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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 10. ; THE SONG OF THE FLIRT. With feet quite weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman reclined on a bat 1-roo ra chair . When she ought to have been in bed. Rich ! rich ! rieb ! In her low-necked silk admired, Bat s till, with a voice of dolorous pitch, She,murmured, "I am awfully tired 1" Pasee I dance 1 dance I Till your head begins to swim ; Dance I dance 1 dance! And whirl with a horrible vim. It's oh ! to be a girl I I would teach them a lesson of wit, For when they get in this maddening whirl They never know when to quit. Oh, girls with mothers dear I Oh, young and giddy wives ! it is not slippers, you're wearing out When you're spending such giddy lives ; But you're, wasting away your brains, To your mothers' and husbands' hurt, An 1 you'll find that never a bit remains When yon ?et too old to flirt. - Grip. Religious Miscellany. Br. Broadoaks Commentary on Mat? thew is the best of American author? ship.-Raleigh Recorder. When we come back from the bat . tle?eld, weary yet victorious, we may look fur our King of Peace coming to meet na with bread and wine, and his own priestly blessing, that we may be strengthened and refreshed by Himself.-JP. R. HavergaL The word which best designates the Christian character is consecra? tion. This is its first fruit, because it m its best definition. Of Christ we are told, first negatively, that he pleased not himself. Then we are told affirmatively, that he went about . doing good. The two together, self abnegation and doing good to others, make np the simple, grand quality of Christian consecration.-N. Y. Inde? pendent. t The Salvation Army has pitched its j tent in Raleigh. Alas ! for Raleigh. -, We do not say that no good has ever been done by the Salvation Army ; bat so far aa our observation extends ft is a conglomeration of cranks, and attracts attention by the oddities, buffooneries and tomfooleries of its . leaden, lt is a great attraction for religious people who take no interest in the Gospel, and are not worth a cent in their own churches.-Dr. Hatcher, ia the Baltimore Baptist Jerusalem has no manufactures, commerce, or business worthy to be mentioned. One lone telegraph wire to Jaffa connects the city with all the world beside. The people live on the charities of Jews, Mohamme? dans, and Christians of distant nations and what they can get from the thou? sands of comers and goers that pass this way every year. The Jew takes least root in his own native land. There is not a man among them cul - tivating the soil of his forefathers. "' Reo? Dr. Young, Methodist. When Mr. Jones, the Georgia re? vivalist, opened his meetings in Bos? ton the Traveller ventured the pre? diction that he would suit his dis ' courses to his hearers. . As a man of good judgment, wishing to make his mission a successful one, he would , uaturally do this, after the example of the greatest of the missionaries of the cross, St. Paul. The prediction has . been verified. He has iudulged in plain talk, but Bostonians can stand the truth presented in strong lan " guage when the speaker gives such evidence as Mr. Jones has done. Those who hear him once wish to near bim again, and his plain presen? tation of the Gospel has disarmed . tnuch of that prejudice which would have prevented him from holding meetings here.-Boston Traveller. Some one sent a person in Massachu r setts a package of infidel publica lions, consisting of Ingersoll's lectures, &c. He responded : 'At the same time, if you have anything better than the 'Sermon on the Mount / and the parable of the 'Prodigal Son,' and that of the 'Good Samaritan,' or if you have any better code oT morals than the Ten c Commandments, or anything more consoling and beautiful than the twenty - third Psalm, or, on the whole, anything that will make this dark world more bright than the Bible does ; anything that will throw any more light on the future; and reveal to me a Father more merciful and kind than the New Testa? ment, then send it to me and scatter it broadcast/-N. Y. Christain Advo? cate. The aalooo is the