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Jt ' . ^ , J* ' *VNH'?^T ^ -tr" '* ' , JY** ^V-^.TAFWVW. » -"»" 'T^R1 * JR4#"* ^T^T"HT;7 , ̂ ^F^I^YYIWUI'IKSRIT;1 •» * ^*rr°r"i m Hi w - * - • • OH A NAUGHTY BOY gLEEFDN BT BRET HABTZ. now I miaeed from hall u4 A joyful treble t hat had grown MA* dear to me as that (rave tons, J|hat telle the world my older cam Sjn'l little footstep* on the floor Weres'ayed. 1 laid aoide my MB. »' .jkFor (tot my theme, and listened--then »: . Stole softly to the library door. ' ' ; J|o aien! no mrand! a moment's Creak "Of fancy thrilled my pulsea ttmraghf '^f-no"--and yet that fane/ drew A father's blood from heart to cheek. n^nd then J found him--there be lay, _-- ?»:: prfced by sleep, csssht {» ?b« act, "••••"T ' The rosy vand 1 who bad sacked Bis little town, and thought it. play. She shattered vase: the broken jar; A match "till smouldering on the floor; •JThe Inkstand's put Die pool of gore Whe chessmen scattered near and far. • ilrcwn leave# ff albums lightly pressed j The wldked "Baby of the Woods;" ^In fact of half the household soods . , :||his son acd heir was seized--possessed. /•";Dfet all in vain, for sleep had caught The hand that reached, the feet that stayed. And fallen in that ambuscade; The victor was himself o'erwroagfat. What t hough torn leaves and tattered book » Still testified his deep disgraoel 1 stopped and kissed the inky faoe, with its demure and calm ontlook. , Then back I stole, and half beeulled My guilt. In trust that when my sleep Should oome, there might be one wha'd keep An equal mercy for His child. TIE TALE OF AW UMBRELLA. ' "Can that be Annie Shepherd ?" The speaker half rose to hia feet and looked eagerly out of the window. The expression that nettled upon his face left no doubt that it was Miss Shep­ herd. "She has less common sense than an; woman I ever knew," he said with im­ patience. The day was quite unfit for action, though eminently favorable for reverie and reflection. So all people of regula­ ted habits would agree, but Miss Shep­ herd had seen fit to transpose the very evident intention of the weather mana­ gers, and had iliosen to act rather than dawdle and dream. And Mr. Manches­ ter, who was more orthodox, and who had done nothing all day but build air- castles, had denounced her accordingly. Such-a rain as it was! Nowhere can more triumphant deluges come out of high skies than in the Traverse region. The bucketsful that were poured into great swashing sheets, came from such an altitude that one's breath was fair­ ly dashed out of one's body if caught la a snc!den gust round a corner. Summering! Pleasuring! And here at Harbor Springs it was cold as Sibe­ ria. A north wind that had come over all the ice of the poles had met a tre­ mendous thunder-gust from the equa­ tor, and the two together were having it out. And, of course, as a part of an idle man's luck, this contest must occur on the very <lay ho had set to take Miss Shepherd with him to a romantic 4ell he had discovered somewhere in tile neighborhood. "Is it possible?" he exclaimed again, as he worried ubout his chair, evidently too much nettled with disgust to be able to keep still. Now. Mr. Manchester had been hard hit. He, a typical Cliicagoan--blonde, of course, rotund, mediumly bold, not very young--had been so well greaved, so armed cap-a-pie, as it were, that the hit had literally stunned him, and every­ body else, with surprise. A well-delivered blow it must have been, sent by a cool hand and practical eye. Wuether it was heel or heart that was struck, time alone could show; if the former, probably, like Achilles, he would die of it; if the latter, the dan­ ger was not appreciable. Seated in the comfortable hotel office, he had «'one nothing all this day bnt watch through the streaming windows the pelted and drenched street. The bulk of the tourist guests had gone on a steamer excursion to Mackinaw the rlit before. le had heen invited to join this party fa tlu- inland, but after the adroit dis­ covery that Anne Shepherd had de­ clined going, he also had declined. His reasons for BO doing were patent to «Verv one but himself. Then had followed that little episode - of his invitation to her to join him in a walk next day. This-had been hastily whispered in the hall on parting at " night, nnd accepted with a nod and a •mile. It was to bo a wood near by, where a free, clear spring gushed and roared down u black-earthed declivitv. It was one of the dampest, mossiest epnts in the whole region. He had once found a bear's fresh track on the moss, and had christened it therefore "Board . ' • pt Trade Glen." But the rain had put a provoking stop to this jilan. And Miss Shepherd had capped the peak of his disgust by pleading "he.idaclie" as a reason for keeping ont of sight all day, he having ealled very early in the forenoon. Yet there she went, or his eyes had lost tlioir cunning. It is true there was a lull in the rain, bnt none in the wind. And with a headache, what could tempt her out? Too ill to see him, and yet well enough to brave this tempest. She went down the steps, clad in a gossamer, and with her umbrella up -- an umbrella big enough for two. She must huve had the limbs of an Atalan- ta to move with such equable grace and strength, for the wind tried its wicked­ est to puff out that ugly, ulster-shaped thing, and to make lier fine, slender outline look fat. He caught a glimpse of a grod, »tout boot, seeming tell the daintier