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^fhelasi p» la Battle, of the way war# career , „ „-- Frnnghmwrt. the I>nc •<l» KwfttHtm - wwilwniiid to death for ; «P0(W-,wt. »h»me1e«r tWMmon against H«iwy IV., was of * tngieai doMuraoier. The place of h» paniehiBettt wa* tlw> faner court of tbeBwtiJle. Biron uoems to hroflaitonil fcbaMlf th^he should be acquitted, and when the ehanoellor, with aome of hia officer*, presented him­ self to'read the de*th sentenee and an­ nounce ifcs immediate fulfillment, he broke into a passion of mingled despair and wrath. At one moment he begged for mfcrcy in tones of the ntmost abase­ ment, at the next he shrieked out men­ aces against all who had offended him Or been concerned in his downfall. In storm and whirlwind he spent the few boars of his life that remained to him, trat was at lene^h induced to make his confession to a priest and to utter a prayer or two to the Divine Judge before "whom he was so quickly to appear. A few minutes before 5 o'clock in the af­ ternoon he was informed that all was ready, and that he must descend into the court of the prison. As he quitted the chapel his quick eye lighted upon the executioner. "Begone! wretch!" he shouted: "touch me not till the last moment. If thou come near me till then, I swear that I will strangle thee!" On the scoftold he twice repeated the command and the threat Looking Upon the soldiers, who stood silent in their array, with arquebuses ready and 'matches ready lighted, he exclaimed in * voice of pathos: "Will none of you put a bullet through my heart and earn fey gratitude? Oh, to die like this! so basely, by so disgraceful a blow!"-- as if the shame lay in the punishment and not in the crime. The representa­ tive of the law again read his sentence, Biron violently interrupting when he was charged with having plotted the king's death. Thrice he tied a hand­ kerchief over his eyes--thrice tore it off again--displaying none of the calm and gallant bearing he had always shown on the field of battle. The executioner wishing to cut off his hair* at the back of his neck, he again broke out in a fit of ungovernable rage. "Touch roe not," lie said, "except with thy sword! Lay hands on me while I am alive, and I will strangle half the creatures who are present and comp& the re»t to kill meF So fierce was his look, so savage his tone that several persons withdrew in alarm. It was thought that he intended to seize the execu­ tioner's sword, but it had prudently been concealed. At last, after a pain­ ful delay, he requested one of the offi­ cers of the Bastille to bandage his eyes and put up hist hair, after which he laid his head on the block. "Be quick, -quick! quick!" were his last words, and they had scarcely dropped from his lips when the beadsman raised his sword. A single blow and Biron was no m$c$,. 'Vi-Gentleniau's Magazine. Jy>, . MUM 4 *••••' •The Valuable Mcrhawta. * . When a young man starts out to learn lus trade and gets into a shop totally un­ schooled in the manual performance of his duties in the new field of life on which he is entering, it is important that he should bear in mind the fact, viz.: That his position, so far as it re­ lates to himself, is intrinsically an edu­ cational one, as much «o as in the school or college from which he may have re­ cently graduated. The simpie perform­ ance of so many hours' work per day, while it has a certain financial measure of value to the employer, has a value to himself when properly considered that is greater than can be measured in cur­ rency. As his progress and standing in the school depended on the thorough mental understanding of each progres­ sive step he took, so, only in a more material sense, his advance in mechani­ cal skill and knowledge is dependent on his thoroughly understanding not only the routine details of his work, but the why and wherefore of each operation. There always has been, and probably •always will be, two classes of mechanics -those who stand at their bench and go through the manual motions of their work like automatic machines, with lit­ tle more conception of why the results are as they are, and the other that class of men who make no move without knowing why and how results are ob­ tained, and the relative importance of each step. This is the mechanical edu­ cation that counts, the education that schools the mind to a clear comprehen­ sion of principles equally with details, and leads unfailingly to that higher field where skill, diligence and marked ability find their natural level. The young man, who, on beginning his me- chanicad education, realizes and acts upon these truths, will develop that ability which is not gauged by mere manual dexterity, but rather that which, when in later years he may be called to design, lay out and superintend the work of others, will enable him to cred­ itably fill the position. Such positions come to those who bring thought and brains, as well as manual dexterity, to assist them in their work. To euch men we owe the improvements of the age in every branch of mechanics. It is a fact that too many meclianics wOrk along day after day accomplishing their work by "man strength and fool­ ishness," which is the direct and legiti­ mate result of a lack of proper and thorough application in their earlier mechanical life. The point emphasized is, that the mind that is able, through careful training and application, to bring to bear a knowledge of principles in­ volved, as well as execution of detail in the work, is one that approaches that standard of ability which should be the aim of every young man who is begin­ ning his < mechanical education -- his work in the shop. When he has at­ tained this, no question of wages will ever trouble him. Such men are al­ ways wanted. The supply is not equal to the demand.