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^; THE CjUTBIIIt OSIDt. •flf HABBIET MAXWELL COXYBBSB. "1/ ' Q??®1! 8®d wit!> imperial sway "®»« a liOnrt iii uuiulugH lisv uy tiny , The vutid of a will, is but Love's abam% : " } And cruel sorcery in Love's name 1 " : To bo Love's queen and with a royal sway To hold a heart in bondage each new day . •- Is. not to lead, but follow Love the guide s--.- Wherever Love may be; this world is wide, Yet wh reso 'er ita'pilp-lmage may ter d And whrrcsoe'er its pilgrimage may end, In needful toil, or strife, or halcyon dream, • Love, in his wonderous rule, is still supreme! And though a life be filled with grief and care, And burdens thut are wearisome to bear, Yet Love is strong, and through his sufferings g borne Will share life's pain and with life's sorrows mourn; And should red roses grow beside the way, ; Love, laughing, plucks them, bidding them to 6tay 7 In tenderness that With his touch doth thrill In perfect life no winter frosts enn kill: And when tho almond blossoms withering fade, Love's fireside glows within the peaceful shade-- Consuming not with passion's fitful flame-- . But steadfast, where, in glory of Love's name, Hands clasping hands, the twain sit side by side Content, Love's queen and Love the faithful guide. A FABLB. BY RALPH WALDO EMKRSOM. ^BMmountain ond the squirrel ' . Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter "Little Prig," Bun replied, "You are doubtless very big; But; all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together To make upK a year And a sphere. And I think itno disgrace . To occupy mplace. D I'm not fo large as you, p A You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. I'll not tie.iv you make , Avery prtty squirrel track, Talents differ ; all is well and wisely put; If I cannot carry forests on my back, . Neither can you crask a nut!" K E. I STATION TEN. i.;. ~ • - BY VICTOR REDCLXFFE. Click-cliek! - Ernest Hnowden, light-house keeper and 6ignal-service sergeant at Station Ten, sprang from his seat at the open window of the beacon turret nnd hastened to the little telegraph table in one corner of the, apartment. It was long l>efore dark and the lower­ ing "sky and frequent gusts of wind made his point of observation far from being a pleas mt one. Yet with earnest eyes he tad watched the rocky headland which sheltered the harbor over two hours, and his sad face told that his vigil was fraught with anxious, torturing thoughts. For he had expected to see the ship Fal­ con leave her anchorage, and, pointing for the East, bear away from Station Ten the woman he had loved and lost, the angel of s blissful Rummer's dream of hope and jov. Click, click! His hand sent back the response to the call, and then relapsing into his sombre mood of thought, he sat mechanically . waiting for the expected message. Station Ten, originally a section -of the life-saving service and light-house, com­ bined with only the signal turret and a <1^0at-house, had lent its name finally to the gtowing little town, which had sprung up as if by magic around its splendid harbor­ age. The dreariest prospect Lake Huron af­ forded could be viewed from its reef-lined shore on' the north. To the south, how­ ever, favorable winds bore the stately ships swiftly thought the chain of waters, and Station Ten because on important shipping center being nearer producers than the railroads^ For sii' months Ernest Snowden had been in charge of the station with the salary and rank of sergeant of the signal service, and had one assistant. A telegraph line Tan to Woodson's, the nearest railroad town, whence official dispatches were transmitted by the service line direct to the light-house. _ The regular report was ringing in his ears now. The technical points were heed­ lessly noted, but he started as the message concluded, "Cautionary signals ordered for"--then followed a long list of points in the line of the predicted storm, and among i them Station Ten. He chronicled the local observations in ' Bis chart, sent the O. K. over the wire, and as he smiled sadly, seemed to hear his heart continue beating out its message of comfort to his gloom-haunted soul, even as the tel­ egraph had ticked its life away through the rua<?netie points. "She will not go away to-night," he mur­ mured, "for the Falcon will not go out with storm signals flying," and he took down the night lantern with its red globe and ignited the lamp. r There was a rail-guarded platform run­ ning around the house, and he passed from the door around it to where the light could be seen from the harbor. Here he swung the red lantern, and with a careless glance down the stairway leading to the beach, returned to the watch-room. The light-house lamp, with its quadruple reflectors cast a broad stream of radiance over the waters. Seated by the window he watched the angry play of the waves in the distance, and gave liimself over again to meditation. "She can never be mine," he murmured, sadly, "but Lura Lee loves me despite her father's cruel will, and that thought cheers me. If the storm continues the Fal­ con will not sail till morning, and when Percival relieves my watch at mid­ night I shall have a glance at Lura at her window, if nothing more." Then his heart grew sombre as he went - over the love-life of the past few months. He had met and loved the shy, winsome girl whose beauty obscured her father's Jiovertv and made her the belle of the vil-age. She loved him in return, but Jabez Arnold, a wealthy speculator, came to the village and covettd his prize. His wealth blinded old Adiel Lee's father­ ly affection, and the daughter>yjjpho