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THAT LITTLE BLACK SACBKt* It was only llittti biadic sachel, quit* ft h«miet̂ looltii|gj>seksge, but it ocana (e^ms, steed v-roing pester kind of difficulty. H« lie'ooantry to test a few driak MM buttermilk, pad with ft rural brother to eame ia and see the city and k» a Mule talk with metro- Mv? . %> fullest; lanohe simian about Sodom and Gkv The good brother, with the w<dwl> boarded a stroet-oar tor the depot, and ant down to feedhas mind npon the in^oemcicMuness of an luo* w man.The little hand-bag waa lisowdad wtder tha aeat to be out of the %*y. It eotttained a tooth-bruah, two of sosli& sad a sermon on sanotifi- With PflCllMpS * hmn l̂rfly l̂fiAf or . ft boot of troches, and a vial filled with ft lAml lor oorns. There maj bare beena shirt, weoan't say for sore, bat hare a suspicion bigger than a fall- *rown e»rt#mty that the clerical gar- tneni* knownns ft "dfetoy," had ft fall delegation somewhere in the pastor's t good man had scarcely taken his horse-icar before he found inn train of thought that didn't Way stations, bat when the car " j ftt the depot and the man with ^jmnah opened his fade to the rossihiHtT and sent forth an ava- of httdrp sound that meant " bounce out or you'll be left," the pas­ tor oame back to earth, took in the situ- , afcion, grabbed np the little black sachel ;md meekly make his way into the de­ pot, Mid thence into a car, where he * itiy took possession of a seat on the side, and proceeded to pick his th and ruminate on total depravity, . With the air of one who loves his fellow man and ft good dinner. In due time ' tiie twin reached the cross roads station *fcr which lie was bouad, and the minis- •*< ler sot out and shook hands with Doa- Mn Parsley, who was promptly on hand vehicle to Wlte"him home for entertainment during the term of ru­ ral ministration, Not to mention a short • 4ieaaoi>> of remonstrance with the dea- V' :'kmr» hired man, who swore at the axon i- tltd whistieddancittg tunes with all the •v. •jporneetnefts of an impulsive nature, the towdew rything on th? farm very ~ nook to his liking. The deacon and he <iided to adot on nine points of doctrine mttoi tea, and the old lady seemed to ldtow everything about cookery and the * condition of the neighborhood, grown-up daughters didn't seem to at the top of the stairs in idea# of fashion or the harmony of 4otora,but when it came to blocking out ft pia thft^eOold bring jay to the palate, - - --• pwrtmwfc with* ft wrinkly they were right at home the front blind? open every hoar in day. The Earner's son had a habit hia nose far conversational pur- mthinghard and making use of !e to shovel potatoes down his $!Nfttt but he seemed to be a steady- long yowg nun, wh^ could talk to the point ia prayer meeting and shuck more torn in a given time than any other youth in those parts. vj The deacon's venerable mother, who &ad a corner at the fireside, wore specs made her eyes water, and the poor son! couldn't hear thunder, uuless Everything eke kept real still, but she believed in perdition without any non- '.tense about it, and had some ideas on. theology that seemed to be covered with '^laoss a' foot thick. She had a way of fliooting lier op.nions into a body in "ij teguiai' shot-gun style, and, though she . -didn't always hit where she aimed, she / generally made the leathers iiy from ^••.jioine of tlhe flock. She had long been f t; ! loo feeble to go to church, an 1 waa con­ sequently in a chronic state of st'tri'iinl -Jamine, which found no relief, except on fhose rare occasions when a preacher Iras sent to bide a day or two with tha Jkrmor. At such times the old lady atoold always insist on her right to fore- ̂ nlall the congregation by having the ser- v>Vboa rehearsed at the firo-side, as soon as „ fte table waa cleared up and the tea •' - things put away. On the present occa- ' " sion the parson got ready to banquet her ". Starving soul with' the living rood so fnugly baled up in his sermon on .^ipnctifioation. ' -* With the sachel on his knee the good ' 'Mi&n wiped his glasses, cleared his -. .«h{oat and proceeded to introduce bis ~ <fheme with a few prefatory remarks about the beauty ol a pure life and a • ftoul unspotted with the taints of vice. The old lady adjusted her trumpet to , n liatch all the sound it sould kola, and ftsmuned the look that romped over the , feature ̂of Br. Tanner when that long- " deferretl watermelon placed before . lum. But it was same time before the ireacher could find a key thai would. fit ler tightly-locked ears, and 'again aad •gain die had him go back and try it all #ver Again; bat finally, when his. voice . tp shake the windows and make ^ face,, an understanding pushed B-p the old saint's eyebrows, and die bada him hold it there and keep "-fight on with his improving talk. With , his tongue still in motion and his eye on «. - the old lady, the parson mechanically ' Opened .the sachel and dived ius hand in lor the serattm. Polling out a parcel, he waved it with a <l«nrtak above his Jfeead, and said: " My friends, the document I hedd in ,i,4liy hand has eost me ft great deal of la­ bor, much time and eareial study, and II embraces, I might say, the ripened thought of a Kfe-tim*. A theme (rf this kind ooold bet be, fittingly handled by a joung maa. It oan ooly be naderstood and properly aoanipnlated by a person . of mature yean--one aecustomed to go below and-ahem!