for its stoutness. And watch­ ing and mentally taking in all the fine points kept up a scattering lire of ejaculation: " She'll get her death- cold." " Was tlu re ever such an un­ reasonable, nnprognosticable creature ^ as she ?" She disappeared, fluttering like a loose->ailed pirate-craft round the cor- ner. „ He knew just about her course when he saw her turn to the right and bend herself to meet the blast, which was di­ rectly in her face. He rallied his senses as he lost sight • of her. Bang into his chair went the book he had not even pretended to read; up the stairs, two steps at a time, he sprang, and presently returned arrayed in his Edinbnrg great-coat, and leisurely pulling a newly lighted cigar. A good observer would have noted an {|Our before that the weather was likely clear. There was a pale, yellow streak in the north, and a tendency to lift and take flight on the part of the clouds. These signs were at the bot­ tom o* Miss Shepherd's venture, but Mr. Manchester's perceptions had been too long dulled by his native smokos for him to have detected the immense change. Consequently he was greatly aston­ ished when, upon stepping along the veranda and spreading his umbrella, he fonnd the rain had entirely ceased. As his friends well knew, foremost among the things he hated--there was a long list of foremosts-- was an um­ brella. So finding that he did not need one, he recklessly set it down in the rack in the halt and sauntered in­ differently out He did not directly follow Miss Shepherd's route, but struck off into a street that was sure to intercept her. After much readjusting of hat and coat, he finally settled down to genuine hard work in meeting and resisting the wind. It was a gusty gale. It smelled of the white caps that were tearing along the shore, and of the Norway pines, black with wet but unrumpled, that vlvvhsd the land. He gave up h>s cigar at once as im­ practicable, and flung it away. He was in sight of his wil-'o-the-wisp, for she, not offering as great a bulk of resist­ ance a& himself, had not got on famously against the opposing forpe. She had shut up her umbrella, but as she oould not keep her gossamer within any decorous limits, she looked very much like a pedestrian balloon, and Manchester langhed to himself at the way the elements dared to trifle with her grace. A little refrain burst out in his head: I should call her--I should name )ier. Hamadryad of the--Caoutchouc! It was inglorious as to rhyme or measure, but utilitarian as to quality, as V.efilted a commercial man. Now lie put forth his muscle. He left off walking--he strode. She was flapping along the beach in advance with a streaming blue vail out for a pen­ non. But she did keep her feet admir­ ably. Diana couldn't have done better if she had been forced into petticoats. Still he gained upon her sensibly. He found superabundant zest in some­ thing. Ozone? Lung expansion? Or was it the tantalizing, never-twice-akke woman who eluded while she led--the woman with "less common sense.than ! any he had ever known?" Zest there wa?, at any rate, that bronght a ruddy color to his faoe and cleared away the discontent of the morning from his spirits. He had quite overtaken her before she knew of the pursuit. ' "Let me cany that umbrella," he said, without preface. "If you please -- it holds several pounds of water, and I am tired of it." "I did not start till the rain was over"--an accent of self-righteous com­ placence on the personal pronoun. "I was out just in time for the final dash," and she delivered over to him her water soaked burden. He shook it out, refolded it, twisted it into as close compass as possible, buttoned it, and then used it as a cane. "Is this the way to the Board of Trade Glen ?" she asked, with mischiev­ ous glance. "Quite the opposite--entirely oppo­ site. But--shall we go there?" halting and half eager to carry out his first pnrpose. "Oh, no. I think I prefer the open beach. It would be like a stroll under a street-sprinkler to walk in the woods now." "How is the headache. Miss Shep­ herd ?" moving along gravely after this rebuff. A sudden expression swept over her face that looked to him like guilt. He directly felt a suspicion, half angry, half he'pless, that he had been put off all day from seeing her by a mere hackneyed plea--a sort of feminine pro­ fessional escape. Before she could answer, he added: "Oh, it has served its purpose, proba­ cy. and died, like any other ephemera." To have him crabbed usually amused Miss Shepherd; to have him ironical froze her into indifference; but this di­ rect assumption that she had been sham­ ming gave her an unwonted sense of pain. The truth was, she had waked in the morning with the headache, and sent him a message to that effect when he had desired to see her at an unreasona­ bly early hour. But it had passed off, and she had quite forgotten that it had ever lieen. "Do you think that a headache is a part of my stock in trade ?" she asked, with a high color. "Oli. no! forgive me; of course I don't. If I did think that, it would be to class you with all other women in that par­ ticular. And in no particular are you like any other woman." That was making amends with a ven­ geance. Silence followed the speech. "Isn't this too much effort for you, Miss Shepherd--this battle with "the wind ?" after a pause. "Oh, no; I like it." "But if you were to take my arm I am sure it would steady you until we get in the lee of that wood; then