Mid Di<*k Faulbnpr appeared, with a facte of ' l^iftsHy paleness in the bright 1i«ht. ;i , «« Havt you, seen a ghoatf" asked afik, merrily, bul: he received no swer to ^3 quftstidtf. Dick Faulkner caped down the lengtlpr passage, up , e.fligStoj step^ into his own room, 5 fire,,its substantial 5 iv {|liail"s, a^d its temperance drihljs. Tne tli|ee pen he had left behind him •tiigpaifefafd ip vain--there was no woman 1 Ho be wen auywl^ra. Who could have -•»#ttered that scream? .Having satisfied tiMttiamaelv^s on the point of there being - 1A0 ono-ttiere, -thev prepnrM to return to the deserted supper table,, Thu'time ^ortwLbrousrht up the rear. : f Arrived at the steps, he paused for a • us th<» offliers H "Ifcod t-tart, I dWffce had not pemeiv^d in the fitter dartaie#m opened al>out three inch- ' m-^iWnffOBt * |^eam of light,- and a • I f r S w o e - a a W : - • < * . ' . • r . < • 'Is he cfi'Tie? '•' Hplti tni.-- » " • of thmurht on the name of "Haw yfrt" long f** she asked. "About two years," he answered, briefly, still to# much taken up by gas- ing to waste his energy in words. "Two years only---then it au hap* pened before ?" It! What was it?. But Frank at that particular moment did not feel any over* whelming curiosity to ask. " la he a drunkard?" was the lady's next question, abruptly put. Frank thought of the five bottles of aeltzer, and shuddered. She evidently misconstrued his meaning, for, sinking down on a sofa beside her, she hid her eyes with her hands, and gave a litfle sob, as she said : "I knew it--I knew it. Ah ! if you had an idea what I have suffered from this man, and to meet him here ! ' " Faulkner is a good fellow," put in Frank, a little hesitatingly. He was too loyal not to try and de­ fend his friend, though he was desper­ ately inclined to make love to the lady himself. *' You HOSTS always hang together," she said, getting up once more, and pacing excitedly about the room. " Do you know who I aat ?"ahe asked, after awhile. frank shook his head. * ' - "I am Mrs. Faulkner." that he was marned ! . " Ol course not, my dasu? Mr. '-- > \* Horkai," mterrupte^ ha •' Of course not, my dear Mr. When was Mr. Faulkner ever ki speak tlie truth ? Will you sit a few minutes while I till you a of my history, and let me explain how it is that I am in this hotel with only my maid ?" Frank thought momentarily of the good supper in the room at the top of the steps; but the magic power of the beauty conquered, and he sat down with scarcely any regret She looked very bewitching, as she sat With the light falling on her face now the fire ; atul Frank decided thiM| could not be more (Uan four - aud • ty, and that it would l>e imperative ounim to expostn- lafe with Faulkner on her account i%l^q had real y been bas# enough to ill-jise fliis beautiful young creature. " On a CJirietttus eve, five yeare a^b;" 'began;'"Mr®w(tS mother at Mr. Pant'i s. It own to for ethiug it six miles :om f here. It was tfii ft I met Mr. Faulkner, 1 was foolish etidhgh to listen to him, and in l£ss tiiati a week I "had promised to lie Faulkner's wife. My mother objected; Out i ym a headstrcmg girl, as I am a seli-willad woman, and opposition only served to make me the more positive that Faulkner was the only man in whorff I shdulif ever find n>y Ideal. We married in the spring, against every one's •wishes, and lh a Very few yered that n|y husband W: weeks I diafioyered that mv husband Vas alttttatk "A lunatic! Panlknex a lunatic! Why he is as sane as I am, " said Hbrtqn, in much amazement. , " It matters little whether the brain i» affected from the us# of alcohol or fiom hereditary disease," she answered; "the effect is the same." Frank thought s! the ssrsy of bot^cs on the supper table, and wondered whether the betfutiful woman's love for Faulkner would be reawakened when she learned how entirely ha had in­ formed; but h$ ma^Le mo observation, and she went on. "To give you an idea of Mr. Faulk­ ner's vile and disgraceful treatment of me were impossible. Suffice it to say that his cruelty, his brutality, when he waa under the influence of drink, were so excessive that my life was in danger, and that when I had. been married scarcely a year I fled abroad, carrying with me my little baby only a fortnight old. There I remained in strict seclu­ sion till about six months ago, when in­ formation reached me that my husband was dead, and I returned once more. I still, however, lived under the name of Madame Rose--my Christian name is Rose--fearing that I might be in some way persecuted or annoyed by my late husbaud's creditors, who were numer- o"is. It was only in response to a very pressing; invitation from Mrs. Dent that I was mdueed'to break through my re­ tirement, and agreed to join, with my little daughter, her party." "Your little daughter--is she also here ?" asked Horton, who was utterly staggered by the strangeness of the story, and the surprising beauty of the woman. She raised a curtain at the side of the room, and showed him a sweet little piece of loveliness, of about 4 years old, fast asleep. Pretty though the child was, he lo6ked from the mother's face to hers and back again, but could see no resemblance. "She is like feet father,", he observed, succinctly. -Madame Rose leant over the child and kissed her. There were tears in her eyes when she raised her head. ' «. gone? Help ii * ,1 of this dreadful pld # , A V M a d i t n , f a m y o u r d e l v o t e f l s l a v e , >;&> #^£\J mwM* Faulkner, lie i-u--" : ut •' '• ** and she thfjw Jhie door " * A 5*^**, wealinsjto Hoftoh's {V*izc a ^ jence of many flowers. * 3, -K'-i , He. however, noted nothing except lV „ ythe perfection of the whole. 