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ST XLU WHXELKB BpltwIHght, Tis-a-rfs with fata, bSSS&S!RBfi£^«« No other pathway crossed her owa. ' vote* robbed a^e of glooou lhers£j£f- htpdDwr forty-eight; r dreams-- lM«k "I am like one who blindly gropes Toward fading son set in the west; 'Behind me lie youth's shattered hopes, Wbat can I ask for now but rest? "9am? joys I sought with heut on lira Vould And me now, but all too late-- I watched ambition's funeral pyre Burn down ere I was forty-, ightt t "With naught to hope, expect, or Ufa. This lonely lot remains r > me: To count the wrecks of what 'has been,' t^nd know that nothing more can be. * Too sad to weep, too tired to pray, Alone she sat at forty-eight. While sunset colors paled to gray*- v • How desolate, how desolate! u , • • Hlff. ,;'.V XiOTK AND CARDS. The youth and maiden sat alone Upon the pebbled strand . Beside the sea, and in his own fie held her lily hand. Be gazrd into her sapphire eyes-4 "I love you, sweet," ne said ; The maiden answered him with And blushing, hung hvr head. Be pressed the band so soft and white. Be kissed the dimpled chin, And said, "If I played cards to-ni^bft. I know ihat I would win. >fs ^ Ton ask me why, you shall be tol|tf* He pressed the fingers white; - "I know I'd win because I hold A lovely hand to-night." ' --Boston Courier. i Blue Satin Slipper. Tb«re was a church fair and festival on hand at Waynesville and all the young ladies were in a state of feminine flutter. Pretty brown-eyed Jenny Carson had one of the fancy tables. She also had a new dress for the occasion. The soft, shining folds of dark-bine silk were draped over the bed, and Jenny was kneeling upon the floor, arranging the loops of satin ribbon to her taste, when Miss Bell Dorsey. who was Jenny's most intimate friend, burst into the room. "Oh, what a pretty dress, Jenny! You'll look ravishing in it. You onl need a pair of blue satin boots to mate! it and you'll be the best-dressed girl at the festival." "But satin boots are very expensive," said Jenny, hesitatingly. "Oh, well, yes, somewhat But there's nothing sets off ajlady's appearance like nice shoes and gloves. I heard Dr. Chester say he never considered a lady well dressed if she wore ill-iitting boots or gloves." And Miss Bell com­ placently crossed her own pretty French kids, while Jenny nervously put away the pretty silk. "What Dr. Chester said was beginning to be a matter of some moneni to Jenny Careon. She was conscious of a long­ ing for the blue boots; but alas! they were too expensive for her. Miss Bell presently took her leave, and Jenny, with half her pleasure spoiled, went on with her preparations. "Well, daughter," said her father at the dinner table, "do you need any faUals for your frolic to-morrow?" "Yep, I do need some new shoes and some gloves," said Jenny. *!You do, eh? Well, what mnst give you to buy them with?" "Whatever you can spare, papa." "Well, here's a $10 bilL I guess that will be enough. Get a good, sensible pair of shoes, now; something to keep you warm this cold weather, and no flimsy things." '•Yes, sir. Thank you, papa. I'll do the best lean," said Jenny; but she blushed, for it her heart she felt very guilty. However, she did mean to buy a pair of warm kid boots for every-day wear. She hoped to get the blue ones for about $4, which would leave enough for the other and for the gloves. But when she stood in Turner's store and asked the priceof the dainty shiny things offered her the clerk promptly responded: "Seven dollars, Miss Car son." "Oh, dear! I was in hopes they were cheap," frankly confessed Jepny, lay ing down the boots. "Indeed, they are cheap," said the clerk. "I assure you. Miss Carson, we have sold these right along at $8, This is the ]ast pair, so we offer them for less. They're very fine." "Yes," admitted Jenny. "Nothing sets off a dainty foot like a pair of these dainty boots," pursued the wily clerk, with an eye for his trade "Very few young iadieB could wear so small a shos--just your size, you see. Miss Carson." Poor Jenny sighed, thought of the thick, warm boots she ought to have cast a longing look at the blue beauties recalled what Dr. Chester said, and silly little puss, for once let her vanity run away with her reason. "I'll take them," she said. After the boots were paid for there was barely enough to buy her gloves and a ribbon or two. The next day, the great one, was clear and cold, with a sharp wind. Over shoes would ruin the dainty satin boots but, luckily for Jenny, the ground was dry. But it was frozen hard, and when she reached the gaily-decorated room of the new church, her feet were like ice. Jenny presided at one of the • fancy tables. She made a lovely picture in the beautiful blue-silk, her throat and next shaded with the softest lace, and the dainty blue boots fluttering in and out below the plaiting of her skirt. Bell Dorsey was already at her post, and as Jenny came up she opened her eyes wide and exclaimed: "Oh, my