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* ^ : * iv. > •*> «»• V' *Ai'-> •' ,» -.J/•»> / *» *., 1 « ••, ' '."t\ )*, v'_ • ,f. • • -;':••<$*;-? >%V: v V>i('. ~' . '• •' .'.->- a , - i'-HJSm-'Ik; ^>1 ,' •* .-. tiBenni s brave WOMEN. ••w Mm iltilepagn F*o«d a ttattery «f <?*;'; Artillery. Among the first military movements the Sooth was the sending by Vir­ ginia of an army under Gen. John A. Wise, afterward the famous war gov­ ernor, to recover this western part of the State, which had declined te secede. ' This army followed the old turnpike wer ^'le Alleghanies, through the Warm and White Sulphur Springs aud down the Kanawha, and in June, 1861, it reached and camped round about Charleston, some sixty miles above the . Ohio, and now the capital of the Stfite. Wise had been chosen to command this expedition in the hope that he - would crush out the Union sentiment West of the mountains by the prestige of his name and the persuasive power of his eloquence, rather than by arms; but he chose instead to assert a tyran­ nical military power, which soon made trim cordially hated by many of his •would-be friends as well as by his foes --no, not foes, for hb saw none, but by those who disagreed with his doctrine. Nothing contributed to this more than life very first act on arriving at Charles­ ton. A few miles below the city, on the bank of the Kanawha, where three im­ portant roads converged, stood the Lit­ tlepage mansion. Mr. Littlepage was •> business man and farmer of wealth Mid enterprise. He owned many slaves, and kept a large general store at this convenient point, which was of great, service to the people of a large region. He was a Southern man and a Southern sympathizer, and would have been glad to join those of his neighbors and asso­ ciates who led squads and companies of recruits to swell Wise's army; but the people of that region had begge 1 him not to do so, representing that it was of great importance that he remain there and carry on his business. When Wise came and heard of this J* affected to treat the whole story as a subterfuge on the part of Mr. Little- * page, and branded him in rude language as a Yankee sympathizer who must be taught a lesson. Commanding his pres­ ence before him in Charleston, he re­ peated the accusations, and told him he must either reverse his decision or he would be sent to Richmond in chains «nd his property would bet confiscated, and then Wise added : "Furthermore, I propose to use your house as my headquarters and shall re­ quire yon to entertain my staff, so you had better go home and get ready for me." I „ . T h i s w a s a s p e c i m e n o f t h e G e n e r a l ' s .persuasive eloquence. V The Littlepage mansion was an im­ mense and comfortably furnished house r< of stone. Arouud it spread acres upon acres of rich bottom land, and behind^t were stables and paddock filled with a great herd of fine oxen and cows .with a score of high-bred horses and mules, and granaries stored with produce and implements. Down there the next morning rod© Gen. Wise and his staff, prancing gaylv At the head of their troops. Dismount­ ing at the gate Gen. Wise stalked up to the broad door, ever hospitably open, and rapped with his sword hilt. His knock was answered by Mrs. Little­ page, a slight refined, gentle Virginia matron. "I want this house for my headquar- / tarns," was the officers rough demhnd. "Gen. Wise, my husband is power­ less to Resist your force, but this prop­ erty is mine as much as his, and I shall under no circumstances allow you to fen- ter it. Be good enough to leave the premises. Mr. Little page's mouth is closed and his hands are tied, but mine are not--yet." Her husband could be seen within, and Wise called to him tauntingly: "When I am home I rule my'house. Remove your wife and yield to my de­ mand without any further foolishness,. if you are a man." "I am as much the head of my family as you," he replied, "but in this I yield to my wife's judgment." "Then I shall blow the house down over your head," was the angry retort, and the General strode away. Ten minutes after there was a crash and clatter of galloping horses and the loud rumble of guns and caissons, as a battery of artillery rushed down the river road, wheeled into position in front of the mansion and unlimbered its six guns, which were trained on the house, while a curious crowd of soldiers and officers gathered behind them. • Bui'while the gunners wheeled their Cannon. Mrs. Littlepage collected every one of her seven children and placed them around her on the porch. The great crowd was hushed to silence, aud the gurgling music of the thrush, the buoyant melody of the blackbird and medlark tinkled through the noise of rammer and sponge, as the artillery­ men, with scowling brows, loaded their pieces. Wise sat upon his horse in front of his staff, the glorious June suylight glistening from his gold lace and the trappings of his saddle. The guns were loaded, the men stepped back to their places and stood erect» the concourse of soldiers and citizens looked on as still as death, the bird^s sang more sweet and loud tlfan ever. "Orderly, tell that woman I will give Iter two minutes to get her children out «F|Uie way." rFhe message was delivered, and the orderly, returning, touched his cap and reported: ^ She refuses to move, sir, and says--" f Here he hesitated. "Well, what was it she said?