8)ie her- elf. who stood before him, wf^$. lie ' "For her sake; if not for mine, vou will save me from this man, M£ Horlon. Judge of my horror when, believing in the absolute safety of my supposed widowhood, I all of a sudden ,juet my miscreant husband here aliye in thia hotel But you will protect me from him, will you uot ? " To the death!" answers^ Frank, bravely, as he wondered what course to puctsue. She dropped the curtain which fgp- cealed the room where the child lay sleeping, and they Vent back dnce again to the fire in the sittlhg-toom.T "^ou \i-ill .8tay with me for a time," she said. "Y011 wyu't. leave me alone here to my feat*, fa* tlgat man is <oap- abio ai anvUiinK. He may even kill me. He loukedjpore mad than ever as I saw him for a ni^peut in the glass in that room at th« «»HI of the pass^e, Where I had gone for a book/" < ' - Poor FranK f Beauty may be rBfy intoxicating, but scarcely stand# uithe pl^ce of a good spppef to a hungry man. Before, however, he hud time tp re­ fuse or aiceptli^ invitati(i»n,to stay, a knock came at the" door. * ' She clung to him in'i( '#ort wild ter­ ror. He pointed to thf curtain b<#rind which the baby lay, and motioned that she should recftain jthere wliile he gave audience to the intriyler. He opened the door and went out into the passagA. Faulkner was atanding there with a Hghted candle in his hand. He looked very white and haggard, but perfectly sane and composed; in fact, Horton had never known him to be otherwise, and he felt that the account of his bygone proceedings which he had just learned fr jm Madame Rose needed some tion h,iwi, _ waa » Uitie caniod away by the responsible position in whicn Madame Roee had pboed him. " Do yon know who the lady is that is in that room ?" asked Faulkner, with quiet dignity. " She is Madame Rose.** " My dear Frank, you are lending yourself, unwittingly, I believn, to a great deception. Come away from the door and let me spe^k to her. Since you have elected yourself hor champion you shall stand by if you like and hear what I have to say." There was something so very quiet and subdued in Faulkner's manner that it could not fail to carry with it a strong appearance of truth, added to which, Frank Horton was his friend--had been his friend for the last two years, and had during that period believed him to be an honorable and benevolent man. He dropped his arm from the door, but laid it on Faulkner's shoulder aa he looked him straight in the eyes. " How long since you have taken to temperance drinks ?" he asked. Faulkner shook him off as he would have done a troublesome fly; he Waa by far the stronger man of the two. " My dear Frank, this is not the mo­ ment for foolish questions. I must speak to that woman now, or the opportunity may never recur. Let me through the door, or, by Jove! as sure as my name is Dick Faalkner I'll--" A scream--such another scream as Frank had heard once before that even- ing--issued from the interior of the room. The door was flung open wide, and Madame Rose, as she called herself, stood on the threshold. Hod love- conquered, when she heard Faulkner"# voice, the old love fqr the .man wbo'bad usurped die first place in her heart? . , Strange if it were so, after her confes­ sion to Frank; still stranger, since she stood looking at him with a half-query­ ing. half-frightened look on her beauti­ ful face. Dick Faulkner held out his hand to her, a movement which the lady's true knight sought to interpose ; but she re­ ceived the advance graciously, laying her tapered jeweled lingers in the prof- /ered palm. Horton moved aWay with a gesture of irritation. It WJ& ' evident, he'thought, that li# was being-played with, and made the victim of some idiotic connubial ^quarrel. The next words, however,' that wfere uttered arrested his attentidn, and made him turn round once more. "Ton have so far forgiven the dead as not to ahun the living who wishes you ho ill." It was Faulkner who spoke. She ans­ wered, in very low tones. " I was laboring under a great mis­ take, but the resemblance is so very strong." He was my twin-brother. Though, from my absence at the time of your marriage, I have never met you till now, believe ma I have searched for you un­ ceasingly, hoping by my devotion and eolicitude to mitigate at least some por­ tion of my brother's fault." " I heard you had come back, but I was afraid to meet you." " Exactly; HO Mrs. Dent arranged a meeting for us this evening. I thought ight be in the' hotel nnd T was inarching for you when >" "Your terrible likeness to the dead produced the hasty impression that he must have returned to life " " Poor Jack ! May he rest in peace," was the brother's pathetic word-tribute, but the widow's eyes flashed. And all this while Frank Horton stood againpt the wall, as though thor­ oughly petrified. He did not even at­ tempt to move when Rose took her