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" #rom many fights his ribs and back Had grown extremely bare. •The dog would. •The deacon's. IThe dog. WStricken violent black jacked. --<22. J. liurdette. |The neighbors. ••The gardens. -(Carry, port. IBE skylark. Hifrher, higher :V-^ > Up tho blue vault climbing; Trilling, trilling, Wings and voice keep timing, JCsaence of melodious liotoa diatilHnff Higher, higher 9(Uilit pinions glistoo, . Fleok the azure, V . - , Twinkling while we listen To thy thrills of high ecstatingpleatiUnk Higher, higher, Light gl;ul heart, wing-driven, Leaping, going > ; Far up into heaven, There exult in radiant ether flowing. Higher, higher, Immaterial there, fo our viewing Tibet in luminous air, Only song, the listening ear pursuing. Higher, higher, Spring, my heart uprising, Winged bv prayer, Leaving sad suniiising, Sing thy morning song in upper air. . Huie, in the Quiver. A Romance of Early Days. A Miraculous Rescue from Heath of Two Iftdiana Pioneers--Death at the Stake. The romantic adventure which is the subject of this narrative occurred more than a hundred years ago. The story is known to we by tradition, but its au­ thenticity, I believe, is well established. Early in the afternoon of a day in February, 1781, Irvin Hinton, a young teamster, started with a wagon from a block-house which was located on the site where the city of Louisville now stands, to Harrotlsburg, Kentucky, for the purpose of getting a load of pro­ visions for the almost destitute families who had gathered at the fort for pro­ tection from tho Indians. The teams­ ter was accompanied by Richard Rue, « youth of nineteen years, and Cleorge Holman, aged sixteen years. Although but mere boys in age, there were none in the fort of greater intrepidity or skill in savuge warfare. The Indians were then quiet, but their movements had been of a character to arouse su­ spicion among the settlers, and with the arrival of the spring season an out­ break of hostility was expected. Before they had traveled a mile a heavy snow began to fall. The earth •was soon covered. The atmosphere was still and damp, and the Bakes quickly melted away. Fearing that the powder might become dampened, the travelers discharged the loads in their guns, supposing that they were not likely to encounter any danger while the snow continued. They had proceeded slowly and had traveled only eight miles of the road to Har- rodsburg, when the darkness of the early evening oame upon them. As they were ascending a hill, a cry of "halt!" was heard by the driven of the wagon team. "Was it you who spoke, Rue?" in­ quired tho driver, as he stopped his horses. "No," was the answer. "Did you not hear a voice cry, •halt!'" "Yes." "Well, where did it come from?" asked the alarmed teamster. A noise in the bushes beside the road a few feet ahead of the horses was heard, end the mysterious voice said, "It was Simon Girty who cried 'halt!' and he meant what he said." As these 'words were uttered, the speaker sprang from his place of concealment, and the wagon was instantly surrounded by a party of thirteen Indians. The three Kentuckians were ordered to surren­ der. Rue impulsively raised his rifle to shoot the leader of the Indians, but recollecting that it contained no load he dropped the weapon, and, being powerless to defend themselves, the three men surrendered. The horses were unhitched from the wagon, and' the lines of the harness were used to securely bind together the hands of the captives, who were then driven through the woods by three of the Indians, who mounted the horses that had been captured. The remaining horse Girty appropriated to his own use. Alter­ nately he rode ahead of the party and behind it, vigilantly guarding against any surprise. Occasionally he would stop to speak to the captives, and to cau­ tion them, under threat of death, against making any noise. After three hours of travel tile party reached the Ohio river, and crossed in c&noes, which had been secreted under a rock protruding from the banks over the water. After a brief parley between Girty and two of the Shawanee chiefs, over the route that should be traveled, the party started in the direction of Yin- cennea, but after going a few miles to mislead pursuers, turned toward the northeast. The night was half gone before they halted. They encamped without a fire, and resumed their jour­ ney early in the morning. They con­ tinued to march with the greatest speed for three days, when, finding that they were not pursued, they