--quick 1" "She say® that if you came here to make war upon women and children, she and her little ones might as well fall as to live dishonored." There was a stir among the staff and hoarse murmurs among the few that overheard. Wise's countenance black­ ened with rage as he turned to an aide- de-camp: "Order them to fire at onceP he com­ manded. "General, I oannot be a party to such ma act," was the dignified reply. Furious, the commander galloped over to the battery. "Open fire!" he shouted to the Can- tain in charge. " v r "Never!" was the prompt and indig­ nant response. "You are under arrest for insubordi­ nation P Wise cried with an oath, and, turning around, himself gave the order! Not a man left his place or raised a finger to obey. No discipline was strong hind the scenes and laid him tenderly across his knee; "What the have I done?" "What have you done?" exclaimed the shocked and grieved parent as he continued the vigorous windmill-like tonch with which he was caressing his cherished offspring. "What have vou done, you doggone young rascal ? lrou put two ripe bunches in the [whack] pound and a half o' grapes you [whack] sold that nearsighted old duffer a minute ago!" [Whack! whack!]--Chicago Tribune. \ Starting Out Right. A voung girl who occupies a minor position in the clerical department of a large railroad company, decided one day in a passionate tone, "I'd give any­ thing in tlie world if I were out of the X,^Y, and Z*offices!** "Why?" asked her friend, knowing that the position was fully as good ad she could expect, to hold. "Because I've started out Wrong and I can't get right. "I thought when I began that I could be on friendly, sociable terms witlj the men in the office, and have nice, easy times with them as we worked together day by day. But, oh, it hasn't turned out as I thought it would, at all! They treat me in a familiar, slap-you-on-the- back kind of way that humilates me constantly. "When I come in the morning they say, 'Jennie, what have you got that thing around your neck for ?' or they ask if I didn't forget some of my hair­ pins. s And when I try to resent it, they only laugh at/ne. I am fairly degraded in my own eyes, and I can't help it, be­ cause I've started out wrong." There is a lesson here for the vast army of girls and young women who are privileged, under our liberal social re­ quirements, to go out into the world and earn their own livings. It is hard ftfr a girl Who has lived a free and unconstrained life at home, entertaining her male friends, usually in her mother's presence, and always with her sanction, to realize that the same unstudied atmosphere should not prevail in a public office. She does ftot take into account that she has not the accustomed background of home and parents to countenance her innocent gayety. The, proverbial inch ri given, aud the ell taken, and, often when it is too late, she finds that the charmed circle of womanly sancitv, which is every girl's birthright, is trod­ den down and obliterated. Her name is bandied from one pair of masculine lips to another, her actions openly commented on. the details of her dress discussed. She finds herself treated as a sort of anomalous creature, not a man, and not commanding the re­ spect and deference due a woman. It is monstrous and humiliating, and once allowed, is nearly irremediable. Girls, earn your independence, if you must, or will; go as a wage-earner into the office or the shop, but carry with you that sweet and womanly reserve which is at once your charm and your safeguard. Be sure that you "start out right."--Y&utlCs Companion. Curious Habits of the Chinese. * - When a Chinaman desires a visitor to dine with him he does not ask him to do so, but when he does not wish him to stay he puts the question: "Oh, won't you stay and dine with me, please?" The visitor " will then know he is not wanted. When a Chinaman expects a present and it does not come, he sends one or lesser Value. A rich man's servant gets no salary, yet many are the applicants; while big salaries are paid to the servants of the common people, but fev^make applications. The perquisites of the former ofkya more than triple the salaries of the latter, which is the sole reason of those differ­ ences. To encourage honesty and sin­ cerity, confidential clerks and salesmen in all branches of industry receive an annual percentage of the firm's busir ness, besides their regular salary. The highest ambition of a Cliinamun is to have a nice coffin and a lino funeral. In China one can always borrow money on