RELIGIOUS * 'j „ : •.•A"?" • * (**• J : *<•* ft - ,?v 'tfgt ;• ' ' 5 ' WOKLDt. YASLOB BIBLE READINGS. Boston Jratuicr^>t am thai le readings k parlors wul be* re ol SOCSBIY--diversion. A«IL It ii,f '* liS ««idT--this winter and will take the Miee among some of the intellectoal w»t Browning recitals occupied last yfcar. Beadnn who may conclude from | tibk preface that society is becoming C'ons will be disappointed when they arn that the new movement finds its support among the agnostics and that the old Bible will be selected solely with the rhetorical and oratorical poaai- < bilities of its stately language in view." ; THE METHODIST CHURCH IN THE SOUTH. The fiTethodist Epiaoopal Church has in the sixteen Southern States nearly four hnndzed and fifty thousand com- 'municanta. During the last twenty Ears the increase has keen eightfold, these same States it has built more than four thonsand new churches sinoe the war. With less than one-fourth the same rate of increase in another generation, the same church will have in that territory 1,000,000, representing Tf population of 5,000,000 of people. THE CHRISTIANITY OF THE FUTUBS. p Jn his latest volume, called the "Con quering Cross," Mr. Haweis deals at : length with what Christianity has g done and is doing, and after noting ex- : celleaciea and defects indicates the ' Christianity of the future: "In order - that it may be what it was as applied by Christ of Palestine, and by Paul of Asia Minor, in order that it may be the ; religion of humanity and the hope of the future, it must reveal its sympathy with every true human interest, and its ^ capacity to appreciate and to illume all , true endeavors and aspirations. The • great world must have a religion, and Jesus Christ has given us one which | can satisfy its deepest wants and cure its darkest woes." VON HUMBOLDT ON THE 104TH PSALM. The 104th psalm was a favorite with , Alexander von Humboldt After ; spei&ing in his "Cosmos" of the ex- alted views of nature given in the Old Testament, as the living expression of the omnipresence of God in the visible world, he refers specially to this psalm: "We are astonished to find, in a lyrical form of each limited compass, the whole universe, the heivens, and the earth, sketchei . with a few bold touches, The toilsome labor of man, from the rising of tlio son to his set* • ting, when his daily work is done, is contrasted with the moving life of *the elements of nature." REFORMED CHURCH Of TBX UNITED STATES. The minutes of the general synod of the lie formed Church show that the gains of the last three years, as com pared with the triennial summary of . 1884, are 16 congregations, 14,450 members, 5,612 unconfirmed members, 3,562 infant baptisms, 166 adult bap tisms, 33,351 confirmations, 2,426 by , certificate, 44 Sunday-schools, 7,975 Sunday-school scholars, $54,594 con tributions for benevolent purposes, and $105,210 for congregational purposes. But the minutes do not give the figures declaring the present strength and activity of the church. THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. This great university of the Bomish Church in tha United States is to be located in the city of Washington and will no doubt rival in time many of our oldest and most wealthy schools. The university is to cost about $8,000,000, and may not be completed within twent v- years. Including the $300,000 given bv Miss Caldwell, of New York, $700,006 has been pledged. The theo logical department buildings are to be erected first and it is exacted will be finished in about two years. Ten pro fessors arej to instruct in this divinity school. Pastor, the Professor of History of the University in the Tyrol, has been secured as lecturer on history, and Yerdat, from a university in Rome, as lecturer on Aesmology an 1 Egypt ology, and a third professor whose name has not been announced. Bishop Kean, of Richmond, Va., who has been olected President, was born iu Ireland in 1839, and came to America when 7 years old. He was educate I at St Charles College, Maryland, and was in stalled Bishop of Richmond in August, 1878. PROTEST ANTS IN SPAIN. Notwithstanding the fact that Spain in the tima of the reformation de stroyed tli3 gospel seed with fire and sword, that most earnest and successful evangelist, Fritz Fliedner, of Madrid, reports 112,001) protestants in Spain. They are found, he says, in sixty or seventy towns, and 8,00i) of their chil dren frequent the parochial schools, using their own books. The Protest ant college at Madrid, whose Presi dent is Dr. Keller, of Calm in Wurtem- burg, has gained for itself high favor among the learned, and its graduates are honormen in the university. An old convent, once inhabited by that monster of bigotry, King Philip L, was lately converted into a summer retreat for students; the same room in which the King signed more than one death- warrant for Lutheran heretics is at ?resent filled with the hymns of the •utheran CImrch sung in the sonorous Spanish tongue. How