proceeded more leisurely. Realizing that there was now little hope for their rescue, the prisoners ex­ pected a death of excruciating torture. Simon Girty, the leader of the Indi­ ans, although a white man and a native of Pennsylvania, was feared more by pioneers of the Northwestern Territory than any of the savage chiefs with whom he was associated in his warfare upon the white people. He was a cap­ tive among the Indians when a boy. He aftarward adopted their mode of life, and led them in several of their bloodiest massacres. He was treacher­ ous and unscrupulous, and never showed mercy to a captive. From tke time of his treacherous apostacy he vied with the most cruel and relentless savages that he could surround himeslf with, in indicting the most atrocious tortures upon those who fell into his hands. He had burned Col. Crawford at the stake, and had watched the suf­ fering of the gallant roldier with de­ mon-like satisfaction. His name was ft >... *• • M familiar to the people of the fron­ tier as that of Daniel Boone, and he was feare.l as much as Boone was admired. The prisoners knew that in the hands of Girty their lives were subject to the passion and caprice of a heartless and bloodthirsty man. While the party was encamped in the vicinity of where Fort Wayne now stands, Girty suspect­ ing that Rue, from the expression of his face, understood something of the Delaware language, inquired if he had ever taken part in any of the border wars with the Indians, admonishing him that if he did not tell the truth death would be the penalty. Rue an­ swered the question affirmatively. ' How many warn have joa beea in ?' inquired Girty. "Four." t "Were you with Cllrk at Tincennes ?" "Yes." "Were you with him when he de­ stroyed the Piqua towns and Loramie's store?" "Yes." "You played h--1 there!" angrily exclaimed Girty, as he rushed toward Rue. "I have a mind to split your in­ fernal skull," and he swung hi* toma­ hawk over the head of the captive as if he intended to execute the threat, but struck him instead in the face with the handle. When the party arrived within a few miles of Wapaccunnata, the Indian village toward which they had been journeying, runners were sent ahead to announce their coming, in order that preparations might be made for their reception. They were met a mile fiom the village by several of the chiefs, and, after a short conference, Girty informed the prisoners that it had been decided they should run the gauntlet immediate­ ly upon entering the town. They were told that if they passed between the lines and reached the council-house they would be free from further assault, but they would be forced to run rapidly. When the prisoners came in view of the village they found that a line of sav­ ages, armed with clubs, had already been formed on each side of the path leading to the council lodge. Hinton the teamster, was first ordered to run. He received several blows over the head and shoulders, but succeeded in get­ ting through the lines to the lodge. Rue was next started down between the lines, with an Indian running behind him with uplifted tomahawk. He reached the goal with less difficulty and with less injury than Hinton. Holman, the boy, protested that it was impossible for him to pass through the ordeal, as he was weak and sick from tho fatigue of the march. The program was changed. The squaws and children of the village armed themselves w ith switches and clubs and took the places of thewarrors. Young Holman dashed down between the lines, and twice* be was knocked down by the blows that fell upon his back before he finally succeeded in reaching the lodge. The running of the gaunt­ let was only the prelude to a more tragic ordeal through which they were to finally pass. A council of the chiefs was forthwith called to decide the fate of the prisoners. . There were a num­ ber of noisy speeches, punctuated with violent gastulations and angry looks. The council ended, however, without any conclusion being reached. The prisoners were told that their fate would not be decided until the arrival of other chiefs from the Scioto and Big Miami, who were expected within a few days. In the meantime Hinton determined to make his escape. He whispered his intentions to his companions. He knew, he said, that the chances were against him, and that if recaptured he would be immediately killed. Rue and Holman remonstrated against his mak­ ing the attempt as hazardous in the ex­ treme. The announcement ran through the village one morning soon after­ wards