--Stationary Engineer. k A Wire With a History to It. A bit of wire was introduced into our conversation af the club. It waa a silent, uncommunicative bit of oopper, about a sixteenth of an inch thick and four inches long. Most any hardware merchant would give you a "similar bit of wire, because its value would be so little he could not reckou a price for it. But this particular piece, Mr. Vail, (whose father co-operated with Morse in inventing the telegraph) carries in his pocket-book as carefully as if it were gold, many times more weighty. It is a passive, pliant substance--an in­ animate bit of copper, but it gave the first electric thrill that brought the in­ habitants of the world close together, conquered time, and annihilated dis­ tance. It is a bit of the first three mile.s of wire ®vsr usc-d for telegraphy. His a piece from the experimental line constructed by Morse and Vail, sr., when they were testing their inventions. Only a little of this wire, Mr. Vail, jr , informed me, has been preserved. Aft«r>t waa taken down boa tfcscs» father used part of vines on his front W&^EBSaik the€airfMana JBahhnor* bnt ifao, it fefcirt Stack of. ' It was from the that the mementoes were recovered. *1 tilfak I got less than six fe£t of it," Said Mr. Vail. "After telegraphy be­ came a wonder of the world we began to appreciate the value of such a me­ mento, and we saved what we oould of the original three-mile wire. I have given pieces to a few persons who have been especially interested in it, and some was arranged on a card, with a photograph of the original instrument, now at the National Museum, that #as sent to the Paris Exposition.--Wash­ ington letter to Fh iladeip kia graph. • k Hew Tike Chit Even. In the "Brushy-Bend" bottoms of Skui.k River, Iowa, a few miles from the village of Talleyrand, there lives a set of uncouth, unshorn and unwashed natives whose equals for ignorance, meanness and "general enssedness" it would be hard to find. One morning Ike Yike, a "Brushy- Bender, " rode a skinny old mule into Talleyrand and stopped at the effice of the justice of the peace. "Maraiii' squair," he said, "I want to git a law suit." MICKm A! and top HI pay me how to ' What about?" asked the justice. I trifles liHIWfi M«m "Who gua-XaUt , -Doctor, my flat. It spoils my y sum if you "its size and change its shape!" a young heiress of gilded Mur­ ray JBill sank into an easy chair in the office of th® old family physician, and began to pont. "Bless me, what a notion! My dear child, are you crazy? Do jou think that we doctors go around with our saws in our hands, ready to shave peo­ ple down to just the proportions they may choose for the moment?" "But, doctor," petulantly resumed the tampered pet of an old millionaire, 'I've read in some newspaper that doctors now cut out the cartilage, or •whatever you call it, of the nose and then by patting on a plaster cast it can be msdc to grow into aay shape de­ sired." "Physicians do a great many things when necessity compels them, and noses have been cut when disease made it compulsory and, as you say, plaster casts have been used, but no sane per­ son except yourself ever came to a physcian on such an errand. It's pre- I poatevous. little one. really preposter­ ous. Bun off for a walk and don't i bother your pretty head about such Wal, you know that aheep-stealin' Zelre Ash, don't ye?" "Yes. Yon and Zeke had a fight?* "Wusaer'n that," said Yike, "a thun- derin' sight wusser'n that That Zeke Ash is too mean to sleep good. " "Well, what has Zeke done?" asked the justice. "Done? You'd better ask what he hain't done. He's up an' left his own family an' run off with my wife, that's what he's done, and I want him yanked up for it" "Well," said the justioe, "this is seri­ ous. Do you know where they have gone?" "They've gone down the river nine miles clean to Coppick Ford and they're a-livin' in one of old Coppickses cabins." The justice learned all he could about the matter, issued a warrant for the arrest of both the man and the wo­ man, sent the constable after them, and instructed Yike to appear the next day as prosecuting witness. Yike then went to the saloon and related his bereave­ ment to a crowd of loafers and told them he had a warrant issued for Ash's ar­ rest "Oh, pshaw," said one of the loafers," I wouldn't arrest him; Fd show my spunk and get even with him in some other way." Yike hung his head for a minute and then slapped his knee and said: Tm blasted if I haint thought of a bilin' good plan. Jist you fellers wait till to­ morrow an' see who's smartest, Zeke Ash er me," and he rode away. ' The next day when Zeke Ash and Yike's wife were arraigned before the justice Yike was not there to prosecute. The justice sent the constable out to see if any of Yike's neighbors were in, town in order that he might learn why Yike did not appear. The constable found and brought in old Jake Grissom and when he was asked if he had seen Yike he replied: ' "Yes, sir; 1 seen'im thismornin'Txmfc sun peep." "Where was he?" asked the justioe. "Him and £eke Ash's wife wuz a-run- nin'off together."