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^ •< ^.s? ̂ r^,-p _ ? ... *ryf * % • ^pr. : • > " > * t^.j, stxuictnutB. BT EDOAR ItCxioN KX.OCX. tlkm lived a mail, it has been to'4 With acres broad and chests of goMi : V " *: Of wealth the lion's share IS** . Who built a castle rich and grsiHL ,H>e handsomest in all the land, # r"" Most opulent and, fair. • - %'• ' /-? vv-u : Asejruiclire of wealth and art, .- •• -- •yuitnetrlcal in iverv part, *" < 'I Of coatly marbles wrought s • i, ••W; tod blending with th« atones were theijfc^t*' 'Btcb woods and gems and ivories rare, '• • From foreign countries brought. ,< '£•' 1 "•$*' "yiy- ~Wnt years rolled by and insects Email, x i,. . Add worniR and bugs that creep and crfttK *. ? Crept iu between the stone; -> _ yd there, when bird«, for better feed, • '> ®> catch a bog would drop a sen*,- Destruction sure was sown jef Mr, sprouting slowly at th.? e tali, ! i vtley bjiread the marble blocks apart, And plants of hardy kind ?• 4 • 9jtX)k root and growi r g farther bick, • s ^ Riled up each crevice, Renin and crack M "'i W i t h c r o w d e d r o o t s e n t w i n e d . ' " < • grows the tannen so they grow , btween the rocks, which soon they tbWW From off the weakened w#l|;. „ • ' ' f "* til at last there came a day 1 -te, inamass ofrutus lay The battlements and all. Dear friend, that re an, perhaps, was Whe castle built was friendship true; The bugs and inaeclR small Were secrets trusted to your care. i - Same (iossip, knowing they were tberik %• - .• Resolved to have them all. •&?•• • 86 dropping here and there a. sea4 • Of ridicule, the viloHt weed x By mischief makers sown, flhe caught her bug and went her way, ... Xbsftolved to come another day. To see how they had grown. •from acorns small, great oaks unfold; : "i|gj> ridicul e--not slander bold-- :. 'Tween friends begets mistrust. Which, rankling in the human heart. " , Bursts friendship's snored walls apart Ana burla them iu the dust. ^-Vtica Globe. ' s . . SHE WAS CONVERTED. A Southern Sketch. BT COOTIE WIUJAMg. An old negro woman, npon whose head the snow of mmy winters had fallen, sat dozing in front of her cabin, and occasionally aroused sufficiently to fan herself with a rude kind of fan, made from a wild turkey'h wing. "A penny for yoor thoughts, Aant Judy!" I said, as I climbed the low rail fence and approached her. Very hospitably she relinquished her chair to me, and seated herself on the steps. "Wall lioney, I doan' know dat I's •tndin' 'bout much, 'cep' I's pesterin' IHJ min' ter think how de angels cwine Slook." * Do you expect to be an angel ?** "I's got er mouglity hankerin dat er way. I'se been er 'ciple o' Chris' fur onto forty years, 'n' I tries oow'ful hard to walk de straight 'n' narrow Gf, but de weeds gits »o high, 'n' de jht so din, 'pears like I has tor crawl on my knees ter keep f'om gittin out en de way." "Are you not very lonesome living by yourself?" "No, chile, me 'n' de Savior, libes ter- gedder. De darkes' nights whut comes *peavs like de Lawd flies down fom hebin, iu de shape o' er leetle white dove,'n'sets on de head o' my bed. Den in de day, when I hears er hen cackle, or rooster crow, it 'pears like de Lawd tells 'em ter say, 'I's wid you, Judy.' When you is by yourself is de time ter hoi' sweet remuuion wid de Lawd, 'n' He alius stays closer ter dem whut needs Him mos'." "When did the Lord first touch your heart ?" "De fas time I felfc de sperit wnkin >lored folks wuz hol'- in or strk'sti 'ten'iu putty , peart in dei gwiue to be4 bought shoes, 'iigion. One Suudl us er s'archin' sarmon. I had been 1 wuz pow'ful ed I wuzn' n my ato' id whut hed preacher give I uuver went up when he called fur mourners, but it sot me ter thiukiu' 'l)OUt my isins. De naix day I wuz choppin' cqtton in de new groun', 'n' de Lawd riz up outen de woods, back o' de Hel* 'n' taid' ter me. Mudy, drap dat hoe 'n' go to seekin' 'li­ gion.' De debil riz up 'long side o' him 'n' 'lowed, 'Who is gwine ter keep yer cotton outen de grass while you if seekin'?' I le'nt on my hoe handle er minute, 'n' 1 'gun ter think 'bout de matter. Terrectly, de Lawd said, 'Ain' you gwine ter do whut I tole you ?' Den dat pesterin voice o' de debil said, 'You knows dat hen roos' on de way ter chu'ch. You got jes ez much right ter dem chickens ez anybody, V while you is teekin' some nigger gwine to git 'em fw folks tor go under de warier when dey wnz baptized. Dey mought jes ez well go stiu# under dig duck-trough 'n' let 'em splash water on dey bend, fur all de good syrinklin' gwine ter do 'em. It wuz pow'ful plain ter me da*, de Lawd didn' want folks remnlsed. Ef dat wuz de way, why didn' He dip us in dat hell fire when we wuz seekin' lig­ ion ? Dat sholy would er squenched our sins. Pete lowed 'er man nuver hed de reason o' er "pnaan,' so he jined my chu'ch." "Is your