the strength of having a son, but nobody would advance him a cent if he had a dozen daughters. The former is responsible for the debt of. his father for three generations. The latter is only responsible for the debts of hej own liusbftid. When a Chinaman meets another he shakes and squeezes his own hands and covers his head. If great friends had not seen each other for a long time they would rub shoul­ ders until they got tired. Instead of Seme People. Most of those people who have loit­ ered away their vacation at the sea-side and on the mountain, are at home again. They have indulged in their annual circus over the enormous bills of the boardingihouse-keeper, and now, with tanned and • freckled faces, and with fiat and melancholy looking pocket- books they have settled down to busi­ ness. On all sides they will tell you what delightful times they had, and how they ate, and how many pounds they gained in weight. It 6eems to be a subject for great self-congratulation to get fat, and many a good, moral man who would not lie about the size of the fish he caught, will lie about his weight, and represent himself a few pounds heavier than he really is. But occasionally you will come across an individual who did not enjoy his out­ ing. He never enjoys anything. It isn't his way. Ask him about his so­ journ at tha mountains. "Never had a night's rest Beds all , damp and hard as a stone watering- trough. Nothing fit to eat. Crying babies everywhere--and old women with bundles. Daily papers a week old. Postmaster read all the postals. Rained all the time. «r Mouutaius all swallowed up in fog. Bills enormpus. Mosquitoes ravenous, and no respect for persons. Enjoy it? No, indeed. Should have been more comfortable at home. Was a fool to go. Never en­ joy anything of the kind." No matter where the man goes it is just the same. In traveling, he never sees anything worth looking at. He declines to en­ thuse over anything. He looks with contempt on those who do. He con­ veys the impresion that he could have built better mountains tlxan the Alps, and let loose upon the world a much more wonderful ocean than any that is at present acting in that capacity, if he had only set himself about it. There are a good many people of this man's description in the world. You meet them at every turn. No matter where they go they never have a good time. Earth, air, , and water inspire to make their attempt after happiness a dead failure. If it r&inj when they go on a picnic they will tell you that "any body might have known it would have rained! The rain always spoils, every­ thing !" These people are like a wet blanket on all lovers of a good time. It is im­ possible to be happy in thel presence of one of them as it is to be self-possessed iu the presence of your grandmother's ghost. He dampens everything. The depressing atmosphere which surronnds hiui nips all things in the bud. The funny man would not dare presume to be funny in such a forbidding presence. Nobody could laugh, and indeed, no- bodv would feel like laughing. The man who never enjoys him­ self keeps a little apart, and wonders how it is that "some folks" can find anything to be happy over in lawn-ten­ nis. He speculates over croquet, and looks with contempt on base ball. He doesn't care a cent whether the Ameri­ can vessel outsails the English one. It is of no account to him whether Jay- J3ye-See trots in 2:09 or 2:09±. He is above common interests. He is looking for something to enjoy what has not yet been invented. He is passing his life--his life .which can never come back to him when it is gone--in neglecting simple s mrces of happiness--he is ex­ pecting that sometime he shall chance to come upon that which shall be worthy of his notice; but let him take heed and Understand that the delights of this life lie all along the way. if he will but gather them in; but if we pass them by we can never go back along the track--and every day that we loose by fault-finding is so much lost out of the whole--lost, but never regained.--Kate Thorn in New York Weekly. would say: "How is your stomach ?" or "Have you eaten your rice?" "How old are you?" "How much did you pay for your sandals ?" Men wear long pet­ ticoats and carry fans, while the women wear short jackets and carry canes. Boats are drawn by horses, carriages move by sails. Old men plav ball and fly kites, while children fold their arms and look on. Old women, instead ofc young are the idols of society. Love- making is only done tlaree days before marriage. It is not only considered the safest way to get ahead of a rival, but the surest way to get a wife with­ out losing much time. A previous ac­ quaintance betweeu the male and the female prevents them from marriage. For this reason a man seldom weds a girl of his own town. If a Chinaman .desires the death of an enemy, he goes and hangs himself upon that enemy's door. It is considered a sure way to kill not only that particular enemy, but members of his