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'A IPS f'i+* *i': > %': ] BOW JOHN Mown B1KP. A Smtbrrn EYE-W itneaa Describe* Hla t««t '•> Moments. . [J. L. T. Preston, la tha BlToaae.] ' "Shortly before 11 o'clook the pris­ oner w as taken from jail and the funeral «ortege was put in motion- First came three companies, then the criminal's . tragon drawn by two large white horses. John Brown was seated on his coffin, Accompanied by the Sheriff and two other persons. The wagon drove to the foot of the gallows, and Brown de- fecendtfl with alacrity and without fu&ristance, and ascended the steep steps to the platform. ^ "His demeanor was intrepid, without being braggart. He made no speech; whether he desired to make one or not J do not know; even if he had desired • it, it would not have been permitted. Any speech of his must of necessity have been unlawful, as being directed against the peace and dignity of the ^commonwealth, and as such could not be allowed by those who were then en­ gage 1 in the most solemn and extreme jplrindication of the law. "John Brown's manner gave no evi­ dence of timidity, but his countenance was not free from concern, and it seemed to me to have a little cast of wildness. He stood upon the scaffold but a short time, giving brief adieus to those about him, when he was properly pinioned, the white cap drawn over his .face, the noose adjusted and attached to the hook above, and he was moved, J blindfolded, a few steps forward. It *as curious to note how the instincts of jbature operated to make him careful in |mtting out his feet, as if afraid he "would walk off the scaffold. The auaji who stood unblenched on the brink of eternity was afraid of falling a few feet to the ground! "Everything was now. in readiness. .. *The Sheriff asked the prisoner if he "should give him a private signal before the fatal moment. He replied in a voice that sounded to me unnaturally iiatural--so composed was its tone and ::"jso distinct its articulation-- that 'it d&' Hot matter to him if only they dUftlot •keep him too long waiting.' He was kept waiting, however; the troops that jhad formed his escort had to be put in • their proper position, and while this "was going on he stood for some ten or •fifteen minutes blindfolded, the rope Jround his neck, and his feet on the treacherous platform, expecting in­ stantly the fatal act; but he stood for this comparatively long lime upright as . a soldier in position and motionless. I 'was close to him, and watched him nar- • ;rowly to see if I could detect any signs of shrinking or trembling in his person, but there was none. Once I thought I ' ,anw his knees tremble, but it was only (the wind blowing his loose trousers. "His firmness was subjected to still further trial by hearing Col. Smith an­ nounce to the Sheriff: 'We are all f ;|3ready, Mr. Campbell.' The Sheriff did not hear, or did not comprehend, and in a louder tone the same an­ nouncement was made; but the culprit still stood steady, until the Sheriff, de- ' scending the flight of steps, with a well directed blow of a sharp hatchet, sev- ered the rope which held up the trap­ door, which instantly sank sheer be- i neath him. He fell about three feet, and the man of strong and bloody hand, of fierce passions, of iron will, of won­ derful vicissitudes, the terrible partisan of Kansas, the capturer of the .United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, the would-be Catiline of the Sonth, the demigod of the Abolitionists, the man execrated and lauded, damned and prayed for, the man who, in his mo­ tives, his means, his plans, and his suc­ cesses, must ever be a wonder, a puz­ zle, and a mystery--John Brown--was hanging between heaven and earth. "There was profoundest stillness dur­ ing the time his struggles continued, growing feebler and feebler at each abortive attempt to breathe. His knees were scarcely bent, his arras were drawn up to a right angle at the elbow, with the hands clenched, but there was no writhing of the body, no violent heaving of the chest. At each feebler effort at respiration his arms sank lower and his legs hung more relaxed, un­ til at last, straight and lank, he dan­ gled, swayed slightly to and fro by the wind." • Mercury. Th«r& are only four localities *liere mercury or quicksilver can be found in abundance. These are . California, Austria. Almaden, in Spain, and Peru. The mines in the last-mentioned place were discovered in a curious manner. Cinnabar, the soft, red rock of which quicksilver forms a part, when ground very line, makes a beautiful red paint. The Indians, used this to ornament their bodies on great occasions. This