you blue angel! Did jou drop from the clouds?" Jenny laughed, and happening just then to catch a glance from l)r. Chester, who stood near, blushed with pleasure, while the gentle heart in her bosom throbbed tumultnously. Jenny had a very " busy day of it. There was much buying and selling and Jenny's table was very popular But as the new fchurch WSH very large and not yet finished, it was not very warm. The girls at the tsbie were chilly all day, and by the time evening came Jenny's feet were so numb and cold that she could hardly stand. A hot supper, however, had been prepared at the hotel just across the street. Dr. Chester waited on Jenny at the table. Olad enough she was to get something and be near a fire. But Dr. Chester, though kind and polite, was not what he had been. He seemed strangely cold and distant, and Jenny felt as if her bright day was spoiled. But girls know how to hide these things, and Jenny was the gayest Of the gay. She had to return to her store again immediately after supper, and oh, how sharply the cold struck her as she stepped into the night MOm dattgiiM for a vestry, now used by the ladies as a dressing room. Jenny ran in to put off liar wraps, bat, while doing this, heard her name spoken in the narrow passage without It's all settled. I suppose. Doctor, between you and Miss Carson?" W** what she heard. Poor Jenny! Fortunately, there was no one in the dressing room but her­ self. She flew to the farthest end and hid her burning face on a pile of cloaks. But, after a brief struggle, she rallied. It would never do to cry. It would never do to go to her table with red eyes. It was a very erect, firm- mouthed little lady who walked to her table presently, and the heels of the pretty blue Loots came down upon the floor with a sharp, resolute little click; for Miss Jenny had made up her mind to do something very odd. "J am a little fool!" she said to her­ self; "but I don't quite deserve to lose a good man's good opinion, and I won't, either, if I otn help it!" "No, Fred. I've seen the folly of that today," The tones which answered were the well known ones of Dr. Chester. "Yon astonish me," replied Fred. "1 don't mind giving you the reason, Fred," said the doctor. "Just look at that young lady's feet and yon will have it In spite of this cold day she wears nothing but a flimsy pair of blue silk shoes. 1 have more than fancied Miss Carson; I don't deny ik But you will see at once that a girl who can so utterly sacrifice her reason to her vanity £B not the wife for a poor, struggling doctor with his fortune yet to make. But enough of this. Let's go in; it's chilly here." It was late before she was ready to go home. Just as she was about to start, Dr. Chester, who was her escort, handed her a pair of overshoes, saying, quietly, as if it were a matter of course: Miss Jenny, please pnt these on; it is too cold a night for such thin shoes as I see you wear." Poor Jenny! Her face was scarlet with mortification.N Site made out to utter a confused "Thank you," and pnt on the offered overshoes without an­ other word. Then she took the doc­ tor's arm and they went out together. Jenny's heart was beating so fast that it almost choked her, but she was as determined as ever. Before ten steps bad been taken she said: "Dr. Chester, do you think it right to condemn a person for a single fault?" . Certainly not," said the doctor promptly. Then why do you condemn me?' I don't understand you," said he. I heard every word you said to Fred Somers to-night," said Jennie, quietly. "Miss Jenny!" he stopped, startled. "I did. I don't blame yon, doctor; I gave yon reason to thmk me only a vain, silly girl. But hear my defense, how sorry and ashamed I am, won't youV" And then Jenny made her pen­ itent little confession, ending with: "I don't know what you think of me now, but. indeed " "I think yon the dearest, bravest lit­ tle girl in the world, and 'tis I who am the fool," cried the doctor, ardently. And then-- But, then, I don't know that outsiders like you and I, reader, have any busi­ ness to listen. When Jenny got home she took off the blue boots which had so nearly cost her a lover, and flung them nnder a wardrobe, saying: "Lie there, yon blue wretches! But you've taught me a good lesson. I've done with you. I'll buy my wedding boots before long, and they'll not be blue ones, either. 