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•• , t WITH A HARROW TOOTH. •; BY OPIE P. READ. X'o-' Tarn Joles and Hank Spain were not r on good terms. They were "kin by : s mftrriage," bat the matrimonial Stale is not likely to adjust differences, nor ... does the paternal roof always serve to cover in harmony the' heated blood of brothers. An unsatisfactory settlement •' of a small estate brought about a law- <. suit which was decided in Tam Joles' ' favor. Hank Spain swore that no law . . should deprive him of his rights. "What can you do?" Tam asked. "What could 'Cain do?" he replied, turning on his brother-in-law a look-- the molten anger of burning revenge. "Cain could kill his brother." "Well?" without removing his gaze. "He could kill his brother with a club, but can you kill me with one?" "With one or with two; it makes no difference." "Now here, Hank, I don't want any trouble with you. This affair has been settled by the courts." "Was Abel settled by a court?" • "Oh, well, if nothing but blood will satisfy you, I am willing that you should have enough of it Name the weapons and I will be with you." "Did Cain ask Abel to name his weapons ?" Hank turned away without replying. When he had climbed the fence, he wheeled around, shook his lists at Tam, acd passed out of sight. Both men were known to be desper­ ate, when a-roused. In boyhood they had come from Kentucky to the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, and attaining manhood had taught school together. Hank had attempted to preach, but was driven from the pulpit in consequence ' of having killed a man. Tam was ad­ mitted to the bar, but having shortly afterwards killed a prominent attorney, was forced to surrender his license. One day, about a week after Hank had declared his violent intentions, Tam was walking around in his door- yard, carrying his little boy in his arms. The child had been ill, and the fresh morning air, the birds, ths old dog, and the scenes which for so long had been denied him, revived his little spirit, and ' in delight lie clapped his wasted hands. Hank crept, along the lane fence. The child took off his father's hat, threw it-on the ground and laughed Hank tbrusthis gun between two rails, and sank on his knees. Tho father kis3ed the little fellow, and lifting him, 6at him on liis shoulder. Hank fired, and the cliiid fell from his father's shoulder. A stream of blood ran from his forehead. He quivered, and waB dead. The murderer escaped, For years Tam followed him. At last the father came home. In the meantime his wife had died of grief. The miserable man • lived alone. When the war came, he joined the army. Peace, peace between bloody assailant*, but not peace for a weary man, found Tam again at home. He had no companions, save two graves in the orchard. Here he would sit for hours and hours. Strangers who saw him tlifre, often said: "Wonder why that old man sits so long under the apple tree?" "One night old Tam sat under the tree. The moon was shining brightly, and the young waving leaves above wrought sad shadows on the grave­ stone. "Thirty years ago to-day since he fell from my arms," mused the old man ,He knelt by the two graves, and long re­ mained witii his face pressed against the damp moss. He looked up with a start. Some one with a long white beard knelt opposite him. "Who are you ?" "Hank," replied a low voice. Tam arose and held to the support. His hands struck something. An old harrow tooth in the fork of the tree. He grasped the iron and turned to the now erect form of Hank. "Ave you ready to die?" "For God's sake don't kill me. I have Buffered enough. I have been dying for thirty years. I have come here to pray*" "And to die." "Would you murder me when I am . so penitent?" "The condemed murderer is ever pen itent. Yet justice calls for his guilty blood." "Tam, sure, when you lay on the bat­ tlefield wounded, I gave you a drink of water." "And years ago you gave me a drink of grief." "Look at me, Tam, I am old and al most helpless. There are not many days left for me in this world. I have come far to seek this peace and pray for pardon. I am afraid to die. I be- . lieve in an endless hell. Would you see me go there ?" "I would v go with you to see you squirm." Tam seized his victim and threw him across the graves. "Oh God--" The harrow tooth mashed his skull. Long after life was extinct, the avenger continued his work of retribution. When morning came, a bloody mass of flesh lay scattered over two graves. An old man, holding in his hand a bloody harrow tooth, sat with his back against an apple tree, dead.