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< -, ... . a iliiflatfi'wiirifri mm Wis EDMUHD mm 1HSA5E! "f *W"t TOfd Claaass aaA th« The estates of the Em* of tkwough- '.'IV Uttore »re to Kerry. Not long uo the noble lord made a trip to Australia, and * , brdtight back with hiin a young bride, ^ y; • very beautiful girl, the daughter of ^ • ' CoL Stevens, a well-known Australian. *&>»,• The return was a triumphant one, says ^ V the New York Sun, and was signaled L . by a grand welcome, fireworks, arches flowers, and all the rest of it, orgnn- ^ ized by Lord Norton, the Earl's parti o- r ular friend. Only last year the Earl : > "was Btill a big star in the aristocratic */.. • firmament, and in the House of Lords ' he moved the address to the Queen. % " . But suddenly there has come a ohange. | ^3; The Earl is missed from his accustomed $ ;t. paths. His friends who know the cause ;jWT 'of his disappearance keep it to them- ^ , 'selves. The rest of his circle knows in s a general way that he used to have ^ "'..money from Ireland; that he hasn't • - \ . any money now, and- they point tear- ' fnliy to a new victim of the Land ¥ * ^League. The true facts abont the Irish \ landlord, of which the English public i , , will not be told, are these: He has ?*_ mortgaged his estates until the rent ^I'rSt roll no longer suffices to pay interest on "<7 '" the debt, and has run away from his * young wife, who has no fortune with • , which to support him. He now goes about the country with a troop of * strolling players. The bright particu- . lar star in whose wake he is traveling is a tenth-rate actress named Kate Ev­ ersley. i Lord Norton, the former friend of the Earl, is living at Brighton, and - recently he was taken with an aris­ tocratic impulse to go a-slumming. In . a dingy bar-room attached to a low music hall his lordship came across an interesting couple. They were very cozy over a pot of small beer, a half- loaf and a large Spanish onion, which they were sharing- in a friendly spirit. One of the couple whose picturesque appearance had attracted Norton was Kate Eversley. The other was the Earl of Donouglimore. - Lord Norton was shocked* and he gave vent to his feelings in a pathetic "My God!" He proceeded to remonstrate with his former associate and to reproach: him for deserting his wife for such company, but although ti*e noble earl had noth­ ing to say for himself, Kate Eversley did have something to say. She said it so vigorously and championed the cause of his downfallen lordship so enthusias­ tically . that the other lord was van* quished, and hastily abandoned the ef­ fort to reform his friend. A fit companion to the Earl of Don- oughmore is Lord Headley, another Irish landlord. This peer of the realm has long been known as a bad lot, but - of late he has fallen so low that a studv of him becomes interesting on account of the depths to which he has sunk. He is entirely _ without money and has so often deceived his friends that no one can be found to lend him a pound. Last week he slept for two nights on the . Thames embankment on one of the !">?• ' jgarden seats, not having even the pence > ** . necessary for a thief's bed. This week fi\ lie has earned £5 by introducing to a |j city sharper a youth, impecunious at jp - present, but who is sure to come into ,*ev- .property. The sharper cashes a bill for the youth at 70 per cent, or so, and my Lord Headley gets his wages as de­ coy. Both of the aristocrats described are at the present moment members of jthe House of Lords, the superior branch of England's law-making machine, and ; Ishould it be necessary they could both be whipped up, one from his strolling • players' company, and the other from his bench on the embankment, to vote with other noble lords to make a law of the coercion bill. A peer's eldest son has just made an offer of marriage to a fur barmaid at the Gaiety restaurant. She has ac­ cepted him, and the bans will be called for the first time soon, when the respective names, which are now being kept secret, will be publicly announced. The Lime-Kiln Club. "I knowed an ole man who died de .odder day widout religuu," said Brother • Gardner, as he opened the meeting. . "Some of de people who stood aroun' Jhis death-bed an' saw de smile on his face as he sunk away in death could not make it out He belonged to no jchurcli--he worshiped wid no congre igation, an' dey wondered dat de died content. "No, dis ole man had no religun, ac- cordin' to de way Christians put it, but J knowed him long an' well. In de fust place, he was honest. All de taoney in Detroit wouldn't hey ben a temptasliun to him. In de next place, be wus forgivin' an' conscienslius; if • people wronged him he would excuse em an' forgive 'em. If he wronged anybody he would go down on his knees to