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, ir- '• *7 '->r:f" 7 - V - ; ; • : ' . : A Ittde love, A little glnva, e peeebwi for a A little Ri£h For davB frine L. A Itt'e girl baaxVbtitfMfc Comritr. * . Another man Woo* Sarah Ana, bank-b ok won A social-crowa, - >,• A honw in town, "lil Sarah's heart Is Ymrk Commercial. A little boot, A little loot. ARttle bogging cloesr* f ; A 11 tie tap, •.. . A thundering rap jwrotU ataira be (OM, ate, AMMJeekmd, An oath atrmd, A broonu-tick'in flight, Mitel; Another swear, A dutch at hair-- rest to--immaterial. DOUCE. She was so quiet and gentle in Toioe and manner that her family called heir " doHce" (sweet), and DOUOJ wu her •une to all her neighbors. She had be n christened Helen, but to all intents and purposes the nickname was the only one by which she was known. She was not a pretty girl so far as _ features and complexion went but with nothing mawkish or insipid about hw, as might be inferred from her name. The tones oi her voioe were so even, her movements so quiet and deliberate, that you could not understand how Douce was the ruling mind in a family of six children, five of them boys, and unruly ones at that. But the truth was »>he was the most daring of all of them, though she would clltnb the tallest tree and nde the most dangerous horse with the some calm composure of manner. Her mother had been an invalid for many years, and her father, a prosper­ ous merchant at the little town of Oak- port, about two miles from his residence, •was too busy a man to do more *>»»" pass his nights at home, generally too tired when he reached there to spend much time in social intercourse with his family. Mr. Tureau's residence, as il jhave said, was about two miles from town, but one mile was through a thick, swampy forest, very bad walking in rainy weather, and dark and dismal enough even on a summer's morning. It bore, too. an evil reputation among the country people in the neighborhood, for fifteen years before a peddler been robbed- and killed there, and his body had been found near an old rotten log by the roadside. On a large beech tree which overhung the spot had been carved by some boy, 41 Here Amos Crowe was murdered." Of oourse, the ghost of the peddler was presnmed to haunt the spot, and, as the murderer had not been discovered, the ignorant, superstitious people of the neighborhood all believed the spirit would never rest in its grave until the criminal who did the deed was brought to justice. To the little Tureaus, thesa woods were a perpetual delight. Such nutting, suoh berries, such persimmons were found there, that, in spite of a thrill of terror when they passed the spot of the aad tragedy, nothing short of a visible apparition would have kept them from toe woods. Deuce, who feared neither man nor ghost, was always their leader in these expeditions. At 16 she was as fond of swinging on grapevines and mounting to the top of tall trees as when she was 10. This sounds as if Miss Douce Tu- reiw was rather tomboyish; but she did these things so gravely and quietly that somehow no one thought of reprov­ ing her for her gymnastic leata. " Let Douce alone, " said her father. "She has a wary eye, and a firm, strong grasp, and she'll never come to harm. It is not a ladylike amusement for a young g rl to ohmb trees, but she is not a tomboy, and does not climb them be­ cause she is of a rough, masculine na­ ture. It is, perhaps, an eccentricity, and in her case I accept it when 1 should not in some other children. Besides, it strengthens her muscles and makes her hardy." One fine September morning, Mrs. Tureau astonished them all by insisting upon walking to town with her husband "The walk is too long for you, Mftry," he remonstrated. "No, indeed," she answered, "I feel equal to it, and I prefer the walk to rid­ ing. I will spend the day with Cousin Jane, and be quite rested when yon re­ turn in the evening. The oook (Dora), too, wants to go to town to spend the day and night with her sister." "As you please ; but if Dora is going, who will stay at home with the chil­ dren? We shall not get back until after -dusk, you know." "You're not afcaid to stay here with the children, Douce, are you?" asked her mother. "Afraid? Why, mamma, I did not sup­ pose you thought me such a foolish cow­ ard! What can harm us?" Of course it did not seem as if there could be anything to harm them in that quiet place ; so, after an early break­ fast, the children walked part of the way to town with their parents. Douce st<x)d and looked after them as they left, with a strange heart-sinking, she after­ ward said. "I thought it was because mamma was itlways at home," she ssiid. " The house would seem so lonely without her. But then, I was so glad to see her able to walk again that I could not under­ stand my depressed feeling. , There was a deal of work to be done that day. The house was to be cleaned, churning done, and Douoe thought she would surprise her lather and mother by a nice tea when they returned. Assist­ ed by her sister Alioe, a girl of 12, she was still hard at work when the dock struck 12. " Is it possible ?" she cried, " noon al­ ready, and not a thing cooked for din­ ner I Well, children, there's bread and cold meat and some jam in the safe, and well make a cup of tea and have a picked-up