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o. SWRSS tSiS ; l • V „:„'j Mmmm : ?•• - «^v ^,ia > * £v- sr!f* V (»r*w 1ME ENGLISH LiKGPAOE. A pretty dew Is dear to me, ; " A haw with downy hair: I Kive a hart withsll my he But liare'y hear abesr. *Th piai i that no one tabes * jCatia *" «« have a pair r>f {war*; Atxki-, UioBKb, ottt-n takes* rake T.> tear a**y the tare--. 5 All r>iys raise thy me, time razrasaJi; And, through the wh >it>, holt- wfoifc A writ in writin x " right," may writ* ,'- .k •<• Ik "wripht," u»l etJW toe wren*-- • i - I ' M " w r i t e " a n d " r i m " e r a r m i i i m . w And don't to write bstoiif.'. ' Z « fttr often brings a bier to man, " CunRbiiig a coffin br.ngs, ; AW toomucU «ie wiii make mtO, »• A" yftll as other thiny-. ' ' »<..<;.•<< 1 •ifc person Ik s who says he lie* E ' when lie i« bnt reciitine. ,S- ": 5" Awl when co.'ieiuuptive folks'< • They al: dtdine declining. A flnail don't qusu] before ii stonfr--!" A bough wil! bow before it; ' W« can not rein the rain at aU 8 . Ko earthly jtowers reign o'er it. I Tl»' dyer dye« awhile, tuen dieaT To dye he's always trying, C»til upon his dying-bed ' • thinks aoiuore of dyeityg* , ATBon of Marts mar» nianv UFUO; All Dey* most have their day% Q.i And every knight tlimild pt%y each ziMfct Tohini who weighnhis way*?- . .* 1 *Tfc meet that man should mete out SBgttt To ieed misfortune's eon; The fair should fare on love akme, Eise one can not be won. ^ Ala*, alaa! is something falsg ; -t • Of faulte a muid is made; - ** Her waist is but a barren wgilSm »• -,"' Though stayed, ehe in not Btnid. The t-piings spring forth in spring, and shoots Shoot forward, one and all; Though summer kills tlie flowers, it leavea ^ the leaves to f.tl in fai>. ' 4 would a atoi y here commonoe, - But j ou might fina it stale; >; Bo let's tmpxxtse that we have reached £ , .9be tail eudot our taie. • *|Sv| v §tf STOrtY OF a Mad Doe. A summer seldom passes that the cry of "Mad dog!" is not heard in some di­ rection or another; and many and strin­ gent are the police regulations put in * force to guard against the perils of hydrophobia. More than one unhappy dog, innocent of any thing except fright or thirst, panic <at being hunted, or hav­ ing lost his way or master, has fallen » victim to mistaken zeal. One day dur­ ing last summer a peddler woman walk­ ing along the road observed a dog be­ longing to the neighborhood trotting calmly before her. She knew who was Ms owner and also that the animal was not far from home. A grassy bank was beside the footpath, and in this bank was a wasp's nest. The dog in passing git must have disturbed the insects, • .which flew out upon him, clustering round his head, and stinging him about >"/!£%• the ears, eyes and nostrils. The poor r^animnl, frightened and in pain, sprang f • forward, rushing on with wild contor* |Kf' jtions of agony. A policeman coming up IIM ; Safc the moment saw him fly past, his tongue hanging out, his eyes protruded. " Mad dog!" he cried, and the poor beast was shot dead before the screaming woman, running breathlessly to the res­ cue, could explain what she had seen. "And a sore pity it was," she said. " As honest and faithful and as hand­ some a dog as ever stepped before its; own tail. Not so mad, indeed, as the •man that was in such a hurry to shoot him." Of all the changes which modern and more enlightened times have brought about, there is none happier than that affecting the treatment of sufferers at­ tacked with hydrophobia. The writer of this is old enough to remember by­ gone tragedies oonnected with those vic­ tims that make one shudder. There was no hope for the unfortunates. Death % was the doom; and at the first symptoms the hapless human victims were ruth­ lessly destroyed; suffocated between feather-beds tii e usual mode! An occur­ rence in humble Irish life, remembered still in the parish where it took place, , and for the truth of which many can vouch, will illustrate painfully the above. The narrative will be best given in the words of one of the family present at the time. Myself was in the house when it allhap- pened, being first-cousin to Mrs. Ryan, the mistress. A comfortable farm it was, and she well to do; with cows and other stock in plenty, and good land. Ryan »\#itiifed been dead tome years, and she man­ aged it afl; a clever, brisk, stirring \ * s * woman. Sne'd be up and out in her - dairy at 3 o'clock in the summer morn­ ings, to get the butter off the churn in the cool of the day; and then away with her across the fields to visit the cattle and oversee the laborers at their work. Many a smart young fellow would have been proud to help her, and right glad i to step into Rvan s shoes if he was let. Fo r she was p l ea san t t o l ook a t ; M comely as she was industrious ; tidy aiw trim, and wonderful at making and lay- j,, i jing by money. But, though she had a / y f !gay word for them all, and was blithe > f J |jaad clieery as the dsy, they soon found 4 "'J **tnat coming courting to tiie wm&onxe "youag