caused the country where they lived to be examined, and the cinnabar was found. The Ilomans used this hun­ dreds of years ago in decorating their images. It is of great value now, in our times, and we call it vermilion. The other part of the rock, of which we have spoken above, is composed of sul­ phur. The cinnabar is crushed and ex­ posed to iieat, when the quicksilver, in form of vapor, passes into a vessel suit­ able for the purpose, where it is cooled. Then, being reduced to its liquid state, it is pure, and fit for use. It is then very largely employed in separating metals from the rocks to which they cling. The rocks are crushed fine, sifted, and washed until as much of the gold and silver is removed as possible. Then it is placed in a bottle with the quicksilver, w hich seems to absorb it at once, separating it entirely from every pariiclo of sand or rock. If the metal to be cleaned is gold, you will see a yellowish mass of a sort of paste or amalgam. This is heated, and the mercury, or quicksilver, flies away, leaving behind it pure gold. Although mercury is so useful in many ways, it is also a deadly poison, and its vapor so dangerous that, in the search for it, many persons have lost their lives. Not many years ago, the mines of Austria took fire, and 1,300 workmen were poisoned, many of them dying, in consequ nee; and the water used to quench tle» flames, pumped into a river # near by, canned all the fish in the river to die.' Mercifrv is carried about in sheepskin bags and cast-iron bottles. It is so heavy that an iron stopper is screwed into each bottle. been accustomed to lead the "others, there is very great difficulty in making a start. If you force your beast for­ ward for a moment, he will continue to wheel and draw back, at. the same time looking at one of the other camels with an expression and gesture, as much as to say, "After you, sir." Af­ ter some time, however, it became un­ derstood that one of the beasts has re­ luctantly consented to take the lead, and he, accordingly, advances for the purpose. For a minute or two he goes on with much indecision, taking first one line, and then another, but soon, by the aid of some mysterious sense, he discovers the true direction, and fol­ lows it steadily from morning to night. When once the leadership is estab­ lished, you cannot, by any persuasion, induce a junior camel to walk a single step in advance of the chosen guide. An Incident of Ellsworth's Death. When Ellsworth's Zouaves were em­ barking for Alexandria, I was on a train from Philadelphia to Washington. When I reached Willard's, which at that time was my Washington home, the sun was just rising. It was too late to retire in the hope of sleeping and was too early for business. I therefore determined to while away an hour or two in observing the awaken­ ing life of the city as it would appear on Pennsylvania avenue. Among the first stragglers who attracted my notice was a member of the Zouaves. *He was a broad-shouldered, muscular man more than six feet high, w hose position, even in a regimfent of 1,100 men, would be near to, if not absolutely on its right. He was evidently a straggler who had felt it l>e more agreeable to spend the ni^ht amid the pleasures of the capital than to go to Alexandria and share in the skirmish his colonel an­ ticipated. When the first cigar stand in the neighborhood opened, he pro­ cured one, and having lit it, leaned against the eastern jamb of the door of the hotel, and with his left leg crossed in front of the right one, which bore his weight, he now and again incon­ tinently beat time with the toe of his left foot. The figure was a striking one. While I contemplated it, and won­ dered whether, with all his enthusiasm, Ellsworth would be able to reduce long associated bands of such men as this to obedience, and to extract military service from them, my eve rested on the sturdy form' of Senator Chandler, of Michigan, who was approaching the hotel by a long, diagonal from the southwest side of the avenue. The Senator met me without the usual morning salutation, but with the announcement, in tones expressive of indignation, that "they had just murdered Ellsworth at Alex­ andria." Starting as though touched into life by electricity, the lounger having exclaimed, with a prelude of shocking expletives, "That's a lie," hastened to the corner of Fourteenth street, and, having stretched his neck to enlarge his view and the better scrutinize the clouds above Alexandria, he returned, and, as if to complete his impious ejaculation, said: "I tell you if our colonel hacl been murdered you would see a black smoke stretch­ ing all over Alexandria." Leaving him to his cogitations, the Senator and I proceeded to the office of the hotel, where I heard the sad story of Ells­ worth's death, which was so brief and so sad as to make one feel that a cruel fate had led him to the very portal of his goal and there excluded him per­ emptorily and forever, thus denying him the realization of the aspirations which had exacted from him so many sacri- fieeB."