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•« • - ,<t ~ r . s* «• * ? 4 , t f' h • ait- >r " \. •* <** - ̂ '£/" m-- £ S'Sks'S1*-? «. *1 "^fjL *V- " ' ^ X p., ,* , % *•. -*•.•» j, « -4'. iwH' • i A* r - ,;*• /•;>. « "'... , A SECOW0 THAHiTOWIS. •V wmu HK»BT KTODDAX*. . t^U 4 y • 6?t . ws wonld, but what we mast, . iSakea up tlie nam of living; n r-- fltaven te ! <>sh snow and leas Una )Mk • In UkitiK and In. giving. !' ffwordw c'eave to iianda that aought ttw BhnK.' ,Jptf lame.) miss tbe •o.dier'ebrow. ' vy_ Wt, whf m the city bold', whore fee|4 »5, *. liave woru itsstouy highway*, , .» . ) s '•; Jhu:i lar with its l'.ne ie^t street * • •>*• t - It* ways are i ever my w*ya. ^ +»# {f' • cr am w«m< betide tin* ma, t'» * v And there, I lup<-, my grave will bat ' ' QUI Ix-nu-stead!, In that old, gray tMrn,' '£'he vane u raawanl blowing, .. •-*• / s ip of icardoa stretches down „ ' -:i ]lo wliwe the tide 1» flowing; i ' J fiaUjw they lie, their aaila are furled. The ahipe that go about the world. • • .Dearer that little ocuntry house, j * , lulauo, \»i»h p lien iKwsde It; . . #W.e jv»ch tiw, with uitirnitful A «('»!, with v.«*de t<> hide it; Mo flowers, or only such aa rit« Sslf-eown, poor tliingr, which all iDcar country home! Can I forget The least of thy »wt**t trifles t Tfce window viiiea tliat cuiinber j'etf, • V> liosse blooms the bee Rtill rifles 1 '•% • ^ISe roadside blaokberr.ev, growjiigjg|H|| , Ana iii the woods the Indian Happy the man who tills his field, Content with rustic labor; •arth does to him her fullnesa yield, . P*p what may to hi < neighbor. IJlitil days, souud nlghto, Oh, can tlmo b* A.life more rational and free? Ds*r country life of child or man I , ^1'or boih ihe brat, the xtronigeat, " with the ear.iest race begau, And his ontiived the lougest. fllelr cities p r.ehed long ago-- Who the flrvt farmers were wi know. Farhape o»ir Babela, too, will fUl, If m\ no IsnientatioiiH, Car moihi'r eartli will shelter an, And feed tlie unborn natiotw; TtP, aud the sword* that menaee now WI then be beaten to the plow. NELL'S PROMISE. Hfce VM flying down the path, her long straight black h&ir streaming be* hind her, her great eyes sparkling, the dark, thin, irrejjular features fairly alive •with vivacity. She looked to the very life like the wild little creature of 15 that she was ; but into the faoe of the beautiful, fair-haired girl whom Nell Haviland was coming to meet there flashed such a look of love that a Strang* er would iiave known that her girlish ' fcieter was very dear to the heart of Alice Haviland. The two were orphans, supported by the industry of Alice, the oldest, who was well known iu the town as a very skillful teacher of music. The younger was of entirely a different nature from the quiet, Ktesdy, lovable Alice. The townsfolk stiid that her baptismal name of Eleanor WHS altogether too grand and stately tot such a hoydeniah creature, and «o it had become shortened to the monosyllable "Nali." " Alice," *aid Nell, " you cannot gnem what 1 have done ?" "Something impossible for any one else to do, I presume," said her sister, smiling into the enger eyes. " I climned into the old oak and tied my handkerchief to the top," said the girl, pointing triumphantly to the flat* terine white mor el. " Did yon t" said Alice, absent-mind­ edly. " Oh. dear !** said Nell, pettishly, " you don't hear a word 1 say. I guess you are thinking of Ooddard TressU. I wish you were not engaged to him, Alice, for you don't seem to care a bit for me now a days." "Nellie," tho love in the tones re­ buked the girl, " I shall ever love and care for you, darling xister, ccme what may," and, rmttmg her arm caressingly flrouqd NeU's waist, (he sistem went into the hose. The luimble supper was over. Alice was sitting at the little piano, weaving a sweet hannony from the ivory keys, when she he»<jrd a step on the walk which summoned her to the <toor. " Ali<».e!" and her hand lav in the hand of her betrothed, Goddard Tressil. The tall, handsome, young fellow that stood before her was the heir of "The Cliffs," the great mansion, around which lay its extensive farms--"the best pi""* in the country." " It is too fine a night to remain in doors, Alice. What do you say to a moonlight row f " It would give me much pleasure," she said; and, running upstairs for a shawl, she panned a moment and opened the door to Nell's fhamber. The wound of her low, regular breathing satisfied her, and she went down stairs to rejoin her lover. They walked slowly down the path, drinking in the intense loveli­ ness of the night. • The moon was at its full. Great gold­ en stars seemed melting into Hue ether, and white weird drifts, like phantom fleets, floated across the sky. The calm ocean ended their walk. Each of its waves seemed tipped with a diamond crest, and the reflexes trembled in pearl and azure. Assisting Alice into the boat, Tres*it pushed oiit so as to clear the shore. The little skiff rooked lightly on the slow, faint swells of the outgoing tide, and the oars splashed with a musical rhythm very pleasant to bear. A silence fell over the two. It was broken by the voice of TressiL "Alice, I have something important to say to yon to-night" " What is it about ?" she questioned wonderingly. "About--Nell." The words were said hesitatingly, as if he was nerving him­ self tor an effort. "About Nell?" she repeated, in sur­ prise. . " Yes; where is she going to live after we are married ?" "Going .to live? Why, with me, of course," said Alice, wondering what wonM