religion a comfort tp yon, Aunt Judy?" "Now you is talk in' sho 'nough. Wlien our rood is all sunshiny we fur- gits 'bout our duty ter de Marster,, but when de shady places comes, den is dc time we tries ter fin' Him, V git closer to Him. De Lawd has been oncommon good ter me. He give me er kin' ole man, V two chillen. We los' our gal when she wuz er baby, but our boy libed ter be er man. He wuz pow'ful peart, 'n' he wuz marster's body parvent. When de wall come 'u' de men folks all went off, young marster tnck ray boy wid him, caze he sot er sto' by him. Me 'xi' ole mistus wuz monghty nigh crazy iu dem days, when we £ouldn' hear nothin' f'om our chillen. One day de courier fetched er letter dat said young marster fell in de battle, 'n'my boy wuz tryin' to hope him ter die easy when ernudder bullet come Hong, V two libes went out, stid o' one. Dat wuz de time 'ligion wuz er comfort. Pete grieved pow'ful fur him, but I knowed de han' o' de Lawd wuz iu it. De?e yere dark places whut oomes in our libes ain' nothin' but de shadows o' de angels' wings ez dey fly ober us. "Atter we wuz freed we got 'long 'mazin' well, tell one summer Pete tuck down wid de misery in his head 'n' back. I 'lowed dar wuzn' much de matter wid him, 'n'l wuz givin' him or little sas'fras tea eberv night. One day I wuz settin* by de bed er kuitten. Pete said, 'Judy, whar you is?' S' I, 'Ycre I is, Pete.' " 'Doan leab me,' sez 'e. 'Hit's git­ tin' so dark 'n' col'. Den I knowed Pete wuz dvin'. I axed him ef de Lawd wuz wid him, 'n' he 'lowed 'Dar's de Savior comin' 'cross de ribber in er ieetJe boat. Look, Judy! doan $-ou Bee de chillen stan'in' on de bank er wavin* dey <han's ter me? De Savior mos' yere--He's lan'in'--good-bye--meet--' but Pete nuver finished dem words. "I's hed er worrisome time sence den, but de dear Lawd been by my side all de way. My wuk been done dis many er day, 'n' now I's waitin' de Marster's call, jes when de Marster please. De dear Lawd Jesus soon gwiue ter sen' far me. When I gits home I's gwine ter sit at de feet o' Him dat died V riz fur me, 'n' sing songs o' prai.se ter Him froo all eternity." The old woman seemed to have for­ gotten my presence, so interested was she in relating her religious experience. Her head rested for a moment on her fan, she drew a handkerchief from her bosom, and I could see that she was weepinc. She raised her head and gazed as if her dim old eyes lopged to penetrate the walls of heaven. "Yea, Pete," she said, her voice trembling with emotion, "I's comin'-- I's comin'--tell de angels to mek room fur Judy, close ter you 'n' de chillen." I stole noiselessly away, convinced that religion is not a failure, and leit Aunt Judy alone in her reverie. V t v J-> t >» * f- * »'>* .. -hs ' " M* • - Jo' "* IS I f't Fun with a lleibi-inod Gambler. In a crowd of half a dozen men stand­ ing in front of a well-known saloon yes­ terday wa^ a man kuown to the frater­ nity as a "luoky one" in the sporttog class. He had in former years raked in many a "jack-pot" in this city, and was one of the few who became rich by gambling. Speaking of the city before gambling was broken up, the man, re­ cently returned, paid: "Let me tell you a good story of (you all know who I mean.) Well, fox nine years we were partners. Every trick that he turned I was in with, and if I madtfa winning he shared it I never couIckUjII what broke our combination, but one BiQrning After we had counted $900, after ^n aft-night play, he said: 'I have played my last card and turned my last card. Suckers, are plenty and money eeems to come ea<y. I have a few dollars, and with it I am going to lead a new life. I was shocked and thought I was being guyed, but not so. He meant ju*t what he said and re­ formed, but before we parted my part­ ner said to me: 'We may both live many years, and I will never forget the good times we have had together. I am I'lowed, 'Git er way f'om yere, debil! [ goillg to quit gambliag; y*u ure not, 1 ain' got no time ter be pestered wid none o' your hifalutin talk.' Dat night I went ter meetin' 'a' when de parson called fur mourners ter come ter de front, it 'pearcd like de angels picked me up offen de bench 'n' toted me tev de pulpit. Wall, I got down on my knees, wBen de angels lef me, 'n' de las' thing I ricollec wuz de congrega­ tion singin' dat good ole tune, 'Oh, you mils' be er lover o' de Lawd, Et you wantB ter go ter heubin when you die.' In er minute I felt somethin tech me 'n'l opened my eves. It wuz all dark, bnt I could see 'twuz de debil, by de fire comin' outen hi3 nose 'n' mouth. He tuck me by de nan' 'n' led me down er steep slippery hill, whut I 'lowed wuz made outen glass. Den he tuck me in er room whar all de middle o' it wuz b'ilin fire. I could see folks in de fire burnin, 'n' heaps o' 'era hangin' Youn' de wall by de lia'r. De debil frowed on some