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mm MHetm t«K ittraix siwdi \ tELXABETH AKCB8 JXLXH. . W: • *' " -•fi flte red'-breaet wwrble* in the leafless branches, fie (tr«t *bv sparrow trie? lite tender trills, And M»v. h'T gJrtUe fuU of pallid blossoms Trails'?!"* her fsint-green robes across the bills; ' And we reioioc: not with light words and laughter • We Mtyh the soft relenting of tbe sky, *si£h. ' *<*,<*? a* glad. How is it that our *l*dne«l f, • li thtiK sedat*. and calm, and well coatroBud T Is it that fciy no longer craves expression, Or can ft be that we are growing oid ? , tow® we »o changed 7 Are sense and spirit duller Xhaa when our happy hearts made louder mirth f Httit grown )e<s, our fond and quick perception,. 0f au the lovely moods of sky and earth t ' Once we exulted in the morning's crimson, ^ • The evening's purple, and the sunset's gCW * And cwrv gleam and cloud brought added rapttun, • Ert we had thought or dreamed of growing old. Jet still onr pratofnl hearts leap up rivspontfTB "ie the brave blue-bird, laughing at the c<M« { « Onr eree note <• very tint of sky and ooean-- It cannot be that we are growing old. Ho--while our nearness to the great All-mother " Preserve*' ue humble, pure and tender-souled, ' - She us oi her deathless youth and freshness, And thoee ^ho love her never can grow old. His years may check or still our lighter laughter, !" Jk&d hush our hearts with chidings manifold, AAd spring may come and go, and find anitom lit Sobered, j-f rhaps. but Burely not grown Md! , --fjcribntv for Jv »e. 'la/f JBIANC A. eau «»4! -«1< A vtf Mi) W<' T»S ow n« <1 •#r #MWori, ^ darling, oottsin ot yours is coming to Oakwold." f '"Why, Anthony?" *' Because you need society, and tliat of Eflstbufy Is rather too orthodox and primitive for your tastes. As for my own, my medical labors have become no longer a sinecure sinoe old Doctor Par- ton's death, and you see very little of tee during the daytime, just at present." " Indeed, that is true, Anthonyand beautiful Bianca Stanley clasped those graceful arms of liers very lovingly about her young husband's neck. " I mim you more than "words can tell, some­ times. You remember what pleasant mornings we used to spend during May r_the first month after our arrival at Oatwold ? You read me those charming -1 ̂ >Idyls of the King, and it was all so * ,< (deliciouti; and now "-- _ • "Now lam a man of leisure no lon­ ger," Anthony Stanley interrupted," but obe of the busiest doctors in all the county, perhaps. But, Bianca, I want to ask you a few questions about this ««usin. Do you exactly relish the idea •of her coming here to pay for her board ? I confess, candidly, that I do not.M . Bianca laughed merrily. *" Perhaps I ought to feel very much -fl" ashamed of our limited circumstances, * •!< Anthony; that's the way to express •'*' ^ourself elegantly, I believe, when you want to say that you are not well off; but, somehow, I would just as lief the 1 -whole world knew exactly how we are situated. Of course, Ellinor under­ stands all about it Not having seen me sipce her return from France, she is anxious to spend a few weeks here at /Oakwold Cottage, and I am immensely smxious to have her. Accordingly, she proposes doing so, instead of accompa­ nying her mother and sisters to Scar­ borough. She is not willing to make a third member of our family, you know, witiiotit"-- ; "Yes, yes, I understand. Well, Bi- . aaca, you may take her payments for pin-monev, if you choose. And now tell . 4ne something about your cousin. What W she like ?" <•(,, "Like-a venr lovely woman. An- ,.'lb©ny." Handsome •«'Yerv." XlU a i id? jh<> In* I" M;: •» ' •T* .«•* ' --ji" •li«- •I •w *. ' .« IbM. *€» ', •itr ^ •0»f . / • m i 111* W #<Wi) . - * • -!