come nr»xt. "It cannot be, Alice, She must be sent to a boarding-school or some­ where." " Why, Godlard, what put that into your mind?" exclaimed Alice. "She wonld not stay at a boarding-school for one moment. It wonld kill her to sep­ arate ns, for I am all she has in the world, and I promised mother, when she was dying, that I would never leave or forsake the child-sister intrusted to my care." "But, Alice, mother and Isabel said "Goddard, lHeaee tell me precisely what your mother and sister have said, so that I may know just how the matter fctandn." "Well, they say that they can wel­ come yon, very gladly, as a daughter a<id sister, but they cannot endure the idea of having Nell under the same roof, and she must abide so«aewhere else." "And you--Goddard ?" said Alice, im­ ploringly. . " What can I do, Alioe ?" said he, in a sort of a helpless way that struck a chill to the girl's heart. " So it is a question of decision on my part between yos and my sister Nell?" . "Yes, Alioe." Alioe fought a desperate battle between love and duty. " Goddard, I have chosen. I cannot leave my sister." He tried to break this decision by pas­ sionate pleading, bnt the tones ware firm and unshaken as she said, at last, " Goddard, it would be ^njust to say fear von knof false to my that I do not love you, pot I dot but I oannot be charge. And they parted--he to walk home aa if pursued by furies, thinking bitterly of ** woman's obstinacy/' and yet in his se- flret heart honoring the girl who walked BO unflinchingly in the path of duty. : Alioe went up stairs, and, burying her faoe in the soft cushions of an arm chair, vith the friendly darkness around her, nature took her revenge for the self-con- jtrol of the last heur. Her eyes throbbed sand burned like balls of fire, her heart dbeat in high, t urging waves, but the ihand was icy cold that she placed over her mouth for fear that a cry might es- » her lips which would awaken NelL t, despite all her precaution, there ne a sound of bare feet on the floor, . d a little white-robed form knelt down beside, and the dark face with its weird eyes peered into hers. " What's the matter, Alioe?" "Why, Nell, I thought yon were asleep. Come, dear, go back: to bed; you will catch cold up here. ; " I don't want to go. What is the trouble, Alice ?" persisted the girl. And Alice told her all. Nell kissed 4fier sister passionately, then, clenching her little brown fists, she said, fiercely ; " I hate those proud women S I hate Ooddard Tressii J And I will pay 'em «>»*ck for what thoy have said, for every >-ord!" * " Hush, dear !" and Alice dried heir tears hastily. "Nell, I want you to .promise me something. Will you, dar­ ling? " " Anything 1" said Nell, impetuously. " I want yon to promise me that, if it ever lies in your power to do me a favor tor any one of the Tressil family, I may depend upon your performance of that favor." "Oh, Alioe( anything, anything bat that!" _ " Promise me, Nellie t" a ring of de­ cision iii her voice. There was a silence for a few mo­ ments. Then, in subdued tones, came tho words: "I promise)." » * • * » . > ' " • • * _ The September sun, with its ripening tints of amber, lay warm and golden in the garden, walk and terrace of the clifls. The waves of the ocean crept slowly shoreward, drifting into fantastic shapes, and then breaking scattered the pearly spray far up on the land. " Mo|her," and Isabel Tressil stopped before the open door of the pleasant sit­ ting-room. "I lost my bracelet down in the cove thiB afternoon, and I did not notice that it had slipped off until I got home. I must go and reoover it before the tide comes in." " Oannot Goddard go for yon ? her mother. " I don't know where he is." "Very well, "be careful about the tide," said the mother, anxiously. "I will be careful," said Isabel, con­ fidently. " Adieu, ma mere." She went down to the foot of the cliffs, which gave her home its name, by a broad, gently-sloping path. Then her path lay Along the Manila to the cove. Two long parallel walls of rock made off from the shore, and during high tide the little cove thus formed was a mass of tossing foam, but now it was a long, narrow stretch of sand. Isabel Tressil at length reached the cove and began to search anxiously for the missing brace­ let. It was a present from Goddard, and she valued it very highly. She was about giving it up for lost, when sud­ denly she caught sight of it, almost kid- den by a mass of sea-weed. Isabel caught the bracelet up hastily and turned to go, saying to herself : " I must hurry or be caught by the tide." At the thought her eyes turned to­ ward the termination of the point around which she must go. Her heart almost froze with horror at the sight that met her gaze. The waves curled at the foot of the point, soft As " carded wool." * • * * * * * "Help! help »" The cry sounded faintly above the beating of the tide on the rocks, and •reached the ear of Nell Haviland, who stood watching the waves as they slowly encroached upon the sand. " Some one is iu the cove," said the girl, and, ruuning along the edge of the cliffs, plie bent over the rocky precipice. She saw a woman, evidently half dead with terror, crouching at the foot of the ohff "She will be washed away before I can get help>. I must help her myself," said Nell to herself. There was an almost-imperoeptibla ?ath down the precipitous wall. 