entire family will be ip jeopardy of losing their lives. A Precious Signet Ring. The diamond signet of the iil-fated Charles I. of England, is of immense intrinsic and artistic value. It was supposed to be the handiwork of the monarch himself. He was known as a skillful artificer in gold and silver, and much of his leisure was devoted to this congenial occupation. On the seal was graven the coat of arms of Great Britain and the monogram of the King. At his demise it passed into the pos­ session of his dethroned son, who, dur­ ing the time of his banishment in France, became in such straightened circumstances that he was forced to part with his precious relic. It was purchased by the well known French traveler, Tavernier, who. shortly after­ ward made a journey to the far Orient. He exhibited the jewel at the Russian court and the Shah offered him a fabu- the Mississippi was thrown with Texas to make four new states, but non§ to come into the Union until 1880. Florida wa=t obliterated. States taking the place of Mississippi, Georiga and Alabama getting a coast line at her expense. I hope this map has not been destroyed. It would be of great interest to the fu­ ture historian, as showing what a poli­ tician would have done with the United States if he had had the power. From all that I observed in those early days of the war I am convinced that the revo­ lution did not go deep enough for Simon Cameron, and that it went deeper than was anticipated at its beginning by Mr. Lincoln.--Washington Capital. ( • Hnlhat tan's Pampas a Liar. I was sorry to see it announced that Col. Joe Mulhattan has shaken the dust of Kentucky off his feet to become a New Mexican. Louisville needs all her celebrities and hates to lose any (ft them. No doubt we shall hear of some wonder­ ful caves and mines and things discov­ ered in New Mexico. Joe Mulhattai. was one of the most successful drum ­ mers who traveled out of Louisville, a zealous Baptist and the most genial and entertaining liar in the United States. His fame spreads from Bea to sea. His first great "fake" was a story about an encounter with two highwaymen, whom lie vanquished, on a trestle tear Big Clifty, Kv. The ease with which lie got the newspapers to bite encouraged him to greater efforts. It would be im­ possible to recount all the marvellous yarns he lias spun since theii, but prob­ ably none of his hoaxes were more in­ genious tlian that about the meteorite in Texas. The story was first printed in the Fbrt Worth papers and was briefly telegraphed all over the country by the presV lines. A meteorite, the largest ever known in scientific records, had fallen in a remote Texas County, with the usual accompaniments of noise and fire. It was so big it had completely' demolished a house and killed a family of seven Texans. Well, the event was so remarkable and unprecedented that the Fort Worth newspaper offices were besieged the next day with telegrams from all the leading journals of the country asking further particulars. Scientific societies were excited and sent inquiries, and even some European scientists became stirred up on the sub­ ject. But on careful investigation it developed that Joe Mulhattan was the only meteorite who had shot across the Texas skies that season. Joe always claimed that none of his hoaxes ever harmed anybody, but that they gave en­ tertainment to thousands of newspaper readers.--Louisville Post. Slightly Similar. A traveler crossing Kansas saw for the first time a great field of sugar-cane, but mistook it for Indian corn, which it somewHiat resembles, says the Pitts­ burgh Dispatch. Intending to be affa­ ble he said to an old farmer sitting near liim in the car: "That's a fine field of corn,'sir.* "Call it corn up your way, do you?" was the response. "Why, isn't it J" " Well, it mought be corn, mebbe," said the farmer, with a slow smile. "It mought be corn just as our oat mought have been a rabbit the time he gqt shot fur one." "How's that?" . "Well, old Tom was licking his way through the wood back of our house one day as fast as he conld go, sod my son Jake was out with his gun and shot him down fur A rabbit. When we come to gibe Jake about it he says, says he, 'Well, I 'low he mought have showed more ears.'" The traveler laughed heartily as he glanced again from the car window at the slender, earless stalks of the sugar cane, and he laughed again as the farmer concluded: "An' jest in the same way, stranger, that thur cane mought have been corn if it had contrived to show more ears." 5ot Without Its Use. "Visitor (in sevthern part of Chi­ cago)--What dreadfal smell is it that seems to fill the whole atmosphere? Host,--It's the odor from the stock- ytras--the rendering and boi^e-boiling establishments, you know. \ isitor--Is it often like this ? How in the world can you endure it ? Host--It isn't really bad when you get used to it. Besides, when it blows over in this direction, we always know it's going to rain.