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8Pim«0 AHP WEATINe. Work ofTn-I>ay Cfwpucd With That of AnclentSloaes. Spinning and weaving in ancient tttM were principally performed by women; indeed, the wor. u woof, weav­ ing, and web an allied to the word wife. However, In ancient Egypt and In India men atoo wrought at the loom. Probably nothing oonla be simpler or ruder than the looms used by ancient weavers. Were we to compare these with the looms and other weaving apperatua of to-day, and reason there­ from that, as the loom so most have been the cloth produced thereon, we would make a very great mistake. There are few arts which illustrate with equal force the argument in favor of the perfection of anqpnt art so well M this of weaving. It would appear that our advancement is not so much in the di­ rection of quality as in that of quantity. There are few things We can do that were not done by the ancients equally perfect­ ly. Rude as were their looms in ancient Egypt, they produced the far-famed fine linen so often mentioned in scrip­ ture and the writings of other nations. In order to show that this is not to be regarded as a merely comparative term applicable to a former age, we will here quote from G. Wilkinson respect­ ing some mummy cloths examined by the late Mr. Thompson, of Clithoree: wMv first impression on seeing those cloths 'Has that the first kind was mus­ lins. and of Indian manufacture; but this suspicion of their being cotton was aoon removed by the microscope. Some were transparent, and of delicate texture, and the finest had 140 threads to the inch in the warp." Some cloth that Mr. Wilkinson found in Thebes had 152 threads to the inch in the warp, but this is coarse when compared to a piece of linen cloth found in Memphis, which had 540 threads to the inch in the warp. How fine must these threads have been! In quoting this extract from Wilkinson to an old weaver he flatly said it was impossible, as no reed could be made so fine. However, tl|ere would be more threads than one in the split, and by adopting this we can make cloth having betv een 400 and 500 in the inch. The tfticient cloths are much finer in the warp than' woof, probably from want of appliances for driving the weft close enough, as they do not appear to have lays as we have for this purpose. Pliny refers to the remains of a coraelet, presented by Amasis, King of Egypt, to the Rho- dians, each thread of which was com­ posed of 365 fibers. Herodotus men­ tions this corselet, and another pre­ sented by Amasis to the L.acedirmoni- ans which had been carried up by the Samians. It was of linen, ornamented with nnmeroua figures of animals worked in gold and cotton. Each thread of the corselet was worthy of ad­ miration, for, though very fine, every one was composed of 360 other threads all distinct. It was probaoly some­ thing of this sort that Moses refers to when he mentions the material of which the corselet or girdle of the high priest was made--the fine twined linen. Jewish women are represented in the Old Testament as being expert in the art of spinning. Ancient Babylon was also celebrated for her cloth manufac­ ture and embroidery work, and to be the possessor of one of these costly gar­ ments was no ordinary ambition. It is no wonder that when Aclian saw amongst the spoils of Jericho a goodly Babylon garment, he coveted it and took it. The figure represented on the ancient seal of Urukh had, says Raw- linson, fringed garments, delicately striped, indicating an advanced condi­ tion of this kind of manufacture five or six centuries before Joshua. It may be mentioned, however, that such man­ ufactures were in ancient times, espec­ ially in Egypt, national. Time was of little importance, labor was plentiful, and no craftsmen were allowed to scheme or plan, or introduce any change, but was expected to aim at the perfection of the operations he was en­ gaged in, and this led to perfection in every branch. Every trade had its own quarters in the city or nation, and the locality was named after the trade, such as goldsmith's quarters, weaver's quarters, etc. This same rule seems to have been practiced p7 the Hebrews after their settlement in Palestine, for we find in scripture mention of the Valley of Craftsmen. We also find that certain trades con­ tinued in families. In ancient Egypt every son was obliged to follow the same trade as his father. Thus caste was formed. Whether this same was carried out in Babylon, Persia, and Greece, we do not know; but certainly in these nations there are in all cases officers directing the operations; and overseers to whom these again were re­ sponsible, BO that every manufacturing art was carried on under strict surveil­ lance and to the highest state of perfec­ tion. As the possession of artistic work was an ambition among the wealthy or favored portion of the com­ munity, it led to emulation among the workers. Prof. Rawlinson, in his "Five Ancient Monarchies," speaks of the Persians emulating with each other in the show they could make of their riches and varieties of artistic products. Speaking of the Persians, Prof. Raw­ linson says that the richer classes seem to have followed the court in their {nractices. In their costume they wore ong purple and flowered robes, with loose, hanging sleeves, flowered tunics reaching to the knee; also sleeved, em­ broidered trousers, tiaras, and shoes of a tuore elegant shape than the ordinary Persian. Under their trousers they wore drawers, and under their tunics, shirts, and under their shoes, stockings or socks. In their houses their couches were spread with gorgeous coverlets,and their floors with rich carpets--habits that must have necessitated an immense labor and skill, and indicated great knowledge in the, manufacture of tex­ tile fabrics.