--Hon. W. D. Kelley. Good Manners* The moment a man tries conclusions with the laws of gravitation he comes to grief. If he gets a trifle out of the perpendicular down he comes with a bump. And with good breeding like­ wise. Certainly good breeding is not the superficial politeness of society, but a general walk in life which simply avoids giving unnecessary pain, which sinks self and wliiih is uniformly kind to all people. In this respect a factory girl may be, and often is, as well bred as a princess. The luxury that money can buy often seems very unequally di­ vided, but the art of being frank and yet dignified, of patient self-control, of thought for others and kindness to all is as free as air, and as much the pos­ session of poverty as of wealth. People bother altogether too much' about etiquette, and, in their anxiety to do the right thing at the right time and in the right way, bring a great deal of discomfort to themselves as well as to others. No one knows this better than the correspondence editors of the daily newspapers, from the list of silly inquiries that are eternally propounded to them. If the worthy souls who are distressed by such problems would only act on the spur of the moment, accord­ ing to the dictates of their own instincts, they would generally acquit themselves more creditably than they do. There ai*>, of course, a few rules to be observed. It is not elegant to wear mourning under the finger nails, to clean them in public, nor to scoop peas into the mouth with a knife. Neither is it pretty to convey meat, to the mouth with the fingers, nor berries impaled on the point of a toothpick. But bevoxul these and a few other trifles of thevaiue sort etiquette is merely natural kindr ness put into, thoughtful action. And in comparison with this the endless forms and shallow mannerisms that sometimes pass muster in good society are not worth a button. Sagacity of the Camel. The eamels with which are traveled the most remote parts of the desert were very tli ereiit in their ways and habits from th se which you get on a fre­ quent* < n ute. They were never led. There was u >t the slightest sign of a track in this part o! the desert, but the camels never fai.ed to v -e- se the right line. By thediieciiipn taken at first starting, lu v seemed to know the point (some en< ampment) for which they were to JI ake. There is always a lead­ ing came), renerullv the oldest, who marches foremost, and determines the path f r tha whole pa^jty. pens that not one of the camels ~ A Muscular CongmuAian. Hon. Tim Tarsney, M. C., from one of the Michigan lumber districts, has had some rare experience among his muscular constituents. At one time, whe« he was 'Squire Tarsney, he made an enemy, and the fellow made dire threats against his personal safety. "I'll show him," he said, shaking his fist, and gritting his teeth, dangerously. "Do it," urged his partner, "he ain't nothin' but a splinter, nohow." "You bet, I will," snid the fellow, and he went off after Tim. . In about an hour he returned, look­ ing like he had been caught in a thresh­ ing-machine. "Hello, Bill!" said his friend, "what the devil's the matter?" "Dura yoar fool soul!" he replied, didn't you tell me Tim Tarsney wa'n't no mor'n a splinter, nohow?" "'Course I did, an'lie ain't." "Ain't he?" said the other; man, scornfully. "Ain't he? Well, you tackle him once, an* youll fin' out, mighty durn quick, that he's a saw-log with bark on. Go get the doctor.-- Washington Critic. DEN OF FROZEN RATTLESNAKES* Now, the rattlesnake, as a rule, is too lazy to build a house of his own, and accordingly takes up his domicile in some prairie-dog hole, where he busies himself looking after the census, Bays a correspondent of the St. Louis Globe- Democrat. His brother-tenants are the prairie dogs and their families and the common, ugly mud-colored field owl. His snakeship watches carefully that the population of his neighbors does not increase to an alarming extent nor very rapidly, either. The post surgeon at Fort Custer (the next military fort to us and a few miles north and west of here) relates the following curious ex­ perience he had with a nest of rattle­ snakes last fall, before the snow began to