make it right. "Dis ole man paid his honest debts. To him a debt was as sacred as lioly *vrit. He had kind words fur alL Keber was a man so bad dat dis ole man could not say sunthin' good of fiim. He respected de law; he up­ held all dat was moral an' virchuus; lie was widout envy. "An' as de April sun sank low In de heavens dis ole man's time had come. He said good-bye to de world in a whisper, an' he was not afraid. De fiettin' sun poured its last beams of glory frew de winder over his ole black face, and it lighted up wid sich radiance dat we stood dar an' held our brefa. It was de eand of' a man who (ailed no man his pastor an' took no ehurch fur his guide, but when de las' tninit' oum de joys of Heaven were so pkiinly seen in hjis face dat we shouted fur glory." "An' so he died, an' sich was de eand fo what de world calls a sinner.- We has got among us heah three score Church members an' prayin' men. Ize tvoncleriu' how many of us will sink away to rest as calmly and confidently Us dat ole man whose name nebber ap­ peared on a church roll. Ize bin won- Jnerin'if we doan' pray too much an* . hang off al>ont our debts too long; if we doan' sing wid so much zeal dat we haven't got 'nuff left to speak kindly €>f our nayburs; if we havint so suah of our own salvashun dat we doan' keer abont anybody else. Let us look into dis iin' find wliar we stand. Dar' %m religun an' religun. De sort dat •ends a member of dis club down on his knees at de Thursday evenin' pray'r itaeetin', an' allows him to walk off wid Jome one. else's umbrella heah on Satur­ day niprlit am d« sort I want to keen •het of." Greatly to everybody's surprise, 'Elder Toots had remained wide awake thus far, and he now arose to a ques­ tion of privilege. He had heard it Aung out that he was living with his fifth wife, and that the two indulged in quarrels which disgraced the neighbor­ hood. He desired to submit proofs that she waa only his fourth wife" and that they lived in su« h a perfect state of happiness that he never knew lis shirt buttons were off or on. "We doan' keer fur de proofs, • > ISP &V. ;; observed the Pxeal- dent; "you hasn't bin ofOshualty charged wid any misconduct befo'de clttbi an' we kin took no axshun." •But I desiah to squar' myself, sah." "You am squared, Brudder Toots, an' kin consider yerself discharged on suspended sentence. Sot dotrn Mb' go to sleep. "--Free Press. Chased by Flying Balls. While a party of explorers, a few years ago, were pushing their way across one of the arid and desert tracts of Colorado they were overtaken by a furious windstorm, says a writer in the Youth's Companion. The clouds ac­ cumulated with marvelous rapidity, and in comparatively a few moments an almost impenetrable darkness closed in upon them. Naturally, their first thought was shelter, but as far as the eye could reach not a tree could be seen, and only far off in the distance appeared what might be a pile of rocks or bowlders. ^ Toward this their horses were quickly turned, and as they approached the supposed protection, to their astonish­ ment it seemed to move, and soon re­ solved itself into a number of balls of large size, that, under the advance gusts of the storm, began to gyrate about in a remarkable manner. Now a fiercer gust struck them, and, as if some mighty shell had exploded, the balls rolled away in every direction over the plain, accompanying their motion with a strange crackling sound. What had appeared to be a shelter had notv become an additional danger. The rolling balls alarmed the horses. The party, turning about, was soon in a wild race before the storm, and be­ fore the crashing balls that would now roll swiftly and evenly along, then striking some obstacle, bound into the air like living things, go whirling about, and come down hundreds of feet away, to bounce along in the same erratic manner. ^ For several miles this race was kept up, only ceasing when the storm had spent its fury. The explorers then stopped to investigate, and found that the balls were plants, and that this was one of the many wonderful ways adopted by nature to secure the disper­ sal of the dependents. The plant in the Colorado country is known as the great tumble-weed. It is six feet or more across and four or fivo feet high, and grows in the shape of a flattened sphere. It has very delicate and fragil roots that barely hold it in the dry soil. When it goes to seed, it dries, and becomes remarkably brittle. Then the tops bend in together, and give the plant a still more spherical form. The roots die and wither, so that the first gust of wind severs their connection with the soil, and away they go, often collecting in vast numbers; so that, when piled together, resembling ledges of rocks, as we have seen, they are ready to break up and roll away with the first