pine 'n' wood ter mek de fire er leetle hotter, 'a' den he come back fur me. I wished I wuz back in de cotton patch, but I riz up monghty proud like, 'n' 'lowed, 'My Gord! Marse ! Debil, whut is you gwine ter do wid me?' He said, 'Give me er piece o' your ha'r quick.' I hed jes wropped my lia'r in shucks de night 'fore 'n' I hated pow' but whether you do or not, if you ever play a stack of blues think of me, and, if you win, bury half of them to live on.' "That is nearly five years ago. Now, then, comes my story. Only a short time ago I heard of my former partner conducting a religious meeting in the town where I was, and I quit a good game just to go and see him. He did not know that I was in a thousand miles of him. Before going to the church I took a blue chip and marked not only his initials but mine on it. I went to church and was seated about half-way down the aisle. There was singing and peveral short speeches, but I began to feel that I was in the wrong pew, be­ cause I did not see my former partner. The choir sang" Hold the Fort," and just as I was about to leave, my former partner appeared and made a few remarks and then a died the congregation to contrib­ ute as the choir sang. Two men whom I knew very well and have l>eaten out of many a dollar pawed the baskets. When one came to me I threw in my blue check, and smiled in my sleeve when I thought of what my former part­ ner would think when he saw it. I will never go again where he is, for fnl ter tek hit loose, but I give him one j 'when the money was poured out on the atran'. He tuck 'n' fixed oue end 'roun' my neck, 'n' den he tied de udder end ter er peg in de j'ist. Dar I hung •pended by er ha'r. "De debil splained ter me dat when table, he stepped to the edge of the pulpit and said: 'I hold iu mv hand a blue chip. It's worth $20. It's as good as gold, for the man who put it in has indorsed it with his name. I've held er pusson wuz seekin' 'ligion he hed ter , many a one with him, and he has owed hang three days. Ef he fell in he burnt, ' 1 " ' but ef de ha'r didn' brek dea he wuz fitiin ter be a chile o' Gord.*' " What does the devil look like, Aunt Judy ?" "Lawd, honey, you have to go see fur fourse'f. He is -monstrous black, sho. Some folks calls colored people niggers but de debil is de onlyest nigger I eber seed. "1 hung dar tell de debil cut me down den he tuck me on de en' o' his pitch­ fork, 'n' toted me back ter de worl\ I heared de gates o' hell slam w id er bang, 'n' 'peared like somebody spoke ter me. I opened my eyes, 'n' ctar I lay in my own cabin. I hed done found 'ligion den, 'n' I riz up f'om dar er shoutin'. I nuver thnnk 1>out my sto'- bought shoes <1 en. but I fa'rly riz dat cabin roof er s-lioutin'. " Which church did you join ?" "Oh, I's er Mefodis'. Me 'n' my ole man Peter hed er pow'/ul pesterin time *bont dat. Peter wuz gwiue ter jine de chu'ch too. but he sorter leaned ter de Haptis'. He 'lowed 'De Lawd tended me large sums of money, and I know that this check will be redeemed.' That was a'.l he said. I took my hat and went to the door and found an usher. I gave him two tens and a five for good measure, and told him to give my kind regards to my friend and former part­ ner. I don't play any more jokes on i reformed gamblers."--Louisville Com­ mercial. A Joktt for ISottrtlei*. "You've left your old boarding house, I see." "Yes, tgo expensive. Mrs. Hash feeds her boarders so well that they are continually outgrowing their clothe?, and what they save iu the cheap rates they lose in having to bay new suits." Then both langhed a sardonic, dia­ bolical, ironical laugh, which only ' boarders can understand and appreciate, i -- Philadelphia Time*. | WIBBLE--I wonder why swans sing ' iust before death ? Wabble--It is their last chants, 1 rappese.--Terra Haute Exprex*. Her Om Fault. Lucv Peters went to boarding-school with the determination to make herself beloved by ail of her school-mates and teachers. Why should she not succeed ? j She looked in the glass and saw a bright, sparkling-faced girl, with a neat figure and quick, graceful motions. She knew that nhe was inte.ligent and good- tempered ; she was confident that her judgment was l>etter than that of most of her companions. Why should she not become a favorite and leader atpong thera? When she entered the class-room for the first time, her eyes passed over her comrades with a friendly bat keen scrutiny. j "How that girl dwadles over her desk! She never has learned how to study. I must show her. Curls do not become that girl's face. When I know her I shall advise her to wear her hair plain." At the end of three years Lucy Peters returned home. Her father came for her, and listened to the report, of her ,. . it „ progress which the principal laid befypeJ ra in House who oau stand and among the grass, for, though comptrft* tively