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r SONG OF THE COUNTRY. Away from the roar and the rattle, The dust and din of the town, Where to live is to brawl and to battle, Till the strong treads the wertk man down. Away to the bonnie green hills, Where the sunshine sleeps 011 the brae, And the heart of the greenwood thrills To the hymn of the bird on the spray. Away from the smoke and the smother, The vale of the dun and the brown, The push and the plash and the pother The wear and waste of the town! Away where the sky shines clear. And the light breeze wanders at will, And the dark pine wood nods near To the light plumed birch 011 the hill. Away from the whirling and wheeling, And steaming above and below. Where 1 he hem t bus no leisure for feeling. And the thought has no quiet to grow. Away where the clear brook purls. And the hyacinth droops in tlio shade. And the plume of the fern nncurls Its grace in the depth of the glade. Away to the cottage, so sweetly Embowered "neath the fringe of the wood. Where tUe wife of my bosom shall meet me With thoughts ever kindly and good. More dear than the worth of the world Fond mother with bairnies three. And the plump-armed babe that has curled Its lips sweetly poutinsj for ine. ?J. S'uurl Blackic. DONALD'S WIFK. "When I) >na!d McKeon married his ward,* Jessie Siunm*r, many of his friends said lie hail made a mistake. she was a merry, laughing girl of eighteen, fresh from school; anil lie, her father's old friend, a <|iiiet, selfcontained man of thirty-live, and it can scarcely I < wondered at tiiat many wise heads were shaken over the illassorted match. Jessie had always stood a little in awe of the quiet, stern man, who had l een a frequent visitor at her father's house during his lifetime. But she was quite unprovided for, and Donald McKeon was wealthy; and when he asked her to be his wife in a matter-oi-iaei way, very niucii ;is m; might liave asked her to be his housekeeper, it seemed the easiest way to solve the troublesome problem of her life; and beside this, she knew her father to have been under obligations to him, and more than suspected that tiie three years she had spent at a fashionable school since her father's death had been at his expense. And so they were married, and he took iier to the old home that his family had owned and occupied for generaions. It was quite a stately house, surrounded by handsome, old-fashioned grounds. But a little time ago it had been quite on the suburbs, butthecity had reached out ever-encroaching arms until now it was surrounded by stately rows of brown stone and glaring new bricks. But in spite of its great, handsomelyfurnished rooms,, its stores of plate and line linen, and the bright, old-fashioned garden at the back, it seemed a dreary prison to the laughter-loving girlwife. Mr. McKeon hal done what he could to brighten the old rooms, and had built a large conservatory, knowing that Jessie was fond of flowers, and she might have been quite happy had he known more of the ways and needs of women. But he had always l>ejn devoted to business, caring little lor the society of women, and knowing little of them, except the grim, old spinster aunt who had presided over his house since his mother's death, until he brought his young wife home. It never occurred to him that it was a dreary sort of lil'e for a girl like .hssie, alone in the gloomy old house all day, with only the servants and the ghosts of bygone generations for comjpany. And when she grew pale and listless, and lost her old elasticity of spirits, a fear that had haunted him since his wedding day tuok possession of him and poisoned his life?a fear that she had married him for home and position and already regretted her choice. (ilaily would he have given her back her liberty had that been possible. But leing a sensitive, undemonstra tive man, he ?et her see nothing of this, but rather shrank fro it her because of the wrong he felt he had done her, and came and went and made no sign. .And then people began to discover that Mrs. McKeon was a very charming woman, and her husband a wealthy -and influential man, and invitations began to pour in upon her. ^\nu Jessie iuiu miu life of fashionable dissipation with a zest that was the natural reactionfrom the gloom and loneliness of the past year. At first her husband accompanied her wherever she went, for he had somewhat old-fashioned notions as to what was right and fitting for women to do. But it was a life he utterly detested. It interfered with his business, and he looked below the surface and saw the hollow falsehood it was after all, and it grated on his fine ideas of truth and sincerity. Perhaps "he was somewhat dictatorial in l.is manner of telling her this; perhaps sht imagine I so. Hut when he urged the point she rebelled against his assumption of authority. It was their first quarrel and iheir last, but it was a very bitten <>ne. She spoke cruel, stinging words, that rankled and hurt him the more that he had learned to lovelier so dearly, as only reserved, self-contained men such as he can love, and then only when they hoard all the treasures of their nature to lavish it in middle life on the one woman who is their fate. After that he opposed her in nothing, but it was as though a great wall of ice had risen between them. He devoted himself to business, and she became the acknowledged leader of the mo.4 exclusive circle in the city. .She was madly extravagant. Hie made the old house a marvel of aesthetic beauty, and entertained like a princess. Mrs. McKeon's toilets, jewels and dinners became the models for her ? set. Men worshi])ed her beauty ; but for all their flatteries she had the same smile of cold contempt, and no man . was bold enough to venture beyond the merest commonplace. And so the years passed, and each one drifted them farther apart, until they seldom met, except at their own grand entertainments. Each year she become more the slave of fashion, and he of his ollice. But through it all he loved her with an undying love, and his one thought was to gratify her every whim. And when the dark days came? when ships that were sent out freighted with costly wares went down and were heard no more?when houses that seemed stable as granite failed, and his wealth seemed melting away like a snow-wreath, his only thought was for her ; an I though each day his hair grew whiter, and his form w!Hi luniliiwr ?ivf>r tlu? OtV*^'VU TT*V*? ' long columns of figures in which the balance was always on the wrong side, he whispered, "For her sake," and struggled on and denied her nothing. And even on the day when he came heme, knowing that all his efforts had availed him nothing and he was a poor man, his only regret was for her, that he would never more be able to give her the things for which she had bartered so much. He went into the grand, old library, which was almost the only room in the house that remained unchanged, and tried to collect his thoughts. IIow would he tell her? was the question that reiterated itself through his brain, and for the first time in his life Donald McKeon was a coward. The thought came to him of how she who had chafed at her bonds when they were gilded would bear the closer } - : relations a straitened income would entail.; And he resolved that this at least he would spare her. After all his ob . ligations were met there would be something left, not more than she had iT; - Often lavished on ene dinner, perhaps, but still enough to keep her from ab solute want. Jessie should have this, and he would go away and work for her and dream of her, but never again ' trouble her with his presence. He sat down and wrote a letter, tell- 3 ing her this simply, directly, and with the great love he bore her breathing through every word. The servant h;ul told him she would not be in for some time, and he took the note himself up to her room. It was a dainty place, bright as unbounded wealth and an exquisite taste could make it. He left the note on her toilet-table, lingering for a moment to touch caressingly the costly articles that were scattered about, all breathing of her \ presence. When ho returned to the library the | I early dusk was falling. A servant i came, bringing lights, but he dis-1 missed him impatiently, and a few I moments later heard the sound of! wheels and the sweet voice of his wife in the hall giving some directions. At length the silence became unbearable, and lie seated himself at the piano. In his old bachelor days music had been his passion, but in these lat- | ter years of feverish struggle he had found no time for it. I hit when his lingers touched the keys all tin- despair. the pain and longingin his heart found voice in the rich chords that tilled the room. He played on, and gradually the burden was lifted. Music gave him the comfort she ever gives to those who truly love her. It was no longer a wail of despair, but a p;ean of thanksgiving for victory gained. So absorbed was he that he did not luara soft footstep enter the room. A hand was laid on his shoulder, and a tremulous voice said: " Donald." His hand came down with a sudden discord on the keys. It was the lirst time .Jessie had ever called him by that name. He turned and saw her standing there in her dressing-gown of soft cashmere. The firelight was sending long rays down the stately gloom of the library, and she looked very beautiful against the rosy background. " You read my letter, JessieV" " Yes: and 1 am sorry for your sake, Donald; you have worked so hard for your wealth." ! iv, ?