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Hi ' * \ I - ^ P 1W LOOKING BACKWARD^ you ever dreamed at midnight. of oWWhooa. How ̂ thought It wonWlxwy, iBtfee future years, to win AH the wealth aud rank yon wanted When your time came to begin 1 fjwe you tMD those dreams corn# , _ Mw oM ghoets to weird «nd gray "•rt thiy vary like were losing *AH their clothing by Um '.V»V ? Hare you thought of your 1i tinnltHS; _ jTuII of wonder wliy you « rnt " • ' ** ' Oftastr&y in other pastures, Thinking you could be consent? i; Hsrr® you seen the dead dreams lying r'i Stark and cold along the road, Wnich in youth yon thought as btlpivg Tou to catry all the load? Do you moura now o'er t heir shadows, Btill a-tlilpkirig von will win N* All the wealth and FAME TOU hoped ft* When yon only can begin? |S :,4. Ah! the Jena of life la breaking, * - And we cannot nee as fair V „/t As we could when hope was ynnngl; r . Down the road to--everywhere; Yet we live on always <lre<ui;ing-« * *' *, <* . _ though old time still mi^ljphavpB, i Tlu at last we will be.winniug r* r-""5 Quiet quarters in our graves. % -Hmrth and Hull. « ~ , / THE STORY OF A WILL It was Abigail Varley's tliree-s^ore- asd-tenth birthday. She was a rich Widow, childless, and with ho known relations save two gentlemen cousins. Never was ccmtii'iiy attachment more beautifully illustrated, or cousinly jeal­ ousy less amiably exemplified, titan in the daily walk and conversation of these two collateral kinsmen. They bestowed BO much affection on their oommon rela­ tive that they had none left to waste be­ tween themselves. Both were several years younger thanthe lady, with a fair prospect, ac­ cording to the course of nature of sur­ viving her; and how to supplant each other in her will, which she had at last begun to talk seriously of making, was the problem which at present engaged their attention. On the morning in question, when Cousin Roger called to wish Cousin Abigail the usual "many happy returns," he was not a little chagrined to find Cousin Dick > there before Mm. How ever, he presented his annual gift, and went through his annual speech with­ out missing a word; and seeing Tabby, the cousinly cat, perched snugly on his rival's knee, by way of not being out done in oouBinly attention, he took up Pompey, the cousinly poodle, though dog* were always his abomination. "Well, Cousin Abigail, I hope your health continues good," said Cousin Boger, pattiug Pompey's head, and glancing suspiciously at Cousin Dick, whom he most devoutly wished was at Jericho. "Not so good latterly as has been. The fact is," the old lady eontinued, "I have been thinking seriously of sending for Mr. Parker, with a view to settling my worldly affairs without delay." "Oh, there is no need of haste, cousin," broke in Dick; "youhave many years before you yet;" mentally adding "What has possessed the old lady to pnt it off so long ?" > "Well, well, I suppose there's on hurry about it," said Cousin Abigajjgr "And yet," Cousin Boger ventured to hint, "it is always well to be prepared; none of us can tell the minute or the hour, you know." "And, after all, calling in a lawyer is not BO serious a matter as calling in a doctor," said Cousin Dick, facetiously. The conversation was interrupted by the entrance of a young and beautiful girl, at whom Cousin Dick stared with a surprised and troubled look. "Pardon me, ma'am," she said-in a voice remarkably sweet and gentle; "not knowing you were engaged, I came to see if you wished me, as usual, to read to you to-day." "Presently, dear," Mrs. Varley an­ swered in a tone that plainly hinted her visitors would not be pressed to stay if they offered to go. After an awkward pause the two ooustns took their departure together. "Who is that girl?" inquired Boger, as soon as they reached the street "You may well ask," said Cousin Dick; and, stooping, he whispered aomething in the companion's ear, at which the latter »tarted suddenly. "Good heaven 1 the resemblance la certainly striking. But what is to be done? Do you think the old--Cousin Abigail, I mean, suspects anything?" "Not yet, I think; but no 'time is to be lost. I have a plan which it would be well for na to talk ov«r together," And the two hurried rapidly along. Mrs. Varley had occasionally found tile time hang heavy on her hands, and eo had advertised for a person to fill the post of "companion" to an aged lady. It was thus that Hester Darling had be­ come an inmate of the house. At as early an hour as was seemly on the morning following that on which we introduced them to the reader. Boger and Dick again presented themselves before their