plentiful at thafc aeafou, it grows close to the ground. Later it bears a tiny "whitey-brown" blossom,, The in­ formation that shqmmkh is the Arabic word for trefoil, may l»e of service . to those interested in the origin of the Irish race. - The word tjould havo been introduced by the Milesians, or it may furnish an argument iu support of the contention that one of the lost ten tribes of Israel *e'tled iu Ireland, which has been revived .by the publication 0f a recent book,--American JtQte# and Queries. . . ; -. • • ... . Making » Spm-etu It may look like a very easy thing for a member, having his speech written, to deliver it during the course of an hour in the Hou&e, but it i«c not such an ea«y thing as it looks, says the Pitts­ burgh Telegraph. - r ' The average speaker gets a deal of athletic exercise in the course of an hour's speech. There are Bome mem- him. "Yotir daughter has studied faith­ fully. She has stood usually at the head of her class," she said, coldly. "She is a girl of high principles." "You have found her aifectionateand eager to please?" , jftid Mr, Peters, anxiously. \ • "Yes.*". ' .. ^ But the praise eold, «&<! the teacher apparently was well pleased to take leave of her admirable pupil. Mr. Peters observed, too, that her school­ mates showed no grief at parting with Lucv. i "Ha^e you no intimate friend whom you would like to visit you?" he asked. "These girls appear to be fond of each other. • "They are not fond of me," sfiid Lucy, sadly. Her home was in California. She had not seen it for three years. Her mother and other children received hor with joy and warm affection; but at the end of a week the household was iu a state of insurrection. The oldest boy com­ plained loudly to his mother. "Sister Lucy won't let me alone. She ?aid my cravats were ugly, and she did not want me to wear«them; she calls my friend Jim vulgar, and insulted him, and she is lecturing me all day long." The maids soon began to complain. "Miss Lucy found fault with everything that was done. They could not stay to be bossed by her," and so it was all through the household. A year or two later she married. A feeling of relief came over the house­ hold. Her husband w*s triumphant in the treasure he had won. "Poor fellow!" said her father as they Irove away. "Lucy lias but one fault, but how many women make wretched households with that oue!"--Youth's Co mpan ion. A New Fruit. "It is not often that we get anything in the shape of a novelty in the fruit line," a large dealer >aid, "but we did have a fruit the past spring that was ap­ parently new to most people. It was the shaddock, and it had a great run. Now it is out of season and can't be had at any price. But next season I expect the demand for it will be greater than Bver. The shaddock has been growing in popularity steadily for a few years, and last season it took a big jump to the front, so that every one was eating it before the season closed. And the shaddock, I think, will become more and more popular as its excellent quali­ ties are fully appreciated. . "Wejget all from Eloricbu. The fruit raised tliere is much nicer than that of the West Indies, and I doubt if we get iny at all from the West Indies. I don't think the shaddock can be prop­ erly called a fashionable fruit. It's too useful in itself to be fashionable. You see, it's a very large fruit, not at all pretty, very hard to handle whrn eat­ ing it; not at all like the mangoe and tamourine, which the ladies eat with their gloves on. They're fashionable fruits. People eat the shaddock be­ cause they like it. If it was a fashion­ able fruit they wouldn't call it shad- flock. They'd put some French or other Ddd name on it." And, speaking of the •ame of this fruit, it may be interest­ ing to know that it is derived from an Englishman, Capt Shaddock, who in­ troduced it into the West Indies. The shaddock belongs to the order of Aurantiaca; or orangeworts. 'The four great branches of this family which are best known are the fcitras limonum, or lemon tree: the citrus aurantium, or orange tree; the citrus limetta, or lime tree, and the citrus decumana, or shad­ dock tree. The last named is the giant of the order. The fruit itself is a cross hetweon the lemon and orange, and combines many of the best qualities of both. The shaddock grows very much as the orange does, except that the branches of the trees are very long and almost as thin as wire. They never break, but bend down with the weight of their fruit. The leaves are very long, and tough and narrow.