dinner. Picked up dinners, with tea and jam, are tlilnprs not to be despised by chil­ dren. They sat down, a merry, noisy party, to the table. " Hush, children!" cried Alice, " don't you hear somebody knocking at the hall door ?" " One of the neighbors, I suppose," said Douce. " Go, Arthur, and see who it is." In a few minutes the boy returned, breathless. " It's a horrid old man," he cried, "with a gray beard, and such a red face, and such dirty hands! and he asked for the master of the house, and I told him pa was in town, and he said he must see you, Douce, or somebody." Douee felt her heart beat a little quicker when she reached the hall door and saw a repulsive, grimy-looking man, who had seated himself on the gallery. '•Well, sissy," ho said, with an in­ solent grin, " I'm desperate hungry, I reckon you've got to come across some meat and bread fur me. Better fetch it quick lest I take a bite at you." The tone was one of command, and, after a little pause, Douoe saw that she must obey. _M Better not be too seared to bring my vittles!" he called out, " or maybe I'll foller you in spite of locks!" Douoe felt that the locks would be of little avail it the man chose to enter the house. She hurriedly filled a plate and carried it to him. " This is all we have in the house," she said, quietly. Without a word he seized it, and Douce watched him ravenously devour­ ing the food like some wild animal. " Got any whisky or wine ?" he growled. " No; nothing but milk," and she brought him a pitcher fulL She tried to appear unconcerned, snipping the dead leaves off of her goraniums, and whstUng to the mocking-bird in the cage ; but she knew the hard gray eyes were watch­ ing her every movement. " Aint you scared, gal, to be left here alone ?" the tramp said, as he rose and slung his dirty bundle overbid shoulder. " What would harm me ? " she said, with a faint laugh. " My parents will soon be back." The man then went boldly into the hall, and Douoe saw him look up stairs and into the rooms on the lower floor. She tried to appear cool and indifferent; but when he marched out of the house without a word of farewell or thanks she felt like uttering a cry of relief. She watched him disappear in the woods, and then returned to the frightened children. This unexpected incident cast a gloom over her spirits that she could not throw off. A sudden shower of rain came up late in the afternoon, and she began to fear her parents would remain at Oak- port all night. The rain, however held up before sunset, and her mind was made up that she and the children must not remain alone in the house that night. She felt assured that the tramp would return. Without expressing her suspicions, she said to Alice, " I must run to Oak- port, if you don't mind staying a little while alone with the children." "But what do you mean by going at this hour?" cried Alice. "Pa and ma will be on their way back, I reckon." "It's a great secret I" and Douoe laughed, or tried to laugh. "You'll know all about it when I get back." She left the house and walked rapidly until she got to the woods, but then, turning from the path, she moved cau­ tiously, looking on every side, and with the stealthy stop of an fndian. About half way through the woods she paused and looked intently before her. Then quickly she seized a vine and swung herself into a magnolia tree that was so draped by the gray Spanish moss that even its leaves could hardly be dis­ cerned. When seated on the tree she was com­ pletely hidden from view. Soon after there was a crackling among the bushes, and two men came in view, one of them her friend of the morning, and the other quite as wicked looking. They were lounging slowly along, pausing every now and then, and their words came dis­ tinctly to her. " Think he'll be back to-night ?" said one. " Of oourse. He's left his children all ulone, and he and the ole ooman will be sure to go back. Wish he'd left her at home. Two 'stead of one, and one on 'em a squally ooman, is hard to man­ age." "Did you see the money? Maybe hell leave it in his store." , " Got it arter the bank shut up. Col. Sparks, he counted it out, $300, and I heerd Tureau say, ' Reckon I'd better take it home to-night, as they say there's tramps in town.' Didn'* know I was listenin' outside." Wliar's the best place to wait for him ?" said Douce's acquaintance. " The beat place, where yon kin see furthest, is the peddler's tree. You take your stand there, and I'll watch near town, and foHer him behind. When he comes up, you ax for a dime, and I'll be ready if he kicks up a row when we eases him of a few more dimes." "I don't want to do any killin' ef it can be helped," said the other ruffian. "We kin gag the ooman. But look here, Dick, I don't like doin' the jeb on that 8|K>t. They say Air.os is a-walicin' round of a night, and maybe the ghost wiH appear." " You're a blasted fool!" cried Dick. " You git to your post, and don't be a sneak 1" They separated, Dick going toward town, and the other slouching slowly along in the other direction. Douce's heart beat like a sledge-ham­ mer. She could not go to town, for the only path was blocked up by the ruffian. She felt sure her parents would be mur­ dered, for she knew that her father would resist to the death. By this time, they must be on the