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At Work. "Plane an' ehisel :n' ibintuc": gayly they flash in the . An' sme.'>cdy's wai'in' u t- .eire eInc ho, when my work t' ine. , Somnebodv's bands are: w' ki' for bread - the babes to ea:. Somebody's eyes ite ,c-in' for ma comiu' Cin the sirect. Plane an' chisel an' hane'r: gayy tb flash in the su n:' That's how I used ':r a: my wora: 'I' that song's din. Here 'n the bnn-iy we: it; op 1 chi'i i hau mer an' plane. Not wi' the ('i- good heart-I shall never hat' that again. There's nobody waiting at home for me; the cottage is ali so lone, An' the babes-G'd blss 'cm-it breaks my heart to heir ,u i:eaen. There's nobody :t the window lookin' cut up the village street. An' work do seem so hard :ow: she used t. make It sweet. An' the neighb;rs, i.n1 hearts! they setme an stop at the w:ksb< ni dor. And ities an' talks at' t+kbs-thc; noaa al welI for sure. calmer a bit naybe I': grew; but there'; etiil be the place The emp'v pace in my her, 'spite o' the ehee.'iest face. Soncthin' 'l :fl i:t what ! * Now that I she's gone away. 1 don't want it tiled by :othiu'. Never: that's what I say. Plane an' chis"i an' hinmer: gayly they flash in the sun: An' nobody's waitin' to welicaie ine han when my work i< An' when the ev'nin' cmrue:. an' I wipe the Sweat from iuy brow, I stop wi' ry coat -i my arm, an' ti-ink hw loneo ai il :"n. I think ci her p::'ee at the table an' fre, an' her empty enair. An' the loneiy supper a'wa'iin' mc, an' she not there 1 The babes that crowed 'I her arms, an' held to her dress's hein. Comm' to meet me: How proud I was of her an' theml I stop at the door as 1 mind it, an' I haven't the heart to go Back to the empty cottage; it makes me miss her so. I see the shadows n-gatherin', an' the last o' the sentu' sun, An' 1 wish t~e day weren't over an' my day's work done: The shadows over the cturch an' her grave : an' the fields below, An' there on the lonely cottage. an' I haven't the heart to go. Yesl I got my work to do, thank God? Eam mer an' eisel an' pne: 'Tis work, work, work, as steadies oue's heart an' brain. Just the same for all on us, maiden an' man an'-wife! Life wi'out work, I reckon, ain't worthy the name of life. An' life wi'out hope to hold to:-why * ' * better die a'most! 'Tis a ship wi'out an anchor, I say; a gate wi' ne'er a post. Plane an' chisel an' hammer : gayly they flash in the sun! Thank God. I've hope and work; 'tis that as helps me on. That's what the passun 'ud say: but 'tis hard to stick to 't though: 'Tis hard to be left alone! An' the babes! An' to want her so. Plane an' chisel an' hammer: gayly they flash in the sun! An' nobody's waiting for me at home when my work is done. There's the empty chair by the Are, an' the seat by the window-pane; She'll never come back to them or sit an' work in them again. . But the empty place In my heart, there's somethin' as seems to say She'll come to that for ever may be, in hea ven, some day. . -F. E. Weatherly. A Plea For The Birds. I have read a good deti about the damage done in late tears by chinch bugs, army worms, eutrctuio, borers and other insects "too nutmerous to meni tion;" but few of the writers seem to think or be conscious of the real reason for the increasing numbc' and harmful ness of these pests. Bu: we 'io not have to go far to find the reason, and it is found in the widespread and outrageous destruction of our birds. Think of the enormous number of small bials r'e quired to deck ladies' hats nowatdays: and of the ruined crops of huud>reds of farmers and fruit growers in the United States, and ask if the latter is 'not the result of the former. Of course it is; no one will or can dispute it. Whmat is to be done? Something; and no time should be lost in doing' it. The Ameri ca' umane Society is, I think, doing a gol"work in this direction, and I would in'time blot out the bird-killing business, especially as an adjunct to the milmnery trade of the country; but it cannot'worf7'a reform soon enough. to satisfy