fly, and of following up his investi­ gations this spring, when the ther­ mometer was aimlessly wandering far down among the thirties below zero. The doctor had his wife along with him at the time driving up the Big Horn Valley, when all at once the horses be­ gan shying, having run upon some dozens of rattlesnakes, large and Bmall, who were wriggling and squirming in the road in every direction. The doc­ tor checking his horses, jumped from his seat, and soon had about as much business on liis hands as he could con­ veniently attend to. In a few minutes he had laid forty odd rattlers dead on the field. Still the number didn't seem to diminish. The odor that arose from the crushed and bleeding reptiles was so offensive and sickening that it al­ most made the doctor's good lady ill. She begged her husband to desist, who afterward assured the writer that he was just getting warmed up to his work and was having all the fun any reason­ able man could expect under the cir­ cumstances. Watching the snakes for a few minutes, the gentleman saw the 8urvivers all pointing in one direction, as if anxious to attain some certain spot in the shortest space of time. Follow­ ing the route taken by the snakes, in a few seconds he came to a prairie-dog hole, down which the survivors poured, one after another, until he had counted more than a hundred that had disappeared from sight. The next day the same gentleman returned to the spot and killed forty more, the living ones again making all speed for the same place of refuge. In mentioning the circumstances to a cavalry officer last spring the latter ex­ pressed a desire to visit the spot with a party of soldiers and dig out the rep­ tiles if any were still there, and see how they would act under a temperature of 60 degrees below the freezing point. The expedition was carried out as planned. Picks and shovels were soon at work, the frozen dirt flying in every direction. Pretty soon a small rattle­ snake was thrown out by a spade. He proved exceedingly torpid and lazy, and was dispatched by one of the men. Another and another were tossed out, and then a big fellow was sent sprawl­ ing on the snow, showing a trifle of an­ ger for being disturbed in the midst of his winter slumbers. Re proved even more torpid and lazy than any of the others, and it was a difficult matter to get any sort of life or vim into him at all. By tickling and tormenting him a great deal with a ramrod the half-frozen fellow was at last induced to make a few strikes, but his movements were slow and sluggish and without much life. He made a vicious rattle or two, but almost immediately sank back into a somnolent, drowsy state. The con­ gealing nature of the atmosphere had much to do with cooling his enthusiasm. In short, the frost knocked all the ardor out of his limber carcass. As there was little fun to be had from this unaccommodating customer he was tapped gently on the head with the iron ramrod, upon which he squirmed and wriggled over the ground a few times and then buried his fangs in his own body about half-way down. In account­ ing for this self-mutilation it is probable that the tap with the ramrod set him crazy, and he struck at the first vulner­ able substance within reach, which happened to be his own body. One of the soldiers reached down into the hole with his bare hands and hauled 6ut a six-footer by the tail. After digging down a few feet farther and finding nothing new except half-frozen snake? of all sizes and ages, the party gave up the job for the day and returned to thi fort Benefit of a Sponge Batik A prominent physician, speaking of special baths and their uses, mentions the sponge bath, the form of bathing where the water is applied to the sur­ face through the medium of a cloth or sponge, no part of the body being plunged in the water. He says the practice of systematic daily sponge- bathing is one giving untold benefits to the followers. Let a person not over- strong, subject to frequent colds from slight exposure, the victim of chronic catarrh, sore throats, etc., begin the practice of taking a sponge bath every morning, commencing with tepid water in a warm room (not hot), and follow­ ing the sponging with friction that will produce a warm glow over the skin, and then take a five minutes' brisk walk in the open air. See if you do not re­ turn with a good appetite for break­ fast. After having used tepid water for a few mornings lower the tempera­ ture of the bath, until cold water can be borne with impunity. The daily cold sponging of a sensi­ tive throat or lungs will often result most satisfactorily if persistently and conscientiously followed. The cold, ante-breakfast spenge bath should, however, be avoided by the weak per­ son and the ones whose lungs are al­ ready diseased, as the reaction following rffiglit not be strong enough to prevent colds which might hasten fatal results. AN AWFUL BEAR STORY. WITHIN the past few years forty-five thousand trees have been planted in the streets of Berlin. This means of beautifying the city lias engaged the special attention of the authorities, and If it hap- the work is still bejyag carried m amels has ] ever possible. ^ Md In the Columns of a Contemporary ly Captain Qnlnton, t. 8. A. 