it will be very much easier." "I do very well alone, thank you." "H'm-m T" "Is this a favorite promenade, Miss Shepherd ? I should think it might be fine exercise to walk here when the sand is deep and dry. It must come over one's shoe-tops, and is as unstable as--woman's temper." "Is that your strongest simile, Mr. Manchester?" "I do not think of anything at pres­ ent that would strengthen it." "I do walk here frequently. Now and then I meet a stray Indian woman. You have noticed the grace of these squaws ? It comes from their prefer­ ence for the sand as a promenade. But they generally carry a basket of fish or a papoose on their shoulders, to ef­ fect a proper balance." "They are hideous. They don't walk --they plough." "Try the beach some day yourself, . Manchester, and see how easy it is be graceful." ' "It is easy now, at least," he said, significantly glancing at her, really brimming over with compliment, and anxious to get below the tart crust of her mood, into the lurking places of her sweetest humor. She ignored him. She haltad now, tracing the faint ridges in the sand, where each outgo­ ing wave left the record of its journey. "They are all aspiring." she said; "bnt one washes out the trace of the other with just as little mercy as men show to th©> wave of their fellowmen." "If the shore lines were always the same, this fresh, buoyant lake would be a stagnant pool. We should all die of it Better the stirring and rubbing out than the standing still. Aren't the new wave-marks as graceful as the old 2^ "Perhaps." This half-satirical Bparring was one of their customs. She seemed special­ ly to delight in it. He was always glancing off into personalities--her per­ sonality--but she liked to reflect, and to say perverse things. Just then a longer-reaching swash came boldly up and crawled all about her feet. Thanks to the stout boot, she got away with little wetting. But Man­ chester was distressed. "Your feet are wot. Miss Shepherd." "On the outside--yes." "Be reasonable. The water must have crept inside, I am sure; and it is a risk." "1 get them very wet every day. x noT&r suffer from it" "I have a suspicion that, in order to keep you out of the water, one would have to oommand you to go into it. I am sure you would go dry-shod all your life if some one sould plead with you to wade." Oh, how she tantalized and Yexed him. "Beally," in a half-injured tone, "they are thoroughly dry. I run no risk." Manchester deliberated before he made any further advance. Then, lift­ ing up the umbrella, and scanning it its entire length, he said, with some exas­ peration : "How does it happen that for merely one asking I am in possession of this article? I should suppose that becanso I wanted to carry it I couldn't have had it on any terms." "Oh, that is easily explained. You did not want to carry it--it was merely a stress of politeness that impelled you to ask to do it If you had really craved the pleasure, of course yon couldn't have had it." "I hate an umbrella!" he answered with vehemence. "You can have it back, Miss Shepherd. It will serve as support instead of my arm." j "I get on very well without either," j she replied. No sooner was this uttered than a sudden whim on the part of the storm sent the rain pouring down upon them. It was a retiring salaam---an evasive au revoir. There was a moment's grim satisfac­ tion to Manchester in seeing the water dash into her defenseless face. He would have felt thoroughly justified in leaving her to get the full force of it as long as it should last. But pity and tenderness very quickly succeeded. With great difficulty he opened tho umbrella, took her hand with firmness, duew it closely within his arms, and sheltered her as best he could. A group of dwarf pities was near, a little back from the beach in the sand. He drew her toward them, and they proved an excellent barrier against the storm. It was comparatively calm there, but she was forced to stand very close to liim, so as to avoid the deluge. He looked down into her glowing face. It did not seem at all to him as if either of them lacked good sense in being there. It was delightful, blissful. "Would you have been as generous to me," he said, bending down to her, "if you had had the umbrella, and I had been trying by every means to pick a quarrel with yon ?" "Quarrel ?" , • She lifted her eyes in surprised ques­ tion, a moment, but dropped them at once with a vivid blush. She met some­ thing in his, which Were at too close range to be evaded, that made her heart beat terribly. t But she rallied. "I never quarrel. It is you who dis­ tract me always; and because I am not docile, vou " "I? -- " "Yes. You * "Yes, I--love you, Annie." There was no escape, no room what­ ever for coquetry. To turn to the one side was to be drenched, to turn to the other was to be almost within his arms. She was at a tremendous disadvan­ tage. She wanted to laugh, but, instead, a Httle tremor went av^r her chin, and she began to cry. How lie comforted her, how he soothed her, let the umbrella tell, for it shut them away from all observers until her self-control was quite restored. When he lifted it again to take a peep at the prospect without she was smiling. "Rival showers," he said, with a spark of malice. The spark kindled no resentment. She would not seem to hear. "Do volt hate this umbrella ?" was her adroit question to turn the subject. Obscuration again caused by tho um­ brella's sinking once morei