* ?u;ni- ,,f mo .Tossic. It is XJ\f H??t LilliXIV .... , ,, _ . not for myself I rare. I am not afraid of poverty. .But, oh, my child, if I could save you from its sting! If it were at the sacriiice of mv own life, as heaven is my witness, I would not spare it!" .She came close to him and laid her j hands in his. "Donald there is a better thing yon can give me than wealth can buy. j (iive me back the love I so madly threw away. Let me work with you j and help you, and I will bless the day j that made us poor !" "Jessie," he said, "areyou sure of i this? Do not try to deceive me. Do not say it if it is not true. I could go away now and learn to b.'ar it, but to open my heart to this new hope and then find 1 was mistaken would kill me!" "Donald, do you think I am made of stone?that I could know all your 1 kindness an 1 patience all these years, and n >t learn t > l-?ve you? Oh, so often 1 have longed to kneel at your feet and ask your forgiveness, but I ! believed I lia;l forfeited your love by | | my folly." "And you will not regret the loss of J | wealth and luxury?" lie said, incredu: lously, " and can be happy with only I my love?" " You forget papa and I were poor j before I married you, Donald, and 1 I was happier in those old days than I have over been since l learned to naie the things that cost me so much, and to envy the poorest woman happy in her husband's love." lie turned the sweet, tear-wet face to the firelight, and bent down and looked into her eyes. And then lie took her close in his arms. "My darling?oh, my darling!" he said, softly. And iri their hearts there was a gladness that all the treasures of the world i colud not buy. ?: Street Life in Naples. The horrors of the poorest quarters of Naples have often been descanted <>n by philanthropists, and by none ; more eloquently than by a learned anil benevolent Italian professor, who ile scribed his experiences in the writer's . | presence. Amid the a-cumulated mise, | ries lie witnessed, his compassion was , especially aroused by one case?that of a widow, who, with two children, a . boy and a girl, slept in a damp and . j noisome cellar, si infested by rats that a large stone had to lie kept in reach at ; | night to repel their approaches. The principal sustenance of the family consisted of water in which chestnuts had been I toiled, with some miscellaneous scraps; their clothing matched their j food and lodging. From this state of I wretchedness they were rescued by the professor, by whose exertions, after having been washed and decently clad, they were placed in a school, where the children were taught, and the mother employed as a charwoman. At the end of two months she threw up her situa! tii.n, to go back, with her children, to ! her old den. They were irreclaimable, j and could not bear the restraints of civilization. P>ut in mitigation of the ! misery of Neapolitan rookeries, it must I be said that they are mere liiirs, resortJ ed to for sleep alone, while the remain | lllg ousiness 01 nis Jiie is camwi uu I out of doors in the most equably benign j climate in thy world. The buck streets I and blind alleys of Naples are the I scenes of a perpetual picnic, recalling ; the al-fresco housekeeping of a gypsy j lamp. Fire is rarely lit within doors, I and culinary operations are carried on in the street, over circular braziers in | the shape of a warming pan, the charcoal in which is fanned to glowing heat j with a disk of plaited straw, the invariable substitute for a bellows. These ! movable hearths in winter become centers of attraction to the passershy, and the groups of loungers gathered round them form a conspicuous feature ! of Neapolitan outdoor life. The street j which has served as a kitchen is trans! formed into a banquet hall, where, about noon, the inhabitants may be I seen seated in front of their houses | eating boiled chestnuts or slabs j ; of yellow meal polenta, macaroni, I | since the introduction of the grist tax, | ! having become rather an article of ! i festive luxury than of daily diet. In : | the streets, too, are performed all save I | the most elementary operations of the ! | toilet, and hair-dressing in all its I I 1 !?** r\i% f lw? I j images tuu <un-ntiv>u ui vn?j ! public, who are gratified with the j sight of the long Mack tresses in every j stage of dishevelment. The lava I pavement in front of the doors is fnrj nished in the afternoon as a salon ; ! with a due allowance of ru>-li Wtomed j chairs, whose weight-carrying power j would seem to be of a high order, J judging from the ponderous rotundi- i ties they occasionally sustain. These | , bulky matrons are generally engaged, j like so many I'areae, plying distal! I and spindle, while the girls seated be- j side thorn are more frequently intent: | on their hemming and stitching. The i Neapolitan street urchin is the most j j gamin of all gaming, surpassing even j his Parisian prototype in his own walk, i ?Temjtfo Bar. Challenging a Consul. The following case is of peculiar interest to the consuls of the I'nited ! States in Europe, and the action of the j Wurtem berg government has furnished | . a valuable precedent. A furniture | "f StiiHiriirt IWlilifr himself I ; UCrtil 1 VA wuvv^to V| n | | aggrieved by a remark saitl to have ! , been made by .Mrs. Catlin, the wife of j j the United States consul at that capi- | 1 tal (but which she denied,) demanded j i a written apology from Consul Catlin, i j and failing that, challenged him to I I light a duel, naming pistols as his fa-' ! vorite weapon. Mr. Catlin declined to | j accept the invitation, declaring that I 1 he had been sent abroad by his gov- j | ernment to respect and uphold the | laws of the country to which he had ' ! been accredited, and not to violate I ' them by dueling. Thereupon the fur! niture dealer sent him a grossly in- j ! suiting communication, which the j ! consul forwarded to the foreign office | ! of the Wurtemberg government. The i authorities at once caused the offender to be prosecuted, and he was brought up for trial, found guilty and sentenced to a fine of eighty marks and to pay the full costs of the proceedings.? Paris Continental Gazette. > 111?JB??? HIE BAD BOY DISCOURSES. SE UNBOSOMS HIMSELF TO THE GBOCEBY MAN. And After Ventilating Ilin ."Hind on Varioim Serious .tlnttprn Leaven a Sign for Jlix l.intener to Ponder Over. "What you sitting there for half an hour for, staring at vacancy?" said the grocery man to the bad boy, as he !>at on a stool by the stove one of these foggy mornings, when everybody feels like quarreling, with his lingers clasped around his knee, looking as though hedid not know enough to last him to bed. "What you thinking about any way V" ' 1 was wondering where you would have been to-day if Noah had run his ark into such a fog as this, and there had been no fog-horn on Mount Ararat. and he had passed by with his I excursion and not made a landing, and had floated around on the freshet until all the animals starved, and the ark had struck a snag and burst a hole in her bottom. 1 tell you, we can all congratulate ourselves that. .\oaii Happened to blunder on to that high ground. When 1 think of the narrow escapes we have had, it is a wonder to me that we have got along as well as we have."' " Well, when did you get out of the asylum,'' said the grocery man, who had been standing hack with open mouth looking at the boy as though he was crazy. "What you want is to have your head soaked. You are getting so you reach out too far with that small mind of yours. In about an other year you will want to run this world yourself. I don't think you are reforming very much. It is wicked for a !