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3 • - " v / - TOQB OORN'8 A.TALKII1" XL & HCMANUB. K*t. >'T "¥51? '. wuhtaiL >'«twiHaUi . • d*6< or red n' ysller, pmsklw liMHfl metier,, rmtKbuhaa'bosfh. ' owtam! ' ,• tbe brook. ^ .. a-*lawln* TS gr«eo.late mowf**, Atf ?«* geatigns torn and tattered, An*rergo£iin«--rodtbi k scattered; Ijtkeram pictersla a book. Yia a (turn there's no doubt In"! ^ With yer voodi an' swamps a-driM; , With the black birds jest so busy That but head glta light an'diizy . ; Witt a-iistenla' ter th-ir chatty An* the wlery, fightn' clatte- Uw the bine-Jay'** raspin' lip, -g0 But I*R Ml ye, owtam, aqaarsly. Wbiii UM the best nv all In tr hew the oorn a-talkin' When the wind is through it An" tor oateh the pnnkins lli An' jest layiu' low an* elist'i Aa tt 'spectia' fer a call An* another thing I'm get on, I'm a-achin'fer ter tell. Is ter see th i apples drop pin' An' tbe chestnut baits a-popnin* An* a-shellin' ont their pi under. While the pigs are chankin' under; Now, I like tills mighty wall. An* I like a han' at seedin' I LOOK about this pre-ent time. When the toller smells like posies, . ; Only sweeter than tbe roses ? A n't he t rtin is qoiok a t-pringln* , An' tbo raeller gronn" is singln' Jest the sweetest harvest rhyme. An*now come ter think, I reckin, As I'm tayin* now my say, I Imnsfc meution--but I'm thinkin* It's the heart that'fl alius drink in' In the pood that God has fcdven - As makes a life--a livin' And fills even ev"ry day. ib; •The Current. SUSY'S BEA :;jlt was a favorite jest, upon old ^farmer Collingwood's farm, to call Joe Ellisou Snsy's admirer. And Susy, " when she heard the half-taunting joke, only smiled softly, and at their next meeting only gave Joe a kinder word or • sweeter smile. She was the orphaned danghter of a : 'I. «jpuutry clergyman, whose sole lcgacy ; tjp her had been the best education his ®wn profound learning enabled him to give her. When she was but a little girl her mother died, and she had been .. her father's housekeeper, scholar, and companion until her 19th birth- lay, when Rev. Stephen Co.vle was ^likewise taken from the child to his last, long rest. The good people of the parish, knowing Susy's advantages for stndy, had pat her at the head of the district school, and, her old home being the parsonage, she had removed ||er personal possessions and had taken Q|> her abode at Farmer Collingwood's. he having for years "boarded" the ., school ma'am. It was a merrj, liappy farmer's house Id where Susy lived. Julia and Mol- Collingwood were strong armed, ooming damsels, full of coquettish ace, and with loud voices and active bits. Charlie and James, the sons, were line specimens of young farmers, and the old man and his wife were kind-hearted, homely country folk. But the young girl, brought up in tter father's study, his companion for s •; years, had developed more mental than physical strength, was shy in manner, reserved in speech, and craved intel­ lectual food entirely out of her power j lo obtain. She was slight in figure, | i %ith large black eyes, delicate features, ^ a pure, colorless complexion, and 'masses of nut-brown hair. The par- . son age having always had a servant, Susie's little bands were unspoiled by rough -.vork, and beside the rosy-cheeked, V^jJHiye-eved Colling wood girls she looked a little pale nun, her deep mourn- iittg contrasting strangely with their gay attire, with all the color of the Ifiinbow struggling for supremacy. , . 7 j She had been but a little time in her ^Tposition as instructress to the two- Leaded youngsters of Brent Hill, when, f . <Sbming up the road from school late on a summer's afternoon, she heard wail­ ing and groans in one of the cottages, <, where often before she had heard the same sounds. "Poor Joe!" she whispered pitifully, t . For she knew a deformed idiot was being beaten by a cruel task-master. But on that afternoon, as she drew near the cottage, the door suddenly flew -h ' Open, and the idiot limped howling, (tod speeding as fast as his infirmities • „ allowed, out at the opening, while fol .Jjpwing him, a strong, brutal man, half 4runk, flourishe 1 an immensa cowhide. The man, cursing and swearing, held the whip over the cowering, shrinking I ltd, but when it fell it struck, not Joe, < but Susy, who bent over him, one arm raised to ward off the blow. Brute as tie was, the half drunken wretch stood aghast when Ifre heavy lash cut across busy's slender arm and shoulders. "I beg pardon, ma'am," he said. "I f-l- |tid not see you was in the way, "How can you ?" she cried, her pale ; _ «&ceks crimson with womanly indigna |ion--"how can you, a strong man, j strike a poor, trembling boy like that-- a boy whose infirmities should appeal for protection to any man who was not ftn arrant coward 3* "Well, come now, that's pretty Strong." said the man. "Don't I feed And lodge him for what he does, and ain't I get a right to beat him if he does tsverything wrong? He don't earn his Sltlt, be don't." ? i "Don't keep him, then." j "I guess you're right. I won't. Jbe, : jjott m<ty go to the mischief, but don't Opme here again." ; So saying, the idiot's tormenter turn­ ed on his heel and re-entered his house, shutting and noisily bolting the door. Susy stood half terrified at the result her well meant ioterferance. Joe : Was a waif from the almshouse, lame, Reformed idiot, and she had deprived ^llim of his only refuge. • , "Oh, Joe," she said, crying, "I t , sorry! What will you do?" But Joe was only able to realize that . bis brutal task-master had cease to beat him, and that a long, red welt •cross Susy's hand had fallen there upon its way to his cowering shonlder. He only pointed to the mark, half cry­ ing: * "It was better for me to take it as you! 