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-"<V ' %.:*7 ̂ iVSrl itimfr .$%. ;;v* ̂ t/1 :4wr>̂ ̂*vfl y«?\X^:*«| v<* v^ 'p^yy^x^-T*' *^Y J T ;TF^: <^*5r* F ;w "V < *.- ,'„ ; ;,v I T f * T ; . | { | | • • * f i Y 1 w f T " ^ l p - t . THE WILDCAT CIRCUIT. «pfow Brother firegory Faw< a Gang or Rattans nnd Re-opeaed the Church. ^JRank weeds grew alxmt tbe only re- ijtflimng church on Wildcat circuit, and ;o*er the door there grew a green saw- trier. Wild hog.4 slept.in'the old log konve, and the screech-owl, with his nerve startling treiunlo, roosted under the eave*. Conference after confer­ ence had attempted to reclaim the old church, for the vines of many foud memories were clingi ig about it, but each attempt was a failure. There had been a time when the g!«d shout of the regenerated and the thankful prayer of the sanctified called foitli a hymn of joy from the devout congregation, but that „ time was long ago. for boys who had the sorrow of all humanity. peace then, clinging to the nkirtH of their ex­ cited mothers, wondered what the com­ motion meant, had become fathers. The religious system, and consequently the social complexion of the neighborhood had been changed by the. war. The sgintly brother, harassed by guerillas ud robbed by marauders that belonged to both armies, moved away, many of them, and those who remained forgot off the tie," a justice of the shouted. "Give us another fall." "No, let me make a Suggestion," said Brother Gregory. "I have entered inwi your sympathies, now you enter mine; I have joined your sports and pastimes, now you join mine." » "That ain't no more than fair," did Nick exclaimed. "That's fair!" the congregation shouted. "Well, then, oome inside now and lis­ ten quietly to what I have to say." They went in and sat down, and now a hush fell upon the crowd that a few moments before had been so noisy "My dear friends," said the preacher, "I want to tell you of a man whose life was tender and beautiful, who shared He poured faith and love iato hearts that were broken; He plucked the evil glitter from the eye of human wickedness, and in its place set the warm glow of trust and affection. Do you want to hear about this man?" ' "Yes, tell us!" the congregation' shouted. Then the preacher, in, words as sim­ ple as the prattled story of a child, told their church relations and finally be- j them of the Saviour of mankind. It was came rough sneerers at the creed of j * story that many of them had heard which they had once been strong but gentle supporters;so, many years later, tbe uncouth men of the Wildcat circuit laughed at the efforts of conference, and actually mistreated the preachers who came among them. Several weeks ago, a newly made 'preacher, concerning whom there had ' arisen considerable discussion relative to the circuit to which he should be sent, arose in conference, and said: "Brethren, it appears that somebody either wants for himself or for a friend, every place that is suggested for me. Now, all I want is a chance to work. I am not looking for a place where they feed a' preacher on*fried chicken, and at night tumble him into a feather bed. I have gone into this preaching business with the expectation of having a pretty tough time, but I am prepared for it-- I was graduated with honors from the College oi Toughness, having been editor of a county paj:er during a cam­ paign for sheriff. Now, brethren, I am very sorry to see that there should be any controversy on my account, and to show yoh that I shall be satisfied--yea, even pleased with any assignment, I will announce my determination to re­ establish the Wildcat circuit." The young preachers, given to levity, began to laugh, but the older ones, several of whom had hoed the row of experience, shook their heads gravely and were serious. "Brother Gregory," said an old man, "do we understand you to mean that you will face a gang of ruffians and at­ tempt to plant the gospej in a tsoil where it once flourished but from which it was violently torn up by tlie roots?" "That is what I mean. Those men may be ruffians', but they will not dare to use violence. "They may not use positive violence, Brother Gregory, but they know how to apply a thousand annoyances. They make a preacher ridiculous and then laugh at him. I went there some time ago, but will never go again." "They may make me ridiculous," Brother Gregory responded, "but I shall not allow an imaginative picture to turn me aside from my purpose." A number of the brethren strove to dissuade Brother Gregory from carry­ ing out the plans of his radi determina­ tion, but, the next day, the headstrong evange ist set out on a journey to the Wildcat circuit. Without telling tli§ object of his visit to. the neighborhood, he engaged board at a house situated near the church, and. the next morning after his arrival, he gave himself over to the work of clearing away the weeds that grew about the sacred old pile of logs. He pulled down the green brier that grew over the door, washed, with soapsuds, the inside of the house, and, after completing his work, announced to a number of curious spectators that there would, in that house, be preach­ ing the following Sunday. When the time arrived the house was well filled with "snickerers" and scof­ fers, but Brother Gregory, undaunted In the contemplation of so cheerless a prospect, stepped up into an oak-slab pulpit and declared that he had come to preach, and that the privilege of re­ tiring was granted to any one who did not care to hear him. "I come as a friend to persuade, not as an enemy to coerce," said he. "I have come here to join you in all your sympathies, in all of your sports and pastimes." 