--Texan Hiftings. Webster and Calhoun. I heard the famous "7th of March speech" of Mr. Webster. To me his oratory was a perfect surprise and cu­ riosity. He not only spoko with very unusual deliberation, but with pauses having no relation whatever to the sense. His sentences were thus broken into the oddest fragments, and the hearer was often perplexed in the en­ deavor to gather his meaning. In declaring, for example, that he "would put in no Wilmot Proviso for the pur­ pose of a taunt," etc., he made a loner pause at "Wilmot," perhaps a half- miunte, and finally, having apparently recovered his breath, added the word ' proviso;" and then, after anojther con­ siderable pause, went on with his sen­ tence. His speakiog seemed painfully laborious. Great drops ?f perspira­ tion stood upon his forehead and face, notwithstanding the slowness of his ut­ terance--suggesting as a possible ex­ planation a very recent and heavy din­ ner. cr a greatly troubled conscience over his final act of apostasy from his early New England faith. The latter was probably fhe truth, since he is knpwn to have long and seriously pon­ dered the question of his ultimata de­ cision ; and with his naturally great and noble traits of character he could not have announced it without manifest tokens of uneasiness. I was greatly interested in the brief dialogue be­ tween him and Mr. Calhoun, which fol­ lowed this speech. Reference was made to the famous pas^agtvAt-arms twenty years before; and Mr. Calhoun, while taking exception to some of Mr. Webster's positions. congratulated him on his strong deliverance in the in­ terest of slavery. The great Carolinian was then wrestling- with the disease for which soon afterward terminated his life; and was thin, pale, and feeble of step, but his singularly intellectual face, and the peculiar light which flash­ ed from his eye while speaking, made him the most strikingly picturesque fig­ ure in the Senate. No man can compute the evils w'rought by his political theo­ ries ; but in private life he was thor­ oughly upright and pure, and no suspi­ cion of political jobbery was ever whis iered in connection with his name. In tis social relations he was most genial and kindly, while he always welcomed the society of young men who sought the aid of his friendlv counsel.--George W. Julian's Reminiscences. Great Sacrifice of Brie«a< Parties desiring to buy a job lot o! garden tools, will do well to call and examine my stock. These implements have been but slightly used, and are comparatively as good as new. The lot consists in part of the following: One three-cornered hoe, Gothic in its architecture and in good running or­ der. It is the same one I erroneously hoed up the carnations with, and may be found, I think, behind the barn, where I threw it when I discovered mv error. Original cost of hoe, six bits. Will be closed out now at two bits to make room for new goods. h Also one garden rake, almost as good as new. One front tooth needs filling, and then it will be as good as ever. I sell this weapon, not so much to get rid of it, but l>ecause I do not want it any more. I shall not garden any next spring. I do not need to. I began it to benefit my health, and my health is now so healtfiy that I shall not require the open air exercises incident to gar­ dening any more. In fact, I am too robust, if anything. I will, therefore, acting upon the advice of my royal physician, close this rake out, since the failure of the Northwestern Car Com­ pany at 50 cents on the dollar. Also one lawn mower, only used once. At that time I cut down what grass I had on my lawn, and three vari­ eties of high priced rose bushes. It .is one of the most hardy open-air lawn mowers now made. It will outlive auy other lawn mower, and be firm and un­ moved when all the shrubbery has gone to decay. You can also mow your peony bed with it, if you desire. I tried it. This is also an easy running lawn mower. I would recommend it to any man who would like to soak his lawn with perspiration. I mowed my lawn, and then pushed a street car around in the afternoon, to relax my over-strain- ed muscles. I will sacrifice this lawn mower at three-quarters of its original cost, owing to depression in the stock of the New Jerusalem gold mine, of which I am a large owner and cashier- at-large. Will also sell a bright new spade, only used two hours spading for angle worms. This is a good, early blooming and very hardy angle worm spade, built in the Doric style of architecture. Per­ sons desiring a spade flush, and lack­ ing one spade to "fill," will do well to give me a call. No trouble to show the goods. I will also part with a small chest of carpenter's tools, only slightly used. I had intended to do a good deal of am­ ateur carpenter work this Summer, but, as-the Presidential convention occurs in June, and I shall have to attend to that, and as I have already sawed up a Queen Anne chair, and thoughtlessly sawed into my leg, I shall probably sacrifice the tools. These tools are all well ma le, and I do not sell them to make money on them, but be cause I have no use for them. I feel as though these tools would be safer in the hands of a carpenter. I'm no car­ penter. My wife admitted that when I sawed a board across the piano-stool and sawed the what-do-you-call it all out fo the cushion. Any one desiring to monkey with the carpenter's trade, will do well to con­ sult my catalogue and price-list. I will throw in a white holly corner-bracket, put together with fence nails, and a rustic settee that looks like a Cincin­ nati riot. Young men who do not know much, and invalids whose minds have become affected, are cordially invited to call and examine goods . For a cash trade I will also throw in arnica, court- plaster, and salve enough to run the tools two weeks, if ordinary care be taken. If properly approached, I might also be wheedled into sacrificing an easy- running domestic wheelbarrow. I have domesticated it myself and taught it a great many tricks.