They Detect Criminals in Turkey. It was the Sultan Abdul Medjid who was robbed, he who was known and loved for his gentleness and nobleness. He had been to say his prayers, like all good Mussulmans, and then to dinner, and while at dinner his jewel room had been entered and a tray full of jewelry was carried off. The jewels in the Sultan's palace are bought or sometimes confiscated and kept to be distributed as rewards of merit, or as gifts to the nurses who bring tidings of the birth of an heir or heiress, or perhaps to give to a new or favored wife, and there always was a large collection and it was also very valuable. There was no person whom the of ficers could suspect, no one who could have approached the Sultan's jewel room unperceived unless it was two Croatians who worked near that part of the gai den of the palace that day. These two unfortunates were seized and searched. Not the slightest thing was found in their possession which would tend to criminate them, but still it was thought that they might have confederates, and they were given over to the prison authorities, who put them to torture again and again on the rack The bell was mad* of iron, like » hogshoad. and about the sue, and hung u|xm a chain held by an immense erane. This boll was hMftoS red hot and let down over the doomed man's head to the fioor.incloeing him hi its fiery embrace. Whether the broth ers were innocent or not no one ever knew. They both denied and both passed under the bell. One, the elder, died in its fiery torture, while the other was burned and blistered so that his face, hands, and arms were horribly dis figured ever afterward, and he was to tally blind. His lips were burned away, leaving his white teeth showing forever in a horrible, mocking smile. -- Cor. Brooklyn Times. ? / Dogs in Bavaria. , t Having become possessed dog you are required within fourteen days to take him on a chain before the local police officials, there to have your name and address registered as his owner and to receive a new paper for him. Supposing a dog thus to change handB within the year no further pay ment is required of the owner for that year and the dog meanwhile retains his old zeichen and number in the register, unless, indeed, there be a removal of the dog by his new m&ster from a low- taxed to a high-taxed neighborhood. To illustrate: It happened to me to buy a dog in a rural district. He, of course, bore his 3-mark zeichen, noti- ing the tax paid for him in the previ ous January. I soon afier removed to Munich when one of the first things that happened was the losing of his zeichen, which became disengaged from his col lar. Upon trotting him before the po lice to get him a new label I found that it was not only necessary to register him as a new-comer but that the tax that year paid for him as a country dog was in sufficient It was necessary to pay the full difference, as if for the whole year --namely, % surplus of 12 marks--al though we were already in August, and I was informed that the charge would have been doubled had I not happened to come before the authorities within a fortnight of my arrival in the city. (One is always making little discoveries of this kind in Germany too late, or not too late, as the chance may be.) The veterinary personage in attendance ex amined the dog, and finding him healthy handed me a printed certificate Of Im soundness up to the date of in spection. As o ten as a change of residence oc curs must this troublesome prooess of re-registering be gone through. Even foreigners making only a temporary stay in Germany must, if acoompanied by a dog, have him inspected and regis tered within fourteen days of arrival in a locality.--Nineteenth Century. t . The Price Pained Him. !Look at the Maine individual ovei^ there in the red llannel shirt which is not even on speaking terms with soap. You might not think from a casual ob servation that he has any peculiarities whatever, but the other day he came down with a terrible tooth-ache--an ache that reared and kicked and "bucked" all within thirty seconds, till this world ceased to have any attrac tion for the man who was entertaining it. Well, he just couldn't stand it any longer, and started post haste for a dentist in a neighboring town. The proprietor of a hardware store in close proximity to this dentist was standing in the door of his store that afternoon when he heard a most terri ble and ear-splitting shriek proceeding from the office of the man of teeth. He had become accustomed to moans and subdued exclamation from that quarter, but never had he heard Buch bellowing as now pierced the air. His curiosity was so thoroughly aroused that a little later on he walked into' the dentist's office and said:-- "Whom have you been butchering over here ? I never heard such a yell in my life." "Oh," replied the extractor of molars, "that was old John Tarbox from T- He had a tooth out" "Had a tooth out!" replied the visitor; "well, I should think so, and it must have come mighty hard to fetch such a roar as that" "Oh, dear, no," said the dentist; "he didn't make that noise when I pulled the tooth. It was afterward." "Afterward ?" "Why, yes," was the replv. "The tooth came easily enough. The time he fetched that cry of agony was when I charged him 50 cents for doing the job!"