over their heads. Standing in the rain for a length of time may have many romantic elements in it, but can never be wholly without anxiety or discomfort. Manchester liked one feature of it--the proximity But how kindly the umbrella had lent itself to their purpose, it had failed to keep them dry. So they started homeward, arm in arm, as they had not come. He was tender, she compliant "How much sweeter a woman is who has been vanquished, than oue born tractable," thought the visitor. The wind was now at their backs, and helped to speed them along. It must have had a sense of the ludicrous about it, too, for it suddenly got under the umbrella, and almost carried it out of Manchester's hands. The handle would stay with him, but the top would not It made a complete revolution of itself- in other words --turned the wrong side out. Miss Shepherd was forced to relax her grip on her lover's arm; his ener­ gies were centered elsewhere. In one momeat more the fatal "yes" would have been spoken; but fate interposed a hiatus, an fate is apt to do. Manchester had a great deal of obsti­ nacy that was wont to come to the front in emergencies. Neither his attitude nor gait was at the present moment dignified, but he manifested a determin­ ation not to I e conquered by an inani­ mate thing lie had so often reviled. He. was in a fine chase after it. when his hat caught the contagion, and went flying off his head in advance. Then disgust overcame him. He gave the umbrella a gay toss, and, bare­ headed, returned to Annie. She was laughing very merrily. "I can live without them," lie said, taking her hand and drawing it through his arm; "but I cannot live wifhout you. Give me your answer, Annie." "Ah, but look at yourself! You run great risks in being so uncovered!"-- with the same accent of concern that he had used about her shoes. "No matter. Tell me!" He was irresistible. "Yes. yea, then; but do save my um­ brella!" He gave her a broad-day light kiss,and then went after the recreunt article, while she did the same for his hat. They were a very contented twain when at length they reached their hotel, neither of them seemingly the worse for the weather. Manchester found in accordance with the universal law, that his umbrella had been abstracted during his absence from tho hall where he left it. His was n nice silk one, slim as a cane, imported, while this one he held in his hand was meant for bucolic uses only. "Never mind," he said, as they parted at the foot of the stairs, "one umbrel*a will hereafter do for both."--Boston Times. AH ARMY EXPERIENCE. THE motto of the Chinese race is "No chin, ohm." It is a good motto for any one. IN Japan letters are sent all over the realm for seven-tenths of a cent. How an Old Veteran Escaped Annlhilatioa and Llvad to Impart a Warning to Otk. era. FNatlonal Tribune of Washington.} ** A pleasing ocourrenoe which has just come to our notloe in connection with the New York State meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic is so unusual In many respects that wo venture to reproduce It for the bene­ fit of our readers. Capt. Alfred Keusom, of New York, while pacing In the lobbjr of the armory, previous to one of the meetings, suddenly stopped and sctiiiu-'u iiie face of a gentleman who was in earnest conversation with one of the tirand Army officers. It seemed to him that he had seen that faoe before, partially obscured by the smoke of battle, and yet his bright and pleasant countenance could not bo th« same pale and death-like vkajre whkh he so dimly remembered. But the recollec­ tion, like llanquo'R ghost, would not "down ' at command, and haunted him the entire day. On thg 4ay following he again saw the same uountenaace, and ventured to speak t > its owner. The instant the two veterans heard each other s voice#, that instant they recognized and called each other by name. Their faces and lorms had changed, but their voices were the same. The man whom Capt. Rcnsom had recognized was W. K. Sage, of St. Johns, Mich., a veteran of the Twenty- third New York Light Artillery, and both members of Burnside s famous expedition t> North Carolina. After the first greetings were over, Capt. Hensom said: "It hardly teems possible. Sage, to see you in this condit on, for I thought you must have been dead long ago." "Yes, I do not doubt it, for If I am not mis­ taken, when wo last met I was occupying a couch in the hospital, a victim of 'Yellow Jack' In its worst iorra." 'I remember. Tae war seems to have caused more misery since its close than when It was in progress," repl ed the Captain. " I meet o!d comrades frequently who are suffer­ ing terribly, not go much from old wounds as from the malarial poisons which ruined their constitutions." "1 think so myself. When thewarclore l I returned home, and at tim.s I would reel Well, but every few weeks that confounded 'all-gone' feeling would come upon me again. My nervcus systen>, which was shat­ tered In the service, failed me entirely, an:! produced one of the worst possible cares of nervous dyspepsia. Most of the time 1 hud no apietite; then again I would become ravenoui-ly hungry, but ihe iniuute I sat down to eat 1 loathed lood. Mv skin was dry and parched, my flesh loose and Pabby. I could hold nothing on my stomach for days at a time, and what little I d d eat failed to assimilate. I was easily fatigued, and ray miiul was depressed; 1 was cross and irritable, and many a night my hi art would pain me so I oould