that Hinton had escaped, taking with him the gun and accoutrements of one of the savages. The Indians were furious and the remaining cap- tived were menaced with instant death by the exasperated savages. A party of warriors immediately started in pur­ suit of the fugitive. It was expected that he would be intercepted on the trail between Chillicothe and Sandus­ ky, and eight of the party started for that point. While stealthily creeping through the forest in tne early evening frequently halting to listen for any voice indicating the presence of his en­ emies, he ran into an ambush and was recaptured. He was told to prepair for immediate death, as he would be burned at the stake during the night. He pleaded piteously for his life--not for his own 6ake, but for the sake of his wife and children, for whom he had en­ deavored to escape from captivity. His captors, however, were inexorable. He was bound to a tree and burned fagots were piled about him. For three hours the savages danced about him, yelling and brandishing their weapons, before he died from the effects of the slow, in­ tense heat. As he sank to the ground, the savage who had first seen him in the evening, with a frightful yell crushed the skull of the dead man with his tomahawk and took his scalp as a tro­ phy. When it was brought back to the village it was tauntingly thrust in the faces of Rue and Hoknan, and they were warned that if they attempted to escape they would be treated in the same way. It was not long after that a general rendezvous of all the Indians in the Northwest Territory was ordered at De­ troit, where Girty proceeded with a large number of his warriors and the prisoners. After three days of march­ ing the party approached an Indian village on the Maumee rivf r, and it was determined that the prisoners should here be compelled to again run the gauntlet for the amusement of the sav­ ages, after which it was decided to hold a council to decide the fate of Rue and Holman. The punishment which was inflicted upon them during the running of the gauntlet was as severe as they could endure, and it was only after be­ ing repeatedly knocked down that they finally succeeded in getting through the lines, badlv bruised and bleeding pro­ fusely. The ^usua| feast was then spread, followed by a "scalp-dance," in which all the warriors participated,and the council on the lives of tho prison­ ers began. Alter sitting in silence for several moments, and smoking their pipes, the oldest chief arose and ad­ dressed the warriors in an animated style. He was fol owed one after an­ other by the * warriors until all had spoken. At times the debate was stormy, and it was with difficulty that the presiding sachem could keep order. The vote was finally taken, and it was evident to the prisoners that a severe verdict had been rendered against them. A half hour after Girty came to them and told them that they were to be burned at the stake that night. The preparations for their death were be­ gun. Fagots were piled about two stakes, and the faces of the prisoneis, in accordance with the usual custom, were blackened. While the prepara­ tions were in progress there appeared b1' r . . to be great excitement about the ooun- cil- house. It was evident from the loud words and angry gesticulations that there was not a unanimity of senti­ ment among the members of the coun­ cil. At a pause in the wrangle an In­ dian approached the guards of the prisoners and spoko a few words in the Mingo language to them. The cords which bound Holman were then cut and he was lifted to his feet. The In­ dian who had ordered his release said to him: "I adopt you as my son, to fill the place of one I have lately buried. You are now a kinsman of Logan, the white man's friend." The words were interpreted by Girty, with evident re­ luctance. The preparations for the burning of Rue continued. He was bound to the stake, and the savages were about to light the fagots around him when a young Shawnee approached and re­ leased him from his perilous position, defying the angry savages, who pro­ tested against his law less action. The action ot the council and the threatened death of the captives are believed to have been in tho nature of mock pro­ ceedings for terrifying the two young men before adopting them into the* tribe. Rue and Holman were in captivity among the Indians more than two years before they found a favorable opportu­ nity for escaping. The Indian warriors had again gathered at Detroit lor a general conference, and the tribes were