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fW * * r *1^ % HBMWtAKl MTOETITT. •Ohi <* ©entsnarlawi in Spain, Ammht- iM« Onmt Britain, and Sbmikm. An interestag and appimtiy a cred- *B account has jn*t appeared of a fam- of ceatntiariona at Tarbes, in the --^-Pyrenees, soys the St. James •Oaxsite. Joseph Ritas, the last survi- WT of this truly wonderful line, died gsely at the age of 118 years, his father ving lived to the age of 111 rears, ,4nd hu brother to the age of 114. The ^bother and paternal unele of Ritas are >id to hare been "equally long-lived" --a somewhat vague expression from Which nothing definite can be gathered. This is certainly a very exceptional rec­ ord; but it stands out by reason of the extreme ages attained by individuals father than for the fact of their concnr- fence in the same family. The latter Incident happens oftener than -is gen- tprally supposed. Borne of the following Examples have already been mentioned * i the St James' Gazette, but they are y*r first, brought together as illustrat- ig the influence of lineage in longevity. Dr. Nathan Allen, of Lowell, Mass., pouches for the trnth of the history fol­ lowing : "In 1750 two brothers, Jona­ than and Nehemiali Allen, went from Sudbury to Barre when the latter place : f Was a comparative wilderness. These two brothers, with wives from Lexing­ ton and Concord, settled in Barre ps . farmers. Jonathan Allen and his wife > died at the age of 92 and 87. They had ieven children, one dying in infancy; |>ut the other six died at the ages--(»7, 72, 77, 80, and 88; an average, includ* tg tlie fractions of a year, of over 80. eliemiah Allen and his wife died at tlie ages of 87 and 66. They had ten children, four sons and six daughters, tying at these ages--78, 80, 80, 82, 84, 2, 92, 96, 96, making an average, with |he fractions of a year, of over 88 years." In January, 1885, Mrs. Kingdom was buried at Stroud, at the age of 100 years. She was one of seven children, •wo of whom were then living and liearly 80 years old. The others died *t the age of 86, 96, 73, and 88 years. Ufn June, 1885, Miss Joanna Hastings, T| resident of Malverne, was in excellent health at the age of 103. She was the • |sldest child of Rev. James Hastings, fiector of Martley, Worcestershire, who flied in 1856 at the age of 100 years and IB months. On the 5th of April, 1886, pkbraham Partridge, a native of Bristol, Completed his hundredth year in a work­ house at Liverpool. His father a Here­ fordshire man, died at the age of 105; •»is mother, a Scotchwoman, at the age iif 102. A sister of Abraham's was also then living and in her 102d year. ; - In February, 1887, Mrs. Elizabeth Junes died at Lybster, Caithness-slure, «ged 107 years. Her mother lived to be 99; and of four sisters, one died at 99, #hree were over 90, and a brother over 199 at the time of his death. In Sep­ tember, 1887, Mrs. Cant celebrated her hundredth birthday at Pertenliall, near St. Neots. She had then living a brother 96 years of age and a sister over ,1|0. In October, 1887, three sisters were 'a «aid to be living in the States of Vir­ ginia, Iowa, and Dakota at the several •ges of 108, 112, and 97 years. In the same month Andrew Craig, aged 85. and Mary Martin, aged 83, were mar- tied at Deerfield, Pa. The bride's jnother died in Connecticut in 1880, %ged 101 years. The bridegroom's fa­ ultier was 96 when he died, having been married twice after he was 75. Mr. |ionis, a native of Rochester, who had ^migrated to New Zealand, attained his '104th year on the 24th of September, »Jf887. His father lived to the age of 107 years. • ' In February last the Vienna corre­ spondent of the Times reported tte f use of a Hungarian 84 years old, named alios Meryessi, who attempted to .com- toit suicide because he could no longer Support his parents, aged 115 and 110 ^respectively. The Vienna journals have also lately chronicled the case (an­ nounced as "a positive fact") of a peas­ ant who died at the age of 142, leaving a son aged 115 years and a grandson aged 85. Mrs. Flora Schlamm, still living lh New York, at the age of 102, is the descendant of a great-grandfather who died at the age of 120. Mrs. Mary Fraser died last March at Perth, aged 106 years. She had two uncles who at­ tained the several ages of 112 and 110 Tears. In April last Mary Francis, in the enjoyment of good health, was re- Siding at South Cornelly at the age of 108 years. Her mother died in her 111th year. ... Posen, Silesia, and East Prussia.are said to yield the largest number of aged people of the Teutonic race. In pro­ portion to its population, Wales is thought to contain more inhabitants of great age than any other part of the United Kingdom; while Philadelphia is regarded as the chief abode of the ex­ tremely aged throughout the States. Etiquette of Aristocratic Paris. In this Parisian world of fashionable formula, the first lesson in the science Of life is that of etiquette, that the dead things of vulgarity may be wrapped in a shroud of politeness, form, and custom. The second lesson is given when the perceptions are so developed as to