newly-found brother-in-law in to look at the sleeping child; in fact, he did not give any evidence of rousing up till Dick Faulkner, coming once more into the passage, shook him roughly by tho arm, as he said with a laugh : "Having supped full of horrors, my boy, let u« to better cheer." A few seconds more and the five stranded guests were sitting round Dick Faulkner's festive board. He smiled on the beautiful Rose, and bade her remember that he had or­ dered the fifth place to be laid in ex­ pectation of htr coming, and that, after all the misery she had experienced from alcohol, the temperance drinks were also in her honor, a remark at which the other men made grim faces, and, with the exception of Horton perhaps, wished that Mrs. Rose Faulkner had not been there. As for Frank, he was in such a state of spooninesa that if he had been told that the price of gazing into 73ose's lovely eyes was to drink water for the rest of his natural life, he would have accepted it without a demurrer. But he had the pleasure of toasting her in some­ thing stronger than temperunce bever­ ages after all, for was it not an excep­ tional night, as she justly observed, and, as such, an exception to every rule? 'Besides," she added, with a little, modest smile, " it is the first time I have ever been to a bachelor's supper party." Six months later, when a June sun dispersed the icicles, and all natuie looked glad and bright, there was no gladder, brighter face to be seen, for miles around than that of Ruse (not Faulkner now, but Rose Horton) as she .and Frank took possession of a pretty cottage, where we will leave them in the enjoyinept, of a post-nuptial existence. A BAILKOAD (ft-FICIAL IHTER- VIEWE2). Not, every one so cbwerfully communicates his knowledge and opinions as recently did E. L. Loweree, Esq., cashier of the Cin­ cinnati Southern railway, that splendid out­ let to the South from the Ohio. Our rep­ resentative waited upon Mr. Loweree, and ujd have expretsed it, a hiren--that a beautiful woman,.clad in a dark ^velvet gown, with creainv lace aboil* her !|ythroat and wrists. What she was doiug ; vfjjthere he had no time to ask. for the lndv #*epeated the word "Faulkner," and •jfl^jfchen inquired hurriedly, almost excit­ edly, if that were indeed his name. Horton nodded his head iji acquies- •nce without speaking. Every sense e possessed was at that motfient merged %: "|into starlit, as he gazed at the unexpect­ ed vision. texplana- She, meanwhile, heeded him " What has she told you, Frank ? I must se* her," he said, imperatively. But Frank barred the door with «ne arm as he'held Faulkner off • "Coward-villain I Would you per­ secute a woman?" he cried, with a theat- rical air. My dear fellow, you have known mo tolerably intimately for the last two years--have you ever proved me to be otherwise tliau rather considerate of the weaker sex ?" "Acting--mere acting!" vociferated -t V ik--<Slo«x Jfelfe HISTORICAL. and all Air Iowa fNmgr pot up twenty-one y«t*-oldfc<*» ftit fattening, and for the ^t««ttfHiM|mfedtuttoiiilielled con, of which they ate eighty-three boahtls. During fthi* period they gained 837 pounds, or upward of ten pounds to the bushel of com. He then fed the same hogs for fourteen days on dry oorn meal, crazing which time they consumed forty-seven bushels and gained 535 pounds, or eleven and three- quarters pounds to the bushel The same nogs, next fed fourteen days on corn meal and water mixed, consumed fifty- five and a half bushels of oorn, and gained SL Ci' w • the pleasure o# handing theif leader over to pounds of poik to the bushel. He then jURt,ce j knew that he had fled to Calif or- fed^ them fourteen days on com meal Aid there I was forced to leave him. A Detective's Story. Our leaders were no doubt nearly all ap­ prized of the robbery of a U. P. train last summer and the eaptore of the band bv our heroic, effloient ana astute detective officer, Mr. Steve Mead; how, after the first rob­ bery had been committed, Mr. Mead joined the robbing band and effected the capture and subsequent imprisonment of that des­ perate crowd. Mr. Mead yesterday regaled us with an account of the leader of the band, who was captured a short time ago. The story is as follows : "After having jugged the gang, I was called East, and had to forego for the time cooked, and after consuming forty-five bushels of the cooked meal the hogs gained 799 pounds, or very near fifteen pounds of pork to the bushel of meal. LAST summer a " Prairie Farmer " in­ formed us that he dammed a slough, and took out some twenty-five loads of ice and piled it up closely on a dry spot. He then covered it with several feet in thickness of wheat straw which wo1 otherwise have been " burned to get of." The heap was sloped to shed mosi rain, and some boards and weighted fence wire put on to keep it from blow­ ing away. About once a week, one aiae of the heap was opened, a week's supply of see taken out, and the opening closed by ramming in straw. He had plenty ol ioe left near the close of August. The ice removed was kept in a large double box, with ten or twelve inches of dry wheat chaff between the outer and inner box. It stood in the shade on the north side of the house, with some straw thrown over it to ward off the morning and