--Chicago Tribune. Entirely Helpless to Health. __Tho ubove statement made by Mrs. 8. H. Ford, wi o ot Cien. Ford, can bo vouched for t>y.nearly the entire population of Cor- uunu, Mich., h©r > for years. Shw was for,two years a terrible pufferer from rheu­ matism. being confined to hor bed most of the time, her leet and limbs bein? so badly swollen she could scarcely move. Shu was induced to try a bottle ot Hibbard's llheu matU; Syrup. It helped her, and two ad­ ditional bottles entirely cured her. To-day she is M Wi)ll woman. l irst ask your drupfcidk should he not keep it. w>> will s>»iid on receipt of price. SI per bottleof slaoor 55. ;* REECMATIC SYRUP CO. Jackson. Mioh. A CITIZEN of Eatouton, Ga., smokes about twelve pounds of' tobacco yearly in a pipe that he declares is over two hundred years old. This leads a mathe­ matical person to calculate that if that were the average amount usert in the pipe since its first day 2,400 pounds of the weed have been burned in its bowl, and if the first $1'2 had been put out at compound interest at the rate of 10 per cent, it would* now have grown to the sum of $1,755,433,200. Just how this would have benefited the first owner of the pipe does not appear. The Fruit of Violence. • In no ease is the folly of violence In medfca- tlon more conspicuously shown by its fruit thai) in the effect upon the intestines of excessive purgation. The stomach and bowels are first painfully griped, then the latter is copiously, suddenly and repeatedly evacuated. This is far beyond the necessities of the case, most annate oral, excessively debilitating. The orgaus are incapacitated from resuming their function with normal moderation. An astringent is resorted to which rcducds them to their former condition of inaction. To this monstrous and harmful absurdity, Hostetter's Stomach Bit­ ters is the happy alternative. It relaxes cent I v naturally, surtici«ntly. it diverts Lilt; from tlie blood into its proper channel, it insures healtli- f«l digestion and complete assimilation. It is a complete defense against malaria, aud eon- qdj-rs rheumatism, neuralgia, nervousueas. kidney ana bladder trouble. "L' Street Stand Trade. It would not be supposed that much of a living can be made bv the corner apple man in cities, but it seems they haw a good many customers iri the cotlTse of a day. One of these small merchants in Washington said the other day: "In the morning I catch the trade of the clerks on their way to the departments. ' Many of them, . mostly ladies, stop and purchase fruit sentence begins with' I to take to the office with them ais a part of their lunch. They always want the 'finest fruit to be obtained and are gen erally willing to pay good prices. asking aFter 'elih^otlior*s* healtTThe"yJ ^ad® is g°otl Peasant weather, n,A,,i,i\ov. "TT™ ;« »ut in bad weather it is lost because ^he clerks take the street cars. Then the clerks in the stores are good cus­ tomers. As a rule they are not so par " Letter writers who are fond of de­ scribing their own doings without ap­ pearing to do so, find some difficulty in managing the pronoun I. It has a way in some letters, of always appear­ ing at the beginning of sentences, like a cork that will rise to the top of water. But a letter in which almost every has a sadly egotistical, not to say Belfisli appear­ ance. aud great art must be exerted to avoid this. Great offence may be given in social conversation by too bald an in traduction, and again by too continual an omission of pronouns. To begin ab­ ruptly speaking of a third person who is present as he or she, without men The Flopping or a Fly's Wing. The slow Hopping of a butterfly's wing, says Sir John Lubbock, pro­ duces no sound, but when the move­ ments are rapid a noise is produced which increases in shrillness with the number of vibrations. Thne the house fly, which produces the sound F, vibrates its wings 21,120 times a minute, or 335 times in a second; and the bee, which makes the sound of A, as many as 26,400 times, or 440 times in a second. On the contrary, a tired bee hums on E, and, therefore, accord­ ing to theory, vibrates its wings only 330 times in A second. Mar'cv, the naturalist, after many attempts, has succeeded, by a delicate meclianfam, in confirming these numbers graphic­ ally. He fixed a fly so that the tip of of the wing just touched a cylinder, which was moved by clockwork. Each stroke of the wing caused a mark, of course very slight, but still quite per­ ceptible, and thus showed that there were actually 330 strokes in a second, agreeing almost exactly with the num­ ber of vibrations inferred from the note produced. STATK or OHIO, CITY OP TOLXDO, » LUCAS COUNTY, S8. T FRANK J. CHKNKY makes oath that ha is the senior partner of tlie firm of F. •). OHKNKY <V Co., doing business in tlie City of Toledo. Coun­ ty and IS.ate aforesaid, and that Baid Ann will pay the bum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS f r each nad every case of Catarrh that cannot be CHred by the use of HALI/K CATAIUOI CUBK. FKANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subs ribed in my preseaoe, this 6th day of December, A. , --A. W. GLEASON. J 8£AX>. V Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cnre is taken internally, and aete directly upon the blood and mucus surfaces ef ih® system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. 