'hough she was as used to ciimbing us a goat, Nell fouud it no easy task to de­ scend. When she had nearly arrived at the base, she called out, ** Yon must clifnb up this path; I will show yon how." The woman, who had not heard Nell before, turned at the sound of her voioe, and Nell Haviland stood face to face with Isabel Tressil. "Oh, Nell! dear Nell, save me!" she cried, clasping her hands implor­ ingly. A vow registered itself in Nell's soul. "I will keep*my promise if I drown." " Take hold of that little bush," she said, " and put your foot there," point­ ing to a little projecting stone. Isabel's terror caused her to catoh at the guiding hand instead of the seem­ ingly-insecure bush, and her excess of weight caused Nell to fall downward. A stone dislodged struck Nell's foot, and to her dismay she found herself unable to step. She braced herself against the Wall and urged remorseful Isabel to at­ tempt to scale the cliff. She tried in vain. The unused muscles refused to perform the task given them. Then with the cold, crawling waves arom id them tliev screamed in unison. No answer. At last, with a moan of utter despair, Isabel gave it up. " Xelj^it is of no use ; we have got to drown. But I cannot, cannot die! Oh, God, have mercy!" and, in an abaudon- i J?®"4 of agony, she buried her face on | Nell s shoulder. j The words of a grand old hymn, she I had often heard Alice sing came back to Null's mind. Nell put her arm around the trembling form of the terror-stricken woman, ana then the strong, young voice saug out clear and sweet aA a bugle- call, lliuging a grand defiance into the rery face of deatli, lover of my soul. Let nie to Tby bneom fly. The cold spray struck the brave young singer harshly in the faoe, aa if to stop utterance, but the next second the words, Whl'e the billows near me roTT, While the tempest still ia high, floated over the water. Strength came back to Isabel; her voice joined Nell's, and steadfastly they awaited the seem­ ingly inevitable. 1 "Goddard!" Hie anxions faoe of his mother startleld him as he entered the hall. " Do go and look for Isabel. She went down to the cove and has not returned." He waited to hear no more, bnt in a moment was running in the direction of the cove. Hark! Above the roar of the «»rge, steady and dear, sounded the death song; ' Ob, rereiva my soul at hat. He reached the oove and eommeaoad descending the path at a braak-neek speed a* his horrifii wmnen at the foot „ up as he called, " Hold on for a mo- igase< They both looked ment. The possibility off bong saved took away Isabel Tressil's strength, and her horror-stricken brother saw her fall for­ ward into the embrace of the foam- crested wave that just swept up. But no. The pale faoe of Nell Haviland gleamed from the water, and the al­ most-exhausted voioe said, " Take her quick!" ' , Tressil snatched the senseless form of his sister, and groaned, "Oh, God! must I leave you to be drowned, Nell ?" "You cannot take us both. Tell Alice that I kept my promise," and Nell turned her face away to watch with a curious sort of expectancy the gigantic billow slowlv crawling toward her. It swept over nerv and • then she felt her­ self lifted up and borne off; but to the benumbed sense of hearing it seemed ss if an agonised voice celled, "Nell, my darling!" and then darkness--noth­ ingness. Was it Providenoe that called Alice Havilaud to the cliffs at that moment ? But she bent over them just as Goddard Tressil began his ascent. What was that object buried almost in the water below him ? She recognized it Only an angel could have steadied the feet of the light figure that swung itself reck­ lessly by Goddard Tressil and his bur­ den. She reached the end of the path just as the wave bore away the ferm of her sister, and a great cry broke from her lips: " Nell, my darling !" Tl:e covetous waves dashed the help­ less body at her feet, and then strove to bear away two victims. But the soft arms of Alice Haviland seemed to have been endowed with the strength of cast- iron, for seizing Nell in a strong em­ brace she fought the billows until they shrank back conquered by the power of love. Soon Goddard Tressil relieved her, and, how she never knew, she reachod the top of the cliffs, but when there unconsciousness overtook her. • * * * * * « * Slowly Alice drifted back to life. She found herself in a large, pleasant cham­ ber. " Where am I?" she questioned fee­ bly. Goddard Tressil bent over her. " You are at the Cliffs,"ahe answered. Recollection came back, and, starting up, Alice exclaimed, "Where is Nell? I must go to her." "She is doing well, and mother is dividing her time between Isabel and sister Nellie; that is," he added, im­ ploringly, "she will be my sister if you can ever forgive my oowardliness of three months ago." If we failed to surmise Alice's answer, the wedding belts that rang so merrily six months afterward would have told ns whether she refused to forgive him or not. And among all the kinsfolk that assembled at the Cliffs to witness the marriage of Goddard Tressil and the fair young music teacher none was so dear to the heart of Mrs. Tressil as daughter Nellie, who nearly lost her life to save Isabel's, and happy Nellie Haviland never regretted that she faithfully re­ deemed her promise. r Juvenile Mortality. One! of the most mysterious phenom­ ena of jhtiman existence is the large per cent age of mortality among young chil­ dren. A fesrlul proportion of the deaths everywhere are those of persons who have just begun to live. Even when due allowance is made for faults of nurs­ ing and training, it appears hardly possi­ ble that any improvement cau offset the inherited weakness Irom which