gale. Tho force with which these plants strike is astonishing. A horse or tent could easily be knocked over, and loss of life would probably attend their movements if they could not be avoided. These migrations are not without a purpose, as during them the seeds, that are held loosely, are scattered over miles of country, insuring a future crop of plants. The Death of Mrs. Cartwright* Permit mo again to state the fact of her death, as I witnessed it all, seated as I was not more than six feet in front of her, and with my eyes upon her at the moment. It was about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Some ten persons had spoken, or given their "testimony." She was not called upon to speak, but was about to rise from her seat, when the Rev. Mr. Wallace requested her to not rise, and turninglto the congrega­ tion said, "We will now listen while Mother Cartwright gives her testK mony." She spoke of her long aud arduous life as the wife of an itinerant Methodist Episcopal minister, of the goodness of God, of the joy and peace she then enjoyed, and with much feel­ ing concluded by saying, "The past three weeks have been the happiest of all my life; I am waiting for the char­ iot." I wrote her words as she spoke them. The meeting continued in a quiet way, others speaking for about twenty-five minutes longer, when I ob­ served that Mother Cartwright leaned her head on the shoulder of Mrs. Huett, who sat beside her, and as she did so, closed her eyes. I arose and stepped to her seat, opened the window, and found her dead. Then it was that the Rev.. Mr. Wallace said, "Tho chariot has arrived."--Francis AT. Hayes, in the Century. Important to Inventors. Anent the rights of the inventor, the Wisconsin Supreme Court decides that the mere fact that in making an inven­ tion an employe uses the material of his employer, and is aided by the serv­ ices and suggestions of his oo-employes and employer in perfecting and bring­ ing the same into successful use, is in­ sufficient to preclude him from all rights in it as an invention. An im­ plied contract to assign such rights can­ not be enforced from mere passivity of the inventor. It is the conception in the perfected machine, not the mate­ rials, workmanship, and skill employed in its construction, which constitutes the invention, and the defendant, as the inventor, was the lawful owner of the invention in his own right Wholly Unprepared. Mrs... Col. Yerger is a continual source' of embarrassment to her hus­ band. ' Col. Yerger recently gave a dinner-party to a few select ladies and gentlemen. Of course, he was called on for an afternoon speech. Col. Yerger got up, and, assuming an im­ posing position, began: "Ladies and gentlemen, unprepared as I am--being wholly unprepared to make a speech--being unprepared--" He was unable to proceed. There was a painful silence, which was broken by Mrs. Yerger, saying; "Why, Colonel, you knew it perfectly this morning." Tableau.--Texas Sift­ ing*. If the way in which men express their tlioaghts is slipshod and mean, it will b? very difficult for their thoughts themselves" to escape being the same. If it is high-flown and bombastic, a character for natural simplicity and thankfulness cannot long be maintained. --Dean Alford. Stokie8 in this world tell themselves by halves. There is always a silent side; many silent sides, perhaps; for lives run together, overlap, interlace* and none can tell the life of another.-- Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney. Oh, for a muse of fire, that would as­ cend the brightest heaven of invention! A kingdom for a stage, princess to act, and monarchs to behold the swelling scene. --Shakespeare. AMriut and Cmavlaclag ProvT Coatrmnr. •. -** 5' [Popalw Sefence Monthly.] * 1 In the history o| political literature the name of Edmund Burke stands among the first, and is representative not only of that illuminating power which belongs to lofty minds, but of the genius which comes as the consumma­ tion of the faculty of taking pains. Year after year his yoice sounded in be­ half of the saeredne«3 of law, the free­ dom of nations, the justice of rulers, and the imagery of his thought--impos­ ing in its majesty--carries us into regions of enduring wisdom. For nearly three score years his mind re­ tained the dignity and calm of lofty greatness, and seemed to totter from its balance only when he breathed the torrid heat of fury which was sweeping over France add gathering wrath against the horrid atrocities of 1789. He had before him the vision of Marie Antoin> ette, glittering like the morning star, full of life and splendor and joy, and felt that, through unbelief and passion, the props of stable government and morals were being broken and de­ stroyed. The divine right of kings was yet an article of