widow was only wasting their time. She wouldn't listen to man or mortal. Her whole heart and life was bound up in her one child--a lovely boy. It was easy to see by the look that would come into her face, and ti e light and love in her eyes as they followed a him wherever he went, and she hadn't a .thought to give to any beside. He was the entire world to her. Everp penny she could make or save was for him; ami late and early she worked to keep all things about the farm in the best order against he was old enough to take it up. A fine, baxidsome child he was; merry " as a bird, full of spirits and fun. He doted on his mother, and maybe she wasn't proud jof him! Every one loved him, even the dumb animals, he was so good-natured and kindly--joyous and bright like sunshine in th^ house. - There's something in the young and their ways that the. heart worms to, natural As time wows 00, young Ryan grew to lie handy and helpful about the place, and knowledgable concerning farm busi- » nets. He was rising 16 years old, s . . . .g-xnl scholar and a fine, well-grown# active lad, when there came a wonderful hot summer, and rumors were rife about mad dogs seen going through the coun­ try, and of the terrible mischief they did. Cows were bitten, and pigs; Christians were attacked and a neigh- boring farmer lost two valuable horsea, that went mad after being bitten, and had to be destroyed. People were everywhere in dread and on the watch. One morning just after the hay was gathered in and safe, herself and the boy were together in the yard, working away as busy as bees. They were sel­ dom asunder now; for he had done with schooiiiigs and they always kept one an- » other company just like a pair of com- K v f rades. There was onlv nineteen years U »4JL between the ages of the two. Talking merrily they were over their work, and laughing--he was full of his jokes-- when a man came tearing into the yard, crying out" that a mad dog was in the place, and was making straight for the , field the cows were in. Quick as light­ ning the boy caught up a pitchfork and sway with him lik© a shot to the field. His mother flew after him shrieking out to Mm to stop, and shouting out to the men to follow. JBut he was as light of foot and nimble as the deer ; and before ever a one could overtake him, he had come up with the dog. The great ani- mal faced savagely round upon the lad fork, and bit and tore with fury. Ant the brave boy grapp'ed with him, and had pinned him to the ^Tound by the time the men came up and gave the fin­ ishing stroke. ! "Now, mother dear," he cried in glee, "the cows are safe! Another minute tond the brats would have been* into them!" But the poor mother wasn't heeding the cows, when her darling son, for whom she'd have given all she was worth in the wide world, was there before her eyes all bloody and covered with foam from the beast's mouth. She washed and bathed the bites, the boy laughing •£ her the while, and saying they were Nothing. And nothing there was for a time. But what all dreaded and were looking for in trembling came at last. He knew it himself, the poor fellow I It was pitiful to see how he strove and fought manful against it; ard forced himself to drink, when even the sight of water or any liquid was unbearable. He'd try and-try to swallow, though it strangled him. No use ! he couldn't get down a drop ; and the convulsions were dreadfuL At length he grew violent, and went raving mad altogether; and liand and foot they had to tie him, to prevent his doing himself or others a mischief. The doctor came, but what could lie do? He was a good-natured man, and gave many a sixpence and a shilling to .those he knew needed nourishment more than drugs ; but no one thought much his physicking. People said he had but the one medicine, and that he gave it to all alike, no matter what ailed theax . Not that there was any harm in that, for it Btands to reason that what would do good to one Christian couldn't be bad for another. When any of the quality were sick, they sent right awaj off to the city for the grand doctoi there, but the parish man was good enough for the poor. Anyhow, not all the doctors in crea­ tion could be of any use to the dear young master. Thero was but the one thing for him--his doom wafe sealed. And now the question was how it was to be done. Three ways were spoken of. To smother him between two feather- beds, or else carry him down to the river and drown him, or to open a vein and let him bleed away to death. The mother wouldn't hear of the smothering. When it was proposed to her, you'd think she'd go out of her senses. Indeed, for the matter of that, it was much the same whatever plan was talked of; they couldn't drag consent out of her to any of them. God help her ! 