way. Thought after thought surged through her brain as she sat there, when, sud­ denly remembering the trampVterror of ghosts, an inspiration came to her. She knew a short cut to the peddler's tree. In a few minutes, she had des­ cended, and was gliding through the bushes. No one was at the tree, and she had liidden herself in it when the tramp appeared, looking timidly around him. He stopped nearly under the branches and looked down the road. Twilight was passing into darkness when Douce heard steps approaching, and her father's voice. She was dressed in white, and, taking off her apron, she tied it around her head. As the man was preparing to ad­ vance, she uttered an unearthly groan, and dropped at his feet. He gave one look and a screech, and, taking to his heels, flew like the wind. His companion, who was behind, not knowing what had happened, joined in the flight, and neither of them were seen again. Douce's explanations were soon made, and her father never wearies of telling the story to every one. He firmly be­ lieves that her love of climbing ted to something useful after all, though quickness ofgmind and quiet movements should count for something in the story of that evening.-- Youth's Companion. Technical Knowledge. A two-foot rule was given to a laborer in a Clyde bout-yard to measure an iron plate. The laborer not being well up to the use of the rule, after spending con­ siderable time returned. " Noo, Mick," asked the plater, "what siy<e is the pl«t«? " "Well," replied Mick, with a grin of satisfaction, " it is the length of your rule and two thumbs over, with thin piece of brick and the breadth of my hand and my arm from here to there, bar a finger. --London Punch. THE public debt of the United States is 868 per head; of Spain, $154: of France. §136; of England. SI 17; of Hol­ land, 8114; of Canada, 828; of Mexico, $39; of Switzerland, 82. THE name and fame of Dr. Ball's Congh Syr­ up are known throughout the land, and every­ where it is relied upon as the epccific for cough* aodoolda. Expense sf Fuel. One of the discomforts of a winter in Continental Europe is the lack of such fires for heating as we think essential in American houses. H one has a long purse, and does not mind the expense, they can be had there as here, but were one in Paris or Bome to indulge iu sych roaring fires as we keep constantly going in furnaces and grates, it would bo re­ garded even by the wealthy as an ex­ travagance surpassing that of the Roman Emperors. To be sure, the houses are so built as not to be as susceptible o| ohanges of temperature as those in which the majority of our people live. The walls and partitions are thicker, the windows and doors closer fitted, and they retain the heat longer. Then the stoves in use there for heating are constructed so that a comparatively small part of the heat is wasted. But even with all these precautions an American, accustomed to generous and blazing coal and wood fires, finds the apartments warmed suf­ ficient for the comfort of the native, cold and uncomfortable, and shivers as he re­ calls the fires blazing on his native hearth. He learns with surprise in Paris that the wood with which his dinner is cooked or his shins warmed is sold by the pound, and is weighed out to the purchaser as carefully as butter, sugar, or coffee. A handful of twigs, such as in America would be allowed to ret, costs five cents, ana better wood at proportionate prices. So fires on the continent are a luxury, and in many houses, except for cooking, no fires are seen the year round. But if fires are expensive and fuel scarce and high in Continental EurojK?, what shall we say of Japan, where char­ coal, split wood, brush and dried grass are used for cooliing and heating booths, and is hardly ever used outside the cities, for purely heating purposes. The char­ coal is made in wooded regions, and car­ ried to the settlements in straw sacks on the backs of men and horses. It cost from twenty-five to fifty cents the 100 pounds. Cut wood is sold iu small bun­ dles of six sticks, each stick being about eighteen inches in length by two inches in diameter, and is sold at alxmt one cent a bundle. A good comfortable fire, such as our people must have to keep day. them warm, would cost several dollars a but our extravagance in fuel dimin­ ishes with the years and the increasing cost of fuel. We will travel a good ways, aud have then to seek communities re­ mote from railroads, to find such wood fires as kept the log cabins and thin frame houses of the pioneers warm. The great fire-places, with their wide fronts and immeuse chimneys, their great andirons, back-logs, fore-logs, and sec­ tions of seasoned split wood four or five feet long, piled high, are hardly known save in remote settlements. But we make almost as extravagant use of coal as our fathers did, of wood, and will probably continue to do so till the cost of it compels a study of economy in, the methods of heating houses, and servants arc instructed how to manage fires so as to secure the most heat with the least amount of fuel.