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witfa stfttcily tnid iM back through the quaint oU Hon. ttatc< tbe firelight, dancing and red, Into the gathering dnak auid gloom; FotwMd and back In her silken dfeaa. With iu< failing ruffles of froat-nka biff A look of deepest tenderneee la Cti« faded lines of her fine old faotw it*! a Wacm oil her hreaet in him red ntgfct^rdMfe.,, Like a a ecariet Ji'y the baby Ilea, While Foftlj the tired lid* droop down , s Over the little *lecpy eye* ' * ' Grandmother ain^x to him »weet and low. And memories come with I he cradle mmg Of the days when she Fang if Snug ago, : When her life wm young tund her hra(t niiM| Grandmother's children have left her now; The large old hooce is a (badowed piaaa; Bat ehunng out in the aanret glow Of her life, like a vtar, comes the babr'a ten. He Ilea where of old his father lav ; Softly ahe sinjfB him the wine sweet strain • ,. Till the years intervening r< " pwept away. And the Joy of life's morning la htn Grandmother's gray head is bending low . dear littledowny one; Tneitepiof her pathway are few to go-- ., The baby's journey is just 1 <0*110. ; * «!?*> !°®y d#wn of hl® cU1 dlrti '®*e : ! Brightens the evening that else were dim: <mL u a**er y®»™» from her home a bora, _ iM light of her blessing will rest on A Ghost im the Garret. *' This is th« garret floor. It's a relic ®^the past," said Miss Pettigrew. "jEhey do not baild such garrets now. The honse is more than 100 years old. It was my grandfather's grandfather ' & By the way," continued the lady, turning on her guest in a sharp and bird-like manner peculiar to her-- "by the way, this garret is haunted." " How delightful! Do tell me about the ghost!" cried the young lady who had followed her into the great room which covered half the large Louse. *' The ghost, Miss Walker, is a soldier, an officer who was killed by a jealous husband in a duel, which took place here. He walks up and down, trailing his sword after him, and is said to be as pale as death ; however, he hasn't been seen for ten years, though the servants are terribly afraid of him yet. "They sleep," said Miss Pettigrew, "iathat half of the garret which is partitioned off, and use the back Btairs. They wouldn't come here for the world, so I make a sort of store closet of those Shelves there, and feel perfectly safe fcbout my sweetmeats. " Here," said Miss Pettigrew, opening a little door--^'liere is stiQ another pair , of stairs. They lead to the orchard. ^ It is said that that idiotic lady who caused the duel had them built that her lover might come to the garret without discovery. It may be true. It's evi­ dent that they were never built in the original house. Nobody ever uses them "now; and they are actually moldering I away." With some difficulty she moved a rusty: bolt, and the young lady peeped down the rickety stairs. " I can fancy the ghost coming up," she ftaid, with a little, soft shriek/as she ' drew back. " How romantic !" Descending the large, well-carpeted stairs that ran down the middle of the house, the two ladies entered the parlor, where an elderly gentleman sat wait­ ing. The young lady then addressed him ; " The rooms are lovely, pa, audif Mi«a Pettigrew will let us come, we ought to be delighted." Miss Pettigrew gave a polite wave of the hand, which signified that she was charmed to receive Buch boarders. "Elsie, dear, go out and get into the carriage," said the old gentleman. " Miss Pettigrew and I will have a word about terms." The young lady tripped lightly away. " I have but one condition to make, madam," said the old gentleman, the • • instant she was gone. " That you will take no single-gentlemen boarders." " I have one, sir," said Miss Petti­ grew, " Mr. Jeftera, 76 years of age, and Quite rheumatic." " Ah ! I don't mind him," responded Mr. Walker. " I--I mean-- In fact, I have brought my daughter to this quiet place to separate her from a person who is paying lus addresses to her, and I am afraid he will follow us." " Not into this house," said Miss Pet­ tigrew. " My other rooms are filled ; two families, mother, father and chil­ dren ; a widow lady and her daughter; and Miss Budwick, principal of a school in "The place will suit me perfectly," •aid Mr. Walker. " We'll come over to­ morrow morningand with a bow he trotted down the path and also took his place in the carriage. < About a fortnight from the day on ^rliicli she had received her first boarder, Miss Pettigrew descended to the dining- room at an early hour, as was her wont, Hid in a very cheerful mood. "This is very comfortable, indeed," thought she to herself, " very comfort­ able. Why shouldn't I turn a penny as well as iny neighbors? Certainly my house is full of genteel people, and it's really pleasanter than to live alone." And Miss Pettigrew regarded her well- spread breakfast table with juet pride and pleasure. " ¥ery comfortable, indeed--My good ness 1" The latter portion of the sen­ tence did not belong to the former. It was an ejaculation forced from her by the sudden appearance of her two ser­ vants, pale as death, hollow-eyed, and with compressed mouths, who, having made eacii a courtesy, ground them­ selves against the wall and stood looking at nothing, in a way, as Miss Pettigrew afterward said, calculated to freeze the blood of an observer. " My goodness !" repeated Miss Pet­ tigrew. "FannyAnn and AbbyJane, what's the matter? Is the houae on lire?" " No, Miss," replied Fanny Ann. " Have you seen a ghost ?" proceeded Miss Pettigrew. " Yes, Miss," replied Abby Jane. "And please, luss, we can't sleep in awful place no more," continued Fanny Ann. " If you can't put us me* ' "Vhere else we must go. Wa ve seen him three times." " Three nights hand-running," said • Abby Jane. " Why didn't you tell me before?