'twas a c/uel strait to be in. At long last and after much debate, it was settled that a vein should be opened; and, when it was done, the poor fellow--laid upon a bed of straw in an out-house in the yard-- was left to die. Oh, but that was the day of woe I The misery of it, and the despair of the dis­ tracted mother, if I was talking till doomsday I couldn't describe. Her neighbors and cousins and the lad's uncles flocked in, and were all gathered round her in the best parlor, striving to comfort her. They made strong tea, in hopes to get her to swallow some. They tried to raise her heart, telling her of the grand funeral he'd have--hundreds and hundreds coming to it from far and near--the handsomest coffin money could buy, real oak, with brass orna­ ments. and such a wake as was never seen in the country before ; no expense spared! But you might as well talk to the dead in the clay. She didn't hear a word, but sat there without tear or moan--only her mouth working with the agony within--just a froze-up, stony image of despair! And you'd hardly know her, she was so changed. The bright, smooth, comely face all drawn and wrinkled like an old crone's, and ghastly pale. Sure it was no wonder, when all she loved-upon earth was drip­ ping out his young life within a stoneV fhrow of her. When they saw it was of no ilse, they let the poor woman alone. A gloomy silence fell upon the sorrowful company as they sat there waiting--waiting for the end. The minutes seemed like hours. There was no stir, except when now and then some one would whisper under his breath about the dying boy ; how pleasant he was, and gay! How generous and open-handed he'd been. But no matter how sorrowful the house, or what woe and misery are with­ in the walls, the business of life outside must go on. So, when milking-time came, Kitty M'Cabe, the dairy woman --though the heart in her ho ly was breaking--slipped out to call the milk- girls and see the cows. Coming back through the yard when (he milking was done, she had to pass by tlie outhouse where they had lai.1 the boy ; and for the liJe of lier she couldn't help stopping to try and listen how it W|» with him, and whether he was in heaven yet. There was no sound. Strict orders had been given that no one was to go in ; but the door was not locked, and she thought she'd just give it a small shove and take one look. It was an old crazy door, con­ trary and ill-fitting; and at the first push it gave a great skriek and made so sharp a noise that she was frightened, and tried to pull it back again. The sight, too, of the blood trickling upon the floor made her giddy and sick. " Is that you, Kitty M'Cabe ?" dame in a weak, faint whisper from the far end. Her heart leaped up at the voice she never thought of hearing again. "Ay is it, my life ! my darlin'! jewel o' the world!" and she pushed in, never heed­ ing the orders against it, or the trouble ana disgrace she was bringing on Her- self* "O, Kitty, I'm lost with the thirst! Have you any milk ? " " To be sure I have, darlint--lasliins! and she ran and filled a jugful. He drained it every drop, and then called for more. " I'm better now, but weak as water. Untie me, Kitty, and I'll try to sit up. Don't be afraid. Some more milk ^ novn; it is doing me good." He struggled up and leaned the poor white face against her shoulder while she put the jug to his lips. They were pale as a corpse's ; as if every drop of nis blood had run out. The milk seemed to revive him. She thought he'd never stop drinking. After a while he said: " Qo now, Kitty, and tell my mother I'm well--quite well. Something has cured me. Or stop! 111 try and go myself, I'm able. She won't be fright­ ened, will she, and* thinlr it's my ghost?" " Heart's darlin' 1--'tis clean wild .with joy she'll be? But stay, jewel, till I've bound me handkerchief tight over against the crufl eat. There, now, masther dear." " Rcach me over that big stick in the corner and I'll lean down ujjon you, Kitty, and make shift somehow to creep along;" and, supported by the women, he began, with feeble footsteps, to totter across the yard. Roused by a cry from one of the 00m- pany, his mother looked up, and caught sight of the boy helped past the window. Staggering blindly in, he fell into her outstretched arms; and as they closed convulsively round Ms half-fainting form, whep. ks ttUdfep tiv with 1%| pifrVfo. 1 *nd she held bim folded to her breast-- ~ "" * * • " * teal locked and strained to her--all who were present and looked on knew that she would never part with him more. • And she never did. From that day out, sign or symptom of the madness never appeared; though he was long in recovering his strength, and had to be nursed and tended like an infant. He had, you see, bled such a power that it was the world's work to bring him to. When the doctor fixed up the cut, he was almost gone. A minute more, and 'twould have been too late. The doctor said that all the poison of tire dog's bite had flowed away out of him with the blood; but what did he know? Anyhow, there wasn't a healthier or a handsomer or a finer man than himself in the whole barony when he came to his fujl age- over six feet in his stocking vamps, fui broad-shouldered in proportion. Whisky Drinking in a Dry Climate. The effe«t of alcohol on the Indians