--regard- sf seeiety in fiMur true With that tbe gMd brother shook igpsA tKtt pape* and diseloeod what KiMidlibMMtt suman tm saaetifi nation--bat «4knII two aoudi and a baM of radiant baok Mr. the color of * A steanae look came in- the ooIociB his Awe dive it forth to the 'bit attditas^ft and with the other MM.ft pAft" nno tlM ejes and of Urn old lady, Kiio iias (taasb with smsanimml ana choking for breath to iiiyii-- BH wiHmiili q|» wfMi|ihwr1 who weold «hl atonnd sllliliwns(ii onfyfit forthe lauUAa n«Etgnb fi&ed Hie air with, fiywf hairpdaS, -and then came plnkslippm, to small for mortal use. a&d with ttte oat- ' «st little miles el bnw.' Orest beads eftroc&fe oame o«taadsatea min­ isterial brow, aad * sifl̂ ial seemed drawn forth with a rope that instantly broke eanM» from somewhere down in the basement ef the parson's and fly" ft* good man w chin <" on his ImmamiTatft dk^ey, aad a the moat Josef tw dejection pdaned down his leatens and bald them there watfl 4he Mod ttafal whkqwed in his ear, and all hia tnmbles took wings as hesofUy nU, "W as «»y.M Whna the li^it-hea^ed city girl who had the aunistsrial sanhnl began mak- fas hat Meparatiops that for the SOI at whieh she expected to as » Qbcw, and fooosd aoftiog am ceptivanBg idth which to smbel- liiih her charms tban % serraonon san<M- fioation and a advent for ooraa, the first eroahiog Mow of her life had oome. of England, attd the <A>aerralton has elicited flw curioaa CTpianatioo that.the mows calkms membrane of the 8oot is inherited ttcbx the long tins ol snaff- taking anoestom. Hew Jerosalem Leeks Sow. 1st the Att/mHc Monthly, JSdward Everett Hale gives the following realistic pen-picture of Jerusalem: Was Beani le Kftjey HlmMlti Be was a seafaring man, aad he poshed his way passed the p eople to one of the best seats in the parqnette, re­ gardless of tender toes arid stray hats. He [damped himself down next to a very weak Monde young geutleman, who nervously polled away his overcoat and inf®lt around for his beaver under tlie seats to see if it waa still intact or flat­ tened out under the ample feet ef the sailor. "It's all right, shipmate,w said the " Jast double yoar jacket tip ua sling it atween us, *Un I'll stow aioe atop of it," and he fiouuc«d aa dd to- baoco-soented coat half way across the mild little gautlsman's trousers, and threw his hat on top of it. " Lend na your paper, lad," he continued, taking the programme unceremoniously from the youth's hands and blinking over its contents. " What'a the ahow, any­ how?" ' "Sir, Fm net acquainted with yon, and--" "Course yer not, bat I don't object ter making a friend o' ye for the even- " said the sailor, slapping the weak „ , , , . , , youth vigorously oh the lug, and expeo- BJveiybody knows the general aspect! torating dangerously near his patent Ordinance surveys,, j leather shoe. " No use o' standing on I dis'plin *un manners when we're ashore, ha me lad," and the hand came down f upon the youth's thigh more vigorously I than before. j "Bat my dear sir, I--" | " rm not ver dear sir," said thesftflor, his limbs out under the seat in him and taking a fresh ohew of . "call me Ike, lad; just Ike, ] that's enough." At this moment the curtain went np of Jerusalem now. societies for exploration, Sunday-school teachers, and artistic friends have brought pictures of it for those of us who live in these most remote corners; Jeru­ salem iteelL be it remembered, being in the "middle of the world." Indeed, such is the ease of travel now, that it is safe to take lor granted, in anjr consider able assembly, that some one is present ; tobacoo; "• call who has walked in the streets of Jeru- ! that's nnnn»h » salcra, liaa seen fhe Jews weeping by its walls, andean describe from personal remembrance the Mosque of Omar. This general aspect helps us in form­ ing an idea of what it looked like eigh- Olivrtte, and the old sailor be same all eyes and ears, much to the re­ lief of the mild young gentleman. Very _ „ , 89on» however, the old salt was nodding teen hundred' and fifty years ago--of ; his head in time to the music. Then which, by misfortune, there is no descrip­ tion. Of the temple aad its glories, all readers know, there is very full de- he commenced keeping time with "f"* foot, the® with both. You will oblige me very mueh by scription; bat the indifference of the an- j keeping your feet still," said a gentle- cients to the picturesque and even to topography, leaves «s to construct for ourselves th© Jerusalem of the gospel time. Still, the slopes of the hills are there; the olive-trees and the anemones and the cyclamens, with the rest of the