** v asked Miss Pettigrew. "We thought you woaldn't believe lis," said Fanny Aim. " Weil,, I believe you've seen some­ thing terrifying," said Miss Pettigrew, " and 111 see what I can do. Don't mention this to anybody. You'd fright- SB,801*16 °' my boarders away, perhaps. 111 talk it over after breakfast, and I'll - wage* 111 lay the ghost " Fanny Ann and Abby Jane departed, promising silence, and the boarders ate their breakfast as usual. Afterward, bo- kind closed doors, she heard this narra­ tive : Ai 11 o'elock everjr night for the past *eek the gula had heard a noise in the •nter fjfairet; but, the last three having keen lit by a brilliant mooB, they had been able to see through a crack in the door, and espied-- as sure as she was a living woman," Abby Jane deoJjmv?-- - * ghostly soldier in complete uniform, pacing up and down. •,;" The first time the figure vanished rap­ idly. 'Ihe second time it was longer m poing, but on the third night they saw it enter by the disused stairway, and heard it speak. What it said was: "Darling, I would die far you! would risk all to meet you 1" " We' could look no 1 said Abby Jane. "We should take spasms. Miss Pettigrew rubbed her nose. This ia unpleasant," she said. Miss/* ought we - 'Cer­ tainly, the ghost was an oifioer, and my own Aunt Lydia declared that she saw him. That was before her daughter, Grace, eloped with-- Good gracious I I have it!" "What, Miss?" cried Abby Jane. " An Idea!" said Miss Pettigrew. "Girls, you may take a mattress on the parlor floor to-night, and hold your tongues until to-morrow morning." The police force of was not large, but that night two of its members Stood concealed behind the largest apple trees in the orchard at the east of Miss Pettigrew's house and No. 14. These figures glittered on their cap bands. Within, on the other side of the gar* Jet door. Miss Pettigrew, in a flowered fflressmg-gown, stood listening intently. The moonlight flooded the old garret. HUKORS OF THE DAT. awkward for you if you got in and went on without being booked," he answered in a way that made me feel timid ; and I began to think of the high-handed style Britishers have of dealing with foreign­ ers, and so I thought I would make 6, clean breast of the affair, and tell him that I did not know what he meant; and he says. " Come this way and I'll show you," which, he being a big fellow and me a little one, and a stranger, rather increased my trepidation, r.nd the A WHIHXT skin--a tramp. A TOWN pump--the village bore. A GO as you please race--Indians. A SHOOTING star--a murderous actor. MEAT and drink--what journalists do. A HARB-BBcniH--* nee between the rabbit CHINESE music may be celestial but not heavenly. IT is sad but true that a mftn who once ' weather so b;id and all; but he onlv took becomes deaf seldom enjoys a happy j the place where I had bought my hear-after. : ticket, and he says, ««There, that's A WEI^DMSSKDbuckwheat cake wears I a flaj>-jae k - e t , cut by us daily, with syrnp 1U"8* , 1 do ? , ' Why, take your trimmings. j ticket, he says; and I answered that I IT is a difficult thing for a dog without | had bo,Mlt aAV*e£ . " Wb? a tail to show his master how much he | before r and he says, I did ask They were No. 12 j thinks of him. y°u lf ^on was booked and you said „ * No;'"and then I laughed, and told •• lie cat .^ 1 W*" Americ«u ««• <«•>" ' «»- hewing a log. THE maiden who adorns the knee of her lover while the gas is turned down is: "born to blush unseen." THE San Francisco Chronicle men- The derstond, and then he laughed, and we had a drink.--Cor. Xac York Times. Btern and strong of mind as she was, Miss Pettigrew felt a cold shudder run _ np her spine. It was now a quarter to j tions a dam nearly two miles long. 11. Soon the old clock in the hall be- j fellow must have "stammered. 57S^W?6d ?d ?tniCk,the W- I .AV exchange says: "The only kind , At that instant a faint creaking was . of cake children don't cry after is a cake 1 boWle of Hop Blttera ukt'» in time would uavo heard.^ A door opened--not the^ stair j of soap." How about stoma cake? I 4116 *1,0°9 *"d al1 the year'" "<*ne88.-- Po*L Fees of Doctors, The fee of doctor* is an item that vety many persons art) interested in just at present. We believe the echedele for viwtH ig §3.00. which would tax a man confiued to Lis bed for a yew, and in need of a daily visit, over $1,000 a year for medica! attendance alone ! And one single door, the one into the hall--and a figure, all in white, stole in and sat down on" a great box. It was very ghostly. "Ugh!" shuddered Miss Pettigrew. " I declare I feel scary." Hark i another faint creaking. The door to the mysterious stairway opened softly and a figure en­ tered. It was dressed in a soldier's uni­ form. It wore a sword, but its face-- its awful faoe, though it bore the feat­ ures of a man, was of ah awful ghostly white, lips and all, enlivened only by two great black eyes, that