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r ^ r J* - >/ «**, r> *J.* A «/ K* & **$•*-':$^ .V't* hmMM '• " <* '*",j*r,"•••"* .'**"4"11' ~ f%*f' ^§k»r| <flaindcalet I. VAN SLYKE. Editor |M PabliaMr. McHENRY, r I ILLINOIS ' f" A,»«m •r'T> - mini mil nMHk And I Hta, "(foe la dud; X conld not bi«^ An & on that Bimlw < bae to wok." But they took my hand an I they l«d me la. And left me alon« with mr nornt kin. , : Onoe aftln alone In tb*t a knt plaoe, \ - My b«atitifal dead and I. facatofa e. t; And 1 conld not 'p ak. and 1; could not afH, But I atood and with lore I looked on her. With love, and with rapture, and atrange rar- pr»«« I looked on the lipa and the ctose-shnt eyea; On the perfr «t teat and the calm oont nt, And the I'appin^aa there in her featnrea blent; And the thin white ban da that bid wrought eo mnch, Mow nerveJaaa to kiasea or fevered touch. My beautifnl dead who had known the r>trifa» The pain and the sorrow, tha> we call Life. Who had b-tw faltered beneath her cross* Nor murmured when kma followed swllt on loeac And the amile that gwee'etwd her lips away Lay lifrtit on her blmwd mou h ' hat day. 1 Nnootbed from her hair a tilfer three And I ww t, but I conld not think her d _ I 'elt with a wonder too deep for speech,-V- fhe could ' ell what onlv the anirela teacU> And ove> hrr mouth I leaned my ear. Lest there might be something I should not hear. Then out from the <ilonoe between ns stole A me 'sage that reached to my inmost soul: "Why weep you to- day who hare wept before That the road was rough I must Journey o'er? Why mourn that my lire can answer not Wr* • When antra sh and sorrow are both forgo#?' Behold, oil my We I have longed for rest& '."N Yea, e'en when I held you on my breast. ";1M And, now that I H»» in a breathless sleep, Instead of rejoiclntr, yra f- eh and weep. My dearest, I know thatytu would "not break, Jt yru conUl, my shimbe:-, \nd have me wake; For, though life wm -uii of things that bleaa, I have never till »«<*» known lappineps." Then I dried my tears. :md v th lifted head 1 lefc my mother, the beauiiTi 1 dead. THE BREATH OF UFE. Han oomes into the world with »cry, not of joy or of pain or of fenr, but a vocal sound announcing that a being has taken the lirst breath of life, anil that a new independent existence is begun. This cry attends the beginning of a wonderful group and scries of phenom­ ena. A cold-blooded animal, virtually, with a mixture of venous and arterial blood circulating through a great part of the body, becomes, with the first breath, a warm-blooded animal; the single heart becomes a double heart, one side sending blood to the lungs, and the other side to the system at large; all the so-called vital processes take on an immensely increased activity; there begins at that moment vigorous muscular movement; the special senses, especially eight and hearing, are rapid­ ly developed; the new being can digest, feel, smell, and taste;and, finally, intel­ ligence begins to dawn. All these mar­ vellous changcs besrin with the first act by which air is taken into the lungs. Nearly every important function in the body is dependent, directly or in­ directly, upon what is called respira­ tion. Without a circulation of the blood, there can be no digestion, no ab­ sorption or serration, or nutrition. Without respiration there can be no circulation of the blood; and without circulation, there can be no respiration. It is an error to suppose that the mere existance of air into the lungs constitutes respiration. A man may suffocate although, his lungs be abun­ dantly supplied with fresh air. Per­ sons with extensive valvular disease of of the heart which impedes the circula­ tion suffer terribly from want of air, even though tho action of the lungs be perfect. In order to respire, the air must first be inhaled; and the blood passing through the lungs takes up the oxygen and carrie s it to every part of the body. Circulating in the innumerable and minute capillary blood-vessels, some of which are not more than one-six-thous- andth of an inch in diameter, the oxy­ gen is taken up and used by every highly organized tissue and organ of the body. This appropriation of oxygen by the tissues really constitutes respiration, and the taking of oxygen into the lungs and its absorption of the circulating blood are simply the means of convey­ ing oxygen to the part}*; but this de­ mand "on the part of the tissues for oxygen is so imperative, that life con­ tinues for but a few minutes after the •apply of oxygen is abolished. It is strange that so little was known of the processes of respiration, that up to the time of Lavoisier (about the year 1776) physiologists had really no def­ inite idea of the mechanism of this function; and it is stranger still that the first statement pointing to the idea that the air taken into the Inngs did anything more than cool the blood, was made, not by a physiologist, but by the great painter Leonardo da Vinci, in the latter part of the fifteenth eentury. The year 1776, when the United States became a nation, was a moment­ ous year in discoveries bearing upon the function of respiration. In this year, the celebrated Dr. Priestley dis­ covered oxygen. At about the same time, Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, noted the consnmption of oxygen in respiration, and the discharge of carbonic acid by the lungs. From 1776, the year of the discovery of oxy­ gen, dates our first knowledge of the composition and uses of the air we breathe. When we investigate the wonders in ourt>elves, we are at once struck with the dependence upon one another of the important functions of the body; and we see, as was shown by Boyle, the founder of the Royal Soeiety of Lon­ don. in 1670, that air is necessary to the life of all animals. Even those ani­ mals that live under water require air, which they obtain from the water hold­ ing air in solution. It must be inter­ esting, therefore, and it is certainly usefnl to study the