>oy of your size to argue about such things. Your folks better send you to college." " What do I want to go to college for, and be a heartless hazer and poor baseball player. I can be bad enough at home. The more I read the more I think. I don't believe I can ever be good enough to go to heaven, anyway, and I guess I will go into the newspaper business, where they don't have to be good, and where they have paws everywhere. Some boys can take things as they read them, and not think any for themselves, but 1 am a thinker from Thinkervillo, and my imagination plays the dickens with me. There is nothing I read about in old times but what I compare it with the same line of business at the present) day. Now, when I think of the fishermen of Galilee drawing their seines, 1 wonder what they would have done if there had been a law against hauling seines, as there is in Wisconsin to-day, and 1 can see a constable with a warrant for the arrest of the Galilee fishermen, taking them to the police station in a patrol wagon. I know it is wrong to think like that, but how can I help it. Say, suppose those fishermen had been out hauling their seines, and our minister should come along with his good rVifhp* on his iointed rod. his nickel plated reel, and his silk fish line, and his patent iish hook, and put a frog on the hook and cast his line near the Galilee fisherman and go to trolling for bass? What do you suppose the lone fishermen of the Uihle times would have thought about the gall of the jointed rod fisherman? i)o you suppose they would have thrown stones in the water where he was trolling, or would they have told him there was gond trolling around a point about a half a mile up the shore, where they [ knew he wouldn't get a bite in a week, the way a fellow at Muskego lake lied to our minister a spell ago? I tell you, 1 o.ss, it is a sad thing for a hoy to have an imagination," and the boy put his other knee in the sling made by the clenched fingers of l oth hands, and waited for the grocery man to argue with him. " I wish you would go away from here. I am afraid of you," said the grocery man. "1 would give anything if your pa or the minister would i jsne in and have a talk with you. Your mind is wandering," and the grocery man \vent to the door and looked up and down to see if somebody wouldn't come in and watch the crazy boy while he went to breakfast. "Oh, pa and the minister can't I make a first payment on me. Pa, gets ! mail wiion 1 ask Questions, and the minister thinks I am past redemption. I'a said yesterday that baldness w;ts caused in every case by men's wearing plug hats, and when I asked him where the good Elijah (whom the boys called go up old bald head,' and the bears had a free lunch on them) got his plug hat, pa said school was dismissed and 1 could go. When the minister was telling me about the good Elijah going up through the clouds in a chariot of lire, and I asked the minister what he thought Elijah would have thought if he had met our Sunday-school superintendent coming down through the clouds on a bicycle, he put his hand on my head and said I my liver was all wrong. Now, I will leave it to you if there was anything wrong about that. Say, do you know what I think is the most beautiful thing in the liible?" "No, I don't," said the grocery man, " and if you want to tell it I will listen just five minutes, and then I am going to shut up the store iind go to breakfast. You make me tired." " Well, I think the finest thing is that story about the prodigal son, where the boy took all the money he fvmM ci<r9np nn nml went, nut Wflst, t.n paint the towns red. lie spent his money in riotous living, and saw everything that was going on, and got full of benzine, and struck all the gangs of toughs, and his stomach went lack on him, and lie had malaria, and finally he got to be a cowboy, herding hogs, and had to eat husks that the hogs didn't want, and got pretty low down. Then he thought it was a pretty good scheme to he getting around home, where they had three meals a day and spring mattresses, iind he started home, beating his way on the trains, and he didn't know whether the old man would receive liini with open arms or pointed boots, but the oM man came down to tho depot to meet him, and right there before tiie passengers and the conductor and brakeman, he wasn't ashamed of his boy, though he was ragged, and looked as though he had been on the warpath, ami the old man fell on his neck and wept, and took him home in a hack and had a veal pot-pie for dinner. That's what I call sense. A good many men now days would have put the police on the tramp and had him ordered out of town. What, you going to close up the store? Well, 1 will see you later. 1 want to talk with you about something that is weighing on my mind," and the boy got oat just in time to save his coat-tail from being caught in the door, and when the grocery man came back from breakfast he found a sign in front, " This store is closed till further notice.?Shkkiit." ?Peck's Hun. Improvement of tlrain by Selection. The principle of selection has long been appreciated by stock-breeders, and tlicy have largely profited by the, application of its teachings. As applied to the growth of cereals it has not found a very wide acceptance, not having had time to force itself on the attention of the average farmer. The founder of the practice of selecting grain for seed is Major Ilallett, F.L.S., lirighton, England. In 1801 he planted ten grains of wheat, from a variety known there as ]iellevue Talavera wheat, which up to that time had been sown as a spring wheat., and was declared to be quite incapable of withstanding the frost of winter. Nine of the ten plants from these grains were killed by the severe frost, but the other plant, although from the same ear, remained as iieaany ami vigorous as any of the winter varieties of wheat by their side. From this surviving plant seed has been selected and grown year after year as a winter wheat. Close observation shows that in the cereals, as throughout nature, no two plants or grains are exactly alike in productive power, and hence that of any two or greater number of grains or plants one is always superior to all the others, although the superiority can only be ascertained by actual field tests. It may consist in several particular characteristics, as power to withstand frost; prolilicness ; size and character of ear; size, form, quality and weight of grain ; length and stiffness of straw; powers of tillering; rapidity of growth, and many others. ?Popular Science Monthly. FASHION NOTES. Kibbons are used to excess on white dresses. Large round collars are worn by children. There is talk of reviving the red velvet and rosewood furniture of the past. Kerchiefs of mull, plain, dotted and embroidered, are as fashionable as ever. Braid and chain stitching combined are again introduced in fashionable needle-work. Lace collars, with a plastron attached, which forms a kind of Moliere waistcoat front, are much worn. I (lathered lace ruffles are the trimming used on mull muslin dresses, wlioMier white, tinted or urinted. ' "V"' " * x White Swiss muslin dresses are trimmed sometimes with bands of dotted embroidery in bright colors. The latest freak in linen collars is to have a narrow rolled-over edge at the top of the high oand, and this eilge is linely embroidered. The new printed mull muslins have white grounds, on which are llower designs fine as hand painting by the best artists in that line. An easy way to make pretty white dresses for small children is to make the upper part of white goods, which is woven in such a way that it has the appearance of insertion and putts. The bottom may be a ruflle of Hamburg. These dresses are so easily ironed, and it takes so little to make them, that thoy are highly recommended. A beautiful garden party dress, designed for a Newport belle, is of olive satin surah with very deep rullles of olive Spanish lace nearly covering the skirt. A narrow scarf of olive satin, brocailed with tiniest red moss rosebuds, beginning at the throat.is brought down, caught lightly at the waist, forms paniers at each side, and is carried in and out among the lace trimmings in the back. The capote bonnet is made of olive lace veiling, a semi-wreath of red roses and moss buds, and the parasol is of olive satin, edged with olive lace and lined with coral red merveilleux. Weather Sigrns. " When round the moon there is a brough (halo), l he weatner win 00 coia nnu rougn. This simply records the fact that the first indication of a change in the weather is the appearance of a halo round the sun or moon, and that a storm of wind and rain, or( snow and wind, is at no great distance. The open side of the halo indicating the quarter from which it may he expected. Never trust a pale or watery sun or moon, for " When the sun (joes pale to bed, Twill rain to-morrow, it is said." or, " When clouds are upon the hill, They'll come down by the mills/' The same causes explain the old sayings, that ' when walls are unusually damp, asses bray, peacocks cry, toads come out, glow-worms shine, spider's webs lloat in the air, bees enter their hives in great numbers, but do not come out again, gnats bite, and flies keep near the ground," are one and all prognostics of rain. Also rheumatism, neuralgia, old wounds and corns become troublesome. Anil many plants, like the pimpernel which is called the poor man's weather-ghiss close their flowers at the approach of a storm. A piece pf seaweed is also used as a weather sign, for it becomes damp before a storm. There is an old saying that "When the wind veers against the sun, Trust it not, for back it will run. When the wind is in the south, It is in the rain's mouth." The wind from the northwest is always best, hence the wise man will do business with men when the wind is in the northwest. In the summer wlun brilliant sunshine prevails during the day and there is heavy dew at night, and mist in lowlying places, one will hear it said, "Heavy dews in hot weather, continued fair weather." "No dew after a hot day foretells rain." "If ni sts rise in low grounds and soon vanish, expi-ct fair weather." "When tne inists creep up the hill, Fishers out and try your skill." Fine, bright weather exerts an influence, not only on human beings, hut also on birds, animals and insects, for we know that if larks fly high and sing loud we may expect line weather. "When seabirds fly out early and far to boowokI mnrlor'itA winds ami fair I weather will follow. When owls