glared about them. Miss Pettigrew shivered ml til the door rattled. The next instant the two ghosts ran into each other's arms. An­ other instant, and the stair door was opened with a bang, and Officer No. 12 followed Officer No. 14 into the garret, each armed with a club. "Ghost or not I'm quite safe now," said Miss Pettigrew, and opened the garret door with her kerosene lamp in her hand. "So we've caught you," said Officer No. 12. " And we'll And how ghosts like being locked up in jail," said Officer No. 14, as he pulled a wet handkerchief with two holes in it from the ghost's face, and revealed a very pale human counten­ ance, adorned by a mustache which had most-carefully-waxed points, and, under other circumstances, might have been very fierce, indeed. "And this young woman--your ser­ vant, most likely--shall we arrest her along with the burglar ? Do you make a charge against her, Miss Pettigrew ?" At these words the female ghost, who had hitherto done nothing but wring its hands, tore from its form the sheet in which it was enveloped and revealed the faoe and figure of Miss Elsie Walker, who instantly went down on her knees at the feet of Miss Pettigrew. "He is not a burglar, dear Miss Pet­ tigrew. We were neither of us doing anything dishonest It's Capt. Slasher, to whom I am engaged. Pa wouldn't let us meet as we wished, so we had to meet as we could, and the dress and dis­ guise were only assumed to save me if we were seen by any one. Don't--don't --don't arret* my Alfred for a t-liief, when it is only his great love for me that--that--that--" Here Miss Walker's voice failed her and she became hysterical, and Capt Slasher was heard to say, rather faintly and nervously: " Be calm, Elsie, be calm." "Officers," said Miss Pettigrew, "I am sorry to waste your time, but will you be seated--take some boxes, pray-- until I summon another person." And Miss Pettigrew sailed from the room and returned, ten minutes later, with old Mr. Walker, hastily clad in his dressing-gown, on wh'ise appearance the gallant Captain grew pale, and Miss Elsie wrung her hands again. " A pretty piece of business, indeed !" said Mr. Walker. "Yes, sir," said Miss Pettigrew, "pretty, indeed. Here is a decent young man--in the army, I suppose--who is driven to sneaking up back stairs into a garret to pay attention to a respectable young lady who prefers to receive him in the parlor. Now, if that voting laxly loses her character, whose fault is it, sir"? The fault of those who drove her to it. We are old, Mr. Walker, but we have been young. I'm single, but--uu«l Miss Pettigrew drew out her pocket-handker- ehief-- I have a heart! I should have been somebody's wife twenty-five years ago if I had hud the spirit that girl has ; but I was meek and submissive--and-- no matter. If you really have nothing serious against that young man, hadn't you better let him marry your daughter, Mr. Walker?" "Perhaps I had, Amelia--I mean, Miss Pettigrew," said the old gentle­ man. " Yon angelic woman !" cried Miss Elsie, casting herself into Miss Petti­ grew's arms. " Sir, I thank you," said Capt Slash­ er, who had grown red to the tips of his ears. " I suppose no charge whatever will be made, then," said Officer No. 12, in an irritated tone. " Oh! no. This is not a case for charges," said Miss Pettigrew. " Good-night, then," said Officer No. 14, turning on his heel and departing as he came, but in a huff " You may call on my daughter two evenings a week and Bee her in Miss Pettigrew's presence," said the old gen­ tleman to the Captain. " If my daugh­ ter were not motherless this would not have happened^" The Captain shook hands with every­ body and followed the policemen. Miss Pettigrew bolted the garret door. Mr. Walker assisted her. " I thought yon did not know me, Amelia," he said " You might very well have forgotten me, I'm so dreadfully changed," sighed Miss Pettigrew. And after these mysterious whispers they went down stain. There was a wedding at Miss Petti­ grew's that autumn. Elsie was united to her Captain in the presence of all the boarders and many friends. But Miss Pettigrew did not take boarders again the next summer. Before that time came she had changed her name, and had married old Mr. Walker. '• It's rather late in life, Elsie," aaj^ she, as she embraced her step-daughter, " but the fact is, your pa ana I were old sweethearts, and but for the cruelty of t h e o l d f o l k s , w h o b r o k e t h e -- I suppose I should have been your in reality." Elsie' did not discuss the question. She only kissed her and said: " You've been my best friend, at all events, dear mamma." j Ax Indian brave in Montana, who was : convicted of murder, thus eulogized his I lawyer: "Too much talk; heap fool." IF you should happen to need a wheel­ barrow soon, and haven't any, just call around and wheelbarrow one for you. Some Other People. Cheerfulness is to the mind what sun­ shine is to tlio earth--its rejuvenating force. The cheerful people are always young, however gray their locks, dim j-- , ; their visions, or wrinkled thvir faces. T^ERE is a young lady in this city ' ^a>\ cheerfulness will keep grav hairs so modest that she covers the legs of the : a,1(l wrinkles at bay more effectually than chairs in her bed-room.--Philadelphia j anJ emetic or magic wash. It is a Sun. WHEN does a lock get ripe enough to pick.