so many children suffer, and, &s yet, science has taught little concerning those epi­ demics which find the majority of their victims among the little ones. Still, in­ telligent cure and favorable surroundings can do much. The English statistics, much more full and accurate than those of our own country, show that in the rural counties the mortality of children under five years of age does not exceed, and often falls below, forty in the thou­ sand. In the cities and towns the aver­ age is much greater, ranging from about filty-niue iu the thousand, in Portsmouth, to over niuety-tive in Birmingham and Sheffield, and to over one hundred and three in Liverpool. In nineteen large towns, containing an aggregate of a mil­ lion and nearly tweuty-femr thousand children, the deaths for K year from their number ^ere 82,250. This is a fearful number, and no doubt the figures were increased through causes which might have l>een avoided. Still, had every­ thing been doue, the little victims must have been counted by myriads. As things are, it is probable that in very many cases continued life would not have been a blessing, but the quaint old epi­ taph, *'8o coon waa I done for, I wonder what I was begnn for. will nevertheless suggest itself.--Cincin­ nati Gazette. Governs eat Publications. Very frequently it occurs that one, hearing of a certain book having been published by the Government, wishes to obtain a copy, but is ignorant of the manner of procedure necessary to pro­ cure it. Now, in order to obtain a oopy of any government publication, you must first know the full name of the book, the author's name, date and department it is published by. Having learned all this, you must next send a letter of request to your Congressman or United States Sen­ ator. Either one will do. The shorter your letter the better, a* Congressmen usually have enough to read without be­ ing troubled with a long letter which can easily he reduced to a dozen words. It is not necessary to give your reasons for wanting the book, nor is it necessary to give your family history, references, etc. Secretaries of societies should al­ ways affix the seal of the society to the letters unless the secretary be person­ ally acquainted with the Congressman or Senator. Always be sure and give your full address--State, county, city and street--and never fail to return the enclosed receipt blank to the proper per­ sons, postage prepaid. In ordering books always write a separate letter for each department. Never write to two different men for the same book, as the various departments keep a record of all books that go out, and if caught trying to get duplicates, without good reasons for doing so, you are liable to fall into trouble and not get any books at all.-- Indianapoti* Herald. A correspondent of the Sanitary Engineer advises the use of a mountain trout to clear out two-inch water pipes. The trout is introduced carefully", head first, into the highest point of the pipe, and bid an affectionate farewell. He cannot return, so you walk gracefully to the outlet orifice and wait for your trout to appear. It don't take long ; muddy water comes quickly, and finally along comes your I rout; but he frequently looks so fatigued that ha can scarcely move. POPtfLAR SCIBHCE. AimrioiUi essonoe of almonds may be lnade from benzina. EVIDENCE is brought to prove that the antiquity of man can not be less 200,000 years. THIRTY per cent of forest is considered the best proportion for the most bene­ ficial effect on climate. AGASSIZ says : " The pupil studies nature in the school-room, and when he goes out of doors he can not find her." _ STRYCHNIA acts only on certain por­ tions of the spinal marrow, and opium on puis of the cerebrum. NEXT to the diamond, the ruby is one of the most remarkable stones for the exhibition of phosphoresoenoe under electricity. IN ooLD water frogs will breathe en­ tirely by the skin, and can not be killed by immersion as long as they are pro­ vided with food. MANY butterflies take no food and have no digestive organs. The eating and storing of nutriment wis performed in the earlier larva state. IN PORRST beds near the delta of the Mississippi are found cypress trunks twenty-five feet in diameter, and one containing 5,700 annual rings. REMAKKABLB transformations have been made in the Algerian Sahara by irrigation. Under its operation a soil has been formed in which plants grow with great vigor. BY AN experiment made with a chest­ nut tree thirty-five years old, to calculate the amount of moisture evaporated from tLe leaves, it was found to lose sixteen gallons of water in twenty-four hours. THIS vegetation on Behring Island is exceedingly luxuriant. The sea in the neighborhood is especially rich in aline. Forests of it from sixty to one hundred feet high render dredging exceedingly difficult in some localities. As A test for the coloring matter in red wine it is fonnd that, on mixing an equal quantity of nitric acid with the wine to be tested, the color will remain nncbanged for hours, if the wine be pure, while if artificial, it is changed in a minute. BY A registering apparatns. contrived for the purpose, the frequency of the wings of the different insects has been determined. Tt is found that while the common fly vibrates its wings 330 times per second, the honey-bee makes 190 strokes, and the dragon fly only twenty- eight. IT IS maintained by some scientists that the aroma of fruits increases with the latitude, while the sweetness de­ creases. Many herbs, such as