spring vegetation, are there. The wood has been destroyed from the country generally by the ravages of Islam ana Islam's wars. But the neighborhood of a city as laige as Jerusalem was then is never heavily wooded. The population of the <aty itself was then six or eight times what it is now. Such a population i man just behind the mild youth. ."Bag pardon," said the mild youth, "but it's this party noxt to me." "What's in the wind?" asked the sailor, looking over his shoulder. " Keep your feet still/* said the gen­ tleman behind the mild youth ; " you're disturbing everyone." *'See hero, you," said the sailor, "I paid for this berth, 'un I mean to enjoy the show, so stow yer talk and give us a chance to take in the music," and the old sailor started in again with bis heel and toe drumming. By this time others had more farmvhoases and hamlets and other aaoeets of habitation than it haa now. Kit, mnl"ng such allowances for changes, the traveler to-day has a right to feel thftt be looks on much such a landscape as the traveler coming down to Jerusalem from Jericho saw in the days of Jesus Christ, A New Englander sometimss catches a bit of landscape in his ewn region which reminds him, if the conditions of sky mid olimftte see ^ i i l l ml,m. as- t»| nPtttnoa olive- toes and closer olive-orchards. I have a photograph of apleoe of "hill country near Jerusalem which may easily be mistaken for a home soene in Northern Middlesex or Southern New Hampshire. . Yon feave only to select ft bit of rolling country, well oovered with orohards, without New England houses, forests, evergreens, or pines, but with a fair share of stone walls, photograph it, and place the picture in your portfolio, -between a view of Jaffa and one of the Dead Sea, and even an experienced pilgrim would take it up and say, "Ana this is somewhere near Jerusalem." The city waa built so long ago that nobody knows when. It is on the crest line between the waters of the Dead Sea valley and those which flow into the Mediterranean. The hills on which it staqds were abrupt enough to make an. admirable fortress; what has been said of rounded slopes does not apply to them. Fortress it was in the days of the Jebusites, when David 'look it. After his time, it assumed the state and importance of a capital. And this was no little state and importance when it meant a capital to which "the tribes oome up three times a year." Josephus s^ys--in what is probably an uninten­ tional exaggeration--that at the time of the Passover a million and a quarter people assembled in it, or in tents around it. Even if this is not true, it gives an idea of what an intelligent man thought true in times immediately Mtax Christ's visits to the city. . n ̂ New England diarchies. ^ About the year 1700, the meeting­ houses in New England were plain wooden structures, in most cases without steeples. The windows were giazed with diamond-shaped glass, the walls un- plaskred, and the interior without any means of heating. Through the storms of winter the congregation shivered in the oold during public worship. About a hundred and fifty years ago, in the in­ terior of one of these rough edifices could be seen the families of New Eng­ land. The men were dressed in the fashion of the age./ They wore broad- brimmed hate, turned np into three corners, with loops at the side; ioag coats, with large pockets and cuffs, and without collars; the buttons either plated or pure silver, and of the size of half a dollar ; shirts with bosom and wri-4 ruf­ fles, and with gold and silver buckles at the wr.st united by a link; the neck­ cloths of tine linen, or figured stuff, em- broidt red with the ends hanging loosely. Small clothes were in fashion, and only reached to the knee,, where they were ornamented with silver buckle* of large niiiM; the legs were covered with long gray stockings; the boots had broad tops, with tassels; shoes were some worn, ornamented with straps and silver buckles. The women had block silk or satin bonnets, gowns extremely short- waisted. with tight sleeves, or else very short t-leeves, with an immense frill at ; sailor to stop. " See here, sonny," said the sailor, "I came ashore fur a racket, 'un I propose to enjoy it me own way. I got lots o' money stowed away in my belt, 'on I can pay me own way, and when I can't do that 1 can fight," and be oommenoed to pull off his coat. "Here, usher! usher!1* cried the mild youth, springing to bis feet. .t 'em.oat!" Put 'em out P mm TO the house, and soon two ) ushers rushed down the aisle, followed bja fireman. "Gome, young fellow," cried one of the ushers, " out of that." "It's not my fault, it's--" but the blonde youth was soon hurried through the aisle and out upon the sidewalk, while the old sailor settled back in his seat, took a fresh chew, and ooncluded he would now "be allowed to enjoy 4m singin' in peace."