49~Sold by druggist*, 75 oente. tioning the name, is very apt to cause ticularas the office clerks and are will- unutterable feelings to arisen the third ing to take smaller fruit at a lower price. Along during the day and even­ ing the candy trade is good, for it is theti that the children get their pennies. Along during the day many persons out shopping stop and get a couple of peaches or pears instead of going to a iunch-ropm. In the afternoon the newsboys and"bootblacks come around. They are not particular as to looks. They want all they cAn get for a penny and will buy the rough and- knotty fruit. • If they get two or three peaches or pears for a penny they are perfectly satisfied. "How about the peanut trade?" "Well, that's about the same the year around. I sell what people don't help themselves to. You know it's a habit with people when they make a pur­ chase to take a handful of peanuts, and indeed it is not an unusual thing for persons to scoop up a peanut or two as tliev pass by. During the day the sales are pretty good, but the night time is when I expect to sell peanuts. During the theater season the sales greatly increase. Many theater-goers, "Why, you are big enough to eat two or many of Ihem who do not carry pea- or three of them up at once person's breast. Mr. Smith resents' be­ ing continually described in his own presence as "he;" while on the other hand, if the noun is admitted too much, that venerable and familiar family name itself will pfcll at length, by con­ stant repetition, upon his owner. It is as bad as when a person inferior in rank to Mr. Smith, and in duty bound to ad­ dress him as sir, substitutes continually Mr. Smith for sir, a practice to which some individuals of lower station are much addicted, .under the impression that it is a mark of independence. A Practicable View of the Situation. "Old man!" exclaimed.a tough, as be entered ̂ saloon on Champlain street, "I can break you in two in leas than a minute!" " Have a glass of beer at my expense ?" smilingly queried the saloonist. "Well, 1 don't care if I do. thanks. You are a gentleman, you are." "Do you let toughs browbeat and bulldoze you after that fashion V asked a man who had witnessed the scene. lous sum for the unique gem, which Q ' ~ " -- ' - -v U lit V/UK I _ » 1 » , • enongh to make those American soldiers I waH preserved with extreme care in the discharge their cannon at that brave woman and her seven children, and "Wise set up his tents in the next field while Mrs. Littlepage saved the house which is the home of. her children to­ day.--Ernest Ingersoll, in New York Star. . . 1 ,v. / " Bkhly Deserted. - "'"•"'"fW&li'lire you lammin' meiSlT* bel­ lowed the young salesman at the fruit -wlinug lis itea inm l '* ,.<; i ,A>' treasure vault of the Oriental satrap. He Would Break It SmalL ":i*'1Cfemso--Is it true that Gazley'a wife has eloped? * ' ; " Fangle--Yes, it is true. "Does Gazley know about iff* "Not yet. We haven't decided who shall break the news to him." v "Let Briggs do it He's the very man.. He stutters, you know."--New Turk Sun. nuts inside with them, will buy them on their way home. I remember tha time when it was not an unusual thing to sell a two bushel bag of peanuts in one night. After the theaters are closed there is still business. Many men visit the fruit stands as late as midnight and buy a bag pf fruit and peanuts to carry home to their wives. That is the last trade for the night. The lights are lowered And the stand is closed until the following morning." Simon Cameron's Map of tlie South. I saw a map in the library °' the war department which I have often wished to see again. It was Mr. Cameron's idea of what the map of the United States ought to look like after the sup­ pression of the Rebellion. In it the names of the revolted States were ob­ literated. None of the Southern State lines were retained. Even the border States lines were rectified. Delaware was absorbed by Pennsylvania and Maryland. Maryland also took in the Eastern shore of Virginia; Virginia was divided and the ancient name disap­ peared ; natural lines were adopted Let's figure a minute," replied the other. "I gave him a small glass of beer, costing me about a cent and a half. / He went away good-natured and satisfied. I could have bounced him, but it would have taken five dollars' worth of exertion, to say nothing of a possible arrest and a suit for assault and battery. Did I gain or lose ?" "Well, if you put it in that way you gained." "That's the only way to put it. I used to keep grocery. On one occasion I refused to throw off a cent on a dozen of eggs and the family took their trade, amounting to -$800 per year, to another grocer. That was a lesson to me to last forever.