--London Queen. An Iron Will and a Woman. John W. Garrett, the millionaire railway manager, had an iron will, but his wife ruled him, although she did it in such a way that the old man never knew it. During the forty years of their married life the two never slept a night apart, and I think Mrs. Garrett's death hastened that of her husband. For some years back Mr. Garrett had been in bad health from overwork, and the physicians hadfprescribed that his meals should be regular, and that business should net be talked at the table. Mrs. Garrett saw that these rales were carried out, and whenever the lunch or dinner time arrived.it made no difference if Mr. Garrett was in the midst of the most important conversa­ tion, on business involving millions, with guests whom the President would delight to honor, she would call them to the table and in a gentle way would admit of no refusal. Mr. Garrett or his friend might ask for just one minute more, but the kind old lady would re­ ply in the gentlest tones: "These are our rules, and Mr. Garrett has promised that they shall be kept." At the table 01 Jolm W. Garrett would break out in some business exclamation or suggestion, Mrs. Garrett would at once objoct, and the railroad President at feet head of the table would laughingly «kll atten­ tion to the manner in wliicb be was domineered over, and would begin to talk of other subjects.--"Carp" in Cleveland Leader. r-5e\ ' Walking for HaalU. * There is no better authority on walk­ ing than Miss Bertha Yon Hillern, whose pedestrain feats and most agreeable presenoe will be pleasautly remembered here. She aid what she undertook to do, and she did not break down, either then or since, show­ ing that she had the fall measure of her own strength. Moreover, the money which was made by her exhibi­ tions of walking, was devoted to art study, and she has spent several years in out-door sketching among the moun­ tains of Virginia,which results that have been exhibited in Earle's Galleries. In that Virginia region everybody goes on horseback--if not the beggars--at least it is the understood etiquette that one may always borrow a horse in­ stead of walking a half milot Miss Von Hillern's observations on the ill-health of people who never walk, led her to give advice to a number of women for walking as a regimen. In a Baltimore journal she tells the results of her ex­ perience* advising even consumptives to take regular and gradually increas­ ing walks for the benefit to the circula­ tion. The Household lias already told the story of the old patrician Phjfadel- phian who always cured her colds by going to the washtub along with her maids; and if the washtub is not always available, the walk is. When there is the feeling of having taken cold, the miserable"al 1- overishness," without any localized sensation, a good walk wiU frequently throw off the clutch of cold. But it must be a Bertha Von- Hillern walk, free, elastic, brisk, not an indolent dawdle. Miss Von liillarn walks with her arms; these is great activity, and until this has beSn so one really knows how exhilarating a walk may be. The chest is expand^, the breath comes easily, the walk is not all thrown on the lower limbs, but a sort of electrical glow reminds you that-- however well descended--even the ba­ bies begin life with walking on "all fours." To walk with all fours, that is with the arms swinging in rhythm to the stride is to take a health walk. This is sure to cure low spirits and some other things. Miss Von Hillern re­ lates how she broke up a fa nting and trembling spell in a friend by suddenly inducing her to take a quick run down a hill, thus bringing the circulation in {rood play. This, of course, was not a heart-failure, which is among the ex­ ceptions that she makes to her general rules that walking will cure. Many people who believe themselves and in­ deed seem too weak to wallc, might profit by her encouragement and re­ minders of what real walking does for the body, what sluggish functions it brings into play. It is a pity there is not a walking rink here for women, who will probably not begin to swing their arms in the streets unless they shall have plenty of company, or some Princess should set the fashion. Whenever a sitting-room feels too chilly, in the autumn or spring days while it is not considered cold enough for a fire, Miss Von Hillern recom­ mends to take a brisk scamper of a Jew minutes out of doors before settling down to sewing, with the result that the good glow will continue and keep you in comfort for hours afterward.-- Philadelphia Leader. Stronger Than He Expected. - Tempted by the glowing account of his brother Patrick's prosperity, Mich­ ael packed up his property and sailed for New York. He was met at the, barge office by his brother, a prosper­ ous dram-seller, who took hun to a restaurant for a lunch. When they were ccfcfortably seated and had given their orders, Patrick took up the jar of horseradish, and, as he removed the cover, said: "Mike, here's something we don't have in the ould counthry." "An' shure, what is it, Pat?