--Tehran Sifting#. . . Ike tyiaUty or Styl$._ There must be workmanship as well as design. The way a thing is dorrey can kill it, or give -it lite. The touch of Cellini makes the precious metal a hundred fold more precious. We do demand ideas from an author; but if he does not know, or does not care to know, how to express them, he might as well not have them, and had better set up as a reviewer. It is easier business to dis­ parage literature than to produce it; easier to undervalue style than to ac­ quire it A notable thing in every work--poem, history or novel--that has survived its own period is perfec­ tion of form. It is that which has kept it It is the amber that preserves the fly. I have no doubt that thousands of noble conceptions have been lost to us because of the inadequacy pf their literary form. Certain it is that many thoughts and fanoies, of no great value in themselves, have been made im­ perishable by the faultlessness of their setting. For example, if Richard Love­ lace--whose felicities, by the way, were purely accidental--had said to Lucasta: "Lucasta, my girl, I couldn't think half so much of you as I do if I didn't feel it my duty to enlist for the war. Do yon catch on?"--if Richard Lovelace, Ire- peat, had put it in that fashion, his commendable sentiment would have been forgotten in fifteen minutes; but when he said: "I could not love. thee. dear, so much Loved I notlionor more." He gave to England a lyric that shall last longer than the Thames Embank­ ment.--Atlantic. How It Workg. "I was out through Kansas selling reapers this spring," said a drummer on the Michigan Central the other day, "and saw some remarkable workings of the prohibitory law. I stopped up in Saline County at an old farmer's over night. In the morning ai I came down stairs I felt rather drowsy laud said to the old man's son's, young men of 25 or 30, 'Gracious, boys, but an eye-opener would taste good.' " 'Hush,' whispered one of the boys, 'come this way, but don't let the old man see us. He awful set on prohibi­ tion an' would drive us Off the farm if he suspected anything.' "I followed and was led" to the hay­ mow, where a jug of the old stuff was produced. An hour afterward, having sold the old gentleman a machine, I thoughtlessly remarked: 'A little of the right material to take the dust out of our throats wouldn't go bad.' " 'Hush!' said he; 'come with me, bnt don't let the boys see us. They are dreadful sot on prohibition, aa' I don't want ter offend 'em!' "He led me to the dark corner of the cellar where his jug was produced. "Oh, yes, the workings of prohibition in Kansas are fearful and woprierfftl.-- Detroit Free Fr A Natural Cariosity.' ^ & Charles Walker of West Manchester has a curiosity on his grounds which would seem to be a miniature rival to the famous hanging gardens of Baby­ lon. In one of the grand old eltn trees which surround his home and at a dis­ tance of about thirteen feet from the ground may be seen growing a currant bush in all the pride of richly borne iruit. The bnsh was first noticed in the fork of the tree about three years ago, and this is the first season that fruit haaappeared. It must have grown from bead which was carried there bv a { And as Miss Murray Hill flounced out of the office the long-headed old doctor took out his memorandum-book, jotted down "For professional advice about nose to Miss Murray Hill. $25" and in due time it \fill be added to papa's bill. The gamy miss who wanted her nose made over again probably didn't know that a big nasal appendage is one of the sure indications of mental shrewd­ ness. "I've never known of a man with a big nose who wasn't smart," said a pro­ fessor in Bellevue Hospital College when spoken to on the subject. The great Napoleon's nose was big. Gladstone's nose is big, but it ends in a sharp point. Bismarck has a big nose that is, however, almost flat on the end. Gen. Grant's nose was not too large, but it was large enough to be prominent. Blaine's nose is very prominent, and all hta children, including his daughters, are easily distinguishable by the same large protuberance. Jay Gould is pos­ sessed of a large nose. So are Russell Sage and Cyrus W. Field. President Cleveland's nose is a trifle above the ordinary size. Dan Lamont's nose is verv prominent The late John Kelly had a flat pug nose. Gen. Harrison's nasal organ is quite large, but not so prominent as that of Levi P. Morton or the Old Roman. Joseph Pulitzer and Charles A. Dana both have large noses.