evening sun. His . Not long ago, however, while working up another case in San Francisco, I received a . note one day in my hotel, in which the writer requested me to call at a certain place j and time and hear of something to my ad- | vantage. I never pay attention to anony- : mous notes, but something impelled me to j do so in this case. I called at the time and ' place mentioned, and found both time and [lace anything but assuring. The house was kery in tne Chinese quarter. I was met ' at the door by a man of remarkable height, stoutly built and wearing long whiskers. He ushered me inside in a manner at the same time polite and suspiciously mysteri­ ous. I observed mine host very oarefully, and the furtive glances he shot at me made me wish I had remained at my hotel. I never before or since was looked upon bv eyes such as he seemed to pierce through me with. They actually glittered in his head with a mocking, catting glance that made me uncomfortably nervous. He ad­ dressed me by name, treated me kindly and politely, but would answer no questions. His manner impressed me as being unusu­ ally strange, and I watched his eveiy move­ ment. It was well for me that I did so, for labor he did not reckon. The total out- j suddenly, while in the midst of a courteous lay was less than $4 for rough boards speech, he leaped upon me in my chair and and nails to make the box.--American • hurled me backward to the floor, and with Agriculturist • I ^nees upon my breast and his hands 0 JTJST at this time there is an announce­ ment of a new agent for the preserving of fruits, meats, provisions, etc., and it has received the euphonious title of ozone* For the benefit of our readers we give the process : Get an air-tight box, ^mrohase a pound of Bulphur for a few cents; place whatever you wish to preserve in the box with a suf­ ficient amount of sulphur to fill the box with the fumes, when burnt; ignite the sulphur ; close the lid of the box and leave it alone for twelve hours. Then open it and you will find the fruits or contents so saturated with sulphur that they will not decay for some time there­ after, and giving every evidence of being completely preserved You can place the fruits in a jar filled up with water, or preserve them dry, as pleases you best, and as for the flavor, that depends on your taste. . Sulphur when burned is a great disinfectant, and destroys all animal life; even the animalculse turn up their toes to its deadly fumes, and that is the whole secretof the wonderful preservative.--Salem?Democrat A CORRESPONDENT in Pennsylvania •ends a sample of what he oalls "Japanese Neet Egg Gourds." We are not so sure of the "Japanese" part of the name as we are of the "Nest-Egg" * portion. The specimens were upon our table for some days, and not one of the many who saw them suspected that they were not real eggs. These little gourds in size, Bhape and color resemble eggs in a most strik­ ing manner. One of the burlesque writers of a few years ago spoke of eggs as " hen fruitas applied to these gourds the name is hardly a misnomer. Without any farther knowledge than that afforded bp* the specimens, we sus­ pect that this is the time cueurbila ovi- fera, from which most of the ornamental or fancy gourds are derived. We wrote Mr. Samuel Wilson, who sent them, to inquire what proportion of the fruit waa so perfectly egg shaped as those sent. He replied that in a field of some acres he could not find a dozen that were not as perfect as these. He proposes to of­ fer the seed for sale, so that every poul­ try keeper can have his nest eggs raised instead of laid. Aside from their ability to deceive an ordinary hen these little gourds or squashes have many advant­ ages over glass, porcelain and other styles of nest eggs. Their being poor oonductors of heat will be an important point; having a smooth surface, they are easily cleaned, and, though they are squashes, they are not so hard that there is danger that they will " squash" the real eggs in the nest--American Agri­ culturist. " 8,. R. AMXS, who lives four miles southeast of Sioux Falls, is highly gratified over his success in making en­ silage, or preserved food for stock. The material generally used where the plan has been adopted is chopped corn-fod­ der, but Mr. Ames took the coarsest sort of slough- grass, and the product is tightly clutched about my throat with an 1 embrace like an iron vise. It was the most desperate struggle I ever had, and I have had several. Over and over we rolled, now one on top and then the other. I broke his hold upon my neck by an almost snperhu- man effort. It was a long and tight struggle for the mastery. My right arm was lamed at fche time from rheumatism and that made matters worse. However I managed to get out my 'billy.' A blow of that peacemaker soon quieted him, although I struck him with my left hand, the right arm, as I re­ marked, being crippled with rheumatism. The nippers were soon on him. In the strug­ gle, the whiskers, which were false, were pulled from his face, revealing the well- known mug of the leader of the train rob­ bers. "Had the struggle lasted much longer without giving me a chance to get my billy he would have overcome me, owing to the weakness of my rheumatic aim; but the rheumatism