* "It's horseradish; an' it's loin^ r#Ush wid the mate." / : "When the steaks were before them, "Pat" took up the jar and put on his plate a little of the condiment. "Mike" watched him out of the corner of his eye, and when the jar was replaced npon the table, removed the cover and taking the small spoon in his hand looked it over carefully. Then he laid it down, and seizing a teaspoon, plunged into the pulpy mas% and car­ ried it heaping full to his mouth. The effect was startling. Mike gave a gasp, straightened up, and fell ovist back­ wards. As he arose sputtering and sneezing, he stammered, "An phat-- (tchu) is it ye were (atch-atch-atchu) callingthe stuff, Hat?" Pat, who at first was frightened, then became confused, and finally broke forth into laughter, answered: "Horseradish!" "Horseradish, is it. Are you sure there wasn't a mule in it?"--New York Tribune. Where Husbands Are In at 8:30 |i. m. The women of Anam will discount a London fish-wife in the matter of ob­ jurgation. I have seen two women leaning out of respective doorways on opposite sides of the narrow streets of Hanio making the welkin ring with wild approaches and insnlts, while the listening neighborhood smiled and ap­ plauded. The fire on domestic hearth­ stones can not be expected to burn brightly under dripping roofs of Stliatch and drafty walls of palm or 'bamboo matting. It is hard to tell whether the husband or wife rules the roast, though doubtless, as in civilized countries, it is sometimes the other. 1 have seen the husband chastise his er­ ring wife with his fist in the streets of Haiphong, while in Hanoi, where the native population is expeotod to retire early, 1 have seen a husband who staid out till 8:30 o'clock sqnatted at the door of his home, humbly heggiiK to to be admitted, with ev> ry prospect of having to spend the night in that humiliating attitude. At Sontay I have 'also seen an aged crone pursue her in­ dolent and servile lord into a crowded thoroughfare and lead him back and compel him to resume household drudg­ ery which he had shamefully endeav­ ored to evade. Between husband Mid wife, therefore, so far as the subjection of either to the will of the other is con cerned, the honors may be considered easy.--Cor. St. Louis Globf -^)emocrat. Lapland Beaux. In Lapland, where the nights are from three to six months long, beaux often kiss their sweethearts "good night" about six weeks before day­ break. Their stock of carttriefs, pea­ nuts and small talk become exhausted by that time.--Norristown Herald. ONLY whisper scandal and its echo is heard by all. ^ PITH ASP gout. "WHEH a man has fate **tch stolen, it a,ai|ftL that he's not a watch in and tihefjl $ip|l#lpe a wpteh out.--Ch icago Sun. A FLORIDA judge descended from the bench and whipped a lawyer. An able man. He should be elected 'Governor ef the State.--^rAvin^aic Tra veler. IpBKUE is said to be po certainty apout jfa# fishing in Labtedor. This loes not differ materially fr6tn the fish­ ing anywhere else.--Lowell Courier. DID you ever notice the cold thrill of horror that runs through a social party when a would-be funay man gets up to cripple * comic song?--Fall River Ad­ vance. i . A jt?AK»EB in the city who was walk- lug •OWD' the street with me the other day remarked in surprise upon the number of pretty women there are in Lowell.--Lowell BelL IT is claimed that a vein of natural gaf hm been struck in Dakota. It •eems that the Congressional Record has commenced to circulate in the ter­ ritories.--Newma,n Independent. "DADDY, I kain't swallow mine,*' cried one of the children. "Yes, yer kin, an I'll jist go fur yer, if yer don't surround dat pill widin de* nex' few moments ob tone. Frow yer head back, clinch yer teeth, make a ramrod ob yer tongue, and let her slide. Ah! dat's hit. She's gone. I saw de rip­ ple."-- Texas Siftings. "I TOPKESTAXD that Smith has called you a thief and * rascal?" "Yes, sir; and I propose to sue him for $5,000 damages." "He claims lie can substan­ tiate the truth of what he has said." "That's the beauty of it, my dear fel­ low. The greater the truth, the great­ er the libel. I've got the dead-wood on him."--New York Sun. A GEORGIA editor printed in his pa­ per a picture of himself carrying a big pistol in either hand, a dagger in his mouth, and two daggers and a sword in his belt. Next day when he saw a wo­ man enter his office with danger in her eve and a horsewhip la her hand, he jumped out of a second story window and concealed himself in a woodshed. --Norristowii Herald. 4 |s * fair;$4#llte matte a pfowy cake It' | £ To #!<•»*« ti«r papa's peTatc; , , »er parent put it on a stake , _ " Anil I aod it for a mallet. Afiii then she made a biff mineojrt© _ln a m#i ner new and novel; Her i ather se z«d it wl> h a sight' . '-And used It form shovel. T, i" --Morning Journal. ' Then next she made a concrete bun Moul ted with greatct c ire: Her father rammed it In bis {run And was loaded then for bear. --Brooklyn Times. THE color of the inside of a Japanese prison is pink, as constant association with this color is supposed to create peculiar impressions upon the prisoner's mind which will influence him to be good after be has regained his liberty. tSWhy wouldn't this bo a good scheme to adopt, in our American prisons ? After a man had'been shut up in pinfc walls for a few months, it would be a long time before IM would feel like painting the town red again.