* Pulitzer's is very prominent Gov. Hill is an exception to the rule. His noee is quite small. Dr. Talmage and Dr. J^hn Hall, both famous pulpit orators, have large noses. So have Secretaries Bayard and Whitney. Ben Butler's nose is quite small; so is Henry Wattorton's; but George W. Childs, Austin Corbin, Ch&uocey M= Depew, Lawrence Barrett, and scores of others who are prominent before the public have their full share of nasal organ. It Weuliu't Change His Plan* Mr the Future. "Will this -- this disappointment eventuate in any modification of your plans for the future, Osgoodson ?" said the young girl softly as she wiped her spectacles, replaced thein with care and looked through them in a regetful, sympathizing, almost tender, manner at the downcast youth. "My plans?" he replied, drearily. "What are plans to me? Why polv- plionize to me of plans? The answer you have just given me reduces to irremediable chaos every nascent in­ choative design projected by the stere- opticon of earnest purpose on the screen of lvental receptivity." A shadow of pain flitted across the brow of the young woman. From where she stood, on the inside of a gate in the rear of one of Bostcn's noblest mansions, she looked out over the common, where light-hearted but mature children were playing in the decorous, thoughtful, cultured manner peculiar to the Boston child, and feeling of pity for the young man who stood on the other side of the gate and leaned despondently on the post stirred her soul. "Surely, Osgoodson," she said, "there are others--" "Wal do ma Fields-James!" he 'Forth ... action to grM» hmltom*, aadjdwillsfferyday fortfca la.* dOyeass, wiifc*jM»9aamar sprfngi and antunra, in fcrir weather «nd fool, she has been there on this errand. She is retiring in hm disposition, and never frequents the waiting room or with the crowd upon the platform^ Girls in Paris Streets.. As it is the custom of American girls to go about the streets of their city dur­ ing the day without escorts, they are very apt to follow that habit when they come to Paris. Of course there are regular European travelers from our side who are acquainted with the vari­ ous customs of all countries and adapt themselves accordingly, thereby escap­ ing considerable embarrassment in their journeyings. But this is a special year, when fully three-quarters of the visitors it) P®ris have ucTcf, till now, Gut- side their native states. They bring their provincial habits with them, and are constantly dropping into situations in the most innocent way that are often very unpleasant. It is an unescapable fact that the men of Paris place the women who go about alone gazing in at shop windows in pre­ cisely one category. They would not hesitate about approaching and speak­ ing to any young woman whose appear­ ance caught their fancy. Now, as the City at this moment contains some of the fairest flowers of American loveli­ ness, and as many of these are the freshest and least informed beauties of all that our country grows, the uupleas- ant incident.3 of the street that have occurred thus far in the season would fill a book of adventure. I know of one most estimable girl from San Francisco, with a glorious face and a rather dash­ ing style, who was strolling along alone one recent morning looking into the windows of the glove shops along the Rue de Castiglione. She had only been in town a day or two, and had hitherto gone about with her mother, who is her only traveling companion. A good looking and well dressed young fellow had been observing her for a long time without her being aware of it, and when she halted in her walk and looked about for a fiacre to take her back to her hotel, she was greatly surprised when this young man advanced, with his hat :-ed, and asked in French if he could ist her in securing a conveyance. The young lady glanced quickly at him and, not understanding what he Baid, stammered in English thai she could not speak French, and that she did not know who was addressing her. Im­ mediately the young man blushed deeply and became far more embarrased than the girl. In the best of English he endeavored to beg her pardou, de­ claring that he had mude a very grave mistake; that he was an American and took her for a Parisienne. The girl really thought he had spoken to her under the impression that lie knew her, and smiled upon him when he departed, relishing the humor of his mistake. She was not-aware ol the true merits of the thing until she happened to tell of it in the evening at the hotel, and re­ ceived some well-worded advice from a friend present not to go out on the bulevards without her mother or a gen­ tleman accompanying her.