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JflOTHER, MAI 1 CO AMD PtA*! BT ETTIF. X. HOtTOS. -US, "••'•a . (other, may I go and play? » fnrliiiR mother, say I magr; k-t my hut with widest l>rlm, *ie my bib l>eneath my chin, 5rinp; my marbles, t'lp and Mil, " • -<*t *ie have my playthings all; , » ^et mo be a child to-day-- Mother, may I go and play? .--it Mother, may I go and play T Tell me not I'm old to-day, _ 8])' iik uot now of friends uiitrOt, ~ dt uic be a child to you. would throw each burden down, II life's carfw arid sorrows drown that magic childhood lay-- Mother, may I go and plafcr f Mother, may I go and ploy ? I'm bo weary prown to-day! I have lonn life's burdens borne, When of romance they were nhorn ; Love proved false and hearts uutrne, Fortune failed and friencla were few; Now I cast them all away-- Mother, may I go and play? Mother, may I go and play ? Fairer flo-A-ers will b:ooin to-day. Brighter fjieam the golden light. Sweeter V my dream* to-night; ,Chil;l!iiXM.l'n faith will come again, . Simple trust Khali case all pain, When to-night we ki.ecl snd pray-- Mother, may I go and play ? Fakdoh, 111. COURTSHIP BY PROXY. " Indeed !" said the deacon's wife. I knew by that she hadn't heard a word we had been saying. "Why, yes," I repeated, a good deal discouraged, for I saw I must begin again at the very beginning--"she is more than 100 years old, and entirely destitute. Yet she did not complain of anything but the coid. She was former­ ly a slave in Kentucky, but somehow strayed away up here, and now has out­ lived everybody that ever belonged to her. If I could manage to get her in the Colored Woman's Home for the rest of her life, I should be glad. But, as she isn't a resident of the city, it will bo necessary to pay her board. A dollar a week, Mrs. Hoyt thinks it is." "Certainly, that would be the best thing to lie done," replied Mrs. Deacon, waking up a little. "Still, I don't know what we can do until we have called a meeting of the society." That was much like her ! If the ves­ try had been on fire, she would have stopped to call a meeting of the society before she would have ventured to throw on a dipper of water. " But the poor creature is freezing and starving," said I, impatiently. "Can't you, as President of the soci­ ety, empower me to give her at least one ol those woolen sacks we have on hand ?" " I don't know but I might go as far as that, though I suppose it isn't exactly in order," returned the deacon's wife, leaning back in her chair, and smooth­ ing the table-cover between her thumb and finger. She seemed to be meditating, so I waited for a minute, and then she said, abruptly : " What do you think of Mr. Brod- head, Bella?" " There! I shouldn't wonder if he would give us something !" I exclaimed, going down on my knees in my heart to the deacon's wife for my injustice. " He is a man of meaiis, and a generous man, I've always heard." The deacon's wife looked puzzled. " Oh, your old colored woman !" said she, directly. " I wasn't thinking about her ; I was thinking of you. Mr. Brod- head has a very high opinion of you, Bella. Did you know it ?" "What do you mean, Mrs. Shackel­ ford ?" said I, as surprised as though tlie man in the moon had winked at me, for my friends all knew how I detested such talk. And, besides, I never considered Mrs. Shackelford that sort of a woman. Her attention was usually centered in the sewing society and her fiower gardeu. But for once some other idea had taken possession of her mind, and, as her thoughts always ran in grooves, she never could harbor more than one at a time. ,t " Mr. Brodhead is a nice man, and a fine-looking man," she said, looking at me sharply. "A man of means, and a generous man, as you say." "I suppose so," 1 replied, gathering my shawl about me. *" Oh, don't you go yet, Bella. I was wanting to see you, and I consider your dropping in quite providential. Die deacon and I were talking of calling on you this very evening," said the deacon's wife, putting out her hand to keep me from rising; "and, when I saw your blue shawl turning in at the gate, I said to myself, ' That's as marked a token as Rebecca at the well, with the pitcher on her shoulder.' I haven't the gold ear­ rings and bracelets to offer you, but I have all the rest," she added, laughing nervously. Just now the deacon came in. Now there is, in the opinion of his wife, but one reason why Deacon Shackelford didn't make the world. He found it al­ ready made. And when he came ina she looked up to him as though Atlas had come, and she could safely drop the world on his shoulders and go off pick­ ing golden apples. " I was just speaking a good word for Mr. Brodhead to Bella, deacon," said she. " Ah ! and what does Bella say ? " re­ turned the deacon, looking as though it were a question of investing in real es­ tate, or the price of gold. " Bella doesn't say anything," I re­ plied. "Certainly not before she is asked." "You need not wait long, if that is all," answered Deacon Shackelford. "I'll ask you now. Have you any objection to »ui offer of marriage from Mr. Brod­ head ? There ! " " He is a very bashful man, Mr. Brod­ head is, Bella, and so he got us to help him a little. Why, he is in love with you," interposed Mrs. Deacon Shackel­ ford--"he is in love with you down to his boots." " Let it run out of his toes, then," said