the pressing necessities of tae agricultural interests. We must appel to law to stop this indirect hatching anu raising of myriads of mnsects to destroy the crops of the farmer, fruit grower and market gardener. I do not think a law ttgainst catching birds would do musti good, for it would not be enforced; but 1 think a law pro hibiting milliners, both wholesale and retafi, from handling these ghostly orna ments would have the desired eil'ect, and with such a law we might, in time, have our birds as plentiful and useful as they *werie a few years ago, before this bloody -war on them began. But small birds are not the only in sect eaters that are being exterminiated for frivolous purposes. The prairie chickens are falling by the thousand by , the ruth'less hand of the market shooter -that vile blot upon the human race; cruel as a fiend; grasping as a miser; lazy as a sloth; braimless as an idiot,and for~ harmfulness ranking next to the devil himself. Why allow this low-lived specimen of humanity to ply his das *tardly and destructive work under tihe very nose of the farmer he is injuring? Why not send him to the poorhouse. asylum or penitentiary, where lie could be kept with mtuch less expense to tihe farr'ers, who are now supporting him? *But' here is a point thatt puzz'ies me. Is it the shot, the blood, the brokein bones, or the feathers, that makes prai rie chicken meat such a delicac. If tame fowl were brought on the table in the condition in which the pralrie chicken is 'usually served, it would be eonsidered entirely unfit to eat; so J don't think the epicurean pubolic wvould lose much if prairie chicken shooting should be prohibited by llaw1Mn year round,f oAr'e'Es d"years, and lontgir Jfathe birds were not plentifulecnotugh t teend of that time. I think there~ would be little or no objection to such a law. Every spor'tsmian ini the United Stat~s wotuld like It, atnd of course every farmer would commen'd it; even the market shooter would endorse it if heo had brains enough to conmpr'eh'endit advantages, for now he c'an ha'rd ly er fifty cents a day. owing to t'e seanguu.' of game, while live yea 'of tu:s inw would be likely to le"ve ilook~ of the birds on ever'v tenl-:ar st u sat' they would ilijure :1. erethnmreiy no candid person e::: I'ibo i'romt April ist to July 1:,th t: 'eis o gai for them to get, ' i:: t:Ilm they are wag;ing a w e em.a tion upon a great rma 4ien ful ins'ects, and who .' eu d come they' still p~..er .a for t b "rain to season the' tnsects that. hut for them, would do mor'e d:,:: ''e om tan acre thau the hairdsi woul: 0-- (in b2en Then the grtain is harvsed sd o two weeks atfter' it iiec,'o e' ansa' them, when thuey haive to fati h:e. ou insects again. Now her'e is a chane for Liome law maker to cover ilm elf a' 'over wth glory. 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Repairing to her sep, he is found knitting her brows .er a tin nic~e Of neelewo :rk, or su n vrn imve"il whichn : islin:.: w ei ::. 'Y bird s ins in a 'ng' i:ul out of a ( u sedl palte-.po;. Vinles run over t :rci s Work of miniature ste-Ladder& . On the table lie careles ly ' hIp ' t sCi Of "Io Not to Pap:r RI ." Yo. t.c known your errand nod a c)nsuItilt of the appoimm ent bock ft- j lows. "Yes," says the par''-hangr, at last; "I can come as wehl as not. Ti" author's breakfast will be over at 9 a. mn.. and the Society to Prevent Crueltr at the Pols does nIt m2e.et 1iil 7 :2t I. m1." Ilaving eLg:gd Co piap::3-hin; er in this Charminig- ad ticiVenti:-.1 1 way, ou nay well be prepared for a novel style of paste and scs cors work Tihcre will be Io going out at 11 "sharpen scissors," nor repeate a') - senfCCS to "get tools." nhe retmoteri st corner will at last feel that it has rights which paper-iangers are bound to re sneet. If a graduate, the emtploye will c'heer your heart by ashles, ike_ "Ten I nysoan has just such a papeor imn room Where he writes," or "Privte I)alzel composes undcr a similar bor tier. Thus the day will go plttaSanty. The 1aste will be 1 jew el, so - i -m. The bush, wih an emroidere handle. , illt -1ide o'er the 1:ip wal. TII ci~p ':iuts w\"1 1t.iali'e \pie-p i gi ;i r'onatle-shlapeS. There willi be ntio pros:dte. and th i. ' wli b i bone in wror' sed woi. The : - couraginig fact in the i.s , : t "- 1 that 1 n en have ye, s. e '"' tu Ii:.. lihD-indders.