-- Wash­ ington Herald. Down on th« NaiL This is a well-known half-slang phrase used for a cash payment. Of its history I cannot speak, but I confess to feeling startied when I found it, as it seems to me, in a parliamentary deed of King Robert the Bruce. By indeuture dated July 15, 1320 (Scots Acts, I., 470,) a.teuth-jjenny wag covenanted for, payable to the King. WOu his part he agreed not to exact certain pri es and carriages unless he was passing through the realm,'after the custom of his pre­ decessor, Alexander III., "for which prises and carriages full payment should be made super ungueni." (The words are: "Pro qnibus prisis et cariagiss plena fiat solucio super unguem.") I am aware of the classical use of the phrase "in unguem" or "ad unguem," signifying "to a nicety," but it does not seem to apply here. At the same time the corresponding French phrase, "payer rubis snr l'ongle," may make this doubtful. Just below the passage cited occurs another in which paymeut is to be made "in manu." Both, in my opinion, refer to ready money, and I do not hesitate to translate "super unguem" "down on the nail." Hitherto I have supposed the nail to be a figure of speech for the counter on which the coin was told. Apparently this is er­ roneous, as it is clearly the finger nail which is referred to. I would like to hear of other early instances of "down on the nail."--Notes and Queries Th« Trun liinh Shamrock. In Ireland only ;">ue shamrock is known. It Ik an indigenous species of clover, which trails along the ground among the grass in meadows. The trefoil leaves are not more than one- fourth the size of the smallest clover I have seen iu America, amf are pure green in color without any of the brown sliadiug of white aud pink clovers. The creeping stem is hard and fibrous, and is difficult t•> dislodge from the earth. On St. Patrick^ Day, the true shamrock has to be bearehed out from read a .speech without lifting a hand, except to turn the pages, and almost without changing position; and there are others who can talk all day without getting tired; but the average speaker perspires^as if he were sawing wood. An off-hand speech of ten minutes d<ies not count, but the man who throws his arms in the air, as if whirling Indian clubs, hammers his desk like a black­ smith, and dances all around the place for an hour or more, is taking ver\ vio­ lent exercise. Experience has taught some of them that it is not safe V> make such a speech without taking extra pre­ cautions against cooling off too quickly afterward. I know several members who take ex­ traordinary precautions. They do not speak often. They know for weeks be­ forehand that they are to speak, and after all preparations are made for the speech itself, and the day comes for the effort, they have a servant bring them a complete change of linen and under­ wear and a heavy overcoat to the Capi­ tol, and wait with these tilings at hand until the speech is ended. Then the speaker, with the perspiration pouring off him, rushes to the cloak-room, where the servant stands with the coat ready, and throws it over his shoulders as soon as he comes within reach. Next, the member, with the collar o£ his overcoat turned up high, tucks hie dry under­ clothing under his arm and makes for the bath rooms. There he enters the waiting-room, where the temperature is high and there can be no draught being underground, and waits to cool off a little preparatory to a bath. There is no more work for him in the House that day. When he has got his bath, he makes for his lodgings as fast as he can, and stays there until thoroughly rested. A Case of l)inrM]Mwt. A colored man at Augusta, Ga., hav­ ing been hired to drive a party of New York and Boston gentlemen out to a plantation five or six miles away, felt his head swell accordingly. Half way out the road was somewhat obstructed by an cyx cart which had broken down. There was plenty of ^room to paw,.>i^ the colored Jehu saw a favorable 9p-i portunity to show off; and so he drew rein and exclaimed: "Yo' pusson dar!" "What yo'want?" replied {lie other. "What yo' destructin' dis toad fur?" "I hain't. Pass on." ' " " "Yo' move dat cahtP* ! * 0$* "Shan't do it!" e • ste. "Look-a-heah, Moses. dofcs yo' reckon desist me?" • ,:j: , , "Gem'leu," said Mbses he came nearer and removed his hat. "I wouldn't dun desist nobody, but I leab it to yo' if dar hain't sagacity nuff to rotate dis keeridge past dat obstruckshun ?" The party decided that there was, and ordered the driver on. He obeyed, but turned to explain: "I knowed <lar was, gem'len, but if yo' doan' disrespect some o' dese coun­ try niggers dey won't disrespect yo'."