and a struggle for life never caught me together again. I got rid of the robber and the rheumatism together. The next day, while reading an account of the struggle in the San Francisco Call, I noticed an advertisement of St. Jacobs Oil, the Great German Remedy, and I immediately and sensibly purchased a bottle of th it peerless medicine. I had tried so many different lin­ iments and so-called remedies.before I tried St. Jacobs Oil, and found them all useless, that I am warranted in calling that medicine Eeerless. The way in which St. Jacobs Oil nocks the rheumatism is astounding. I had not nsed it more than a day .before I noticed a remarkable change in my arm, and after a week I felt as though it would be a delight to meet with another adventure just to have a chance to wield it. In less than twelve days' time my rheumatism had dis­ appeared, a complete and permanent cure being the result of using St. Jacobs Oil, and I can truly say that I have never felt the least sign of pain in my arm since. Could I bnt rid the West of train robbers as fast as St. Jacobs Oil can knock the rheumatism, travel on the U. P. would be safe."--Cin­ cinnati Times-Star. in reply to certain questions the latter gen­ tleman observed: " I was suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism in my right foot; it was in a terrible condition; the pain was almost intolerable ; our family physician waited on me without success ; I sent for another well-known M. D., but even, the twain could do nothing for me ; I could not get down here to the office to at­ tend to my duties ; in fact, I could not put my foot under me at all, and after nine weeks' suffering I began to grow desperate. My friend (whom, of course, you know, for he is known by everybody), Mr. Staeey Hill, of the Mt. Auburn Inclined Plane Railroad Co., called to see me ; he spoke very highly of St. Jacobs Oil, and recommended the remedy to me in glowing terms. I laughed at the idea of using a proprietary medicine, and yet the party recommending it (Mr. i Staeey Hill, remember), being a man of sound judgment, set me to thinking the matter over. Tho next day, when the phy­ sicians called, I dismissed them, and said to myself that I would let nature take its course. That resolution lasted just a day. On the following morning I, in a fit of des­ peration, sent a servant for a pottle of St. Jacobs Oil. I applied that wonderful rem­ edy, and it penetrated me so that I thought my foot was about to fall off, but it did not; in fact it did just the opposite. The next morning the pain had entirely left my foot, preferred by all his stock to the finest hay, and his hones and cattle do better on it than on any kind of feed he has nsed, and the hogs run after it aa they would after swilL The cows give more milk, and the butter made from it is of excellent quality, as we have had oppor­ tunity to know. ^ method of putting down >wa: A large Mr. Ames' the ensilage waa as follows round pit was dug and walled with stone, that shape being best. Into this was put thirty-five tons of the coarsest slough grass, which was always cut either in the morning or evening when wet. with dew, and hauled at onpe to the pit. quantities of salt being sprinkled in occasionally. Heavy pressure was then applied by piling stone on top of the grass, and the contents of the pit left to work and become a kind of grass sauer­ kraut. The ensilage is now being fed, and it comes our nice and juicy and quite as green as whan first put in. and, as has been said, is more highly relished by the stock than any other sort of proven­ der they can get. The experience of Mr. Ames in this matter is of great importance, on ac- ! count of the advantage presented by I the methods he pursued. In the first j place, the coarser quality of the grass I which can be used gives ensilage an ad­ vantage over hay. In the second place, the farmer is made entirely independent of the weather in the matter of cutting his grass. It can, without fete of dam­ age, be mowed and hauled to the pit and packed down during a rainstorm if neoessary, so that wet seasons wjll not interfere with putting up i feed. In the third place, there is no I fear of damage by fire or wind or storms or any of the disasters which make hay I precarious property. In the fourth • place, it can be put down with much j less labor and care than is necessary in | putting up hay. All these and many I more things, which Mr. Ames empha- I sizes, lead him to the cbnclusion that Why Some Farmers Do Not Succeed. They are not active and industrious. They are slothful in everything. They do not keep up with improve­ ments. They are wedded to old methods. They give no attention to details. They think small things not important. They take no pleasure in their work. They regard labor as a misfortune. They weigh and measure stingily. They are wasteful and improvident They are fretful and impatient. Tbey ruin stock by low fencing. They let their gates sag aud fall down. They will not make compost. They let their fowls roost in the trees. They have no shelter for stock. They do not curry their horses. They leave their plows in the field. They hang their harness in the dust. They put off greasing the wagon. They stahre the calf and milk the cow. They go to town without business. They are penny wise and pound foolish. They don't know the best is the cheapest. They have no method or system. They go out too often to "see a man." They see no good in a new thing. They never use paint on the farm. They plant very late in the spring. • They stack fodder in the field. ' They prop the barn door with a rail. They let the clothes dry on the fence. They let the hoops fall from the tub. They neglect to trim up the trees. They have no shelter for wood. They milk the cows late in the day. They have" no time to do things well. They have no garden in the fall. They see no use in variety. They see no difference in seeds.