•«'»« ><*'Clever?" ¥ As a schoolmistress. You will be •<1l delighted with her conversation, I know. She has a faculty, people say, of making f* *' all other women appear stupid and triv- ? ial by contrast." l»i\2 " ̂ onsrase. Bianca. That simile of the schoslmistress was very poorly chosen, if you want to prepossess me 9 t. wi^h your cousin. I abhor schoolmis- i Besses. Just hand me thai bottle di- I«it -,*ectly behind your elbow, that's a dear." Mrs. Stanley turned toward the row of .bottles placed upon a shelf in her hus- -bacd'H surgery, in front ol the desk at ••which he was then seated. Which. Anthony? This one, oon- vCMning white liquid?" •r Gr.wuous, no! That's a horribly poisonous compound. Imagine poor ' Mrs. Marlowe's feelings if I took over to Ireir siek baby a vial of that deadly stuff. The one to the right of it, if you please. 'Thanks, my dear. And now, one more question. When is Miss Ellinor F^rRkitm going to make her appearance at the cottage?" j "To-morrow morning, she writes me. And we may expect her, for Ellinor is in- 1 fallible about keeping promises." The next morning Miss Erskine justi- her cousin's remark by arriving at -,, . , , tint • \Oakwold. The greeting which she re.*one o£,tll.e opening out from the *•!«, «eived from Bianca Stanley was wawnTI^^i? ^ S^* There WHS f IIKK' -and affectionate. The two' ladies . •*»!! -ot:/ -i., u, MM', '•; 0/tt • -A®*. -»i.! •I,a !• i> Ml.t , • J M I « •I 1 *1, in suxpriBad tones. " Whatoanyou pos nbljmean, Bianca?" " A perfect arm-ohair," was the reply, " carved out erf Book by that slow old •oolptor yonder, the sea. Anthony and I discovered it about a month #go They reached the spot presently, and found the curiosity Bianoa had * men­ tioned--a mass of rock, so worn by the immemorial action of the waves below it as to bear an exact resemblance, legs omitted, to an exceedingly comfortable, commodious arm-chair. "Hew delightful!" exclaimed Miss Erskine, seating herself in this pieoe of natural furniture. "I suppose you oome here often, Bianca--you and that loving husband of yours?" with a glance of the young lady's hazel eyes in Doctor Stanley's direction. "There's ample, room for two, by the way, isn't there ?" " Oh, yes," Bianca answered. " We do sit there now and then. Anthony read me Tennyson's * Idyls' in this spot about a month ago." Mrs, Stanley's remark served to turn the conversation, during their homeward walk, upon literary subjects ; and, if her husband had not concluded that Miss Erskine's intellect was fully equal to her beauty, certain clever words whioh now fell from the lips of Bianca's cousin must have assured him that such was the fact. ••I like her immensely," he said to his wife later that evening, when their guest had retired. " She is oertainly a very brilliant woman." "I'm so glad yon think BO," was the pleased response. " Ellinor is going to make your summer, as well as mine, An­ thony, very delightful, I am sure." Before many days had passed, Bianoa Stanley had cause to recollect her prophecy with regard to Ellinor Erskine. There seemed decided proba­ bility of her making Anthony's summer far more pleasant than his wife had anticipated. Liking her cousin, Bianca began to tell herself, with an occasional pang of something very similar to jealousy, was a different matter from appearing almost fascinated by that oousm's society. •' Ot course, the young wife mentally confessed, " I am just the least bit jeal­ ous. Why should I not feel so ? It's perfectly natural. Anthony and I have been leading such a mutually devoted sort of existence ever since our marriage that it annoys me to see him treat an­ other woman politely. Beyond a doubt, he only means to be polite, nothing more. I am very foolish, but I suppose the folly is common to most newly-mar­ ried wives." At the end of another fortnight, how­ ever, Bianca's slight annoyance had as­ sumed a far different form. It had grown to be a terror. She believed that he was in love with Ellinor Erskine. Resolutely proud, she suffered her agony--for agony it was, of the keenest sort--to betray itself by no word or sign. If her treatment of Ellinor Erskine showed