I, beginning to feel like new yeast. " But you can't have anything against • ho man," persisted Mrs. Deacon. ' And think ! after a while you won't have your grandfather and your Aunt Susannah to talk to, and you will miss it if you don't have somebody in their pliue. It is best to think of fliese things. And you won't find a kinder man, if you search the world over with a wax candle, than Mr; Brodhead." "Mr. Brodhead is well enough, Mrs. Shackelford. I don't deny that. But the; idea of making a proposal of this sort through 'middle-men!' It is too absurd!" I said, laughing, and put on my hat. So I went home to my classes in em­ broidery, and drawing, and wax-work-- to making Aunt Susannah's caps and gi'iindfather's coffee. My life was full of monotonous work in those days, and sometimes I had a strange, uncomforta­ ble impression of a machine wound up and running without any act of its own. One evening when 1 was putting the silver away after supper, and feel­ ing the creak and crank of the wheels more than usual, as though the ma- cliine needed oiling, the front gate slammed, and steps came along up the walk. "I knowed some one was coding. I've knowed all day some one was talk- worst before yon. Poor man! I've ing of coming," said Gitty Pollen, who,I seen him sit at church with his eyes "to accommodate," as she often told us, | fixed on the ribbon of your hat, as it had kindly consented to rule over our I fluttered a little in the wind, and looked kitchen and us with a rod of pine in the so hungry and so hopeless, my heart just form of a crutch). - ; ached for him." As Gitty had no home, no money, and This time my face flushed with anger only one foot of her own, but as good as j as well as shame. four ears and two tongues, it might "I feel humiliated, Aunt Kent," said seem sometimes that the accommodation I I. "I hope nobody else has seen him was two-sided. However, things are ! make such a silly spectacle of himself." i not what they seem. " Bella, my dear, you are wrong," in- j " I knowed it was Mf. Corliss !" pur- terposed Aunt Kent, gently. " We must i sued Gitty, triumphantly, as grand- \ take people as they are, not as we would father opened the door and disclosed the i have made them. The man is cast in a i figures of our minister and his wife. "I! delicate, sensitive mold, and this is near- can tell hin step as far off as I can hear i ly or quite a matter of life or death with i it. Did you ever notice Iris eyes?" she ! him. I doubt if you are loved again bv . continued. " They look like two' holes j so worthy a man, and I am sure you wiil ' btlrned in a blanket. And he, holds his < not be any more sincerely. I hope you ; head just like Deacon Shackelford's old will not be so misguided as to throw > white horse. " away such a treasure, only for a romantic 1 A_ad then she disappeared in the, notion." kitchen with her crutch and the cat, : I could not laugh at Aunt Kent's ten- | %liile Aunt Susannah put in her teeth, j der earnestness, but I shook my head i put on her black" silk apron, and went j and felt immovable from the bump of | with her meeting step into the parlor. ; firmness down to my boot soles. And When I followed her, soon after, I found thus ended the third lesson. J j her talking in as steady a flow as the j Weeks after this, one day in the waters came down at Lodore to Mrs. ; " dawning of the year," wheu the bees Corliss, who sat by the woodbine win- j hummed and the lilacs bloomed, I went I dow, with hands folded in her black net-! °nt to dig blood-root where the road ran ted mitts across her lap, and her tea- j through a bit of woodland, a ltttle north colored curls sliuking their heads, as it' of the village. Because if we didn't need ! were, at the world and its vanities ; while ' it* somebody might, and Aunt Susannah grandfather, who h:id been senior deacon considered a few roots and herbs " so j for fifty years, and who had no idea even j handy to have in the house." Present- • ; the church edifice could stand without jy I felt an unconscious, magnetic draw- i him, was already in deep discussion with hig to look up, and there stood Mr. j Mr. Corliss upon the question then ab- ' Brodhead. To this day I cannot tell | sorbing and disturbing us, as to whether ; how he came there. It was as though | our Sabbath-school should hereafter be j he had shot up like a field lilv, right out j called a Sunday-school. i of the ground, and he stood with his eyes i " I call never conscnt to have a relig- dropped shyly as a girl's and his hand- j 'lions organization known by a heathen soni(' hps trembling. I pitied him al- j name," grandfather was saying, as I had i most as much as Aunt Kent had done. I heard him say half a lftuidred times be-; "It kill me if I don't speak, and ! fore. i it will kill me if I do, and you don't j And Mr. Corliss, with his serene,white ! listen." said he, throwing out his words I I head bent toward him, was thinking how . jerks, like water running from u J he could braid in one of the fossilized i straight-necked bottle, and looking sud- I fathers and the versatile sons of the denly at me with such pathetic feeling | church. | hi his great brown eyes that I began to | So there was nothing for me to do but ! feel abashed. For what was I that he ' to sit and smile and listen ; for grand- [ should be so stirred by me ? | SCIENTIFIC KOTOS* father