whoop much at night, or bats come out of their holes quickly after sunset, or the little plant, called chick weed, expands its leaves boldly and fully the weather will I e clear, calm and fine. In winter, white mist indicates frost. In autumn and spring evenings, vapor arising from a river is regarded as a sure indication of coming frost. When fires burn faster than usual, and with a blue llame, frosty weather may be expected. When the moan's horns are sharp and well defined frosts will follow : ' Clear moon Frost soon." When the wind turns from northeast tD east, and continues two days without rain, and does not turn to the south on the third day nor rain, it is likely to continue northeast for eight or nine days all line, and then come back to south again. It is a sign of continued good weather when tlu* wind so changes during the day as to follow the sun.?Mara A. liarr, in I'ottaye Hearth. Ffodin? J>offs. A dog should be fed twice a day. I purposely italicize the word " twice," for, although the breakfast should be but a light one, it is a necessity of healthful existence. If it be nut given the bowels become confined, the bile is ejected into the stomach; the dog seeks grass and relieves himself in a natural way of what nature designed as an aperient. A bit of dry dog-biscuit or a drop of milk, or a basin of sheep's-head broth, is all my own dogs ever have for breakfast. A dog should have his principal meal?with a run to follow?at 4 p. m. in winter and 5 in summer. Variety and change from day to day are most essential. Dogbiscuits, dry or steeped, and mixed with the liquor that fresh meatorlish has been boiled in, with now and then oatmeal porridge, make a good st;iple of diet. Hread-crusts steeped may be substituted mice a week. Meat should be given, but unless the dog hasabun uant exercise too inucii does iiarin. Moiled greens should be mixed with the food.it least twice a week, but they should be well mashed, else oi:r friend will edge them on one side with his nose and leave them, l'aunehes are good as a change; so are well-boiled lights and sheep's-head and broth. The head should be boiled to a jelly, and no kind of meat should he given raw, except now and then a morsel of hul lock's liver or milt, to act as a laxative. Never give raw lights; they carry down air into the stomach and may produce fatal results. Potatoes, rice, and most garden roots are good, and the scraps of the table, generally. Much caution should be used in giving bones. On no account give a dog fish or game or chicken bones. Milk,when it can he afforded, is very good for dogs, and buttermilk is a most wholesome drink for them. Let everything you give a dog be cleanly and well cooked, and do not entertain the now exploded notion that anything is good enough for a dog. Whatever a dog leaves should be thrown to the fowls and not presented to him again, for the ] animal is naturally dainty. If you | want a dog to remain healthy great pain3 must lie taken that both personi ally and in all his surroundings he is kept clean. His food and his water should be pure and fresh; the kennel he lies in should always have clean bedding and be periodically scrubbed and disinfected. Even the inside of his leather collar should be kept sweet and clean. He ought to be brushed, if not combed, every morning with an ordinary dandy brush. This not only keeps the coat clean and free from unslightly matting, but encourages the growth of the " feather," as it is called. ?Chambers' Journal. It is upon the smooth ice we slip; the roughest path Is safest, - ... ?9 A TERRIBLE AVALANCHE.' HOBBOBB OF A SUDDEN SNOWSLIDE IN ARMENIA. A illoiinlnln o( Snow I'rcrlpitatoil Upon a Vlllnfcc ? Filtv-Mni* I'orMon* KoMiriK Tlu-ir Snow Fifty Feci High. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press describes a journey which lie took from Van. in Turkey to the village of Shandalen in Armenia, fifty miles distant, the scene of a terrible snowslide last March. We t;ike up bis story from the time he arrived at Shandalen: Arriving, at length, at our journey's end, we began to realize ;i little the severity of the accident that has occurred, but of which only the seeing and hearing on the spot can enable one to form an accurate idea. Since leaving the top (if the pass we have descended more than 2,01)0 feet, but we lind the situation of the village exceedingly wild and romantic. It is built at a point where another branch of the Tigris converges with the one we have followed. Even here the space between the mountains available for buildings is not more than 100 ?>r -r>0 > feet, and the houses are built as closely together as possible, and in such a peculiar fashion that the roofs of the first story form the streets that are most used, being connected with others by bridges over the narrow lower streets, now mostly Idled with snow. The comparatively few second-story rooms rise above these roof streets. As you stand and look about you the mountains rise in majestic grandeur on every side; here ;i blank perpendicular wall of rock; there a steep mountain side where a few trees, perhaps, lind standing room, and you feel as if shutout from all the world. It was down thissteep ravine, beginning from a point some three miles away, that the avalanche swept, leaving destruction in its path. After two or three days of steady snowfall the people of the village wire cheered by the bright shining forth of the northern sun. Until 10 o'clock on this warm day they were busy about their usual avocations, when they were suddenly startled by a noise like the firing of li.O cannon. simultaneously uie origin, sun was overclouded, while the inhabitants of one end of the village found great trees crashing in upon them and their houses falling about their heads. The people of the south end of the village, as they were able to come forth, which, for some minutes they could noj do, the great pressure from without making the opening of doors impossible, found several inches of snowon their roofs, but the north end was buried under a mountain of snow. Along the hither edge of this snowy mountain one and another were seen to be wholly or partially buried, and the aff righted survivors sot to work to extricate them from their peril. About 100 persons were thus taken out alive, but under that debris were buried fiftynine souls, destined never more to see the light of day. From the house thus swept away a few of the people were absent at work;- some happenel to be at other houses, and quite a number of children were at school. These were soon wailing in agony over the loss of those most dear to them. The scenes of that day beggar description. To-day I have been over this scene of ruin. The snow, which was piled fifty feet high, above the river, and for two hours blocked its course, has now most melted away, and one can judge a little of what reidlv hannened. The first and great ^ J ? w est mischief was nut from the snow itself, hut from the violence of the wind, it forced before .it. Great trees that had stood the tempests lor scores ol years, torn up by their roots, theii boughs wrenched away, and large trunks often broken off or twisted intc kindling-wood, just :is a cyclone treats its victims, had been brought fifty or one hundred r:>ds and strewn in wild ruins upon and among the houses and in the bed of the river and on the hank beyond, and then snow had been piled upon them. It was the cloud of snow thus tossed into the heavens and carried for a half mile or more by this terrible wind that darkened the snn at midday. Such a powerful wind is said not to be a usual accompaniment ol avalanches here. The explanation given is that the snow was light and fresh, not compacted as is usual, and so, rising in a column, it pressed the air of the narrow valley before it witli resistle-s force. 1 have heen to the graveyard and seen where fifty-seven victims are sleeping together in a common grave. One victim was a Turk, buried elsewhere, and one woman, the wife of I the village priest, who had gone to the spring for water has not yet been found. At one end, a little by themselves, lie the daughter of another priest, thirteen years of age, and the young husband to whom she had been wedded but three days before. One woman and child were rescued alive after they had remained three days buried, and doubtless many died by inches who might have been saved could they have been found earlier. Gambling at the Capital. " Kamsdell," in a Washington letter to Hie Philadelphia Press, says: I have been in Washington nearly twenty years, off and on, and I have an idea 1 know pretty nearly everything that is going on here. That army and navy ollicers gamble is an undeniable fact. They do it in every country in the world, but that does not make it right, of course. lint there is not the promiscuous gambling here that the out side papers would make you believe. There is not a gambling-house in W;ushirwrfnn l'Yf?finfc it liiav be some Uf,?v.. - " X - -- - ? little place where colored men and newsboys play " policy." All the big gambling-houses are closed, and have l>een for the past year. The law of Congress is very strict, and the authorities are enforcing it. There are no clubs in Washington where gambling is carried on to any great extent. Indeed, there is not a city of its size in the country which h;is so few clubs. There is only one organization in the whole town that deserves the name of club, and 1 am very sure there is very little gambling within its walls. There are, it is true, several little social clubs, in which the alluring poker is played, and 1 happen to know several high army ollicers who get together every day or two, particularly rainy days, and indulge their passion for "draw." Rut the betting is limited to $1, and so the risks are not great. Time was, however, " in the golden days of the empire." when the old Washington ring was in its glory, that gambling here nourished most /< 1.1!..,. ...... J.? fl.? JH'USJHTUllSiy. ' iij mt; dozens were open anil above hoard. Every hotel and restaurant had its poker-rooms. The clubs were little else than polite gambling-houses, and there were poker parties in many of the handsomest private houses. As I look hack on those days it appears to me that every one played poker. 