--Cincinnati Commer­ cial. ^ [From the Sparta (WU.) Herald.] As AN exhibition of the intrinsic worth of St. Jacobs Oil, we think the case referred to, that of Mr?. O W. Hubbard, of this town, cured of Sciatic Rheumatism of long standing by the Oil, is certainly striking, and, beyond all doubt, conclusive as to its efficacy. The remedy has our Indorsement An Unsympathetic Crowd. An excited man rushed into a drug store and exclaimed: "On ray! I'm ruined! Give mo ten ounces of camphire or whisky. Give me the whisky. He fell against the counter. His eyes rolled back and his tongue hung out. "What ails you, man?" He drew back his tongue, said "snake bit," and shot it out again. "Whisky, snake bite." "How did you get snake bit?" asked a physician, taking hold of the man's hand anil feeling his pulse. The tongue went in and tlio words "foolin' with a rattle­ snake' came out. "Where did it bite you?" "Right here," he replied, exhibiting a small black hole on the baok of his hand. • *'Where did you get the snake?" "Musenm. GinAny some whisky." "Tliis hole was made by a lead pen­ cil." "Lead pencil?" said the victim, con­ temptuously; "made by the pizeu fang of a copi>erhead. "Thought it was a rattlesnake?" "Didn't say it was a rattlesnake. Oh, I'm dying! Dying in a civilized land. Dying within forty miles of home. To think that I have traveled all over the snake countries, and then to come back and be killed by a common black snake. "Thought it was a coppeahead?" "Now, here," said the man, untangling his eyes and stiffening himself, "it don't make any difference what you think. I'm dying from the effect of a snake bite. That's about as much as you want to know. A gallon of whisky will save my life. Am I among human beings?" Just then a red-faced man stuck his head into the store, and yelled: "Come on, Bill. Them fellows wouldn't care if you was swallowed by a booycon- structor." The tongue went back into the mouth, the evidence of suffering passed away, and the victim took up his hat and joined his companion. Ontrage on a Colored Clergyman. The Rev. Jim Groce received a call from a Galveston colored congregation, provided he gave satisfaction. Last Sunday he preached his trial sermon. After it was over he walked home with Unde Mose, who is celebrated for his candor. "Dat ar congregation," said the Reverend Groce, patronizingly, "is com­ posed of de finest-lookin' body of men I ebber saw." " Ef dat ar is your pinyon, von should nebl>cr liab called 'em ' bclubbed bred- ern.'" "Why not, Uncle Mose?" "Beeause yon don't look like you be­ longed to de family." There now exists a polar wave, or a glacial period, between Uncle Mose and the new pastor, and there is some talk of a hostile meeting with brickbats.-- Galveston News. Maine New«# Hop Bitten, which are advertised in oar eol- nrnns, sre a imre cure for ague, Wlion«ne« and kidney complaints. Those who tue them nay they wmiot be too highly recommended. Those t fHictt-d should give them a f^ir trial, and will become thereby enthusiastic in the praim of their curative qualities.--Portland Argus. Reward for Lost Property. One P. lost a diamond pin and pub­ lished in a city paper the following no­ tice : "Lost, 826 reward--A diamond pin. The finder will be paid the above reward by leaving the same at this office." The pin was found by C., who demanded the reward, which was re­ fused. P. then demanded the return of the pin, aDd, on being refused, brought action in replevin for recovery. Held. that the finder, according to the com- mon law, becomes the proprietor in ease the true owner does not appear, and meantime his right as finder is a perfect right against all others. And lie is en­ titled to recompense from the owner for his caro and expense in its keeping and preservation; but his status as finder only does not give him a lien. Yet, if sucli owner offers a reward to him who will restore the property, a lien thereon is thereby created to the extent of the reward so offered.--Wood vs. Pierson, Supreme Court, Nebraska. TRIAL BY JURY. [From the St. Louta Chronicle.] 8ome 1>elieve that even this form of trial is not perfectly free from prejudice. But in our section, St. Jacobs Oil has been tried by that great jury--the public--and been judged the infallible cure for Rheumatism and all painful diseases. Something of Millionaire Mackay. Mr. Mackay, as most Americans are aware, is a Scotchman by birth, his native town being Airdrie, Lanarkshire. I had known his family all my life, and last spring had many long talks with his brother, Robert Mackay, who is a mem­ ber of a large engineering firm in his native town, and is regarded as one of the greatest practical mechanics living. Bfit Mr. Mackay is a verv unselfish and modest man, otherwise lie might have been as rich to-day as his brother. Though he has experimented and invented all liis life, he has never sought to reap the just rewards of his talents. He is content with discovering new methods of applying force and to let other j>epple reap the benefit. And the United States are not a little indebted to his inventive genius. He it was, in con­ junction with a Mr. Gray, Who first con­ structed a locomotive for ascending steep grades; and it was from plans furnished by him jrnd explanations given to Ameri­ can mechanics who visited him iu Scot­ land, that the locomotives were built which first crossed the Rooky Mountains. But he is one of those meu, as I have said, who set no store by such achieve­ ments as these; he speaks of this new invention as if it was a very small mat­ ter. Between him aud nis brother, though remarkably like each other in personal appearance, there is no com­ munity of feeling, or even of friendship, far less kinship. The only talent that his brother possessed, to hear him speak of him, was stinginess and the power to close his hand on every penny which crossed it. Of intellectual points he had none worth mentioning, and when young was incapable of cultivating the few lie had been endowed with. But it is sev­ eral years since millionaire Mackay broke off correspondence with his father and mother and family. Of the many times he has visited England during the past ten years, he has never visited his family or his native town. Two years ago, nevertheless, he sent his secretary down from London to Airdrie to inquire after his mother and relatives. This gentle­ man put up at the Royal Hotel in great state, and after he had abused everyl>ody about the hotel for the meanness of the accommodation they could offer, he sent for his employer's brother, the person I have spoken of above. His surprise may be readily imagined when ho was informed by Mr. Mackay that if his brother could not condescend to come to Airdrie in person to see his friends, he would receive no information from him; furthermore, Mr. Secretary was specially instructed to inform his master that since he had forgotten his family so long, the latter had now no l»etter mes­ sage to convey to him than this, to-wit, that, for all they cared, he could go to a climate where the temperature was always above ninety in the shade, or words to that effect. But I thiuk Mr. Maokay judges his rich brother harshly. Though a man of plain speech, and en­ tirely innocent ef ujl usages ml grammar in communicating his thoughts orally, he seems to possess plenty of good, hard, practical sense, and, considering how rich lie isj he is certainly not proud; but what he lacks in this latter resj>ect his wife makes up. No Queen that evei lived could be prouder or more imperi­ ous than she.--London Correspondent of Buffalo Courier. Shnwdaeaa ant Ability* Hop Hitters, eo freely advertised m all the paper*, wcular and religious, are having a large sale, aud are Hiipplanting all other luediciiiea. There ig no denying the virtmn of the Hop plant, and the proprietors of tho*e Bitten have shown great nhrowdneti8 aud ability in com­ pounding a Itit ten whose virtue* are HO pal­ pable to every one's ozonation.--Examiner arul Chronicle. Uncxplalnable Facta. Affairs do go oddly in this world. Not long ago there was a railroad disaster in New Jersey, whereby several persons were badly hurt, but only one, as it turned out, fatally. He was a young man of singnlarlv industrious habits and of a most unselfish character. Upon his laljors an aged father and mother and two sisters wholly depended for their support It was tho ambition of this young man to give to his mother a deed of the house which the family oc­ cupied. To this end he had foregone marriage, andtoilod early and late; he personally attended to the smallest house­ keeping details, managing them all with the most paiustaking economy. The family itself had seen better days, and he was the last prop left. His * manly and self-sacrificing spirit had gradually impressed itself upon the community in wliich he lived, so that he was respect­ fully aud kindly regarded on every hand. He had been in one place of service and trust for eight years, And only life and time seemed to be needed to eua1»le him finally to secure the end toward which all his energies were bent. Well, out of eight car-loads of passengers he Was the only one killed. Sitting in the seat with him at the time of the crash was a man who has said since that he thought that he was ready to die, and that no one would have suffered bv his death, or, ac­ cording to his own perhaps excessive modesty, missed him. This man was not even scratched, while his fellow oc- pant of the same seat, about whose life so many interests were linked, was so hurt al>ont the head that even his re­ markable natural strength gave no hope from the first that he could survive. Things do go strangely in this world.-- New York J'o*t The Troth Of It. " We are not half awake to the fact," remarks Professor Phelps, of Andover, "that by our laws of divorce and our toleration of the social evil, we are doing more to corrupt the nation's heart than Mormonism tenfold. Vice avowed and blatant and organized, to a large extent nullifies itself, so far as self-diffusion is concerned. But vice, lurking and still, trickles into all the crevices of society. A nation of Mormons is impossible--not so a nation of libertii»es." In the pres­ ence of the discussion of the divorce laws, it will be well for the orators to consider these words. THE last agricnltural returns of Great Britain show that the growth of woods and forests is going on very fast, and in the last five vears has increased their acea half a million acres. " t s1 Newfoundland Indians. The head of the tribe was old Abra­ ham Joe, a fine specimen of his race, an active, upright man, standing about six feet two inches in his moccasins, and broad and strong in proportion. He has spent nearly all his life in Newfound­ land, and knew the interior of the island 1 Hitter than any man liviug. He was a good hunter, trapper and