and Aunt Susannah were not the ! persons to yield the floor when it was j once theirs by priority. " You couldn't care any for me, I sup­ pose ?" said Mr. Brodhead, humbly. " Perhaps I might, I don't know," I " Mr.'Corliss, is it not time for us to : replied, almost involuntarily. go?" said Mrs. Corliss, at early star-ris- i ing, with her measured dignity. "Certainly, my dear," replied Mr. Corliss, rising at once, with his head still bent to catch grandfather's last sen­ tence. "Bella, put on your hat and walk out with us a little way. It is a charming evening," said Mrs. Corliss, turning to " Dear me !" But a love story sounds^ so different when a man tells it himself. And so, presently, it was I who trem­ bled and cast down my eyes and blushed; and it was Mr. Brodhead who looked as though he was master of the whole world and the stars besides. Aunt Susannah, waiting behind the woodbine window, thought I was gat li­ me after taking a ceremonious leave of ' erin$ herbs to stock a pharmacy, for the j Aunt Susannah. i sun had dropped behind the cedars on 1 the top of Mount Margaret when I went j Aunt Susannah. I Of course I went for my hat. I should I I as soon think of insisting on breathing j I in an exhausted receiver as of refusing ! to follow a suggestion of Mrs. Corliss'. : | Or so I supposed then. But I trembled ! | in my heart, and began to run over in • ! my mind all my little over-dones and kinder-dones. She had such a Lady Su- ; | perior way that, though I really loved ] j our minister's wife, I always felt"a sense ! I of guilt, and never at home with her. I But it seemed it was not that I had ! , been late at church or absent from the I ) sewing society this time. home with Mr. Brodhead by my side, my hands empty, but my heart full. Yes, we are engaged, and are to be married two weeks from next Wednesday. And the moral of my story is this: "If you want your business done, go; if not, send." Stitching on a Bntton. He lia<l never tried it before, but he was naturally a sell-reliant man, and felt c< nlldent of his ability to do it. Neither had 11 Moreover, his wife had cone to the gone a bow too many or a bow too few on my • country. Therefore, carefmlv selectiug Sunday bonnet. Worse, though ; Mr. j from that lady's work-basket the tliiek- Brodhead had been to her. I est needle and stoutest thread, he reso- " My dear," she began, as sweet and ! lutely set himself to the task. Spitting as cold and as stiff as a dish of frozen | upon his fingers, he carefully rolled the custard, "I want to liaev a serious talk end of the thread ihio a point, and then, with you on a serious subject, and per- j closing one of his own optics, he at- haps I may as well say at once, Mr. tempted to fill up the needle's solitary Brodhead has solicited the good offices j eye ; but the tliread either passed by on ' " 1 " ' one side or the other of the needle, or worked itself against the glittering steel and refused to be persuaded. However, the thread suddenly bolted through the eye to the extent of an inch, and, fear­ ing to lose this advantage, lie quickly ;d them of Mr. Corliss and myself between "yon and himself. He seems to be a very ear­ nest admirer, but a very diffident one. What should you say to the idea of entertaining a proposal of marriage from him?" ^ " I couldn't think of such a thing for ! drew the ends together and unite* a moment, Mrs. Corliss. I have no ex­ pectation or wish ever to marry anyone," said I, feeling very much annoyed. Mrs, Corliss sighed severely. " Mar­ riage is a divinely-appointed institution," said she, "and not to be lightly set aside without due consideration and prayer. You are net now prepared to give a final j bungling over such easy jobs; and, as answer to so important a matter. It i he let the button gracefully glide down comes upon you suddenly. Take time, j the thread to its appointed place, he my dear friend, to think it over care- J sni<l to himself that if ever he married a fuilv, prayerfully, and with a view to • second time it should be for some nobler what is your duty." J reason than a dread of sewing on but- Mrs. Corliss shut her lips tight, as ! tons. The first downward thrust had with a knot about the size of a buckshot. The button was a trouser one, but he liked the dimensions of its holes, and it was only going on the back of his shirt anyhow. As lie passed the needle gen­ tly upward through the linen, he felt a mingled pity and disdain for men though to keep her teeth in, and then kissed me good-niglit--a soft, clammy kiss, which made me feel as though I wanted a lump of sugar. Accordingly, I went in the house and ate oneroid thought' no more about Mr. liro" head for a mouth and a dav the same liappv result, and, holding the button down firmly with liis thumb, he came up again with all that confidence which uniform success inspires. Per- (ips the jxrint of the needle did not en- tei\to the bone, but it seemed to him i that it did, and his comment upon the At the end of that time Aunt Kent ! circumstance was emphatic. But he asked me to go down and do up her 1 was very ingenious, and next time would caps. Aunt Kent was a dear, geod old | hold the button by one edge and come lady, who lived in a little yellow and white cottage at the end of the grave­ yard. where her husband and seven children were lying in one pathetic row, under the