--Lewiston Journal. Freaks of Somnambulism. The ordinary freaks of a somnambu list are strange enough to excite won der, yet now and then the sleepwalker performs a deed which not only aston ishes but suggests that our philosophy is unable to explain all things in Heaven, or even on earth. An English mason, named. Williams, was ordered by his employer one even ing to go early the next morning to a churchyard, the wall of which had re cently been repaired, and measure the work. Williams went to sleep think ing to rise at daylight. He dreamed that he arose with the dawn, walked to the c hurchyard, measured the wall and noted the figures in his book. Suddenly the church clock struck 2, and he awoke in utter darkness, to find himself actually in tlis graveya*!, with his rule and his book in his hand. As it was in the summer, he waited until daylight, walking around, and then discovered, on examination, that he had entered in the book figures de noting the amount of masonry repaired in feet and inches. He remeasured what he had meas ured in the dark, while asleep, and found the result to agree with the en tries in his pocket-book. On thinking it over, he remembered that every object on the way appeared to him as distinct as usual, and that nothing had happened which suggested that he was not awake till th i striking of the clock aroused him, and he per ceived that he was awakfhg from what he thought was a dream.--Youth's Companion. Hard to Believe. At a party one evening S3veral con tested the honor of having done the most extraordinary thing; a reverend gentlemen was appointed judge of their respective pretensions. One produced his tailor's bill with a receipt attached fKAWWKg IP THE KiTtQR. " It Oaarfo* P»H1B| till* DEFECTIVES BUM Biqatalttou tar Leading Cittam, [Dakota Bell.] "You wanter know what's holdin' fti* country back, d'ye?" said a man in Green River City, Wyoming who had a beard like a woven-wire mattress which had been struck by a cyclone and rolled together as a scroll; "you ask what's holdin* it down," he continued, as he led me over by a faro table which was not in use; "you desire inform* tion as to what's retardin* its develop ment an' cansin' it to languish by the wayside, as it weref I can tell yon, stranger. I can sum it up in two worda an* give it to you at one dose. It is Eastern detectives--bloodhounds of the law, that drag away our most suc cessful citizens! "What can you expect of a oountry where the Eastern detective comes in and demands requisitions for all the leadin' citizens? With the icy hand of the detective laid on the Mayors of our principal cities, how can our country develop? With the Pennsylvania Sheriff sneakin' up behind {he" presi dent of our national bank and identi- fvin' him, how can you look for pro gress ? "As long as one of Pinkerton's men can come into our otherwise peaceful an' prosperous communities, look at a photograph, an' then adjust a pair ol time-lock liandcufts on the principal of our schools, how can you come among us an' ask us with a holler sneer why we don't boom ? "Stranger, what is there to induce us to git up an' whoop an' develop the country, with leg irons on the pastor of the First Baptist Church? "Why should we invest our money in business with a Sheriff from Massa chusetts an' a detective from Ohio each with separate warrants an' each on n fast boss chasin' our Probate Jedge acrost the divide? "Why should I feel encouraged an cheerful with the City Attorney bein tried in North Carolina? Would you yourself feel like settlin' down in e country an' makin' a home with the Superintendent of the Union Sunday School gittin' onto the east-bound train chained to the editor of the mornin paper ? "My friend, I dont think you would • I am pos'tive you would not, 'specially if you didn't know but what it might be your turn next, as you probblj would. "This oountry can never becomt thickly and permanently settled a? long as the Eastern offioer who ha.< raked up some old charge agin a prom' nent member of the community cai walk in an' ply his vocation unro strained by the strong arm of the law. As long as it is possible, while a meetin' of the leadin' cap'talists it bein' held to devise means 1 for estab- lisliin' a woolen factory or to raise a bonus for a new railroad, as long as it is possible on such aa occasion. I re peat, for a paid spy from a rival town to sneak in the back door of the hall an' yell: 'Eastern detective comin! IffSULlSft. She PMfcwMar of JMiflil Up Iii--nasd at lieUaer'a KM*. OB* bright JIM noning, some yean ago, a Mtf °* traveling man wwsguutg oat upon «mm ttoe mast aharaamg luuratpu^iii tite Susquehanna VaUqr. In the party vu aa English gentleman, wlioaa prejvdioea were stirreu by the laudatory tone of the conversation. He grow reeUeaa, and exclaimed: This may seem to yon rawther a pretty •oena, bat if you want to s*9 realty beauWtol scenery, yon must go to England, wuere the air is softer, the gras* gmener, and the flowers mace fragrant than nana.