--Brooklyn Emgh. Caught at His Own Chime. Years ago, into a wholesale grocery store in Boston walked a tall, muscular- looking man, evidently a fresh comer from some backwoods town in Maine or New Hampshire. Accosting the person he met, who happened to be the mer­ chant himself, he asked: " You don't want to hire a man in yoar store, do you?" " Well," said the merchant, **£ don't know ; what can you do ?" •" ^ "Do?" ssiid the man, I rather guess I ow turn my hand to almost anything ---what do you want done ?" " Well, if I was to hire a man, it would be one who oould lift well; a strong, wiry fellow. One. for instance, who oould shoulder a sack of coffee like that yonder, and carry it across the floor and never 1st it down." "There, now, Captain,"said the coun- trrman, "that's just me. I can lift any­ thing I hitch to; you can't suit me bet­ ter. What will you giVe a man that will suit yon ?" " i'U te 1 yon," said themerobaut, "if you'll shoulder that sack of ooffje and carry it across the store twice, and never lav it down, I will hire you for a year at $109 a month." "Done," said the stranger, and by this time every clerk in the store bad gathered nronnd aud waited to joiu in the laugh against the man, who, walking up to the sack, threw it aceo-s his shoul­ der with perfect esse, though extremely heavy, and walking with it twice across the idoor, went qniety to a large hook which was -fastened to the wall, and hanging it up, turned to the merchant and said: "There, now; it rany hang there till doomsday ; I shall never take it down. What shall I go about now, mister? Give me plenty to do and oue hundred dollars a mouth and it's all right" '*> Tjhey broke into a laugh, and the mer­ chant* discomfited, yet satisfied, kept his' agreement, and to-day the green countryman is the senior partner in the. firm, and is worth a million dollars. I T«i»si' _ ..., _ jluoll -- ";gp, IV PKCrroSlarWttw mtsm te torn years «f *•«*"* «tm* sf wfllosnastts Juta •*!*<* ths ssrth. Bat, white p«|* an ? rtrwiffr w- ctowi oriw Oils i li •liiiilSiim, sn wsnI sf hi urn sftrioas taapartsnsat Wfetahk tskiag pUo* to-dsaMMSBft to isSjj|it:i*oByswriooiwd. Thsnstsrset tUs msrttWsl sobjwt mo to boat inpUmoil by tfcs foUonnog ^BtebopB. O. HwUL hwStt to the entire land, wst saaoomataMr aesksoed one night out ef a sound riNfe and lay swake until morning. IBs mfam sosassd mortally aothre, sadhenst toolyiiwileiiwi his put Ufa, wfcjoh had bsea aa •lunltsl qgjft h« Wd sxtensm plana tor ths tfttosft Bs dU not feel eap»- ctaUy ill, bat oaoM not soonest for the onoso- at aetlvay <at his btwi% aor far the nstloasams which •eamsd to psssies idsa. 2a tha isoraing he had bat Uttls aiysUK bntwaa snwrmdy wall ia otiter mnpoata h» a f«w dm, aowwor, he began to fad nastloM ant BMrUd, although be triod aaraosthrto •rwsosso thefe«Hngwtuah bad ufc«n poMMBioaoC kbai ftlttiyu be would theabadow ef ootiasfilssamedtofoBow hm. and be wss ooaseloes ef a grsdasl ainklM and ireadiigawKyof aUbiajplgrslealfaoalttea Ha had fcsen aa eamasl and dttteeot worker, and ie his seal frequently oiMttna hie etreagth, and, be­ ing absoctedm bUdolfia^tSded to obsem tbs ootnmoa aynptomsaitbwhiobho vu afflicted, thus mrautting the week st dastrooCioatoge on anhsododL Bit tba aad fiaftUyoana ia a meat paceuptatf sMtmsr. Skeitly before hia death te wrote a latter tha laat one bo over indited tnehkhho speaks es follow*: "A belief th»t dMtbismitfsmotodtffenut nunds diffenotiy. In* uroEatd? all Whe am in a fair oooditisnef phnbat aad mantal atreosthin- attonttvafy afaxtok from it with an iadeSnable dreed sad feomr. A dying man is no more able of hhaaalf te fomme nk own destiny or tha deetiay of tbeae ha hevw than he «u be­ fore be began to «hN The reoent sad and sodden death ef Hon. CSarkson M. Potter is ens of the mod aerioos watni&feemr givt»« mshetosg hst at lnnttm- arabie oaaes of fatal aagleot. It is net auffioiont to aay that many other otilliant i&cn, including ~ " Bomner, Cbaae, Wood, Wilson wd r,JlKie awept away by the aame fatal trouble. The qoaetiou ia, were these men m oieatly oarefal of their health, aad noold they have been saved ? The Albany Argus, in apeak- ing ot Mr. Potter's audden lllnoaa aad death, saysi "Oneof the physksians who attended Mr. Potter hare wssintHrviewed but evening. He stated that lb. Potter*e inability to converse had for sometime emed toibafflsBMphyaioians In ttwir efforts to detstminB the root of his 1U- »ms» It aeems, however, that Mr. Potter, some two yearn ago, suffered a aKgbt attaokef kidney dlseaaa Unwiae dependeooe apon a robnst oonstitntion sad nstoraUy perfect health, and negleot of proper clothing, ooobtleaa towed the seeds at s diaesae that nasdad but aoaae such aa that of Tnoaday morning to the gymptoma at nrat shown, it was thought that his only trouble was nervous prostration: bat Us kngeonttnuanos ia a aaml- nnoonactoas atate led to Um belief that hU ill- new wss seated ta a ohranie difficulty mote aorsterioos aad daagcrona" Up to the latter part of Isst ror Mr. Edward F. Book, a membor of the New York Btook Ex­ change, was doing buatness in Wali street, Mew York. He had everything to enoeurage him, aad make life happy, but was the victim of