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. . . • . r : #£5$"» • tun jocrkby. IpSS BY XXL A WHEEXEB WXLCO& As we speed ont of Youth's sunny station. The track seems to shine in the light; Bat it suddenly shoots over chasms, And sinks into tunnels of night; And the heart!* that were brave in the morning Are filled with repinings and fears, As they pause at the City of t- orrow. Or pass tho" the Valley of Tears. ^ But the path for this perilous rail* r j£sx.c.-V The hand of tho master has made j 'With all its discomforts and dange We need not be sad or afraid. Roads leading trom dark into darkness, Roads plunging trom gloom to d is pair, Wind out thro' the tunnels of midnight To fields that are blooming and fair. ft/ & Tho' the rocks and their shadows surround us Tho' we catch not one (fleam of the Above us fair cities are laughing ' And dipping white feet in some bflW-F. And always--neteinal--forever. s J Dowwbverthe hills in the West, / The last final end of onr journey. There lies the great Station of Bsst. 'Tie the grand central point of all railways; All roads clu-ter here where they end; 'Tis the final resort of all tourists; All rival lines meet here and blend, jr<* All tickets, or mile-books, or passes If stolen, or begged for, or boughtk On whatever road or division, tfy. - Will bring you at last to this spot, >• I • If you pause at the City of Trouble, Or wait in the Valley of Tears, Be patknt--the (rain will move onward. An I sweep down the truck of tne years, • Wherever the place is you seek for,-. Wh» rever your aim or your quest. You shall1 come at, the last with rejoicing To the beautiful Station of Rest. THE MEWLEB CATASTROPHE. ^'!rf>oKB- of 'the I coultf never bring myself to uefieve there ever existed such a personage as the oft-quoted crossing sweeper, whose "pitch" in the neighborhood of Regent street was such a profitable affair that, _ being a man of refined tastes, he was enabled, after business hours, to dress like a gentleman and, as such, seek po­ lite and refined recreation. It is re lated of this supposititious artist it} mud that, one evening, at some public as­ sembly, he made the acquaintance of a highly respectable young lady, and, passing himself off to her and her friends as a merchant in the city, eventually married her, having previ­ ously furnished a nice little house in #the suburbs. Every morning, smartly attired, he set out from home for his "office," returning punctually to a late dinner. But he had a place where he changed his broadcloth and spotless linen for grimy^ calico and rags. All day long he applied himself to his crossing, and, having pocketed the couple of pounds, or whatever the sum was that commonly rewarded his indus­ try, he once more assumed respectable guise and took omnibus for his villa residence. As the legend goes, howev­ er, it chanced one day that his wife went shopping in Regent street, and, availing herself of her disguised hus­ band's neatly swept crossing, bestowed upon him a very peculiar looking six­ pence. He recognized her, and his mo xnentary glance was such that he did not particularly notice the coin, but slipped it into his pocket with the rest. That same night, however, he handed her some loose silver for housekeeping purposes. She at once "spotted" the queer sixpence, and when she demanded how he became possessed of it, taken by surprise, he had no time to invent a falsehood, and, falling on his knees, he confessed all. Since, as I say, I could never give implicit credence to the crossing-sweep­ er's story, I should not feel surprised if the reader smiles dubiously when 1 ask him to believe what here follows. Every morning there alights from a neat phaeton at the corner of a street at no great distance from Stepney Green, a stout and middle-aged gentle­ man, very respectably dressed, and hav­ ing the appearance of a person in easy circumstances. The lad in sober livery who drives the vehicle then turns about, and is seen no more until 5 o'clock in the evening in the winter time and (> in the summer, when the same stout and respectable gentleman reappears, and returns the way he came in the morn­ ing. It is not in any warehouse or fac toiry, however that he passes the day. Hurrying down the street at the end of which he alighted,, he turns A corner and enters a quiet little public house, and the landlord or the landlady, as the case may be, is not in the least astonished but re­ gards it as a matter of course that he should pass the bar, just nodding in re­ ply to their "good morning," and pro- •oeed up stairs. An acute listener be­ low might distinctly hear a key turned in the lock of a door, and, after the lapse of ten minutes or so, the landlord is again not surpri-ed to see descending the stairs an individual with the same faoe and features as the before-men- tioned stout gentleman, but wearing bow a blue smock frock with a serge fljwxm of the same color, drab knee- breeches, worsted -stockings, and sub­ stantial hob-nailed boots. He does not pass the bar this time. He pauses, and withdraws from his pocket a greasy-looking money-bag, and tho landlord remarks to him: "The same as usual, Mr. Mewler?" To which the customer replies, with a hearty and fa­ miliar manner:. "Sane as usual, old cockalorumwhereupon the landlord produces a tumbler half filled with milk, and adds to it a small glass of rum. Mr. Mewler disposes of the com­ forting decoction, gives the landlord a cheery good-day, and bustles off in a hurry, for it is now past 8 o'clock, and unless he bestirs himself he will be late at his business, which is dealing, wholesale and retail, in "catsmeat." And having thus let out of the bag the animal for whose appetite Mr.Mew­ ler is a provider, it is only right that I should hasten to explain that it is not because he is ashamed of the trade he has been so many years prosperously engaged in, or that, personally, he is Anxious to pass in private life for being what he is not, that he comes daily to business in the manner described.