--Faris Cor. iIndianapolis Journal. Mrs. Hayes and the Wine Question. It was well known to Mrs. Hayes that she must in some way make up for the absence of wine at diplomatic dinners, or must so arrange these occasions as not to make -its absence inappropriate. In her efforts to dispense with the use of wine she had the support of her hus­ band, but the .very active opposition of the Secretary of State, Mr. Evarts held that it was improper to require members of the diplomatic corps at a State dinner to conform to the preju­ dices of the President's wife in the mat­ ter of what they should drink, and he made an earnest fight for old customs-- and old wine. It was a struggle be­ tween the Premier and the President's wife, and the latter of course, won. But the scheme Mrs. Hayes devised to meet the difficulty was at once origi­ nal and very clever. When the time arrived for the diplomatic dinner, in­ stead of the small assemblage of decor­ ated diplomats in the State dining- room, she struck upon the idea of a large reception. She knew that it would Iw very difficult indeed to conduct the usual diplomatic dinner successfully without wine, when all the diplomats would expect it. But with an immense M | assemblage the case would be different. claimed, impetuously, "to the man who has cherished in his bosom for years the image of one who is to him the ideal and embodiment of all that is subjectively congenial and metaphysically apropos, as it were, the crushing forever of his hope of being regarded reciprocally by the living, breathing reality of his cherished eidolon shatters his mental perspective and obliterates every sem­ blance of the horizon that once bounded his m eculative firmament." "While that may be indisputable, Osgo-' dson," rejoined the young woman, "there are other aspects in which we Any one might see the impropriety of dispensing wine to an assemblage almost as large as that of a public reception. She had engraved cards of invitation to the heads of departments and their higher officials, to Senators and mem­ bers, to Army officer* of and above the rank of major, and Navy officers of and above tfhe rank of captain. These cards read, after giving the title of the officer addressed, " You ate invited to meet the members of the diplomatic corps, «tc." These invitations were so numerous that the White House was filled ujmtairs and down with officials should view the subject. The stations I and dignitaries of State. Tables were in life *e both occupy are humble in the ! 8^read in the ordl,iar7 andm the State scioIi*tic and fallacious judgment of the world, but there is no reason why the outcome of this misguided preference of yours should lead you recklessly to abandon your calling. It is true that I shall still remain in this familv in the faithful j eifurniance of the duties that devolve upon me, but you will become aceustoraed in time, I trust, to the daily diniug-room, and in the offices and lob­ bies upstairs, where one might sit or stand as he or she preferred. A mag­ nificent dinner was served--an abund­ ance of everything that goes to make the finest banquet complete, except the wine. The impropriety of serving wine to such an assemblage was considered by Mrs. Hayes as excuse enough for not sight o[ one whom v^^.akeu.v looU. j ̂ ̂ upon as the arbiter of your happiness, | „ exDense was snared. This was Hia and^•.inquility will come to you. ' dtvle of her diplomatic dinners during "I Hk5>r»nders<tood vou, Waldo ma, said^.- , , the . ere man. - When you asked me J*" whoie four Washington if this iiteci»*on of yours wouMmake any i chaufe i.i my plans for the future IJ ima^is t-d you alinded to my entertain Star. ing a preference for any other young lady. I shall make no change in my occu, ation, Wahlonia," he added de- jec;«'diy, as he turned to go. "I expect to dnve this milk wagon all summer, just the same."--Chicago Mail. " ? " Waiting for Her Lover. jfe&Pmantic story is connected with the life of a Manchester, N. H., woman who frequents the railroad station at that place. She is about 50 years old, J school, mended all your clothes, cleaned but is now bent with care and her long ; the stair-rods, stoned three pounds of Aai Tet She Wasn't Tired. Tm awful tired," Dusenberry said, as lie flung himself into a chair after supper. "What did yon do to-day?" meekly asked his wife. "Filled a large order, wrote three let­ ters, went twice to the bank, and higgled with Branson until be threw $9 off his bill." "And that made you tired, ehf Well, I prepared three meals, baked six loaves of bread, got the children ready for handsome tresses are streaked with gray. She always carries a traveling bag in her hand and as the crowds ar­ rive she scans each person eagerly and raisins, picked five qnarts of berries, weeded the flower bed, white-washed the cellar, and chased an impudent tramp off the premises. And I don't turns sadly away. The woman, some say that I'm tired, either!"--Free Freaa. 30 years.ago. was one of the belles of the city, courted by many. The favored lover, however, followed the sea. One day he left for a voyage. Their troth had been plighted, and on his return he was to lead her to the altar, bnt the sailor lover never returned aud no mes­ sage came to explain his alienee. The grief and disappointment caused the woman a ioug illness. When she re­ covered she insisted that her lover hfad. --Maricke*t*r UuhM. and e & hi^a»:-;cfther»ae His Preference. "We have elegant water here," Mid a Chicago merchant to a visitor. "Yes." . ^ "It can't be beat in the country.