blood poison of our social and political system. It will disrupt our free government unless thc strong arm of law is laid firmly upon it. To license it is to dignify it with re? spectability. To so dignify it is to pave the road on which the boys of America tread their swift journey to destruction. Fvery man who votes for license votes for through ticket to hell for thousands of boys over whom food mothers have kept lonely vigils ou many nights in the blessed old home. Let's vote to crush out tbis great de spoiler of human hope and happiness. Waco (Texas) Advance. True grace will be poured upon us in fuller measure, but if we love not here, we will never know the love of heaven. 4We know that we have passed from death unto life, because ice ice love thc orethren. He that loveth not abideth ta death.' The dew of Hermon must be seen in the Church on earth. And surely the people ef God who worship at His footstool, who meet at His table, who sit together beneath the droppings j OJ" the love that flows from Calvary, should show in heart and life and char? acter the love of Him who first loved them. Th^re should be such an atmos? phere of love iu every church, that no one could enter there and escape irs j influence Christians should carry with j them such an atmosphere of love that it should distill like the dew upon all j whom they meet. And as the world ! looks upon us they should be com-1 peiled to say. as the heathen said of j the early Christians, 'Hehold, how j these Christians love oue another.'- j Rev. P. H. H?ge, in N. C. Presbyte- j ri an. One of the best things in the world j to be is a boy-:t requires no expe- i newee, though it needs some practice j to be a good one The disadvantage of the portion ?9 that it does not last long enough. Ic is soon over. Just a* you get used to being a boy you have to be something else, with a good deal more work to do, and not half so much fun. And yet every boy is anx- j looa to be a man. and very uneasy j with the restrictions that are put upou : him aa a boy. i Dr. Woodrow's Successor/ : The directors of the Columbia Theological Seminary have elected Rev. Dr. G. 3. Strickler, of Atlanta, to succeed Rev. Dr. James Woodrow as Perkins Professor of Natural Science in connection with Revela? tion. Rev. Dr. C. C. Her*raan, of Missouri, has been also selected to succeed Dr. Hemphill, resigned. The vacancy caused by the resignation of Rev. Dr. Boggs has not yet been filled, and the duties will be divided tem? porarily between the new Profesors and Doctors Girardeau and Tadlock. If Dre. Slrickler and Hersman ac? cept their professorships, the Semi? nary will gain two very able divines, ! whose views will accord with the majority of patrons and minist?re and with the express doctrines of the church as declared by the Gene? ral Assembly and the Synods. Both gentlemen were opposed to the theo? ries of Dr. Woodrow, and Dr. Strick? ler was a leader of the opposition to Dr. Woodrow in the General Assem? bly. It is not known whether he or Dr. Hersman will accept, but it is ! thought that their congregations and Presbyteries will protest against los? ing them. The principal effect of this selec? tion will be the change in the teach? ing at the Seminary, for when Dr. Strickler shall lecture on Natural Science in connnection with Revela? tion, we shall hear no more about Evolution. The old standards or the old ideas will be taught at the old stand.-Augusta Evening Neivs. Rev. Dr. Strieker has positively defined to accept the position. One of his reasons is that he fears that his acceptance would create toward him more or less enmity on the part of Dr Woodrow's friends. Salt For Manure Piles. Salt is one of the best materials to put on manure heaps in winter, it will keep them from freezing dur? ing very cold weather, and when it is warmer will keep the heap moist and prevent fire-fanging. Salt in connection with carbonic acid gas is an excellent solvent, and it is a good fertilizer for land containing a large amount of vegetable matter. Of course where salt is applied on ma? nure piles it should be where it will notibe long exposed to rains, as its power to make fertilizers