-- Southern Farmer"9 Monthly. the swelling was reduced, and really the slough-grass ensilage is by all odds the appearance was so different from the day before that it actually surprised me. I ap­ plied more of the St. Jacobs Oil, and that afternoon I walked down to the office, and was able to attend to my duties and got best, cheapest and most convenient Erovide for win-ope that when again comes round for work , „ , , - . ou.t Mr. Ames will furnish the ;rs?. sjuo™ BTii-is! « f*™rrzh,̂ 7 ss feed that a farmer can provide for tering his stock. We hope that the season of this sort readers of t curate and detailed Petticoat Lane. A Londoner bought in Petticoat Lane, which is famons for its tags, rags, and bob-tails on sale, a coat in exchange for his own, paying in addition several shil­ lings for the bargain. The coat not suit­ ing him, he carried it back and ex­ changed it on payment of additional shillings lor an apparently smoother and nioer one which fitted him exactly. On getting home and putting his hand in the pocket, he drew out a pawnbroker's ticket. It was his own, held against his watch. The nice new coat was the old one which he wore there the first time, and which had been cleaned, pressed, and sold to him again for about twice what it was worth. Another of these tricks--which every one except those on whom they are piayed enjoys so much--was recently played on a German inn-keeper by a peddler who sold him an almunac, and then, on his wife's coming in and her hu»band'x going out, sold ner another copy. When the husband discovered it he sent the porter to the railroad station to tell the peddler he wanted to see him on business. " Oh, yes," said the peddler. " I know, he wants one of my almanacs, but I can't miss my train tor that. You < an give me a quarter and take the almanac to him." .The porter paid the money and carried a third almanac to the inn­ keeper. FROM an extensive use of St. Jacobs Oil in the editor's family, we are able to speak oontidently of its great worth in numerous ailments, and fully recommend it as an article most desirable to -have on hand in the medicine chest. -- titamford (Ct.) Utrald. , 'Tsne ilrRt abbeys or monasteries wwre founded in the third oeniuxy.* DURING the time of the Norman eon- quest the game of dice waa very oom- mon. . . IN the twelfth century slaves in Europe were rare; in the fourteenth slavery was almost unknown. CERVANTES, three years before bis death, became a Franciscan monk; Lope de Vega was a priest and officer of tne Inquisition. IN 1623 an English attorney suffered imprisonment and lost both his ears for "apeaking very lewdly and scandalously of Queen Elizabeth and Henry VIII." " I SEND against you men who are a& greedy of death as you are of pleasures," were the woids addressed by Mahomet to the degenerate Christians of Syria. HKNBV II, was the first English mon­ arch who emphasized the royal authority to the weakening of that of the aristo­ cracy. He was the sworn enemy of the feudal system. EIGHT years before the birth of Na­ poleon Bonaparte Rousseau recorded in print the following augury: "I have a presentiment that Corsica is going to produce a man who will astonish the world." BEFORE the middle of the seventh century the clergy fluence in Spain than was exercised by any other body. At a council in 633 the King prostrated himself on the ground before the bishops. VENTIDITJS BASSUS, by his military skill, and by friendship* of Julius Cffiear and afterwards Antohy, rose from the position of mule-driver to command of the Roman Army, and at last to the Consulate, 40 B. C. THE researches carried on at Epi- daurus by the Greek Archaeological Society have unearthed one of the most Celebrated theatres of antiquity, that of jEsculapins, built of Pentelic marble, and capable of holding 30,000 spectators. . EGYPTIAN deities were at one time worshipped at Rome. Juvenal refers to the Roman women breaking the ice of the Tiber to plunge into its sacred stream at dawn of day, and dragging them­ selves about on bleeding knees in praise of Isis. THE passion for gladiatorial combats was the worst, wile religious liberty was probably the best, feature of the the old Pagan Society, and it is a melancholy fact that, of these two, it was the nobler 'part that in the Christian Empire was first destroyed. IN the reign of Charles III. the Span­ ish colonies in America were, for the first time, treated according to a wise and liberal policy. When George IIL was fomenting rebellion in the English colon­ ies Charles III, was conciliating the Span­ ish ones. Lady Macbeth. Late one night Mr. Siddons was