processes by which every part of every living being is ^up- plied with oxygen. The air we breathe is composed of a mechanical mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, in the proportion of one part of t;.e f jrmer to about four parts of the latter. Oxygen is the only agent con­ trived in respiration, the nitrogen serving to dilute the respirable gas. A man takes a fresh snpp'y of air into the lungs, or breathes about eighteen times per minute. The lungs contain usually about 200 cubic inches of air, but only about twenty cubic inches are charged with each respiratory act. These acts of respiration, as I have said before, are absolutely essential to life, They begin with the beginning of our independent existence, and they continue uninterruptedly to the end of life. Bleeping or waking, sensible or insensible, the acts of respiration go on. The conditions of our existence require that we shond be able to modify the respiratory acts, an in speaking, singing, blowing, etc.: but. although we can hold the breath tor a time, we cannot Arrest the breathing pennauentlj, bjr a voluntary effort, any more than we can forget to breath. There is a most wonderful and effi­ cient provision in the nervous system by whioh the acts of respiration are maintained in their normal frequeney. Jut beneath the brain, end at the very beginning of the spinal sord, in what is called the medulla oblongata, is a little mass of nerve-cells which preside over the . respiratory movements. When these cells are injured, respiration in­ stantly ceases. This is the spot wounded by the skill­ ful ball-fighters in the sport that is so popular in Spanish countries. The in­ furiated bull, with eyes closed and head low, rushes madly at his tormentor. When it is time to end the crnel play, the toreador, stepping to one side, plunges his sword into the back of the neck and divides the medulla ohlon- gnfa. The animal instantly stops breathing; and this is the most sudden and painless mode of death. Thauks to recent experiment, the mechanism of the influence of the me­ dulla oblongata over respiration is now pretty well understood. This part of the nervous system, likq other parts, is BU^plied with arterial blood, which con­ tains oxygen. Whenever the the oxy­ gen in the blood circulating through the medulla oblongata becomes in the slightest degree diminished in quantity, an involuntary impuls is sent to the muscles which dilate the chest, and fresh air is taken into the lungs. When the oxygen thus taken in begins to be consumed, another impulse is sent out, and another inspiration tikes place. These impulses occur about eight times per minnte, or as often as we respire, and they keep the body sup­ plied with the proper quantity of oxy­ gen. They are entirely unconscious and involuntary; and this is the reason why our ordinary nets of respiration are involuntary and continue even when we are unconscious. Let us suppose, however that there is a deficiency of fresh air, and that we are in danger of suffocation! The un­ conscious impression normally made upon the medulla oblongata becomes exaggerated and is conveyed to the brain, where it is recognized as a sense of suffocation. We then feel most acutely the sense of want of air and make violent voluntary efforts to breathe. If these be unsuccessful, we soon become insensible and die of as­ phyxia. The gentle movements by which the air is insensibly changed into the lungs are accomplished by the action of mus­ cles wliicii raise the oblique ribs and increase the width and depth of the chest, and a descent of the diaphragm, which increases its vertical diameter. The diaphragm is a muscle lying be­ tween the chest and the abdomen; and, as it contracts, it draws the elastic lungs downward. With each of these acts, which are called movements of in­ spiration, about twenty cubic inches of fre>h air are drawn into the lungs. But the oxygen passes into the blood through the thin coat of the capillary blood-vessels.in the air-cells situated in the deepest parts of the lungs; and, if the lungs have a normal capacity of '20) cubic inched and only twenty cubic inches of tresli air are taken in with each respiratory act, how is it that the fresh air is enabled to get to ° these air cells ? This is explained by what is known as the law of diffusion of gases. If we open a l>ottle of ammonia, for ex­ ample, the vapor diffuses in the sur­ rounding air and is recognized by the sense of smell. Such a process of dif fusion takes place very rapidly in the air in the lungs. The air-cells are con­ stant ly receiving from the blood a heavy, irrespirable gas, carbonic acid; and the vitiated air is constantly dif­ fusing itself outward, the fresh air taking its place by diffusion towards the air-felts. It is in this way that carbonic acid is constantly thrown off by expiration and oxygen is supplied to the blood. But a small portion of the oxygen taken in at each respiratory act is absorbed in the, lungs. If we as­ sume that twenty cubic inches of air are inspired, this contains one-fifth of twenty, or four cubic inches of oxygen, of which one cubic inch only is taken up by the blood. Expiratiou, or the expulsion of air from the lungs, is normally a passive process, and is due to the reaction of the clastic Avails of the chest and of the elastic tissue of the lungs after the contraction of the muscles which have dilated the chest ceases ; but, by volun­ tary efforts, we can draw the walls of the chest downward and press the dia­ phragm upward by contraction of the abdominal muscles, so as to produce the nets of blowing, singing, etc., which we so often perform. The mechanism of respiration after the air has penetrated to the air-cells is most interesting and curious. The air cells are little vesicles measuring from one two-hundredth «o one-ninetieth of an inch in diameter; and in the deepest portion of the lungs, the air is separated from the blood by an exces­ sively thin and permeable membrane