--Peck's Sun. KATE'S MISTAKE. OH! Birch, who tauolit the village school. Wedded a inald of homespun habit; He was as stubborn as a mule. And she i s p ayl'ul us a rabbit. S . Toor Kate had scnrcn become a wlfo Before lier husband sought to rnaice her The p nk of eountr. pol.stiud Hie And prim and formal as a Quaker. One day the tutor went al road. And simple Kate sadly missed him; When he returned, behind her lord She shyly stole and k est'd htm '1 he husband's anger rose, and r.Ml And white his face alte' nate grew. yi--sHrtmlom wia'amt" KntesigbedandSnid: "Otal dear, 1 didn't know 'twas you." HIS PROPOSITION. Fair maid, be mine; Let fondest love our hearts entwine. a ». For pity's 6ake ,TH ni ne, my love, my queen And give up hum and tough teefsteak And oleomargarine. My heart will be through good and i;l still true to the?; . , Fresn eggs and toa>t You'll have the whole year round And dairy butter. though it tost He 40 cents a pound. In peace we'll live; sie My.pay to you each week I'll give. " . Ah. then indeed Yoinr lif will be a round of joys, Thfcogive up teaching jfirls to read ' __ And whalin? naughty boys. --Exchnnoe. A Brave Ceafrle from Demr. "Ah! yes," replied the doctor, -he certainly was the . coolest man I ever saw on a death-bed to an ocean steam* er. The second night out I was called to his cabin. He lay in his berth, this tall, gaunt Westerner, looking already like a corpse. As I went in he said cheerily: 'Doctor, it looks like I'd made a mistake. I reckon I ought not to have oome to sea just now, but I kinder thought mv strength'd hold out to get me to Italy, and there I might git round again.' I knelt down by his side and carefully examined him. I told him that had he asked my advice before coming I should certainly have forbidden him to undertake the voyage. He smiled feebly and said: 'I knew ye would, and that's the reason I didn't ask ye. Wife'n I made that up between us, didn't we, wife ? Though I reckon she 'lowed I'd better stay at home.' Death had already set his mark on the man's brow. I told him as gently as I could that I feared the worst, but that he might succeed in weathering the voyage, which was a rpugh one. He interrupted me, saying: 'That's all right, doctor. Don't you worry none about me. Ef I die, jest have 'em chuck me overboard, and don't make no effort to get me to shore. I ain't afraid on it, nary a bit, and my wife's prepared to see me go.' "His wife, seated on the cabin sofa, buried her face in her hands for a mo­ ment, but when she looked up again it was placid. As I went out he repeat­ ed, 'Mind, now, what I tell ye, doctor, and just let 'em dump me right into the water. What difference does it make where a man is buried ?' He died three days after this, and was, of course, buried at sea. Two days after his burial his widow gave birth to a child. My heart went out to this desolate widow, about to be landed on a foreign shore, with a new-born babe in her arms. 'Madam,'I said,'your admira­ ble courage is more than enough to awaken any one's warmest sympathies. Can we not assist you in any manner ?' What do you think she answered ? She said: 'Doctor, don't mind me; I've seen a heap of trouble, and I'm used to it. The last child I bore, before this one, I was on a flat-boat, floating the Upper Missouri Biyer, the Indians was firin' at us from both sides of the stream, and my husband was fitin' 'em from the boat. We've seen powerful hard times, but I don't feel broke up yet. Thank God, I've got money enough to keep me goin' a while, and I reckon I'll have to stay in England some, so's to let this little one get big enough to go back again.' She and her baby arrived safely in port, and I never saw them more."--Brooiclyn Eagle. Marriage and Health. Xtjbas been proved beyon.l all per- adventure that married people suffer less from sickness--have fewer diseases and live longer lives than the unmar­ ried; this is true of both se\e?. When cholera rages it takes away more single than married people, and so of all con­ tagions. Professor Richard A. Proctor while admitting these facts warns sick­ ly people against marriage. He says they have no right to burden whole­ some partners with invalid companions for life, nor should they run the risk of bringing children into the world, that may inherit their clironio ailments. The greater mortality of the single may be due to the fact that invalids of both sexes o'ten abstain lrom marriage. The question has been raised whether .any one should be permitted to marrv without a doctor's permit. Certainly it is a moekery of a divine ordinance, for clergymen to unite persons who cannot oe true companions, and who are unsettled to each other by differ­ ence of age or an inher.ted tendency to insanity or disease. -- Demorest's Monthly. • Keeping at Ann's Length. "Your beau seems very baneful,"said a Dayton avenue mamma to her daugh­ ter. "Bashful!" echoed the daughter, "bashftll's no name for it." "Why don't you encourage him a lit­ tle more? Some men have to be taught how to do their courting. He's a good catch." "Encourage him!" said the daughter, "he cannot take the most palpable hint. Why, only last night, when I sat all alone "on t e sofa, .and he. perched up in a chair as far away as he could get, I asked him if he didn't think it strange that a man's arm and a woman's waist seemed always to be the same length, and what do you think he did." "Why, just what any sensible man would have done--tried it." "He askad me if I could tind a piece of string so we could measure and see if it was so,,, Ain't he horrid ?"