faint traces of coldness she could not refrain from exhibiting now and then, it was of so slight a nature as not to be observed by her husband. Several weeks wore away. Bianca's life had become a torture now. She sel­ dom joined in the conversation between Anthony and her cousin; she seldom in­ truded upon their frequent tete-a-tetes. Some women would have shown their anguish in bitter upbraidings and pas­ sionate accusations; Bianca held her peace, and was wofully miserable. She loved her husband with an intense depth of love, and was called upon daily to ob­ serve his reckless admiration of another woman. It was torment, and yet she spoke no word. * * * •* "Yes, I am forced to go,** Dr. Stanley said. " I had hoped to spend this lovely afternoon in your society, but--a doctor proposes, a patient disposes, if you'll pardon my mutilation of an old proverb." "I am very sorry," Ellinor Erskine murmured; and those bewitching hazel eyes--how utterly had they bewitched the man who now stood beside her-- looked even more than the sorrow she professed to feoL " We were going to take a long walk together this afternoon, were we not?" " les. Don't speak about it in that tone, please, or youH make me do very desperate things in the way of profes­ sional neglect." "Ah, I have no such power over you, I fear," accompanying the words with a long, soft sigh. Dr. Stanley laughed an odd, harsh sort of laugh. " I have told you what power you pos­ sess, Ellinor; I have told you of the ab­ sorbing love that---" "Hush, Anthony, you are speaking too loudly. We might be overheard !" And Ellinor Erskine glanced toward tin* -am= •l iq t fltii tart •'I wl un<> -and affectionate. The two ladies had '**1> * "been intimate friends for almost as long ! as each could remember, and the love '*^rtiich existed between them was, on loi *" * Bianca's side, at least, of the sincerest nature. Physically, they formed a striking contrast, Mrs. Stanley's delicate bink-and-white complexion, pale-gold hair, and petite figure being widely dif- ferent from her cousin's statuesque, .^Stately beauty. viairj. 11 ̂ a8 beauty of a superb type, most people were fain enthusiastically to ad­ mit on seeing Ellinor Erskine for the *#st time. Unusually tall, but of such dm as v. perfect grace in her every posture and rfj'Khf igesture that tallness was a charm, not a fc«d •* defect; possessing a skin of the purest -I, whiteness, hair of that glossy blue-black hue which is so rarely seen, and eyes oi "• "'^ deep, lustrous hazel; showing, in her ^tfcanner and conversation, all that the •tfa« ,('u^tiviitcd and fastidious taste ^. ' coukl ilesire, Miss Erskine was what we -wo.i i ;may a fascinating woman in every -•FLI W'JESFIECK *[I1D The first evening following her arrival Oakwold, she accompanied her host • I •») .fWid hostess on a twilight walk along the •«**« A j^xxjuibite wooded shore near which the •wT . f&tixjige was situated--a line of rugged, TAipiefcmrr eque land, where rocks, and bowlders, and fringy cedars made quite a afctle for predominance, yet mingled wild elements in one wilder Sort of harmony beautiful beyond expression. '* " We must show Ellinor the arm­ chair, Anthony," Mrs. Stanley remarked, as the party stood on a low cliff over­ hanging tbe waters beneath, bathed just " fiieh in the soft purple of sunset. " It's only about a yard from where we now sare." ; " The arm-chair J" Miss Erskine said, a laint rustle of one of the curtains at that window just then, which Miss Ers­ kine, if she noticed it, mistook for a mo­ tion caused by the light, September breeze. Dr. Stanley's tones had changed decid­ edly when he again spoke: " Thomas is at the gate yonder with my carriage. Perhaps I shall be able to return sooner than I expect to do; but now I have no choice in the matter of remaining. We can take our walk at twilight, if I should return in time. That rocky arm-chair will be a very pleasant spot for such a lovely evening as . we are