which is the single coat of the capillary blood-vessels. The blood\ contains millions upon millions of minute red corpuscles, which have a remarkable affinity for oxygen. These corpuscles seize upon the oxygen of the air with wonderful avidity; but .they absorb little or no nitrogen. The oxygen thus absorbed instantly forms a union with the coloring matter of the corpuscles to every part of the organism. Every tissue and organ of the body, for its iife's work, needs oxygen. These parts, then, take np the oxygen carried to them by the blood-corpuscles and give off' carbonic acid gas The car­ bonic acid is taken np by the clear liquid of the blood in which the cor­ puscles, float, is carried back to the lungs, and is there discharged in the act of expiration. When the blood loses its carbonic acid and takes up oxygen in the lungs, it instantly changes from a dark-blue to a vivid-red color. There is a very beautiful experiment, wliich I make every year as a demonstration to a medical class, to illustrate this change. If we take out. the lungs from an ani­ mal just killed, we can imitate, by means of a bellows, the acts of respira­ tion. If we now in;ect through the lungs dark, venons blood, it gives off carbonic acid and takes up oxygen, as it does during life. and. as it comes from the lungs it nas a brilliant red color. _ From what has been stated above, it is evident that the real and essential process of respiration and the aotual function of the breath of life take place, not in the lungs, not in the blood, but in the tissues themselves. When a bit of living muscle is placed under a !<ell-glass con'aining air, it ab­ sorbs oxygen and actually breathes, without the intervention of lungs or even of blood. An animal dies, and dies of suffooation, when the blood-cor­ puscles, which carry oxygen to the tissues are paralyzed by poisoning with carbonic oxule gas, when the greatest i part of the blood is drawn from the body, or when the great blood-vessel (fche aorta) which supplies the body is ti d, in essentially tie same way as whea strangled by a rope tied around the nt^k. How remarkable and wonderful has been the progress oI knowledge of our­ selves within a little more than a single century! We knew nothing of physi­ ology. localise we did not know of the circulation of the blood, until early in the seventeenth century; but how lit­ tle did we know, even after Harvey had tanght the circulation, until the year 1776, when Priestly discovered oxygen and Lavoisier showed that oxygen really constituted the breath of life.-- Dr. Austin Hint, Jr., in Youths' Com­ panion. No HanusrripU Wanted. During a stroll in the vieinity of Rose street the attention of a reporter was directed to an enormous canvas sign swung just inside the doorway of a large publishing establishment. Fuller investigation disclosed the fact that the inscription which was painted upon the canvas warned those who entered the building that there were ; Positively No Manuscripts Wanted --and that; furthermore, all intruders should Beware of the Bloodhound. ; --and, lastly, the following verses were printed underneath these legends : Who enters lift e with manuscript leave" love and hope behind; E en to tho charm* of maidenhood our blood­ stained pnp is blind. After fully assuring himself that no dangers lurked in the hidden recesses of the highway, the reporter boldly as­ cended the stairs and entered a little office at the head of the first fight. A middle aged man, who sat before a .desk smoking, was the sole occupant. "I have come," faltered the reporter, with a nervous glance around him, "with a litjtle " "Ah, yes," interrupted the gentleman smilingly; "yes, yes. Tom" (in a very low key), "will you let Michael loose for a lew moments?" With a superhuman effort the report­ er explained that he had only come up stairs with a little request. He wished to know why that sign had been placed in the hallway. "Oh! that is a different thing," re­ marked the gentleman; "sit down and I will tell you all about it. That- sign is placed there to inform would-be lit­ erary people who haunt publishing houses that their effusions are not re­ quired. I have counted as many as 500 persons in one day who have visited this office with manuscripts for consid­ eration. Aspirants for literary fame are of both sexes, all ages and condi­ tions in life. Lately we got so wearied out with people coming up with matter that they wished to submit tons that we had to do something in self defense. You will observe that our loathsome con­ temporaries have adopted the canvas sign. All through this vicinity vou can come across them. They are very ef­ fective. l*'or instance, a young lady graduate comes tripping down town with a romance w hich her mother de­ clares an ideal composition. She reads the allusion made to the "blood stained pup" on the sign down stair:i. Fear overcomes ambition and she retreats in tears. Yes, we still receive effusions through the mails. Every morning we send a hand-cart over to the posto:f;ce, and twelve or fifteen sacks of manu­ script are delivered to us. Do wo ex­ amine them ? Why we should hnve to employ about thirty readers to do so. It would be rather an expensive under­ taking. But there is a moral to all this. And it is, writing as a means of sub­ sistence is plaved out. We could get all the manuscript we wanted without paying a cent for it. We receive excel­ lent contributions daily, whose writers ask nothing but that their names ap­ pear in print. All the waste manu­ scripts are turned over to our poet-- that thin gentleman in the next room. We feed him on them--N. Y. Mail . Apples in Mythology. : \ Probably because the apple is such a beautiful frnit, and so common, it holds a great place in European tradition. Apples are to our legendary lore what peaches are to the Chinesa The fruit is as old as Homer, and in the fairy gardens of Pe:eacia he tell us that "ap­ ple grew ripo on apple and pear on pear" through all the