--SI. Paul ILrald. Wanted a Horse. We believe it was Lord Barrymore wlio, at Newmarket, among a vast crowd of the sporting world, mounted himself o^ a chair, and, having made a slg»a| for silence, said aloud: "Who pants a horse that e£n gallop twenty miles an hour, trot seventeen, and walk six?" Of course vociferations of "I do, I do." were not wanting, to which the facetious noblemafti replied: "Well, gentlemen, when I "meet with such a one I will let you know l"--Encyclo­ pedia of Rural Sports. THB Good Templars have 7,000 mem­ bers in Virginia. 831 YAW .3 Trifles. The proverbial lore of all nations is strongly in favor of the importance of trifles. "The mother of mischief is no bigger than a fly's wing," runs the Italian proverb; while the English traces up the "loss of a kingdom" to the loss of the nail of a horseshoe. Many historical writers have pointed out what different results would have followed some trifling departure from the line of action followed by the men whose lives they record. Livy devotes pages to speculations as to what would nave ensued had Alexander the Great invaded Italy. Had Prince Charles Edward march south instead of north after quitting Derby, our Hanoverian line of kings might have terminated with George II. Had Charles Martel lost the battle of Tours in 732, the crescent might have supplanted the cross in Europe for centuries. Had the famous "Icon Basilike" been pub­ lished a week earlier, many persons be­ lieved it would have saved the life of Charles I., so strong a hold did it take on the popular sentiment; but the work appeared a few days after the execu­ tion of the Xing. In every-day life we must all know countless instances in which a mere trifle has affected a whole career. The failure to keep an ap pointment, or to catch a train, a slight accident, a shower, a letter posted too late, may all be the very turning points to a life, and bear results for good or evil for the whole of a man's existence. When the Jacobites toasted "the little gentleman in black velvet" (the mole who made the hillock at which the horse of William III. tumbled, inflict­ ing injuries on his rider, which after­ ward proved fatal), they acknowledged the universal tendency to trace up great events to trifling sources. The Irish Fishing Industry. Notwithstanding Ireland possesses a source of inexhaustible wealth in the fisheries along the entire coast, the people are indifferent and negligent in its development, although there are plenty of natural liarborB, and England offers an excellent market. The Irish do not seem to take to the water, in this respect differing much from the English and Scotch races. Only about 5,000 boats are engaged in the Irish fishing industry, while Scotland, with a much smaller coast line, has 15,294 boats, which give employment to 53,- 489 fishermen, curers, and coopers, and to 47,522 others. Steves in Philadelphia. In the year 1777 considerable inter­ est was manifested in an announcement that six stoves had been completed in Philadelphia. The annual product of the stove foundries in that city is now valued at $4,000,000, and the industry supports about 12,000 people. IN overhauling a railroad Bible, one of the editors of Texas Siftings acci­ dentally discovered the origin of an alleged modern joke, in II. Chronicles, xvi., 12, 13: "And Asa, in the thirty and ninth year of his reign, was dis­ eased in his feet until his disease was exceeding great; yet in disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physi­ cians. And Asa slept with his fathers." This discovery is remarkable in an ex­ traordinary particular. It not only gives historical information of great value, but makes it a matter of record that a Texas editor has actually read the Bible. PEOPLE talk of the feelings dying out as one gets older; but at present my experience is just the contrary. All the serious relations of life become so much more real to me--pleasure seems so light a thing; and sorrow and duty and endurance so great. I find the least bit of real human lifiB touch me in a way it never did when I was younger. --George Eliot. CONSOLATION: there is said to be something consoling for every ill in this life. For instance, if a man is bald- headed, his wife can't pull his hair. THE poor hard-worked stenographer labors under one great disadvantage not common to all writers for the press. He is obliged to use a pen. WHEN a young' lady hems hanker- chiefs for a rich bachelor, she probably sews in order that she may reap. My father (writes a correspondent) was a slave-owner in the South before the war, and I was brought up largedy by colored nurses, to whom I naturally became very much attached. Alter the war the blacks were scattered more or less, and but a few of my father^ for­ mer slaves remained in our neighbor­ hood. Among those who did remain, however, was one of my old nurses, a woman of about forty-five or fifty years of age, who lived on the farm of a man who had never owned slaves, and who took no further interest in the blacks than to get work out of them. Return­ ing on one occasion to visit my home, I received word that "Aunt Ellen wanted me to come to see her, and of course I was glad to go. I found her living very meanly, faring, apparently, much worse than she ever had done when a slave. Her husband was a drunken, worthless fellow, whom she had to support; she had poor health, and a houseful of poorly clad, poorly fed children to care for. Brought up in the midst of slavery, and being at the time a very young man, I had never realized the cruelty of that institution, and as I looked about my old nurse's cabin I could but contrast her sur­ roundings with what they had been when I was a child and she was a slave. So I said to her, "Aunt Ellen, don't you think you fared much better when you were a slave? Then you had ft better house to live in, plenty to eat, plenty to wear, no doctor's bills, and never any thought or care about such things." "Dat's so, Mas' John," she replied. "I did hab mo' to eat, an' mo' to wah, an' none o' dis here kin' o' trouble; but den, de Lawd bless you, honey, afta all, da's de feelin's!"