--rhowcll Citizen. In the spring. Give us a harder one.--Boston Tran­ script. A WOMAN may be said to have un­ dressed kids on their hands when she is putting twin babies in a bath.--Boston Courier. PASSING around the hat is one way of getting the cents of the meeting.--Cin­ cinnati Saturday Night. But it is a dollarous way. "WHICH we wish to remark," as the shipper said when he requested the re­ turn of goods which were addressed to the wrong party. " SPEAK to ME lore, only sneak," be moaned, As lie tore his golden hair, " I'll Rfieak to you, villain," her parent groaned. And he awefit hiui up with a chair. --Kroknk Gate City. .A NEW fashion is coming about which will allow ladies to wear imitation pearls, | and make it appear that they have grown weary of common diamonds.-- New Orleans Picai/tine. "WHAT'S your taste?" asked a Boston house painter of a customer. "I talisman which attracts affection and re­ gard to those who wear it The cheer­ ful person is everywhere welcome, and nowhere out of place. She lights up the darkest day, and has the same genial * and stimulating effect as the sunbeam- she makes the best of everything--even misfortune seen through tier spectacles does not look so ugly; she anticipates hanpiness ahead aud is sure that trouble will get, detained on the way; she sees the silver lining of every eloud, and the first rift; when another murmurs and doubts, she is full of thanksgiviug and hope. The small disoomfArts of life do not fret her as they do many another. She is the best traveler the world over--heeds jolts on the road only to laugh at them; breakdowns aud detentions are only so many novel experiences to her; and we doubt if even a highwayman could rob her of the habit of looking on the bright side of everything. She does not make faces over a poor dinner or a bad bed, but resigns herself to inconveniences so complacently that one might l>e deceived iuto thinking her accustomed to them. That she is the most companionable give you a harmony in green and white, J personage, the comfort of her presence or a symphony in lavender and brown, or a nocturne in yellow and blue." THE defeated candidate is like the old bachelor who says he once fell in love with a beautiful young lady, but aban­ doned all idea of marrying "her when he found that she and all her folks were op­ posed to the match. attests. Her example is iufectious, and we find ourselves groping our way out of the slough of despondency bjr the light of her countenance. With many of us, perhaps, cheerful­ ness is no more a virtue for which we are responsible than a quick ear tor music would be, than a Grecian profile, or a OYSTERS that are slightly frozen will i lie^] of hair- 11»» bred in the bone make a tame stew.--New York Herald. ' w a *ew ,,8» lU8t as tilent for car- Who wants a tame stew? Let 'em come ! pei}try,./?r «®nlptniing, or versifying is; on in all their native savagery We are I J1™,"8 ? 18 reckoned a disgrace to spell not afraid of the wildest oTster'that ever I but no virtue to spell well, so the roamed his native forest --Boston Com- i . , 1 for cheerfulness, being our birth- mercial Bulletin. [From the Galveston News.] THE MADISON, (Wis.) Democrat, In en­ deavoring to treat the wounds received by the candidates for the Presidency, wisely prescribes St. Jacobs Oil. Of course we could not expect our worthy contemporary to do otherwise than recommend that fa­ mous Old German Remedy--which "heals all wounds but those of love " and soothes all pains--save those of political disap- poinlnient. • Dinner at the White Honse. The happy recipient of an invitation to dine with the President, says the cor­ respondent of the Congregationalist, is always expected to come attired in dress- ooat and fight gloves, and, when he has deposited his hat and outer habiliments with the usher, he receives an envelope containing the uftme * of the lady to whom he is assigned for a dinner part­ ner ; but the lady receives no intimation of her fate. The President and Mrs. Hayes meet the company in the Blue parlor ; and after the gentleman visitor has paid his respects to the host and hostess he is expected at once to seek out the lady assigned to him. The din­ ner hour is 7, and at that time a proces­ sion is formed in two lines, which at once proceed to pass from the Blue to the Bed parlor, and from thence to the dining room. To this room, decorated handsomely with flowers, there are two doors ; and one procession, to be seated on the same side of the table with the President, follows him and the lady he takes with liim, through one door; the other line, to be seated on Mrs. Hayes' side of the table, follows her escort through the other. At the table each guest's name, written in large hand on a card, stamped in gilt with the seal of the United States in gilt, shows the place he is expected to occupy. Under this card, and on each gentleman's plate, is a smaller card having a diagram of the table, with the name and place of each guest. Every visitor can, therefore, see at a glance who his fellow-diners are, The dishes--meaning the food course, the Itest the market supplies; the other dishes--meaning table-fur­ niture--the most beautiful in the coun­ try. After dinner there is promenading in the various parlors, and between 9 right, is not so much set down to our credit, but so much subtracted there­ from if we do not