cousin. "We have thought It our duty,oousiuw --began Dick. "Our bounden duty," put in Boger. "As painful as it is imperative," Dick continued. "To put you on your guard, ma'am," Boger added. "Against a deceitful and designing person," exclaimed Dick. "Who is no better than she should be!r shouted Boger, indignantly. "Upon my word, cousins, I do not comprehend a syllable you have ut­ tered," said Mrs. Yarley; "nor shall I be likely to if you both keep talking at once. Come, Dick, you seem least ex­ cited. What is the meaning of all this?" "What means, may I venture to ask," said Dick; "did you take to ascertain the character and antecedents of the young woman at present sheltered ben neath your roof?" "Why, none," replied the good lady. "Her young and truthful face were recommendation enough on which to giver her a trial." " We have ascertained her to be a most abandoned creature," proceeded Dick, "and have deemed it proper at once to apprise you of the discovery. Should she deny the accusation, we are prepared with abundant proof." And the two cousins took to their leave, with an air of exalted virtue. Mrs. Varley was a lady of the strict­ est propriety and severest morals. Much as she pitied and befriended the poor and friendless girl, she must be promptly freed from this foul and dreadful charge, or cross her threshold never to return. She went directly to Hesters cham­ ber. "You must tell me your past history, child," raid Mr*. Varley in a deter­ mined but not unkitidly tone. "Oh, madam, 1 pray you pardon me, but I cannot, cannot tell itl" "Then it lias been one of shame and guilt?" "For a time, of shame, madam,* an­ swered the young girl, with flushed cheek, "but never of guilt." 'SSahafc wtwt il titat aaa*ed Varley WSff! toaMM . half, dressing* Who--whose likeness is that?" she in a scarce articulate voice, to an open miniature on the ta* Hester answered. » Florence Marvin's My mother's, "Then you a child?" "Thai was, indeed, my mother's toarne." " "More, you are the daughter of my jonly brother, George Haywood, for Florence Marvin wan his wife." £ With a stifled cry she who had be­ lieved herself alone and friendless in the world fell on her kinswoman's neck land wept tears of mingled gladness and ^sorrow. Her story, which Hester had refused to confide to a stranger's earn, ghe now /willingly imparted to one from whom fche felt she had no longer any right 'to withhold it. . That her brother had married in op­ position to her father's wishes, and had been disinherited in consequence, was already known to Abigail Varley; but what distant spot he had selected for his home, and what had befallen him there, she had never learned. The story was sad enough. After a few toilsome but not unhappy years--for they were spent in the loved society of his wife and child--a dire ca­ lamity had fallen upon, George Hay­ wood. He came under suspicion of a fearful crime. A network of circum­ stances too intricate for man's wit to disentangle environed him, and he was condemned to die. The stern judgment was carried into effect, and the ex­ ecuted murderer's despised widow sought concealment for herself and child in a change of place and name. Long, long years afterwards the truth was discovered; but the judical murder had passed among the things irrevoca­ ble. The poor widow died at last-- died broken hearted, but with one con­ solation--she had lived to see her hus­ band's innocence vindicated. "And thi<, my poor child, is the shame of whioh you spoke ?" "My life has known no other." Not many days after, Hester was sent to one of the first seminaries in the land, for she had yet time enough to avail herself of opportunities of culture hitherto beyond her reach. Her aunt and she kept their own counsel. Cousins Rogers and Dick only knew that the objeot of their solicitude had disappeared,and probably congratulated themselves on the success of their virtu­ ous stratagem. After a time, Mr. Packer, Cousin Abi­ gail's lawyer, was sent for, and after that the good lady seemed wonderfully revived in health and spirits. At her next birthday the prospect of "many happy returns" produced anything but a happy effect on the two expectant cousins, who began to think that, after all, the life tables faight not be infalli­ ble. But her time came at last; and within as decent period after the sad event, Cousin Boger and Dick were duly summoned to attend the reading of Abigail Varlev's will. They were a good deal startled at the sight of their old enemy, the strange girl. "Poor Tabby, as if seeking consola­ tion in her bereavement, leaped upon the knee of her old frieud Diok, who stroked her back