* *oF ti Aa he fintabed, the party, whose an* to it A buzz ran through the room to make them confess, but alwavs use- j that this could not be outdone, when a less. They were brothers, tall, "strong, j second proved that he had just arrested handsome fellows, and men who wore hiB tailor for money lent him. born to a heritage of courage and de termination, and when they were given a respite from their torture they always declared their innoceuce. At last the chief prison authority thought of a method of mating them confess, knowing them to be brothers, lie had them brought out together and announced his intention of applying' "the boll" to the younger brother, hop- \ "The palm is his," was the general cry, when a third put in his claim. "Gentlemen," said he, "I cannot boast of the acts of my predecessors, but I have just returned to the owners three leadpencils and two umbrellas that were left at my house." "I'll hear no more," cried the aston ished arbitrator. "This is the acme of honesty, it is an act of virtue of whioh ing that the elder wou'd speak to save 1 never knew any one cipable. his brother, though he would not for i prize is his." The oestors were of good old revolutionary Yankee •took, turned to Mm, and, with mora candor politeness, BSKI: "MyfrienJ, iu childhood, at my mother's knee, 1 was tuught thrj« image: l ira', to re vere QM great Creator; second, to lore the stars and stripes; uJ, thlra, to hate a Brit isher. This ia oue of me raauy occasions when I fully realize the beneficial influences of early training." Among the obstacles that obstruct a man's upward progress in this worid are the pieju- dicee which, planted in the character-forming period of early youth, he finis have become firmly fixed in his matorer nature. It £• difficult to root them out Men may battle aa they will; they can seldom entirely overcome their early impressions The progressive man discovers that he must leave his prejadioes behind, if he would "keep step" in the ranks. The barriers in the way of the truth-sseker have been broken. Do you doubt it? Wend your way to the sanotuarv some tiabbath morning, and be hold! tfnivers&list and Methodist clergymen occupying tha same pulpit! Do you doubt it? See, as may now fre quently be seen, physicians of d.iferent schools joining in consultation over their pa tients. See eminent members of the medical profession, like I)r. Kobson, of Loudon, and Dr. Gunn, of the Medical College of Now York, publicly recommending a proprietary medicine, like Warner's safe cure, the only sure specific for kidney disorders and the many diseases caused by such disorders, and their views attested by hundreds of regular practitioners of various schools. Mots the fact, too, that the leading clergy men, like Jiev. Dr. Rankin, ex-Chaplain of the United States Senate, and RUT. Dr. Ken- drick, of the Rochester University, one of the international revisers of the New Testa ment, and thousands less well-known, pub licly recommend this remedy, because it not only cures kidney diseases, but the many common-named diseases caused directly by them. _ When medical men and ministers nnito in such a course, who can doubt that intolerance has oeased to rule in the learned professions atleastf an' then stand and watch the president of the savin's bank an1 the Circui: Jedge break their legs as they fall ou« of the winder an subsequently gi tramped into the ground by the crowd, as long as this is poss'ble, I again say^ jes' so long will progress languish. "While a man can stand in our the ater an' holler 'fire!' an' not cause any body to look around, an' another mai can stampede the audience acrost th atage by pullin' out a paper an' a pail of handcuffs, jes' so long will oui nat'ral resources remain dormant, as it were. "When you go into the countrj where it is to the people's interest tc Eay a man to Btand at the depot an oiler a warnin' to the bus'ness men when a stranger gits off the train, .you may look to lind that country unde veloped an' not be disap'inted. "That, my friend, is about all I've got to say. That is about all there is to it If you had, like ine, lived to see the iron hand of the minion of the law from the other side of the Mississippi reach up an' lay holt of the Fourth of July orator; if you had seen it still the Mayor while addressin' the City Council; if you had ever stood by an' seen it even oome into the Sun day-school picnio, an' while the Super intendent was addressin' the infant class, reach ruthlessly out an' drag him away on a charge of arson, committed back in Maine in 1868; if you had ever witnessed such scenes as them, I sny, you would never have asked why this country is not built up en' made to prosper. It only shows your ignorance, an' I hope you won't ask any more such foolish questions." Bill Nye's Suggestions. I take the liberty onee more of re plving to a few queries through your valuable columns. Litterateur, Vt--No; skimmygil- lions is not a proper word to usa at the table. I do not know what it means, but it will be batter to use some other word in the place of it. Many other words are equally resonant and opaque without giviug offense. Veritas. --liub the gummy side of postage-stamps on your hair a few times and it will prevent their sticking together in your pocket or purse. There i.