develop it iuto genius. But it ;s none the less a sweetener of ex­ istence, and such a charming thing to meet with in man or woman, that we are apt to treat the owner as if it were a plant of his own selecting aud sowing, since we do not stop to inquire how much is indigenous or how much exotic; for though the effect is the same upon the sj)ectator, yet the meed Ijelongs to those who, having no natural inclination toward cheerfulness, have yet succeeded in grafting it upon the barren stpek of a despondent disposition, who have been < »bliged to fight bravely for the sunsliine they spend lavishly. y We do not question that cheerfulness is a more certain receipt against the en­ croachments of disease than the specifics of modern medical science. By exami­ nation we should doubtless find that the few who reach the nineties are of a san­ guine temper, who wear life like a gar­ land rather than a yoke; who do not wring their hands when their stocks de­ preciate, but are certain they will rise to-morrow; who, when their case is des- )>erate, do not make it worse by despera­ tion--people who can shy-- " If life an empty Iniw'le be. How isad are t IIOK" W II<> never see The rainbow in the bubble !" A SPLENDID break FaxT on the table soiTonnd- ed by a family of Cough*. They used Dr. Bull'* Cough Bvrup, and that family now keeps it always on hand and recommends it Prioe only Sfi cento a bottle. A OrowiBf Goaatrj. The London Tinier, in the course of a long article reviewing the wonderful progress of the United States, as shown by the last census returns, says ; "A nation has never exhibited a mere magnificent picture of material progress for ten years. Since 1870 more than 11,500,000 have been added to the popu­ lation, at a rate of 30 per cent'increase. Except China and Great Britain and Russia, no Government can count mor** subjects. are, of j moved by similar impulses, and recog- Tralned Men. A few men control the great com­ mercial forces and direct industrial movements to their larger nesults. A few men create the literature of a nation or an age. A few men furnish the im­ pulse, mould the taste and accomplish the work of art A few men lead the re­ ligious and moral thought of the time. Not that the few are not in turn in­ fluenced by circumstance or that the leaders and representatives are not in a sense the outgrowth of their time; but it is still true that the few stand in the front So far as the mass of the people are concerned it sometimes seems that the useful activity of the people begins and ends with getting the right men in front Preachers are not taken at hap­ hazard from the plow or the cart ana, without any instruction in theology or the art of speech, set up to expound divinity to pewjfle who know at least something about it Such men are not expected to move congregations with argument and persuasion when they are equipped with neither. If we want portraits painted we do not go through the farce of sitting to a man who never handled a brush or mixed colors. We do not take the raw youth who comes from the country to "go in a store" and put him at the head of a great importing house or elect him president of a bank. , Iu none of these cases do we regard it as any reproach to ourselves that trained men are set above us aud before us in this way. The fact that Longfellow and Tennyson write poems is not at all derogatory to the many millions who only read them. So far is the reverse of this true that the people who are able to put the greatest uumber of trained men at the front and to keep them there are admitted to be the most intelligent and successful people. This is a measure of popular character and education, a test of popular achievement There is only one case in which we reverse the ride. When we come to politics we seem to turn deaf ears to the suggestions of ex­ perience aud common sense. It would be very hard to prove that as much of special aptitude and careful training is not needed to transact the business of « nation as of an insurance company; thi deficiency in this respect is not as fat to a man who manages the affairs of the State or the Union as to one who steers a ferryl>oat or supervises the "cash Itoys" iu a variety shop. Why do we disregard this plain truth in politics? The phenome­ non can be accounted for only by the prevalence of a false notion that "if we put traiued men forward we shall in some mysterious way establish an "aristocracy" and overthrow our jtolitical institutions. According to a wide notion tho democratio^theory demands the con­ stant practical assertion of the principle that all men are as good as any man for any sort, of work whatever. The strength of our politicial system consists in the guaranty to the ]>eople of the right tfl choose their liest men as their leaders. The peri»etuity of the system depends upon the intelligent exercise of this popular right We succeed in every­ thing else by putting forward our trained men. We shall succeed in polities ac­ cordingly as we do this. Illustrations multiply of a practice which, far from vindicating the democratic principle, contradicts it, and in time will the people.--New York Post. A Cross Baby. Nothing is so conducive to a man's remaining a bachelor as stopping for one rujfnt at the houae of a married friend and being kept awake for five or six hours by the crying of a cross baby. All cross and crying babies need only Hop Bit- lers to make them well and smiling. Young | maa,remember this.