beds of heart's-ease and for­ get-me-nots. But when they went she adopted all the world into her warm, up through the hole nearest the other. Of course he would. But the needle had an independent way of suiting itself as to holes, and it chose the one where the thumb was. Then the needle got sulky. It didn't care about holes, any­ how, if it was going to be abused for motherly heart. So, though she lived | them, ami the button might have been alone, with a little cream-colored grey­ hound, she had a large family, and who- | ever was sick, or sorry, or needy, went i to her, as well as whoever wished for { sympathy in health and gladness. : Dear Aunt Kent! When I went in, ! there she was knitting a checked sock • for young Mrs. Cable's first baby, .with such a look of peaceful repose on her an imperforated disk for all the aper­ tures which that needle could thence­ forward be made to discover, without in­ finite poking and prodding. It always come through when it was least expect­ ed, and never when it was wanted. Still he persevered, and it was not mitil he finally discovered that he had stitched over the edge of the button, and had face that one woidd be wiliing to go j sewn il ou tlie WTOnP fiide of the shirt, over the same weary path of suffering, if that he utterly broke down. it should lead at last into such a land of j rest. " I don't know when I felt sorrier," j said she, when I was settled at my: work by her side, " than I did for some- 1 body who came to me last week in a j love affair. He is a man of whose love , any woman might be proud, but he is' so full of humility and self-distrust that he doesn't even dare open the subject : ! to the young woman herself. And I [ don't know but it will cost him his life. i He says he is sure it would if she should ! refuse him, and I guess he is sure j about it." ' j In an instant Mr. Brodhead flashed into my mind, and my heart grew hard- 1 er than the meeting-house steps. I "Why, Aunt Kent," said I, "it is too • absurd! He has already been to the I minister and to the minister's wife, and ! then to the deacon and to the deacon's | wife, to ask them to intercede for him. ! I wouldn't have a man anyhow after he j had made such a goose of himself." j Aunt Kent opened her eyes in mild | astonishment, and then I remembered i she named somebody. Then I stopped | suddenly and felt my cheeks begin to j burn. | "Dear child," she said tenderly, j "when you have seen a few more of tiie jups and downs of life, you will think _ ^ j ™oi;e of a mu^'s love than you will «Kmas possibl»7 whole*the heads of "the Sleep North and South. A learned German says: "Li sleep any position except north and south is disagreeable, but from east to west al­ most intolerable, at least in our hemis­ phere it is otherwise. The cause of this phenomenon can obviously lte found only in that great magnet which is formed by the earth with its atmosphere, i. ter­ restrial magnetism. This magnetism exerts on certain persons, both hearty and otherwise, who are sensitive, a peculiar influence wonderful enough to disturb their rest, or in the case of diseased per­ sons disturbing Jthe circulation, the nervous functions, and the equilibrium of the mental powers. There are per­ sons whom I know, the head of whose bed is to the north,^and who, iu order to wake early, reverse their usual position in bed, from that of north to south, but without understanding the reason why, beyond that they could always awake earlier, the sleep being more broken. I have had it related to me that, at a mil­ itary hospital iu Russia, there were |' patients of highly sensitive natures who i were rapidly recovering. When necessity i compelK'd them to be removed to another | wing of the building they did not get on so well; in fact, prostration seemed to Vie si tting in, and it was found advisable : to get them back to then- former wards as ; The growth of the coral reefs, accord­ ing to a large amount of observations, is altout six inches in a century. The experimental works for the tun­ nel between Dover and Calais are still going on. A second shaft is to be sunk. Gunpowder in contact with metals is fouad to undergo considerable decompo­ sition in the course of years, by which change its power is very much dimin­ ished. Carboxic acid in a liquid form has been found in the pores of the Uralian amethyst The pressure which must have been exerted to liquify the carbolic acid is estimated at seventy-three atmos­ pheres. Oakland, Cal., the growing rival of San Francisco, has 35,000 population, against 10,500 ten years ago, and the county of Alameda, of which Oakland is the chief place, lias 59,000, against 24,- 1 237 in 1870. j A 8PONOE dipped in wine and placed ! in alsaucer whose bottom is covered with j a small quantity of water, will not color | the water for a quarter or half an hour, j unless the wine is adulterated, wheu it j will begin to color it at once. j The Genu an African Society has at i present not less than six different expe- I ditions engaged in exploring Central > Africa. Add to this the work being per- ; formed by others in the same field, and I it may well seem that the "dark conti-I nent" must soon give up its Secrets. Two eggs of the extinct great auk were recently sold by auction in Edinburgh, j one at £100 and the other at 102 guineas, j The latter is probably the largest sum ever paid for a single egg, with the ex­ ception of that of the moa, a single specimen of which was sold at the same place in 1805 for £200. Among the animals inhabiting flic bot­ tom of the Caspian Sea are found several species having well-developed organs of sight. This is taken as an indication that even at great depths light is not completely absorbed, as in total darkness tlu' eyes of animals are reduced to a rudi­ mentary form. It has been estimated that a single pair of Cut-lops quadrii-oinis, a micro­ scopic crustacean, will produce a prog- I eny numbering 4,500.000,000 in the j course of six months. This is, however, ! but one of the many marvels which the j microscope has showu iu the unseen i world around us. •, The Aztec Calendar Stone.