1 know cabinet ullicers, bureau ollicers, army and navy ollicers, senators ami members of Congress played, and 1 think they all played. At the time 1 speak of the famous gambler John Chamberlain, now retired from me cloth, occupied the residence of Sir Edward Thornton, the British minister. Sir Kdward moved out of liis beautiful house one day, and Chamberlain moved in the next, with all his gambling outfit, lie gave glorious suppers, and some of the best people of Washington visited his pla-e and enjoyed his hospitality. 15ut they never were permitted to join in the play, and never saw what was going on in other parts of the liou.se. i have seen senators, foreign ministers, and society gentlemen in the highest ranks in these same parlors, where the Hrit-1 isli minister entertained his company, j A newspaper man may go anywhere you know. I very well remember a poker party whose members sat for twenty-five hours on a certain occasion. Of the party there were three I nited .States senators, and <ne of them left the table $6,000 winner. I do not know that he ever got the money. One of the members of the party is now a senator (at the time 1 speak of he was State treasurer of a Western State),* and was elected within the past year. The senators I speak of are all now out of Congress and are rich. V . . y> I'sKl. I , ' ' 4 " SELECT SIFTINtJS. An entire set of bedroom furniture made of glass is the freak of a Spanish grandee. A paper steamboat, capable of carrying twenty-five persons, is a recent triumph of a lirm near Troy, N. Y. Under the illumination of the electric lamp photographs have been made of the human vocal organs in the act of singing. Mississippi has peach trees with blood red leaves, the first of which grew on the battlefield of Baker Creek on the spot saturated with the blood of Cleneral Tighlman. French silk manufacturers are re ported to be very hopeful as to the capabilities of a big spider lately discovered in Africa, which weaves a yellow web of great strength and elas iicny. In the days when roun;l slices of bread served for plates, it was customary after great banquets to distribute tliem to the poor, who in this way had a chance to learn the llavor of the meat which they seldom tasted. Many persons who purchase eggs show a decided preference for those that have dark-colored shells. They think their contents are richer. In some Eastern cities retailers sort their eggs and ask a higher price for those having finely-colored shells. The perpetual clock which has been running in Brussels for a year without stopping, is wound up by a draft of air through a tube, which operates on a fan connected with the machinery. The draft is made to pass upward by exposure to the heat of the sun. Diplomats and Their Wives. Of late years the intelligence of the American ministers, and the charm and elegance of their wives, have, says the Paris Mestseug r, furnished themes for frequent and favorable omment. There are legends still existing, it is true, of how, in bygone years, the wife of an American minister at the court of .St. .lames horrified all English stickers for etiquette by recommending catnip tea to Queen Victoria as a sovereign remedy for the colic in babies. and kissing all the royal children when she met them taking an airing in the park with their nurses and govern pssfis. There is. too. a st.orv extant of one of these transatlantic dames who, on being presented to the queen, did not kiss her majesty's proffered hand, but shook it heartily in her own, declaring, at the same time, " that she was happy to make her acquaintance." Hut these days have passed away, never to return. When Mr. Uuchanan was minister to England he made a highly favorable impression, in a social point of view. His drawing-room was 1 (resided over by one of the loveliest women that ever graced a court?his niece, Miss Harriet Lane. She was a blonde, of a regal and superb type; her profuse, golden tresses, large blue eyes and exquisite complexion, the fine proportions of her graceful and dignified form, and the queenly carriage of her beautifully-shaped head, rendered her a noble specimen of American beauty. Her manners were perfect in their , subtle blending of cordiality and dignity. She was greatly admired in London, and the question, "Are .ill the American ladies as beautiful as Miss Lane ?" was one that was frequently asked. One of our representatives to one of the minor courts of Italy, in the days when that country was an agglomeration of petty royalties and dukedoms, once wrote home to a friend an account of the social Iil'e of the capital to which he was accredited, and passed some sweeping strictures on the mor ; ;ils of tin; ladies at trie court, me friend to whom this letter was written . committed th<i unpardonable error of , giving it lor publication to a prominent i local newspaper. The tidings of the letter and its contents crossed the sea [ and brought a very storm of indigna [ tion upon the head of our unfortunate : envoy. Ilis recall was at once de[ inanded by .the government to which - lie wjis accredited, but the United . .States authorities refused to take such i action in the case, as they held that the obnoxious letter, being written for I private circulation merely, was not a sullicient cause for his removal. 1'erl haps this victim of a friend's indiscre[ tion would have done well to have taken the matter in his own hands and . retired, for his position thereafter at 1 the court of X was anything but a pleasant one. All ollicial and diplomatic business was transacted with ! him as usual, but socially he was wholly ignored. He received no invitation to any of the court balls or ofli I cial entertainments, neither could he , procure any for his country people. And this unpleasant state of affairs lasted till the expiration of his term of ollice. The Majesty of Shoshone Falls. In the midst of one of nature's dreariest solitudes?America's Sahara ?surrounded by what seems an interminable wilderness barren of all growth but sage, walled in on all sides !" Ana nn/1 i'nani*mniinf oliln i ly jUi;ui|Mtuuo auu iiiouiiiiuuuiuviv cliffs and walls of rock, are Shoshone falls. There Snake river's mighty volume of water, emerging from its placid stream above, suddenly leaps a distance of seventy-live feet, pauses an instant, as if hesitating to take the fearful bound, and then takes its final plunge into a watery profound nearly 3U0 feet below! I have stood for hours and watched, without wearying, upon the summit of the mighty walls of Isa-alt which tower so grandly about this marvel of nature and watched the descending waters as they poured down, down, down, into the awful abyss that yawns so far below; watched the clouds of spray as they rose up and formed in misty magnilicence between the sides of the tremendous chasm Mending their tender frost-work of silver and glass with the purple and green and gold of the sun's light until all the lines of the prism were .seized, woven into fantastic bands of beauty, and bound around tho stormy brow of the majestic cataract; watched the great river as it hurried away from the fearful scene: heard the deafening roar and crash of the madly rushing torrent as it swept in terrific grandeur by, and my soul lias stood still, awed into silent revert nee by the incomparable spectacle. Nowhere else in nature have these great fulls a counterpart. Nowhere else in nature is there such an overwhelming manifestation of irresistible power, coupled with such rude savagery as hovers around Shoshone falls. In a vast sea of sage and repulsive as vast, hounded in all directions by a dull monotony of pla:n, in the midst of a desolation inconceivably desolate, they are a gem of matchless beauty set.?Idaho World. Hospitality of the Dutch Honrs. When a traveler arrives at a habitation lie alights iroin his lmr.se, enters the house, shakes hands with the men, kisses the women and sits down with' ...Ml >V U'lll.n tllO t is spread, lie takes his place among the family without waiting for an invitation; this is never given, on the supposition that a traveler, in a country so thinly inhabited, must always have an appetite for something. Accordingly, ' What will you make use of?" is