held filial obedience as part of a divine law, bowed her head sadly to her fate and told the young light-house keeper, Ernest Snowden, that he must forget her. And a week since he had parted with her, she, heart-broken, he cast into the dark gloom of despair, all the more intense be­ cause his love-life had been so beautiful and serene. There were ugly stories afloat about Ar­ nold, and it was even hinted that his wealth was greatly over-estimated. But old man Lee pointed stolidly to the consign­ ments of merchandise and produce in the warehouse on the docks, nnd at the Falcon loaded to the water's edge with Arnold's ! ;oods shipped from the interior, and si- enced all cavil. , And this night Snowden had heard Lura was to be a passenger on the Falcon, bent on a visit to a port down the lake where a maiden aunt lived. Arnold's ship, stored with Arnold's goods, wan to take Arnold's intended wife away from Station Ten, and Arnold himself, back in the interior, upon his expected return in two weeks would find her home from her journey, forgetful of her fancy for Snow­ den her father prophesied, and the'wed­ ding would then take place. Of all this was Ernest Snowden thinking, and the minute* merged into hours as he sat absorbed in thought. Silence and in­ creasing gloom was about him, the wind hail ri»fu t<» a mild hurricane, and he was about to cluse the window when he started violently. Every pulse seemed thrilled to powerful eseitenient: his eyes grew wildly startled. There, just rounding the river cliff, was a ship. He could not make out its hull, even the masts were indistinct, but he saw a green light beneath a red one moving steadily towards the lake, conveyed an in­ telligence to his quick mind, more sentient than words. "The Falcon," he gasped. It was not the fact that she was about to weather the gale. It was the mystery of her captain disregarding the storm signris, and Lura would sail in the face of a threat­ ened peril. "What does it mean?" he murmured, hoarsely, and then he stepped through the window and Manned the scene more clearly. ? "Great heavens!" He fell back as if driven by a powerful hand. His eyes had rested on the shel­ tered box where the harbor signals were placed. The red lantern, placed there for his hands an laour previous, the signal of danger, the Earning rarely disregarded in these tronble- lome waters, was gone. ;s In a flash hi< mind, tortured with the fear of the unjust change of neglect, anxious to supsense for Lura Lee and the ship which Erobably bore her away, seenfed to divine ow readily the captain, deeming the rising tempest a passing gale and not observing the storm signal, had put out to sea. But the light? Who had removed it for that purpose? Had the; wind torn it away or had an enemy--No, no, he had no enemy. But by foeman's hand or accident removed, it was gone. Its absence held hu­ man life and wonfd be There was a second red lamp in tn< ret; he lit it, placed it in its box to warn others and then tore down the stairway to the beach. • A cry of despair broke from his lips as jfie observed the lights of the Falcon round the point and disappear from view. "She must be overtaken; she must not fun the risk of the rising storm," he cried in an agony of excitement, as he saw how futili would prove any effort to reach the town in time to secure a boat and over­ take her. "A yacht!" he cried, as he saw a tebaf moved near the little breakwater on the beadh. "Oh, if I could but guide it .around the reef and intercept the Falcon!" He ran to the spot where it lav. He fell back as the form of a man confronted him from the bottom of the boat. ' "What do you want?" The voice was gruff and uncivil, the face of the man obscured. . „ Amid his excitement, Ernest Snowden spoke hurriedly, earnestly. ."In heaven's name lend me your boat or accompany me around the harbor rocks." "In that sea?" "I must reach, the harbor bar in ten min­ utes. Fifty dollars if you will assist me, for the ship Falcon is sailing unprepared, un­ warned into the face of a terrible storm. "I won't go. Find some one else." A reflection from the shifting waves lit up by the light-house beacon, cast a sudden radiance on the speaker. "Jabez Arnold!" broke in wild amaze­ ment from Snowden's lips. The other muttered a subdued oath at the recognition. "As he stepped back his foot brushed back a piece of canvas. » "The danger signal," cried Snowden.as his eyes fell on the station lamp in tom of the boat. "Merciful heavens. I see it all! Jabez Arnold, it was you who re­ moved that lamp." The hand of the other had stolen to his breast-pocket as if to draw a weapon. "Get out of this boat," he cried, angrily. "What do I know of your lamp?" "It is trne. I could not mistake it. You dare not deny it. Ah! man, if you have done this deed, at least retrieve your crime by saving the ship you would send to ruin --to save the woman I love, you love--Lura Lee." , "Lura Lee," echoed Arnold in startled tones ; "what do you mean?" "That she is on board the Falcon." "Oh, merciful Heavens, my sins have been punished." Arnold's voice rang like a wail of anguish over the bleak waters. Snowden, intensely startled at the sudden change in the manner of his companion, noted with joy that he sprang like a mad­ man to the chain, unloosed it, and, with a madman's recklessness, put the boat to sea. As they passed the flame of light from the tower a glimpse of his face showed the Eallor of horror, agony, and remorse on is stricken features. Like a feather driven over the crest of the waves, the yacht flew with the . rapidity of1 a bird. Twice it lurched, twice its heel grated on an unfriendly