-, or tipu ov'er 0. (.. -out thenil to tie wrongh tjz'2u ways tried to i -o: : ii: venture im a caliin ci ':ere: seem to t '\ : 1a:,er-I ltI lm ; ami 1: 10 .'. uat to c.t.:r :,.d r : t' X :1 (:1 In South Africa, t .e ic' e o -'ud~uwana gave theO solder' re severe shaking, and it often *al~.nr that falsc alrsn' at nacM i rousing of whole enns. :mud m :: even to a reckless disch~a e o* ti---".' In some caises friendly' naies or e' : comrauies, were t aken b"y t.e . eeI imination of ai senrtryfrenm n otheris, unofiring carttle evna or a "shru, becameo the innee' t cause' of ftsIlade sullicient to ha~ve 'le:&i wides.preaid destruction to a hrost of Zu lu. A n odd incidenut illustraitive of the slightness of the cause- or even. crhaps. of the absen.'e of atny caiuse at id!that gives rise to a p:urn.e. OCCurr'i"d on the nig~ht of Tel-el-Kiehir, amid a smatl corner of the force that wars bivouacking on tho battiel. 'The narrator had erawvled into a marqn'jtee mn which, with other commiss!~ariatt stores, were thre rumi casks fronm which t;ie troops had recived their liquor rationt afer the fati::ues and exciteme~nt cfi the dav~'s li-:ht a'nd previous ngti-rb Besides one or t wo commissarra' is.t-r":' ini chrg~re of the stores. several "o and end~s"' of othrer corps had tomri their way into the marquee, preferrinir to rest n'nder its shelter *am' i th cais and biscuit boxes tihan aiih-r th i.open' sky with the sand for a bul. Sraddenly in~ ithe mirddle of tire nij'ht w"henal were ceepini,' a noise and conuotio bearu in a iroonae outside. *-fore th inhaitanfts of the tent1 were -.ielntl awage to understand its c' r'1e the cur tins wer*e thrutst asi1' -l-conte sotier,. whio G&~odied to us to gt up .. 1up AT:ibs are in the~ cap thy r upon01 us!' Thren he disap'pearedi a ramniir as he hadl come" . eyo siant. to is armis. and proab)'!y ex perencedt that especilly ucomtfortab~ sesation that is caurse ' by avagu fealinrg of atn unseen though'' imine:.:i' owv to gitard. Outside every on arfundi wasi arousetd and up, everly st:vng to discovecr fromr wha, gag atack w:S to be expede.N~~e however, morre uinplialst o'cur red thr: tie advent of a stal' olrh as eth calse of thre confasiont. Pr~obabithe trthr netver didut rt'echi headqntr t:. Afterwaird, hoiwever,' a rert ue grund -no0 other* er be rea e ve'fortheo" g-: bat the ah i~ e from the screane of a '.o 'min sodir rors of1 the dry. hid l enr1 iigaing Id battle over a*in in his drea --;r onis w] a: t - frm 'er. ' I:: a Piaro 1 ahadonc vebe 1, atso anGao O r.c Deivered,~: fregh fre.zyt nearest de'rot. Fitteen d.ts c'- r and freight both ways if :a e'atid~ae. . Write. for circulars.. N. W. TIlUMdP, Columia.s S. t.. mA'i es rc! the Sc entinie Meth "'d. -1; :t e au4erum." cried the an - m iV'irum, and I - rd." ''Grarnt me a he.. modern reaL end yu the riddle - - - a uchlallengeable is anoi t as ditficult e:, :ca-tCrrestial ful . -"pirit c the age" -ndi not by faith. It ii lnbe:rz, and weirhs, i catalogues and de " i onmre; and classifies. To onte scerets of Nat i= experiment, and its 1s emostr.tion. For any nat1:1urad ph enom, en on o -v that Ca4in appeal :o rontept ial, on mere i : - - ! u success in advancing . i ainng powte ovt)er 1 - rie t'hat has resulted n '-t iiing evidence that th , entale me th od of interrogation is n:md.:.1 that it should always be .':01. wheever possible. But it is ::h- p ible to apply the method. T", ' r:"r we aCpproach the region of :W'p:i ne peolelcna, the more diffi itc uSos to test particular inter re i an appeal to experiment. The. f-alnoUCter may reveal agitation in a nsc1.r surface. but it tells nothing oult ("ens:Lion. The convolutions of a . b1Urain:y be tampered with, but i no: escribe to us his feelings. alone can discriminate :1: uf consciousness; and the char - or". nces,,on, or relation of these r :cr ted in terms of meta : i. Teries of physical relation - h+r mcust at first be tentative, and :e pest they will require to be stated I ei general terms. The argument mut cii., t in the application of gen e.:; p-r'i::ei.lec; and, in choosing these, : y banced by common sense on~line our guide. In drawing our w'e may be satisfied if these bi with some moderate degree o (robabiity.