promised. Good-by!" "Good-by!" she answered, smiling; and then their hands met. Just at this moment, in the little surg­ ery at the rear of the cottage, there stood a white-faced, wild-eyed woman, search ing for something among the array of bottles on a certain shelf. That which she came to seek was found presently, and slie clutched it with a fierce, eager grasp, hurrying, a moment later, from the apartment. ' ' ' ' ' " What a lovely evening ! Your proph­ ecy was a correct one, Doctor." "Yes," Anthony Stanley responded, as he and Miss Erskine strolled shore­ ward with slow, lingering steps. " Just watch the waters. They are a perfect blaze of silver and crimson from here, gaye you thought over all that I said, Ellinor, last evening? Are you prepared to give me an answer--about our flight, I mean V* He was looking fixedly at her face; out she avoided th.6 glance. There are some women who love to stand upon the verge of moral precipices, enjoying the danger, but feeling secure enough, during its continuance, in their own powers of equipoise. Ellinor Erskine was such a woman. She had gone to the utmost limits of a precipice now, and had looked down upon the perilous depths beneath her, and had enjoyed the excitement of her dizay posi­ tion, and had maintained her oool- fieadedneM throughout. It was time to draw back. To have taken the leap, as this man at her side had been urging her to take, would have been an act of folly altogether ridiculous. "I must disenchant the infatuated creature," she imirmured to herself, "be­ fore we return to Oakwold." Then aloud, " I will give you my answer when we reach tne arm-ohair, Doctor Stanley." They reached it soon afterward. Its high back, carved from the living stone, rose up clear and distinct against the evening sky. "Heaven help me, Ellinor, if that answer is not what I hope for 1" he whispered, "Be the passion sinful or righteous, I have learned to love you. My God ! Bianca!" H© stood frozen with horror now, gaz­ ing within the recess of the rocky chair. Her face wearing the unmistakable stamp of death, her golden tresses floating upon the soft breeze, one livid hand clenching a small vial-shaped bot­ tle, the other pressed convulsively against her bosom, Bianoa Stanley sat within the granite arm-chair, upright, ghastly, immovable. She had told the secret of her agony at last, and had told it in a voioe of such terrible power and meaning that they who looked upon the awful rebuke of her lifeless beauty must expiate their sin with lifelong repentance I *w Catching a Bear with a Mr. John Wilson, who lives on the Colorado river, near Beasley's, San Saba county, killed last week a very large brown bear. He was cow-hunting, and had a revolver with three barrels loaded when he came in sight of bruin. He gave chase immediately, and with three balls wounded him sligntly. Having no more ammunition, he had recourse to his lariat. Many times did the bear de­ tach the rope from his neck before it tightened around it, when finally Wilson checked the horse the instant the noose was passing over the bear's head. A quick jerk with the hand, a hard pull from the saddle pommel, as the trained cow horse fell back on his haunches, and the fierce beast was secured. Then com­ menced a series of plunges, snarls, angry growls, and frantic efforts to sever the lasso; but with each struggle the rope became tighter about his throat. Final­ ly the air passages were closed, and the bear was, as the horse breaker styles it, choked down. Wilson sprung from the horse and fastened the rope to a tree, then caught the bear by the hind feet and kept him stretched until he quit struggling. Then with a small but sharp-pointed pocket-knife he severed his jugular vein. The bear weighed 400 pounds when dressed.