reef. Then, as it rounded the cliff, the awful tempest drove it into the open water with) frightful veloc- ity. /;. . "The ship! the Falcon!" cried Arnold, wildly. "Straight ahead, but out of her course. Oh, Arnold, Arnold, reach her in time to save the threatened Ikes, to rescure Lura Lee, and I will forget that you are the cause of their peril." He could'see the dancing lights of the Falcon in the distance. Then they seemed to plunge down like a shot. "She has struck the northern reefs!" he groaned. For the love of heaven make haste." "Even if we perish," came hoarslv from Arnold's lips. "Aye, even if we perish in the attempt." What was the secret motive which made Jabez Arnold a hero in that ho^r of awfiil peril? Reckless of life, moaning, curbing bv turns, it seemed as if even in his evil mind there dwelt a love for Lura Lee more potent than his love for gold. With rising excitement, they saw as they neared the northern reef a waste of boiling waters with a stately ship beating to pieces on the dangerous rocks.-. Held trembling to the touch of a master hand, the little yacht quivered amid the surging waves, in charge of Arnold, as Ernest Snowden raised his voice loudly. One by one from the ill-fated Falcon the crew dropped to the water and were drawn to the yacht. Jabez Arnold sprang from his post and into the water as they lowered a woman's form, and then as he lifted her to the yacht, a quick groan rent his lips. They were forced to drag him from the waves. Amid their peril they noticed not that he had sank an inert heap at the bot­ tom of the boat. A glance at Lura, a prayer of gratitude, and Ernest Snowden spread the clustered shrouds of the yacht to the breeze. And half an hour later the terrorful, huddled handful of saved souls landed safely in the harbor at Station Ten. Snowden bent over his rival. "Are you hurt?" he asked, solicitously. "Crushed between a rock and the yacht. That is all. Are thev saved?" "All." "Thank God, and Lura?" "She is here," Fainter grew Arnold's tones. "Come nearer," he murmured. Lura Lee moved to his side. "You will forgive me," he asked. "Will yon put the red lamp nearer my faee?" Snowden wonderingly did so. "Lura Lee," spoke the prostrate man, "I am dyiug--dying with all my sins upon my guilty soul. Look upon my face and tell me if the remorse and repentance my atoning heart feels does not win 'from you one word of forgiveness for my cruelty." The young girl scarcely comprehended him. "Forgiveness?" she repeated. "Yes, for I sought to-night to wrong the man by your side, to execute an evil, daring deed. * At dark I came down the shore in my yacht with the vessel and cargo of the Falcon insured for three times its value. The captain refused to be bribed to burn up the vessel at the docks. Then, return­ ing to my boat, I saw the red signal. A wicked thought impelled me to remove it-- to cast blame on my rival--to have the Falcon sail unwarned into the face of a tempest in which I hoped she would be lost, for that insurance money alone could save me from financial ruin. Then Snow­ den told me what I did not know, that you were aboard of that vessel. Heaven for­ give me, I never knew how I loved you till then. Now I am dying. Tell me you for­ give rift and and I will die in peace, with the hope that my life given freely to save those I had doomed-may atone for my evil prist." "I forgive you freely," murmured Lura, brokenly. . A placid smile stole over the white suffering face. Then the eves closed, the form fell back as if in slumber--the slum­ ber of death. They kept his secret very quiet. The insurance money was never applied for, and an explanation to the Captain and the service officials concerning the stolgn danger sig­ nal rested with them, and was not made public. And thus, shielding the memory of the man whose love for Lura Lee had led him to a heroic sacrifice amid crime and cruelty, the two loving hearts death had reunited were blessed a year later by Adiel Lee's consent to their happily marriage at Station Ten. \n Asiatic Religion. As to the Dalai Lama never dying, yet being successfully buried and born anew, he is installed in Poto La, so veritable an infant that his pother necessarily accompanies him in order to suckle him, but, being debarred from the sacred premises of l^oto La on account of her sex, she is lodged in the vicinity at Shyo, and is permitted to visit her son between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m.' Whatever accomplishments he may acquire the Dalai Lama never need ex­ hibit them, for he is taught to be chary of speech, and, indeed, necessity com­ pels this course, since his worshipers are in the thousands, and it is only to those who are wealthy or of high de­ gree that he can afi'ord to address even a brief sentence or two. This is al­ ways done in a deep, hoarse voice, ac­ quired by training, iii order to convey the idea that it emanates from matur­ ity and wisdom. Seated crosslegged on a platform some six feet high, he is dressed to be worshiped in the usual colors of tho priesthood--that is, red and yellow, and with bare arms, re­ quired of all Buddhist priests, and holds a rod, from the end of which' hang strips of silk, white, red, yellow, green and blue/ The pilgrim coming in at the en­ trance door advances with folded hands as if ,in prayer, and resting his head against the edge of tho platform above him, mentally and hastily repeats the petitions he would have granted. These unuttered prayers the Dalai Lama is understood to comprehend intuitively. He touches the pilgrihi's head with the bunch of silk in token of his blessing, and the worshiper is hurried out at Vue exit door by attendants, only too happy if he has passed say half a minute in tlio vicinity of the great priest. This is the comlnon proced­ ure. Persons of rank or substance are permitted to mount the platform and perform obeiBkuce, there receiving the required blessing by actual touch of the Dalai Lama's hand; subsequently such worshiper may be allowed a seat below the platform where a few hoarse utterances of inquiry may be asked to* him by tbe Dalai Lama, and some food may lie also given to him.