pathetically, but a little nervously. Pompey, who took things more philosophically, stretched himself out for a snooze at the feet of Boger. Mr. Parker, drawing from A is pocket the document, proceeded to read it. The introduction was long and formal. But, hark! there's something ooming now. "To my cousin, Richard Figgins"-- Bio hard looked at Boger in triumph. --"I give and bequeath"-- You could have heard both their hearts beat. --"In consideration of the natural love and affection which I have long ob­ served between them" Dick looked puzzled. --"My favorite cat Tabby" -- Dick gave Tabljy a furious stxoka the wrong way. --"And no more of my estate." With a fling that betokened a most emphatic renunciation of the legacy, Tabby was sent mewing and spitting to the furthest corner of the room. "To my cousin, Boger Smith"-- It was Boger's turn to triumph. --"In cnnnidprnt.inn of the like, natural love and affection"-- Boger began to feel suspicious. "I give and bequeath my dog Pom­ pey. and no more of my estate." With a violent kick Pompey was sent spinning after the cat; and the fear of her who had so long kept the peace be­ ing no longer before their eyes, the pent-up enmity of years found vent in an uproarious fight, in the noise of which the voice of the old lawyer was almost drowned; but the words, "rest and residue of my estate--niece, Hes­ ter Haywood." were sufficiently audible, and cousins Dick and Roger stayed to hear no more.--New York Evening World. A Thread Worth 91,500,000. The late A T. Stewart was harassed by a certain treasury decision which vastly increased his payments of duties. His lawyer called one day about an­ other matter. Stewart spoke in an ex­ asperated way about the treasury de­ cision. "Let me see the decision," said the lawyer. After reading it through be said: "This law speaks of 'all-silk' gar­ ments. Why don't you have a thread of worsted run into these goods when they are made abroad ?" Will that come within the new law?" asked the great merchant. "Certainly." "How much do you want for that opinion?" asked Stewart a few months, latter. « Fifty thousands dollars," said the the lawyer. And he got it. He was modest, too, but a dollar went further in those days than it does now. Stewart years after told his legal ad­ viser that the casual suggestion made that day had been worth over $1,500,000 to the merchant. So the $50,000 fee was not . high.-- New York Press. A Windfall. The origin of "windfall," in the sense of "good luck," dates from the time of William the Conqueror. It was then a criminal offense to cut timber in the forest Only such could be gathered as the wind had blown down; hence, a heavy windstorm was - hailed by the peasants as so much good luck, and from this comes the modern application of tbe the expression. "WHAT do you call your dog?" was the question which a policeman asked of a very large man who was followed by a very small pup. "I don't gall him ad all," was the reply. "Yen I rant WpliWfc' »Tsm% - J. ' • ' • - A MARVELOUS OPERATION. tfeeVtalMsfs Monkey Traiuiamd la an Idiot. One of the most interesting and re­ markable oases of surgery know to the world is that of George Weyman, New York. Weyman is 16 years old. His father aad mother are cousins and he was bora at^ idiot, due, so the super­ stitious •llegC^lthe clone relationship of the parents. However this may be it is certain that he was absolutely with­ out mind from the day of his birth. His head, as is oommon with idiots, was much below the normal size, and his brain was very small in consequence. He hsd the retreating forehead and chin Ind the bulging eyes that is the familiar type of idiots. He was not able to think, speak, act intelligently, feed himself, remember or do anything that is done by the ordi­ nary human being. He was sent down to the Insane Asylnm upon Blackwell's Island when very young, and his life was spent among those similarly af­ flicted. Some idioms can be taught to do simple things that require no thought, the same as an animal; but Weyman was even below this leveL There probably never was a more hope­ less case of idocy. Seventeen years of his life were spent in this helpless condition, and then Dr. Wabie, the consulting surgeon of the asylum, began an operation which is ac­ knowledged by all to have been the most wonderful ever performed upon either the human being or animal. Actiug from the standpoint that Wey­ man's condition was due to the lack of brain merely, Dr. Wabie sought to remedy this. Fortunately for the ex­ periment, the patient belongs to the class that is not easily affected by shock and tolerate severe injuries