common faith, and he saw their sorrow, but heard not the wail of anguish which ascended from the oppressed and starving people. Rage against the lawless Parisian mob filled him, and in his wrath he spoke as if envenomed hate had made him mad; and he was so adjudged, but only by those who differed from him. The inspiration of his genius gave him the tongue of truth, and the penalty was an assault upon his sanity. Then came the supreme sorrow of his life, the death of his son, and in his grief he wrote: "The storm has gone over me, and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scat­ tered about me; I am stripped of my honors; I am torh up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth. I am alone. I have none to meet my enemies in the gate; * * * I live in an inverted order. They who ought to have suc­ ceeded me have gone before me. They who should have been to me as poster­ ity are in the place of ancestors." Because of the outward expression of grief which were at times his, as when his son's favorite horse came to him and put its head upon his bosom, which caused Burke to cry aloud in his sor­ row--because of such manifestations of grief, it is said Burke was mad. Ed­ ward Everett has well said: "If I were oalled upon to designate the event of the period in Burke's life that would best sustain a charge of insanity, it would not be when, in a gush of holiest and purest feeling that ever stirred the human heart, he wept aloud on the neck of his dead son's favorite horse." As proof that his intellect was not dis , ordered his "Letters on a Regicide; Peace," written in 1796, a year before bis death, bear ample evidence and are regarded, says John Morley, "in some respects the most splendid of all his compositions." Government Clerkship. I recently chatted with a bright young man who holds a second-class clerkship, (£1,400) in the War Depart­ ment at Washington. He took the place ten years ago, after having graduated with high honors from one of the leading New England colleges, intending to thus support himself while studying a profession. His salary at that time seemed large, and he was able to save quite a nugget each year. He studied less and less, and after a few months gave it up altogether. Then he married, and instead of saving anything, it is all he can do to support his family in a very modest way. These are his own words: "A Government clerkship is no place for a young man of education and am­ bition. I did not know that when I started in, but I know it now to my sorrow. Such work is well enough for maimed soldiers, or for soldiers'widows and daughters who have to earn their daily bread; in fact, it is a godsend to many such. But let strong, hearty energetic young men choose almost any other line of work. The work is easy and the hours are nine to four only, with a half-hour for lunch; but it is" a treacherous routine, and insidiously works upon a man's mental powers until it saps them all up and he be­ comes no better than a maohine. Th6 Government clerkship accomplishes the destruction of one's mind just as the galleys used to do of the body. I would gladly resign this very day, but what would become of my family? know absolutely nothing of any pro­ fession or business occupation; and were I to start in now, I should have to begin at the bottom and work up, and it would be several years before I could earn what Uncle Sam now pays me. There are hundreds of men "in Washington similarly situated; their ambition is gone, their talents are gone, and all they desire is to hold on to their clerical positions as a drown' ing man clings to a rope. I want to make a desperate effort, even at this late day, to get into business and be an active worker, but I see no opportunity, and the chances are that I shall con­ tinue to be fed with Government pap to the end of my days, unless I receive the grand bounce when some change occurs in the administration. "--Cdft New York Graphic. 1 • r- French Coach Horses. It is a very common impression, says the American Agriculturist, that the typical horse of France is a strong, heavy, draft animal, like those depicted in Rosa Bonlieur's "Horse Fair," or seen walking off with heavy loads in the streets of Chicago and some other Western cities. But there is another race of horses quite as valuable and useful in their way as the strong, active, and docile giants of La Perche and other parts of Normandy. Tho other race referred to is that of French coach horses. These horses average between 1,300 and 1,400 pounds in weight and about0 sixteen hands high. They have small, bony headb, fine, sensitive ears, intelligent eyes, clean limbs, round, deep chests, strong loins, and are well ribbed up. Their general appearance is bloodlike and "natty." They are descendant of En­ glish