'he said, whimpering; the pretty white hand! "Oh. Joe is sorry you got before him. Joe don't mind beating!" All the chivalry in the poor, dull brain asserted itself in that speech, for ^kJoe did mind a beating very much. Tfe1uYou can't stay here in the road all aught.' said Susy. "Come with me and I will ask Mr. Collingwood to give you & place to sleep." The go >d people at the farm looked jfcther astonished when Susy appeared, followed by the stooping, limping fig­ ure of the village idiot. But the farmer broke into hearty laughter when she to!d of her interference, and begged a shelter f< r the boy. "Stay here? Of course he can stay here," said he: "We'll find something for th«' poor beggar to do! But to think of you're spunking up to Bob Carter after that iHsliion, I'd ha' given my best oew to see it. A little white ban­ tam peeking a ball wonld be nothing to it. And he run off. Well! Woll! Here, Charlie, show Joo the room over the barn. He can sleep there and hell soon learn where to come to meals." So the idiot found his hard bed on the floor replaced by the cosy barn chamber; his scanty food exchanged for generous plenty; and for blows, kicks, and curses, hard work, overtask­ ing his brain, he had kind words and light labor saited to his comprehen­ sion. And under this treatment he bright­ ened visibly, performing his simple task willingly and well. When winter came, Susy herself altered a suit and overcoat of her fath­ er's to clothe the boy comfortably for cold weather, and Knit him a scarf, cap, and mittens. She never passed him without a word of encouragement and kindness, and in his darkened mind the fair, sweet face stood for a religion, something to be worshiped, poor Joe's special Providence. He never forgot the falling of the cruel lash upon her slender figure bent to protect him, and he understood perfectly .that Susy's intercession had procured for him his happy, comfort­ able home. And his gratitude oxpressed itself in such offerings as were within his reach, bouquets of wild flowers, clusters of delicate ferns he knew she loved, basket of wild cherries or nuts, and au eager offer to lift any obstacle from her path. And the good-narurod, jesting, country folks called poor Joe Susy's admirer. But while winter snows were yet upon the ground, there camc to Brent Hill a new clergyman, one Cyrus Port- man, who had been a pupil of Susy's father, when he was a youth of 19, she a child of 12. Having fitted himself for college under Rev. Stephen Coyle's instruction he had gone to Harvard, had studied for the pulpit, and having preached in Boston, liai accepted a call to Brent Hill. It was quite natural that he should seek .Susy, and the old servant at the parsonage was warm in her praise. He was a wealthy man, having inherited a fortune from his father, and he was eager to help the poor in his parish. Susy, having the children under her control, was able to point out to him many avenues for his charity, and thus added another link to the associations that bound them together. He was a grave, studious man, re- find in taste and of quiet manner, and he shrank a little from the noisy demon­ strations of the country people around him. It rested him, after a round of calls or the services of the Sabbath, to talk with Susy, to hear her low, sweet voice, and see her quiet, refined move­ ments. He heard of the gentle char­ ities she performed whenever he was in the cottages of t]je" very poor, and memory told him what a little house­ hold fairy she had been, even when a child. So, in the long evenings, in the spring walks, he let his heart go out to Susy, and gather her image into its deepest recesses, while she, unconscious of her own secret, felt there was no happiness so profound as Cyrus brought by his mere presence. It was a quiet, uneventful courting of six long months, bat it bound two hearts together for life. And Joe, looking on, understood vaguely that Susy was happy when Cyrus was near; that a service per­ formed for Cyrus pleased Susy as well. And as events progressed he under­ stood that Cyrus would one day take Susy to the parsonage as his wite, and that Susy would be happy there. All this was firmly rooted in poor Joe's clouded brain, and he knew that trouble to Cyrus would be sore grief also to Susy. So, with an allegiance that was touching, Joe transferred some of his devotion to the young clergyman, and when he was at the farm would mutter often: "Susy likes him; Joe must be good to him because Susv likes him." He was grateful for the kindly words of Cyrus, his many gifts of clothing and money; but the great claim that he held over Joe was the fact that to please him was lo give Susy pleasure. Summer sunshine was ripening the grain, and the berries were in ripest clusters, when Susy had an entire month of leisure for the school holiday, and