without the correspondingly severe constitutional effects. The first thing done by the surgeon was to enlarge the capacitv of the skull. An incision was made iu the frontal region, an inch in front of the ears and carried from one side to the other, the pationt being under the in­ fluence of euier. The scalp was dissected free from the bone and pulled down over his face. A small trephine was used to bore holes through the skull in a continuous line near the scalp that remained on the head and those openings were united by means of a fine saw. This part of the skull being loose it was forced open and outward until it assumed the shape of the natural forehead. This was a delicate task and required all the in­ genuity of the surgeon to do it without much laceration of the brain tissue or puncturing thn bone. The skull was held open with ivory wedges and the scalp was stretched over it, leaving an entirely vacant Bpace in tbe forehead. Nothing further was done until the skull had formed solid attachments in this position. Then the scalp was cut again, and the brain surface which faced the frontal bone was laid bare by the uplifting of the dura mater. There was not much hemorrhage, because the surgeon did not extend the incisions into the brain tissue^ The exposed brain was covered by a very thin piece of the finest sponge, which had been given a thorough antiseptic treatment On this sponge-graft were laid thin slices of the brain of a monkey, which more nearly resembles the brain of the human being than any other animal. The dura mater was placed over this and the skull was packed with sterilized oakum. Provision was made for drainage, but it was not necessary, as the brain graft healed without forming pus. The sponge was absorbed between the layers of brain and became a part of tbe brain tissue. This operation was repeated sixteen times during ten months in exactly the same way, and at the end of this period the entire skull was filled with good, solid brain tissue that would have been taken by auy one who was not familiar with the case to have been the natural brain. The operation was much more successful than the most sanguine hopes of Dr. Wabie had pre­ dicted. During the entire period there was only one serious drawback, and that occurred on occount of the oakum getting out of place because of careless­ ness in the packing. The effect on the mind was marvelous. From the very first there was an improvement in the patient's mental condition, with the wonderful feature that the more brain that was put in the better he became. The patient now can go through the mentai process that is common to all human beiugs. He can speak, think, has memory of facts, numbers, time and plaoes, shows a moral perception, has an idea of right and wrong, although all of these mental attributes are in a comparatively crude state because of lack of training. He is now being in­ structed in the use of his mental facul­ ties, and in time will be able to take care of himself, instead of being a bur­ den upon society. A Uabjr Hero. His face was white and the soft drifts of golden hair lay as thistledown on his pillow and formed • an aureole about his head. The look of pain was in his eyes, as it was always, but there was something that had just come there, a gleam of conscious pride, which ex­ pressed itself, too, in his halting baby speech--for he was only a baby, one of many in the children's free hospital. As he was wheeled through the ward on a low stretcher on his way to the operating room he would wave his small hand to his fellow-snSerers. "Me getty op'rash'n," he said proudly; "me getty well." Nor did that look leave his eyes when he wa3 laid tenderly on the operating table, and the great big doctor in the great, long brown robe prepared to cut into that troublesome hip where the disease was located, and which had pre­ vented him from walking a step alone. The nurse in their white caps and aprons stood near, ready to assist the doctor. A young doctor was to admin­ ister the chloroform, and a student held the case containing the instruments that were to be used. Still there was no fear in those bright eyes, nor did the white face grow troubled at sight of so much prepara­ tion. "Me getty well now." It was not a question, but a statement "Yes, little man, you will get well now," said the doctor, and then there was only the short word of command that was almost military in its precision, and after an anxious half hour it was-all over. When they carried him back to the ward, a little new head lay on the pil­ low of the cot next to hia, and he looked over at the new comer with a wan smile