thoroughbred horses, with occa­ sional cut-crosses upon natives, and all carefully bred for size, endurance, and the qualities needed for coach horses rather than racers. Their breeding has been made a special object at the great government haras or breeding stations, until the type is thoroughly well established. They have been in­ troduced quite sparingly into this country within a few recent years aitd seem well adapted to certain work in both town and country. In addition to their great value as carriage horses they fill a place between the light, fleet roadster and thoroughbred on one hand and the ponderous draft horse on the other; to be, in fact, what is gen­ erally understood as a general-purpose horse. i Tn»s;lvnftta Marriage Cwtenra. When the yottog people go to church the day after the wedding, thej are met at th* door to a group of maeked fignrea *ho «*£r*m£ them, singing and hooting, and playfully endeavor to separate the young matron from her husband. If they succeed in so doing, then he must win her back in a hand- to-hand fight with his adversaries, or else he must give a 'piece of money as her ransom. In general it is consider­ ed a bad omen for the married life of young couple if the wife be separated from her husband on this occasion; therefore it is customary for the young husband to take his stand close by the church door while his wife is praying within, and then be ready to catch hold of her «f soon efce steps outside. Forgreatter prec^nt^to the man often holds tiler about 'thh waist with both ce which imme- before the church, they assist merely as spectators, taking no active part*as it is not considered seemly to dance in the church attire. As commonly several couples are married at the same time, it is usual for each separate wedding party tb bring its own band of musx, and dancS thus independently of the others. On the occasion of a triple wedding I lately witnessed it waa very amusing to watch the three wedding 'parties com­ ing down the streeet each accelerating its pace till it came to be a race up to the church door to secure the best dancing place. The ground being rough ana slant'ng, there was only one spot where anyth ng like a flat dancing floor could be obtained, and the win­ ning party at once secured this enviable position, while the others had to put up w.'th an inclined plane or a few nil- locks indicating their ball-room floor. The ten to sixteen conples be'onging to each weddiog party are in losed in a ring of by-standertf, each rival band of music playing away with heroic disre­ gard for the scorohed ears of the list­ eners. "Polka!" calls out the first group; "walzer!" roars the second, for it is a point of honor that each party should display a noble independence in taking its own line of act'on; and if, out of mere coincidence, two of the bands happen to strike up the self­ same tune, one of them is sure to change to something totally different as soon as aware of the unfortunate mistake, the caterwauling effect pro­ duced by this system battling descrip­ tion. "This is nothing at all," said the worthy pastor, from whose garden 1 was overlook ng the scene, laughing at the evident dismay with which I'en­ deavored to stop my ears. "Some- t'mes we have eight or ten weddings at a time, each with their own tiddlers. That is something worth hear'ng, in­ deed !"--Popular S> ience Mpn thl^ ^ 1 " iti 11 1 ' ^ :J • J Soiall Farming in Ft-unoa. V- M. Bernard contributes to the Jour­ nal d'Agriculture Practique a very interesting article on "La Petite Cul­ ture." In his proper province, this writer maintains, the small cultivator is unsurpassed as a farmer. It is be who takes in hand all kinds ot difficult and delicate culture, while his cows are at least as well cared for as those of the large farmer, and he keeps more cattle and pigs per acre as a rule. In Provence it is the small cultivator who produces immortelles for the world; it is he who raises great crops of straw­ berries in Hyeres, tomatoes in Antibes, and asparagus and artichokes in the Eastern Pyrenees. In Brittany and Normandy lie produces butter which finds a ready sale in every market where it is offered. To him the cul­ ture of the vine is mainly consecrated. On the mountains, and wherever culti­ vation is ospecially difficult, the small cultivator alone succeeds. If he has but little cap tal he makes up for it by his wonderful industry and" persever­ ance. His cost of production in pro­ portion to results is greater than that of the large cultivator; but this is chief­ ly attributable to the high prices he has to pay for the small quantities of materials which he purchases and to the exorbitant interest on borrowed capital. These difficulties M. Bernard proposes to meet by establishing agri­ cultural co-operative associations, sim­ ilar to the syndicates which have met with such wonderful success in all parts of France, but in the advantages of which, for one reason or another, only the large farmers have shared; and agricultural credit banks, like those which have proved so beneficial to peasant proprietors in Germany* Belgium and Italy. With respect to co-operative farming, whatever its eco­ nomic advantages may be, M. Bernard declares that the French peasant pro­ prietor will never give up his property and his independence to become a sharer with others, and a mere work­ man under the direction of a manager <# 9 committee. . | JL YY I Saddle Herses. i f Tn countries where the roads are rough and the wheeling bad, the sad­ dle horse, says Turf, Field arid Farm, is king. All journeys are made on horseback. In the hilly districts of Kentucky and Tennessee you find splendid riders and sure-footed horses, and the majority of the horses have all the saddle gaits. They single-foot, canter, and trot. The*saddle breed was created by mixing a pacing strain with thoroughbred strains. The dash of pacing blood seemed to reduce the stifl'ness of knee and hock action, and made the step less wearing upon horse and rider. It is the jar, the sharp con­ cussion, which makes weight so trying upon equine legs. At one time single- foot horses were all the fashion in, Kentucky and Tennessee. They are still very numerous, but so much "trot­ ting; blood has been introduced into both sections, especially the level por­ tion of Kentucky, that structural form has undergone some changes, and horses which have an easy trot under the saddle are preferred by those who are not wedded to the idols of the past Lexington is the center of the greatest trotting-breeding district on the face of the globe, and when mares descended from the old saddle families are mated with stallions descended from Hamble- tonian and Mambrino Chief, a very useful type is obtained--a saddler with a fast walk and easy trotting action. The rough-gaited trotter is not fit for the saddle school; still we find many of these badly formed and hard-pound­ ing animals in the bridle-paths of Cen­ tral Park. They are ridden by men who will not pay the price asked for horses of better quality. Almost every horse now brought from Kentucky and offered for sale in New Y ork is trained to trot under saddle, and the very best saddle horses seen in the park scam­ pered as colts over bluegrass pastures. op * broken- emuwntly BrwMag Down and irutMhij Up. Wtien & man breaks 4owb in tho Tns*ttr of phyvtaa.1 atrength, tb« of its recovery in great' meutn Bfoo the length at time he allows to eUpee before adoring medic­ inal meant to rampant* |ft A tonic which give» a apeedy and potrwrfal impulse to the I*0®***** of digestion and assimilation is the best auxiliary he can employ, and he should retort to it promptly. The most reliable de­ pendence of the feeble, the aged, and the nerv­ ous has ever proved to be Hostftter's Stomach Bitters, an Invigorant of national reputation «Si5SSj®St^S!?SSi5M!" down sysSM* tart«s a constipation, H*»r coi and UdontnnHa . Wfitl panaoea, n It a mo#£ useti houtehou »me4jr. It is, tafe at wttt at motive. , I, Siinething ef Cats. remember one we had when chil­ dren, who would follow us out into the sfeeet, walk behind us to the house where we spent the evening, sit on the door step till we came out, and then follow us home. We had several who could open different fastenings with ease. We had one who could fetch and carry like a dog, run after a ball or green apple at any distance, bring it back in its mouth, and do this as often as required. It has been said that dogs have been taught to say several words. We have had cats who could say "No," "I don't," and "Now* as distinctly as persons. I have not- the least doubt that most any animal coold be tlraght some words, if co{$tinualK j cietv of &10 perswf and p&WFi Anti- valid lady %ho lived not f& from us had a fjmaty, who was her *o«n " in her-sick chamber, who r "I'm so pretty." This bird died soon after its mistress. A gentleman in Sa­ lem had a tam® robin, who, constantly hearing the phrase "It's time for Wil­ liam to ^wash" would say it after his wife. A stray cat, dropped by some unfeeling person, became the mother of four kittens, which she lodged in a neighbor's hen's nest; these were drowned. The cat found food in our yard. The next brood of kittens were brought by her and put into a box un­ der the porch. The box, lined with carpeting, was put there for any stray cat, and she found it. Cats are sometimes accused of being treacherous; this appearance is wholly owing to timidity. Whatever faulty they may have may be traced;generally to the way tlisy treated, if a ciC is kept hungry she will be a thief, and I do not blame her. If she is struck and