soluble will then canse loss. But if the manure is to be at once drawn on the field there is little danger from this, as thc fertility will be absorbed by the soil. im I > ? mum SELF-CONTROL REQUIRED. A Brief Essay o a the Facial Expression of Stenographers. In all the .advertisements and circu? lars which the various shorthand schools and colleges are sending broadcast over the country regarding the qualifi? cations of students whom they have graduated I find one point not alluded to; and as I believe this omitted point something necessary to the success of every one acting as private secretary it seems to me it should be taught, or. at least, spoken of as a necessary requisite in the proficiency of shorthand writers. In these days when so much attention is given to the Dels arte method of ex? pression by those who are fitting them? selves professionally for the stage, and the look without the accompanying words can be made to express emotion of any kind, I would suggest a method -differing from the Delsarte in the op? posite extreme-which should be used in connection with every system of shorthand, that pupils may learn not to accompany their dictators' words with varying expressions of countenance, but so train themselves that they can as* sume a stoical expression which they shall wear at all times, and out of which they will not be surprised under the most trying circumstances. In my experience as private amanu? ensis in a large wholesale house I have learned this for myself, and now would ' help others just entering the field who have no idea how much depends upon the cultivation of facial expression; or rather, the cultivation of non-expression in the face. Have you a keen sense of humor, and are you unfortunate enough to see the ridiculous side of everything, then I warn von to so train yourself that? while laughing inwardly as much as yon please, not even the fringe of your eye-lids shall quiver, or the corners of your mouth twist, when your dictator expresses himself in so peculiar a man? ner as to excite your risibles. If brought up in a conscientious family, with no knowledge of business entanglements which necessitate, the telling of "white lies," then again will it be well for you to be versed in facial expression to the intent that when you arc receiving words from your dictator's lips exactly contrary to opinions ex? pressed him in previous letters to other parties, your eyes shall not open wide with a questioning look but will maintain a down-cast, "none of my business," position, which at all times suit your employer, for where is there a business-man who wants his conscience sitting at his elbow, ready to say in looks-because it dare not in words "You are not telling the truth, sir.1' If you pride yourself upon your cor? rect grammar and wince involuntarily at the indiscriminate mixing of pro? nouns and tenses when iu thc presence of people not related to Richard Grant White, then will it bc necessary for you to be well trained that not a shadow of horror will pass over your countenance when your dictator begins a letter in his most consequential manner. "We done thc best we could, but it is our intentions to do better, etc., etc," or so mixes his own individual "1" with the firm **we" that you are in doubt as to the proper signature of the same. If you feel each hair rising, each muscle of your eye wincing, and all thc wrink? les of your forehead holdiug rn indig? nation meeting at a common center, I waru you to suppress them all. Say to each rising hair "Sit thee down, my child;" to each quivering muscle, "Cease thy sympathetic convulsion," and to thc gathering wrinkles, "Depart iu peace, tins is none of your affair that you* should thus show yourselves in battle array." Are you subjected to thc writing of personal letters, giving information, perhaps, on subjects which arouse your curiosity, lot not one gleam of exulta? tion shoot from your eyes that you now possess the wished-for knowledge, or if you aro called upon to take letters of condolence to sorrowing friends, let not the look of abject pity show itself upon i your f;sce, not even ii the tears roll from \ your dictator's