guide, but he was--well, he is dead, aud I will put in mildly--he had the bump of acquisitive­ ness highly developed. They had, I should imagine, a very pleasant life, these Indians; aud if one can judge by the independence of the men, and the nature and quality of the clothing worn by the girls, the}' must have been very well off in tliis world's goods. They had comfortable little cabins in which they spent the winter in comparative idle­ ness, earning little or nothing. The single exception to this rule was iu the caso of one of old Abraham Joe's sons, who carried the mail during the winter aud spring months between St John's and the copper mines at the entrance of the bay. lie was well paid, and deserv­ edly so, for his was an arduous task. Traveling on snowshoes backwards and forwards over a distance of some hun­ dreds of loijg, weary, desolate, monoto­ nous miles, over bare wind-swept bar­ rens, through dense pine forests and tliick alder swamps, without a mark to guide or a hut to shelter the traveler; tramping on alono with no companion to cheer one ou the lotiely way, without the chance even of seeing a human be­ ing from one end of the journey to the other; struggling along from dawn to dark of the short, wintry days against snow, storm, or sleet, or in the bitter cold of hard frosty weather; crouching through the long nights by a solitary tiro with a few bushes stuck in the snow for Blielter; caught perhaps in some sud­ den thaw, when the softened snow clogs aud sticks in the netting of the snow- shoes, and progress is almost impossible; exposed to tnal de raqwtte, snow blind­ ness, and all the chiyices of a forest life --such an occupation is one that fully deserves to l»e well paid. However, the activity of this particular "Joe" was ab­ normal; the rest of the family spent their winters lounging about the beech, making perhaps a few mast hoops, but­ ter tubs, or fish barrels, or sitting by the stove indoors, smoking their pipes aud doing nothing. Iu the summer they fished a little, and in the autumn the whole community went up Indian brook and spent the months in the interior of the island, shooting and trapping leav­ ers and otters. Fur was pretty plentiful in those days, and a man could make a good iucome out of a couple of months' hard work, furring iu the fall. These "Joes" appeared to entertain, to a lim­ ited extent, communistic principles, while partially recognizing at the same time tho right of private ownership in land ayd chatties. They would use each other's boats, canoes, etc., without hesi­ tation, but spoke of them nevertheless as belonging to some individual member of the spet. They wandered about the is­ land inau apparently haphazard, aimless, happy-go-lucky way, aud some member or other of tlte family was always turn­ ing up at odd times iu unexpected places. Sometimes we would meet a Joe striding over some barren or crossing a lake in his canoe; occasionally a Joe would drop into our camp, miles away from anywhere, unprovided with boat, canoe, provisions or baggage qf any kind, and furnished only with a pipe, tobaoco, a rusty gun and some powder and lead. He would sit down quietly by the fire and chat a little and smoke a little, and after a while accept, with apparent tn- nouciance, an invitation to eat and drink, and after consuming enough good food fur three men aud swallowing a few quarts of tea, would say, "Well, I sup­ pose I shall be going now. • Adieu, gen­ tlemen, adieu. Yes, I guess I was pretty hungry; most starved, I expect."--Lord Dunraven. Y«n CAN'T Afford to lie without Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. TIm Musty 014 Parlor. The New York Evening Pont has re­ vived tlie plea for the abolition of the old-fashioned parlor and many Eastern papers are putting forth their energies iu the same way. The topic is an old one, and the parlor against which this attack is made scarcely exists now except in the back •'deestrecks" of the country. If any one lias a parlor that's too good for a living-room he is simply behind the age.--Lincoln (Neb.) Journal. ^ KUVGEATLOIMK Yon can buy Bnpgie* and Harnecs at wholesale rrict'H of the EI.KHAHT CARRIAGE AND HARNESS Co., Elkhart, Iud. Shipped with pr.vilege of tsamiiuiig Iwfore paving. Haii l-new«l Oak Leather Team HiimrKu, £Sj5. Hinglo Huraemt, $8 to $2". Platform Spring Buggiea. ©75. etc. Cat­ alogue and Price-hat aentlree. W. B. PRATT, Sec. EnxKi'n EXTRACT or TAB asD WU® Ciaxtn has been used for twenty yearn, and duriug that time has saved many verv valuable lives. Do not neglect a cough or cold until it ia too late. Try tlua excellent remedy, and we are aure you will be convinced of its merits. Chronic Coughf), and even Consumptives, are cured by following the directions. Every bottle is war­ ranted to give satisfaction. Prepared by the Emmert lYoprutary Co., Chicago. Bold by all good <3ruggi«t«. W* confidently refer our readens to the card of Dr. C. 11. Kyken, in another column. He ia an old resident of Chicago, a regular graduate, honest. honorable aud responsible, and, as a phyxician, taken firnt rank in liis chosen specialty of catarrh and its complications. PUB* COD LIYEB OIL made from selected livers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard St Co., New York, it is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Phynicians