not sleep, and when 1 did I had horrid dreams and irigUtful nightmares. Of course, these things came on one by one, each worse than the other. My breath was foul, my tongue was coaled, my teeth decayed. I had tcrrltic headaches which would leave my nervous system completely shattered. In lact. my existence, since the war, has been a living de:ith, from which I have often prayed for rele:ise." "Couldn't the old surgeon do you any gOOdr" " 1 wrote him and he treated me, but, like every oilier doctor, failed. Ihey all said my nerve was gone, and without, that to build upon I could not get well. When I was at my worst, piles of tho severest nature came uj on me. Then my liver gave out, and without the use of cathartics I oould not move my bowe's at all. My blood got like a stream of fire and seemed literally to burn me alive." "Well, you ml^-ht belter have died In battle, quick and without ceremony." "How many times 1 have wished I had died the day we eai turrd jJewlierne:" "And yet you are now the picture of health." "And the picture Is taken from life. I am In i erfect condition., My nerve tone is re­ stored : my stomach reinvigorated; my flesh is hard and healthy; in lact, 1 have new blood, new energy, and a new lease of life wholly as ihe result of using Warner's Tip­ pecanoe. This remarkable preparation, which I consider the finest tonic and stomach re­ storer in the world, has overcome all the evil Influences of malaria, all the poison of the army, all traces of dyspepsia, all mat-assim­ ilation of food, and indeed made a new man of me." The Captain remained silent for a while, evidently musing over his recollections of the past. When he again raised his head he 6aid: "It would be a godsend If all the veterans who have suffered so intensely aud also all others in the land who are enduring so much misery could know of your experience, Sage, and the way toy whMk you have been re­ stored." And that is why the above conversation is (•counted. Kauri Forests of New Zealand. But the Kauri forests are a thing al­ together apart; and, alas! indeed of these also we must say that they are rapidly diminishing before the ax of the lumberer. The kauri is the pine tree of New Zealand, the sole repre­ sentative of the coniferous family, and a very qoble representative it is, though by no means answering to our ordinary notions of pine trees, inasmuch as its foliage consists of leaves instead of needles; but it is tall and straight as a mast, and a very majestic mast, for these stately trees range from fifteen to fifty feet in girth, and attain a height of from a hundred to two hundred feet ere they commence throwing out the branches which form tlioir crown of somber green. The trees stand close together, forming endless groups and clusters, and long aisles of tall, dark pillars, like marble columns in some wondrous cathedral of giants. For the bark of the kauri is smooth and very dark, and the only relief to the sol- enmity of these forests is the carpet of luxuriant ferns and the delicate creep­ ing ferns which twine lovingly around the stately stems of the unbending f lines, and lend them a touch of fairy-ike life, more especially when a ray of mellow sunlight, gilding their dainty fronds, seems to shine with magic beauty through the dim twilight which prevails even at noon beneath the kauri shade. • THE St. Louis (Mo.) Post-Dispatch says that Mrs. Phoebe Rice, 1208 Madison street, a sister of Hon. H. Clay Sexton, Chief, St; Louis Fire Department, ho<l been a sufferer from inflammatory rheumatism for seven years; the muscles of her hands and limbs were contracted and she used crutches. By a single application of St. Jacobs Oil she was benefited instantaneously, and fiually completely cured. Solving the Difficulty. "Will you give me 10 cents lor a drink ?" asked a tramp. "Your frankness is so refreshing," replied the gentleman, "that I would be glad to accommodate you, but, unfortu­ nately, I have nothing less than a quarter." "R'm, that is rather embarrassing. Yon wouldn't care to give me the quar­ ter, I suppose ?" "Hardly. In fact I have only a quarter in my pocket, and I shall prob­ ably want a drink myself before dinner." "I see," replied the tramp, "the situ­ ation is decidedly complicated. Allow me to think for a moment. Ah, I have it. Just give me the quarter, and we will take a little nip together at my ex­ pense."--Philadelphia Call. A Source of Chronic Misery. Weak nerves is a source of chronic misery- Slight noises jar them terribly, the most trivial causes produce acute mental discomfort, the slightest excitement prevents sleep, an unac­ customed flavor destroys the appetite. That superlative nervine and tonic, Hostetter's Stom­ ach Bitters, changes all this. It promotes di­ gestion and blood nutrition, and a proportionate share of the vinor imparted by it to the entire physical structure is aptwroprlatetl by the nerves. fc>upci*cnslc,iv<jness o the nervt s diminishes as ihev gain in vigor, and as a consequence of this re-norel tranquility, sleep and appetite improve. Dyspepsia, particularly when united with con­ stipation and biliousness is a fruitful cause of nervousness, and the liifcu>rs which removes the flisf, neces ltates, by its regulating and Invigor­ ative Fiction, the disappearance of the latter. Rheumatism, fever und ague and urinary troubles are also obviated by this comprehensive npm Woal Ua figures showing the enormous yearly •ales of Kidney-Wort, demonstrate its value as a medicine beyond dispute. It is a puroly vegetable compound of eertain roots, Ieav.es, and berries known to have special value In Kidney troubles. Combined with these are remedies acting directly on the Liver and Bowels. It Is because of this combined ac­ tion that Kidney-Wort has proved such an un- eQualed remedy in all diseases of these organs. WHAT chasm is that that often separates friendst' San. asm. Hereford's Add Pfcosphat* DRANK WITH SODA WATER is delicious. Aii druggists have it. Itisre- freshlug and cooling. Try it oft*a! THE Germans may not ear* muah tor watermelons, but they always keep' a watch on the tthine.