--Galveston ( Texas) News. Russians With English Faces. The Bussian soldiers seem to be mu­ tating something besides the tactic® of the Teutonic army. They are well-be­ haved in camp and on the streets; they pay for what they get; they are not in­ temperate. "They walk along the streets," says a correspondent of the Standard, " do their business, and take their pleasure with a simple, frank un­ consciousness that reminds one of no service in Europe saving the English." They not only act like British soldiers, but they even look like them. In figure, face, and expression, the correspondent adds, the Muscovite officer resembles his British contemporary more closely than he does the German. The affected stiff­ ness of the latter is wanting, while that frivolity which used to be conspicuous has disappeared. They live merrily, as why should they not, whose business 'tis to die, but they are prudent and decor­ ous withal. Such flowing of champagne was never beheld in Bucharest, but it flows with a pleasant ripple. The young fellows mind their own business, crack their jokes modestly among them­ selves, stare, not offensively, at ladies, and treat the civil population with a per­ fect courtesy. The physical resem­ blance to Englishmen can be traced even in the ranks, tien. Grant's European Tonr. In response to a letter of Elihu B. Washburae to ex-President Grant, in­ quiring whether he will visit Paris on leaving England, the latter replies that it will at present be impossible to do so, but that be may do so in September. His present intention is to make an ex­ tended European tour, embracing Swe­ den and Norway, and then, sailing down the Bhine, visit Switzerland, his pro­ gramme of route possibly including the usual Italian cities visited by tourists.-- Cable Dispatch. A Mathematical Prodigy. ff An Austrian boy, 13 years old, named Solomon Stone, attending school in New York, proves to be a mathematical prodigy. He solves the most difficult problems in mental arithmetic with an ease seldom, if erver, attained by old pro­ fessional accountants. He adds six col­ umns of figures at once, does fractions and calculates interest and square root with the same readiness--all mentally and much quicker than an expert mathe­ matician with paper and pencil. High Bluffs. " They say the bluffs are mighty high on the south side of the Danube," re­ marked one of a party who were about to drink at a saloon counter this morn­ ing. A thirsty check-guerrilla seized the opportunity to ring in : " High bluffs, „eh ? Why, they ain't nothin' to what I see the other night. Why, I see Jim Orndorff plank up $250 on king high, and get away with the pot. Wnatoha think o' that for a bluff?"--Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle. ALL SORTS. A VKRY singular feature in the landscapes between Terre del Fuego and the contiguous mainland is the floating gardens of sea-weed. The plant fre­ quently grows to a length of between •300 and 400 feet. It gives cover and pasturage to every species of crustaoea, great and email, while the intertangled mass, swaying like a ponaerous curtain in the water, effectually breaks the shook of the most tremendous rollers. ̂li a fraud to borrow what We act not able to repay. CANKER-WORMS are killing the famous elms of New Haven. ADVISE not what is most pleasant, but what is most useful. RICHARD H. DANA has attained the great age of 90 years. SOME 800 dozen frogs' limbs from De­ troit reach New York daily. FORTY journals are published in Ger­ many devoted to Socialism. MOST of the Southern papers take the side of the Turks in the war. A BOUQUET of 350 flowers, each of a different kind, was exhibited at a Geor­ gia fair. FIFTEEN THOUSAND men, women and children are picking strawberries at Nor­ folk, Ya. THE London papers employ seventy- four Parliamentary reporters, the Times leading with fifteen. ONE Boston gentleman has a oook who has been in the family fifty-four years and still thrives. THE little town of Salem, N. C., with 2,000 inhabitants, has gathered and sent to market, during the past three years, more than 3,000,000 pounds of blackber­ ries, for which