generally the lirst question. If there be a hed in the house it is given to a stranger. If none, which is frequently the case among the graziers of (2roar Kcynet, he must take his chance for a form, or honch, or a heap of sheepskins, among the rest of the family. In the morning, after a solid breakfast, he takes hissopie, or glass of brandy, | orders his slave, or Hottentot, to sadI die the horses, again shakes hands with tin* men ami kisses the women, wishes them health, and they wish him a gin id journey. In this manner a traveler might pass through the whole ountrv. About ">,000,01)0 are invested in the manufacture of bread, cracker and other bakery products in this country, representing some 7,000 establish nn nts, $15,000,000 in material, giving an annird production of $70,000,000. During the last decade thirteen men have died in Great Britain, each of whom left a fortune of i'l,000,000 or more. : ->V:; - , '^v FARTHER ON. I hear t singing, sweetly singing, Singing in an undertone, Singing, as if God had taught? It is better farther on. Night and day it sinjjs the sonnet, Sink's it while it sits alone; Sings so that the heart may hear itIt is hett*"' farther on. Sits upon the grave and sings u; Sings it while the heart would groan; j o: il i_ xL. i i-?i. I OlIl^H 11 WI1UU 1110 SIHIUOWH UlirKl'U? It is better farther on Further on?ah' how much farther?? Count the mile stones one by one. No ; no counting, only trustingIt is better farther on. HUMOR OF THE DA.Y. I At last a woman lias been sunstruck while shopping. (Cut this out anil paste it in your wife's hat).?Puck. The effects of love: A.?" My cousin lost his reason through love." J}.? "That isn't saying much. A friend of mine became a postman only in order to get his letters from his sweetheart sooner," Among the new colors are "strained go >seberry'' and " mashed dude.'* The latter, it is presumed, is a sort of sickly green, Or it may be a soft?very soft?shade of cigarette smoke?Norristoum Herald. First student: " How stupid! Ilere my uncle sends me twenty marks as a present." Second student: "I should think you would be delighted." ." Not at all; 1 was just going to ask him to lend me fifty."?Fliyende Blatter. A Vermont man bet a neighbor that he couldn't walk half a mile without looking to the right or left, and just as the man started on his walk set two dogs to lighting about half way down the track, and won his money as easily as could be ?Boston Post. The people of Northwestern Texas are very much puzzled what to do with the prairie dogs that are eating up all the grass. We have not given the subject very thorough consideration, but it seems probable that if such cereals as cabbage, lettune, green peas, etc., were plant-.'il in suliicfent quantities in the vicinity of the clog towns, the prairie clogs would cease to fill up. like. Nebuchadnezzar, on grass, and would devote all their time t<? stowing away the more succulent garden truck. ?Texas Sift inns. THE SMACK OUT OF SCHOOL. The stin shone in through waving bough Of elm-trees by the door. Across the row of feet that toed The chalk mark 011 the floor. Down at the foot of that long lino Of spellers, standing there, Was Allan Dean, with quiet face Framed round with stiff tow hair. The fair voting tencher called this boy "The dunce of Wheaton school;" But Allan's wits, though slow, wero keen, And since to Lawyer Poole This same fair teacher gave a kiss, So slyly, as she thought, The boy, with mischievous delight, A canning plan had wrought. Next morning Allan charged his clas3 To learn their lessons well, For young 'Squire Poole that afternoon Would come to hear them spell, And this was all; they never knew What else was on his mind, Until the teacher gavo out " smack," To be spelled and defined. 'Twas Allan's turn: he raised his eyos To watch the lawyer's face, And spelled the short word slowly through With calm and steady grace. " Define it, sir," the mistress said, For, courage to acquire, The boy had paused?'" Why, ma'am," said he, "It's what you gave the 'squire." How to Make Cloth of Gold. It is a well known fact that in the middle ages cloth of gold was made to considerable extent. During the sixteenth century the art of making it was completely lost and until very recentlj all attempts to discover the secret hav< proved utter failures. The basis ol modern attempts to imitate the ancient article have been with a thread madf by winding a metallic thread around i core of silk, the metallic thread beinf produced by drawing from an ingot ol pure gold. Thus it was really nothing more or less than a wire, having th< advantage of strength and at the same time the disadvantage of being stiff unyielding, unpleasant to the touch and when containing much alloy soon liable to tarnish. The ancient fabric, on the contrary, was pliable and soft, and retained its original luster for centuries. To reproduce these effects has been the object of modern study anil experiment without success, until twe German savants, by chemical :tnd mi croscopical examination of preserved specimens of the ancient article discovered its composition. "With special machinery made for the purpose the) produced samples which were exhibited in the museum of art at .Munich, and which are said to equal the original cloth of gold. The two professors found the Cyprian thread (as it was called) consisted of a core thread made of the submucose epidermis of intestines, supposed to be those of sluep, around which was wound a thin layer of gold leaf beaten out to a fineness of from l-2,0:)0th to 1-11,000th of a millimeter. ?The core, around which is wound the core thread, consists of line flax yarn. By the introduction of different alloys, the dull old gold luster can be changed to brighter finish or different shades. It will answer the requirements of dress material and other parts of a lady's costume, or for trimmings. So far the discovery has produced small results, but the practipahilit.v of the manufacture has been demonstrated, and it only remains for some enterprising manufacturer, with capital ;ind brains, to undertake its production on a scale large enough to enable the wives and daughters of millionaires to delight in the shimmer of ;i golden dress Wrecked Jliuiliood. Victim-* of excessive indulgence or youthful indiscretions and peinciotis solitary [ practices, suffering fio:n Premature Decly or old age, Nervous Debility, Lack of Selfconlidence, Impaired Memory, Loss of Manly Powers, and kindred symptoms, 8'iou'd send three stamps for large illustrated treatise, giving mo ns of certain cure, with numerous testimonials. Address World's Dispensary Medical Associati >n. Hnffa'o, N. Y. One firm in Dade county, Fla., proposes to plant 100.000 c icoanut t rees. Elm Grove, N. C.?Dr. G. N. Robot-son :u- U I., nil,I Pays: "i |ire?tnuu iiiuwu .1 nun iind it all it is recommended to be." Alabama mills are sending cotton c'oths to China. Sydney Smith being ill, his physician advised him t > " take a walk upon an empty stomach." " Upon whoso ?" asked Sydney. Still better steps t:? take would be the purchase of Dr. R. V. l'ierce's "Golden Medical Disco\ery " and " Pleasant Purgative Pellets," which are especially valuable to those who are obliged to lead sedentary lives, or are atlllcted with any chronic disease of thq stomach or bowels. By druggists. The Western Union Telegraph company uses 1,000,000 blanks in three days. Keokuk, Iowa.?Dr. E. ii. Fnllerdays: "1 havo used Brown's Iron Bitters in my own family with excellent results. The (lid Testament revision will lie published next winter or next soring. To Consumptive*,, or those with weak lunus. spitting of bio >d, bronchitis, or kindred a'lec ions of throat or lungs send two stamps for I)r. II. V. l'ierce's treatiso on those maladies. Addro-s the doctor, Buffalo. N. Y. New Yobk City has L'0,000 " regular" doctors. On Thirty Dnyn* Trial. The Voltaic BkltCo., Marshall, Mich., will send Dr. Dye's Celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days to men (young or old) who tire afflicted with nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy and complete restoration of health and manly vigor. Address as above. N. B.?No risk is incurred, as thirty clajs' trinijs uuowuu. Foil dyspepsia, iswoestion*, depression of spirit* and general debility in thrir various forms ; also as a preventive against fever and ague and other intermittent fevers, the ' Ferro-l'hosphorftte<l Klixir of (.'alisaya," made l?y Caswell, Hazard <V Co.. New York, and ><>1<1 by all I'rugKists. is the best toide ; and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. Nature is the great teacher, she clothe- tlm fowls and animals with warmer clothing for winter: helps them to enst it off in summer; makes the best Hair Oil, Carbolinc. which is Petroleum perfumed, and sold at $1 a bottle. Don't l>ie in the Hoiiw. ' Rough on Hats." Clears out rats, mice, roaches, In d bugs, flies, ants, moles, chipmunks, gophers. ir.c. ( nNtrinc. Elegant and palatable remedy forindige*. tion. Should bo taken before or after meals. Gastrine is in liquid form. Sold by druggists. Krnmt Axle Urease. One greasing lasts two weeks: all others two or three days. Do not be imposed on by the humbug stuffs offered. Ask