circuit of the year. Laertes the old was tending his garden when Odysseus met him and reminded him of the little boy that had begged for so many apple trees "all for his own," and who had now returned a man tried in war and on the deep. It was an apple, the apple of discord, that caused all the Trojan woes, and but for this golden fruit, Troy might still be a flourishing rival of Constantinople. Indeed, the whole eastern question would have taken different complexion, for the strife between Asia and Europe notoriously began with that apple of discord. They show different forbid­ den fruits in different countries; one especially, a monstrous yellow thing, About as tempting as a turnip. But in Northern Europe at least we have al­ ways been sure that for no fruit but an apple would Eve have listened to the serpent. ITie heathen Scandinavians, indeed, made apples the very fruit of life and immortality. There w ere in the keeping of Idona, wife of Bragi, and the gods of Asgar-d Rested them, as Horns (according to Diodorus) ate of the death-destroying drug of Isis. Then when they had tasted of the apples, the gods grew young again and forgot death. But Thiasse the giant, by the aid of Loki, seized Iduna and the ap­ ples of immortality, and then the gods grew old and gray and wrinkled (as in Giordano Bruno's satire), and the spring died out of the year. But Loki' w as made to restore the apples incor­ ruptible, and spring came back, and the gods are as young as ever they were on Asgard. Following the American Custom. A Chinese laundry man called in at a Norwich grocery store and asked for permission to ride to the West Side on the grocers wagon. The grocer ex- preesed his willingness to do so slight a favor him, and assured him he was welcome to the ride. The beaming face of the Chinaman showed a hearty ac­ knowledgment of the favor, wh le his tongne rattled out in pigeon English: "Dlink ? Dlink?" The grocer could not interpret the salutation, and witnessing his confusion the laundrvman stam­ mered out: "Dlinkee whiskee?" The occr then realized that the grateful hinaman, in the generosity of his heart, wished to treat in recognition of the kindness, after the most approved American fashion. When he declined with thanks a broad grin spread itself upon that Oriental countenance, and "John" said; "Skusee! Skuseel I tinks all Melican man dlinkee whisbee. But no knowee \m-~Norwich (Conn.) Bulle­ tin. , t birds That De Not Fly. The moat apparently distinctive feature of birds lies in the fact that they fly. It is this that gives them their feathcrB, their wings, and their peculiar bone structure. And yet, truism as such a statement sounds, there are a great m .ny birds that do not fly--and it is among these terrestrial or swim­ ming kinds that we must look for the nearest modern approaches to the primi­ tive bird type. From the very begin­ ning birds had to endure the fierce com­ petition of the mammals, which had been developed at a slightly earlier period, and they have for the most part taken almost entirely to the air, where alone they possess a distinct superiority over their mammalian compeers. There are certain spots, however, where mam­ mals have been unable to penetrate, as in oceanic islands, and there are certain other spots which were insulated for a long period from the great continents, so that they possessed none of the higher classes of mammals, as in the case of Australia, South America, New Zealand, and South Africa. In these districts terrestrial birds had a chanoe which they had not in the great cir- cumpolar land tract, now divided into two portions. North America on the west and Europe and Asia on the east. It is in Australia and the southern ex­ tremities of America and Afiica, there­ fore, that we must look for the most antiquated forms of birds still surviving in the world at the present day. The decadent t n I now almost extinct order of struthious birds, to which ostriches and cassowaries belong, supplies us with the best examples of such antique forms. The se birds are all distinguished from every other known species, except the transitional Solenhofen creature and a few other old types, by tlie fact that they have no keel to the flai breast­ bone, a peculiarity which at once marks them out as not adapted for flight* Every one whose anatomical studies have been carried on as far as the carv­ ing of a chicken or a pheasant for dinner knows that the two halves of the breast are divided by a sharp keel or edge protruding from the breast-bone, but in the ostrich and their allies such a keel is wanting and the breast-bone is rounded and blunt. At one time these flat-chested birds were widely distrib­ uted over the whole world, for they are found in fossil forms from China to Peru, but as the mammalism race in­ creased and multiplied and replenished the earth, only the best adapted keeled birds were able to hold their own against these four-legged competitors in the great continents.--Exchanqe. From Head to Foot. > The Postmaster at North Buffalo, Pa., lu. M1r J. Green, says St. Jacobs Ofl, the groat Eain conqueror, cured him of pains in the ead, and also of frosted feet. New York in the War Congress. New York sent Reuben E. Fentpn^ already prominent, popular, and strong 1 in tlio public service; Elbridge (i. Spaulding, who became useful and even eminent as an adviser in finan­ cial legislation ; William A. Wheeler, afterward Vice President of the United States; Theodore Pomeroy, the neigh­ bor and confidential friend of Mr. Sew­ ard; Charles B. Sedgwick, of pro­ nounced ability in the law; Charles H. Van Wyck, who afterward sought distinction in the West; and Abraham Olin, subsequently well known in judi­ cial life. i The ablest and most brilliant man of the delegation was Koscoe Conk ling. He had been elected to the preceding Congress when but 29 years of age, and had exhibited a readiness and eloquence in debate that placed him at once in the front rank. His command of language was remarkable. In afflu­ ent and exuberant diction Mr. Conk- ling was never surpassed in either -branch of Congress, unless, perhaps, by Rufus Choate.