indulging in a drunken revelry. It af­ forded them a chance for flight, and before daylight they were hurrying thiough the wilderness in the direction* business enterprise. t rpi 4. «ii mind in the first dIaca t CooM Fill tbo Bill* "I need exercise," said one Clark street business man to another, the other day; "I know I do." "Not the least doubt of it, Marshal," replied the other. "I've thought the same thing for some time. Y our close application to business is beginning to tell on you." "I know it, Murphy; Fve felt for a good while that 1 was neglecting my health." "Well, why dont you take a rest and recuperate ?" "That's not so much it. Murphy. Rest won't do me a particle of good unless I can forget business. It don't do me any good to go away from town. I can't leave business behind, and it rides me like a nightmare all the time." "That won't do. Marshal; never do in the world. Keep it up a while longer, and under the sod you go. You must stop it; it's all nonsense any­ how." "I know it is, but I can't help it." "Yes, you can." "Indeed I can not. I've been tntug for some time to freo my mind from this confounded slavery to traffic, and I've made no headway at all--not the least bit." * "That's because you don't go about it right." "Well, perhaps it is; but what's your plan? I'm always willing to learn." "You must go about the matter sys­ tematically, the same as you would in Make up your of Louisville. They traveled all day and all night, encamping tho following morning in a thicket surrounded al­ most entirely by swamp. At night they resumed their journey, guided in their course by the stars and the moss on the north side of the trees. Thus they traveled for several days, not dar­ ing to shoot game, for fear that the re­ port of the gun would reveal their hid­ ing place to the Indians whom they knew would be pursuing them. After three days of travel without any food but the little they succeeded in steal­ ing before leaving the village, they be­ gan to grow weak from hunger, and the fear of starvation compelled them to turn aside and hunt for game. A day, however, passed without finding any. They were becoming desperate. They had become so exhausted from need of food and from fatigue that they could no longer proceed rapidly. It seemed that their death from starvation was enevitable. On the fifth day a deer ran past their hiding place, and it was shot by Holman. They were enabled to resume their journey with renewed energy and courage. The twentieth day of their travel brought them to the Ohio river, fifty miles above the falls. They built a raft, on which they floated down the stream, reaching Louisville in safety. Their friends had supposed that they were dead. The brother-in- law of Rue had administered his estate, and sold a four-acre lot belonging to him, which was located within a short distance of where the new court house now stands. Finding that his affairs had been fettled in good faith, although somewhat prematurely. Rue permitted the transaction to stand. Until 1805 Rue and Holman lived in Woodford County, Kentucky, when they both removed to Indiana Territory, and located within two miles of where the city of Richmond now stands, where they lived during the remainder of their lives. Rue died in 1840, but Holman lived until 1859 and at the time of his death was 99 years old. His eldest son, Hon. Joseph Holman, was a member of the Indiana constitutional convention, in 1810, and represented Wayne County in the Legislature sev­ eral years, afterwards holding an office in the Land Department under the ad­ ministration of General Jackson. Many years after peaceful relations were restored between the Indians and the settlers, annual visits were paid Rue' and Holman by the Ind ans among whom they had lived, and they were shown the greatest hospitality, always receiving* upon their departure, gener­ ous gifts of tobacco and corn.--In* dianapolis Journal, A Sensible Woman. Col. Holman Watts is an Austin gen­ tleman of desponding turn of mind, who is always threatening to commit suic de when things do not suit him, but who has never succeeded in doing so. He became depressed a few days ago, because his hat flew off when he sneezed, and desiring to put an end to life, he started as usual for the cistern with suicidal intent. "Tal^e off those boots first," said his wife, who is a matter-of fact woman. "What for?" he asked feebly, pulling open the trap door. "Because the water will harden the boots, and next time you go down to the lodge in them, when you come home you will complain of your corns hurting you," riplied Mrs. Holman Watts, resuming her work on the sew­ ing machine. Holman shut the trap door with such violence that the neighbors a quarter of a mile off thought that somebcdy was blasting rock.