'Glad to hear that," old Nick Dacy spoke up. and forgotten, and the recollection came back to them like a warm whisper of love. When the story had been finished, •when a hymn had been sung, the people silently dispersed. The next day a hundred axes rang in the woods. The men were getting out logs to be used in the construction of a new church.-- Opie P. Redd, in Arkansaw„ Traveler. Cross-Purposes. "Since Annie Sears went to New York she feels too big to speak to ordi­ nary mortals," was remarked by a young girl, Hattie Annis, whose home is in a Maine village. "But I sha'n't put myself out to speak to her!" A few weeks afterward the writer was amused to hear Annie Sears de­ clare, "Hattie Annis can't see common folks nowadays. She never spoke to me while I was at home." "Did you give her an opportunity?" I asked. She had a dozen opportunities," An­ nie replied; "but x don't care. I sha'n't run after her." These two girls were sensitive and each had conceived the false idea that the other felt above her, and had fool­ ishly waited for her to speak first. Every community has these sensitive natures which take affront all too easily, hold themselves aloof and seem afraid to make tlie first advances. They harbor the unhappy thought that they are slighted, that somebody feels above speaking to them. Does it never oc­ cur to such ones that their case may be similar to that of Hattie and Annie; that somebody would gladly speak would they but go half way, or even re­ veal a slight opening in their shell of reserve where a friendly hand could reach in ? It is is rare that men and women, no matter how high their social position, do not feel a thrill ot pleasure at revisit­ ing their childhood home, and again grasping the hands of early friends. There they were boys and girls, and no other place, no other people, will ever be like these. Memory has endeared them to all. Such a person comes among you after an absence of months or years. Natur­ ally he likes to be welcomed by old friends and acquaintances. Often it is he who must make the advances in greeting and hand-shaking. It he over­ looks or forgets any face, the neglected will think, "Oh, he feels too important to notice common folkswhile it may be that he is thinking, "How stiff the people grow! They are not so free and cordial as they used to be," Pride never enters his mind. Well-bred people and those of as­ sured position never put on airs, never assume superiority toward other's, but are gracious to all. No danger of a snub from them. Isn't it better to risk an occasional slight than to wear a hedgehog skin of sensitive pride, bristling with suspicion and reserve?--Youth's Companion. An Old Tienna House. j The old characteristic houses of Tienna are being pulled down one *»y one, and the traditions attaching to them are fading, and will be utterly forgotten by the generation which is at present growing out of its feens. These old houses were for the most parti known by a name, streets with numbered houses having formerly been uncom­ mon. The autumn is the season foi pulling down what is condemned to fall, because the foundations cau be prepared during the winter, and in the newborn spring five storied monsters, that darken the streets and conceal the blue sky, spring up as if by magic. This autumn, as in previous years, de­ molition is the order of the day, and I What Is Catarrh I Catarrh Is an inflammation of the mucous membranes, and may affect the head, throat, stomach, bowels, or bladder. But catarrh ot, the head is the most common, often comintr on so eradually that it has a firm hold before the nature of the trouble is suspected. Catarrh is caused by a cold, or succession of colds, combined with im­ pure blood. Its local symptoms are a sense of fullness and heat in the forehead,dryness in the nose and back part of the throat, and a disagreeable discharge from the nose. •\Vhen the disease gains arflrm hold on the pystem it becomes chronic, and is then ex­ ceedingly dangerous and treacherous, lia­ ble to develop into consumption. Fortunate is it that we have in Hood's Barsaparilla the remedy for this ever-in­ creasing maladv. It attacks at once the source of the disease by purifying and en­ riching the blood.which in passing through the delicate