--Bill Nye. A Sew Disease* Among the curious maladies which advancing civilization seems destined to bring in its train not the least re­ markable is that on which Parisian doctors are bestowing a good deal of attention just now--the obliquity of which has beeu called peur des ex paces. The sufferer is usually a man in appar­ ently good health, and is affected with no premonitory symptoms, although, on the other hand, there are cases where the malady results from other diseases, and is introduced by a feeling of weak­ ness and sickness. It generally comes on suddenly, when the patient arrives at a particular place or is brought into the presence of a particular person. He then is observed to be in mortal terror without any apparent cause. The earth seems to him to open into a chasm before his feet or he finds him­ self isolated by an immense and im­ penetrable space from the rest of the world. If he is on the pavement lie dare not for his life step onto the road­ way, but stands stock still to be jeered at by the street boys. If he is on a step, he is afraid to move up or down for fear of being dashed to pieces in some imaginary abyss. All this time he keeps his wits--or, at least, a great many of them--about him, and is sensi­ ble of his absurd position. Sometimes he has enough Bense to ayoid places where the attack has come on before, or seems likely to do so again. An­ other peculiarity is that most of the sufferers belong to the liberal profes­ sions, and to the higher rank of society, By examination into a considerable number of cases in the hospitals, it was found that men more often suffer than women, in a proportion of about four to one.--London Gl»l>e. Sot the Saute Tune. Before they were married he fre­ quently told her : "I love thee, Catherine, and thee alone. I will never permit my eyes to glance at another, but will be thine and thine alone until death do us part," etc. That was a year or so ago, but it was only a few nights since that a gentle­ man passing the house heard him say: 'You cussed idiot, haven't you got any sense. Haven't I told you forty times that the only reason I call on that actress is because she is a stranger hero, and doesn't know anybody."-- Texas Sittings. HE WHO does not love flowers has lost all fear and loye of God.--Ludicig 'liecjc. • WHY THE WART IS THERE. Oaeof IheCarlnu* Features of the Map of Massachusetts Kxpl ilwd. Those who have studied the map of Massachusetts cannot but have noticed the peculiar appearance of a portion of the Connecticut boundary line just southeast of Springfield. The point referred to is a small square block at the town of £>outhwick, extending from this State into that of Connecticut. Al­ though the peculiar jog on the map has often been noticed and commented upon, it is not generally known that this very point waa for years the foun­ dation for a most bitter controversy be­ tween the two States. From 1774 to 1804 the question of division came sev­ eral times before special committees and commissioners from Massachusetts, and town-meetings were frequently held to settle the matter. In 1774 Con­ necticut attached a portion of land to South wick, south of the original colony line. Ten years afterwards, in 1874, a committee from Connecticut was ap­ pointed for the purpose of establishing the bounds at this point, but so tena­ cious was each colony of every inch of territory that it took more than a score of years to settle this very trifling mat­ ter. N Two boards of Commissioners were appointed by Massachusetts and Con­ necticut in 1793 to ascertain and re­ port the exact boundaries of Southwick, Sandisfield, New Marlboro, and farther west to the New York State line and four years later, in 1767, joint commis­ sioners were appointed to establish the line east of the Connecticut ltiver. The Connecticut Commissioners re­ ported that tho line was nearly all cor­ rect except the tract of land in ques­ tion, a block about two and one-half miles square at Southwick, which Mas­ sachusetts thought she should have to compensate her for the town she had lost. This the Commissioners refused to grant in 1801; but this State was willing in 1803 to compromise, so one year later it was arranged that Connec­ ticut should keep a slice of Southwick and Maisaohusetts should hold the land west of the ponds in that place, the same indentation into the Nutmeg State which ohe now holds to-day. In May, 1810, Connecticut ap­ pointed another committee to examine the line east of the Connecticut River, but of the resuit no report can be found among the rec­ ords of that State. In May 1822, how ever, the repor shows that the Commis sioners agreed in all points, as iu 1713, with the exception of the gore at Union. As the southeast corner of Woodstock had extended into Massachusetts 120 rods, and the northwest corner fortv- eight rods, a jog had been left in the colony line between Woodstock and Union. This was the only jogged point at jssue in the report presented in 1822. This jog was corrected in 1826, when the Commissioners' report was agreed to by both States, and the long and tedious boundry-line contro­ versy between Massachusetts and her sister came to an end. The line of the New Haven and Northampton Railroad now runs directly through the jog con­ necting the two States, and Southwick Ponds, celebrated locally as a summer resort, lie partly in this State and part­ ly in Connecticut --Boston Globe, The Thin Hon Moves. "Are you moving to-day ?" asked the man with the cold-tea scheme. "No, I moved last night," replied the thin man without shirt collar. "High rent?" - "High rent" "Couldn't agree with your landlord about the rent, hey?" "We couldn't agree.