sit­ ting by the fire in the modest family parlor, which, in that most unassuming household, served as dining-room or drawing-room, as the 'case might be. He was smoking calmly his last pipe, and beginning to tliiuk about going to bed, whither, as this was not one of his evenings at the theatre, he believed his wife had gone already. The house was sunk in dreamy silence, so was the quiet street outside--silence only broken now and then by the roll of distant wheels. The actor had been drawing a vague picture of a little holiday trip which he and Sarah would take, and had fallen into a ha.f doze, in which he was driving down a country lane all scented with honeysuckle, ail draped with eglantine. Suddenly he was roused, with a start, by hurried footsteps, that were flying rather than running down the passage. Who could it be? he asked himself, all in a mnze and a wonder as he jumped up and rubbed his sleep-laden eyes. He had hardly had time to let the question go darting through his brain, when the door of the room was flung openly quickly, as by a hasty, trembliug hand and female figure rushed in. Mr. Siddons gazed in speeches astonishment, not unmixed with a touch of fear. There before him stood his wife, her fine hair disheveled, her dress all in dis­ order, her face all qnivering with strong emotion. In bewildered alarm he asked her what was the matter, but her only answer was to throw herself into his arms, and burst into a torrent of tears. He soothed her tenderly, not knowing what to think, and gradually she grew calmer. Then her words made the mystery plaiu enongh. Instead of going to bed, as he had bade her do, she had been sitting up studying her part as Lady Macbeth ; and the character had so completely absorbed her in itself; she had so entirely realized the horror of each situation in the play, had seen it all so distinctly before her eyes, as if she bad been there in the body, that a wild, unreasoning terror had seized, her, and she had rushed away to seek human companionship. --A rgosy. 'A Cmifl PtHiflw ttfliiiAilflr A Willi X flfflilj filiwUiljk STRICTLY PUBJE. 1"1g *mm %--m umiIH *ad Phva otaaa hava He write* that tse and hia nwgfabon It tK. mediohid in tiie world. Wm. C. DtooKB, Merchant, af lo*AOT Gram. v. wii««a. Apr 14th, 1881, that be wantaoa toknnw thattS Lino BALSAM BAD CUMD la lionn at Cami|» TK'S after the pbyalcian had fivaa her op a< He c&jra others knowing her eaae have taken I and t>eeti cured ; he ihitiln all aa aflketad aboaM i atrial. DR. MKKKDITH. Pei«tlat,of Clnefauiati, waa thought to sin the bat STAOES or CoKauMmoKand wa* tn^uoad by hia friends to try Allen'a Uui* Balaam after the be In the bat STAOES or COKBUMPTJOKand i by hia friends to try Allen'a Law Balaam al mala waa ahown him. We h »*• hia letter that It at onaa eared hia ooo*h, aad that ha waa aha to raaimie Ma JfCtO#. W*. A. GRAHAM & Co., Wholeaala Dragglats. Zumm. Tille, Ohio, wnt/-a ua of the nitre of Math aa Freeman, ft well-known oit sen, who btta been afflicted with BBOW. CHiTia in it* won* foitn tor tvr<»lT» yaatm. The llilwaiiawri him,.attha«manTi lhM.lof AS ALSO Consumiftion, Coughs, Celft, Astltmitf; Croup, MM *»» the Throat. Lun au&iP Palmonarf Oifaaa, J*- ®- *[A*™*, Dmwrlat, at Oaklr, Ky „ wittat that Ow AU! lad lee think there is no remedy eaoal t> huu WHOOPING OOUGH, for CROUP and If other* will find It a aafe and sore remedy to (lTO tfcair children when dUglvd with droop. R h tarmtvM to Ow mwt AMIcato ckMI It contain* no C9J111* la my tml IVSecommended b|r Pkyildaan, MMIatera M« m ^ j? who hM (ivan It a COM tii&l. If*. Failr ta TArtr.® is aa ElFECTOSinj bas No ErnuL wip »r m. a»wcmi amigaa. $E to $20 FRAZER AXLE GREASE. Beat la tho World. Got the Pennine. ery B-mms-k n,n packmre hna our Trad* rkotf Fraxor'a. SOLD SVEKVWIIE IE PENSIONS Ate doe ALL N01.DIEB8 wholly or partially dla- abled by wOtind*, Ihjuriee or dlaeaae received or OM- traeted in the U.S. aorvioe in line of duty. Pentlona aio paid for loaa of Anger or toe, chronic diarrhea, dlaaaaa W nwaa, heart of eye*, rapture, yariooae re ne, total a* partial deafneae, etc. Widowa, Orphan Children aad Dependent Parents entitled. Tbonaaada of panaiooato are rntit ed to /KTMW Hatvt. Jfralmttd and M«MI Clalma taken np and collected. Forblaftka ana InAwmo- Won addreee B. « . W K l«HT, INDIAHAFOUO, laa. "ssdtaus) National Bank. Reference, lndlaaapolla (tnd FITS! A B.endlmr X<oadoA alrlnn retNbllahea M Oflee In New York for the Cure of EPILEPTIC FITS. From Am. Journal of MMMn*. London), ' lubttiea physician „ aimply been aatoniahin«(; we have heard of eaaea of ore* who make* tpeaial. osjf, doubt treated and cured UMMO Hia f Dr. Ah. Meaerole (late af 1of Epllepey, has without d than any other living been aatoniabing; we . 