caraway, are richer in essential oils in Norwav than in more southern regions. This effect is ascribed to the influence of the pro-< longed light of the summer months. ATTEMPTS have been made in Spain to substitute orange for grape juice in wine making. Four kinds of wine, one a sparkling wine, have been successfully produced. They are all of an attractive color, perfectly clear, of an agreeable sweet, slightly acid flavor, and of an al­ coholic strength of about fifteen per cent. THE effect of lightning on trees near a telegraph wire is thus described by a French mvant; " The line nnder obser­ vation runs east and west. Of the pop­ lars bordering on the road those on the north side suffered most, those on the other side being rarely strnck. Eighty out of 500 trees were destroyed. The instances multiplied *ith increased ele­ vation, ami in the -plwMm at the highest point of land reached the maximum one of about seven feet, the minister quickly regained his footing, and at once returned to his place at the re­ stored reading-stand. Before resuming the awkwardly interrupted discourse, however, tine preacher remarked, with a quaint " pawkiness " which the congre­ gation seemed to appreciate, that" those who leaned upon the Master would be better sustained than he had been while leaning upon the reading-stand of His servant" A llisconnt en Babies. Let me conclude with the recital of a fact illustrative pf a trait characteristic in France. I am proud to number among my friends a brave house-porter {concierge) and his wife, who always rt ceive me pleasantly when I look in at their lodge to inquire if oue of my friends, who 'is their employer, is at home. The other day I missed the good wife's face, and inquired of the husband where she was. He pointed to the small bed­ room back of the lodge. " bh !" he whispered; " mother and child are well; it is a little girl, and was born last night" I paid my compliments and went my way. He seemed brimful of fatherly affection. A few days after, having oc­ casion to call on my friend again, I looked into the lodge and found the new mamma seated by the fire, na!e but happy. I congratulated hereon her daughter's arrival in the world. " Merci," she said, " and what do you think of my happy family ?" I looked, and in her lap lay an ugly pug dog, harmoniously enjoying rapme beside a huge Angola oat; while on Hie woman's pigeon. "Yes, yes, eyes rather widely, " that is all very fine, but wliere's the baby ?" *'The baby. Monsieur? Oh, we sent t her into the country--out to nurse, you i knew." "Yes, oh, yes," sdded the father, "we sent her away to nurse the fifth day after she was born. It's rather a goodish baby, I think."--Boston Journal J'wis Letter. : flM. eaiANBAOTHGRt t Tight tkeir daughter* that "a stitch in tim« i tves nine." A pill in time naves not only nine I'ti; ofttimea ai» incalculable amount of suffor- itjg aa welL An occasional dose of Dr. Pierce's •'Pellet*'* (little Sugar-coated Pills), to cleauae tbe stomach and bewela, not onlv pre­ vents diaeaxe bnt often breaks up eudden at- taken la time. Is* dructista. a tame Shoulder perched ' I said, opening my «• tk.t >. all .... How tiold is Hoarded* An additional, and by no means ade­ quately appreciated, cause of the strin­ gency of money is the growth of the passion for hoarding gold among the lower slasses with the increase of pros­ perity. Our unmense foreign popula­ tion 'does not crave half as much for paper money as it does for gold. Some of them--the Italians, the Austrians, for instance--had some sod experiences with paper money at home. They don't know anything about the solidity of greenbacks, bank notes, bouds, and savings banks. What they are anxious to get is a gold piece, and the moment they get it they hide it. Nothing bnt THE opportunity of linving at a WOMII land, cattle, or a house, ever brings theee gold pieces out again. It hos been cal­ culated that some $200,000,000 have thus l>een abstracted from the circulation during the last three years of growing prosperity throughout tlie continent. Women represent a vtry important factor in this hording process. A woman of almost any European nationality pre­ fers a gold coin to a piece of clothing, a piece of furniture, or anything else--ex­ cept, possibly, a piece of jewelry. An •priaf fever* sbotild not think lightly or that feel- fag; of extreme debility so common in tlie apring of the year. It is often the forerunner of a year of ill health. It render* the system vary *B«oeptiMe dSMM, and is cau*ed by the blood beingfiOed with poisonous humors. The blood, fay all mesas, abonld be kept^bealthy ; Otherwise its power to asxiniiMe nntriuons food beoomss impaired, and dyspepsia, liver complaint, headache, nervous debility, extreme languor, weak kidneys, want of phvaical and mental endnranoe and general prostration is the resole Hfeaoe prevention is better than cure, font wait for the final result of spring-time in­ disposition, when thefintt symptoms of languor Sre manifested, but begin using Dr. Onysott's Yellow Dock and SanapariUa. A a spring med­ icine it excels all other remedies, gently bnt surely expelling the poisonous blood humors wiih which the system N-eomt-B impregnated by the incidental effect of changeable winter weather. It makes the blood red, rich and pure, causes it to circulate with more vim, eata­ bles it to renew the wasted tisanes, and carries strength and vita iiy to every weakened part of the hnman syskm, restoring iwif-iraH bodily function*, and checking all decay of the