Cyrus won from her a promise to resigli her place and be his wife in September. Her simple outfit became her duily task, and the Collingwoods lent willing hands to prepare for the wedding. Joe was made entirely hap­ py by a promise of a home at the par souage, and the long summer days seemed too short for the happiness that filled them. It was nearly two miles from the par­ sonage to the Collingwood farm, but there were few evenings when Cyrus failed to walk from his home to Susy's for an hour or two of the sweet compan­ ionship he loved. And his way led him through a lonely stretch of country, where the farms were scattered far apart, for Mr. Collingwood had bought a farm at some distance from the vil lsge. By what instinct Joe knew that there might be danger lurking in the road, I cannot explain, but it became his habit, solely of his own will, to follow Cyrus Portman, out of sight himself, till he saw him safely within his house, and then limp back again to his own barn chamber. It may have been that the talk of the farm hands about some of the crimes perpetrated by tramps conveyed a warning to his weakened mind. But, whatever the motive, he was constant in his unsuspected attend­ ance. Kev. Cyras Portman, pecure of hi-i place in the love of his congregation, thinking his Village home ever secure from danger of robbery, or even the fear of theft, was careless of the fact that it was known he carried about him large sums of money, lie drew his in­ come quarterly from a Boston bank, and was apt to carry large rolls of bank notes in his pocket-book, ready for his own expenses and charities. He wore diamond studs and finger-ring and a heavy gold watch and chain. All these facts becoming known to Bob Carter, Joe's old tormentor, led to the fact that proved the idio"a deepest devo­ tion to Susy. One of the tramps seek­ ing emploi ment at Brent Hill, proving a conge ial companion for Bob Carter in his drinking frolics and idle life, be­ came his guest, and the two, under tbe influence of liquor, resolved to rob the parson. "He'n bound to have a pocket full of money," Bod said, "and we're half starved! We'll make it more equal like!" So it fell that one August night, when there was no moon, Joe, faith­ fully trudging upon his self ap­ pointed task of seeing Susy's lover safe in his own home, saw two men spring upon him a* he passed a high hedge. Takt>n entirely by surprise, Cyrus P< rtnian turned to his assailants and fo'ignt lor his possessions' with the courage of a truly-brave man. But they *ere two to one, and had thrown him down, when Bob Carter, lifting a formidable club of wood, ordered him to give up his mony and watch. Instead of complying he struggled more fierce­ ly to free himself from the grasp of the other ruffian. "You will have it, then," growled Bob, lifting the club, and surely there would have been an end of all busy's dreams of happiness, had not Joe, with a cry utterly indescribable, flung himself be­ tween the heavy murderous weapon and Cyrus Portman. Down came the wood with a sicken­ ing crash upon the idiots back and head, and Cyrus Portman, with a sud­ den wrench, freed himself as the tramp dodged back to avoid the blow. At this moment the voices of a party of village merry-makers were heard com­ ing up the road, and the would-be rob­ bers and assassins turned and fled. The calls of the clergyman hurried the steps of the farmer lads coming home, and the well-known voices of the Collingwood boys were soon heard in ger exclamations. In hurried words the young clergy­ man explained the situation. "Poor Jc e!" he exclaimed, looking as he knelt to examine the prostrate body. I am afraid his devotion has cost him liis life. I cannot feel his heart beat" " We'll carry him home," Oharlie Collingswood said. "Come, bbys, it's not half a mile to the farm." Willing, strong hands lifted the still insensible figure, and tenderly poor Joe was carried to the farm again. Susy, still sitting upon the wide porch, think­ ing of her lover, saw the procession ©li­ ter the gate and ran quickly down the path. Ht r tears fell fast as Cyrus to'f his fad tale, but she opened the dor4 of the spare room on the lower floor, wakened Mrs. Collingwood, brought lights, water and bandage, while James saddled a hor-e and rode back to the village for the doctor. But doctors could not help poor Joe the blow was a death blow, and before morning there was only a cold, stiil form where the poor idiot's life had ex­ isted. But before he died he was brought back to consciousness, to know Sftsy was bending over him, her tears dropping fast upon his white, death- stricken face. "Don't cry," he whispered faintly. " It was because you loved him. I didn't forget," he said, while a smile brightened his poor face. " Joe didn't forget when you took a lashing for him. Joo remembered. And bfe put his head under Bob Carter's club to save tlie parson. Is the parson here?" "Yes, Joe, I am here." "All alive, and Joe did it! Joe did for Susy!" And so, with Susy's name upon his lipe, poor Joe died. %The following Mmra&t of the •ble friendship betweeu the "Queen" and little Don U taken from the article by John yell in St. HiNicholas: "When he could just toddle, Don would run up to Queen with a chuckle of delight, and putting his white, plump little arms