« just oil enough in tho hair to coat over the adhesive properties of the stamps and prevent their adhasion. A friend of mine who has hair tells me that this is the case. Simmons, Philadelphia.--Yes, if you are the stenographer of a prominent man and act as his private secretary you are fierfcctly correct in signing Jour employer's name, "per Simmons." tis not only etiquette,but it iseuphoni- ious. Lalla Rookh, Tampa, Fla., writes to know what he "should do to become a fluent writer and correspondent. To become a fluent writer there is no belter method, perhaps, than to hold the pen lightly between the pen and the forefinger, allowing it to rest on the first joint of the midd.'e or larger finger. Let the arm rest easily on the fleshy portion of the forearm, with the penholder pointing about due west. Sit erect, think a few thoughts, then clothe them in such language as yon feel that in your circumstances you can afford. In clothing a thought, do not put so much expense upen one partic ular garment that the idea will have to go before the public in its shirt-sleeves. In other words, make your clothing business harmonious and consistent. 1 have asked every one on the World how best to become a fluent correspond ent, but could not obtain the informa tion. Would it be too much trouble for you to oak my friend the Dook of Marbro *r" ~ "*" *r Tr *" World. The Best Way of Destroy ins? a Railroad. Qen. Slocum, in an account of Sher man's march through the Carolinas, touches upon the burning of Columbia, which he surmises was due to the too free use of whisky, and the responsi bility of which should not be charged to Sherman. In his article he gives these succinct directions as to tho de struction of a railroad in time of war: A knowledge of the art of building railroads is certainly of more value to a oountry than that of the best means of destroying them; but at this partic ular time the destruction seemed nec essary, and the time may again come when such work will be necessary, Lest the most effectual and expeditious method of destroying radroad tracks should become one of the lost arts, I will here give a few rules for the guid ance of the officers who may in future be charged with this important duty. It should be remembered that these rules are the result of long experience and close observation. A detail of men to do the work should be made on the evening beforo operations are to commence. The number to be de tailed being, t course, dependent upon the amount of work to be done, I estimnte that one thousand men can easily destroy aVout live miles of track per day, and dr it thoroughly. Before going out in the morning the men should be supplied with 4k good break fast, for it has been discovered that sol diers are more efficient at this work, as well as on the battle-field, when their stomachs are full than when they are empty. The question as to the food to be given the men for brea'vfast is not important, but I suggest roast turkeys, chickens, fresh eggs, and ooft'ee. for the reason that in an enemy's country such a breakfast will cause no unpleasantness between the commissary and the soldiers, inasmuch as the com missary will only be re juired^o pro vide the coffee. In fact, it has^ been discovered that an army moving through a hostile but fertile country, having an efficient corpa of foragers (vulgarly known in our army as bum mers), requires but few articles of food, such as hard-tack, coffee, salt, pepper, and sugar. Your detail should be divided into three sections of about equal number^ I will suppose the detail to consist of three thousand men. The first thing to be done is to reverse the relative positions of the ties and iron rails, placing the ties up and the rails under them. To do this, Sec tion No. 1, consisting of one thousand men, is distributed along one side of the track, one man at the end of each tie. At a given signal each man seizes a tie, lifts it gently till it assumes a vertical position, and at another signal pushes it forward so that when it falls the ties will be over the rails. Then each man loosens his tie from the rails. This done, Section No. 1 moves forward to another portion of the road, and Section No. 2 advances and is distributed along the portion of the road recently occupied by Section No. 1. The duty of the second sec tion is to collect the ties, place them in