'From the Chicago Telegram.} $ noticed recently a story in the pa­ pers, going the rounds of the press, of an extremely large snake discovered among the other wonders of the Na­ tional Park. The snake in form and shape is, barring the barnacles, of the fabled sea-serpent order, and is said to travel with his head threatening and with such fearful velocity--fifteen feet raised from the ground, while his every movement is accompanied with loud hissings and sizzings Mke the frying of a dozen geysers concentrated in one. Jack Barronette is one of the discov­ erers of this snake. The papers speak of him now as Captain John Barronette. I suppose that .Jack gets his title of Captain from the fact of being the boss story teller of Montana. When I was acquainted with him he was simply Jack, and was one of the curiosities of the park. He was then a hunter, guide, trapper, and a first-rate story teller. but, while Jack could tell a good yarn, it was not always best for a list­ ener to be too confiding, as nothing gave him more pleasure and delight than to help a fellow out who kept a diary, one of "them durn literary fel­ lers.* In 1873 I went through the Yel­ lowstone Park under Jack's guidance, and during the trip of over hundreds of miles, and which lasted many weeks. Jack regaled me with many a tale of adventure by flood and field. One of these I remember, and toll you it as it was told to me. "When I fust cum to this country," said Jack, "I was the greenest speci­ men of a pilgrim that you ever set eyes onter. I wus so green that the sap used ter regularly start outer me. I had skilled a few deer, a mounting lion or two and was just a spilin' for a chance to go for a b'ar." "Well, one day when I was out a-nos- ing round the mountains I spied a right smart grizzly a-hiBting in his dinner offen a thick clump of berry bushes. 'Thar is my chance,' said I to myself, 'and ef I don't git that ar b'Ar I'll sell my hide for saddle-bags.' So I began to approach him--kinder cautious like --aiming to git the wind so that it would blow from him onto me, as the nose of a b'ar is keener than a white man's eye. Well, I finally got around to a p'int where I had a full view of the b'ar--and as I come into full view I suddenly discovered that thar was two b'ars a feedin, in that clump of bushes 'stead of one, and, what made it wuss still, the b'ars--both on 'em--discovered me jeBt as soon as I showed up and came rarring and a-charging straight for me. So I had to climb a tree that was--fortunightly for me--quite clus, and the way that I got into that tree was a caution to cats. I skun up thar quicker'n X. Beidler's beaver did when the dogs were arter him. An' I took my Winchester up, too. "Well, the b'ars charged right up to the roots of the tree and began a- scratchin' and a-diggin' like as they were mad. They had a kinder disap­ pointed look about 'em, too, while they were a-growliu' and cavortin'. I sat thar and watched them for some time, and finallv, knowin' that they would keep me thar until a day after eternity ef I did not make some move, I kinder climbed out on the limb of the tree, my gun pointing downward, and drawed a bead upon one of the b'ars. Well, jest as I was about to pull the trigger I heerd a kinder crackling, and you can land mo in perdition ef that derned limb didn't give way--and down I came, my gun going one way, while I came down and landed right square on top of one of the b'ars. As I settled my­ self I reached for his ears with both hands, and let a yell outer me that was like to raise the dead, meanwhile kick­ ing the b'ar in the ribs with both heels to make him git up and travel, and I think frum the way he lit out he thought a trip-hammer had gotten on to him. A quarter-hop wasn't a patch- in' to the gait that b'ar struck. And he gave me the durndest, all-firdest ride that 1 ever had in my life for about two miles. "I did not notice the country much, but as I kalkerlated that I was quite j clear of the other b'ar I gave mine an ' extra kick in the ribs, raised another yell, and then