around her great brown, hiury trunk, would tug away with all his Utile strength, ss if he believed he could pull that living Jb SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE. / SMELL of paint can be neutralized by a handful of hay in a pailful of water. . IT is said that equal parts of a butter­ nut bark and black tea, with water in which a few rusty nails have been thrown, will restore hair that is prema­ turely turning gray to its original color. Steep well and saturate the hair once a day. There is nothing injurious in the mixture at any rate. IF a lamp is filled quite full in a cold room, and then is brought into a warm one, the heat will cause the oil to ex­ pand and overflow, and lead to the sus­ picion that the lamp leaks. This should be avoided by not filling confpletely; knowing that this may occur, sufficient space should be left to allow for ex­ pansion. To ORNAMENT PHOTOGRAPHS.--Take a piece of white unruled paper, one suit­ able for water-color paints, and on it paint a vine of morning glories, roses, ivy, or a spray of some pretty, delicate drooping flower. The spray or vine should curve in almost a half circle. Lay it away where the dust will not reach it until perfectly dry, then with a pair of sharp scissors cut out the flowers. Next take a piece of white cardboard, cut out a square nearly a* large as the photograph, paste the pic­ ture over the square on the wrong side of the paper. Take the flowers and ar­ range them half over the paper and half over the pioture, and when the po­ sition is satisfactory secure them with muc lage. Frame the card with an oak frame, and a very pretty effect wiil be obtained. Iustead of the painted flow­ ers, pressed ferns and mosses may be used with excellent results. FOR a simple folding screen, suitable for a bedroom or dining-room, take seven yards of firm, unbleached ootton cloth, three and one-lialf yards each of olive sitesia and upholstery cretonne, three small brass hinges and several dozen brass-headed tacks and two frames, each five feet high and two and one-quarter feet broad. These frames are made of four strips of pine board, one inch thick and two and one-half inches wide, nicely jointed at the cor­ ners so as to be quite flat It is prefer­ able to have the cretonne of bright but harmonious The landscat|jjkpatterns are pretty for this. Cover iHrn-ames on both sides with the cotton vieth. fastening it with tacks, and, after y across" One side-of he cretonne an inch very small c< that, stretchy each a piece v r iml;, P' larger all around than the lrame. On the other side stretch the silesia, with the edges turned in and overlapping the cretonne, and fasten these in the middle of the inch-wide edge with a row <>f the brass-headed tacks, on which will be the top and the outer side when the two panels are joined together with the hinges# The other two ends xuust be sewed. (. ... He Took a Stiff One. A gentleman, who will not spoil a joke "for relation saks." tells the fol­ lowing good stony: "I attended a dinner party in New York, and, well, to make a long story short, met some old-time friends, and looked too oft upon the wine when it was red, not confining myself to wine of that color, either. 1 remember part­ ing affectionately from my friends, and tuat's all I remember until I awoke on the Jersey City ferry, upon which, I im­ agine, I had made several trips to and fro. We were then headed' for Jersey City, upon reaching which I left the boat. 1 found upon investigation that I had but 10 cents left, and, feeling very much shattered, entered the first saloon I came to and called for a glass of whiskey. 1 erhaps my hand was a little shaky; anyway I tossed off what I had poured out, and putting my 10 cents on the con u ter was about to leave the saloon. "By the way," said the barkeeper, eyeing me sharply, "axe you engaged?" Engaged ?" 1 said, in,surprise; "nfcat do you mean?" "If you are not," he continued, with a sneer, "I'd like to hire you, for yon can get more whiskey for 10 cents than any man I ever knew." I scorned to reply and left {fee sa­ loon.--Boston Olobe. "And, strange to say, he actually ac­ complished his object, for Queen humored the little fellow's fancy, Swaying and rumbling with delight, she would gradually allow herself to come to her knees, and finally to fall over on her side. And it was touching to see how all the time die kept her eyes lovingly on the beautiful baby, taking care that no movement of hers should even disturb him! "When she was at last prostrate, Don would look around as if to say, 'See what lean do!" Then he would imitate what he had seen the trained perform. He would clamber and climb until he was on Queen's head, Mid there he would sit, With the air of a conqueror. He was quite likely to thrust his little fist into the elephant's eye or to swing his foot into her mouth, but not a mo­ tion would the patient creature make while he sat there, for she seemed to knew that he was not very secure in his high perch. "Sometimes Don wonld cany his frio- ture-blocks to Queen, and together they would build houses. Don would put on one block, and, then Queetl would take one up in her trunk and put it in its place as carefully as if she had been used to the game ail her life; and when Don would kick the house down, as