* "So you moved /" "I moved." ! "That's it, that's just it," said the eold-tea man, emphatically. "Extor­ tionate rent ruins hundreds of homes. A man don't like to live in a hog-pen, yet what can he do about it? He don't like to place his family in a few dingy rooms, but how can he help it? I tell you $8 or $10 a month on rent counts up." "So it does," indorses the thin man. "Yes, sir; rapacious landlords break up many households," continued the cold-teaman. "How can a man of limited income afford to buy real estate in rent and then have nothing to show for it? He can't do it, sir. He has to accommodate himself to circumstances and house his family in a place he is ashamed of. High rents are the great drawback to prosperity. When a man has paid his rent on beer, penuckle, tobies, pool, cigars, base ball matches, aud cock tights, what has he left? Nothing, sir, absolutely nothing. His family must suffer. Two cock-tails are » quarter. Set-'em-up-all-'round, 75 cents. There's a dollar plumb gone out of sight in a minute. Say it only occurs once every other day. That knocks the spots out of $15 a month. I tell you rents are too high. Take a few pools and lose $5 or $10 a week on them, and you can easily see where ex­ orbitant rents keep a poor man. Why a man can punch half a ' month's rent into a billiard table in one night, they are up so. When did you say you moved?" "Last night," replied the thin man. "What, in the night time?" "Yes. I wanted to avoid the dust on my furniture." "How much did your landlord raise you?" "He didn't raise me." "Why, what was the difference be­ tween you, then." "It was about the back rent," replied the thin man.--Pittsburgh Chronicle. Feed of the indents. The young were admitted along with the old to the public tables, and, al­ though it was understood that the con­ versation should be of a kind to elevate the youthful mind, it was not meant that the talk to which they might listen should be made common gossip. "Nothing spoken here must go out there," the old men would say to their juniors, pointing to the door. By all accounts, the early Greeks were vege­ tarians, and were strictly temperate. They were satisfied with the simplest fruits, and their drink was water. Even when agriculture had made some progress among them, and barley bread could be had, the richer people Si eferred the old condition of living, 'he barley bread must have been a great boon to the poor among the primitive Greeks, seeing that they were driven at times to dine' on grasshop­ pers and leaves. Much the same con­ ditions prevailed among the Romans, who only on festive oocasions partook of animal food, their ordinary repast consisting wholly of milk, herbs, and roots. There came a time, however, when the Romans went to the opposite extreme, and when the whole empire used to be searched, as it were, to fur­ nish delicacies or novelties for the ta­ ble. The Yorkshire pie of the past was notable for the variety of its con­ tents, but it was simplicity itself com­ pared with the "Trojan horse" of a fashionable Roman banquet. This "dish" was a whole boar, disemboweled and filled with small animals and birds. Occasionally, the "removes" were brought in like a pyramid, the dishes being built up from a base­ board as a table. There was not only extravagance, but great waste at these banquets. Some of the accounts that have come down to us read as though the object of the host was to prepare, not for epi­ cures, but for gluttons. In one in­ stance twelve guests met to feast on eight boars, and boars at that time were costly. The name of Lucullus has become a proverb in connection with feasting; but, in justice to him, it must be said that he was not without method in the feasts he gave. He spent money freely for good living, but he was sensible enough to have a scale of probable costs to go by, and eventu­ ally, to save himself and his servants trouble, be gave a distinct name to each room in his house, and the pur­ veyors could always tell by the room selected for a feast to what expense they were to go. Some extraordinary mixtures were prepared for epicures. Thus Vitellus, in a silver salver, used to blend the livers of gilt heads, the brains of pheasants and peacocks, the tongues of phenicopters, and the milts of lampreys. This preparation would, at least, be edible, which is more than can be said of the dissolved pearlB Caligula and Clodius gave their guests. It is related of Apicus that, in addition to a considerable income, he laid aside ninety millions of sesterdes in hard cash, for no other purpose but to be devoted to luxurious living, and he succeeded so well that he was afraid, when he found he had only ten millions left, that he would be starved to death, and so he poisoned himself. --English Mag­ azine. The Art of Drinking Xilk. Milk should not be taken i* copious draughts like beer or any other fluids which differ from it chemically. If we consider the use of milk in infancy, the physiological ingestion, that is, of food provided for it, each small mouthful is secured by effort and slowly presented to the gastric mucuoua surface for the primal digestive stages. It is thus reg­ ularly and gradually reduced to curd, and the stomach is not oppressed with a lump of half-coagulated milk. The same principle should be regarded in case of the adult Milk should be slowly taken in mouthfuls, at short in­ tervals, and thus it is rightly dealt with >y the gastric juice. If milk be taken ifter other food, it is almost sure to purden the stomach and cause discom­ fort and prolonged indigestion, and this for the obvious reason that there is not sufficient digestive agency to dispose of it, and the better the quality of the milk the more severe the discomfort will be under these conditions.