of welcome. "Getty op'rasn'n? Getty well, too?" he asked faintly. Then his eyes closed and shut out the world and he drifted away to the slum­ berous land of Nirvana, while Science, his foster mother, watched at his pillow • ^ r B' f %%•'" 1 • Tito £*e«iid (rfthwJnwiii Pines. One of the most daugktfnl day* of the Indiaq, summer Ws* drawing to a close. The sun, as it approached the brow of the hill, threw out innumerable bright rays, giving to tbe clouds a deli­ cate coloring of red and gold, which formed a pleasing contrast to the many- colored leaves ai d the cheerless russ%fr» brown of the fields. The silence was perfec\ Both I an& Unoie Joe, who was titling on the piazsa with me, felt it would be almost wick ,*>1 to break the htillnes*. I watohed the sun as it, was slowly sink­ ing, and was fast losing myself in reverie, when I was aroused from my dreams by a strange phenomenon. On the very summit of the hill which was soon to hide the sun from our view grew three pine trees in the center of a large open space. They had never be­ fore attracted my attention; but now, as the sun dropped behind them. I noticed that two of the trees grew quite close together, while the third, which ftood a little apart from the others, pre­ sented the appearance of an almost per­ fect cross. It was the sun, however, that made the effect so striking; for, as it threw out its golden glory, there seemed to be a perfect halo'over the three trees. "How strangel" I said, half audibly. The sound of my voice aroused Uncle Joe, and turning toward me, he asked, "What's strange?" and then, noticing tbe direction of my glance, he added* "Oh, yes; the trees." "How did you know," I asked. "Why, everybody looks at them. They are connected in some way with that Indian story, you know." "What story?" I inquired, becoming curious. "Haven't you ever heard it? Well, then, I will tell you, if you like." "Yes, tell it, by all means," I urged: so Uncle Joe begsn: "It wasn't more than a few score of years after the Pilgrims landed that some of them found their way to this part of Maine, which is, as you know, near the border-line of New Hampshire. The first party that came brought along an old Catholio priest, called Father Matthew. He had entered their little village one day, but as they didn't think much of Catholic priests, they de­ cided to get rid of him; so they gave him over to a dozen soldiers, who brought him up here and left him. "He didn't know how to live, and was about ready to die when along came a band of Indians, who took away his gold crucifix, and whatever else he had that was worth anything, tied him to a sapling, and then deserted him. "This made him give up all hope; and he was ready to faint from ex­ haustion, when, -he felt his cords loosened and he fell to the ground. He looked uo and saw his new friend, a young Indian girl of remarkable beauty. "Before he had time to say anything, she addressed him in a rich voioe: 'My name is Miawama, and my father is the chief of this tribe of Indians. I will help you. Here is some food.' So sav­ ing, she gave him some corn, whioh he ate greedily. "When the priest had revived, and was able to talk, he said to the girl: 'My good Miawama, you have saved my life; let me now save yours.' Then he told her the story of the cross and all it signified, ending with the question, 'Do you believe?' "She nodded her head in assent, and was about to say somethiug. when a terribl e yell startled tfanm The Indians had come back. "The old chief waa beside himself with anger when he saw the preist free again. He saw that his daughter was the guilty one; and so, seizing her by the wrist, he cried out, 'What! would you betray your own father ? S tay here until the sun returns again, and learn to obey.' With thot he dragged Mia­ wama to a pine sapling, near the one to which the preist had again been tied, and bound her fa-*t Then, taking the crucifix, lie stuck it in the ground be­ fore the priest, snying, 'Let that help you;' and then rode away. "That night a mighty storm raged, and when morning came, there wer« seen on the hill, iu plaoe of the twe saplings and the crucifix, those three trees." I looked and I thought I saw--but no; it was only two fleecy fragments of clond which seemed to come out of the branches of the two companion pines, unite among the branches of the cross, and sail away over the hill, toward the sunset--together. -- American Culti­ vator. Waiting Sevrutweii Venra for 84. An old man whose attire proclaimed him a relic of other days went into the wholesale house of Fuller & Fuller and was waited upon by Mr. Peters. The old man told his wants. Looking about the place as if he was not certain, he said: "The place has changed a good deal. I was here on the night of firo in 1871." "Well, what about it?"