--Texas Sittings. Thread Smoking. According to the New York Mail the old wrecks of humanity who have time to do at the public institution on Black well's Island, have a habit of smoking thread when out of tobacco. When tobacco runs short these old duffers will smoke anything that will burn. Some of them steal the straw out of their beds and clip it up and smoke it. Others gather the tea leaves and coffee grounds that are thrown out into the drain-pipe, and dry them and get a substitute for tobacco in this way. Others, again, ask for a skein of thread to sew up supposititious rents in their clothing, and instead use it to load their pipes. Leaves, dry bread, and oftentimes paper are used when tobacco runs out, but their favorite substitute is black thread. mind in the first place that things have got to be just as you want them, and you'll find the battle as good as half won, to start on." "And then what?" "In the next place, you muat take sufficient exercise to keep your blood moving, and it must be something that will not permit you to think of any­ thing else while engaged in it. That's the whole secret of the ma'tter." "But, my good fellow, that's the im­ possible part of your plan." "Not a bit of it, Marshal. You'll find it easy enough if you go about it right." "No, indeed, Murphy, you don't know me. My mind is always on the go, like a streak of lightning--everywhere in a minute--and I've never been able to find any exercise that would make me forget everything else." "You haven't?" "No." "Have yon tried learning to ride a bicycle?" "Well--that is--no; but I guess Pre tried about everything else." "You have?" "Yes." "I suppose you've tried juggling with butcher knives?" "Well--no." "Ever help your wife put down acar- pet?" "No; always hired that done." "Then you've fooled away a good many fine opportunities, that's all. I don't suppose you've ever tried to break a colt to go in single harness?" "No; never had much to do with horses." "You're not subject to the tooth­ ache?" "No." "That's' a great pity, for it might be some help to you. If you wasn't mar­ ried I'd say, fall in love; that would take all other trouble out of your mind with a ru«h. Ever tried walking on the prairie when the mercury was in the basement and the wind blowing like a drummer in a caboose?" "No." "I suppose you've tried dressing a three-year-old boy in a hurry, to make a train before daylight?" "No." "I thought you'd tried everything, but instead of that you've tried scarcely anything. It wouldn't surprise me to hear that you haven't even tried to hold a calf while somebody else was driving the cow into another lot." "No, I never did that." "Well, try a few experiments with some of these things, and I'm inclined to think you can manage to get your mind as far from business for a season as the necessity of the case seems to require. But if none of them happen Jo till the bill to the very last require­ ment, you can overdo the matter like sixty by putting on a pair of roller skates, and practicing on a glide waltz, and such other kickups as you may fancy. If you can think of business with them things on your feet, you've got a head big enough to wear an ed­ itor's hat.--Chicago Ledger. "Crosaest Kan ht Alabama." "De crassest man In Alabama Uvea dar," •aid the driver as we approached a wayside home, near t-'elma, Ala., to ask accommoda­ tions for the night. At supper, nnd after It, "mine host" scowled at every on<\ found fault with everything earthly, and I was wondering if he would not growl if the heav­ enly halo d.dn't fit him, when incidental mention bcin* made of tiie comet of It 8J, he sa d: "I didn't like its form; its tail should have been fan shapedV But, next morning, he appeared half-of­ fended at our oCennjr pay tor his hospital­ ity 1 My companion, however, made him ac­ cept as a present a eamplo from his case of < goods. Six weeks later, I drew rp at the same house. The planter stepped lithelv from the porch, nnd greeted me cordially. I could scarcely believe t'.at this clear com- plexioned, briyt.t eyed, animated fellow, and the morose beinjr of a few weeks back, were the same. He inquired after my eomp.ntion ot the former visit, and reirctte:! he was not with me. "Yes." paid his wile; "we are both much indebted to him." "HowY" I asked, in surprise. "For this wonderful ohang-o In my hus­ band. Your friend when leaving handed him a bottle of Warner's safe cure. He took it, and two other bottles, and now " "And now," he broke in, "from an ill-feeling, growling old bear, 1 am healthy and so cheer­ ful my wife declares she has fallen in love with me apain!" It has mnde over again a thousand love matches, and keeps sweet the tempers of the family circ e every where.