eyes and your heart is ? tilled with sympathy. You are not j hired as a mourner to enter into the spirit of tho occasion; therefore, I say j to you. maintain a look of the utmost indifference and stoicism. If interrupted in the course of a dicta? tion by ? friend of your employer, who calls for the purpose of discussing pol? itics, and a lively conversation ensues during which you sit with pencil in hand waiting to resume your legitimate business-let not their words extend further than your ears, -md let not your face express that you stund with cither side in their opinion of presidential can- 1 didates, but let them judge from the vacant look in your face that you did not know a fail election was to take place. ' In conclusion, strive not to be your dictator's conscience, his grammar, or his clown, but simply his phonograph his human machine-which shall re? ceive into its ears anything and every? thing on all subjects, and shall through it all maintain a countenance as placid as a summer sea, as vacant as the face of an owl, and as unchangeable as the Sphinx-F/tonographic Monthly. Inquisitive Spectators. The curiosity of visitors to the various great battle panoramas seems to have no end. Many suspect that an immense plate of glass is placed between the spectator and the canvas; and some persons have even thrown objects with sufficient force to go thrice the distance from the platform to thc canvass, for the purpose, as they said, of testing the glass. Of course, lhere is no glass nor any other means of deception than the simple arrangements here described. The largest figures on the canvas are between three and four feet high, though they seem to be full size. A certain inquisitive old lady, visit? ing one of the ? earliest of these pano? ramas- "The Battle of Sedan,"-help? ed herself over the platform-rail by means of convenient chairs, and trotted down an earth road leading from the platform to the canvas, where-along? side the painted figures-she looked like Gulliver's wife among the Lilli? putians. "Why! Oh, my!" she exclaimed, "look at these dear little men! They are only so big!" holding up her para? sol near a painted group of German sol? diers which looked like dwarfs beside her. Great laughter greeted her return to the platform, where she remarked: **0ii, my! how they do grow when you get back, away from them!" And tbis is the whole secret of the effect produc? ed upon the spectator.-1 'heodore li. Davis, in SL Nicholas. For some time past rumors have been current in Constantinople of the discov? ery of a fabulous treasure in the dis? trict of Sivas, in Asia Minor, and the attention of the government having been called to the matter, the report has been proved to have some foundation. lt seems that an Armenian of the name of Kupelyan noticed that several inhabi? tants of Sivas displayed curious gold coins, which, on being questioned as to their origin, they saia had been found in a region inhabited by poor shepherds. Inquiries, and finally excavations, are said to have revealed a buried temple, whose interior is described as contain? ing jewels of all kinds, a3 well as many srold coins. Craps. A Utica paper publishes this valuable information about "Craps." "Don't you know dat game? Why dat's the greatest coon game obber known. You see a lot of fellers get round a table or a board, and a couple of dice am pro? duced. Each man shakes de bones in his turn and de game goes dis way: You take de dice and shake em up in your hand-no cup is allowed; den you trow em out on tbe table so dey roll over once or twice-must make em roll -no roll-no shake. If dey come seven or eleven, dat is four-tray, six-ace, five deuce, or six-five you win, rake in db nickels and shake again. If dey come two aces dat's 'Little Joe,7 or if dey come ace and deuce dat's 'craps,' you lose, give up a nickel all around, but have de privilege of continuing de shake. If you shake anything else on the first flip-dat is, say four, five, six, eignt, nine, ten or twelve-dat is your 'point,' and in order to win you must keep right on tossin1 de bones until you again make dat point, but if in trying to shake your point you