piles of about thirty ties each -- place the rails on top of these piles, the center of each rail over the center of the pile, and then set fire to the ties. Section No. 2 then follows No. 1. As soon as the rails are suf- ficently heated, Section No. 3 takes the place of No.'2, and upon this de volves the most important duty, viz., the effectual destruction of the rail. This section should be in command of an efficient officer, who will see that the work is not slighted. Unless closely watched, soldiers will content themselves with simply bending the rails around trees. This should never be permitted. A rail which is simpiy bent can easily be restored to its orig inal shape, No rail should be regarded as properly treated till it has assumed the shape of a doughnut; it must not only be bent but twisted. To do the twisting Poe's railroad hooks are nec essary, for it has been found that the soldiers will not seize the hot iron bare handed, This, however, is the only thing looking towaid the destruction of pop erty which I ever knew a man in Sherman's army to decline doing. With l oe's hooks a double twist can be given to a rail which precludes all hope of restoring it to its former shape except by recasting."-- Century Mag azine. A WnftMiipi Bfloxt is a long scrambling village, built on ft ledge of s^nd-hills between the bay and quiet stretches of pine woods that roll back over Harrison County. "The very place for invalida with incipient throat troubles !" Major Pogue declared, enthusiastically. "The south wind blows to them straight from off the Gulf of Mexico, and the north winds sifts all the healing for them out of the pine forests." Biloxi is but little known as yet as a winter health resort. Our travelers found an old-fashioned inn among the few houses that were open; a pile of galleries in tiers about a court into which cozy little chambers opened, each with its cheery fire and canopied French bed. A Creole family had it in charge. What they lacked in English they made up in gestures and good- humor. The house was full of con sumptive and asthmatic patients from the Southern States, with a few from Chicago and other points in the North west. The average American meets even death with good-humored sang froid. These pale doomed folk made up fishing parties every morning, and sailed away, coughing and singing to the islands which lay like blots of shadow in the rolling fogs of billowy silver that filled the bay; thsv came back, coughing, chattering, and joy ous, in the evening, up out of the red sunset, with euormous loads of fish which they displayed in the court-yard of the inn, under the lamps which hung in the huge live-oa's, while their wives and children and the negroes gathered about them as excited as if these were the first fish ever haled out of that water. There waa a delightful disorder and spontaneity in the whole place. At uncertain hours a gray old negro went through the galleries shouting "Break- faat," or "Dinner," or "Supper," as if it had just occurred to him that some body might be hungry, and everybody set out in search of a remote dining- room, to find a plentiful meal, pep pery and high-flavored, after the Creole fashion. After supper everybody, again headed by the invalids, crowded into the cheery little parlor, and danced as merrily as if they had just drawn out new title-deeds to life and youth. The greasy court-yard with its clumps of live-oaks stretched down to the bay, thrusting long fingers of piers in to clutch the water. On both of the curv ing shores on either side, rows of large hotels or restaurants faced the bay. They were closed now, and tenanted only by melancholy oats, which prowl ed about their empty galleries. "Biloxi is a resort in summer for monstrous excursion or fishing parties from New Orleans," explained Major Foguo, as they sauntered through the deserted wharves and silent hotels.-- Harper's Magazine. Mm. ef Mrs. IWrii KM. Mam had itte. «L Paten had ebills, Mm Waa ton ah* waa going 1 They doeed her with villa. With l * " -- [«o«tef h powdera and aqnills. With remedies wet and with remedies mf. Many medicines lured her. Bat none of them cured her, Their nunei ud their number nobody teU; And she soon might have died, But some "Pellets* were tried, That acted like magio, and then she got well. The magio "Pellets" were Dr. Pieroe'a Pleas ant Purgative Pellets (the original LitUe liver Pills). Th«iy cured Mm Petora, an4 now she wouldn't be without them. "A BOOK FOT THE HAMMOCK" is the titls of a recent volume. The close of each chapter leaves the reader in suspense. Don't Hawk, Spit, Cough, Buffer diuineaa, indigestion, inflammation of the eyes, headache, lasaitade, inability to per form mental wprk and indisposition for bodily labor, and-annoy and diaguat Tour friends ana aoqnaintanoea with your naaal twang and of fensive breith and constant efforts to clean your nose and throat, when Dr. Sage's "Ca tarrh Remedy" will promptly relieve yon of discomfort and suffering, and* your