^ "The fire was coming this waf, at least you thought so, and you offered some of us who hadn't anything else to do $5 apiece to carry goods out of the house to a place of safety across the street" "Well?" "When I had finished my job I was given $1 and told to call around the next morning and get the remaining $4. The next morning I, together with hundreds of others, left the city. I have been a wanderer ever since. It seems to have been my lot to play loser everywhere I have been. I returned to Chicago this morning, and with a good deal of difficulty I traced out this spot. I am still hard up and have come around to get my $4." ^ After an inquiry Mr. Peters learned that it was another house, that of Mor­ rison & Plummer, which stood on the present site the time of the fire, and he so informed the old traveler. "Where are they now?" the old man asked. Mr. Peters gave him tbe information, adding that one of the firm was dead. "Well," the old man replied, "I reckon I won't bother the concern about it I have done without the money this long and I reckon I can go without it a while longer." And he walked out into the busy throng,-- Chicago Tribune. ""Living Barometers. Bain or wind may be expected when the spiders shorten the last thread by which their webs are suspended, and fair weather when they lengthen it. When swallows sweep near the ground uttering plaintive cries, rain is at hand; when they mount up, fly from side to side and play together, line weather will follow. When a single magpie leaves its nest in the spring, it is a sign of rain, but the reverse is the case when the two parent birds leave it in company. Rain is near when the* peaoocks utter frequent cries, when parrots chatter more than usual, and when geese are „ jymrz w-'faw,;-L " f,t> j &A ,«,* 4 ; • . • ' * • s, SJS-J t'~, Hfi BfeLONQED TO THE PRO- FE8H. «r m Detroit BmW* Iha? Jtekes la «S with Eim, At a Grand Wver avenue barber shop there is employed a youthful descendant of Ham who, with a few thousand feet of living serpents, a fat woman and a superannuated organ thrown in, would make one of tlie greatest aggregations for a side show that the country can afford. He Is a veritable imp, can dis­ count a monkey in powers of mimicry, and is sure to worst any ono who at­ tempts a joke at his expense. The other day a woodsman In the gaudy paraphernalia of his craft, with hair like a brush heap and beard to match, stepped in and sat down to wait his turn. He had a full allowance of corn extract concealed within his per­ son, and was disposed to boast of his own prowess, of things that he had seen and men that he had known. "I have seen ell the best circus actors they is a goin'; been to all the big va­ riety shows and watched the boss ath­ letes In jimmynasums but wo had a fel­ ler up there in our camp on the Black River that could do more coutortin aud jim-cracks than any feller 1 ever seen a actin' fur pay. He could go up a tree wrong end to and slide down agin hefKjl first. He could turn flip-tlaps faster'n you could count £tand on one hand, scratch his ear with his heel, kick his 'own hat off and dive over three horses. But the gol darnest thing ever I seen 'that feller do was to bend backwards, 'put his head between his legs, face you and stand a talkin' in that shape." "I kin do d^t, boss," broke In the ir­ repressible knight of the dauber and brush. "Dat ain«t nuftm'. I se seed o;e hump-back fahmers cOuld do dat Why don't you tell about sampen dat's hard?" "Who you talkin' to, you black and tan shadow? You couldn't turn a som- merset." "Don't you fool yourself. I don't weah no red sash or nails in my boots, but dat fellah you's a-blowin' 'bout couldn't get de fourth money at a hoss show. I kin do that ack you was hol­ ler lu' 'bout" "Bet you five you can't" "Where'd I git tive, boss?" "I'll give you five if you cut the eaper. * "Put de money up." "Ain't my word good?" "I can't buy no white Test or neckties wld youah word." "I knowed you'd weaken. * "Looks to me like you was da weak- enah, boss. "It does, hey? Here goes the money Into the barber's hand, and if you don't win it I'll just throw you through the transom." In a second the little darky had thrown his head back and before the woods­ man had squared away the woolly head was resting against the dirty shirt and an impish face looked right at the big pine butcher from Black Hiver. "Dog gone my buttons, this here's a put up job. I'm no sucker, ef I am from the woods. Gim'me that fiver." But the Ethiopian acrobat had seized the bill, dashed between the giant's legs, let out a fiendish "ya-ya-ya," turned a ihandspring and flew down Third street The victim roared like an elephant with its skin broken and expressed an inten­ tion of throwing the barber shop and Its occupants out into the street, but when he saw four lusty workmen standing around with grins on their faces and razors in their hands he decided to patronize the place and bide his time for revenge. The young contortionist had been two seaaons with Cleveland's minstrels.