--Detroit Free Press. IT has been a custom in Stillwater, Minn., for several seasons to go goose- hunting down Lake St. Croix with a boat fitted with an electric light. One evening last week a party started out. The lake was covered with fog and smoke. They came on a large flock of geese, which rose, making straight for the boat, driving the men on the upper deck below. Several of the geese struck the wheelhouse and other parts of the boat. Some twenty were stunned by colliding v ith the smokestack and rigging, and six were captured, while the others got into the jvater. Not a shot was fired. It Doesn't Pay To experiment with uncertain remedies. When ufflk-ted with any of the ailments lor which Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov­ ery is recommended, as it is so positively certain in its curative effects 41s to warrant its manufacturers in guaranteeing ft to beneilt or cure, or money paid for it Is re­ turned. It i.-i warranted, to cure all blood, skin and sculp diseases, salt rheum, tetter, and all scofulous sores and swellings, as well as consumption (which is scrofula of the lungs). it taken in time and given a fair trial. DON'T hawk, hawk, blow, spit, and dis­ gust everybody with your offensive breath, but use Dr. Mage's Catarrh Remedy and ead it. EXTENSIVE forest fires have recently been raging in Spain. Although the country has fewer trees than any other in Europe, the government does noth­ ing to restore burned forests by plant­ ing young trees. FARMERS' NATIONAL CONGRESS. and Louisiana west form, now jta t^3, ̂ a v- i 1 r ' •* He was a Contributor. "O, yes," said the elderly gentleman, "I have made several contributions to the Monthly Literarum." "Indeed?" said the literary man, "I didn't know you were a writer." j "Well, I'm not exactly a writer, but I've lent the editor small sums oi money at different times, and I pre* to i same it is safe to call them" contribu* "--Jiankinuton gout. r'r • Montgomery, Ala., November 1,3 to 10. For this occasion the Chicago and East­ ern Illinois Ktkilroaa (Evansville'route) will sell excursion tickets at reduced rates. iSvo daily fast trains. Nashville Fast Line leaves'C'hicago (1'olk Street Depot) at 8:50 p. m.. arriving in Nashville 7:10o'clook the following morning, and in Montgomery 7 p.m. Thistiain has flrst-class coaches and 1'ullman Enlace Buffet Sleeping Cars throush to Nashville. Night Fast Express leaves at 11:15 p^m. It has bag^ace car. smoking car. first-class coaches, and Pullman Palace Rloepln? Car, and runs solid to Nashville, arriving there at 4:30 p. m., and at Montgomery 2:25o'clock the following morning. For further information address Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Ticket Office. 64 Clark street, or William Hill. General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago, 111. . MORE rain has fallen in California during the past month than during any previous October in the history of the signal service. It was injurious to grapes, but beneficial to other agricul­ tural interests. If the Sufferers Hum Consumption, Scrofula and General Debility will try SeottfB Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, with Hypopbos- phites, they will find immediate relief and a permanent benefit. Dr. H. V. Mott. Brent­ wood. Cal., •writes: "I have used Seottfs Emulsion with great advantage in cases of Phthisis. Scrofula, and Wasting Diseases. It is very palatable." Sold by Druggists. IT is estimated that 10,000,000 Kodak photographs were taken since June 1. THE Englishman who believes that practical operations in electricity can be carried out successfully at 10,000 volts pressure probably alludes to death operations, especially as he seems in­ clined to favor an overhead system. London does not want any electrical wires overhead, judging from the fact that she is creating subways eight fwt deep in the Strand. The Excitement Not Over. The rush on the druggists still continues, and daily scores of people call for a bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs for the cure of Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis. Asthma and Consumption. Kemp's Balsam, the standard family remedy, is sold on a guarantee and never fails to give entire sat­ isfaction. Pace 50c and $1. Trial size free. A GROSS liar is one who tells twelve lies per day for twelve daya.--Austin Statesman. ^JACOBS OIL FOP Neuralgia, Cured: A OI# (aid n hour Ago f* AT DARCGISTS AND I>KAI.JCRS. VME CHARLES A. V0QELER CO.. Hibbard'* Rheumatic aad Liver PilK These Tills are scientifically compoundel. uniform in action. No griping pain so com­ monly following the use of pills. They are adapted to both adults and children with perfect safety. Wo guarantee they have no e^iial in the cure of Sick Headacrie, Con­ stipation. Dyspepsia. Biliousness; and. as an appetizer, they excel any other prepara­ tion. , IT takes a pretty woman to find out how niofl a mean man can to.