--- Hew York Sun. A 1'rlmitive Tlmtiktwper. Very frequently a traveler among primitive people happens upon a "find'L which strikingly illustrates that neces> sity is not only the mother of invention j but that there is a strong family like* ness among the inventions. An Eng* lish naturalist, *bile visiting Great. Saugir, one of those islands of the In­ dian Ocean known as the Celebes, or Spice Islands, lodged at the house of a -rajah. In front of the house was a ver­ anda, in the corner of which stood a sentry, whose business it was to keep the time for the village, by the aid of a primitive sand-glass. Two Lotties were firmly lashed to­ gether mouth to mouth, and fixed iu a wooden frame, made to staud upright in reversible positions. A quantity of> black sand ran from one bottle into the other in just half an hour, and when the upper bottle was empty the* frame was reversed. Twelve short sticks, marked with notches from one to twelve, were hung uj>on a string. A hook was placed between the stick bearing the number of notches corres­ ponding to the hour last struck and the one to be struck next. _ The sentry an­ nounced the time by striking the hours on a large goug. A Kevnlatlon. Bliffers (at a theater)--What's that high box in front? Stranger That's the stage. "Stage, eh? What are those people doing V" . "They are actors. Were you never in a theater before?" "Oh, yew, often. -But I" never saw anything like that before." "Indeed! What have you usually seen ?" "Straw or velvet with ribbons and flowers and spangles and things."-- Good News. Explaining tli« Supri'inn Court's Dedaton. " What is this 'original packacre' busi­ ness?" she asked. "What does it mean ?" "Well, he began explaining, "we'll say jou are 120 pounds of honey in a silk and gold and diamond mounted case." i "Yea." ' "Well, so lone as yon are in the original wrapper," he continued wrap­ ping his arm about her, "you " "I see now," she interrupted, but 1 can't understand how you are the • original wrapper."--Exchange^ i j It Wouldn't Wear. | First Girl--I don't believe iftipng en­ gagements, do yon? I Second Girl--Yes, I do. "Why do you?" | • " Well, I've been engaged to a fellow a year, and now I wouldu't marry him for I've just learned what he is." "How so?" "The brass on his engagement ring ie just showing through the gold." GRATITUDE flows freely for things re­ ceived. It is harder to give tjukok* foi that withheld. A QUEER and suggestive finH Is re­ ported to have been made in the sleepy old Moravian towh of Salem, N. C. Not many days ago a workman was fitting electric light wires in the attic of one of the old buildings oif the town, when he came up a.quaint group of souvenirs, which showed the different stages of illumination wbjch had successively come withirt the experience of the household. There Was first a set of old-fashioned tin'candle molds, then an oil lamp of sintique pattern^ and, lastly, a small sec­ tion of gfes pipe, which he there and theh supplanted by the wire, through which the electric current was soon to pass. FOR moths salt Is the best extermi­ nator. The nuns in one of the hospital convents have tried everything else with­ out success, and their experience is valu­ able, as they have so much clothing of the sick who go there, and strangers when dying often leave there quantities of clothing, etc. They had a room full of feathers, which were sent there for pillow making, and they were in despair, as they could not exterminate the moths until they were advised to try common salt. They sprinkled it around, and in a week or ten days they were altogether rid of the moths. They age never troubled now; A Sensible Pferautlon. Though disease cannot always be conquered, Its first approach can be checked. But, not only is the us® of a mediciu&l safeguard to be recommended on the first appearance of a malady, but a wise discrimination should be exerclscd in the choice of a remedy. For thirty years or wore Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has been the reigning specific for dys­ pepsia, fever and ague, a loss of physical ktamina, liver complaint and other disorders, and has been most emphatically indoraedby medical men as a health and streugth restora­ tive. It Is indeed a \ris& precaution to use this sovereign foitlfvicg agent and alterative in the early stages of disease, for it effectually counteracts it, if the malady belongs to tbat large class to which this storting medicine is adapted. Not only is it efficacious, but pure and harmless. Gratifying to AO. ' The high position attained - and £he anl- versal acceptance and approval of the pleas­ ant liquid fruit remedy. Syrup of Figs, as the most excellent lax atlw known. Illus­ trate the value of the qualities on which its success is based, and are abundantly grati-- tying to the California Fig Syrup Company. NECESSITY is the mother of invention, and likewise the fa<her of lies.--Puck. i iter. jjeirore. Mien., kys: "The effect of Hall's Catarrh Cure is wonderful." Write him about it. Sold by Druggists, 75a. A WOXDKBFUI, wedding dress was re- rently made up in Russia for the daugh­ ter of a great Russian artist. It is of regulation white satin, but on the satin are innumerable little pictures, chiefly allegorical, painted by her father's art­ ist friends. What may be its value in years to come"? THERE has new been anything discovered that will equal Dobbins' Eiectrio Soap for all household uses. It mak*s paint look Hko new, aud cUanes us ic/mru* snow, it ts a |»fea««re to use It. Ask your grocer for it. EDWARD Bfi^amy has made more money by "Looking Backward" than most men make by looking ahead.