com­ mand and control the mystery of illu­ sion, which is the supernal art in this sphinx-like domain of exclusive customs and antiquated formulas. The efforts f <6f a whole lifetime are devoted to this Study, which, once begun, never ends. This next lesson is in discretion or tact, which brings the ambitious aspirant into a universal field of social effect and ac- tion. And thus it is the basic principles of fashionable life are formed which render the student of human nature capable of grappling with the most en­ tangled forms of etiquette, the most mystical methods of illusion, and the most subtle devices of diplomats. Yet in these three requirements the essence of each is woven into the other in all their varied rules, modes of application and hypocritical dissimulation. Eti- Suette is the foundation of policy, and lusion is its framework; yet the mys­ tery of illusion belongs more to the fe­ male mind, for the physiological fascina­ tion of this strange influence only finds f Its proper element in the endowments Of feminine grace and brilliancy. To know how to entertain a dinner party, Jbow to begin a soiree musicale, how to receive one's enemy with uncompromis­ ing sang frokl, how to render a com- ' j>any of antipathic individuals at once comfortable in spirit and smooth of tongue, belongs to tact and etiquette; Imt the fine sense of perception which |s required to bomprehend the intricate ways of the illusive world is an accom­ plishment so rare that but few ever mos­ sier the art.--Jense Shepard, in The American Magazine. What food the prehistoric people < lone age in Europe ate in their »of the <Stone age in Europe ate in their day Iuib been ascertained in a novel manner* An Englishman took the teeth of a hu- man being of that age, which has been ! found in recent years, and examined what he found in the dental tartar. Af­ ter using dilute hydrochloric acid, he etiSSUfiea the sediment, unOWm por­ tions of the husks of corn, spiral ves­ sels from vegetables, husks of starch, the point of a fish's tooth, a conglomer­ ation of oval cells, probably fruit, bar- blets of feathers, epithelial scales, frag­ ments of cartilage, and other orgiuuc remains. Told by a Shirt Collar. How times change. A few years ago the ultra fashionable young man could not get sufficient gloss in his collars, cuffs, find shirt fronts. To-day lie can't get too little to satisfy him. The era of gloss came with the Chinaman and seems now to be going with him. John was credited with being the only "wasliee washee"' who could impart to one's linen that mirror-liko polish and, at the same time, make one's neckgear and wristbands of that stiff­ ness for which the hearts of all young men sighed. It is told of some young men in the country that, because they could not find any young girls capable of competing with the Chinaman in laundry work they would not marry. Stiff and glossy linen was the craze for years, just as the "domestic finish" is now the rage. Just what is responsible for the change is not known. The Sisterhood of American Laundrymen, organized to drive the Chinamen out of the business, claim that the change is their work. To be correctly dressed' nowadays, a voting man must not wear any linen suggestive of a gloss. The correct thing is a cool, dead white. The reason for the change, and the name adopted by the laundrymen--domestic finish--lends support to the theory, is that every man wants it to be thoroughly understood that he has a home. The English love of home seems to be in­ creasing on this side of the water. Building loan associations exist even.- • where, and by and through them young men are buying and building homes. Of course, having a home means to have servants, and to have servants means to have a capable washerwoman. At any rate, an idea of the popularity of domestic finish for gentlemen's linen can be had by comparing the amount of work done by laundries where a domes­ tic finish can be had and that done in the Chinese and other old style wash- houses. The domestic finish concerns do triple the work and get from 10 to 25 per cent better prices, just as the Chi­ nese and high-finish laundries did when their work was the craze. The dif­ ference between the two modes of doing up clothes is greater than would at first sight appear. The high-finish process permits of the dirt being ground in and covered up by the the spermaceti and starch used in doing up the clothes, while the domestic finish cannot be had xmless the clothes are thoroughly washed and every stain rinsed out of York Mail and Express. ? - Some (irim Humor. A recent exhibition of French car­ icatures and comic drawings brought to the public eye once more the evidences of the fact that Parisian gaiety was not to be suppressed even by the terrible siege that the capital went through from the German army. One of these caricatures, published during the siege, was made to present a fashion-plate; various elegant ladies and gentlemen were pictured going about wrapped in mattresses, and underneath the picture was t he legend; " Fashions for the bom­ bardment season." Most