--Editor'* Itemoe)\ in Harper's Magaeine. Love. The handsome young lady and the awkward man of pretended sentiment sat on a moss-covered bank. All day he had annoyed her with his atten­ tions. "Miss Mabel,do you not like poetry ?" "Yes." "I worship it; I live on it. See the picnickers out there. They shout and romp as though the air itself were not full of sentiment--of soul breath­ ings." "What business are you engaged in ?n she asked. She knew, but wanted to hear him say. "Mv business is perhaps more lucra­ tive than congenial. J operate a bone- mill." "What!" "Yes. I grind up bones. The pul- verized bone is used upon the land. It makes the flowers brighter, the corn more luxuriant. Miss Mabel, you re­ mind me of spring." "Why?" "You are so gentle." "You remind me of spring," she said. "I do ?" He leaned forward to catch her words. "Yes; you are so green."--Arkan- saw Traveler. » Eating la • Torture, And sleep often a mere travesty of Kfltfoe, to the dyspeptic. Appetite Is correspondingly lnf- paired by this most prevalent of maladies, and headaches, biliousness, constipation, poverty of the blood, loss of flesh and vitality, and a thou­ sand annoying and Indescribable sensations are its concomitants. It Is, moreover, the progeni­ tor of numerous and formidable bodily disor­ ders. Obstinate as it la. however, its complete eradication may be effected bv the persiatent use of Hostetter's (Stomach Bitters, a medicine which communicates both vigor and regularity to the organs of digestion and secretion, relaxes the bowels gently but thoroughly, enrichcs and pnrlfles the blood, promotes appetite, and givea tranquility to the nervous system. Persons of weakly constitution and physique, who use this superb tonic infallibly derive front it the stami­ na of which they stand so much in need, and it ia Invariably miccessful in remedying and pre­ venting malarial diseases. " Night Blindness." There is a defect of eyesight common among the natives of India known as "ratandhi lit," "night blindness." Per­ sons affected with this have either or­ dinary powers of vision by daylight or else powers so little less affected than ordinary as to feel no little inconven­ ience, so that usually no defect is noticeable; while in feoble twilight their sight fails in the most extraor­ dinary way, and in the dusk they be­ come (in bad cases) practically blind. Of course there are all degrees of this aflection, but the strongly marked cases alone are likely to attract attention. By medical men in India this affection is said to occur most among men living on a low diet (chiefly of cereals), and the palliative treatment is to prescribe a meat diet. • * * SECRET, involuntary drains upon the system enred in thirty days. Pamphlet giving particulars, throe letter stamps. Ad­ dress. World's Dispensary Medical Associa­ tion, Buffalo, N. Y. SOME genius has Invented a chin-holder for the violin. If he could only Invent a band-holder be would de more good,--Texat Sijtiiw. AN IMPORTANT DECISION For Qu Newark Machine Company, of Columbus, Ohio, The Newark Machine Company, at Colum­ bus, Ohio, is the owner of several patents for building the Victor Double Huller Clover Machine, which is the only double cylinder clover huller made in the world, it has a wide reputation all over the land, and the sales havo run up to 800 lu a single year. After the destruction of the company's works at Newark, last summer, the Ashland Ma- chlne Company at Ashland, Ohio, sent out notices that owing to the destruction of tho» works of the Newark Machine Company, that company would be unable to furnish hullers for last year's trade, and stated they would build a clover huller and seed cleaner as good as the Victor. '1 he Arm of Gear, Bcott & Co., of Kic'iimond, Ind., secured a Victor clover huller and tore it apart and commenced the building of clover hullers with seed cleaning attachments thereto, which could scarcely be told from the Victor, upon which they tried to secure letters patent. The Newark Machine Company filed interference suit before the Commissioner of Patents at Washington, and furnished such conclusive evidence of the attempted seizure Of Newark Company's patents that the Commissioner of Patents decided the patents of the Newark Machine valid in law and were Infringed upon by the firm of Gear, Scott & CO. Under this decision the agents who have sold or the persons who have purchased and used a clover huller embodying any of the features of the Victor are liable to the New­ ark Machine Company for damages. The Newark Machine Company will now turn their attention to the case of the Ash­ land Machine Company for similar infringe- <fnents. . t "Put up" at the Gteult Houao. The business man or tourist will find flrst- class accommodations at the low price of $2 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 