--Boston Courier. DON'T let worms eat the very life out of your little children. Restore theiu to health by giving Dr. Bull's Worm Destroyer. LOVERS' promises at the seaside are frequently like the waves tbat lave their feet--soon broken. BEECRAH'S TILLS cure Bilious and Nerv­ ous ills. ___________ (jKUMAxt: manufactures over £2,000,- Ctood News tor Fat People. Dr. Snyder, herbalist, 34U State street, Chicago, whose advertisement appears in this Issue, is no doubt the great mfwerr of the age. He takes "fat folks," overloaded with adipose tissue until they are a burden to themselves and a charge upon their rela­ tions and friends, and In a short time re­ duces them, ut the rate of 15 to 25 pounds per month, and making different persons of them. What was monstrous becomes trim, well-built and able to run a foot race with a trained pedestrian. A onco very fat friend of ours Is not now recognized by half the people he meets, so great has been the change iu his weight. "To SAVE time is to lenpth'-n life." Do you value life? Thou use SAl'OLIO. It is a solid cake or Scouring Soap. Try a cake oI it in your next house-oleaning. Jlib Opium. In Piso's Cure for Consump­ tion. Guns Where other remsdies fall. 25c. A POCKET pin-cushion free to smokers of "Taneill's Punch" 5c. Cigars. Hood's Sarsaparill# 16 Peculiar To ItseJf All the year rounds you may rely upon Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to purify the blood and invigorate the system. It's not like the sarsaparillas, that are said to be good for the blood in March, April and May. The " Golden Medical Discovery " works equally well at all times, and in all cases of blood - taints, or humors, no matter what their name or nature. It's the cheapest blood-puri­ fier, sold through druggists, because you only pay for the good you get. Your money is returned if it doesn't benefit or cure you. Can you ask more? u Golden Medical Discov­ ery" contains no alcohol to inebriate, and no syrup or sugar to derange digestion. It's a concentrated vegeta­ ble extract; put up in large bottles; pleasant to the taste, and equally good for adults or children. The "Discovery" aires all Skin, Scalp and Scrofulous affections, as Eczema, Tetter, Salt-rheum, Fever-sores, White Swellings, Hip - joint disease and kindred ailments. mtHltMteVMMM.a abil.tr occU r m T T | | ^ when or wher t dl»i atelr. J.H.POLK PATENTS h P wnraoN THIS rarza DEh8P ENSIOHS NEW LAW. mum widows and celanvw Vaddnita^&Ct kshib.' SX3S!~ PENSIONS FREE iWritens fornewlaws^i.,, , s S«ntfree. BmHmrt*' - *• {Rsssssa.'sf' '*4 MeOumick* Sou.Wukiactea, S. 0., * Oteduktt, oL. ' TO KVFRTBODT, cop j of tbe Bert mk! Storjr Pat »er in the United naittc «mladdreaaonnoctal 1 LEOGKB.CU . CHICAGO I knew law sent ] FFeeflOlli •Aa«S*MUJMIMK.CHaw*IlU*Wa.l OTNAME THIS rAPKR rrmrj thn* Jtm writ*. ftaBil Orcti-rabownc an entitled « & ,-U- HQ IAKIJohr 'vr.afMmnu JlOlWlf Waafclnctoa, U.cZ 5-^5 f V I Synialactwar, IS«4}odlca ' : -m PENSIONS ^ Low. 8oUBer«, Widow*, Parent* Mad for Mask m** , " - Patrick OVamllL A m, a>. c. r * ' m plicatiooa and information. Pension Agent, Waridac PENSIONS The Great titled to *10 a wo. Feewhen T< Blanks free. MSEIW u. HCSTMi, I< KueukiDi* Wk<. |.. B J StMton, «* '• isnsm. . Fathers ai* «jk • maud Father* ai* 'ee Slew hen yon it/, £*tar*y, ELY'S CREAM BALM It Worth $1000 to any Maa, TVoman or Chili •ufltorliig: lmi« CATARRH. Apply Balm inti each hortrtl. r.LY BKOS., m; Warren gt. N. T. DADWAY'S II READY RELIEF. THE BRUT CONQUEROR OF PAIN. For Sprains, Bruises, Backadhe, Paiu in the Chest or Sides, Headache, Toothache, or any other external pain, a few applications rubbed an br hand act like magic, causing the pain to instantly stop. For Congestion*, Coldw, Itronchitis, Pneu. monia. Inflammation*, Rheumatism, Neural. Kla, inmhsgo, .sciatica, more thorough and repeated npplicaUens are necessary. All Internal Pains, Diarrhea, Colic, Spnmu. Nausea, i'utntinar Spell*, Nervousness, Sloop- lcsmess are relieved Instantly, anil quickly cured by taking invrardly 'tO to 60 drops In half a tvi 111 bier of water. 00c. a bottle. All Druggists. DADWAY'S n pii i < PILLS, PENSIONS ! EXPERIENCE, HAVE NOT HEEN ENTITIJCD. AddrMt tor tonus for application and tall lnformattoK. > | WM, W. DUDLEY, ,-V IaATE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS."? Attorney at 1^*% Washington, X).(S , > (Mention Una Peper.) 