--London times. A Colorado Legislator. Behold the man! This is Senator Eddy,* and a faithful likeness it is. Mr. Eddy lias an aversion to sitting for a photograph, and the News was obliged to hire a calciminer tdg sketcfeP the gentleman standing. Mr. Eddy has a Henry Clay head, with the Henry largely eliminated, and ,, a face that bears well the ravages of time and Summit County sour-mash. Mr. Eddy has the torso of a Bill Sisty, and the legs of a dime museum dwart In the matter of brains Mr. Eddy is so far re­ moved that it would take a larger tele­ scope than ever invented to discover a comparison. He is known as the scissor-legged sawed-ott from New Mexico, who misrepresents the Twelfth Senatorial District of Colorado. Mr. Eddy's legs are not of the barber- scissors kind, but of the sheep-shears order, and a good Mexican herder could use him advantageously to clip common, ordinary sheep; that is, if he would take a bite of wool every time he opened his moutli.--Denver News. The Kind of Parents He Wanted. Mrs. Peterby was reading to? her lit­ tle son about the North Pole and the Esquimaux. "The Esquimaux are not remarkable for neatness i and cleanliness, as they neither wash themselves nor their children, more thari\>nce a year." f'D, ma," said Mn, Peterby's little how I wish you was an Esquiima and pa was an Eaquupa! Them's the the kind of parents I need." ^ The mother wept, not so much on ac­ count ot the boy's opposition to clean­ liness, as on account of a dire forbod- ing that the Efiqui-bov, so to speak, might grow up to be a great American statesman like Sunset Cox.--Texas Siftings. - Borfette'g Allies Writer. Frank Minier, a gentleman from In­ diana, was seated alongside of the driver on the stage going to Browns­ ville. They were near the Bio Qrande. Frank, by the way, had embezzled a lot of money, and was enroute to Mex­ ico. "Is this country safe?" asked Frank of the driver. "Safe! Why,of coarse it Is." "No robbers ?" "Robbers! Why, this part of the country has got such a bad name that the highway robbers are afraid to risk their lives in these parts.--Texas Sif\I- inqs. ___________ Matrimonii Felicity. Jeremiah Pomstock and his wife quarreled a great deal They led a regular cat-and-dog life. Finally Mrs. Pomstock went before a justice of the peace and asked him to have her hus­ band arrested and bound over to keep the peace. "Perhaps you had better sue for a divorce," suggested the justice. "What! Get rid of Jeremiah, and do without a husband?" exclaimed Mrs. Pomstock, "Why, I would rather take another one besides Jeremiah than do without any at all."--Texas Sifting * Pouiesllc Felicity. Mrs. McXamara--"Yis, Mrs, Cum- miskey, I've been married now going on twenty-three years, and Mac and I have niver had a serious quarrel." Mrs. C.--"Well, thin, its a happy woman you ought to be, for many's the row Peter and I have had, God be good to us all." Mrs. McN.--tfOh, for that matter, we've had hard words time and agin, and maybe now and thin a blow, but what I mean is 1 niver had to call in the police.--New York Sun. Lord Lytton's Impudence. Lord Lytton, at the time of the dec­ laration of Queen Victoria as Empress of India and the striking of the splen­ did medal honoring that event, impu­ dently bought one, altered the inscrip-' tion to "Victoria, Empress of the Arena," and sent it, richly set, to an equestrienne.--Chicago Tribune. A 'foothache Core. To relieve ordinary nervous tooth­ ache it is recommended to take a very hot bath, which is calculated to quipt the nerves and be soon followed by restful sleep. Hot, dry flannels ap­ plied to the face and neck will OftMl relieve the "jumping" toothache. 1 This department Is a little over­ crowded just now, at a time when every .-X 1% A M 1 .*% *9 4 4^ <£• A A w 4* W. iii Oil nuu iiuo icaiuou w a uau ouu n i and is not under contract to tell war stories by the mile, is writing columns of instruction to other literary people, telling them what, how, when, and where to write. But these instruc­ tions appear to miss all the vital points, to which I now direct the attention of people who aim to excel in literary work. - A literary man requires a great deal of sleep. So do his readers. If the author can sleep ten hours a day, his readers, under the law for the preven­ tion of cruelty to animals, are entitled to eleven. And they ought to take it, too, every time they pick up his book. Of all things, the author should be careful of his brains. It should not be used at all for twelve hours before go­ ing to bed, nor between meals. In writing for the stage, should the work in hand be an American society drama, the brain of the writer should not be used at all. Then the people who go to see the play will not have to use theirs either, if they are foolish enough to take them to the theater with them. In writing a tragedy, great care must be taken in the selection of a good .stage carpenter, after which the author may go to sleep. About an hour and a half a day is as long as any literary man should work. You should rise some time in the morning, nibble a few biscuits and down a cup of coffee, and then go back to bed and