* If there is & weakness involved in the af­ fair it is an amiable one. It is wholly and solely in deference to his wife's idtea of what is due to their increased and still increasing worldly means that he resides at Brixton, instead of within a convenient walking distance of the "yard" at Mile-end, as in old times. No one in- his emplov except the foreman, who has lived with him since they were young men together, has any knowl­ edge of the phaeton or the lad in livery, And Mr. Mewler would very much rath­ er they remained in ignorance. He is more at home in his boiling-honse or in the weighing room than anywhere else. There he eails his men Bill, Jack, and Tom ,and address liim to his face as Mr. Joe. Behind his back he is called--and he does not resent it--"Old Joey." He is oppressed with the con­ viction that if they knew about the phaeton th^y would straightway take to addr. ssing him an ""Sir," which would be more than he could stand. "It would make me feel more uncomforta­ ble than it I tried to do stiff day's work with m '\>ulay coat on. It would be as ridi a ions as serving ha'porths of meat on silver skewers. Beside#, it isn't as though there weren't any mem­ bers ai the family still in the retail." I quote the above from Mr. Mewler's own lips, and the fact of my being able to do so is proof sufficient, I hope, that there is nothing like false pride about him. Speaking on the subject of his only son and daughter still being en­ gaged in the retail delivery of feline provision, he remarked as he and I and the landlord sat in friendly converse in the bar parlor of the latter: "On that p'int I was firm. I gave in as regards the willa at Brixton, and I agreed to the fee-aton, and to the boy in livery driving me part of the way to business, but when it came to the proposition my old lady made that, since we could af­ ford it, it was our duty to sell out the whole concern and set the boy and gal up as young lady and gentleman, there I jibbed. It wouldn't act, old lady, says I, any more on their own account than ours. They've always been brought up among it, and if they got into fashion­ able society, and the truth leaked out, it might lead to their being chaffed, or, p'raps to them being called by some nickname or other, which would stick to 'em for life and make 'em miserable. It is much better that they should make their way in the world as their mother and father have done before 'em, and when they have done it, it will be time to give the 'yard* the go-by, and cultivate the genteel. Besides, says I, it isn't as though theirs was a tin-pot connection. Both the boy and the gal has got their separate round, with a cart that's a'most as good as a picter gallery to look at, and a good horse, and they each do a trade amounting to £1 a day profit, which isn't to be sneezed at in these times. "They're happy enough, bless yon. Every Sunday they comes over and spend the day with us at Bucephalus villa; mind you, I didn't give it that name," said Mr. Mewler abruptly, paus­ ing in his narrative. "It was the chap who built it for me, and who said it would be appropriate without being, in a manner of speaking, too announcing. I didn't know what Bucephalus meant, even; I thought it sounded like^ the name of some complaint until he explained it. Very often one or other of them will give us a call on a week­ day evening as well, when we have a little company." "And is it1 known at Brixton that you--" "Lord bless you, sir." said Mr. Mewler, interrupting me, with a laugh, anticipating what I was about to ask, "the old lady would go into fits if she thought they had any suspicion of it I'm in the provision line of business if anybody aeks her. It is a little orkard sometimes,though," he continued, more seriously, though still with a twinkle in his eyes, "and shows that no good ever comes of con­ cealment or shirking the honest truth. O nr gal, you must know, is a rare good- looking one. Strapping built she is, with a color like a rose, which, no doubt, is through being out in all weathers. There is a sprightliness about her movement» just like her mother when she had a lot of practice getting up and down in the cart, and when she's dressed she looks a regler lady, and nothing but it, and between us, as fath­ ers of families, she naturally looks to having a sweetheart. Well, sir, there .used to drop into our place at Brixton, sometimes of evenings, a young fellow --not more than about 18 he wasn't-- who first of all met our gal, and me, and the missus at the Crystal palace. I never rightly understood what he was; but any one could tell by his actions and gold eye-glass that he was a well- bred un. At the same time, as I have told vou, he was rather young, and that made me ;.nd her mother a little uncom­ fortable when our Jemima, who was 22 last birthday, told us blushing one day tliat she really thought that Reginald Molineux -- that was the chap's name-- was sweet on her, and was beginnig to act toward her as though he had seri­ ous intentions in his mind. 'He talks about introducing me to his mother,' says slie, very well pleased at the pros­ pect. That put my old lady in a twit­ ter at once. 'You take my advice, my dear,' she says, 'and nip it in the bud l>efore it goes any farther. I've seen her, though it's been only in the dis­ tance. and she's much too high and haughty for us. There is no more bend in her back than though it was made of one piece without a joint in it. As soon as slie found out who we was and where we came from she wouldn't be seen walking the same side of the way with you or any of the family, much less consent to her son marrying you.' 'But, p'raps,'says Jemima, bridling up, with her pride hurt a little, 'P'r'aps,' ses she, 'we mayn't be so much beneath them as you think. Leastwise, our ancestors, as Reginald calls them, wasn't. He's been inquiring into our pedigree, I think he calls it, and discovers that our blood is as good as his'n. There was a Mewler, he says, came over with the conqueror. 