he usually did when it was about half built, his merry laugh and her thunder­ like rumble were something worth going miles to hear. "It never seemed to occur to Don that there was anything odd in his com­ panionship with the gigantic creature; and had it entered his little head to do so, there is no doubt that he would have proposed a walk in the fields with her, vith as much innocenoe as if she had '£>een n small dog." How Mexico's Popular Beverage Was Discovered. Somewhere about the year 990--so the legend runs---a Toltec Indian, whose name was Papantzin, was the first to discover that the juioe of the maguey (Agave Americano, better known to us as aloe or "century plant") might be distilled into a beverage fit for the gods. Desiring to bring this new blessing into royal favor, he called his only daughter--Xochitl, signifying "the flower"and commissioned her as cup-bearer to the King. This ancient Hebe, we are told, was young and beautiful, and the monarch not only drank and praised the pulque, but wedded the maiden; and to this day the beverage of old Papantzin--who was no doubt called "Pap by his duti­ ful children--is the oniversal beverage of the lower classes in Mexico. Ma­ guey itf as much of a feature of this country as trees are of the United States. All over the land it flourishes, cultivated with care in many places, growing out of bare rocks on the mountain side, and springing up as a weed/in the waterless deserts. It has <in infinite variety of uses, and is to the Mexican Indian what the reindeer is to ilhe Esquimau or the rice-plant to the Chinaman. -- Cor. Pittsburgh Dis- pflic/i. ^ The Hifgnt Blunders Made by man are those which affect thfefefctifve conditions of health and disease. Among them are the resort to violent medication, the obstin­ ate adherence to dietetic rules without refer­ ence to their adaptability to the system, and worst of all a disregard of small ailments. Ex­ tremists who are guilty of such follies deserve to suffer. Tbe use of Hon tetter's Stomach Bit­ ters. the abandonment of dosing, the selection of a diet consonant with the stomach, and a prompt resort to the first--these are conditions precedent to a recovery of sound digestion, the restoration of vigor, biliary activity, and a regu­ lar action of the boweta. It is a fatal delusion to suppose that minor ailments wear awav of themselves. Diseases, no nutter how trivial in th<>ir inception, beget othern. In the early stages of fever and ague, rheumatism, dyspepsia, con­ stipation and kidney troubles, a prompt re course to the Bitters is a wise precaution. IftSural ffurW* Sweat ara tbe uses of adeeratty, the pi Inter's oopy saM, Lot ha set ft up, sweet are tbe uses of advertising. Street, indeed, to those who in stekaew aad sitVerin# have seen the advert&eattnt or some soverelrn remedy, which upon trial has brought them from death's door. "The beat thins I ever saw in my paper was the advertisement of Dr. Pierce's 'Golden Medical Disoovery," 'is again aad again the testimony of those who have been healed by it of lunar disease, bronchial jpBoMoast teams, elcera, liver complaints, Sbd the flis to which flesh Is heir. WHY is whipping a mule so much like playing *n organ? Because if you don't O sharp yon will B flat. "S!pt in the Bad!" Sad to say, many a good thing attains to nothing more than a fair beginuing. On the other hand it is a matter for congratulation that the growth of some evil things may be also promptly frustrated. A large propor­ tion of the cases of the most wide-spread and fatal of diseases--consumption--have their inception in nasal catarrh. Dr. Sage's Ca­ tarrh Remedy is pleasant, soothing and ef­ fectual. Try It. It has cured thousands* All druggists. A NEW YORK man Is living with a bullet in his brain, and a Newman man is Still alive With his brain in a bullet. Mules aid Horses. The question as to the status of the mule in the animal kingdom is a much mooted one here. An ordinance was passed by the Council some months since prohibiting certain animals, among them horses, from rnuning at large within the city limits. Mules were omitted--accidentally, it is supposed. The owner of one of these animals was arraigned before our former Mayor charged with violating the ordinance in question. He pleaded in bar of the offense that mules were not included in the ordinance. The Mayor accepted the plea and discharged him on the ground that Ma mule was not a horse." Since that time the owners of these kicking quadrupeds have not been slow ilors and of large figures. 4to take advantage of the decision, as - T wejj as 0f tiig defective ordinance. The present executive, however, has just fined one of these parties, deciding that in contemplation of the law "a mule is a horse."--Roanoke (Fa.) Cor. Lynch­ burg Neicts. THE Mason & Hamlin Upright Pianos are pronounced to be, like the organs of the same company, tbe best of their kind. The refine­ ment and purity of tone attained in them are especially commended.