passages of the mucous mem­ brane soothes and rebuilds the tissues, giv- few {Java aco the bricklaver'a «nn/ln ! inK them tendency to health instead of dis-iew aays ago x,ue^ uricKiaver s^pade j ea,e> and uitimHteiy curing the affection. ~ - - At the 8ame time Hood's Barauparilla struck the foundation stone of the old Muller Haus. This old house is rich in historical associations. The house, which consisted of long galleries and spacious parlors, was built a little less than 100 fr ears ago by Joseph, Count Deym offetriletz, who, although he was of undoiMjted nobility, and proprietor of a feudal castle, was still proud to bear the title of Court Statuary to Em­ peror Francis of Austria. The story of this title is worth telliug. He entered the army at 18, and being of fiery tem­ perament, was soon involved in a duel. Having seen his antagonist fall, and builds up the whole system, and makes one feel that he has taken a new lease of li.'e. The at Burglar Who Drew the German Silver. Singular as the custom may seem, there are many New England homes where coffin-plates of dead relatives and cherished friends are kept as man­ telpiece ornaments or on the center- tables in the parlors. One familv in New Milford is Raid to have no less than fourteen brass, silver and plated ^ ... relics taken from the coffins of dead believing him to be dead, he fled from j members of the family, reaching down his native country and sought refuge in ! to within fifty years of the founding of Holland, where he called himself Mul-J the colony, two centuries and a half ler, and professed to be an artist. He a8°- Ihe oldest of this rare collection earned his living by embossing small portraits in wax on light blue glass, and in a few years time, having earned fame and money, he migrated to Italy. In Naples he soon found favor with of coffin-plates"bears the name and date of the birth and death of one of the original settlers of New Haven colony. It is black and discolored by the lapse of time, but the family would as soon Queen Caroline,an Austrian Princess, to j think of parting with it as they would whom he told his story. She obtained [ losing the family Bible which con- for him the permission first to !copy in 1 tains the genealogical records of the wax the finest sculptures of the Naples ' entire race. Discovery or a Statesman. .The New York World has found a statesman at last, and interviewed him. The ripe fruit gathered is presented to the public in the following form : "Jacob Pfalsgraff, the German saloon­ keeper, was solicited for an opinion on the Cincinnati situation. .. , " 'Vhat's der madder py dot' wiii^g^ ?' inquired Mr. Pfalsgraff. - Wiieu told of the arrest of 164 sa- MightJv pleased to know j loon-keepers for violating the-Sunday that you are goin' ter jme us, an' as this is jest about our time uv day ter caper a little, w'y, you cau fall in right at once." Benches had been removed from the center of the room, leaving an open space. Nick stepped into the "clear­ ing," and, standing on his head, cracked his heels together. The congregation shouted with laughter. The preacher came down out of the pulpit, stood on his head and cracked his heels together. Old Nick g :t down on all-fotirs, gal­ loped about the open space and yelped like a dog. "Ounk, ounk, ounkl" he barked. The preacher got down on his all- fours and galloped about with a high- keyed "ounk, ounk, ounk!" Old Nick lay down and grunted like hog. So did Brother Gregory. The people exchanged many glances of amazement. • * 4Say,"' said Nick. 'Well," the preacher answered. 'You air sorter one of the toys, ain't you?" "I told you I had come to join you in your sports and pastimes." 'I thought you come to preach." 'So I did, but I don't intend to preach until you are ready to listen." 'Do you reckon we need preachin' ter so mighty bad ?" 'Not half so much so as to do the peo­ ple who live in the towns." 'Then why don't you go and preach to them ?" 'Because I do not wish to destroy mv natural manhood by talking to people whose every aim is to be unnatural." 'How are you on the rassleI" "I am not an expert at wrestling, but if the congregation so wills it I will try you a few falls." The congregation, with a yell, ex­ pressed an enthusiastic willingness. The wrestling took place outside, as the puncjieon floor was rather hard. Old Nick threw the preacher, but Brother Gregory, still willing to enter into the sympathies and to take part in all the sports and pastimes, declared his readi­ ness for another "flirt." The congrega­ tion cheered this evidence of nerve, and the two men interlaced themselves itf a combination known as the "Alabama I stitch." 'Cut your capers," said old Nick. 'Lend off with your fancy steps," the | preacher remarked. 