--Blaine's "Twenty sYear* in Congress." \ Freshets 1'ropagnte Malaria. The receding waters h ave vast tracts covered with rottinfr vegetation exposed to the rays of the sun, which evaporate the seeds of chiUs and fever and other malarial diseases, both obstinate and virulent. This year, in contKxjuenoe of the uncsir.nfiled inundations, in towns and cities no less than in bottom lands, and along river banks, tho air is fecund of disease. Certain protec­ tion may be found in IIostetter'H Stoma (A Bit- teru. The urban and suburban reniueats of towns, as well as the agriculturist, the miner, and the Western emigrant, will exercise a wise precaution by forestalling the peril with this ex­ cellent, defensive agent. It renders the debili­ tated vigorous, p omotes a regular habit of body, reforms irregulaiity of the liver, and renews di­ gestion aud appetite, 'lhe wholesome wa rnth which it begets in the ,system also counteracts a tendency to rheumatism, and kidney com­ plaints fostered by dampness and unwise cxpoa- nre, and sudden chilli produced by a fall of temperature. "Ease Why." y Going up town from the depot at Macon, a negro who stood gazing fixedly at a poster on the bill-board halted me and said: "Say, boss, I want to ax a. quoation or two." " All right--drive ahead." "H^ah's a bill wid a pictur' of a hoss on it, but I can't/read any of de lines. Am it a 'vertisement of a circus or a hoss race?" / "Why de you ask ?" "Kasb why, Sail, if it am a circus Fze gwine tier begin ter glance around arter fo* bits to pay my way in, and if it's a hoss race I'ze jgwine to put up three razors agin a pair of butes an' try an' git dese ole hoofs off de cold groun'." "It's neither one nor the Othef," I replied after reading the bill. MThia is the advertisement of a new liver-pilL "Lands alive! but I want to know dat, too! Reckpn de man might pay me $1 a day to stand on de squar' wid him an's waller 'cm down, to show de public dat dey's no humbug!"--Detroit Free Press. PRESIDENTIAL FAYORFTES. Interesting Facta Coneeralng the Men Who Staad Cloacat to tho Chief Kx- oentlTO. Via tor* who, from curioalty or tmtinesl, bave called at the White House, must have been impressed by the oourteous yet system­ atic manner with which they were received and escorted through the mansion. The gentlemen whose duty it is to receive all per* eons cominjr to the White House are Col. B. S. Densmore, Mr. John T. Bickard and Mr. T. F. Peadel, and they have occupied their present positions through the various ttd- ni ntetrationr aince and even during the war. Mr. Pendel was President Lincoln's body­ guard; saw him to his carriairc tbe fatal nfcrbt on which he visited 1'ord s Theater, and he now has in Uia postseason the blood stained coat which Mr. Lincoln wore on that memor- atile occasion. There is not a public tnati in America to day who does not know, and who is not known by the^c gentlemen, and th • reminiscences of pnblie and social life whi h they can reoouut would ttll a Congress onal volume. During the weary yet excirin# years of the war; through the more peaceful timee of Grant s administration; while H-yes hold the reins of Government, and when Gar- fle d was sh«t, it waa these men who stood in the Executive Mans on, welcoming the ad­ vent of each new administration. Lowing at its departure, and receiving both martyrs through its portal*. Duriug that long, hot. and never to be for­ got ten summer when President Garfield lay be1 ween "two worlds," the nation became aware of the deadly malarial influence which hung about the White Houfe. but all through that period these three men never deserted their potts lor a single day, although each one whs suHering Intensely. In conversation with the writer. Col. Densinore Raid: "It is lmpossltle to describe the tortures 1 have undergone. To be compelled to smile and treat the thousands of visitors who <t>mo here daily witn courtesy when one is in the greatest apony requires a treroerjdonf effort. All that summer i had terrible headaebes, heart-bum and a stifling sensation that fonie- titnes took away my breath. My appetite was uncertain and I felt severe pains in the small of'my back.1 I was under the doctor's rare, with strict instructions not to go out of the house, but I remaind on duty nevertheless. You would be surprised to know the amount of quinine 1 took; on fomc days it was as much as sixteen grains." "And was Mr. Hlckard badly o!T, too?" "I should think he was. Why, time and a^ain wo have picked him upand laid him on the mantel, here i:i the vestibule, he was so used up." "Yes," exclaimed Mr. Ktckard, "I was so weak I could not rise after lying down with­ out help, and <ouUl only wait with the aid of two canes, and then in a stooping position. Oh, we have been in a pretty bad condition here, all of us." y< S • "And yet. you are a'l the embodiment of henltli," said tho writer, as hu looke l nt the three bright and vigorous men before him. '*011, yea," said Mr. Kickard, '-we bave not known what sickness was for ftiore than a year." "Have you some secret way of overcoming malaria and its attendant horrors.'" " I think wo have a most certain way," re­ plied Ool. Dens « ore, "but it is no secret.' You see, ubout two j ears ago my wife began to grow blind, and 1 was alarmed at her con­ dition. !-he llunlly becamo so she could not tell whether a person were white or black at a distance of ten feet. Ono of her lady friends advised hor to try a certain treat­ ment that bad done wonders for her; and to make a long story short, she did so, and was tompletely cured. This induced me to tr>' the same means for my own restoration, and as soon as 1 found it w-as doing me good I recouimended it to my associates, and we hare all been cured right here in the strong­ hold of malaria, an! kept in perfect health ever since by means of Warner's Sate Cure. Now, 1 am not a believer In medicines in gen­ eral, but 1 do not hesitate to say that 1 am satisfied. I sboiil.l have died of Bright's dis­ ease of the kidneys before this had it not been for this wonderful remedy. Indeed, I use it as a household medicine, and give it to my children whenever they have any ail­ ments." "Yes," exclaimed Mr. Teudcl, "T use It in my family all the while aud have found it the most efficient remedy we have ever em­ ployed. 