-- TraceiUr. Amusing Each Other. At a large dinner party in New York a gentleman was requested to take in a lady between whose family and his own a quarrel and lawsuit had been pending for several years. The gentleman com­ plied, with a bow and a smile, and con­ versation between him and the lady seemed to be more than usually brisk and lively during the sixteen courses that go to make up a fashionable dinner. Xt tho close, of the evening the host, who had been, enlightened, iu the meantime^ as to the existing relations between his, guests, apologized to the gentleman for the blunder he had made. "It is of no sort of consequence, my dear fellow," was the reply; " I have taken that lady into dinner five times this winter, ana we pass each other the next day without even a bow of recognition. In all prob­ ability the breach will never be healed, but we Bliall continue to amuse each other at dinner parties as long as our friends persist in seating us side by side." Tfcere I«Vto Happier IHaa in Rochester than Mr. Wni. M. Armstrong. With a ooimtonanoe beaming with satisfaction lie remarked, recently, "Blessings upon the proprietor of Warner'* Safe Kidney and liver Cure. It saved me." and 10 o'clock the guests depart, some ! The 425,000,000 of China are not to be to their homes, others to a night of ball- going. [From the St. Louie liepublican.] IT IS very rare that the liepublican con­ sents to editorially forward the interests of advertisers of what are known as patent IF aiHintruth is only a day old it is called a lie ; if it is a year old it is called a falsehood ; bat if i# is a century old it is called, a legend. mcdicines, as it does not frequently fall out that we can have |>ositive knowledge ot their merits. However, we take pleasure in saying of St. Jacobs Oil, from individual exper­ iment, that it is a most excellent remedial agent, and as such we can heartily reoom- mend it A Yankee In En gland. At Liverpool, when I landed, I want­ ed to get on to Cardiff, so I asked my way of a gentleman in the street, and lie says, "by Birkenhead;" bht another comes up and he says, " That track is blocked with snow," and he gives me another direction, and in a civil, nice way. I shall hsve funny things to tell them home. I see a notice about tickets, and I asked for one to Cardiff, and he says, "It's a pound and two." I gave him two, and he hands me the change. When I got into the depot I says, " Where's the train?" "Here," says a sort of policeman, pointing to a row of things like second-hand coffins. " The cars, I mean," I answers, and he say?, "Them's them." I say, "Which for Cardiff?" And he says, " This ; are y« u booked ?' And I says " No." " Then you can't go iu unless you're booked " ne says ; and I began to think that I had neglected something in the way of pa­ pers, and WGu'd have to go to the Amer­ ican Consul about it " That's very awkward," I says. "It would be very A BIRD described as being brown- backed and speckled-breasted made a descent upon some tame pigeons at Wiltwvck the other day in open daylight, and when the intruder was driven away an incision was found in the back of one of the pigeons from which the blood flowed freely. --Kingston Freeman. EILEBT'S EXTRACT OXTAB AVD WILD CHKMT has been used for twenty yearn, and during that uovKinuicui can count mor^ i time ban saved many very y&luable lives. Do r„ (L„ J not neglect a cough or cold until it i* too late. In the number of citizens 4 ^ ̂ excellen£remedj> ^ we are ,|mJ you will be convinced of its merits. Chronio Coughs, and even Consumptives, are cured by following the directions. Every bottle is war­ ranted to give satisfaction. Prepared by the Emmert Proprietary Co., Chicago. Bold by all good druggists. PTJRK COD LIVES OIL made from selected livers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York. It ia absolutely pure and sweet Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have decided it su­ perior to any of the other oils in market mzing common ends, the British empire itself yields to the great republic. Fifty millions of human beings in a lond like America more than match the 86,000,- 000 of European and Asiatic Russia. compared with them as a force among mankind. The growth of a population may generally be understood to imply the growth of wealth and resources. As each census in a European state indi­ cates a numerical advance, it may for the most part be inferred that fresh means of support have been made avail­ able. When, however, every successive census in the United States reveals an ex­ pansion by bounds and leaps, faith in the instinct of human nature not to multiply beyond the power of existence is scarcely needed to reassure anxiety. The granary which is to feed the new millions which have come; the millions which are to follow, piles its stores for the whole world to certify them. Each added American citizen has not to search for the livelihood nature hides somewhere or other for all its cliildren. He is born or imported with his inheritance labeled and allotted. He has but to go west or north, or south ; there it is awaiting his advent- European populations, even the home population of Great Britain, it must be acknowledged, have rather in their decennial polls a look