of the high, dry plains, even when taken in small quantities, is to almost instantly drive them crazy. The frequent as­ saults that have been made by mounted Indians armed with bows and arrows, on Western trading posts defended by American riflemen, Bharply indicate the eftect of alcohol in men of highly nerv­ ous temperament, natives of a dry coun­ try where the light atmosphere is highly charged with electricity. . - So it Is with white men. The mur­ derous acts of the "cow boys," when under the influence of liquor, are well known. When sober, a mora hospitable and kind-hearted class does not exist. When drunk they exhibit all the charac­ teristics of the Indians. Thev are transformed into howling, bloodthirsty fiends. They shoot and stab each other, as well as unoffending strangers, with the savageness of Cheyennes or Sioux. Most of these men are residents of West­ ern Texas. Many of them were born in that State. Almost all of them have lived on the plains for a term of years. The country they inhabit is arid and of an altitude of from 1,200 to 6,000 feet above the sea. Throughout the pastoral region the at­ mosphere is surcharged with electricity that expends its force in terrific thunder­ storms, in tornadoes and in the dreaded dry waterspouts. Throughout the pas­ toral region the fact that a man who has become acclimated cannot safely stimu­ late himself with alcohol is well known, and has long been admitted by all think­ ing men. • In Kansas, above all other Western States, has the attempt to settle the arid belt with agriculturists been made. Liv­ ing in this belt are thousands of voters, and it was the ballots of these men that accomplished the adoption of the con­ stitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors in the State. Unconsciously they, by their ballots, recognized the conditions of the climate in which they live. The adoption was a measure of self-derense. Democrats and Republicans, irrespect­ ive of party, voted for the measure.-- Frank Wilkeodn, in the New York Timet.. 2 Where to Plant Trees. On nearly every farm of considerable size there are tracts of land on which the owner is oompelled to pay taxes, but from which he derives little or no revenue. The soil may be too broken, rocky or dry for the purpose of produc­ ing ordinary cultivated crops.' It is hard to plow, harrow or cultivate, and, when all the work is performed under extreme difficulties, the product is Bmall. If sown to grass it can only be used for pasture. Sometimes there is land on the banks of lakes, streams or gullies that cannot be plowed or cultivated with advantage. Land constituted or situat­ ed like the above can be devoted to for­ est traes with fair prospect of deriving a revenue from them in a near or distant future. Trees generally grow better on the banks of lakes, streams, or gullies than in most other places, as there is ex­ cellent drainage, while there is common­ ly a supply of water within reach of the roots at all seasons of the year. The roots are of value to the soil in prevent­ ing it from- washing away. A fair amount of forest trees on a farm improves its appearance and adds to its value. Some shade is desirable for beasts as well as men. In selecting trees to plant a forest or grove, it is gen­ erally best to give preference to such as are indigenous to the section of the country where they are set out. Their adaptability to the soil and climate has been shown, and it is generally easy to procure a supply of them at a small cost. For higu, broken and rocky laud there is nothing better than oak, walnut and hickory trees. They are stately, hardy and beautiful «n all stages of their growth. They are easily propagated from seed by planting them in the places where the trees are desired. They require little cultivation and litCie prun­ ing. They will ordinarily pay for the use of the land they occupy by the nuts they produce. The wild cherry and ash-leaved maple grow veil in mtet parts of the West, and are useful as well as ornamental trees. The numerous va­ rieties of ash, the elm and baas wood do best on land that is quite rich a>.d at the same time moderately moist. Care should be taken not to plant trees that are liable to be infested by insects.-- Chicago Time*. Oriental Nonsense. Calling on a giddy girl, who has noth­ ing under heaven to do but to follow the fashions, I found her reclining on a lounge in her boudoir. She wore what is called a tea-gown, shaped not unlike a long, loose paletot, with elbow-sleeves, of angel-sleeves, looped and gathered up at the wrists. The material of the gar­ ment was a combination of brocade in gold and silver with; silk gauze. Any­ thing more Oriental coidd hardly be found out of the Orient itself. Over her bosom was a fichu of lace, laid over the shoulders and crossing in front; a bunch of red flowers was fastened at her belt; her abundant black hair was brushed back with a well-counterfeited negli­ gence; the toes of her extended feet were stuck into embroidered sandals, and her stockings