1 know of very many public men who are using it to-day ahd they all speak well of It." 5 "I weigh 160 pounds to-day^ said Mr. Rtck- ard, "and when my physicians told me over a year ago 1 could not hope to rccover I weighed 122 pounds. tTndcr such influences you cannot wonder that I consider this the best medicine before t^ie American people." The above statements from these gentle­ men need no comments. They are volun ary and outspoken expressions from sources which ore the highest in the land. Were there tho slightest question regard ng their authenticity they would not be made public, but as they furnish such valuable truths for all wbo are suflering. We unhesitatingly pub­ lish them tor the cood of all. Thieves on the stage are always caught in the act.--Indtanapoli* Scjmtort. A Popular Fallacy. Many people think that Hheumatism can­ not be cured, it is cm Red by a bad state of the blood which deposits poisonous matter in the joints and musclos causing lameness, stiffness, and swelling of the joints and ex­ cruciating pnius. Kidney-Wort will certainly etTevt a cure. It acts on the Kidneys, Liver, and Bowels, stimulating them to a healthy actlon, purities and enriches the blood and eliminates tho poison from tbe system. Go to the no irost druggist, buy Kidney-Wort, and be cure 1. Ax Oregon man wants to trade a mule for a wife. Some mon never know when they are ^well off! ' '•••• \ Consumption carries off more to the grave than any other disease known to exist. How important, then, that upon discovery of the first symptoms that a staple remedy bo used: 'Ibis is found in Am.kn's Lvno Bvl- 8am. 'Tis no Muuck compound, reader, but a remedy that lias stood the test of time, tbe trial by thousands of people with weak lungs, ami it ha* cur^l will cure. Try it fairly and honestly, and our word for it that good health and renewed spirits will result. ST 01: " Horafortl's Afld Phosphate, FOR NERVOUSNESS, t^UlOESTIOIf, KTC, Send to tbe Rumlord Chemical Works, Providence, K. I., for pamphlet. Mailed free. •'Horn springs eternal In the human breast," but it never realizes much on the investment unless a fellow gets square down to business and earns what he hopes for.-- Texa» Siftlwm. Tar. best test of a human life is the amount of groori it has been and done to others. Mrs. Lydia F. P.nkha ii may be given a seat of honor among those who have helped to change sickness into health, and to transform the darkness of suffering into tbe sunshine Of rest aud hope. Geo no i a has a very austere minister named Henn. His congregation think him rather eggs acting. 0TKeep This in Mind.--In the Diamond Dyes more coloring is given than In any known dyes, and they give faster and more brilliant oolors. 10c. at all druggists'. Wells, Hlch- ardson & Co., Burlington, Vt Samplo Card, 32 colors, and book of directions for2c.stamp. Rstukninq bored--the defeated candidate en bis wsy home. I rate used Ely's Cream Balm for dry Car tarrh (to which every Baetern person Is sub­ ject who comes to live in a high altitude). It has proved a euro In my case.--B. F. M. Weeks, Denver, Col. (Easy to use. Prfoe HeeataJ A Home Thrust. A humorous editor, living in Austin, Tex., received a cruel rebuke from his wife not long since. She had been to the theater, and on her return home gave such a very amusing account of the performance that her literary hus­ band exclaimed: "Why don't you write that out just ae you have told it to me ? It would make first-class oopy. Yon ought to write for the paper. "No, I thank you. One crank in the family is enough," was the cutting re­ ply.--Texas Sittings. Would you have other men speak highly of you, never speak highly of yourself.--Pascal. / The best luterestsof humanity depend on the good health of our women folks, and yet those with liiightjst intellects see in to f utter most with ailments peculiar to female life, it is well to remember that the whole female system can be built up to a proi>er state of endurance, pimples, sores, swollen limbs, montiily paius, and other indications of fe­ male diseose made to disappear, and robust heuUb of mind anJ body take the place of ill- nesss and distress, if a timely use is made of Dr. Guysott s fellow Lock and S^arsapaiilla. It restores the blood to perfect health. It strengthens the muscular and nervous sys­ tem. it gives tone to the digestive and urin­ ary organs, it allays all irritation of the mucous membrane. In a word, it is a perfect female medicine, and aids every function of female life. No other remedy equals it. Have your druggist get it. Take no substitute. When the stolen carcass of a beef was found in a Jersey butcher's wagon, it was "a dead give away." How to Sbortei CiTe, ; ^ Tbe recipe is simple. You havo only to take a violent cold and neglect It. Aber- nethy, the great English surgeon, asked a lady who told him Ae only had a cough: "What would you have? The plague?" Be­ ware of "only coughs." Tho worst case# can, however, be oured by Dr. Win. Hall's Balsam for tho Lungs. In whooping cough and croup it immediately allays irritation, and is sure to prevent a fatal termination ot the disease. Sold by druggists. Menskan's Peptonized Beef Tonic, the only preparation of beef cont lining its en­ tire nutritions properties. It coqta ns blood- making, force generating, and lifesus aininff properties; invaluable for indigestion, dys­ pepsia, nervous prostration, and a'l forms of general deb.lity; also, in all enieebled condi­ tions, whether the result of exhaustion nerv­ ous