an- aooeantsble nneaifneaa. His experienoe, as deeoribed by one whe know, waa as foUows: " As unexpected times, snd on oooaslons whea he had the greatest reason te feel Joyoae. he was imtable and haunted with Strange feelings of discontent He endeavored to cheek theeefeel- 3;a and appear pleaaant, bnt it required a great ort to do ao; after wbioh he would again re- lapae mto hia former morbid mood. This feel­ ing oontiî ied far a number of months, whea he become ooasokms ot aa adttad aenaadon of toasitnde. He was tired even whea resting, aisd, slthoagh experisDoing no soate pain, had dull, tdiiag aenaattoea ia Wa limbs, aad varioaa of his body. Bhortty afterward his head to sobs moat fteqaanfly andhisatomaoh failed te digest propeiiy. Bring told that ha was •mferlag from malana suited an formed hta other aehoel and waa Inftrasd tksthS had s brain difficulty soeiewhat in tbs natore of a tumor, bat In spite of all efforts to the eootrary he o6ntmoed to grow worae. At thia time hia oonditton was tmfbla. What wars at first aimple symptoms haa developed to terribie troubles. He was flushed aad fevstiab, oon- sbrntly uneaay, and yet always wesry. He had aa intenee appetite oaedbf and very little the nesL nia isifasi saa irragular, his hiatliiin labored, ana eirery mrsiml of ajiStsass was a Faying for the War. The Oommissioner of Pensions has made an estimate, based upon reliable data, of the money required by his bu­ reau for the twenty-six years from 1881 to 1906 inclusive, and the figures are well calculated to interest the public Allowing $1,261,229,977 for olaims ot soldiers in the late Rebellion filed before the elbow. The ministers wens large j June 30, 1880, $31,500,000 for similar his faoa aad body became disoolored; his heart was irregular m its action, and bis breath eeme in short, oonvulshre gaspa. He grew constantly worse, notwithstanding the utmost precautions ef his friends, and Sadly died in the greatest agony. After his death an examination aa te its actual cause was made, when hia brain was fonnd to be ia a perfect condition, and the naaoa of his deoasss was ef aa entirely differ­ ent nature." The experiences which have beanetted above all had a oouuaon oause and were eaoh the re­ sult of oue diaeaact That disease, which ae deoeitfslly, yet surety, removed the people above-mentioned was Wight's diseaae ef tbe kidneya. In the case of Mr. Book the exami­ nation after death, while shewing (US brain to b în a perfect condition, revealed tbe terrible faot that be was the viotim of a alight kidney trouble, which had gone on unchecked, until it muiltad in aonte Blight's disease. The leading physicians and solenaats of the world are fast learning that more' than one-half the deaths which oocur are caused by this monstrous aconite, It m one of the mosfdeceitfnl mala­ dies ever known to the human race. It mani­ fests itself by symptoms so slight ami common as to seem unworthy of attention; and yet these very uixiguiiioant symptoms are the first stages of the worst oomplaint known in the history of the world. Thou­ sands of people have died from troubles that are oauod heart disease.̂ apoplexy, pnaa- monia, brain fever and similar diseases, when it waa, in fact. Blight's dineaae of the kidnejm. The ravages ot w disease have been greatly increased from the faot that until reoent yeus no way was known to prevent its beginning nor check its increase wnea it had beoome once ttxed upon , the syrtesa Within the past two years, however, we have learned of more than lour hundred " " ~ Sncf mini Speakers. i SMt tti the mneh- -abent man Ska Horace Greeley came and bored an andienec. Now the modern lectniw eomes to entertain an andienoe. The clergyman talks thirty minutes. The snoosastnl lecturer will take four times thirty minutes and hold his audience like a ftve-aot drama He will fewfetaet hia andienoe ̂too, The first purpose of even a hnmeraaa speech is to persuade men. A great speeeh or lecture will be talked abemt for weeks. If a speeeh is brilliant and eloquent, so much so that men will mj of it '*that isom- tory* and go about their bnainesa, suoh a speech has not struck tbe heart. When men act as if they had not heard a word of a speeoh, it is a failure, ewn if it is thought worthy of a plaee among "speci­ mens of eloquence." "K great speech," said O'Cbnnell, speaking ol addresses to a jury, "is a very fine thing; but, alter all, the ver­ dict is the thing.w Professor Mathewn, from whoee book on "Oraloty aud Oratora" we quote O'ConnelTs remark, insists that no one would diaoover the verfeot orator, if atteh there oould be, while he was speaking. He tells two aneodetea to illustrate hia assertions: When Ghief Justice Parsons of Mas­ sachusetts waa praetieing at the bar, a farmer, who had often heard him speak, waa asked what sort of a pleader he was. " Oh, he is a good lawyer and an ex* eellent eonselor, but a poor pleader," was the reply. " But does he not win most of his causes?