have decided it su­ perior to any of the other oils in market. UNCLE HAM'S CONDITIO* POWDERS are reo- onimeiiried by utock-owners who have used them an the Ijest Horse and Cattle Medicine to be had. If the animal it* Heraggy, Spiritless, or has no appetite, these Powders are an excel­ lent remedy, and every owner of ntock wiM do weli to trv them. They are prepared by the Emmert I®roprietary Co., Chicago, HI., a very reliable firm, and sold by all good drugfuta. THE saleH of the Frazer Axle Grease are con­ stantly in creating, thus indicating that the public thoroughly appreciate its good qualities. DR. IIOHANKO'S Pile Remedy will positively cure the wont case uf Piles. Ask your Drug­ gist for it •hoes. your dei The/are the best. Rosenthal Broe.,Chicago A GOOD FAMILY REMEDY STRICTI.Y PURE. (ThUracrtThtf repramita tt» Lnncatn it hoalthj (tate.1 WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY! DR. FLKTOHKR. of Lexington, Miwmti. nyi: " | ftoomniond yoctr * H u I on m' in pnttmioi to otlMV •rdlctne for couxba »nd colds." BR. A. O. JOHNSON~OF M». Vernon, NI.. writ** si •otne wnnorrfal cures ot C ou »um i»t Ion tn hia nlusa "Allen** I.nutr Bnlwm," Utfc. J. B. TURNF.R, Blcmptsvilte, AU.,n prtctidiu physician of twenry-tiv* JMU, writes: "It is tha t>«M pr«p*ratk«i for Consuuiptioh iu tbe world." iw «ll Dl«vn«r, of lite Tkrast, Lngr Orc*n«, It will k« ftonwl m •xccllciit Brncil]?. M AN EXPECTORANT IT HAS NO EQUAL. IT C0WUIWS N0 OP'U" IN ANT N• BAimiS A C'Oeo OINCINIf ATI. O. FOR SALE BY *11 0RU66I8T8. BVwt**'AC3FH. mmmmr irfnlir. 8MM V ti'mal C np.v; WMAJUIUMM!!, P I L E S A B S O L U T C L V C U R E D BY THE USB MP DR. BOSANKO'S PILE REMEDY. PRICE, 50 CENTS. THE DR.B0SANK0 MEDICINE CO. of Choice Fumm; t -""fa For sale by the Oodar Bapida, Iowa. r<* Branch Office, m, Randolph i tlia beat coucb nwdlo.Mi PISO'S CURE/- .CofwumPtkm J?' $999 FISH • J«*r to Ajn>nto snd oxnenne*. HO Out31 frw. Address F. SWAIN A CO..August*,Mn. IMJ I.AMI'S for spesrsmen. Unexcelled. Send for oirvular. ,I_R. BAKKK, Kend&Urille, Ind. OLD PICTURES Z BALDWIN * CO. COPYING HOUSE.CUrksTille, Mc. $ 7 7 7 A $350 M YEAR and expensed t« •nente. OutfiMFree. Address P. V ll'K KKY. Aiwut-i Mmin». A MOSTH ! Agent* Witslsd I Til Beet-Selltn> Arttc'se In the world • & ----t ple/r... JAY BRtjNSON, Detroit, fetch. .'AKT',AWB FA KM*. *7 to IsaSperAcr* S. Niort wuiU>rsJlirr«XT summer*. he*lt)iy cJimnte. .talocue free. H. P.CHAMKKK.S, Feder&lsbarg. U<L YCU*»n IHH» N ^Tele*T*phyl Bamto$100a I W M U n m i n t h . G r i u l i i s t e e ( u n r s n t e e d m f tog office®. Address VAUWTiME«Boa., JsnesTllle.WU payin* thin* for AGENTS. Oar M>It>nd d Photo. Fxmfljf Record Picture. C. F. Short, CU!cs«o, 11L I GENTS llllANTPn1,1 No cap PBKn I OffHWI EUltal required. A dd raw, wit- iwforenees. Garden City Grain Exchange, Chicago, 111. SOSer* M8TIUES '•toy tnnil. NtowHl lite* yjbAriajtown, .Msgg* JAMES PERCY. BlofmlKfld, Jfrwy, Hu Merof Vrne«rS«wi Ssw-Mil •, FuUinx Stock§, and ail MachJ with them. SITWiU B*nd photograph and iU connections on Application. SIX VI, WTIT WA9TB MO*KTt T«bh« mM. ir;»nl mouMAtfhe, •owtnt » prowth af hair M haw to THICRf S. STRENGTHEN and LAIR FTOWNRRP ETNA'I HE HUMBTFGJRRT). th« fftol Mpanutb (!i<w*<W7 fhirh NKVf.R VKT .1 UNMT CENTS UT N». J. (HINZA. AGENTS WANUO QUICK tosellth* REVISED HEW TESTAMENT Ko w t e.iitut 'T Agents. Must desirable fdltion. Brlcrd. MMUmn sjv wail In* for It. Grtimt harttU Afient*. Particulars free. Ontm JSOe. Act Adtireee ilUBDAiil) BROS., CUlcagu, 10. GolniDia Bicycle. A permanent practical mint rrhlcle, with which a person can ruie : hr»e miles aa ena.ly as its could walk on*. Send 8-cent ttninp for M page cata­logue. THE POPE MTG CO.. MM Washington St.. Bo*too, Maae Donlrnnni ( Stock of Teas and Cof- DdilM Upi i fees at 50c on the $1. Eor Tmui in 5 poum! port tile*. 35 to 44 pfs per ponndj -- n Coffees In f>OjH>mi.i <iiKUititios, 14^ et* to Itfcta «"ind. worth 25 to 28 ois. (J»'t price and buy " (hp Jt'fliliritf tea ami rotT> t house In the Wpnt. 3o.. "'pp. KieliiAI^I as state St., Chicago, 11L Tlie Hershey School T Musical Art WERSHEY MUSIC IMU. CHICAGO, ILL., lliirlifHt PrlccM Paid for Hon CM, IIornM ami Hoofst, 'l'mikins aud Dried Illuod IN an* gujMTlTY. it. w. ri:KTii,izn(; <<»., Union Stock Vila., Chicago, III. National tHock Yards, E. St, Louif, I1L WANTED CELLULOID E Y E -CLASSE8. uiv iwwur ber. Th« lightest, tumdsomMt known. Sold bj Optiaians ind de bj the SPENCER OPTICAL Representing tbe ohoioeet-ecleeted Tartoia* Shcll end Amber. The and utroiigeat Jeweler*, Made M'F'G CO.. 13 Ma&en Lane. New York. E NCYCLOP/£DIA ̂ TIOUETTESBUSINESS i hi» W Jh« chwiiYftrt and only complete r*nd reliable work on htiquntfo un«1 Business and Koci.it Form*. It (ml* how to perform ail ttm various duties of life, and how t*> appear to the best advitnt jfe on all occasions. Ayenia Want«*d.--Smri for clrcultra containing a fall deficription the work nnd extra t**rra» to Agenta. •ddrvu NATIONAL PUiiLlSlllXU CO., Chk»go» III, Dr. Sykes' Sure Cure" "CATARRH Cure* Without Fell. Ask your Druggist for It Price ef " Sore Care" aad " InmOator" all nnwnlati It only II.tu. Valuable book ol full Information, M MBte. Nam® f hi© p;i p«r and addr#M . OH. O. B 8Y K KS. lee K. Madtsun St, Ohiea«o. III. (C f i n t r O v e l a t h e H A R M • nd 1!ES r ; ir acre instaste • •( Utly -..iccing theme* - tafL.1 sliartfii oi Blaah« hrc.wn: .!