--Popu­ lar Science Monthly. PBOSEBITT has this property, it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty and look lown upon the world in contempt; but a truly noble and resolved spirit ap- oears greatest in distress, and then be­ comes more bright and conspicous.-- Plutarch's Lives. Advertising Cheats!!! "It has becomo so common to begin an article in an elegant, interesting style. "Then run it into some advertisement that we avoid all such, "And simply call attention to the merits of Hop Bitters in as plain, honest terms as possible, "To induce people "To give them one trial, which so proves their value that they will never use anything else." "THE REMEDY so favorably noticed in all the papers, KcllrfouB and secular, is "Havinsr a large sale, and is supplanting all other medicines. "There in no denying the virtues of the Hop plant, and the proprietors ot Hop Bitters have shown great shrewdness and ability * * * "In compounding a medicine wlio*e virtues are so palpable to every one's observation." Did She Die? "No! "She lingered and suffered along, pining away all the time for years," "The doctors doing her no good;" "And at last was cured by this Hop Bitters the papers say so much about." "Indeed! Indeed!" " How thankful we should be for that med­ icine." A Daughter's Misery. "Eleven years our daughter suffered on a bed of misery, "From a complication* of kidney, liver, rheumatic trouble and Nervous debility, "Under the care of the best physicians, "Who gave her disease various names, "But no relief, "And now she is restored to us in good health by as simple a remedy as Hop Bit­ ters, that we had shunned for years before using it."--THE PARENTS. Father is Getting Well. "My daughters say: "How much better father is since he used Hop Bitters." "He is getting well after his long suffer­ ing from a disease declared incurable." "And we are so glad that he used your Bitters."--A LADY of Utica, N. Y. WNonegenulne without a bunch of green Hop* on the white label. Blinn all the vile, pois­ onous stuff with "Hop" or "Hops" in their name. Mar wood's Dying Dog. From an interview with one of the Tussauds in the Pall Mall Gazette: "Calcraft I had not the pleasure of knowing, but Marwood, now--why, Marwood has often sat in this very chair," said Mr. Tussaud, putting his hand on the chair in which I was rest­ ing for a moment. This was an unex­ pected joy. "Poor Marwood! he's gone now. He would come here when liis spirits were low. A pipe and a glass of gin and water, his favorite vanity, were always at his service. Then he would go round to see some of his old acquaiutances around whose necks he had so delicately adjusted the fatal noose, whose bodies he had sent whisk­ ing into space. It was quite pathetic. He would stop before each one with a grim smile. Bis lips moved tremu­ lously as he summoned up some pleas­ ant thought. 'Put me there,' he once said, after he had given us a sitting on his own account. It was like a man choosing the site of his own grave. His companion on these visits was a grizzled terrier. One day he came alone. 'Your dog, Mr. Marwood, where is it ?' The old man was sad. 'My poor old dog is dying. My dog, that knew the business like a Chris­ tian, aud the inside of every prison in England, who has played with my ropes, who has caught rats in my busi­ ness bags.' 'Dying bv inches?' I said. 'Why don't you hang nim ?' Marwood gave me a long, reproachful glance. 'No, no! Hang a man. But my dear dog, never.' Poor Marwood, he'd a good heart." The story of the old hangman and bis dog affected me so much that the interview ended abruptly. LAND in Australia is only expected to carry one sheep to th6 acre. Shepherds do not dare stock it to its fall capacity for fear of drought. All for 50 Cents. Mr. E. C. Walker, Editor "Track and Road," The Spirit of the Times, New York, t after an exhaustive interview with all lead­ ing horsemen, stablemen, sportsmen, driv­ ers, and breeders of horses of the country, states that St. Jacobs Oil, the great pain cure, will do all that is claimed for it in the cure of aches, pains, and suffering in man andbeast. An Old-Fashtoned Statesman. South Carolina sent to Congress three young men, Lowndes, Calhoun, and Cheves, to sustain the war of 1812. Their talents were so conspicuous that men spoke of them as "The Galaxy." William Lowndes ranked the first among the three, and was the leader of the House of Representatives from 1812 to 1822. Yet to the inconsiderate observer he seemed to possess scarcely any of the attributes