-- Frtt Pret*. TIM Rnggwdwac Path hi LOS, If it be but irradiated by good health, is shorn of half its distasteful"features. Hosts of dis­ tinguished wen aud women have uttered re­ grets for a past when young, full at vigor and hope, though battling with obstacles that seemed well-nigh insurmountable, their pulses beat, their veins tingled with the glow of Joy­ ous health. Chronic invalids, would yon onoe more feel that glow, would you--as of yore-- sleep, eat, digest perfectly? Then use, with persistence, Hontetter's Btomach Bitters, fore­ most among tonics, most reliable of vitalizing medicines. Nervousness, dyspepsia, hypo­ chondria, * loss of »r>p"tito and sleep, this grand roixvrative of a debilitated physique aud impaired constitutional vigor speedily prevails against. Rheumatic aud neuraleio ailment*. malarial riisor<ler«, kidney troubles, and the growing infirmities of age are successfully oom- bated by this benign spucifio. Dueling In Japan, ' Japan's Emperor has decreed that every man who provokes a duel or ac­ cepts a challenge shall pay a heavy fine and serve from six months to two years In the galleys. The taunting of a man for bis refusal to fight when challenged will uc regarded as siuitawr, auu will be so treated by the courts: ' * Mmnmy the Year BeanA Miss Smith says: «0an 1 make 935 per week in the plating business?" Yes. make £4 to $8 per day plating tableware and jewelry and selling platers. 11. K. Delno & Co., Columbus, Ohio, will give you full Information. A plater costs $6. Busi­ ness is light and honorable and makes money the year round. A RUDO. THK«custom of tolling the bells of steamboats while passing Grant's grave on the Hudson River has been adopted by a few boats, in imitation of the cus­ tom among steamboat, men on the Poto­ mac when passing Washington's grave at Mount Vernon. LADIES often compare notes on health, and while they may differ on many points, they always agree that Lydia E. Piukham'a Vegetable Compound is the standard female medicine. THE heart sends nearly tsn pounds of blood through the veins and arteries each beat, and makes four beats while we breathe once. E. B. WALTHALL & Co., Druggists, Horse Cave, Ky., say: "Hall's Catarrh Cuie curse erery one that takes it." Sold by Druggists, Tfia PEOPLE will forgive anything sooner than forgetfulness of their own Impor­ tance. «A SAVIOR of her sex,n is a title bestowed upon Lydia E Pinkham by the women of the world, millions of whom are indebted to her for health. HONEY bees are so numerous at Or­ lando, Fla., as to almost take possession of the grocery stores, while they some­ times nearly drive the workmen out of a candy store in the place. BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small doees of Plato's Cure for Consumption. LOVE can be misunderstood, but never overestimated. Tried and True Is the positive verdict of people who take Hood's Bariuparilla. When used according to directions the good effects of this esoellant medicine are soon felt in nerve strength restored, that tlrsd fseling driven oft A Good Appetite created, headache and dyspepsia relieved, scrofala cured, and all the bad eifects of Impure blood over­ come. If you are in need of a good blood purlBer or tonic medicine do not fail to try Hood's Sarsaparilla . Sold lw all druggists. $t; six for $5. Prepared only hr c. 1. HOOD & CO„ Lowell. Mm. fOO Ppies One Pot'er. Iliuntr»t€!s iiaud Book free. J. K. CIU1.LK « CO* WaKlihuetoii, D. C. HPwm ONB BIVJOY8 Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it !s pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys­ tem effectually, dispels colds, head­ aches ami fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs Is the only remedy of its kind ever pro­ duced, pleasing to the taste and ac­ ceptable to the Btomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy ana agreeable substances, Us many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and fl bottles py all leading drug­ gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro> cure it promptly wishes to try it. for any one who Dp not accept any substitute. ' » CALIFORNIA FI6 SYRUP CO. 8AM ntAHQUOQ, CAL. mmvtUE. *r. new rout, «.