-Jmres Cappie, _f. D., i , zcience *lont/dy. he Haughty Wife. I1 one of the cities that lie over :Gui. Do::tou there lives a family 1, a sculine head is a man who s w: on c. m iderabie wealth from hum ,.,ie b( innings not unlike those of Com : re nderbilt, with the difference . t .ne h.e like Vanderbilt. began as 1 ::t mn, he has expanded into the iusiness instead of into the r bineS. Ever since he be e:.be banker his excellent wife has ecen -: it u with the great importance . .rubn' Snew occupation, and ::vid it on every possible oc n. The horse-car conductors on ine which runs into her city all oni.', her, and smile when she enters . car :md grandly utters her con -.::*uie.'4r, let me off at my hus bank V" (!y latelya trainpish-looking old I- a red nose got on the car banhcr's wife delivered her 1 o r to the conductor. The old c"ed her performance curious 11 ith arose, pulled himself to .;.' :1. called out with a nagnifi ir :bat was inimitable: -t::duetor, let me off at niy old wo ...: ne:u:u:. standi!" .* '.ir went through the car. and -n y1.a i l's btank" has been alluded t ever since that time. Wit the tandon Busmnen. *Searmoen houars a davl! One hun &i* 'tnd nineteen hours a week! That's w;1:0 eit the yadlast night at '. 1i- v~et minn!cs to 2, and I wats Sm .b--a:fn this mornin' at 'alf p:I:t.1 tliese long hours that tell!" -::cu get a holiday sometimes?" ' c likc to oay for it. Whenever we "re Ar duty~ wye don't get paid. ad th speaker, a smart "whip" an'o~ te London omnibus-drivers, e4c his co~nversation concernimg his .on hour1s of lubor to pull up his horses anda sing out loudly the destination of They are juaint and curious men, some of these~London busmnen, with a rich fund of drollery all their own. --iou see, sir,"'said one, "1 don't much care for a holiday; I've been so lo:Z on this 'ere bus that things look ou:te different like when i'm in the ireet below. I shoudn't know my o wn children in the street." "-Oh, com~e. that's too strong." "Factl, I tell ve, bir; Im always away in h mornin" afore they're up, and nlilt o till thov're in bed at night, and I shoultdn't know my' little gal if I was to lucci her out, especially if I was to see- her ois my btus."' Truir a siuiltleant remark for a mtan to make in this latter half of the won tertul nineteenth century-a remark not1 wituenlt a touch of satire and of pathos, too; and we find our~selves ask ngif it is a necessity of our advance eN izaxitioni that me:n must work so1 :11ud] so continuously, day after day ther neuver sCe then- chld adep? No stret, sim'ple :rnto aroundl the father's neock, none of th-lvn, otnn influences which over even the most stony-hearted of nen! Surely. 0 Christian civilization, thec thngs a re not necessit.-s of thy li t vet the bus-drive-: rarely .comn idsor grumbles. Uc does not strike o cogreate .. ass-mneetinigs, or con1' 'dt~ as of riot. but lhe works pn Giy -:. a b; y steering his hVc- oayously well lhrough the '.rA.'t l,"ni : :ret n- surveying if with' : phlouic cahn from the :d iud of is bo,~xcept when a child! ,:::~s i th wayor"is horses, and :h::hs inn ; a4. i s. perhps rougher n: .. - h Ded of a, Diahole Dug. T e.~ 1.---Tuday ti. S. * jhtwyer anrd real estate - wife, his mother -- i his s'tepdaugthter. el-. f. :tt their homne - 4 e IlInd. Tlhe par -*. Ie mo ~natters. drcd w.ife otf Cran - hablli thlis wife had. - - 'w.)ver iNts ontrIl. \ ts fur treatise, - W.rld'slDispen . M:1.mai street.r c'c31echant Tailor Es t umbia, S. C., is in full - A lo will convince an'y *. . w" t a nirst-class .titting i sit r :E~\ Au in line of the best .4L.