** " Yea, but that's because he knows the law and can argue well; but he's no orator." A hard-headed bank President ones oongratulated himself, in the presence of Mr. Mathews, on resisting, as a foreman of a jury, the oratorical blandishments of Mr. Choate, "Knowing hia akin," said the hard- headed man, "in making white appear black, and block white,, I made np my mind at the outset that he sho; * fool me. He tried all his arts,. but it was of no use; I just decided according to the law and the evidenoe." "Of course," answered Mr. Mathews, "you gave your verdict against Mr. Choate's client?" " Why, no; we gave a verdict for his client ; but then we couldn't help it; he had the law and the evidenoe on his side." It never occurred to the bank Presi­ dent or to the farmer that Ghoate and Parsons were after verdicts, not admira­ tion, And they got them, befcause they sunk the orator into the advocate. The Kind of Jfan to Marry. t Let na look at another case. A young man, receiving a small salary, determines to pnt asido each week a eertain sum as a foundation tot the pleasant home he some time hopes to have. It foroea him to make many sacrifices; he esdbew| Jewelry snd eanes, eoda water and cigars, and oarries an unperfuined handkerchief. When in this semi-rustic plight, and wearing a suit (perfectiy preserved) two seasons old, he calls on a maiden whose eommny h® desires, she looks with soora ak the jsw^y ^baiw, and is suddenly efthsrwiss engaged, - Pi«ssiagiin ** this may be, ne nlods on in the chosen path, and finally lays his h îrt befOKt a quiet maiden who haa rea^)' " 1 sec a man : ' " J I So not see his ehabbv draa X see bint in his msallnen; I see bis ax, I see his iwade, I see a man that Ood has mi If rack a nttn before yea st Give him your heart, give h „ And thank yout Maker for such a&en: They make this eld earth yoaag scsla." The begianiug ol their wedded Hfe ia devoid of much ef the splendor that at­ tended the ether pair, but to them there is no rude awakening to misery and woe. Thar affection having never been trifled mwBye but reserved, eaoh for (be other, fixoves a constant joj and ever prsaent delight. ThbriIb a bachelor in Ipswich, Mass., 85 years of age, who has worn the same hat for over sixty years. He has never used anything but peat for fires, and he barns tallow dips for light. , ̂ ' I ""'L'-- "* ^ xl, Vegetablo or idinetak _ A phytiician writing to a journal of medicine, not long ago,, proclaimed against the me of mineral |k>i.soiih in curing ducaoctH, on the ground that in ninety-nine cases out of a hun­ dred more mischierthan benefit was the re­ sult In hie practice he diapensed entirely with the use of mereoiy, etc., and attributed hia success mostly to his prescribing vegetable and herb medicines only. In tbe face of these facts, every invalid should take warning. Tone up the system aad give strength to the various organs of hfe by using eueh a remedy as Dr. Onysott's Yellow Dock and Barsaparilla. Its soothing and refreshing influence will drive away all physical and mental dktress. It is es­ pecially strengthening to tha orinary and di­ gestive organs. A single bottle will prove its merit It is very pleasant to take. Ifce Sale ef LmftU*nH Worka. The sale of various works of his from 1839 to 1887 amount̂ to 325,550 volumes. From 1887 to iML tilers wert sold 194,000copies ef his ooOeeted work*, in four different editions. In 1881'more than 48,000 eopiee of hia woarks were sold, sod in the same yesar 16,009 copies of the "Birthday Bo^c," edifted^by Miss Bates. It ia estimated that in Great Bri tain and Ireland net lese tiian 90,000 copies of hia books tea said annnafiy, this bemg far mors than df any other living poet; while In Canada his books find a greater sale than those of any other four living poets combined. ClesMmtuX fflnMHtyasI Uvwr Coaaplniwa . B.V. Pumcn, )U>., Bafllalcv N Y.; J)mrSk*~- My wife has bssn taUngyoor MOoaan)Badfaal Discovery" wd "Pdlets," for her ttvaratfd geiwal debility, and has fonnd ttiam to begoed medkinea and wonid recommend them" to aU anffarers fern Liver Oomplaint, Sour Stomach Mid Oeneral Debility. Touts fraternally, N. E. Hamkw, Pastor M. E. Oiurdi, JElsab.in. Ak Austin young man was seen easing lucr> ricdly out of a business honae, wtiieh he had enteesd to soiiots imployment as a salesman. "Didthe boss engage yon as a salesman7" " No; he wanted me to travel," was the am­ biguous reply.--Austin Sifting*. You.no, iniddle-sged nr old mSL ftxnn nervous debility or kindred affections should address, with two stamps for large treatise, Woau»*s Dtsnmsaar Ukdicai, Abso- ciatios, Bolfaio, N. Y. Two wEUi-oaxasKD ladies were examining a s statue of Ajtidromoda, labeled "Executed in terraootta." Says one: "Where is that?" "I am anre I don't know,1* replied th# other, "bat I pity the poor girl wherever it was." < A(«d Gratitude FLINT, Mich., Jnas SSL 188L . H. E Vukeb & Co: Sir*--I am 72 yeara old, snd havo not. been so well in 26 yeara aa 1 am to-day, thanks to your Safe Kidney and Liver Cum, tbe best remedy tu the world. lawn* Wilokb, "WHAT pretty children, and how much they look alike," says (X, during his first visit at a friend's house. "They are twins," his friend explains. "What, both of 'em?