1 don't know what he meant by it,' says the gal, 'but he seem­ ed to be jolly giad of it And it was then that he remarked that now his one anxiety was removed, and that he should be delighted to make me and his mother know each other.' It was news to me, that about the conqueror," continued Mr. Mewler, laughing. "The nearest I could get to it was that I rec- olected hearing my father tell of his father, and--we've been in the same line of business these ninety years-- that he once had a place of business over in Lock's-fields, Walworth, where he was in partnership with a chap who was good with his fists, and that he once licked the 'Camberwell Chicken,' on Pickham-rye, for £10 a side. He might have been the conqueror aluded to for all I know. Anyhow, my grand­ father came over with him from the Surrev side to Mile-end. where they started a slaugliter'us. But liowyoung Molineux could have heard or read about it was more than I could under stand. Anyhow, my old lady was mol- ified when it was made known to her-- not about the 'chicken,' but another conquering cove that came over here in armor from foreign parts hundreds of years ago. I haven't got a word to say against her, goodness forbid. Bat there is no denving that she has grown a bit upish in her views lately. 'Cept doing house work, she hasn't siled her hands or as much as touched a skewer, unless that belonging to the pen'orth delivered daily at the willa, for more than five years, and nat'rally her old ideas have given way to more fashion­ able ones. So says she to Jemi­ ma : 'If the young chap likes you and you like him, and he has found ont of his own accord, and with­ out being set to do it, that our family is good enough for his to keep company with, I don't see any objections. If he is right I am glad to be made aware of it, and if he is wrong, it is his own mis­ take and not ours. As for our blood being as good as his, continued my old lady, he needn't trouble himself on that scoce. Clap you both before a looking-glass, and compare your rosy freshness to the color of his faoa, which may be the high-bred color, bat it's too. much like Dutch cheese for my ,fancy, and I think anyone will say that so far as blood goes yon ain't a bit behind him.' So it was agrt ed that matters might go on as they was going, only that, if she could manage it our Hatty was to fight shy of the old lady--her old lady, I mean--until things advanced a bit Reginald took quite a liking for our Jack, who, of course; never comes to Brixton but dressed a swell: but Jack you see, is a roughish one, and don't know much about langwidge, so he usul to let young Molineux do all the talk­ ing. But one day," and here old Mr. Mewler's face expanded into a broad grin, "he so nigh let our secret out that Hatty, who was in the room at the time was ready to drop off her chair. Reg­ inald was on his favorite subject talk­ ing about high-born and .low-born, and the wealth of the land, and he made the remark to Jack that, after all. there was nothing like blood, "What, ior the land, you mean," ses Jack, glad that a topic was started that he knew something about. 'For the whole king­ dom,' ses Mr. Molineux. 'I wish, ses Jack, that everybody was of yoar op­ inion. Our blood is a precious nui­ sance to us sometimes.' 'You mean,' tfays Reginald, 'that you found it rising in rebellion against the horribly un he­ roic spirit of the age. I have felt the same myself, Master John, he says, 'and I quite agree with you. Where is tho use of a man having blood, if there is no demand for it? 'There's such a run on patent manures, you see,' says our Jack, quite serious, 'that blood, which is the best of 'em all, is quite neglected, and. as you just now remarked, there is hardly any demand for it. We are glad sometimes to let ours run to waste down the sewer. We have to do it on the sly, though. It's a penalty of £10 if they catch you at it.' Of course Jack was referring to our slaughter'us: but the other one, as our Hatty tells the utory, stared at him in horror, and he was just about to ask for further particulars, when Jemima made believe that she heard me calling for Jack, and she shook her head and frowned at him so much that he became aware he had put his foot in it somehow, and took him-, self off. "It was Jack who blew up the whole blessed business at last. I don't say it was his fault, or that I was sorry for it. It makes me wretched to see a daught­ er of mine working her way into a swell family, under what you may call false pretenses, and I was downright glad when the affair was knocked on the head. But it was a sudden and unex­ pected blow--a regular poleaxer. Reginald's mother, it seems, was a member of a charitable committee who went about in slummy neighborhoods finding out how the poor lived, and now and then she took her son with her, in order to train him in her own ways. Well, one day they was wistling in a street in Stepney, and three of 'em. Reginald, and his mother, and another old dowager, had gone into a hou*e that was in our Jack's rounds. 'l'liey were so busy in the house that nobody took any notice of Jack's first knock at the door, so he knocked again lounder, called out 'meat,' and the door being at the moment opened, without looking lie holds out the liaporth, at the same time saying, impatient, 'Here, ketch hold: I thought you was all gone to sleep;' and then he heard a well-known voice ex­ claim'Good God!' and looking up lie found that he had been holding out the haporth to Reginald's mother, who, with her son and the other old lud.\ were at that moment leaving the prem­ ises. It was a clean bowl down, and there was no backing out of it, for lack was in his shirt-sleeves and had the basket on his arm, and there, on the other side of the road, stood tho cart, with 'John Mewler, cat's-meat punctu­ ally delivered,' writ on the panel, and plain to be read. Still, as far as the old lady was concerned, it might have passed off. but Reginald, he was so took aback at the sight of Jack, that he ex­ claimed, bewildered-like: '"Good heavens! does my Jemima know of this" Jack didn't want to give him an answer. But that same evening there came bv hand at our willa a perlite note from Reignald Molineux to say that an un­ expected family affair occasioned him to go abroad, and it was very uncertain whfen he might return again. But we hain't seen or heard of him since."