were a true flesh-color. A glorious creature she looked, truly, as as she lay there in her studied careless­ ness of finery. But what I set out to say was that incense was burning at her side. Yes, fragrant 6moke was rising lazily from an incinerating pastile in a bronze dish. This is a new freak of the girls. The scent-bottle is put aside, and rooms and clothes are perfumed with incense. If the practice lasts long the cannibal who eats a fashiocable girl will find her smoked through and through, like a ham, but a great deal spioier. --New York Letter. ^ MR. JOHN PESDKB, M. P., is the fftmirmnn of six submarine cable com­ panies and Director of three. He is, be­ sides this, Chairman of the Isle of Man Railroad Company, of the Oude and Rohil Kund Railroad Company, and of the Panulcitto Copper Company, and he is Director of the Fore Sheet Warehouse Company, and of a parafiine oil company --that is to say, he is either Chairman or Director of fourteen companies, and may be supposed to make a comfortable income oi about j£15,000 per annum from " TttE FAULT DOCTOR. NITRATE OF SHVEK fob WORMS.--Dr. M. P. Greensward (Afed4eal Summary) was accidentally led to regard nitrate of silver as a remedy for worms. Farther use of this drag has convinced him -that it is one of the most potent agents we have for the destruction and expulsion of worms. He gives a teaspoonftu three times a day, of a sedation of ft+e grains of nitrate of silver in six ounaes of rain water. FOOD AHD AIR.--We take food bnt three times a day, in the line of duty, but we must breathe all of the time, by day and night. It is safe, therefore, to have more regard to our breathing than to our eating. To breathe well, that the blood may be purified, it is needful to avoid the foul, pestiferous filth called air, in close sleeping rooms, and breathe as much of God's air as possible--the free, out-of-door air, for only pore air is fit for the lungs. OON STIFATION. --D r. S. H. Price says the followiug combination has never failed to relieve constipation, in his ex­ perience, when the person is otherwise nealthy: R. Ext. cascara sagrada, fl., f. oz. j.; tr. nuc. vom., f. dr. ij.; ext. bel- ladon., fl., f. dr. ss,; glycerine, f. oz. j. M. Sig. Teaspoonfnl night and morn­ ing, as necessary. He has used this in all ages, from the three weeks infant to the octogenarian, changing dose to suit ags. FKW>N.--'To core a felon try the fol­ lowing: As soon as discovered take some spirits of turpentine in a cup, dip the linger in it and then hold tlie hand near a hot fire till dry ; then dip it in again and repeat for fifteen minutes, or until pain ceases. The next day, with a sharp knife, pare off the thick skin, and you will find something liko a honeycomb filled with water; open the cells and the felon is gone. If the felon is too far ad­ vanced for the turpentine, oil of ori­ ganum treated in the same way will cure. If too far advanced for either to cure, the felon will still be benefited, for it will be less painful. Never draw it. PREVENTION OF DISEASE.--A man can do his own business the best. Hence it is safer to prevent, disease, by a proper care Of ourselves, living temperately in all respects, using plain and simple food, than to pay doctor's bills. Especially is it easier to prevent the dyspepsia than to cure it, at least coses of long stand­ ing. Medicine will effect but little so long as we eat the richest and most indi­ gestible food, eat at all hours, particu­ larly at bedtime, or eat as if " ou a wag­ er," consuming the meal by the aid of hot drinks in the shortest possible time. Dys.epsia is a certificate of wrong and gross eating, ordinarily, or of too much medial effort robbing the stomach--Dr. J. II. I/ana ford. REMEDY FOR COLD FEET.--Procure two strips of zinc of about the width of the sole of your foot, and sufficiently long to reach from the toes to the hol­ low; to these have riveted, with coppe: rivets, pieces of copper that will reach from the hollow to the heel, but not be­ yond it. Have these combined slips of copper and zinc cut as near to the form of the foot as possible, and, on going to bed at night, place them next to the soles. To seam them in their places draw over each foot a stocking. This simple remedy, it is asserted, will in every case of Cold feet prove efficacious. The zinc should contain little or no lead. The quality of the zinc may be known by its brittleness, as pure sane will never "lap" over. These "magnetic soles" will also correct that disagreeable com­ plaint to which many persons appear to be constitutionally subject, viz.: sweaty feet. Of course it is understood that the magnetic soles are to be worn only in bed, as it would be uncomfortable to walk with them. Caring Bad-Tempered Horses. The stable-boy told me a year or so ago, says a correspondent of the New York Evening Port, that my horse had got to acting very ugly when he drove him out of the carriage-house--pranc­ ing, jumping, backing and cutting np generally. On taking the reins myself, next time he was