of these pleasantries of the siege turned upon the scarcity of food--a grim subject which seemed particularly in­ spiring to the caricaturists of the time. A servant asks his master: "Shall I put the horses in thescarriage to-day, or in the barouche ?" "H'm," says the master, sighing, "yo\i may put them in the oven, please!" Not unlike this is another caricature representing a servant making the fa­ miliar announcement to his mistress: "The horses are ready, madam." "Wlrnft" "Yes, madam--they are on the ta­ ble!" Such pleasantries seem scarcely to have been a laughing matter to the people who went through those fearful shorten, but the Parisian must laugh at something, and these pictures prove that they could not think of stopping their gaiety on account of such a pass­ ing incident as a siege and a famine. One sketch represents a corpulent gentleman, who had presumably eaten a variety of strange animals, stroking his stomach and calling it his "natural history cabinet." A drollery of another sort is repre­ sented in one of these cartoons which represents a group, during the siege, about an eagle in a cage in the zoolog­ ical garden. "Serves you right that you're behind the bars," exclaims one of the group; "just look at what you've done for us!"' The significance of this lies in the fact that the eagle is the national em­ blem of France, and the artist's odd conceit niakqs the bird at the "zoo" re­ sponsible for the disastrous result of the war.-- Youth's Companion. r* ; Substances for Making Inks. Common writing ink isthepertannate of iron, mixed with little gallate, held in suspension in water by means of gum or some other adhering substance. The gum also preserves tlie ink from being too fluid, and also serves to protect, the vegetable matter from decomposition. lilue ink has of late years been much in demand. The coloring matter is said to be sulphate of indigo and tincture of iron, or, according to another recipe, Prussian blue dissolved in water by means < f oxalic acid. Bed ink is usually made by soaking two ounces of Brazil wood in a pint of water for about a quarter of an hour, and adding a little gum and water. This ink is not in demand now, carmine having superseded it; this color is obtained from a solution .of carmine and ammonia, also adding gum. The great merit of our common writ­ ing ink is in the freedom with which it flows from the pen, allowing of rapid writing, and the manner in which it bites into the paper, so as not to be re­ moved by sponging. The great defect is in the want of durability. Such inks partake of the nature of dyes. The writing ink of the ancients, on the con­ trary, is characterized by great perma­ nency ; its basis was finely divided char­ coal mixed with some mucilaginous oz adhesive fluid. Indian ink is of this character; it is formed of lampblack and animal glue, with the addition of perfumes, not neces­ sary, however, to use as an ink, and u make up into cakes. It is used in China with a brush, both for writing and paint­ ing upon Chinese paper, and it is used in this country for making drawings in black and white, the different depths oi shade being produced by varying the dilution with water.--Paper JVorld. The government of one's self is thf only true freedom of the individual.-- Frederick Perthes. - ' •Iv-n'^Vw' * _ ' -s. .4- < ». HMw .. "....... *. ..VA: HAS BEEN » OOOD COMPAXT. A little boy being reproved on Sun­ day morning for having a dirty face, re­ torted: "Well, I wored <Jis face to Sun'ay-'cool, anyhow. "~-Baby hood. A DISTINCTION WITH LITTLE DIFFERENCE. Talk about the precision of the Bos­ ton girl! A little East Side schoolgirl was overheard telling a playmate that she had been seasick. "That is," she added, to correct herself, "I have never been seasick, because I have never been on the sea. yon know, but I have been awfully lakesiek. ̂ --Mi I icankee Wis­ consin. ^ wori.D wi n it oct. Papa (to 4-year-old >--I think, Alpha, you are having your own way a little too much. It's about time for mo to draw the line. Alpha--Then I'll take a wubber and wub it oat. XATUBE'S HTMAXE PROVISION'. A bright little St. Louis boy, aged 7 years, attended the circus and next morning electrified the circle at the family breakfast-table with the inquiry: "Papa, what does an elephant have two tails for; to keep the flies off both ends?" PERPLEXITY AND PARALLEL. Little Bessie--Fred, what do you think? Mr. Stokes had a perplexity fit yesterday. Master Fred--Perplexity fit? Oh, dear, what a girl. You mean a parallel stroke. SATIETY. A little girl, 9 years old, having at­ tended a soiree, being asked by her mother, on returning, how she enjoyed herself, answered: "I am full of hap­ piness. I couldn't be any happier? IPs less I could grow." A BABY EUPHEMI8T. V A little girl seeing her mother pet­ ting and caressing smother child l>egan to show unmistakable signs of jealousy. Her mother remarked: j "Why, Sadie, I believe you are joaU- ous." "No, mamma," she replied, indig­ nantly, "I'm not jealous, but I don't feel comfable."