7r"*'V' *•»,' •/ > ; •••• x The Kosztn Affair. Martin Koszta had been one of the leaders in the Hungarian revolution against Austria in 1849. After the re­ bellion had been suspended he fled to Turkey for refuge. The Austrian gov ernment demanded him from the Turks, but the Ports refused to'give him up, though, after some correspondence on the subject, it was agreed to exile him permanently to some foreign land. He chose to be sent to the United States, and came to New York and took out partial papers of naturalization during his stay. In 1854 Koszta returned to Turkey, contrary to his promises to the Porte. At Smyrna he received a pass port from the American Consul and went ashore. The Austrian Consul at Smyrna, hearing of the exile's presence there, and having no power to arrest him on shore, hired some bandits to throw him into the bay, where a boat picked him up and conveyed him on board and Austrian frigate. Captain Duncan Ingraham, United States navy, was at anchor in the bay with the American sloop St Louis, and he forthwith _ ordered his guns loaded and pointed at the Austrian vessel, threatening to fire into her if Koszta was not im­ mediately surrendered into the charge of the French Consul. The Aus­ trian Captain yielded the point and gave up the prisoner. The affair gave rise to a long discussion between Ba­ ron Hulseman, the Austrian Minister at Washington, and William L. Marcy, the American Secretary of State. Sec­ retary Marcy got the best of the argu­ ment'and Koszta was restored to the United States.--Inter-Ocean. at. %( A Wonderful Horse* There is a perceptible ooolness be­ tween young Seabury, one of the most fashionable young men in Austin, and Gillhooly. Seabury owns a horse which he thinks is the finest in the world. Young Seabury was bragging about his horse to a crowd of acquaint­ ances, and he said, among other im­ probable things, that the horse went so fast on the previous day that he overtook a swallow, the horse's ear striking the bird. "Are yon sure the swallow was not coming "from the opposite direction?" asked Gillhooly, with the air of a man who wanted to know. "Of course not," was the indignant response. "L reckon then that the swallow wanted to build her nest in your horse's ear. The horse went so slow that the swallow could not see that he was mov­ ing. Wonderful boss."--Texdi Wbft- toys. None of His Business. "How old are you ?" asked an Aus­ tin Justice of the Peace, of Jim Web­ ster, who was nnder arrest for stealing chickens. "I dnnno." "When were you born?" "What am de use of my tellin' yon about my bufday. You ain't gwinter make me no bufday present nohow."-- Texan Si/tings. FROM observation it appears that to­ ward the end of June the ice recedes northward, while between the banks and the coast of Newfoundland ft re­ mains longest On one occasion, whan the way-bill of the English, Dover, mail bote the name of Mies ---, two inside places had been booked three weak* in ad­ vance. At the hour of leaving the coach-office, two cases, two carpet bags, two trunks, covered and sewn in the whitest linen, two dressing cases, be­ sides the smaller articles--baskets, reticules,wrappers, e'a--had been duly stowed in the inside. Presently, the (prowl of a King Charles spaniel, thrust­ ing his head out of a muff, proclaimed the advent of another occupant of the two vacant seats. A gentlemanly-look- ing man, with fine open |eatures, and what was at once written down by the old lady as a charitable expression, much wrapped up with shawls, etc., round his neck, stepped into the mail. He caressed, admired, and noticed Bess. He helped to adjust shawls, and placed the windows entirely at the dis­ posal of the ladies, though he looked as though he might be snffocated at any moment. The conversation was animated, the stranger entering freely into all the views and opinions of his fellow-travelers--politics, agriculture, history--endorsing every opinion which they might express. Both inwardly pronouueed him a most charming com- Eanion, and blessed the stars which ad introduced them to such society. "You reside in the neighborhood of Charlton, madam?" "Yes; we have a lovely villa on the edge of Blackheatb!" "Blackheath! That is a favorite neighborhood of mine.. In fact, I am going to Woolwich to join my regiment this evening, and I intended to get out at Black heath to enjoy an evening stroll over the heath." "Are you not afraid of being molested at night over Blackheath? Isn't it very lonesome?" "Sometimes it is lonesome; but I often meet very uselul, agreeable peo­ ple in rambling over the heath." Arrived at Blackheath, the two ladies descended, and feeling that they had established a sufficient acquaintance with their polite fellow-traveler, they invited him to partake of a cup of tea at their residence, before proceeding on his journey, which invitation he grate­ fully accepted. . As the evening wore on, a rubber of whist wtfs proposed, the gentleman taking "dummy." After a short lapse of time, looking at his watch as by a sudden impulse, ho observed that it was growing late, and he was afraid of keeping them up. "I shall now take my leave, deeply impressed by your kind hospitality; but, before I make my bow, I must trouble you for your watches, chains, money, and any small articles of jew­ elry which you have in the house." The ladies looked aghast, hardly able to realize the situation. Their guest, however, remained inflexible, and having, with his own dexterous hands, cleared the tables of all articles sufficiently portable, was proceeding to ascend the stairs, when one of the ladies uttered a piercing scream. On this, he sternly assured them that silence was their only safety, while giving any alarm would be attended by instant death1. "Then, having possessed himself of all the money and valuables he could command, he left the house, telling the IadieB, with a smile, that they had con­ ferred a most delightful and profitable evening on Mr. Richard, or as he has been more generally called, Dick Tur- pin.