-c» NOT 8TAT1 the NKJ.V and is eaaUy ay I tied. It taastanrtardpre* and a favorite ee •wrj w'.l-rppr.inted tolM for Lady oiGentleaaa.M bf !>fug«t*t« and »mIM bjr Hair-Dressers. Desol Jf3 "WU.iim Kt.. New York 0. If. OR1TTENTON, A# ILECTBICUSHTP1 FREE. COUCrtt C2~NKRVOlTS DEBILITY. LoM Mar>hood, ?n<J Impaired po-*<«rt cured hy MATHKWS5 Imputed Ktoiro-M .*rneriL' IWlt nod A»,«oibetit |Pad r«.inMn**d; rzo wt Rid. 7*It) irch**s-foui [rime* larger th n «itf!t'ra. !>• n t i-ur<-u «-ar(y Vld •tyl* £4' B«?lta wlw:« can >r«'t J nsproved tax $2 •* Ki-ctric Mjrht." & ^4-oolamn • M&t frte unseal* d ; <led. tk*. V. S. I> MATHKWS A QO.t 431 W. Lake Street. Chicago. ft* Chicago, life NOTICE! AS BLUE FLANNEL GARMENTS or Inferior QwaUty offlss<s are eoM as the "(rrnnlne Blid<!l#9ei ,** which m no- made hy that mill. Tbo Middles**;* Ooraspaoj, in orde?! otect brew uustcmeni and Uh> public, (toe notice th*fc berratterall 0 nthinj? n>«de fn ni THr MIDDLESEX STANDARD IJiDIlXI BLUE FI.ANSKUi A!ff» Y A\'HT CLOTHS (m>M bp till tloihier*), mni bear tho trade-mark ticket (nrnished by the Agent a »«> all parties ordstin# tk<' ctwxf?;. WESiIJIii.1., P.% V A" <"«>., MrlllBf t Bnnwla. Mlddlewx Canp.iny, NAM Worth St., NeWretk; 37 Fr*u*Hn St, tm- ton: 214 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. ttujr jour liV. B trim, • A 4S W.Lake Cbleaflo. C17T?TiC--Cho'e* aeleetlona from the moat re- O Fi LlJn liable grower* aad Importers. nUI ee*(ti« ia ato' e. Er«r» Tarlety tested before ottered for aale. Sfteclal attention Rtren to erdei* or mail. Seeds shipped by mall or etpreea to tar part of the United States. Referenre: Home Xattonal Bank, Chicago: Pom * Bradley MPR Oo-Chlom Birbr. Carpenter /k Co.. Clsfewro. Send for Qil> liofrae of 8wts and Farm Miwhtnerr. » •. 6. BARSK* 4B a 48 W. Ij«e S6., Chieaf% m, P!p«8« write for ' oar Sow Frit* List, I free to nnv .KMKMJ Tonfains |trir«a ni I descriptions of all goota I in peneral nse, enkrae-l I ing lirj Goods, Clothing, Boots. Shofs. Harness, j Kathll^s. (ian«. hewing .[ Machinm. Jewelry, lirn- I ferns, (rot-kery, Tenta, pTin Ware. Musical ln- '• strnmentK. etc. Sanplea (of Dry (itiotls furnished. San plea] »i7 t) No obligation to bny. Satisfaction gnarante«l.| MONTGOMERY WAR0 * CO.,] 22? * 229 Wabash A*.. Cfcloagob The Best Field EMIGRANTS. AN mniNRI AUA or KAILKOAD *' AND OOTKHNMKNT LAN DM. Of «RIAff 'e FERTILITY. WITHIN KA8V RIACH Of PKRMANLNT MAKKJIT, AT 1XTRKMB. LT LOW PUHm la aaw eOered f«r sals la BAMTEltN ORBtSON mm* KAMTKUN WAMHL ' 1NOTON TKKKITOKV. Threelawlsforaa(artsf thecrMt GRAIN " BELT of the Pactfec Man, xnd an wttfclia , •n srerRie iiiataace ef MO Is WO aritai from Fort Lund, where ateamabljmiiad MIJU OKAIN AT PORTLAND. ORBOON, COM- 3IAMIH A PRICE EQUAL TO THAT OI> TAINKD IN CHICAGO. The early completion of the Northern Ak> oifim tt. M. it tune assured, and gmavmntesm to settlers eheap mnd fuiek transportation and good ittnrkeis both iUut and Wsst. Tho oeertund Une to thm Ai-openftig of this new i ei/te, toffether trtth the construction of thm >. in the oatiry* of th* great VotumMm * principal tributaries, renders certain id increase lis the ra(u« of the lats4a nctu-or'i of 700 miles of railroad ty the it. R, Jt A'. Co. in the en fir and it* t raped tofwwi lis the ra(u« of tiotr opmt to purchase and pre-emptten. There is every indication of an nini wiiai ntovetnent of population to the Columhim Hirer region in the immediate /Wars, LAN DM HHOW U AVERAGE YIELD mt 40 I1UMHELM OF WHEAT PER ACAIB. tia Fallare mf Craps ever kaewa. RAILROAD LAN D8 'nil ll I III rate of 92Mt aa CLIMATE MILD AND HEALTHY.' Far peas pit let aal asaiM. * •••try. ttafsl, n tssilrjr, Ita reeaarcee. elti aMfall lafai * dswrhtlf* «f mmf, reaM af isiUaa. u4mnm A. L. STOKES, Ml Kaaiara Paae'r A see* Al Clark Nt.. CUaaM l IilT OF DUEAaKt ALWAYS CURABLE BY U8UW UMCAIT MUSTANG LDIIMENT. •v rauif rusH. BlaeumHSiam, Bums srnd Scalds* Stings and Bltee, Cat* and Brulaea* Spnltae A Stltcliee, Con raeted Muaelea Stiff J nlnb| Bael i rhe, ( Era, ii«a(f Froi.t Bltee, and all external or umuH. Seratebee, Sores and. "allf. Spavin, Cracks, Screw Warm, flirty Foot Rat, Hoof AAA, LameneM, Ssrluray^ Faaad^R^ Sprain a, Strataa» Sare Feet* Stiflbeae, sadsytxfhv For feudal uaa ia tsmUf uUxk prf^|| THE BEST OF IIJ. ' ; LINIMENTS Ito, IS \rni:\ WRITING TO ADTEUTISE ** nleitae aar jaa aa* Ike adrertlaei la thiM paiwr. f||)a|||*eOnoTES. AridrT-nsH.W.Howfra(e.Waniiiiw. UnnlVObtoD, I>.C.,forma(iaiid>ie««ripUTe|HUB|>UlM. PKEJfirMa^-Wemirfe and term. IMOII free. MONTHI* NATIOM. Wamsa, Fa. 4 OKNTK WANTED for tba Bast and FastM*. A Selling Pietorlai Books and Bibles. Prioee rodocs< tit* PmiT HA Pt.1 •*( I PETROLEUM JELLY Used and ajjprored by the leading PHYSI­ CIANS of EITS0PE and AMUUCA^ Th© moct Valuable Famlty fSerrsewJy^ known. " Far th» Treatment of womss, Buaus, SOSES, CUTS, CXHLBLAXX5, wmr DBEASRA, BHEUHAIKM, GATABSH, EKKOREHOEM, £t& Abo far Cctifjha, Cclds, Ccro Thrcst,Crocp aad Eirhiberia, «te. licia, 2S asd 90 cent «f all car gaoda. gSiKnitrilllTTCa PniLABELTHIA EXPOSITION. AtlLYJEB BSiAlt AT TXB FAKI* SZVFNVMOMT a^®L Artie! toe--sti Tensda fsseHate,^" Taarilaa Cold --•~ Taalixso Yaaellze TaSat ianmalHitaMrfMll" iag^anliaaiBAscsd^u SSCSraABQS.