kicked she will use her cla$*t tkud who can blame her. If she is ̂ eft out in the cold, shivering, she wfll visit and often take up her abode with another who is kind to her. It does not become man to accuse her of treacherv, for man is the most treacher­ ous of ail animals. But whoever may neglect or ill-treat them, they have more friends than enemies. They are the companions of the sick and lonely, the pets of childhood and age, and the faithful servants of man. I have a friend who, when her Sambo is asleep in her arm chair, will take a less comfortable one for fear of dis­ turbing him; like the caliph who cut off the corner of his costly robe to rise without awakening his favorite pet I have another friend who all winter puts her cat James Garfield, to bed in his barrel- with a hot soapstone. Some may laugh at this, but is not extreme kindness far better than extreme cruelty? An artist friend has a cat called Diogenes, who has far better lodgings than a tub. Another cat re­ joices in the name of Polonius Balfour. Mb. W. H. MoAlistf.b, Manager Pa­ cific Coast Agency Star Tobacco, 203 Front street, San Francisco, Cal., writes: "I used one bottle of St. Jacobs Oil for rheu­ matism in muscles of arm and shoulder. It gave immediate and permanent relief. A member of my family was cured in the same way^ A Warning to Animalcnlfft. Suse--Oeorge, dear, I notice that one of the city ministers wants people to stop kissing because there are nu­ merous animalcule in the mouth. Oeorge--Yes; I noticed it, too; but they won't stop. Snse--No, indeed! I don't see why we should bo so solicitous abont the animalcule^. If they don't want to get hurt they ought to keep awff.~*-i*ittS' burg Chronicle. Some months ago a number of per­ sons went from Glasgow to Loch Fyne to see a large blasting operation, in which six and one-half tons of gun­ powder were exploded. A short time after the explosion many of the ob­ servers became faint, six of the num­ ber died almost immediately, one died shortly after, and five others were very ill, but recovered. The editor of Sci­ ence says the cause of death is believed to have been the carbonic oxide gener­ ated 'from the gunpowder. It is esti­ mated that the amount must have been 4ti8 pounds, a quantity sufficient to 00- cupy <'>,333 cubic feet of air space, or to vitiate for respiratory purposes a space one hundred times as great. There were also generated 3,575 pounds of carbonic anhydride; so that, in all., there were 1,20^,000" oribic feet of air rendered irrespirable. $500 Reward. The former proprietor of Dr. Sage's Ca­ tarrh Remedy for years made a standing, pub­ lic offer in all American newspapers ol <200 reward for a case of aatarrh th|,t lie eoqld not <*re. Tho present proprietor* hava renewed this offer. All the drtggista trfl this Remedy, together with the "DoHche* and aiF other ap- pltancea advived to be used in connection Wi&t it No catarrh patient is longer able to say "I cannot be cured." You get #590 in case of failure. A cook who prefers Bums to Browning shouldn't have anything to do with or Lamb. Jeke. TOUT coat Brow said r Brora's "Why, Broiral how Jones one da/tm his fgfpid a rown, }y replied, ul<fcS9,but it'will be long ifmyh before T get snower." Dome men spew} so much for medicines that neither heal nor help ' them, that new clothes is with them like an­ gels' visits--few and far between. Internal fevers, weakness of the lunge, shortness of breath, and lingering coughs soon yield to the masic influence of that royal remedy, Dr. R. V. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery." The lack of money may, but the lack of brains never, prevent a person from aetUns into what is pilled "societyJ'-JKwt^ Courier. Ladles of the White Honw Have found that their sometimes excessive duties producs a low, weak, tired and tremul­ ous state of the system, and that iron restores richness and color to the blood, calisaya bark a natural healthful tone to the digestive or- fana, and phosphorus mildly stimulates the •iwfc 1 combinea in Dr- Harter's Iron PUBS Cod Liver Oil made from selected liters on the sca-ftnero by Hasard, Hazard Co., New York, It Is absolutely pnre swsst fJMicntH Xvho have onoetaken it fer itto Sli others, Plireioiana have itectdad-'., >t superior to any of the o£lvi> in ii)irk0i | Opium I11 PIso'b Cure for Consumptloti. Cures where other remedies fuiL 25c. The Confidence Of people who have tried Hood's Sarsaparilla, in this preparation, it remarkable. Many who have failed to derive any benefit whatever from other articles are completely restored to health by the petuliar curative powers of this medi- cifle. For diseases caused by impure blood, or low ttato of tho system, it is unsurpassed, If you need a good medicine, give Hood's SaTsapar f rilla a trial. t "Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier has no 1 equal. It tones the system, strengthehs and in­ vigorates, giving new life. I have taken it for kidney complaint with the best results."