~ .. n ,. THE FEAHFtL FtL IZZ!iI) )a the Kansas I-rontier--.ilen. omentu rnaJ Children Frozen to )eatht-earciiy t'l Fu hiorsea Freeze to heath Wilie in Harnea. A :,peeil: from Topeka. Kau:s. gie 1 ieartrending aceount of the trr ible bulkt1r ags of the inhlbitants on the Kansas fronz icr, on account of the eae cold .ndl he scarcity of fuel. On Monday hist fartiner ianied lail eft his family to, go t-> u:e ovarest railro xint for the purpose ci .:tinag coal. lie )btained the coal nad ,artal baick, and v, Tuesday morning he was foaund an the roal ix miles from his homes' Ivi ybe .aV side of us horses frozen. The amaus were :nao rzen to death. Ci::rk wi:r .Ld ihree bildren had in the maiate 'early per shed and ha- cly ve the:r lives by caving their shell of a h me : a efuge in a cage. Two deaths ate 1'oi td Lfroi L:een l :ounitv. on the o.:. line. A brofuer mad spci'e. who liv d t -i uneettic poie r ion of the C.". y fe.da thalvesI wi~ at fuel . a u a vening. 'ie bro:her ent to a town eve u miles distant and succeeded in gettg 0 pounds ot coal. eing obliged to travel ag-du::t the fu' us , vind then umowint, he not did reach hoacme satil nearly midnight. Iie found his sister bed insensible and almotst :titT. She had 1 seen without tire all day. Although very iearly frczen himself, the young man tried :o revive his sister. but to no avail. The ther death was that of tan oid mau, who was not only without fuel, but without food. A widow and her two children perished n the storm Monday night ii Lane county. rhey were without t uel and the stot to =aae so suddenly upon them thy were| nable to get it. The woma's oldest son ptarted out in the storm to get ceutl, bu was verconc by the inten:-e e' d wi:ai. For turately he wandered t' the houne of a neichbor who had fire. lie was unable to speik, and his arms, leAt and etars were , frozezn. By strenuous efforts his legs were | saved, althoughl he will probably lose his feet. Great suffering is reported in Clark County, on the Indian Territory line. A family of four were traveling overland, tad being only ten miles from home when the blizzard struck them. they deternuned to en:atea there that night in spite of the terrible storm. The hors: s were overcome and the family was obliged to abandon the wagon and walk some dis tance to the nearest house. A two-year-old child froze to death in its father's arms be fore shelter was reached. 'rThe others were badly frozen Old Southern ;Homies. The Savannah (Ga.) Morning News of last Sunday has this to say editorially: A great many of the plantations in different parts of the South, which were once well known for their size, the mag nificence of the residences upon them, the hospitality of their owners, or on ac count of the prominence of the families which possessed them, are now falling into ruins. The reason of this is, per haps, that the land has been worked so long without being fertilized that it has become poor, or it may be that those into whose possessions they have passed lack the energy and skill which are re quired to make them pay under the present system of labor. "One of these famous old places in Liberty county, in this State was lately sold to a colored man for $2,500, only a part of the purchase price being ri qtir ed at once. It is known as Laurel h iew, and is within two miles of the historic town of Sunbury. It was the home of the gifted John Elliott, and a very beau tiful h-me it was. John Eiliott repre sented Georgia in the United States Sen ate from 1820 to 1826. "The plantation contains $2,800 acres. It was purchased during the war of Se-. cession by Hon. Linton Stephen--. brother of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, and was sold to the present owner by his heirs. '-The district in which the llantation is situated was noted, from the first set tlement of the State until the emancipa ton of the slaves, for th intelligence and wealth of its