of the city, only one block from the Union Depot. Elevator; all appointments first-class. HOXT & GATES. Proprietors. . Thoae Complaining of Bore Throat or Hoarseness should uae BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES. The effect is extraordinary, particularly when used by singers and speakers for clearing the voioe. PURE Cod-Liver Oil, made from selected livers on the sea-shore, by CASWELL, HAZARD & Co., New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have ouce taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have de­ cided It superior to any of the other oils in market. ProfesdMud EOfaetto prevents some doctors from advertising their skill, bat we are bound by no tneh coa»n* tlonal rules, and think that if we make a dis­ covery that is. of benefit to our feliowa, we °nght to spread the fact to the whole land. Therefore we cause to be published through­ out the land the fact that Dr. R. V. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" is the best known remedy for consumption (scrofula of the lungs) and kindred diseases. Send two stamps for Dr. Pierce's complete treatise on consumption, with unsurpassed means of self-treatment. Address, World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Yt HAT IS that which must play befors itoan work?--A fire-engine. COMPOSED of Smart-Weed, Jamaica Glnser Camphor Water, and best Krench Kdv' Dr. Pierce's Extract of Sir art Weed is the l>est remedy for diarrhuca, cholera morbus dysentery or bloody-nu.v, colic or cramos' and to break up colds. ' IT is no sign because a man makes a stir In the community that he Is a spoor. Important. When TOO visit or leave New York ®ty, save Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire, and stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central Depot: «00 elc-tract rooms fitted up at a cost of one million dollars, reduced to $L an.1 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 city. A SKAisSKXN sack covereth a multitude of pins. . Summer Rcsortsu Milwaukee, Waukesha, Oconomowoo, Lake­ side, Hartiand, Pewaukee, NasUotah, Kil- bourn (Dells of the Wisconsin), 8t Paul, Minneapolis, Lake Minnetonka, and all the resorts of Wisconsin are best reached by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail­ way, the famous Mississippi River bank route to the Northwest. Summer tourists' tickets for sale at 63 Clark street. Palmer House, Grand Pacific Hotel, and at depot, corner of Madison and Canal streets. JTanvw -Bpcmsn«.j 322S&2i£rSSi£ "Extending to the and of my brain! Which made me delirious! "From agony ! !! I "It took three men to hold bed at times! "The Doctors tried in vain to relieve i but to no purpose. Morphine and other opiattM! "Had no effect! "After two months I was atven «n fil die! !! ! ^ "When mv wife heard a neighbor tell what Hop Bitters had done for her, she ut once got and gave me some. The first doss eased my brain and seemed to go hunting through my system for the pain. The second done eased me so mnch that I slept two hours, something I had not doSe for two months. Jit fore 1 had used five Lotties, I was well and at work as hard aa any man. eoald, for over three weeks: but I worked too hard for my strength, and taking a hard cold, 1 was take* with the most acute and painful rheumatism all through my system that ever was known. 'I called the doctors aeain, and after sever*! weeks they lett me a cripple on crutches for life, as thev said. I met a friend and told him my [ case, and he said Hop Bitters had cared him ana would cure me. I j oohed at him. but he was se earnest I was induced to use them *f*ln In less than fonr week* I threw away my crutches and went to work lightly and kept oa using the bitters for five weeks, until I becams as well as any man living, and have been so for six years since. It has also cured my wife, who had been sick for years; and has kept her and my children well arid healthy with from two to three bottles per year. There is no need to be sick nt all if these bitten are used. J. J. BcitK. Ex-Supervisor. "That poor invalid wife. Sister, MotilSt, "Or daughter!!!! 1 , "Can be made the picture of health! . ,' -•> "with a few bottles of Hop Bitters! *Will you let them suffer!!'!" 'Vi CHAPPED Hands, Face, Pimples and rough Sfcln, cured by using JUNIPER TAR SOAP, made by CASWKLL, HAZAUD & Co., New York. IOWA FARMS for sale. Wild. Improved, at Depot. Choice. P. V. H. HOES. Junderliook. N. 1". Taught and Situations Furnished. CIRCULARS FREK. HKOS., Junegville, Wis. TELEGRAPHY I VALKNTINK OPIUM .Uorphine Habit Cured in 10 to 49 darn. No pay till curcd. Da. J. STEPHBNS. Lebanon,-Ohio*. The most beautiful snd finest toned in the world. Low pi->cex, earn pay­ ment. Send for catalogue. Address Weaver Organ & Piano Co. York. Pa. PATENTS Nand-Book FREE. I HI fall I R. 8. A A. P. LACEI, Patent Att'ys. Washington. D. C. More than VhankR. Fort Madison, Iowa.