slid off behind, kinder easily and quiet like, and ef sutliin hesn't headed him off, I expect that ar b'ar is a runnin yet. Lieutenant, say we take suthin, my throat's gittin' kin­ der dry." Ov BapM Transitory Kilitence, Brief as it iff at the longest, is liable to be'ma­ terially curtailed by onr own indiscretions. The dyspeptic eat whit they should not, the bilious drink coffee ii excess, and the rheu. matic, neuralgic ml consumptive sit in draughts, get wet feet and remain in damp clothes, and then wOlder when ill how they became so. To persons with a tendency to neuralgia, we recommmd a daily use of Hos- tetter's Stomach Bitters, and always a wine- glassful after unavoidable exposure in damp or otherwise inclement weather. Efficient protection Is afforded by this pleasant safe­ guard, which diffuses & genial glow through the system, invigorates aid tones it, and promotes nerve tranquility. Fezer and ague, biliousnesa, constipation, dyspepsa and renal disorder, are among the maladies which it remedies and prevents. A Great Cattle Range. The great plateiu between the Rocky Mountains and th) Sierras, comprising the Territory of C tah and the State of Nevada, is apparently destined to be­ come the greatett cattle range in the country. Already immense tracts of land, some embracing nearly 250,00J acres, have been purchased, and own­ ers of large herds in Texas and other Southwestern Stotes are looking for ed in Utah and Nevada than has beenj believed to exist there.--San Fran-! cisco Bulletin. "A Perfect Flaed «r gnashl**" Will fin the heart of every suffering woman if she will only persist in the use of Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription." It will cure the moat excruciating periodical pains, and re­ lieve you of all irregularities and give healthy action. It will positively con internal inflam­ mation and ulceration, misplacement and all Jondred disorders. Prioa Ndooed to OM dol­ lar. By druggists. Consumption. Notwithstanding the great number who yearly succumb to this terrible and fatal dis­ ease, which is daily winding its fatal ooils around thousands who an unconscious of its deadly presence, Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" will cleanse and purify the blood of scrofulous imparities, ana cure consumption (which is only scrofulous disease of the lungs). S nd ten cents in stamps and get Dr. Pierce's complete treatise on consump­ tion and kindred affections, with numerous testimonials of cures. Address, World's Dis­ pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. ABRAHAM'S son Isaac was not a seer. If be had been his name would doubtless have been spelled Eyesic. Brora entirely vegetable, no particular cam is required while using Dr. Pierce's "Pleasant Purgative Pellets." They operate without disturbance to the constitution, diet, or occu­ pation. For sick headach?, constipation, im- ure bloody dizziness, sour eructations from e stomach, bad taste in mouth, bilious at­ tacks, pain in region of kidneys, internal fever, bloated fooling about stomach, rush of blood to head, take Dr. Pierce's "Pellets." By drug­ gists. MODEBN builders can hardly be com- E How to Read. Nobody can be sure that he has got clew ideas on a subject unless he has tried to put them down on a piece of paper in independent words of his own. It is an excellent plan, too, when you have read a good book to sit down and write a short abstract of what you can remember of it. It is a still better plan, if you can make up your mind to a slight extra labor, to do what Lord Stafford and Gibbon and Daniel Web­ ster did. After glancing over the title, ! pared to creepers, although they certainly subject, or design of a book, these emi- ruo aP houses very fast. nent men would take a pen and write roughly what questions they expected to find answered in it, what 'difficulties solved, What kind of information im­ parted. Such practices keep us from reading with the eye only, gliding vaguely over the page, and "they help us to place our new acquisitions in re­ lation with what we knew before. It is almost always worth while to read a thing twice over to make sure that nothing has been missed or dropped on the way, or wrongly conceived or in­ terpreted. And if the subject be serious it is often well to let an interval elapse. Ideas, relations, statements of facts are not to be taken by storm. We have to Bteep them in the mind, in the hope of thus extracting their inmost essence and significance. If one lets an inter* val pass, and then returns, it is surpris­ ing how clear and ripe that has become which, when we left it, seemed crude, obscure, full of perplexity. All