yourdealerforFrazer's, withlabelon. Savesyourhorselaborand you too. It received first medal at the Centennial and Paris Expositions. Sold everywhere. Skinny illrn. Wells' Health Renewer restores health.vigor, cores Dyspepsia, Impotence, SeiualDe bility. $ 1 < NO HOME EXEMPT. The Sonixe of Those Myatcrlon* Trouble* That Come to Every Honsehold Explained. The following article from the Democrat and Chronicle, of Rochester, N. Y.t is of s? striking a natnro and emanates from so reliable a sojrce. that it is herewith republished entire. In addition to the valuable matter it contain?, it will be found exceedingly interesting: To the t'Ailor qf ih' Drn.omU and ChrrmUle : Sin?My motives for the publication of the most unusual statements which follow are, first, gratitude for the fact that I have been saved from a most horrible dea'.h, r.nl, secondly, a desire to warn all who read this statement against some of the moet deceptive influences by which they have ever been surrounded. It is a fact that to-day thousands of people are within a foot of the grave and they do not know it. To tell how I was caught away from just this position, and to warn others against nearing it, are my objects in this communication. On the first day of June, 1881,1 lay at my residence in this city surrounded by my friends and waiting for death. Heaven only knows the agony I then endured, for words can never describe it. And yet, if a few yoais previous, any one had told me that I wa< to be brought so low, and by so terrible .. i ci,nnM iifun upnfTflrt nt, the idea. u Uiscoav; * nuuuiu Iiuiv I'WMV. ? I had always been uucommoiily strong and lie.ilthy, had weighel over 2(0 pounds and hardly knew, in my own exj erience, what pain or sickness wore. Very many people who will read this statement realise at times that they are unusually tired and cannot account for it. They fee! dull and iudelinite pains in various parts of the body, and do not understand it. Ortheyaro exceedingly huugry 0110 day and entirely without appetite the next. This was just the way I felt when the relentless malady which had fastened itself upon me first began. Still I thought it was nothing; that probably I had taken a cold which would soon pass away. Shortly after this I noticed a heavy, and at times? neuralgic, pain in my head, but as it would come one day and be gone the next, I paid but littlo attention to it. However, my stomach was out of order and my food often failed to digest, causing at times great inconvenience. Yet I had no idea, even as a physician, that these things meant anything eerious, or that a monstrous disease was becoming fixed upon me. Candidly, I thought I was suffering from malaria and so doctored myself accordingly. But I get no better. I next noticed a peculiar color and odor about the fluids I was passing?also that there were large quantities one day and very little the next, and that a persistent froth and scum appeared upon the surface, and a sediment settled in the bottom. And yet I did not realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing these symptoms continually, I finally bec une accustomed to them, and my suspicion was wholly disarmed by the fact that I had no pain in the affected organs or in their vicinity. Why I should have been so blind I cannot understand. There is a terrible future for all physical neglect, and impending danger always brings a person to his senses, even though it may then be too late. I realized at last my critical condition and aroused myself to overcome it. And, oh! how hard I tried. I consulted the best medical skill in the land. I visited all the prominent mineral springs in America, and traveled from Maino to California. Still I grew worse. No two physicians agreed aa to my malady. One said I was troubled with Bpinal irritatiou; another, nervoas prostration; another, malaria; another, dyspepsia; linUUier, IR'tlll urease) dnuuici, Kcuciiu uc bility; another, congestion of the oase of the brain; and so on through a long list of common diseases, the symptoms of all of which I really had. In this way several years passed, during all of which time I was steadily growing worse. My condition had really become pitiable. The slight symptoms I at first experienced were developed into terrible and constant disorders?the little twigs of pain had grown to oaks of agony. My weight had been : educed from 207 to 1.% pounds. My life was a tortnre to myBelf and friends. I could retain no food upon my stomach, and lived wholly by injections. I was a living mass of pain. My pulse was uncontrollable. In my agony I frequently fell upon the floor, convulsively clutched tho carpet, and prayed for death. Morphiue had little or no etfed in deadening tho pain. For six days and nights I had the death premonitory hiccough? constantly. My urine was filled with tubt casts and albumen. I wbb struggling with Bright:s Disease of the kidneys in its lasl stages. While suffering thus I received a call froir my pastor, tho Kev. Dr. Foote, rector of St Paul's church, of this city. I felt that it waour last interview, but in the course of con versation he mentioned a remedy of which ] had heard much, but had never used. Dr Foote detailed to me tho many romarkabli cures which had come under his observation by means of this remedy, and urged me t< try it. As a practicing physician and a grad uate of the schools, I cherished the prejudici both natural and common with all regulai practitioners, and derided the idea of an] medicine outside the regular channels beinj * the least beneficial. So solicitious, however ' was Dr. Foote that I finally promised I woulc ? waive my prejudice and try the remedy he s< highly recommended. -I beg in its use on thi L first day of Juno, and took it according t< t directions. At first it sickened me; but thi ? 1 thought was a good sign for me in my de . bilitated condition. I continued to take it tl e sickening sensation departed and I wa ' able to retain fro.l upon my stomach. In i [ few dcys I noticed a decided change for thi , better, ns also did my wife and friends. Mj ' hiccouchs ceased and Iexnerienced less paii ; than formerly. I was so rejoiced at this im} proved condition that, upon what I had be( lieved but a few days before was my dying hed, I rowed, in tlie presence of my familv ' nnd friends, should I recover I would both i publicly and privately make known thif , remedy for the good of humanity, wherevei and whenever I had an opportunity. I also ' determined that I would give a course of lectures in the Corinthian Academy of Music, ! in this city, stating in full the symptoms and | almost hopelessness of my disease and the remarkable means by which I have been saved. My improvement was constant from that time, and in less than three months I 1 had gained twenty-six pounds in flesh, be. came entirely free from pain, and I believe I . owe my life and present condition wholly to 1 Warner's Safe Cure, the remedy which I used. ' Since my recov ry I have thoroughly reinves[ tigated the subject of kidney difficulties and I Bright'* disease, and t he troths developed are astounding. I therefore state deliberately, I and as a physician, that I believe more than l one-half the deaths which occur in America . are caused by Bright's disease of the kidneys. This may found like a rash statement, but I ! am prepared to fully verify it. Bright's disoase has no distinctive symptoms of its own (indeed, it often develops without any pain whatever in the kidneys or their vicinity), but has tho symptoms of nearly every other known complaint. Hundreds of people die daily, whose burials are authorized by a physician's certificate of "Heart Disease," "Apoplexy," "Paralysis," "Spinal Complaint," "Rheumatism," "Pneumonia," and other common diseases, when in reality it was unguis disease or ine Kiuneys. cow physicians, and fewer people, realize the extent of (his disease or its dangerous aud insidious nature. It steals into the system like a thief, manifests its presence by the commonest symptoms, and fastens itself upon the constitution before the victim is aware. It is nearly as hereditary as consumption, quite as common and fully as fatal. Entire families, inheriting it from their ancestors, have died, and yet none of the number knew or realized the Inysfeflous power which was removing them. Instead of common symptoms it often fhows none whatever, but brings death suddenly, and as such is usually supposed to be heart disease. As one who ha-; suffered, and knows by bitter experience what he says, I implore every one who reads these words not to neglect the slightest symptom of kidney difficulty. Certain agony and possible death will be the sure result of such neglect, and no one can afford to hazard such chances. I am aware that such an unqualified statement as this, coming from me, known as I am throughout the entire land as a practitioner and lecturer, will arouse the surprise and possible animosity of the medical profession, and astonish all with whom I am acquainted, but I make the foregoing statements,.based unon facts which Jam Dreuared to produce, anil truths wnich l can substantiate to the letter. . The welfare of those who may possibly be sufferers such as I was, is an ample inducement for me to take the step I have, and if I can successfully warn others from the dangerous path in which I once walked, I am willing to endure all professional and personal consequences. ; J. B. Henion, M. D. Theri: are thirteen murder cases pending in Mercer county, Kv, We Should Help One .