should happen to frow seven-hi! hi! den it's good-by, honey. You lose a nickel all round, , and the next gem'men takes de ivories and tries his luck, and so on it goes swinging round de circle. De shaker bets a nickel wid each gem'men at de table dat he gwine to win on his frow, and of course all hands am interested to de extent of .heir pile. Dere am no chance for cheating, case each man am a looking out for himself, and de coon dat gets away wid the sugar by cheat? ing has got to be pretty swift, I tell you, and if dey catch him doin' any funny bizness, it's all day wid dat chile. Weft now, gracious Peter, how dey would carve dat coon."_ Something You Need-Shorthand. "Why?" Because it will aid you more than anything else in acquiring knowledge. Because it will serve you in case of misfortune. "How can it be learned?" By the aid of a book studied at home and lessons by mail from an accomplished teacher. "At what expense ?" The trifliDgsura of S6 00, including book.. "Why so cheap when Colleges advertise the same course of instruction for $25? Because a new text-book is used that re? duces the labor of learning proportionately to the difference in price by the system being made simpler than heretofore and more prac? tical, besides being the most popular method, having the indorsement of our Couerressional and professional reporters everywhere, togeth? er with over 1000 graduates of our Chain of Phonographic Colleges. Boys and men on the farm, in workshops and elsewhere-girls at home, in factories aud at school have learn? ed the art in from tbreee to six month's study during spare moments and been helped to positions in offices by Mr. Scott-Browne where they have earned from $12 to $20, a week. Write and ask for a free sample copy of Browne's Phonographic Monthly and full par? ticulars. Address D. L. Scott-Browne, 23 Clinton Place. New-York. N. Y. ? 18361 i SWIFT S SPECIFIC. 1111886 ? A BEMEDY KOT POE A DAT, BUT rOE7~ HALT A OMTTJET j g EELIEVIl?G SUTTEEIira HUMANITY! S. S.S. s s s s s sss s s s AN INTERESTING TREATISE ON.BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES SENT FREI TO ALL APPLICANTS. IT SHOULD BE READ BY EVERYBODY. ADDRESS THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. A WELL KNOWN FACT! A Dealer who makes a Specialty of one par? ticular line can always supply the Best Goods at the Lowest Prices, IT IS THEREFORE TO YOUR INTEREST TO BUY YOUR HARDWARE -FROM TL. W. DURANT & SON. 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ASHLEY COMPLETE GARDEN FERTILIZER, Pelivered free; specially adapted to Hoses, Geraniums, Tansies, Flowering Annuals, &c. For terms, directions, testimonials, and for thc various attractive and instruc? tive publications of thc Company, address, THE ASHLEY PHOSPHATE CO. Soot z'6 Charleston, S. C. TH ii CELEBIIATI;D CARPENTER OROA?i HAVING PROCURED THE AGENCY for the above world renowned Orpin. I am prepared to furnish said oriran at prices to suit all parties who may desire a first class instrument. Any information desired will be fully given by my father, Mr. W. P. Smith, at his office in Sumter, S. C. Correspondence solicited. Miss S. JESSIE SMITH. October 2G. BLANKS /JENS. TITLES. MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, And Other Blanks in Variety, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, ATLANTIC COAST UNE. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, WILMINGTON, N. C., Dec. 9, 1886. CIRCULAR No. 1532. Commencing Dec. 13th, 1886, additional trains will be ruo, daily except Sundays be? tween Florence, S. C., ai Colite.. S. C., As follows: Southbound, No. 57. Leave Florence. f Ebenezer . <; Timraonsville. t( Carterville.... 11 Lynchburg ... " Atkin. " Mayesville. " Sumter . " Wedge6eld.... " Acton . " Eastover. " Co ngaree. " Simms., Arrive Columbia., .11 35 A. M .11 48 " .12 02 P. M .12 16 ?. .12 24 " .12 35 " .12 5? " . 1 12 " . 1 36 " 58 07 22 44 05 Northbound. No. 56. Leare Columbia . I 00 P. M. " Simms. 1 17 " " Congaree . 1 35 " " Eastover. 1 47 " " Acton. 1 58 " " WedgeBeld . 2 21 " " Sumter. 2 44 " " Mayesville. 3 04 " " Atkin. 3 18 " " Lynchburg. 3 23 " " Cartersville. 3 37 " " Timmonsville. 