* "Perhaps not; but I pzefer Cincin­ nati water." "Why?" "Because it is so poojr that nearly ! everybody gives you beer."^-Merchan ... .-ti1.. .W.. . - '}•*..Vv »• J" . "" 1 A fair case fop fnv^tilKpiitm by our for Psychical BqMkmr hi pre- in "England, wh&h pwHfcssea to ive the true story of the discovery of tne fate of the ^reat Arctic explorer, Sir John Franklin. According to this writer, Sir John Franklin'-s fate was the subject of a special revelation. Readers of arctic history are well aware that the British Government sent many search expeditions to find traces of Franklin, but without avail. According to Rev. Mr. Skewes, a child Of 4 years, the daughter of a Capt. Coppin, of Londonderry, died in May, 1849, and for many months after reap­ peared in the spirit form to various members of her familv. The Frank­ lin mystery was being discussed every­ where at this time, and a 7-year-old sister of the dead child, at the sugges­ tion of her aunt, questioned the appa­ rition on the subject. Thereupon, says the little book, "there appeared upon the floor a com­ plete Arctic Sea, showing two ships surrounded with ice and almost cov­ ered with snow, including a channel which led to the ships." This scene, or chart, was copied, and, in answer to further questions, there appeared upon the opposite wall, in large, round let­ ters, the following: "Erebus and Ter­ ror, Sir John Franklin, Lancaster Sound, Prince Regont Inlet, Point Victory, Victoria Channel." Capl. Coppin is said to have for­ warded this very definite message from the unseen world to Lady Franklin, who was so impressed with it that she insisted that Capt. McClintock, who sailed on the final search expedition in 1857, should follow the exact route thus laid down. This was done, and the result was the discovery of the cairn at Point Victory, in which a thin tin cylinder was concealed, giving the only written report that ever was found respecting the loss ol the Erebus and Terror and the death of Sir John Franklin. McClintock returned to England, and was loaded with rewards and hon­ ors for having cleared up the mystery, but his success, according to Rev. Mr. Skewes, was entirely due to the fidel­ ity with which lie stuck to the route laid down by the Londonderry appari­ tion. ^ Capt. Coppin's children are still living, and Mr. Skewes says that, though it happened forty years ago, the story can be verified in every par­ ticular. The Psychical Society should lose no time in holding its inquest on this re­ markable narrative.--Boston Globe. A Monument to La Salle. Mr. McLane, ex-Minister of the United States to France, has communi­ cated a letter to President Carnot, in­ forming him thjvt an American--Mr. Lambert Tree--intends erecting in Chi-, cago, at his own expense, a monument to the celebrated French explorer. La Salle. This is very handsome of Mr. Tree, and it is a wonder that the Amer­ icans did not think of La Salle before. Those who have read Mark Twain's i "Life on the Mississippi" will recollect the encomiums which the American humorist lavishes on the French ex­ plorer, who well deserved them. It was La Salle who, in the seventeenth oentnry, explored the verdant valleys of Ohio and Illinois, discovered the estuary of the Mississippi after long and laborious navigation, and finally gave to France the fervile province of Louisiana, which she was destined to lose by the Treaty of Paris. As Mr. McLane points out, Chicago is in the center of the magnificent region which the genius of La Salle had recognized instinctively as destined for a brilliant future, and which is nowadays covered by the flourishing cities or capitals of ten States, which are as so many little kingdoms. La Salle, in landing on the Bhores of Lake Michigan and founding settlements in Illinois, conceived the idea of uniting Canada with Louisiana, and thus forming a vast French coloni­ al empire, bounded on the north by the Polar Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific. La Salle's magnificent de­ signs were, however, frustrated just as were those of the French settlers in India, and to-day France, while still possessing a foothold in Pondicherry in India, has not an inch of territory in the Western world. Strange to say, La Salle has been almost as much ig­ nored by his fellow-countrymen as Gen. Dupleix, the rival of Clive in India; and few Frenchmen trouble their heads about the explorer's eventful history which M. Pierre Margry has set forth in his book on "France in the New World." La Salle died in the wilds of America, and his tomb is unknown.-- Paris letter. lint • Pfjmy--Anon » Giant. W« »r« too *pt to regard • until ailment m«oh M we would some pigmy, unpleaaant of aspect and prankish indeed, bi t Incapable of terioua mischief. We ignore the fact that it grows pro­ digiously, strengthens in proportion, and begets evil progeny.