the gatherers received nearly 0500,000. IN an election for school trustees in Denver, Col., votes were oast by 323 women. Only one was challenged, a miss of 18 years, who knew she was old enough to marry and thought she was old enough to vote. TO-DAY Berlin is covered with the wrecks of speculative credulity. Many of the millionaires of a few years ago are in a state verging on absolute poverty. Over-production and over-speoulation have caused the crisis. THE equality in point of numbers of the sexes is most nearly attained in France. For everv 1,000 men there are 1,007 women. The other extreme is found in Paraguay, where there are 2,089 women for 1,000 men. A OHUBCH in Berlin, made of paper, is octagonal without and circular within. The material is made waterproof by sat­ urating it with vitriol, lime water, whey, and the white of eggs. The building has fine relief work on the outside, and papier-mache statues adorn the interior. HOBABT PASHA'S valor, rash and im­ petuous as it seems to the lazy Turks, has been in the way of his preferment. He goes among them by the name of "Yeli-Paslia" (Mad Pasha), and they hold, or affect to hold, him of little or no account in council. COOKED snails are said to possess the power of restoring tone to the coating of the stomach when badly injured by strong drink. The sale of snails is a source of much profit to the peasants of Tivoli, near Bome, Italy, and the flavor is said to be more delicious than that of oysters. PRESIDENT and Mrs. Hayes attended the decoration ceremonies at Arlington Heights, near Washington, and in per­ son and with flowers brought by them­ selves strewed the graves of the dead soldiers. Especially they decorated with their own hands the " Monument to the Unknown." A FARMER in Ohio was prevented six weeks ago from cutting his throat with a razor. He said he would starve him­ self. He has since been kept alive on such liquids as he could by pretext be persuaded to swallow. He has had his coffin made, and it stands in his house ready for use. REAL estate in Washington is at a des­ perately low figure. The elegant man­ sion erected by Gen. Howard and subse­ quently purchased by Mrs. Schoolcraft, was lately disposed of for a mere trifle. The magnificent residence formerly owned by John Chamberlain went off last week for a trifle. PUBLIC opinion in Germany is thus re­ flected in a conversation between two good burghers of Berlin, taken from a Berlin paper: First burgher--"So we are likely to have another war with France?" Second burgher--"Let us pray they may thrash us, so that they may be as poor as we are." A GROVE of the great trees of the Yo- semite has just been explored. It is «f an altitude similar to that of the other groves, 6,000 feet. Instead, however, of being only a cluster of forty trees, it is a six-mile-square collection of 10,000. There are trees in it estimated to be from 100 to 4,000 years old. A COMPARISON of the dairy interest with the cotton crop shows some pe­ culiar results rather adverse to cotton's kingship. The 10,000,000 milch cows in this country are worth $450,000,000, and the amount realized from their pro­ duction foots up to ft275.142.585, while the last cotton crop was worth only $200,- 000,000. QUEEN VICTORIA has completed her 58th year; only twelve other of the thirty-eight reigning sovereigns of Chris- I tendom have attained to this age. The oldest of all is the Pope, who is 85, Emperor William is 80, the Czar is 59, Victor Emanuel is 57, Emperor Francis Joseph is nearly 47. The youngest of the sovereigns is Alphonso of Spain. HERE is a remark from the La Crosse Sun which will be appreciated by con­ sumers of breadstuff's : "There is some­ thing peculiar about flour. When wheat goes up 10 cents a bushel, flour finds it out by telegraph, but when wheat goes down, flour gets the news from the east by canal, and a mighty slow canal at that. l*he city should appoint some one to notify flour when wheat