---Walter Scott. A Faithful Officer. Captain Bassett, the venerable Ser- geant-at-Arms of the Senate, has been in continuous service for more than fifty years. The Captain started in as a page. At that time there was but one in the Senate, and Daniel Webster wanted young Isaac Bassett appointed as an additional page. The other Sen­ ators thought it a great extravagance --two pages for forty-eight senators! It was enough to bankrupt the Repub­ lic! Captain Bassett declares that there was a hot debate over the sugges­ tion of Webster. However, Webster fought hard and, with his great elo­ quence, succeeded. So young Bassett was appointed. Although his hair is white as snow, he loves fun and is still as merry as a boy. Just think of it! He was a Senate officer when the Sen­ ate met in the old Chamber, now occu­ pied by the Supreme Court; when the evening sessions of both houses had to be illuminated by "tallow dips." He has heard Webster, Hayne, Clay, Cal­ houn, Benton, and Douglaa The Captain's recollection of the days when Senators dressed in swal- low-tailed coats causes him to shudder when "innovations" are suggested. But these "innovations" are constantly go­ ing on.. It has for many years been the custom to write the name pf each senator on a strip of ivory-white wood, and fasten it on his desk by way of identification, as ".Mr. Summer," "Mr. Cole," "Mr. Fen ton." Last year these wooden labels were removed, and silver plates substituted, bearing simply the surname without the "Mr.," as "Bay­ ard," "Edmunds,"' "Ransom." I under­ stand the Captain has not yet recover­ ed from this horrible act of vandalism. --Edmund Alton, in SL Nicholas. The Waters of Utah. tFhere is in the extreme north of Utah a magnificent subterranean re­ servoir of first-class soda water, bub­ bling and effervescing out of the ground in such quantities that all America might be supplied. In the extreme south, on the road to Order- ville, is an exquisite circular lakelet that is always just full to the brim with water as clear and as green as beryl. And wherever the water overflows the lake's edge it incrusts the ground and the grass ahd the fallen leaves upon it with a fine coating of limestone, so that the brim is perpetually growing higher and higher with the imperceptible but certain growth of of a coral reef, and in course of generations the lake wiW be­ come a concreted basin. Between these two points are scattered all over the country springs and pools of the Btrangest waters. In some places hot and cold run side by side ont of the same bank. There is one pool only a foot deep, and situated at a high alti­ tude, that refuses to freeze even in the severest winters. There is another that mysteriously replenishes itself with half-grown trout. One stream that I saw, though clear as crystal to the eye, and tasteless, stains all the vegetation it flows over a deep brown. A warm spring near Salt Lake City is the strongest sulphur water known in the world. A "hot spring," a few miles off, with waters so hot that you can hardly put your hand in then, and as bright as diamonds, is one of the most remarkable combinations of chemicals ever analyzed. THE average number of sentences of penal servitude for the five years end­ ing 1864 was 2,800 yearly; for the four years endrag lfiSS i| feed fallen to just one-half. What Haa Beea aafafttay JB* Agala. Prof. M. Ramus ooawnunicatea to La NouveiUe Bevue an. article on the earth and its changes, the glacial epoch and tiie final disappearance of ice from the planet, from which article the fol­ lowing is extracted: "During the whole period of the pri­ mary rocks and the formation of coal strata, tropical heat prevailed from latitude 35 degrees to 80 degrees-- to the polar renions, that is. The tem­ perature was uniform ever the whole earth. During the first half of the sec­ ond period, that of jurassic rocks and chalk, the climate remained the same; the same plants and the same animals were found all over the globe. During the second half of the period, however, the climate began to cool somewhat, and deciduous trees made their appear­ ance, though tropical plants were still to be found in England and Denmark. Eveu to the middle of the tertiary pe­ riod there was an equality of climate in all latitudes; but the temperature in iurope fell very gradually, and it is ertain that at the end of the tertiary ^period there was no ice on the globe, not even at the poles or at the top of the highest mountains. "With the quaternary period a great change took place. The reindeer was to be found in all parts of