of leadership.' His tall, stooping, and frail frame, his feeble, husky voice, his awkward gest­ ures, and his gentle, unpretending na­ ture appeared to unfit him to lead a body of men divided by the excitement of the war with Great Britain. His leadership was, however, undis- Euted. It arose from his unselfishness, is information and mental grasp, his fairness in debate, and bis courtesy to­ ward opponents. No matter 'how "burning" might be the question before the House, he, though earnest in the expression of his views, never uttered a word to offend an opponent. It was his custom to state the arguments of the opposition so strongly and clearly that men called him "the fairest de­ bater in Congress." On one occasion, Mr. Lowndes put an opponent's argu­ ment in such a clear and strong light that John Randolph exclaimed: "Lowndes, you will never be able to answer yourself!" He worked hard to acquire the varied information necessary to fit a consci­ entious legislator to discharge intelli­ gently the duty of legislating for a peo­ ple of diversified industries. Once, while Chairman of the Com­ mittee on Commerce, he presented a report which narrated the history of our trade with the East Indies. One of the members from Massachusetts, Mr. Silsbee, who had been engaged in that trade for many years, said in his place: "The gentleman from South Carolina has given me important in­ formation and shed new light upon a subject -with which I thought myself familiar, as an old East India mer­ chant." Two young members of the House were once discussing the extent of Mr. Lowndes' information. One of them said that he could suggest a sub­ ject about which Lowndes would know nothing. A wager was made --betting was popular in those days--and the two gentlemen went directly tp Mr. Lowndes. "Can you tell us, sir, the process of manufacturing a pin?" asked the gen­ tleman who had proposed the test. To the surprise of both, the gifted South Carolinian at onoe gave in detail the whole process, from the drawing of the wire to the fixing of the pins on paper. But the keystone of Mr. Lowndes' influence in Congress was the convic­ tion of its members that he never was moved by a selfish purpose. Even in the heat of debate men felt that Lowndes was speaking not for the triumph of victory, but because he be­ lieved the views lie advocated were such as would benefit the whole coun­ try. He aimed to convince the judg­ ment by persuasive speech. When he had succeeded, and the majority were radiant with the glow of victory, he was conspicuous for his gentle humil ity. In 1822, the Legislature of South Carolina unanimously nominated Mr. Lowndes as a candidate for the Presi­ dency. He made no response to this nomination. A friend wrote him a let­ ter, chiding him for his reticent atti tude toward such a high compliment. In Mr. Lowndes' reply he stated tKat he had not taken and would never take a step to attract the public eye to him­ self. Then he uttered a sentiment which no one doubted to be the ex­ pression of one who aspired to merit rather than aimed to gain the honors of high oftice: "The Presidency of the United States is not an office to be either solicited or declined." When he died, at the early age of 42, even his political adversaries mourned the loss of a personal friend. One of the most active of them said: "The l)est hopes of the country looked to William Lowndes for their fulfilment." We have recalled this modest, retir­ ing, unambitious statesman that our readers may muse over the achieve­ ments of one who was no orator, yet whose persuasive power and pure life made him a leader among men. "I DO not like thee. Dr. Fell, The reason why, I cannot tell." It has often been wondered at, the bad odor this oft-quoted doctor was in. "Twas proba­ bly because be, being one of the old-school doctor*,. made up pills as large a* bullet*, which nothing but an ostrich oould bolt with­ out nausea. Hence the dialike. Dr. R. V. Pierce's "Pleasant Purgative Pellets" are sutrar-coated and no larger than bird-ahot, and are quick to do their work. For all de­ rangements of the liver, bowels, and stomach they ore specific. WHY have you no cause to fear the arrow* of resentment from an old man? Because he never had a beau. FRENCH GHAPE BKAMIV. distilled Extract of Water Popper or Smart Weed. Jamaica Ginger and Camphor Water, as combined in Dr. Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart Weed, is tho best possible remedy for colie, cholera morbus, diarrh i a. dysentery, or bloody flux; also, to break up colds, fevers, and inflammatory attacks; 50 cent*. Reep It on hand. Good for man or beast. A SKIN game--Calling a gray elephant white.--A'eu> 1 oris Journal. ]>it muK'iit Itutter Makers. There is no d'ssent from the decision of eandid and capable dairymen that the Im­ proved llutter Color of Wells, Klchardson & Co., Ilurliiurton, Vt., is the best in the world. Such men as A. W. Cheever. of Massachu­ setts; E. D. Mason, Vermont: Francis A. Hoffman, Wisconsin, use it, and recommend It as superior to all others. A BOSOM friend--the chest protector.