goes down." PETRIFIED sea turtles and cocOanuts have been found in earth mounds in Southern Colorado. These mounds form a vast range, and are fifteen miles from the foot of the Rocky mountains. One is four miles in circumference at the base, and has a thrifty growth of trees. Petri­ fied and agatized wood is beneath the surface. The mounds are thought to have ageB ago been islands of the sea. NEWFOUNDLAND'S sealing voyage this year has been uncommonly prosperous. Vessels of the fleet have already returned with full cargoes, the cargo of one of them being 27,000 furs. Her voyage lasted only fifteen days. All of the ves­ sels were propelled by steam, steamers having been found more profitable than sailing vessels. Only half as many men aa were formerly employed are now needed on the fleet. A Turkish Carriage. A talega has wooden seato, With a wooden roof, open at the sides, r and springs there are none. It is an instru­ ment of torture, devised to shake out the teeth and batter in the skull, and, be­ fore we had jogged many miles along the road, there were so many bumps on the top of my head that a phrenologist would have sworn that I was a lunatic. And so I was, for trusting myself to such a horrible contrivance for making( man unoomfortable and sore, when I had two strong legs able and willing to car­ ry me. But forewarned, forearmed--- never again has mortal man been able to lure me into a like agitating --Col. Baker. The King Comes I We were crossing an alley on East Mansfield street when our attention was called by some boys drumming on a tight board fence. Suddenly a little fel­ low on the opposite side on tip-toes called out, "Stop your noise, boys." " Hello, Tommy, is that you ?" said one of the boys, " Yes, and we've got a new baby; he's orful tired, walked all the way from heaven last ni&ht; don't want any row kicked up round here now. "-- Crawford (O.) Forum. Alligators as A Regular Diet. The shooting of alligators in the swamp in St. Charles parish. La., is of more frequent occurrence now than for­ merly, the colored people preferring the meat of these animals to that of any of the wild game in our woods. They as­ sert that it is more sustaining than beef, and more tender and savory than chick­ en or fish.--Louisville Courier-Journal. American Spendthrifts. The New York Times says: " More credits have been granted by our leading banking houses so far this season than for two or three years back. 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Address The Ledger Chicago, IlL INFORMATION worth thousands to those out of health. Self-help for weak and nervous sufferers. Facts for those who have been dosed, drugged, and quacked. The new Health Jour­ nal teaches all. Copies/mi. Address, £tectric Quarterly, Cincinnati, O. SEE advertisement of S. Taylor & Co. in another column of this paper. POND'S EXTRACT FOR PAIN.--YOU sel­ dom see much allusion to it in the pnblic prints, yet its sale has extended to all parts of the world. BCTBNETT'S COCOAINE allays irritation, removes dandruff, and invigorates the action of the capillaries in the highest degree. BEND TO S. TAYLOR & Co., Chicago, for a price list. See advertisement in another column. TURF GOODS fliLanextaolMMutltWcjt. A n N I H A R N E S S , parch MM. Ad'raa lfot» _ pawhim. AfriM IV- V^."3TX«C 181 Bast Madia** St., CHICAGO. THE NOVELTY and exception#! strength of it* pe*. fume are the pecu­ liar fascinations of this luxurious a$w ticle, which has ac­ quired popularity hitherto unequaled by any Toilet Soap of home or foreign manufacture. •*4 PATENTEES and inventors should read adver­ tisement of Edson Bros, in another column. Hofmann's Hop Pills cure the Ague at once. MTTSBUMH MANUFACTURES IT _ WHOLESALE PRICES. _Tln Oonnd Jen Box containing 2 < Window Glass, Box 10 ft. B*•«. Second. Third. fl by 8 to 10 by It |1 by 14 to 16 by U IS by 33 to 90 by M 15 by 38 to 24 by SB 8 96 4M 4 10 •2M auo 8 75 4 00 99* 8S0 >n _ „ „ .. lOdto6d 