Europe, the cold was excessive, and the great Swiss glaciers extended to the south of France. The glacial epoch was in full swing, and the uniformity of tempera­ ture formerly prevailing had been de­ stroyed. Then a reflex action begins; the glaciers, and with them the rein­ deer and the mammoth, retreated as slowly as they advanced. At the fur­ thest point of the glacial extension the cold became so intense that a sea of ice covered half Russia, all Prussia, Hanover, Holland and part of Eng­ land. "What, then, was the cause of this change from uniformity to excessive cold over so large a portion of earth's surface? And how is it that the extent of the cold region, after having reached its maximum, gradually retreated? We attribute the change to the deflec­ tion of the earth's axis from the per­ pendicular and then its gradual return toward its old position. In the case of a perpendicular axis the climates will be nearly equable all over the globe; there will be some difference in differ­ ent latitudes, owing to the fact that the sun's rays are only vertical at the equa­ tor, but it will be comparatively small. There would be no nights long enough in any part of the planet to leave time for the formation of a large quantity of ice. Consequently all we have to do to account for the ages of time when the climate, as geology tells us, was the same all over the world, is to imagine the earth with a perpendicular axis in place of an axis at an angle with the plane of the ecliptic as it is now. "The angle to-day is 23 degrees 27 minutes and 9 seconds. But the Chinese astronomer Clioo Kung, who measured the angle 1,100 years before Christ, made it 23 degrees and 54 minutes. It will take the axis 170,946 years to move at its present rate through the distance which r ow separates it from the per­ pendicular. "As long as the axis remained per pendicular, the climate, as has been said, was uniformly hot, and in Green­ land and Spitzbergen pomegranates grew. One day the axis began to change. At first this had a slight effect For ages the modification was trifling; even at the tertiary period there was still no ioe, and snow, when it fell, soon disappeared. But by degrees the zone was traced. Round the pole the change was already com­ plete, and the radiation of the earth overcame the solar heat, and the night the day, so that masses of ice were formed. The quaternary period was entered; man appeared on our conti­ nent; the angle of obliquity of the axis being about 15 degrees, and the polar belt, about 1,000 miles in extent, fin­ ished at the southern part of Spitzber­ gen. The glacial epoch had begun.' "As to the age of man upon the earth, assuming that he did not ap­ pear until the lower stages of the qua­ ternary period, in which his bones are first found, it is certain that the climate was much warmer in Europe than it is now. On one calculation man has been 223,108 years on the earth, and 249,054 years have passed since the axis of the earth first moved out of the perpendicular." »lw» ** One who Is In* can scarcely r«Cl|ke pendent for HMtfbpOB to the responsibility of their station, en­ gineers are also in constant danrer of »oci- dents caused by tbe tricks of Jealous rivals. This rivalry, it is said, sometimes prompts to the doing of utterly mean tricks. A Nickel Plate engineer, after his very first trip, was laid oil because he had "cutout" all the beariagaof hU engine. He was rein­ stated, however, after he proved that some rival hadfiUed hie oilitw can \ri'h emery. An­ other new engineer was suspended for burn­ ing out the tiues of his boiler. Through grief at the loss of his position he died, and then a conscience-stricken rival confessed that he had put oil in the tank so that it foamed and showed water at the top gauge, when in reality there was scarcely a quart in the boiler! These Intense jealousies, together with the terrible anxiety incident to tbelr work, have a terribly straining effect on the nerves, and statistics tell us that, though Locomotivo Engineers may look strong and vigorous, they are not alia hearty class. Ex-Chief Engineer A. 8. Hampton, Indianapolis, Ind. (Div. 1*3), was one of those apparently hearty men, but he says: "Tho anxiety, strain, and jolting came near finishing me." His sufferings localized in catarrh of the bladder, but he used Warner's safe cure faithfully for twenty weeks and now ex­ claims, "I am a well man." T. 8. Ingraham, of Cleveland, Ohio, Assistant Chief Engineer, and other prominent member* are also em­ phatic in its praise. The Locomotive Engineers' Brotherhood has 17,00i) members and S40 divisions. Its hea Iquarters is In Cleveland, Ohio, where Chief Engineer Arthur for twenty years has exercised almost dictatorial sway. It was organized in August, 1863, br tbe employes of the Michigan Central. It has given near­ ly two million dollars to the widows and or­ phans of deceased members. gfcifltr may not be hereditary, « drawing is sketching -- Texas Woman as a Machinist. A