--Philadelphia Record, MAKING SURE OF HIS IDENTITY. A little girl received a visit from an uncle she had never lieforo seen but had heard much about. He was known to her as "Uncle Benny." At the close of her customary evening prayer, she said : "Dod bless mamma, papa, and Tommy and Uncle Benny," then, after a pause, she added: "Dod, his other name is Hopkins."--Philadelph ia Call. AN I N WILLING GROOM. Little Fred's sister was married tlie other evening, and he was so much im­ pressed by the ceremony that lie sat in perfect silence uutil the bride appeared in her traveling dress and her weeping mother took his hand to lead him to hei for a good-bye kiss. Then Fred bum out: £ " Oh! oh! oh! must I go away ?--aih J married too?"--Harper's liazar. ' OBEDIENT TO THE LETTER. Little Irene, when 20 months old, had a habit of asking strangers for cents. Her mother told her she would -punish her if she would ask /or any more. Next morning she went to a neighbors house alone and said: "I s'pose you've got some tents, Miss Griftie?" Mrs. Griffin answered, "Yes." t " Well," Irene says, "I s'pose you do­ ing to teep 'em, ain't you?" She got the cents without asking foa them.--New Haven Palladium. FIRST STEP IN CRITICISM. Two married ladies were talking in a street-car. One was recounting the wonderful sayings of her precocious children. "I was traveling in tlie West," said one, "accompanied by niv 6-year-old Freddie. We stopped at a railroad eating-house, where a colored man walked up and down jKiunding a gong. Fred listened awhile, and, with a look of contempt, said: 'Mayl>e that feller tliinks he's playing a tuue, but he isn't.--Chicago Tribune. : Some Astronomical tyierfos. ,, Did you ever see any whev that Wflfr not milky ? " * % Did you ever have the good fortune to see Venus horizon from the sea ? Did you ever go behind the hills to see if anything had been hatched out by the setting sun ? Because your baby wants to get up at 2 o'clock in the morning is he any brighter than the sun that#rises at 5? ^Did you ever get a splinter in your hand through too great familiarity with a moonbeam ? What's the 'difference lietween the starlight and tke t&eodolite ? Does the mooaa get full at the great bar? How did O'Rioh lose the B out of his name and is his name really O'Brien? How much does Leo and who are his creditors ? In what battle did Ursa Major win his title ? Do you suppose Sagittarius ison good terms with Taurus? And if he does this prove that Sagit­ tarius never hit the bull's eye ? Do the Twins ever say "by Gemini?" Does Sirius ever smile, and when he does is it because of the comet's funny tale? Does the man in the moon sew MI swan" when Cygnns comes round ? When the sun begins to sink do they ever use the dipper to bale him out? When Jupiter gets thirsty does he call for Isis? Do you rhyme Terpsichore with floor or hickory ? " Does the wind ever blow through the whiskers of Capricorn ? Do you know any more alxwt astron­ omy now than you did two minutes ago? --N. Y. Evening Sun. ; 1 " ' * i ' ' • Paper Hanging. . Not a few housekeepers who occa­ sionally try their hands at paper hanging, will be glad to know how to make fine smooth paste for that purpose. Four pounds of flour will make enough for a room requiring eight or nine rolls of paper. Beat the flour to a stiff batter with clear cold water. Then pour boil­ ing water upon the batter (which should be in a vessel large enough to contain two pailfuls), stirring briskly. The batter will swell and change from white to a yellowish tinge, when no more boil­ ing water should be ponred in and the paste is made. If sizing is necessary to make the paper stick to the walls, add eight ounces of dissolved glue to a pailful of hot water. Put the sizing on with a white­ wash brush, taking care that it goes over every pail of the wall, and that top and bottom are especially well sized. When this preparation has partly dried hang the paper with paste in the usual way.. " A-brilliant yotung journalist who Rate up an'honored' position on tlie Jnniper Cove Wild fflotwervtml became a 're­ porter pn a city paper, did. not prove a great suoofeSS* When lie left the Cove his friends predicted that he would wiji "goldeu opinions." Thev knew that he would soon mount to the "top of the tripod," whatever that may mean, and that at no distant day he would be recognized as one of tlie great­ est journalists of the country. He went to work with full confidence in himself. He was sent out to investigate tlie let­ ting of a street-i-l stalling contract, but as he felt himself to be above such dirty work, he disregarded the assignment, and, as he expressed it, turned aside to pluck the wild flowers of thought that Sprang up bv the roadside. "Jackson," said the city editor, "how do you like daily newspaper work?" "I am delighted with it, for "in such noble work my pen has long sought op­ portunity of addressing thousands of plastic readers--plastic, for can we not mould them into higher and 'diviner shape?" .. "Yes, that's very well, but what great thought do you intend to convey iu f saloon puff?" "That is not intended as a brilliant idea,"' Jackson replied. "It is a