'This time Nick went down. "Thro closing law, he said: " 'Py gotness, I ton't see some use von all dot monkey pizness. Vlien der law py Ni York says to keep my saloon glosed on Sunday I ton't fly in der face of der whole legislature py Albany und keep it open some more. All der law asks of a German saloon-keeper in dis goundry is to keep the front door of his saloon glosed on Sunday und open it by der back door. In Cincinnati der sa­ loon men think dot vas a great hard­ ships. It vas more ash dot, py gracious; it vas some outrages. But vliat can you do mit der law liangin' onto your gollar button? Vehneffer der law says to glose op. vhv, der things is to glose op efferding but der back door und say der law vas all right, und you like half some more of it to keep for Christmas.' " 'You think this is the proper way tt> meet the emergency ?' ' " 'Sure.' " 'But does it satisfy the law, Mr. Pfalsgraff?' " 'It sadisfies der boliceman on der beat und der law says noddings.'" art gallery, and then to take plaster casts from them--the first that were ever taken. He returned to Tienna with a fortune of 300,000 silver florins, honestly earned, and promised to show to his fellow countrymen what formerly only the few favored ones who could travel to Naples could hope to see. Nobody be­ lieved him; but in good time 100 busts and statues, copied from the master­ pieces of ancient Greece and Rome ar­ rived, transported from Naples to Vienna at great cost, and with wonder­ ful patience. The Emperor gave him some good ground upon which to build a house with galleries, and after hav­ ing inspected tho valuable property conferred upon him th6 title of Court Statitarv, Count Deym never took his family name any more, but called him­ self Joseph Muller to the end. All Vienna thronged to his show, and Count Deym made his galleries especially at­ tractive by a new invention. He was the first to use glass prisms on his chandeliers, and with the aid of thou­ sands of wax candles, earned for his house the name of a fairy palace. He gradually completed his collection by adding original works of art in bronze, marble and ivory, and a by no means inconsiderable number of oil paintings. He married a lady of ancient nobility, a Countess Buguoy, who did not call herself Muller. She and her three sons and four daughters took the name of Deym. In the foundation stone re­ vealed to light were found beautiful culptured and tinted apples, pears and Jjeaches, a saucer of old Vienna porce-ain in which lay diverse crystal prisms, Count Joseph Devm's portrait in wax on blue glass, a beautiful piece of work, und very well preserved, and a large leaden tablet engraved on both sides, giving the history of the founder of the house, the Imperial grant and a detailed account of the uses to which the building was to be put. Besides these things a glass goblet was found, but a workman dropped it as he took i( out, and it was shattered to fragments. There can be do doubt that the Count's portrait was his own work, as well as the prisms in the foundation stone. The fact of his placing them there Bhows how proud he was of this inven­ tion.-- Vienna Letter to The London Times. Sot That Kind. Night before last, says the Washing- )'ozt, the door bell of our distin- wnsman, W. A. Croffut, was lly ruug. dc Croffut live here ?" asked illigent servant remembered mployer had recently been Loctor of philosophy by Union sho said, "Dr. Croffut said the man, when he came lurnalist'a presence, "I wish over and look at my baby." Lo you want me to look at for?" asked the astonished Ph D "I don't know what it is," answered the caller, "6tit she's got the darnedest (1 blotches all over her! Looks but I guess you'd better r and " doctor brought philosophy to bear on the man to ultimately understand that not not the specialty of his Wife (at midnight)--It. is a shame for you to keep up this way. Ilubby-- Pshaw, my dear! You didn't mind it we were married. Madame de Stael. It was a high tribute tbet the most beautiful woman of France paid to the most fascinating of French conversa­ tionalists. "If I were queen of France," said Madame Recamier, "I would com­ mand Madame de Stael to talk to me all the day long." This gifted woman was once driving with several distin­ guished men. Suddenly they were sur­ prised by a violent storm bursting over their heads. So absorbed were they by the vivacity of her conversation, that not one of them had noticed a sign of the gathering storm. Mr. Hamerton says, in "The Intel­ lectual Life," that Madame de Stael obtained her literary material almost exclusively by means of conversation. When a subject occupied her thoughts, she systematically directed to it the talk of learned and brilliant men. As a fisherman uses a net to catch fish, so she used conversation to catch ideas and suggestions. She would write a brief, rough draft of her intended literary project, which she showed to a few friends. Their hints were incorporated in a seoond draft, which was also shown to trusted friends. She inserted their suggestions in it, and then her secretary copied the corrected manuscript on paper with a broad margin for farther additions. During this process of