--Boaton Journal, MRS. L. E. HII.I.is, of Elgin, HI., has a copy of- the well known poem; "Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud!" in the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln. She was once a member of a concert company, which chanced to put up at the same hotel with Mr. Lincoln in a Western town, when he was a candidate for the Presidency. In the evening the singers entertained the company in the parlor for a time, and then called upon Mr. Lincoln. ."My friends, said he, "I conldn't sing a tune, not even 'Old Hundred,'if it were to save my life, but I can recite a poem for vou."' Then stepping to the other side" of the parlor that he might face them all, he said: "I will recite to you what I consider one of the finest pro­ ductions of the English language," and then in an impressive manner recited the poem. As Mr. Lincoln was leav­ ing the room after his recitation, Mrs. Hillis asked him who the author of the poem was and where it could be found. Lincoln replied that he did not know. "But," he added, "if you wish it I will write you out a copy of it." The next morning while Mrs. Hillis was eating her breakfast, Lincoln handed her the copy he had promised. It was written on the old-fashioned blue legal cap. ARREST!! AT.T. IWWKABMi Or THX THROAT Mm LUNGS ST THE TCXKLY TOE OF ALLOTS LPH6 BAL8A1 STRICTLY PURE, to tlw ami D«ilesrt*I have failed to effect a OS HAS BEER and Phyatetaaa cure. JunaiHWwoiMt Marion County .W.Va., write* us that his wife had Pcutoxtn CONSUMPTION, and was pronounced mquxABUt by their phyrtdan.whao tha use of Allen * Lang Balaam RNIUTT CCKIB •*a. He write* that he and hi* neighbor* think it the beat medicine in the world. Wit. C. Diooca, Merchant of Bowling Green. Vm.. writes, April 4th, 1881, that he wanto iisto know that tbe LRAO BUUH BU ecus lis MOTHER OF CON- 8VMPTIO*. after the phyttfcian had given her op aa. incurable. He aaya others knowing her case have taken the Balaam and bien cared; he tta nke all afflicted should rive it a trial. Da. MaaxniTH. Dentist of Cincinnati, was thought the laat STAGE* O~ induced by his frteoda to to be in 1 or CONSUMPTION, and I Tbo Half Was Never Told of the wonderful powers and virtues of that best of all medicines. Kidney-Wort. It has been tried and proved. Its cures are num­ berless and the record of (supposed) incura­ ble oases that have yielded to its influence, is astounding. If you have trouble with your Kidneys, Liver, or Bowels, if you suffer front Constipation and Piles, If you are a victim of Kheumatism or Malaria, take Kidney- Wort. You will And it the remedv vou need. A CHICAGO detective has partially re­ formed, and become a bank robber.--Boston Pimt. Horaford'a Add Phosphate. ADMIRABLE RESULTS IK FBVBRS. Dr. J. 3. Ryan, St. Louis, Mo., says: "I in­ variably prescribe it in fevers; also in ton valesence from wasting- and debilitating dis­ eases, with admirable result#. I also find it tonic to an enfeebled condition of the genital organs." A CHICAGO surgeon advertises to cure hare-lip. Ho don't glvo hts name, but it is probably Philip. I*~A PINT of the finest ink for families or schools can be made from a 10c. package of Diamond Dyes. Try thein. All druir^lsts keep them. Wells, Uiuhardson & Co.. Hur- lington, Vt. Sample card, 33 colors, and book of directions for 2c. stamp. A SIGN of an early fall--A bar of soap on the cellar steps.--A'eio 1'ork Journal. Asv lady who desires further information than can be given in the limited publio spaoe of newspapor columns can obtain Mrs. I.ydia E. Pinkham's pamphlet. "Guido to Health,' by sending a stamp to Lynn. Mass. A PLACARD at the entrance of the Bono (Nev.) Jail reads: "Standing room only." A Caae Beyond Help. Dr. M. H. Hinsdale, Kewanee, 111., advises us of a remarkable cure for consumption He says: "A neighbor's wife was attacked with violent lung disease, and pronounced beyond help from quick oonsumptlon. As last resort the family was persuaded to try Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for tbe Lungs. To the astonishment of all, by the time she had used ono-half dozen bott'esshe was about the house doing her own work. I saw her at her worst, and had no idea she eould recover." Important. When you visit or leave New Tork City, save Baggage ExpreeBage and Carriage Hire, and stay at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite lirand Central Depot: <>00 elegant rooms fitted up at a cost of one million dollars, reduced to $1 and upwards per day. European plan. Elevator, Restaurant supplied with the best. Horse cabs, stage,and elevated railroad to all depots. Fami­ lies can live better for less monev at the Grand Union than at any tirat-clasa hotel in the elty. Pnonmonla. If Compound Oxygen were promptly used in an attack of Acute I'ncumonia there would be few deaths from this disease. Its action in allaying bronchial and pulmonary irrita­ tion, relieving- congestion, nnd rostoring healthy secretions Lo the mucous membranes is most rcmarknlile. Write to Drs. Starkey it Palen, llOil C. inird st., I'hila., for informa­ tion in regard to this remarkable treatment. "Pat up" at the Gault House. The business man or tourist will find flrsfc- class accommodations at the low price of 93 and $2.50 per day at the Gault House, Chica­ go, corner Clinton and Madison streets. This far-famed hotel is loeafed'in the center of the city, only one block from the Union Depot. Elevator; all appointments flrst-class. H. W. HOYT, Proprietor. IN a letter from HON. MRS. PXRRV, Castle Grey, Limerick,Ireland, BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHBS are thus referred