urina­ ry, digestive and pulmonary organs, which, if neglected, too often ends in a premature grave. GBACB GREENWOOD writes: " Never nnsex yourself for greatness. The worship of one true hewt is better than the wonder of the world. Don't trample on the flowers while longing for the stars. Live up to the full measure of life; give way to your impulses, loves and enthu­ siasms; sing, smile, labor and be happy. • Adore poetry for its sake; yearn for and strive after excellence; rejoice when others attain it; feel for your contem­ poraries a loving envy; steal into your country's heart; glory iu its greatness, exult in its power, honor its gallant men, immortalize its matchless women." MR. ROBT. B. BARTON, of Dayton, Ohio, writes : •' I wish every one to know that Dr. Quysott's Yellow Dock and Sareapwlla has cured me of severe dyspepsia and urinary trou­ bles. It has made me very strong.** " Rcrrrs, wha* oome o* yo' brudder?" "Wha' brudder yo* mean, mammy?" "Wha' brudder? Now, Rufus, is yo' gwan inter mate dat dars been a freshet o* boys in you fa.mbly?" " No, mammy, I haint intermatin', hut vo' knows d'ole man tuk selien ob 'em off on a clam lmnt dis mornin', an' nine ob de res' ha'n't oome hnm fo'm las' night's coon rumpus, an' free ob ,de balance is down wid de meazles, an les' yo' means Clem, dis kermittee can't gib no repo't"--Rome Sentinel. IT fl e* on the wings of the morning, good news as well as bad, always. We mean the fame of " Dr. Sykex' Sure Cure for Catarrh." TR silver ooins of the United States Mid of France sre made of nine parts of The injury was mostly opposite and ' Frenchman told me the other day under the level of the wires. It is sup- " ' * posed that while the wire is stroncly electrified by induotion, the lightning does not strike it bnt strikes the neigh­ boring poplars diTectly, which, wet with rain, afford an easier passage for the electric fluid to the ground. " The Advantages of Utterinm. up t years ago that every oue ought to l>e The notion that grew up about six tlietic, aud that every one who followed certain recipes could be so, and gain healthy enjoyment of art by merely liv­ ing in a certain atmosphere, was oue that would scarcely have needed refuta­ tion had it not been the genuine expres­ sion, though in an exaggerated form, of the reuctiou from the Philistinism of the earlier part of the century. At the bot­ tom of the sham sentiment and fashion­ able foolishness, which, as it were, armor-plated the (esthetic movement, there was a real desire for a little more beauty in the surroundings of life, aud perhaps even a wish for a less material view of life itself. Possibly the weakest stripling who pored over a lily in a glass of water was as estimable a spectacle as " the First Gentleman in Europe" being hoisted into his iuexpressibles by half a dozen valets, and the ladies who waved peacock fans slowly in the dim light of sage-green drawing rooms would have compared favorably in all but complex­ ion, with their prototypes of the Re­ gency. At all events, both the male and female aesthetic had some faint notion of an ideal--not wholly selfish, not wholly base--and, though the ideal was as neb­ ulous as the atmosphere of their bou­ doirs, it was sufficient to prevent their being wholly contemptible. Unlike Kingsley's maiden, they did no "noble things," but dreamed " them all long; " and, though their dreams were irritating to others--at least, when they issued in action--they in the end worked a con­ siderable change. It would be difficult now for any one, even buying furniture or domestic utensils of any sort to avoid becoming possessed of a considerable number of objects which were really good in form or color, and the importa­ tion of really beautiful fabrics and em­ broideries from the East has increased enormously. It is almost as common to see a bit of Rhodian embroidery in a drawing-room now as it was to see a piece of Berlin wool-work a dozen years ago, and the houses are few and between, in London, at least, who have not a bit of Japanese art, whether it be on puper, lacquer, bronze, or silk, lighting up some odd corner. And good, too, has been done to painting, indirectly, by making artists feel that the sympathy «f a considerable mass of-the public is with them, and so encouraging th»*iu to take heart of grace to work steu lily in their own way.--Spectator, Down Came Parson, Palpit, a*d AIL A singular accident befell a Scotch clergyman while preaching in a Non­ conformist chapel. He had a vigorous style, and showed himself zealously fer­ vent in driving home to his interested hearers the solemn words and moral of his text. Hands and eyes were, both brought into play in enforcing the " winged words " of the portly preacher, and ifow and again he wonld lean his whole weight on the reading-stand, gaz­ ing intently into the faces of his audi­ tors, to deepen the impressions of his counsels. While he was once thus gaz­ ing the audience were startled by seeing the reading-stand topple over the plat­ form, followed headlong by the energetic preacher himself. Many rushed to his assistance, but, although the fall waa that (he avoids ever going home with a gold pieci> in his pocket, for he is sure that his wife would Btcal it at night and try to persuade him next morning that tlie coin must have rolled out of his pocket "Yet she is a very honest woman," added he. "She would nev< r touch the bank notes, but her passion for hoarding gold is iuvincible. I don't mind it, though, for she will giveiit all back if a rainy day comes.