--< "optfiiyhtctl. Used by permission of American Rural Home. He Would Make a Chinese General. "I declare!" ejaculated Mrs. Smith, as she threw down her newspaper, "the Chinese do have some very queer cus­ toms." "To what do you refer, my dear ?" inquired Mr. Smith. V "Why, the paper says' no man can enlist in the regular army of China un­ til he has shown his courage by having a tooth pulled." "Byjingl" exclaimed Smith, bring­ ing his fist down on his knee witfi em­ phasis, "if I were in China they would make me a General for my courage." "Ha! ha! ha!" laughed Mrs. Smith, in derision. "The idea of your being made a General is too ridiculous for anything! You never had a tooth Almost an Accident. The arrogance of capital was never more fully illustrated than by what happened a few days ago. One of the wealthiest Dallas merchants was much startled by a man with a pallid iace rushing into his store, and saying, breathlessly: "One of your teams ran away!" "Mother of Moses! Are any of the mules hurt?" "No, none of them." "The capitalist sighed, and said: "I suppose the wagon is fatally wrecked. Let me know the worst." "The wagons and mules are all right, but the driver is killed. He leaves a widow and nine small children." " Well, then, what do you scare a man out of his Fen.sea for. From the way you talked 1 was afraid some accident had happened."--Texas Si/tings. MBS. BLASE has written an essay on "The Disadvantage of Being Pretty." Most girls are goodnatured, and will­ ing to put up with the disadvantages. A Warning. Joe McFlannigan had been out cele­ brating all the evening, and as he saunt­ ered up to the bar in a West Madison street saloon he was just a trifle un­ steady. "Gi' me a glass--hie--o' whisky !" he demanded of the barkeeper. His friend, Terry Doolan, ordered a glass of beer, and the whitc-aproned gentleman proceeded to put out the liquor. The whisky bottle was in the ice-chest, and when taken from there several particles of ice stuck to the bot­ tom. There was a slight incline to the bar, and consequently, the ice making it slippery, the bottle began to slowly journey down the incline. Joo watched it a moment in silence; then his face became ashy pale, and he inquired of his friend: "Say, Terry--hie--is that bottle mov­ ing?" "Why, no, Joe," replied Terry, with a perfectly straight face. Joe took a fresh grip on the bar, and turned again to the bottle. As he saw it still moving, the perspiration started out from his- pores, and he passed his hand several times back and forth before his eyes, as if to clear his vision. Finally he turned to the barkeeper and said solemnly: "Barkeep', take away the bottle. Come on--hie--Terry; I've had a--hie warning* I'll never touch another drop --hie." • "What's the matter, Joe?" "Matter!--hie. Matter enough. By the great Justice--hie--of the Peace, I've got 'em. When bottles begin to-- hie--walk, I say--hie--a man's gone far enough."--The Rambler. . This old story about the size of _ a whale's heart is being revived: A dis­ sector was engaged in getting out the heart of a very large whale. While doing so his foot sbpped and he fell into one of the ventricles of the heart. Thence he was sliding into the aorta, and, if he had not been pulled out, would assuredly have been suffocated. After his rescue he cut some rings from the aorta, and found that he could easily slip them over his shoulder. THE fashionable color at, the skating rinks this season is green. We presume this is on account of the large number of amateurs with whioh the rinks are filled this year. Pile Tumors, however large, spo.°dily and painlessly cured without knife, caustic, p iw«.er or oi.it ;.cnt. Consultation iriH«. Write for pamphlet an i references, incoming two letter stamps for reply. World's Dispensary .Moiieal Assoo.a tlon, Buffalo, N. Y. Therk is a man In Hunter's Point so crip­ pled up with rheumatism that ho Is tallest wben ho lies down.