--One of j the most remarkable of these antiquities | is a far xinti/< of the stone representing ! the calendar of the Aztecs. It was dis- j covered in 1700 near the foundation of i the Cathedral in the City of Mexico. It i is simply impossible to give an adequate | | description of the numerous bits in this ; rare and wonderful collection. ! ' The mixture used by Mr. Hannay in I the production of his first artificial dia- { : monds consisted of ninety per cent, of i rectified bone oil, ten per cent of paraffin ' spirit, and four grams of lithium. These ! substances were placed in a tube four [ inches in diameter, with a bore of half an 1 inch, and after the open end had been I : securely welded up the tul>e was exposed I ' to a reel heat for fourteen hours. } Experiments have proved that wooden posts put in the ground in the same posi­ tion as that in which they grew, top up- i \\ arils, will become rotten several years i sooner than they would if placed top j downwards in the soil. The theory is . that the capillary tubes in the tree are so | adjusted as to oppose the rising moisture when the wood is inverted. ! Sth John Ll'bbock has just given to 1 the Linn«?an Society andfhef installment of results of the observations made on his ants. One question that he has sought to determine is whether these in- J sects have a language or means of com- I muuication. A dead bluebottle fly was ! pinned down, and the'movements of an j ant with reference to it were v. atehed. I i At first the ant tried to remove the fly, ! but was unable to do so. It then went j home and soon reappeared leading a | body of re-enforcements. The latter 1 seemed somewhat incredulous, and after ! a while turned back. The first ant, i however, again approached his doubting [ comrades and succeeded iu persuading them to go and lielp him with tin1 llv. j The friends were undoubtedly brought ( out by the first ant, and this could only ' have been done through some means of ; communication. Several experiments were made with different species of ants t and under varied circumstances. The ; results indicate, in the opinion of the oh- 1 server, that ants possess sometliing ap- j proaching language, and have (hepower j ol" summoning their friends to help them. 1 Sir John further experimented with the view of testing the recognition of rela­ tions among these insects. Young ants, i just having reached maturity, were in­ troduced into the nest among old ants. | The latter had never before seen the , former, yet in every case they reeog- j nized them as belonging to the comuiu- | »ity. ______ __ | ,>anKecn. | Of all the cotton produced in China, i the most remarkable, as well as tlu1 [ most beautiful, is that used in the fab­ rication of the calico known in Europe under the name of nankin or nankeen. It has been long a matter of debate whether the texture called nankeen was manufactured from a raw material, hav- j ing, previous to any manipulation, the j yellowish hue which distinguishes it, or j whether it owed its peculiar shade to I a light dye. j M. Van Braam, who was at the head ] of tlie commercial mission sent out by i Holland to Peldn in 1794, had been in- i structed by the European merchants to j request that the naukeen destined for their different markets might for the j future be dyed a deeper color than they I had been for some time past; and he j had an opportunity during his stay of , ascertaining that the color of these text- . uns was natural to ,the raw material, and not subject to fade. | Sir George Staunton, one of Lord Ma- j cartney's embassy, found, on going ( through the province of Kiangnan, that j the cotton it produces is naturally of the | yellow color, which it retains after spin- j niug and weaving. He also says that j when the nankin cotton is transplanted i to another province it degenerates and becomes white. j A Philadelphia husband, who doesn't want his wife to tamper with his letters, is the author of the report that infernal machines are being found in mails. Hallucination of the Senses. !Professor Maudsley remarks, in a re­ cent lecture, that one striking feature observed by medical men who have hail cases of hallucination under their charge is that the patients cannot be convinced that the objects they see, the sounds they hear, and the smells they perceive, have no real existence, and that the sensations they receive are the result of their excited nerves. It frequently hap­ pens, too, that a person who suffers from hallucination in respiect of one sense has the others uuaffecte^and is, on all other matters, perfectly normal. Hallucina­ tion