--Mrs. Lydia E. Pink- ham: "I am glad to Inform you that I have tried one bottle of your Vegetable Compound and have found great relief. I wore than thank you for your kind advice. I have never felt so well as I do now since I had these troubles." Yours Resp'y, Mrs. W. C. A . The abovo Is a sample of the many letters re­ ceived by Mrs. Pinkham expressing gratitude for the benefit derived from her Vegetable Compound. Another letter, from Kaufinan, Texas, says: "Your Compound has done me more good than all the Doctors ever did, for which 1 thank you with all my heart." Your friend. ANSA H --. DRUGGIST MILT TAKE NO OTHER if you wish a CKRTAIX ( I KK for UILIOUSNKSS, 1MMH.KSTION, WYSPEl'Si V LOSS OF API'KTITE and SLKKP. Nothing was ever invented that will AM) MALT HITTERS CO. of Detroit, Mich. MR. VIWESTFALL, Of Dutchess Co., N. Y., 80 YEARS of AGE, Suffered Continually for Many Years from STONE in the BLADDER. Great age and painful disease are a sad com­ bination. Yet Mr. William Westfall, formerly of Rock City, Dutchess Co., N. Y., now of Washing­ ton Hollow, in the same county, came to the of­ fice of Dr. David Kennedy, the eminent Physi­ cian and Surgeon of Rondout, N. Y., some time since, in a oondition to excite the sympathy of the most cold-blooded and hard-hearted person in the world. We Bay he came--he was, rath-r, carried to the Doctor's office, for he was totally helpless,and bore the weight of 80 years besides. He had suffered lonit from Retention of Urine, and had all the symptoms of an aggravated case of calculus formations in the bladder. The usual instrumental examination revealed the presence in the bladder of a urinary calculus of uncom­ mon size. Dr. Kennedy frankly told Mr. West- fall that, owing to hi* age and debility, an oper­ ation was out of the question, but that he could by the prescription of "Kennedy's Favorite Hemedv, together with local treatment, make him comfortably and leave him to live out all his days The outcome of tbl« was that the patient enjoys good health to this day. The Reasons Why Dr. Kennedy's "Favorite Itemedy" is being extensively used by our people are as follows: It is a combination of vegetable alteratives. It is pleasant to the taste, adapted to both sexes and all ages. Is effective in affording immediate relief in all cases of Kidney troubles. Liver Com­ plaints, Constipation of the Bowels, and de­ rangements peculiar to women. At the same time purities the blood, thus giving tone and strength to the system debilitated by disense or •Ce. "Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy" for sals by all druggists. He Who Becomes a Treasurer of Money for Another Is Respon­ sible for a Safe Return. How mnch more responsible Is he who has in charge the health and life of a human being. We have considered well the responsibility, and in preparing our ALLEN'S laUNG BAL> SAM,which for twenty-live years has been fa­ vorably known as one of the best and purest remedies for all Throat and Luns Diseases, we are particular to use nothing but the best ingre­ dients. NO Ol'Il'M in any form enters its com­ position. It is to your interest to Ktand by the old and tried remedy, ALLEN'S LUNG BAL­ SAM, and see that a bottle is always kept on hand for immediate uae. It HAD THK FOLLOW­ ING NEW EVIDENCE: ADDISON, Pa., April 7,188S. X took a violent eold and it settled on my lungs, so much so that at times I spit blood. AIJJEN'S LUNG BALSAM was recommended to me as a good remedy. I took it, and am now t<ound and well. Yours respecUuliy, A.J. HILEMAN. ADDISOV, Pa., April. 1888. A.J. COLBOM, Esq., Editor of the Somerset IlemUl, writes: I can recommend ALLEN'S LONG BALSAM aa being the best remedy for Colds and Coughs I ever used. ASTORIA, Ills.. April 6.1883. Gentlemen:--I can cheerfully say your ALLEY'S LUNG BALSAM, which I have sold for the past fifteen years, sella bettor than any cough remedy, and give* teneral satisfaction. Tia frequently rocommsnded y the medical profession here. Yours truly, H. C. MOONEY. Druggist. La FATITT*, R. I., Oct. 13,18S4. OenUemenAllow me to say that after using three bottles of ALLEN'S LUNU BALSAM for a tad attack of Bronchitis, I am entirely curad. I tend this vol­ untarily, that thoae afflicted may be benefited. loura reapectiullr, BURR1LL H. LXAVXB. J. N. HARRIS & CO, (Limited Props. CINCINNATI, OHIO. FOB SALE bj all MEDICINE DEALEBS. Prosecute the Swindler* 11 i II when yon call for Hop Bitters (tee ffreen 'fitif of Hops on the rehire 1'iht!' the drmzpist hands out any stuff called*'. I). Warner's German Hop Bitten or with other name, refuse it and shun that druggist aa you would a viper; and if he has taken your money tor the stuff, indict him for the traud and sue him for damages for the swindle, and w* will reward you hberaliv ior the conviction. TNEM TFI C-A- I>OIX;E A co., AlsBII I © CHICAGO, IIA. VOTED LADY A6EMTS employment and good, selling Queen City Ski storldngSnppoirtera.8 outfit free. Address Obit Snapender Oo„ 4 R. U. 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GREEN, A Specialist for Eleven YeSri Past, Has treated Dropsy and its complications with the most wonderful success: usea vetretable remedies,en­ tirely liarmleaH. Removes all symptoms of dropsy in eitiht to twenty days. Cures patients pronounced hopeless by the beat Of physicians. iTom the first doae the symptoms rapidly disap* pear, and in ten days at least two-thirds ox sttarap* toniH are removed. Some may cry humbug without knowing WaUDf about it. Remember, it does not coat you aaytauff to realize the lm ritM of my treatment for yourself. In ten days the difficulty of breathing ia relieved, tba pulxe reuular, the urinary organs made to disc] their full duty, .sleep is restored, the swelling i nearly gone, the strength increased, and made good. 1 am constantly curing esse" standiue, rases that huve been tapped a ni times, and the patient declared unable (a live a directions Send for 10 days' treatment; free. Give full history of case. 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