incubation the j ingenious woman made every one of her friends talk who was likely to be of any use to her. What she heard she either wrote down on the wide margin or in­ corporated in the body of the manu­ script. She used her ears, for they were her natural providers. She used her eyes so little that she once said that were it not out of respect to custom she would not open her window to see the Bay of Naples for the first time, whereas she would travel five hundred leagues to talk with a clever man whom she had never met. Coleridge tells an anecdote which shows that the gifted authoress could descend to the duplicity of a "society" woman. Coleridge was sitting one day with Madame de Stael in her London house, when her man servant entered and asked, if she would receive Lady Davey. "Oh, dear!" she exclaimed, raising her eyebrows and shrugging her shoul­ ders; "oh, my friend, do pity me! What shall I do? I detest her. She is insupportable!" But Lady Davey was admitted, and Madame de Stael flung her arms around her, kissed her on both cheeks, pressed her to her bosom, and told her she was enchanted to see her. SOMEBODY who believes hi ioned methods of discipline sent a young lady teacher in bundle of shingles. old-fash- recently Maine' a An amusing story is told about the coffin-plates collected by a Stratford family. There were nine or ten of them in places of honor about the parlor of ' the old-fashioned farmhouse. Some years ago an irreverent burglar enter­ ed the house at night, and seeing the glittering mementos of the dead dec­ orating prominent pieces of furniture in the room, dumped them all into his booty-bag, and, together with the sil­ ver knives and forks and what other portable household effects he could conveniently carry, made his exit un­ molested. Great was the consterna­ tion of the easy-going farmer and his family when they awoke the next morn­ ing to find that their dining-room sil­ verware had been carried off, but they were shocked beyond expression when they discovered the rape of the coffin- plates, which could not be replaced at anjecost. „ They .were proportionately gratified a day or two later to receive a box by express in which were packed all the missing coffin-plates. With it was a note in a rough hand, which said: "Here, is your coffin signboards. I have found they wasn't much but Ger­ man silver in them, and that ain't my line. You're welcome to 'om, and thanks for your silver in spoons, which I'll keep. Ta-ta !"- Copy of Origin*!. Tan WERT, Ohio, July 11. 1883. Rheumatic Hyrup Co., Jackson, Mich: GENTS--^Ihis is to certify that I had what is called scia ic rheumatism so badly tliut I wa< all drawn over to one side. My hip punk in so that vou could lay your hand in the cavity, ana I could do no work for over one yeur. I tried some of the best physi­ cians and did almost everything I could hear or think of, and nothing did me any food until I purchased a bottle .of Hib- bard's Kheumatic Syrup <>f Hinee & Son, druegists. Vnn Wort. O. Four bottles eureu me and have never had it f-inoe. Albexsx KINO. We certify to the above testimonial. Hr>Ts «V.. Hon, Urugglsts. Tlie Lady and tiie Fiour Barrel. She objected to the last barrel of flour which the grocer had brought, and after using a few scoopfuls from the top of the barrel, headed it up and told the grocer to take it away; she should use ro such flour as that. The next barrel brought was perfectly sat­ isfactory. "Now, that is something like flour," she told the family. But when she leached the bottom of the barrel, she found her old flour-scoop, long miss­ ing. The grocer had merely brought back the same barrel, with the other head uppermost.--Springfield Home­ stead. III Wind* Itmt blow "naobody «ny good" are plenty on the storm-vexed Atlantic, to nay nothing of tho occasionally typhoon-swept i'aciflc. The hap­ less voyager, when shaken up by the heavings of the "briny," should take that pitaaauteat nii<!iiio;t ealutary of dtses. a wineglassful of | Ilostetter's Stomach Bitters, the finest | 6tojuaehic and itnilc that ever warmed, regula­ ted and quieted the human interior. Itailroad joltol and steamship shaken travelers will ex- j ercise a -wise prevision by supplying themselves ! with a sufficiency ot this incomparable medi­ cine for the journey. So will maimers, emi­ grants to tho West, and others about to "seek f:e«h fields and iiastures new." Malaiia, the BcoTirge of newly cleared and mining districts, is completely cojwjuered and surely averted by tbeNBitu-i Liv»r. l<owel. and kidney com­ plaint aiul incipient, rheumatism it aunihilales. Maxim's First Invention. The first, invention of Hiram S. Maxim, the Maine man whose wonder­ ful automatic gun has brought him into gratifying relations with the rulers of Enrope and established his fame and fortune, was a corn-sheller. It didn't sell worth a snap, but the in­ ventor kept light on ransacking his noddle for new ideas, and in time he got up a man-sheller that has aston­ ished the world. Mr. Maxim's one­ time partner, Edward Fifield of Dex­ ter, still owns the stencil plate which was usi?d for stamping the firm's name upon their corn-scrapers thirty years ago.