piece of--well, yon might almost say, vnlgar information, but you know that it is sometimes necessary to give the news. That which you have designated as a puff is a clean beat." "Or dead beat, rather," the city ed­ itor suggested. "Oli, no; far from it. I call it a clean beat because. I was the only reporter in town who know of the opening of that saloon. Search all the papers to-mor­ row, and I warrant you that you cannot find a line regarding it." "All right: that's one beat. Now let me see," the city editor continued, as he began to look through a pile of man­ uscript, "if you have any others. Ah, I see here that Hank J. Dovle has been awarded the responsible position of sec­ tion boss on the Air Line Railway." "Yes, sir, and no other reporter ity town is likely to stumble upon that int formation. I forgot to insert--and J wish your would do so--that he is to receive a salary of $50 per month." "Yes, I'll do so, for your suggestion is bright and timely. I would like to ask a favor of you," the city editor con- tinned. "I would like when I think it necessary, to make some trifling altera­ tions in your copy, such as making a more pronounced dot over an i, and drawing, with a bolder stroke, a line across at." Mr. Jackson, after a moment's reflec­ tion, replied: "While I object to the making of any change in the construc­ tion of my sentences, I will consent to the alterations you suggest." " "Oh, I thank you," the city editor ex­ claimed. "Let nie see now what else von have. Oh, you say that Mr. Dan Peekles has taken a permanent position in Zip's barber shop. How did you get that item?"' - "By the merest accident; and do you know that tlie best items are found by accident? This'nose for news' idea is simply the peculiar and innate faculty of stumbling upon something." "Artf you sure that this information is authentic ?? • "Surely.'*' '< "And therer is no necessity of my send ing out another reporter to get additional information?" ', i t "None whatever, I assure ydu." » "Oh,; I tliapk/yoTi for relievifag m^ of such a world of worry. Now, let me see. Yorfr next copy must be in exactly upon tlie time which U shall specify.* "All right," replied Jackson, glancing at his watch, "name the time." j "Let me see. It is nine five, now."' "Yes, sir:""; H ' 'i : i -• ; "Well, have your next batch of copy in just sixteeu years from this time. Good-bye until then.--Arkansaw Travt elet ' 1 ; ̂ | BuHette on Hunting. « I never hunted a deer, but I think t can understand how any man thrilled by tlie excitement of a long chase, full of the ardor of pursuit, giving the game all the fair chances bf the field, himself euduring fatigue, thirst, peril in the chase, matching his own endurance, pa* tience, and skill against the speed* strength, and instinct of the game, can at last bring his rifle to his shoulder and shoot down the antlered monarch bounding away for life. But to lie iu a boat hidden away in the darkness, crouching back in the shadows of the glowing decoy, waiting through long hours of darkness, listening to every sound, gun in haud, finger on the trig­ ger, hiding in cold and mist, silent, motionless, waiting, watching until the lieantifal creature comes timidly to the water, lifts its startled head to gaze with bright, curious eyes at the light that is death, coming nearer and nearer --to kill this creature, then, at pistol range in cold blood--pshaw! this is not hunting. It is assassination. It is mur­ der. It is a deed of darkness worthy of the gloomy shadows that hide the peri>etiator.--Robert J. Jiurdette. The Bluebird's Ancestry. Our bkiebird is no doubt a modified thrash: that is, its ancestor in the re­ mote past was doubtless of the thrnsh family. One evidence of this is the fact that the young of the bluebird lias a speckled breast like the thrnsh; a: Darwin established the principle peculiar markings or traits confined to the young of any species are an inher­ itance from early progenitors. In addi­ tion to this, 1 have noted in the song of the female bluebird--one of a pair that for two seasons have built near me--a distinct note of the thrush. Whenever I hear the voiee of this bird it reminds me of that of a certain thrnsh--the olive-backed---John Burroughs, in St. Nicholas. Better than a Dog; • . "Jla," said Miss Bridget Mulligan, who has gone into service with some of the blue-book boa ton. "I want a dog cart." "A pliwat?" "A dog cart. All tli' ay light have thim, an' Oi'm not goin' to be left be- hoind in the swim." "A dog cart, is it? well tell me now, phwat's the matter wid th' goat? Be- gorrah, Oi paid tin dollars fur 'im when he was two feet hoigh, an' he can trun­ dle a cart as well as any dog that iver barked."