this takes trouble, no doubt; but then it will not do to deal with ideas that we find in books or elsewhere as a certain bird dees with its eggs--leave them in the sand for the sun to hatch and chance to rear. People who follow this plan possess nothing better than ideas half-hatched and convictions reared by accident. They are like a man who would pace up and down the world in the idea that he is clad in BITTER Onllitaf IBOV wftk mut nMRlHB TONICS, «stekly aai cMspMsly ( aad EK1ICIB TOT BLOOD. the aetioa af th* liver aad KMaaja. eomplexlaa, Makes ttc ikil I lnJreU«tocth,<san Issilsi •tlpstten-AIA OTHEfc IBOS •raiCCOIMU art! •results. aad I ill--full/ WW' •]<: "Ilumi _ »Blood with t' msnlta, aad 1 ill--full/neoaraend it." aost lunlactoij nanlta" "ROUGH ON ITCH." "Rough on Itch" cures skin humors, eruptions, ring worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chd- bUuns, itch, ivy poison, barber's itch. 50a jais. "ROUGH ON CATARRH" corrects offensive odors at onca Complete curs of worstchronic cases: also unequaleaasgargla for diphtheria, eora throat, foul breath. 60a "ROUGH ON PILES." Why suffer Piles? Immediate relief and com­ plete cure guaranteed. Aekfor "Rough on Piles." euro cure lor itching, protruding, bleeding, or any form of Tiles. 500. At Druggists' or Mailed. tonic. Mas. P. D CoLxxiir, waa tronblod with scurvy. ten with ranch benefit it' ,*fSS^ShSSil INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostra­ tion, and all forms of general <iebuity_ re- sumptuous robes of purple and velvet, when in truth he is only half-covered by the rags and tatters of other peo­ ple's cast-off clothes.--John Morley. ranges in this wile section of natural pasture land. Tie pressure of settlers Another use of the cold bath is to in- who wish to engige in agriculture and duce sleep, by calling the blood to the surface; the congested brain is re­ lieved, and sleep conies inconsequence. It is on this principle the winding of the leg in a cold, wet cloth proves so efficacious in provoking sleep.^--^Wash­ ington Star. An Honored Title. The word "woman" carries with it a broad meaning. It constitutes a title that a man uses in speaking of his , ^ - . mother or his wife. He can think of hitherto been L'ft almost exclusively m none better. There is none better. Yet the hands of .ndians and peripatetic found homes uion the lands in the great fertile plains of the West and South has begui to crowd out the cat­ tle kings, who lave for years monopo­ lized the largeit part of the States which by nature are better fitted for the raising of crops than for the pasturage of h<rds. Thus there has begun a hegira d cattlemen toward the West, whicli bits fair to add materially in the development of those great sections of oir country that have there are those who seem to rgard the title as not good enough for them. They want to be known as ladies. Why, it is difficult to tell. Members of the gentler sex are re­ spected for what they are. As a whole they are deferred to. and individually tliev are almost certain of courteous treatment from men. The assumption of the title "lady" can in no sense strengthen the claim they have and which is generally acknowledged. In fact, it often seoms undignified and un- appropriate. A "lady" advertising for a situation as "saleslady" would act more in accordance with good taste to hp an energetic young woman looking for a clerkship.--OmaAfl Herald. of gold hunters. This movement of stock­ men toward lie West is a matter of cons;derable importance to the people of this coast, fcr the region which will be appropriated by them is by nature a tributary to California, which should be benefited by the establishment of great moneyid interests in a locality from which t|> to this time little benefit compared witi the extent of country has been delved. The cattlemen are also the precursors oi the husband­ man, who, *hen a country has become to some e»ent settled, would readily seek in it ojportunit es for agriculture; aftd it may lonlidently be expected that there will, >efore many years are pass­ ed, be morf agricultural land diaoofer- asiM - MB. CHAS. P. PowEtt,, Postmaster, Terre Haute. O., writes that two of his very finest chickens were recently affected with roup. He saturated a piece of bread half an inch square with St. Jacobs Oil and fed it to them. Next day he examined them, and there was no trace of the distase re* maining. • Stopping Xules from Braying. In a corral of mules to the number of several hundred at Murfreesboro, after the battle of the above-named place, the forage for animals being short of a night, the long-eared crea­ tures kept up an almost incessant noise, almost equaling the din of battle, but not like it. The ground was covered with stones of all sizes and weights, and the teamsters being unable to sleep, tied stones to the mules' tails, to the great amusement of the officers. Being questioned what they meant by doing so, they answered: "When a mule brays he always raises his tail, and if he can't raise his tail the blanked thing won't bray." And sure enough, the mules, with "narrative" thus weighted down, brayed no more that night. The boys said: "When the cussed things find they can't raise their tails, they conclude they are too near starved to bray, and don't try."