--Urwiklyn l\ine*. Th* Frazer Axle Grease is the very best. A trial will prove we sre right. nulled in your life, John Henry." "That's so, Maria," said Smith, sheep­ ishly. "Then where are the proofs of your wonderful courage, Mr. Smith?" "I--I--great Cicsar! didn't I hold my mother-in-law's jaw while she had a tooth pulled?" said Smith, while great drops of sweat exuded from his brow. --»Newman Independent. Brought Home in a Wagoa. LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Mr. J. Helmus, Vice President of the City Brewery, was brought home in a wagon, carried up sfciirs by two of his men aud laid on the bed. He was Buffering with a severe attack of rheuma­ tism contracted in the ice vaults of the brewerv. He refused to have a doctor, but dispatched a servant for a bottle of St, Jacobs Oil, with the result that in one week he was entirely cured and able to return to his desk. Brady's Picture of Lincoln. "When did you first take President Lincoln ?" I asked. "It was just after his election, when he was coming through New York on his way to Washington. I remember Lincoln, he was so tall, gaunt and angular, and his neck was so long that I had great trouble in making a natural picture. When I got him before the camera I asked him if I might not ar­ range his collar, and with that he began to pull it up. "'Ah,' he said, 'I see yon want to shorten my neck.' " 'That's just it,' said I, and we both laughed. The picture taken at this time had a wide sale, and Lincoln used , to 6peak of me afterward as the man who made him acquainted with the peo­ ple."-- Harp, in Cleveland Leader. Every Meal Is s Trial To the dyspeptic. Flatulence, heartburn, op­ pressive fnllnesj of the etomsch, are the inevi­ table sequences of his cseot the knife and fork. To say of him that he gratif.es the cravings of appetite would be a genuine satire. He only ap­ peases them.' Is relief attainable? Certainly, and bv the use of a pleasant as well as thorough remedy, Hos'.etter's Htomach Bitters. Will it cure immediately'.' ( erUiiuly not--it does not e 11 cot miracles, liut it does give prompt and nn^peikable relief, and will, if persisted >n, pr <luof an ultimate cure. Not on y docs it im­ part relish to tlie loud, but promotes its con­ version by the etomaoh into rich, health and and stienath-sustaminK blood. Super-sensi­ tiveness of the nerve?, mental depression, and Sbniiuiet slumber, produced by int< rruption of the dinestive functions, nre also remedied by it. It is th<' tinest preventive and curative of ma­ larial disorders, and relieves constipation, rhematism. kHncy and bladder ailments and liver complaint. • ---------------- A Double-Faced Musical Creed. The following jeu d'esprit is ascribed to the Rev. Charles Wesley. It may be read in columns or straight across with opposite effect: Handel d'ye see's A downright arrant block The man for me Is John Sebastian Bach, Who can write we!l Why none but German John Bnt old Handel Ought to be spat upon, George is for air Tho stupidest of coons Beyond compare Is Bach at graceful tunes. To Handel's name We all proline onr hate Give then the fame To Iiacu's chromatic pate. --The Keynote. In harness a man has lifted 3,500 pounds, this result having been achieved only by allowing every muscle to act simultaneously to its fullest capacitv. and under the most advantageous cir cumstances. Years Teach More than Books. Among other valuable lessons imparted by this teacher, is tho fact that, ltfr a very long time, Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discov­ ery" has been the prince of liver correctives and blood jviriflers, being (he household phys­ ician of tbe poor man, an.I the able consulting physician to the rich patient, aud pra so l by all for its magnilicent service and eitcacy in all diseases of a ebr. nic nature, as malarial poisoning, ailments of the respiratory and di­ gestive systems, liver disease, and in all cases where the use of an alterative remedy is indi­ cated. A boy in Pittaflold, Mass., swallowed the bulb of a thermometer. He now has a mer­ curial temperament. Delicate Diseases of either sex, however induced, promptly, thoroughly and permanently cured. Send three letter stamps for large illustrated trea­ tise. Wor d's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. V. How to make a horse fast: Don't feed him. • ' Important. When yon visit or leave New York City, save Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire, and stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central Depot: fi()0 elegant rooms fitted npata 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 money at the Grand Union than at any iirst-class hotel in the city. Why find fault