848 6 47 4At V*11*- . wW-76 83.00 $3.25 $8.SO We will furniih sny of above article ®t prices (tatod, delivered on board ears or ateamboat» hem. The money nit. in all caaes, accompany the orte. Send P. O. Or* der. Banker's Draft or HaglBtered Letter. Reference. •Jtil National Bank, PttUbugb, Pa. Addreea, UKNKr H. VANCE, P O. Bo* SUM, Plttabatsh. WILHOFT'* ^XLti-FerlodLoi mm AGUE .For 111 IHecaaes Caused by Malarial Voisoning of the Wood. A Warranted Cure! CS-. R. iFTNT^VXr &c CO., i'w itrl'-ati.M, l'rop>t. nr FOR SAXE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. fiTU- I Are made in all styles and of every I am {b I description, from the lightest, •nest and moHt elegant in use to the heaviest and Strongest required for any kind of work; are un> I equaled in style, VUnUURLI I workmanship, strength and durability. They received the hi|h* est written award at the Centennial Exposition. None genuine unless they are stamped with onr naiue and Trade-Mark. A libsrsl D CTIA# A D n "rtl ba for infor- Gi ww Km wJ mation that will convict any one who sells harness as the Concord Har­ ness that are not made by as. Extra induce­ ments offered. Send for olronlara and prion llrtr AMMS J. ft. HILL & CO., CONCORD, N. 0. HARNESS." Kansas display of products at Centennial >»ur- >d all other States. KANSAS PACIFIC r. CO. offers largest body of good lands in KANSAS® at lowest prices »in« best terms. Plenty of Gov't lands FREE for Homestewta. For copy of " KANSAS PACIFIC HOME- STEAM," address, ~ " 4t. i*. Jtw.. S'tllnu, La*td ComminHioMTs Kansas. BEWARE of VJr Imitations. •CSaraly Jl {MM*. ball la the In. THW ntn ELASTIC TRUSS Tlmt a M differing frosa all ethers,(• eap-ibspe, wltli Sslf Adjusting Bell In water, adapts itself to all --* Itens ef tb« koiiy, whilt the b tht eap presses back the testlnes just as a person would -with the linger- wtta light prasare th« Rcrnla la h«M kod a ruM aura certain. It is asy •arable and abeep. Sant by mtil. Clrealare tne. KOOLB8TOW TWU-- OQ»» HWamhaM, tilO» -- Maize Flour Toilet Soap! -- -- Maize Flour Toilet 8®apl- -- Maize Flour Toilet Soap! -- A great discovery! --a new soap compound! It soothes, ssftena and whitens the skin, ha* wonderful healing aaa ior washing properties, and is equally suited for the nursery and general toilet. It is delightfully p» and sold everywhere at a moderate price. ITifrls ~ • • - - : , Urors, FhiUdslpfate. •o»erio: fSJSy" lUIlXVUi tered in Patent Office. 1876, by the manufacturers, McKEONR. VAN HA AG EN A OO. "" ' "The Best Polish in the World." RiMs"N STOVE POLISH LUNS&C0.S % %ce°,3 mvrs Y™* AODR£SSTO> ,, „ , COLLINS & Co. 212 WATER ST NEW-YORK CITY. is not Qnsily earnea in these times* but it can i>o made in three tuonths by any one, of either sex* in *117 nuj "no, , * .... part of the country, who is wiliin* * 1 -snt «777„ wlM B S B to work steadily at the emplo> ment B B B that we furnish. jier week in your own town. You need not be sway from home oyer ni«ht. You can give your whole time to the work, or only your spare moments. hsvs scents who are making over §20 per day ftt the boat- nets. All who at once enn make money fast. At the present time money cannot be made so easily ana rapidly at any other business. It costs nothinK w try the baaine**. Terms and S*VOutfit free. Addroai, at 0HOS4 Ha HALLKTT A CO., Portland, Maine. JACKSON'S BEST 8WEET NAVY GHEWIN6 TOBAGCO! was awarded th« highest prize at Centennial Exposition for Its fine chewing qualities, the excellence and las tine character of its sweetening and U&vorin*. If yon warn the best tobacco ever made oak your grocer for this, ana see that each ping bears our blue strip trade mark with words "Jackaon'a Best" on it. Sold by Jobbers eep- erallj. Band for sample to O. A. JACKSON A UOL, Manufacturers. Petersburg. Va. .•« • ap •• si •• AND INVKNTOH8. PATENTS Sg®8?Ji!?8Sa Agents.7110 St.Washin/rton.D. O. Established in 18M. Fee aftsr allowance. CirTr of Instructions, ©to., eent free.