to: "Having brought your 'Bronchial Troches' with me when 1 came to reside here, I found thatalt^r I had given them away to those I considered required tbe in, the poor people wiil walk for miles to get a few." For Coughs, Colds, and Throat Diseases they have no equal. Sold only in bore*. FOR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGKSTION, depression of spirits, and general debility in their various forms: also, as a prev< njive agaim.t fever and ague, und other intermittent fevers, the '• Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calieaya," made by Caswell, Hasard k Co., of New York, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from fever er other sickness It has no eaual. Catarrhal Throat Affeetlons.Huclclng.Irrltating Coughs, Colds cured by "Rough on Coughs." 39c. SING a song of hair oil, Pocket minus chink, < j Four and twenty editors ^ * Spilling printers' ink ; r« Npw the pen goes faster, onder what they mean; ss ttiey must be writing For the improved C&rbolx "Buchu-Paiba."--Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases, 91- I HAD suffered from Catarrh tor ten years; the pain would be so s<#ere tiyit I was obliged to send for a doctor. I ha«P entirely lost sense of smell. Ely's Cream Balm has worked a miracle.--C. ft. HALLXTS, Blng* hamton, N. Y. "Bough on Itch" cores humors, ernpttonn, ring­ worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chilbfcrina. FOR several years I was troubled with Catarrh, have tried many remedies. Ely's Cream Balm has proved the article desired. I believe it is the only cure.--L. B. COBURN, hardware merchant, Towanda, Pa. See adv't. ••Hough on Rats"'--Clears out rats,mloe,flies, toaohes,bed-bugs,ants, vermin,ehipmunke.l5c Uf AIIT C n EXPERIENCED BOOK AGENTS. Ad- VV An I CU dreaa W. It. MEBWIN. Detroit. Mich. h Addreaa VALENTINE or snort-Hand and Type ere. Situation* furnished. BROS. JaBMTille. Wis. I HOSE WHO WANT TO BECOME LKCTUKKKS ^ should rand THK RISING SUK. Copy i*«e. SDN, Box 138S. Kalamazoo. Mich. PHMETIC SHORTHAND. S1.SO. W. OSGOODBY. Pub.. KwAeiterJtjr. FOR SELF- INSTRUCTION. PATENTS Hud-BMk FREE. • ffVI til IT.K.S.* A. P.LACEY, Patent Att'r*. Washington, D. C. SILVf hi 0 o vV .STOVE OLISH eMYASSttfi MEKTS. Energetic aad reliable (male or female) wanted to •ell our new Medicated Cheat Protector* and Abdom­ inal Band*. Cure and protect from Oougha, Culds, Pneumonia, Bronchi tig, Pleurisy, Bheumatiaiu, In­ flammation of Liver, Stomach, Bowel* and Bladder, Colic, Pain* in Side, Back or Bowel*, and ~ Will aid treatment and relieve " owela. and Dyspepsia, distressing symptoms of thi* bintt In the mar-ot Consumption. Hot king el»e qf tM* kit lei. OoodM andprUx* popular. Liberal inducement*. New York Health Agency, 286 Broadway. New Tork. » « » Loss or power in either sex, however induced, speedily, thoroughly and permanently eared. Address, with three letter stamp- for reply and book of particu­ lars, World's Dispensary Medical Association, 063 Main street, Buttaio, N. Y. SurauLAR that electric light companies should te so largely composed of heavy men. DEDERICK'8 HAY. PRE88E8. > thecutomer keeping the oae _ that soils m Idreas for circular and location of Older Wests R. K* OMNMIOK * CO., Albany, aad floathern StorchoH.e* and Ageatb lift Ya induced by his friends to try Allen's Lung after the. formula was ahown him. We bavehl* letter that it at once cured his cough and that he was able to resume his practice. .WM. A. OAXHAM it Co..Wholesale Druggist*. Zanes- ville, Ohio, write us of the cure of Mjtthiap Freeman, a well-known citizen, who had been afflicted with BaoKCHiTismlta worat form for twelve years, lie Lung Balaam cured him, aa it has many others, of BaoMcams. It is Mess to the most delicate cbili! It contaiBs no Opium in asy form! Recommended by Phyaidana. Ministers aad -Jurass. In fart, by everybody who ha* Riven it a good trial. It Never Falls to Bring Relief. Can tor Allen's Lung Balsam and shun the use of all remedies without merit aud an established reputa­ tion. As an Expectorant It liA no Equal! SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS, AUKNT8 WANTED for the l>eat and faatest-selling Pictorial Books and Bibles. Prices reduced 33 percent. NATIONAL PUBLISHING Co- Chicago, 111. A GIFT ORGANS IST sure to please. SATIN SACHETS, deliciously perfumed aud finely embroidered with a name or mot- lasting odor to linen, furs, )c. to $1.50 apiece. The 2T9 Sixth Ave.. NewVork. MASON & HAM LIN loo STtiES HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL GREAT WORLD'S EX­ HIBITIONS FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS. Only American Organs Awarded such at any. For Cash, Easy Payments or Rentsd. Upright Pianos presenting very highest excellence yet at­ tained in suck Instrument*; addineto all previoos Improvements ons of greater value than anr; aecu^ tag most puro, refined, musical tones undinrreaai durability; especially avoiding liability to get out * 'Catalogues free. ncreaaed . . . „ jet out 01 tune. Illustrated Catalogues free. MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN AND PIANO CO., Boston, 154 Trvmont St.; M. York, 46 E. 141b St.; Chicago, 149 Wabash AT. T E N t o O N E ! THB WEST OFFERS TEN CHANCKS FOR SUCCESS where the East offers one. 