80 yean' standing aooceesfnlly oared by him. He baa pabllahed a work on thia diaeaae, wh oh he aenda, iritti ft urge bottle of hia wonderful cure, free to any suffwat who may send their express and poaloffl e addreaa. Wo advise any one wlsblnc aonroto add es# • Da. AB. MKSKROLE, No. 9f John m. Now T«Hb P AGENTS WANTED FOR THE " XCTORIAI. HISTORY"™ WORLD Embracing full and authentic accounts of every at. tion of ancient and modem t roet, and including a hie- to ry of the rise and fall > f tbn Greek and Roman "miii;K:-- SJ-.S -V-sjres, the crusades, the sys= tem, tbe rof'mintion, the discovery and settlement of the New World, eta., etc. It contains It7'* fine historical engraving*, and is tho sanst complete H Btory of the World ever published. Send for specimen pajrvs and extra terms to Agents. Address NATIONAL PuauaaiMa Co* Chicago, DL P I S O ' S C U R E r c R CoaooasptlTea and people who have weak lunga 07 oath- ma, ahould use Piao s Cure for ma, ahould use Piao a Cure for Consumption. It has cared tlsasaals. It has not injur­ ed one. It la not bad to take. It la the beat cough syrup. Sold everywhere. 98e.lctl. C O N S U M P T I O N . Nineteen Reason. A great many people cannot under­ stand why the female portion of the community prefer sober men. The mat­ ter is simple enough : 1. Wives like sober husbands because tliey nan reason with a sober mm. 2. The sober man is more companiona­ ble. 3. Sober men have pride, and pride is a woman's main hold. 4. Sobriety means a comfortable home. ix Good clothes for mother and child­ ren. 6. A house of your own. 7. Evenings at home instead of in a bar-room. 81. Better health and the enjoyment of life. 9. An elevated view of life and a sense of your responsibility. 10>. YOU are a credit to your wife and children. 11. People who once despised you will now bless you. 12. Your word will be gauged as you resist the tempter. 13. Young men will pattern after you. 14. You will be an ornament to. so­ ciety and the whole town in which you live. 15. The whole community will take pride in you and wish Ihey had more 'like you. lti! Your family and friends will appre­ ciate you. 17. Y(>ur enemies will admire your path of sobriety. 18. Scoffers will be disarmed by your works 19. Your many qualities will grow with your years. Turn Qerman Government can now call 1,000,000 soldiers into the field at a day's notice, while over here it takes the best part of three days to hunt up the man who borrowed your half-dollar. W O P DOES IWONDERPUL C U R E S ! |Became it aoto OH tha LITER, ROWELS | SS KIN1II at the same time. Beeaneolt elisaase thesyatem of thepo<eon- louahumora that develo pel n Kidney aadtTn- Inary Pis aa sea. IHUoaanees, Jaondioe, CoasU. I Ipatton.raaa, or in BheomatJaaa, Neuralgia,] ' 0&i»pJOl**.| ns WHAT snoras sm • _ --_-- B. Stork, of Junction City. '-- laaya, Kidney-Wort cured him after 1 mialsr Phy­ sicians had been trying for four years. . Mrs. John A mall, or Washington, Ohio, aayal Iher bor waa glveu op to die to four pi amies"* • I physicians a i>d that he waa aftsrwards cored I Kidney-Wort. I M. H. 11. Goodwin, an editor In Chardeo,.' •says hs was not expected to lire, being I Ibeyond belief, but Kldney-WortoaradM I Anna L J&rrett of South Mem. K. Y., I • that seven years an (Tering froin iddneytreft laadothorcoiapUeatioaa waeenSad by the as I Kidney-Wort I John B. Ukwrasee of Jacfesoo. Teofc, eefc I for years frew liver and hidney troeWsa oMIl latter taking "barrels of other aai«lilais,"l I Kidney-Wort ma lis him Wit I Michael Goto of Montgoaaary Oietsr. Vt I suffered eight years with kidney diaealty an lwas unable to work. Kidney-Wort made hli I" well as ever." K I D N E Y - W O R T PBIIMANSNTLV OURU KIDNEY DISEASES, J LIVER COMPLAINTS,] IConstipation and Pile*. or It is pot «P in »rjr YecetoMe ?o-- »j| ,ooe package of -- risa 4 I pare It. a mi cua onwswuumw which aakMlIz ^ooMS I Jot medicine. Also in Lipoid Fores, eery «•--I Ittitratri, for those that eaaaot readily peo-| _'/tos*»tsUft tqtuU etftefenepM Hlhtr firm. I «R IT AT THE PHUGOISTS. PB1CX, Sl.a*| WELLS. HiCIIA ItDSUS A Co., |(Wm send the dry poss-sali.i sriUJITtl, TV. The Best Field •A RURAL Pennsylvania "cure" for whooping-cough reads: " Get a piece of brend baked by a lady who tlul uot change hei name i* marriage, and cut it. " EMIGRANTS. AM IMMBNSK ABEA Oi? AII.ROAD AND fiOTBUMMBNT LANIW, ®F GKKAT FERTILITY. WITHIN BAS Y KKACH Of rBSMANBNT MAHKKT, AT EXTKKMB. I/Y LOW FRK'BS, to BOW oSTored for salsla •ASTERN OK ECON ondEAHTERH WASH- 1NU.TON TERRITORY. Theeo loads forwi Pairtwf the mat OR AIH BELT of the Pacific Mlope, and are w tkla •a arenxe dietance of KoO to 3UO mllee froea Porpaod, where atenmohipit and nail. ruKdUol'! ̂ aded KOK AI L ORAIN AT PORTLAND. OREGON, C'03I« HANDS A PRICE EQI7AI. TO TlfrT OB- VAIMED IN CHICAGO. The early completion of the Northern AM aijI* H. M. 4s note amun-d, and yuanttifm to mettler* cheap and qniek tronnportatiam mtid got id markets both Kant and ll'ent, Th» opening of I his new ovrrtand liw to Ik* fue-ifle, together it-ith the construction of th+ network of 7O0m,ilrs of railroad by the <K M. N. Co. in the vuileys of the yretn'ColttuM* mnd it* principal tributarily, renders certain a rapid increase in the value of the lands tunc opw to purchase nod jrre-rtniiliaM. There is every indif-atic^lof au •" .rtnoum movement of population tb the Coluuibtm Hirer region in the immediate future. LAM1S SHOW on AVERAGE YIKI.Uef 40 Bt'SI!i:i.M OF WHEAT PUR ACRE. ; No Failure of Crops ewer known, i RAII.RO A1) LAN DM offered at the aalfsMI ! rsue of Htf.dO an Acre. CLIMATE MILD AND HEALTHY. For panyhlrt and map*. <li>>rri|iiivo «f Country. I to rveource*. rlimutr. rout* at •ntvok rateo aad fall inruniiiiuoii. uddreap A. L STOKES, Ka»iem l*u.swvr Affent^ ** Ctark til* "