citizens. it is now, how ever, almost abandoned to the colored people, its great plantations have been divided into small farms, and the superb misions, once the homes of men noted for wealth and culture, and of women famous for beauty and refinement, arei falling into decay, and are being re placed by cabins and huts, whose chim nes of sticks and mad tell more plainly than words of the marvelous change for the worse which has taken place in the once rich and prosperous district." Commenting upon the above, the Au-* gnsta Gazette says: This is sadly, deplorably true. Not only in Georgia and South Carolina, but in other Southern Stats may be seen any number of deserted homes, which were once the proud inheritance of rich representive n-'~- here dwelt every comfort that ~1a purchase; where lordly was dispensed from end t ear. Ruin and decay a with .em now. The one lee nsion is tumbling to the ground .meal, and a wilderness grows w' utiful gardens and rich. fields of on, 3ice and corn annually flourish Now and then gray heads - - with the palsy of age move -e grand old oaks, and eyes ed with water from full hearts behold what there is, and reflect what there was. Dimmed for past, for pomps and pleasures ' not. Alas, this is one of the n r healing wounds of the war-this haless ruin that dwells in the homes rfathers. BRIIC-A-I3HAC'. It:A I', NoTE. ANt' DIGtEST. I Tia: day' of Ieast rp tns dtrath niO. And actres of --urke.ye 8oon nuatt Oet one' thati' ya [.T ng: andl sw ' andI fa.. An'. stad1 0 t '-'1 oif tis and that. with Irtart.i und b riie ra-uces ake, Arid iaid hpra ta ea andt pies~ anid enee, Ask :rie-nds andlViadal K ""'ni"me Attnd maet rniss -ri-.de att your humne. Leti aaat the~ c-ar E e- tiiit"ra~ Rnt :111 eaeU gu aat with hiapina's. tacrr the jo * a of YoutiIai dayaa. A d a r :i -h 1-cei:n- i'ttr prabe. Deeds ate fruits: words are but leaves: words and deeds are noble comxpauions. ft H ow we printers lie, as aour devil said when he got up too late ton breakfas. A mnan always ceases to be. a "'ied-.fel low" when he refuses to do as othe~rs wlon. 'Father, is a parrot that talks a dumla afimal ' "M'. dear, children shldt( rto! tlk while they~ are eating. The prooaf of a weathier parecio ia it the patient that waits long enoughi fo' i. to heana;ae true. 'fiaw tor are oeter r aed fijr thatn helped. The reason is, we blieve. hat air is cheaper than hullion. TheC fo llowitug is ai transicrip u' f a sign On a eiar store: *"This stone is kloaed ou '' count of kreditin the boys. Ia the Volapuk language the wL)'rd ir tolar is 'doab." But it is just as harm as - ".er- to borriow 01ne When you eat turkey tand it die~ not sat ea'i iOn vtour sta~aitch, you w ilt k now it is obbler. A hen turkey alwaiy" sets we1. Au oculist doesn't want an eye for :.u eve, and a dentiat doesn't want a tooth fo: aoth. They want $--- -. A Western man named Pettis swallowed ls false teeth last week, anad can't lie down ..: heu bitng hnmlf internally. Kentucky is a rooster w ith three throats, ad every time a Kentuckian takes his 3o1urb) he wishes he w as th:'t i: (et:'r. A sh : takeri of as ""a rare entert::in ient 'revel to be a petormance no-! well .\ be:w ea i,e th...e anldL h ene at thi .ie c ern Vt l::., trile the teC .l ii in the shape of ::icd. "C'ristmas w:il awon slippuer re:1adaan tie mnu::rried ergy ran mournful. ":. whiile l'ooking over his assortmenIt ot lipp'ets. An exch:I:ge states that a clerk in a ,)v rp'rinmet Ollie at Washr'ington was injired a' :m acidenital di ehoirge of hisdtis ditti s- not occur a:..:in. The1 hest erz;e ano:: the girs a hair i'm IJe 'ip of str:.ads from the heads t their ge!ntlermen frie nd. This is another I'.~it ait httid<-headui rtie. "'lIent . whta trioe the: Uipw--:ai n wi.Ith "ut a h'y'er Iweasen' Iue:mi -") ' -ou ku:aw, . ah, bin.