-- Merchant Traveler; > 1 • fafr Farmers , Jt(tak©f a woman to "break the rec­ ord" for sharpness w hen she sets out to business,, in accordance with business principles, that a stupid man would never think of applying to such small business. A conple of Massachusetts school marms, tired of teaching chil­ dren their letters, undertook farming and have made a big success of it. Among other kinds of business they set out to teach hens to lay larger eggs, i andltl accordance with a time table, and also "set" when the programme j called, for that kind of labor. They soon found there was a keen demand for such eggs, and they had to buy the big eggs of their neighbors. But right there man's deviltry came in--they cheated. That is, they sold the girls stale eggs, and thus ruffled the placid tempers of the ladies who wanted to do business "on the square." So where their sharpness came in, was, they had a number for every man of whom they bought eggs, and a rubber stamp, and if anything was the matter with an egg they traced it right to the man of whom they bought. They also compel the producer to have a stamp on it the birth­ day of every egg. The girls are get­ ting rich.--Hoard's Dairyman. m •• i -i .ii. •• i Haw to Overcome the Bangers af Ex­ posure. Francis O'Beilly, the well-known livery man of No. 18 Prince street, York, says of AxufocK's Porous Plasters: "For the last forty-two years I have been engaged in (he livery and hacking business. I am greatly aided by my four boys. We are much exposed to the weath­ er, and we have found Allcock's Plas­ ters of very great service. We use them as chest protectors, placing one on the chest and one on the pit of the stomach. They^not only ward off the cold, but act as a tonic. "We are frequently affected with rheu­ matism, kinks ig the back, and pains in the side; but one or two of Allcock's Plasters quiekly cure ns. My wife and daughter have bean using Allcock's Plasters for weak back, and think the world of them. I have now been using them for twenty years, and always have a box in the house." She Assisted. Mr. Profundity sat at the breakfast table and between sips of coffee dis­ coursed ponderously as follows: "It is the silent forces of nature that are most potent. The silent stream runs deepest; the silent power of solar heat brings forth the flower and grain; the silent moon heaps up the ocean tides, and--and " "The silent sow gets the most swill," said Profundity's wife, helping him out as he hesitated for similes and spilled soft-boiled egg on his manly bosom. -- Arkanmtc Traveler. ABIntloPiiiqrPMlpto. From their arrival cm this planet to tWf nraally early departure from It, people Of Weak constitution* and angular physique# pass & sdrt of half-esietenc«. lake dortalce they burrow In their home retreats, afraid of heat, afraid of eold, constantly afraid that the shadow of the dread reaper wfll materialise and exact the for­ feit which he demands from all, sooner or later. No finer medicinal assurance of comparative vigor for the feeble exists than that afforded by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Used with per­ sistence--not with spurts and spasms--thip genial and professionally commended tonic wiR do much tow<*nl infusing strength into a pnny system, and rounding off scrawny angles in the 1 human ftgwv. Appetite, nerve tranquillity and nightly repose are encouraged by it, and a malarial, riipumatio, bilious tendency overcome It-re-establishes digestion and x>rtv«nts kidney troubles. R| A Shrewd -Maiae Woman. ; * There is a woman in Belfast^nl^., who is shrewd if not particularly hon­ est. Somehow she got possession of a punched $5 gold piece. She wanted to pass it for its full value, and she did. She calmly walked into a store pulled out the coin, showed it to the mer­ chant, and said that it was a keepsake with which she was loath to part, but that if the storekeeper would promise not to part with it for a week she would buy a small bill of goods, and redeem it in a few days. The merchant agreed, gave the woman her goods and change, and still has the punched coin, though tlie week has gone several times over. People who have a bad odor in their breath, if it cannot be cured by atten­ tion to teeth and stomach, should uso, to rinse the mouth, a mixture made by adding a teaspoonful of the tincture of myrrh to a tumblerful of water. It cannot harm, and may retard decay of the teeth. IWoxIe has created the greatest, excite-, niont as a beverage, in two years, ever wit­ nessed. from the faut that it brings nervous, exhausted, overworked women to good pow­ ers of endurance in a few da$s; euros tho appetite for liquors and tobaceo at once, nnil has recovered a largo number of eases of old, helpless paralysis as a food only. A Cincinnati tailor has failed. He lost his money speculating in wheat selvidges in Chicago. Prevent orooked boots and blistered heel* vbjr wearing Lyou'u Patent Heel Stiffouera. Pure Blood "Is absolutely noresury iu order to h»re perfect health. Hood's Hirsaparitla is the prnsat blood puri­ fier, quickly conquering scrofula, salt rlieum, and ullOther insidious enemies which attack the blood and undermine the health. It also builds up thfe whole system, cures dyspepsia and aiek headachcw and overcomes that tired feeling. "1 have been troubled by a acrofulous affection all my life. It is one of the marked recollections of my boyhood days, and for several years has rendered me unable to labor much. 1 tliink 11 oo I'm Sarsapa- rilla, which I have been using at intervals tor teh years, is the best thing 1 have ever taken. I am now AO, and my Keneral health seems better than ever." H. D. Aisnorr. Warren, N. H. "I have taken two bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla for sau rheum and dyspepsia, and am feeling as weUuis everln my life." Q. W. IIosk, rottsvillc, Pa. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all dru;r«n-i«tfl. (U ; six for *3. Prepared onlf by C. I. HOOD & CO.. Apothecaries, Lowell, Mius. IOO Doses One Dollar Q A T A R R H Ely's Cream Balm~j Gold In Head <XY BUOS., 56 Warren St., N.i S Loo Cabin's are fast going out of style as fash- iouable residences. Log Cabins will, however, al­ ways have a jfytce in American history, as they wer^ the most prominent feature of our country's early social life. The pioneers were strong, rugged, healthy. Warner's Log Cabin Cough and Consumption Reme­ dy is a reproduction of one of the best of the old-time roots and herbs reme­ dies, which kept them well, body praises "Ti tonic. Every- ippeeanoe" as a stomach PIS OS CURE FOR CONSUMPTION TEfAft I AMn^.ooo.eoo tcren bent acrictit I KAHO fcllllll ttirat wnd grazing land forstlt Add re* i ftOni,KY A' PORTKR.DalIns.Teji. ie;r workia jfar t.stre mi hamc a«d nuke mora fi There is nothing «xther good or bad, Ww» malfac jf en-- Vhn hitinsf/t. The natural effect of fidelity, clem­ ency, kindness, in governors, is peaeej good will, order, and esteem on the part of the governed.--Burke. He alone is hr>ppy and great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to distinguish himself. Some one has discovered that a large majority of the heroines in novel# are blondes. - . •; j • • • • • . . , ; rhaa. •IliiMff rite in the world Either t'ostJvoutfit Ttrat»>lKl. Addma, TftUK 4 Co., Atifuttii, Maia*. Al ponltlve and permanent<-are of lal JT mk failing raanbood from a£t* or abuse. Bert ^••••••"bkKKlpnrjflcr kaown. fl bottle; ^ent prepaid Mrnffinti keej) it. Glek Co. S Ilal*te<l-f<t.. Chicago "OSMLiOOll V. S. Etudird ScaUt. ! Seat on trial. Freight paid. Fully Warranted# 3 TON $35. Other *iies proportion, ately low. Agents well paid. Illustrated Catalogue free. Mention thia Paper. OSfiOOD k THOMPSON, Bisglamton, IT. 7. HOBTHERil PACIFIC num«KMiuiou unse FREE Government LANDS. fV*aiUJ0SS e? ACna of each In HtaUMntt. North Dakota. Montea*. Idaho. Waahlneton »n<! OrffroB. CCMn CAB giihUcatiom with Map* ibinejh* rVn BBT Agricultural, Grailnp and Tim- bar Laad* now otwn foHnttlen Bant Free. AddreM cms. i.iiiipM,t-VTd. H TO J4 THE FUEL SAVED " oUPLEv »W HAOIATINo* . FUEL SAVERT • PHOTO ALL STOVES *eus AT LOCAL AQENTS WANTEDv •niv *rc.c«.MmsM.«is> SEND FOR CIRCULARS. c.jr.u. 1 pre*c ii be and foTJy en- done Big O as the only kpccific for the certain cure of this diaease. „ O. H. INGKAHAM. M. D-, Amsterdam, N. T. We have «nid Biff G'or many year*, and ttrrs the best of *aU*" faction. D. B. DYCHKACO Chicago, 1IL l|l,00. Sold by DrugglaM. No. 38 -XH WHEN WB WfUTIXO TO ADVEKTISEJRS* » y«" «« th* aimtfiwiuctt I will ship it on trial* If two kanm emot i 15 tone of tame otStou of npiaad prairfo hfcy in oak day (10 hoars), NO 8ALB. Iwi ' "" i. A. SPENCEI, 0 FOR THE gHACOKSS For NEURALGIA. CHRONIC Casee PROMPTLY •»" PERMAHEHTUf. No Return of Pain. Cupi Positively. SOU BY SXUeSISTS AHD DCALSaS.' " ' The diaries A. Voffaler Co.. Balto., M<1. c« for Consumptive* aud Asthmatics. Rend stamp for it. X>b. BariTjEtt, Moulder, Colo. tltNTION THIS PAPKK WN > ADVIITMta. CANCER! ADCHTC WANTKD-M .w a d»y unci found. 8WES- ISH NOVELTY Co., Pittsburg, Pa. MENTION THIS PAPER win wamw« TO «oriKna«M. AllUC Revolvers, etc.. Send stain* for price list BUH«| to J. H. Joiikston OiN Co.. Pittubnre, I'a. MENTION THIS PA PICK wh.k watrma n> muiiuu. | Treatod find cured withont the knife. I Kook on treatment sent Ire. Addreo* I IM-. POND, M.O , Aurora, Kane Co.. ill. KEKTION THIS PAPER ma Vftm*. TO .Miimna ONE STUDY. Bookkeeplu«r,Bu8inefR Forms, flil.v Unci . free. Bryant's 1!isinf.ss0oli.k«e.Unffa'O,N'.Y. all «ct Pfnilana, tt H Ma. bled; OIUcerB' travel pay. bounty collected; Ocaertcra -- relieved: success or no fee. Laws sent ffee. A. W. XcCormick a Boa. WMhiagtoa, D, u* awiew^a Penmanship, Arithmetic .Short­ hand, etc., thoroughly taught hy mull. Circular* H SOLDIERS U relieved: success «22 TEAR EiLEtrra EXTMCT OF Has cured all coughs, colds, bronchitis, i relieved asthn.a and consumption for idVl who have used it.. Is not this an evideiM* of its merits and reliability? It is a *ar* and safe medicine tor all bronchial trouble*,, and never fails to give satisfaction. Try it under a full warrantee. Price. 50 cents and $1.00 per bottle. Prepared % Emjbebt P«o- fmbtart Co.. Chicago. 111? ̂ "ftil . J ; ; h JONES j: HE PAYS THE FREIGHT* Scales of all SizA. 5 Ton Wagon Scale ' vith Brass Tare Beam and Bum Cm; $60. For free Price List of all kinds, mddnm " JONES OF BINCHAMTOMl B1NCHRRTON, K. V. KIPPERS PA8TILLE8 '̂m..i ^S'cTaSTHIJL Stnwfll It Co. Quurlostown, Han. A SCHOOL FOR THE PEOPLE. uvqh and i>rwtirat. t.'rariuat** rnutiiu wur* eni'!