-- London Telegraph. Great Canals of the World. Among the canals of the Old World may be mentioned the Imperial Canal of China, having a length of al»> ut 1,000 miles. In the year lti.sl was com­ pleted the greatest undertaking of the kind on the continent, the Canal of Languedoc, or Canal du Midi, to con­ nect the Atlantic with the Mediterrane­ an; its length is 148 miles; it has more than one hundred locks and about 'fifty aqueducts, and in its highest part is no less than six hundred feet above the lovel of the sea; it is navagable for vessels of upwards of one hundred tons. The largest ship canal in Europe is the Great North Holland Canal, completed in 1825, one hundred and twenty-two feet wide at the water surface, thirty- one feet wide at the bottom, and has a depth of twenty feet It extends Irom the Amsterdam to theHeider, 51 miles There are a number of barge canals in England, the Grand Junction and the Leeds and Liverpool, each 128 miles long. The Caledonian Canal, in {Scot­ land, has a length of GO miles, includ­ ing three lakes. The Suez Canal is 88 miles long, of which 66 miles are actu­ al canal. The Erie Canal is :550 1-2 miles long. The Ohio Canal, from Cleveland to Portsmouth, 332: the Miami and Er.'e, Cincinnati to Toledo, 21*1; the Wabash and Erie, Evansville to the Ohio line, 374. Putting Upon Other*. Human nature has one trait that at­ tracts tho attention of both moralists and humorists--its willingness to bind but dens on the backs of others. Aite- mus Ward said that, during the war, he was once so wrought upon by a patriotic speech as to announce that he was wil­ ling to permit all of his wife's relations to join the army. Another humorist confesses that, again and again, while seated in a horse- car, he haB looked upon a dozen men occupying seats while half-a-dozen la­ dies were (standing, and blushed for his sex. Of Lady Cork, an eccentric and pe­ nurious woman, residing in London, Sidney Smith tells this story: "She was once so moved by a charity sermon that she begged me to lend lie'r a guinea for her contribution. I did so. She never repaid me, and spent j| on herself."-- Youths' Companion. Off an average, only six out of sixteen of the children of the United States aiM at school every day in the educational year. Four of the remaining ten gc occasionally. Six grow up in ignorance. This state of things must be improved, or three-eights of the next generation will be blockheads or criminals.--The Current. "The Saving Remnant" in Syria. I cannot conscientiously say good- by to my Arab enemies without mak­ ing an acknowledgment. Before leav­ ing Syria I encountered a single solitary instance of the unmerceaary spirit, which will remain a perpetual green spot in the desert of my Levantine mem­ ories. I was riding through a field with Mr. Floyd, and being overtaken by thirst, stopped to get a drink of water from a peasant garnering wheat. The water we sucked out of a goat skin by means of a hollow reed, and it was delicious. I tossed the man half a franc, which he took, bowed politely and said: "You were quite welcome to the water without paying anything." At first I staggered undVr this reve­ lation of unexpected selfishness. Then a tide of home memories swept over my bosom, and I wept. I had almost forgotten that benevolence, courtesy and generosity exist in the world. The circumstance, little and simple though it was, carried me back over seas and deserts to that land where such acts of hospitality are not phenomenal; where, indeed, people sometimes refuse to take money at all for a draught of cold water. Alas! that in the countrv where first was proclaimed the blessedness of giving the refreshing beverage of nature in His name, such a circumstance should now be so exceptional as to cause marveling! I do not want to repre­ sent the race as totally bereft of the gentler graces that pertain sometimes to Occidental humanity, and, therefore, feel that this acknowledgment is due. Facts Relating to the Draft Horses of France. While some people in America call all horses imported from France Nor­ mans, it is a J act that there is no breed in Franee called by that name by the French people; the name Norman, therefore, is purely American. The principal breeds of France are known as Perclierons and Boullanais. The Perclierons are the most h ighly prized of a 11 French races, and all depart­ ments of France go to the Perche for stallions to improve their local breeds. 'Die Perchoron Stud Book of France is published under the authority of the French Government, and admits only animals of pure Pereiieron origin and birth, established by their pedigrees and the pedigrees of their ancestors for i generations. The fact that no recorded \pedigrees can be furnished with any of the more common breeds of France, explains the eagerness of many import­ ers in insisting that all horses imported Irom France are alike, and that pedi­ grees are useless. It is a well-known fact that what a man gives for a horse over from $500 to $*00--the price of a good grade--is paid fo.