woman don't know any more about mechanical principles than a man does about feeding a baby; but the manner in which she doctors up a balky sew­ ing machine and makes it go, is one of the world's great wonders that has not yet been put in the catalogue with the other marvels. She never has the slightest idea what the trouble is, but her manner of taking the difficulty by the ear is about the same in all cases. She gets a hammer and pounds every­ thing breakable for about five minutes, without doing the slightest harm. Then she takes a screw-driver with the coro­ ners so broken off that it has a point like a gimlet, and pokes around until she gets it wedged fast somewhere. She jerks and pulls, pounds, tugs, and pries in four directions at once; gets red in the face and white around the mouth; loses ker temper and the con­ cerns that hold up her back hair with considerable simultaneousness; gets her toes pinched under the treadle, and her apron wound tight around the main shaft, but just before she gets mad enough to swear, the screw-driver loses its grip and comes out with a sud­ denness that results in two broken fin' ger nails, and considerable battered up skin in the neighborhood of the knuck­ les. And then she jumps backward with a rashness of impetuosity that upsets the baby's crib and breaks the milk bottle, as the poor discouraged woman squats with unstudied grace in the middle of the floor, and lifts up her voice in the plaint­ ive melody of primordial man. But al 1 things have an end, and so has her song of woe. She jumps up and gives the machine a few shakes that make the gearing rattle, pours a lot of oil on the balance wheel, and the business is done. The thing resumes its stitching, and goes right along as smooth as pros­ perity, without any more kick. After a course of treatment like this any sewing machine can be guaranteed to run equal to a two-dollar watch for four months.--Chicago Ledger. MY young friends, remember that you are at last what you have made yourself. Somebody may take credit for your making, perhaps, but somebody will in that case take credit for what he has not done. Tis your struggle, your victory or defeat, your reward or dishonor. DON'T tell what yon ought to do or intend to do. Aside from a sitting hen, nothing is more uncertain than the per­ son who always intends but delete to do thia or that Novel Use of a Newspaper* There is no aristocratic quarter in the City of Mexico, and it is fash­ ionable not only to live on a busi­ ness street, but to have a saloon or a meat market on the ground floor. Everybody lives in flats; the houses are usually three stories high, and the top floor is considered the best. It will rent for $100 a month, while the second floor rents for $40. When a house is to be let in Mexico the owner sticks an old newspaper in the window. It isn't very tasteful, and seldom im­ proves the appearance of the house, but it is economical and understood by the community.--Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean. : De Study ob Nature. Extract from a Florida sermon "When de weadder am sublime and splendiferous like it am dis hear after­ noon dare am a deep-seated temptation rising in dar, in dar busom of de nn regenerated and surpufluious sinner to go a wandering from de fold of de pri- cious Lam; to go wandering around to admire de beautifulness of nature as seen in its natural state. Odders which am more hardened and has long been professional sinners am independent 'nuff to call it by de rite name, 'Going a-fisliiug,'" [Sensation.] . Ins and Onts. Nothing is so productive of distressing headaches as the tropical heat of summer. St Jacobs Oil will remove them at onco. Toe Much Curiosity. \ "tfhat was God doing all lh4 time before He made this world," asked an incipient Bob Ingersoll, of a Dallas Sunday-school teacher. The teacher was silent for some min­ utes, evidently absorbed in deep thought, but arousing himself he said "He was growing switches with which to drive the curiosity out of lit­ tle boys," and dancing the boy across a bench, the teacher allayed, tempo­ rarily at least, the curiosity of the seeker after more light.--Texas Sift ings. • THERE is no good reason why people who differ from you in opinion, who have ideas of their own that do not happen to blend with yonrs, should be dubbed "cranks, and yet I believe that it is the prime incentive for the appel- iafcian in most cases. "Sweet Maud Mailer." Whlttier's beautiful bullad contains a touching allusion to the many cares and sor­ rows which wear upon the "heart and brain" of a wile and mother. Thousands of weary, suflering women have found Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" a marvelous recup­ erator of wasted strength, and of sovereign efficacy in all those derangements and mal­ adies peculiar to their sex, by reason of which the vitality is gradually sapped, and the cheek robbed prematurely of its bloom. Prioe reduced to one dollar. By druggists. SOMK cne wants to know how to deaden tho sound of a piano. One good plan would be to kill the player.