think until you fall asleep. Then rise again and take a good, hearty breakfast. After breakfast do not go to work, but lie on your back on the sofa and read until luncheon is an­ nounced. A literary man or woman requires a great deal of food. After luncheon walk around in the garden o^, swing iu a hammock, or recline in an easy chair until dinner time, say 3 o'clock. Avoid sudden exerticn; it is apt to develop heart disease. Do not attempt to do any work immediately after dinner. Go to your room and lie down. If you are a smoker a good ci­ gar before your nap "will do no narm if you will be* careful to smoke another one immediately after it. "After the nap or the cigar?" Both, my son. You should now rest until tea time, at 6 or 7 o'clock. If you have any regard for your health you will do no literary work between tea and supper time. Go to tbe theater and enjoy a nap, or lounge about "the house, or lie down and rest a little. If you feel a bit hun­ gry a light luncheon will not spoil your supper. In fact, a literary man can­ not be too careful in this matter of ro- victualing Nicsics. Always keep a pot of coffee, or a kettle of clam chowder, or some beef tea. ot some hearty soup sizzling on the stove, ready to your hand and mouth at a minute's warning. Always lie down and rest after eating anything. Supper should be eaten just before going to bed. Something hearty and substantial, for you have had a wearing day. For your life's sake do not do any work after supper, but go right to bed and try to get a little rest. If you feel wakeful during the night get up and take a little nourishment. You cannot' expect to write with a starved brain. And bear in mind that to the literary man sleep is as essential as food. Eat as much a* you sleep. "But," you say, "all this eating and felenpinjy does not. leave me any time for writing." "My son, you have the ear-marks of genius. I didn't think there was so much }n you. "And newspaper men?" you say. Oh, well, if you want to be a newspa­ per man you mifkt learn to eat on the run, work eighteen hours a day, and «devote the rest of the time to getting rid of your salary. I thought you only wanted to be a journalist or something of that sort.--Robert J. Burdette, in Brooklyn Eagle. Domestic Habits in Alaska. The Chilcat people long ago gained for themselves the reputation of being the most fierce and warlike tribe in the Arcliipelago. Certain it is that, be- tween themselves and Southern Hv- dah, there is not another which can compare with them in strength, either in numbers, intelligence, physical per­ fection, or wealth. A diseased person among the Chil- cats is rather the exception, and pros­ titution as defined by them is punisha­ ble with death. At first their marriage laws seem very elastic, but such is not the ease. Though they do not bind tightly they bind strongly, and the lim­ its which are fixed are fixed indeed. The children always belong to their mother, and are of her totem. This totemic relation is considered closer than that of blood. If the father's and mother's tribes be at war the children must take ̂ the maternal side, even if against their father. It is this law which makes illegal any marriage be­ tween members of the same tribe, though the contracting persons may be entire strangers, and unable to trace any blood relation. At the same time a man may marry his half-sister (one having a different mother), or a woman and her daughter--either at the same time or consecutively; for plural mar­ riages are not uncommon, though they are by no means generaL In very rare cases a woman has two husbands; oft- ener we find a man with two wives, "even three; but more frequently met than either is the consecutive wife.-- Lieut. Schwatka. Shrewd Mrs. Pennckle. "I didn't always barrow the earth for a living," said Farmer Penuckle, of Orange County. "I was once a wine merchant's clerk in Brooklyn. I mar­ ried young, and my wife, who is sitting there now, with the reputation of be­ ing as good a farmer's wife as there is in the county, made just as good a mate for a hard-up clerk then. Like many young couples we had bought furniture on installments, and we were not able to pay all the sums as they fell due. Everything seemed to be go­ ing against us, and our little girl was sick, when I came home early one Saturday afternoon and found crape hanging to my doorbell. My heart was in my mouth and my tears choked me as I met my wife. " 'So dear little Minnie is gone!' I said. " 'Minnie gone!' said my wife. 'Oh, no. But the Sheriff's man will be round, in a 'miaute to seize the furni­ ture, and I thought the crape might check him.' "It checked him. He halted his wagon a dozen yards away, walked on tip-toe to the door, examined the crape, and went softly away, afraid, appar­ ently, that some one might hear him. Minnie recovered, and a few days after­ ward I scraped together enough money to pay the bill, but I haven't bought on installments since\"--hew York Sun. . the hcvewe ef Iasafcfty, Boston supports 803 Insane, says Mr. T. B. Sanborn, not. 75 of whom will recover. This Is frightful. Insanity has forty per ceivt. In a decade, aod most of tbe cases are incurable. Whatever the individu­ al cause may be, the fact remains that Urio Acid blood sets the brain on Are, destroys its tissues, and then comes some form of fatal lunacy. Nothing Is so pitiafffe as a mind^dlseased. Most brain troubles begin in tbe stomach; then if the blood is filled with urio acid, caused by failure of kidney action, and tho consequent destruction of the blood life --albumen--you have the fuel and the flame and a brain in full blaze as when one raves, or in