may arise either from an idea on which the mind has dwelt, appearing as something exterior, or from excitement of the sensory ganglia. It is said that Newton, Hunter, and some others of equal professional eminence, could, at will, picture forms to themselves till they appeared to be realities. [Pottsville (Pa.) Evening Chronicle.] For sixteen years, writes Mr. Joseph Al- ber of this place, I had suffered with Dys­ pepsia, anil spent many a dollar to find relief, but in vain. 1 was advised by Mr. P. Altstadt to take Hamburg Drops. I had taken scarcely one of the little bottles be­ fore I felt letter, and soon got well alto­ gether. I am ilow a warm advocate of ! Hamburg Drops. Affectionate Mother (to her son)-- "Why do you cry, Johnny? What has hurt you?' Johnny (crying, more lustily than before)--"Because I fell down and hurt myself yesterday." Mother--"Yes­ terday! Then why do you cry to-day? " Johnny (bawling at tlie top} of his voice) --"Oh, 'cause you weren't home yester­ day." [Cleveland (.Ohio) Plain Dealer.] Capt. Henry M. Holzworth, Chief Detec­ tive Force, Cleveland, O., says: St. Jacobs Oil gives surprising relief, does a world of j good and conquers pain. It completely | cured me of Rheumatism. Two men rode up on harnessed horses to a circus ticket-wagon at Leadville. hitched the beasts to it, and d;ushed off with the vehicle, in which were the treasurer and SI, 500. The showmt n gave quick chase, and regained the treasure, but the robbers escaped. Vegetine. ! More to Me than Cold. WAi.roi.K, Mass.. March 7,1680. Mr. H. U. 8tf.vkns: 1 wish to intorm >ou what Vkuktise has done for me. I have been troubled with Krysipela* Klutnor for more than thirty yearn, in nn limbs and otlu»r part* of my l>ody, aiul nun* been u (jrent sufferer. I commenced taking Yk.uf.tixk one year a*o last August, and can truly bay it has done more for me than any other medi­ cine. I seem to be perfectly free from this humor and can recommend it to every one. Would not be without this medicine 'tis mow to me than gold and 1 took it. will prove a blessing to other* as it lias to me. Yours, most respectfully, Mhf. DAYID CLARK. An Arkansas Hairpia on a Bender. The.prisoner in cell No. 1 was making a great noise as court opened, and he was therefore brought out first. He was a stout, thick-set hian with short hair and milk-white eyes, and he believed himself to be a mountain lion of the fiercest order. He came out cm the dance, with a half-concealed war-whoop in his teeth. "Is your name William Hill?" softly inquired the court. "Old man, you betl" was the ready reply. "Prisoner, this court doesn't bet, and if it has to inform you of that fact again it may have to add sixty days to your sentence. Do you p>lead guilty or not guilty to drunkenness?" "Judge, I was drunker'n a beer barT. I was fighting drunk. I was just in the conditiou to chaw up half the police force of this one-horse four-corners. Judge, let me out long enough to flap my wings and give a crow which can be heard four miles agin a stiff wind!" "William Hill, I think I know what ails you," quietly remarked the court., after looking him over. ' 'You are aching to fall against some consumptive Detroit- er about five feet high who will mash you flatter than sole-leather. You evidently think yourself a tarantula, but you are nothing but a rabbit. Instead of being a terror, you are a nuisance, and I shall send you to the work-house." "Judge, I'm from Arkansas, and I tell you I am dangerous." "Pooli! I shall send you for thirty days, the same as any common drunk­ ard.". "D«n't disgrace-me, Judge. Make it six months at least. Think of the story going back to Arkansas that I wad sent up ou a hoss-fly sentence." But his Honor was obstinate, and the prisoner sat down on a nail-keg in the corridor and said he'd have to kill one of the guards at the work-house to restore his lost prestige.--Detroit Free Press. The capital of Armour k Co., the Chicago pork-packers, is $10,000,000. THEGREAT Perry Davis'Pain KiHsr 18 RKIOlHMOIUlt By myrtetww, by by Mini'lm, by Mtehmm- i'm, by in Hotpifalat BY EVER11WDY. Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest. Soutf, Quinsy, Sore Threat, Swell' lags and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, Genera/ Eodi/y Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headaeho, Feet and Ears, arid all other Pains and Aches. »• Preparation on earth equals 9t. Jawss OtS u a safe, sure, simpl-e and rhrap Ext^nul Remedy. A trial entails but the compuratwaly trifling outlay of 50 Cents, and eyery one snfferiaj with pain can have chcap and pofliUrt rn?pf cu claims. Directions in Haven Languages. SOLO BT ALL DRUGGISTS AID DEALHA 15 MEDICINE, A. VOGELER & CO., Baltimore, Md,, V. M.AU tCf. $Qf1 porday at home. *8a*npl«s worth (Mlk 90 10 $£(J Address Stikbok A Co, Portland.Hfc. ON 30 DAYS' TRIAL We will send oar Electro-Voltaic Belts and elks* Klectrio Appliances upon trial for Sti d ys to Umss afflicted with ArrtN.rjj JK'bitity and ans> »»< « naturf. Also of tho Liver, Kidneys, Rhi 'iraasMMt S*aralyB'.s, fto. A tut" cure guamr tmi nr n>; ; >/. Address Vo£tot«i H«lt Co., MiurabuU, VM. DAIU llll I CD 18 A CURE for mill MLLtn Sore Tlirwat, Chtlln, Diarrhea^ Dyncntcry, 4'rniiip*, Chol­ era., and all Rowel <'oiii|»lstiitt!k« Dllll Ifll I ru ilSTlIK BEST REM- rAIII H!LL*tl i:i»v known to the World for Kirk Hcadnclic. 