harnessed, I saw this was indeed the case. I had some diffi­ culty in getting into the street without knocking the carriage to pieces against the gate-posts, and when ne got tnere, there was quite a circus exhibition before we behaved ourselves. I took a night to meditate upon the difficulty, f<?r it seemed to me a pretty serious onet as I had known many noi ses to fall into a vicious habit of that kind and never get out of it. The next day when 1 e was put to the carriage I carried out an apple and gave him, and while he was enjoying it got into the buggy and took up tlie lines, and he walked out of the barn as quietly as a kitten. For more than six years afterward he never showed the slightest return of his rebellious be­ havior, thinking, no doubt^ every time he was harnessed of that delicious apple, though the luxury of • brilWy had not been once repeated. But, a few weeks ago, the lad who takes care of him told me that Bobtail (so called because his tail sweeps the ground) was getting into his tantrums again. I told Phil to give him a potato the next time he took him out, apples being out of market. This worked an equally sudden cure, which lasts until the present writing. Now, I deem, as Gen. Jackson used to say, that this treatment will cure balbiness also, as well as any other bad habit of a horse that grows out of vex­ ation of mind. Tlie mental constitution of this animal, and his moral constitution too, are too much like that of a child. Now you can never beat anger out of the bosom of your children, but rather does every blow make it hotter ; neither can you argue it out, nor trick it out; but a stick of candy will do it, or any other in­ dulgence to which the patient is not ac­ customed. " The ^Dead-Letter Office. A visit to the Dead-Letter Division is exceedingly interesting to strangers. Here all letters and packages that the department h«s failed to deliver, either for the reason that they were unclaimed, unmailable, misdirected or upon which the postage is not paid, are returned "dead." Mail matter of this class originated in foreign countries included in the postal union is returned to the country of origin unopened. The re­ mainder is opened and delivered in all cases where any clew to the identity Of the writer can be discovered. Of the letters of this kind opened during the fiscal year 23,400 were found to contain money to the amount of $43,336.13, of which 19,305, containing $37,279.81, were afterward delivered, 21,311 con­ tain eddralts, checks, bills of exchange, etc , of the value of $1,520,216.65, of which 20,121, containing $1,454,587.44, were delivered; 34,771 contained re­ ceipts, paid notes and canceled obligt j tions of all sorts; 30,957 contained pho tograplis; 68,849 contained postage, the most of which were delivere I. Of the number of letters passing through the mails it appears that the department fails to deliver but one in every 289; the success of our service in this respect "is very gratifying. From official state­ ments it appears that Great Britain fails to deliver one in every 216; France one mm hi 430; Italy one in 126, and Germany one in every 456; this last is, however, scarcely a fair comparison, as a very modi larger proportion erf registered matter passes through the German mails, the delivery of which is almost inevita­ ble. Before the department building became so crowded, a room was set apart as a museum, where strangers were shown a variety of unclaimed articles from bottled tarantulas to " Blackstone's Commentaries." Now the articles are stowed away, and every year or two dis­ posed of at public auction. : 1 A Prosperous Sectioa. i We are reliably informed that in the section of our county known as Bull Swamp, proper, there is not % man within ten miles who gives a lien on his crop. Farms are run on a cash basis or on the personal credit of the farmer without re­ sort to lien or mortgage on any property whatever. As a natural consequence of this state of things improvements and progress are everywhere visible in fences, houses, fields, Btock and home premises. The two races live and work in perfect accord, and colored laborers are not un- frequently kuown to live for a series of years in the employment of one man. In this way home comforts and values are accumulated until the prosperous laborer finds himself able to secure a home of his own. There is not a trial justice or a bar-room iu the whole section nor will the citizens suffer one of these nuisances to exist among them. There is no ne­ cessity for the the one and no patronage for the other. It is believed that tlie citizens o£ this favored section will pe­ tition the next General Assembly to pass a law prohibiting the sale of liquor en­ tirely. This is certainly an excellent record for Bull Swamp, financially, and morally.--Orangeburg (& C'.) Jjcma- crmL 1st. Buy seven bars DOBBINS' ELECTRIC SOAP of your iiro- M. Ask kia ts give jrea m Mil of It. M. Mali w his Mil ud year tall address. 