- puiity of blood; and where the seller is not able to give the recorded pedi­ gree of the animal sold as evidence of additional value, he has no right to ask it. With these facts before him, no intelligent man will buy a horse im­ ported from France unless he is re­ corded with his pedigree in full in the stud book in France, and the importer furnishes with his bill of sale the French certificate of registration, as this is his only guarantee of safety, a large number of horses of unknown blood being imported to this country and sold as pure bred. The <*olden Rose." In the chapel connected with the Chateau of Arenberg, the present res • dence of the ex-Empress Eugenie, is kept the "golden rose" sent by h's Holiness, Pius IX., some years ago, to the Empress, then reigning at the Tuileries. This "mystic rose," by the way, is rather a rose-tree than a rose, and is a wonderful piece of goldsmith's work. It represents a bunch of roses, with buds and leaves, the whole about twelve inches in height, being in an an­ tique vase of exquisite pattern, adorned with bassi-relievi of scenes in the life of Pius IX. The roses, the leaves, the vase, are all of the purest gold, chis­ eled with a delicacy and freedom and force worthy the best ages and schools of art. The vase is set upon a base of lapis-lazuli enriched with alternate me­ dallions in gold of the papal and the imperial arms, and in its turn supported on four small stems of lapis-lazuli. Of course the ex-Empress sets high value on this memorial of her sovereign days, and of the favor with which the head of her church regarded her. Outward Bound Yoyajrrrs, Intending emigrants to the far West, mirincrs, and commercial travelers, should, as a preliminary of a tour or business journey, provide themselves with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the traveler's surest safeguard against peril to health incurred in transitu. Traveling under the most favorable circumstances is al­ ways fatiguing, and fatigue is prejudicial to he&Uh when correspondent rest is unattainable. The Iiitters counteracts bodily fatigue and nientxl worry, neutralizes the effects of bad food hastily swallowed; when mixed with water of doubtful purity, nullities its hurtful effects, piotecis the system from malaria, and is of especial benefit to Invalid travelers, who often Buffer severely during and after even short jour­ neys. l'ers ins who une it for sea sickness find ti at it i roniptly terminates the retching inci- d ut to that complaint, and spec illy puts them on what sailors call th ir "sea legs." Table Talk. "The cream of the joke was," said the new boarder, "that the " "If you say skim milk of the joke, we 11 understand you better," said the bread-pudding man." "Don'^interrupt," continued the new boarder;'"the landlady lierself heard him giving out the conundrum." " And what was it ?" asked the chronic joker, gloomily, after a long wait. "Why are we all martyrs V There was a dead silence, as the feeble old joke struggled to its legs, revealing the brand, B. C. 62. Then the new boarder answered in a voice he tried to render steady and truthfut: "Because we a't perish at the steak." Free Press. Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up until your friends are dead. Fill their lives with sweetness. Speak approv­ ing, cheering words while there ears can he.ir them and while their hearts can be thrilled bv them. Mason & Hamlin commenced as melodeon makers in 185f. They soon introduced the improved instrument now known as the organ, or American organ, as it is termod in Europe. The new instrument proved eo superior that it soon took the place of every­ thing else in this country, being adopted and manufactured by all who had previously made melodeons, and many others were in­ duced to commence the business by the rap­ idly growing demand. Now about 80,000 American organs are made and 6otd yearly. Those by the Mason & Hamiiu Company hr.vc always stood at the head, being acknowledged the best. The same makers are now produc­ ing improved Upright Pianofortes, which, they believe, are destined to rank as high ua their organs have done.--Boston Trauttier. An Old Scandal. The latest scandal is very did. It is the treason of a Connecticut Major €reneral, Samuel Holden Parsons, in the revolutionary war. Gen. Parsons was held in esteem by Gov. Trumbull and Gen. Washington, while all the time he was in correspondence with the British by means of William Heron, of Reading, a member of the Connecticut Legislature, who forwarded his letters to the headquarters of the enemy. He wrote as to a confidential friend all the facts he knew about the weakness of the American army. His price for the villainous service he was doing was low. He wanted some money and a cask of wine and a commission for his son in the British army. All this treason of bis, which seems to have amounted to nothing, was after the affair of Arnold; and indeed he himself was one of the six Major Generals who sentenced Mfcj. Andre to death as a spy. The British kept silent about him, and after the war he was honored and respected as a patriot; he was President of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati, and was appointed by President Wash­ ington Chief Justice of Ohio in 1789; in that year he was drowned in the Big Beaver River. This story is very like­ ly all true, but it is not strictly new, though its particulars are so. In no shape have the facts crept into the his­ tories or the encyclopedias.--Spring­ field (Mass.) Kepublican. "Woman and Her Diseases" Is the title of an interesting illustrated treat­ ise c.:6 pages) sent, post-paid, for three lettor stamps. Address World's Dispensary Medi­ cal Association, Uuffalo, N. Y. Things have come to such a pars, remark* the Philadelphia OiU. that even the milk of human kindness is badly adulterated. "Yes: 1 shall break tho engagement," sho sajd. folding her arms and looking defiant; "it is really too inuch trouble to converse with him: he's as deaf ns a post, and talks like he bad a mouthful of mush. l!e>ides, the way ho hawks and spits is disgusting." "Don't break the engagement for that; tell him to take Dr. Sage's Catarrh remedy. It will cure him completely." "Well, I'll tell him. 1 do hate to break it otT, in all other respects he's quite too charming." Of course. It cured his catarrh. No, Ai.krkd, we don't know why they call it the quarter-deck, unless it is becanse the captain walks back and fro and two and fourth on it.--Hawkeye. Last year's fashions are out of date, but last year's friends arc still our own. £his is why Mrs. l'inkham's Vegetable Compound never loses favor; every lady who knows Its worth (and who does not?) feels that the kindly face of Mrt«. Pinkham is that of an honored friend. TRUTH is hardly so plentiful as Action.