prostration, over-work, or acute disease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary Complaints. Caswell, Hazard X Co., proprie­ tors. New York. Sold by druggists. "Put np" at tho Ganlt Honee. The business man or tourist will find flrstr class accommodations at the low price of $3 and 82.50 per day at the Gault House, Chica­ go, corner Clinton and Madison streets. This far-famed hotel Is located in the center of the city, only one block from the Union Depot. Elevator; all appointments first-class. H. W. Horr, Proprietor. Carbo-linea. The wind may roar among the trees, - Yet great, ships sail the stormy seas. The baldhead man may rave and nriK, Yet Car bo line restores the hair. The pains and tortures of the Spanish In­ quisition weie not more agoui..ing than thote which, in our late clviiizat on, ar • daily fe.t by the subjects of those grim tyrauia, rheu­ matism and neuralgia, liov. W. B. Kt'ans, of Wasti;n .ton, D. C., was a victim until be was liiduced to try Athiophoros, and now ho writes: "I consider its work almost in the light of a miracle." Price,,£1 pjr bottle. If jou druggist hasn't it, send to Athlouhoros Co., 112 Wall street, N. Y. I have suffered from Catarrii to such an extent that 1 had to bandage' my he.td to quirt the p tln. I was ad . ised by Mr. Hro.vn, of Ithaca, to try Ely's Cream Balm. When suffering with Catarrh or cold in' the head, I have never found its equal.--C. A. Cooper, Dauby, N. Y. (Apply with finger. Price 60 cents.) l'iso's Remedy for Catarrh is a certain cure for that very obnoxious disease. Ir afflicted with Sore Byes, use Dr. Isaao Thompson's Bye Water. Druggists sell It. 25c. The Increasing rales of Plan's Cure attest its claim as the best cough remedy. "Bough on Rats" clears out Rats, Jliee, Flies- Mother Swan's Worm Syrup, tasteless. 25c. "Rough on Coughs" Troches, 15c; Liquid,50c. Wells' May- Apple (Liver) Pills, 10c. and 30c. "Rough on Toothache," instant relief. 15c. "Bnchn-paiba," Gro*t Kidney and tTrlnary Oare. 91. "Rough on Corns," for Corns, Warts, Bunions. 18a. Wells' Health Renawer care* Dyspepsia, Impotanoa. "Tfourh on Dentist " Tooth Powder, 15c. COBS FOR JPAIIST. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache. Hsadachs, Teothachs, ••re Throat. Mpralaa. Brulaoa, Barn*. I roal Bites, ARB ALL OTIIEU BOIMJ.Y PAINS AMD AlHSS, SsMfcf bratitiu ana t>«lenrr<<rywhrr*. Fifty c«mMM* IHrocUout Id II J.atif uajcet. THE CIIAItl.es A. VOi.EI.KII CO. amnmi* A. vouelkk a eo > ItMlUMure. au., C.a.a* Pain Is BnptHisefl to bp the lot of tin •pftor ae inevitable a« death, aud liable at any time to coma Upon uh. Tlierelore it in important that, remedial •(rents Rliould b a' hand to lie ns. ll in an emer^eney. when we are luadt: to feci tlie excruciating agonies of pain, or th<- depn a tin:/ intluence of dineaKe. 8uch a remedial agent exists in that old i>«u«m« Family Remedy, PERRY DAVIS' Pain-Killer It was the first and Is the onlj perma­ nent Pain Reliefer. ITS MERITS 4BE UNSURPASSED. There ia nothing to bqnal it. In a few momenta it cures J • Colic, Crauips, Spasms, Heartburn, Di­ arrhoea, Dysentery, Flux, Dyspepsia, Sick / Headache. 7 It la fooaiftte CURE CHOLERA When all other Remodiea fail. WHEN 1'HED EXTERNALLY, AS A LINIMENT, nothing gives quicker ease in Burn*. Cut*. ItrulM-s, Si>r»iiiN. Ntiugt* ihim iniw to. itiol Scalds. Itivmo\es the fire, and the wound heals like ordinary sored. Those Buffering with Itlieuma- tiMii, Uont, nr Nenralpia, if not n positive cure, they find the PAIN-K11.LKll gives tlii iii relief wiicu no Other remedy will. In secUous of the country where FEVER AND AGUE Prevails there ia no remely held in piva'cr esteem. Persons traveling should keep it by them. SOLD BY ALL DRUCCIST8. • . LYDIA K. PINKHAM'S . • VEGETABLE COMPOUND •••ISA POSITIVE CD RE FOR All those painful Complaints • and Weaknesses ko common • *••••• to our beat • • FEMALE POPULATION, • • Mm ft Im Umd&, dDwIwiptkm. • Jt* purpom <1 antehj for th* It&'iruite healing of diatom o. 4 the relief of ntln. and that it does alt it eialm*todo,UuMisaniL> of ladlt* eon gladly testify. • • It will cure entirely nil Ovarian troubles, Inflamnuv Von and Ulceration, Falling? and Dis: : -ncnts, and Consequent Spinal Weakness, and Is norticularlw.idapS-ckI to iiio Ch&nge of Life. •••••«•••• tfee#® J It romoren FaintnefR.flAtalcnrT, destrovsall ^raving- for stimulant*, and relieves Weakness of the Stomach. 16 euros Bloating, Headaches, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, I>c~»r« saion and Indi jestion. That feeling of boariru? doVp, onusiuff paintt Ana backache, If always permanently cured bjTts use. •Send stamp to Lynn. Mass., for pnrnnhlet. Letters of Inquiry confidentially answered. For 'catectdrvnaic's. Patchwork--Embroidered Patches, Birds, kc. Sam­ ple 28c. Circular free. U. 8. Novelty <*>., Sa)amanc*,N.Y. 100 Scrap pictures »nd 100 Album quotations ICe., or 50 styles cards, 10c. Scrap Book Co.. Xai-sau, N .Y. Are You Dlgeeurajpd ? Has your physician failed to arrest the dis­ ease iroin which you are suffering/ Are you loaintr faith in ; medicines, and growing1 alarmed at your condition/ Then give Com­ pound Oxygon a > -iai. Write to Drs. Sturltev ic Psten. 110) Girnrd St., Phila., for their bent free. MANfHOK FOR SAI,K.-»,000 acre*. 9JOO acres, near Los Angele«, best fruit, eraiu and vine land; great bargaina. D. FREKMAN. Los AukcIc*. Cal. I EARN •• Address VALJSNTINE or Short-Hand and Typo ished. ere. Situations 1 nn.... BROS., jiiiiusville. Win. P&TPMT1S V Thomas P. Simpson, Wash-I E Tl I O • iusrton, D. C. No par asked for patent untU obtained. Write for Inventors'Guide. f!R£7Y S'ATTHWORK--Elegantly assorted Hlks, • SCc.andfl a packace: sample. 12c. NEW YORK SIT.K SUPPLY CO.. 838 Iir.ad-.vay. AODIT8 WANTED tor the beat anAiaateat-aelllng Pictorial Bookn and bll>lei. Price* reduced H Ver oant National Publishing Co- Chicago, 111. $65 A MONTH and heart! for 3 live Young Man or Ladle*, in each counts-. Aridreaa P. W. KTfiW.FIIt k CO, Chicago, I*. FRAZER££sf, MSTIN THE WOULD. WlMVCl WO*t tbe Genuine. Bold lxrarrwbcra. Mme. L. LANCE'S PROTECTOR --AND-- SUPftRiER. Price, Silk, •2.00; Uimsu. 