--Tcrrt't Sifting*. No EFFORT has ever been made to adver­ tise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound •-•Utside our own Anerlca; yet frequent calls from other parts of t ie worll show that good news will spread. Packages of this modl. iuo have even keen sent from Lynn, Mass., to Cnina. CANALS can't be free--there ate looks and quays upon 1 hem. WONDER treads the heels of wonder. Sa­ maritan Xcrvinc is guaranteed to cure nervous disorders. THE wrong man in the write plaoe--the in­ efficient clerk. " Samaritan JVervine eared my daughter of fits," said Jno. Murphy, of Albany, ^). It Almost Broke Her (%»' • Old Aunt Sukev, an old Austin ne- gress, was not expected to live. She had besn bedridden for some time, and had suffered a great deal. Rev, Whang- doodle Baxter endeavored to comfort her. "Hab patience, Aunt Sukey, and eberyding will jees come around all right" "You has easy talkin'. What I wants ter know is, what I has done to hab all dis sufferin' put on me. Some ob de meanest folks in Austin dies as easy as a chile, but hit mos' kills me ter^die."-- Texas Si/tings. SOME PLAIN FACTS. Statcacat of a fisatlemaa «f Roche** tor, IV* Y., nwwlag Ibe Power ol Dr. •avid Kmuwirl Favorite Heaiedr (•f HiSiaat, IV. Y.) over Dlaeiuea of the Kidney* and Bladder. So pain which man has to endure surpasses that of gravel. 1 would rather die," exclaim* th« patient, than have sneh attacks very •ftea." It caused the death of Napoleon m. Mr. E. Dewitt Parsons, of 271 nymoath Avenue, Bocheater, N. Y.. recently had a rouiarkable experience with it. He ia a well-knit, line- looking, hearty-appearing gentleman. One day he was prostrated with pain from the small of hia back to the abdomen. For soma time previous his appe­ tite had been fickle, his bowels inactive, and he had felt soTe above his hips. After voiding water he had a severe pain and gnawing wnoatlon. "For some time my disorder mystified me,* he said, "but one day I read of acaae very like my own In a paper. I wrote the person whoae name appeared, and he con­ firmed It fully. From that little incident I discovered I had stone in the bladder and gravel in the kidneys. I was greatly alarmed then, but the disease has lost its terrors to me now. for I am fully recovered--cured by PH. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITK KEMEUV (of Rondout, N.Y.), which I most eer- dially commend to all persons suffering from kidney disorders, pain in back, stone or gravel. Mywifealbo regards it as especially excellent for women. Dr. Kennedy has performed many surgical Operations for stone, when size prevented removal through the nat­ ural channels, and he has never lost a case 1 IT makes every humanitarian sad to see in­ valids feek euch rodiT as is given tUeiu by tin- useof bitters, kidney medicines, and other nostrums. The 11. SI few doses mity make them teel better on account of its stupefying in­ gredients, comb.ned with some strong cath­ artic and diuret.c that are used in its composi­ tion, but they eventually grow worse. The only cure for weakness, nervousness, de­ bility, aches, pains, rheumatism, sores, urinary aud digestive troubles, is to make the btood rich, leJ, and pure, by usin* Dr. Uujsott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilia, a remedy widely indorsed by physicians who huvc examined into its composition und effect. No MATTER how close a horse race may be, the man whb wager.* money on the beaten horse ulwavs loses by for-l'eit. American Art. Photographs, Engravings, etc., can be ex- nuisttely colored with Liquid Art Colors made from Diamond Dyes. Full directions for this beautiful art work, with a handsome colored cabinet photo, tent to any uddress tor 10 cents. WELI.8& KlCHAltDSON (X>., liurlingtoti, Vt» How MANV neck-ties had Job? Re had three miserable comforters; and they were all worsted. A Remarkable Tribute. Sidney Ourchundro, of Pittsburgh, Pa., writes: "I have used Dr. Wm. Hall's Italsam for the Lungs, many years, with the most gratifying results. The relieving Influence of Hall's Ralsam is wonderful. The pain and rack of the body, incidental to a tight cough, soon disappear by the use of a spoonful ac­ cording to directions. My wife frequently sends for Hall's Balsam Instead of a physi­ cian, and health Is speedily restored by its use." A Blood Purifier. As a blood purifier the Compound Oxygen Treatment of Drs, Star key & Palen, 110 .t 01- rurd et., Phila., has no equal. It '• taken by Inhalation, and gives a larger supply of oxygen to the lungs than is contained in common air, and so rapidly purifies the blood and vitall/.es the whole systeoi. Its action is gentle and agreeable, and in^perte^t arrnony with nat­ ural laws. Write lor ifTre itise on Compound Oxygen. It will be sent frec/v A Rough Joke. x It's kind of rough to be troubled with affec­ tion of the scalp, isn't It? " said a sympathetic Pittsburgher. "Yes, was the laconic reply, "dandruff," but Carboline will smooth it out. MK. D G. SrRATTos, of New London, (or.n., who was laid up all winter with sciatic rheu­ matism, was so bad that he could not walk, and he suffered the most excruciating pain. H<* heard of Athlophoros and persuaded him­ self to try it. He took it according to direc­ tions, and iu twenty-four hours was freel'rom p ifn. Price, SI per bottle. If your druggist hasn t it, seud to Athlophoros Co.. 113 Wail street, N. Y. I rori.n spar ely speak; it was almost Im­ possible to breathe through ray nostrils. I'sing Ely's (.'ream Balm a short time I was entirely relieved. My head has not been so clear nor voice so stiong in years. 