>/<>>/,n?nt. <'las*mxtindividualiiuttrnctionuirsii.. Both xerrtt ttitrutl. Shorthand intwht bv mail for rixularx. Atbirtm ItUMlNfeTSB ANU FHO* NOGIIAI'HIC COM-KUK, Sterling, III. Several ))r«ira!>L0 FAR MS tor nalero _ K»sy Terms f&uFireast'VfojTnfar AU have dwellings and neee* nary ImilditiKK. On or near railroad. AddroM U|SOt K. Itt'ltT. >VHV«-rly, Suns* ( County, VlrrtMa." NORTHWESTERN MILITARY ACADEMY Twenty-three milen north of Chicago; has 11 full Corps of experienced instructors; Ave oouraes of Study, and unanrpaased f«cUitle« for lMtnii- innj health, home comforts, und Christian influence^ Send for catalogue to Highland Park, HI. FAMILIES m omr th* LADIES' HOME JOURI AMD , PRACTICAL HOUSEKEEPER ] From NQ W * JAM. 1881 I^OTlr montha--b*I«nce of tbts yewj ON ftlCSIPT OP ONLYIflCENTS Stiver 5 v ~i. WanlM in cwt Cftuntr. Shrewd men to act uadtrliiatrnctioiis In our Secret Servioc. Kxpcriouce u<>jji«c«s*arT. Particulars free. CiranMB Detective Bureaa Co-it Aradt.Clselamti.Q. _ir ..;T0 CONSUIIERS. ion can liny all your (foods, from a lioedle to a thtvNhiiiK machine, at who ( (.ale. You tlnm nave the middlemen's yrolit. How ? Send us I!t cent*, to IHViiav i>nKt.w onlv. and receive by return mail our Jarwi' 'itfO-pMire Fully Illtiilmtmf ('Mtnlninie. KviTvlliini: liriced. and eontniiw everything yon use. THi: MOW MAN IM IM'II VSIMJ ASSOCIA­ TION. 11(> uixl 112 WabMHli Avu. ( liHsagu, ill. For references we refer to National Bank of Illi­ nois or J. V. Faiuveli, At Co. Brtakl -- _ Cooking, Dainties And Dukiu. Teas, 1 pers. Luncheons and Reception*. GWtat < ' all the little details vonca waM t Tells how 10 entertain guesta, bow j serve refreshments, what to have make it. 1. very thing new and original, prac cat and well tested by experts. Accoaq the recipes will be remarltsupon pretty t jimets, methods of serving and wain nishing, table manners and etiquette. Children's Page-Illuitntcd Stories. Flowers and House PtaOts--finely T 1 rated articles, edited by Ebbn E. Raxrou uh "Answers to Correspondents." Mother's Corner--A page devoted to 1 care of infants aud ycrting children. Inti letters from subscriliers giving views and I ods of management. Original articles from I b<-st writers. Illustrated articles on Oaaweat Home-made Toys. Amusement*for Children. Illustrated. Kindergarten, lustrated articles by AnNA W. BaiMAIA. CUR TiS PUBLISHIB0 CO., PM/adst/Ma.] TO THE WOMEN WHEN we understand all" ~ the anatoinv and phvt> iologjf of women, and. J learn of the diseases peculiar ? to their sex, there is a feeling of sympathy created withita the breast for her well-beinj| , •nd preservation of iter health^ ^ W E A K N E S S . On account of the intimate connection of these diseases with the stomach, brain, heart and liver, through- the sympathetic spinal system of nerves, tlie diagnosis or locating of !>er diseases be­ comes tlie more dff&cnfe. Thus as a symptom of her- diseases she may have neu­ ralgic HEADACHE, dizziness, unnatural emotions and various debttioni^amount- ing to mania, or may have local paralysis, naus&i and, vomiting, perverted appetite,, a dry, hacking cough, palpita*- tion of the heart, oppression and faintness, pain in the back and kidneys, and every imaginable disease; as caused by reflex action. Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup .A. COMPOUND Containing Podophytum, Cascara Sagrada, Unicorn Root, Black Cohosh and Poke Root, with tonics and diuretics, with Salycilic Acid, Nervines, ctc., etc., scientifically combined and pleasant to take, all of them being specifics in their action, as well as laxative and alterative,that will restore action, subdue inflammation, and prove all that the most astute physician or pathologist could suggest. Hibbard's Rheumatic Plaster* applied to the small of the back, or abdomen, or to any parts that may be painful and., weak, will be found very beneficial. Reason teaches tlie lesson. IT NEVER FAILS. IT NEVER FAILS- ^ IT IS A SAFE FAMILY MEDICINE Because it contains no g*t»oa or opiates. Children, invalids and delicate persons will find it the best - medicine nnd tonic they cm use. No house should be without it. Always in tciLboa, Spring, Autumn ani fi If you c«u>et procure it of roor druggist send direct to us. Price f'.oo; 6 bottles $5. Plasters <Jc: TESTIMONIALS WORTHY OF CONFIDENCE. It has cured my indigestion,purified mv blood and made inc :i \vf 11 woman, iind I cannot say too much is praue of Iwth Svrup and Plasters. Mrs. IS. E. Banks, Whitehall, Mich. Hibbard's Bheinaatic Svrup has no equal. We T~--•* be watlMulit is-our Vamily Mas. Matthew Wilit, Muskegon, Mich. iia,'neuralgic he;ulachc and other diseases. hS ' vrup made me a well weoudk A. D. NbM^Jiduao, Mitt, Ten years I have In-en .1 great sufferer nepsia. neuralgic he:uluchc 4ml other dist uiril't lUwiifiutic Syrup made me a well Mu Hibhnrd's Rheumatic Syrup entirely cure<i SIS 'I think it the best feunily medicine in the world. Mas. Louis EumotML wstSkSk^ A SURE CURE FOR RHEUMATISM. BRIGHTINE WW KXMZ97, focnm rau ro BKIt;HT'S OISK ASE AND KINDRED A II.MCNTS. UrlKlitlne. and jobbers In ceseralcarrjr It. 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