3 50 " " Ebenezer. 4 03 " Arrive Florence. 4 15 " Train No. 57 connects at Florence with Train No. 15 (old No. 42) from Wilmington, Petersburg, Richmond and all points North; also with Train No. 57 from Wadesboro, Cheraw, and all points on C. & S. and C. & D. Rail Roads. Train No. 56 connects at Florence with Train No. 66 (old No. 43) and Train No, 62 (old No. 45) for Wilmington, Petersburg, Richmond, and all points North ; also with Train No". 56 for Cheraw, Wadesboro, and all points on C. & D. and C. & S. Rail Roads. Solid Trains between Wadesboro and Colum? bia. T. M. EMERSON, Dec. 15 Gen'l Passenger Agent. ATLANTIC COAST LINE PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, FAST LINE BETWEEN Charleston. Columbia and Upper Sonth Carolina? . CONDENSED SCHEDULE. WILMINGTON, N. C., Dec. 19, 1886. Going West. Going East. P. M. 7.00 A. M 8.42 " 9.51 " 10.55 3.02 4.18 6.05 7.01 5.03 6.15 Lr. Ar. Charleston, Lanes, Sumter, I Columbia, Winnsboro Chester, Yorkville, Lancaster, Rock Hill, Charlotte, Ar. LT 9.45 P. M 7.57 " 6.42 " 5.27 " 3.48 " 2.45 " 11.45 700 2.02 1.00 A. M. A.M. P.M. 1.01 2.52 5.55 4.50 5.40 6 35 4.35 3,35 7.10 P. Al. Ar Newberry, Greenwood Laurens, Anderson, Greenville, Walhalla, Abbbeville Spar'burg, Hen'sonvil I liv; 3.U7 P. M. 12.56 " 8.20 A. M. 10.40 " 10.00 " 8.55 11 10.45 11.20 7.00 P.M. On Sundavs train will leave Charleston, S. C., 8.45 A.M., arrive Co'i. Tibia 1.00 P.M. Returning leaves Columbia 5 27 P. M., arrives Charleston 9.45 P. M. Solid Trains between Charleston and Colum? bia, S. C. Special Parlor Cars attached to tbis train be? tween Charleston and Columbia. No extra charjre for seat io th<*se cars to pas? sengers holding First Class tickets. J. P. DIVINE, T. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Supt. Gen'l Pass. Agent. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA R. R. CONDENSE? SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. DATKO Feb. 13, ISS? ND. 15, Dai Iv. N?. 23. Dailv. No. 27, Daily. Leave Wilmington Leave Waccaniaw Leave Marion. Ar've Florence.... Ar've Sumter.| 1 12 Ar've Columbia...) 3 00pm 10 10pm 11 15 " TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. 7S. Daily. No. 66, Daily. No. 62. Daily. Leave Columbia.. Ar've Sumter. Leave Florence... Leave Marion. Leave Waccnmavv Ar've Wilmington! 10 25pm 11 52 M 4 45 am 5 2S " 7 06 '* S 30 " 1 IO p m 2 44 " 430 pm 5 12 " 6 56 " 8 30 " S lOpro 8 4? ? 10 lt 11 25 Trains No. 23 and 78 stops at all Stations except Register. Ebenezer, Cane Savannah, Wnteree and Slams'. Passengers for points on C. & G. R. R., C, C &. A. it. R. Stations, Aiken Junction, and all points beyond, should take No. 23. Pullman Sleeper for Augusta on this (rain. JOHN F. DIVINE, General Sup't. J. R. KEN LY, Superintendent Trans. T. M. EMERSON, Gen. Passenger Ag't. South Carolina Railway Co PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. COMMENCING Deoember 19, 18S6, Pas senger Trains will run as follows, until fur ther notice, "Eastern Timo:" TO AND FROM CHARLESTON. East (Daily.) Depart Columbia. 6 30 a m...... 5 27 p m Due Charleston.11 00 a ot. 9 45 p m West (Daily.) Depart Charleston. 7 0C a m. 5 10pm Due Columbia . 10 55 a ni. 9 55 p m TO AND FROM CAMDEN. East (Daily except Sunday ) Depart Columbia.6 30 a m Due Camden.12 52 p m West (Daily except Sunday.) Depart Camden. .3 15 pm Due Columbia.5 55 pm TO AND FROM AUGUSTA. East (Daily.) Depart Columbia,.G 30 a m. 5 27 p m Due Augusta. 11 50 a m.10 25 p m West (Daily.) Depart Augusta. fi 10 a m. 4 40 pm Due Columbia.10 55 a m. 9 55 p m CONN KCTIONS. Connections made at Columbia with Colum? bia and Greenville Railroad by train arriving at 10 55 am. and departing at 5 27 pm. At Columbia Junction with Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad by game train to and from all points on both road?. Passengers take Supper ?it Branchville. Connections made at Charleston with Steam? ers to atid from New York on Saturdays. Als? with Charleston and Savannah Railway for Sa? vannah and all points South, and with steam? ers for Jacksonville and points on St. John's river on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Connection.? made at Augusta to and from all Point.