--Boston I'ost. Can consumption be cured? Yes- One man only, discovered the laws of gravitation. One man only, discovered tho virtue of vac­ cination. And Due man alter years of 6tudy and reflection, has discovered tho cure for consumption. Dr. Pieron's "(iolden MeJical Discovery" in it* Send two letter stumps and get Dr. Pierces pamphlet trea tlwj on consumption. Address, World's Dis­ pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. 1. IF a bird in the hand Is worth two in the bush, is a mole on tho faoe worth two in the ground? M Man In Itiiln*.--One of the most melancholy spectacles in the world is a human being shuttered aud broken down by the use of ardent spirits and tobacco. But the dilapidation may be repaired, the ruin re­ stored to perfect souudneet, by a course of that most powerful of all vegetable Invigor- ants, DH. WALKER'S CALIFORNIA VINKOAK BITTERS. WHEN tho mercury falls we may anticipate tbe dude drop if It's an ice day.--Vitas Si.it- . "Pnt up" at tlie Gault Honse. The business man or tourist will find first- class accommodations at tho 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 of tho city, only one block from the Union Depot. Elevator; all appointments first-class. • HOTT it GATES. Proorietora. GERMAN REMEDI Rheumatism, Tfeurai Ltmbags, Backache, r ~~ Tl»»»t,Bwrillat»JlL Baras, Scalds, frstt Blties, ARB AM. OTHia BODILY FAIRS A SB A am. ATTST- *,.Scl»ttea, •fciwHus, THE CHAKLES A. 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FOR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression of sp'Tits, and general debility in their various forms; also, as a preventive against lever and ague, and other intermittent levers, the •' Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Callfaya,"' made by Caswell, Hazard & Co.. of New i ork, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic; and lor putients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. "We sell Athlophoros, and think it tbe best remedy for rheumatism we have In the market," Davis, Bro. & Co., druggists, of Clayton. Illinois, write, and their good opin­ ion of the remedy's merits is confirmed by hundreds of others in the trade. THE Howe Scale took first premium at Phila­ delphia, Paris, Sydney, and other exhibitions. Borden, Selleck & Co., Agents, Chicago, 111. Aay man looks like a sloven with run- over heels. Lyon's Heel Stlffeners keep boots straight, 26c. BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Bemedy for Catarrh. By druggists. Vtawr Axis Orsase lasts four times aa lose «• anystherv Use it; save your ho*ses and wagons. Plso's 50c. B cflES x c * aCSrfS ap C *E*q,a p p a Price, 25 ctn., SO eta. and Sl.OO per Bottle. SOLD BY AL t HRtflOim Vdtegar BITTERS la the great Blood Purifier and Life-giv­ ing Principle; a Gentle Pargativo and Tonic; a perfect Renovator and Invieorator of the system. Never before tins n medicine been BITTERS, If jronvtalt to be raUsved of those terrible I It will, when tafcm ttons, aajr eae* ef I or Sowr ItMKMk. It olsaas the hniag oC itosuck aad kswsb, promotes healthy action and asseeS --cietfogs. It stakes ysn Mood and givea it free MOT. ttras amding nutrlHaent to every part. It Is the --fee*, speediest and isnrt TsgstaMs Remedy ever invented for ail diseasSB cC the stnsisiis and liver. J. M. Moore, of Farmlngtoe, Kick, says: My itek IseMaehe and Soar nflkrlag from 8lek Stomach was terrible, and Malt Bitter* cured •as bottle of Hops Do not get Hoy* and Halt founded with inferior preparations of ne. For sale by all niimlsli. MPS t ULT WTOIS n, law, la PATENTS !«***«• Patent Attfra. Washington. D.C. Jh • * urn AND S&. LAPONTIA'S ! Will Develop, Strengthen, Invigorate and Entarpe Smalt. Weak and Undeveloped portions of tbe Ben An external preparation, can be applied to any partes Uic body. By mail, with full directions.01 per packet, •nntalmone month's treatment. Larger use S3* T.W. Oosouon. ia» Brewster St.. Detroit, Mich-Sole AgeaS RU6 MAKER onanyBcwiKO falinvantion. It •BIAS AT stem. Price only SI. --fstt¥»fWP $25 Reward. We will pay the above reward for aaxcaae of Bhen> in at mm or Nenralgia we can not core, we can relieve auycaseoJ Diphtheria or Croup instantly. The J. K. Uardner Army and Navy Liniment will relieve pain end soreness, and remove any unnatural growth of bone or muscle on man or beast. large bottles $1; «mall bottles 50 ceut«. Will refund the money for M?. (silure. For sa'e by all drpKSiats- AltMY AMI NAVYONIMKNT CO., 03 £ »4 LaSalle St., Chicago, 111. The Immortality of the Soul, By LEON AND HARRIET LEWl®r COMPRISING 1. Why and Aoir tbe soul is immortal. 2. Actual nature of the change we e*U death. 3. Wh«re is the spirit worldT 4. What occupies the soul there? S. Do our lost little ones (trout to maturity in spirit hie? 7. Doe " ' ' . Is the spirit world owterbilt 7 Uo es sfi exist in spirit life? and why ? 