--Detroit Free Press. MR. E. R. WILSON, Grand Rapids, Mich., reports the caBe of Mr. H. T. Sheldon, of LauBiti". Mich., who for several weeks suf­ fered from a frightful cough au i cold, which was cured by one bottle of Bed Star Cough Cure. Straightened Oat. Fogg--"The worst b eak I ever made was at a wedding a short time ago. When I congratulated the couple I was rather embarrassed, and I wished them many happy returns of the day." Boss--" ihat was a sort of silly speech. Did it provoke the newly mar­ ried couple?" Fo<rg--"O, no. They thought it was all right. You see they were from Chi­ cago.--Detroit Free Press. Important. When you visit or leave New York City, save baggage, expressage, and #3 carriage hire, and •top at the Grand Union Hotel* opposite Grand Central Depot 618 rooms, fitted up at a cost of one million dollars, $1 and upwards per day. European plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with tlie best Horse cars, stages, and elevated rail­ road to all depote. Families can live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other first-class hotel in the city. WHEN an idler enters the sanctum of a busy editor, and the editor Bays, "Glad to gee you're back," what dees he mean? EVEBY druggist will recommend Ayer's Ague Cure, for it is warranted to cure. A BANK cashier seldom goes off until he is loaded, and then he makes no report. FOB producing a vigorous growth of hair upon bald heads, use Hall's Hair Renewer. So FAB as we know, Jonah was made the first secretary of the interior. lieved by taking Mensman's Peptonized Beef Tonic, the only preparation of beef containing its entire nutritious properties. It contains blood-making, force-generating, and life-sus­ taining properties; is invaluable in all en­ feebled conditions, whether the resnlt of ex­ haustion, nervous prostration, overwork, or acute disease; particularly if resulting from pulmonaiy complaints. Caswell, Hazard it Co., proprietors, New York. As k cure for Sore Throat and Coughs, "Brown's Bronchial Troches* have been thor­ oughly tested, and maintain their good repu­ tation. DON'T work your horses to death with poor axle grease; the Frater is the only reliable make. Ir a cough disturbs your sleep, take Piso's Cure for Consumption anJ rest well What is Scrofula It is that impurity in the blood, which, accumu­ lating In the glands of the neck, produces an*i*ht- ly lumps or swellings; which causes painful running sores on the arms, legs, or feet; which develops ulcers in the eyes, ears, or nose, often causing blindness or deafness; which Is the origin Of pimples, cant-erous growths, or the many other manifestations usua ly ascribed to "humors." It ia a more formidable enrniy than consumption or cancer alone, for scrofula combines the worst pos­ sible features of both. Being the most ancient it is tbe most general of all diseases or affections, for very few pers.ins are entirely free from it. How can it be cured? By taking Hood's 8arsa- parilla, which, by the cures it has accomplished, ©Iten when other medicines have failed, has proven itself to be a potent and peculiar medicine for this disease. Some of these cures are really wonder- • ful. If vou suffer from scrofula in any of its vari­ ous forms, be sure to give Hood's SarsaparilU a trial. Send for book of cures. Hood's Sarsaparllla Sold by all druggists. |1; six for |S. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO , Apothecaries, Lowell, Haas. IOO Doses One Dollar Cures and Prevent* Colds, Coughs, lore Throat, Hoarseness, Stiff Neck, bronchitis, Catarrh. Headache, Toothajche, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Asthma, Frostbites, Chilblains. uulclcer thjm any kiMwa remedy, it was the first and is the only P A I N R E M E D Y That instantly stops (he most excruciating pains, al­ lays Inflammation ana cures Congestions, whether of the LUIIKS, Stoina' h, Dowels, or other glands or oi> gun*, by one application. 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