-- Vanity Fair. - Horaford's Acid fhoiphato AS A NERVK FOOD. Dr. J. W. Smith, Wellington, Ohio, say*: " In impaired nervous supply I have used it to advantage." WHAT are the greatest attachments made? More lawsuits than love suits are brought on by attachments. LrniA Ef PINKHAM'H Vegetable Compound cures all female and kldnev complaints. WHY should the company of jailers never be tolerated? Because they keep bad com­ pany. THE GREAT GERMAN R E M E D Y FOR PAIN. Believe* and etirc* RHEUMATISM, Nouralgfa, Soiatioa, Lumbago, BACHACH, H1ABA0H1, TOOTHACHE SORE THROAT, QUINSY, SWELLINGS, •rBAINS, Iwims, Cuts, BIHISM, FROSTBIT KB. BDBNS, SCAUM, And all other bodily aoh** and pill FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE. Sold by *U Druntetaaod Dealer*. Direction* la U language* 4 Th* Chart** A. Vog*l*f 6*. 1 I » A. TOOILM * Oft) hlUMn, Bt* C.S.A. * * RUPTURE, pile tumors, fistu­ las, and all diseases of lower bowel (except cancer), radically cured. Address, World's Dispensary Medical Association. Buffalo, N. Y„ and inclose two (3-cent) stamp* for book. A 0000 church man may go astray, but his umbrella will keep Lent.--New Orleans Picayune. , The Conflict Between disease' and health is often brief and fatal It is better to be provided with cheap and simple remedies for such common disorders as coughs, colds, etc., than to run the risk of contracting a fatal disease through neglect. Dr. Wm. Hail's Balsam is a sure and safe remedy for all diseases of the lungs and chest. If taken in season It Is certain to cure, and may save you from that terrible disease, consumption. It has been known and used for many years, and It is no exag­ geration to say that it is the best remedy in the world for eoughs, etc. ••Pot up" at the Gault Pww The business man or tourist will find first- accommodations at the low prioe of S3 and $3.50 per day at the Gault House, Chica- go, corner Clinton and Madison streets. This far-famed hotel is located in tho center ot the city, only one block from tho Union Depot. Elevator; ail Appointments first-class. H. w. HOYT. Proprietor. Aro You l)i«cuiiragt!<t ? Has your physician failed to arrest thedig- ease l'rom which you aro guttering? Are you losing faith In incdscittcs, atid growing alarmed at your condition? Then' give Com­ pound Oxygon a trial. Write 10 Drs. Starkey & 1'alon, 110' tiirard si., l'iiiin.. for their treatise on Compound Oxygen. Sent free. FOR DYSPEPSIA, IXDIOKSTIOX, depresgion of spirits, and general debility in their various forms; also, asaprevt ntivc again't lever and ague, and other intermittent fevers, the '• Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., of New York, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. HAV-FKVKK. I was severely^a'flieted with Hay-Fever for twenty-five year*, I tried Ely's Cream Balm, and tho effect was mar­ velous. It is a perfect cure.--WM. T. C.VRR, Presbyterian Pastor, Elizabeth, N. J. Price M cents. • Curbo-Iine*. The clouds may darken o'er the sun, Yet rivers to the ocean run. The bald and gray mny live serene ; By using 'the famous Carbollne. HAY-FEVER. One and one-half bottles of Fly's Cream Balm entirely cured me of Hay- Fever of ten years' standing. Have had no trace of it for two years.--Ai.nF.iiT A. PERRY, Smithboro, N. V. Prioe CO cents. "ROUGH OK RATS." Clears oat rats, mioe, file*, roaches, bed-bug*, ants, vermin, chipmunks. ISO. PUBLIC speakers and singers use Pi*0's Cure for hoarseness and weak lung*. HE Fm II THE "Rongh on Itch" cures humors, eruptions, ring* worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chUbUUns. Ptso's Cure for consumption Is not only pleasant to take, but it is sure to oure. ••Buchu-Palba." Quick, complete cure, all annoying kidney and urinary diseases. SI. USE the Frazer Axlp Grease, 'tis the best in tho world--will wear twice as long as anv other. "Rough on Corns." 15c. Ask for it. Com­ plete cure, hard or soft corns, warts, bunions. READ Tolor's California Excursion Advt. DR. JOHN BULL'S Sii'sTonlcSM FOR THE CURE OP FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER, AND JILL MALARIAL DISEASES The proprietor of this o*l*brat*d medi- ein* justly claims for it a superiority ovsr all remedies ever offered to the publio for th* SAFE, CXXTAIX, SPEEDY and FE&- XAJnCFTear* of Ague afid Fever, or Chills and Fever, whether of short or long stand­ ing. He refers to the entire Western and Southern eountry to bear him testimony to the truth of the assertion that in no case whatever will it fail to oure if the direc­ tions are strictly followed and carried out. Ia a great many cases a single dose has been sufficient for a oure, and whole fami­ lies have been oure (I by a single bottle, with a perfeot restoration of the general health. It is, however, prudent, and in every case more certain to oure, if its uss is continued in smaller doaes for a week or two after the disease has been checked, more especially in diffiouR and long-standing oases. Usu­ ally this medicine will not require any aid to Veep the bowels in good order. Should the patient, however, require a cathartic medicine, after having taken three or four doses of the Tonio, a single doce of BULL'S VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS will be suf­ ficient. BULL'S SAR8AFAEILLA is the old and reliable remedy for impurities of the blood and Scrofulous affections--the King of Bloed Purifiers. DR. JOHN BULL'S VEGETABLE WORM DESTROYER is prepared in the form of oandy drops, attraotive to tho sight and pleasant to the taste. DR. JOHN BULL'S • SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP, BULL'S SARSAPARILLA, BULL'S WORM DESTROYER, The Popular Remedies of the Day. Principal OBc*, Ml Mala St., LOCISYILLE, KY. DIG DAVTto Mil our rubber hand stamps. Terms DID "a I free. Taylor Bros. & Oo, CU'Vf-land.Otiio. • EARN •• Addre HAIR Telegraphy, or Sliort-Hand and Type Writing H**re. Situations turaisned. UESTT? Wholesale and retail. Senator prlc*-llit. Good* sent C. O. D. Wigs made to order. E.BURNHAM. 