4th. We will Mall YOtJ FREE seven beautiful cards, In six col­ ors and gold, representing Shalt- •PMW'i« Seven Ages sf Man." T " . *rmjof iriinilaof 1 2: SSKTlSSiSrEBSU*,..,, 171b of May OarpcMMwSl yttWe&CSfc ft tjpe tnrtde of a. few boom Hon tMttMinWM' piornred.vnd ire rilall Banatactara at laaat MUM Ml • day antil top demand tat tt la ML IN CHAXHS! L L. cum & CO. to a few. Thoae wbo aUMaptad to !**• I' Ute tb««n, asd dnihta to the | and UieMaffokl for tbairntwan ... the Testament wa«o--fl>ltiA.prii>eJf All-- ml 111-- B-.s.'etsiiS^snsiseseaa th' ound dollars (h« mote, ft hae be*a vittpM fnea thepoMio. TheOopyifebt la*teiMttui . at leart two uenanapeta. which, by in-- tm copies of toatfciaiiaSa, ltd trthlrf < c -mrnenta, were compelled to aeaat teaa tiie "crime™and topobleteapokfliaafari We ate in (avur of an egnitahW Intfatfc law th t vUlriTeaatkondeerawaid Ampr canawJl not care to ne Ntkai !®riej to this coantqr. On M ij l?'h theea moaopoUeti *'cha ns" and ' ik« world. They , inmpaicoven,at IS We propoee to five, with need the htototyof pabhaUagjBlrt»< •oaopolietapnalM tenfcind t|» MBit ftf OTfly. ritfa mead nana li>Swi eQeeledSe ,Uw FowQcwgeii «ompkd» lorf ovate. 116 Sooth Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, PA GOOD WORK. a week fa your own town. Tenna and outfit free. Addreaa H. HALLETT A Co.. Forhaad, Ma. CJALESMKN wnnted to on commission. SONDRTAM O for terras., qtr.ok, PUCE SIX PUB. CO. WirraoTK SS to $9(1 h«ja«. Samples worth it free. ! Greeo^i UrOHttJ.1 Addrw. STIVROW * DO Me noV Remembrrinc the peat, oorfMeadawfS not be a that the pnblkbera and fcoukaaH.il wha detut i i, iftjuy kevolotion aieabnuerinx haftmw i tkrna «t tbia work, pgeteadta* taai I errors, reuniting from ita I tin -.illy promke to thoee i rot fonod aawanting, I" •ur of the mmmt t this tMtln nine taai tfcetewiU be naaegr harty prodneuoa. In rapt, w* i Who MMe (rieatad --C and hare STKM-Wtnder Amariean Watch for for stamp. TUICSBI TTCAEK A SMITH, Bl K W \ii KK. nsmmn N'tionitHiopsineCo. ! moot vinjwrtant work ttap have ever ----- wrjoJSSBz I SSRSRFSIS* <19 A WF.KK Sliedajrathomeea'riljrnicde. Coetly Vffc outflt free. Addma Tan A Co., AugtMta, Ma. A FREE GOSPEL. 1 A Been fsr AMUMMI, I An agency in Paris furnishes men to j make calls at a fixed rate per hour. If ] this conventional sort of sham visiting is [ insisted on no American city, say of j 80,000 inhabitants and over, should be without so admirable an arrangement II is true that few earnest men make calls before they Are roamed because of " business," and after they are married it is well known that the wife makes all the calls in everj well-regulated family. None the less, the unmade call is a ter­ rible burden on the masculine con­ science. There is first the vague feel­ ing that he ought to have made the call, tlie series of doubtful excuses for not having made the call, and, lastly, poign­ ant remorse that it is now too late to make any call. Under these successive I shocks a social conscience, seared as j with a hot iron, is at last developed, and j « man gruoefully accepts all manner of ! hospitality, from a dinner down, with | never a call to acknowledge the debt, j An agency will cure this alter a fashion, ! and an agent--"calls executed with j neatness and dispatch"--would probably | learn how to leave, when to leave, and, above all, not to sit and say nothing, si- lent as a sentry box^Jjpringfleld 1 ( Mass.) Itepublican. The Friend of Oellcate LadiM is Wuwr'i Safe Kidney and Liver Oura* The Clncheas Tree. The cinchona tree, that yields Pe­ ruvian or Jesuit's bark, from wliidk, chem­ ists extract the potent febrifuge so much used in malarial districts, is indigenous to Brazil, Peru and other Southern American States. It has, within the past forty years, teen acclimated in British India, Jamaica, Ceylon, Java and Mex­ ico. Each tree yields from three to four pounds of bark, and the barking process can be repeated five or six times. The India production is BOW so extensive as to permit of exportation, notwithstanding tlie great and permanent home demand, Mr. Markliam has just written and pub­ lished an account of the cinchona culti­ vation in British India. His book con­ tains much curious information, as hue superintended lor many years this labox* he describes. Silk Knittitagr. The Hot Springs (Ark*) Slav has the follow­ ing touching tlie lx*t»t br»u<i of knitting silk: There are two kiudu of knitting silk--one msdo from pure thread silk, the other from nputi •ilk. Thread silk is reeled from cocoons, sev­ eral thread* being doubled and twisted togeth­ er, accordiug to the desired size of the finished thread, and in of far greater strength and dura­ bility than any other fiber known, Bpnn mlk is made from short pieoea of waste, eaided and •pan like wool, ana have but little strength or durability. All knitting silk stamped "Belding Brotkera & Co.," with Dine ink, on tlie end of each Hpool, i« warranted pure thread niik, and will wear fully three times as long and look much bettar than any epun Bilk, The superiority of Holding Brother® & CO.'B manu­ facture is not confined to knitting aUk. All other goods bearing the stamp of their names will be found, also, to be the beet. EILKBT'S EXTRACT OF TAR AND WILD CHKUBI has been u«ed for twenty yearn, and during that time has saved many very valuable lives. Do not neglect a cough or cold until it ia too late. Try that excellent remedy, and we are aure yon will be convinced of its merits. Chronic Coughs, and even Consumptives, are ctired by following the directions. Every bottle is war­ ranted to give satisfaction. Prepared hv tlie Einrnert Proprietary Co., Chicago. Sold by all good druggists. Foa DYSPEPSIA, indigestion, depression of spirits and general debility in their various forme, also aa a preventive against fever and ague ami other intermittent fevers, the Fsaao PHOBPHOBATED ELIXIB or CAIJSAYA BARK, made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by all druggists, ia the best tonic, and for pa­ tients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. UNCLE SAX'S CONDITIO* POWDERS are rec­ ommended by stock-owners who have used them as the best Horse and Cattle Sfedicine to be had. If the animal is Scraggy, Spiritless, or has no appetite, these Powders are an excel­ lent remedy, and every owner of stock will do weli to try them. They are prepared by the Emmert Proprietary Co., Chicago, 111., a very reliable firm, and sold by all good druggists. BUGGIES fbr Dealer*' Work: Ixyw Prices. IRIM CAMIA0E MTQCl., Cincinnati, O, Catalogue >ltJ£K. T0UN8 SEIte^ixsiS. Addrea V/mmsi Bnoe. JaDerrttte.Wfei Furthermore, to cur work, we propoee to nit me of any nrw» aa ipkite, I UfAMTLAXO rABM«,ST to MSperAeNw > the MM „ l--tpairt. Ave, u» . . IflMt by latter or noetal card, a ooaiplete, beanttfnlb-printed anrrf the TOee. pel afst.d«ki. Onlyaibic'e oopywClbeeanttoaay applicant. We propoee to prist, If eaOad fcay a lallliiin . eupiaa for fntaliMi dietnbatw*. ISraona who woeld like tfai. tpectaaMi la «aa«UtTi for dittlMta, wUI be enpplted for the piiae o< » liiSl " $350<* BMt-SelliM Artielaa in _ frM. JATBRONSON. netraK.^&S? A GKNTH WANT A SeSHne PfetnrM B« tt per ct, NA MOJS AI, 1 v the 1 IBtblM nxe Co., Chicago, BIBLES HUM STILES. Prion# reduced (fo. DL The raUshMHjMMe will be sled to know U July 1st weah'S be prepared te ofcr Uaaei tt* hut injnaort complete TarhfrofTeataaw n to and Btbl>» UK aold In thieooentry, inlying f.o» the lilhet Tut umat to moat elaborate Tcachm' «nd the l.ina.1 gwa- Uy and FaMt Btblae,atpriMahwa Seanta for a alas* Uoapel to |«S for the JEiseet and beet qnarto BSMM with Uloatrattona and Ooauaentaty. T*e p<leae lor abet L'laima, Patent., Ac., Boa «u, Waahincton, B.C. IMPROVE YOUR LIGHT and economise A wick# with the Pat. tTalvrrea! Wick Feeder. IfWfliltnnil (MinH/4 IntntiwlAbe la _a. A » ' Young's Ureal Bible Concordance. Our new edition of this magnlSoent work, wMeh an >{.)• Itn nalla^ Iha "jfatMtai 'a TTnabslil^it ni ** » B E S T " VRIKEM yen cm* _ is* In. SS a day eaally mnrie. Circular* free. Addre** JOHN COUtiHUN A Gardiner. Maine. TBM8 BUCK l*ND8.̂ Oo.. «n<l itrire lfst of LAKHS, to BAlNRK. FIKOH, Lawyers and l*nd Amenta, McKinmy, Texaa. Greek Uncnsges.or bjr th. aid of expensive and often I acoescibie Greek and Hebrew LEMON* and OOMM< ancea. In oomwotfcm with the new iwsic ef the Btbts. particularly. It prorea especially lnterestta* and hatpM, givinf what no otbar to the awash! erattona which have led PASTIES Having HmtNTWHS not pat- enteil, wishing to sell, addnea LKWIS V. BROUS, Walnut St , Philadelphia. ! sSSnaSSJE'sriSsxkMsB WOTWKA meisme to decidefor ijinaeH whaMa the ananing twit WULFK « wUl best satisfy hia own anderst'Bdlng and thidaaaaaj* QUMt. Pricecents. 5,000 Booksellers EMPLOYMENT-- Also MLAKV nrr month. All KXI'K ndvniced. Wa«<*»prompt!* iNabt. Hi & I'd.. 3<Mt l.oarjir M„ t'tnrlHnnti ^ n" bookseller aeta Throughout the United States I to either abundantly supply, or UbenUy slander, oar publications. We give libera] Teraea l* V mhe wher* - TatalBSBe,aaA ,„ri i -- ler aeta aa scant. DewiMwC«talcgno,aaA : Utartratad pinpUM taoibta^ btehaddltad tana aettlng b? < P<RIGOAATA<W BAIK TnikiimiIpM > .U* kai MHl in Fguts; CWTOELT AM <SM « »>. J. mm, IJMe Bnl mat Mn, Km. Imn «f ail laiftttlMa. AGENTS WANTED QUICK to sell the REVISED HEW TESTAMENT Kow rfady for Agents. Mo»t 4e*1rabl* edition. Lew priced, mm<>n* are waiting for it. (frond tortMl for Aaentn. Particulars Outfit Mc. Act Vatefc. Addreea HUBBAlU) BB08-, Chicago. HL ColMDia BM. w£tMi^ohVi Vanoo'ran'ride'thnM •sties aa easily aa be could walk one, Send > sent staaap for M-page eat* THR POPS M*r» OO, W4 Waahlngtan St. Boetoa. ||M» follmrtnv of t f c eVnfed b t a t ea k e a f itecks of our GeseralAgents. ** supply them at iei>it.i or to etube^ai mar New York Uty prtaaa: Seal HaattagaTtf Gomt'tU; Chicago. Alden A Ohidwlek, 1S» Deirbotn street: Cincinnati, KobertCfcufcaAOk :C eve- land. Inghun. dark A Co ; PWledelnliia. Leuy AOo.; Muui ss vu. , s m IndianepoUe. Bowen.Stewart A Dameron: Baltimore. W. K C. Han J.J. 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