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PETERSON, 300 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Specimens sent gratis, if written for, to get up clubs. W«ii "K ton an sugftttef-- laoaushliMr oD a bra Af MriHMMi i « *«* ? it VM ••n* wfca^£*?f 'will ramr tore If Too an a minister, aad have overtaxed yoanslf with jg& paatotal dntiea. or a aaotker-- can aad work, or a aaa at weakened by the strata of yo«r or a man of lettesa totHag ovar your work. Hop Bitters will moet sorely a yon. If yon are Buffering from over­ drinking, an; indiscretion or t n or are young and grctariag too Curt, aa fti often the case, " Or if youareiBtboipglciiflfeattjio farm, at th; dealt, anywhere, aad fM that your syst toning, or stimulating, a 'toxlcatlng; if yon are old, blood thin and imimn, pulse feeble, nerves nnateady. facnltiea waning. Hop Bitters is what yea i give yon new life, health and Tijor." If yon are costive or dy^teptlc, or soar­ ing from any other of t&e nnmeroaa di^ eases of the stomach or bowela, it la year; own fault if you remain ill. If ' you are wasting away with any font of Kidney diaease, stop temnting death f&ls moment, and turn for a--cute to HepfeUteca. If yon are sick with that terrible skit- I ness. Nervousness, yon will find m * in Gilead " in Hop Bitten. imt i'.f*" •f:x --If you are a frequenter or a --a miasmatic district, barricade your ay*- - tern against the scourge of all conntriee, --Malaria, Epidemic, Billons and Xnfeor- --mittent Verm, by tbe nae ot Hop Bitten. If you have rough, pimpiy, or sallow akin, ba* breath. Hop Bitters will clve you fair akin, Mood, the sweetest breath and health. $M0 be paid for a esse they will not core o* A Lady's Wish. * Oh, how I do wleh my skin was as clear and.; soft as yours," said h lady to her friend. "Yoa 'can e.nslly make it ao," answered the frien& ' " How ?" inquired the Unit lady. " By using Hop Bitters that makes pure, rich,; blood and blooming health. It did it for me *•<; yon observe." *S~Nonc genuine without a bunch of Hops on th' white label. Shun all the Tile, noat- onons stuff with "Hop" or "Hopa"in their I for people ont of I to make big money " irfnl H; CHANCE^ H£F0R PEOPLE^ aflame, Windm/\ If ll/ri U.eO per doa. or Rain; can­ not extin- ot sale tor MONEYS^» combustibles. free, yp r -T- CAVENAUGH, 82 Washington St, Chicago, IFLU; , The Bimauf Gunn b kmod Sept. ̂ and March, each year: 224 pages, 8|x 11} inches, with over3,300illustrations-- a whole picture gallery. Gives wholesale prices direct toeontumenoa all goods for personal or family use. Tells how to ordet̂ and gives exact cost of ev­ erything you use, drinks eat, wear, or have fua with. These ^^1^ ̂ invalnabl* hocks contain information gleaned firm We will the markets of the world. will mail a copy Freo to any address upon receipt of the postage--8 cents. Let tu hear from you. Respectfully, MONTGOMERY WARD A CO. ear * aat Wabasb Awsn llliasalk bc. w. 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' 100,000 HOLIDAY PRESENTS Everybody who lends as directed gats a present worth from 20 cents to $S00w The proprietor of the ILLINOIS AGBICVLTUBIST being desirous of having the already well known and popular paper more widely circulated and introducedlnto houses where It la not al­ ready known. has determined to throve off all proflAhla year, and 111 addition use a portion of his capt> | tal for the sole purpose of increasing the circulation to 1SS.SH copies. After deciding teaton e»£| tensively advertise than ever before the following plsinhaa been adopted by us: >eV>w ISA Oarttfi We will enter your name on our subscription book and mail the • Ol O" WO'118 WO 18 AOncVl/rifKin' regularly to you A month* aa and immediately send a numbered .Receipt, which will entitle the holder to one of the fallowing|w* ents. If any one desires two receipts they will be sent for *1, aud their subscription will be eoteMdl six months. This offer Is good only till J anuary 1.1885. 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Itcoatalaa* Read How You Gn 6st Tbis tn Us. iicll. lo *n«l Witcn For 50c. 500 60LDWATC In making up tbe above llat of . decided to reserve CUW t<> In; divided eat suliccrlIters received. If you tend SOcen SH« rvcflptgood fur sse sreasal, tWOre the fl r»t tafrcccfvcd you » emit, « S-M".'.2. *1il>JL1'Kei.ruarjr ofiK-ft## ^WaieH^81ThtoSiyto SUniSsisatiirn, pad ts get! lng'wilM(VNg jSS'TSL-- afford oibrrwM w1lha|Mper that haSj cureu turn su>«crib*n oa us awlt. lyjMine who read 1 Msaewdepartsr offerjogtve awaysatAOta (Mpcnts souahl* atiti unprofitable; bat lei ua persona that It mats am where froms UWto secure a targe cfraaMtlM know of a publisher that aan* I In giving away fmeofteaSiids pcr. and tlie moaey wae *e«sp intei r hftr an estai much for llluat Ices, rent aad for of 100 el retrial hat circulation. On staaasach lorn ratieas. elect ret #k« retypes, editorial I -- tbe type ftrar <v a paper with f •dttioaa, eaek aa* r be precisely wl AO KICV We will oeo , __ Presents will , may direct. Oar Old Palrsaa aad lubraHkert, whom oacogo to work and help as to Increase our list, by this above Items swcn»the*o*tcf a single paper ingiy. hat oa very 9St* editions, the ear spread over so ataayp< tlrely tost; thus yoa <-*a Hist ^ that I«-«e V-- a lance Imilnesa.. 1 " With l sof] oaeyla m/ If V* MlSU'li* f/' ^