1'iiin in the Back. Pnin in the Side, Rheumatism and Neuralgia. VXQl KHTIOXABLT THE Seat Xjlxxlment Alado! Jt$ tqual having nettrytt been found, tW For Sale by all Medicine Dealers* a week. (13 a day at home easily made. Costlj Outfit free. Address TbCE A Co., Augusta, lie J BENTLEY, M. D., says: It hits done more yootl than all Medical Treatment. NkwmaRKET, Ont., Feb. 9, I860. Me. H. R. Rtevfnp. Boston, Mass : Sir--I h'kve sold (iurinjr tuo year a conftiderabfo quantity nt your Vfhetine, and I ftwlipve In all ensp* it ua« jfiven datiafnetion. In one c«m», n delicnte young lady of about M»v«nt«on yoars was much benefited by its use. Her |virents informed me that it had done her more than nil the medical treatment to which she had previously been subjected. Yours respectfully. J. BENTLKY, M. D. $72 VOUNC MEN isarjas! • morth. Kvery frraduate guaranteed a paying situa­ tion. Address R. Valentine. Manager, Janosville,Wis. Agoutis wv anted to Sell BWS GARFIELD-F(KEoP HANCOCK. The only Mandard the candidate*. Aim Outfit free. A< • mice. Address lir ItB.% Rtl» KKO*.» Chicago, lit uthoritjitive work*. Indorsed by LMiinuifj money. He>t terms. Loudly in Its Praise. Toronto, Ont., March 3,1880. Dear Sir--ConsMerlntc the short time that VkoktIue has t>eon before the public here, it sells well ag a blood purifier, and lor troubles arismjt from a Rluggish or tor­ pid liver it is a first-Wats mi dicine. Our customers speak loudly in its praise. J. WHK.HT A CO., Cor. Queen and Kli7.al>ctu Streets. PRINTERS. Send for Samples and Prices of our new Prr*|<!i tlaslCnmlidiite I'I ZZI.K CARDS, SomeU. entirely Now and Unique. latest thing out. CHICAGO NEWSPAPER UMOX, 177,1 St 181 Fifth Ave., Clilen^o.Ut P E N S ION ST New Law. Thousands of Soidien and bein«lttb4 Pensions date back todischarceor death. Hsm MbMI Address, with stamp, OKOR6E XL. UEWNR, P. O. Drawer tt,V Ws>kiug1os> B. Ok CELLULOID EYE-CLASSES. 1 representing the choicest-selected Tortoise Shell math Amber. The tightest, handsomest and strongest tuses. Sold by Opticians and Jewelers. Made by SPRKCXK O. M. CO.. 13 Maiden Lone, New York. Not Fail VEGETINE PRKPARKD BY H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Showii,* Portraiteof thot'nndidates for President Vice i't-o«Ulcnt. New and n >vel. A set of four sent by mail lor three St-eeiit *|iun|is» Address CAR1» 1IKPOT, m Fifth Ave.,« hUu»ir©,IU. KIDNEY-WORT The Creat Remedy For THE LIVER, THE BOWELS,and the K10NEV8. These pxeat orrnns are the Natural clransersof I the System. If they work well. In altti will Le per-1 feet, if they bccome ologped, di^mlful riit^aw B are | develoiwd iM-o.auKe tiio blood is poisomd wuhthel humors that, should have been expelled naturally. I KIDNEY-WORT restore tlie I^iturr.i action, I aiirf tarow otF the Th< uisond hive been | cured, and all may be. For sale iiy nilPm^nstGL to Kend U'l om Price-List j IHJV. Fin';: tn auy tddrM ui>on appiu-atum. Contains descriptions ot everything ] reeetine Is Sold liy All Droists. IT SORE EARS, GATARRE Many people are Afflicted Hlth these loathsome dts- •a*e% but very few ever get m;I« from them ; this 1m owing •o Improper treatment only, a« tbey ur« readily curat.le If properly treated. This in no idle bon-t, t.uta fact 1 km re proven over and over .i*rafn by my treatment. Send for mv little BooV, free, to all; It will t« U you all Abotti these matters and who I am. My large Hook, 8.6 page*, Mtavo; pricej $2, hy mail Address SU. V. M. SIlUtMAKKlC, Aural Suroeon, Reading, Pe, FRAZER JS j nt wholesale prices in ijiistnt.tiea U> suit the purchaser. The only institution In America who make *>»»» special businesr. Address HO vrtJO *1 KKY WAR I) Jfc CO., ££7 and £29 \\ nbonb Avenue, Chirais, Ok BEATTY" Of Washington, Now .Torsoy, sells Stop ORGANS •tool, hook and mueic, box«xi ;im! shipped, only New Piar.os 2$ lIKs Mi | FSetore ym buy aji fcfe ttrument he f>uro to aeo hi® Midhmumer otter t'/^rratsd fros. A<Ur«ss DAM&L h\ B&ATTY. \\'whkiuU>umMJ m To make IS Pei BULLING OVB KKW Platform Family Scale. »!shs accurately up to 2*5 lbs. Us r.iand»'>moappearance^etlsit atalgfefc fto housekeepers. Retail price 3£kA» Other iainily scales wei^hiTis 115 can not ho boupht for less than ilk A regular HOOM Sor AtrrnU* Exclusive Tenitory given. Tont and rnpid sales surprise old > Send :or particnlMk Dgmkbiic Scale Co., 188 W. 5th St., Cincinnati,Q» AXLE GREASE. SflPONIFIER A Marvalous Blood, Brain and Nerve Food. There in nn greater Blood Producer and Life sustain­ ing Principle in the world of foods or medicines than MAI.T BITTKR-S, prepared from rutrrmrutnl Malt, Hopf, rali-it /n, etc. They feed the body and the brain, enrich the blood, solidify the bones, harden the muscles, quiet the nerves, cbei r the mind, Induce sleep, perfect dhrestion, regulate the stomach and bowels, cleanse the liver and kidneys, and vitalize with NKW LIFE every fluid of tl|o body. Bewareof imitat inns similarly named Look for the COMPANY'S SIGNATURE, which ap­ pears plainly on the label of every bottle. Sold every­ where. MALT BITTERS COMPANY, Boston. Sheet Portrait of Gen. (iarfleld, for printers. Sample & prices,6c. Wm.H.Thompson,Detroit,Mich. Beot In tlie World. .Ihiilr only by tlie Fra xrr^Iiiibrlcfitor Coiiipany. nt I 'liiriiKn, New York, anil l^anilo. SOLI) EVKli I ll /fCBJ. NATRONA'S b the best In the World. It I* absolutely pare. It k tlie beet for Medicinal Purposes. It Is the best for Baking and all Family Uses. Sold by all Druggists and Grooem. Penii'a Salt Mannfacf ine Co., Phila. Is the "Original" Concentrated Lye and R Family Soap^MaKer. Directions aecompauy each tm B 1(2 W AOKf*. summer and winter. Samples free. National Copying Co .,8110 West Madison st ..Chicago. •LESTEY & CS Baajtleboro ¥l for ir*kir.