8. Is the spirit world naturalf Is the immortality of the soul a characteristic of th-> inhabitants of the worlds ironnd ust 10.What :.re the actual factx ot the current "spiritual mani- to station a?" SJ~ io cents each, postpaid, or all naatty liound in one volume, *1. Address LEON LKWIS, 1'nhliBher. UBEKNPORT. N. Y. Brnau, cwidk Is Sept. "v ' •* o SXxlIJil 3JBOO i "waole Plstsw Oslltry. rftree* to consumer* ea all seeds ft* pereoaal or ftually aae. Ttllskew ta order, aad gtwes exaet east ef tTMf tlitaw yoa wse, eat, diiak, have flia with. Tfceee IIVAUri BOOKS . ice ed possessing the power of VINEOAK BITT'E r!l the sick. Send lor medical book, frde. H. McDonald Drug Co., 632 Washington St, ompound- ERS to Washington St, K. T. 3fu Ferry Co., raoDvlUe, Ind race, tod w* ftoa the saarketa af ttswsdd. We will saall a eopy FRBB ta suajr *d» dreea upoa receipt eg 10 eta. to dtftay expense of laslllag, l*t aa hear ftaa jron. Beepeetfaily, MONTGOMERY WARD A CO. SVT it MWalaih Aveane. Chleaae. UL 3.50 For a ELE8MT WATCM tbe h# •f the Lottlnille Mid JeffertonviUe . Dontj, who lives oo Wall Bu, JeflersonvlUe, Ind., sal •everelv from Neuralgia In tbe face, and vat quickly Cured by ATHL0PI 101108, Thit is tha only •»?« and #<i ft remcdv fur Neuralgia. Alt your drnfgUl far Athlo­ phoros. if yon cannot nt it him do no* try aometblnf tisc, but order al once from us. Wa will tend it axprata paid on receipt of price, $1,00 par bottl*. ATHL0PH0B0S CO.. 113 VTaU St.. Vsw York. ASK OPIUM YourNr-wsdealerforTHE CHICAGO LlifM.KK, the BEST STOBV l*APEn in the country. Head it. .Morphine ilnhlt Cured iu 10 to "ZO days. No par till enred. Dli. .T. STBPIIKNK, Lebanon, Ohio. CANCERk Treated and cured without the knife k on treatment sent iree. Address L. POND. M.D.. Aurora. KstgeCo.. 11' TELECRAPHYJ3KIC» | furnished. Write Valentine Bros., Jsnesri Hllltl-.1I »e.T«r 87 S WILL ISUY A FINE ONE. Sr» monthly payments. RKEIVS TKMI'M: OF MUSIC. I;S« • BTATE 8TRKET, CHICAGO, 11,1, OPIUM MOKPHiNK and CHI.OKA I, HABITS KASILT CUKKI) BOOKKRKK. Dr. J.C.HolT man. Jeflfernon. Wisoontdn. DIG AECCn To Introduce them, we will nia urrcn. GIVK AWAY 1,000 SRIT OperatlngWashlngMschines. If you wantonc Lsend us your name, P. O.. and express office at The National Co.. 25 OEY Sr.. N Y WayTCn-AKcnts to RelTan entirely new article, AH I Unpatented June. 1833. Territory assiitneit aud sample free to canvassers who menu ••usi-UflMg. ltetall* at siirht for $2.00. stamp, CHAS.tSCaOrilXD. 171 JU . An active Man or Wem.SISW.r7 "county to sell ourgoSdi. SslaiyS**. 1 asr Hoaik and Expense* S»W*l m,•»!- .aiier. Canvnufing ontSE FRSS! FartleulurB ft*r. Standard Silver-ware Co. Bmsten. Mass. PnOTAAl C Ml M.S. Make (111 I MULE money Krindiiiijr your Fecil on the KAKSTN'KR IMHCTAHl.K MII.I.S. Over «,."»<)<> in use. \\ ammted fully. CHAS. K VKSTNK.lt & CO.. :0l-8t'»H.Canal St.. C hicago. O voir t SK STOVE liKI' trHavinga stock of Repairs tor over U.iKW different stoves, can wo not make it to your »' I vantage to trade witli us? Prompt Mhlpmenti and HHtJm'aulion icd*rjnt«»pii. THE W.C. MKTZNKK STOVK KI.I'AIK 1 O., 12.» \ UI, \Ve*t HandoliiU Ktiwt. ( hi« H^TO. r*Ub*tt\\o fr>"- To any one who xe tor. #xi>r6M or trtpmnd bT -wl oat of Eandsom The C R. U. AWARE THAT Lorillard's Climax Plug bearing a red tin too; that lorillard'! Rosc LeHfttneent; that Lorlllar.l s v.Tf CliaDiaas. ami that Lorillard's HuufTa, ar< trifiT>f st ["id cheapest, quality considered t "A-rnts Wanted roa Life nnd Deeds of GEGMS? It contains a full history of his noble and event ul life. Introduction written by <irant'n Pastor, Itev. Dr. Newman. Col.Burr'swork is indorsed by limit's most intimate friends. Send for extra terina to ajreuts Ad­ dress National Publishing Co.. CHITAOO. ill. THEMAft WHO Haass S Tea Wateo *calei». &n L*..r*. St..* SISM |jy# acd Bras Bsi, for COO and JONES h. p«T« tlw frHjbi--for &»• PVIM List BMiuion f>*P*r Binsaaaiton« N.Y. knmormanlclee.1 reoy writer* ofthe u./. . b worth Wore thsn the price oha yotrwiiak to aee a really henrtaem* aad deeMeo- Ite the name, town, county and State plainly, aa4 your letter to The CHIcaso Ledjar, tn > street. Chicane. 111. CThe OLDEST MEDICINE In the WORLD is M probably On iMUW VkMfaMl U •Isbratsi Eyt Wstsll This article is a earaftdlT prepared physician's are- •cHptlon. and hasbeen to constaatuae for nearly a century, andnotwitliatandin* tlMmaar other prepar­ ation* that have been introduced Into the market, the sale of this article is constantly inereasintr. II thedi- rcetionsaze followed it will sever nil. We particu­ larly invite the attention ot physician* to it* merit*. Join f. Thotnpoon, ttona Jt Ca., TROY. : P I S O ' S C U R E F O R mansi C.H.tT. No. 43-N5 WXEN WRITING TO A1>YEKTIS£B3* »» please aajr JM IS* tho aStwertlueaaaal in thfa paper. . gift CI Men Think thejr know all about Mustang f£a»' iment. Few do. Not to know Is not to have. is beautiful, all but her skinl^ and nobody has ever told her how easy it is to put beauty on the skin. Beauty on the skin is Mi Balm. "Mf- J