--Atchison Globe. • • " . It errry woman knew for herself the ac­ tual quality of Dobbins' Electric Soap, no other washing soap could ht3 sold. Millions" do use it. but other millions have never tried it. )Iavevo«(? Ask your grocer for it. JUSTICE is like a girl embraced behind the shatter--blind-folded. KM Ton B«td the large advertisement of THE TotrrH's COMPANION which \vo published last week? This romarkal'le paper has the phenomenal circulation of -fl.tO.OOO copies weekly. No other journal is more welcomed by old and young in the families throughout the land. The publishers make a special offer once a year, and to all who subscribe now will send the paper free to January 1. 1890, and for a full year from that date. The subscription price is $1.75. Address THB YOUTH'S COM­ PANION, Boston. Mass. RELIEF. THE GREAT CONQUEROR OF PML For Sprains Kriiisp*. Barkaeba, Pate te UN* Chest or lEeaiiache, Toothnrbfe WMV other external patii, a few appli«atlomnittt# on by hand net like magic, cauiing th> write* to instantly stop. For Congestions, Colds, BronrWM*, H*gMnfc tnoiiin. Inflammations, RhcnBistisni. Ktnn)<^ Kia. Lmiitiago. M'iatica. mmc tlmmntb uA repeated applications are necessary. Internal L'ains. Diarrhea. Colic, • Nausea, FAINTING Spell-., >'ervousnt»S«, FTIMGPI.. lessness ARE relieve,I insUuitly, AND QULCUF PIIRED by taking inwardly SO to GO drops TE half a tumbler, of water. 50c. m botti*. JUS . DruKKUt*. • ' Oregon, the Paradise of Farmer*. Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant crop*. Best, fruit, prain. grass, and stock conn- try in the world. Full information frtio. Address the Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon. BBONCHITIS is curei by frequent small dostes of Piso's Cure tor Consumption. SKOKS the best--Tansill's Punch" Cigar. Catarrh in the Head Originates in scrofulous taint in the blood. Hcnce tlie proper method by which to cure catarrh is to jmrifu blooil. Its yian? disagreeable symptoms, and the danger of developing into bronchitis or that terribly fatal disease consumption, are entirely removed by llood's Hnrlaparilla, which cures ca­ tarrh by purifying the blood; it also tones up tho sj'f teiu and greatly improves the general health. Try the "peculiar mcdicine." "For V5 rears I have been troubled with catarrh In the head, indigestion, and general debility. I never had faith in such medicines, but concluded to try a bottle of Hood's Sarsapari^la. It did me so much good that I continued ITS use till* 1 have taken Bye bottles. My health haa greatly improved and I feel like a different woman." Mas. J. B. ADAM, 8 Bloh- mond St., Newark, N."if** "I have used Farsanarilla for catarrh with very satisfactory results. I received more permanent benefit irom it than from any other remedy I ever tried." M. E. IIKAD, of A. ltead ft Son, Wauseon, Ohio. Hood's Sarsaparilla Fold by all druggist*, (l: six for (A. Prepared only by C. I. 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I prescribe and fully Wft- • dorse Bigr <* as tk* ea^p " specific for the ccrlaiftcaoik ' of thin disease. H.INGKAHAKVMUIV . Aiusi^raam, N. Tf» . We have sold B*r CHW* many years, and tt-'kafb' given the beat ol faction. IX U. DYC'HIC A OOt. , ChleMOIIj. 81.0S. 8old by DruggM*. • • No. jilt-rtae nay jro« ww the ajtverttaes in thin paper. Apply Balm into each nortrit ELY BJiOS., Warren HU N. Y. R • FROM SAVAGE TO CIVILIZATION. ri.i •M SWIFT'S SPECIFIC is a simple vegetable compound prepared from roots freshly gathered from the forests, The formula was obtained from the Greek Indians by the whites who had witnessed the wonderful cures of blood diseases made by that tribe. It has been used since 1829, and has been the greatest blessing to mankind in curing diseases of the blood, in many instances ; poison, and derived treat bene at. n acts meek bat- 1 ter than potash, or any other remedy that I haee w after all other remedies had failed. j oaed. B. F. WRAORMO. M. D„ BICHAAON*V». Swift's Specific cured me of terrible Tetter, freea which I had suffered for twenty long yeara. I bM now been entirely well for Bva jfaMa and so aia»«l any return of the diaeaae. ",4 0 » Rosen, Arc., May 1. im • W.H. WMUA. One bottle of 8. S. S. cored my Ha of betla 1 risings, which reaalted from malarial poiseo. 1 affected hiia all the summer. He had treatM from five doctors, who tailed to baaattt him. Cavanal, Indian Ter. J. B. V> Sis; Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. THK SWIFT SFECIFIC CO.. Drawer S, Atlanta, tie. mOBNKT. WAS HTM JOSEPH H. HUNTER 9 PKNSIW'wUIwuU)! ' : 'i' ;• PISO'S REMEDY FOR CATARRH.--Best to use. Cheapest. Kelief is iimnedfcte. certain. For Cold in tlie Head it has no Easiest A cure is It is an Ointment, of which a small particle is applied to the nostrils. Price, 60c. Sold by druggists or sent by saaii. Address, IL T= HAZKi rixt Warren, Pa*.