-- Arkatisaw Traveler. . , " Delays Are Dangerous." Tf you arc pale, emaeiatcd, have a hacking cough, with night-sweat6, spitting of blood and shortness of breath, you have no time to lose. Do not hesitate too long--'till you are past cure; for, taken in its early stages, consumption can be cured by the use of Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery," as thousands can testify. Hy druggists. Tne most appropriate nastrr for a free- lunch counter-sponge cake.--PhUaMpMa vait. Horxford's Acid Phosphate FOR L.EMOKS OR LIME JUICK, is a superior substitute, and its use is posi­ tively beneficial to health. A good lit--a fit of laughter.--Jflnp Fork Commercial Adcriiwr. *Tis Freqi-enti-y Recommended.--Mr.H.C. Mooney, of Astoria, III., writes u« that Allen's Lung Balsam, wh eh he has sold for fifteen years, sells better than any other cough reme­ dy, and gives general satisfaction. 'Tis fre­ quently recommended by the medical pro­ fession here. lVuniil Y-»u Believe It? Nature's prcat r medy. Kidnc.' Wort, ha* eurv;! mam* obstinate eases of piles. This most dis: rcssinjr maladygencially arises from eotisiii'Ut on and a l ad condition of the bow­ els. Kidney-Wort acs at the same time as a cathartic and as a healinv tonic, removes the cai^c. cures the disease, and promotes a h< alt .y state ol' the affcctcd organs. James F. Mo. er.carriage manufacturer, of .Vyerstown, Pa., testities to the great healintr powers of Kidnc.-Wort, ha. :ng b en cured by it of a very I ad case of piles which for years had re­ fused to y.eld to any other remedy. Tin: man who lives too fast is bound to die loo quick --!\V«c Ori- in-- f'irttir n~ F.xmiri'LNEss is necessary in all kinds of •rork- I specially i.-s it r.eccssarin treating a i old, . o procure the best remedy which is Al­ ien s f i'ng I alsain, an 1 take it faithfully ae­ on r iing to direc tion .and »t. will curj acoldev- • ry tini" and prevent l a'sl results, bold by all ur-irjrSstg. A Happy "Shoitoht.--Diamond Dyes are so perfect and so beautiful that it is a pleasure to use them. Equally good for dark or light colors. 10c. at druggist's. Wells, Richardson •& Co., Burlington. Vt. Sample card, 32 colors, and l>ook of directions for 2c. stamp. Tiik breeches of promise, young man, ara the ones you haven't paid for yet. --; A Pleasant Surprise. • • • It was indeed a very pleasant sur­ prise, aa I waB not aware that you were going to give a premium, and 1 value it highly. 1 also think your paper a hous 'hold treasure. 1 he above is an extract from a letter writ­ ten by an old subscriber to The Chicago Leixiek, the oldesi and best story paper in tho West. Premiums are given to subscrib­ ers ranging in value from S'r» to $100. Sam­ ple copies free. Address The Leikjkk, Chi­ cago, 111. Hon. Win. I>. Kelley, M. C* Judge Jos. R. Flanders, of New Fork, and T. S. Arthur, have been interviewed by a newspaper reporter as to their experience with Compound oxygen. Their testimony to its curative action is clear and direct, and shows it to be the most wonderful vitalizing agent yet discovered. Copies of these re- markabl'- interviews, and a Treatise on Com­ pound Oxygen, will be niai'ed free by Lrs. StarkeyAc I'alen. HOllGirard st., Philadelphia. Josialt Davis* Trouble. Joslah Davis, North Middleton, Ky., writes; "I am now using a box of your Henry's Car­ bolic Salve upon an ulcer, which, for the past ten days, has given ine great pain. This salve is the only remedy I have found that has given me any ease. My uloer was caused by varicose veins, and was pronounced incur­ able by my medical doctors. I find, however, that Henry's Carbolic Salve is effecting a euro." Beware of imitations. Important, When you visit or leave New York City, save Bagicage Expressatte and Carriage Hire, and stay at the tirand Union Hotel, opposite tirand Central Depotr: fioo elegant rooms fitted up at a cost of one million dollars, reduced to $! and upwards per day. European plan. Elevator, Restaurant supplied with the best. Horse cabs, stage, and elevated railroad to all depots. Fami­ lies can live better for less money at the Grand Union than at any first-class hotel in the oity. '•Put up" at the Ganlt House. The business man or tourist will find Ajstr class accommodations at the low price of and $2.50 per day at the Gault House, Chica­ go. corner Clinton and Madison streets. This far-famed hotel is located in the center or the city, only one block from the Union Depot. Blevator; all atipointmeiits flrst-cluss. '• .'H. w. HOrr, Proprietor. • ' Nature. Dame Nature is the groat teacher and phy­ sic-tun, and Carboline, made from pure petro­ leum, is one of her gr.indest remedies for baldness. Try it and you will use no other. For dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of spirits, and general debility in their various forms; also, asapreventiveagain't fever 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 ior patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no eoual. Hay-Fever. My brother Myron and iny- felf were both cured of Catarrh and Hay- Fever last July and August by Ely's Cream , iialm. Up to Dec. 26, these troubles have not returned.--Gabmikl Ferris, Spencer, N. Y. During the war. Dr. Lloyd.of Ohio, from ex­ posure contracted consumption. He says; have no hesitation in saying that it was by the use of Allen's Lunsr lluisam that I am now alive and enjoying pi-rfect health." Don't ex­ periment with new and untried medicines. If you have a cough or cold, take at once Allen's Lung Balsam. Hav-Fbver. I was a'Victed for twenty years with Hay-I'evcr. I usei'Fly's Crea'ii Ii:ilin with favorable results andean recom­ mend it to all.--Rjukkt W. Town lb y (ex- Mayor), E.izabeth, N. J. Catarrhal Throat Affections,Hacking.Irritatinc Coughs, Colds cured by "Rough on Coughs." 26c. Headache is immediately relieved by the use of Plso's Remedy for Catarrh. "Buchu-Paiba."--Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases, $1. If a cough disturbs your sleep, one dose Of Piso's Cure will give you a night's rest. "Kongh on Itch" enres humors, eruptions, ring­ worm, teeter, salt rheum, frosted fe?t, chilblains. The Fraztr Axle Grease is the Standard Axle Grease of the world. DR. JOHN BOLL'S Soi'sTuSymi FOR THE CURE OP FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER, AND ALL MALARIAL DISEASES The proprietor of this eslebratsd medi­ cine justiv claims for it a supsrioritr over all remedies ever offered to the public for the SAFE, CERTAIN, SPEEDY and FEB- XAKEHT ours of Ague and Fever, or Chills and Fever, whether of short or long stand­ ing. He refers to the entire Western and Southern country to bear him testimony to the truth of the assertion that in no ease whatever will it fail to cure if the direc­ tions are strietly followed and carried oat. In a great many eases a single dose has been sufficient for a cure, and whole fami­ lies have beenouredby a single bottle, with a perfect restoration of the general health. It is, however, prudent, ana in every case more certain to eure, if its use is continued in smaller doses for a week or two after the disease has been checked, more especially in difficult and long-standing cases. Usu­ ally this medicine will not require any aid to keep the bowels in good order. Should the patient, however, require a cathartic medicine, after having taken three or four doses of the Tonic, a single dose of BULL'S VEGETABLE FAMILY FILLS will be suf­ ficient. BULL'S SARSAPARILLA is the old aad reliable remedy for impurities of the blood and Scrofulous affections--the King of Blood Purifiers. DR. JOHN BULL'S VEGETABLE WORM DESTROYER is prepared in the form at eandy drops, attractive to the sight aad pleasant to the taste. D R . J O H N B U L L ' S i SMITH S TONIC SYRUP, BULL'S SARSAPARILLA, BULL'S WORM DESTROYER, The Popular Remedies of tho Day. Principal OIBce, SSI Main St., LOUISVILLE, KY. ARREST!! ALL DISEASES OF THE THROAT AND LUNGS BY THE TIMELY USE OF ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM STRICTLY PURE, H&rmlewt to tho moat Delicate ! Brits faithful uwCONSI MITIOV HAS BEEN CURKlyVhi'n other lteiuciticH anil fhyeirfsna have failed to effect a cute. Jerkmtah Wright, of Marion County,W.Va., writes ns that hi' wito had Pi'lmonaky Conhi-mi'Tion. and was pronounced isci kahle hy their physician, when the use o£ AllonV Lnog B'lxam entirely crrkd heu. Hi' wntrH that he and his neighbors think it the l>ost ini'dlcine in the world. Wm. I>hx;ks, Merchant of Bowlinn Orcen. Va.. writi'H, April 4th, issi.ihat liewantHus to know that the Lbnh Bai.ham has ( Vuki) his Muthku ok Oon- kvmI'TIon", the physician had driven her upas incurable. Ho Bays others knowing her case have trtken tiie Balsam and Imh ii cured : lie th nks all so afflicted should Rive it a trial. Int. Meredith, Dentist of Cincinnati, was thought to lie in the last Stac.es of Consumption, and was induced hy his friends to try AIU n's Lunvr Balsam after the formula was shown niiu. Wo have his letter tiiat it at once cured his coutfli and that he was able to resume his practice. Wm. A. Uhauam & Co., Wholesale Druppists. Zanes- ville, Ohio, wr.te us of the cure of Matliias Freeman, a well-known citizen, who had heen afflicted with Bronchitis in its worst form for twelve years. The Luntf Balsam cured him, as it has many others, of Bbonchitis. It is Mess to tbe lost delicate child! I! contains no Opinm in aay form! Recommended by Physicians, Ministers and Nur«'S. In fa«'t. Iiy everyl>ody who has given it a good trial. It Never Fails to Bring; ICelief. Call for Allen's T.uiifr Balsam and shun the use of nil remedies without merit and an established reputa­ tion. As an Kxpuctoraul it lias no Ktinal! SOLI? BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS. Do the Right Thing. Common Sense Talk to Bilious People. Clear Testimony of a Witness. ALBANY, N.Y. Dr. David Kennedy, Eondout, N. Y.: Dear Hir--About elpht years ago I began to suffer from a liver difficulty. During the attacks I experi­ enced severe pain, accompanied by what I cannot de­ scribe better than by calling it a drawing in sensation. The agony of itwas almost beyond endurance. None of the usual medicines employed in Buch cases had any effect upon mc. From time to time I was laid up and unable to attend to any business. This covered a pe­ riod of a year. Finally. Mr. Lloyd, a druggist of this city, suggested your FAVOKITE KKMKDY as an excellent thing for the Liver. I had not taken the whole of the first bottle before I found most decided relief: the pain passed away, and to my delight I regained the power to enjoy and digest my food without the former dis­ tress. Nature seemed to be set going again. I cannot better express my appreciation of Dr. David Kenne­ dy's KAYOK1TK KK >iKI>Y than by telling you tliat since my personal knowledge of its virtues I have pecomfuended it to a great many of my friends and acquaintances. Yours truly, S. I'EI'SON. 2£1 Alexander avenue. Mr. Pepson is one of Albany's old and respccted residents, and consents to the publication of the above letter. Dr. David Kennedy, Physician and Surgeon, Bon- dout. N. Y. HORSESHOE HAND BOUQUET CHROMO CAKDtj, lOe. C. W. BROOKS, Putney. Vt. "Rough on Rats"--Clearsout rate,mloe,flies, roaches,bed-bugs,ants, vermin,chipmuuks.l5e 40 Any man or woman making under $3<) weekly, send at once for circulars; (10U monthly guaranteed pood workers. Kingston A: Co.,'JO LaSalie St., Chicago. Lr inu Telegraphy, or Short-Hand and Type CAnn AVrltline Here. Situations furnished. Address VALKXTIXK BKOS.. Jan«svUle. Wis. AQKNTS WANTED for the bast and taetest-MlMM Pictorial Books and Bibles. Prices reduced » percent. Natijnal Publishing Co.. Chicago, DL DR SMITH'S GERMAN WORM REMEDY. Never failing. Pleasant :iud safe. Chicauo, wholesale agents. J. A. KINO ft CO., NOTICE! We are prepared to furnish first-class imperial tiae PHOTO* illAPH 8 OF BLAINE AND LOGAN AND OF CLEVELAND AND HENBRICKS, At one dollar and a halt" per hundred, or at twelve dol­ lars and a half per thousand !