« llurtl, S>itt and Toilet luap qi It is full wviKiit and strength. Ask max grocer MAI'ON IFIKK, and take do other. Penii'a Salt Hanufact'ng Co., Phils. RED RIVER VALLEY 2,000,000 Acres Wheat Lands la tlie Werlu, for sale by the St. Pan), HiMiplis I Manila 8.R. COL Three dollar* per aera allowed the settler fe» tartate lag aad cultivation. For particulars apply to D. A. MoKlNLAYj | St. l*ika£. fOSCAVE EXOMS1I RAZORS, lfsl.6ll. K. Howcmft. 235 West 26tfi St. .New York City. a week In jour own town. Terms and $5 Outfit free. Addreee H. Haiaktt Jt Co.. Portland.Ms. $66 OPIUMS $350 SOLDIERS ABESTS wishing to canvass for the Live* of GARFIELD o HANCOCK Should write at once for Circulars and terms of sgencs to FORSHEK * McMAKIN. Cincinnati, 0. Morphine HabltCarsd In 16 'lday». Xopay till Cured. . bxjci'HicNs, Lebanon. Ohio, A MONTH ! Agents Wanted ! *5 Best-Selling Articles in the world: a sam­ plers#. JAY BRONSON. Detroit, Mich. ( SMI Ml Ml ^ YEAR and expenses to •7 'jf 'jf Vents. Outfit Free. Address P. € € € O. V1CKEKY, Augusta. Main* AfiCIITQ tilAUTCn For a fast-selling, staple sr-AbtN I U WAR I EU tide; good profit* • sample free. Address MARSHALL A CO., Fremont, Ohio. Get the BEST ARTIFICIAL LIMBS oa tiev*t Order. Apply to Cka». lias*, Gov't Mfr, U]W.4tk8Ll1sdiuli,0. FROM THE FARM TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR This is the cheapest and only and authentic Life of Uen. Gartield. It contains tim> *?eel |K>rtraits ol Garfield and Arthur, and is indorsed by their most inti­ mate friends. Beware of " catchpenny" imitations. AffcitfM antv«l. -Send for circulars containing: a full description of the work and extra tynns to Agents. A '3 >; ATIONAI, PriiLisHiNt; < o., rhu-itfo. III. FOR CHILLS AND FBVI1 •1VZ3 Alt!* CAl'SBD BT Malarial ftisoning OF THE BLOOD. ' A Warrants Price* $1.00. BT" FOB taut BT ui DBUMiam. j Addr of those outside maimers. Mr. Brotlkeiul 1 told mo he had been in this strait to ! some of our mutual friends, but he sup- posed they had not spoken with you. ; And we must not judge liim by the | standard we would apply to some peo- [ pie. He is shrinking to timorousness, especially with ladies. And he says he bods were to the north. I have heard of horses going blind through changing their position from north to south to that of west to east. The oldest friends are to-day the staunehest friends of Dr. Bull's Congh Syrup. They hare proveu its great worth in all cases of Coughs, . - ,, . . . - , . Colds, Hoarseness, Tickling in the Throat, Irri- 18 conscious that he always appears his t&tion of the Bronchial Tubes and Lungs, etc. COUGH ST AC M HJ S K C RJ| *-- uijVuXia. s'.tuO al- wssr b«a«T Malt* lUnrJ. rf «#<•.! fr«a luvl rk*. Tfrw wwki otitr *IL S •*«' M pawbi*iojor», T.w <y bps l;«J n.J m •r,--.. Pkj ft •riser, fcl! 1TH & F0N» b^A#M>i-d»..M>Uis t Ihi» iiumoc u hr'iaUe.) END for onr l*cw Cnlcmlar of the New Encland Conservatory of Music. £15.00 to #20.00 for 20 lessons in classes. Students in the Conservatory Course can pursue all Enomsh buanciies free. E. TOURJEE. Musio Kall, Bosto& fc«t •*»<! or.lt 8IX< 1 Or*M i'iB«o*rrv tttai i y«t r>.M. A44rw. DO. <i< Bm B--<bh. MM*, hm LIQUID Cottage Colors. 30 SHADES READY FOE USE. The Ilest Mixed I*aint in. tho Market. Be sare snd buy them. Send fordrcuUrsto Cbicago fiitfi Lead air Oil Co. COR. GREEN ANB FULTON STS., Manutacturers ot White Lead, Zinc. Lhwe«l Oil, Putiy, etc. All Goods Guaranteed. Tou l-jivc rfii<1 till* notice :iltaat tw* times Ivfi're. But tlid you vvt»r art up- ii the tion S'» often made, najiiely: To ssk Loot and • dealer for !<io!s with 1'iiU'nt B»»s»> nh'i1 strvl Kivri I'rotrrti d Nolo ( (f'„^.rtj.'ss# to «utwt>ar any Stile ever m.id«. If you have n- t, ik>J» the ver%'next time you wsnt boots or nith soM* that will wear like iron ^r.d save repairs, ami don l buy any other. My references are at».v ^ewinc wuBs Company or their stents in Ulia o untiy . II. (;t)4)ll iHCH, to Church St., Worcester, Mom., snd to Ho}*m Cuictttfo. 111. DR. MARCHiSrS YOU CAN BE CURED i S5TASELINE OF YOUR CATARRH! Qrand Medtl At Pbl'ftdplplA Ksposiiion JELLY Silver M«dal Chicago now? lOc to DR. C. R SYKES, 1«9 E. >, 111., snd he will send by return , of Catarrh and fall information < this paper, aad wittt without dslay. This wenderfal substance Is soknowletfusd by phnt- slsns throughout tns world to be the best remedy fito- o#T6rfd for th0 cur© of UTcRlNS CATHOLICOH will po*itively core Fem.ile Weakneo, 'h a.^ of the lTU-rus, I^ueorrho&a. t"hr^:uc 11:t 1 ̂ j.".i.GV Ulceration of the l*t^ru>, tf;c..if'nr -.1 Mt-i:. urt. «« W Kloouinif, Fainful. Supprsssevi au>.i Irreffular M -l* I lion, Ac An eld and reliable remedy, tk card for a pamphlet, with trestmeut. cores ai.-i « cates fr\ i. p?rvsician& asvi patients, to HOWART BALLAKD, IJtiM, N. ¥. bold bf«U ' J per bottle. _________ tlsm, skin Plains, «&• lllsrstct. Pll«s. i'stsrrki Is ortler that Chti. STsry one but tij It, tt te C N.U. No. ST > to any thine fou bars srer used. I tai (Mm »•»«• .ADTEItTWl