friends of the disgusting and needlesa inflictions of your loathsome disease? Hew Ycrdi Secured Quiet. To a visitor at his house in Mont- ealieri Verdi, the great composer, showed two large rooms filled with hand organs. "When I arrived here," _ said Verdi, "all these organs were con- 'lfye"~in 'New "fork ttnuaUy playing tunes from 'La Traviata,' A.igoletto,' 'II Trovatore, and my other operas. They annoyed me to such an extent that 1 have hired them for the season. This has cost me 2,000 francs, but I have peace." SHOULD misfortune overtake, re trench, work harder, but never flag; confront difficulties with unflinching perseverance; should you then fall, you will be honored, but shrink, and fjou will be despised. IN the midst £. of poverty--The let- V.-v A Hero and a Coward. A moral truth may be a virtual lie, and though there exist great cleverness in the telling, it is of that sort of speech which we should scarcely care to imi tate, though we may smile at it. A party of boys were snowballing one day in front of the old academy, just as the professor was approaching itB door. Whizz! and one icy ball striking his beaver, carried it neatly away from his head. It was an accident, but the professor was not a man to make allowances, and as he turued and gazed at them the boys trembled. One of them, however, had the self-possession to pick up and straighten the ill-used "tie," and its owner, without a word, marched in doors and rang the bell. , _ The boys went in like mioe. When they were seated, "Young gentlemen," said the professor, "who threw that ball?" No one stirred and not a glance was exchanged. The question was repeated, and still the room was silent. ̂ "I will put one more question," said the professor, severely. "Does any one know who threw ?" The guilty boy raised his hand, but as he was a model of excellence it did not occur to the teacher that he could be the offender. "You raised your hand, Reade," he said; "then you know who did it?" "Yes, sir." "I should not, under ordinarv cir cumstances, ask one boy to tell the misdemeanor of another, but it is evi dent that a coward is present and needs exposure, lleade, who threw that ball?" "I would rather not tell, sir," said Reade, with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. "Noble boy, I honor you!" said the teacher, with enthusiasm. "If there is present one boy too cowardly to con fess, it is evident that there is another who is too honorable to betray a school mate. For Reade's sake, the culprit shall be forgiven. Young gentlemen, proceed with your work." It is only fair to add that Reade's conscience afterward pricked him, in view of such undeserved praise, and that he did manfully oonfess.--Youth's Companion. An Able Protertor. If there ia a more able protector against the Incursions of disease than Hostetter'a Stomach Bitters, we have yet to learn of it. Against the periodic attacks of fever and ague it affords a sure defense, it renews waning vitality, and counteracts the infirmities of age; it prevents dyspepsia from becoming chronic, and eventu ally annihilates it It rouses tha liver and kid neys when dormant, and insures a regular habit of body. To the nervous it is of inesti mable benefit, imparting steadiness and vigor into an enfeebled physique. The term, "deli cate health," is usually another name for de bility. While the Bitters is procurable, the weak need never despair of physical reinforcement Persons whose avocations are sedentary and laborious, or Involve exposure to unfavorable climatic influences, will also find the Bitters an able protector. Weight of Macliinerr. In a paper recently presented to an English engineering society, the weight of propelling machint ry, including boilers, water, and all fittings, per in dicated horse-power, was given at 480 pounds in the mercantile marine; in British navy, 16 > pounds; in special engines for light-draught war vessels, 280 pounds; in the British ship Polvphemus, 205 pounds; in locomo tives, 140 pounds; torpedo boats, 60 pounds; ordinary marine boilers, in cluding water, 19(5 pounds, and loco motives boilers, with water, 60 pounds. ESSENCE of quassia will drive away flies, and cucumber peel is detested by cockroaches. A Square Statement by a Carpenter. "For years I have had a chest trouble amounting to nothing short of consumphoa I taw how others in like condition had been cured by the uaeor Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery, and resolved to teat its merits in my own case. The results are so plane as hardly to requiro a bHstock or any auffer-meat in favor of th a gralt remedy. It does awl it claim*! It build* up the system, supports and strengthens where others faiL" He adz: -My recovery, which is now on a anre foundation, hinge$ entirelv on the com pat* of this wunder- ful liestorative, having tried other remedies • THE pass that railroad stockholders unanimously object to is the passing of a dividend.