91.OO. Remittance with order. Sei't by Mail. Bend for descriptive cirriiiar. "04 Broadway, N. T. City. AOE.NTh WAM1XO. BOSMMER GARMENTS FREE! To iny reader of thl* paper wbo will anw t > ehowonr frooda and try to in^nenc: ra'eaaiuon^ tri> ihU we will s-nr'. poatpaid tw > full a res Z.idiea'UosMracrKnbtar Watet^roof (ioi menta sa camples, provided you rot thi* out *nd return with 24 cts. to piv poat Ac. Addtvaa YICTOa BCBBEB TRUE SQLDitRLY 6HiT. HSTlaf Pawed thaough the War, *aa Old Soldier Cotiquera Emms' Kindling with enthttaiaun aa ha recalled (ha fit struggle of twenty yean *go, Capt. 1. R. Sanfoad. ef Hewark, who raised Company B of SCd X. i. Zooarea, and went to the front with them, aaid to a tranatent companion one day last summer: Tea, I waa in eight of the flereeat battle* of Ac war; Seven Pinea, Malvern Hill, Savage Station. Miaatesary Ridge and Harrison's X ending are in the liat. I started to go with Sherman to the eea, but my ri^hl leg was shattered by a hall at the first engagement after tbe great march began. After the amputation I waa taken twenty-five miles and left in a tent at Ringgold, 6a. A ram came on and my tent waa flooded. Then I waa Started on my way to Chattanooga, 280 miles distant. Just try to Imagine the horror of that journey to a man in my condition. For years afterward I was shaken with every exertion. Yes, the doctors pre­ scribe, as they always will when yon ask them, bnt l keep my own doctor now, and he never opens his month* "A dumb doctor?* exclaimed the Captain's caller. "Yea, dumb aa a mummy, but smart as lightning; tlie re he ia," pointing to a bottle of liR. DAVID KEN- XEDY'8 FAVORITE REMEDY standing on a corner ahelf, 1 take that. When I am run down it winds me np; when I am weak it strengthens me; when I am •off my food' it gives me an appetite; when I am ex­ cited it quiets me." Remember name. Dr. David Kennedy's rAVORUB REMEDY. Rondout. K. Y. " " UM' w. WM DaR WWBghj 'Brrauanac, S. EL, Dccl l̂ uNt --Thar Sir: The chaifip that h physical condition in] wndrrfnl. Yon can ate mv nan •, suffering women to kn many things of many pM bettered, but grow wJ "ritiagl Hat rpeor, be cured tefully yo and txiir of whatever at the; cost le^crt "at tk| .Foote. .» •- E. HouluC lonsands «f «M-alls4 ir deliverance to Dr. treating patiesta by saail cxpcrience. All sufferer*; ,can Lave tfii[• ^J^ Ut stamp/by com^h^acaSog _ ' ton ave., No^ork City^ eighty popos " for the osHSfcT AJ1 1 tters- are strictly eonildcutial and never pa With naao cxcept by constat of the patient CTRADE MARK BITTERS in BUI BLOOS rami Liver and Kidney Eemedj, | Compounded from the well known I Curatives Hops, Malt, Buehu, Man­ drake, Dandelion, Sarsaparilla. Cas- cara Sasrracla, cte.. combined with an agreeable Aromatic Elixir. | THEY CURE DYSPEPSIA & IMGESTM,J let apoa the Liver and Kidneys, | RIXHTLATE" THE" BOWELS,] | They euro Rheumatism, and all Uri-| nary troubles. They invigorate, nourish, strengthen and quiet the Nervous System. As a Ton to thgjr have no Equal* Take none but liJ^a and Malt Bitters. -- FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS.-- I Hops and Malt Bitters Co.1 DETROIT, MICH. v/ -v I DR. UVtim I KENNEDY'S rieawnt to Tuke, Powerful to Cnro, And Welnmic > v " la Every Maraie. KIDNEY and LIVERCURE l>r. Ke«tiicil.v*« Fnv«r ile Hriwedv is inlaws and bolh twxes, nf- t ring irij nil CMcf» o-auHt-4 by inipirrv'y oi tu*» «uoh li.ii)- H !!<>>, Kludcier an4],lvt««* VVenkncsk^ It proves surcusful in cases wh«nt all other mrtji- cines had totally '»ilod- N<^uTerer should de- pai- as loujr as th;s romt'dy is unthnd. It hn» an *u- "nroken record of Btuwn for. many years, »nd *>*» won hoatft of u»rm friends. Ar»* vou suffering front an/ dtss^M Incealil.- tiie taisen mentioned? If so. Or* KsNHfily Uis |>erst>nul imd profestttuut rvinHati^n ©n tlie statement that Favorite Itemed? Wilt «'© you got d. For sale by all drog£ist«, or write to l)r, l)n.vld | Kennedy, Kondont, N. V. -v=. c.„ ••••••••••••••• Sure relief lerpmH KIDDER'S •MHaĵ ^H^M^HBBCbarJestowiitMaaa. VOT OUY TO THE MinfL *r wasted by Atcan do*ft ttldfp'i Fm4 Mipplemeot the pro par Dtedkiu* aad bring Uu-fc streBfta and comfort, bat the ddtaite mntbrr will fiud ia ita tfcdly ut* jn*i whal'ti n«eiie>U lo rH**'k and Ike drain ma*U *ipon nature's forew. Try ft, owitbtr*, and be eoavtacsd* R*4pe* to tuft dilfavat butaa ae> oompanv c*n. Ifcntr s+aat. 3&r, op. WOOUUCIi A CO. cn tabrt. Furnished upon noti^o. at lowest pr ors aod eos.vtrrmH. Also a l kinds oi p jper, c 4i\Ux>ard and envelope htock rwjuimt in a printinF office. Rend tor Monthly Priiv-I-M of Printuur Material ami Paper Stock. Add ess CHJOA<"U) >'Ew$ 1'APEH UMUN. A: 27S Franklm 8trvet Cjuca^o, 111. HGME D* *Wii;s Original METHODS m 11 EVCC Made Ken »uh« ui «!<>c- of ULII CI CO toi>. medicine or glasses DIIOTII DC Cured vulm Ir VI I U nt or uncomfortable trust. DlllllflfclC Currd vithont rntiirs:|i|j rflimuoid n«v vninlean.eafe.mire.• Ilfbfilly, rtr : c#n»o* pan?i.hiet 1 m> cii'ltMl "tDrnrahle.'* lar.CMkJ Address Dr. K. B. FOOTf. Bex 788, X. \. City. NERVOUS CHROHICP'"**"""'"'"'" 30 DAYS' TRIAL (W" " piic Xi Ar KKXfC WasriMa WraKXRaaica. and all nsVs*of a P!.bsosal NATran, rreultinic from Ai Orass Ctrsaa. Spwdj rfllrf and (BICTU44fc.l U«iR-> ECTRO VOLTAIC BKLT and Ottx-r Ex-nmno J Aiti.iancm aro sent on 80 Days' TrUJ TO vra ONLY, TOPNO OR OLD. who are suffer In% from Ksav.->rs Demutt. Vstautt. nt, aj-'rt all tnoaa <!'««nspsof % rreultinic from Amse* * *1 p«*«fy rWI^f and cv- rratorstlors to Ritai.TR, Viuoa and 1Iamux>» OfMRiATsra. 8m*1 at ono* tor tlluauatcd IVunphlet Address Voltaic Belt Co.. Marshall. V~\ P I S O S C U R 1 VMM AIL ItSt IAHS. B«WOot>*hsyrup. Ta*t*«fund. . Ctaa In Una tkild bj dru«*t»«a. | HMgH'lJI; o.K.r. WUKN W KtTINtr Tt> A fllroie nar fuw taw th* i» Ulfe PtMt, AltVKtCTISISIM, MlwrtiiMMal Jffll }