slow combustion, as in milder forms of insanity. Rev. E. D. Hopkins, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., a few years afro was con­ fined in an asylum. He toojt a terrible cold while aiding in putting out alflre in a neigh­ bor's burning house, and for twenty-live years that cold was slowly filling' his blood with uric aeid, and finally the deadly work was done. The case looked hopeless, but he happily used Warner's safe cure and recov­ ered. That was three years ago, and having ridden his blood of all surplus uric acid, tfi has remained well until this day. It ls indeed a terrible thing to lose one's mind, but it is, a more terriole thing to suffer such a condition when it can be so easily prevented. Making Matches. , Nearly all the operations of match- making^are now carried on by machin­ ery. The wood is first sawed into blocks of, uniform length, usually one and a half inches long, or the length of the match. These blocks are theft fed into the cutting-machine, which cuts twelve matches at every stroke. To make round matches, the wood is forced through perforatians in metal plates. The splints are then pushed into slats arranged on a double chain 2o0 feet long. On this they are carried to the. sulphur vat, dipped therein by a mechanical movement, and then in the same manner to the phosphorus vat and dipped. Machines are also used for making the boxes and packing the splints therein. As the consump­ tion of matches is most enormous-- being estimated at six a day for every man, woman, and child in Europe and North America--they form an impor­ tant article of commerce, and the in­ vention of machinery for their manu­ facture has proved of great advantage. But the especial value of machinery is. that it has so largely reduced the m6r- tality caused by working over the phosphorus. This substance, when heated, throws oft' fumes which cannot be continuously breathed without caus­ ing disease. In large factories 144,01)0 small boxes of matches are often made and packed ready for shipping in single day.--Inter Ocean. Cause for Bfjelcfng. Cincinnati.--The Times-Star says: "A remarkable discovery made last winter is attracting widespread interest. As it in­ volves a most important question, that of public health, it is being discussed by emi­ nent physicians and publich men. It is shown conclnsivelv that throat and lung troubles can be cur!*d without resorting to the use of morphia or opium--especially dangerous in the case of children, as arrest­ ing development and poisoning the sys­ tem. The Governor of Maryland and all the officials of that State indorse the rem­ edy; the State chemist of Delaware pro­ nounces it the purest and most effective, and hospitals and charitible institutions in Piladelphia and other cities use it with re* markable results. The remedy, which is only twenty-five cents a bottle, is lied Star Cough Cure. It is purely vegetable; it con­ tains no poison or narcotics, and is a pos­ itive cure. A Bullet with a Billet. A gentleman with large sida-whiskers and a physique that showed hard usage stood against a bar on Baltimore street, and, baring his right arm, said to a group of bystanders: "I am the oldest color-bearer of the Confederate army." There was a movement toward liim by those who were mou&aning their tonsils in the vicinity. The speaker pulled up his sleeve and showed a scarred and streaked tattoo­ ing of the stars and bars on his right forearm in vermilion and India ink. "This was the parting shot," he said, exhibiting a scar where a minie-ball had cut through the tattoo marks and disarranged the colors of the flag. "We surrendered just a^ter I got it. I was color-bearer of the Twelfth Vir­ ginia, of Petersburg. Mahone was our Brigadier. Consarn his little hide! He's no good now, but he was a daisy theu. Never knew(lwliat fear was. This wound I got in the last charge. As soon as I felt my arm drop and saw the wound I knew the war was over. Been shot again and again, but never in the arm belore, although I caught it in every other part of my body. I saw that the lead had torn through my arm where the cross-bars on the flag were marked, and then I gave up. It was my last battle in the trenches."-- Baltimore Times. Evil thoughts are worse enemies than lions or tigers; for we can keep out of the*4»'ay of wild beasts, but bad thoughts win / their way everywhere. The cup that is full will hold no more. Keep your head and heart full of good thoughts, that the bad thought' may find no room to enter. Life is a stormy |nd dangerous vo; 'esse" --is childhood's first rock. age. Tlia ves*$l we start in--our cri vov- adie Young Girls are at a critical period when they are about maturing and developing into women. The lack of watchful care at this time may result In fixing irregularities upon delicate organs and entailing a long list of "female weak­ nesses," All this in ay be avoided, and the younK woman come through this period clothed in all the beauty and strength or a perfectly healthy organization by the aid of Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription," pre­ pared especially for female troubles by one of the most successful physicians of the day. Nevek judge by appearances. A ten do:- lar dude may have a two-dollar salary.