--New York Sun. Da. PIEBCE'B " Favorite Prescription " per* ffntly and permanently cures those diseases pe­ culiar to females. It is tonic and nervine, ef- . oetually allaying and curiug those sickening - testations thai affect the stomach and heart through reflex, action. The bucktu-lie and " riragging^lown " senaations all disappear un- <>r the strengthening effects of this great re- ciontive. By druggists. The "Lucky Escape." On the night of Oct 14,1651, a tall, fwarthy young man with a companion slipped into the George Inn, Brighton (Eng.), and said he would wait to meet a seafaring acquaintance. In earlier days the host had been employed in one of the London palaces, and he recog­ nized in his seedy visitor Prince Charles, son of the monarch who, more than two years before, had been beheaded at Whitehall. Alter the battle of Worces­ ter the young King had experienced many adventures and worn many dis­ guises--there was a price upon his head; but the innkeeper, either from loyalty or discretion, did not offer to molest the fugitive or his companion. The Gaptaon of a collier, Nicholas Tet- tersell, then appeared, and took Charles and his companion, who was the Earl of Rochester, on board his vessel and landed them in France, for which service many things were premised. The Restoration came, but none of the gilts, and Tettersell therefore sailed into the Thames and moored off Whitehall, where his dingy bark attracted the 'at­ tention of the lung, who, being thus re­ minded, gave the Captain a ring, a per­ petual annuity of £100 a year, and took the collier into the navy under the name of the Lucky Escape. silver aad one part of copper. oopper is used in making the silvar of Great Britain. DRUGGISTS my that Lvdia E. Pinkham's Vege­ table Compound is the beet remedy for female complaints they ever heard of. RoauA claims to have phosphate de­ posits large enough to fertilize all Europe for aa indefinite period. AM nnadvertMed and positive core tor Oa* tarrh--" Dr. Sykes' Sure Core." THK Tnames embankment, according to the London papers, is »»•*»*«» for un­ armed persons after dark. KISNXT-WOBT has cured thousand*. Try it •ad you will add ous lame to their nnsriwe. Ha is wise who never acts without reason, and never against it VanViMt KidatraadUvwOsNi A vims quality of almonds is grown in Oregon. drain and Xerve. Wells' Health lienewer, greatest remedy on earth for luipuieiue, leanut-HH, mental or physi­ cal debt lty, etc. fl at ('iw&iats. Piupjld by expresp, *1.25* 6 for •& B. & Wblu, Jersey City, N.J. On Thirty mmw*> TiriM* The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will •end their Electro-Voltaic Belts and other Eleo- tric Appliances on trial tor tliirty days to any person nfllicted with N»rvous Debility, Lost Vitality and kindred troubles, guaranteeing complete restoration of vigor aud manhood. Address m above without delay, N. B.--No risk Is inoatred, ss thirty days' trial is allowed. EVERY HOME stiould contain Eileri'N Extract Of Tar and Wild C h> rry. Tli s eloOrated remedy will mm ly cure Colds, Coughs, Croun, C«ti;rrh, Connnu|,tion and all liruuc i&l complaints. Common Colds nfgkcled, are the cause of one- halt the (I at I is. Don't wait for s:cku>t>H to come, but thin day take home a bottle of Eileri'n El- tract of Tar and Wild Cherry, for it may save the life of a loved one, when delay would be death. Sold by all Druggists. FOB dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of *plr- itis aud general debility, in their various forms; also as a preventive agaiu»t fever and ague and Other intermittuut fever*, the " Fern*Phosphor­ ated Elixir «<f Oslisava," made by Caswell, Haz- I artl & Co., New York, and sold by all droggm s, is the best tonic ; and for patiebt» recovering from fever or ether sickneee it has nr equal UNCLE KAM'H CONDITION IOWOKB prevents diset'B'-, puntieH the bit* <1. inipr>'Ve.i the ttppe- lite, give* a smooth and glos-y ooa- of imimiid kt-ep>t the animal in good o-nd tiou. It cures Disiemper. Coughs. CoM«, Fevers sud in<>-t of the disease* to wliich Horse*, Cattle. S:ieep, Hogx and Poultry are xuojeci and nhou'd ue used by every one owning or having the care of stock. Bold by all Druggists. 8ou» men admire the beautiful, and this ac­ counts in some measure for th<~ thousands upon thousands of bottles of Carboiine, the deodor­ ised petroleum hair renewcr and dressing, which have been sold yearly since its iuveiiUon, by Mawi-ra. Kennedy & Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa. •pitting of blood, weak i and the early stagrn of is was less Foa weak longs, stomach, night sweats Consumption, 1' Golden Medical Discovery, specific. By druggists. A Mysterj Solved. At a social gathering on Austin ave­ nue not long since, the subject of bnld heuds came up for discussion, and it was the subject of general mystification that there are so many more bald-headed men than there are women. Nobody was able to give a reasonable explanation for this until old Col. Swipes, who is balder than a watermelon, and has buried five wives, spoke up. He said it perfectly plain to him why men had hair on their heads than women. He was asked to explain, which he did thus: "You see, gentlemen, when a man gets mad he pulls his own hair out, and when his wife gets mad she pulls out what there is left of it. 'It is a mystery to me how a married man is able to keep a single hair in his head."