* eielstma C>, not I greatly interested. Ir Catarrh snifererers wish to bo convinced that Catarrh otm be cured, we advise thrni to write Dr. O. R, Sykes, 169 Madison street. Chi­ sago, and ask for testimonials of cores, us has soy number of them and they are reliable. "Sax's a small woman," said a youth of hia mother, " but when she hauls off her slipper and save, "Sam'L come here thkminit,' we bo; Just as though iys go jnst aa thongh she weighed 400 pounds." tent name and address te Oragin 4 Oa* Philadelphia, Pa., for oodk book freo. Dear friend, I'm glad that you can frig' ' Such eostMy o'er your soul steal; ;' J V'Whacked site yon with toe or heel ? --Jfortii American ManufOotwtr. Kidney-Wort always retievas sadl eureethe worst cases of piles and constipation. A bkhbationaij report is ealled a osaard, be* one canwrdly balieve it •n IMity Bats* Trtal. The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshal], Uioh., wOl send tb«Lr £lectro-Voltatc Belts ana other Kleo- complate restoration of vigor snd manhood. Aadreea as above without delay. , N.£,r-$e risk ia iaeawej, ae thirty days' trial ia alkmed. * ;;: • • s> - • ' • • ' e •' *• BttdkapaUte .̂ ' Quick, comf lete rare, all aiua^Sî 'Kutfiey, Bladder and Urinary Diseases, f 1. Dnu- gista. Send for iwmphkt to K & Wuxs, Jersey City, N. J. #OMKS a BLAIH, ATT'YH a CoDNh AT l*W,l , Uouu ̂«• snti T, Mi.IK B wk, Kuurih St.. V Dm Mdwo, t««i, AUfc. &, ISBu. ) To tbe lloiitiui. Vuit Eor t*i« i »m six ytar* I. have sufftif d irom malarial tromhlrs and inactivity of the hbtrt csusutg indî vrtiou aud hoadactMi iuo i >.l uie time, and at tinie.i coutmulng for fifteen or twenty (lays without relief. I have tab* n the nwyluviKK ktiowu. I was rmmmmideii to turn your J'ads. I did so aud found absolute rcl'uf, and am frank to say I regard it as a pomtiw cure. I now wear one all the time and wtmltl not do without it. I write this because 1 feel this is due you, t/wiv heinq no longer any qeas- ttoa in my mind an to theur merit. Yours truly, W. X. Joxn. «f Allkl fr«®. C A.BEE0 *8MB' TBUSJ5 TRM-Mmr- L >: . ELASTIOTRFS0 Bm »P*4 SNMut bssbS P"***8 ' * * • SiIMIIHM! IISMtir.t' rrty Ij,y _ • ^-le i.r.rthMp.'tfvM'Irt Efi8ie-'-3 GfteaaM An KnalfshV bavMioK te fal ttle Pow aad 0*1 mraUtat . lv pureatu will mak«t bens fh*r<i, XM»o, one r or* jou.\soNaoa Bvxby Homx should contain Eilert's Extract ef Tar and Wndth.rry. Tu-s elettrated remedy will snr«lycure Cokls, Coughs, Cronp, C.ttsrrli, Consumptiofi and ail Bruuc ial conipisiuts. Common Colds negltcied, au- the cause of one* halt the d atba. Dou't w.iii for b cud hm to come, but lliia day take home a tv>tiie t>r Eilo. i'n Ex­ tract of Tar and Wiid Cbtriy, 'or it may mmvo th« life of a loved one, when detay wonki be death. Sold bv all Drucru'rta Aw Edinburgh Kolicitor was once visitedjby an eldoriy, respectable-looking mannrho atatisa he bad oome to have hia will draifB np. Seeing the prospect ef a good client, the solicitor de- -- --- - --i-.-- voted much time in drawing up tbe instrument, noed oases of Brigbt̂ a du- , |E winich property, ahares and funds to aconaid- thom much worae than those arftt)Se amount were aaaigned to oertain rola- tivM, When tho client had paid many visits, and was at length pleased with the wording of the will, the aobcitor saked wheiw the property, etc., was invested. The client replied, " Oh, 1 haven't any! I only want my relatives to see after I'm dead what 1 would have done for tham had I been able." earn, many above described, and most of whom had been given up by prominent physicians, who have seen completely cured. The means nned to ac­ complish this end has been Warner's Bafe Kidney and Liver Cure, manufactured in Bocheeter, N. Y., a remedy that has won its way into the confidence m the pablio solely upon the remarkable meats It poesessee. As a result, it is more widely used and thoroughly praised than any aiedieine whioh haa ever been before the American public. Indeed there ia not a drug store is the entire land where it cannot be found. Although Bright's disease ia ee eemmon in Wbm dygpapals, lndteee#e& tl«pmile)aofqiir- ite snd genaisl debiBfy, in their various faons; also as s prsvenBvs against fever aad ages sad «^her Intermittent tavera, tho M Var*o-Pfaosphor- aiwi ElixirefCahaaya," madefy OasweO,Has- am A Co., New Tool sad sold ayeD druggietî is the best tonic; sad for patients nooveriaf bom fever or ethar ateknaaa It has m eqasL Ukolk Sam's CONDITION I owbdr preveuta di*««s<, pni tiiu b<<» u. niipr the i ppw tite, K'ves a fui.xitii kiiti gios-y coat of i »ir and kt epn the animal m ^hhI cond tion. It curea DiSitmpt>r. Coughs, t!ol«i.