-^fc-flt of indigestion, a slight bil­ lons attack, sensations of unrest and languor when the system should hare been braced by recent sleep, unaooountable nervousness, inac­ tivity of the kidneys or bladder--what are these but the precursors of obstinate and serious bodily disturbance? In either of the above emergen­ cies, common sense and experience unite in in­ dicating HoBtetter'a Stomach Bitters aa the best preventive. Particularly should its use be prompt when the lanyuer, yawning, chilliness down the back, anil fwverinhness that precede a malarial attack, manifest themselves. Incip­ ient rheumatism grows apace. Don't naglsct«. So with constipation and debility.' of 45, of 180, ofecuj ied a Fair Uttfarstao A ^Toman in the near and weighing within a says the Detroit Firee Fr- . seat on the tutein from Tdlg&oihe other day in company with a seared-looking young man who probably voted last fall for the first time. As they mentioned Detroit and the fact that they were going to stop here, a citizen who had a seat ahead turned round and said he would be glad to give them any information he possessed. "Look-a-here," said the woman in answer, "I want a fair understanding with you at the outset. Who do yon suppose this young man is?" "Your--your grandson, perhape.* "No, sir." •'Your nephew, then.* ^2;.?•' "No, sir." tJ?;'f:•% • ' "Your own son." '• "No, sir," "Perhaps he is an acquaintance." "He is my husband, sir--married yesterday---and I don't want any mis­ take made. A dozen different people have taken him for my grandson or nephew, and I am getting tired of it. He's my husband, sir--h-u-s-b-a-n-d, and new go ahead and tell us where we can find a hotel with family bom- forts for about $1 a day."" • iili.|,iin.i|j[.M.- '<• Oar Girls* '.&WI •?;?*£ r i At Dwemra in Du&m. 'iVl HtCHMtCS «.vo«ua ce„eim ... . '% I _ day. Samples lines not under the horse's Kufptr Rein-Holder (> this ram « wmw PATENTS •.•nmni tin ron wmm HOMES In CALIFORNIA BT C0-0»*ATI01I TUOtWl THX Chicwso and California Cslwllsllw A ran opportunity for a United number mf homeseekei> to locate in the best ooantrr aa Our home office is at Lop An*elea. CaL. bjft ft com* into <jur colony through c~~ Chicago. 111.. 58 Dearborn Street.! R*i.vh E. Hott, Pres. Hm t?C 22 klKR oo A" JtOJWT* • *«. 1® #(C3U."*" w<rltinir fir in Irrrcd vho can tnrni»h a horse and |r les. C*L bfrt iwkMflt h out KMtern t, Koom ». KIT lUWBW.fcl. Kitty in witty, s Nettle _ Xlatie is cute and small S * ' . , ' Xreao is a quoeta, Annefcta is e. pot, iy j- ' IKHl in the belle of ti» ?• ' IMautha is wealthy. .»•: i'ifitvBertbft is h««JUiy, 4**^ Ilealtli is the beat of aSL health keeps her rosy &tia 1tiM- nnt. beautiful and blooming, sensible and sweet. It is secured Vv wholesome habits and the use of Dr. l'ioree'a Favorite Pre­ scription. Bertha takes it. and she also "takes the cake." The oniy guaranteed cure for those distressing ailments peculiar to women. Satisfaction or your money re­ turned. Fob Constipation or 8iek Headache, use Dr. Pierce's Pellets; Purely Vegetable. One a dose. Where Woman MM a Grip. Typewriting is peculiarly woman's •work. Fully 75 per cent, of the opera­ tors are of this sex. The reasons as­ signed for this are varied. Some at­ tribute the fact to the greater dexter­ ity of feminine fingers and others to their greater cheapness. Neatness is also assigned as a reason for employ­ ing women. As the pay of typewriting operators who are also stenographers averages about $12 per week, it will be seen that cheapness is not the least important element in giving prefer­ ence to the female operators. Quite a number of the young^women get as high as $25 a week, but they are ex­ ceptionally quick operators. The number who receive from $5 to $7 a week is much greater.--Chicago T ribune. Everything in nature indulges in amusements. The lightning plavs, the wind whistles, the thunder rolls, the snow flies, the waves leap, and the fields smile. Even the trees shoot and the river-?, -nJ streams run. Vigor and Vitality Af quickly given to every part of the body by Hood'* Saraaparilla. That tired feelln* is entirely over­ come. The blood Is purified, enriched and vitalized, and carries health instead of dieease to every organ. The stomach is toned and strengthened, the appetite rm.ton>>t Th« kidneys aud liver ars reused aim invig­ orated. Ik* brain is refreshed, the nerves strength­ ened. The whola srstem is built up br Hood's Sarsa- parilla. "I was all run down and unfit Tor business. I Induced to take a bottle of Hood's Harsaparilla, and it built me right up so that 1 was soon able to resume work." D. W. Ubate. 4 Martin Street, Albany. N.Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists, f 1; six for $5. Prepared only by C. 1. HOOli k CO.. Lowell, Uaaa. 100 Doses One Dollar na. Aamatai give their wt . trap to ihe bufiincHH. Spare momeataiMr b*NMr itablv A f»"v 'mmHc* it iUWUMK ami rttifs. i>.. V. * vO_ M0» 9U-. Richmond, Vs. .V. Ii.-- l'.tuan, state agt ami •rperienr-e. Strer mftul atom svndtna utamp fitf <• pht. H.F.J + Co. MSNTiOS THIS Ftm raw mmm to miusia, e H1 CHESTER'S JENGUtSit PENNYROYALNU& . K«d Croat* UiauMdl Brawl. •• pliltuwte. Wbasl TIm mIt reliable mr*. I •dles. aak n>4 Braal, la red ?tith klw riMw. 