with tbe Boston girl there are specs on the sun. "Pat up" at the Gault Home. The business man or tourist will find flrst- elass accommodations at the low price of $2 and $2.50 per day at the Gault House, Chica­ go, corner Clinton and Madison streete. This far-famed hotel is located in the center of the city, only one block from the Union Depot. Elevator; all appointments first-class. Hoyt & Gates, Proprietors. For dyspepsia, indigestion, depression o! spirits, and general debility in their various forms; also, as a prev< ntive against lever and ague, and other intermittent fevers, the " Ferro-Phoephorated Elixir of Ca'it ay a," made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., of New Vork, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. MARK TRADE \rcd stas URE Absolutely Free from Opiaita, Jimetics and 1'oltons. A PROMPT, SAFE, SURE CURE Cor Coachts Sore Throat, Hoameaewi, Inflnmxa, Catda. ISranchltli, Croup. Whooplnv Coach* A*thmn. Quinsy, Pain* in Cknl, udotia .(Terttoiis of tho Throat au<l Lull. Price S® cent a a tiottlc. Sold by Prueiists and Deal­ ers. J\irtii s utiabl? to indue? their dealer to promptly get it for then i trill rrseire tico botilei, Express CharQit paid, by tending one dollar to THE CHARLES A. VOGKLKR COIPAKT, Bui.Own.raand Mmufccturere, BtHl.ftiT, Banlnd, V. S» A. $165 GASH FOll :«> I»AY!S OMJY! Will buy a New Upright or Square IP X .A. 1ST O ! Bosol and on cars. Stool and cover >6 extra. KliKO'S TK >11'l.K OF MUSIC, 136 Stale St., C'hieaf.x*. DO NOT FORGET Perry Davis' Pain Killer t.c an « Price, 2ft ct«., ftO cts. and S1.00 per Bottle. SOLO BY All, BITTERS, If you wish to be relieved of those terrible Sick Headacbea and that miserable Sour Stom« ach. It will, when taken according to direc­ tions, cure any case of Sick Headache or Sour Stomach. It cleans the lining of stomach and bowels, promotes healthy action and sweet secretions. It makes pure blood and gives it free flow, thus sending nutriment to every part. It is »he infest, apcedleat and aureat Vegetable Remedy ever invented for all diseases of the itomaen and liver. J. M. Moore, of Fannlng'on. Mich., sava; My dufferlng from Sick Hcadaclte and Sour Stomach was terrible. One bottle of Hops and Malt Bitters cured me. Do not est IIo pa and Malt Bitters coo- founded with inferior preparations of similar name. For sale by all druggists. HOPS & MALT BITTERS 00, DETROIT, ICH. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT Necessitating a Surgical Operation--Lov­ ing Mother Attempts to Take Pair of Shears from Her Child. PARENTS, BE CAliKKUC. Domestic accidents are common to women, and some of them are very serious. Mrs. War­ ner, of South Rondout, Ulster Co., N. Y., some weeks ago attempted to take from her child a pair of shears with which it was playing. A slight struggle ensued, in which the point of the shears entered Mrs. Warner's left eye, entirely debtroying the sight. Her family physician did what he could, but intensely uainful inflamma­ tion arose, which, by sympathy, threatened the loss of the other eye. Total blindness to a woman having the care of a household Is an Irretrieva­ ble calamity. In this strait Mrs. W-- applied to the well-known and skillful Surgeon, Dr. David Kennedy, of Rondout, N. Y., who removed the Injured eye by a very successful operation, set­ ting aside all danger of further harm to the sight of the other eye. But owing to pain and mental distress her system needed a tonic and restora­ tive medicine. To do this work the Doctor pre­ scribed "Kennedy's Favorite Remedy," which sustained its reputation and laid a sure founds* tlon of health. Dr. Kennedy's "Favorite Remedy" re­ moves all impurities from the blood, regulates the Liver and Kidneys, curts Constipation, and all diseases and weaknesses peculiar to KemaiaS. It i« lor sale by all our druggists at ONE DOIf LAR a bottle. BULLETIN BOARD iQElSlESSIiEeeee Every Merchant Uranfs One. AGENTS WANTED. Send for cir­ culars and prlcea. HAMILTON & KATZ, TWO RIVERS, WIS. of Infants and Children, a Reliable Remedial Aqent in all Diseases flfthe Stomach and Intestines, ft ^XtrITIVE In Cfiiry, ffVERS. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS CANCERS: Treated and cured without the knife, k on treatment sent free. Address . POND. M.D.. 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Writ® the aame. town, rountvaad state tag •Mrctfts your letter to Th® W Franklin street. Chios*", ul. , C.K.U. Hi;N WRITING TO. ABTKRTISEM, jilease >ay yoa saw th* aimtbti la tlua paper. W1 No. SO--M