<y exi>r••»«, on receipt of the money or postal order. We will also furnish theui singly bv mail on receipt or tlir<f e*>iit* in stamp*, or two for live or all four for ten »-«-rits. CUt>i:ilKOl (ill >1 ANI'KACTl'KIN<; CO.. 544 Stale Slrcel. New York City. n o A l l • » P I , A T I N « ; w i ( h o u r Yv"RS II VEK NON-EI.ECTKIC OWN VlUV lnl%*|i,VEIt 1'L.ATE. The latest and greatest of scientific wonders. A brilliant, beautiful and perfect silver plate forworn plated goods, H atch Cases, Harness Trimmings, or any article of Brass or Copper, can lie successfullv applied by any one. A package that will platei w SQuare feet of surface sent uy mail for (l.OO. Satisfaction ouarantetd. Agents i ran ted, salary or to sell our NO^-EfECTRlC SILVER- PLATE and IMPERIAL UOLD-W KITING INK. Address IMPERIAL UOLD INK CO., Box 81, Hosendale, N. T. PRINTERS! Or persons of any profession who contemplate estab­ lishing ne"-«->?-;>er printing offices in Nebraska or Dakot . u.l communicate with The 8locx Cm New . .,*•£« Vsiox, No. °J1G Douglas street, Sioux City, Iowa, and save money. A Great Problem. ; ;';P --Take all the Kidney and Iirtf Medicine* , --Take all the Blood purifier*, --Take all (he Rheumatic nmiidiet, --Take all the Dyspepsia andindSgMliMt --Take all the Ague, F«rei, and feffini epecifie»t s& St» Sraia --Tike all the Great health restorero. --In short, take all the best qualities df all these, and the --beet --Qualities of all the best medicines it the world, and you will find that --Hop --Bitters have the best ctxzative qnatitM* and powese of all --concentrated . --in them, and that they will cure when any or all of these, singly'or --combined --Fail. A thorough trial will give poci~ tfre proof of this. Hardened Liver. >• Five years ago I broke down with ki&> ney and liver complaint and rheumatism. Since then I have been nnableto be aboat at all. My liver became hard like wood; my limbs were puffed up and filled with water. All the best physicians agreed that noth­ ing could eure me. I resolved to try Hop- Bitters; I have used seven bottles; th» hardness has all gone from my liver, the- swelling from toy limbs, and it has worked a miracle in my case; otherwise I would have been now in my grave. J. W. MORBT. Buffalo, Oct 1.1881. v Poverty and Suffering. "I was dragged down with debt, pove and suffering for years, caused by a sk family and large bills for doctoring. "I was completely discouraged, until i year ago, by the advice of my pastor, I com­ menced using Hop Bitters, and in one- month we were all well, and none of have Been a sick day since, and I want to say to all poor men, you can keep your families well a year with Hop Bitter? for less than one doctor's visit will eost. I know it."--A Workinoman*. ®TNone genuine without a bunch of C"Mfc Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, pois­ onous stuff with "Hop" or "Hope" in thrir nama. •* -•-•.-la -j too STILES MASON & HAMLIN ORGANS*^ HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL GREAT WORLD'S Ok HIBITI0NS FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS. Only American Organs Awarded inch at aofW- For Cash, Easy Payments or Rented. TTpriglit Pianos presenting wry highest excellence yet tained in such mstrumcnta i adding to all previoae- lmprovements one of greater value than any; aeoafr inu most pure, retinea, musical tones and increaaw durability; especially avoiding liability to get oat flB tune. Illustrated Catalogue < free. MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN AND PIANO CO., Boston, 154 Trrmont St.; N. York, 46 E. 14<fe St.; Gliicagw. 149 Wabash Av. M. *W. PUNTTAM Wayne, Ou Tf Co.. DUaoia, MAS IMPORTED PROM FIKMOt Percheron Hwaea val--« at > T5 PER CEiTOFUL HORSEY Whosepurlty of blood Is established br thetrpe<llgT*«a- recorded in the 8TCD BOOKS OT FRANCE? EVER IMPORTED TO AMERICA. STOCK OH ISO Importedlmilara- aso kImp«rted 8talllML Old enough for IOOCOLTS 'Two years old aaf t IN YOUNGER. « J Recognlztafr prtB- f ciple Hccepted by all intelligent breeders that, however well bredanuoalS . _ may be laid to be, if their pedigrees are not recorded, and cannot be authentically given, they should be valued only B*(frades, I will sellall Imported Stock at Grade Pricea when I cannot fumlsa with the animal sold pedigree verified by tho original French certificate of its number and record in the Btud 8uok In France. 140 Pan Catalene sent free. It la lnstrated with Six PriseHorses of die ExhlMtkm of the • Boeiet* Hippigne ftrttoomw of France, !884t_P«r- "byll.W.Du nhara snd drawn from life by Kaaa & chased by Boahear, the most famous of all animal painters. COIMTRY KMMKRS Supplied with partly-printed sheets in the most satis­ factory manner. Send for samplea and pricea t»- THE NEWSPAPER UNION, Nos. 27V and «3 FranUI*. Street, Chicago. MARIO i Liver and Kidney Bemedjr, I Compounded from tte wall kattL Curatives Hops, Halt, Buctra, Man-1 drake. Dandelion, Sarsaparilla, Caa> cara Safrada, eta, combined with t agreeable Aromatic Elixir. | THEY CUBE DYSPEPSIA ft IIDIBESTiOI,{ Aef npOB tbe Liver aad KUaajra, IHEOOLATE-THE" BOWSLSj I They cure Rheumatism, and all UrJ-l nary troublea. They invigorate, nourish, strengthen and quiet the Nervous 8ygtem. As a Tonio they have no Iqwl, Take none but Hops and Halt Bitter*. -- FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS. I Hops and Malt Bitters Co. I DETROIT, MICH. HWFCVER -FEVER CATARHL< CREAMJALIT ILY'SaW Causes no Ptia»- Glres Relief at- Once. Thoroagk Treatwent iriO< Care. Not a Uq* aid or SbbIT. Ap­ ply with Fiaacr» like ft a TriaL cents at DrwrciataT. cents by mail, nr- iatered. Send for circular. _ . , _ H,y BROTHEUS. Dructnstr. Owego, N. T. The BUYERS' GUIDE is issued Sepfc. and Maaeh, each year: 224 pages, 8^x11^- inches, with over 3,300illustration*--- a whole picture gallery. Gives wholesale- prices direct to consumer* on all goods for personal or family nsf v Tells how to order, auii^< gives exact V S cost of e\w erythingyou use, drinfc^. eat, wear, or have fu» with. These invaluable* hooks contain information gleaned front the markets of tho world. We will mail, •copy. Free to any add rest upon receipt; of tho postage--8 cents. Let as hdf from you. Respectfully, MONTGOMERY WARD A Ca Mt * U» Wstsat Awsao UL 5 TON WAGON SCALESl ii P I S O ' S C U R E IHB U1IUIF Ua* la Um«.8o£l by e.w.u. WHKN WHITING TO .APTBgHMfc " plisw amr yw sew the tiwIWMi In tills