-""-I u w't. wye::lly. -Why, it wefers to b!r "k verse. He wi Inairris a pretty fce r!ly is ike buyer of cheap furniture-the arnih hat ca.u ht the eve will not cu"re the ire. ide blaze. Rutkin sae'; "'an sHould reseia:e a -iver." Some men d<, in one resect': It east. The biggeat part of them is their nouth. An eetbange thinks al girl canl be safely udged iv her mind. Then: we suppose vhen a giri's mind is madie up it is safe to et tbtat the ;irl is the same as her mind. The popular g just a..w is: "The etter tlat aid Lou'ed for Never Cme. lie person who sent it probable pt an mrntiate delivery stanp on it. "1o you believe. 'ir. that the dead ever ,va'rk :tfter death ': '-N de ubt of it. n::daame: I li:1v" l.ard the Dead M1areb in Gild-handled unlbreias are cmrin in~to "alion. Tb" handle is so arranged that it aa ie taken ali. This i_ an improvement n the old stle when the umbreili was :aken off. A young candidate for the legal profes aion 'was asked what he should do first when employed to bring an action. "Ask for money on account" was the prompt re ply. He passed. Mrs. Jones-What shall I buy you for a present. Charny, this Chri stmas Mr. ones-I Yhould like an ulster or a diamond ring, but I suppose you will overwhelm me as usual with a necktie or a pair of wrihters. Alt Ali.-"I cannot say yes, Walter. 1 shall be a sis-" "Sister to me? No, you wont." "Yes, Walter; your brother Charles proposed to me last Iight. and I accepted him." Jones (mceting Sniiti, with whom ire was out the night before)-Ha, the ly got home all right:' Smith tgloomilyl-Yes, but my wife wouldn't speak to me. Jone (enviusly)-Lucky fellow! Mine did. It takes two months to prepare for Christmas and three to recover fron it; but we must remember that there are seven menths in the year which are arranged for solid comfort. A certain amount of money i- going to be spent on Christmas presents auti holiday goods, and those who plant the mast attrac tive advertisement will reap the richest harvr:-t. It pays to advertise judiciously. ever: dav in the year, but advertising is of espe:il value to the merchant during the Christmas holidays. A TONGUE IN KNOTS. 1 contracted malaria in the swamps of Louisiana while working for the tele graph co"pany, and used every kind of medicine I could hear of without relief. I at lost succeeded in breaking the fever, but it cost me over $100.00, and then my sv t':a was trostrated and saturated with m~aaial poison and I became almost helpless. I finally came here, my mouth so filled with sores that I could scarcely eat, ied my tongue raw and fi led with little knots. Various remedies were re sortd to without effect. I bo'ught two bottles of B. B. B. and it has cured and strengthened me. All sores of my mouth are healed and my tongue entire ly clear of knots and soreness, and I feel like a new man. Jackson, Tenn., April 20, 1886. -A. F. Bmrnrox. 4 STIFF JOINTS. A MT 1tEML1ARE.LE CAsE OF sCROFULA AND) BRHEUMiATISM. I have a little boy twelve years old whose knees have been drawn almost double and his joints are perfectly stti, and he has been in this~condition three years, unable to walk. During that time he medical board of London county ex amined him and pronounced the disease scrofnla and prescribed, butt no benefit ever derived. I then used a much ad rertised 'preparation without benefit. Three weeks ago he became perfectly helpless and suffered dreadfull11. A friend wl~-haa uset9'EU. 1B. ad visi#~ ie. He has used one bottle and all pain has ceased and he can now walk. 'This has been a most wonderful a~ction, as his complaint had bafied everything. I shall continue to use it on him. Mras. EsMi Gu1FIras. Unitia, Tenn., March 2, 1886. WEBB CITY, ARK., BLOOD. Having tested B. B. B. and found it to be all that is claimed for it, I commend it to any and every one sufi'ering from blood poison. It has done mec more good for less mnoney and in a shorter sae of time than any blood puritier I e'ver used. I owe the comfort of my 'fe to its use, for I have been troubled with a severe form of blood poison for 5 or 6 years and found no relief equal to that given by the use of B. B. B. W. C. McGAUKEY. Webb City, Ark., May 3, 1886. 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