of boys growing out of their clothes. An elbow or an ankle is sure to be seen betraying a want of proportion between past re­ sources and present demands. On the other side of the Atlantic there is a magazine of clothes warranted to fit all ages and sizes. Good soil is crying out everywhere for its owners to oome and possess it" GLASS can be readily and neatly drills with a small drill operated by a bow and kept moist with spirits of 1 GOOD FiULY DDI. STRICTLY PURE. 1AAA Awrtw) Blank •WVJ quality--f(» different kt»<ia--lor tlaL a A. C. K EI.I.KY. R*«ln£ Wfc. 16c per 100, tOKA ! AMM. WHM 1 Sr* • Jbmffc : ••Oiac 10 MALM aAHnu ntuL m a*, miv » ; «. ro«ys* * oow CANCERS "•x* All Kinds ®f €aa«tnanl Old iwn »1 wltlwat Cwttlnr »r Pala. Send Msnr hr 1 Urcalar mf feHlaoalali of Pattcau Caret, " * Dr.H.T.Lee **M • V-J I East Chicago An, • Bankrupt! Stock of Teas and Cof­fees at 50c on the 91. Rreen CofT«^>s in 50 poan<) quantitf***, 141 per pound, worth 25 to 2* cts. Oet pri»? from tho tea and hou.«e In the Wot TPM in 5 pound caddie*, 35 to 44 eta pep 3^ cts >e Us* awl bay t StateSt.. Chlcaco. m. vth* U|nTln| represents tin Lone* In a bsalthy atateJ WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY! DR. FLETCHKR, of I>xington, MSamwri, aaja: "I Noomm^nd your " Baluin" in preference to *"* medicine lor o>uj;h* and cold*." DR. A. C. JOHNSON, of M», Vernon, 111., write* of •ome wonderful euro* of l « .«ninpt|aii in hi* bf the ow flf " Allen'* l.nnK Rftlnaa.*1 DR. J. B. TURNEK, P'onratsvLlle. Ala-a practicing phjMciau «f twenty-hve yenrs, writes: "It ia the beat preparation for Consumption In the world.™ Pair nil m.vnaca of the Throat. Lout r aimnnsiryUrcaiM, It » K| )»« txcclltBt ncutay. At M EXPECTORANT IT HAS NO EQUAL. IT CONTAINS W0 OPIUM IN ANY POM. N. HARRIS «3& CO., Proprietors, CINCINNATI, O. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. «999 T*AR and expemaa to Ontflt Free. Addreaa P. BHY, iaguto, Maine FARMS,ST to ItSpwAcn. S- Short wint«ra. brwry atimmrni. health? climate, .talogue free. H. P.CHAMBERS, Foderalsbnr*,Md YQUNfi MEN k®*™ T*l*<n"»phy! $40 to 9100 e . - , month. Graduates guaranteed pay lac oAoea. Addreaa V ALEXTINK BRO#., JanesTtUe,Wl# The Hershey Schools Musical Ait HERSHEY MUSIC HALL CHICAGO, ILL.. i'j-yfr pre-eminent anon* American Marie r whs MTorafl wjn-M to Enmntt < fttory of Mu*ie. for CircaW. PupibraoM « snv tjme. H, CL.A!RKNCI& EDDY,General DfaNMtoV* $ 7 7 7 t s w I UNCLE SAM P CONDITION POWDERS are rec­ ommended by utock-uwneru who have tued them a# the beat Horee and Cattle Medicine to be bad. If the animal IH Seragfry, Spiritless, or has no appetite, these Powders are an excel­ lent remedy, aisd every owfier of stock will do weli to try tlif-m. They are prepared by the Emmert Proprietary Co., Chicago, 111., s very reliable firm, and sold by *H good druggist a. ITOSSXTHAL BEDS., Chicago, make the diamond boots and shoes, the beat made. Try them. DI'BULL'S S V R U P *• #%• • BE*for Is aim rlOV O '(^WKfitiMberteoagksMdleta*. XoitHPPforar • lOH for circular. J.R.B LKKR, Kendatlville, Ind. AIJKNTfi WANTED for the Beat and PMteet-Salilnf Pictorial Buoka and Bibles. Prices reduced ere*. iu FALSE GODS I'NR M 1 1 AT 1, ./ TR»I» A .>F U.R.MI AGENTS WlSTEO T<> Sell MWSINTKRKS'Tand R*RK'mnoHu- VAI!UF ami IU«IE™>LTH,'"RS ,m 1<>,OSf' «f «»•«• WORUV. an aeiH anil modern. Their onurm, (trow th, systems of ttcliof luid Woivhip; their wild Mipeintittohs i-'lnuiirc legends cruel oUNtonis, temples, shi iiies. saeriiteex. ete. The\.nlv THorsAin'rJ^^»e'l<'<>vevi,i#:tliis(rr.'.UMihJtN-t. U.ntainsa J71"' r;rT* S|K>S';H TH AN- FH TIOS. I* Ntriklngrl» ! "iul uni'P'e style. A w o»rte,?,.l * to w**n For ciivulAvv; teriaa, addiwa WtiailAHI. «*..»*.. CMe«£. in. ow* Aerm «t Choice Farming Lan«b to ft* Mesr LECTIN) LIGHT! I OrNKRVOpS DEBILITY, to* *na Seminal Wemkne*s, CTS red by MATHEWp ImproTed El^Ur M. CTf tti Belt and Abaatbenfc raa combined; in re of F-ad, 7s|o tnchee--Son* 'arS?r r h'y But pnrcbava old atyU SSli BelJsj when x'»< c»n grt the hf Improved fort*. Electric » 84-coli Mot nil •«j m " i r '! D. D.JklATHEWS A Q3.t 481 Wt Lai© " Dr. Sykes* Sure Cure*? t* *>» CATARRH" Csras MfKhffirt Rt!f. Atk jsur DrHSfM far L PHoe of " SoreJCure" audi " Imrafflatsr" all eonsMS *2^* if Valuable book of Ml Informwto^B eenta. Name thia paper and address • . DR. 0. R... SVKltS, IV E. Olslcag©, BL Hal lr Oye latbe SAFEST BEST ;ll acta taetaat*- RlSTADOROfS»SL Brown - doee NOT tfaeSF™ --•«- aiatioa. and a well even weu-appnmea t for Lid/orVeealeeaae, William St. oRHTEHrdx >vfJ *sl For aala by tbs lowaR.R. LuidC*. (Mir lowih teasch offloa. M Bsadolpfe lb, Chicago, Illfc AGENTS WANTED FOR THE ICTORIAL HISTORY OP tie WORLD Embracing full and authentic arcounta of ever; nation <* anc ent and modern times, and Including a h story of tbe rise and tall of the Greek sml Roman Kmpirtw, the CELLULOID EYE-GLASSE8 Representing ths ehoioeat-aeleoted TinUila* Shell and Amber. The lifrhtnnt hnndnornoat aud strongest known. 8old bv O otici ana ana Jewelers. Made by the 8PENCEB OPTICAL MTQ CO.. IS Maiden Lane. New York. FREE! Uidillt* AKt»s, the mat-ton, ill© discovery the* feui! il system, ttie refor-ami BPt-ttament of th<*New World. •T^R,C;UITVCONTAIN8 ?*** FINE HISTORICAL ENGRAVING K.- u a Slosta History of th* World ever published. S*na for epveunon ami extra leruu to AjenU. AddtiM • HATlONAt. PUBLISHLNO CO., q^toago, m. Boy your Seed* of A. B. Barnsa, • 48 W. Lake 1., UblCARO. 