1 recom­ mend this admirable remedy to all afflicted with Catarrh or Colds in the head.--J. O. TU HK.NOH, Sl oe Merchant, Elizabeth, N. J. (Price 50 cts.) Koit DYSPEPSIA, IKDIOKSTION, depression of spirits, and general debility in their various torms; also, as a prev< ntive against fever and ague, and other intermittent levers, the " Ferro-Pbosphorated Elixir of Calbaya," made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., of New W>rk, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic; and lor patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. PUBLJC speakers and singers use Piso's Cure for hoarseness and weak lungs. Dr. Sanford's Liver Invigorator Is the best and oldest general family medicine In America. riso's Cure for Consumption is not only pleasant to take, but it is sure to cure. "Rough on iiatt" clears out Hats, Mice. 15c. Mother Swan's Worm Syrup, tasteless. 25c. "Kough on Coughs" Troches, 15c; Liquid,50c. WELLS' Mav- Apple (Liver) Pills, 10c. and 25c. 'Hough on Toothache," instant relief. 15c. "Bachu-paiba." Great Kidney and Urinary Cars. $1. "Boasta OB Corns," for Corns, Warts, Bunions. 166. WF.LIX' Health llenewer cures Oyxpepsia, Impotence. "Hough on Dentist " Tooth Powder. 15c. GERMANREMEDt Rheumatism,Ctfeuralaia, Sciatica, Lumbago. Baokachs. Headache. Toothacha, i#reTNr^.»welIlBj».NrMl"»J»r"l»««» Kara*. Nralds. Frost Bile*, AilV ALL OTUBS SUUILV PAMS ASS ACS rS. SsMbv DraulM* and Dulencvcnvliv*. Flay Catii Dlnciisw ia II UD|U|tt. THE CUAIiUCS A. VtMlKUSBCfc Slimifl U A. VOUEUIU * CO I WLTAIM. M*.C.S.A« 611 ADC Novelties or 8otiven:rK «IMrC tor lGr * . ... 10 With lllns. Book .1. SDltilE S <A>., Syracuse. S. ¥. ft c «*s. 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THE LUNG BALSAM IA strictly pare and h armies* to flu person. THE LUNC BALSAM la recommended by Physicians Nurses. THE LUNG BALSAM For Croup is ft safe and sore BeiMdj. try it. ,.;J THE LUNG BALSAM Should be tiMd at the first maniSeatatieee * S Cold or Cough. . , v*; THE LUNG BALSAM Aa an Expectorant has no equal. CAUTION.--Be not deceived. Call for AXX-ISTS LUIIK Balaam, and take no other. Dlm-tioaa accompany each bottle. J. N. HARRIS&CO. Limited, Cincmnat^lk PBOPRIETOR8, W80LD BY ALL MEDICINE I»KALERS.-« ; $65 Y*OK SAI.I; r I OO.ooo acres of laud in Alabama. NEVER FAILS. TO riCAl CDC Write direct to 1 « 1* ££• Importer for samples representing *25.00 l>ox of Hamouiv Trim­ ming. CHAS. M. 1,KWIS, • - - -, Broadway, New York. GOSSAMER GARMENTS FREE! To any reailerof this paper who will atrree to show our (foods and try to influent' ' sales aiuoiii.' triexuls we will a« u.l postpaid two full s.zes I/KIU-H'(iossanwrliublx r Waterproof Garments ns samples, provided you out this out ami return v,ith V4 < ts. to pav c> st. post ici-, Ac. Address VICTOR Hl'HBEIt TO., Boston, Mass. FRAZERmusfi •1ST IN TH1 WORLD. iMlfciiWPfc i IdT* Set tha Oanuina. Bold Kranrwhere. "Tra claim to* •nek for Saxabi» TAX NaBTlNX,1*, Baysaakcptlc. "How can one medicine ba I a specific for Ept* ; lepay* Dyapevate* -- -- Alcoballan, Opium Eating, Rheamatlam. . NITTOU' Weakness and tifty otha* coaplaintif" Wo claim it a aim- ply. because the Tims of all diseases onaca from thoolood. Its Nervine, Resolvent, Alterative end Laxative piopcrUeamcetalltheconditioaa hudA referred to. it'a knowntcorUvMrn 0®S§X> i ARREARS OF PAY AND HONOKAHKK IHSrilAKOES Socured for Dismissed Ofli<*i»rs aud Soldicn* reported SH l>nt*rter». St-rvi<v IVnait nn for Mexican Veteran* u n i»u88age of itendiUK hill). My ivfidonoe in thirty enable me to irivo to claimR my personal at*t'>'tion. Send fa* t< in case to JOtiEPHA H. HOViJHTON. Attor­ ney for Claimant*, No. IWlH K St., Waehin^ton, 1>. C. rrow TO TRAMS A IUFPY childhood fo a question of ni moment to tvtry jnu*nt. If Imprmiirabta to provide th« little one with nouri*um*nt frmn naturvV ni|>p!y no h«U*r «ub- tun W found than RM|r**s KOIMI. V--4 ha* CM*. fully reared more children than all oiher food* combined. Four retailing at ft&r., itftr,, f and $1.75. Send to WOOMUCH A (X)., Palmer, Maw., lor Pamphlet* on tha tnbj«4l D* FOOTE*8 Original METHODS - - - - - - - 0 F HOME CURE! ni n CVCC aaie New without doc- OF IILU k I CO tora,medicine orglaasea DIIDTII DC Cm** Witbo'toperation HUl IU lib or uncomfortable trnei. DUIIIACIC Carci without cnttin?; rnilnUOIO new.]iainleaa,aafe,eure. NERVOUS CHR0NI0K»II:SS-5S,» iddreis Dr. E. B. FOOTE, Box 788, W. Y. Clly. r DR. DAVID' l KENNEDY'S Plvaaaiil to TuUe Pawrrfnl to Cure, And Wclcomo la Every Home. KIDNEY and 4 LIVER CORE Dr. Kennedy** Ftiv«ri lit* Remedy is nd#i»ta-i i«» allays and Loth sextb, .i'- t<rrlirg »»Hrm julu»f iu ail CAse* 'cau*i d by impiirt y »t the Wootl, *m*h Kid- ney, Bladder nnd |4iv<*r C. u.juuiiitM*Co«a»ti|»al.i<»ifta"d \%cakuv*»e. peculiar to women. It proves 8uccu6ful in caaoa where all other medt> rines had totally f illed. NoMifYever b.ionld de^pa.