71 State street, Chicago. m Haa A Cur<Ml, on a new principle, to B\ I HIMB Stay cured. Send <ct stump (or I IIIV1MI Tliesla and form for ^./ex­ amination. P. Harold Hayes, M. D., Bingliamton, N. Y. CALIFORNIA EXCURSIONS. TOLKR'S CAUFOKXIA EXCURSIONS here CHICAGO and S'l\ I.Ol?I!$ every month, going the Now, Shortest, mid mogt pleasant way ot reaching California, liy croing with us you HAVE $10to Sliaday. For»pe<'Ial information, date*, etc., write to W. H. TO I .KR X CO., MB Clark St., Cliicauo. III. PRINTERS! Or peraoua of any profession who contemplate estab­ lishing newspaper printing offices in Nebraska or Dakota should communicate with THE SIOUX CITT NEWSPAPER UNION, NO. 216 Douglas street, Slonx City, Iowa, and aave muuey. . CATARRH CREAMJALM Causes no Pain. Gives Relief at Once. Thorough Treatment will Cnre. Not a Liq­ uid or Snuff. Ap­ ply with Finarer. Give it a Trial. no cents at Drusjcista*. GO cents by mail, reg­ istered. Send for cirruiar. . • " T mtOiHiU-ib. Druggist, Owego, N. I. 8 H# FEVER xsmrEnrs FATOMTK sBwunt Caret a Terrible Cm > Nothing is more urgently needed a*-- a medicine for Gravel, aa the disease seems on the creaRe, and we are glad to say that anch is I)R. 1 VID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY, of dout, N. Y. We pot in evidence th» following ; •elected from many similar communications: PrrrsriELD, Mass, March, ISM. Dr. David Kennedy DearfBr--'Ton ha^ _ public to know, my experience with Gra- Dear Sir--Yon have a right to know, and I ilimliii .•el and e are plei of what I say. My Srst comparatively slight attack < Gravel waa in the year 18W. It passed away. and I ha little more trouble until last July. 1883. One day when at work in my shop 1 wan suddenly seized with akMtt and terrible pain in my left ride. I consulted two physicians at onoe. One said: "Ican do nothing ix you! Your caae io incurable r I was frightened M went to the second, who said little, but gave me anre- soription. It did no good. Then be*ran a eeries of experiences, the agony ««* horror of whirli words cannot depict. Think of it! I was sometimes taken fn the street, and would fan, wnthinc with agony, npon the sidewalk. It was deafi in life. Thank Heaven, I then heard of "KEHHE- I'Y S FAVORITE REMEDY," through Mr. P. P. Cooley. I had not used half a bottle when I pasaed three stones in succession, one of which waa one-half an inch long. I persevered with the meu* cine, the symptoms gradually atated. and I have had no more trouble since. I am well, thanks to you an! 'FAVORITE REMEDY.' Yours most JAMES anka to you aw t gratefully. : D. KENNEDY. What "FAVORITE REMEDY" did in this caw done in many others. If yon desire to do so. Address Dr. David Kennedy. Rondout. N. Y. Pain la supposed to be the lot of ua poor mo; as inevitable an death, and liable at any time to upon us. Therefore it is important that ren acenta should be at hand to be used in an emergency when we are made to feel the excruciating agonies *C • pain, or the depressing influence of diseaM. Such a remedial agent exists in that old Rfitlihl* Family Remedy. PERRY DAVIS' Pain- It was the first and is the enlj penufe H nent Pain Reliever. ITS MERITS ARE UNSURPASSED. There ia nothing to aqual it. In a few momenta It cures * Colic, Cramps, Spasms, Heartburn, M» arrhaea, Dysentery, Flux, , Dyspepsia, Sick ' Headache. ,7- It is found to OURE CHOLERA When all other Remedies fail. , *'*v ft i-,»r hS ^ TTSED EXTERNhJXY, AS A nothing gives quicker ease in Barm, lirulses, Sprains. Stings I'rum iasecta. Scjilds. It removes the fire, and the wound I like ordinary sores. Those suffering with Rheums Usui, Uout, or Nenraltria, if not a positive cure, the? find the PAIJf-KIIJ.i'ilt gives them relief when M other remedy will. In Bections of the country when. FEVER AND AGUE Prevails there is no remedy held in greater este*^ , Persons traveling should keep it by them. ' SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 'V:i| TBB flBEU 8LB0DISBBBK1 Liver and Hdasy Sernadj, 1 Compounded tram the well kaml Curative* Horn, Malt, Buohu, Man. udeUbo, 8unpai«0a*_a» I THE! QUE BTSFEFOI ft t ByM Ut*LlT*ru4 IUIO.TX VHB |They cure Bheaattiak, and all IM»| . nary trouble*. They imifonK nourish, strengthen and Aa a Tonlo thay hm M Bh--L- IMWWMM HO> Han --dill --!•! FOR SALE BY ALL 0CAUEB&- Hop« and Malt Bitters Oo. I DETROIT, MICH. K i D N E V - W C r . T 2 DOE8 WONDERFUL CURES OF f I ONEY DISEASES AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, o Bacaase It seta en the L1YEB, BOWEIA aafl KIDXEYS at the »a»a tlai. Beoauae it eleanaea the ajeteia ot tha poison­ ous humors that develop* (a Kldmy end Uri­ nary Piisssns, BtHouanesa. J'auadic*, Oanattp^ tlon, Pilea, or la Bneamatiaot, M*pngMal2HKk vous Diaordars and all female Ooi*pl*l£ta. trsoLW PMooror TBIX TP TTCU. 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