-. F««mh sad nii«-t ol the diseuses to wliich Hoisea, Cattie. Htioep, a.id Poultry aru robject and sbontd he used by ererv one owniug or having the care of stock. Sold by ail Druggists. Tac U. 8. Government are bets of The Improved Howe Bollock & Co., Agents, Chsoago, 111. Tar the new baaad, Spring Tobacoo. are net able to reoognise Bright's disease, | it is only natural that u tbe country, where ' there are few physiaiana of any kuid, and those few ao uuaoquaiatod with the dteoase as to call { it byaome other name, it ahouid rage terribly ana yet unknown to the ones who are suffering can look back A wrote man, signing hftnoflf J, t* JK» writes as follows: "Sis months ago I felt all broke up, I was rery nervoua. Toe least ex­ citement caused my heart to thump like an en­ gine, at other times it seamed to cease besting altogether. I also had the dyspepsia bad, and ' was verv restless, and had disturbing My whole system sctuied out of fix, and piuipies aad sores troubled me greatly. I was adviwd by a druggist to try Dr. Quysott's Yellow Dook and Sarsapanlla. It has restored me te perfect health," D.r BULL'S COUGH • l *">> X pnmovatuxd mt and Could liot UM •isiplest «nd ami " gowns and powdered wigs. A Preventive for Kny-Fever. A few years ago Prof. _ Helmholtz, the eminent German pbysicisn, published an raeeciist of & rem^y which he found for true hay-fever. This was simply to apply to the lining of the nose a solution of the sulphate of quinine by means of a small pipette, or pointed glass tube, while lying with the chin held in the air. Siuoe then a preventive has been discovered by Dr. Blakely, and inde­ pendently by Mr. Ha&nay, of Cove Cas­ tle, Lochhong, N. B. This consists in preventing the hay-pollen entering the by It-with # sjjKUltfrAlifki claims filed after thit time, and SS1,921 616 for Mexican War pensions, to begin in 1888, he gives a totel of $1,847,651,- 593. Omitting the hundreds, the yearly appropriations are given as follows: ....162,185,e0» 70,765,000 79.315,00© 33,F«4a,000 89,«5e,000 88,702,000 89,692,000 82,849,000 •1,599,990 88,457,000 S5.44S.000 52^094.000 49.S44.000 847^21,000 1881.. .. 44.714JW0 1882.. 43^15,000 40,019,000 189S-. 37,820,000 1899. 35.714,000 1886.. S.%697,000 M0I._. 8J ,7(14,000 29,910,000 1K89.... 190S-.. 28,130,000 1904-.. 28,436,000 JSII ,730,000 24,439,000 1906.. 1SW-- Hn who throws out dWM Ml MMfMltd. ..J!* unknown to the ones who are auffi with it. Thousands of people can look snd recall tho death ef friends from what was ! Supposed to be aotne oomnaon complaint, when j tt was really Bright's disease, ahb ko ens rat.w ; rr. Tbe terrible pleoro-pneumonla. which has been eo dreaded, lensaally tbe result ef uremic er Iddney poison. Lung lever can be tnecd to ' a similar aouroe. Moot osaoa of paralysis arise ; froaa tha aame tU&eotty as well as innnmerabto j imam, lung, throat, head and towol troubles, i ik vast number of ladies have suffered i and died' from complaints sommea te tlcir seat oaBed, perh^M, general debility, when, cook) the real oanse hare toen knowa, tt would have keen fonnd to be Bright a ditfMML aMfflMaduw annfhrr mm 1m m a r k e d a a d O M M w h i c h h i v o been above deeoribed era the experienoea jf many prominsot people who wen as low as any of the persons msntionod, but whe were re- markabty restored to former health aad vigor S- this seme reoaody. Among thia number are e following rromlnoiji names: OoL John C. Wfattoer, AUatua, Oa.«m F. Larrbbee, Boatoa Wak; Gen. a A. Bookman, Phillipsbnrg. N. J.; Itsv. D. D. Bock, D. P., Genm, IL I.t Dr. F. A. KoManusTlleltimorB. Md.; M«a thews, fVHtHmA, Nloh.t a W. Eastwood, New Tortt; Dr. A. A. Ramsay, Albia, lowai <Bm«- oeliora H. Sms, D. D.s Syracnoe, N. Y.s Dr. & P. Jones, Marinette, Wis.; T. 8. Inmham, ^ f l S m M T l l U £ * > J 3 C s r & B s i ^ ^ s w s N a i r i s e U a . Ix one of the eorridors of the alleged palace •f Justioe. an old advocate sees a young and aliped learned brother atadistanoe guticnlating nervously and talking to hioMelr. " That man must be aa crazy as a loon--a lunatic, I should say," he remarked to a companion. " Why so V ' *' Can't you under­ stand? Bir, a lawver who talks to himself is as bad as a eoBfectio.w that eats bis ewn candy." " Whkk I was once in danger from a tiger," said an old East India veteran, "I tried sitting down and staring xthim, as I had no weapon." •'How did it won?M Ssked a bystander. "Per­ fectly ; tbe tiger didnH evtm offer to touch me.M " Strange! very strange! How did yon ao- I eonnt for it ? " " Well, Bomo times. I've thought ! that it w&s because 1 sat down on a high branch >6 to 120 gaa.'s '̂Sir reSa*B: tobsBoOsr. Willi H. A. PITTS* SOflS (nVtOO. r faaati. Jsilisuiit. ELZSKESSi a k. u. xxrmss WkiTiHu to advkki *v el«aee «ar roe taw the a4m Mas. Coddle went down to the kitchen, to aee if everything was going on right. " Where k Bridget? " she asked ef Annie, the up-etairs girl. "Gone oat, mam." "Wail, I declare; tho fire is gone out, to61" exclaimed Mm. Cod­ dle. " Yet; miisii,'* smd Annie; M it went out a few minutes after Bridget dtd.'"1--PMiadeiphia Sunday Item. THE name and fame of Dr. BulTa Cough | Syrup are known throughout the land and ev­ erywhere it is relied upon ss Ae speetfie for *« JT, ̂t -y V% Tmux * Co* Angpata, 1U oBtatfiM.