- lonjj ns th\B r*»m«d.v it* uutried. It n«« an <«u- i'lroken record of succetbt for many yeaia, and hav won licwifi of wnrm friend®. A re you suffering from any tr*jcenl>l • i'» the *aises mentioned? If *0, l>r. Jietmedy f-takfs hie pemonui and profeasu'nM reput/at'on OT the statement that Kavorlte Remedy will «'o yon got d. For b tie by nil dru#ryriflt«, or write to I>r. David Kennedy, Iloudout, N. V* It quiets and composes the patient--not by taa introduction of opfatca and draatic catharuca, but by the restoration of activity to the stomach and nervous system, whereby the brain is relieved . of morbid fancies, which are crcated by tha • causes above referred to. ' To Clergymen, Lawyers, Literary men, !»***• t chants, llaukers. Ladies and all those whoae Ma* ; entary employment causes nervous prostration. Irregularities of the blood, stomach, bowels of kidneys or who require a nerve tonic, appctlzeaor atlmul.int, SamasuTAH NBBVINB is invalaabla. Thousands proclaim it the most wonderful invlf» erant that ever cnatained the Binding system. |1.60. fioldbyallOianbU. (M) For testimonials and circular* eandatamiv^^ I tn ti, S. A, E1CHM0OT USD. CO., PSOPlt, 6T. JOSEFS, MO. Lord, Stontenhurgh & Co., Amenta, Chicago, XU. TRADE BITTERS INM SUOD RAMI Liver and Kidney Remedy, 1 Compounded from the well known 1 Curatives Hopa, Malt, Buchu, Van- drake. Dandelion, Barsaparllla. Ca»- cara Sagrada, etc., combined with an agreeable Aromatic Elixir. TEST CURE DYSPEPSIA ft HfDI&ESTTOI, J Act upon the Liver aad Kidneys, HBaiTLA'riB~Tlm" BOWELS, I Titer euro Rhenmatlam, and all Uri-1 nary troubles. They invigorate, nourish, strengthen and quiet the Nervous System. Aa a Tonlo they have no Cquaf. Take none but flops and Halt Bitters. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS. Hopa and Malt Bitters ©o.| DETROIT, MICH. SHARPI PAINS Criek,Sprains,Wrenches, Rhi matisin. Neuralgia, Sciatica, Pleurisy Pains, Stitch in the Side, Backache, Swollen Joints, _ -- _ -- -- , Heart Disease, Bora Muscles, Pain in the Chest, and all pains and achca either local on- deep-mated are iustantly relieved and speedily cored by the well-known Hop Plaster. Compounded, as it is, of the medicinal virtuesof fresh Hops, Gums, Drdsams and Extracts, it ia Indeed th* bmt pain-killing, stimulating, soothing and ttrengthenine Porous Plaster ever mad* Bop ['lusters arc sold by aii druggists an<i cooutry stores, IS cents or Ave for $100.1 Hulled oa receipt of I VV f price. Bop Hatter Co., I -- J Proprietors and Mann- QP • fectorere, Boston,Mas*. I a MB PLASTER j (TCoated tongue, bad breath, aour stomach and livej cored hy Hawley'i Stomach and Liver PUls, Beta CONSUMPTION. 7 hare a positive remedy for tha above disease; by Ita Vse thousands of ease* or the went kind and ot long standing have been eared. Indeed, ee strong I* mt faltS ia Ita efficacy, that I will send TWO BOTTLES FKEE. to­ gether with aTALlTABLK TKKAT18K on tin. disease,*• aaysafieror GI ve Express and P. O. adilresn. DR. T„ A. bLOCl'M. in Peaxl at., New Task, An Open Secrete THE-'frct is well understood that th© MEXICAN MUS­ TANG LINIMENT is by fai the best external known for man or beast. The reason w h y b e c o m e s a n " o p e n secret" when we explain thafc 44Mustang" penetrates skin, flesh and muscle to the very bone, removing ail disease and soreness. No other lini* ment does this, hence hone' other Is so largely used or Mich wttcUsof good# lYKK'd IliXIB, Umm hM WW-1 tova. «r UltaiM M » 4mm. !»• ] ,\mm *• wmU. i mt I Pt# «M I „ _ th* wfc. WW ytwi k « f ' " L. A. L. samTA IA^>U. CThe Oldest Medicine in the World it p| probably l)r. Isnac Thompson's M# •lebrafed Eye Wafell This article is a carefully prepared physician's pre­ scription, and has been iu ct>itstaut use for nearly a century, and notwithstanding the niauy other prepor- at.011-1 that have lieeu inttvdnced into the market, the aa e of this article is constantly iucrv-asinK. If the ih- rect oii-i ore followed it will never tail. We particn- larly invite tbe attention of physicians to its merits. John L. l'hotnpgon. Soils Je C<f.. Tror. N. Y I CURE > aolaM MU a radV •e ofMTS. KPILKPST 1 ea| cure 1 <to uiMD ] ftttmu aud th«n thein return • cat cur®. 11>»T. •»<!• the disease 01 rim, iriurai er FALLING 81CINK8Sa lite-longatady. .•warfantmj remf.lv to care the worst cases. Became others hare jaUu<l f» no reaeoa tor not uow reeelvtag aeure. 8MMIM encv for a treatise and a Free Battle of rj Infallible te<ne<lT. Give Expreu and r«iat OlBea. It eueta yea Mltitnic for a trial, and I will core jrm. aw J(1 drp„ Dr. II G. HOOT. 1SS r»arl St.. Kew Tertfc 30 DAYS' TRIAL (bkfokk. i Uma.) Tj'LEOTHO-VOLTAIC BELT aad other ElJKiam JCJ AITI.IAVI'FS are sent on SO Days' Trial TO MEN ONLY, YOUNO OR OLD, who are raffer- TOK from NERVOC» DaanjTT. LOST VITAUTT, WASTING WV&kn< sssa. and all thoee dlwasesef a pKusoNiL Nitu&b, resulting from Anoasa and OTHER Cacsksl Bpeedy relief and complete restoration to HEALTH, Viooa and *-«*'•• a ' Qcarantritd. Bend at oooe tor I11il>m..c« Pamphlet fre«, Addresa Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich. BEÎ SAN&BEEE Hits WNERI AU list FAILS. BestCoufh i^yrup. Tftstcsgood. J Use in Uiut. SoMbydrafttoa.1 WHEN WKIMA TO AUVKKTlSIOtS. pltwse aajr r«ra aaw the advertisuasat la tliis iMm«,