--Leiviston Journal. IN instructing her how to handle the weeklv wash, a Germantown lady told her servant, fresh from Castle Garden, to take the horse to the kitchen and hang the clothes on it to dry. The following morning the house­ hold were aroused by the noise, and investigation showed that Bridget had backed the family horse from the stable into the kitchen and had tried to cover it with wet clothes, but the animal objected to the treatment. A SALEM COUNTY, N. J., farmer, John Robeson, caught a strange bird recently. It is said to have a face like a monkey, is about the size of a grown fowl and has plumage of wondrously varied hue. IT is said that the late Mr.' Phinizv, of Athens, Ga., left in his will a clause that gave $100 to every Methodist min­ ister who officiated in his funeral ser­ vices. There were thirteen present. A CAX.f without a tail has been bom rear Knottsville, Taylor County, W. Ya. - -• - - -• About 300,000 telephones ard Jxrowi' in the .United States. Handed hi by Slog Nine. When I think of the towel, the old- fashioned towel, that used to hang up by the printing-house door, I think that nobody in these days of shoddy can hammer out iron to wear as it wore. The tramp, who abused it, the devil, who used it, the comp., who got at it when these two were gone, the make­ up and foreman, the editor, poor man, each rubbed some grime off while they put a heap on. In, over and under, 'twas blacker than thunder, 'twas harder than poverty, rougher than sin; from the roller suspended it never was bended, and it flapped on the wall like a banner of tin. It grew thicker and rougher and harder and tougher, and daily put on a more inkier hue, until one windy morning, without any warn- iug, it fell to tlie floor and was broken in two.--Robert J. Burdette, in Brook­ lyn Eagle. k Pleasing Sense Of health and strength renewed and 6f erne and comfort follows the use ot Syrup of Figs, as it acts in harmony with nature to effectually cleanse the system.when costive or bilious. For sale in 50c and fl botths by all leading druggists. A Pretty State of Affaire. • Conductor--What do you mean, sir, by spitting all over that seat ? Old Gent--What do I mean ? Why," that there sign says not ter spit on the floor, au' tlier winders is fastened down, an' ther ain't no spittoons pervided. Where in thunder do ver expect a fel­ ler to spit ?--Christian Observer. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, As Merenry will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucus surfaces. Such articles should nsver be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do are tenfold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, mauufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contain* no mercury, and is taken internally, and acta directly upjn tbe blood and mncus surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sura you get the genuine; It is taken internally and made iu Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. 4tf~6old by Druggists, price 76c per bottle. THE Queen Begent of Spain has re­ turned to Madrid after a few weeks at San Sebastian. Before leaving she presided over the annual fete of the "bathing women," and after watching the graceful national dances which formed the chief feature of the festivi­ ty, the Queen asked one of the women: "Who has taught you to dance so well ?" To which the woman, with ready wit, replied: "Dame, madame, the good God himself. He is a ready teacher. And not expensive, either." "O.To be dead and done with the trouble That fills each day with a dreary pain." This is the moan of many ft woman Who thinks nlie can never be well again. "It were better for me and bettor for others If I were dead," and their tears fall fast. Not so, not so, O, wives and mothers, There's a bow of hope in the sky at last, and it tells you that the storm of disease which has spread its shadow over yon will pive way to thosimsliineof renewed health, if you are w ise and try pr. I'ierco's Favor­ ite Prescription. It can and will effectually cure all female weaknesses and derange­ ments. and no woman who has not tried it need despair, for.-u trial will convince lior that it is the very thing she needs to re­ store her to the health she fears forever lost. To CLEANSE the stomach, liver, and sys­ tem generally, use Dr. Pierce's Pellets. 25 cents. THE Bordeaux wine crop this year will be of exceptionally high quality. The yield ^ ill be at least a third above the average of an ordinary season. Meiuocbttv alwav* copies superiority. Dobbins' Electric Soap has been imitated ' more than anv" soap. Ask your procer for VoObinx' Electric Kosp; all other Electrics, Electricity, Magnetics, etc., are imitations. 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