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Shrewd m*a to art aaJfrlaatnwtloa. la aur B*crtt RrrTk*. Ktp«r(*ne* aoluMMMry. K«a* to. atamps •raimanDetsctivtBureauCe. 44 Arcade, ClncleMtUOL ML DRILLS braDparp«se& 19m4 SOetefW mailing catalogues wttti fall partieutars 'CARPENTCM ST. AMD CARROLL *Vt WtrnoN THIS PM'KK WHSB varriM fa immuat, Compliments Freely Exchanged* "Miss Clara," he murmured fondly, can you tell me why your eyes are like the stars V" * "No. Why are they?" •Because they shine so brightly. "Ah! thanks. But you fete like" the .fltars, too, Mr. Dally." "Why, may I ask?" "Because you stay until daybreak." And shortly afterward his footsteps OOuld have been heard, as they pat­ tered alone the board walk. California Colonlxmtlqpt : !The announcement of th« "Chicago anil California Colonization Company" will be read with interest by persons who contem­ plate going to California. The C. &, C. C. C. u a legitimate enterprise, and one which jure pleased to mention thus Ivrorablf, Quite naturally it is the man of sea­ soned intellect and ripe experience who does not seem fresh. --Binghamton Republican. No aoAP has ever been Imitated as muoh M Dobbins' Electric Soap. The market is full of imitations. Be careful that you are not deceived. "J. B. Dobbins, Philadelphia and New York." is stamped on every bar. fixD, white and blue must be "fast" oolors to oover so much territory in a hundred years. Xr afflicted with Sore Eye*, use Or. Imwo Ibompaon'e Eye Water. Drnggistasaliit S&o, The time is not far distant when the only "reservation" the Indian possesses wmbe a mentalonr 'tahis mina."5** :MOTHERS VRIEHD" iSiERs PijN^ TO LIFE Qa DIMINISHES , MOTHER " 'AIMER'S MAGNETIC INHALE] JPatented June 1W, 188 Price, One Dollar. Magnetism and Menthol as ft * ^ Remedial and Curative Agent. From time to time many inventions and devti hare been placed unon the market claiming to oars catarrh, neuralgia, bronchitis, etc., many ol which are said to contain electric or magnetic curative powers. Dr. Palmer is a gentleman who lias devoted a life of study to the Bubject of catarrh and diseases ol the hesd. throat, and lutijfs. and some time since he commenced a series ot experiments with a view to determtniuK whether any combination oould be formed which would kill the parasite and act as a healing power at the same time, and at length suc­ ceeded in determining thatmeuthol. when combined with magnetism, would do so. bnt how to arrange these seemingly opposite agents so as to render their uae convenient and effectual was a question of ^.me difficulty. At length he succeeded in confining within a vulcanite tube three inches long and about three-^uartere of an inch in diameter a perfect mag­ netic battery in the form of a coil of steel wire. In the Interior of this battery is stored a tint? grade of imported menthol. The ends of the tube are closed by nickel caps, which, when removed, admit of the free inhalation of the electro-mentliolized air. The menthol acts as a germacide, while the matsueto- electric iorce stimulating the w«<®keu<*d nerves of Uie diseased parts into healthy action forms a won­ derful healing power, thereby successfully stopping any farther depredations. The? fumes when inhaled are refreshing and cool­ ing, and for the immediate relief and speedy cure of catarrh, cold In the head, hay fever, headache, neu­ ralgia, catarrhal deafness, etc., it i.s nuequaled. It cures headache in live minutes. Sore throat il one of the diseases immediately affected by tlir In­ haler. Commencing colds can be broken tip in M hours by a few inspiration* from this little bcuefeo- tor. To clear the throat and head, and produce souim! freshing sleep at night, it hut no equ inspiration is pleasant and effect wonderful ai:<l re f inm like it has ever been placed on the mar&ei: before. Its price is moderate. It* working is mar- veiowi. and no family can afford to be without one ct these inventions. Beware of imitation, us there are unscrupulous persors engsced in the manufacture of a spurtoM inhaler that strongly resembles the genuine. Pull directions, testimonials, etc., sent with each instrument. It yon are aflllcied with Catarrh. Bend S1.00 and get a Magnetic Inhaler, which is certain to affbrd lnatant relief nd a permauaat cure^ Addreaa K. .. J?., -vv 'k : I-' .' Bawnmtummm can r nil j aai quickly lauat* cut »a« BMfe* ariv gaMKMtl* uritrteiMV meaiareW Udr m (Mt Addreaa v' - *^0 f... j -*'i swi; V Alt OF THE LATEST ATTACH*EMTI IMPROVEMENTS. 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The BiMUBe will be packed in % substaotitl wooden onto. *frtyrri< treigbt over the moct direct route. shipped br expre Erery lsor in chine shoul< it the muufftctorv' wbolenele prio^wkic^ express. rinneed<ME stood* reUsbte Bvwim dtake sdYsnts^e of thl» ois sndMtSZ not be obtsined in &oy other maimer. Write Ksn% Tnwn. Oonnty, and stat^ uiainbr and address fni CHICA<;0 1JKD<;Kli* *7f Chlcai.'t>. IU. O. V* kaiewM c. sr. u MHKN VUftHS TO ADVmiaBK -f'lTr ***mm-mm **