-- Tcxwi Siftina*. . Firit-Clsia Carriage*, Wagons, Eta., at Low Prices. Our readers will notice the advertisement Of the Hotchkin Carriage Works, of Syra­ cuse, N. Y., in another column. This firm have the most complete and best regulated factory in the East, having all the latest ma­ chinery used in that biiflness, and p >B-ess the best possible facilities for manufactur­ ing lirst-class vehicles, consisting of two- seated Carriages, two and three seated spring •wagons, Timken, Dreuster, Elliptic, and Side-Spring Huggies, Cutters, and Sleighs. This tlrm also make a specialty of a light two-seated wagon for one horse. They use the best material in the construction of their vehicles, ana sell them at very low prices, and warrant them, and we advise our read­ ers, belore buying a vehicle, to correspond with this house, as they are very particular to answer all communications and give full Information. To dealers they make very liberal concessions in prices. • '•Fut up" at the Vault House. The business man or tourist will find first- elass accominodittlons at the low price of SS 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. Horr & Gates, Proprietors. Mensman's Peptonized FJEER Tonic, th# only preparation of beef containing its en-" tire nutritious properties. It contains blood- making, force-generating, and liiv.sustaining properties; invaluable for indigestion, dys­ pepsia, nervous prostration, and all forms of tienerai debility; also, in all enfeebled condi­ tions, whether the result of exhaustion, nerv­ ous prostration, over-work, or acute disease, particularly 1 £ resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard * Co., proprie­ tors, New York. Sold by druggists. ' « BumU Sage is a well-known operator in Wall sUMt, WS6 Is generally considered as "up to sattfl'.M Hence, it mny K*v« been natural that a countryman who reads the papers recently called at his office and asked for a package of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. He diseoV* ered his mistake, but be made no mistake ia the article called for. 'Ihis Remedy, when applied with Dr. Pierce's "Nasal Douche," will surely and rapidly eradicate the most aggravated case ef catarrh, with all its un­ pleasant and dangerous acoompaniments. Youso lovers ought to make good detec­ tives, because they are so Inclined to invest" a-gate.--Texas Satiny*. * * * * Male weakness and loss of power promptly cure 1. Hook, 10 cents in stamps. World's Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main Street, buffalo, N. Y. Whv Is a burglar like a dog that tries to catch its tail? Because he goes around after his swag. •luring One-t hir«t of our time the processes of digestion must go on in our bodies, and if the stomach und bowels ara not wed, nothing is well. To be dyspeptic is to be miseraole; dyspepsia is the foundation of fevers and diseases of the blood, liver, skin and kidneys. Dyspepsia invariably yields to the virtues of Dk. Walker's Cali­ fornia ViNEtiAit Bitters. . ̂ People who live in gas-houses had better not throw squibs.--Texas S if tings. Tito Army Incidents, An­ ecdotes and all sorts of reminiscences, from both Blue and Gray, in The Chicago Ledger each week, are full of interest to any man who ever shouldered a musket or handled a saber, and every old soldier Should subscribe for it at once. It is one of the cheapest and best family newspapers to be found anywhere. Only $1.50 per year. 271 Franklin street, Chicago. Sam­ ple copy two cents. .tflcr suffering with rheumatism for sev­ eral years, I was persuaded to try Althoplio- ros, and am pleased to say that I am cured. 1 cheerfully recommend it. C. L. Wetmore, of Thompson & Wotmoro, 151 Fifth avenue, Chicago, 111. ; Howe Scales, Trucks, Coffee Mills,Car-Start­ ers, Harrison Conveyor Road Scrapers. Cata­ logues of Borden, Selleck Ac Co., Chicago, LIL Best, easiest to use, and cheapest. Piso's r.emedy for Catarrh. By druggists. 50c. GET l.yon's Patent Heel Stiffeners applied to new boots and shoes before you wear them out /The Frazer Axle Grease is the very best. A. trial will prove we are right. BITTERS. It will core any case of Liver and K14m| troubles when properly taken. It is % perfect renovator and Invigorator. It cleanstj the aye* tent of the poleonona humor* that develop a Liver, Kidney and Urinary diseasea, car- n iuer away all poisonous matter and t properly 1 lnvigorati slsonow ney and Ipolsos atorlnc the Blood to a h emit lay condition, enrlcliinjg it, reCreeUnc and lnvigoratigv mind and Body. It prevents the growth to Scrloaa Illness of a Daaceron Claw at Diseases that begin in mere trivial aD- ments, and are too apt to tie neglected as isek, ; THOtlANDS OF CASKS of the worst forms of these terrible diseases have ii.^n qnlckly relieved and in a short ^ time perfectly cored by the use of Hops A • Halt Bitters. Do not get Hope and Malt Bitters cos- it K it founded Inferior preparations of name. Take Notklnj; but Hops A tars if you want a sure Care. vt rtmilar Malt Biv HOPS i HALT BITTEBS CO, km^la CANCERIs ^ *:S Treated and cured without the knife, k on treatment sent turn. Address PON'n. M.l>, Aurora. Kaae Co.. Ill, OPIUM Morphine Ifnbit Cared fa IS to 20 dn; a. \# par till earMk Da. J. Stfi'iikns, I^banoo,OhtOw • a HflllDCha-.sWdjMideanbeiBadataf IK nuuno any active agent. OurdES. counts: ar> liberal: 50 to 70 !>jr«ni : Murray Hill Co., 129 East 3Sth st- N. X. PATENTS Hand-tak HBEL I n ! b l l I _ R. S. & A. P. UCK1, Patent Atfy*. Washington, D. G. It'afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye Water. Druggist* sell it. 25c. OPIUM 07 R WILL BUT A FINE ONK. M * monthly payments. KKKD*M ' TKMPLK OF MCS1C. « 8TATK STREET. CHIC AGO, TT?7 MOIO'MI.VK uud I'.HiiiHtl. HABITS KAS1I.Y CVBKa BOOK FREE. Dr. J. C. Hoff- maa. JrtWwwon. Wlfteonnln. w SyTEIl-Atrents to sell an entirely new Hn • EWiiati nfc'd June. 1885. Territo to canvassers who mean business. f sight for 12.00. For terms address, with stamp, RLES SCHOF1ELD, 177 JLaSaiie St.. Chiowo. ew article, •3' >1 j An activo Man or Woman in %tW9 'county to »ell our gooai SaUry »Heath and Expemes Expfom in ad* ranee. Canvauing outfit FRK8! Particulars fY*<\ Standard Silver-waro Co. Bos?