1 \> i W M . F I T C H & C O . , : 10% OorconnBolldl&s, Washington. D.a, • • ' # PENSION ATTORNEYS of over 28 yf ire" experience. niiixmsHfiilli iiiciwKiiita PENSIONS! The Disability Bill is a Jaw. Soldiers disabled sloe*' the war are entitled . Depended* widows and paresti- now dependent wliosf s or<» died from effects of amur- service am included. If you wishjrourclaim »peeQ«* , . lly and encceasfnlly proa- IIUCQ TlllFB ecuted. address JHHILU IMInLI%. _ Late ComroisRionerof Pensions, •UIIICTII. §. tL The OUUst Mtdicint in tkt Wtrldit am. ISAAC THOHPSOl jtios, and has been in constant use for nearlr'K This scriptton, century. There we few diseases to which mantfnf a» subject more distressing than son eyes, aag none, perhaps, for whk'h mote remedies have beeft tried without saeew. For all external inftammatlMk Of the eves it is an infallible remedy. If the dire*, tions are followed it will never faU. We particularly Invite the attention < ~ ttentloa of physicians to its merit*. Vsf runists JOHN L. THOMPSON, 30» k , N Y. Established 12V?, -TREATED KHt'K, . im< ' Positively Cured with Vegetable ResieiietL. Have enred many thousand eases. 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MT WORTH A GUINEA A BOX.~*B For BILIOUS & NERVOUS DISORDERS V Sick Headache, Weak Stomach, Impaired Digestion, Constipation, Disordered Liver, etc., ACTING LIKE MAGIC on the vital organs, strengthening the muscular system, and arousing with the rosebud of health The Whole Physical Energy of the Human Fnime. , Beecham's Pills, taken as directed, mil! quickly RESTORE FEMALES to complete health. * SOLD BY ALL ORUCCISTS. Price, 25 cents per Box. Prepared only by THOS. BEECHAM, Bt. Helens, Lancashire, England. B. T. AUEX CO., Sol* Agmts for United States, 365 <fc .?«7 Onutl Iff** York, who (tfi/ottr 11ruggint docs not ktvp them) trill mail Xeecham'a i*{fteoaa receipt of j>ne»--but inquire first. pajirr. PIMlfiSS au n«. having fott IS lbs. I now ¥ti(h 219 Ibf., havior lost iOBtH iiKUone month. Any one doubtinfrthu eddrem rac- with gtampn, aud i will qoeaUotui. I have not been aick, and n orkod Can furnbh aftiilaritB to this. BBFMFU'ors ru»H BE0 MOXTH by tho M-icntlfto appliontion of hmnleaa remedies. The trsmtraent of otK-sity, ennreeii<bed-« LIZZIE BCRKSEd? M»wn m to as : iheiimatjwri uen-oua, kidney, blood, and skin dtnmTa s p e c i a l t y , . H T H K T I . t C o K n o i N - T t i L , A d d n a s w i t h t h r a l . •S. stampB tor cirenl&rs. Bit. 41. W. F. SKIBOL - - - Stum BoiWioff, ?At Stile St.. Ckl«a«% IU. Namo this paper when you write. *F YOXS WISH A^v mim* varchMe one of the cele­ brated SMITH & WESSON arm*. Theflneetn&aUums over manufactured and the firat choice of kli experts. Manufactured in csHbn* 33, SBandM-m B% gle or double action. Safety HammerieM nd Tawtiuodela. Conatracted cntir^y of Hat Hy wraasht Meel, carefully ' manehip and stock, they are unrivaled ilily and accuracy. Doaotb._ cheap malleable eatt-lrca iMitatla are often, sold for the gennine 1 onlv unreliable, but dangerous. WESSON Revoivera are ail ataraped upon the ba*fc xvle with firm's name, address and dates of patent*- and are gutaratireed perfect in every detaul Ia»' aittuiHva having- the troaaine article, and if ycm» dealer canm >t supply you an order senttoaddirMi bi-Jow_ will rpc«ve proinpt and eanfti attention I*scnptiv©aitaIojfueaad prioea furnidied uptrn a£ JScatloa- SMITH & WESSON. 1 WTTJentton thia paper. ^priDBSaU, --•> • CHIC Thousands ENTTIL u n d e r t h e N E W A * Write immediate." BLANKs for £ CO.,Washington, v AUl. tely for pplica- iii, D.0, I prewribe and tally •. dorse Big G as the ooljf s apeeific for the certain cuwfe,r of this disease. G. H.IKORAHABf.il. D.« -v. Av Amsterdam, K. T. '""ff? , We have sold Big G j many years, and it haat > » given the beat of saua- ; i> faction. 1>VR.DYCHE*CO.. Chicago. 111*,'.- tLN. Bold by Druecista.., ; " c. N. IT. X«. S8-90 WHKN H iuXINO TO ADVKItTISKRS^ t' plcMe b*lj jnw mmw the advertuciiMit ; tatur. paper. -.^v" ll A r> I ETC Who Value a Refined |LtA UI Km Complexion Must Use POZZONI'S MEDICATED COHPLEXION POWDER. tssSal* If Hmrsiiti ft Fancy Goods Dealer* Ewrrten FOR GALL STONES, BILE BEANS. Having U6ed Smith's Bile Beans in my fam­ ily. 1 nave no he«ltancy in recommending them to those suffering from biliousness, chills and fever, etc. J. D. GAINEY, Limestone, Fla. Try "BILE BEANS SMAi.L"(4olitUe beans in each bottle). Very small-- easy to take. Price of either site, 15c. *TBUY OP TOUR DRUGGIST. Best Cough Medicine. rhere all else fails. taste. Children take it without objection. By druggists „ , _ Recommended by Physicians. Cures where all else fails. Pleasant and agreeable to the " j fw WATERPROOF COLLAR or CUFF THAT CAN BE RELIED OM ' IXTot to Split! ^ ]Vot to Plsooloyl BEARS THIS MARK. THE MARK MARK. %3>-M .. . . / ; NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. OAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT.. . THE QNLY LINEN-LINED WATERPaoaF ^ 4 > COLLAR IN THE MARKET, v