--Boston Commercial. Chronic Coaghs and Colds, And all diseases of the Throat and I<11 tigs, can be oured by the use of Bcott's Eraulsiou, aa it contaius the healing virtues of Cod Liver O 1 and Hypophosnhite* in their fullest form. Is a beautiful croamy Emu sion, palatable as milk, easily digested, and can be taken by the most delicate. Please read: "I consider Scott's Emulsion the remedy par excellence in Tuberculous and Strumous Affections, to say nothing of ordinary colds and throat trou bles."--W. B. & CONNHX, M. D., Manchester, Ohio. ' PI T a man in prison and you've got him where the hair is short. The prison bar ber sees to that.--St. Joseph Gazette. Throat Diseases commence with a Cough, C >ld, or Sore Throat "Brown?! Bron chial Troches" give immediate relief. Hold only in boxes. Prioes 23 ct*. A MAN doesn't begin to be much of a liar until he owns a dog.--Puck, A MAN may be able to paint a town red from end to end, and yet possess none of the cardinal virtues.--Burlington Free Press. To the Public. We now have a combination PUXXICAN SLXEPEB and CHAIR CAR running between CM- caoo and INDIANAPOLIS on night trains, leav ing Chicago 8:05 p. m., arriving Indianapolis 3:85 a. m. This car lies in Indianapolis Union Depot uutiL $ a m., and passengers can occupy their berth or chair until that tima Returning, north-boun 1 passengers, leaving Indianapolis 11.10 p. m., can occupy this car any lime after 8 p.m. 49~Between Chicago and Louisville and Chicago and Cincinnati we run Pnllman Palncc Buffet Sleeping Cars, said by the Pullmau Company to bo the Finest Cars ever manu factured by them. One particular feature of this service is that an excellent meal can be obtained on the car at any hour. Our Chair Car Service on day trains isequal to that of any other lino in tho country. E. O. MCCORMTCK, General Passenger Agent Monon Route, Chi- cago, 11L L CAHT noBtmilB There is great intensity of th#1 condition sometimes, and tl which we cannot go behind. tion further of facta which set of a prompt and permanent cure, <8 lowing cases are cited: In 1884 K. Sneed suffered terribly with neuralgia. She writes from 1110 Avenue, Washington, D. C. In tJ^ U.. stance she .states: "I suffered terribly' neuralgia in the face; very severe extending to back and tdionldors; intensely. Tried St. Jacobs Oil; had „ well rubbed at night; in the morning pain gone, magically." June 10, 1887, she- writes from 224 Eleventh Street, S. W., aa follows: "Four years ago I sent you a vol untary certificate setting forth the fact that I had been a great suil'erer with neuralgia in my face, neck and shoulders. I obtained ». bottle of St. Jacobs Oil, and after three ap plications I was entirely relieved from all pain, and from that time to the present I have never had a return. The effect wa» miraculous." Again, Feb. 6, 1887, Mr. R. Q. Troll, St. Louis, Mo., writes: "In March, 1881, I suffered terribly with neuralgia; had suffered nearly ihree years. Applied Si. Jacobs Oil at *8.15 A. M.; at 8.40 took the rag off; at 9 A. M. went to work. In less than live minutes after that the pain was gone. The one application cured me. Have- not had return of it since." Mr. E. W. Snangler, York, Pa., June 17,1887, writes: "Years ago had neuralgia; am not stUgect tO> it now. The cure by the use of St. Jacob®. Oil was permanent. There has been no re currence of the painful affliction." €has_ W. Law, Jr., Potlstown, Pa., April 19, 1887,, writes: "Was troubled for vcars with neu ralgia in neck and head, fried St. Jacobs Oil; had tried different kinds of remedies without effect. One bottle of the former did the- business. No return of j»ain and aches." In almost every instance the reports are thesama. • PBHSIDNS to Soldiers and Hetn. I* H AM. AH'Y. WASHINGTON. UrNTION Tins rAPER **•» WBm*a in » FOR A I,X.. |90 a weak and paid. Valuable outfit and put* rati. P. o. VXCKJKBT. Aatnwta. WORK PENSIONS GOLD ia worth t <00 per pound. Pfettir* BnSitn fi.OObut ia sold at 25 oenta aboz by dSkti. MINT NTION THIS PAKR OMESTUDY.g^ hand, etc., thoroughly tancht free. BBVANT'S BUSINESS Cot A Popular Thoroughfare* Tha Wisconsin Central Line, although a comparatively new factor in the raiiroad sys tems of the Northwest, has acquired an envi able popularity. Through careful attention to details, its service is as near perfection as might be looked for. The train attendants ! seem to regard their trusts as individual property and a? a result the public is serve! par-excel.ODCO. Tho road now runs solid through fast trains between Chicago, Milwau- llUft kee, St. Paul and Minneapolis with Pullman's I CROI vNw' best and unequalled diniug cars; it also runs through, solid sleepers between Chicago, Ash land, Duluth and the famous mining regions of Northern Wisconsin and Michigan. THE YOUTH'S COMPANION Haa recently been increased in sine, making it by far the cheapest Illustrated Family Weekly published. That it is highly appreciated is shown by the fact that it hue won its way into 400,000 families. 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