& Cleans Most is Lenox. p£T°*KPDl H In Its Went Form. K BavroN, Lat Co., Wis., Deo., *908. BEIT J. C. Bergen vouches for the following I fames Boonsy, who was Buffering from St. Vitas Dance in its worst form for about yeara, waa treated by several physicians without •fleet. Two bottles of Pastes Koaaig's fiuw ftale eared him. ^ Seven Hard Years! \ CHICAGO, 111, Sept, Since Z was 11 years of age I was affliotod with spasms, which increased In severity no that I would loee consciousness--X used but one bot­ tle of Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonio, and tbe spaams disappeared for five weeks, and after that time I used some more of the Medicine, and now elnoe two months I am entirely free W. WBIN8TKIN. ny for I Clear •St. "--A Valuable Book I D1MMM« seat fie* TO •a Narrow FDFF I IlLk this medicine ftee of ehsqa rhia remed. _ a tor Koenig, of Fort Wayne,.Ind say address, patiente can alxo obtain This remedy has been prepared by tlss Beverend &*tor Koeaijr, of Fort wavue. Jmt, since 1B7& and BOW prepared under his direetlou by the KOENIG MED. CO., Chicago, Ilk gold tor Droggist&at Ol per Bottle. SArft EnnlUM.Sm a Bottles lor eo. DECEPTION. i nay leek like poetry, tat II <" , nvn iiiSf lay fee deceives. The ear Is seniSlsMS leeelved hy the e*y ef **Jest as ges4w By seaM draggtsta whe, whsa Br, White** Palneaarla is called fbr. Use their persaaetre powen to ladaee yea to take semethlag aba •a wkfek they nake a lerger fnAt, aad ekeaid yea allew theft* •egklstry to OIHMM yeas better 'adgneat, yea will discover As oaly after yea hava fltaad It ill thea nets , year gos4 laaey, fbr there Is ae ether Oeagh renedy as good as She falneaarla or that will ears a Ceagh as speedily aad ptmusitlf , rp Trou* no appetite. Indigestion. Flatulence, Sich- Headcahe, "ail run down" or lusiug flesh, i will find you will ana Tutf A Cough and Croup Medicine. For children m cine should be lately reliable, mother must be able pin her faith to it as ner Bible. It contain nothing violent, or dangerous. It must be in material and manufacture. must be plain and simple to ister; easy and pleasant to takes. The child must like it. It prompt in action, giving ate relief, as childrens' come quick, grow fast, and fatally or otherwise in a very time. It must not only relieve < but bring them around quic children chafe and fret and their constitutions under long finement. It must do its woric moderate doses. A large qt of medicine in a child is not ble. It must not interfere with child's spirits, appetite or general! vf health. These things suit old aat" "11 well as young folks, and make Bo-- ,, If: schee's German Syrup the finrmito;1 family medicine. -A SHOULD USE TBH RAW-HIDE MALLET The Only Safe aad Reliable Malls* ft* Handle Over Type. It Will Not 1 It or Chip OH It Will Not Type nor Scratch Cute. itwaL Lwt a Life-Time with OrdW nary Care, * A,*. '""J This mallet is made of the best hickory covered at each end with thick raw hide, U forced on to the wood by hydraalic pi So firmly is the raw hide bound to the that no splitting or cracking is possible, raw-hide covering is one-half an inch in nets over the ends of the mallet, aad back nearly two inches toward the center. sX PRICE: INCHES IN DIAMETER... ./a ?... FOB SALS ONLY BT. ^ NXWSPATBB UNIG#, Chicago^ OL FO*T WAYNB NSWSFAPBK UNION, Fert Wavae* 1B4L '*;• SIOOXCITT NEWSPAPER UNION,* V Sioux City, laeSb |; Illinois State Medical InstiMv 103 State St.v Chicago. Chartered by the State. / Authorized Capital tlSO.OOft Contorted by a Fall Staff of PtivsiciaBS, Mm* of whom are noted German Spinlsilll j FOR THE EXCLUSIVE TREATMENT OF ALL CHRONIC DT ' Ample Facilities for Room and Each Disease treated by a Physician, who tt a specialty; AT* of our staff receiving their . i and experience In Europe, where a Doctot * .eadof tbrerie- ,l-7 «vj tion study omen year* instead dr ' ~ there. 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For Cold in the Head It has noeqaaL CATAR R H It is an Ointment, of which a small particle is applied to nostrils. Priee.fiOc. Sold by druggists or sent by mau. Addreea. JL T. fi aasi.Tma. Waraa. A PATENTS laueutiy Cme SfeMlal Di««a*e* of brief or tone standi**. Utit u subtly tr»mf» ?tss»^ OUR Debllitr, Prostration, Wewkneaa, Iaapoteue*. riles, SWadis* NiwUerta V '%%¥•»< Women. Methods Thorough sad MsatUle. Abundant testimonial* ftew srateftal patteeSib - C df Consultation* In parson or by letter nouftdeatl il » ; ' 25" ;; IMUJI hifrUFMaWW, MM». <0d Smith State ffiftaan. Hfc , - v ; '• ^ s. W- ; v~ ~ - TlJiii