015 jjt T\Q--fholre ielectlons from the mostre- D rifj 1 "o llHhle growers ami imroiterg. No old In uto e. Every variety tesfeiS before offered for sa'e. Soeclal attention given to orders by mail Seeds shipped In mail or press to anv part of the United States. Reference: Home National Bank. Oliicairo: Furst * Bradley Mf*g Co. Chicago: Klrliv, Carpenter A- Co.. Cht«*s<r». 8enn for Cat­ alogue of seeds and Farm Machinery. Jljt. It MtNKS. 46 A- 48 W. lake St., Chlraga^ III If you are Interested In the inquiry--Which is the best Liniment for Man and Beast!--this is the answer,at­ tested by two generations: the MEXICAN MUSTANG LINI­ MENT. Hie reason is sim­ ple. It penetrates erery sore, wonnd$ m; lameness, to ihe very bone, and drires out all Inflammatory and morbid mat­ ter. It44 goes to the root" ot the trouble, and never fkils ft euro in doable quick tine. Bend ni your Addreaa ON A POSTAL CARD, Aim wn WILL 8KND YOU OUR nrTKKKSTHTO AND VALUABLE PAMPHLET TOR I^SnSffiT "Stopping in Hev York" EHRIGH BROTHERS, 285 to 295 Eighth Avenue, NEW YORK. . : • Si w i POND'S EXTRACT. y*bdu-- In/Umummthm, i Ckronfr INVALUABL* FOR t«s«, 1'lccra. Old lec^ See* NICHOLS.SHEPARD SCO Battle Creek. Michigan, KURORTCTCBXAA or THX OBLT aiannxa THRESHERS, Traction and Plain Engines and Horse-Powers. Kwt P--plule Thraafci U aeWnU. ruetmn j EstaMlslMd IS48 A VPADfi °f aaJitrnw/W « m I UinS n*M. wttbont chasm ot nana management, or location^ to "t*et ^BTEAM .POVp . frntmm amd fauirmiwn for MB1.togethar with nptrior puilH. fc n.itnn Km MotOTiai* not dnamadcf tarcttiar malHM ojfSepwytora, <jPK1ty(/w ttmm «r MTNpernor, TWO ICVlM nf ** IfmntMl "Ifma wparabla vood-vork of oar macbliMry. TRACTION ENGINES durmilt.mmri mmd* Stlftll Bmr-- P*w NICHOLS, MIMRD A OO. POND'S. . EXTRACT. Woramedr ao rapidly and «S<etullftiMlalklMik Moa aad dlacharsra from CaUrrhal AffMttoM aa .t POND'S EXTRAOT. " COLDS In tbe HEM, wiaaa. and 'r M HOAT DISfHABi; aai. MATIONS AC* ini;LASV 1.1 EYES, EARS and THKOAV? MIIKl/JIAlisI, KEURALGU, not be cured so easily by any other medicine. Itor fciiKitive and severe caaea of CATARKSI oae <mr CATAKMH CURE (75?) In aU^awT our NANA I. SVUIKliK fiSc.) Will teaanito ' lota of $'i worth on receipt of pricaw km OUR NEW PAMPHLET, WITH Hiaron or oda # PBKPAJIAXIONR, SENT FRRR QM IPRLIGATIOV TG POND'S EXTRACT CO. 14 West i«th 8t, >nr Twk. * ( tWRold ty oil Drupgistu. Eight Reasons' Why we METER sell PONDfg EXTRACT in BULK, bnt a«- here to the rnle of selling ONLY in OUR own BOTTLER inclosed in BUFF WRAPPER on which is printed our lanA- scape Trade-Mark. 1* It insiirie* tbe pwrrhaam ot)4alnlM the owtt-iNE Brtie'e. ~ 3. It iiroteel* tke roiuBMH' in bnjtM Pond'a not weskened with water, which «• found wm« done a few year* ago when we were ̂ du<j«l to furuuh dealer, with the genuine artida fli 3. It pro'eci. the remtumer froaa » acriipulouH parties ^ellisg crude, rheap decoctloaM to him es Pond's Kxtivct, for say person can tall tha genuine from tbo 1 oitJ^iiiil wrapj^r. 4« Ic itroietia the rniivuinrr, tor it la HOT aafc to usb any otter ai t cle .i ILING to directions fjiwa iu our book, which surround, eaafe bottle of I'ond'a Extract. 4- It protect* tbe raninmrr,f«r it la no! agreeable to be deceived and perhaps injured hi nriif other article-t under the directions tor i\>nd'. KxtraaC tt» So other article, manufacture or imit^ tion hat the effect claimed for and alwava prodnuaA by Pond'it Extract. 7. It i» . Pond'8 Extract lo have people use a counterfeit bjfca ^ lie\1ng jt to be me geiiuise, for they will duappuinUrf if not injured by Its effect. S. Juaitlce to oae off the beat awd|> clne« In tile world, ami the bundreda of thcx^ aands u.ing it, demande every preeantiaD w having weak aud Injurious prepurattona rahatl aa the genuine. Th* OSL* waj ttua cas bf pllahfli i. to cell th. a*«. t iN K pot op la a a manner--In ov« own aoTxijat, gnsplatt with wrapper*, trade-marka, Ac. REMK^lHER--Tke Ceaalw Exirmct is fkeap, teestue it ia rtranc^ulfaaak- aad leliable. Our l^x k of (Urectiomankpaa-adMe it can be diluted with water and whan Ik ka"iMw foil atrengtli. ^ REJ1EJVRER--That all oOtar r Ign illn • M eolorleae, are mere deeoctiona, botlinca, Or paotMiS aimpl; to obtain tha odor and without A* atMlto or practical knowledge of th. --vhicfc IM year* of labor ha. aivm RE^IEKIBER, OH KXOW MW-' all jweparatioiia purporting to be jiopealor to Extract becanae they AM>« eedctr, an aahn i il _ becauae tihey have crude and, to naprofeiMtionai Pie »«"« perhapa daugepmi. matter in tl and *h<m d t«ttr bt tmd eaoept under th# advice aaC prfcriitiim of ephyaielan. f® K E Tl K.1*! HER AND KMV-IM «•! «»; csi^nMve.niacliiaaay latbe reeult of HI jaaiaSI* np«r.«K-« .tlie moat of which wn aatiraly M*a« ' tttie wurk) itud conataatattaotioB to ikai of all forssue o£ 4: ihould kno w what we aaaac£ that Poad** btne(1| the beat, jmraat, and mora rtrtuaa of if: Our New HMory aad Uaaa ef Extract aa« ahrub than any other prudaatlOB nt ma "™ "" aa ef Pood1* t. IS, I _ ' zy -- -- -- •• ** ^itf a U wnt frew oo ayplaaWaa. Fill's Eitnct Csigaar. Other preparetioa. mi fnc. JNfaa IS, lt>, U and X, is MW «^eh ia found aaomA wah hotUa, awl *2 tw aanf fni rai iwi i^ii i h: 14 Wat 14 th Stmt. K«w T«rk. O N. U. to WliKN wumu TO ADTEMrtKHM >•« a»w tke ̂ venlaiaaaoi