* West and South via Georgia R. R. and with Central lt. R. Connection? made at Blackville to and from all points on Barnwell Railroad. THROUGH TICKETS to all points, can be purchased bv applying to D. McQueen, Agent Columbia. S.'C- D. C. ALLEN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. JOHN B. PECK, General Manager. Charleston, S. C. FIRST CLASS JOB WORE AT BOTTOM PRICES? WATCIIMM AND SOUTHRON JOB OFFICE 1887. Harper's Weekly, ILLUSTRATED. HARPER'S WEEKLY mnintninj it? position as be leading illustrated newspaper in America ; nd ita bold upon public esteem and confidence ras never Wronger than at the present time, ?es?des the pictures, HARPER'S WKEKT.Y ni va vs contains i n s tn lim en ts of one, occasionally f two, of the best novels of the day. finely il ustrated, with short stories, poems, sketches, nd papers on important cm rent topics by the nost popular writers. The care that bas been uccessfully exercised in the past to make UAR? 'ER'S WEEKLY a snfe as well as a welcome -isitor to every household will not be relaxed ? the future. 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An Illustrated Weekly: HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE has been called 'the model of what a periodical for young readers ought to be.' and the justice of this coinmenda tion is amply sustained hy the large circulation it bas attained both at home and in Great Britain. This success bas been reached by methods that must commend themselves to tbe judgment of parentie, no less than to tbe tastes of children-namely, by an earnest and well sustained effort to provide the best and most at? tractive reading for young people at a low price. The illKStrations are copious and of a conspic? uously high standard of excellence. An epitome of everything that is attractive and desirable in jureii:e literature.-Hosten Conner. A weekly feast of good things to the boys and girls in every family which it visits.-Brooklyn Union. It is wonderful in its wealth of pictures, ?nfor? malion, and interest.-Christian Advocate,$.Y. TERMS: POSTAGE PREPAID, $2 A YEAR, Vol. VIII commences November 2,1886? SINGLE NUMBERS. Five Cents each. Remittances should be made by Post Office Money Order or Draft, to avoid chance of loss. Newspapers are not to copy this advert? semen tcithont the exprett order of HARPER ? BROTHERS. Address HARPER & BROTHERS, _New York. WIDE AWAZK PROSPECTUS FOR 1887. I ! ! A word about subscriptions, ?2.40 from this dale ! ! 1 D. Lothrop and Company announce that, leading in the great literary movement to? ward lower prices and larger sales, they have made, without reducing quantity or quality, an extraordinary reduction in the price of WIDE AWAKE, the best illustrated yoong folk's magazine (1000 quarto pages and 500 original pictures yearly,) and will now re? ceive subscriptions at the former wholesale price of only $2.40 a year. Among the contributors will be Charles Egbert Craddock, Charles Remington Talbot, Fred A. Ober, Mary Hartwell Catberwood, Mrs. Lizzie W. Cbampncy, Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, Mrs. M. ESM. Davis, Hariet Pres? cott Spofford, Eleanor Lewis and Louise Im? ogen Guiney. NEW FEATURES AND SPECIALTIES Will be introduced. A new Department, called The Contributors and Tbe Children, is to be the fireside and round-table corner of the magazine. Christmas-Tide Stories, a Pretty Scarecrow, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; Some Educational Extremes; Child Life in London, from Hyde Park to White? hall, by Mrs. Elizabeth Robins Pennell, with many drawings by Joseph Pennell ; Pictures of American Pastimes; Successful American Women ; Ways to do Things, by various au? thors. Practical handiwork for voung folks. D. LOTHROP * Co... Publishers, Dec. 7. _ Boston, Mass., U. S. A. A WONDERFUL BOOK OF SONG. THE POEMS OF FATHER RYAN, THE FAR-FAMED POET PRIEST OF THE SOUTH. The Amended and Enriched Edition. Ring ing Lyrics of thc War. Battle Songs which fired the South and com? pelled the admiration of the Foe. Complete in one volume, 433 pages, beau? tifully illustrated. 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