--D. R. Saundehs, 81 1'earl Street, Cincinnati, O. Hood'8 ••rsaptrfll* *** IOO di OPIUMS; jm Habit Cow* in m £ayt. Ao My till caret. • btephena, Lebanon, Ohio. MENTION THIS PAPER vmu vimv, to abtsotmu.. P. Uoit, Patent .Washington, D.C. ons and opinions 17 yetn* experience. PATENTS m to patentability VRBK. 49*17; PENSIONS. ion nui i wm a half toateaspoeatelta half will in a few moments nn ~ Stmnarh. Nausea. Vomiting, nes*, Sleeplesi-nei*, Sick Heai__ entery, C»i.ieia Morbus, Oottc, Internal Pates. For wren Ml complaints gee oar printed MwcBwi. important that every family ksep a ntipfcM RADWAY'8 READY Always in the hou^e. Its will prors ail occasions of pain or stUtntes. TMrattL- the world tbat will stop pain Or •rrrtt tfceVPq dispase aa quickly ae the Beady Bebat. Where epidemic dine sees prev«al, saeh as Dysentery. Cholera. UtSnensa, DtpfctherU, Fever, and other malimant disMMea. RaPWa Keadt Rklikf will, if taken aa directed, parotaetl system aninst attacks, sod, if seised wit ~ quickly cure the patient. THE TRUE RELIEF. RADWAY'S READY RELIEF It thfc oaty NMdW sent It " TOf»« that wili inrfantly >w.« pais. It inataxtlv r*lir.«a m4 MM* ram HeadMta, wWther vivk or HD,^ TMUaa*. WtilmUjL" Xtrroti»n*«» a&d £!i*plessr.e«., TT|i« • MiHil IdNHteMh Maa S|Z.. WVaknrn in the Back. Splnt, Of tddMT*, ridas ama4 ^WUw, rimriiv, Swelling of ike Joitrta, %raiaa, SrabM, JMMMSfc and Pains ..I alt kinds. KADWaT>S KEADY RtUKf w«aS>3 immediate pbh, and ita contlomd aw for a few day, «twt a ft- Price Fif y Cents. 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"""fiaf aaaass not only relieves the most severe pains,* It uurss You. That's lti» fita The prove all" we ciaim "for ly relieves tl _ JurtsYon. Bold by Druggists. SO eta. Sons Rook mailed Address MflZARD OIL COMPANY Dr. WWisins'Indlsn FOa is a mire cure for t>lind.b) itching piles. Core jraanml uro.oo. rysssuisnu. Btow»n*a* C. N. U. So. M-S? WHEN WRITING LO AI>V1 *1. Please auy you taw the ads in this paper. JOB PRINTING- PRESS Patrick Murray, Sexton St. Patrick's Cemetery, Baltimoro, MD., was poisoned by po i son oak , and was prompt ly core< l by , Bt. Jacob* Oil. Sold by drnggiata- audi, dealers. This was the way a country black­ smith was seen removing that portion of an axe handle from the axe that re­ mained in the eye, the break being close to the iron: The wood could not be driven out, and as nails had beep driven in at the eind it could not be bored out. He drove the bit of sharp edge into some moist earth, and then built a lire around the projecting part. The wood was soon charred so that it was easily ren oved. The moist earth so protected the tempered part of tho axe that it sustained no injury. Merino sheep were first introduced in by x jiNily United States Miniattr at the Spanish Court; in 1602. ep n into the United States from, Spain Col. David Humphreys (formerl Functional derangement of ihe female system is quickly cured by the use of Dr. R, V. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription." It ro» moves pain and restorer Ileal di an 1 strength* By all uruggista. Mary E. Tousey, on the atady* of insects in the American Tea her, concludes that every insect has its use in the world. Many live very roman­ tic lives--some are wanderers and gome are social in their habits; all are wonderful. It is possible for us to discover the secrets of their livap an4 the mysteriea of thair homea, if we carefully study them. Ons who elaims to have tried it aaya that rubber may bo fastened to iron by means of a paint oompoo^d of pow« dered shellac steeped aboot ten timeB its we ght of cdnoantroted am-, monia. .It should be allowed t& stancjP three or four weeks before being used. The fleah of rattlesnakes whett cooked ia cs white as milk and very delicate. The burden of a song is the obliged to ait still and listen to it AC^&JnuEEi^D^Fi ,4: ^ ttu]da to Strong, perfect in finish, made of the best material, light^ninning, , „ .. _ Guaranteed in every respect. Patent Throw-off, Patent Chase-Hook, lis rise ad gtstfCsxo __ and other valuable improvements. Three Chasea, two Wrench*s, one RoUsr Mold, one Brayed aad two seta of Roller & Step ngfcth Madias* 7x11 oka tarnished with each press. Price. I Sue. *138.00 I ftu-rto Medium, 10x15 •&b . irie akOT e arc CiSB Prices for tkese Presses dellverti mb ttw earn m Chicago. yOR SATiK by the CHICAGO KEWSPAPJS& U^XOJS,271 *273ftaaklia Mm*. "TilTin. m Oeneral Dealers in Printers' RuppMsa. ^ a woman to fcav sTie jpes M use enox Soap iv Procter & Gamble's u jadmit she is "behind the times. Nobody uses qr< lean get ** Lenox." SQap now k- , ̂ ^ .. A , %Li ,*£