\noiher. Mr. Nokman Hunt, of No. It!!) Chestnut St., Springfield, Mass., writes April 10, 188.'!, saying: ' Having the alllietion caused by kidney and liver diseases, and after enduring the aches, pains, weakness and depression incident thereto until body and soul were nearly distracted. I sought for relief and a cure from my trouble, and was told by a friend who ha 1 been cured by it himself, that the best and onlysure cure was Hunt's Remedy, and upon his recommendation I commenced taking it, and the lirst few doses improved my condition in a very marked manner, and a continuance of its use has justified all that my friends claimed for it?that it was a sure and permanent cure for all diseases of the kidneys and liver. Several of my friends in Springfield have used it with the most gratifying results, and 1 feel it my duty a< well as a pleasure to me to recommend Hunt's Remedy in the highest possible terms." .HniinfnrtiirerN Testimony. Mr. H. W. Payne, manufacturer of harness, saddlery, trunks, valises, e:c? No. 477 Main Street, Springfield. Mass., writes us under dale of April 10, 1SSJ5: "(Jeiitleiin n?I have used Hunt's Remedy, the l>est medicine for diseases of I he kidneys, liver, bladder and urinary organs, and have received great benelit to my health from its use. and 1 find that it will do just what is claimed for it: it will cure disease and restore health. I therefore pronounce it the best medicine that 1 have ever used." lliiMlun find Albany Knilrnml. Ai.iiKUT Holt. Esq., paymaster Boston and Albany Hailroad, at Springfield, Mass., writes a,.ml < { is.v." i li?vo ikiul lliml'j ({i.TXliitv and my experience with it lias been such that L can cheerfully say that 1 am satisfied that it will do just what it promises to do, if used according to directions.'' Urr.i. lights and cock fiirhts are populaJ Sunday amusements in Mexico. "From the worst staue* of Heart Disease I consider injsvlf cured I>y the use <>f Dr. (i raves' llenrl Peculator.?'T. M. Towns. Tillon. N. 11.'' Thirty years have proved the Heart Keyulatora sure remedy. Soli! by druggists at si per bottle. To one foreign lady who visits the I'nited States UN) American ladies visit Kurope. Nervous debility, the curse of the American people, immediately yields to the action of Brown's Iron Hitters. IxniANoi.A. Texas, annually ships ij^VWO, 000 worth of pecan nuts. Hliiumatine-Ciontnlinc. Dr. Klmore's, lOo William St., N. Y., is I ho on ft/ rail t\trntivcevcr ilisrurrml for rheumatism, and best remedy known for kidney, 1 iver and stomach diseases. iVbunJunt proofs. Send for circulars. I Heavy stomachs, bilious conditions?Wells* May Apple Pills?an tibilious,cathartic. 1025a Dr. Graves' Heart Regulator cures all forms of Heart Disease, nervousness, sleeplessness. The habit of running over boots or shoes corrected with Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners. Instantly Bettered. Mm. Ann Lacour, of Now Orleans, La., writeiS I have a son who has been slclc for two years; he hat been attended by our leadin# physicians, Dm auw-._^_ y no purpose. This moral nj? ho had his usual spell ol V coughing, and wan so greatly prostrated In consequence that death seemed imminent We had la < ' *: the house a bottle of Dr. Wm, Hall's Balsam for th< Lungs purchased by my husband, who noticed yooi advertisement yesterday. Wo administered It according to directions and he was instantly rellorod. Durno's Catarrh Snuff cures Catarrh and all a? fectlons of the mucous membrane. Maker's Pain P.-macea cures pain in Man and Beast. For use externally and internally. Blessed Benefactors. When a board of eminent physicians and chemist* announced the discovery that by combining some well* known valuable remedies, the moet wonderful medietas was produced, which would cure such a wide range of diseases that most all other remedies conld be dispensed with, many were skeptical; bnt proof of it* merits by actual trial hasdispellud all doabt, and to-day the discoverers of that great medicine, Hop Bitters, are honored and blessed by all as benefactors. Those Bitter* are compounded from Hops. Bucau, Malt, Man (Irak* and Dandelion and other oldest, best and mo?t vale* able medicines in tho world, and contain all the best and moet curative properties of all other medicines, being the greatest Blood Purifier, Kidney and Livu Regulator, and Lifo and Health Restoring Agent oo earth. No disease or ill health can possibly long exist whore these Bitters are used, so varied and perfect an their operations. They give new life and vigor to the aged and infirm. To all whose employments cause irregularity of tba bowels or urinary organs, or who require an Appetiser, Tonic and mild Stimulant, these Bitten are invaluably being highly curative, tonic and stimulating, without intoxicating. No matter what your feelings or symptoms are, what the disease or ailment is, use Hop Bitters. Don't wait until you are sick, but if you only feel bad or miserable, use the Bitters at once. It may sive yoor life. Huadreds havo been saved by so doing. I* <S00.jJEl will bo paid for a ca?o they will not care ?r help. Do not suffer yourself or letyoar friends softer, bat use and urge them to qh Hop Bitten. Kemember, Hop Bitters is the pa rest and best medi. ^ cine erer made; the " Invalid's Friend and Hope." IT* person or family shonld bo without them. "I was troubled for many years with serious Kidnsy ?n1 Liver Complaint, Gravel, etc.; my blood became thin; I was dull and inactive; coald hardly crawl about, and was an old worn oat man all over, and could set nothing to help me, nntil I got Hop Bitters, and now t am a boy again. My blood is pare, kidneys are alt right, and I am as active as a man of thirty, altboagh I am seventy-two."?Fatheb. "For tan years my wife was confined to her bed wltl| such a complication of ailments that no doctor could tell what was the matter or care her. snd I uaed op a small fortune in humbug stuff. Six months ago I saw a U. 8. flag with Hop Bitters on it, and I thought I weald be a fool once more, and I tried it, bat my lolly proved to be wii'Joui, and two bottles cured her, she is now aa well and strong as any man'a wife, and it cost ma only two dollars.H. W , Dotroit, Mioh. N Y H P?27 II JSKPM | LYDIA E. PINKHAM'8 ; VEGETABLE COMPOUND. \ la i Positive Care J 3 tor nil thoae Painful ComplalnUand WtakaeoM* I r ?o common to our I tut female population. 1 j A Medicine for Woman. Invested by a Woman* . Prepared bj a Woman. ' ft* OrnMI Xsdleal Dbnrrrj Blot* Um Dm of Ktkrjk * CTlt rcrlrei the drooping spirits, invigorates and hannonlze* the organic functions, ffirw elasticity tad Ormness to the step, restores the natural lustre to the ? eye, and plant* on the pale chock of woman th* fresh rtMCi of life's spring and early summer time. p {^"Physicians Use It and Prescribe It Fre*ly"Qt ^ It removes falntnesj, flatulency, destroy* all craving for stimulant, and rolloves weakness of the stomach. < That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight and liaclcachc, Is always permanently cured by its uset ' For the core of Kidney Complaint* of either MX i tkli Ctapeaii U uisrptiMi J LTDIAE. PIXKnAiri BLOOD PTTSCmS I will cradicato every vestige of liumors from the U ' Blood, and give tono and strength to the system, of M I man woman or child. Insist on Laving It. 9 J Both the Compound and Dlood Purifier are prepared U at SO and 239 Western Avenue, Lynn, Xa?. Price of fi - -- - -. IthAalM ! either, JL fllx bottles ror ocm, uj _ of pills, or of loson^efl, onrocalptof price, Jlperbax for either. Mrs. Plnlch&m freely answers all lettari ot 1 Inquiry. Enclose Set. stamp. Send for pamphlet. fl Ko family ?hooM bo without LYDIA E. PINKHAlTfl LIVES PILLS. They cure constipation, b'Uous&e*, nd torpidity of the Ilrer. 25 cents per boi. "* ?j>ii CiiMirrw| ' A MEW DISCOVERY. ) i tiTFor cereral years vo liavo furnished the r 'Dairymen of America with on excellent artl-. \ flclal colorforbutterj ?o meritorious that It met! \ |with (rreat sucrosi everywhere recelrlnir the a highest and only prizes at both International / 1 .Dairy Fairs. ' "~* M < tJTBut by patient nndwlcntifle chemical ro-' search wo hare Improved In several points, and I inow offer this new color as the bfst (n the world. It Will Not Color the Buttormllk. It: 1 1 Will Wot Turn Rancid, ft la the Strongest, Brightest and I Cheapest Color Made, I i | 1 t9"And, while prepared In oil, It do compound 1 ed that it In impossible for 11 to bccome r.incid. I I i HTSEWARE of all Imitation-', and of *11. j other oil colors, for they nro liable to become d .rancid and spoil the butter. * ' ttTIf y?u cannot f,-et tho "improved" write us 1 to know where and how to fi t it without extra fl expense. (10) J WEI.US, nictfiltnsox t ro.. Iltirllntloa, VI. | ii? a i-rr> i 4 AAfUfM||w No timo should tM jfflVI R* I I K| uTafclost if the aUmich, aa/ euro remedy, Hostet. 'mDX ter'a Stomach Bit. ft&XTTj\ aVffL^ tere. 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