--Texas Sitt­ ings. 4 CONSIDERING the common habit of wife-beating in England, the Pall Mall Gazette wonders whether there are not too many compliments paid to F.nglia^ bravery and gallantry. DKCIUED steps ought to be taken to cure a Cold or Cough at onoe. We should recommend Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. This valuable medi­ cine is indorsed by the physicians and you csa rely on its doing the work every time. HKMtY'M CARBOLIC HALVE Is (Ira BEST SALVE for Cats, Bruise*, Bores, Clen^ Salt Ktieam, Tetter, Chipped Hands, Chilbisiaa, Corns, tad all kinds of Skin Kraptioni, Piecklea ai d Pimple*. Get HKNRVS CARBOLIC SALVE, as all other* an oonnterfeits. Price, 16 rents. DR. t;KEEN'S OXYGENATED BITTERS Is tbe best reraedj tor Uyspepsia, BiUoasnsas, Maliria, IndU.'e*ttoo, and Pisnassa of tbe Blood, Kidaapa, liver. Skin, etc. | DUIUfCS CATARRH SNUFF cores all the mucous membraaa, eC the bead sad threat. % r KJW. 'r T * »?.<*<£ - • gaa • ACsvimpIaaJI Y .. & Swearing Eo^w«r; The pmfeakmg the Hne railway from Tramway Lead lag. La, to ihe Inland town* were sur­ prised aad amused at a recent occurrence. 80 aaany strange things, however, are constantly • c themselves to tSeaf- Ibe people aow-a^sya that aeaalae surprises are fern Indeed. This was the exception. We have read of the "painted shin on a natnted ocean," and 1 "poetry of Motion," . dancing, bat had " " decorative art on a railway wide-eyed woa- locomotlve and ten- ofcanawv- covntri loi through adorned on ' % •; • ; > ' i BT.^ICOB war 11 loosed foraeooajf fall display efcolor h allowed to aeaa anything these times. It looked sublime. looked fenny to see the train and engine •w.atked with then parti-color­ ed rheu­ matic wrap­ pings; ana at a conve- pondent in­ quired of the conduc­ tor what it all meant? M Why, it means that my whole train looks like a traveling menagerie," said the conductor. " I laid up my train at Tramway, as usual, and, dar­ ing the hours of 'balmy sleep,' I suppose some of those advertising wretches backed up their ' kit* and posted it from front to rear. I don't know why they did It; but there stands the It s hard luck stranger, hut I gis •^Gatvcthm (Iter.) Ikttlu J»urnaL PUKE White T»hsr«* «*ed by mail, peetaett. •c per os. W. P. GOODWIN, Peticity, Ohio. BOOK on the , ., . Lun#*,by R.Hanter, gaawgrsSBSigtt .̂SSSSS&fSSStiSi $66 & YOUH MEN S.'SXtdu •atlaa. ad (Iran VALENTINBBROS.. 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Ko c«n|ta! mind K»nd $t.m JOE- A-inples »ftd circular. Mo*«rroHmied . CHICAGO EXCHANGE BUKiiAv, 8*£«! M;sui£t>r* Cxucaf®,, III* FREE IF, tton Cards, fi 1 8tar Puiz i literary pn] receipt of ECTIOm tot AatoMssfe Album*. 1 pk Transparent Cards.Jt aS - FutiC.mU.lpk KseortOkrda.1 pkFfeC Lansoamof F.owe *.( Aetaeass'Rotates, --t e, > Cbemleai PnsMes. and an etast-pam Iftorary pnper on trial SanBthSk All the above ssut on Employment for Lath*. 'Hie Queem City Suspender Comv-mif fid*. ciaaati ue aew maaaCKturiiw aad WMdadw 4*"» IMk« S*n*rt»r» »liiii>«i3 CSBSw. aad their imtamkd MM awe*ail«iii tft I iSlw. and waatirifafcl* lady*jtaat»«*B than la etrov tuxncfcoM. Owimsmn-l a w e t w W u e e d y w e n * * -- S * r t salaries. Writ* at once IbrMna* aad a* cut* eatle*i»e filtw ». Aildnw •*•*• car s*»t«es»> ts n*t«**ew, SM*. fityskiaas tecwead then Softener*, -ffr C : svf CONSUHPTIOII! 1 have a poeitlv* moody tor the above disease; few Ha •aa thousand* of caae* of tbo wont kind and of fmm •tandiiw have been cored. Indeed, so stxonc ie u hSa In it* eacacy that I will *eodTWO BOITUU FHSE togetherwita VALUABLK TRKAT1SR an thtoS Kxpnea and P. O. address. H. iff Peart St. Kew together wita • VALUABLJPt TRKATlSf aaae to any cofferer. Giro DR. T. A. BLOCUM, Pursuit** Wood, and will completely chance the Mosd la tka will takeone pill each at restored to sound heaitfulf such s thing be pa«AA*. Bold everywhere or ssntby ssail IwlMlw slpinia _T. S. JOHN t*o !J <C CWELSAW, jiasa^ JOHNSON ft' •rlr Kasravlla JOHNSON'S positively prevent tliia terrible lively can cure nine cases out of ten. will Mvenutnr lives, sent free bvt moment. Prevention Is better than cm L&j son a Co.. Boston. Haaa., formerly Basaer. il • V*j DR. IIOTTS LIVUl PILLS UIUMI COUGH FRESH. PURE SEKDSt "RSr NO OLD STOCK IN STOKE, •cne-crown and Choice Imported. Bead (urCatakagHL A. & Babxm. 46 * 48 West Lake St.. CBi.naaTli^ .(J^.L NONE t-.U T ' NE . T H E u R E A l F A M i L s WnT WASTE KttXET! whaksr* er 6 growth ••a w • w te+da or te Tliit'lU*. 8TK£K{.iTl]0 as4 i.SVJvwit^TIUia HAIR aa>«aw*4M'« 'i i laiij T*7 the fmt gaMitfi tofcttij shMi Iu SITSTLTT |jlUD. ̂ wTtJXt-Tf SIX & «A LO WHKN WGLTOTI TO ADYKKTl*£i»*, *V plena* isy yss mw the s*Te«hws iimt In tluai psisr. -4m wmrm JLi i • "i ,®^Sn^Sve rears Iu medicine, have never found anything to give the results that Da IKON TONIC doe«. In many cases of Nerrous Prostration, female Disease*. Dyspepsia, noverlshed condiiion of the blood, this peerless remedy, has In my hands, made soase wsw \ittsr ire" _ I have used DR. HABTXB'S I BOX Tome IN my practice, aad IN an , - - - •• - - that Da. psls. sad ja 1m-, novertslieo COUUUIOII 01 cne OHKKI, uiis pnrm iwrncay, naa ui iuy Minii, am VtMMHNMi Kses that have baflle<i soiue of our mosVealnent phydclaas, have yielded to this great and tnmiassiw able remedy. I prescribe it in preference to any Iron prenarattsa made. _Is tact, sachaeempws--e ss Da. UjuaiBB's luox Toxic is a neceedty In my ItffivageolortotAe natural hoaltM^U tone to the dlffestive organ* si«i tumnu Mifstem, making tt applicable to OensMs! Debility, Lot* of Appe- Ute, Prostration of PUml ftmrs and Ix MMIiFACTVatOBY >' 'iM ' • rt'! ' "