*©n. Km. •TAR RK. {oUGHtfURE and fMwi. 25% Free from Opiates, Emetic* and Poison. SAFE. SURE. PROMPT. AT DarocuaTa A»D Dulc _ THK CHARLES i,TOOilM CO,BAiniORB,id. 0CHMAN REMtUT For Pain • Curat Rheumatism, Neuralgia, " "* BKIMH Matk^ TNOuiSr Sarataa, Inhn, .U_«<i. PKICE. FIFTY CENTS.. UlN STRICTLY PURE. It Contains Mo Opinm fn Any Fom. Among the beat remedies Allen's Lang Hal Ram atand* pre-eminent. The druggists speak of it in the highest terms, ss giving entire satisfaction wherever it in used. In their various foi able climate, sad earn-, that no one who All SORE THROAT, >rma, are so frequent in this chanee- •o often iay the foundation of dia- who baa a proper regard for health ahouldbe without Allen'8 Lung Balaam. CONSUMPTION. For the cure of this distressing disease there baa been no medicine yet diwovi red that can slmw more evidence of real merit than Allen's Lung Balaam. As an Expectorant It has No Equal. 49*For sale by all Medicine Dealfer*. $4 xhudei A DAY, at home, Painting' Bigns- No experi- enee ueceisary. Our Patterns iuake p'<"" or •led letters. Hamplea 65c. Morlan & Co;, Salem, O. • erfl D A OU^fi^Tn here andean C kCVl I* f% • 11 I good pay. Situation furnished. Write Valentine Bros., Janesville.Wis PiiniMILC money grinding vonr Fei'<l on tbe KAKXTNER I'OKTAHl GKIV1MNQ MILLS. Over O.ftOO in use. Wurranted fully. CHAS. KAI STNKU A" CO.. SOt-SU' S. Canal St..Chicago. Blffi nCCCR To introduce them, vre will Bin urrcii. GIVK AWAY l,a» Selt- OperatingWashingMachines. Ifyouwantone i send usyonr name. P.O.. and express office at The National Co., 25 Di he National Co. EY ST.. N. V. ViNEGAEBiTTEM la the mat Blood Purifier and Llffrgt^ lng Principle; a Gentle Purgative and Tonic; a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the system. Never before has a medicine been compound­ ed possessing the power of Vinisib Brrraaa to heal the sick. Send for medical book. free. B. H. McDonald Drug Co., SB Washington 8t., H. Y. MENsWOMEN L& LaFontia's Medicates Balx Developa h n (! Euliir^ps to properSize andYlgor Weak and Undeveloped portlonaof the Body. Can be appliedto any part. A new scientific method. Mailed secure from observation, with directions, St. T .W. DoMoreH.126 Brewster St- Detroit, Mlchjiole Agent THE MAN wao iaixj ' a Tea Wagon Scale*. Ina lorn, 8m*I Btwtafa, few hn axua aai Baaa Baa, fee ; 860and JOKM ase. k. *•«» U.i «•* 1 -ST Klatut - o - •r. B. Fmmt, SM Mais street, Terr* Bante, Indlaae, aaf> wred from Neuralgia and fosnd no reller tin t>* aa(C ATHLOPHOROS, then la OH day'* dm the pain was • all gone. It will girt prunpt rettof In *11 cue* of Nearsl- fla. Aik yonrdrufflil kr Atfclopfcoro*. If ro« caoaat St !• of him do not try w»mia» rlac. Sat 4asw.at.aaae >««• W.wtll ocmd It txpnaa paid oa netlptaf iitat •1.C0 P«r bottle. ATHLOfHOKOB €G,, US Wall St. Hew York. HOG MAKER eaanrfiawiNo Machins or by hand. A wonder- nil invention. It klls at sroirr.. Prloeonly SI.' ii^^i pS 1 $25 We will pay th Reward. tithes- He "e will pay the above reward for any esse of ni atlam or Nenralsia we can not cure. We can any cane of Diphtheria or Croup instantly. The i Gardner Army and Navy Liniment w|ll relieve paia and soreness, ami remove any Unnatural growth of bone or muscle on man or bepst. liottle. ft: - Hmall bottles 50 rents. Will reftiud the money tor any failure. For sa'e by r.I! ilruir^ixts. ARMY AM) NAVV I.IMMENT COw, it a 114 LaSallr St., CiUcago. 111. BKFOKE YOU BUT HOTCHKIN CMRIME WORKS SYRACUSE. X. T. o The BUYERS' GU1DK to A Sept. ami Mareli, itachjvar. «T*M|S|m» J 8% all >4 Inches,with ever '3,BOO Ulaatimtlmaa -- a whole Pletnae Oallny. CUVBI Wholesale Prices direct to tontumer* on all gasJs ftr personal or flually nse. Telia Hoer ts order, aad givee exact cost at every, thing you oae, eat, drink, wear, or have fun with. Theee INVALVABLK BOOKS contain Information (leaned fTom the marketa of the world. We Will mall a copjr FREE to any si> dress upon receipt of IO eta. to defray expense of mailing. Let na hear ftan jrou. Respectflelly, MONTGOMERY WARD A COw KT A- 229 Wnhaeh Aeraae. T'hleaee* IN. " • 1 : SAMPLE FREE. For Ten Days after the Date of this Paper a copy of The (iivat Story Paper of t he West will be niui ed Free to any one sending their nune and addresn i>Ia nly written upju a Pos al Card, 'ihis opportunity to obtain a Spfimrn or tbe only Five Out Story l'aper iu the United State s will last but Ten lhis/x. Send in your name before it IS too late. Address The Chicago Ledger, Chicago. IU. • .Ai Oo vol I'SK KTOVE KEl'AIKS? Having a utock of Repairs for over lS.OOl) different Stoves, i-an we not make it to your advantage to trade with (ihV Prompt shipment! Rnd satisfaction tuaratitefHi. THK \V. <'. MKTZNEK STOVE REPAIR TO., 135 U'T West Randolph Strict. Chicago. Catalogue xent fre-> R. U. AWARE THAT Larillard's Climax Plug bearlna a red tin tan; that Lorillard's Rose Leaf fine cut; that Lorlllard'a NAVY ClippiBca, and that Lorillard's SNATH, are •i,.. i»»Bt and cheapest, quality considered ? \ Men Think they know all about Mustang Lin­ iment. Few da Not to know is not to have. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is the Best. Easiest to Use. and Cheapest. C A T A R R H A'^ JPOD FCR OOLD In the Head. Headnche. Hay Fever. AC. •) cents. C.N.U. .No. 44-SS WHP WRITING TO ADYEKTISKRS. TVyfi ntr £ T n $ is beautiful, all but her skin ; and nobody has ever told her how easy it is to put beauty on the skin. Beauty on the skin is Balm. \ Kr .. i""V * - lb • ' Ml.,. 1WJ. f - AVJ